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Battier becomes legend

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The ceremony began at 6:49 p.m. as Athletic Director

Joe AHeva made a few remarks, welcoming the crowd and the Battier family on this momentous occasion.

In his brief speech, Alieva

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game was all about No. 31.

Shane Battier, that is, who, before last night’s 9854 win over Georgia Tech, became only the 10th player in Duke basketball history to have his jersey number retired.

“Shane’s the consummate winner,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He, as much as any of the other nine guys up there, should be up there. He personifies what you want in a basketball player, and he’s a terrific player also. He just wants to win. It is an honor to

described Battier as an exceptional student-athlete and a role model for aU. He then introduced President Nan Keohane to do the offi-

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SENIOR SHANE BATTIER accepts his framed, retired jersey yesterday from President Nan Keohane, who last presented a retired jersey to Jeff Mullins in December 1994.

Beginning March 9, Duke will no longer recognize Phi Kappa Psi fraternity as such. Instead, the fraternity brothers will simply be residents of House BB Dormitory. Despite a lengthy appeal filed by the Phi Psis, a three-member committee decided yesterday that the group should be dissolved. Phi Psi can apply for reinstatement for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Phi Psi President David Nefouse, a senior, said he felt the committee failed to acknowledge that Annual Review Committee Chair Benjamin Ward had not adequately informed the fraternity ofits impending failure ahead of time.Ward claimed in his initial Jan. 18 letter announcing the decision that he had met with thenpresident Brian McGinnis last September, but the appeal claims that Ward had dropped by that meeting for only a minute before heading to a prior engagement.

The appellate committee responded that although the meeting “could have been better,” it felt Phi Psi knew enough about the process. “Although the members of Phi Kappa Psi questioned the clarity of communication regarding their contract with [Ward], the fact that the criteria are specifically spelled out in the Bulletin is adequate,” appellate committee chair Jim Clack, interim vice president for student affairs, wrote in a letter to Phi Psi. “Additionally, Phi Kappa Psi wrote the actual contract and therefore had to be familiar with the stated obligations.”

Several members of the administration —including appeals committee member Barbara Baker, Ward and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek—declined to comment. Clack could not be reached for comment last night after the decision was anSee PHI PSI on page 12 I*

Athletic department plans ambitious long-term goals

By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

This weekend, the Board ofTrustees will vote on the University’s five-year strategic plan and will approve new Campaign for Duke goals for individual schools and departments. One of the biggest expected campaign increases will be that ofthe Athletic Department, which has asked that its goal be increased two-fold—from $65 million to $l3O million. The increase comes as the department outlines its own long-range plan, which includes improving facilities, increasing its number of endowed scholarships and tackling more internal development.

Athletics officials said they have already made significant strides in upgrading the department’s facilities.

Over the past year, the department has begun or completed construction on the Sheffield Tennis Center, the SchwartzButters Athletic Center and the new $2O million football facility.

“I’d say that our facilities are currently in very good shape,” said Athletic Director Joe Alieva. “We’ve made a lot of improvements.”

Still, officials would like to build a

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new boathouse to store the rowing teams’ equipment. There are also initial plans to renovate the outdoor tennis stadium and Koskinen Stadium, where the soccer and lacrosse teams play. After the completion of a new football building, the department also hopes to renovate the current home of the football program, the Murray Athletic Facility, to meet the needs of the lacrosse and soccer teams.

But these goals—all aimed to make Duke the premier collegiate athletic program in the country—require a lot more money. Even after the capital campaign ends in 2003, Alieva said the department will continue to raise funds to meet the long-range needs of its individ-

ual programs.

“In a perfect world, I’d like to endow all our scholarships,” said Alieva.

“That’s the biggest difference between us and schools like Stanford.

The University offers about 218 full scholarships, which cost the athletic department around $8.3 million. The Iron Dukes fund the overwhelming majority of those scholarships—only $1.7 million comes from the departments See ATHLETICS on page 12>

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS are trying to boost the numberof endowed women’s scholarships, Sheana Mosch (left) and Missy West, shown here in practice, play basketball on full scholarships.

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WASHINGTON Bill Clinton’s brother-in-law received nearly $400,000 for lobbying for a pardon and a prison commutation that the former president granted on his last day in office, legal sources told The Associated Press. The money was returned Wednesday at the Clintons’ request.

Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, said they were unaware of the arrangements with Hugh Rodham and were “deeply disturbed” by what had happened. Rodham contacted the White House at least once in connection with one of the cases, legal sources said.

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“Their request, presumably made because of the appearance of impropriety, is one he cannot ignore. There was, however, no impropriety in these matters,” Luque said.

Legal sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AP

that Rodham, a lawyer, was paid for months of work on the prison commutation request of Carlos Vignali and received a “success fee” for helping win the pardon of Almon Glenn Braswell.

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WASHINGTON Robert Hanssen was never polygraphed by the FBI to determine whether he might be a security risk during the 15 years when, it is charged, he spied for the Soviet Union and then Russia, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Hanssen, who worked at the heart of the FBl’s most secret counterespionage operations, was never under suspicion until late last year, when U.S. intelligence obtained what officials have said was the entire Russian case file on his activities as a secret agent.

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Rodham, brother of Hillary Clinton, “today acceded to his family’s request that he return legal fees

The money included $200,000 after the Braswell pardon was granted and the rest paid over a period time as Rodham worked on the Vignali commutation, the sources said. They declined to provide an exact amount but said it totaled just below $400,000 when added up Wednesday night.

“Yesterday I became aware of press inquires that Hugh Rodham received a contingency fee in connection with a pardon application for Glenn Braswell and a fee for work on Carlos Vignali’s commutation application,” the former president said in a statement.

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Currently, all prospective agents are polygraphed before they are hired, but veteran agents are not subject to such tests unless they are already suspected of wrongdoing or are assigned to specific counterintelligence projects that are deemed by superiors to require

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Freshman runs alone in VP race This is the first story in a series examining the races for Duke Student Government executive offices. Stories tomorrow will focus on the offices of vice president for academic affairs and vice president for community interaction.

By KELLY WOO The Chronicle

With all the physical changes happening to campus, the next Duke Student Government vice president for facilities and athletics could play a significant role in shaping student life for years to come.

The issues that the vice president will face include renovations to the Bryan Center, Perkins Library and West Campus dormitories, as well as the ongoing ki' problem. parking The Bryan Center renovations are particularly important

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to freshman Matt Slovik, the sole candidate for the vice president position, who sees the Bryan Center becoming more of a “student center.”

“What I mean by student center is a place where people aren’t just passing through,” he explained. ‘There’s nowhere people can just get together and hang out. I think it’s really important for people to have.”

As an example, Slovik recounted a visit to Middlebury College, where students congregate in their student center to study, play games and converse with each other.

“I want it to be a really central location, where there are meeting rooms, where different cultural groups have office space, so that it will really centralize the campus,” he said. Whatever direction the renovations take, Slovik added, he wants to work closely with student groups to make sure

THE ERWIN MILL COMPLEX now houses the Human Resources Information Center, which was designed to consolidate some services offered by the division’s three main departments and to speed the paper trail within Human Resources.

Resource center cuts through red tape

By JULIE SMITH

Often, customers said they could not find their own transactions. “Things were very inefficient before, and To improve efficiency, Human Resources has begun it didn’t make you feel good,” saidAida Nichols, human consolidating the transactions of three of its depart- resources manager for the Hospital pharmacy. “We ments—recruitment, rewards and recognition, and kept copies [of our paperwork] all the time [before benefits—into a new centralized location, the Human sending it out to Human Resources].”

Resources Information Center, located in the Erwin The staff of the new center comprises human resources specialists who are trained to operate in every Mill complex on Main Street.

The HRIC was formed in response to a series of department so that they will be able to answer quescomplaints about the speed and efficiency at which tions and conduct business in all departments of the Human Resources transactions were taking place, esHRIC. The specialists, seven of whom came from the pecially in getting new employees on the payroll. three Human Resources departments, began their “The hiring process at Duke is really involved and training with a trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla., where the group worked on team-building and very complex,” said Beverly Abbot, associate management coordinator for the Hospital. She said transaccustomer service skills for two-and-a-half days. tions occurred in many steps and were spread out The center has been up and running since Nov. 1, See RESOURCE CENTER on page 12 � through many departments.

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their needs are met.

Almost every year, parking is a source of complaint from students. This year, because of the construction of the West-Edens Link, parking lots for both students and employees crept farther from the center of campus.

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Easley promises to close state’s tax loopholes Former state treasurer Harlan Boyles will head a commission whose work could help solve the state’s budget problems From staff reports

Harlan Boyles, former state treasurer, was appointed Monday to lead a commission dedicated to closing tax loopholes. He has recommended a two-year moratorium on new tax incentives from the state.

Gov. Mike Easley announced Monday during his State of the State address that he would appoint the commission because of North Carolina’s estimated $7OO mil- "VT VFrpiiifri lion budget shortfall in the cur- i •V-'* illl Wo rent fiscal year.

T’HIC He said that the commission 1 iliiJ n iLIUy would review incentives that cannot be justified given the state’s financial situation Boyles said he intends to focus on $2 billion a year in tax breaks identified by legislative researchers. The breaks range from $2B million in sales tax exemptions on seed and feed for farmers to a $43 million sales-tax exemption on interstate telephone calls.

The moratorium would apply only to new breaks and should not undo past deals, Boyles said.

Easley’s office said Tuesday that he would announce the rest of the commission’s appointments later this week.

On the negative side, the survey showed increases in out-of-wedlock births and in premature births.

Across the nation, babies bom at the end of the 1990s had a healthier start than those who arrived at the start of that decade, the survey showed.

“Conditions at birth often reflect the forces that will shape a young person’s life,” according to The Right Start report, produced by the research firm Child Trends and Kids Count.

Births increased in North Carolina from 104,525 in 1990 to 111,688 in 1998, the study reported. Births of Hispanic children more than tripled during this period, increasing from 2 percent of all births to 7 percent.

Mercury puts newborns at risk: Mercury-tainted fish consumed by pregnant women puts an estimated 400 to 1,800 North Carolina children each year at risk of delayed neurological development, according to a state-sponsored scientific panel.

Public health authorities say women ofchild-bearing age are the group most vulnerable to the threat

from mercury, a toxic metal released into the environment from both natural and industrial sources.

Power plants, especially those that bum coal, are the largest such source.

The panel’s report, completed in December, calculated the number of newborns threatened by mercury at 60,000, based on a National Research Council study.

Since 1993, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services has issued eight advisories for specific lakes and rivers and has warned people to avoid eating largemouth bass more than twice a month. Women of child-bearing age should not eat those fish at all, the state advised.

Earlier this month, the state’s Environmental Management Commission took steps toward reducing mercury emissions and educating those who eat fish.

So far, however, health authorities have not determined how to issue warnings without needlessly scarl ing the public away from fish, an otherwise healthy source of protein.

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Hearing held for two charged in Chapel Hill riot: Two University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill

Since the death of racing legend and North Carolina resident Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona 500 Sunday, the state has been in mourning.

Tuesday morning, Larry Heidy of Mogadore, Ohio, traveled to Mooresville to pay tribute to The Intimidator. A memorial was held at Earnhardt’s corporate headquarters in Mooresville.

students charged with felony rioting after UNC’s 85-83 victory over the Duke men’s basketball team have had

their first hearing, but no trial date has been set.

Twenty-year-old James Haltom and 18-year-old Robert Davenport were charged for their alleged participation in rolling over a car Feb. 1.

During the brief hearing Tuesday, attorneys spoke for both defendants. Assistant District Attorney Beverly Scarlett scheduled a conference for Mar. 22 with the lawyers.

Photographs—taken by television camera operators and still photographers—of people rolling over a 1997 Honda Accord and jumping on it have been key evidence in identifying and prosecuting these students.

Chapel Hill investigator Brian Curran said anyone who rolled over the car or jumped on it will be charged with felony riot.

Yesterday, Earnhardt was buried in Kanapolis, and today, his invk tation-only funeral service in Charlotte is expected to draw as many as 6,000 people.

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the Indian Rights Association. “Dr. Deloria brings a unique perception Vine Deloria, a prominent of Native American traditions,” spokesperson for Native-American Spiller said. nationalism during the last four Leaders of the Native Ameridecades, will lecture on “Parochialcan Student Coalition are particism and the Global Perspective,” in ularly excited about Deloria’s lecPage Auditorium Thursday, markture. “I’m sure it’s going to be ing the end of a three-year-long very good,” said junior Kelly Falecture series on diverse cultures. yard, president of the organizaDeloria will speak for the Pivtion. She added that Deloria’s otal Ideas of World Civilizations visit is a good sign for Nativeprogram, which is funded by a American students at Duke, as grant from the E.L. Wiegand one of the biggest issues facing Foundation of Reno, Nevada. these students is the lack of acBegun in 1999, the central focus tive recruitment by the Universiof the program is a series of lecty. For example, NASC has only 3 tures called the “Wiegand Founactive members. dation of Distinguished Visitors.”

“This is a chance for Duke to Deloria will mark the program’s show its interest in Native-Amerilast speaker before the grant ends can studies,” Spiller said. She comthis semester. pared Duke to the University of ‘The goal of this grant is to North Carolina at Chapel Hill, allow people to explore the value which recently began a Nativeof cultures from a variety of perAmerican studies program. “We spectives,” said Lillian Spiller, an hope people will leave his lecture administrative assistant in the and talk to each other about the isDepartment of Religion and an orsues he brought up,” she said. ganizer for the Pivotal Ideas of Each semester, The Pivotal World Civilizations Program.

Ideas in the World Civilizations Deloria is a retired professor of Program chooses a theme for its history, law, political science and programming. This semester, it religious studies at the University has chosen law and society, and ofColorado-Boulder and also acted aside from Deloria’s visit, it will as executive director of the Nahost a March 7 performance of tional Congress ofAmerican Indi“Skin,” based on the writing of Paans. He also has been a member of tricia Williams.

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A CEREMONY WORTH WAITING FOR About 800 students formed a line running down the sidewalk from Cameron Indoor Stadium to the Sheffield Tennis Center and halfway to Towerview Road before bracelets for last night’s men’s basketball game were distributed at 7:45 a.m. Students had arrived as early as 11 p.m. Tuesday to get front-row seats to Duke’s win over Georgia Tech and the jerseyretirement ceremony that preceded it.

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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22.2001

Amid protests, U.S. gives Friday bombing run B-minus

By ROBERT BURNS Associated Press

The U.S.-British bombing of WASHINGTON Iraqi air defense sites damaged less than half the targeted radars, and the overall result was at best a modest success, a senior defense official said Wednesday.

The allies rated about a B-minus or a C-plus in terms of the accuracy ofthe bombing, the official said.

He discussed the Pentagon’s preliminary bomb damage assessment on condition of anonymity.

On another subject related to the effort, defense officials previously confirmed that the attacks last Friday were based in part on indications that Iraq was installing underground fiber-optic cables to add to the sophistication of its air defense network. These officials said Chinese civilian and military workers were installing the cables.

Secretary of State Colin Powell met Wednesday with China’s new ambassador, Yang Jiechi, and expressed U.S. displeasure over the presence of Chinese workers in Iraq. State Department spokesperson Richard Boucher said such outside assistance is not permitted under U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhu Bangzao has said he has no knowledge of Chinese experts helping with the fiber-optics project.

On Tuesday, Pentagon spokesperson Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said the air strikes achieved their purpose of “disrupting and degrading” Iraq’s air defenses, but the military will not release a detailed public assessment of the attack’s effectiveness. To do so could help Iraq prepare for any future attacks, he said.

Quigley said the attack by 24 American and British warplanes was a necessary response to indications that Iraq was integrating its air defenses in away that would give them better chances of shooting down allied planes. The bombs were aimed at radars and command and control “nodes” that link elements ofthe air defense network.

“We think we had an impact on that,” he said. “Was it permanent? No.” Later, he said the Pentagon was pleased with the results, even if the bombs were not 100 percent effective. “It isn’t perfect,” Quigley said. “It

IN VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS, more than 10 people were injured as Lebanese activists clashed with police and armed troops yesterday. The troops hit protesters with sticks and rifle butts and used water canons to disperse the crowd. The group was headed for the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, to protest the U.S.-British air attacks on Iraq. precision-guided weapons because they are guided to strikes against facilities that command and control Iraq’s air defense system—including surface-to-air their target by satellite links, infrared seekers or TV sigmissile batteries —was likely to be more lasting than reported as CBS expected. nals—were not as accurate that eight of20 targeted radars were hit. Some aspect of hitting radars, which can be repaired fairly quickly.

The Pentagon has refused to say which specific the guidance system apparently did not work properly. were used against Iraq, but they likely inhe weapons official said that Wednesday The senior defense was not sure of the exact numbers, but in the end the cluded TV-guided AGM-130 missiles launched by Air attackers hit less than 50 percent of targeted radars. Force F-15E strike aircraft, and the AGM-154 joint He said radars are difficult targets because they do not standoff weapon, or JSOW, carried by Navy and Air have as much structural mass as, for example, a build- Force jets. The guidance systems on these weapons allow a pilot to fire at a target from well beyond the ing or bunker. range more-successful of hostile air defenses. impact official said the of The

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dent for facilities and athletics, adding that parking will become an even bigger issue next year.

Slovik agreed that parking is a problem and said he hopes to work with the administration to come up with both short- and long-term solutions.

“To start with, I would like to see the Cameron and Blue Zone lots opened up on weekends,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Also, I would like to explore the possibility of building some sort of parking facility.... More and more, it seems like a viable option for the fixing the parking dilemma. I know that it will be very expensive, but I think it needs to be examined.”

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boasts more than one candidate, Slovik’s colleagues on the facilities and athletics committee believe he is the best candidate for the job. “Even if he had opposition, he’s head and shoulders above [anyone else],” said junior legislator Michael Calvo.

“He’s definitely exceeded expectations,” Grey said. “I was actually hoping he would run.”

While the facilities part of the job may loom larger next year, the athletics part will also demand attention from the vice president.

One of Slovik’s top projects is to increase attendance at athletic events.

Slovik is considering working with First-year Advisory Counselors and with fraternities to get more

students at the games. “I think it’s important to show school pride... to support your school, your friends,” he said. “Duke athletics are already near the top, but I think having fans cheer you on will really raise the bar.”

A personal project Slovik hopes to continue next year is the construction of covered bus shelters.

This year, he worked to erect one, which should be completed in a few months, in front of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life.

“I got the idea one day when I was standing outside in freezing rain and people were standing around without jackets and umbrellas, and it was just an accident waiting to happen,” Slovik said.

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knowledge of such payments. We are deeply disturbed by these reports and have insisted that Hugh return any monies received,” he said.

In a statement Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton said: “I was very disturbed to learn that my brother, Hugh Rodham, received fees in connection with two clemency applications. Hugh did not speak with me about these applications. I believe that the payments should be returned immediately, and I understand he has taken steps to do so.”

A source close to Clinton, speaking on condition of anonymity, said then-White House adviser and Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey had been contacted by Rodham and was aware of Rodham’s involvement with the Vignali request. The source said Lindsey did not know about the presidential relative’s involvement in the Braswell matter. The source was unaware of any other White House officials who knew about Rodham’s role in the Braswell matter.

The decisions on both men were made on the merits of their situations, the source said.

The Braswell pardon has generated controversy because after it was granted on Jan. 20 it was disclosed that the businessman was under investigation on new allegations.

Braswell did not apply for his pardon through the Justice Department, but Vignali, son of a wealthy donor, did apply for his commutation through the department in August 1998.Watney refused to say whether Justice

recommended that Vignali be pardoned.

One legal source said Rodham’s work on the two clemency matters involved gathering supporting documents for the application, lining up people to advocate the pardons and getting the information “through channels” to the Clinton administration.

They declined to identify those channels.

Rodham worked on Braswell’s last-minute request for just a couple of weeks and worked on the Vignali case for several months, the source said.

of criminal investigators, who have said the examinations would turn up damaging but peripheral personal information that might ruin an agent’s career.

The officials said that other chang.es are likely, among them stricter controls on the use of FBI databanks. Investigators said they had determined that Hanssen had repeatedly entered his name into the agency’s classified computer files to determine whether he was under suspicion.

Wednesday, William Webster, the former FBI and CIA director, said that he was assembling a team to assess the agency’s security procedures and methods for detecting possible penetrations

by foreign agents. Webster said he would focus on the FBl’s polygraph policy and other counterespionage methods.

He said that the CIA had long ago accepted wide use of polygraphs in counterintelligence screening. “I would ask the question, What level of privacy are you willing to forgo to carry the substantial trust the country has placed in you?” he said.

Hanssen was arrested Sunday evening at a park in suburban Virginia, where he was dropping

off a package of classified documents, officials said. Nearby was a second site where agents recovered $50,000 in cash that they said was intended for Hanssen.

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The 140 pardons and 36 commutations Clinton granted just hours before President George W. Bush took office have generated criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike and prompted congressional and criminal investigations.

Until now, however, critics have mainly focused on the clemency Clinton granted to fugitive Marc Rich, who was indicted in 1983 on charges of tax evasion, and making illegal oil deals with Iran.

The University Scholars Program will host a panel discussion and videoconference on issues raised by the documentary, Tutu and Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace which screens on UNC-TV on February 18. At Duke, the University Scholars will be joined by Professors Peter Storey (Divinity) and Grant Farred (Literature) as well as students from Riverside High School in Durham. In South Africa, participants will include seven young South Africans who took part in the documentary, along with Paul Le Grange (Quaker Peace Centre, Capetown) and Professor Melissa Steyn (University of Capetown). A light lunch will be served. For more information, including directions, please see the University Scholars Program website http://www.usp.duke.edu or call 684-2765, ,

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University is planning major changes for West Campus and most ofthem are positive improvements. But Duke should not sacrifice individual choice in its vision for residential life.

There are three main facets of the recently introduced residential life plan. Under the plan, the University would remove all selective living groups from the central corridor ofWest Campus, establish houses on West linked with freshman dormitories and, in the future, possibly require all sophomores to live on West.

Devoting the most central space on campus to independents has promise. With such a move, the University sends out the message that it values independent living. The independent corridor would also provide cosmetic appeal, as most West Campus parties would be relegated to side quads. This could make the main corridor cleaner as well as quieter. Additionally, students would be less likely to join selective houses and fraternities for housing reasons alone. Selective living groups’ members would then be more committed to the selective group, not just to their location.

The danger of the independent corridor is that it would increase the density of fraternities and selective houses on other parts ofWest. The University must ensure that side quads are well mixed; a quad consisting solely of fraternities would not be a good idea. The plan would weaken the selective living groups sent to the most distant parts of campus, so to avoid hurting one particular group permanently, the University should continue to rotate selective groups every five years or so.

The second point ofthe plan would link East Campus dormitories with other houses on West, encouraging students to live with the same people they lived with as freshmen. These linked houses have great potential, and could provide the option of a community like that of a selective living group, without the self-selective aspect.

Since East Campus is currently more diverse than West, linked houses might help boost diversity on West by allowing first-year friendships between minorities and whites to develop in West Campus dormitories. At the same time, they would remain optional, so that students who did not want to live with their freshman neighbors would not have to. If the University can make sure that students who decide against linked housing do not receive the worst housing on West, the plan could be a success.

The plan’s flaw is its third point, the potential requirement that all sophomores live on West. The reasons for this move—a desire for a more diverse West Campus and a more continuous housing experience for students—is commendable, but does not justify forcing sophomores to live somewhere they do not want to.

At the same time, seniors and juniors who enjoy the dorm experience and want to live on West should not lose their four-year housing guarantee to make room for sophomores who do not want to be there.

Allowing sophomores to choose where to live unfortunately would continue to permit groups to self-select and segregate themselves. But if groups want to, they should have the right to do so. Noble as it is, the University’s attempt to force desegregation does not attack the roots of the problem.

The University has good goals for West, but they should not be achieved at the expense of choice. The residential life plan should not require sophomores to live on West, but it is otherwise a step in the right direction.

The Chronicle GREG PESSIN, Editor TESSA LYONS, Managing Editor AMBIKA KUMAR, University Editor STEVEN WRIGHT, University Editor MARTIN BARNA, Editorial Page Editor BRODY GREENWALD, Sports Editor JONATHAN ANGIER, General Manager

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Fans no longer behave like Crazies of the past As a long time Blue same old chants of years Devil basketball fan, who past. Especially disappointremembers the days when ing was their performance flinging pizza boxes and at the Carolina game, where dressing in theme outfits nobody could think of anywas the norm, I am shocked thing to shout beyond the at how horribly ordinary traditional “Go to hell, the Cameron Crazies have Carolina.” They had all acted this season. those targets, and yet they These fans are supposed could not be bothered to to be the masters of cre- aim, let alone shoot. ative cheers and taunts, the These are the bright, heart of Duke’s home court intelligent kids who set the advantage at Cameron fan standard for everyone Indoor Stadium. else? Why does it feel like But is that heart even their average IQ drops 40 beating? These crazies seem points the moment they hit more than happy to rest on the bleachers? their laurels and recycle the These are not the Cameron

Crazies I remember. This year’s Crazies have grown soft and lazy, and they do not deserve their reputation. In fact, if they dressed in red, I might mistake them for N.C. State fans.

I hope this year’s Crazies can regain some shred of their dignity for the last home game and prove to the rest of us that their reputation is deserved. A Duke

team as good as this one deserves better than what they are getting.

David Warner Durham, N.C.

If blacks get repaid, so should other minorities As we consider repaying African Americans for past injustices, we should also think about other groups which deserve compensation.

First and foremost, women waited 40 years longer than African Americans before procuring the right to vote in America. Even today, women are paid less than men for equal work and advance more slowly in corporate America than their male counterparts. Gender-line double standards also extend into social traditions such as family life and sexual behavior. Certainly these injustices warrant reparation, payable to over 50 percent of the total American populace.

Second, more repayment to our country’s Native Americans is in order. We have not only seized their

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land, but also decimated their all been frequent victims of cultures. Current tax breaks discrimination throughout and deregulation of reservaAmerican history due to natution land has not brought ralist attitudes. about proportionate wealth in The male members of comparison with whites, so these groups compose roughly 15 percent of the population, surely more should be done.

Of course, gay, lesbian and leaving 80 million heterosextransgender groups have long ual, white, Protestant males fought against discrimination who should pay for past in the work place and ridicule wrongs committed against from society. It is high time 146 million others. Let me be that this additional five perthe first ofthese debtors to be cent ofthe population be comheld accountable for the sins of my male ancestors willingpensated for their hardships.

Let us not forget that durly and without animosity; cering World War 11, most Asian tainly all others will follow Americans were subjected to suit. Clearly, the only sensible internment and solution is to demand reparacamps, Congress’ $20,000 reparation tion for all of the injustices to prisoners was not impledone to minorities in America, mented until 1988. Families the land where two wrongs of victims who died prior to do, in fact, make a right.

1988 were not compensated.

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Phi Psi president Dave Nefouse, commenting on his fraternity’s unity, after a three-member committee decided to dissolve the group (see story, page one)

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Remembering Earnhardt

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Guest commentary Rowland NetKaway President George W. Bush will find it easier to name the prime minister of Kyrgystan (Amangeldi Muraliev) than to tell who is qualified to haul tax dollars out of his new Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

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John Zimmerman Dale Earnhardt was a man’s man Yes, a truly un-politically correct thing to say, but an absolutely appropriate epitaph for the Intimidator. Earnhardt was a simple, quiet, high school dropout from the middle of nowhere. He didn’t start with much and he never had

town southern roots, Earnhardt never lost touch with that her-

participants care deeply about things like patriotism and God, itage. Many young drivers today things that are dismissed as spend long hours trying to look “backwards” by the cultural elites and sound like a southern racecar of today. driver, cultivating an image.

The drivers are accessible and Earnhardt never had to, open, letting the fans walk because he lived that image. That through their garage before the image, contrary to what critics race and talking to them after. argue, is not one ofarrogance and There’s no “entourage,” no gold chains and no attitude. It’s a sport stupidity.

On the contrary, he was a for, and by, the average American. thoughtful, honest and kind Think I’m being idealistic? Walk man—a personality that belied through the garage prior to any his on-track aggressiveness.

NASCAR event and see if you can He always helped his friends, spot the millionaire driver from in and out ofracing, in any way he the volunteer engine mechanic.

I happen to be a fan of this could. Whether he was giving a young driver the chance to race in great spectacle, but you don’t have Winston Cup or buying seed for to follow the sport to be taken the neighbor farmer, aback by Dale Earnhardt’s death. his Earnhardt took the idea of The emotion of the final lap was Christian charity to heart. He powerful. It was so sudden —a topnever did it for attention. five finish turned into a tragic Through all the victories and death in less than a second, only a the millions of dollars, he stayed quarter mile from the finish. And reserved. He never let the success it was so unexpected—a man that go to his head—an example for the seemed invincible was killed in legions of 21-year-old millionaire the blink of an eye.

There truly are no guarantees athletes today. If Allen Iverson had an ounce of Dale Earnhardt in in life, even for people nicknamed him, the NBA would not only be a Ironhead.

I never was a fan of Dale better league, but the fans would be a lot more dedicated.

Earnhardt, but I couldn’t help but More than that, though, the respect him and what he stood Intimidator symbolized the great for—it was awfully hard not to. sport that he devoted his life to.

It’s a sport where both fans and John Zimmerman is a Trinity junior.

federal treasury to religions, he finally will have to anything handed to him—he define religion. It’s obvious that he is confused. is Bush a Methodist, which is pretty much smack earned what he had through hard dab in the middle of mainstream Christian religions. work and determination.

Today, Americans don’t just ask Bush apparently has trouble with religious beliefs “what will you give me?” but “how far removed from his own.

When asked in an interview with The New York much will you give me?” We all Times last year his thoughts on the Church of feel entitled to something, as if Scientology, Bush said, “I have a problem with the being born is an achievement in teachings of Scientology being viewed on the same itself that merits a reward.

But not Dale Earnhardt. par as Judaism or Christianity.”

Don’t be mistaken, he had a lot: Well, of course he does. Scientology is a long haul seven Winston Cup championships, from mainstream religions.

Founded by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard 76 wins, $4l million in winnings in the 19505, the Church of Scientology, also known and an unrivaled fan base. He was as Dianetics, has been accused at different times of living the American dream, and he being a cult, a scam and a criminal organization. was living it well. He had come Actually, many of today’s established religions once from nothing to become an icon and a hero for millions. faced similar accusations.

But he never let any of that go Scientology also has been accepted as a bona fide religion, at least by some, including the Internal to his head. While Earnhardt Revenue Service. So will Bush hand out federal almost single-handedly helped NASCAR break out of its smallfunds to Scientologists? Americans soon will see.

The church, which runs drug rehabilitation, prisoner and literacy programs, plans to apply for federal funds from Bush’s new office.

According to a Tuesday news story in The New York Times by Laurie Goodstein, followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, often referred to as Moonies, also may apply for some of Bush’s faith-based federal money. commentary Known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification US.A., Moon’s people likely will ask to promote abstinence programs in schools.

Nick Christie When Bush said, “We welcome all religion” in his faith-based charitable initiative, he may not have The moral pretension that runs rampant in today’s been thinking of handing out tax dollars so Moonies world is fatiguing. Every day it seems that more and can promote their programs in public schools. more people wish to pass judgment on other individuals When all else fails, Americans rely on the courts in the name of some self-professed obligation to uphold to make the really tough decisions. Bush knows this the moral fabric of American society. more than anyone Recently in New York an exhibit that opened at the In 1965, the US. Supreme Court defined religion as Brooklyn Museum of Art provoked Mayor Rudolph “a sincere and meaningful belief occupying in the life Giuliani to call for the creation of a “decency committee” of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by the to ensure the upholding of certain standards of correctness. The exhibit, entitled “Yo Mama’s Last Supper,” feaGod of those admittedly qualified for the exemption.”

That’s a sincere and meaningful belief similar to a tures the image of a naked black woman, representing belief held by people who believe in God. As long as the figure of Christ, surrounded by 12 black apostles.

Americans hold sincere and meaningful beliefs, they Giuliani declared the exhibit to be “disgusting,” “outrageous” and “anti-Catholic.” do not have to believe in God to be defined as possessors of religion.

Giuliani is certainly entitled to have a negative opinArguably, atheists, Druids, white supremacists, or ion regarding the exhibit, and he also has the right to practically any group could qualify as a faith-based express that opinion. However, for the mayor to want to create an organization, the composition of which, by the organization.

The Jewish Anti-Defamation League has lobbied way, would consist of “basically decent people,” whose to keep Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam from sole duty is to determine what is indecent and amoral, is receiving federal funds. Bush appears to agree. Last outrageous in its own right.

Whose decency standards will be used as the benchyear he told the Austin American-Statesman, “I don t to fund programs see how we can allow public dollars mark? His? The committee’s? And how will he know just how many citizens agree with these celebrated “decency” message.” is core of the hate the where spite and If Bush can’t define religions to the satisfaction standards?

Giuliani threatens to take this issue to the of everyone applying for faith-based federal dollars, into the secSupreme brawl Court. Why? In 1998, the last time Giuliani the religious lawsuits will throw called for the establishment of decency standards, ular courts.

Even mainstream religions are difficult to define. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, in the Supreme River Court’s majority opinion, wrote that any laws that The Presbyterian minister in the movie reliimposed “a penalty on disfavored viewpoints” would —Bushs defined Methodists It Through Runs Uh oh. violate the First Amendment. The Court has already gion of choice—as Baptists who can read. they what ruled that Giuliani’s proposed morality enforcement exactly The Founding Fathers knew were doing when they called for the separation of is unconstitutional.

Secondly, it is beyond hypocritical for a man of church and state. such notorious marital infidelity to throw his publicly of morality. How can a man Rowland Nethaway’s column is syndicated by The stained hat into the ring relationship with a mistress documented whose New York Times News Service. (which clearly disregards any notion of Giuliani’s

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commitment to his wife) feel that he has a better grasp on morality than anyone else? Only a man of unabashed self-righteousness.

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called Renee Cox, the photographer who created the controversial exhibit, and whose naked body portrays Christ, “an admitted anti-Catholic.” So what? Cox could be against every single organized group of human beings on the planet—she still has the right to create a photographic exhibit, and if the Brooklyn Museum ofArt wants to, it can display that exhibit.

Also, does anyone think that the Catholic League would call for the censorship of art that members of otherreligions find offensive? Would Donohue react with equal voracity to a photograph depicting the prophet Mohammed as a black women? I don’t think so.

Or how would the League respond to an exhibit mocking the followers of naturalistic religions like Wiccha? Would it call for an immediate removal from public display?

In fact, I don’t see why Giuliani and Donohue are s( angry anyway. If they are true Catholics then the} believe in heaven and hell. Hence, why can’t they simpl} take solace in the fact that while they will enjoy the love ly environs of paradise for all eternity, Renee Cox wil bum in Hell? (Actually, Giuliani can’t take solace in tha fact—his infidelity might require him to purchase a fire proof suit).

Personally, as I am not Catholic, I don’t find Cox’ exhibit offensive in the slightest. Actually, I find th premise behind her photographs to be rather amusing throughout its esteemed history the Catholic Churc hasn’t exactly shown moral perfection in its view towards blacks and women. In fact, I’m probably just a “anti-Catholic” as Cox is.

However, how I or Giuliani feel about the display : irrelevant. What matters is that no one in the Unite States of America should feel entitled to censor anoth( person’s work because of some superior moral code. Ar attempt at standards of decency is not only misguided, is hypocrisy in its purest form.

Nick Christie is a Trinity sophomore and writer for Tl Chronicle’s sports department.

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Athletics hopes to Phi Psi disappointed with decision endow more sports

tractual status have we been able to get Phi Kappa Psi’s of attention.” the fraterniaddition, several members nounced. In Other parts of Phi Psi’s appeal, previously kept prity declined to talk about the decision.

Early this month, Phi Psi—also under investigation vate, directly refute arguments made by Ward about the group’s inability to fulfill the faculty interaction by the Undergraduate Judicial Board—appealed a deand educational programming categories of thereview. cision initially made by the ARC. it had Nefouse said that although plans for the fraternifailed to In his letter, Ward told the group meet the terms of its probationary contract—drawn up ty’s future are uncertain, he thinks the brothers will after Phi Psi received an unsatisfactory rating during remain close.

“We’re still a group.... [the administration] may last year’s process. In particular, the ARC claimed that they didn’t despite warning, the Phi Psis did not meet the faculty have gotten rid of the Phi Psi part, but a meeting held fraternity the The group.” rid of get interaction, educational programming and cultural plans. future to discuss night with its 31 last pledges was review.

The letter programming categories of the second time second time ever—and the This is the obtained yesterday by The Chronicle. dissolved has been group a years—that two “We had hoped the slippage we had discerned in the in annual review process. group’s performance over the last several years would through the 10- to 15-year-old lost its housing after failing CC be arrested, and even reversed, by putting Phi Kappa Last May, Old House requests.

ARC to to respond Psi on contract last spring,” Ward wrote. “But evidence Each year, the ARC, which has the ultimate power of the December 2000 report is extremely disappointeach selective group’s ing, and indicates to us that not even by the extreme to revoke housing, evaluates categories. seven in performance measure of putting the group on probationary and con� PHI PSI from page 1

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endowment. The department’s new campaign goal—toward which $93 million has already been raised—is intended to boost the number of endowed scholarships available for women’s sports. Currently, roughly 40 percent of the endowed scholarships are allotted to women. Chris Kennedy, associate athletic director, said he would like to see that number increase to 48 percent.

The campaign has already raised somewhere around $17.1 million for the Athletic Department’s endowment. But endowing all of the department’s scholarships would cost an additional $2OO million—money that Director ofAthletic Development Susan Ross said the University does not have the base to raise.

“We simply couldn’t raise that much,” said Ross.

“For now we just have to work at building the endowment the best we can. But it is a goal we are constantly looking at,” Athletics officials will have the option of launching their own campaign in 2003, when the $2 billion Campaign for Duke ends. However, they said they have not decided whether they will pursue an organized independent fund-raising effort.

Lastly, the plan calls for several smaller internal initiatives. The department will install new phone system and new computers. Officials are hoping to diversify their staff by increasing representation along racial and gender lines.

Also, the department plans to build the size of its development and training staff.

Center plans additional improvements � RESOURCE CENTER from page 3 but it is still undergoing many improvements. Initially, a telephone customer service center was staffed by one operator who handled nearly 280 calls a day. Now, callers are greeted with a menu of eight options, and three operators are available to take questions. When an employee is unavailable to take a call, an e-mail tracking system sends an automatic email with the caller’s concern and contact informa-

tion to the employee.

Response to the center, as measured by unsolicited e-mails and surveys, has been mostly positive, said Nancy Sutter, business manager of human resources.

However, the HRIG is not finished.

There are plans to improve the walk-in center ofthe

HRIC, which is used by 75 to 100 employees everyday to obtain information about benefits and job offerings or to speak with a specialist. The center also provides two computer kiosks where customers may work on resumes or apply for jobs online.

Starting Feb. 26, there will also be a bilingual specialist in the HRIC. Previously, there was only one Spanish-speaking employee out of the 24 staff in the main Human Resources building. The final stage of technological upgrading will occur in August when a new computer system will put all of the HRIC’s functions online, eliminating much of the paperwork.

Abbot said that although there is a learning curve in the development of a new center, “the potential is there for it to be a big improvement”

Sports

Schuye Laßue and the .Virginia Cavaliers pay a visit to Cameron Indoor this evening.

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� Women’s hoops woos recruit.

See page 14 � Baseball loses to Pirates See page 15

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Timely runs key as Duke destroys Georgia Tech

By GREG VELS The Chronicle

On the students’ senior night at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke (24-3, 11-2 in the ACC) honored its most recognizable near-graduate, and Shane Battier reciprocated by heading a 98-54 systematic unraveling of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (15-10, 7-7).

“We played a game befitting of thekid who had his jersey retired,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I thought it was one of our best games against a really good basketball team. At this point, we really can’t play much better than this.”

Although Battier did not down nine three-pointers as he did against Princeton earlier in the year, he exhibited his trademark leadership and consistency in a 16point, seven-rebound performance. What he lacked in his 37.5 percent field-goal shooting, he managed to make up for accumulating three blocks and three steals in his 31 minutes of court time.

However, just his presence on the hardwood and in the locker room inspires his teammates to higher levels of play.

“It is an honor to play with him,” sophomore Mike Dunleavy said. “On and off the court, it is not so much the things he says, but I just learn so much from watching him and the way he carries himself. His poise and manner are really admirable.”

However, jersey retirement aside, Duke still had a basketball game to play.

Tied at 15-15 eight minutes into the game, Duke exploded on a 14-0 run. Then, with two-and-a-half minutes left in the first half, Krzyzewski substituted Casey Sanders out, making Dunleavy the tallest Blue Devil on the court. With the short lineup, Duke sizzled its way into the locker room with a high intensity 13-3 run.

To add to Georgia Tech’s woes, the Blue Devils started the second half with a 13-0 run that had the Yellow Jackets salivating for Saturday’s matchup against Clemson.

While the runs were important, many

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FT R PF PTS ATO MP 3-3 7 2 16 4 2 31 Dunleavy 3-4 6 0 18 2 2 28 Boozer 1-2 5 3 9 1 0 19 James 2-2 71 13 2 0 26 Williams 5-5 3 1 25 6 3 31 Caldbeck 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Simpson 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Buckner 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0-1 Sanders 1 4 18 3-4 4 4 5 1-1 Duhon 3-7 2-7 3 1 10 3 1 24 Borman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Christensen 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 5 Love 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 0 17 Team 3 Totals 33-69 11-30 21-31 42 13 98 19 13 200 Officials: Wood, Hartzell, Range Attendance—9,3l4

other factors contributed to Duke’s 44point victory.

First, Jason Williams churned out yet another superhuman performance.

Twenty-five points and six assists later, Georgia Tech first-year coach Paul Hewitt wished he had employed a differentgame plan against arguably the most dominant point guard in the country.

Also, Duke received a huge, if unexpected, boost off the bench from Sanders.

He played a season-high 18 minutes while putting up five points and bringing down four rebounds.

“I think Casey brings energy and athleticism to the table,” Dunleavy said. “I think he adds another dimension just like the way Chris Duhon has been shooting the ball lately... Guys on the team definitely feed off of the way Casey plays.”

However, more than anything, Sanders was just another capable body that the Blue Devils were able to incorpo-

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SHANE BATTIER looks to score two of his 16 points against GeorgiaTech’s Alvin Jones rate in their neutralization of Georgia Tech senior center Alvin Jones.

Heading into last night’s game, Jones, who averages 14.5 points and

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rebounds per game, had the potential to bully around a Duke squad that possess-

es exposable weaknesses in the paint.

When he walked offthe court, he had only scored five points on a 2-for-9 shooting performance from the field and a l-for-6 brickfest from the fine.

In the end, though, yesterday was

indeed Battler’s night. As he exited the locker room after the game for a few minutes, Battier, anticipating a long night of extensive press coverage, assured the media, “Don’t worry. You know I’ll be back.”

He’ll be back at Cameron only once more for what will be the capstone on his brilliant four-year career, but he will be forever enshrined in the annals of Duke basketball history and the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Women’s golf team takes 3rd at Wildcat Invitational top along with us. Overall I feel good about our performance; we played a very difficult golf course with from a lot of intensity” junior Despite a season-best performance In the race for individual honors, Hannemann finwomen’s golf top-ranked Duke’s Candy Hannemann, tied for first at the end of regulation after being ished team placed third yesterday at the Wildcat Invitational control of the tournament through 63 holes. in in Sabino Springs, Ariz.

The junior struggled to a final-round 73, while Second-ranked host Arizona won the team title over freshman Lauren Ochoa rallied to overcome a Arizona 13 back No. 5 Stanford by eight shots. Duke ended up deficit with 13 holes remaining and tie six-stroke at plus-24 The Wildcats’ first-year standout then Hannemann.

Playing in their first tournament of the spring season, the hole of the playoff to win her third opening threebirdied of the Blue Devils finished the first two days the the year. day event in second place behind the Wildcats. They tournament of “Right now she is disappointed because she wantArizona before yesterday within three strokes closed to ed to win it,” Brooks said of Hannemann. “She was shot 4-under on the final nine holes to pull away. some mistakes she made on the “[Arizona is] an excellent team/ coach Dan disappointed with day. But when she gets away on the final back side Brooks said. “They rank right up there at the very

By THOMAS STEINBERGER The Chronicle

Men’s tennis ranked 3rd The men’s tennis team moved from fifth to third in the latest rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Blue Devils are 5-1 this year.

Tennis center praised Sheffield Indoor Tennis

Center was named the nation’s Outstanding Tennis Facility by the USTA. This is the third time that a North Carolina facility has won the award,

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from it and thinks back, she’ll realize she had an excellent tournament.”

Brooks was not concerned with either his team’s third-place finish or its 12-over performance on the back nine yesterday. He believes his players showed ample space for improvement, but had confidence that this week was not a good measure ofhow the rest of the spring will go.

“We’ve got things to work on,” the coach said. “I think some of what we are seeing is our golfers getting in their own way. There’s a little self-limitation going on. The main thing you have to do as a golfer is get out of your own way.”

In other scores, freshman Virada Nirapathpongporn finished tied for 10th at 4-over and sophomore Kristina Engstrom tied for 26th at plus-12.

Sampras upset

Bills go with Flutie

Top-seeded Pete Sampras was upset in the first round of the Kroger St. Jude tournament last night, losing to Chris Woodruff in two sets.

Sampras said he was “caught off guard.”

A Buffalo radio station is reporting that the Buffalo

Bills have decided to make Doug Flutie their starting quarterback over Rob Johnson. Johnson will likely be cut or traded.

Men’s Basketball No. 6 lowa St. 62, Kansas St. 51 No. 7 Fla. 75, No. 12 Mississippi 55 No. 8 Arizona 88, Arizona St. 58 No. 18 N.D. 76, No. 10 B.C. 75 No. 11 Kansas 91, Colorado 79 Auburn 72, No. 14 Alabama 69 No. 24 Wake 92, Clemson 60

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2001

Women’s basketball hosts top recruit, visiting Cavs Nicole Wolff, who is considered the best shooter in the class of 2002, will attend tonight’s game

By BRODY GREENWALD The Chronicle

One day after leading her high school team to the championship title at the Merril Lynch Tournament in Walpole, Mass., one of the nation’s best high school shooters is on her way to Durham to see if No. 7 Duke can clinch sole possession of the ACC regular-season championship.

Junior Nicole Wolff, who is considered the most dangerous pure shooter in the class of2002, will make an unofficial visit to campus today. Duke coach Gail Goestenkors, who has strung together some of the nation’s best recruiting classes for several consecutive years, will have as her primary challenge convincing the Massachusetts native to pick Duke over local suitors Connecticut

means that all my hard work has paid off, at least a little bit.”

Most analysts agree that Wolff is an extremely competent ball-handler on the court, where her sound fundamentals and soft shooting touch have the coaches of the nation’s elite programs all jockeying for her services. Wolff attributed much of her court awareness to her father, Dennis, who currently

coaches the men’s basketball team at

Boston University.

“He’s always telling me ways to improve and what I need to do to become better,” Wolff said of her father, who averaged slightly more than eight points per game in 1977-78 as a guard

at UConn.

Despite her longtime connections to Connecticut, Wolff denied that Huskies and Boston College. coach Geno Auriema had a leg up on the In the months before she makes her competition. One considerable factor final decision, Wolff said she plans on working in Goestenkors’ favor will be the lure that attracts many of Duke’s developing her strength and ball-handling skills, which she tagged as two student-athletes: Before mentioning the potential weaknesses in her game. Her team’s success or the players or coaches game may not be perfect, but in less or anything else, Wolff, who is an outthan three years of high school, Wolff standing student at Walpole High has dazzled nearly everyone who has School, pointed to Duke’s academic seen her play. Like her favorite player, excellence as the primary reason she is two-time All-America interested in the Blue Devils. Wolff also UConn’s Svetlana Abrosimova, Wolff has disknows that Goestenkors’ emphasis on played an unreal scoring ability that athletic versatility complements the prompted All-Star Girls Report to rank agile guard, so Wolff’s decision on the left-handed sharpshooter as the No. whether or not she fits in at Duke will come down to one thing.

2 guard in her class.

“Right now it’s just basically how I get “I’m really happy about that, but it’s just a ranking,” Wolff said. “It’s nice along with the team and the coaches,” she that people think that because it said. “Pretty much I know all the rest.”

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Last month, when Duke overcame Alana Beard’s first missed start of the season, the frontcourt matchup surprisingly swung the game in Duke’s favor. Schuye Laßue was expected to dominate, but Iciss Tillis scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds. Red-hot Laßue will seek redemption tonight

Outside

Telisha Quarles and Anna Prillaman have provided the Cavaliers a consistent backcourt, and their jobs will be even easier if forward Svetlana Volnaya shoots the ball like she did last time against Duke. Still, Naismith finalist Georgia Schweitzer brings a confidence and poise to Duke’s backcourt to which few teams can relate.

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The Blue Devils appear to be in a minor funk and have dropped to a season-worst ranking of seventh in the Associated Press poll. Nonetheless, the team has added incentive to win coach Gail Goestenkors her 200th career victory. Virginia, meanwhile, has played sub-.500 basketball since losing to Duke last month.

Despite its recent struggles, Duke is still the most talented team in the ACC. Although Virginia was expected to challenge the Blue Devils for the conference title this season, the Cavaliers have hit some serious snags since losing to Duke last month. If Tillis can hold Laßue to anywhere near her output in the last meeting, Duke will win easily: if not, anyCompiled by Brody Greenwald thing is possible. Tillis helps Duke win, 72-60

VIRGINIA’S SCHUYE LARUE attempts a layup against Duke’s Iciss Tillis last month at Virginia,

‘Shoe’ Laßue leads Cava Hers into Cameron for crucial AC C match

By CHRISTINA PETERSEN The Chronicle

Cougars to three top-10 finishes and was named a National AAU All-American.

“All I did when I was little was play ball, that’s all I can remember,” Laßue said. ‘When I couldn’t get by [my opponents], that was what I worked on the next day and I couldn’t wait to get out there and work on that.”

The former Nike All-American, who wears jersey No. 45 because it was

All her life, Virginia’s leading scorer, Schuye Laßue, has been dealing with misinterpretations and mispronunciations of her name.

“My nickname is ‘Shoe’ because that’s how they pronounce my first name,” the sophomore forward said. “And they call me ‘French/ because my last name Michael Jordan’s, not only made the sounds [continental].”

Yet the Washington, D.C., native whose transition from high school to college, name is pronounced “Sky” quickly made a but dominated last season’s ACC name for herself in the ACC as sheled the pledge class.

Laßue played in every game last seaCavaliers in scoring (14.4), rebounding (8.0) and field goal percentage (.570) last son, starting all but three, and led all ACC freshmen in scoring and rebounding, season as a freshman.

“Playing in the ACC is challenging,” Last year’s ACC rookie-of-the-year is Laßue said. “The other teams challenge now touted as a candidate for ACC player-of-the-year, as she averages 18.4 points me because their defense is always trying per game and scored her I,oooth career to keep me from scoring.”

So far, the other teams have been point last week against Hampton.

Only the 18th Cavalier to top the unsuccessful, failing to hold Laßue’s per1,000-point plateau, Laßue’s feat is even game average to less than 20.1 points. more impressive since she is only in her Only to North Carolina’s LaQuanda Barksdale tops the sophomore on the second season at Virginia.

“I’ve always scored a lot of points, in ACC high scorers’ list and recently both junior high and high school,” Laßue recorded her 18th double-double of the said. “I just take [that responsibility] on season with her 33-point, 18-rebound for the team and when [my teammates] performance against Hampton.

But all is not rosy for the All-America come to me, I take that as a challenge.”

When Laßue and the Cavaliers travel candidate; her scoring may be dominant, to take on the Blue Devils in Cameron but the sophomore has watched her team Indoor Stadium tonight, it will be a battle drop to fifth in the ACC after being in the hunt for the conference title last season. between last year’s ACC rookie-of-the“My biggest challenge is to win games the year and this year’s top candidate for on a consistent basis,” Laßue said. “With same award, Alana Beard.

For Laßue, it will be a matchup longthe talent we have on our team, we can their Jan. 22 do it. We have to work on winning every awaited, since Beard missed meeting after dislocating her thumb. night, instead of beating a big team and then losing to a not-so-good team.”

Then fourth-ranked Duke won the comIt’s ironic that Laßue’s favorite movie petition, 71-68, on a strong performance from freshman Iciss Tillis. Like all of is Sinbad’s 1995 film Houseguest, since, Virginia’s games, though, Laßue had a like the title character, the forward often hand in the Cavaliers’ destiny, as she comes into other teams’ homes and does tried to tie the game with a last-second not leave until she has what she wants.

For other ACC teams, the question then midcourt shot that went awry.

The 6-3 forward grew up playing in is not whether Laßue will score, but how much—and for that reason alone, they the nation’s capital, but didn’t start competing in organized basketball until she know her name.

“Every time I play I change my game,” joined the AAU Beltway Lady Cougars. who Laßue said. “The new defenses I face leaps forward often An athletic make me do different things so that when over the competition instead of running I fail and when I succeed, I still always through it, Laßue stood head-and-shoulLady try to get better.” the rest as she led the ders above

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Baseball loses to Battier wants championship banner undefeated Pirates

By GABE GITHENS The Chronicle

ECU 8 The Duke baseball team (3-7) lost a tough game to nationally ranked East Duke 1 Carolina (7-0) by the score of 8-1 yesterday at Jack Coombs Field.

Through the first two innings, the score was only 1-0 in favor of the visiting Pirates, but ECU busted open the score in the top of the third inning with a three-run outburst. The Blue Devils finally managed to get three outs, but the damage had already been done. Duke pitcher Greg Burke was retired after pitching three innings and giving up four runs on six hits. In the bottom half of the third inning, Duke responded with a leadoff single by shortstop Kevin Kelly. Then Drew Jerdan, a freshman designated hitter, smacked a double down the rightfield line to bring home his teammate.

In Kevin Perry’s short relief span on the mound, ECU was able to mount another potent attack against the Blue Devils. After both teams went scoreless in the fifth inning, ECU again strung together a few hits and scored three runs in the sixth inning.

With the score 8-1 going into the bottom half of the sixth, the Blue Devils still refused to give up. They managed to get several hits but didn’t manufacture a run.

Coach Bill Hillier was disappointed in his team’s loss, but he was pleased with the effort that the Blue

� BATTIER from page 1 “It’s a school decision,” Krzyzewski said. “To see that Nan and out administration understands just what an impact this kid has had on our program... is terrific.”

Keohane’s remarks were also'brief, touching on Battler's career highlights on and off the court, and stating a few famous quotes about the senior before giving him a framed jersey and noting that it was finally time to put his No. 31 up where it belongs—with the other greats of Duke basketball.

Devils showed.

“East Carolina is a good team,” he said. “I would have liked to get some more hits but we really didn't play that bad.”

Duke did have nine hits in the game, but the team could not put them together at the right times. Against an undefeated ECU team that is ranked 21st in the country, the Blue Devils failed to put together a rally like they managed to do last weekend against Georgetown.

“Our defense was solid, but we could have used some REEM HAFEZ/THE CHRONIC! more runs early on,” Hillier said. “We have to rebound and get ready for Cincinnati this weekend.” celebrates SHANE BATTIER after a play against Tech last night.

As a huge smile formed on Battler’s face, he held up his framed No. 31 to cheers of “Who’s your daddy?

Battier!” from the Cameron Crazies. After hugging both his parents, he then returned to Duke’s locker room to get ready to dispatch the Yellow Jackets.

“I was really nervous at the beginning,” Battier said. “I was worried about how I would look on T.V. and if my parents would be all right, so my first shot was a little tight, but then I settled in.”

Settle in Battier did, putting up 16 points while grabbing seven boards, along with three steals, three blocks and four assists in, ironically, 31 minutes. It would have been a stellar game for most players, but instead it was just what people have come to expect out of the leading national-player-of-the-year candidate.

“I’m truly honored and very humbled to think that my name would be added to the pantheon of great players here,” Battier said. Tm still pinching myself.

It’s special to be able to share it with my family and friends and most of all the guys that I play with. I hope when they look at that banner they don’t just see No. 31, Battier, they see their name up there too.”

Although he did not have his best performance of the season, there was no way that the team was going to let anything go wrong on their tri-captain’s special night.

“Watching him play two years ago when I was in New Jersey in high school and seeing the kind of role he had and what type of player he’s turned into has been fun,” sophomore guard Jason Williams said.

“Hopefully some day my jersey can be retired along with Shane’s, but right now it’s a really great moment for Shane and I’m really happy for him. He deserves it more than anyone else.”

As great as the night was for Battier, he knows his work for the season is far from over. After tonight it’ll be right back to business, preparing for the end ofthe regular season and then the ACC and NCAA tournaments.

“It’s always nice to add banners to Cameron,” Battier said. “We got one more on the south side, now I need another banner on the north side to balance it out.”

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