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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Recruit Deng chooses Duke
Sprint to the Finish
� A source close to the men’s basketball team told The Chronicle that the No. 2 player in the national Class of 2003 will commit to the Blue Devils today. By EVAN DAVIS The Chronicle
Luol Deng is headed to Durham. A source close to the men’s basketball team told The Chronicle Monday night that Deng, who is rated as the No. 1 small forward and No. 2 player overall in the Class of 2003 by the Sporting News, will commit to Duke today. Deng will announce his decision at a noon press conference at his high school, Blair
Academy (N.J.). Deng, who stands 6-foot-8 and weighs 217 pounds, averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds last season at Blair. His decision comes less
than two weeks after an official visit to Duke, which lasted from Oct. 25 to 27, and gave Deng the opportunity to watch the Blue-White scrimmage in Cameron. Deng will choose Duke over Indiana, Virginia and Missouri—the three
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ELLEN OZIER/REUTERS
ERSKINE BOWLES campaigned in Dilworth late last week in the run-up to today’s U.S. Senate election.
ELIZABETH DOLE meets with supports during a campaign stop Monday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
Candidates criss-cross state as midterm election approaches By AMI PATEL
See DENG on page 14
The Chronicle
With U.S. Senate control hanging in the balance and governance of both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly up for grabs, both De-
mocrats and Republicans scurried about in a blaze of last-minute campaigning, fundraising and organizing in the last 24 hours before elections. Campaign
headquarters
were
working hard into the evening Monday to deliver yard signs to supporters, inform voters of their precinct, and arrange transportation for voters who can not get to the polls otherwise. This year’s midterm elections feature one of the tightest and most closely watched Senate races in the country, between Democratic candidate Erskine Bowles and Republican candidate Elizabeth Dole. In Septem-
AIDS vaccine research This is the second story in a five-part series on Duke’s 20 years of research and social work against AIDS. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
BRITTANY HUNTER said she chose Duke over the University of Connecticut mainly for academics.
Brittany to join Duke’s title hunt
offers hope
The Chronicle
As nothing more than a tiny ball of protein
filled with strands of DNA, the AIDS virus—-1/80 the size of a red blood cell and lacking the most basic elements of life—has surprisingly managed to outsmart some of the greatest medical minds of
The Chronicle
this generation. Since 1987, more than 30 HIV vaccines have passed the test tube stage, but none have shown
the ability to stop the disease in patients. Yet the pessimism engendered from this lack of progress has ebbed in recent years, and some researchers are beginning to say that they may be able to win the fight against AIDS after all.
See HUNTER on page 16
Inside
See ELECTION on page 7
By MIKE MILLER
By TYLER ROSEN Monday was a good day for the women’s basketball team. First, word circulated that Brittany Hunter, the All Star Girl’s Report’s top-ranked recruit in the country, had verbally committed to the Blue Devils Sunday afternoon. Then, the preseason AP poll was released with Duke heading the list. Hunter, who ASGR’s Bret McCormick described as a “very physical” player, is a 6-foot-3 senior at Brookhaven High School in Colum-
ber, Dole led Bowles by 14 percentage points in a Mason-Dixon poll. In another Mason-Dixon poll released Sunday, Bowles had whittled that lead down to 6 points. Bowles spent part ofhis day Monday in Charlotte for an evening rally at Ericsson Stadium. U.S. Sen. John Edwards, Gov. Mike Easley and for-
Sen ' ors registered for classes Friday, but unlike last year, technology officials said no students were able to view others’ accounts. See page 3
See AIDS VACCINE on page 7
MIKE MILLER/THE CHRONICLE
BARLETT HUMPHRIES, a phlebotomy laboratory technician, has researched the AIDS virus for 15 years despite others’ early fears about contracting the disease.
Construction workers broke a gas line Monday, causing police to divert traffic on Science Drive while workers tried to repair the line. See page 4
The City Council Monday examined the Durham Police Department’s use of anti-crime grant funds and whether the resulting measures have been effective. See page 5