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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Campus snowfall postpones classes No changes planned to final exam schedule, due to begin Monday

Student dies from

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

injuries

If snow days on the last day of school are things kids only dream about, almost 10,000 kids at heart had their greatest fancies fulfilled yesterday.

Several inches of heavy snow fell Wednesday on the Gothic Wonderland and in the Triangle, prompting University officials to postpone Thursday’s classes until Friday and students to gather and frolic on the East and West campus quadrangles to delight in the uncommonly early and plentiful sign of Old Man Winter.

As the snow turned to ice Wednesday night, however, much of Durham and the rest of North Carolina lost power and transportation became treacherous. Many Duke offices closed Thurs-

� Maggie Schneider died after suffering injuries in a car accident while traveling back to the Marine Lab after Thanksgiving break

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

Maggie Schneider, a junior biology major studying at the Duke Marine Lab in Beau-

day, with essential employees given

rides to campus when necessary.

Durham County officials called a curfew Thursday night, although many students, faculty and staff living off campus made their way to Duke, which retained power.

The snow began falling Wednesday as afternoon classes let out. Buses encountered slick conditions, skidding off the road and getting stuck in the quickly accumulating powder. The transportation problems and the prospect of further dangerous precipitation today convinced administrators to postpone classes.

“It’s supposed to be very icy in the morning,” Provost Peter Lange said of postponing Thursday classes. “We did not want to put that many faculty and staff on the road as well as students See SNOW on page 10

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Schneider, a of St. Maggie Schneider John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, was remembered by friends as a vibrant, caring and native

energetic person

“She was always involved, she was always cheerful, she was always looking for ways to help people and take part in anything that was happening in the Marine Lab,” said Gail Cannon, the lab’s academic coordinator.

At Duke, Schneider had been

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JAMES B. DUKE stands in the heavy snowfall on the Chapel Quadrangle Wednesday afternoon. In light of possible dangerous conditions, administrators rescheduled today’s classes for Friday.

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active member of the Project WILD wilderness organization, and was an See SCHNEIDER on page 13

Planned K-ville Lange to report on grade inflation concert canned

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

They got the venue, they got the date and they got the cause. The thing they couldn’t get was the band.

Citing a lack of time and resources to book a bigname act, organizers have abandoned plans for “K-ville Kares,” a concert scheduled for Feb. 7, 2003 in

Cameron Indoor Stadium that would have benefited the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program.

The show was going to be the first major concert in the basketball stadium since 1996 and signaled a significant policy change for the athletics department, which approved the use of the famed location.

Campus Council, Duke Student Government, the Duke University Union and the Graduate and Professional Student Council were all co-sponsoring the event in their first-ever joint venture.

The organizers had hoped to bring a reputable artist in the $50,000-per-show range, ensuring a sell-

Grade inflation may be less dramatic than recent reports have shown, and its causes are too complex to be easily remedied by any one policy, Provost Peter Lange is scheduled to report Friday to the Board of Trustees meeting, the status of which was in question Thursday due to the severe weather.

Lange said that in preparing for the report over the past spring and summer, he developed models showing that at legist halfof the increase in grades over the last few years has been due to causes other than “inflation,” such as an increase in the quality of students at Duke and the nature of the curriculum preceding Curriculum 2000.

“We found therewere significant phases of increases in grades and periods of flattening,” Lange said. “We’ve gone about six years with grades more or less flat.”

He said it is too soon to tell whether Curriculum 2000 will have a dampening effect on grades.

The study looked at grade point average by academic division, but did not compare grades across See GRADES on page 12

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Dr. .Danny Jacobs, professor of surgery at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. has accepted the chair postion at Duke. See page 5

James B. Duke professors are honored as some of the most distinguished faculty members at the University.

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World

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Poll reveals unfavorable opinion of U.S.

A poll of respondents in 44 nations finds that a favorable opinion of the United States has declined in two-thirds of them, although real animosity is concentrated in Muslim nations.

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FEC imposes major fine on Mattel

Mattel Inc., maker of Barbie dolls and other famous toys, agreed along with two of its former employees to pay $477,000 in fines for making political donations in the names of other people, the third-largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Election Commission.

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Palestinians boycott American products

Swept up by anti-American sentiment, Palestinians are increasingly giving up one of their favorite status symbols—their Marlboros. However, the boycott has not extended to Levi’s jeans and Coca-Cola, •

On eve of retirement, Thurmond turns 100

Strom Thurmond, the oldest and longest-serving senator in history, reached his 100th birthday Thursday surrounded by family, friends, Supreme Court justices and leaders of the Senate he helped to reshape.

Mouse genetic sequence obtained

The genetic sequence of the mouse, finished today, is a landmark in biology that researchers say will greatly accelerate efforts to understand and treat human disease, as well as yield insights about basic biology and evolution.

News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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U.S. warns Iraq on U.N. compliance Rumsfeld raises possibility of exiling Saddam Hussein in order to avoid war

By DAVID SANGER

way.” But he gave no indication that he planned to lead the inspectors to sus-

New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON Less than 72 hours before Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is required to declare the weapons of mass destruction he holds, President George W. Bush’s administration Thursday set stiff demands, saying at the White House and the Pentagon that Iraq must physically take inspectors to the weapons and make available all the people who developed and worked on them.

Saddam appeared on Iraqi television Thursday to urge “patience” in dealing with the U.N. inspectors, and said his objective was to allow the inspectors to do their work so that he could “keep our people out of harm’s

pect sites or hidden caches of weapons, as the White House demands.

The White House spokesperson, Ari Fleischer, dismissed Iraq’s claims that it possesses no nuclear weapons, citing the testimony of past weapons inspectors and intelligence experts.

“The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction if it was not true, and if they did not have a solid basis for saying it,” he said.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, speaking at the Pentagon, said Iraq’s leaders faced three choices.

By DAVE CARPENTER The Associated Press

“People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.”

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Alternatively, he said, Saddanl could “open up his country and say,

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ed. Here are the people who made them.”’ Or, he said, “He could follow the pattern of previous years” and “continue to lie and deceive and deny.”

Officials in the White House left no doubt they thought Saddam would reach for the third option.

See IRAQ on page 12

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But sources familiar with the process, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said United was preparing to file for bankruptcy Sunday. The carrier was finalizing the terms of a $1.5 billion debtor-in-possession loan, the sources said. The loan would enable the airline to keep flying in bankruptcy.

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Snowfall, ice put Durham residents in the dark Crews work to restore power to 660,000, clear roadways after worst ice storm in years

By RUTH CARLITZ The Chronicle

Northerners may scoff at the few inches of white powder covering the ground, but to most Durham citizens, it’s cause for alarm.

The National Weather Service extended its winter storm warning, which covered Orange and Chatham counties, to include Durham and Wake counties Wednesday morning, and by Thursday much of the area was at a standstill. Classes and other events have been canceled or postponed, and many city and state officials are working overtime to deal with harsh weather conditions.

Fifty-nine thousand homes were without power Thursday in Durham—and 660,000 total under Duke Power, which is not affiliated with the University—after freezing rain and cold temperatures led to down power lines. Officials warned that residents should not expect power for three to five days. An official from Duke Power called it “the worst ice storm we’ve seen.”

Students of all ages enjoyed a snow day Thursday and will do so again Friday as the Durham Public Schools have canceled all classes. DPS students left an hour early Wednesday, and all meetings, after-school care, athletic activities and performances were canceled.

The weather, which led many employers to send workers home early yesterday, had its most noticeable effects on road conditions.

“All the employers are letting employees out at the same time, so you get rush hour at three instead of five,” explained Peter D’Orazio, street maintenance division superintendent for the city.

D’Orazio said public works employees are working a split shift to ensure the roads stay clear overnight. The city has 18 salt-spreading trucks and a reserve of over

CORRECTION In a page one graphic in the Dec. 3 edition, The Chronicle incorrectly stated that the University president would be one of three ex officio members of the proposed Academic Programs Committee. The graphic should have said the provost, not the president.

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1,000 tons of salt and 350 to 400 tons of salt-sand mix.

The city does not anticipate employing snow plows, unless more than three to four inches of snow accumulate. The Durham Police Department issued a winter storm traffic alert advising drivers involved in accidents to pull off the road or go home and report the accidents, in order to avoid blocking the road.

In addition, Gov. Mike Easley issued a statement encouraging people to stay off the roads until conditions approve. “Ice and snow on our roadways makes for dangerous travel conditions,” he said. “I encourage everyone to put safety first.”

Conditions varied in severity across the state, and as of Wednesday evening, one fatal incident had been

reported in Rowan County.

The Department of Transportation is working to clear the interstates, then secondary roads, said public information officer Bill Jones. “Our first priority is to clear the highways that carry the heaviest traffic,” he said.

Residents have also been rushing to stock up on basic

With this edition, The Chronicle ceases regular production for the semester. A special Exam Break issue will be

published Monday. Good luck on finals!

supplies. David Gardner, a manager at the Hillsborough Road Kroger, said his store saw a noticeable increase in traffic Wednesday. “[People are buying] everything—milk, bread, soft drinks, beer,” he said. “Business is probably twice as good today as it is on a typical Wednesday.”

Durham’s chapter of the Red Cross has issued a series of winter weather tips advising citizens to stay indoors and dress appropriately if they must venture outside.

The Red Cross also recommends citizens avoid traveling by car and in the case of getting stuck on the road, they are advised to stay with their cars until help arrives.

Temperatures were expected to drop into the 10s Thursday night, although the weekend promised warmer and sunnier weather, with highs in the 40s.

Ironically, the two North Carolina residents best equipped to handle the frigid weather conditions are the least affected. Marsha and Wilhelm, two polar bears recently rescued from a Mexican circus and new to the North Carolina Zoo near Asheboro, remain in quarantine at more seasonable temperatures in the 60s.

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Ticket sales, turnout boost Broadway at Duke series

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When the Tony Award-winning musical Fosse danced its way into Page Auditorium Wednesday night, more than 350 students were among the sold-out crowd on hand to witness the work of legendary dancer, choreographer and director Bob Fosse.

This year, such strong student turnout is a common sight, as student ticket sales for the Broadway at Duke series have almost doubled from last year. Student leaders and University officials cite relatively lower ticket prices and a student-friendly lineup of big-name musicals as reasons for the increased interest.

Two hundred eighty season passes were sold for the four-show series, an increase of 129 over the 2000-2001 season, which featured a five-show bill. An additional 171 single-show tickets were sold for last month’s The Scarlet Pimpernel. Rent, which will raise the curtain in January, has been sold out for several months. Advance sales for April’s South Pacific have also been strong.

Fosse sold out as well, and along with the 280 season ticket holders, an additional 87 tickets were sold—a strong number for a production during the last week of classes, officials said.

“We especially targeted publicity specifically to students and the results were tremendous,” said junior Anissa Smith, chair of Broadway at Duke, a committee of the Duke University Union. “The highlight of the year was when Rent sold out on the second day of single-ticket sales. At that point I knew the series would be a success.”

Rent, the contemporary adaptation of La Boheme set in lower Manhattan’s Alphabet FOSSE, a Broadway musical brought to Duke this year, sold-out the house for its

Wednesday night performance in Page Auditorium.

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Making students aware of the lineup and of those prices was just as crucial.

“We had almost no off-campus advertising this year, but had a poster in every dorm,” said.

Peter Coyle, associate dean of university life and adviser to Broadway at Duke.

Two years ago, after bringing in a number of acts that did not actually appear on the GreatWhite Way, the Broadway at Duke committee decided to refocus its program toward genuine Broadway musicals, Coyle said.

Last year’s bill included Titanic, Annie Get Your Gun and Chicago, and student response began to increase then. Coyle noted, however, that the four or five-show seasons are a far cry from the glory days of the series, when eight or nine shows made their way to Duke.

Durham is usually a convenient stop for touring shows, which try to follow the warm weather south in the winter and sometimes give venues like Duke a break on costs for one-performance runs in between longer runs to the north and south.

Such series are not uncommon at other schools outside of major metropolitan areas like New York, Boston and Chicago. Duke is unique, however, in that it gives students the power to negotiate and choose contracts.

Junior Ashley Powell, who attended Fosse

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“Broadway at Duke is wonderful because North Carolina needs more cultural events outside of Raleigh, and Duke students need to experience new things besides basketball,” she said.

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Jacobs to succeed Anderson as chair of surgery

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

Dr. Danny Jacobs, a specialist in gastrointestinal surgery, was named chair of the department of surgery at Duke University Medical Center, officials announced Wednesday.

Jacobs will assume his new position Feb. 1, pending approval of the Board of Trustees at their meeting this weekend.

He currently serves as chair andArnold W. Lempka Distinguished Professor of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. “I am extremely honored to be named as chair,” Jacobs said from his home in Omaha. “Duke is one of the premier surgery departments and one of the nation’s best training programs.... It’s a wonderful opportunity.

It’s probably the best surgery chair job in the country.”

Jacobs succeeds Dr. Robert Anderson, who is stepping down as chair after eight years in the position.

“Dr. Jacobs brings to the role of chair a record of achievement in teaching and research, a deep commitment to clinical excellence, prior experience as a department chair and a persuasive personal vision for the future of surgery at Duke in the coming decades,” said Dr. Sandy Williams, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, in a statement.

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DR. DANNY JACOBS accepted the position of chair of surgery in the School of Medicine. Jacobs currently holds the same position at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.

Jacobs said his leadership style is direct, nonthreatening and noncon-

frontational.

“I’m committed to excellence,” he added. “I’m the kind of person that rec-

ognizes that the best way to be successful is through a collaborative approach.”

He said that besides the department’s excellent reputation, he was drawn to Duke by the people with whom he will be working.

“They are a devoted bunch of individuals, and there’s a fervor and loyalty in them I’ve never seen anywhere else,” he said. “And the leadership is spectacular. They have a clear vision, they’re honest, they’re committed and they’re also nice people.”

One of four finalists for the chair, Jacobs beat out two other external candidates and Dr. Ted Pappas, professor of surgery at Duke.

Jacobs said while he was optimistic about the future of the department, some aspects need to be examined.

“The department of surgery continues to do well clinically, but there are some constraints with regards to space and operations. The operating rooms are heavily utilized,” he said.

He also cited the current nationwide malpractice crisis and the new 80-hour work week restrictions for residents as other issues with which he will need to deal.

“We’ll have to think differently about how our residents are educated in the framework of dealing with the number of hours they can work,” he said.

Jacobs will move to North Carolina with his wife and 16-year-old son. Despite the recent snowstorm, Jacobs said he was looking forward to the warmer Durham weather and living in the Research Triangle Park area.

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Youth Program wins “Coming Up Taller award” in Washington Youth Document Durham, a Duke program that involves young people from diverse local communities in documentary projects, received a 2002 “Coming Up Taller Award” from First Lady Laura Bush Dec. 2 during a White House ceremony.

The award, sponsored by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute ofMuseum and Library Services, was presented to 13 programs in the United States and Mexico.

The awards recognize excellence in community-

based, after-school arts and humanities programs, particularly programs that provide young people with chances to contribute to their communities and to take

responsibility for their own futures.

Youth Document Durham, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies, was selected to receive the award from 368 nominations.

The 2002 Coming Up Taller awards ceremony marks the fifth anniversary of the event. The awardees each will receive $lO,OOO. This year marks the first time that a North Carolina organization has won the award.

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Lighting the menorah Students, faculty and staff gathered in front of the West Union Building Wednesday to light one of the menorah’s candles. President Nan Keohane, Durham Mayor Bill Bell and other community leaders spoke at the ceremony.

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U.S. plans to increase anti-drug aid to Colombia Secretary of State Colin Powell promises over $5OO million to Colombia for war on drugs

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In a one-day trip to this Andean capital city, Powell met with Colombia’s Secretary of new president, Alvaro Uribe Velez, who BOGOTA, Colombia State Colin Powell said Wednesday that was elected last summer after pledging the United States would increase milia crackdown on violent groups that rely tary assistance to Colombia, asserting on drug money for support. that its war on leftist guerrillas and Uribe is also pressing for a more agrightist paramilitary groups—and on gressive campaign of eradicating coca their narcotics trafficking—was part of fields than his predecessors. the George W. Bush administration’s After more than three decades ofcivil campaign against terrorism. war, various anti-government groups The aid, more than $5OO million a engaged in the drug trade control most year, would be used for drug eradication, ofColombia’s vast expanse of mountains support for military and police forces and and farm valleys. renewal of support for Colombian narBut rights groups have accused the cotics-interception flights that rely on inColombian military of fighting those telligence from American spy planes. forces with too much reliance on rightist Such flights were suspended last military squads organized by landlords. year after a plane carrying missionaries “We Eire firmly committed to Presiwas shot down over Peru. dent Uribe and his new national securiThe new aid will put Colombia ty strategy,” Powell said. “We are going roughly on a par with Afghanistan and to work with our Congress to provide Pakistan as a recipient of American additional funding for Colombia.” military and antidrug assistance, adIn all, the United States has spent ministration officials said. $l.B billion on antinarcotics measures New York Times News Service

and militEiry and law enforcement aid to airport here. He said it had given him Colombia since 2000. “ammunition” to persuade skeptics not only in Congress but within the adThe administration is asking Congress for $537 million in the current fisministration’s budget office. “I am very cal year, up from $4ll million last year, impressed by what I have seen,” he according to the ambassador to Colomsaid after his tour.

Addressing the issue of terrorism bia, Anne Patterson.

In a reflection of the American ecowithin Colombia, the secretary said it no nomic interests here, the requested sum longer made sense to insist on separating it from the battle against narcotics, includes nearly $lOO million to help secure a 500-mile oil pipeline in eastern because they were linked as threats to democracy.

Colombia that transports 100,000 barrels a day for Occidental Petroleum of Asked if he worried that America’s Los Angeles. Guerrilla groups have reinvolvement in Colombia might lead to a peatedly attacked the pipeline.

Vietnamese quagmire, the secretary, Next year the United States will who fought in Vietnam, said there was have 60 of its own special forces and inno compsirison.

“I don’t see this in Vietnam terms,” telligence operatives to help train Colombian forces guard the pipeline, he said, adding that Colombia’s antigovernment groups should not be “roPatterson SEud. Powell, saying he would seek even manticized” as “some sort of charming more money in the next fiscal year, exfreedom fighters.”

He did add, however, that the helicoppressed satisfaction with his visit, which included a tour of narcotics eradication equipment at a military See COLUMBIA on page 10

Israel unhappy with remarks of U.S. ambassador

By CHARLES SENNOTT The Boston Globe

JERUSALEM

U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer

sharply criticized Jewish settlement activity as crippling chances for Mideast peace and undermining Israel’s own security, provoking an angry protest Wednesday from a prominent settler community.

“The settlements movement today is not about the future existence of the state. Israel needs to make choices and define priorities,” Kurtzer told a conference on Israel’s national security Tuesday in Herzliya, a

suburb ofTel Aviv.

Echoing previous statements made by Secretary of State Colin Powell, Kurtzer argued that the movement to build and expand settlements in Palestinian areas is “severely undermining Palestinian trust and hope. It preempts and prejudges the outcome of negotiations, and in doing so cripples chances for peace and security. The U.S. has long opposed settlement

activity and... settlement activity must stop.”

The speech was a front-page story in Israel’s leading newspaper Ha’aretz Wednesday and prominently displayed in other leading newspapers. Political observers said that even though such criticisms of settlement activity had been heard before from Washington, there was a distinct sharpening of the tone. It prompted an angry reaction from Jewish settler groups.

David Wilder, a spokesperson for the Jewish Community in Hebron, said that he and other leaders of the settlement canceled a scheduled meeting Wednesday with a U.S. Consulate official in protest over the ambassador’s speech.

“We have nothing to talk about, not if that is the U.S. policy” said Wilder, who was bom in the United

States and carries dual citizenship, as do many of the settlers in the West Bank and Gaza.

“It’s very upsetting when anybody makes the kind of remarks he made, but he is also a Jew, and, if I am

not mistaken, an observant Jew,” Wilder said, referring to Kurtzer, who is an Orthodox Jew. “It’s especially upsetting when what he says is not true. The ambassador is interfering with Israeli poli-

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thing to talk about with the U.S. government right now,” Wilder added in a phone interview from Hebron.

In Hebron, the traditional birthplace of the biblical patriarchs, Palestinian gunmen Nov. 16 opened fire on soldiers guarding a procession of Jewish residents of a nearby settlement to the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The shootout killed 12 Israeli soldiers and security guards.

Israeli military officers Tuesday told Palestinian residents that dozens ofhouses would be destroyed or seized along a route where the ambush took place.

The order to clear the Palestinian houses stated that the removals are being carried out “to prevent See ISRAEL on page 10

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were “remarkably familiar.”

The secretary’s visit, though brief, carried symbolism for a region increasingly beset by instability and eager for attention from the United States, which is seen here as preoccupied by its efforts against terrorism elsewhere. Indeed, Powell was supposed to have visited Colombia last year, but his visit was canceled because of the Sept. 11 attacks. Another visit was canceled earlier this year.

Colombia’s importance for the Bush administration is underscored by its role this month as president of the UN. Security Council, where the administration has sought its support for the campaign against Iraq.

Powell said, however, that he had

ISRAEL from page 8 terror attacks and attacks against civilians and army troops.”

Hebron is home to a small enclave of severed hundred Jewish settlers who live in a fortress-like community protected by Israeli tanks and soldiers. The settlement is surrounded by the larger West Bank town where some 130,000 Palestinians live. Israeli military forces regularly place the town under strict military curfew in thewake of terrorist attacks and shooting incidents against the settlers.

Settlementslike the one in Hebron are Jewish communities built inside territories occupied by Israel after the 1967 SixDay War. These settlements are widely viewed as illegal under international law, which prohibits military forces from es-

been unable to persuade Uribe to exempt Americans serving in Colombia from any human rights prosecutions by the International Criminal Court. The Bush administration, which has refused to join the court, has sought such exemptions from countries where Americans are serving.

Missing from the secretary’s entourage Wednesday was the State Department’s point man, Otto Reich, who served until last month as an assistant secretary of state in a temporary appointment because Senate Democrats had blocked his confirmation. He is now a special envoy.

Reich, a hardline foe of leftists in Latin America, is seeking reappointment. But Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., incoming chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has suggested that the Bush administration appoint someone less divisive.

tablishing their own communities in the areas they occupy. About 200,000 settlers now live in the West Bank.

The residents of a larger settlement known as Kiryat Arba on the eastern edge of Hebron plan further expansion.

Israeli homes are to be built along the route connecting Kiryat Arba to the holy site in the center of the town.

Kurtzer’s speech to the conference also emphasized Washington’s hard line against Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority. Kurtzer said that Palestinians had been poorly served by their leaders, who had constructed what he described as a failed political system.

Kurtzer also criticized Palestinian

academics and political leaders for not condemning the suicide attacks that have swept Israel in the last two years.

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these buses are going to be able to make it back to [the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] Graham said.

“These buses are spinning out there; I was spinning coming up [Chapel Drive].

It’s unsafe, believe me.”

Because of the worsening conditions, the University sent all non-essential employees home at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

“Warnings from the National Weather Service and the state patrol said that this looked serious and might get much worse after dark, so we wanted employees to have a chance to get home before dark,” Executive Vice PresidentTallman Trask wrote in an e-mail, noting that it took him two and a half hours to get home, only 16 miles away.

Campus dining services except for the Oak Room remained open, and some employees were expected to arrive today as early as 4 a.m. to make sure breakfast went off without a hitch, said Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst.

Duke University Hospital officials reported no problems.

Duke Student Government canceled its meeting, as did other student or”

who live off-campus. We had tractive option in Friday.”

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Final exams will still begin Monday,

Dean of Trinity College Robert Thompson

said, as he stood at the West Cam-

pus bus stop, helping direct students

with busing problems. The decision essentially made Thursday the traditional reading day, although many services, such as buses and the library, closed early or did not operate at all.

Students expressed mixed reaction to the decision—mostly depending upon how it impacted due dates of their exams and papers.

“I don’t think that it much matters,” junior Chad Leister said. “No one has much class tomorrow anyway. If any-

thing, you’re just turning in [papers].

Most people at this point are just studying for finals.”

Sophomore Caitlin Colvard wasn’t so indifferent. “I’m pissed! I don’t want to have [biology] lab Friday night!” she said.

Students hoping to ride buses back to East, West and Central campuses met

little success. One bus got stuck on Anderson Street, causing traffic problems on Central Campus and Campus Drive.

All other buses were grounded, Thompson said. He instructed waiting students to walk home—a much faster option than buses.

“I’m from the South. I can’t handle walking back a mile in the snow,” said freshman Esther Houseman, a Whiteville, N.C., native. “This is the first snow I’ve seen in two years.”

Bus driver Willie Graham said it took

him more than an hour to make it from Chapel Hill to Duke in one of the Robertson Scholars’ buses.

“The roads are real bad. I don’t think

ganizations.

Out on the quads, as the Chapel bells tolled “Let it Snow,” students snapped photographs of a white-blanketed campus, threw snowballs and started Lambeau Field-like football games.

Sophomores Dan Landau and Colleen Torke used the several inches of powder to build a snowman on Chapel

Quad.

“It’s great to have snow at the end of the semester when everything is wrapping up. It’s a great stress relief from the exams,” Landau said.

Torke agreed: “You can be a little kid and you don’t have to worry about all the exams that are going to be next week.”

Kevin Lees contributed to this story.

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Schanberg said the cooperation

out and greatly improving their chances of reaching their $50,000 fundraising goal. Offers were made to the Counting Crows and to Dave Matthews—who is beginning a solo acoustic tour next year—but neither could commit to the set date.

Other names such as Incubus, Sheryl Crow and Matchbox 20 were also entertained, but the DCPSP would not agree to spend the money that such soughtafter acts required.

“People started having different goals,” said Rachel Schanberg, director of the support program. “Some wanted to have the most famous concert they could ever have. But since the [DCPSP] is laying out the money, we can’t afford to risk our services...”

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among the student groups to book the date in Cameron was exemplary, but

that eventually the cooperation subsided. She noted, however, that the process has been a learning experience for everyone involved.

“The whole idea was groundbreaking, and it was awesome that we rallied around the goal of helping the program,” said senior Amy Unell, one of the chief organizers, a volunteer at the program and a photographer for The Chronicle.

“We had the enthusiasm, the energy and the purpose to make it happen. I take it as, What can we do to build on our accomplishments?’”

The collaboration among the four main student governing and programming bodies was one of the main reasons why Director of Athletics Joe Alieva broke from tradition to allow the

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Every year one or two James B. Duke professors tobe are notified by the Provost’s office through mail shortly before the official banquet, where distinguished professors are then announced and honored publicly. Until then, professors are requested to remain discreet.

Schaeffer laughs when he remembers the day he got his letter. Someone else was in the mailroom when he loudly exclaimed he was selected for the James B. Duke professorship. Upon finishing the rest of the letter, Schaeffer guiltily turned to the person and told him,

“Oops, you’re not supposed to know that.” “He was very good about keeping it confidential,” Schaeffer chuckled.

James B. Duke Professor of Economics Craufurd Goodwin was more calm in describing his reaction: “Pleased. Very surprised,” he said.

Goodwin joined the faculty at Duke in 1962, a decade before he was appointed for the professorship.

One may be curious as to the extra perks that

performance.

When the plans were first announced, Alieva called the concert an “experiment” to determine if such events could be profitable and if Cameron could be protected. In years past, the availability of the stadium, protection for its new floor and the overall expense were all hurdles in booking the space.

Alieva said Wednesday that the athletic department would still be willing to host future concerts in Cameron on the same experimental basis, but

stressed that Cameron is a basketball venue first and foremost, and he would prefer if the potential events were scheduled during the off-season.

The Feb. 7 date, which falls in the middle of the Krzyzewskiville tenting season, was a major obstacle, said sophomore Elizabeth Dixon, who represented DSG in the committee of organizers. Most

James B. Duke professors enjoy.

Do they receive an increase in salary?

“No,” sprang the collective chorus of the James B. Dukes. The endowment for the James B. Duke professorship, established in 1953, funds the salaries for entitled professors.

Bigger offices?

“Same little old cubby hole,” answered Goodwin Anything?

“They do give you a chair, a physical chair,” said Schaeffer. “There’s a little plaque on it.”

“It’s like a captain’s chair,” Elwyn described. “They call it a Chair of Professorship.”

Schaeffer also mentioned that the title may compel the administration to listen more carefully to requests or suggestions that come from distinguished professors.

The growth of faculty over the years has required the administration to accommodate the growing number of distinguished professors. There are four other types of distinguished professorships: the Bass Chairs, the University professorships, the University Distinguished Service professorships and the individually named chairs.

bands and musicians in the winter are either in the recording studio or are getting ready for their spring and summer tours.

“It’s even more difficult to offer only one random date,” Dixon said, adding that with future events, it would be important to offer a variety of date options and to begin the planning and booking more than just a few months before the show.

Union President Jesse Panuccio said he was disappointed the event did not work out, but that he was optimistic the Union could eventually use Cameron.

“I would love for the Union to start programming in Cameron again,” said Panuccio, a senior. “We are always ready to negotiate with the Department of Athletics as we have been for 10 years, and we would hope that the administration will support us in the effort to give students concerts in the stadiums in the future.”

Each of these serve distinct purposes—while the James B. Duke professorship is research-oriented, the Bass chairs, created by Anne T. and Robert M. Bass in 1998, are awarded to those who exhibit excellence in both education and research. University professors focus their energy on multiple fields and disciplines.

The University Distinguished Service professorship honors those who have achieved “beyond their own discipline, typically in an administrative role [at Duke],” according to the Faculty Handbook. Many of the individually named chairs have been specifically designed for a certain field by their respective donors.

While the intentions of each of these professorships differ, the level of distinction and honor does not.

“There is a perception that the James B. Duke chairs are somehow superior to other named chairs,” said Diskin Clay, chair of the Advisory Committee. “I don’t operate on that distinction.”

Simons says the University should be encouraged in their endeavors to proliferate the number of professorships as away of guaranteeing excellence in the faculty.

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lowing them better chances to achieve higher grades.

the individual departments.

Matching national trends, humanities students have the highest GPAs, followed by social science students and then those in natural sciences and en-

plies only to the Class of 2003, students take three courses in four areas, two courses in a fifth area and can eschew classes in a sixth—allowing a mathaverse student, for example, to skip out on quantitative reasoning. By contrast, Curriculum 2000 mandates foreign lan-

gineering.

“While there are differences in grading by divisions, they are very, very long-standing,” Lange said. “The differences haven’t changed over long periods of time.”

John Simon, George B. Geller Professor of chemistry and chair of the Academic Priorities Committee, said the APC heard Lange’s review and discussed grade inflation.

“It’s a less contentious issue than I thought,” Simon said. “We started with the discussion of grades at Duke and grades around the country—whether grade inflation was a real thing or a fictitious thing.”

Lange said the old curriculum might have allowed students to take more classes in which they feel at ease, al-

In that curriculum, which

now ap-

guage, math and science classes.

Valen Johnson, a professor of statistics currently on leave at the University

of Michigan at Ann Arbor, said the curriculum could have an effect on grades, but took issue with the notion that better students would lead to higher grades, even as trends show the average Duke student’s high school GPA and SAT score are rising.

“In my opinion, attributing grade

inflation to better students reflects a misunderstanding of the purpose for assigning grades,” he wrote in an email. “If, in fact, Duke is now able to attract better students than it has in the past, then the appropriate response from the faculty should be to

IRAQ from page 2 The coordinated statements from Washington came as administration officials worried that Saddam might get the upper hand in a public relations war ifhe drops a blizzard of papers on the United Nations this weekend, filled with descriptions of “dual use” plants that could be used to make ordinary chemicals or pharmaceuticals—or weapons.

But the big question the White House now confronts is how to respond to the Iraqi information, and whether to counter it with declassified U.S. intelligence information to prove that Saddam omitted the most damaging evidence of his weapons programs.

raise standards. After all, a Duke A should not be equated to an A awarded at a community college, and community colleges should not be prohibited from assigning As simply because they attract less-able students.”

Peter Feaver, associate professor of political science and recipient of the

2001 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, said over his 12year teaching career, he has noticed an increase in grades in two perspectives.

“Students who are not performing well in my class, if I discover that on their transcripts they are performing well in other classes, it makes me wonder if an A is still an A,” he said. “But my grades have been creeping up as well.

I’m sure I’m not as tough a grader as I was my first year.”

Lange said it would be difficult to change grading with a top-down administrative policy.

“Grading is an individual faculty decision,” he said. “And you’ll notice at

Harvard, for instance, where all of this came out, they didn’t change any grading policies at all.”

Last year, reports showed 91 percent of Harvard University undergraduates

were receiving honors at graduation—by contrast, only 35 percent of Duke’s Class of 2002 received honors.

“My guess is we will do something in one or another faculty settings,” Lange

said. “It will be more on the informational side than a policy.”

In 1997, Johnson proposed an Achievement Index, a computer program that would have ranked a student’s performance in the context of the performance of others in the class and noted the class average alongside the student’s grade. The policy was eventually defeated by the Arts and Sciences Council.

“The solutions strike me as raising other problems, even while solving this one,” Feaver said.

Simon said he saw no need for a new policy right now, but hoped Lange’s information would be disseminated among faculty members.

“I think you can live with it right now,” he said. “It’s certainly not a crisis or anything like that.”

Fleischer said Thursday that the task facing the U.N. inspectors is a virtually hopeless one without the active aid of the Iraqi government, or of defectors with knowledge of the weapons programs. In a country the

In preparation for the deluge from Iraq, officials at the Wliite House are already planning for how to deal with the information Saddam delivers, hoping to farm it out quickly to the national laboratories, the CIA and other government experts for examination. They have size of France, a hundred inspectors could not be exmade clear that Washington will not respond to the pected to succeed by themselves, he said.

Administration stopped just short of endorsing disclosures until they have fully analyzed them.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s statement in August—“There’s an institutional resistance to making our which he has never repeated since—that “a return of most secret stuff available, even to some of the govinspectors would provide no assurance whatsoever” ernments that might demand it,” said one intelliof Iraqi compliance, and could create “false comfort gence official. that Saddam is somehow “back in his box.” But the Other experts say that the administration’s trouclear implication of Thursday’s comments was that bles are deepened by the fact that there is no single piece of clear evidence that would back up the claims many members of Bush’s national security team retain that view.

Fleischer and Rumsfeld made Thursday.

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SCHNEIDER from page 1 avid runner, serving as treasurer of the Duke RoadRunners. Schneider was also involved in Wilderness Opportunities for Durham Students, and worked at the Primate Center.

Caroline Patterson, a freshman and Project WILD member, recalled that Schneider was a generous and caring team leader.

“We were hiking through the woods, we were going at what seemed like a 45-degree angle, we were off the trail with 40-pound packs on our backs and she’s smiling and encouraging us,” Patterson said. “She’s never down, she tells us we can do it and thinks of ways we can do it.”

Michael Orbach, director of the Marine Lab, said he had gotten to know Schneider throughout the semester in Beaufort. He said that among the things they had in common was an interest in surfing.

“I’m an old surfer. Maggie, and her brother as well, are kind of neophyte surfers,” he said. “We talked about that quite a bit.... We talked about how to use watersports as environmental advocacy.

She was quite interested in that.”

Orbach stressed that he would remember Schneider as incredibly energetic, bright and full offun.

“The first thing that has become clear this week is the incredible number of people she knew everywhere,” he said.

Patterson said friends at Duke held a vigil Monday night, hoping their friend would pull through, and recorded audio messages for her and her family—including a rendition of one of the songs they sang on hiking trips, “Build Me Up Buttercup.” She added that Wednesday night, her friends held a memorial for her in the Few Quadrangle commons room.

Orbach said Schneider’s condition started to deteriorate Wednesday morning and she died around 2:30 p.m. at the hospital, in Greenville, N.C. Schneider’s parents, Dave Schneider and Barbara Mayer, who flew into Greenville Sunday night, and other family members were by her side when she died.

Schneider remained unconscious since the accident. She was traveling with two other friends, Megan Mobley and Melissa Smith, also juniors, through Smyrna, N.C., on the way back from Thanksgiving holiday in Nags Head, N.C. Her two friends avoided major injuries and returned to the Marine Lab, where they were also studying.

The car, a Honda Civic, was hit by a pickup truck around 6:35 p.m. Saturday night, according to reports from the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The car was traveling south on U.S. Highway 70 when the truck, traveling north, ran off the road and swerved back across the center line, hitting the Civic and another car behind it.

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Although the truck’s occupants fled the scene, the driver was later located and charged with driving while intoxicated, driving with a revoked license, hit-and-run driving and leaving the scene of the accident.

Schneider remained pinned in the car for 30 to 45 minutes before rescuers could extract her and transport her to the hospital, witnesses reported.

Mobley and Smith were taken to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, N.C., treated and released. The second car’s occupants suffered only minor injuries.

Memorial services for Schneider are planned, but arrangements have not yet been finalized, Orbach said. He added that there may still be a memorial in Durham as well. Counseling services are also being offered for students at the Ma-

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but what we notice on this team are the little guys. The backcourt is the cream of the crop. End of discussion.

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Enjoying its first league championship

The Dawgs' poll position could change in October, depending on their frontcourt production. If they produce, prepare for this team to move a little higher in the polls.

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Can the Bulldogs get the top scorer they need to emerge? Time spent in recruiting will be time well spent. Everything else is in place for anotherbanner season on the left coast.

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Keep the grass!

Amaker set for return to Cameron

By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle

Michigan head coach Tommy Amaker is fortunate he wasn’t in charge of the Wolverines the last time they came to Durham. That game, played two years ago in Cameron Indoor Stadium, saw the men’s basketball team take a 59-18 halftime lead en route to 104-61 squashing of the Wolverines.

Back then, Brian Ellerbe was coaching Michigan and the program could still reminisce about the days of the Fab Five. Now, former Duke player and assistant, Amaker is at the reigns after a brief, rocky stint at Seton Hall, and the words “ChrisWebber” have been erased from the media guide.

Amaker, who admits he really didn’t think about having to coach against his alma mater when he took the job, only hopes to erase the memory ofDuke’s previous two drubbing from the minds of the Wolverine faithful when Duke hosts Michigan Saturday in Cameron at 3:30 p.m.

“Tommy was here for a long time,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “There is nobody except me who has been here longer as a player and a coach. He gave such a great foundation for this program. He was a great point guard—the missing ingredient for the team and then he was a fabulous assistant.”

For the second year in row, Amaker is going to face a steep, uphill battle if he plans to wipe out the Blue Devils.

After wins in exhibition games, the Wolverines have started the season 0-5, falling to the likes St. Bonaventure, Virginia Tech and Kansas State in the Virgin Island Paradise Jam Tournament, and dropping home games to Western and Central Michigan.

Amaker has also had to deal with off court problems that led to the eventual dismissal of two season floor general Avery Queen for a “violation of team policy.”

It’s time to stop the fad that is rushing the field after college football games, only to tear down goalposts and tear up grass turf. Why? Because the novelty of surging out of the stands wore off long ago, and the revelry has become dangerous. going to take somebody getting killed to wake people up,”

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Northeastern's director of the Center for the Sport in Society said. dost as the stupidity Mike Corevy and laziness of the Ignorance is bliss NHL led to the death of a young girl at a game last year, so too does the NCAA ignore the ever-growing need to regulate fans’ postgame celebrations. Only after a girl was killed after being hit in the temple by a hockey puck did the league opt to put up a net protecting the fans.

Was the game hindered in any way whatsoever? No. Were the fans safe from flying pucks and the players safe from the guilt of accidentally injuring a spectator? Yes. Each time students rush the field, reports of bruises, broken bones and sometimes more substantial injuries are reported. In fact, in 1983 a Harvard freshman was hit with a toppling goal-

J.J. REDICK, shown here driving past an Ohio State defender, leads the Blue Devils in scoring with 17.3 points per game.

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Volleyball hopes to blow past ’Canes in NCAAs

By EVAN DAVIS The Chronicle

After receiving its third NCAA Tournament bid in as many years, the volleyball team will face the Miami Hurricanes in Madison, Wis., in the first

round of the 64-team tournament.

After losing in the second round of last year’s tournament, Duke is eager to make the most of this postseason berth.

“WeTe looking forward to our trip to

Madison and to playing Miami,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We’re excited to continue our season.”

The Blue Devils posted a 24-9 record this season, including an 11-5 tally in ACC play. Duke finished third in the conference and lost to Georgia Tech in the semifinal round of the ACC Tournament.

JOSIE WEYMANN bumps a ball during a game earlier this season. Weymann led Duke with 350 digs and was named to the All-ACC second team.

Against Miami, Duke will rely heavily on the play of Josie Weymann, who ranked third in the ACC with 350 digs during the regular season.

Weymann, Krista Dill and Katie Gilman were all named to the All-ACC second team this season. Outside hitter Sarah Salem also received postsea-

son accolades, as the Laguna Beach, Calif., native was named to the ACC

All-Freshman team.

Miami is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance following the program’s restoration in 2001. The Hurricanes finished this season with a 25-5 record, including a 10-3 mark in Big East play. Miami lost to Notre Dame in the final round of the Big East tournament.

The Hurricanes are led by sophomores Valeria Tipiana and Mallorey James, who were recently named Big East player of the year and setter of the

year, respectively.

Tipiana’s .336 hitting percentage led the Hurricanes, while her 4.83 kills per game ranked second in the conference.

James averaged 13.53 assists per game to lead the Big East.

The winner of Friday’s contest will face the winner of the Alabama A&MWisconsin match Saturday. Wisconsin, the tournament’s No. 14 seed, is 23-8 and making its seventh consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

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Junior defensive end Shawn Johnson was honored as a Second Team Verizon Academic AllAmerican. A player must have a 3.2 GPA or better to be nominated for the award,

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Todd Hundley and Chad Hermensen from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Eric Karros, Mark Grudzielanek and $2 million.

Colorado running back Chris Brown will miss the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma with a bruised sternum. Brown has rushed tor 1,744 yards and 18 touchdowns this season.

The San Jose Sharks chose Ron Wilson as the team’s new head coach.

Wilson last coached the Washington Capitals and also coached the U.S. team in the 1998 Olympics.

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By MIKE COREY The Chronicle

Howard University’s school motto—“Truth and service”—is befitting for Friday’s opening round contest of the Duke Classic against the No. 1 Blue Devils. Unfortunately for the Lady Bison, the truth is that they are winless going into Friday’s opening round of the Duke Classic and are overwhelming underdogs against Duke’s talent-rich squad.

Howard, at 0-4, has been outscored by its opponents 327-238. They have been victimized by the likes of George Washington, Villanova and Loyola (MD) College. The Lady Bison also played East Carolina in a tight contest, but succumbed 76-66.

Duke beat ECU earlier this year

108-46.

During Howard’s - first four games, the Lady Bison have shot a miserable 32 percent from the floor and been outrebounded 192-154. 5-foot-8 senior guard Asia Betty leads Howard in scoring and assists, with 17.8 points and 3.25 steals a game. Courtney Kirk is the only other player with double figures in scoring, averaging 11.8 points per game.

Perhaps most indicative of Howard's

basketball inferiority is its lack of size—the team’s leading rebounder is 5-foot-8 junior guard Simone Agee.

Conversely, head coach Gail Goestenkors’ Blue Devils are coming off a three-game sweep of the Paradise Jam Tournament. Duke is 5-0 and boasts victories over perennial national powers Tennessee and Old Dominion.

The Blue Devils, who have shot 45 percent this season, are led by All-

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Alabama head football coach Dennis Franchione made one speaking engagement, skipped another and still leftAlabama fans guessing as to his future plans Wednesday.

A Texas A&M representative, meanwhile, contacted Crimson Tide athletic director Mai Moore to formally request permission to speak to Franchione about the Aggies’ vacant position of head coach.

“I will not impede coach Franchione in any manner if he wishes to talk to A&M,” Moore said Wednesday in a statement.

“However, I want to stress that we want coach Franchione to finish his coaching career at the University ofAlabama.

“We have made what we feel is a strong and fair contractual offer for him to stay.”

Franchione, who is 17-8 at Alabama after two seasons, is under contract with Alabama through 2007 at $l.l million per season plus incentives. He has been negotiating an extension that reportedly would make his contract a 10-year deal worth $l5 million.

Several Texas newspapers have reported that Franchione is the Aggies’ top choice to replace R.C. Slocum, who was fired Monday.

“There’s been no change in what I plan to do at this point in time,” Franchione said Tuesday night when asked if he intended to leave Alabama.

ICISSTILLIS will provide a formidable post presence against a shorter Howard team, Americans Alana Beard and Iciss Tillis.

The dynamic duo averages a combined 36 points and 12 rebounds per game, Duke also yields the deepest bench in the country, with five freshmen who could start for just about any other team in the NCAA. Perhaps the only good news for Howard is that Duke was less than convincing in its most recent victory over then-No. 17 Arkansas, as the Blue

Devils needed overtime to down the Razorbacks. However, Duke’s close win could spell trouble for Howard, as well.

“We learned a lot about ourselves,” Goestenkors said. “We got down and did not panic. We never lost our poise.”

If Duke focuses on Howard Friday and wins, it will face the winner of a matchup between Buffalo and St. Joseph’s Sunday in the championship of the Duke Classic.

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Melvin’s 23 lead ’Pack in rout of Northwestern

By DAVID DROSCHAK The Associated Press

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Melvin scored a career-high 23 points and North Carolina State's defense forced 20 turnovers in beating Northwestern 74-49 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Melvin was 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-5 from the foul line on a near-perfect night. The 6-8 junior forward also tied a career high with four three-pointers as the Wolfpack improved to 3-0.

“He’s skilled and he gives our team a nice dimension on the perimeter,” coach Herb Sendek said. “For our basketball team right now, we need great consistency out of him. He’s one of the guys that we have to count on.”

Melvin had taken just 15 shots in N.C. State’s first two games—the fourth most on the team.

“Just like last year I have kind of gotten off to a slow start,” said Melvin, who is a combined 9-for-14 from beyond the arc in three wins. “I’m just trying to feel where I fit in in the offense.

“When you go the whole summer without running the offense, you know the offense, but you’ve got to pick and choose your times and how you score out of the offense. Tonight, I really felt like I found that little hole where I was open.”

Julius Hodge added 17 points as N.C. State shot 51 percent.

An ice storm held the crowd to 3,833 in the 19,722seat RBC Center, but those who came saw N.C. State play its best game to date.

“We talked about the fact that we didn’t know if there would only be a couple hundred people here,” Sendek said. “We couldn’t let that affect our play, we had to provide our own energy and play with the same intensity and focus as we would if we had a full house.”

The Wildcats (3-2) averaged 12 turnovers in their first four games, but had that many with 15:24 remaining as their offense bogged down under the Wolfpack’s pressure defense.

“They are all tall and long and they move,”

Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said ofthe Wolfpack defense. “We practiced for the press and you know it’s going to happen. But how do you replicate some of those guys with your second team? You can’t.”

At one stretch early in the second half, Northwestern coughed it up on seven straight possessions as a disgusted Carmody sat on the bench with

head in hands.

Carmody’s team couldn't even call a time out when

he wanted one, ignoring the coach at one point during a more than six-minute scoring drought. When he finally got a stoppage, N.C. State led 53-28 and Melvin closed a 10-0 run with a slam dunk and a three-pointer.

Two free throws by Melvin with 8:27 remaining gave N.C. State a 30-point cushion.

Aaron Jennings led the Wildcats with 17 points.

N.C. State made its first five three-pointers with Melvin hitting three in the opening 4:10 and Scooter Sherrill adding a pair as the Wolfpack took an early double-digit lead.

“Any time you can come out and put it in the basket you know the other team has worries,” Clifford Crawford said. “We came out very hot. We made the extra pass and got open shots. It was almost like a game of horse out there.”

The Wildcats closed to 24-21, but went cold from the field over the final six minutes of the half to fall into a 14-point hole.

N.C. State got points from five different players in its 11-0 run, including three free throws by Melvin, who had 12 first-half points.

The Wolfpack defense was also key in the opening 20 minutes, forcing 11 Northwestern turnovers.

“The guys just played hard,” Sendek said.

“Everybody covered their assignments well and there was very attentive execution.”

Northwestern committed just seven fouls in the first half, but three came from Jimmy Maley, who had 15 points in his collegiate debut last week at Kansas State. After hitting both of his three-pointers out of the gate in this one, Maley had to sit out the final 7:50 of the period.

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ACC triumphs in ACC-Big Ten Challenge, 5-4

By DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press

64 MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota got by Georgia Tech 63 Georgia Tech with good defense.

Rick Rickert scored 17 points, including the go-ahead turnaround jumper with nine seconds left, and the 20thranked Golden Gophers beat the Yellow Jackets 64-63 Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

“We still have a lot to work on,” said Minnesota coach Dan Monson, whose team made 20 turnovers. “We’re not fooled that we're ready for Big Ten play.”

Jerry Holman had 21 points for Minnesota (3-0), which beat Georgia on Saturday on Michael Bauer's threepointer at the buzzer.

Ed Nelson had 17 points and Chris Bosh added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (3-1), whose youth showed with 21 turnovers.

Georgia Tech has the reputation as a full-court pressing team, but Minnesota used intense defense to carry it through some dry stretches of offense.

“When you’ve squeaked out two Minnesota

wins like we have,” Rickert said, “that builds confidence.”

The Yellow Jackets, 15-16 last season and playing their road game, have six freshmen and sophomores among their top seven players.

“This is a new experience for me,” Bosh said. “We’re used to having our crowd.”

Georgia Tech trailed by six points but cut the lead to 62-61 on a threepoint play by Bosh and then a steal and dunk by B.J. Elder with 1:21 left.

After a turnover by each team,

Holman's pass was tipped, and Bosh got a longpass for an easy dunk to put the Yellow Jackets up by a point with 25 seconds left.

Rickert, Minnesota's leading scorer, then made his shot at the other end to give the Gophers the lead.

“We got the ball where we wanted it,” Monson said.

The Yellow Jackets had a chance to win, but freshman point guard Jarrett Jack lost the ball at the top of the key under heavy pressure and a desperation fling by Marvin Lewis at the buzzer hit the rim and fell out.

“It was an exciting basketball game,” Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt said, “just not a real efficient one.

“We just got beat by better defense.”

No. 21 Michigan State 82, No. 22 Virginia 75 EAST LANSING, Mich. Chris Hill scored 22 points and Aloysius Anagonye added 10 points and nine rebounds as No. 21 Michigan State beat No. 22 Virginia 82-75 Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The Spartans (3-2) avoided their first three-game losing streak since the 1996-97 season, and their first losing record since 1995 when they started 1-2 in coach Tom Izzo’s first season.

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was called for his third foul midway through the first half. The Cavaliers’ leader in scoring, rebounding and assists had just 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting, six rebounds and no blocks.

Michigan State led by 11 at halftime and was up 59-41 midway through the

second half.

Wake Forest 90, No. 23 Wisconsin 80

Josh Howard MADISON, Wis. scored a career-high 31 points and Wake Forest beat No. 23 Wisconsin 9080 Wednesday night, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference its fourth victory in as many years in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Justin Gray added 20 points and Taron Downey 15 for Wake Forest (3-0), which made all 15 of its free throws in

the second half, including several down the stretch to hold offWisconsin (4-1).

Howard, Gray and Downey combined to go 13-for-13 from the line for Wake Forest, which was 17-of-19 as a team.

Devin Harris and Freddie Owens each scored 19 points to lead Wisconsin, which saw its 14-game home winning streak ended.

The ACC won five of the nine games between the conferences for the fourth straight year. Wake Forest was the only road team to win this season.

Howard, who was 12-of-19 from the field, also had nine rebounds.

While Wake Forest was nearly perfect from the free throw line, Wisconsin struggled.

The Badgers, who entered the game shooting 81 percent as a team from the line, were just 15-of-24.

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Wake Forest led by as many as 13 points early in the second half, but Wisconsin rallied to tie the game at 59 with 9:25 left.

Howard hit a three-pointer on an inbounds play to give Wake Forest the lead for good.

Harris hit a three-pointer to make it 82-78 with 57 seconds left, but Downey and G»y each made two free throws to seal the victory.

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HARTFORD, Conn. Former University of North Carolina golfer Suzy Whaley considered all of the negative aspects of playing in the Greater Hartford Open, and decided it was too important an opportunity to pass up.

The 36-year-old golf pro and mother of two accepted an invitation to play in next year’s tournament, a move that will make her the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event.

“I took a long time to make this decision,” Whaley said Tuesday. “I understand the historical implications of this decision, and the importance it has for women golfers.”

Whaley, who has played on the LPGA Tour, qualified for the GHO by winning the PGA Connecticut Sectional in September.

PGA champion Rich Beem said Whaley has taken on a difficult challenge.

“Unfortunately, I think it might be looked upon by the media as a sideshow,” Beem said. “I wish her well.

But I also feel sorry for her because there’s going to be so much scrutiny around her.”

Whaley will work with sports psychologist Richard Coop to prepare for the tournament. Coop, who has worked with several PGA Tour golfers and other professional athletes, has known Whaley since the late 1980s when she played at UNC. “If they could pick out a person with the personality to do this, I think it would be Suzy,” Coop said.

“She may surprise some people. I don’t think she’ll embarrass herself.”

In the Connecticut Sectional, Whaley hit from tees 10 percent shorter than the men’s. With her mother as her caddie and husband as her coach, she shot a 1under-71 in the final round to win the tournament.

She will have to play from the same tees as the men at the GHO, adding about 700 yards to her game.

“It’s a lot longer than I’m used to playing,” said Whaley, a pro at Blue Fox Run GolfClub in Avon. “I’m going to do it anyway. I’m going to do it the best I possibly can, and that’s going to have to be good enough.”

Whaley’s decision comes at a time when women’s issues have become a focal point in golf. The

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COREY from page 16 post, severely damaging her skull, brain stem and cerebellum. When the medics got to her, she had no heartbeat. She did survive, however, and no case has been so severe since. But the case is proof that football fans are hardly immune to peril.

It is completely nonsensical then that the NCAA has failed to take action in preventing dangerous situations after games. In fact, attitudes such as those at the University of Illinois have led to the apathetic, outdated notion that “boys will be boys” that will lead to more and more unruly, risky behavior.

“If the crowd overruns the field, we just let them go,” Illinois’ chief of police Oliver Clark said. “Too many people would get hurt if we fought them. If they want to hang off the goalposts, we let them. They’ll wear themselves out and it’s safer that way.”

Besides, rushing the field is no longer special. If you were watching SportsCenter two weekends ago, you would agree with me—four different student bodies rushed their respective fields after victories. That’s

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pretty redundant. But at the same time, maybe students wouldn’t be so inclined to run on the field if they weren’t glorified on the front pages of newspapers and in the highlights ofESPN. I suppose the only person who had any idea of how to prevent such action is the one and only Woody Hayes, the former Ohio State football coach. To prevent fans from rushing the field after an inevitable big victory, Hayes invited volunteers from the Columbus Police Department as his guests with a guaranteed front-row seat, as well as free hot dogs and drinks.

When the Buckeyes won and the fans felt the urge to rush onto the field, the police officers stood with billy clubs in hand, effectively creating a ring of police around the stadium. Needless to say, not a fan made it to the field that day. They had to remain in the stands where they belonged, clapping for their football gods from the comfort of their seats.

“They didn’t deserve to be on the field,” Hayes said after the game. “They didn’t make the team.”

Mike Corey is a Trinity sophomore and associate sports editor.

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Meanwhile, Duke is on a completely opposite trajectory, starting the year 4-0 and beating traditional powerhouses UCLA and Ohio State.

The biggest thing the Blue Devils will be focusing on if they want to win this weekend is foul trouble—a problem they faced against Davidson, UCLA and particularly Ohio State. After that game, Krzyzewski said his team had been foulLaVELL BLANCHARD lunges for a ball during ing too much and that the continued Michigan’s game against Duke last season. it from establishfouling had prevented As a matter of fact, with Queen gone, ing a rhythm and slamming the door on the only player that couldreally give the the Buckeyes.

Duke defense problems is senior LaVell “The last two games we’ve been helping our opponents and fouling way too Blanchard. Blanchard was one of the much,” Krzyzewski said, attributing the most recruited players coming out of aggressive play to the over-eagerness of high school, and four years ago many his young team. “This is not a hidden experts would have guessed that he signal, I’m not saying anything bad would have bolted to the NBA by now.

But a combination of underachieving about the refs, the fact is, we’ve just and internal team problems have been fouling too much.”

Krzyzewski did not say which lineup trapped Blanchard at Michigan with he would start against the Wolverines. few professional prospects going into After utilizing and Chris Duhon, Daniel this season. As one ofhis few opportuniEwing, Dahntay Jones, Shavlik Randolph ties on national television, he would and Shelden Williams in the first trio of love to show the world that he can still games, the Blue Devils showed a Duhon, play at his formerly anticipated level.

For the next few days, however, the J.J. Redick, Jones, Nick Horvath and Casey Sanders lineup to Ohio State. men’s basketball team will battle the Regardless of what combination of end of a semester and inclement players the Blue Devils throw at the weather before dealing with the Wolverines—and Krzyzewski has said Wolverines this weekend.

“We’ll go back to campus and they’ll several times he will not hesitate to use a wide variety this season—Michigan will get the day off tomorrow to finish class,” have to try to contain the Duke threat, Krzyzewski said after the Ohio State game. “Then we have Michigan and then which had won going both inside and outside, with nine freshmen and sophomores. exams. It’s a hectic week for our program.”

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Whaley said she’s had nothing but support from the PGA Tour.

“Suzy has notified the tour of her intentions to play,” PGA Tour spokesman Bob Combs said. “As we’ve said all along, if she chose to play we’d be delighted to welcome her as a contestant, and we look forward to having her in the field at next year’s event.”

The LPGA voiced its approval.

“Suzy continues to add firsts to her resume and makes the LPGA proud to have her in our organization,” LPGA Commissioner Ty Votaw said.

When she earned the invitation, several PGA players also expressed their support.

“It’s great for her. It’s going to be quite an experience,” Tiger Woods said.

“It’s pretty obvious it’s going to get a lot of media attention. I don’t think the Hartford tournament is going to be against that.

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GHOtournament chairman Dan Baker said. “She’s a competitor and a player, and she can get the ball in the hole very well.”

At home, where the phones have since ringing constantly been September, the family is trying to keep things in perspective.

When the couple told their 8-year-old daughter Jennifer that her mother was playing in a men’s tournament, she made a simple observation.

“She said, ‘lt’s not the men’s tournament anymore, because Mommy’s playing there,’ We’re trying to get that simplistic ourselves,” Bill Whaley said.

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Wednesday,

a special appeals court heard arguments on whether the new campaign finance laws regulating political donations and issue ads violate the basic protections of free speech found in the First Amendment. This case will most likely go before the U.S. Supreme Court, the ruling of which will be a new landmark about the nature and scope of free speech. Consequently, it’s imperative that courts strike down the McCain-Feingold Act to protect the very essence of the First Amendment—political speech—that the act so flagrantly and insidiously assaults.

The most deplorable part of the legislation is that it limits the ability of some groups to run political advertisements in the 60 days prior to a general election and 30 days prior to a primary. In other words, if the AFL-CIO wanted to run an ad condemning a candidate for his or her views, the McCain Feingold Act would stop them from doing so. This attacks the essence offree speech: If a group wants to give its opinion on a candidate, it should be allowed to do so and the government should not be able to stop them.

At times, debates about political issues may turn nasty, but that is a symptom of the importance of the issue. Passion and dedication to debating the issues in a campaign is something that should be encouraged, not prevented by heavy-handed legislation that will only lower the amount and level of political discussion.

The provisions of the McCain-Feingold Act placing limits on soft-money contributions to candidates are far less onerous than the restrictions on issue ads. As the Supreme Court has ruled in previous campaign finance decisions, restricting the flow of money is not the equivalent of restricting speech. Although there is certainly some connection between money and speech, the government does have some compelling interest in regulating contributions in order to ensure some semblance of equity in speech between individuals Limiting soft-money contributions promises to lessen the degree of corporate influence in Washington by preventing businesses from buying off candidates and their votes with campaign contributions.

Stopping this sort of corrupting influence of money fully justifies the minor limitations on free speech that restricting donations necessari-

ly implies.

However, there is one significant problem with limiting soft-money donations to political parties: The limitation probably will not significantly alter the amount of money donated, but rather will alter where the money is given. That is, instead of giving money to candidates, individuals may simply choose to give their money to advocacy organizations. But even though advocacy organizations may buy ads supporting candidates, the connection between that sort of support and money for votes quid pro quo that campaign contributions lead to is quite different.

But above all, the best way to ensure honest and fair elections is to have transparency in the system. Who gives how much money and to whom should all be recorded and be made public knowledge. That way, voters have access to informationabout how candidates are being funded and can make informed decisions.

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Of course the public policy curriculum also offers the grounding in theory and methods necessary for sophisticated policy analysis.

We are committed to increasing the number of advanced electives. But there is no reason, financial or otherwise, why this commitment should come at the expense of realworld engagement.

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concept that’s stuck with me is an attempt to be academically humble.

If I come up with a halfpage argument that refutes a brilliant, influential and

commonly accepted theory, then I’ve probably misunderstood that theory. I’ll only

offer here that John Rawls has some very good reasons why it’s better to buildhand-

icap facilities than to chop off people’s legs. I’d imagine everyone can think of quite

a few relevant distinctions.

If English really believes that both options are the same to Rawls, then perhaps he should return to his

FOCUS class.

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Middle East relation s from a far-off island

In Lamu, a small island off the coast of Kenya, the streets are way too narrow for cars, so 4,000 donkeys pace the roads, transporting goods and defecating. The town, like much of the coast, is upwards of 90 percent Muslim.

of meaningful friendships. In that time, I Middle East this semester looked anycould never reveal my homosexuality to a thing like it did last spring, it is a sick new Muslim friend without jeopardizing mockery of what a real conversation our relationship. But I could always “come should actually look like. Check out this out” as a Jew. section, for example. A student, often What’s more, unlike in America and though not always a Jew, will write a particularly at Duke, where I find it rage-filled letter to the Editor Gods, decrying Palestinian terrorism and, if he almost impossible to have a rational conversation about the Middle East in really wants to upset the Muslims, blamKenya it seemed easy—with my homeing Islam for the mess. stay father, friends, the guy at the marA pro-Palestinian, usually though not ket, all sorts of people. My own views on always an Arab, will quickly respond, the issue are mixed to say the least. decrying Israeli terrorism and, if he realAfter living in Kenya—talking with ly wants to upset the Jews, equating friends, reading the newspaper—l have Israelis with Nazis and dropping the Hto say I’m even more skeptical of the bomb (either “Holocaust” or “Hitler”). intentions of people on all sides, even The back-and-forth will continue until a more confused over a possible solution. temporary lull, at which point some But it’s not like I’m an adamant event in the region will spur one side or Palestinian supporter (most here are) the other to write in again. (The cycle of student-sponsored ranting is vaguely and that’s why it was easier to discuss.

It’s also not because anti-Semitism reminiscent of what’s going on in the doesn’t exist on the coast. We have our actual Middle East.)

“Kill the Jews” graffiti, the occasional Last semester, in a particularly inane swastika, a few Jew-hating (not to mendisplay, a pro-Palestinian group, claiming tion un-Islamic) imams. And I don’t want to be promoting “dialogue,” marched to give you the impression Swahilis are through the quad carany more open-minded than their rying a coffin repreAmerican brethren. The tribalism that senting murdered has and continues to dominate Kenyan Palestinians. I hope /, politics is insane—Kikuyus vote for this sort of stuff makes Kikuyus, Luos for Luos, everyone votes you guys feel better <■ yourselves within their tribe. If anything, I leave about

For the past three months, I have been

studying on Kenya’s Swahili coast, spending much of my time in Lamu and the port city ofMombasa. I am American and Jewish and gay, and while I wouldn’t use

Lucas Schaefer Commentary any of those adjectives on a list of Top 10 words to describe myself living on the Muslim side of Kenya I was forced to think about them every single day.

Between the cultural differences and the donkey crap, Lamu was an experience to say the least. While there is much I’d like to write about, for now 111 limit it to a few things I’ve learned living here as a Jew. I

think it has as much to do with how we as American college students talk to each other as it does the Kenyan coast.

Lamu is a small town where word travels fast. During my first week there, I got into a conversation with an elderly Swahili man returning from mosque. The man had traces of a British accent, and when I told him I was from Boston, he sighed and shook his head. “Very bad,” said the man. “Boston. They took the Brits’ tea. And I suppose your great-

conflict, how should we expect the actual

people involved to do the same? We are so

concerned with defending our tribe that we’ve stopped listening to each other.

Maybe we never started.

Other than the recent bombing, the biggest news in Kenya these days is the first seriously contested presidential election in the nations history. As I said, tribalism is the dominant force in Kenyan politics, and Kenya is now paying for its tribalism with recent ethnic clashes on the coast and corrupt leadership in the presidency. What I learned in Kenya is that if we continue advocating not for understanding each other but for proving we’re right, if we continue giving allegiance to our tribes, be they dictated by religion or political affiliation, over our allegiance to humanity, we too will pay for our tribalism. In many ways, we already are.

Lucas Schaefer is a Trinity junior and a former associate features editor for The Chronicle

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friends who’d traveled East Africa before not to reveal my Judaism, no matter how nominal a Jew I am. But the advice always seemed silly. My relationship with Judaism was confined to a suburban Bar Mitzvah and occasional use of the word “schlep.” Who could hate me for that?

Despite the horror stories of antiSemitism I’d heard, I nodded. Now, as I said, in Lamu, word travels fast. Walking down the streets there, most Lamuians greet Westerners with a hearty “Jambo” or hearty “Mwanafunzi” (student). But the day after meeting the man, the townspeople had developed a new greeting for me—a hearty “Shalom.”

In my three months, I made a number

Mombasa and missiles were fired at an Israeli aircraft from the airport here. (I was asleep, 10 miles away.) The economy still hasn’t recovered from the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi, and the latest attacks won’t help.

And so to many of the people I got to know in Kenya, a conversation about the Middle East wasn’t about proving one side was right. It was about trying to make me understand where they were coming from, and allowing me time to explain my confusion.

Which brings me back home, to Duke.

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I was thoroughly upset when Duke lost in the last few seconds of a close game to the Indiana Hoosiers in the Sweet 16 last year. Did I just say I gave a damn about Duke basketball? I must admit that I am not a fan of sports. Everyone I know can confirm this. So, why was I yelling at the TV on March 21, you ask? I soon realized after first arriving in Durham that Duke’s athletic program is one of its lIH greatest assets as a University. It’s that time of year again when the

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grandparents were at the Tea Party?”

“No,” I responded. “They were in Poland.”

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America more appreciative of my country (though not its foreign policy) than ever.

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When rich people give money, again we all benefit.

More money equals better facilities and, (gasp!), better financial aid packages. Some people question the huge donation—around $6 million—made by Chair of the Board of Trustees Harold “Spike” Yoh and his family for the Yoh Football Center. (Go Yoh!) In the long run, that donation will increase the exposure of the football team. This will hopefully have the same financial impact on the University that basketball currently does.

Although huge donations could be made to, let’s say, Trinity College or the Annual Fund, Yoh’s donation will likely bring in even more money over time from ESPN, Duke paraphernalia sales and more donors. The national exposure of Duke athletics inevitably creates well-known spokespersons for the University. Coach K is one of the greatest fundraisers and diplomats this University has. His Krzyzewskiville is famous among sports fans. Coach K often acts as a representative of the school, and with his support for the University, it is no wonder he landed a lifetime contract last year.

Individual athletes have a similar effect when they go on to be recruited by professional teams. Just look at what Michael Jordan did for the University more money

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To a lesser degree, every recruited Duke athlete does the same thing for Duke, and many Duke athletes have that potential.

It goes without saying that Duke athletics is probably the most unifying aspect of the student body.

Everyone told me my first semester here that I would learn to love Duke basketball. And boy were they right! No matter how hard I tried, the Duke spirit took hold of me. I may not watch every game, but I certainly look at the scores. While other Duke teams may not receive as much attention, dedicated students still rally behind them. And Duke athletes can count on students’ support.

Some students, however, criticize athletes for not being capable of performing well in Duke’s intense academic environment. However, Duke is known to be a University that does not admit athletes who cannot rise to the academic challenge, even if some of those athletes might find themselves at the lower end of the admitted pool. I wonder how many of you knew that Matt Christensen was a civil engineering and economics major. I don’t even know what civil engineering is. As long as Duke’s athletes remain on par academically with the rest of the student body, I say, “show me the money.”

Christopher Scoville is a Trinity sophomore. His column appears every other Thursday.

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