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Roof seeks attendance Mike Van Pelt and Jake Poses

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When the Athletic Department organized a Thursday night pep rally in the Great Hall, officials thought the event would be the beginning of renewed student support for the football team. But so few students attended the rally that organizers had to tell head coach Ted Roof and his players to stay home. “I didn’t want to make them do this,” said Bart Smith, director of promotions for the Athletic Department, as he bemoaned the poorly-attended event. “There is nobody here.” In recent years, students’ interest in football has revolved more around the tailgating atmosphere that exists in the parking lots than around the games themselves. Last season, the main student tailgating area was often packed with as many as 1,000 people, many of whom never entered the stadium. Beginning with Saturday’s matchup against Maryland, the Athletic Department is making a major push to boost student attendance at home football games by reaching out to the student body and employing a myriad of promotions. “Overall [students] like the tailgating area,” Smith said. “The idea was to just help encourage them to come into the game once we start it.” Roof himself is spearheading part of the effort to increase attendance and involvement. In a rare e-mail to the entire undergraduate student body, Roof urged students to attend the game and support the team. ‘We’ve been talking to a lot of groups

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TheAthletic Department haslaunched severalinitiatives to combat weak studentattendance at homegames.

in the community. We’ve been e-mailing gram more visible in the community. people. We’re doing some things for some Roof, the team captains and freshman students, making ourselves available, players met with 1,200 members of the speaking to different groups on campus,” Class of 2008 Sept. 2 as part of the annual Roof said. ‘They’ve been pretty receptive. “New Devils Night.” Another pep rally is We need that support.” scheduled for next Friday as part of the In his first full year as head coach, Roof has tried to make himself and the pro-

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Delegates from the nine established sororities at Duke picked Zeta Tau Alpha over the other two finalists as the 10th chapter in Duke’s Panhellenic Association. The sorority received six votes; Kappa Delta received two votes and Sigma Kappa received one vote. The representatives’ vote matched the recommendations made by the Panhel extension committee Sept. 16 in a presentation for chapter presidents and delegates. “It was a really hard decision to make, but I would say that [Zeta] stood out because... we felt they would do anything in their power to make their chapter successful here,” said Panhel President Jessica Chilson, a senior. Both Chilson and Assistant Dean of Students Andrea Caldwell praised Zeta for its strong dedication to new member orientation. In addition Chilson praised Zeta for having a very strong colonization plan, being extremely enthusiastic about starting a chapter at Duke and having a really strong alumnae base in the area. National and local Zeta representatives will return to campus in November to publicize the sorority through a public relations campaign and to familiarize themselves with both the Duke and greek communities. In the spring the chapter will participate in the first round of formal recruitment with the other nine sororities. Instead of engaging in the rest of regular recruitment activities, SEE SORORITY ON PAGE 6

Faculty, ad strators toast to art facility plans Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

million budget—and it’s going to come in $2.1 million. But who’s counting?” The University officially unveiled its Provost Peter Lange joked at the ceremony. plans Thursday to turn an old tobacco wareFaculty and administrators ascended a house near East Campus into a multi-media mound of gravel to peek in at the undevelfacility for Duke arts. At a champagne recepoped space, which is scheduled to open in tion, giddy faculty and administrators surMarch. A grid of about 50 wooden columns veyed the construction already underway still stand in the old tobacco storehouse. Arand perused the blueprints of the new chitects had to work around the supports, home for the creation of art and music. which hampered their ability to create perThe project involved meticulous faculty formance space when designing the project. The other major challenge will be planning nearly unprecedented at the University. Professors even discussed where to soundproofing the music rooms so that put the light switches during the two-and-a- recording will be possible. The whistle on half years of development that went into the the nearby train is loud enough to rattle the boards on the windows next to the 17,000-square-foot arts center. ‘They spent a lot of time figuring out how to put a $3 million project into a $l.B SEE WAREHOUSE ON PAGE 6 President Richard Brodhead and his wife Cindy attend a reception at Duke's newest arts facility Thursday. by

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