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endorsing guidelines by

Seyward Darby THE CHRONICLE

Duke Student Government adopted new procedures this week for student groups to endorse candidates for DSG Executive Board elections, which will take place March 31.

Under the revised guidelines, campus groups that want to formally endorse candidates for the six positions on the ballot will be required to tell DSG they are THE VOTE conducting an en2005 dorsement meeting, allow a member of the DSG Election Commission to attend the meeting and mandate that organization members can only vote for the endorsement if they hear all of the candidates speak. DSG will also ask each group to submit its endorsements to the Election Commission for certification before sending it to The Chronicle for publication.

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Junior indicted for fake ID sales by

Dan Englander THE CHRONICLE

Last summer, the Belmont Aparthome to summer school students, Durham residents and, according to federal charges, everything you’d need to make a fake ID. Junior and former Belmont resident Michael Ruth was indicted in the United States District Court in Greensboro Jan. 31 for allegedly creating and possessing false identification documents. He ran his business, which he said started in February 2004, primarily out of his apartment.

Durham police officers entered an abandoned Belmont apartment leased to Ruth July 19 and found “supplies consistent with the manufacture of counterfeit identification,” according to an affidavit filed by Special Agent Jeffrey Norman of the U.S. Secret Service. ments were

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President Richard Brodhead addresses the undergraduate student body as Students Against Sweatshops protesters stand in the background.

‘YOU CAN DO YOUR PART’ Brodhead charges students with maximizing Duke by

Saidi Chen

before opening the floor to

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to nearly 500 students in Griffith Theater yesterday, President Richard Brodhead challenged them to become active creators of their

own undergraduate experiences.

In what he described as a “confidential chat” with

the undergraduate student body, Brodhead offered anecdotes, reflections and advice he has gathered in the 10 months he has served as University president

questions.

“My idea was to engage you in a dialogue on what you’re doing here—on your education and how to get the most value out of it,” he said.

Addressing topics ranging from the rebuilding of Central Campus to the numerous speakers that come to the Uni-

versity, Brodhead constantly stressed the theme that students should become active in seeking out activities that interest them among the multitude offered.

“Show a little courage and you’ll find that this place rewards the active seeker. I want SEE BRODHEAD ON PAGE

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Duke fends off Eagles to advance by

Chrissee Gorman THE CHRONICLE

CHAPEL HILL With less than a minute remaining Tuesday night against Boston College, the Duke women’s basketball team looked like it had a Sweet 16 trip to look forward to BC 65 as the time ticked DUKE 70 down in the Dean Smith Center.

But even after Monique Currie scored twice from the free-throw line to give Duke an eight-point lead, the Eagles fought back. Senior Clare Droesch hit four shots, including two three-pointers, starting with 1:07 left to bring her team within three.

The second-seeded Blue Devils (30-4) went 5-for-6 from the line as seventhseeded Boston College desperately fouled them in the final 18 seconds.

“I definitely know that free throws can win and lose games,” Currie said. ‘You just have to be focused and knock them down.”

When it was all over, Alison Bales chestbumped Laura Kurz as their team secured its eighth-straight Sweet 16 berth with a 70-65 win over the Eagles (20-10). Duke will play sixth-seeded Georgia Saturday at 2:30 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Currie’s 8-for-8 performance from the line capped her 21-point night. Although the junior led the team’s offense, she was not alone in the Duke attack. Bales had what head coach Gail Goestenkors called “a coming of age.”

Bales forced her way into the lane, using her size advantage over the Eagles to score 16 points, 10 of which came in the final 10 minutes of play.

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Roadside bomb in Iraq leaves 4 dead by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Militants in the northern city of Mosul targeted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Tuesday that killed four civilians, and Baghdad shopkeepers and residents traded gunfire with masked insurgents, killing three of them along a main thoroughfare.

In the south, officials found the corpses of six Iraqi soldiers, their hands bound and their bodies riddled with bullets.

The U.S. patrol was hit by a homemade bomb in a northwestern Mosul neighborhood, damaging a Humvee as it crossed a bridge, hospital officials said.

Four civilians in a car near the blast were killed, the officials said.

It was unclear whether any American troops were hurt. U.S. military officials were not immediately available for comment.

Gunbatdes erupted out in the streets of the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Doura, where militants wearing black hoods and riding in three cars opened fire on people shopping on a main street.

Shopkeepers and residents returned fire, killing three assailants. A man, woman and child were injured and taken to a hospital.

Dr. lyad Yass of al-Yarmouk Hospital said four victims were admitted to the hos-

pital with gunshot wounds.

“Two of them are risky. One of them was admitted to the operative theater,” he said.

Earlier, gunmen in the same quarter killed a police officer as he drove to work, said police Lt. Col. Hafidh Al-Ghrayri.

Iraq’s next likely prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, indicated to a U.S. congressional delegation that he was in no hurry to have U.S.-led coalition troops leave.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said al-Jaafari was not as “upbeat as our people, who seem to be very excited about the quality of the Iraqi police force.”

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Officials look for motive in shootings by

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Authorities were RED LAKE, Minn. trying to determine Tuesday what caused a teenager to gun down his grandfather, put on the man’s police-issue belt and bulletproof vest, and drive his marked squad car to a high school, where he began shooting his classmates at will.

Jeff Weise, who authorities said was 16 or 17, killed nine people and wounded seven Monday before trading gunfire with a police officer and apparently shooting himself.

Weise’s motive still wasn’t clear Tuesday,

but the FBI said the shootings appeared to have been planned in advance.

It was the nation’s worst school shooting since the Columbine massacre in April 1999 that ended with the deaths of 12 students, a teacher and the two teen gunmen.

The killings on this northern Minnesota Indianreservation began at the home of Weise’s grandfather, Daryl Lussier, 58, who was shot to death with a .22-caliber gun, according to Michael Tabman, the FBl’s special agent in charge for Minneapolis.

Also killed was Lussier’s companion, Michelle Sigana.

Lussier had worked as a tribal police of-

ficer for decades. Weise then drove the older man’s squad car to the school, where he gunned down security guard Derrick Brun at the door and spent about 10 minutes inside, targeting people at random.

Hearing the shots, students and adults barricaded themselves into offices and classrooms and crouched under desks, authorities said. Five students were shot to death and two 15-year-olds remained in critical condition at a Fargo, N.D., hospital with gunshot wounds to the face.

“Right now we are in utter disbeliefand

Pope John Paul II is vomiting, suffering strong headaches and not responding well to his medications, an Italian news agency reported Tuesday, but the pontiffs chief doctor dismissed speculation the pope will be hospitalized again.

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Explosion rocks Lebanon town A violent blast tore through a business center in a Christian town near Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least two people in the second deadly attack against an anti-Syrian stronghold since the murder of Lebanon's former prime minister last month.

Sex offender captured in NX. A man on the Massachusetts most wanted sex offender list was arrested in North Carolina, where he is held on $lOO,OOO bail, state police said Tuesday. Robert Pecore, 52, was taken into custody in Mooresville, N.C., Monday night on a warrant alleging failure to register as a sex offender.

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Petition seeks fee referendum by

Matt Sullivan THE CHRONICLE

After failing to convince Duke Student Government to put it on DSG’s March 31 election day ballot, members of Campus Council are taking matters into their own hands with a proposed fee increase that would bring as much as $90,000 more for Last Day of Classes—and for big-time bands.

DSC tabled the student activities fee hike of $7.50 per semester at its March 9 legislative meeting due to conflicting presentations on the new money’s allocation. As a fallback option, Campus Council representatives will begin petitioning students today for a referendum on DSG’s second election day April 12, when senators and class officers are voted into office. In order to bypass DSC and put the increase on that ballot, 15 percent of all undergraduates—-

about 960 signatures—must approve the measure.

“Given the popularity of Last Day of Classes and student interest in seeing a marquee headliner, I don’t think 15 percent of the student body signing it will be a problem,” said outgoing Campus Council President Anthony Vitarelli. “It’s just like buying a concert ticket.”

Because the increased revenue from the fee hike would officially pump into Campus Council’s existing $50,000 budget and be distributed from there, legislators took caution at their last meeting with initially placing what DSC President Pasha Majdi called a “convoluted” plan on its executive ballot.

“You just can’t have people say, ‘Give us $50,000 and we promise we’ll use it on this,’” said Majdi, a senior. “That’s not good

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Brittany Greenfield said she remained frustrated with the Senate’s tabling of the resolution, but she and her colleagues would press on with the second ballot option because “it’s easier to get 960 signatures than go back to DSG.” Since the increase would not go into effect until the 2006-2007 school year, Greenfield said the petition would primarily target freshmen with promotions at the Marketplace over the course of the next week and a half.

Elizabeth Ladner, DSG attorney general and 2005 election coordinator, said the second ballot petition was rare but that it gave students an alternate route to push through legislation.

“If there is something that DSG doesn’t necessarily think should be done and the student body does, then they should take advantage of this,” said Ladner, a senior.

mittee, junior Logan Leinster is running unopposed for the position of vice president of community interaction on the 2005-2006 Duke Student Government executive board.

The race for this posidon was originally expected to be very intense, said sophomore Joel Kliksberg, current vice president of community interaction.

“There were quite a few candidates that eyed the position,” Kliksberg said. “But in the end there were only two who decided to run, one of whom dropped out of the race in the last minute.”

The position will not be handed to Leinster by default, however. “She technically has to be elected by the student body on election day,” DSG Attorney General Elizabeth Ladner said. “There’s no one running against her, but we still have a write-in candidate.”

A write-in candidate is someone who decides to garner support and have people write in his name on the ballots. If the number of people who write in the name of such a candidate surpasses the number of people who vote for Leinster and the write-in candidate accepts the position, then he or she wins the position.

Leinster, however, is more concentrated on her goals for the committee next year.

“In the whole, I would like to see DSG be more responsive to students by getting in touch with the students, surveying

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them on their needs and issuing more referenda on the issues that they’re interested in,” Leinster said.

Leinster also said she looks forward to addressing pressing issues such as the off-campus party situation early next fall as a great way to engage with the community. Her two main objectives are “proactivity and representing the community as an asset, not an obstacle,” she said.

Another project Leinster plans to launch is a database that students can search for jobs and internships in the Durham area.

This database will also have listings of different forms of entertainment, restaurants and other options in the local community for students to explore.

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heatth&science IiWMI.IWI Underwater team explores ocean floor Meningitis case found at UNC A March 14 report of meningitis at UNC marks the University's third case of the illness since October. A University student was admitted to Duke University Medical Center March 13 and diagnosed with the illness. Health officials are drawing no connections between the cases—they said it is merely a coincidence that two of the three affected students live in Granville Towers.

New drug blocks cancer growth Duke Comprehensive CancerCenter scientists have discovered a potential new drug that inhibits destructive cell signals that drive the growth of one-third of all cancers. The scientists showed they could block the growth of cultured colon cancer cells using this new compound, called cysmethynil.

Duke prof awarded elite post Dr. Michael Ehlers an associate professor of neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is one of 43 scientists selected in a national competition. Ehlers joins eight other Duke University scientists who are currently HHMI investigators.

DUHS seeks help to ID man Duke University Hospital officials are asking for help in identifying a Hispanic man who has been hospitalized since March 13, when a car hit him on U.S. 70 East near East End Avenue. Durham police said anyone with information on the man is also asked to call the department's Traffic Services Unit at 560-4314, or the Durham Police Department’s front desk at 560-4427.

Duke scientists lead expedition near Tahiti Randy Chen THE CHRONICLE

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It is an environment that is strange, bizarre and altogether alien At the exotic locale of Pito Deep, a crew ofresearchers from Duke, the University of Hawaii and six other institutions studied the ocean floor near Easter Island and Tahiti from Jan. 30 to March 8. Penetrating the unexplored—to places that even light cannot —the crew led by JeffKarson, a professor of geology at the Nicholas School for Environment and Earth Sciences, is beginning to unravel the earth’s ge-

ological history.

“Pito Deep is one of the few places on the seafloor where we can learn directly about the rocks in the subsurface,” Karson wrote in an e-mail from the Pito Deep Cruise in the South Pacific Ocean.

Almost 70 percent of the earth’s crust lies beneath the ocean, but it has not been studied as extensively as the continental crust. Karson and his team used submersible vehicles in canyons wider and deeper than the Grand Canyon that provide a glimpse of 3 million years of the earth’s history.

Nicholas Hayman, a research associate also from Duke, explained that the scientists set out

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Researchers used Alvin, a three-person submarine, to collect samples from the seafloor for further study on land. learn about the earth’s behavior, including its magnetic field, tectonic faults and magma flow.

“Complete understanding of our planet must obviously include a thorough understanding of both the oceans themselves as well as the crust at the bottom of the oceans and the life forms that exist within the oceans and live on the seafloor,” Emily Klein, an earth and ocean sciences professor at the Nicholas School, wrote in an e-mail.

Karson described the ride in Alvin—a three-person submarine that can dive up to 4,500 meters below sea level and is able to remain underwater for as long as 72 hours—as “a spaceship ride to another planet.” to

Rigged with mechanical arms, lights and cameras, Alvin collected samples and captured images of the seafloor.

“Ironically, it is very much like a desert in many respects with barren rock cliffs and mud-covered low-lying areas,” Karson wrote about the sqafloor after viewing it first-hand from Alvin.

The ancient Solidified lava fields are millions of years old and resemble “a strange blanket of clouds,” Hayman wrote. The terrain is interrupted by jagged canyons and frozen channels that once allowed magma to flow to the surface.

Juxtaposed with the barren landscape and dark cliffs of Pito Deep are white veins of quartz

and other minerals that provide a prehistoric map of where hot fluids once passed through rocks, Karson explained. Hayman added that the team is gaining a better understanding of the “plumbing” of hydrothermal vents.

The crust of Pito Deep is an anomaly, formed with less heat and exhibiting fewer fractures than previously investigated areas. Karson hypothesized the rate at which the seafloor formed and the abundance of magma account for the differences.

Although the expedition is over, the data, images and samples brought back from the expedition still warrant further analysis, which the team will continue on land.

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Deputy attorney general explains Patriot Act by

Andrew Gerst

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If Deputy Attorney General had just three minutes to explain the Patriot Act to the entire nation, he said, the vast majority of misconceptions regarding it would fade away.

Comey had his chance Tuesday to demystify the October 2001 legislation—which he said has become “a vessel into which people pour their concerns, legitimate or illegitimate”—for a crowd of about 100 in the Duke School of Law. “It has somehow gotten into the drinking water that the fight against terrorism depends on a trade-off of security and civil liberties,” Comey said, discussing partisan supporters of and objectors to the act. “I have a modest proposal: that there is a third group which realizes that there has not been a trade-off.

“You’re sitting there thinking, ‘Am I out of my mind?’ But

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requires a mastery of detail, a demand for detail. Much of what passes for debate is a bunch of people at a cocktail party saying, ‘lsn’t the Patriot Act awful?’ and then everyone nods, and they go back to talking about the NCAA.” Comey encouraged debateand dissent from opponents and proponents of the legislation alike, saying the average American simply cannot know the act’s details well enough to denounce or trumpet it so viscerally.

Much of the content Americans have attributed to the Patriot Act and found most objectionable, Comey said, either has existed since long before the legislation’s enactment or simply is it

not accurate.

Comey said many have alleged, for instance, that the Patriot Act newly enables federal agents to secretly investigate “books and records” at public libraries. But “books and records”

prosecution term that normally refers to accounting and financial statements.

Libraries only fall into the realm of the Patriot Act if federal investigators demonstrate a need for them in foreign counter-intelligence and foreign counter-terrorism cases—which so far has never happened, Comey said.

Agents have investigated library records, Comey said, since long before the Patriot Act—most notably in searching for evidence against the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, in 1996 and the unidentified Zodiac Killer during the 19705.

Comey also said delayed notification search warrants—sometimes known as “sneak-and-peak” warrants—are commonly misattributed to the Patriot Act but have in fact been in use “since long before anyone in this room was born.” is a

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Panel warns against mixing science, politics BY

IZA WOJCIECHOWSKA THE CHRONICLE

A panel discussion Tuesday bemoaned the misuse of policymaking as it pertains to science, particularly with regard to President George W. Bush’s administration.

The talk included William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Andrew Eller, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official; and Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke professor of conservation ecology.

Schlesinger began by delineating the role of American scientists and their research, stressing that they rely on gathering and submitting unbiased information so people can digest it.

“Every time we make a measurement, we think we understand the world a little bit better,” he said. “Science is always moving in the pursuit of narrowing boundaries of uncertainty.”

Schlesinger discussed sources of scientific funding from private entities like the Mellon Foundation to government agencies such as thfe National Science Foundation. He said the best funding is that which is provided for inherent science—not for the fulfillment of policymakers’

expectations.

Legislators have to make decisions

based on scientific reports, even if the reports are not entirely conclusive and still require more research, Schlesinger said.

“Policymakers often have to make decisions that are the best for the world,” he said. “The answer ‘We need more science’ is often unacceptable.”

But on some occasions, these decisions provide false information to the public.

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Nicholas SchoolDean William Schlesinger (left), former environmental official Andrew Eller and professor Stuart Pimm discuss government oversight ofresearch.

endangered Florida panther that provided misleading information. When Eller brought the errors to the authors’ atten-

tion, the mistakes were not addressed as relevant problems.

“When I first filed the complaint, [the Fish and Wildlife Service] admitted the data was flawed but said it wasn’t affecting their decision-making,” he said.

Eller realized White House officials instructed FWS not to write “jeopardy opinions” protecting the panther, while previous administrations had been fairly active in the cause. Eller said he was also explicit-

ly told to “serve at the discretion of the president” and accentuate the positives when bringing evidence to FWS.

“But when I came back and said I was

absolutely 100 percent positive we were losing panther habitats, that was not acceptable,” said Eller, who would go on to lose his job as fallout from the conflict.

Pimm broadened the debate, discussing the more general problems that arise when policymakers intervene in science and try to suppress or alter results.

He said policy and science were at one time separated and non-biased, and non-

partisan scientists were appointed to advi-

sory committees. But now, Pimm said that before being granted positions in the World Health Organization or on scientific committees, researchers have to undergo a “vetting process” and a “political litmus test.”

“The vetting was not asking you how many papers you’ve written on malaria, but whether you voted for President Bush or what your stance is on abortion,” he said.

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ENDORSEMENTS dates without a DSG member present and gave The Chronicle endorsement letters without DSG oversight.

DSG Attorney General Elizabeth Ladner, a senior, said the seven-member Election Commission voted to implement the changes because there was a need to streamline the endorsement process and remedy problems that do a disservice to candidates. Ladner said there have been instances of groups inviting only some candidates to endorsement meetings, not giving candidates adequate or equal time to talk or making endorsement decisions before meeting with the candidates.

“We’re trying to make sure that each group gives a fair hearing to each candidate so that they don’t come in with preconceived notions and run with that,” Ladner said.

The Election Commission members will make sure endorsing groups follow set time and voting guidelines in their meetings. After receiving the endorsement let-

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ters, the commission will certify only those from groups that meet the new requirements, tell the candidates decisions have been made and inform The Chronicle of whether an endorsement has been approved. Ladner said DSG will also ask The Chronicle to print acknowledgment of a letter’s certification.

“In the past, groups have sent their endorsements directly to The Chronicle, and the first DSG has known they have made a decision was when it was published,” she explained. “We want to know when they are releasing it so we can communicate: This is valid endorsement.”

Ladner said 15 major campus groups have been notified of the changes by email. Ladner added that the commission “will not be sitting in on every meeting” with other organizations because “there are just too many groups on campus.” Candidates will be required to tell the commission who they have contacted, but only groups that request a formal endorsement process will receive DSG certification.

“Candidates are free to contact the smaller groups on their own, but since

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with the Inter-Community Council—a forum composed of the presidents of the major undergraduate student organizations —and the DSC Office of Community Interaction specifically so as to “improve the relationship and extend a tradition of working with the Duke-Durham Partnership.”

A Greensboro, N.C., native, Leinster is majoring in international comparative studies and history. She was a co-founder of Active Minds, a mental health education, awareness and advocacy organization on campus. Leinster has held positions in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and the Duke Sailing Club. She was also the student chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Committee, which planned the day’s events, drawing members from the Duke and Durham communities.

“It is the job of the VP ofCl to facilitate discussion on campus and prevent conflicts from having negative consequences,” Kliksberg said, recognizing the challenges that Leinster could have to face next year. But having worked with her for almost an entire school year, he said he is also confident in her ability to carry out her plans.

“She’s very familiar with the different student groups, the administrative process and the inner workings of DSG,” he said. “And I have no doubt that she will excel in the role and supersede any expectations.”

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those are not going to be formal endorsethe endorsement process. She also exas the larger groups regularly are, pressed concern that time constraints aswe’re not regulating them as much,” Ladsociated with the requirements could disner said. “This has been in our bylaws for courage student groups —including quite a while: If they want to do formal en- BSA —from endorsing candidates.

“We might have to endorse through our dorsements, they have to contact DSG.” Ladner was quick to note that the listserv instead of in The Chronicle, which guidelines are meant to keep DSG as would be unfortunate,” Thomas said. “hands off as possible” in the endorsement Nonetheless, Thomas said groups subprocess, even as they add an extra level of mitting their letters to DSG for formal apoversight to their interactions with endorsproval “might be a good idea” if they have ing groups. already agreed to and abided by the guide“We are not dictating who they choose lines. “If you’re okay with these new DSGin the end. We are just making sure each enforced policies... then I don’t think you candidate is heard fairly,” she said. “I don’t could have a problem with legitimizing the think it’s hindering their decision.... We are endorsement with a stamp of approval,” she said. just being cognizant of what is occurring.”

Senior Pascale Thomas, president of Junior Jay McKenna, president of the Black Student Alliance, said she received Interfraternity Council, also said he rean e-mail from Ladner announcing that ceived Ladner’s e-mail about the changes changes had been made. The message, but did not know the specifics of the new however, did not specify what the guidelines. After hearing about the procechanges were. After learning of the' dures, McKenna said he generally sees the guidelines, Thomas said she had not exchanges as “good” developments.

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At the Capitol in St. Paul, several hundred people attended a prayer ceremony for victims of the shooting where religious leaders joined Indians in drumming and shock,” said Floyd Jourdain Jr., chair of the Red Lake chanting.

Band of Chippewa.

“Once again our people have been hit... but our peoAuthorities were investigating whether Weise, who ple are strong,” said Ona Kingbird, a Red Lake tribal dressed in black and wrote stories about zombies, may member. “We’ll come out of it.” have posted messages on a neo-Nazi Web site expressing Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty expressed his condoadmiration for Adolf Hider. lences for the families of the victims and said it appeared Using the handle “Todesengel” —German for “Angel the school had “very rigorous security.” of Death”—the writer identified himself as Jeff Weise of “It looks like you had a very disturbed individual who the Red Lake Reservation. In April 2004, he referenced was able to overcome a lot of precautions to do a lot of being accused of “a threat on the school I attend,” though damage,” the governor said. it says he was later cleared.

It was the second fatal school shooting in Minnesota in Tabman said Tuesday he couldn’t confirm whether 18 months. Two students were killed at Rocori High Weise was the person who made the postings. School School in Cold Spring in September 2003. board member Kathryn Beaulieu said Weise had been Student John Jason McLaughlin, who was 15 at the placed in the school’s Homebound program for a policy time, awaits trial in the case. violation. She did not elaborate.

But a school secretary and a cousin of the slain securiRelatives told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Weise was ty guard said that Brun and a female security guard who a loner who was often teased by others. They said his fafled from Weise did not carry guns. Brun’s cousin, Nancy ther committed suicide four years ago and his mother was Richards, said Brun also did not wear a bulletproof vest.

Red Lake High School has about 300 students, accordliving in a Minneapolis nursing home because she suffered brain injuries in a car accident. ing to its website.

Residents at the home where Weise was believed to The reservation is about 240 miles north of the Twin have lived with his grandmother declined to comment Cities. It is home to the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe, one of Tuesday. School was canceled for the day as investigators the poorest in the state. According to the 2000 census, 5,162 scoured the building for clues. people lived on the reservation. All but 91 were Indians.

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Protesters

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President Richard Brodhead moved out of the spotlight Tuesday night when four students from Duke Students Against Sweatshops took center stage. before Brodhead Right launched into his conversation with the audience about student life, four protesters stood behind him and unraveled a large banner that read, “Don’t Angelica workers deserve a living wage?”

Brodhead asked the protesters to raise their concerns during the question-and-answer period and to move aside. “The subject I came here to address deals with every single person in the room,” Brodhead said.

The protesters stood silently, recommending Brodhead continue with his speech. The crowd, however, was not amused.

“Why don’t you plan a different event about that and let this event be what it is supposed to be about?” senior Jeremy Chapman yelled from the crowd. Another student shouted, ‘You are alienating people from your cause.”

Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs, and Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, approached the stage and unsuccessfully asked the protesters to leave.

Moneta said he hoped to convince the protesters they had made their statement and should move off the stage, turning die demonstration into a “proactive opportunity.”

“The longer you stay here, the longer you have an embarrassing feeling,” Moneta told protester Rann Bar-on, a graduate student in mathematics.

The students were objecting to the University’s contract with Angelica Corp., a company that provides laundry services for Duke University Health System. The company has been accused of ignoring workers’ rights and suppressing attempts at unionization.

During the question-and-answer period, Brodhead responded to a query about the textile company.

“I’m aware of complaints, and I don’t take them lightly or trivially,” he said, adding diathe did not regard accusations as equivalent to convictions.

The protesters were disappointed with Brodhead’s response, saying he evaded the question. They also noted the protest fit nicely with the theme of Brodhead’s speech, which encouraged students to engage in the campus community.

“President Brodhead made it clear on many occasions... that Duke is a place that holds moral and ethical values very highly,” said protester Adam Gorod, a senior.

“We are in support of that and so we are in support of the workers.”

Sarah Ball and Seyward Darby contributed to this story.

It's my intention to make these chances to connect academic inquiry with real-world practice and service even more numerous at Duke than they are now. And it's also my intention to put these opportunities in plain sight for every student.

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Having spend considerable time observing the University, President Richard Brodhead stresses that his job from here on out can only be as successful as students makeit—in academic, social and residential life.

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structure to modern apartments and lofts, rather than dorms in order “to recognize the growth you’ve achieved while you were here... something with a lot more privacy, a lot more independence and with amenities suitable to the age you will have then attained.”

Brodhead solicited students to provide input into die planning of this renovation, even if they would not be able to live there, comparing it to Moses and the Promised Land. Although Brodhead spoke seriously of his specific goals, which include the website listing opportunities for real-world application of classroom learning, the Central Campus renovations and increasing funding for both undergraduate research and guest speakers, he maintained his levity as he spoke, cracking the audience up with his comparison of the college experience to a car wash and asking for a moment of silence to grieve the impending destruction ofCentral Campus.

After his remarks were greeted with a standing ovation, Brodhead fielded questions from the audience ranging in topic from the role of greek life on campus to multiculturalism.

On the topic of social life, the president was asked whether he would prefer for it to exist on campus or off. Brodhead responded that by moving the social scene off-campus the factor of driving is introduced and so would prefer it to remain within campus confines. He stressed, however, the need for students to take responsibility for what they do without regulation from adminis-

Duke to be your school—by which I mean not just the school you attended but the one you helped create,” he said.

The president said students have told him, ‘You can do anything here,” and reaffirmed that opinion by saying, “We do our part by creating a super-stimulating ecosystem that will elicit your responsiveness every time you turn around on any number of multiple fronts. You do your part when you engage, when you invest these opportunities with your active life.”

Brodhead also urged those in the audience to develop their own ideas and create their own opportunities to fulfill their Duke experiences.

“This is a school where you can personalize your education, build an academic program responsive to your interests and concerns,” he said.

The president described the numerous conditions under which he has examined the community since he has been here and said his observations have led him to “conclude that undergraduate life at Duke is in robust, good health, but we can always raise our sights.”

Among these improvements is his desire to facilitate the translation ofmaterial learned in the classroom into the outside world. In order to do so, Brodhead has issued the creation of a website listing student opportunities for these applied learning experiences.

“It’s my intention to make these trators. chances to connect academic inquiry with He was also asked about the role of the real-world practice and service even more quad model, and responded that it was an numerous at Duke than they are now. And experiment to create communities within it’s also my intention to put these opportua community, and it is still too early to denities in plain sight for every student,” termine the results.

Brodhead said. He cited the example of “People support what they create,” he two students who, through an education said, urging students to weigh in with their course freshman year, obtained internopinions on the quad model.

Brodhead did not use the lectern in the ships at a camp for children in inner-city neighborhoods. They later brought their center of the stage, but instead spoke from summer experiences back into the classthe far left side because of an initial interroom by further developing their passion ruption from Students Against Sweatshops in a research seminar and volunteering at protesting for higher wages for workers a local community center. from Angelica Corp., the company that acBrodhead said he had also heard from quired Duke University Health System’s local laundry facility and now serves many students that “the student community holds together quite well in the early DUHS’ laundry operations. Four students years you’re here, but then tends to fall walked onstage behind the president with apart a little bit thereafter, as housing a banner and refused to leave when asked paths become unclear for seniors and for by him and members of the audience.

When it became clear that the protesters juniors returning from abroad.”

He has seen a solution to this problem intended to stay, Brodhead simply moved in the rebuilding of Central Campus, over a few feet away from the distraction where housing will be built more similar in and continued speaking.

You can do anything here,

PROMISING PROGRESS Increased attention and funding for undergraduate research in Trinity and Pratt New Duke website listing applied learning opportunities from grants to summer jobs Larger budgets for prominent speakers and guests in the mold of post-PSM efforts

Loft-style living constructed on a revamped Central Campus to lure upperclassmen back

STUDENT REACTION 1 think he's a great speaker, I think he's very inspiring and sort of encourages people to go beyond what they're comfortable with. I'm a senior, so my time is pretty much up. I mean I still feel inspired and I feel like if I were a freshman 1 would actually be really motivated to find something to do.

Karen Chern, senior .-He's sort of up in an ivory tower with regards to the students—it was really great to have him come down to our level and communicate what he's doing. 1 thought that it was good that he had some sort of vision.

David Rademeyer, freshman

1 was hoping I could hear about President Brodhead's vision, it's wasn't so much about vision as it was about what he'd already seen, it seems like.

He may sort of have been preaching to the choir, though, because the kids who were here are already the ones who are motivated to go to speakers.

Oaz Nir, senior

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IRAQ from page 2 “My sense was, he was certainly in no rush to hand over security to his new police force,” Boxer, a vocal opponent of the war, said during a visit to Baghdad.

The U.S. military reported the death of a Marine in a restive western province.

The Marine, assigned to the Ist Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in action Monday in Anbar province, which contains the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, the U.S. military said. .

As of Monday, at least 1,522 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The corpses of the six Iraqi soldiers were brought to the morgue in Kut, a city about 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, said Hadi Al-Itabi of Al-Zahraa Hospital. The soldiers’ hands were tied and their heads and torsos were riddled with bullets.

Iraq Defense Ministry officials said they had no information on the incident.

Six Iraqi soldiers were kidnapped in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, an area known as a rebel stronghold, Ramadi police major Mohamed Al-Dulaimi said Tuesday.

Witnesses said about a dozen masked men grabbed the soldiers, who were dressed in civilian clothes, as they headed to a bus station.

In Mosul, a convoy of security officials was ambushedlate Monday, sparking a gunbattle that killed 17 militants, said Col. Wathiq Ali, deputy police commander.

No security forces were hurt, and 14 militants were detained, Ali said.

Among those in the convoy was top police chief Brig. Gen. Abu Al-Waled, he said.

Mosul residents said five mortar shells landed in a Kurdish enclave of the ethnically mixed city 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, injuring one person.

Three rockets landed overnight on the town of Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad, killing one child, said a local police official, who asked not to be identified, fearing retribution from militants.

In the eastern city of Kirkuk, the director of the Iraqi Army’s legal department died Tuesday of wounds suffered late Sunday when gunmen shot him outside his home, said Gen. Anwar Mohammed Amin of the Iraqi army.

Iraq sought to soothe relations with neighboring Jordan, with both agreeing to return their respective ambassadors after a weekend diplomatic dispute over terrorism.

Iraq’s national security adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, said Tuesday his nation’s ambassador to Jordan would return “as soon as practically possible.”

The announcement came a day after King Abdullah II ordered the return of Jordan’s top diplomat in Iraq, the official Jordanian news agency reported.

Both countries withdrew their envoys Sunday after arguing about the infiltration of Jordanian insurgents across their common border.

Tensions between the two boiled over last week.

At one point, Iraqi demonstrators angered over the alleged involvement of a Jordanian in a deadly suicide bombing, hoisted the Iraqi flag above the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad. /

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Iraqi civilians inspect a destroyed vehicle after an explosion that targeted a U.S. convoy in Mosul.

FAKE IDS from page 1

proximately six” other customers.

Several reported that Ruth took their pictures and collected information that they would like on their fake IDs The following day, police visited Ruth in his other and delivered them about a month later. According to apartment at Station Nine on Hillsborough Road. There, the affidavit, one student reported that“Ruth drove up in Ruth admitted to making fake New York and Texas drihis Porsche and threw the IDs, bundled in a rubber band, ver’s licenses. He reportedly estimated that by charging to me and drove off.” between $BO and $l2O for each counterfeit driver’s liEarlier this month, federal investigators moved to cense, he had made between $12,000 and $13,000. seize Ruth’s 2000 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet, which Before the indictment, investigators also spoke with they said helped him in “the manufacture and transfer five other Duke students whose names were found on of false identification documents.”

Ruth’s computer.

In a separate run-in with the law, Ruth’s actual driver’s The students, who were identified in the affidavit by license was revoked, and he was charged with driving while initials only, told the police about the ins-and-outs of impaired and driving after consumption while under 21.

Ruth’s business. One student said he received a counterHe has a court date April 6 for the driving offenses. feit ID from Ruth for free in exchange for referring “apRuth did not respond Tuesday to requests for comment

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PANEL from page 6 was becoming a serious problem, 60 scientists, including Nobel Prize laureates and prominent scholars, convened in a closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., in November 2003 to sign a statement expressing their qualms about the way the government was handling the situation.

“I don’t think they should reach down into science and tell us what the scientific results should be,” Pimm noted.

He said White House officials replied to the statement with a promise that certain issues might be addressed in the future, but Pimm added that nothing seems to have been accomplished so far.

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The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a complaint that these warrants were unconstitutional as “frivolous” in 1979, Comey said—alluding to Dalia v. United States. He said such warrants have in fact been essential in preserving the safety of key witnesses and evidence.

The revolution the Patriot Act has actually stirred, Comey said, is tearing down the wall between criminal investigations and intelligence investigations.

“That changed our world,” he said.

“That made us safer.”

Comey related the story of a criminal prosecutor in Chicago who, in pursuit of an al Qaeda operative, was able to talk to former terrorists, foreign spies, witnesses and police officers—but could not talk to FBI agents in an office across the street who were conducting an identical investigation because of legislation that prohibited such interaction. The Patriot Act opened up this channel.

“As [the investigator] said, ‘You wouldn’t believe that the PatriotAct was something rushed in the fall of 2001, but something that came 10 years too late.’”

Law students and professors asked Comey after his remarks whether delayed notification search warrants conflicted with the First Amendment; when the government will know that the war on terror has ended; and how likely the creation of a separate court system for trying terrorists would be.

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Hopes lie on Redick’s fingers

CHAPEL HILL Alison Bales put together the best half a Duke women’s basketball player has enjoyed all season

Thursday night.

After finishing the first 20 minutes of play with two points off of four shots, the sophomore caught fire in the second half, shooting 6for-8 and scoring 14 points. - For a threeminute stretch, Bales carried the Blue Devil offense, scoring all seven of Duke’s points.

“I almost felt like she came of age today,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said.

“She’s been playing great defense for us all year long, and we’ve been trying to get her to be more aggressive and demand the ball on the offensive end of the floor, but it’s tough to do. Down the stretch she wanted the basketball, she was calling for it, she was scoring inside for us, key buckets.”

Bales’ amazing stretch began when she checked into the game with eight minutes left to play in the half and Boston College trailing by six. After a three-pointer by Eagle sophomore Kindyll Dorsey cut the deficit in half, Bales answered back with a field goal right in front of the Boston College basket.

The Eagles immediately converted on the other end with a two-pointer of their own. On the Blue Devils’ next possession, Bales received the ball on the right side of the court, just inside the three-point line.

Uncharacteristically, Bales drove strong to the basket. Although her shot attempt did not fall, she drew a foul on her defender, Boston College center Lisa Macchia.

She would convert l-of-2 free throws.

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JJ. Redick’s career has been full of clutch moments. His 23 points in the last 10:05 of the 2003 ACC Tournament title game against N.C. State was one of the most heroic performances in the history ofconference tournaments.

This year, Redick almost single-handedly led a comeback at Wake Forest Feb. 2, when he hit two late three-pointers that cut the Demon Deacons’ 14-point lead to one with three seconds remaining.

“His desire to win could not have been exemplified in any higher fashion—he was magnificent,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after that game. “His demeanor was the key to bringing us back.”

But Redick’s clutch performances have been limited to games before the start of the NCAA Tournament. In fact, as a whole, Redick has played worse in NCAAs than in the regular season. Thus far in his esteemed career, Redick is averaging 17.8 points per game and shooting 42 percent in non-NCAA Tournament games. In the Big Dance, Redick’s average falls to 15 ppg and he shoots only 38 percent. The first two rounds this year have been no exception; Redick averaged 11.5 points per TIAN QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE

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On top of blocking six shots Tuesday, Alison Bales contributed 16 points in the Blue Devil win.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

Ewings return close to home by

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Daniel Ewing closed the final chapter of a glorious high school career with a win at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

Texas native Daniel Ewing returns to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, where he ledhis high school team to two straight state championships.

This weekend, the senior hopes his college career won’t end in the same building.

Ewing led the star-studded Willowridge High School basketball team to back-to-back Texas State 5A Championships in 2000 and 2001.

Four years after his second championship, Ewing and top-seeded Duke will meet fifth-seeded Michigan State Friday night in the regional semifinal at 7:10 p.m. With two wins this weekend, the Blue Devils could advance to their second straight Final Four.

“I had two championship games there that we won, so I’ve got some good memories in the Frank Erwin Center,” the Missouri City, Texas, native said. “But this is a different part of my life, a different atmosphere.

It’s going to be tougher than a high school champi-

onship game.”

In front of a crowd of more than 16,000 people March 11, 2001, Willowridge beat Bryan High School 65-58 in the finals. Ewing scored just 11 points, but he dropped 28 in the semifinals against Converse Judson at the Erwin Center the night before.

During his senior year in high school Ewing led his team with 19.6 points per game and averaged 8.5 SEE EWING ON PAGE 16

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With three minutes left in Tuesday’s men’s lacrosse game, Duke senior Joe Kennedy chased a Vermont midfielder running the ball down the sideline and made a diving attempt to VERMONT 3 knock it loose.

Duke was leadDUKE *1 o ing by seven, but the Blue Devils were playing like it was tied.

With Duke breaking up each huddle by chanting “fourth quarter,” the senior’s tenacious play epitomized Duke’s gritty effort Tuesday afternoon.

The Blue Devils (8-0) did not let up until the final whisde in their 10-3victory over Vermont (2-2) at Koskinen Stadium.

“No one was spectacular today, but it was a great workmanlike performance and we move on,” head coach Mike Pressler said. “It feels great to be 8-0.”

Duke started the game off slowly, allowing the Catamounts to jump out to a 1-0 lead only 52 seconds into the contest.

Blue Devil attackmen Zack Greer and Matt Danowski each answered with a goal

AP All-Americans announced On top of being named ACC Player of the Year and ACC Tournament MVP this season,

junior JJ, Redick was named to the Associated Press' All-America team Tuesday. Redick was the second-leading vote-getter, receiving 53 first-team votes.

Utah center Andrew Bogut led the pack with 60 votes. Seniors Wayne Simien of Kansas, Hakim Warrick of Syracuse and sophomore Chris Paul of Wake Forest also received AllAmerican accolades.

Redick is the first Blue Devil to be named an All-American since Jason Williams was selected in 2002.

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JavierSocorro knocked in one of Duke's three runs on a sacrifice fly ball but failed to register a hit.

Blue Devils’ errors hand Marshall win

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It didn’t take a single hit for Marshall to break open the game and beat the Duke baseball team 8-3 Tuesday.

Marshall (5-12) turned a 3-1 lead into a five-run advanMARSHALLI 8 taee in the ton of the fourth inDUKE 3 without ning recording a single hit. The Thundering Herd used four walks, an error, a hit batsman and a passed ball to score three runs against the Blue Devils and seal a sloppy game. The two teams combined for 11 walks, six errors, five wild pitches and three passed balls. While both teams played carelessly, the difference was made by Marshall’s ability to take advan.

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tage ofDuke’s mistakes.

“In this game, unless you have unbelievable offensive numbers, errors are going to be magnified and you cannot give extra outs,” Duke head coach Bill Hillier said. “We’re giving extra outs and our opponents are taking advantage of it.”

Duke (8-17), however, did not take advantage of Marshall’s mistakes, as the Blue Devils left 10 runners on base and struck out seven times. Freshman Kyle Kreick was the offensive leader forDuke with two RBIs, but no player on the team had multiple hits. Freshman Brett Bartles, who was hitting a team-leading .427 coming in to the game, went 0-for-5 from the plate.

Duke’s pitching also struggled, as

'Nova's Sumpter injured Villanova forward Curtis Sumpter will miss the rest of the NCAA Tournament after a MRI exam Monday revealed he tore a ligament in his left knee.

Sumpter, the team's second-leading scorer (15.3 points) and leading rebounder (7.2 rebounds), was hurt Sunday in Villanova's second-round win over Florida after scoring eight points. (AP)

Villanueva considering draft Connecticut sophomore Charlie Villanueva, who led the Huskies to an unprecedented ninth regular-season Big East title, is considering a jump to the NBA but has not made a final decision, a team official said Tuesday.

"Certainly he has not told Coach [Jim] Calhoun he will not be coming back," team spokesperson Kyle Muncy said.

Villanueva, a 6-foot-11 forward from Brooklyn, N.Y., averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds a game, emerging as the Huskies' leading scorer. He closed out the season Sunday with 16 points and 12 boards in the 65-62 loss to N.C. State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. (AP)

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FENCING

Duke fences to 4th at NCAAs by

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knew she had to win at least two of her final three bouts to have a shot at earning All-American status.

The Junior Olympic champion, who was an All-American in her freshman season at Duke, had lost to several lower-ranked Tencers and had a losing record.- But Muhammad won her final three matches, finishing the first day of the two-day event at 7-7.

Muhammad finished the sabre competition in 11th place with a 12-11 record, becoming the first two-time AllAmerican fencer at Duke.

Two other female fencers and a pair ofmale fencers also competed for Duke at the NCAA Championships March 17 to 20 in Houston, Texas. The lOth-ranked women’s team and unranked men’s team competed together and scored a total of 48 points, 19 ofwhich came from Muhammad. The Blue Devils finished in 13th place overall.

“Being an All-American last year I was under a lot of pressure,” she said. “I put a lot stress on myself.”

Muhammad said she let the stress affect her negatively before winning the final three bouts of Day 1. The following day, Muhammad beat several fencers who ultimately finished ahead ofher in the event to lock up 11th place.

In his third appearance at nationals, Nathan Bragg finished 11th in the epee, earning his first All-American hon-

ors in his senior season. Freshman Jackson McClam finished 21st in foil.

Anne Kercsmar fenced to 16th place in the women’s epee, winning 10-of-23 bouts. Like Muhammad, Kercsmar fenced better the second day of the competition.

“Anne fenced amazingly well the second day of competition,” Muhammad said. “That is how she usually fences.

Both Anne and I put amazing amounts ofpressure on ourselves the first day.”

Also for Duke, Allison Schafer finished 17th in the sabre with a 7-16 record.

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“It’s been a focus all year for me to more aggressive offensively,” Bales said. “I think [this game] proves I can do it.”

Even when the Eagles forced Bales to the perimeter, the sophomore continued to drain buckets. She nailed an 11-foot baseline jump shot, and on the next trip down the floor; she converted a turnaround jumper in the lane right in the face of the 6-foot-4 Macchia.

“She stepped up right when we needed her,” junior Mistie Williams said of Bales. “I wasn’t hitting the shots when I needed to and AM hit a couple ofjumpers and was really aggressive with the ball down low. That’s probably what changed it so that we could win.”

Bales’ second jump shot extended the Duke lead from one to three, and Boston College would never come any closer to challenging the Blue Devils.

“I think tonight she showed that she could hit the outside shot,” Boston Col-

lege head coach Cathy Inglese said. “We knew we couldn’t take away everything from her. We tried to get her to face up a little more from the perimeter —she hit one or two good shots from there, which I think is going to make her a tougher player to go against.”

After contributing seven straight points to the Duke offense, Bales ended her incredible three-minute stretch with a signature defensive play. Macchia—who at this point had been victimized by the sophomore on four consecutive occasions—went up strong to the basket from the right side. Bales was right there waiting for her—she would record six blocks Tuesday evening.

In the resulting struggle for the loose ball, Bales picked up her fourth foul. She returned to the bench with a standing ovation from the crowd, her teammates and her coach.

“I just high-fived her and told her if I could chest-bump her I would have chest-bumped her on that one because I was so proud of her,” Goestenkors said.

more, who added five rebounds and six blocks. “She was calling for it, she was scoring inside for us with key buckets.”

With seven and a half minutes remaining, Bales went on a two-minute run when she scored seven points, the same number as the Eagles.

The center, who has averaged 7.5 points per game this season, helped make up for the loss of Jessica Foley. The junior missed her second game Tuesday because of tendonitis in her left foot.

Without its secondary ball handler, Foley, Duke turned the ball over eight times in the first half. But after halftime, the Blue Devils only coughed up the ball four times.

The turnovers prevented Duke from establishing any early momentum. Throughout the first nine and a half minutes, Boston College held the lead at three points and the teams were tied three times.

With 11:31 remaining in the game, freshman Wanisha Smith hit a three to give Duke a 16-14 edge. Boston College never regained the lead, although it did tie the Blue Devils twice more in the game.

The teams were knotted at 24 before the Blue Devils went on a 15-6 run to build a 10-point lead, their largest on the night.

“I think we were ready for them, but we knew it was going to happen,” Mistie Williams said of the spurt. “They definitely weren’t ready to lay down and let us run over them. That’s the way the tournament is. Everybody brings their A-plus game.”

Boston College’s top game was enough to challenge Duke throughout the final minutes. Droesch, who led the Eagles with 23 points, had 19 in the second half. The senior’s shots came from all over the court, many on the baseline. Brooke Queenan, who recorded 17 points for BC, shot mostly from mid-range, an area normally defended by Foley.

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“It was a batde,” Goestenkors said. “I thought we got excellent contributions from everyone at some point during the game, and we needed every little bit.”

NOTES: With its 30th victory, Duke improves to 11-4 against ranked opponents this season.

The Blue Devils have recorded 30 wins in each of the last five seasons.... Goestenkors expressed concern over the possibility of playing without Foley Saturday against Georgia but did not indicate whether the junior would play.... Freshman Chante Black had her third-straight game with double-digit rebounds.... Currie scored more than 20 points for the 13th time this season.... With seven blocked shots, six by Bales, Duke continues to improve on its NCAA-record 256 on the season.

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before Vermont tied the game up at 2-2.

Duke took control from that point, notching four straight goals, and entered halftime up 6-3.

Faceoffs and clearing were weaknesses for Duke all afternoon, goalie Aaron Fenton said. Although the Blue Devils won 9of-16 draws, the wings had trouble collecting ground balls and getting possession in the midfield.

“The game was won at the defensive end,” Pressler said. “I just didn’t think we were sharp at all on the offensive end, which is disappointing. Our attack didn’t play well as a unit.”

The defense put the clamps down in the second half, allowing the Catamounts only two shots on goal the entire third period.

Junior Kyle Dowd netted the lone goal of the quarter, pushing the Duke lead to 7-3.

“After letting in three soft goals in the first half, our entire defensive unit stepped it up, not allowing a goal in the second half,” Fenton said.

The Blue Devils never gave Vermont a chance to climb back into the game and continued to push the ball into the attack zone in the waning minutes.

Dan Flannery, Bret Thompson and Greer each tallied a goal in the fourth quarter to make the final count 10-3.

Danowski, Duke’s scoring leader a year ago, had three assists as Duke took 21 more shots than the Catamounts.

Greer’s two goals Tuesday make him the nation’s top goal scorer with 26 on the season “I didn’t see that coming. There’s so many great guys around here that it makes it a lot easier for me,” Greer said. “Just working with these offensive guys is pretty incredible.”

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Freshman Zack Greer scored two goals and assisted a third to bring his season total to 30 points.

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Sember (0-2) received the loss after allowing seven hits and. three runs in his second start of the season. Marshall’s Andrew Hancock (1-1) got the win after only giving up one earned run in six innings of work.

“We expected Ryan Sember to throw better,” Hillier said. “He has had a couple surgeries and has been inconsistent the way he has thrown, but I don’t fault him because he competes. He just didn’t have very good stuff today. He had no separation between his fastball and his changeup and I had to get him out of there.”

Duke looked as though it would keep the game tight early on. After giving up two runs in the top of the second inning, sophomore Corey Whiting led off the bottom of the inning by reaching second base on an error by the Marshall leftfielder. Hancock’s attempt to pick off Whiting at second sailed into centerfield and Whiting advanced to third, where he was knocked in by Kreick’s lone hit of the game.

The game slipped away in the fourth inning, however. After an error and two walks, Marshall had the bases loaded with only one out. The Thundering Herd did not knock anyone in, since the Blue Devils gave up the three runs through their own mistakes.

‘You just got to get back out here and compete,” Hillier said. “Normally in baseball things start evening out, you just have to hope you don’t get down mentally because this game will eat you up—and right now, we are down.”

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REDICK from page 11 game on 6-of-24 shooting.

There are several reasons for Redick’s drop-off. One is that Redick is still, for the most part, a one-dimensional player. Yes, his ability to take the ball to the hoop and his ball-handling skills have improved this year, but those two abilities are still no better than those of the average Division I shooting guard His outside shot is still the only part of his game that makes him better than his peers. Stopping Redick’s jump-shot over an entire season is impossible. But in a one-game, single-elimination scenario, teams can use all their resources to shut him down. So far, this strategy has mostly worked.

But that approach can backfire when it allows the other four Blue Devils to play against weaker defenses. Daniel Ewing’s 22 points Sunday came a little bit easier because Mississippi State shadowed Redick.

“It’s a good thing, too, because you’re playing four-on-four—it makes it more compact... and opens up other opportunities for other players,” Krzyzewski said of the consequences of focusing on Redick.

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smith Player of the Year Award finalist must come through with one of his jawdropping shooting performances this weekend in Austin, Texas. Duke’s other players can pick up the slack against teams like Delaware State and Mississippi State, but against national-powers like Michigan State and Kentucky, Duke needs all the firepower it can muster.

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The NCAA Tournament is a time when teams need points in pressure situations.

For Duke to live up to its expectations as a No. 1 seed, Redick must play like he did throughout the regular season. If he does not, Duke will lose in the Sweet 16, just as most predicted the Blue Devils would in the

preseason. again is very exciting for Ewing, he said. Some family and friends, many of whom have not seen him play live since his high school days, will be in attendance this weekend.

“Austin is not really home, but it’s close,” Ewing said. “I understand what is at stake here.ylt’s not like we’re going to party. We’re going to take care of business—try to win a game and try to help my team get back to the Final Four.”

Junior Shavlik Randolph said Ewing has been nagging other members of the team throughout the week about getting extra tickets. Each player is given six to distribute to whomever they choose.

Ewing is hoping to claim 30, but he has only secured 15 thus far.

What would it take for Randolph to give up his tickets?

“He might have to let me beat him a couple times in NBA Live.”

Ewing was quick to reply.

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rebounds, four assists and three steals.

That year he was also named Texas’ Mr. Basketball and led Willowridge to a perfect 39-0 record.

“My senior year, that was a special run for us,” Ewing said. “We were No. 2 in the nation, obviously No. 1 in the state of Texas. Each game going into the playoffs was tough. We blew nobody out on our run to the state title.”

Ewing’s senior class graduated on a 61game win streak and compiled a 75-1 record over its final two years. The Eagles also suited up Division I players TJ. Ford and Kenny Taylor, both ofwhom went on to play at Texas, and Oklahoma State senior Ivan McFarlin graduated from Willowridge after the first state title.

Although the Blue Devils played in the Final Four a year ago in San Antonio, the chance to make the trip back to his home

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Putting education into practice his 10 months at Duke, Presi- the world’s problems.”

The onus, however, is on you—you dent Richard Brodhead has come to understand what it means to be students, If Brodhead is going to devote a student here—he gets what’s right with Duke, what’s wrong with Duke more money to funding undergraduate research and if and how everything, StattedltOnal the University is from academics to going to create a websocial life, fits together to create Duke’s unique campus site detailing the opportunities for academic enrichment, students must environment.

Brodhead shared his perspective take advantage of it. Brodhead spoke of moments of transcendence—those with a packed house yesterday afternoon. He sees a Duke where students times when there is a “burst of intercan do anything they want, transcend est” fueled by intelligence, curiosity the often mundane daily homework and ambition—but he cannot force assignments and create opportunities those moments upon students. Students must take what Brodhead where education is put into practice. spoke about yesterday to heart and But there is a gap between classrooms and careers, and our president truly engage themselves in their eduknows that it is up to students to cation. Students are Duke have an unbridge this gap. He shared stories paralleled array of opportunities, but as Brodhead apdy stated, “given the about students who have had an “ahha” moment during a class and have opportunities available here, you extended that enthusiasm to the real have an obligation to avail yourselves world. Students working on the of these rare chances.”

Students are the ones responsible SMART house, a student studying cross-ethnic communities in Bosnia- for building an intellectual communiHerzegovina, student interns on plays ty, and this happens in every aspect of such as Little Women and Purgatorio life at Duke—academically, socially, and students working at the West End residentially.

Identify the moments in class that Community Center—all of these are examples of students doing, not just spark your interest and then, once you find them, use them. Get excited thinking or learning. about something you learn and allow It is this type of practical application instead of pure devotion to that excitement to bubble over. things theoretical that Brodhead sees Learning is infectious, allow yourself in the undergraduate population, and to be infectious. Talk about the things it is also the area in which Brodhead that intrigue you, and then take it a sees an opportunity for Duke to excel step further and make something and set itself apart. In his speech, happen.

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With proper insight and vision, one can Statements from the Planning Committee see there is room at Central Campus. A conreveal that they also see Central as an “outward-looking portal to the world.” Certainly, ference facility with a childcare center (like Central’s geography makes it ideal for a role as the UNC Friday Center) would not only serve Duke’s cultural crossroads intersecting and ingraduate students’ and employees’ children but also for visiting scholars tegrating with the West, East -■ and Medical campuses, as well attending a conference or on GITIII CnilCK sabbatical. A cultural, peras the Durham community.

But news about the developguest commentary forming arts center could be used for organizing summer ment of Central Campus has or school-year educational not been very forthcoming. So far, a Chronicle editorial (Feb. 25) espousing a programs featuring our student dance combar to enhance on-campus social activities (as panies or invited world-class performers. Fiif a bar can cure all that ails Duke social life) nally, providing family-friendly housing and facilities for graduate students, young acahas been discussed.

What is truly disappointing is how the demics, visiting scholars and their families (or temporarily displaced undergraduates) committee’s preliminary plans seem to continue a history for isolating Duke students could anchor academic interactions that from the community and “the real world.” could improve Duke’s standing as a top-tier university. Through collaboration with local Early versions of the Central Campus plans which have ignited controversy within the schools and community organizations, famiDurham neighborhoods that border camly-friendly facilities and programs on Central Duke’s of “the can strengthen the symbiotic partnership beit seem like vision pus—make real world” was something like The Streets at tween Duke and the Durham community.

To create a true portal of the outside Southpoint. While more shopping venues world for Duke students, the members of the would be attractive to undergraduates, this vision does not truly foster a diverse academic Planning Committee, senior administration, and the Board of Trustees must recognize and cultural exchange with the “real world.”

The long-term success of the new Central that the “real world” already exists at Duke in Campus will come from its perceived value by the form of its graduate and professional students, employees, postdoctoral scholars, and Duke graduate/professional students, postdoctoral fellows, medical house staff, and faculty members and their spouses, children, young staffand faculty, many of whom live in and parents. On Central Campus, the Univerthose neighboring Durham communities. sity should create the facilities and envision Unlike the undergraduate population, this the diverse programs that appeal to and suptwenty-to-fortysomething group is faced with port the broader Duke community and the the pressures of balancing their career goals larger city of Durham in which we live and with the pressures of beginning and raising a work. All we ask is that the University involve more parents and “real world” representafamily after moving to Durham. The retention and success of these young professionals tives in this process. If it does this, the University will create a realistic academic and expe(be they students or newly-minted degree reriential environment from which everyone cipients) are directly correlated to the availability of family-friendly institutional re- will truly benefit. sources. For example, conveniently-located Emil Chuck, Engineering ’93, is currently a on-campus facilities with flexible hours for daycare or after-school activities have been postdoctoral research associate in the Department of shown to be positive factors for succeeding in Pediatrics and serves as Special Events Director for academe. Yet at the current on-campus child- Parents@Duke.

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On freshmen Living

on East Campus didn’t seem like a good idea.

After all, it was so doggone far-gone into Heart of Darkness Durham, and the freshmen would probably be mad arrow-shooting savages, crazier than Donald Rumsfeld rolling on Gin and J-e-s-u-s. I remembered the old days when we used to smoke each other out with the fire extinguishers by shooting them under the doors. How do you like the smell of monoammonium phosphate in the morning, Match} And I remembered the op-ed piece from a well-known faculty in residence last year about freshmen gone wild, describing how they destroyed his artwork and made some postmodern masterworks of their own by smearing door handles with semen These were the things I was expecting.

Yet during my time as an East Campus RA, their good qualities have become apparent, if not altogether obvious. So what’s there to like about freshmen? matt First off, they’re 15 pounds farther away from collapsing the BC walkway than the rest of us and don’t have dark circles under their eyes and the big aviator sunglasses required to hide them. And they have so much spunk. Some of them are falling into the same gutters we fell into, but hey, it happens. Life should be fun or else you should shoot yourself. Happily, though, not many freshmen are shoodng themselves these days because their existential angst is pacified with soothing iTunes lullabies. Sometimes I’m sure that the iPod initiative was part of an elaborate plot by CAPS. That or “The Association of Persons Against Needless Human Interaction.”

And they take really good notes. If I pass Bio 26L, she will be responsible. She writes with such beautiful script and pays attention. Girls who do science, like female drill sergeants, are unbearably hot.

But seriously, we have much to learn from freshmen, like how not to drink and have sex. Ideally, you’re not supposed to fall down during either, and—contrary to the popular practice—only one is allowed at Parizade.

We can also learn from their pep. These kids have a lot of get-up and go. You ought to see some of the craps they take! One athlete closed the bathroom for half a day over

spring break with one! Really amazing! It was terrifying Worse I think than the sulfur-water flood we had.

And they’re smart, whether they know it or not. Anyone who has taken classes with these child wonders can attest to how much tougher classes have become since they came around. I, for one, am sure that they’re phasing out my I.Q. range out here, in the unlikely event it ever was in.

And remember how “people” used to smoke pot in “their” rooms by dismanding the smoke detector and stuffing wet towels under the door and exhaling out the window? These petit Einsteins don’t do any of that. They don’t even use fire. They use vaporizers that heat weed up to a temperature high enough to evaporate the THC without actually igniting the plant fibers. It’s completely odorless and RA-proof. That’s for tobacco, man! they say, when I ask.

The East Campus vibe is one that West Campus residents might want to borrow some from. Freshmen are more social, if gillum less independent. They’re always willing to talk, to tell a good story, to ask a stupid veritas question. Though susceptible to herd mentality and blowing some things out of proportion, they rarely show the end-stage cynicism that sometimes creeps into the upperclassmen psyche.

Of course this is not to say that all is well with them.

Coming to a university filled with effortlessly perfect, highachieving individuals just like you and competing with them breeds its share of distress, but they’ll get over this.

Another unfortunate slap from the Hand of Fate concerns the fact that, for a lot of them, contact with the opposite sex tends to be limited and alcohol inspired. This has a lot to do with gender-specific halls, which do nothing to prevent “hooking up” but do a lot to prevent day-to day interaction. Though of course there are exceptions, for most folks, going to a hall specific to the opposite sex is an unthinkable act of proactivity.

But they’ll get over this, too. And you can help. Hang your hat at night on East Campus sometime. Unless it’s in my room, you won’t regret it.

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that was such an awesome show. I used to and Andy). But mostly he was just the mechanic; he could watch it all the time when I was a kid. Yeah, the one fix anything with a Swiss Army knife. where those hillbilly brothers raced their cool car Anyway, the bad guy was Colonel Louis Hogg—“Boss” on back roads, just ahead of the law. They always escaped. Hogg, they called him. He was this little short guy in a white suit, played by Danny DeVito with a white goatee.

I wanted to be just like those Clinton boys.

Are you sure? I could have sworn that was their name. He was so evil. And his right-hand man was Rosco P. Yeah, that’s right. Billy Clinton, he was the eldest. David Coltrane, who was actually George Clinton’s cousin. Not Hasselhoff played him. There was George Clinton, played many people know that. Everyone’s related out in the boonies, aren’t they? Rosco wasn’t all that bad, and someby Mr. T. He was younger then and didn’t have the mohawk—he was a really cool times he and George would jam. He was dude. George had dark hair so he wore a played by the guy from Magnum P.1., I forwhite hat, but Billy was blond and wore a get his name.

Oh, and Uncle Jesse (George Peppard, black one. That’s how you could rememwith a white beard). He was the masterber which was Billy; B, B, B. And there was mind, who always had a plan to outwit Boss the younger brother—everyone forgets his name. He didn’t drive Hogg. At the end of the show, he’d always I mostly watched it for cousin Daisy, say “Ah love it when a plan comes togetha!” and drink some moonshine or play his though. Man, she was so hot. She always mike dickison wore boots, and a cowboy hat and these banjo. He was really good on the banjo; a modest proposal denim cutoffs, and a bodice, and wristonce they had John Denver as a special bands and a lasso. She could deflect bulguest star, and he and Uncle Jesse played lets with those wristbands. Lindsay Wagner played her, I this duet called Feudin’ Banjos (although John Denver actually played guitar, not banjo). Of course I’m sure. think. Wait, didn’t she go on strike one season? The second Daisy wasn’t as good. Then it turned out the real My favorite episode was when Uncle Jesse had brewed up a whole mess of ’shine, and needed the boys to take it Daisy had been kidnapped by alien robots and the brothers had to rescue her in starfighters. Wait a minute, I must across the state line. Enos and Andy had made a fake be getting confused. That was Dr. Who. radar gun out of a megaphone and a hairdryer, so they Usually the Clinton boys drove the General Kitt, this could “prove” the Clinton boys had been speeding. But black Pontiac Firebird with an American flag on the hood. Rosco bragged about it in front of the General Kitt, who The horn would play Yankee Doodle. The General Kitt told Billy, who led them on a wild goose chase and then could talk too, but only to Billy. That was so funny, when called their bluff, while Daisy smuggled the ’shine in her he told the others that the General talked to him, and invisible plane. But they all met up afterwards at the Hogg Farm to party: Boss Hogg handed out big buckets of fried they just rolled their eyes.

Roger! That was the other brother. Dirk Benedict chicken, Rosco played the sax, and everybody got funky.

Yeah, I’ll always remember that show. Why can’t they played him. He didn’t drive, because he was once in a terrible accident, and only came out of it barely alive. But make stuff like that today? they rebuilt him and made him better than he was before.

Mike Dickison is a graduate student in zoology. His column He had bionic vision that could see Enos coming a mile appears were two the Enos away (there always cops chasing boys, every other Wednesday.

Masters of sleaze Down

in the depths of the netherworld, where Tammany Hall grafters and Chicago ward heelers gather amid spittoons and brass railings, a reverential silence now spreads across the communion. The sleazemasters of old look back into the land of the mortals and they see greatness in the form of Jack Abramoff.

Only a genius like Abramoff could make money lobbying against an Indian tribe’s casino and then turn around and make money defending that tribe against himself. Only a giant like Abramoff would have the guts to use one tribe’s casino money to finance a Focus on the Family crusade against gambling in order to shut down a rival tribe’s casino.

Only an artist like Abramoff could suggest to a tribe diat it pay him by taking out life insurance policies on its eldest members. Then when the elders dropped off they could funnel the insurance money through a private school and into his pockets. This is sleaze of a high order. And yet according to reports in The Washington Post and else■ ■■ ■ ■ dsvid brooks where, AbramofF accomplished it all. guest commentary Yet it’s important to remember this: A genius like AbramofF doesn’t spring fully Formed on his own. Just as Michelangelo emerged in the Ferment oF Renaissance Italy, so did AbramofF emerge from his own circle oF creativity and encouragement.

Back in 1995, when Republicans took over Congress, a new cadre oF daring and original thinkers arose. These bold innovators had a key insight: that you no longer had to choose between being an activist and a lobbyist. You could be both. You could harness the power oF K Street to promote the goals oF Goldwater, Reagan and Gingrich. And best oF all, you could get rich while doing it!

Before long, ringleader Grover Norquist and his buddies were signing lobbying deals with the Seychelles and the Northern Mariana Islands and talking up their interests at weekly conservative strategy sessions—what could be more vital to the Future oF freedom than the commercial interests of these two fine locales?

Before long, folks like Norquist and Abramoff were talking up the virtues of international sons of liberty like Angola’s Jonas Savimbi and Congo’s dictator Mobutu Sese Seko—all while receiving compensation from these upstanding gentlemen, according to The Legal Times. Only a reactionary could have been so discomfited by Savimbi’s litde cannibalism problem as to think this was not a daring contribution to the cause of Reaganism.

Soon the creative revolutionaries were blending the high-toned forms of the think tank with the low-toned scams of the buckraker. Ed Buckham, Tom DeLay’s former chief of staff, helped run the U.S. Family Network, which supported the American family by accepting large donations and leasing skyboxes at the MCI Center, according to Roll Call.

Michael Scanlon, DeLay’s former spokesman, organized a think tank called the American International Center, located in a house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., which was occupied, according to Andrew Ferguson’s devastating compendium in the Weekly Standard, by a former “lifeguard of the year” and a former yoga instructor.

Ralph Reed, meanwhile, smashed the tired old categories that used to separate social conservatives from corporate consultants. Reed signed on with Channel One, Verizon, Enron, and Microsoft to shore up the moral foundations of our great nation. Reed so strongly opposes gambling as a matter of principle that he bravely accepted $4 million through Abramoff from casino-rich Indian tribes to gin up a grass-roots campaign. As time went by, the spectacular devolution of morals accelerated. Many of the young innovators were behaving like people who, having read Barry Goldwater’s “Conscience of a Conservative,” embraced the conservative part while discarding the conscience part.

Abramoff and Scanlon’s Indian-gaming scandal will go down as the movement’s crowning achievement, more shameless than anything the others would do, but still the culmination of the trends building since 1995. It perfectly embodied their creed and philosophy: “I’d love us to get our mitts on that moolah!!” as Abramoff wrote to Reed.

They made at least $66 million. This is a major accomplishment And remember: Abramoff didn’t do it on his own.

It took a village. The sleazo-cons thought they could take over K Street to advance their agenda. As it transpired, K Street took over them.

DavidBrooks is a syndicated columnistfor The New York Times.

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