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ISSUE 134
Blue Devils thump UVa Steroids at Duke by
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The men’s lacrosse team ended its perfect home season with a nearly perfect game. In what Duke head coach Mike Pressler called the
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win” in his tenure, the second-ranked Blue Devils dominated No. 3 Virginia 17-2 at Koskinen Stadium Saturday. The win capped off Duke’s first ever undefeated ACC season and secured the Blue Devils’ first regular-season conference title since 1999. Duke will square off against North Carolina as the top seed for the ACC Championship beginning April 29 in Baltimore. The near-capacity crowd witnessed a contest that was never in doubt, as Duke kept the ball in its attacking zone for the majority of the first halfand outshot the Cavaliers 42-21 over the course of the game. Eight days after a heartbreaking double-overtime loss at No.l Johns Hopkins in which the Blue SEE M. LACROSSE ON SW PAGE 4
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Junior Matt Zash netted two goals and won 6-of-9faceoffsfor the Blue Devils in their 17-2rout of Virginia Saturday in front of more than 6,000 fans at Koskinen Stadium.
DUKE WINS ACC TITLE by
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Following the women’s lead, the Duke men made history Sunday. Behind a championship-winning performance by junior Ryan Blaum, the Blue Devils won their first ACC championship since 1966 and the first of head coach Rod Myers’ 32year tenure. Blaum’s individual victory was the first by a Blue Devil since 1999 and the third with Myers’ at the helm. “This feels really sweet,” Myers said. “It’s very special when you’ve waited this long. It really means a lot to me. We all think of the ACC as the top conference in the country. Winning this title is a cherished thing. You know you’ve validated yourself.” After entering the final day in a first-place tie with Georgia Tech, Duke pulled away, beating the field by four strokes. Blaum’s final-round 67 propelled the SEE M. GOLF ON SW PAGE 7 r.¥*f
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The national debate about steroids in baseball hit Duke this weekend, but players, athletic officials and experts reflecting on revelations in Duke’s program paint a picture of a larger phenomenon across college baseball. Over the past three years, allegations and questions about steroid use have swirled around Major League Baseball. Former MVP Ken Caminiti admitted in 2002 that he used steroids, and reports have surfaced that Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi confessed to using designer steroids. Jose Canseco called out himself and others in a bestselling book, and a Congressional hearing in March addressed post-steroid suicide and the league’s new enforcement policy, which has since resulted in the suspension of two major leaguers. But the same players who admitted to using or knowing of steroid use at Duke in a report published in The Chronicle Friday said the failing Blue Devils program was never the epicenter of a pervasive, ca-
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Steroid use peaked on Duke's team during the summer of 2002, when Grant Stanley said he experimented with them.
reer-advancing practice throughthe NCAA. Players said the rise and subsequent decline of steroids in college baseball parallels the major leagues and still has not stopped completely. “We think it’s funny,” said former Duke baseball player Aaron Kempster, who told The Chronicle he used steroids and out
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Men take stand
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A year and a half ago, an anonymous Duke student wrote an editorial asking victims of sexual assault to step forward with their stories. Women responded, as did a surprising number of men. Events from that time touched off a renewed campaign on campus against sexual assault. Perhaps the most noticeable trend at Duke, though, has been the prominent participation of men in this movement. In recent years, Men Acting for Change and the publication “Saturday Night; Untold Stories of Sexual Assault at Duke” have sprung up as a means ofaddressfY.ry.r*r.r.wY.¥
ing rape on campus and off. Both initiatives are part of the overarching Sexual Assault Support Services. “It’s been exciting to watch men slowly, increasingly, step up and become involved and to watch Men Acting for Change’s visibility on campus grow,” said Jean Leonard, SASS coordinator. “I think it is essential that men step forward. Ending violence against women is a men’s issue. Men perpetrate most interpersonal violence. Men are directly hurt by violence. Men are hurt when the women they love are hurt by violence. And men have so much power to make a difference.”
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