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Duke plans to enroll 75 hurricane victims

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“The Time Almanac says ‘There is little reason to believe architects intended this tower to lean.’”

If you know the question to that answer, you could be the next Jeopardy! College Champion. Well, not really.

Jeopardy!’s team of traveling affiliates came to the Bryan Center Thursday to hold auditions

for Duke students interesting in competing in the Jeopardy!

2005 College Championship, which will be held at the RBC Center in Raleigh Oct. 1 and 2.

Jeopardy! has spent the last few months conducting a nationwide search for bright-eyed contestants, but has spent the last two weeks doing a concentrated search at nine Triangle areai schools.

In addition to Duke, Jeopardy! sought contestants from North Carolina State University, Fayetteville State University, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, Peace College, Shaw University, Meredith SEE

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Duke will offer enrollment for up to 75 eligible undergraduate students who attend universities closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, administrators announced Thursday evening.

Students who qualify will not be held responsible for tuition or housing charges until their own schools resume operation, said John Burness, senior vice president for government and public relations. When their schools reopen students will likely return to their original institutions.

Bumess said sophomores, juniors and seniors in good standing at universities along the GulfCoast will be eligible to enroll in Duke as visiting non-degree students through the University’s continuing education division. Due to housing constraints on East Campus, the University is not extending the invitation to freshmen.

Students must arrive on campus to begin classes by Sept. 12.

Those who enroll must also fulfill one of the three criteria; be from North or South Carolina, have a sibling currently attending Duke or have a parent who is faculty, staff or alumni.

“Times of trouble teach us the powers we have to be of help; they also remind us how much we would need such help if we were on the other end of this catastrophe,” President Richard Brod-

head said in a message to the Duke community Thursday. “I am grateful for the good heart with which I know Duke will respond to this emergency.”

Top administrators, including Brodhead, Provost Peter Lange and Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Robert Thompson, met for about two hours Thursday to discuss the plan, Burness said.

“At that meeting today everybody was trying to figure out, ‘What can we do to be most helpful?’” Burness said. “It’s very hard to communicate with these schools to know exactly what their circumstances are.”

“We wanted to be clear to those students that they weren’t coming as permanent students.

At the same time, we wanted to be supportive.”

Many universities across the country are extending temporary' enrollment to students affected by the hurricane, but few are offering free tuidon and housing, as Duke is.

“A lot of institutions across the country are taking a look at students they have a special relationship with,” Burness said, citing similar programs at the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, the University of Illinois and Vanderbilt University.

Of these, only Penn is offering SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 9

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As a result of the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina, which shut down the two major pipelines that deliver fuel to southeastern states, price hikes and “No Gas” signs were common at North Carolina pumps The two downed pipelines —the Colonial and Plantation —usually deliver 90 percent North Carolina's fuel.

The George W. Bush administration moved Wednesday to release at least one million barrels of oil from the nation’s strategic reserve, but the effort has done SEE GAS ON PAGE 12

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New Orleans deNEW ORLEANS scended into anarchy Thursday, as corpses lay abandoned in street medians, fights and fires broke out and storm survivors battled for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the chaos. The tired and hungry seethed, saying they had been forsaken.

“I’m not sure I’m going to get out of here alive,” said Canadian tourist Larry Mitzel, who handed a reporter his business card in case he goes missing. “I’m scared of riots. I’m scared of the locals. We might get caught in the crossfire.”

Four days after Hurricane Katrina roared in with a devastating blow that inflicted potentially thousands of deaths, the frustration, fear and anger mounted, despite the promise of 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting, plans for a $lO billion recovery bill in Congress and a government relief effort President George W. Bush called the biggest in U.S. history.

New Orleans’ top emergency management official called that effort a “national disgrace” and questioned when reinforcements would actually reach the increasingly lawless city.

About 15,000 to 20,000 people who had taken shelter at the New Orleans convention center grew increasingly hostile after waiting for buses for days amid the filth and the dead. Police Chief Eddie

Shiites buried the nearly 1,000 victims of a stampede on a bridge in Baghdad, while politicians and ordinary Iraqis demanded the government explain whether botched security controls may have played a part in the tragedy.

Bush to send billions in aid Congress rushed to provide a $10.5 billion down payment in relief aid for Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as President Bush ordered new action to minimize disruptions in the nation's energy supplies.

Israel, Pakistan solidify ties Israel hailed a diplomatic breakthrough Thursday with Pakistan as the first fruit of its Gaza pullout and a harbinger of warmer ties with other Muslim nations, after the first public meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries showed an amicable relationship.

CA senate OKs gay marriage California's Senate approved legislation Thursday that would legalize same-sex

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looting and rapes have been reported on the streets of towns devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Compass said there was such a crush around a squad of 88 officers that they retreated when they went in to check out reports of assaults.

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preyed upon.”

A military helicopter tried to land at the convention center several times to drop off food and water, but the rushing crowd forced the choppers to back off. Troopers then tossed the supplies to the crowd from 10 feet off the ground and flew away.

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They often come in the form of a question. Sometimes they come at 2 a.m. Once they came as part of an effort to shut down

Krzyzewskiville.

They’re the phone calls University ad-

ministrators get from your mom and dad.

Administrators field phone calls every day from parents with legitimate concerns about the University and their students’ well-being. But some calls are perplexing and a little strange —a source of wry amusement for many administrators.

“Colleagues in this business get together and say, ‘We could write a book,”’ Eddie Hull, director ofResidence Life and Housing Services, said of the calls.

Hull said a parent once asked him to wake his student up in time for his morning classes and to allow a student to live in his own home over a holiday. Other questions

have ranged from whether parents could drop off a student’s favorite pet to whether a student could monopolize his roommate’s closet to hold his overflow of clothes.

“I don’t like my daughter’s room, may I send my interior decorator in to make her more comfortable?” Hull recalled a parent asking.

Hull also noted that parents who place the calls are well-intentioned.

“It’s just one of those things,” he said Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs, said she has also received zany calls from parents. Some that have have not heard from their sons or daughter in several hours call thinking their children are missing.

“We have tracked students down to try to get him or her to call home,” she said.

“In every single one of these situations the student has been fine.”

In at least one instance, the University operator has paged the dean on call at 2 a.m. in response to such a concern, she said.

Parents have also asked Wasiolek to help with their attempts to handle everyday issues for their son or daughter, such as paying bills or appealing parking tickets.

“We try to be helpful but at the same time we also try to explain that taking care of these things develops life skills, and mom and dad aren’t always going to be there,” Wasiolek said.

Though parent phone calls happen all the time, Kzyzewskiville has received special attention from parents in the past, particularly last winter.

“They wanted us to shut K-ville down,” Wasiolek recalled. “They don’t want their students tenting and wasting time or getting sick. They tell us that if we would shut it down or curtail the activity, that would take care ofit.”

Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs Larry Moneta remembers parents who accompanied their children to his Educational

Director of Residential Life and Housing Services Eddie Hull regularly takescalls from parents.

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The Marketplace on East Campus opened its refurbished service area to freshmen and other students last

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Perhaps the only thing Duke students like more than food is complaining about food.

For the moment, however, it seems these complaints have been silenced by efforts from Duke Dining Services and ARAMARK, Corp. to improve campus dining—especially on East Campus.

In past years, ARAMARK —the company that owns The Great Hall and The Marketplace—has come under fire for inconsistent service and limited selection.

The company hopes to live down its past reputation this year, however, by offering students a wide array offood and a better dining atmosphere.

“I’m pretty pleased with what I’m seeing right now,” said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. “This has to be a breakout year for ARAMARK—especially with first year students... My primary concern

is that they’re able to sustain it.”

The Great Hall now offers Nature’s Express and Jump Asian Cuisine every day, which serves organic and Chinese food respectfully.

In addition, visiting vendors such as The Q Shack and Sitar India Palace are also available and have become a staple in the diets of many students.

The most noticeable changes have taken place on East Campus. While standing in line, freshmen can now watch the day’s news scroll across a new plasma flat-screen, television. Once, they swipe their cards, freshmen enter a more vibrantly colored cafeteria where they can pick up homemade bread and stir fry or make their own burrito, among other things.

The efforts seem to be paying off, Wulforst said.

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The Duke Semans mansion, which is currently on the market for $5O million, is the last private residence on Fifth Ave. in New York City.

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The Duke Semans mansion, which has belonged to the Duke family for more than 100 years, may soon be home to rock star Lenny Kravitz.

The mansion, located on 82nd St. and Fifth Ave. in New York City, was put on the market for $5O million in May by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, great-granddaughter of University namesake Washington Duke and chair of The Duke Endowment—a non-profit organization that has no formal connection to the University. It is the last private house remaining on Fifth Ave. No deal has been signed yet, but 14 prospective buyers have visited the residence, and three have bid on it, according The New York Times. Kravitz, who recendy launched an architecture and design company and is currendy trying to sell a loft in the SoHo district of the city for more than $l2 million, is one of the interested buyers.

If bought, the 20,000-square-foot mansion—which was granted landmark status in 1974—wi1l be the most expensive private residence ever sold in New York City.

“Once the house is sold, there will never be another one like it to come on the market again,” said Paula Del Nunzio, one of the three brokers handling the listing. “It’s the last comer mansion on Fifth Ave., which means it has light coming in from both Fifth Ave. and along the north side along E. 82nd St.” It is almost unheard offor a residence to be owned by a family for 104 years in New York City, Del Nunzio noted.

“The average time for changing where one lives is about five to seven years in New York. Even 10 years is a big deal for keeping a residence,” she said.

The eight-story mansion, which is divided into three separate apartments, has 11 marble fireplaces, three elevators and a doctor’s office in the basement. Nonetheless, brokers say it will need about $lO million worth of renovations to turn it into a private residence.

But not just anyone can get a tour of the mansion. The three brokers handling the listing make sure to check the financial qualifications of prospective buyers before they visit the house. The visits also have to be cleared with the two rental tenants. When a potential buyer is given permission to tour the house, they can only see the first five floors on initial visits.

Only the three buyers who have bid on the mansion have been allowed to see the penthouse floors, and the brokers could not accompany them.

“When you work with these trophy properties, you just get a lot of people who are sightseers,” Sharon Baum, one of the brokers, told The New York Times. “They just want

It’s a student’s ultimate nightmare Midway through the summer, one of the main computer servers storing data for the Pratt School of Engineering crashed, taking with it the two-million files worth of graduate dissertations, grant proposals and research data.

Three out of the seven drives on the Pratt server failed simultaneously; the other four drives were insufficient to back up the rest of the data.

At the time of the crash, one of the hard drives was rushed to a sterile room, dissected, and reconstructed.

“It was tedious, time-consuming, and not a cheap process,” said John Board, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering and chair of Pratt’s Information Technology Advisory Committee. Board worked as the liaison between the IT technical staff, the administration and several data recovery companies in the retrieval process.

Board said he and IT technicians recovered 99.993 percent of the data lost in the crash. But nine gigabytes—about two DVDs worth of information—may not be recovered.

Pratt relies upon two different backup systems;—both of which crashed.

The first line of defense, Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks, are hard drives typically used for more accessible backup; when one disk fails, the other disks can compensate. The second backup system is composed of tape drives, which usually copy the data stored in RAID arrays onto magnetic tapes for long-term storage. Although this method of accessing the data is much slower than tape drives—comparable to the difference between VHS and DVD formats—tape drives offer a more durable and low-cost method of data backup.

Events leading up to the July 19 crash began more than a month earlier when hackers compromised the tape drives. This minor vulnerability had not been e repaired when the RAID drives failed.

IT technicians ultimately concluded the crash was due to multiple unrelated events.

Associate Dean for Student Affairs for Pratt Linda Franzoni and her administrative colleagues used the

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health&sciencebriefs Nicholas School buys energy certificates As part of its commitment to environmental stewardship, the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University has purchased $19,718 of renewable energy certificates to offset its use ofelectricity generated from fossil fuels.

“Buying these certificates is away of putting our money where our mouth is,” William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School, said in a statement. “It ensures that the energy our school takes from the national power grid to run classrooms, labs and offices is being replaced with an equivalent amount of clean, renewable energy.”

The school bought the certificates this summer from Gray County Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in Kansas.

Renewable energy certificates are credits that individuals, institutions or businesses can buy to compensate for the amount of nonrenewable, greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels they burn in their vehicles, homes, of-

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Distinguished professor honored with conference Duke’s most decorated scientist-explorer, primatologist Elwyn Simons, will be honored at a Sept. 16 and 17 conference commemorating his life and work, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

Simons, who is James B. Duke Professor of biological anthropology and anatomy, is renowned for more than four decades of expeditions in which he discovered many new primate species. Such studies revealed unprecedented details about the era marking the evolution of the first anthropoid ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans. Independently or with coauthors he has published over 320 pa-

pers and books.

Currently he is working on several papers about new discoveries in Egypt, and a book-length memoir of his life in science.

Duke community plans to celebrate Einstein’s life Beginning Monday, Sept. 5, Duke professors ofmathematics and physics will devote a week to explaining Albert Einstein’s discoveries, their relevance to everyday life and their place in contemporary science. Duke’s “Einstein Week” —a series of talks, informal discussions and a student competition comes 100 years after the scientist’s famous burst of publications in 1905.

“The originality, depth and natural beauty of Einstein's Relativity Theory are an intellectual tour de force,” said Arlie Fetters, organizer of Einstein Week and a Duke professor of mathematics and physics. “The talks will explore the geometry and physics of relativity, as well as anecdotes and facts in the history of the subject.”

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il After DSG President Jesse Longoria's announcement that tailgates may be scheduled to end when home football gan begin, several students offer their opinions about the potential policy change.

"I think that's sort of idiotic because a lot of kids are not going to tailgate in general because so few kids go to football games anyway. Tailgating's a tradition that'll die out. I don't know if they want kids at their maximum drunkeness at football games anyway. They might be disruptive and cause property damage. Maybe they could keep it until halftime."

—David Kuritsky, sophomore

"I think the first couple of weekends has scared people pretty bad. Alcohol Law Enforcement is definitely going to be at tailgate. I think what they want to do is to crack down and have ail the parties be smaller."

"I'm so mad. I was just always so excited because Duke is famous for their awesome tailgates. I know they're trying to revitalize the football team but tailgate's what's fun. I guess we'll just have to start drinking earlier. I think they should make it until first quarter because if you ended it at halftime people would just leave."

—Will Barton, junior

"Tailgating was the last thing our school had to hold on to as part of the integrated party scene. They're cutting off every means people have to party."

—Sebastian Moreno, senior

—Layne Jacobs, freshman

Videotape links al Qaeda to July bombings

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The July 7 attacks in London were carried out by four suicide bombers, possibly members of al Qaeda.

One of the four suiCAIRO, Egypt cide attackers who bombed London’s transit system July 7 made a dramatic farewell in a videotape broadcast Thursday that also included a warning of more bloodshed from al Qaeda’s number-two man, Ayman al-Zawahri.

Speaking English, Mohammad Sidique Khan, a Briton of Pakistani ancestry, said Westerners had failed to heed previous warnings, “therefore we will talk to you in a language that you understand. Our words are dead until we give them life with our blood.”

The two men did not appear together in the tape —instead, shots of each were edited together—and al-Zawahri did not mention Khan.

A newscaster on aljazeera, which aired the tape, said Khan’s last “will” came as

part of a long tape that consisted mostly of al-Zawahri talking.

While their appearance together in an edited tape appeared to show some level of coordination, it would have been more significant had they appeared together in one portion—indicating that al-Zawahri was a hands-on commander who met directly with attackers.

Nevertheless, the association of the al Qaeda leader and the 30-year-old suicide bomber was the strongest link yet of a role by the terror organization in the attacks on three subway trains and a double-decker bus, which killed 56 people.

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The man was arrested.

Some of those among the mostly poor crowd had been in the dome for four days without air conditioning, working toilets or a place to bathe. An ambulance service airlifting the sick and injured out of the Superdome suspended flights as too dangerous after it was reported that a bullet was fired at a military helicopter.

“If they’re just taking us anywhere, just anywhere, I say praise God,” said refugee John Phillip. “Nothing could be worse than what we’ve been through.”

By Thursday evening, 11 hours after the military began evacuating the Superdome, the arena held 10,000 more people than it did at dawn. National Guard Capt.

John Pollard said evacuees from around the city poured into the Superdome and swelled the crowd to about 30,000 because they believed the arena was the best place to get a ride out of town.

As he watched a line snaking for blocks through ankle-deep waters, New Orleans’ emergency operations chief Terry Ebbert blamed the inadequate response on the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“This is not a FEMA operation. I haven’t seen a single FEMA guy,” he said.

He added, “We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims, but we can’t bail out the city of New Orleans.”

FEMA officials said some operations had to be suspended in areas where gunfire has broken out.

Displaced residents also expressed anger at government officials.

“All I want to say to Mayor Ray Nagin is thank you for helping us,” Yolanda McZeal, 43, said calmly, sarcastically and bitterly. “Governor [Kathleen] Blanco, thank you for helping us. President Bush, thank you for helping us.”

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the convention center, Mayor Ray Nagin gave the refugees permission to march across a bridge to the city’s unflooded west bank for whatever relief they could find. But the bedlam made that difficult.

“This is a desperate SOS,” Nagin said in a statement. “Right now we are out of resources at the convention center and don’t anticipate enough buses.”

At least seven bodies were scattered outside the convention center—a makeshift staging area for those rescued from rooftops, attics and highways. The sidewalks were packed with people without food, water or medical care, and with no sign of law enforcement.

An old man in a chaise lounge lay dead in a grassy median as hungry babies wailed around him. Around the corner, an elderly woman lay dead in her wheelchair, covered up by a blanket, and another body lay beside her wrapped in a sheet.

“I don’t treat my dog like that,” 47-yearold Daniel Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair.

‘You can do everything for other countries, but you can’t do nothing for your own people,” he added. ‘You can go overseas with the military, but you can’t get them down here.”

The street outside the center, above the floodwaters, smelled of urine and feces, and was choked with dirty diapers, old bottles and garbage.

“They’ve been teasing us with buses for four days,” Edwards said. “They’re telling us they’re going to come get us one day, and then they don’t show up.”

Every so often, an armored state police vehicle cruised in front of the convention center with four or five officers in riot gear with automatic weapons. But there was no

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At one point the crowd began to chant “This is just insanity,” she said. “We have “We want help! We want help!” Later, a no food, no water all these trucks and woman, screaming, went on the front steps buses go by and they do nothing but wave.” of the convention center and led the At the hot and stinking Superdome, crowd in reciting the 23rd Psalm, “The where 30,000 were being evacuated by bus Lord is my shepherd ...” to the Houston Astrodome, fistfights and ...

“We are out here like pure animals,” Issac Clark said.

“We’ve got people dying out here—two babies have died, a woman died, a man died,” Helen Cheek said. “We haven’t had no food, we haven’t had no water, we haven’t had nothing. They just brought us here and dropped us.”

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A Chronicle staffer's day with the Que Crew Sarah

kwak I planned to arrive early at Von Canon B Jeopardy! —wait patiendy in line with almanac in hand. I figured if I were die first in line, I’d automatically qualify for the show. I ended up being wrong on both accounts.

I was not the first in line—not even close, since I woke up mere minutes before to take the pre-test for

testing began.

Incidentally, die first person in line was a 17-year-old freshman, who had arrived at 9:10 a.m. He waited at the front of the line for about an hour and a half before the Jeopardy! crew put up a sign that said students had to be at least 18 years old to participate. His Jeopardy! dreams wouldn’t be realized either—at least not for another year.

I rushed over to the Bryan Center, cut the line—probably infuriating the people I passed —and setded down for just a minute before The Crew began giving out wristbands. I must say, they were nowhere near as thorough as K-ville line monitors.

I approached the tableand had a choice between die pink quiz and the yellow quiz, I chose the yellow one because the boy that just got up before me had passed that test.

I finished the quiz, and the man with the clipboard collected my paper.

“Sorry, not enough. Thanks for coming out,” he said widi faux empathy.

Meanwhile, the guy sitting next to me—the one who took the white test—was invited back. I should have known.

My Jeopardy! dreams were shattered.

For someone who created a facebook group devoted to the Brain Bus’ visit to Duke, I felt like a royal disappointment to myself, my group. But I refiised to take it.

Sure, I failed, but I wouldn’t let myself be defeated.

So, I decided to take the test again.

And this time, I tried to cheat After returning from the pre-test, I immediately Googled for the answers I didn’t know and asked other people what their tests were like, noting what Easter egg pastel color their sheets were. I filed away as much of this information in my mind as I could and was ready to take on the Clue Crew once again. This meant war.

As I approached the Bryan Center with a couple ofmy friends, who had also taken the test before, a twinge of guilt entered my mind. (I hear they call this a conscience.)

Goaded by my peers, I went down to die bottom level, received my wristband and took a seat. My friend was blatandy called out for taking the test again—l got nervous.

“Do you need a test?”

I nodded my head, avoiding eye contact with the man that graded my first test. I stared down at die white paper.

White. Who had the white test ?Do I know the answers to the white test? Ah, I think Schwab had this test. Yes, he did.

I filled out my test, confidendy. Cheaters never win, they say. I was about to prove them wrong. Or so I thought He collected my paper, examined it against his convenient answer sheet. I held my breath.

“Oh, I’m sorry. You were really close, but not quite enough. Thanks for coming out.”

Ah, more canned emotions. I failed again—and that’s sad. I hung my head as I walked out of Von Canon for the second time that day, a loser.

The answer: This person tried to cheat by finding out the answers to as many questions as possible so that she could say she made it to the second round (she knew she would never get further than that), and still didn’t make it “Who is...Sarah Kwak?” Correct Maybe next week, I’ll try out for the Apprentice. I hear Martha Stewart doesn’t really look down on cheating.

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JEOPARDY from page 1 College and Saint Augustine’s College.

“If we’re shooting in Raleigh we want local representation for our shows,” said Rebecca Erbstein, executive director of promotions for Jeopardy!. “You guys have such great colleges here, how can we not?”

Among the exclamations of“This is so cool, like, am I really doing this” and “Do I have to answer in the form of a question,” hundreds of students waltzed into Von Canon B hoping to be the next Duke student to win big.

Erbstein estimated that about 10 percent of the students who completed the first round of testing —or “pre-test” made it to the second round. Those students were then instructed to return to try out later in the afternoon and complete a 50-question mock test in categories ranging from “Religious History” to “Big Business.”

Approximately 10 percent of the students who competed in the second round of testing would make it to the third round—a 50-question, video-taped test, Erbstein said. The students who pass the second test are invited to participate in a mock game interview, at which point one Duke student might be invited to compete as one of 15 contestants in the Championship for $lOO,OOO. Twenty-four Duke students made it to Jeopardy’s third round of testing Thursday.

“It’s not enough just to pass a test,” Erbstein said about what it takes to make it on camera with Alex Trebek, host of the popular quiz show. “But we don’t want students to worry about numbers and scores as far as Jeopardy! is concerned because it’s supposed to be fun.”

Students’ reasons for trying out varied.

“I’ve got a lot ofbills I have to pay off, that’s the main reason I want to get on and I’ve always wanted to meet Trebek,” said sophomore Matt Guttentag, whose biggest Jeopardy! fear is having to deal with “Pop Culture.”

“I want to pay off my student loans,” said junior Mike Kurzer, a self-proclaimed “occasional” watcher of the show.

Others found it as an activity to do in between classes.

“I’m just trying out for fun,” said sen—

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ior Rachel Cook, who added if she ends up winning she would try to “ride out her lucky streak in Vegas.”

Freshman Ryan Williams, who said he used to watch the show five days a week at home, felt relieved to have made it to the second round of testing, but remained realistic about his prospects of getting further.

“There are a lot of smart kids at Duke, so it’ll be tough,” he said. “Hopefully there will be a lot of sports questions.”

The second round of tryouts yielded a field of approximately 150 students, split into two separate sessions. In one of the sessions, certain students would excitedly pounce on their answer sheets for certain categories, sighs of relief were heard throughout the room when the “Pro Sportsmen” category appeared on the screen.

Sophomore Felix Yap, who calls himself “an engineer who knows a little Shakespeare,” said he did not feel like there was a Trinity versus Pratt advantage—or vice versa.

“The reason people come to Duke is because they have a broad base ofknowledge,” he said, admitting, nevertheless that he felt a small pang of excitement when an engineering category popped up on the screen.

A few students noted that it did not seem like there were as many women trying out for a slot on the show as there were men. Grant Loud, a promotions manager for Jeopardy!, noticed the disparity, also.

“We’re trying to encourage [women] to play,” he said. “They’re passing the test as well as guys and playing just as well just not in as large numbers.”

Staff Advisor for Duke College Bowl Emil Chuck, Pratt ‘93—whose claim to fame is having competed against Ken Jennings in an academic college competition—said he has noticed fewer women contestants in academic trivia bowls across the country as well.

“There’s a certain quality and a certain type of personality that this sort of game really encourages—academic competition games like (Jeopardy!] encourage a much more aggressive nature,” he said. “It’s not that women are less aggressive than men, but society sometimes does not encourage women to be as assertive and aggressive.”

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“Until we feel security,you will be our targets,” he said in the tape, addressing himself to Westerners. “Untilyouwillstopthebombing, gassing, imprisonment and torture of my people, we will not stop this fight.”

In an apparent foreshadowing of his plan to die, he said, “I’m sure by now the media has painted a suitable picture of me. Its predictable propaganda machine naturally will tack a spin on things to suit the government and scare the masses to conform to their power- and wealth-obsessed agenda.”

Khan spoke with a heavy Yorkshire accent, sported a trimmed beard, wore a red-and-white checked keffiyeh and a dark jacket and appeared to be sitting against a wall lined with an ornate carpet.

The image resembled photos of him published after the deadly attacks.

In his portion of the tape, al-Zawahri did not say outright that his insurgent group carried out the bombings. But he said the attacks were a direct response to Britain’s foreign policies and its rejection of a truce that al Qaeda offeredEurope in April 2004.

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tastrophes” in retaliation for the policies of President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

“I talk to you today about the blessed London battle, which came as a slap to the face of the tyrannical, crusader British arrogance,” al-Zawahri said. “It’s a sip from the glass that the Muslims have been drinking from.”

In a clear bid to turn Britons against the government, al-Zawahri said, “Blair not only disregards the millions of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he does not care about you as he sends you to the inferno in Iraq and exposes you to death in your land because of his crusader war against Islam.”

Al-Zawahri appeared in black turban and whiterobes with an automatic weapon leaning against the wall beside him, as he did in a previous tape aired Aug. 4 when he made similar threats. He and bin Laden are both thought to be hiding along the rugged Afghan-Pakistani border.

Khan, a 30-year-old resident of the English city of Leeds, reportedly traveled to Pakistan before he died in the bombing of the London Underground train near Edgware Road.

Addressing the camera, Khan said he had forsaken “everything for what we believe” and went on to accuse Western civilians ofbeing responsible for the terror attacks against them.

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server mainly as an archive. “Even with hard drives on a desktop, you can come in one day and your computer won’t boot up,” Franzoni said. “This really makes you think about backing up your data.”

This is not the first time that Duke’s computer system has been put at risk. In late May, Duke University Medical Center was breached by hackers through one of its websites.

Officials who dealt with the crash said the major cost was the anxiety, time and productivity lost during the five weeks when die server w as down. "It was a pain, especially the timing,” said Deborah Hill, director of communications for Pratt. “We’re already working intensely, and to have someone trip us up is justfrustrating.”

Efforts are underway to prevent future crashes. According to Board, two duplicate RAID arrays will be implemented with an upgraded tape backup system. As an added precaution, the duplicate arrays will be housed in a separate building from the other drives. “We replaced everything,” Board said. “The lesson learned from this will lead to a much more robust system.”

Board also noted that faculty and students should continue to back up their data, adding that even with the new backup system, the system is not infallible. “It is absolutely clear that mechanical disk drives will fail at some point,” he said.

Nevertheless, Pratt faculty are optimistic about the future. “I’m really pleased with our IT staff and John Board, who have all been working around the clock,” said Kristina Johnson, dean of Pratt. Johnson is currently working with colleagues from across the University, making recommendations about the current infrastructure and planning for the future. Johnson noted a potential change is hiring more IT staff.

“There’s been a lot of learning,” Johnson said. “At the end of the day, this experience has helped us run our school better.”

The architect of the mansion, Julian Abele, is the same architect who designed Duke’s campus, said John Burness, senior vice president for government and public relations. A chief concern for Semans is that the buyer not make any significant changes to the residence.

“The only thing I would like is that they keep the house sort of the way it is now,” she told The New York Times.

Semans said she and her family are sad to part with the residence. But she noted that none ofher seven children, 14 grandchildren or 18 great-grandchildren live near enough to the city to use the house.

“It is hard to keep up a house like that when none of us goes there,” she said.

The Duke Semans mansion boasts eight storiesand three apartments.

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‘Management class when he was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. But at Duke, Moneta said, his bizarre experi-

ences with parents have been few.

“Ninety percent of parents are great, understanding, inquisitive,” he said.

He acknowledged that the remaining 10 percent can be ‘“helicopter parents’—hovering, running kids’ lives,

[being] too involved.”

Moneta said he has seen an increase in ‘helicopter parents’ over the last few years.

Michele Ras.mussen, director of the Pre-Major Advising Center, which advises freshmen and sophomores,

grade of the student because, ‘it was not their fault,”’ she said. “It kind of amazes me that they think it will actually happen.”

Rasmussen said parents usually call during course registration and when grades come out. PMAC mostly receives calls from parents of freshmen during the

summer months, During the school year, phone calls are equally divided between parents of freshmen and sophomores, Rasmussen said she received her most

peculiar phone call in July— when a

recent

“They’ll often give us a very elaborate explanation and ask us to change the grade of the student because, ‘it was not their fault.’ It kind of amazes me that they think it will actually happen.”

Michele Rasmussen, director of Pre-Major Advising Center

also said parents who make outrageous requests of administrators are the minority.

“Most of the time parents are wonderful partners to us,” she said.

But Rasmussen said parents often ask for information that the University cannot divulge, such as which classes a student has enrolled in or what grades they have received. “[They] are sometimes miffed, or surprised, or outraged,” she said of the parents. “It puts us in a sort of awkward position.”

In some of the strangest calls she has received, parents have asked PMAG to raise a student’s grade, Rasmussen said.

“They’ll often give us a very elaborate explanation and ask us to change the

parent requested that PMAC fit a freshman student into a class that was already full—but has not received so far this semester.

“It’s a little early yet for the calls to come in,” she said.

Before the school year begins, Wasiolek also receives phone calls mostly from parents offreshmen. Hull said that he receives the most calls from parents of freshmen, but “parents of upperclassmen tend to be more tenacious.”

For Hull, the beginning of the school year, the December travel period and the end of the school year are the peak times for parent phone calls.

Rasmussen noted that parents with questions usually call the undergraduate admissions office because they are most familiar with that office from the admissions process. They often end up getting forwarded from office to office, she said.

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“They’re kind of in a bad mood because they’ve been bounced around a lot,” Rasmussen explained. “Even if we can’t solve it in theway that they wouldlike, we explain to

them what the rule is and what the rationale for the rule is. You can hear it in their voice; they will calm down.”

Rasmussen also noted that most conversations with parents last upwards of 45 minutes. “I’ve had parents hang up on staff assistants,” she added. “But we’ve never had a parent swear at us.”

Parents who make strange requests of Hull “act very matter of fact,” he said, “It’s like, ‘Here, do this for me,’ like it’s no big deal,” he said, Despite the occasional strangeness of parent-administrator communication, many administrators said they look back and laugh at their experiences, “Generally speaking, parents are great to work with,” Hull said. “Occasionally you have to kind of shake your head and make sure you heard the question.”

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DINING from page 3 In its first week of operation, The Marketplace averaged over 1,400 dinners a night, East Campus Foodservice Director Chris Thompson said.

As part of its desire to attract late-night eaters, The Marketplace now offers pizza and calzones, among other things, between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m Sunday through Thursday nights Nearby Trinity Cafe, which is now open until 1 a.m. weekday nights, serves 400 to 500 students every day.

Thompson believes that recent success can be attributed as much to student-employee interaction as to good food and a pleasant dining experience.

“A lot of our employees already know students by name," Thompson said. “It makes employees feel good when they interact with students.” Thompson believes that such relationships are essential to ARAMARK’s vision for the upcoming year.

Freshman Elinor Hurt appreciates the friendly environment fostered by “the omelet guy in the morning.” Junior Sasha Rourk often opts to dine at The Marketplace weeknights. Others, like freshman Lesya Melnyk spoke to the surprising cleanliness ofThe Marketplace.

“I look at first year students as shareholders in a company known as Dining Services,” Wulforst said. Upperclassmen will be more likely to support dining at Duke if they have a positive first-year dining experience, he said.

And freshmen like Lane Towery seem to be enjoying their meal options so far. “I’ve been completely satisfied,” he said. “I heard all these horror stories coming in, but I’ve had no complaints.”

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Students can still grabburgers, fries and cereal at the Marketplace, which displays bright new coats of paint on its walls.

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GAS from page 1 little to slow swelling prices.

There was a 20-cent increase over Wednesday’s gas prices at the B.P. station on Ninth Street, but the store had run out of gas as of 5 p.m. Thursday. Other retailers were facing similar conditions.

Bill Weatherspoon, executive director of the North Carolina Petroleum Council, explained that the damages the hurricane caused could be fixed within several days.

The two gas pipelines suffered electrical problems rather than physical damage as a result of the storm.

Weatherspoon said the power in the refineries and pipelines is being restored imminendy, and the fuel flow should increase over the weekend, lessening concerns about future shortages.

He said the two pipelines were shut down Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but service began to be restored Thursday.

The flow was at 25 percent capacity Thursday, but Weatherspoon said it will rise to 60 percent by this weekend.

early or [the middle of] next week,” he said.

Catherine Reeve, director of parking and transportation services, said Duke does not currently have a shortage, as it received a shipment of Biodiesel—the fuel Duke’s busses use —earlier this week. Reeve said the shipment will last for at least nine days.

Duke Transit Services also secured other shipments of fuel for the next few weeks.

“We are not at a point to reduce service, but it may become a consideration,” Reeve said.

She added that Duke is contacting other sources to make sure they have access to supplies if the shortage worsens.

“I’m cautious, but it doesn’t mean that we are going to park the buses one day and say, ‘We’re sorry,’” Reeve said.

Stephen Mancuso, transit administrator for Durham Area Transit Authority, said DATA’S supplier assured them that there would be no problem providing fuel. He said Durham busses would remain running on schedule.

“We are preparing for a shortage if it ever occurs, but at the current moment, the information we have is that it won’t [occur],” he said.

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“Try to conserve the use of gas as much as possible,” he

said. “Don’t travel if you don’t have to.”

Bell was nonetheless optimistic about the future, noting that he is confident the problem is temporary.

“There is a limited supply right now,” he said “but it is going to get better.”

Pietro Peretto, associate professor in the Department of Economics, warned that gas is an inelastic good—individuals will have to continue purchasing gas no matter what the cost. He also said the price of gas depends on what is happening in the world economy.

He asked that people be more cautious and not fill up tanks in a panic because it may run down the supply.

Weatherspoon expressed the same view.

“Over the next following weeks we will slowly resume normalcy, but that can’t happen if people don’t stop their panic-buying,” he said.

Peretto suggested that people should car-pool to beat sky-high fuel prices. He said he expects the shortage to last less than three weeks based on current information.

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After a 5-0 loss in last year’s national semifinals in Carson, Calif, the Blue Devils must be happy to be back home.

Junior Chris Loftus and freshman Mike Grella each scored goals, as No. 3 Duke (1-0) kicked off its 2005 regular seaLIU 0 son DUKE 2 Thursd ay with a 2-0 win over Long Island University (0-1) at Koskinen Stadium.

With the win, die Blue Devils improve to 16-1 at home since to last year’s season opener, a KM) win over Emory & Henry.

The Blue Devils were far more dominant last night than the final score would indicate.

While Duke fired 21 shots—nine on goal—at LIU keeper Alex Fatovic, the Blackbirds managed a measly three shots over the course of the entire game.

LIU, the defending Northeast Conference champions, never threatened goalkeeper Justin Papadakis, who saved only one shot on the way to his second career shutout.

“I thought the defense did an excellent job,” head coach John Rennie said. “We started two freshmen tonight and a lot of sophomores. We’re still a very young team and, that considered, I felt we did very well.”

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Going into their season opener, the Blue Devils boast a hungry young team with a revamped coaching staff. Loaded with young but experienced players, Duke is a team desperate to make a statement after a dismal 2-9 season.

“We want to get off to a good start,” head coach Ted Roof said. ‘You don’t get do-overs; don’t get a second chance to play the first

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game.”

Unfortunately, their Saturday opthe SATURDAY, 1 p.m. ponent, East Carolina East Carolina Pirates, need to make the exact same statement to climb to respectability.

Entering the game, uncertainty clouds botli teams’ outlooks. Duke enters the contest with its third offensive scheme in as many years as well as an overhauled offensive line and an inexperienced wide receiver corps. Nevertheless, the Blue Devils enjoy stability and experience at quarterback, tailback

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Running backs Justin Boyle (top) and Ronnie Drummer (above) were pressed into service when starter CedricOargan was hurt last season. and one of the deepest defenses in giving hope that Duke could smash the Pirates.

East Carolina is just as difficult to predict. Starting quarterback James Pinkney missed spring drills with academic issues, leading to questions about the capability with recent memory,

which he can direct the new Pirate offense. Moreover, East Carolina suspended projected smiting safety Jamar Flournoy indefinitely for a violation of team rules. Last year, the senior was one of the few solid producers on an anemic Pirate defense that allowed opponents to

rack up nearly 40 points and almost 457 yards of total offense per game. And the presence of new head coach Skip Holtz has made preparing for the Pirates difficult for the Duke coaching staff.

“From a special teams standpoint, you’re preparing for all the what-ifs that you sometimes go through once or twice during preseason,” Roof said. “But now all the what-ifs could become reality, so you’ve got to spend extra reps on that. We’re just making educated guesses to what we're going to see on offense and defense, based on what people have done, where people have been in the past and things like that.”

On the playing field, the Pirates feature a number of newcomers that could help them climb out of the Conference USA cellar. Defensive tackles Brandon Setzer and Marcus Hands give some muchneeded size to a defensive line that notched just nine sacks last year.

Talented seniors Chris Moore and Richard Koonce bring leadership and athleticism to the Pirate linebackers. In fact, the defense has impressed Holtz so much that he claimed the unit, which was 111th SEE ECU ON PAGE 16

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Think there is pressure on these guys to become stars?

“None,” Young said without hesitation.

“Not much,” Upton said. “I can’t live up to what other people want me to do, I can only go out there and do what I can do best. I just try to block that out and go out there and play my game.

The similarities go further between these two budding stars. Both have brothers who were also drafted in the topfive picks. Upton’s younger brother, Justin, was taken with the No. 1 overall pick by Arizona this past June, leapfrogging the Uptons over the Youngs as the most highly-drafted siblings in baseball history.

Young's older brother, Dmitri, now with the Detroit Tigers, was selected fourth overall by St. Louis and has gone on to have a respectable career with Cincinnati and Detroit. Dmitri, according to Delmon, has taught his

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The Durham Bulls are 60-79 this year, but fans are un-

likely to forget 2005. Two decades from now, Durhamites might look back and say, “That was the year Upton and Young both played for the Bulls.”

B J. Upton and Delmon Young are two of the best young talents in all of baseball, and they both play for Durham, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization.

Upton, who just turned 21, is a 6-foot-3,180-pound shortstop with all-around offensive talent, both at the plate and on the basepaths. Young, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound outfielder, is considered by many to be the No. 1 prospect in all ofbaseball at the age of 19, mostly because of his raw power to all fields.

Upton was the No. 2 pick in the 2002 draft. Young was the No. 1 pick in the 2003 draft. Upton received a 4.6 million-dollar signing bonus. Young is guaranteed 5.8

younger brother lessons about acclimating to life in professional baseball.

Upton, despite spending all of 2005 at Triple-A Durham, is technically not considered a prospect because he qualified as a rookie while playing with the Devil Rays from June through September 2004. At the end of the 2004 season, Upton's offensive potential was obvious—in a quarter of a season at the ripe age of 20, Upton hit .258 with four home runs and four stolen bases. The reason Upton has played with the Bulls all this season, and still has yet to receive a callup as entering September, is his inability to field his position.

The shortstop's defensive shortcomings are well-documented. Upton has made 51 errors in 135 games this year, which leads all of professional baseball. There is no pattern to his errors—one time he throws it high, the next play the SEE D. BULLS ON PAGE 15

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The women’s soccer team enters the Nike Carolina Classic this weekend with the deserved confidence of a team that returns nine of 11 starters from one of the best seasons in program history. At the same time, the No. 12 Blue Devils IK® JrePß understand that it may take time for their onVS. field play to catch up SpHßi' with their high expectations.

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North Carolina Sam some much needed experience as the heavy favorite with games against unranked Yale and Davidson this weekend in Chapel Hill.

The Blue Devils continue to grapple with their newly implemented 4-3-3 formation. The team has worked all week in practice on ball movement and creating options, head coach Robbie Church said. l||p!® Jrlßja “It’s inconsistent, a little bit like our overall VS, play right now,” Church “At times you see it and it looks brilliant and at times it breaks down. ciimhav i1 p.m.

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The Blue Devils have shown promise in the early stages of the 2005 campaign.

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Midfielder Rebecca Moros will have a slightly different role as the team switches to a 4-3-3 formation.

Although learning new assignments has presented a challenge for the team, players and coaches remain optimistic about the potential for the new season.

“We don’t have that one target person that our offense goes through. We have a lot more options and a lot more versatility,” McCabe said. “We’re excited because we know when it does click, we’re going to be unstoppable.”

The defense has also made adjustments for the new formation. With the elimination ofoutside midfielders, the responsibility now falls to the outside backs to defend

the sidelines “We’re still trying to figure out how to keep good shape when we’re attacking out of the defense and there are a lot of transitions we have to deal with,” tri-captain Carolyn Ford said.

For a team normally accustomed to being the underdog, the Blue Devils have talked a lot about how they can stay on top despite the target on their backs.

“We have to go into every game knowing they are going to work ten times harder than against another team,” junior Sarah McCabe said.

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D. BULLS from page 14 ball goes through his legs—and changing his position is a frequent topic of conversation, especially with the soft-handed Julio Lugo already entrenched as Tampa Bay's shortstop. Fifty-one seems like an astronomical number of mistakes, but the player Upton says he is most often compared to, Derek Jeter, was notorious for his high error totals in the minor leagues, and today Jeter (s a six-time all-star.

“The numbers might not show it, but I think overall I've gotten better,” Upton said. “It's just a matter of learning, and people forget it's only my third full season.

I just turned 21. It's not going to come overnight, it's going to come with time.”

Young had a lot of hype surrounding his selection as the first overall draft pick, and his meteoric rise through the minor leagues suggests he has met expectations thus far. The teenager spent the first three months of the season knocking the cover off the ball in Double-A Montgomery (Ala.), hitting .336 with 20 home runs and 25 stolen bases before receiving a July promotion to Durham. With the Bulls, Young has hit a respectable .272 with five home runs and seven steals in 47 games.

Young is not expected to be called up to the majors until next season, when he will be the youngest member of a crowded outfield. The Devil Rays already have three outfielders who have extended success at the major-league level—Aubrey Huff, Rocco Baldelli and Carl Crawford—and two more young outfielders with loads of potential in Joey Gathright and Jonny Gomes.

“We've got a lot of young guys in our organization,” Upton said. “I think if you give us a couple ofyears we're going to be a good team. We just have to put it all together.”

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Chris Loftus scored a goal on a header late in thefirst half to give theBlue Devils a lead they would not relinquish, as Duke went on to win, 2-0.

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The Blue Devils started the game slowly,

pushing the ball up the field, only to have centering passes broken up time and time again by an agressive LIU defense. As the game went on, however, the faster and more athletic Duke squad wore down the overmatched LIU team. When Loftus headed a throw-in from freshman Darrius Barnes into the back of the net with 9:14 to go in the first half, Duke took a lead 1-0. After that, LIU stopped playing like a team trying to win, and started playing like a team

afraid to get blown out.

“I thought we came out and played very pretty soccer,” said Loftus. “Earlier in the game we were a little sloppy—we definitely moved the ball around better in the second half than in the first half. You could see their team slide back a little bit and we could do whatever we wantedwith the ball.”

The Blue Devils second goal came halfway through the second period when Spencer Wadsworth beat his defenderwith a quick move to his right and set up Grella with a beautiful centering pass just outside the box, giving the freshman a goal in the first game of his collegiate career.

Rennie’s squad was blessed with exceptional freshmen talent last year and already it seems that freshmen could make a big impact on the current team.

“Last year I heard many stories offreshmen coming up big and bringing them to the final four,” Grella said. “We hope that we can do the same this year.”

Rennie was pleased with his team’s performance and is looking forward to Duke’s matchup with St. Louis Saturday.

“I’m happy with the progress we’re making every game and now we get to see another top-20 team and I’m sure it’ll be a battie.”

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in total defense last season, was actually better than his team’s offense.

“We know we have the talent to be a solid defense, it’s more about attitude,” said Moore, a preseason Butkus Award Watch List member. “The problem is we don’t know how to win.”

Unfortunately for Roof, the onus of keeping Pirates out of the Duke backfield falls on one of the team’s weakest units.

TheDuke offensive line has lacked consistency during preseason practice, and Roof has struggled to find a cohesive group in a lineman corps lacking game experience—only two of Duke’s starting linemen, guard Tyler Krieg and tackle Demetrius Warrick, have ever started, and Warrick has never played a snap along the offensive line. Meanwhile, the East Carolina defensive line was the weakest link in its defense, allowing opponents to run for over 233 yards a game last season.

The East Carolina offensive line has three returning starters, including 330pound senior guard Gary Freeman. But the Duke defensive line returns fifth-year senior Phil Alexander, whose 6.5 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss two seasons ago earned him a spot among theACC’s top pass rushers. Junior Eli Nichols and seniors Justin Kitchen and Casey Camero give Duke plenty of experience along the defensive line, while a talented freshman class gives the unit quality depth.

Duke’s improved athleticism and experience this season is a big reason the Blue Devils are considered favorites Saturday.

“We’ve become a more physical football team because when the ball snaps, you can hear the football game too,” Roof said. ‘We’ve gotten better in that regard, but once again we’re ready to find out.”

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success. Dining officials said actly feel like ordering an additional 100 to 200 freshfrom the value menu— men were eating lunch in the especially for freshmen who Marketplace each day. In total, sign contracts to eat, or at least about 500 to 700 freshmen ate in the East cafetepay for, 12 meals Staff editorial ri a. a week in ihe But extra steps same place.

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tive, is that food points are far less valuable than real money.

Like gift certificates, they can only be spent at one location.

This view of dining, though, would suggest that Duke offers no more than a collection of restaurants. If dining here were purely a money-for-food transaction, then freshmen students, who all have severely limited dining choices, are certainly not getting a fair deal But Duke regards dining as a part of the college experience, specifically as part of the residential life. It’s not just that there needs to be food on campus for subsistence purposes. The administration believes that the communal experience of dining is

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quires all freshmen to eat in the same place for breakfast and dinner. In essence, students do not just pay for food—they pay to join the “Duke dining club,” whether they want to or not. This view of dining makes the cost of a meal plan at least slightly more palatable, or at least understandable. Missed meals are away for the Marketplace to make enough money to maintain an all-freshman dining hall.

Of course, that is no excuse for diminishing the food options. Let’s hope it does not take long for a new, better program to replace the cancelled one.

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Campus where many of them are in the middle of the day, it is a poor decision to end the very popular, existing program before putting a better one in place. The whole process seems to be taking one step backward for the potential to take two steps forward. At the moment that leaves us behind.

The way students pay for meals at Duke can be viewed in two drastically different ways. Most students regard the money they pay for food as a bank account that happens to be earmarked for edibles.

They expect to purchase food equivalent to the money they pay. The problem with this view, from a practical perspec-

Student leaders comment on ALE As the leaders of various student organizations we feel it is important to respond to the events that have taken place at off-campus parties in recent weeks. We want to outline the situation, assure you that we are working to provide all students with viable social options and direct you to information concerning your rights.

Over the past week almost 200 students received citations for underage drinking, using false identification or aiding and abetting underage persons in the neighborhoods off East Campus.

Neighborhood residents have voiced a growing concern during the past several years about the amount of trash and noise that house parties on their streets have caused. In response to these complaints and the desire to curb underage drinking, Durham City Police and the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agency have chosen to enforce a far stricter no-tolerance policy with regard to the continuation of student organized parties off-campus. The events of the past week represent a trend that is not just local but one that can be noted in other examples around the state and the nation.

At neighboring N.C. State and UNC, there has been an effort to restrict traditional party scenes such as the Halloween celebration on Franklin Street and the Brent Road section near the State campus. Duke is not alone in its struggle to deal with the negative consequences of alcohol. Students who choose to drink either on- or off-campus must realize that they risk the consequences, including legal ramifications for those under 21. While this is a frustrating situation, the no-tolerance policy on underage drinking, and the strict enforcement of noise ordinances and other policies will continue.

While it is necessary to understand the past, it is imperative that we direct our attention toward the future. This is a critical

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Some scientists consider ID valid Emin Hadziomanovic’s colwhat other viable social options umn on Intelligent Design students can pursue. Duke Stu(“Christianity Lite—transubstandent Government, Campus tialicious!” August 30, 2005) is inCouncil, the Duke University excusably poorly researched and Union, greek leadership and admakes its claims based on misinministrators are working to enformation. Before writing resure that on-campus social gathviews in the future, I recommend erings can be safe and fun. that he look more carefully into Student organizations are planwhat his subjects actually do and do not say. ning numerous events and proThe author’s claims reveal a grams on West Campus in the coming weeks. We will continue shocking lack of knowledge as to to ensure that a vibrant social what the Bible, Christians and life is an important part of the proponents of Intelligent DeDuke experience. sign actually say. Even the most We invite other campus leadrabid “young earth” fundamenership and all students to take talist Christians, for instance, do part in this effort and encourage not claim the earth is only 2000 everyone to educate themselves years old. That number is the about their legal rights and extime frame since Christ’s birth, pectations in North Carolina. A actually around 3 8.C.E., a date website addressing common that is supported by credible, secular historians. questions and concerns that students have expressed related to Similarly, the presentation of incidents involving the law and althe content of Intelligent Design cohol has been created. All are is also highly inaccurate, and the advised to visit the website at underlying assumptions are http://www.studentaffairs.duke.e much too flawed to deal with in du/ale and contact DSG, the a short letter to the editor. I recUnion or Campus Council with ommend that anyone who would ideas or suggestions about future like to know what claims and theories are actually posited by ID programming or policy. proponents read one of the Jesse Longoria books which most succinctly lays President, DSG out these theories—such as Reason in the Balance or Darwin on Logan Leinster Trial. Try Darwin’s Black Box by VP. Community Interaction, biochemistry professor Michael DSC Behe or The Biotic Message by Walter ReMine.

Don’t settle for diatribes Jay Ganatra President, Campus Council based on misinformation; go to the source and decide for yourKatie Jandl self. I think you will be surprised President, Panhellenic Association to find that an increasing number of scientists are concluding Jay McKenna that the theories of MethodologPresident, Inter-Fraternity Council ical Naturalism do not, after all, stand up to scientific scrutiny, Chris Kallmeyer and many of these scientists are President, Duke University Union not Christians at all, but rather are merely struggling with intelBrandi Stewart lectual integrity and are willing President, NationalPan-Hellenic to admit that the Emperor DarCouncil win has no clothes. trators to communicate about

Editor’s note: The limit of 250 words was waived for this letter.

Kimberly Sorbello Davis, Calif.

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Amending Article I Duke

considers itself as one of the most “modem” and “up-and-coming” universities in the country. It boasts about its massive construction projects, its loaded coffers, its cutting-edge research and its vigorous energy. Yet there is something that has always prevented me from looking at Duke in such a manner. I think that our University is in fact very backwards and stale in an important way. The backwardness of Duke is best exemplified by the words that are written on a slab in the green next to the West Campus bus stop that reads “The aims of Duke University (‘University’) ;sc: x are to assert a faith in the eternal union of knowledge and religion set forth in the teachings and character of andrey fradkin Jesus Christ, the Son of cogito God; to advance learning in all lines of truth; to defend scholarship against all false notions and ideals; to develop a Christian love offreedom and truth; to promote a sincere spirit of tolerance; to discourage all partisan and sectarian strife; and to render the largest permanent service to the individual, the state, the nation, and the church. Unto these ends shall the affairs of this University always be administered.”

This statement is the first article of the bylaws of Duke. These bylaws exist to set the manner in which the University operates and to guide the behavior of the Board of Trustees.

Article I of the bylaws is a relic of a time when the South was truly a provincial, intolerant and miserable part of the country. It was a time during which segregation and racism were actively supported, and it was a time that exemplifies the inherent contradiction of the above statement.

For in what way can a university be more intolerant than in setting its aim to support the teaching of “Jesus Christ, Son of God.” The teachings of Jesus Christ contain assertions such as eternal damnation in hell, the existence of a god and human immortality that are certainly open to debate and should not be propagated by an “unbiased” and “diverse” academic institution such as Duke.

Additionally, the members of Duke’s community compromise a myriad of perspectives on religion and the interpretation of life. A large amount of them do not believe in any form of Christianity, let alone in Methodism. The fact that one of the aims of Duke is to spread the word of Jesus is insulting to anyone who does not believe that Jesus is the son of God. There is no way for Duke to truly promote “a sincere spirit of tolerance” as it is weighed down by its exclusively Christian past.

Furthermore, throughout the past thousand years, cutting edge research has clashed with Christianity. Historically, the Church has often killed, imprisoned and publicly humiliated scientists and free thinkers that discovered or thought of something that went against the Christian belief system.

Even now, some Christians are trying to prevent important and possibly life-saving research on stem cells.

Any claim that there exists a “Christian love of freedom and truth” or a “union of knowledge and Christian religion” is highly contentious. Christianity is based on faith in the truthfulness of a book. The “truth” laid out in this book is highly subjective and certainly does not pass the rigor of academic analysis.

Faith is not a question with a conclusive solution.

Therefore, it is not the role of universities to advocate a particular religion, especially one with such a controversial history of anti-academic sentiment as Christianity.

I do realize that the Christian tradition is an important part of the history of Duke and is evinced in the beautiful chapel. If even the chapel supports more than 25 religious life groups on campus, why do the bylaws support only one?

No significant changes were made the last time the bylaws were revised on May 14, 2005. I thus urge the Board of Trustees to take advantage of ARTICLE XXXV—“These Bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Board of Trustees.” Change Article I, it’s about time.

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Out of such fear and loathing of form of government and society sink foreign invasion, the Minuteman into a quagmire of mutual acrimony Project was formed on April 1, among the various sub-nations that will comprise the new self-destruct2005. This new generation ofAmerican patriots (wait... no April Fool’s ing America.”

There, hiddenbeneath the guise of joke?) consists of private citizens national protectionism and a thick veil who began their grassroots homeof thesaurus-laden prose is a racism so land security measures by couraunadulterated that it would make the themselves into geously plopping late Strom Thurmond look like a lollawn chairs on the scorching Arizona-Sonora border —a stretch of lipop4icking, tap-dancing liberal.

Now, let us just say that you, like desert where tumbleweed goes to die. Armed with binoculars, cell the Minutemen, agree that a private phones and leather jackets embroi- body should be legally entitled to dered with flags and phrases like metaphorically and/or literally arm oneself to protect both blood and “American Badasses,” the Minutemen sit and wait for “illegals” to nation against an invading enemy. cross the desert so that they can Well that’s just fine. This is America, bravely dial up Border Patrol and and according to our national Conallow someone else to remove the stitution and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, you too can alien threats from American soil.

This October, the Minutemen will wage combat against an invading proudly expand their people-sieving enemy threat. (I wish I was kidding operations to the borderlands of Cal- about the Arnold thing, but he legit—

imately is a huge supporter of the Minuteman cause. Don’t let the delightful irony of that escape you).

But what we inevitably wind up with—besides a desert arsenal, a beach-load of lawn chairs and more confederate flags than you can shake a stick at—is a volatile vigilante system. Yes, they carry with them cell phones and self-professed good intentions, but they also carry with them rifles, mace and an antagonism that threatens to erupt into violence. Even the most altruistic intentions of the Minutemen are marred by the possible harm that they could inflict upon would-be border-crossers.

In no way am I condoning illegal immigration into the United States or any other country. Nor am I at all in favor of the Minuteman Project. President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin all decry this vigilante movement and with good reason. What the United States needs most is a comprehensive and thoughtful immigration reform that does not rely upon threats or intimidation as enforcement tactics.

So why take issue with a civilian patrol as a partial solution to curbing illegal immigration?Because it’s diplomatically ineffectual and ideologically dangerous. Despite the immense sacrifices the Minutemen have made by risking dehydration and being forced to Tivo months of Jerry Springer episodes, the United States is not the highlands of Peru and can afford to do more than rely upon an angry civilian militia to protect the American homeland.And ultimately, the fact remains that emigrating people fleeing poverty, oppression, and tyranny will continue to seek refuge in the Land of the Free.* *Void where prohibited by law or otherwise restricted. Rules not valid in Ariz., Calif., N.M. or Texas. No (Gadsden) Purchase necessary.

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After the final 2004 rankings placed Duke last in total offense in Division I-A football, the Blue Devils knew some changes had to be made. Enter Bill O’Brien, former running backs coach for Maryland, and future remedy to Duke’s offensive woes.

At least that’s what the Blue Devil faithful are hoping.

“I really believe we can win here,” O’Brien said. “We’ve got a great coaching staff, and we’ve got a lot of hardworking kids.”

None of those kids have proven to be more hard-working than quarterback Mike Schneider. Schneider, a junior and third-year starter, has been working closely with O’Brien in the off-season to learn and help implement the new offense.

“I really wanted to get in the playbook,” Schneider said. “I didn’t just want to know my position, I wanted to know what the offensive line had to do in each play. And the wide receivers. And the tight ends.”

Tight ends Andy Roland and Ben Patrick represent the experienced leadership that will likely be the backbone of O’Brien’s offense. Losses at wide receiver, both from graduation and transfers, further increased the importance of the position for the Duke offense.

“We’re always looking to go to our strengths, and Ben and Andy are probably two of the best tight ends,” Schneider said.

“But I think our wide receivers are going to surprise some people.”

The Blue Devils wide-receiver core, consisting ofRonnie Elliott, Jomar Wright and Deon Adams, is rather inexperienced.

The trio combined for just 47 receptions a year ago, and Duke will rely on a number of freshmen at wideout.

O’Brien can also utilize added depth in the Duke backfield in his offensive schemes. In addition to last year’s leading rusher Cedric Dargan, backups Ronnie Drummer and Justin Boyle will take some of the pressure off the senior.

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The quarterback was willing to talk about one aspect of the new playbook: its immense size.

“I can’t even describe how big it is,” Schneider laughed. “It’s about 500 pages

long.”

The extra time and effort Schneider has devoted to the daunting task of learn-

ing the new offense reflects the increased leadership the staff expects from their sig-

nal-caller.

“It’s a big role for our quarterback to be an extension of the coaching staff on the field,” head coach Ted Roof said.

Roof said he envisions O’Brien’s new offense providing a more flexible strategy and the opportunity to get the team “out of bad situations and get us in more favorable situations.”

“At the end of the season, the two words I would like to use to describe our offense are balanced and deductive,” Roof said.

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Duo of top tight ends pose trouble for opponents by

Alex Fanaroff

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When practice ends on a Wednesday afternoon, the quarterbacks file off the field. Wide receivers and linebackers break off into separate groups with their respective position coaches to go through endof-practice conditioning drills.

Tight end Andy Roland and H-back Ben Patrick jog toward a dangerous-looking machine with two spinning wheels that spits footballs out faster than any quarterback can throw. Patrick stands at a distance from the machine, first 10 yards, then five, then as close as three, as the machine continually fires balls at him, and he catches every one. Then it’s Roland’s turn.

The two need to get their hands ready; each will be a major component of the passing game for a Blue Devil team with few experienced pass catchers.

“Both will have a big role in our offense,” head coach Ted Roof said. “Both are really good players and they give us one of the top tight end combinations in the conference. We definitely need to utilize them and get them the ball, which we’re planning on.”

Patrick—who is nominated for the Mackey Award, given each year to the nation’s top tight end—led the Blue Devils in receptions last year with 30. The redshirt junior and second-year team captain is one of the team’s best athletes, as well as a behemoth, standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 270 pounds.

Redshirt senior Roland is also a Mackey Award nominee. He has started at least six games in each of the past three seasons, and his three touchdown receptions last year gave him the team’s highest total. Entering the season, he has more receptions,

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for more yards and more touchdowns than any active Blue Devil. He is recognized as one of the top blocking tight ends in the ACC. Roof said that both players will frequently be on the field at the same time this season, creating match-up problems for opposing defenses, which will have to use a slower linebacker or smaller defensive back to cover them. Roland, the head coach said, is better at catching the ball downfield, as well as at finding open spots in zone defenses. The faster Patrick is more of a threat when he can catch the ball and find room to run with it. Both, however, are complete tight ends, able to block, catch and run.

“That’s one of the things that helps us out,” Roland said. “The defense can’t game plan saying, ‘This guy’s only going to catch,’ or This guy’s only going-to block,’ they have to game plan for both blocking or passing. Either way, they can’t load up one side of the defense.”

In an attempt to get the two players on the field together in more situations, Patrick changed positions slightly in the off-season. Since two tight ends play together only in certain offensive formations, the athletic Patrick became an H-back—a hybrid position that means he will sometimes line up as a traditional tight end, but will also line up in the backfield like a fullback or split out away from the offensive line like a wide receiver.

“We’ll give a lot of different looks to the defense and try to confuse them,” Patrick said. “I have to learn double the stuff that I did last year, but it’ll be an opportunity for us to make plays.”

As if the possibility of lining up against two top tight ends was not enough of a problem for defenses, SEE TIGHT ENDS ON PAGE 19

itember 2,2005

ACC FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Senior leaders guide freshmen on d-line by

Alex Fanaroff

THE CHRONICLE

Defensive end Justin Kitchen came to Duke as a safety and has gained over 50 pounds since arriving.

When Justin Kitchen was a freshman there was only one senior on the Blue Devil roster, leaving his class with few teammates to look up to. Now, Kitchen is one of 15 seniors offering assistance to a crop of talented freshmen.

The advantage of a strong freshmansenior relationship may be most evident on Duke’s defensive line this season, where seniors Phillip Alexander and Kitchen will serve as mentors.

“Guys have bought into what Coach is trying to do, what this program’s trying to accomplish,” defensive end Kitchen said.

“And to have senior leaders that are preaching to the team as well as the coaches just helps the younger guys. They see what they have to do and look at us as examples of what they have to do.”

On the Blue Devils’ depth chart, five upperclassmen—all with starting experience—are on the first or second string.

Backing them up and providing muchneeded depth are the members of one of the most impressive defensive line recruiting classes in the nation and Duke’s best in decades.

“It’s definitely great—we have some depth there and quality depth,” Alexander said. “Things happen and injuries happen, so the more bodies you have the better.”

Injuries were the defensive line’s undoing last season. Four linemen missed significant time due to injuries in 2004, including Alexander and Brian Sallee, who will start at one of the defensive tackle slots this year.

The silver lining to last year’s injury

problem is that Duke returns so many experienced linemen, even after moving defensive tackle Demetrius Warrick to the offensive line.

Alexander and Kitchen are two of three players with full seasons of starting experience at defensive end, along with junior Eli Nichols. Head coach Ted Roof considers all three to be starters, and says that they could spend time on the field together. Freshmen Ayanga Okpokowuruk, a four-star recruit according to Scout.com, and Clifford Respress will also get their chances.

“When I get my opportunity I have to produce and make plays,” Kitchen said. “I love playing with Phil, and I love playing with Eli, and I feel like we have a chance to produce and make plays no matter who’s in the game. I think my job is just to play guts out every play.”

The Blue Devils also have plenty of depth at defensive tackle. Casey Camero—who has two seasons of starting experience—will join fellow junior Brian Sallee in the starting lineup. Backing them up and allowing them to stay fresh is a squad offreshmen. The athletic Respress and 6-foot-6, 340-pound Joe Suder are listed as the primary backups, but Vince Oghobaase’s return from knee surgery—likely in the first few games of the season—will almost surely shake up therotation.

Most expect Oghobaase, one of the top freshman defensive linemen in the country and the most highly-regarded recruit to choose Duke in years, to start very soon after his return.

“Coach is expecting a lot more,” Alexander said of the freshmen. “They are not really considered freshmen but just players.”

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September 2,2005

Officials to utilize instant replay in league by

Andrew Yaffe

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Something with experience in many bigger venues will be rocking Wallace Wade this fall. That’s right, you guessed it; instant replay.

Joining nearly every major conference this year, the ACC will install a form of instant replay for use this season.

“We feel that this system will benefit officiating in college football,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in April, when the conference announced it would use replay. “All of us want a correct ruling on the field, and we believe that implementing this system will enhance the quality of officiating.” .

Unlike the NFL system, where coaches have the ability to challenge, all of Duke’s ACC replays will be controlled by a technical advisor in a newly-constructed, $50,000 audio-visual booth at Wallace Wade. In addition, every ACC school will employ a communicator, who will be the liaison between the on-field officials and the booth during the game, and a replay technician, whose job it will be to facilitate the replays himself.

The technician can call for a review on any play involving out-of-bounds lines, endzone lines or a score. The communicator will then buzz the referee and four other on-field officials and the side judge and referee will watch the replay on the sideline.

Though the system seems cumbersome,

ACC officials do not believe that instant replay will interfere with the length of the game. During a 50-play scrimmage in Wallace Wade, no call was considered questionable enough to warrant a replay.

“The officiating will not be done in the press box,” ACC supervisor of officials Tommy Hunt told the Associated Press.

Hunt and his staff spent the off-season reviewing last year’s tapes and determined that ifreplay had been in use in 2004, each game would have been halted an average of two times.

The Big Ten was the only conference in 2004 to implement instant replay, and only 28 of 57 games were paused. A total of 43 plays were reviewed, resulting in 21 calls overturned.

On average, the stopped games lasted three minutes longer than uninterrupted ones. This statistic should appease the main concern of Duke head coach Ted Roof.

“Anything that can help the game, I’m for, provided that it does not make the game significandy longer,” Roof said.

In addition to the direct effects of the game, Hunt also spoke of a secondary positive effect of the new system. With tape of every play from several angles, it will be easier to record controversial calls and grade ACC officials, he said. This extra feature should theoretically lead to improvement by officials in all aspects, beyond simply correcting calls mid-game.

Referees will peer at instantreplays ofcontroversial plays under a new ACC rule thatallows videoreview.

O-line key to offensive success Moravchik by

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Michael Moore THE CHRONICLE

ACC wars are won in the trenches Although there has been a lot of excitement generated by offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien’s new scheme and the experienced skill players running it, if the offensive line does not create running lanes for the tailbacks and provide time for Mike Schneider to go through his passing options, the offense may suffer the same woes as last season.

Last year, the offensive line gave up 39 sacks for a total loss of 282 yards, both figures worst in the ACC. In addition, penalties by the line stalled many drives by the worstranked offense in the nation. With Duke’s ACC opponents returning a combined 22 defensive line starters, the offensive line will have little room for error against experienced opposition.

“We just need to cut down on the mental mistakes,” fifth-year senior Jim Moravchik said. “Physically we can play against anyone in the league, it’s Just sometimes there are mental mistakes and busts. If we can cut down on those, I think we’ll be alright.”

The offensive line will be inexperienced because it must replace three regular starters who graduated last year. To make matters worse, earlier this month head coach Ted Roof announced that left guard Bob Benion, one of the three linemen on Duke’s roster with any starting experience, would undergo shoulder surgery and miss the entire 2005 campaign.

With Benion out, Moravchik will slide over to left guard and will be joined by sophomore Matt Rumsey at center, senior Demetrius Warrick at right tackle, and juniors Lavdrim Bauta and Tyler Krieg at left tackle and right

guard, respectively.

The offensive line has received relief from some unex-

pected sources. Moravchik decided after spring practice that he would utilize his last year of eligibility, despite his earlier intentions not to return after graduation.

Moravchik will not only fill the hole brought on by Benion’s absence but will also help the more inexperienced

linemen adjust to their new roles.

“He has such a great mind that he knows what he is doing, and he helps those younger guys that haven’t played in those game situations,” Schneider said. “He’s going to help them in the huddle with their calls, and that will be really beneficial to everyone.”

Additional help will come from Warrick, who switched over from defensive tackle to offensive tackle to help bolster the unit. Roof said that while Warrick will take some time to adjust to the change, he was pleased with the se-

lost teammate by

Michael Moore THE CHRONICLE

When Jim Moravchik starts Saturday against East Carolina, he will not only be sporting a new position—the fifth-year senior moved from left tackle to left guard—but also a new number, 55. The number change, however, takes on a much greater sig-

Jim Moravchik decided toreturn for his fifth year of eligibility, bringing much-needed experience to a young offensive line. nior’s selflessness “A lot of guys would have trouble—their egos would get in the way—but he knew that was what we needed as a team,” Roof said. “I’ve been real pleased at how he has handled it from a leadership standpoint.”

The line may also benefit from Schneider’s grasp of O’Brien’s new system. Learning his third offensive system in as manyyears, the junior said he took it upon himself to learn every position’s responsibilities in order to manage the offense more effectively.

“If there are sacks, it is not always their fault, it’s my fault too,” Schneider said. “I need to prepare myself well enough to know what is coming so I can put them in a better situation to block the right people.”

Roof said he saw marked improvement from the linemen throughout training camp but conceded that the offense may have to mix in quick passing plays to relieve pressure off the line.

“We have definitely made strides, but we are definitely not satisfied,” Roof said. “We’ve got to do some things to help with the pass, but at the same time I have confidence that they are going to continue to get better and continue to fight.”

nificance because Moravchik now dons the former number ofMicah Harris, the defensive end who was tragically killed in a car accident June 11, 2004.

Earlier this summer, Duke head coach Ted Roof approached Moravchik, who had been good friends with Harris, with the idea that Jim be the first player to wear 55 since Harris’ tragic death.

“I wanted somebody to wear that number, and I thought it would be a special thing to Jim because they were so close,” Roof said. “I thought it would be a nice tribute and a nice touch, and he was certainly all for it.”

Following Harris’ death, his teammates requested that the number 55 not be worn until after May 2005—when the defensive leader would have graduated. With Moravchik’s decision to stay after his graduation and take advantage of his final year of eligibility, Roof was able to honor the request and also allow a member of Harris’ class to commemorate his friend.

“When he asked me to wear it, I was shocked, and I also had a great sense of pride,” Moravchik said. “It means a lot.”

Throughout his three-year Duke career, Harris was known as an intense competitor and a tremendous teammate. Moravchik hopes to resemble his fallen friend not only in but also in his level of play, “Micah played the ga right. He was physical all time and never gave u Moravchik said. “I think would be a great honor to h ifI played with that same spiri

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After tumultuous past, Vick set to lead Hokies' title chase by

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For the most famous sibling in college football, it’s been a long road back to the top.

When Marcus Vick decided to attend Virginia Tech, most Hokie fans anticipated the second coming of his superstar brother Michael, the current quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons.

“I’m not Mike,” Marcus said. “I do some things different, some things the same, but I’m not him.”

Despite the high expectations, things began to go downhill for Vick following his redshirt freshman season. He threw two touchdowns and five interceptions, while seeing action in 11 games in 2003 and was then named Bryan Randall’s backup prior to the 2004 season.

Before the season began though, Vick ran into trouble with the law. He was arrested twice and pled guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and in a separate incident, pled guilty to reckless driving and no contest to marijuana possession. Subsequently, Vick was suspended for the fall semester and was dropped to third on the team’s depth chart.

After returning to school, however, a rejuvenated Vick wowed the Hokies’ coaching staff in spring practices and was named the team’s starting quarterback.

Since then, Vick has emerged as the leader of the reigning-ACC champions and has expressed a desire to finally get back onto the football field.

“Not playing an actual game in a while, that’s not really big,” Vick said. “Every day at practice is like a game—it’s nothing unusual.”

Vick will lead an offense that was ranked second in the ACC in points per game last season and features one of the most dangerous crop of wideouts in the country. Receivers Eddie Royal and Josh Hyman headline a corps that head coach Frank Beamer has heralded as the best in his tenure. Their speed should spread

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Avg. Rank 32 Rushing offense: 178.2 80 Passing offense: 187.3 Total offense: 365.5 65 Points per game: 30.7 25 21 Rushing defense: 115.2 4 Passing defense: 152.8 268.0 4 Total defense: Points allowed: 12.8 2

Virginia Tech coachFrank Beamer makes special teams a priority, and the Hokies frequently lead the country in blocking punts and field goals. out defenses and leave Vick with room to run. In addi-

tion, tight end Jeff King is coming off of a four-touchdown season and will be the Hokies go-to guy in short yardage situations.

“We pick stuffup real well,” Vick said. “We go out there fighting. Things are going real good.”

The team’s biggest question mark will be its relatively inexperienced offensive line, which could have trouble containing some of the ACC’s premier pass-rushers.

Should anyone on the line go down, Vick could be forced to scramble more, which would increase the risk of a serious injury.

Virginia Tech’s biggest game-changing threat will continue to be its special teams unit, which has consistently led the NCAA in blocked punts and kicks. In their 18 years of playing “Beamer Ball,” the Hokies have blocked 105 kicks, 18 of which have been returned for touchdowns.

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ACC FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Miami reloads with fresh talent

Preseason Rankings

AP: 9, USA Today: 8

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2004 Record: 9-3 2004 ACC Record: 5-3 (3rd) Returning Off. Starters: 5 Returning Def. Starters: 10

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2005 Schedule Sept. 5 at Florida State Sept. 17 at Clemson Sept. 24 Colorado

Oct. 1 South Florida Oct. 8 Duke Oct. 15 at Temple Oct. 22 GeorgiaTech Oct. 29 North Carolina Nov. 5 at Virginia Tech Nov. 17 at Wake Forest Nov. 26 Virginia

Surprise, surprise: “The U” is loaded with talent again.

Even after finishing third in the ACC last season, even after the departure of six Hurricanes for the NFL and even after having to replace last year’s leading passer, rusher and receiver, Miami still has enough talent to scare any team in the conference.

Sophomore quarterback Kyle Wright was the top-rated passer in the country coming out of high school. Running back Tyrone Moss averaged 4.6 yards per carry backing up the NFL-bound Frank Gore last season. Backup running back Derron Thomas runs the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds. The wide receiving corps is so fast that Miami coach Larry Coker describes them as a track squad. The offensive line returns four of five starters from a unit that allowed only 25 sacks last season.

And the talent, of course, extends to the defense.

While the defensive front was suspect last year, allowing lightly-regarded running backs to rush for big yards in all three of their losses, the Hurricanes return six defensive linemen with starting experience. The linebackers are considered one of the strongest groups in the country.

Leon Williams was a finalist for the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top linebacker, in 2004, and Miami has five other top-notch linebackers. The secondary returns three starters from the nation’s ninth-best passing defense, and the newcomer, Devin Hester, was one of college football’s most explosive players last year.

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Running back Andrew Johnson is part of a Miami offense that ranked 21st in the country last year in points per game. teams. Hester used his speed—he is the fastest player on a Miami team known for its quickness—to return one

kick-off and three punts for touchdowns last season. The SEE MIAMI ON PAGE 17

Off-season troubles plague FSU by

Preseason Rankings AP: 14, USA Today: 12

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For a program perennially at the top of the ACC, No. 14 Florida State’s off-season was anything but steady.

Coming off only the second season the Seminoles did not claim at least a share of the ACC championship since joining the conference in 1992, Bobby Bowden’s squad has made far too much noise for its off the field antics this summer.

On June 14, quarterback Wyatt Sexton, already suspended for what was later identified as failure to submit to a drug test, was hospitalized after police found the junior lying face-down in the middle of a Tallahassee street.

Sexton identified himself as “God” and later as the “son of God” to the officers. On July 9, the self-proclaimed deity was diagnosed with an advanced case of Lyme’s Disease, which will cause him to miss the entire season.

Redshirt freshmen Xavier Lee and Drew Weatherford will seek to fill the quarterback void left by Sexton’s ill- Florida State returns their top six rushers from last season. Lamar ness. Though talented, both applicants lack experience. Lewis (above) rushed for 23 yards and a touchdown against Duke.

Lee has not played a collegiate down, and Weatherford sprained his ankle on his first collegiate snap and was Nicholson each had run-ins with the law—Sims for an forced to use a medical redshirt last season. Bowden anearly-morning fight with his girlfriend outside their nounced Wednesday that Weatherford will be the starter, apartment and Nicholson for a misdemeanor DUI. Bebut both would likely get playing time. Neither verdant cause neither were felonies, Bowden said both would signal caller will have much of a learning curve, as Florida play in the season opener.

State opens Sept. 5 against No. 9 Miami.

The defense will be missing two players for the year, The offense was not the only unit to receive bad news this summer. Vaunted linebackers Ernie Sims and AJ. SEE FSU ON PAGE 19

2004 Record: 9-3 2004 ACC Record: 6-2 (2nd)

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Most Duke fans will notice Boston College’s arrival to the ACC on the basketball court, but the Eagles should make an impact on the gridiron as well.

The Eagles tied for the Big East regular season tide last year and defeated North Carolina 37-24 in the Continental Tire Bowl to finish No. 21 in the final AP Poll.

With a quarterback controversy opening the 2004 season, the Eagles decided to redshirt Quinton Porter and start then-senior Paul Peterson. Porter, now in his fifth year at Boston College, started 10 games in 2003 before an injury. The senior is one of 33 preseason candidates for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award.

“We had a decision to make one year ago, and I think it was best to redshirt one of our quarterbacks,” head coach Tom O’Brien said. “I think [Porter] has much more confidence in his abilities now. He understands what it takes. That comes from being on the field of competition.”

Boston College opens its inaugural ACC campaign ranked No. 22 in the AP, behind three fellow ACC teams—Virginia Tech, Miami and Florida State.

The Eagle offense should be solid behind Porter and a talented trio of sophomore backs. L.V. Whitworth, Andre Callender and A.J. Brooks accounted for 10 of the Eagles’ 12 rushing touchdowns in 2004, and Whitworth and Callendeneach had over 600 rushing yards. Callender and Brooks were both hampered by injury early in the preseason, but the pair combined for 26 carries in the team’s most recent scrimmage, and all indications are that the three backs will be ready to go for opening kickoff. Whitworth is currendy listed as the starting running back for opening night against Brigham Young.

Even with a potentially strong offense, the Eagles could struggle in the ACC. Closing out last season, Boston College allowed 43 points in its final regular season game against Syracuse.

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Senior defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka projects to be the Eagles biggest defense threat after notching 11.5 sacks and 67 tackles in his junior year. The 2004 Big East Defensive Player of the Year and 2005 ACC Preseason Player of the Year will have to fight double-teams all season in an effort to strengthen a defense that allowed 309 rushing yards in the loss to the Orange.

‘You’ll hope that [Kiwanuka] will take it to the next level. He has trained very hard from the moment he got here back in January, knowing that this was a big year for him,” O’Brien said. “Another year of maturity for someone like him is invaluable. That’s one thing that he’ll have going in his favor.”

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So after a tumultuous off-season that included four transfers and an overhauling of the coaching staff, does Roof think that this year’s Blue Devils look better than last year’s?

“Yes, I do, but it doesn’t matter,” Roof said. “We’ve got to go prove it on Saturday. We can look like the Green Bay Packers out here [on the practice field], but we’ve got to go perform on Saturday.”

Unfortunately for Roof, that is something Duke has yet to do during his short coaching tenure. Last season, the Blue Devils proved they could compete with the rest of the ACC by beating Clemson and playing mighty Florida State to within a field goal at halftime. But like so many Duke teams before them, the Blue Devils could not produce any kind of consistency en route to a 2-9 season.

Small wonder that Roof, who is 4-12 since replacing Carl Franks in 2003, is hesitant making any big promises for the season.

“I know we’ve gotten better,” Roof said. “I know we’re headed in the right direction, but I want to see it. I want to see it against an opponent, not against yourself.”

Duke may still not be at the talent level of the ACC’s top schools. Furthermore, the Blue Devils would likely need a pair of upsets to secure the program’s first bowl bid since 1994. But the Blue Devils appear poised to take a big step forward in 2005.

The team’s biggest area of strength will be the defensive line, where last season’s injuries will benefit this year’s team. Last year, the tragic preseason loss of projected starting defensive end Micah Harris was compounded when defensive end Phillip Alexander, projected as one of the team’s best players, saw his season end in the second game. His absence, however, paved the way for defensive ends Eli Nichols and Justin Kitchen to gain playing time, which now gives the Blue Devils tremendous experience along the defensive line. Alexander’s return gives Duke an All-ACC caliber pass rusher.

Meanwhile, one of the nation’s top-10 defensive line recruiting classes, highlighted by mammoth defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase and Clifford Respress, provides the unit with quality depth “We are an exciting defense,” Alexander said. “I think the big thing from past years is we are real deep. In past years we had to depend on people for longer periods of time.”

Duke’s secondary should combine with the line to give the Blue Devils one of their better defenses in recent memory. The Blue Devils lose departed senior Kenneth Stanford and transfer Daniel Charbonnet at comerback, but return second-team All-ACC player John Talley, who is one of the nation’s top shutdown comers. Junior Deonto McCormick, whose late-game interception helped beat Clemson last season, starts alongside him, while sophomore Chris Davis is one of the ACC’s most promising young safeties and return men.

If the Blue Devils harbor hopes of a winning record, the defense will have to be stout as the offense is riddled with question marks.

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With 25 victories and three bowl appearances in as many seasons, it’s safe to say that A1 Groh has returned Virginia’s football program to respectability. The Cavaliers were even ranked for much of last season but ultimately fell in a disappointing overtime loss to Fresno State in the MFC Computers Bowl.

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the big game, catapult itself back into the conference’s upper echelon and satisfy the appetite of its rabid alumni fan base?

The ACC’s new divisions certainly won’t make things any easier for the Cavaliers. Their placement in the Coastal division deals Groh’s squad annual batdes against league powerhouses Miami and Virginia Tech.

The road to league supremacy will be further complicated this season by the departure of several key players from last season’s 84 team. Seven starters from the 2004 squad were drafted into the NFL—a school record. Those players included two All Americans in tight end Heath Miller and tackle Elton Brown, as well as leading rusher Alvin Pearman and leading pass-rusher Darryl Blackstock.

“That’s one of the realities of college football,” Groh told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Guys cycle in and they cycle out. And a lot of these very good players that we had that are [now in NFL camps] were relative unknowns when they started their careers at Virginia.”

The Cavaliers have plenty of young talent primed to step in for the departed standouts. Senior tailback Wali Lundy, who led the ACC in rushing touchdowns as a backup last season, will step into the full-time role this year and should excite the fans with his ability to break tackles and avoid defenders.

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prove on last season’s 7-5 record and regain a place in e upper echelons of the newly revamped ACC. Georgia Tech’s offense—and its 2005 season—will likely be as good as junior quarterback Reggie Ball makes it. The third-year starter has had problems with accuracy and decision-making throughout his time at the helm of the YellowJackets, including a record of embarrassing occurrences such as fighting with opposing coaches and miscalculating downs in critical game situations.

The quarterback ended his sophomore season on a high note, however, earning the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl Most Valuable Player in Georgia Tech’s 51-14 rout of Syracuse, Dec. 21. The Georgia native is also a threat on the ground, having contributed the third-most rushing yards on last year’s team, as well as two rushing touchdowns. Ball’s performances in spring practice and preseason scrimmages have reportedly been solid.

With more consistent passing from Ball, wide receiver Calvin Johnson is poised to have an outstanding season.

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“PJ. does look healthy,” head coach Chan Gailey said.

“It’s very valuable to have depth [at tailback], and not just depth but experienced depth. All of those guys have played in games.”

Georgia Tech’s offensive line remains a question mark, as only two starters return from the 2004 season.

Senior Brad Honeycutt will be moving from guard to right tackle, and sophomore Matt Rhodes will return at left guard, but due to graduation and off-season injury, the composition of the Yellow Jacket offensive line is largely up in the air.

On the other side of the ball, the Georgia Tech defensive unit returns eight starters from last season’s squad, which was ranked 12th nationally in total defense. Defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta is known for his aggressive style, and if the past three seasons are any indication of things to come, fans can expect blitzes, blitzes and more blitzes from the Yellow Jackets. All-ACC middle linebacker Gerris Wilkinson will provide the unit with experireturn

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Where did college football’s number one defense spend the 2004 postseason?

Not Pasadena. Nor New Orleans.

The members ofN.C. State’s top-ranked defensive unit presumably spent their time like the rest of us—watching the bowl games on television. And, unless the Wolfpack find away to jump start their sputtering offense, it might experience the same disappointment in 2005.

Last year, N.C. State limited its opponents to an average of just 19.8 points per game, but the team only managed a 5-6 record, which was partially a result of its 32 turnovers.

Despite N.C. State’s offense woes in 2004, the team has made only a few changes to its 2005 lineup. Instead, sixthyear head coach Chuck Amato seems content to rely on increased experience to move the team forward.

“I’ve been so impressed with the leadership our seniors have shown,” Amato said. “It’s their team and they have to play the best football of their careers for us to have a good football team. The effort has been unparalleled.”

The biggest change for the Wolfpack offense comes at the tailback position where Darrell Blackman will replace last season’s leading rusher T. A. McLendon, who departed for the NFL after three years in Raleigh. At 5-foot-10 N.C. State's offense has a long way to go to catch up with its defense, and 209 pounds, Blackman is slightly smaller than which was best in the NCAA in total defenselast season.

McLendon but his 4.4 second forty-yard dash time gives him enough extra speed to get outside. through Williams.

Senior Jay Davis, who was given the difficult assignDespite the team’s weaknesses at various offensive skill ment of replacing the NCAA’s all-time second leading positions, the unit has maintained a positive attitude passer Philip Rivers, struggled under center a year ago, throughout the preseason.

“As a whole, the offense has improved tremendously,” throwing 15 interceptions and just 12 touchdowns. But Davis’ favorite target from 2004, senior tight end TJ. Williams said.

Williams—who caught 31 passes for 382 yards—is back, Defensively, N.C. State may struggle early, having lost its and a healthy offensive line should give Davis more time entire starting secondary, but a stout defensive line, which to deliver the ball. returns all four starters, should make up for some of the Wide receiver Richard Washington, the team’s secondWolfpack’s inexperience. Defensive ends Mario Williams leading pass catcher, graduated, leaving Davis with few and Manny Lawson, have the size and athletic ability to downfield options and forcing even more of the offense keep N.C. State’s defense among the nation’s best.

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The 2005 Clemson Tigers hope to follow in the footsteps of the 2004 Tigers by qualifying for a bowl game.

Unlike last year’s squad, however, this year’s unit hopes actually to participate in postseason play.

In the final game of last season, several Clemson players partook in an embarrassing fight with the South Carolina Gamecocks and as punishment, the two universities decided to forfeit their bowl bids.

But with many of its key components returning, Clemson has every reason to believe it will get a bid this season and improve upon its 6-5 record of a year ago.

Charlie Whitehurst, one of the nation’s most experienced quarterbacks, will be back at the helm of a Tiger offense that was ineffective much of last season. The Tigers finished the season ranked a disheartening 100th in the nation in total offense. A Davey O’Brien Award candidate, given to the nation’s top signal-caller, Whitehurst will be the key to Clemson’s air-focused offense in 2005.

“I appreciate Coach Bowden taking responsibility for my struggles last season. But I think everybody needs to take responsibility,” Whitehurst said. “Individually, I didn’t play very well in 2004. Again, I don’t think we were very good as an offensive team.”

In order to become a strong unit, Whitehurst will

need his surrounding players to improve. His top target, first team All-ACC receiver Airese Curry graduated and took his team-leading 61 catches with him. Chansi Stuckey, a junior, will be called upon to lead the receiving corps.

Tailback Reggie Merriweather averaged 4.9 yards per carry, but could only manage 670 rushing yards for the season, which will need to improve to establish an effective rushing unit. If he falters, Clemson has several effective backups waiting in the wings.

The skill areas will get help from newcomers to the team. At receiver, Aaron Kelly, who redshirted last year, has impressed his coaches and teammates in spring practices and scrimmages. Several other freshmen are expected to play roles, as well, Bowden said.

“I think a lot of players will see action this fall, and that includes the freshman class,” Bowden said after his team’s final scrimmage. “We still have some decisions to make, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we played seven or eight true freshman this year.”

On the other side of the ball, the team will try to cope with losing comerback Justin Miller, a first-round draft pick in 2005, by shifting its defensive scheme.

“This year will be more zone-oriented,” comerback Tye Hill said. “Last year was more press-man coverage, but we’re going to have a totally different defense this year.”

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Defensive leadership will come from the Tigers’ experienced front four. Senior linemen Charles Bennett and Trey Tate will anchor a squad that held its opponents to 20 points or less in each ofits final six games a year ago But what will likely determine Clemson’s success this season will be its ability to use its home-field advantage.

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ACC FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Terrapins envision return to 10-win form after down season Dan Kapnick THE CHRONICLE

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When Ralph Friedgen took the head coaching position at Maryland in 2001, he adopted a 5-6 football team which hadn’t finished in the top four of the conference in a decade. In the first year under Friedgen’s tutelage, the Terps developed a high-powered offense that averaged 35 points per game, fueled Maryland’s first ACC championship since 1985 and secured a berth in the Bowl Championship Series.

After three seasons of 10 or more wins, the honeymoon ended for Friedgen and Maryland last season. In 2004, Maryland finished 5-6, and its offensive output was cut almost in half to a mere 17 points per game. No longer the offensive juggernaut, the defense had to be stingy to keep the Terps competitive, finishing the season 21st in the nation in total yards allowed and eighth in passing defense.

NOAH PRINCE/THE CHRONICLE The defense should be a bright spot again for MaryWide receiver Derrick his second land in 2005. The unit returns five starters including firstFenner enters season as a starter. Last team All-American linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, who led year he led the Terps in receptions with 35 and racked up 430 yards. the ACC in tackles last season. Jackson has been the anchor for the Maryland defense over the past two years, had since I’ve been here,” Friedgen said. “The kids have starting 24-straight games and totaling 259 tackles. Fellow a lot ofconfidence in him, because he is such a solid kid.

I know he’ll do well.” returnees William Kershaw and David Holloway fill out a daunting linebacking trio that is expected to disrupt ofReturning tight end Vernon Davis will provide a solid fenses throughout the conference. target for Hollenbach’s passes. An outstanding athlete, Davis has lined up for the Terps at halfback, wide receivAnother hot topic among the Maryland faithful this er, fullback and tight end. Though he only started five preseason is the anticipation surrounding Sam Hollenbach’s promotion to starting quarterback after spendgames, Davis led the Terps last season in receiving yards (441) and touchdown catches (3). Looking to improve ing most of 2004 as a backup. By year’s end, however, Hollenbach had slipped into the starting role and poston a breakout sophomore season, Davis could evolve ed a 13-7 victory over Wake Forest in the season finale. into one of the elite tight ends in the country.

“We had a good camp,” Friedgen said. “I think we At 6-foot-5 and 218 pounds, Hollenbach is a sturdy athlete and the most physically strong quarterback in made some good progress. We’ll have to see just how much progress on Saturday. I am a little nervous because Maryland history.

“I see that he’s seeing things better; his decision makI don’t know how this team will respond, but I think ing is very good; his accuracy is probably as good as we’ve they’ve worked hard, and they’ve had a good camp.”

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North Carolina head coach John Bunting entered the 2004 season in the hot seat, having won five games combined in the previous two seasons.

Then the Tar Heels did the unthinkable—the team finished the regular season 6-5 with last-second victories over Miami and N.C. State, and advanced to play in the Continental Tire Bowl.

In 2005, however, UNC will need to survive without standout quarterback Darian Durant. In 34 career starts, Durant set an astounding 51 school records. Last season, Durant led the team to those six triumphs despite a defense that surrendered over 30 points per game.

Durant’s replacement is Matt Baker, a senior who has thrown less than 80 passes in his collegiate career. Baker, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound pocket passer out of Michigan, has shown flashes of potential. He threw for 171 yards in one quarter against Virginia and has demonstrated his ability to throw the ball downfield.

The running back position also took a hit when Ronnie McGill, suffered a chest injury that will likely keep him out until October. His replacement, LSU transfer Barrington Edwards, who sat out last season after transferring, is a confident back who can beat defenses by pounding it up the middle and by eluding would-be ladders with his speed.

“Edwards is going to be a big-time back,” Bunting told ESPN.com. “He’s the kind of guy we’ve been looking f0r.... He just wore the defense out at times last fall when he was redshirting and loved to talk about it on the field. He is an in-your-face type of player.”

The most stable position on the offense is wide receiver, since many talented and accomplished receivers return from last year’s wrecking crew. Jarwarski Pollock,

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Jesse Holley. Jr. Rec. ; 30, Yards: 456, TD: 2

Avg. Rank 35 57 Total offense: 390.7 43 Points per game: 26.6 50 109 Rushing defense: 218.4 Passing defense: 228.1 77 Total defense: 446.5 109 Points allowed: 31.8 92

2004 Statistics:

Rushing offense: 176.2 Passing offense: 214.4

Head Coach: JohnBunting Record at Clemson: 19-30 (4 yrs) Overall record: 57-44-2

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2004 Record:6-6 2004 ACC Record: 5-3 (T-3rd)

Sept. 10 at GeorgiaTech Sept. 17

Wisconsin Sept. 24

at N.C. State Oct. l

Utah Oct. 8 at Louisville

Oct. 22

Virginia Oct. 29 at Miami

Nov. 8 at Boston College Nov. 12

Maryland Nov. 19

Duke Nov. 26

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Despite the fact that Wake Forest lost six of its final seven games in 2004, five of those losses were by a touchdown or less.

That’s the bright spot Wake Forest started out last year’s football season strong, compiling a 3-1 record. But following its 17-14 win over Boston College, the team began its downward spiral—with its sole win against lowly Duke. The Demon Deacons ended the year 4-7 with a 1-7 mark in the ACC. Entering his fifth year at Wake Forest, head coach Jim Grobe will look to improve on his 22-25 overall record.

The team’s biggest weakness last season was its defense, which allowed 393 yards per game, third-worst in the ACC. Wake Forest’s best defensive player last year, defensive back Eric King, was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the NFL draft. With 11 broken-up passes, he will be sorely missed.

Wake Forest will look to sophomore linebacker Jon Abbate, whose 100 tackles led the team last season, to help anchor the front seven. He was named honorable mention All-ACC as a freshman—the first Demon Deacon freshman to earn such an honor since 1976.

On offense, the Demon Deacons lost offensive lineman Blake Lingmen, who was a three-year starter in an offense thatrelies heavily on the running game—in each of the last four seasons the team has averaged over 200 yards per game on the ground.

Running back Chris Barclay returns to anchor the offense for his senior season. He has led the team in rushing yards each of the last two seasons. Barclay was named to the first team All-ACC and led the league in rushing attempts in 2004.

“I think our huge downfall last year was our pass blocking,” junior offensive tackle Steve Vallos said.

“That’s why we could not throw the ball as much.... Pass blocking is something we’ve been focusing on in this camp. I think it will pay off, and quarterbacks are going

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Avg, Hank 17 109 Tbtal offense: 351.2 76 Points per game: 20.9 93 68 Rushing defense: 157.9 84 Passing defense: 235.2 393.2 71 Total defense: Points allowed: 23.0 41 Rushing offense: 206.1 Passing offense: 145.2

Running back Chris Barclay became the first player in Wake Forest history to run for 1,000 yards in a single season. be able sit back and throw the football a lot easier.”

Wake Forest will attempt to build on its running game in order to have a more productive passing game. Starting quarterback Benjamin Mauk started the final three games of 2004 and received valuable experience. For his solid play last year he was named to The Sporting News’ ACC All-Freshman Team.

The Demon Deacons return 15 starters from last season, the most in the ACC, but only four are seniors.

Wake Forest lost their opening game to Vanderbilt 24-20 Sept. 1. to

Head Coach: Jim Grobe Record at Clemson: 22-25 (4 yrs) Overall record: 55-58-1

2005 Schedule Sept. 1

Vanderbilt Sept, 10 at Nebraska Sept, 17

East Carolina Sept. 24

Maryland Oct. 1

Clemson Oct, 8 at Florida State

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Nov. 5 at GeorgiaTech Nov. 17

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the balls thrown Miller’s way last year. Quarterback Marques Hagans should be able to deliver the ball to the young wideouts, as he brings a full year of starting experience to the position. His emergence as one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the league should keep defenses on their toes and open up the rest of the offense.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Cavaliers will be led by a pair of top-tier linebackers in Ahmad Brooks and Kai Parham. Both potential All-Americans sat out spring practice but are healthy now and should thrive in Groh’s 34 scheme, which is rare in college football.

The talent on both sides of the ball could be enough for the Cavaliers to overcome the losses to the NFL. Virginia must work on forgetting the end of last season and ignoring the lofty expectations if it expects to succeed this year.

“I feel the same way about every season no matter how it ends,” Groh told the Cavalier Daily. “The next season coming up, I feel as a coach and I feel as a team thatwe’ve got to prove ourselves all over again.”

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Last year, Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson became the first rookie in school history to earn first team All-ACC honors.

GA.TECH from page 12 enced leadership, and sophomore outside linebacker Philip Wheeler is a young player who could have a huge

impact on the season.

On special teams, Travis Bell returns as kicker after an outstanding debut last season. Bell made 15-of-17kicks in 2004, earning a scholarship from Georgia Tech in addition to a place as a freshman All-American.

The Yellow Jackets kick off a difficult 2005 schedule Saturday against Auburn, who went 13-0 last season. The Ramblin’ Wreck travel to Wallace Wade to take on the Blue Devils on October 15, when head coach Ted Roof and his team will attempt to repeat the 2003 upset over the Duke coach’s alma mater.

MIAMI from page 8 Hurricanes’ punt coverage unit was ninth-best in the nation.

All the talent was in place last year, too, but the Hurricanes were decimated by injuries, as their starters missed 39 combined games. And at a school where an August 9th headline on their athletic department webpage asked, “Will the Hurricanes dethrone USC?,” anything short of a national championship is unacceptable.

“We’ve set the bar pretty high here, not just me, but a lot of coaches before me,” Coker said. “And we want to keep it high. I don’t have a problem with that. I’m not happy with [our record last season]. I don’t think our staff is and I don’t think our players are.”

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DUKE from page 11 The three certainties in the offense come at quarterback, running back, and tight end. Redshirt junior Mike Schneider enters 2005 with a firm grip on the starting quarterback job, something he did not have last season. Roof has praised the mental maturity of Schneider, who enters the season with 18 starts under his belt.

“There is no substitute for experience, and Mike is battle-tested in this league,” Roof said.

At tailback, senior Cedric Dargan hopes to rebound from an injury-plagued 2004 campaign, when various injuries held the Jacksonville, N.C. native to only 462 yards. His absence, however, allowed for the emergence of sophomores Ronnie Drummer and Justin Boyle. Both Drummer, a shifty back with lightning-quick speed, and Boyle, a 225-pound bruiser back, logged over 4.5 yards per carry last season.

Andy Roland, one of the ACC’s best blocking tight ends, and Ben Patrick form one of the best tight end duos in the ACC, possibly the nation. The 6-foot-4,. 270pound Patrick led Duke in receptions last season and will play H-back, a hybrid tight end/fullback position, in order to allow both he and Roland onto the field at the same time.

The Duke offense appears shaky outside those positions, however. An already young wide receiving corps got even younger with the transfers of Corey Thompson and Chancellor Young, both of whom were expected to contribute significant playing time this season. The inexperience at the wide receiver position could force Schneider to focus the passing game on Patrick and Roland.

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Quarterback Mike Schneider is firmly entrenched as the starter coming out ofpreseason camp,unlike lastyear whenthe departed Chris Dapolito battled him for the role. strengths, and I would say that Ben [Patrick] and Andy [Roland] are two of the best tight ends there are,” Schneider said.

And along the offensive line, the team’s depth situation became so dire they were forced to move senior defensive tackle Demetrius Warrick to offensive tackle.

“I’m definitely not satisfied,” Roof said

ofhis offensive line play. “We have definitely made strides, but I’m not satisfied.”

The offense’s job became even more difficult with the hiring ofoffensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who is instituting Duke’s third offense in as many years. Yet Roof, who has stayed mum on the new scheme, is just as anxious as Duke football fans to see it executed on game day.

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“There are probably about 118 other Division I coaches today talking about how excited they are about the season and how much improvement they’ve made and all that kind of stuff,” Roof said. “But you know, you feel good about it but at the same time you want to see it. The proof is still in the pudding, and you’ve got to perform on game day.”

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TIGHT ENDS from page 4 both Roland and Patrick say that new tight ends coach John Strollo has improved their technique during preseason practices.

Both Patrick and Roland described Strollo—who came to Duke after a three-year stint as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Cornell—as a technician.

“A lot of the smaller stuff you don’t really think about, especially if you’re not playing football. A lot of the footwork and a lot of the steps really make a difference when you’re coming off the ball for a route and definitely blocking,” Roland said. “It makes a huge difference when you have the technique down.”

In anticipation of playing a more important role than ever, Patrick said he increased his off-season training so that he will not be worn down at the end of games.

“I wanted to get stronger, faster,” Patrick said. “I worked on all aspects of the game: catching balls, blocking better and

D bet you didud kuow you Kod suck Andy Roland is nominated for the Mackey Award, which is given annually to the nation's top tight end.

knowing my assignments. That’s something I dedicated myself to, picking up the

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With Patrick and Roland committed to doing it all, it just might be opposing defenses that get worn out.

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North Carolina defeated Duke last season, 40-17, in theschool's rivalry game, winning back the Victory Bell.

UNC from page 16 a 5-foot-8 senior, is better than his size might indicate, having caught 116 passes over the past two seasons combined. Lining up on the other side is Jesse Holley, a former basketball player, and returner Mike Mason and Derrele Mitchell are also in the mix.

Stability is not the word to describe the state of the offensive line. Tackle Skip Seagraves returns after losing a season to injury, and the injury bug also hit tackle

Bryan Bishop, guard Kyle Ralph, center Steven Bell and and backup center Scott Lenahan in the spring. The line also must deal with the loss of graduated center Jason Brown, creating understandable concern on the coaching staff.

Not even UNC alum and NFL star Julius Peppers could have saved the Tar

FSU from page 8 however. Antonio Cromartie, a first team All-ACC comerback, went down for the season with a tom ACL in July, and defensive tackle Clifton Dickson was dismissed from the team for academic reasons. Still, Bowden does not see a large discrepancy between this off-season and those previous.

“People ask me about how awful things have been,” Bowden said. “We’ve always had somebody in trouble. We’ve always had somebody who’s had [bad] grades.

We’ve always had somebody sick. I just don’t remember that much difference. It’s just the way it is nowadays, folks.”

Despite these off-field distractions, the Seminoles will be loaded with their usual

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Heels defense last season. The team surrendered a conference-worst 45 touchdowns and 5.2 yards per carry.

Looking to give the defensive line a boost is senior Chase Page. Page missed all of 2004 due to a hand injury and will join the athletic Khalif Mitchell, Kyndraus Guy and Tommy Davis in an effort to stop the run.

The linebacker position, now led by new coach and former UNC star Tommy Thigpen, could be the key to turning around the defense. Underperformer Larry Edwards has blossomed with Thigpen’s help, and Tommy Richardson looks to build upon his 67 tackles in ’O4.

The secondary will be anchored by cornerback Jacoby Watkins and free safety Kareen Taylor, two players who have shored up a perennially shaky unit.

With several question marks and few sure bets, the Tar Heels will open their season at Georgia Tech on Sept. 10. stable ofathletes and skilled position players. Running backs will be the backbone of Florida State’s offense, as senior Leon Washington and junior Lorenzo Booker return after combining for more than 1,800 rushing yards last year. The two workhorses hope to have plenty of room to run behind a new zone-blocking scheme installed to help a young offensive line.

No one, however, is about to take the program that has dominated the ACC for more than a decade lightly. Florida State was picked to finish first in the Adantic Division, something that perplexed even Bowden.

“It looks like you all hadn’t been reading the paper,” Bowden joked. “You all don’t know we’ve lost some guys. I’m surprised you had us up there.”

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