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Several students reported that many of the individuals who Court dates are approaching hired lawyers passed legal advice for most of the 194 individualong to others if they were als—many of them students—- charged with the same offenses. cited in late August by Alcohol “Kids help out other kids,” Law Enforcement agents at said freshman David Hoffman, houses, bars and grocery stores who hired a lawyer for his Tuesoff East Campus. day court date. Scores of students will deSome students said they did scend upon the Durham Cournot hire lawyers because of the thouse Tuesday to plead their costs involved. cases in front of a local Judge—Attorney fees can range anyand many will have lawyers by where from $550 to $B5O for untheir sides, derage drinking charges, deEncouraged by friends, parpending on the lawyer, said ents and the Duke Office of JudiJohn C. Fitzpatrick, a criminal cial Affairs, many students have and traffic attorney who is rephired attorneys to guide them resenting seven or eight Duke through the legal process. Al- students cited in ALE’s August though judicial affairs adminisoperation. trators did not explicitly recomCourt fees are about $llO, mend lawyers to students, they and fines for underage drinking made a list of lawyers who have citations range from $25 to $5O, represented students successfully he added. A community service fee for organizing service opin the past available to cited individuals and their parents. portunities runs about $2OO. “Given a student’s criminal “It can be a very expensive record is at stake, I think it’s beer,” Fitzpatrick joked. Students looking to leave the only prudent that students seek legal counsel,” said Stephen courthouse without criminal Bryan, associate dean for judi- records have several options. cial affairs; “Any competent, Depending on the specifics well-trained attorney will likely SEE LAWYERS ON PAGE 4 get similar results.” by

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Mick Jagger and the boys may be triple the age of the average undergraduate, but that hasn’t stopped The Rolling Stones from proving the hottest act to hit Duke in years. A zealous crowd of rock and roll lovers, both young and old, will pack Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday night for the Stones’ concert —which many hope will be one of the biggest parties of the year.

“I’m so excited!” freshman portation and parking are also on Sara Quick said. “I think it’s so organizers’ minds. cool that Duke got such a high Concert-goers are being asked profile band to come in and play, to arrive early in order to alleviate especially on campus. It’s going congestion on roads leading to to be amazing.” the stadium. Duke’s Parking and The band’s stop in Durham, a Transportation Services sent out part of the “A Bigger Bang” World an e-mail to students advising Tour, is nearly sold-out. Organizthem to avoid driving Saturday. ers’ primary concern now is setting The American Tobacco Historic District’s North Parking Deck up platforms and rock and roll trusses to make sure the performwill be reserved for paid concert ance goes off without a hitch. But parking, with shutdes providing with tens of thousands of people heading to the stadium, transSEE STONES ON PAGE 4

Chapel remembers hurricane victims DSG selects 10 at-large senators Ashley Dean THE CHRONICLE

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Religious leaders from the University gathered for an interfaith prayer service that honored victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Thursday afternoon. “It is the water that brings us here together today,” said John Saxon, minister of the Duke Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, referring to the devastation caused by the storms. Craig Kocher, assistant dean of Duke Chapel and director ofreligious life, described the general theme of the service as one moving from pain to healing and hope. The service, held on the steps of the Chapel, included a reflection from Sam Wells, dean of Duke Chapel, and prayers from leaders of various religious groups on campus. Other speakers included two students who were directly affected by the hurricanes. Though the service was sparsely attended, the idea of an interfaith service was important to Kocher. “Disaster strikes people ofall faiths,” he said. Participants included Rabbi Michael Goldman from the Freeman Center for Jewish Life; Jenny Copeland, campus minister and director of the Wesley Fellowship; and Abdul Waheed, leader of the Muslim Students Association. “It is a statement of solidarity among people of different SEE

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Ryan McCartney THE CHRONICLE

There will be some new faces in the crowd when Duke Student Government reconvenes after Fall Break. In addition to the eight freshmen elected last week, 10 at-large senators were appointed Tuesday by the DSG Executive Committee. The new senators are the last students to join DSG’s 40-member legislative body. Executive Vice President Brandon Goodwin, a senior, said more than 30 candidates submitted applications for the positions—continuing a trend of increased interest in student government. “We had a large number of applicants representing a cross section of the entire University,” said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior. “We were able to select 10 senators who, over the course of the next year, we feel will do a great job of representing the student body at large.” The new senators will serve on one of four committees and will participate in DSG general body meetings. Candidates submitted their applications Sunday, OcL 2. Twenty students were called back for interviews Monday, 10 Various religious leaders gathered for a service on the steps of the Chapel Thursday to pray for the victimsofHurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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