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across the country, and Duke is no exception.

Earlier this month, more than 1,000 high school seniors decided well in advance of their peers that Duke was the school for them and submitted early applications.

But the fall admissions process that was originally intended to be an alternative for the student dead set on ata partending analysis ticular university has come to be perceived by many as a strategic admissions move.

“For some it’s a tremendous option,” said Kathy Cleaver, codirector of college counseling at Durham Academy, referring to students who apply early to a school*they think is their perfect fit. “But now it’s less, ‘Do I love the institution?’ and more, ‘Can I get in?’ Many admissions officers across the country will tell you to apply early [to increase your chances].”

The early-decision plan, in effect for more than twenty years at Duke, offers students a binding application option —once accepted, students must enroll.

Despite the restrictive nature of the process, the early-

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make up only a small percentage of the overall number of students who apply to the University, their numbers are steadily increasing. This year, the early-decision applicant pool hit an all-time high of 1,500, up from last year’s SEE ADMISSIONS ON PAGE 6

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Mike Van Pelt

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Two nights NEW YORK after JJ. Redick scored 31 points to send Duke to the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off, the Blue Devils’ other All-American, Shelden Williams, stole the spotlight Friday.

Williams tipped in Sean Dockery’s missed layup with 32.7 seconds remaining to put topranked Duke ahead of No. 11 Memphis (3-1) by two. The Blue Devils (5-0) held on to capture their third NIT Season Tip-Off, 70-67, Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Williams, who earned the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player honor, matched a career high with 30 points, 16 of which came in the second half as the forward touched the ball on nearly every possession. Memphis’ Rodney Carney hounded Redick defensively and limited him to just three shots over the final 20 minutes, forcing Duke to rely more heavily on its big man.

Williams finished the game 11for-13 and also grabbed eight rebounds to go along with his three blocks and two steals.

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Freshman Greg Paulus had seven rebounds to go along with his eight assists, many of 5 which were entry passes to Shelden Williams and JoshMcßoberts.

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Roommates request switches Students celebrate holiday in Durham

by Mary Via THE CHRONICLE

Sophomore Ashlee Walker decided to switch roommates in the middle of her freshman year.

At first, Walker thought she was just unhappy at Duke, but she realized over winter break that her roommate situation was contributing to her unhappiness.

A week or two after break, Walker and her roommate decided to change rooms.

“We were very different people,” Walker explained.

Even though she was happy with her next roommate, she said the switching process was long and stressful.

“If you can work it out with your roommate, I highly suggest it, but if you feel like you need to get out of there, definitely do that too because it’s SEE ROOMMATES ON PAGE

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Although most roommates, like sophomores Matt Sperber and Ben Sosnaud, spend theyear together, RLHS receives about 12 requests for new assignments each year.

Vishar Amin took Thanksgiving dinner into his own hands this year.

Amin, a freshman from Texas who did not return home for the break, cooked a 10-pound turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and an apple pie for himself and four friends who were in similar situations.

“I had one pot, some bowls and aluminum pans. It was pretty bootleg,” he said. “You can make do with things as long as you clean them over and over again.”

Students like Amin who stayed at Duke for Thanksgiving break cited the cost of flights or the amount of homework, among other things, as reasons they stayed in the dorms.

They found alternative ways

to celebrate the holiday.

“My parents encouraged me cook. Once I told them I was going to do it, they were happy,” said Amin, who added that the turkey was fairly good for his first time cooking one. “I probably will end up doing it again next year.”

Some students who lack culinary expertise attended dinners with faculty and administrators who opened their homes to students. Carol Flath, associate professor of the practice of Russian and faculty-in-residence in Wilson Dormitory, said she put up fliers on East Campus inviting all students who wanted to come to Thanksgiving dinner to her apartment. She hosted about 15 students the Friday after to

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Time's Novak set to testify

Blizzards, accidents slow holiday travel by

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DENVER, Colo.

The trip home after Thanksgiving was slow going for many travelers Sunday as blizzard conditions wreaked havoc from Colorado to the Midwest.

In California, a Greyhound bus headed from Los Angeles to San Francisco overturned, killing two people, injuring dozens and backing up traffic on California’s Highway 101 near Santa Maria for most of the morning.

Authorities suspect driver fatigue contributed to crash—the bus had left shordy after 3 a.m. and the driver had been on the road the night before.

The major airports reported few delays outside the central part of the country, where a storm system brought blowing snow and thunderstorms.

Rain delayed flights out of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport up to an hour arid a half Sunday morning, but improved to about 30 minute delays by afternoon, Chicago Department of Aviation spokesperson Wendy Abrams said. Some 210,000 passengers were expected to pass through its concourses Sunday.

The biggest trouble spot for travelers stretched from Colorado through Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas where blizzard conditions and freezing rain sent cars spin-

ning off roads and forced a shutdown of several highways, including a large stretch of eastbound Interstate 70, the major east-west corridor, from Denver to the Kansas line.

Freezing rain turned roads to ice rinks for miles around Fargo, N.D. “It is bumper to bumper,” North Dakota Transportation Department district supervisor Bruce Nord said. “There’s slush on the road. It’s just unbelievable, the traffic.

When one goes in the ditch, it takes three or four people along.”

In Colorado, Denver International Airport appeared to have missed the worst of the storm, but to the east, strong winds were creating whiteout conditions.

Former Iraqi PM criticizes government by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq’s former interim prime minister complained Sunday that human rights abuses by some in the new government are as bad now as they were under Saddam Hussein.

Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite Muslim, told the London newspaper The Observer that fellow Shiites are responsible for death squads and secret torture centers and said brutality by elements of Iraqi security forces rivals that ofSaddam’s secret police.

“People are remembering the days of Saddam. These were the precise reasons

that we fought Saddam and now we are seeing the same thing,” the newspaper quoted Allawi as saying.

In Canada, meanwhile, a Parliament official said four aid workers, including two Canadians, had been kidnapped in Iraq but refused to name their group or say where they were seized. Britain’s Foreign Office identified one of the four as Norman Kember, a Briton, but provided no further details.

Elizabeth Colton, a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman, said the United States was investigating whether an American also was among the missing.

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Most international organizations fled Iraq last year following a wave of kidnappings and beheadings of foreign and Iraqi hostages. Many of them were carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq, led by the Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The U.S. military reported that a Marine assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing was killed Saturday when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb near Camp Taqaddum, 45 miles west of Baghdad. At least 2,106 U.S. military personnel have died since the Iraq war started in March 200S, according to an count by the Associated Press.

A second Time magazine reporter, Viveca Novak, has agreed to cooperate in the CIA leak case and will testify about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.

10people die in Iranian quake An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 5.9 shook a sparsely populated area of southern Iran on Sunday, flattening seven villages, killing 10 people and injuring 70.

The temblor was felt as far away as Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

Bus overturns, kills 2 people A Greyhound bus ran off a freeway, overturnedand slid at least 100yards on its side before hitting a tree Sunday, killing a pregnant woman and a man who were aboard.

Authorities said driver fatigue may have contributed to the crash.

Officials detain 8 in Kirkuk Iraqi police arrested eight Sunni Arabs in the northern city of Kirkuk for allegedly plotting to assassinate the investigating judge who prepared the case against Saddam Hussein.The men were carrying a document from a former top Saddam deputy ordering them to kill Raed Juhi.

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Tree-lined paths to BC raise students’ concern for safety by

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Bushes surround many ofthe pathways to the Bryan Center that have taken theplace of the destroyed walkway.

For students who want to get up close and personal with shadows and construction sites, the current pathways to the Bryan Center provide their fair share of an experience.

Because the main vein of the Bryan Center walkway reduced to little more than rubble and debris, students, staff and visitors must hike the path adjacent to the Duke Chapel or forest-lined trail near Kilgo Quadrangle to reach the student center.

The two alternative routes will remain mainstays until the new West Campus student plaza is completed in the fall of 2006.

The pathways have spurred a variety of complaints ranging from safety to aesthetic issues.

“I was so sketched out walking back from the BC one night because it was so dark out,” sophomore Sarah Maxted said.

“I was legitimately scared.”

Despite student concerns regarding safety, Leanora Minai, senior public rela-

tions specialist for the Duke University Police Department, said there has been no reported incidents of criminal activity along the pathways as of Nov. 21.

“We haven’t received any complaints about security issues,” Minai said.

As a precaution to make the path safer, Duke officials installed lights, an emergency phone and fenced off the actual construction site earlier this year.

“I’ve definitely heard people saying it gets dark, but the administration has made an effort to make the walkways more safe,” noted senior Brenda Bautsch, vice president of athletics and campus services for Duke Student Government. “If students feel there is a particular area that needs to be fixed they should let someone know. There is no need to wait.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta noted that inconvenience—not safety—appears to be the most

prevalent qualm.

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New program to make waves with freshmen by

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While about 80 of their classmates are volunteering in Durham and 80 others are hiking through Pisgah National Forest, a group of incoming freshmen will be surfing, kayaking and fishing through Project Waves next summer.

A private donation of sls,ooo'has ensured that Project Waves, the new pre-orientation program formerly known as CWILD, will take place next August in Beaufort, N.C. —the site of the Duke Marine Lab. Project Waves will allow approximately 30 incoming freshmen to surf, sail, deepsea fish and explore marine life for six or seven days prior to orientation.

Project Waves is a new addition to Duke’s two existing pre-orientation programs, Project BUILD and Project WILD. The money from the grant will be used to cover fees such as boat rentals and accommodations. Participating students will pay the remaining costs of the program.

Susan Bemdt, associate dean for external affairs at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, said Project Waves will have value beyond the obvious benefits of pre-orientation programs.

“This is a great way to introduce students to the Marine Lab as well as for them to participate in pre-orientation,” she said. “We want to make sure that there is an awareness of the Nicholas School. It’s just another avenue for stu-

dents to explore in their pre-orientation, and hopefully from gaining that experience, they’ll have a sensitivity to the environment and maybe an interest in the Nicholas School.”

Ryan Lombardi, assistant dean of students, echoed Berndt’s enthusiasm for the new program and the unique opportunity it will provide for incoming students.

“This particular program really showcases our offerings here at Duke with a Marine Lab and the fact that we have the coastal waterways at our service,” he said.

“This is one of those things that makes Duke unique from its competitors.”

The new program ensures that more students than ever will have a chance to get a head start on their college experience.

“Pre-orientation is great,” said Matt Hoffman, a junior and die newly appointed director of Project Waves. “By getting more people involved, everyone will win.

The freshman class is growing, and pre-orientation is great for putting freshmen together and easing the transition.”

Like Project BUILD and Project WILD, Project Waves will be primarily student-run.

Lombardi noted that the benefit of these programs is to help transition students to their college experience.

“Pre-orientation builds community before the actual start of classes,” Lombardi said. “The sooner that a student feels like a part of the community, the more likely they are -to succeed.”

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colleg Louisiana education budget cut Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would cut $71.4 million from public colleges and would squeeze $5.5 million in surplus funds from a popular merit-based scholarship program to help close a $959-million hole blown through the state budget by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The siphoning of money from the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students is unlikely to affect any participants because the number of eligible students attending state colleges has dropped since the hurricanes struck.

The impact of the cuts on state colleges, however, will not be benign. College leaders said they planned to halt the creation of new academic programs, defer needed maintenance and lay off staff and faculty members to cope with the budget reductions. Class sizes are likely to increase, professors may be asked to teach additional courses and tuition could rise.

The effect of the budget cuts will be “real and visible,” E. Joseph Savoie, the state’s higher-education commissioner, said at a news conference last week. Public colleges already face a loss of $54 million

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U. ofKansas offers intelligent design class Word that the University of Kansas would be offering a course next spring tided “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism, and Other Religious Mythologies,” sparked a news media frenzy, last week.

The course will be taught by Paul Mirecki, chairman of the religious-studies department. “Creationism is mythology,” Mirecki told the Journal-World, a newspaper in Lawrence, Kan. “Intelligent design is mythology. It’s not science. They try to make it sound like science. It clearly is not” News of the course, along with Mirecki’s comment, appeared in television, Internet and newspaper reports across the country.

Intelligent design is the theory that some aspects of living organisms are so complex that they could not have evolved according to the principles of evolution but must have been designed by some superior intelligence. Critics of the theory say it is little more than creationism, which considers God to have been the designer, and is in any event not a scientific theory.

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“Students have the choice to gowhatever way their hearts desire,” Moneta said.

“It’s not safety I hear about, it’s that students are looking forward to [the plaza construction] getting done.”

Some students, for whom safety and inconvenience are not large concerns, complain about the view.

“It’s an eyesore,” sophomore Hasnain Zaidi said. “Safety is not an issue for me, but I definitely see how it could be.”

Zaidi, who lives in Crowell Quadrangle, noted that even though now going to the Bryan Center takes less time for him, he still favors the walkway to the construction.

“I really liked the BC walkway better than the situation now,” Zaidi explained.

“But, that said, I am really excited for the

plaza.”

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placed by the hurricanes.

Students have said the back entrance to the Bryan Centeris dimly lit and isolated from the rest ofcampus.

Thanksgiving.

“I got two turkeys —10 and a half pounds each. We pretty much ate them all,” she said. “Why cook if you aren’t going to have people eat it? It’s just me and my daughter that live here. Why would I do this if there are only two people eating and we have three weeks of leftovers?”

Barbara Wise, administrative coordinator and assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, had a similar experience.

She and her husband hosted 13 students, mostly undergraduates who lived on the West Coast or overseas.

Wise said some students began arriving at 3 p.m. Thursday to help prepare the 24-pound turkey and apple and

pumpkin pies.

“Several had never done this before,” she said. “We have a great time. I really enjoy it. I wouldn’t do it otherwise.”

Many students stranded in Durham for the break found solace in The Loop’s Thanksgiving dinner.

The restaurant was open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and offered traditional Thanksgiving fare for $9.95.

“The manager wanted to make sure for those who couldn’t go home, they could still have a Thanksgiving if they wanted to,” said Nate Uhlenberg, an employee at The Loop.

Uhlenberg noted that about 300 individuals purchased food during the Thanksgiving meal.

Jessica Goodyear, a junior who stayed at Duke for the weekend because she had too much work, said she enjoyed the dinner at The Loop.

“It was a litde taste of Thanksgiving even though I couldn’t be home,” she said.

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EARLY EXIT The Blue Devils' hopes of returning to the College Cup are dashed by Creighton in the 2nd round of the NCAAs.

Blue Devils' press halts Auburn, sparks win by

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The Blue Devils captured yet another Duke Classic Championship Sunday.

Handily taking down Arkansas State and Auburn, the women’s basketball team won its 14thDuke Classic tide this weekend in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

After struggling with the slow tempo Auburn set at the AUBURN 37 start of the game, gg the Blue Devils (5DUKE 0) picked up their full-court press ARK. ST. after the break.

DUKE HO Taking advantage of Tiger turnovers, Duke scored 22 unanswered points in less than six minutes on its way to defeating Auburn, 69-37. “[ln the first half,] we played their tempo,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I thought in the second half... we really changed the tempo of the game, which is what we wanted to do, and we became much more aggressive on both ends of the floor.”

The Tigers (3-2) passed half court only once in nearly two minutes, as Duke forced turnovers on inbounds passes after every basket, leaving Auburn head coach Nell Fortner no choice but to call a timeout to try to regroup her team “We were just trying to get the ball down the floor,” Fortner said. “Nobody really wants the ball when you have that kind of pressure.”

But their efforts could not stop the Blue Devils, who racked up seven offensive rebounds and four steals on the 22-0 run.

Toward the beginning of the run, tournament MVP Lindsey Harding, who finished the game with eight points and seven assists, chased after a loose ball Mistie Williams had swatted away from Auburn’s basket. With TigerWhitney Boddie on her tail, Harding picked up the ball and sank a basket, while being fouled. She made the free throw to give Duke a 14-point lead that would only grow.

The Tigers, who trailed by only 10 points at the half, could not keep up with the Blue Devils’ fast pace and intense pressure, Boddie said.

“It was hard getting open, trying to get the ball, and when you did get the ball, they just sandwiched you,” Boddie said. “I couldn’t really see over the defense. Honestly, they did rattle us a little bit. We lost our composure, but I think we’ll learn a lot from this game Duke initiated a stronger full-court press and a quicker pace after the break because Auburn had limited the Blue Devils’ first-half possessions and kept them to only 33 points over the first 20 minutes.

The Tigers made a conscious effort to keep the ball in their hands for as long as possible in that period, Fortner said. ”

Senior MistieWilliams scored 12 points in Duke's 69-37 win over Auburn and was named to the All-Tournament team at the Duke Classic this weekend.

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After a strong first-half performance, the Blue Devils surrendered two goals to Creighton within a two-minute span, eliminating them from the NCAA Tournament and preventing a repeat trip to the College Cup. No. 6 Duke (12-5-3) faced a different offensive strategy from No. 11 Creighton (15«) inth d

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“They played a long ball game in the second half,” Duke head coach John Rennie said. “They changed the way they were playing, and it was effective for them.”

The Bluejays posted 11 of their 15 shots in the latter 45 minutes of the game, registering two goals near the midway point of the half.

At the 64:58 mark, defender Matt Wieland sent a low 25-yard shot from the right end of the field that slipped past Blue Devil goalkeeper Justin Papadakis on the near side. Less than two minutes later, a pass from Wieland to the right side of the net hit forward Jarod Tarver, and the junior netted the decisive goal.

Duke reacted with a sense ofurgency, trying to push the ball into the opposing team’s defensive end. The Blue Devils generated several opportunities but could not get shots on net Creighton goalkeeper Matt Allen grabbed Duke’s final comer kick with less than nine minutes remaining in regulation. ,

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Although none of Duke's wrestlers won their weight classes, two Blue Devilsfinished in second.

Freshmen show promise at unattached competition adjusting to the college level and the stronger wrestlers, had the opportunity to The Blue Devils gained valuable exdevelop in an open format. exhibited of imIn the heavyweight class, freshman and signs perience provement against grapplers from the Wade Van Sickle, who finished second two North Carolina area at the Carolina weeks ago at the UNC Pembroke Open, lost in the quarterfinals to Israel Silva from Open Saturday.

Unlike the ACC dual meets that Duke the University of Tennessee at Chatwill compete in later this season, this meet tanooga, 6-4. And freshman Mike Tunick was not a team competition. Since each lost to Tar Heel Daniel Goetter, 7-4.

After watching them Saturday, Anderwrestler had to pay his own entry fee because of the unattached format, the focus son said he believed that his two heavywas the wresders’ individual performances. weight freshmen were showing signs of “Today was not about die team as a making the transition from the high whole but about each individual,” head school to the college level.

“We wrestled very well today,” Andercoach Clar Anderson said. “Today was mostiy about getting better and seeing son said. “I saw a lot of improvement out how well they could do.” ofmy freshmen and a lot of improvement Even though the Blue Devils were unacross the floor.” able to take first place in any of the weight Even though the Carolina Open was classes, two wrestlers finished as runners-up. not a team competition, the Duke Against Phil Bliss from Belmont wrestlers competed against many oppoAbbey, 165-pound sophomore Aaron nents they will see later on in the season.

Glover lost, 7-5, in the finals. Anderson Individual grapplers from UNC, Campsaid he was most impressed when Glover bell, Virginia Tech, and UNC-Greensboro pinned last year’s ACC Champion Garret were at the event. The Tar Heels and the Atkinson from North Carolina in the Hokies had the most impressive showings. semifinals. He said that Glover was down Individually, UNC took first in the 141but used a maneuver they had worked on pound weight class and placed second in four others. Virginia Tech placed first in in practice to defeat Atkinson.

Coming off a fifth-place finish at the four weight classes, and their only secondKeystone Classic a week ago, 197-pound place showing was in the 133-pound sophomore Dan Tulley lost to 15th- weight class, in which Hokie freshman ranked Steve Boija from Virginia Tech, 3- Joey Slaton pinned teammate Anton 1, in the championship match.

Prater in the championship match.

The Blue Devils will now prepare for Since the Blue Devils will be without a few of their upperclassmen until next senext weekend’s Las Vegas Open. mester, the freshmen grapplers received “We are outmanned next week,” Andermost of the attention Saturday. Anderson son said. “There will be a lot of ranked nasaid that a great benefit of this tournational opponents there. Hopefully, they can ment was that the freshmen, who are still learn to compete at the national level.”

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Michael Videira recorded an assist on Duke's only goal as the Blue Devils were eliminated, 2-1.

A low shot from midfielder Michael Videira with 2:36 remaining in the game the last chance for Duke before time ran out —hooked just wide of the far post.

“It’s hard,” Videira said. “We had aspirations to go far. It’s pretty hard.”

The disappointing second-half display was characteristic of Duke’s season. The Blue Devils held opposing teams to just two goals in the first period all season, but allowed 22 second-half goals.

“We spent hours and hours watching tapes of them,” Creighton head coach Bob Warming said. “We talked about the second half. We had the visual image of our guys scoring in the second half like the players on the tapes.”

Duke’s only goal came at the 14:59 mark when forward Spencer Wadsworthnetted an open shot with the goalie charging at him.

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With a pair ofroad victories over Miarfii and Florida State during the Thanksgiving Break, Duke (23-7, 17-5 in the ACC) finished the season with its best record since 2001 and was rewarded with a berth in the NCAA Championships.

“Both those wins were huge for us in helping us get an opportunity to compete in postseason pla r” head coach DUKE 1 Jolene Nagel said.

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The Blue Devils notched a come-from-behind 3-2 win Wednesday over the Seminoles (13-17, 11-11) and cruised past the Hurricanes (16-14,11-11), 3-1, Friday to cap an eight-game win streak and secure a third-place finish in the ACC. The team will travel to Lincoln, Neb., to face off with Patriot League champion American University in the first round of the NCAA Championships Dec. 2. With a victory, the Blue Devils would advance to face the winner of No. 1 Nebraska and Alabama A&M. Last season, Duke finished 20-10 and reached the semifinals of the ACC Championships but was left out of the NCAAs for the second consecutive season.

“We were really disappointed we missed the NCAA Championships last season,” Nagel said. “It’s been a motivating factor for the team all season.”

After their first trip through the ACC, the Blue Devils were 7-4 and in jeopardy of missing the NCAAs for the third straight year.

Duke rebounded, however, and was an ACCbest 10-1 in the second half and finished just one game behind North Carolina and Maryland, which join Duke as the only schools from the ACC to reach postseason play.

“I’m very proud of how we played this season, especially in the second half,” Nagel said. “We’re all very excited to be back in the NCAAs.” With the addition of Boston College to the ACC this year, the conference was too

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On the heels of their eight-game winning streak, theBlue Devils earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament and wrill face American University Dec. 2 in Lincoln, Neb.

large to hold a season-ending tournament.

Instead, the league used a double roundrobin to determine the winner. The Tar Heels edged out the Terrapins byway of a tie-break to take the ACC tide.

The Blue Devils took off on their Thanksgiving road trip after compiling a perfect record at home, but they were just 4-6 on the road and were looking to bolster that mark to increase their chances at a postseason bid.

Trailing Florida State 2-1, Duke stayed alive in the fourth game, then put the Seminoles away convincingly, 15-8, in the

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“It was not our prettiest match,” Nagel said. “However, we served and blocked well and were able to pull through.”

In the win, Jourdan Norman set the Duke record for blocks in a single season, and the freshman added three more in the team’s victory over Miami to bring her total to 170.

Duke easily won its first two games against the Hurricanes but dropped the fourth, 30-22, before taking the match in the fourth game to notch its school-record 17th ACC victory.

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Duke senior Shelden NEW YORK Williams has always been known as a gamechanging defensive player. Friday night in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off, Williams showed the country just how good he can be at the other end of the court.

Williams, the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, tied a career high with 30points, nailing 11of-13

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floor. He dominated whomever Memphis head coach John Calipari brought off the bench to attempt to guard him.

“We didn’t have any answers for Shelden Williams,” Calipari said. “He doesn’t stop playing.”

From the opening tip, Williams’ interior presence was simply overwhelming. On the first two Blue Devil possessions, the team pounded the ball inside to the Landlord, who delivered buckets on each of those touches. He finished the half 6-for-7 with 14 points but was overshadowed by fellow senior JJ. Redick, who shot 3-for-3 from beyond the arc before the break and notched 15 points.

But during the second half, Williams truly put Duke on his back and refused to let his team lose. Memphis swingman Rodney Carney used his long arms and quickness to deny Redick the ball for the whole period —the Blue Devils’ leading scorer was O-for-3 with no points. Instead, Duke’s point guards, Greg Paulus and Sean Dockery, fed Williams on nearly every possession. He shot 5-for-6 after the break, including the game-winning tip, while playing all 20 minutes. He also ripped down six of his game-high eight rebounds, blocked two shots and had two steals in the second half, all without turning the ball over.

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Shelden Williams matched a career high with 30 points against Memphis in Friday's championship game.

“Shelden, of course, we tried to get him the ball almost every time in the second half,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said, calling Friday’s contest Williams’ best offensive game of the season.

Even when the Blue Devils were not looking for Williams, he seemed to get in on the action, delivering two of the most

clutch contributions "of his career in the waning seconds of what many Duke players referred to as their first championship of the season.

With less than 35 seconds remaining and the game tied at 67, Dockery drove hard to his right and laid the ball off the glass. The ball rolled off the rim, but

Williams’ left hand was waiting to tip in the game-winning basket. Just 20 seconds later with Duke up two, Lee Melchionni missed his second of two free throws, but Williams fought to tip the ball out to Dockery, who was immediately fouled and made a free throw to give Duke an all-important three-point lead.

“Shelden deserved to get the MVP,” Krzyzewski said. “He showed a lot of poise tonight.”

The big man’s success also created opportunities for other Blue Devils, allowing the team as a whole to flourish. On guard penetration, Williams’ defender had to worry about leaving his man to help defend against the driver and when the Memphis defense was forced to doubleteam Williams in the post, it left shooters open on the perimeter.

“Any time you can get some inside presence, and obviously Shelden did that for us tonight, they’ve got to collapse, they’ve got to double, they’ve got to worry about him,” Paulus said. “And that just leaves guys like me, J.J., Dock open for opportunities.”

What allowed Williams to have such an impact on the' entire game—he played 39-of-40 minutes —was the fact that he was never in foul trouble, unlike Wednesday’s game when he was sent to the bench with four fouls just four minutes into the second half.

With Redick’s silent period, the Blue Devils learned Friday that the Landlord’s shoulders are broad enough to carry the team. When teams focus their defenses on shutting down Duke’s long-range threats, Williams will have to take advantage of his one-on-one opportunities. But when a team has two players as dominant in their elements as Redick and Williams, opponents will continually have to pick their poison.

“Together, they still scored 45 points,” Krzyzewski said of his tandem of stars. “If they do that every night, we’ll be good.”

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possessions after Auburn had cut the lead

finish with only It’s unusual for a tournament MVP 23 minutes the in in game, championship eight points but that was the case as Lindsey Harding was honored for her all-around effort and team-inspiring play in two games this weekend Despite taking a mere five shots in Duke’s 69-37 win over Auburn Sunday, the junior point guard guided Duke’s offense with a steady hand game and sparked a furious defensive effort in the second half that allowed the Blue analysis Devils to coast to an easy victory.

“I think she’s the difference on this team from last year to this year,” Auburn head coach Nell Fortner said. “She’s just got great leadership abilities. She carries herself with so much confidence, she leads the team, and she doesn’t make any mistakes.”

Harding finished Sunday’s game with seven assists and no turnovers. Two of the assists came in just eight secondhalf minutes in which Duke turned up its energy and pressed the Tigers in the backcourt. The Blue Devils ran away with the game during that stretch by going on a 22-0 run after Auburn had closed to within seven points early in die second half.

Harding catalyzed Duke’s spurt with her effort in the middle of the press on defense. Just two minutes into the second half, Harding picked off a pass near half-court and fed it ahead to freshman guard Abby Waner for a layup.

Auburn managed to advance the ball past half court on the next possession, only to have Mistie Williams poke it away near the Tigers’ bench. Harding picked up the loose ball, raced down court and finished the play with a tough left-handed layup while being fouled. She converted the to

to seven.

“You don’t even realize how tiring it is to run back and forth on each play,” Harding said. “We got really emotional at that point, and really excited and really just wanted the ball again and again and again. We love the press actually and that was the first time that we really had a team like [Auburn] this year, where we kept scoring over and over on the press. It’s really a great feeling.”

And her three steals Sunday do not even tell the whole story. All weekend, Harding was poking balls loose and making the hustle plays that do not appear in the stat sheet.

After missing a year, Harding looks comfortable running Duke’s offense, too. In addition to her seven assists against Auburn, Harding scored -19 points on 9-for-12 shooting Saturday against Arkansas State. “[lt’s] made my life easier,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said Saturday of having Harding back. “She understands so much what I want and what I need from that point position. I think sitting out last year really helped her, hearing us on the sidelines, knowing what we wanted and what we expected.”

Goestenkors started Harding alongside Abby Waner both games this weekend, giving the Blue Devils a much different look in the backcourt than last year when sophomore Wanisha Smith was forced to play the point. The combination of Harding and Waner gives Duke a set of guards with good ball-handling and quickness. With Smith and senior guard Jessica Foley coming off the bench, Goestenkors now has the ability to play 10 players and press much more.

“In order to utilize our bench, we need to play an uptempo game,” Goestenkors said. “It’s very important to us. Point guard Lindsey Harding has provided a spark offensively for the Blue Devils so far this season, tallying 10 assists this weekend.

It’s vital to what we want to be.”

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“That was the only way I felt like we could stay in the ball game with them, to try to limit their possessions,” she said.

Auburn walked the ball down court and consistently ran the shot clock down to single digits throughout the game. By slowing things down, the Tigers kept Duke to its lowest scoring output of the season.

Freshman Abby Waner and senior Monique Currie led the Blue Devils with 14 points each.

The Duke trio of Currie, Williams and Harding was named to the All-Tournament team, along with Arkansas State’s Adrianne Davie and Auburn’s Boddie.

Davie led the Indians with a career-high 29 points against George Mason Sunday and 13 points against the Blue Devils.

Duke routedArkansas State (3-1) Saturday, 110-56, as five Blue Devils scored in double digits. Harding and Laura Kurz led the team with 19 points each, and Duke

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first NCAA NIT,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said jokingly. “I thought it was just a terrific game. That’s probably as athletic a team as we’re going to face all year.”

After taking a two-point lead on Williams’ tip-in, Memphis (3-1) missed a shot and senior Lee Melchionni grabbed the rebound and was immediately fouled.

But the forward—who continued to struggle with his shot in Duke’s two games in New York, going l-for-7—missed both free throw attempts.

Once again, though, Williams made a play, tipping the missed shot back to Dockery. He was fouled with 9.5 seconds remaining to give Duke a second chance to make it a two-possession game.

“I thought we were winning this ballgame,” Memphis head coach John Calipari said. “Let’s talk about the two plays that cost us the game. They missed a layup and then they offensive rebounded, simply effort. They missed two free throws and they offensive rebound. That was within the last 50 seconds. That was the ballAfter missing the first free throw, Dockery hit the second, and Shawne Williams missed a long three-pointer at the buzzer sealing the Blue Devils hard-fought threepoint victory.

After struggling with his shot for much of the game, Dockery stepped up big in the final minutes. With 2:04 left and Duke clinging to a one-point advantage, 64-63, the senior nailed his first three-pointer of the game from the left comer to put the Blue Devils ahead by four.

“My whole team was telling me to shoot the ball, coach even said it, he got mad at me when I wasn’t shooting,” Dockery said. “I’ve worked on that shot so much, I knew I was going to hit it, it was just a matter of time.”

It was a big victory for Duke, which was forced to match the Tigers’ up-and-down style without sophomore DeMarcus Nelson, the player whom Krzyzewski called Duke’s best athlete following Wednesday night’s 78-68 semifinal victory over Drexel (3-2). The guard suffered a hairline fracture in his right ankle just eight minutes into the Drexel game and is out indefinitely. He will be re-evaluated in Durham, with an announcement about his status expected in the next two days.

In Nelson’s absence the pair offreshmen, Josh Mcßoberts and Greg Paulus, put forth arguably their best performances since arriving at Duke. In the second start ofhis young career, Paulus had eight assists and added seven rebounds, while Mcßoberts added 12 points before fouling out with 3:54 left in the championship game.

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Despite all the talk surrounding Duke’s added depth during the preseason, Krzyzewski has kept to a short rotation—only seven players saw action Friday. And after scoring 15 points in the opening half, including 3-for-3 from long range, Redick was hardly involved at the offensive end after the intermission. The strong play of the freshmen was therefore a welcome sign.

“We just have to figure out other people who can score with [Redick and Williams],” Krzyzewski said. “That’s where we will miss DeMarcus, because he was cadominated the paint with 62 points inside.

The Blue Devils have captured the Duke Classic in all but two years since 1992. Duke did not host the tournament last year and lost in overtime in 2001 to South Carolina.

NOTES: The Blue Devils won their second straight Duke Classic against Auburn....

Bales finished with a career-high five steals to go along with six rebounds, two blocks and one assist Sunday.... Duke finished with a season-high 18 steals Sunday.... Goestenkors improves to 83-7 against non-conference opponents in Cameron Indoor Stadium during her 14 years at Duke.... Duke finished with a season-low 69 points and 40.9 field goal percentage. It marks the first time this season the Blue Devils have shot under 50 percent from the field.... Duke will travel to Texas for a pair of contests next weekend, including a showdown with the No. 18 Longhorns Friday.

pable of driving, rebounding, shooting.”

Krzyzewski has been in this situation before—when he has had to cope with a midseason injury to a major contributor—and often his teams have emerged stronger as a result. He said Nelson’s absence will give other players the chance to emerge as the complement to the dynamic inside-outside duo of Redick and Williams.

“It’s a long season —it’s November, late November,” Krzyzewski said. “We’re not about playing for No. 1 or anything like that. We’re just trying to develop as a basketball team.”

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Redick is also closing in on Trajan Langdon for the school’s all-time three-point lead. He needs just 11 more to tie Langdon’s mark of 342.... Duke improved to 182 in the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Blue Devils also won the title in 1985 and 2000.... UCLA defeated Drexel, 57-56, in the tournament’s consolation game.

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as contributing to admissions selectivity at top schools like Duke.

Because fewer students apply early, numerically the yield looks better for those who apply in the fall. Last year, about 31 percent of early applicants were accepted, but for the regular pool the acceptance rate was about 22 percent.

“I’m not sure that I would have gotten in if I hadn’t applied early decision,” freshman Andrzej Czemecki said.

Several students said they feel that whatever help they receive from the early plan will be crucial to their admission.

“I applied early because I have a better chance of getting in early than I do regular,” said applicant Evan Hunter, a high school senior. “Duke is my first choice anyway—I like Duke, but I figure I don’t have as much of a chance regular, so why not?”

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1,482 applicants.

Over the past decade, the number of overall applicants to Duke has steadily increased as the acceptance rate has dropped. In 1997, 13,731 students applied to Duke, with 3,115 acceptances an admissions rate of 24 percent. Last year more than 18,000 applied for only a slightly larger number of spaces.

One reason for Duke’s popularity among early- and regular-decision applicant pools may be its rising national and international reputation.

Just last month, the Times Higher Education Supplement ranked Duke as the 11th best university in the world, moving it up 41 spots from last year. The U.S. News and World ReAlthough port which the reasoning generates one more aware and respon“We’re for applying to of the most recthe University sive to students that do one or ognized rankearly may have ings in the two things exceptionally well.” shifted, —also country placed Duke Christoph Guttentag Duke’s primary admishigh atop its list sions criteria of the best have not, said American colChristoph Guttentag, dean of underleges, ranking it fifth overall.

Some guidance counselors, however, graduate admissions.

Cleaver noted a change in the students said they try to ignore rankings when recto students. that attend the University, which she attribommending colleges all,” don’t them at Cleaver said. utes to the high quality of applicants that Tike “I “Why is Harvard any more of a perfect Duke attracts now.

“Twenty or 30 so years ago, I think there match because it sits atop the rankings?”

Several students said they have noticed was less of a critical mass of very intellectual students at Duke,” Cleaver said. “The the upward trend in the rankings but actheir knowledge subjectivity. question was whether or not a truly intel“I’m impressed by Duke’s reputation,” lectual student could be very happy [here]. said Duke hopeful and high school senior Duke is creating an environment that welJames Lewis. “But there are other, more comes all kinds.”

As University admissions officers important factors in my decision.”

Another reason for the increase in the must pick students from among more number of early applicants specifically may candidates, applicants must also present themselves as more than statistics. stem from the overall competitiveness pres“We’re more aware and responsive to ent in college admissions today.

Cleaver, who worked as an admissions students that do one or two things exofficer at Duke years ago, outlined the ceptionally well,” Guttentag said, adding that grades aren’t everything. “It’s not problem students face.

“It’s harder to get in almost everyso much GPA as it is the courses stuwhere now,” she said. “More students are dents take in high school.”

Cleaver said such factors as GPA and applying to more schools overall. Where they used to apply to two schools, they’re SAT scores remain important but noted now applying to six to eight.” that “now many, many applicants will be She also cited more international apqualified to come to a place like Duke, and Duke can’t admit them all.” and early-decision pools plicants stronger —

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Walker is among the handful of students—less than a dozen—each year that asks for new roommates.

Jennifer Frank, assignments coordinator for Residential Life and Housing Services, described requests for roommate switches as coming in waves.

The first wave occurs right after the first six weeks of fall semester, known as the “honeymoon period.” The second occurs midway through the semester, she said.

So far, there have been 10 requests for roommate switches this fall, Frank said.

The number has declined slightly since last year.

Chris Ellis, resident coordinator for the East 4 neighborhood, said roommates who consider switching usually do so because of scheduling conflicts and disagreements about when lights in the room should be on.

Resident coordinators and resident assistants are trained in conflict resolution at workshops held a week before the beginning of the school year. The staff members often play an important role in the mediation process between roommates who do not get along.

Although some roommates cannot work out their differences, Frank insisted that most conflicts between roommates can be resolved and are dealt with by the not worth

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spring semester. “It’s more about thinking about it the right way and being open-minded,” Frank said.

Nonetheless, many students fear how well they will get along with their roommates because they think they have litde control over who their roommates will be.

Frank and her team match up students based on five basic survey questions. The goal is not to have roommates who are similar but rather who are compatible, she explained. RLHS staff also strives to promote diversity on hallways.

Despite the simplicity ofRLHS’ equation for roommate assignments, the approach has proven successful overall. Of those freshmen who are assigned a roommate, 20 to 30 percent stay with that person as sophomores, RLHS staff said.

Sophomores Hailey Ferber and Andrea Houghding decided to room with one another for a second year after a positive experience as freshman roommates. Houghding admitted she was nervous about being assigned a roommate. “When I first talked to Hailey over the summer, I could tell we were very different people. We have very different interests,” Houghding said.

Ferber agreed with the first impressions, but added that they still found common ground. “We’re not very similar in terms of personalities,” Ferber said. ‘We do connect well with one another’s idiosyncrasies. We share crazy things in common —like Christopher Walken or Chuck Norris.”

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Smart hiring a part of its new strategic plan, came just three years after an external the economics department is tak- review found that the economics deing the first steps in a major fac- partment could and should be stronger. At the time, ulty expansion initiative. It aculty hiring and ref is looking to hire seven st3ffoCfitori3i thinking the major were tenured or tenure-track professors this year—a surprisingly large key goals of plans to revamp the denumber to bring on board at one time partment under the watch of new Dein the general scheme of faculty hiring, partment Chair Thomas Nechyba.

As evidenced by recent moves toThe new faculty members, officials say, will help boost the amount and ward change, these goals have requality of undergraduate research and mained in sight but largely unreached. compensate for several anticipated re- Indeed, problems related to curricuhim, faculty support and research have tirements—nine in the next 10 years.

This is not the only recent an- been festering in the department for nouncement of plans to alter the eco- some time, but development plans nomics department in a fairly signifi- have stalled until now. cant way. Officials confirmed weeks One of the major problems with the ago that the department will eliminate state of the current economics faculty the Bachelor ofArts degree in the near is that there are not enough professors future, leaving only the Bachelor of to sponsor senior theses effectively and Science degree in place. However, the efficiendy. Ideally, bringing in several department expects the number of stu- new professors will thus gready assist in dents majoring in economics to de- the department’s ability to produce more studentresearch. dine by only about 100.

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Granted, as a columnist I can’t expect to make you should start every column with everyone happy. However, despite what the vocal ‘Dear Diary,’” my friend said after reading one of my columns, rolling his eyes with anti-Chronicle column minority says, columns aren’t an expression that screamed “I’m not impressed.” always a 700-word waste of space. After my last colWhile I appreciated his honesty, his comment umn “Play on,” where I complained about the lack of music pracdce rooms on West stung. All I could do was mumble, “Well, what would you want me to Campus, an administrator who works with the president on the arts at write about?”

Duke contacted me to have a meetHe rambled off a list of his soaping with him. I know other columbox topics, including cliquey Asians nists who have had similar successes and diversity retreats like Common of outreach after articulating their Ground, two topics over which we over and And opinions on ways to improve the argue always disagree. while most of the time he mainly arcommunity. This space can work if gues for the sake of arguing, I knew miho kugabawa used appropriately. his “Dear Diary” comment wasn’t Regardless of whether you love or discere vivendo loathe my column, though, I fully acthrown in my direction just to see how I would react. He genuinely knowledge that there are several of doesn’t like my columns, and he is probably the only you out there who can utilize this space much better than I will ever be able to. I ask you now to make the friend who is honest enough to tell me to my face.

In away, I appreciate his “I don’t care what you change that you want to see. think” attitude because otherwise I would not have The application deadline for a Spring 2006 re-read all the columns that I have ever written and columnist position has been extended to Dec. 2, four done some real self-assessment. Still, when I exdays from today. I urge every one ofyou that has ever plained that the purpose of my column, entitled had the “I can do better” thought cross your mind to discere vivendo (learning through living), was to fill out an application and submit a 700-word sample capture my personal experiences as your average piece. To those that frequently write letters to the edDuke student, he responded with a mocking yawn. itor, to those who miss reading controversial columns I laughed, in part because I knew he was being and to those who feel like they aren’t being reprehimself, but also because I couldn’t do anything to sented in this space, prepare your application. convince him to like my column. He is my biggest Frankly, I’d like to see columns by freshmen, Pratt critic, and I’m secretly happy that he is the only students, Duke Student Government (exec) members and strong, opinionated women, both greek and one that I know of personally.

Yet, while the rest of my friends are supportive independent. I’d also like to read a regular humor of writing, at least to my face, I know they also roll column that is completely separate from Monday, their eyes and give countless “I’m not impressed” Monday that is, well, actually humorous.

I disagree with those students who foolishly beexpressions while reading other columns, which lieve that creating controversy is the key to good probably means they do it sometimes while reading my column too. Honestly, I used to respond to columns. However, I do recognize that there are stuthe opinions in the back two pages of this newspadents in our community who are frustrated with this semester’s work and who can do a better job as a per in the exact same way. The main reason I applied last year to be a columnist was because I columnist than I can.

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Sad state of faculty advising restarted his delivery following his recent vacation. has been considerable discussion on this camrefusal of I wish my experience was an anomaly, but I began listhe pus regarding utterly embarrassing the faculty to approve an “opt-out” only policy for tening to friends and classmates following the aforementioned meeting. I heard everything from, “I have never course evaluations. In spite of admirable activism by stueven met my advisor” to, “I e-mailed him, dent leaders, such as Duke Student Govbut I never heard back from him.” More ernment Vice President for Academic Afthan one of my senior classmates told me fairs Joe Fore and fellow Chronicle he gave up on his advisor years ago and columnist Elliot Wolf, coupled with an imjust asks friends for advice, while another pressive push by Dean of the Faculty ofArts told me his advisor did not even know his and Sciences George McLendon, little has The list goes on, but I think you name. the current of percentage changed—with get the point. course evaluations posted on ACES hoverI cannot comprehend why the major acing around a paltry 10 percent. adam yoffie ademic departments at Duke, a school that Thus I propose that McLendon and prides itself on student-faculty interaction, united we stand company tackle another pressing acado not make a more concerted effort to demic issue on campus; the sad state of get greater student input regarding adviWe all for faculty advising. just registered our courses a few weeks ago, and I cannot even begin to sor selection. There seems to be a major disconnect berecount the innumerable horror stories I heard about tween the students and departmental administrators who the pathetically low-level of support students received should begin by allowing students to select and then if necessary change official advisors once they establish from their assigned advisors.

I know that my advisor is currently on leave in D.C. more meaningful relationships with faculty during their for the year, and I can assure you that I have not heard junior and senior years. I would rather have the political a word from him since he left campus at the end of last science department e-mail me my pin number and allow me to meet with a faculty member of my choosing then inyear. And I am willing to bet that none of his other advisees have heard from him either. To make matters sult me by assigning me to a professor who could frankly worse, the political science department assigned me to a care less about my academic development.

There are some notable exceptions to the rule, such as temporary advisor who teaches in a different concentrathe public policy department, which is famous for its inwithout even me.

He the first five tion consulting spent minutes of our 10-minute “conference” on the phone credible devotion to undergraduates. My unofficial faculty with an operator at the New York Times making sure she mentor teaches at the Sanford Institute where everyone

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from the director down to the internship coordinator understands the importance of student advising. And I also know that there are a number of faculty members —across a wide range of departments—who are eager to assist interested students.

I am currently enrolled in an independent study course with an extremely busy professor who was more than willing to supervise my work, and I am joining the rest of my senior seminar for dinner at my professor’s house at the end of the semester to discuss our recent research. My political science professor last spring even publicized and attended events I helped organize on campus. None of these individuals, however, is my actual advisor.

The moral of the story and lesson for younger students seems to be that there is little emphasis on the formal advising program but that students can ameliorate the situation by reaching out to faculty members on their own time. Thus, until significant changes are made, I encourage students not to expect much more than a pin number from their department-assigned advisors and instead to work on finding their own mentors outside of the formal system. Trinity College is also distributing a major advising survey to seniors via e-mail, and students should absolutely fill it out in order to provide administrators and faculty members with insightful commentary and helpful suggestions. There may not be much hope for seniors, but that does not mean that we cannot help improve a seriously flawed system desperately in need ofrepair.

Adam Monday.

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columnist's note: With the possible exception ofmy parents and housemates, I sincerely doubtanyone noticed that I was suspended from The Chronicle a month ago. Nonetheless, it is important that I publicly apologize for using a quote without explicitly asking for permission. I want to reiterate that I used the quote accurately and anonymously, but I am a friend and student first and journalist second. I have learned from my mistake, accepted my punishment and am now prepared to resume my work.

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THE CHRONICLE

NOVEMBER 28,2005

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