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Students taking a study break or stumbling off the quad in the middle of the night may soon have to find a new place to satisfy their munchies.

Rick’s Diner—the only 24hour restaurant on campus is in the last year of its contract, and problems with food quality and lackluster management have prompted officials to explore other options for the space.

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It was that kind of night for the Blue Devils (18-1, 6-0 in the ACC), who could do little wrong Thursday, beating Virginia Tech, 80-67.

For the Hokies (10-9, 0-6), it was the kind of night that has characterized their entire season —they have faced adversity off the court and frustration on it.

‘Virginia Tech’s been kind of the hard-luck team of the country,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Their five [ACC] losses before tonight, four of them could have been wins, at least.”

For one night, however, the Hokies were out of it almost from the start. The last time they were within one score of the Blue Devils was the 12:12mark in the first half.

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dropped from around $1 million three years ago to approximately $600,000 last year.

“It opened doing a great amount of business, but it’s definitely fallen,” Wulforst explained.

Lynch pegged the decline closer to 25 percent, but he conceded that the restaurant has had “its ups and downs.” The menu originally had a southern theme, but he quickly added SEE RICK’S ON PAGE 7

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JJ. Redick helped the Blue Devils rebound from their first loss of the season as he scored 24 points in a 80-67 victory over Virginia Tech Thursday.

and a branch of the national chain Johnny Rockets, which previously rejected an offer to open on East Campus.

Another option would be reimagining Rick’s under the same ownership as a bar and grill with a full liquor license.

But as long as owner Rick Lynch remains in place, breakfast will continue to be served all day.

The eatery has had a rocky run since its debut three and a half years ago in the ground floor of McClendon Tower.

Jim Wulforst, director of Dining Services, said the diner’s annual revenue has

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CC sees plans for Duke, UNC to meet for No. 1 spot review of selectives by

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Regardless of the outcome, Duke’s women’s basketball team will make history in Sunday’s game against North Carolina. For the first time in the program’s history, tick-

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view’s suspension, the Interfraternity Council instituted its own process to evaluate the merits and downfalls of having specific fraternities on campus.

Through the creation of SCA, Campus Council could potentially have direct control over which groups are allowed to remain on and which groups are removed from campus.

“It is the pinnacle of student self-governance,” said Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a junior. “Half of campus is going to live under this.”

The provisional plan for SCA outlined specifics details such as the personnel makeup of the committee SEE CAMPUS COUNCIL ON PAGE 5

for all 9,314 seats in Cameron Indoor Stadium will be out for two consecutive games.

And if the No. 3 Tar Heels (18-0, 5-0 in the ACC) win tonight over Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, the 7 p.m. matchVS. up will be the second straight home game in which the No. 2 Blue Devils (20-0, 7-0) will be taking on an undefeatSUNDAY, 7 p.m. ed opponent.

The No. 1 ranking in the country is Cameron indoor up for grabs during the game.

But if Duke’s 0-3 record against the Tar Heels last season—including a 21-point loss in the ACC Tournament finals—is any indication, the Blue Devils are not going to be able to coast to victory like they did in their Jan. 24 upset ofNo. 1 Tennessee.

In all three losses to UNC last year, Duke did not have the talent to contain then-sophomore guard Ivory Latta, who scored 23 and 13 points in the first two regular season matchups and 26 in the ACC championship game. ets

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Campus Council representatives presented provisional plans for the Selective Community Assessment, the process by which living groups will be evaluated, to the organization Thursday night.

The finalized plan will serve as the replacement for Annual Review, the former evaluation system for selective living groups that was “put on pause” by Residence Life and Housing Services officials two years ago. Since Annual Re-

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Hamas victory stuns world leaders by

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Hamas won RAMALLAH, West Bank a landslide victory in parliamentary elections as Palestinian voters rejected the longtime rule of the corruption-ridden Fatah Party, according to nearly complete official returns Thursday.

The triumph by the Islamic militant group plunged the future ofMideastpeacemaking into turmoil, with Israel saying it would not negotiate with a Palestinian government that includes members ofHamas.

Palestinian leaders, stunned by the militant group’s sweeping victory, huddled to determine the shape of a new government as

world leaders, including President George W. Bush, insisted Hamas renounce violence and recognize Israel’sright to exist.

Supporters of the two main pardes briefly scuffled in Ramallah after Hamas supporters raised their party’s green flag over the parliament. The two sides threw stones at each other, breaking windows in the building, as a small group of Fatah supporters tried to lower the banner. The crowd of about 3,000 Hamas backers cheered and whisded as activists on the roof raised the flag again.

Hamas won 76 seats in the 132-member parliament, while Fatah, which controlled Palestinian politics for four decades, won

43 seats, said Hanna Nasser, head of the Central Election commission. The 13 remaining seats went to several smaller parties and independents.

The result was based on a count of 95 percent of the vote and still could change slightly, Nasser said.

Hamas won 60.3 percent of the vote, said Ismail Haniyeh, one of the group’s leaders.

In his firstremarks since the election, acting Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Olmert said Israel won’t negotiate with a Palestinian government thatincludes Hamas members.

“The state of Israel will not negotiate SEE HAMAS ON PAGE 7

Democrats threaten Alito filibuster by

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WASHINGTON Die-hard Democratic critics of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito threatened Thursday to block a vote on his confirmation, and Republicans countered with a move designed to force his approval by early next week.

“It is time to establish an end point” in the debate over President George W. Bush’s selection to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he and other Democrats had refused to agree

to a timetable for ending debate. “There’s some division in our caucus,” he conceded.

Democratic Leader Harry Reid signaled as much in remarks on the Senate floor. He offered no support for Kennedy, John Kerry and others whose filibuster represents a last stand against Alito’s confirmation.

“There’s been adequate time for people to debate,” Reid said.

Alito, 55 and a 15-year veteran of the federal appeals court, has well above 50 votes for confirmation.

He gained the support of Democrats Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Robert Byrd of West Virginia during the day, and

has the backing of at least' 52 of the Senate’s 55 Republicans.

The Senate will vote Monday on cutting off debate. If Alito’s supporters get 60 votes in the 100-member body, the confirmation vote will follow Tuesday.

White House spokesman Stephen Schmidt predicted the Republicans would easily win. “More than 60 senators have signaled their intentions to vote against the filibuster and give Judge Alito the up-ordown vote that he deserves,” he said.

Frist said he had been unable to win a

California authorities said they discovered more than two tons of marijuana in a 2,400-foot-long cross-border passageway that began near the Tijuana airport and ended inside a warehouse on the U.S. side in San Diego.

General commends U.S.army The top U.S. commander in Iraq acknowledged Thursday that the U.S. Army was stretched but insisted forces were capable of accomplishing their mission and any recommendation to reduce troops further would be dictated by the situation on the battlefield.

Bush resists program change President George W. Bush suggested Thursday he might resist any congressional move to change his controversial program of warrantless surveillance for insurgent threats and said, "There's no doubt in my mind it is legal."

Russia to aid nuclear standoff U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed Elßaradei said Thursday he was hopeful that a Russian proposal could help break the standoff over Iran's nuclear research and enrichment plans, speaking at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland.

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A historic photograph featuring an Anti-Evolution League banner from the 1920 set the scene for Thursday’s third installment of the Provost’s Lecture Series on science, religion and evolution.

The speaker, Edward Larson, placed the American debate about teaching evolution in high schools into a historical context in his lecture, “From Dayton to Dover: A Brief History of the Controversy over Teaching Evolution.”

Larson —a professor of history and chair of law at the University of Georgia—separated the history of the conflict into three distinct phases based on the demands of the anti-evolution parties over time. The theory of evolution has sparked debate ever since its debut in Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species, published in 1859.

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gious groups divided themselves into “modernists,” who adapted their beliefs to new scientific ideas, and “fundamentalists,” who turned even more toward the Bible—specifically, the myth of creation as described in the Book of Genesis—for answers. By the 19205, the debate extended into high school biology classes around the nation.

Larson cited the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tenn.—during which the American Civil Liberties Union and biology teacher John Scopes fought a state law banning the teaching ofevolution—as the primary event of the first phase. The statute was upheld, he explained, because the First Amendment protecting freedom ofreligion had never been applied against a state action.

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University of GeorgiaProfessor Edward Larson discussed three phases of the battle over evolution Thursday.

Foundation donates funds for computers at hospital by

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Bob Evanosky hopes other families with children in the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit will find value in computer use likehe did.

During a difficult time in his life, Bob Evanosky learned that technology can be a surprising comfort.

When his infant son was struggling with a life-threatening illness, Evanosky used a friend’s laptop to reach family and friends living outside of the quarantined ward.

Although the family has already returned to their Chicago home, other families left behind will still be able to benefit from Evanosky’s generosity.

The Evanosky Foundation presented the Family Support Center ofDuke University’s Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit with a $13,805 check Thursday —a donation that will fund 18 laptop computers and a laser printer.

The computers were largely subsidized by the company Hewlett Packard.

Since its founding last summer, the Evanosky Foundation has raised more than $14,000 in other ventures to support Duke’s PBMT unit to thank the program for “a job well done,” Evanosky said.

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disease—both father and child checked in for a long sixmonth stay to await Jack’s blood chord stem cell transplant.

“It was a tough time,” Evanosky said. “It was like living in your own world.”

The PBMT unit is a quarantined area that takes precautions to prevent all contact with germs.

Consequently, family members staying with children see little of the outside world, said Dr. Suhag Parikh, a pediatric hematology oncologist at Duke University Hospital.

Although friendly nurses and doctors made the lonely 42-day stay go by more smoothly, Evanosky found that a family friend’s laptop proved a major “therapeutic asset.”

“It felt great to talk about my feelings, to speak with others about how the day was,” he said. “I want to share that advantage with other families.”

Using DUH’s wireless network, Evanosky said he wrote and read many e-mails that afforded him solace, support and entertainment.

Of the newly donated computers, 15 will be assigned to the families who occupy the beds of the PBMT’s inpatient SEE COMPUTERS ON PAGE 8

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Continuing the national trend ofboosting higher education costs, the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved increases in tuition Wednesday for both in-state and outof-state students.

The plan approved by the trustees calls for a 9-percent increase for in-state undergraduates and

Slightly higher than those of previous years, last year’s increase was defended by University officials, who noted that the hike was comparable to those of Duke’s peer institutions.

UNC-CH trustees similarly defended their proposal Wednesday by saying it was in line with their tuition philosophy;

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Moeser’s proposal included an increase Although likely to be approved, the of $275 for in-state students and $9OOhikes will not be finalized until the UNC - for out-of-state students.

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“I don’t want our non-resident students Duke last approved its own tuition hike to feel we see them as cash cows,” Moeser in the spring of 2005, when a 5.1-percent said in the meeting. increase in the total cost for undergraduIn opposition, trustee Karol Mason, tuition, room and chair of the audit and finance committee, ates—including board—pushed prices over $40,000 for the first time.

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that will interview each group and discuss its presence on campus. According to the plan, “Campus Council will serve as the final adjudicator of the SCA Committee recommendations.”

The committee will be composed of a mix of students and administrators. The council discussed the possibility of increasing the number ofSelective House Council delegates from one to two.

The plans, which Ganatra emphasized were “not concrete, [but] still very, very wet,” did not detail the rubric by which groups will be judged, nor did it feature a protocol for groups seeking housing.

Ganatra suggested that the organization hold several public town hall meetings and form focus groups in order to gain as much student input on the provisional plan as possible. “If we get this right, it will last forever,” he said, explaining the importance of seeking feedback HOLLY CORNELUTHE CHRONICLE from the student body.

In his draft of the plan, Ganatra sought more than just CampusCouncil saw plans for the Selective Community Assessment Thursday. The SCA would be the replacement for the defunctAnnual Review. a temporary fix to the lack of a selective house evaluation process. Although fraternities are currendy the only greek groups housed on campus, provisional plans include the possibility of representatives from sororities being a part of the committee, per the potential for sororities might have housing in the future.

Although many of the Council representatives were generally pleased with the idea of determining which groups would stay on campus and which groups would go, some raised questions about where the power would really lie.

“Are we sure the administration is going to listen to us?

Just last week they made sections for two new groups,” said sophomore Danny Mintzer, an at-large representative, adding that the decision this month to give Delta Tau Delta and Chi Psi fraternities sections in the fall was made without the input of Campus Council.

Ganatra attempted to assuage fears by explaining that he and Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, were “on the same page now.”

“Things work best in cooperation with RLHS,” he said. “[Hull and I] talk about what’s best. He represents what the administration wants, and I represent what the students want.”

The provision, which was written and presented by Ganatra, comes a week after the announcement that the cap for selective housing next year will be 35 percent of West Campus, up from 30 percent this year.

The final plan for SCA, which will be presented by the end of the semester, will have to “be backed” by RLHS and Campus Council, Ganatra said.

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history,” Larson joked.

The second phase, Larson said, commenced in the 1960 and reflected an upsurge of eases challenging religion in school after the creation of the FourteenthAmendment. At this time, the focus of anti-evolution proponents shifted from trying to ban the teaching of the subject toward demanding balanced treatment ofboth sides.

The major event of the second era was the publication of Henry Morris’ 1961 book Genesis Flood, which used “scientific-

said the ultimately approved rate proposals were vital to maintain academic excellence at the institution.

“We’re trying to preserve that quality of education,” she said.

UNC-CH officials have said recently that out-of-state tuition hikes have had little impact on the number of applications the university receives from outside of North Carolina.

Officials have also said that 40 percent of the increased funds will be devoted to student aid as a means of helping those who may have trouble meeting the increased costs.

Despite this promise, some UNC students worry the increase will only further complicate issues for the lower-income de-

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sounding arguments” to support Genesis, Larson said. Morris, a leader of the Institute of Creation Research in California, and his book “gave the Bible new vibrancy and life to many Americans,” Larson said.

In the third phase of the history of the controversy, Larson continued, the antievolution groups adopted a new argument—that Darwinism is just one theory among many. Leading players Philip Johnson and Michael Behe argued for the legitimacy of intelligent design. Larson stressed that when questioned, Behe conceded that there is virtually no scientific content in their theories.

“So far, design theorists remain simply critics of the reigning theory,” Larson said.

“They claim that gaps in [Darwin’s] theory are best filled by design.”

The more recent high school dramas have taken place on the stages of Cobb County, Ga., and Dover, Penn., where legislators mandated the placing of disclaimer stickers in biology textbooks stating the existence of other, competing theories.

Larson quoted the sticker placed in the Cobb County books: “Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied

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Audience members packed Love Auditorium Thursday to hear Professor Edward Larson's speech. carefully, critically considered.”

Larson concluded by stressing the importance of the evolution debates, pointing to the media attention lavished on the issues as early as the Scopes trial.

The debates, Larson said, are “a cultural divide that deeply troubles our national household.”

Audience members of the packed lecture hall responded to Larson’s evenhanded treatment of the topic.

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Some of the attendees compared the speech to the others in the lecture series, “The first speaker was more Discovery Channel,” said David Bollinger, a firstyear student in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. “This was more History Channel.”

“[The hike] would most likely hurt students who take out loans and may be another obstacle keeping lower income students from striving for college,” said Sarah Madden, a UNC-CH sophomore.

“Compared to the tuition, [the increase] doesn’t seem much if you’re not taking out loans—where it could end up being a lot more than that,” she added.

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RICK'S from page 1 more traditional fare. With the expanded options, however, it became difficult to maintain consistent quality, he said.

Augmenting the difficulties is that the location has been operating without an on-site manager, Lynch added.

“It’s very difficult to manage a 24-hour operation,” he said, pointing out that besides after 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, “there’s hardly anyone there.”

The problems go beyond the food itself to erratic management, said senior Andrew Wallace, co-chair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee.

The prices were raised recently with no commensurate increase in food quality, and one night Lynch fired all of the employees on duty in response to a single complaint, Wallace noted.

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rael,” said Olmert’s statement, issued after a three-hour emergency Cabinet meeting.

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Israel will insist thatPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, popularly known as Abu Mazen, keep his commitments to disarm militants.

“Israel needs to act judiciously and responsibly,” Mofaz said. “We will continue to demand of Abu Mazen to meet his commitments and to disarm the terror organizations.”

Mofaz said that the U.S.-backed “road map” peace plan, which calls for the creation of a Palestinian state, is the “only existing path.”

We have experienced some of the same problems with them that we have with other underperforming vendors such as ARAMARK,” Wallace said, referring to Duke’s often controversial main food provider.

Wulforst said that another problem arose when Lynch opened an additional location in Durham, his third.

“He was spending less and less time at Duke,” Wulforst noted.

Eating at the diner Thursday night, junior Max Milliken said he would be disappointed if Rick’s were shut down.

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Other Israeli politicians from across Hamas’ victory into account. the political spectrum said there could be In a televised speech Thursday night, no relations with a group that has been Abbas suggested that future negotiations responsible for scores of deadly attacks with Israel be conducted through the Palestine Liberation Organization, a possible byagainst Israelis and is listed as an insurgent organizapass of a Hamastion by the govemmen United States “We are “I am committed to impleand the Eurogoing to reactimenting program on which pean Union. vate the role of the PLO,” said Benjamin you elected me a year Abbas, who was Netanyahu, leader of the Mahmoud Abbas, elected separately a year ago and opposition Palestinian leader remains Likud Party, presicondemned dent of the Palestinian Authe vote. as well as head of the PLO. thority formed,” Hamastan was he said “Today Labor Party politician Ami Ayalon said The PLO was founded as the umbrella Israel might have to change the route of group of Palestinian organizations several its West Bank security barrier to take decades ago, but its importance has with-

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ered since the establishment of the Palestinian Authority in 1994.

He has said he would resign if he could no longer pursue his peace agenda. The Cabinet and legislature must approve any major initiative by Abbas, giving Hamas tremendous influence over peace moves.

Abbas also said he would begin immediate consultations to form a new government but did not specifically refer to Hamas’ sweeping election victory.

He said he remained committed to previous peace deals and the “road map.”

“I am committed to implementing program on which you elected me a year ago,” he said. “It is a program based on negotiations and peaceful settlement with Israel.”

Hamas’ exiled supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal, calledAbbas from Syria to discuss the results.

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COMPUTERS from page 3 unit. The remaining computers will be used in other areas of the hospital. And as the airfiltered, sanitized environment of the PBMT unit requires contaminated learning materials to be discarded, the new computers will provide a long-lasting diversion.

Former second-grade teacher Barb Hoskins, a family friend who helps run the Evanosky Foundation, noted that patients will also use the computers for education purposes.

Staff members of the PBMT unit said they also hope older patients —who see each other through windows but do not interact for fear of spreading germs—may use the computers to chat on America Online Instant Messenger.

Like Jack Evanosky, manyyoung patients visit the PBMT unit to take advantage of

Duke’s blood cord transplants, a technique pioneered by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, director of the Pediatric Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke.

MLD, which affects about one in 100,00 infants, had left Jack unable to sit or stand properly. Prior to the advent of blood cord transplants, patients faced a life expectancy ofabout two years following diagnosis.

But recendy, blood cord transplants have shown the potential to halt the degeneration associated with the disease.

Parikh said he is optimistic thatJack will lead a “largely independent” life, as no health issues related to his condition have emerged since he was released from the hospital last spring.

Bob Evanosky could hardly conceal his smile as he told others about his son’s progress. “I was blessed,” he said. “Things are much better now.”

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Democrats’ concern over Alito’s nomination has been heightened because he would replace O’Connor, who has been the swing vote on 5-4 rulings that maintained abortion rights, preserved affirmative action and limited the application of the death penalty.

Conservatives agree that Alito could push the court to the right, but they welcome the prospect.

Kennedy said, “The nominee is deficient in his commitment... to individual rights, individual liberties, women’s rights and racial equality.”

The senator conceded he faced an “uphill climb” in the effort to block confirmation but said it was possible.

Asked to name other Democrats siding with him, he cited Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, as well as Paul Sarbanes of Maryland and Debbie Stabenow of

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Thomas and Antonin Scalia in the court’s conservative wing and apply “originalist” interpretations to court decisions.

“If an originalist analysis was applied to the Fourteenth Amendment, women would not be provided equal protection under the Constitution, interracial marriages could be outlawed, schools could still be segregated and the principle of one man, one vote would not govern the way we elect our representatives,” Feinstein said.

Nelson, Byrd and Johnson are the only Democrats to express support for Alito so far.

Michigan.

Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, opposes Alito’s confirmation but has not yet decided whether to support the filibuster, an aide said.

Bush earlier in the day called for the Senate to confirm his nominee.

Alito “understands the role of a judge is not to advance a personal and political agenda,” Bush said at the White House.

“He is a decent man.”

Democrats contended anew that Alito’s confirmation would put individual rights and liberties in danger.

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BLACKSBURG, Va. Heading into the first game since its undefeated season slipped away Jan. 21 against Georgetown, Duke was all business Thursday night against Virginia Tech.

The penalmost sive, aame 3 angry looks on a analysis the players’ faces as they walked silently to the court in the wake of head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s pregame talk reflected a different attitude for the usually boisterous Blue Devils.

Except for an emphatic threepoint play by Shelden Williams near the end of the first half, Duke seldom exploded in any of the intense, post-hoop celebrations that have often been characteristic of the team this season.

Rather, the Blue Devils coolly and methodically dismantled a struggling Hokie squad that played uninspired basketball and appeared frustrated throughout its fifth straight loss. Even when tempers flared after Deron Washington stomped on Lee Melchionni’s nose near the end of the game, Duke remained calm and collected.

“I just think we’re being a more mature basketball team,” Melchionni said. “We didn’t have to be all ‘rah-rah’ about things.

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After his sub-par performance against Georgetown Saturday, SheldenWilliams returned to his Ali-American status Thursday,

and we looked at this as a business trip, you know we just came up here and took care of business.”

Many of the Blue Devils, including fellow-senior JJ. Redick, echoed Melchionni’s sentiments and confessed that Duke’s loss to Georgetown Saturday was a sobering experience for a team that started the season with a school record-tying 17 straight victories.

The Blue Devils have learned much from their first taste of defeat, and many of the players feel that it has helped them become more focused.

“It lets us know we’re beatable,” sophomore DeMarcus Nelson said of the loss to Georgetown. “When you’re just winning like that you might take winning for granted or you might feel like you can’t lose so I think that just kept our team hungry. It gave us an edge, it gave us an extra chip on our shoulder to play with, knowing that if we don’t play our best, we’re going to lose.”

Although Duke didn’t exactly play its best basketball of the season—it committed 16 turnovers and shot 26 percent from beyond the arc —the Blue Devils always seemed in control against the Hokies. After going up by 23 points early in the second half, Duke calmly held off a few short Virginia Tech scoring spurts and never let its lead dip below 12.

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CLEMSON, S.C.

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Jan. 22 blowout win over No. 1 Tennessee, the No. 2 Blue Devils tum from their

soundly defeated Clemson, 97-65, Thursday night in Littlejohn Coliseum

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97 irl t of the Tigers, 65 Duke extended its

undefeated start to the season to 20 games, tying the 2002-2003 team for the best start in school history.

Despite winning by a comfortable 32 point margin, the Blue Devils (20-0, 7-0 in the ACC) did not immediately blow out their opponent. The Tigers (8-12, 24) came out strong in the first half, scoring the first basket of the game and trading the lead with the Blue Devils several times.

Even with 10 quick points from sophomore guard Wanisha Smith, Duke founditself in a timeout with 7:51 left in the first half holding onto a slim 22-21 lead. The

stoppage in play allowed Duke to find the missing piece—its concentration.

“Once we got our focus, we thought we did a much better job to adjust to what they were doing about midway through the first half,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “We didn’t really change anything, we just started attacking a little bit more on both ends of the floor.”

Although fouls plagued the Blue Devils toward the end of the first half, Duke headed into halftime leading 46-29 and never lookedback. Shooting 60 percent from the field in the second half, the Blue Devils steadily increased their lead until the game was eventually put out of the Tigers’ pasp.

“I think our defense is what turned it up,” Smith said. “I got a couple of quicklayups off our defense which started everything. It was just about our defense.”

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With their winThursday night, theBlue Devils matched their best start in school history at 20-0.

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Two weeks ago, head coach Ted Roof all but finished up his recruiting class with a weekend of visits that yielded five new commitments for the program.

With one scholarship left, however, Roofs class has one major hole before it can be complete. “[Roofs] first two classes didn’t even compare to these last two,” scout.com recruiting analyst Kennedy Scott said. “[But] they’re still going to have to find a

Blue Devils occasionally used last season’s

starter, Zack Asack, in running plays, hinting that Lewis’ ability to make plays on the run may be well-utilized at Duke. “[He’s a] good runner, real good athlete, struggles with his accuracy at times,” Kennedy said. “He’d have a chance to come in and play early because I’m not sure that Duke is comfortable with where

their QBs are.”

That situation became even less stable with recent news that touted freshman quarterback Gene Delle Donne is transferring from Duke. With his departure, the Blue Devils would be left with just two scholarship quarterbacks, Asack and Marcus Jones, on the roster next season. quarterback.”

That could bode well for the Blue DevThat quarterback could be ils’ chances with Lewis, who may decide Miami prospect as early as next Monday, Hughes said. An Thaddeus Lewis, excellent student who is also considering regarded as one Pittsburgh, South Florida and Texas of the top 100 Christian, Lewis said that early playing players in the tal- time will play a major factor in his eventuent-rich state of al college decision.

Florida. A 6-foot-l, 180-pound two-star “It doesn’t matter where I go to, I want prospect, Lewis could become the 25th an opportunity to play,” Lewis said. and final member of Duke’s recruiting Roofs second full recruiting class filled class after making an official visit to up quickly after a successful recruiting Durham this weekend. weekend two weeks ago. Duke garnered “He's one of the better kids I’ve verbal commitments from Swedish offencoached at QB. I’ve coached [former LSU sive lineman Marcus Lind, Boca Raton, quarterback] Rohan Davey and he’s in Fla. offensive lineman John Lubischer, that classification,” said Jerry Hughes, Tottenville, N.Y. safety Abraham Kromah, Lewis’ high school coach. “Academically Windsor, Ont. defensive back Chris Rwabukamba and St. Petersburg, Fla. dehe’s a very smart kid, he makes good decisions on the field, he’s a team leader, and fensive back Leon Wright.

I just think he needs a year to grow physiAlthough all are currendy rated twostar prospects by scout.com, several cally and mentally.”

As a dual-threat quarterback in high prospects held scholarship offers from school, Lewis is just as adept running the prominent programs. Lind chose Duke ball as he is passing it, adding another di- over Miami, N.C. State, and Auburn, mension to his offensive prowess. The among others.

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The Cameron Crazies will not be the only ones in attendance at Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday night for the women’s basketball team’s second straight home sellout.

The Blue Devils will be hosting three recruits—high school sophomores Elena Delle Donne and Caroline Doty, and junior Jasmine Thomas—for their matchup with archrival North Carolina in a contest that pits the nation’s top-two teams.

Delle Donne, a 6-foot-4 guard from Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del., averaged 27 points and 13 rebounds last season as a freshman and led her team to its sec-

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Elena Deile Donne, a high school sophomore, has been called theLeßron James of women's basketball.

dividual or one particular matchup. I think it’s our team versus their team.”

Duke will also have one more advantage—the Cameron Crazies, who are expected to fill the bleachers for the second-straight game.

“I think [the fans] have a huge impact on the game, and on our opponents, and on our own team. I think we give each other energy,” Goestenkors said. “There’s no place like [Cameron Indoor Stadium] in America and especially for women’s basketball, nobody gets an opportunity to play in that environment. So when we have that opportunity, we want to make the most of it.”

Latta has continued her strong play this season. She is the third-leading scorer in the ACC, averaging 17.3 points per game, and the conference’s second-most prolific three-point shooter with 47 made.

When Latta faces Duke for the first time this season, however, she will be looking at a much deeper Blue Devil team—a team that includes guard Lindsey Harding on its roster. Harding, who was suspended for the 2004-2005 season for undisclosed reasons, has emerged as one of the premiere point guards in the country.

Harding received national attention for her performance against Tennessee, when she scored a team-high 15 points and had a career-high eight steals. After the game, head coach Gail Goestenkors called her the best defender in the country.

“That’s been the biggest difference for us from last year to this year,” Goestenkors said. “Last year we only had eight players. This year we’ve got the depth.... We justkeep rotating people in and it allows our starters to stay fresh.”

The Blue Devils rotate up to 11 players in their lineup now and have much more depth on the perimeter.

The addition of freshman Abby Waner, who has been averaging 21.2 minutes and 10.2 points per game, to the outside rotation of Harding, Wanisha Smith and Jessica Foley has enabled the Blue Devils to play quicker and more aggressively on defense. The Blue Devils are holding opponents to a .329 field goal percentage and to .298 from beyond the arc this season.

On offense, Duke runs a motion offense that consists offour players that are averaging double figures.

“It has to be a great team effort,” Goestenkors said. “I think that’s why we were successful against Tennessee. It wasn’t one person trying to do everything. It was our team TIAN, QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE understanding that for us to be successful then we need to move the ball, play great team defense, work together, and Senior Mistie Williams finished with eight points and matched Alison on offense, find the open player. I don’t think it’s one in- Bales for a team-high seven rebounds Thursday night against Clemson.

ond consecutive state championship Her talent has led some to dub her the Leßron James of women’s hoops, and she has already received scholarship offers from nearly every major program in the country, including one of her favorites, Duke.

“It’s very high,” Delle Donne said of where Duke stands on her list ofschools. “I really love [head coach] Gail [Goestenkors] and all the assistants are great.”

The phenom, who can play all five positions on the court, has already takenvisits to Tennessee and Connecticut, and has also watched games at Villanova. She plans on visiting several other schools and expects to make a decision the summer before her senior season.

Her brother, Gene, is a freshman at Duke and redshirted this past season for the football team. Although the quarterback has decided to transfer, Elena said her brother’s decision to leave Duke would have no impact on her own plans.

Jasmine Thomas, a point guard from Vienna, Va., also has Duke among her top five choices, her father Johnny Thomas said.

“She’s looking forward to going down there,” he said. “She’s heard a lot about Duke and she’s enjoyed what they have to offer.”

The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds and four assists as a sophomore for Oakton High School. She is also an outstanding student, said Aggie McCormick, the head coach of Thomas’ AAU team, the Fairfax Stars.

“She’s phenomenal,” McCormick said. “She has all the tools. She’s extremely quick, has a beautiful outside shot, terrific release on her jumper and can get to the rim.”

W. BBALL from page 9 shooting from the field during the contest. Duke blocked six shots—four by center Alison Bales alone. The Blue Devils netted 30 points off the Tigers’ 23 turnovers, many of which came from the Blue Devils’ aggressive presses.

“What impresses me about Duke is how hard they play for 40 minutes,” Clemson head coach Christy McKinney said.

McKinney also noted the impressive play of Duke guard Lindsey Harding, who ended the first half with an impressive three-point play. Although one of the shortest players on the floor, the junior penetrated into the paint and muscled herself through the Tiger forwards before drawing the foul.

Harding started right where she left off in the second half, scoring the team’s first seven points and finishing the game with a team-high of 17.

Harding, however, was not the only Duke player filling up the stat sheet against Clemson. Smith added six points to her first half spark to finish the game with a season-high of 16.

Forward Monique Currie moved to 20th on the ACC career scoring list with 1,855 points after adding 16 ofher own.

The 97-point output is the 10th time this season and the first time since Jan. 5 that Duke has scored more than 90 points in a game.

Duke’s depth was just too much for the overmatched Tiger squad to handle. Eleven different Blue Devils secured quality minutes against Clemson and 10 different players netted baskets in the victory.

“We got great contribution from a lot of different people,” Goestenkors said. “Normally we wear teams down and I think you saw that tonight with our depth. People stay fresh and can play at a high level for a longer period of time.”

The Duke bench netted 36 points to Clemson’s 11, and no Blue Devil played more than 25 minutes.

“You pick your poison,” McKinney said. “They have so many people that can hurt you. It’s hard to key in on just one person.”

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JOSH MSBOBERTS 7.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg SHEIOEN WIUJAMS 17,9 ppc 9.8 rpg I.J. REDICK 27.1 ppg, 2.4 apg SEAN DOCKERY 3.7 ppg, 3.1 apg

Lee Melchionni dives for a loose ball in Thursday's win. The senior finished the game with three points.

M. BBALL from page 1 Devils’ lead to 14, and Virginia Tech would not close to within single digits again.

The Hokies' played without reserve guard Shawn Harris, who missed the contest after the death of his grandmother.

Starting center Coleman Collins left immediately after the game to drive to Atlanta to visit his father, a cancer patient who is hospitalized in critical condition.

“It affects our ability to maintain a focus and impose our will on a game,” Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg said of his team’s off-the-court distractions. “I told our guys that we’re not going to make excuses.”

Duke’s lead grew as large as 23 points in the second half, but the Hokies pulled to within 12 with 3:05 to play on a thunderous one-handed dunk byjamon Gordon. The situation was remarkably similar to the Blue Devils’ last game against Virginia Tech Dec. 4. In that contest, Duke held an 11-point advantage with 4:19 to play, only to watch the Hokies’ score 12 unanswered points before Sean Dockery’s buzzer-beating 40-foot three-pointer.

This time, however, there would be no need for such heroics. Lee Melchionni grabbed two offensive rebounds on the next Blue Devil possession, killing over a minute of clock and effectively ending the Hokies’ hopes of a miracle comeback.

On Virginia Tech’s next possession, Hokie forward Deron Washington drove to the basket, drawing a blocking foul on Melchionni as the two players crashed to the court. As he got up, Washington stepped on the Duke captain’s nose, earning himself a flagrant foul and an ejection.

Greenberg took Washington over to the Duke locker room after the game so that

the sophomore could apologize to Melchionni and Krzyzewski personally.

Krzyzewski and Melchionni both said they

accepted Washington’s apology.

“It was a competitive game, emotions were running high,” Melchionni said. “I

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After scoring just four points on 2-for-8 scorer—should prove superior. shooting against Georgetown Jan. 21, Williams came into the game looking to assert himself. He took two shots in the game’s If DeMarcus Nelson can first four minutes, and finished the first half remain healthy, his presence with a team-high 14 points despite picking on the court helps the Blue up his second foul 7:26 into the game.

Devils on both ends of the Williams finished the game with 24 points court. He scored seven points on 9-for-14 shooting and 15 rebounds. on 3-for-5 shooting in 16 min“Shelden was magnificent tonight, for utes in his return to the court all of those people who jumped off his against Virginia Tech Thursday. bandwagon after Georgetown,” Krzyzewski said. “He had an All-American performance tonight.”

After the game, Krzyzewski said he emDuke 80, Virginia Tech 67 pathized with the plight of Virginia Tech’s Duke (18-1, 6-0) 43 37 80 30 37 67 players and their families, but that he was Virginia Tech (10-9, 0-6) happy for his own team to get back on a Mcßoberts 30 4-6 0-0 08 7 4 1 2 winning track.

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NOTES: Redick shot just 7-of-17 from the JJ. field and 2-of-7 from three-point range, but eight free throws helped him score 24 points.... Mcßoberts’ 30 minutes were one off his career-high 31, which he registered against Memphis Nov. 25.... Nelson played 16 minutes after missing Duke’s last three contests with a bone bruise in his right foot.

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MATURITY from page 9 The Blue Devils’ defense, which seemed

lethargic against the Hoyas, held the Hokies to 32-percent shooting from the floor in the first half and tallied a season-high 32 defensive rebounds.

Redick commented that defense was the main focus of Duke’s gameplan heading into the game, but that the Blue Devils adopted a number of practices in order to take a more professional approach to the game.

“It’s been physical, it’s been tough, you’ve been getting the truth thrown at you a lot, but it’s something you need,” senior Sean Dockery said. “The whole season, it’s got to be business, we’ve got to be serious about what we’re doing. When we play people it’s their dream, and we’ve got to realize that.”

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weekend Duke Emer- is—just a part of the season, if gency Medical Techni- you will. But as a result of this dans responded to six mentality, sororities are not alcohol-related calls, an un- making any effort to improve characteristic oversight during St3fT©UltOri3l the events most total two-day from Duke’s unnotorious for binge drinking. And effective dergraduates. Though adminoversight could eliminate istrators are hesitant to immediately assign blame to greek these regrettable trips to the hospital. organizations, it is likely no coincidence that these calls for Members of the sororities, emergency assistance were leadership in the Panhellenic Association and the National placed on Friday and Saturday, the same nights as several Chapters must collaborate to ensure that there is proper sorority parties. oversight at the events most The overwhelming renotorious for binge drinking. sponse from the greek organi(The same, by the way, goes zations to this chronic overconsumption seems to be for upcoming fraternity apathy. It is all too easy to casuevent.) In no way are we advocating for an end to alcohol ally accept that a glut of emerat greek gency room visits during this consumption time of year is just the way it events—far from that, in fact. „

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But something must be done to ensure that no one’s night is ending in the emergency room.

We like the concept of Sober Sophomores—keeping the entire sophomore class of each organization sober in order to watch out for everyone else—but it is not being Some well-implemented. sophomore sorority members were drinking last weekend and they will probably do the same for this weekend’s sorority parties —and that is unfortunate, because what is sorely needed is a group of people who can recognize when someone should cut off their alcohol consumption. Perhaps the Panhellenic Association or the National Chapters would be more successful in —

seeing this concept through.

The period shortly after sorority bids are handed out is full of pressure for new members. They feel that they must impress their new sisters, and consequendy they do not shy away when drinks are continuously forced into their hands.

Older members of the sororities must make a point of explaining to their new peers that declining a drink is an option.

Less pressure to drink wouldresult in less over-consumption.

One course of action recently taken by the greek community to curb this extreme binge drinking involves a change in terminology: sorority members have been instructed not to refer to their initiation parties as “Bid Night” parties anymore. Instead, these

parties are to be considered simply the first sorority functions of the spring semester.

We consider that development entirely useless and a

wasted effort. Whether one of these parties is called a “Bid Night Party” or something else is beside the point, because in the end, both will involve overly excessive drinking and hospital visits. Greek organizations must recognize that this new terminology policy will never be successful. Instead, they should be devoting their energies toward ensuring that their newest members—often with only a semester’s worth of college drinking under their belts—have minimal peer pressure and proper oversight during these nights of drunken revelry.

Alito less noise there In

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with President you tell me ;h’s nominee, B>ush Judge Sam Alito, and their persistent questioning about the Concerned Alumni of Princeton and Vanguard has only proved to the nation that he is neither a bigot

nor corrupt.

The Duke Democrats have tried to fill the gap with their filibuster of Alito, and though their points were more intellectual and more interesting than those of their Senate counterparts, they, too, have failed to put across a premonition of the nation with Alito on the bench. Having exhausted all other options, I’ll have to do it myself.

In Sam Alito’s America, the federal government will have three branches, each independent with a defined set of powers. First will be the “legislative” branch, the elected representatives of the people in Congress; their job will be to write laws. The president will head the “executive” branch (that’s right, the entire thing); his job will be to enforce laws.

Now here’s where it gets really scary. The “judicial” branch, i.e. the Supreme Court and lower courts, will have the job of interpreting the law and nothing else.

You read correctly: Sam Alito would completely strip the judiciary of its legislative powers.

Nor is this all. In Sam Alito’s America, Congress would only have the power to make laws as defined in some obscure list in an almost forgotten document written more than two centuries ago (in a far less progressive age). Thus, many laws would have to be written on the state level, closer to the people, and not by enlightened judges who know what’s best for all concerned.

If any of this is sounding familiar, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve read the Constitution. Sam Alito’s America is the America of Washington, Madison, Franklin and all the other founding fathers.

I’m sorry if the sarcasm is a little much, but I simply don’t understand why interpreting the plain lan-

guage of the Constitution as such should so upset even radical leftists, let alone every Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee.

I’ll give you an example. Many think Alito, if given the chance, will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.

I say, so what? Overturning Roe v. Wade will not make a single abortion illegal anywhere. What it will do is bring this question, already so close to so manypeople’s hearts, back within reach of the people’s power, in the state legislatures. Who knows—perhaps the Democrats could use the issue as the cornerstone of one of those “agenda” things that seems so often to elude them.

If you really feel the need to have the right to abortion guaranteed in our nation’s highest law, then feel free to follow the political process and propose an amendment, and we’ll see how it does. Of course, nobody does so because they know such an amendment would be crushed.

And here we get to the heart of the issue. Ever since John Adams and the midnight appointments, politicians have tried to pack the court to protect their political agendas even when the electorate is reluctant or even opposed.

The Democrats are on the verge of losing their judicial advantage, but the new scene is something different. Instead of proclaiming the ideology of the day, both of George W. Bush’s appointments to the Supreme Court have disavowed ideology al-

together.

This refreshing wave of judicial restraint will bring control over many issues, such as abortion, to a level much closer to the people where it belongs.

Any suggestion that the citizens of the United States should have their electoral strength stripped from them by that branch of government furthest from them is elitism, pure and simple.

Our nation was founded with the idea that government, at the end of the day, gets its power from the citizens, from you and me. Nearly 230 years later, you and I are getting the chance to wield some of that influence in our government. And even if you and I don’t agree, that’s okay, because the people of this country are smart enough to work out problems themselves without the need for an en-

lightened oligarchy.

That’s the America the Roberts court can bring us. That’s Sam Alito’s America. Welcome home.

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Saturday Night She

was raped by her boyfriend. He smelled of beer as he crawled into bed behind her while she slept.

He undressed her sleeping body slowly, deliberately, perhaps not wanting to disturb her by some perverse rationale.

But when her clothes refused to slide off, he angrily pressed mm his teeth into her lips and sank his drunken fingers into her flesh to wake her up Frustrated with her silent refusal, he flung Boston rntP her beneath him, tore at the naked truth her clothes and forced himself inside her.

She woke up crying and told him to stop. She felt sick.

She knew she was going to throw up and told him so. He said: “Don’t say that, baby. You’re turning me off.”

Once he was satisfied, she rolled out of bed, locked herself in the bathroom and threw up twice. She stayed there, sobbing on that dirty bathroom floor, until he forced open the door and carried her back to bed.

They broke up just weeks after the rape. A rape she never reported. A rape he said never even happened because “Don’t you remember, baby? You were begging me for it.”

That was two and half years ago, but it still haunts her.

She tries not to dwell on what happened. She tries so hard to black it out. But often, her mind wanders during class, or while she lays in bed alone, and flashbacks of that night with her boyfriend—her rapist—come flooding back.

And she still dreams of him at night.

The truthfulness, pain and consequences of these words are very real. Sexual assault happens to Duke students far too often, and the Wonderland Bubble isn’t nearly strong enough to keep all that pain at bay.

Every weekend, women are sexually assaulted at Duke. And almost all of their attackers are fellow students. As a woman, I stand a one in ten chance of being sexually assaulted before I graduate. Odds are, it will be by someone that I considered a friend.

Sexual assault affects men and women on this campus irrespective of gender, race, creed and sexual orientation. And although one in four women and one in ten men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, fewer than 5 percent ofall sexual assaults will ever be reported.

Three years ago, a Duke woman was raped in a Wannamaker bathroom. Soon after, the survivor wrote into The Chronicle and publicly asked the Duke community to come forward with their stqries of sexual assault in an attempt to make sense of what had happened to her.

In her quest to find the answers to questions like “Why me?” or “Why anyone?”, she received a flood of poems and stories about sexual assault on campus. '

Scores of narratives were later selected to fill the pages of the first volume of Saturday Night: Untold Stories Sexual of Assault at Duke.

The overwhelming number of stories submitted clearly illustrates that sexual assault occurs at Duke far more often than any police reports would suggest.

It’s the reason why you need a key to access your bathroom. It’s the reason why after dusk, campus is awash with blazing blue lights. It’s Sexual Assault Support Services’ whole reason for being.

But it’s the insidious assault between friends and partners that’s harder to prevent. And that’s all the more reason for Saturday Night.

Although the accounts of assault are admittedly shocking, the publication, now in its third volume, aims to give voices to the survivors of the “silent crime” that plagues this campus.

Saturday Night brings to light the stories of strong, empowered men and women who refuse to be voiceless victims of assault. Its ultimate ambition is to offer survivors some measure of healing through the sharing of their stories.

The often poignant, tender and triumphant words of the authors and poets are intended to raise awareness, understanding and aid in sexual assault prevention.

The hope is that perhaps—in time—the authors’ brave words can help end the silent crime of sexual assault.

The editors of Saturday Night are again extending an invitation to Duke men and women in all stages of healing to share their accounts of sexual assault. The editors welcome all opinions on the topic, and will ensure that all submissions are kept entirely confidential.

Suffering in silence should not be a preferential option.

Refuse to be silent. Submit your story. And help take back the night.

Boston Cote is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Friday. She encourages you to direct submissions for Saturday Night to eph@duke.edu by Friday, Feb. 10, and to visit

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I believe in the human heart—that it must triumph over society and the mind, that it is the only thing that really knows anything or makes anyone special {HackFinn).

And when you listen too strongly to the brain and try and rely on your mental acumen to make you special, you fail miserably and will rely on love to redeem you ( Crime and Punishment).

I know that the family is the most powerful unit in the world, that it can survive anything, even when it shouldn’t, and that setting yourself against the will of your family is a sure path to sorrow (As I Lay Dying).

I know that only by living in the present, in accepting the past as past and moving on, only by letting the things that hurt drift without ever truly forgetting them, can we achieve happiness ( The Sound and the Fury).

That being said, I know “the courage of my memory”— that it will never forget the things that forged me and that continue to define me ( Charles Bukowski).

I believe that the world is worth joining, that childhood must fall and adulthood must take its place, and that I can only effect change by viewing the world around me honestly, without pretension ( The Catcher in the Rye). And that only loving people honestly, without reserve can lead to any real lasting happiness ( Great Expectations) .

I believe that we must live today with the furious belief that tomorrow will not bring anything magical and that we must pursue what we desire with passion and never expect it to come to our door ( Waiting for Godot).

I know that, without courage, without the ability to face destruction, we will be defeated all too easily. I know that there is glory in the struggle, in doing something because it is hard ( The Old Man and the Sea).

And I know that it is not terrible to be lost: that only by being lost can we eventually be found, and in being found, that we will find a set of beliefs by which we can define ourselves {Moby Dick).

My desperate hope is that studying English will help me find the truths that take 400 pages of labor to explain. The little nuances that possess so many professors don’t interest me.

I want to augment my vision of the world with words sagacious, though I know that there are many more things in this world than in any book {Hamlet).

And most of all I believe that, while others may help cure diseases of the brain or liver or body, may add their own eyes to the millions searching for the ailments of the body, that the only way I can possibly help man is through disseminating these words of genius and compassion to the world, because I believe that the cure for the disease of the human spirit is contained in the dusty pages of a novel, and, though I do not know how, I want to add my voice to the choir singing for the perfectibility of man, that he will “not merely endure but prevail.”

I am sure that I will look back years from now on all these beliefs and snap analyses of books and realize how young, naive and wrong I once was and how much I have lost in becoming old, wise and right. This grayed version of me will wish I had chosen a science or at least something more concrete and more substantial to pursue. But it will be too late and I will be left yelling into the void I replaced for a God, “Make me young, make me young, etc. {Breakfast of Champions).”

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Jordan Everson is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every otherFriday.

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