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Gunshots Klein elected G&P Young Trustee fired near campus by

After spending 11 years at Duke, Justin Klein signed on for two more when he was elected Young Trustee Monday night.

Klein, a sixth-year medical student and Trinity ’99 graduate, beat out other finalists Heather Dean and Ryan Nolan at a Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting.

“I could not be more proud to be up here with two people who have been so dedicated to Duke,” Klein said after the an-

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Shots were fired on Erwin Road shortly after 7 p.m. Monday near Sam’s Quik Stop, a few hundred feet from Main Street.

The victim of the shooting—driving a white Lexus —collided with another vehicle while fleeing the scene, Durham Police Department reported in a statement Monday night.

No injuries have been reported in the shooting or the car accident.

“I just heard three or four banging sounds,” said junior Christine Lim, who was in a car stopped at a nearby intersection immediately before the shots were fired. it was fireworks or “I just

nouncement.

something.”

The unnamed victim told police that he was at Sam’s when an unidentified vehicle opened fire on his sedan.

“The victim stated he was at the quick mart when an unknown green Suburban or Explorer-type vehicle, that was occupied by four black males, fired shots out of the front passenger window of the vehicle into the front passenger window of the victim’s car,” DPD said in the statement.

Lim said after she heard the shots, a SEE SHOOTING ON PAGE 7

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The Graduateand Professional StudentCouncil elects JustinKlein (right) as Young Trustee Monday night.

As Young Trustee, Klein will serve as a member of the Board of Trustees for two years and will become a voting member during his second year.

The vote came after a short, open discussion, followed by an extended period of closed discussion among GPSC representatives.

“This group debated long and hard about it. There were honest comments from the public and the representatives,” said Vik Devisetty, chair of the Young Trustee selection committee and third-year medical student. “In the end I think we have a supremely qualified and impressive Trustee.”

During his allotted 10-minute speech before the vote, Klein addressed what he called an imbalance in the Board’s consideration of undergraduate and graduate and professional communities.

“I think the most important thing that a Young Trustee can do is elevate the appreciation for the role that graduate and SEE YOUNG TRUSTEE ON PAGE 6

RLHS adds selective Living/Learning community by

David Graham

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Residence Life and Housing Services fifth University’s add the will Living/Learning community to campus next fall. The new group, known as the Leadership and Civic Engagement Community, will be located in houses O and P in Kilgo Quadrangle.

The LCEC will be based around community service, intellectual discourse, leadership development and interaction with faculty, according to an RLHS website devoted to the community.

“It’s important to me that students stay involved in this personally, so it’s hard for me to say what activities might be part of the community,” said Paul Naglieri, residence coordinator for Kilgo Quad. He added that he would like to see the community’s activities be primarily student-driven.

A cornerstone of the community will be a pair of six-week, non-credit seminar courses offered every year. Next year’s fall course will attempt to improve dialogue

about social, political and economic issues confronting the country. The spring course will address leadership in a multicultural society and will include a servicelearning component.

Naglieri said he approached Deb Lo Biondo, assistant dean for residence life, with a proposal for creating the leadership community. He said Lo Biondo and other senior RLHS officials were already interested in starting such a community and decided to place the LCEC in Kilgo after Naglieri’s offer.

Naglieri will be reading the applications and choosing members for the group in coming weeks. Although the LCEC has between 10 and 38 beds available, he said he expects a maximum of about 15 applicants for next year.

“A good number would be 25,” Naglieri said. “If we had 12 this year that would be OK. The program is meant to be experimental.”

He admitted there had been little adSEE LCEC ON PAGE

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The new Leadership and Civic Engagement Community will be housed in Kilgo Quadrangle next fail.

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Bush: U.S. on verge of breakthrough by

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MILWAUKEE Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would “startle” most Americans, President George W. Bush outlined his energy proposals Monday to help wean the country off foreign oil.

Less than half the crude oil used by refineries is produced in the United States, while 60 percent comes from foreign nations, Bush said during the first stop on a two-day trip to talk about energy.

Some of these foreign suppliers have “unstable” governments that have fundamental differences with America, he said.

“It creates a national security issue and we’re held hostage for energy by foreign nations that may not like us,” Bush said.

Bush is focusing on energy at a time when Americans are paying high power bills to heat their homes this winter and have only recently seen a decrease in gasoline prices.

One of Bush’s proposals would expand research into smaller, longer-lasting batteries for electric-gas hybrid cars, including plug-ins. He highlighted that initiative with a visit Monday to the battery center at Milwaukee-based auto-parts supplier Johnson Controls Inc. During his trip, Bush is also focusing on

a proposal to increase investment in development of clean electric power sources, and proposals to speed the development of biofuels such as “cellulosic” ethanol.

Energy conservation groups and environmentalists say they’re pleased that the president, a former oil man in Texas, is stressing alternative sources of energy, but they contend his proposals do not go far enough.

During his visit to Johnson Controls' new hybrid battery laboratory, Bush checked out two Ford Escapes —one with a nickel-metal hybrid battery, the kind that powers most hybrid-electric vehicles, and one with a lithium-ion battery, which Johnson Controls believes are the wave of the future.

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SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico Mexican crews tunneled feverishly Monday through dirt and rock to reach 65 coal miners trapped by a gas explosion 600 feet underground. Relatives grew increasingly desperate after hightfall with no word of their loved ones.

Some of the miners’ family members, who had been camped outside the pit for more than 36 hours, called through a megaphone for more information.

“Tell us the truth!” one man shouted.

Officials said that while prospects were

dim, there was still a chance of finding survivors from Sunday morning’s explosion at the Pasta de Conchos mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, 85 miles southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. mining experts were expected to arrive Tuesday, said Juan Rebolledo, vice president of international affairs for mine owner Grupo Mexico.

The trapped men had carried only six hours of oxygen, but officials said they believed a ventilation system that uses huge fans to pump in fresh air and suck out dangerous gases was still working. Even so, they could not be certain the oxygen was

arriving to where the miners were trapped.

Jesus de Leon, 50, whose 35-year old son is trapped said the wait was unbearable.

“If the rescue workers have advanced just one more meter we need to know about it,” De Leon said. “They don’t tell us anything.”

Some relatives prayed with priests and pastors who joined them at the pit entrance.

Women wept openly and swayed with their arms in the air as the religious leaders spoke, and men wiped tears from their eyes.

“We are waiting for a miracle from God,” said Norma Vitela, whose trapped husband, Jose Angel Guzman, had previously told her of problems with gas in the mine.

Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust—a crime in the country where Hitler was born.

Rescue efforts to continue

Rescue workers refused to give up hope of finding survivors in a Philippines elementary school buried by up to 100 feet of mud, digging into the night Monday after detecting "signs of life." Soun picked up by seismic sensors ani detection gear brought in by

Malaysian forces.

Radio Shack officer re tadioShack Corp.'s embattled md CEO,David Edmondson, resigi lay following questions about his iccuracy. The electronics retailer said that ts board accepted his resignation and has >romoted Claire Babrowski to acting CEO.

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Leong to lead research in nanoscience at Pratt by

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Duke’s research focus is about to become considerably smaller.

Kam Leong, a leader in the field of nanoscience at Johns Hopkins University, was hired to join the Pratt School of Engineering’s biomedical engi-

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He will serve as director of the Bioengineering Initiative.

Leong, who will hold a joint appointment in Duke University K am Leong Medical Center’s Department of Surgery, will study nanotherapeutics —the application of devices on the scale of one billionth of a ment.

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Durham City Council discusses possible ways to use grant money to help combat gangs in the city.

meter that treat diseases via drug, gene and immunization therapies.

“Nanoscience and nanoengineering are leading to revolutionary advances in the understanding and control of the fundamental building blocks of physical systems,” Leong said in a statement.

“Convergence of these disciplines with biomedical sciences has in turn led to considerable progress.... This is a fertile area where discoveries and inventions will continue to materialize.”

At Johns Hopkins, Leong was a professor ofbiomedical engineering and orthopedic surgery and also served as the program director and technical advisor to the Johns Hopkins Institute of Materials Research and Engineering at its Singapore campus for six years.

Leong expressed excitement about coming to the University, which has made

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ber of this year.

Nifong said that the gang prosecutor’s Monday night’s City Council meeting role is to “coordinate our efforts to deal with gang suppression, information gathwas dominated by debate over the priorities of the district attorney’s office. ering and with gang intervention at differAfter publicly thanking staff members ent levels.”

As Nifong concluded his presentafor another “wonderful”—in the words of Council member Howard Clement— tion, Mayor Bill Bell requested anyone Valentine’s Day luncheon, members, the with opposition to the grant to address Durham DA and citizens launched into the Council.

Durham resident Sheryl Smith was first discussion.

First, DA Mike Nifong approached the to approach the podium.

Before the meeting, she had entered City podium to suggest a possible use for 2006 Hall with two other women carrying posters Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assisand signs. They sat in the front row—directtance Grant funds, which could be used ly in the view of Council members. for a variety ofpurposes. federal Smith’s son was killed in a drive-by that the Nifong explained JAG funds could be used to fill the position of shooting Nov. 5, 2005. Monday, she said, “gang prosecutor,” as the current contract SEE CITY COUNCIL ON PAGE 5 for the position is set to expire in Septem-

Bowles to focus on teacher shortage The state’s teacher shortage has become a crisis that needs more attention, according to University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles.

So, he has told the 15 education deans at the state’s public universities that he will fight for more money and other resources they need to start producing more teachers.

But first he wants them to evaluate their schools and start cutting out programs that are not working. The money saved could be spent for initiatives to help increase the teacher pool.

“If you have a crisis, you have to treat it like one,” Bowles recendy told the UNC Board of Governors, the policy board for the 16-campus system. “We have to lead. We can’t act like things are going just like they always have.”

North Carolina has needed about

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10,000 new teachers every year for the past few years.

The state’s universities—public and private —produce about 3,300 a year, said Kathy Sullivan, director of the division of human resources management for the state’s Department of Public Instruction.

Alternative programs added about 1,500 last academic year, but still the state had to look outside of North Carolina for about half of its teachers.

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crimebriefs Tool chest taken from FSC At the French Science Center Construction Site, a . contract worker reported at 7:18 a.m. Feb. 14 that his tool chest had been broken into overnight.

Stolen was a Makita Impact Gun, valued at $4OO, and some Craftsman socket wrenches, valued at $lOO. There was also some damage to his Craftsman tool chest from it being pried open.

Verbal fight leads to pobce action At the Facilities Center Building, an employee reported Feb. 14 at 10:50 a.m. that another employee threatened him after a verbal altercation.

The verbal altercation was related to a personal matter. No charges have been filed.

Computer supplies stolen An employee reported Feb. 13 at 8:03 a.m. that a large amount of computer equipment was stolen from several offices in a suite at 2200 W. Main Street.

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encouraging interdisciplinarity one of its top priorities.

“There is a lot of room for innovative science thatcould have a significant impact on health care,” he said. “Such investigation is inherently highly interdisciplinary and will require close collaborations.

Duke is an ideal place for this as it

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tions, two Dell 17-inch flat-screen monitors, a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse and a power strip were taken. The total value of all items is $13,326.

The items were seen at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10.

Valuables pilfered from purse A woman reported Feb. 14 at 9:04 a.m. that someone took her debit card, other identification and cash from her purse on the fifth floor of Duke Hospital.

Her purse was left, intermittently, in an unsecured area between Feb. 7 at 8:00 a.m. and Feb. 14 at 5:00 a.m.

She did not notice her items gone until she received a call from her bank notifying her of purchases on her debit card. The total value of the items taken is $53.

Vehicle vandalized, purse stolen In Parking Garage 2, an employee reported Feb. 14 at 5:28 p.m. that the right rear window of her vehicle was broken, and someone took a Kate Spade black canvas bag. is already very collaborative.”

Leong and his team were the first scientists to produce an animal vaccination model that, when delivered with a non-viral oral agent, generates a therapeutic effect.

“We believe these studies will pave the way toward realizing the ultimate goal of gene therapy that of applying a gene as a ‘drug,’” Leong said.

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The bag contained her Pink Kate Spade wallet, three credit cards, three debit cards, six gift cards and cash. The total value amounts to $B5O.

Wallet stolen at Duke Hospital An employee reported Feb. 15 at 7:22 a.m. that her wallet was stolen from her purse which was in an unsecured room on the sixth floor of the Duke Hos-

pital.

The theft happened overnight between 6:00 p.m. Feb. 14 and 5:00 a.m. A black wallet, four bank cards, currency and identification, together valued at $135, were stolen.

One of the bank cards had been used before the victim realized the wallet was missing.

Parking pass taken from office An employee reported Feb. 16 at 12:34 p.m. that a Universal

Parking Pass had been stolen from her office at the Allen Building between Jan. 31 at 5:00 p.m. and Feb. 2 at 8:00 a.m.

The pass is valued at $565.

Leong received his undergraddegree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. His postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on the drug delivery field.

He has authored 152 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds uate

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She said the DA s office is not doing enough to prosecute those responsible for the crime.

I don t see what they re doing,” she said, addressing the Council members. There,is no use in continuing to arrest gang members if the DA’s office is just going to let them go.”

Her voice faltering, Smith turned and pointed to the posters she brought to the meeting that displayed her son’s alleged killers.

“The ones with guns on the streets that killed my son—they haven't been taken off the street,” she said.

“They have been terrorizing our neighborhood. There were eight boys in that car—only one is in jail, and two have been charged.”

She argued that the JAG funds should not go to support a gang prosecutor.

“All funds must be stopped unless [the DA’s office is] ANTHONY CRO going to do [its] job and keep these people off the street,” Mayor Bill Bell (third from left) hears the concerns ofDurham residents about funding for the District Attorney's office Monday night. she said. “We’ve got to get tougher on these children. This was a cold-blooded murder.”

Following Smith’s speech, Bell asked the DA to return to the podium to address the charges being made against his office.

Tinny Noting that the DA’s office had claimed there was insufSANFORD INSTITUTE ficient evidence to prove Smith’s allegations, Nifong mainOF PUBLIC POLICY tained that Smith’s arguments were missing the point.

DeWitt Wallace Center know that Ms. Smith is not “I happy with some of the DUKE decisions that have been made... regarding her son, but for Media and Democracy that is not related to this issue,” he said.

Some members of the Council were not convinced, The DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy however. Councilman Thomas Stith raised his concern that if the gang prosecutor’s duty was unrelated to Smith’s welcomes concerns, the position may not be fulfilling the duties that it should be.

“This sounds more like social worker than gang prosecutor,” he said. “By the time [the gang case] gets to your office, people need someone to prosecute.”

Stith added that the responsibility of the DA’s office is Mr. Gergen will deliver the 2005 —2006 to prosecute criminals, rather than to take the proactive James D. Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Communications approach to gang crime that the Nifong had suggested.

Named for the late James D. Ewing, publisher emeritus o/The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire and With the issue still unresolved, Council members vice chairman and co-founder of the Center for Foreign Journalists in Washington, D.C. elected to postpone a vote on the grant until Thursday’s working meeting, at which time they intend to review the duties of the proposed gang prosecutor before takMr. Gergen’s lecture ing a vote.

In the meantime, Smith will continue her campaign to have those gang members she says are responsible for the death ofher son charged and jailed. will take place on “If my child was white, things would be different,” she said. “I just saw those children in the mall again yesterThursday, February 23, 2006 day. We’re going to have to do something. I’m not going to go away until all of these children are in jail for firstat 4:00 p.m. degree murder.”

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Other finalists Heather Dean and Ryan Nolan (right) congratulate the newly elected Young Trustee JustinKlein (second from left) at Monday's GPSC meeting.

YOUNG TRUSTEE from page, professional students can have for Duke,” he said.

Klein emphasized that showing the Board the importance of the graduate and professional community will make it more receptive to demands of GPSC and other groups.

“It is taking those specific needs and values that we have and illustrating to the Board why they need to make them their needs and values,” he said.

Over the course of the speech and the question-and-answer session, Klein mentioned health insurance costs, globalization and interdisciplinary studies as important areas the Board should address in upcoming years.

He said he also wants to improve the relationship between the undergraduate and graduate and professional communities.

“I see opportunities to improve the intellectual environment of Duke as a whole by increasing the interaction between undergraduate and graduate students,” Klein said.

As a candidate, Klein said his longterm and diverse experience as an undergraduate, alumnus, employee and professional student at the University set him apart.

“I’ve had the time to really understand all of these different perspectives on Duke,” Klein said. “This total vision of Duke is what the Board of Trustees has to focus on.”

Klein ran for the position of Young Trustee last year. He will now join the 2005 winner, former GPSC president Rob Saunders, on the Board.

Klein emphasized his reconnection to the graduate and professional community thisyear, having returned full-time to campus. For three years he had split his time between the Duke School of Medicine

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Sandesara added that Klein draws effectively from his knowledge of Duke to make an impact at Board meetings.

In discussions open to the public before the vote, community members and GPSC representatives discussed the need for a Young Trustee who would be not only a representative of the student body but also an effective member of the Board of Trustees.

Klein stressed the collaborative nature of the role.

“When we’re all at the table, we can each play a differentbut valuable role in making this University a better place,” he said.

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“Marketing for the group has been pretty sparse,” Naglieri said. “We’ve rriosdy been concentrating on the first-year population through e-mail.”

The deadline for applications was originally set for Feb. 15, but was later pushed back to Feb. 20. The application states that once they join the community, students are expected to foster cooperation and dialogue, develop community-building skills and cultivate a deeper sense of social consciousness.

After Chi Psi and Delta Tau Delta fraternities were granted sections in Edens Quadrangle in January, RLHS officials said no more selective living groups would be given housing until the housing process had been revamped.

In the coming months, an RLHS task force will examine residence spaces on West Campus and analyze which spaces are best suited to accommodate selective living groups. The findings of the force’s report, due in July 2006, will be used to reassign selective group locations.

The LCEC, however, is not subject to the same restrictions as selective groups because it is a living and learning community, said Marijean Konopke Williams, director of housing assignments and communications for RLHS. “The living/learning communities aren’t being considered as part of the selective community assessment,” she said.

“Most living/learning communities have some type ofacademic theme to them and have different expectations attached to them than selective living groups.”

The leadership community, however, will be unaffected by the changes to housing arrangements because of an RLHS rule proscribing the presence of selective groups facing Main West Quadrangle. The ban does not apply to living/learning communities, however, and the new group’s housing will face the central quad.

RLHS added three new living/learning communities for the Fall 2005 semester—a first-year Performing Arts Community, housed in East Campus’ Pegram Dormitory; the Baldwin Scholars Program, located in Crowell Quadrangle; and the two Wellness communities, one on each East and West campus.

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ond car was related to the shooting.

Lim said it took only moments for the passengers she was with to realize that the white sedan sped past the car she was in, loud noises they had heard were gunshots. subsequently rear-ending the vehicle in “The driver [of the car Lim was in] was front of her. like, ‘Oh my god, I think that was a shootAccording to DPD’s statement, the col- ing,”’ she said. “We pulled into [a side lision happened at the intersection of street], and the driver called 911.”

Road Erwin DPD located and W. Pettithe shooting vicgrew Street “I just heard three or four tim after the car After the accident but debanging sounds. collision, the clined to prodriver of the I just thought it was vide details beLexus reportyond what was fireworks or something.” moved edly stated in the around the release. press Christine Lim other car and The victim in immediately the white Lexus drove off. told police that “The white car left so quickly,” Lim said. he did not recognize the suspects in the “Someone in the car was really excited SUVand did not know why anyone would about getting away.” attempt to harm him.

No suspects have yet been identified, Shordy after the collision, Lim said she saw an SUV leave the scene but added that and the investigation into the aggravated she was uncertain whether or not the sec- assault is ongoing, DPD officers said. .

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its medical school following the conversion of Blue Cross & Blue Shield ofWisconsin to a for-profit company.

Wisconsin was followed by Harvard, $589.9 million, the University of Pennsylvania, $394.3 million, and Cornell, $353.9 million. The top 10 schools alone accounted for about half the national growth, an official with the survey said.

Schools receive largest gifts ever Donors gave an all-time record of at least $25.6 billion to U.S. colleges and universities in 2005, an increase of 4.9 percent from the year before, thanks largely to greater generosity from alumni and foundations.

Stanford raised $603.6 million, more than any other university last year, and the second-highest total ever behind Harvard’s $683 million in 2001, according to the annual survey released Thursday by the Council for Aid to Education.

Second was the University of WisconsinMadison, whose $595.2 million included a $296 million foundation grant awarded to

UGA commits admissions faux pas The University of Georgia mailed out acceptance letters to more than 100 high school students by mistake.

The students received a congratulatory note and a bright red UGA banner last week—only to receive a follow up letter Monday telling them they had not been ac-

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Admissions officers have been busy fielding calls as confused students and parents began getting the follow-up letters.

UGA officials say the admissions office accidentally sent out the congratulatory letter to 112 students. The students were supposed to receive only a notice thanking them for applying. The students still could be admitted but might have to wait until April to find out, university officials said.

Shooter apologizes to victim’s family A man who went on a shooting spree in May 2003 at Case Western Reserve University was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday and hesitantly apologized to the family of the graduate stu-

dent who died For 30 minutes in court, Biswanath Haider blamed the university he once attended for forcing him to resort to violence and said the victims were innocent

bystanders.

Judge Peggy Foley Jones then prodded him to apologize, noting that the family of victim Norman Wallace was in the courtroom. In a jail interview with The Associated Press, Haider blamed the university for a hacker who had wrecked his Web site meant to help business entrepreneurs from his native country, India.

A university spokesperson issued a statement Friday saying she hopes the sentencing will help the school and the Wallace family heal.

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Everybody thinks about it, but no one talking about the fact that JJ. Redick and Adam Morrison are the two best players in college basketball this year and both are white.

I don’t know about you, but for me, this is a bit alarming. The last white, American-born player to win the Wooden Award as college basketball’s best player was none other than jor an Duke’s own Christian Laettner in 1992.

KOSS “I really don’t find any significance in the fact that Adam and I are white,” Redick said. “If a guy can play then race doesn’t matter.”

J.J., I couldn’t agree with you more that if a guy can play, race doesn’t matter.

However, I have to disagree with your first point—it is definitely significant that you and Adam are white, and for the first time in a long time, it seems the white presence in college basketball is growing.

Our No. 1 Blue Devils are Exhibit B. Of the 16 players on Duke’s roster, just six are black. Of the seven guys who play significant minutes, only three are black.

And Duke is not the only school in college basketball’s upper echelon dominated by white guys. Look at Morrison’s fifthranked Gonzaga squad, or Kevin Pittsnogle’s No. 14 West Virginia team.

One look at those rosters and you’d think they started cloning Chris Dudley and Will Perdue.

If you take a look around the Triangle, the trend continues. Three of N.C. State’s main contributors—Engin Atsur, Ilian Evtimov, and Andrew Brackman —are white. And even the best freshman in the country, Tyler Hansbrough is white.

Why does it matter, you ask, whether these guys are white or black?

It matters to Dr. Harry Edwards.

Edwards, a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California Berkeley and an expert on issues pertaining to race and sports, believes this reflects something deeper about the state of the urban community in America.

“We have a deterioration of the infrastructure in the African-American community that for years has sustained the athletic talent pool,” Edwards said.

“Places like Rucker in Harlem, places like Mosswood in Oakland—these outdoor basketball facilities which in increasing numbers across the nation have deteriorated because of budget concerns and have become too violent because of gang and drug activity.

“One-third of the African-American males [in this country] age 15-29 are under the control of the courts —either under arrest, under indictment, under investigation, incarcerated, on parole or

After Duke’s 92-71 victory over Miami Feb. 19, Miami head coach Frank Haith said there were two major reasons the Hurricanes lost—the discrepancy in threepointers and the difference in free throw shots attempted.

The Blue Devils were an efficient 29-for33 from the charity P e durin s the same ’ notebook stri uuicuuu* while Miami attempted just 16 free throws.

Although Haith credited some of the disparity to the Blue Devils’ aggressive play, he also hinted at a possible officiating bias, something opponents have been murmuring about all season.

“There were just a couple plays there where I felt like were not good plays by the officials,” said Haith, who was given a technical in the first half for complaining about the officiating. “They’re going to miss some calls, but I felt like there were a couple that were questionable.”

Duke has heard similarcomplaints about the referees after wins against Boston College and Florida State earlier this month.

At the center of much of the debate has been senior Shelden Williams, who is averaging 3.8 blocks per game, while fouling out ofjust one contest this year. In the final seconds ofDuke’s game against the Eagles Feb. 1, Williams came in contact with Tyrese Rice, but the referees made no call.

“Every player has the right to go up and down,” Williams said. “Somebody who really knows about the game, they would know what the rules are, like that situation at Boston College. Every player is entitled to their own space when they jump up and down.”

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Senior Shelden Williams has ignored criticisms that Duke receives preferential treatment from officials.

SEE WILLIAMS ON PAGE 12

WOMEN'S GOLF

Duke trails by 3 strokes after Ist day by

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The women’s golf team kicked off its spring schedule Monday by playing nearly

36 holes. Duke was in second when play was halted because of darkness during the first day of competition at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.

The No. 1 Blue Devils turned in a 3under-par performance in the tournament’s opening round and were one over in their second round of the day. Two Duke golfers finished the round, but three have to complete the final two holes before hitting the course for the third and final round of the tournament today.

“This was a great start to the season—we were scooting just around even par all day,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “We’ve got a group of people that really excel when competing, so I’m glad that the offseason isn’t any longer.”

With its 2-under score Monday, Duke is three strokes off the pace set by Ari-

zona State and one ahead of UNLV, which sits in third.

The Blue Devils were in first place after 18 holes, but the Sun Devils roared ahead in the afternoon. Before play was suspended, they moved to 7-under par, taking an advantage over Duke.

Freshman Amanda Blumenherst led the way for the Blue Devils, finishing the day in a sixth-place tie. The nation’s topranked golfer carded a pair of 1-underpar 70s Monday.

Duke, the reigning NCAA Champions, won three tournaments in the fall and finished second at the Auburn Derby Invitational—the only tournament in which they did not take home the title.

A win today would mark the second final-day comeback of the 2005-2006 season for the Blue Devils and 13th tournament victory in their last two seasons.

“Win or loss, we’re doing the things we need to get going in the spring season,” Brooks said.

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At even par, junior Anna Grzebien currently sits in 14th place at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational.

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There comes a time every season when college basketball pundits say that freshmen are no longer freshmen. For Tar Heel Tyler Hansbrough, that time appears to have come.

In North Carolina’s two vic-

bounds. He torched the Yellow Jackets for a career-high 40 points in the Tar Heels’ 82-75 victory.

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And he has carried North Carolina all the way to fourth lace in the ACC and a 17-6 the year. Things turned out much difthe Tar Heels, who, ter winning the nanotoriously lost their knew Hansthe rest of one of s best recruiting on its way, however, some pretty high Hansbrough] or we ; to be in bad trou.ams said. "He’s so tough and physically I really felt like he’d be successful right

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The Terrapins committed 26 turnovers in each of their last two games. They lost 89-77 at Clemson Tuesday, but rebounded to beat Georgia Tech 87-84 in overtime at home Saturday.

Maryland is squarely on the bubble in the minds of most experts. The Terrapins own a 6-6 ACC record and their Dec. 11 win over Boston College is their only one win over a team currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll.

Head coach Gary Williams said he has had difficulty keeping the Terps’ uncertain future off the minds of his players.

“They are 18 to 21 and there is a tendency to see the hype,” Williams said. “It’s hard to hide from the computer or the television or from anything you

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hear or read about these 65 teams that are going to make the Tournament.”

Maryland’s personnel prob-

lems haven’t helped it secure the victories it needs to ensure a bid to the NCAATournament.

Senior guard Chris McCray, the Terrapins’ top scorer for much of the season, was lost for the year Jan. 23 due to academic ineligibility. In McCray’s absence, junior Mike Jones has stepped up, nearly doubling his scoring average from 7.8 points per game to 15.4.

Maryland finishes the regular season with three of its last four games on the road, where it is 1-5 on the season.

The Terrapins currently sit in a three-way tie for fifth place in the ACC, two games behind Boston College and North Carolina. If the Terps could pass either of those teams in the

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With 40 points against Georgia Tech Feb 15, North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrougl broke the existing ACC freshman single-game scoring record of 38 points. The previous marl was set in 1974 by Clemson’s Skip Wise.

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Although there remains much to be decided over the course of its final four games, most of the talk surrounding Maryland has concerned the possibility of making the NCAA Tournament or heading to the NIT for the second straight year.

Williams said he’s not only worried about his team’s focus on getting into the tournament, but also the national media’s fixation on “bracketology.”

“It’s a shame because there are some great regular season games,” Williams said. “Our game Saturday with Georgia Tech was a great game... And that should get a lot of attention, not ‘Bracket Buster Saturday’ or whatever they called it.”

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Freshmen fencers fair well at Junior Olympics Saber Peter Truszkowski continued his impressive freshman season, earning a medal with a seventh place finish at the Junior Olympics in Hartford, Conn. Sunday.

Truszkowski, fresh off helping to lead the Blue Devils’ saber team to victory' in the Duke Invitational Feb. 10-11, went 6-0 in the initial round robin competition. His performance earned him a first-round bye, after which he won four matches before bowing out to Leonon Reed.

“I honestly didn’t expect to do so well,” Truszkowski said.

“I finally figured out how to focus during the bout.”

Fellow freshman saber Laughlin Stewart placed 30th in the event, also earning a bye and winning two matches before falling to eventual champion Aleksander Ochocki.

“It’s a different type of tournament,” Stewart said. ‘You get a whole different sense of feeling. What really helped me was relaxing. If you get too tense, everything’s going to fall apart.”

Redick to attend USA Basketball Camp JJ. Redick may have the opportunity to play for head coach Mike Krzyzewski after graduating from Duke.

The Arizona Republic reported Monday that Redick will be one of three young potential players that will report to a USA Basketball camp this summer in preparation for the World Championships in Japan.

Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison and Ohio State recruit Greg Oden will join Redick as the only players not currently in the NBA to be invited to the camp.

Senior men’s national team executive director Jerry Colangelo plans to announce the entirety of the camp’s roster at a press conference in Phoenix March 1.

Originally, Colangelo planned to have an entire team of young potential players joining Redick, Morrison, and Oden, but narrowed it to three after deciding to limit the size of the camp to no more than 30 players.

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His point was crystal clear. The pool of AfricanAmericans competing for scholarships is shrinking and academic barriers make it even harder for some to attend college. Imagine how many guys there are who have the skills to play college basketball but haven’t received the educational opportunities or the mentorship to guide them in the right direction.

Sophomore guard DeMarcus Nelson doesn’t have to imagine, because he saw it firsthand back in Oakland.

“On my high school team, we had a lot of guys who were very talented, they could’ve played D-l, but it was just decision-making as far as coming up,” Nelson said.

“Some guys choose to live in the streets, some guys just aren’t academically capable, and for some others the concept of school doesn’t make sense to them.”

Am I saying that JJ. Redick would not be the best player in college basketball if more athletes were eligible? No way. Not since I idolized Michael Jordan have I had more confidence in a player’s ability to drain shots.

But Redick, Morrison and Pittsnogle, Duke, Gonzaga and West Virginia—they are the symbols of what seems to be a gradually growing white presence in college basketball. And if you factor in the words of Dr. Edwards, then you have to consider the following possibility: the white presence might be growing stronger because the conditions of talent-rich urban-American communities are deteriorating.

WILLIAMS from page 9 Williams, the reigning National Defensive Player of the Year, has increased his block and steal averages this season, while his counterpart, freshman big man Josh Mcßoberts, has adjusted to playing defense in college.

Williams’ intimidating presence in the lane forces many opponents to attempt floaters over his outstretched arms, rather than taking the ball all the way to the basket. By pulling up, these players often fail to draw the contact that would send them to the line.

“The thing that Shelden does too is it’s not just the shots he blocks, it’s the shots he changes,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “People get distracted because they know he’s there so even if he doesn’t get a hand on a shot, he makes a presence on just about every play.”

Although opposing big men have put up some impressive statistics against the Blue Devils, Williams said Indiana’s Marco Killingsworth was the only one who consistently beat him one-on-one. Against other opponents, he has been forced to help out defensively on the weak side, which has led to uncontested layups.

“Shelden does for us on the defensive end what J.J. does for us on the offensive end,” Krzyzewski said.

“He’s been our anchor and in doing that he scores a lot for us also. He’s been the stalwart on defense.”

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The status of departments academic politics, names and the University was committed to helping the area thrive, matter. A lot. Professors are to the faculty, this potential But endowed with intricate tiquickly became an inchange ties to indicate status. Coining dication that the department terms and naming new entities would be decimatare the pinnacle ed.

StsflGCiltOricll of scholarship.

Its not hard to Departmental of knowlsee New areas why. names signify that same deare continually being exedge gree of importance.

That is why some members plored at research universities, of the faculty were in a state of Duke in particular prides itself alarm last week as rumors float- as fostering inquiry that rests ed that the Department ofThe- at the boundaries of disciater Studies might be restruc- plines and the borders ofexisttured and renamed as the ing work. People at this university are constantly working on Program of Theater Studies.

In rhetoric from the admin- projects and issues tiiat don’t istration, the change would be exactly fit into a disciplinary a reorganization so that the- field. In many fields, some of the original work is now obsoater studies could better equip lete.

Chemistry certainly is not itself to generate knowledge, done in the same way as it was dean of McLendon, George the faculty of arts and sciences, in the middle ages, With all this interdisciplireassured faculty that theater studies would keep its funding nary work occurring, some-

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Christine Lim on witnessing the shooting on —-Junior Erwin Road Monday evening. See story page 1.

I’ve had the time to really understand all of these different perspectives on Duke. This total vision ofDuke is what the Board of Trustees has to focus on.

—Newly elected Graduate and Professional Young Justin Klein, a sixth-year medical student and 1999 Duke graduate, on his qualifications to be Young Trustee. See story page 1.

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usual combination. A university’s job is to find ways to forge optimal connections and make sure that particularly poignant areas receive sufficient support. When a “new” area of knowledge, like African-American studies or queer theory, becomes substantial enough and demonstrate its scholars longevity as a field, the University institutionalizes it by naming it. Instantly, the field gains

credibility.

Duke uses a variety of different labels to indicate exactly how an area ofknowledge is being integrated into the University. Departments are the core tool of organization. As the basic unit, departmental

partmental status to program status will likely be seen as a

has the most institutional clout.

But the other organizational units Duke uses do not necessarily correspond to lesser importance. Programs function in many ways like departments, but they are more interdisciplinary in nature. As such, many of the faculty hold dual appointments in other areas. Departments, then, provide the core knowledge that will never go away, like English or Chemistry, and programs are often supplementary or newer frontiers.

Centers are primarily research-bases and focus on abstract intersections and particular learning projects.

Institutes often have some interest in practical applications.

Of course, these boundaries are far from clearly delineated. But a move from de-

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logical rationale.

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knowledge and thus validating them is an important task of a

university. With Duke still creating its own reputation nationally and abroad, institutionalizing new areas is a key task. These decisions should be taken seriously, but creating new programs and departments is still necessary.

The danger, of course, is that too many organizational units will fragment knowledge rather than create nexuses of interaction. While Duke certainly needs to be mindful of this, it’s still in a phase where naming new areas is its primary task. These titles might just be words, but as name they hold power.

The Young Trustee legacy

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times unlikely connections are

forged. It seems logical now that law, genomics and ethics should be studied together, but at some point this was an un-

University, Feb. 13, 1969. Fifty to 75 African-American students took over the Allen Building and occupied it for more than eight hours in peaceful protest of the Duke administration.

They presented a list of 13 separate demands to the administration that addressed various discrimi-

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and practices of University. the the During demonstration, the students temporarily renamed the building the fi “Malcolm X Liberation School.” elliott wolf This action was transparency one of many that came at a time when “students demanded a greater voice on issues ranging from course offerings to residential life,” according to the website of the Duke University Archives. The takeover was one event in a long series of sit-ins, protests and vigils aimed at bringing about change within the University after persistent lobbying had failed.

“WE SEIZED THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH DUKE ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY CONCERNING DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT AFFECT BLACK STUDENTS FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND WE HAVE NO MEANINGFUL RESULTS. WE HAVE EXIiAUSTED THE SO-CAT TED ‘PROPER’ CHANNELS.” wrote the students at the bottom of their list of demands, The ensuing turmoil brought down Douglas Knight, Duke’s sixth president, who resigned before facing an almost certain ouster at the hands of the Board of Trustees. Despite the upheaval, however, brought about many aspects of the the late Duke we enjoy today. Many of the demands of the students were met and changes occurred at all levels of the University—changes for the better.

One of those changes occurred at the very highest level—the Board ofTrustees. As part of a movement “for greater student input into the Board of Trustees,” stated a December 1977 Chronicle article, the Young Trustee position was created to make the board “more representative” of those who held a stake in Duke.

“The desire was to get younger members on the Board, who most likely would fall in the category of students/recent graduates, and whose viewpoint, close to students, would be a valuable addition to the board,” wrote then-President Terry Sanford in a 1971 memo to the Associated Students ofDuke University, the precursor to- the Duke Student Government.

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“It also occurred to us thatwhile the Board could reach out and select students or recent graduates... it would be an additional honor for such a Trustee to be selected by the students,” added Sanford.

Today, considering that administrators systematically ignore DSG and Campus Council, organizations with no inherent power of their own over University policy, it is quite amazing that undergraduate students get to select three members of the Board of Trustees. In any given year, two of those trustees have a full vote on the body that “all powers of the University [are] vested in,” according to the Duke University bylaws.

While it is hard to imagine that students today would have the chutzpah to take over the Allen Building, we still benefit from the opportunity that was afforded us through the use of “improper channels” so long ago. As student freedoms are curtailed one-by-one and administrative edicts increasingly clash with the interests of the students, we still have our spots on the Board ofTrustees.

And this right of ours is unique. The Board granted us the Young Trustee positions after they “rather firmly took the position that faculty members should not be on the Board of Trustees,” wrote Sanford. We are the only constituency on campus who can appoint members of the board That’s pretty cool And so how do we, as students, avail ourselves of this right? How do we make use of our one remaining unquestionable influence over Duke?

How do we honor the legacy of those who had the courage to bypass the “proper channels” and get what they deserved?

Most recently, the student leadership establishment elected their personal friend, DSG parliamentarian-extraordinaire Brandon Goodwin, to assume the most powerful position to which any student can be appointed.

After voting on little slips of paper from Jesse Longoria’s backpack, they congratulated themselves as they perpetuated Duke’s long history of spineless student representation.

One DSG senator noted that Hirsh Sandesara, a senior who received the endorsement of The Chronicle and already serves on the Board of Trustees for the medical center, left a negative impression by remembering everyone’s name in committee meetings and thanking senators for their questions. Since when did intelligence and political savvy become a liability?

When the DSG tools pick the DSG tool to be Young Trustee.

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letterstotheeditor Line policy clearly stated In waiting in line and then in mob for the senior game, I came to several conclusions about the senior game and senior class. This is a game that is meant to ensure that all seniors are able to make one of the last games during their college careers. This is admirable but does have some inherent negative consequences. For one, it prioritizes those less familiar or less motivated with the men’s basketball team for entrance, leading to problems like those experienced by many seniors.

The two-hour-early rule for wristbands dates at least to our freshmen year and presumably prior to that. After the wristband line is done, the walk up line starts entering, and anyone with a wristband not there by then should be and is considered a no-show.

Confusion about this is attributable to not attending a wristband game previously, not paying attention to the myriad letters about wristband policy for four years, and not checking with fellow students who regularly attend games. They have no one but themselves to blame for being poorly informed.

To encourage the less interested among us, free pizza and beer were distributed. Distributing alcohol into any situation requiring waiting and order is a rather foolish idea—one need only examine the contrast in behavior between those waiting in line with cases of beer and those without to realize this.

Acquiescing to the “suggestion” by impatient seniors of forming two lines is probably, in hindsight, the trigger that led to the embarrassing mob behavior by the senior class.

Tired of listening to senior complaints, they gave in, and the sheep descended on the line monitors in a drove rather than sensibly branching off the main line at the end of the mixed front and maintaining order. Before blaming the line monitors you should first examine the inexcusable behavior of your fellow seniors and question the wisdom of controlling a crowd without security.

Paul Wrayno Trinity ’O6 SAS’s work pays off We, the undersigned want to express our profound appreciation to members and supporters of Students Against Sweatshops who,

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through dogged perseverance, creativity, optimism and savvy have scored a major victory in helping to

comprehensible that DSG made such a momentous decision by allotting a mere 20 minutes per canmake Duke “sweat free.” We are didate. Worse, I watched in disbeproud of you, and of the adminislief as DSG Senators wasted time tration, for the new apparel agree- joking and instant messaging ment signed Tuesday, Feb. 13. This while candidates were speaking. In is an important step in making the addition, some of the questions ideals of justice and fairness that asked were completely outside the Duke promotes at the intellectual scope of the Young Trustee posilevel, an integral part of the inner tion, be they about premajor advisworkings of our University. The ing or tailgating. If many DSG sennext step is to ensure a living wage ators do not understand this and good working conditions for position, why are they awarded so all employees—both those outmuch authority? sourced and those here at home—Such negligence was not the who make “Duke in Durham” the only problem. The atmosphere place it is. This action reminds us during the 20 minutes-ofBrandon that the abstract concepts of labor, Goodwin’s interview was markedly trade and globalization are made relaxed. While some serious questhrough the concrete daily interac- tions were asked, the level of protions of human relations and that fessionalism dropped precipitously. ethical ways of doing this are availIf it’s too idealistic or naive to ask able. It reminds us that, indeed, anthat DSG give the candidates equal other world is possible. consideration, I think it’s time that Diane Nelson this power should be taken out of Associate Professor its hands. If all members are not caAriel Dorfman pable of taking this responsibility Distinguished Prof. seriously, selection policies must be William changed.

Rashmi Vyas Professor and 30 others Trinity ’O6

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Young Trustee process flawed The policy for selecting a candidate for the position of Young Trustee needs to be reevaluated. As a voting member on Inter-Community Council, I am proud to say that the committee did its best to examine each applicant fairly and thoroughly. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Duke Student Government, which made the final decision Wednesday night. I was disappointed that two candidates, Hirsh Sandesara and Chris Kallmeyer, were not given full respect, as DSC members were both inattentive and uninformed. Brandon Goodwin is an extremely charismatic and competent individual for this position—my grievances with DSC are by no means an attack on him. However, Sandesara and Kallmeyer have earned the right to command the same respect.

Members of ICC represent the views of 20 different organizations on campus and are arguably a representative cross section of the Duke population. Can DSG legitimately claim the same? After spending nearly eight hours in ICC meetings with the candidates over the past few weeks, it was in-

Goodbye to Elliott’s

College life, as we have come to know it, has come to an end. The removal of Elliott Wolfs enormous media compilation, affectionately known around campus simply as “Elliott’s” has only served to deliver yet another blow to the social life of Duke students. Many students have come to rely on Elliott’s site to keep up with favorite TV shows they can’t always watch live, or to see movies they don’t want to have to trek over to East Campus to maybe get. In the absence of a school sponsored media outlet, Elliott unselfishly filled a void in the Duke social scene. And while downloading the latest Grey’s Anatomy from Elliott’s is far from other social activity favorites of the student body, it nevertheless had its own place. I’d like to formally thank Elliott for all of the effort (and money) he put into the site and implore Duke administrators and student leaders to find away to revive his site (or some form of it). Here’s to hoping we can get back some form of Elliott’s site, and soon—because Grey’5 is new next week!

Kim Marston Trinity ’O6

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was both a year of political fervor surrounding the presidential elections and the year I turned 18. I was a freshman at Appalachian State, a university where any mention of conservatism brought about a verbal storm from people who deified Michael Moore and yelled on their megaphones about the modern day devil—three guesses who.

The quad was literally a free stage for students to preach about how “distorted and revolting” Republicans were. This was coming from people who had sampled the whole drug spectrum like it was candy and thought going to class, doing work and showering were always optional. I knew liberals f at my school were extreme, m but this still did not prepare me for the passionate disillusionment that would come with the elections. mallory pickard Flash back to a month bediary of a transfer fore my very first voting day.

I’ll be honest—l was not jumping at the chance to register until my English professor explained the importance of sustaining democracy by voting.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re not passionate about a candidate,” he said. “One can argue they have no significant differences, but voting itself is a sustaining feature of democracy.”

I liked this rationale for voting especially since he left out the infamous, “It is your obligation as a citizen” speech, which frankly makes voting seem obnoxious and archaic to anyone with an ounce of rebellion in him. I left class that day eager to register and briefly stopped by the quad to see why a crowd had gathered around the makeshift podium.

“Kerry will not let corporations corrupt our souls! Vote Kerry!” said the melodramatic voice on the megaphone.

I guess I missed the part where Kerry became an exorcist, and I guess this megaphone missed the part where Kerry married a corporation. You can’t really win an argument with a megaphone though, so I went on my way.

A pleasant surprise awaited me on the sidewalk. A woman was seated behind a big sign that read: “Register here!” I asked her how long it would take.

She told me it only took a couple of minutes and handed me a form. “I’m probably one of the only Republicans here,” Ijoked.

Her smile quickly faded. ‘You’re a Republican?”

“A moderate one,” I laughed uneasily. Thankfully, another student came up to the table and inquired about registering.

“What party are you affiliated with?” the woman asked him.

“I’m a Republican,” he replied.

“Well it looks like I need some lunch,” she laughed. “And if you could just mark yourself as unaffiliated, registering will be a lot easier.”

The guy looked at me dumbfounded as the woman gathered her things, and I quickly marked the unaffiliated box and handed her the form. “Does she not let you register ifyou’re Republican?” he asked me.

I shrugged my shoulders in a daze and walked back to my dorm hearing the echo of the megaphone: “It’s the beginning of the end for greedy Republicans!”

Today, I acknowledge that event as one of the greater regrets in my life. I never should have let someone intimidate me into a compromised registration form. What has driven some people to become so fixedly polarized from other parties? And why has party preference become synonymous with the primary presidential candidate representing that party?

Part of a successful democracy involves a balance of powers.

I realize I am regurgitating PoliSci 101, but it seems many people have forgotten that the president is not the end-all-be-all of the federal government, nor does he embody all the ideals of his party. At my old school, declaring yourself a Republican was tantamount to saying you were a lackey for President George W. Bush.

Last time I checked, this assumption was characteristic of many non-democratic regimes, but in the United States you can deviate from certain views expressed by the executive power and still maintain a similar party preference.

Sarcasm aside, my point is that your beliefs or even simple agreements with a political party should never culminate in a discrimination against the opposition. A healthy opposition is what makes a democracy work, but if you stumble upon an experience like I did my freshman year of college, do not walk away from it. Going back to my professor’s speech about voting—passionate or not—if you believe in democracy then you should contribute to its sustainability. Do not hinder it, and do not give in to hindrance.

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