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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 103

YT selection marred by conflict of interest by

Jared Mueller

THE CHRONICLE

Members of recent Young Trustee Nominating Committees have said the selection of YT finalists is hampered by a limited applinpufc

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“power politics.”

Meredith Ypma, a senior

and chair emeritus of the Honor Council who served on the 2005 YTNC, went so far as to describe the conduct of last year’s selection process as “unethical” and a “failure.”

Many former committee members refused to comment, citing confidentiality clauses in the committee’s bylaws. Several former members also said they see no serious structural problems with the committee.

“I can’t conceive of any good strict set of rules that would best govern the process,” said Kevin Parker, Trinity ’O5, former president of the Duke University Union and a 2005 YTNC member.

But others who served on the nominating committee said the loose nature of the YTNC’s bylaws and the personal ambitions of Some committee members have interfered with the fair conduct of the process.

Only 13 students applied this year—down from about 30 last year—and the majority of applicants had served on either the YTNC or Intercommunity Council, a group that includes leaders from Campus Council, Duke Student Government and other student organizations.

“It needs to become more transparent,” junior Damjan DeNoble, former vice president of Campus Council and a member of the 2005 YTNC, SEE YT ON PAGE 5

Controversy surrounding discussion about a 2005 YT applicant offers a glimpse into the selection process.

see pg. 5

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Eight-year-old Elvira Vasquez listens as President Richard Brodhead announces programs that will link Durham schoolswith Duke.

Duke, DPS launch 3 initiatives by

Tiffany Webber THE CHRONICLE

The Durham Public School System is partnering with Duke to initiate new programs to help improve teachers’ effectiveness in the classroom, officials announced Wednesday.

Over the next three years, the two institutions will implement three new initiatives: the Durham Teaching Fellows program, Spanish Language Leap and a program to strengthen

teacher retention.

President Richard Brodhead said the initiatives are effective immediately, with the exception of the language program, which will begin in August. The University is expected to contribute approximately $925,000 to assist DPS in implementing the programs over the three-year period.

Duke’s funding will come from money Brodhead had set aside, said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs

and government relations.

“It is profoundly shortsighted for Duke—or any American university—to forget about K through 12 education,” Brodhead said. “We can think we’re living in separate universes, but we all rise and fall together.”

Brodhead, who was instrumental in identifying the need for the programs, said he spent a day visidng public schools last year and SEE DUKE-DURHAM ON PAGE 4

Landlord wrecks upset bid Keohane dispels Harvard rumors by

Galen Vaisman

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Forward Shelden Williams scored nine straight points to cut Georgia Tech's 11point lead to two early in the second half of Duke's 73-66 win Wednesday.

ATLANTA The Blue Devils clinched the 17thregular season ACC Championship in program history with a 73-66 victor)' over Georgia Tech Wednesday, but the win did not come easy.

After a DUKE Zr technical GA.TECH 166 foul on Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the No. 1 Blue Devils (26-1, 14-0 in the ACC) found themselves trailing the unranked Yellow Jackets (10-15, 3, 11), 45-36, with 18:54 remaining in the second half.

And with superstar JJ. Redick struggling from the field, the Blue Devils turned to Shelden Williams—and an improved defensive effort—for an answer.

Georgia Tech scored first after Krzyzewski’s technical to

SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 10

by

Saidi Chen

THE CHRONICLE

Former Duke President Nan Keohane dispelled any rumors Wednesday that she will take the helm of Harvard University after current President Lawrence Summers steps down this summer.

‘You can

certainly

set

that rumor to rest,” she said. “The answer clearly no.”

After Nan Keohane clashing with members of the faculty for much of his four-year tenure, Summers announced Tuesday that he will resign June 30.

Many Harvard students and faculty identified Keohane, who joined the faculty of Princeton University as a professor of public affairs in the fall of 2005, as a candidate to succeed Summers.

“I am very happy as a faculty member here at Princeton,” Keohane said. “I have been looking forward to returning to teaching for a long time.”

Keohane added that she is deeply engaged in serving Harvard as a member of the schools’ Corporation—the institution’s highest governing board.

Keohane’s experience leading both Duke and Wellesley College, her alma mater, puts her in a select league of university administrators qualified to head SEE KEOHANE ON PAGE 7

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Quake hits southern Africa

Arab company to disclose records by

Ted Bridis

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON The George W. Bush administration secretly required a company in the United Arab Emirates to cooperate with future U.S. investigations before approving its takeover of operations at six American ports, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. It chose not to impose other, routine restrictions.

As part of the $6.8 billion purchase, state-owned Dubai Ports World agreed to reveal records on demand about “foreign operational direction” of its business at U.S. ports, according to the documents.

Those records broadly include details about the design, maintenance or operation of ports and equipment.

The administration did not require Dubai Ports to keep copies of business records on U.S. soil, where they would be subject to orders by American courts. It also did not require the company to designate an American citizen to accommodate U.S. government requests. Outside legal experts said such obligations are routinely attached to U.S. approvals of foreign sales in other industries.

“They’re not lax but they’re not draconian,” said James Lewis, a former U.S. official who worked on such agreements. If of-

ficials had predicted the firestorm of criticism over the deal, Lewis said, “they might have made them sound harder.”

The conditions involving the sale of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. were detailed in U.S. documents marked “confidential.” Such records are regularly guarded as trade secrets, and it is highly Unusual for them to be made public.

The concessions were described previously by the Homeland Security Department as unprecedented among maritime

companies.

SEE DUBAI PORTS ON PAGE 7

Attackers spark violence across Iraq byZiad Khaiaf THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ite militias—seemed to push Iraq closer to all-out civil war than at any point in the SAMARRA, Iraq Insurgents posing as three years since the U.S.-led overthrow of police destroyed the golden dome of one of Saddam Hussein.

Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, setMany leaders called for calm. “We are ting off an unprecendented spasm of secfacing a major conspiracy that is targeting tarian violence. Angry crowds thronged the Iraq’s unity,” said President Jalal Talabani, streets, militiamen attacked Sunni a Kurd. “We should all stand hand in hand mosques, and at least 19 people were killed. to prevent the danger of a civil war.”

With the gleaming dome of the 1,200President George W. Bush pledged year-old Askariya shrine reduced to rubble, American help to restore the mosque some Shiites lashed out at the United after the bombing north of Baghdad, States as partly to blame. which dealt a severe blow to U.S. efforts to The violence—many of the 90 attacks keep Iraq from falling deeper into sectaron Sunni mosques were carried out by Shiian violence.

An earthquake struck southern Mozambique early Thursday, shaking buildings and forcing people from hundreds of miles around to dash into the streets for

safety. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Pope names 15 new cardinals Pope Benedict XVI named his first batch of cardinals Wednesday, sending a strong political messages with nominations in Hong Kong and Venezuela and promoting two Americans with experience in the church

sex abuse scandal.

Anthrax infects a New Yorker A New York City drum maker has been hospitalized with a case ofinhaled anthrax that he may have contracted from the raw animal hides that he imports from Africa. Authorities said the infection appeared to be accidental and did not pose a public health threat.

Judgeacquits swim instructor

“The terrorists in Iraq have again A military judge Wednesday found a Maproven that they are enemies of all faiths and ofall humanity,” Bush said. “The world rine Corps swim instructor not guilty of negligent homicide in the drowning of a must stand united against them, and steadrecruit last year. Staff Sgt. Nadya Lopez had fast behind the people of Iraq.”

British Prime Minister Tony Blair also been accused of failing to recognize that a condemned the bombing and pledged 119-year-old was too tired or incapable of funds toward the shrine’s reconstruction. continuing before he drowned.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the top American commander in Iraq, Gen. News briefs compiled George Casey, called the attack a deliberate from wire reports attempt to foment sectarian strife and "My one regret in life is that I am not warned it was a “critical moment for Iraq.” someone else."

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Student Health explains distribution of antibiotics

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students about the function of antibiotics, Hanson said.

For sophomore Alicia Zelek, Sudafed “I think there is a general perception from Duke’s Student Health Center just in the population, not limited to students, that there is a pill to fix everydidn’t cut it.

“They kept saying it was just a cold, thing,” Hanson said. but I wasn’t getting any better,” Zelek The best way to prevent these consaid, who was sick for three weeks. “Fiflicts is to fully explain to students why nally my mom had to send me antibi- they have been given or denied antibiotics, she said. otics from home.”

Zelek said she has a similar experi“We do have a lot of students coming ence she was sick last year and went to in and saying, ‘I get this illness every see a doctor in Durham. The doctor preyear, and I get antibiotics for it [back scribed her anhome],’ and tibiotics and they get really asked her why angry some“We do have a lot of students Student times,” HanHealth had son said. coming in and saying, ‘I get not given The reasonthem to her behind ing this illness every year, and I earlier. such careful get antibiotics for it [back Many stuevaluations, dents like Hanson exhome],’ and they get really Zelek have plained, is the angry sometimes.” complained tendency of about antibibacteria to muHanson tate and beotics distribution at Student come immune to medication Health, saying it withholds the medication when it is Keith associate Dr. Kaye, professor of often needed. medicine and infectious diseases, said Jean Hanson, administrative director there are three ways bacteria acquire reof Student Health, said the widespread sistance. belief that the clinic has a strict antibiSome have preexisting genes that otics policy has been at the root of many make them resistant, some develop reconflicts among students, care providers sistance through chromosomal mutaand at times, concerned or angry partions and others acquire resistance ents calling from home. genes from other bacteria that already Hanson explained that Student have them.

Health has no policy against giving stuIn addition to becoming useless dents antibiotics. against certain bacterial infections, an“Each student is evaluated, and they tibiotics also have other shortcomings, are given or not given antibiotics based Kaye explained. on the symptoms they have, the history “Generally, antibiotics have a very diffithey give, the examination and any lab cult time distinguishing between ‘good’ bacteria and ‘bad’ bacteria,” he said. testing that may have been done,” Hanson said.

The “good” bacteria line areas of the Another reason for student-doctor conflicts is a misunderstanding among SEE ANTIBIOTICS ON PAGE 6 by

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Students gather Wednesdsay at the Mary Lou Williams Centerfor Jazz Night, a social staple on campus.

Loss of linking leaves some freshmen wary of housing by

Katherine Macllwaine THE CHRONICLE

This year, rising sophomores will choose their future living arrangements without linking—the process of funneling freshman dormitory residents into designated West Campus quadrangles.

Although many students are glad to see linking gone, the move to West is still raising questions for freshmen.

In addition to the loss of linking, new blocking rules and rumors about housing are making some students think twice about how to go about the room selection process.

In the past, many students seeking to avoid the restrictive linking process participated in selective housing.

Despite this year’s changes in the room selection process, freshman James Melnick has opted to take the selective housing approach this year.

“The opportunity to live with a much

larger number of people that I was close to was attractive,” said Melnick, who joined Kappa Alpha Order this spring.

With the elimination of linking, however, several students said they will instead build community without joining selective living groups. Next year, groups of students will be able to block—a procedure by groups of individuals receive consecutive lottery numbers so they can select adjacent rooms—with friends from any East Campus dorm.

The old system required blocking students who also wanted to link to live with students from their freshman-year dorms or from other dorms linking to the same quad. Blocking with fellow residents was encouraged under prior rules because linking students received higher lottery numbers than those who decided to block with friends from other dorms.

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Colleen Jeske, a sophomore, mans the phone for several hourseach week to help victimsofassault through the Durham Crisis Response Center.

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Sophomores Sarah Gordon and Colleen Jeske are often on the phone late into the night. But rather than gossiping with friends, they are discussing more serious matters, such as sexual assault, as crisis line advocates for the Durham Crisis Response Center.

They volunteer three shifts a month, each of which lasts 15 hours. During their shifts they carry a pager everywhere and may receive up to five calls a night sometimes as late as 4 a.m.

“It can be overwhelming to think about the vastness of the issue, and we’re not expecting to erase it,” Jeske said. “We just want to break the cycle.”

Gordon and Jeske provide emotional support, do intake interviews and act as a friendly voice for survivors of sexual assault.

“It’s really about using active listening techniques, and not being a counselor but an advocate,” said Amy Cleckler, crisis line coordinator for DCRC. But the work is not limited to fielding phone calls.

“We also go to the local emergency rooms to talk to people there to offer emotional support,” Gordon said, —

adding that they also discuss legal options and potential support from DCRC. The center follows a philosophy called the Empowerment Model, which strives to give assault survivors enough information to make their own decisions, something they have often been denied in the past.

The method is based on a feminist belief that women are often marginalized.

“To give women back that choice and to empower them to make their own decisions is trying to undo some of that discrimination,” Cleckler said.

Whether talking to survivors by phone or face-toface, Gordon and Jeske said they have found their experiences fulfilling.

“I feel the best when I am giving people more resources, more emotional support and allowing them to make the choices they want to make,” Gordon said.

Jeske added that being able to make an impact on someone’s life is^rewarding.

“It’s always nice to receive feedback that crisis intervention on the phone has led to positive results in the SEE CRISIS ON PAGE 8

witnessed firsthand not only the good work being done but also the improvements needed in teaching.

Through the DTP program, Duke will fully fund eight teachers per year who are pursuing their masters of arts in teaching degrees at the University. The eight fellows will then be required to teach core subjects in Durham public high schools for two years. The scholarship amount is $43,808 in “forgivable loans” per student for the 2006-07 school year. The funds will cover tuition costs and a stipend.

“We know public school teachers are woefully underpaid,” said DPS Superintendent Ann Denlinger.

Brodhead added that DTP will increase the number of highly trained teachers in Durham. “I think that’s what you call a win-win-win,” he said.

Through the SLL program, Duke faculty in the Romance studies department will direct an intensive threeday workshop on conversational Spanish for 30 Durham teachers each year. The teachers will then participate in weekly training sessions throughout the year. They will ultimately have the opportunity to participate in a weeklong trip to Mexico, during which they will stay with a Mexican family in order to practice their language skills.

“It’s no secret that the Spanish-speaking population is growing rapidly,” said DPS Deputy Superintendent Carl Harris, who will take over the vacated superintendent post once Denlinger steps down in June.

The DPS Hispanic student population has risen exponentially over the past decade. At Lakewood Elementary School alone, Spanish-speaking students make up 42 percent of the student body. Ten years ago, they made up only 3 percent of the student populations.

“I must say, when I found out about [the SLL program] I thought about being a teacher and not superintendent,” Harris joked, referring to the all-expenses paid trip to Mexico.

In order to bolster Durham teacher retention, Duke’s Center for Teacher Learning and Collaboration will provide mentoring support as well as personal and professional growth workshops for 30 teachers per year who have taught for three to seven years in DPS. “Once you get past the three-year mark, frustration sets in,” said Robbyn Laßelle, a fifth grade teacher at Lakewood Elementary.

Laßelle explained that the professional growth workshops could make jobs more rewarding for teachers questioning their career path.

Durham students in attendance said they approved of all three programs, especially the SLL program.

“If there were students that didn’t understand what the teacher said in English they could tell them in Spanish,” said eight-year-old Elvira Vasquez, who has lived in the United States for four years.

Although the three initiatives currendy are only slated for the next three years, the Duke and DPS expect to extend them permanently, contingent upon secured additional funding, Burness said.

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It needs to be more advertised.”

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absence. “I know he would have showed up if he could.”

The chairs of the 2004 and 2005 YTNCs—Andrew

Wisnewski, Trinity ’O5, and junior Joel Kliksberg, respectively—expressed surprise that D’Angelo was accepted as a replacement.

I would still think that even if that scenario occurred, the other 14 to 15 people on the committee would be able to see the situation at hand and quell any blatant favoritism,” Wisnewski wrote in an e-mail.

Kliksberg noted that last year he only permitted organizations to send their second in command as replacements.

The position and committee The Young Trustee is the most prestigious University position an undergraduate can attain. YTs serve on the Board of Trustees for three-year terms: The first year they act as non-voting observers, and for the remaining two years they are full-fledged trustees with voting rights.

The YTNC whittles down the field of candidates to Potential reforms eight semifinalists by evaluating each applicant’s resume One proposal to make the process less insular is to adand written statement. After interviewing all eight semifivertise the Young Trustee position more aggressively. nalists, the committee picks three finalists. The finalists Some ICC veterans said entrusting the council with adspeak before DSG committees and the Senate, and a joint vertising the competition is a mistake, since ICC members DSG-YTNC body votes to select the Young Trustee. who consider applying may be hesitant to publicize the The nominating committee is composed of members of process and increase the number of competitors they face ICC plus an additional DSG senator and chair of the Honor down the road. “The people who pick should not be the Council. The Chronicle’s editor and the ICC Executive Secpeople who run,” one former committee member said. retary are council members but do not serve on the YTNC. DeNoble said he wishes the nominating committee Because the ICC is composed of some ofDuke’s most would advertise to and advance more applicants who do ambitious students, former committee members often run not fit in the ICC paradigm. for Young Trustee. When ICC members apply they are “Many times the people that are in the leadership posiasked to appoint a surrogate to the nominating committee, tions aren’t the most qualified to represent Duke as a typically the second in command of their organizations. whole,” he said. “Why not have an athlete, or a member of Candidates from ICC and YTNC are markedly more Hoof N’ Horn, more than just someone who is familiar with successful in the competition than other students.

[Residence Life and Housing Services] or DSC issues?”

This year, seven of eight YT semifinalists and all three fiLeinster said the committee struggles with an advertisnalists had served on one or both of the committees, the ing budget that “really only funds a Chronicle ad.” combined memberships of which represents about 0.4 perAlice Williamson, Trinity ’O5, served on the 2005 YTNC cent of the undergraduate population. with DeNoble as the representative of the Community The strong correlation between ICC/YTNC experiService Center. “Getting the word out in the Chronicle ence and success in the YT process leads some students to with an ad or two is not enough,” she wrote in an e-mail, believe that applicants who have not served on either noting that increased advertisement and education could committee are unfairly handicapped. attract more diverse applicants.

One former nominating committee member noted Lackluster ICC attendance also plagued this year’s nomthat the process “has a lot of challenges to overcome for a inating committee. At Monday’s ICC meeting, Leinster candidate who isn’t involved in one of the rnain organizachastised the heads of ICC organizations for failing to send tions of the ICC.” representatives to the nominating committee meetings.

She hinted that truant organizations could lose their Conflicts of interest spots on the council.

As the body selecting YT finalists, the ICC is a double“There wasn’t enough diversity represented, which isn’t fair to the candidates,” Leinster said. “I’m not going to teredged sword.

The council’s members are reservoirs of institutional minate five or six memberships, but I’m really pissed.”

She added that the number of representatives ‘just knowledge, and they are thus well-qualified to evaluate a candidate’s credentials and savvy. kept dwindling throughout the process” until the final But they are also the students most likely to have pervote, when she estimated only 10 of the original 20 comsonal connections with the candidates—or become candimittee members were in attendance to pick the 2006 dates themselves. As a result, they are more likely to face Young Trustee. a conflict ofinterest than the average Duke student would After openly addressing attendance issues, the council when selecting a YT. turned to discuss potential revisions to the Young Trustee “Everybody knows everybody, and if you don’t know Nominating Committee bylaws. “The bylaws are abstract anybody you don’t know what’s going on [at Duke],” said and all that,” Leinster said. “We’ll work on that.” one committee member who asked to remain anonymous.

The discussion of possible revisions to the YTNC by“If you’re qualified then you have a conflict of interest.” laws was closed to the public.

The appointment of surrogates in the process can create potential conflicts ofinterest. The YTNC’s bylaws read, “The choice of replacement must adhere to any replacement provisions in the organization’s constitution. If there are no provisions, the replacement should be a logical choice given the organization’s structure.”

Because the meaning of “logical” is open for interpretation, the committee chair plays a large role in defining whether a surrogate is acceptable or not.

“I don’t think that that can be tightened up,” senior Logan Leinster, DSG vice president for community interaction and ICC chair, said of the bylaws. “We expect some honesty on the part of people who withdraw from the process and on the part of their replacements.... I’d like to think all the members are voting for the candidates based on their qualifications and not on either personal or organizational relationships.”

When Interfraternity Council President Jay McKenna, a senior, decided to run for Young Trustee this year, it was his responsibility to pick a surrogate from his organization to serve on the YTNC. McKenna ended up skipping over the IFC’s executive vice president and six vice presidents to choose senior Frank D’Angelo, the IFC Judicial Board Chair and his Sigma Nu pledge brother.

D’Angelo declined an interview, saying, “I have no comment across the board.” McKenna explained his choice by noting that many of the other IFC officers had fraternity brothers who were other YT candidates.

“There was never a strict recommendation made to have a second in command,” McKenna said. “I figured [D’Angelo] knew me the best.”

D’Angelo was accepted as a substitute by the ICC and the DSG Judiciary. Leinster said D’Angelo participated in the process up until the final round, in which McKenna was cut. D’Angelo did not show up for the final vote.

“I can’t speak for Frank,” McKenna said of D’Angelo s

The 2005 Young Trustee Nominating Committee faced a tough decision. Philip Kurian, Trinity ’O5, had applied for Young Trustee.

Kurian’s credentials were impressive. A Benjamin N. Duke and Truman scholar who had headed the Center for Race Relations, Kurian was graded second best of all the applicants based on his application essays.

But as a columnist for The Chronicle, he was excoriated for writing “The Jews,” an October 2004 column that accused the Jewish community of exploiting the Holocaust and criticizing advocates of Palestinian rights.

“The Jews” attracted national attention. The Chronicle received hundreds of letters of complaint, and the student president of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, Rachael Solomon, Trinity ’O5, wrote an editorial calling the column “anti-Semitic.”

When the YTNC learned Kurian had authored the second-best application, some members were reluctant to advance such a controversial candidate.

His chief critic was Solomon, who sat on the YTNC. Committee members reported thatKurian was cut in the first round; eight other candidates advanced instead.

Kurian and Solomon both declined to comment.

“Until his name was discovered, everyone was very happy with his application,” said senior Meredith Ypma, former chair of the Honor Council and a YTNC member. “Kurian was the only candidate who was spoken about unjustly. His entire process was different from everyone else’s.”

Members said Solomon “passionately” opposed Kurian, but they disagreed on whether or not her behavior was appropriate. “[She] almost broke down crying and began to yell, ‘there is no way I can live with an antiSemite representing all students at Duke,” one member who wished to remain anonymous wrote in an e-mail.

Another committee member said cutting Kurian “was unfair.... Someone with his credentials and deep intellectual thought about the University definitely deserved to be heard out.”

YTNC members who accepted Kurian’s dismissal said they were hesitant to have a controversial Young Trustee be seen as the representative of the Duke student body.

Ypma and others faulted junior Joel Kliksberg, the chair of the 2005 YTNC, for allowing Solomon to “intimidate” the committee into rejecting Kurian. “[Kliksberg] was way too concerned with what the school would thinkabout him and how it wouldreflect on his political career,” Ypma said.

Kliksberg said it was inevitable some representatives would disagree with the outcome. “I strongly believe, though, that most of the committee members were satisfied with the integrity of the entire process,” he said.

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HOUSING from page 3

ANTIBIOTICS from page 3

Several students said they found this aspect of the linking process binding. As a result, many rising sophomores are looking favorably on the new system because it gives them greater freedom in selecting their hallmates.

Freshman Danielle Ouellette said she considered joining a selective living group but decided against it. She was worried she and her friends would not be accepted by the same one.

For some students like Ouellette, maintaining freshman-year camaraderie will be easier with diminished blocking restrictions.

Freshman Whitney Dickinson said the elimination of linking will allow her to block with a group of close friends who live in a different dorm from her own.

“It would not have worked out well for me if there had been linking,” Dickinson said. “The majority of my friends don’t live in my dorm.”

A second major change to the blocking process is also affecting students’ decisions in room selection.

Last year, a block could contain a maximum of eight students. This year, the number has been capped at 12.

Rising sophomores regarded this change with mixed feelings.

Freshman Claudia Gasiorek is considering participating in a block with 11 of her friends. Although she favors the elimination of linking because she can now block with friends from outside her dorm, she is unsure about the expansion of block sizes.

“We heard that if you have more people you will have worse lottery numbers,” Gasiorek said. “It’s a rumor that’s going around.”

Gasiorek said this rumor has spurred her friends to consider splitting the 12-person block into two groups of six. She added

body like the mouth and colon—serving a protective function—whereas the “bad” bacteria cause infections, Kaye explained.

“You may get diarrhea or a yeast infection because the antibiotics are eliminating the “good” bacteria [in your body],” he said.

Researchers are addressing the failings of oral antibiotics by creating new ways to fight bacterial infections.

Dr. Kim Lewis, professor of biology at Northeastern University, has been working on two innovative techniques.

The first is altering cells so that antibiotics will stay in them better. Lewis’ second technique—the creation of sterile surface materials—was featured in the November 2005 issue of Popular Science.

“The idea is to take an antibiotic and tie it covalently by one end to a polymer and attach the end of this polymer to a surface,” Lewis said. “Basically, it’s like having antibiotics on a leash. On the one end, the antibiotic is immobilized. On the other end, it is still able to get in microbes and kill them.”

The antibiotics could be affixed to everything from towels to keyboards, working to keep surfaces clean and preventing the spread of bacteria as a result.

Lewis hopes the sterile surfaces will be available within two to three years.

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Freshmen this year will not link to West Campus quads (above), but they will have more blocking options. that she knows of several students in other

large blocks who are contemplating the same idea in response to the rumors.

Donald Love, manager of housing assignments and communication, dispelled the gossip. “The size of the block doesn’t affect anything,” he said. “It’s completely random.”

In addition to the fear of large blocks receiving low lottery numbers, a second common rumor has emerged.

Many rising sophomores say they expect to live in Edens Quad—which is regarded by many as a less-than-favorable residential location—because they believe all of the spaces in preferred quads will go to juniors and seniors.

“I’m pretty apathetic,” freshman Matt Bellah said. “You have to live in Edens anyway.”

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Love pointed out that although students’ have concerns about next year, the elimination of linking is expected to make West Campus residents happier.

He noted that the linking system was adopted to build a sense of community as rising sophomores transitioned from East to West, but he said this ideal was rarely met.

“The linking just wasn’t working for students,” Love said. “Students who ended up in a residence hall that was perceived to be a good location on campus loved it. Students who were linked to what was perceived as not a good location hated it.”

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KEOHANE from page 1 one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, which is fueling speculation about her candidacy.

In addition, Harvard community members have noted that Summers’ departure presents an opportune time for the school to select its first female president. Summers generated a storm of controversy when he cited women’s ‘intrinsic aptitude” as a reason for the gender gap in high-level math and science positions in January 2005.

But Keohane said she is happy to be standing in front of a classroom rather than sitting behind an administrator’s desk.

“I’m enjoying my teaching very much,” she said. “I’m not really interested in any administrative jobs.”

Members of Duke’s top brass predicted this reaction earlier in the week.

“I think Nan Keohane, of every conversation that I’ve had with her, is absolutely delighted to be out of administering and back to the life and the mind of a faculty member,” John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said Tuesday.

This is not the first time Keohane has been the subject of rumors about Harvard presidency.'

When former Harvard President Neil Rudenstine announced his resignation in May 2000, Keohane’s name was brought up almost immediately as a possible replacement. The Boston Globe named her as a frontrunner, as did numerous other published lists of possible candidates.

Keohane told The Chronicle in August 2000 that she had no interest in leaving Duke in the middle of the Campaign for Duke fundraising initiative, adding that she had never been contacted by members of Harvard’s search committee.

As Duke’s president, Keohane led the school from 1993 to 2004, a period ofnotable growth for the University. Her fundraising skills are widely credited for the success of the Campaign for Duke, which raised $2.36 billion over seven years.

Previously, Keohane served for 12 years as the president of Wellesley.

Duke President Richard Brodhead said Tuesday that Harvard’s search for a new president will likely be “long and thorough.”

One problem the search committee may face is that a number of peer institutions also hired new presidents at the start of the new millennium.

Amy Gutmann, a Harvard alumna, has been well-received as the president of the University of Pennsylvania since her arrival in 2004.

Lee Bollinger was named president of Columbia University in 2001 after being a runner-up for the Harvard

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"In a world where certain people who used to be shut out categorically from higher education and have only recently been enfranchised, there are still many many cultural and institutional obstacles to these things. For a leader at a very famous university to utter those things—it really is not improbable to suggest that it had a chilling effect... We all have an affirmative obligation to try to keep equalizing the odds for some people.., So I myself would enlist myself in the criticism that came down upon him...

"I know people that thought there was an excessiveness of the chastisement of Larry Summers... I think he was wrong and even though I think he was actually wrong in quite a serious sense of the word, the protractedness of it did suggest a kind of feasting on the spectacle of his wrongness, which itself raises some questions.

"1 like the kind of university where people can actually say what they think. Where people aren't coward or don't cower in advance at the specter of what others might think of them if they say certain things...

"When a university gets in the business of implying some things can't be said because nobody is strong enough to hear them and fight back against them, that's a university that has gone out of the business of education in some sense...

"I believe it is better to trust people—for us to create an atmosphere that we have the confidence to say what we think and the confidence to correct and chastise others. We can all learn our way forward together."

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Rep. Peter King ofNew York, the Republican chairperson of the House Homeland Security Committee and a leading critic of the sale, said the conditions are evidence the Bush administration was concerned about security.

“There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction,” King said.

The revelations about the negotiated conditions came as the White House acknowledged President Bush was unaware of the pending sale until the deal had been already approved by his administration.

The Republican head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, John Warner of Virginia, announced plans for a hearing in Washington Thursday. Warner has expressed support for the agreement, describing the UAE as an important ally against terrorism.

Bush brushed aside objections by leaders in the Senate and House Tuesday. He pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement, but some lawmakers said they still were determined to capsize it.

Dubai Port’s top American executive, chief operating officer Edward Bilkey, said the company will do whatever the Bush administration asks to enhance shipping security and ensure the sale goes through. Bilkey said Wednesday he will work in Washington to persuade skeptical lawmakers they should endorse the deal; Senate oversight hearings already are scheduled.

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Sophomore Sarah Gordon answers calls from victims of sexual assault through her volunteerwork with the Durham Crisis Response Center.

survivor’s life,” she said Gordon and Jeske said they want to continue to be involved in advocacy and realize the importance of their work at DCRC. “I think the most important thing to point out about the crisis line is that it’s often the first line of service within the community,” Cleckler said.

Gordon and Jeske also believe DCRC can improve town-gown relations between Duke and Durham.

“A lot of times when we think about the University and Durham relations, we think about it as being very one-way, like what can Duke offer to Durham,” Gordon said. “But I also think there are amazing things Durham can bring to Duke.”

She stressed that anyone in Durham can utilize the hotline, including Duke students.

Gordon and Jeske said that although the work is often gratifying, it is rarely easy.

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you could do more,” Gordon said. “It’s a bad feeling.”

She also mentioned the importance of not becoming overwhelmed by the situations.

“In order to not lose all hope, you have to think that slowly you are changing something or helping someone change his or her life,” Gordon added.

Jeske mentioned she used to worry about her ability to give callers the help they needed.

“I wonder[ed] if I had legitimacy in doing this sort of work, but I think there is a need for all sorts ofadvocates coming with a range of experiences,” she said.

Gordon added that sexual assault unfortunately can happen to anyone.

“I think empathy is the human emotion that make connections possible, so keeping that in mind and trying to understand someone else’s situation is the best thing you can hope for,” she said.

The two advocates said working at DCRC has become a central part of their Duke experiences. “[Being an advocate] is away to be in touch with the real world beyond doing problem sets and regular homework,” Jeske said.

IRAQ from page 2 No one was reported injured in the bombing of the shrine in Samarra.

But at least 19 people, including three Sunni clerics, were killed in the reprisal attacks that followed, mainly in Baghdad and predominantly Shiite provinces to the south, according to the Iraqi Islamic Party, the country’s largest Sunni political group.

Many of the attacks appeared to have been carried out by Shiite militias that the United States wants to see disbanded.

In predominantly Shiite Basra, police said militiamen broke into a prison, hauled out 12 inmates, including two Egyptians, two Tunisians, a Libyan, a Saudi and a Turk, and shot them dead in reprisal for the shrine attack.

Major Sunni groups joined in condemning the attack, and a leading Sunni politician, Tariq al-Hashimi, urged clerics and politicians to calm the situation “before it spins out ofcontrol.”

The country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali alSistani, sent instructions to his followers forbidding attacks on Sunni mosques, and called for seven days of mourning.

But he hinted, as did Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi, that religious militias could be given a bigger security role if the government cannot protecting holy shrines—an ominous sign of the Shiite reaction ahead.

Both Sunnis and the United States fear the rise of such militias, which the disaffected minority views as little more than death squads. American commanders believe they undercut efforts to create a professional Iraqi army and police force—a key step toward the eventual drawdown of U.S. forces. Some Shiite political leaders already were angry with the United States because it has urged them to form a government in which nonsectarian figures control the army and police. Khalilzad warned this week—in a statement clearly aimed at Shiite hard-liners—that America would not continue to support institutions run by sectarian groups with links to armed militias.

One top Shiite political leader accused Khalilzad of sharing blame for the attack on the shrine in Samarra.

“These statements gave green lights to terrorist groups. And, therefore, he shares in part of the responsibility,” said Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the former commander of its militia. ...

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Senior talks sex on Oprah CORINNE LOW recess Duke senior Tracy Egharevba will appear on an episode of Oprah today entitled “Women Who Use Sex to Find Love.”

That title may mislead some people, Egharevba said. “People, when they see the promos, just think, ‘Oh, sleeping with all these guys and sex addiction.’ I feel once people watch the show and realize what the issue is and what we talk about, they’re going to be. really disappointed,” she said. “The show isn’t just about sex. It’s really about trying to find myself.”

Nonetheless, the show’s title already has the campus buzzing.

“Anything with sex, people don’t want to talk about.” Egharevba said. “If I went on Oprah for anorexia or drug addiction, I really don’t think everyone would be as hyped about it.”

The Oprah website is teasing the show segment as “a pre-med student’s double life of one-night stands and sex with strangers.”

Yet Egharevba said she thought that was not a true representation of the issues dealt with on the show.

“I’ve actually had e-mails from other girls telling me that they’re going through the same thing,” she said. “I just want them to know they’re not the only ones, and there is help for them.’”

Egharevba is a psychology and chemistry major who is a campus tour guide and the president of the Duke chapter of the NAACP. She is also in the running for the Ms. Black North Carolina pageant, which will be held at the end of March.

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Eric Bishop recess Cult indie-pop darlings Belle and Sebastian, whose name comes from a French children’s book, now have a book of their own In Image Comics’ new release, Put the Book Back on the Shelf: A Belle and Sebastian Anthology, a team of comic book artists melds the band’s songs into comic book stories.

While similar song-inspired comics have occasionally turned up, rarely have these endeavors involved artists on the level of Belle and Sebastian, said B. Clay Moore, the former public relations and marketing coordinator for Image Comics and instigator of the project. The Scottish band has sold more than two million albums worldwide. by

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That was the first of a number of strong statements which opened All of the Above, a series of monologues about the diversity and depth of female experiences at Duke. The play, which ran last Friday and Saturday, featured female actors performing pieces written by other Duke women. Directors Laura Fausch and Grace Tan, both seniors, paired each actor with one or two monologues.

The actors channel the emotions felt by the faceless writers. Since the sentiments described in the monologues are not their own, the actors convey the universality of the experiences.

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The band showed enthusiasm for the idea from the outset, said Belle an Sebastian keyboardist Chris Geddes. “When anyone is inspired to take something you’ve done and do something creative with it, it’s flattering.”

Fans of the band say Belle and Sebastian are the perfect group for the unusual project.

“Belle and Sebastian have a lot of character as a band they’re very idiosyncratic and quirky,” said Suzan Davis, a freshman who will travel to Tennessee over Spring Break to see the band play. “The comic book seems like a good fit for them.”

The book, released Wednesday, coincides with the relase of Belle and Sebastian’s sixth album, The Life Pursuit.

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recess His may not be a household name, but William Greaves has left an indelible mark on the world of documentary filmmaking. With a career spanning nearly 40 years, Greaves has produced more than over 200 documentaries focusing on the African-American experience.

This past week, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, in conjunction with the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, brought Greaves to the Nasher Museum ofArt for screenings and discussion of three of his landmark films, including his seminal 1968 documentary Still a Brother: Inside the Black Middle Class.

Initially a stage actor and a student ofAfrican history, Greaves said he veered into the world of directing in the late 1960 after becoming disillusioned with the prevalence of dramatic roles that made African Americans look foolish.

“You look at the media... and everything is directed toward propagating the notion that these were very dumb, stupid people that weren’t to be respected in any way—-so that began to infuriate me,” he said, “I thought about these ancient African civilizations.... These were civilizations that had much to commend, and I decided that I would definitely become involved in some kind of filmmaking that would counter these propaganda issues that were being propagated.”

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sandbox The plight of the manitee...

Some things are tougher to take than others. Like Robitussin —its taste is really not all that it’s cracked up to be. But recently, something even tougher to take appeared on recess’ trusty computer screen. Masquerading as Yahoo! News, this tragedy was far more devastating than taking a shot of icky red goop—it was a disaster. Forty-eight manatees died in Florida in the month of January alone. That’s a world record (for those of you keeping track, that’s more world records than the United States has set in Torino). And no longer are our beloved sea-cows dying of natural causes, fading away in their watery sleep after long, contented lives. No, these dying manatees are younger, fitter and slimmer than any

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manatees that have ever before gone to that big, blue sea in the sky.

Could we blame all these deaths on

technology? Is TV making mantees stupider, more likely to ask their friends

“Hey, wanna go chill on the beach?” when they should be doing their work?

Possibly. There’s no doubt that manatees are living in a time inundated by media outlets (plus the dam Discovery Channel is always all up in their grill with those HD cameras). To investigate further, recess went online to Save the Manatees (http://www.savethemanatees.org), where we met Elsie, the “Manatee of the Month.” It was a short encounter, but Elsie told us about the program entitled “A Manatee Calf Could Be Named After You!,” wherein you purchase raffle tickets hoping to win... the chance to name your very own manatee. Boy, did recess ever get sidetracked then!

Anyway, what recess wants to say is, if you are down in Florida anytime soon, and you’re in any sort of situation where you see a manatee attempting to break into the Radio Shack and purchase a Slvr (estimated retail value $199) Just give him a hand. He doesn’t want to be there—so nudge him back toward the ocean, and pray that he’ll live 40 more years before dying a natural, wholesome, normal manatee death. Amen to that.

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Something New. Nothing made us want to make out in the rain, hire a sexy landscaper or adopt a golden retriever like the Something New trailer. Then the movie had to get all preachy on us.

The Ring 2. The trailer was every bit as creepy as The Ring. However, the two-minute clip made us jump approximately eight more times than the acmovie did.

Jarhead. recess watched this trailer over and over again in anticipation of Sam Mendes’ third directorial effort (but not to see Jake Gyllenhaal shirtless, we swear). Hoorah. The visuals are stunning, but let’s be honest—it’s Kanye West that sold this trailer. His song “Jesus Walks” was the perfect back-drop to the explosions on the Persian Guff. Perhaps the movie just couldn’t equal the sky-high expectations set by the amazing trailer and Mendes’ previous work (American Beauty, The Road to

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Geez, it was good. You had no idea what the movie was about, but that’s hardly the point.

Elizabethtown. The mood was right, the music was right, the cast seemed OK The Elizabethtown trailer had us thinking this would be another Cameron Crowe classic a laAlmost Famous or Jerry Maguire.

Then the movie came out... and it was awful, recess expected more from you, Cameron Crowe. Your movie turned out to be a bloated Garden State Redux.

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recess Picture this: the only glow in the room comes from the fourth-straight episode of SportsCenter. Sleep should have come hours ago, but work and insomnia force a few more hours of wakefulness. SportsCenter ends, and two guys holding Xbox controllers come on instead. They whisper their play choices into side cameras as they batde against each other in a passionate performance of Madden ’O6. Finally, as one guy explains why he chose a nickel defense instead of a dime, it becomes clear—it is bed time.

But, for an ever growing group of people, this is a forerunner for bold things to come. Competitive video gaming, once a term for beating your best friend at Mortal Kombat, is quickly makom sed

The protagonists in that show were Team 3D, considered the team to beat at the competition the show filmed. A hefty task, considering they’ve only lost once. Ryan Danford, an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a member of Team 3D and has been for more than a year.

“MTV showed what we d0... sort of,” Danford said of the episode of True Life.

“The show was slighdy skewed. They just took the bits and pieces that they wanted.”

Of course, True Life is never a generalized portrait of the activities or competitions at its core. Instead, it offers a dramatic look at the people involved. Danford said he hopes to get more accurate TV coverage this year, like the World Series of Poker.

The comparison is apt. Poker was also once relegated to dimly lit basements.

Moreover, while neither poker players nor video gamers can really be called athletes, the competition is as fierce as on any field.

Danford said he plays 15 to 20 hours a week when there is no competition coming. Weeks leading up to competitions see him “not so much playing as practicing” Halo 2, honing his skills for the biggest competition yet.

This weekend Team 3D will compete against the other top-11 teams globally in New York City for the largest purse yet: $20,000 dollars for the champions of the Halo 2 four-player team competition. And instead of sneaker and clothing deals, Team 3D has sponsors like Intel and Nvidia paying their way to the tournaments.

“Right now I think [gaming] is still a

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hobby,” Danford said. “But, in a few years I hope I can call myself a pro.” However, if

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problem gradually. “I just realized that was not what I wanted to do,” said. “I just wasn’t happy. I needed s

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said. In fact, Danford’s “hobby” took up so much time that he even left UNC for a se-

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Major League Gaming has grown quickly in the four years since its inception.

Though tournament attendance varies, more than 100 teams show up to the larger events. And though Ryan said “the audience at the tournaments is mosdy other teams who lost earlier in the week and stuck around to watch,” he quickly added that “lots of other people play streaming videos online.”

The growth of professional gaming is probably best proven by the huge increases in prize money award. According to the Major League Gaming website, $250,000 was given out during the 2005 season.

That number is expected to rise to $1 million in the 2006 season. MLG is also aggressively trying to get television exposure, hiring Neil Pilson, the one-time president of CBS Sports and former consultant to the Arena Football League, NASCAR and the Olympics.

Nevertheless, it may be a rocky road for professional gaming. Watching someone, regardless of skill, play videogames is an extremely foreign concept to the vast majority of people. It is near-impossible to imagine the viewers of NASCAR, the most watched sport in the United States, make the leap to watching competitive video gaming. A large audience is already proving difficult to find: only a few dozen of the streaming videos available through the MLG’s Video on Demand website see more than 1,000 downloads.

While it’s easy to envy Danford’s ability to earn a living playing games he loves, it is more difficult to imagine watching him frag the competition on ESPN. But that may be the future; competitive video gaming will probably never occupy the nation like football or basketball, but it may occupy your TV screen during the middle of the day, stealing slots from less-watched competitions like Trick ShotBilliards or reruns of the World Series of Poker.

blessing, she said. “I’m in a healing right now. I’ve been very happy for th two months ever since I told my sto -

She first told that story in an thought my e was compelling enough that it woi help a lot of viewers, so she contacted me about coming on the show,” Egharevba said.

Though some might consider a national television show an unusual way to heal, Egharevba said it was a route that worked for her. “People ask me why I didn’t go to CAPS. But If I’d gone to CAPS, who would have benefited from my story?”

Egharevba said she talked to her parents about the show over break and has received a lot of support from family, friends and even faculty members.

“Some people don’t understand, and I don’t expect them to,” Egharevba said. “I don’t expect them to understand unless they’re going through the same issues.”

Egharevba declined to talk about the details of what she discusses on the show but said she would urge people to watch and see for themselves.

The show will air today at 4 p.m. on ABC. While Egharevba said she has not seen the final product, she said the experience of taping the show was a positive one. “I think Oprah has a lot of power, and she uses that power very well,” she said.

She also commented that she is most worried about the women who experience low self-esteem and get sucked into the hook-up culture at Duke without wanting to be.

“It’s an issue not just at Duke but in college—people who feel as though whatever they’re missing they can find in someone else by having sex with them,” she said. to Oprah. “[Oprah]

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CORINNE LOW recess He might reference Marx and decry mainstream rap, but MC Dalek says he’s 100-percent hip-hop.

“People are convinced that what we do isn’t hip-hop because of what’s conveyed through mainstream radio,” the 30-year-old artist said. “I feel what I do is strictly hip-hop because of what hip-hop was to me [growing up]. You have to be the most open-minded and the most open to new sounds—that’s hip-hop.”

On Dalek’s discs, being open to new sounds means incorporating everything from electronic howls to trashcan clangs. North Carolina will get a taste of Dalek’s unique brand of industrial hip-hop when Dalek and his bandmate Oktopus open for Meat Beat Manifesto at the Cat’s Cradle Friday.

Dalek said the ability to sample unusual sounds with the click of a mouse has widened his artistic horizons. “It’s the same process, just the palate is a little different.”

The MC has recorded three full-length albums with fellow musician and producer Oktopus. Their latest album, Absence, was released on Ipecac records last February, and Dalek said they have another disc set to drop in October.

“Their music is really bizarre, but that’s what appeals to us as a label,” said Greg Werckman, co-founder of Ipecac records. “Hip-hop fans can’t deal with them—they say they’re too noisy—but the noise fans say they’re too hip hop.”

Werckman said he, too, sees Dalek as staying true to the original legacy of hip-hop, which started out in the same anti-establishment vein as punk music. “Hip-hop turned BY

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The collection is the brainchild of Image Comics CEO Eric Stephenson, who initially approached Moore about an anthology focusing on the music of songwriter Stephen Duffy, Moore said.

The two were discussing other potential bands for such a project, and Moore said he suggested Belle and Sebastian because of their popularity among cartoonists.

The anthology’s host of contributors—handpicked by Moore for their interest in the band—gives it a mix of artistic styles ranging from classic comic panels and colors to more abstract collages and watercolors.

“The collection treats Belle and Sebastian’s songs like a library' ofbooks that you’re looking through,” said Laurenn McCubbinn, art director for Image Comics. McCubbin designed the cover of the comic book and also contributed a story. She said the highly narrative nature of the band’s lyrics lent itself very well to the project.

While many of the comics in the 144-page anthology depict literal stories from the band’s songs or show their actual lyrics accompanied by pictures, others draw inspiration from ideas or feelings contained in a particular track.

For example, the artists’ rendition of “We Rule the School” takes the song’s themes about childhood and creates a new story about a young boy and his imaginary friend. The different interpretations reflect the varied songwriting styles of the band’s different musicians, said Geddes.

“For [lead singer and songwriter] Stuart Murdoch, narrative and characterization are very important,” said keyboardist Geddes. “Other band members are more impressionistic in their writing.”

The comics also vary in the emotions they deal with, another feature of the band’s songs. The opening story, “The State I am in,” bleakly recounts Murdoch’s drug-in-

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Nonetheless, gigs like the Cat’s Cradle on the U.S. Not only is Dalek’s sound far from that of mainstream music, the subjects of his songs are also not your typical music scene have been slow to come, said Dalek. “When we first started, we would clear rooms.” hook-up/hang-up/break-up anthems. band what He instead found success on European stages, where in a they “They’re actually quite political have to say, but they deliver it in away that’s different than he said he tours three to four times a year. According to anyone I’ve ever seen,” said Werckman. The messages are Dalek, the European scene is easier to infiltrate because cloaked so heavily in noise that even people who disagree new ideas spread faster.

“America’s too big to change overnight,” he said. with Dalek’s politics can listen to an album and love it, he Even retail oudets aren’t sure what to make of Dalek’s said.

In the title song, “Absence,” Dalek raps about the ills of music, said Werckman. “Some record stores pile it in the rock section, some in the hip-hop section, some in the everything from slave ships to tax breaks. And while a sample lyric is “If freedom is what we are fighting for, then electronic section. I describe it as Public Enemy meets My why’d they swindle Gore?” Dalek said he wasn’t trying to Bloody Valentine.”

Dalek said he sees himself simply as an advocate for sipromote a single set ofbeliefs.

“It’s not about shoving my ideology down people’s lenced voices in his community and elsewhere.

“The history of the world is written by the conqueror, throats,” he said. “I’m more about people just being socialwhat’s histories are just pushed under the carpet and and their and so people’s eyes seeing conscious opening just ly going on around them. Even if someone’s for the Nation- completely forgotten about,” he said. “I tell the tales and I al Rifle Association, I would rather someone have their convey the feelings and the concerns of the people that own mind and their own opinions rather than follow one don’t get to speak.”

Dalek’s first album on Ipecac was titled From Filthy set ideology.”

On the Marxian-titled “Opiate the Masses,” Dalek raps Tongues of Gods and Griots, and the term griot has been reagainst organized religion: “Beliefs and ideas can’t stand peatedly used to describe his style. Urbandictionary.com defines the word as a “West African witch doctor, storycongruent/Morality myths kept the common mind ruined.” Later on the same track he makes the insinuation teller, historian and musician.”

There might be a classification for the defiant MC explicit: “The role of religion in the domination and the after all. destruction/Of African civilization/Is so shameful.”

Lyrics like that are a form of therapy, Dalek said. “I think it’s better for me to express my concerns and my anger and my angst through music. I can almost exorcise that through music rather than it coming out through other channels.”

So while death metal artists may think of their music as music to get angry to, Dalek said he prefers to consider his work music to spark conversation.

“It’s never really been about genre and to be frank, it’s not about starting an industrial hip-hop movement,” he said. “I think kids get it twisted nowadays, like if you’re into hip-hop you have to wear this uniform or if you’re a Goth you have to go to Hot Topic to get a uniform there'.

It’s one thing if it’s like a 14-year-old kid trying to figure out who they are, but you’ve got 35-year-old artists still doing that. That to me is a bigger problem.”

Dalek, who has been rapping and DJ-ing since he was a teenager, added that he has seen artists who fit neatly into one box or another come and go over his long musical ca-

duced stupor as he struggles through his sister’s wedding.

In contrast, “Step into My Office, Baby,” is a lighthearted and humorous take on Belle and Sebastian’s hit single of the same name.

Project initiator Moore said artists were given a good deal of artistic freedom in everything from the choice of songs—which span the group’s 10-year career —to the degree to which the interpretations stayed true to the songs’ literal storylines.

“In my story, I tried to combine a surface reading of the song with what I read as the song’s deeper meaning,” McCubbinn said. For example, he said he reads certain lyrics as a metaphor for the character’s emotional numbness.

Transposing other media into comic book tales was relatively familiar territory for McCubbinn, who had previously adapted several prose stories into comics.

These types of adaptations, however, are less common than one might think, Moore said. “There are a lot of things you’d think would make good comics, like video games. If you’re dealing with major labels, though, there can be a lot of red tape,” he noted.

Moore said that’s why he thought Belle and Sebastian were a good choice for this project, as he had heard Stuart Murdoch was a comics fan.

As a boy, Geddes also had an affinity for comics, he said. “The whole band definitely shares an appreciation for the art form.”

So how did it turn out? Geddes said the band members were “quite intrigued” by the final product.

Moore also cited the potential for fan crossover between Belle and Sebastian and indie comics as a motivator for the project.

The creators may hope the release will expose a wider audience to the comic book genre. However, Jon Newman, manager of Ultimate Comics in Durham, said he

doesn’t see much potential for increased comic book exposure. “It’s not something that will really fly off the shelves,” he said.

For his part, Newman is not concerned. He said that most of the people he expects to seek out the anthology will be diehard Belle and Sebastian followers. This is exactly the type ofaudience the book is being marketed toward. According to Image Comics’ website, mailings about the anthology have been sent to more than 40,000 Belle and Sebastian fans.

Student fan Davis said she didn’t receive the mailing but is nonetheless excited about the release.

“I’ve never read a comic book before, but I’ll definitely get this one,” Davis said.

Each story in the new Belle and Sebastian comic book is based on one of the band's many songs.

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The former LA underground trio of Rakaa, Evidence and DJ Babu are back on Capitol Records “for the very fourth time. Or so they say on “Back Again,” their first single off their newest release 20/20. Learning from the paltry sales of their previous record, 20/20 is more consistent and less singles-based. Unfortunately, this also means that the entire album is safer than a Volvo.

20/20 follows the framework of production deferring to rap, at times succeeding but more often falling unmistakably short. “Back Again” just loops a heavy backbeat and electronic childlike cut-up of the words “back again” to boring results, while the album’s second single “Alarm Clock Music” succeeds with lyrics reminscent of those that made Dilated Peoples an underground hit in the first place.

The collaborations are also hit or miss. Reggae-legend Capleton is a force on “Firepower,” but Talib Kweli sounds like Rod Stewart on “Kindness for Weakness.” Krondon’s “Rapid Transit”, however, is by far the worst song on the album, boasting such lines as ‘LAX, worldwide direct, all the flights connect.”

20/20 isn't half as bad as many other recent hip-hop releases, and some of these songs might garner decent radio play.

Still, Dilated Peoples sticks a little too close to the hip-hop recipe: one part hood hardship, two parts political outrage, and a smattering of name-dropping. You try and insert Phil Ivey, David Ortiz and Barbara Bush over a 15-minute span.

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Through online press, mp3’s and concerts, these edgy Brits spread their name before ever recording with a label. In Spring 2004, Domino Records—the label that signed Duke’s new favorite Franz Ferdinand—picked up The Arctic Monkeys. Their debut, Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not!, was released in the U.K, this January and outsold every album Up

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CS Waveforms is an album that likes to take its time moving along. The beats are slow and winding, unfurling over several minutes to lull the listener into pulsating grooves and meandering synth melodies. This begins with the opener, “Sea Green,” in an affected guitar line reminiscent of Coldplay’s X&Y, and doesn’t stop until the last muted notes of “Colours from Nowhere” have faded out.

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It has since become the fastest selling debut album in the country’s history.

This week Whatever People Say is released in the United States. Expect a clean, catchy punk sound derived significandy from The Clash. When they first picked up their instruments in 2002, guitarists Alex Turner and Jamie Cook memorized tunes by The White Stripes, giving The Arctic Monkeys a sound similar to the Detroitfriendly band but with a little more punk and a little less blues. This influence appears on “Dancing Shoes” with the powerful distorted blues solo. “Dancing Shoes” also features a drum part reminiscent of America’s revival swing (think Big Bad Voodoo Daddy). The main strengths of Whatever People Say lies in its catchy melodies and tasty background guitar lines, as heard on “The View from the Afternoon.” While most of the tracks are fast paced, “Riot Van” and “Mardy Bum” fill the ballad requirement with a punk flavor. Frontman Alex Turner’s lyrics are directed and intelligent, and the band’s sound is singular and strong. Stick around and see what happens next to the boys of Sheffield,

England.

—Colin Tierney melodies. For example in “Spiral,” the notes of the vocals (from guest artist the Sugababes) are held just long enough to blend seamlessly into the bass beats that guide the song along.

Hello Waveforms is some of the best “chill out” music to be released in some time. These are the types of songs that suck away any worries into a pulsating mix of pounds and tones with the occasional vocal harmonies. Anyone who enjoys ambient electronic music will greatly enjoy this album, as well as anyone just looking for a quick way to de-stress.

—Alex Frydman

Nasher chef forges future of dining

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Tornquist doesn’t run one of the highest volume eateries on campus, nor is she at the top of Duke’s dining bureaucracy. Instead, she runs two intimate and highly successful restaurants: the Nasher Cafe and the Faculty Commons. Although Tornquist may not have the pervasive on-campus presence of vendors like ARAMARK, Corp., Alpine or Mad Hatter’s, her culinary philosophy and vision for the future ofcampus dining will likely shape the way that Duke students and faculty eat for years to come.

As part of Tornquist’s involvement on campus, she has

been a member of Duke’s ad hoc Green Dining Committee since early lastyear. This activist group is comprised of students, faculty, campus dining managers and other members of the Duke community, including Cynthia Brodhead. As a member of this committee, Tornquist is a vocal promoter of recycling initiatives, responsible farming and what is referred to as “earth stewardship,” or caring for the environment throughout food production and consumption.

But she doen’t stop there. “Part of our focus is not only eating local, seasonal, organic [ingredients] but also sort of hopefully changing the culture of dining at Duke,” she said.

Tornquist added that the emphasis on local ingredients and wholesome cuisine at both the Nasher Cafe and the

Faculty Commons is a conscious effort on her part to lead by example.

“As part of the Green Dining Committee I really want to focus on making the eateries I control as green and hospitable and community-friendly as possible,” she said. “It seemed fraudulent to open a new cafe and not be willing to

comply.”

With questions over ARAMARK’s contract rapidly circulating, Chef Tomquist said she sees an opportunity to enact meaningful change for eateries across campus, including the larger-scale operations.

“I would love to see local, seasonal, organic at the Marketplace—no joke,” she said. “I would love to see local SEE TORNQUIST ON PAGE 7

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Jones plays Pete Perkins, whose best friend Melquiades (Julio Cedillo) happens to be an illegal alien.

When Melquiades is gunned down

by Mike Norton, an overzealous border guard (Barry Pepper, Saving Private Ryan), Perkins jumps to action. In retaliation, he kidnaps Mike and forces him to dig up the hastily buried body and carry it back to Mexico.

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Yet, while the film takes on the persona of the standard “based on a true story” inspirational family flick, it somehow avoids the pitfalls. With subtle charm and unwavering sincerity, Indian makes even the most stolid cynics want to root for the crazy, old guy and his ramshackle bike.

Burt Munro (played by the exceptional Anthony Hopkins) is a proud New Zealander nearing his seventh decade, whose pastimes include urinating on the lemon tree in his yard, trimming his toe nails with an electronic sander and jolting his neighbors in the wee hours of the morning by revving up the old gal—a 1920 Indian Scout. His heart’s desire is to participate in Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah and set a new record by exceeding 200 miles per hour. And yes, he plans to do this with the Indian which lacks both brakes and a parachute.

So begins the journey of a man who lives his life through philosophical idioms (“If you don’t follow through with your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable”) and intrepid one liners (“danger is the spice of life”). Hopkins, suited with an authentic Kiwi accent, portrays Burt as unflinching yet fragile: both painfully aware and somehow indifferent to the implications of his age.

His endearing resolve attracts the aid of a leather-clad motorcycle gang, a transvestite motel manager and even the skeptical “pricks” (as Burt calls them) who administrate the Speed Week event. It is Burt’s defiance of the impossible that charms each of the people he encounters on his journey to Bonneville, and in the end, charms the audience as well.

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This is ultimately the problem of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada—Tommy Lee Jones tries desperately to achieve a film existing in a world filled with weathered, “awshucks” poetry and old West wisdom, but rarely achieves success.

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“The town was completely devastated,” said Drew Grimes, the director of a new documentary about Princeville. “It was under 15 feet of water for a couple weeks, and most of the houses were destroyed because of the water damage.”

The story of the town begins much earlier, though, Grimes said. It was founded in 1885 by freed slaves who had been living in the area for 20 years. The documentary, entided This Side of the River, tells the story of the town from its settlement to the modern day. It premieres Tuesday at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham.

Princeville is the oldest black town in the United States, Grimes said. It has endured everything from the repeated flooding to the end ofReconstruction, in which much black-owned property was taken by white Southerners.

In fact, the first set of dangers may have protected the town from the latter. “The land that Princeville was on is of such poor quality that [white landowners] didn’t really want it back,” Grimes said. “This was a low swampy land that was often flooded. This was a place that the recendy freed slaves were able to go to find some safety.”

“This is a story of survival,” Grimes said.

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Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham. Princeville-area bluesman George Higgs will appear before the screening, and the event will be followed by a discussion with Princeville. citizens. The event isfree and open to the public.

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perceptions of the African-American community fueled him to take a closer look at class divisions within the community itself, as well as how these divisions influenced its members in their quest for greater social equality.

In particular, the films screened at Nasher highlighted both the early disparities between middle class and “underclass” AfricanAmericans’ strategies for obtaining equality, as well as the more cohesive approach developed in the seventies and eighties.

Throughout his experience ofrecording black history, the concept of black power has shifted considerably, Greaves said. He suggested that achieving greater social equality in the latter half of the 20th century has eased some of the tension associated with black power initiatives. “I think people have become accustomed to it and are quite willing to live with it as a political or social issue,” he said. “At one point, people used to be very intimidated, particularly white people, but I think white people have learned to live with that concept because there is also white power operat-

ing concurrently.”

Greaves’ pioneering take on documenting African Americans’ struggle for equality—unique in its emphasis on class issues and behind-the-scenes “movers and shakers”—has made his work especially appealing for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival which takes place in Durham every April.

“He is a filmmaker who has focused his entire life on independent film and especially on supporting and championing the African American filmmaker,” said Nancy Buirski, the CEO and Director of Full Frame. “We were particularly excited about showing Still a Brother because it is such a groundbreaking film,” she added, noting that Still a Brother is one of only a few films that addresses “issues of the African-American middle class.”

And until those issues are resolved, Greaves is content with making progress wherever he can. “I’m very comfortable with what I’m doing—l don’t need the applause of the masses,” he said. “I’m gratified that people appreciate what I’m doing and that people care, but if only one or two people showed up, and they appreciated it, that would be fine with me.”

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recess When most people are getting a cavity filled, they don’t spend a lot of time thinking about their dentist’s artistic talents.

But if all goes according to plan, senior Catherine Kao’s future may hold that scenario. Kao is a chemistry major and a visual arts minor who plans to become a dentist after attending graduate school for fine arts. She works mainly in sculpture, painting and printmaking.

For Kao, art isn’t just something to be done in class, she said. “I like working on art when it is more relaxed, without a deadline. In away, it’s more difficult because you just keep working on it until it looks good.”

Kao said artistic perfectionism drives her work, which is mainly abstract, linear and crafted in detail. She took her first art class in high school, and her early paintings were often abstractions of landscapes. In college, she is inspired by a different muse; construction sites.

“I like the symmetry of the lines created by scaffolding,” she explained.

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Tornquist said she appreciates the green initiatives enacted by her peers, namely that of the Refectory Cafe.

Laura Hall, whose company oversees the Refectory Cafe’s food production, said she shares many of Tornquist’s beliefs.

“We’re really all about eating fresh foods, not fried foods,” she said.

Both Hall and Tornquist may be tapping into a growing trend in student dining.

“I like that the move toward green dining has given me and many of my friends more options on campus,” said Anthony Bishopric, a sophomore. “Sometimes I want a vegan meal, so I’ll get the tempeh at the Refectory,” Duke students are becoming inmore creasingly aware of quality in food, wine and beer, Tornquist said. “Food doesn’t have to be fancy to be sophisticated. seasonal Fresh, and wonderful could take half as much time as something that’s overcooked and hideous.”

For her part, VARUN LELLA/RECESS Tornquist said she plans to continue Amy Tornquist is behind the organic cuisine to improve each at the Nasher Cafe and Faculty Commons. day. Although she said she has no plans to open up a restaurant in the Triangle, she is open to further expansion on campus.

“I’ve really enjoyed being under Dining Services,” she said. “It’s worked very well for me—l like having the structure and the support of the Duke community.”

Seven of Chef Tornquist’s recipes are being featured in this March’s Food & Wine magazine and can be found online at www.foodandwine.com. Variations of these dishes will be available at the Nasher Cafe in mid-March. On May 10, Chef Tornquistwill be teaching a class on preparing these dishes at A Southern Season.

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in a unique way, said Nathalie Basile, a freshman that contributed to one of the discussions that followed each show. “You hear the voices of other women and you can perform it for . them.”

The stories ranged from roommate problems, Job rejection and ever-present cattiness to more serious problems such as date rape and eating disorders. Tan said the directors considered the scope of the issues in choosing the monologues, hoping to enlarge the understanding of being a woman at Duke.

Laura Pyatt, a junior in the show, echoed think a lot of this play is town barriers and facades,” getting in touch with what’s

Asia, where scaffolding is made from bamboo. For her project, she ordered bamboo online and had it shipped to East Campus in order to create large-scale, geometric structures and wall-hangings, the largest measuring about six feet tall. Sculpture allows her to give depth to the linear aesthetics, she noted.

Despite her passion for art, Kao said she had not planned to pursue a graduate degree in fine arts until her sculpting professor, William Noland, encouraged her to apply.

“She’s bright, slightly obsessive—in a good way—and very particular,” Noland said. “She produces things that are really quite original, wonderfully fragile and intensely visual.”

Noland pointed out that several professional sculptors in recent history have started out as dentists. “Dentistry takes the same attention to detail and dexterity that are requirements for meticulous art-making,” he said.

Kao takes a more light-hearted view of her career goals. “Art supplies are expensive,” she said. “It’s probably safer to keep it as a hobby.”

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Inside Joke was founded in 2000, 0) but in the past year, the sketch comedy group has really been gaining steam, said Presi0) dent Ryan MattiF son. “We have a d F"l very solid team right now.”

This weekend, Inside Joke will bring their creativity to the Bryan Center. The 15-member team spends about 80 percent of the year focusing on skits five-to-eight minutes in length. This weekend, for example, Inside Joke will perform “24: Jack Bauer versus the Corporate World,” which finds the 24 character laid off by the government and forced to acclimate to corporate life. At one point, he has two minutes to find the replacement coffee filters Once the scripts are written, the rehearsals begin. “A lot of the most witty things come into a skit during practice week,” Mattison added.

“Someone will bring up an idea and everyone will hop on board.”

At the end of the day, after all the energy given to creating and perfecting the skits, Inside Joke just wants to make people laugh, Mattison said.

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Magenta Sunsets Sleeping with Strangers is an experimental mix of performance techniques —combining snappy dialogue with slapstick comedy, and Chinese opera with martial arts. It explores the charged relationship between America and China. Free workshops on traditional Chinese opera techniques and autobiographical writing and performing will be led by performers Peng Jinquanand Dan Kwong from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Brown Silk and Magenta Sunsets explores one woman’s struggle with the phantoms of her past as she pursues a relationship with a younger man. Presented

by Karamu Drama Group, the play is one of the group’s first forays into tragic drama. The group earlier presented The Blacks, a show about racial issues.

“We hope it appeals to the Duke community through its unique demonstration of mental health and family issues,” said junior Norah Yahya, president ofKaramu.

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He missed open shots throughout the first half, struggling to a 2-for-ll performance.

With 16:40 to game Play in the second half, he analysis seemed poised to break his slump on a wide-open three from the corner, but it didn’t go down.

But Redick—and his team never lost confidence in his shooting stroke, and he eventually broke out of his slump and scored 16 points down the stretch, including 9-of-10 shooting from the foul line, to ensure a Duke victory over Georgia Tech.

“Any time a shooter is cold, they tell him to keep shooting,” forward Shelden Williams said.

“WhenJJ. saw a couple shots go in late in the game, all of a sudden he’s back to being same old JJ.” Even though Redick did not put up more than 30 points for the first time in six games and struggled mightily for most of the contest—it was his worst shooting performance of the season—he once again showed his mettle.

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of the second half and starting the game 2-for-17, the senior did not lose confidence. Instead, he looked for the shots that could help his team win and made plays for the Blue Devils when they needed him most.

With the game tied at 53, he drilled a 18-foot pull-up jumper—his first field goal of the second half—to put Duke up two. The next time down the court, Duke’s all-time leading scorer—who is nine points shy of becoming the ACC’s top scorer—ran around a Williams screen, got open and nailed his first three-pointer of the game on his sixth attempt.

“It was just a matter of making the next play and not worrying about my shooting percentage,” Redick said. ‘You always have to have that mentality: ‘next play.’ I just had to step up at a big moment in the game.”

The two shots did more than energize Redick—they got the whole team excited about its chances to win.

“He definitely gives us confidence,” freshman Greg Paulus said. “We know that when he’s hitting his shot, we’re very tough to defend.”

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SEE REDICK ON PAGE 12

JJ. Redick shot just 5-for-21 from the field, but his 11-for-12 performance from the free throw line gave him 22 points.

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Coming off a thrilling double-overtime win in Miami over the weekend, the top-ranked Blue Devils routed Virginia Tech, 93-51, on Senior Night Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Playing in their final game at home, seniors Monique Currie and Mistie Williams each totalled 14 points 51 against the Hokies, as VA.TECH DUKE 93 Duke (25-1, 12-1 in the ACC) outscored Virginia Tech (18-8, 5-8) by 21 in each half and cruised to an easy victory. The Blue Devils’ third senior, Jessica Foley, added 10 points on 4-for-5 shooting “I’m really happy for the seniors,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “This is a nice way for them to go out, playing in Cameron. They set the tone early, had really good energy and set the tone with our defense.”

Point guards Lindsey Harding and Abby Waner each dished out five assists for Duke and only turned the ball over a combined three times as Duke erupted to a 29-9 lead and never relented.

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The Blue Devils are not only ready for North Carolina. They are ready for the NCAAs. With their dominant showing against Virginia Tech

Wednesday ni sht in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke not only showed why it is the No. 1 squad in the nation, but also sent a powerful message. This team is

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On Senior Night, forward Monique Currie played 26 minutes and scored 14 points in Duke's 93-51 rout of Virginia Tech.

The Blue Devils’ defense was stellar, forcing 23 turnovers and holding the Hokies to their second-lowest point total of the season and their third-lowest shooting percentage.

“Their defense was very good,” Virginia Tech head coach Beth Dunkenberger said. “They

kept switching things up.”

Duke’s offense was equally impressive. The Blue Devils shot 60.9 percent, scored 93 points and converted the Hokies’ turnovers into 30 points.

“We tried some man, we tried some zone, and we tried a bunch of different presses, and nothing seemed to work very well against them,” Dunkenberger said.

Duke’s night was much better on both sides of the ball than the team’s previous performance against Virginia Tech this season.

When the two teams met in Blacksburg, Va., Feb. 6, Duke barely escaped with a 73-62 victory. The team shot 45.5 percent that game, allowed 11 more points, and turned the ball over five more times.

In the four games since that first Virginia Tech meeting, SEE TOURNEY ON PAGE 12

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Duke shortstop Brett Bartles wasted no time. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Bardes laced a solo shot out of Jack Coombs Field to put the Blue Devils on the board.

Though Duke started the game strong, the Blue Devils ultimately fell to Elon, 106, Wednesday af-

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Shortstop Brett Bartles hit a home run in thebottom of the first inning of Duke's loss to Elon Wednesday.

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The men’s swimming and diving opened the ACC Championships at the University of Maryland Wednesday, and after two competitions Duke is in ninth place.

The 800 relay of senior Billy Pearce, sophomore Ryan Packer, junior James Ashenfelter and sophomore Scott Champagne placed ninth out of 10 teams. Pearce’s lead-off leg of 1:41.07 was a career-best time, and the overall relay time of 6:48.85 was also a seasonbest performance. The team chopped 18 seconds off its previous fastest time from earlier this season.

“The 800 free relay was just short of the school record,” head coach Dan Colella said. “Ryan Packer was about a half second off his best, and Scott was about three seconds off.”

In the 200 medley relay, the Duke team of junior Alex Sidelnik, junior Kevin Arthofer, junior Jacob McCafferty and Packer at anchor, also placed ninth out of 10 teams, in a time of 1:33.22. Their finish represented a season-best performance.

“The 200 medley relay had some great splits, but also some slow exchanges, especially one at the very end that cost us some time,” Colella said. “It was actually a great start. The team’s been excited and looking forward to this and working toward this meet all season.”

The Championships continue tomorrow with the Blue Devils competing in the 500 freestyle, the 200IM, 50 freestyle, and the 200 freestyle relay. team

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The Blue Devils (2-5) extended their early lead to three runs with a pair of runs in the second before Elon (5-3) came alive in the fifth. With the score 3-1, the Phoenix exploded for four runs, including infielder Paul Bennett’s three-run homer.

“I think it was a different type of game than what we have played before,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. “We jumped out early, got a lead, and had some opportunities in the middle of the game to maybe separate a little bit. We weren’t able to do that.”

Duke answered in the bottom of the fifth with Tim Sherlock’s solo shot over the right field fence, but still trailed by one, 5-4.

But the Blue Devils would not get any closer. The Phoenix scored four nms in the seventh inning on four hits, including an RBI triple by Bennett. Seven straight Elon batters reached base after Duke pitcher Ryan Perry retired Ryan Addison, the Phoenix’s first batter of the inning.

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Duke scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it was not enough to overcome Elon’s lead.

“I feel real good that we came out in the ninth and came pretty close to getting it down to one swing or one guy on base away from getting the tying run to the plate,” McNally said. “It’s just a matter of carrying it through the whole game and getting some timely hits.”

Despite the loss, the Blue Devils continue to gain experience. McNally said freshman Matt Williams, who hit an RBI triple in the second inning and finished 4-for-4, played particularly well, and also singled out fellow freshman Sherlock. “[Williams] took good swings and had a really good day,” McNally said. “He’s growing in his role as a catcher and starting to find his voice a little bit. Tim Sherlock hit a home run in the second game and this one he really drove that ball.”

Although freshman right-hander Jimmy Saris took the loss, McNally was pleased with the way he pitched. Saris went six innings, allowing five runs on six hits while striking out four.

Duke had 10 hits during the game and Elon racked up 12. The Phoenix, however, more efficiently converted hits to runs.

“We have kind of hit in spurts, but not consistently and not consistendy at the right time,” McNally said. “It’s a growing process and we are hitting. We are showing we can swing the bats.”

M.BBALL from page 1 make the score 47-36, and the Blue Devils called timeout with 17:30 to play.

After the timeout, the oft-overlooked Williams took over. Redick missed a threepointer —he was 2-for-13 from the field at that point—but Williams was there. He grabbed the rebound and scored while being fouled, hitting the free throw.

Williams scored Duke’s next six points to close the deficit to two. He finished the night with 26 points and 11 rebounds.

“We were able to get Shelden the ball in the second half and he asserted himself,” Kryzyewski said. “He was the key offensively for us.”

But as good as Williams was, it would not have mattered without the Blue Devils’ defensive effort. From the timeout at the 17:30 mark until one minute remained and Duke led by 11, the Blue Devils outscored Georgia Tech, 33-11.

“It’s one of the few times all year where all of a sudden, JJ. is not hitting,” Krzyzewski said. “I thought for awhile we didn’t step up defensively to make up for that, but in the second half we did.”

After Williams’ personal nine-point run, Redick tied the game at 47 on a pair of free throws. The Yellow Jackets responded, however, scoring the next six points. They led, 53-47, going into the television timeout with 11:44 to play.

After the stoppage, Duke scored four points with baskets by Mcßoberts and Williams. Then with 9:44 remaining, Redick picked up a loose ball and drove to the basket alone, but he missed the layup. Mcßoberts husded after the play and dunked in the rebound, tying the game.

Redick scored Duke’s next five points on two longjumpers to give the Blue Devils a lead they would not relinquish.

From that point, the inexperienced Yellow Jackets started putting Redick on the line with what Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt called “immature plays.”

“When you have a player of JJ. Redick’s caliber, who’s obviously having a

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The Yellow Jackets held Duke guard Sean Dockery withouta point, his first scoreless game of the year.

tough night by evidence of some of the easy shots that he missed, you can’t bail him out by putting him on the foul line,” Hewitt said. “You don’t need to give him the weapon to put you away.”

Redick finished with 22 points, leaving him nine points shy of passing Dickie Hemric’s ACC career points record of 2,587.

The Yellow Jackets shot 70.8 percent from the field in the first half. Center Ra’Sean Dickey and forward Jeremis Smith dominated Duke’s interior defense over the first 20 minutes for a combined 18 points, and Zam Frederick dished out seven assists.

“I think that’s the best that anyone’s executed against our defense all year,” Krzyzewski said.

On the technical foul call, Kryzyewski said he did not curse at the officials, but joked that it “looked like I would have, and I have that look.”

“I know it wasn’t favoritism,” Kryzyewski quipped. “I was surprised, but I was surprised thatJJ. was 2-for-17, too. It was a night of surprises.”

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TOURNEY from page 9 including Wednesday night, Duke has scored 88, 90, 99 and 93 points, respectively. In those games, Duke has stepped up its intensity when necessary and proved why this year’s team is ready to contend for the school’s first national tide.

In addition to the team’s ever improving offense and defense, its balance and depth have strengthened. Five Blue Devils scored in double figures Wednesday, while two others had eight points apiece.

Duke also scored 48 points in the paint despite being outrebounded, 41-34.

“I wasn’t thinking about the Tournament,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “We’ve had some really good practices and everybody’s been playing well, so I wanted to give everybody an opportunity to play.”

Whether thinking about the Tournament or not, Goestenkors’ bench has been a strength for the team all season and this

game was no exception. Nearly half of Duke’s points were scored by the bench.

Goestenkors highlighted the team’s unselfish play, especially that of the seniors, as a key factor in the balanced scoring. She said the three seniors could have taken more shots each game throughout the season, but they have preferred to get their teammates involved.

The Blue Devils travel to Chapel Hill to play No. 2 North Carolina Saturday to decide the ACC regular season champion.

On the heels of Wednesday’s rout, Duke will approach that showdown with the confidence to snap its recent four-game losing streak to the Tar Heels and head into postseason play on a high note.

“It doesn’t even really feel like the Senior Night because we have so much of our season left,” senior Jessica Foley said. “It’s definitely sad to have our last game in Cameron but I think that there’s so much of the season left to go that we haven’t really thought about the end yet.”

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Blue Devils took off, building the lead to as many as 11 points. Redick padded his stats with a couple of free throws down the stretch, but it was obvious to all that he did not have one of his better games.

Even so, he showed why he is one of the best players in the country. On an off night, he did not lose his confidence and made the two shots he absolutely had to.

“It’s the law of percentages,” Redick said. “Eventually, some shots are going to go in. Fortunately tonight, the shots that went in were pretty big ones.”

Ironically, the play that got Redick refocused on his efforts was neither of those makes, but the shot that preceded it.

It was like a lot of Redick’s attempts throughout his Duke career. He pumpfaked, two defenders went flying past him, and he had a wide-open layup. Only this time, he missed it. It was Redick’s 15th miss in 17 attempts from the field in the game, and it came from directly under the basket, but it still didn’t take away his confidence.

“After that one, I was like, ‘Man, forget it.

Don’t even worry about it, just take the next shot,’” Redick said of his botched layup.

And if anyone needed more evidence that Redick should always “take the next shot” when he’s struggling, this game was it.

Duke’s all-time leading scorer once again proved that he’ll do whatever it takes to win.

from the field—its best performance in ACC play—and had a total offive players score in double figures and 10 players tally more than five.

“This team has always played well together and they’ve always been very unselfish,” Goestenkors said. “It starts with the senior leadership. We’ve got three seniors here who are very talented and they show the way things are going to be done by being unselfish. All three could probably take 20 shots a game, but they don’t. They make sure that they get everybody involved and that made us a really good team.”

Virginia Tech scrambled desperately on defense, trying to stop Duke using multiple defensive sets.

The Blue Devils opened the game scoring 10 of their first 12 points in the paint against the Hokies’ man-to-man defense.

And when Virginia Tech switched to a zone later in the half, Duke rained threes on them. Duke was also unfazed by Virginia Tech’s press, running the court for 18 fast break points on the night.

“I think that we did a good job against most of their defenses,” Goestenkors said.

“We wanted to establish our inside game early and I think that we did that. They began to double down a little bit and played a litde zone. So we kicked it back out, skipped the ball, and we were hitting

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JJ.Redickfinished with fourassists and three steals to help compensate for a poor shooting night

our threes. We had a nice combination.”

With the Blue Devils leading 23-9 in the first half, sophomore guard Laura Kurz scored six consecutive points for the Blue Devils, four of which came in transition as Duke expanded its lead to 20 with 8:13 left to play before halftime.

The Blue Devils came out of the locker room and struggled to regain their momentum from the first half as the Hokies chipped the lead down to 15 with 16 minutes still to play.

Duke, however, took back control of the game and outscored Virginia Tech 4922 the rest of the way.

“For the first five minutes of the second half we were a little bit flat, but then I thought we did a good job to pick it back up again,” Goestenkors said. “Overall, I was really pleased and I thought it was a great team effort. Everybody coming off the bench played really well for us and that’s important.”

Currie, Foley and Williams were honored by coaches, teammates, family and fans in a pregame ceremony and each spoke briefly to the crowd of 5,957 after the game, Williams’ father, legendary recording artist Chubby Checker, also sang the National Anthem before tip-off.

“It was nice, I haven’t actually heard my Dad sing for a while,” Williams said.

“It’s actually nice for him to sing, and then for us to win, because last time he was here we lost.”

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So long. President Summers University of Arts and Sciences March 15, 2005.

President Lawrence Summers also would have Summers announced Tuesday he is resigning, ef- faced a second no-confidence vote next fective June 30. the During week> h ,d he not staffeditorial resigned, five years of his Here at Duke, we will never presidency, he never got along well with the Arts and Sciences know the whole story behind faculty, and he was character- why Summers resigned; Harized as having a brusque de- vard is simply not our universimeanor. Outrage against Sum- ty. But, given the facts that mers flared up in January have been made public, it is 2005 when he hypothesized clear that the rift between that one the reasons why Summers and the Arts and Sciences faculty prevented him women are underrepresented in top math and science posi- from advancing his agenda for tions is because they do not moving Harvard forward, If Summers is indeed alhave the same “intrinsic aptitude” that men have. truistically resigning so that This controversial remark he will no longer be a hinwas followed by a no-confi- drance to the progression of dence vote from the Faculty the university, then we ap-

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Furthermore, if Summers is causing rifts, then he is not only damaging the internal health of the institution for which he works, but he is also harming Harvard’s public face at a time when it is trying to grow inter-

nationally.

Summers’ decision to resign—which seemed almost inevitable—illuminates one of the tensions that any leader faces: the tension be-

tween wanting to push the envelope and not wanting to rock the boat.

Summers wanted to push the envelope by advancing a bold, progressive agenda, but doing so also entailed rocking the boat by upsetting the Arts and Sciences faculty and asking high-level administrators to resign (as Summers did of William Kirby, the dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences).

Some Harvard faculty and students have said that former Duke President Nan Keohane is one the candidates being considered to replace Summers. It is a testament to Keohane’s work at Duke and

Wellesley College:—another

institution where she served as president—that she is

being considered as one of the candidates for Harvard’s next

president.

Keohane, however, is allegedly ho longer interested in university administration and is content with her position as a professor of public affairs at Princeton University. Were she to pursue the position and be selected, however, Keohane could be Harvard’s first female president—another major accomplishment for the seasoned academic administrator.

Ultimately, Harvard’s next president will be appointed by a search committee.

Given all the challenges surrounding the selection process, we certainly do not envy their position.

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Sad day for Summers The resignation of Lawrence Summers is a sad day for academics across the world, but it is an especially sad day for Harvard, whose reputation for leadership is perhaps becoming obsolete.

First, his controversial comments on women in science were not only a summary of somebody else’s study, but they were also blown hysterically out of proportion. Summers did not say that women were underrepresented in science because of inherent ability; he said merely that the possibility had not yet been disproves a common sense statement to anybody with even a basic understanding of statistics.

He went on to say that he hoped the hypothesis would soon be proven false.

This is academics: People propose and study hypotheses, and they either disprove them or they continue to study them. A blow against his honesty is a blow against serious academic pursuits of all kinds.

Second, if his interaction with Cornel West is “proof’ of his inability to handle relationships, then it reflects poorly on Harvard as an institution, not on Summers. A private meeting in which Summers asked West to reduce grade inflation and devote less time to his so-called rap career and more (any!) time to scholarly pursuits was made pub-

lie not by Summers but by a hysterically livid West.

Summers is a brilliant economist, having served in Clinton’s Treasury Department and won recognition often considered to be equal in prestige to the Nobel prize. He is well-known—or, in Harvard’s circles, perhaps “notorious” is the better word—for defending economic freedom in the third world, but his work covers many divergent fields.

As president of Harvard, his accomplishments include increasing the focus on undergraduate education and emphasizing the importance of the natural sciences in an increasingly science-based world.

If his forced resignation represents what we can expect from the reputed leaders of academia, perhaps it is time for a change in leadership. Harvard’s prestige has just been devalued in the eyes of all who value serious intellectual honesty, freedom and excellence.

MikeLee Trinity ’O6

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Only one person is needed to register a tent, but they should have the names and e-mail addresses of each tent member at the time of registration. Each tent must have at least 8 members but no more than 12.

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The Carolina game is always the most intense of the year, so plan well and be the first new tent to register on Saturday.

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somewhat uncomfortable racial climate that exists here at Duke. I first encountered this when, after only about two weeks on campus, I had company. A middle school friend with whom I reunited with through facebook (oh how I love facebook) came to visit me. It was his first time actually being on Duke’s campus. A white guy in my dorm who was passing through the hallway stopped at my door, said hi, chatted with my roomie and me for a minute, and then proceeded to make reference to my black friend by saying, “What’s Jamal doing here?” I’m thinking to myself, “Oh, no he didn’t.” But, yes, he had.

He’d called my friend “Jamal” —the generic name that I’ve learned some white people have for black men—and implied that he didn’t belong at Duke, all in the same breath.

I was shocked because apparently being drenched with waves of ignorance wasn’t on my list of things to prepare for when I decided to attend Duke.

And at this point, I thought to myself, for only about the third time, how hard it must be to be a black man learning and living at Duke. Professors may automatically assume you need extra help, white girls may fear you because ofwhat their daddies told them about the sexual appetites ofblack men, and you represent a true minority when it comes to representation at Duke and on college campuses nationwide. I can sympathize with black male students for these reasons, some ofwhich we have in common.

But I would appreciate it if the black males on our campus took the time to see things from

a sista’s point of view as well. If they did this, they would have completely different feelings about the disproportionate amounts of black females to black males. They would see why dating can be an extremely gloomy topic. Instead, black males take pride in seeing the disproportionality as a reason to avoid having real, exclusive relationships with black females.

For these reasons, I cannot condone some of the ways in which I’ve seen some black men carry themselves on our campus. And, without beating around the bush, “ignorant” is really the only word I can think of to describe it.

There are guys cheating on their girlfriends and guys sleeping with girls who are best friends. You name it, black men on this campus are doing it.

Among black males at Duke, there seems to be a similar attitude that prevails and that is the lack of the necessity of an obligation to one female (no matter her race).

But the bitter attitudes between black women and the broken friendships that have resulted from bickering over males on campus are widespread. Instead of blaming the male who is sleeping with everyone on campus, it seems as if black females blame each other and proclaim that the women on campus are the problem, when the issue resides within the mentalities of these black men.

And, it’s not okay.

Although many of us are just trying to have one to call our own, just as our white counterparts have, it’s not worth risking friendships.

There’s no sista out there who hasn’t witnessed firsthand the jealousy, cattiness and downright bitchiness that other sistas are capable of.

Instead, we have to embrace each other.

I am serious about my commitment to the sistas on this campus. The experiences we share culturally and historically have made it so we have no choice but to form a sisterhood. We owe it to each other to help each other make it, to tell another sista she is beautiful and to allow ourselves to trust each other.

A large part of the social life in college revolves around the dating scene. At Duke, the dating scene for African Americans is unhealthy. It revolves around dangerous hook-up relationships, scandalous affairs and midnight creeping in Edens 28.

We deserve better.

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Goodwin was selected last week by Duke Student Governbe the newest Young Trustee, giving him the honor and privilege to serve on the Board of Trustees for three years and vote on it for two.

Goodwin beat out fellow seniors Chris Kallmeyer and Hirsh Sandesara by garnering a majority of the votes of the combined DSG Senate and Intercommunity Council.

It only took one round of voting for Goodwin, the executive vice president of DSG, to win a majority, Goodwin showed a new side in his question-and-answer section with the Senate. Normally restrained, keeping parliamentary order in an otherwise confused DSG world, last Wednesday he elizabeth rudisill was exuberant and energetic.

Do SomethinG Sandesara and Kallmeyer were more reserved, treating the Senate with a gravity they did not deign to return, snickering when they thanked senators for their questions and commented on how difficult the queries were. The Instant Messenger problem remains, although use has become less rampant since the first meeting I attended this year. (However, Senator Matt Hoekstra, a junior, seems determined to continually chat online, crack jokes every two minutes and not pay attention at any meeting, ever.)

Every candidate talked about the importance of Central Campus, student initiative (certainly a tip of the hat to Board member and President Richard Brodhead) and improving the residential experience.

After the speeches, I was torn: It was simply too close to call.

Kallmeyer seemed too focused on the arts, bringing the Nasher or performance spaces into almost every question. No doubt he has been a phenomenal Union president, but he was miles behind the other two Young Trustee finalists.

Goodwin tried to show how he has had the experiences of the typical Duke student, like studying abroad, getting parking tickets and living in Krzyzewskiville. He talked about the personal relationships he already has with some Board members and about how he feels he has always connected with students. His original ideas were stressing the need for an architectural school (while at the same time backing the current policy against pre-professionalism —and that while being the president of Bench and Bar, the pre-law society) and making Sanford a separate undergraduate school, pushing it to be on par with Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations.

Sandesara advocated the integration of the Duke Medical Center into other parts of the University. His strength was his wide range of experience: He is already a member of the board at the medical center and works on a Central Campus planning committee (he said he’s not afraid to “ask the tough questions” and knows most of the work happens outside the boardroom) and participates in many student groups, including serving as president of Diya.

Both are proven leaders, both share visions with the current University leadership, both have ideas of their own, both are dynamic and could hold their own on the Board of Trustees. So who should have been elected?

Don’t look at me!

Honesdy, either candidate would have been a good choice for Young Trustee. And, honesdy, neither of them could do a whole lot. The Board ofTrustees might not be an old boys’ club anymore, but it’s still all about networking. Which, according to urbandictionary.com, is an “Updated version of ‘Old Boys’ Club’ that doesn’t require being old or male; the primary purpose is to place acquaintanceship and social skills before merit, education and knowledge in... advancement.” And on the Duke University Board of Trustees, amount of money donated goes along with acquaintanceship and social skills.

The Young Trustee position was created to bring a different viewpoint to the Board and, despite the privilege of voting, the voice of the student members is no doubt barely audible. Do you really think the Board of Trustees, which will in a few months likely go over the heads of students and Dining Services Director Jim Wulforst to support renewing ARAMARK’s contract, does more than superficially listen to the recent graduates’ opinions?

That said, the Young Trustee position is not an empty title. With a lot of effort and the right maneuvering, Goodwin will be able to have an impact on the board. He certainly won’t be as powerful as the other members, but if he can throw in ideas or stop bad ones, he will have done his job.

The Young Trustee decision was a difficult one this year. Anytime a body votes one of its own members into a position of power, there’s a whiff offavoritism. But DSG handled the process as well as they have anything—which isn’t saying much. ment to

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