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ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 106

File-sharing student receives warning by

Greg Bobrinskoy THE CHRONICLE

After a formal investigation into the creation and use of his popular server, sophomore Elliott Wolf was penalized Monday with a formal warning and a written assignment from Undergraduate Judicial Affairs.

Wolf, an Angier B. Duke Scholar and Chronicle columnist, operated a server that allowed students to stream and download thousands of television shows, movies, music videos and sports clips.

Wolf said the formal warning will be added to his disciplinary record. The administration also assigned Wolf to write an essay explaining how Duke could offer students alternative ways to access copyrighted works.

“It could have been a lot worse,” Wolf said. “My main fear was that it would affect my scholarship, and with a severe penalty it was possible the scholarship could be in Jeopardy.”

He added that the threat of having his scholarship revoked was the reason he originally shut down the site.

Last week, Associate Dean of Judicial Affairs Stephen Bryan wrote in a letter to Wolf that hosting the server was in violation of the University’s regulations governing Computer

Usage and Property, Facilities and Services. An investigation into the server soon ensued.

Wolf said he met with Bryan Monday after receiving his warning and tried to negotiate continuing to host television shows and Duke basketball games on his server. “We have access to them anyway. It’s a convenience thing,” Wolf said.

He referenced a Supreme Court precedent that allows timeshifting of television shows, giving people the right to view shows however they want.

“If it isn’t illegal, why do they care?” Wolf added.

Wolf said Bryan left no room for him to continue to operate his server, telling him to wait 60 years until the copyrights expire to host Duke basketball games.

Bryan declined to comment on the case.

Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students, said she could not comment on individual disciplinary situations. “Each case is considered on an individual basis with no typical or prescribed outcome,” she noted.

Wolf said he will appeal the decision handed down by Judicial Affairs, claiming that University officials illegally obtained SEE WOLF ON PAGE 8

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Durham Realty, a subsidiary of the University,purchased houses near East Campus, wherestudents often throw parties.

University buys off-East houses by

Dan Englander THE CHRONICLE

The University purchased 15 rental properties near East Campus Monday from Guy Solie, Trinity ’67, the owner of several student-occupied houses.

John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the University plans to turn the rental properties into owner-occupied residences, effectively ending the long tradition of students’ renting Solie’s properties.

Burness said the University plans to make some repairs to the residences and sell them to people who agree to invest in renovations and live in the houses.

Duke paid Solie’s company,

Trinity Properties, $3.7 million for 12 houses and three lots in Trinity Park, Trinity Heights and Burch Avenue neighborhoods.

All but one of the houses are currently being rented, and Duke students live in most of them.

Many of the houses have served for years as locations for student parties, which often draw complaints from neighbors.

The purchase was made through Durham Realty, a piece of the real estate arm of the University. Because Duke owns Durham Realty, students who live in the houses will now essentially pay rent to the University.

Currently, many rising seniors SEE TRINITY PARK ON PAGE 10

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Trinity Properties Guy Solie (above) sold 15 properties, including many student-’ rented houses (top), to the University.

Rubenstein, Silvers donate S2M to Duke Hillel by

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The Freeman Center for JewishLife will put the Rubenstein-Silvers gift toward Duke's Hillel organization.

Tiffany Webber THE CHRONICLE

The University’s Hillel—the national organization that supports Jewish life on college campuses—received a $2-million donation to ensure the continuation of student activities at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, President Richard Brodhead announced Monday.

The Board of Trustees approved the naming of the University’s Hillel, which will become the Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel.

The new designation is in honor of the $2-million donors Mitchell Rubenstein and wife Laurie Silvers, founders of the Sci-Fi Channel.

The Board of Trustees approved the naming at its Feb. 24 meeting.

The gift was donated as part of a fundraising campaign to create an endowment for the Freeman Center’s programming activities, said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs.

The fundraising initiative began last fall and will continue for the next five years.

Freeman Center administrators seek to garner $5 million.

The donation, which Moneta called an “anchor gift” for the campaign, will be paid over the course of an undisclosed period of time, he said. Moneta added that the Rubenstein-Silvers gift, together with additional pledges already received by the Freeman Center, puts the campaign “halfway” to accomplishing its monetary goal.

“Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie Silvers have enhanced student life throughout the Duke community by their keen interest and enthusiastic support,” Brodhead said in a statement. “Their gift will help assure that Jewish student life at Duke will continue to flourish through cultural and educational programming.

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Iran to up uranium program

Coast Guard cautions government by

Liz Sidoti

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Citing broad gaps in WASHINGTON the United States’ intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned George W. Bush’s administration weeks ago that it could not determine whether a United Arab Emiratesbased company seeking a stake in some U.S. port operations might support insurgent operations.

The disclosure came during a hearing Monday on Dubai-owned DP World’s plans to take over significant operations at six leading U.S. ports.

The Bush administration said the Coast Guard’s concerns were raised dur-

ing its review of the deal, which it approved Jan. 17, and that all those questions were resolved.

The port operations are now handled

by London-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. “There are many intelligence gaps, concerning the potential for DPW or P&O assets to support terrorist operations, that precludes an overall threat assessment” of the potential merger, the unclassified Coast Guard intelligence assessment said.

“The breadth of the intelligence gaps also infer potential unknown threats against a large number of potential vulner-

abilities,” the assessment said The Coast Guard said the concerns reflected in the document ultimately were addressed. In a statement, the Coast Guard said other U.S. intelligence agencies were able to provide answers to the questions it raised.

“The Coast Guard, the intelligence community and the entire CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States) panel believed this transaction received the proper review, and national security concerns were, in fact, addressed,” the Coast Guard said.

That multi-agency government panel reviews foreign purchases of vital U.S. assets.

Senior al Qaeda insurgent arrested by

Alexandra Zavis

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Iraqi security BAGHDAD, Iraq forces announced Monday the capture of a senior al Qaeda in Iraq figure, and the United States ambassador said the risk of civil war from last week’s sectarian violence was over.

Violence throughout Iraq killed 36 people Monday, as fierce fighting broke out between Iraqi commandos and insurgents southeast of the capital. But sectarian clashes have declined sharply since the bloodletting that followed the destruction of a revered Shiite shrine in

Samarra, and Baghdad residents returned to their jobs after three days of a government-imposed curfew.

"We were at home for three days doing nothing,” tea vendor Abbas Kudir said.

“We are of limited income. We earn money when people can come and buy tea normally. We hope the government will pay attention to our difficulties.”

Sunni Arab leaders said they were prepared to end their boycott of the talks on a new government if Shiites return mosques seized in reprisal attacks against Sunnis and meet other unspecified demands.

“That crisis is over,” U.S. Ambassador

Zalmay Khalilzad declared.

“I think the country came to the brink of a civil war, but-the Iraqis decided that they didn’t want to go down that path, and came together,” the ambassador told CNN. “Clearly the terrorists who plotted that attack wanted to provoke a civil war. It looked quite dangerous in the initial 48 hours, but I believe that the Iraqis decided come together.”

Also Monday, Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said they believe American journalist Jill Carroll remains alive the day after a deadline set by her captors passed with no word of her fate. to

Iran appears determined to expand its uranium enrichment program—a key international concern because of fears It could eventually make nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday.

Clinton says Rove'obsessed' Reacting to a new book quoting Karl Rove as saying she will be the 2008 Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that President Bush's chief political strategist "spends a lot of time obsessing about me."

Best-selling publisher sued It's the latest twist for the mega-selling conspiracy thriller "The Da Vinci Code": a lawsuit against the book's publisher for breach of copyright that could taint the novel and delay the much-anticipated movie version. Sony Pictures said it planned to release the film as scheduled.

Hall of Fame elects woman

Effa Manley became the first woman elected to the baseball Hall of Fame when the former Newark Eagles co-owner was among 17 people from the Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues chosen Monday by a special committee.

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THE CHRONICLE

Despite the dinnertime rush, students gathered in the Great Hall Monday night to air concerns about campus parking and transportation in a town hall meeting sponsored by Duke Student Government.

Students’ main concerns were afterhours and special event parking and the convenience and efficacy of the campus bus system. Cathy Reeve, director of parking and transportation, and Peter Murphy, assistant director of transit, were on hand to hear students’ concerns and also to point out improvements that have been made over the past few years.

Reeve pointed out that the current van and bus services system has existed for decades, and improvements have generally been made through a “layered approach.”

“We’re stepping back now,” Reeve said. “We want to peel things back to see what the transportation system needs to be here at Duke.”

Murphy said Duke Transit serves 17,000 passengers per day and outlined some of the changes that have been made over the past year. These include streamlining the route of the C-3 buses through Central Campus, adjusting the number of buses on the road at different times and the addition of the popular late-night buses Thurs-

day nights.

Junior Matt Hoekstra, a senator on DSG’s Athletics and Campus Services committee, asked about the feasibility of running all buses on biodiesel fuel. In response, Murphy cited a nine-month trial SEE TOWN HALL ON PAGE 8

Director of Parking and Transportation Cathy Reeve (right) listens to concerns at Tuesday's town hall meeting.

Officials review former custodian's employment Wenjia Zhang THE CHRONICLE

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Former custodian Johnny Hudson, who was fired from the University Feb. 10,claims he was wrongfully let go.

Administrators met with local groups and former Duke employee Johnny Hudson Monday to discuss Hudson’s questionable employment status.

Duke Organizing—a campus group committed to building better community relations within the University —filed a petition Feb. 20 appealing Hudson’s dismissal.

Hudson, who had worked as a custodian at Cameron Indoor Stadium, was dismissed for “bad work performance” 10 days prior to the end ofhis 90-day probationary period. After being accused of stealing a closet key, Hudson was also issued a “no-trespass” order, which prohibits him from being on campus.

The group also filed a second petition calling to establish a public grievance process for Duke employees under the probationary period, which is a trial period of employment before workers are hired permanendy.

“There were aspects of our proposals the administrators expressed sympathy to, but none were accepted as proposed,” said David Rice, a second-year graduate student in the political science department and a member of Duke Organizing.

Administrators will postpone their decision regarding Hudson’s re-employment at Duke until a thorough review

of his case is completed by Kernel Dawkins, vice president of campus services.

“I felt that [the administrators] weren’t trying to hear what we were saying,” Hudson said. “At this point I don’t think it’s hopeful.”

John Burness, senior vice president for public and governmentrelations, saidhe thought thediscussion went well.

Dawkins reported at the meeting that he is currently reviewing the Hudson case, and it will be re-evaluated once the review is completed, Burness said.

“We’re worried that this is something that’s going to be dragged on,” Rice said, adding that Duke Organizing is worried about the investigation’s timeliness.

The administration did not set any deadline for the completion ofHudson’s review.

Hudson said he believes Dawkins’ invesdgation is Just a “smoke screen.” He said the administrators were unaware of his current “no-trespass” status, which is one of his biggest concerns.

“Kernel Dawkins doesn’t even know about my ‘no-trespass,’ what does he know about the case?” he said. “They don’t know about my ‘no-rehire’ [status] either.”

Burness confirmed that none of the administrators at SEE HUDSON ON PAGE 8

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THE CHRONICLE

The recent publication of a controversial cartoon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has incited much debate among students about the nature of First Amendment rights.

The Daily Tar Heel—UNC’s studentrun newspaper —published a studentdrawn cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad after a series of similar cartoons appeared in the Danish newspaper

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If President George W. Bush’s proposed budget for the 2007 fiscal year is approved by Congress, Triangle area researchers could experience some major

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funding changes.

The Danish paper originally printed six depicting the prophet, sparking violent protests around the world. Islamic tradition discourages any non-iconic representation of the prophet’s image. The most controversial cartoon featured Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban.

DTH ran a cartoon Feb. 9 that pictured Muhammad between two mosque windows—one showing a Danish flag and sunny skies and another showing a protester and a burning building. Next to the first window, Muhammad’s text bubble read, “They may get me from my bad side....” By the other window, the prophet’s bubble read, "... but they show me from my worst.”

The Campus Y and Muslim Students Association at UNC hosted an educational forum and vigil Feb. 16 in response to the issue of the prophet’s depiction.

About 20 UNC students who considered the cartoon insensitive staged a sit-in at the DTH office Feb. 20, demanding a printed apology for publishing the cartoon. The sitin was not endorsed by the MSA. Despite the protests, DTH editor-inchief Ryan Tuck, a senior, decided not to print a formal apology about the publica-

different character would have been much more effective-and less offensive to the Muslim population and the population in general.”

Duke senior Bilal Aijazi, vice president ofMSA at the University, said he thinks cartoons are an inappropriate way to represent this particular message. “Comics are

Researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could have tighter budgets, while those at North Carolina State University could potentially see increased financial support.

Bush’s proposed budget includes measures to hold funding for the National Institutes of Health steady at its current budget of $28.6 billion—the first time the NIH budget would not have increased since 1970. His proposal also boosts funding for the National Science Foundation.

Duke and UNC-CHboth receive a significant percentage of their science research grants from the NIH, while N.C. State is awarded the most NSF grants in North Carolina.

“Suddenly, the spicket has been all but cut off,” said James Siedow, Duke’s vice provost for research. “I must admit, for everyone the picture looks pretty bleak.”

Officials at N.C. State, however, said the outlook is less gloomy.

As part of the American Competitive Initiative, which is intended to bolster the

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“The newspaper since its initiation has been a forum of expression, a place to challenge societal ideals and to generate discussion to look toward positive change,” he wrote in an online editor’s blog. “I don’t think we violated that mission, but perhaps strengthened it.”

Liz Gregory, a senior at UNC and the public editor of DTH, said the experience defined the line between freedom of speech and poor taste.

“An important dialogue has been sparked here, not only concerning freedom of the press, but also the sensitivity of

religious groups on campus,” she added.

Gregory said she thought protesters agreed with the message but were offended by the depiction of the prophet.

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The following refer to professors from the Literature Department

“She’s a borderline communist. She doesn’t know anything about economics... Do not take one of her classes”

“Down-to-earth socialist “Thinks he’s Engels”

“In [her] class, we studied one limited side of economic globalization, the liberal perspective. All of the reading materials and all of the points encouraged by the professor were from the point of view that corporations are evil.”

Instead of encouraging class discussion, she cuts you off before you finish a comment and does not care to hear anything that is not in line with her personal views” “She doesn’t seem to care about the course, and definitely doesn’t seem to master most of the content”

“Terrible class. If you disagree with her she won’t listen and cuts you off in class discussion “You will probably hate the class. He’s a really nice guy, though, and is passionate about the hippies” “Ended up being very disappointed...knows a lot about the 60s...doesn’t really help your writing.”

“Unfortunately, you won’t learn much writing, which is what he teaches”

“Nice lady, but you have to write according to her beliefs. She pushes her interpretations onto you, and you must regurgitate them to do well” Each of the following testimonials refer to different professors from the English Department: “[My professor was] disdainful of those (especially undergrads) who don’t share his appreciation for the good ol’ days, whether they be the 15th century or the 19605. Basically, a jaded Marxist, who won’t meet you halfway on anything”

“Holds self-centered, homosexual-centered discussions in class. He even said that Huckleberry Finn and Jim on the raft thing...l don’t think so.” was a ****

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"Awful teacher, didn’t learn anything in the class. Our I “discussions” consisted of his one-sided anti-capitalist rants, and he never lets anyone seriously present alternative viewpoints. One redeeming quality: You can BS the whole way through, just use the phrase ‘hegemonic discourse’ a lot.”

Student reports on the same International Comparative Studies Course: “[The professor] is crazy. She is a big hippie. Her class does lack any type of focus whatsoever.”

"The longer I was in this class, the more I hated it... You will get screwed over if you don’t write exactly what they’re looking for”

“Horrible Class. Lacks any type of structure and often devolves into a muddle discussion of irrelevant world events. I would not take this class unless you are forced to. This course single handedly made me dismiss CAS as a possible major” Miscellaneous abuses

“Extremely liberal very interested in China, which he will subtly tie into just about every lecture” [Sociology] -

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“WORST class I have ...I felt attacked in class...DROP OUT OF DUKE before you take her class” [Women’s Studies]

“I went into this class expecting to learn about political situations in China policy, government structure, political tensions, etc. Instead, we watched representative Chinese cinema and had liberal artsy talks about objectification of women.” [Cultural Anthropology] -

“You’ll spend a lot of time talking about homosexuality, homosocial relationships, and sex in general in British

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Panel of experts sounds crimebriefs from staff off on U.S. fiscal deficit by

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As of last week, the U.S. government is $8,248,646,921,952.35 in debt—about 175 times the net worth of Bill Gates.

A panel of experts discussed America’s budget imbalance Monday night, agreeing

that the federal deficit needs to be shrunk.

The panel featured four experts from diverse political backgrounds, including David Walker, the comptroller general of

the Government Accountability Office, Stuart Butler, vice president of domestic and economic policy for the conservative Heritage Foundation, Diane Rogers, a member of the liberal Brookings Institution, and Robert Bixby, executive director of the nonpartisan Concord Coalition.

The four discussed the debt facing the government and what they called a lack of care among the nation’s leadership.

Bixby said the national debt has been an issue for decades that has been largely ignored by the federal government and American citizens.

“America’s long-term fiscal status poses a threat to our living standards, and we are trying to get that message out,” he said. “Sometimes when the alarm goes off, you want to ignore it. It’s time to wake up.”

Bixby said the government in 2005 spent $2.47 trillionbut only earned $2.15 trillion in revenue—creating a deficit of $319 billion. He also pointed out that more than 50 percent of this spending is mandatory because it has already been signed into law by previous Congresses.

Walker said the “facts speak loudly” about the poor budget management by lawmakers.

He said the federal government must raise taxes and impose stricter budget controls to try and repair the grim situation, rather than do nothing.

“Ignoring the problem is an unac-

Comptroller general of the GAO David Walker speaks about the nation's budget deficit.

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Vehicle window broken, goods taken An employee reported Feb. 22 at 5:33 p.m. that someone broke out the back window ofhis vehicle at 2912 West Main Street and stole two 12” Rockford speakers, valued at $480.00, and one speaker box, valued at $lOO.OO. The cost of the broken window was listed at $120.00.

Falsely activated alarm triggers police action An unknown person falsely activated the fire alarm system Feb. 26 at 3:29 a.m. in Bassett Dormitory.

Officers on the scene were able to put the system back in order. Interfering with a fire protection system is a misdemeanor.

Parking pass snatched by Blue Zone bandits A student reported Feb. 25 at 11:03 p.m. at the Blue Zone that an unknown suspect whom she believed to be a student, stole her parking pass.

The suspect asked to “borrow” her pass in order to get in the lot, used the pass and then absconded with it. The value of the pass was listed at $300.00.

License plate lifted from vehicle A student reported Feb. 26 at 1:06 a.m. at the Blue Zone that the front license plate was stolen from her vehicle while parked in the lot. She last saw the plate on Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. The Minnesota plate bears the number PHZIO7 and is valued at $25.00.

Tossed toilet paper breaks window panes A student said Feb. 26 at 1:23 a.m. in House GG an unknown female threw a roll of toilet paper at a window near room 101 and broke two window panes. Total value

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Loot lifted from unlocked dorm room A student reported that he went to bed at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 26 in Dorm 4B and did not lock his door. At noon he awoke and found that someone had stolen his property. Taken were an XBox 360, a Tiger Woods XBox game, an Apple iPod, a debit card and cash. The total value is

$740.00.

Vandals damage sign, tile in House EE Two students were charged with injury to real property after they were seen and heard in the area of damage Feb. 18 at 143 a.m. in House EE. Damaged were a ceiling tile and an “Exit” sign valued at $lOO.OO.

Mongoose bike taken from rack A student reported Feb. 19 at 3:06 p.m. at a bike rack that his bike was stolen after he checked where he thought he had locked it and found it missing. The blue Mongoose bike was valued at

$500.00.

Glass door damaged on Central Campus Two students reported Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1:24 a.m. at an Oregon Street Apartment that their sliding glass door was damaged after they returned home. Neither student could say when the last time was that they saw it undamaged.

Woman’s wallet taken from DUH A woman reported Feb. 17 at 1:57 p.m. on the seventh floor of Duke Hospital that her wallet was stolen from an unsecured area. The wallet—containing credit cards, identification and cash—is valued at $135.00.

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RESEARCH from page 4 United States’ edge in the areas of physical sciences and engineering, Bush plans to increase National Science Foundation funding by 7.9 percent starting in 2007.

In 2005, about one-third ofN.C. State’s funding consisted of NSF allocations, said John Gilligan, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at N.C. State.

The NIH, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, provides the largest basic source of funds for biomedical research. The NSF funds research in engineering and other physical sciences.

Officials at Duke attributed larger non-NIH award allocations at both N.C. State and UNC-CH to the state schools’ larger size and number of researchers but also noted that increased federal sup-

port for the NSF will give N.C. State researchers an edge in federal funding.

I think we’re just going to have to compete a little harder,” Siedow said. “Researchers will simply have to apply for more grants and for larger amounts.”

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single source,” said Gilligan. “In past years, researchers have vested more resources into securing NSF grants, which will leave us well off with the NSF increases.”

Officials said Bush’s plans would have a detrimental effect on research at Duke and UNC-CH’s m e i c a both of which schools, “Researchers will simply have to and have large mednoted that inapply for more grants and for ical schools, flation will N.C. State seheighten the larger amounts.” cures a large competition for portion of its Siedow limited NIH funding for the funds. studies of agri“The ramificulture and engineering. Most of the NIH cations are that some projects won’t hapfunding that N.C. State does receive, Gilli- pen, and some that are currently funded gan said, helps to finance its College of won’t be sustained,” said Dr. Ross McKinVeterinary Medicine. ney, vice dean of research for the Duke “N.C. State has a wide variety of funding University School of Medicine. sources, and we’re not dominated by one He added that there could possibly be

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“I expect the School of Medicine will grow more slowly in the next few years, with fewer recruits who will need to be of the highest possible quality,” he said.

In past years, Duke University Medical Center administrators have stressed the need to diversify award sources to become less reliant on NIH and NSF funding.

Siedow also noted that under Duke’s last strategic plan, researchers were encouraged to seek out other sources of funding and to decrease reliance on federal agencies.

Duke, however, does stand to gain from the change in some respects. Officials noted that researchers within the Pratt School of Engineering could benefit from the increased NSF awards.

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HUDSON from page 3 the meeting were aware of Hudson’s “no-

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status.

“We have to wait and see, try to understand how it occurred,” he said.

Duke Organizing members said there were suspicious circumstances surrounding Hudson’s dismissal—he was scheduled to testify against his new supervisor before he was fired.

The Duke men’s basketball staff wrote a letter on Hudson’s behalfFeb. 25 expressing their satisfaction with his work. The letter was signed by members of both the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

“From our perspective, Johnny did a great job,” the letter read. “Johnny... was providing the consistency we needed as a high profile program with high standards and heavy demands.”

Hudson expressed gratitude to the team.

“Working... around those guys was the most positive experience ofmy life,” he said.

Hudson said he has been actively look-

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evidence for the investigation.

“The administration illicitly obtained the password, entered the computer, looked around and used the informadon in the judicial process,” Wolf said.

In a document Wolf wrote for the investigation that detailed the history of his server, he noted that it was a private system meant for use by specific people. He added that some professors requested that students obtain information from the server for their courses.

Although Wolf received a warning from the University, he is still susceptible to lawsuits from various media industries.

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ing for a new job with no success.

Duke Organizingalso proposed to establish new procedures in dealing with Duke employees in the probationary period.

Burness said Duke’s current contract with Union 77 regarding workers in probation hinders forming new procedures.

To revise any procedures, the entire contract must be re-examined and every issue looked at, which is a very complicated process, Burness said.

“In my experience, itis very rare that contracts are re-opened because it involves so many issues,” he said. “The issue could be discussed in the next Union negotiations.”

The current three-year contract was signed in July 2005.

Rice said Duke Organizing felt the administration was greatly emphasizing existing procedures.

“The administration continued to express confidence that their procedures are sufficient and fair,” Rice said. “And we continued to say that from what we’ve heard the employees are not protected by these procedures.”

Ben Sidbury, a lawyer with Charlottebased firm Alston & Bird LLP, said a situation in which students stream or download television programs, movies and music videos from a server could conflict with copyright laws and lead to legal problems for the server’s host and those who use it.

“Just because the University handles it, private internal measures wouldn’t shield someone from an industry and won’t resolve any potential lawsuits,” Sidbury said.

Sidbury said the recording or movie industries nationwide are going after both the users and hosts of various servers.

He said, however, there is no standard protocol for these situations.

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TOWN HALL run with two buses that showed a 17- to 20-percent reduction in emissions. The buses ran on biodiesel fuel that was 20 percent soybean product and 80 percent regular diesel fuel.

However, he added that the cost ofrunning all of Duke’s buses on biodiesel fuel would be an additional $70,000 per year.

Students also voiced concerns about bus schedules, noting that buses often tend to stack up. Murphy explained that there are at least six East-West buses running during the day, with more in between class periods. It is inevitable that buses will back up given the number that are on the road at certain times, he said.

“We know there are challenges, but that is something you face on any college campus,” he added.

Another issue that concerned students was a lack of parking and the difficulty of after-hours parking.

Reeve pointed out that because of events such as basketball and football games certain parking lots cannot always remain open after-hours. She also noted that much ofKeohane Quadrangle used to be a parking lot, and that the number of parking spaces on campus has declined over the past few years.

“When I came here four years ago, the number one issue was that we had people parking everywhere,” Reeve said.

“We went through a process of improving our signage, our markings.”

Students also asked about the feasibility of adding a C-l bus on the weekends to reducing the inconvenience of East-West transit on Saturdays and Sundays.

“If we have enough people to justify running an East-West direct bus and still have people on the Central routes, we’ll

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Peter Murphy, assistant director oftransit, addressed students at a DSG-sponsored town hali meeting. look at that,” Murphy said, but she added that there were budget constraints.

Overall the administrators were sympathetic to students’ concerns, though they made no concrete plans to make changes.

“I think the town hall was productive,” Reeve said after the meeting adjourned.

“We really haven’t talked as a department or as an organization this year. This is an opportunity for us to hear how things are going. It’s good for me to hear that sort of thing. It’s obvious people want to make this work.”

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Aijazi also said the caricature at UNC had a good message, because the Danish cartoons were bad—but so was the Muslim reaction. Violent Muslim protests have forced Muslims to reassess themselves somewhat,” he added. “Despite the fact that the [cartoons] are deeply sacrilegious, the reactions to them really shocked educated and intelligent Muslims, making us think about how we are going to react to different forms ofattacks.”

Some other college newspapers, including a conservative biweekly at Harvard University, have also chosen to run the depictions of Muhammad. Two editors of The Daily Illini, the student-run newspaper at the University of Illinois-Urbana-

Champaign, were suspended after the paper published the six Danish cartoons.

Eleven journalists in five countries are facing prosecution for publishing the caricatures. Major American newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune, have decided not to print the cartoons.

Ken Rogerson, Duke professor of public policy studies who teaches a newspaper journalism course, noted the importance of news organizations thoughtfully considering which battles they would like to fight.

“There is no question that they have the right to publish the cartoon, especially on the editorial pages, because there is a theoretical distinction between news and editorials,” he said. “The nature of political sensitivities around the world, however, has made the reality for news organizations that they need to think harder about the potential consequences.”

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The South Floridian media juggernauts, whose current ventures include radio stations, cable television systems and internet properties, are both involved in university oversight.

Rubenstein currendy serves as chair for the Freeman Center advisory board. Silvers is a trustee for the University of Miami.

Executive Director of the Freeman Center Jonathan Gersd, who also manages the Center’s development affairs, was unavailable to comment. tor

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TRINITY PARK from page 1 are looking for off-campus housing for year. Some students, like junior Nicole Shabtai, are worried about how lease contracts with Trinity Properties will carry over to Duke.

“In the event that I don’t have my leased signed and I lose my house... it would be unfortunate, but I am currently living off campus, so I would, I guess, have to talk to the office at West Village where I live,” Shabtai said.

Burness said Durham Realty will adhere to all current lease contracts but will not make new ones with students.

“We will honor all existing leases but not ones that are not existing,” he said.

Solie sent a letter Monday to the residents of the houses. “Today we sold your house to Durham Realty,” Solie wrote in the letter. “We greatly appreciate your renting from us this past year. It’s been a pleasure working with you, and we wish you best in your future endeavors.”

Burness said the University is not trying to buy up all of the student-rented houses in Trinity Park. He explained that Solie approached the University “some time ago” with a desire to sell his properties.

“It took a very long time to put it all together,” he said.

Other potential buyers also expressed interest in Solie’s properties in the past.

Hoping to address the raucous off-campus partying situation, about a dozen Trinity Park residents approached Solie in February 2005 about buying several of his homes to sell them to owner-occupants. Although the deal did not go through, Solie told The next

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Chronicle at the time that he was hoping to sell at least nine or 10 houses.

Solie said Monday that the sale of the 15 properties should not come as a surprise. “Those homes have been on sale for a long time,” he said.

He declined further comment.

Eugene Brown, a member of the Durham City Council and a resident of Trinity Park, said he is pleased with the sale.

“Our neighborhood will become more residential, Duke will have fewer town-gown problems, and the city will increase its tax base when these houses are purchased and renovated by new home owners,” Brown said in a statement.

Several students who live in Solie’s houses, however, expressed concern about the possible social implications ofDurham Realty’s purchase “That definitely throws a monkey wrench into the whole thing,” said senior Bryan Cappelli, who currently lives in 704 N. Buchanan, one of the sold houses. “It’s definitely disappointing. It’s definitely a staple of the social scene. It would be a mistake to give it to someone else.”

In the sale, Duke purchased properties at 203 Watts St., 508 N. Buchanan Blvd., 601 Watts St./1102 Monmouth Ave., 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., 702 N. Buchanan Blvd., 704 N. Buchanan Blvd., 708 N. Buchanan Blvd., 710 N. Buchanan Blvd., 814 Lancaster St., 1103/1105 Urban Ave., 1107 Urban Ave., 1111 Urban Ave., 700 Maplewood Dr., 913 Wilkerson Ave. and 921 1/2 Wilkerson Ave. Three vacant lots on Burch Avenue will remain undeveloped. They will continue to function as buffer spaces around the perimeter of campus.

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BUDGET from page 6 ceptable path to take, but it is the path we are currently on,” Walker said. “The status quo is not an option. Making tough choices will not be popular, but doing nothing will threaten our future.”

Walker’s concerns were echoed by Buder, who said the main programs that created the deficits were large government welfare programs.

“Social security, medicare and medicaid represent 9 percent of the GDP currendy,” Buder said. “As baby boomers retire, this will triple over the next 50 years.

Just these three programs will overtake all tax revenue by 2050.”

Buder said cuts in these programs would be politically controversial but economically necessary.

Rogers, who was a former economic advisor for Congress, said she saw the par-

tisan politics first-hand during her time in the Capitol. She recendy left Congress to join the Brookings Institute.

“I’ve come to the conclusion that partisanship has gotten so bad that I don’t think tough choices can be made without the public making these issues popular,” Rogers said She pointed to the 2005 deficit Reduction Bill as an example of poor federal efforts to reduce the deficit. The bill, passed in January, cuts about 2 percent of the total deficit over the next five years, she said.

The panel was sponsored by the Duke Political Union. DPU President Andrew Nowobilski, a junior, said the event was a success.

“They made it clear that this is a big political issue that should be front row not in a seat behind [other issues such as] abortion or war,” Nowobilski said. “This is something that our generation should be paying much more attention to.”

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weak ACC As I was watching the Connecticut-Villanova game Sunday, it occurred to me to ask a question that some might find heretical. Is Duke at a disadvantage from having to play in this year’s weak ACC? Teams such as Memphis and Gonzaga have been ruled out of title contention by many national experts because they have supposedly grown accustomed HL to playing against in-

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Barring some incredible hot streak in the ACC Tournament by a middle-tier team, the conference will probably get only four teams, including the Blue Devils, into the NCAA Tournament. The four teams would put the ACC in a tie for least among the major conferences. Of the other three tourney teams—Boston College, N.C. State and North Carolina—none have shown the consistency or talent to be considered anything other than a good team. Theyjust do not have any quality wins outside of the conference. They are a combined 5-5 against teams from the other five power conferences, and every win has come against a team with double-digit losses.

Granted the Blue Devils played a tremendously tough non-conference schedule, but they are now three months removed from their game against Memphis, the highest ranked team Duke has played.

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JuniorDan Loftus replaced graduated All-American Aaron Fenton as Duke's goalkeeper this season.

The cage. It’s the place where goals are scored and victories won. This season, junior Dan Loftus has taken his place in net as Duke’s new starting goalie—the team’s last line of defense.

Assigned the task of replacing last year’s USILA National Goalkeeper of the Year, Aaron Fenton, Loftus has shown no signs of being jMHP intimidated during Duke’s first two games, and his teammates have welcomed the change.

“We’re excited to be working with Dan this TODAY, 3 p.m.

Koskinen Stadium year,” midfielder Nick O’Hara said. “A lot of people think we’re going to be taking a step back losing a first team AllAmerican in Fenton, but from the defensive end I don’t feel like we’re missing him at all.

Yes, he was a great player but Dan is definitely filling his shoes.”

Loftus will make his third start in goal this season at 3 p.m. Tuesday when the Blue Devils (2-0) meet Bellarmine (0-0) at Koskinen Stadium.

In Duke’s first two games, against Buder and Villanova, Loftus has been able to match his predecessor’s performance.

The Syosset, N.Y native, who started three games as a freshman, made eight saves and allowed only one goal in 46:19 of work in the Blue Devils’ 20-3 win over Butler. He was just as good against Villanova, again allowing just one goal and and notching 10 saves as Duke won 13-2.

“I feel good,” Loftus said. “The defense is playing really well in front of me, so I mean, credit them more than me. The shots that I am seeing right SEE LOFTUS ON PAGE 14

Beaton elected Chronicle sports editor From staff reports Sophomore Gregory Beaton was elected sports editor for the 2006-2007 year by The Chronicle sports staff at a meeting Monday night. His term begins in May. A graduate of Hunter College High School in New York City, Beaton focused his campaign on the importance of establishing a more efficient management structure. He also stressed the importance of creating a more standardized training policy for staff writers to ensure a stronger journalistic culture within the section.

“I am extremely excited about being sports editor of The Chronicle next year,” Beaton said. “I look forward to the opportunity to work with our talented staff to make our section as readable as possible next year.”

He said he will also attempt to

run the sports section more efficiently, by establishing a firm deadline for stories. In addition, he spoke about adding columnist blogs and other new features to enhance the content on The website, Chronicle’s new www.dukechronide.com.

In terms of content, Beaton said he plans to continue to expand the coverage of the men’s basketball team.

This year, Beaton has served as an associate sports editor. He has covered men’s basketball and was a columnist during the fall semester. As a freshman, Beaton served as a beat writer for the women’s basketball team, covering the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.

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TIAN, QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE double-majoring in public policy and political science. He expects Sophomore Greg Beaton was elected sports editor of the 102ndvolto graduate in May of 2008. ume ofThe Chronicle at a meeting Monday night.

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The Cavaliers were picked to finish dead last in the ACC in preseason polls, but currently sit in a fifth-place tie with Florida State and Miami with two games left on their conference schedule.

“It was unanimous that we were the 12th-best team in this league,” Leitao said. “We never felt that we were the 12th-place

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We just set out to work as hard as we could every day.”

The Cavaliers are currendy ranked 68th in the RPI and are only 2-5 against teams ranked in the RPI top 50, leaving them on the bubble and in need of quality wins if they want to be dancing.

Leitao’s squad will have an opportunity to bolster its NCAA Tournament resume Wednesday at North Carolina. The Cavaliers knocked off the Tar Heels in Charlottesville Jan. 19, but have struggled to a 1-6 mark on the road this season.

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Clemson’s Shawan Robinson is shooting 91.3 percent from the free throw line this season, best in the ACC. If he continues at his current pace, he would become the first Tiger since 1967 to lead the conference in foul shooting.

Greg Paulus leads the ACC in assists with 5.3 per game. If the Duke point guard still leads the league at the end of the season, he would become the first freshman to top the conference in assists since North Carolina’s Ed Cota in 1997. Only three freshmen have ever led the ACC in assists —Cota, Georgia Tech’s Kenny An•

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Maryland will travel to University Hall Saturday for the final game of the regular season and the last game before Virginia moves to John Paul Jones Arena next season.

Leitao said his team is focusing on finishing this year out strong and that this is the most important time of the season.

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Duke s two-day stroke total of 585 puts the team into a ninth-place tie with North Carolina State and Arizona, 22 shots back ofleader Oklahoma State.

The Blue Devils were paced by their seniors. Ryan Blaum bounced back from his first round woes by shooting a 67—a 13-stroke improvement. Blaum, last year’s ACC Player of the Year, is in a tie for 47th, despite finishing more than eight strokes above his average on the first day.

Senior Nathan Smith continued his solid play from day one. Smith, who fired a 74, is currently tied for 25th with teammate Michael Quagliano at 4-overpar 144.

Quagliano, a sophomore who only played two rounds in the fall season, played very consistently in his second round, shooting a 72 to match his card from the opening round.

Junior Jake Grodzinsky continued to underachieve in day two. Grodzinsky, who is currently ranked sixth nationally, carded a 6-over-par 76, which dropped him 21 spots in the individual standings. He finished the day in 59th place.

Overall, the field became much closer after the second round. First-round leader Alabama dropped to fourth place in the standings. Second-place Georgia is one stroke off the lead and is followed by Florida (575) in third.

The third and final round of the tournament starts Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. at the Westin Rio Mar Country Club.

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MOORE from page 11 pound away at each other, Duke has fought through the majority ofits ACC schedule unscathed. Certainly, Duke has been challenged in conference play—the Blue Devils

have had four games decided in the last minute. Duke gets everyone’s best shot, but the fact is that being tested by a team like FloridaState is not the same as taking on Villanova’s or West Virginia’s best effort.

Duke has played one conference opponent currendy ranked in the RPI top 35 the Tar Heels—while Villanova has played six and Connecticut has faced seven. Perhaps it is not fair to compare theACC to the mega-league that is the Big East, but Vil-

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lanova and Connecticut—two of the NCAA’s top title contenders—have a definite advantage come tournament time because they have been battle tested against conference foes during the past month.

“To get through this league is one of the toughest walks you can have,” Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun said.

“I’ve never seen a league like this. I’ve never seen so many tough games as this league has provided.”

Playing top opponents in the regular season raises a team’s whole level of play.

The 2001 Duke team wouldn’t have won the championship if not for the epic regular season battles against North Carolina and Maryland, two of which were losses.

The 1991 Blue Devils had to contend with

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The only other time a Duke team rolled through a weak ACC slate with an undefeated record was in 1999, and when that squad was faced with a tested opponent in the National Championship, it could not pull out the close game. And even Mike Krzyzewski will admit this squad is not the 1999 team.

“I’m not short-changing this team, but this team is not as talented as the ’99 team, obviously,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m surprised because I’ve had some really good teams, and [those teams] have lost in the ACC.” I’m not saying that Duke won’t or can’t win it all, it’s just not often that playing in the ACC may hurt that chance.

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now aren’t too difficult.”

Head coach Mike Pressler praised Loftus’ play this season, but also acknowledged the difficulty of the team’s upcoming games.

“In both games we weren’t necessarily challenged but our guys were ready to play and finished strong,” Pressler said. “We left the Buder game and the Villanova game encouraged but knowing that in these upcoming Saturdays the level of the opponents are going to be at our level to say the least Last year, Fenton finished with a .629 save percentage and helped the Blue Devils capture the NCAA record for the most wins in a single season. Loftus posted a .583 save percentage as Fenton’s top backup.

Though Loftus has yet to face the caliber of competition this year that Fenton faced last season, Pressler said that the junior’s early play has been promising.

“I’ve coached a long time and we’ve never had a goalie have a better senior season than Fenton,” said Pressler, who has been the Blue Devil head coach for 16 years. “To be a first team All-American would be beyond all expectations, but Dan was better than solid in his first two games this season.”

Tomorrow’s opponent is not likely to be one of the tougher teams Loftus faces. The game will be Bellarmine’s first matchup as a full Division I team—the Knights were a provisional Division I member last season.

“The level of preparation and execution at the Division I level is so good, it will be very different from last year,” Bellarmine head coach Jack McGetrick said. “We played some very good Division II programs but you just can’t compare that level to what we will be facing this season.” ”

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After

more than five years dents leam writing within the context of a particular disciof existence, the UniversityWriting Program will pline rather than as an isolated finally get a building next year. exercise. Writing 20, the only Renovations of class required of Duke freshthe Art Building, staffeditOficll men, became the a small academic building in the back corner of core element and Trinity stuEast Campus, began last week dents were also required to take two courses that were desto accommodate the program beginning in Fall 2006. ignated writing intensive.

With this move, instructors Other aspects of the writof Writing 20, the Writing Stuing program, including the dio and administrative center writing studio were developed for the Writing Program will fiin tandem with these classes.

When the system was imnally all be located in a single place—a move that indicates a plemented, Duke hired about 10 post-doctoral fellows and jump in status for the now-acclaimed program. employed a handful of graduThe current incarnation of ate students to teach the classthe writing program began in es and to staff the support net1999. The theory was that stuworks. Office space was found *

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building will better integrate faculty, classes, students and other writing support services. The building will also allow faculty to communicate better. The current scattering across campus and among three different trailers has created affinities that, for purely practical reasons, can be difficult to transcend.

The classrooms are also specifically equipped with the audio-visual equipment that is becoming used increasingly in writing instruction.

All of these benefits are

reason enough to applaud the new building and consolidation of the Writing Program.

But perhaps the greatest boon from this move is that it suggests facilities' development beyond the sciences.

For years, students and faculty have watched expensive laboratories and elaborate engineering classrooms being constructed on campus. From the perspective of the humanities and social sciences, watching all those far away buildings materialize has sometimes been a lesson in envy. This latest project, though, will affect every undergraduate at Duke.

The Writing Program is definitely here to stay.

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just about here—springtime at Duke. In most places spring is a time for rebirth, rejuvenation, and of course some hot squirrel-on-squirrel action. But Durham typically does spring a little differently than most.

Springtime at Duke means a lot of things. It’s going to get really cold ■m and probably snow.

Cameron Crazies will wake up the day after the Carolina game and rejaKG grOOZIIISky alize that being on bootyllcious TV isn’t worth six weeks of going to the bathroom in Wilson Recreation Center. A fine yellow powder will coat every car in the town, and once again add validity to my claim that trees are aholes. And finally, Duke students will have to start thinking about where they want to live next year.

As everyone knows, Duke makes students live on campus for at least three years. Nobody really knows why this is, but there is a good chance it has something to do with the fact that it’s hard for Duke to ticket your car if you are not actually parked on campus.

But regardless of what sinister motivations are behind this inane policy, the fact still remains that choosing housing is an inevitable part of every underclassmen’s spring semester.

Although I really can’t do anything about the inevitable snow and freezing rain, and I can’t help with the pollen because those dam commie, hippy libs who run Duke won’t let me cut down all the trees, I can help all those confused and soon-to-be-homeless Duke underclassmen figure out what door they should hang their whiteboards on next year.

So in the spirit of being helpful and because my online blog “jk grdznsky” has not exacdy been well received (apparently it’s hard to make generalizations about girls at Duke when you don’t actually know any), I have decided to list some of the pros and cons of the various housing options on campus.

Few Quad: Few is definitely one of the better places on campus to live. Its proximity to the main quad has always made it one of the more desirable places to live on West. But the Kappa Alpha and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternities are in such close prox'

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And there the Writing Program stayed.

In the past five years, Writing 20 and the other aspects of the program have proved successful to the University. The program earned a certificate of excellence recently from the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The trailers—complete with heating, -multiple rooms and other basic amenities of offices —have been sufficient space so far. But now that the program has proven itself, a building will help demonstrate Duke’s commit-

imity to each other that full on inter-HH warfare is always a constant threat. Another problem with living in Few is the nightly 4 a.m. wake ups from the stampede of overachievers walking back to Edens from Bostock.

Edens: If you can get over the smell and the constant threat of being urinated on by drunken lacrosse players, Edens really is not that bad of a place to live.

The rooms are not bad and the walk to classes will take care of that freshman 15 in no time at all. Female students beware though. With frats like Delta Sig, Sig Ep and Chi Psi in such close proximity, there have been rumors of STDs getdng transferred right through the walls.

Crowell: Never heard of it.

Craven: Since it is close to both classes and parking, Craven is a convenient place to live. However, living there does have some drawbacks. Ever since the Dekes moved in, things have gotten complicated. It all started when they instituted monthly elections of quad presidents, board members, ambassadors, secretaries and security advisors (all of which were won by Russ Ferguson who ran unopposed). Then came the controversial quad-patriot act, in which wire-tapping and random quad-wide drug tests (much to the chagrin of the Betas) was imposed by the Dekes. The 800page act also made Tuesday though Sunday official pastel days, during which wearing pastels and popping collars was encouraged.

Kilgo: If you are like me and find the sound of jackhammers to be especially comforting, this is the place for you. You may never actually get a chance to see the new BC walkway, but the sounds ofit getting built will surely haunt you for the rest of your days.

Make sure you bring some Febreze—they don’t call it Brownstone for nothing.

These are just a few of the many places you can live on campus. If my descriptions still have you confused over where to live, don’t worry about it—chances are you’re all going to end up in Edens anyway.

I, for one, have got it all figured out. I’m living in an RV next year in the Blue Zone. Yep, $2OO dollars for the whole year, and once I get one of those spaces in the front lot, I’m not moving for anybody.

Best of all, I can finally live out my fantasy of spraying the entire tailgate with my own waste.

Jake

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letterstotheeditor Editorial remains anonymous Sarah Ball and Seyward Darby’s justifications for revealing the identities of the Monday, Monday authors are hypocritical. One need only look a few inches to the left of their columns from the last few days to see that they personally hide behind the anonymity that they now condemn. Every single day, The Chronicle runs an anony-

mous editorial in the form of the staff editorial which apparently “represent[s] the majority view of the editorial board.” This explanation is unacceptable. Somebody writes those words; they do not spring forth from some collective will of the editorial board and then magically appear on the editorial page the next day.

The true authors of these columns are never known to the Duke community and consequently cannot be held accountable in any sense. Until the names of those most directly responsible for the authoring of each individual staffeditorial appear in print, Ball and Darby’s arguments will be fatally flawed. I challenge the editorial board to live up to its own standards.

David Earley Trinity ’O7

Quiet policy discriminates Last Friday, a gathering of about 30 people at our apartment on Central Campus, predominantly members of the Duke LGBT community, was broken up by the DUPD at 11:45 p.m. We realize the cops were just doing their jobs—the problem lies with the 24-hour quiet zone policy on Central.

As it stands, the policy disproportionately affects poorer students, minorities and others who do not feel comfortable on a white Greek-dominated West campus.

While frats can hold parties until 2 a.m., often disturbing their neighbors, those without residential

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groups are forced to be creative in shaping their social scene, in many cases resorting to parties at Central Campus apartments.

There is no reason why unaffiliated students, who make up a large part of the undergraduate body, should not be able to entertain.

Moreover, the current system flies in the face of the stated administrative aim to diversify social oudets available to students.

With all who rely on Central Campus for their social life, we call for the 24-hour quiet policy to be rescinded. While we understand that Central is also the home of many graduate and professional students who appreciate the status quo, we also think that a reasonable compromise is possible.

Until then, we ask Central residents to complain to their neighbors in person, so we can deal with noise issues like mature adults.

Daniel Potucek Trinity ’O6 Joost Bosland Trinity ’O6

Why tolerate blog?

Laura Zweiner addressed an anonymously written blog in her column, “Duke High School” (Feb. 17). In the wake of her article, many students, greek and nongreek alike, felt inspired to read and respond to the livejournal.

Reading what DukeObsrvr had to say about the sororities wasn’t what shocked me. He/she basically described what we all know to be stereotypes. While those stereotypes are unsettling, they are just stereotypes and nothing more. But this “amazing insight” generated frightening responses.

Among the threads on the website, there is abundant name-calling, group-bashing and even suggestions for certain respondents to commit suicide. The most horrible aspect of these strings of invectives is that most of the posts are anony-

mous. How could the respondents harbor such harsh feelings toward one another and why do Duke students feel such a desire to berate each other? They don’t even care who they are hurdng.

Duke is competitive, to say the least. I do not claim to think that, among the array of groups on this campus, there will ever be a time free from resentment between groups or individuals. But this public bashing reflects poorly on everyone in this institution. By calling one another “sluts” and “fags,” we are reinforcing the harmful power of these words and validating their use for a time when someone can use them against us. I’m not sure why we are so intent verbally abusing each other, but maybe we need to revisit Sandbox 101. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

Lauren Wessel Pratt 'O9

Alana Beard holds scoring record JJ. Redick’s accomplishment is impressive... for a guy. Why does The Chronicle (and every other media outlet in the country including ESPN) refuse to acknowledge that Alana Beard scored 2,687 points during her collegiate career? That point total is currently almost 100 points higher than Redick’s career total and more than any other ACC player in history—but her record gets dissed because she played women’s basketball, as if it is inferior and unimportant at Duke.

Redick deserves the accolades for breaking the record among male basketball players in the ACC, but Beard’s records deserve at least some attention. Personally, I’ll be most impressed when JJ. Redick breaks Alana Beard’s record. Until then, she is still Duke’s all-time scoring leader.

Corey Remie Grad ’O6

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,

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Fair weather fans Sweatshops suck.

Two weeks ago, when Duke’s administrators announced a new initiadve to ensure our apparel was not made in sweatshops I was happy. The administration was making a worthy pledge to reform. Good for Duke.

When I read that the work largely came out of Students Against Sweatshops’ tireless advocacy, I felt a surge of pride that these leaders went to my school. From administrators to professors to students, the campus was united in praise br::. for the group’s work. We were all happy to jump on the SAS bandwagon.

To be fair, though, SAS had it easy this dme. EveryO body wins here; administrators were happy to agree to such humanitarianism.

Duke Stores has a monopshades of blue oly on campus —we are going to buy those sweatshirts regardless of the price. If Duke can advertise responsible apparel production, it’s an extra bonus.

I wonder, though, if reform would have been achieved as easily if University officials had not been so happy to acquiesce. After all, SAS has not always gotten such a popular reception on campus.

Just over a year ago SAS was in the midst of a campaign to obtain a living wage and fair representation for the workers ofAngelica Corp., Duke University Health System’s launv

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dry contractor.

Sweatshops suck, but living below the poverty line and being harassed and mistreated at work right here in Durham sucks too. Angelica employees told SAS and The Chronicle this was happening, and SAS felt it should not have to be that way.

That time, the administration was not so supportive. Angelica had been hired to cut University costs. Despite SAS’s cries, administrators refused to seriously demand that workers’ grievances were addressed.

SAS was furious. How could the University be so callous?

The group decided they needed to make the public aware of the situadon.

There was only one problem: no one seemed to care. We scanned the stories, saw SAS protesting, and then went back to frat parties and basketball games. We felt bad for the Angelica workers, but it was not really our problem.

SAS got desperate. Anyone who was present at President Richard Brodhead’s address to the undergraduate student body last year remembers the stunt SAS pulled. Members of the group unfurled a banner behind the president and refused to move off stage during his entire speech.

People noticed SAS after the escapade, but it was not positive press. The group was blasted for their disrespect and denounced across campus. I was at the speech, and I thought the act was obnoxious and rude.

I certainly sympathize with the group though. Maybe they went about their publicity campaign in a backwards way, but they assumed that once we learned about the horrors taking place at the Angelica plant, we would be outraged too. We would do something. We would be able to pressure the administration to care. Together we could make things different for Angelica workers.

But that was not what happened. We berated SAS and offered our complete trust that the University would never allow workers’ rights to be compromised for the sake of cost-cutting.

Last July the Angelica workers finally did unionize. The company promised to reform. The story had a happy ending, but without the work of SAS we probably would never have seen such an agreement. It certainly was not a mass movement from students that made the difference.

Now we are celebrating the work of SAS. Remembering our rampant criticism from just last year, I feel a bit disingenuous. Shouldn’t we be consistent? Are we really such tools of our administration that we will only cheer for our activists when they are on the same side as University policy makers?

SAS does not need our backing when they have the popular support to bring change. Our support matters when the group is taking a stand for what is right but not necessarily popular.

It would be wonderful if we were all engaged citizens and investigated the conditions of workers everywhere. But I know I certainly do not want to make the huge time commitment for that.

Luckily for us, we have SAS. They conduct the research, do the dirty work, and tell us when rights are being trampled.

The least we can do is listen.

DavidFiocco is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other

Tuesday.

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