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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 109

Ganatra to serve 2nd term by

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Committee rejects fall 2005 proposal

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Members of Campus Council elected executive officers for the 2006-2007 school year at a general body meeting Thursday night.

Current President Jay Ganatra, a junior, will serve a second term.

Elected to the positions of vice president, treasurer and communications coordinator and programming chair were sophomore Chris Hopper, junior Ashley Gray and sophomore Fiona O’Sullivan, respectively.

The newly elected officers indicated that Ganatra’s second term will allow Campus Council to continue the endeavors they have begun this year.

“I still have a passion,” Ganatra said. “There are a few things we started this year. There are a few things we haven’t finished.”

Ganatra said he hopes to finalize plans for a Selective Community Assessment that will evaluate the contributions of selective living groups to the University community. He also plans to continue the quadrangle-based intramural sports teams and residence coordinator assessments that have been in the works this year.

Ganatra said he would like to SEE CC ON PAGE 9

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After considering reforms to the economics department’s curriculum, the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee recently struck down a proposal created last semester to eliminate the bachelor of arts degree in economics.

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Seniors JJ. Redick (4), SheldenWilliams (23) andSean Dockery will take to the Cameron IndoorStadium floor for their last gameas Blue Devils, when Duke takes on the Tar HeelsSaturday. SEE STORY PAGE 11.

the requirements for the A.B. degree, making it virtually equivalent to the bachelor of science degree.

Along with core math and introductory economics courses, both degrees will now require econometrics —an upper-level quantitative course previously only required for the B.S. —and five elective courses.

The B.S. will no longer require Math 103, however, and the two Quantitative Reasoning requirements have also been SEE ECONOMICS ON PAGE 7

Neighbors praise property buyout by

Jared Mueller

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As Campus Council president next year, junior Jay Ganatra hopes to expand goals hehad in his first term in the position.

Duke’s recent purchase of notorious offcampus party houses has already drawn rave reviews from Durham residents.

Homeowners in the Trinity Park neighborhood near East Campus said they strongly support the University’s decision—announced Tuesday—to pay $3.7 million for properties owned by the rental firm Trinity Properties.

“Everybody’s really pleased,” said Jen Minelli, a director of the Trinity Park Neighborhood Association whose home at-602 N. Buchanan Ave. is surrounded by houses rented by undergraduates.

“I don’t think you would find anyone in the neighborhood who isn’t happy with this,” Minelli added. “The situation with the students for the past five years or so had become untenable.”

The purchased houses include 203 Watts St., the site of an alleged 2001 sexual assault that led to the disaffiliation of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and 508 N. Buchanan Blvd., where the off-campus fraternity Eta Prime held a baby SEE HOUSES ON PAGE 6

While manyoff-East homeowners are pleased Duke purchased 15 properties, some studentresidents are upset.

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Blanco said levees were safe In the hectic hours after Hurricane Katrina

U.S., India agree on nuclear deal by

Terence Hunt

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WASHINTGTON Reversing decades of U.S. policy, President George W. Bush ushered India into the world's exclusive nuclear club Thursday with a landmark agreement to share nuclear reactors, fuel and expertise with this energy-starved nation in return for its acceptance of international safeguards.

Eight months in the making, the accord would end India's long isolation as a nuclear maverick that defied world appeals and developed nuclear weapons. India agreed to separate its tightly entwined nuclear industry—declaring 14 reactors as

commercial facilities and eight as military—and to open the civilian side to international inspections for the first time.

The agreement must be approved by Congress, and Bush acknowledged that might be difficult because India still refuses to sign the NuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty.

“I'm trying to think differently, not stay stuck in the past,” said Bush, who has made improving relations with India a goal of his administration. Celebrating their agreement, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, “We have made history today, and I thank you.”

The deal was sealed a day before Bush begins an overnight visit to Pakistan, a close

ally struggling with its own terrorism problems. An American diplomat and three other people were killed when a suicide attacker rammed a car packed with explosives into theirs. The bombing was in Karachi, about 1,000 miles south of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, where Bush will meet with Pervez Musharraf, the military leader who took power in a 1999 coup.

U.S. officials said there was evidence the U.S. diplomat, foreign service officer David Foy, was targeted.

“Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan,” Bush SEE INDIA ON PAGE 8

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Bush applauded the Senate for overcoming “partisan attempts to block its passage.” The House was expected to approve the two-bill package next week and send it to the president, who would sign it before 16 provisions expire March 10.

“This bill will allow our law enforcement officials to continue to use the same tools against terrorists that are already used against drug dealers and other criminals, while safeguarding the civil liberties of the American people,” Bush said in a statement from India.

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The Senate gave its

blessing to the renewal of the USA Patriot Act Thursday after adding new privacy protections designed to strike a better balance between civil liberties and the government's power to root out terrorists.

The 89-10 vote indicated a positive spot in President George W. Bush's troubled second term as his approval ratings declined over the war in Iraq and his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. Renewing the act, Bush and congressional Republicans said, was key to

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Critics held their ground. A December filibuster led by Sen. Russell Feingold, DWis., and joined by several libertarian-leaning Republicans, forced the Bush administration to agree to modest new curbs on the government's power to probe library, bank and other records.

Feingold insisted those new protections are cosmetic.

“Americans want to defeat terrorism and they want the basic character of this country to survive and prosper,” he said. “They want both security and liberty, and unless we give them both-and we can if we try-we have failed.”

lashed the Gulf Coast, Louisiana's governor mistakenly assured the Bush administration that New Orleans' protective levees were intact, according to a new video obtained by The Associated Press showing briefings that day with federal officials.

Jury convicts animal activists An animal-rights group, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, and six members were convicted Thursday of using theirWeb site to incite threats, harassment and vandalism against Huntingdon Life Sciences, a company that tests drugs on animals.

'Killer Nurse'gets 11 life terms A NJ. nurse who killed at least 29 patients was sent to prison for the rest of his life Thursday after his victims' loved ones angrily branded him"vermin/"'garbage"and a "monster" who ruined lives and shattered their faith in the medical profession.

Suicide bomber kills U.S. envoy A suicide bomber in Karachi, Pakistan who was blocked from driving into the U.5.

Consulate slammed instead into an American diplomat's car Thursday, killing the envoy. The force of the blast blew the U.S, vehicle into the grounds of a hotel.

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RLHS officials expect the overhaulofCrowell Quadrangle to begin in summer 2007 and take two to threeyears.

Renovations to Crowell stalled by money woes by

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Future residents ofCrowell Quadrangle may begin to see structural improvements to the residence area in summer 2007, although the start of construction will ultimately be decided by the availability of funding, administrators said this week.

Although Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, told The Chronicle last July that work on Crowell would begin in summer 2006, this week he cited price—an estimated $3O million for the total renovations—as the major factor currently stalling the launch of the project.

“There’s a plan, but the issue is when we’ll be able to actually initiate it,” Hull said. “We’re kind of on hold at the moment due to funding.”

The total cost of construction will be similar to that of the renovations of Kilgo Quadrangle completed in summer 2004 the lastWest Campus quad to be revamped.

Hull added that although no donors have made any definite commitments to fund the Crowell project, he is looking for outside support and hopes to have a financial model by the end of this semester. The model would allow for a year of planning so that renovations could begin as soon as 2007.

Hull explained that work on the dormitories would only occur during the summer so that students would not be prevented from utilizing the space.

The same approach was taken for Kilgo, and the finalized project took three summers to complete.

Hull said he expects the renovation of Crowell to take two or three summers.

The improvements to Crowell would be similar to those made in Kilgo, including the installation of air conditioning and more commons space.

Hull said he will work with Campus

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ministration sends an explanatory e-mail to the staff but that there had been no such communication Thursday.

In a similar incident, Bostock Library was evacuated in January when smoke alarms went off because of a malfunction in an air handling unit on the fifth floor.

The cause was unrelated to Thursday’s event, Best said.

The Perkins Library fire alarm went off at 1:33 p.m. Thursday afternoon because of an equipment malfunction in the basement, said Duke University Police Department Lieutenant Jeff Best, the point person for the operation.

Although the cause of the false alarm is under investigation, a preliminary hypothesis pinpoints a faulty dehumidifier in the telecommunicationsroom, which holds the library server.

“The humidifier had gone off, and the dust set off the fire alarm,” Building Manager Ashley Jackson said.

Perkins and Bostock libraries and the Von der Heyden Pavilion were evacuated in response to the alarm,

Jackson explained.

“As far as we know, there was no dam-

age,” Best said.

DUPD responded initially, then

called for the Durham Fire Department to confirm that there was no smoke.

As many as five fire engines responded to the call to campus. All but one left after the situation was deemed safe.

All emergency vehicles dispersed by 2:15 p.m., said Best. The buildings were re-opened shortly thereafter.

“It was pretty mundane, just timeconsuming,” Jackson said. “People were standing around for a while.”

Library-goers were not informed of the reason for the evacuation. Some relocated for the intervening 45 minutes before returning to the library.

Reference Librarian Joline Ezzell said she was unaware of the details of the event, noting that normally the ad-

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J. Samuel Hammond, the University carilloneur, rings theDuke Chapel bells every day at 5 p.m.

Every day at 5 p.m. the man upstairs serenades Duke University.

This man, J. Samuel Hammond, sits high above campus as the University carillonneur, sending down daily bell-clinking melodies from the Duke Chapel in one of the University’s oldest traditions.

“Sam is a very remarkable man,” said Samuel Wells, dean of the Chapel. “He has a wonderful gift for stating musically where the imagination of the University happens to lie.”

Hammond began playing the unusual bell instrument, called a carillon, in 1965 as a sophomore at Duke. Despite some limited instruction, he essentially taught himself to play.

“I thought it was something I’d learn to do and probably keep doing for three more years while I was in school,” Ham-

mond said “I did that. I just never left,” he added with a chuckle.

Since his college days, Hammond has held a number of jobs with the University, and he is currendy an associate librarian in the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library.

During his reign as carillonneur, Hammond has added his own personal touches to the daily bell tradition, which began when the carillon was installed in 1932.

He begins ringing the bells at exactly 5 p.m. to accommodate later class times —as opposed to ending at 5 p.m. like his predecessors.

“Amidst the chaos of Duke life, it’s nice to have that regular, dependable tradition of bells to mark the end of the day,” senior Molly Fulweiler said.

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City Council to reconsider debt swap deal

BY ShREYA RAO THE CHRONICLE

As March 6 approaches, the Durham City Council is preparing for the return of a heated debate concerning a controversial financial deal that divided Council members last year.

At Monday’s City Council meeting, Council members will reconsider the proposal for a leveraged debt swap—a financial maneuver that aims to make profit or alleviate the payment schedule for a party in debt.

The proposal is being resurrected by Rice Financial Products Company, the same company that first proposed the debt swap in the fall of 2004. In 2005, the proposal was passed by City Council members in a controversial 4-3 vote. In June 2005, however, the deal was abrupdy called off by City Manager Patrick Baker when RFPC failed to obtain the AAA insurance the Council had demanded.

Nearly one year later, RFPC has re-

turned with a similar proposal for the A leveraged debt swap could be negaCouncil, although it still has not acquired tively affected by factors such as significant the AAA rating. changes in tax and interest rates. The RFPC claims that it will save the city up Council members debated the probability to $8 million over the next 15 years—a sigof such occurrences. nificant saving compared to a typical debt “We believe that the likelihood of a tax event that would swap. In the worse-case scecreate signifinario, the deal cant losses for tried to turn this into a “They could cost the the transaction city $7 million, black and white issue, but the are extremely remote,” PenDurham City Didebt is not black or white. It is rector of Finoyer said.

One of the nance Kenneth our community’s debt.” three opposing Pennoyer said Council member Eugene Brown City Council In 2004, Penmembers, Euissued the noyer city manager a gene Brown, apmemorandum recommending that the proached Robert Whaley, a professor of business administration at Fuqua School of city accept the proposal.

“In our opinion the expected savings Business, for advice before last year’s vote. from the transaction exceeded the risks,” “The bottom line is that this is nuts,” Pennoyer said.

Whaley wrote in an e-mail to Brown.

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“Swaps are a zero-sum game. Ignoring trading costs, if I win, you lose the same amount. Hence, if the expected cash flows are positive and rosy for us, they are the opposite for RFPC.... [T]he odds are that the city loses.”

Brown noted that citizens would pay the price if the debt swap failed.

“Losing money means we have to raise taxes to make it up,” he said.

Last year’s debatebecame highly polidcal when representatives of RFPC made allegations ofracism against Council members opposed to the proposal, Brown said.

“They tried to turn this into a black-andwhite issue, but the debt is not black or white. It is our community’s debt,” he said.

In the upcoming vote, Council members will have another issue to consider.

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Basketball tickets for the Duke-UNC, Duke-University of Miami and Duke-Wake Forest basketball games were among several items stolen during a Feb. 1- break-in to a home on Sheridan Drive. Durham and Duke University police investigators worked on the case together after the stolen tickets were spotted for sale on the Ebay website. The winning bid for the Duke-UNC tickets was $3,100.

As a result of the investigation, detectives executed a search warrant at 4216 Garrett Road, Apt. C-8 last week and confiscated five computers, including one stolen computer and a shotgun.

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Carville to come to Duke Saturday Political consultant James Carville will visit Duke University March 4 for an informal conversation that is open to students, faculty, staff and the Duke community.

The session will take place at 2:30 p.m. in Room 03 of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, at the corner ofScience and Towerview drives.

Carville was Bill Clinton’s campaign manager during the 1992 presidential election. Today, he is a political commentator providing insight “from the left” on CNN’s programs, including The Situation Room. He was formerly co-host of Crossfire, CNN’s political debate program.

Carville has also used his expertise at the international level, consulting for a number of foreign leaders.

Saturday’s session will be moderated by

Nobel chemist to speak at Duke Roald Hoffmann, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist, is coming to speak at the University. Hoffmann will discuss how words and science intersect. The speech will take place March 9 in Von Canon Hall in the Bryan Center on Duke’s West Campus. The talk will explore the role of writing and rhetoric in science.

A Cornell University professor who received an honorary degree from Duke last spring, Hoffmann was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Japanese scientist Kenichi Fukui for their studies of chemical reactions. Hoffmann’s work focuses on the electronic structure of stable and unstable molecules and of transition states in reactions.

Baptist churches launch recruitment effort Representatives from about 40 Baptist churches across the South gathered at Duke Divinity School last week to launch the Shiloh Network, a cooperative effort to encourage young people to enter pastoral ministry. The churches committed to establishing a “culture of call” within their congregations aimed at cultivating the next generation of pastors.

Curtis Freeman, director of the divinity school’s Baptist House of Studies program, which hosted the meeting, said the network is intended to head off a looming clergy shortage and revive the congregation’s role in helping to form pastors.

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Although the Duke subsidiary that bought the houses, Durham Realty, will honor current contracts, it will not sign further leases. It plans to sell all of the homes to owner-occupants.

University officials and the owner of Trinity Properties —Guy Solie, Trinity ‘67—said discussions related to the purchase began in October.

“I never approached Duke. We just happened to go to lunch together and began to respect each other,” Solie said.

“It was a delightful negotiation.”

Trinity Park resident Ellen Dagenhart said transferring the homes to private families will improve the appearance of the neighborhood. She said that the properties had fallen into poor condition under Solie’s management.

“Durham as a community is judged by visitors and newcomers on its appearance,” Dagenhart said. “It will help property values, yes, but it will also help Duke, so people visiting won’t look across the street and say, ‘Why does that look like the devil or crap?’ or whatever you want to call it.”

Solie disagreed with those who criticized his property management.

He said he stopped acquiring homes in Trinity Park 15 years ago, and he defended the quality of the housing he provided.

“I think these places were very wellmaintained,” he said. “They were wonderfully built in their day. We’ve made sure the structures have been modernized.”

Dagenhart, Minelli and other Trinity Park residents said the frequency and intensity of off-campus parties has increased dramatically in the past five years.

In 2001 the University unveiled a new alcohol policy that featured harsher penal-

where it is defending itself in a civil law suit against the West Basin Municipal Water District.

RFPC is accused of benefitting from a bribe allegedly paid by M.R. Beal & Co., a New York-based firm that prosecutors say was a business partner of RFPC. An official in the West Basin Municipal Water District pleaded guilty to accepting the bribe in exchange for a vote approving a deal with RFPC. Brown said allegations are just another strike against an already untrustworthy business partner.

“Everyone in America is innocent until proven guilty,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean we have to do business with them.”

Brown noted that no other company came forward with a proppsal to compete with RFPC. While other companies could offer similar proposals of leveraged debt swaps, many choose not to, Whaley explained. Brown proposed an alternative to using RFPC for the debt swap, adding that the company is not the only option.

“Smith Breedon, a firm associated with Fuqua with an African-American GEO, would be a potential partner for such a deal,” he said. “They are local, unlike RFPC, and are not involved in any lawsuits.”

Although representatives from RFPC were unavailable for comment, the group will present its case to the Council at Monday night’s meeting.

For the proposal to pass, it must be first be approved by the City Council and then by the Local Government Commission.

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The University plans to convert its recently purchased properties into owner-occupancy homes. ties for underage drinking and required all parties to be registered and staffed by trained party monitors.

The Hideaway—a popular bar located in the West Union Building—also closed that year, further limiting alcohol access on campus.

Such developments pushed many students to take their partying into nearby neighborhoods, like Trinity Park.

“It reflects poorly on the administration that there was an overflow onto the outlying areas of this repugnant behavior,” Minelli added. “Just because they don’t want it on their campus doesn’t mean people who live near -campus should have to put up with it.”

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Solie said turning the homes over to owner-occupants will make Trinity Park safer and more pleasant.

“There are students that are genuinely afraid to go off-campus,” he added. “I think the ramification of this is to make the Trinity Park neighborhood a stable, desirable place to live.”

John Schelp, the president of the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association, said selling the older homes to renovationminded owners will increase the properties’ historic values.

“Many of the houses near East Campus are homes that need to be treasured and preserved, and this move will promote historic preservation,” he said.

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ECONOMICS from page 1 dropped from the degree.

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degrees will be a difference in the elective courses.

A.B. majors will have to choose one of their electives from a list of historically, philosophically or socially based economics courses, while B.S. majors will have free reign over all five electives.

All other requirements between the two degrees will be identical.

“Given limited resources, we could not maintain a truly distinct A.B. degree and prepare students to fully engage with research,” Department of Economics Chair Thomas Nechyba wrote in an e-mail, explaining the original reasoning behind the elimination of the A.B. degree.

“We therefore needed to have a single degree, and that is (almost) precisely what we will have, given the changes to both the A.B. and B.S. degrees that the Committee has approved,” he added.

Current economics majors and potential majors who have already matriculated will have the choice of pursuing either the existing or new B.S. or A.B. degrees.

Students matriculating beginning in Fall 2006 will only be offered the new degree options.

“The decision basically revolves around one change we wanted to make to the major, and that was to require all economics students to have econometrics,” said Connel Fullenkamp, associate director of undergraduate studies for the economics department.

But the Curriculum Committee rejected the Fall 2005 decision to offer a single degree, basing its decision on the idea that degree options among departments should be uniform.

“Since every department in the College of Arts and Sciences offers the A.B. degree, and most all departments offer both degrees, that option should be available to students in the economics department,” said Alvin Crumbliss, professor of chemistry and chair of the Curriculum Committee.

After the decision was announced and an appeal was formally denied three times in February, officials in the department decided to minimize the differences in

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the degrees to retain their notion of a quantitatively based degree curriculum.

“If the [Curriculum Committee] won’t let us lose the A.B. officially, we’ll lose it unofficially,” said Emma Rasiel, director of undergraduate studies for the department. “Everyone who now qualifies for the A.B. will now qualify for the 8.5., and most students would rather have a 8.5.”

The proposal to eliminate the A.B. degree arose due to Dean of the Faculty ofArts and Sciences George McLendon’s call to increase undergraduate research opportunities, which would be facilitated by requiring all majors to take econometrics, Nechyba said.

Officials said the decision to retain both degrees will likely not be reconsidered anytime soon.

“We accept the Committee’s decision even though we very much disagree with it,” Nechyba wrote in an e-mail. “But if the Curriculum Committee believes it is important to keep an A.B. degree on the books, that does not hinder us from what we need to do to comply with Dean McLendon’s initiative so long as the A.B. degree is essentially the same as the B.S. degree. And it is.”

A dean’s inability to potentially override a committee’s decision is a part of a system of checks and balances, said Michelle Connolly, director ofEcoTeach.

She added, however, that it is frustrating to have a single committee overturn something that is supported by students, faculty and administrators.

“For me personally, the bigger issue is why a department is not being allowed to control its own activities when these activities were well thought out and were initiated in response to requests made at the level of the dean,” she said.

Because of the general changes to the curriculum that require all majors to take econometrics, officials anticipate a slight decrease in the number of students majoring in economics.

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A festive atmosphere prevailed in Krzyzewskiville Thursday night as the countdown to Saturday's men's basketball game against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reached the 48 hour mark.

Beirut, basketball and a rock-climbing wall kept dozens of students occupied; others chattedor worked on laptops.

The joyful mood was briefly disrupted by controversy in the walk-up line for the game. Some students criticized the decision of line monitors to use a list of those in line created by a student, saying the line should not havebeen startedbefore the 9 p.m. time given as the official start for the lineand that names on thelist was not correctly verified.

Some students also attacked the decision of Head Line Monitor Lauren Troyer, a senior, to grant a grace period for those on thelist until 9 p.m.

"This is the big one—UNC," sophomore Ramsey Wehbe said."This is what line monitors do, and they failed to handle it."

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Hammond marks the end of each week by playing Duke’s alma mater, “Dear Old Duke,” to satisfy the sentimental wishes of former President Terry Sanford.

Hammond’s musical catalogue also includes folk songs, hymns, and seasonal

said at a news conference in New Delhi.

Bush aides said there were security concerns about the president going to Pakistan but that officials were satisfied adequate precautions were in place. “But this is not a risk-free undertaking,” said national security adviser Stephen Hadley.

The U.S.-India nuclear deal was seen as the centerpiece ofbetter relations between the world’s most powerful democracy and the world’s largest and fastest-growing one.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, gave its endorsement Thursday, calling the deal “an important step towards satisfying India’s growing need for energy, including nuclear technology and fuel, as an engine for development.”

“It would also bring India closer as an important partner in the nonproliferation game,” lAEA Director-General Mohamed Elßaradei said in a statement.

India has more than 1 billion people, and its booming economy has created millions of jobs along with consumer demands that have attracted American businesses. India’s middle class has swelled to 300 million—more than the population of the United States. Still, 80 percent of Indians live on less than $2 a day.

Bush acknowledged that Washington and New Delhi were estranged during the Cold War, when India declared itself a nonaligned nation but tilted toward Moscow. “Now the relationship is changing dramatically,” he said.

Bush began the day by paying respects at a memorial to Mohandas K. Gandhi, India’s independence leader and apostle of nonviolence. Following tradition, the president and his wife, Laura, left their shoes behind.

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“Because the carillon is such a public instrument, it seems reasonable to me to try to respond to what might be in the mind of the public,” he said. “At Fourth of July I play patriotic things, for example. At Christmas time I play Christmas carols.”

In past weeks, students might have heard his rendition of the Olympic theme song, in honor of the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

“He’s so experienced and imaginative that he’s able to capture these things without making a big statement about it,” Wells said, adding that he is impressed by Hammond’s ability to play with such flexibility and skill on an instrumentknown for its massive size.

The carillon consists of 50 bells that range over four chromatic octaves, the largest weighing more than five tons.

Hammond plays the carillon’s keyboard in a small room direcdy beneath the bells, pushing the keyboard of 50 oak batons with his fists and working the 26 pedals with his feet.

“In many ways, the carillon is closer to a percussion instrument than a keyboard instrument,” Hammond said. “It’s a very gratifying musical instrument because there’s nothing between you and the making of the sound. You really are moving the clapper and striking the bells.”

In the past, the carillon’s vast sound range has been known to draw an audience.

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J.Samuel Hammond plays Duke's Alma Mater every Friday as part of his 5 p.m. performance. carillonneur Anton Brees’ performances used to pack the Chapel Quadrangle with crowds of up to 10,000 people.

But Hammond is happy to remain in the background of campus life.

“I hope it’s a pleasant experience for people, even if not that many people actually stop and listen,” he said.

Fulweiler said she takes notice of the sound of the bells with relief, as they mark the end of each day.

For students who want to see the action up close, Hammond said he is happy to have visitors.

Interested students should e-mail him to set up a visit to the Chapel tower, Hammond said, adding that he takes individual requests.

When asked to play “Devil With a Blue Dress On” for a big basketball victory, Hammond just said, “Get me the sheet music.”

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Philpot, a sophomore. “It’s just little things.”

Quad Council President Andrea Dinamarco, a sophoCouncil and will sit down with students to determine what more, said the quad could use the improvements. She noted that the houses suffer from leaks, squeaky doors changes are necessary from their perspectives and broken windows but are Crowell residents agreed most in need of improved comthat the quad would benefit from the changes that are slatmons spaces “to create a better ed to be made. Several also community.” “[Crowell Quadrangle] could said they would like to see re“The renovation will be very constructed bathrooms and beneficial to residents, especialface lift.

It’s kind use a of like a ly if they improve the commons hope the renovations will rerooms,” Dinamarco said. “I’ve dungeon in here.” lieve the insect infestations that have been a problem in been trying to work towards Senior Heather. Williams past fall semesters. making Crowell where people can hang out.”

“It could use a face lift,” senior Heather Williams said. “It’s Once renovations to Crowell are completed, residents of kind of like a dungeon in here Several students said that while many of the quad’s other dormitories can look forward to similar changes.

TOM MENDEL/THE CHRONICLE problems are small, they have added up to create the need Craven Quad is next in line for restoration, followed by Gilbert-Addoms and Southgate dormitories on East After Crowell Quadrangle is renovated, RLHS plans to make major for renovations.

“There’s nothing structurally wrong with Crowell,” said Campus. changes to Gilbert-Addomsand Southgate on East Campus. ”

CC from page 1 see new projects initiated as well, citing curbing student housing costs as an example. He noted that housing prices have risen recendy and are likely to escalate further as planned renovations to East and West Campus dormitories commence. Because Residence Life and Housing Services is an auxiliary service, students are likely to bear the costs of the renovations, so Campus Council hopes to take preventative action, he said. “If [President Richard] Brodhead’s big thing is financial aid, I think we need to get on that bandwagon,” Ganatra said. “We want to make sure ail of the costs don’t go to students.”

Ganatra also noted that he plans to improve the relationship between Campus Council and RLHS. Lack of communication about the spring move-out period and the new Leadership and Civic Engagement Community fostered a rocky relationship between the two groups this year. Ganatra said he recently spoke to Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, about strategies to ensure better relations next year.

The other incoming officers plan to utilize their experiences on the Council to shape the organization’s agenda.

Hopper has spent the Spring 2006 semester commuting between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Robertson Scholar, while remaining an ad hoc member of the Council’s Policy and Programming Committee.

Hopper noted similarities between Duke’s Campus Council and UNC’s Honor Court and said he hopes for Duke to emulate UNC’s system, which emphasizes students’ responsibility to each other.

In addition to serving as a Campus Council representative for Few Quadrangle, O’Sullivan has worked for the organization’s Programming Committee.

She said she would like to see more programs next year, and she hopes to establish more long-lasting event traditions, especially during Homecoming Weekend.

Gray, who currently serves as an at-large representative for Keohane Quadrangle, said utilizing the previous experience ofrising officers to continue this year’s programs is one ofher primary goals.

“We’re not focusing on new programming but on making things better,” Gray said. “We all have that experience.

We can jump over those first-year fumbles.”

Ganatra agreed that collective experience will help the organization reach his goals. He said he plans to seek the advice of the outgoing officers who will still be at Duke next year in his second term.

“It’s so nice to have this group of strong leaders and past strong leaders,” Ganatra said. “I think we can do anything next year.”

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ATTENTION: BONFIRE GUIDELINES March 1, 2006 We want to educate the Duke community about revisions to the bonfire policy in effect for this year. Last year, the Durham Fire Marshal revoked the remaining 2005 bonfire permits following a bonfire that, in his view, had gotten out of control. The university, with student input, has agreed upon operating instructions that will govern all future bonfires and will help ensure them to be safe, celebratory events. The Durham Fire Marshal has clearly stated that we will lose our privilege to have future bonfires if we are unable to adhere to the guidelines below.

1. The University has requested City bonfire permits for March 4, 2006, April 3, 2006 and April 4, 2006. The Fire Marshal has not issued official permits, but will make a game-day ruling when the operating procedures have been fulfilled.

2. The only permitted bonfire site is in front of House P. A 40-foot boundary will be placed around the bonfire. The bonfire is to remain wholly within the boundary and members of the Duke Community are to remain outside the boundary.

3. Stacked benches should be no inore than 6 feet in height. No more than 2 benches are allowed to be stacked horizontally on top of one another. Benches should not be placed on end.

4. Intermittently, the bonfire must “burn down” to a safe height. During “bum down” periods, no additional fuel may be added into the bonfire. This includes anything flammable.

There are no exceptions.

5. If you cany a beverage, use a plastic or metal container. There will be additional trash receptacles on the quad.

6. Do not sit or stand on building roofs.

7. Do not use residence hall furniture as fuel for the bonfire.

8. Do not add fuel to the fire more than two hours following the game.

9. The use of gasoline or any other fire accelerant is prohibited.

10. Bonfires on any other days or location will not be permitted by the City and are, therefore, illegal. Anyone who participates in a bonfire on any other day or another location will be subject to University discipline and potential criminal prosecution.

The Durham Fire Marshal has the right to revoke this and future bonfire permits if these rules are not followed or the crowd gets out of control. Let’s not abuse this privilege. Celebrating basketball victories with a bonfire is a Duke tradition. Follow these basic safety rules so we can maintain this tradition for years to come.

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Senior JJ. Redick, who is averaging more than 28 points per game, will look to finish his home career with a win Saturday night against North Carolina.

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JJ. Redick had big plans for his career Duke.

Brought in by head coach Mike Krzyzewski with three other McDonald’s All-Americans as part of a star-studded, sixman recruiting class, Redick dreamed of what could be accomplished during his time in Durham.

“I think our class will win a ton of games and win a ton of championships,” Redick said in the fall of 2001 after committing to the Blue Devils. “And when all is said and done, we will go down as the best class [in school history].”

More than four years later, Redick’s prophecy for his class remains unfulfilled.

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ing class—Redick, Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni—have stayed four years but still have not won a- championship. They have won 111 games together, and they made the 2004 Final Four.

And now on the eve of Senior Night, the group will have just one last run af making Redick’s prediction come to fruition with the ACC and NCAA Tournaments later this month.

But before that happens, the four along with walk-ons Patrick Johnson and Ross Perkins—will be honored for what they have already accomplished. Thoughts of postseason play will be put on hold Saturday, as No. 1 Duke (27-2, 14-1 in the ACC) aims to go out in style during its final home game against No. 13 North Carolina (20-6,11-4) at 9 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“It’s going to be, hopefully, a really great night,” Redick said. “I love the guys —

that I’ve played with over the years and I love playing in Cameron with all the fans.”

During past Senior Nights, Redick said he was emotional for his graduating teammates. Now that his turn is finally here, Redick said he is unsure ofhow he’ll react during the final home game.

“I actually cried during Chris Diihon’s Senior Day and Daniel Ewing’s Senior Day last year,” Redick said. “I’m an emotional guy. I believe I will cry and get emotional on Senior Day at some point.”

The current group of seniors have never lost at home to their Tobacco Road rivals, and they are 5-2 overall against the Tar Heels during their time at Duke.

Last season, the No. 7 Blue Devils knocked off the No. 2 Tar Heels at home in a thrilling 71-70 victory. The evefltual National Champions, North Carolina was SEE UNC ON PAGE 16

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While most of the campus’ attention will be focused on the rivalry game taking place at Cameron Indoor Stadium, an intense ACC matchup in its own right will be occurring at Koskinen Stadium at 2 p.m

Saturday.

After blowing out a trio of unranked opponents by a combined VS. score of 49-6, the No. 2 men’s lacrosse team (3-0) will turn their attention to No. 4 Maryland (1-0) in a SATURDAY, 2 p.m. rematch of last season’s Koskinen Stadium national semifinal and the ACC Tournament final.

Over the past year, the Duke-Maryland series has seen its fair share of excitement.

Duke began to garner attention last season when the then-No. 12 Blue Devils shocked the then-No. 3 Terrapins, 10-8, in College Park, Md. Given the tremendous impact the win had on last year, the Blue Devils see this early-season game as an important step 'in their quest to return to the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.

“It’s huge for us, just like it was last year when we played them away,” junior Matt Danowski said. “It’s going to be a good test.”

Maryland will attempt to slow down Duke’s high-octane offense with a very conservative attack, one that takes a notoriously long time to develop and generate goals.

The Terrapins’ offense is anchored by U.S. National Team member Joe Walters, who has scored 18 goals and recorded five assists in seven career games against the Blue Devils.

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This stalling strategy proved to be effective in last year’s ACC championship game, as the third-seeded Terrapins were able to sit on an early lead and minimize the Blue Devils’ possessions, effectively running the clock out to win the conference title, 9-5.

To counter this offensive style, Duke will look to its performance against Maryland in last season’s national semifinals. The Blue Devils capitalized on face-offs and breakaways in transition to explode on a 90 first-half run, Behind four goals from Zack Greer and three goals and two assists from Matt Zash, Duke went on to win 18-9.

“We’re going to go out and execute and play as hard as we can and try to get transitions,” Danowski said. “They’re going to sit on the ball like they usually do when they play us, so we need to try and play smart and I think we’ll be alright.”

Unlike the last meeting, however, the Blue Devils are anticipating this game to be decided by the final possessions of the fourth quarter.

“Maryland will be a one-goal batde decided in the last couple minutes,” head coach Mike Pressler said. “It’s the way it always is. Two excellent defenses, two complete teams, two teams very hungry for their first ACC win in 2006. We always expect that outcome.”

The game will also be important in the standings in the four-team ACC, as the two squads will only meet this one time before a possible matchup in the conference tournament in late April.

“The winner has a leg-up, and the loser has a long way,” Pressler said. “We’ve won it and done well and we’ve lost it and done well. It’s just another early-season big game.”

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The Blue Devils learned in practice this week that simply defeating a highly-ranked opponent is not sufficient to meet head coach Kerstin Kimel’s expectations of her team. After No. 2 Duke’s 9-7 win against No. 5 Maryland Feb. 25, Kimel was furious with many aspects of her team’s play.

“I think that even though we were happy to have an ACC win, overall, we weren’t satisfied with our performance,” Kimel said. “I think what we are trying to do is focus on raising our level of play and improving our execution this week heading into Duquesne.”

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Jack Coombs Field is certainly something we are excited about,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. ‘You kind ofbreak the season up into phases. We finished the pre-ACC phase. We played 12 games and we’ve accomplished a couple of things. We’ve gotten everybody on our roster some experience in a lot of different spots and in a lot of different combinations. And we’ve also played some tough games on the road.”

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On the Monday and Tuesday following the win over the Terrapins, Kimel focused on smaller aspects of Duke’s performance when breaking down film with the team.

She augmented the video work with drills targeted to specific areas. On Wednesday, Kimel increased the intensity of practice, making it more physical. Finally, on Thursday, the Blue Devils worked on the strategic and tactical parts of their game in preparation for Duquesne.

“I think practice has been more intense this week,” sophomore midfielder Rachel Sanford said. “We moved down to Field Four to practice on grass. We are off the turf. We are having a whole new practice dynamic. We’ve been working a lot on fast break and running the ball up quickly and making good decisions with die ball, especially in the midfield.”

Because of their speed, the Blue Devil midfielders are instrumental in jumpstarting the team’s transition attack—a vital component in Duke’s offense early in the game. So far this season, leading scorer Katie Chrest Duke has been helped by Sanford, who tallied three goals against the Terrapins and freshman midfielder Carolyn Davis, who has been a welcome addition with six goals and four assists this season.

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Against the Terrapins, the Blue Devils fell behind 4-1 in the first ten minutes of the game before coming back to win.

After cruising to double digit wins in its first two games against Longwood and Richmond, Kimel said herleam came out flat against Maryland, not ready to play at the level required to beat a team like the

led to goals for the Terrapins.

“I think we started the game a little flat,” Sanford said. “I think our decisionmaking all across the field was not the strongest. We had some stupid turnovers and unnecessary fouls that turned into goals, and we didn’t capitalize on our fast breaks as well as we should have.”

The Blue Devils will have an opportunity to improve on last week’s performance and hone their skills against a weaker Terrapins.

Duquesne opponent, which Duke has de“I think that it was how we came into feated 12-3 and 16-4 in their meetings the game,” Kimel said. “I don’t feel like we over the last two seasons. were altogether there for the game. We “We have played them for a couple of certainly worked hard and were physically years now,” Kimel said. “We like playing prepared to play Maryland, but we didn’t against them because they will give us a resee in tune with each other.” ally good fight and that’s what you want.

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Even without its top singles player in action, No. 7 Duke looked like it would cruise over No. 41 N.C. State

Thursday.

Junior Daniela Bercek, the second-ranked player in the nation, sat out the singles compeN.C. STATE | 2 tition with tendinitis in her shoul-

der. Still, the Blue Devils (7-2, 2-0 in the ACC) led 3-1, and the Wolfpack (9-2, 0-2) needed to sweep the top three singles, positions to pull off the upset.

But senior Jackie Carleton, the 34th-ranked player nationally, dropped her second set in the top singles spot, 6-4. As she began her decisive third set against Barbara Orlay, N.C. State led both the No. 2 and the No. 3

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“In the past we’ve beaten N.C. State pretty easily, but they are so much more talented this year than they have been in the past,” Ashworth said. “They are coming off a top-25 win over Florida International, and I tried to explain that to the girls last night.”

Freshman Melissa Mang stepped up, however, and broke Shona Lee twice to turn a 3-2 deficit into a clinching 6-3 third-set victory at the No. 2 spot. The win gave Duke a 5-2 team victory.

Mang, who had played all of her dual matches at the fourth or fifth position coming into Thursday, was forced to compete in the second position usually filled by Carleton.

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Freshman Tara Iyer fell 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, at the No. 3 spot, but Carleton stormed back in the third set to take the top singles matchup 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, to round out the 5-2 victory. The win was the Blue Devils’ 46th in a row over the Wolfpack.

Duke began the match by capturing the doubles point, despite an 8-2 loss from the sixth-ranked pair of Bercek and freshman Jessi Robinson. “[Bercek’s injury] was some of it, but I think as a team they came out kind of flat,” Ashworth said. “Neither one of them had played against N.C. State before, and they came out and thought they would win easily.”

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UNC from page 11 deeper and more talented, but Duke protected its home court. During the teams’ second meeting in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels stormed back in the final minutes and won, 75-73.

This year, the roles appear to be reversed. Despite losing to Florida State Wednesday night, the Blue Devils have lived up to their lofty preseason expectations and should enter the NCAA Tournament as a No. 1 seed.

After losing its top seven scorers from its title squad a year ago, North Carolina has surprised many by rising to second place in the conference. The Tar Heels almost shocked Duke Feb. 7 in Chapel Hill, before Redick’s late-game three-pointers saved an 87-83 victory.

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“They’re obviously our biggest in-conference rivals and we have to be on top of our game Saturday night,” Redick said.

“We want to win every game, we want to play well every game. We obviously don’t want to lose two games in a row.”

Coming off three straight games in which Redick’s shot has not been falling—the senior was 10-for-28 Wednesday— Duke will need his touch to return to finish the regular season on a high note.

With his final home game creeping up, Redick seemed to be focusing his emotion less on the hoopla surrounding his last time in Cameron, and more on the bigger picture ofhis legacy at Duke.

Asked more recently if he would well up Saturday, Redick was less sure than he was a litde more than two weeks ago.

“I hope not,” he said. “I hope I get emotional... the last Monday of the season.”

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each pitcher has seen at least a third of an inning.

McNally said his focus has been on allowing his players to gain game experience and on building the program.

Freshmen Matt Williams and Tim Sherlock have already broken into the starting lineup—Williams at catcher and Sherlock in right field.

As a team, the Blue Devils have batted .270 and scored an average of 5.5 runs per game. Duke, however, has struggled on the mound, posting an 8.21 ERA during the first part of the season. McNally stressed the positive statistics when discussing his team’s performance in non-ACC play.

“Certainly we would like to have won more games, but i feel like we’ve showed some growth and some progress and that’s really what it’s about for us,” McNally said.

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That’s what helps you be successful, and if we’re going to be successful, we need to get better with it and be more consistent with it.”

Duke will go back to those basics as it prepares for the series with the Terrapins, who are beginning the ACC portion of their schedule Friday as well.

The Blue Devils plan to start right-handed ace Danny Otero on the mound Friday against Maryland southpaw Brett Tidball (2-1). Saturday’s probable pitching matchup is between Duke’s Jimmy Saris (0-1) and the Terrapins’ Ben Pfmsgraff (0-2).

Otero (2-0) has been the winning pitcher in half of Duke’s wins. Pitching a total of eleven innings so far this season, Otero has fanned 11 without allowing an earned run.

“A lot of the time we’ll make adjustments just dependSABURRE AEGRE/THE CHRONICLE ing on how the games go,” McNally said ofhis pitching roto After baseball team look to rebound as it opens will tation for the weekend. “But Danny’s going get the ball a tough week, the on Friday. He had a really good outing his last time.”

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Stacked benches wake of last season’s chaotic bonfire following the win over UNC, in which the rule restricting to three the number of benches burned at once staffeditorial was violated. Previous years have seen bedlam as well, leading to similar warnings following a 1999 disaster at Texas A&M in which 12 people were killed. In the spring of 1998, bonfires were banned altogether.

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characteristic of the celebration, the rules of the fire marshal will not be faithfully adhered to. Students under the influence of alcohol and adrenaline are unlikely to be completely receptive to any regulations limiting their fun.

Indeed, last year’s blaze, which burned far more than three benches at a time, is evidence that during such an event, restraint is not always the word of the day.

These concerns aside, we must be pleased that the tradition, although somewhat neutered, is not gone completely. The essence of the bonfire celebration is not an exercise in pyromania and destruction. It is a coming together of the Duke community to celebrate some of our proudest moments. It is a chance for everyone to share in the joy of victory, warmed

bonfire tradition remains, although not without provisos. in the event of a Duke win over the University ofNorth Carolina this year, Durham fire marshal Kenneth Crews will issue fire permits only once adequate preparations have been made, just moments before the blaze is to be ignited. Unless certain obligations—some of which have been in place and violated in previous years—are met, the permit will be revoked and the fire extinguished. Specially trained students and administrators will be on hand to see that Crews’ stipulations are met. The blaze must not exceed a certain size (six feet high and 30 feed wide), and benches may only be added with permission of the fire marshal.

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“Who the hell uses an Indian slave? ...My people don’t work that hard! Give us a calculator; we’ll do your taxes, man.” Is it racist if you’re stereotyping a category you fall under, a group you belong to? For demonstration purposes, I cautiously opened this column with an Asian funny. In case you were wondering, my almond-shaped eyes are in fact splashed prominendy beside it as a disclaimer: Don’t hurt me!

I subsist on noodles!

Despite the fact that I’m Korean, it’s a simple reality that I’m more likely to get away with an isolated Chinaman joke than, for example, another Peters joke: “I grew up around black people, you don’t scare me.” Or this arguably brilliant description of white Canadian males: “When they talk to you, it looks like they can’t control their head; it looks like they’re part bobble-head when they say stuff to you.”

Not a smart maneuver —for a little Asian girl.

I know what you’re thinking. You like noodles, too. More importantly, perhaps the joke about white Canadians didn’t come off quite as inflammatory as the jokes pertaining to minority groups.

The facts are as follows: Russell Peters is Indian.

Dave Chappelle is black. Both have been criticized for “racist” repertoires, but both have also enjoyed a wide and relatively diverse fan base. Now imagine if a white brother climbed up on stage and tried to bring down the house with a steady stream of ethnic punchlines, albeit mixed with a few jokes aimed at his own ancestral line. Conclusion: Racial jokes might not be racist, but the prerequisites for making them just might be.

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Or will you? Let’s face it; when it comes to public reaction, context matters. For instance, how well do you know your audience? No skin hue will save you should you decide to crack loud jokes about “chinks” and “crackers” on a campus bus, for example—or publish a controversial quip in a prominent periodical. How prepared is your audience for your brand of laughs?

People who pay to see Peters generally know what to expect and expect to enjoy. How offensive and potentially destructive is your humor? Some might argue all racial humor is damaging, but considering political climate and religious bylaws, there is admittedly a sizable distinction to be made between comments regarding Asian noodle superpowers and caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist.

Reaction depends on a number of complicated factors, but if history tells us anything, popular response may ultimately have little to do with satisfactorily determining what is racist and what is not, what is wrong and what is unobjectionable. In the end, whether the one-liner is deemed well-timed or inappropriate, innocuous or injurious by the masses, its status as a racial ha-ha vs. a racist no-no is determined by the wretchedly subjective intentions behind it.

Do race-based laughs fuel ignorance, perpetuate stereotypes and reflect lack of sensitivity? Or do they reveal the ludicrousness of color divisions and help bring largely unaddressed prejudices to the foreground? Everyone has an opinion and unique rationale behind it. If someone champions a cause where you see no fight, reassess your instinctive dismissal of their ostensibly frivolous claims. On the flip side, if a peer seems to turn a blind eye to what you view glaringly objectionable, consider perspective before hastily pulling racist! accusations from your arsenal.

Tolerance is a funny thing. We have none ofit for what we view intolerant. And thus our tolerance is entirely dependent on the accuracy of what is too often a quick and too tidy judgment call.

Because sure, maybe I chuckle at mock Chinaman accents and you don’t. But our visions of a hate-free world might fall closer on the opinion pole than you think.

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The bridesmaid myth up, I moved cross-country four times, lived in five different houses and went to five different schools in just as many years. This constant change of scenery left me without a solid base of friends; and I envied the friends I had left behind who had lived in the same neighborhood and had the same friends all of their lives I moved into house #5 and that August I July, in chose to go away to boarding school for high school. mam I figured this was my chance. I would finally meet my best friends for laiira ZWieiier life that would not be left the z spot behind after one year. But for those of you who did not experience living in dorms starting at 14 or having Saturday classes, living at your high school is not always a dream come true, and living with and seeing yourbest Mends 24-7 is a lot to adjust to at such a young age. Though I did make great friends, they are scattered around the world, and I still found myself at home on school breaks and in the summer with few to no friends within driving distance.

So, when I came to Duke, I was apprehensive and nervous that I would continue to go through my cycle of having ‘disposable’ relationships, though everyone assured me otherwise. My friend’s mom told me, “College is the best place to make lifelong friends. It’s where you meet all of your bridesmaids!” I started to believe more and more that I would meet my own perfect group of “bridesmaids” right off the bat once I moved onto East Campus.

I have since met so many wonderful people at Duke, and I know that I have made several friends who will be my friends for life. But I do feel that many of us are misled in our hopes of making lots of “best friends” once we set foot on campus. Think about the typical progression of four

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years at Duke. Freshman year, your friends are entirely dependent upon geography; whoever lives on your floor is automatically a new friend. Sophomore year, you are in a new place with an entirely new group of people and can no longer rely on geography as a means of staying in touch with your old floor buddies. As a result, many of us lose contact with the freshman friends that we worked so hard to make. As the tight-knit groups naturally break up over the course of sophomore year, many make a new set offriends by the end of second semester.

Junior year brings going abroad, and the friends you formed sophomore year are now scattered all over the world or left behind in Durham as you leave. People are separated for both semesters, and once again over the summer, making it difficult to sustain the bonds made during sophomore year.

Senior year brings with it one semester of being reunited with everyone you have encountered throughout Duke, friendships are re-forged. Then, second semester brings moving out and a final separation for many at graduation.

Though this cycle is not unique to Duke, it is a reality of life we all face here. Friendships come and go, but the rapid changes many of us face can cause anxiety that there is something wrong with us. We can’t all hope to make tons of best friends at college, and it is normal to feel lonely or unsure when you feel like your friends do not stay the same for four years. College can be used as a time to discover yourself and let each new friend teach you a little something about what makes you tick, more about your own morals and values, partying habits or even simply your likes and dislikes. We learn how to have relationships here, even if we don’t leant these lessons with the same group of people.

So for now, try and take the pressure off and just enjoy people for what they are while you’re here. You have plenty of time to meet your own bridesmaids.

Laura Zwiener is Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every otherFriday.

The road to Hell

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was brought up as a Catholic. I grew up going to Mass every Friday, Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation; I mastered the art of whittling little crosses from dried palm leaves; I had guardian angels and a patron saint for every en' deavor and malady under the sun; and for years I suffered through frozen fish Stick dinners during Lent H As a member of the One True Church, I m quickly learned All The wm Life Indispensable Lessons Guaranteed to Get Good People Into Heaven. Vital lessons boston cote nonsuch as: All the naked truth Catholics are doomed to eternal agony in pits of sulfurous hellfire, and unbapdzed babies, non-practicing Catholics and Catholics who die in a state of sin spend eons suspended in purgatory until the prayers of The Faithful set their souls free.

My Bth-grade religion book even came equipped with an easy-to-follow pyramidal diagram that illustrated who was getting into Heaven first. Catholics were at the top (obvi), then came non-pracdcing Catholics, Protestants, Good People (who assuming they had had the opportunity to would’ve chosen Catholicism), and lasdy, the People of the Book. People who refused The Word and “Bad People” in general got to hang around outside the pyramid and presumably outside of Heaven—for all of eternity.

We internalized these Holy Truths as early as elementary school where The Three R’s stood for; Reading, (w)Riting and Rapture.

Accordingly, we would open each new day of school with the Pledge of Allegiance and a Hail Mary. Then, between science and lunch, our pre-Vadcan II religion teacher began class by praying for the health of the Pope, the good works of our Bishop, the reunification of the Catholic Church and—I swear to God—“the conversion of the Jews.”

Given, this was a school where on a free-dress-day, my teachers made a 10-year-old-boy turn a Looney Tunes Tshirt inside out because it said “Tazmanian Devil” on the front—a real life animal that is, might I add, supposed to be one of God’s blessed creatures. Who besides Catholic

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school teachers would dare do something so downright mortifying, socially damaging and emotionally crippling?

That kid was like a leprous anti-Christ for years thereafter.

My own “You’re a bad Catholic” slap-in-the face came second grade when I accidentally ate a bologna sandin wich on a Friday during Lent. The Good Catholic Kids were so cruel.

And now it’s Lent again. I can tell by the abundance of supermarket Easter egg dyes, the self-denying pledges of Lenten sacrifices/charitable atonements and Wednesday’s forehead ashes.

But free of the heavy hand of Catholic education, I did not go to Church on Wednesday. I will not go on Good Friday. And this year, I’m not giving anything up for Lent. Especially not after last year when I willingly gave up soda and then wound up having to put my dog to sleep on Good Friday. (Thanks a lot, Jesus.)

Like many people raised with religion, I eventually found the sillierrules and rituals irrelevant. The Indispensable Life Lessons I had learned stopped resonating with me long ago, and when it came to religion, I was pretty disappointed.

This is not to say that I am looking for a new religion, because in truth, I am more comfortable feeling unsettled by my faith than feeling complacent with it.

But in the few years since I escaped religious education, had a chance to see a bit more of the world and have I meet a few more of the interesting people that live in it. I have finally been granted the freedom to feel my own way through life instead of having it spoon fed to me one religion class at a time. Time away from organized religion has led me to feel out my own understanding people, life, myself and everything that lies between and beyond.

For example I now attend other, more ecumenical services. Believers in Big Beers meets religiously at Satisfaction’s on Thursdays. Our communion wine is beer, and all are welcome. We are just as heavy-handed with the booze as the Catholics—and more inclusive to boot. Plus we have Karaoke on Saturday nights.

In all fairness, I have no doubt that the Catholics had nothing but good intentions for my formative scholastic and spiritual education. But that’s the thing about good intentions—the road to Hell is paved smooth with the best of them.

Boston Cote is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Friday:

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I’ve been having trouble with my Hate.

For me, a lifelong Dukie and ABC (Anybody But Carolina) fan, this is very troubling. Usually, I can spew venom about Carolina on command. So why is it so hard to do it now, mere days away from a Duke-UNC matchup in Cameron?

Maybe with tenting on top of all my normal activities, I just don’t have enough energy to devote to the Hate. Maybe it’s because some of my best friends from high school go to UNC. I just visited them last weekend, -and it’s not like I think they’re lazy, uneducated hicks who had to settle for a crappy state school Ah, there it is. r The Hate is coming back. elizabeth rudisill The Rivalry has Do SomethinG public versus prisoutherners vate, versus northerners, two shades of blue, two top schools, two outstanding basketball programs, all somewhere between eight and 11 miles apart. It’s like Duke and Carolina were designed to be rivals. But where is my Hate?

I went to Pearce Godwin, a Tent 1 resident, for a little help rejuvenating my Hate. Pearce bled baby blue until he decided he would attend Duke the night before the Devils’ game against UConn in the 2004 Final Four. He still hates Mike Dunleavy and loves the Dean, but he’s one of the few who’s seen the Rivalry from both sides.

“It’s good versus evil,” he said, “depending on what side you’re on.”

Pearce has great respect for the programs at each school and even cheered for UNC in the Final Four last year (blasphemy in my book). But he knows where his loyalties lie when the teams take the court.

“When you see that baby blue coming, you just have this hatred, this scorn,” he said.

But I was still struggling. I was thinking that maybe this year’s UNO team justwasn’t enough to muster the Hate. So I went to my mom, Trinity ’75, for the classic reasons for hating UNC. “They’re smug and arrogant, even when they don’t have cause to be,” she reminded me. “And there’s the whine and cheese crowd. And the players are whiners in general.” Oh, yeah. “They never commit a foul.” Just look at Reyshawn Terry—if the ref calls a foul on him, he acts like the teacher just told him recess was cancelled because he talked during nap dme. And there’s that hideous shade of blue.

But of course, there are newer reasons, too. Roy Williams is a traitor and a potty-mouth. As for this year’s team, “I think it’s dme for the little Cinderella story that’s building in Chapel Hill to end,” said my friend Seun. “At first it was kind of cute and maybe even a little bit inspiring, but now it’s just irritating.”

The more I thought about it, the more I realized I couldn’t really define my Hate. It’s like a religion: You’re born on one side, and you either stick with it or rebel against your parents. There are very few conversions. You can respect the other side’s beliefs, but you feel sorry for them because they will never know the Truth. And you know, on Judgment Day, evil will be struck down in a rain of threes and thunderous dunks.

Saturday’s game is about us. It’s about getting a final home win for a phenomenal senior class: the alltime scoring leader, the Landlord, the scrappiest player ever, the most emotional man on the court, the ex-manager who saw his dreams come true and the baseball player who found his niche.

It’s about rebounding from our first ACC loss of the year. It’s about making our final adjustments before the postseason. It’s about playing with intensity and heart. It’s about the sixth man’s loudest day of the year. It’s about proving why Cameron is the greatest place in the world for a sporting event. It’s about living in a tent for two months and getting to witness the Rivalry from the best seats in the house.

And, of course, it’s about beating down the Tar Holes yet again, sending them back to Chapel Hell crying and crushing the spirit and closing the mouth of every UNC fan out there.

Yup. It always comes back to the Hate.

Elizabeth Rudisill is a Trinity sophomore. Her column usually runs every other Thursday.

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After its 10-point win against Maryland at home Feb. 13, Duke went back to its locker room to greet what sat on the sideline for the entire game—the National

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the baspreview ketball, which head Gail coach Goestenkors had brought into the locker room after the game. The trophy was present at approximately six sites this season, including many nationally-televised games like Duke’s matchup with Maryland.

Now entering postseason play, the No. 2 Blue Devils are hoping to get their hands on the trophy again—this time, for keeps.

“I’d never seen it so close like that, being able to touch it,” Currie said. “But I think it was definitely cool to actually put your hands on something you’re trying to reach because we know the national championship is the whole big picture, the idea.

But to actually see the actual trophy that you’ll receive, I think it was cool.”

Before NCAA Tournament play even begins, though, the Blue Devils (25-2, 12-2 in the ACC) will concentrate on winning their sixth ACC championship.

“It’s all our focus is right now, the ACC Tournament and trying to win three games,” Goestenkors said.

The only two games the Blue Devils have lost this season came at the hands of North Carolina, which snatched the regular-season ACC title away from Duke. It was the first time in five years that the Blue Devils failed to either win or share the regular-season championship.

'Duke could potentially see the topranked Tar Heels—winners of their last five against the Blue Devils —again in ACC Tournament play, should the two advance to Sunday’s 1 p.m. final.

The Tar Heels (26-1, 13-1) won the title lastyear when they defeated Duke in the finals, 88-67, ending the Blue Devils’ five-year

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“I’m really comfortable where we- are right now and I think we, despite our two losses, that tve still have a bright future and we still have a lot of season left to play,” Currie said. “I think we’ve prepared ourselves for anything that gets thrown at us. It’s just a matter of us going out there and doing it.”

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“I think this year we feel more a sense of purpose,” Goestenkors said. “Last year we only had eight players. Everything we did was, I don’t want to say people were surprised, but—to a degree—they were. We still had high expectations, but we had the SEE PREVIEW ON PAGE 14

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Abby Waner could hardly remember the last time she. watched the opening tip for one of her games from the bench.

Before arriving at Duke last fall, the freshman guard was accustomed to dominating on every level. From high school varsity to AAU to various teams within the U.S. national program, Waner was always a team leader. During her senior year at Thunder Ridge High School in Colorado, Waner led her squad to its third consecutive state championship and took home every major national player of the year award.

It would only make sense, then, that Waner would not immediately recall the last time she was not in the starting lineup on a regular basis.

“Probably like when I was in eighth grade, playing on an older club team,” she said, after thinking about it for several moments.

Playing with older girls again this year at Duke, Waner has been asked to assume the role of a complementary player on a team primed to make a run at the Final Four.

Waner started 15 of her first 16 games as a Blue Devil, but as league play began in early January, the freshman began to slump. Waner was held scoreless in games against Maryland and Boston College on consecutive weekends while sophomore guard Wanisha Smith was lighting it up coming off the bench.

Head coach Gail Goestenkors had stressed from the beginning of the season that her starting lineup would be flexible in order to foster greater intrateam competition. Before the Blue Devils played at Holy Cross Jan. 16, she made the decision to replace Waner with Smith in the starting lineup.

Waner has not started a game since, but she is usually the first player to substitute in for Duke and is averaging 7.8 points in a little less than 20 minutes per game off the bench.

“It’s been hard for Abby because she’s always started and played every minute of every game,” Goestenkors said. “She’s

been more than willing to do whatever is necessary for the team.”

Waner said the move was “tough” for her, but she also has had plenty of support.

Abby’s older sister Emily made the transition to Duke last year, transferring from Colorado after her spending her freshman year there. Abby said her sister’s first-year experiences at two different schools has helped her deal with her own up-anddown freshman campaign at Duke.

But it has not only been family there to encourage Abby Waner during tough times. Smith started most of last season, but Goestenkors had jettisoned her from the lineup in favor of Waner in November. All the while, Smith has been positive, Waner said.

“I think that says a lot about [Smith] that when I was starting she was always the first one, when I came off, to give me a bit of advice or tell me ‘great play,’” Waner said. “We were battling for a spot, but she was always there for me.”

When the switch occurred in January, it served as an opportunity for Waner to refocus. She said she had been putting a lot of pressure on herself, which may have contributed to her two scoreless performances.

“I think after Maryland and Boston College I was pretty upset because I knew I wasn’t playing like I could—l knew I wasn’t helping our team,” Waner said. “There are times when you do get down and you have to be mentally tough. Nobody’s here to baby you. It’s difficult but I think that’s what makes you grow as a person—to be able to pull yourself out of these slumps.”

After the Boston College game, Waner did just that. Coming off the bench at Holy Cross, Waner led the Blue Devils in scoring with 17 points.

A week later, then-No. 2 Duke took on Tennessee, which was top-ranked at the time, in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Waner had one of her best all-around games of the season, scoring 10 points including two huge three-pointers in the second half to help push Duke to victory.

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Point guard Lindsey Harding said she can always expect Michael Currie to take her aside before games and offer words of support and advice about the team’s up-

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Four years ago Monique Currie tore her ACL and was forced to redshirt her sophomore season. Currie sat on the coming matchup.

“He’s always been positive, like another bench the entire year as her team reached the Final Four,' but her father, Michael, dad,” Harding said. “He grabs me, pulls continued his role as the Blue Devils’ most me aside, and tells me what I need to d0...

I always know that he’s out there support‘ vocal supporter.

Today, Michael Currie sports a 2003 ing all of us, not just Mo’.”

After Duke’s loss at North Carolina Final Four ring and is still Duke’s No. 1 fan.

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Travelling from Ever since she his home in WashMonique’s dad.” a has been playing ington D.C on a regGail Goestenkors, head coach basketball, ular basis, Currie, with his towering figMonique’s father has had an integral ure and bellowing voice, has become an icon at Cameron In- role in her development as a player, “He’s always been a part of my basketdoor Stadium as he enthusiastically cheers ball career,” Monique said. “He’s my on the Blue Devils.

“As a player I could only hear my dad’s number one fan, he always supports me, voice, I couldn’t hear anybody else’s,” and he always lets me know when I play head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “As a badly. It’s been nice having him around coach, I don’t hear anybody’s voice but all the time.”

Michael Currie’s animated courtside Monique’s dad.”

Also hitting the road to follow Duke antics did not start at Cameron either. As and his daughter outside of Durham, Cur- Monique developed into a star player rie has become a father figure to throughout high school, her father was alMonique’s teammates throughout her five ways a visible figure, trying to rile up fans in support ofhis daughter and teammates. years as a Blue Devil.

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When she was playing for her AAU squad, the Lady Classics, Monique said her fatherbecame a crowd favorite, dancing in front of the stands and leading cheers that spelled out the team’s name.

While his daughter is in her fifth and finalyear at Duke and will almost certainly be playing in the WNBA next season, Cur-

rie said he still plans to support the Blue Devils in the future, “I will be back next season,” he said. “I believe in women’s basketball and support them, and it’s made me comfortable being in a father-figure role and getting to work with these young ladies. It’s been a great five years.”

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But it is a different kind of first-year member that is making an immediate and significant impact on the Duke women’s basketball team. Assistant coach Tia Jackson is in her first season with the Blue Devils after a five-year sdnt as an assistant at UCLA. “I feel very fortunate,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “Tia’s one of the best assistants I’ve ever had.... I think she has all the necessary skills to one day become a head coach, but I hope it’s not for a while because she’s doing a great job for us.”

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Luckily for her, Goestenkors came knocking with the Blue Responsibilities: Devils’ offer. iwmHW “I would have been a fool if I didn’t accept Coach G’s phone with guards call,” Jackson said. “I said, ‘Well, I at least have to see what they have to offer and what UCLA Assistant they’re talking about.’ And to (2000*2005) come in and be a part of a proStanford Assistant gram of this caliber, it was definitely a flattering gesture.”

VCU Assistant Jackson’s responsibilities include planning practice, scouting and recruiting, which is lowa, Class of ’95 her specialty. During her career with the Bruins, she spearheaded efforts to sign two topten recruiting classes and reeled in five McDonald’s All-Americans.

“Across the board, it’s always going to be about developing relationships early,” Jackson said. “And that’s something I’ve had to learn on my own. I also bring a different personality,” This is something her colleagues and players can certainly attest to. The former WNBA player is motivated, energetic, vocal and meticulous, Goestenkors said.

While many assistant coaches have their strengths and weaknesses, Jackson has continuously proven this season that she has it all.

Despite being in her first year at Duke, Jackson had no problem Jumping in and voicing her opinions. She is also not afraid to diagnose her own coaching style.

“I’m very hands-on, and I like to yell a lot,” Jackson said. “I’m almost like one of their teammates, so to speak.

I provide positive reinforcement but at the same time get on them. I like to get my hands in the mix.... I’m that voice they’re going to keep hearing every time.”

Her players and staff praise her on-court coaching abilities, but one of her special qualities is her persona off the court. Instead of constantly focusing on basketball, Jackson prides herself on also being able to talk about life.

Coined as a player’s coach by many of the Blue Devils, she is known for slapping high-fives, giving thumbs-up and most importandy, listening “She likes to talk to you about things outside ofbasketball,” senior Monique Currie said. “And it means a lot that she cares about what’s going on in your non-basketball life. You don’t have to be worried about basketball with her all the time.”

Whether it’s weak-side defense or weekend parties, blocks or boyfriends, Jackson loves to talk about it all with her players. While she has contributed immensely to the team’s on-court successes this season, she is also been partially responsible for the high level of morale and optimism in the locker room. The stress of a National Championship run may be weighing on the Blue Devils, but Jackson has worked to keep the mood loose and excited.

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Four teams from the ACC are ranked in the top 10 in the RPI this week and three have legitimate shots at earning No. 1 seeds in this year’s NCAATournament. And none of them have players on their rosters named Redick, Hansbrough or Caner-Medley.

Although national attention usually focuses on the dominance of the ACC’s perennial men’s basketball powerhouses like Duke, North Carolina and Maryland, this March the hype has shifted to their women’s teams as they seek to make history by clinching three of the four No. 1 seeds in the big dance.

To put this feat in perspective, ACC teams have earned No. 1 seeds only 10 times since the women’s tournament began in 1982. There have never been two No. 1 seeds from the ACC in the same year.

Despite having the highest conference RPI for the second consecutive season, players and coaches in the ACC still feel as if they have a lot left to prove this postseason if they want to cement themselves as the premier league in the country.

“I think the national perception is changing, but it’s a slow change,” Duke

head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I think we need to send several teams to the Final Four and win a National Championship for our conference before we make believers out of everybody else.”

Historically, the national perception has been that the SEC, with teams like Tennessee and LSU, is the leading conference in the women’s game. Yet both UNC and Duke went undefeated in their non-conference schedules, including the Blue Devils’ 75-53 rout of the Lady Vols in January.

The Terrapins, who have three losses this season, lost just one non-conference game, to Tennessee Nov. 26.

Maryland’s climb to the top of the polls exemplifies the continued growth of of the ACC. As recently as 2003, the Terrapins had a 10-18 record, winning only four games in conference. This season, their 26 regular-season wins are the most in the history of the program.

“When I was a freshman, Maryland was usually one of the lower teams in the conference and for them to go from there to being one of the top four teams in the country says a lot about how the ACC has grown and how we can compare to the other, usually more dominant confer-

ences like the SEC,” Duke senior Monique Currie said.

With three ranked teams and four others receiving votes —Boston College, Florida State, N.C. State and Virginia Tech—in the final AP poll of the regular season, there is more parity in the ACC than ever before.

There are also seven conference teams ranked in the RPl’s top 27, suggesting the league could get at least that many NCAA Tournament berths. Last season the ACC received eight bids, a league record.

“I’ve been in this league 20 years and every year we say we’re so good,” North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “But this year I think everyone would agree we’re just heads above all the other conferences.”

Rigorous conference schedules could lead to longer runs through the tournament for ACC teams. Goestenkors said that to be the best, her team needed to play the toughest teams. She said her players are well prepared for this postseason because they have already seen the best teams in the country.

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When Ivory Latta left York Comprehensive High School in York, S.C., for North Carolina three years ago, she was the leading scorer in South Carolina history man or woman. It would not be the last time she would force comparisons to the opposite sex.

After Latta scored 21 points in a win over Connecticut Dec. 5, Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma compared her to Allen Iverson. Then, following a win over Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium Jan. 29, Latta audaciously claimed she played better than her idol, Iverson.

But that boldness is not unusual for the juniorpoint guard who plays with an intensity—even a swagger—that is almost unheard of in the women’s game. She dives into stands, screams for the ball, and home or away, plays to the crowd.

“I think she’s tough,” Duke senior Monique Currie said. “She plays with a lot of heart. She gets after it and she’s really intense.”

But it is more than just her demeanor that marks similarides between Latta and Iverson. Like the Philadelphia 76ers star, her oversized personality and plethora of weapons help compensate for an undersized frame—she’s listed at just 5-foot-6.

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“She knows her size and what she has to do to score,” Duke freshman guard Abby Waner said. “She’s very quick and she has very many different components to her game. She’ll pull up, she’ll hit the three, or she’ll dish. She’s very good at driving, drawing and dishing.”

The well-rounded star currently sits first in the conference in free-throw percentage, second in scoring and three-pointers made, and fourth in both steals and assists.

Latta was unanimously selected to the First Team All-ACC Monday and is a finalist for the Wooden Award, given to the nation’s best men’s and women’s college basketball players.

Her success, along with her confident attitude—“Latta-tude” as her fans like to call it—has made Latta a rather contentious player. In a game at N.C. State Jan. 15, the crowd booed each time she touched the ball.

“It’s tough to play against,” Goestenkors said. “But she has a certain flair for the

game.”

Even in the face of criticism, Latta continues to play with her recognizable smile, and for good reason—she has led her team to the top ranking in the nation while compiling her impressive list of personal stats.

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Watching Duke play this season, it’s obvious that something is different. The offense runs more fluidly than last year. The defense provides a little more pressure, too.

Lindsey Harding, the Blue Devils’ starting point guard and proverbial coach on the floor, has brought a new level of energy to Duke this season that was missing a year ago.

At the beginning of last season, Harding made a mistake. Soon before the first game of the preseason, the junior was suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules. Eventually, the coaching staff determined that she should sit out the entire season.

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ACC Rookie of the Year Marissa Coleman has averaged 14.6 points and 7.5 boards per game in herfirst season.

Coleman dominating in freshman campaign rapins. Coleman has averaged 14.6 points per game and has racked up many awards Moments before the start of the Jan. 8 of late, as she was named ACC Rookie of battle between two top-10 teams, Marythe Year and was selected to the All-ACC land’s freshman phenom Marissa Coleman second team. looked over at her Duke counterpart, rookThe freshman has shown amazing inie Abby Waner. In the midst of the intensiside-out versatility, leading the conference ty surrounding the ACC matchup, the two in three-point accuracy while ranking sixth friends began laughing. in rebounding at 7.5 per contest.

It was a strange feeling for the two play“She is really the full player,” Maryland ers to be competing against each other head coach Brenda Fresc said. “We knew after being teammates the past two sumshe was talented but I think the exciting mers, Coleman said. thing about Marissa and Kristi [Toliver] is The pair met two summers ago when both they haven’t played or acted like freshmen. played for the United States U-19 national They have come in just with a tremendous team. While leading the U.S. team to the amount of confidence.” gold medal in the FTBA Women’s Ul9 World Despite her offensive excellence, ColeChampionship in Puerto Rico and again the man had to adjust to the college game on next summer in Tunisia, the two became the defensive end. She came off the bench close friends on and off the court. They still for the first eight games of the year as she speak on a regular basis, although Coleman struggled with her defensive intensity, besaid the two rarely discuss basketball. fore cracking the starting lineup Dec. 11 “It gets really hard because we’re both against Arizona. so busy, but I talk to her once a week or at “I had to realize that this isn’t high least once every other week,” Coleman school, and you can’t pick and choose said. “It’s hard to play against each other when you want to really play defense,” because we’re such good friends, but at the Coleman said. “You have to bring the desame dme it’s more fun too.” fensive effort every play of every game beBut unlike Waner, who has often de- cause we play so many great scorers.” ferred to her older teammates during her A Parade and McDonald’s All-American first year at Duke, Coleman has assumed a starring role on the young but talentedTerSEE COLEMAN ON PAGE 15 by

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se this the nation in assists at 21.7 per game,an increase of 3.5 per contest over last season.

:sce sparks Duke lue Devils to a 25-2 record, averaging 10.6 4.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game. In Ition of her play, she was named ACC DePlayer of the Year and second-team Allrlier this week. statistics and accolades do not encompass mg the Houston native has brought to the 'he intangibles she adds are her most sig. attribute, several of her teammates said, idsey’s a great leader,” senior Monique said. “She really takes control of the team. »sition is the most important position on it.” season, the lack of a reliable point guard Blue Devils. Wanisha Smith, then a freshwas thrust into the starting point guard slot of the nation’s top teams. At times, she d, both defensively and offensively. tural off-guard, Smith never fully underow to run the offense as a pass-first, scorepoint guard like Goestenkors requires.

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ALISONBALES 3.2 blocks per game 250 career blocks (4th in ACC history} 134 blocks as a junior {lst in ACC history]

There is more than just one landlord charging rent in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Duke women’s basketball team topped the NCAA charts for the second consecutive season, leading Division I schools in blocked shots with a team total of 208 in the regular season. Led by junior Alison Bales and sophomore Chante Black, the Blue Devils rejected an average of 7.7 shots per game.

For as good as Duke is at blocking shots, it seems odd that the statistic is one of the last that head coach Gail Goestenkors said she checks after each game.

“It’s not something I have really cared about in the past —blocked shots,” Goestenkors said. “It’s not anything that I have ever emphasized, but with the great size that we have, and with the timing that Ali and Chante have, it has become an integral part of our game.”

Together, the dynamic duo of 6-foot-7 Bales and 6-foot-5 Black are literally a towering and tenacious defensive force. Combined, the two centers account for nearly 70 percent of all of Duke’s blocked shots.

“Not only do we block shots, but both of us are so intimidating on the inside,” Bales said. “When the [opposing] guards get around one of the [Blue Devil] guards on the perimeter, they have to come and try to shoot over one of us.”

Bales is coming off an impressive sophomore year in which she set the ACC single-season record with 134 blocks. As a junior, Bales has tallied 87 rejections. With 250 career blocks, she holds the Duke all-

time career blocks record. Averaging 3.2 blocks per game, Bales is ranked seventh in the NCAA this year.

The sophomore Black is following in Bales’ impressive footsteps. Denying 56 shots so far this season. Black is right behind Bales as the team’s second-best blocker.

Although both control the paint defensively, Goestenkors said she views their talents as a luxury that sometimes cover up defensive breakdowns.

“Sometimes I think it’s a blessing in disguise because it means we’re getting beat on the perimeter,” Goestenkors said.

“They’re having to come over and help us sometimes to block shots, and sometimes it takes us out of rebounding position as well.”

In addition to concerns about rebounding, Goestenkors said she worries about her post players getting into foul trouble while attempting to block shots. What makes Bales such an effective shotblocker is her ability to alter shots without committing fouls—something that the younger Black is continuing to learn how to do.

“Ali’s better at blocking without fouling,” Black said. “Me, on the other hand, if they come up against me...”

“She just throws them out of bounds,” Bales interrupted.

“They’re going out with the ball flying with them,” Black added, laughing. “That’s the one thing I need to work on, not fouling when I block.”

The centers’ crowd-pleasing rejections do not go unnoticed by their teammates, and their uncanny blocking abilities have

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In the backyard of their home in Lower Gwynedd, Pa., Laura Kurz and her brother Rob spent coundess hours honing their basketball skills in hopes of carrying on their family’s hoops legacy.

Their heated battles paid off, propelling each to NCAA Division I basketball programs—Laura to Duke and Rob to Notre Dame.

Basketball runs deep in the bloodline for the Kurz family. Not only did Laura and Rob’s grandparents play basketball, but their mother and father both competed as well.

“Basketball was in our blood,” Laura said. “I had a lot of cousins, aunts, and uncles who had played. Even my grandmothers both played. So, I grew up around the sport.”

-Their mother Carol Kurz—formerly Carol Way —was an integral part of the Lafayette basketball team from 1975-1979 and set a school record by averaging 14.0 rebounds per game in the 1975-1976 season. Their father, Rob Kurz, also attended Lafayette, but his playing career was cut short when he injured his knee following his senior year of high school basketball.

Their father said the fact that basketball was so much a part of their family atmosphere contributed to Rob and Laura’s interest, but that the two were so athletic and competitive that they naturally gravitated toward the sport when they were young.

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For Laura and Rob Kurz, basketball has always been a family affair.The two both play for Division programs. their childhood, a heated rivalry developed between the two. Their father said Laura and Rob engaged in one-on-one wars on the driveway basketball court, which he expanded to virtually the size of a half-court basketball floor. He also added an outdoor light for late-night match-ups.

“The experience playing against Rob and practicing against boys through eighth grade made Laura into a more physical post player,” the elder Kurz said.

The pair’s road to Division I basketball

began at Germantown Academy—the high school that also produced Duke sharpshooterLee Melchionni. Their paths, however, diverged after Rob’s sophomore year.

Laura said Rob was not satisfied with the attention he was receiving from the coaching staff at the powerhouse basketball program at Germantown. He subsequently transferred to William Penn Charter, where both Rob’s father and grandfather had attended. The school also happened to be the bitter rival of

Germantown Although Rob’s career flourished in his new environment, Laura said whenever the two schools would compete in boys basketball, the Germantown fans would chant, “Laura is better!”

Because of the transfer, Rob repeated his sophomore year and the two ended up in the same graduating class of 2004. Laura said neither of themwould have had a problem going to the same college, but their interests led them in different directions.

“Both Rob and Laura had options,” their father said. “We encouraged them to consider academics, coaching staff, school and players in their college decision.”

In the end, Rob chose to head north to Notre Dame, where he is averaging 6.1 points and 4.6 rebounds this season as a sophomore. Laura took a different path and headed south to Duke, where she is averaging 5.9 points and 2.7 rebounds this year.

As a sophomore, Laura has been asked to fill a number ofroles for the No. 2 Blue Devils. During the off-season she worked to improve her post game to complement her already proficient shot.

Even though their backyard games are a thing of the past, the Kurz siblings still find time to offer advice on how to improve each others’ games.

“If I see him on TV and I see he is not boxing out or playing good aggressive D, I will definitely let him know,” Laura said.

“I never hold back because he tells me if I’m not working hard enough, or he’ll make fun of me if I get blocked. It’s always been like that.”

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become an important addition to all aspects of the Blue Devil defense.

“It’s great for us, especially the guards, out there playing,” Harding said.

“That gives me more confidence to pressure the ball and not just at the threepoint line, but pressuring all over the floor. Because I know if I’m pressuring a 5’5” guard, they have to go past me and have to try to score over someone that’s 6’7”. It’s a good thing and a bad thing because sometimes we rely a lot on that.”

Although Goestenkors would prefer that Duke does not break down to the point that they need to rely on its last line of defense, the duo does not mind.

“We are just eager to block if they get beat,” Black said. “There’s usually a chest bump afterwards.”

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Lindsey Harding sat out last season for a violation of team rules, but the junior has returned this year to ignite the Blue Devils on both ends of the floor.

HARDING from page 8 Smith turned the ball over 134 times while dishing out 154 assists.

But Smith grew in her role in Harding’s absence, which was apparent earlier this season as well. Against Maryland Feb. 13, Harding hurt her shoulder diving for a ball and was forced to sit out the rest of the game. Smith took over running the offense and excelled, leading the Blue Devils to a *

90-80 victory over then-No. 4 Maryland.

“I knew [last year] was a great experience for everybody,” Harding said. “When I hurt my shoulder in the Maryland game, Wanisha stepped up and took control and played the point guard position. That came from the experience Of last year.”

Looking forward, Harding said she believes the team is better because ofher absence last season, but she hasn’t quit trying to improve her team either. With a new crop of freshmen in Durham this season,

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WANER from page 4 “That was one of the greatest feelings I’ve ever had playing basketball,” Waner said. “I felt good about the way I played because I contributed to the team. I don’t care how much I score, just as long as I feel like I helped the team when we needed it.”

With 13 contributing scholarship players on Duke’s roster, the Blue Devils have stressed a team-first attitude throughout the season. Nearly everyone on Goestenkors’ squad has been asked to sacrifice. Senior forward Monique Currie, a first team All-American last year, has seen her minutes cut drastically and Smith was forced to the bench for most of the nonconference season before taking Waner’s spot.

“They knew there were going to be sacrifices when they came in here,” assistant coach Tia Jackson said. “There are sacrifices that have to be made and I think [the players] are understanding them and embracing them.”

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PREVIEW from page 3 eight players and we also had the injuries.”

This year’s Blue Devils boast a deeper squad that has had a strong rotation off the bench and starters like the All-American Currie playing fewer minutes per game. Duke also has a senior class in Currie, Foley and Mistie Williams that has the experience to lead the team.

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Before coming to Duke, Abby Waner led her high school team to three straight state championships.

“We’re older, we’re wiser, we’re deeper and we’re more talented, so I think we feel like we want to be really successful and we want to send the senior class out [with a tide],” Goestenkors said. “We only lost one senior last year—Wynter Whidey, who wasn’t a starter—so this year we know we’re losing three great seniors who have really put their hearts and souls on the line for this program and I think we’re all really committed to send them out in a great way.”

Second-seeded Duke will, play its first ACC tournament game Friday against seventh-seeded Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. in the Greensboro Coliseum.

“We’re really excited about heading to Greensboro,” Goestenkors said. “Other than Cameron it’s probably been our favorite place to play. We know the fans do such a tremendousjob and the communityjust gets so involved in the tournament.

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in high school, Coleman was heavily recruited by many of the perennial powers, including Duke, but said she chose Maryland because of the opportunity to develop a budding program “They had a chance to win a national championship, but they hadn’t done it yet,” Coleman said. “I didn’t want to go somewhere where winning a national championship is like, ‘Ok, great, another national championship.’ UConn and Tennessee have won so many, and it is just when they haven’t won, it’s more of a big deal.”

Despite losing her in the recruiting battle, Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors got a chance to coach Coleman this summer, when Goestenkors served as the head coach of the Ul9 national team.

Coleman said Goestenkors never held a grudge against her for choosing Maryland, and the 6-foot-l forward produced 8.1 points per game on 58.1 percent shooting as the United States cruised to the gold medal.

“She is one of the most versatile players that I have ever had the privilege to coach,” Goestenkors said. “When we were recruiting her I remember telling her I thought she was a combination of Alana Beard and Monique Currie. She is smooth like Alana was, yet she has that physical strength as a freshman that Monique had.”

Coleman showed those skills in two regular-season games against Duke, including a 20-point performance at Cameron. The Blue Devils claimed both victories, however, winning 86-68 in College Park Jan. 8 and 90-80 in Durham Feb. 13. The third-seeded Terps could meet second-seeded Duke again in the

In addition to everything else, the UNC stand-out has guided her team to five straight victories over archrival Duke. This year, the Tar Heels account for both of the Blue Devils’ losses.

“Ivory is the heart and soul of that team,” Goestenkors said. “She makes their team go, obviously.”

Latta, who is always looking to push the tempo, embodies the spirit of a Tar Heel team that thrives on fast play and athleticism. The junior has played some of her best games against top competition, averaging 20 points per game when facing ranked opponents.

“I thought we did a a really good job on her and she still scored 18 points,” Goestenkors said of their Feb. 25 game.

“She finds away to help her team, whether its hitting the three or penetrating and dishing.”

Latta has been particularly bothersome for the Blue Devils, especially with the combination of her flamboyance and her team’s success. Blue Devil players, however, have been reluctant to comment on their feelings toward the Tar Heel point guard’s antics.

“Definitely I have a lot of respect for her game,” Duke juniorLindsey Harding said.

When asked about Latta’s showmanship, Waner laughed off the question and diplomatically replied, “Ivory’s a very good point guard.”

But even if Duke players are hesitant to discuss their notorious rival, at least one member of the team finds good in what Latta brings to the court.

“I think she adds a great dimension to the women’s game,” Goestenkors said.

“She puts on a great show.”

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