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Amid accusations that members of his team raped an exodc dancer March 13,

men’s lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler has resigned effective immediately, President Richard Brodhead announced Wednesday. In addition, Brodhead has cancelled the men’s lacrosse season and all associated activities.

Also Wednesday, police released previously sealed documents related to the case, including a second search warrant and an e-mail from one of the lacrosse players that seemed to threaten further violence against exotic dancers.

The e-mail originated from sophomore lacrosse player Ryan McFadyen’s account and was signed “41,” which is McFadyen’s jersey number. “tommrow night, after tonights show, ive decided to have some strippers over to edens 2c,” the e-mail said, noting there would be no nudity, “i plan on killing the bitches as soon as [they] walk in and proceding to cut their skin offwhile cumming in my duke issue spandex.”

The Durham Police Department is investigating the team after allegations that three players raped, choked and sodomized a black woman hired to dance at a March 13 party. The captains of the team “unequivocally” denied the sexual assault and rape allegations in a statement March 28.

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President Richard Brodhead announced five committees the University has launched following sexual assault allegations against members of the men’s lacrosse team.

The committees’ charges range from studying previous incidents involving the lacrosse team to evaluating the administration’s response throughout the past three weeks.

“So many things are out there that it’s time to take an action,” Brodhead said.

Three of the five committees are chaired or co-chaired by black leaders, but none of the five groups will deal direcdy with racial issues. Among the most outspoken critics have been those who have claimed the lacrosse team and the broader Duke community have been insensitive to racial issues.

The Campus Culture Initiative will take a broad look at the social lives and values of undergraduates. Another group will explore how the Duke Community Standard and judicial processes relate to social life.

With the goal of offering advice and guidance to Brodhead and the Board of Trustees on internal policies and practices, the Presidential Council will be chaired by two prominent external leaders.

Brodhead noted in a four-page letter released to the community Thursday evening, as satellite trucks once again arrived on campus, that the Campus Culture

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recess From budding filmmakers trying to break into the business to Pratt students looking for an artsy breather, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is the place to be this weekend. Packed with director Q&A’s, workshops and, above all, the screenings of over 100 films—many of which are premiering internationally—Full Frame is considered the Sundance of documentary festivals. And luckily for local students, it’s all happening in Duke’s backyard: downtown Durham.

Full Frame was founded eight years ago by former documentary photographer and New York Times Foreign Picture Editor Nancy Buirski.

“In 1998 documentaries were certainly not getting the attention they’re getting today,” Buirski said.

“There was only one documentary festival, in SEE FULL FRAME ON RECESS PAGE 4

From staff reports Officials from the men’s basketball team announced Wednesday that freshman center Eric Boateng will be leaving Duke upon completion of the spring semester, when he will transfer to another institution.

“Eric has elected to pursue opportunities at another school,” said Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“He is leaving Duke in good academic standing and we wish him well in the future.”

With seniors Patrick Johnson and Shelden Williams graduating and freshman Josh Mcßoberts considering the NBA Draft, the 6-foot-10 Boateng was expected to see significant playing time next season alongside incoming recruit Brian Zoubek.

Boateng saw action in 20 contests this past season, playing 50 total minutes and averaging 0.7 points and 0.6 rebounds per game.

He shot 6-for-7 from the field and was 2-for-2 from the free throw line.

Before arriving at Duke, the London native was named a McDonald’s All-American after averaging 20 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks during his senior season at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Del.

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But with Democrats adamantly refusing allow votes on politically charged amendments, Majority Leader Bill Frist sounded a pessimistic note hours later on the Senate floor. Barring a dramatic change, said the Tennessee Republican, “The course we’re on is to leave here in a few days having accomplished nothing for the American people.”

Democrats seemed untroubled by the prospect.

They set up a test vote for Thursday on legislation that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee more than a week ago with a bipartisan majority before it ran into Republican resistance on the floor. to

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WASHINGTON The Senate swung between compromise and gridlock Wednesday on the most sweeping immigration bill in two decades, the future of an estimated 11 million illegal aliens at the mercy of unpredictable election-year maneuvering.

Key senators haggled over a proposed deal to confer legal status on a large majority of the 11 million men, women and children, but compromise remained elusive.

'We've got a ways to go,” said Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., after a bargaining session in the Capitol, although he added that the talks were “moving in the right direction.”

“This is a vote that for millions ofAmericans is a question about whose side you’re on,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat, adding that unless legislation clears the Senate this week, it may be doomed for the year.

But it appeared destined to gain far fewer than the 60 votes needed to advance, and perhaps less than a majority that would give political bragging rights to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid ofNevada.

The bill would strengthen border security, regulate the flow of future foreign workers and open the way to citizenship for many immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Hamas acknowledges financial crisis by

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The new Hamas-led gov-

ernment is broke and missed the April 1 monthly pay date for tens of thousands of

Palestinian public workers, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Wednesday.

It was the Islamic militants’ first admission they will have difficulty running the West Bank and Gaza without massive for-

eign aidHaniyeh offered no solutions to the cash crunch, pledging only to do his best

to make up for tens ofmillions of dollars in aid being withheld by international donors

and appealing to the Arab world to send more donations.

The Palestinian Authority is the largest employer in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, providing salaries for 140,000 people that sustain about one-third of the Palestinians.

Haniyeh said it was unclear how the government will meet its payroll.

“The Palestinian Finance Ministry has received an entirely empty treasury in addition to the debt of the government in general,” Haniyeh told the first meeting ofhis Cabinet.

“We are going to do our utmost as a government to pay the salaries of the Palestin-

ian Authority employees despite the cash crisis that we are facing.”

Finance Minister Omar Abdel Razek said he is waiting for $BO million from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

“If they pay, and I hope they will, we will be able to pay salaries by the middle of the month,” he told The Associated Press.

A collapse in the Palestinian Authority would devastate an economy where 44 percent of the population lives under the poverty line of about $2 a day and nearly one-quarter of the work force is unem-

Apple Computer Inc. unveiled software Wednesday to help owners of new Intelbased Macs to run the rival Windows operating system. Apple's stock rose nearly 10 percent after the freely available software, known as "Boot Camp," was announced.

Iran launches new missile Iran said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a "top secret" missile, the third in a week. The tests came amid war games being held since Friday at a time of increased tension with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program.

Saddam admits death orders Saddam Hussein acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him. Hussein, however,declined to confirm his signature on numerous documents, including execution orders for Shiite children.

Rice defends India plan Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Congress on Wednesday that a plan to share civilian nuclear technology with India will not undercut anti-proliferation efforts. Critics contend the plan will increase both the size ofIndia's nuclear arsenal and the risk of global conflict.

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Nothing is as simple as black and white.

Close to 100 students, professors and faculty gathered at the Levine Science Research Center dining hall in order to discuss Beyond the White/Black Binary, the topic of the sixth annual Unity Through Diversity Forum organized by the Center for Race Relations.

Four faculty members—Michaeline Crichlow, visiting associate professor of African and African American Studies; Sarah Deutsch, chair of the history department; Pedro Lasch, interim director of the Latino Studies Initiative; and Sean Metzger, assistant professor in the English department—offered their views on the topic at the faculty roundtable.

“The focus on the black/white binary ignores, denies or overshadows the existence of others,” Crichlow said.

“The tricky question is recognizing how to advance an agenda that recognizes the different struggles and stereotyping of others and at the same time realizes that we have not advanced past the

Two years after uncovering the fact that campus organizations had been deprived of misplaced Duke Student Government funds, representatives discussed a better way to allocate DSG money at a general body meeting Wednesday night.

During the meeting, the Senate passed two surplus statutes that would direct a portion of the $120,000 “surplus” that DSG officials discovered in March 2004 to smaller on-campus

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Activist Zackie Achmat addressed the

global response to the AIDS epidemic before a packed amphitheater at Duke University Medical Center Wednesday night.

black/white binary.”

Lasch, on the other hand, said that if society never takes the time to acknowledge the problem, there will never be an opportunity to solve it.

“A lot of the times people have things right in front of their nose but don’t want to see them,” Lasch said. “We must confront our habits, which are our worst enemies.”

Attendees also participated in “Take A Stand,” an activity that examined how their views of the world fit with the black and white binary. Center for Race Relations members asked participants to place themselves on a spectrum of black, white

Connecting the suffering of those affected by AIDS to worldwide human rights issues, Achmat, who is HIV-positive, presented ideas for both local and global action to mitigate the epidemic.

He emphasized the promotion of women’s rights and accountability for both governments and pharmaceutical

corporations.

Achmat, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, began his work as an activist by protesting his country’s Apartheid regime while still a teenager. In the 19905, Achmat worked for gay and lesbian rights in South Africa before launching his Treatment Action Campaign—an

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AIDS-related efforts.

“The lessons on how grassroots efforts can topple the mighty were not lost on him,” Storey said.

Opening with a comparison of daily AIDS deaths to the number of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, Achmat argued that HIV is an issue governments must address.

“HIV is political because of cultures who oppress women,” he said. “It is political because of gay men and intravenous drug users and because of a lack

“The question of what is a surplus is truly sketchy,” said junior chair of the Student OrFederspiel, Jeff ganization Finance Committee. “People call it a ‘surplus,’ but it’s not a surplus. The most accurate term for it is probably a ‘fiscal disaster.’”

The first statute called for allotting $5,000 to DSG’s Programming Fund for the current academic year. Every year, money from the Programming Fund is used to support events planned by a number of on-campus organizations.

The $90,000 allocated to this year’s Programming Fund has already been exhausted, Federspiel said at the meeting. He added that several on-campus groups have requested additional funds for the remainder of the year.

The second statute was discussed in more depth by members of the legislative body. The statute will direct $20,000 to DSG’s annual budget for the 2006-2007 academic year.

Describing the idea as an issue of “moral clarity,” Federspiel said the purpose ofboth statutes was to return funds

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Divinity School professor Peter Storey, who introduced Achmat, said Achmat’s

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Brodhead said he found Pressler’s res-

ignation “highly appropriate.”

Athletic Director Joe Alieva said in a septhat he accepted Pressler’s resignation Wednesday afternoon.

“I believe this is in the best interests of the program, the department of athletics and the University,” Alieva said.

Pressler did not return several phone calls requesting comment. Friends gathered at Pressler’s house Wednesday night to support him, a neighbor and friend confirmed.

The e-mail released by police Wednesday was sent 1:58 a.m. March 14, only a few hours after the party at which the rape allegedly took place and minutes after the alleged victim called 911 at 1:22 a.m.

Several members of the lacrosse team declined to comment when asked if the email was written as a joke.

McFadyen received an interim suspension, pending a University investigation, and is no longer on campus, according to a University statement. John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta has the power to place a student on interim suspension “if in his judgment that person has placed him- or herself or others in danger.”

Brodhead said he found the e-mail “sickening.”

“Maybe it was in a joking nature, but in the context we find ourselves in, I don’t find it funny,” he said.

James Ammons, North Carolina Central University chancellor, called the email disturbing in a statement Wednesday.

“It is important that our students and supporters remain calm in light of this information being released,” he said. “We do not want anyone from the NCCU family to seek retribution or take matters into their own hands.”

Joe Cheshire, a lawyer representing at least one member of the team, said if a rape had occurred, McFadyen would have sent a letter telling the team to be quiet, not threatening harm to other women.

“When people do something bad, they wouldn’t be writing e-mails about it,” Cheshire said, adding that the police have several more e-mails from other arate statement

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One year after winning the National Coach of the Year award, men’s lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler resigned Wednesday.

Pressler guided the Blue Devils to the best season in program history last year, after it had failed to even make the NCAA Tournament the two previous seasons. They set an NCAA single-season record with 17 wins but fell in the National Championship game to Johns Hopkins by one goal.

With nine preseason All-Americans returning on this year’s roster, Pressler had crafted a team that was expected to be one of the favorites to win this season’s national title.

Pressler’s departure ends a 16-year tenure at the school, during which he amassed a record of 153-82. He also led Duke to three ACC Championships and two Final Fours. He currently ranks within the NCAA’s top 10 among active coaches in both winning percentage and overall victories.

Hired in 1991 after a highly successful five-year stint as head coach of Ohio Wesleyan, a Division 111 program, Pressler guided the Duke team to its first NCAA berth in just his second year at the helm.

“Without question, Coach Pressler has done a magnificent job of taking our lacrosse program to the highest level,” Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva said in the team’s media guide.

But despite his success on the field, it was ultimately the off-the-field behavior of his players that forced the coach to resign. Several players refused to comment about their former coach for tli is story.

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The men's lacrosseteam's season has been cancelled amid allegations that three players committed rape. members of the team The e-mail from McFadyen’s account was in a previously sealed search warrant for the sophomore’s Edens 2C Dormitory residence and vehicle. The warrant was processed March 27 and 28. The police seized a poster, $4O in two $2O bills, a laptop, disposable camera and handwritten papers and drawings, among other items.

University officials have restricted access to Edens 2C to residents only.

DPD is investigating the lacrosse team for forcible rape, kidnapping, forcible sexual offense, common law robbery, felonious strangulation and conspiracy to commit murder. No charges have been filed, and state officials are awaiting DNA test results from samples taken from 46 members of the team that are expected sometime this week.

Brodhead condemned the actions of the team, ifthey turn out to be true. “It seems to me there might be some part of Duke education that is not yet fully successful,” he said. “It’s not in the statistics, it’s not in the writing, but it’s in a life skill.”

The search warrant released Wednesday provided more details about the March 13 party at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.

The alleged victim, a 27-year-old student reported that the men became “excited and aggressive” after she and a second woman began dancing at the party.

After both women left the residence, one of the suspects apologized and requested that they continue dancing. The women were separated when they went back inside.

Three men allegedly pulled the victim into a bathroom and sexually assaulted her anally, vaginally and orally for approximately 30 minutes.

The alleged victim said the players told her they were members of the Duke baseball and track team to hide their true affiliations.

The warrant states that one senior team captain, a resident of 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., admitted using an alias to make reservations for the dancers to attend the party.

According to the search warrant, the alleged victim was treated at Duke University Hospital Emergency Department.

“Medical records and interviews obtained by a subpoena revealed the victim had signs, symptoms and injuries consistent with being raped and sexually assaulted vaginally and anally,” the report stated.

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These students are shouting and whispering about what happened to this young woman and to themselves

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If it turns out that these students are guilty, I want them expelled. But their expulsion will only bring resolution to this case and not the bigger problem. This is much bigger than them and throwing them out will not solve the the problem. I want the administration to acknowledge what is going on and how bad it is.

Being a big, black man, it’s hard to walk anywhere at night, and not have a campus police car slowly drive by me.

Everything seems up for grabs—l am only comfortable talking about this event in my room with close friends. lam actually afraid to even bring it up in public.

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Initiative will “include promoting a more to the culture of

responsible approach campus drinking.”

Brodhead also said many of the initiatives are directly in response to questions raised by members of the community.

The criticism has ranged from a slow response to the alleged incident to a bingedrinking culture that has marred DukeDurham relations.

A subcommittee of the Athletic Council, the body with oversight of Duke sports, will investigate the culture of the men’s lacrosse team.

James Coleman, Duke School of Law professor and an Athletic Council member, will chair the committee. Coleman has experience leading major athletic-related task forces, recentiy having led the group that

overhauled Duke’s athletic drug policy.

“The intention here is not to single out the behavior of individuals but to understand the extent to which the cumulative behavior of many over a number of years signifies a deeper problem for which significant corrective actions are called for,” Brodhead wrote, adding that he expects to receive some recommendations by May 1.

William Bowen, president of the Andrew Mellon Foundation and former president of Princeton University, and Julius Chambers, former chancellor of North Carolina Central University—the school where the alleged victim is enrolled—and former director-council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund, will co-chair the committee charged with the investigation of the administration’s response.

of corporate accountability.”

Achmat described the spread of AIDS in countries from Brazil to China to the United States before focusing on his home country ofSouth Africa.

“Deaths from AIDS are calculated there not by modeling or statistics, but by actual counting of 3 million death certificates,” he said.

He lamented that AIDS disproportionately affects young women, but noted that the problem is grave among men as well, especially because many refuse to find out or admit their status.

“There’s a problem of denial, not just public but personal, especially among men,” Achmat said.

Moving on to discuss solutions to the AIDS crisis, Achmat mentioned several necessary elements of an effective strategy.

The first of these was a “practical morality,” valuing all human life and granting people access to public health.

“This is not the morality of George Bush,” he said.

He also urged governments to combat systemic gender inequalities by affirmatively promoting women’s rights and argued for prioritizing the most vulnerable members of each society, be it young women in South Africa or drug users in Thailand.

Other essential components Achmat noted were the use of scientific evidence in conjunction with human rights activism and increased accountability for governments, institutions and drug corporations.

In closing his speech, he called for people to take action as citizens of their countries to make change in the world.

“The most important thing this effort has done is it has allowed us to claim the rights ofcitizens locally,” Achmat said. “We

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Onlookers pack the amphitheater at DUMC Wednesday afternoon to listen to AIDS activist ZackieAchmat. must claim that right

globally.”

During a question-and-answer session following the speech, Achmat called for “a new generation of leadership” to replace older, “recycled activists” such as himself.

Commenting on the allegations ofrape surrounding the Duke men’s lacrosse team, Achmat compared it to a situation in South Africa, where former Deputy President Jacob Zuma was accused ofrape last November. “It’s critical that men of all colors lead the campaign to bring justice without prejudging,” Achmat said, noting that he, as a South African man, was sometimes looked at as a rapist in his country.

Katie Mikush, a freshman enrolled in the Global Health FOCUS program, said she enjoyed the address. “He’s an inspiration, and with the Global Health Initiative starting at Duke, everybody should hear this,” she said.

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Participants found it difficult to identify the issues with one specific group.

“Nothing is completely apart from each other,” said Brad Labez-Tapang, Trinity ’O5. “[This problem] affects every group differently.”

The issue of identity and being proud of one’s heritage was brought up in a question-and-answer session. Lasch suggested that individuals embrace being a minority.

“I think no one needs to be afraid of being the minority,” he said. “I think more white Americans have to give up that fear.”

Metzger —who is half German and halfAsian—found that being a minority had its privileges too.

“I find my Asian identity as the one that’s different and that’s so interesting,” he said. “I am able to discover so much more through it.”

Christina Chia, program coordinator for the Multicultural Center, said the event was a great success. She noted that the issue being discussed is an open-ended question. “[The black/white binary issue] doesn’t have an answer or an action plan,” Chia said. “Going beyond is not an end in itself, it means to do something different.”

Although senior Shannon Kunath said the event was “great,” she added that it needs to reach out to a more diverse body.

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He also noted funding kegs on the quad, installing “It’s just money that’s been misplaced,” Federspiel plasma screen televisions in Wilson Gymnasium, placsaid. “It was money that was supposed to go to student ing computers in the Bryan Center and providing for DVDs in Lilly Library as recent accomplishments to groups. It never did.”

Each year, DSG allocates funds to student groups on which DSG has contributed.

“DSG can do lots of other great things,” Fleming campus. Every group must return any unspent money to DSG. The money is then to be redistributed among said. “That will never happen again if we do this.” the organizations in the next year.

Junior Joe Fore, vice president of academic affairs, Although groups have returned the money in past said it would be unfair to use the funds for similar projyears, the funds have not been appropriately transects since the source of the balance forward was money ferred over, said Treasurer Nisha Choksi, a junior. originally intended for the use of smaller organizaReferencing the amassed $120,000 through phrases tions. like “pot of gold,” Federspiel said the so-called “sur“I don’tfeel comfortable spending money that’s not plus” was an inaccurate description since the funds ours,” he said.

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From the Mozart-only concerts to the shiny-wrapped Mozart pralines and everything in between, Mozart seems to be all around this year.

This year marks the composer’s 250th birthday, and Duke has been doing its fair share to celebrate the event, with special programs and concerts dedicated to the Austrian composer.

But while many people know Mozart as a crafter of concertos and symphonies, fewer are familiar with his contributions to the opera genre. The Duke Symphony Orchestra will change that perception when they present a concert version of Mozart’s renowned opera, The Marriage of Figaro [Le Nozze di Figaro) this weekend.

The presentation, which will feature the original Italian but forego the elaborate sets and costumes, will have an added twist: the lead singer is a Duke alumnus who portrayed Figaro while studying at Duke. Josh Sekoski graduated in 2001 and boasts of being one of the few who majored only in music.

While a sophomore, Sekoski performed his first opera role as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro seven years ago.

“I feel more comfortable in the role now than I did then,” Sekoski wrote in an e-mail. “I feel that I have a more mature grasp of the score and the character after having ‘lived’ with the opera for several years.”

Sekoski was contacted for the role by Maestro Harry ,

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Pulsar, of thePulsar Tryo, plays keyboard for the reigning Duke-based battle of the band champions.They will defendtheirtitle this weekend.

Alex Frydman recess The Duke UNC rivalry is moving off the basketball court and onto the stage with the second inter-school Batde of the Bands. The competition, one of ARTSFest’s bigger events, will pit Duke bands against UNC bands.

The Duke lineup features reigning champions Pulsar Triyo, as well as the bands Running Lights and Alexander Street. UNC will offer up Sweater Weather, The Busy World and Heads Down Thumbs Up. “Last year’s battle was pretty long, since we had five bands from each school, and the quality of the music wasn’t that great.” said Njeri Mathu, chair of Duke’s All Campus Entertainment. “This year we shortened it, with three bands from each school. We also decided to by

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The returning bands were supportive of the new setup. “It’ll make it easier for people to stick around and watch the whole show,” said Casey Trela of Sweater Weather.

Mathu also said this year’s Battle of the Bands would be more intense and “battle-like” in contrast to a typical concert. “We’re trying to get the audience more involved by including some kind of audience voting system into the judging,” she said. “Voting will also get us a larger audience since bands will push to get all their fans to attend the battle.”

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Trumpeter jazzes up Duke Trumpeter Terence Blanchard and his smoking sextet swing into town this week as part of Duke Performances’ April ARTSfest. Blanchard is a veteran ofArt Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Grammy winner and composer of numerous film scores—including Spike Lee’s Barbershop —and his 2005 album Flow (Blue Note) was produced by jazz great Herbie Hancock, recess’ David Graham talked to Blanchard to get the low-down on Hurricane Katrina, the record industry and working with Herbie Hancock. recess: You’re currently Artistic Director at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. How did you get involved in the educational side of jazz?

Terence Blanchard: It started when I first got into business. Wherever we would go, because we were so young, a lot of colleges would want us to come by and talk to students.

For me, it was always about sharing ideas and letting people know that ifI’m out here doing this, they could be out here doing this too. Everything was just one-offs and master classes until I was hired by the Thelonious Monk Institute.

As a New Orleans native, what is your reaction to Hurricane Katrina? What role do jazz musicians have?

It’s interesting, I saw something the other day that was kind ofunnerving. I saw a sign that said, “Bite Me Katrina, I’m back home.” That was unnerving because as devastating as Katrina was, that’s God’s will and you have to accept that and move on. There are a lot of people who suffered and continue to suffer severely. It’s about what the government is not doing—there are people who are working hard down there and we’re working hard to let people know that there’s still a lot of work to do. And let’s not even begin to talk about insurance companies that are taking advantage of people. I [talk about] it in my shows a lot of times. I don’t do it every night. When it comes up, it

comes up. I remind people, you’re having a good dme tonight and you’re going to go home after this, but a lot of people aren’t. One of the things we can do as public figures is to talk about it; another responsibility we have is to be [proactive].

You used to record for Columbia/Sony Classical but your last two discs have been on Blue Note. Can you talk about the switch and the state of the jazz record industry?

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r us. But in the end, in life, you have to le—it’s fun while it lasts, but it can’t last forever.

Do you think that since you’ve been in the independent scene for so long that you have, in a sense, earned the popularity?

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Have you had to change your music at all to fit in with the mainstream?

Hell no. That was the spirit behind the transition from Barsuk [Records] to Atlantic [Records]. Had the situation been different, we wouldn’t have gone for it. We had been making records for six years and had complete creative control during all of those years, so we weren’t about to change that. In terms of our music, no one’s making the calls but us. And I understand that some of our fans from before aren’t as happy with our music, but it’s just a natural progression. People change, we’ve changed, and we’ve gotten older and more mature. If someone wants to see our music as art or a commodity, it’s up to them. We’re just the ones making the music.

You’ve played on a few college campuses. Is the atmosphere any different than in clubs?

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Death Cab for Cutieand Franz Ferdinand will perform April 7 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. rooms before and had to take showers in those group gym showers. That sucked. But the show itself is always pretty similar. It’s just me and three other guys playing songs. Oh, and there are usually some lights and stuff.

Does the fact that you’re now rocking stadiums carry any meaning for you?

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According to Paletz, this year’s standouts include Black Sun, which follows the life of a man blinded in an attack, The Intimacy of which consists of overheard and \ Strangers, one-sided cell phone conversations, and his personal favorite, John and Jane Toll-Free, which documents the staff of outsourced call centers in India, who are trained to act like Americans.

One of the more intriguing of Paletz’s top picks is called The Chances of the •hanging. This dramatic film is about the heroic of one tortured man who loses everything to save... turtles?

“In my mind [it] is almost a quintessential documentary, because it’s about turtles,” Paletz said. “You think, ‘Turtles? Who would want to watch a film about turtles?’

They don’t have the charm of penguins and they move slower, but it’s fascinating.”

As for predicting which documentaries might hit the big time, Paletz said that the task is idiosyncratic. “In the past I’ve often favored films that no one else did,” he said.

“You win some and you lose some.”

Paletz said his best bets are Wide Awake, a comedic spin on insomnia, In Search of Mozart and Iraq in Fragments. These films have both the dramatic power and commercial potential to make it in the public spectrum, Paletz said.

With not only the biggest showing of documentary films in the country but also many big-name special guests like A1 Franken and Danny DeVito, tickets to Full Frame are selling out fast, Buirski said. She credits this continued success to Full Frame’s broad mix of organizational support, including a new partnership with Duke.

Beginning this year and continuing for the next three years, Duke will give $lOO,OOO annually as a presenting sponsor of the festival, alongside The New York Times.

Richard Riddell, special assistant to President Richard Brodhead and a key facilitator of the agreement, said the relationship between Full Frame and Duke will be mutually beneficial. Duke will get exclusive access to the festival archive for research purposes, and new fellowship and internship programs coordinated by both organizations »

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Since that time, Full Frame’s audiences have ballooned, Buirski said, along with its programming. It’s the place where Murderball buzzed onto the public scene, where Supersize Me reigned in all its greasy glory and where guest Michael Moore, riding the hype ofFahrenheit 9/11, came to champion the cause of the documentary filmmaker.

Full Frame’s main role is showcasing new documentaries, that compete for festival awards. There are 72 such films in competition this year, competing for more than $75,000 in distribution and production grants.

But the festival also features a variety of special programming, including invited films and panel discussions.

This year features two curated programs, one a collection of films on class in America and the other Full Frame’s annual “Southern Sidebar.” This year’s sidebar will showcase nine films investigating the many angles of the aftermath of HurricaneKatrina.

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Jordan was inspired to make his first film after watching the documentary Streetwise at Full Frame in 2000, he wrote in an e-mail. “The festival is a great opportunity for students to see films not shown anywhere else and to learn about people, places and things that can inform, challenge and sometimes even transcend their academic work,” he wrote.

The festival offers students the chance of a lifetime, Buirski said. “There are so many issues documentaries talk about that intersect with the students at Duke, he said.

There are many, people considering being documentary makers—they have an opportunity to be exposed to the greatest filmmakers in the world.”

Whether people wish to indulge in Franken’s left wing acumen, rock out to a performance by Dexter Romweber and Crow (who happen to be the subject of the documentary Two Headed Cow) or simply bask in the glow of the silver screen, Full Frame has it all.

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will run this Thursday through Sunday at The Carolina Theatre and various other locations around downtown Durham. For more information, visit the website at www.fullframefest.org.

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Think Strictly Ballrooms rebel protagonist meets the endearing life message of Mad Hot Ballroom. Toss in a troupe of hip-hop move-busting delinquents and sprinkle in a twist ofAntonio Banderas as a man named “Pierre.” Before you can say“fox trot,” you’ve got the basis for Take the Lead, Hollywood’s latest addition to the trend of ballroom dancing fanaticism.

In an attempt at crafting a fresh approach to danced-out material, Take theLead follows the philanthropic intentions of ballroom professional Pierre Dulane (Banderas) . After witnessing Rock, a good kid gone thug, bashing the lights off a car belonging to the principal of the local public school, Dulane decides to spring to action. He offers his artistic services to the school and is assigned the role of detention monitor.

What follows is an oh-so-heart-swelling tale of passion that surpasses typecasts of race and social status. Dulane attempts to teach his naughty pupils the art ofballroom and prepare them for competition in an uptown contest. With a calculated ratio of wise cracks (Dulane plays a tune by the Gershwins which elicits the student demand; “Yo man, I need the remix”) to gritty domestic issues (drunken fathers, prostitute mothers—you get the gist), Take theLead aims for credibility with its “inspired by a true story” tagline, yet lands closer to an urban Cinderella story.

Although the characters are too perfect in hopes and plights, and their transformation from street urchins to expert tango dancers is flawless and unbelievable, the film is not without its likable moments.

Most of these owe their success to an oddball cast of unexpectedly entertaining newcomers and, without a doubt, the irresistible charm of a post “Puss In Boots” Antonio Banderas.

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7:3opm Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus (ss) THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, a semi-staged concert version of Mozart’s famous opera sung in Italian by professional opera singers w/ English supratitles, w/ Duke Symphony Orchestra, Harry Davidson, music director Bpm Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center (ss) THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. Faculty member Jody McAuliffe directs a student cast. Opening Night.

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7:30 & 9pm The Ark Dance Studio, East Campus ARK DANCES, featuring student dancers representing a spectrum of dance styles styles including: On Tap, Lasya Indian Dance, Dance Slam, Sabrosura, Chinese Folk Dance, Duke Dance Ensembles & more.

7:3opm Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus (ss) THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (see April 6) Bpm Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center (ss) THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR (see April 6).

2pm Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center (ss) THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR (see April 6) Duke University Chapel (ss) MOZART’S GRAND MASS IN C MINOR, performed by the Duke Chorale, Duke Chapel Choir & soloists, w/ Orchestra Pro Cantores, conducted by Rodney Wynkoop.

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DANCE SITE-INGS improvisatory dances by students in dance classes at various times & places around campus

Bpm Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Visitor Center at Anderson Street, Amphitheater.

“MOVIES UNDER THE STARS,” outdoor films

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BRIDGE-PAINTING Campus Drive bridge,

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Page Auditorium (ss) TERENCE BLANCHARD SEXTET w/ the Duke Jazz Ensemble dir. by John V. Brown

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Their latest release, At War With the Mystics, is one of the band’s most eclectic efforts yet. The album draws on the band’s forays into the world of thick electronic arrangements while featuring many of the more raw elements that characterized their earlier works.

As the title would suggest, the album

has a decidedly ethereal feel. Some songs are dramatic and bold, while others are silly and idiosyncratic. But almost all of them contain the Flaming Lips’ signature oddball electronic sound effects.

You know that strangely amusing dream you always used to have about fighting evil space aliens alongside your crazy sixth-grade science teacher? This album would’ve made a fitting soundtrack.

At War isn’t as catchy as the Flaming Lips’ recent releases, but there are a few bouncy pop tunes like ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” sprinkled among its more weighty and emotional tracks. Lead singer Mark Coyne’s scratchy, high-pitched croonings somehow manage to inspire both sympathy and amusement at the same time. Sometimes his lighthearted voice can detract from the band’s emotional punch, but let’s face it: This isn’t a band that really seems to care about being taken seriously.

Although At War doesn’t quite live up to the brilliance of their 1999 release The Soft Bulletin, it still captures the eccentric visions of grandeur that make The Flaming Lips one of the coolest bands on the planet—maybe even the universe.

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year, especially the auditions and prize package,” said lan Holljes of Running Lights. “I think the timing this year is also much more appropriate in terms of the weather and its inclusion in the April ARTSFest.”

“I am totally stoked about this Batde,” added Jon Mackey of Heads Down Thumbs Up. “I’m really good friends with the other two bands who will be representing UNC. I’ve also met the bands from Duke, and they all seem like great guys. I’m really looking forward to dukin’ it out!”

tificate to the Music Loft, $5OO, and a CD release party at the Armadillo Grill.

The competition will be judged by various individuals who are prominent in the local music industry. Judges will cast their votes based on categories such as professionalism, musical ability/quality, originality and onstage appearance.

Battle of The Bands is this Saturday at 6:00 “I have no expectations going into this,” said Dick Hodgin, a second-time judge and p.m. on Main West Quad. record producer. “Last year’s battle was pretty good. I was surprised it ended up as well off as it did, considering how these types of shows are usually clunky, but the technical crew did an excellent job.”

Hodgin also said that his experience in judging would help him make his decision on Saturday without any preconceived opinions. “I’m good at making spot judgments. I know never to have any expectations so I won’t get caught up in something not being met.”

With this year’s mix of veterans and newcomers, all six bands said they are courtesy the BUSY WORLD extremely enthusiastic. “I am very impressed with the The Busy World of UNC will bo competing for their first time in this year's setup of the battle this Duke -UNC Battle of theBands Saturday. >

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was fun for me, but later I knew I had a band that was developing a sound and I wanted to work with that. It wasn’t like I got dropped from Sony, we just agreed that it was time to move on. I had talked to [Blue Note CEO] Bruce Lundvall and he told me that whatever I wanted to do, I could do it. They’ve been very supportive. Bruce Lundvall is a businessman, but he’s also a music lover. In terms of the record industry, it’s a numbers game. It’s incumbent upon the artist not to forget that we’re artists. Blakey used to say, ‘A slow nickel beats a fast dime every time.’

On Flow, there’s a strong West African influence, imparted in large part by LionelLoueke. Why are so many jazz musicians exploring West African music today?

With Lionel it was purely a coincidence, I had been writing music for South Africa for a long time and all of a sudden this guy was a student at the Monk Institute. For myself it’s more of a yearning to find out more about your culture and about who we are as African-Americans.

Can you talk about inspirations behind Row and also what it means to have a guy like Herbie [Hancock] aboard?

What we were trying to do was deal with our own compositions in a very honest way and let the chips fall where they would. In terms of having Herbie producing, you can’t ask for anything better. For him to take the time and agree to do it—just the acceptance of the project meant a lot to me. In the studio, he was amazing. He really challenged us to be who we were and not fall into the pitfalls of mediocrity. We had a great time, too. We’d record from 10 in the morning until 10 at night, and then we’d just talk until 2 a.m.

This band has been together for three or four years. What do you think is the importance of keeping a constant working band?

That’s how music develops, that’s how it evolves. Composition is one thing, but it’s when the musicians start to add themselves that the music starts to develop. Take John Coltrane’s group—it could have been any drummer, but the fact that it was Elvin Jones back there makes a huge difference.

Bottom line: Why should listeners come out Friday night, and what should they expect to hear?

They should come out because it’s an interesting band to hear and it’s a band full ofyoung, talented, gifted musicians and the music is very honest. We try to do different things every night, hence the tide of the record. That’s where the title came from—Herbie told us to go in there and make up a song, and that’s the result.

The Terence Blanchard Sextet will perform with the Duke Jazz Ensemble Friday at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Ticketsareavailableatwww.tickets.duke.edu. The Duke Jazz Ensemble, the John Brown Quintet and several otherbands will participate in Jazz on the Green Saturday afternoon on Main West Quadrangle.

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The Speciol Prosecutor The Special Prosecutor has been called the greatest play ever written in Russian. And while catching a Russian play may not be high on the list of the weekend’s priorities, this Department of Theater Studies production is worth seeing.

Director Jody McAuliffe, professor ofRussian and theater studies, translated and adapted The Special Prosecutor to be relevant to modern-day America from Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 piece The Inspector General.

In order to make sure the translation was true to the original, McAuliffe worked with a dramaturge, Dmitry Serov, who checked the accuracy offacts referenced in the play.

“We struggled a lot with getting the names right,” McAuliffe said.

On stage, the production is beautifully executed. Junior Michael Ayers and senior Jacqueline Langheim both stand out, and the

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Davidson, the Duke Symphony’s conductor, with whom Sekoski first collaborated in 2001 for a performance of Songs of Travel, by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Since graduating, Sekoski has also contributed to a production of The Barber of Seville.

“I’m thrilled that Josh can come back and sing Figaro again at Duke,” wrote Susan Dunn, professor of the practice of music who taught Sekoski at Duke, in an e-mail.

“It’s so good for our students to see that others who went before them have accomplished wonderful things and are making a living in music.”

essence of Gogol’s work has been preserved.

Watching Duke students bring the piece to life is something worth seeing.

“Gogol has away of showing us what is crooked in the world,” McAuliffe said. “We took a classic play and invigorated it.”

—Christine Schellack

The Special Prosecutor will be performed April 6-8 and 13-15 at 8 p.m. and April 9 and 15 at 2 p.m. in Shaefer Theater.

Sekoski is also participating in a career panel dedicated to finding work in the music industry.

“The reason I’m an opera singer is because I believe it is the single most noble and inspiring art form known to humanity,” wrote Sekoski, whois currently a singer for the Sarasota Opera. “Great opera moves us, it entertains us, but most importantly, it challenges us to be better people.”

The same could be said of Mozart’s musical legacy.

The Marriage of Figaro will be performed in Baldwin Auditorium tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The career panel will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in Biddle Music Building.

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Just three days after squeaking past Maryland, 4-3, Duke fought for yet another dramatic victory Wednesday, coming from behind to upset No. 5 North Carolina, 4-3, in Ambler Tennis Stadium “We fought—that was the biggest thing,” Ashworth said. “As long as we kept fighting

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Duke (13-5, 6-1 in the ACC) lost the doubles point and Jennifer Zika, competing at the sixth singles spot, fell in straight sets, giving the Tar Heels (22-4, 7-2) a quick 2-0 lead.

That’s when things started to turn, as sixth-ranked Daniela Bercek dismantled her opponent, 6-0, 6-1, in the No. 1 singles match and Jackie Carleton won convincingly in straight sets at the No. 2 spot.

The Blue Devil’s lost one more match at No. 5 singles to go down, 3-2, with their only two remaining players, Tara Iyer and Melissa Mang, both down a set in their matches.

The two freshmen, however, battled back to force third sets that gave Duke a chance at the upset victory over rival UNC. While Iyer was up, 4-1, and playing confidently, Wang found herself losing, 43. But she broke serve and won three straight games to close out the match with a 6-4 win in the decisive third set.

“That was huge,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “Melissa’s been just a rock for us all year.”

Moments later Iyer won her match with a 6-2 final set to seal the team victory. With the win, the Blue Devils closed the gap in the Carlyle Cup competition to one-point at 10-9.

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In a departure from a trend of recent ACC matches, No. 6 Duke soared in singles competition to defeat No. 26 Wake Forest, 6-1, Wednesday afternoon at Leighton Tennis Stadium.

The Blue Dev£ DUKE ils (13-5,5-1 in the WAKE ACC) had struggled to transition from doubles to singles competition in their recent matches against Florida State and Miami. In the two dual matches, Duke lost a combined seven singles matches, and Duke players captured more than three games in the first set of their singles matches just twice.

But against the Demon Deacons (13-6, 52), the Blue Devils controlled singles play.

“We’re trying to stay mentally focused at the beginning of singles,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. ‘We need to put an exclamation point on the doubles, and we did a better job of that today.”

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The Charlotte Sting made forward Monique Currie the third overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft.

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One day after falling just short of her dream of winning the National Championship, Monique Currie realized a different

dream Wednesday.

The Charlotte Sting made Currie the third overall pick in the WNBA Draft, while her teammate Mistie Williams landed with the Houston Comets after being selected in the second round. Jessica Foley was chosen by the IndianaFever with the 38th overall pick.

“This is a dream come true for me, to be in the WNBA,” Currie said. “I’ve been a fan of the league since its inception, and this season, I have really been looking forward to becoming a part of that league.”

In her final season in Durham, Currie led the Blue Devils in scoring, averaging 16.4 points per game, and was named as a first-team All-American for the second consecutive year. The senior finished her career with 2,122 points and was a part of 123 wins at Duke.

“She just has a variety of skills that we thought would fit well in our system,” the Sting’s General Manager Trudi Lacey said of Currie. “She brings perimeter scoring, and she has increased her range —she now has three-point range.”

Currie, who sat out the 2002-2003 season with a knee injury, utilized her fifth year of eligibility to return to Duke and at-

tempt to win the program’s first National Title. The senior scored 22 points in the Blue Devils’ 78-75 overtime loss to Maryland in the NCAA Championship Game Tuesday, and said she was still coping from the quick turnaround.

“I am really not sure if I’ve got it all together because everything is happening so fast,” Currie said. “I’m just really excited. I had a pretty tough loss last night, so I have a lot of mixed emotions and feelings. I’m a pro now, and it feels great, and I am just looking forward to getting started with

everything.”

Charlotte finished last season with the record in the league at 6-28, 10 games out of the playoff hunt. After the season, the Sting named former NBA point guard and Wake Forest star Muggsy Bogues as their new head coach. Bogues attended multiple Blue Devil games during the year and apparently saw something he liked from Currie.

“She is certainly ready to play now,” Lacey said. “We have our core returning from last year, so she has the chance to learn from some veteran players. There is not going to be a lot of pressure on her, she can ease into the transition.”

Fellow senior Mistie Williams was selected with the seventh pick of the second round—the 21st selection overall —by the worst

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Coming off a successful weekend .series against Boston College, Duke could not keep the momentum going in a 16-3 road loss to High Point (15-20).

“I’m disappointed with the results,” head coach Sean McNally said. “We’d already played High DUKE Point once. We I1 HIGH POINT 16 knew they had a good club. They played well. They pitched well and caught the ball well.”

The High Point bats were on fire from the very beginning, scoring a run in the first and a pair in the second to bring the score to 3-0 going into the third inning.

The Blue Devils (10-24), however, broke the ice in the third. With one out and a full count, right fielder Jimmy Gallagher powered a shot the opposite way and over the left-field fence to put Duke on the board.

Gallagher’s solo shot was the only run Duke could convert over the first five innings despite several scoring opportunities.

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High Point extended its lead to 10-1 with a run in the third, a pair in the fourth, and a four-run fifth inning.

In the sixth, Duke’s Jonathan Nicolla went deep for his fourth home run of the season, lacing a solo shot over the left-field fence. Nate Freiman knocked in an RBI single to bring the score to 10-3.

High Point, however, sealed the game with four runs in the sixth and plated a couple more in the seventh to end the scoring at 16-3.

“It just seemed like one of those days where everything they hit found a hole,” McNally said. “We certainly had opportunities on their starter and took some good swings. We just couldn’t really get that big game to happen.”

Duke’s starter Andrew Wolcott (1-2) took the loss after surrendering 10 runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings worked.

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M.TENNIS from page 9 Joey Atas—who entered the match with two straight conference losses—clinched the win at the fourth flight for the Blue Devils against Brett Ross in a tough three-setter, 64, 4-6, 6-3.

“Joey did a good job of fighting,” Lapidus said. “He did a good job of being aggressive. We have a lot ofconfidence in him and he came through for us today.”

Ludovic Walter, Duke’s No. 1 player, topped Wake Forest’s No. 13 Todd Paul, 6-2, 7-5. With the win Walter, the fourth-ranked player in the country, tallied his 119th career win, tying the school’s record set by current assistant coach Ramsey Smith in 2001.

After Duke had already claimed the dual match, leading 5-1, No. 3 Peter Rodrigues defeated Cory Parr in a close baseline battle, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.

“They had long 15-20 ball rallies and a good level of tenARMANDO HUARINGA/THE CHRONICLE nis,” Lapidus said. “Peter’s continually winning for us. He’s The men's tennis team dominated Wake Forest, as the team bounced doing awesome.”

Walter will go for the career-win record Friday at BC. back from recent singles struggles against Miami and Florida State.

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Mistie Williams was selected with the 21st overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury and then was traded to the Houston Comets.

WNBA from page 9 Phoenix Mercury, but was immediately traded to the Houston Comets as part of a pre-arranged deal between the two teams. Williams averaged 11.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as Duke’s second-leading scorer this season.

“Mistie’s ability to rebound the ball and defend sold us in the end,” Comets Director of Player Personnel Tom Cross said. “Development-wise, she has to stretch her range facing the basket, not necessarily to be shooting the three, but to keep defenses from sagging way off her.”

While Williams had a night she would soon like to forget against the Terrapins—shooting just l-for-8 from the floor in 36 minutes of action—Cross said the senior showed impressive leadership on the large stage. While few rookies other than the top picks have a significant impact their first season, Cross said he expects Williams to be ready if the opportunity comes.

‘You can never duplicate our league in terms of the schedule and the grind in college,” Cross said. “But when you talk about her coming out of the ACC, the best league in the country this year and one of the top two or three over the last few years, she is as ready as you can get as far as the competition coming out of college.”

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president weighed Finally, they are not without his options yesterday, sit- risks. Just two short years into ting in his office. And his tenure, Brodhead is authorhe wrote to us, telling us of his izing an internal review of his intended course of action. His own administration. Though we writing lacked deftly worded are confident the review will reveal few substandancing, because i«.

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In jest or in earnest, the very least.

His commission to investiphrases taken from player Ryan McFadyen’s e-mail are cause for gate lacrosse-team culture is concern, as is our current equally intriguing. The lacrosse team is naturally visible on camstate—sans lacrosse coach, sans lacrosse season, sans spotless pus; they are athletes of the highest caliber, students of reputation.

As information equally good standing, socially more emerges, action is the order of celebrated and very much intethe day, and to that end, our grated into the work-hard-partypresident is prepared to deliver. hard ethic Duke makes its basis.

And the social behaviors of The five commissions Brodhead lacrosse team members and presented are firstly an academothers in the same scene are not ic’s (and an academic commuuncommon for Duke at large—nity’s) mechanism for the pursuit of calm and of situational note that we’re talking about noise, boisterous parties and context. They are a collective public relations move, each a re- substance abuse, not about rape sponse to a different media- and or sexual assault. With its 100community-initiated criticism. percent graduation rate and its «

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fratemity-like social culture, its commitment to athletic and social success, its economic homogeneity and background of privilege, the lacrosse team is in many ways the very essence of Duke social culture now. They represent many of us, amplified and condensed.

Whether Duke’s endemic culture sustains ideas that sexual assault, rape and racially insensitive comments are not serious or punishable offenses is something the commission will look into. While we see undertones ofall these things, we do not know the extent to which

they’re present.

If, in looking into something as complicated as student culture, the administration sees things it does not like-and undoubtedly, it will—it’s likely their action will extend beyond committee-formation. Will we witness the deterioration of a century’s worth of social tradition in determining where to draw the line—in meting out

just when the often blindly stupid collegiate socialization

process becomes a threat to our community?

If we’ve learned anything over the past few weeks, it’s that measured deliberation is always preferable to rushed judgment-thus, we’ll not deign to

speculate.

Still, it’s our inclination to remind these committees that their charge is assessment before prescription, not the reverse. Brodhead earned the respect of all when he said that even if the alleged crimes took place, to ignore the difference between underage drinking and felonious strangulation, rape and sodomy is to be dangerously reductive.

Yet why, if Brodhead is exhorting his troops to fight this inside and out, is there no official commission on racial tensions? Or, if we are to assume each of the five committees or the president’s commission on black affairs will examine race

instead, why was it not explicitly mentioned in the letter?

Every secular college and university in America sustains underage drinking and a party scene, no matter its academic caliber. But every college does not sustain racial tensions.

How could the University miss such a crucial opportunity to address problems not nearly as massive in scope as partying culture is, but one specific to our school? Drinking is an easily punishable offense under the law. Racism and sexism—cultures of acrimony that led a now-suspended student to send filth reeling through cyberspace—are not.

To allow these cultures to persist is not just cowardice. It is to share in the guilt and blame.

And if we are sharing in that guilt, then we have no business blaming the fool—or fools, fools ofany team or group or ilk or kind—who thinks such behavior is justified by this culture.

We know better.

letterstotheeditor Racism doesn’t require DNA testing I don’t get it. What does DNA have to do with racism, misogyny, serving alcohol to minors or blatant disrespect for one’s community? Just for a minute, forget about DNA testing or even the question of rape. There are established and profoundly disturbing dimensions of this incident being effectively shielded by the straw man of protecting the presumed innocent. By now we’ve all heard the 911 tape and read a neighbor’s confirmation of racial epithets hurled that night. Not much question about that one. And I am sick to death or hearing the alleged victim —a young black woman, student, mother—summarily referenced only as an “exotic dancer” while a mob of drunk, out of control men is described as the “the highly successful men’s lacrosse team.”

I stood inside the Lincoln Memorial a couple of weeks ago and reread the words engraved on that stunning monument. They’re enough to bring you to your knees. The basic dignity of all human life that Lincoln affirmed provides the premise upon which our identity as a nation was formed. That identity is something we continually define, individually and collectively, by the discourse and actions of our daily life.

Tamping down the significance of clear evidence of racism and misogyny is the very antithesis of integrity and courage. How much more consistent with Lincoln’s challenge would it have been for university officials at the outset to simply say, “We deplore what happened to this young woman.

We don’t know whether the violence against her was committed by Duke students but we know it better not have been. We also know that neither racism nor violence against women will be tolerated by this university!” Period. Just that—without all the equivocating rhetoric in the next breath or the deafening silence in the next weeks.

Deborah Sebring Clinical Associate, Psychiatry Not condescending Stephen Miller’s articles usually irritate me, but I let it go. However, his column Wednesday was even more painful that the usual literary kick to the groin he delivers (“Welcome to the Durham Petting Zoo,” April 5). A few points: First, Miller comments on how we needn’t be grateful to our campus staff because we’re providing them with jobs. That’s really one of the most spoiled-sounding, uppity things you

can say, especially about people that are cleaning up after you. Second, it’s never condescending to givesomebody a birthday card, jackass. It’s a decent thing to do, and away to show your good wishes. I honestly think he writes a lot of the things he does, in the way that he does, simply to stir up feelings on campus and get people upset with him.

He’s not representing the right, academic freedom or pragmatism. He’s not a clear-sighted political rebel on a degenerate liberal campus; he’s part of the reason why conservatism gets such a bad rap.

His is not necessarily a bad political agenda—that is, until he takes it to a distasteful extreme. What’s worse is that The Chronicle keeps letting him do it.

Joseph Hormes Trinity ’O6 Durham is not a “petting zoo” If anyone ever wonderedbefore what was wrong with Duke’s student body, they wouldn’t ever have to again after reading Stephen Miller’s arrogant and reactionary op-ed.

How much sense does it make right now for anyone at Duke to dismiss valid criticism of its town-gown interaction with Durham? Now more than ever, this is the time when the university should be listening to the people of the community, instead of being callously dismissive of their outrage. Duke students are accused of raping, beating, and nearly strangulating a community member, and Miller dares to condemn the community’s response to this? On top of that, he seems to think that Durham owes Duke something.

My friend, Duke would not exist as an institution were it not for the hard work and patronage of the people of Durham. Without worker cleaning the buildings or tending the gardens or cooking the food, what does Duke University have? Without patients seeking medical treatment or support staff keeping the building running, what does Duke Hospital have? And where do those workers and patients come from? Oh yeah, the city of Durham.

Actually, Miller and too many of his peers have done more to prove Duke’s critics right than anyone, and to disparage this most vibrantly human of communities as a “petting zoo” speaks volumes about Duke’s character as an institution. Durham is completely justified in its outrage.

Yolanda Carrington Raleigh, North Carolina

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Time to challenge dogma

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I transferred to Duke, I attended NYU and lived a short distance from Ground Zero. That’s probably why I wrote this column—even the aftermath of one “9/11” was one too much to witness.

For a long time, I was afraid to criticize Islam, but I didn’t know why. Students like us often go to great lengths to accept Muslim traditions and avoid cultural relativism. Unfortunately, this tendency has translated 1 into our government’s fear of offending Muslim ideologues and put freedom it,: self in jeopardy.

Tolerance should not marshall extend to tolerating evil. afraid duke underground to say Why are we what we all know is true?

Ex-Muslim Ali Sina aptly reminds us, “Muslims are victims of a huge lie. This lie is the cause of terrorism, upheavals, barbarity, much bloodshed, dictatorship, misogyny, discrimination, human rights violations, poverty, backwardness and misery of a billion people and fear and terror for the rest” Afghanis almostkilled a man last week for being Christian. Why wouldn’t this provoke the outcry school prayer does in America? Because local pastors don’t order executions, as clerics have done for Abdul Rahman? The abuses Islam perpetuates against Middle Easterners demand we challenge religious rule wherever it occurs.

In another context, most Americans would agree that policies like circumcizing females, assassinating political dissidents and promising to destroy Israel are wrong, but thanks to the predominance of multiculturalism, we excuse them.We ignore the suffering Islamic despotism has inflicted on us and Middle Easterners to both our perils.

I respect a person’s right to practice any religion, but a critical eye on Islam is necessary to fight for women’s rights and the rights ofnon-Muslims in many parts of the world.

A manifesto signed by Salman Rushdie and others stated, “We reject ‘cultural relativism,’ which consists in accepting that men and women of Muslim culture should be deprived of the right to equality, freedom and secular values in the name of respect for cultures and traditions.”

We should do the same.

I hate to say it, but I think the problem with achieving equal rights and freedom in the Middle East is the culture. The Koran is clear about the need to slay nonbelievers (2:191), beat women (4:34) and practice Jihad (8:65).

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The crimes alleged by Sina are, in fact, encouraged in Islamic liturgy.

Moreover, Islam leaves no room for vacillation, as evidenced by Iraq’s “new” constitution, which states that “No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.” “Democratic” Afghanistan reminds us apostasy can still earn the death penalty.

Our leaders work diligently to appease Islamic governments by donating aid and paying lip service to their faith, in the hopes they will renounce violence. Such a policy is not only inept, but immoral for condemning millions to live in near servitude and accept unequal rights.

Moreover, more than 4,600 terrorist attacks carried out since 9/11 share ties to Islam. We cannot ignore the fact that Islam unites and fuels our enemies, whether it negates their fear of death or inspires them to attack in the first place. Democrats want to lose now, and Republicans want to lose in a few years. Does anybody actually want to win the War on Terror? For the sake of our own freedom and safety, and the hopes of moderate Middle Easterners, we cannot afford to lose.

Yet we are on our way.

We must do two things differently.Firstly, we should give our military a free hand to destroy insurgents. Religious zealots will continue to impose harsh Islamic law wherever they hold sway, and they will never renounce their goal of killing Americans. The suffering they have inflicted on their own people and the United States demands swift retribution. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, fought the Germans mercilessly, even though they never even attacked American soil.

Secondly, we should be proud of America, a place where all faiths can be practiced openly and safely. I haven’t forgotten the good relations between NewYork Jews and Arabs, either. Liberty and freedom remain strong in this country.

It’s time the morality of the war be returned to the United States and not doled out sympathetically to “freedomfighters” in Iraq, not when their goal is religious tyranny.

Our troops’ morale will improve, their objectives will become clear and we might have a shot at victory.

Now isn’t the time for remorse and lip service, especially when Iran will soon join the nuclear club. We must not fear challenging cruel, capricious, religious dogma. Our fates, and the fates ofbillions more, rest on our courage.

Jeremy Marshall is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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The tipping point

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was impressed when TIME magazine—a mainstream publication—produced a fair and balanced report on global warming as the cover story for its April 3 edition.

CNN quickly picked up the story and ran an abridged version with the headline “Be Worried, Be Very Worried.” Within days, most of the major media oudets had published articles about whatis being called colloquially “climate crash.”

Essentially, scientists fear that we are in the midst of a long-feared “tipping point” in global climate change. The surprise is pro progress ;mn not that it is ha but that it came so soon Anyone can go to cnn.com and find the details about what the new studies show, so I will only highlight them here. Basically, a tipping point in climate change describes the period in which global warming accelerates rapidly due, in this case, to positive feedback loops. The most acute evidence of such feedback mechanisms can be found at the poles. First, the extreme Northern and Southern glaciers and ice sheets are melting much faster than previously thought. Greenland’s ice sheet, for example, is turning to slush at a rate twice as fast as nine years ago. A large part of the explanation is the fact that ice reflects 90 percent of sun and heat back to space, while dark water absorbs 90 percent, thereby compounding the warming trend, thus leading to more melting, and on and on.

Similarly, the vast carbon-rich permafrost in the northern tundra—frozen since the last ice age 10 thousand years ago—is melting. Scientists were shocked to find last year that Siberia’s permafrost—the size of France and Germany combined, and with 25 percent of the world’s dangerously potent greenhouse gas, methane—is turning to mush. Projections show that methane release from Siberia alone (not to fear, mud pits have formed throughout Canada’s permafrost, too) will lead to an increase in global warming of 10 to 25 percent over the next few decades.

Ecosystems are also crashing. In the Pacific Northwest, salmon populations have declined rapidly as their spawning grounds are buried beneath landslides of once solid soil. Extinction rates in general have accelerated, as well, while polar bears drown and animals in once colder and temperate climates struggle to find higher elevations.

In the midst of what can only be called a crisis, some people have woken up to the fact that we needed to do start doing something 20 years ago. Unfortunately for our generation and our posterity, others have buried their heads in the sand. Bush news first. From abandoning its global leadership responsibility to reduce GHGs to doctoring scientific reports to subsidizing an oil industry awash in profits, the Bush administration’s malfeasance on the issue has been criminal. Fortunately, others have taken action. When the Kyoto Protocol went into effect on February 16, 2005, with 141 nations on board, Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle announced that his city would meet the requirements of the international climate change treaty. At the same time, he exhorted mayors across the country to take similar action because, let’s face it, we have an administrationand Congressional majority that would rather drill and mine their way into the future than use new technologies to solve our energy problems.

Today, the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement has 200 cities on board, and they’re using some pretty cool and innovative techniques to clean themselves up. The city ofSeattle has set a goal of reducing its paper consumption 30 percent by the end of 2006 and has switched to purchasing only 100 percent recycled paper. It has also converted its 180-truck garbage and recycling fleet to low-sulfur, cleanbuming biodiesel.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also deserves credit for pushing California’s legislature to introduce a bill announced just two days ago, which requires that all emitters of GHGs—automobiles, power plants, and other industrial facilities—reduce their emissions by 25 percent by 2020.

Unfortunately, a politically entrenched Environmental Protection Agency has threatened to take California to court over the measure, arguing that the state does not have the right to go beyond its ever more polluter-friendly regulations. The climate is crashing around us faster than ever, and no matter what we do today, we’re looking at substantial warming and increasingly severe ecological dislocation for the next few decades due to the carbon we have already pumped into the atmosphere. The question is, will we confront the crisis now or sacrifice our futures for selfish wastefulness today?

jared fish

Jared Fish is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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