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Frosh board plan to include fewer meals Ninth Street vendors likely to accept students 5 food points next semester should be, President Richard Brodhead said.

“What is the balance between For years, complaining about a free-choice atmosphere and the restrictive nature of the freshman meal plan has been as much one that tries to promote more a part of the first-year experience communal values?” Brodhead as tenting for basketball games asked in March.

He said discussion for the past and riding the C-l bus. few months about the performNow, the University is considering making major changes to ance of ARAMARK Corp. —the the board plan, which adminisUniversity’s primary food service trators have long considered a provider, whose contract is up in June—has diverted attention backbone of the East Campus livfrom some more important ising experience.

Potential changes include resues.

Brodhead cautioned that the ducing the current plan of 12 Marketplace meals per week to as selection of a new food few as five —three weekday breakprovider—which will happen by fasts or dinners and two weekend the end of April—will not be an brunches —and expanding the instant solution to all the probfood points system to restaurants lems with Duke dining.

“The notion of ARAMARK as on Ninth Street by next semester, said Jim Wulforst, director of dinan inherently evil force is just simply not true,” he said. ing services.

The current meal equivalenBrodhead noted that when cy program —which allows he has asked students to name freshmen to apply the cost of a examples of better college dinmissed breakfast to lunch on ing experiences, they often cite an ARAMARK-run campus.

East Campus —will be expand“If you act like the name of ed to West Campus next year, the contractor is the only interWulforst added.

Such developments represent esting question here, you’re just going to have the same old meal only a portion of the ongoing discussions about what, exacdy, the SEE DINING ON PAGE 8 purpose of on-campus dining Rob Copeland THE CHRONICLE

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Durham responded Thursday to Duke's decision to end the lacrosse season after players allegedly raped a woman at a house (above).

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From the halls of city government to the streets of Trini-

ty Park, Durham residents apthe University’s plauded

dramatic response to new developments in the investigation of the men’s lacrosse team.

“It’s a good move that they’ve cancelled the season for the team,” said Durham resident Abby Kimbrough. “I thought [Duke’s] initial response was pretty weak.”

President Richard Brodhead announced Wednesday that in addition to canceling the lacrosse season, he has formed several committees to examine

the culture of the lacrosse team and the University’s response to allegations that three members of the team raped an exotic dancer at a March 13 party.

No charged have been filed against any players.

During a weekly City Council work session Thursday, Council members weighed in on the media, racial tensions and the relationship between Duke and North Carolina Central University, where the victim of the alleged rape is a student.

Council member Mike Woodard, Trinity ’Bl, criticized some media outlets’ coverage of the alleged rape.

“These parachute journalists

who drop in to find a titillating story for the 24-hour news cycle do Durham a disservice,” said Woodard, who is also a Duke

employee.

“Every day in the community, thousands of people are working to build bridges... My sin-

cere and fervent prayer is that in the difficult weeks and months ahead we don’t burn these bridges,” Woodard added.

Another Council member, Eugene Brown, said he lives a block and a half away from the house in Trinity Park where the alleged rape occurred.

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J.B. Fuqua, the benefactor who donated more than $4O million to Duke during his lifetime, died at an Atlanta hospital Wednesday. He was 87.

Known for his shy demeanor and business acumen, Fuqua, the namesake of the Fuqua School of Business, was a Duke trustee emeritus and a charter member of the business school’s Board of Visitors A self-educated man who never attended college, Fuqua was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Duke in 1973. Nine other colleges

and universities gave Fuqua similar awards.

Fuqua, who grew up on a tobacco farm in Virginia, learned the ways of the business world by borrowing books via mail from the Duke library.

“He’s an amazing example, of the self-made man and the self-taught man, and Duke helped him in giving him an education,” President Richard Brodhead said. “It teaches you something about the good a university can do even if you’re not enrolled there.”

Fuqua was a millionaire by age 35 and at one point was listed in the Forbes 400—an annual list of the 400 wealthiest people in the United States.

His $lO-million gift in 1980, which helped endow the Fuqua School of Business, was the second largest gift the school had received at that point, surpassed only by the $24 million given by tobacco SEE

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Libby points to Cheney role in leak by

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President GeorgeW. WASHINGTON Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney authorized Cheney’s top aide to launch a counterattack of leaks against administration critics on Iraq by feeding intelligence information to reporters, according to court papers citing the aide’s testimony in the CIA leak case.

In a court filing, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald stopped short of accusing Cheney of authorizing his chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, to leak the CIA identity of Valerie Plame.

But the prosecutor, detailing the evi-

closed a document to a reporter that was efdence he has gathered, raised the possibility that the vice president was trying to fectively declassified by virtue of the presiuse Flame’s CIA employment to discredit dent’s authorization that it be disclosed.”

In 2003, when the public furor erupted her husband, administration critic over the disclosure of a CIA operative’s staJoseph Wilson.

Cheney, according to an indictment tus, Bush said he wanted to get to the botagainst Libby, knew that Wilson’s wife tom of the affair.

“I want to know the truth,” he said at the worked at the CIA as early as June 12, 2003, more than a month before that fact turned up in a column by Robert Novak.

Fitzgerald quoted Libby as saying he was authorized to tell New York Times reporter trying Judith Miller that Iraq was “vigorously to procure” uranium. Fitzgerald said Libby told him it “was the only time he recalled in his government experience when he dis-

time.

Libby’s testimony also puts the president and the vice president in the awkward position of authorizing leaks. Both men have long said they abhor such practices, so much so that the administration has put in motion criminal investigations to hunt down leakers.

Saddam admits to ordering deaths by

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Saddam Hussein BAGHDAD, Iraq dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death sentences for 148 Shiites, saying he was convinced they tried to assassinate him.

At times sharp and combative but often relaxed or. even smiling, the former Iraqi leader declined to confirm his signature on documents. When prosecutors presented identity cards of children whose death sentences they said he signed, he main-

tained they were forged.

‘You can buy IDs like this in the market,” Saddam said. “Is it the responsibility of the head of the state to check the IDs of defendants and see how old they are?”

Standing alone in a black suit in the defendants’ pen, Saddam refrained from the outbursts he has made previously. But he denounced the court as “illegitimate” and attempted to tap into Sunni resentment of the Shiite-led Interior Ministry, which many Sunnis accuse of backing death squads.

The Interior Ministry “kills thousands of people on the streets and tortures them,” Saddam said.

“Don’t venture into political matters,” Chief Judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman admonished him.

“If you are scared of the interior minister, he doesn’t scare my dog,” Saddam retorted.

The session came a day after the tribunal indicted Saddam and six former members of his regime on separate charges of genocide for a campaign against Kurds in the 1980s that killed an estimated 100,000 people. A separate trial will be held on those charges, possibly beginning in 45 days, though some officials have questioned whether the tribunal will be able to conduct two trials simultaneously.

Putting aside party differences, Senate Republicans and Democrats coalesced Thursday around compromise legislation that extends the hope of citizenship to an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.

Bush faces wiretap criticism

President GeorgeW. Bush, told by a critic he should be ashamed of his policies, defended the government's secret eavesdropping program Thursday. He said he would not apologize for listening in on the phone and e-mail conversations of Americans talking to people with suspected al Qaeda links.

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It all started with great mentorship—and now, Huntington Willard wants to return the favor.

Willard, director of the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, has become •Duke’s first Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Each year 20 scientists receive the national award, which recognizes achievement in the areas of teaching and research. In addition, honorees receive $1 million to fund undergraduate science initiatives.

“It is a big deal because of the special thing that it recognizes, which is real innovation in teaching and biosciences,”

Provost Peter Lange said.

Through the award, Willard intends to extend the Genome Revolution FOCUS program into a four-year experience. Participants will be encouraged to develop teamwork skills and to utilize a more open-minded approach to problem solving. Willard also intends to increase opportunities for research and faculty mentorship through IGSP. “This is a huge opportunity for us. It gives me a chance to focus a lot more of my energy on undergraduate research,” Willard said. “I’m doing what I do today because I had spectacular mentorship. I don’t think there’s anything more important, both in research and in teaching.”

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In March 1965, 600 black and white activists marched in Alabama to protest the continued disenfranchisement and oppression of black citizens. As the peaceful marchers approached Montgomery, the state’s capital, they were sprayed with tear gas and beaten by state police and vigilantes before a nationally televised audience. The brutalization of the marchers—and many others who had fought for the same cause—was not in vain.

Five months later, then-President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The VRA secured the right to vote for millions ofblack and minority citizens

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With the MCATs just weeks away, centers such as Kaplan are helping studentsprepare for the daunting test.

across the United States. The legislation’s future, however, is in question, as major components of it will expire in 2007.

Today, the future of the VRA will be debated at Duke during an all-day conference, entided “W(h)ither the Voting Rights Act?,” to be held in the John Hope Franklin Center. Two contentious parts of the VRA are up for renewal in 2007—Section 5 and parts of Section 2.

Section 5 requires certain jurisdictions to have “preclearance”—meaning changes in voting procedures must be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. This section was meant to stop the usage of discriminatory tactics to SEE VOTING ON PAGE 6

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This year’s medical school applicants are through with the Medical College Admissions Test, but many pre-med students—such as sophomore Anita Krishnarao—have yet to face the daunting five-hour, 45-minute standardized admissions test required by almost all U.S. medical schools.

“Some days I feel nervous because I hear all the juniors talk about it now,” Kirshnarao said, adding that she plans to begin preparing for die exam during winter break before spring 2007.

Across the nation, students generally take the MCAT in either their late-sophomore or junior year. The test consists of three multiple-choice sections—verbal reasoning, physical sciences and biological sciences—and a writing component with two essays.

In preparing for the exam, many students opt to take a test preparation course over the summer or as a “fifth class” during the semester before they take the MCAT. These classes come in

various packages costing from $1,500 to to 240 hours of instruction.

Kirshnarao said she will most likely take a course next spring.

“It’ll force me to stay on task while studying,” she noted.

In past years, practice MCAT exams were not widely available, so test preparation programs were a good source of practice material for students, said Dr. Kay Singer, associate dean of the Trinity College ofArts and Sciences and director of the health professions advising center.

“In recent years, the MCAT people have made quite a number of tests available, and that has lessened the importance of test prep companies as a source of practice exams,” she said.

She added that classes will only help students organize the material. They must also put in the amount of time and effort necessary to achieve high scores.

“For an applicant who pays the money and expects that to magically give them a

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What would make students want to help prevent living space damages?

Campus Council members discussed possible policy changes to reduce facility damages at the Council’s general body meeting Thursday.

Junior Jay Ganatra, president of Campus Council, asked members to brainstorm incentives for residents to reduce damage cost.

The total cost of damages on campus this year is currendy $BO,OOO, but only $5,000 can be attributed to specific groups of students who must pay repair fees. The remaining costs are paid by Residence Life and Housing Services, which does not budget for damages in its expenses.

“We need to change our behaviors and show a greater respect for where we live,” Ganatra said. This can only be achieved through a change in policy, he added.

Council members felt students need to be made aware of the replacement cost of items in residence halls and realize that they are held responsible for such fees.

Possible ideas include posting a list of

item costs in bathrooms and submitting an advertisement in The Chronicle at the beginning of the school year, detailing how much of students’ housing fees were spent on damages in the previous year.

Some members, however, said raising awareness may not be enough to prevent damages. Vice President Chris Hopper, a sophomore, said the Council needed to take a more “active step” to attack the issue.

Junior Collin Walter, Kilgo Quadrangle representative, suggested bringing the issue to a more personal level by giving out periodic notification to students that documents the cost of damages done in the last period in their quadrangle. The length of the intervals has not yet been determined.

“I think this will hit home for them,” he said. “Students will be angry about being charged for things they had nothing to do with.”

Danny Mintzer, a sophomore, agreed this would bring incentive for students to reduce damages. “Students will watch out for their own good,” he said.

Ganatra plans to bring forth new policies regarding damages in the upcoming weeks and plans to have a vote at next

week’s meeting.

“Respectable behaviors should become the standard across the community,” he added.

The Council also discussed plans for initiating a new intramural quad sports tournament, tentatively named Campus Council Cup. There will be eight teams—one each for Central and East Campuses and Craven, Edens, Few, Keohane, Kilgo and Wannamaker quadrangles—competing against each other in four different sports.

There will be two different seasons, each lasting six weeks. The first season, in the fall, will consist offootball and soccer, and basketball and softball will be played in the spring.

The tournament is based on a point system. Teams may earn points through “bonuses,” such as not forfeiting any games. Details of the event, such as the winner’s prize, are still being discussed.

Ganatra noted that he hopes the intramural sports competition will bring the community closer together.

“I think this will do a lot for quad unity on campus—look at what it’s done on East Campus,” he said.

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MCAT from page 3 better score, it would be money wasted for sure,” Singer said.

Of those who take a preparation course, most Duke students choose classes offered by Kaplan or The Princeton Review. The competing programs offer students two different approaches to preparing for the exam.

Kaplan’s philosophy is to provide students with critical thinking strategies they need to conquer the test, said Amjed Mustafa, MCAT program manager for Kaplan.

“When you’re doing an MCAT question, you’re not simply regurgitating data you learned before,” he said.

‘You’re actually learning new material, applying the material and then getting an answer.”

Mustafa added that Kaplan’s competitors in MCAT test preparation tend to downplay the importance of giving students practice problems.

“Kaplan’s thinking is to provide more practice than anyone else —more than 10,000 questions,” he said. “By doing that, we ease [students] into being able to read a passage.”

Kaplan’s biggest competitor, The Princeton Review, emphasizes a more content-driven approach.

The Princeton Review class is taught by four or five different instructors, each specializing in specific areas of the exam.

“All of the instructors start by having to place in the top 10 percent of the MCAT exam—they receive 60 hours of training to ensure they master the material,” said Susanna Aldridge, educational advisor for The Princeton Review.

“That’s twice as much training as Kaplan instructors.”

Aldridge reported an average score improvement of 10 points out of 45 total possible points between a student’s first diagnostic test and the official MCAT score.

On the other hand, Mustafa noted that since Kaplan designs its diagnostic tests and offers students classes varying in length, average score improvement is not a reliable measure of a program’s effectiveness.

But Kaplan offers a comprehensive satisfaction guarantee to students who do not receive a higher official score than they received on their diagnostic test or a previous MCAT. Further, if they are not satisfied by the amount of improvement or do not feel ready to take the official MCAT after the class, students may retake the class free of charge or receive a full reimbursement.

The Princeton Review offers a less flexible money back guarantee to students whose scores do not improve, provided they take the first MCAT administered following the end of the preparation course, Aldridge said.

Senior John Korman, who took a Kaplan course over Summer 2004, said his official MCAT score improved 12 points from the diagnostic test.

“The classes were helpful but not as much as just sitting down and taking practice tests and studying the oldfashioned way,” he said. “It’s not as much what they teach you, per se—it’s learning how to take the test.”

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WILLARD from page 3 As an HHMI professor, Willard also to reverse a growing problem at many institutions. Although he considers Duke an exception, Willard noted that an increasing numbers of professors opt out of teaching to focus on research instead.

“The original academies at the universities were based on people who loved to teach,” he said. “There are two kinds of faculty now.”

For some students, this can make finding mentors and research opportunities a challenge. As a sophomore, biology major Cameron McCoy had to take matters into his own hands.

“I was left cruising the biology website and pulling off tabs on little sheets of papers on campus,” he said.

Now a senior, McCoy has spent two

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years working in Willard’s lab. Initially a lab technician, McCoy said that he has gained valuable insight through his research experience. “[Willard] treats everyone like a coworker,” McCoy said. “Being an undergrad in a Duke lab, you feel like you might get lost. But there, you get all the attention that anyone else would.”

Ultimately, Willard hopes that his students will engage in research and later become mentors to others as they pursue their own careers. He also hopes to serve as a role model for other faculty members.

“It’s a remarkable privilege to do what we do as faculty and to be at an institution like Duke,” Willard said. ‘Yet, many faculty nowadays don’trealize that. So if I can be one person who tries to sell that message to other faculty and to future faculty by working with students, then that’s a great legacy.”

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“The goal [of the VRA] was the prevention of keeping blacks from being able to vote through devices such as poll taxes and literacy tests,” said Paula McClain, a professor of political science and co-director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences.

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“Section 5 has made it possible for the government to put teeth in the 15th amendment,” McClain said. The 15th amendment guarantees the right to vote for all U.S. citizens.

Under Section 2 Part 203, all election information available in English must be available in other languages if more than 5 percent of—or 10,000 people in—a district speaks only a foreign language.

This issue has gained greater importance in recent years, as Hispanics have become the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States.

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plan with a different name on the truck outside,” Brodhead said. “We need to make sure we ask questions that go deep into the structure of dining.”

A closer look Everyone in the administration generally seems to agree that the dining situation for the past few years on East has been unacceptable.

“I presume that there’s nothing in our [dining] arrangement that authorizes poor-quality food,” Brodhead said.

Many students have also criticized the Marketplace for providing poor customer service.

The service may have suffered because the eatery’s management was aware that freshmen had no other choice but to eat there every day, per the requirements of the freshman board plan, said senior Andrew Wallace, cochair of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee.

“Never do I think dining services will ever structure a contract like that again,” Wallace said.

Finances are of major concern in the process of selecting and contracting a new food provider.

But there are other considerations besides money.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask explained that dining services has an underlying purpose—it is a “social transaction, not just a financial one.”

The all-freshman East Campus experience —which began in 1995—has always centered on the traditional idea of the entire unified class sitting down and enjoying a meal together.

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overly idealistic, noting that the Marketplace seats barely 25 percent of the freshman class even at capacity, and one-third of the class skips dinner at the Marketplace anyway.

“Do we really need to foster a community feel anymore?” he asked.

The perfect solution would be to find an option that supports student communal dining while allowing for increased consumer choice, said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs.

“There are creative alternatives we haven’t even begun to explore,” he added.

And that is where Ninth Street fits in to the overall dining equation.

Moneta suggested possibly dedicating

particular nights at off-campus restaurants to residents in specific freshman dormito-

ries, which would encourage students to continue to eat in groups.

“The question is: How close can we get to that without breaking the bank?”

Trask added.

At this stage in the planning process, it remains unclear whether upperclassmen will also be allowed to use food points on Ninth Street, Wulforst said.

Even if students are able to use their food points on Ninth Street, dining services still must decide exacdy how many mandatory Marketplace meals to prescribe for the freshmen, he explained.

He noted that although the incoming Class of 2010 is signing up for meal plans under the current model, they likely will be notified of a change over the summer.

“They could be in for a very nice surprise,” Wulforst said with a laugh.

Looking ahead If the changes are implemented, however, they will come at a cost.

For instance, Wulforst conceded that with fewer prepaid meals for freshmen,

kosher dining at the Freeman Center for

Jewish Life may suffer.

Several freshmen told The Chronicle in March that they only eat at the FCJL because they can pay for the meals with their board plan.

“If you relax the general requirement, things are going to shift,” Wulforst said.

“But the good news is that students are getting more choices.”

With a less confining meal plan, the FCJL will almost certainly serve fewer meals and realize less income.

And if students’ points are applied off campus, that would direct money away from the University’s coffers.

At some other institutions, dining is not expected to be self-sufficient; at Duke, however, it has always been expected to break even every year, Wulforst explained.

“But [now] for the first time, the University is saying, ‘Let’s relax the requirement, and if it costs us money, we’ll deal with that,”’ Wulforst said of the possible alteration to the board plan.

Trask said that it may be time for the administration to adopt a new outlook.

“I don’t think the problem is entirely money, but I think more is a key to it,” he said, adding that he believes the West Union, which houses the Great Hall, Alpine Bagels, the Loop and Chick-fil-A, is also in dire need of a makeover.

“It’s 75 years old and has not had a lot of substantive work.... We need to recapture some very valuable space that’s largely empty,” he stressed.

Renovations would include rearranging Subway, the Loop, Chick-fil-A and the Great Hall to create more of a cohesive dining atmosphere, Wulforst said.

“The mission is to take a look at the dining model very differently in the future,” Wulforst said.

FUQUA from page 1 baron James B. Duke in 1924.

Former President Terry Sanford called Fuqua’s gift “a major milestone in the history of Duke University.”

Fuqua was best-known as the chair of Fuqua Industries, Inc., an Atlanta-based Fortune 500 company.

From modest beginnings, Fuqua Industries acquired companies that ranged from Pier 1 Imports to a maker and distributor of sporting goods. The conglomerate also included petroleum product and farm equipment companies.

“I’ve succeeded at some and failed at some, but that’s all right if you have more of the successes,” Fuqua said in a speech he gave at Duke in 1983.

In his speeches, he often encouraged students to take risks and to show courage in business. “Leaders do not worry about the past, for they know there is seldom anything they can do _about what has already happened,” he said in a

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Fuqua’s passions included hunting and flying his plane. But he was known for being dedicated to his job.

Once, after friends persuaded him to take a two-week vacation in Switzerland with his wife, he returned after just three days, noting that after he saw one castle, he felt like he had seen them all.

“J.B. Fuqua was a wonderful person, gracious and generous, humble and someone who really enjoyed life,” Douglas Breeden, dean of the School of Business, said in a statement. “He will be missed tremendously by all of us. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.”

Fuqua is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and his son, Rex.

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lacrosse team as “a ticking time bomb that hasn’t been dismantled.”

Council member Howard Clement said the relationship between Duke and NCCU is hampered by an elitist attitude among Duke students.

“There’s a definite feeling in the Duke community that North Carolina Central is a lesser institution,” Clement said. “What happened in this case is a manifestation of the degradation of North Carolina Central students by Duke students.”

In response, Durham Mayor Bill Bell cited a series of discussions between President Richard Brodhead and NCCU Chancellor James Ammons as signs that the universities are on the path to increased cooperation.

Outside of Council chambers, Durham resident Anita Keith-Foust said she has lost faith in the political process in the wake of the rape controversy.

“I’m sick of the City Council. They have had the op-

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portunity to get a hold of racism in Durham,” she said.

“They attacked that woman not because she was a woman but because she is a black woman.”

Community outrage has intensified since the release of a profane e-mail sent from the account of sophomore lacrosse player Ryan McFadyen the night of the party at which the rape reportedly took place.

In the e-mail, the writer said he planned to hire more strippers, kill them and cut off their skin.

McFadyen was suspended Wednesday, administrators confirmed.

Some residents praised the University’s strong action to McFadyen’s e-mail and said it is a welcome change from the cautious approach that members of the administration adopted in the early weeks of the controversy.

“It has been measured, but appropriate,” said Ed Starr, a 10-year resident of Trinity Park.

“I would like to see them, though, respond more to the community, the sense of feeling in the community,” Starr added.

Holley Horrell and Julie Stolberg contributed to this story.

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on-field guidance. Kimel asked attackers Kristen Waagbo and Leigh Jester to take on more of a leadership presence for the attackers in addition to Chrest. Waagbo said the changes will take some pressure off Chrest and allow her to play better in the team’s upcoming games.

The changes took effect quickly Monday as the Blue Devils seemed to show few ill-effects from their first loss of the season.

Kimel said her players had an “awesome” opening to the week.

“Their mentality was outstanding,” the coach said. “Their focus was probably as good as it has been all year.”

The Blue Devils’ spirit will need

After the women’s lacrosse dropped its first game of the season last weekend, head coach Kerstin Kimel felt it was time for a change. She instituted a new leadership structure for her team in preparation for its toughest stretch of the season to date.

No. 4 Blue Devils (9-1) will host two top10 opponents vs. the span of three days when they take on No.„ TONIGHT, 7 p.m. 1 Northwestern Koskinen Stadium (10-0) at 7 p.m.

Friday and No. 10 Notre Dame (10-1) at 1 p.m.

Both SEE W. LAX ON PAGE 16 Sunday. games will be played at Koskinen Stadium.

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Koskinen Stadium Virginia defeated Duke, 11-10, April 1, Kimel drew out a specific scheme for on-the-field leadership positions during her team’s meeting before Monday’s practice. Kimel said the changes were meant to clearly establish individuals that the attack, midfield and defense units could turn to for guidance.

“We are trying to make some adjustments with our on-field leadership and our leadership roles,” Kimel said. ‘We are specifying some things that we want to do and that we haven’t done in a few games.”

LAURA BETH DOUGLAS/THE CHRONICLE So far this year, the team has relied on last season’s Tewaaraton After last Saturday's loss to Virginia, the Trophy Award winner Katie Blue Devils will look to rebound with Chrest as the prominent source of strong play against two top-10 opponents. team

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tional Player of the Year last seasenior attacker Katie Chrest—who set school records with 70 goals and 162 shots a year ago—has faced added defensive pressure. With teams keying on Chrest, Waagbo has had more opportunities and has taken advantage of them en route to 25 goals, second highest on the team behind Chrest.

“I think I was more passive last year, just being a sophomore,” Waagbo said. “I looked to other people to do all the son,

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This season, Waagbo has become more than a role player and has emerged as Duke’s leader in points and a team member other Blue Devils look to in key situations.

Her offensive outburst has been key for the Blue Devils’ attack this season. After winning the Tewaaraton Trophy as Na-

scoring. This year, even though we are a lot more experienced, with a lot more juniors and upperclassmen, it’s just like more people are looking at me to do things. So, I just felt that my teammates expected me to do more this year.”

When the Blue Devils took on Georgetown March 18, Waagbo was the impetus for Duke’s firsthalf scoring run. With three goals and two assists during an 18SEE WAAGBO ON PAGE 16

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The Blue Devils won their first road games of the past two years when they took two of three from Boston College last weekend.

Jack Coombs Field will be a welcome sight for the Blue Devils this evening as Duke takes on No. 18Virginia for the first of a three-game weekend series.

Tonight’s first pitch will be thrown at 7 p.m. to start the series off under the lights. The following two games are both scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

Duke (10-24, 3-9 in the ACC) has played seven ofits last eight games away from home. The Blue Devils started the road swing with a three-game series at then-No. 1 Florida State two weeks ago, FRIDAY 7pm SATURDAY, 1 p.m. followed by one mid-week home game SUNDAY, 1 p.m. against UNC Wilmington. Duke then Jack Coombs Field trekked to Boston over the weekend and finished its road stretch at High Point Wednesday.

Today’s evening game, however, will be the first of a stretch of seven consecutive games in Durham. After the

set with

Virginia (25-8, 6-6), Duke will host Davidson midweek and Wake Forest next weekend.

“We’re excited at being at home and playing back-toback ACC series at home,” McNally said. “Our park is actually pretty similar to Virginia’s, in that the dimensions are spacious. We’re comfortable playing at home and I’m sure they’re going to be ready to play. But I think it’s always a benefit to play at home regardless of what the level.”

Despite a 2-6 record over the last two weeks—the two victories were the team’s first road wins inlhe last two seasons—McNally remains positive.

“I feel like we were ready to play,” McNally said. “The energy and excitement was good. I think the mood and atmosphere around the club has been really good right now.”

The highlight of the road swing was the Blue Devils’ successful series against Boston College, in which Duke won two of the three games against the ACC opponent.

“We played our best series of the year against Boston College,” McNally said. “We just have to get ready to play SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 13

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Sophomore Chris Spooner will attempt to qualify for the NCAAs in the 1,500 meter run this weekend.

The Blue Devil track and field team will host the 19thannual Duke Invitational this weekend at Wallace Wade Stadium. The meet, which will run from Friday at noon through Saturday night, will feature athletes from across the country as well as three Blue Devils looking to defend their individual titles from last season’s meet.

“This is the big one,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “Lots of parents and alumni will be coming, and it will be kind oflike a senior day for the athletes.”

More than 2,000 athletes from 71 colleges, 42 club teams as well as unattached competitors will be participating in the meet. Several ACC teams will also be travelling to Durham to compete.

Family and friends of the Duke athletes will be in Durham this weekend to see the Blue Devils, and the athletes will also benefit from running in their home stadium.

“It’s nice not having to travel,” sophomore Chris Spooner said. “Usually we’re gone every other weekend. It’s more relaxing and it’s helpful to race well.”

Although ACC Co-Performer of the Week Clara Horowitz will be resting this weekend, several other Duke runners, throwers and jumpers will be looking to make their marks.

Sophomore Jade Ellis, coming off a first-place finish in the triple jump at the Charlotte Invitational April 1, is looking to

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“The meet lets me see where I am for the season,” said Ellis. “I can gauge how the injury is and see what I can do with it.”

Ellis, Duke’s longjump record holder, is seeded second in the long and triple jump.

Diana Pucurs and Debra Vento are the other two Blue Devils who will attempt to defend the individual titles they won at last year’s Duke Invitational.

Pucurs won last year’s women’sjavelin, and the sophomore has posted the ACCs best mark this season with a throw of 1484.

Vento, a junior, is going for her third high jump title in a row, which would make her only the third athlete to accomplish that feat in Duke Invite history.

Spooner, who is seeded seventh in the 1,500-meter run scheduled for Friday, is attempting to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.

“The coaches told me the 1,500 is stacked,” Spooner said. “My main goal is to qualify for the regional, and I’m really hoping to get it done in this event.”

Friday’s finals will begin at 4 p.m. with the 400 hurdles to be followed at 5 p.m. with the distance events. The sprinting events will be run on Saturday, with the finals beginning in the afternoon. Field events will run both Friday and Saturday.

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Do you think the accomplishments of the women’s basketball team have been overshadowed by the allegations against members of the men's lacrosse team?

I don't think they've been overshadowed at all. I think they're a terrific team... In fact, by pushing the women to answer something they have no input into and no role to play strikes me as misleading. I know some journalists have done that.

What are your thoughts on the lacrosse situation?

We have to make sure that we let the criminal justice system work its way out and not pre-suppose guilty or not guilty in advance... Nonetheless, the situation that arose was inappropriate at best. It was inappropriate that we should have any group of young men, let alone those who play on athletic teams, inviting a stripper, underage THE DAILY TAR HEEL alcohol and the kind of environment, bracketing everyNCAA President Myles Brand called the party held by members of the thing that may or may not have been illegal, the kind of Duke men's lacrosse team March 13 "inappropriate at best." environment that creates is entirely inappropriate.

I know that President Brodhead is working hard on this as is the Board at Duke to get to the bottom of it, and I compliment him and the Board on trying to deal with a difficult issue on campus and off campus. I think that there’s no question that he too understands that this is entirely inappropriate, and he will take the steps necessary to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

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The Blue Devils struggled earlier in the season at the plate but recently have turned things around.

At first glance, Wednesday’s 16-3 loss to High Point does not seem to indicate improved hitting. Two Blue Devils homered in the 10-hit game, however, and Duke did not plate more mns because its hitters ran into trouble knocking in its baserunners. The Blue Devils left the bases loaded twice in the game, stranding a total of 12 runners.

Against Boston College, the Blue Devils went 38-for-132 to hit .288 as a team, scoring 24 runs total in the winning series.

Against Virginia, Duke will look to improve on and continue these recent, positive trends.

“We know Virginia, or whoever we play, is going to give us a battle every time out,” McNally said. “We’ve been swinging the bats well. We swung them really well against Boston College.... Generally we’re swinging the bats better and I think it’ll be a basic practice to get ready for a tough ACC opponent.”

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Are you satisfied with Duke’s response so far?

I’m pleased to see they’re taking strong steps to get to the bottom of it. How it works out I don’t know, that really is a campus-based issue. I think that’s evidence the administration and faculty are taking this very seriously and are not ignoring it. These are very sensitive and difficult issues. They must be resolved. They’ve become symbolic of some other Have you had discussions with President Brodhead and issues as well and I’m sure the campus is aware of that. will the NCAA play any role?

What type of code of ethics is there to protect against such The NCAA does not engage in any law enforcement ac- incidents? tivities. We have no authority or ability to do that. That really is up to local law enforcement authorities. And There is a very strong code of conduct, but we don’t have also, the kind of incident on campus we don’t have the the authority to conduct criminal investigations. That’s law ability to resolve that and I certainly don’t have to call enforcement and we don’t want to substitute ourselves for President Brodhead to tell him that its inappropriate. law enforcement. So part of the code of ethics is simply to He knows that from day one and he’s on top ofit. So we follow the law, you don’t break the law. That goes for studon’t really have a role to play, but no one on a universi- dent athletes as well as every student on campus. If you’re ty campus wants to use that as a model of the way behav- underage you don’t drink. You don’t in any way, symboliior should take place among athletic teams. cally or otherwise, abuse women. That’s a code of ethics.

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WAAGBO from page 11 minute span, Waagbo gave the Blue Devils the offensive push needed to take control of the game early with a 7-1 run. Even when the Hoyas began to climb back into the game and closed the lead to three late in the first half, Waagbo did not shut down and scored one ofDuke’s two goals to close the half and put the Blue Devils ahead, 94.

Coming into her college career, much was expected of Waagbo. When she came to Duke, she was highly touted for being named twice to the U.S. Lacrosse All-America team. She also led Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City, Md. to four state

championships.

As a freshman, Waagbo filled a quiet role on the Blue Devils’ potent offense.

Her 22 goals and 19 assists were solid numbers for a freshman, but she was still playing in Chrest’s shadow. She said she enjoyed the team chemistry and felt part of the system, but it was not until this year that she really pushed herself to be a more versatile offensive threat.

“Coming in my freshman and sophomore years, I tried to be a lot like [Chrest] with my moves and stuff,” Waagbo said.

W.LAX from page 11 to be high when they match up against the Wildcats, the reigning National Champions. Northwestern is led by junior midfielder Kristen Kjellman, who has recorded 35 goals this year. The Wildcats have won 31 straight games dating back to last season.

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“And now that I’m a junior, I’ve realized that I cannot do everything that she can do.

In the off-season, I just tried to diversify my game a little bit more. Last year was one of the things that when other teams scouted me, they said I was really predictable. I liked to feed it more. So this year, I’ve been working on more dodge moves and also making myself more of an off-ball threat.”

The off-season work has paid off for Waagbo, who leads the ACC with 4.5 points per game. Waagbo was honored for her play, as she joined three other Blue Devils, including Chrest, on the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List March 29.

Perhaps more important than the stats or the awards is the leadership role that Waagbo stepped into. With Chrest taking on the role as the overall team leader, head coach Kerstin Kimel has asked Waagbo along with junior attacker Leigh Jester, to become players that the offense can rely on.

“I guess I have just emerged because the team’s given me more leadership,” Waagbo said. “As a junior, it’s really common that it’s your standout year. Katie has a lot ofpressure on her this year to repeat as player of the year. So, I took it upon myself this year to work a little harder and be more of a leader.” tion’s most dangerous offenses. The Fighting Irish are second in the country behind Northwestern in goals per game with 15.8.

“Both of them have very prolific offenses,” Kimel said. “I think being prepared for that and having two very tough games over the span of three days is something to be worried about, but that is what we have depth for and this is what we use it for.”

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seems that every Duke Student Government election in recent memory has been hampered by uncertainty and fiasco. This year, though, the voting was much better run, reinforcing our faith in the process and the organization.

This was thanks, partly, to a smooth transition to a new website and voting software.

The revamped system was both more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing than it has been in the past. Although the changes were a long time coming, DSG is to be commended for staying true to its promises to make elections better.

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on the candidates and the voting process, but also on the participation of the voters. This year, more than 3,500 students voted for at least one of the positions —a record in recent years. This is especially impressive considering the number of other high-profile events on campus by which students could have been distracted from student government.

It is worth noting that although the election was largely successful, it was not without incident. Two runners up in the election filed

complaints, drawing attention to provisions in the DSG by-laws that they felt were not

followed to the detriment of the voting process.

of ARAMARK as an inherently evilforce is just simply not true.

—President Richard Brodhead on students’ perceptions of the campus’ main food provider, ARAMARK Corp.

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professional.

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drew attention to the votecounting failure, requesting that the runoff be conducted again in pursuance of election by-laws. They did not make too much out of the incident, and when it was concluded they accepted the results gracefully.

Luckily, this hiccup did not last long nor was it a particularly grave incident.

In all, the election was carried out successfully and participated in widely.

Hopefully this trend will continue into future years, solidifying DSG’s legitimacy and relevance.

Something to celebrate Now, more than ever, it is a good time to recognize and appreciate the greatness among us.

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detail and maturity in dealing with the problems they noted was respectable and

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Whether the problem was due to the new software or to failures of DSG leadership is not clear. Either way, however, election officials should have known all the relevant by-laws before the calculation of the vote.

To perennially have to deal with contested elections in this fashion both undermines faith in the process and publicly embarrasses the organization as a whole. DSG members, especially those in charge of elections, should know the by-laws to avoid the appearance of being uninterested or uninformed.

Those who filed complaints should also be commended. Their attention to

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We wish to commend our women’s basketball team on their stellar season. Although things in Boston Tuesday night did not turn out the way anyone hoped, these athletes are champions in every sense of the word. We want to extend to the team, Coach G and all members of the coaching staff, our heartfelt thanks for this magnificent season and for giving the Duke community something of which we can all be very proud.

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Marshall just as dogmatic in Islam rant American approval ratings in the world are the lowest they have been in decades.

I’ve been at Duke for four semesters now and believe me, most Americans are great people.

Unfortunately, it is the ignorant bigotry of a few like Jeremy Marshall that give this great country a bad name (“Time to challenge dogma,” April 6).

To make sweeping generalizations is a dangerous practice at any time but especially if it means filtering the views of 2 billion people down to the views of an extremist minority.

Must we turn to Webster for the definition of extremist MINORITY? There is always a place for disagreement and discussion on a university campus, but there should be little tolerance on a campus, and indeed in this world, for ill-researched rants that do little more than fan the flames of hatred. While the citation of the Qur’an is a seemingly impressive piece of evidence, even a slighdy critical eye is enough to notice that the citations are self-serving and woefully out of context. I wonder, which anti-Islamic website did he retrieve them from?

Had he taken the time to read his “damning” citations in context, he would have realized that the Qur’an advocates amity towards all but one’s oppressors (2:193), equity for women & men (4:19) and peace whenever possible (8:61).

I grew up in the United Arab Emirates and frankly, I have yet to see the abuses he claims “Islam perpetuates against Middle Easterners.”

You will forgive me if I choose not to play the damsel in distress to Marshall’s liberating hero. The “hopes of moderate middle-easterners” do not rest on the outcome of the War on Terror but rather, on this world’s willingness to embrace diversity and to look beyond individual differences.

More so than challenging cruel, capricious, religious dogma we need to challenge ignorant, hateful bigotry. Only in this way will we propagate the ideals that America so proudly stands for.

Hasnain Zaidi Trinity ’OB

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The Pianka

situation Among

some of the more interesting national stories, including immigration, the Moussaoui trial or even Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s slugging of a member of the Capitol Police, there is the story of Dr. Eric R. Pijamie deal anka. strategery A professor of zoology at the University of Texas at Austin, Pianka recently gave a lecture to the Texas Academy of Science, and it continues to both intrigue and anger those familiar with it.

Pianka believes, like many people, that the earth is overpopulated with humans. Considering our heavy use ofEarth’s non-renewable natural resources, Pianka argues, it is clear that a population surpassing 6 billion people is too great. Furthermore, “We’ve grown fat, apathetic and miserable” as Earth’s condition has worsened, and this in itself has contributed to making it less healthy.

As we slouch toward the point at which our planet will reach its carrying capacity for humans, on the whole we remain unaware that a problem exists. More importantly, we fear and do not even acknowledge nature’s best solution to this human problem; the elimination of nine out of every 10 humans via airborne Ebola.

Shocking?

Not to Pianka. In fact, he embraces the idea and is “looking forward to a huge collapse.” It is in Pianka’s opinion that airborne Ebola is the most deadly and efficient manner in which nature could kill 5.8 billion people—a necessary means of revitalizing Earth.

Many reading this might share my reaction to Pianka’s message: Isn’t this solution just a bit too harsh, as well as completely irrespective of the value of human life?

Pianka would respond, however, by stating that this is exactly what’s wrong with us. “The biggest enemy we face is anthropocentricism,” he claims, and this “is that common attitude that everything on this Earth was put here for [human] use.”

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Our arrogance as humans, which in the past has manifested itself in such things as geocentrism, clouds our judgment. When it comes to determining what will best reduce what Pianka calls the “fat, human biomass” that is humanity, a “scourge” to this planet, we are far too timid.

The Texas professor, unlike most people, places no special value on human life. We are not differentfrom dogs, fish, birds or, Pianka’s specialty, lizards. As he recendy put it, “We’re no better than bacteria!”

Pianka shocks me, and I hope he shocks you. Because no matter what he believes about overpopulation, Pianka should not be eagerly anticipating an outbreak of airborne Ebola that could wipe out 90 percent of humans.

The death of nearly 6 billion people is neither exciting nor interesting; it’s frightening.

But what scares me even more than Pianka’s address at

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the Texas Academy of Science is the audience’s reaction to it. After expressing his joy at the prospect of a worldwide outbreak of airborne Ebola, Pianka received a standing ovation from students and professors alike. He was then handed the Texas Academy of Science’s award for 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist.

Educated people have received Pianka with great enthusiasm. But no one, save Forrest Mims, a self-proclaimed “citizen scientist,” has truly confronted the professor on his ludicrous proposal to save the Earth.

This should alarm us.

As a recent speaker at Duke said, “Ideas have conse-

quences.”

Who knows how people will react to Pianka’s message? It is not beyond reason that there could be someone willing to transform Pianka’s crackpot musings into a harsh reality.

Pianka has already witnessed firsthand how his radical

It’s no game—but the sides play on The

official catchphrase for the media ic and socioeconomic makeup. Firing whirlwind surrounding the lacrosse back, dissenters highlight Duke’s voluncontroversy, “the perfect storm,” has teer efforts and accuse Durham of a histobecome the perfect way ry of hostility, sometimes to describe the convolutdisregarding the setbacks Ed meltdown of race, that could result from careless phrasing and insensiclass, gender and towntive framing of the delicate gown relations under the harsh glare of the nationmutuality that exists between town and gown. al spotlight.

But another kind of Emotional reactions storm has been brewing have spanned the full specjane chong from within “the low trum as well. There has been outrage in the form of stone wall” currently the short shot cited across the country ambiguous protests, aimed as a telling symbol of palat alleged perpetrators, adpable division between Duke and ministrators and the Duke community.

Durham. The lacrosse season may be canOutrage in the form of focused activism, celled, but another kind of play ensues as calling for change, perspective and inseparate sides emerge from between the creased awareness. Outrage limited to folds ofThe Chronicle and amid murmurthe rape, which may or may not have ocings on the quad. Teams have formed, and curred. Outrage directed at the very fact verbal batde has begun—and everyone that this horrifying situation, forcing us has an agenda. to call into question basic human decenThe confusing jumble of disturbing alcy, did occur.

As stubbornly stationed Channel 5 legations, pending investigation and continuing developments have contributed to news vans begin to blend into the West a firestorm of split perspectives. District AtCampus landscape, students have made the appropriate mental adjustments, igMichael lack torney Nifong’s transparent of propriety in disclosing his unfounded noring them and walking by. The presconclusions to the national, press has ence of the media, and perhaps even their chosen portrayals of Duke, is not raised alarm bells for some but encouraged rampant extrapolations from others. the problem. But when CBS or ESPN reWitness accounts of racial slurs allegedly ports that Duke students genuinely believe our campus fosters a rape culture or tossed out by team members have complicated general willingness to accept that embedded white supremacy, then it is age-old axiom, “innocent until proven clear we have a very big problem. And guilty,” with the line between racist and there is no walking past it.

What does Duke represent? What do rapist trodden thin. A team member’s nauseating email, released just this week, puts you, as a vital member of the Duke coma graphic twist on the public’s interpretamunity, represent? Perhaps it is not Duke, tion of the mindsets of the allegedly guilty as a campus, that lies inside the proverbut threatens to make the entire team and bial bubble. school fodder for the sensationalist coverPerhaps all of us have chosen to live infollow.

The side customized bubbles, limited to close sure to future of the Duke age lacrosse program has been at times debatacquaintances, morning classes and aftered or else shunted sideways, culminating noon clubs, forgetting to look closely at what our school as a whole comprises in a blow Wednesday with the resignation of Coach Mike Pressler. with great expectations, mutual encourIn the midst of mounting uncertainty, agement and open-minded hope.

Duke students have sought distincdy difAs students voice their opinions on ferent approaches to effecting change. the implications of the situation for the Some seek to raise awareness and create a alleged victim and the alleged perpetraforum for discussing broader issues, from tors, and for the university and the nasexual assault to race relations to class tion, it becomes ever clearer that the critprivilege. Others point to the alleged in- ical question of what Duke really cident as indicative of major problems represents hinges on neither media slant with current policies and standards of nor public preconceptions.

Perhaps the nation will not judge our community life on campus. school based upon the alleged actions of As Duke takes hits for the alleged actions of a few, students have likewise a single group ofyoung men. But judging adopted radically different responses to us by our shaky and divided stance on what Duke does and does not stand for? deteriorating campus-community relations. Some condemn Duke for ostensibly That’s fair game. No pun intended. fostering a campus culture of privilege and snobbery, at times failing to fairly Jane Chong is a Trinity freshman. Her colconsider Duke’s diverse racial, geographumn runs every otherFriday.

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views could affect people. Since his Texas Academy address became a popular story in the national media, Pianka has received angry letters and even one death threat.

Threatening to end someone’s life is insane, intolerable and, of course, illegal. But it actually should not bother Pianka at all—that is, if he’s consistent. Because Pianka places so little value on others’ lives, it would not make sense for him to value his own. If 6 billion people are expendable, then certainly he is.

Embracing the loss of so many of our fellow human beings to a deadly, painful disease is simply crazy. So far, scientists have kept silent. Now is the time for them to speak up, denounce Pianka and refute him by proposing alternatives to his message of death.

Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

Shouts from the peanut gallery

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week has come and gone. and exonerates them of any active role in And the investigation of the Duke creating campus division. lacrosse team has not yet yielded On MSNBC, Rita Cosby pressed Baker for a practical solution in charges against those accused of the alleged sexubegging the question “what al assault of an NCCU stushould be done?” Given his dent and mother of two. chance to finally say someDespite the relative stagthing constructive, Baker nation of the investigative simplyreplied that we need “a restoration of confiproceedings, however, the “Duke Lacrosse Scandal” dence” in our institution. continues to steal national I’m sorry, but that is boston cote headlines and attention not a practical solution. the naked truth That’s not even an approlargely owing to the despicable and racist underpriate response to the tones of the crimes in question. question at hand. A “restoration of confiThe national media have predictably dence” is not an action that “should be done.” A “restoration of confidence” is a sought University representatives to comment on the allegations. consequence of what can be done. And unlike Brodhead, nowhere in his open True to form, President Richard Brodhead has been the epitome of dignity in the letter or in his many media appearances face of criticism and condemnation. His did Baker offer a sensible proposal for media releases have, time and again, rehow the University can help restore conasserted the University’s commitment to fidence in its intellectual or academic mission without resorting to the eradicatruth, justice and change.

In their own respective media interviews, tion of athletic programs.

Individuals and groups that feel slighted seniors Seyward Darby, Russ Ferguson and Jesse Longoria also conducted themselves by the University’s moderate response to with the tact, rationality and composure the allegations ought to be more proactive that one should expect from members of in their criticisms. It is shamelessly insuffithe Duke community. Each provided a succient to claim; “The University has not done cinctand fair account of the broad range of enough! Enough steps have not been campus sentiments and appeared not only taken!” Protesters ought to be drafting recinformed, but also in-touch and responsive ommendations—not asking pointless rhetorical questions and answering them to the community’s pressing concerns.

While these individuals have provided with more pointless rhetorical questions. fair and constructive commentaries, one Because frankly: You. Aren’t. Helping. notable exception has done little else but In his reply to Baker’s preposterous letincrease the divisiveness of a community ter to the University, Provost Peter Lange reasserted the University’s dedication to in crisis.

Adding his two cents to the matter is promoting constructive dialogue and enProfessor Houston Baker, Jr. of the English suring that the right actions be taken now department, who appeared on CNN with and in the future: “That our pace will still disappoint some Nancy Grace and on MSNBC with Rita undoubted, is but we will not rush to judgDissatisfied Cosby Wednesday evening. with the University’s perceived unresponment nor will we take precipitous actions siveness, Baker began his crusade in an which, symbolically satisfying as they may be, assuage passions but do little to remedy open letter to the Duke administration before moving his one-man circus sideshow the deeper problems. These problems will onto primetime television. certainly be easier, but not easy, to underhis and In scathing epistle again in stand than they will be to repair. The latter will take less rhetoric and more hard work, later media appearances, Baker condemned the “privileged, elite, white men less quickjudgment and more reasoned intervention, less playing to the crowd, than on campus” and blamed them for creating the culture of violence, culture of sex- entering the hearts and lives of those whose ism and culture ofracism that manifests it- education we are charged to promote and self in dangerous, racist and misogynist who we must treat as an integral part of the community we wish to restore and heal.” behaviors in our community.

Provost Lange is absolutely correct.

Admittedly, Duke isn’t perfect, and there are undoubtedly racist and sexist beWhat the Duke-Durham community haviors that need to be addressed and needs most is the creation of a productive amended. But Baker’s blame of an entire dialogue and a more unified body—not need a self-effacing and self-destructive class of individuals for creating exploitative campus cultures is a bigoted and reckpeanut gallery. less condemnation. Moreover, his blanket Boston Cote is a Trinity senior. Her column characterization automatically victimizes non-white, non-male, non-elite individuals runs every Friday.

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