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Questions surround program’s future Duke to by

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Less than a year removed from a

one-goal loss in the National Championship game, the Duke men’s lacrosse program is facing a precarious future.

The University is awaiting the findings of an investigation into the team’s on- and off-campus behavior—due back to President Richard Brodhead and the Executive Committee analysis of the Academic Council May 1— which will likely determine the immediate future of the program.

Decisions regarding whether the team will receive further sanctions, including the possibility of suspending the program, will hinge on the conclusions of that report, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva told The Chronicle Monday.

“The biggest obstacle will be the content of that report and the culture of lacrosse and if the President and the Board ofTrustees feel like it is the right thing to continue the sport or not,” Alieva said. “Assuming we have lacrosse next year and in the future, it’ll definitely set it back, although I believe we’ll have a tremendously strong nucleus of kids coming back.”

Who that group includes, however, remains in doubt as the University has informed current players that they may explore transfer options and has released incoming recruits from their binding letters of intent, athletic de-

Students must pay $99 to keep devices

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Starting next semester, the iPods

to students in classes

Matt Danowskl and the rest of the junior class will return to Duke next year rather than transfer.

partment officials confirmed.

Though several current and incoming players have contacted other schools, “the junior class has unanimously decid-

convictions about who they are,” said the father of junior Matt Danowski and head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University. “They love the University, they love each other and they want to finish what they started.”

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to come back to Duke no matter what next year,” Alieva said. That unit had

been ranked as the nation’s top recruiting class in 2003, said John Jiloty, editor in chief of Inside Lacrosse Magazine.

“These kids have extremely strong

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Duke Digital Initiative will be free to use—but not to keep.

Beginning in Fall 2006, students in iPod-designated courses will be required to return their iPods to the University at the courses’ conclusion. The move is a significant departure from the current policy under which students receive the devices on a permanent basis.

According to the new policy, students who wish to keep their iPods at the end of the semester will now have the option to do so at a cost of $99.

The revised iPod distribution policy is just one part in a broader series of changes to the Duke Digital Initiative, outlined by Provost Peter Lange in an email Monday to faculty in the Trinity School ofArts and Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering.

The letter, which was also posted on DDLs newly redesigned website, identified several additional priorities, including a commitment to provide support to any SEE IPODS ON PAGE 9

Study examines concerns about CAPS by

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Students often complain about their experiences with campus health care, and Counseling and Psychological Services has been the subject of particular scrutiny in recent months.

In response to internal concerns, the University has been working to evaluate how it handles students’ personal health issues.

Last semester, a number of administrators released a paper that oudined mental health trends within the University and detailed the main challenges Duke faces regarding mental health care.

The research paper, entitled “Duke University Students: Mental and Physical Health Challenges and Needs,” proposed short- and long-term plans to address problems that the University is now examining.

The study was presented last semester to the Board of Trustees in what Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs and editor of the paper, called a “pulse-taking” exercise to gauge the reactions of the Board and to inform them about the mental health problems faced by students.

The report was co-authored by CAPS director Dr. Kathy Hollingsworth and Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health.

The first criticalissue facing counseling centers was the lack

A research paper published last semester noted findings that show that Duke has an increasing number ofstudents suffering from excessive stress.

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Bombings rock Egypt's Sinai resort by

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CAIRO, Egypt Three nearly simultaneous bombings hit an Egyptian beach resort popular with foreigners Monday, killing at least 23 people on streets filled with vacationers and Egyptians marking the beginning of spring.

The bombers struck the Sinai seaside city of Dahab in the early evening along a crowded promenade of shops, restaurants and bars. Interior Minister Habib el-Adly said those killed included 20 Egyptians and three foreigners. Sixty-two were wounded.

The explosions came a day after Osama bin Laden issued a call to arms to Muslims

Qaeda in fighting what he calls a war against Islam.

The bombings —the third strike on a Sinai resort in less than two years—hit Dahab at 7:15 p.m. when the streets were jammed with tourists strolling, shopping or looking for a restaurant or bar for evening festivities by the tranquil waters of the Gulf of Aqaba.

“There were just three loud bangs and people rushing around,” British tourist Paul Mcßeath told Sky News. “Everybody is shaken.”

Another witness said the A1 Capone restaurant, one of the area’s most popular spots, was destroyed. to support al

“The tables and chairs have gone, there is nothing left,” Joseph Nazir, who owns a safari company in Dahab, told Britain’s Press Association. “Everybody is panicking, a lot of people are crying. We will be affected by this for a long, long time.”

Hotels and guesthouses were filled with foreigners and with Egyptians celebrating the long Coptic Christian Easter weekend that coincided this year with Shem al-Nessim, the ancient holiday marking the first day of spring.

For years, Dahab was a popular, low-key haven for young Western and Israeli backpackers drawn by prime scuba diving and cheap hotels.

Jury deliberates in Moussaoui trial by

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. Prosecutors showed the most gruesome and heartrending photos ofSept. 11 on Monday and told jurors that only Zacarias Moussaoui’s death could give the victims justice. The defense asked his jury to spurn retribution and not let a delusional and inept insurgent bait them into making him a martyr.

With those final arguments, the life of the 37-year-old Frenchman was placed in the hands of the same nine men and three women who early this month found him responsible for at least one death on 9/11

even though he was in jail at the time.

Now they must weigh the suffering and the glee the al Qaeda conspirator took in it on the witness stand against his role, his mental health and background to decide whether he deserves the death penalty or life in prison without possibility of release.

The jurors deliberated three hours and went home for the day. They will resume

Tuesday morning.

Prosecutor David Novak showed photos of a charred body in a Pentagon office, of body parts at the base of the World Trade Center, and of children who lost a parent.

“No one can give them justice but you,”

Novak said. ‘You are the voice of this nation.”

He told jurors a death penalty would say: “We are the United States of America, and we are not going to put up with a bunch of thugs who invoke God’s name to kill nearly 3,000 Americans.”

Displaying a photo of the youngest 9/11 victim—2 1/2-year-old Christine Hansen holding an American flag—who died on her way to Disneyland, Novak recalled Moussaoui’s “utter lack of remorse” when he took the witness stand and asked: “How can any human being rejoice in her death?”

President Bush, rebutting lawmakers advocating a law-and-order approach to immigration, said Monday that those who are calling for massive deportation of the estimated 11 million foreigners living illegally in the United States are not being realistic.

Car bomb kills 10, wounds 80

A string of car bombs rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding nearly 80 in an apparent campaign to discredit Iraq's new leadership. At least 15 people were killed in other bombings and

shootings.

Boy held in deaths of family A 12-year-old boy described by a neighbor as having a volatile temper appeared in juvenile court Monday on two counts offirst-5 degree murder in the deaths of his mother and younger brother. The victims were found beaten and stabbed to death.

Black holes energy efficient With gasoline hitting $3 per gallon, scientists have just found the most energy-efficient engines in the universe—black holes, those whirling super-dense centers of galaxies that suck in nearly everything.

These black holes are 25 times more efficient than anything man has built.

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Trinity allows funding for high-risk travel abroad by

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Thinking about doing a research project in Kenya, Israel or the Philippines?

This summer, students have more funding options than before to do research in

of Study Abroad.

“We actually never enforced the inability of a student to go to a country under a travel warning,” Nijhout said.

Practices continue to vary across the University, however, since the International Affairs Committee did not determine a common stance during discussions last summer. Thus, individual programs not part of Trinity College may determine their own policies.

“At the International Affairs Committee, there was a clear difference of opinion,” said Gil Merkx, vice provost for internationalaffairs.

He added that he is ambivalent about the issue of

countries classified as high-risk.

All three countries are among those for which the U.S. Department of State has issued travel warnings, and many University grant programs will not fund student research in nations on the so-called “watch list.”

Deans at the Trinity School ofArts and Sciences decided last summer on a consistent policy for programs sponsored by the College. Now, funding stustudents who dent travel to win funding “When we met last summer was for research in countries countries on deemed danonly days after the London the watch list gerous by the must consult bombing, and Great Britain was Department of the Office of State. never on one of these lists. That “On the one Study Abroad, and they and there are hand, probably played a role in our their parents safety issues. must sign a On the other thinking.” waiver form hand, there are —Mary Nijhout academic “When we freemet last sumdom and momer was only bility issues,” Merkx said. days after the London bombing, and Great Britain was Merkx added that the lAC would probnever on one of these lists,” said Mary ably reevaluate its position in a couple of years, depending on the success of TriniNijhout, associate dean of Trinity College. “That probably played a role in our ty College’s waiver policy.

The Hatt Leadership Program is one thinking.”

This year, Nijhout said, two of the 51 organization that does not fund student recipients of Deans’ Summer Research travel to countries on the warning list.

Senior Nicholas Shungu, one of the Fellowships will be traveling to countries on the watch lists: Kenya and Israel. program’s two fellows for 2006-2007, said She noted that previously, at least one he was disappointed not to be able to student wishing to conduct research in a work with the program’s NGO partner in country on the watch list had been disKenya but understands why that partner’s couraged from applying for funding. specific location would be dangerous.

Still, she said that the new policy is more Shungu added that he would support a standardization than a change, bringinvestigation into whether the Department ing research funding in line with the waiver system already used by the Office SEE COUNTRIES ON PAGE 7 ___

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This year at LDOC, students will hear the likes of Guster, beatboxer Rahzel and songwriter Matt Costa.

Peer schools feature larger LDOC budgets by

Diana Ni

THE CHRONICLE

Like many Blue Devils gearing up for this year’s Last Day of Classes festivities, sophomore Drew Bachmann is eagerly looking forward to Custer’s live performance at the April 26 celebration.

Opening for Guster will be hip-hop artist Rahzel and emerging songwriter Matt Costa.

“I couldn’t think of a more ideal bandfor the celebration,” Bachmann said of Guster.

“Their music is just so upbeat and happy. I can’t wait to see them live on the quad.”

Despite the broad spectrum of music offered by the three acts, some students have wondered if the bands that will be on campus Wednesday measure up to those performing at other colleges’ last day concerts.

At Cornell University, songwriter and pianist Ben Folds and hip-hop MCTalib Kweli will co-headline Slope Day 2006 in May. “The biggest goal is to make sure we

have a diverse line-up that caters to the tastes of our university,” said senior Jon Bellante, Slope Day chair. “These are types of artists that we have not had perform on Slope Day yet and are excited to reach out to the entire community.”

Students at Yale University are also gearing up to see Ben Folds, who will coheadline the school’s annual Spring Fling April 25 with southern rapper Ludacris.

“Everyone on campus is extremely excited,” said juniorKatie Allen, Spring Fling chair. “We normally hear lots of complaints, but I haven’t heard any this year.”

Ben Folds will also be performing at Princeton University’s Spring Concert

April 22.

Duke senior Mark Middaugh, LDOC committee chair, said Guster and Rahzel measure up to other schools’ choices for concerts.

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In the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s final meeting of the year, members honored their supporters and voted to fill the final seats for representatives on Board ofTrustees committees.

For the first award, outgoing GPSC President Bill LeFew, a fourth-year mathematics student, named Heather Dean as the recipient of the GPSC Lifetime Achievement award.

Dean, a graduating candidate for a Ph.D. in neurobiology, has served as treasurer, president and community affairs coordinator for the organization.

“She just can’t stop doing things for this community,” LeFew said. “She has been an institution and an inspiration.”

Next, LeFew presented the award for outstanding community event to the Duke Bar Association for its “Stuff the Truck” campaign.

Held in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the DBA sponsored the drive to fill a truck will supplies to send to citizens of New Orleans.

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Outgoing GPSC President Bill LeFew gives Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst an award Monday.

Soda stolen from reunion tents An officer noticed Saturday that some 2 liter soda bottles were missing from one of the reunion tents on the Main West Quadrangle. The value of the missing soda is $11.50.

Cars in overflow lot broken into Three contractors returned to their cars early Sunday morning in the Alumni Overflow lot to find that someone had broken into them. Two of the victims had not seen their cars intact since early Saturday morning. The third saw their car intact at 11:00 p.m.

A variety of personal items were taken from the three vehicles, including a laptop, DVD player, CD player, CDs, a tool bag and clothes.

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$3885.

Golf carts at the WaDuke driven away Two men took a golf cart from the Washington Duke Inn. They were stopped at Campus and Anderson streets at 3:32 a.m. Sunday by a Duke Police officer.

Charges have not been filed.

Fire extinguishers taken from reunion tents An officer noticed at 4:26 a.m. Sunday that four fire extinguishers, worth $2OO, were missing from various reunion tents on Main West Quad.

Cell phone lifted from tent table A woman reported Sunday thatshe left her cell phone at a table in one of the re-

cepted the award.

Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, accepted the Programming Support Award, given in recognition of his assistance in catering GPSC events like the Administrator Lunch Series.

“The moment you walk into the man’s office, there is nothing that can’t be done,” LeFew said, praising Wulforst’s accommodating nature.

For the final award of the night, LeFew deigned outgoing Graduate School Dean Lewis Siegel “GPSC Administrator of the Year” for his support of

graduate students.

LeFew cited Siegel’s move to provide .

health insurance for Ph.D. students who receive stipends as one example of the dean’s dedication to the student body.

Siegel will retire from his post this summer.

“It’s no secret what he has been doing for us for 15 years,” LeFew said.

Next, LeFew summarized what he called GPSC’s successes this year, highlighting the work of the Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee in re-examining the health plan, the role of individual SEE GPSC ON PAGE 9

union tents at 10 p.m. Saturday night.

When she returned at midnight the phone was missing. The Samsung cell phone is valued at $l5O. Wallet stolen from Brodie cubicle A student reported Friday that he left his wallet in one of the unsecuredxubides at the front of Brodie gym for about two hours. When he returned his wallet—containing identification, credit and debit cards —was missing.

Cash taken from purse at hospital An employee placed her purse in an open unsecured area on the second floor of the Duke University Hospital at 7:58 a.m. Friday morning. She returned at 8:00 a.m. to find cash missing from her purse.

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For the second year in a row, the GradSchool received the second-highest number of applications in history, Graduate School Dean Lewis Siegel said.

At nearly 7,850—up from last year’s almost 7,soo—the number of applications for the 2006-2007 academic year neared that of what Siegel called “the big year” in 2003, when more than 7,900 students applied.

The Graduate School extended 200 fewer offers of admission than last year in many programs for financial reasons, Siegel said.

However, he reported a record yield for the school —45.7 percent of students who were extended an offer accepted, up from an average of 45.8 percent over the past five years.

Siegel said the combination of more applications and fewer offers makes the incoming class of doctorate, master’s and other graduate students the most selective one in history.

“Overall, when you’re as selective as this, it’s likely it will be a hell of a good class,” he said.

The Ph.D. programs alone reflected the general trends of the Graduate School, with a larger number of applicants but fewer extended offers. Many departments, especially those in the arts and sciences, put forth fewer bids because of financial restraints at the end of their budget cycle, Siegel said.

In keeping with the overall graduate student class, the selectivity of the future doctorate class was “by far the best in history,” Siegel said.

Although only 387 doctorate students have accepted their offers—the lowest number since 2000—more applicants in the top range of accepted doctorate stuuate

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Duke's Last Day of Classes celebration will cost less than halfof those at Yale and Cornell.

because Guster puts on a great outdoor live show.”

He added that Rahzel recently landed a commercial with Pepsi, which is known to feature pop stars like Britney Spears.

Middaugh explained that many factors go into selecting a LDOC band.

“What we do is at the start of the year come up with a set of criteria to see what would make a good LDOC band,” he said.

“We look at what kind of band we want to bring—a band that performs well live, has high name recognition, is generally wellliked on college tour circuits.”

Aside from the type of band, Middaugh said the selection is also limited by budget constraints.

Campus Council contributed $50,000 to this year’s LDOC budget. As part of a two-year old partnership with the Council, the Duke University Union contributed another $20,000.

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But Middaugh said the committee will receive a budget increase in timefor next year’s LDOC. The Board of Trustees approved a $7.50 per semester increase in the student activities fee, amounting to an approximately $20,000 boost for LDOC. “For future years, there is going to be a completely independent fee set exclusively for the LDOC,” Middaugh said. “We are really excitedabout the funding increase.”

Budget size is not the only way this year’s LDOC will differ from other colleges’ last day celebrations.

The University announced last week that a strict “Bring Your Own Beverage” policy will be enforced during LDOC. In addition, students may only use grills provided by Residence Life and Housing Services and grill only in Clocktower Quadrangle.

At Cornell, Slope Day—true to its name—takes place on top of a hill enclosed by a chain-linked fence.

Only students with wristbands may participate in drinking on the slope—which is considered a bar by the state of New York—Bellante said. Food and music will be provided on the hill.

Bellante said the university previously tried to shut down the event because of drinking violations. The regulations that are in place, however, have kept the concert going.

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of State’s list is an appropriate guide.

“A lot ofit’s pretty ambiguous, what countries are and aren’t [on the list],” he said.

Students applying for Undergraduate Overseas Summer Awards from the Center for International Studies face fewer restrictions.

“The Center for International Studies does not consider the country that a student is planning to do research in, in terms of grading a proposal or awarding a fellowship. And that’s the way it’s always been,” said Nancy Hare Robbins, outreach and fellowship coordinator for the center. “Basically, we leave it up to the student’s discretion.”

Robbins noted that the U.S. Department of Education’s own rules govern any grants it funds direcdy.

Sherryl Broverman, assistant professor of the practice of biology, said the waiver policy is a good compromise between limiting liability and promoting research.

“They push you very hard to change your mind, which they probably have to do for legal reasons. But the nice thing is, if you don’t change your mind, they let you go,” Broverman said.

dents will attend Duke than in previous years.

Siegel said acceptance rates within the individual Ph.D. programs were generally in line with recent years, although engineering and business programs saw a slight decrease.

The drop in engineering rates, from 70 acceptances last year to 57 this year, may reflect national concerns about decreased grant opportunities, Siegel said.

“There is an atmosphere in the country that research support is going to be cut a lot,” he said. “It’s certainly a factor that worries an awful lot of faculty.”

James Bettman, director of graduate studies for the Fuqua School ofBusiness, said this year’s dip in acceptances forbusiness Ph.D. programs at Duke may reflect national trends catching up to the University.

The acceptance rates for medical programs are somewhat lower than expected, although not far below the numbers for last year’s intentionally decreased class size, Siegel said.

“The [medical] faculty is clearly being more conservative in terms of the offers it is making,” he said.

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More than 275 international students will enter the Graduate School next year, an upswing from last year.

Siegel said several broadissues have been resolved that had perhaps discouraged applications to the University. Such issues included difficulties in acquiring student visas and last year’s complications in General Record Examination administration in China.

Following recent trends, more domestic students continued to apply to the Graduate School, probably as a result of an economic downturn, Siegel said. “[Domestic applications] are increasing, so we’re not as dependent on foreign applications as we were before,” he said.

The number of students who accepted the Duke Endowment Fund for minority students and the James B. Duke Fellowship, a general fund awarded to top applicants, remained roughly the same as in recent years.

With a smaller incoming class, however, the Graduate School has been able to offer the funding to a larger portion of matriculating students—about 12 percent. In its strategic plan, the School stated that it intends to raise the number of James B. Duke fellows from 10 to 20 percent of each class.

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Dr.Kathy Hollingsworth, directorof CAPS, and Dr. Bill Purdy, director of student health, co-authored a paper thatresearched mental health at Duke.

of professional resources to treat the growing number of highly distressed students, the paper stated.

“It’s probably the strongest concern that I have as a director new to this campus,” Hollingsworth, who became CAPS director last summer, wrote in an e-mail.

The issue became particularly pronounced at Duke around December, when the CAPS waitlist was at its peak and the University’s Hospital Outpatient Clinic could no longer accommodate urgent cases, Hollingsworth wrote.

Another critical issue Hollingsworth mentioned was the lack of consistency and proper coverage among various student health insurance plans.

Dr. Jim Clack, the former CAPS director who retired last year, also said this has been a recurring problem.

All students living within a 50-mileradius of the University are required to pay a standard health fee, which covers basic services at the Student Health Center and at CAPS. Students are also required to have health insurance, whether it is their own—typically coverage under a parent’s plan—or a plan that can be bought from Duke.

Disparities among different plans—some only provide mental health care coverage in a student’s hometown and others do not provide mental health care coverage at all often result in students using CAPS as their primary source ofmental health care.

“This presents real problems because CAPS never purported to be able to deliver long-term, intensive care,” Clack said.

He added that even if students have mental health coverage under an alternate plan, they are often reluctant to use it because of the social stigma associated with mental illness. They are also often afraid of their parents finding out they were seeking help for mental health issues, Clack said.

“A major problem was the’stereotype going along with people seeking mental health treatment—that they’re nuts, they’re crazy, they’re off their rocker—and that just isn’t true,” Clack said. “They’re simply individuals seeking help... all of us face situations like that in certain times in our lives.”

A student health insurance committee, of which both Hollingsworth and Moneta are members, has been examining the disparities of coverage among different insurance plans.

The committee has been trying to negotiate discounts for both the University’s health insurance plan and for outside plans whose mental health coverage is either nonexistent or too expensive.

Moneta could not give an estimate on when the renegotiated fee structure would be in place, and he explained that solving one problem inevitably leads to five more issues that need to be addressed.

“We can’t conceive of this problem and say in three years it’s going to be fixed,” he said. “It’s really more about persistence.... Really there are no barriers—we just have to grind out the work and do it.”

Moneta called hiring Hollingsworth the single best thing he has done during his time at Duke. He added that although he has been helping with the financial aspects of improvements for CAPS, most of the work that will benefit students directly will be done by the CAPS administration.

“A lot of this is going to be led by Dr. Hollingsworth,” he said. “I’ll fight the political batdes. I’ll be the cheerleader.”

Moneta, however, noted that the state of student health insurance is just a part of the problem and not the “do-all, end-all of mental health needs.”

He pointed out the importance of maintaining a quality safety net for students through the watchful eyes of resident advisors, faculty and administration.

Moneta also mentioned the problem of excessive drinking on campus, which the research paper cited as “the greatest threat to the mental and physical health of Duke students and our campus climate.”

“We’re trying to shift the culture away from an alcoholdependent system, but it’s not easy,” Moneta said. “It’s a national issue, not a Duke issue. It’s a big uphill batde and not one we are going to fix in a year or five.”

The results of a Harvard School ofPublic Health survey also acknowledged the presence of such a trend, showing that 44 percent of college students described themselves as binge drinkers, often using alcohol to “self-medicate” and deal with problems of depression and low self-esteem.

The paper also cited the importance of facilities like CAPS in recognizing at-risk students and developing a plan for their safety.

Both Moneta and Hollingsworth said they hoped CAPS would expand to satellite clinics on East Campus or the new Central Campus to account for the 33-percent increase in students CAPS has seen over the past five years.

Moneta said there are still “internal negotiations” taking place regarding new or expanded facilities.

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“The new program’s going to be less recreational and more academic.” in the classroom. The commitment basiChen added that she believed students cally establishes a loaner pool of non-iPod devices that might prove educationally usewould not take care of a University-owned ful. iPod as well as they would one that they “We came to realize that there were owned themselves. multiple technologies that could enhance Senior Joseph Homes said he did not teaching and learning in differentkinds of see the coming changes as a bad thing. courses,” Lange said. “There wasn’t one “There was this huge class of people just technology fits all, so to speak.” taking courses to score an iPod,” he said.

Technologies suggested in the letter in- “It was a neat gimmick, but I don’t think clude tablet PCs that owning [an and digital iPod] was really video cameras all that great ed“There was this huge class of Julian Lomucationally.” bardi, assistant Lombardi excourses to score people taking vice president plained that the an iPod. It was a neat gimmick, for academic University could services and not continue to but I don’t think that owning hand out free technology sup[an iPod] was really all that port, iPods in the face emphasized that the of increasing great educationally.” changes to the numbers of faciPod program ulty requesting Senior Joseph Hormes will not result in the devices for their courses. any decrease in the quality of “The deDuke’s iPods. mand has ex“Students who are going into [Fall] ceeded our ability to give these away foreviPod courses will be given brand-new er,” he said. “We’re trying to find the best iPods,” he said. “Then, the same shiny new way to support it, short of having this proiPods, which perhaps won’t be so shiny, gram become much larger and much will be distributed to students in the spring more expensive than it should be.” semester.”

Lange said next year’s changes have Lombardi was unsure as to how long been in the planning stages for the last sevthe devices would last, but explained that eral months and cited the iPod’s ever-inthe University would not distribute beatencreasing popularity among the student body as an additional motivator for the changes. up iPods.

“We may very well be purchasing new “In the future, iPods will be part of what devices on a regular basis to maintain the you’re expected to bring, like textbooks are quality of the loaner pool,” he said. today,” he said. “But we’re not there yet.”

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Outgoing Dean of the Graduate School Lewis Seigelreceives an award from GPSC Monday.

GPSC from page 4 liaisons in working with administrators and increased interaction with higher-ups through community forums and lunches.

GPSC members concluded the meeting by voting for next year’s representatives to the Board of Trustees’ student affairs committee, the only positions left undecided at last week’s meeting because of time constraints.

Rachel Lovingood, a graduate student of molecular biology, and Eric Vance, a fourth-year doctoral student of statistics, will sit on the committee next year.

Lovingood, who sat on the committee this year, said she will fight to ensure that graduate and professional students’ issues are “brought to the table as equals.”

This year, she and Dean, the other GPSC representative to the committee, drafted a document called “The White Paper” to bring their concerns to the Board’s attention, she said.

Many of the six candidates said getting graduate and professional student concerns placed on the Board’s agenda

would be especially challenging in light of the undergraduate issues raised by the recent lacrosse scandal.

Lovingood said in a question-and-answer session that problems such as offcampus housing and Duke’s relations with the Durham community are common with undergraduate and graduate students.

Vance said in addressing campus culture in the wake of the lacrosse allegations, committee members should see graduate and professional students as a mentoring resource —and consider the need for improved mentoring in the graduate community, as well.

“We know a lot of the focus is on the undergraduates, but graduate students play an important role at Duke, which could be improved with the Campus Culture Initiative,” he said.

Given the ability to set the agenda at a Board meeting, Vance said he would push for discussion of ways to make financial aid cover the cost of health insurance “I’m looking forward to...making sure the voice of the graduate and professional students is heard,” Vance said.

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seniors Full disclosure: I grew up a Maryland fan.

Fuller disclosure: Like most Maryland fans, I didn’t like Coach Kvery much. Actually, to be honest, saying I didn’t like Coach K very much is kind of like saying Rick Majerus really enjoys a good buffet.

Fullest disclosure: I’m still—at best indifferent to Coach K. He’s a great coach, but how can I love him when his teams used to beat up on my Terps so much? not I’m H proud of Duke’s recent basketball history, mainly because a lot of it was at my a | ex team’s expense.

That whole incredible comeback to beat Maryland in the 2001 Final Four?

It was great—as long as you weren’t a Maryland fan at the time.

The Laettner-Hurley-Hill Dynasty?

Seven-year-old me was in Cole Field House, watching the mighty Blue Devils beat Maryland by like 102 points.

None of that is to say I don’t like Duke .Basketball now. Coming to college is a great time to hop on your school team’s bandwagon (maybe the only time a real fan can justifiably become a fan of what used to be a hated rival). And you know what, I hopped, baby.

Some of my friends might say I just have a man-crush on J.J. Redick. I prefer to consider it a relationship built on mutual respect and admiration. Except not so much on the mutual part. Whatever.

But I didn’t gobble up the whole bait.

Like I said, I still can’t bring myself to love Coach K I still can’t find it in me to love Shane Battier or Jason Williams like I love Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter.

Here’s the point: My fan relationship with Duke Basketball is based (almost entirely) on four players: Redick, Shelden Williams, Sean Dockery and Lee Melchionni. And now they’re leaving.

But the reason they won over this old Maryland fan won’t ever leave. Each of them is engaging and smart, and they all seem to legitimately care about getting an education.

Dockery and his father both told me that nothing he did at Duke will make him as proud as just getting his degree. He told me all of his professors have helped him grow up so much.

Melchionni worked on Wall Street instead of working on his game last summer because he knew he would learn a lot.

Williams actually put his money where his mouth was, passing up NBA millions in favor of getting his degree.

But Redick has been the player that came the closest to explaining what it’s like to be a superstar basketball player at Duke.

I asked him once if being an athlete had

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Carolyn Davis has begun her college career at Duke with a bang.

Davis has scored 30 goals—the third highest on the team—and has recorded playing time in all 15 games, starting in 12 of them. She is the only freshman starter on No. 1 Duke’s offense, but she has adjusted well, contributing 17 ground ball pickups, seven assists and 20 draw controls during the team’s 14-1 season.

But even this standout midfielder has made some first-year mistakes.

“On the first day of practice in the spring, you’re supposed to bring your sweatpants and sweatshirt, and I didn’t,” Davis recalled. “It was really cold and everybody put theirs on, and I had to wear someone’s old, ratty, dirty gray ones.

They almost made an example out of me and made me run, but they didn’t.”

Despite such rookie errors, Davis, one of seven freshmen on the team, credits her successful season to the Blue Devils’ three coaches and the upperclassmen.

year.

The men’s basketball team will play in the Guardians Classic next season, pending an expected rule change from the NCAA Board of Directors Thursday, Associate Athletic Director Mike Cragg said Monday.

The amendment, which was approved by the Management Council in its April 10 meeting, will eliminate the current “two-in-four” rule that limits the number of exempted preseason tournaments a program can enter. Currendy, teams can play in two events for every four-year period. The Blue Devils participated in the NIT Season Tip-Off this past year and have agreed to play in the Maui Invitational in 2007.

“I think it’s a definite positive for the game, and that’s why we have entered these tournaments every time possible, and why we will continue to do that,” Cragg said. “If you are a student-athlete in any sport, the more you play, the happier you are. These tournaments provide an opportunity for that, for our fans to travel to different locations and for our players to get to play in different areas of the country.”

Duke will host the opening round in Cameron Indoor Stadium, as well as the second round if the Blue Devils win. The semifinals and championship will be held November 20 and 21 in Kansas City, Mo. Cragg said Stanford, Texas Tech and Marquette are also expected to participate in SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 16

“All the coaches are really patient,” Davis said. “If you need extra time, they’re always willing to go out there and help you.”

A strong bond between the classes has also been key to Davis’s move into

college play.

“It helps to have a relationship with everyone on and off the field because you can separate the two,” Davis said. “The whole team made a huge effort in the beginning of the season to create relationships with the new freshmen.”

Davis’ season really began in Duke’s third contest, a 9-7 nailbiting victory over Maryland February 25. The freshman scored three goals, two of which came in the first three minutes of the second half to spark the offense. She has started every game since the win.

“She has made a wonderful transition,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said.

“She is incredibly gifted athletically and is hands down the fastest player on the SEE DAVIS ON PAGE 13

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As the ultimate utility baseball player, Nate Freiman can do much more than just pitch.

So when an ironic twist offate and a sickening “pop” literally tore apart any preconceived notions Freiman had about his season, the freshman was by no means finished.

The highly-touted right-handed ace partially tore the ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow of his throwing arm during the first inning of his first appearance on the mound in the Blue Devils third game of the season.

“I got through two hitters and then like the third hitter, my elbow—it pretty much just popped I guess,” Freiman said. “That’s pretty much the only way to describe it. I just felt it.”

Fortunately, the ligament tear was not serious enough to require Tommy John surgery.

Instead, the 6-foot-8 freshman underwent seven weeks of daily rehabilitation, including electric stimulation, ultrasound

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Nate Freiman's .333 batting average leads the Blue Devils, and he is second in slugging percentage.

therapy and lasers. After watching almost

half the season from the dugout, Freiman’s other versatile qualities have been utilized by the Blue Devils—his power hitting as a designated hitter and unshakable positive attitude —to form a deadly combination.

“We’ve put him right in the three-hole, and he certainly gives us a presence in the lineup,” head coach Sean McNally said.

“He’s just really excited to play the game, he’s passionate about it. It was very tough for him to sit and watch for 27 games, and his energy has been great. He’s excited to be in the lineup, and he’s going to help us with any capacity that he can.”

Freiman’s return to the Blue Devil offensive lineup is purely a product of effort not luck—the hurler’s only game-day superstition is extra batting practice at the tee —which has paid off with impressive numbers.

While he still is unable to field because of the injury, hitting does not jeopardize the health of his elbow. At the plate, the freshman is leading the Blue Devils with a .333 batting average and is second-best with a .551 slugging percentage.

On and off the field, Freiman’s teammates have been excited about his return.

Fellow freshman Matt Williams said Freiman is a great, nice guy who is the most polite and courteous person he has met in his life.

“He’s handled [his injury] with grace the entire way through,” Williams said.

“I’ve never even heard a negative thing out of his mouth pertaining to his injury. He’s just kind of accepted it and was like ‘Well, this is what happened, I’m going to move on, I’m going to get better.’”

In Freiman’s first series back, he returned home to Massachusetts and laced three home runs, two of which came in the series’ rubber game against Boston College. His homers helped lift Duke to a 14-7 victory April 2 that clinched the Blue Devils’ first ACC road series win in two years.

“He’s a really, really good hitter to all fields,” Williams said. “Physically, he hits fastballs really, really well. He’s an extremely hard worker. He’s always working on his

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Recruited to Duke as a pitcher, freshman Nate Freiman has made his presencefelt as a hitterthis year.

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ing abilities trying to make himself better.

He works really hard just in everything he does, like with his rehab and everything—with that he’s already back and throwing the ball. Pretty soon he’ll be able to play defense in a game, not just hit.”

The role change from pitcher to hitter was not as drastic as it sounds for the naturally athletic player. Freiman was never a career hurler, but the summer after his sophomore year of high school, Freiman was catching when someone suggested he give pitching a try just for fun.

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Freiman said he is wary to push his arm too hard due to the risk ofre-injury in the remaining 12 games of the season.

Instead, he is focusing on what he learned on the bench and is enjoying being back in the game.

“I’m just doing whatever I can,” Freiman said. “I learned a lot during the period I was injured. I observed a lot. I saw a lot how the game was played. I guess if nothing else it just makes me appreciate being able to play, being healthy that much more.... I’ve had a good time coming back; it’s really just fun being back in the lineup.”

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“Everyone at Duke was one of the best players on their high school team, so it’s just different,” Davis said. “I had to learn how to fit into things more in the flow of offense, which is one of the hardest things. You have to be able to fit into what everyone else is doing.”

Overall, the jump from high school to the top-ranked college team in the country has been trying at times, but mainly a success for Davis.

“She’s a true competitor, really tough-minded,” Kimel said. “She can handle the pressure well. The most exciting thing is that she still has a lot of room to grow as a player. She’s had a great year, and she can be so much better.”

team. Her combination of speed and stick skills have made her transition to the college game relatively seamless.”

Davis cited the high level of play and talent of the other student-athletes as the crucial factor in her decision to attend Duke over her other option, Brown, where she was also heavily recruited.

“It was an amazing opportunito be surrounded by the best ty players in the nation and be able to play with them,” Davis said.

“I’m challenged every day by every single person on the team.

I learn something new every day from just being around such great players.”

This season, Davis joined a veteran offense ofKatie Chrest, Caroline Cryer, Leigh Jester, Rachel Sanford and Kristen Waagbo, augmenting an attack that has combined to outscore opponents 233116 far.

“It’s hard transitioning into a team where everybody already knows how each other plays, and you’re just kind of thrown in there,” the freshman said of the move from high school to college.

“I’m the only new one of the offense, so they didn’t really know where and when to look for me, and I didn’t know where they were going to cut.”

At Skaneateles Senior High SYLVIA QU/THE CHRONICLE School, Davis set the New York State record for career assists with Freshman Carolyn Davis' transition to col274 and also for total assists in a lege has been helped by supportive teammates and coaches. season with a tally of 82.

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Since head coach Mike Pressler resigned April 5, assistant coaches Jon Lantzy and Kevin Cassese along with Chris Kennedy, senior associate director of athletics, have been meeting with lacrosse team members regularly even though no organized team activities have been taking place. They have also maintained contact with the seven high school seniors who had signed to play for Duke next season.

Coaches and administrators from peer institutions have confirmed that there are several Duke players and recruits seeking to transfer or sign elsewhere. Syracuse head coach John Desko told the Syracuse Post Standard last week that Zack Greer a Duke sophomore who led the country with 57 goals last season—had expressed interest in transferring to the Orange.

Syracuse Director of Athletics Daryl Gross said his school would not actively pursue Duke players or recruits, but individuals who express interest in the school would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

“We don’t want to raid Duke, they’re entitled to their players,” Gross said. “This is far bigger than lacrosse players. We don’t want to be cannibalistic to Duke’s program.”

Johns Hopkins Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations and Marketing Ernie Larossa confirmed Duke players and recruits had contacted the Blue Jays to inquire about switching programs.

Larossa said per NCAA rules Johns Hopkins had not made any outward contact with these individuals, and they “have not taken any action either way.”

Although the sexual assault allegations have rocked the campus and the Durham —

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In 1996, St.John’s disbanded its varsity men’s lacrosse program five years after sev-

eral team members were acquitted of gang rape charges. The school restarted its program for the 2005 season and went 2-11 in its first year back.

In 2000, Vermont officials canceled the men’s hockey team’s season with 15 games remaining on the schedule amid allegations of hazing freshmen who had tried out for the team in the fall. Initially, players involved had received one-game suspensions and the team was placed on probation, but later that year an administrative investigation discovered several players had not been truthful in their original statements.

The Catamounts returned to the ice the next fall, and several anti-hazing laws have been passed in the state as a result of the incident.

In a similar fashion; Duke is hoping the lacrosse culture report will shed light on how it can improve the student-athlete experience at the University and avoid future disciplinary incidents, Alieva said.

Regardless of the commissions’ findings, however, Alieva said he is confident his job is not at stake.

“I’ve been here for 30 years and I think people at the University know what I stand for and know what kind of a good athletic department we have,” Alieva said.

Among the initiatives that are expected to come from the report are increased educational programming about drugs, alcohol and women’s issues as well as a written student-athlete code of conduct. In addition, Alieva said communication between the Athletic Department and the Office of Student Affairs will have to improve.

“It’s cast a cloud over the Athletic Department, but I don’t think it has tarnished our reputation,” Alieva said. “We have outstanding coaches and outstanding studentathletes, and we have this great University.

It has given us a black eye for right now but we’ll come back from this stronger.”

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ever prevented him from getting a full academic experience.

“Definitely,” he responded. “I remember one class in particular I really wanted to take—the history of Ireland—and I couldn’t take it because it met the same time as our practice. You just have to make that sacrifice, I guess. So I guess it really is athlete-student.”

He put it in perspective when he told me that in four years at Duke, there was only one time that he attended every meeting of a class—all the rest of them conflicted at least once with a practice, game or other obligation.

These four student-athletes, or athlete-students if you believe Redick, turned me into a Duke fan. Not solely because of their on-court heroics—though there have been many but because of the way I saw them carrying themselves.

It’s sappy as Hell, but I wanted to thank them.

And as long as engaging, smart and personable players MICHAEL CHANG/THE CHRONICLE like these four keep coming to Duke, I don’t care if the JJ. Redick and his senior teammates gave Blue Devil fans a lot to cheer Blue Devils ever win another National Championship. about over the past four years. be kind ofnice Final Four next would year Though a —

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In addition to the rescinding of the “two-in-four” rule, the NCAA amendment will allow schools to exempt conference tournament games from counting toward the maximum number of regular-season contests a squad can play. The change, which was meant to benefit teams who are left out of conference tournaments, will also allow schools to schedule an additional regular-season game. Graggsaid Duke is still working on its schedule for next seasoa and does not know who it will play with the additional game.

In order to improve the diversity of teams playing in multiple-game tournaments, the NCAA amendment restricts programs from playing in a specific event more than once every four years, a regulation that was in place before the “two-in-four” rule went into effect.

The new proposal also eliminates the certification process for multiple-team events, which could increase the number ofavailable tournaments.

The Management Council submitted two forms of the proposal to the Board of Directors, who are expected to make the final decision in a meeting Thursday.

The two versions differ only in the number of games a team that does not enter an exempted multiple-game tournament will be allowed to play.

The original proposal allows teams to schedule either 28 regular-season games or 27 games and an exempted event, which could include as many as four games. The Management Council suggested that teams which do not schedule an exempted event should be allowed 29 games to decrease the gap between teams that do enter a multiple-game tournament.

The amendment also includes a change in the starting date of the season. Currently, the regular season begins 136 days before the Championship game, which this year would be Nov. 17. The change would make the starting date for each season the second Friday of November, which in 2006 would fall on the 10th. Cragg said Duke’s opening game would be the first round of the Guardians Classic, Nov. 12 or 13.

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Economic impact still important Last

week, the Universithe Greater ty, Durham Chamber of Commerce and the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau leased a study concluding that Duke had a $3.2 billion impact on Durham during the 2004-2005 fiscal year.

The report showed that $525 million had been spent on University purchases. According to the research, Duke also gave $ll4 million in donations to the Durham

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It does happen to be the only major nugget of ial positive DukeDurham news in the past few weeks, and it comes right in the middle of the first major Duke scandal since the death of Jesica Santillan, who died as a result of transplant mistakes at Duke '

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standpoint, it makes com-

plete sense.

It seems like doing so would be a logical thing for Duke and Durham to do to ease some of the recent town-gown tensions.

When Duke and Durham

release a study like this at a time like this, however, it may seem that the intent is to quell the perception that University and city communities have an

antagonistic relationship.

There are several facts, however, that make this assumption false.

Assume, just for a second, that it wasn’t a RR. move.

The $3.2 billion is then just indicative of the fact that the city and the University are deeply and inherently interconnected.

The data should be seen not as a P.R. move but as a return to the regular news of the University, which often features reminders of healthy aspects of the DukeDurham relationship.

Additionally, the data, which is complex and con-

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—John Danowski, father of junior lacrosse player Matt Danowsld, on the unity of the juniors on the men’s lacrosse team. See story page 1.

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and then released it at an appropriate time.

At some point, we have to return to regular news, to focus on the day-to-day events in our community.

And after all, the study only measures how much money Duke pumps into the Durham economy.

Studying the economic impact of an institution is commonplace and important in understanding economic trends and relationships.

We are aware, however, that an economic boost to a community does not translate over into healthy relationships in other arenas.

Duke and Durham have a long way to go, but be sure to stop once in a while and appreciate the healthy parts of the relationship.

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ontierecord These kids have extremely strong convictions about who they are.... They love the University they love each other and they want to finish what they started.

siders a variety of economic influences, probably took a considerable amount of time to compile. It’s doubtful that the public relations branches of Duke and Durham decided the day after the alleged rape to fabricate positive town-gown news.

In fact, the University held the information for about a month, presumably because they thought it would look like a P.R. hail mary aimed at ameliorating the bad press surrounding the lacrosse scandal.

This decision was in the best interest of the University community, because Duke would have looked defensive when it would have only been trying to inform others about itself.

They sat on the report

Saturday

is wedding day at the Duke Chapel.

From the windows of the Chronicle office in 301 Flowers you can see the parade of bridal parties cycling through every couple of hours—if you’re lucky enough to be in the office all day on a After Saturday. ' o 'f S,»aturplenty days—and Sundays through Fridays—in that office, you real-

history of their pet issues as well as any of the stu-

dent government beat reporters L’ve known.

Some of my fondest memories from The Chronicle are from our editorial board meetings, when we would cram into the lounge to giggle as we shared weekend gossip and occasionally yell as we debated current issues and events.

We talked about academic policy, construction, town-gown relations, social life, personal responsibility, athletics and everything else imaginable, ly start to appreciate building on topics garnered from the news pages that view. and from our own gripes. The common thread in those conversations was that we were always talking During my first three years of colabout the kind of place Duke was and the kind of lege I spent a lot of loTGH hauptman place we wanted it to be. And sometimes, what we time recommended actually happened, and I wonder if watching senior co |umn Duke from that ofour voice contributed to that. flee. I watched stuAnd now, as the University deals with the dents basking in the sun and protesters shoutlacrosse situation, I feel more than a little sympathy for the administrators I got to know during my year ing and wielding signs.

I served as editor ofThe Chronicle my junior as editor. We have commiserated during volatile year, which meant I pretty much never left the times before, especially during the Palestine Solioffice. Senior year was a welcome break—indarity Movement conference and its aftermath last stead of living in 301 Flowers I got to live off year. Although The Chronicle and Duke’s administration can often be at odds, individuals at the top campus, go out on weekends (and weeknights) and spend more time on my schoolwork and of both have an appreciation for crisis management with my friends. Instead of watching campus that few others at this University have ever had the life from a fbwer room, I was literally down on need to experience. the ground, actively participating in it.

After all of that watching and reporting and I’ll still look back on my college experience pridebating and opining, I arrived at senior year. It marily as a Chronicle experience, and I wouldn’t felt like I was finally doing college instead of just trade the time I spent at The Chronicle for anytelling other people what I saw. I became active in thing. This year, however, I’ve realized two things. my sorority again, ventured into Durham more The first is that after seeing everything on campus with friends and made my apartment a home inthrough the lens of being a reporter and editor I stead of Just a place where I slept. I was a regular can never look at it in quite the same way again. student again, taking a full course load and doing The second is that observing college for the first most of my homework. As new issues developed three-quarters ofit made actually doing college this on campus, I was on the outside for the first time, year way more fun. reading The Chronicle to find out the day’s When I walk through the arch to Bostock Linews—but with enough perspective to be able to brary, I smile thinking of the times we heard the read between the lines. administration’s pitch for an “interdisciplinary Even though at the time I thought I was just quad” framed by CIEMAS, the new library wing watching for those first three years, jn that tower ofand the Divinity School addition. fice I got the chance to engage more with this camListening to Duke Student Government hopefuls pus than most students do in their entire college catalk about course evaluation websites, kegs on the reers. This year, as I’ve rejoined the non-Chronicle quad, internal efficiency and other campaign issues, world, I wasn’t experiencing college for the first time—I was just interacting with it in a different way.

I laugh remembering that they’ve all been suggested before.

Duke is a big place, and if you throw yourself into Some are serious problems that need to be adwhatever you do here, it can never stop feeling new. dressed, some are unrealistic ploys designed to garner votes and all have been recycled since before my Karen Hauptman is a Trinity senior andformer editor freshman year. I wonder if DSG insiders know the of The Chronicle.

Memories through the lens

letterstotheeditor Let students choose how to celebrate Recently at the University of Maryland a bar offered “penny pints” during a two-hour period in which only women were permitted entry. As a response to such an event, female university administrators attended the bar in hopes of reducing binge drinking and vulnerability to sexual assault. While their actions were intended for good, it represents a growing sense of paternalism toward students on college campuses. The action of the UMD administrators can be seen well vis-a-vis Duke's LDOC situation. A line must be drawn somewhere between an individual’s personal right to choose his or her actions and withholding that right. While there.is a difference between personal responsibility on and off campus, personal choice on campus should be permitted as long as it falls within the university guidelines. In light of LDOC, I expect that the Ateam will take whatever means necessary to prevent infractions of the university guidelines as long as it is not at the cost of personal choice. It seems this LDOC will be a test not only to Duke students’ ability to have fun within university guidelines but also a test of the university’s ability to monitor such guidelines without encroaching on student's rights.

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Immigration column misses the mark In order to reach a conclusion on the fate of the millions of immigrants that live in the United States, we must first drop stereotypes and recognize the reality. The generalization made of illegal immigrants in Jeremy Marshall’s editorial, “Keep ’Em Out” are problematic and prejudiced. First of all, his assertion that “millions... seek to kill us” is absurd and offensive. We would like to challenge him to produce evidence of the desire of millions of illegal immigrants coming from Mexico who have demonstrated this desire. It would be ridiculous to say that people who see America as the land of opportunity and leave their life and family behind would seek to destroy or harm this country through terrorism. If we are really worried about threats to national security from illegal immigrants, then the United States should create a system of accountability in which illegal immigrants would be legalized. Millions of illegal immigrants direcdy fuel the economy. It would not only be infeasible to “keep ’em out,” but detrimental to the prosperity of our economy. While we respect Marshall’s opinion, we challenge those who hold similar perspectives to understand the complexity of the situation and to not see illegal immigrants as a faceless “they” but as your housekeeper, gardener, future congresspeople, teachers and doctors.

Mi Gente, Latino Student Association

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peering through a lens at the happenings of the unique collection of who move people

through this place of gray rock and mortar.

Indeed, it is awkward for me to see my face on tOVTI IYl6ndGl the otherside of the lens senior column and splashed on the newsprint that will get you through your not-so-thrilling last lecture Tuesday morning. From big games against Carolina to The Stones and the courthouse, I examined my world both in and outside of this so-called Duke bubble. It’s occurred to me that the images and words painted on the pages of The Chronicle will resonate as memories of these few years for the collective University. When you leave a place, it is once again easy to focus on the memories, which, for me, have been full of contrast during the past four years.

At times, I felt the enormous pressure to succeed on nights when approaching finals clouded my emotions with such caffeine-induced turbidity that I could not see past 9:10 a.m. the next morning. At times I felt the luckiest. At times I felt betrayed. At times I felt adventurous. At times I felt I had nothing left to wake up for. From late nights at bars in Madrid to Sunrise Easter Service in the Duke Gardens, I have sought to fill my four years among these stone arches with memories. Spending my days and nights with a camera in my hand and a smile on my face helped me capture them.

What has a portfolio of memories taught me? Too often we lose sight of the grandeur of this place called

Duke when confronted with small—or large—problems that face the University. We find ourselves decrying the ungodly atrocities of the meal plan or cursing the C-2 schedule when the meeting on another campus started five minutes, ago. The ever-changing plans of residential models and social programming dominate conversation for what seems like ages. While not entirely trivial, I worry that these ephemeral concerns overshadow the construction of a whole Duke experience—one that should convey to its students a hearty appreciation for the honor it is to walk on this campus for even four years.

Last night, after going for a run around the campus I’ve called home, I stared, sweaty, at the sky and breezed through the pages of college in my mind. My final offour laps around this place completed, I was overwhelmed with what had been given to me. Duke surrounded me with peers who challenged me to succeed. More so than any recruiting technique or departmental advantage, the most critical aspect of education at any level is the quality of peer interaction in the classroom. Intelligent, inquisitive colleagues make for brilliant, accomplished graduates. Although I may not remember every nuance of orgo or be able to detail each Shakespearian play written before 1600, Duke compelled me to learn how to think and persevere in the face of stress under the threat of failure. For that, I am thankful.

As I leave this campus with a bundle of memories, I am most thankful for the people who have entered my life to make my collegiate experience what it was. To those who have mentored me, thank you. To those whom I have mentored, thank you as well. Remember to pause, breathe and notice when you make memories—they will mean more than your shiny diploma.

Goodbye and God bless.

Tom Mendel is a Trinity senior and photography editor of The Chronicle.

View of La Coruna from theTower of Hercules in Galicia, Spain.Tom Mendeltook this shot during his semester abroad.

Ins ght,wit and thanks “Scars are souvenirs you never lose. -Goo Goo Dolls first thought about what I would write in my senior column almost four years ago, when I was a freshman staff writer for The Chronicle. I imagined waxing poetically on my college experience and imparting my wisdom to all the students who still had time left at Duke. It was going to be insightful and witty raru rain If or fuaty and everyone was going senior column to compliment me on brilliance. my But now that I’m here—staring at my computer screen, only a few short weeks away from graduation—l find myself at a loss.

How, exacdy, can I sum up the past four years in 750 words? Two years ago, as I was beginning my tenure as editorial page editor, I sat in the Chronicle office until 7 a.m. waiting for the editor at the time to finish his senior column. I didn’t understand why it took him so long to write a relatively short piece. I understand now. It’s not easy to end your college career with one column.

Perhaps my greatest obstacle is that I don’t have many nice things to say about Duke. I have problems with the lack of intellectualism on campus, the fact that the social ”

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scene revolves entirely around alcohol and the materialism and elitism that characterize a large percentage of the undergraduate population to name a few. I’ve certainly had more downs than ups in my time here, and I have the scars to prove it.

The thing about scars, though, is that they mean the wound has healed. They mean that the pain has gone away. They are a reminder that even though life hurts sometimes, it won’t hurt forever.

Although college can be the best time of a person’s life, it is also one of the most difficult. Duke especially offers its students a unique set of challenges (like effordess perfection), and I’ve watched Duke’s campus culture chip away at far too many people’s self-esteem and self-awareness.

I’ve seen the harm Duke can do, and that’s what makes it so hard to come up with something positive to say.

I am encouraged, however, that President Brodhead is making an effort to address issues of sexism, racism and social life on campus. It is unfortunate that it took an alleged rape to get the University to this point, but I believe these are things that the school needs to talk about if it hopes to remain one of the nation’s elite universities.

I think that Duke has great potential, but it must forge its own identity instead of trying to be Stanford or Yale.

The University must establish better town-gown relations, improve financial aid and give additional resources to the hard-working people at the Career Center and CAPS.

In the meantime, all I can say to underclassmen is this: find true friends and hold on to them because they will be the best part of your Duke experience. Your friends are going to be the people who hold you when you cry, who calm you when you’re angry, who celebrate when you’re happy. Your friends are the ones who turn your wounds into scars, who help you recover from the bad times, who make life worth living, who make college college.

So, in closing, I want to thank all ofthe people who have made my Duke experience worth it. To all of die great people in the Club Sports and Intramural Office, thank you for making three years of work an absolute pleasure.

To Karen, Kelly and Claire, thank you for being great neighbors, providing me with Diet Coke and Cosmic Brownies and taking care of me when I really needed it.

To Sarah, thank you for the constant entertainment and for taking the time to get to know me. To Katie, thank you for being a constant friend throughout college, a companion on the long drive home and my connection to M-town.

To Emily, thank you for being an amazing roommate for the past two years, for all those times you listened to me complain and for seeing me at my worst and still loving me. And finally, to Claire, thankyou for being my partner in crime, for keeping me sane and for giving me hope. I love you guys.

Tracy Reinker is a Trinity senior andformer editorialpage editor

of The Chronicle.

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