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Redick’s oudook for the June 28 NBA Draft remains unclear after the incident

From cable television to popular magazines, stories of scandal and controversy at Duke infiltrated the national media when rape allegations against members of the men’s lacrosse team in emerged late analysis

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Dejected Duke fans look on at Satisfactions Wednesday as the 'Canes lose 4-3 to the Edmonton Oilers in overtime in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finais.The Carolina Hurricanes, who still lead the series 3-2, will get another shot at the Cup Saturday.

North on LaSalle Street shordy after 1 Redick a.m., made an illegal U-tum to avoid JJ.Redick a license check point, according to court records.

Police pulled the 21-year-old over in the parking lot of the Belmont Apartments. Court records said Redick “had very glassy eyes” and a “strong odor of alcohol coming from [his] breath.”

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Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson will take a leave of absence from Sept 1 through Nov. 30.

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Engineering students are well acquainted with the demands of a busy schedule, so it should come as no surprise that the dean of their school would also appreciate some time off once in a while.

This September through November, Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, will take a leave ofabsence to explore intellectual pursuits that she has not been able to cultivate in her administrative position.

“It’s a time to step back and get reacquainted with a lot of scholarship that I haven’t had time for,” she said.

Provost Peter Lange approved the sabbatical two years ago when Johnson agreed to another five-year term as dean. She pointed out that professors are granted such a release every seven years.

Although no other dean has taken a leave ofabsence during Lange’s tenure, he noted that the previous provost, Peter Griffiths, took one.

With the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences open and the most recent strategic plan finished, this fall seemed an appropriate time to get away, Johnson said.

“We’ve got such a great team at Pratt,”

she added. “It’s a great time. It looks like a very bright future.”

Pratt Senior Associate Dean Robert Clark, a professor of mechanical engineering, will serve as dean in Johnson’s stead.

“It just seemed a natural way to go,” Lange said of Clark’s temporary post.

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in particular that have been on the mental back-burner. One, an idea that came to her “literally in the shower,” concerns software and information technology, a new area for her. The other—which she described as “more hardware”—would be more in line with previous endeavors.

Johnson wrote in a May e-mail to the Pratt community that she hopes the leave of absence will allow her to take the ideas from their nascent stages “to products, processes and possibly to the marketplace.”

Although she intends to spend some time at Duke during her sabbatical—particularly to attend the Board of Visitors meeting and help “steward the implementation of the strategic plan”—Johnson said she also anticipates some travel.

Colorado, where she has a home and a small company, is a convenient layover for coast-to-coast business travel—and an enchanting place to watch the leaves change in September, she added.

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Rates on federal student loans will go up 1.84 percent July 1, the secondlargest increase in the loans’ history.

Rates for Stafford Loans —federal student loans of up to $5,500 a year will increase from 4.7 to 6.54 percent.

Parent PLUS Loan interest rates will increase from 7.9 to 8.5 percent.

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Baghdad Tuesday. The visit marked his first meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the president said he was impressed with the new leader’s plans and character. “I sense something different happening in Iraq,” Bush said.

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President George W. WASHINGTON Bush, just back from Iraq, dismissed calls for a U.S. withdrawal as election-year politics and refused to give a timetable or benchmark for success that would allow troops to come home.

“It’s bad policy,” Bush said in a Rose Garden news conference Wednesday, about six hours after he returned from Iraq. “I know it may sound good politically.

It will endanger our country to pull out of Iraq before we accomplish the mission.”

The conference was arranged to capitalize on Bush’s stealthy five-hour trip to

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and denied that it was because of any concern about al-Maliki’s inner circle.

“I’m a high-value target for some,” Bush said. “I think if there was ample notification that I was coming, perhaps it would have given somebody a chance to plan, and we just didn’t want to take that risk.” met

Bush said he wanted to see a reduction in the deadly violence in Iraq but would not say how much it must drop before troops can begin to withdraw.

He offered other ways of measuring progress in Iraq —an increase in oil production or more electricity delivered to cool sweltering homes or growing numbers of Iraqi military units able to handle the fight.

But again, he did not offer any specific targets to measure when Iraqis will be able to govern themselves. Instead, he declared that the government must be able to succeed and that leaving too early would “make the world a more dangerous place.”

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The state news agency Antara reported five villagers were unaccounted for after the eruption, but gave no other details.

Other reports said that several apparently uninhabited buildings near the peak had been incinerated.

Scientists had thought that the 9,700foot volcano was calming down after weeks of activity when a gas cloud cracked its fragile lava dome June 8, easing the buildup of pressure.

The alert level was dropped a notch Tuesday, sparking widespread relief for people who have spent weeks in evacuation camps and were trucked home. But that

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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia Indonesia’s most volatile volcano nearly enveloped a village with a searing gas cloud during an eruption Wednesday and forced thousands ofresidents to evacuate just one day after officials lowered the alert level and people returned home.

“The situation is... life-threatening,” said Yousana Siagian, head of the government’s Vulcanology and Disaster Mitigation Center, after the alert level for Mount Merapi was raised to its highest status again and it dumped thick ash on scores ofhouses.

Gitmo trial maybeheld in U.S. A military defense lawyer asked the Pentagon Wednesday to move the trial for an alleged bodyguard of Osama bin Laden to the United States, saying difficult access for witnesses and the media make it impossible to hold it fairly at Guantanamo Bay.

Baghdad crackdown begins Governmentforces spread across Baghdad Wednesday, setting up checkpoints, frisking motorists and causing traffic jams on the first day bf the largest security operation in the city since Saddam was ousted.

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“We were very happy to go back in the morning, but as soon as we got there, we saw a massive cloud steaming toward us,” villager Edi Egan said after being trucked back to the camp. ‘We all decided it was time to leave.”

Up to 20,000 people live in the danger zone, taking advantage of the rich volcanic soil By nightfall, at least 1,100 were back in camps and some 12,000 others were given orders to leave.

The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy Earth, worldrenowned physicist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. Humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years, he said.

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When Luis Pastor’s wife came to Durham to earn her MBA from the Fuqua School ofBusiness, Pastor tagged along.

“We came here because of Duke,” Pastor said of his move from Spain in 2000.

But since arriving in Durham, his relationship with the University has expanded into his professional life as well.

As CEO of the Latino Community Credit Union—which is stationed in Durham but has offices located throughout the region—Pastor has worked, with the help of Duke, to expand the LCCU into one of the fastest growing credit unions in the country.

“Duke has been a great supporter of the credit union since we began,” Pastor said.

“When we were no more than a dream, they made a $400,000 deposit to us.”

Last week, Duke continued its commitment by pledging to deposit up to $5 million in the organization over the next five years—the largest deposit the LCCU has ever received.

Pastor explained that the money Duke has pledged with the LCCU is not a grant or donation, but a deposit that will be

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The money from that deposit could provide funding for loans for as many as -50 mortgages or help approximately 200 people.

LCCU officials have said their organization fulfills an acute need in North Carolina—which has one of the fastest growing Hispanic populations in the country,

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After one last round of faculty input, administrators have completed a final draft of the next strategic plan for the Duke University School of Nursing.

The proposal will stress improved communication and “a reinvigorated focus on technology” in order to enhance the role the School plays within Duke’s medical community, said Dr. Catherine Gilliss, vice chancellor for nursing affairs and dean of the School of Nursing.

Once approved, the plan will provide a framework for the next five years.

The current draft proposes to expand academic programs and focus on recruiting faculty primarily devoted to research and teaching, but will also target others to

Every year, about 5 percent of Arts Sc Sciences faculty leave Duke to pursue competitive offers at other institutions.

$13,000 less than earned non-Hispanic households.

In six years, the LCCU has granted more than $3O million in loans to its hold

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focus for the School of Arts and Sciences.

Six faculty members from the School left their positions at the end of the 2005-2006 academic year in order to pursue competitive offers at other institutions, said George McLendon, dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences.

On average, about 30 professors—or

aid in local and global health efforts.

Gilliss said new technologies, including human patient simulations and stateof-the-art information processing tools, will serve as teaching and research mechanisms.

“On campus, we’re looking at possible collaboration with engineers,” she said.

In recent years, the School of Nursing has seen unprecedented growth among faculty and students, leading to the construction of the School’s new 60,000square-foot teaching and laboratory facility.

The building’s central location near Duke Clinic and Duke Hospital will allow for growth within the School and improved interaction with the at-large health SEE NURSING ON PAGE 6

five percent of faculty—leave from the School of Arts and Sciences per year due to a combination of reasons, McLendon said.

There are four ways in which faculty leave the University: they are lured away by a competitive offer, lured away by a noncompetitive offer, retire or pass away, he said.

He added that although this year’s loss SEE FACULTY ON PAGE 8

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After all the kids are in bed for the night, sophomore Jordan Yoder is free to play cards, mingle and discuss his day with people ofhis own age.

But during the day, Yoder must assume some parental responsibilities for his 15- to 16year-old residents as a residential counselor for the Talent Identification Program this summer.

TIP was established in order to allow gifted middle and high school students to get a taste of college by living in residence halls and taking specially designed classes.

It is a unique experience marked by enthusiasm and intellectual conversations, said RC Sam Scott, a junior at Harvard University.

The 108 RCs supervise groups of 12 to 16 students, organizing activities and acting as role models.

“It’s a lot of responsibility, acting essentially as guardians for these kids, in loco parentis,” Scott said.

Because of these demands, RCs undergo a rigorous application and interview process. They are required to have completed at least one year of college and cannot hold other jobs or take summer courses.

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This summer, 108 RCs will man Duke dorms to supervise participants in the TIP program.

ship, responsibility, creativity and excitement to be around students,” said Nikki Laird, TIP coordinator of residential life.

The majority of the RCs are not Duke students, but come from universities across the country, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Many of the RCs were former TlPsters themselves.

Brendan Snow, the residen-

tial life coordinator for the program on Duke’s West Campus, said his older brother had gone to TIP and told him about his experience. Snow, a graduate of Georgetown University, was reluctant to spend hours in the classroom during his summer vacation, but decided to try the program.

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While a majority of students are scattered across the globe—immersing themselves in summer internships or volunteer projects —construction workers have continued to work on campus and expect to put the finishing touches on a number of major construction projects before students return in the fall.

Both the West Campus Plaza, which will take the place of the former Bryan Center walkway, and the first-floor renovations of Perkins Library are set to be completed on schedule by mid-August, offici said this week In addition, the Fre; Science Center is on scl ule for completion in Dei her, and departments move in over winter brea! ecutive Vice President Ta! Trask said.

Aug. 14 is the official d completion for the s! plaza, said Larry Moneta president for student affai “Between now and th of fun stuff is going to ha he said.

Before the plaza is co ed, workers will remove

Doors will be added to the Great Hall and an entryway will be added to the plaza between the West Union Building and the Flowers Building.

Along with other changes to dining on campus, food carts will be included on the plaza following its August opening.

Four carts are currently being proposed for the new space three new food options plus Pauly Dogs, which will receive a new cart to serve its food, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said.

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newsbriefs Duke names new director of student life Christopher Roby will take on the position of director of student life beginning July 1.

The position falls within the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, which attends to student programming, leadership exploration and facility operations for student life.

Roby is currently director of the Oglesby Student Union at Florida State University, where he oversees a number of facilities and 12 departments.

Interim director of Duke Performances appointed With the retirement of Kathy Silbiger, Aaron Greenwald has been chosen as interim director of Duke Performances.

Silbiger recently announced that she would retire at the end of the year. Greenwald’s appointment will begin Jan. 1, 2007 and continue through June 30, 2008.

A graduate from Columbia University and a recipient of the Fulbright award, Greenwald produced this year’s Festival of the Book at Duke.

Warner named as Duke Chapel relations director Gaston Warner has been named the director of university and community relations for the Duke University Chapel.

His appointment in the newly created position will begin July 5, and his duties will involve building and strengthening the Chapel’s connections with the University, Durham and national organizations.

Warner’s position entails communicating with local churches and pastors, city officials and nonprofit organizations such as the Self-Help Credit Union. Warner is currently the director of development for the Divinity School.

Counseling improves transplant patient well-being Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and Washington University in St. Louis recendy found that telephone-based counseling improved the psychological wellbeing and quality oflife for patients awaiting lung transplantation. The study is the largest clinical trial of its kind.

Researchers said they were encouraged by the findings, and hoped that they could be applied to other patients, such as those who have chronic or debilitating diseases.

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CREDIT from page 3 borrowers—most of whom have no credit history when they receive their first loan from the credit union.

As one of the organization’s first investors, Duke’s financial support has enabled the implementation of a number of initiatives, including a home ownership program for new immigrants.

Duke’s most recent pledge of $5 million will be similarly used to benefit low-income residents in Durham County.

The money will go toward funding loans that will help Latinos obtain homes or other large consumer

purchases.

The $ll5-miliion French Science Center, a 280,000-square-foot complex, will open its doors in December 2006.

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the Perkins Project, the first-floor renovations of Perkins are expected to be completed by Aug. 15, said Deborah Jakubs, vice provost for library affairs.

Much of the library’s reference and information services, currently housed on the first floor of Bostock Library, will be moved to Perkins before it reopens its doors.

“The real anchor for the library is Perkins’ first floor,” Jakubs said.

With its renovation, the new first floor of Perkins is planned to be an “information commons,” with new technological and instructional capabilities.

More windows—looking out to the von der Heyden Pavilion in the front and to Bostock and the Fitzpatrick Centenfor Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences in the back—were added to Perkins to facilitate the flow of light into the library.

The interior was also redesigned to mimic the more modern style ofBostock, which opened last October.

When the French Science Center is completed in the winter, a number of departmental transitions will be made in order to take advantage of the newly completed areas.

The French Science Center will house a number of science departments, including the chemistry department —which will move out of the Gross Chemistry Building to make way for that structure’s subsequent renovation.

The chemistry library will also be moved out of Gross Chemistry and integrated into the facilities at Bostock, Jakubs said.

With the completion of the student plaza, the University will turn its focus to an extensive renovation of the West Union Building and its surrounding structures.

Although plans are in the preliminary stages, the University hopes to start early construction next summer, Trask said.

With the unifying qualities of the plaza, the University is envisioning the West Union, the West Campus Plaza, the Bryan Center and Page Auditorium as a more unified location for students, Trask said.

In more long-term plans, University officials also hope to restructure the way dining is handled in the West Union.

In two or three years, Wulforst said the University intends to redesign the interior of the building, opening up the space allowed for dining in order to provide a better environment for students.

With low incomes and no credit histories, it is difficult for many immigrants to obtain the most necessary of purchases.

“It’s very difficult to move around Durham without transportation... to take you to church, to school, to work,” Pastor said, noting that many of the LCCU’s clientele take out loans to buy a car.

President Richard Brodhead expressed his support of the program.

“I am proud of Duke’s participation in launching this important enterprise and am very pleased that we can provide this additional support to ensure thatLatinos in Durham can enjoy the many benefits of home ownership,” he said in a statement.

Pastor said that as the largest employer in Durham County, Duke has a particular interest in the credit union because its services affect a significant number of the Uni-

versity’s employees.

More than half of Duke’s employees live locally, and the recent deposit will be used specifically to help the county’s residents.

“We are serving a community that has a huge need here in the Durham region,” Pastor said. “Duke is the major employer in the county, so obviously employees from Duke are going to receive benefits from that.”

NURSING from page 3 community upon its completion this fall “We know there is a national need... for basic nurses and a very serious shortage at the level of faculty,” Gilliss said.

She added that today, at the competitive level, academic programs in nursing emphasize translational research—the conversion ofresearch discoveries into practice—more than ever.

Administrators also hope the five students in the school’s new Ph.D. program, along with accompanying faculty, will contribute to a national need for more research scientists in the field of nursing once the program commences this fall.

“The Ph.D. program will move them to the top tier, whereas without this program they were around the 25th [school at the national level],” said Molly O’Neill, chief strategic planning officer and vice president for business development and vice chancellor for Medical Center integrated planning.

Gilliss said she hopes the Ph.D. program will spark a trend of enhanced collaborative research between the School of Nursing and other medical programs, particularly in the area of nursing services.

The plan also calls for the expansion of other programs like the School’s existing master of science and bachelor of science in nursing degrees.

“I think the school is very well positioned to be competitive at the national level,” O’Neill said. “With the support of the School of Medicine, the University and the health system, [the School of Nursing] can do great things.”

Steve Veres contributed to this story.

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Rogerson added that the national media has recently taken what he termed a more balanced approach to presenting the case.

He attributed the difference to a decline in major new evidence, a more vocal stance from the defense teams and fewer public statements made by District Attorney Mike Nifong.

This week, Nifong faced sharp criticism when law professor James Coleman, who co-chaired a committee that looked into the behavior of members of the lacrosse program prior to the rape allegations, said the state attorney general should appoint an independent prosecutor to take over the case.

Coleman accused Nifong of being too personally involved in the investigation and condemned him for making public statements before charges were filed—a questionable act under the North Carolina State Bar’s Rules ofProfessional Conduct.

Amid shifting media coverage and attacks from many sides against Nifong, questions have arisen about the future of the case Charlotte attorney and former federal prosecutor Richard Glaser, Trinity ’76 and former captain of the Duke lacrosse team, said the case could only be dropped if Ni-

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fong dismissed the indictments against lacrosse players David Evans, Trinity ’O6, and juniors Collin Finnerty and Reade

Seligmann.

Thomas Metzloff, a professor at the law school, said dismissal of the indictments would most likely occur if the accuser, an exotic dancer, dropped her charges.

“If a complaining witness chooses not to cooperate, the district attorney can try to subpoena or force a witness to cooperate against her judgement,” he said. “But the thought is if the witness cannot cooperate, you really can’t get a conviction.”

Metzloff added that even if the case were dropped, charges of wrongful prosecution against the accuser would be un-

likely.

Although Nifong could charge the dancer with perjury if her accusations were deemed false, he is unlikely to do so, Metzloff explained. Such action could potentially deterfuture victims from coming for-

ward, he added.

Metzloff said if the case were to be dropped, the residual effects on the indicted players would depend on community reaction.

“If the public believes they didn’t do it, they will be able to move on,” he said. “It’s obviously a tremendous amount of negative impact on their lives, and if they are innocent, everybody feels that’s terrible.”

During early stages of the case, several media experts said coverage gave unfair preference to the accounts of the accuser.

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The national media maelstrom has lessened in recent weeks, a number ofmedia experts say.

Ted Vaden, public editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, said the national media—not local oudets—has been the major source of “irresponsible reporting” throughout the investigation.

Rogerson said recent changes in media coverage of the case have not necessarily depicted members of the lacrosse team more favorably, but Vaden said otherwise.

“They’ve been just as quick to switch their assessments as they were to form

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Yoder described the position as a combination of counselor and college resident advisor.

“It’s not just to hang out with the kids. It’s one of the before taking on his current position. jobs of the RCs to make sure everyone is in bed by 10:45 Scott said that as a four-year TIP participant, he realp.m.,” Scott added. ized the importance of RCs to the whole TIP experiAttempting to enforce bedtime and discipline the ence. “I had some okay RCs and some really great RCs,” teenagers is one of the most difficult parts of the job. he said.

“Gifted kids in general can be very inquisitive and are Many of the current RCs noted that their job can often often probing the limits of authority,” Scott said. be very frustrating.

Typical scare tactics and explanations do not work for “It’s a full-time job,” Laird said. “They are on duty the these kids, Snow said. entire day.”

“They’re going to question you and have retorts and reThe RCs deal with homesickness and similar anxieties, buttals for all the things you tell them,” he added. but also field questions about the college experience.

Yoder said another challenge for him is getting all of Yoder said his residents are Duke fans and ask him what it his TIP participants to interact. is like being a student at the University.

“There are lots of different kinds of kids—there are RCs also eat meals with their residents, plan activities the eccentric smart ones and the ones who work really and act as the immediate point of contact in case of hard for their grades—and it’s hard to intermingle the emergencies. two,” he said.

“It’s being a presence on the hall and asking them how But the RCs said seeing how much the kids look up to their day was,” Scott said. them makes the job rewarding.

them originally,” Vaden said, noting that certain cable news sources originally implied that a rape had occurred in their coverage of the story, but have recently begun to challenge that assertion.

“There does seem to have been a tide switch to examining more closely the claims of the [accuser] and the behavior of the [accuser],” he added. “There’s been more of a switch in favor of the lacrosse players.”

“They pretty much think the RCs are the coolest people,” Snow said. “They like being on some sort of friendship level with someone who is in college.”

Scott noted he still has to maintain a balance between being a friend and authority figure. ‘You don’t want your kids to hate you,” he said.

“Be friends with them while making sure they respect you and the rules of the program,” he added.

When the lights are out and the kids are tucked in bed for the evening, the RCs put away their disciplinarian hats and let loose.

Their camaraderie is apparent and their laughter reverberates off the walls of the Kilgo Quadrangle commons room as they relax and discuss the antics of their residents Snow notes that the group ofRCs have only known each other for a few weeks, yet are already extremely cohesive.

Working with the other college students is one of the perks of TIP, Scott said.

“There’s something about when you live together and work together that really forms a bond,” Snow added.

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floating loan rate to exceed the nowfrom page 1 fixed interest rate, making loan repayment more difficult for students. will remain Loan consolidation is an option for July that unconsolidated by retain variable interest rates, which students to lock in their lower interest change annually based on the results of rates before the scheduled increase. annual Treasury Bill Auctions.

The process entails replacing all existInterest rates on consolidated loans, ing federal student loans with a single however, will be fixed at the current level loan through the student’s lender and so economic fluctuation will not cause locking in current interest rates.

Consolidation, however, can only be the rates to change. done once in a The 4- to 5colie :e career interest percent and generally Stafford on “It’s sort of a good-news badenters the stuLoans in the last dent into early two years is the news situation.... Yes, the inrepayment, lowest in the histerest rate is higher, but it’s though it gives tory of the prothe option of and has gram, fixed now.” adjusting the previously been Belvin period of reas high as 8.25

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of six professors is “on the small side” for faculty leaving for competitive offers, the loss is fairly consistent with numbers from previous years. Departing faculty who are lured away by competitive offers comprise the smallest percentage of all leaving faculty.

Competitive offers, however, do not necessarily mean a higher salary, McLendon explained, adding that for most people, intellectual—or sometimes person-

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percent.

“It’s sort of a good-news badnews situation,” said Jim Belvin, director of financial aid. “Yes, the interest rate is higher, but it’s fixed now.”

Rising interest rates in all sectors of the economy—including mortgage, equity and credit card sales-—contributed to the increase in loan rates, but the fixed rates ensure that further economic changes will not affect student loans.

In February, Congress passed a bill that cut the Department of Education’s budget by $12.7 billion, catalyzing the spike in the cost ofloans.

Belvin speculated that Congress may have pushed to change the interest rates in part because leaving the lower rate would hurt the federal loan system by making the program too expensive for Congress to support He also suggested that rising national interest rates could potentially cause the

payment.

“Consolidation is good when used judiciously and thoughtfully,” Belvin said, cautioning students against extending repayment over too long a period when interest would accrue significantly.

Perkins Loans—federal loans of up to $4,000 a year—will not be affected by the interest rate changes, because the rate is fixed at 5 percent by law. After July 1, Perkins Loans will once again become the most economical student loans.

“For years, Perkins was the low-price federal loan, but only in the last couple years have Stafford Loans been cheaper than Perkins Loans,” Belvin said.

“These low interest rates are a very re”

Approximately 40 percent of Duke undergraduates receive need-based financial aid, including loans. Belvin said the interest rate increase will not have an impact on

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“Wre not leaving to get away from Duke,” said Deborah Thomas, assistant professor of cultural anthropology.

She and her husband John Jackson, also an assistant professor of cultural anthropology, will take on new jobs at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall and move, in part, to be closer to their families.

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“At a different time in our lives and careers, we might have made a different de-

cision,” Thomas added.

Bruce Payne, a lecturer in public policy studies, is also one of the faculty members who is leaving this year. He will move to New York City to become the executive director of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation.

“Opportunities to lead a philanthropic organization are rare any time, and the chance is even more rare to head one that is involved with the arts in a creative and thoughtful way,” Payne wrote in an e-mail.

He added that he will retain office space at the University, however, and, “when the dust settles,” he will make time to continue teaching.

Other faculty members are leaving Duke to take up offers at Vanderbilt University, Stanford University and the Univer-

sity of California at Santa Barbara.

McLendon said that although professors are constandy receiving offers from other universities, Duke has many more successful retentions than unsuccessful ones.

“Having your faculty courted by other places is bad, but it’s not nearly as bad as not having them courted,” he said.

Some professors who leave look for different opportunities than those that the University is offering. Duke, for instance, focuses on supporting junior faculty whereas other institutions pay more heed to senior faculty members, Thomas said.

When faculty members express an intention to leave, however, Duke does all it can to convince them to stay, McLendon said.

The University makes an effort to meet professors’ educational and intellectual demands or presents them with counteroffers in terms of salary.

Proposing new programs or research opportunities is a retention strategy employed just as often as offering pay raises, McLendon added.

The School of Arts and Sciences is putting forth an effort to ensure that departments are continually becoming stronger and more appealing to current faculty.

“If you’re in a department where you have a sense that things are constantly getting better for you, for your students, for your colleagues, then opportunities elsewhere may not seem nearly as compelling,” McLendon said Often, the administration will make certain offers to its highest-performing faculty members before they are approached by other institutions in order to secure a commitment to Duke. “If we’re doing this right, we shouldn’t need somebody else to tell us what our faculty are worth,” McLendon said. “We do a lot of things pre-emptively and not wait for an external signal.”

Megßourdillon contributed to this story.

June 15.2006

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Current Duke golfers Amanda Blumenherst and Jennie Lee were among the eight Blue Devils who qualified for the U.S.* Women's Open.

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CAROLINA

Hurricanes blown away

by Paul Newberry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH The Edmonton Oilers beat three higher-seeded teams to reach the Stanley Cup finals. They weren’t going out that easy.

Fernando Pisani stunned Carolina with a short-handed goal in overtime, giving the Oilers a 4-3 victory in Game Five Wednesday night and sending the series back to Alberta.

The Hurricanes lead 3-2, but the Oilers have life. Game Six is Saturday night in Edmonton.

Carolina had the upper hand when Steve Staios dragged down Mark Recchi breaking toward the Edmonton goal 3 minutes into the extra period.

But Cory Stillman, a star of the playoffs, made a lazy cross-ice pass for Eric Staal as the Hurricanes set up a rush.

Pisani stole it at the blue line, broke in all alone on Cam Ward and beat the 22-year-old rookie with a high shot into the corner of the net over Ward’s glove at 3:31 of overtime.

“It looked like he was cheating to one side,” Pisani said. “I picked the top part of the net to shoot at. It’s great —especially when our backs are up against the wall and it’s do or die. That goal was huge.”

Staal scored his first two goals SEE ’CANES ON PAGE 10

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Ten days after President Richard Brodhead reinstated the men’s lacrosse team, the search for a permanent head coach and the recruiting process are well under way.

Director of Athletics Joe Alieva said some members of the search committee will be Athletic Council Chair Kathleen Smith, women’s lacrosse head coach Kerstin Kimel, psychology professor Martha Putallaz, Vice President of Campus Services Kernel Dawkins and Assistant Dean of Students Todd Adams. Once the committee is finalized, which is expected to occur by the end of the week, it will begin work on paring down the applicants to a short list of about four to be interviewed.

Senior Associate Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy, who is in charge of collecting applications, said he had already received about 15, made up of a mixture of college head coaches and assistant coaches. The Athletics Department’s focus will be to attract a top head coach from another program, Alieva said.

“My first priority will be to hire a head coach—someone who has experience as a head coach, someone who has an excellent track record as far as discipline on his

Director of Athletics Joe Alieva said he hopes to attract another college's head coach for the Blue Devils'top job. team, with academics and with

winning,” Alieva said. “I’m looking for the whole package.”

A list of candidates that fit that bill could include St. John’s Rick Sowell, Notre Dame’s Kevin Corrigan and Hofstra’s John Danowski. Sowell declined to comment specifically on the Blue Devils’ opening, but Newsday of Long Island, N.Y. has reported his and Corrigan’s interest.

John Danowski, whose son Matt will be a senior on Duke’s SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 12

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Sean Dockery averaged 7.1 points and 2.6 assists as a seniorfor theBlue Devils during the 2005-06 season.

ORLANDO, Fla. With legends like Larry Bird and Jerry West watching him, Sean Dockery took one more step toward his dream.

The former Blue Devil guard participated in the Orlando NBA pre-draft camp June 6-9 as part of his quest to be selected in the June 28 NBA Draft. Dockery’s team won two out of three games as the guard averaged 3.7 points, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals. Dockery played 21 minutes per game, a typical number because most coaches attempted to divide the playing time equally among the 10-person team.

“It went real well,” Dockery said of the camp. “I led my team and did what NBA scouts want a point guard to do.”

Dockery played the last day of the camp with a pulled hip flexor muscle, which he had injured during a game the day before.

Dockery said he was only at “80 percent,” and a trainer stretched him out each time he went out of the game. He still managed to score five points and register six assists, while committing six turnovers.

“I’m going to play no matter what,” Dockery said. “These opportunities don’t happen a lot, so I knew I just had to play it out.”

Dockery was never the exclusive ball handler at Duke, splitting point guard duties with Daniel Ewing during his junior season and playing off the ball during his senior year as freshman Greg Paulus took over the point. The 23-year old, however, is SEE DOCKERY ON PAGE 12

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REDICK from page 1 registered a blood-alcohol level of .11 at

the Durham County magistrate office, for driving while impaired and unlawful use of highways. He was released on $l,OOO secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court July 17.

“I regret what happened last night and

want to apologize to my family and the Duke

community for the incident,” Redick said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.

Redick was back in Durham after attending the Orlando NBA pre-draft camp last weekend. He was originally scheduled to work out with Orlando and Boston this week, but he had pulled out of those workouts, citing a sore back.

Redick’s agent, Arn Tellem, said in an email Redick had returned to Durham to receive treatment for his back.

The license checkpoint, which police spokeswoman Kammie Michael described as “routine,” was located adjacent to Kangaroo Street between the Belmont Apartments and Hillsborough Road. Redick pulled over in the Belmont parking lot after police cars began following him, and Michael said he was cooperative.

“This is nothing more than an isolated incident,” Tellem said. “Everyone who has come into contact with JJ. as a student and an athlete knows the quality person he is and will continue to be.”

It remains unclear however, what type of impact this incident could have on Redick’s draft status. He had previously worked out for Houston, Golden State, Utah and Seattle, all of which have picks in the lottery for the NBA Draft.

Paul Haagen, a law professor who chairs Duke’s student-athlete advisory committee, said the arrest may or may not cause teams to think otherwise about drafting Redick.

JJ. Redick was expected to be a lottery pick in the NBA Draft before his arrest earlyTuesday morning.

“It’s not going to help,” Haagen said. NCAA record for most three-pointers in a career, graduated in May with a degree in “It’s a bit of negative information at a parhistory. volatile time. ticularly Head coach Mike Krzyzewski released “This close to the draft negative information has a disproportionate impact. JJ. a statement Tuesday afternoon defending is in one of those positions where he has Redick’s character. the potential to go quite high or into the “JJ- knows he made a mistake and regrets it,” Krzyzewski said. “He represented middle of the first round,” he added.

Despite rumors that Redick canceled the very best in college athletics and exthis week’s workouts because of a serious hibited outstanding character at Duke the back injury or a promise from a team he last four years. He is and will continue to had already worked out for, Tellem said be a credit to the Duke Basketball family.

Redick hopes to reschedule the tryouts As his friend and his coach, he has my total support.” for next week.

Editor’s Note: “JJ. Redick: In his own Redick, who holds the Duke and ACC all-time points records, as well as the words” will not appear this week.

of the finals for Carolina, which had a chance to clinch its first Stanley Cup on home ice But the team that was born in the old World Hockey Association as the New England Whalers and moved south in 1997 will have to wait at least three more days to sip from hockey’s most treasured prize.

The cup was packed back up and shipped to Edmonton.

If the Oilers—the first No. 8 seed to reach the finals under the current playoff format—win again, it’s back to Raleigh for a decisive Game Seven Monday night. This one was played after the remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto moved through Raleigh, dumping up to eight inches of rain and flooding a major shopping mall a few miles away from the RBC Center.

But the storm tapered off in the afternoon and Carolina’s fans were able to do their usual tailgating outside the arena, whipping themselves into a frenzy by the time they got inside—only to have the team from Alberta score a stunning goal on the first shot of the game.

Pisani got a stick on Chris Pronger’s slap shot from the blue line, deflecting it past Ward only 16 seconds after the opening faceoff.

That sparked a wild first period, with the Oilers grabbing a 3-2 lead and the teams combining for more goals than either of the two games in Edmonton produced.

Both teams tightened up considerably over the final two periods of regulation.

Staal scored the tying goal midway through the second, and the teams combined for only seven shots on goal in the third.

But the Oilers controlled the overtime, putting seven shots on Ward.

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Interim head coach Kevin Cassese was an All-American twice during his 4-year career as a Blue Devil.

M.LAX from page 9 team next season, confirmed to The Chronicle that he had applied for the head

coachjob.

Other coaches who may be on Duke’s list include Princeton’s Bill Tierney and Johns Hopkins’ Dave Pietramala. Both coaches have won national championships at their respective schools, however, and could be harder to pry away from their current jobs.

Tierney and Pietramala said they had not yet been contacted by Duke and are happy in their current jobs. Neither would comment on whether they would consider Duke’s opening.

“It’s not often that a job like this opens,” Tierney said. “They’ll end up with someone very, very good.”

For any coach under contract, the general practice would be to contact the school’s athletic director, and that process has already begun, Alieva said.

Alieva hopes the coaching search will be completed by Aug. 1, or potentially sooner, but he noted that getting the committee together for a speedy interview process over the summer could be difficult.

“I think we’ll have an excellent coach,” Alieva said.

Meanwhile, interim head coach Kevin Cassese hit the recruiting trail after his introductory press conference last week. The incoming freshman class originally included seven members, and three—Ken Clausen, Scott Kocis and Tom Dodge committed to other schools when Duke released them from their national letters of intent in April.

Joining that group is Craig Dowd, an attackman from Northport, N.Y., whose older brother Kyle was a senior on Duke’s team this past season. The younger Dowd will enroll at Georgetown in January instead of Duke, Kennedy said.

The three remaining recruits—Max Quinzani, Parker McKee and Terrence Molinari—are all expected to be Blue Devils for the 2007 season.

Quinzani, who holds the national high school scoring record for men’s lacrosse, said Wednesday that Cassese had traveled to Duxbury, Mass., to watch him play in the state championship game.

“Everything is final,” Quinzani said with respect to his recruiting process. “[Cassese] is really stepping up to the plate right now for me and the other guys on the team.”

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DOCKERY from page 9 to play the point position at the level and served as his team’s floor general throughout the camp.

Dockery said he felt more comfortable as the primary ballhandler, but some thought he had work to do, as one general manager was overheard complaining about his tendency to “overdribble.”

“Some people probably saw some things they liked, some people probably saw some things they didn’t like,” Dockery said. “But I think that’s for every player here. Hopefully people saw the little things I did—l fought with an injury and I led my team.”

Like nearly all of the players who participated at the camp, Dockery’s name will almost certainly not be called in the first round of the draft. Most of the projected top picks, including Dockery’s former teammates JJ. Redick and Shelden Williams, did not play in Orlando, preferring to focus on private workouts for specific teams —a trend that has grown over the last decade.

“The truth is this is a watered down version of the camp,” Orlando Magic general manager Otis Smith said. “The guys here competed hard and gave themselves a chance, but it’s harder to evaluate them because ofall the guys who are missing.”

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“This is a once in a lifetime chance,” Dockery said. “[The process] is long and intense, but it’s worth it.”

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Many in that group, however, decided to seek greener quadrangles long before the lacrosse controversy sprung up.

Indeed, some black faculty members were dissatisfiedwith the University long before rape allegations ever hit campus, and the lacrosse situation certainly didn’t help matters.

But the way to turn things around is not to leave the University. Although difficult, the lacrosse situation is an incredible opportunity to use education as a tool for change.

Instead, some of the most outspoken black faculty members often divided the campus and, at times, seemed to distance themselves entirely from the University.

The finger must not, however, be pointed at a handful of black professors.

In recent years, it seems

that the administration has focused on black faculty recruitment as, more than anything else, a “numbers game.”

Ten new black faculty members will be joining the University next year, but six seasoned professors will not call Duke home next year—a fact that has generated worry about the future ofrecruitment.

Between 1993 and 2003, the number of black faculty doubled. Today, Duke’s 88 black faculty constitute 3.9 percent of the University’s nearly 2,500 faculty members.

Nationwide, black faculty comprise more than 5 percent of all full-time academics.

So, we’re still behind in the recruitment-numbers game and black faculty aren’t happy with how things are going.

Unless steps are taken to address the concerns that

Having your faculty courted by other places is bad, but it’s not nearly as bad as not having them courted.

—George McLendon, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, speaking about the quality of Duke faculty. See story, page 3.

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love to travel, but I hate going backwards. So a few weeks ago when I road tripped down to the Mississippi Delta to return to the small town where I had spent nine weeks last summer managing a homeless shelter, it was something new for me.

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have come to the surface in weeks, it looks like Duke might have difficulty preserving a diverse group of faculty in future years.

Whether or not black-faculty members were correct in their assessment of the University’s response to the lacrosse scandal, administrators must, at a minimum, sit down and mull over some very important topics that have been raised by a number of professors in recent days.

The lacrosse scandal has raised a number of “big picture” issues—macroscopic topics that the University will be addressing in upcoming years.

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rewarding The problem, though, is that after a month or two, we finish, and that’s the end. We learn new things, but never really see what comes of it. We get back to the Duke bubble and sort of forget about it.

When I got to Cleveland, Mississippi last summer, I was about as clueless as a new freshman at a frat party. My shelter had 18 homeless residents and suddenly I was responsible for everyone’s safety, well-being, and discipline. Young, old, victims of domestic violence, premature babies —I had to figure out the best way to get everyone’s life back on track.

It was definitely a bit overwhelming. A fellow student and I counseled, planned, organized and nagged our residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Yet, nine weeks later, I wasn’t sure that anything we had done made any sort of difference.

No one could hold onto a job long enough to save up for a deposit on an apartment, let alone rent, utilities and everything else to live on one’s own The Bob Dylan lyric kept running through my mind: “Only one thing I did wrong —stayed in Mississippi a day too long.”

Coming back to Duke, it was easy to let memories of the sleepless nights fade away —I forgot about the police knocking on the door at 1:30 a.m. with a man off the streets or the 3:00 a.m. call for help when a new mother couldn’t get her baby to stop crying.

At first I felt guilty being back in Durham, but gradually, midterms, finals and even parties blocked out those long summer nights. But I

could not help wondering what had happened to everyone—going back felt like something we just had to do.

Last week I had a chance to see most of my clients from the summer. I couldn’t believe the results. Several had managed to find apartments and keep jobs. The new baby was turning one and learning to walk.

The mentally ill gentleman was settled into an assisted living apartment. The mother who was a victim of domestic abuse was finally living with her children in a beautiful apartment. I had never seen her happier.

Certainly not everyone succeeded; there were as many downs as ups. But this was important to see too. I got to really reflect on what had worked and what didn’t. I learned a lot in nine weeks, but it didn’t mean much without the context and reflection of long-term results.

Many of the conclusions I had made when I had left turned out to be dead wrong. Some of the “sure shots” to succeed were still jobless and wandering.

I had to re-evaluate my thoughts and reshape my ideas of good and bad policies, and I am sure if I go back next year, I will have to re-evaluate all over again. After all, who cares about the data of an experiment if you can’t tell what it means.

I hear professors talk about the economics of welfare or homeless policy a lot, but some seem to have never, ever experienced anything like what they teach about.

How do you explain immigration if you have never spent substantial amounts of time talking to immigrants? How do you criticize welfare if you have no idea what it is like to live on food stamps.

Liberal, conservative—it doesn’t matter. Opinions do not mean anything if they cannot be backed up by real, practical experience. That cannot come from a few weeks of interning.

Summer is just beginning and Dukies are fanning out across the wofld for new opportunities. I hope, though, that these do not become “onetime shots.”

May they be the beginning of a long relationship of discovering through observation, and most importantly, careful follow-through.

And as you travel —one final Mississippi lesson to share: arrive for your flight on-time. When they say you won’t be allowed to board if you are late, sometimes they mean it.

From my experience stuck in the middle of nowhere—it sucks. Believe me.

David Fiocco is a Trinity Junior. r

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One fact, however, is quite raped an exotic dancer, a clear: an impornumber of black tant section of faculty members editorial the have been vocal University the adis not happy with their criticism of community in the administration right now, ministration. and administrators must reSome faculty said adminisspond in turn. trators were too slow to reAnd the past few weeks have spond to the racial issues raised by the lacrosse case and did not not been easy for black faculty adequately support their own members. Amid tough times, black professors during what black faculty were swarmed by media and students alike. was a tumultuous period.

The administration’s reIn addition, many were sponse, some have added, has asked to serve on committees been demoralizing for black to evaluate the lacrosse situafaculty and has perpetuated tion. There were certainly burdens, and there were certhe perception that the Uniis “hostile” toward black tainly difficulties. versity This year, a total of six black faculty members and students.

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Apologies necessary As an African American, an alumnus and a member of they certainly do not take cues from the rogue, the misinthe 2005 Duke men’s lacrosse program, I am revolted by formed or the fickle masses. Duke University was, is and my alma mater’s handling of the rape allegations directed will continue to be a great institution because it promotes toward members of the lacrosse team. leadership; once we let others outside of our community Richard Brodhead, Larry Moneta, other administrators dictate to us what is best for Duke out of fear or a desire and certain faculty members have flagrandy and wrongfulto appease, we lose what makes Duke special. Failing to stand up for students at Duke University ly hung members of the Duke men’s lacrosse team out to dry. is the most egregious offense that an adThis mistake has not gone unnoticed and Randall Drain ministrator—pledged to serve his students fairly and equally—can commit. will no longer be tolerated by the alumni A cloud of uncertainty has surroundcommunity. I call on all ofDuke University’s guest column alumni and donors to end contributions to Ed the case since its inception. America the University pending a formal apology iscan keep Nancy Grace and the constant sued by President Brodhead on behalf of the faculty and and nauseating spin of the “no spin zone,” but the lack of administration for failing to appropriately support memclarity in the case demands that the leaders of Duke Unibers of the Duke community. versity fully support their students throughout the processIf Duke University and its current leadership plan to es necessary for a resolution. Yet the members of the allow TV personalities, sundry activists and District Attorlacrosse team did not get that support from the profesney Mike Nifong run my alma mater, the school is not sional educators and administrators on campus. headed in the right direction, and I declare it unfit for Instead, players had to rely on an exemplary group of friends to overcome the constant abuse perpetrated by support —financial or otherwise.

This issue of a commitment to one another transcends other Duke students, as well as outsiders who were irrethe lacrosse team, athletics and the many generations of sponsibly allowed on campus despite their lack of a con' Duke graduates. Therefore, it deserves the utmost attenstructive purpose. tion. My former teammates were assaulted and harassed I am sure that soon, when they creep back into their rewhile Duke’s administrative leaders avoided “the arena,” spective corners of cowardice, no one will be able to find scheduled meetings and distanced themselves from their these gullible supporters of rash Jim-Crow-esque behavior, which is ironically and sadly endemic at a school in the own students.

South that is comprised of what the alumni network would Since the third of several versions of the alleged victim’s story was reported, the conduct of three individuals like me to believe are educated and thoughtful students. has been called into question. Even if I agreed with the Athletes devote up to half of their time at school represhallow attempt to sit the fence in reference to those three senting Duke in competition, and therefore they deserve individuals, what about the treatment of the rest of the at least as much support as any other student until we team? The other 44 members? The persecution of numerknow the truth. I would suggest the school’s leaders (not ous members of the lacrosse team, under the administraa committee) clearly and publicly articulate support for a tion’s watch, is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. remarkable group of student athletes—and yes, one can President Brodhead, your time on the sidelines is up; have a beer before he is 21 or forget to use “inside voices” Dukies don’t cower when faced with tough situations, and after 11 p.m., and still be a commendable student-athlete -

and person—as they continue to tell an unchanged story that implies their innocence.

Mr. Brodhead, you have helped to create an audience of hypocrites that may now choose to ignore the facts or “yeah but...” their way out of their past impudence. If you do not address Duke University’s abandonmentand abuse of the lacrosse team, you implicidy condone such behavior and send the message that only the lacrosse team need show remorse for their transgressions.

Most alarming for alumni is the fact that the failure to correct the rest of the community’s mistake will further divide a campus and hinder Duke’s ability to move forward.

Is this the education you plan to provide at Duke University, an education where if you are wrong with “the group,” you need not revisit your actions?

Mr. Brodhead, the fact is that many, if not most, married men in America have been to a party with a stripper.

Some white, some black, whatever; if you truly find stripping to be inappropriate, take your stand against a nation that condones the practice.

Transference is a serious problem for a leader; do not transfer blame solely onto the shoulders of my former teammates. Duke has irreversibly and in error taken something from quality young men.

You, Mr. Brodhead, and your staff have taken their youth, you have taken their pride and you have taken their innocence in the worst way possible. The indirect way. The passive way. The deniable way. The underhanded way.

This is not and will not be the Duke Way. The safety of the middle ground was never appropriate for Duke or its administrators and it grows less and less so each day. Take the opportunity to correct your mistake instead of sweeping it under the mg and waving yet another red flag ofbad

leadership.

Randall Drain, Trinity ’O5, is aformer member of theDuke men’s lacrosse team.

Being Miss Universe Thailand lam Miss Universe. Not really, of course, but to several of my Thai students I am.

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While I was teaching a class of seventh-graders Tuesday, all of the little boys kept screeching, "NATALEE! NATALEE!" each time I spoke. The shriek was usually followed by "be-a-00-ti-ful" and a requisite giggle Confused, I assumed that "natalee" was a word in Thai. As I panted in the midday heat, feverishly attempting to teach the English names of body parts, I guessed ■ ■ ■ seyward darby that the constant cry was an insult against my subthe word par teaching.

Fed up with the noise, however, I eventually threw my hands up and asked what the word meant. Anika, a young girl who speaks exceptional English, explained that "Natalie" is the name of Miss Universe.

Dumbfounded, I turned to the rest of the class with a sheepish grin, pressed my palms together in a gesture of gratitude and offered thanks in Thai. The boys nodded and again shouted, "NATALEE!" After a quick Google check that evening, I learned that, indeed, the name of Miss Universe 2005 is Natalie Glebova. She is famous in Thailand at the moment because she will be coming here to act as one of the chief ambassadors for Singha beer—the drink of choice among the Thai people. And apparendy, because I am a white woman from the Western world, I am "Natalie."

My students' complimentary generalization is only one of many examples of attention based on appearance I've received over the past two weeks in Thailand.

I am living in a town where I am among a handful of white residents. Thus, I stick out like an awkward beacon of paleness.

When I jog down the dewy streets in the mornings, young people on motorcycles shout, "HAH-LO AMERICAN!" Some even stop and offer me rides (don't worry, Mom, I always politely decline).

The children at my school smooth their small hands

over my arm hair when I pass by their desks. I can't tell whether they are disgusted or amused, but their giggles make me assume the latter.

On the island of Koh Samui, where I spent the past weekend, several women early one morning on the beach began touching and running their fingers through my curly hair, fascinated. by its texture. They oohed and aahed, jabbering in Thai, while I'sat wide-eyed, unsure of how to respond. One of the women then touched ray bare stomach with her dark hand and said, "Ah, sexy!" IfI hadn't already been sunburned, my blushing would have turned my cheeks bright red.

It's odd to be a visual uniquity—a being that stands out merely because of appearance. It's odd because being categorized, stared at, pointed at and laughed at because of the way I look is something I have never experienced. In the United States, I'm Plain Jane.

In Thailand, I'm Miss Universe.

I love the Thai culture and the nation's people. I have loved both from the start of my trip. Thailand isn't called

"the land of smiles" for nothing; the populace really is that friendly and generous. What I'm learning to love more and more each day is my place in the culture and among its people, even if only in a small city or country school.

At moments, the stares and pointed fingers are off-putting, making me feel like an alien. But at other times, they feel like extraordinary compliments.

They are gestures offered as expressions of wonder and gratitude that I have come to live in this corner of the world.

I'll keep sticking out over the next month and a half—a reality that is, day by day, becoming fine by me. I won't ever be or even look anything close to Miss Universe, but I will keep establishing, and learning to appreciate, my place and role as a pale-faced, curly-haired, stubbly-armed visitor and teacher.

Seyward Darby is a Trinity senior and editorialpage managing editor of The Chronicle. Her column runs weekly during the

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