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More than 1,500 students crammed together, waiting ih a long bar line and mingling with the opposite sex while a halfdozen police officers lingered outside. Although it sounds like a typical night at Shooters 11, many students said the place to be last Thursday was the Nasher Muse-
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um of Art’s “Nasher Noir,” a black-andwhite-themed gala affair. Even without a mechanical bull to attract them, students took advantage of a free-drink promotion and no cover charge while enjoying complimentary finger food and live jazz. Many said it was a different type of Duke social event, drawing people who would never be seen at a fraternity party or off-campus club—including President Richard Brodhead. “Seeing the student body rediscovering themselves in the context of the museum has been great fun,” Brodhead said. He declined to comment on whether he viewed events like the Nasher Noir as an alternative to fraternity and
sorority parties. Some students, however, said the event was a welcome break from the traditional scene. “If the administration wants to fix the social problems at Duke—the self-segregation, the lack of on-campus and safe social opportunities and the larger social ills of drunk driving... they should host these events every month,” senior Megan Smith said. Because of last week’s Greek Week, no greek group was allowed to register an event during the weekend, and the Nasher had a virtual monopoly on the party cir-
BY Siireya Rag THE CHRONICLE
Members of theDuke community packed the Nasher Museum ofArt Thursday for the Nasher Noir party. cuit for at least one evening. “We were able to draw from people who ordinarily might be split between a variety of different offerings,” said senior Emily Rotberg, co-president of the Nasher Student Advisory Board and a Chroni-
cle staff member. She said many seniors were attracted by the free drink they were endded to at the event. Organizers said they gave away SEE NASHER ON PAGE 5
Duke admissions: Wine and Dime? by
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sions strategy w; libations-enhanced g; of opportunism. Millionaire—and billionaire—pare tive students were wooed over elegant ing the finest vintages: Duke pretende< kid’s 2.5 GPAwas a 3.5 and gave him a top degree; in return, you dropped a bundle for a new classroom at the University. At least, that’s what Daniel Golden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for th Wall Street Journal, posits in his book ofAdmission: How America’s Ruling Cl “
Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the which hit bookshelves Sept. 5. articles Golden wrote in 2003 and the Pulitzer in 2004—the book detactics that top schools used to lure id moguls away from other colleges. :0 years, Duke transformed itself to a premier national institution g strategy: targeting rich students Hiild up its endowment,” Golden Journal article. nistration acknowledges the exisof “development tence cases”—or, students whose parents are likely to become significant donors—President Richard Brodhead said much of Golden’s research focused on a time that’s long past. SEE GOLDEN ON PAGE
Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong and defense lawyers disputed issues ranging from complaints about the district attorney’s insufficient cooperation to accusations of defense lawyer misconduct in a pretrial hearing Friday. Before the hearing, Nifong turned over 615 pages of evidence, a cassette tape and a compact disc with lacrosse team members’ e-mail records obtained from Duke by investigators earlier in the investigation. The Friday court date also marked the first Duke lacrosse rape case hearing presided over by Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith who was recendy appointed to oversee all proceedings in the case. During the hearing, defense lawyers representing Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, both members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team, filed motions requesting confirmation from Nifong on the time, location and nature of the acts their respective clients are charged with. Seligmann, Finnerty and Dave Evans, Trinity ’O6, are all charged with first degree forcible rape, first degree sexual offense and first degree kidnapping. Nifong said the alleged rape occurred sometime between 11:30 p.m. March 13, when the alleged victim arrived at the 610 North Buchanan Blvd. house rented by members of the team, and 12:55 a.m. March 14, when police arrived at the house. Kirk Osborn, Seligmann’s attorney, said Seligmann had an “airtight alibi” for the night but said knowledge of the time frame during which Nifong says the rape SEE NIFONG ON PAGE 8
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Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong was not forced to reveal his exact timeline ofMarch 13's events Friday.