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54 51 INDIANA DUKE H Magazine tabs prof BLUE DEVILS HOLD ON ‘sexiest researcher’ Sean Moroney
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Dukies may suffer barbs from outsiders doubting the attractiveness of campus residents, but this year, Duke is home to one of People Magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive. Though his professional focus is neurobiology, associate professor Erich Jarvis is making scientific inroads in a whole new area of chemistry—putting himself under the microscope of the avid bachelorette with the announcement that he is 2006’s “Sexiest Brain Researcher.” Jarvis first came to People’s attention when he won the 2002 Allen T. Waterman award, which honors candidates with exceptional achievements in scientific research. Four years later, he got the “Sexiest Man” call. “They said it was by a secret selection process. They
wouldn’t even tell me how I’d been picked,” said Jarvis, who has been at Duke since 1998. “It wasn’t an award I was seeking, but I’ll take it. “I’d definitely take the [Popular Science Magazine] ‘Brilliant 10’ award over this one, though,” he added, giving a nod to his more academic recognitions. His colleagues and others in the scientific community were impressed—but also amused. Jarvis said an e-mail from the director of neuroscience at the National Institutes of Health lauded him for the exposure his award would bring to science. “Not that I know of at least, science doesn’t usually SEE SEXIEST ON PAGE 6
Duke researcher Erich Jarvis made People Magazine's sexiest men list.
Duke never trailed against Indiana at Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday night, but the No. 11 Blue Devils’ perfect record in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge was put in jeopardy in the final minute of a game plagued by offensive inconsistency. With 34 seconds remaining, Duke (6-1) was holding onto a two-point advantage over the Hoosiers (3-2) when forward David McClure stole the inbounds and pass, Josh Mcßoberts immediately called a timeout. On the ensuing inbound play, freshman guard Gerald Henderson received the pass and had the chance to extend the Blue Devils’ lead to four following a foul. Henderson missed the first free throw in the double bonus but nailed the second to push Duke’s lead to 54-51. After Indiana missed two three-point attempts in the closing seconds, Duke walked off the floor breathing a littler easier—avoiding its second loss in three games. “It’s still early in the season,” McClure said. “I think that is the biggest part. The more that we are in games like this, the more comfortable we are going to be. Hopefully, we can keep sneaking out with wins like this, but we’re going to have to get better offensively.” Similar to the Blue Devils’
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Dave McClure had a steal and a block in thefinal minute to help seal Duke's victory. loss to Marquette a week ago, the offense struggled to find its rhythm. Duke went through scoreless stretches of four minutes or more in both halves and
only managed four field goals in the second period, The defense, however, helped SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 10
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Former N.C. Sen. John Edwards ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and is expected to do so in 2008.
The Republican Party thought it had seen the last of John Edwards in 2004. But the Democrat with a Southern twang and North Carolina roots may be making a second appearance on the 2008 presidential ballot. With the momentum of midterm elections powering them, Democrats have already made strides toward Pennsylvania Avenue —and Edwards may be the candidate to lead them there. “If he decides to run, I think he has an excellent chance of winning,” said Ed Turlington, the 2004 national general chairman for the Edwards’ campaign. “There is a lot ofresidual goodwill among voters for EdSEE EDWARDS ON PAGE 7
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From barbecues to ski trips, West Campus quadrangle councils are busy bringing events to their respective residents. Since West switched from its previous news house model to the current quad model in analysis 2001, quad councils have now become one of the biggest sources of programming for students living on West. To better foster quad unity and tackle the issue of low attendance at quad events, Campus Council is hoping to initiate a new program next semester,
through which each quad council will host a barbecue on its respective quad at the same time once a month. According to the Campus Council constitution, the primary purpose of the quad council is to promote a greater feeling of community within the quad. “In the first six weeks of the fall semester the quad council is asked to bring a sense of cohesion \ to the community and a gL | /* sense of belonging for the residents,” said Deb m ”
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