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The Landlord now has permanent residence in Cameron Indoor Stadium—and he definitely won’t have to pay rent.

Shelden Williams, Duke’s career leader in blocks and rebounds, was honored at halftime of the Blue Devils’ victory over Boston College as his No. 23 jersey was officially retired.

Williams is only the 12th player to have his number retired in the program’s 102year history.

Williams’ teammate, J.J. Redick, will become No. 13 next Sunday at halftime of the Florida State game.

President Richard Brodhead, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva and Mickie Krzyzewski, wife of head coach Mike Krzyzewski, represented the University and the basketball program in the ceremony.

Williams said he was alerted in November that the school would retire his number. The most recent player to have his jersey hung in the rafters was Jason Williams in 2003.

Brodhead said all candidates to have their jersey retired must have been named a National Player of the Year and have graduated. Williams accomplished the latter when he graduated in May 2006 with a degree in sociology.

“When I left I knew it was a possibility, but it was never official,” Williams said in a press conference before the game.

“When I first found out, I was ecstatic and I told my parents and my family, and they were very happy and proud of me. I felt truly blessed.”

Williams, who was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the fifth pick last summer, was a two-time National Defensive Player of the Year and was the only player to average a double-double under

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Shelden Williams, who graduated in 2006, became the 12thBlue Devil to have his number retired.

As a Blue Devil, he won three ACC ti-

tles, advanced to four Sweet Sixteens and made one Final Four appearance in 2004.

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Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, retired James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of physiology and internationally recognized researcher, passed away last Thursday at the age of 91.

“I never stopped asking questions,” Schmidt-Nielsen wrote in his 1998 autobiography “The Camel’s Nose: Memoirs of a Curious Scientist.”

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this weekend after chair Hanna Mahuta was fired earlier this month, committee members confirmed Sunday.

“I just felt the whole process of how she was removed was really shady and was not appropriate in any way, shape or form,” said sophomore Amar Parikh, a former member of the committee. ‘Just a lot of shady, under-the-table, backhanded things were going on.”

Mahuta, a junior and former Chronicle staff member, was asked to resign from the committee Jan. 17 by three members of the Duke University Union executive board who cited lack of communication, poor Union involvement and doubts about Mahuta’s ability to put on a successful concert.

She lost an appeal in front of the executive board Jan. 24, and sophomore Rob Carlson was appointed as her replacement.

“It was a really rash decision to change leadership so far into the year, and it pretty much doomed the committee to get a band because the plans had been interrupted,” said sophomore Kyle Copeland,

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The Pentagon is trying to cut back on a widely disliked practice, branded a backdoor draft by some critics, where the military over the past several years has held soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines on the job and in war zones beyond their retirement dates or enlistment length.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle near Najaf. A U.S. helicopter crashed during the fight, killing two American soldiers.

Mortar shells, meanwhile, hit the courtyard ofa girls’ school in a mostly Sunni Arab neighborhood of Baghdad, killing five pupils and wounding 20. U.N. officials deplored the attack, calling the apparent targeting ofchildren “an unforgivable crime.”

Two car bombs exploded within a half hour in the northern city ofKirkuk, killing 11 people and wounding 34, police Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qader said. Three ethnic groups Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen—are in a bitter struggle for control of that oil-rich area.

In addition to confirming the two Americans killed in the helicopter crash near Najaf, the U.S. command announced three combat deaths from Saturday—one Marine in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province and two Army soldiers in the Baghdad area.

Authorities said Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. aircraft fought all day with a large group of insurgents in the Zaraq —

been found. Iraqi army Maj. Gen. Othman al-Ghanemi also spoke of 250 dead but said an exact number would not be released until Monday. He said 10 gunmen had been captured, including one Sudanese.

Abu Kilel said two Iraqi policemen were killed and 15 wounded, but there was no word on other Iraqi government casualties.

Iraqi soldiers attacked at dawn and militants hiding in orchards fought back with automatic weapons, sniper rifles and rockets, the governor said.

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The plunging waterfalls and soaring crags chiseled by the Merced River draw millions of visitors each year, but the crowds are precisely what threatens the waterway and the park. Efforts to safeguard the Merced have spawned a court battle over the future of development in Yosemite National Park’s most popular stretch.

The case may come down to the challenge facing all of America’s parks: Should they remain open to everyone, or should access be limited in the interest of

In November, a federal judge barred crews from finishing $6O-million in construction projects in Yosemite Valley, siding with a small group of environmentalists who sued the federal government, saying further commercial development would bring greater numbers of visitors, thus threatening the Merced’s fragile ecosystem.

“The park’s plans for commercialization could damage Yosemite for future generations,” said Bridget Kerr, a member of Friends of Yosemite Valley, one of two local environmental groups that filed the suit.

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“I don’t think we’ve ever had a ruling with these kind of implications,” said Kerri Cahill, a Denver-based planner for the park service. “It’s going to have a direct influence on the public who care about these places.”

The case has Yosemite’s most loyal advocates sharply divided over how to balance preservation with access to public lands.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.

Vessel found in Nantucket

The Coast Guard said Sunday it discovered a fishing vessel missing since Friday night submerged 36 feet in Nantucket Sound. All four crew members were still missing. Rescuers said it appeared unlikely the crew would be found alive in the frigid waters, but they would continue the search.

Barbaro into surgery again Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro suffered another significant setback over the weekend when surgery was performed Saturday to insert two steel pins in a bone to eliminate all weight-bearing on the ailing foot.

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advantages of the bus service “It’s more convenient [than a cab] because you don’t have to worry about whether or not it’s going to show up,” junior Charlotte Sibley said. “You’re guaranteed the bus is going to be at the stop every 20 minutes Other students, however, said every 20 minutes is not quite convenient enough to offer an edge over taking a taxi.

“When people go to Ninth Street, they don’t want to have to wait on a schedule,” freshman Diana Trump said.

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With a large bouquet of flowers and quiet music playing in the background, a crowded Goodson Chapel set the stage for sophomore Claire Crowley’s memorial service Saturday morning.

During the service, more than a dozen of Crowley’s close friends shared somber, and at times, humorous remembrances of “Claire Bear”—including sophomore Katie Noto, who read Claire’s self-description as it appeared on the women’s ultimate frisbee team’s website.

“Claire is a subtraction major at the Duke engineering school. She enjoys drinking Mello Yello, listening to Bob Dylan and solving ethnic conflict,” Crowley wrote about herself. “When she’s not playing ultimate, Claire spends her free time looking up long words in the dictionary and cultivating borderline offensive sarcastic tendencies.”

Crowley passed away Dec. 23 after she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle in her hometown of Clemmons, N.C.

“She always had a continuous roaring of laughter and a snarky sarcasm,” said sophomore Samantha Fahrbach, the first one to speak at the memorial. “When I was with Claire, I felt at home.”

Fahrbach’s sentiments were carried through the service by many of the other speakers., who ranged from Crowley’s hallmates and teaching assistants to her teammates and best friends. Each speaker highlighted a different characteristic of her personality.

“She would point out the good things in anyone else, sometimes missing the good things about herself,” sophomore Catherine Nelson said.

Sophomore Laura Cannon noted that Crowley never seemed to be intimidated and was able to challenge Cannon in a way few other people ever had.

“She reminded me each time we met and saw each other what life is supposed to be like,” said sophomore Virginia Crowder. “She always helped us all calm SEE CROWLEY ON PAGE 8

The pilot program for a new off-campus bus route made its debut Thursday night and was a definite success with students, said David Snider, Duke Student Government’s vice president for athletics and campus services.

The bus runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. from the West Campus and Anderson Street bus stops to Ninth Street and Brightleaf Square.

“It’s been fantastic,” said Snider, a senior. “I actually went out around midnight on Thursday and everyone who got on was saying what a great resource it was.”

He added that the bus is a safe alternative to walking from local hotspots to West and Central campuses. Other students cited cost and convenience as the foremost

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On an average day, the Know Restau& Bookstore is all that it sounds—a quaint bookstore with bright fluorescent lights burning above shelves of literature with a connecting restaurant serving traditional Southern-home cooking.

But Friday night* patrons of the local bookstore may have a different experience.

These customers find a unique cultural hub—the fluorescent lights traded out for more fashionable red bulbs and the quiet hum of ovens in the kitchen replaced by a vibrant jazz concert by local musicians.

Bassist Freeman Ledbetter said the Know has created a home for jazz in Durham.

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The Aeolian organ in the Duke Chapel was removed from the building last week and will be restored and cleaned during thenext 18 months.

Evebell Dunham knows what it’s like to get old, so the Duke Chapel altar guild member feels a certain kinship with the church’s Aeolian organ.

The organ, located in the front of the Chapel, was disconnected last week and will be restored —with some parts removed for cleaning—at a cost of $2-2 million. It is slated to return to duty in November 2008.

Dunham knew the 75-year-old giant wasn’t what it used to be. When she could not get to church, she listened to radio broadcasts of services at the Chapel. When she heard a clear wheeze emanating from the organ’s 6,570 pipes, she could tell her old friend was not in the best of health.

“It’s very important to me, somehow it’s like part of the sermon, and I’m delighted it’s going to be revived,” Dun-

at $2.2M cost ham said. ‘You could tell it was getting old, just like me.”

Though not as visually striking as the Flentrop organ located in the rear of the Chapel, the Aeolian is larger and serves as the primary organ for accompanying choirs during concerts and worship services.

Installed in 1932 and named for the company that built it, it is one offour organs in the building. It has four manuals—or keyboards —and a pedalboard.

The organ’s greatest significance, however, is not in its specifications but in its meaning to listeners, said Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life.

“A lot of people connect the Chapel with music and the music is where their faith connects, so for a lot of people it’s a symbol of faith,” he said. “The Chapel is SEE CHAPEL ORGAN ON PAGE 6

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The food of choice in the Great Hall Friday evening was hot dogs—los of them.

Seven students competed in Sausage Fest 2K7 to see who could eat the most hot dogs in 20 minutes during Campus Council’s monthly Fridays on the Plaza.

Senior Chris Shaw and sophomore Rhut Vasavada both finished eight hot dogs—dividing the prize of a trophy and a $5O gift certificate to Southpoint Mall.

A miscount first declared Shaw the sole winner, but the error was quickly corrected.

“I don’t know what the official hot dog rules are,” said Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior.

He noted that Vasavada finished eight whole hot dogs and Shaw ate seven and two halves.

“The trophy looks cool and I haven’t won a trophy in like 10 years,” Vasavada said after the win.

The winners each had a different strategy: Shaw said he doubled up on the hot dogs as he had seen others do during televised contests, while Vasavada opted to dip the hot dog buns in water.

“It tasted horrible, but [the bread] went right down,” he said. “But it was too gross to keep doing.”

Shaw, who selected the gift certificate, had to take a mid-contest break to refill his beer cup, which he said didn’t slow him down.

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ing no significant effect on student interest,” Guttentag said.

All the college counselors interviewed by The Chronicle said they agreed with Guttentag’s evaluation of the media’s impact.

“We certainly have a lot ofkids applying to Duke regular decision this year. There doesn’t seem to have been any effect,” said Anne Hall, director of college counseling at Episcopal Academy, a coeducational day school outside of Philadelphia. “I’ve never heard anything from any counselor saying they are concerned. People know that the incident has nothing to do with the educa-

tional community.”

Regular decision application numbers from Episcopal Academy are on track with last year, when six students from EA matriculated at Duke.

“Not only are there large numbers of students applying to Duke from EA this year, but the quality is extremely strong consistent with previous years,” Hall said.

Although general student and parent interest seems to have remained consistent with years past, several counselors reported incidents in which parents prevented their children from applying because of safety concerns.

“I’ve seen one case of a parent, a Duke alum, who was concerned enough to not let her child apply,” saidjohn Reider, a college counselor at the University School in San Francisco. “[However] I take that one parent as a complete anomaly.”

Applicants interviewed by The Chronicle also dismissed the idea that media coverage had altered their perceptions of the University. For many high schoolers, the past year’s media coverage has been too mixed and contradictory to change their opinion of the University, said Madeline McCrary, a high school senior from the Key School in Annapolis, Maryland who was accepted early decision.

“I don’t think media coverage of the lacrosse scandal influenced people,” McCrary said. “There is just so much being reported. The scandal is just too convoluted and confusing to judge the University on.”

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how high school apUniversity. the plicants view Guttentag said the level of interest from potential applicants at fall information sessions was consistent with that seen in past years. Since the University’s announcement earlier this month, he added, regular decision applications have risen close to last

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year’s numbers.

“We were struck by the fact that throughout the summer and fall how few people asked about campus climate, about safety,” Guttentag said. “The number of questions we received is not significantly different than in the past.” Guttentag said his anecdotal impressions were confirmed by conversations with high school college counselors.

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adding that she was considering resigning from the committee.

Some Major Attractions members said they were surprised by the executive board’s conduct.

“I was never informed by Rob Carlson and [Union President] Alex Apple that anything was going on,” said sophomore Katie Neufeld, former co-chair of the committee. “Rob wasn’t even a co-chair to begin with, he hardly went to any meetings.... At the very least, if they didn’t want Hanna as the chair, they should have taken a vote or given it to someone who was very involved.”

Apple, a senior, could not be reached for comment Sunday.

Junior Katelyn Donnelly, Union chief financial officer, said the executive board did not reconsider its decision after receiving a letter from 15 committee members protesting Mahuta’s firing.

“The Duke University Union executive board acted in the best interest of the students,” she said, adding that the Major Attractions committee has not been privy to all the negotiations. She said the executive board has full confidence in the committee’s new leadership.

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Several high school college counselors have said there has been no influence ofthe lacrosse scandal on admissions. the admissions office seem to confirm the

impression that Duke’s image has not suffered with college counselors, prospective applicants or their parents, Guttentag said.

Since the University issued numbers 9, applications have continued to trickle in. Earlier in the month, Guttentag announced that about 18,500 students had applied for admission to the Class of 2011.

Since then, the number has risen to 19,009, compared to 19,387 last year. The revised number of regular decision applications—17,813 —was only down less than one half of one percent from last year.

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that online media, like blogs, had had on prospective applicants.

“No potential applicant has come to me and said, ‘I read this in a blog, and I’m making this decision,’” he said.

Guttentag added that the type of student that applies to Duke knows that he or she should be skeptical ofmedia coverage.

“They know that there is a real institution that is Duke University that has been appealing to thousands of students for a long time,” he said. “I don’t think anyone is going to let a single blog, what they only read or see in the news media, make a decision for them. As always, students are interested in looking for themselves.”

“I understand people’s feelings... but at and with any organization that is very acthis point we need to have a show, so if tive,” she said. “Not enough time has transition. people can’t put this behind them and passed for [the former members] to realize “I felt that the process should have start working, then it is better to have a how huge a mistake this could be for them been much more transparent and clear, es- smaller group,” he said. “Right now we’re and how much they’re losing by resigning.”

The decisions to resign were fueled by pecially to memin a great posibers of our comtion, we have a dissatisfaction, however, with the commitmittee,” said couple of differ- tee under Carlson’s leadership.

“If they didn’t want Hanna as ent “It seemed unlikely that I could give any options—I junior Aulden Burcher, a forthe chair, they should have think that we are contribution to the committee given its presmer member of pretty close to ent situation,” junior Alex Stapleton said. taken a vote or given it to somethe committee.

Parikh said that, to his knowledge, booking some“I questioned one.”

Mahuta’s original plans had been dropped one who was very involved.” whether a show Sophomore in favor of other forms ofentertainment.

Katie Neufeld Noah Swertloff, can happen this “I don’t think it’s going to be a concert late in the year AttracMajor anymore.... I think they were pursuing coformer co-chair, Attractions committee with a person in tions CFO, said medians,” he said. “They’re still in the he will not resign planning process —they’re where we were charge that has not been active or that has never done a and is confident there will be a show this in the fall now.” show of this magnitude semester.

Carlson said the committee is considerSeveral members of the committee said “I think [Carlson] has been very proacing all entertainment options.

Nonetheless, some former members Carlson was the one who originally raised tive, very responsible—he’s been in conthe complaints against Mahuta. tact with agents. I think he will do a good still hope the new committee will be able “It was really convenient that Rob Carljob,” Swertloff said, noting that Mahuta to pull through with a show.

“I think the show that Hanna was planson —who led the complaint—became the had been doing a “fine job.”

Senior Alex Oliveira, a former member ning was by far bigger and better than any new chair,” Parikh said. “Nobody else had of the executive board, said she agrees that current options, but I think a good concert any idea that anybody was dissatisfied.”

But Carlson said Major Attractions is Carlson will be successful, but said the will still come out of this process, with or without Hanna and the old committee,” considering several options for the April 7 members’ resignations were rash.

“It’s pretty clear that there are problems Burcher said. show, and an offer should be made by the end of next week. with the current executive board structure Rob Copeland contributed to this article. ”

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for local restaurants and bars, Snider said.

“Cosmic [Cantina employees] noticed an increase in their business just from the first night,” he said.

Snider estimated that by about 12:30 a.m. Thursday night, more than 200 students had taken advantage of the program.

Duke bus driver Eric Newquist estimated the numbers averaged around 150 to 170 people per night.

Publicity for the pilot program came from e-mails to the student body and flyering around campus, but some students and employees said awareness of the program relied too heavily on word-of-mouth.

“It seemed like a good idea, but it wasn’t well publicized,” Newquist said. “I myself hadn’t heard about it until I saw it in The Chronicle.”

Sibley, who had encouraged her friends to consider the option, said as the program continues it may become better known among students.

“I felt like once people had experienced it or talked to someone who had taken the bus, they would think it was a good idea,” she said. “I think if you can just get enough people to try it then it will be successful.”

Although a similar program enacted by Parking and Transportation Services in the past garnered little support from students, Snider said the administration was “very willing to run the pilot program.”

“They got it off the ground very quickly,” Snider said. “It was important for me to be able to show them that there is a student demand, that the route is possible logistically and that it will be supported.”

Snider said in coming weeks, will focus on monitoring the timing of the bus schedule and responding to the defnand for long-term funding.

“I think the real test will be whether Campus Services and Student Affairs are willing to put their money in, because obviously students want it,” he said.

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The Know bookstore has attempted to build on Durham'sand North Carolina's deep history in blues music.

such a big and grand place that it needs big and grand things to fill it up.

The Aeolian is an instrument that has not only the beauty but also the grandeur of the Chapel.”

Upon reinstallation, the organ will be renamed for Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon, who with her husband Aubrey contributed $600,000 to its restoration in 2003.

The reconditioning was arranged primarily by John Santoianni, Ethel Sieck Carrabina curator of organs and harpsichords, and David Arcus, Chapel organist and associate University organist.

Until the Aeolian is replaced, the Chapel will rely more heavily on the Flentrop as well as an electronic organ recently purchased from a local church.

The organ’s supporters managed to rebuff a movement in the late 1980 to remove the Aeolian but did not muster the funds for reconditioning until this fall.

“This is a magnificent instrument for the way that we use it, namely in the context of worship services and for accompanying the choir,” Arcus said. “I think the University put its heart in the right place back in 1980 when it determined that it was committed to the instrument.”

He added that the delay helped to prevent the bad restoration decisions made with other instruments of the same vintage.

Changes in store for the organ range from cleaning to modification of the chambers where pipes are housed in hopes of achieving a clearer sound.

The console—the location where the organist sits to play the instrument—will be replaced with a more advanced unit, but will remain on display in the Chapel.

The new console will allow for playback through the pipes and will make it easier for the organist to switch registrations, or combinations of pipes, meaning the organ will be a more useful educational tool, Arcus said.

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DURHAM JAZZ from page 3 “Our purpose here is to pass the music on,” he said. “[Jazz has] a powerful meaning, so we do what we can to keep it living and make a living doing it.”

Seated in the shadows at the back of the room was Bruce Bridges, founder and owner of the bookstore. Three years ago, Bridges began hosting the event that has for many Durham residents become a part of the Bull City’s cultural landscape.

The Know, founded in 1981, was the first African-American bookstore in Durham and the oldest in North Carolina.

“We created a market for black people wanting to know about themselves,” Bridges said, adding that the idea for the store came from “The Cultural Awareness Seminar,” a radio talk show he hosted during the ’Bos. Bridges has lectured on African-American culture on campuses around the world and built the store as a place to honor African-American literature.

“People asked me to start teaching the community, so people who weren’t enrolled in college could hear some of the facts,” he said.

Several patrons and performers at the Know noted that jazz is an essential part of

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“Jazz has a long-established relationship not only in Durham, but in North Carolina,” said John Brown, director of the jazz program. “The fact that there are so many people that embrace the music and recognize its heritage and history speaks to the power of the music itself.”

Brown said that North Carolina has a rich history in the musical form, nodng that Coltrane, Monk and Nina Simone were all natives of the state.

From the swinging ’2os to the ’4os, Durham was known for producing the blues style called Bull Durham Blues.

“The music crosses racial, economic and social lines,” Brown said. “The community is very supportive of the music and musicians... [which is] a mark of people who are true lovers of the music.”

For Ledbetter and many patrons of the Know’s jazz nights, it really is all about the music.

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“I feel awesome, psyched and a little nervous,” he said before the start. “It’s been my life-long dream—ever since I saw a little Japanese man pound it, I wanted to pound it too.”

Vasavada noted that Takeru Kobayashi—the world hot dog-eating record holder—is his eating idol.

Sophomore Hope Lu, a Campus Council at-large representative and organizer of the event, signed up at the last minute to be the only female participant.

“I did it because there were no girls—even though I hate hot dogs,” she said. “It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I feel disgusting.”

Sophomore Ham Yamamoto said he felt the same just observing the competidon.

“It makes me disgusted to sit here and watch,” Yamamoto said.

Spectators at the competition cheered the contestsome standing on chairs to see better.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen this —I think it’s crazy” said senior Buki Samuel.

Ganatra estimated that approximately 200 to 300 students showed up for the event, noting that the venue and cross-programming with fraternity semiformals made it difficult to attract a larger crowd.

“The goal with this, with all programming, is to allow social contact among the students,” said junior Hasnain Zaidi, Campus Council facilities and services chair. “I consider this a success when all the people here, and the people not here, are having a good time.”

Attendees said the program is a great idea, but many students did not know about it.

“It’s nice that campus groups try so hard. I think it works better in the fall semester,” said sophomore Thilan Wijesekera. “I saw flyers being put up yesterday.”

Ganatra, however, said publicity for the event was fine.

“Nobody can say they didn’t know about it,” he said.

“If you have a Duke e-mail account, you knew.” ants on,

CROWLEY from page 3 our stressed-out souls.”

And while her friends described Crowley’s personality quirks and traits, junior Andy Cunningham, a TA in the class AIDS and Other Emerging Diseases: Focus on Kenya, spoke about her extensive work with the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research.

Crowley had plans to travel to Muhuru Bay, Kenya this summer to help with the creation of the first girls’ boarding school and research center in the region.

Cunningham read several e-mails he and Crowley had exchanged throughout one day in the semester, which highlighted her enthusiasm and dedicationfor the project.

Despite Crowley’s many accomplishments, sophomore Dana Stefanczyk said that last, semester Crowley had confidently admitted that she had no idea what she wanted to do with the rest of her life.

Rev. Canon Samuel Wells, dean of the Duke Chapel, said that although Crowley’s life was cut horribly short, the service Saturday celebrated the beauty ofher life and of her impact at Duke and around the world.

“She does and will forever live in my present memory,” sophomore Kathy Choi said.

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, a professor of physiology who was memorialized in Science Drive's camel statue, passed away at the age of 91 Thursday.

SCHMIDT-NIELSEN Schmidt-Nielsen on campus.

The professor stands next to an imperious-looking camel in a bronze statue on Science Drive between the Biological Sciences building and the Gross Chemistry laboratory. Bunches of flowers were placed at the statue’s feet this weekend after news of Schmidt-Nielsen’s death spread.

Schmidt-Nielsen—who was bom in Norway in 1915 and came to the University in 1952—won international acclaim for his study of the physiology of animals inhabiting extreme environments, with special emphasis on the desert.

Inducted into the Royal Society of London in 1985, Schmidt-Nielsen also received the International Prize for Biology from the Emperor of Japan in 1992. The prize is considered to be the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for non-medical biology.

“Knut is actually one of the most outstanding scientists who has ever been at Duke,” said Stephen Nowicki, dean of the natural sciences, who described Schmidt-Nielsen as “generous and fun-loving and alive.”

“He was continually looking for new things and new perspectives,” Nowicki said. “He was forever young intel-

lectually.”

The statue of Schmidt-Nielsen was commissioned by Stephen Wainwright, James B. Duke Professor of zoology, and sculpted by British artist Jonathan Kingdom, who was well known for his portrayal of African mammals.

“It’s reminiscent of heraldic statues of an earlier age of man and an animal, but here the man is off the animal, actually looking up at the animal,” Nowicki said.

“What Kingdom captures is the camel looking at the man and the man at the camel. The man is interested in learning about the camel, but he does it on the camel’s own terms, and the camel responds in a noble way,” Nowicki added.

Schmidt-Nielsen and his dromedary companion are a familiar sight to students with classes on Science Drive, but several students said they were not aware of the statue’s significance.

“I always thought ‘How random that there would be a statue of a camel and a guy’,” said freshman Connie Chai.

“Maybe they should put up a plaque or something to tell people what the statue’s for.”

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Some alumni have been of charges brought against very outspoken against Presithree men’s lacrosse players. dent Brodhead and the These graduates are misguided in their thinking, plac- Group of 88 faculty who ing too much emphasis on an signed the ad “What Does a incident, rather than on Duke Social Disaster Sound Like?”

Writing letters to the editors as an institution, and potentially hurting the rest of the of various print publications and posting comments on University because of it.

While no solid numbers on blogs and online news stories, alumni giving were cited in this small group ofalumni has the article, President Richard demonized some members of Brodhead told The Chronicle the Duke community.

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gapore and the Middle East Even if some alumni do not agree with every action Brodhead has taken in the wake of the lacrosse scandal, they should recognize that he has been an excellent representative of and advocate for this University in other, more substantive areas that pertain far more to the health of Duke and its students.

Alumni who might refuse to donate are misplacing their anger against a few people onto the entire school. Duke has been and is reexamining itself because of the lacrosse scandal, addressing problems that were brought to light through the Campus Culture Initiative and its various subcommittees; Most students and professors would not say that Duke is a worse place than be-

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intent to never donate to Duke and to discourage others from donating as well. In doing so, these alums are overlooking the student body and the well-being of the University as a whole; by threatening to halt, and potentially withhold, their financial support, they are hurting everyone at Duke.

By focusing attention on this single case, these alumni miss the many good, indeed, excellent things that have happened at Duke recently and that are in the works for the future.

The Financial Aid Initiative is well over halfway toward its $3OO million goal. A new strategic plan, “Making a Difference,” has been formulated and put into action. Brodhead has continued Duke’s push to expand internationally, traveling to China, Sin-

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fore the lacrosse incident, Major donors, those who have consistently supported the University’s growth, recognize that the lacrosse case does not define Duke; they know there’s a lot of good at this University and have continued to donate. That the number of donors has decreased but the amount donated has stayed constant also means that some alumni have increased their donations. In short, all is not cloudy on the giving horizon.

A small minority of alumni has stopped donating to Duke, and others are claiming they will do so. But we hope that those considering a donation in the coming weeks and months take a moment to consider the whole picture, not just one unfortunate series of events.

of radicalism

there are many good, decent and commendable professors on our campus, there are also a number of professors that are unethical, unbalanced and out of control. The lacrosse scandal has made this shameful reality all too apparent. And it is students who pay the price for their radical behavior.

Consider the case of Kyle Dowd, a Duke lacrosse player who graduated last year with an above-average GPA. Last spring, his professor, Kim Curtis, signed the abominable “social disaster” ad, which pointed the finger of guilt Stephen miller at the lacrosse team, praised the protesters miller time who rushed to judgment and slandered our student body as racist.

It seems Curtis, however, did not limit herself to merely using words to unleash her contempt at the lacrosse team and to issue her warped brand of justice. No, it seems she decided to give Dowd an F in her course simply because he was a member of the lacrosse team.

“In a class of approximately 40 students, only two final papers received an ‘F’, and a professor who has publicly aligned herself with the false accuser in the criminal investigation gave those two grades of ‘F’ to the only two lacrosse players in the class,” according to a letter from the player’s attorney to Assistant Duke University Counsel Kate Hendricks in September.

Moreover, she also failed Dowd in participation even though his attendance had been almost perfect until he had to miss some class sessions because of meetings with attorneys. Dowd gave Curtis advanced notice of these utterly excusable absences and Curtis registered no complaint.

The amazing thing is, when one calculates all of his grades in the class —including her sinister decisions to fail him in participation and on his final paper—his grade still equals a D and not an F. Thus, Curtis gave Dowd two F’s he wholly did not deserve and then an overall F in the course that wasn’t even his mathematical mark.

Countless hours and thousands upon thousands of dollars in legal fees later, the school, under the dismal leadership of President Brodhead, will not budge beyond giving Dowd a D —thus accepting the two unjustifiable F’s—even though it’s clear to any objective observer that Dowd’s performance merits the P that he and his attorneys are demanding.

Justice is evidently a foreign concept to our administration.

Indeed, it truly is stunning to consider some of

the disturbed people Duke hires to teach its students. Houston Baker, who was kind enough to leave us for Vanderbilt, taught for both the African and African-American Studies and English departments during his time at Duke. Also a member of the group of 88, he wrote a particularly vitriolic open letter in the wake of the lacrosse allegations, writing that the team, “may well feel they can claim innocence and sport their disgraced jerseys on campus, safe under the cover of silent whiteness. But where is the black woman who their violence and raucous witness injured for life? Will she ever sleep well again?”

But it gets worse. What follows is the text of an e-mail Baker sent to Kyle Dowd’s mother, in response to a polite and thoughtful lettershe authored to the group of 88: “LIES! You are just a provacateur [sic] on a happy New Years Eve trying to get credit for a scummy bunch of white males! You know you are in search of sympaathy [sic] for young white guys who beat up a gay man in Georgetown, get drunk in Durham, and lived like ‘a bunch of farm animals’ near campus.

“I really hope whoever sent this stupid farce of an email rots in.... umhappy [sic] new year to you and forgive me if your [sic] really are, quite sadly, mother of a ‘farm animal.’”

Then of course there’sKarla Holloway, chair of the Campus Culture Initiative subcommittee on race and another member of the group of88, who resigned her post in protest over the decision to allow our demonstrably innocent peers to return to campus.

AAAS Professor Mark Anthony Neal also signed the ad and spoke out against the team, claiming that, “regardless of what happened inside of 610 N. Buchanan Blvd, the young men were hoping to consume something that they felt that a black woman ...

uniquely possessed.”

Here is how Neal described his own

intellectual

approach in an interview with Duke Magazine this

summer: “I have an alter ego—my intellectual alter ego. My intellectual alter ego is thugniggerintellectual —one word.... I warded to embody this figure that comes into intellectual spaces like a thug, who literally is fearful and menacing. I wanted to use this idea of this intellectual persona to do some real kind of ‘gangster’ scholarship, if you will. All right, just hard, hard-core intellectual thuggery.”

Then there’s Wahneema Lubiano and Diane Nelson and William Chafe and...

Will Brodhead ever have the courage and integrity to condemn those who defame and persecute his students? Will professors on this campus ever be held accountable?

Stephen Miller is a Trinity senior. His column runs

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Just words

You’ve

probably figured this out, but I’ll lay it out there anyway—I’m white. I’m so white that they named me Lindsay White to really drive the point home. And, like most white people mired in higher education, I’m constantly on the lookout for ways in which my language, actions and general worldviews might be offensive to anyone who doesn’t look like me.

Generally, I’m happy to do this, because if I didn’t, people would perceive me as an insensitive cow. But the entire endeavor is getting ridiculous. And excessive.

0 Someone recently told me, and a few more later confirmed, that the term Hispanic is no longer an acceptable word to use. Everyone who’s told me this is white. Hispanic, which ‘ ed was an lindsay white propnate, inoffensive term for biweekly sass Spanish-speaking people in the United States, is apparentterm was coined in 1973 by with The loaded implications. ly, some bureaucrats under PresidentRichard Nixon to categorize people for the U.S. Census. And though Nixon probably had very little to do with the decision, many have decided that he came up with the label in a callous move to group a bunch of very different people into one category. Because Hispanic has become ingrained in modem U.S. vernacular as a term that groups together all Spanish-speakers, regardless of race, it is now considered by many too broad and insensitive to the ethnic complexities of the community.

I’m sorry; I had no idea. I didn’t know that every time you use the term Hispanic, you’re perpetuating a trend of ignorance and insensitivity. And that you’re probably even hinting that you really liked Nixon’s politics.

But stop. The political correctness has gotten out ofhand.

Hispanic is just a word. It’s not filled with hate or a history of bigotry and oppression. It’s Just a descriptive term designed to do nothing but illustrate, not label or disrespect, a group of people. I use ethnic terms like Hispanic, white and black.

Am I really saying, “I don’t care if you’re Mexican or halfGuatemalan. You’re all the same and, in my blind, white ignorance, I will treat you as such?” No. By all means, if someone requests that I refer to them as Chicano or Mexican, I’m not going to refuse. But I’m also not going to systematically examine my vocabulary like a refrigerator full of precariously dated food, sanitizing and weeding-out any terms that have recently become un-PC. Our society has become obsessed with politically correct language. Especially within the realm of higher education, we are trained to be constant watchdogs for terms that might have implications or a history. Most of us have learned to avoid the outright offensive and historically hateful words. But society just isn’t satisfied with that: We have to pick apart words, delve deep into their etymologies looking for red flags. Most of us have forgotten, or never knew, words’ etymologies and implications.

The whole process has become exhausting.

You’ve probably seen it before, in a history class or a large group of people. People will be trying to describe a certain population. In the midst of dodging around generalizations about crime-rates or socio-economic statuses of minorities they hesitate, even justfor a second. They might look around to see what ethnicities are represented in the conversation.

And then they rush through the word: Latino, Hispanic, black, African American or Native American. They’re confused about what word they’re supposed to use. They don’t know what’s offensive and what’s not. They’re terrified someone’s going to jump on them for using a word that has been designated insensitive.

Does it matter what we call people? Sure, but not as much as some believe. By using certain categorizing words we are not attempting to press an identity upon them in a detrimental way. When we compulsively check ourselves for undiplomatic language, we are giving words power of their own, power which they honestly don’t need to have.

Society has found problems with a whole range of words, many dealing with gender rather than race, like mankind or ladylike. Who cares? Hispanic is just a word. Fireman is just a word. Quibbling over vocabulary like this is a waste of time.

There is enough ignorance and chauvinism in our society to deal with; we don’t need to see a problem where there isn’t one.

There is real, live racism in the world, and I promise you it’s not hidden in the mysteries of semantics. There are bigger fish to fry. Let’s not strip down our language until we’ve neutered or eliminated any words that hint at generalization or grouping.

So please, call me white. I don’t mind. “

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Internal monologues C-4 Bus Driver at 2 a.m.

If I have to explain to these kids one more time how this route works, I think I mightjust shoot myself in the foot. Shouldn’t DUKE imply SMART? How hard is to understand that this route runs after 8 p.m and MOVE BACK! People, MOVE BACK! Anyway, it really is quite simple. To get to East from Central you must first go to West, and then take the C-l to monday mon day East. We go backwards from the C-2 route, so I James and Joyce expect you to wait on the opposite side of the street—BEFORE I GET THERE. I hate this night shift. Drunk kids wailing anything Carson Daly played from 1997-2001. I don’t want no scrub, a scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me.

You try getting it out of your head once you’ve heard it.

I should make the “No Food or Drink” sign bigger. I see that Busch spilling out ofyour Solo cup! Really people, have some class. All this hooliganism and they’re going to be the future leaders of my country, making millions—What do you mean you meant to pull the chord for the NEXT stop? Some of these conversations are priceless though. “Dude big beers at Satty’s are so awesome. Dude, you know what else? Girls, man, girls are awesome. Dude you know what would be totally awesome? A big beer and a girl at THE SAME TIME.” Wow, that girl just dropped her phone in her beer, and she’s leaving her DukeCard on the seat. Oh well.

Joyce What’s-Her-Face will just have to get it tomorrow. ''

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Joyce’s Walk of Shame I can’t believe I spent the night. I really need to pee.

Does he really have a life-sized poster of “The Kiss?”

And Jim Morrison? How generic. Damn it, bathroom’s locked. Can’t find the keys in this mess of a room.

Oh no, it’s 9 a.m. already. I’m meeting my roommate’s parents for brunch in an hour. Okay, need to find the clothes... There’s the dress—but where’re the leggings that make the outfit? Never mind, they can be a memento: nothing says sexy like leggings.

I hope he remembers my name. Cosmo recommended leaving a note. Ah, post-it “Thank you Adam for a good time. Facebook me! XOXO, Joyce.” That’ll do it.

Facebook says I’m looking for dating and a relationship.

I hope he takes the hint. I don’t want to be known as a frat mattress —none of that random play for me.

Where am I? Edens is so confusing. I managed to go three years at Duke without venturing to Edens, and the one time I hook up with a guy in Edens, I’m living offcampus. Great. Fine, I’ll call Safe Rides. What the... my phone isn’t turning on. It also smells like beer. Not a

good sign—l guess I’ll walk back.

Why are all these people so nicely dressed? No, is that... “Hi Laura! Mr. and Mrs. Hume! Off to church I see. I’m... umm... just running some errands. Buying textbooks and such. Yes, yes, I’m still up for brunch.

Laura, quick question: Is this dress too formal for the WaDuke? A little bit? No, of course this isn’t the same dress from last night. Okay, I’ll just run on home and change. See you all soon!”

I really hope they bought that. Last night was totally not worth this embarrassment. I mean, I’m no fan of the cliched hooking up to “Sexual Healing.” But that’s infinitely better than making out to the dulcet tones of Ludacris’ “Move bitch, get out the way” next door. I’m never doing this again. Done with boys. Well, until Thursday. I hope Adam asks me to his semi. That would be so sweet. Like, super-fantastic totally awesome. Hey there’s James. I bet he’s shaming it up too.

James’ Walk of Shame Hellz yeah! Who the man? I’m the man! Who the man? I’m the man! Make some noise people, put your hands together for the studmufifin. Hmm... muffin has a pretty girly connotation. Okay okay, give it up for the “sexy luvah,” the super stud, the man who’s going to rock your world! Who the man? I’m the man! Who the... OW! What was that?

Militant Squirrels on a West Campus Quad Goose: I’m going in for the kill, locked and loaded. speed 5 mph! 6 meters to target!

Fire! Fire!

Goose; Missed! Reload! Reload!

Mav: Back to the tree!

Goose: Roger that.

Fred: What are you doing? You’re not playing Top Gun again are you?

Mav; That’s right, Iceman! We’re heading out.

Goose: I got a single, four o’clock.

Mav; Second that, I’m going in.

Goose: Watch the branch!

Mav; Were we expecting visitors?

Goose: Negative! Hostile detected! Cat at three o’clock. Evasive action!

Mav: I can’t shake him! Hostile’s all over me!

Goose: Mav! Talk to me!

Mav: Target: male 6:00. Tousled hair, dress shirt... definite walk-o-shamer.

Goose: I’m going in! This one’s for you Mav! Fire in the hole! Bingo!

Mav: Mav and Goose 1, Dukie 0. Mission AccomMaverick; Wind

plished.

James and Joyce are stoked about the new party bus. Jessica Ballou and Supama Salil have no real experience with the walk of shame. We promise.

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John Danowski ran hisfirst official spring practice as Duke's headcoach on the West Campus turf fields Friday.

Nearly 300 days after its 2006 season was cut short, Duke could not wait one more to officially start its 2007 campaign when it took the field Friday.

“We were actually going to start tomorrow, but we were all jumping out of our skin,” head coach John Danowski said.

The Blue Devils practiced for the first time this spring on a sunny afternoon that seemed an apropos setting for a team that has developed a truer appreciation for the little things—practicing, playing and simply having a season on the horizon.

“We’ve been looking forward to this opportunity for a while,” senior co-captain Ed Douglas said. “I think there’s a heightened sense of urgency from the guys knowing we’ve had something like this taken away.

You respect and value the opportunity a little more.”

Duke saw its season, and its hopes for the program’s first national championship, erased last spring amid charges that members of the team had assaulted a stripper hired to perform at an off-campus party March 13. President Richard Brodhead initially suspended the team from action at a March 28 news conference and cancelled the remainder of the season April s—the5 —the same day former head coach Mike Pressler was forced to resign.

Brodhead reinstated the program June 5, and Danowski was hired to replace Pressler July 21.

Signs of the the ongoing legal case involving three former players lingered on the sideline Friday, as a gaggle of television cameras and several members of the print media were in attendance—a presence that had been all but absent in years past. Danowski welcomed the heightened media attention and reflected on the positives that can be gained from increased scrutiny.

“We love when the media’s here,” Danowski said. “It’s an opportunity to promote who these kids are.”

With all the controversy of the past 10 months, however, it was business as usual on the field as players ran drills while coaches looked on.

Thirty-three players have returned from last year’s team, but the Blue Devils are hardly the same squad they were in 2006.

Two-year captain and 2006 preseason AllAmerican Matt Zash has graduated, as have captains Bret Thompson, Dan Flannery and David Evans, one of the three indicted players.

“We did lose some weapons this year,” co-captain Matt Danowski said. “We have a good core group of guys back, and we’re going to need some guys to step up and fill roles they didn’t play in previous years. But I think we’re a pretty talented team. We just have to put it together.”

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take winning streaks into Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight at 7 p.m.—only the Hokies’ is three games long and the Blue Devils’ is 21, the best start in program history.

After their less-than-stellar performance against Florida State Jan. 25, the topranked Blue Devils (21-0, 6-0 in the ACC) look to reenergize at home, where they have not played in almost two weeks.

Duke beat Virginia Tech (14-8, 4-3), on the road, 86-54, Jan. 7.

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“I know Kirby Copeland is a great player,” head coach Gail Gocstenkors said. “Because she leads in so many categories, she’s difficult to defend. We’re just going to try to limit her touches as much as possible.”

Virginia Tech is currently on a threegame winning streak, with victories over conference opponents Wake Forest, Virginia and Miami.

In addition to Copeland, Duke will need to contain senior Nare Diawara, who is coming off an impressive performance in the win over Miami Jan. 25 with 20 points and eight rebounds.

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Lindsey Harding and theBlue Devilsface an up-and-comingVirginia Tech squad at Cameron tonight. inside advantage. Duke has been out-rebounded by its opponents in two of the last three games.

“Rebounding right now is our number one focus,” Goestenkors said. “We were doing such a good job out-rebounding teams and recently we just really tapered off.”

Better decision-making on offense will also be key to winning, as the Blue Devils struggled for much of their previous game against Florida State, committing 18 turnovers. Senior Lindsey Harding attributed the team’s miscues on offense to its emotional fatigue from the road trip.

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Proceeding the game, a special presentation will be held to honor seniors Lindsey Harding and Alison Bales for becoming the leaders in career assists and blocked shots, respectively.

On this night, however, the Terps (21-2, 5-2) waited too long to match the intensity of their enthusiastic fans. Maryland fell behind with five minutes elapsed and never caught up, crumbling under a series of turnovers and missed shots.

Latta made four three-pointers and the Tar Heels (23-0, 7-0) made eight of their first nine shots in the second half to open up a 55-35 lead with 15 minutes remaining. Although the Terrapins eventually got within one point, they couldn't complete the comeback.

Erlana Larkins had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Camille Little scored 17 points for the Tar Heels, whose 23-game winning streak is longest in the nation.

North Carolina and top-ranked Duke, which handed Maryland its other defeat this season, are the lone remaining unbeaten teams in the nation.

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On the night The Landlord’s No. 23 jersey was raised to Cameron Indoor Stadium’s penthouse, the Blue Devils paid homage to the big man by controlling the glass and the paint en route to a 75-61 win over Boston College Sunday night.

No. 10 Duke (18-3, 5-2 in the ACC) knocked off the Eagles, who had the best conference record coming into the contest, to move within one game of first place in the league. The victory was the team’s fifth in a row after dropping its opening two ACC games.

The Blue Devils doubled the Eagles’ production in the paint, 44-22, and out-rebounded Boston College (14-6, 6-2), 41-30.

Duke grabbed more offensive rebounds than the Eagles did defensively.

“This game was won obviously on the boards,” Boston College senior forward Jared Dudley said.

Josh Mcßoberts recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Mcßoberts blocked five shots while changing numerous others.

He also helped DeMarcus Nelson contain Dudley —the ACC’s second-leading scorer—by doubling off the block.

Nelson and Dudley went back-andforth at each other all game and finished with matching 17-point, eight-rebound stat lines.

Nelson fueled one of the only runs of the game, when he scored six points in the final 75 seconds of the first half. His driving layup with three seconds remaining capped an 8-1 Blue Devil run and gave Duke a 40-32 cushion at the break.

“The last couple of minutes of the first half was the critical time in the ball game,” Krzyzewski said. “Every once in a while a player plays above, and DeMarcus for those few minutes was the best player on the court. He just shot us into an eightpoint lead. It was so good to see.”

The Blue Devils maintained that margin throughout much of the second half, as the Eagles never closed within five.

Boston College’s best chance after the intermission came with just less than five minutes to play when Sean Marshall missed a three-pointer that could have cut the lead to three.

“We had some opportunities and just didn’t take advantage of it,” Boston College head coach A1 Skinner said. “We’d get close, and we’d get the chance to get it to six or to four, and we made a mistake. We just can’t afford that because we really didn’t turn them over to get easy baskets for us.”

Marshall—who entered the game averaging 16.3 points per game—struggled all night, shooting 2-for-ll and scoring only seven points while committing four turnovers.

Duke’s defense was also able to stifle Eagles’ point guard Tyrese Rice. After scoring 11 points in the first half, Rice managed only two after the break, missing seven of his eight shots.

The Blue Devils used Dave McClure or Lance Thomas as an extra defender to help Greg Paulus slow Rice down near midcourt. The token pressure —although it did not cause a turnover all game—took the Eagles out of their regular offensive flow and limited them to just 34.5 percent shooting for the game.

“Duke does man-to-man full-court denial,” Dudley said. “Offensively, your game

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DeMarcus Nelson led theBlue Devils with 17 points against Boston College Sunday evening. Nelson also added eight rebounds and two assists for Duke. has to be strong. What we lacked tonight was the ability to get into [our offense].

They tried to take away Tyrese by bringing McClure up—make him give the ball to John Oates. That was definitely something we weren’t ready for. They take away your first option always.”

McClure and Thomas were also presences on the offensive side of the floor.

McClure notched nine points and was noticeably more confident on the offensive end after his game-winning basket against Clemson Thursday night. Thomas was as active as he has been all season offensively, as the freshman had a career-high nine rebounds, and his 10 points were the most he’s scored since November.

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One

row

behind

Duke’s

bench,

Shelden Williaims watched his alma mater, representing the Blue Devils’ rich history of prolific post players.

Just behind him, Patrick Patterson, the highest-rated unsigned big man in this year’s high school class, sat, exanaiysis emplifying Duke’s possible future star big man On the court, however, Josh Mcßoberts was busy reminding Duke fans that the present isn’t half-bad.

Mcßoberts channeled The Landlord all night, blocking five shots and deflecting and altering countless others. The sophomore was the key to preventing Boston College from exploiting its size advantage at the wing positions.

“I knew Josh would be good on defense, but he’s really become outstanding on defense,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

“He’s like a bit of a protector. He hasn’t done that the whole year, but he’s evolved.”

The Eagles run a tight flex offense that produces much of the team’s points through posting up 6-foot-5 Sean Marshall and 6-foot-7 Jared Dudley as well as dominating the offensive glass. While Boston College did manage 17 second-chance points, the Blue Devils doubled up the Eagles in points in the paint, 44-22.

In addition, Mcßoberts’ shot-blocking presence allowed Duke to extend its defense, and the Blue Devils subsequently held Boston College to 4-for-16 shooting from beyond the arc.

“Josh is a man among boys,” Jon Scheyer said. “We don’t want to put him in positions where he could have a foul called on him, but it’s great knowing we have him back there.”

Mcßoberts’ aggressiveness did cause

him to enter foul trouble for one of the few times in his career. The forward, however, played the final six minutes of the game with four fouls and registered 35 minutes despite picking up his third foul with just less than 14 minutes remaining.

Mcßoberts came under some criticism early in the season for not living up to expectations that pegged him as a potential lottery pick, but he has shown his incredible versatility in recent games.

And the sophomore’s confidence seemed as high as it has been in his young career, something that his teammates have noticed and that has shown up in his play.

Mcßoberts—who was shooting just 68 percent from the line this season coming into Sunday’s game—comfortably knocked down all four of his free throws.

“Josh has been playing tremendous basketball for us. He’s been everywhere. He’s been scoring, he’s been passing, he’s been rebounding, blocking shots, altering shots, handling the ball,” DeMarcus Nelson said.

“When he plays that well, it makes everyone else’s job that much easier.”

Much of that confidence likely came from the early easy baskets that the Blue Devils, particularly Mcßoberts, were able to get. In the opening minute of the game, Nelson threw a cross-court alley-oop to Mcßoberts, who was wide open because of the Eagles’ slow defensive rotation.

Three plays later, Mcßoberts grabbed one of his 11 defensive rebounds and started his own fast break. At the top of the key, he gave the ball up to Paulus on the right wing, who immediately threw the big man a perfect lob for the Blue Devils’ third dunk to start the game.

“Anytime a player or a team can see the ball go in the hoop, by layups or whatever, it really loosens you up and gives you more freedom on the offensive end,” Nelson said.

“We got some early layups and dunks, and it

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Josh Mcßobertshas increased hispresence on defense; he led Duke withfive blocks and 12 rebounds against BC.

really opened up the way our teaiq played

the rest of the halfand the rest of the game.”

After his quick start, the attention the Eagles paid Mcßoberts on the. offensive end freed up Lance Thomas and Dave McClure, who combined for 19 points and 12 rebounds. Thomas had been held scoreless the last three games and scored in double digits for the first time since Nov.

20 against Air Force.

Despite his impressive showing, Mcßoberts was quick to dispel any comparisons to the now-retired No. 23.

“If I could be half the player he was, especially on the defensive end, I’d be pretty happy,” Mcßoberts said.

If Sunday is any indication, Mcßoberts is on his way to far more than that.

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“I never actually thought about having my jersey retired,” Williams said. “It was one of those things that if I had a chance, it would be great, but it wasn’t in the back of my mind like, I want to accomplish this.”

Williams received an extended ovation from the crowd when Alieva made reference to his decision to forego the NBA and return for his senior season.

“To come down here, with the players and the people of Duke University and their quality and level of performance off the court and on the court, I wanted to get more—as much as I could,” Williams said of his decision. “I just couldn’t pass that up.”

Williams was accompanied by his parents, Bob and Jeannette Williams, who politely declined the Cameron Crazies’ request for “one more kid.” The 23-year old began his brief speech by thanking Duke’s fans, whom he said always helped his energy level as a player.

“Duke has the best fans in the world and the best college atmosphere in the world,” Williams said. “Coming from that to the NBA where, I guess, the fans aren’t as crazy or intense as they are in the college game, it was a big difference.”

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Sheiden Williams speaks to thesold-out crowd at Cameron during halftime of Duke's win over Boston College Sunday. His jersey is the 12th to be retired by Duke.

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WOMEN'S TENNIS

Senior breaks school record

Duke falls in Ist dual match

In his last hometown performance in the Terrier Classic in Boston, senior Dan King broke the Duke 400-meter record.

With a time of 47.61 seconds, King broke the record by more than a second in what head coach Norm Ogilvie said was “a breakthrough performance that takes him up to a new level.”

King was not the only men’s runner to find success in Boston, though. Junior Matt Danforth ran the second-fastest 400-meter in Duke history with a time of 49.05, and sophomore Nick Trombold followed with the fifth-fastest Duke time of 49.52.

While the men didn’t field a 4x400 relay team, Danforth was able to help the Distance Medley Relay to an IC4A qualifying time and a

Chris Spooner and sophomores Chris Rowland and Geary Gubbins were also members of the relay meet win.

Junior

team.

The Blue Devil women distance runners dominated the 3,000-meterfield. Senior Shannon Rowbury came in first with a NCAA provisional qualifying time of 9:19.07. Senior Liz Wort came in a little more than five seconds later to take second place, and senior Sally Meyerhoff took sixth place.

The Duke field team had three second place performances and a Duke record at the UNC Fast Times. Junior Jade Ellis came in second in the long jump and senior Debra Vento and junior Lara Jones also finished second, scoring ECAC qualifying marks in the high jump and pole vault, respectively.

Freshman Michael Schallmo threw the fourth-longest Duke shotput mark of 50 feet and 4.5 inches at UNC. His throw was also the longest Blue Devil throw since

1966.

The Blue Devils did not get off to the they wanted for their first competition of the spring season Sunday.

On the road in Evanston, 111., No. 10 Duke (0-1) only DUKE captured one No (> against point N'WESTERN 9 Northwestern (0-2), which swept the opening-day doubles matches and won five straight singles matches to win 6-1.

“We definitely didn’t play as well as we are capable of playing,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We got off to too many slow starts.... There was never a time where we had any momentum to feed off of.”

The Blue Devils tried to spark some momentum at the outset but came up short.

In the highly contested match between the top doubles pairs for both teams, the Duke tandem of Daniela Bercek and Elizabeth Plotkin held a 6-5 lead. But the No. 1 doubles pair of Georgia Rose and Alexis Prousis for Northwestern charged back and carried the match 8-6. start

The other two Wildcat doubles tandems won their matches, only needing one win to pick up the first team point of the day.

The results were hardly better for Duke in the singles matches later in the day. In the No. 4 singles match, Tory Zawacki was the only Blue Devil to pick up a win, with her match finishing after Northwestern ha ready rolled off victories Duke will have two weeks to prepare for its next match at home against Indiana Feb. 10, and Ashworth said he his expects team to imduring prove that time. / Sean Moroney

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FENCING

Men and women fall at PSU

MEN'S TENNIS

The men’s and women’s fencing teams travelled to University Park, Pa. Saturday, losing in the Penn State Duals, with overall records of 2-3 and 2-4, respectively.

The women’s and men’s squads beat Haverford and Drew and lost to Ohio State, Penn State and Pennsylvania.

The women’s team also lost a close match to Temple.

The standout fencers for the women were senior Anne Kercsmar, who finished with an 11-7 record, and freshman Nicole Bloom, who went 12-5. Kercsmar and Bloom led the women’s epee team, which was the strongest squad for Duke, finishing with a 4-2 record.

For the women’s foil team, sophomore Sasha Stein had one of the best performances of her career.

“Sasha had a great day at foil and performed great against one of the top teams in the country,” captain Allison Schafer said. “She really stepped it up for us in our second meet, which was impressive considering the level of competition.”

For the men’s team, the foil squad was the strongest with a record of 3-2.

Junior Ben Hendricks went 11-4 in his individual matches, while freshman Eliot Cohen went 10-5 to set the tone for the foil’s efforts.

“We competed against three of the best teams in the country, but I felt as if we stacked up,” captain Mike DiMarco said. “The record may not indicate it, but I thought we performed really well.”

Meredith Shiner

SWIMMING & DIVING

Blue Devils defeat E. Carolina ROB

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Since theBlue Devils began their dual match schedule, David Goulet has impressed Duke's coaching staff.

Goulet leads

team to

In front of a crowd of over 800 fans in the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, No. 7 Duke (2-0) VCU 2 recorded its second straight ( 4 DUKE home win by defeating No. 14Virginia Commonwealth 4-

2 Saturday evening.

After VCU (0-1) won

two of three doubles matches to earn a point, the Blue Devils took back the lead when Peter Rodrigues, Kiril Dimitrov and David Goulet all won their contests in straight sets.

Freshman Dylan Amould, playing in the fifth slot, clinched the match for Duke with a 6-7, 7-5, 6-2 victory over the Rams’ Sebasden Derrider.

“Going into the match I told our assistant coach [Ramsey Smith] that I think this match is going to show us a lot about where we are with some new players and new chemistry,” head coach Jay Lapidus

2nd win

said. “It was a good barometer of where we are and where we’re going as a team.”

Particularly impressive was the play of Goulet, a Quebec native who transferred to Duke from Tulane. Goulet won both of his singles matches easily against VCU and Old Dominion this week, and he and partner Joey Atas are also 2-0 in doubles play.

“David Goulet is continuing to play really great in the dual matches,” Lapidus said. “He’s a totally different player when you put him in a team atmosphere.”

The Blue Devils will next take on No. 5 Illinois Feb. 2 in Champaign, 111. and No. 13 Notre Dame Feb. 4 in South Bend, Ind. “Every match, the teams are so good, and our schedule—the first four matches are ridiculous—but Illinois is always good and has a good crowd, so it will be difficult to play there,” Lapidus said.

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Winning their final home meets was even sweeter for the Blue Devils Saturday when they took down East Carolina, which defeated both Duke teams last season.

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished their home seasons with a pair of close wins against the Pirates at the Taishoff Aquatic Center. The women’s squad (5-3) topped ECU (9-4) 161-137 while the men’s team (4-4) beat the Pirates (7-5) in a narrow 155-145 win.

“We had some real solid performances, and it was definitely a major team effort,” head coach Dan Colella said. “We knew every race would count—that was something we had talked about for the days leading up to the meet.”

The women’s team opened the meet by taking the 400-yard medley relay with solid legs from junior Danielle Spearman, senior Jackie Rodriguez and freshmen Shannon Beall and Caidin Aliens for a 3:52.86 time.

Spearman, Rodriguez and Beall were also double-event winners in individual races. On the boards, freshman Julie Brummond earned first-place scores for both the one and three-meter dives.

The men’s squad also won its opening race when senior Kevin Arthofer, and freshmen David Hahn, Eric Ness and David Carlson earned a season-best time of 3:27.04 in the 400-yard medley relay.

Carlson posted two other first-place finishes with season-best times, taking both the 100-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle.

Arthofer also took first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 57.80 time.

“Since the holidays, he really has just come into his own, and he’s really ahead of where he was last season,” Colella said ofArthofer.

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good year.”

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WRESTLING

Weakened Duke falls to

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Knotting the score

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four in the third

period of the last bout of the night Saturday, Duke’s 125-pound Kellan McKeon forced Maryland’s James Knox to battle through two overtime periods before ultimately falling 6-5 to the Terrapin grappler on a major decision.

McKeon’s performance was indicative of the Blue Devils’ weekend.

Wrestling with injury problems, Duke (7-5,0-2 in the ACC) put up a strong effort against a solid Maryland squad, but finished short in the end, as the Terrapins (14-5,4-0) secured a 27-13 match victory in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Entering into their match against the top team in the ACC, the Blue Devils were forced to tweak their lineup as starters Aaron Glover, Dan Fox, Addison Nuding and Dan Tulley were all inactive.

Duke came out strong to start the night, winning four of the first five matches.

Freshman Spencer Jasper won with a

commanding 15-5 major decision at 133 pounds, while 141-pound Wes Kuser fin-

ished victorious, 10-7.

Senior Daniel Shvartsman inched ahead with a takedown in the third period to seal an exciting 7-6 win and extend his win streak to five.

In his first dual meet as a Blue Devil, redshirt freshman Ben Wales secured a 7-3 win at 165 pounds to put Duke up 13-3.

The Terrapins, however, swung,the momentum in their favor and finished the meet without losing another match.

With two top-20 wrestlers, Maryland picked up two wins as No. 11 Mike Letts and No. 19 Hudson Taylor defeated Duke’s Matthew Koelling and Patrick Keenum, respectively.

Duke’s John Barone suffered a pin at 184 pounds, heavyweight Mike Tunick lost on a 15-4 major decision, and McKeon’s 6-5 loss closed the match out for the Terps.

Wales, Barone and Koelling all wrestled up in a higher weight class in the dual' meet this weekend.

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The men's lacrosse team focused on fundamentals during its first in-season practice since last spring.

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The visiting Terrapins were able to secure a 27-13 victory over theBlue DevilsSaturday in Cameron Indoor.

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have developed a very large chip on their shoulders. But Duke has rediscovered direction with a new coach, new captains and a new mantra, Succisa Virescit—Latin for “when cut down, it grows back stronger.” The players and coaches are conscious of the focus they will need to succeed in a season that will likely be filled with distractions.

“There’s a danger that we might try to prove everyone wrong through lacrosse,” Douglas said. “When we’re out on the field, we need to focus on playing fundamentally

sound lacrosse and not try to play beyond ourselves, which is the temptation.”

Douglas said John Danowski has been instrumental in helping the team to maintain that focus by providing positive reinforcement and valuable advice.

“One of the things I said to them today is you don’t have to prove anything to anybody—just come out here and play,” Danowski said. “Just play for the reasons that you came here for—because you love the game, you love your teammates, you love the University, and don’t worry that you have to live up to some expectations that might be out of sync.”

GregBeaton contributed to this story.

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