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Years after plans for the new Central Campus began taking form, University officials said they are ready to take the next step.

The project seeks to give the current Central a facelift, providing a home for several academic programs and opening new residence facilities for students. But questions still remain as to when ground will be broken for construction.

Even though the project’s start date is unclear, John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the approval of the Central plans by Durham City Council earlier this month is a step in the right direction.

“It means we have approval to go forward,” Burness said. “The next stage will be the formal selection of architects and the kind of planning that now needs to be done to implement the conceptual framework that the City Council approved.”

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said he hopes that construction will begin this year, though it is unlikely to start this summer.

“I’m still optimistic that we’ll move dirt in 2007,” Trask said. “This is a very big project and there’s a lot of work to do.”

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With the Jan. 16 unanimous vote in favor of plans for the new Central Campus behind them, many local residents and business owners are breathing a sigh of relief.

Plans for the new Central Campus, which will be the first major expansion project at a private university in the 21st century, have been in the works for nearly three years now. As the University moves forward with the plans, many community members said the hard part is over and anticipated smooth sailing in

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After dozens of meetings within the community and behind closed doors in the Allen Building, administrators and neighborhood representatives settled on a 13-point binding agreement in January that, among other things, includes a 50,000-sq. ft. cap on retail space for the new Central, said John Schelp, president of the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association and a leader of the stakeholders group, which is involved in negotiations with University officials.

As the Feb. 24 start date of the 2007 men’s lacrosse season rapidly approaches, administrators are now preparing for an atmosphere at games that could be vastly different than it was in past years.

Although it remains unclear as to the exact makeup and number of people that could fill Koskinen Stadium when Duke plays Dartmouth, the group will likely include many students and others seeking to support the team in its return to the field after the cancellation of the 2006 season.

In addition, officials are preparing for the increased media presence and the hypothetical event that protesters or other disruptive fans could make their presence known.

Attendance for last year’s Feb. 18 season-opening home game against Butler was just 425, but officials have suggested that figure could be as much as 20 times higher this year.

“We’re in a position of really not knowing what to expect at the first men’s lacrosse game, whether it will be 10,000 people or 100,” said Chris Kennedy, senior associate athletics director. “We’re trying to think of all things that might take place and have a contingency plan in place.”

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sell Duke via video by

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When thousands of anxious high school seniors go online to check their Duke admissions results this spring, those accepted will find more than the standard congratulations letter—they will find an exclusive, brand-new recruitment video.

Taking the multimedia capabilities of online admissions results to a new level, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is for the first time developing a series of \ideos to showcase the benefits of Duke life on its website.

Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions, said the idea for the video emerged from a conversation with the Board of Trustees, but was not conceived as a response to the lacrosse case and its ramifications. He added that the effect of the media coverage, however, remains a factor. aid recruitment efforts, undergraduate admissions has developed a series of videos.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Warrants issued for CIA agents

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Attorney General AlWASHINGTON berto Gonzales expanded Congress’ access Wednesday to classified documents detailing the government’s domestic spying program but still didn’t satisfy several lawmakers demanding information about surveillance.

Investigators’ applications, legal briefs and orders issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are now open to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House and Senate intelligence committees, Gonzales said.

Two weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee—led by Democratic Chairman

Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania —criticized the attorney general for refusing to answer specific questions about the secret court’s new oversight of the controversial program.

“We obviously would be concerned about the public disclosure that may jeopardize the national security of our country,” Gonzales told reporters Wednesday.

“But we’re working with the Congress to provide the information that it needs.”

The documents would not be released publicly, the attorney general said. “We’re talking about highly classified documents about highly classified activities of the United States government.”

Leahy and Specter both said they welcomed the Bush administration’s decision to show them the documents, which could give insight on how judges on the secret court consider evidence when approving government requests to spy on people in the United States who have suspected links to

al-Qaida.

But Leahy said he will decide after he reviews the papers whether further oversight or legislative action is necessary.

Specter stopped short of calling for them to be released publicly but said “there ought to be the maximum disclosure to the public, consistent with national security procedures.”

Chavez gets unprecedented power by

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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez was granted free rein Wednesday to accelerate changes in broad areas of society by presidential decree—a move critics said propels Venezuela toward dictatorship.

Convening in a downtown plaza in a session thatresembled a political rally, lawmakers unanimously gave Chavez sweeping powers to legislate by decree and impose his radical vision of a more egalitarian socialist state.

“Long live the sovereign people! Long live President Hugo Chavez! Long live so-

cialism!” said National Assembly President Cilia Flores as she proclaimed the “enabling law” approved by a show of hands. “Fatherland, socialism or death!

We will prevail!”

The law gives Chavez, who is beginning a fresh six-year term, more power than he has ever had in eight years as president, and he plans to use it over the next 18 months to transformbroad areas of public life, from the economy and the oil industry in particular, to “social matters” and the very structure of the state.

His critics call it a radical lurch toward authoritarianism by a leader with

unchecked power —similar to how Fidel Castro monopolized leadership in Cuba.

“If you have all the power, why do you need more power?” said Luis Gonzalez, a high school teacher who paused to watch in the plaza, calling it a “media show” intended to give legitimacy to a repugnant move. “We're headed toward a dictatorship, disguised as a democracy.”

Hundreds of Chavez supporters wearing ruling party red gathered in the plaza, waving signs reading “Socialism is democracy,” as lawmakers read out passages ofthe SEE VENEZUELA ON PAGE

German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have issued arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents who allegedly abducted a German citizen in Dec. 2003 in an apparent anti-terrorist operation gone wrong.

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In his State of the Union Address last week, President George W. Bush outlined several policies to address climate change and the energy crisis facing America.

Some Duke faculty disagree on whether or not Bush’s plan—which includes slashing gasoline usage and exploring alternative energy sources—will be effective, and discussion among many of them ranges from support to downright derision.

Robert Jackson, professor of biology and environmental sciences, praised Bush’s expected proposal in an interview last week.

“Republican or Democrat, the President’s initiative makes sense for the security and environmental health of our country,” Jackson said, noting that it is important to examine all carbon se-

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Undergraduates will have the opportunity to vote on proposed changes to the Duke Community Standard during Duke Student Government elections this spring.

The main change, which consists of an additional statement that asserts that students should take action if the standard is compromised, is designed to broaden the standard beyond the academic arena.

“The beauty of this is that it extends the obligation to act to when you see the values of the standard itself compromised—and that could apply to any realm,” saidjudith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services.

The decision to have a referendum was approved following a presentation during Wednesday night’s DSG meeting.

DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said it is important that students understand DSG is approving giving all students

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Randy Best, associate director of Duke’s Center on Global Change, agreed that the proposal is a good start.

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Other climate change experts at Duke, however, are more hesitant to praise Bush’s new plan, noting it may be too little, too late.

“The Bush administration has done virtually nothing except encourage growth of the economy, although this growth is mostly in opposition to good stewardship of the environment,” said Paul Baker, professor of geochemistry.

He labeled Bush’s record on environmental policies as “non-existent.”

“In light of the incredibly seriproblems that we face in oil security, oil availability and greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, his lame proposals strike me as

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Baker said Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, pointed to the President’s plan to increase alternative fuels by 35-billion barrels in 2017 as problematic because many of the proposed alternative fuels still use carbon.

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Contest aims to capture image of Duke women and Culture, the University libraries and elsewhere to oversee the competition.

Take all Duke undergraduates The committee decided to (that’s 6,197); then remove all create two divisions, one for imthe males (that leaves 3,005 ages that replicate the archway women); now, try to encapsulate motif and a second for those that them in just five people. do not, with two prizes Sound tough? It’s the awarded b* in each. of the Five mmm premise “There’s more than Women at Duke photog[lt’s] the opportunity to give one Duke, and it’s notjust raphy contest, which is a gothic archway,” Robto all the campus at large a chance to undergraduopen bins said. ates through the end of show their idea of women at First-prize winners will February. The contest receive a digital camera to two phohopes update Duke.” and a triptych with the tos, taken in 1946 and Woodyard 1946 and 1976 photos 1976, both of which featheir own, while ture five women under a alongside program assistant, Mary Lou Williams Center the second-place photoggothic arch. rapher will receive a trip“I always think it’s valutych with their own phoable for people in general and for Duke University to be not a student, but rather a staff tos and the two predecessors.

In addition, photos will be on member—a bookkeeper for the mindful of their history, so [it’s] which the other four at the Porch Gallery of display Union, to the camin the opportunity give involved. the Center for Documentary at a chance to show were large pus “The [1976] photo was on my Studies beginning with an opentheir idea of women at Duke,” said Jamaica Woodyard, program desk when I started this job,” ing to announce winners March 21. Robbins said she hopes to inassistant at the Mary Lou Robbins said. She originally intended to use the photos for vite the students in the previous Williams Center for Black Culimages back for the event. ture and co-chair of the Five VOICES Magazine, which she adShe added that she would like Women at Duke committee. “It’s vises. to find a permanent display space a great opportunity to communiBut she soon realized the pocate through art.” tential for a re-creation, as 2006 for the images after the exhibition closes.

The photos provide a window marked the 60th and 30th anniversaries of the originals. FolThe submission period began into Duke’s past, said Claire Robbins, program coordinator at the lowing a suggestion from Jan. 29 and closes Feb. 26, with Women’s Center Director Donna submissions accepted at the Women’s Center and the committee’s other chair. In the original Lisker, Robbins decided to hold MLWC or the Women’s Center. a contest. With Woodyard, she There is no entry fee, but contest1946 photo, five staid, conservadressed white created a committee comprising ants must pay to develop their imstudents, tively each with her right foot forward, students and staff from the ages. CCI Photographies on Peri}' Women’s Center, the Sally BingStreet has agreed to develop imlook to their left.

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four years after the merger of the Woman’s College and Trinity College and the casual hairstyles and wide-flared pants betray their era.

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North Carolina braces for wintry weather by

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Forecasts show Durham could be in for a nasty patch ofweather today. The National Weather service is predicting snow, sleet and freezing rain between 6 a.m. and mid-

night Thursday.

Even before a flake had fallen, Durham County and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools canceled Thursday classes, and others have announced delays.

“People are confident that it’s going to do something,” Teresa Reinhardt, office manager at Ace Hardware in Hickory, told the Associated Press. Reinhardt said people have flooded stores to buy shovels and

sleds to prepare for the wintry mix.

The Triangle and surrounding areas have been placed on a severe storm watch for a storm expected to sweep the southeast.

Up to four inches of snow are expected to build up in regions along Interstate 40.

Meteorologistjonathan Blaes cited cold temperatures in the past 10 days as reason for the potential accumulation.

“It’s going to be a painful day for a lot of folks,” he said, predicting the largest snowfall for Greensboro and ice problems in Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.

State officials are heeding weather warnings and prepping for potentially severe weather. Crews from state electric co-

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“The speed limit may say... 45, but that doesn’t mean yOu can travel at that speed,” patrol spokesman Lt. Everett Clendenin said. “The number-one type ofcollision we have is the rear-end fender-bender.”

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“There is no friction in the committed elements whatsoever,” Palmer said. “That accounts for the fact that the aftermath [of the vote] has been totally quiet.”

Since the first community meetings in 2004, however, the road to compromise had been riddled with bumps as University administrators and community leaders attempted to reach consensus on a number of issues.

Schelp said the initial plans failed to include specifications on the use of space for the new Central, frightening local business owners wary of the University’s intentions.

When news of the expansion reached some business owners, they feared the worst—a campus flooded with big businesses that would drain profits from Ninth Street’s locally owned small businesses, Valentine said.

“There is a feeling on the part ofDurham that whenever Durham gets a good idea, Duke tries to replicate it in the Bryan Center,” Valentine said. “Whatever entrepreneurial idea comes off campus, shows up on campus.”

The debate regarding the cap on retail space was one of the final points of contention, but Schelp said the agreement allows for dining and retail businesses meant for students as well as a limited amount of retail open to the general public.

“Erwin Road is going to become the most public face of Duke,” Schelp said, adding that the location of the road will make retail space there very accessible to the

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according to schedule, adding that he expects to see its completion by the start of the 2009 school year.

“When you are designing something of this magnitude, I would not consider this long,” Palmer said. ‘You can’t rush into a project like this. Although the time frame may appear to be long, I think things are proceeding normally.”

Palmer said the benefits of the project will be enormous.

“It is very exciting, it is a third campus,” Palmer said.

“I think it all packages well for Durham’s growth and expansion and continuing to be an attractive place to live.”

Provost Peter Lange said he is excited about the opportunities the new Central could offer the University.

“It’s a long and complicated construction process,” Lange said. “It’s going to be fabulous... we are dramatically extending our University. There are great opportunities for synergy'.”

With City Council approval, Trask said the University can now submit design proposals. He said that by starting next year, the project should not interfere with students’ residences.

“We think that next year is OK and safe,” Trask said.

There’s a lot of area that’s not occupied by existing res-

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At a January meeting, Durham City Council members were presented with and ultimately approved plans for the rezoning ofDuke's Central Campus.

public. “We were trying to limit the amount of shopping Duke could cram into that space. Duke’s mission is academics not shopping.”

Others, including Tom Miller, another leader of the stakeholders group and Watts Hospital-Hillandale Neighborhood Association, said they were not concerned that Duke would intentionally harm the Durham community.

“I was confident from the very beginning that the parties would come to an agreement,” Miller said. “Duke is Durham. The common ground was there and not particularly hard to find.”

Miller added that the difficulty in negotiations was a result of the magnitude of the project, which proposes a $5OO-million makeover for 128 acres on and around the current Central to add housing, classrooms and other University facilities.

He said, however, that members of the community with concerns about the project were given ample opportunity to voice them in a number of community meetings held

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“There was expressed at the Council meeting enthuand good will on both sides,” Pearce wrote in an e-mail. “The expectation is that when Central Campus is designed and approved for construction, the resultant community will greatly benefit Duke University and the city of Durham.”

Adam Eaglin and Katherine Macllwaine contributed to this story.

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University Architect John Pearce said he was optimistic about the project as a whole, stressing the zoning siasm

to work alongside the neighborhood associations was a “tipping point” in the Council’s vote, but added that the community supported the Central plans from the onset.

“A project of this size, and the impact that it’s going to have, [will have] issues along the way,” Woodard said.

“We’ve agreed—Duke and the stakeholders—have agreed to the concept, and that was the biggest issue.”

Valentine also said the University’s decision to cooperate with the community was significant.

“We want to get along with Duke,” he said. “We’ll always be here, [but] it’ll be easier to be here if there isn’t a giant Barnes & Noble half a mile away.”

Valentine added that many of the Regulator’s customers include Duke students, faculty and staff members.

“We have a long history of working cooperatively with Duke University on many levels, so we don’t think about worst case scenarios, [we] just see what happens and all get along and move forward,” he said. “As long as (Jon] Scheyer and [Josh] Mcßoberts continue to buy books here, I’ll be happy.”

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and Culture, the University libraries and elsewhere to oversee the competition.

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four years after the merger of the Woman’s College and Trinity College and the casual hairstyles and wide-flared pants betray their era.

The image also features a black woman, Goldie Evans—wearing a stylishly large Afro. But Evans was

—Jamaica

A picture of 5 Duke women was taken in 1946 and 1976.A third will be taken thisyear.

North Carolina braces for wintry weather by

Chelsea Allison THE CHRONICLE

Forecasts show Durham could be in for a nasty patch of weather today. The National Weather service is predicting snow, sleet and freezing rain between 6 a.m. and mid-

night Thursday.

Even before a flake had fallen, Durham County and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools canceled Thursday classes, and others have announced delays.

“People are confident that it’s going to do something,” Teresa Reinhardt, office manager at Ace Hardware in Hickory, told the Associated Press. Reinhardt said people have flooded stores to buy shovels and

sleds to prepare for the wintry mix. operatives have been placed on standby The Triangle and surrounding areas and the North Carolina Department of have been placed on a severe storm watch Transportation treated highways and for a storm expected to sweep the southeast. bridges with salt brine Wednesday.

The highway Emergency Response Up to four inches of snow are expected to team was also activated to deal with collibuild up in regions along Interstate 40.

Meteorologist Jonathan Blaes cited cold sions, but state Highway Patrol officials entemperatures in the past 10 days as reason couraged commuters to drive carefully and anticipate hazardous conditions. for the potential accumulation.

“The speed limit may say... 45, but that “It’s going to be a painful day for a lot of folks,” he said, predicting the largest doesn’t mean you can travel at that speed,” snowfall for Greensboro and ice problems patrol spokesman Lt. Everett Clendenin said. “The number-one type ofcollision we in Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.

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“There is no friction in the committed elements whatsoever,” Palmer said. “That accounts for the fact that die aftermath [of the vote] has been totally quiet.”

Since the first community meetings in 2004, however, the road to compromise had been riddled with bumps as University administrators and community leaders attempted to reach consensus on a number of issues.

Schelp said the initial plans failed to include specifications on the use of space for the new Central, frightening local business owners wary of the University’s intentions.

When news of the expansion reached some business owners, they feared the worst—a campus flooded with big businesses that would drain profits from Ninth Street’s locally owned small businesses, Valentine said.

“There is a feeling on the part of Durham that whenever Durham gets a good idea, Duke tries to replicate it in the Bryan Center,” Valentine said. “Whatever entrepreneurial idea comes off campus, shows up on campus.”

The debate regarding the cap on retail space was one of the final points of contention, but Schelp said the agreement allows for dining and retail businesses meant for students as well as a limited amount of retail open to the general public.

“Erwin Road is going to become the most public face of Duke,” Schelp said, adding that the location of the road will make retail space there very accessible to the

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public. “We were trying to limit the amount of shopping Duke could cram into that space. Duke’s mission is academics not shopping.”

Others, including Tom Miller, another leader of the stakeholders group and Watts Hospital-Hillandale Neighborhood Association, said they were not concerned that Duke would intentionally harm the Durham community.

“I was confident from the very beginning that the parties would come to an agreement,” Miller said. “Duke is Durham. The common ground was there and not particularly hard to find.”

Milleradded that the difficulty in negotiations was a result of the magnitude of the project, which proposes a $5OO-million makeover for 128 acres on and around the current Central to add housing, classrooms and other University facilities.

He said, however, that members of the community with concerns about the project were given ample opportunity to voice them in a number of community meetings held

by University administrators. . City Council member Mike Woodard said the Universi-

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“When you are designing something of this magnitude, I would not consider this long,” Palmer said. “You can’t rush into a project like this. Although the time frame may appear to be long, I think things are proceeding normally.”

Palmer said the benefits of the project will be enormous.

“It is very exciting, it is a third campus,” Palmer said.

“I think it all packages well for Durham’s growth and expansion and continuing to be an attractive place to live.”

Provost Peter Lange said he is excited about the opportunities the new Central could offer the University.

“It’s a long and complicated construction process,” Lange said. “It’s going to be fabulous... we are dramatically extending our University. There are great opportunities for synergy.”

With City Council approval, Trask said the University can now submit design proposals. He said that by starting next year, the project should not interfere with students’ residences.

“We think that next year is OK and safe,” Trask said.

“There’s a lot of area that’s not occupied by existing residence buildings.”

University Architect John Pearce said he was optimistic about the project as a whole, stressing the zoning approval as a major step.

“There was expressed at the Council meeting enthusiasm and good will on both sides,” Pearce wrote in an e-mail. “The expectation is that when Central Campus is designed and approved for construction, the resultant community will greatly benefit Duke University and the city of Durham.”

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ty’s willingness to work alongside the neighborhood associations was a “tipping point” in the Council’s vote, but added that the community supported the Central plans from the onset.

“A project of this size, and the impact that it’s going to have, [will have] issues along the way,” Woodard said.

“We’ve agreed—Duke and the stakeholders—have agreed to the concept, and that was the biggest issue.”

Valentine also said the University’s decision to cooperate with the community was significant.

“We want to get along with Duke,” he said. “We’ll always be here, [but] it’ll be easier to be here if there isn’t a giant Barnes & Noble half a mile away.”

Valentine added that many of the Regulator’s customers include Duke students, faculty and staff members.

“We have a long history of working cooperatively with Duke University on many levels, so we don’t think about worst case scenarios, [we] just see what happens and all get along and move forward,” he said. “As long as [Jon] Scheyer and [Josh] Mcßoberts continue to buy books here, I’ll be happy.”

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LAX SECURITY fro.page, Several key athletic and University officials met Tuesday to discuss issues related to security at men’s lacrosse games this The participants —including spring.

Kennedy, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask, Associate Vice President of Campus Security Aaron Graves and Vice President of Campus Services Kernel Dawkins —declined to discuss the specifics of the security measures, but those reached for comment agreed on the need to take preventive steps this year.

“The most important thing to think about is always safety and security,” Alieva said. “For our fans, for our players and for our coaches, we need to make sure we can provide a safe environment for everyone involved.”

One proposal that had been suggested in the fall was charging admission to home games, something that traditionally Duke has only done for football games and men’s and women’s basketball games.

Under the proposal, students would still have been admitted free of charge, but others would have had to pay, potentially discouraging disruptive fans.

In the end, however, Alieva decided against it.

“We have never charged for lacrosse games in the past, and after thinking about it, we didn’t think it was profkuous to charge now,” Alieva said. “Even though it isn’t business as usual, we are trying to go about it as business as usual as much as possible.”

Although he would not comment on the specifics of the game-day policies, Graves said there would be an increase in security at the first game.

“Anything would be an increase,” Graves said, noting there was little to no security presence in years past. “Because of the things that have taken place over the past year, we may have a larger-than-

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Graves said he and Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, had preliminarily discussed the potential for student tailgating before the game. In an e-mail, Moneta wrote that “those discussions are just underway.”

In past years, there has been some small pre- and post-game tailgating, but nothing to the extent that exists before Duke foot-

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law giving the president special powers to transform 11 areas of Venezuelan law.

“The people of Venezuela, not just the National Assembly, are giving this enabling power to the president of the republic,” congresswoman Iris Varela told the crowd.

Vice President Jorge Rodriguez publicly ridiculed the idea that the law is an abuse of power and argued democracy is flourishing. He thanked the National Assembly for providing “gasoline” to start up the “engine” of societal changes.

“What kind of a dictatorship is this?”

Rodriguez asked the crowd, saying the law “only serves to sow democracy and peace.”

“Dictatorship is what there used to be,” Rodriguez said. “We want to impose the dictatorship of a true democracy.”

After the vote, Chavez remained out of public view Wednesday but announced plans for a news conference Thursday at the presidential palace.

Chavez, a former paratroop commander re-elected with 63 percent of the vote in December, has sSid he will decree nationalizations of Venezuela's largest telecommunications company and the electricity sector, slap new taxes on the rich, and impose greater state control over the oil and natural gas industries.

The law also allows Chavez to dictate unspecified measures to transform state institutions; reform banking, tax, insurance and financial regulations; decide on security and defense matters such as gun regulations and military organization; and “adapt” legislation to ensure “the equal distribution ofwealth” as part of a new “social and economic model.”

taxes on oil companies as other important options the current administration has overlooked.

Even though some scientists may not consider Bush’s plan as effective as necessary, the director did say there are other, better proposals before Congress.

Congress faces the challenge of appeasing U.S. oil companies, which balk at restrictions, when passing climate-change and energy legislation, he said.

“The question [is], ‘How do you cap carbon dioxide in away that doesn’t harm the economy and allows the U.S. to really move and continue to use domestic resources that [don’t] put the U.S. at an unnecessary disadvantage to our competitors in India and China?,”’ Profeta said.

Stuart Pimm, a professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, spoke Wednesday about the dangers oflax oil policies, referring to his travels in the Amazon, where drilling for oil has been rampant despite damages to the ecology and in-

we’ll be focusing on behavioral issues,” he added. “We don’t want to create concerns that are not there. We’ll work with student groups or anyone that plans to do so.”

Administrators will also be keeping an eye on the expected increase in media attention at men’s lacrosse games this year.

At the season-opening practice Jan. 26, about a dozen members of the print and broadcast media were in attendance.

Sports Information Director Art Chase said an average of about eight members of the media attended last year’s games, with no credentials required.

This year, Duke will mandate that media requests go through Chase’s office, and Chase estimated that between 20 and 30 writers, photographers and others would be at the Dartmouth game.

The only other times credentials have been required at Duke were for the 2002 ACC Championships and a home game in the 2005 NCAA tournament, Chase said.

The tilt against the Big Green will be televised by ESPNU, marking the third time in history a Duke regular-season men’s lacrosse game will be nationally televised. ESPNU and CSTV will televise three and two games, respectively, during the regular Given the media scrutiny that has been placed upon all aspects of the University, especially the lacrosse team, the Blue Devils said they are keeping a positive attitude toward the increased attention—both from the media and otherwise—that they will all but definitely receive at games this year.

“There’s distractions, but we can’t be bothered by distractions,” senior captain Matt Danowski said. “Even on the practice field we have to keep our heads in it, focus on lacrosse and getting better every day. It’s probably going to be good for us in the end—when we play in front of a big crowd, we won’t be as distracted as if we were not used to it.”

ball games. Because he was not aware of any specific student plans to tailgate before the men’s lacrosse opener, however, Graves said the administration has yet to formalize a policy.

“The potential for tailgating is there, but it is not something we have been apprised offrom students,” Graves said. “As far as the University’s stance on tailgate, there is no ‘Tailgate’ per se anymore.

That doesn’t mean students won’t show up and one does occur.”

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“The issue is an entirely ethical one—we are given creation and we are destroying a very big portion of it very quickly,” Pimm said. “Can we drill for oil in ecologically and culturally sensitive ways? Yes.” In an effort to address these pressing issues, the United Nations announced Tuesday they will consider convening an emergency summit calling for dramadc greenhouse gas reductions.

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and has to reflect the community wishes,” Soni said.

Several senators said they felt the word, the opportunity to vote on the change, ing of the proposed standard did not inrather than unilaterally approving the elude all the necessary principles Duke students should be expected to uphold. proposal.

“There are a “I’m hesitant to change lot of principles it because it’s you could put been only in,” Pickus said “There are a lot of principles “[But this is] not around for you could put in.... [But this is] three some years, heavyand I’m also handed moral not some heavy-handed moral concerned police trying to catch Elliott or some of the police trying to catch Elliott or me with a beer.” imwording me with a beer.” plies an endorsement of Noah Pickus In other business: the Community interim director, Kenan ethics institute Standard The nearly two-hour meetmeans an ening also included dorsement of all undergraduate policy,” Wolf said. “But presentations by Wolf on the successful I think it’s up to the students to decide, implementation of a light at the intersection of Broad and Perry streets and by and I’m satisfied putting it to a referendum to see what they think.”

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DSG CommunityLiaison Daniel Bowes, Ruderman, senior Jimmy Soni, DSG vice president of academic affairs, and a senior, spoke about Duke Excellence Noah Pickus, interim director of the Team—an initiative to show employee apKenan Institute for Ethics, said the preciation.

Students may nominate any non-faculty changes had been in the works since this summer. seven of whom will be selected employee, past “The conversations kind of grew out of and rewarded for their efforts.

Seven new senators were also sworn the events of last spring,” Soni said.

He added that the Honor Council and into office at the end of the meeting. the Undergraduate Judicial Board also They are juniors Shawn Kwatra, Jerry support allowing the entire student body Liu and Kristin Pfeiffer, sophomores Mai to vote on the proposed changes.

Li and Meredith Metcalf, and freshmen “It would be unwise to have a commitSpencer Eldred, Rachael Moss and Matt tee produce a set of standards and say ‘this Slayton.

The Senate unanimously approved alis how it’s going to be,’” Soni said.

He added that although the standard locating $3,500 from the DSC surplus has been updated numerous times, the latfund to the newly created alcohol subsidy fund, providing kegs to certain on-camest in 2003, evolutions are necessary.

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ADMISSIONS from page 1 “We want to make sure that in an environment where a lot of people have heard a lot of things about Duke many of which are not true—we tell students how great it is to be a Duke student,’’ Guttentag said.

John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said the lacrosse case and its subsequent publicity was “certainly a piece of the puzzle” in the idea for the video’s creation.

“There’s been a lot of misrepresentation of the students in media coverage and this is a chance for students and faculty to describe their experience and describe the campus,” he said.

In addition to the video that will precede admitted students’ letters of acceptance, the admissions office is also completing a series of longer vignettes to attract potential members of the Class of 2011 that will each profile a student’s typical daily experiences.

The initial video will run for about 30 seconds and the lengthier videos—which will be posted throughout the —

Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions, saidthe plan to create a series of videos came from a conversation with the board.

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month of April—will run for four to five minutes.

Guttentag said he hopes the concurrent implementation of the video and other efforts will have a positive effect on yield—the percentage of accepted students who choose to commit to Duke. Last year’s yield declined to 40 percent from 43 percent in 2005.

“Everything we do, we do with the expectation that it will help people decide to enroll at Duke,” Guttentag said. “It will always be difficult to link one change in activity to yield. It would be difficult to quantify that. The combination of things will have a positive effect.”

Burness said that Edelman—the public relations firm hired by the University in the wake of the lacrosse scandal—is also involved in the creation of the video.

“Every time we’ve done [a video] we’ve brought in firms, and there’s no difference this time,” he said. “One of [Edelman’s] strengths is new media.”

New York-based Beaucoup Chapeaux Productions and Durham-based Penelope Maunsell and Associates will collaborate to assist in producing the series of videos.

After filming interviews with students for three days this month at the Cable 13 studios, camera crews are currently in the process of shooting at prominent locations around campus, Guttentag said. “[Production companies] are doing the actual work of filming and editing the videos,” he said. “We’re ultimately responsible in terms of content and style, but they’re doing the work of creation.”

The increased amount of material directed at admitted students in April will be in an attempt to sway them toward Duke, whether or not the video itself will be a deciding factor, Guttentag said.

“Once we admit students we have a fairly small window of time to share Duke with them in a meaningful way,” he said. “[The video] is part of a whole series of experiences.

What we aim for is that each experience builds on other experiences to get students to decide.”

Guttentagadded that the need for creating the video was perpetuated by the fact that an up-to-date look at Duke’s resources has been unavailable on a large scale for some time.

“The last time we had a full-length video,was about 10 years ago,” he said. “We’ve wanted to do things like this for a while. The impulse is pot a new one.”

The approach will make use of the increased availability of web-based video, Burness said.

“Every number ofyears we do admissions videos, but we’re trying to think of this as more integrated given the web’s resources,” he said. “Because the web is such a different animal, we’re thinking ofaway we can do this with tools on the website.”

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After all, it appeared she had no reason not to be jubilant. Her home court at the University of Colorado was just an hour’s drive from her house. As a true freshman, she was averaging 25 minutes and just more than seven points per game. She was a two-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week.

It wasn’t until she was outside of her comfort zone, in New Orleans for the 2004 Final Four, that Emily realized she needed a change.

There was a ceiling hanging over Emily, and her head was finally beginning to break through that barrier. What she saw outside of her Colorado bubble was enlightening and ultimately, life-changing. She wanted a national championship, and she—albeit painfully and slowly—realized she had to leave Colorado to grasp her goal.

“It took a lot of help from my parents to see that I was really unhappy there,” Emily said. “It was once the season was over that I got away and got a look back at what happened and realized it wasn’t the happiest situation for me.”

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“We’ve had three road games, and for half of our team it was their first time in each building,” Krzyzewski said. “We’ll get time to shoot the day of the game and get accustomed.”

The No. 8 Blue Devils (18-3, 5-2), however, are more concerned with Virginia’s play as of late than with the team’s new arena.

Led by the backcourt duo of junior Sean Singletary—who leads the ACC in scoring at 19 points per game—and senior J.R. Reynolds, the Cavaliers have reeled offfour straight wins in the conference after starting 1-2. Sunday at Clemson, Virginia scored the game’s final 15 points to shock the Tigers in front of their home crowd. “

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Anonymous and mediocre are monikers that most people do not like.

Having ignored the former and overcome the latter, Patrick Mannelly, the Chicago Bears’ long snapper and a 1998 Duke graduate, now stands on the cusp of winning the ultimate prize on the biggest stage in all of sports—a Super Bowl ring. “[Long snapping’s] just our job, and we take pride in it,” said Mannelly, whose website www.longsnapper.com teaches students how to, well, long snap. “We say, The less you’re known, the better you’re doing.’”

Should Mannelly hoist the silver Vince Lombardi trophy late Sunday evening, it would bury more than a decade of suffering through a rough college career, bad records and unnoticed accomplishments.

Following his sophomore campaign for the Blue Devils, the Duke coaching staff asked Mannelly to switch trench sides from the defensive line to the offensive line. Already recognized as an accomplished long snapper, Mannelly handled the task with surprising ease, having played some offensive line in high school.

“It wasn’t that hard a transition,” Mannelly said “It was a welcome move.”

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“A lot of guys were called on to bump up [weight classes] to wrestle,” Anderson said.

At die 133-pound weight class, junior Duke was out of its element in more captain Bryan Gibson—who may miss the ways than one Wednesday night.

Its home meet against North Carolina rest of the year with a hand injury—was rewasn’t even at home. Its usual wresders placed by freshman Chris Thumen, who weren’t out on the mat. And it wasn’t pretty. normally wresdes in the 125-pound weight Although the Blue Devils (7-5, 0-2 in the class. Thumen was asked to wresde UNO’s two-time All-American senior Evan Sola, and ACC) gave a com-30 mendable effort Anderson said the freshman held his own.

UNC the Tar “He fought right to the end,” Anderson DUKE I 12 against Heels (7-6, 4-1), said. “He really did a marvelous job.”

The performances of freshman Voris there was just too much working against Tejada and sophomore Aaron Glover were them as UNC came away with a 30-12 win.

Duke was originally scheduled to take other bright spots for the Blue Devils.

When both the 157-pound weight class’ on the Tar Heels in Cameron Indoor Stadistarter and backup were unable to wrestle, um, hoping to draw legitimate student supwhen the Classic was Tejada moved up from the 149-pound Hoophall port. But scheduled in the meet’s place, it was weight class and won with a two-point takedown in a dramatic overtime match. moved to Chapel Hill High School. NeverGlover, who leads Duke with nine dual the Blue Devils made the best of theless, meet victories, lost 6-2 to Keegan Muller the circumstances.

“A lot of people came, many high who is ranked 14th in the nation—in a disschool kids stayed —it was an exciting putable fight.

“In the scramble the scoring could have venue,” Duke head coach Clar Anderson said. “I think [the team] handled [the gone either way,” Anderson said.

After a trying bout with North Carolina, move] well and really stepped up.”

Duke headed into the gymnasium for its Anderson said the Blue Devils will need to home dual meet with its forces depleted. get back on track before their next meet at Anderson blamed a widespread flu virus Virginia Feb. 10. along with an injury bug, which has hauntWe’re going to give them a few days to ed the Blue Devils throughout the year. recuperate,” he said. by

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MANNELLY from page 9 dollars Mannelly sat out his entire senior year with a hip injury that, to this day, no one not even the Duke medical staff—can explain. Anxiously awaiting the NFL draft, Mannelly knew his injury could put his future as a professional long snapper in serious jeopardy.

“That’s the one good thing about going to Duke, is the great medical program,” Mannelly said. “It was scary not knowing what the day was going to be like. They exhausted everything they could.”

Finally, April 18, 1998 came, and with it the NFL Draft. The first day went by, and no team picked him up. Hour upon hour went by on the second day as Mannelly, along with his future wife and parents, waited in his apartment.

In the 6th round, the Bears took a gamble and selected Mannelly with the 198th pick. Hoping to improve on a 5-28 record over his last three years at Duke, the senior had no illusions about what the Bears drafted him for.

“I knew I was being drafted as a long —

snapper,” Mannelly said. “It was exciting to see my name go across the ticker.”

Mannelly’s first few years in the NFL looked similar to his Duke career on rewind. Mannelly excelled as the Bears’ long snapper, allowing no blocked punts until 2003, which contributed to a record 180 games without a punt blocked. Chicago struggled, however, and, despite a 13-3 record in 2001, went 31-65 over Mannelly’s first seven years in the league.

But in 2005, after posting just a .400 winning percentage since his arrival at Duke, Mannelly’s teams began the turnaround toward success. Although the Bears lost in the 2006 playoffs to the Carolina Panthers, the stage had been set for the Super Bowl run this year.

The Bears tore through the regular season to a 13-3 record, with Mannelly’s snaps leading to kicker Robbie Gould maldng all 47 of his extra points and 32 of 36 field goals.

Mannelly is signed through 2010 after having played in 125 of a possible 128 games over his career.

“Patrick Mannelly just goes about being the best snapper in the league,” Bears head coach Lovie Smith said Dec. 26.

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Sunday, the Cavaliers trailed 63-49 with 5:05 remaining in the game, but they completely shut Clemson down in the final stretch. Jason Cain’s tip-in with 15.5 seconds left gave the team a 64-63 lead, and

Virginia held on for the win. Prior to Cain’s tip-in, Singletar)' out-jumped the Tigers’ front-line and grabbed a huge offensive rebound to keep the play alive for the Cavaliers.

“He’s quick, he’s a scorer, and he can shoot,” Paulus said. “He can do a little bit of everything. He’s one of the best point guards in the country.”

The junior is not Virginia’s only perimeter threat, as backcourt mate Reynolds who averages 18.2 points per game—barely trails him atop the conference scoring leaderbOard. In the Cavaliers’ last home game Jan. 21, Reynolds exploded for 40 points on 12-for-18 shooting in the team’s 88-76 win over Wake Forest.

Against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium last season, the duo combined to score 32 points, but together they committed 10 turnovers in an 82-63 loss. Sean Dockery and DeMarcus Nelson split the duties of harassing Singletary and Reynolds. But with Dockery having graduated, Nelson will likely be assisted by freshman Jon Scheyer, and to a lesser extent Paulus, in defending the two players tonight.

While Virginia has been playing well recently, Duke has also put together a solid five-game winning streak. Even so, the Blue Devils have struggled this season against teams with quick and experienced backcourts. Marquette and Virginia Tech both gave Duke a lot of trouble with the play of their guards, and both teams handed the Blue Devils unexpected losses. Singletary, however, may be the best guard Duke will face all season.

“He is a little bit different because the experience he has and how strong and quick he is,” Paulus said. “When he gets in the paint, he can score or he can pass it out. He’s definitely somebody we’re going to need to watch, and we’re going to really need to concentrate on him.”

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rigid as the season progressed—Emily’s basketball also improved immeasurably.

he or she take one sister and no*t the other? The correct answer, in the eyes of the Waner family, was a resounding yes.

“It was more putting trust in the coaches and believing what they were saying,” Abby said. “I think each would have taken Emily without me. It was more hypothetical.”

So Emily and Abby pledged their allegiance to Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors, but only Emily moved into her West Campus dorm room that year, as Abby was still a senior in high school. The sisters committed to college together, but now Emily was alone in a foreign state.

She couldn’t even find solace on the court, as she had to sit out from games for a year due to NCAA transfer rules.

During this time, Emily grew up.

“I’m in a completely different environment,” Emily said. “I came here knowing nobody because Abby wasn’t here yet, and it was scary at first, but it also taught me how to branch out and learn how to be on my own.”

The next year, Abby came to Duke and played major minutes from day one.

Emily, however, played sparingly, averaging just 8.8 minutes per game. It was the first time in her life she wasn’t hogging minutes.

But Emily remembered the end-game the entire season. She so desperately wanted that national championship, and she quickly understood that there were ways to contribute to the team other than draining threes and dishing assists.

“There’s a lot of stuff that goes on behind the court, as far as team-building and keeping the team all together,” Emily said. “People that aren’t playing aren’t necessarily in the happiest situation. So I

practiced the best out of anybody,” said Abby, who also emerged during Duke’s run to the national championship game. “She was unstoppable for a month, almost two months—she practiced incredibly.”

Emily’s renewed confidence undoubtedly carried over to her junior season.

This year, she is averaging 17.7 minutes

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In her junior year of eligibility, Emily Waner hashad a breakout season as Duke's first player off the bench. keep a positive attitude. If they’re going to have the spot ahead ofyou, you want to make them work for it, and that’s your responsibility in practice.”

The girl who was so unhappy with bas-

ketball in Colorado was now the glue holding Duke together. She had reprised her role as the team player, Even though her minutes didn’t show it—as the Blue Devils’ rotation became

per game, the most of any non-starter.

But it took 44 games in a Duke uniform for Emily to truly make her presence known.

On Dec. 10, in a game against then-No. 22 Texas, Emily beat her defender three times for three easy layups, showcasing a complete game not totally dependent on her three-point shooting.

In addition, the nature ofher game and her psyche have both changed dramatically.

“She’s more care-free. She’s not thinking about things as much,” Abby said.

“She’s the same off the court, but on the court, she’s more carefree and playing with swagger now.”

Emily has at least one fan in her coach.

“She’s one, because of her personality, that you cheer for,” Goestenkors said. “As a coach, you want so much for her to be successful because you feel like she deserves it.

I’m so happy for her because she’s given up so much, she’s worked so hard, and she’s stayed positive through it.”

Her growth would be a nice story in itself, but for Emily, and for the sake ofpoetic justice, this story can only rightfully end in the same place it began —at the Final Four.

Except this time around, she hopes she will be standing right next to her sister, holding a trophy high over her head, in the exact place where that constrictive ceiling used to lurk.

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pages pointed to the emergence of the Second Year Coalition, a group dedicated to improving the overall experiThough ence for secondeditorial certainly applaud year undergradefforts at drawing attention to uates. Focused on building a sense of community this issue, we feel an additionstronger on West Campus, the group al step could be taken that has begun to sponsor a series would tangibly improve the of activities aimed at drawing second-year experience. A the attention and participation greater effort should be made toward keeping freshman of current sophomores.

The newfound attention dorm identities alive in the paid to those in their second later years of a student’s undergraduate career at Duke. year at Duke should be welIn essence, new funding comed. After enjoying a relatively organized and friendly should be made available for freshman year made possible activities on West Campus that emphasize the first-year expeby programming for East Campus residents and the dorm rience, thereby strengthening group structure of West’s counteralready-established part, sophomores often report identities.

Obviously, forced encouna sense of neglect. This sense of being ignored, or at least, ters with people that you lived with during your freshman year treated with less-organized en-

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ue under such a scheme, but an additional framework in which to feel a sense of community with freshman dormmates would emerge.

Critics of such a plan might point out the additional costs or the forced conversations it would engender.

Yet, very little money could go a long way toward adding another layer of community to West Campus. Indeed, programming for residents of Pegram from last year could, for example, revolve around a concert or quad event that is already being held. The missing factor that this plan would add is greater, more nuanced dorm organization to make these

gatherings possible.

In the end, these get-to-

gethers would enable people to see those with whom they shared their freshman residence hall—encounters that

for many happen all too infrequently after vacating East Campus. No one at these events would be made to interact in undesirable or forced ways; rather, this new programming would offer those who wished to catch up a much-needed opportunity.

To oversee the events, an organizer from each dorm could be elected at the conclusion of freshman year. That representative would then be in charge of organizing events for that dorm’s residents throughout their sophomore year. These individuals could function under the oversight of already-existing elected officials such as class officers.

Sophomore year has received too little attention, and this plan to increase the interconnectedness of freshman dormmates would provide a welcome sense of community and place.

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are not the most conducive way of going about creating community for sophomores. Ideally, friendships should develop organically and move from East Campus to West Campus.

But in reality, certain architectural and logistical issues often inhibit a true sense of community on West. Some Ivy League schools may have residence halls with one entrance and individual cafeterias, but Duke’s West Campus lacks these features and is trying to compensate for this fact with super blocks at the elimination of linking—laudable efforts, but ones we feel warrant enhancement.

By holding modest events such as “Jarvis Class of 2008” or “Brown Class of 2009” barbecues, Duke could strengthen the sophomore experience by building upon identities that already exist. Quad programming should and would contin-

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was six months old and about eight stops down the Green Line from Len Bias when he died of a cocaine overdose in his College Park, Md., dorm room I couldn’t read the obituaries, or understand the newscasts, that mourned the loss of the pretematurally talented basketball player. I couldn’t comprehend the tragedy —didn’t understand that, fewer than 48 hours after the Boston Celtics selected him second overall in the 1986 NBA draft, my fellow surburban Washingtonian became townsman of a stiller town. ~r i But by the time I was plugging along in public school drug education classes, I’d heard plenty about some t pencits Len Bias. Nothing seemed to rattle 12year-olds more than a tale of one of their own achieving the ultimate dream—getting paid handsomely and elevated royally to play a game —and throwing it all away.

I was most recendy reminded of Len Bias not this past summer, the 20th anniversary of his death.

Rather, I recalled it this past Tuesday night, sitting in my own dorm room watching Larry King Live—and earlier the same day, while reading The New York Times, The Chronicle, cnn.com and Slate.

“Barbaro’s death was tragic not because it was measured against the races he might have won or even against the effort to save his life,” the editorial board of The NewYork Times wrote Jan. 30. “It was tragic because of what every horse is. You would have to look a long, long time to find a dishonest or cruel horse. And the odds are that if you did find one, it was made cruel or dishonest by the company it kept with humans.”

Ignoring (if you can) the editorial board’s puzzling assertion that horses can actually be dishonest —or, more puzzling still, that they can become dishonest by hanging around people—the piece is astoundingly similar to the ink devoted to Bias in 1986. Barbaro, the Times staff writes, was special not only because he displayed immense talent and potential, but also because he possessed a “vivid presence that was so much more visible to us because it happened to belong to a winner.”

These florid obituary passages, standard fare when describing the early departure of an athlete, seem offensive and almost satirical when applied to a horse. Can it be that America so lavishly honors an ......

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animal—one in essence prodded to its own demise with a leather crop—in the same manner as we did an extremely troubled and yet extraordinarily able young man?

In the days after Bias’ death, Washington Post sports writer Tony Kornheiser wrote a stirring color piece about Bias, one that wrenchingly recounted a gathering in Cole Field House. I read it once in school, and I looked it up again this week. Substituting “Barbaro” and racing terms for “Ten Bias” and “jamming” in the text, it is barely distinguishable from the media’s above-the-fold treatment of the horse.

“The [track] was closed to [spectators], as it usually is after [racing] season; a sign said to keep off. The lights were out, and on so blindingly bright a day as yesterday, the still darkness inside gave [Pimlico] a holy feeling.

Here and there, scattered about the top rows of yellow seats like candles, [people] sat quietly, alone or in groups of two or three: Some stared down at the [track] wide-eyed.

Others leaned back, eyes closed. After a while, some would lay their heads in their hands and sigh. When they spoke, their first words were either Why?’ and ‘How?’ He had such a strong, powerful body, it made no sense at all.

They wandered through the hallways and sat in the stands. They reminisced about his great [runs], his [Derby win that thrilled the nation]. They stood outside [jockey Edgar Prado’s] office, where a [Derby] gym bag with a BWI airport tag and [Barbara’s] name written on a strip of white tape sat unopened in a corner near a table. They ivalked past the glass trophy case where there were pictures of [Barbara] —a still of him posed in a thickly braided [garland offlowers], another of him [gunning toward the finish line] —and lingered for minutes, taking a last, long look as if trying to memorize them.

Perhaps I’m wrong in feeling indignant. Perhaps it’s fair to eulogize a precocious horse, compared to the great Secretariat, in the same manner that we eulogized a precocious 22-year-old basketball player, compared to the great Michael Jordan. Perhaps an athlete dying young is simply an athlete dying young, irrespective of species.

But is it fair to eulogize a horse with more grandeur and pomp than any of the thousands who’ve died in combat since 2001? Those men and women get the back pages of the Times, of People.

They get 9-point font. They rarely get pictures, and if they do, they’re thumbnails.

Barbaro, meanwhile, gets the cover. He gets the centerspread. He gets a veterinary scholarship established in his honor, a race renamed for him. He’ll likely get a plush Churchill Downs burial.

Then again, he always was an honest horse. ”

Sarah Ball is a Trinity junior and former editorialpage editor of The Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday.

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week, on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly’s opening segment criticized 88 now-infamous Duke professors for last spring’s widely fustigated “We Are Listening” ad and reigned in criticisms from Duke senior Stephen Miller. After O’Reilly dismissed President Richard Brodhead as a “coward,” Miller characterized this rarified moment in Duke’s history as a time when he, a self-proclaimed “conservative,” and “liberal” students are united by one aberrant commonality—their disapproval of the “Group of 88.”

This group of professors has been, put mildly, browbeaten and savagely misrepresented. Now embedded in the ethos of our University’s continuing lacrosse narrative, their story warrants more student attention.

The night of April 5, 2006, Brodhead wrote in a mass email that the incident “troubling our community... has brought to glaring visibility underlying issues that have been of concern on this campus and in this town for some time—issamson sues that are not unique to tutu powerful Duke or Durham but that have been brought to the fore in our midst.” The next day, The Chronicle printed an advertisement tided, “What does a Social Disaster Sound Like?” Signed by 88 professors and endorsed by seven departments and seven academic programs, the ad was inspired by an African and African American Studies forum held March 29. The event, facilitated by Mark Anthony Neal, associate professor of African and African American Studies, began byaddressing the theme of “black masculinity in the academy,” but it continued with candid commentaries on the nascent lacrosse drama and social divisions at the University.

The more than 50 students at the event never submitted that “Duke breeds cultures of hate, racism, sexism and other forms of backward thinking,” which an April 3 Chronicle editorial suggested was a narrowly held opinion on campus. The student testimonials from the AAAS event, however, did underline Duke students’ troubling experiences with such nationally felt problems as racism, sexualviolence and class privilege—and as such, their words were used in the ad.

The matters on which the students spoke at the forum are of profound concern to Duke and have historical antecedents that inform today’s discussion. Two weeks ago, in an “Open Letter to the Duke Community,” 87 professors declared that while the “criminal proceedings and the media frenzy which followed are perhaps beginning to wind down... the issues raised by the [lacrosse] incident., are not” Simultaneously, others are publicly concerned with punishing those who flubbed the U.S. justice system. As Lee Baker, associate professor ofcultural anthropology and chair of the Arts and Sciences Council, wrote in an e-mail: “The so-called 88 were focused on social justice, while many of the most adamant supporters of the lacrosse players were outraged that there was a miscarriage of criminal justice. Now, the question is in this climate, can one embrace both?”

Thus, the dialogue about the “underlying issues” to which Brodhead referred has not ended. When we learn from the editors ofSaturday Night that approximately 40 reports of sexual violence are filed annually at Duke, when we learn from the Campus Life and Learning Project thatblack students have reported incidences of on-campus discrimination at four times the rate of white students, when organizations host events on a regular basis to deconstruct the origins of Duke’s social divides, we receive a chilling reminder that a cultural critique must continue.

Despite their expressed concern for these documented issues of social concern, the 88 (and now the 87) have been vehemently criticized, called liberal zealots who did great harm to the University by not defending the accused. In short, these critics are wrong. The 88 professors who published the ad last April did give their support, to the students who spoke up at the March 29 forum. In response, their most extreme opponents have used minor instances of verbal ambiguity within the ad to wage a convenient war against academicians they do not like, wrongly suggesting that these professors do not care about their students. As junior Paul Slattery, Duke Student Government chief ofstaff, has argued in online forums, the blanket claim “the 88 don’t support students” translates to “the 88 don’t support the right students.”

In its careless simplicity, the broad assertion implies that standing behind marginalized female and minority students is neither meaningful nor productive.

I therefore call on all students to engage in a renewed conversation about the “underlying issues” of the “What does a Social Disaster Sound Like?” advertisement. And if you believe that there are no socially divisive issues that this community needs to interrogate, display a scrap ofcourage and attach your names to your opinions—like 88 professors who preceded you.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 200711: 5

A generational imperative

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we were at Ivy League schools 40 years ago, lofty ideals were affordable. Back in the ’7os, die average annual tuition and fees for a private college were around $7,000, inflation-adjusted to today’s dollars. Four-fifths ofU.S. households had annual incomes in excess of that. Beyond help with the direct cost of college, very few students counted on parents for help with housing or income. Student loans were small, seldom o U StraUSS & HOWe more than $2,000 total, and most of those who gues t column +

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As a result, regardless of family circumstances, we were free to buy into the Beatles’ credo, “I don’t care so much for money. Money can’t buy me love.” If we wanted to go into teaching, public service or the arts, we did. How unlike now, when so many young people—especially those whose families are not affluent—have no choice but to rivet their ambitions, their careers and their very lives in pursuit of die highest monetary return.

In 2006, the average annual tuitionand fees for a private college exceeded $22,000—a 200 percent rise over the last 30 years. Meanwhile, the real income of the median U.S. household has only risen 30 percent, and today only half of all households have incomes that exceed the average private tuition. Entry-level pay in many fields (including public service) has declined since the early 19705, while housing costs have escalated sharply—especially in major cities, where many of the public service jobs are located.

Not long from now, most likely in February or March, *Duke University will announce its tuitionand fee increases for the 2007-08 academic year. If past practice holds, this year’s hike will again be above inflation. There will be an official explanation pointing to rising costs, the improved quality ofeducation and increases in financial aid—after which there will be litde controversy, since students and their families will figure that, in the long run, the price of a Duke education will more than pay for itself.

For most ofyou, it will indeed do that. You’ll get good jobs, pay off your loans, buy houses (in most places, anyway) and start families. But for those ofyou who want to pursue an unconventional or public-service career, that price might get seriously in your way. And many ofyour peers who go to less elite colleges will be saddled with even more debt and with a far dimmer prospect of ever matching your earning power. For them, the price of their higher education will be a lifelong burden.

What concerns us is that not enough of you, at Duke and elsewhere, will spend your twenties and thirties doing the vibrant and vital work required of every rising generation to advance civilization, be it teaching, fashioning great works of art, challenging injustice or defending our nation mainly because-the job does not pay enough.

Across America, college graduates often leave school with $20,000 to $50,000 in debt—and for dropouts to leave with $lO,OOO in debt and nothing to show for it. For graduates of business and public policy schools, add another $75,000 to $lOO,OOO. For law or medical school, make that $125,000 to $150,000. Compare that to the experience of

people today in their late sixties on up (including manyof die trustees and overseers ofinstitutions like Duke). The great majority of them had no debt at all when they graduated from college.

There are colleges with few assets and tight budgets that have no other choice but to raise tuitions. But what can be the excuse of those with vast endowments? The Duke endowment, recendy measured at roughly $4.5 billion, has shown outstanding growth over the past 20 years, the same 20 years Duke has been jacking up tuitions faster than inflation.

Controlling the cost of higher education, and of student debt, has become a generational imperative. We have three suggestions for the Duke leadership—and we encourage undergraduates to voice their support for them, before the University makes its tuition announcement in the coming weeks.

First: Put an end to the 25-year-long above-inflation runup in tuition by freezing its tuition and fees at 2006 levels at all its schools. At the College, this means holding the line at $33,963, with total charges of $4,3115. The current annual rate of inflation, according to the most recent CPI, is 3.17 percent. A University-wide freeze on tuition and fees would cost roughly $l5 million, which translates into roughly two percent of last year’s $7OO-million growth in the endowment.

Second: Stop treating undergraduate loans as “financial aid.” If a college student and his family cannot afford tuition, then the difference should be covered by a reduction in tuition and fees. Paying for this would be pocket change for an institution as wealthy as Duke.

Third: Re-target alumni gifts toward debt forgiveness for recent graduates who are currently in modestly com-

pensated employment.

Not long ago, Princeton eliminated undergraduate stu-

dent loans. In January, Princeton announced a tuition freeze, albeit with a rise in room and board charges that will result in an above-inflation total net increase in student costs. Duke can afford to do Princeton one better, by holding the line on both tuition and fees.

Make no mistake; Duke, Ivy League institutions, and other top-ranked institutions set the standard for the cost of higher education at hundreds ofother colleges and universities across America. Were Duke to freeze tuition and eliminate student loans, it would then not be so easy for other colleges to keep pushing up tuition, fees, and student debt. This would be of considerable benefit to an entire generation of students who are now, or who soon will be, of college age.

Like nearly every large university, Duke receives enormous tax, spending and subsidy favors from every level of our national community—federal, state and local. It must begin to consider what it owes the community in return.

Were Duke to take these steps, it would be using its great wealth to serve not only the Millennial Generation, but also the highest ideals of our society, culture and nation.

William Strauss and Neil Howe are co-authors of six books about American generations, including Generations and MiUennials Rising: The Next Great Generation.

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I invite you to nominate any Duke undergraduate, graduate, or professional student (graduating September 2006, December 2006 or May 2007) for his or her engagement and participation in off-campus as well as on-campus activities.

To recommend a student for these awards, please visit the Awards website to find the specific criteria and the nomination instructions:

http://osaf.studentaffairs Juke .edu/leadership/awards All nominations are due by Friday,March 9,2007, and should be sent to: Student Recognition Awards Box 90834/101 Bryan Center Or to leadershipawards@studentaffairs.duke.edu Please take a moment to consider the students with whom you interact and nominate those who qualify. Your service in recognizing deserving students is sincerely appreciated.

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Full Frame celebrates 10 years Bassist brings Previous winners return to The Carolina Theatre for series Varun Lella recess The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is practically a Durham institution. Besides inspiring Mayor Bill Bell to temporarily rename Durham “Realitywood” in past years, the festival bring hundreds of documentaries, filmmakers and audience members from around the world to the Bull City.

Founded in 1998 by Nancy Buirski, the festival’s chief executive officer and artistic director, Full Frame is entering its tenth year as the world’s premier documentary film festival. This year’s festival plans to host superstars such as Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) Martin Scorsese and Michael Moore.

To celebrate a decade of dedication to documentaries, Full Frame is hosting the “Countdown to Ten” film series. The special screenings will feature the previous winners of the Grand Jury Award, Full Frame’s highest honor, bestowed upon a film by a prestigious board of filmmakers and scholars.

“We are celebrating our tenth anniversary and wanted to have an opportunity to give back to the community that has supported us for the past ten years,” Buirski said.

The series kicks off Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.ra. with 1998 co-Grand Jury winners In Harm’s Way and Travis. In Harm’s Way is filmmaker and sexual assault victim Jan Krawitz’s autobiographical story about her childhood notions of safety and her adult enby

David Graham recess The future of jazz is a 61-year-old, balding, English bloke who plays the edgiest of axes, the acoustic upright bass. He’s an unassuming conversationalist, alluding casually to Shakespeare in a charming Midlands accent. In fact, he really seems like the kind of guy who ought to be playing in an aging folk-rock band.

But Dave Holland synthesizes all the talents necessary for a 21st-century jazzman: He’s a composer, arranger, big band leader, record label founder and former Miles Davis sideman. Oh, and his quintet is arguably the best band in jazz.

Holland, who will bring an ad-hoc sextet to Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall Feb. 8, successfully combines modem musical concepts—many of which he helped develop in Davis’ band from 1968 to 1970—with a strong melodic sense, underlaying catchy melodies with elaborate polyphony that holds up to both the most superficial and the deepest listen.

“I would say on one level certainly there’s some complexity in [my music] for the musicians,” Holland said in an interview last month. “I think there’s this misconception about jazz that you have to understand the theory, but like any other music, it speaks to the heart.”

If you really want proof of the bassist’s eclectic scope, look no further than his iPod. He stalls when asked what’s on it—“I have thousands of songs, so it really depends what I’m feeling like at the time”—but when pressed he divulges what’s at the top ofhis most played list right now: Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s 2004 Paseo—alongside tracks from the likes of Missy Elliott and Prince.

John Brown, director of Du jazz program and himself a bass said Holland has until recently bf overshadowed by other giants on upright bass.

“Through his new approach to position and bass playing, his name risen to a point where I think should be,” he said. “He has a n ly introspective, serious proach to composition also requires a h level of accompl: ment on the in? ment, and to be a> to move about fr in the music he p *is really imp sive.”

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The CarolinaTheatre in downtown Durham has been home to the festival for all 10 years. counter with random violence. Theatre on consecutive WednesRichard Kotuk’s Travis follows the days—with the exception of the then-seven-year-old tide character’s Feb. 13 showing of the 1999 co-winbattle with AIDS. ners Photographer and Return with All the films will play at downtown Durham’s historic Carolina see frame on page 5

Exhibit reflects black life at Duke Andrea Marston recess Art can be a powerful way to share histo the new exhibit at the Mary Lou Williams Ce Black Culture is no exception.

Images of Our Heritage uses media as d photography, painting, drawing and printe ment speeches to explore the nature of bla Duke and beyond.

The exhibit marks the opening of Black Month, which is celebrated annually in February Duke, in the United States and international This year, however, is special to the Uniw its themeFrom Slavery to Freedom: Africans in . icas, which was selected in honor of John Franklin, James B. Du 1 ry. Franklin was amoi present the struggle essential element of Franklin’s photo exhibit alongside Cook, Duke’s first other past and pr These photographs by

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There is plenty to do beside the same old bars, parties and restaurants we all typically frequent Friday through Sunday in the area if you just get creative. For restaurants, instead of Mt. Fuji or Chai’s for Asain cuisine try Cafe Zen in the American Tobacco Campus.

As for bars, you should check out Blue Corn Cafe’s new additional bar space. Conveniendy located on Ninth Street and more exciting than another night at Shooters, Blue Corn offers a refreshing alternative. Also, check out last week’s issue of recess for our calendar or local drink specials, ranging from PBR to martinis.

And, did you know you can take an aerial tour of Durham? Jump in a plane with pilot Mike Ratty and see sights such as Downtown Durham, the Research Triangle Park, campus and Falls Lake from above. To learn more, visit www.carolinabarnstormers.com.

For something to do between dinner and drinking, Duke Performances brings a diverse range of musicians and artists to campus, and tickets are discounted for students. See www.duke.edu/web/dukeperfs for a schedule of upcoming events.

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Cartoon Network terrorizes downtown Boston In perhaps the BOSTON, Mass. most audacious marketing tactic of the year, Turner Broadcasting, a parent company of Cartoon Network, placed at least 10 explosives around key locations in Boston earlier today.

The bomb scare led to die closure of numerous roadand ways bridges, as well naval as a blockade of the Charles River. the Despite long and costly interference with public transit, officials were happy to report that all of the explosives had been neutralized with no loss of life.

However, after putting the National Guard and the Boston Police and Fire departments on high alert, it was concluded that the devices were not so much terrorist weapons as they were images of the character Ignignokt, from hit show Aqua Teen Hunger Force , giving the finger.

The images were placed as part of a nation-wide marketing campaign designed by ironcially-named ad wiz-

ards, Interference Inc. Experts were quick to condemn the agency’s campaign, deeming it the second most damaging backfire in the history of avant-garde advertisement. The first, of remains course, misDerringer’s guided theater exhibition featuring

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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s threat to pursue legal action and fines against Turner Broadcasting was supported by the Office of Homeland SecuriSPECIAL TO RECESS and Mayor ty Thomas Menino. The company apologized, insisting the devices were harmles and had been placed in 10 other major cities for three weeks without incident.

“It’s a hoax,” Patrick insisted, “and it’s not funny.”

Apparently both Interference Inc. and Turner Broadcasting failed to account for the primary side-effect of improved national security: chronic loss of a sense of humor.

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tvreview Heroes With its latest episode, “The Fix,” Heroes is primed and ready to plunge into the role it has always threatened to: a slightly less compelling Lost —with superpowers.

Critics have always pointed out that the show’s extended and disparate character list left little room for true plot development. As the storylines begin to come together, recess is worried that improbable plot devices and weak cliff-hangers may cause things to fall apart.

—Alex Wan

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recess Xiloa ( hi-10-ah ) and Ninth Street were made for one another. Had this quirky

Nicaraguan restaurant opened in Brighdeaf Square or the American Tobacco Complex, it would seem woefully out of place. Yet on Ninth Street, among the motorcycles perched in front of Charlie’s

and the hookah smokers and Turkish coffee sippers at International Delights, Xiloa fits right in.

The restaurant is small, sparsely furnished and often patronized by a refreshing mix of Duke students and Durham residents alike. Although the cuisine is far from familiar, the restaurant has a welcoming and bright atmosphere that makes up for its numerous peculiarities.

For instance, service is spotty, to say the least, but well meaning thanks to the pas-

sionate and eccentric efforts of Anar Rodriguez, the restaurant’s owner and omnipresent matron.

Rodriguez oversees the dining room and small kitchen, which is clearly visible from the restaurant’s few tables. She also crafts the signature refrescos, fruitbased natural soft drinks popular in Central America. These refrescos are made in-house and often feature diverse tropical flavors including cacao, tamarind, guava and passion fruit.

Lucky diners may be invited to sample some, or even all, of the day’s offerings before deciding on his or her libation of choice. The refrescos alone are reason enough to warrant a visit.

The unique Central American cuisine is also worthy of an exploratory journey.

Diners familiar with Mexican and Caribbean cuisine may see parallels on

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The rice with the mofongo, a plantain cake of sorts, lacked any discernible flavor and the iceberg lettuce and shredded cheddar on the Indian taco, served on fried flatbread, were an embarrassment.

Despite a certain roughness around the edges, Xiloa has charm and character, traits too often absent in many new restaurants. There is certainly room for improvement, but after only a few months the restaurant already feels as if it’s a part of the neighborhood.

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After five seasons, viewers are finally getting a glimpse at another, more human, side ofJack Bauer. Both physically and mentally scarred after 18 months in a Chinese prison, Bauer returns to the States unsure of his ability to continue being a bad-ass. He quickly leaves his doubts behind when a Soviet “suitcase nuke” goes off 30 miles outsideLos Angeles. Working in cahoots with a terroristtumed-peacemaker, Bauer fights against the clock to stop four other nukes from exploding in various cities throughout the nation.

Despite its doomsday-esque storyline, the sixth season of 24 has gotten off to an exciting, emotional start. If you haven’t been watching, it’s not too late—there are still 18 hours left in Bauer’s day.

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Duke Players explode Catherine Karlin recess The idea of the struggling young artist is often romanticized, but as Jonathan Larson’s Tick... Tick... Boom! demonstrates, the challenge is not for the faint of heart.

The Duke Players bring Larson’s autobiographical rock musical to the Brody Theater this weekend.

Larson, known principally as the composer of Broadway’s Rent, recounts his artistic and personal trials as a very late, yet promising, twenty-something who is still ‘promising’ a masterpiece to his girlfriend, by

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his parents and himself.

“Even if you’re not totally into Rent this is a much more honest and realistic kind of musical,” said director Nina Bergelson, a senior and Recess staff member.

The cast of the production has grown since its debut in 1990, when Larsen performed it as a one-man show. It now includes three principles; John (senior Michael Ayers), his best friend Mike (junior Shaun Dozier) and his girlfriend Susan (senior Kate Lender).

“The interactions between characters are really important and add a lot of struggle and depth to the piece,” Bergelson said.

The intimacy of such a small cast has other advantages, too.

“You really get to go deep into the characters and do a lot of detail work that you would not be able to deal with if you had a large cast,” she said.

“We really got to delve into the interesting material,” she added.

Bergelson also pointed out the parallels between John’s predicament and that of many college seniors.

“It’s about reaching that point in your life when people expect you to know where you’re going... something which is particularly resonant with college students,” she said.

Granted, graduating college is not exactly equivalent to turning 30, starting a family and moving to the suburbs. However, there are definite parallels.

“I thought the biggest challenge would be trying to empathize with someone turning 30, but as the semester has progressed I realized I have my own little crisis to face,” Ayers said.

Tick... Tick... Boom! chronicles the struggle of one individual, but in doing so, mirrors universal sentiment.

“It’s about how to follow your dreams in the face of everything that gets in the way,” Bergelson said. “It’s the people, the obstacles, what you-have to compromise to do what you need to do.”

Tick... Tick... Boom! will be showing at the Brody Theater Feb. 1-3 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $3, $3 for students and senior citizens.

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rock into classical music

Eric Bishop recess the final echoes of last week’s Just as Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer performance are fading from Page Auditorium, another group of Grammy Awardwinning crossover stars are preparing to take the stage: the Turtle Island by

String Quartet.

Now stop. Before you dismiss them as just another bunch of tuxedo-wearing Bach aficionados, consider this: reared on a steady diet of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Dave Brubeck, the members of this chamber group decided long ago to embrace the improvisational solos contained in much of their favorite music.

The quartet has made a name for itself over the past 20 years by composing and arranging] azz tunes for strings—an idea that cellist and founding member Mark Summer admits seemed farfetched at its inception. When violinist David Balakrishnan approached him with the idea in 1985, “I looked at him like he was insane,” he said. Surprisingly, the idea has since caught on, even among classical players who sometimes resist departure from tradition.

“We’ve found that classical musicians, in a certain sense, are dying to improvise,” Summer said, noting that during the Baroque period, improvisa-

tion was a much bigger part of the classical tradition than it has been over the last 200 years.

The group’s infusion of soloing into classical music is part of a larger resurgence of crossover music—from the likes ofYo-Yo Ma and the Kronos Quartet—that combine classical with other genres such as jazz, rock and folk. Summer says it’s a case of today’s players going with what they know.

“If you grew up listening to rock ’n’ roll and jazz—even if you’re a classical musician—it seems natural that you’d want to try it on your instrument,” he said.

This blend of styles can lead to a much more lighthearted and interactive experience for the audience, in contrast to the usually somber aura of a classical performance, Summer said.

“In the United States, string quartets are thought of as being out of touch and stuffy—so we play off of that,” he said. “People come expecting to hear Hayden, Mozart or Beethoven, and here’s this great improvisipg and soloing up a storm. That’s always been an exciting thing for us.”

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COURTESY CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES

Take a vacation in the Bryan Center For most Duke students, Myrtle Beach means a weekend of debauchery in the sun.

For photographer Ava Johnson, who works at the Center for Documentary Studies, the post-finals destination instead evokes healing memories.

Johnson’s exhibit Surface is on display in the Louise Jones Brown Art Gallery in the Bryan Center until Feb. 24. The work features recent photographs ofvarious pools in Myrde Beach as well as older pictures from family vacations of her youth.

Johnson’s photographic adventure began on an off-season vacation to escape from a house fire in which she lost many belongings and her dog.

“I needed to get away, come back to life,” Johnson said. “The beautiful pools reminded me offamily trips. The colors... and the trash,

even with that, they were beautiful.”

The soothing blues and greens of the water combine with the pool grates, drains, handlebars, tiles and yes, even the trash, to give Johnson’s work a peaceful, idyllic feel, though not without some irony.

“Myrtle Beach has a beautiful nostalgia,” Johnson said. “It’s a weird place but still I have a sweet spot for it because it was so soothing to me.”

The tiny, poolside photographs of Johnson and her parents from a long-ago vacation in Florida recall the deeper meaning of the exhibit.

“When you’re kids, you go along, but as you get older there’s a distance,” she said.

“It’s away to come back to your family and let some things go.”

—Lauren Fischetti

Students showcase photography at the Center for Documentary Studies With technology, sometimes less is thing that’s deep inside,” Satterwhite more. Or at least that’s the argument said. “An out offocus or accidental picmade by Lisa Satterwhite, a scientist at ture is very powerful.” the Duke University Medical Center, The images on display range from who teaches the documentary studies musical instruments to family members, class entitled “Large Format Photogracampus architecture to cemetery headphy” each fall. stones. Regardless of the subject, each Students in her class use bulky, old, photograph has a personal feel.

“Because they’re clunky cameras, stusimple cameras to produce large format photographs, some of which are on dis- dents have to collaborate with the subplay at the Center for Documentary ject,” Satterwhite said. ‘You can’t just Studies as the exhibit Our Half Acre. sneak up on it. That creates intimacy.”

The photographs, along with stuThe photographs, along with students’ personal statements, are on disdents’ personal statements, are on display in the Porch Gallery of the CDS play in the Porch Gallery of the CDS until March 11. until March 11.

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MTV/PARAMOUNT Freedom Writers is a “based on a true story”-film scripted from the unecessarily long-titled book TheFreedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Erin Gruwell. It’s the very typical “white people don’t understand minorities so how can white people teach them?” story usually reserved for the primetime movie of the week slot on Lifetime.

Set in Long Beach, Calif, after the 1992Los Angeles riots, Freedom Writers

features high-schoolers trying to cope with the rising threat of interracial gang violence that paralyzed much of Southern California and the teacher (Hilary Swank as Gruwell) determined to save them. She uses journals as away for the kids to connect and express their frustration with their harrowing lives.

As can be expected, there is a side story involving the personal problems of someone close to Gruwell—in this instance, a subtle Patrick Dempsey as Gruwell’s husband. And how could you have an inspirational high school film without the boss (Imelda Staunton as a department head) who will not tolerate non-traditional teaching styles

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Freedom Writers manages to avoid “death by cheese” by using actual journal excerpts rather than turning too dramatic to many

breakdown/revelation monologues, but still manages to beat you over the head with the tender-hearted

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moments.

The attempt to combine the interracial tension of Crash and the warmand-fuzzies of Dead Poets Society doesn’t quite come to fruition, but the film still manages to leave you with that happy, hopeful feeling that makes you want to donate five bucks to the Red Cross.

—Varun Leila

As the awards season reaches its recess offers ourpicks for the best in act; ing and directing. This is the third of. stallments covering the 79th Academy presented Sunday, Feb. 25.

This year’s leading men contain v< young actors, superstars, and a fresh of Bel Air. Newcomer Ryan Gosling Notebook) finds himself in company legend Peter O’Toole, co-heartth Leonardo DiCaprio, rapper-turned-a Will Smith and super-supporter Fore,' Whitaker.

Early buzz has placed Whitaker as this season’s man to beat, but the El alum shouldn’t be polishing up a spot on his mantle just yet. Whitaker must make it past previously nominated peers—Smith (one), DiCaprio (two), O’Toole (seven) —and underdog Gosling.

Indicates recess’ pick for Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond: Many wondered whether DiCaprio would beat himself out of a nomination by splitting votes between his stellar performances in Blood Diamond and The Departed. Fortunately, he made it to the big show. Unfortunately, thick South African accents and moral messages are not enough to garner a win this year.

Gosling’s

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ing performance as a drug-addicted, idealistic school

teacher that makes HalfNelson whatKevin Smith dubs “one of the best films in the last decade.” This overlooked performance has already earned a few minor awards, but truly deserves an Oscar.

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Oscar-nominated documentary Murderball, a film about paraplegic atheletes, won Full Frame DocumentaryFilm Festival's Grand Jury Award. hotbed Naseriyah and Kurdish-con- the series’ selection intriguing, frcm page 1 trolled northern Iraq.

“If [students] try to see the movies Although not directly connected they may realize it is not like going to Honor. The more than 80-year-old to any war, 2005 co-winner Murder- an educational film, its like watching theater is integral to the history of the ball features many post-war vets fiction,” she said, festival, Buirski said.

“They are enormously entertaining using sports to cope with newly gar“It has been one of our most imnered wounds. Also following on the and when you get a compelling story portant venues,” she said. “Carolina Middle East trend is 2004 winner that is real there is nothing more imwas the theater where we started, so Control Room, which offers a behind- portant,” she added, Buirski said she believes it is critiit is very important for us to come the-scenes look at Al-Jazeera, the back to it.”

Arabic news network. Return with cal for all college students, who make Honor, chronicling the stories of up a small part of the Full Frame auThe topics in the series are diverse —from mysterious musician Vietnam POW pilots, resonates with dience, to take advantage of the series deaths (2001 co-winner Benjamin those affected by the current quag- and the festival, Smoke) to An Inconvenient Truth direcmire in Iraq.

“They have a wonderful opportutor Davis Guggenheim’s story about ne are all concerned with what nity to see what have been some of novice school teachers (2002 winner is going on in the world today and the most powerful films in the past The First Year). this is a great way to understand it,” ten years,” she added Those interested in the Middle Buirski said.

East, however, will find several films For college students who enjoy The “Countdown to Ten series runs from Feb. 7 to April 5 at the Carolina Theatre, that explore the less seen sides of frat-pack films such as Wedding Crashwar. Last year’s winner, Iraq in Fragers and Anchorman, documentaries 309 W Morgan Street, Durham. Tickets are $4. For more details visit www.fullments, features three distinct stories may not seem appealing, but Buirski from Baghdad, Shia revolutionary said students may surprisingly find framefest.org.

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Peter O’Toole, Venus-. Peter O’Toole was first nominated for Best Actor in 1962 for Lawrence of Arabia and was last nominated in 1982 for My Favorite Year.

After returning to the spodight after 20-plus years, some are surprised to see the 74-year-old actor is still alive. Although he did grab an honorary Oscar in 2003, the academy may atone for past misses by handing him a statue this year.

Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness-. Will Smith is an underrated actor. Will Smith is an extremely talented actor. One year he will win an Oscar. This is not that year.

Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland: Whitaker is the latest in the line of off-lead actors turned spodighter—behind Paul Giamatd, Jamie Foxx and Philip Seymour Hoffman. As the de facto choice for many academy members, few dare to question Whitaker’s supremacy. Yes, his performance as Idi Amin is powerfully unforgettable—but he wasn’t even the lead in Last King, recess asks that Academy voters consider Gosling and O’Toole before tossing Whitak-

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� ���� A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party’s sophomore release —following the 2005 smash hit Silent Alarm—is at once a more mature and more experimental album. Departing from the danceable, rhythm-heavy' architecture of Silent Alarm in favor of a distinctively spader, vocals-centered approach, A Weekend is Bloc Party’s attempt to add a certain gravitas to modern Brilpop.

Although influences from the likes of the Smiths and other bands from decades past are apparent throughout, lead singer Kele Okereke continually reflects on issues of particular concern to today’s increasingly disenchanted teens and twenty-somethings.

On “Where is Home?” Okereke sings of veiled racism and his personal identity issues as a second-generation Nigerian immigrant; on “Song for Clay” he recalls the crushing emptiness ofLondon life.

In tackling these pressing issues, A Weekend often comes across as theatrical and over-produced, but the foundation that made Silent Alarm such a huge success still remains. A Weekend is a successful and thought-provoking album that will keep listeners wondering as to where Bloc Party is

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—Bryan Zupon

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH SOME LOUD THUNDER SELF-RELEASED

piano-playing, soulful jazz singer who listeners fell in love with in 2002 only appears in isolated patches these days, leaving dedicated fans sometimes wondering why she’s recording with Blue Note and not Sugar Hill.

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LILY ALLEN ALRIGHT, STILL REGAL ZONOPHONE

��� � � Despite being another MySpace-propelled pop star, British singer Lily Allen offers up a debut album that is a saucy and arrogantly witty success. The use of ska and carnival music (yes, carnival music) in Alright, Still is immediately noticeable within the first few beats of every track. On top of this unconventional mix, .Allen delivers verse after verse of caustic verbal putdowns in a voice that is so youthfully innocent you will most definitely do a double-take.

The clarity and raw sweetness of Allen’s voice easily veils the sass and crass of her words, making every song that much more compelling when you finally process the lyrics. For example, in “Not Big,” the playful ska beat immediately sets up the mood for a laidback Sunday morning track.

Then, a few lines in, while digging the beats, you hear Allen crooning, “Alright, how would it make you feel if I said that you never ever made me come?” While you’re still unsure of what you heard, she follows it up with, “Let’s see how you feel in a couple of weeks/When I work my way through your mates.”

While the lyrics almost come off as petulant, Allen delivers them with such energetic wit that it demands respect and elicits more than a few chuckles. From the cleverly contagious “Take What You Want” to the absolutely genius “Alfie,” Alright, Stillis an unforgettable and solid success.

—Nancy Wang

Hardly over a year ago, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah seemed on top of the indie-rock world, still riding the wave of critical praise and grassroots support received by their self-tided debut. Shortly thereafter, because they are either (a) the hardest working band in indie rock, or (b) incredibly ADHD, the band returned to the studio to work on their second album, Some Loud Thunder.

This eclectic follow-up paints the portrait of a. band that is trying to grow, but without an idea as to where. Alec Ounsworth’s voice still dominates the record with its signature Bowie-like squeal, but without the sense of excitement it had on the band’s previous work.

The sense of energy, in fact, seems to be missing altogether, replaced by experimentation that often results in songs that are either boring or downright unlistenable. The techno-laced “Satan Said Dance” proves an interesting experiment, though its electronic bells and whistles ultimately detract from the song. “Arm and Hammer” could possibly have been written by a drunk or someone on acid. Surprisingly, this is not a good thing.

To be fair, there are some very good moments on Some Loud Thunder. The anthemic “Mama, Won’t You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning?” may well be one of the band’s most tightly crafted, melodic tracks to date, despite what the awkward title may imply. Unfortunately, these bright spots are rare anomalies on an album that ultimately goes nowhere.

—Bryan Sayler NORAH

JONES

NOT TOO LATE BLUE NOTE

� � is � � It may grab you at first with its easy acoustic chords and that sweet voice you know and love so well. But keep listening to Norah Jones’ new album, Not Too Late, and your opinion may change. Disappointingly, Jones’ third album often mirrors her second in its country feel, abundant in Dixie Chicks-esque vocals and cheesy electric guitar riffs straight out ofTexas.

Where did the old Norah go? The

Some snatches of Jones’ old self still linger. The album’s title track, “Not Too Late,” is a smooth and simple love song that showcases a newfound emotional maturity for Jones. “Sinkin’ Soon” sounds like it was recorded in an old-time speakeasy and reeks of cheap booze and Billie Holiday. And “My Dear Country” is a bold and nightmarish waltz clearly dedicated to the 2006 midterm election.

Every relationship has its ups and downs. This reviewer is in it for the long run with Norah, so although Not Too Late may only merit a two and a half-star rating, she’s still a five-star kind of girl.

—Katie Macpherson

KATHARINE MCPHEE KATHARINE MCPHEE RCA

��� � � American Idol runners-up have a penchant for outshining the winners of their seasons. Take Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken drubbing Ruben Studdard in both debut album sales and celebrity status. Or Season 3’s Jennifer Hudson, who didn’t even make the top three, gamering an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in Dreamgirls.

And then there’s Katharine McPhee, the latest runner-up, whose self-titled debut is likely to become the next pop radio darling. The opening song, “Love Story,” sounds as if it could’ve come off one of Beyonce’s albums, complete with horn bleats a la “Cra2y in Love.” Later on in the album, “Open Toes” proves that it may well be the next girl-powered club anthem, with its snaky electronic beats and lighthearted ode to high-heeled footwear.

Yet for every gem of a pop song, there are two or three filler songs that would make good elevator music. The slower songs feel especially clunky, filled with weepyviolins and generic R&B anthems to love (see “Home”).

Still, this is a surprisingly strong, aboveaverage release in a genre that is currendy glutted with female pop/R&B crooners who can belt it out. Here’s hoping McPhee can keep up with the rest of the pack.

—Alex Frydman

��� � � Xavier Rudd, Australian musician and surf bum, has learned more from his extensive travels than just how to catch a wave.

Rudd’s mastery of a variety of musical instruments (including banjo, slide guitar, drums, didgeridoo) permits him to engage in a large variety of musical sounds and genres. His latest albunj, Food in the Belly the American release of a 2005 disc—continues to showcase his eclectic talents.

Though many of the tracks have a distinctly bluesy feel, Rudd is a singer-songwriter through and through. Some songs, like “Messages,” are based around poppy chord progressions reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, while others, like the title track and “The Letter,” boast technically impressive slide riffs and emotive vocals that one might expect to hear on Ben Harper’s Live from Mars. Furthermore, the album’s first single, “The Mother,” even possesses elements of reggae.

Unfortunately, Rudd’s numerous influences leave plenty of room for further development of his own sound. Despite the stylistic diversity, many of the tracks on Food in the Belly frankly come across as bland, and it is clear that Rudd’s talents could be vastly augmented with the aid of a talented backing band or the vision of a more courageous and decisive producer.

Though there is no question that Rudd is a skilled musician, he would certainly benefit from a more focused direction.

—Blake Rose —

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The Mountain Goats, The Old Cerem' The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Dig Sellers and Megafaun Kings Kings (424 S. McDowell St., Raleigh) Friday, Feb. 2, 9 p.m.

The first night of 88.1 FM's Double Bam benefit featuring top local talent.

Cracker Acoustic Duo with The Hackensaw Boys The Pour House Friday, Feb. 2, 10 p.m.

‘9os country rockers unplug, with old-time s writers joining them for a jam.

Yo La Tengo with Portastatic Yo La Tengo with The Rosebuds Cat 's Cradle

Monday, Feb. 5, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 9:30 p.m, Jersey indie pop outfit headlines, with local icons supporting

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edge of jazz this century along with saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s band. There’s a connection: Shorter and Holland were in Davis’ band together and both have turned to acoustic music since. (Shorter’s path took a long sojourn in electricity with the ’7os fusion powerhouse Weather

Report.)

‘You know, I don’t really weigh one against the other, I don’t see them as two competing situations—it’s a matter of what setting you feel is most appropriate for the kind of music you want to play,” Holland said of the acoustic format. He added that one reason he chose to leave Davis’ band was a decrease in opportunities to play the double bass.

“I’ve really focused on the acoustic bass since then,” Holland said. “The acoustic is a very sensual instrument, it vibrates in your hand. There’s a direct sonority and you feel it in your hand.”

The neck of his bass isn’t the only thing Holland holds in his hand these days. For three years, he has also’held his own business fortunes with label Dare 2 imprint. Forming his own label was something he had wanted to do for years, and when the opportunity for a distribution deal with Verve France arose, he jumped at the chance. The move ended a 33-year stint with ECM Records —a relationship Holland said ended amicably.

“This was not a rejection ofECM but a moving on for me,” he said. “It allows me to retain ownership of recorded material, where as you know, in a traditional relationship the label controls the music. And then of course there’s the issue of having more control over how the music is distributed and when.”

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But for Holland, the music is still No.

1. The bassist, whose career started in a

teenage musical group, said the idea of to a continuously evolving band like those of Duke Ellington or Davis has always been a major attraction ofmusic for him, and his quintet is one of the longest-running on the scene.

Although the sextet will not supplant his quintet, he said it allows him an opportunity to stretch out. The group features trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, saxophonist Antonio Hart, trombonist Robin Eubanks, pianist Mulgrew Miller and drummer Eric Harland.

Holland said working with Miles Davis gave him a model for the bandleader’s role. Reflecting back on the records Holland cut with Davis In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Filles de Kilimanjaro, Big Fun and Live-Evil—the bassist said he is struck by how contemporary the music still sounds.

“When I received the Isle of Wight festival DVD [Miles Electric—A Different Kind of Blue] I felt like it could have been recorded yesterday,” he said, laughing.

“But the way we looked wasn’t contemporary—our fashion statement was definitely the ’6os.”

Holland recorded in a wide variety of settings after leaving Davis, as a member of the fusion band Circle, a solo bassist, a sideman and a leader before finally settling into his stride with the quintet 10 years ago.

“Up to that point I’d really been concentrating on learning about the music, learning the instrument and really looking to see what were the things that were most important to me as a musician,” he said. “I really saw myself apprentice in the music up to that point. There were some ideas I wanted to play that I didn’t think I could play with anyone else.”

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