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The Chronicle r Duke Med to see shift in leaders Williams 9 new role leads to search for new dean by

Jasten McGowan THE CHRONICLE

Dr. Sanders Williams, current dean of the School of Medicine and the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, Duke University Medical Center officials announced

Monday.

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Williams will continue in his post as dean of the GMS until the end of the 2007-2008 academic year.

In his new position, Williams will promote collaborative efforts such as joint-faculty recruitment and medical student transfer programs, oversee the implementation of strategic plans at both schools and lead philanthropic and fundraising efforts at Duke’s School of Medicine.

He will also serve as a liaison between the two new deans and Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and SEE MEDICAL DEAN ON PAGE 5

Engage launches Duke undergrads funds S3OM service learning initiative to open

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In a move unprecedented in U.S. higher education, Duke will create a program that will allow every undergraduate to partake in one in-depth service opportunity over the course of a summer or an academic semester, the University announced Monday.

“Education finally isn’t about doing homework—it’s about actively desiring to use your personal knowledge to accomplish something in the world,” President Richard Brodhead said.

Under the title DukeEngage, the new program aims to provide full financial support and faculty advising to all undergraduates who wish to make civic engagement a greater part of their Duke education, whether their projects be on the local, national or international level.

Provost Peter Lange said students will have an opportunity through DukeEngage to join existing University projects, work in conjunction with non-governmental organizations or design their own project proposals.

He added that Duke’s commitment to provide financial support to students in this civic capacity is what makes the program unique.

“We haven’t been able to me who has e opportuniin front of students e way we’re SEE ENGAGE ON PAGE 6

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A group of Duke students works on a Habitat for Humanity house in Effingham County, Georgia.

Admins say boldprogram reflects Strategic Plan goals by

Katherine Macllwaine THE CHRONICLE

The enactment of Duke’s new service set the University apart from peer institutions while continuing to foster acanews demic values already central to the University’s analysis strategic plan, administrators said.

“We’re not trying to make Duke over,” President Richard Brodhead said. “It’s a way of dramatizing and centralizing some-

learning initiative will

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SandersWilliams was named to a new post Monday.

The med school now is searching for a new dean.

The Durham Police Department is continuing to investigate allegations that a female Duke student was sexually assaulted at an off-campus party early Sunday.

According to police reports released Monday, the 18-year-old woman reported forcible rape that took place at 3 a.m. at 405 Gattis St., where a party was hosted by some members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. The alleged victim “is doing as well as can be expected,” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said.

University officials said Monday that they had met with members of the fraternity after the report was filed by the alleged

victim, who Wasiolek confirmed is white Some of the students living at the house in which the party took place are in the process of relocating either temporarily or permanently, Wasiolek, wrote in an e-mail.

“The University has been assisting the students to identify their housing options,” she said.

Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said the administration is now awaiting DPD investigation results.

Police officers have spoken with the alleged victim, DPD Chief Steve Chalmers told The Herald-Sun. SEE ALLEGED RAPE ON PAGE 5

The house at 405 GattisSt was thesite ofa party Saturday night where a Duke student said she was raped.

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Iran leader wants talks on Iraq

Six nations reach tentative accord by

Burt Herman

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BEIJING Six countries reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on initial steps toward North Korea’s nuclear disarmament that could usher in the first concrete progress after more than three years of talks marked by delays, deadlock and the communist country’s first nuclear lest explosion.

The U.S. envoy to the talks, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, emerged in the early morning hours of Tuesday looking wear)' after a marathon 16-hour negotiating session and announced that a tentative deal had been struck at the latest round of six-party talks

on the North’s nuclear program.

The draft agreement contained commitments on disarmament and energy assistance along with “initial actions” to be taken by certain deadlines, Hill said. Working groups will be set up, hopefully in a month, laying out a framework for dealing with regional tensions, he added.

Later Tuesday, after a break of several hours, Hill said the pact had U.S. government support. “Yes, we’ve approved it. To the best of my knowledge we’ve approved it,” he told reporters.

Hill added that the North Koreans had seen the same text. The Chinese said the North Koreans “went over every word

of it,” he said The envoy declined to give further details of the draft and said the parties will meet again later in the day.

The agreement could herald the first step toward disarmament since the talks began in 2003. The process reached its lowest point in October when North Korea conducted its first nuclear test explosion, alarming the world and triggering U.N. sanctions.

In the last few days, the talks had appeared to be on the verge of foundering and envoys made clear that their frustration was increasing and their patience growing thin.

Democrats present Iraq resolution

by Anne Flaherty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

proves” of the troop buildup.

Debate was to begin Tuesday, and the

WASHINGTON House Democrats rolled out their resolution opposing President George W. Bush’s troop increase in Iraq on Monday, setting up a likely rebuke in a political landscape turned upside-down since Congress’ overwhelming 2002 endorsement offorce against Saddam Hussein.

Lawmakers are expected to vote on a resolution by week’s end opposing Bush’s decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq. The measure states simply that the House “will continue to support and protect” troops serving in Iraq but “disap-

House vote will mark its first on the war since Democrats won control in the November elections.

While the measure is not binding and would not affect the funding of the war, passage would be an embarrassing rejection of Bush’s Iraq war policy and could force many Republicans to choose between backing the president or criticizing a deeply unpopular war.

“What the American people want to know is: Does their member of Congress support the president’s proposed escala-

tion or do they not?” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters he had heard from about 20 Republicans who said they opposed the troop buildup and from one Democrat reluctant to support the resolution. The measure’s simple language —it totaled just a few dozen words—was crafted to maximize the number of Republicans who would support it and to emphasize support for the troops While Democrats predicted the measure would pass easily, Republican leaders tried to refocus debate on the measure in hopes of putting Democrats on the defensive.

Iran's president is softening his tone, saying Monday he wants dialogue rather than confrontation in Iraq. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted that turmoil in Iraq is bad for his country and dialogue—not force—was the solution to the region's conflicts.

Media testifies in Libby case Three prominent journalists testified Monday that George W. Bush administration officials volunteered leaks about a CIA operative, as I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's attorneys sought to suggest he was not responsible for exposing her.

Sea animals may protect base Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, which is potentially vulnerable to attacks by terrorist swimmers and scuba divers, Navy officials said Monday.

Chimp-hammers uncovered Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago. An international research team said Monday it had uncovered the hammers in West African. It would be the earliest known use of tools by chimpanzees.

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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

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F acuity speak out on threats, intimidation by

Naureen Khan THE CHRONICLE

Six members of the Duke faculty said Monday night that they refused to be silenced by what they termed as attempts by critics to intimidate them or censor their opinions.

The charged panel discussion—entided “Shut Up and Teach?”—addressed

criticism toward academics who comment on controversial social and political issues.

The panelists at the talk—five of whom were signatories of an advertisement called the “listening statement” that was published in The Chronicle April 6,2006 said the problems of faculty repression go beyond the events of last spring.

“We’re talking about decades of the rhetorical tarring and feathering of faculty who step outside the confines of their research or their classroom,” said Wahneema Lubiano, associate professor ofAfrican and African-American studies.

Lubiano said that while the issues being —

addressed by faculty arose in response to the lacrosse case, the discussion held Monday night was meant to address broader issues about the role ofacademia in society.

Maurice Wallace, associate professor of English and AAAS, said academia was a public enterprise and asserted the faculty’s right to enter into conversations about social and political issues.

“It seems to me that the only way for professors to be professors is to enter the public discourse,” Wallace said.

Associate Professor of AAAS Mark Anthony Neal said the purpose ofacademia is to comment on current pertinent issues.

“This is about an engagement with the public,” Neal said. “To speak to the issues that speak to our constituencies.”

The panel, however, did specifically respond to the aftermath of the lacrosse incident and the ensuing treatment of faculty.

Charles Piot, associate professor of PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE

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A panel at the Mary Lou Williams Center Monday discusses the rights of faculty to express their views.

Costs up. Class of 'll to see fewer food points by

Adam Nathan

THE CHRONICLE

The incoming Class of 2011 will have approximately 200 to 250 fewer food points to spend and more meals to eat at the Marketplace next year under a new freshman meal plan, Jim Wulforst, director of dining serv-

Because ofincreasedexpenses at the Marketplace, the Class of 2011 will get fewer additional food points.

ices, announced this week.

“We need to look at recovering the costs of the new food options freshmen now have,” Wulforst said.

He said the proposed board plan, which will be voted on by the Board of Trustees next month, was based on attendance data and student reactions to the improvements this year at the Marketplace.

This year’s changes included adding dinner service on Friday and Saturday nights, extending service hours to 9 p.m. every night and allowing students to use a breakfast credit for Marketplace lunches.

“The student response has been great to the changes we made to this year’s freshman meal plan,” Wulforst said. “We actually found that students were flush with points at Christmas time.... Most students had 200 to 300 points left in their accounts.”

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said DSG worked with dining services on the plan.

“We obviously want dining to have as much money as possible because they are very involved in student life,” Wolf said.

“But we are fighting against the increasing costs to students or decreasing the University’s subsidizing of dining services.”

Wolf said the changes primarily affected freshmen because of the rising costs of the new first-year meal plan.

“I have heard a lot of information saying that the freshmen are eating at the Marketplace and are not relying as much

on their food points,” Wolf said. “It’s hard to justify the same number of points if the Marketplace is more expensive and students are eating there more often.”

Wulforst said fewer than 200 freshmen had to add additional points last semester.

“Most of our data showed that students had too many points at the end of semester, so we thought we could move some of that money into the board plan,” he said.

Wulforst added that the cost of the food itself contributed to the proposed meal plan changes. Bon Appetit, which runs the Marketplace, primarily uses fresh, local, organic products in its dishes.

“Basically, we are using fresh ingredients—from the salad dressings to the pizza dough to the desserts, everything is made from scratch,” he said. “Even though the SEE DINING PLAN ON PAGE 8

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Reporter talks on media's decline SOFC unites groups under new umbrella by

Matt Johnson

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Kevin Sack, two-time Pulitzer Prize re-

cipient and Los Angeles Times reporter, discussed the impact of blogs and the In-

ternet on traditional media outlets in front of a crowd of nearly 50 Monday.

Students gathered at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy to hear the news veteran’s thoughts on the future of

Health-related organizations look to enhance collaboration

printjournalism.

In his speech, titled “Life as an Endangered Species: Reflections as a Newspaper Reporter,” Sack, Trinity ’Bl, said newspa-

pers play an important role in a free and democratic society. But he pointed to falling circulation, job cuts at the nation’s major newspapers and the rise of blogs as factors contributing to the continuing decline ofnewspapers.

The nation’s papers are critical, Sack said, because they provide a necessary check on the government.

“Someone must hold accountable those with power and stand up for those without it,” he said.

Sack said the transition of news to the Internet could pose a threat to investigative journalists like himself, as investigative articles are often expensive and require months of research. Shareholders are more concerned with increasing profits than producing qualityjournalism, he said.

As traditional newspapers disappear, new media organizations must step up to fill the void, Sack added.

“Will we know enough about the challenges that face us without a rigorous press digging for truth?” he asked.

When questioned by an audience member about the role of blogs in the news media, Sack said blogs are not required to uphold the same standards of

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Health-related student groups can now unite under the Medical and Health Student Organization Umbrella, which was designed to create a sense of collaboration among, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Kevin Sackjrinity 'Bl, speaksMonday afternoon at Sanford. accuracy and fairness present at major media outlets.

“We seem hungry for information, but we have little appetite for truth, context, fairness and value,” he said.

Sack said that rather than producing original journalism, most of the blogs he has seen get their information from mainstream media and provide additional commentary.

“If these trends continue, there won’t be anyone left to write things for blogs to comment on,” Sack said.

David Hartman, who anchored “Good Morning America” from 1975-1987 and currently hosts documentaries for the Public Broadcasting Service and The History Channel, applauded Sack’s work in journalism.

“He’s as fine a journalist as we have,” said Hartman, Trinity ’56. “He’s a 25year veteran, so he knows what he’s talk-

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Prior to his speech, Sack was presented with the Futrell Award for Outstanding Achievement in Communications and Journalism, which is given annually to a Duke alumni in recognition of distinguished work in the field.

Sack shared the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 and 2003 for his work documenting race in America and exposing safety issues with the U.S. military’s Harrier aircraft.

“We chose Kevin Sack as the recipient this year because of his excellence in the very difficult field of investigative journalism,” said Ellen Mickiewicz, director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy and a member of the board that selected Sack.

“It takes patience, accuracy and carefulness, and he has done it time and time again at a high level,” Mickiewicz said.

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Alex Sophomore Crable, chair of the Duke Student Government Student Organization Finance Committee, initiated the plans for the umbrella in the fall.

Alex Crable Crable said he noticed a large jump in the popularity of medical organizations in the past two years, particularly those related to a specific health issue.

“What we’ve decided is that the way it’s currendy set up, [SOFC doesn’t] have the resources to oversee an organization for every disease,” Crable said in October, when the plan for an umbrella was still in its nascent stage.

The Medical and Health Student Organization Umbrella will be modeled on the three umbrella organizations currendy in SEE SOFC MED ON PAGE 5

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Crable said the new umbrella will benefit student groups by providing them with resources and will simplify SOFC’s oversight of health-related groups.

“What we want to do is to create some structural organization, some umbrella organization that will help organize them, help them collaborate, help them gain resources,” he said at the organization’s first meeting Monday. “Things that affect medical and health organizations but that SOFC might not have the greatest knowledge of.”

Crable added that he went through the Office of Student Activities and Facilities’ list of student groups and and invited ones related to health to be a part of the umbrella organization.

The groups include Healthy Devils, Know Your Status, Operation Smile and Rural Health.

The umbrella will address issues specific to medical and health organizations better than SOFC could, Crable added.

Crable said he hopes the umbrella will foster more discussion among groups and could possibly lead to an organized activity fair or other special events.

“From what we’ve seen, [the umbrella] increases the impact of the groups involved to a significant degree, both organizationally and gaining additional resources,” Crable said.

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president and CEO of Duke University Health System.

“We’re very excited about the chance to successfully pursue our many efforts at both schools with a more effective breadth of leadership,” Dzau said.

“These plans reflect the major growth of Duke’s academic, research and clinical care efforts,” he added.

DUMC officials said Williams has proven to be an effective leader in spearheading the strategic plans for the two schools but noted that the major undertaking of managing both institutions would benefit from additional

leadership.

“The new organization will divide the workload and allow Dr. Williams, who is a true scientific visionary, to spend time working to improve the quality and coordination of science within the two campuses,” said Dr. Ross McKinney, vice dean for

Like all umbrellas, it will be considered an independent student organization and therefore a part of SOFC. It will also receive automatic SOFC charter status, which will qualify it for an annual budget.

Currently, the umbrella is composed of presidents or representatives of health-related student organizations who are all on an equal footing.

Future members can decide to have a hierarchical structure.

In the beginning, member groups may fall under the purview of the medical umbrella as well as a different group, but the goal is for each to fit under one in the future, Crable said.

Several attendees at the first of the scheduled biweekly meetings expressed concern about the organization.

Senior Jessica Ballou, a Chronicle columnist, said she was unsure how the organization differed from the Global Health Forum, of which she is a cofounder. Crable said the umbrella would not negate the forum’s mission, which is to coordinate the endeavors of global health groups.

Christine James, a senior and the representative from Healthy Devils, said she was concerned the umbrella was just focused on collaboration among a variety of groups, something her group does little of because it is concerned with issues specific to college students.

“I feel like this is more of a forum thing, which could be good, so that we could find out what everyone is doing and then get help,” James said. research in Duke’s School ofMedicine An important responsibility of senior academic leaders is to ensure that operations within an institution run smoothly so that the potential of each individual is achieved, Williams said in a statement Monday.

For example, in his new position, Sanders will help lead the GMS’s adoption of Duke’s medical school curriculum—exposing scientists and students to research topics that are well-established in Singapore, Dzau said.

Since Williams took the helm of Duke’s School of Medicine in April 2001, it has experienced a near doubling of research funds from the National Institutes of Health to almost $350 million, the construction of five research buildings and an increase of several hundred new faculty.

“We’re very excited about the change,” Dzau said. “Duke is on its way to the top, and this is definitely another push in the right direction.”

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ALLEGED RAPE from page 1 “Once they did the preliminary interview, she was taken to the hospital to be examined,” Chalmers said. “We’re going to be following up with her and seeing if she can identify suspects in the case.”

The alleged victim told police she was raped in the bathroom by a black man in his late teens or early 20s, 6-foot-l and wearing a black do-rag, gray sweatshirt and jeans, according to a DPD statement released Sunday.

Wasiolek said the alleged attacker has not been identified, adding that there has been speculation that he does not attend Duke.

“The rumor is that it’s a student at an-

other school,” she said Police reports state that approximately 50 people were at the party at the time the alleged incident occurred.

Marijuana, cocaine and Oxycontin were found in the house, according to the DPD police report. Neighbors told The Chronicle Sunday that police officers also found a gun in the house, but police have not reported that a gun was present.

The Duke University Police Department is not involved in the investigation, which lies within DPD’s jurisdiction, DUPD Captain Sara-Jane Raines said.

Wasiolek said, however, that the University works closely with DUPD, which serves as a liaison to DPD. Katherine Madbvaine and Shreya Rao contributed to this article.

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doing here,” he said.

DukeEngage is expected

organizations devoted to social “DukeEngage will give a significant number of Duke students a chance to become the social entrepreneurs of the future.”

James Joseph, former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and director of the U.S.Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values at Duke, will lead the faculty advisory board. Sherryl Broverman, associate professor of the pracdce of biology, will serve as vice chair of that board.

Administrators said the program is the crystallization of an emphasis on knowledge in the service of society that has evolved over the last several years—particularly in the University’s most recent strategic plan, “Making a Difference.”

“The main thing is that if you go back to President Brodhead’s inaugural [speech], he talked about how we can take what our students learn in the classroom and apply it more broadly,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Administrators estimate that approximately 25 percent of Duke undergraduates will take part in the program during their time at Duke after it has gone into full swing, Lange said, adding that he expects the program to require between $2 and $2.5 million offinancial support a year.

Brodhead said the program does not wish to “monopolize service at Duke.”

“Students will and should continue to do a great variety of service activities that won’t be as intensive as what we’re talking about here,” he said.

Along with the creation of DukeEngage, University officials announced a new Center for Civic Engagement, which will fall under the purview of the Provost’s Office. In addition to the appointment of a director, Lange said he expects that two to three additional staff members will be hired specifically for the center. belong

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begin in full in Summer 2008 through a combined $3O million from the Duke Endowment and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lange said. Each organization donated $l5 million to endow7 the project.

“The goals of the program are very consistent with the goals of those foundations,” Lange said.

When the program is launched, each student who has completed two semesters at Duke will be invited to submit a grant proposal for an intensive service project.

The University will pay for students’ travel expenses and a stipend for cost-of-living and will also cover additional expenses for students receiving financial aid who have “summer earnings” requirements.

In statements released Monday, Russell Robinson, chair of the Duke Endowment, and Melinda Gates, Trinity ’B6 and Fuqua ’B7, praised die civic and academic goals of DukeEngage.

“President Brodhead and Duke University have a clear vision and plan for making social and public service part of an undergraduate education,” Gates said in the statement. “DukeEngage will deepen and broaden the college experience by providing the funding and support students need to pursue meaningful service opportunities.”

As a part of DukeEngage’s leadership, Eric Mlyn, director of the Robertson Scholars Program, has been selected as inaugural director. David Gergen, a Duke trustee and former advisor to the White House, will chair the program’s national advisory committee, which will provide counsel to the provost and president and reach out to non-profit organizations.

“There are a growing number of young Americans... who have created or to

Alan Schwartz, President and COO, Bear Stearns

Margaret Spellings, U.S. Sec. of Education “Service to others helps to define the character of our country, lifting us higher than we thought possible. Programs such as DukeEngage challenge the next generation of students to embrace the high calling of public service.”

Wendy Kopp, Founder, Teach For America “I am so impressed with Duke’s leadership in ensuring that all students, regardless of their financial circumstances, can take advantage of the opportunity to effect positive social change during their undergraduate years.”

Jim Hunt, Former Gov., North Carolina

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capitalizing on one of its greatest assets—the creativity and commitment of students—to help find solutions to many of the challenges facing K-12 education and other societal needs.”

In my experience, the road to success isn’t the narrow road to a fixed career goal. In every line of work, success requires commitment, broad real-world experience, and the wish to use your powers for the larger good. The Duke Engage program is an exciting route toward this invaluable education. All kinds of employers will be looking for the skills it develops.”

Bill Bell, Mayor, Durham “I well recall that at his inaugura-

tion, President Brodhead spoke eloquently about students taking what they had learned from their classroom experiences and extending their learning by applying it productively in Durham, in North Carolina and in places around the world.

Duke’s commitment to establish DukeEngage will not only transform the lives of Duke students and prepare them for productive lives of service, but it promises to help transform the lives of people throughout our community. What a blessing.”

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With an initial endowment of $3O million, Duke Engage will provide full funding and support for every undergraduate to participate in intensive civic engagement opportunities.

Finalization of the University’s latest strategic plan—which emphasizes the idea of “knowledge in the service of society”—sparked conversation among students, faculty and administrators over an idea that evolved into the proposed initiative, Provost Peter Lange said.

“This isn’t a new thing for Duke,” he said, adding that approximately 60 to 80 students already participate in similar intensive service engagements annually.

Although DukeEngage reflects national initiatives and a general shift in educational philosophy regarding the role of service in higher learning, the University’s ability to finance a wide range of endeavors sets DukeEngage apart from similar programs at other schools, Lange added.

Funding for DukeEngage stems primarily from $ 15-million contributions from the Duke Endowment and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

John Burness, senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, said DukeEngage will have the greatest impact on students receiving financial aid.

“The component of it that is unique is that Duke is willing to put the resources into paying for it,” Burness said.

Brodhead said the extent of the the initiative will be more far-reaching because all students will receive some level of support —including travel expenses and a cost-of-living stipend—regardless of financial status.

He added, however, that the benefits of

Christoph Guttentag,dean of undergraduate admissions, said Duke Engage will help makeDuke"more attractive." and practice educate each other,” Brodhead said. “A program like this would be hard to establish elsewhere, except as an extracurricular activity.”

Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions, said that by providing away for Duke to distinguish itself from other schools, Duke Engage will likely benefit the University from an admissions perspective as well.

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will extend beyond its fmancial resources, noting that intrinsic qualities of the University’s academic character will allow the new program to flourish when it might have trouble gaining solid ground at another school.

“The two most striking institutional differences of Duke are the very high level of collaboration across schools and disciplines and the interest in having theory

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“It will make Duke more attractive and more appealing for students for whom a sense of civic engagement in addition to intellectual engagement is important,” Guttentag said. “Over time, it will attract some students that in the past might have chosen to go elsewhere.”

He added that all of this year’s applicants will receive e-mails to inform them of the initiative and that he will begin discussing the program extensively with next year’s potential applicants starting in the spring.

Brodhead said features of Duke Engage will draw upon service-based programs already in place at the University including the Hart Leadership Program, the Robertson Scholars program and the Benjamin N. Duke Scholars Program.

“We have a lot of people who are used to running these programs and are very knowledgeable about helping place students in the right circumstances,” said Robert Korstad, director of the B.N. Duke Scholars Program. “These additional resources and opportunities are going to make what was once available to only a few students available to all students.”

Brodhead noted that DukeEngage has received broad support from members of the Duke community, both within the service sector and in business-related fields.

“I’m a huge enthusiast of Duke’s new program,” John Mack, Trinity ’6B, CEO of Morgan Stanley and a former member of the Board of Trustees, said in a statement released Monday.

“It takes more than financial or business skills to succeed in the global economy,” Mack added. “Graduates who have had the chance to work collaboratively on real problems across cultural and national boundaries will have an edge over those who don’t.”

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FACULTY SPEECH fro. page 3 cultural anthropology and AAAS, devoted his presentation to criticizing “Durham-in-Wonderland,” an ongoing blog by KCJohnson, a history professor at Brooklyn College who is highly critical of the endorsees of the April 6 ad.

Piot called it “a voluminous and incessant commentary” on the lacrosse case that is “obsessively preoccupied with the so-called Gang of 88."

Panel members also spoke about the fear produced by threats from outraged individuals. The professors noted Duke faculty members have received thousands of pieces of hate mail as a result of their critique of the Duke culture in the midst of the lacrosse scandal.

“There are all different forms of fearmaking,” said Diane Nelson, associate

professor ofcultural anthropology, refer-

ring to the silencing of dissenters across history. “But eventually you become the change you were looking for.”

To demonstrate the importance of articulating one’s views and connecting with the public, Nelson passed around string that linked members of the audience to one another. As she spoke of repression, she hacked off the connecting string to emphasize how such actions cut people off from one another.

The other panelists said they hope that positive change will eventually come from the discourse promoted by the faculty members.

“Crisis historically has often been critical to the production of new knowledge,” said Pedro Lasch, assistant professor of the practice of visual arts. “When we are engaging in knowledge, we have to be listening.”

DINING PLAN from page 3 quality is greatly improved, there is a cost associated with that.”

Wulforst added that the extended dinner hours and new options for Friday and Saturday dinner have added to the rising costs at the Marketplace.

“There has been a huge response to Friday and Saturday dinners—we count over 750 guests each night,” he said. “It makes me feel like I’ve missed the mark the past

10 years.”

Freshmen have responded well to the new breakfast credit option, with more than 600 participants every lunch period, Wulforst said.

“Instead of having five dinners a week we now have seven, and now if you miss breakfast, you can use it for lunch,” he said.

“From a logical perspective, it feels right.”

Many freshmen, however, said they were unhappy with the proposed changes.

“As much as I love the Marketplace, I don’t think I would want to be forced to eat there for more meals than I already have to,” freshman Kayla Roby said. “I’d much rather prefer more food points so I could choose where I wanted to eat on campus.”

Other students said the new changes would further restrict options to students with busy schedules.

“That’s a horrible idea,” freshman Sarah Takvorian said. “As the meal plan is now, freshmen are already constricted to the Marketplace ifthey want to get the most out of their money.... Now, it will be even harder and more expensive for students to eat where and when their schedules allow.”

Although he said he was disappointed to hear some negative feedback from freshmen, Wulforst said the proposal was based on observed trends in freshman dining.

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Over Thanksgiving break, senior defenseman Tony McDevitt was home in Philadelphia hanging out with some friends when his cell phone buzzed.

It was a text message from his new head coach, John Danowski.

“Happy Thanksgiving, stay safe and can’t wait to see you back here,” McDevitt recalled the message saying.

“I was like, ‘Wow, we are in constant contact with our coach,” McDevitt said.

Sending blast text messages to the 41 Blue Devils on this year’s roster is just one of a number of means Danowski has employed to connect with the team in his first year as Duke’s head mg Mike o resigned last April 5, displayed a :nt coaching

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The coach responded (I’m paraphrasing here) that maybe his team was just not a good offensive team.

Maybe their inconsisjgjkHHfek tency showed up a^ex when they were piay°ff en on nS 3 sive end, as opposed to when they were playing poorly.

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hear about it,” McDevitt said. “Coach Danowski is a laid-back guy. He’s very smart, like a tactician of the game. His discipline habits—he puts that guilt trip on you. If you miss a ball or if you miss an assignment, he says, ‘No problem. You’re just letting the team down, no big deal.’

“So you know. You feel it inside.”

Prfessler’s dismissal 10 months ago made headlines, coming at the height of the media frenzy and on the same day Duke’s season was cancelled. Although the May 2006 Coleman Report, which investigated the behavior of the team, was largely seen as a vindication of Pressler’s record while in charge, President Richard Brodhead ultimately decided to move on with a new coach when he reinstated the program.

The national search for a new leader quickly focused on Danowski, even as three other candidates visited Durham for final interviews. As the father of a current senior on the team, Danowski was seen not only as a coach with an outstanding record on the college level but also the person who could begin to heal the wounds opened last spring.

Many of the Blue Devils—especially Matt Danowski’s fellow seniors—were already familiar with the elder Danowski, as he would visit from Hofstra to watch his son’s team play when his schedule permitted.

With the 2007 season opener less than two weeks away, the members of the team are finally understanding what it is like to play for the man many of them call “Coach Dino.” He is quick to hug players

who make mistakes, but he also has not shied away from chastising the Blue Devils at times.

“We haven’t had an official game with him, so there will be things we learn as the season goes,” senior midfielder Ed Douglas said. “I feel extremely close with him. I know the players respect him and trust him greatly, which ' cause that usually takes a lot of time to build up.”

Several Blue Devils said Danowski has taken a significant role in their lives off the field. Even though Matt Danowski said his father was not a “techguy,” John nology Danowski has used the mass text messaging program to talk to his players. Some have been as simple as a team meeting time, while others have advised the players to “make great decisions tonight.”

“Coach Danowski has tried to embrace the friendship role as well, being involved in all aspects of our lives,” Douglas said.

On the field, Pressler was revered by those around the game for his teams’ high-octane offenses, When Duke reached the 2005 national championship game, Danowski was a spectator as the Blue Devils led the nation with 13.35 goals per contest. The output was nearly a “

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s talk about the defense offense? Let ing, layup-missing, ball-movement-lacking

quick enough to get to the basket or good enough off the bounce

team with no player

to create —and make—his

own shot.

(Except Gerald Henderson, who’s a freshman with asthma. And he can’t bring his inhaler on the court.)

So there, I said it. It’s out there now.

That being said, the Blue Devils’ offense is good enough. While they are one of the lowest-scoring teams in the country, they’re still 18-7. And Duke actually should be one of the lowest-scoring teams in the country because they play at an excruciatingly slow pace, which limits their shot attempts.

Using points per possession to control for Duke’s slow pace, the Blue Devils score 111.7 points per 100 possessions, which puts them in the top 20 percent of all NCAA teams in terms of offensive efficiency. So as deficient as Duke is on offense, there are a lot of teams that are worse, which is encouraging

Up to the Maryland game, in fact, Duke had been performing well on offense even during its three-game losing streak, scoring about 100 points per 100 possessions (just about the national average) in each game.

And even though that is below Duke’s season average, it’s not terrible when you consider the fact that athletic ACC teams play better defense than the likes of Georgia Southern and Columbia.

So the problem in the most recent three-game losing streak is not on offense It’s on defense.

You probably disagree. Right now you’re probably saying Duke didn’t make a field goal for the last 8:42 of the Virginia game. If they had made just one shot, they would have won. And, you’re probably saying, if Duke knocks down one or two of those open jumpers and free throws toward the end of the UNC game, it

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ACC STANDINGS ACC Overall BC 18-6 9-2 8-2 22-3 UNC 168-3 Virginia 17Va. Tech 7-3 19-5 5-5 Clemson 185-6 Duke 17Fla. State 18Maryland Ga. Tech 16-8 13-10 NC State 10-15 Miami Wake Forest 2-9 11-13

LEAGUE LEADERS POINTS 1. Jared Dudley (BC) 2. Al Thornton (FSU) 2. J.R. Reynolds (VA) 4. Tyler Hansbrough (NC) 4. Sean Singletary (VA)

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REBOUNDS 1. Jared Dudley (BC) 2. Brandon Costner (ST) 2. Josh Mcßoberts (DU) 4. Ekene Ibekwe (MD) 4. Tyler Hansbrough (NC)

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In 2006, Duke celebrated Valentine’s Day with an easy 93-70 victory over Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

It was the 12th consecutive ACC win for the second-ranked Blue Devils, and the only drama remaining for the final month of the regular season surrounded JJ. Redick’s quest to become the conference’s all-time scoring leader.

Things are a little different in 2007.

The final six games of the regular season mean everything for a Duke team that has gone 0-forFebruary, suffering the Blue Devils’ longest losing streak in 11 years and dropping out of the top 25 for the first time since 1996.

Even more surprisingly, Duke, once 18-3, is nearing the NCAA Tournament bubble. Although Duke is No. 18 in the RPI and fourth in strength of schedule, the Blue Devils sit in a de for sixth place in the ACC at 5-6, with three of their final five conference games away from That stretch run starts at firstCollege on Valentine’s Day, when . not expect to receive any love from Eagles’ crowd. j‘We knew when we started th that every game was going to be a for us because of who we are this si that has not changed,” head o Krzyzewski said. “It’s not just wfr won four or five in a row or lost fo; the next game is huge all the time Krzyzewski has not lost faith during the swoon, recognizing th Devils are a few bounces away near the top of the conference sta “One shot determines two o games,” Krzyzewski said. “Losing a: you lose—is it lack of effort, is it 1 belief, is it lack of work? It’s noi those things for our guys. They be they work hard. We just travel a nr road between winning and losing Those shots, however, have no en of late for the Blue Devils, and has found itself in seldom-traveled ters. The program that has garner* top seed in eight of the last n: NCAA Tournaments —and has. fallen below a third seed since 199'

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Georgia Tech kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive with a 65-52 win over Connecticut Sunday at the Georgia Dome. The Yellow Jackets now own wins over Duke and UConn this season—two of the nation’s traditional powerhouses that have fallen out of the top 25.

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is not even guaranteed a bid at this point in the season Krzyzewski, though, said his team cannot afford to think that far down the line and must remain focused on the upcoming trip to Boston.

“With our team—and we’ve done that with basically all our teams—[we] just concentrate on the job at hand,” Krzyzewski said. “If you don’t take care of the job at hand or don’t attempt to do as well as you possibly can, then the big picture will always be not as good.”

Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell can sympathize with Krzyzewski, having seen his team suffer through a similar streak in ACC play. After starting the season 17-0, the Tigers lost five of six before a win last week over Florida State.

“Everyone in our league has definitely gone through a stretch where they haven’t played well,” Purnell said. “With the balance of this league the No. 1 rated league in America —most of the time it shows up with a streak of losses.” gia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt Duke’s struggles as a sign of the :s in college basketball, with parity coming the standard across the na-

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would’ve been an entirely different game. What’s more, you’re thinking, the Blue Devils had not one, not two, but three attempted layups to beat Florida State.

They’ve got to make one of those.

You’re right. All of that’s en-

tirely true.

But as the saying goes: If your

grandmother was a man (or

something like that), she would’ve been your grandfather.

That’s what I’m saying.

The fact of the matter is that Duke has hung its hat on defense all season. Like I said, Duke is not a good offensive team. Open jumpers and layups and free throws are not gimmes. If the Blue Devils aren’t playing good defense, they’re going to lose.

During the current four-game losing streak, Duke has allowed more-than 100 points per 100 possessions every' time out. Its season average is 81.6 points per 100 possessions. They’ve had four of their five worst games of the season, as far as defensive efficiency goes, during this four-game stretch. The only game that was worse was the loss to Marquette.

In the second half against North Carolina, the Blue Devils allowed 122 points per 100 possessions. If you’re not a pace-adjusted convert, the Tar Heels scored 45 points that half, on pace for a 90-point game. In the first half against Maryland, Duke was on pace to let up more than 118 points per 100 possessions.

Quite simply, the Blue Devils

cannot allow teams to score like

that and still win ballgames.

This is the part of the column where I should give some solution to the problem, but I don’t have one. Maybe Coach K does.

Because what it looks like to me is that teams are taking and making too many open jump shots, getting to the basket too frequently and grabbing too many offensive rebounds. Basically, the Blue Devils are failing in every' defensive area relative to how strong they were earlier in the season.

For two years, quick guards (see: Singletary, Sean and Lawson, Ty) and active big men (see: Thornton, A1 and Gist, James) have killed Duke’s defense. So maybe the last four teams Duke has played just have the type of personnel that gives the Blue Devils fits.

But that’s not really encouraging either, because it’s not like the five ACC games Duke has left are against teams that better fit Duke’s defensive schemes.

Just to get to 7-9 in the ACC (and likely lock up a tournament bid), Duke’s going to have to win two of its final five conference games against Boston College (which is first in the ACC), Clemson (which Duke only beat by two at home), Maryland, North Carolina and Georgia Tech (all of which beat the Blue Devils once already). A conference record of 6-10 might be good enough, but it might not.

Welcome to life on The Bubble. Make yourself comfortable.

Because until the team’s defense improves, Duke’s not getting off.

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The Blue Devils will open their inaugural season under head coach John Danowski Feb. 24 at home against Dartmouth.

M. LAX from page 9 goal and a half more than any other team and nearly two goals better than eventual champion

Johns Hopkins.

“I thought what coach did years ago was masterful,” Danowski said. “He used all his tools in such a unique way—it was really impressive. I stole a lot from what he did from that year at Hofstra the next two years.”

At the team’s first spring practwo

tice of the 2007 season, Danowski said he hoped to incorporate some of Pressler’s style into this year’s team. But Duke—which was second in the nation to eventual champion Virginia in average offensive output before last season was cancelled—lost several key weapons to graduation, especially in the midfield. Danowski said the Blue Devils’ style this year might not be exactly the same as Pressler’s, but that might be a function more of different personnel than of different

coaching styles.

“Everybody’s got their own styles—there are a million ways to get things down,” Danowski said.

Ranked between No. 4 and No. 6 in three preseason polls, it remains to be seen what effect the new coaching style —on and off the field—has on the Blue Devils.

One thing, however, is certain “Both of them have different styles, but the goal is the same, and they make that clear,” McDevitt said.

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Interdisciplinar ty, but at a cost? tinuing education students of terdisciplinarity and the proall ages and backgrounds motion of diverse enrollment, among other means—this inter-generational from Durham. The opportucomponents, professor Tim nity to share a classroom with particular example, as a such a diverse model, seems fraught with Tyson’s cross-listvexing logistical problems. group of individued course in doceditorial als has the potenThe course’s aforemenumentary studies tioned setting—near downtial to foster a and enunique and African and African-American Studies, “The South in gaging environment likely town Durham—may, for all its benefits, dissuade as many Black and White,” has taken the unachievable in a more hoAnd Duke students from enrolling in to mogenous setting.

University’s commitment inas it attracts. For those without setting, terms of Tyson’s to a whole new terdisciplinarity level. Provost Peter Lange said course has provided students access to a car, or who simply of the course, “In principle it’s a with the opportunity to leave consider Science Drive too far the confines of the classroom to travel to for a class, the very' cool and dynamic idea.” and learn in a unique locaprospect of enrolling in a Lange is right. In princihistoric church course that meets downtown, in tion —a ple, it is “cool and dynamic.”

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might be more beneficial for enrollment to be limited so that students lucky enough to enroll in such a course may actually benefit from the uniqueness of the class, its composition and its setting.

By virtue of limited availability for interaction in a class so large, it is possible that Duke students ultimately get the short end of the stick. Going forward, then, the University should seek to balance the expansion of student horizons and opportunities that inter-institutional enrollment affords with the affirmation that enhancing Duke students’ academic experiences, not making the class available for as many people as possible, should be and is the University’s top priority.

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ontherecord DukeEngage will deepen and broaden the college experience by providing the funding and support students need to pursue meaningful service opportunities.

Duke’s campus even accommodate a class this big without holding it in a cavernous setting like Love, White or Page Auditorium? In a class so large (among the largest offered at Duke, where 90 percent of courses are one-tenth that size or smaller), one wonders how much real and meaningful interaction can possibly take place among the diverse students who make up the course and between those students and their professor.

It is admirable that the University expanded enrollment to meet demand, yet doing so may have been done to the detriment of the overall course experience—and when planning future interdisciplinary and inter-institutional classes, we encourage the University to consider this fact. It

What’s

wrong with campus culture? I don’t find social oudets—dry, wet or damp—limited or hard to find on campus. If I want to go to a big “party” where dozens of strangers get drunk on cheap beer, I can go to any one of the free, open section parties. If I want a similar situation with better drinks and a mechanical bull, there’s always Shooters. If I want a smaller, more low-key party, I can visit friends’ apartments. If I don’t want to party at all, I live surrounded by people dav jd rademeyer I m happy to sit 42 around and talk to. I have options This doesn’t mean I haven’t been known to complain sometimes about Duke. I really miss the lack of a bar scene, for example. This is not so much a question of campus culture, however, as of American culture. Duke’s responsibility starts and ends with giving Elizabeth Dole the education she needed to become Secretary of Transportation. The normal complaints one finds in The Chronicle or student government (lack of intellectualism, non-alcoholic social opportunities...) are problems I’ve never encountered.

I found friends who were just nerdy enough for me before even the first day of orientation, during two of the best days of my life: international orientation. For 48 hours, I and a few dozen other international students sat, walked and joked around. The games we were made to play were often stupid. In one, we were asked to explain the genesis of our names. My own pithy narrative (“I’m called David because my parents liked the sound of it”) perfectly illustrated how completely poindess the game was for most of us.

However, staring in bemusement at each other brought us together, and we discovered a few things that might otherwise have taken months to learn (I cite die answer one of my friends gave to this day—much to his exasperation). In those two days, I made several friends who are today among my closest.

As soon as the American freshmen immigrated to East Campus, I, like everyone else, was overwhelmed, and found it hard enough to sort out what people were called, let alone find ray place in the rapidly forming community. But through it all, I could com*

miserate with the people I had met at international orientation on how the arrival of everyone else had destroyed the intimate, getting-to-know-you vibe of pre-orientation, and our initial contact soon blossomed into friendship. Soon, classes started, and I found a new group within which I could function: my Focus. In time, things settled down, and I made new friends in my dorm. I was home at last.

It is a shame to think this is not a universal experience. If what I read and hear is to be believed, there are many people at Duke who don’t find a group of people with whom they are as comfortable until sophomore, junior or senior year—and some never do. I don’tknow how someone can go more than a few minutes at Duke without coming across an intellectual debate, or spend a weekend at Duke thinking there’s nothing to do but drink. When I read Chronicle columns calling for students to build a social scene not defined by alcohol, I’m startled to discover some students don’t know it’s already out there.

It’s time for Duke to give everyone my experience. We should dramatically expand the number and variety of pre-orientation programs. At this point, to my knowledge, the only pre-orientation programs are those for various scholarships, that for international students as well as Projects Wild, Surf and Build. Everyone I know who participated in any one of the above seems to have come out of it with friendships that have lasted to this day. Duke should partner with student groups to put together religious, theater, human rights, service and many other types of pre-orientation programming.

Another exciting possibility is to leverage existing Focus programs. Many programs already have mid-semester field trips that could be shifted or supplemented with another, pre-orientation trip, where students in a Focus could get to know each other and bond alone together before venturing forth into the dorm. Faculty need not even be involved in all of the programs. As a Humanitarian Challenges alumnus, I would love to facilitate something like this when theFocus program is resurrected next semester.

These programs probably won’t “fix” the culture, but they just may help students find their place in it.

Shouldn’t that be our goal?

David Rademeyer is a Trinity junior. His column. runs every other Tuesday.

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week, Durham resident Beth Brewer did a courageous thing; She asked the Durham Superior Court to remove Mike Nifong as district attorney in a sworn affidavit. I wish I had thought of that.

How fortunate, then, that imitation is the highest form of compliment, because Brewer is onto something.

As we near the 12th month of the lacrosse case, Duke students unfortunately cannot make the wheels of justice turn any faster for our three accused classmates. But we can and should work to ensure that future Dukies will never again be systematically mistreated by kristin butler Durham’s judicial system Emblematic of these with ail deliberate speed concerns are September 2006 revelations that Durham police officers disproportionately targeted Duke students for arrest in 2005 and 2006. In fact, Sgt. Mark Gotdieb, who went on to become the lead investigator in the lacrosse case from March until September, was the worst of the offenders. One can only imagine how different the lacrosse investigation might have been if Gottlieb’s one-man reign of terror hadended with his first violent or inappropriate outburst.

Unfortunately, though, this is probablyjust the tip of the iceberg. To show how prevalent the inequality is—not to mention how easily it can be documented—let’s compare one small (if especially curious) episode from the lacrosse saga: the $400,000 bail the players were initially required to post. As it turns out, this figure is exactly double the amount recommended by six-year-old Durham county guidelines governing bail. It is also many times greater than the sums assigned other defendants in comparable cases —oftentimes with significantly weaker ties to the community.

In Durham, judges may “deviate from the suggested dollar amounts at their discretion” when setting bail; however, a Nov. 26 Herald-Sun article noted the factors that would indicate higher bail include “public safety considerations, a person’s previous criminal record and the likelihood a suspect might flee.” Considering the defendants cooperated with police from the beginning, going so far as to offer voluntary DNA samples and even pass lie detector tests, it is hard to imagine that they met any of the traditional criteria for higher-than-usual bail.

Now compare Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and Dave Evans to some of the people who didn’t merit higher bail—or even the recommended amount. For example, it was just two weeks ago that a Durham man was assigned only $25,000 bail after allegedly committing a “crime against nature” with a 14-year-oldboy he’d met online, taking indecent liberties with that same child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor by engaging in oral sex.

action April 16, just two days before Finnerty and Seligmann were arrested and charged, another Durham man was assigned $150,000 bail after being charged with incest,

statutory rape and talqng indecent liberties with a 14-yearold girl. Last July, another man was assessed $30,000 bail for charges of second-degree rape.

Ironically, the Finnertys, Seligmanns and Evanses had relatively strong ties to the community; consider the case of a homeless man who was assessed $lOO,OOO bail after being charged with sexual assault and rape back in 2004.

Similarly, an adjunct professor at UNC—charged with incest with a child between age 13 and 15, second-degree rape and crimes against nature —was initially given just $300,000 bail after he had fled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to avoid prosecution. His bail was subsequently raised following negative media coverage.

Yet another murder suspect gotjust $250,000 bail after police allegedly found him on the lam in Oklahoma, driving a murdered man’s truck; he was extradited to North Carolina to face charges including murder, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense, assault on a female and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Last summer the players’ bail was lowered to $lOO,OOO. But even at that lower level, it is identical to that of a man like Jamal Manta Watson, who Assistant District Attorney Beth Koontz termed “one of the most dangerous people in Durham.”

That’s why, in the face of such compelling inequality, administrators should strongly consider hiring a team of outside lawyers—in much the same way they brought in a New York-based public relations firm to protect the Duke “brand” last year—to research and documentall such instances of discrimination. If the attorneys do not find a compelling enough pattern, then at least the issue will be followed closely.

However, if there is sufficient evidence of discrimination, then they can pursue a number of legal remedies on our behalf. Particularly inspiring is the prospect of a “consent decree,” which would be a binding legal agreement whereby Durham would agree (in principle) that Duke students are not to be discriminated against. Such an agreement would not require that the city or county admit any wrongdoing, but it would be enforceable in the event of any future violations.

And although it would be nice to have administrative support in these endeavors, students don’t require it.

Duke Student Government, for one, could lead such a charge. Or else a group of other motivated students emulating the fine example set by individuals like Beth Brewer—could decide to proceed independently, as a sort of “class action.” Rarely has one “generation” of Duke students had the opportunity to render such a powerful service for those who will succeed us, in the Class of 2011 and beyond.

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Kristin Butler is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

iettertotheeditor Despite information in initial article, Mraz, Common both headliners for LDOC Appeal and diversity.

These two words have been the primary goals of the committee coordinating Last Day-of Classes 2007. To achieve these goals, we made a conscious effort to book artists representing different genres in an attempt to provide a show that will entertain as many students as possible. It was critical to us that, no matter who they ended up being, both artists would have relatively equal appeal, and one would not seem like a “cop-out” to appease those who were less than excited about the other.

Despite our efforts, our good intentions were skewed in the Feb. 9 Chronicle announcement of the 2007 LDOC artists (“Mraz, Common tabbed for LDOC). The statement “rapper Common [is]

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opening” is incorrect. Moreover, it conveys the erroneous assumption that the LDOC Committee believes Jason Mraz to be better headliner material than Common.

Both Mraz and Common were booked as headliners for LDOC, as both artists have extremely successful careers and, based on a survey of students’ musical preferences, would be equally popular among the student body.

So, for the sake of clarification and in the hope of a great LDOC, the committee is proud to present opener Young Love and co-headliners Common and Jason Mraz.

Beth Higgins Trinity ’O7 LDOC Committee Chair

Underwear: a V-day essential I

started planning for Valentine’s Day a little early this year. I figured that at the rate I usually work, in order to have a date by the 14th I would need to start my hunt by late October.

My strategy was to start out by hanging around a few of the middle schools in the greater Durham area and gradually work my way up the ranks. I was making decent progress come December and had a few possible prospects in mind, when one magical night it all fell into place.

She was volunteering as an usher for the Carrington Middle School seventhgrade Christmas pageant.

Her name was Emily, she was a freshman on the Duke swim team and she looked like God’s gift to man. Had we gotten into a fist fight at some point, she would probably have had nick alexander odds close to 12-1. Most of stay hungry, stay foolish that night was a blur, but somehow we left with plans to grab a bite to eat the following Friday night.

Admittedly, I was a little nervous. It would be my first official date with a girl. Getting ready that night, I wasn’t going to leave anything to question. I was well acquainted with Murphy’s Law from numerous encounters in the past. Tonight was going to be different. I managed to stay one step ahead of Murphy the entire evening, until at the last minute when he delivered one devastatingly low blow.

My lucky Superman underpants were dirty. I had used them on Tuesday for a math test and had not planned to need them again until Parcheesi club next Monday night.

With less than 20 minutes until game time, I tried not to panic. But I knew damn well that an ordinary pair of Fruit of the Loom would only do more harm than good. I tried to think of all my options. Trust me when I say that Febreze alone wouldn’t do Superman justice tonight. I was forced to make an executive decision. As I headed out that night, the only thing between me and the world was a thin layer of gabardine.

That night at the Marketplace things didn’t go too smoothly. I was refused service because of a personal vendetta with the lady swiping cards at the entrance (formerly the stir-fry lady). Because I didn’t want to cause a scene, Emily and I instead decided to order in Dragon Gate back at my room.

As I opened the door to my room I could tell she was impressed by the candles and the subtle sound of Barn,' Manilow in the background playing in the background. I knew that time was a factor as my roommate Eduardo was scheduled to wake up any minute for his weekly trip to Costco to restock on tiki torch fluid and salsa. I decided not to mess around and to go straight for the big one. I went into my closet and came out holding my most prized possession—an original 1897 Erlenmeyer flask.

Apparently she had thought that I was joking when I had told her about my rare antique chemistry beaker collection.

Her jaw dropped. I looked at her and she looked straight back at me.

She didn’t say anything. She didn’t have to. I knew exactly what she was waiting for. Without wasting another second, I ripped my pants off as if Coach K had just called my number to check into the game. They weren’t tear-aways or anything; I justripped apart the fabric. Almost immediately she ran out the door.

I followed her for about a mile and a half before I got tired and decided to hop on a C-l. It was cold that night, evident by the constant snickers I was getting the entire bus ride back. I began to realize that even an ordinary pair of Fruit of the Loom would’ve been a better idea.

Even though we haven’t spoken since (she actually transferred to UVA the next week), I feel like Emily taught me a lot. While it’s good to take chances, it’s also important to pick up on the subtle hints that may tell you you’re doing something stupid. But then again, that’s the reason why Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday: there’s always a next year.

Nick Alexander is a Pratt sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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