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Abram elected Young Trustee Ashley Dean THE CHRONICLE

Senior Ben Abram stepped into the role of undergraduate Young Trustee at the Duke Student Government meeting

Wednesday night.

Finishing with 15points and six rebounds, DeMarcus Nelson was one of four Blue Devils to score in doublefigures last night.

Duke stops 4-game skid BOSTON (AP) Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski finally had a reason to smile after his team ended its longest losing streak in 11 years.

Josh Mcßoberts scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Duke avoid its first fivegame losing streak ever in Krzyzewski’s 27-year tenure, beating No. 21 Boston College 78-70

Wednesday night.

“It’s a big win for us —it’s a huge win,” Krzyzewski said.

“We’re young. We’re getting better. We just have to keep fighting.”

Playing their first game after dropping out of the Top 25 for the first time in nearly 11 years, the Blue Devils pressured Boston College’s guards from the start and used an efficient halfcourt offense that led to a number of layups and dunks in beating the

Students urge by

Caroline McGeough

Atlantic Coast Conference-leading Eagles (18-7, 9-3 in the ACC).

“I was confident,” Mcßoberts said. “It wasn’t like ‘we’ve lost four straight so we’re going to lose this one.’”

Duke (19-7, 6-6) played smoothly for most of the night until Boston College made a late

charge.

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said Health Education

Specialist Lindsey Bick-

SEE SAFE SEX ON PAGE 6

Duke Student Health Center employees and student volunteers tabled on the West Campus Plaza Wednesday amid a colorful display of textured condoms, flavored lubricants and about 300 Valentine’s Day goody bags as apart ofSafer Sex Week, sponsored y Duke Student alth and ealthy Devils.

“It’s a time when there’s a lot of media focus on romance and

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Abram, who was selected over fellow seniors David Snider, Chrissie Gorman and Jimmy Soni, will serve a threeyear term as a member of the University’s Board of Trustees, earning voting rights for the last two years.

“I’m truly excited to be able to serve Duke in this way,” he said following his win.

Abram, senior class president of the Pratt School of Engineering and an active member of Duke Conversations, said his many campus activities have helped prepare him for the position.

Abram cited his double major in public policy and civil and environmental engineering as an asset in taking part in a broad spectrum of the Duke

experience.

“What Pratt has given me is the knowledge of what it’s like to be in one school and take classes in another,” he said.

He added that some of his favorite experiences at Duke included his job as a residence assistant in Alspaugh Dormito-

ry and a public policy teaching assistant, because he enjoyed interacting with younger, incoming students.

Abram also emphasized the importance of improving traditions at Duke and highlighted the mentorship component of Duke’s current strategic plan, “Making a Difference.”

“I’m really excited the Board of Trustees chose that as a SEE ABRAM ON PAGE 4

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Senior Ben Abram speaks at the Duke Student Government meeting Wednesdaynight abouthis time at the University.

safe sex Writing Studio takes to

ers Bock. “We want to promote safer sex health methods, and having fun, too.”

Despite a series of awkward reactions to the display, students agreed the cause was an important one.

“To put it all out there is much better than keeping it hush-hush,” said freshman Phyllis Tally.

The display boasted a stunning variety of textures, brands and flavors to accommodate all students’ preferences, Bickers Bock said.

“We like to have a split of different types and different manufacturers,” she said. “Ribbed, studded.... Even just beyond the brand, people have the opportunity to try different ones.”

Some flavors, however, went faster than others.

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The Writing Studio recendy inaugurated E-Tutor, a new program that allows students to submit drafts online and receive comments from tutors without having to go to the Writing Studio.

“It’s definitely not meant in any way to take the place offace-to-face sessions,” said Marc Paris, professor of music and a Writing Studio tutor. “It’s really designed for students who, for any reason, don’t have the time to come and visit.”

Unlike in-person sessions, E-Tutor should ‘not be used for brainstorming Director of the Writing Studio Vicki Russell helped initiate an electronic revising system for students.

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FEBRUARY 15,2007

CIA leak trial ends quietly

Bush: Iran is source of arms to Iraq by

Terence Hunt

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Challenged on the accuracy of U.S. intelligence, President George W. Bush said Wednesday there is no doubt the Iranian government is providing armor-piercing weapons to kill American soldiers in Iraq.

But he backed awayfrom claims the top echelon of Iran’s government was responsible.

Bush, at a news conference, also said he would fight any attempt by the Democraticcontrolled Congress to cut off money for the war. “They need to fund our troops and the need to make sure we have the flexibility necessary to get the job done,” he said.

The House is expected to vote Friday on a

nonbinding resolution opposing Bush’s decision to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq.

The meeting with reporters in the East Room was Bush’s first news conference since Dec. 20 and the first since he announced the troop buildup in Iraq. The four-year-old war hangs heavily on his presidency, and Bush’s approval rating in an Associated Press-Ipsos poll in February matched an all-time low of 32 percent.

Iran was a dominant theme of reporters’ questions because of conflicting statements about U.S. intelligence in Iran and recurring speculation that Bush is looking for an excuse to attack the Islamic republic, which is believed by

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Washington and its allies to be seeking nuclear weapons.

Defending U.S. intelligence that has pinpointed Iran as a hostile arms supplier in Iraq, Bush said, “Does this mean you’re trying to have a pretext for war? No. It means I’m trying to protect our troops.”

There have been mixed signals in the administrationabout Iran’s involvement in supplying Shiite groups in Iraq with a particularly lethal type of roadside bombs known as explosively formed penetrators.

Three senior U.S. military officials, at a weekend briefing in Baghdad, said the highest SEE IRAN ON PAGE 5

U.S. sees little resistance in Baghdad

by Ryan Lenz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thousands of U.S. BAGHDAD, Iraq troops swept house-to-house through mostly Shiite areas virtually unopposed Wednesday in the opening phase of the long-awaited Baghdad security crackdown. But four U.S. soldiers were killed outside of the capital in an area not covered by the operation.

Elsewhere in Baghdad, Iraqi soldiers and police set up new checkpoints across the city of 6 million people, snarling traffic and forcing people to walk across bridges jammed with cars and trucks.

The U.S. military said 14 suspects were de-

tained and four weapons caches discovered during the day’s operation—seemingly a low tally. But U.S. officials say they are more concerned about establishing a long-term presence in the areas so that the public will gain confidence in security forces to protect them.

Outside the capital, fighting continued.

The military said four U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday in an explosion in Diyala province, among six new U.S. deaths announced by the military. U.S. officers have expressed concern that insurgents and militias are leaving Baghdad to transfer the fight to Diyala and other provinces that border the capital.

Iraq’s Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, warned that advance publicity on the security operation had given Shiite militias time to flee the city for bases elsewhere in the country.

“I have information that numerous of their leaders are now in Basra and other southern provinces in safe havens,” he told Al-Arabiya television. “I believe that those who were behind the bloodshed and the chaos should be pursued and criminals must face justice.”

At least 38 Iraqis also were killed or found dead nationwide, including four civilians

Attorneys for former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby rested their case in the CIA leak trial Wednesday after a day of legal wrangling over classified information and whether additional witnesses could be presented.

House Repubs oppose Bush

Breaking ranks, a small band of House Republicans declared their opposition to a troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday, and President Bush appeared resigned to passage of a nonbinding measure disapproving of his decision.

Mall reopens after shooting A shopping mall where five people were gunned down this week reopened Wednesday, as authorities tried to figure out why a Bosnian immigrant—an 18-yearold with a nonviolent juvenile recordcommitted the rampage and how he got his hands on a gun.

Franken to seek Senate in 'OB Al Franken announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate in 2008, making it clear that the comedian and author of "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" wants to be taken seriously as a political figure.

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Durham, Duke team up to plan new vocational school by

Anna Lieth

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Partnering with and improving the Durham community have been among the University’s long-standing goals for many years, but in 2008 Duke may collaborate with local institutions in a more visible way.

The Durham City Council, Durham County Board of Commissioners and Durham Board of Education have drafted a joint memorandum of understanding on plans for a proposed vocational school in the former Holton Middle School building

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in northeast Durham “What we propose to do at Holton is a step toward fulfilling this mission and meeting a dire need in the community,” said Durham City Council member Howard Clement.

Clement added that the plans for the school include—in addition to the vocational educational facility—a recreational facility and a health facility created with support from Duke University Medical Center.

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Students nominate notable staffers to Excellence Team by

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From bus drivers housekeepers to food servers, students will have many opportunities to thank non-faculty Duke employees this week.

The annual Employee Appreciation Week hosted by the Community Service Center is currently under way. A new project designed by Duke Student Government to create a “Duke Excellence Team” of student-nominated employees has also recently been launched.

The Duke Excellence Team initiative invites any student-nominated, non-faculty employee on campus to attend a banquet in March honoring their services to the University. The banquet will also be open to any student who submits a nomination.

Seven of the nominated employees will be selected to the Duke Excellence Team by the committee and will be eligible to receive several larger awards from

Students will nominate staffmembers to theDuke Excellence Team for recognition for outstanding service.

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Graduate student Bill LeFew, who has served as GPSC president, is one of three Young Trustee finalists.

LeFew seeks to add YT to long list ofexperiences by

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In his five years at Duke, Bill LeFew, candidate for Young Trustee, has been a jack of all trades.

“I’ve been involved in every graduate and professional student organization, so I have perspective on what the students want and feel,” he said.

LeFew said it is his endless enthusiasm and positivity that drives him to get involved in everything from organizing a basketball camp out to serving as Graduate and Professional Student Council president, all while earning a Ph.D. in mathematics and conducting independent research.

It is this breadth of involvement in all facets-of graduate student life that

make LeFew qualified to be Young Trustee, he said.

But LeFew added that his experience is SEE LEFEW ON PAGE 7

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who diedwhen a parked car bomb struck a predominandy Shiite district in central Baghdad Only five bullet-riddled bodies were found on the streets of the capital, an unusually low number of apparent victims of so-called sectarian death squads mainly run by Shiite militias that have killed

focus,” he said.

Each of the four candidates was allotted 10 minutes to give a short speech and answer questions. Only 10 members each of DSG and the Intercommunity Council were allowed to vote.

Abram won the majority of the votes and was proclaimed the new Young Trustee amid applause and congratulations.

Sophomore Jordan Giordano, chair of the nominating committee and DSG vice president for community interaction, said the process went smoothly this year, despite the departure from the typical number of three finalists.

“The process went almost impeccably—there were no major issues throughout the entire thing,” Giordano said.

“The candidates were excellent,” he added. “Everyone said to me in the subcommittees of DSG and ICC, ‘These candidates are so much better than we’ve seen in previous years, they’re all so strong, I don’t know who I’m going to choose.’”

DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the implementation of new bylaws adequately addressed concerns that past selections were marred by unfairness and cronyism.

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did an incredible job coordi-

nating everyone, and we had significant participation from DSG and ICC,” Wolf

said. “All of the candidates would have done an amazing job in the position, and I’m very satisfied we’ve come to a conclusion.”

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The Baghdad neighborhoods targeted by the Americans—Shaab, Ur and Baida—lie north of the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, which had been off-limits until Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki lifted his protection of the notorious Mahdi Army, the largest Shiite militia.

Last year, U.S. soldiers came under intense sniper fire in those neighborhoods from Mahdi Army militiamen who were expanding into Shiite areas outside Sadr City.

This time, however, Iraqis watched in curiosity as some 2,500-3,000 troops—or an entire Stryker brigade —fanned out in the area, going house-to-house looking for weapons or suspected militia fighters as part of what it called “Operation Law and Order.”

The increased security measures drew a mixed response from Iraqis —some angry over the inconvenience, others embracing any effort to stop the rampant violence.

“My friends and I who are the old women of the neighborhood went to the soldiers and welcomed them and prayed that God would help them to defeat the terrorists,” said Um Sabah of the Mashtaal area in eastern Baghdad. “Although, the presence of army and vehicles is not very comfortable, we welcome it because it is for the sake of Iraq.”

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committee chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, said it was unclear to him precisely what the administration knows about the levels of the Iranian government had ordered Tehran government’s ties to the weapons the weapons smuggled into Iraq. They based found in Iraq.

“There seems to be some disarray,” said theirclaim on the belieftheweapons are moving into Iraq through the Iran’s Revolutionary Levin, D-Mich. He said he eventually Guards elite Quds Force. hopes to see some declassified information But Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the on the subject.

Bush came into the news conference Joint Chiefs of Staff, said later he was not Iran’s leaders after to conclude that receiving a briefing from Baghdad by top ready were behind the attacks. Some lawmakers Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander also have questioned the administration’s of U.S. forces in Iraq.

Bush said he talked with Petraeus statements.

Wading into the debate, Bush said the about coordination between Iraqi and Quds Force was instrumental in supplying coalition forces, and that while it seemed the weapons—“we know that,” he said to be good, more work was needed on deand that the Quds Force was part of the veloping an efficient command-and-conIranian government. “That’s a known,” he trol structure.

Bush responded carefully when asked said. “What we don’t know is whether or not the head leaders of Iran ordered the about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s accusations Saturday that the United States Quds Force to do what they did.”

Pressed again on the subject, Bush dis- was undermining global security and proplayed some irritation and said, “Whether voking a nuclear arms race. The depth of Putin’s criticism surprised U.S. officials.

(Iranian President Mahmoud) AhmadineBush said Putin was “the same strongjad ordered the Quds Force to do this, I don’t think we know. But we do know that willed person” he has known since 2001 they’re there and I intend to do something and there is a “complicated relationship” about it. And I’ve asked our commanders between Washington and Moscow.

Commenting on other events, Bush to do something about it. And we’re going to protect our troops.” Ahmadinejad has also said the agreement announced Tuesday to shut down North Korea’s nuclear denied Iran was behind the attacks.

Democrats on the Senate Armed Serprogram in exchange for fuel assistance vices Committee emerged from a classiwas “a good first step.” He said he strongly fied briefing Wednesday saying they wantdisagreed with former U.N. Ambassador ed more information about Iran. The John Bolton that it was a bad deal.

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though the committee is still in need of

various University organizations as well as participate in a campaign to publicize their services.

Although members of the committee are still raising funds, they hope to provide a small gift to every employee nominated.

“DSG organized this event, but many other facets of the University have positively responded to helping out, including Duke Stores, Dining Services and Duke Performances,” said senior Daniel Bowes, DSG community liaison and a senator on the Community Interaction Committee.

Announcements about the project have been posted around campus, and alto

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George W. Bush held a last-minute press conference to address the current situation in the Middle East. dents and the employees on East and West campuses.

“More employees than expected have shown up, and they have all been very thankful,” White said.

Students can also participate in several other upcoming events, including serving cookies to Duke University Police Department officials on the West Campus Plaza Thursday and working dinner shifts at The Marketplace Thursday and The Great Hall Friday.

In addition, students will be able to honor employees personally at Gilbert-Addoms Dormitory Friday afternoon.

“It would be a great way for students to connect with employees on a personal level and thank them for the daily services they do,” White said.

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E-TUTOR from page 1 ideas, said Pamela Mullins Reaves, also a

Writing Studio tutor. Students need to have at least a preliminary draft if they want to use the program.

“When you’re sitting down face-to-face and interacting you can see how things are working, but you can’t do that in an online session,” Paris said. “On the student side they don’t get a chance to ask questions if there is anything not clear in the comments.”

Paris added that the program has only been in use for a week, but that the idea for E-Tutor goes back to Fall 2006.

“I think we’ve arrived at a place where we were able to initiate a new program,” Writing Studio Director Vicki Russell said. “E-Tutor is something that a lot of writing centers across the world offer, so it seemed time for us at Duke to try a pilot program to see how it might work here.”

Russell said E-Tutor may appeal to students who would not normally visit the Writing Studio. Those whose schedules do not allow them to set aside an hour for an on-site appointment also benefit from ETutor, Russell said.

“Some people will use the Writing Studio who otherwise don’t feel comfortable or [are not] capable of doing so,” Reaves said. “Students who are studying abroad or have an internship or work in Beaufort can now submit drafts online.”

Online E-Tutoring sessions offer a different form ofpeer review than in-person appointments. One purpose for E-Tutor is to provide more flexibility to students and to accommodate different learning styles, Russell said. “One of the goals that we have for E-Tutor is that students will think of it as a choice,” Russell said. “We

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The Writing Studio's space in Perkins Library will continue to offer in-person meetings for essay revising.

hope [that choice] will be informed by face appointment depending on the stage students’ thinking carefully in terms of of the writing process and also what sort of what texts they’re working on, what stage learner they are.”

Students who have used E-Tutor so far of the writing process they’re in and what have responded favorably. Several said the their own writing style is.”

Russell added that students who prefer thorough tutor analysis and convenience of online correspondence are what make written comments may choose E-Tutor. Tutors, however, also provide audio feedback E-Tutor most attractive. to complement the written remarks.

“The thing I liked most about it was that “I think it’s different—it’s not the same it was incredibly simple and easy to use,” freshman Jason Preissig said. “I didn’t have sort of offering as a face-to-face appointstudents choose to be present for it to get done, either... so Russell said.

“But if ment,” well, it should be as effective as a face-toit really helps.”

“There’s no more mango—those seem to be popular,” said senior Lauren Sabol, Healthy Devil peer educator.

Responses to the condoms-and-candy goody bags ran the gamut from an excited, “Condoms!” to, “Uhh, no thanks,” to a mumbled, “I don’t have use for either.”

“But they don’t expire until 2010!” added junior Caroline Applegarth, a Healthy Devil peer educator.

Bickers Bock said awkwardness and hesitation were most common among those who were handed the bags.

“Everyone just smiles and giggles that I said ‘condoms’ and keeps walking,” Applegarth said. “People are more likely to take it if you don’t tell them what it is.”

Enthusiasm was rare but appreciated, and generally restricted to the guy yelling “Condoms! Sweet!” as his girlfriend hung chuckling off his arm.

But despite the varied reactions, most agreed that raising awareness about safe sex is key, especially around Valentine’s Day. “Especially at a school like here where everybody’s hooking up with each other, it’s definitely a good idea,” said senior Chris Moore.

Embarrassment aside, Lally added that the Plaza was a prime high-traffic location for distribution during lunch hours.

“I think it’s a really good way to promote safer sex, first of all by doing it so publicly,” she said. “It’s not something to be embarrassed about.”

The Safer Sex Supply Sampling will continue today on the Plaza from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and events for Safer Sex Week continue through Friday.

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cently adopted strategic plan.

“This Young Trustee election is in the unique position of having a large number of guidelines and measurables with the not limited to the confines of the gradunew strategic plan,” LeFew said. “What ate student community, and cited his I’m concerned with primarily is if new work with undergraduates and administrators as a member of the Committee on policies are in line with the strategic plan, Institutional Advancement and as direcand if we’re achieving the measurables tor of the Duke Alumni Association. outlined in the plan.”

LeFew said those experiences make Specifically, LeFew said he would like him particularly qualified for the to ensure that the Board of Trustees unique demands placed on a Young works to promote graduate student-facTrustee to balance graduate student ulty interaction, especially as the Terry concerns and the larger interests of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy adds a doctoral program.

University.

“As a trustee, you are entrusted with Nathan Kundtz, GPSC vice president and a graduthe Universi ate student in You want it to involved graduevery “I’ve been in and physics, said progress LeFew has the you want it to ate and professional student organiexperience grow,” LeFew zation, so I have perspective on and charisma said. “But then the Young again every what the students want and feel.”

Trustee positrustee has a role. The role Bill LeFew tion requires.

“One of the of the student that trustee is to things bring the voices and perspective of grad- makes Bill unique compared to other candidates is the amount of experience uate and professional students to the Board, although not to the exclusion of he has working with the University on issues that are not direcdy tied to the gradother perspectives.”

LeFew added that it is this negotiation uate and professional students,” Kundtz between being an advocate and giving said. “Neither of the other candidates, to voice to student concerns that defines my knowledge, can claim to know the breadth of people and have the sort of the Young Trustee position.

“Advocacy implies that we’re right and long-lasting relationships he has here.” here’s what we want,” he said. “Giving Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said that those who have voice to graduate and professional students is to communicate how people are worked with LeFew are always impressed feeling. With one there’s disagreement, by his ability to see the big picture. with the other there’s dialogue.”

“He has a unique ability to understand LeFew also said he thinks this year’s the complex,” Moneta said. “He can realcrop of Young Trustees are obligated to ly contextualize issues and understand hold the University to its plans for institutheir broader significance beyond the tional development, as outlined in the re- narrow scope of particular interests.”

Every year, hundreds of Durham students drop out of high school, and City Council members believe the creation of a local vocational school will offer practical skills training to many of those young people. The first vocational school in northeast Durham is planned to occupy the old Holton building.

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HOLTON from page 3 Durham Mayor Bill Bell approached Duke University Health System about putting a health facility in the building, and DUMC is still working with City Manager Patrick Baker to discuss specific details of the project, said MaryAnn Black, associate vice-president for community affairs for the office of community relations at the medical center.

Black added that the program will provide a number of advantages, including bringing health care closer to the community and furthering the comprehensive program that the city is trying to put in place for northeast Durham.

The vocational school will offer opportunities for students who wish to develop skills in specific trades rather than going to college.

“When these kids reach a certain age not being met, and they drop out,” Clement said.

The new vocational school will be the first in northeast Durham.

“So many of these students need vocational training, and the proximity of this school will allow us to address many of the needs in the area,” City Council member Mike Woodard said.

Duke Community Health, a division of DUMC, has sponsored similar health centers in the past. The Lyon Park Clinic is housed in the Community Family and Recreation Center, and the Walltown Neighborhood Clinic is located in a renovated house in Durham.

The City Council, County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education are currently discussing plans and architectural renderings before construction and renovation begin.

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Lindsey Harding and the Blue Devils will look to extend theirschool record 26 wins tostart the season against the Eagles tonight.

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This week the Blue Devils were rewarded for their school-best 260 start with a unanimous No. 1 ranking in the polls. To that, head coach Gail Goestenkors had only one thing to say. jpje jjjiifc “It’s irrelevant, it’s very irrelevant,” she said.

VS, With that mentality, Duke has decided to TONIGHT, 7 p.m. put on the blindCameroni Indoor Crs as it heads Stadium into home contest against Boston College (12-12, 2-8 in the ACC) tonight at 7 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

This game, like many games the Blue Devils (26-0, 11-0) have played this season, seems like a preliminary bout before long awaited matches at No. 6 Maryland and home against No. 2 North Carolina.

After all, this contest, statistically speaking, seems completely lopsided. The Eagles’ offense, which ranks 225th in the NCAA, posts a mere 61.2 points per game and will no doubt face a number of challenges against Duke’s defense, ranked second in the nation.

It’s no secret that Duke has

dominated the competition and has risen to the occasion in every big game it has played this year.

But, especially in the lesser-hyped contests, Duke has looked sloppy as if it were playing down to the competition.

“I think it’s just the emotional level,” senior captain Lindsey Harding said, comparing play against lesser competition to the bigger games. “Sometimes it’s hard to get as pumped.”

The team’s inability to keep intensity high and game play crisp throughout the season, though, has not come back to bite it with a loss yet. But Goestenkors is very wary of that concerning the upcoming game against Boston Col-

lege.

“Their team can very easily sneak up on you because they work hard—they’ve got a chip on their shoulder,” she said. “They’re talented and their record is not indicative of how good they are.”

In fact, Boston College does have a prominent post presence in senior forward Kathrin Ress, who will matchup well against Alison Bales down low.

The 6-foot-4 Ress leads her team in scoring and rebounds this season, averaging 16.8 points and SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 12

Eagles can’t ground Duke’s flight 301 FLOWERS When I arrived at the U.S. Airways terminal at RDU Wednesday morning, I watched as my fellow Chronicle reporter swiped his credit card into the self check-in; “Flight 1770 to Boston has been cancelled.”

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Needless to say, hundreds of flights were cancelled at Logan International as a result of the blizzard-like conditions, and I had the true privilege of coming back to campus and hearing Dick Vitale’s color “com-

mentary” on yet another Duke game on TV. Hey, there’s a silver lining in everything.

Dicky V named Bob Huggins as coach ofhis all-Valentine’s team, which was great because while Huggins’ players will never get diplomas, some random athletes with gushy names will be the proud recipients of valentines.

The other consolation—and what you’re really interested in reading about— is that the Blue Devils finally won.

The last time they had done that was, well, over the Eagles Jan. 28.

When Duke took the court in Chestnut Hill, Mass., it didn’t look like the team that had just fallen out of the national rankings for the first time in 200 weeks. It didn’t even look like the team that was in jeopardy of giving its coach his first-ever five-game losing streak in his 27-year tenure at Duke.

No, the Blue Devils looked like a team that actually knew how to play with the “Duke-swagger”—the attitude that inspires fans of opposing teams to still rush the court, even when Duke is struggling to stay MICHAEL CLARKE/THE HEIGHTS

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Josh Mcßoberts nearly reached a double-double in the first half of Wednesday night's game in Boston.

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After the first day of the 2007 ACC Championships, Duke sits in ninth place.

The Blue Devils completed two relay events in North Carolina’s Koury Natatorium to total 34 points.

“We were very pleased with the relays,”

head coach Dan Colella said. “We look forward to tomorrow’s events.”

Senior Michelle Aristeo, sophomore Emily Kelly and freshmen Jackie Fasano and Shannon Skinner combined for 11th place in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of

7:40.27, adding 12 points to Duke’s score.

Sophomore Erin Frizzell, senior Jackie Rodriguez, freshman Shannon Beall andjunior Danielle Spearman finished eighth in the 200 medley relay, securing 22 points.

The four timed in at 1:46.09—Duke’s best mark this season.

UNC leads the tournament with 72 points, with Florida State and Virginia in second and third. Thursday’s events include the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke preliminaries. The Championships continue through Saturday.

An NCAA SOUTH BEND, Ind. committee has proposed rolling back some football rules that were enacted last season to shorten games after coaches complained the changes were unfair.

The NCAA football rules committee, meeting Wednesday in Albuquerque, N.M., recommended going back to starting the clock on the snap after a change of possession instead of when the referee signals the ball ready for play.

It also suggested starting the clock on kickoffs after the ball is touched by the receiving team rather than when it is kicked.

“We feel the changes in 2007 are going to restore plays and are going to provide action for the players and fans, but at the same time we’re going to diminish the dead time involved in the management of games,” said Michael Clark, chair of the committee and head coach at Bridgewater College in Virginia.

Last season, the average Division I-A game lasted 3 hours, seven minutes—14 minutes shorter than in 2005. In 2006, games averaged 127.5 plays, 14 fewer than a year earlier.

Coaches complained about the rules changes last season, particularly the rule starting the clock when the referee signaled.

“Most of the coaches were against the rules, felt it was unfair,” said Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti, a committee member. “All levels of football, when coaches were surveyed, were against that rule.”

To make up for the time being added back, the committee proposed the following changes:

Using a 15-second play clock immediately after timeouts instead of a 25-second clock; Reducing timeouts from 65 seconds to 30 seconds; Kicking off from the 30-yard line instead of the 35 to cut down on touchbacks; Limiting the time officials have to review a replay to two minutes.

Bellotti said he doesn’t think most coaches will be bothered by the shorter timeouts

“The majority of timeouts are taken because of the wrong formation, wrong personnel and you want to stop the clock,” he said.

He also said he thinks moving kickoffs back five yards will be popular.

“We anticipate more returns and it’s going to put a lot of pressure on defense because by more returns you are probably going to create better field position,” he said.

The rules changes need to be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on March 12.

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Throughout the season, several NCAA football coaches complained about the new timing rules.

M. BBALL from page 1 “We still believe in each other,” Greg Paulus said. “We’ve been right there in all the games.”

One day after turning 60, Krzyzewski saw his Blue Devils outplay a surging Boston College team for most of the game.

The loss snapped the Eagles’ four-game winning streak.

Sean Marshall led the Eagles with 23 points, and Tyrese Rice had 22.

Demarcus Nelson, who spent most of his night containing ACC scoring leader Jared Dudley, added 15 points for Duke.

Dudley, held to one basket in the first half, got untracked midway through the second half as Boston College closed a 24point deficit to six in the final two minutes.

He finished with 11 points.

The Blue Devils, who led 43-32 at halftime, forced five turnovers during a 16-6 run to start the second half that broke the game open. Mcßoberts had the first two baskets on an alley-oop and short jumper in the lane.

“It was just a bad first half,” Boston College head coach A1 Skinner said.

“There was nothing we did particularly well in the first half, and even at the start of the second.”

Duke, capitalizing on uncontested baskets, shot 56 percent in the game.

“They had so many easy baskets,” Dudley said. “Tyrese was scoring and Sean was scoring, but they had to work for their baskets. [Duke] had the lobs and the kickouts.

They had so many easy baskets.”

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The Eagles get another chance against a Tobacco Road team again Saturday night, playing North Carolina at home in a showdown for first place.

Duke, which last lost four straight from Jan. 3-13, 1996, played for the first time

after dropping out of the polls for the first time in 380 straight games.

“We lost to a Duke team. Are they a bad team? Definitely not,” Dudley said. “They were just struggling.”

The game was tied seven times in the opening 15 minutes of the first half before Duke went on a 14-3 half-closing run over the final 4:45. During the spree, Krzyzewski jumped off the bench and led the cheers, patting the backs of his players coming off the floor for a TV timeout, after

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SHINER from page 9

W. BBALL from page 9 8.7 boards per game.

“She’s tough as nails,” Goestenkors said. “Not only can she score, but she is one of their leading assist people 100.

She does a good job when she gets the double team finding the open person.”

Despite any offensive success the Eagles have had on the low block this season, it is safe to say that Duke will offer the biggest defensive challenge yet. The Blue Devils have looked to that sting)' defense to salvage their sometimes sputtering offense and intensity.

“When those things happen, then you need to be able to rely on [defense]," Goestenkors said. "That’s something you always have control over, playing good defense.”

Showing up tonight with the defensive ferocity dial has come to demarcate Duke all season will no doubt decide die game against the Eagles and die rest of the Blue Devils’ season.

MICHAEL CHANG/THE CHRONICLE Still, Duke knows that no team is going to give in from the the Blue Devils'two Thursday, After Boston at home playing College start and no team is worth overlooking.

North Carolina in Durham. said are and games against afraid,” that are not left at Harding Maryland they “We just know

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“We just wanted to come out and play with a lot of confidence,” junior DeMarcus Nelson said. “We knew this was going to be a batde, so to come out and play that was our game plan.”

Led by sophomore Josh Mcßoberts, Duke attacked the basket in the first half and went into halftime with an 11point cushion. Mcßoberts, who went 9-for-13 from the field, finished the game with 18 points and 11 rebounds, grabbing eight of those boards before intermission. As a team, Duke kept Boston College from getting a single rebound for more than eight minutes at the end of the first half by converting on easy buckets and crashing the boards The Eagles had only five offensive rebounds over the —

course of the entire game.

“We just wanted to attack them and create situations where we were forcing other guys to help and the defense to move,” Nelson said.

This assertive mentality on offense showed not only in the manner in which the Blue Devils scored—I can’t recall a game in which Duke has dunked more over an opponent —but also in who did the scoring. Four out of the five starters—Mcßoberts, Nelson, Greg Paulus and Jon Scheyer—reached double-figures for the night.

Despite the numerous alley-oops to Mcßoberts and the impressive 65-41 Blue Devil lead with 12:47 left in the second period, watching the game (again, on TV in The Chronicle’s office in 301 Flowers), I had the sick feeling in the pit ofmy stomach that somehow, Duke was going to find away to let the Eagles back into the game and lose it.

If the previous four games were any indication, it’s not like the “they’re-going-to-start-stalling-on-offense-and implode” sentiments were completely unjustified.

With less than two minutes on the clock, Boston College had pulled within six points, after going on a 29-11 run. It was like Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina all over

again.

But this time, the Blue Devils held on, and they didn’t need a desperation shot to do it.

Instead, the game ended the way it started. Gerald Henderson hit a layup in transition to extend the Duke lead to eight with 34 seconds left, and Paulus grabbed two defensive boards on consecutive Boston College misses to close out the win.

“It’s all about executing and winning down the stretch,” Nelson said. “And today we did that—we made those plays.”

Originally, I thought that I couldn’t have been more disappointed than I was when I saw that screen informing me that my flight to Boston had been cancelled.

But then I imagined myself stranded in Logan Airport with a copy of the Boston Herald and the front-page headline of the sports section reading that the Blue Devils’ trip to the NCAA Tournament was in danger of being cancelled.

In the end, it was more important that Duke came out to play, not that some college reporter came out to write.

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The causes that the probegin in 2008, aims to provide gram promises to engage and full financial support and facits availability to all students reulty advising to all undergradlocal, the gardless of financial need indiuates for projects on national or international cate that administrators and level, working within existing donors are concerned with civic engagement, public servUniversity projects, non-governmental organizations or ice and equality of opportunity for every student —and will self-designed proposals.

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should include a broad concept of “society” that extends beyond Durham and into education, engineering and AIDS in Africa and the housing and poverty of Gulf Coastflood victims.

And just as DukeEngage will gamer new student interest in public service, it will also aid existing University programs by lifting the financial burden of participation and by symbolically endorsing their various public service causes.

The Global Health Initiative, Engineers Without Borders and the Hart Leadership program all stand to benefit from Duke Engage.

Finally, it provides as tangible a benefit to the University itself as it does to students.

This fresh program will serve to brand the University

as distinct in its mission and priorities from its Ivy League peer institutions and increase awareness of this relatively young university in countries around the world.

Duke now stands to attract a new and unique type of student in the admissions process—one engaged in broad social issues, conscientious about civic engagement and concerned with applying academic knowledge to a larger and ultimately more

important context.

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tifies the increasing emphasis that the University’s past three strategic plans have placed on education that combines research, service and learning. It puts into practice the most recent strategic plan’s recognition of the valuable “learning that arises when theoretical intelligence is tested in the arena of real human needs.”

The program also gives new credence to President Brodhead’s frequent assertions that the University should strengthen its “engagement of realworld issues” in order to “make a difference in the world.” Indeed, DukeEngage embodies the University’s mission further by fostering student initiative and creativity.

DukeEngage also demonstrates Duke’s admirable belief that the principle of “knowl-

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than 800 students thus far have pledged their signatures to “The Real Social Disaster,” an appeal authored by senior Stephen Miller, executive director of the Duke Conservative Union.

The petitioners “DEMAND AN APOLOGY FROM THE GROUP OF 88” for “the original ‘Social Disaster’ advertisement” of last April and urge President Richard Brodhead “TO FINALLY STAND UP FOR HIS STUDENTS” in view of “the assaults launched by his own faculty.”

I have rejected an invitation to sign this ad, and students who samson mesele have joined the Facetutu powerful book group generating its signatures, at bare minimum, should reconsider their decision “In disregard for due process,” this ad charges, “our own professors projected guilt onto our peers on the lacrosse team.” The ad then asks Brodhead, who supposedly “has yet to come forward,” to shield his students from such “reckless disregard for fairness, justice and jurisprudence.” Brodhead, however, already has come forward. In my view, he is an honorary signatory of the ad and its references to student-idendfied problems of racism, sexual coercion and social inequality at Duke. “If faculty members talked about those underlying issues,” he told The Chronicle in January, “that is their right. Quite a number of people have assured me that die ad said the students were guilty, but if you go back and look, that’s not what the ad says.”

Indeed, the April ad’s social commentary transcends the very dimensions of the lacrosse case. Publishing student experiences is not merely the object of “political and social agendas,” as the new ad suggests, but is instead an extension of the University’s educational interests. Eighty-eight faculty members recognized that providing a safe environment in which students can work and grow is their first concern as educators. Consistent with—better, imperative to—this mission is a sustained awareness of social ills that obstruct academic growth.

So entered, “What does a Social Disaster Sound Like?”

Miller claims the 88 “[levied] baseless accusations of racism against our student body.” This sharply polarizing language acknowledges only two roles in the 88’s critique, positioning professors against students without noting that the “accusations” were in fact issued by students. Those whom the professors quoted directly are ignored. Those actually subjected to racism fade from die dialogue, their acquiescence advancing a culture of silence where discussion is sorely needed.

At Monday’s “Shut Up and Teach?” forum, senior Anita Petite-Homme underscored this very point while

addressing the firestorm surrounding the 88: “I’m afraid, and nobody even knows me.... If my professors are attacked standing up for students now,- will I be at-

tacked, as a student, for pointing out racism at Duke?”

Let’s assume, though, that you recognize the slumbering issues in the lap of this campus but still disapprove that the original ad was released during a “time ofintense emotions and enormous stakes,” as the new ad laments. Bear in mind, however, as I noted in my last column, a wholesale condemnation of the 88 based on that reasoning implies that the students quoted in April are, at best, less important than the lacrosse players and are, at worst, irrelevant.

Now enters “The Real Social Disaster,” which claims that the 88, through their ad alone, “took a course ofaction which escalated tensions, spurred divisions along lines ofrace and class and brought our community into greater turmoil... [undermining] the legal process and most likely [emboldening] a rogue district attorney.”

That is quite the narrative for an advertisement that barely made a flutter on campus the day ofits release. There was no outcry against the April 6 ad from students, professors or administrators. For months, when the facts of the lacrosse scandal were murky at best, this campus hardly batted an eye at the “Gang of 88.” It is only now, in attempting to relive the ad and reconstruct its impact, that critics ascribe so much raw, destructive power to its words. As senior Malik Burnett, president of the Black Student Alliance, explained, this community’s “scapegoat mentality” allows many to direct anger and frustration, deserving of an unsympathetic media and an unscrupulous district attorney, toward well-intentioned professors whose records demonstrate tireless service to student

development.

Having spoken with more than 15 students who plan to sign the final copy of Miller’s petition, I say with pride that all are individuals who care deeply about this University and are disturbed by the lacrosse team’s victimization. I ask then, as you and other students prepare to sign a document calling professors “reckless,” impugning a university president’s courage and potentially undermining dialogue between you and other students for years to come—what are you fighting for?

In signing “The Real Social Disaster,” you are not signing on to a response to the Group of 88. You are signing on to an edifice—designed to tear down rather than to build up this community we have come to protect fiercely. Recall the message encouraging students to sign the ad: Miller harkens back to “our abiding belief in fairness and justice.” Carefully read over the language of this petition, and ask yourself if you believe all the words are fair and just. As 88 professors can attest, you will be held accountable for all of them.

Samson Mesele is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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letterstotheeditor Practicing our principles I am pleased that The Chronicle is interested in my course, “The South in Black and White,” which has 350 students from Duke, NCCU, UNC and the local community.

Provost Peter Lange calls the course “in principle, a very cool and dynamic idea,” but the editorial board of The Chronicle have their doubts “in practice” (“Interdisciplinarity, but at a cost?” Feb. 13). The Chronicle decries the “vexing logistical problems” the course’s meeting place supposedly creates, when Duke provides door-to-doorbus service.

It takes five minutes longer than the East-West bus. The editorial board says the location may “dissuade as many students as it attracts.” Meanwhile, Chronicle reporters say Duke students are “posing as community members” to gain admission. Ifstudents are scamming their wayinto the class, I guess they are not put off by a 10-minutebus ride. Not that we should be using a marketing model, but perhaps the numbers reflect interest in the subject matter.

I agree with the editors that not all courses should be this large. But most of us attend churches, conventions, concerts and other gatherings even larger. In some cases—hoops at Cameron Indoor Stadium, for example —the crowd is an integral part of the experience. Most of us don’t consider this an either/or question; sometimeswe go on dates, sometimes we go to block parties. One size does not need to fit all. My writing seminarhas a dozen students and I prize themjust as much. In “The South in Black and White,” the diversity of the student body, much of it provided by Duke students themselves, incidently, is an asset.

We’re having excellent discussions in class and online.

One of the country’s best gospel singers is teaching us 25 songs, which we treat seriously as texts. The spirituals, the gospel and the blues are as rich and subtie as Dante or Shakespeare. We’re seeing a play in class and then discussing it with the author face to face. Local civil rights activists and the scholars who have written about them are discussing their histories with all of us. We read much and hear many voices.

A curious reporter asked me if it bothered me that some Duke students were “posing as community members” in order to obtain sought-after seats. My first reaction was a perplexed chuckle. But maybe it’s good to have Duke students pretending to be local citizens, since that is what they are. I suspect we’re all learning something as we try to put our principles into practice.

Timothy Tyson Senior Scholar, Centerfor Documentary Studies; Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture; Adjunct Professor of History Don’t forget civic responsibility on campus It is ironic on the heels of the $3O-million DukeEngage initiative, which strives to promote “civic engagement” among Duke students, that a glaring example of a lack of social awareness is evident right on our own campus.

We were appalled Tuesday morning to observe Duke Facilities employees working to dismande the remnants of Krzyzewsldville, nearly a week after the UNC game.

Scores of tents, sleeping bags and other materials were simply left by students, who obviously assumed it was someone else’s job to clean up after them. We approached one of the employees and asked what they were planning on doing with the discarded materials.

He simply shrugged, adding “...this is what happens when people’s parents have too much money.”

This situation is wrong on a number oflevels. It is horrible environmental awareness to be so wasteful. It demonstrates utter disrespect on the part of students and only perpetuates the stereotype of Duke kids as wealthy, privileged brats. It also sorely misses an opportunity to engage the community. It took about 3 minutes of web surfing to find a local organization that arranges camping trips for underprivileged youth in Durham. We bet they would love to have all that stuff. As Duke looks to enhance the civic responsibility ofits students in places all over the world, let’s not forget about our own campus.

Scott Kollins Associate Professor

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Trinity ’92 KatharineKollins Nicholas School ’O9 Fuqua ’O9

Graduates’ efforts in Teach forAmerica are commendable In the recent article “Dukies Flock to ‘Teach For

America’ Program” (Feb. 8), it was reported that Corps members’ relationships with the “regular teachers at their host schools” are sometimes “shaky” because Corps members can leave after two years.

In my experience, I have found this untrue; Corps members work alongside other teachers, recognizing that the insight and wisdom they gain from these veterans is essential to their training and to their students’ success.

Further, Teach For America’s average retention rate is 87 percent, which is actually higher than the estimated average for new teachers in low-income communities (82 percent). In fact, there are several Duke graduates among the Corps members and alumni leaders who are working with teachers and administrators in schools near Duke’s campus. Tameeka Norton, Trinity ’O5, has spent the last two years bringing her Spanish students up to grade level in a Durham middle school. Lenis Chen, Trinity ’Ol, taught high school science in Nash County and went on to be part of DESTINY Traveling Science Learning, a program that provides professional development for teachers and enriched learning for students who otherwise would not be able to experience what science-related careers have to offer. Together with our staff and board members—some of whom are also Duke alumni—Corps members and our district supporters are helping more than 11,000 students achieve success across nine Eastern North Carolina counties.

I am proud to have so many “Dukies” working in our communities and joining us in the fight to end educational inequity. Students across the state will not only benefit from the time they spend in the classroom with our Corps members but, thanks to the work of our alumni, school supporters and public partners, one day all children in the state will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Alex Quigley Teach for America Regional Coordinator Eastern North Carolina Line policy for Georgia Tech game Admission to the Senior Game (versus Georgia Tech) on Feb. 18 will operate on a modified wristband policy.

At 6 p.m. Feb. 17, 780 wristbands will be distributed to seniors only. Wristband distribution will occur from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on the day before the game, and from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on the day of the game. Non-seniors may form a walk-up line at any time, following the normal walk-up game policy (groups of six, 50 percent of which must be present at all times). On game day, seniors will form a line stretching from Schwartz-Butters to Towerview Drive.

Students must be in line no less than two hours before tip-off, or they risk not being allowed into the game, regardless of whether or not they have a wristband. The first 200 undergraduates in the walkup line will be admitted first, followed by the senior wristband line, and then the rest of the walkup line.

Mara Schultz Trinity ’O7 HeadLine Monitor Editorial misrepresents Tyson’s class We are unclear of the intention of and dispute the accuracy and message of the Feb. 13 editorial “Interdisciplinarity, but at a cost?” Both of us are members of Tim Tyson’s class, “The South in Black and White.” One of us is registered as a “continuing education” student and the other is a current Duke student. We are happy to report that the first month of the course has gone wonderftxlly.

The setting, as obliquely alluded to, is the Hayti Heritage Center, located in the historically significant and beautiful St. Joseph’s AME Church. The Hayti center is walking distance from North Carolina Central University. Notably, it is less than 10 minutes from Duke’s campus on the free Duke Transit buses provided to not only to Duke students but also to the many UNC-Chapel Hill students that come on the Robertson Bus from Chapel Hill.

What most concerns us is the editorial’s assertion that Duke students are too lazy or too fearful to go into Durham for such a class, or indeed anything else. We are happy to report diat even in a class of such impressive numbers, there has been significant and meaningful discussion in class as well as out. The wide array of students forces us to take a revolutionary approach to education,

and we manage to have seminar-style discussion, not in spite of the numbers but because of them, making it a very inclusive and intense class. This course is groundbreaking, and is evidence that many Duke students, along with large numbers of their peers from NCCU and UNC, are willing to engage in enriching and challenging educational experiences.

Chris Paul Trinity ’O5 Laura Pyatt Trinity ’O7 Alumni: Give your support

Stephen Miller’s suggestion that alumni withhold do-

nations from Duke (“Alumni: withhold your support,” Feb. 12) to help the school may be a great example of political cant, but it is in no way borne out of genuine concern for the future of Duke.

The education I received from Duke is a bone fide legacy from generations that came before me. I plan to pass on that legacy to my son. He can then pass it on to his children. For me to turn my back on the school by not supporting it financially is nothing less than a denigration of that legacy and a statement that temporal problems are more important than what Duke has done and will do for generations.

My degree was the first college degree in my family, and I still treasure it as such. Who would in their right mind try to destroy our school by withholding donations and then argue that it is good for the school? The contributions of generous alumni and benefactors are what helped me through four years of study, so how could I not now step up to the plate to provide the same kind of support?

There have been over time lots of reasons not to donate, because one disagrees with this policy or that outspoken professor or because the president did not say exacdy what we wanted him or her to, but if one believes as I do that Duke is a work of genuine benevolence to our nation, one realizes that our school’s work is much larger than any one controversy, issue, incident or person. The work of Duke must continue.

Supporting Duke is not ideological. It is not political. It is not even intellectual. It is a personal and teleological act that binds me to others who share a thirst for knowledge and an ideal that education should be available to all. I hope that Miller realizes this before he leaves Duke this spring with the same legacy thousands will share with him.

Jamie Smarr Trinity ’94

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dealing with this lacrosse event—cut off alumni funding (“Alumni: withhold your support,” Feb. 12). Interesting.

Let’s look at the facts. Three captains of a Division 1 Athletic Program at Duke decided to hold a party where they knowingly served alcohol to their underage team members, and hired strippers to boot. In doing so, they broke team rules, Duke rules and the law—basically showing no responsibility and limited regard for the University and team they are a part of.

And how did Duke respond? They suspended three members who were charged with a felony offense for two and a half semesters, one person who wrote a poor-taste-atbest e-mail for half a semester, accepted (not demanded) the resignation of the coach and told the other members that for 10 months they no longer got the privilege of wearing Duke across their chests and representing the school.

But Miller says cut off funding because Duke abandoned its students. I wonder during this time how many students were helped by Counseling and Psychological Services? How many had Deans help get them into graduate school? How many had professors help teach them something new, or write recommendations to help find them a job? How many got scholarships to help them afford to attend this University?

But because Duke didn’t respond exacdy as Miller says they should have, to an extremely difficult situation now viewed conveniendy through rose-colored revisionist glasses—we should cut them off. Glad to know Miller has all of our interests in mind.

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Antiquities adorn the Nasher CatherineKaelin recess The Nasher Museum ofArt is about to unwrap a monumental gift.

The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at theNasher Museum opens today. The exhibit consists of more than 50 ancient relics selected from an anonymous donation that nearly doubles the size of the Nasher’s permanent collection.

The exhibit is co-curated by Carla Antonaccio, professor of archaeology and classical studies, and Sheila Dillon, Andrew W. Mellon assistant professor of art history. The two professors co-teach a class in which students participate in the research and cataloging of the collection.

“We are a teaching institution,” said Anne Schroder, curator of academic programs at the Nasher and coordinating curator of The Past is Present. “We consider the museum a laboratory.”

The antiquities exhibit provides both students and the surrounding community with significantly greater access to ancient art of such high quality, she said.

“It used to be that students would have to go to other museums to see works like these and now it’s here on campus,” Schroder said.

Seven classes have been able to study the collection in the first year since its arrival at the Nasher.

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“Fall Fashion Week, which takes place in February, is just around the corner, and we have determined that the search for a suitable home will require further analysis and planning. The City will continue to work with IMG and the fashion industry to locate a permanent home for Fashion Week.”

Many argue, however, that moving out of Bryant Park will decentralize Fashion Week and hurt the industry.

“I love the park,” French-born designer Alice Ritter told recess, minutes before she showed her collection. “It would be a shame if it moved.”

Although location questions were fresh in minds, the main controversy surrounding Fashion Week was the weight ofmodels.

After Madrid and Milan took actions to ban models that were deemed to be “underweight” last fall, the United States has been under similar pressure. As Fashion Week began, protestors emerged outside the tents, holding signs and chanting.

“I’m normal and overweight,” said one protestor, who wore a hat that said “Fashion Weak” and a full-body sign depicting a skeleton dressed in a bikini with the words “Does this make me look fat?” next to it.

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mmmmmmsi Speed dating for romance, recess finds love After failing our mid-terms (read:

state-required drug screens) recess spiraled into a whirlwind of depres-

sion. Sadder than John Bobbit in a whorehouse, recess searched on craigslist to fill the void in its heart with new love. After weeks of looking, recess realized that it doesn’t want a BBBWLFLTSWII2FP*, but another Dukie to talk with about Alpine soundtracks, McKinsey interviews and DeMarc-picking-his-nose sightings. What better way to find love than five-minute meetings in a dank, low-lit room with over-eager freshmen? Luckily for recess the porn-fully titled student group Devils After Dark hosted speed dating in GA Down under last week, recess was surprised at the motley crew of pseudo-celeb attendees.

Nicholas Cage: Really, if you thought the Clay-Aiken-esque hair-do and fire-related puns could save your career from The Wicker Man, you were sadly mistaken. The real question is, just what did he mean by “my head feels like its on fire?” The last thing recess needs is another S.T.D. Howard K. Stern: Besides the unfortunate name, the man is unfortunately creepy. He was around when both Anna Nicole’s son and the TrimSpa temptress herself died, recess will avoid sleeping within a 50mile radius of the lawyer/babydaddy/media-slut/virtuoso violaist.

Paula Abdul: After 15 cups of coffee, Paula managed to get out a “Uuuure kewt.” Although the idea of bedding an Estevez-ex is enticing, Paula was so drunk, recess got whiskey-dick-

by-association.

Barack Obama: If the presidency was based on looks alone, Obama would be a shoe-in. (Could you imagine Hillary in a bathing suit?) After trying transform his name into a pickup line—you can O-bomb-a my barracks any time—recess just looked into his eyes and melted away. We wouldn’t mind asking him out on a second date, recess hopes he is into third-person personifications of college newspaper arts sections.

—Varun Leila *Big, beautiful, black woman looking for long term slave, who is in to foot paddling

askrecess Dear recess, How do you tell a girl she wears too much makeup?

Well, you have several options here, ranging from the stark approach to the more subtle strategem.

If you want to tell her anonomously and avoid any ackward silences, you could create a secret G-mail account.

The next step is to send her an anonynous e-mail politely informing her that someone in her life thinks she should leave something on the cosmetics counter at the mall for the other shoppers.

But, there is an honest—perhaps more mature way to deal with the situation. One night before bed, when you see her at the gym or when you are hanging out in sweats, tell her how beautiful she looks right then, with no makeup on. Encourage the positive behavior (in this case no makeup), and maybe she’ll start to get the Deep down inside, s probably just doubts he beauty and your reinforcement could give her the confidence to shed the concealer.

And if all else fails, go play laser tag. The weird lighting will highlight her pasty complexion. And when you are crouched, making out in a darkened corner, you can slyly slip in (chuckle) “In this lighting it looks like I’m making out with a clown.” She’ll definite! get the message.

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I David Graham recess If you like short, concise, pop songs, stop reading now. If you don’t appreciate a long, chugging two-chord vamp, put down this paper. If the blues doesn’t give you catharsis, move on to the next article.

But if you love a good bar band, look no further, ’cause that’s what the Soulless Dogs Blues Band is—take it or leave it.

Don’t let the group’s name take you aback—a Soulless Dogs set includes jazz standards, blues workhorses, some slick ’7os soul and frontman Ben Shelton’s best Jimi Hendrix imitation. (The band’s name comes from a comment a minister made about Shelton’s pet when he was in high school.)

“We play anything that grooves,” said sophomore and bassist Spike Brehm.

When challenged by a reporter that such a claim is hackneyed, Strat-slinging guitarist George Dyer, a sophomore, clarifies wryly: “A lot of bands say they play anything that grooves. We actually do.”

Sophomore Shelton is the band’s lead guitarist, vocalist and keyboardist. He looks every inch the electrical and computer engineer he is until he plugs into his homemade amplifier and dropping bebop lines interpolated into standard funk tunes. Shelton cites Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker and Steely Dan as influences.

An advocate as well as musician, he has also spent much of the semester lobhying administrators to buy a Hammond organ for communal use, enlisting everyone from student musicians to the Duke Chapel’s organists.

Interviewing the group is no easy task: Brehm’s phone rings constantly, Shelton frequently vents his disdain for jazz writers (present company included, by all signs) and drummer Tim Garbinby

sky does his best to distract everyone—optimally by reference to James Joyce or

William Faulkner. Dyer, meanwhile, dedares staunchly that nothing he says is on the record. But their light-hearted rapport becomes an asset on stage, as the whole band locks in with Brehm’s bass to locomote forward.

Why do people come to see the band?

Garbinsky, a sophomore, wastes no words in answering the question, simply pointing at Shelton, “Ben does a funny dance [while playing],” Dyer said, chuckling. “When he’s playing a good solo you can tell’cause he rocks back and forth and gets this blank look on his face.”

Although the tunes they cover aren’t likely to be on most students’ iPods, the band members say they have gotten warm receptions everywhere.

“People respond really well,” Garbinsky said. “At [a recent gig], they danced our whole three-hour set.”

Well, warm receptions have occured most places. Not everywhere.

“We’re not that good at parlaying our success on stage into success with the ladies,” Shelton cracked, Dyer, Shelton and Brehm are the band’s three constants—Garbinsky alternates with fellow sophomore John Roelofs on traps, with a rotating cast of sophomores Sam Cieply and Brian Arnold and freshman Alex Banzhaf on

saxophones.

The band has so far played only campus gigs, at the Armadillo Grill, Trinity Cafe and E-Kegs, but they hope to record soon and get gigs off campus.

“I think we could be, like, Carnegie Hall,” Dyer said—almost, but not quite, keeping a straight face, PHOTOS IREM MERTOL/RECESS The Soulless Dogs Blues Band plays from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16 at Sophomores Tim Garbinsky (drums), Spike Brehm (bass), George Oyer (guitar), Brian Arnold (sax), and the Armadillo Grill in the Bryan Center.

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Sophomores’ big idea leads to Small Town Records Duke University Union record label expands on-campus options for musicians Aaron Carpenter recess Beneath the Loop, in a small room in the West Union Building jammed with rolls of Freewater films, instruction manuals, musical equipment and psydi-edeic banners, Duke’s First record label has opened its doors.

A combination of various things—a word from an alumnus who expressed regret for not opening a label, a campus leadership course and a disappointment in the campus musical culture —led to the creation of Small Town Records.

“When we started, the music culture was deceittralized, sidelined and fragmented,” said Dan Corkum, a sophomore, who co-founded the label with former high school classmate and fellow sophomore Colin Tierney, a former recess staffer.

“Four or five groups were convinced that they were the music scene, but other little pockets were all around.”

Most of ail, they shared a disappointment in music scene around campus.

Tierney and Corkum said they see themselves not so much as a record label in the traditional sense, but as a forum for musicians at the University.

“We’re formulating this thing that is basically just helping musicians here,” Tierney explained. “We’ll go in any way we can to do so. We’re offering recording time and we’re making a compilation album later this year, as soon as we have enough by

recordings.”

The compilation will feature tracks

from campus bands working with the label.

Early in his time at the University, Tierney had exchanged e-mails with Ethan Schiffres, Trinity ’O5, now a marketing and A&R representative for Everfme Records (home of fratboy favorites 0.A.R.), who expressed disappointment that his time at Duke didn't include starting a label for the campus.

Corkum and Tierney then began formulating a plan to do what Schiffres hadn’t, starting the project in Public Policy Professor Tony Brown’s Enterprising Leadership class, which they took their first semester —the same class that birthed Rival Magazine, the Center for Race Relations and Project XY. “[Brown] helped this thing form in a lot of ways and opened a lot of doors for us,” Corkum said. “We made a 30-page business plan and outlined why it was needed on

campus. The class gave us a lot of focus.”

The idea kept growing, mosdy by word of mouth. They said they were overwhelmed by support given to them by not only the campus musicians but also the University’s administration. Small Town Records became a committee of the Duke University Union in one-tenth the time it took the Duke Coffeehouse—three months compared to three years. That gave them the financial security to look at the project in the long term, they said, with funds to maintain the studio and replace broken instruments. In addition, they have been implemented into the plans for the new Central Campus as part of a uni-

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Sophomores Dan Corkum (left) and Colin Tierney started SmallTown Records as part of the class "Enterprising Leadership" with Professor Tony Brown. fied student media building that will includes The Chronicle’s offices and radio station WXDU. They also stated an interest in creating a hub for student performers.

“We’re trying to create a centralized systern and an infrastructure for musicians here,” Corkum said. “It’s hard to make it off any college campus, but at Duke in particular [is difficult]. There wasn’t much in place in terms of guidance and in terms of resources or even places to practice.”

Small Town Records is not an idea original to Duke. Black Squirrel Records at Haverford College, Heavy Rotation Records at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Gallatone

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is exactly that: it is the product of a band in motion, a band searching for and ultimately beginning to grasp their true sound. Because of this, tracks like “Wreck-We-Um-Dub” are over thought and too complex, rendering them uldmately meaningless.

The most noticeable difference with Luxury in comparison to Wrath of Circuits is the lack of a strong ending. Whereas Wrath showcased “Bleeding Elvis” as a last song clear, strong and arguably one of the band’s best recorded songs Luxury's ending is one of senseless noise, overlapped with frontman and senior Finn Cohen’s desperate wailing.

The album is, in the end. if anything, a forecast for a band that will eventually become a leader in experimental rock.

But, as it stands, it falls short as a significant release, being at some points masterful but at other times overdone and just too obscure.

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Records at New York University and Veritas Records at Harvard University were all predecessors to Small Town. Heavy Rotation in particular—whose faculty advisor, Jeff Dorenfeld, once managed the band Boston —guided Corkum and Tierney early on, after the would-be impresarios contacted the label seeking advice.

And the name? It stems from their shared past at the tony Milton Academy near Boston.

“It’s actually a reference to Boston,” Tierney said. “A lot of people call it the ‘little big city’. It’s actually a pretty small place, you run into people you know. We wanted to conjure up the feeling of community we’re trying to create here.”

given the opportunity to create an album with an all-star team of other musicians.

Who might make the cut? Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead? Michael Franti of Spearhead? How about Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten or the String Cheese Incident?

Welcome to Keller Williams’ Dream. The long-awaited follow-up to his award-winning double live album Stage further establishes Keller as a gifted songwriter and performer. The percussive acoustic guitar style that has become Keller’s signature is still present though not dominant in every track. Instead, Williams takes advantage of each collaborator’s unique sound. The result is an album that defies conventional categorization. Dream fluidly crosses genre lines, from jazz to bluegrass to funk and back, all the while keeping the listener’s toes tapping. A must-have for fans and a great introduction for soon-to-be fans, Dream successfully fulfills Williams’ objective to create an album that he “would be in [his] pimped-out golf proud to cart when [he is] 80.”

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Breach, the latest installment in the reemerging spy-movie genre, doesn’t begin with a gunshot, a chase scene or attractive British aristocrats exchanging witty banter. It begins with John Ashcroft.

And he ruins the ending.

Breach is the story of the 2001 investigation and apprehension of Robert Hanssen, arguably the worst mole in U.S. intelligence history. Hanssen is expertly played by Chris Cooper, opposite and Ryan Laura Linney

Phillippe.

Unfortunately, the resulting film isn’t quite as exciting as the concept would lead one to believe. The narrative is repeatedly bogged down by the simple story bereft of the twists and sleights of hand audiences have come to expect. Not to say that Breach isn’t a good movie—it’s just not all that exciting.

Instead, it is a tightly crafted account of the fall of a traitor.

Cooper’s portrayal of Hanssen presents a man who is outwardly patriotic, religious and stoic. The facade hides his true self: an arrogant, traitorous deviant.

Throughout the film, the two

personalities stream together often with hilarious effects, such —

as one rant in which Hanssen details the evils of pantsuits. By the end of Breach, one can almost sympathize with him, a man who has been overworked and underappreciated to the point he has no choice but to break.

Though often predictable and slow, Breach proves itself a capable account of one of the greatest betrayals in U.S. history. The film also manages to shed some interesting light on the shortcomings of the pre-Sept. 11 intelligence community in the process.

—Brian Sayler

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��� � � If film directors can double as teachers, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is modern film’s Aristode and his first film, The Lives of Others, is the lecture that inspires Alexander the Great to take action. It’s also the best directorial debut since Truffaut’s The. 400 Blows, and unequivocally the best film of 2006.

A finalist for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Others opens deep in the cellars of a 1980 s East German jail, where Secret Service Agent Wiesler (Ulrich Miihe) is methodically interrogating a prisoner. Wiesler is a man completely devoted to his job, and thus to his state. He wears the muted uniform of the socialist serviceman with precision; his meals consist of mush mixed with colored paste.

But as Wiesler begins surveillance on writer Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), things begin to change. Exposed to Brecht and Beethoven, the agent’s steely gray eyes begin to soften. Does Wiesler realize that in devotion to the state, his self has entered

drought? And what is it that Wiesler is missing?

Von Donnersmarck offers many answers. Does Wiesler want what Dreyman has—a pretty girlfriend, a publicly recognized talent, a furnished, comfortable apartment? Does he simply want exposure to the culture that the government won’t allow across the wall, the chance to prove himself intellectually?

Or, as is most interesting, is it a combination of the two —a desire for contact and interaction with Dreyman himself? In the context of the time and the setting, it is precisely this lack of person-to-person contact that Wiesler’s person-to-state relationship has left most lacking.

Miihe and Koch hardly seem to be acting. Martina Gedeck, as Dreyman’s girlfriend ChristaMaria, is blessed with both elegant looks and overwhelming grace.

But the success of the film comes to rest firmly at von Donnersmarck’s feet.

By the time the wall has fallen and Dreyman’s popularity has outlived socialism, Wiesler has landed back in the service of the state.

There is a time when it seems like the two may meet face-to-face, but Dreyman, attempting to track the

former agent down, spots Wiesler delivering mail and holds back.

It’s a bold decision to place his two main characters so physically close to one another and never allow them to meet, but it’s also the choice of a director with clear vision.

In the end, communication between Wiesler and Dreyman is confined to moments of individual realization, like when the writer reads his declassified file and puts a face to Wiesler’s code name. For Dreyman to have access to mass information is representative of the transformation to a new Germany for all involved.

But in the last moments of the film, as Wiesler spots Dreyman’s latest book in the window of a store and spends a chunk of his minute salary to purchase it, it’s not only the nation’s step forward that von Donnersmarck chronicles. It’s also the shift from one utopian egality to another, the movement towards the ideal democracy that may or may not be ideal. In a world where a doctrine of representative government faces heat from all sides, The Lives of Others sits and watches.

—Brian McGinn

As the awards'season reaches its climax, recess offers our picks for the best in acting, writing and directing. This is thefifth ofseven installments covering the 79th Academy Awards, presented Sunday, Feb. 25.

For many, the best director award is the big enchilada. An award for best film only lasts in memory for a year or so, but a best director award can validate a long-time director’s oeuvre or boost an unknown director into the spodight.

This year the award could go to anyone. The only previous winner nominated is Clint Eastwood. Although the field is largely filled with relatively less known directors such as Inarritu, Greengrass and Frears, Martin Scorsese’s presence is the elephant in the room

ic votes alone Martin Scorsese, The Departed: The man should have won for Raging Bull over 20 years ago and the Academy knows it. Now, nominatedfor the sixth time, it seems that the momentum from winning the Director’s Guild ofAmerica and Golden Globe awards may give him the power he needs to finally secure his place in history. And who knew all it took was to switch from the Brooklyn bluster of Goodfellas to the Bean town braggadocio of The Departed?

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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel: Inarritu is relatively new on the directing scene—in fact, Babel is only his third full length feature. Inarritu is a master of the vignette film; from the multiple story lines in his English debut 21 Gram, to his part in 1V09”01, to his most recent endeavor. The former DJ is a little young for the award, but has plenty of time to earn an entire soccer team ofOscars.

Clint Eastwood, Letters From IwoJima : Not counting Woody Allen, Eastwood is arguably the most successful actor/director ofall time. In the company ofMel Gibson, Ron Howard, Kevin Costner, Robert Redford and Warren Beatty, Eastwood has been the only one to win multiple statues. Working on his third, Dirty Harry hopes to win for a WWII drama whose track record has been very hit-and-miss this awards season.

Stephen Frears, The Queen: Probably best known for the Nick-Hornby-novel-tumed-cult-classic High Fidelity, Frears is responsible for critical darlings My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons and The Grifters—the last of which earned him a best director nod. He may have proven his worth before, but The Queen is a greater testament to his actors and not his directing.

Paul Greengrass, United 93: A relatively low-key director, Greengrass has spent more time on TV than he has on the silver screen. His success with action-packed Damon vehicle TheBourne Supremacy and the heart wrenching United 93 may have garnered him attention, but a man can not win on patriot-

captures the true nature of love and friendship in all of its heartwarming glory as well as its heartbreaking sadness as Venus. This wonderful film moves seamlessly from poignant scenes of extreme joy, capturing the essence of what it means to fall in love, to scenes of fragile despair, subtly showing the painful experiences that love, life and aging bring to us all.

The often-amusing tale centers around Maurice Russell (Peter O’Toole), an elderly British actor who claims that he was, in his heyday, just “a little” famous. Surrounded 1by several of his equally elderly (and hilarious) friends (Leslie Phillips and Richard Griffiths), as well as his estranged wife, Russell muses on the increasing difficulty and despair of his daily life as death looms on the horizon.

It is only with the arrival of Jessie that Russell’s life—and his self-reflection at its nearing end—begins to take on new depth. Jessie, the grand-niece and “nurse” to Russell’s best friend lan, is Russell’s opposite in every way: a rough, neglected teen, in and out of family members’ homes.

Russell and Jessie soon form an unlikely bond—he offers her his wealth of life experiences, education and sophistication and she offers him a fleeting return back to youth.

Witty dialogue and skillful acting throughout show us a wide range of difficult human experiences without ever lapsing into artificial sentiment or contrived emotions. The film is an honest yet encouraging look at the unusual places we find people to love—and people who love us.

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Those inside the tents, however, seemed less concerned.

“I don’t think there is a problem,” said Joe Zee, creative director of Elk Magazine told recess. “It’s fashion, and it’s

Despite the overwhelming support of models, there were still those—mostly those not entrenched in the fashion world—who supported legislation against skinny models.

“These models don’t even look like people,” said the husband of a dresser in line for die Doo.Ri show. “They look like robots. Without any flesh. I can’t even look at them.”

To a certain extent, these comments were not without merit. One model, who wished to not be identified, picked up a mint and ate it backstage at the Alice Ritter show.

“These things are great,” she said. “They fill me up.”

The issue of underweight models did not go without official discussion, however. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (headed up by esteemed designer Diane von Furstenberg), held a conference during the week specifically about the issue.

“There should be guidelines but no enforcement [on models’ weight],” von Furstenberg said at the conference.

She added that many models are naturally skinny, and it would be discriminatory to segregate based on weight.

There were many upsides to the week, however namely the designers, despite the negative press. The collections that stood out of the crowd Were the quirky New Zealand-born Karen Walker, known as the Marc Jacobs of her country, and recent CFDA award-winning designer Doo.Ri’s draping silk jerseys.

The big surprise of the week, however, was Marc Jacobs himself, arguably the most popular and talked-about of the New York designers each season.

Jacobs, who is known for his progressive approach to clothes, toned down his collection considerably this season. Expected to be punk-influenced (as it often is), Jacob’s collection was sleek and muted, and looked as though it could move directly to stores, which, for those who follow his trends, is a rarity. The biggest disappointments of the week were the much-hyped Vena Cava and Lela Rose.

Despite the negative attention New York Fashion Week has received, most viewers went through the week —

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“It’s always great to handle objects,” Antonaccio said. “One of the greatest part of this project was getting students right in front of the objects without Plexiglas in front of them.”

Schroder points to the “Attic Black Droop cup” (550-500 BCE) as one of the highlights of the collection. The cup, which boasts exquisitely intricate design, provides insights into its ancient culture of

For Theater Previews at Duke, it’s not just

art for art’s sake.

Debuting Friday, The Great Game will bring a first-class cast, design team and a Tony-nominated director to Duke.

Theater Previews chose the play in part for its compelling story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of 1870 India and England, but also because of the conversation it could bring to Duke.

origin.

“It fits with Theater Previews’ mission [to

develop new works for American theater] and it belongs at Duke because it can start discourse, discussion,” said Producing DirecAnjaii Bhimani plays therole ofSafia and Marcus Dean Fuller plays George Hayward.

The Great Game is a play poised to say Game is that it seems scared to make a something timely and insightful. Set in statement. The set is richly decorated, 1870, D. Tucker Smith’s play details a ter- the costume design and soundtrack are ritotail skirmish between Great Britian perfecdy adequate and a very creative and Russia called the “Great Game.” lighting scheme stacks scenes together in The action of the play circles around away that makes the stage feel much an interracial romance between Safia larger and deeper than it really is. HowHayward (Anjaii Bhimani), an Indian spy ever, Smith’s script seems stilted at some working for the British government, and of the most vital moments and the drama George Hayward (Marcus Dean Fuller), a only rarely becomes truly dramatic (or man who has traveled to India to serve traumatic). the Crown and escape the gentry.

The play shies away from taking risks, The audience encounters their roeither in pushing the 1870/2007 socialmance after the fact, always witnessed in political analogies, or in probing painful flashbacks. The main action of the play issues of racial, sexual and colonial opfocuses on Safia—who has traveled to pression. At the same time it resists reEngland in hopes of preventing an vealing emotions and conversations that AWOL George from heading out on a suiare more than simply transactional. The cide mission—and her interactions with most compelling scene in the play involves a near-rape, which is one of the few George’s family.

Even in the main drama, there is the moments when the drama is intense, potential for very interesting social, culeruptive and racialized. It’s difficult to tural and political comment. At points we watch and yet, oddly enough, you wish sense the melancholy ofBritain’s invisible The Great Game featured more of these and marginalized discontents—women, types of moments in the play. the underclass, the colonized—and an In—Mike Haley dian-British romance condenses these dynamics, bringing them to the stage in The Great Game previews tonight and opens tomorrow night, Feb. 17. It runs until March very personal form.

The central problem with The Great 4. Student tickets will be sold for $5.

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Speaking to this substance, Anjali Bhimani, who plays the lead role of Safia Hayward, explained that the play has many parallels to today’s society. The term “Great Game” refers to the struggle between Czarist Russia and Britain to control the land between China and India.

“This is very similar to the kind of race the countries in our society today—like the U.S.—are dying to do in the Middle East,” Bhimani said. “There are people making huge political decisions far, far away.”

The campus and local North Carolina communities get to see the play, which is coproduced by Duke, before anyone else. Voss compared the production of the play to science developments in a lab, making use of University resources, time, space and student interns.

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The curators and their students have selected six concepts by which to organize the exhibit. Themes such as “Women, Beauty and Adornment” and “The Greek Mixer: Symposia and Drinking Games,” resonate particularly with the Duke student community. The past is present indeed.

The exhibit is also significant to the present in the context of current events in the art world. In light of the recent controversy over stolen antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Nasher staff took every precaution in establishing the integrity of the collection.

“Since we’ve been here we’ve had to turn down several gifts,” Schroder said. “We do ask for documentation, provenance, history of the pieces.”

If ownership cannot be established, the museum is legally and ethically bound to refuse donations of antiquities.

“We did consult with University lawyers, because it is extraordinary to acquire such antiquities, and to be sure that we [legally] can,” Schroder said.

After obtaining the legal goahead, the museum was thrilled to accept a donation of this magnitude and import —an addition that will undoubtedly enrich the character and depth of the Nasher collection, as well as the museum itself as an academic institution.

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