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Duke completes undefeated regular season beating UNC

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2007 cost.

“It’s a function of taking into consideration this sort of market basket of costs associated with an institution of this caliber and scope,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Tuition also increased by 4.5 percent for the 2006-2007 and 2004-2005 academic years.

In 2005-2006, it increased by 5.5 percent.

“There isn’t a standard —we basically try to figure out what it will take to finance the quality of the education we’re going to be offering,” Bumess said.

Tuition rates for all of Duke’s graduate and professional schools have also risen for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Increases range from 4.3 percent for After their final homegame ended, seniors Lindsey Harding and Alison Bales embrace in celebration.

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Duke beat Dartmouth in its season opener Saturday in front of a crowd of 6,485. See SPORTSWRAP.

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It was the perfect end to a perfect regular season.

As the buzzer sounded Sunday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke ran onto the court to celebfate sealing its undefeated season, the final game at home for its two seniors and a bonfire-worthy victory over North Carolina.

Going into the matchup with an undefeated record and a No. 1 ranking, the Blue Devils (29-0, 14-0 in the ACC) were ready to play their final conference game, feeding off the support ofits sellout crowd.

The No. 4 Tar Heels (27-3, 11-3) did not make it easy, but after eight lead changes and seven tie scores the Blue Devils delivered with the 67-62 win. Seniors Alison Bales and Lindsey Harding were honored in a postgame ceremony.

“The thing that means the most to me is that it’s something special for these two seniors, because nobody else can top that,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said.

“They’ve put so much into this program, and they’ve been willing to be role players for several years, and now it’s been their time to shine. That’s what makes me feel best about this season—-is that it’s something more than any other team has done.”

Bales and Harding combined for 31 of Duke’s 67 points and 20 of the team’s 45 rebounds, while Abby Waner added 13 points for the Blue Devils. Midway through

The Board of Trustees approved a 4.5percent tuition increase at its meeting Friday, bringing undergraduate tuition to $34,335 for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Together with room, board and other fees, the total cost of attendance will be approximately $45,121, up 4.6 percent from the 2006-

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After spending the past 11 months on the bench while the lacrosse case captured national attention, the men’s lacrosse team returned to the field Saturday, drawing about 6,485 supporters.

Playing for the first time since the cancellation of last year’s season, the Blue Devils delivered a 17-11 victory over Dartmouth before an enthusiastic crowd.

“It was a great crowd, a beautiful afternoon, and it was great to have the team playing again,” President Richard Brodhead wrote in an e-mail.

Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said prior to the game he did not foresee protesters using the

Instead of using umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain Sunday evening, students used themto shield sparks from the five benches that burned on Main West for the first time in two years.

Despite the wet weather earlier in the day, hundreds of students, administrators, staff and visitors constructed a bonfire to celebrate the women’s basketball team’s win over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The bench burning marked the first time in Duke history a bonfire has been built after a women’s basketball game, Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said.

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LOS ANGELES Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Departed” won best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday and earned the filmmaker the directing prize that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career.

“Could you double-check the envelope?” said Scorsese, who arguably had been the greatest living American filmmaker without an Oscar.

He received his Oscar from three contemporaries and friends, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.

“So many people over the years have been wishing this for me.”

In an evening when no one film dominated as the Oscars shared the love among a wide range of movies, three of the four acting front-runners won: best actress Helen Mirren as British monarch Elizabeth II in “The Queen”; best actor Forest Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scodand”; and supporting actress Jennifer Hudson as a soul singer in “Dreamgirls.”

The other front-runner, Eddie Murphy of “Dreamgirls,” lost to Alan Arkin for “Litde Miss Sunshine.”

“For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle,” said Mir•

ren, who has been on a remarkable roll since last fall as she won all major film and

television prizes for playing both of Britain’s Queen Elizabeths.

“She’s had her feet planted firmly on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and she’s weathered many many storms.... If it wasn’t for her, I most certainly wouldn’t be be here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the queen,” Mirren said, holding her Oscar aloft.

Arkin played a foul-mouthed grandpa with a taste for heroin “Little Miss Sunshine,” a low-budget film that came out of SEE OSCARS ON PAGE 10

Blast kills 40 as Iraqi president ails

by Brian Murphy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD, Iraq A female suicide bomber triggered a ball bearing-packed charge Sunday, killing at least 41 people at a mostly Shiite college whose main gate was left littered with blood-soaked student notebooks and papers amid the bodies.

Witnesses said a woman carried out the attack at the business school annex to Mustansiriyah University. Interior Ministry officials said they were still investigating those reports. The school’s m<tin campus was hit by a string of bombings last month that killed 70 people.

The attack came as the powerful Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said an ongoing security crackdown in Baghdad was doomed to fail because of U.S. involvement and suggested he was rethinking his cooperation. He bitterly complained that “car bombs continue to explode” in the capital despite the new security push.

The political situation in Iraq was further thrown into question after President Jalal Talabani, a 73-year-old Kurd, was taken to Jordan for medical tests after feeling ill. Talabani’s son, Qubad Talabani, said his father was suffering from fatigue and exhaustion. “He did not have a heart

attack” or a stroke, he told CNN. The statement issued in the name of the radical cleric al-Sadr put increased strains on the U.S.-Iraqi security sweeps aimed at restoring order in the capital.

Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia pulled its fighters off the streets under intense government pressure to let the 12-day-old security plan proceed. But a relendess wave ofSunni attacks—six alone in the Baghdad area Sunday—has apparendy tested the patience of al-Sadr as well as many ordinary Shiites.

A return to the streets by the Mahdi Army

The Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendant of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond—a discovery the civil rights activist called "shocking" Sunday. He learned of the connection last week through the New York Daily News.

Ailing leader calls for unity Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan stressed religious unity Sunday during his final major speech, saying the world is at war because Christians and Muslims are divided.The fiery orator spoke for the first time since ceding leadership of the movement last year because of illness.

U.N. weighs deploying troops Tribal leaders are desperate for the deployment of a U.N. peacekeeping force along Chad's border with Sudan to protect refugees and stop increasing spillover from the violence in Darfur. The U.N. Security Council is considering a mission of up to 10,000 troops.

Comet probe passes by Mars A European spacecraft executed a close flyby of Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet.

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Last July, attorney Brent Adams said a Duke University Health System mishap that his client claimed had caused him infection and debilitating medical problems was “anything but over.”

Adams was right.

Attorneys representing Bennie Holland revived a lawsuit accusing DUHS of negligence last week, The Raleigh News & Observer reported Thursday.

In November 2004, DUHS staff accidentally washed surgical tools in used elevator hydraulic fluid for two months, resulting in the use of tainted instruments to treat approximately 3,800 patients.

Holland’s suit alleges that the back surgery he received at Duke Health Raleigh Hospital Nov. 10, 2004, caused him a severe infection and chronic pain, The N&O reported.

As a policy, DUHS does not comment on matters of litigations, according to a statement released in response to the first lawsuit.

“We regret this incident occurred, but stand by the results of independent studies and our own analyses... [which] confirmed that the surgical instruments were fully sterile,” DUHS officials wrote in the statement issued in July 2006.

Holland’s previous lawsuit was withdrawn without prejudice in August 2006, which allowed him to re-file the case at a later date. Holland said he wanted the jury to hear the case in open court, The Herald-Sun reported last July.

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The Pulsar Triyo was one of a number of musical acts that entertained a huge crowd Friday night in Bostock and Perkins libraries during the Duke Plays party.

Library hosts ‘Old Duke’ gala by

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Forget Shooters II and G-Loft—a new hot spot emerged on campus last Friday night as students flocked to “play well” at Duke Plays: The Party! in Perkins and Bostock libraries and the von der Heyden Pavilion.

Instead of cracking open textbooks and powering up laptops, students casually sipped wine and swayed to live jazz music along with faculty, alumni, administrators and several members of the Board ofTrustees.

“The party was definitely one of the most enjoyable events I’ve been to here at Duke—l’m in awe of the energy and creativity that went into it,” Cynthia Brodhead, wife of President Richard Brodhead, wrote in an e-mail. “It made me happy to see people looking so great and having so much fun, and it’s a pretty cool way to use the library.”

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Seniors Rachel Weeks and Haley Hoffman, who created and produced the party, said the event was meant to high-

light Duke’s colorful social history.

“This was about much more than bringing back ‘Old Duke.’ We wanted to say, let’s make ‘Old Duke’—whatever that is—matter,” they wrote in an e-mail. “Let’s think about the fact that we come from a proud tradition of not only ‘working,’ but playing—that our social lives are as much a part of that tradition as anything else we do.”

And hundreds of students took advantage of the opportunity to socialize in the library’s swank setting.

“Everyone seemed to be really enjoying themselves, noshing on the little ’4os-themed desserts and drinking plenty of wine,” junior Rebecca Friedman said. “It was really nice to see everyone dressed up and hanging out... in a not SEE LIBRARY PARTY ON PAGE 6

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The Shooters II manager said she makes all efforts to attract students to her club.

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It’s a Saturday night, 35 degrees or colder, and the line outside Parizade is 50 deep.

Inside, the line to the bar isn’t much better. But next door, Verde is strangely vacant. A few people go in to warm up, but no one seems willing to fully move their revelry to the adjacent club.

It’s a strange phenomenon, then, given the number of choices in and around Durham, that students flock to this venerable triumvirate of night options: Shooters 11, Parizade and Devine’s Restaurant and Sports Bar. Greek social chairs, however, said they aren’t necessarwedded to the locations their organizations—and the ily student body on the whole—visit most.

“Certainly some sororities and fraternities have places they frequent more often,” said sophomore Rachel Wolf, social chair for Alpha Phi sorority. “We try to spread out our events because people get tired of going to the same place weekend after weekend. We look for places with a fun vibe.”

That was one of the biggest factors Alpha Phi members discussed when deciding where to host their pledge class’ bid night this year, she added. The sorority ultimately settled on Metro 8, located on Ninth Street.

“Shooters is a great location, but we wanted to try something a bit new for our girls,” Wolf said. “Metro 8 is one of the newer places on the Duke social scene. But it’s really all about the relationships we have.”

Indeed, it is sometimes the efforts by venues to cultivate long-term links with on-campus organizations that matter most in determining where students merrymake.

“DTD has a great relationship with Giorgios Hospitality Group [owners of Parizade] and with Shooters—we love the people there, so we do book there a lot,” said senior Chris Sung, social chair for Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

“Sometimes we get a percentage of the door, sometimes they can cut us a special deal.”

Shooters manager Kim Cates said she tries to make it as easy as possible for social chairs to host their events at her Westem-themed watering hole.

“I don’t charge the sororities and fraternities a set price up-front,” Cates said. “I just tell them to call my cell phone —sometimes we book a couple months in advance, sometimes weeks, even days. I’m pretty flexible. And if they hosted something here last year, I try to call them up and see if they’re interested in doing it again if I haven’t SEE NIGHTCLUBS ON PAGE 10

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More than 160. fourth-to-sixth grade Durham girls set aside thoughts of Disney princesses Saturday, as they focused their sights on careers as neonatologists, obstetricians, engineers and laboratory technicians.

“Does the same part ofyour brain that decides whether you like Coke or Pepsi tell you whether you like M&Ms or Skittles?” a young girl asked Dr. Anne West, a neurobiologist at the Duke University Medical Center and the keynote speaker for the second annual Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science event.

The day-long event was filled with hands-on activities to encourage young girls to take a greater interest in sciencerelated fields.

“Introducing the kids to activities guided by female faculty, graduate students and undergraduates provides role models where these middle school girls can see themselves later in life,” FEMMES faculty advisor Gary Ybarra said. “It’s a tangible experience that provides them a longterm vision of the future.”

FEMMES is entirely volunteer-based and free for all

participants.

Junior Vicki Weston, a former Chronicle staff member, created the event as part of an independent study in education last year.

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Although the 40,000-sq.-ft. West Campus Plaza allows much more room for tabling than was possible on the narrow Bryan Center walkway, student groups have yet to take advantage of the extra space, students and University officials have said.

Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, wrote in an e-mail that tabling on the Plaza-may have actually decreased since the days when students used the walkway to get to the Bryan Center.

Moneta said the possible decline could be attributed to a number of factors, including weather, a shift in marketing tactics and “memory loss of past practices,” referring to the 2005-2006 academic year when the walkway was closed for construction.

Melinda Roper, senior associate director for the Office ofStudent Activities and Facilities, wrote in an e-mail that lifting the 10-table limit in place for the Bryan Center walkway has increased the number of tables on the Plaza on some days.

“The additional space afforded by the plaza might give the impression of fewer groups tabling, but I think there are as many groups out there on a nice day as there ever was,” she said, adding that there were 17 groups tabling on the Plaza one day last week.

Roper said students have also been advertising online through Facebook and Babbledocket as new and creative means to reach out to others.

Student groups said both the plaza and the walkway have had their advantages and disadvantages Tor tabling, and some said one venue has not been much more effective than the other.

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“It’s still just the way it was on the walkway where people just ignore you and walk by and you have to get their attention,” said senior Adair Hill, president of the Native American Student Alliance.

The limited room available on the Bryan Center walkway, however, allowed groups to place themselves where those passing through could not easily avoid them, said junior Aashna Kircher, cultural chair of Duke Diya.

“It’s a lot harder to hassle people [on the plaza] because they’ve got a lot more space to walk around,” she said.

Junior Anita Krishnarao, head of international services for Duke’s chapter of the Red Cross, said the cramped set-up on the former walkway required groups to stick out in order to succeed.

Krishnarao, who was tabling on the Plaza last week, added that the wide space allows a more passive approach to tabling.

‘You’re going to attract people who are more interested in your cause and... take the time to walk to your table, instead of forcing fliers on people,” she said.

Other students said more groups may be resorting to online advertising in order to- avoid the problems involved with tabling.

“Plaza tabling is kind of a chore,” said sophomore Roshen Sethna, co-president of Nourish International. ‘You don’t want to bother people when they’re going to class.”

She added, however, that the crowded tabling on the Bryan Center walkway created an “activist” feel and fostered collaboration among student groups that has not been common on the Plaza.

“In the future maybe we’ll grow into the space that was created and utilize it in more ways than we’re utilizing it now,” she said.

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tributionsand holds other fundraisers, the Auction and Gala accounts for more than two-thirds of its annual funds.

“This is our biggest fundraiser of the year,” said PILE co-chair and law student Steven Schindler. “The dean is very supportive, alumni have given very generously, students give a number of gifts.

There’s a lot of creativity in the kinds of donations that we get—we’ve just built a wonderful event.”

Alumni, faculty, students and local businesses accounted for the bulk of donations to the auction, Kohen said. More than 30 faculty and staff donated items to the silent auction, which ranged from arts and crafts and baked goods to tickets to

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The Public Interest Law Foundation hosted its 11th annual Auction and Gala in style Saturday night at the Nasher Museum of Art. Raising approximately $74,000 and surpassing last year’s total by $B,OOO, the Auction and Gala also lived up to its reputation as one of the main social events of the year at Duke VSchool ofLaw. More than 550 students, faculty, alumni, staff and family members socialized and enjoyed food and drink amid the pleasant chatter and classy atmosphere of the evening.

“We like to think ofit as one of the premier law school events,” said PILF CoChair and law school student JuliaKohen.

“It’s also a great time for alumni, faculty and students and even administrators and staff to be all in the same place outside the law school—to kind of mingle and brush elbows and bid on the same items or bid each other up on the same items.”

All proceeds from the event went directly to PILF —a nonprofit student organization that funds summer fellowships for every eligible law student working at unpaid public interest jobs. This year, PILF also extended its support to graduating students entering into public interest careers with grants for bar expenses.

The charitable night was split between a silent and live auction with a wide variety of donated items up for grabs.

Silent auction items ranged from lunch

sporting events.

Faculty also offered their time to interwith students through bowling, movie nights, lunches and dinners, and “Shotguns and Beer at the Durham Country Wildlife Club.”

The only three faculty-sponsored donations featured in the live auction were dinners with incoming Law School Dean David Levi, law professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk and law professors James and Dorianne Coleman.

“It’s an event that keeps getting bigger every year, which is a testament to both the commitment of the students and the faculty to PILF and also just an endorsement of what a great job the students do every year putting this together,” said Katharine Bartlett, dean of the law school. act

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The Public InterestLaw Foundation hosted its 11 thannual auction at the Nasher, raising approximately $74,000. with President Richard Brodhead to Poker Night with law professors Barak Richman and Jonathan Wiener to knitting lessons from a law student, which went for $320, $4OO and $95, respectively.

Sold for $3,750, a five-night stay in Jackson Hole, Wyo., was the live auction’s most expensive item, while World Series tickets and a pass to the law school parking lot followed at $2,325 and $1,900, respectively.

Other unique entries included exemp-

tion from the graduate students’ annual weekend-long campout for basketball tickets as well as What Not to-Wear: Duke Law

Edition—two law students’ take on the popular television show.

Attendees could also place bids on tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show or vie for the moving services of seven second-year law students armed with “their muscles and a truck.”

Although PILF also receives direct con-

LIBRARY PARTY overly inebriated way.”

Other attendees said they were surprised by the library’s extensive “vintage” makeover.

“I was very impressed at how they transformed the library into an upscale cocktail lounge,” senior Karen Meyerhoff said. “Both Haley and Rachel worked extremely hard to organize the party and to get the support on campus they needed to pull it off, and it worked—the party

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Students over the age of 21 at the DukePiays party could buy beer and wine using food points or flex. Seniors were served champagne.

was packed.”

Ilene Nelson, director of communications for Duke University Libraries, said the event was an “unparalleled success.”

“I work at Perkins 10 hours a week, yet I barely recognized it when I walked in and saw waiters with dessert trays and champagne flutes—it was all very classy and everyone looked great,” freshman Maja Falcon said.

Clayton Owens, Trinity ’7O, said he did not know of any other libraries in the country that would allow a party in their facilities.

“I’ve never seen anything like this at Duke,” he said.

“It’s great to see students, faculty and alumni talking

about current events at Duke.”

Provost Peter Lange said the party was the perfect opportunity for the different members of the Duke community to come together in a relaxed setting.

“I thought the party was fabulous... students ofall ages, interests and passions, faculty administrators and Board members all just having fun and enjoying each other,” he said. “The fact that it was conceived, organized and so beautifully carried off by students—led by two women of great joy, intelligence and energy—made it all the better.”

For some, the party’s popularity showed that students were not afraid to socialize in a new and unfamiliar setting.

“It was a true testament to the fact that alcohol and class can occupy the same room unbegrudgingly,” freshman Andrew Kindman wrote in an e-mail.

As for the future of DukePlays, Weeks and Hoffman said this event was away to “give away” Duke Plays as a set of ideas.

“We wanted to illuminate and talk about what was already here, to re-energize people and offer up a creative, faithful take on ‘campus culture,’” they said. “We’re not responding to anyone’s argument—we’re trying to think outside it. We embrace our ambiguity. We ask questions we don’t have answers to.”

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He said the 4.5-percent hike is Trinity/Pratt $34335,45% among the lower increases this year among most of Duke’s peer Nursing School $32300,14.6% institutions.

Princeton University anSchool; $38,382,5.7% Medical nounced in January that it would freeze its tuition for the Nidi School; $26,600,4.3% first time in 40 years.

Duke officials said the UniverLaw School: $39,960,4.5% sity does not have the luxury of making a similar decision, howGrad School; $34.140,4.5% ever, and using its endowment to enact a tuition freeze would deFuqua School: $41,670,5.9% tract from other endeavors.

Final decisions on tuition levDivinity School: $15360,6% els will be approved at the Board of Trustees meeting in May.

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BONFIRE from page 1 “It’s the perfect bonfire to have after this game,” she said.

Attendees also said a bonfire was a great way to celebrate the end of the team’s perfect season.

“It’s amazing that seniors won on their night,” sophomore Emily Reeves said. “It’s the best experience I’ve had with Duke basketball.”

Many upperclassmen, however, said this year’s bonfire was “tamer” than the one they rememberfrom two years ago. Students and officials said the weather and the earlier game time may have contributed to the smaller scale.

“At least it’s a bonfire—burning stuff is burning stuff,” senior Frank Coleman said. “Any win over Carolina deserves a bonfire.”

In February 2005 Duke’s bonfire permit was revoked, but the permit was reinstated last year with new guidelines imposed.

“We haven’t had any problems; everything is going well. If [the students] follow the guidelines, they can have as many bonfires as they’d like,” said Edward Reid, an assistant Durham fire marshal who was at the bonfire.

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said students need to comply to the procedures set out by the fire marshal.

“It’s a stretch to say this is within University fire code,” he said. “[But] the women’s team accomplished a lot—the least we can do is to tent and have a bonfire.”

Students withstood soggy, muddy conditions Sunday evening to host the first bonfire on the quad since the men's basketball team beat UNC in February 2005.

Duke University Police Department officers and the Duke “A-team,” which consists ofUniversity staff and administrators, were also at the event to ensure the safety of everyone present.

There were approximately 20 DUPD officers and 30 to 40 Duke A-team members at the event, officials said.

“Student behavior has been excellent. I hope everything continues like this, DUPD Director Robert Dean said. “The crowd is normally larger, but it’s the first women’s bonfire.” ”

In addition to benches, copies of The Daily Tar Heel—

UNO’s student newspaper—and a teddy bear with a UNC symbol were thrown into the blaze.

“It was pretty funny, I think,” said seven-year-old Duke fan Alice Goldstein-Plesser. “It’s the first [bonfire] I’ve seen.... I’m amazed at all the sparks.”

Lin Lin, Trinity ’O5, said she came back to watch the game and noted that this was her third bonfire.

“It never ceases to amaze me,” Lin said

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opposition to the lacrosse team’s return to the field.

“I didn’t expect any protesters and I didn’t see any,” Moneta said. “I just saw a crowd of students thrilled to be there to support the team.”

Administrators took steps prior to faceoff to curb displays of disruptive fan behavior in the area near Koskinen Stadium, anticipating students’ intentions to tailgate.

In an e-mail sent Feb. 20, Moneta urged students to demonstrate “appropriate fan behavior” by refraining from underage drinking. He said that from what he observed, fans followed his request and kept their composure during the game.

“I thought they were remarkably responsible,” Moneta said. “They exhibited a terrific fan loyalty.”

To limit fan misbehavior, the Duke University Police Department dispatched extra officers to dead with potential underage drinking, but the scaled-down level of tailgating created few problems, said Dean ofStudents Sue Wasiolek.

“It is my understanding that everything went very well,” she wrote in an email. “I am not aware of any citations issued by Duke Police.”

Fearing the potential increase in police and media attention, the students who chose to tailgate did so either near fraternity sections or in the Blue Zone, away from the more police-heavy areas surrounding the stadium, said Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior.

“There were several different events,” Wolf said. “[Tailgate in the Blue Zone] was noticeably smaller. People realize the media is here scrutinizing us, and it would event to voice

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be better not to have a massive drinking fest in the midst of all this.”

Instead of going to the typical tailgate haven of the Blue Zone—which attracted approximately 40 people —several fraternities tailgated prior to the game in quadrangles near their sections, said Render Braswell, a freshman pledging Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Alex Senior, a sophomore in Delta Sigma Phi, said his fraternity chose to tailgate near Edens Quadrangle to avoid the throngs of media and police patrolling areas near the stadium.

“We get an e-mail from Larry Moneta saying they’ll arrest us if we’re caught drinking, and nobody wants to be caught in public throwing down booze,” he said.

John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said he expected national interest in the lacrosse case to attract a more prominent media presence covering the game.

“I was a bit surprised not to see as many TV trucks as I expected,” he wrote in an email. “That may be because the game was broadcast on ESPNU, so TV could get feeds off of the broadcast.”

Durham resident Sheryl Fowler, who attended lacrosse games prior to the administration’s decision to cancel the remainder of last season, said she observed an enthusiasm Saturday that did not exist in the past —even when the team was ranked among the top in the country.

“I’ve never seen it crowded like this,” Fowler said. “[The team] has been good before but I’ve never seen them come in droves like this.”

Bumess said he expects the media attention surrounding the opening game to taper off as the season progresses.

“In today’s all-Anna Nicole, 24/7 environment, the media’s interest moves to other things,” he said.

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of Durham had mistakenly filled empty detergent containers with the used hydraulic fluid in September 2004. Cardinal Health redistributed the fluid to Duke Health Raleigh Hospital and Durham Regional Hospital in the same month.

Holland first named DUHS as a plaintiff in July 2006.

At the time ofhis surgery, he did not file a lawsuit against Duke Health Raleigh because he was still being treated there, The Chronicle reported last April.

In response to the incident, Duke officials created a website—hydraulicfluidfacts.dukehealth.org—and a hotline for patients with concerns relating to exposure.

A long-term monitoring program for patients is currently managed by a third party, PharmaLinkFHl. It is not known whether other patients have recently filed any lawsuits against DUHS, Or why Holland chose to revive his lawsuit last week.

Neither Holland nor Adams could be reached for comment Sunday.

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Female faculty members organized hands-on experiwith gingerbread men, Play-Doh and tennites to teach the girls about genetics, the scientific method and pollution.

“The translation of cutting-edge research to the level of comprehension of middle-schoolers is a grand challenge,” said Ybarra, a professor of the practice ofelectrical and computer engineering.

Elizabeth Hodgson, a teacher at Parkwood Elementary School, said she got an incredibly overwhelming response from her students and their parents last year.

“It’s an experience many of these girls wouldn’t normally get,” Hodgson said. “It gives them ideas and goals. They get more of a sense of gender identity and ments

empowerment.”

Erin Patrick, a sixth grader at Brogden Middle School, has participated in the event for two years.

“I did it last year and it’s equally fun this year—that’s why I came back,” she said. “I’ve been to a lot of science camps, but they’re kind of boring. I think this is really fun, and you get to do things with people your age.”

Emma Myers, a fourth-grade student at the Duke School, also had fun sharing an experience with girls who

had similar interests.

“Science is really awesome. There’s always lots of girls who go, ‘Oh, math and science stink!”’ she said. “It feels good to know that some girls don’t think that, though.”

Associate program director Allison Elia, a sophomore, said she felt it was important to show these girls what’s available in terms of the things they can study.

“We hope to inspire them to pursue their interests,” Elia said.

Many of the young girls at FEMMES already knew what they wanted to be when they grew up, however.

“I want to be a pediatrician, child psychologist or a doctor who studies the behavior of autism,” said Sydney Kerr, a fourth-grader at Healthy Start Academy. “There’s a lot ofkids who need help, and I feel I should do something to help them.”

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heard from them.”

Shooters has also sponsored a limousine service since last April.

“We only charge $5 a person—cheapest in the Triangle,” said Kenneth Johnson, a Shooters employee who runs the shuttle.

“It’s been mostly students who don’t want to wait on a cab. We run out of three locations from Duke.”

Often, though, business success is a question of location or a particular effort by owners to appeal to students.

Gene Devine, Trinity ’75, considered both when he opened Devine’s in 1978.

“Proximity was certainly a factor,” he said. “I played football at Duke—there w as nothing around off campus 30 years ago, when most people just went to Chapel Hill. So I just tried to push the envelope to keep students around in Durham.”

He also said he thought his interactions with students were different than some of the other nightlife proprietors.

“I talk to the students every day,” he said.

Devine said it was students who approached him to advertise and sell T-shirts supporting the lacrosse team, reading, “Duke Lacrosse —First Annual Witch Hunt. Evidence is Overrated.”

“That had nothing really to do with me, but I was happy to do it,” Devine said. “I played sports at Duke, so of course I support the lacrosse team —I have from the beginning. People talk about this whole town-gown thing, but I am town-gown.”

Cates, herself a Durham native, said when her nightclub opened in 1999,it was aimed toward locals—but students “kind of took over.” She said she took an approach similar to Devine’s when the lacrosse team came under scrutiny.

“They’ve supported us, so we feel like

the independent world to become a commercial hit and major awards player.

“More than anything, I’m deeply moved by the open-hearted appreciation our small film has received, which in these fragmented times speaks so openly of the possibility of innocence, growth and connection,” Arkin said.

Hudson won an Oscar for her first movie, playing a powerhouse vocalist who falls on hard times after she is booted from a 1960 girl group. The role came barely two years after she shot to celebrity as an “American Idol” finalist.

“Oh my God, I have to just take this moment in. I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. I didn’t think I was going to win,” Hudson said through tears of joy. “If my grandmother was here to see me now.

She was my biggest inspiration.”

“Little Miss Sunshine” also won the original screenplay Oscar for first-time screenwriter Michael Arndt.

The film follows a ghastly but hilarious road trip by an emotionally messed-up family rushing to get their darling girl—-10-year-old supporting-actress nominee Abigail Breslin —to her beauty pageant.

“When I was a kid, my family drove 600 miles in a VW bus with a broken clutch,” Arndt said, describing a road trip that mirrored the one in the film. “It ended up being one of the funnest things we did together.”

The nonfiction hit “An Inconvenient Truth,” a chronicle of A1 Gore’s campaign to warn the world about global warming, was picked as best documentary.

“People all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It’s not a political issue. It’s a moral issue,” Gore said, joining the film’s director, Davis Guggenheim, on stage.

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Shooters manager Kim Cates said she remains flexible to host as many student parties as possible. we should support them, too,” she said.

“There’s been a sign, ‘lnnocent Until Proven Guilty,’ in the club from the beginning. It will not be taken down, probably ever. And all the bartenders wear wristbands to support the team.”

Prominent Triangle restaurateur Giorgios Bakatsias, owner of Giorgios Hospitality Group—a cartel that in addition to Parizade also includes Verde, Vin Rouge, George’s Garage and G-Loft—said he thought the appeal ofhis venues is a result of presentation and the mood they offer.

“For upscale events, Parizade is very popular,” Bakatsias said. “[Students] want an upscale experience where the service is there, the quality is there, the ambience.”

Bakatsias is less concerned about competition like Shooters and Devine’s than he is about perfecting his own restaurant group.

“I don’t know what [other venues’ owners] do but I’ve heard the student

body has functions there,” Bakatsias said.

“If they want to go there, they go there.”

Sung said chairs often have to make booking decisions based on financial concerns rather than the atmosphere a particular venue has to offer.

“We’ve just started doing more things at Sirens [Lounge] because they have a cheaper room fee,” he said. “We have students coming from the East Coast and big cities where the clubs are really posh, so we consider how we can turn a space into something they haven’t seen before.”

There are, however, a few nonconformists who are willing to sacrifice the opportunity to ride a mechanical bull amid dozens ofsweaty, tighdy packed onlookers.

“I try to avoid Shooters if there’s a better alternative,” said freshman Erin Franz. “Because Shooters is gross.”

Caroline McGeough contributed to this story.

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.Army, receive weapons and aid from Iran Iran denies the charges.

“To my Shiite and Sunni brothers, I say, ‘Let us scorn sectarianism and hoist the banner of unity,’” said the statement from al-Sadr, whose militia is blamed for frequent execution-style slayings of Sunni rivals.

Since the security crackdown began, the number of bodies thought to be victims of Shiite death squads has gone down dramatically in Baghdad, but diere has been no respite from violence blamed on Sunni insurgents.

In other developments, Talabani’s office said he had fallen ill due to “continuing hard work over the past few days.”

A doctor said Talabani was being treated at the heart center at King Hussein Medical City in Amman because the facility has modern equipment, not necessarily because the president suffers from a heart ailment.

The president’s son said he was “up and about” and able to communicate.

Under Iraq’s constitution, the president serves as the country’s titular head of state. The prime minister runs the gov-

forces could effectively block the security effort and raise the chances of Baghdad falling into sectarian street battles—die apparent aim of Sunni extremists seeking any way to destroy die U.S.-backed government.

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weather and inceshead coach Gail Since last week, the number of by tents in front of Cameron conGoestenkors Lind—guard bongo drumming tinued to grow. At game time, were not enough to sey Harding and center Alideter the hundreds of students son Bales, both seniors, are one ESPN analyst estimated candidates for there were “between seven and who burned benches last National Player IF tents huddled in the mud editorial of the Year pit known as Krzyzewskiville in night to celebrate the women’s basketball awards this season—has February.

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sophisticated bacchanalia, set to the tunes of the Pulsar Triyo and crowded chambers packed with wealthy benefactors. Finally, boozing and schmoozing in prepara-

tion for the real life that we’ll never have!

Had it not been for the fabulous party pics that surfaced on Facebook the next day, we wouldn’t have believed that we actually dressed up for the li-. brary AND consumed drinks in non-spill proof containers. It should be a requisite for all benefactors to request a soiree in their newly constructed establishment. Next week: Une fete in French Science? A rave in Rubenstein?

Our Friday night began, as most things do, with finding Jesus. Our journey took us to the far corners of Raleigh, where Jesus Christ Superstar was an unabashed success. Joyce got a perverse pleasure from continually announcing, “My God, Jesus is hot! I would totally do him!” while Judas was more to

James’ taste.

Now we can only wait and hope for the classic Hindu pop hit, “Oops I was bom again.” Or the Muslim Motown single (a nicely alliterative genre) “Ain’t No Mountain Far Enough.” We drove back to Duke high on the pulsating beats ofAndrew Lloyd Webber rock laced with ironic traces of political incorrectness.

The spirit of rock revival and the ’7os in general seemed to stay with us when we entered the Library Party and spied The Dope Shop. Excited about the in-

“G-opolis”

and other emerging traditions are more likely to take root. Women’s teams are flourishing at Duke. Of the University’s eight national championships, half have been won by the women’s golf team in the past eight years.

Women’s basketball has the potential to give Duke its ninth championship this season, and if the fan support is there, perhaps Coach G will guide us to more down the line. This new excellence should be celebrated by everyone in the extended Duke community-even if the price is arrhythmic bongo beats once a year.

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ranked historic rival on national television can’t help but expand the team’s following among those who might have scoffed at women’s basketball in the past.

Kudos go to Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf and other leaders who encouraged students to attend the game. In the future, Campus Council and DSG should consider organizing the same game-related festivities as they do for men’s games. Whenever topfive Carolina and Duke teams are playing basketball in Cameron, our student activity fees should be used in part to fund pizza, T-shirts and other amenities for the students who show up to watch, either in the flesh or in a commons room.

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finite possibilities, we were more than a little disappointed by their offer of only playing cards, stickers and matches. Of course, as seniors, we grabbed as much free loot as we could. After years of being overlooked for such prizes such as iPods, $3O-million summer endowments and non-linking housing....

The giveaways we did have invariably resulted in the formation of support groups: “I did not get a Duke Sophomores Class of 2007 Sweatshirt and I am Very Very Upset.” Of course, we were lucky enough to get these sweatshirts that said SOPHOMORES on the last day of our sophomore year, when it was 70 degrees out. No, we’re not bitter. Luckily, at this stage in our mental rant, we were pointed toward the Senior Stampede for Free Champagne and more importantly, the fishbowls of wine.

Armed with libations, we decided to go hobnob with the glitterati, beginning with the Bostocks. We even practiced pronouncing their names in preparation for this momentous occasion. Failing to find the elusive Bahstocks, we looked to engage in ohso-witty conversation with the von der Heydens and possibly bag us a rich heir of some sort.

The closest we managed to a celebrity interaction was a quick handshake with Dicky B, whom we have yet to see dance. We tried setting some KAADATT (Kids All About Dancing All the Time) on him, but that didn’t seem to work either.

Despite the lack of celebrity gossip, we appreciate the chance to make our mark on the University.

We didn’t expect our lasting impression to be spilling some wine on the library’s carpet after being brushed by the namesake.

At that point, we decided it might behoove tjs to sit down, rest our feet and ruminate on the evening. The lack of fashion travesties pre-empted our desire to provide scathing social commentaryindeed, there were only two instances of leggings in sight and no formal shorts. We clean up well!

Addendum: We FINALLY got to burn some benches. For the women, no less.

James and Joyce give their respek to James, the party bus driver, quite possibly the most tolerant man on campus. Jessica Ballou and Supama Salil vnsh they were members oj the A-team.

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Racial hypocrisy Assault is not

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response to the new rape allegations from two weeks ago has revealed the sickening hypocrisy in our community. To start, let’s quickly review a little history.

When white Duke lacrosse players were accused ofraping a black stripper and student at North Carolina Central University, the “racial left”—-those whose worldview is dependent upon that belief that America is a racially oppressive society unleashed unholy hell.

Protesters swarmed our campus and the city streets, they screamed vulgar condemnations, they tarred the whole team as complicit in a stonewall cover-up, they put up wanted posters, banged pots and pans. They cried out for justice and vengeance, demanded suspensions, expulsions and incarcerations.

Worst of all, as they feverishly disregarded due process, they helped create an atmosphere of hysteria and Stephen miller madness which could only serve to embolden an unmiiier time hinged district attorney who had the power to breathe life into the fantasies of the growing mob.

But when a black man was recently accused of raping a white Duke student at a party hosted by members of a black Duke fraternity, suddenly these great defenders of virtue fell silent.

There have been no protesters, no signs, no one chanting and screaming in front of the house where at least one member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. live demanding they “come forward” with what they loiow. No one is demanding President Brodhead take action or that we cure a sexist and racist campus culture in response to these accusations. No professors are running ads that convey guilt or claiming, as they did before, to know the alleged crime was racially motivated.

(To quote professor Mark Anthony Neal’s repulsive statement: “regardless of what happened inside of 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., the young men were hoping to consume something that they felt that a black woman uniquely possessed.”)

Though people condemned the lacrosse players for the apparentiy anomalous act of underage drinking, not a word has been uttered about the marijuana, cocaine and Oxycontin found at the house where Phi Beta Sigma members hosted their party. The racial left claimed the lacrosse players got preferential treatment because they were white. In reality, their skin color appeared to earn them something very different—a witchhunt.

Even as early developments cast a shadow of vexing doubt on changing accusations, the “social justice” activists were unseeing and unfeeling, and the mania charged forward. The racial left made the lacrosse case their flagship for dramatic charges ofendemic racism on campus and in society at large.

Professors and student activists directed their screams and cries toward bullying Duke into ever more institutional backing for their pet agendas, the first product of which was the backward Campus Culture Initiative.

The lacrosse allegations provided a fantastic opportunity to advance a social agenda and to keep the distance between the paranoid delusions of widespread racism upon which so many of the careers and the lives of the activists have been built and the rather obvious reality that the overwhelming majority of whites in America are not racist (and in fact commit rape against black citizens with disproportionate infrequency).

Is it any surprise radical students, activists and faculty latched onto these charges with such euphoria? Or that to this day they have neither apologized nor retreated?

And if America is the racist society that the racial left so fervently believes we are, then where are all the members of the white establishment rushing to judgment in the new rape case? Where are the assaults against Phi Beta Sigma? Where are the racist professors making insane statements akin to some of Duke’s last spring?

If only the racial left had showed the lacrosse team the respect for due process everyone is righdy showing those involved with the new allegations.

If only their commitment to justice was colorblind, then perhaps three demonstrably innocent membersof the Duke community would not be facing trial as we speak.

The greatest irony ofall may be that the only people who seemed to prejudge a rape allegation on the basis of race are the very same people who cry out that racial prejudice is a crippling problem in America.

But the racial left is quiteright about one thing—there is racial disharmony in our society. And if they want to know the cause, they need look no further than the mirror.

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A Then I was in graduate school in the early 19905, I to prosecute. I watched her recover, graduate, complete her learned thatsexual assault was an everyday thing at doctorate and land joboffers at major universities across the � � Duke. I taught for six semesters. Every semester at country. But her pain is still there, eight years later. Not that least one student came to my office and told me about her it matters, but so is mine.

My feelings are not the point, but these stories are as experience of sexual assault here. Always the ascommonplace as coffee cups on our campuses. According sailant was a fellow student to the U.S. Justice Department, 20 to 25 percent of U.S. coltimothy tyson the victim had known at lege women experience sexual assault during their college guest column least casually. I learned to careers. Ninety percent of themknew their assailant ThreeKleenex the ofin quarters of the time, either the victim or her assailant or keep both had been drinking. The majority of rapes on campus fice. But I never learned to consider this normal, Part of that was personal. During those years at Duke, my go unreported because of the trauma, shame and fear. sister was raped in Durham, also by someone she knew. She Duke may be worse than some schools with respect to had let him into her house to use the telephone, he had sexual assault. The hard partying and hookup culture asked her for a beer and she had given him one. This was breeds conditions in which rape thrives. But it happens several meetings at North Carolina everywhere. I not a matter of“mixed signals”—her assailant knew she was a lesbian, and she pushed him away hard. The rape crisis Central University in the early days of the lacrosse fiasco, center warned of the challenges of obtaining a conviction; and was struck by what NCCU student organizers always she had reported the attack immediately, but she had said: this is not about Duke, because we have serious probopened her door and given him beer. Devastated, she did lems with sexual assault here, too. And always the NCCU not press charges. She could not face seeing him again, not students expressed concern for the civil rights of the accused and insisted that we cannot rush to judgment. I don’t even in court.

When it happens to your sister, you think hard because recall that being reported in the media.

The media focuses on controversy, not the everyday fabyou watch the wasted years of anguish as well as, in my sister’s case, her brave path toward healing. You find that sexric of our lives. False reports constitute 2 to 3 percent of ual assault affects your whole web offriends and loved ones rape cases—the same as other crimes. Meanwhile, Justice for years afterward. I will never forget holding my infant Department statistics reveal that on a campus with 6,000 coeds, there will be roughly one rape per day. It is not “nordaughter, watching my sister sleep, and praying in bitter anguish that this would never happen to my baby girl. You mal,” it is simply ordinary. Meanwhile, nearly half of college think this is something that happens to other people, but men acknowledge having used coercive tactics to have sex; you find that it happens to you, too. ignoring protests, physical aggression, forced intercourse.

And when it happens to your students, year in, year out, Most perpetrators insist that this definitely was not rape. you think harderbecause you start to see that it’s literally an Problems of campus culture are not confined to Duke.

The human tragedies behind the statistics must be seen everyday thing on campus. in light of a larger world thatundervalues women and treats My first job after getting my Duke Ph.D. was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I taught for 10 years. them as sex toys and eye candy, things to be bought and Wisconsin is the un-Duke: a public school in the Midwest sold. And our culture blames women when they are attacked. What was she wearing? Did she offer him a beer? with 40,000 students. But this matter of women getting sexThe problem is that we have come to see the staggering ually assaulted by classmates did not change. It was not just rate of violence against women as a normal part of life. But a Duke thing.

One of my students at Madison was raped by a highly it’s not normal. And we all sufferfrom it, and we all pretend touted running back and one ofhis friends. She had dated it is not happening. him before. She let the two men into her apartment. The violence that followed seared her soul. I walked her to classTimothy Tyson is a seniorresearch scholar of documentary studes for two weeks afterward because she was afraid to leave ies and a visitingprofessor ofAmerican Christianity and Southern home. The district attorney thought it was “too confusing” Culture at the Divinity School. %/% /

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letterstotheeditor Malaklou’s column harmful to Duke community As a female Duke student, I was appalled to read Shadee Malaklou’s column endded “The perfect victim” (Feb. 21). Many controversial issues have been raised in response to the events of last spring, but I have not read an article to date that has disgraced the Duke community in such an overt and classless way.

The majority of Malaklou’s arguments were unfounded and offensive, and in sharing this column with the University she has only shown her own ignorance. I am forced to question the credentials required to write for The Chronicle if such an article is deemed appropriate for publication.

Malaklou’s assertion that “social vulnerabilities”—such as race, socioeconomic status or personal choice ofprofession—determine which women feel “authorized” to report a rape does a disservice to the entire female populatien. If Malaklou believes her own opinions, I would hope thatshe would try to actively better the situation instead of making vast assumptions about women’s feelings—whether they be “white Duke women” or a “black Durham stripper.”

Furthermore, Malaklou’s assertion that “while a Duke woman has a choice to participate in risque behavior, a stripper’s economic vulnerabilities leave her little choice” is wildly offensive, and I question the author’s qualifications that enable her to recklessly comment on the personal choices of women from all backgrounds. I would like to think that as someone occupying a spot at one of the leading universities in the world, Malaklou would have learned somewhere in her education that women have had the right ofpersonal and professional choice for some time, in whatever circumstances. Malaklou should realize that it is through one’s reaction to both social “vulnerabilities” and opportunities—like authoring a newspaper column—that one’s character (or lack thereof) truly becomes apparent.

Carolyn Zwiener Trinity ’OB

E-mail’s language coercive in urging consensus We write in response to the e-mail that Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, sent Feb. 20 to the student body regarding Saturday’s lacrosse game. The email’s language and tone assume that we are all ready to move beyond the terrible situation that has engulfed our community since last spring. Yet as recent attacks against members of the Duke faculty show, that situation is ongoing and far from being resolved.

We must continue to address our divergent responses to this situation, even as the criminal charges of rape have been dropped. For that fact alone does not exempt certain lacrosse players from being held accountable for their alleged use ofracial slurs and other hateful actions (many of which have been made public only as a result of the criminal investigation). If Moneta wanted to convey necessary (safety) information about Saturday’s game, he should have done only that, without the rhetoric of “support.” Instead, his language is presumptuous and even coercive.

Statements such as, “I trust I can count on all of you to show up in your Duke blue,” and, ‘We have much to gain as a community with our best effort and even more to lose with our worst,” imply that the lacrosse team is now beyond reproach (or criticism ofany sort) and that any decision not to support the team goes against our community’s best interests. We reject Moneta’s false claim to consensus. Superficial measures such as putting on our “Dukeblue” cannot heal the deep fissures in our community. We believe that these fissures should be addressed through sincere and respectful dialogue and with the acknowledgment that no one involved in this situation is exempt from criticism. Although we are out of the country and had no means to attend the lacrosse game, we register our decision that we would not have attended this game and that we will not blindly support this team.

Leigh Campoamor

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While the Duke defense remained conIt was all about defense this weekend sistent in both games, the attack was a different story. The Blue Devils struggled to for Duke.

Devils execute on offense against the Spiders, (4-0) Blue The second-ranked forced a critical turnover late in the game to who concentrated most of their defenders oudast No. 13 Richmond (2-1) 10-7 Friday near the goal.

Playing in the rain against William & night, and they used smodiering defense to steamroll William & Mary (0-1) 15-3 Sunday. Mary, however, Duke started its offensive barrage quickly and never looked back.

“This year we’ve really emphasized defense,” head coach The Blue Devils tallied five goals within Kerstin Kimel said. the first 10 minutes and took a 7-0 lead W & MARY halftime. After a William & Mar)' goal 15 “The little adjust- into DUKE with 23:34 left in the second half, Duke ments that we keep making have scored two goals in the next three minutes RICHMOND to take an 11-1 lead that continued to helped a lot.” contest Friday’s grow as the game went on.

10 DUKE “I wish we had scored more on Friday,” was neck-and-neck tied at Kimel said. “We weren’t patient with our for most of the night. The score was movement and settled for some cruddy minutes left in with less than eight seven the second half. Duke, however, tightened shots. I was very pleased today that we were up its defense, and senior midfielder able to score 15 goals, particularly with the Michelle Menser forced Spider attacker weather conditions.”

The Blue Devil attack was extremely balMandy Friend into a turnover when the doubt. anced in Sunday’s win. Sophomore midoutcome of the game was still in The Blue Devils scored three straight goals fielder Carolyn Davis, junior attacker Caroline Cryer and senior attackers Leigh Jester to clinch the win. the and Kristen Waagbo all recorded hat tricks.

Sunday, the Duke defense strangled William & Mary attack. Duke held the Cryer now has 16 goals through four games.

With its two wins this weekend, Duke is 4Tribe scoreless for the first 36 minutes of converted three ofits 0 for the fourth straight year. And as this the game, and it only weekend’s results indicated, the Blue Devil 18 shots into goals. defense has been a major reason why Duke The defensive effort was led by sophorecorded has been able to overpower its opponents so six more goalie Kim Imbesi, who saves. Imbesi denied attackers in multiple far. The Blue Devils will need their defensive prowess to stay consistent when they open one-on-one situations and stopped a penalup conference play Saturday at Maryland. ty shot with 25:47 left in the second half.

“We need to continue improving,” “Our goal was to hold them below five,” Imbesi said. “We had a mentality to not Kimel said. “We have to focus on our game allow easy goals, and my defense pushed across the board.” by

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In its first seven games of the season, Duke was not seriously challenged en route to a perfect record. Facing three teams this weekend at the East Carolina Invitational that had a combined .609 winning percentage in 2006, that figured to

change.

Duke’s high-powered offense—which had been averagDUKE ins 11.6 runs ner CAROLINA E. 11 game prior to this weekend—scored four runs in just q DUKE each of the games.

ST.JOHN'S 2 But against Washington (1-5) Friday and St. John’s DUKE (0-6) Saturday, WASH. 3 that was enough as the Blue Devil pitchers limited their opponents to three and two runs, respectively.

The young Duke team’s nine-game, season-opening winning streak came to an end Sunday, as the Blue Devils (9-1) fell 114 to the Pirates (5-5) Sunday.

“We got great pitching from our starters,” head coach Sean McNally said.

“We did a good job of pounding the strike zone and giving our defense a chance to m

play.”

Against Washington, starter Tony Ba-

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third innings. Saturday’s starter, Andrew

Wolcott, surrendered just one run in six innings. Jeremy Gould, however, failed to make it out of the first inning Sunday. The starters’ performances were directly related to the final results. “[Pitching] is really important,” Wolcott said. “Just throwing strikes and making the hitters put it in play—we have an excellent defense, so that’s what we need to do.”

The Blue Devils did not score as much this weekend as they did in their first seven games, but they got some timely hitting.

Duke defeated Washington when freshman GabrielSaade scored from second on a groundout in the bottom of the ninth.

Saade was running on the pitch and slid safely under the catcher’s tag to give the Blue Devils a 4-3 walk-off victory.

Then on Saturday, with the Blue Devils clinging to a one-run lead in the top of the ninth, Jonathan Anderson doubled home Saade to give Duke a two-run cushion. St. John’s never scored again as the Blue Devils won 4-2.

The victories could prove crucial for the Blue Devils, nearly half of whom are freshmen. Now they have tangible evidence that they can beat quality teams after beating up on weaker opponents the first two weeks, Wolcott said.

“We knew it would be a great experience for our young players going on the road in a hostile environment,” McNally said. “We had confidence going in—and coming out, we got wins against two veter-

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After playing three solid teams for the first time this season, Duke has a better idea of where it stands—and what it needs to do to continue its hot start.

“This gives us a blueprint of how we have to play to be successful,” McNally said. “We have to play good defense, pound the strike zone and do the little things offensively.”

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Assertive Bales provides edge for Blue Devils by

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After Lindsey Harding thanked family, friends and fans during the post-game senior day ceremony, the Cameron Crazies chanted, “M-V-P, M-V-P!” Although Harding put up her typical player of the year-caliber numbers—ls points and eight rebounds—the real difference-maker Sunday afternoon was senior Alison Bales, who like Harding, was playing in her final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Countering the outstanding performance of North Carolina forward Erlana Larkins—who finished with 18 points and 19 rebounds—Bales excelled not just down low, like she has all year. Along with posting her 19th double-double of the season, she was at her peak in every facet ofher game.

The calm and cool confidence thatBales displayed—a sign ofher four-year maturity carried the Blue Devils through the most pivotal moments of the game, in which Bales did the little things that often go unnoticed but actually matter most for her team.

“I told Ali at halftime that when I get beat, sometimes it’s just because I feel like letting her get a block," sophomore Abby Waner said. “It’s a comfort level that you can pressure, and if you happen to get beat, then there is that next line of defense.”

Early in the second half, the Tar Heels had closed Duke’s lead to one, 35-34. After grabbing a rebound off a Latta-missed three-point attempt, Bales hurried down the floor and aggressively finished on a layup, putting Duke back ahead 37-34.

On the next Duke possession, Bales, establishing herself at the top of the key, swung the ball to a wide-open Wanisha Smith who nailed a three-pointer for her first points of the game. Less than a minute later, after grabbing another defensive rebound, Bales moved around the '

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offensive set without the ball and set a pick that opened up Smith for another jumper that extended Duke’s lead to 42-36.

Unlike Harding, Bales was not flashy during the offensive sets. But her consistency in causing trouble on the defensive end and acting as a pillar to the offense was what the Blue Devils have come to expect all season from the post.

A year ago, however, that was not the case. Bales, whose size made her one of the most intimidating players in the nation, was still trying to find her niche on the team at this point last season. At times, she was afraid to take the ball to the hoop and was often tentative and unsure down low. But all that changed during the 2006 post-season.

In the NCAA Tournament, Bales emerged as the key post player for Duke a fact that is often forgotten in light of Maryland guard Kristi Tolliver’s tragic three-pointer over Bales in the national championship game.

During the Tournament, the center became comfortable in the post and may have won tournament Most Valuable Player honors, had Duke captured the national title. Fortunately for Duke, Bales carried that confidence into this season and became a cornerstone and a leader of this —

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In Duke and UNO’s first matchup this season, though, Bales put up a lackluster performance on the offensive end, scoring only seven points—although she pulled down a team-high 14 rebounds. In that game, Bales looked more like the tentative center of yesteryear.

“Last time against Carolina, I didn’t really score, especially in the first half,” Bales said. “I really wasn’t aggressive enough. I was getting my shot blocked. So, I wanted to come into this game, forget about that game and really come in aggressive.”

Especially after Bales’ forgettable performance in the first contest, the key

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Senior Lindsey Harding scored 15 points and added three assists for theBlue Devils Sunday evening.

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SeniorAlison Bales scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds In her final home game in Cameron.

matchup entering the game Sunday was between National Player of the Year candidates Latta and Harding. At Carmichael Auditorium Feb. 8, Ivory Latta posted a dismal 3-for-20 shooting performance while Harding stole the show with 16 points and nine rebounds.

Yesterday, though, the two had equally strong performances and in effect can-

celed each other out. However, as Latta is a counterpoint to Harding, Bales has no match for her down low on the Tar Heels’ squad.

Larkins gave a formidable effort and grabbed a career high 19 rebounds, but Bales obviously caused more trouble for the smaller post than Larkins did for the taller center.

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usually an excellent free throw shooting team, so that was a little disheartening. But it feels good to be able to shoot as poorly as we did from the free throw line and still come away with the win.”

Down to the very end, Duke played with the heart it needed to clinch the first undefeated season in the history of the ACC. The regular season behind them, the Blue Devils can now focus solely on their ultimate goal —winning the program’s first national championship.

“We knew we were going to be good going into the season, and I don’t think undefeated changes what we want,” Bales said. “At the end of the season we want to be national champions.”

the first half, Bales scored off a rebound to mark her I,oooth career point. The senior center also added a three-pointer just over five minutes into the game.

On the defensive end, Duke continuously switched its strategies to keep the Tar Heels from finding their rhythm in the second half. The Blue Devils’ zone defense gave North Carolina trouble, despite the Tar Heels’ usual comfort playing against it.

“When I saw them go zone, I actually was very happy, because we have been great against zone all year,” North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatched said. “I was really disappointed that we didn’tattack it the way we should have.”

Seeing increased playing time due to sophomore Carrem Gay’s recent shoulder injury, freshman Joy Cheek played 24 minutes, pulling down 14 rebounds for Duke.

The Blue Devils, however, did not execute without flaws. Despite Duke’s aggressive play—which Hatched said her team struggled with—the Blue Devils’ shots would not fad, shootingjust 37.7 percent on the night.

“This wasn’t one of our best games,” Goestenkors said. “I think we struggled a little bit offensively—l give [North] Carolina credit for that. I thought their defense was ready good. But once again, we did what was necessary to win.”

Duke also faltered from behind the charity stripe, particularly in the second half. After the break, the Blue Devils went 12-for-27 from the free throw line.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t make our free throws,” Goestetikors said. “We’re

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As the Blue Devils walked off the field following their season opener Saturday, not a single player failed to flash a grin, After 10 months of controversy, it was the first time in a long time Duke has had something to smile about.

“The longer you’re away, the sweeter it is coming back,” midfielder Bo Carrington said.

A 17-11 victory over Dartmouth made it even sweeter, as the No. 6 Blue Devils overcame the emotion and excitement of a game they have highly DENVER anticipated since their 2006 sea-13 son was cancelled April 5.

DUKE . “It is a relief for this to be head coach John Danowski over,” DARTMOUTH 11 said of Saturday’s season opener.

DUKE 17 I could feel it in my body.... The amount ofenergy that’s been carried forward by everyone has been tremendous.”

The feelings that have lingered since March were evident before the game, as the Blue Devils ran through their pregame drills wearing the numbers 6, 13 and 45—a strong, silent tribute to indicted former teammates Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans.

The emotion peaked as Duke took the field for the game—the players running through a smoke-filled tunnel before congregating at the midline in a huddle that was a celebration in and ofitself.

With the second largest crowd in Duke lacrosse history in attendance Saturday, the matchup had the feel of a playoff game for Danowski and his players as the 6,485 fans welcomed the Blue Devils back to Koskinen Stadium, “It was amazing,” Carrington said. “It was one of those times where in athletics you only get a couple of those.”

The emotion carried over into the game, as the Blue Devils struggled to setde down in the first quarter. After Brad Ross scored Duke’s first goal of the season to put the Blue Devils up 1-0, the Big Green answered with three straight scores for a 3-1 lead with 3:07 left in the opening period.

Danowski said he expected his team to be overzealous

“[My emotions] kind of got the best of me in the first quarter,” said captain Matt Danowski, who scored three

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goals on 13 shots in the game. “I think I was just so wound up because I was finally back out there again.”

The Blue Devils gained their composure quickly and fought back to take a 4-3 lead with 12:59 to go in the second quarter when forward Zack Greer scored his first of six goals in the game off an assist from midfielderPeter Lamade.

Even though Duke maintained the lead for the rest of the game, Matt Danowski said the Blue Devils did not really setde down completely until senior Dan Oppedisano put Duke up 10-6with a goal on the first shot of his career with 7:09 left in the third quarter.

After that, the Blue Devils cruised to victory, but even the completion of the game itself seemed to hold a greater significance for Duke than merely starting the season offwith a win. The fact that the Blue Devils gave up 11 goals or went 0-for-3 on man-up advantages did not even seem to phase John Danowski, who responded to a reporter’s question over whether anything went wrong for Duke Saturday by saying, “Probably not.”

“We could have lost today, we could have lost by a lot, it would have been fine,” John Danowski said. “Not really, but you know what I mean. We could have lost by a little, we could have won by a little—we were going to handle whatever was going to be thrown our way, because I had no idea what to expect.”

Duke followed up its win Saturday with a rain-soaked 13-9 victory over No. 12 Denver, which never led, but stayed close throughout the contest. Greer had two more goals in the game, bringing his weekend total to eight, Danowski said that the Blue Devils played with much more composure and consistency in their win over Denver and that he was impressed with the team’s performance over the tough two-day stretch. jamie friedland/thechronicle “That’s probably the toughest weekend in Duke lacrosse history,” senior Nick O’Hara said. “Now we can get back Playing their second game in two days,the N0.6Blue Devils braved poor into our usual'routine, and weTe looking forward to that.” weatherto defeat No. 12 Denver at Koskinen Stadium Sunday afternoon.

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NEW YORK “We were concerned coming into the game Duke jumped out to a comfortable first-half lead against its opponent. game,” Krzyzewski said. “We had just In each of the previous three, the Blue played three very emotional games in our Devils allowed the opposing team to cut conference when we were 5-6 and won all the lead to single digits in the second-half three—two of them away. With the young of each game. team we have, I was worried about letting This time, No. 18 Duke (22-7) had no up. We didn’t.” trouble keeping its opponent at bay, defeatDefense has been the Blue Devils’ staing St.John’s (15-14), 67-50, before a crowd ple all season, but the defensive output in of 17,283 at Madison Square Garden. the first half Sunday surpassed any effort The Blue Devils started quickly and led all year. In addition to holding St. John’s the Red Storm 7-0 before St. John’s was to only 10 points, Duke held the Red forced to take its first timeout just more Storm to only 13.6 percent from the field than 2:30 into the game. Quickly the lead while forcing 11 turnovers.

The Blue Devils also held the Red grew to 12-0,and it eventually bloomed to as Storm’s two leading scorers, Lament Hamilmuch as 26 with 2:44 remaining in the half.

Greg Paulus led Duke with 19 points, ton and Anthony Mason, Jr., to a combined including 5-of-7 shooting from three-point two points in the first half. Mcßoberts owned the paint defensively in the period, range, and DeMarcus Nelson chipped in shutting down Hamilton and blocking four 14 points. Paulus’ 11 first-half points were shots. The forward finished with nine more than the 10 points the entire Red Storm squad posted during the game’s points, six rebounds and six blocks.

“We take pride in our defense,” Duke 67, St. John's 50 Mcßoberts said. “In the first half our defense was great for us. We were able to get 34 33 67 Duke (22-7) 10 40 50 Duke (15-14) off to a quick start with our defense and turn that into offense.”

McClure 23 1-5 0-0 0-1 71 1 0 2 Sunday, the Blue Devils converted Nelson 33 4-9 1-3 5-8 7 2 2 2 14 Mcßoberts 36 3-9 0-0 3-4 6 4 2 2 9 three of the Red Storm’s first four Greg Paulus is swarmed by StJohn's defenders late during thesecond halfSunday at Madison Square Garden.

Paulus 37 6-10 5-7 2-2 2 1 2 2 19 turnovers into field goals, including a jaw0-0 5-7 3 2 0 0 11 24 3-5 Scheyer the road all month dropping reverse slam by Mcßoberts after game and then them starting to hit shots.”

Thomas 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 Henderson 0-1 4-5 2 1 2 0 8 the forward had stripped St. John’s guard 21 2-5 “It is always great to play in this venue,” Despite allowing the Red Storm some opZoubek 6 0-1 0-1 0-011110 Lawrence. to score in the second half, NelEugene said. “It’s.a bigger venue like portunities Krzyzewski Pocius 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 son said he was pleased with how the Blue when you play in the NCAA TournaIn the second half, the Blue Devils al0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 Davidson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pagliuca lowed the Red Storm a little more breathDevils played overall as the team returns to ment... It’s a rehearsal. March is bigger 5 TEAM 1 ACC play Wednesday against Maryland. ing room on the offensive end as Duke algames and we are constantly getting our lowed 40 points. Nonetheless, the Blue Blocks Mcßoberts (6), Nelson (1) “We’re finding out who we are at the team ready for that.”

F6% Ist Half: 50.0, 2nd Half: 36.4, Game: 43.5 Devils never allowed the lead to reach sinmost important part of the season,” Nelson NOTES: gle digits, and the outcome of the game said. “This is the time of the season where Caihoun 29 2-5 0-1 0-0 500 2 4 was never in doubt. Mason, Jr.’s two free we want to start peaking. I think we’re getIn two games at Madison Square GarMason 25 3-8 0-2 7-7 7 2 11 13 throws with 4:15 remaining cut the Blue Hamilton ting better, our defense is very good for us den this year, Paulus is averaging 19.5 30 7-14 2-2 1-1 5 2 3 0 17 Lawrence 39 1-6 1-2 3-6 254 3 6 Devils’ lead to 51-39, but St. John’s was unand our offense is really starting to flow. points.... Duke’s three high school comPatterson 36 3-9 1-6 0-0 3 13 17 able to get any closer.

Although the game was a break from mitments—Taylor King, Kyle Singler and 10 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 10 1 Spears ‘We would have liked to play a little bet23 0-7 0-3 0-0 10 110 the team’s rigorous ACC schedule, it was Nolan Smith—were all named McDonWright 8 0-0 0-0 2 0 10 2 1-1 Jasiulionis ter in the second half,” Nelson said. “But we not a break from travel. Duke has played ald’s All-Americans Sunday. The Blue TEAM 2 couldn’t play that type of defense the whole four of its last five games away from Devils’ last remaining recruiting target, game without a team making adjustments, Blocks Mason (1), Hamilton (I)7Spears(l), Jasiulionis(l) Cameron Indoor Stadium and Krzyzewski Patrick Patterson, also received the FG% Ist Half: 13,6, 2nd Half: 50.0, Game: 34.0 players getting comfortable within -the said that he feels like the team has been on honor.

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Lockdown ‘D’ propels Blue Devils by

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NEW YORK Playing in the city that never sleeps, Duke was able to lull St. John’s into an offensive slumber in the first half, game using its pressure deanalysis fense to limit the Red Storm to a paltry 10 points in the first 20 minutes Sunday.

The Blue Devils suffocated St. John’s at every turn, using aggressive man-to-man defense on die perimeter and the active presence of Josh Mcßoberts in the post to establish a stranglehold on the contest from the opening tip.

Duke held St. John’s scoreless for the game’s first five minutes, jumping out to a 12-0 lead before the Red Storm got on the board. St. John’s went through an even longer drought later in the half, failing to record a field goal in the final 10 minutes of the period. The Red Storm scored just two points in that span, allowing a 14-2 Blue Devils’ run that at one point stretched the lead to 26.

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“It wasn’t a surprise to us at all,” freshman Lance Thomas said ofhis team’s firsthalf defensive performance. “We play defense the whole game and that’s what we strive for in practice—just going out, pressuring the ball, being in the passing lanes and fronting the post.”

For each team, the first half was eerily similar to their respective performances in their last games. Against Clemson Thursday night, Duke built a 24-point lead by holding the Tigers without a field goal for nearly 12 minutes until a CliffHammonds three-pointer beat the first-half buzzer.

The Red Storm, meanwhile, suffered a field goal drought over the final 11 minutes of the first half in its 72-48 loss to Louisville Wednesday.

The Blue Devils helped St. John’s replicate that dubious feat by shutting down Red Storm center and leading scorer Lament Hamilton in the first half. The senior turned the ball over on his first two touches and missed all five of his shots in the opening frame. Hamilton spent much of that first half badgered by Mcßoberts, who came back from two quiet games to dominate the paint. Mcßoberts had six blocks on the day to go along with nine points, six

rebounds and four assists “We got the ball within seven feet of the basket-at least eight times and you just got to come up with points,” St. John’s head coach Norm Roberts said. “Give Mcßoberts a lot of credit. Lament made some good moves against him, and he’s so big he just blocked him anyway. That kind of gets you a little bit demoralized.”

The Red Storm did not get any help from its perimeter, as Anthony Mason, Jr.—St. John’s second-leading scorer—sat for much of the first half with foul trouble.

Mason played only five minutes in the period, making his only shot.

Duke’s pressure man-to-man defense forced the Red Storm to begin their offense farther from the basket, and aggressive hedging on screens prevented St. John’s from establishing any flow on the offensive end. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said the defense was particularly effective since the Red Storm had seen a lot of zone defenses in their recent games.

“It took them out of their area where they normally run their offense,” Krzyzewski said. “What we did was different and [it was] tough for them to simulate that, and they don’t see it every day.”

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In the first day of the first tournament played without its head coach, No. 20 Duke came out strong and finished in sixth at the Puerto Rico Classic at the River Course at Rio Mar GolfClub Sunday.

With head coach Rod Myers temporarily sidelined as he is being treated for cancer, the Blue Devils traveled to Puerto Rico with interim head coach Brad Sparling, and they collectively went 4-under-par on their first day of play.

“I was very proud of our effort today, and I know Coach Myers would have been, too,” Sparling said. “We all played well under tough conditions. We have been working very hard on being more consistent as a team. To have all five guys in the scoring mix was nice to see today.”

The well-rounded team effort was led by senior Jake Grodzinsky and junior Michael Schachner, who both fired 2under-par 70s and are currendy tied for 13th place on the leaderboard.

Grodzinsky shot four birdies on the back nine, and Schachner had only three bogeys over his entire round.

Sophomore Clark Klaasen shot a 1-

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Duke wrapped up the 2007 ACC Championships at North Carolina’s Koury Natatorium in ninth place with 128 points and a string of record finishes.

The story of Saturday’s final day of action was senior Kevin Arthofer, who has struggled all season with his recovery from a shoulder injury. Arthofer swam his way to secure a spot in the 200-yard breast finals, placing sixth for 13 points and setting a personal-best and season-best time of 2:01.94.

“It was my last race and a good way to end my stint at Duke,” Arthofer said.

“When you’re in the finals, you’re locked in at eighth place, so the only wayyou can go is up. That night you come in, and you have one thing in mind.”

In the 400 free relay, Jacob McCafferty, David Carlson, Matt Rinehart and Scott Champagne clinched ninth for 18 points, posting a season-best time of 3:06.96.

Also setting a personal and season record was Tim McKeever, who finished

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Senior Jake Grodzinsky shot a 2-under-par 70 in thefirst round of the Puerto Rico Classic. under 71 and is 24th in the standings, while freshman Adam Long finished 1over for the day, leaving him in a tie for 44th.

Play continues today when Duke begins its second round at 7 a.m.

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in 15:51.00 in the 1,650 free event, and Champagne, who touched in 1:53.15 in the 200 back bonus finals.

In Friday’s 400 medley relay, Arthofer McCafferty, David Hahn and David Carlson notched a season-best 3:23.81 to place eighth, adding 22 points to Duke’s score.

Arthofer also contributed to Duke’s tally in the 100 breast consolation finals, placing 10th for seven points.

Champagne, a junior, set a season-best and personal-best in the 400 individual medley bonus finals with a time of 4:01.93. In the 100 butterfly preliminaries, McCafferty set a personal and season record with his 50.52 finish.. Rinehart notched a season-best 1:43.76 in the 200 free preliminaries.

“We were overall pleased with what we saw,” head coach Dan Colella said. “We finished in the same position we were in last year, but one of the things we wanted to accomplish this year was to get more swimmers in the evening finals, and we definitely accomplished that.”

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the Gators (8-0) beat the Blue Devils (32) 6-1 at Linder Stadium in Gainesville, Fla “Florida was mentally tougher than we were,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said.

“We had opporDUKE tunities in a few M FLORIDA I 5 mate.hes and in doubles, and when it came down to big points, they played them better than we did. That’s something we have to improve on.”

The duo of senior Daniela Bercek and sophomore Melissa Mang bested 20th-ranked Whitney Benik and Nina Suvak 8-6, improving the doubles pair to 4-0 on the season. But their teammates lost two matches, handing Florida the doubles point. Freshman Amanda Granson and senior Tory Zawacki fell to Csilla Borsanyi and Anastasia Revzina 8-3, and freshman Elizabeth Plotkin and sophomore Jessi Robinson lost to 39thranked Megan Alexander and Diana Srebrovic, 8-3.

Mang continued her streak in singles action, as she outplayed 24th-ranked Alexander 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 to tuck away her fourth straight win on the season.

Ashworth said the match was a mental victory for Mang, who has struggled

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Sophomore Melissa Mang was the only Blue Devil to record a win against the Gators Saturday.

against Alexander in the past.

“Melissa has been playing well the past few weeks and the more matches she plays, the better she gets,” Ashworth said. “She was really pleased with being able to come out on

top.”

But Duke’s effort was not enough to take the match, as Florida put up five straight singles victories for the 6-1 win.

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Senior Shannon Rowbury repeated her feat from two years ago, winning the mile and 3,000-meter races at the ACC Championships Saturday at Clemson.

“Our hope was that she could do the same,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said.

“And she did.”

JRowbury ran the mile in 5:01.92 and her record-breaking 3,000-meter race in 9:16.37. Her time broke the five-year old meet record by more than three seconds.

While Rowbury asserted her dominance in middlendistance races in the conference, Ogilvie said several men’s and women’s athletes “came through in the clutch.” The women’s team came in sixth place and the men’s team finished in 11th out of 12 teams.

Freshman Michael Schallmo had the third longest shot put in Duke history

with a mark of 51 feet and three and a half inches. Schallmo was down to his third and final throw and Ogilvie said he “had to hit it or his season was over.”

Schallmo came through and exceeded his personal best to qualify for the IC4As. Senior Debra Vento also came through in her third and last attempt to tie her personal best and Duke record with a high jump of five feet and 11 and a half inches.

The jump got her second place in the meet and will likely qualify her for the NCAA championships. So far, Vento has qualified for the NCAAs every indoor and outdoor season she has been eligible to do so.

Sophomore Maddie McKeever came in third in the 5,000-meter run and provisionally qualified for the NCAAs. Senior Liz Wort anchored the first-place distance medley relay team with a time of 11:24.72 and came in third in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:25.73.

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