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Without a lead at the half for the first time since their last meeting with Maryland, the Blue Devils struggled through the second period to take back control Wednesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

After erasing a 12-point Terrapin lead, the Blue Devils allowed their opponent to go on a 7-0 run. 14th-ranked Duke (22-8, 87 in the ACC) stayed with No. 24 Maryland (23-7, 9-6) in the closing minutes, but eventually the team’s poor defense and misses on the front end of a pair of one-and-ones doomed the Blue Devils as they fell 85-77. “[Maryland] played as well against us tonight as anyone has played against us all year,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We did not execute our game plan defensively, and they were better.”

With Duke trailing by five and 2:13 left to play in the game, Terrapin freshman Greivis Vasquez fouled point guard Greg Paulus, sending the sophomore to the line. Although he has been one of the Blue Devils’ most reliable free-throw shooters all season, Paulus clanked the first shot off the rim, and Maryland pulled down the rebound.

Duke forced a Terrapin turnover on the other end of the court to keep the score at 73-68. Freshman Gerald Henderson was sent to the line to shoot a one-and-one and like Paulus, missed the front end. Had either made both of their free throws, it would have been a one-possession game.

Moments after the Henderson miss, Maryland’s Ekene Ibekwe slammed home a dunk to put the Terrapins up seven and essentially end the Blue Devils’ hopes of a victory.

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Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong responded Wednesday to the North Carolina State Bar’s complaints of his alleged misconduct in handling the Duke lacfosse case

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the State Bar deemed unethical, he did not intentionally withhold potentially exculpatory DNA evidence from defense attorneys.

The Bar initially filed charges Dec. 28, accusing Nifong of making comments to the media that had “a substantial likelihood of X heightening the public condemnation of the accused.” On Jan. 24, the Bar charged Nifong for withholding DNA evidence that was favorable to the accused and then lying about it to court officials.

Nifong’s lawyers, David Freedman and Dudley Witt, wrote in the response that the district attorney made many of the statements in question before defendants had been charged and without understanding the potential effects ofhis remarks. “[Nifong] further admits that at the time he madesaid statements thathe did not fully understand the extent of the national media interest in this particular investigation and as such he did not comprehend the effect said statements

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The Campus Culture Initiative’s final report, released Tuesday, has sparked campus-wide discussion over some of its most controversial recommendations.

“The document has a lot of potential to really redefine the way we experience Duke,” said Black Student Alliance President Malik Burnett, a senior.

A number of student leaders expressed concern over the document, drawing attention to its provisions regarding selective living groups, alcohol policy and athletics, saying that undergraduate student perspective was not adequately considered by the report’s

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reported dead last month, reminded Saturday’s crowd of the human cost of the war in Iraq.

And as the war has worn on, it has received less and less attention from the campus press and student groups. The number of articles and editorials in The Chronicle about Iraq has steadily waned since the war’s beginning, and the last major campus protest against the war took place in September 2005.

As last November’s Duke Conservative Union care-package campaign for troops proved, however, lack of opinion columns or student activism isn’t indicative of a lack of student interest.

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tive Jose Padilla is competent to stand trial on terrorism support charges, rejecting arguments that he was severely damaged by 3 1/2 years of interrogation and isolation in a military brig Padilla was in court when U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke announced her decision, but he showed no reaction.

“This defendant clearly has the capacity to assist his attorneys,” Cooke said just hours after she finished four days of competency hearings.

immediately comment.

Padilla’s lawyers had asked Cooke to order that their client be treated for posttraumatic stress disorder, which they contend stems from years of isolation and interrogation while in military custody as a suspected enemy combatant.

Cooke said testimony in the competency hearing showed that Padilla understands “legal nuances” of pretrial motions and noted that he had signed a document verifying the truth of allegations made by the defense that he was tortured and mistreated during his years in a Navy brig in Charleston, S.C.

“At some time, the defendant was able discuss some things with his lawyers,” Cooke said. “The defendant’s situation is unique. He understands that.”

Bush administration officials vehemently deny that Padilla was mistreated, and Cooke said her decision on competency should not be read as a ruling on those claims. “That discussion is for another day,” she said.

Padilla, a 36-year-old U.S. citizen, is charged along with two co-defendants with being part of a North American terror support cell that provided money, recruits to

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NEW YORK Republican Sen. John McCain will officially enter the presidendal race—his second run after a bitter loss to George W. Bush in 2000—with a formal announcement in early April after a trip to Iraq.

The Arizona senator discussed the timing of the long-expected announcement with reporters at an awards reception Wednesday evening a few hours after taping an appearance on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman.”

McCain told Letterman: “The last time

we were on this program, I’m sure you remember everything very clearly that we say, but you asked me if I would come back on this show if I was going to announce.

I am announcing that I will be a candidate for president of the United States.”

McCain said he would make a formal announcement in early April. He later told reporters that he would visit Iraq first and that his campaign would be about “whether I have the vision, experience and knowledge to lead the nation.”

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There had been no doubt that McCain would eventually become a fullfledged White House candidate, and he had been expected to make his candidacy official in spring.

McCain took the first formal step toward a run in November. He formed an exploratory committee and gave a speech casting himself as a “common-sense conservative” in the vein ofRonald Reagan.

Pakistan rejected a claim by the U.S. intelligence chief Wednesday that Osama bin Laden and his deputy were hiding in northwestern Pakistan, and that al-Qaida was setting up camps near the Afghan border.

Dems. revamp anti-war plan House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President George W. Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.

Chemicals spill into the Ohio Up to 8,000 gallons of a toxic petroleumbased chemical called cumene spilled into the Ohio River between Illinois and Kentucky after a barge struck a lock wall, environmental officials said Wednesday.

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WorldCare officials announced plans Tuesday to develop the largest wellness center in the Middle East, which is to be modeled after the Duke Diet and Fitness Center.

The center, which is expected to open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2010, will be led by health care corporation WorldCare Limited through its affiliate, the Dubai Healthcare City, in conjunction with Duke University Health System and Partners Healthcare System the leading teaching institution of Harvard Medical School.

It was set up largely in response to a growing obesity epidemic in the region, —

said Molly O’Neill, vice president of business development and chief strategic planning officer for DUHS. The $ 1-billionWorldCare Wellness Center will play an important role in the prevention of the growth of diseases caused by unhealthy lifestyle choices, she said.

“Over 80 percent of the [Persian Gulf region] adult population is suffering from sedentary diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking related illnesses and obesity,” O’Neill said, adding that the center aims to slow trends that reflect changing lifestyles in the Middle East.

In addition to residents of the region, the center is likely to also attract Europeans, and experts of Mediterranean cuisine will be consulted to develop appropriate food choices, she said.

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After narrowing down the number of books to four finalists, the selection committee of the Duke Summer Reading program will choose the required reading book for the Class of 2011 March 7, after soliciting student and faculty feedback.

The committee will choose from a mix of fiction and non-fiction books, whose topics range from human rights to local race relations to the origins of the meals Americans eat.

The finalists are “The Best of Enemies” by Osha Gray Davidson, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan, “What is the What” by Dave Eggers and “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.

After revamping the selection process last year to include outside responses, the committee —a 12-member group composed of faculty, staff and students—will incorporate suggestions generated through its website into the final stage of selection, said Ryan Lombardi, associate dean of students and director oforientation.

“We want people to go to the website and tell us what they think,” he said.

“It’s not a vote, but it’s something the committee is going to consider really seriously when they make a selection next week.”

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More than 75 students and faculty members heard about ways in which racism and the environment are connected during the anmfal Samuel Dußois Cook Society lecture Wednesday.

At the event, titled “Toxic Waste and Race: Environmental Justice Two Decades Later,” environmental justice scholar Robert Bullard spoke about environmental justice campaigns designed to combat politicians placing toxic waste dumps primarily in poor, minority communities.

The initial movement for environmental justice emerged in North Carolina in 1982 after the state government dumped contaminated soils in the poorest counties in the state, Bullard said.

Bullard added that studies have proven race to be the most potent predictor in determining the location of hazardous sites—with two thirds of the population within the vicinity of these facilities consisting of people of color.

“We see an abundance of waste dumps in black communities,” he said. “But I’ve never seen a poor community in the South with an abundance of libraries.”

Bullard then spoke out against discrimination when it comes to eliminating environmental toxins in the soil and air, pointing out that the government often fails to clean up contaminated areas in minority communities.

“If you wake up in the middle of the night with a child choking because of some plume of pollution, that is a form of terror,” he said.

As further evidence of discrimination, Bullard added that the owners of the New

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Orleans race track deemed their soil too contaminated for their horses after Hurricane Katrina, but the government determined that the soil was safe enough for the black residents of the city.

Although Bullard focused much of his speech on the problems of hazardous dumping in poor communities, he also highlighted many of the current efforts to reverse the trend.

There are many grassroots campaigns working to give a voice to minority communities that encounter injustice from political lobbies or representatives from Washington, he said.

“The environmental movement is not just a white, middle-class movement,” he said, adding that many African Americans have recendy won awards for their environmental contributions. “There is not one group of people that has a monopoly on environmentalism.”

Bullard ended his presentation by stressing the importance of expanding environmental justice from a local to national concern, emphasizing that environmental racism is a violation ofhuman rights.

“We have to move from landfills and incinerators on a local level to more global issues,” he said.

After the presentation, members of the audience weighed in on the speech and offered their own thoughts on environmental justice and racism. “I think that environmental justice is a reality because of the disconnect and the racism that lies behind it,” said Dorothy Powell, director of global and community health initiatives at Duke’s School of Nursing.

More people, however, need to be made aware of this field of study, she said.

“People don’t know what environmental justice is,” Powell said. “They are often just unaware of these issues in the community.”

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IRAQ from page 1 Though most Duke students are informed, they tend not to be strongly for or against the war, said New York Times columnist David Brooks, who taught an undergraduate seminar at the Sanford Institute for Public Policy last semester.

Brooks added that unlike the Vietnam War, Operation Iraqi Freedom is often seen as a morally ambiguous intervention, which dissuades students from holding strong opinions about the war.

“I got the vibe that- most students thought the Iraq War was a mistake and it was going poorly, but I didn’t get the sense that they necessarily thought that all future wars would be failures,” Brooks told The Chronicle. “During Vietnam, the anti-war movement became a cultural statement, and that is not something that has happened with Iraq.”

As part of his class at the University last semester, Brooks asked each student to write a paper about their personal political philosophy.

“In general, their writing is calm, optimistic and ironical. Most students in my class showed an aversion to broad philosophical arguments and valued the readings that were concrete and even wonky,” Brooks wrote in a Feb. 4 column in The New York Times. “Many wrote that they had moved lately toward the center.”

Notably, none of the students discussed Iraq in their writings, Brooks wrote.

Four years into the war in Iraq—the longest war in a generation—why isn’t Iraq at the forefront ofmany Duke students’ minds?

Are Duke students connected to soldiers?

When Associate Professor of Sociology James Moody analyzes social phenomena, he sees a web ofinterrelated social networks.

Every individual in society is linked to dozens of other friends, acquaintances or family members—when one soldier is killed in Iraq, many more people are impacted indirectly.

‘While we typically count the number of people directly affected by violence, war and state action with casualty reports, we often ignore how these people are embedded in larger networks,” Moody wrote in a 2006 article in the journal Structure and Dynamics.

“As the number of people who are part of an event increases, the number of people

affected increases much more quickly,” he added in an interview with The Chronicle.

As of Jan. 16, Moody estimated that as many as 7.3 million people know someone that has been killed or wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan. But because the Army disproportionately recruits from rural or impoverished areas, Moody said the consequences of the war are felt much more directly in those communities.

That does not mean, however, that Duke students don’t feel the social impact of war. On the other hand, young people tend to know other young people, which makes it difficult to tell how socially connected Duke students are to those killed overseas, Moody said.

He added that because there hasn’t been a draft, college students in general are more disconnected from this war than previous wars. People have to rely on the media to form their opinions, when they don’t know anyone in the military, he said. “We look at the news and it seems like something in a movie far away,” Moody said in a statement. “It’s very different when there’s an empty chair at the Christmas table.”

The military on campus The media coverage, .however, hasn’t prevented Duke students from forming well reasoned positions on the war that avoid radicalism, said Lt. Colonel Charles Hodges, director of Duke’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program and a professor of military science.

Hodges said that is not the case at many top-tier universities, where ROTC programs have been attacked by students, faculty and administrators.

Among its peer institutions, the size and strength of Duke’s ROTC program is unique, said Lt. Will Wright, Trinity ’O6, adding that since the Iraq War began, enrollment in the ROTC program has swelled.

In the Army and Navy alone, including the diplomatic corps, there are 193 Duke alumni, Sam Hull, director ofalumni communications, wrote in an e-mail.

Compared to other universities, Wright said Duke provides a more hospitable environment to men and women in uniform.

“One ofmy close friends that I attended ranger school with... was spit on by war protesters [at a Nevada university],” Wright said. “I’m sure that there is a significant population [of Duke students] that are against the war, but they choose to express

Charles Bies, Pratt 'O4, has fought in Iraq after participating in Duke ROTC. He hasbeen seriously injured twice. their opinions in a respectful manner.”

Activism in the Triangle Even though there has not been a campus protest for nearly a year and a half, Duke students are currently mobilizing to protest against the war, said campus activist Rann Bar-on, a fourth-year graduate student in mathematics. The Democratic takeover ofCongress has given the anti-war movement new hope, he said.

Bar-on, however, acknowledged that the campus protest movement no longer has the strength it once did.

“Before the war started, there was a significant anti-war movement driven by undergraduates. They’ve since graduated,” Bar-on said. “Right now undergraduates are more involved in other campus campaigns.” Students at other universities in the area have been more active in protesting the war recently.

Five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one North Carolina State University student staged a sit-in at House Representative David Price’s office two weeks ago, and members of the UNC Young Democrats participated in a Jan. 27 protest in Washington, D.C. In contrast, Duke Democrats have

avoided direct action and focused more on dialogue, holding discussions and placing advertisements, said Duke Democrats President Adam Mintz, a senior.

He said Duke’s academic rigor prevents interested students from being politically active. “Duke is much more demanding than other universities,” Mintz said. “Students are paying a lot to attend, which makes people want to do well academically. That limits the amount of time students have for political issues.”

Frank Sturges, activism director for UNC’s Young Democrats, said he thinks the difference in levels of activism between the two universities can also be attributed to other factors.

“Being a public university, we do have more activism. [UNC] draws different people with different mentalides,” Sturges said.

“We’re a university of the people, and part of that mentality is representing the people and raising our voices on issues.”

Duke students are “vested in politics without being particularly ideological,” Brooks said. Confused about the moral ambiguity of a war that doesn’t affect their daily lives, students have adopted a position of detached centrism, he added.

Zak Kazzaz contributed to this story.

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All three have pleaded not guilty and face possible life imprisonment.

A trial is set to begin April 16.

Anthony Natale, one of Padilla’s courtappointed lawyers, had asked Cooke to send Padilla to a mental health center for at least three months.

“Give him nothing more than any defendant deserves and receives in this country,” Natale said.

A court-appointed psychologist who works for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons rejected the defense’s claim that post-traumatic stress disorder impaired Padilla’s ability to assist his lawyers. The psychologist concluded Padilla is competent, even if he has some anxiety and anti-social per-

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Durham DA Mike Nifong defended hisactions to the NorthCarolina State Bar Wednesday, stating that hisactions will not prevent 3 indicted players from getting a fair trial.

NIFONG from page 1 statements may have on any matters related to the case,” Freedman and Witt wrote.

Nifong’s attorneys also said the defendants will receive a fair trial because, “at a reasonable time prior to the trial, the Duke defendants knew of the existence of the potentially exculpatory evidence.’”

Duke law professor Tom Metzloff said, however, the Slate Bar’s charges are not about whether the accused will receive a fair trial. “[Nifong] is sort of saying, in basketball terms, ‘no harm, no foul—there can’t be a violation of the defendants’ rights to a fair trial because they got all of the information

in advance,”’ he said. Nifong should have also mentioned the exculpatory evidence in his summary of the more than 1,800pages of discovery, added Metzloff, who serves as an advisor to the Bar’s ethics committee.

Although Nifong’s attorneys argue his statements were not intended to harm the accused, Metzloff said the State Bar does not have to prove intent because the Rules of Professional Conduct apply to what an attorney knows or reasonably should know.

Nifong’s attorneys said the statements were intended to reassure the community that the case was being “actively investigated” and to serve legitimate law enforcement purposes with the intent of urging anyone with evidence to come forward.

“In a sense, he’s sort of using that to

justify statements that went way beyond that nice-sounding phrase,” Metzloff said.

Nifong also said that his comments were not addressed toward a specific accused—a requirement of the State Bar rule.

“My argument would be that there was an accused, and the accused was the Duke lacrosse team—a defined group of people, identifiable and defined by Nifong in having them all give DNA samples,” Metzloff said. “There clearly was an accused in the sphere of the rule.”

Although Nifong dropped rape charges Dec. 22 against David Evans, Trinity ’O6, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, the three members of the 20052006 men’s lacrosse team still face charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.

Prosecutors contended that Padilla, a Muslim convert, attended an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan that included indoctrination on resistance if captured.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Shipley suggested that indoctrination was behind his choice not to cooperate on some issues.

“That is a decision made by this defendant. That doesn’t mean he’s incompetent,” Shipley said. “The issue is whether the defendanthas the capacity to assist.”

U.S. authorities initially claimed after Padilla’s arrest in May 2002 that he was on a mission to set off a radioactive “dirty bomb” in a major city.

He was held at the brig without being charged after President George W. Bush declared him an enemy combatant.

Padilla was added to a Miami terrorism support case in late 2005. The “dirty bomb” allegation does not appear in the indictment.

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The committee chose the finalists based on their potential to spark rich intellectual conversation, Lombardi said.

“We don’t go into it with an idea of a theme,” he said. “Most importantly, the book needs to lead a good discussion. We just try to find the best book.”

Committee members read and discussed 40 books before narrowing the field down to four finalists, said freshman Rachael Moss, one of three student members of the committee.

“We would come to the table, say what we read and discuss whether we should use

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Like Duke’s program, the Dubai center will offer medically supervised, residential initiatives targeting the morbidly obese.

Among other features, the new center plans to offer a 400-room five-star hotel, a prevention and screening program, medical spa and weight-management program.

The center will focus on the cultural components of the Middle East to address the lifestyles of its patients said Nasser Menhall, CEO of WorldCare, in a statement Tuesday.

Coordinating treatment through academic consortiums with Duke and Harvard will provide the Dubai center access to as many as 3,500 physicians and

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it,” Moss said. “Now that there are only four books left, everyone’s reading them.”

The integration of online feedback into the process last year yielded “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult as its selection.

Moss said she hopes this year’s committee will find a book just as effective as Picoult’s bestselling novel.

“I really enjoyed ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ because it was really easy to read but it has issues you could talk about,” she said.

Lombardi said the committee may not be able to find a book that all new freshmen will enjoy, but he recognizes that students can contribute to a discussion even if they dislike the book.

“I don’t think we want everyone to like the book,” he said. “If that’s our goal, that’s a pretty shallow approach to intellectual discourse.”

A “tele-medicine” program will employ these international ties to promote novel treatment methods, including genetic screening, to more fully determine predisposition to diseases, Menhall said.

In addition to evolving lifestyle programs, the center reflects Dubai’s developing role as a leading destination for health care for the Middle East, O’Neill said.

WorldCare was established in 1992 to promote technology transfer, employing a broad range of expert, clinical, pharmaceutical clinical trial, consulting and continuing medical education services.

“We are delighted to be part of the phenomenal growth of Dubai Healthcare City,” Menhall said. “We believe our center will serve the needs of the region for scientifically based programs to improve their health before the onset of serious diseases.”

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The new DukePass allows students to small amount of accessible information. receive America Online e-mail on the “I really think [Facebook] is one of site along with their Duke e-mail. Johnthe things that is so universal among our son said she hopes to soon put in Gmail, student body,” he said.

Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail.

The new Duke Pass competes with “We’re combining e-mail,” Johnson the personalized Google home page said. “We’re trying to accommodate that many students currently prefer, for different e-mail clients that people Ganatra added. are using.”

Some students said that even though Campus Council Presidentjay Ganatra, DukePass brings together new features, a senior, said the new site will transform they will continue to use sites they use now. the use of technology by Duke students.

“I use the personalized Google home “Having something that everyone sees page, and I’m very happy with that,” junon a day-to-day basis for groups to do anior Matt Sternberg said. nouncements and post e-flyers... will Ganatra said he was excited about have a pretty big impact,” he said. today’s launch.

Although some freshmen said they “I think it’s a huge step in the right dimainly used the site before they arrived rection, and if they can get enough peoat Duke, they said the new version may ple using it, it’ll revolutionize Duke in a increase DukePass’ popularity. way I don’t even think people can fath“[Facebook and Duke WebMail] are om right now,” he said. ernment.

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Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the CCI committee’s structure prevented it from fully engaging students in conversation before the release of the report.

“Because of the way the committee operated under strict confidentiality, the student response wasn’t there,” he said, adding, however, that certain recommendations in the report were valuable reflections on campus culture.

“In the midst of all the controversy, it’s important not to lose sight of the positive recommendations,” Wolf said.

The report focuses on six areas—curriculum and experiential learning; faculty-student interaction; residential life, social life and dining; alcohol; athletics; and admissions—and aims to make several improvementsto campus life. Several of the report’s recommendations, however, have drawn criticism from students.

For example, the report’s provision that selective living sections should be disbanded was met with concern by many members of the greek community.

“Greeks are fundamentally about living with each other,” said Interfraternity Council President David Melton, a junior. “When you take away sections, you’re taking away more than just a place to have parties.”

According to the CGI report, the existence of selective living groups plays a divisive role on campus, but many student leaders said they were skeptical that abolishing selective living sections would succeed in unifying the student body.

“I would be hard pressed to argue that 200 or 300 people living in a quad are going to be more unified than people who rushed a selective living group based on who they got along with and who they saw

value in,” Melton said Burnett added that although BSAwas primarily concerned about increasing the level of interracial student interaction on campus, eliminating selective housing was not what he called “the magic bullet.”

Other students said the changes would not alter the natural development of student groups on campus.

“Even if you didn’t have the selective living groups you’re still going to see people block together and live close to one another based on their comfort zones,” said seniorKevin Fang, president of the Asian Students Association.

In addidon, many students agreed that without selective living, groups will be more challenged to organize social activities.

‘You would lose one of the main social drivers on campus,” said Mirecourt selective living group President Blake Byers, a senior.

Byers added that he did not feel that non-greek selective living groups were involved with the construction of the CCI report, a sentiment shared by Greek student leaders.

“As far as I know, nobody from the CGI Steering Committee had any conversations with greeks about what residential life means to them or what the consequences of taking away residential housing would be,” Melton said.

Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a senior, said part of the problem was the underrepresentation of students from selective living groups in the CCI committee.

‘You can’t create residential policy recommendations when, out of the four students [on the committee], none of them are living in selective housing,” Ganatra said.

Ganatra also drew attention to a second controversial area of the CGl’s report —its section recommending clarification of the University’s alcohol policy and aiming to “reduce the centrality” of alcohol on campus.

studentssoundoff CCI "Just getting rid of a frat isn't Having a good athletic program going to solve things. The campus forces you to get away from homework, and that's a good would kind of shut down."

—Ekta Dharia, junior thing. Plus, I'm in a selective housing so I definitely wouldn't want it "I think it's ironic that they to go away."

—Liqiao Ma, sophomore choose five undergraduates to contribute recommendations to the administration about how a "Changing the way fraternities campus of 6,000 undergraduates and selective living—where they should operate." are and how many—is going to be —Joe Rice, sophomore the most useful. It could make more space for alternate groups, "I think that we shouldn't be so that the fraternities and selecHarvard. The atmosphere there is tive living groups aren't defining so intense and they don't know West Campus."

—David Fiocco, junior how to take time for themselves.

“I don’t think you’ll be able to change the centrality of alcohol,” Ganatra said.

‘You can create events where alcohol is a part of it, but not central to it.”

Ganatra and Burnett promoted holding more events like DukePlays or Nasher Noir, which they said demonstrate that the student body can come together in an atmosphere not dominated by the presence of alcohol.

In addition to concerns about proposed alterations to residential life and alcohol policy, students also debated the CGl’s recommendations for policy changes related to athletics on campus.

The CGI recommends that athletes spend less time traveling and in practice a provision which several students said mightjeopardize the quality of the University’s athletic program.

‘You might as well just say, ‘Let’s drop out of the ACC,’” Ganatra said. “These people, they’re not just dumb jocks, they —

do bring a lot to the University.”

Both athletes and student leaders said they saw no problem with the on-campus involvement or academic qualifications of typical athletes.

“I don’t think it’s broken, and I don’t thinkit needs fixing,” said junior Adam Langley, a member of the men’s lacrosse team.

Wolf agreed that the CGl’s suggestions for revamping the lifestyles of athletes are unnecessary. “They’re obviouslyperforming athletically very well, and I don’t really see any other problems with the accommodations Duke makes both on the admissions end and on the time-demand end,” Wolf said.

More than lamenting the proposals of the CCI committee, several student leaders said their organizations had already taken initiative in addressing the issues before the report was released.

“Many of those are issues we ourselves have identified and have worked towards correcting in the past,” Melton said.

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championships.

Mike Krzyzewksi’s name has always stood for a certain level of athletic excellence.

Now he’s got a building to prove it.

Duke’s Board of Trustees approved naming the Center for Athletic Excellence after the men’s basketball head coach when it convened last Friday. The $15.2 million facility, which is currently under construction, is expected to be completed early next year.

“I have long believed that we have the best coach in all of sports right here at Duke University, and when I think of the word ‘excellence,’ I think of Mike Krzyzewski,” Director of Athletics Joe Alieva said in a statement. “So how very appropriate that we now have ‘Krzyzewski’ and ‘Excellence’ forever linked to our athletic department with the naming of the new center.”

Krzyzewski, in his 27th season at the helm of the Duke program, won his 700th game at the school Feb. 18. Under his leadership, the Blue Devils have been to 10

The coach is also involved with several charities through the University and is a member of the Fuqua School of Business as an executive-in-residence.

“I have been at Duke for 27 years and love everything this university stands for. It is a special place with special people,” Krzyzewski said in a statement. “The Center for Excellence will be a part of my coaching career while I am at Duke, and to have my name associated with it forever means even more.”

The Michael W. Krzyzewski Center for Athletic Excellence—which is located in the area behind Cameron Indoor Stadium and the Schwartz-Butters building—will house the athletic department’s academic center, greatly increasing the amount of space for academic support and tutoring for athletes. Additionally, the facility will include two full-court practice areas, a weight room and a large event space.

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With more than 14 minutes remaining in the first half, the Blue Devils broke the Maryland press, and DeMarcus Nelson knocked down an open three.

The shot put Duke up 21-17, but the score did not tell the real story—the Blue Devils were in trouble.

Despite Duke’s initial efforts to slow the Terrapins’ up-and-down pace of game play, Maryland capitalized on the Blue Devils’ defensive lapses to dictate the analysis tempo of the game.

Duke’s defense allowed the Terrapins to get rolling early in the game. Although six three-pointers and 11 offensive rebounds kept the Blue Devils stride for stridewith Maryland for most of the first half, it seemed clear that the team which has won all season on the back ofits defense did not want to be in this type of offensive horse race.

Indeed, Duke could not keep up its early offensive streak, while Maryland shot 52.4 percent from the field for the game, including 7-for-13 from beyond the arc. The Terrapins dropped 85 points, marking the first time Duke has given up more than 80 points this year.

Their offense beat our defense,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I thought their offense was very mature, and I thought our defense was very immature.”

Duke failed to execute several aspects of the defensive gameplan Krzyzewski said he emphasized before the game.

The Blue Devils did not get back on defense early when Maryland guard DJ. Strawberry leaked out to fast break. They did not pressure sharpshooter Mike Jones who hit 4-of-5 threes on his way to 25 points. And they did —

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Josh Mkßoberts had three blocks, but Duke allowed the most points of its season, as Maryland scored 85 points on 52.4 percent shooting.

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Kim Imbesi has big shoes to fill this season for the Blue Devils.

The sophomore goalie currently faces the challenge of replacing Duke’s former All-American starting goalkeeper Megan Huether. And she has no problem with it.

The 5-foot-6 goaltender and Bridgewater, NJ. native won the starting job in the preseason and has started all four games for the Blue Devils, helping the team jump out to a 4-0 start this season. Imbesi has faced 68 shots and recorded 29 saves so far.

“It’s been a very easy adjustment for me,” Imbesi said. “Honesdy, my teammates have just made it the easiest transition ever.

Their confidence allows me to be confident and just very comfortable.”

The strong connection between Duke’s defensive unit and the goalie has been a key factor in creating a smooth switch this season. The Blue Devils’ defense has held opponents to just 71 shots while recording 139 of their own, with 110 of those on goal to their opponents’ 55.

“I’ve been very happy with Kim,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “I’ve also been very happy with our defense because I feel like they’ve done a nice job of limiting what Kim and Regan [Bosch] have had to see in the goal cage and putting them in a position where they can be able to save the ball.”

With a defensive unit that lost just one starter after the 2006 season, the team is able to focus on helping that new starter into her role in the cage. Imbesi and the Blue Devils’ clear average is more than

ANALYSIS from page 9 not overplay the initial downscreen, which allowed the Terrapins to get open jumpers and forced the Duke post players to double off their men.

“It’s very frustrating for me,” Krzyzewski said. “We’re supposed to do all three of those things. Did we do them? We did not do them. And it translated to I bet 30 points in the first half.”

Freshman point guard Greivis Vasquez, who lit up Duke for 18 points in the first matchup, once again was able to penetrate into the lane often and find open teammates. Vasquez nearly reached a tripledouble as he sliced through the Blue Devils’ defense for 13 points, nine rebounds

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Kim Imbesi has had little trouble so far stepping in for former All-American goalkeeper Megan Huether.

.800, evidence of the teamwork between the goalie and the rest of the squad.

as starter four years here. I don’t think that we’ve taken a step back or played any more conservative because we have a lot of confidence in Kim’s ability.”

The goalie herself also feels the support of the team has been a crucial component in her getting accustomed to the new role, especially after sitting a whole season on the bench.

“It was a little bit of an adjustment, playing games again,” Imbesi said. “Not having any game experience for a whole year, that was kind of tough.... Over the whole year [the team’s] positive feedback has added up and the attitude of ‘Hey, we’re really confident in you in the cage.’ Things like that have really helped me.”

Huether had been a long-standing presence in the Duke goal, and Kinlel faced a tough choice in the preseason for who would fill the veteran starter’s role —Imbesi or the junior, Bosch. Imbesi, a first-team All-America selection in high school, earned the spot in part due to her consistency and ball-handling skills outside the cage after the fall preseason. But Kimel stressed that both are still competing for playing time and need to work on issues of experience.

Imbesi’s save percentage of .558 through four games is impressive, and the goalie has earned the respect of her teammates and opponents as well, stepping into the goal with confidence.

“Everyone was looking at us, saying that’s going to be a position they’re going to need to fill, that’s going to be a hole,” defender Yani Newton said. “I think that we’re showing people that that’s not an issue.”

unit, and we know that if we do our job,

she’s going to come up and do hers,” senior defender Meg Ferguson said. “We’ve been able to play our same aggressive style that has been our signature as a unit in my

and 12 assists Vasquez took advantage of the Blue Devil defense that many Duke players cited as lacking both execution and effort.

“We’ve had some pretty down times during the season, but obviously this is one of the worst,” sophomore Josh Mcßoberts said. “To come out and play like we did today, it’s embarrassing.”

To be fair, the Blue Devils’ defensive lapses may not have been as evident against another team. Maryland is a veteran squad that is on an absolute tear. The Terrapins, who feature three seniors and a junior in their starting lineup, have won six straight, and their entire offense has been in a definite flow—Wednesday, Maryland had an astounding 25 assists on their 33 field goals.

Duke’s defensive intensity greatly improved midway through the second half, as the Blue Devils forced three turnovers during a 13-2 run to pull within one. Duke tied the game at 64 soon after, but Maryland got good looks on three straight possessions to build back up a seven-point lead.

“We didn’t get stops,” freshman Jon Scheyer said. “The games we’ve won all year, we’ve been tough on defense, and we’ve been getting stops. That’s one thing we didn’t do, especially down the stretch.”

The Blue Devils sealed their fate when Greg Paulus and Gerald Henderson missed consecutive front ends of one-andones, and a deficit that could have been cut to one stayed at five.

The loss guarantees that the Blue Devils can claim, at best, the sixth seed in next week’s ACC Tournament. But Krzyzewski said the team’s focus remains on improving, and he characterized his team’s defensive lapses as “very fixable.”

‘You have to be more experienced, and the only way to do that is to play these games,” he said. “If you do lose, you should lose to somebody who is really good and who has played well against you, so you can learn from it.”

The Blue Devil defense struggled to shut down DJ. Strawberry, who scored 17 points on 8-for-15 shooting.

“We have total confidence in her as a

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M. BBALL from page 1 “When you make a mistake against them, they can score on you real quick,” Krzyzewski said.

The missed free throws would have had no significance, however, had Duke not rallied after allowing Maryland’s six-point halftime lead to double with just over 13 minutes remaining in the game.

Down 12, the Blue Devils went on a 132 run over a three-and-a-halfminute span to get back in the game. After the two teams traded baskets over the next few minutes, freshman Jon Scheyer corralled a defensive rebound then took the ball the length of the court himself. With his team trailing by three, Scheyer pulled up from just beyond the arc and drilled a threepointer to knot the game at 64-64.

“We got stops, and we converted on the offensive end,” Paulus said about his team erasing the large deficit. “We did a good job getting loose ballsand getting out in the passing lanes, and that created for our offense.”

The defense, however, could not hold on, and the Terrapins scored 26 points on the Blue Devils in the final 5:12 of the game, giving Maryland a total of 85 points—the highest for any Duke opponent this season.

“We didn’t play good enough defense,” Paulus said. “We gave up 80-something points, and that’s not what we’ve been doing all year long.”

The end of the first half was an indica-

tion of the Terrapins high-scoring night.

With just under 80 seconds remaining before halftime, and the game tied at 38 apiece, Vasquez hit an open three moments after Henderson fell to the floor when there was contact between the two players.

Thirty seconds later, the freshman hit another trifecta that sent Maryland into the locker room with a six-point advantage the team’s largest of the opening period.

“We’re really disappointed with the way we came out,” Scheyer said. “It wasn’t like we laid it all out there, and we came up short just by a last bucket or something.

We’re really disappointed with our overall effort, and that’s really inexcusable. We didn’t come out with the intensity we needed to to beat a team like Maryland.”

The loss sends Duke to 8-7 in ACC, play and drops the Blue Devils into sixth place.

Maryland sits ahead of Duke in the standings, but since the Terrapins swept the Blue Devils this season, even a Duke win at No. 8 North Carolina Sunday and a Maryland loss to N.C. State will not move the Blue Devils into the fifth spot.

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Delta Zeta, the sorority in tended multiple conferences and national meetings and question, had been characterized in a campus survey as were primed and engaged in populated by “socially awk- recruitment efforts. ward” members. Upon hearOut of the remaining 12 ing the news of the chapter’s sisters, six decided that the nacharacterization, the national tionals’ actions did not meet office sprung into action. Offiwith their approval and left cers from the national headthe sorority. Their judgment quarters arrived on campus, should be applauded. interviewed each member of We condemn the apparentthe sorority and then asked 23 ly offensive actions of the namembers to leave the sorority tional officers of Delta Zeta house because of an alleged sorority. In trying to “improve the status” of their DePauw lack of commitment to recruitment. chapter, these officers comThe group of 23 girls, how- mitted what seems to be acts

with race-based and imagebased discrimination.

Some have ventured an argument that draws analogies between the events that occurred at DePauw and the rush process at our own University and other institutions.

Many have accused the rush process here at Duke of doing just as much to discriminate based on superficial qualities such as appearance and socioeconomic standing, although the completely overt nature of the actions at DePauw stand in sharp contrast to the subtlety of an annual, confidential rush process.

Generally, we would argue that any selection process of members to an organization that bases itself on race, looks, wealth or any other surfacelevel quality is not an ideal one. Beyond this principle,

however, the primary problem at DePauw stands as one of na-

tional interference in a local chapter in an unsatisfactory and heavy-handed manner.

Major problems can arise when national organizations, particularly those with fraternity or sorority affiliations, interfere in a top-down approach in order to control the minutiae of events within specific chapters- The local chapters of these organizations should be left to thrive on their own, particularly when it comes to building their characters and carving their campus niches based on the types of members they select. Involvement of a national organization in such matters should occur only in reverse chronological order of the DePauw situation: It should occur after an inci-

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dent draws negative nadonal attention, proving that more resources are desperately needed or that the organization’s integrity is being undermined by members’ actions.

The fact that a situation that should be of concern to a national organization was in fact created by national officers should come as a great worry to all those who already are concerned with the chapter-nationals relationship of greek organizations. Rather than do good, the officers did harm by promoting a concern for superficial image.

Not only have individual members of Delta Zeta suffered because national officers utilized overbearing interference, but also, die national organization itself has lost both respect and reputation.

On another day, I could have ignored their conversation altogether, opting instead to read quietly, or to beat my head violendy against the seatback in front of me. But this bus ride was special.

On this bus ride, the guy in front me—the one getting the B in Writing 20—was speak-

ing exceptionally loud,

and he was about 12 sarah ball inches from my face. some got pencils “I STUDIED ALL WEEKEND,” he said. I could feel my retinal tissue start to throb in time with my temples. I closed my eyes and, as soon as I did, started thinking about what an asshole gesture the pained closing-of-the-eyes is. Just as I was about to re-open them, though, they were jolted open for me.

“WHAT DID YOU DO?” he shouted.

I wanted to thwop him between the eyes and tell him to hush, but I was somehow caught without my Fig Newtons, gray wig and frumpy Ferragamo purse—necessary props for use of the word “hush.” Thus I sat silently in my seat, sighing heavily and rolling my eyes, hoping I could lead by more mature example.

If the volume of the two boys’ conversation was offputting, it was the topic that was probably most grating.

Duke students are loquacious with respect to three topics—grades, jobs and basketball. Least offensive are the latter two. Everyone talks about work and diversions from it, and they always have. Why, however, we want to endlessly chatty-chat-chat about GPAs and—worse—individual grades on trivial homework assignments is a mystery. It seems people prefer this topic to most others, particularly those beyond the scope of Duke.

When grade-centric grandstanding is within earshot, I think of a secondary school that I visited this past summer in England. I was working in London and was dispatched to a poor school district in Kent to report a story about in-school drug testing. Loosely, my orders were to find the most wretched-looking children and ask them how it felt to have their civil liberties violated by the heartless establishment.

Anyway, this was harder than it sounds. Seems there are things like “parental permission” and other dictates ofauthoritarian school districts that I had to accept if I wanted quotes. I thus agreed to have children rounded up for me by the headmistress.

“Come Tuesday next,” a school secretary barked into

the phone. I imagined her in olive drab, Soviet-style suiting. “They’ll be waiting in a room for you.”

And waiting they were when I finally arrived. They were adorably waiting. They were freckled and gaptoothed and smiling in their little uniforms. They had names like Rupert and Zoe and scabs on their knees.

They were cute. Suspiciously cute.

I sat down in a chair in the middle of the room, while the kids sat primly around me on couches. Then Headmistress James unexpectedly waltzed in and began talking. “Alright, children, ask away!” she said.

Ask away?

“Tell us about America!” exclaimed Hannah, 13, her tangled blond hair pulled back under a pink headband.

“Um, OK,” I said. “America is... cool.”

“WOW,” the kids said in unison.

Headmistress James smiled benevolently. “They’re so excited. They’ve had so many reporters come talk to them about the drugs, but none from American newspapers. Children, let’s have more questions!”

This was weird. I was here to work on a tight deadline, as per the stated terms of my visit. Yet here was James, deliberately whittling away my “candid” interview with the kids. I felt like I was the one being interviewed, and for a governess position. Any second now this passel of rosy children—eerily seated in height-descending order, from sixth-form down—was going to bound into my lap and beg me to sing “Raindrops on Roses” just, one more time before bed.

“Moving on,” I said, cutting to the quick. “I’m going to ask you guys some questions about being tested here at school. No pressure—just tell me what you think.”

We-e-ell,” started Rupert. The headmistress focused her gaze on Rupert’s bowed, crew cut-sporting head.

“People who take drugs are a minority—an alienated minority,” he said. “Drug testing gives us an excuse not to give into their pressure.” He smiled, nodding. So did everyone else in the room. I shivered.

Janisha, 14, started to say that her strict Indian parents forced her to sign the consent forms. “But I really wanted to; I like the tests,” she added quickly, looking in the direction of the headmistress. “Drugs are... bad.”

“Drugs are bad,” I sighed, drudgingly scrawling the happy quotes in my notebook.

I believe that Janisha, Rupert and their freshscrubbed buddies meant what they said. Drugs are bad, anyway. But whether they meant it or not, they had no choice but to espouse that opinion.

Conversely, our freedom to say whatever we want at Duke, irrespective of President Richard Brodhead’s stem gaze, means that we can talk about gosh-dam grades if we please and can issue any opinion concerning them.

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The nature of the beast Last fall a psychology professor at DePauw University asked her students what labels they attached to the sororities at DePauw. Among a whole slew of stereotypes, Delta Zeta girls at the university were labeled “socially awkward.”

In response to this, and in anticipation of upcoming rush, national officers ofDelta Zeta swooped down upon DePauw, conducted individual interviews of all 35 members of the sorority, and determined that 23 of the sisters were insufficiently “committed” to the sorority and recruitment.

As it turns out, every overweight girl and the only black and Asian members ofDelta Zeta weren’t committed enough. Huh. The insufficiently devoted were instructed to leave the sorority house by the end of January. Amid the 23’s anger, the national sorority was lambasted with charges of bigotry and elitism. Alumnae, parents and DePauw’s president wrote letters. And yes, you guessed it, the faculty lindsay white began a petition. biweekly sass Well, congratulations to Delta Zeta. If people thought they were “socially awkward” before, they now think they’re socially awkward bitches. College girls really do need to be reminded that they are not skinny or blonde enough. Clearly. But their efforts were much too overt, and now the whole country knows.

Right now, the sorority and DePauw are engulfed in a mess of allegations and denials. There’s a long spiel on Delta Zeta’s national website claiming the interviews were conducted only in the interest of promoting recruitment and their members are selected or, I assume, kicked-out, “solely on their merits.”

But what people seem to forget amid all the finger-pointing is that these 23 girls—apparently evicted after being scrutinized and found wanting—were part of an organization in which membership is contingent upon meeting arbitrary standards.

They knew this. They joined the sorority willingly, exposing themselves to standards set up by their peers. This is not a circumstance exclusive to greek groups: membership in any selective organization has its potential pitfalls.

Throughout our lives—college is no exception—we attach ourselves to certain organizations or groups of people. We Join political parties, societies and country clubs. They offer prestige, support and often the comfort of fitting in with a homogenous population. The greater an organization is, as with a national sorority, the greater the benefits. Yet, with those benefits comes fragility and the potential for splintering or expulsion.

When they joined Delta Zeta at DePauw, these girls probably had little idea ofwhat they were signing up for. They did not just open themselves to the scrutiny of their fellow sisters. They had submitted to an overarching organization that did not just have their personal interests at heart, but looked out for the greater good of the sorority’s national reputation. They probably had no idea they were corrupting the marketability ofDelta Zeta with their “social awkwardness,” obesity or minority status.

A New York Times article about the controversy portrays a bunch of bewildered girls, who wonder how an apparently supportive group could just oust them. Surrounded by a close-knit group of smart, if not socially mainstream girls, they did not see they were part of something bigger and surprisingly cruder.

Is it their fault they did not meet the unspoken and bigoted requirements ofsorority leaders they had never met? Absolutely not. If the allegations are true, the national officers made a ridiculously prejudiced decision. But we should recognize that these 23 girls went through rush, got dressed up and chatted up recruiters. They asked to be judged, and joined an organization based on the vaguely defined impressions of their peers.

And with this precariously defined prestige comes pitfalls.

Any organization that has arbitrary standards and codes of behavior can turn on its members with ease. That is the price you pay to be part of the group—to carry the card, wear the sweatshirt and reap the benefits. No, it’s not fair. But you know that going in. Ultimately, however, these memberships can lead to estrangement, either forced or self-induced.

This was made evident with the resignation of six of the 12 remaining members of DePauw’s Delta Zeta chapter (those deemed pretty, thin or white enough to represent the sorority) after the forced eviction of 23 of their sisters. Maybe when we see our selective group begin to ostracize we should cut ties and run. The only alternative is to realize the ridiculous price we pay to feel like we’re part of something, accept the nature of the beast and hope we’re not next

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letterstotheeditor Duke, Durham make America proud thank the cities of Manhasset, N.Y., and Durham, N.C., as well as Duke University.

Recently while working, I read an article in a national newspaper about Duke alumni and University lacrosse player, Army Ranger Sgt. James J. Regan, hometown Manhasset, N.Y. He was killed Feb. 9 in Afghanistan. The article explained in detail his life in his hometown and at Duke while he was a student athlete. Myself a veteran ex-United States Air Force fighter pilot, the article made me very proud and thankful for Sgt. Jimmy Regan.

The next day as a Delta Airlines pilot, I had the pleasure of flying the Duke women’s lacrosse team from San Francisco to Cincinnati. In my job I meet/see many groups and teams of all calibers from all over the country. I had a short conversation with the team and coaches. They all impressed me, and again I found myself in a two-day period being proud and respectful of Duke University.

My goal in writing this letter is to thank the Manhasset and Durham communities, but most of all Duke University’s student body, faculty and alumni. Your academic and athletic hard work, commitment and most of all your sacrifices are not going unnoticed.

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Rory Blackburn San Antonio, Texas Duke should continue community-building efforts Tuesday night’s screening of “Obsession: Islam’s War against the West” certainly did a lot to make

everyone worry even more than we already do about Islamic terrorists. The event brings back memories of the bad old days of Fall 2004, when the tumult over the presence of the Palestinian Solidarity Movement conference made it hard for Jewish and Muslim and Arab students even to say “hello” to one another in class.

These days, a lot has changed, thanks to the efforts of students intent on reconciliation. Last Fall, student groups teamed up for a charity project called “Piece Or Pieces,” for which Muslim and Arab students collected funds to rebuild war-afflicted areas in northern Israel, while Jewish students helped rebuild in southern Lebanon.

Last Saturday’s appearance of the Muslim comedy troupe Axis of Evil was co-sponsored by Duke Friends of Israel. The Interfaith Dialogue Project has brought students ofall faiths together to shatter stereotypes and do service work together. Professor Bruce Lawrence taught a class last semester affirming strong pluralistic trends in Islam. Next Monday night at the Freeman center, three theologians of renown, Archbishop Elias Chacour, Imam Mohamad Arafat and Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, will meet to discuss the theological roads to peace.

Generating fear is easy; engendering trust is difficult. This community has shown itself capable of doing the more difficult work. Let’s continue the hard work of building trust.

Rabbi Michael Goldman Freeman Center for Jewish Life

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Origins: The harshest critics have argued that without a “racial left” our community never would have needed the CCI. But let us review some history. In his charge to the Steering Committee last April, yes, President Richard Brodhead did note that “the party held by the men’s lacrosse team... prompted strong feelings and much discussion about issues of race and gender, class and privilege, difference and respect and campus and community.” But the CCl’s origins run deeper.

Discussion now informing the initiative was occurring long before March 13. Should anonymous quotations make you weary, be sure to peruse the Women’s Initiative, which garnered national attention in Fall 2003, and “revealed a social environment [at Duke] often disempowering for women.” Take 30 minutes to study the Campus Life and Learning Project, whose midterm report in May contained “findings [that] emphasize the degree to which race continues to matter and illustrate the gap that remains between Duke’s aspirations and the perceptions and experiences of some minority students.” Consider past data from the Office of Institutional Research that demonstrate “Duke students... report more frequent binge drinking... than their peers at comparable institutions” and current data that “residential space, and control of it, continues to be experistructures

enced as gendered and alternative unfriendly.”

It is crucial to understand that while the precipitating event ofCGl’s campus-wide effort was no doubt the lacrosse case, the larger issue has remained Duke culture. The CCI has consolidated past and present discussions on the University’s climate to identify ways to strengthen Duke. The oft-touted claims of other motives (agenda pushing, et al.) ignore rigorous institutional research that supports an imperative for change, however difficult.

Processes: The CCI has been criticized for not actively engaging undergraduates. To its credit, the CCI Steering Committee has gathered University data for a semester, has activated four subcommittees on alcohol, gender/sexuality, race and athletics, and has held 53 formal dialogues with faculty, students, staff and alumni to engage in what has been termed “collaborative problem-solving”—across “academics, student affairs, athletics, campus services and admissions.” I cite these efforts not to argue that they were sufficiently comprehensive, but to demonstrate that they were substantial, given that Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College and the CCI Chair, has said, “This report is just one point in an ongoing conversation that must be sustained.”

Indeed, the new recommendations send a clear message that-the CCI has the potential to engender further on-campus debate and create lasting institutional changes.

And there is precedent that this process will work. A few years ago, a similarly composed steering committee, charged with devising Curriculum 2000, vetted some of its recommendations publicly and subsequendy made modifications in direct response to community concerns. So too can students now offer their own judgments of the CCI recommendations.

Recommendations: Tuesday, The Chronicle’s editorial board correcdy noted the CCI “is not a perfect document.”

Notwithstanding, there are a number ofrecommendations with which I (and perhaps you) squarely agree: increased opportunities for experiential learning; a support system to facilitate academic collaboration between students and professors; attractive, larger venues for responsible alcohol consumption; and others. It is equally important to note that the recommendations are not policy. Now is the time for us to judge the merits and demerits ofall 28 of them.

Community dialogue, of course, likely will center on the more pregnant recommendations, including dismembering the selective living arrangement, instituting'course offerings on diversity, and more consistendy enforcing alcohol policy. Such are a few examples within the report where the values of the University are clear, but incorporation of those values will be a major source ofcontention as members of this community continue to work and grow in this new campus culture compromise.

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

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Page auditorium has served as the de facto location for performance art, including last semester's production ofCats, as well as Lewis Black and Ben Folds.

Needed revamp takes-stage

Catherine Kaelin recess The Duke campus boasts state-of-theart technology and facilities in nearly every discipline. Unfortunately, Baldwin and Page auditoriums, the University’s two major performing arts centers, are in need of improvement.

The venues have received substantial criticism over the past few years for their subpar acoustics and out-of-date technology, as well as logistical issues such as size and comfort. “ They simply don’t serve the art forms,” said Kathy Silbiger, who retired as Duke Performances director last Deby

cember after more than two decades at the University. “They’re visually, technically and acoustically inappropriate... both for the artists performing and the audiences, and they have been for many years.”

A recent review of the Duke Symphony Orchestra’s Feb 14 concert, published in Classical Voice of North Carolina, highlighted the same issue.

“Wednesday’s concert revealed weaknesses in some sections as well as in Baldwin Auditorium,” wrote Joe and Elizabeth Kahn. “If only [director Harry Davidson] and his forces could ‘mold’ the Duke exchequer into build-

ing a new performing venue that can serve both student and professional ensembles.”

If only. Although the possibility of a Page replacement was mentioned, albeit briefly, in 2005 preliminary plans for the new Central Campus, serious discussion never materialized on the issue.

Professor Richard Riddell, special assistant to the president and Mary D. B. T. and James H. Semans professor of the practice of theater studies, cited a number of reasons why the committee opted for building two smaller venues SEE VENUES

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The Statue will stay... for now Lexi Richards recess The West Campus Plaza: where good things happen.

The Plaza: where ugly things are sent, or where magnificent works of art are displayed, depending on one’s point of view.

Although students are just now debating its aesthetic appeal and location, the whereabouts of Jaume Plensa’s “Tattoo” have been an issue for months.

In October, The Chronicle first reported the arrival of the sculpture and pending installation on the plaza. Just one month later, The Chronicle reported “Tattoo” would be housed in the Nasher Museum of Art instead because Plensa was concerned about the security of the Plaza.

“The artist came and wasn’t sure if that was the most effective space for the piece,” said Kimerly Rorschach, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans, director of the Nasher. “He was concerned about various issues and I’ll just leave it at that.”

But despite any earlier concerns, the work now, in fact, resides on the Plaza.

“The Plaza was just one of the ideas we had, and there were logistical issues we thought we wouldn’t be able to work out,” Rorschach said. “We were able to work out the logistical and security issues.” by

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Although Rorschach would not divulge what security measures are in place, Paul Gray, a director of Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago and Plensa’s North American representative, noted that there are security cameras on the Plaza that can be viewed online.

Gray also said that although the artist was originally concerned about the safety of the statue on the plaza, especially because he does not own the piece himself, he likes the location.

Paula Crown, Trinity ’BO and member of the Board of Trustees, owns “Tattoo” and has loaned the piece to Duke until May, Rorschach said. Crown was not present when Plensa visited the University last fall and voiced his concerns with the Plaza site. Since then however, the lender has had the chance to consider the location, Gray said.

Rorschach said she has not consulted with Plensa directly about the work’s move, but instead has worked with Crown and Gray, who said Plensa is pleased with the final location.

“The artist is delighted to have the work available to the broader majority of students who walk through the Plaza on a daily basis,” Gray said.

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Sharpton’s anxiety is understandable considering the significant differences between the two leaders.

Sharpton, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, is a noted social activist and proponent of racial equality and equal rights for gays and lesbians. Strom Thurmond, who ran for president in 1948 on a segregationist platform, once made a pact with the devil to extend his ow" life by feeding upon the blood of innocents.** The link, which was discovered last week by professional genealo-

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The findings have already generatd heated debate from Democrats and Republicans, who seem to believe that the connection has any relevance at all to Sharp ton’s reputation.

Of course, this is not the first time that Ancestry.com has made a controversial discovery.

Their 1993 announcement that Judas Iscariot’s father once had an affair with the Virgin Mary’s mother—remembered by her friends at the local pub as the not-as-virgin-as-might-otherwise-be-hoped-for Betty—is still a point of contention among Lockedup Presbyterians.

While some political commentators may worry about the PT impact of a link between Sharpton and Thurmond, most realize that there are far more important issues on the table right now—like who Britney will attack with an umbrella next. *Former meaning that he’s dead, not that his views have changed any.

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This weekend, Duke Players Lab will perform the play written by comedic playwright David Ives, who is

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Marston recess Whether you’re interested in music or dance, local or international flavor, performing arts or a cultural event, WoMan has something to offer.

Saturday, March 3, CAPITA Foundation for the Arts will debut its annual community-based performance, WoMan, at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. The evening will fuse local dance talent and musical performances with internationally renowned jazz artists.

“CAPITA brings back the spectacular element of going to the theater, enhancing the role of live the-

atrical productions in our community,” said Anjanee Bell, artistic director and founder ofCAPITA. This event will be very star-studded.

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The standard of excellence for moving performance from stage to life.”

Bell, an experienced dancer, choreographer and teacher, is a Durham native who returned home after years spent traveling and studying. She has drawn on her own experiences as a female traveler in creating WoMan. “The title came from the initial “

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This year, WoMan features three members of New Orlean jazz family the Jordans —Stephanie Jordan on vocals, Marlon Jordan on trumpet and Kent Jordan on flute—along with Duke’s very own John Brown Trio.

“It will be a positive thing for Durham because it brings everybody together—art can bring everybody together,” Bell said. “I’m excited about getting it out there and offering it to the community.”

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“This has a lot to do with language,” said director Russell Hainline, a senior. “[lt asks] what if Polish jokes are true and they really are cursed with the bad luck or being buffoons or dumber.”

The play follows Jasiu, a young boy, who struggles with his Polish identity. He attempts to escape his heritage, even trying to be Irish, but discovers he cannot.

Though the play deals with serious, poignant issues, senior and recess reporter Nina Bergelson, who plays four parts in the play, said she feels the play is, more than anything, humorous.

“Ultimately, I hope [the audience] laughs a lot,” she said. “People love to laugh at stereotypes. It acknowledges this is bad, but jokes are made of it. It’s ok to laugh.”

Hainline, who usually chooses darker fair like this fall’s Seventy Scenes of Halloween and last spring’s Urinetown, said he chose this play because of its heart.

“It’s a bit warmer,” he said, “It has edge, but in the end it’s affirming —I dare to say it’s heartwarming, but I don’t know if I want to go that far.”

Polish Joke will be performed tonight and Saturday March 3 at 8 p.m. in East Duke 209.

International moves Vincent Mantsoe brings his self-described “Afrofusion” dance to Page Auditorium Saturday at 8 p.m.

Growing up in South Africa, Mantsoe merged street dancing, ancestral drumming and what he learned through formal training at Johannesburg’s Moving Into Dance. The latest work from the acclaimed dancer and choreographer is entitled “Men-Jaro,” which is township slang for friendship, and features dancers from South Africa, Japan, France and the United States.

Baby blues The Bluest Eye based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Toni Morrison, opened Wednesday at the Paul Green Theater in Chapel Hill. It is performed by Playmakers Repertory Company and directed by Tony Award Winner Trezana Beverley. The play follows eleven year-old Pecola Breedlove as she idolizes the blue-eyed, blonde-haired white girls everyone around her seems to adore. The tale of beauty, racism and love will run until March 25.

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Institute discusses ethics in film Mike Haley recess ' J. Peter Euben, political science research professor, is about to partake in an extra-currricular activity, watching movies with students.

Euben, in conjunction with the Kenan Institute for Ethics, will kick off a new film series Wednesday entitled “The Morality of Power.” The series will feature a number of ethically-charged, primarily studio, films to spark broad discussions on such topics as war, race, gender and torture.

Each showing will be followed by a discussion mediated by Euben, who is also a Kenan distinguished faculty fellow, and KIE Assistant Director Melanie Mitchell. In showing these films and in hosting these adjoining forums, the Institute is attempting to spark—and to sustain —a debate on ethics in the Duke community, said Mitchell.

“The series is an attempt to broaden conversations,” Mitchell added.

Specifically, the series is interested in feel exactly constitutes a moral issue, Euban saif' on the films will be structured around a que fessor posed: “How do we think ethically about issu seem ethical?”

Each film is meant to generate a specif Munich, for instance, is meant to promp tion focusing on vengeance and justice, and Mitchell insist, these conversations an be as ranging and as fluid as possible. The is designed to attract not only undergradu graduate students, faculty, staff and me local community.

“We don’t want this to be for film scholars,” Euben said. “It’s about exploring what sort of issues are raised by popular culture.”

Above all, the series is meant to act as an intervention. It is designed to be an opportunity for participants to pause and to evaluate what ethics are contained in popular culture or conversations and to unwrap and evaluate their meanings both Mitchell and Euben agreed.

“Morality and Power” has been in the works for a long time and predates the lacrosse case, Euben said. Mitchell said that he’s not looking to bring up the Cam pus Culture Initiative, or the group of by

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“I don’t think we should force it. How do you think it applies?

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“The more we looked, two things came into focus. First, the city of Durham is building a new large theater and that’s going to be about 1,800 seats,” Riddell said. “Also, if you build a new theater on Central what would you do with Page? You wouldn’t want to leave it the way it is.”

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Riddell pointed to Page’s optimal location at the heart of West Campus as a major reason to focus on improving the original venue rather than starting from scratch on Central.

Provost Peter Lange said he agreed that the current facilities need improvement.

“We recognize that Page will need renovations in the not too distant future,” Lange said. “That’s part of our capital planning.”

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William Moss, a senior and member of the Facebook group, said he likes modern art but feels the work of art is more suited to the Nasher.

“I find that it is badly out of place, and in poor taste,” Moss said. “When you’re on the Plaza, most of whatyou can see is the Gothic-style architecture of Main West [Campus] and the Chapel. That is how West Campus was designed and built. Then you’ve got a statue of an androgynous person kneeling and changing colors. Somehow the two just don’t mix for me.”

Senior Joe Fore, Duke Student Government executive vice president, said he agreed. He wrote in an e-mail that he doesn’t dislike the statue, but feels that it interferes with the student space, adding that the Plaza is not the appropriate venue since the statue clashes with the surrounding architecture.

In response to student discontent, Fore sponsored a DSC resolution calling for the Office of Student Affairs to solicit more thorough input from students before selecting or placing pieces of art or other items with a significant aesthetic impact in student-oriented spaces.

“Specifically, we recommended that Student Aifairs run options by the DSC Athletics and Campus Services Committee and the Union’s Visual Arts Committee,” Fore wrote. “I wanted Student Affairs and other administrators to be aware that the placement of the statue, as well as other unilateral aesthetic decisions (think Spanish benches) were being viewed critically by a significant number of students, and that, to mitigate the likelihood of this continuing, more student input should be gathered in the future.”

The resolution was passed at DSG’s general body meeting Feb. 21, but will not apply to “Tattoo.” Luckily for any disgrunded students or plaza-goers, “Tattoo’s” short-term loan means that they won’t have to deal with its presence indefinitely.

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ater, as well as another, more intimate “black box”-type venue for smaller scale dance, the-

atrical and musical performances.

“They fill a space need which we have in those areas,” Lange said. “They will give us much better performance stages on a smaller scale than we have anywhere else on campus.”

The acoustics issues in Baldwin Auditorium should be easy to address, Riddell said.

“It’s the primary facility for music and performance so we’re going to start studying [Baldwin] and see what we need to do to make it a really good concert hall,” Riddell said. “That would be sooner rather than later.”

However, it remains to be seen whether the necessary improvements to Page can feasibly be made in the available space.

Another factor to be xonsidered throughout the renovation process is the potential of the arts to strengthen bridges between the University and the Durham community, Silbiger said.

“As a whole, the University has a big cultural role to play and if Duke wants to establish better relations by making itself more accessible and paying attention to the comfort of and offerings to the community, the arts is one way they can do that,” she said.

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As the Camerons of the arts, there is no doubt Page and Baldwin Auditoriums could use some attention. State-of-the-art fitness centers, libraries and facilities such as the Nasher Museum of Art and the French Family Science Center have made contributions to Duke academics and student life. With large venues on Central Campus likely not an option, art afficionados will have to wait for improvements on the existing structures in order to bring them up to par with other campus fixtures. arts

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Set in Miami during a national police convention, Miami pits die troopers ofReno against a potential terrorist attack that threatens to disrupt die festivities. What ensues is 84 minutes of mock-police-documentary humor diat, despite containing new jokes and celebrity cameos, is very similar to the television show of the same name.

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When one hears the name Black Snake Moan, it can’t but help conjure images of a low-level porn flick made in the early days of erotic cinema. Once you get past initial giggles from the title, however, you find yourself trapped in one of the most creative movies available this season. Black Snake is devastating, erotic, beautiful and comedic all at the same time without sacrificing any single element.

Christina Ricci, in the most successful outing of her career, plays Rae, a young Tennessee nymphomaniac who suffers from a history of abuse. After a night of drugs, sex and violence, Rae finds herself chained to the radiator of ex-blues guitarist Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) who deems it his godly duty to cure Rae of her sinful ways. Lazarus and Rae work to heal each other, both victims of love and sexuality. Those expecting Jackson-Ricci sex scenes will be disappointed, but the erotic tension in Black Snake Moan is thicker than Rae’s laughable southern accent.

It is a combination of great actors and director Craig Brewer’s ( Hustle and Flow) vision that make the loose, almost ridiculous premise of the film work. The sup-

porting roles from psycho mom Kim Richards and preacher/confidant John Cothran Jr. add layers to the film. Pop superstar Justin Timberlake—who shares musician/actor credits with rapper David Banner—seems to have made a lot of progress from his immature performance in Alpha Dog. Jackson manages to channel the damaged spiritual soul of brazenly eccentric Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction. Indeed, Black Snake s comic-book-esque promo poster is reminiscent of Fiction’s Uma Thurman pin-up. Unlike Tarantino, however, Brewer does not appear to have total control over his vision. The characters get sloppy—becoming almost caricatures of themselves—and the film almost risks crashing to the floor in an attempt to go over-the-top. Luckily for Brewer, Jackson’s control and deliberate acting pulls the film together.

If the promise of an intense and internot enough to shell out the 10 bucksfora movie ticket, the musical experience pays for itself. The heavy, cutting, stomp-worthy blues—much of which is played by Jackson himself—serves as a third lead character, affecting the lives of Rae and Lazarus. Black Snake Moan is a huge step for Brewer’s directing career and a must-see in a season of Ghost Riders and Norbits.

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and blissfully inane. Think Cops mixed with Super Troopers, but not quite that sophisticated. Nevertheless, there are plenty of chuckles to go around and a few surprise appearances, such as DA Danny DeVito (say that 10 times fast), that keep things moving.

While diere is something to be said about remaining true to your fanbase, the only diing that separates the film from a regular episode of the show is the graphic language and occasional nudity. Because of this, Reno 911!: Miami is ultimately forgettable.

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Best Dressed; Dame Helen Mirren looked ready to win her Best Actress award in a beige floral print. Seriously, sexy senior Mirren—idolized by Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Jon C. Reilly in song—makes 60 look like the new 20.

Runner-up: Volver star Penelope Cruz’s pink floor-length dress made everyone forget about Salma Hayek, nabbing her the position of Loveliest

Latina.

Worst Dressed: Kirsten Dunst looked more dressed , to depress than impress with feathers and an over-make-uped expression. The normally sizzling Spiderman 3 starlet seemed to be suffering from spider bites given her woozy, almost unpleasent presenter speach.

Runner-up: Nicole Kidman came ready for Christmas in a red monster topped with a bow.

Biggest Surpise: Ellen DeGeneres was actually a pretty good host. The family-friendly TV host played it on the safe side. DeGeneres was admittedly corny with her dancing and awkward delivery style, but still managed to give the Oscars the extra boost sorely lacking from previous hosts Chris Rock and Jon Stewart.

Runner-up: How did Dreamgirls manage to get three songs nominated and have none win?

Least Surprise: Forrest Whitaker/Martin Scorsese/Jen-

nifer Hudson all went home with a golden statue. If the outcomes are going to be this predictable, the Academy should save time and not even announce the nominees.

Runner-up: Despite hopes and dreams, the show managed to stretch out to four hours with unnecessary montages and shadow dancers.

Most Likely to be Enshrined: Former President-to-be A1 Gore was the victim of hero worship.

Winning for Best Doc, A1 Gore was praised by Leo DiCaprio, Melissa Ethridge and An Inconvenient Truth director Davis

Guggenheim.

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Gore got more shout-outs than the other G-man/speech mainstay—almighty God himself.

Runner-up: Abigail Breslin got major kudos from Ellen and stole the show.

—Varun Leila

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Festival marks musical milestone It’s rare for Duke and the University of North Carolina

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But in tht; heat of the athletic rivalry, the two schools’ music departments are collaborating with a host of sponsors to put on the Milestones Festival of New Music, which takes place Friday through Wednesday on the two campuses To help you navigate its eclectic offerings, recess’ Eric Bishop gives you the dish on what to expect at the biannual festival.

From A to Pamela Experimental vocalist and composer Pamela Z doesn’t just sing—she transforms her voice into swirling layers using real-time computer processing while moving her body to trigger samples with a MIDI controller. She performs “Metal/Vox/Water,” a compilation of short solo works and excerpts from her large-scale multimedia projects, Friday at the Nasher Museum ofArt Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $lB general admission.

The Four Tenors?

Well, there’s really only one tenor, plus a soprano, an alto and a baritone. And they’re saxes, not voices. The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet will perform Sunday at 4 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium. The Greensboro-based group is set to perform works by Duke graduate composers George Lam, Kathleen Bader, Paul Leary and Ben Crawford among other compositions. Admission to the concert is free.

Beethoven’s long lost lover?

Just in name. Named after Antonie Brentano, who was said to be the inspiration for Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved,” the Brentano String Quartet will perform Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in UNO’s Hill Hall. The group’s music has been hailed by the New York Times as “private, delicate and fresh.” Their program will include Steve Mackey’s “Ludus” and Bela Bartok’s groundbreaking “String Quartet No. 2.” Tickets are $l5 general admission.

Black tie required?

Not for this gala. The Milestones Gala Concert will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in UNO’s Memorial Hall and will feature the UNC Symphony Orchestra, the UNC Chamber Singers and the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra in collaboration with soprano vocalist Terry Rhodes and alto saxophonist Frank Gratowski. Among the evening’s musical selections will be “Songs of Turning, Blue Cathedral,” a cantata written by Duke’s Stephen Jaffe, and the world premiere of Todd Hershberger’s new concerto for saxophone and jazz orchestra. Tickets are $l5 general admission.

Songs in the Storehouse “The Space” at Smith Warehouse —a former tobacco storage facility on North Buchanan Boulevard off Campus Drive near East Campus —will play host to the festival’s final concert, a multimedia performance by the Minneapolis-based Zeitgeist Ensemble. The performance will take place Wednesday at 8 p.m., and will feature “Awaken,” a collaborative work, with music by Scott Lindroth and visual media by Anya Belkina, both Duke professors.

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“We were talking about music on the way to Sitar one day and decided to start a band,” Laird said.

After combining their own guitar and drum abilities with those of senior Shuhei Yamamoto on bass and junior Nathan Fowler on keyboards, the lineup was set and the craft of indie rock was ready to be practiced.

Despite having indie sensibilities, the band did not shy away from playing top pop hits. Stella got its start playing the canon of modem pop (Beyonce, Fergie, etc.) to appreciative Justin Timberlake, student audiences.

“It was stuff people would be playing on their speakers anyway,” Fowler said.

“Like the Alpine Bagels mix.”

Their campus profile was also heightened by appearing at large student gatherings, such as Devil’s Eve and K-Ville.

“Outside of a college scene you wouldn’t get that [big a crowd],” Yamamoto said. “We’d only been together for a few months, but we had a few hundred people there, drunk, like jumpin’ up and down.”

Despite the popularity of their covers among students, Stella by Starlight’s own by

material is their real strength —one can hear traces of Keane, Death Cab For Cutie, the Killers and European synthpop—it’s nothing revolutionary, but it never fails to be listenable.

The band is currently in the process of releasing their debut EP, Made ofFire, on newly launched student-run Small Town Records. The studio has aided the band with a large variety of resources, most notably free recording time. But the band itself, especially Fowler, brought some of its own expertise into the studio realm.

“It was a lot easier since we have Nate,” Byrd said. “Other bands are in there, you know, just fooling around and we have him going, ‘Come on, man, let’s suck it up with reverb,’ and all.”

Stella’s success has brought them about two gig requests a week from local and campus venues, as well an appearance on the Most Popular column in MTVU’s Best Music on Campus contest.

“We’ve gotten popular enough on campus to start moving off, we’re playing our first gig at Club 9 on Tuesday,” Laird said.

Yamamoto will be graduating in May, but the band still has a desire to see if this project could build into a career.

“I will personally stay with it as long as it goes,” Byrd said.

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Entering the 2006 NCAA Tournament with a 26-3 record and the leadership of three experienced seniors—including National Player of the Year candidate Monique Currie—Duke was burdened with the pressure of winning the program’s first national championship.

Maryland’s 78-75 overtime victory over the Blue Devils in the title game, however, ended their season in disappointment, leavostseason ing this year’s squad to start its campaign review without its star player, and without that 1 ranking a No. ithout lusive national championship.

In a year during which many thought luke would show a dip in performance—le squad entered the season ranked sixth—ic Blue Devils now find themselves once rain facing high expectations. But this time ie team, although undefeated for the first me in program history, is making its run at ie title with an extra bounce in its step.

‘You would think that there’s more iressure now on this team because we’ve one undefeated and there’s all that talk bout that, but you know last year from day me it was, ‘national championship, nation-1 championship,’” Abby Waner said. “This ear we’ve never put that kind of pressure n ourselves. Obviously, our goal has alrays been a national championship, but ou can feel the pressure ease a little bit.”

In spite of its success, Duke has manged to escape the external pressures it teed last year, even as it still seeks the proram’s first title.

Adding to the team’s poise is the presnce of head coach Gail Goestenkors. larding said Goestenkors has become more relaxed” over the last few years and a calming factor for the Blue Devils durig games. The four-time national coach of ie year has encouraged her team not only ) play with passion, but to have fun on the ourt as well.

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Duke is having more fun off the court, too. Since the beginning of the season, Goestenkors has promoted team bonding in various ways, such as cooking a dinner of choice for each class in her home.

“We picked spaghetti, so we didn’t give her much of a challenge,” Bales said of the meal she and fellow senior captain Lindsey Harding shared with their coach. “But I think the freshmen ended up having crab, or crab legs, orsteak, or something tough.”

Bales also said the Blue Devils spend more time together outside of basketball this year than in past seasons. Along with her roommates Harding and junior Emily Waner, the center often invites the team over to their house to watch TV or have dinner.

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The team’s camaraderie off the court has helped develop the ease of communication that is essential to Duke’s style of play this season.

Without Currie, the Blue Devils’ go-to player who averaged 16.4 points per game last season, Duke has transitioned to rely on a variety of players in big games—not just one.

‘You take what you have and you try to make the most of it,” Goestenkors said.

“We knew we had to have a great inside attack and that had to start with Alison Bales.

And then on the perimeter we knew for us to do the things we wanted to do, Lindsey Harding had to become much more of an offensive factor than she was in previous years. So those were going to be the two

cogs for us, and then we were going to build around them.”

Harding and Bales have led the Blue Devils all season, but the fate of the team has not been left to them alone. Abby Waner, Wanisha Smith and Carrem Gay have all made significant contributions for Duke as well.

The variety of options the Blue Devils have is what Harding said sets this year’s team apart from last season’s squad.

“It’s just the team that’s different—it’s the balance,” Harding said. “Last year we could be calm, but everyone knew who was going to take the shot at the end. But now, they don’t know. And that’s what makes this team special because anyone can take that shot—that’s what makes it great.”

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An injury 10 years ago may have been just what the Blue Devils needed to spark some long-term improvements.

In 1996, would-be junior Shaeeta Williams (who was then known as Shaeeta Brown) had exploratory surgery on a left knee that had been troubling her since her freshman year. When doctors found a damaged meniscus, the Duke coaching staff decided to redshirt her.

In order to keep Williams involved with the team during her year off, head coach Gail Goestenkors had Williams help the coaches with their scouting reports.

Seeing the benefits, both to the individual player and to the team, Goestenkors decided to expand the idea. In the 2006-07 season—and in every year since Williams’ injury—each Duke player has helped scout at least one game during the season.

At the beginning of the year, the coaches handed out a sheet listing a coach and a player next to each opponent. For their respective games, the coach and the player collaborated to produce a scouting report that was later presented to the entire team.

Seniors scouted the bigger games, and preference was given to players who were originally from an opponent’s region.

The coach was responsible for identifying more general trends—the team’s plays and overall offensive and defensive tendencies. The player focused on the opposing players —their strengths, their habits and their stats.

“We’re responsible for picking up player tendencies, as far as down the line—the starters, wh6 starts, what do they do—and then the subs, what are their tendencies too,” said Emily Waner, who scouted the Virginia Tech games. “[The coaches are] more of a safety net for us.”

After they finish watching film, the player and coach discuss what they saw. Then the player types the player profiles, and the coach compiles a highlight tape and a game plan. A day before the game, they presents their respective parts tp the team.

Every player is responsible for memorizing the scouting report —and the coaches

make sure the student-athletes do their homework.

“We have to know everything about them,” said Abby Waner, who scouted I Texas. “At shootaround, Coach G will go I around and she’ll Just say, ‘Abby, tell me one I of the sets that they run,’ ‘Emily, tell me I number two.’ And you have to go through and say, ‘Okay, well she’s right-handed, she’s I a three-point shooter, when she gets | stopped she’s going to spin in the lane.’”

This kind of knowledge may have I seemed difficult to use in the fast, environment of a game, but it was useful—especially in terms ofhow to shade a player.

As much as the players learned from | memorizing their teammates’ scouting re-i.l ports, the time spent watching film and dis- I cussing the opponent with a coach allowed 1 them to know their own reports even better, I “They feel very invested in the report, I and then they tend to do a better job on|J the court as well with that team," I Goestenkors said.

In addition to helping the players’ oncourt performance, scouting gave them a 3 brief look into the life of a coach—and I they had mixed reactions about it.

“I definitely do like it,” Emily Waner .1 said. “I like watching the teams we’re going ■: to play and knowing what we’re going to be ■ up against.”

Her sister, however, was not eager toi take it on as a full-time job.

“No,” she said, laughing at the sugges-l tion that she might want to be a coach now, “The amount of time that [the coaches]! put into stuff is just incredible to me. I don’t think—especially the assistant coaches—ever get enough credit.”

Even if the players will never scout a I game as a coach, their time doing it as play-i ers has helped them learn more about the game of basketball.

“It helps me to know what to look for," I Abby Waner said. “When you’re watching ■; an opposing team, the way that the coach-| es analyze and what they look for—you see it through the coaches’ eyes now and you start to pick up on things yourself. So when I’m watching a game, I’ll pick up on more | things now than I did before.” '

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With her team trailing by two points and less than 10 seconds showing on the clock in Cameron Indoor Stadium, Abby Waner took an inbounds pass under the basket, dribbled to mid-court and heaved a 40-footer as the buzzer sounded.

The ball clanged off the back rim.

Game over.

There were no tears shed, no heavyhearted groans by the Cameron Crazies, no depictions of agony by the ESPN cameras. The only noise inside the gym was the sound of laughter by the other Blue Devils.

After all, this was just practice. Duke was still undefeated. And the fact that Waner’s half-court prayer almost fell simply amused the players.

Although the Blue Devils have not yet been faced with such a pressure-packed situation in a live game this season, they have used drills in practice to simulate an endof-game setting on a daily basis. The topranked Blue Devils are not worried about facing an unknown situation—precisely because they simulate those situations on a consistent basis.

“It gives you confidence,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “Nothing can compare to being in that situation. You’re not going to be able to simulate it perfectly.

But when we are in those situations, we say, ‘We’ve done this every single day in practice. So we’re fine.’ It gives you a level of confidence, even though it’s not an exact simulation.”

Despite the team’s laughter over Waner’s attempt, Goestenkors makes sure that the nature of the drills is serious. Before each potential water break,

Duke's 74-70 win over Tennessee Jan. 22 was theclosest margin of victory the team has faced this season.

Goestenkors selects one player to shoot free throws, acting as if the team were in the single bonus.

If the player misses the front end of the one-and-one, the Blue Devils run the length of the court and back twice. If she makes the first shot but misses the second, only one lap is required of the players. If the player makes both shots, Duke gets a 30-second water break—the same length as a normal timeout that Goestenkors would

call at the end of the game.

After that water break, Goestenkors usually sets up a late-game scenario. The specifics of the situation often vary—sometimes there are two minutes, sometimes two seconds.

“That’s when I go to my team and look at the situation—I have to make the call,” senior captain Lindsey Harding said. “I say, ‘OK, we’re going to be in this defense if they do that.’ So we just run it from there.”

Although Duke has never trailed in the last two minutes of a game this year, it has faced difficult second-half situations. In their Jan. 22 win at Tennessee, the Blue Devils saw their 2Tpoint first half lead evaporate when the Lady Volunteers knotted the score at 48 with 10:48 remaining. They faced a similar situation Feb. 8, when North Carolina fought back from a halftime deficit to tie the game in the second half.

Both top-five foes had the potential to steal all the momentum —especially because they were playing in front of passionate, sold-out home crowds. One leadchanging basket could have sent the fans into a frenzy, easily tipping the outcome of the game. The Blue Devils, however, never let Tennessee or North Carolina get that lead, and they know exactly why they did not panic in the face of adversity.

“When we’re in those types of games—like at Tennessee, when it got really tight at the end—we look at each other and say, ‘We do this every single day in practice, let’s just do it like we do in practice, get a good shot, knock it down and feel comfortable,’” Harding said. “We just remind ourselves, we do this every single day.”

During their simulations in practice, the Blue Devils get a good look almost all the time, and someone makes that shot about half the time, Harding said.

Although the players admit that a late situation feels different in a real game than it does in practice, they also know that given their prowess on the court this season, drills are the only way to simulate the experience.

“It’s easier to do it in practice than it is in a game, but I don’t see us going down in a game just so we can practice it,” Waner said.

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It’s hard to criticize a team with a perfect record. It’s even harder when that team’s greatest weakness might actually be its greatest strength.

For Duke, the tendency to play to the level of its competition —whether good or bad—has been a hallmark of the team’s campaign toward perfection during the regular ROB GOODLATTE/THE CHRONICLE season.

Even though they never lost a game,the Blue Devils struggled at times against weaker opponents like in their75-65 win over Virginia Tech Jan. 29.

Even though the Blue Devils have outscored their opponents by an average of 26.1 points per game so far this season, they showed a propensity throughout the year to play down to weaker opponents.

Against teams like Florida State, Virginia Tech and N.C. State, the Duke squad seemed to be playing sloppy or flat at times—allowing those lesser foes into the game.

Head coach Gail Goestenkors called that sort of analysis nitpicking.

“I don’t think we’ve always done that —I think we’ve had a couple of games where we have not played well,” she said. “It’s not something I’m really worried about.”

When the team looked lackadaisical in its play, it was usually after games against top-notch, ranked opponents like then-No. 1 Maryland, No. 22 Texas and No. 4 Tennessee. In all of those games, the Blue Devils took the necessary steps to play up to their competition.

Duke played over one-third of its games this season against ranked teams, so playing with composure and poise in the biggest games is something that the Blue Devils have been able to pride themselves on.

“When you’ve been to the championship game in the NCAA Tournament, you have great experiences,” Goestenkors said. ‘You know what it’s all about to go into hostile environments and play in front of big crowds and on TV.” One of the most memorable moments for the Duke team this year was when it jumped out to a 19-0 lead at Tennessee in front of more than 21,000 people.

Yet, when Virginia Tech came within 10 points of beating a much stronger Blue Devil team in Cameron Indoor Stadium, there was a noticeable lack of intensity, prompting Goestenkors to say she was “disappointed” in the effort.

“We were not focused; we were not disciplined,” Goestenkors said after the game. “I just have higher expectations for this team than what we displayed tonight.”

Waffling between crisp execution and unemotional effort is not something the Blue Devils are proud of. But again and again the team has stressed that it is not something to worry about.

“If we lived in a perfect world, we’d play the same no matter who we’re playing,” sophomore guard Abby Waner said. “But especially after you have a big game, you can almost always expect a drop because it’s so emotionally

draining.”

Waner’s statement holds an obvious bit of irony since Duke has lived in its own perfect world during the regular season—a world that has not prevented the team from playing a weaker game against weaker teams. Now that every game left is in a single-game elimination tournament, the team cannot help but be wary ofits inconsistent tendencies.

“I think that something this team needs to work on is consistency,” Waner said. “Who knows what that other team is going to show up with.”

Nevertheless, it’s safe to say that the team is confident in its ability to win each and every game.

“This whole year we’ve been the same team, and to go through it without a loss is really an amazing feat,” senior captain Alison Bales said. “I think this team is fine.”

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NCAA Tournament brackets are announced, the Blue Devils will be dancing all the way to the Big Dance —literally.

Duke has been smooth all year, defeating its opponents by an average of over 26 points per game on their way to the team’s first undefeated regular season.

And while the team has waltzed through its schedule with relative ease, the Blue Devils enjoy shaking it up off the court almost as much as they do shaking up their opponents on it.

“We dance all the time in the locker room,” sophomore Carrem Gay said. “We love dancing to songs that have their own kind of dance, like ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’ or ‘Walk it Out.’” ESPN cameras followed the team around Monday at practice as part of the network’s “All-Access” coverage. After practice, a few cameras went into the locker room, and some of the players performed their unofficial routines.

“Remy and ‘B’ are the two best,” freshman Joy Cheek said, referring to Gay and Bridgette Mitchell. “They are from up north so they’re big on reggae. ‘B’ does this dance called the ‘Woo-tang.’ ’Te [Chante. Black] knows the ‘Woo-tang,’ so they do it together.

“I can’t do the ‘Woo-tang,’ and Abby and Emily [Waner] —they’ll kill me —but they’re funny when they try.”

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“When we are about to warm-up, we always ask to have music on instead of the band playing,” Mitchell said. “We use it as a form to get psyched up as well.

“We listen to stuff with good beats, not the slow country music. We don’t listen to that.”

Even some of the coaches have gotten involved, as the players have tried to impart their dancing skills on members of the Blue Devil coaching staff.

“We taught one of our coaches and our trainer the ‘Heisman,’” Mitchell said. “It was pretty funny.”

On the bus coming back from Duke’s non-conference tournament in Cancun, Mexico, head coach Gail Goestenkors tried to get involved too, but couldn’t keep up the pace.

“Coach G raised the roof,” Cheek said. “But that’s so played out.”

“We were like, ‘Don’t do that,”’ Mitchell said.

“It was a little throwback,” Gay said. “She has her dance move, we have our own.”

The regular season has been one big dance party for Duke, but the team isn’t ready to stop yet. With the ACC and NCAA Tournaments on the horizon, the dancing will continue until somebody turns the music off.

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eras, microphones and lights, speaking in a language that doesn’t quite resemble English. Past the techies, there are two women prepping another woman and a younger boy for their interviews about Lindsey Harding’s involvement in the community.

All of a sudden, the young boy—Khalif Ruebin, a Special Olympian from Raleigh—springs from his chair and grabs a basketball, which was brought by ESPN and features the 2007 Final Four logo. He runs up to the foul line and takes what is presumably his first ever shot in Cameron.

It rattles around the rim and drops. This kid could now retire from basketball with a perfect shooting percentage in Cameron.

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“I’ve tried to give up everything for Lent,” Coach G says. “I’ve tried giving up chocolate, alcohol, fried food—and I’ve been swearing, so I’m done.”

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Nish is easily the most giggly Blue Devil, laughing at every technology malfunction and interruption. She even strikes a chord with the ESPN camera man, who goes by the name ‘Boom.’

frontrunner for National Coach of the Year, asks Goestenkors about the homecooked meals she prepared for her team at the beginning of the year. Apparently Goestenkors is not a gourmet chef. In fact, she says she never cooks.

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vidually, making the process entirely more awkward, To pass the time, the players start ribbing each other. “Lindsey, you’re an animal!” one of her teammates

yells. “Tiger claws! Yeah, show them how to stand!” Before her day on set ends, Harding has to run off screen at about 75-percent speed. But she does not understand what the producers want, causing a brief period of confusion. “I’m so lost,” Harding says. The ESPN producers should be proud not many people can baffle Harding on Coach K Court —

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Sophomore forward Carrem Gay has added much-need athleticism to Duke's front line, helping to shut downtheBlue Devils'toughest opponents.

When junior Chante Black went down with an injury during the offseason, Duke needed someone to step into the starting lineup.

Carrem Gay was there to fill that void.

The 6-foot-2 forward is not the flashiest player on the court and does not fill stat sheets with mind-blowing numbers! Nevertheless, Gay’s presence is felt all over the floor.

“I like to call her the silent assassin,” senior captain Lindsey Harding said. “You watch her score two points you look up a second later and she’s scored 15 points.”

Gay averages 8.8 points per game, but it is her defense and athleticism that have made her such an important asset to the Blue Devils.

“I rely on my strengths,” Gay said. “I take a lot of pride in my defense and try to limit the touches of the player I’m guarding.”

The sophomore’s length and defensive abilities have allowed Duke to match her up against opposing teams’ best players. The results have been outstanding for the Blue Devils.

North Carolina all-ACC selection Erlana Larkins was held to just four points On l-for-8 shooting from the field in Duke’s victory at Chapel Hill Feb. 8. Maryland’s Crystal Langhorne—also an all-ACC honoree—was limited to nine shots in each of the Terrapins’ losses to Duke. National Player of the Year candidate Candace Parker was frequently hounded in Tennessee’s Jan. 22 loss to the Blue Devils.

All four defensive efforts came courtesy of Gay, as she has matched up one-on-one at times against the opposing team’s best players and has also assisted Alison Bales down low.

“She’s really helped us stop double-teaming people,” Harding said. “She’s also done a great job of limiting touches.”

Gay’s level of play this season is even more surprising when considering the abrupt end to her freshman —

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After sublexing her shoulder in the Blue Devils’ 90-80 win against Maryland Feb. 13, 2006, the forward was rendered ineffective for the remainder of the schedule and had shoulder surgery immediately after the season ended.

“I was out for six months and could only focus on running and conditioning,” Gay said.

This was only the beginning of a long road to recovery.

Immediately following the surgery, Gay went home for the first halfof the summer and rehabilitated with a physical therapist. She returned to Duke for the second part of the summer but was forced to continue working with trainers to increase the range ofmotion in her shoulder.

It was not until this point that Gay was allowed to participate in limited workout drills.

The entire process took four months.

“I just relied on my support system,” Gay said. “My coaches, family and teammates helped me work on what I could.”

The injury was especially frustrating as Gay’s teammates began training in the second summer session.

While the rest of the Blue Devils started workouts and drills, Gay could only watch.

“It was really hard for Carrem,” said Summer McKeehan, the Duke athletic trainer who worked extensively with Gay. “All the girls came back and started pickup games and working out. Carrem was limited and couldn’t play pickup. She could only do minimal things with

running.”

While the injury hampered Gay’s development in the summer, it also inspired her to recover as quickly as

possible.

“It definitely made her work harder in rehab,” McKee-

han said. “She’s one of the harder workers on the team, and you saw it come out during the rehab process.”

Now, Gay is fully recovered from her injury. Although the sophomore does not recieve the same kind of publicity as some of her teammates, her impact has been a noticeable part of Duke’s success this season.

“She’s one of our best post defenders,” Harding said.

“To win a championship, we need her.”

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As part of the same assignment, Waner sion. One of those women was ESPN’s did a mock, voice-over commentary of a Doris Burke, whom Waner said is one of five-minute clip of a McDonald’s All- her “favorites.”

Burke had no idea during college that American game.

“It was a little bit of a disaster,” Waner she would be a top-notch broadcaster one day, covering both men’s and women’s colsaid. “First time.”

The experience, though, did not discourlege basketball games. After finishing up an illustrious basketball career at Proviage Waner from giving up on her dream. dence College, Burke spent three years as the sports broadcasting Even though profession continues to be dominated by an assistant coach for her alma mater.

Instead of working toward a head men, Waner hopes to follow the paths paved by the growing number of maincoaching position, Burke decided that it stream female broadcasters as she pursues a would be best for her to raise a family if she got out of the coaching profession. Intendcareer in the industry.

One of the women who Waner admires ing to find a career in education, Burke is Dana Jacobson, currently a co-host of was unable to escape the allure of basketESPN2’s popular morning show “Cold ball. When Providence told her that it was Pizza.” Waner said the show appeals to her looking for someone to call the women’s basketball games on the radio—a novel exmost because it fits with her “opinionated” personality and it has a more “fun, loose periment at the time—Burke jumped on environment.” the offer.

“I decided to give it a try,” she said. “Fortunately for me, the timing was unbelievable because women’s basketball coverage was exploding.”

After hearing Burke call a Providence game, an agent in New York gave her a call.

WEIYI TAN/THE CHRONICLE The broadcaster’s career eventually landed her at ESPN, where she became the first Sophomore guard Abby Waner envisions a career in television broadcasting after graduating from Duke. woman to ever call a Big East Tournament men’s game in 1995. can find somebody that puts a little twist on Duke Athletics Nights at Cameron Indoor “Gender goes out the window when the it, brings up things that are a little differStadium. At the event, Waner was introduced to Laura Gentile—Vice President subject turns to basketball,” Burke said. “I ent, you notice that.” don’t think that Coach K or [Jim] Calhoun Since her shadowing experience with and Assistant to the President of ESPN and treat me any differently than they do with Hastings, Waner has taken a number of a former All-American field hockey player Lenny [Elmore] or Dick [Vitale] or any steps to prepare herself for a broadcasting for the Blue Devils in the early 19905. male announcer.” career.

During their conversation, Waner told Waner’s experience answering quesOne summer she worked as an intern at Gentile about her broadcasting aspirations as a player, like Burke’s, could help a sports radio station in Colorado, where tions. Gentile, deeply immersed in the her down the line.

Hastings hosted a show. business, presented Waner with a variety of Waner said she decided to major in options for a possible future career.

“Being a player you are able to pick up things that you like and you don’t like,” English because she believed it would be “Women’s basketball is going to be the MATTHEW NEWCOMB/THE CHRONICLE Waner said.

“Sometimes, you are going to helpful in writing her own scripts, telling a door that will open things up for me,” ESPN's Doris Burke is one of a handful of female get the political correct questions, and story and getting to the point.

Waner said. “I would like to take that avbroadcasters that Duke's abby Waner looks up to. those questions are like gimmes. But if you And last September Duke hosted the enue and see where that takes me.”

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Put simply, the National Player of the Yearaward should be given to the best player on the best team in the country.

And this season, Lindsey Harding is clearly that person. |PI The senior has led Duke to its first perfect r. r milfp regular season in school history, while leading the team in points and assists. And the ACC’s two-time Defensive Player of the Year has gotten it done on the other end of the court again this season as well.

The Blue Devils have gone 10-0 against ranked teams, including a record of 5-0 against teams ranked in the nation’s top six. And on the biggest stage, Harding has played her best basketball, proving her resiliency, leadership and toughness.

She eclipsed the 20-point plateau in Duke’s win at Tennessee and established new career highs in points in both games against defending national champion Maryland. In the Blue Devils’ two victories over North Carolina, not only did Harding score at least 15 points, but she also combined to hand out 10 assists, while turning the ball over just twice. To top it all off, Harding has also averaged more than six rebounds in those five games despite being the shortest player on the Blue Devil roster.

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On the defensive end, Harding has routinely shut down some of the nation’s best guards, including UNO’s All-American Ivory Latta, who combined to shoot 9-for-37 in her two games against Duke this year.

Harding’s superb play has earned her the praise of her opponents, who have tried to devise ways to stop the lightningquick guard—only to fall short.

“If Lindsey Harding isn’t player of the year, I don’t know who will be,” Maryland head coach Brenda Frese said after Harding scored 29 points in Duke’s 69-57 victory at the Comcast Center. “She has stepped up big against every opponent they have played. We had a game plan to contain her, but she did a tremendous job.”

Some might argue that Tennessee sophomore Candace Parker is more talented than Harding and has put up more impressive statistics. This may be true.

But it doesn’t account for Harding’s intangibles. She took a team that had lost three seniors and began the preseason ranked sixth, and led it to its best regular season in school history in the toughest conference in America and a (nearly) unanimous No. 1 ranking.

In a year like this one, when one team clearly separates itself from the rest of the country as the nation’s best, choosing a national player of the year is easy. There should be no debate—Harding is the NPOY.

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Parkers dominance can’t be touched by Harding Lindsey Harding is the best player on the nation’s best team. Tennessee’s Candace Parker is the best player in the country.

The best player in the nation deserves to be named the National Player of the Year. The logic speaks for itself, and a precedent has been set. The last two years, mZ/% LSU’s Seimone Augustus won die W°°clen Award and neither year were the Tigers the top team in the land. On the men’s side in 2005, Utha’s Andrew Bogut garnered the award despite the fact that his team was a mere No. 6 seed.

The player of the year award honors an individual’s performance over the course of a season, not a team’s.

That said, Candace Parker is not exactly toiling in the doldrums of college basketball. Parker is the do-it-all player for the second-ranked team in the nation, averaging 20.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, 2.4 assists and 2.0 steals per game. The redshirt sophomore is one of the game’s most athletic and versatile players, and she has averaged nearly a double-double while playing in the toughest conference in the country.

Parker has led the Volunteers to a 27-2 record and an almost certain No. 1 seed without the support that Harding enjoys.

While Harding is surrounded by All-America candidates Alison Bales and Abby Waner, Parker has led Tennessee to a perfect SEC record with only one other player averaging double-figure scoring.

At the end of the regular season, Harding ranks just 12th in the ACC in scoring.

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The SEC Player of the Year also has a larger impact in that many people see her as the future of the sport. She has brought a whole new level of athleticsm to the women’s game—in only her second year, she is the all-time leader in dunks on the women’s side with six.

Parker presents one of the most challenging matchups in the game, both because of her explosive scoring ability —she has three games of 30 points or more—and the fact that she plays multiple positions for her team. The Volunteers’ leading rebounder often brings the ball up the floor as well.

While Harding is certainly talented, a defense can approach the prospect of guarding her just as it would.any other effective point. The task of guarding Parker is unlike anything else a team will see all season and usually takes an entire defense’s focus.

“She is a great player,” said fellow National Player of the Year candidate and LSU center Sylvia Fowles. “She’s like three in one. She can post someone up, take someone off the block or drive to the basket.”

There is no question that Harding is the MVP of the No. 1 and undefeated Blue Devils. But Candace Parker’s individual performance throughout the season leaves no doubt that she is the National Player of the Year.

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When Goestenkorsopolis rose out of the muddy remains of Krzyzewskiville and the Cameron Crazies created a bonfire for a Duke women’s victory over North Carolina, it was hard not to notice the dramatic strides the sport has taken.

The game that was once on the fringes of college athletics has seen a meteoric rise. In recent years, the sport has become increasingly popular and is being followed by a growing contingent of fans and media alike.

Since 2002, the ESPN family of networks has broadcast all 63 games of the women’s NCAA Tournament, and the public hgs responded. The 2004 championship game between Connecticut and Tennessee was at the time the highest-rated basketball game of any kind in ESPN’s history.

And the Blue Devils have been at the forefront of the sport’s rise. Duke’s home attendance in 14 regular season games this year was 5,852—nearly double that of just seven seasons ago.

“It’s a fun game to watch,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “I’ve had so many people e-mail me to tell me that we’re more fun to watch than many other teams and some of the men’s teams because we play such great team basketball.”

For the first few years of Goestenkors’ reign, her talented squads performed under the shadow of both the Duke men’s team and national women’s powerhouses' like Connecticut and Tennessee.

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pie began to recognize that Duke’s women basketball was a force to be reckoned with.

“Everybody in America got to see us beat Tennessee, which was David vs. Gohath basically,” Goestenkors said. “If that game had not been on TV, some of our future recruits wouldn’t have had the oppor-

tunity to see that and want to be a part of our program.”

Goestenkors said the crucial victory against Tennessee was part of the reason the Blue Devils were able to successfully recruit future stars Alana Beard and Monique Currie.

As media attention grew, so too did fan interest. It was not long before marquee games against the likes of Tennessee and UConn sold out, giving Cameron Indoor Stadium the atmosphere of an intense men’s game.

The two stars recruited in part by the television exposure, in turn, helped propel Duke to five straight Elite Eight appearances, including three trips to the Final Four. That run culminated in last year’s appearance in the national championship game, in which the Blue Devils lost to Maryland in overtime.

“As we have grown and the media attention has grown at the same time, I think it’s really helped our program along,” Goestenkors said.

This year, five of Duke’s games were broadcast on an ESPN network, and that does not even include Duke’s two rematches against Maryland, which generated plenty of national media attention.The result is a program that now not only has the respect of fellow coaches and programs, but also of the national media and its own fans.

‘You can see women’s basketball slowly climbing up in popularity as a sport,” sophomore guard Abby Waner said. “Our success is carrying over to the student body and becoming more noticeable. It’s just great to see the support we’re getting right now.” aWNMI

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THE CHRONICLE

16 THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007

Stop Renting!

Get into a new Peak Performance® Townhome in Ambertynn Valley with No Money Out Of Pocket!*

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Peak Performance ENERGY STAR® Townhomes Available

Some single-family still available •From the sll2’s-sl3s’s Off Hwy. 70, Close to Duke Campus, RDU and Brier Creek Shopping Center •

BBBSPB3BI partner of the year*

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919*9573355

You Belong Here.

www.AndersonHomesNC.com •

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