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Fans rally, implore Coach G to stay Duke sends 3,770 thick envelopes by

Greg Beaton

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Several hundred Duke students and

community members gathered outside the Schwartz-Butters Building Thursday evening to show their support for women’s

basketball head coach Gail Goestenkors.

Goestenkors returned Thursday from her trip to Texas and said in a statement that she will take “a few days” to decide her future.

The crowd—which included women’s basketball players and assistant coaches, men’s basketball players, members of the administration and many other fans held up signs and cheered alongside the Duke pep band imploring Goestenkors to remain in her current position.

Goestenkors did not attend the rally due to exhaustion from her three-day trip to Austin, and she is expected to travel to Cleveland Friday for the start of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association convention, held annually in conjunction with the Final Four. After her trip to Cleveland, the coach only has a small window of time before she is scheduled to leave for Rome, Italy, where the women’s U.S. Senior National Team is slated to begin practice April 7.

Although there is no official timetable for a decision, Goestenkors is scheduled to meet with Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva before she leaves, a source close to the program told The Chronicle.

“It is in my best interest to talk with the Duke administration, family and staff before making a decision,” Goestenkors said in the statement. “I have spent 15 wonderful years at Duke, love the University and what it stands for. It has been very flattering to be considered for the Texas job.”

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The wait is now over for the 19,170 applicants hoping to be members of Duke’s Class of 2011.

Acceptance decisions were made available online Wednesday evening, and letters will be mailed to applicants today.

The University accepted 3,770 applicants in total to be a part of next year’s freshman class, including the 470 accepted early decision in December, bringing the overall acceptance rate to 19.7 percent—one of the lowest in recent years and down from last year’s 21.2 percent.

Duke’s initial 2006 acceptance rate was approximately 19 percent, but it ultimately rose with the numberof students accepted from the waitlist, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said.

Guttentag noted that every year the

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Duke students and Durham residents gathered outside Cameron with signs asking for Coach G to stay.

Although Goestenkors was not on campus to address the crowd, seniors Lindsey Harding and Alison Bales, sophomore Abby Waner and assistant coach Gale Valley addressed the crowd.

“Duke fans are the best,” said Valley, who urged those in attendance to contin-

ue sending messages to Goestenkors to encourage her to stay. “She feels touched and fortunate while she goes through this. We hope she stays for 15 more years.”

Valley’s final statement spurred a

19,170: applicants for the Class of 2011 3,770: total applicants accepted 470: early decision applicants accepted

19.7%: initial acceptance rate (without waitlist admits) 1,665: target enrollment for the Class of 2011

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The national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter criticized the current “War on Terror” Thursday and asserted that U.S. foreign policy must adjust to a changing political landscape.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, delivered a speech entitled “Will American Superpower Have a Second Chance?” to a packed Fleishman Commons in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

“I felt it was time, 15 years ago, when the United States became the only superSEE BRZEZINSKI ON PAGE 6

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Zbigniew Brzezinski said U.S. foreign policy has been mishandled since the end of the Cold War.

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Senate passes Iraq war funding bill by

Anne Flaherty

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WASHINGTON Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President George W. Bush to start withdrawing troops from “the civil war in Iraq,” dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.

In a mostly party line 51-47 vote, the Senate signed off on a bill providing $123 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and

Afghanistan.

The bill also orders Bush to begin withdrawing troops within 120 days of passage while setting a nonbinding goal of ending

combat operations by March 31, 2008.

The vote came shortly after Bush invited all House Republicans to the White House to appear with him in a pep rally of sorts to bolster his position in the continuing war policy fight.

“We stand united in saying loud and clear that when we’ve got a troop in harm’s way, we expect that troop to be fully funded,” Bush said, surrounded by Republicans on the North Portico. “And we got commanders making tough decisions on the ground, we expect there to be no strings on our commanders.”

“We expect the Congress to be wise about how they spend the people’s

money,” he said

The Senate vote marked its boldest

challenge yet to the Bush administration’s handling of a war, now in its fifth year, that

has cost the lives of more than 3,200 American troops and more than $350 billion.

“We have fulfilled our constitutional responsibilities,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters shortly after the vote.

If Bush “doesn’t sign the bill, it’s his responsibility,” Reid added.

In a show of support for the president, most Republicans opposed the measure, unwilling to back a troop withdrawal schedule despite the conflict’s unpopularity.

U.N. urges release of British captives by

Edith Lederer

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UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council expressed “grave concern” Thursday over Iran’s seizure of 15 British sailors and marines and called for an early resolution of the escalating dispute, but Iran’s chief international negotiator suggested the captives might be put on trial.

The council’s statement, however, was not as tough as Britain had hoped and the divide seemed to deepen.

As the standoff drove world oil prices to new six-month highs, Turkey, NATO’s only Muslim member, reportedly sought to

calm tensions by urging Iran to let a Turkish diplomat meet with the detainees and to free the lone woman among the Britons.

Tensions had seemed to be cooling a day earlier, butafter Iran offended leaders by airing a video of the prisoners and Britain touched a nerve in Tehran by seeking U.N. aid, positions hardened even more Thursday.

Iran retreated from a pledge by Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki that the female sailor, Faye Turney, would be released soon. Mottaki then repeated that the matter could be resolved if Britain admitted its sailors mistakenly entered Iranian territorial waters last Friday.

Britain’s Foreign Office insisted again that the sailors and marines were seized in an Iraqi-controlled area while searching merchant ships under a U.N. mandate and said no admission of error would be made.

With Britain taking its case to the United Nations, Ah Larijani, the top Iranian negotiator in all his country’s foreign dealings, went on Iranian state radio to issue a warning.

He said that if Britain continued its current approach, “this case may face a legal path”—a clear reference to Iran prosecuting the sailors and marines in court. “British leaders have miscalculated this issue,” he said.

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Tutt said DSG functions as a programming body for students, but Slattery countered by saying DSG lobbies for student interests with administrators. Pfeiffer also said she believes DSG’s job is to lobby for students and establish relationships with the administration and other student groups. The topic of selective living groups recurred throughout the debate.

“We need to give students more social options. The answer is not bludgeoning to death the existing social scene,” Slattery said.

“Students need to be able to create a housing situation where they can live together.”

Pfeiffer and Tutt also said they do not want to see the University get rid of selective living groups—a recommendation of the recently released Campus Culture Initiative report. to

Students entering the Great Hall for dinner Thursday evening found more than burgers and salads, as free beer and campus issues were prevalent at the Duke Student Government presidential debate held there.

Approximately 40 students gathered to watch sophomore Andrew Tutt and juniors Kristin Pfeiffer and Paul Slattery discuss their presidential platforms.

Junior Elizabeth Rudisill, a member of The Chronicle’s editorial board, moderated the debate, which began with an introduction by each of the candidates in which they briefly discussed their platforms.

Rudisill then asked all three candidates a set of questions regarding the overall role of DSG, the future of on-campus housing and the way in which each candidate will make sure students’ interests are

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Li, McKinstry bring varying views to YP race by

Nate Freeman

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Lucy McKinstry

The two candidates running for Duke Student Government vice president of student affairs are quick to note their differences—one has two years of experience as a DSG senator and the other is a younger candidate with a fresh vision.

Madison Li, a sophomore, said her year as a senator on DSG’s student affairs committee has given her an understanding ofhow DSG operates.

Lucy McKinstry, a freshman, said she will bring to the job an energetic outsider’s perspective along with the experience of a first-year senator.

As vice president of student affairs, Li said she would try to implement new projects that have prospered at peer institutions while maintaining the programs that have already proven successful at Duke.

“My platform is building on what we’re doing now and trying to bring some innovative ideas —

a mix of the old and the new,” she said. “We need to look at alternatives that have worked at other schools.”

Li said she has experience working with other universities. Last year she attended the Atlantic Coast Conference Leadership Conference, an event that brings together student leaders from ACC schools to talk about the unique programs they have implemented, she said.

“During the weekend we discussed issues that pertained to all the schools,” Li said. “If elected, I can ask for [other ACC schools’] input as well as the student input, and put those ideas before the student body. It would be really exciting to try some of their ideas here.”

Li said she would use the relationships she has gained as a DSG senator to utilize the position in the most effective way possible.

“I have two years of DSG experience, and I’ve been on it since I’ve been here,” she said. ‘You

need to have an understanding of how the bureaucracy works. There’s a lot of red tape, but you have to keep pushing through. I’ve learned how to talk to administrators and how to work with other members of DSG.” If elected, Li said she would encourage interaction among student groups by organizing a campus-wide charity event. She added that she wants to continue talking to the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee about switching to a debit card system that could be accepted at off-campus shops and restaurants.

McKinstry said that although she is a freshman, she has already been involved in a wide range of activities, including the DSG Senate, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, the Baldwin Scholars Program, the Duke Investment Club, Delta Delta Delta sorority and SEE DSG VP ON PAGE

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Campus Council members discussed the Campus Culture Initiative’s recommendations to eliminate selective living group sections at the Council’s general

body meeting Thursday night.

According to the CCI report, the removal of selective living group sections will eliminate the current social stratification on campus.

Sophomore Pete Dickos, an at-large representative, said that there were few reasons to eliminate selective living groups on campus.

“The only con is it’s space that independents couldn’t have,” Dickos said.

“The pro is on campus social groups apart from the greek system. You get rid of the selective systems, and you’re either greek or nothing.”

Other members said they agreed and said that eliminating selective living groups sections will not make the predicted changes.

“Getting rid of selective living groups was suggested in this utopian view of Duke where everyone is equal and plays together and has barbecues in the middle of quads,” said sophomore Kelly Jones, an at-large representative. “That just isn’t possible.”

President Jay Ganatra, a senior, said that one of the issues with the current housing system is the gender inequality that it creates.

“Both [selective living group and fraternity sections] create two issues,” Ganatra said. “It gives selective living housing groups priority and males dominate most

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The fair, held Thursday in the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences, was organized by the Financial Aid Initiative Student Advisory Council, and featured presentations from Provost Peter Lange and Director ofFinancial Aid Jim Belvin.

“What’s new about this event is that it’s student-initiated,” Belvin said, adding that the event is a resource for students interested in learning about the impact of the Financial Aid Initiative.

One goal of the initiative is to raise $3OO-million in funds for the Financial Aid Endowment.

“We want to make students aware that [fundraising for the Endowment] is going on, and that financial aid is an integral and very essential part of Duke’s mission,” said Joycelyne Absolu, a junior and cochair of the student advisory council.

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Jay Ganatra said one issue with selective living groupsis that they give males control over the social scene. of the beds. It gives males a dominance over the social scene.”

The Council also discussed CGl’s recommendation to not allow continuous blocking—a system in which students would be able to arrange differentblocks adjacent to one another.

Several members said monitoring continuous blocks would be impractical and implausible, and said allowing larger blocks would lessen the role of the selective living groups in the social scene.

“If me and 20 ofmy friends, guys and girls, could block together and have a common space for us to throw events

and invite other friends, I would be really happy,” Dickos said.

The Council plans to send a guest column to The Chronicle within the next few weeks expressing their opinions on the CCFs recommendations, said sophomore Kevin Thompson, Craven Quadrangle representative.

In other business: Junior Ryan Todd, Few Quadrangle representative and president-elect, distributed a new room selection survey, which students will receive after the completion ofRoom Fix ’O7.

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Although Tutt—a sophomore from Davis, Calif., who is majoring in biomedical engineering and economics—called DSG’s progress this year “unprecedented,” he said his main proposals include strengthening DSG’s ties to the student body, reviving long-term and inactive projects and encouraging student initiative on campus.

He added that his campaign focused on asking students what they wanted from their leaders and that his position on the Auditing Committee of the Student Organization Finance Committee illustrates his behind-the-scenes dedication.

“Nobody goes on the Auditing Committee for glory,” Tutt said. “People run for Senate positions so that they can be well known and recognized.... I’ve taken positions that aren’t necessarily flattering in DSG because my desire has been to serve the students.”

Tutt said he admires current DSG President Elliott Wolfs advocacy of student interest, but will also emphasize realigning the rest of DSG with the student body.

“This year’s student government really concentrated a lot of power and responsibility in a very limited number of people,” he said.

Tutt added that his campaign “I love Duke, but...”—an open call for students to write suggestions on posters around campus as well as on his Facebook group and website—models the form of open inquiry DSG should use when drafting policy recommendations.

“Obviously you can’t try to implement your policies to try to satisfy every student, but you can implement your policies with a sufficient amount of breadth that you aren’t necessarily addressing a very limited aspect of Duke’s culture,” he said.

Tutt added that this year’s DSG campaigns are rife with old proposals that have not yet been enacted on campus, such as an extended reading period for finals or staplers at all ePrint stations.

“These are not new promises, these are promises that are perennial. Let’s really put them on the agenda and either they succeed or they fail,” he said.

Tutt said, if elected, he will be a catalyst for student

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“I like to lead by getting out of other people’s way and allowing them the opportunity to accomplish what they’re here to do,” Tutt said. “Not ‘I won’t stop you,’ but more of, ‘OK, let’s do this together, I’m totally behind this.’”

Students who have worked with Tutt on various projects said he would make student government a platform for the ordinary student to enact changes.

“One of the most unique characteristics Andrew is bringing to this debate is the fact that he’s not your [typical] DSG candidate,” said sophomore Alex Crable, Student Organization Finance Committee

chair, who is running for executive vice president on DSG’s Executive Board.

“He just gets things done the way he feels they need to be done, in basically whatever way possible,” Crable said, praising Tutt’s early dedication in founding both the Duke Journal of Public Affairs and Wired 2 Achieve, a non-profit organization that donates used computers to members of the Durham community.

Tutt said he hopes students look past his status as an “outsider candidate” and an “underdog sophomore” in the three-person race.

“I hope people can see my sincerity, see my capacity and vote accordingly,” he said.

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power—in effect the global leader—to undertake an appraisal of how the United States has exercised that leadership,” Brzezinski said. “What did it do, what did it accomplish, in what respects did it fall short.”

Brzezinski said the United States has lost legitimacy and is no longer respected internationally in the postCold War era. He added that the war in Iraq has contributed to the decline in U.S. influence.

“Today, for many around the world, the symbol of the United States is no longer the Statue ofLiberty,” he said.

“It is Guantanamo and its political meaning.”

He added that the United States has “paid a major price” for its foreign policy and said the “War on Terror” was responsible for creating what he called a self-paralyzing culture of fear. “‘War on Terror’ identifies an unidentifiable fear and danger, and that can poison social atmosphere and undermine confidence,” Brzezinski said.

He cited a government document naming more than 300,000 potential terrorist targets in the United States including some “interesting choices” such as 34 CocaCola bottlers, 24 swimming pools and 25 golf courses —as evidence for a culture offear.

“We’re getting to the point of absurdity, an absurdity of which tells you quite a bit in disturbing fashion about this culture offear which is so destructive and demoralizing,” Brzezinski said. “Politically, this makes a sober nation, a fully democratic nation, very suspectible to demagogy, and that’s the long-term, large danger here in this nation.”

He evaluated the foreign policies ofU.S. presidents in the post-Cold War era—George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush—especially regarding globalization, the Middle East and democracy.

These three administrations have coincided with a “global reality of unprecedented political awakening everywhere,” Brzezinski said.

He defined this awakening as anti-imperial, anti-Western and anti-American and said that U.S. foreign policy has only offended the dignity of non-Westemers and exacerbated a volatile geopolitical situation.

“We have to understand that we cannot bring democracy to them by bayonets, but we have to understand that democracy is a natural process which has to be nurtured patiendy,” he said. “Only by respecting diversity through respect for dignity can we create the preconditions for general democracy.”

Brzezinski said that two changes need to be made to American culture: breeding a culture of self-denial and improving Americans’ knowledge of the world.

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“If the war is enlarged in the course of the next 20 months to include Iran, I make, with absolute confidence, the prediction that if that happens, for the next 20 years the United States is going to be bogged down in a war that spans Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Brzezinski said. “And then you can forget about American global leadership all together.”

Members of the large audience—few of whom were undergraduates —said they found the speech compelling. Some of those in attendance said Brzezinski’s recommendations for action were sensible and his criticisms of American global leadership accurate.

“I think he’s absolutely right, I think it’s long overdue,” said Ed Olsen, an audience member from

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions said it intends to enroll a class of 1,665 students to matriculate in the fall.

Overall, Guttentag said he was pleased with the strength of this year’s applicant pool.

“Academically, it’s on par —it’s not dramatically stronger, it’s not weaker, it’s very similar to what we’ve seen in past years,” he said.

Beyond academics, Guttentag said the pool was one of the most unique groups of applicants he has seen in recent years.

“It strikes me as a more interesting group of students, maybe a little more diverse—diverse in the sense of their interests, their activities,” he said.

The number of applicants to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences reached a record high at 16,132. Records were also broken this year for the number of black, Hispanic and Asian and Asian-American applicants, reaching highs of2,190, 1,303 and 5,173 applications, respectively. A record number of international students, 2,292, also applied this year—an increase of 13 percent from the previous year.

The most significant drop occurred among applicants to the Pratt School of Engineering, Guttentag said.

“It was a drop of a couple of hundred—it was a noticeable decline,” he said.

Guttentag said there were no clear trends in the drop of Pratt applicants, but added that admissions would further analyze the data in coming months.

He said he expects overall yield to increase from last year’s 40 to 41 percent due in part to the admissions office’s more proactive approach to recruitment.

Last year’s yield had dipped slighdy because of the ongoing lacrosse case, which Guttentag said should not play as large a role in this year’s applicants’ decisions.

“The [lacrosse] coverage was at its maximum right in the month of April, and I think there were some students who were trying to decide who were affected by all of that coverage,” he said. “I think that the students applying this year have decided to apply having already processed all that information.”

This year’s applicant pool also saw new records in the number of applicants from North and South Carolina and applicants who were the children of alumni. As in previous years, North Carolina was the top state for admitted students.

Duke extended offers of admission to only 43 percent of the 1,381 valedictorians who applied. The University also admitted 58 percent of the more than 1,300 applicants who had combined SAT scores of 1,550 in the math and verbal sections.

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In his presentation, Lange spoke about the future of Duke financial aid and the importance of the Financial Aid Initiative in maintaining the University’s commitment to quality programs.

He addressed Princeton University’s move to eliminate loans, emphasizing that Duke’s endowment is not large enough to cut loans without compromising program funding. Lange added that Duke does not plan to follow in Princeton’s footsteps by removing all loans.

“I don’t think there’s any golden virtue to zero loans. Most of our students can probably afford the loans they take out,” he said, adding that the University still hopes to reduce loans.

Lange also said financial aid recipients will be affected by DukeEngage, a recendy announced $3O-million initiative to fund a semester of civic engagement for Duke undergraduates. He said aid recipients will be relieved of their summer requirement to earn money if they participate in the program.

The University looks to eventually waive an additional summer requirement for financial aid students, Belvin said. The change would allow aid recipients also participating in DukeEngage to forego the two obligatory summer work sessions required of other financial aid students.

Belvin also addressed the 568 Presidents’ Group Consensus Approach to Need Analysis, a formula that increases the amount of money provided in grants by overlooking family contributions and students’ assets.

“With the [568 Consensus Approach], aid eligibility went up for every student because parent contribution went

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Representatives of the Office of Study Abroad, the Career Center, the Fuqua School of Business and the Graduate School tabled at the event.

The casual atmosphere of the fair in created an open forum for students and administrators to interact and share ideas on financial aid, students and financial aid representatives said.

“It’s really helpful that there are so many aspects of the financial aid process all in one spot,” Megan Murray, a sophomore, said. “As opposed to having to call [individual offices], you can Just come to one spot to learn from everybody.... It’s minimal work on our part with maximum learning.”

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McKinstry said balancing her involvement in DSG with her participation in a variety of other organizations has keyed her into aspects of the University that years of working in DSG cannot provide.

“I’m perfect for this because I have the right energy and the right knowledge for the potential of student affairs,” she said.

“Coming in as an outsider gives you more creative ability for the job.”

Since announcing her candidacy, McKinstry said she has dedicated herself to establishing connections with faculty and student leaders to discover what policies and platforms can best serve the campus.

“I’ve spent hours with Duke administrators and student leaders, and I’m not afraid to ask about what’s going on and get

DSG DEBATE from page 3 Pfeiffer added that she would like to see more on-campus venues for all students to hold events. Tutt said Duke needs to become a place where there are natural transitions between communities. After the initial questions, the debate opened to questions from students.

The Community Standard, women’s leadership and the CCI were among issues addressed.

“A few people asked silly questions,” said junior Megan Moskop, who attended the event. “But they addressed serious issues.”

One student used the format of a popular drinking game to ask his question.

“Which of these would you marry, make

the truth,” she said. “Being younger, I don’t have to act like I know everything. I can ask every question.”

McKinstry said as vice president for student affairs she would lobby for improved dining locations that can serve as “hub[s] of student interaction.”

“I’ll be able to have a student affairsfunded group find out what we really want,” she said. “After that we’ll be able to say [to the administration], ‘This is why we need a late-night place above the

Marketplace.’”

McKinstry said her platform focuses on connecting students with Duke’s wealth of resources—expanding campus culture by exposing students to the diverse opportunities they have yet to discover.

“My goal for student affairs is to give students the tools and opportunities to get out of their comfort zone,” she said. “Getting out of my comfort zone is how I live my life—crossing lines of difference is how I try to learn.” love to or kill—DukeEngage, the Honor Council or the faculty-in-residence program?” he said.

Moskop said she was surprised the candidates answered the question and was impressed that they displayed a humorous side.

“I think the debate really gave me the opportunity to show the differencebetween myself and the other candidates,” Tutt said.

Slattery and Pfeiffer also said they felt confident after the debate.

“I’m really happy with how it turned out,” said current DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior. “It was an excellent opportunity for students to hear from candidates.”

DSG also provided the beer available during the debate. “We figured to increase turnout, we would bring in a couple of kegs using the [DSG] keg fund,” Wolf said.

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MOUNTAINEERS CAPTURE NIT CROWN West Virginia won its first NIT title since 1942 Thursday night, knocking off Clemson 78-73 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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Duke seeks to avenge ACC title game defeat by

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Heading into last year’s ACC championship game, Duke was looking to cap off an incredible conference run with a win over

Virginia.

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Senior attacker Leigh Jester and the Blue Devils travel to Charlottesville, Va. to take on the Cavaliers.

2006 11-10 loss to the Cavaliers. Despite the defeat, Duke secured the top seed in the ACC tournament and was looking to repeat as conference champions when they squared off in the rematch with the Cavaliers for the ACC tide.

Their perfect ending to the ACC tournament, however, became a nightmare when Virginia used a six-goal blitz in the second half to knock off Duke 13-8 and captured the conference tide.

Now, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils (8-1, 1-1 in the ACC) hope to take down one of the two teams that handed them a loss last season when they clash with fourthranked Cavaliers (9-1, 2-1) 12 p.m. Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

“UNC’s supposed to be our biggest rival, but UVa actually is,” senior attack Leigh Jester said. “Every year we play them, it’s usually a tight game. This year, we’re looking for a better result.”

Over their last five games, four of which have been wins, the Blue Devils have averaged 16 goals. One explanation for the increase in offensive production is balance— Duke has five players that each have scored at least 17 goals this season.

Junior Caroline Cryer leads the Blue Devils with 31 goals.

Even with these numbers, however, the Blue Devils believe their offense can get better—particularly at the beginning of games. In their 16-7 win over Virginia Tech March 23, Duke was shut out for the first 14 minutes of the game.

“We met as a team and talked about being ready to go emotionally,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “It’s important to start games consistently.”

A solid start is particularly important for the Blue Devils as they take on an extremely talented Virginia squad led by midfielder Blair Weymouth.

The sophomore was the consensus National Rookie of the Year last season and was also the only freshman named to the All-ACC team.

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After playing three games in seven days a week ago, No. 5 Duke (6-2) will face No. 12 Delaware (6-2) Friday and Bellarmine (1-6) Saturday, with both games starting at 3 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium.

Heading into back-to-back games for just the second time in four years, the Blue Devils have tried to use their six-day hiatus to rest and get mentally ready for another tough stretch of games.

“It’s important to get an opportunity to look at yourself again,” captain Ed DouVS. glas said. “Any time you face a week like [last week], you’re always looking forward to the next opponent. This week was realSATURDAY, 3 p.m. ly important for us to focus back on ourKoskinen Stadium selves, to make improvements and get back to basics.”

Duke has prepared all week to play Delaware and will wait until after tonight’s JMHBP game to begin preparation for Bellarmine.

VS. Despite the 24-hour turnaround, the Blue Devils will hold off until a post-game meeting following today’s matchup with the Blue Hens to go over film and strateSUNDAY, 3 p.m. gy for tomorrow’s bout with the Knights.

“It really doesn’t matter who the opKoskinen Stadium ponent is,” midfielder Brad Ross said.

You’re going to go out and try to do the same things—stop people on defense and score goals on offense.”

The Blue Hens will attempt to control the tempo with the help of midfielderAlex Smith, who leads the nation

on two opponents

with a .793 face-off percentage.

Although the Duke defense has been playing well recendy, head coach John Danowski said he wants goalie Dan Loftus, who has averaged more than 18 saves over the last three games, to shoulder less of the burden.

“The important thing is to limit the quality shots that an offense takes,” Douglas said. “We really want to let Danny see shots that he’s comfortable saving. He does a great job of bailing us out when we make mistakes. Hopefully, we can force bad-angle shots and low-percentage shots, and that will help him out.”

The Blue Devils will rely on forced turnovers from the defense to ignite their transition offense. Attackmen Matt Danowski and Zack Greer, whose 21 and 20 goals, respectively, combine for nearly half of the team’s scores, will attempt to penetrate Delaware’s unique zone defense.

Instead of focusing on man-to-man matchups, which promote individual dodging and freelancing, the Blue Devils will work more from sets in order to break down the Blue Hen zone.

“We haven’t seen too much, if any, ofit this year,” Greer said. “We’ve just been trying to put something in so we can counter it and be prepared for something that we haven’t seen yet.”

Following their impressive victory at No. 7 Georgetown last week, the Blue Devils look forward to continuing their success this weekend. Despite the stress of playing back-toback games, Douglas said the team views it as an opportunity to prepare for even tougher challenges down the road.

‘We’ve always focused on the way we play,” he said. “If we go out and focus on fundamentals, if we’re disciplined, then we’ll end up playing well. That’s ultimately how we play.”

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Junior attackman Zack Greer, along with senior captain Matt Danowksi, leads the team in points and goals, with 30 and 20, respectively.

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BASEBALL

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Florida State’s No. 1 ranking and riear-perfect record is not about to intimidate Duke.

Going into their three-game series with the top-ranked Seminoles (27-1, 6-0 in the ACC) this weekend at Jack Coombs Field, the Devils (19-9, % 1-8) have pre-

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“The way we approach the ACC and our season is to take it one game at a time,” head coach Sean McNally said. “WeTe not satisfied with our start in the ACC, so we’re looking forward to this game.

WeTe not looking past FSU, we’re focusing on this game.”

But winning this second conference game will not be easy. At the plate, Florida State leads the ACC in almQst every major statistical category, highlighted by a .380 batting average, a slugging percentage of .525 and 250 RBIs.

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Duke ranks in the top four in the ACC in all three categories.

On defense, the Seminoles hold a .971 fielding percentage and have only committed 31 errors. From the mound, the Florida State pitchers have held opposing teams to a .209 batting average and have an ERA of 2.43—both conference bests.

“They play with a very aggressive style. Their pitchers will come after you and pound the strike zone,” McNally said. “They have a lot of depth, so they can do that.”

Despite the Seminoles’ undeniably strong squad, Duke has prepared for its series with FSU by practicing the basics the program has been built around.

Using the two days between their 11-7 win over Campbell Tuesday and tonight’s game, the Blue Devils have been working on maintaining their defense and continuing to improve their offense. In its win against the Fighting Camels Tuesday, Duke posted the most runs it has scored since March 13 against Farleigh Dickinson.

McNally said his team showed improvement during Tuesday’s game from its offensive performance in its series against Georgia Tech March 23-25. Against Campbell, the Blue Devils almost dou-

Reigning ACC Player of the Week senior Tony Bajoczky is slated to pitch Saturday. bled their run output in their weekend series against the Yellow Jackets—Duke crossed the plate just six times against Georgia Tech, but scored 11 against the Camels Tuesday.

“The key to our team is that our blueprint is always the same—we need to throw strikes, we need to play good defense,” McNally said. “We’re going to take a basic approach and work

on fundamental areas you need work on over the course of the

to

year.”

The Blue Devils start off their games against Florida State tonight at 7 p.m. and will continue the series Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at noon, “Our players are really starting to setde into our style of play,” McNally said. “This is another opportunity to do it against the best”

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W.LAX from page 9 She tied the freshman assists record with 21 and scored 49 goals in her 2006 campaign.

Weymouth is already on the watch list for the Tewaaraton Trophy—given to the top women’s lacrosse player in the country —after being recognized as a finalist for the trophy last year.

Perhaps most importantly, Weymouth scored six goals in last year’s conference championship win against Duke. The effort tied the record for goals scored in an ACC final.

For the Blue Devils, defending Weymouth will just be another part of the challenge this weekend.

“It’s a new season,” junior attack Caroline Cryer said. “We’re ready to get out there and play a tough ACC game.”

This weekend’s match also marks the start of a brutal fourgame road trip, during which Duke will face off against No. 11 Notre Dame and No. 1 Northwestern, which regained the top spot in the country March 26.

With only six games left before the conference tournament begins, the Blue Devils know how pivotal each of their upcoming contests is.

“It’s a turning point for the team,” Jester said. “It’s a time when we can make really big strides and get better for the NCAA tournament.”

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cheer of “15 more, 15 more,” from the crowd, in reference to Goestenkors’ tenure at Duke. Fans also cheered “Gail is not for sale” and held up signs, including one bearing the message, “It’s time 4 Duke to Honor Our Women.”

Men’s basketball associate head coach Johnny Dawkins walked through the event and into SchwartzButters, stopping to address the crowd. “I want Coach G to stay, too,” he said.

Some supporters of the program said they hoped Duke’s administration would do everything in its capability to ensure Goestenkors’ return. The Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that Texas had offered Goestenkors $BOO,OOO per year, which is substantially more than her current compensation.

“She’s a great asset to the school, she’s a great asset to the ACC, and it would be a tremendous loss to lose her,” said Kathy Kennedy, Trinity ’B2 and a front-row season ticket holder, who attended Thursday’s rally. “Hopefully the athletic administration will act a little bit more like they really want to keep her.... It’s just time for them to recognize her prominence, support her program, support her in every way, the same as they would do if Mike Krzyzewski were in her position, to keep her.”

Alieva did not attend the rally and neither did President Richard Brodhead.

Plans for the rally were set in motion Wednesday after news broke that Goestenkors was interviewing on Texas’ campus in Austin. Duke Student Government President Elliot Wolf, a junior, reached out to Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, and Kristina Johnson, dean

of the Pratt School of Engineering, to help build upon the original idea first suggested by a member of the band.

Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst provided logistical support and helped arrange for dozens of pizza pies and customized water bottles emblazoned with the phrase “The G-Force is with us” on their white labels.

“We wanted a big rally, wanted a lot of people here, so we just threw down to tell people about it,” Wolf said. “We decided that it would be good to do something similar to what happened when Coach Kwas going to go the Lakers.”

Members of the team who were made available to the media at the rally said they had not spoken to Goestenkors outside of a few text message exchanges, and Waner said she had been in contact with the three recruits for next year.

“They’re just as concerned as we are, they want to see her stay,” Waner said. “Right now, we’re just concerned about the team.”

At the rally, fans discussed whether they thought Goestenkors would stay or go, even though there was no indication Thursday as to which way Goestenkors was leaning.

“She’s the spirit of Duke in all respects —such a great coach and a great teacher,” Moneta said. “Texas is a football town. No matter what basketball is going to be secondary. Duke is a basketball campus. G is beloved.”

A close friend of Goestenkors’, Johnson has done more than throw in her two cents for the coach to return —“10 cents,” she said—but Johnson said she would respect the decision either way.

“First and foremost I want what’s best for her,” Johnson said. “If we lose her, it will be a tremendous loss.”

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just three weeks ago Wilson announced that it would remain open an extra hour

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Kantha’s campaign platform reflects his workaday approach to student advocacy. There are no earthshakingly ambitious proposals; instead he has assembled a list of modest, achievable goals. These include installing power oudets and trashcans in Krzyzewskiville, lobbying for lenient parking enforcement in “grocery drop zones” at the entrances of dorms and quads and increasing lighting on Perry Street to deter crime and make late-night walks to Cosmic Cantina safer.

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didate—sophomore Sunny Kantha—and he is well qualified for the job.

Kantha understands that the most effective way to run the athletics and campus services committee is to hammer away at a series of nuts-andbolts, quality-of-life issues.

He has served on the committee for the past two years as a senator, and during his tenure he has focused mostly on extending the hours and improving the equipment at Wilson Recreation Center.

Kantha has been a capable advocate for his causes, and

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assuringly acknowledged that he will have to expand his focus as vice president to nonfitness projects.

Another ofKantha’s assets is the fact that he should make an excellent mentor for young DSC senators. Since he himself has been a prolific senator —achieving

legislative

successes and learning the ropes of Duke’s bureaucracy —he can teach the members of his committee how best to achieve their policy goals; by choosing an area of expertise and learning which

doors to knock on in order to make things happen.

Kantha also is on-target with his reaction to the Campus Culture Initiative’s athletics recommendations. He agrees with this board’s previous edit (“CCI criticism of West on target, off key,” March 5), and says that raising the low end ofadmissions and curtailing athletic teams’ practice time will neuter Duke’s vibrant sports culture.

He shares the values of the thousands of undergraduates and alumni who were attracted to Duke in the first place because of our school’s gloried athletics tradition and passionate fan base.

We are concerned, though, that without any opposition Kantha will coast to victory without really challenging him-

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is the last day ofSexualAssault Prevention Week, sponsored annually by Sexual Harassment And Rape Prevention peer educators, Sexual Assault Support Services, the Women’s Center and many other campus supporters. This week has been hosted for many years, yet the issue of sexual assault remains somewhat divisive. Because of the emotions and controversies currently surrounding the University, I feel it is necessary to state exsoyee plicitly that this article has nothing specifiguest column cally to do with the Duke lacrosse incident. Rather, this article is written to address a real social issue, sexual assault. In our community, I hope that we united in understanding three things: 1) Sexual assault happens; 2) It is harmful; 3) We should stop sexual violence.

Racial and sexual minorities on this campus and beyond may feel excluded by the continued national media focus on heterosexual white women’s stories.

Additionally, both men and women ofall racial backgrounds and sexual orientations may feel attacked on the issue for various reasons, wondering how sexual assault relates to them and what they can do about it. Despite the divisiveness of this issue, all of us who believe in the three points about sexual assault are actually on the same side as advocates against this

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an office are that candidates have to work hard for their votes, and the victor can steal the losers’ ideas after the election. Kantha doesn’t have any opponents to steal ideas from, so he needs to be disciplined and make an extra effort this spring to come up with innovative plans for next year.

But this board believes that Kantha’s friendly and open demeanor will make him an approachable vice president, and we look forward to healthier Mexican food and safer streets next year with him on DSG’s executive board.

The Chronicle formally endorses Sunny Kantha for vice president of athletics and campus services.

Understanding sexual assault

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ters to the editor or guest columns. Submissions must include the author’s name, signature, department or class, and for

self. Two of the advantages of having multiple contenders for

pervasive problem.

1) Sexual assault happens. Since the lacrosse incident, there has been slinging of sexual statistics back and forth by both sides. Some claim a certain number of people will be sexually assaulted, some claim a certain number of people will falsely claim sexual assault.

But if we all agree that sexual assault happens, then why argue about “To whom?,” “How much?” and “How often?” Whatever your statistics are, if sexual assault is happening, we should be aware and work to make it stop. Furthermore, we can deduce that it happens to many different kinds of people, regardless of ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, gender, socioeconomic status, etc. We should approach sexual assault as a reality that merits our anger, attention and support.

2) It is harmful. By definition, sexual assault is any sexual act perpetrated against someone’s will, without their consent or when they are unable to freely give consent. What makes sexual assault harmful is the vie-

tims’ trauma knowing that someone has violated their rights and their bodies in a sexually violent way. Alcohol is often a complicating factor in sexual assaults because it impedes people’s ability to protect themselves and make responsible decisions, and it complicates things when both people are drunk. Sexual assault is about violation and violence, not about drunken and/or regrettable sex. Events like SAPW are held to acknowledge the experience, journey and survival of people who have been traumatized by their experiences of being disempowered, violated and abused.

3) We should stop sexual violence. While sexual assault is a complex social phenomenon with many contributing factors, there are a few simple things we can all do to decrease sexual assault on our campus and beyond. The most straightforward way is understanding that “No” means “No,” “Stop” means “Stop” and someone about to pass out or vomit from alcohol intoxication cannot give consent. I also propose that we try to stop people who take advantage of the vulnerable: Don’t be afraid to intervene if you think someone may be at risk. Follow your instincts, ask questions if needed and don’t be afraid to ask for help. Believe anyone who tells you they’ve been sexually assaulted, be they friends, family or even strangers. Sexual assault, cases are difficult to bring forward and prove because of the fear, anger, shame, guilt and/or pain that survivors feel. It is important to consider that no matter how many times someone has had consensual sex, that doesn’t mean that they can’t say “no” or that anyone can ignore them when they do. Given that sexual assault is indisputably a real and a negative experience, survivors should be treated with support and a nonjudgmental attitude. This will encourage victims to speak out, which in turn will decrease the silence and incidence of assaults. We should aspire toward a world where everyone can feel safe.

Sometimes the best we can do is raise awareness so that more people understand these three points.

As SAPW ends, leam to talk about these difficult issues, support survivors and come to the Take Back The Night March and Speak-Out. As members of the Duke community, we can work to create a world without sexual violence.

Soyee Li is a Trinity sophomore and a member of the SHARP peer education group at Duke Student Health.

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peculiar incident occurred a couple weeks ago, one

that you may or may not be familiar with. A somber fall from grace for some and a rare pleasure for others, it may be cited as one of the most uncompromising examples of the world’s insanity for years to come. It was particularly jarring for me due to the severe emotional link with which I relate to the event, not to mention the self-inflicted injury I caused/suffered amidst the anguish.

I speak, sadly and with the least ambiguity, of the scarcely reported loss of a certain Duke University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Old news, you say? That cuts to my core. It is as new as the tear trailing down my cheek.

Maybe this isn’t as signifJ. />■ icant to you. No guilt neces{&* sary. Why care about a measly word in the epic saga of American sports anyway?

Well, it’s not just any word for ashwin bhirud me; indeed, it is my ‘Yahthat sit! I m leaving. weh> and , can te || you why.

First things first: I attend Duke University, a decision determined as much by 20 years of athletic superiority on the basketball court as academic excellence in the classroom. Who can hold me to a higher benchmark of distinction than Coach K, one of the winningest college basketball coaches in history? Not the eighth best academic program in the nation, and certainly not my parents. I elevate my standards further than that, to those of the three-time winner of the greatest measure of worth and practical divinity ever bestowed, the NCAA Championship.

My mentor set quite a precedent during my tenure here.

In three years, three No. 1 NCAA Tournament seeds, two ACC tournament championships and a Final Four appearance. The embodiment of brilliance I have become in my four years at Duke is the result of my rise to the occasion.

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But who can say what precincts will be imposed upon me tomorrow. A shadow darkens my future and taints my ambition. There is no greater foreboding perversion than knowing the certainty ofyour doom. I hitched my wagon to the brightest star in the galaxy, and in the fourth year of its tutelage over me, the star lost to 1Ith-seeded Virginia Commonwealth in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. I feel it below, pulling me down, down, down.... Our bond is so absolute that I can look forward to nothing greater than premature demise in the fourth quarter of my innocent life.

And the afterlife? Sure, there is always next year, but not when you are dead (or graduated). Religious worship of the Blue Devils is an instrument of the living, and as an alumnus, I will have about as much fan vitality as a corpse.

Four years together.

I am excellent no more.

Was it a good run ?

I assume this form of empathetic connection to a basketball team is foreign to all ofyou, and I only ask you to leave me to my tragedy in peace. Save your ridicule for closed doors and your pretentious charity for a rainy day. This is no cancer that you can just cure away. You can laugh at the gut-wrenching pain I suffer on seeing Duke lose, but know that manifestation is a medical condition. The pain is real.

I apologize for spreading gloom, but it’s about when the journey is ending when you start thinking about the philosophy ofit. Nothing causes melancholy and a search for redemption like a first round loss to an 11th seed, and I’m sad to say that is almost exactly what happened here.

Ashwin Bhirud is a Trinity senior. His column runs every otherFriday.

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USE.” There, the city stores all its rejected slogans, including such gems as “Astonishing Legal Corruption I’m also not really trying to make some kind of sanctimoLives Here!,” “Downtown Durham: Not Wholly Vacant” nious point about the “Duke bubble” and how different and my personal favorite, “Proud to be North Carolina’s things are “out there.”

Murder Capital For Three Straight Years!”

I just think you should know that this happened. This Don’t get me wrong here; the last thing I want to do is is, after all, your town. I’m not a person who thinks all of lend any more credence us really “owe” Durham something just by dint of being here, but I do think some base level of awareness is a reto the “Durham is a danquirement for being a legitimate resident of any place. gerous hell-hole” crowd at Otherwise you’re just a tourist, and if you’re seriously this university. Durham’s here to learn, that’s something you can’t afford to be. crime rate is decidedly avLike many of us, I came to Duke from a place that was size, for a of its erage city thoroughly suburbanized, largely safe and highly unand overall crime is actualeventful. There were small dramas and tragedies unravelly lower than many nearby towns such as Winstoning in my home town, like there are anywhere, but they brian kindle Salem. Furthermore, the were low-key, and you normally had to dig for them. ad astra Durham was really my first experience in living in an city has been following the national trend of steadily urban area, and what I noticed was how much more vivid the major events taking place here were. This isn’t to say decreasing violent crime rates in the past few years, leadthat what was occurring was more positive; in fact, it was ing some to suggest that Durham’s “crime problem” is really Durham’s “image problem.” usually pretty nasty stuff: government incompetence, underfunded public Except, of course, schools, gang fights. for that small matter of Less pleasant than my the murder rate: 37 Human and behavior, bad, good hometown paper, but 2005, or 18.9 people in murders per 100,000 takes place writ larger in Durham than also somehow more real. The stakes were a people. Even more worwhere from.

I come lot higher here. is the five-year rying Four years on, and I pattern. All other viostill feel this way. lent crime falls, and murder still ticks gradually upward. It seems Durhamites Human behavior, good and bad, takes place writ larger in Durham than where I come from. People struggle up simply can’t stop killing each odier.

It’s a point that was driven home in the ugliest of ways from poverty to make a life for their family here, or work 12-hour shifts to send money to relatives in other this past weekend, as two 14-year-olds were shot, one fatally, over the course of two days. Both of the shootings were countries. Duke and Durham meddle in each other’s afby all accounts completely random, The Raleigh News & fairs in draconian, often disturbing bouts of institutionObserver reported. In one, an unnamed boy was sprayed al give-and-take. A young person is shot dead at an interby gunfire from as-yet unknown sources while leaving the section, and nobody knows why.

And no, I don’t want to glorify Durham’s occasional Town Deli. In the other, a young woman named Tavisa Nicole Cartnail was shot in the head while traveling in a grittiness, nor do I think any of this is really unique to the city. Like I said, it happens everywhere, it’s likelyjust car on North Driver Street, killed by man who was appareasier to see here than where you came from and where endy just firing his handgun wildly into the street.

It’s easier to shrug at murders when they’re connectyou’re going to next. It would be wise to pay attention to ed to drug trafficking and gang fights, as many in the city it while it’s still so obvious.

One final slogan I’d like to propose for all of us: are. There’s a sense of inevitability about those deaths.

“Durham: You Don’t Have to Love It. You Do Have to But it’s much harder to equivocate when bystanders are Learn From It.” at slain for no reason all. being The shooting at Town Deli took place at the intersecBrian Kindle is a Trinity senior. His column runs every tion of Bacon and Lawson streets, within five miles of East Campus. Cartnail’s death was even closer, only Friday.

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*To Coach Gail Goestenkors* We

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the undersigned faculty of Duke University (a partial listing of your strong support at Duke), wish

to salute you on your achievement of building the women’s basketball program to a level of national prominence and doing it the “Duke Way.” You have recruited, coached, taught, and mentored a diverse group of young women in your fifteen years on our campus. Both you and your players have attained

excellence and made Duke proud both on and off the court. You have been an inspiration to individuals

everywhere and especially those you have touched on campus and in the community. You have been

an outstanding representative of Duke University, always comporting yourself with professionalism, class, and grace. We look forward to your next fifteen years in Durham.

Jim Salzman

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