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AG dropsremaining charges, condemns Nifong's 'bravado'

INSIDE LAXERS IN THE LIMELIGHT: Members of Duke's mea's and women's lacrosse teams speak out, support the three former

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VIEW FROM PUS: Students to the dismissal charges in the icrosse

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AGES NAMING THE ACCUSER: Editor Ryan McCartney explains The Chronicle's decision to publish the name of the exotic dancer who accused three Duke students of rape, PAGE 14

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David Evans (left), Collin Finnerty (center) andReade Seligmann (right) sit at a press conference Wednesday with their parents looking on.

Players express relief, lawyers laud 'great day for justice' Adam Eaglin THE CHRONICLE

Amid laughter, applause and

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RALEIGH Flanked by the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, a horde of local and national media gathered to hear David Evans, Trinity ’O6, Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and their attorneys respond to North Carolina Attorney General Roy

Cooper’s announcement Wednesday that all charges against the three former men’s lacrosse players would be dropped.

tears at the downtown Sheraton

Hotel in Raleigh, Joe Cheshire, the de facto spokesperson for the defense, was quick to caution the intense emotions of the crowd.

“This, ladies and gentlemen, is not a great day of celebration,” he said. “This is a great day for justice.... It is a great day ofrelief.”

As the three players took the stage, the audience gave them a standing ovation. “It has been a very long, emotional year for me,”

Finnerty said. “At points it was very tough to see the light and even imagine a day without this weight on my shoulders. Knowing I had the truth on my side was really the most comforting thing of all throughout the past year.”

Cheshire—who also was met with a standing ovation—began the press conference by extolling the virtues of the players and their families, whom he said handled

RALEIGH North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper proclaimed the innocence of the three indicted members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team and harshly criticized the behavior of Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong Wednesday.

Facing a crowd of national and local media, Cooper announced ,the remaining charges against David Evans, Trinity ’O6, Collin Finnerty, and Reade Seligmann • are being dismissed.

“The result of our review and investigation shows clearly that there is insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges,” Cooper said. “These cases are over, and no more criminal proceedings will occur.”

Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann faced charges of sexual assault and kidnapping. Rape charges were dropped in January.

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announcement

came more than one year after SEE COOPER ON PAGE 7

SEE LACROSSE ON PAGE 6

Admins praise dismissal, stand by response to case by

David Graham

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As local and national media focused on high-profile press conferences in Raleigh Wednesday, Univerofficials released Brodhead sity several statements Q&A, PG. 5 about the dismissal of the lacrosse case

charges.

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President Richard Brodhead released a statement Wednesday praising the decision to drop all of the remaining charges in the lacrosse case.

President Richard Brodhead made a statement Wednesday afternoon “welcoming” North Carolina Attorney Gen-

eral Roy Cooper’s decision to drop charges against former men’s lacrosse players Reade Seligmann, CollinFinnerty and David Evans. Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva also released a statement.

Additionally, Robert Steel, chair of the Board of Trustees, sent an e-mail to students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents late Wednesday. The message echoed Cooper’s criticism of Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.

“Many have suffered from his actions, SEE ADMINS ON PAGE 5

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper strongly criticized Durham DA Mike Nifong's behavior Wednesday.

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Army tours extended by 3 months by

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WASHINGTON Stretched thin by four years of war, the Army is adding three months to the standard yearlong tour for all active-duty soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, an extraordinary step aimed at maintaining the troop buildup in Baghdad.

The change, announced Wednesday by defense secretary Robert Gates, is the latest blow to an all-volunteer Army that has been given ever-shorter periods of rest and retraining at home between overseas deployments.

Rather than continue to shrink the athome intervals to a point that might com-

promise soldiers’ preparedness for combat, Gates chose to lengthen combat tours to buy timefor units newly returned from battle.

The longer tours will affect about 100,000 soldiers currently in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus untold thousands more who deploy later. It does not affect the Marine Corps or the National Guard or Reserve.

“Our forces are stretched, there’s no question about that,” Gates said.

The extended tours are a price the Army must pay to sustain the troop buildup that President George W. Bush ordered in January as part of his rejiggered

strategy for stabilizing Baghdad and averting a U.S. defeat.

Troop levels are being boosted from 15 brigades to 20 brigades, and in order to keep that up beyond summer the Army faced harsh choices: Either send units to Iraq with less than 12 months at home or extend tours.

The decision also underscores the political cost the administration has had to pay in order to keep alive its hope that higher troop levels in Iraq, combined with a push for Iraqi political reconciliation, will finally produce the stability in Baghdad that experts say is needed before U.S. troops can begin going home.

Heralded author Vonnegut, 84, dies by

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NEW YORK Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle,” died Wednesday. He was 84.

Vonnegut, who often marveled that he had lived so long despite his lifelong smoking habit, had suffered brain injuries after a fall at his Manhattan home weeks ago, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz.

The author of at least 19 novels, many of them bestsellers, as well as dozens of short

stories, essays and plays, Vonnegut relished the role of a social critic. He lectured regularly, exhorting audiences to thinkfor themselves and delighting in barbed commentary against the institutions he felt were

dehumanizing people.

“I will say anything to be funny, often in the most horrible situations,” Vonnegut, whose watery, heavy-lidded eyes and unruly hair made him seem to be in existential pain, once told a gathering of psychiatrists.

A self-described religious skeptic and freethinking humanist, Vonnegut used protagonists such as Billy Pilgrim and

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Eliot Rosewater as transparent vehicles for his points of view. He also filled his novels with satirical commentary and even drawings that were only loosely connected to the plot. In “SlaughterhouseFive,” he drew a headstone with the epitaph: “Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.”

But much in his life was traumatic, and left him in pain.

Despite his commercial success, Vonnegut battled depression throughout his life, and in 1984, he attempted suicide with pills and alcohol, joking later about how he botched the job.

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N. Korea to accept inspection North Korea said it would welcome back U.N. nuclear inspectors within a day of receiving frozen funds that have been an obstacle in negotiations seeking the North's disarmament, a U.S. presidential candidate said Wednesday.

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Students respond by

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Outgoing community liaison Daniel Bowes, a senior, said he hopes the position will continue to benefit the community even as the charges were dropped.

“The lacrosse incident created a problem, and the community liaison is supposed to deal with that problem,” Bowes said. “Community interaction is just as important today as it was yesterday. I’ll be talking to individuals in the community, ensuring them that while the exoneraagainst David Evans, tion is great for Trinity ’O6, Collin “With the announcement Duke, and Reade it has no Finnerty it repercussions for from the attorney Seligmann, citing evithe community liaiinsufficient rids the Duke and Durham son position.” dence against the Some students community of any doubt.” former players and said the confirmamishandling of the Elliott Wolf tion of the players’ case by Durham Dispresident, DSC innocence should trict Attorney Mike not overshadow the Nifong.

Student leaders underlying issues and other members of the student body rebrought to light during the national reaction to the lacrosse case. sponded to the announcement and conthe media maelstrom that de“We will never know what really hapsidered scended upon the campus after the pened on the night of March 13, but it is our sincere hope that justice has been indictments. served,” the Black Student Alliance’s out“For a long time, everyone has been expecting that the charges would be going and incoming presidents, Malik Burdropped,” said Duke Student Government nett, a senior, and Simone Randolph, a President Elliott Wolf, a junior. “With the junior, wrote in a statement. “The lacrosse announcement from the attorney general incident has become much more than a that they were innocent, it rids the Duke case of alleged rape, but serves as a lesson that issues of prejudice and inequality still and Durham community of any doubt.”

Christiane coexist within our nation today.”

Regelbrugge, Junior founder of Students for an Ethical Senior Rebekah Fergusson said that alDurham—which hosted a voter registrathough she was initially unsure about the tion effort with the lacrosse team last fall—- innocence of the players last spring, the said the outcome vindicated their efforts ensuing scrutiny led to some positive measto ensure that justice prevailed in Durham. ures on campus.

“I definitely went back and forth myself “We’re thrilled that this day has finally come—we always knew it would—and that on [the guilt or innocence of the players], these boys can move on with their lives,” but after Nifong and his ethics charges she said. “Justice has finally been served, were brought up, it seems kind of unfair,” and that was always the goal with Students Fergusson said. “I wasn’t somebody who for an Ethical Durham—to make sure that was very sure a crime had not been comofficials elected in Durham were ethical mitted, beyond whether or not their beand treated all citizens fairly.” havior was respectful. I do believe that In response to the lacrosse incident, some of the culture initiatives that have DSG created the position of community licome out of it were good things, and I aison to foster a better relationship be- don’t think we should stop paying attenTHE CHRONICLE

Following the dismissal of all charges against three former men’s lacrosse players, members of the Duke community reflected Wednesday on the conclusion of a case that has gripped the University for nearly 13 months.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that his office has dropped the remaining charges

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Students sport "innocent" shirts in support of the men's lacrosse team during the turmoil of last spring. tion to that—but we probably will.”

BSA representatives also said the University should continue to emphasize the efforts to improve campus culture prompted by the case.

“We applaud the University’s efforts to look introspectively and candidly explore Duke’s culture,” the statement from BSA read. “It is our hope that the community can move forward as a campus united in making Duke a place of safety, acceptance and respect for all of its members.”

Wolf expressed concern, however, that the lacrosse case—in addition to exposing student inequities —revealed prejudices within the community regarding how

Duke students are perceived “The Duke lacrosse case has made it clear that the police views Duke students differently than other people,” Wolf said.

“The University should make sure police are not targeting Duke students because they are Duke students.”

The closure of the case will redirect national attention and correct biased perceptions brought on by the scandal, sophomore Keith James said.

“It’s going to start to help our reputation across the country,” he said. “The problem wasn’t rape itself—the racial slurs brought on the tension. Hopefully [dropping the charges] will start to heal some of those things.”

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President Brodhead sits down with The Chronicle President

Richard Brodhead sat down for a brief interview with The Chronicle's David Graham Wednesday afternoon. Brodhead spoke about the indicted players, the University's response to the case and how Duke has changed one year after allegations first arose against members of the men's lacrosse team last March.

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In June 2006,Robert Steel, Richard Brodhead and Joe Alieva announce the reinstatement of the lacrosseteam.

ADMINS from page 1 these three students and their families most of all,” wrote Steel, Trinity ’73. “The attorney general’s investigation places responsibility for this miscarriage of justice with the district attorney, and we now look to the proceedings of the state bar to call him to account before his peers.”

Steel defendedboth the University’s insistence on allowing the legal process to run its course and Brodhead’s handling of the case, stating that the president had consulted the Trustees all along and had their full support.

“As we look back—and with the benefit of what we now know—there is no question that there are some things that might have been done differently,” Steel wrote.

“However, anyone critical of President Brodhead’ should be similarly critical of the entire Board.”

John Burness, senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, said it was unusual for the chair of the Board to send an e-mail to the entire University community.

He added that, to his knowledge, such a message was last sent afterBrodhead’s selection as president in 2003.

“It is not common, but everything about this case was uncommon,” Bumess said. “It shows the seriousness with which the Board views this case.”

He added that the attorney general’s statement Wednesday had been the pri-

mary impetus for the message Brodhead noted in his statement that Cooper had clearly stated that the players were innocent and had not been let off on a technicality. He added that the University would use the case as a learning experience.

“During the past year, the world has known these young men, their teammates and a great university largely through the filter of unproven allegations,” Brodhead said. “I trust that today’s decision will begin a new day for all involved.”

Neither Brodhead nor Steel offered an apology for any University decision in the case. Brodhead and others have come under sharp criticism from some groups—particularly in the blogosphere—for not being more supportive of the indicted players.

Some commentators have also speculated that the players might sue Duke after charges were dropped.

In an interview with The Chronicle Wednesday afternoon, Brodhead said he was not immediately concerned about the possibility of legal action. “This isn’t a day when I’m thinking about lawsuits,” he said.

“This is a day when I’m thinking about relief at the end of this long ordeal.”

In his statement, Alieva said he was proud of the lacrosse team’s handling of the situation since last March and expressed his sympathy for the three players.

“I cannot imagine what they have experienced and truly hope that they understand the depth of our concern throughout the ordeal,” Alieva said.

The Chronicle: In the statement today, you said, "We won't be afraid to go back and learn what we can from this experience." So I'm interested in what you think there is to learn as a university.

President Richard Brodhead: I'm not say today that know what the is would be, but actually, we have just lived through one of the most unprecedented situations in the history of modern universities. It's not every day that a university has to deal with a case with a district attorney framing the issues in an atmosphere of public certainty far in excess of the evidence that that person has.

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TC: Over the year, Duke has been In the spotlight. Can you pinpoint a few changes in how Duke is seen, how Duke sees itself and how it runs?

RB: When I think back to the past year, one thing that will always give me a lot of happiness is this year's freshman class. Those Kids came here for Blue Devil Days at a time when you could scarcely make your way across campus because of the press vehicles that were here. As for the things that have changed in the when think of this year, at the fore: my list are efforts I've spent my personal time and trouble on—the Financial Aid Initiative, which covered a lot of ground in the past year, the planning of Central Campus and the Campus Culture Initiative and the whole number of students who have become engaged in thinking a little harder about what kind of community is the one they'd most like to live in.

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"It is up to the justice system to determine [the accused's] innocence—not the news, not speculators and not people with some other agenda. That is why there's a legal system and today the legal system has prevailed."

—David Evans

"There were many ups and downs and points where it seemed like it would never end, but with the help of all our supporters, each day seemed to get a little bit better. Today is that day we have all been waiting for."

—Collin Finnerty "The dark cloud of injustice that hung above our heads has finally cleared.... This tragedy has revealed that our society has lost sight of the core principle of our legal system—the presumption of innocence."

—Reade Seligmann

to return to college and the lacrosse field soon, but they were also highly skeptical of returning to Duke. The players’ attorneys

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their nightmarish year with grace.

He also praised Cooper and special prosecutors James Coman and Mary Winstead for their professionalism and dedication in resolving the case.

“They didn’t leave a stone unturned,” Finnerty’s lead attorney Wade Smith said of Coman and Winstead.

After Cheshire gave an introduction, the three players gave individual statements.

“Today marks the end of a year that has been a destructive force in so many people’s lives,” Seligmann said. “The dark cloud of injustice that hung above our heads has finally cleared, and we can now all look forward to continuing the life that has been taken from us.”

But the press conference was not limited to celebration and reflection.

A number of the player-s’ attorneys blasted Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, whom Cheshire described as a “man who had not a care in the world about justice —only about himself and his agenda.”

Although attorneys did not respond specifically to suggestions that the players may pursue legal action against Nifong, they said it was not out of the question.

Cheshire also said he would not rule out legal action against other parties.

“All of those options are things that we are considering. All options are on the table as it relates to that,” he said.

The media itself was also slammed by a number of the players and lawyers for rushing to judgment and exacerbating community tensions in their presentation of the allegations. Jim Cooney, attorney for Seligmann, had similar criticisms for local professors who condemned the players early on.

“One wonders if the newspapers had stood up for proper processes and the teachers had stood up for proper processes, whether this would have slowed down the last coward,” he said.

In particular, Cooney said The Durham Herald-Sun acted cowardly by refusing to second-guess the district attorney’s decisions.

Seligmann and Finnerty said they expect

addressed national universities in their speeches, asking them to consider the two for admission. “The problem is, for Phil and Kathy Seligmann, to send their son back to Durham County, while Mike Nifong is still the elected district attorney —who in their right mind would send their child back into that atmosphere?,” Cooney said.

Throughout the press conference, the lawyers and players expressed mixed emotions about the initial response to the case by the Duke community and administration.

Although Cooney condemned the statements of some professors, he also praised Duke law professor Jim Coleman for his early criticisms of Nifong. Smith also noted the courage of Provost Peter Lange, who confronted the protesters and pot-bangers outside 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where students were accused last March ofraping an exotic dancer, Crystal Gail Mangum.

Despite the damage the case had done to their own lives, players said they were devoted to using the experience to prevent future injustice in the legal system.

“I hope that something good can come from this—in this past year that was robbed from our lives,” Evans said. “All of the members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team have gone to hell and back. I sincerely hope that it was not in vain.”

Evans called for a re-evaluation of the grand jury procedures in North Carolina in order to increase oversight in the process.

“The grand jury procedures... are a check on the power of the prosecutor, and in this case,' there are no records of what was used to secure indictments against the three of us,” he said. “We have no idea.”

Cheshire concluded the press conference by asking the media to learn from the story of the lacrosse case. “I do not believe that we would have avoided the trial if you all in the media had not been courageous enough t0... re-examine your positions and realize that you were wrongand start telling the truth about this case,” he said. “I know it’s hard to say you’re wrong... [but] you helped justice—you helped save lives.”

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initial allegations against the players were brought forth.

The attorney general took over the case when Nifong requested recusal in January.

Cooper appointed James Coman, head of the attorney general’s Law Enforcement and Prosecutions Division, and Mary Winstead of the Special Prosecutions Division to oversee the case.

In addition to reviewing previously collected evidence, lawyers and investigators have spent the past 12 weeks independently conducting interviews and gathering and reviewing statements, photographs, records and other evidence, Cooper said.

He added that unreliable eyewitness identification procedures, a lack of DNA evidence and contradictions between witnesses and among several stories provided by the accuser over the course of the investigation led the prosecutors to their ultimate decision.

“We believe that these cases were the tragic result of a rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations,” Cooper

said. “Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges.”

He added that a written statement will be released next week detailing the facts of the case as well as the witnesses’ contradictions that led investigators to drop the charges. In a later question-and-answer session, Cooper said it was unlikely that criminal charges against the accuser would be pursued.

He also addressed the conduct of Nifong, who faced substantial scrutiny for his early public statements as the case unfolded.

“There were many points in the case where caution would have served justice better than bravado,” Cooper said. “Today, we need to learn from this and keep it from happening again to anybody.”

Cooper proposed a law that would authorize the North Carolina Supreme Court to remove a case from a prosecutor under “limited circumstances.”

“This would give the courts a new tool to deal with a prosecutor who needs to step away from a case where justice demands,” Cooper said.

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DSG tabs 2007-2008 finance committee reps BY

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Duke Student Government members elected the 2007-2008 Student Organization Finance Committee chairs and members at Wednesday night’s general body meeting.

Sophomore Alex Crable ran uncontested for SOFC chair and will serve his second term in the position.

Sophomore Aurora Lopez was elected chair of the Auditing Committee, a component of the SOFC that supervises the fiscal operations and compliance of DSG chartered groups.

“My previous, experience on the Auditing Committee gives me a great starting point in this role,” Lopez said.

Eight of fourteen candidates were elected as SOFC members next year. Juniors Julia Blessing and Andrew George, sophomores Mayowa Ajayi, Owen Gehrett, Irem Mertol, a Chronicle staff member, and Caleb Seeley and freshmen Brian Humphrey and Jessica Tung were elected to the committee.

“In terms of the SOFC elections, I’m pretty happy,” Crable said after the meeting. “From what I’ve seen, the eight people we’ve elected are all qualified candidates.”

Current Auditing Committee Chair Danielle Salters, a senior, presented a change in bylaws that gives the committee more power if student organizations misuse allocated funds.

“The primary change I made was giving the Auditing Committee the ability to take back funding from groups,” she said.

Three DSG vice presidents each presented an overview of their respective

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At its weekly meeting Wednesday night, DSG selected eight students of 14candidates to be SOFC members. committee’s accomplishments in the past academic year.

Senior Maggie McGannon, vice president for student affairs, outlined the results of a survey her committee recently conducted regarding the Office ofStudent Activities and Facilities.

McGannon said the survey, which received only 87 responses from the student body, showed a lack of communication between OSAF and student organizations.

For instance, a large number of club officers responded “neutral” to statements such as “I am aware of the services OSAF

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“Neutral isn’t bad, but neutral isn’t fabulous, especially from people who have day-to-day experiences with OSAF,” McGannonadded.

Chris Roby, director of OSAF, said his staff was taking the survey results seriously and expects to implement future changes.

“We’re going to have our end-of-year retreat and focus particularly on issues related to communication and having students take more of a lead in the dayto-day administration,” he said. “Our hope is that we’ll be able to streamline communication flow [and] also be much more savvy when it comes to using technology as a better resource.”

Sophomore Jordan Giordano, vice president for community interaction, highlighted the success of the revamped Young Trustee selection process in his presentation.

Senior Jimmy Soni, vice president for academic affairs, praised DSG’s accomplishments over the past year and gave advice to the incoming executive board to continue with the platform set by current DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior.

“This year Elliott Wolf turned student government into what it was long meant to be—an effective student lobbying organization,” Soni said, reading from a column he submitted to The Chronicle titled “The Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing.”

In other business: DSG unanimously endorsed a change to the SOFC bylaws that increases the size of die committee to up to 20 members, creates a third vice chair position and removes organizations’ 75-percent funding limit.

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RALEIGH “Bittersweet.”

That was the word head coach John Danowski and captains Ed Douglas and Matt Danowski used to describe their feelings following Wednesday’s announcement by North Carolina State Attorney General Roy Cooper, who dismissed all charges against David Evans, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty.

“This isn’t a day to gloat or celebrate, it’s much more one of relief,” Douglas said. “It’s more of a sign in recognition that, finally, this has passed us.”

Sitting on a bus as they travelled to the former defendants’press conference in Raleigh, the members of the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams listened intendy to Cooper’s address over the radio.

When the Attorney General released his decision to close the case and articulated his belief in the defendants’ innocence, the captains said the team breathed a collective sigh ofrelief.

Their 13-month odyssey was over.

“When everyone was listening, it was kind of just like shoulders back

and a deep breath like, ‘Finally, finally, it happened,’” Matt Danowski said.

“We thought it should have been over Day One, but there were so many curveballs and so much going on that you never knew if it was actually going to happen.... Finally there’s some completion to it.”

Thirty-eight of 41 members of the 2007 men’s lacrosse team and all 31 women’s players attended a press conference held by the formerly accused and their attorneys Wednesday afternoon. In a strong show of solidarity for their friends and former teammates, the Blue Devils stood at the rear of a gaggle of reporters and television cameras as the three addressed the crowd.

For the players, the press conference was not only the culmination of the 13month ordeal, but also a reminder of their most important sources of strength.

“The guys on the team and even outside the team—the childhood friends and people on campus who have supported us throughout the whole thing—they’ve meant a lot to us,” Danowski said. “I know they were kind

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of few and far between in the first couple months, but I think ultimately we found out who our true friends are.”

Perhaps no group on Duke’s campus had been more adamant in its support of the men’s players from the onset than their female counterparts.

Women’s lacrosse head coach Kerstin Kimel said her players insisted the team show its support at the press conference, and she rescheduled their pracdce, allowing them to attend.

“Our girls and our program really stood behind them from the beginning when people were saying the worst possible things about them,” Kimel said.

“Our kids felt like we were there in the beginning and we should be there at the end, just so they knew that we were behind them the whole way.”

After the conference was over, the players lingered in the main ballroom of the Raleigh Sheraton Hotel, exchanging hugs and kind words with each other, the three formerly indicted players and their families.

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Goestenkors on the sidelines of Cameron Indoor Stadium, declined Duke’s offer to become its next head coach Wednesday.

Boyle, who was the clear front-runner for the Blue Devils’ coaching vacancy, is a 1985 Duke graduate as well as a former player and assistant.

The current Cal coach flew to Durham Sunday and interviewed for the position Monday. She talked with the search committee and several administrators—including Director of Athletics Joe Alieva and President Richard Brodhead—before deciding that Cal was the right place for her.

“As sad as it is for me to say no to Duke, because it’s my alma mater, it’s not where I’m supposed to be,” Boyle said. “I love living in Berkeley. I lived in Durham for a long time. I’m just at a different point in my life. I can’t say it any better than that. It was a hard decision.... I knew I had to follow my heart.”

Duke has been coach-less since April 3, when Goestenkors left Durham for Austin, Texas, replacing long-time Longhorns head coach Jody Conradt. Since Goestenkors’ departure, Boyle had been the leading candidate to succeed her. She served as an assistant to Goestenkors at Duke from 1993 to 2002 and enjoyed a successful head coaching stint at Richmond before bolting for Berkeley in 2005. She has taken the Golden Bears to the NCAA Tournament in her first SEE BOYLE ON PAGE 12

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All season long, Duke had been wait-

ing for that one breakthrough match in which it faced a higher-ranked opponent, on the road, and proved it could win the big one.

Wednesday night, the No. 16 Blue Devils (14-7, 7-2 in the ACC) did just that, No. 5 beating UNC North Carolina (20-1, 8-1) in Chapel Hill by a score of 5-2 to record the team’s most meaningful win of the season.

“Whenever we play against UNC, there’s always going to be a lot of tension, and everyone is going to be really fired up,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “We nipped and tucked the whole way, and we ended up winning some matches where we looked to be in trouble, so I’m really happy for the team.”

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away from its opponent for an 8-6 win. The fifth-ranked pair in the country, David Goulet and Joey Atas, once again was victorious to earn the doubles point for Duke.

Singles play also began comfortably for the Blue Devils, as Peter Rodrigues and Goulet both won their matches in straight sets. Rodrigues’ win marked the senior’s 100th career victory.

The Tar Heels, however, refused to give up, winning two matches to bring the score to 3-2. Duke did not collapse, though, and sixth-seed Alex Stone clinched the moraleboosting win for the Blue Devils with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 victory.

Duke ended UNC’s undefeated season and moved to within one match of second place in the conference, behind the Tar Heels. Virginia leads the ACC standings with 9-0 record, and the Blue Devils will get their chance against the No. 2 Cavaliers Friday in Charlottesville, Va. “They are awfully good also, so this is a situation of out of the pot and into the frying pan basically,” Lapidus said.

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Struggling with injuries and illness, No 18 Duke fell 5-2 to No. 19 Wake Forest at the Wake WAKE Forest Indoor Tennis Center Wednesday.

The Blue Devils (10-7, 5-4 in the ACC) lost the doubles point, as the Demon Deacons (13-6, 7-4) won two of three matches.

Freshman Amanda Granson and sophomore Jessi Robinson took out Sierra Poske and Christine Simpson 8-2 for the lone Duke win. Freshman Elizabeth Plotkin and senior Tory Zawacki lost 8-3 to Ana Jerman and

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Wake quickly picked up another two victories in singles play, as Bercek lost 6-1 to Hirsch and Granson fell 6-3, 6-1 to Kulikova.

Plotkin and Zawacki posted Duke’s two singles wins. Zawacki defeated Poske 6-2, 76, while Plotkin came away with a 6-3, 6-2, win overjerman.

“I played really well—l was really consistent and smart,” Plotkin said. “With the rest of the team, we’ve just been really plagued by a lot of people being sick and injured, and I think that obviously affected us.”

But the Blue Devils could not complete

the comeback as Mang and senior Clelia Deltour were defeated to put the final score of 5-2 in Wake’s favor.

“We had a couple close matches with Melissa and Clelia,” Plotkin said. “We’ve been working so hard lately. Sooner or later things are going to come together.”

The Blue Devils will take their game to N.C. State Friday and No. 11 North Carolina Saturday, when they hope to bounce back from the loss.

“Hopefully everyone will be healthy to play them because it’s UNC,” Plotkin said.

“We hate playing them. We really want to win this year. We won both times last year when we played them.”

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“[I told them] they’ve been an inspiration to us the entire year in how strong they’ve been and how they’ve really shown the true character of who they are throughout this whole thing,” Danowski said. “We actually joked with Collin and Reade and told them that we have practice at 8 o’clock tonight, so to get their cleats on and get ready to go.”

But Seligmann and Finnerty gave no indication during the press conference whether they would ever put on Duke uniforms again. Seligmann’s father, Phil, told The CBS Evening News that it is “unlikely” his son will return to Duke. Finnerty’s attorney, Wade Smith, said his client has not yet decided if he will return and that he is currently weighing his options.

The Duke captains stressed that the team would support and respect whatever decisions Seligmann and Finnerty arrive at in the future, even if they result in theirdepartures from Duke.

“It’s going to be a very difficult decision in terms of where they want to go to school and where they want to play lacrosse,” Douglas said. “We would love to have them here, but we understand there’s larger forces at play.”

The potential losses of Finnerty and Seligmann were only two of the departures on which the Blue Devil captains reflected.

Douglas and Matt Danowski, as well as head coach John Danowski, expressed the team’s regret over former head coach Mike Pressler’s resignation last spring.

“It was very painful for a lot of us today,” John Danowski said. “That though this is a vindication, a good man is not here, and ironically I am here in his place.... I struggle with that often—to know that I’m here because of this unique set of circumstances.”

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“I was a good fit [at Duke] for a lot of reasons,” Boyle said. “I played at Duke, I have passion for the school, I believe in them—l bleed blue. “[Duke] is a great job. Unbelievable people work there. They are going to win a national championship—if not many. It’s a place where you can do it.”

When Boyle toured the Durham campus, she met with Abby Waner for lunch.

The sophomore guard was the only player with which Boyle spent time. She also talked with Mike Krzyzewski, a member of the search committee, and traded text messages with current assistant coach Gale Valley.

Boyle said she had been in frequent contact with Goestenkors, her mentor, over the past two weeks. The former Duke coach told Boyle she wanted to “hand the baton” to her former assistant.

Despite the allure of the Duke position, Boyle maintained that she elected to remain at Berkeley because of an affinity for Cal more than anything else.

“I told [my] kids, the reason people have been calling me is because of our success and what we’ve been able to build here at Cal,” Boyle said.

The race to be Duke’s next head coach is now wide-open, with the previous frontrunner out of contention.

“We will continue the search process,” Alieva wrote in an e-mail. “We have some outstanding coaches with interest. We will not rush to a decision. Joanne felt she couldn’t leave Cal after just two years.”

One of the coaches that Duke could look at next is Miami head coach Katie Meier, a 1990 Duke alumna who has not denied her interest in the job. No other candidates have surfaced publicly. two

Membersof the men's and women's lacrosse teams boarded buses to attend the press conference in Raleigh. ed a memorial service for former Duke men’s golf head coach Rod Myers at the Duke Chapel Tuesday, addressed the team that same day. In addition, his wife, Sue Pressler, accompanied the team on the bus to Raleigh.

In his own press conference Wednesday afternoon in Smithfield, R.1., Pressler, now the head coach at Bryant University, expressed his relief that the case had come to a close and that his former players were finally exonerated.

“Today is the celebration of the two words we’ve attached our lives to for almost 13 months—the truth,” Pressler said.

‘You can talk about loyalty, honesty and trust. They all apply to the 2006 Duke men’s lacrosse team, but in the end, it all comes to down to the truth.”

Still, the players bear the weight of

Pressler’s forced resignation—and of the entire experience.

“It’s a feeling of guilt that we have, being that we’ve brought this upon ourselves, and the aftermath is going to linger on,” Matt Danowski said. “It’s not just going to go away. People are not going to stop talking about it.”

After all his team has gone through, Danowski said-with the case over, his team and his university can finally begin to heal.

“Duke University speaks for itself, and I think that Duke Lacrosse will, in time, speak for itself,” Danowski said. “This is something that will eventually be a bruise, but nothing more than that. It will not define this program, just like it will not define Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann.”

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It is now quite apparent that General Roy Cooper announced the dismissal of all he abused his position as the charges against former Duke prosecutor in this case and blatantly failed to obey men’s lacrosse oHitftrial GQltOilal rules governing the players David ethical conduct of Evans, Reade Seligmann and CollinFinnerattorneys. According to those rules, published both by the ty—and blasted Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.

American Bar Association and the North Carolina State Bar, “A In calling the accused “innocent,” Cooper went well be- lawyer shall not., unlawfully obyond the threshold of dismiss- struct another party’s access to ing the charges simply because evidence or unlawfully alter, deofinsufficient evidence. He exstroy or conceal a document or pressed full confidence the other material having potential three men had not committed evidentiary value.” With the reva crime. The formerly indicted elation in December 2006 that Nifong had deliberately withplayers’ names were cleared.

Also crucial, though, is the held DNA evidence from the defact that the AG placed much fense, Nifong certainly appears of the blame for this ordeal to have violated this stipulation.

In addition, the American on Nifong.

Cooper’s comments come Bar Association outlines amid an ongoing ethical investi- proper prosecutorial rela-

I hope that something mood can come from this, in this past year that was robbed from our lives.... All of the members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team have gone to hell and back—l sincerely hope that it was not in vain.

—David Evans, Trinity ’O6 and former men’s lacrosse

player, on the impact of allegations brought against him and other members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team last spring. See story page 1.

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terially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter.” With irresponsible comments that assured Durham citizens and the world that the three accused players had definitely committed rape, Nifong appears to have broken this rule.

With these two violations in

mind, alone, Nifong clearly failed the test of upholding ethical prosecutorial benchmarks.

In addition to these missteps, the reaction of two groups of Nifong’s professional .

At Duke, April is for sport, For having sweaty springtime romps With other stress-worn Devils, Near the Garden’s murky swamps.

on “bravado,” Cooper cast the deciding ballot Wednesday in the latest in a string'of no-confidence votes for Nifong.

Nifong has lacked both ethical professionalism and competency in prosecuting this case and has done irreparable harm to his credibility. As a result, he is certainly unable to act as a chief legal official in Durham.

Moreover, his track record demonstrates that Nifong has not and will not be able to fairly practice the law in the future.

While we think the proper and full investigation of his conduct should proceed, we also believe that the outcome of that investigation is clear.

Given his actions during the past year and the commentary of his peers in the profession, Mike Nifong can no longer be Durham’s district attorney and should be

disbarred.

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And April is for packing For home or a future job, Bring the TV, but sell the

bookshelf, Why bring lit to Charles Schwab?

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As fake-baked white trash with cash.

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peers remains quite telling in evaluating his worthiness as a prosecutor and DA. This board by no means claims legal expertise, but these groups certainly do. The unprecedented and united public criticism of Nifong from the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys last December illustrated just how far Nifong had gone over the line of appropriate behavior. If the official organization of his professional peers—a group usually concerned with fiercely defending its members—publicly questions his competency, serious doubts must arise about his ability to prosecute future cases.

Finally, the latest blow to Nifong came from the highest-ranking lawyer in the state—AG Roy Cooper.

Citing a “rush to accuse” by an “unchecked” Durham district attorney who acted based

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April is for seniors

To save Durham with a beer Drink for Durham—it’ll thank you With less Cook Out-venturing fear.

April is for finals, For caffeine and a flashcard stack.

If you’re stuck and cannot swing it, Pay a friend—they’ve got your back April is for deciding Where to spend your junior fall.

Is Down Under or Eastern Europe Better for long-distance drunk calls?

Oh, and April is for formals For getting dressed up to go down In a pool ofyour own vomit And a heap of wine-soaked gown.

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Right, and April is for baseball, For watching mediocrity reign, As 80-win teams get lucky, And cause the all good ones pain.

And April is still for biting Our nails down to the nub, Seeking summertime employment With any firm but our yacht club.

Oh, this month is called the crudest.

In a more stirring Eliot ditty, But here April is narcissistic, And Duke the truest Unreal City.

Sarah Ball is a Trinity junior and former editorial Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday.

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Will some things never change?

Work

hard, play hard.” It seems that everywhere you go, Duke students pride themselves on their ability to manage the academic rigors of a prestigious university and still maintain a social life that rivals that of their peers at state schools. We can pull off a 10page paper in one night, juggle all our reading assignments and participate in a numerous campus activities.

But when the weekend -.I i i_icomes, we sure know how michael blake to have a good time In the minds of many guest column e stu lents, iis attitude is what sets us apart from our peer institutions. We can put away the books and let loose; students at Harvard, Stanford, Yale—take your pick ofany Top 10 school—simply don’t come close in this .

department.

This “work hard, play hard” sentiment was echoed in a recent Chronicle editorial about the Campus Culture Ini-

tiative’s recommendations concerning the admissions process. The editorial board writes, “Many students and alumni love Duke because it is thought of as on par with the Ivy League academically but on a whole other level when it comes to athletics and social life.” The perspective offered here—a perspective found throughout the campus—boasts that Duke has the best of both worlds. We do it right.

This self-perception got me thinking: If Duke views itself as somehow more well-rounded than its academic rivals, how do these other schools perceive us? I turned to student-run newspapers at other institutions for help in answering this question. By chance, a simple search of “Duke” on The Harvard Crimson’s website turned up an article titled “Blue Devil Blues,” written in 1989 by former Harvard student John L. Larew.

Larew painted a very bleak picture ofDuke. Upon returning from visiting a friend at Duke, he opined that Duke’s sunny weatherand beautiful Gothic campus were “marred by a nasty undercurrent ofilliberalism.” He described his interactions with nearly all-white fraternities, which led him to question the physical segregation of black fraternities to Central Campus. Larew also observed the inequalities inherent in male-female interactions. “In four days at Duke I witnessed more incidents of overt racism, sexism and homophobia than in two years at Harvard.”

Personally, I do not agree with all of Larew’s conclusions, specifically that greek life is the solitary source of many of these problems. But the fact remains that in four short days, he was able to recognize that Duke culture—whether it is better or worse than Harvard’s—is imperfect.

In fact, his observations strikingly resonate with the problems identified in the recent CCI report issued some 18 years later. The problems that plagued Duke in 1989 still plague us today in 2007.

I am not sure that a perfect—or near-perfect—culture can ever be attained on any college campus. Still, Duke culture, in some aspects, has been broken for many, many years and will continue to be broken unless someone does something.

When I visited Duke last year before I applied, I was constandy told by admissions officers, tour guides and students alike that Duke is an old enough institution to have a tradition of excellence, but one that is also young enough to question itself and reformulate its ways of doing things.

If this is true—if we are to live up the very ideals that we profess—it’s time to act and question our very culture.

Even though I have only been on campus for roughly six months, I can tell that this is a crucial moment in Duke’s history. We, the student body, have the opportunity to influence the future of our school and address problems that have been inherent in our culture for far too long. Read the CCI Report. Talk aboutit—with your friends, your hallmates, your professors and your administrators.

A solution to our collective problems hasn’t been found in the past 18 years; we can’t let another 18 go by without engaging in critical self-reflection to address the needs of our campus.

In the coming weeks and months, let’s remember the ideals we value as students of Duke University.

Let’s acknowledge our talents, our differences and most importantly, our mutual desire to make our school a better place.

MichaelBlake is a Trinity freshman.

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letterstotheeditor A defense of diversity recruitment weekends The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., commented on the merits of the civil rights movement by saying, “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... every step towards the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering and struggle.” This quote when juxtaposed to Professor Karla Holloway’s column “Producing Difference” (April 5, 2007) brings to light an important point that Holloway foils to acknowledge. In her column Holloway promotes what can best be described as a utopian worldview of a “color-blind society.” While such a view sounds good in theory, the reality of the matter is that race is still a very real, though socially constructed, part of our society. Thus it is important that we not misinterpret inclusion with assimilation. Duke cannot “produce difference” as that very difference exists pre-Duke. In her reassessment of Duke’s diversity programs and policies, Holloway presents four recommendations. While each deserves considerable attention, given space constraints we will focus on those that deal with Black Student Alliance Invitational Weekend.

First, to say “recruitment weekends force institutional ideologies of race onto students” is short-sighted as it fails to acknowledge the inherent diversity that the weekend showcases. At no time during the weekend does anyone purport there to be a monolithic Duke experience. We are intentionally showcasing the diversity the within the black community, moreover, the activities of BSAI are free of charge and open to all students on campus in addition to this the fact that the author of the column was conspicuously absent at this year’s events, leads one to ask the question of who is being exclusive and who is being excluded?

Moving to the fourth recommendation of “asking why administrators would turn over the major activities of one weekend to a group of students...,” the simple answer is rooted in a deeper philosophical issue when talking about diversity on Duke’s campus. It is fundamentally difficult for a group of administrators to plan a weekend for a diverse group of people when that body of administrators lacks diversity itself. Overall weekends like BSAI are not institutional attempts at “producing difference,” rather they are methods through which we celebrate and recognize diversity at this institution. But as with all issues dealing with race and diversity, there is a perpetual difference of opinion. It goes to show that the struggle continues.

Stephen Miller’s column regarding tobacco and health (“A smoker’s plea,” April 9). I thought we were well past

the time when educated individuals believed propaganda from Big Tobacco.

The “renowned” Cato Institute, which Miller references, has close ties to the tobacco industry. Altria, Inc., formally known as Philip Morris, and RJ. Reynolds are included in Cato’s list of donors. What we do know about tobacco, from research published in peer-reviewed journals and from the Center for Disease Control is: Smoking Kills: In 2005, the CDC reported that more than 400,000 Americans die each year from smoking-related causes. The three leading specific causes of smoking-attributable deaths were lung cancer, COPD (including emphysema) and heart disease. The fires that Miller is so concerned about are only 918 deaths of the 400,000 (0.2 percent) and they are all fires caused by smoking.

Second-hand Smoke Kills: In addition to another Cato Institute report, Miller cites a tobacco-funded study that manipulates data collected in California more than 40 years ago, to claim that second-hand smoke is not hazardous. Repeatedly, independent studies show that exposure to second-hand smoke raises a non-smoker’s risk of lung cancer by 25 percent and heart disease by 30 percent Nicotine is Addictive: Nicotine is the most addictive drug, more addictive than even heroin. In addition to manipulating information, tobacco companies have manipulated the design of their cigarettes, to make cigarettes, nicotine delivering devices, more addictive. Therefore, it is important to educate people about the real risks of tobacco so people don’t start smoking or do consider the difficult task of quitting.

Ninety percent of tobacco users start using tobacco before age 25. Many Duke students tell me they smoke when they drink. In addition to educating students about healthy behaviors regarding nutrition and exercise, I encourage students to consider quitting even social smoking, to avoid becoming addicted. The addictive nature of this drug can take the choice part out of this health behavior for many people. Duke Student Health provides smoking cessation services including information, one on one help, and nicotine replacement therapy.

Anna Lutz Trinity ’99 Student Health Dietitian, Office ofHealth Promotion .

Malik Burnett Trinity ’O7 President, Black Student Alliance Editorial Board misassessed Coach G’s departure To use another glib sports analogy in a crowded world, my Big D fan hat is off to sports columnist Alex Fanaroff, the self-described “voice of reason,” for running all the bases and driving his point home in his commentary that balances the scales of opinion around here (“Loss of Coach Gisn’t huge,” April 10,2007). If much ofthe rest of the University is mired in a cost-recovery model (i.e., the so-called $6 burger “value” meal at the Duke McDonald’s), then why on earth should Duke pay into the stratosphere for an athletics coach whose program bleeds millions, even near the top ofits game? Unlike the questionable appetite for the high-dollar value burger, the market for women’s basketball simply isn’t there yet The Editorial Board got it all wrong last week when it sharply criticized—in a most vehement manner—Athletic Director Joe Alieva and President Richard Brodhead for not giving into what a reasonable person might consider nearer extortion than sound judgment (“Admins mishandled Coach G situation,” April 4, 2007). Wouldn’t the money we save be better spent, say, not to patch the potholes on Campus Drive because that will never happen, but instead on the fledgling football program, which made a little money lastyear? Then, perhaps, one day this century, Duke could build a reliable catalyst like Texas so we could more comfortably negotiate for popular personalities like Coach G. Aren’t we big econ majors here? Intrinsically, then, Alex Fanaroff, we should have a pretty sensible understanding of what the Editorial Board may want to brush up on. However, in the near term, if the University is looking for a useful spending project on something other than asphalt orfootball, might I suggest updating the main swimming pool because this one really can’t waitanother 100 years.

JeffAnton Trinity '93 Miller’s column fails to present health facts As a health professional, I was surprised to read

Duke Divested: an open letter to the community Thank you to all the undergraduates, graduate students, alumni and faculty who voiced your support for divesting from Sudan. Duke has responded to our concerns and divested funding that was supporting the Sudanese government’s genocidal military campaign.

However, University officials must take steps to ensure that Duke remains divested from Sudan. To facilitate this goal, we have prepared the following four recommendations for the University administration and the Duke University Management Company, which is responsible for Duke’s investments: 1. Remain directly divested from Sudan. The University should not directly invest, or in some cases reinvest, in offending companies.

2. Decrease or limit current co-mingled investments in offending companies. Duke holds shares in co-mingled funds not specifically targeted by our divestment campaign. These co-mingled funds include mutual funds, for example, that invest in offending companies. The administration should consider divesting from these funds, or at least not investany more money in them.

3. Apply pressure strategically to divest co-mingled funds. The University administration should continue acting proactively, by contacting the managers of mutual funds in which Duke is invested and asking them to divest from offending companies.

4. Maintain appropriate oversight of University investments. Since Duke’s holdings are not publicized, the student body has no way to independently verify the University’s divested status. The Duke University Management Company and the University Priorities Committee should reevaluate Duke’s holdings on a regular basis to confirm that the university remains divested from offending companies.

Working, speaking and standing together, we can continue to enact change.

Human Rights Working Group Global Health Working Group Nicholas Institute GraduateLiaisons Students Taking Action Now: Darfur Duke Human Rights Coalition

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production Andrea Marston recess Once upon a time, in an unnamed totalitarian state, a six-year-old child decides that she is Jesus Christ. Wearing a beard and a crucifix, senior Alessandra Colaianni enjoyed an ironic Easter weekend rehearsal.

Colaianni’s religious transformation is a small part of The Pillowman, a play produced by Durham’s Manbites Dog Theater.

As the only Duke student in this professional production, Colaianni has taken the initiative in stepping across the infamous Duke-Durham divide.

“It’s been a completely different experience,” she said. “There’s really avant-garde stuff at Manbites, and an energy that I’ve never seen before. It’s really cool that they let students be a part ofit.”

Most of the action in the The Pillowman takes place inside an interrogation room, where police question a writer about a series of crimes that bear a remarkable resemblance to his short stories. The play addresses the nature of storytelling and the extent of the author’s responsibility for his conceptions. Colaianni describes it as darkly humorous with a sweet and horrifying end.

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Senior Alex Kaufman's avatar (above) owns a bakery inLinden Lab's Second Life, a 3-D social networking program that relies solely on user-created content.

by VarunLf.i.ia known as avatars, in a fully user-con- matching comb-over. If the Office of Sturecess structed world. dent Affairs’ plans are successful this may Moneta’s conference room, picked by be the Larry Moneta that most students Larry Moneta stands dressed in a white Duke T-shirt with jeans and a large belt senior Alex Kaufman, a Second Life vol- get to know. buckle, rare meeting attire for the Vice unteer consultant for Student Affairs, was Moneta said Student Affairs will purPresident for Student Affairs. The room is a sandbox—a creative public space where chase a Second Life island and open it for blinding white with color posters hanging users can build 3-D objects freely and student groups to meet online and share from the walls—and strangers falling have their experiments cleaned up every ideas in a digital Duke community, from the sky. few hours.

Second Life, comprised of a landmass This is not Moneta’s normal stomping “Sort oflike Studeht Affairs... clean up over 250 square kilometers, offers 16-acre ground of 102 Flowers. This is Second every six hours,” Moneta said in an inter- private islands for $1,250, $9BO for educaLife, an interactive software program deview via his avatar. tional institutions and non-profit groups.

The usually clean-cut, dark-haired The Duke island may contain a scale veloped by San Francisco-based Linden Lab in 2003. Second Life allows memMoneta appeared as a short, balding man bers to control colorful characters, also complete with an orange goatee and SEE SECOND LIFE ON PAGE 4

Full Frame opens in Durham for 10th year Brian McGinn recess Today, at 10 a.m., a forty-two minute film about Hurricane Katrina—made without a single edit —will open the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in downtown Durham. Over the next four days, dozens ofpremiere documentary films will hit screens across town, and some of modern film’s top artists will be in attendance as Full Frame celebrates its tenth year.

The past decade has dealt a hand of overwhelming success to the festival, which was founded by Nancy Buirski in 1998 and has grown into one of America’s premiere documentary film festivals. It has hosted Oscar winners ( Murderball) and massive celebrities (Michael Moore and Martin Scorsese), and has received acclaim from major publications (A.O. Scott by

of The NewYork Times complimented the festival by noting how easy it was to, “lose yourself in real life.”). But more than anything else, the resilience of the festival is due to the unwavering quality ofits programming, recess previews the most interesting and important films and events at the 2007 festival.

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Lake of Fire is billed as the abortion documentary to end all abortion documentaries. Directed by American History Xs Tony Kaye, Fire's run time of over two and a half hours may scare off many potential viewers, but don’t let the length intimidate you. Kaye’s passion for the material is unparalleled, and the film is strong enough to have already secured distribution from THINKfilm. (2:15 SEE FULL FRAME ON PAGE

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The most important thing you can do is be supportive.

Offer to help make a to-do list, or talk through what assignments are most important. But whatever you do, try not to add to the stress by piling on any additional obligations. Even though you may get frustrated with the lack of time you’re able to spend together during finals, be understanding and let it go. Also, try to keep him as calm as possible —small tokens of affection, such as a surprise e-mail, flowers or freshly-baked cookies, can go a long way. You could also make a playlist of good study music or relaxing tunes.

For a more “hands-on” approach, try a massage. Purchase lavender scented oil or lotion to use during the massage, since the smell of lavender is known to have a calming effect. If a massage is not your thing, just try a lavender-scented candle or pillow spray to help with sleepless nights—Bath & Body Works’ RealEssence Scented Candle in French Lavender is a great one to try. You can also enjoy the spring weather and take a fresh-air study break in the gardens or on the Washin Golf Cours and befon know it, you Myrtle ce! brating th end of th' school year, with a head start on your tan.

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A COURTESY TWISTED NOODLE

Twisted Noodle offers flavorful fare The new restaurant Twisted Noodle and a variety of curries, for instance, aims to put a new spin on classic Thai These items compare favorably to those dishes. Yet in its at other Thai restaurants in quest to stand out, the restaurant negthe area. An SPOTLIGHT lects several key iced tea with sweetened concomponents in creTwisted Noodle densed milk ating an enjoyable 4201 University Dr. makes for an esdining experience.

Durham, NC name Quirky pecially mouth919-489-9888 aside, Twisted Noocooling treat. dle is fundamentalBut, not all dishes were runly your typical Thai restaurant. Staples away hits. For like pad thai, larb example, the -d thai is satay dominate the menu. The dan estaurant’s offermato ings are diverse, but Whether s one

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for a spicy Thai fix.

On the other hand, the restaurant’s shortcomings are numerous, especially on the service front. Diners were forced to get up and procure menus for themselves. Refills on water, fresh plates in between courses and clean silverware were also not on the agenda for the restaurant’s too few waitresses. Dishes were delivered at seemingly random times, sometimes with inconsistent portions.

One order of chicken satay was delivered with six skewers, another with four—and the peanut sauce and cucumber salad that accompanied one order was absent with the other. Requests for these items went, perhaps

The abundant i on Twisted Noodle on weekend evenings are perhaps the restaurant’s greatest crux—understaffing and a general sense of disorganization are only heightened by the crush of nightly diners. All in all, Twisted Noodle is not necessarily a notable restaurant but one that deserves an __

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Colaianni will act in a non-Duke related production. She has been a part of the sketch comedy troupe Inside Joke for her entire time at Duke and has acted in eight plays since her sophomore year.

“I came to Duke thinking I was going to take a break from theater for a while,” Colaianni said. “But it got its claws into me again.”

She became involved in The Pillowman at the request of Jay O’Berski, professor of theater studies and associate artistic director of Manbites Dog Theater.

“We hired Alessa because she’s as solid as a metal desk, has the guts of a manatee and resembles a tiny green pixie,” O’Berski said in an e-mail. “She has made Pillowman the wholesome, family entertainment it deserves to be.”

The Pillowman will be showing April 12-15, April 19-22 and April 25-28. All shows are at 8:15 p.m., except Sunday shows at 3:15 p.m.

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Duke students, staff embrace the next upgrade in online networking

Larry Moneta, Vice President for Student Affairs (left) and his Second Life avatar (right). Moneta believes thatDuke's island can provide a possible space for prospective freshman to receive an early introduction.

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replica of the East Campus residences, giving prospective freshmen a chance to actually see their room before coming to Durham.

For months, companies and political groups have been using the program as a way to connect the 5,458,071 Second Life residents. Barack Obama and John Edwards, 2008 Democratic presidential contenders, both have campaign headquarters located in Second Life.

In addition to screening Four Eyed Monsters in Second Life, the Sundance Film Festival hosted author Dean Koontz for a book reading in an online cafe.

Recently IBM broke previous Second Life records by purchasing 24 islands to become the largest corporate presence. The computer technology company plans on holding meetings, training and recruitment in Second Life'in addition to developing a revenue stream from Second Life’s virtual economy.

“Real life companies want more than just a page on the 2-D internet. They are paying consultants and video game designers for a Second Life presence on the 3-D internet,” Kaufman said.

By purchasing land, Duke is joining over 50 other educational institutions already tapped into the Second Life community such as Virginia Tech, Vassar College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society held the course “CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion” joindy in Cambridge and Second Life.

“Given that students are so busy, there are a lot of functions of Duke life that require more commuting than they are worth. It takes more time traveling from Central Campus for a short homework review session, than the meeting itself,” Kaufman said.

Kaufman, who started using Second Life after researching a memo topic for an internet policy course taught by Kenneth Rogerson, professor of public policy and research director of the DeWitt Wallace Centerfor Media and Democracy, said that teachers could utilize poster-based presentations to teach a lecture online.

‘You could sit in a class and privately chat between other people in the room and have a side conversation that no one else can hear, but will be useful for you,” Kaufman added.

However, a Second Life Duke is not for everyone “it is very sad, because there are no personal interactions,” said sophomore Jessica Ferreyra. “Talking to someone online is not the same as talking to them in person.

You lose a lot without context clues and

nological forward thinking, “This can be another outlet for students, but I am not enthusiastically, overwhelmingly optimistic that it is going to change a lot of things,” said Rogerson.

“There is so much out there. Most Duke students are Facebook people.”

Moneta said that future use of Second Life has not been fully decided and will ultimately depend on student demand.

“I think its applicability is as yet undetermined and it will be the creative minds of students that will generate uses that I could not even imagine,” Moneta said.

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Although the task for undergraduates of formulating the function of a Second Life Duke will be difficult, the bigger challenge will be getting students to participate.

“It is hard to say if students would use it.

Maybe if it becomes something trendy like Facebook,” Ferreyra said.

Even the program’s largest proponent, Moneta, sees that there are some downsides in trying to move students toward online interaction.

“I am not sure the world needs another reason to stay in front of a screen.”

body language.”

Rogerson, who is also a casual Second Life user, said that the integration of the software into extracurricular activities and administrative functions would show tech-

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Sundance Film Festival screenedFour Eyed Monsters in a theaterlocated on their private Second Life island.

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Online dating sites experience serious success by

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In a year ofbroken records—perfect season, four-game losing streak, ugliest statue ever in history—Duke University can now claim one more. As of April 10, 2007, Duke is the number one user of online dating according to eTwine Holdings, Inc. The honors don’t stop there.

We’re also the “horniest,” eclipsing usual suspects Florida State University and University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill by 11 and 12 spots, respectively. These rankings, which can be found at eTwine’s dating site lamfreetonight.com, show Duke jumping upwards from eighth place as was reported by The Chronicle earlier this month.

The recent media focus on online dating has led some students to question just who is giving Duke its reputation. According to Cliff Lemer, president and CEO of eTwine Holdings, Inc., the answer might surprise you.

“The college section of the site is very new and was recently launched so there isn’t a huge number of college students on there yet,” Lemer said.

“That being said, there appears to be about 50 Duke students on the site Although this is far more than most of the other 89 colleges represented, not all Duke users are equally involved.

Only 13 users are female, and even fewer have full profiles and pictures. Among the handful, junior Lauren Davis expressed slight disappointment with her experience so far.

“I joined the site because I heard that Duke was the Bth ”

most active college on it, and I thought it would be funny to see who else was on there,” Davis said. “Unfortunately, I only saw two Duke students who had profiles that con-

tained pictures.”

Davis, who approached her profile with a sense of humor,

said she was just having some fun. Her profile lists qualities like “high maintenance, stubborn” and interests in “antiquing and

gambling.”

Whether or not Davis is kid-

ding, her profile is being taken seriously by the site. She currendy holds the tide ofDuke’s hottest female despite listing “in a relationship” under staf “I guess men can’t read sin< messaging me added. “Maybe .

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meaning to adult dating.” And it seems that young people are listening for a change.

A recent survey by /unerica Online targeted 4,000 unmarried men and women and asked them where they met their last date. According to the survey, 16% of singles reported meeting their partner online as opposed to 15% at work and only 11% at bars or clubs.

Although sites like Adultfriendfmder.comand lamfreetonight.com may be offering little more than an upgrade to the hook-up culture, many sites offer a more innocent service. eHarmony.com, one of the largest dating sites today, offers its users a forum to find long-term romantic partners.

In 2005, the Online Dating Journal published a study on eHarmony done by Harris Interactive, an independent research firm. The study showed that

girls kissing?”

Davis may b' a laugh, but 01 ing is no longei punch-line. Dating sites are growing number and beginning to target broader base. lamfreetonight.com among hundreds of sites offering “d; ing” or “hook-ups” to young adults. . Adultfriendfmder.com is one of th largest sex-based dating sites online boasting a membership of 23,482,0. users. The site urges members to fim “hot sexual encounters that give new

ReverbNation, Indaba give musicians networks by

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recess With an estimated 122 million members as of September, MySpace has become an übiquitous platform for artist discovery and promotion. But new networking websites made specifically for music are challenging MySpace’s reign over the virtual music world.

Social networking sites are anybut with recent, thing Classmates.com being the first of the kind in 1995. But Tom Anderson made a splash in history when he launched MySpace in 2003. Although some of the first people to use it were bands in the L.A. music scene, a factor contributing to MySpace’s success is that it is not an exclusive music networking site—which has been both a blessing and a curse.

“It’s absolute chaos,” said senior Pulsar Li of student band the Pulsar Triyo. “But MySpace is probably the most established of the music sites and receives the most traffic and exposure.”

The very same positive feedback loop that makes MySpace such a hit also leaves it open to exploitation. Bands such as the Shins have recendy begun to voice their frustrations over spam on their MySpace profiles. In a fourhour timespan Tuesday, for example, an adult entertainer posted links to her MySpace page 27 times on the Shins’ comments board.

However, new websites such as ReverbNation.com are specifically geared to the music community, eliminating some of the interests that are the major spamming forces on MySpace.

Similar to MySpace, ReverbNation is a site that links artists, fans, labels and even venues for the whole entertainment package. The goal of the site, according to Chief Marketing Officer Jed Carlson, is for ReverbNation to be “an ecosystem of all of the relevant players of the music

of people, such as those in a certain locale.

Even more tailored for musicians, Indabamusic.com is more of a creative tool rather than an advertising bedlam; thus, it doesn’t have problems with unsolicited self-promotion. Created by Harvard graduates Dan Zaccagnino and Matthew Siegel, the website allows its members to engage with other artists through an “open session” online, which allows for virtual jam sessions and file exchanges.

“We want Indaba to be the place where artists from around the world create music together,” said Siegel. “By making every step of the music-making process transparent, we hope to inspire people to renovate it.”

With these new sites specifically customized for musicians, what does MySpace still have to offer? Aside from the fact that not having a MySpace page has become the exception rather than the rule for musicians, musicians have cited the level of exposure among its redeeming qualities. Yet even that may have little translative value. For many bands, a few thousand hits on their MySpace page could translate to zero CD sales.

For most artists, however, the possibilities of discovery

on MySpace still outweigh the drawbacks that come with it.

“Regardless of the problems with online music networks like MySpace, they are the great equalizer for the music industry,” said sophomore Eric Holljes of the band Running Lights. “Every band has their shot to be seen and for the most part, the best rises to the top.”

community.”

Whereas MySpace limits its members to using only the widgets and tools it provides, ReverbNation is an open source site, giving all members greater control over their profiles. Also unique to the site is the capability of artists and venues to send out e-mails that target a certain group

ThePulsar Triyo (below) and Running Lights (above) have profiles on MySpace like most band'son the musk scene because itoffers the most exposure.

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BLONDE REDHEAD 23

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length release, is a soundtrack for dreams.

But newcomers to the sound of experimental rock beware—this album may trigger nightmares. Like some mystical creature carrying dark forebodings, lead singer Kazu Makino’s eerie, high-pitched voice calls out, sacrificing concrete lyrics for sprawling, emotion-filled drawl. Her soft voice counteracts the gigantic-sounding drums, bass and distorted guitar, while the band still manages to fuse the two sounds with seemingly effortless perfection.

Pay attention, and 23 will seem all too strange. Lose focus, though, and every song seems to come together like a piece of beautiful abstract art.

The record, like abstract art, is not meant for everyone. It takes an experienced listener—one who has long-tired of MTV and who has ventured out into the world of less popular music—to appreciate this combination of post and indierock.

HILARY DUFF DIGNITY HOLLYWOOD

�� � Hilary Duffs third album, Dignity, bereveal that at least some substance remain in the human who was once might Lizzie McGuire. Duff has movedaway from the tween-pop of her past, leaving behind peers like Natasha Bedingfield, Ashlee Simpson and the even-more-soulless Kelly Clarkson, embedding herself fully in the electro-pop genre. And the result is not as horrific as one might expect.

The first single, “With Love” (also the theme song to her new perfume line with the same name), is a bubbly, upbeat and catchy ditty incorporating some strangely self-hating lyrics, which most likely came from her pathetic-excuse-of-a-human exboyfriend (Joel Madden of Good Charlotte) . The rest of Dignity is cute, but most of the songs blend together, ultimately sounding forgettable.

But the actual content of the album is not what’s important. What is important about the album is that it is a deliberate first step away from Disney and innocence.

Duff is beginning to understand that she can be sexy and mysterious, and not lose fans—a fact that her ex-pal Lindsay Lohan learned some time back. Dignity, then, stands where Justin Timberlake’s Justified once stood, in some strange no-man’s-land between bubblegum pop and actual music.

Soon enough, Duff will be partying with Paris Hilton and making sex tapes of her own. Or, at the very least, she will release another album in two years (ironically, when she’s 21), which will solidify her transition into adulthood. One can only hope, then, that such an album will be as good as Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds or Nelly Furtado’s Loose.

—Matt Dearborn

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BRIGHT EYES CASSADAGA SADDLE CREEK

� ���� Cassadaga, Bright Eyes’ sixth full-length album, marks a new beginning for the Omaha-based band, and particularly its prolific frontman, Conor Oberst. On January 25, 2005, Bright Eyes released two radically different albums; the folk-country I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, and the darkly electronic Digital Ash in a Digital Um. Now, two years later, Cassadaga incorporates subde influences from their previous work, but is also noticeably more polished in both thought and execution.

Oberst’s critically-praised, but often rambling lyrics have been tightened throughout, with even the occasional six minute song—”1 Must Belong Somewhere” or “Lime Tree” —remaining focused.

Album producer and longtime band member Mike Mogis has softened Oberst’s

trademark pained warble in favor of a vocal echo effect that persists throughout the album. Instrumental production also leans toward the warm and rich, often relying on a large orchestral ensemble to support the wealth of guitars, brass, keyboard and percussion employed by Bright Eyes’ main stable of musicians.

Although the album sometimes sounds overproduced, standout songs like “Four Winds” and “No One Would Riot For Less” blend the old, raw Bright Eyes with the smoother new one. And while the album itself is far from a masterpiece, its central theme is one of newfound maturity and personal growth. This seems fitting, as Cassadaga is the name of a spiritual community in Florida Oberst visited as a means to cleanse himself, following the tumultuous release of his 2005 albums. Cassadaga, then, truly represents a fresh start for artist and fans alike.

—Bryan Zupon

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The premise, plot and twists of Disturbia would make a better tide for a sci-fi (which DIR D. CARUSO horror film a la Stepford Wives) are so formulaPARAMOUNT ic that audiences are sucked into the tension ��� � � of knowing exactly what is going to happen, but not when.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window meets Staging and acting save Disturbia from beYouTube in Disturbia, It may come a bit edrly, but the paint-by-numbers flick is the perfect coming a victim—pun intended —of the summer movie theater fluff that deserves a killer-thriller genre. Director D.J. Caruso large bucket of popcorn and a gallon of cola. manages to cleverly update a classic premise Shia Laßeouf stars as Kale, a dark, quiet with remote controls, cell phones and iPods.

The cracked veneer of suburban bliss serves teenage boy full of saw-my-dad-die-while-on-ahis as a perfect background for the almost comiAfter knocking Spanfly-fishing-trip angst. ish teacher’s block off—that’s what you get for cal thriller.

Laßeouf, still searching for the role that talking about Daddy—Kale is trapped in subwill mark his ascent from teen actor to just urbia for thee months ofhouse arrest.

As boredom sets in, Kale turns to spying on actor, shows real range and hopefully he his quirky neighbors. There is the cheating and his career—will continue to grow. Morse husband, the annoying kids and of course the turns a Hannibal Lecter-esqe performance, sihot girl next door, Ashley (Sarah Roemer). multaneously exuding seduction and terror.

Things start to get a little weird as Kale notices His cold stares and frighteningly calm, vaguepretty ladies disappearing inside the home of ly threatening monologues bring chills not the charming, yet creepy Mr. Turner (David seen since Hopkins himself.

Disturbia is no Hitchcock, but luckily for Morse). As Kale and Ashley dig a little deeper, audiences hot the tracks of a selooking for cheap thrills, it doesn’t on they realize they are pretend to be. rial killer, and so does Mr. Turner (insert omi—VarunLeila nous scary music here).

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p.m., Cinema One, Carolina Theatre) Bob Dylan: 65 Revisited is the name of a new cut of footage originally shot for the landmark documentary Don’t Look Back. DA Pennebaker, the director of both films, has been a member of the Full Frame jury for years, and will host a question and answer session after the screening. (10:30 p.m., Cinema One) Sherman’s March, one of the finest Southern documentaries ofall time, is part of a five-film tribute to Ross McElwee, who will receive a career achievement award at this

march across the South. (9:15 p.m., Civic Center One) Friday The premise of The Hands of Che Guevara is so absurd you know you’ll be sucked in before you even setde into your seat. This hour-long film follows, quite literally, the hands of El Che after they are chopped off and preserved in formaldehyde. (3:00 p.m., Civic Center One) Do The Right Thing, Spike Lee’s praised 1989 film, and a making of documentary, creatively tided Making “Do The Right Thing are both screening at the festival as documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne’s “The Power of Ten” selection. For years, Do The Right Thing has remained an important part of the canon, influencing other great films, like La Maine, which won Cannes in 1995. Bourne’s work on the companion piece is incredibly detailed and surprisingly relevant for what would normally be a DVD extra. (Documentary at 9:00 p.m. at Cinema Two, Film at 11:00 p.m. at Cinema One) Saturday Martin Scorsese will once again contribute to Full Frame, with a video introduction for his “The Power of Ten” choice, Harvest 3000 Years, an Ethiopian neo-realist classic, which, shot documentary style in black and white, aided a revolutionary political movement. (9:00 a.m., Cin”

ema One) The 2007 Career Award presentation for Ross McElwee will be a difficult event to get into, but if you can manage, it’ll be worth it, as the filmmaker presents clips from his past films and his current work in progress. If your schedule can fit it, McElwee’s other great film, Time Indefinite, screens before. (Film at 2:00 p.m. in Cinema Two, Career Award at 5:30 p.m. in Cinema One) Sportsfan sounds like something you would stay far away from. After all, it’s about a year in the life of a group offanatical Minnesota Vikings football fans. But, since it’s executive produced by Jon Stewart and Ben Karlin of The Daily Show, it’s also a pretty good bet to offer some quality moments. (11:30 p.m., American Tobacco Campus)

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by Werner Herzog and Terrence Malick, it means it’s time to sit up and listen. Nobody is such a film. The story of a “modem Huck Finn,” Nobody follows a solitary man’s quest to canoe four rivers from Indiana to the Gulf Coast. (9:15 a.m., Civic Center Two) “Reaching Out on Global Warming” is only the second event recess has recommended that is not specifically a film screening, but it might be the most interesting hour and a half of the festival, as producers and executives of two top films on the world’s most pressing issue discuss their strategies for filmmaking and marketing. (12:00 p.m., Durham Arts Council)

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