April 30, 2007

Life award Duke's John Hope Franklin honored for achievement PAGE 3

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9 students face expulsion, i 5 will receive suspensions

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One year and three innocent lacrosse

players after 88 Duke faculty members endorsed an advertisement about a perceived

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“social disaster” on campus, some signatories now express relief that all charges against David Evans, Trinity ’O6, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann were

SEE GROUP OF 88 ON PAGE 5

Shuchi Parikh

THE CHRONICLE

In the largest cheating incident in the history of the Fuqua School of Business, 34 students in the daytime class of 2008 face penalties for violating the Fuqua Honor Code in a required first-year course, Charged with collaborating on a sin-

dropped April 11.

Still, the ad’s signers—dubbed the “Group of 88” by some media and blog-

gers—said they stand behind the general sentiment of the full-page ad, which was originally printed in The Chronicle April 6, 2006.

“I feel... a tremendous sense of Jocelyn Olcott, assistant professor of hislbry and women’s studies and a signatory of the ad, wrote in an e-mail. “We have a lot of work to do to close the wounds that have opened up, but I hope that the healing can start now.”

Several ad signatories said they were not surprised by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s decision.

“To me, it seemed like an anticlimax because the real turnaround came just before Christmas, because the whole trail of misconduct of [Durham District Attorney Mike] Nifong came to light,” said Claudia Koonz, professor of history, who also signed the ad. “I don’t know why it took six months.”

The ad framed anonymous quotes

34 punished for cheating in MBA class

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In a back-and-forth contest, the Blue Devils escaped with a 12-9 win over the Cavaliers Sunday afternoon, PAGE 11.

gle take-home exam in the third quarter of their first year, nine of the convicted students face expulsion for “extremely severe violations,” and another 15 students will receive a one-year suspension and a failing grade in the course for “severe offense,” according to an e-mail sent to the Fuqua community last Friday.

In accordance with Honor Code policy, the University Judicial Board must keep the details of the case confidential, including the students’ names.

“We treat allegations ofHonor Code violations very seriously and have established procedures in place to consider such allegations,” Fuqua Dean Douglas Breeden said in a statement issued last Friday.

The Judicial Board also found 10 students guilty of “minor offenses.” Of the 10, nine will receive a failing grade in the course, and one charged with a lying offense will receive a zero on the assignment.

Before issuing the penalties, the Judicial SEE

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Duke widens living wage policy AG releases lax by

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Political science graduate studentLaura Grattan speaks at a meeting to announce an expanded living wage policy Sunday afternoon.

The University announced plans to implement a base pay rate policy and provide health care coverage to all of its contracted food workers Sunday afternoon.

In February 2005, Duke increased the base pay rate for all University employees to $lO per hour, but did not include contracted workers in the agreement.

“Today, Duke University is pleased to announce that we will also require contracted food service vendors on campus to offer their full-time employees at least $lO an hour and offer basic health care coverage, similar to the basic plan that Duke offers its own employees,” said Kernel Dawkins, vice president of campus services.

The new wage policy will go into effect as soon as food contracts are signed or renewed and will be adjusted annually, Dawkins said. The health care policy will take longer to implement as a result of the number offood vendors on campus, some of which do not provide any coverage.

The announcement was made in the Bryan Center’s Griffith Theater in front of approximately 450 people at SEE DURHAM CAN ON PAGE 6

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The Office of the North Carolina Attorney General released a report Friday explaining the attorney general’s decision to dismiss the remaining charges against, and declare the innocence of, the indicted players in the Duke lacrosse case The 21-page report affirms the lack of evidence in the case against Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, all members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team. It also contains the chronology of the March 13 party as determined by special prosecutors Jim Coman and Mary Winstead, who were appointed after Nifong asked the attorney general to take over the case Jan. 11 SEE AG ON PAGE 4

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Iran to attend meeting on Iraq Iran agreed Sunday to join the United States and other countries at a conference on Iraq this week, raising hopes that the government in Tehran will help stabilize its violent neighbor and stem the flow of guns and bombs over the border.

Calif, highway collapses, no injuries by

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OAKLAND, Calif.

A stretch of highthe San Francisco-Oakland Bay near way Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, leaving one of the nation’s busiest spans in a state of near paralysis. Officials said traffic could be disrupted for months.

Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck’s driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns.

No other injuries were reported.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Officer

Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol said of the crumpled interchange. “I’m looking at this thinking, ‘Wow, no one died—that’s amazing. It’s just very fortunate.”

Authorities said the damage could take months to repair, and that it would cause the worst disruption for Bay Area commuters since the 1989Loma Prieta earthquake damaged a section of the Bay Bridge itself.

Nearly 75,000 vehicles use the portion of the road every day. But because the accident occurred where three highways converge, authorities said it could cause commuting problems for hundreds of thousands of people.

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State officials said motorists who try to take alternate routes Monday instead of relying on public transportation would face

nightmarish commutes.

The tanker carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline ignited around 3:45 a.m. after crashing into a pylon on the interchange.

A preliminary investigation indicated he may have been speeding on the curving road, Cross said.

Witnesses reported flames from the blaze reached up to 200 feet high.

Thousands rally for Turkish secularism by

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ISTANBUL, Turkey At least 700,000 people marched Sunday in a massive protest against the possible election of an observant Muslim as president, a conflict that is pitdng Turkey’s religiously oriented ruling party against the deeply secular military and civilian establishment.

Waving the country’s red flag and singing nationalist songs, demonstrators in Istanbul demanded the resignation of the pro-lslamic government, calling Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a traitor. Erdogan’s foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, is

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“We don’t want a covered woman in Ataturk’s presidential palace,” protester Ayse Bari, a 67-year-old housewife, said in reference to Gul’s wife Hayrunisaah who wears the Muslim headscarf. “We want civilized, modem people there.”

The election has reignited a conflict over Turkey’s national identity that has brewed since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, an army officer in World War I, founded the secular republic after the . collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He gave the vote to women, restricted Islamic dress and replaced the Ara-

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But Islam remained potent at the grassroots level, and some leaders with a religious background have portrayed themselves as an alternative to the secular establishment.

Many, including powerful generals, fear Gul would use the presidency —a post with veto power over legislation—to assist his ally, Erdogan, in chipping away at the separation of state and religion.

The military hintedit may step in to resolve the deadlock over Gul in parliament Many Turks are calling for early elections in the hope of replacing the parliament, which is dominated by Gul’s pro-Islamic ruling party.

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Franklin honored for life’s work

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professor emeritus of history, was presented a lifetime achievement award by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society Saturday in Washington, D.C. Franklin was given the Public Good Award for his work in the advancement of learning and commitment to civil rights issues.

The 92-year-old has authored many books on black history and is renowned for his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

“Your seminal scholarship has reshaped our understanding of America, providing both blacks and whites with a new reflection of themselves and each other,” the award’s citation reads. ‘You personify the great humanitarian; a courageous and gentle man whose strong words and quiet actions are beyond measure. All of us who value freedom and opportunity stand tall in your presence.”

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advising system by

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Party monitors were installed as an alternative to security personnel at parties, but their efficacy is in question.

Party monitor system ineffective, students say

by Lysa Chen THE CHRONICLE

Students who frequent parties on West Campus may be familiar with the neon orange glow of a party monitor’s T-shirt. But what does being a party monitor mean beyond a slight change in wardrobe?

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John Hope Franklin, professor emeritus ofhistory, was honored Saturdayfor lifetime achievement.

Not much, according to student leaders such as seniorJay Ganatra, former Campus Council president, who said the party monitor system is “a joke.”

“I don’t think they take themselves seriously [and] others don’t take them seriously,” Ganatra said. “We don’t have party monitors on Council, so last year we just borrowed the shirts [for our events].

That’s what people do all the time.”

To serve as a party monitor, students must attend a two-hour training session

that consists of a PowerPoint presentation, discussion and short quiz, said Marissa Weiss, program coordinator for the Office of Student Activities and Facilities.

The presentation covers a range of topics, including how to register an event, how to identify someone with alcohol overdose and how to prevent overcrowding, Weiss added.

But sophomore Ryan Williams, Keohane Quadrangle Council president, said the training for party monitors is insufficient and unhelpful.

“I don’t really think the system is efficient or effective, to be honest,” Williams said. “The test you take is like a joke.... You can take the test without watching the PowSEE MONITORS ON PAGE

Molly McGarrett THE CHRONICLE

The Fulbright Scholarship is one of the most prestigious awards undergraduates across the country can attain. But fewer and fewer Duke students seem to want it.

Over the past two years, the number of Duke applicants for the Fulbright has declined over 50 percent, and students said a number of factors—including the advising system for the scholarship—could be at play.

“I don’t luiow what is causing Duke students not to apply, but the number of students who apply from Duke is decreasing,” said Darla Deardorff, manager of international programs at the Center for International Studies and Duke’s Fulbright Student Program advisor.

The scholarship—the largest U.S. international exchange program funds students’ studies and research abroad. Sixty-nine Duke students applied for the award in 2005, 43 in 2006 and 29 in 2007, Deardorff said.

Some students, however, said they have felt disheartened by her advice, citing it as a potential cause of the recent drop in Fulbright applicants.

Senior David Wiley said Deardorff strongly discouraged him from applying to his first-choice country, Spain.

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ing the report, illustrating the deficiencies in the case while not prejudicing Nifong.

“Cooper doesn’t want to do the same “It provides the background informathing to Nifong that [Nifong] did to the tion in considerable detail that explains lax players,” Johnson said.

Cooney said the focus on the accusing why the attorney general felt that there was credible evidence to the and not on Nifong did not surno witness support simply charges brought by the district attorney,” prise him. He added that the impact of the said John Bumess, senior vice president for report on Nifong’s ethics charge will depend on how the State Bar prosecutors public affairs and government relations.

The document points out several probview the report. lems with the investigation: improper “The attorney general’s job wasn’t to the Mr. Nifong,” Cooney said. a identifying players, investigate procedure in lack of DNA evidence and credibility is- “His brand of jurisdiction was to determine whether or sues of the ac■"^" not these crimes witness. cusing occurred, and “It clearly, “It clearly, plainly and factually that was all he was plainly and facauthorized to tually proves proves that Reade, Collin and look into.”

Reade, that Dave are innocent, and of Collin and Dave Johnson said the report will are innocent, course it proves what we’ve bring closure to and of course it known all along.” what the investigation of proves we’ve known all the case itself but Cooney not to the charges along,” said Jim who defense attorney, lacrosse case against Nifong.

Cooney, served as SeligHe noted that the report is highmann’s defense ly critical of Niattorney during the case fong’s investigators and the Durham PoKC Johnson, who has followed the case lice Department. Johnsons said it may extensively on his “Durham-in-Wonder- influence the charges against the district land” blog, said the report was “very effecattorney.

“This report basically puts to rest that tively done” and purposefully did not mention the actions of Durham District ‘something must have happened’ arguAttorney Mike Nifong, who has been ment,” Johnson said. “With the party itself charged with ethics violations by the North and with the innocence of the three, it’s Carolina State Bar. the closure for that aspect ofit.”

“It was carefully worded... to make But Cooney said closure will never be sure it wouldn’t impinge on Nifong’s trial fully achieved and those accused will albefore the State Bar,” he said. “From the ways have to live with the charges.

“The attorney general did everything standpoint of the Bar, this raises serious he could do to bring closure to it, but questions about Nifong’s motives.”

Johnson added that Attorney General there’s been terrible damage done and Roy Cooper had to walk a “fine line” in writyou can’t fix it with a report,” he said.

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LDOC fight caught on

GROUP OF 88 from page 1 from students responding to a perceived campus culture following the lacrosse party around the question, “What Does a Social Disaster Sound Like?”

“These students are shouting and whispering about what happened to this young woman and to themselves,” the ad’s introduction read.

Individual signers acknowledged that the ad’s position could have been misconstrued, but added that they would still support its overall message.

“Were the authors naive? Definitely,” Koonz said. “I would definitely still support [the ad], I would just add one more sentence: ‘Let the justice system decide.’”

It is unclear who authored the ad Peter Sigal, associate professor of history and a signer of the ad, said the statement did not necessarily represent a singular opinion but instead collected the viewpoints of students responding to racism and sexism on campus.

“We should note that many statements included in the ad were not statements of fact, but rather perceptions of individual students,” Sigal wrote in an e-mail. “I support working with students to help amplify their voices. I also support the overall proclamation of the ad: that there exists a social disaster on our campus and

throughout society.”

The ad emphasized that the “disaster” was an ongoing social problem that began before the alleged rape occurred. But the ad also referred to it as a completed event, giving voice to students “who see illuminated in this moment’s extraordinary spotlight what they live with everyday.”

“And this is what I’m thinking right now —Duke isn’t really responding to this,” one student was quoted as saying.

“Not really. And this, what has happened, is a disaster. This is a social disaster.”

Sigal said, however, that a single event did not prompt the conversations that led to the ad.

“This social disaster is not the lacrosse party; it is the prevalence of such things as racism, sexism, sexual violence and homophobia,” he said.

Although the case highlighted problems on campus, Olcott said the issues it addressed were not unique to Duke.

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A panel in February addressed the harassment some signers ofa controversial ad have received since April 2006.

moment,” Olcott said. “When this story’ first broke, there was an article in The New, York Times in which several college presidents confessed that such an episode—whose contours at that point were, of course, still unclear—could easily have happened at their home institutions.”

Facing criticism, faculty members included among the 88 maintained they have a responsibility to not only teach their students but also to vocalize concerns over University issues.

“I think it’s important that faculty be a part of University life outside the classroom, even if our positions sometimes antagonize people,” Olcott said. “I’ll admit that the combination of all these stories coming out made me ask myself, ‘Would I want my niece to come to Duke?’ I want this to be a place where someone like her can thrive intellectually and personally, and that wasn’t what I saw.”

The ad attempted to give voice to those harassed by racism and sexism on campus, but ad signatory William Chafe, dean of

the faculty of arts and sciences and Alice M. Baldwin professor of history, said the ensuing controversy made the signers objects of harassment themselves.

The group’s position came under attack because outspoken members of the Duke community and some bloggers covering the case said the faculty were not supporting their students and did not presume the innocence of the lacrosse team.

“I am appalled at the way that bloggers who have targeted the ‘Group of 88’ have put words in our mouths, denied our individuality and racist and violent language to attack us—including sending us e-mails and making phone calls wishing our deaths and calling us ‘Jew b— and ‘n-b—Chafe wrote in an e-mail. “Most of us never presumed guilt.”

Sigal reiterated that the intent of the ad was not to pass judgment on the players but to engage in conversation and instigate change within Duke’s campus culture.

“Had it proclaimed the guilt of the players, I would not have signed the ad,” he said. ’

The Office of Judicial Affairs is investigating an onrcampus altercation that occurred on Main West Quadrangle during Last Day ofClasses festivities April 25.

The fight, which witnesses said broke out in front ofFew FF dormitory in the early evening, was caught on tape by Scott Casale, a freshman.

Casale posted the tape on the videosharing website YouTube April 26.

“I talked with [Associate Dean of Students and Director of Judicial Affairs] Stephen Bryan, and the incident is under investigation,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. “It was under investigation at the time of the fight—the YouTube piece simply provides us with more information.”

The 55-second video begins with nearly, 20 students engaging in a physical fight and ends with police officers trying to take control of the situation by restraining several of the students involved.

“I was talking to a few of my friends when I heard a commotion,” Casale said. “I saw that there was a conflict, and so I thought I would start videotaping....

I kept filming until the police came and then watched as the guys and the police talked it out.”

He said he began recording about a quarter of the way into the fight and that the punches being thrown before that were “pretty severe.”

The video, titled “Duke LDOC Fight 2007,” is tagged as a battle between members of SAE—the offcampus fraternity now known as Alpha" Delta Phi—and Duke football

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an assembly coordinated by Durham Congregations, Associations and Neighborhoods, an organization thatseeks to improve the Durham community for low- to moderateincome citizens. Following the confirmation of the new policy, members of the audience broke into applause and rose in a standing ovation.

The decision also represents a victory for Duke Organizing, a member of Durham CAN, in its campaign to enact a living wage for all University employees.

“It’s fantastic,” said Laura Grattan, a graduate student in political science and a member ofDO. “[The administrators] shared our vision from the beginning... but we think they came through outstandingly.”

Dawkins’ remarks were followed by comments written

by Estelle Paria, a contracted Duke employee.

“This is a very special moment for us,” Paria said. “This new arrangement means I will be able to go to the doctor ifI am sick, I will be able feed my family better, buy toys for my kids and, in general, be better and more productive.”

Durham CAN members applauded the efforts of the University to improve the lives of community members and stressed the need for a positive and beneficial relationship between Duke and Durham.

The Rev. Dan McLellan of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, one of the congregations represented at the assembly, expressed his desire for the city and University to work together to make the community one that is “known for its commitment to justice.”

“Duke and Durham are inextricably linked,” he said.

“The well-being of Durham is dependent on the wellbeing ofDuke... and the well-being of Duke is dependent on the well-being ofDurham.”

Duke contributes $3.2 billion to Durham’s economy and employs 15 percent of the population.

“As Durham’s largest employer, Duke has made concerted efforts to not only expand the support for our own employees, but we’re also committed to working with community leaders to help make Durham a better place to live and work,” Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said in a statement.

The role of the Duke University Health System in providing health care to uninsured individuals in the community was also discussed at the assembly.

Duncan Yaggy, chief planning officer of DUHS, was present to commit the health system’s support to Project Access, a plan to provide health care to all individuals in Durham, regardless of whether or not they are insured.

He stressed the need for a collaborative effort among community clinics, hospitals and doctors to improve health care to Durham citizens.

“Thanks to our efforts, we have all learned that improving access to health care is a challenge to the entire community, and not just the health care providers,” Yaggy said. “Unless we work together, we will not make much more progress further than we already have.”

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Williams added that it is difficult for students to monitor the behavior of their peers.

“It’s hard to have students in charge of other students—party monitors are not respected,” he said.

Although students are now criticizing the party monitor system, the program was initially suggested by undergraduates six years ago, Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said.

“During one of our reviews of the alcohol policy, there was a concern that the level of oversight at student functions was not as extensive as it needed to be,” Wasiolek said. “Students on the committee suggested that the sponsoring organization of the party furnish members that could be there and serve that function.”

Wasiolek added that the University was also considering a professional security system for parties at the time.

“Students said they’d prefer to do that themselves,” she said.

In response to student feedback, the party monitor system has undergone some changes this year, including one that put student facilitators in charge of training sessions this semester.

“This way, when we have more facilitators, groups can organize their own training sessions,” Weiss said.

Some students, however, said these changes are inadequate, and more has to be done to improve the party monitor system.

Ganatra also cited the lack of incentive for studentvolunteers as a flaw in the system.

“When you’re trying to hold a large event, nobody wants to be a party monitor for you,” he said. “Unless you have to do it, if you’re a pledge or something, there is no reason to do it.”

Board reviewed 22 separate cases involving 38 students in the Masters of Business Administration program, officials said.

Four of those students were found not guilty of cheating violations.

“The Judicial Board deliberated at length over a period of several weeks before determining these penalties, seeking to balance the integrity of the Honor Code with the realization that no one among us can ever be faultless in our lives,” Gavan Fitzsimons, chair of the Fuqua Honor Committee, wrote in the e-mail to Fuqua students and faculty Friday.

The penalties go into effect as of June 1. Before that date, the convicted students can appeal the Judicial Board’s decision.

Michael Hemmerich, associate dean for strategy and institutional research at Fuqua, said he expected most of the convicted students to appeal. “[The] appeal process which will continue for about one month,” he said. “The students involved have the same status as other students, and they’ll be taking their courses and final exams in the upcoming week.”

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Students say some party monitors drink while on the job,in violation of University regulations.

To solve this problem, Ganatra said students would need to be paid to act as party monitors.

“It’s certainly a viable option, but it’s a resource decision,” said Chris Roby, OSAF director, of the possibility of paying party monitors for their services. “Somehow we’d have to create a different pool of funds. Would that be on the backs of students?”

But even when an organization is able to recruit volunteers, students said the party monitor system may still cause future

problems.

Junior Tom Adelman, outgoing president of Wayne Manor, said a conflict of interest arises when members of an organization have to balance being a party host and being a party monitor.

‘You’re making sure everyone is having as much fun as they can—you’re making sure people are getting drinks, but at the same time enforcing rules,” Adelman said.

Some students added that party monitors themselves do not always follow their own rules.

Although party monitors are not supposed to drink, junior Jeff Moore said he has seen monitors drinking while on the job.

Sophomore Ryan Schwartz said some monitors take themselves more seriously than others but added that, for the most part, being a party monitor does not necessarily force a student to act more re-

sponsibly.

“Most of them know what they’re getting into—just hanging out at a party with an orange shirt on,” Schwartz said.

Moore, however, said party monitors are effective in at least one part of their jobs.

“I definitely think they keep people moving in hallways,” he said. “They’re always yelling at people to move.”

Roby said OSAF does not have any other immediate changes planned for the party monitor system, but it will reevaluate the system over the summer.

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Deardorff reported that the quality of the applicant pool is increasing.

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“[Deardorff] didn’t think I could put together a competitive application in three weeks, and I left her office really really discour. aged. But I had a change of

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Senior Rachel Weeks, a Fulbright recipient who will be going to Sri Lanka next year, was also advised by Deardorff during her application process.

[She] didn’t think I could put together a competitive application in three weeks and I left her office really really discouraged,” Weeks said. “But I had a change ofheart and decided to do it and am glad I did.”

Weeks pointed out that Duke students in particular should not be deterred by the time constraints or competitive applicant pools in the Fulbright application process.

“Duke people are really resourceful and shouldn’t be discouraged with two weeks left to do something,” she said. “If you’re a good candidate, you’re a good candidate, and that’s going to come through in your application.”

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Some students said they had very positive experiences working with Deardorff.

“Without her I wouldn’t have been able to get my application together and have everything I needed,” said senior Jesse Silverman, another Fulbright recipient. “She provided very good general advice and I really appreciated her help.”

The recent decline in applicants for the Fulbright has coincided with an increase in student interest in other comparable awards.

“This year the level of interest [in the Rhodes Scholarship] increased over the prior year,” Babs Wise, assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows, wrote in an e-mail. “[lt] could be simply that we had three Rhodes winners the prior year, but interest in the Marshall [Scholarship] and Luce [Scholarship] was higher as well.”

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The Blue Devils scored seven goals in the third period, bouncing back from a halftime deficit and knocking off Virginia 12-9, to claim the ACC championship—Duke's fourth conference title and first since 2002.

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Trailing 4-3 at halftime after a scoreless second period, the Blue Devils looked like a team in trouble.

But nearing the end of a season filled with pressure and drama, Duke remained unphased.

“Although we were down by a goal, we were pretty calm,” head coach John Danowski said. “I just said, ‘Listen, it’s going to happen.’”

And it did.

An offense that has struggled and appeared stagnant at times this season came VIRGINIA 9 to life as the Blue Devils DUKE 12 scored five unanswered goals to start the second half.

Duke tallied seven in the third period—its second largest scoring explosion in a quarter all year—and the No. 2 Blue Devils captured a 12-9victory over No. 3 Virginia and their fourth ACC Championship.

“We try and pride ourselves on being good at every aspect of the game,” Danowski said. “We are able to generate offense in a lot of different ways, but that’s not unusual, that’s by design.”

The Duke midfield and attack were the catalysts for much of the Blue Devils’ scoring, as an agressive ride helped force 18 Virginia turnovers. Duke also picked up five more ground balls and cleared all of its oppor-

trinities in the decisive third period.

“Our failure to clear at times is a product of [Duke’s] athleticism and their effort on their attack riding,” Cavalier head coach Dom Starsia said. “It’s a chore getting the ball up and out sometimes and they’re especially dangerous when they do create those turnovers in the middle of the field—turning those into great offensive opportunities.”

In addition, goalie Dan Loftus frustrated the Virginia offense with an array ofacrobatic saves that held the Cavaliers to their fourth lowest scoring output of the season. The senior tallied 16 saves, many of which were in one-on-one situations with the Virginia attack.

“When our goalie’s playing hot like that, it makes the whole team relaxed and makes us play better,” cocaptairi Matt Danowski said. “I thought the D played well in front of him, but he mad£ a couple saves that were just pretty ridiculous.”

Danowski, the 2007 ACC Player of the Year, and fellow All-ACC attackman Zack Greer continued their prolific scoring as each member of the offesive duo tallied three goals. Danowski, who was named tournament MostValuable Player, scored two of Duke’s three first-quarter goals before the Virginia defense shut down the senior with an aggressive double-team.

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Matt Danowski scored three goals to help spearhead the Blue Devils' 12-9 victory over Virginia and earn Most Valuable Player honors for the ACC tournament.

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With their sights set on making the eight-team ACC tournament May 23-27, the Blue Devils were hoping to win six of their final nine conference games.

That task just got a lot tougher.

Wake Forest DUKE 27-22, 11-13 in the ACC) swept 3 WAKE Duke (26-20, 618) this weekend duke ■i—in Winston-Salem.

WAKE 4 The Blue Devils fell 13-6 Friday, came up short 4-3 g DUKE ~rz in extra innings WAKE Saturday and lost 8-2 Sunday.

Duke struck first in the series, scoring two runs in the top of the first Friday. But the Demon Deacons then countered with six runs in their half of the inning.

The Blue Devils cut the lead to 7-5 in the sixth, but Wake Forest scored six more in the seventh to put the game out of reach. Wake Forest’s ability to respond—and quickly—to Duke’s scoring haunted the Blue Devils all weekend.

Duke turned to ace pitcher Tony Bajoczky Saturday, looking to rebound from Friday’s loss. Bajoczky gave up three runs in seven innings, but left the game with his team trailing 3-2.

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“We got terrific pitching on Saturday— Tony was really solid throughout,” head coach Sean McNally said. “[Mike] Seander was very, very good late. W£ tied it up in the ninth and just couldn’t push another run across.”

Sunday, the Blue Devils failed to score over the first six innings, as Wake Forest jumped out to a 4-0 lead against starter Jonathan Anderson. But Gallagher and MattWilliams each drove in a run in the seventh to cut the Demon Deacon lead in half.

Yet again, Wake Forest countered with an explosive scoring attack, knocking in four runs in the bottom half of the frame to slow Duke’s momentum and prevent a Blue Devil comeback.

“We were hanging around,” McNally said. “We cut it to 4-2, and I felt like we were making a run at them—and we just needed to come back and shut them down in that seventh, and we weren’t able to do it. That was critical.”

One positive the Blue Devils can take away from the series is the solid performance of Gallagher, who hit .538 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored.

‘Jimmy was consistent throughout—he swung the bat well and faced some tough left-handed pitching this weekend,” McNally said. “Probably the thing I’m most proud about is he got an infield single in the ninth SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 16

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CHAPEL HIL L. Up 64 with 5:21 left in the first half, N o. 4 Duke made a careless mistake that chaiaged the entire complexion of its rematcf with No. 5 North Carolina. The Blue Dev ils were attempting to get the ball out of the shadow of their own goal when they suddenUNC 12 iv ios t it on an erDUKE 1 \ rant pass. The Tar Heels’ Julia Ryan picked up the lo ose ball and sprinted toward the Blue De vils’ goal, scoring the only uncontested poin t of the entire game, That goal sparked UNC (15-3,4-2 in the ACC) to score foiir unanswered points and take the lead for good, holding off Duke (13-3,4-2) 12-111Tiday afternoon at Fetzer Field in the ACC tournament semifinals.

“It was a typii:al Duke-Carolina game,” head coach Kers tin Kimel said. “They just edged us in a gatne of inches. We had our chances, but in the end had too many missed opportunities.”

And the Blue Devils had their opportunities to win the game right up until the end but could lot convert.

Duke kept do se in the second half and seemed on the erge of sending the contest into overtirne when Allie Johnson forced a huge tu mover with 2:37 left. The Blue Devils quid dy moved down the field and gave the bal I to senior attack Kristen Waagbo, who w as in prime position to score. The shot, however, came out slow, giving North Cat olina goalkeeper Kristen Hordy her seven th save of the afternoon, The miss by Waagbo ended any chance Duke had at advancing to the conference tournament final s.

“Offensively, wre got out of sync,” Kimel said. “They had nrlore patience on defense.”

Without fmdi ng their rhythm consistently, the Blue Devils were drawn into a back-and-forth b attle with the Tar Heels that resembled the game that played out when the two rivals met April 20 in Durham.

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Kristen Waagbo scored two goals, but theBlue Devils came up one goal short Friday in their 12-11 loss to North Carolina in the semifinals of theACC tournament. up on match on an assist from Leigh Jester. The North Carolina’s offense began to click Norf Two of the missed opportunities were Tar Heels’ Jess Allen scored 45 seconds again af after the timeout as they answered the goals that were nullified by penalties, D< later, later, however, to even the score at one. Blue Devil scoring run with four straight When Rachel Sanford’s score midway After the two squads traded goals again, goals of of their own, putting Duke in an 8-6 through the second half was taken away, T1 Blue Devils batded back and tied Kimel seemed visibly upset with the call, North Carolina tallied two more goals in hole. The less less than a minute, forcing Kimel to call the gam “I’m assuming that it was a shooting game at 10 on Rachel Sanford’s free potimeoutand make defensive adjustments. sition sishot with 12:31 left in the game, space call, but I just don’t know,” said Coming out of the timeout, Duke’s defen- Duke, hhowever, could not keep its run going Kimel, when asked about the penalties, sive effort was much improved and it held and sur surrendered two more quick goals to With the loss, Duke must regroup as it UNC scoreless for over over 18 minutes. The Blue the Tar Heels. The Blue Devils clawed back only has one more regular-season contest Devils took advantage of within one on Jester’s goal with 8:59 left before NCAA tournament play begins. In of their rival’s scoring to withii and used a offensive atto cut tlthe margin to 12-11—but that would particular, the Blue Devils look to capitalslow, patient drought ize on more scoring opportunities and tack to find the back of the net four straight be it for for Duke.

“We just weren’t capitalizing on our op- come out with more hustle and intensity, times. Johnson’s goal with 10:35 left in the first half capped the run and gave Duke aa66- portuni portunities,” Waagbo said. “We were throw“They just came out scrappy,” senior 4 advantage, prompting the Tar Heels to call ing the ball way and down the stretch we attack Leigh Jester said. “We could have were not no taking very good shots.” done that more.” a timeout of their own.

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Michael Jordan’s old Chicago jerMIAMI sey hangs over the Miami Heat’s home floor, a tribute to the six-time NBA champion.

Now, a new bunch ofBulls wants a title ofits own after ending the Heat’s reign atop the league with a four-game sweep.

Ben Gordon scored 24 points and Luol Deng had 22 to lead Chicago BULLS 92 past Miami 92-79 Sunday in Game 4to clinch HEAT the first-round Eastern Conference series. The Bulls advanced in the postseason for the first time since Jordan’s last tide in 1998.

Chicago, which meets Detroit next, became the first team to oust a defending champion in the first round since Phoenix did it to San Antonio in 2000.

“We felt confident coming into this series,” Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich said. “We felt like we could win.”

With good reason. Including playoffs, Chicago was 7-1 against Miami this season, starting with a 108-66 win on opening night, spoiling the Heat’s championship-ring celebration, and ending their season by allowing only two points in the final 5:27 of the clincher.

The coach of that Suns team that beat San Antonio seven years ago? Current Bulls coach Scott Skiles, who put together a plan that befuddled Miami all series long.

“It’s an accomplishment,” Skiles said. ‘We want to enjoy it. It was great. We played we11.... We deserved to win—but we want to keep playing.”

Chicago became the 80th consecutive NBA team to advance after taking a 3-0 lead in a series.

We ran into more than a formidable opponent,” Heat coach Pat Riley said. “They are a

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great team.... They deserved to win. There’s no doubt in my mind. They can go a long way.”

Dwyane Wade scored 24 points for Miami on 8for-22 shooting. Shaquille O’Neal had 16 points, and James Posey had 18 rebounds—a club playoffrecord 17 on the defensive end.

“They were the better team,” Wade said.

“They won. We’re not into what they were doing last year, saying they should have w0n....

They beat us fair and square. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it.”

Miami, which didn’t trail until late in the third quarter, got within one point twice in the fourth—first on a jumper by Wade with 11:15 left,, then when Posey made a pair offree throws with 5:27 remaining.

It was all Chicago from there.

“They had our number, first game of the season,” O’Neal said. “And they had our number the rest of the season. They just had our number.”

Wade scored with 2:32 left to get Miami within 84-79, and the Heat then turned to the Hacka-Ben strategy. But Wallace made all four of his free throws within a 21-second span to push the lead to nine, and the white-clad Heat crowd began shuffling into the offseason.

“This is a great feeling. We’re someplace we’ve never been before;” Deng said. “The guys made it a goal at the beginning of the season to get back to this spot.”

The Bulls got their first lead when Deng hit a jumper with 2:45 left in the third. It was Deng’s third basket in an 11-2 Chicago run to end the third quarter, and when Chris Duhon hit a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left, the Bulls had a 68-64 lead entering the fourth.

They didn’t trail again. And the so-called Baby Bulls—a young team that had endured two straight first-round ousters, including last year against Miami in six games—officially grew up.

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But as has been the case all season, the opposition’s focus on Danowski freed up other Blue Devils. Greer and midfielders Max Quinzani and Mike Catalino tallied two goals apiece.

John Danowski said that the added production of Duke’s midfield, which consists heavily of underclassmen, has played a major part in Duke’s recent success.

“We said from the beginning that they’re fabulous athletes, but losing last year, especially the sophomores, they’re really not sophomores,” Danowski said. “We’ve gone-through some growing pains with some of those guys, but we believe in their athleticism, we believe in their character and we believe in who they are, it’s just going to take time. Patience sometimes is the hardest thing to have...but I think some of that patience is starting to pay off.”

The Blue Devils’ victory over the Cavaliers was their eighth straight. In addition to Sunday’s win over Virginia,

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Greer and Danowski led the way in that game as well, scoring three and two goals, respectively.

With the May 6 matchup against Air Force the last remaining regular season game on Duke’s schedule, the Blue Devils’ ACC tournament victory marks the first step toward their ultimate goal: an NCAA title.

“For us as seniors, we talk about leaving a legacy here and this is the first thing we can leave with our name on it is an ACC Championship,” Matt Danowski said. “It’s just another testament to the character of the guys on this team, to their families and the way we just stuck through things and kept going with it. Today is one of those payoffs.”

NOTES The Blue Devils’ ACC tournament victory was tfieir first since 2002 when they defeated Virginia 14-13.... Five Blue Devils—Danowski, Greer, Loftus, Casey Carroll, and Bo Carrington—were named to the ACC All-tournament team.

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Gallagher and the rest of the Blue Devils have a week and a half off before their next game against UNCGreensboro May 9.

The players will work out on their own for the next week and then reconvene Sunday to prepare for the final portion of their schedule.

Although Duke’s next game is against the Spartans, the looming series against Virginia Tech and Miami will be the most important games for the Blue Devils.

They may need to win all six of those contests to make the ACC tournament.

“Obviously, we wanted to win six out of our last nine, and that’s still in play, dropping three here,” McNally said.

“It makes that very tough, but we’ve got to take it one game at a time.... It’s still a possibility for us. We’re capable of doing that—we know that.”

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Cameron Indoor Stadium, telling me he loves my columns. He told me his friends call him “Ship” and then signed the e-mail “Ship.” I’ve never even met this man, and he considers me a friend.

Two girls made T-shirts about an idea (The Train) that came straight out of my head (via Tony Kornheiser’s head). I still think this is the greatest busy. Whatever.) scam I ever perpetrated. I wrote about getting on The Train, and the T-shirts showed up out of Anyway, I tell that i aIGA fanarnff lanalOU nowhere. I have one of those T-shirts. I see people story because it illustrates an important wearing them sometimes on campus. senior column How cool is that? point: People recognize me. Strangers So basically, I just wanted to say thank you to everycome up to me—on the bus, in bars, in class—and one who reads my columns. I don’tknow what makes tell me they love my columns. Kzyzew’s Chefs (made?) me special enough that people care what I chanted my name at a basketball game and made have to say, but it’s nice anyway. I do this for you. me take a picture with them.

(Technically, I guess I’m doing it for me, beI’m a Minor Campus Celebrity. I’m not on the level cause having you read my columns makes me of Greg Paulus or even Elliott Wolf (or—who am I kidhappy. It’s kind of like altruism. Or something.)

The other day, I ding?—Stephen Miller), but I’m a wrote a column solid C-lister. I’m I hope I’ve entertained and enlightened for the sports section, in which I Duke’s Corey Feldand infuriated you. And I couldn’t have man (minus the went through some of the best drug problems been hot [poop] without you. and the failed hate mail I remusic career ceived in two years When I startof being a sports ed out at The Chronicle,—my first story was about columnist. Someone (posting under the name field hockey, and was probably read only by my “Loser Fanaroff”) replied to that column: “Yo Faparents and my grandparents—it was my dream to naroff... your column is 85.... You think your [sic] be a Minor Campus Celebrity. All I wanted was to hot [poop] because people hate you.” have my picture in the paper next to a column that Loser Fanaroff, you’re absolutely right. I do contained my opinion. I thought that would be the think I’m hot [poop] because people hate me. I coolest thing. also think I’m hot [poop] because other people And you know what: It was. like what I write. Basically, I’m hot [poop] because (By the way: Wow. I really like being on the back enough people care enough about what I write to make me hot [poop]. page. I’ve been buried on page 9 for way too long.)

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and AdminisSo to everyone—whether you’ve loved me or trative Services Judith Ruderman once told me she hated me—thanks for reading, and thanks for caragreed with me that Robertson Scholars should be ing. I hope I’ve entertained and enlightened and allowed into the Duke-UNC game. infuriated you. And I couldn’t have been hot The guy who stands at the West Campus bus [poop] without you. stop and decides who gets to park in front of the Duke Chapel talks to me about my columns.

Alex Fanaroff is a Trinity senior. He is the current co-edI got an e-mail from the police officer assigned itor of Towerview magazine and a sports columnist for The to the opposing coach during basketball games in Chronicle, as well as the former sports managing editor. was at this party, and a girl I didn’t know came up to me and said, “Oh my god, I love your columns. I e-mail them to my dad and he reads every single one of them.”

I responded: “Funny. My parents don’t.”

(And that’s 100 percent true. My parents don’t read all of my sports columns. I guess they’re too

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Feeling guilty?

Don’t

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four years here, this is what I have to say: “Thanks, Duke. It’s been fun, but I’d really like to go now.” While many ofmy classmates will wax nostalgic in these, our last few weeks in college (“Can you believe this is the last time we’ll be at Shooter’s as Duke students?”

“Aren’t you going to miss the Plaza/BC Walkway in the springtime?”), I cannot help but ask myself, “What am I doing still going to Shooter’s anyway?” and, “Why the heck did they build this thing again, and is that a glow-in-thedark statue of Buddha?

How very enlightened....”

Now, it’s not that I’m sarah kwak or really have complaining senior column anything to complain about; Duke has been an amazingly great place, and I appreciate and cherish everything about it—the friends I’ve made, the things I’ve learned, the opportunities I’ve had. But, there also comes a time to realize that there is so much more out there.

So, let me tell you, seniors and soon-to-be seniors, don’t feel guilty if you’re not that sad about leaving this place. And don’t letyour friends make you think you should be sad about it either. You’re not alone.

Really, the truth is, I’m over it. I’m over the all-nighters, the tests, the papers, the library, the endless list of readings and the constant feeling that I could and should be doing something other than watching LOST or 30 Rock right now.

I’m over the same five super-crowded bars that charge me five bucks to get in and make me wait 30 minutes to get a drink (probably not a good sign since I’m headed to New York, but its countless redeeming qualities make this tolerable). I’m over seeing people I know at every corner; not nearly enough is said about the joys of anonymity. And I’m over believing that college is going to be the best time of my life. It’s not.

Now, before you write me off as driver of the bitter bus pulling into cynicism station, just understand that this has very little to do with Duke itself. This place has offered me opportunities I could never have imagined having four years ago, life-changing experiences I will remember for the rest of my life. And I will admit that I have on occasion admired the weather, the architecture and reminded myself how blessed I am to be here. It’s really hard not to, and it’s difficult for me to deny that there are more good things about this University than there are bad ones.

Now, of course, this is not to say that Duke doesn’t have its flaws. Trying to fix, or even gauge, something as amorphous, elusive and deep-seated as “campus culture” would be one, and believing that people will earnestly participate in a dialogue if they are never asked is another. Let’s face it; the culture the Campus Culture Initiative committee described in its report extends far beyond Duke, and to believe that this “culture” can change when the forces that drive it have been at work in most of our lives for almost 18 years before we even set foot on this campus is ambitious but perhaps naive. The truth is that any culture change is not an overnight process; it will take generations to affect any predominant belief system. And no policy aimed at the here and now can change that. No kegs on campus, no selective living groups, raising admissions standards for athletes—these are all temporary “solutions” that neglect to answer why we feel so cheated by the world.

But perhaps it’s not about the policies, and it’s really all about the honest discussion and dialogue that comes now, after the diagnosis of these problems. If it is, I can only hope that we take a page from the book of “Nancy Grace is a Moron,” and talk without arguing, speak without yelling and listen to, not merely hear, what other people have to say.

While it’s true that I have learned so much during my four years here —as much from my professors and courses as from my friends and acquaintances on campus —the learning doesn’t end here, just as it did not begin here. And as much as we’d love to change the world one college campus at a time, the reality is that we all have too much to experience outside of Durham, outside of Duke, and too much to share to dwell on what we will miss.

So, for me, I know that it’s about time I get out of here.

But of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank this University. It’s been a blast, but definitely one to stay in the past.

Sarah Kwok is a Trinity senior. She is the current co-editor of Towerview magazine and the former managing editor of The Chronicle.

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my exacerbation of attempting to come up with a topic for my senior column, my roommate asked me the question: how do you see yourself when describing your time at Duke? My response was immediate: taking pictures and jumping up and down at basketball games. I prats was instantly shocked senior column by my response. Granted, being a photographer has defined much of who I am over the past four years and I’ve spent innumerable hours devoted to the basketball program, but is that really what defined my existence here? After some consideration I realized that it is not the activities that I’ve participated in, but the people I have experienced them with that have made my time so remarkable.

The best and worst moments ofmy life have been at Duke, and in all of those moments my friends have been the ones I cling to through and through. As much as I love Duke and everything it has offered me, it would be a miserable place without my friends beside me. Friends that I have dragged to art museums all throughout Europe. Friends that I can’t wait to call the second I have new news about a boy. Friends that walk you home in the dead of night. Friends that endure the drive to Miami with me. Friends that are a part of my “family.” Friends that I can shake my booty to Latin music with. Friends that I can travel through Tuscany with. Friends that I can rock the casbab with.

Friends that will be the voices in my movies and pose in my photos. Friends that sing Disney songs with me.

Friends who drink lots of long island ice teas on cruise ships. Friends that you can always call to vent or cry on.

Friends that hang with boys from Kentucky. Friends that give me arbitrary nicknames that I don’t understand. Friends that stay with me to edit in The Chronicle till the early hours of morning. Friends that insult you for hours but you still want to spend time with.

Friends that, on the worst day ofyour life, fly to your house to be there.

I can only wish that everyone at Duke could have the memories with my friends that I have had. Thus to ensure you and your friends have a crazy last week, I’ve devised a new set of graduation requirements to

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complete. Some are serious, some are not, and only some have to do with hooking up (although feel free to expand).

1. Contact your favorite professors and tell them

goodbye.

2. Hook up on the Plaza (extra points if the statue is somehow involved). After all, it’s “where good

things happen.”

3. Tell that person you’ve been in love with for four years that you love them.

4. Blast “Get Low” and sing “To the window... to Luol!!”

5. Watch Bull Durham.

6. Take Marketplace trays and slide down the hills on East. (Snow optional.)

7. Contact Herb Neubauer (Crazy Towel Guy) and thank him for his enthusiasm.

8. Have sex on the stage of Page. Feel free to make it tragic or comedic.

9. Wear a bathing suit to class. Clothing on top optional.

10. Pick a charity that you will donate to every year once you start making money. (Mine’s the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society) 11. Pretend to storm the WEL (yes, I will always call it that).

12. Steal the Duke weather vane over van der Hayden. Grappling hook probably necessary.

13. Ride the tram in the Duke hospital while making roller coaster noises.

14. Eat a molten chocolate cake at the WaDuke 15. Take pictures in the stacks in your underwear.

16. Have a meal involving all your favorite foods on campus. (Mine would be lemonadefrom Chick-fllA and a brownie sundae from the Loop.)

17. Hang off the rim in Cameron.

18. Make a list of 5 friends that you will always keep in touch with.

19. NEVER EVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHAT THIS PLACE MEANS TO YOU. (Not that the annual fund would let you forget.)

20. Be Duke. Forever.

Lauren Prats is a Trinity senior. She is a current photog-

raphy associate editor for The Chronicle.

letterstotheeditor Miller’s final column shows no change in tactics Upon reading The Chronicle April 23, I couldn’t help but laugh at Stephen Miller’s oh-so-eloquent farewell address (“Farewell”). As the self-proclaimed combatant against the execrable left wing and defender of all that is right and true, who wouldn’t expect the young columnist to leave this campus with guns blazing?

Alas, I must say that I am a little disappointed by his choice of weaponry.

In Miller’s editorial, he asks: What if the lacrosse players were black males and the accuser was white? What if white faculty showed open discontent despite the players’ legal right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty? If you think the nation would not rear an ugly head of injustice in this scenario, you should turn your attention to America’s notso-glamorous past and its handling of supposed African-American male criminals.

Furthermore, there are questions Miller chose not to ask. What if a neighbor overheard these black males directing vicious language at this white woman? And an email was sent shortly after these allegations in which one of the black players joked about “killing the strippers” and proceeding with violent mutilation? This case goes far beyond the construct of a politically correct society.

No matter what color you wish to paint this scenario, its suspects, or the accuser, the fact remains that the case was a central topic of discussion because its consequences posed a threat to human decency as a whole.

The time has come to stop pointing fingers and instead work on strengthening intercultural interaction.

Continued bickering over a mismanaged case does not help this initiative.

Stephen Miller, with all of your controversy and stubborn conviction, you have shown that some people simply will never change. Rather than supporting strides of improvement, you intend to slow their pace and frustrate even the most placid of us. Still, perhaps

you can find away to be proud of your illustrious career in notoriety. Thank you for your time at Duke University. Feel free to exit stage left.

Jamaur Bronner Trinity ’lO

DSG will work to purchase N&O In order to better acclimate students to the Durham community, Duke Student Government decided to add a local newspaper to our Readership Program, which also offers The New York Times, USA Today and TheWall Street Journal. When this decision was made over the summer of 2006, we felt that The Durham Herald-Sun was the most appropriate choice and entered into an arrangement with them to purchase newspapers for the 2006-2007 academic year.

We agree wholeheartedly, however, with the concerns expressed about The Herald-Sun in the recent Chronicle editorial “Buy the N&O instead” (April 20).

The Herald-Sun has provided questionable editorial and news coverage of the lacrosse scandal and numerous other events over the course of the past year, to say the least. As also evidenced by theirfrequent misquoting/ misattribution of DSC officials, The Herald-Sun is indeed “the Triangle’s worst.”

Duke Student Government will make arrangements over the summer to replace The Herald-Sun with The Raleigh News & Observer in our newspaper program.

Elliott Wolf Trinity ’OB President, Duke Student Government Paul Slattery Trinity ’OB President-elect, Duke Student Government

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