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THE CHRONICLE

Students who thought Cameron Rocks! failed to rock last spring can try their luck with Duke University Union’s first fall concert. Russian-bom singer Regina Spektorwill be

performing at Page Auditorium Nov. 19, Union officials announced this week. Major Attractions is adding a fall event to this year’s concert series in response to student demands for a more diverse allocation of the committee’s $95,000 budget and a greater variety of music events, Union President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said: “There was a demand by the students for a bigger variety of artists, including a slightly smaller-status artist, not coffeehouse small, but smaller than Cameron Rocks!,” junior Vincent Ling, productions chair of Major Attractions, said. “We also want to make sure we have events all year long, and not just in the spring.” Ling added that the committee has been planning for a fall concert since last year’s Camer-

on Rocks! event The committee’s current goal is to broaden the variety of shows without diluting the quality, Donnelly said. “The money that the Union [has] given us is going to be split so that we can still have a top-notch performance in the spring but we won’t be spending it all on one event either,” Ling said. Page Auditorium is the perfect size for such a concert, Major Attractions Chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior, said. “Page has much better acoustics for artists like Regina,” he said. “We definitely want to make the'fall concert a tradition and do it again next year, especially when there are so many great artists who fit into the Page

atmosphere.” Union members said they are

optimistic about the concert. “We’re always trying to address everyone’s demands but the student body is so diverse that we can’t please everybody,” Ling said. “We’re really doing our best, though.” The Union plans to create an open forum on their Web site as soon as possible so that they can accurately gauge what the students want, he added. The marketing scheme for SEE DUU ON PAGE 9

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Students sign a petition in support of the six-black students arrested in Jena, La., last year on the West Campus Plaza Thursday afternoon.

Patrick Wang THE CHRONICLE

In the last year, word has spread of a racial controversy that shook the small town of Jena, La. Yesterday, Duke students joined the process of doing something about it. Last fall, after asking their assistant principal for permission, black students at Jena High School sat under a tree traditionally reserved for white students. The next day, nooses were found hanging from the tree. The students responsible were suspended for three days. Black students returned and sat under the tree in protest when the school’s superintendent dismissed the incident as “a prank.” “With one stroke of my pen, I can make your life disappear,” LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters reportedly said during a school-wide assembly Sept. 6, 2006, in response to the event. The statement was followed by a series of fights over the following months and lasted until six black students were charged with attempted murder for beating up a white student, Dec. 4, 2006. In the year since, the group has come to be known as the “Jena Six.” Yesterday marked the day one of the students, 16-year-old Mychal Bell, was to be sentenced for the crime, but due to legal complications the sentencing was postponed and Bell remains in jail. More than 900 miles away from Jena, a coalition consisting of members of the Black Student SEE

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Internet privacy issue causes student concern Lysa Chen THE CHRONICLE

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Sophomore David Eitel will not use Facebook applications. “A developer [of a Facebook application] has access to all your information, depending on your settings,” said Eitel, who has developed Facebook applications in the past for a job. When a friend signed up for one of his applications, Eitel said he learned he could “grab” her name and other information. “I don’t have any applications now because of that,” he said. For Eitel, Facebook and its applications could pose a threat to privacy, providing SEE FACEBOOK ON PAGE

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