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Although a lawsuit against the city of Durham continues to weigh on the minds of city officials, the case that brought Durham national infamy has begun to lose its hold over city politics, professors said. “I do not think that [the lawsuit] will greatly impact Durham’s reputation any more than it already has,” Professor Thomas Metzloff of the analysis School ofLaw wrote in an e-mail. “People’s impressions of Durham around the country were negatively impacted by the entire case and its handling by [former Durham County district attorney Mike] Nifong, but most people do not direcdy associate his misconduct with the city, even if it turnsout that the city was more culpable than most people now believe.” James Coleman, a professor of law and frequent commentator on the case, pointed to last week’s county-wide election as proof of the case’s decreasing influence on voters. “I see nothing thatindicates that [lacrosse] was a factor,” he said. “I think the contest was about personalities and partisan politics.” The re-election of Mayor Bill Bell and City Council members Eugene Brown and Diane Catotti could be interpreted as a show of approval by Durham’s citizens of city officials’ handling of the case, political SEE LAX ON PAGE 5

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Geneticist Richard Lewontin speaks to a crowded Love Auditoriumabouthuman nature Tuesday night.

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Biology and Bad Social Theory,” in which he focused primarily upon explorations of how biologists have erroneously extolled a

In this semester’s final installment of the Provost’s Lecture Series “On Being Human,” evolu;v tionary geneticist Richard A Lewontin spoke to a packed house about human nature ITURE series Students, faculty and local residents overflowed into the l.1, DG HQ hu an aisles of the Levine Science ; Research Center’s Love Auditorium in an attempt to hear Lewontin’s lecture, “Human Nature: Bad .

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Duke University Union members approved a proposal that will grant the Last Day of Classes Committee $25,000 ofUnion funds Tuesday evening. The event is annually co-sponsored by DUU and Campus Council. Submitted by LDOC co-chairs Vincent Ling and Chamindra Goonewardene, both juniors, the budget calls for a $25,000 contribution by DUU —a $5,000 increase from last year. More than 50 percent of the members present voted in favor of the proposal, and the budget passed despite concern about the increase. Goonewardene, who is also the director of the Union’s Major Attractions Committee, said Campus Council has agreed to match DUU’s $25,000 contribution, but the Office of Student Activities and Facilities has not yet agreed to funding. President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, requested that voting take place by ballot. The passed proposal will be sent to the University Union Board for final approval. Drum set purchases, spring formal plans and Griffith Film Theater movie selections were also topics of discussion. The meeting began with a unani-

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Cable 13 President Oram Unlu addresses DUU atTuesday night's administrative meeting.


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