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BY SHREYA RAO THE CHRONICLE
Although Regina Spektor could not stand, her audience of more than 1,400 was more than happy to stand for her twice. The frail-looking Russianborn singer and pianist performed Monday night in Page Auditorium after much concern that an inner-ear infection she developed last week would prevent her from playing the show. Still, Spektor wowed the predominantly student crowd with a nearly 90-minute performance featuring hit songs “Fidelity,” “Samson” and “Better.” The audience responded with two thunderous standing
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Barbara Kingsolver, author and recipient of the National Humanities Medal, will deliver the commencement address May 11, .President Richard Brodhead told a small group of student leaders yesterday. “I have issued the invitation to Barbara Kingsolver, and she will be the commencement speaker,” Brodhead said. “I really take seriously the notion of a person caring about a specific school and not just someone who will give a generic speech in 20 places.” Paula McClain, chair of the Academic Council and a professor of political science, wrote in an e-mail that Kingsolver is a great selection for
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“It was the best concert I’ve seen in a really long time,” said junior Chamindra Goonewardene, chair of Duke University Union’s Major Attractions Committee, which organized the event. “[lt was] a big step up from T.1.” The show sold out Oct. 1, only seven hours after tickets went on sale. Clad in a red dress and stockings, Spektor was escorted on and off stage and even required a five-minute intermission in order to “recuperate” during the show. “It was difficult because we didn’t even know whether she’d see spektor on page 4
Richard Wagoner, Trinity ’75, a member of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees and chief executive officer of General Motors, gave the address. And in 2005, John Hope Franklin, world-renowned African-American scholar and James B. Duke professor emeritus of history, spoke to graduating students. John Bumess, vice president for government affairs and public relations, said, however, students might not compare past speakers. SEE KINGSOLVER ON PAGE
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“Kingsolver is not only a premier American writer, but her personal and educational background demonstrates the
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Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor performs to a sold-out Page Auditorium Monday.
influence of having an interdisciplinary background,” McClain said. “Her work is inspiring and thoughtful and brings together many facets of her own life into the pages ofher fiction.” Kingsolver, bestselling author of “The Poisonwood Bible,” has two children, one of whom is a current Duke junior. She will be the third consecutive speaker with an immediate Duke connection. Last year,
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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver will give Duke's commencement address May 11.
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DeMarcus Nelson dunks during the first halfof the Blue Devils' defeat of Princeton in Lahaina, Hawaii
The Blue DevLAHAINA, Hawaii ils seemed like they couldn’t miss against Princeton. Or maybe it was just that Kyle Singler wouldn’t let them. In just more than four minutes, the 6-foot-B freshman forward scored 10 of Duke’s first 12 points, with seven of those coming off putbacks. Ripping apart the Tigers’ 2-3 zone, Singler paced the No. 13Blue Devils in an 83-61 rout ofPrinceton (2-1) Monday evening in the Lahaina Civic Center. “[Singler] is fun to watch,” Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson said. “He’s got a great skill level—the Duke mystique, if you will—he plays hard, too. It’s fim to see him compete. We had trouble
keeping him off the boards, and he was relendess in going.” But the rookie Singler—whom head coach Mike Krzyzewski said has played like a veteran —did more than crash the boards en route to 21 points
and 12 rebounds, his first career double-double. At the 18:11 mark of the first half, Singler drew a hard foul while pounding in his second of two buckets off DeMarcus Nelson misses and then converted the free-throw for a 5-2 lead. On the next possession, the versatile freshman stepped back behind the arc on the left baseline and nailed a three with an easy rip of the net. SEEM.
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A committee of students, faculty and staff formed by Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki will appraise the University’s judicial policies and produce recommendations by the end of Spring. The committee was created in response to concerns about the state of Judicial affairs raised by Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery, Nowicki said. In a memo to administrators and the Board of Trustees sent in September, SEE JUDICIAL ON PAGE
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