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Students planning to validate at midnight tonight for the Virginia game Sunday will be out of luck.

After a meeting with HeadLine Monitor Roberto Bazzani, a senior, Tuesday, administrators agreed to suspend validationfor the next two men’s basketball games at home.

“The purpose of the validation system for the University was to see if Cameron [lndoor Stadium] was filling up, so it could donate any extra seats to charity,” Bazzani said.

“However, people were validating for all the seats, and not everyone showed up. We weren’t packing Cameron, and we couldn’t donate them to charity. The system wasn’t working for the administration.”

The line policy will revert to the walk-up line policy. Students wanting to secure a spot in Cameron for the Vuginia game Sunday or the Qemson game Jan. 19 must line up outside the stadium before the respective contests. Bazzani said the online counter —which was used to keep track ofhow many students validated—will still keep track of how many people are in line at any given time.

Bazzani announced the change to students through a message sent Wednesday night to members of the “K-Ville 2007/2008” group on Facebook. He also urged students to “pack Cameron.”

After the Clemson game, the administration will evaluate attendance and decide whether to eliminate the validation system.

If the student section does not fill up to capacity, then the administration will likely decide to give away some seats to charity.

Ever since the new validation system SEE VALIDATION ON PAGE 5

Duke Endowment gift will increase small-group work Wenjia Zhang THE CHRONICLE

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Freshman Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer celebrate after forcing a turnoverat Temple Wednesday night.

Coach K nabs record win, Duke takes down Temple by

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9 Blue Devils took down the Owls 74-64 and gave head coach Mike Krzyzewski his 787th victory, which moved him ahead of Lefty Driesell for sixth place on the NCAA’s all-time

windist “It’s not a race I’m running,” Krzyzewski said of the milestone. “That’s not my goal in

coaching.”

The goal, he said, is winning—but Duke (12-1) did not play as if it had that in mind to open the game. TheBlue Devils came out rough around the edges on offense, mustering a mere 18 points for a two-point lead with eight minutes left Then, Taylor King drained a 3-pointer, sparking an 18-7 run to close out the half.

In that stretch, the Blue Devils played SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 1

A |4O-million gift from the Duke Endowment will fund more than 30 new faculty positions, University officials announced Wednesday.

More than half of the donation from the Charlotte-based non-profit organization will be used to endow 10 new assistant professorships and 10 associate professorships; $l5 million of the gift will go toward creating 12 endowed full professorships.

“As it has for more than eight decades, the Duke Endowment is helping mightily to Richard secure Duke UniversiBrodhead ty’s future,” President Richard Brodhead said in a statement. “Our strategic plan calls for innovative approaches to what and how we teach students, particularly undergraduates, including learning in classrooms, laboratories and other settings, both on and off campus.”

Most of the faculty additions will be found in the undergraduate schools, with the majority of the positions in the Trinity School ofArts and Sciences, SEE FACULTY ON PAGE 7

Study: 'sound Augustana to play Page show cloak' in reach

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Duke scientists have accomplished what was previously thought to be impossible.

Researchers announced today that they had found at, in theory, a cloak that would make an object ap-

pear invisible to sound waves can exist.

This could be very useful for hiding submarines from sonar waves so thatit would make them invisible to radar,” sai Steven Cummer, Jeffrey N. Vinik associate professor elecuical and computer engineering in the Pratt School 0 Hgiooering and co-author of the study to be published ln the Jan. 11 issue of Physical Review Letters. °

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Bands Augustana and Boys Like Girls will star in the Duke University Union’s spring concert, Feb. 9 in Page Auditorium, Union officials announced Wednesday.

The pair was selected based on both the bands’ national popularity and their popularity on campus, said Major Attractions Chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior.

Many students, however, said they were either unfamiliar with or only vaguely familiar with the choices.

“They’re different, but they seem kind of like niche bands,” sophomore Chelsea Goldstein said.

The choices were also made in interest of recruiting “talented” musicians, said DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior.

“We said the same thing with [singer] Regina Spektor,” she SEE CONCERT ON PAGE 8

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Piano rockers Augustana will headline a Duke University Unionsponsored concert with Boys Like Girls in Page Auditorum Feb. 9.

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President George W. JERUSALEM Bush warned Iran of“serious consequences” if it meddles again with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, opening a Mideast peacemaking mission Wednesday on an ominous note.

He told Israel to dismantle unauthorized settlement outposts and demanded that the Palestinians halt rocket attacks from areas controlled by Hamas Islamic militants.

Bush, on his first visit as president to Israel, acknowledged widespread doubtsabout whether he can break through decades of distrust to achieve his goal of a major peace agreement by the end of his presidency inJanuary, 2009.

“I’m under no illusions,” Bush said at a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. “It’s going to be hard work.”

Unpopular at home, Bush got an extremely warm welcome in staunch ally Israel. With his presidency slipping away and skepticism about the seriousness of his commitment to Mideast peacemaking, Bush hopes an accord would improve a legacy tarnished by an unpopular Iraq war, economic anxieties and other problems.

Already a troubling issue for Bush, Iran jumped back into the spotlight Sunday when Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials said Iran

threatened to explode the vessels, but the incident ended peacefully.

Bush said “all options are on the table” to protect U.S. ships. He said the Iranian boats “were very provocative and it was a dangerous gesture on their part... And they know our position, and that is: There will be serious consequences if they attack our ships, pure and simple. And myadvice to them is don’t do it” Bush already was on the defensive about Iran because a new U.S. intelligence report contradicted White House assertions that Tehran was building a nuclear weapon. The National Intelligence Estimate found Iran halted its program in 2003 under international pressure.

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WASHINGTON —Hillary Rodham Clinand Barack Obama dug in Wednesday for a campaign unlike any other, a woman and a black man drawing record voter turnout in an unpredictable race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

John McCain claimed the role ofresident underdog in the Republican race, despite his big win in the New Hampshire primary.

Adding to the most wide open presidential campaign in a half-century, associates ofNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg diston

closed he had authorized polling and voter analysis in all 50 states in a possible precursor to an independent candidacy.

Clinton, the former first lady, reflected on her memorable moment of emotion the day before she gained her New Hampshire victory. “Maybe I have liberated us to actually let women be human beings in public,” she said.

Obama saw it differently. “We have to make sure that we take it to them just like they take it to us,” he said. Despite his defeat, he pocketed the support of two key Nevada unions in advance of that state’s

Jan. 19 caucuses, and predicted a win in the South Carolina primary a week later.

After a grueling, months-long slog through lowa and New Hampshire, Clinton and Obama face a brief lull in the calendar, but collide in four weeks time in primaries and caucuses in 22 states in the equivalent of a nationwide primary. Former Sen. John Edwards vowed to remain in the race despite a weak third-place finish in New Hampshire, but New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out.

SEE PRIMARIES ON PAGE 8

U.S. District Judge Henry H, Kennedy refused Wednesday to delve into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, saying there was no evidence the Bush administration violated a court order and the Justice Department deserved time to conduct its own investigation.

Father throws children offbridge A day after reporting his four young children were missing, Lam Luong, 37, broke down and confessed that he threw them off an 80-foot-high bridge to their deaths, authorities said Wednesday. He was charged with four counts of capital murder.

Globes cancelledas strikegoeson The Golden Globes will be reduced to a news conference Sunday. The Screen Actors Guild said it was encouraging its members to skip the show in support of the two-month walkout by the Writers Guild of America.

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mourns death of two ex-profs Ellinwood, 42-year psychiatry prof Dr. Everett Ellinwood, who served as professor of psychiaand pharmacology for more than 42 years, died Saturday, try 5, and a funeral service was held in the Chapel Tuesday.

Jan. Ellinwood, 73, also served as director of behavioral neuropharmacology at the Duke University Medical Center. He was an internationally-known scientist for his specialization in researching addictions, published more than 300 papers and was awarded one of the first Train-

ing Grants from the National Institute ofDrug Abuse.

Dr. Dan Blazer, professor and vice chair for education of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, said Ellinwood was a pioneer in the field, working in the lab before investigating addictions became popular.

“He was really considered one of the top faculty members at the national level for his contributions,” Blazer said. “Up until his death, he was an active investigator up on the field.”

In addition to being a majorfigure in his field, his colleagues said Ellinwood was also an influential advisor.

“He was an absolutely unmatched mentor to people here at Duke,” said Dr. Cynthia Kuhn, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. “When I was a grad student he was a member of my thesis committee, and later I collaborated with him as a colleague. He was an incredible intellect, a wonderful colleague and a very good friend.”

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Three juniors—Katie Alberts (left), Rachel Nordlinger (center) and Ruthie Chen (right)—will hold Panhel's top three positions starting next week.

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Ottolenghi, prof in pharmacology Athos Ottolenghi, 84, died Dec. 23 at the Duke University Hospital after a long illness and private services were held on Dec. 29 in Durham and Florida.

He was professor ofpharmacology at the University from 1953 to 1993 and was a professor emeritus for 14 years.

Ottolenghi was a recipient of the first Fulbright Fellowship in pharmacology in 1953. In addition to other interests, he researched infection, immunity and the effects of drugs and was published in numerous scientific journals.

A historian of pharmacology, Ottolenghi enjoyed collecting photographs offamous opera singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in his spare time. He was also an active member of the Immaculate Conception Church of Durham, and relatives said he cultivated many lasting friendships during his time at the University.

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After a late-night vote Tuesday, Duke’s 10 Panhellenic Association chapters elected juniors Rachel Nordlinger, Katie Alberts and Ruthie Chen as Panhel’s new president, executive vice president and vice president of recruitment and membership, respectively.

Beginning next week, the three will take the reins of Duke’s largest female organization for a year-long term. “[The positions are] not only about bringing together 10 organizations,” said outgoing president Kate Guthrie, a senior. “It’s also interfacing with administrators and other student and national organizations. It’s a juggling act.”

Under Guthrie’s leadership, one of the organization’s key goals was obtaining temporary and permanent space for Panhel chapters on campus.

“We’ve been working with administrators, and we’ve made great headway with [finding space],” said Nordlinger, who previously served as the director of public

relations. “I’d love to see that take shape.”

Alberts, whose position also grants her the post ofleader of the Greek Judicial Board, said she aims to educate members of the greek community about the often-confusing rules and processes of the council.

Following in the spirit of education, Chen said her role in the coming year will be largely focused on recreating Panhel’s image on campus.

“The number of women that registered [in sorority recruitment] was definitely lower than in the past,” she said.

“We want [freshmen] to learn more about what the greek community is really like and not Just base their opinion on stereotypes that they may have of greek women.”

Chen added that the organization’s lack of formal space has also hindered its ability to host effective recruitment events.

But Nordlinger, Alberts and Chen said they are optimistic.

“We’re going to make a really great team and I’m so excited,” Nordlinger said.

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Roadbumps compl icate back-to-school prep Rising popularity of some classes and majors makes for enrollment headaches for some Dukies by

Ashley Holmstrom THE CHRONICLE

As students begin adjusting to their new semester schedules this week, some may find themselves in classes they would not have otherwise bookbagged.

Department chairs have said, however, they are working on changes to help accommodate enrollment logjams caused by increasing demand for certain classes.

In particular, the biology department has seen an increase in sophomores trying to enroll in what were once typically junior-senior classes, Ron Grunwald, associate director of undergraduate studies and a lecturur in biology, wrote in an e-mail. Grunwald said the new demand could be attributed to the rising trend of second-year students trying to fulfill premed requirements in order to take the MCATs the summer before junior year.

Laboratory courses, such as Microbiology, Vertebrate Anatomy and Animal Physiology, have the highest demand, but available seats are often limited because many resources are needed for lab classes, Grunwald said.

Other departments struggle to meet all students’ needs as well, particularly with the wide variety of minors, preprofessional programs and certificates available.

Recently, the Markets and Management Studies program has received more interest from students and has seen a 20percent increase in enrollment over the past two years, Ken Spenner, director of the Markets and Management Studies

program and professor of sociology, wrote in an e-mail.

Given the challenge of accommodating extra students, particularly underclassmen, members of the department recently SEE ENROLLMENT ON PAGE

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Some students see enrollment disparities as result of ratings sites; profs, others skeptical by

Hon Lung Chu THE CHRONICLE

Professors have always judged students on their grades. When the Spring 2008 registration window opened, students demonstrated that they too can judge their professors—by choosing not to en-

roll in certain courses classes.

In classes with multiple sections, particularly in chemistry and economics, there were significant discrepancies between sections of the same class taught by different professors —a phenomenon some students attribute to the Web sites where students can post reviews, comments and ratings of their professors.

Organic Chemistry 11, a required course for pre-med undergraduates, is one such class.

“It just seems weird to me that almost 300 people want to get into Dr. [Christopher] Roy’s course, and there are only 50 people in Dr. [Don] Coltart’s,” freshman Brittany Beel said.

Freshman Amol Sura said he chose to take chemistry Lecturer Roy’s class mainly because of teacher evaluation Web sites like ratemyprofessors.com and

pickaprof.com.

“There are an overwhelming number of unfavorable reviews for Dr. Coltart [an assistant professor in chemistry], and an overwhelming number of favorable reviews for Dr. Roy,” he said. “Also, Dr. Roy is my academic adviser.”

Coltart declined to comment for this story. But Roy, the professor of the section in which more students are currently enrolled, said the enrollment discrepancies are unrelated to ratings on ratemyprofessors.com. He added that the Gross Chemistry Laboratory renovations have caused SEE RATE MY PROF ON PAGE 7

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asked professors from the Fuqua School of Business to teach undergraduate courses.

Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard and Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology Tanya Chartrand have taught undergraduate courses, all of which Spenner said were

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other steps to The program has as well. demand student meet “We have also expanded the number of elective offerings, both MMS listings and, in cooperation with other departments, MMSapproved offerings in those departments,” Spenner said. “And we have embarked on some new initiatives like the Duke in New York: Financial Markets and Institutions Pro-

gram, which is being offered for the first time this semester.”

Ken Rogerson, research director for the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy and director of undergraduate studies in public policy studies, wrote in an e-mail that the certificate programs within the public policy studies often create an influx of non-public policy majors wishing to take certain electives.

“At times, students who want to take the [popular] courses are not able to take them in the semester that they initially would like to,” he said. “In my experience, however, every student who wants to take a PPS course has been able to if they are willing to be flexible and patient.”

Timothy Strauman, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology and Neu-

roscience, said cross-listing can be helpful in alleviating the stresses of scheduling minors and certificates.

“We believe that minor and certificate programs are important components of the Duke undergraduate experience,” Strauman wrote in an e-mail. “We would not want to disadvantage students who are pursuing them.”

Pratt School of Engineering students said they also encounter scheduling conflicts and limited enrollment. However, based on waitlist numbers, section and class sizes for Pratt courses can change even after enrollment windows close, Linda Franzoni, associate dean for student programs and professor of the practice of mechanical engineering, wrote in an e-mail.

VALIDATION from page 1 was enacted for the Blue-White scrimmage Oct. 27, some students have complained that it was unfair and

unnecessarily complicated.

“I was pretty excited when I heard they changed the policy,” said sophomore Ben McCormick. “I’ve been un-

able to validate for three different games this year. Once I was sick and another time was doing homework and I missed the validation. I had to sit in the back of the student section, which was really frustrating for me.”

Junior Sunny Kantha, Duke Student Government’s vice president for athletics and campus services, has been working closely with Bazzani and Associate Director ofAthletics

Cameron Crazies will not be able to validate onlinefor the next two home games but can secure a spot in Cameron in the walk-up line.

Biomedical Electronic Measurements—the first course in a three-part sequence that is normally taken before junior year—was expanded from 70 to 108 students and two more lab sections were added for this semester, Franzoni said.

“We do not cap enrollments in engineering here at Duke, so every student admitted to the Pratt School has a right to major in whatever they choose,” Franzoni said. “This policy creates some problems for us because we are not able to anticipate how many students are going to register for some of our entry-level engineering courses within the majors. It is much easier to predict the [junior and senior] course enrollments because we know how many students are coming out of the prerequisite courses.”

Mitch Moser throughout the process. Although he was not able to attend the meeting Tuesday, Kantha said DSG supported suspending the validation system on the basis that it was technologically unfair to students. “If one student has a slower Internet connection than another student, then he would be at a disadvantage in validating,” he said.

Over the past few months, some students have suggested alternate systems that combine the old and the new.

Freshman Michael Warady proposed a “hybrid” system at the DSG town hall meeting last semester.

“A hybrid system could reserve the first 100 spots for a walk-up line and allocate a certain number of seats for the validation system,” he said. “That way, the students that most want to get into games can get seats in the first few rows.”

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CLOAK from page 1 The sound cloak would be similar to an invisibility cloak created by Duke scientists in 2006, Cummer said.

“It would work in exacdy the same way as the electromagnetic cloak,” he said.

“Sound waves would bendaround an object smoothly so, instead of bouncing off that object, the waves would appear as though

they were traveling through space.”

Although the team of scientists have not actually created the acoustic cloak, Cum-

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mer said he expects someone to create a prototype of the cloak in the near future.

‘You can bet that there will be a lot of people looking to create this,” he said. “It will be harder to create than the invisibility cloak for light waves, but I would not be surprised if this were done by somebody within the next year.”

There has been some doubt among other researchers, however, that developing the acoustic cloak was possible, said former Duke researcher David Schurig, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University, and a co-author of the study.

“A specific paper by [Graeme] Milton stated that doing this would require some mathematical constraints that were far too restrictive to make it useful,” Schurig said.

“What he didn’t realize, however, that even

with the constraints, it would still be possible to make something that would be incredibly beneficial to science.”

Although others were skeptical about the acoustic cloak, Cummer said he originally set out to make a cloak that did not work perfecdy but did work well enough to have some practical application.

“The conclusion before this was that creating a true sound cloak was impossible, but I thought we could still make something work reasonably well,” Cummer said. “When we continued to chip away from the problem though, we kept finding solutions that were perfect” In addidon to hiding submarines from sonar, an acoustic cloak could be useful in the future for architectural design, Cummer said. Buildings could be created with hidden structural elements that would be acoustically transparent, he added.

The creation of an acoustic cloak could also mean the potential for developing cloaks to shield objects from other types of waves, Cummer said. In the future, scientists might be able to hide objects from seismic waves that are emitted during earthquakes or even ocean waves.

“Applying this type of cloaking device to acoustic waves, and maybe others in the future, is a completely new phenomenon,” Schurig said. “This could be incredibly useful for science and for the public in the future.”

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RATE MY PROF from page 4 some schedule changes for this semester, which has led to the disparate enrollment figures.

“The majority of the students who are trying to get into my class have schedule conflicts,” he said.

Warren Warren, chair of the chemistry department, wrote in an e-mail that nothing from the evaluations of the would cause the two professors on the Web sites and ACES discrepancies, adding that there have been dramatic fluctuations even between sections taught by the same professor.

“We see absolutely no evidence that there will be any difference between the two sections, in average grade, in ease of the course or in quality of the lectures,” Warren said. “For what it is worth, nothing we even see in ratemyprofessors. com gives us any reason to believe students think Coltart will be harder (in fact, the average rating is easier).”

He added that students might get a better experience from taking the smaller section of the course.

“I expect that Dr. Roy and Professor Coltart will both teach excellent courses,” Warren said. “Having said that, I think there is a big advantage for the students in the very small section, because they are likely to have much closer

faculty contact.”

Professors and advisers alike said they believe students should not base their course selection solely on Web sites’ ratings.

“The ratings can work both ways—you can be a popular professor and your teaching might not be that good,” said Daniele Armaleo, associate professor of biology, who has a rating of 4.9 out of 5 on ratemyprofessors.com. “The linkage between ratings and teaching has to be looked at on a case-by-case basis.”

Some students deem the Web sites unreliable “I don’t use it,” freshman Will Passo said. “I think you only get the extreme opinions from students who either really liked or disliked the course.”

But other students said their peers should still consider the ratings on the Web sites, especially if there is a large number of student evaluations.

“There’s really not that much information that Duke provides for the students,” juniorJing Zhong said. “Sometimes, the professor’s overall student rating is put onto ACES, sometimes it doesn’t even show up. So what else can students do, if the University doesn’t provide information?”

Some students said they value information on the Web sites but also consult their peers and upperclassmen when choosing classes.

Zhong, who has taken Organic Chemistry II with Coltart, said individual experiences in the course will be different.

“I’ve learned a lot of organic chemistry in Dr. Coltart’s class,” she said. “Everyone learns in a different style.”

She added that Coltart was a good professor, but sometimes did not connect with students.

“And I feel like Duke students just want to know, even if it’s a hard class that they are getting a bad grade in... that the professor really cares abouthow they are doing,” Zhong said.

FACULTY from page 1 Provost Peter Lange said. He added that the positions will be implemented over a period offive years.

[The gift] is going to make undergraduate education richer,” he said. “It’s incredibly exciting and we’re very grateful to the Duke Endowment for supporting this next phase of our undergraduate learning experience.”

He added that the new faculty members will help increase faculty-intensive activities, such as small-group learning experiences and drafting senior theses, among other things.

We’ve been basically increasing the load on a subset of faculty,” Lange said. “The idea was, it is a good reason to expand the faculty somewhat and spread that load better.

If we re going to do that, we want faculty members who “

are going to make direct contributions.”

To add an endowed position, a dean must bring proposals with departments and programs forward to the provost Lange said he foresees the application process being competitive.

The Duke Endowment’s last major gift to the University was a $l5-million contribution to DukeEngage last FebruarY- was also responsible for the largest single gift ever received by Duke, donating $75 million for financial aid in

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The University’s planning process has been careful, orough and effective—and a necessary step into the future for a great university,” Duke Endowment President ugene Cochrane said in a statement.

“Accomplished and edicated faculty members are essential if Duke is to maintain its place of real leadership in the educational world, a goal Mr. [James B.] Duke first articulated and which our -rustees have supported as Duke University has become an institution of international stature.” t

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CONCERT from page 1 said. “We weren’t sure how wide an audience she would attract, but it ended up being a great success. We’re hoping that the same will happen with the spring show... that people will listen to the sound clips and get interested in the talented act” Rock band Augustana is best known for its 2007 single “Boston” and No. 1 Billboard Top Heatseeker album “All the Stars and Boulevards,” released in 2005. Boys Like Girls, who falls into the pop-punk or alternative rock genres, gained national attention with its recent single, “The Great Escape.”

The upcoming show will be one in a series of DUU events replacing the Cameron Rocks! concert typically held in March.

“We feel like we’re catering to a much wider audience this way,” Goonewardene said. “The whole programming flow doesn’t go well when you have nothing for eight months and then two big concerts at the end of the year.”

Other shows include last semester’s fall concert, featuring Spektor, January’s scheduled Pablo Francisco comedy show

Boys Like Girls, performers of the hit single "The Great Escape," will appear at theFeb. 9 concert in Page Auditorium.

and concerts in Reynolds Theater, Krzyzewskiville and the Duke Coffeehouse planned for later in the semester. Last Day ofClasses festivities will also be hosted by DUU as in years past “Unless you have a big artist to sell out the show, there’s no point in doing Cameron [lndoor Stadium],” Goonewardene said.

He added that Page offers the benefit of superior sound quality in comparison with the infamously poor acoustics offered by the basketball stadium.

Although some students said they appreciated the increased variety this year’s plan offers, others said they are skeptical that it will truly cater to more students.

“It’s better to have one big concert than smaller ones, where people have never heard of the artists and won’t buy tickets,” sophomore Diana Okwali said.

Other students said the artist selection so far appeals to one sector of the student body rather than different groups.

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PHILADELPHIA With just more than eight minutes remaining in No. 9 Duke’s contest against Temple, the Blue Devils appeared to be in serious trouble. Their 19point advantage had been whitded to just eight, and the cherry-and-white supporters in the crowd at the Wachovia Center were as loud as they were all night. The situation was especially troubling considering the numerous times last season when Duke stormed out to a huge lead, only to

lose in the final moments.

But this time, the Blue Devils showed poise and maturity, going on an 8-0 run of their own over the next two-and-a-half minutes to put the Owls away for good.

“As a team, we’ve been talking about Cl 1n being tough, mentally and physically,” freshman guard Nolan Smith said. analysis “They were pounding us, the refs were letting a lot of things go and as a team we really responded. On defense, we tightened up and got the stops we needed to.”

For a while, though, it looked as if Temple would push Duke until the final buzzer.

Owl juniorDionte Christmas, who averaged 20.9 points per game entering the contest, struggled in the first half, in part due to the lockdown defense from senior DeMarcus Nelson.

In the second half, however, Christmas exploded. The guard scored 12 straight points for Temple, including two makes from beyond the arc and seven from the free-throw line to pull the Owls within 10 at 5543. At the same time, Duke’s offense sputtered, going nearly eight minutes without scoring.

Despite their drought, the Blue Devils remained calm.

After Owl guard Semaj Inge drained two free throws to cut Duke s lead to eight, Duke sophomore Jon Scheyer drained two foul shots ofhis own to push the lead to back to 10. On the Blue Devils’ next offensive possession, sophomore Ger#*

aid Henderson wresded the ball awayfrom two defenders in the paint and threw down a thunderous dunk. Then, with 3:22 remaining in the game, Scheyer drilled a three-pointer, giving Duke a 6449 lead and icing the victory.

“Our defense was constant tonight,” Nelson said. “We played great team defense throughout the ball game. They made a run, [and] they hit some shots. The one thing we didn’t do, as a team, we didn’t let up defensively. Offensively, we still got great things, our execution was good, and down the stretch we were able to knock down free throws.”

In the contest, the Blue Devils hit 24 of their 29 free throws. Duke also harassed Temple into 20 turnovers and held the Owls to 34.5 percent from the field.

Both factors were important down the stretch for the Blue Devils to preserve the win.

“I’m glad we won the game,” sophomore Gerald Henderson said. “We thought that at a point, we could have busted the game open. We really stopped hitting shots at a point in the second half and couldn’t expand our lead much. The important thing was that we played good defense throughout the game.”

Still, Duke has several concerns heading into ACC play. The offense needs to work on maintaining consistency throughout a game. And the defense, though solid for the most part, cannot give up huge scoring spurts like it did to Christmas.

The win is more impressive for the Blue Devils, considering the circumstances. Although the game was officially played in a neutral arena, there were far more Owl supporters in the crowd, screaming raucously when Temple closed the gap. But Duke prevailed, showing yet again that this year’s Blue Devils are substantially different than last year’s squad, which struggled in hostile environments.

“We wanted that test,” Smith said. “We knew the crowd wasn’t going to quit and the refs are always tougher on the Senior captain DeMarcus Nelson helped Duke preserve a winWednesday night and was one offour Blue Devils to register double-digits in scoring. road team. I’m glad we came out strong.”

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M.BBALL from page 1 solid defense, swarming the passing lanes, to easy layups and holding the Owls (6-7) to 25.9 percent from the field in the first half.

But just when the game appeared to be out of reach, Temple put together a run of its own. Trailing by 19 four minutes into the second period, the Owls went on an 14-6 run —with guard Dionte Christmas scoring all 14 points —to pull within 10 by the eight-minute mark. And as Temple gained energy, so did the fans in the Wachovia Center.

“It doesn’t happen to you very often,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said of Temple’s run. “What happened to us in those eight minutes can happen to any team. They play good defense, the crowd’s into it, you just can’t seem to hit a basket—it’s a combination and all ofa sudden, you’re wondering if you’re going to score.”

Taylor King led the Blue Devils with 15 points—including three 3-pointers in the second half that kept Temple from getting any closer. The Duke scoring attack was balanced, however, with four players putting up double figures. The Blue Devils were forced to spread the floor to compensate for the absences of big men Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas, who were both sidelined due to physical ailments.

“Our freshman class played really well tonight,” Krzyzewski said. “Taylor King gave us a huge lift, and I thought Nolan Smith looked like a mature basketball player out on the court.”

Duke’s 74 points comprised its secondlowest total of the season. The team scored 64 points in its only loss to Pittsburgh. For the game, the Blue Devils shot 2Tof-55 from the field and went an impressive 24of-29 from the free-throw line.

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And even though Temple rallied, Owls coach Fran Dunphy knew it was probably too little, too late.

‘You can’t be down by 16 at the end of the half, make your run and expect to be where you need to be,” Dunphy said.

“Against a caliber of this team, you need to be almost flawless.”

Duke begins conference play Sunday against Virginia at Cameron Indoor Stadium and has one non-conference game left against St. John’s.

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Blue Devils fall at home The Blue Devils headed into their ACC season opener Wednesday with a 44 record and looking to upset reigning conference champion N.C. State.

Duke jumped to an early lead in the match, winning three of the first four matches. But the Blue Devils (4-5 (41 in the ACC) were unable to hold on, dropping the next six to ultimately fall 27-10 to the Wolfpack (5-5, 1-0) Wednesday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke grapplers Voris Tejada, Addison Nuding and Aaron Glover all racked up major decision wins in the 157,165 and 174 pound classes, respectively. With seconds left in his match, Glover took down N.C. State

grappler Ryan Goodman to seal the win and put Duke ahead, 10-6, in the contest.

The Blue Devils, however, were unable to hold on to their momentum against their in-state rivals. Despite giving a valiant effort after suffering an injury during the match, 184-pounder John Barone failed to batde back for the win. The Wolfpack grapplers took the next five straight contests en route to the team victory.

Duke will take a break from ACC action Friday when the team travels to New York City for the New York Athletic Club Duals. The Blue Devils take on Davidson and Princeton in a tri-meet format.

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North Carolina beats UNC-Asheville 9381 to finish non-conference season Tyler Hansbrough stormed down the lane with that familiar, focused “Psycho T” look in his eye. Nobody was going to stop him not even the tallest player in college basketball.

Hansbrough scored 23 points and started top-ranked North Carolina’s decisive rally with a momentum-shifting dunk over 7foot-7 Kenny George in a 93-81 victory over North Carolina-Asheville Wednesday night.

“Everybody on the team is like, ‘Who’s going to try to dunk [on George]?”’ Hansbrough said. “It definitely was in the back of my mind.”

Wayne Ellington scored 19 points, TyLawson had 17and reserve Danny Green had 12 of his 14 in the first halffor North Carolina (16-0), which never trailed in completing its first perfect non-conference regular season since 1998 and just its fifth in 50 years.

But the snapshot of the night belonged to Hansbrough, who reached the 20-point mark for the eighth time in nine games. After the Bulldogs closed within 5445 one minute into the second half on KJ. Garland’s 3-pointer, Hansbrough took matters into his own hands.

“I just felt like I could drive around him,” Hansbrough said.

Or over him.

Starting at the free throw line; Hansbrough charged down the left side of the lane, leaped and threw a two-handed dunk over George’s outstretched arms. The dunk —the first against George in at least three years, he said—started the Tar Heels’ gameclinching 134 run and sent the crowd at the Dean Smith Center into delirium.

“The nonconference schedule’s over with now—congratulations,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “Now we’ve got 15 straight [ACC] games where we’ve

got to raise the level of our play.”

Bryan Smithson had 25 points and Garland added 16 for UNC-Asheville (11-4), which had its three-game winning streak

snapped.

Charlotte defeats Clemson on the road Trevor Booker knew No. 18 Clemson had let last week’s loss to top-ranked North Carolina cost the Tigers again, this time in an 82-72 loss to Charlotte on

Wednesday night.

Right after the Tar Heels’ 90-88 overtime victory at Littlejohn Coliseum on Sunday night, the Clemson coaches told the players that their next opponent was ready to beat them “because we were mentally soft after the North Carolina game,” Booker said. “That’s what they did.”

Leemire Goldwire had his first career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the 49ers to their first victory over a ranked opponent in nearly three years.

“I don’t think we could’ve faced them at a better time,” Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz said.

“But give us credit. We had to do the work.”

The 49ers hadn’t beaten a Top 25 team since defeating No. 18 Cincinnati 91-90 on Feb. 5, 2005.

Maybe it was coming so close against the Tar Heels. Or maybe it was the nonconference opponent in Charlotte, but the Tigers did not have the same flash they showed a few days earlier.

“Apparendy so,” Clemson coach Oliver Purnell admitted glumly.

Clemson star James Mays played with a heavily taped left wrist, which he fractured in pregame drills Sunday night. He was 3of-8 from the field and had six points, half his average.

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came to Duke with minimal experience as a coordinator and had never served as a head coach, Cutcliffe brings Just the background Duke football so urgently needs.

As head coach at Mississippi, Cutcliffe compiled a 44-29 record and lead his teams to four victories in bowl games. He was also recognized for his coaching abilities with the 2003 Coach of the Year Award in the SEC, traditionally one of the nation’s strongest foot-

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administration gave current and future Duke students a sizeable Christmas present this December: a $6.7-million boost to the financial aid budget, estimated to benefit some 2,500 undergraduates.

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In this regard, Roof and Cutcliffe appear to be polar opposites. Whereas Roof

ball conferences The decision to higher Cutcliffe indicates that the University and the Department of Athletics are committed to reviving the Duke football program. We continue to hope, however, that Cutcliffe’s salary will be in line with but not exceed averages around the ACC. However, the program still faces persistent pressure from some corners to lower academic standards for future recruits. Members of the administration have said that academic standards will not be reduced, a stance this board in the past. has Coach Cutcliffe echoed these sentiments unequivocally, which is further evidence that he is the right

man for the job. This board expects these commitments to be honored.

Cutcliffe seems to be a good fit at Duke, particularly since his coaching stint at Mississippi gave him much needed experience in turning around a slumping program. Even more auspiciously, his coaching staff has proven its ability to succeed together; five of the eight recently hired members of Cutcliffe’s staff coached with him at Mississippi. With a substantial remodeling of Wallace Wade slated to get underway and an experienced, successful staff, it appears Duke could field a much more competitive team than any Duke football teams in recent memory.

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leader of a program and an established track record of success, because the program under Roof seemed to lack strong and seasoned

all loans for students from families it* that make less than $40,000 per year.

The University will expect students still taking out loans to elliott wolf assume no more than $5,000 in debt q.e.d. each year for four years, and even less . for those from families making less than $lOO,OOO Financial aid will also now cover a student’s full cost of housing (instead of the cost of a non-air-conditioned double), adding approximately $1,300 to the aid packages of the majority ofstudents on financial aid living on West Campus. Coupled with several other perks, this is the single biggest boon to Duke’s financial aid program since Duke first committed to admit students on a need-blindbasis and meet their demonstrated financial need. And for the students whose families fall within the affected income brackets, the responses fall into two categories.

For accepted and prospective students, freshmen, sophomores and juniors; “soweeeeeeeeet.”

For my fellow seniors, who will be graduating without the benefit of the increase: “craaaaaaaaaap.”

And I have to insert my foot into my mouth.

When the Financial Aid Initiative was inaugurated in 2005, I criticized it in The Chronicle on the grounds that it would not result in any tangible increase in financial aid benefits, only reduce the money Duke had to pay out-of-pocket to support its students. Now that the FAI (coupled with a 51percent return on the endowment between 2005 and 2007) has allowed Duke to undertake these long-overdue initiatives, I get to eat my words. $6.7 million next year and a likely greater sum in every subsequent year seem like a fair trade, however, so I’m not complaining. But at this juncture, it is important to understand the context and the import of this decision, as it is a milestone in the University’s history.

Financial aid has expanded greatly over the past decade to include benefits for items such as summer school and study abroad. Aid has also increased for international students, who are admitted only if their demonstrated financial need can be met by the small portion of the financial aid

budget specifically flagged for their benefit. And in 2001, the University stopped deducting up to 35 percent of the blue-book value of a student’s car from her financial aid package.

As far back as the online Chronicle archives go, however, administrators underscored the claim that Duke “meets 100 percent of students’ demonstrated financial need.” To that end, the University saw no reason to significantly lessen the burden on students and their families; increases in the financialaid budget were meant to provide financial aid recipients with greater access to the offerings of the University and to make up the ever-increasing gap between students’ “expected family contribution” and the total cost ofattendance.

In a 2005 editorial following the inauguration of the FAI, President Richard Brodhead wrote, “When people can afford good education, they ought to pay for it, for there’s nothing of greater value in ourworid” Now, however, University officials are singing a different tune.

“The strength of the University depends on its ability to select and recruit students on the grounds of ability, dedication and promise, not on a family’s financial circumstances,” Brodhead said in a news release accompanying the most recent changes.

Data available on the financial aid Web site details exacdy how the new financial aid policy will decrease both the loan burden and the family contribution for students on financial aid, despite an expected 4.5-percent increase in Duke’s current $48,240 cost of attendance for next year. For the first time, Duke is charging students and their families less than what it assesses them to be theoretically capable of affording.

This monumental shift is a direct result of a new “arms race” between top-tier Universities. In 2001, Princeton announced that it would replace all student loans with grants, prompting otheruniversities to take similar steps over the next severalyears. Since Duke’s December announcement, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania and Tufts have all announced further increases to theirfinancial aid programs, many of which are now even more generous than Duke’s.

Brodhead wrote in 2005 of the Financial Aid Initiative, “I want to prevent future collisions between two fundamental imperatives, our obligations to social openness and to academic excellence. Let’s be clear: Students benefit from both, and students will have the most to lose if we ever have to sacrifice either good to the other.”

Now, as top universities have to compete for top students by offering the most competitive packages, “social openness” and “academic excellence” are one in the same. So sit back and watch as America’s top universities duke it out over who can offer the most financial aid to its students.

Soweeeeeeeet.

Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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Hot damn! It’s good to be back Two weeks at home and a quick puddle hop to Israel have almost made me forget the priceless feeling of superiority that consumes me the second I set foot on this

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write every week. This crap inflates my ego faster than Oprah on an eating binge.

Well, it’s January and there’s something in the air. Can you smell it? dan belzer I know what you are w.w.j.d. thinking, and no, I did not shart my pants after a hangover visit to Bojangles. At least not lately.

This scent is far more distinctive than the simple aroma of escaped fecal matter. It reeks of same-sex flirtation, booze and, of course, shameless social climbing. Yes, kids, that skunky odor I speak of is indeed greek rush.

One can hardly set foot outside Alpine without hearing the chants, cheers and hideous sorority songs cacophonously belted by our lovely Panhel ladies. And don’t forget the Facebook, wrought with older frat boys’ awkward posts on their favorite freshmen’s walls.

Rush is a time when it’s completely acceptable for a seemingly hetero male to say to his fraternity brother “Dude, he’s pretty good-looking, let’s take him out to dinner at the WaDuke.” No homo.

Some of the crap is kind of cute. Like certain upperclassmen all but moving into freshman dorms in an effort to coerce residents to consider their organization above others. A-plus for effort guys, really, I appreciate it. You’d think people would have more important things to worry about, like I don’t know... chasing tail. Gosh, who wants a beautiful rosebud when you can gain the admiration of a future alpha male? Sign me up!

Ambiguous gayness aside, this year’s festivities hold a special place in my heart, as my sister and her freshman cohorts have opted to blindly follow the herd through the process of attempting to acquire social status—err, I mean forging long-lasting meaningful relationships (Pardon me, I just threw up a little bit in my mouth) I can’t really blame her; the temptation is quite overwhelming. Instant affirmation of self-worth and beauty coupled with a newfound popularity most of us spent nights in high school dreaming about combine to form an intoxicating cocktail ofenticement.

Ah, the Duke social scene, the land where superficial dreams can actually come true.

The site that dare not speak its name is already buzzing with rumors, slander and other meaningless predictions about who will go where, do “best” or just plain win.

Based on the heated debate I’m seriously considering opening up an underground odds-making operation and taking bets on the whole process, or even better, handicapping individual freshmen. This way there is no argument over who “wins.” I’ll get the math department in on it to crunch numbers.

Imagine walking into Alpine Monday morning with a gigantic odds board posted on the wall, and me out there taking bets. I’d pay to see Dean Bryan’s face when he saw that. What would be next, a hottest girl at Duke March Madness tourney? God, I sure hope so.

All jokes aside, have fun, enjoy the free booze and join an organization. Take it from me, at this school it’s a better choice.

Just don’t take this whole process too seriously, regardless of how that awkwardly friendly kid makes it seem.

So, my little froshies, when you’re out and about the next few weeks please remember this: Gammas wear green and Deltas wear khaki. And Alphas are so frighty clever! I’m so glad I’m a Beta because I don’t have to work hard.

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Winter

Break is a time to celebrate the people in our lives. We spend Christmas and Hanukkah with our closest family members, and New Year’s with our closest friends. Coming home is all about seeing the people we care about.

However, along with Winter Break come a whole lot of people who, quite frankly, we just don’t really feel like seeing. kS The awkward run-ins jj with people we haven’t long and time, seen in a StaCy Chudwill don't really care to, are as much a part of Winstage of fools ter Break as Christmas decorations and cheesy

days and have a bizarre rash on your forehead. As such, it is usually better to nip this one in the bud and call them up for lunch. It is worth it to maintain friendly relations, and at least this way you can wash your hair first.

The Ghost of Hallways Past: The Ghost of Hallways Past is someone you run into and know you have seen before, but can’t quite place where.

There is a moment of panic. Were they one of those people you saw in the hallways during passing periods in high school? Did they go to camp with you? Or, even worse, do they go to Duke with you now?

In any case, your acquaintanceship with them is usually long past its expiration date. With The Ghost ofHallways Past, it is often best to avoid the situation altogether and busy yourself with whatever item is on the shelf in front of you rather than go for the potentially insulting

TV specials.

We’ve all been there. You go out to the grocery store to pick up some gossip magazines or are taking the dog for a quick walk in your pajamas when lo and behold, there is That Person You Haven’t Talked To In Years (But Maybe Facebook-Stalk From Time To Time).

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The worse thing is that as the years go on, these enfrequent and uncomfortable.

This is because with each summer and Winter Break as college goes on, the amount of people we still hang out with from high school tends to dwindle. We “trim the fat” if you will, and the people we were never really that great of friends with trickle away to a select and beloved few.

However, as our group of true home friends grows smaller, our group of People We Don’t Feel Like Running Into grows larger and larger.

Who are these people, and why must we always run into them in such uncomfortable ways? Let’s take a look: The Appendage: The Appendage is that person who is friends with one ofyour close friends, so you always end up hanging out with them as well over break.

You never really liked them to begin with, but they come as a package deal with the people you actually like.

So you are forced to have that biannual, scripted catch-up session to explain what you have done with your life during the past six months.

And thenyou don’t talk to them for the next six months.

Rinse and repeat.

The Ex; It is absolutely inevitable that you will run into The Ex at some point over break, and it will probably be when you are grocery shopping in a sweat suit with no makeup, haven’t showered in two counters grow more

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Hopefully, by now you know to come to That Place dressed like you are on a photo shoot and with a scripted two-minute blurb about how your semester was. Also, it is best to avoid parents altogether, because they never seem to know if you haven’t talked to their offspring since the third grade.

So what is to be done with these uncomfortable and inevitable incidents? You can take the low road and avoid large places of gathering and perfect the art of the conveniendy timed faked cell phone call.

Or, you can realize that most of the time, things are only awkward if you make thorn so.

Yes, there is something inherently awkward about unintentionally seeing someone you barely remember, haven’t seen in years and have no desire of describing your current life situation to. But remember, that person probably feels just as uncomfortable as you do, and sometimes a little bit of unabashed friendliness goes a long way.

So, in the spirit of the holidays, when you see That Person walking down the street, look them in the eye, smile and let out a good ole “Oh my gosh! Hi! I haven’t seen you in ages, how are you?” Who knows, you might even end up reviving a friendship you thought was long dead. And if not, there is always the fake cell phone call.

Stacy Chudwin is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

lettertotheeditor Fire up Cameron by turning down the heat Is it just me, or were the fans and crowds a little blase at Sunday’s game against Cornell? Here Duke was having a tough time against a team we should have handily beat, and the sixth man is itself struggling to sustain a good motivating cheer for any more than 15 seconds.

What’s the problem here?

Perhaps it’s that walking into Cameron these days has become more like walking into a rest home. At first it’s nice and warm and cozy, but midway through the first half, it’s so hot, simply doing the “Whoa, whoa” cheer as I bounce from side to side makes me dizzy.

And I’m not the only one. Just to make sure, I took a mental tally at the beginning of the second half. In a 10 second left-to-right glance around the student sections, I caught 6 people yawning. Yawning—at a basketball game?!

Several people around me also stopped moving around during the second half, complaining that they were getting lightheaded or dizzy due to the heat.

Coach K mentioned something about turning up the heat in Cameron during the GPSC campout this

year, but of course I didn’t think he was serious. Apparendy he was, as it clearly is warmer in there than in previous years.

This is a bad move. Aside from it being a cheap gimmick to gain an advantage during home games, it stifles the energy levels of the Cameron Crazies. If the temperature in Cameron were actually comfortable, people would be more willing to jump around, shout and be cheery. But with it already so hot, the last thing people want to do is get hotter.

I urge Coach K and Facilities Management to consider turning down the heat in Cameron during home games. Doing so makes it more conducive to a rowdy student section.

When I go to the games, I want to cheer the team on, I want to be excited, I want to help carry the torch of the Cameron Crazies’ tradition. But I also do not want to pass out or feel dizzy doing so.

I want to work up a sweat from being the sixth man, not from just standing there. Turn down the heat in Cameron, and watch the Crazies get fired up!

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