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In its largest loss to North Carolina at home since 1993, No. 9 Duke fell to the high-powered Tar Heels 93-76 Monday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Blue Devils (16-6, 5-2 in the ACC) had not given up more than 90 points to their rivals since 1995.

Third-ranked UNC (20-2, 7-0) entered the game leading the nation in scoring and the Blue Devil defense did little to halt the prolific attack. Senior LaToya Pringle and freshman Cetera DeGraffenreid torched Duke for 18 points each, and Pringle added 11 rebounds and four blocks to finish off her dominant performance.

“I would call that very bad defense,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “There should have been more bodies flying, putting bodies in front of people and instead, we watched people go by.”

UNC, which entered halftime up 10 after a 60 run to end the period, refused to relinquish its momentum and came out of the locker room continuing to push the ball. Behind a pair of quick layups from junior Rashanda MCants, a three from Heather Qaytor and two free-throws from Pringle, the Tar Heels extended their lead to 5743 at the 17:04 mark Duke would pull back to within 10, but would never recover in its largest home defeat to its rival since the first year offormer head coach Gail Goestenkors’ tenure.

A scoring drought of 4:35 midway through the secondhalf prevented any lingering chance of a comeback and left the Blue Devils trailing 74-58 with 6:51 remaining.

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The U.N. Security Council condemned the rebel offensive and authorized France and other nations to send troops to help defend President Idriss Deby's government.

Casualties were believed to be high, and the violence threatened peacekeeping and aid operations intended to stabilize a wide swath of Africa that borders the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan.

LONDON Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday.

It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars.

"It was a small surprise," said Pieter van Baal, an economist at the Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, who led the study. "But it also makes sense. If you live longer, then you cost the health system more."

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Though some students took part in the mad dash to Brooks Field in Wallace Wade Stadium to sign up for white tenting Friday night, Krzyzewskiville is still far from full.

Head Line Monitor Roberto Bazzani, a senior, said 10 to 15 groups of students signed up to white tent for the men’s basketball game against Maryland Feb, 13, and a total of 55 tents currently stand in the lot outside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“Fm pretty sure that’s less than normal,” Bazzani said, adding that the number of students who signed up was less than line monitors expected. Although no additional tenters have signed up, the list is still open, he added.

“I know of a few people who are planning to sign up.” Bazzani said.

Low enthusiasm for white tenting, however, did not stop some students from scrambling to secure their spots.

“It took everyone planning together for a couple of hours the night before and a couple of hours the day of,” said Wei Li, a senior. “I think the biggest challenge was finding a group of friends who were willing to stick it out with you,” he added.

Students who wanted to join logged on to the K-ville page of the Duke Student Government Web site where the location of the white tent sign-up was scheduled to be posted at 10:45 p.m. Li said his group was able to get an early start because they saw the location posted at 10:43 p.m.

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Old habits die hard—even after the wallet bleeds.

Many Duke students say they have found it difficult to change their downloading practices completely, even after receiving warnings and letters of cease and desist from the entertainment industry, including the Recording Industry Association of America.

“It hasn’t really changed my downloading actions,” said freshman Pat Light, who received a warning from the RIAA last semester. “To be honest, I still don’t have much respect for the RIAA.” Junior Dan Blalock, who setded with the RIAA for several thousands of dollars last fall, added that neither the students nor the RIAA seem to want to stop the illegal downloading.

“I think [the RIAA] wants money,” Blalock said. “I don’t think they care about us stopping downloading.”

Administrators said there has been no change in students’ downloading habits since the last wave ofletters.

“We have not seen a decline in the number of infringement notices we’ve received from the RIAA,” Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, wrote in an e-mail.

“We’re still considering other ways to encourage students to avoid illegal downloading and copyright violations.”

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State law prevents government workers from using state resources to support or oppose a candidate.

The two candidates asked State Auditor Les Merritt to investigate each other last September. The report is the latest in a series of negative campaign tactics that the

have used Moore’s campaign claimed that there were serious problems with the investigation, which was launched by the Office of the State Auditor. “[The] staff has adopted a definition of ‘political’ that goes far beyond any reasonable person’s definition,” wrote Stacey Phipps, Moore’s chief of staff and general counsel, in a response to the report Jan. 24.

Perdue’s campaign blamed Moorefor the negative tactics employed in the campaign.

“It is unfortunate that several months ago Richard Moore decided he wanted to run a scorched earth campaign,” said David Kochman, Perdue’s deputy campaign manager.

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Senior Max Entman has known Donnelly for nearly all of his Duke career and mostrecendy credited her encouragement and leadership in helping to reinstate Joe College Day, which he co-directed.

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“She is very approachable and you can “I think the key issues facing the Board ofTrustees over the next few years will be tell she really cares about people,” he said. fulfilling Duke’s commitment to the arts Donnelly said her time at Duke has and completing renovations on campus made her who she is today, such as the Bryan Center, the West Union “Duke has given me so much, includBuilding and Central Campus,” Donnelly ing leadership opportunities and faculty said. “Increasing interdisciplinary curricmentors that have given me the profesulums and advising is also important.” sional opportunities I have now and those From her on-campus leadership posiI will continue to have in the future,” she tions and summer internships, Donnelly said. “It’s made me the person I am today. said she has learned how to produce I owe Duke a lot.”

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advanced without incurring legal action.

“I launched this task force at the request of DSG and what I thought was a good process now has changed because when I launched that process we didn’t have this lawsuit,” he said.

Though committee members acknowledged the possibility of deposition in continuing their work, DSG President Paul Slattery, a senior, expressed some skepticism that pausing the committee’s action was the necessary response.

“If that were in fact the only justification, it would seem you would just ask the committee members if they were willing to be deposed,” he said. “The ancillary justification of decreasing the University’s legal exposure is unfortunately more plausible and compelling to me.”

The task force, an ad hoc addition to the Academic Integrity Council, was established following the April 2007 revision of the Duke Community Standard and concerns about the state of judicial affairs from DSG. The review of undergraduate judicial policy began after Slattery sent a memo to administrators and the Board of Trustees in September, saying that the current policy infringes on a number of student rights.

Nowicki charged the 15-member committee, comprising students, faculty and staff, with evaluating Duke’s policies in the context of peer institutions’ and making recommendations for potential improvements.

The task force, which began meeting weekly mid-Fail, planned to report on their findings at the end of the

Spring semester.

“Given the work the committee has done and the

importance of the issue, it was disappointing. And for Dean Nowicki, I think it was a unique opportunity to exercise leadership on behalf of students,” said senior Gina Ireland, DSG vice president for academic affairs and member of the committee. “I really think it was unfortunate for him.”

Nowicki said a reevaluation of judicial policy should resume after the litigation. Slattery also said this would be essential, regardless of solutions developed during the interim.

“In away this committee is going away for a period of time because it ultimately has to happen at some point,” Slattery said. “It’s imperative that a very motivated group of students—DSG or not —pick this back up. The administration won’tremind students to address this issue.”

Committee Chair Noah Pickus, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, could not immediately be reached for comment.

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“There is very little of substance that divides these two candidates,” he explained.

Munger added that he did not think the negative tactics used in the Democratic primary would hurt either candidate in the general election because of the long time period separating the two elections.

“The Republicans in this state have a tradition ofrunning circus clowns, and the winner of the primary will be the winner of the general election,” he said. “People will still go out to vote because it is a presidential election, theyjust might be left feeling dirty.”

A SurveyUSA poll conducted last month showed Perdue leading Moore in the race for the Democratic primary with 19 percent of voters still undecided.

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, currently the leading Republican candidate, was a late entrant to the race last month. He is trailed by Republican Sen. Fred Smith, businessman Bill Graham and former State Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr. Orr said he was pleased that McCrory’s entrance into the Republican field has attracted media attention to the election.

“I find [the report] troubling, but not surprising,” he added. ‘You have a political culture embedded in state government that is a product of one party domination for literally 100 years.”

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Students who received warnings last semester said the letters did not necessarily stop their illegal behaviorsbut ratherforced them to alter their downloading methods.

“I think they change their ways, but don’t think they will stop completely I like going cold turkey on downloading,” senior Aaron Gilbert said. “They will change the way they download stuff so they don’t get any more letters.”

Blalock added that students are being “smarter” about downloading.

Instead of using downloading software such as Lime Wire, he said students have turned to alternative sources such as torrents and streaming media. He added that students are monitoring their uploading more carefully to avoid future notices from the RIAA. Freshman Victor Chou, however, said he has stopped using torrents after receiving a warning through the Office of Information Technology last semester.

“I just watch stuff on You Tube,” he said. “I got kind of scared. I don’t want people to sue.”

Though Chou saidhe has stopped downloading files after his warning, otherstudents said a differentapproach is needed.

Students said raising awareness about the effect of illegal downloading may help to change students’ downloading habits.

“Duke definitely needs to try to educate [the students],” Blalock said. “But I know most students don’t take them seriously. I know I wouldn’t have, if it wasn’t for this.”

Others said courts need to take a firm stance to deter downloaded.

“I feel like there needs to be a court decision deciding on illegal downloading once and for all. There hasn’t been, as far as I know,” Light said.

This weekend’s “A Jubilee for Reynolds Price” not only celebrated Price’s 50-year professorship at Dukebut also saw further recognition of his influence at the University through the creation of a new creative writing professorship in Price’s honor.

The Duke Endowment and the Homeland Foundation each pledged $1.25 million to fund the Reynolds Price Professorship, which will be given to a professor of creative writing, according to a University statement released Monday.

Reynolds Price [The professorship will go to] a creative writer and a scholarof true eminence and excellence in the field ofcreative writing who shall make a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching at Duke—as close as we can come to Reynolds himself,” Provost Peter Lange said at ajubilee event Friday night Homeland Foundation President Lisk Wyckoff, Trinity ’55, said the gift was not only made to honor his longtime friend Price, Trinity ’55 and James B. Duke professor of English, but also to continue Price’s creative legacy.

“In particular, I hope that the occupants of this chair will dedicate themselves to molding the intellectual lives of undergraduates, as has Reynolds in his distinguished teaching and writing career,” Wyckoff said in a statement.

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Some students said they are not tenting for the Duke-Maryland gameFeb. 13 because the Terrapins are not a very good team this season. So far, only 55 of the 100 tent spots have beenfilled.

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“Would I still do it again—yeah, I would. Definitely,” he said.

Senior Lauren Genvert said that, for her tent, the search on Friday night was worth the effort.

“We are planning to stay through the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] game, so the spot we have really matters,” she said.

Jonathan Mikkelson, a sophomore who started tenting in early January, said he thought most of the new white tenters only signed up to get ahead for the DukeUNC game in March.

“People care a lot more about Carolina than they do about Maryland,” he said.

Genvert also said she thought students were just less excited about seeing Maryland play.

“I don’t think Maryland’s a very good team this year,” she said. “I thinkthere will be a huge rush of tenters for the UNC game.”

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He added, however, that he thinks this is the first time Congress has asked such detailed questions regarding endowments and financial aid.

Simmons said he met with officials from several University bodies including the Office of Financial Aid, the Duke University Management Company and the Office of Arts and Sciences Development last week to coordinate a response to the letter.

“We discussed who was going to answer which questions... and who was going to take responsibility for what,” Simmons said.

The letter states that Congress has been encouraged by recent improvements in financial aid and increased endowment spending. Congress is seeking information to “better understand [university finances] and inform our deliberations as we consider potential policies,” the letter reads.

Some University officials, however, expressed reservations regarding the reporting requirements.

“The attention Congress has placed on tuition is unfortunate,” Director of Financial Aid Jim Belvin said.

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Simmons said it is sometimes unclear why the federal government wants to know the information it requests and that federal interest in the University varies by the issue at hand.

“It’s a back-and-forth and depending on some issues there’s a looser relationship, and some issues are getting more government-centered,” Simmons said.

Kimrey Rhinehardt, vice president for federal relations for the University of North Carolina system, said federal inquiries allow universities to explain their decision-making processes and financial restrictions.

She added, however, that universities need to do a better job of explaining the importance of university autonomy and how increased reporting requirements affect university decisions.

“Certainly Congress can exercise its prerogative to ask questions at any time and we will comply with that,” Rhinehardt said. “Is it something that we feel is necessary for us to function in our position or they in theirs?

Probably not, but anytime Congress wants answers, we’re going to provide them.”

She added, however, that autonomy plays an integral role in American higher education and that the UNC system will “fight really hard” to maintain that aspect John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said American universities enjoy a level of autonomy from the government absent in other countries.

“One of the great strengths of higher education is the relative independence in day-to-day oversight by government,” said Burness, whose office will be coordinating a response to the letter. “That really does make us different than many other countries in the world, and many other countries will acknowledge that the best higher education system is in the U.S.” The issue of rising college tuition costs was raised in a Senate Finance Committee hearing that discussed offshore tax issues last September. Increasing tuition costs alongside significant endowment growth has led Congress to devote more attention to university finances.

“I do not understand how institutions like Duke can justify this incredibly rapid increase in tuition at the same time that their endowments are earning so much money,” Lynne Munson, an adjunct research fellow with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, said in an interview with The Chronicle in November. “I’m more concerned with institutions of higher learning serving the public... than I am with claims of institutional freedom.”

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Because ofElisha Nelson Manning. (Yes, his mother still calls him Elisha, and he blushes every time.) Over the last 48 hours, every sports media oudet has hardly let us forget that the last two Super Bowl MVP’s were Eli and his brother, Peyton. Well, guess what else these two have in common besides a huge ring, a lot ofmoney and the same last name?

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The game’s outcome was long decided, but if you happened to amble into Cameron Indoor Stadium with 1:31 left in the second half of Monday’s defeat, you would have witnessed Duke’s loss in a nutshell.

Carolina North Qame power forward Erlana Larkin’s play in the last two minutes embodied the game’s essence—physical post play —better than any Blue Devil.

With the over-aggressive Tar Heels’ win securely intact, Duke forced an offbalanced, shot-clock-beating heave from Italee Lucas, which rimmed out. Enter Larkins, who maneuvered around two Duke defenders to grab her sixth and final offensive rebound of the night and bank the ball back into the hoop in spite of a slap to her arm.

The small legion of visiting North Carolina faithful—louder than the Cameron Crazies all night—hollered one last time, as did Larkins, who had good reason to scream.

UNC’s frontcourt trio of Larkins, Rashanda McCants and LaToya Pringle burned the Blue Devils for 40 minutes, combining for 46 points and, most importandy, 23 rebounds, including 18 on the offensive glass.

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believing the ultimate outcome would be decided on the boards, the final rebounding margin put the visitors on top for good.

“We knew coming in here that the key to the game was going to be rebounding,” Pringle said. “We really pride ourselves on

crashing the offensive boards real hard. We got in there and batded hard.... We came in here to rebound and play hard.”

Rebounding has been a common deficiency in most of Duke’s losses—the Blue Devils have lost the battle of the boards in five of six losses, and were outrebounded by No. 2 Tennessee 40-29 in their last loss, Jan. 28.

UNC took down 43 rebounds and Duke 34. UNC grabbed 18 offensive rebounds and Duke secured only 12defensive boards.

Advantage, Tar Heels.

The Blue Devils did notch 22 offensive rebounds, five more than their season average, and while head coach Joanne P. McCallie was pleased with that effort, she acknowledged it was a skewed statistic as five came in the last 33 seconds. Still, UNC outdid its nemesis by grabbing 25 defensive rebounds.

To make matters worse, Duke’s leading rebounder, Chante Black, grabbed only five boards after securing just two against the Lady Vols last week. Senior guard Wanisha Smith led the team with eight rebounds—a solid accomplishment for her, but a telling sign for the team.

“Itjustcomes down to all-aroundrebounding,”junior Abby Waner said. ‘We can’t fully rely on posts to rebound, it’s a guard thing as well. It has to be a team effort, and it takes more than just the initial box out. You really have to push through the ball.”

It’s a lesson that Duke learned, yet again, the hard way.

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North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson is questionable for Wednesday night's Duke-UNC game in Chapel Hill.

UNC's Lawson could miss upcoming bout with Duke 84-73 overtime victory at Florida State on Sunday. X-rays showed no broken bones,

North Carolina CHAPEL HILL head coach Roy Williams was pessimistic Monday about injured point guard Ty Lawson’s status for this week’s game against No. 2 Duke.

“I don’t feel real good about him playing,” Williams said during the Atlantic Coast Conference’s weekly media teleconference.

Williams said he wouldn’t know Lawson’s status for Wednesday night’s rivalry game until at least after practice

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“We won’t have any idea if he will play, or how much he will play, until after practice [Tuesday]—if he can practice,” Williams said.

Lawson’s top backup, Bobby Frasor, was lost for the season with torn knee ligaments, leaving third-stringer Quentin Thomas and starting swingman Marcus Ginyard as Williams’ most likely options if Lawson can’t play.

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Now let’s pretend for a second that you’re a fast, strong, talented high school football player. I know it’s tough for a lot of you to relate to that, but use your imaginations. You like sports. Hell, you especially like football. So you’ve seen the last two Super Bowls. In fact, right now you’re watching Eli march around the University of Phoenix Stadium with the Lombardi Trophy hoisted high in the air while Peyton claps from his private booth above. Suddenly, the phone rings. “Hello?”

“Hi. This is David Cutcliffe. I can do that for you.” I don’t know about you, but I’m signing on whatever dotted line that guy tells me to.

And. that’s precisely the point. To a certain extent, it’s actually unfair to call this Cutcliffe’s first recruiting class, because he only had about 90 days to get the job done.

Nevertheless, his reputation, his attitude and his two goofy-looking tutees with Super Bowl rings are enough to get any recruit listening.

That’s why scout.com’s No. 10 quarterback Sean Renfree verbally committed to come here rather than play at home for Arizona State, which accumulated as many wins this season (10) as Duke has in the last five years. And it’s why Terrelle Pryor, the No. 1 quarterback on almost everybody’s list and arguably the top recruit period, has Duke listed as one of his possible choices among perennial powerhouses such as Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Florida and Louisiana State.

Above all else, though, here’s the really important thing to take away from all

of this. Duke is not to be taken lightly anymore. Before now, the only time the Blue Devils ever got mentioned among these high-caliber teams was in the preseason, when they receive their annual, solitary vote in the Coaches’ Poll from former head coach Steve Spurrier. And while his gesture is genuine, its effect is harmful. Each season, Duke’s just a punch line missing the joke, until someone tells his confused friend the whole story. “Oh, I get it. Spurrier doesn’t really mean it!”

But Cutcliffe’s not laughing. And everyone’s taking notice. Did you see the way this school reacted as soon as every student figured out what kind of coach this man is? Frenzied questions like, “Do you think tailgates will change if the team gets good?,” “Do you think we could meet the Manning’s when they come for spring practice?” and “If Coach K lets Pryor play football and basketball, will Pryor actually play for us?” are still reverberating off these Gothic walls.

So the optimism has improved, that’s true. But even more impressive on Cutcliffe’s part is the sheer interest he’s been able to generate for Duke Football. Students might actually go into the stadium at kickoff and not back to their rooms to sleep off all that beer. Wallace Wade might not have to be a painful blemish on this university’s athletic landscape. The rest of. the country might have to find some other school to pick on.

It all starts tomorrow. Cutcliffe could have mastermind potential, but he can’t achieve it without recruiting the best. And even if we have to wait a calendar year for Duke’s first truly stellar class of the Cutcliffe Era in order to give his staff enough time to do the job right, the groundwork has already been laid.

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LUBBOCK, Texas —Bob Knight, known as much for his fiery temper as his basketball brilliance, resigned Monday at Texas Tech, handing the team over to his son.

It was a stunning midseason move by the winningest men’s coach in major college basketball, who gave no hint a change was coming. Pat Knight, a Red Raiders assistant, was appointed his father’s successor in 2005.

“There’s a transition that’s going to take place here from me to Pat and I’ve dwelt on this all year 10ng... how it would be best for him and for the team and for what we can do in the long run to make this the best thing for Texas Tech,” Knight told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, which first reported the resignation.

The 67-year-old Knight informedTexas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers of his decision in a meeting around noon Monday, Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance told The Associated Press. Knight then called Hance and told him.

“He’s ready,” Pat Knight said during his weekly radio show. “He’s tired.”

Knight told the newspaper he informed the team before practice Monday.

“As a coach, no one has more passion for basketball,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “No one understands its history or serves it more earnestly. And certainly, no one prepared better or taught the game at a higher level.”

In September, Knight signed a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2011-12 season.

W.BBALL from page 1 A final deep 3-pointer from the corner dagger for and the Tar Heels ahead 85-69. good put UNC finished the game shooting an impressive 7-for-ll from beyond the arc, while the Blue Devils made just two of 17 attempts.

“We cannot be giving up 93 points—I don’t care who we play, where we play, how we play,” McCallie said.

Duke managed to share scoring streaks with the Tar Heels in the first half to hang close, trailing by only four points with just under two minutes remaining. But then the UNC offense finally overwhelmed the Blue Devils.

In the final 1:53, the Tar Heels dropped six quick points to go ahead 10 heading into the half. Indicative of UNC’s torrid shooting night, three of those points came on a trey from the 6-foot-3 center Pringle—the first 3-pointer of her career.

“There’s no telling what [Pringle] might do next, she may want to play point guard,” UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “There are a lot ofways to get the milk in the jug, and I like how we play.”

Duke has now played each of the top five teams in the country and has lost to all but No. 5 Rutgers.

The common denominator in those losses, rebounding, continued to plague the Blue Devils. And Monday, those rebounds helped the Tar Heels finish with 25 second-chance points. Not that they needed the extra opportunities—they shot 51 percent for the game.

TheBlue Devils countered UNO’s collective hot hand by shooting 39 percent and a mere 11 percent from 3-point range.

“It’s definitely not a good idea to be 2of-17,” McCallie said. “That’s not going to help you out.”

For the Blue Devils, senior Wanisha at the 2:53 mark twisted the

Smith battled cramps to lead the way with 17 points and eight rebounds. Junior Chante Black, who was hindered by foul trouble, chipped in 15 points ofher own.

Abby Waner added 13 points but continued to struggle with her shooting, going 0for-5 from behind the arc. She has now shot 6-for-47 on threes in her last 8 games. Even so, Waner fought her long-range shooting woes by making shorter jump shots and handing out four assists.

NOTES: The loss Monday snapped Duke’s 16-game ACC win streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium...,. With her 13 points, Waner needs 18 to join Duke’s 1,000-point club. The junior would be the 23rd player in program history toreach the milestone....

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two years of study hasn’t already made up their mind.

Realistically, these internships have little to do with the actual experience and everything to do with name boosting and resume building. Such an emphasis expands the highschool-like mentality of doing things not for personal benefit, but rather for status. This practice diminishes both personal self-worth and the collective value and strength of non-educational activities.

Sophomores at Duke are not even required to have a finalized major—age 19 is still considered by most to be a time for exploration. The program is unfairly biased towards students who arrived on campus on an i-banking track, a bias that has the unfortunate potential of carrying over into junior-year internships and beyond.

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er aspect or implication of these programs is the implicit effect on all those not taking internships, and the pace with which the trend is growing the investment banking sector serves as a clue that other industries will not be far behind. Students understand and acknowledge that there should be sacrifices involved in getting a job after college, but an expectation that every one-week period of unoccupied time should be devoted to unpaid internships is both unrealistic and unfair.

This board is not encouraging the type of Spring Break depicted on MTV and “Girls Gone Wild,” but there is a large and interesting middle ground. It is both important and healthy to take a break, and no one should have to worry about potential negative implications of enjoying time with friends and family.

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or just sit in front of a TV for nine days, Spring Break is as much a part of the college experience as orientation.

Replacing these models with short unpaid internships definitely hampers creativity—exactly the opposite of the true collegiate spirit—and is in no way a vacation: What students gain from the program is questionable.

Whether a week-long bottomof-the-barrel job would even be considered as a part of a resume is debatable—even more doubtful is whether one could form meaningful relationships within a singular work-week.

Though proponents would argue that the internship provides a windowinto the i-banking world for students tenuously interested in the field, itis doubtful that the type of student applying for such a competitive program without having even completed

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ence, and when I arrived as a freshman it was easy to sense the electric-

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ity and passion in the air But this intensity has waned over time. Now, the crowd has become visibly less energetic, unoriginal and increasingly dissonant in appearance (who said pink was an acceptable Duke color?). Sure, it still gets really loud and really tense at important moments, but the noise level and excitement never seem to surpass my expectations.

Fortunately, there is plenty we can do to bring the crazy back: Below are five problems—and solutions—for returning the mojo to Cameron. Given that this year’s team has outpaced expectations by vaulting to the top of the ACC and a No. 2 national ranking, everyone who cares about Duke Basketball should listen up.

(1) Pregame procedures are too exhausting.

Standing for an hour or more before the game even starts tires the Crazies out. It may psych the team up, but I’m quite sure Coach K and a seated student body could handle that just as well. Did you ever wonder why we often seem to blow large leads at home towards the end of the second half? It’s partly because the energy level of the fans diminishes five or so minutes after the second tip-off. Not only should we encourage the Crazies to sit during the pregame warm up, but we should also turn the temperature in Cameron down a few degrees so it isn’t that hot, either.

(2) Our image is ineffective. Every Crazie wears something different to the game, which ends up looking unintimidating and disjointed, especially when the crowd is jumping up and down for most of the game. Instead, we need to standardize a color for each home game so that the fans wear all blue, all white or all black—-

who doesn’t want to hear Dickie V giving props to the Duke “blackout”?—or we could even des-

ignate a standard Cameron Crazie game shirt that all students would wear to every game.

Otherwise, most viewers just can’t help thinking “nerds” when the TV cameras spotlight the Crazies; I know I do.

(3) The cheers are disappointing. Before I came here, the biggest media hype about the Crazies regarded their originality. When I was a freshman, someone actually did research on opposing players to dig up dirt for use as a clever chant (MSU’s Paul Davis crying at the free throw line, anyone?).

Now, the cheer sheets are surprisingly devoid of original ideas—don’t tell me that ESPN’s Page Two article three years ago actually made you feel more proud to be a Crazie—so the line monitors need to get creative and do their homework. Oh, and by the way, we all know Tyler Hansbrough looks like Beaker from the Muppets, so don’t even bother.

(4) The band needs to be in tune with the flow of the game. The band always seems to start a song posttimeout that silences the Crazies. Unfortunately, this is exactly what helps the other team when they call timeouts to quell the crowd and end a Duke run: Inevitably, the student cheer ends, the band plays and Cameron gets quiet for a few seconds before the game resumes. Then, the Crazies can’t return to their previously high intensity level, allowing our opponent a brief respite.

Instead, the band should recognize key moments in the flow of the game when it would be better to let the students keep chanting during the* timeout in order to keep up the energy when play resumes.

(5) Bring it, or stay home. It is downright upsetting that students come to home games and don’t jump and scream throughout the whole game. Plus it looks terrible on TV that the much-hyped Cameron Crazies aren’t excited enough to make the whole place bounce at all times. Being involved is the one thing the Crazies can to do to help excite the team, so if you aren’t willing to scream every chant and jump whenever the crowd is jumping, don’t bother coming. Watch the game on TV so a better fan can take your place.

Cameron rocks, but it can always rock harder.

Crazies, are you up to the task?

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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lettertotheeditor WISER stands with those

working for peace in Kenya

Since The Chronicle’s article “Duke Engage nixes programs,” published Jan. 23, we have received a number of questions about how the current situation in Kenya will affect the WISER program. More Kenyans have died in the violence following the Dec. 27 presidential elections, and over a quarter million have been displaced from their homes. We hope, along with our Kenyan colleagues and friends, that peace will soon return to the country.

As we do not want to put students in danger, we support DukeEngage’s decision to suspend funding for CampWISER in Muhuru Bay this summer. We do, however, want to clarify that while WISER summer programs have been indefinitely postponed, plans for the WISER school are still moving forward and construction will begin as soon as possible. Muhuru Bay, our partner community, remains peaceful despite the current crisis.

Although Muhuru Bay is minimally affected, the ongoing political crisis and violence throughout the country require our support.

The WISER student group will be raising funds for two organizations bringing relief to those impacted by the violence: the Young Women’s Leadership Institute in the Rift Valley and the McKenna Clinic in Kibera.

Now is an important time to reaffirm our dedication to Kenya and our many friends there from all tribes. WISER is an international community partnership, and that partnership means that we stay committed to each other despite setbacks and events outside of our control.

To show our commitment and solidarity with all Kenyans during these trying times, please join us for a candlelight vigil on the Chapel steps from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Emily Matthews Trinity ’lO WISER co-president Katie Mikush Trinity ’O9 WISER co-president

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drought-dismissing Duke student (noun): 1. avoids hand-sanitizer dispensers forced upon him or her by the administration; 2. a. leaves the tap running while brushing teeth; b. takes 10minute showers just to get away from homework; 3 changes the water cup after every game.

Many of us have acted as if we are above the drought. We’ve paid $l.OO in food points for a shot of water at The Loop without displaying much care or concern.

But what would we do if civic engagement we were being watched? part jj j„ a series What if our hydrophilic behaviors were being judged by Durham families living under Stage TV water restrictions?

Perhaps then we would feel distress for our greater community—we’d resist the urge to sanitize and rinse and only shower before important rush events. But why can’t we target this balance between necessity and extravagance even without being watched? Why are “RLHS vs. the drought” signs not enough? Where, truly, is our

sipped store-bought bottled water, and we stood out because of it.

I would enter the streets of New Delhi as I was forced to: barely bathed, soaked in sweat, gripping a liter of bottled water. And I noticed everyone staring at me. It couldn’t have been my skin color—for once I fit in. It shouldn’t have been my clothing—lndian men conform more to “Western” clothing than we do. And I doubted it was my accent. After all, I had finished my T-reqs in Hindi.

I recall a young boy during one of my days volunteering. He shook my hand and hurried off before coming back with a glass of chilled water. I explained in Hindi that I had brought my own. Those around me stood puzzled, confused why I would prefer my warm bottled water over the refrigerated tap water they had offered me.

How could I explain respectfully that Delhi’s tap water wasn’t “clean” enough for my body to handle?

How could I justify spending 12 rupees (U.S. $0.25) on each liter of water when that’s nearly one-fourth the average daily earnings ofDelhi’s street populations? To me, bottled water was a necessity; to them, it was an

Sure, we may be more talented than, far smarter than and generally superior to our counterparts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—no need to be humble there. Yet humility is something we could all strive to display more often—a quality I came closest to learning this past summer while living and volunteering through the DukeEngage program in New Delhi, the perpetually drought-plagued capital of India.

I recognize that calling a city of 22 million inhabitants “waterless” may strike some as an exaggeration. But if your two-bucket “bath” ran dry with shampoo still in your hair, or your toilet didn’t flush more than once a day, you’d be more likely to understand.

There I was; stranded, without evacuation insurance, in 100-degree weather, challenged to adapt to the distressed world around me. There were six of us in that tiny apartment: four boys, two girls—one flush.

We each learned to shower with less than one liter, brush our teeth with less than a pint and not use the restroom casually.

All the while, we avoided drinking Delhi’s tap water—the convicted agent of the infamous “Delhi Belly” (translation: more flushes). Instead, we

from the tap.

I sipped slowly and increased the concentration of tap water even more cautiously, hoping my white blood cells could keep pace. Within a week, I was drinking from the faucet.

A friend back on campus commented that if I wanted to seem culturally sensitive I should have explained that with each liter of bottled water I drank, 10 liters would go to those very street kids in Delhi (see your nearest Volvic bottle). But where does this notion of a “need” to be humble grow out of?

With eyes watching, I adapted in Delhi and learned “humility,” doing my best to be considerate of those around me.

But now, back home, I sometimes catch myself losing that humility temporarily—taking 10 minute showers and such. Inside the protected walls of Duke, it’s easy to lose sight of the distressed world around us. We are surrounded by a city facing water shortages, health crises and daily suffering, but many of us only notice—and only care—when reminded.

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I recognized that I couldn’t truly engage in this community unless I was willing to adapt. With hesitation, I soon began to dilute my bottled water with water drawn

Aneesh Kapur is a Trinity junior.

Editorial, not RIAA, was out of tune

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write to respond to The Chronicle’s editorial “RIAA Tactics Strike a Sour Chord” (Nov. 29, 2007). Let me say at the outset that I am not unbiased when it comes to Duke or the RIAA. I graduated from Duke and its law school and served as a member ofThe Chronicle’s Board of Directors while' at Duke law school; today, I ctowon markc Sieven marKS am executive vice presiguest Commentary dent and general counsel at RIAA. I was disappointed that the editorial contained factual errors. I was more disturbed that the editorial labeled RIAA’s enforcement of rights against activity admitted to be illegal as “immoral,” supporting this assertion only by a series of cliches that read like a redux of those leveled against RIAA and its member record companies since the late 19905.

Let’s start with some basic facts. First, one of the record companies’ lawsuits over uploading and downloading recordings on peer-to-peer networks has indeed gone before a jury. Last year, a Minnesota jury found a defendant in a copyright infringement case we brought liable and rendered a sizable verdict (after the defendant refused our offer to settle the case for a small fraction of the ultimate verdict). This decision affirmed the clarity of the law and the seriousness of copyright in-

fringement.

Second, RIAA does not request the names of students

when we ask that a university forward a prelitigation letter to a student engaged in copyright infringement on

a peer-to-peer network. We ask only that the university forward the letter offering an early settlement opportunity to the appropriate person. Failing to do so deprives a student of the opportunity to settle a case early and at a reduced rate.

This isn’t a privacy issue. Engaging in illegal file trafficking—“sharing” a recording with millions of anonymous strangers on a public network —is anything but private. Just ask those peer-to-peer users who have inadvertently “shared” sensitive documents like tax returns or medical records available to any other user of the network. In enforcing the rights of its members RIAA does nothing more than anyone else using peer-to-peer networks to find illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted sound recordings, The Chronicle’s allegations of “questionable” legal tactics

notwithstanding.

We recognize that many students who find themselves a defendant in a copyright infringement action are angry and frustrated. A popular refrain by those opposing our enforcement actions is to blame the record industry for failing to offer better ways to consume music in an effort to hold onto old business models. With all due respect, these complaints are so 1999.

Today, the music industry has embraced a variety of new digital music models—from offering digital downloads through services like iTunes to licensing social networking sites, peer-to-peer services, advertiser supported models and subscription services. Make no mistake about it, record companies understand that their

future is tied to giving consumers what they want.

Unfortunately, many fans continue to ignore the new legal alternatives in favor of acquiring music illegally. Let’s be honest, the ease of pirating music will continue without some deterrent. We know this from experience. Years of industry warnings and educational efforts were unsuccessful because those messages lacked the consequences arising from a lawsuit for copyright infringement. In the end, the record industry was faced with the decision to let copyright infringement continue unabated or to enforce our rights as a means to foster the adoption of legal alternatives and ultimately to enable the industry to invest in the new bands of tomorrow.

We agree that the University has an important role to play here. But rather than shielding students so as to perpetuate the infringement that The Chronicle wishes to leave undisturbed as away of life on campus, Duke should take proactive steps such as educating its students about those in the creative community that are suffering from piracy and implementing technological steps to address piracy. I’m proud that Duke is a leader in so many fields. I hope that the University demonstrates commensurate leadership by supporting music and, more generally, the value of the creative arts and intellectual property to our society.

Steven Marks, Trinity ’B9 and Law ’92, is executive vice president and general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Thursday, February 7 THEATER. The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. Senior distinction project

by John Patrick Shanley. Directed

by Rob Baird, A philosophic dreamcomedy about love, art and life. 8 pm.

Shea/er Theater. Free.

Thursday, February 7 MUSIC. Duke Wind Symphony “Modem American Voices, featuring Ewazen, Celtic Hymns and Dances; Ticheli, Blueshades; Whitacre, Sleep and Nelson, Rocky Point Holiday. Directed by Emily Threinen. Bpm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. ”

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Sunday, February 10 THEATER. The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. (See Feb 7) 2 pm. Sheafer Theater. Free.

Friday, February 8

MUSIC. The Colonial Connoisseur.

Early piano specialist RANDALL LOVE discusses pianos and repertoire of early 19th-century America. 4pm. University Rare Book Room, Perkins Library. Free.

TICKETS

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NASHER MUSEUM OF ART Current Exhibitions “Taste of theModem: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline, ”on view through September 14: As part of a special loan from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the exhibition showcases America’s creative energies in Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. New at the Nasher, on view through July 6: The Nasher Museum presents an installation of recently acquired

contemporary art.

Coming soon BarkleyL Hendricks: Birth ofthe Cool,” opening February 7: The Nasher Museum presents the, first career retrospective of the paintings of renowned American artist Barkley L. Hendricks.

Vogue magazine listed the show in “The Vogue 25” top cultural events of 2008. “

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Exhibition OponingandDJ Party The Nastier Museum presents the first career retrospective of the paintings of renowned American artist Barkley L. Hendricks.

7pm: The artist talks with Richard J. Powell, Duke’s John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History Bpm: Entertainment by GrammyAwardwinning DJ Ninth Wonder Reception with cash bar. Free with admission.

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