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Holding an opponent to fewer than 60 points for the first time since defeating Florida State Jan. 16, Duke ended its two-game losing streak with an 86-56 victory against St. John’s in Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The No. 5 Blue Devils played more like the team that defeated North Carolina and Maryland than the one that dropped back-to-back road games at Wake Forest and Miami last week. Duke (23-3) clamped down on defense and shot 40 percent from the 3-point line in the confidence-building win.

“We’re 23-3. We weren’t ready to jump off a bridge with two losses,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We’ve had to fight for everything this year. It’s not like we’ve been blowing teams out in the league. We just have to stay on our course, and sometimes that course means you’re going to get beat.

“What you do after you get beat and how you get better are questions we have to answer.”

After committing 22 turnovers against the Demon Deacons and 23 against the Hurricanes, Duke only surrendered the ball 14 times and shot 46.2 percent from the floor against the Red Storm (10-16).

The combined 23 points in the first half from freshman

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Senior DeMarcus Nelson powers past two St John's defenders in Duke's 86-56 win Saturday.

Kyle Singler and sophomore Jon Scheyer—who finished the game with 16 and 12 points, respectively—helped Duke build a 47-29 halftime lead. The 18-point margin would prove insurmountable for the Red Storm.

In the game’s opening minutes, however, the Blue Devils struggled to get into the flow of the game, falling behind 7-0. St. John’s tight man-to-man defense disrupted the Blue Devils’ offense as Duke entered familiar territory, down early to an unranked oppo-

nent for the third straight game

But unlike in its losses to unranked Wake Forest and Miami, Duke did not allow the Red Storm to hang around. Energized by seven consecutive points off the bench from sophomore Gerald Henderson, who did not start for the first time this season, Duke took a 13-12 lead with 12:45 remaining. The scoring spurt by Henderson sparked a 32-9 Blue Devil run that took the young Red SEE M. BBALL ON SW 5

D-U-K-E spells home for several top spellers by

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The letters D, U, K and E have spelled the perfect collegiate environment for freshman Pratyush Buddiga, winner of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in 2002 and the AAA Travel High School Challenge in 2005.

Buddiga’s arrival on campus in the Fall made Duke one of the most orthographically gifted universities in the nation. Rebecca Sealfon, who gleefully screamed the spelling of “euonym” for the win at the National Spelling Bee in 1997, is a doctoral candidate in biology at the University. Seal-

fon declined to comment for this story.

The sophomore class also boasts its own spelling whiz in Michael Dechert, who placed 32nd at nationals as a seventh grader.

His appearance at the next year’s competition was highly anticipated, but he fumbled the word “sneer” in an early round—a heartbreaking moment he recounted in his Duke application essay.

“It was pretty devastating,” Dechert said.

“But I got in, which was the ultimate compliment.”

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Freshman Pratyush Buddiga won the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in 2002.

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U.S. NEWS Dems question McCain financing WASHINGTON The national Democratic party wants campaign finance regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain would violate money-in-politics laws by withdrawing from the primary election's public finance system.

McCain, who had been entitled to $5.8 million in federal funds for the primary, has decided to bypass the system so he can avoid spending limits between now and the GOP's national convention in September.

Serbians protest against Bush WASHINGTON Hundreds of pro-Serbian activists gathered Sunday outside the White House to decry Kosovo's secession from Serbia this month and to demand that the President George W. Bush administration retract its recognition ofKosovo as an independent country.

"Shame on Bush!" chanted members of the Kosovo Relief Committee and the group Stop Terrorizing Orthodox People, who marched with Serbian flags and

WORLD NEWS ENTERTAINMENT Raul Castro named president Stars grace the Oscars red carpet

Cuba's parliament named Raul HAVANA Castro president Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.

In a surprise move, officials bypassed younger candidates to name a 77-year-old revolutionary leader, Jose Ramon Machado, to Cuba's N0.2 spot—apparently assuring the old guard that no significant political changes will be made soon.

The retirement of the ailing 81-year-old president caps a career in which he frustrated efforts by 10 U.S. presidents to oust him.

BUSINESS Gas prices soar over 2 weeks Gas prices swelled nearly 16 cents over the past two weeks, rising to a national average of $3.10, a survey said Sunday.

The Lundberg survey tallied prices on Feb. 22 and compared them with those of Feb. 8 and found they had risen 15.88 cents, publisher Trilby Lundberg told CNN in a tele-

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Washington Gov. Chrise should be celebrating her )ust economy and record exet sagging tax collections are ing an estimated budget surby $4OO million. 'n this slow economy, states e struggling. People are spendig less and state governments ire taking in fewer dollars.

The financial bottom line is a top worry for many governors in discussions as their annual meeting about paying for public works and energy projects.

LOS ANGELES—The best word to describe the red-carpet fashion at the Academy Awards: red.

Katherine Heigl, Helen Mirren,Miley Cyrus, Julie Christie, Ruby Dee, Anne Hathaway and Heidi Klum were among the stars in red gowns Sunday night at theKodakTheatre in Los Angeles.

Pregnant actresses Cate Blanchett—in a Dries van Noten halter gown with floral beading on the skirt—and Jessica Alba both embraced theirrevised shapes in empire-waist gowns.

Alba, wearing a plum-colored strapless Marchesa gown with a plume of feathers at the bust, said she is a fan of designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig. "Their seasons are always beautiful and this one in particular."

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Rihanna works for good cause She just became an honNEW YORK orary cultural ambassador for Barbados, and now Rihanna is advocating for another cause: a New York City leukemia patient in urgent need of a bone marrow donor.

The 20-year-old singer is working with DKMS, an international donor network based in Tubingen, Germany, to try to find a donor for Lisa Gershowitz Flynn, People magazine reported on its Web site Saturday.

ODDS & ENDS Dog returns home after tornado GASSVILLE Every day since a tornado damaged the Harrises' home and their dog's pen, the family has checked to see whether Pongo made it back.

On Friday, nearly three weeks after the storm, he did—-hungry but healthy.

"He poked his head out of the dog house,"saidTim Harris, husband of Pongo's owner, Katresa Harris."He was running; he was so excited to see her."

Today Microfinance open reception Sanford Commons, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Twenty photographs by Duke students taken during fieldwork feature people whose lives are being changed by microfinance loans.

Discussion on masculinity Mary Lou Williams Center, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Men Speak Out Event is a discussion with editor ShiraTarrant and authors Jonathan Ravarino and Jay Poole.Please join us for a discussion on Men, Masculinity and Feminism.

Political cartoons exhibit Rubenstein Hall, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Over 100 political cartoons by Kevin "Kal"Kallaugher, staff cartoonist for The Economist.

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Duke study links teens’ tobacco use to trauma by

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“We have long assumed that kids got addicted because they were smoking five or 10 cigarettes a day,” Dr. Joseph DiFranza, a family medicine and community health professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the study’s lead researcher, told The New York Times.

“Now we know that they risk addiction after trying a cigarette just once.”

Dr. Francis McClernon, assistant professor of medical psychiatry and a researcher on the Duke study, said his team’s work could have implications for DiFranza’s findings.

“If you think about kids who have some of these risk factors, like being abused or having a traumatic experience, it may be that the addiction process starts even quicker for them,” McClernon said. “What [DiFranza] has shown is potentially being amplified by the things we’re seeing.”

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Although smoking rates among the general population continue to decline, Duke researchers have identified risk factors that drive some young people to defy the trend and pick up the habit.

The study, which appears in the March issue of the JournaTof Adolescent Health, found that adolescents who witnessed or were involved in a physical assault were twice as likely to begin smoking within a year of the incident. Additionally, those exposed to physical or sexual abuse in early childhood faced an increased risk of becoming a regular smoker at an earlier age than the national average.

“When people suffer a traumatic event, they can experience an emotional shock to the system,” said Dr. Bernard Fuemmeler, assistant professor of community and family medicine and one of the study’s lead researchers. “Sometimes people turn to substances like nicotine because they feel that it helps them cope.”

The researchers examined data gathered by the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of approximately 15,000 adolescents tracked from 1995 to 2002.

Participants, who entered the study at an average age of 15.6 years old, were given a series of surveys which included questions about their exposure to traumatic events and smoking behaviors. Events classified as traumatic included unwanted sexual contact, physical assault and interpersonal violence among partners or friends.

A nicotine-dependence test was also administered, allowing Fuemmeler and his team to uncover a positive correlation

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Dr. Bernard Fuemmeler, an assistant professor of community and family medicine, says young adults who witness or experience physical or sexual assaults are twice as likely to begin smoking within a year. between childhood trauma and smoking frequency.

“There is a great need to intervene earfy, especially among those who might be at high risk,” he said. “If we know the warning signs of risky behaviors, like smoking, we may be able to prevent them.”

Fuemmeler said the study was unique in that it examined the association between trauma and smoking risk in a national sample of adolescents. Other research had fo-

cused on clinical or high-risk populations, he added.

A separate study, published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Practice, Jbund that adolescent brains are more susceptible to nicotine addiction than those of adults and that about 25 percent ofYoung people who had tried theirHfirst and only cigarette within the past month exhibited symptoms associated with addiction.

Victor Dzau named to Medtronic board Dr, Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and chief executive of the Duke University Health System, has been elected to the board of directors of Medtronic, Inc,, officials announced Friday.

Medtronic manufactures medical devices used to treat conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, neurological disorders and vascular illnesses, according to its Web site.

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In January 2006, Connie Semans decided to leave behind her successful career in information technology in pursuit of a fruit-flavored dream.

“I was looking around for something a little less corporate,” she said.

“A little less corporate” took the form of becoming the co-owner of Durham’s own Loco Pops Gourmet Popsicles, which specializes in Mexican-inspired frozen treats.

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The LocoPops store on Hillsborough Road in Durham is now one offour locationsfor the business, which sells specialty popsicles made with exotic and gourmet ingredients, many of them grown in Durham.

Loco Pops has already served thousands of popsicles to Duke students from its two Durham stores, a cart on the West Campus plaza and the Refectory.

But students who love Loco Pops will soon be able to enjoy these tasty treats at two new locations a bit farther afield.

Friday, Loco Pops opened a new store on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. Another on West Margaret Lane in Hillsborough is slated to premiere the first week in March,

A weekday afternoon found Durham

resident Julie Rosato leaning against a car and chatting with a friend as they both enjoyed the refreshing snack.

“I’m loco for Loco Pops,” Rosato said.

“Unique is what we’re looking for.”

LocoPops co-owner Summer Bicknell founded the store in May 2005 after traveling to Mexico to learn how to make the unique popsicles, called paletas in

Spanish.

The frozen desserts are sold at traditional roadside stands across Mexico, and come in unusual flavor combinations, such as mango chili and Aztec chocolate as well as the more traditional ones such as cookies and cream.

[Bicknell] was apprenticed with a paletadora named Anna,” Semans said. “She had been living in Nashville at the time, and she wanted a change.”

Hilary Ragin, a sales associate at the Hillsborough Road store, said customers react with surprise at the variety LoPops offers. “

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Study says outside influences affect humans’ everyday choices by

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Do you ever feel like the people around you are controlling your every move?

In a recendy-conducted ex-

periment called “Of Chamelions and Consumption: The Impact

of Mimicry on Choice and Preferences,” several students and professors in the Fuqua School of Business found that other people’s actions may influence our choices far more than we might realize. The study focused on how mimicry alfects individuals’ product consumption and longterm behavioral preferences.

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As the test subjects, Duke undergraduates were paid $lO to participate in one of three experiments that tested how individuals mimic the actions of others in their environment.

In one of the three experiments, the undergraduates were put in a room with one bowl of Goldfish Crackers and another bowl of animal crackers in front of them. They next watched a film in which the narrator ate exclusively from a bowl of Goldfish Crackers or a bowl of animal crackers.

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cal service organization. The garden supports the Durham Inner-City Gardeners program, which gives at-risk teens an opportunity to learn how to plant, care for and sell organic produce.

Many Duke students are also regulars at Loco Pops.

Senior Julia Torti, a f6rmer Loco Pops employee, said the popsicles are “really creative” and “generally delicious.”

Torti added that she likes that LocoPops gives back to the community.

“It is really funny to see—they will read the flavors, and just be kind of shocked,” she said.

“Then there are people who come in often who are looking for the new flavors.”

Mardi Wood of Winston-Salem said she stops by Loco Pops whenever she makes the 80-mile trek to Durham.

“You could go to the store and get some commercialized or crap, can you “You could go come here and get

often students ate from either of the bowls while watching the film. Next, the students were asked to fill out a survey in which they rated their liking of 30 different snacks including Goldfish Crackers and animal crackers.

The study found that when the students were watching the narrator eat a certain snack, they too ate that same snack more often even if they had said in the survey that they preferred the alternative snack.

The findings of this experiment were not completely surprising, but they suggested that the influences of others can alter our day-to-day decisions in many ways, said Rosellina Ferraro, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and a contributor to the study.

“If you believe that people are really conscious and think about what they do, then this might be surprising,” Ferraro said. “But a lot of our behavior is controlled by our outside environment, and we don’t think a lot about what else is occurring.”

The study shows that in some cases when preference may not be very strong, the way others act may influence how you feel about the product without your conscious knowledge, she added.

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good,” she said.

Semans said LocoPops is unique in that it tries to follow a soqially-responsible business model and use only all-natural ingredients.

“There’s nothing [in a LocoPop] that you couldn’t put together yourself,” Ragin said. “It just wouldn’t be in the form of a popsicle.”

Semans said most of the herbs used to make Loco Pops come from a community garden in Durham developed by South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, a lo-

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In previous years, proceeds have been donated to groups such as Habitat for Humanity and the Music Maker Relief Foundation.

Semans said LocoPops also shows its commitment to social good by creating a work- and family-friendly environment in its shops, as well as by partnering with local service groups.

“I am really glad they are expanding,” Torti said. “I think they will do great things for those communities.”

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Rothstein, the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, will discuss the legal and ethical issues raised by epigenetics, including regulatory and liability effects, intergenerational equity, eugenics, environmental justice, privacy and confidentiality, and equitable access to health care.

Response to Professor Rothstein's remarks from scientific, ethical, and legal perspectives will be offered by a panel ofDuke University scholars. Randy Jirtle is director of the Division of Radiation and Molecular Oncology Research at the Duke Medical Center and a world-renowned expert in the science of epigenetics; Robert Cook-Deegan directs Duke's Center for Genome Ethics, Law Policy (GELP); and Lauren Dame, associate director of History of Medicine, GELP and an associate of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities &

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The Duke University Toys and Tales Organization would like to thank our 2007 sponsors for allowing us to successfully purchase, wrap, and deliver toys & books to over 500 students at Eastway Elementary School Valerie Bullaughey and her co-workers of Barnes and Noble @ New Hope Commons Sam R. Miglarese of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Jeff Berkson, Founder of Duke Toys & Tales Duke University Greek Organizations Kathy World of The Gothic Bookshop Jovana Pavisic of Circle K Asian Students Association And many others

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On paper, it might seem like unranked Vermont played No. 2 Duke closely Saturday. After all, the Blue

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But given the way Duke exploded for 10 goals in the first period, those first 15 minutes were all the team needed to secure the 19-7 win and move to 2-0 on the season heading into its March 1 VERMONT 7 matchup with No. 7 Maryland.

“That was huge for us,” capig DUKE tain Matt Danowski said of the outburst. “We started the game off on the right foot.

When we start off well early, then it gives us the confidence we need for the rest of the game.”

Unlike last week, when Duke came out rusty and scored only two goals in the first quarter of its 16-4 win over No. 15 Bucknell, the crowd in Koskinen Stadium was on its feet almost immediately Saturday.

Just 23 seconds into the game, Danowski lobbed what attackman Max Quinzani called a “Peyton Manning-like pass” from the midline to Zack Greer, who then put it away for Duke’s first goal. Danowski registered another assist and a goal before Vermont got on the scoreboard to make it 3-1 at the 9:53 mark.

But the Catamounts’ brief glimmer of hope was soon extinguished, as six different Blue Devils rattled off seven more goals in the remaining minutes of the first quarter. Duke was able to dominate Vermont so effectively by playing its signature run-and-gun style of offense and unselfishly sharing the ball.

When the opening period finally ended, the Blue Devils had outshot the Catamounts 19-2, won eight of the 11 faceoffs and converted on all three of their extra-man opportunities. Duke’s shooting accuracy —79 percent ofits shots were on goal —was perhaps the most impressive statistic of all.

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Maryland. We’re going to generate shots but they have be good shots, and we have to be in the rights spots to make them count.”

Despite the excitement of the offensive fireworks in the first quarter, there was one moment of panic for the Duke faithful. Reaching out to try to corral a pass in front of the net, Greer collided awkwardly with a Vermont defender. Although he did take a few moments to gather himself, the senior star was able to walk off the field under his own power, and he later returned to score two more goals and tally three assists.

In fact, the Catamounts concentrated so much on All-Americans Greer and Danowski that Quinzani was able to tie his career-best effort of three goals. With the Vermont defenders looking the other way, Quinzani stealthily slipped behind the defense and set up right next to the goal for easy lay-ins.

“Obviously, all the concentration is on Mattand Greer,” Quinzani said. “Coach likes to put me behind the g0a1....

The defenders have to creep out to Matt because he can shoot from so far out, so sometimes he finds me on either side of the goal when I’m sneaking from behind.”

“On most other teams, he’d be drawing the first pole,” Danowski said of Quinzani. “Here, he’s taking the third defenseman. He’s got a year under his belt, and he’s playing with confidence. He’s really playing well for us so far.”

Quinzani’s hat trick served as an example of how this offense expects to run all season. With teams forced to try to stop Danowski and Greer from scoring, Duke’s talented supporting players are able to cash in on being overlooked. The two stars scored seven goals Saturday, but their ability to record nine assists to six different players is what poses a more dangerous threat to the Blue Devils’ opponents down the road.

With the Bison and the Catamounts out of the way, Duke will have to ratchet it up against the Terrapins.

With their biggest challenge to date just over the horizon, Quinzani said the Blue Devils are hoping next weekend will result in a little turtle stew.

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Duke rolled through Virginia this week-

end, routing No. 18 Richmond and William & Mary to open its season 4-0.

On Friday, the No. 3 Blue Devils faced the Spiders (1-2) on a cold and rainy afternoon, the weather DUKE J did not stop Duke from turning up Kiimviurau 4 the heat en route DUKE 18 to a 16-4 win. umor WM. & MARY 18 ■ Davis first of her three goals 40 seconds into the contest, but Richmond’s Lexie Marrocco responded just more than one minute later to tiethe score. Davis answered with two more of her own, to put the Blue Devils up, 3-1. After one more Spider score, Duke took command, going on a five-goal run right up until the final seconds of the first half to go up, 8-2.

“I was surprised they didn’t come out a little stronger,” Duke freshman Emma Hamm said. “We were able to put them away and keep them to just two goals in the first half, which was great.”

Duke’s defense was equally strong, forcing 15 turnovers over the course of the game. Junior goalkeeper Kim Imbesi also recorded 10 saves and five ground balls, anchoring the team’s defensive effort.

“We did a good job defensively against them,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said.

“They tried to slow the ball down, which was a mistake against us. They pulled out and tried to set up, and I felt like we handled that strategy of theirs pretty well.”

The second period opened with a spurt of energy from the Spiders, as Richmond

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bring the game within four. But it wasn’t nearly enough as the Blue Devils went on an eight-goal barrage, with freshman midfielder Sarah Bullard notching three scores and Carolyn Davis contributing three assists, en route to the 16-4 blowout.

“In halftime, [Kimel] gave us the stat that we were losing to them in ground balls and not to let it happen in the second half,” Hamm said. “We came out in the second half and managed to dominate them.”

Next up was William & Mary (2-1) Sunday afternoon, and Duke came out looking a bit sluggish in the first half, leading the Tribe 7-5 after 30 minutes. In the second period, however, the Blue Devils worked out the kinks in their game for a commanding 18-8 win.

The Blue Devils outshot the Tribe 25-11 in the second frame, compared to being bested 18-14 in the first by the home team. On defense, Duke forced 11 turnovers in the second half compared to just six in the first.

The Blue Devils scored a little over a minute into the period, allowed one William & Mary goal and then shut the door on the Tribe with a crushing eight-goal unanswered run fueled by scores and assists from seven different Duke players, including two apiece from Kaestner and Adam, to put the Blue Devils on top, 16-6.

“We had a whole host of kids score for us, and that’s exactly whatyou want,” Kimel said. “Even more played who didn’t score and don’t necessarily show up in the stats, but that’s still great for us.”

On Saturday in Durham, the Blue Devils take on No. 6 Maryland in their first ACC matchup of the season. Last season, the Terrapins edged Duke, 19-18.

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Center Chante Black won the frontcourt battle Sunday, scoring 22 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

Facing a 45-37 deficit early in the second half against Virginia, No. 12 Duke saw a win, a third-place conference finish and a 78-game home winning streak against unranked opponents slipping away.

With a possible Cavalier upset looming, junior Chante Black put the Blue Devils squarely on her back.

Black scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Duke defeated Virginia 78-70 Sunday afternoon in Duke’s final home game of the regular season.

After hitting the first Blue Devil field goal of the half on a putback, the center became an imposing presence down low, hitting two consecutive layups over the Cavalier’s Aisha Mohammed. Grabbing another offensive board off an Abby Waner miss, Black nailed a short jumper, fading away and drawing the foul to bring the Blue Devils back to within two.

She scored eight of her points as the Blue Devils (21-7, 10-3 in the ACC) clawed back to within striking distance of Virginia (20-8,8-4).

“Ijust love when Chante plays her game,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said.

“There’s a battle going on in those matchups and things of that nature. But I love the way Chante can go inside and out as a great shooting post—a very agile, quick post.”

For much of the contest, Black and Mohammed battled in the paint, crashing the boards and trading layups. As both players eventually found themselves in foul trouble with six minutes left, the physical play down low calmed down, with neither center wanting to leave the game at a crucial moment.

Then, it was freshman Jasmine Thomas and senior Wanisha Smith’s time to take over for the Blue Devils, as the two guards

drove into the paint and exploited Mohammed’s vulnerability. After Smith tied the game with two free throws, the two guards each hit a layup in less than a minute to put Duke ahead 65-61.

But it was junior Abby Waner who deflated any chance for a Cavalier comeback.

After missing her three previous attempts from behind the arc, Waner calmly nailed a deep 3-pointer with six seconds left on the shot clock, putting the Blue Devils ahead 6861 with less than three minutes remaining.

“We let her get away for one shot,” Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan said. “And that was a killer for us. That was a dagger.”

For much of the first half, Duke could not distance itself from the Cavaliers due to poor shooting. After converting only 34.4 percent of their shots in the opening period, the Blue Devils vastly improved for the remainder of the game, hitting 55.6 percent in the second half.

Playing in her final home game, Smith’s leadership and experience proved beneficial for Duke down the stretch, as the guard hit 6-of-8 from the free throw line to keep the lead at seven with a minute left in the game. Smith finished 10-for-12 from the charity stripe in the game.

“I just had to go out there and play as hard as I could,” Smith said. “I did notice when we were getting a lot of foul calls to attack the basket. I felt like that was one of the things that I needed to do to get to the line and knock down some free throws.”

The close, physical game against the Cavaliers may be just the thing the Blue Devils need going into their final conference game at North Carolina March 2.

“We got better as a team,” McCallie said.

“We picked it up and got better, and it really had a flavor of a tournament environment.”

Smith secures win in last home game Laura Keeley THE CHRONICLE

As the Cameron Crazies waved their hands waiting for Virginia’s Monica Wright to take her five fouls to the bench, all senior Wanisha Smith could do was laugh with her teammates and breathe easy after a job well done.

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down by four and a little more than six minutes to go, Virginia was poised to deliver (he knockout

blow. But Smith personally ignited a 11-0 run to steal the momentum from the Cavaliers and put the game safely in the win column for Duke.“[Smilh] had really, really big baskets today,” Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan said. “She gave them good leadership today on the court, which is something that they needed because they really were down. We were about to throw the punch, and she kept us from doing it.”

As the clock ticked down to 6:24 in the second half, Smith went to the free-throw line looking to return the lead to her team for the first time since the first period.

She nailed both, then drew a foul to get her back to the line only one minute later.

Once again, Smith showed her senior poise and drained them both to knot the score at 61. When asked what was going through her mind as she stood at the charity stripe, Smith shared her simple motivation for getting the job done.

“Just to knock them down,” Smith said. “[Assistant] Coach [Al] Brown on the sideline said, ‘Nish, just put them in,’ so I tried

do my best with that.”

On the very next possession, Carrem Gay stole the ball and advanced it up the court to Smith, who put in the easy layup to cap her personal 6-0 run and put the Blue Devils ahead for good.

During this same stretch, freshman point guard Jasmine Thomas turned on the heat at the other end of the floor to keep Duke rolling. She recorded two consecutive steals, finishing one with an easy lay-in to build the Blue Devils’ lead to four.

The freshman played with confidence well beyond her years, and head coach Joanne P. McCallie took notice.

“The plays [Thomas] made were huge,” McCallie said. “I mean, those are game-winners. Those steals were incredible. Those layups were incredible.”

After the final media timeout, Duke delivered the shot to the heart that put the game away. Junior sharpshooter Abby Waner nailed her first three of the game, and the Blue Devils went up by seven —their largest lead of the afternoon.

Despite the offensive explosion that appeared to propel the team to victory, Smith insisted that it was the play at the other end of the floor that made the difference.

“It was defense,” Smith said. “We knew we had to get stops, and we got the stops at the right times. Defense was the huge key in the second half.”

Duke’s play—on both ends of the court—in that critical five-minute span sealed the deal in one of the most important conference games of the season. And it was the play of the veteran Smith on her to

senior day that was the catalyst for the Blue Devil win. She was the team’s heart and soul and used her senior leadership to put Duke in better position to claim the third seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament.

At the end of the game, McCallie credited both Smith and fellow senior Emily Waner for inspiring the team’s performance.

“I loved how hard the team played,” McCallie said. “The team played with a lot of heart and hustle, and I think it really reflected the values that both [Waner] and [Smith] had.”

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“It was a little bit slower of a start,” said Paulus, who only played four minutes in the first half because offoul trouble. “We were tentative on offense, but once we settled down and got more stops defensively, we were able to get more comfortable and pick up our play as the game went on.”

Along with Henderson, who has been adjusting to playing with a sprained wrist, sophomore Brian Zoubek emerged off the bench to post a double-doublewith 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. After missing nine games midway through the season because of an injury to his foot, Zoubek played a season-high 20 minutes. Chasing down loose balls and battling St. John’s post players Anthony Mason Jr. and Justin Burrell, Zoubek was integral in taking St. John’s out of its game. The center helped Duke finish with a 45-39 rebounding advantage.

“This is huge for my confidence,” Zoubek said. “It was great to know that my body can

found himself wide open in the left corner.

The St. John’s defense had been drawn into the paint by a streaking Jon Scheyer, who dished a quick pass out to Henderson from game the baseline - An instant anaivck later, the guard elevated and let loose a long three from his brace-protected right wrist.

For seven long minutes before that shot, Duke looked like the team that had dropped consecutive games to unranked Wake Forest and Miami. Before that shot, the Blue Devils had trailed Big East bottomfeeder St. John’s by as many as seven points and seemed to play the sloppy, out-of-sync basketball that characterized the two losses.

But after Henderson’s shot fell through for three points, Duke took the lead, 13-12, and never looked back. After that shot, the Blue Devils came back out to play.

Three and a half minutes and an 11-0 run later, Duke was up 10 and had exorcised whatever demons had plagued them for the last week.

“It’s been a long week for us starting Sunday night at 7:30,” said head coach Mike Krzyzeswki, referring to last week’s loss at Wake Forest. “Those two losses knocked us back. We’re not an established team yet. The roots ofconfidence individually and collectively are not deep yet—they shouldn’tbe with so many developing players. So when you get knocked back you have to reestablish those roots.”

Aresurgent Henderson was a big reason for the Blue Devils’ improvement His key threepointer sandwiched two other field goals that gave him seven straight points to single-handedly pull Duke back into the game.

Hurting from a grade-three sprain in his shooting wrist for which Krzyzewski said would require postseason surgery, Henderson had shot a combined 2-for-8 in Duke’s two recent losses and rarely flashed the aggressive athleticism that he is known for.

After coming off the bench at the 16:10

mark, however, Henderson provided the spark that Duke needed. Besides finding his shooting touch and even slamming home two alley-oops to finish with 13 points, the guard also added a block and two steals on the other end of the court.

“His defense was better than it’s been for tbe last month,” Krzyzewski said. “Since [spraining his wrist] he’s probably averaged six points a game and seemed distracted a little bit on defense.... It was probably the thing I was most pleased with.”

Led by an improved Henderson, Duke returned to the stifling team defense that had helped it to 10 straight ACC victories before allowing 86 and 96 points, respectively, to Wake Forest and Miami.

St. John’s raced out to score 11 points in the first five minutesof the game while Duke failed to establish a consistent defense.

But when Duke clamped down, St. John’s could not compete, posting only five points in the next five minutes.

“I got very emotional throughout the first half because that’s what I was trying to get out ofmy team,” Krzyzewski said. “Like, ‘Come on, get it up.’”

Duke completely disrupted the Red Storm’s offense by cutting off passing lanes and consistently interrupting their sets.

In doing-so, the Blue Devils racked up 11 steals and five blocks in the game.

“Defense is what got us exactly where we are,” said Lance Thomas, who added five points and a block for Duke. “It motivates us to keep playing hard, and that’s where a lot of offense comes from so we have to keep doing that.”

The Blue Devils’ 21 fast-break points against St. John’s were perhaps the best indicator of the defense’s impact. Playing poor defense against Wake Forest, Duke scored eight fast-break points and a dismal two against Miami.

“They’re a good basketball team and can beat you in so many ways,” St. John’s head coach Norm Roberts said. “We didn’t do a great job in transition and a lot of it happened because we missed a lot of shots, a lot open shots that led to long rebounds that got them out in their break.”

take that, that my foot can take that. I just tried to throw myself in there like Coach says, and the less I worry about how I’m playing, the less I’ll worry about my injury.”

Although Duke was never in danger of surrendering its lead in the second half, the offense went on a four-minute scoring drought between the 15- and 11-minute marks. A 3pointer by Paulus with 11:17 to go and an alley-oop tap-in by Henderson off a feed from Paulus a minute later, though, reignited the offense and put Duke ahead 6643 with 10 minutes left. St. John’s would not get within 20 points for the rest of the contest.

Notes: For the second straight season, Duke played St. John’s in the middle ofits conference schedule. Last year, Duke entered the game coming off of back-to-back wins and won on the road 67-50. The victory would be Duke’s last of the season, as the team dropped its remaining conference games and lost in both the first rounds of the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament... Henderson wore a brace to protect his injured right wrist, and Krzyzewski said the sophomore will have surgery after the season.

Brian Zoubeknotched hisfirst career double-double in Duke's 30-point win over the Red Storm Saturday.

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The Blue Devils placed sixth in the ACC championships in Atlanta, Ga. this week-

The three-time defending national champion Blue Devils begin their quest for an unprecedented fourth straight title Monday at the Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz.

It is'No. 1 Duke’s first tournament of the spring season. The Blue Devils won three tournaments in the fall.

Led by two-time defending National Player of the Year Amanda Blumenherst and junior Jennie Lee, head coach Dan Brooks’ program is seeking its NCAA-record sixth overall national championship.

An NCAA title in May would also set a nationalrecord for most-consecutive women’s golf titles.

Blumenherst, a junior, is the preseason top-ranked golfer in the country. Lee is ranked No. 8, followed by No. 33 Rebecca Kim, No. 34 Alison Whitaker and No. 37 Jennifer Pandolfi.

Duke tees off at the Arizona National Monday morning in the three-day, 54-hole tournament that concludes Wednesday.

end, setting four new program records Saturday in the final day of competition.

Freshman Ashley Twichell took second place in the 1650-meter free finals, clocking in at 16:10:78 to best her own schoolrecord mark. The finish was her second that qualified as an “A” cut for the NCAAs. The freshman also bested another school record in the 1000 free.

With a time of 16:57.44, sophomore Jackie Fasano placed 14th in the mile race.

As for Duke’s relay teams, the Blue Devil foursome of Twichell, senior Danielle Spearman, sophomore Shannon Beall and freshman Kirstie Jeffrey swam the 400 free race in a school-record time of 2:24.84 to lake seventh.

Diverjulie Brummond placed fourth to pul Duke two places better than in 2007.

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Junior Melissa Mang, along with freshman Reka Zsilinszka, was the only Blue Devil to notch a point Sunday.

The Blue Devils won eight of their 10 matches and registered four pins en route to a dominating 42-7 win over Duquesne Sunday in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

On a night when seniors Dan Fox, Bryan Gibson and Kellan McKeon were celebrated for theirachievements at Duke, McKeon opened the night with a 7-4 decision and set the tone for the rest of his team.

Gibson gave the Blue Devils (12-9) the lead for good when he captured his 75th career victory. Sophomore John Barone picked up a major decision to build on his impressive regular-season 34-6 record with 13 falls and a 18-3 record in duals.

Duke competes in the ACC championships March 8 at 12 p.m. at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md.

The eighth-ranked Blue Devils fell 5-2 No. 2 Northwestern Sunday at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The loss was Duke’s first of the year.

Freshman Reka Zsilinszka and junior Melissa Mang secured the two points for Duke (5-1). Zsilinszka took her third-singles match 6-4, 6-1 to cut Duke’s deficit to 2-1, and Mang won 7-6 (10-8), 6-2 at fifth singles after Northwestern (11-1) had already clinched the win.

Northwestern forged ahead early, winning the one point from three doubles matches. When sophomore Liz Plotkin, the reigning ACC player of the week, retired with an injury, the Wildcats took a to

2-0 lead. Before she was sidelined, Plotkin led 5-4 in the first set at fourth singles.

Northwestern’s Suzie Matzenauer sealed the win with a three-set victory over Amanda Granson at sixth singles.

Duke’s Ellah Nze also lost in three sets at second singles.

The Blue Devils opened the weekend with a 6-1 win over Princeton Friday.

Five singles players won for Duke, led

by Plotkin, Zsilinskza, Jessi Robinson and Tory Zawacki, all of whom won in straight sets. Nze proceeded to win at the top spot in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Duke returns to the court Wednesday in its ACC-opener against Maryland.

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Amanda Blumenherst, the No. 1 golfer in the country, leads top-ranked Duke into the spring season Monday.

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With three of Duke’s top four hitters from last season gone, the Blue Devils were left wondering how to replace that offensive firepower.

After four consecutive games of doubledigit outputs, however, the Blue Devils batted those questions into the ground.

In back-to-back doubleheaders over the weekend, Duke racked up 50 hits and 47 runs in defeating lona 10-2, 10-0, 10-1 and 17-5 at Jack Coombs Field.

The 47 runs scored are the most in a four-game period during head coach Sean McNally’s three-year tenure at Duke.

“A lot of it has to do with how we prepare,” outfielder Jeremy Gould said. “We just execute how we plan to do it. We try and square the ball up as much we can.”

Gould and first baseman Nate Freiman paced the Blue Devil offense, driving in seven and nine runs, respectively, over the weekend. Freiman also had two home runs in the third game and Gould added one in the first game of the series.

For the majority of the weekend, Duke (40) never faced a serious challenge from the Gaels (0-4). In thefourth inning of thesecond game Sunday, however, the team found itself in its first potentially dangerous situation.

A five-run third inning had given the Blue Devils a 7-4 lead. Starting pitcher John Bunder, however, had struggled up to that point. The freshman had given up four runs on five hits and saw many of his pitches hit deep into the outfield by lona batters.

The troubles continued in the fourth inning. After inducing Chris Leahy to ground out to second baseman Gabriel Saade,

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Bunder’s 2-2 pitch was drilled by Dylan McCullough to the hot corner and third baseman Ryan McCurdy could not handle the ground ball. When Bunder then gave up a line drive to left field on the following pitch, McNally lifted him for sophomore closer Michael Seander.

Seander, who recorded 14 saves as a freshman, was rarely used before the eighth inning last year. McNally, however, said he felt Seander needed to be out there to preserve Duke’s lead.

Seander walked the first batter he faced, loading the bases with just one out. But he regained his composure and got the next batter to ground out back to him and then struck out Andrew Passerelle, ending the Gaels’ biggest threat of the weekend.

The closer pitched 2.2 innings in his only appearance of the weekend.

“It was important to get ourselves into some tighter situations where we had to execute,” McNally said. “That was the pivotal point.”

The Blue Devils turned their tightest game of the series into its largest margin of victory in the late innings, when they scored two runs in the seventh inning and then six more in the eighth.

In the first game, Duke scored seven runs in two innings to turn a 3-2 lead into a 10-2 final as Gould’s three-run homer highlighted the outburst.

Starting pitcher Will Currier allowed just two hits, recorded six strikeouts and surrendered just one walk in six innings to lead the Blue Devils in the second game, 10-0.

Freiman’s two homers and seven RBI propelled Duke to its 10-1 victory in the third contest.

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SOCIAL SCENE from page 1 the city as well as to university-affiliated parties and events provide ample choices for the weekends.

“At night there will be Just as many people on Franklin Street... as there are wandering around Frat Court,” UNC sophomore Cindy Wang said. “It just depends on what your interests are.”

At Duke, students said the limited entertainment options in Durham give greek organizations and selective living groups a monopoly over the social scene.

“Most of the things that are put on [at Duke] are either sponsored by greeks or selective groups at section parties and on Central,” said Duke sophomore Kevin Tolson. “Ninth Street doesn’t really compare to Franklin.”

In addition, UNC students also said they feel safe to venture into and explore Chapel Hill. Recent crimes around Duke’s campus have raised concerns that Duke students may not feel the same level of comfort in Durham.

“UNC is definitely a part of the community,” said Faraaz Khan, a UNC sophomore and Robertson Scholar who is spending the spring semester at Duke. “The whole Chapel Hill community loves UNC, and you’re much more free to go out.”

Many UNC students said the availability of restaurants, bars, clubs and theaters takes the emphasis off solely greek-affiliated events.

“I would say Carolina is much more geared towards independents [than Duke],” said Duke sophomore Annie Schetinnikova, who added that she frequently visits friends from Chapel Hill on weekends.

Even with the appeal of stately fraternity and sorority houses equipped with their own cooks, only 16 percent of undergraduates at UNC—2,652 out of 16,256 students—are greek-affiliated, according to numbers compiled by the UNC Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life in Spring 2007. At Duke, approximately 37 percent

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Partygoers attend an 'Bos-themed electronic music party at Blend on Rosemary Street, an example of thediverse nightlife opportunities available in Chapel Hill. of undergraduates are involved in fraternities and sororities.

“I don’t think [greek life] dominates on campus,” said UNC freshman Catherine Mitchell, a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. “It’s more of something that’s

completely optional.”

The ability of other UNC campus or-

ganizations, from the Persian Cultural Society to Nourish International, to host successful parties off campus also provides alternatives to the greek social scene, many students said.

Despite the smaller percentage of UNC students who are affiliated, however, some

SPELLING BEE from page 1 Although six years have passed since Buddiga’s time in the limelight, he said classmates still recognize him as the spelling hee champion every few weeks. Freshman Connor Smith said he was stunned to learn of his friend’s accomplishment, and started laughing hysterically and jumping up and down before challenging Buddiga to spell the trickiest word he could think of.

“He asked for the origin and the definition, like everyone you see in the actual competition,” Smith said. “[Meeting Buddiga] made me proud, because that’s the type of people you meet at Duke.”

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UNC,” said UNC sophomore Heather Minchew. “But at the same time, the houses are off-campus. You don’t really feel left out unless you choose to. [My friends and I] have never had a problem finding things to do.”

UNC fraternities monitor how many males enter their parties and charge per cup for alcohol* discouraging some from attending, students said.

Schetinnikova said she preferred greek

and selective living-affiliated events at Duke, as they are more open and welcoming to the entire campus.

[UNO’s frat parties] have pretty messed up [gender] quotas,” she said. “If you’re a guy, you need to bring in a lot of girls to get in.”

Many students at Duke and UNO said, however, that any city is only as good as what you make of it. “[Your social life] is really up to you,” Khan said of both universities. “It’s always your option in what you do and the group offriends that you have and that you hang out with.” “

with a perenrlially competitive basketball team helped him turn down die University of Chicago and the Franklin W. Olin School of Engineering. He said he wanted to go somewhere where he could spell his school’s name on his chest—although he’s yet to break out the paint for a game in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“I getpretty fanadcal in the basketball games; anyone who’s sat with me in a game can understand,” he said. “Sometimes I’ll yell coaching advice instead of just, ‘Let’s go Devils.’”

Off the court, Buddiga said he feels Duke has an atmosphere of healthy competition as well.

“I feel like all the people at Duke know how to balance

“I definitely don’t miss the studying.

But I miss the actual competition,

when the pressure’s on.”

Pratyush Buddiga 2002 national spelling bee winner being competitive and academically gifted without going too far,” he said. “Everyone knows of schools where the culture is crazy, but at Duke people try to help each other succeed, even though the curve might be affected.”

Vying for a spot at a top university like Duke is just one ofmany competitive ventures Buddiga has undertaken. He began spelling competitively as a fifth grader and reached the summit of his sport with the nationals win in eighth grade—an accomplishment he said came almost as a letdown because it spelled the end of his career.

“I definitely don’t miss the studying,” he said. “But I miss the actual competition, when the pressure’s on.”

The win made Buddiga a media darling, and he shared the secrets to his success with ESPN’s Rich Eisen, CNN’s Paula Zahn and President George W. Bush. Buddiga said his favorite appearance was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, in which he competed in a rap-themed spelling bee with Snoop Dogg Buddiga was stumped by the word “fo’ shizzle.”

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Freshman Pratyush Buddiga said he wanted to go to a university whose name he could spell across his chest, leading him to choose Duke.

Despite his 15 minutes of fame, Buddiga said his celebrity has been eclipsed by the notoriety of his younger brother, Akshay, who famously fainted during the 2004 bee before regaining consciousness to place third. A clip ofAkshay taking thefall has more than 240,000 views on YouTube.

“He’s easily a bigger celebrity than I am,” Buddiga said.

“But he would probably rather take the win.”

Could the orthographic dynasty be reunited in August? “[My brother] is looking at many schools, but he loves our basketball team,” Buddiga said.

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10:05 a.m. class period—The food quality, post-ARAand just before many stuMARK, is no longer much dents wake up —the Great of an issue, and Director of Hall misses out on serving Dining Services Jim Wulforst masses of students and has always been extremely forces them to choose Alresponsive to student needs pine Bagels or Chick-fil-A. and desires.

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Besides, there is no shortage of lunch options on West Campus —why not shift lunch back to 11:30?

Looking to the Marketplace hours, the freshman eatery has nailed the hours that work best for college students. The sensible schedule of breakfast until 11 and dinner until 9 should be replicated on West.

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weekends to catch up on lost sleep, they would still benefit greatly from having brunch on West. Currently, Alpine Bagels, Alpine Atrium, the Faculty Commons and McDonald’s are on the short list of places serving any type of breakfast on the weekends—and of those McDonald’s and Alpine Atrium require a trek to the Bryan Center, and the Faculty Commons isn’t conducive to a relaxed, hearty midday meal. And as for Alpine Bagels? Students like graband-go, but the current system of wait- grab-and-go is a little less convenient. Why not bring Marketplace-style weekend brunches to West?

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“Rock Band” and worked you’ve up quite an appetite cramming/ twiddling your

Clintons have been pimping out Chelsea, the real tour de force for the golden arches is their breakfast. (Editor’s Note: David will be suspended two weeks for his “pimping out Chelsea comment.)

Now, I may be revealing a giant Duke secret here, but hey, that’swhat columnists do. What many people may not realize is that the Bryan Center McDonald’s starts serving breakfast at 1 a.m. That means before you even start on that essay for the next day, you can enjoy hot cakes, sausage and hash browns.

However, there is one breakfast item that puts all others to shame with its sheer chutzpah and brazen deliciousness. For a clue about what it could be, let’s revisit a passage from my column two weeks ago: “Arguably one of the best things ever created (after McGriddles and the iPod Nano), partial credit is quite simply incredible.

It should be pretty obvious by now, especially since McDonald’s is one of the very few companies that doesn’t have a deal with Apple.

The McGriddle, as Dave Eggers might call it, is a heartburning work of staggering genius. It’s like someone at McDonald’s headquarters asked, “What if the entire IHOP menu was the size and shape of a hockey puck?” And boom—the McGriddle was born.

Sometimes I feel that ordering the McGriddle is like watching one of those late-night infomercials.

It’s sweet, it’s salty, it’s dangerously fattening. So, how much would you pay for eggs, cheese and bacon ? Well, you won’t pay $lO. You won’t even pay $5 like at some other restaurants. No, theMcGriddle is just $2.19!And ifyou call within the next 15minutes, we’ll sandwich all that breakfast goodness between two miniature pancakes that are, brace yourself, INJECTED WTTH REAL SYRUP! Not even Billy Mays and Ron Popeil combined could offer a deal like that.

But seriously, let me take a step back for a moment. Obviously, McDonald’s isn’t the healthiestfood around, but when it comes to late-night eats on campus there is no comparison—mainly because there is literally no comparison. As much as I love and support McDonald’s, I wish there were more 3 a.m. options on the weekend. I mean, McDonald’s food gets old faster than Robin Williams’ character in ‘Jack.”

So, as I dig into my 350 amorphously shaped nuggets and my sky-high pile of breakfast sandwiches, I beg that someone please open another 24-hour eatery on campus. I know that it’s often difficult to find the help and pay for those long hours, but I can at least guarantee you an entire column written in your honor, which, all things considered, is a pretty good deal. ”

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Now, if you were at home you’d be out of luck and forced to scavenge through the fridge for some leftovers from that week’s third “Meatloaf Night.”

Fortunately, you live at Duke, where there is always one establishment open on campus 24/7.

I speak, ofcourse, of God’s gift to gluttony—McDonald’s. I like to think ofMcDonald’s as “The Godfather”of fast food chains and not just because Grimace reminds me of Marlon Brando. Simply put, it’s the benchmark for burgers, the pinnacle of potatoes and the zenith 0f... whatever at McDonald’s starts with a “z.”

And yet perhaps no organization garners more criticism than McDonald’s, and that includes the NRA and DSG. People like to say that McDonald’s is evil because of its damage to the environment, exploitation of workers, targeting ofchildren in marketing, cruelty to animals... blah, blah, blah. Plus, and I am not making this up, there is even an official worldwide Anti-McDonald’s Day every Oct. 16.

Well, I’m here to stand up for the poor, defenseless, multibillion dollar corporation. I truly believe that McDonald’s has a lot of outstanding qualities that rarely get discussed in our “health-obsessed” media. Right now, Morgan Spurlock is rolling over in his bed.

One of the best things about Ray Kroc’s creation is that the food is so unbelievably cheap. The best McDeal without a doubt is a bucket of 50 Chicken McNuggets for just $lO. Now, I usually wouldn’t eat anything shaped like a mitten or Italy, but c’mon, 50 nuggets for $lO is incredible. That’s 25 nuggets for every person in Nebraska.

For an even better perspective... you could get 150 pieces for just 30 bucks. You can’t even buy a steak at the WaDuke for 30 bucks.

Of course, low-priced McNuggets are hardly the greatest thing about the drive-thru staple. While McDonald’s may pimp out its burger the way the

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The Tyranny of Identity

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have been too much love between them and their wives to pennit such conduct on their parts. These men simply represent the extreme manifestation of a clear problem: that our society is so obsessed with forcing people to embrace their inner selves that it forces them to submit to their basest desires. If we intend to free ourselves from the tyranny of people beating the self-exploration, we have to remember three hell out of things about sex: only after marriage, only in this issue missionary and no foreplay. with the Let’s move on to race. Organizations like ade a sawyer Sex Workthe Black Student Alliance, Mi Gente, Native ers’ American Student Association and Asian StuArt maybe it's me Show early dents Association would have you think that this month, you should embrace an identity apart from In the process of considering the different the American majority. This is divisive! The arguments I noticed something—they seem tyrannical “ideology of identity” forces us to to be based on the idea that alternative idenembrace “multiculturalism” when it’s clear tities have less merit than traditional ones. that we should judge ourselves by an AngloSo I started thinking —maybe we shouldn’t American standard. Seriously, have you ever have alternative identities at all, but it’s been heard of a black president??? Ha! If everyone said that our society is so preoccupied with would just assimilate and ignore our differpeople’s identities that itforces us to explore ences (what some would call our “diversity”), ourselves and follow our thoughts and emowe would have a society that lun smoothly with tions. It’s identity gone wrong—the Tyranny no mention of race. The other way to elimiof Identity. So last Monday I saw the light. nate the race issue would be ethnic cleansing, Truly healthy sexuality requires shame in but that’s been a touchy subject since around one’s identity. In fact, that shame is what the 19405. Since we can’t do that, we should facilitates love. Here’s the tiling, though—l free our minds from the Tyranny of Identity and have the courage to suppress any pride think we can expand the argument to enwe may have in our ethnicity. compass a few more identities.

To address the issue of gender, we need I’ll explore three major categories: sexual “identity,” racial “identity” and gender only look toward famous women who have fallen victim to the Tyranny of Identity. As “identity.” Remember Jeffery Dahmer, anyone? Sexual deviance at its worst. Clearly, aforementioned, there is Clinton, but there he was compelled by the Tyranny of Idenare many others; MadeleineAlbright, Condotity to rape, kill and eat young men. Then leezza Rice, Margaret Thatcher, Oprah Winthere’s the preponderance of cultural orfrey and former University president Nannerl ganizations on Duke’s campus and many Keohane, just to name a few. I’m compelled to pity these women who fell prey to the ideothers. Clearly, black, Latino, Asian and Native American students across the country ology that forced them to explore themselves are suffering due to our tyrannical culture and act on the urge to do something more of identity—forced to establish and run than keep clean homes and raise obedient children. Today women are encouraged to be groups that promote their “cultural identity.” Finally, there are women like Hillary “I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T” rather than O-B-E-DClinton. How could one argue that our I-E-N-T to their husbands.

Is this the type of America we want? identity-crazed society has not forced her to participate in government (which we all One in which people are free to explore know is a man’s arena) rather than stay at themselves and act upon their thoughts and emotions? I say the answer is categorihome and knit? cally NO! We must free ourselves from the I call shame the healthiest sexual emotion. That’s right. Not desire, not attraction, Tyranny of Identity and loose ourselves not even love (mind you, shame facilitates from the shackles of pluralism, underlove, so no need to worry about that). Think standing and acceptance! They only enabout it. With a healthy dose of shame, able deviance from what we know is right. I there’s no way Dahmer would have eaten all think we all know the standards we should those guys. Perhaps before the Republican strive for. If you don’t, though, just take a congressmen Mark Foley and Larry Craig look at Ijave It to Heaver, or ask me orsomehad theirvery public sex scandals they should one else who may think like me (another have remembered the shame that they had HUGE wink). clearly maintained throughout much of Ade A. Sawyer is a Trinity sophomore. He their lives. Moreover, surely the congressmen weren’t showing enough shame in their hopes you found this outrageous. His column marital relationships; otherwise there would runs every other Monday.

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Real social entrepreneurship

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days “social entrepreneurship” has become a sexy catchphrase; from guest lecturers to summer programs to entire classes, everything pushes becoming a social entrepreneur.

O n the surface, the mmm concept sounds A great. social en.mis trepreneur is one who david fiocco identifies shades of blue needs or %

wrongs in society and works to bring change. The model promotes vision and innovative solutions; instead of waiting for change to come from within “the system,” a social entrepreneur works to change the system. There is no reason to limit the use ofproven entrepreneurial skills to the for-profit world; thinking creatively and acting pragmatically can lead to sustainable solutions never reachable by simply pouring more money into failing programs.

Whether a project seeks to fix problems right here on campus or address conflict and inequality in Africa, applying a healthy dose of fresh thinking and entrepreneurial principles is a great idea. The problem, though, is that the model has become increasingly misinterpreted and misused. The perception now seems to be that a social entrepreneur or ail agent ofchange must start something brand new.

The craze, has even caught on among high-schoolers. Speaking with prospective freshmen at Duke last year, more than one talked about organizations they had founded for Sudan. What reason could an American high-school student who has never traveled to the country have for starting a brand-new foundation in Sudan when there are literally hundreds of groups already working with established networks?

These existing groups often desperately need funding and attention to continue their fight. Instead, their work gets diluted by unnecessary—and often temporary new organizations.

Despite what budding social entrepreneurs might like to tell themselves, their cause is almost certainly not a new one. It would be hard to think of an issue that no group has ever tackled. With some basic research, it is easy to learn who is working on a problem and what they have done.

Logically, anyone interested in really making a differencewould seek out the existing projects, learn what has happened so far and find what needs have not yet been addressed.

The research and understanding step is perhaps the most important part of meaningful change. Rushing blindly into a new —

no matter how much energyis involved. Unfortunately, the image of the ideal social entrepreneur has made it glamorous to start something new; there is much less appeal in working painstakingly to fix a broken system, inject new ideas into an established network or raise funds for someone else’s organization.

Starting a new project is a cop-out. Sure, it is easier to abandon a government or charity program that has not been completely successful. However, whether it is a mentoring program in Durham or a school in Africa, starting something new without understanding the work of other organizations will not fix the root causes of the problem or change the reasons for previous failures.

In starting a new organization, social entrepreneurs must think about more than themselves. Beyond all the time and energy wasted in duplicating already existing projects, new organizations can potentially be really harmful. Duke students and professors have a lot ofconnections and there is a level ofinherent credibility when a new proposal comes from a Duke program. This is great when seeking outfunding and resources for a new idea, but the privilege should not be taken lightly. At the end of the day, donors have a limited amount of money, so funding for new initiatives will inevitably result in less support for older programs.

Often a new student group will come in, get funding and make a splash, last for a few years and then fade away as students graduate or move on or realize they are not that invested in a project. Then, the organizations that had been in existence for years find themselves stuck; the new group took their funding and then died, so the money and support for everyone is gorie.

I certainly am not arguing that students cannot start new initiatives. When a leader has researched and developed a deep understanding of the organizations already working on the same problems, attempted to work with relevant partners already engaged in the efforts and still feels a new approach is needed, then go for it. Especially for campus or local projects, there may be an area where students are deeply familiar with a cause and can really contribute.

Ultimately, though, student impact will be much more significant not by creating a new organization that looks good on the resume. Instead, real, sustainable change will come from creating informed partnerships and injecting new ideas, funding and support to organizations that have already formed the connections and community roots to tackle a problem. Use entrepreneurial skills by all means, but don’t start something new for the sake of starting something new.

venture serves no one,

David Fiocco is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Monday.

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