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A recent lawsuit against Duke has in no way complicated the standing of the 11 seniors and nine juniors on the men’slacrosse team who are plaintiffs in the suit, a University official said.

But despite that statement from John Burness, senior vice president for public and government relations, it remains to be seen how professors, students and other members of the Duke and Durham communities will treat the players in their remaining time at the University listed as defendants in their Feb. 21 suit.

“It can be awkward to be in a room with someone who has sued [you],” Professor ofLaw Thomas Metzloff said.

It is not the first suit against Duke by students alleging mistreatment on the part of University administrators or faculty.

In 2006 Kyle Dowd, Trinity ’O7 and a member of the 2005-2006 lacrosse team, filed suit against Duke and Visiting Associate Professor ofPolitical Science Kim Curtis after receiving a failing grade in her course.

He alleged his grades in the class changed from consistent ‘C’s before the rape allegations to ‘F’s after the scandal surfaced. The case was settled out of court.

Although the plaintiffs in the most recent lawsuit include 38 current and former students, the case is very different from the Dowd suit and will likely not warrant the same attention from the media and the University community, Metzloffsaid.

He expects the suit will not be as widely discussed on campus because it contains more intricacies than the Dowd case.

Among some Duke students and professors, however, critical opinions SEE LACROSSE ON PAGE

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SophomoreCaroline Griswold (left) and juniorAudrey Fenske (right) listen to theirinstructor in a dance performance course.

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When sophomore Caroline Griswold graduates, she will watch her classmates disperse across the globe—to investment banks and medical schools, nonprofit companies and Ph.D. programs.

But Griswold has a different plan. After leaving Duke, she hopes to become a professional dancer.

“I knew this when I was applying [to Duke],” she said. “This is what I’ve always wanted to do with my life.”

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Eleven seniors and nine juniorssuing the University are current members ofthe men's lacrosse team.

Griswold is one of two students to declare a dance major since the option was created last year. But she is far from the only Duke student with serious artistic ambitions.

Each year, the University awards degrees in four arts disciplines: dance, visual arts, music and theater studies. There are also certificates in film/video/digital and documentary studies and an English department honors thesis in creative writing.

Many arts majors at Duke have the talent SEE ARTS MAJORS ON PAGE 8

Duke is experiencing yet another water shortage.

Students returned from Spring Break to find empty spaces where AquaHealth water dispensers once supplied the precious resource in dining halls.

The water dispensers were installed in January, but have been removed from the Great Hall and the Marketplace because they violated terms of Duke Dining Services’ contract with The CocaCola Company.

According to the agreement, Dining Services is not permitted to dispense non-Coca-Cola fountain products, so the fountains, which offered flavored water, violate the terms. The 10-year contract with the company expires next year.

Dining Services officials met with Coca-Cola representatives Monday afternoon to determine an arrangement that would uphold the contract. Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said he expected a decision to be reached later this week.

Wulforst added that he anticipated complaints from the Duke community and plans to provide flavored water from Coca-Cola if they offered a comparable SEE COCA-COLA ON PAGE

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Lovette indicted in Mahato case Laurence Lovette appeared Monday at the Durham County Courthouse before a grand jury, where he was indicted in the murder of graduate student Abhijit Mahato.

The jury also indicted Lovette for robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Mahato, a second-year doctoral student in engineering, was found shot to death in his Anderson Street apartmentjan.

18. Stephen Oates, 19, was indicted in February on charges of first-degree murder in connection with Mahato’s death.

Lovette, a 17-year-old Durham resident, was also charged Friday in Orange County with the March 5 murder of Eve Carson, a senior and student body president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Officials have also charged Demario Atwater, 21, of Durham with Carson’s murder.

Lovette, Oates and Atwater all had criminal records beSARA DAVIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fore Mahato’s death, and Lovette was also on probation at Laurence Lovette is escorted by Orange County deputies into the Hillsborough the time.

Courthouse for his first appearance in Hillsborough, N.C., March 14.

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BUSINESS WORLD NEWS U.S. NEWS respond to bank buyout China to hold on to Tibet Investors primary promises abandons revote Florida TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Facing strong opposition,Florida Democrats Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party.

While the decision by Florida Democrats left the state's 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in Michigan moved closer to holding another contest on June 3. Legislative leaders reviewed a measure Monday that would set up a privately funded, stateadministered do-over primary.

Paterson sworn in as N.Y. governor David Paterson was ALBANY, N.Y. named governor of New York Monday before a crowd of lawmakers who chanted his name and cheered his message of unity in a state eager to move past his predecessor's sordid and speedy political collapse..

Paterson became the state's first black chief executive and nation's second legally blind governor almost a week after allegations surfaced that Gov. Eliot Spitzer was "Client 9" of a high-

BEIJING China vowed Monday to defend its sovereignty in Tibet as Chinese troops set up checkpoints and mobilized to quell an uprising.

A deadline for protesters in the Tibetan capital to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders or arrests.

In the central government's first comment on the anti-China protests in Tibet, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Jianchao blamed the violence in Lhasa on supporters of the Dalai Lama, the revered spiritual leader who fled in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.

Some residents reported Monday that Lhasa had quieted down and many people were returning to work.

NEW YORK Wall Street ended a temperamental session widely mixed Monday after investors grappled with JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s government-backed buyout of the stricken investment bankBear Stearns Cos. The Dow Jones industrials recovered from an initial drop of nearly 200 points to finish up about 21 points. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes ended lower as investors bailed out of investment banks and small-cap stocks and fled instead to large companies apt to be reliable during a weak economy.

Bomber kills 43 near Iraqi mosque

LONDON Money may not buy her love, but Paul McCartney's ex sure has a lot more of it now.

One ofBritain's bitterest divorces reached a settlement Monday when Heather Mills was awarded $48.6 million—an enormous sum, but a fraction of what she sought and a sliver of the former Beatle's $BOO million fortune.

Mills declared herself "very, very, very pleased" with a payout that amounted to about $34,000 for each day of her fouryear marriage. But some legal experts were surprised the former model, who has been widely portrayed in the British media as a gold-digger, did not get more.

BAGHDAD —A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city ofKarbala Monday, an official and a witness said,killing at least 43 people and leaving pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.

The blast was the deadliest in a series of atleast 72 Iraqis dead, including six •en mortar rounds slammed into eastern Baghdad, mbassy and military issued a t blaming al-Qaida in Iraq for attack.

battle NATO, UN forces OSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo rb demonstrators attacked interzonal peacekeepers with rocks, jrenades and Molotov cocktails Monday, setting off the worst violence in Kosovo since it declared independence last month.

The Serbs traded gunfire with U.N.and NATO forces in clashes that wounded around 62 U.N. and NATO forces and 70 protesters near a U.N.courthouse.

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'Diddy' denies role in Tupac death LOS ANGELES Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.

TheTimes said its story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at the scene of the 1994 shooting, and statements to the FBI by an informant.None of the sources were named.

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Reynolds Price, James B Duke Professor of English, will read his translation of the Gospel ofMark from his book/Three Gospels,"

Screen/Sodety;"ln the Bedroom" Griffith Film Theater,; 7p.m.

This screening is part ofa new film series on campus entitled "Sex, Love and Conflict: On the Ethics of Relationships."

Do I look Gay? Lesbian? Bi? Trans?

LGBTCenter, 02 West Union, 6 to 7:20 p.m.

Panel discussion to explore media depictions and their effects on theLGBT community.

Dinner will be provided.

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With its floor-to-ceiling windows, the $44 million Durham Performing Arts Center will provide a noticeable contrast to the surrounding red brick buildings of downtown Durham’s historic American Tobacco Historic District.

As its curtain-raising nears, the center designed to present the biggest Broadway shows on tour—is already slated to feature “Rent,” “The Color Purple” and “Legally Blonde” upon its opening in December 2008 and into 2009.

Backers hope the theater—which will be the biggest venue of its kind in the state—will help Durham brand itself as an arts-oriented community and draw crowds of as many as 2,800 people per show.

Bill Kalkhof, president ofDowntown Durham, Inc., said he faced a great deal of community concern when he proposed building a theater in the downtown area over six years ago. The project, spearheaded by Kalkhof along with Mayor Bill Bell and center architect and developer Phil Szostak, has gained more acceptance as time went on.

“The most arrows I’ve ever got in the back about championing a project was the [Durham Bulls Athletic Park]. The Arts Center is a close second,” Kalkhof said. “I would assume that four to five years from now... most of the folks who spoke out that we should not build the theater would be hard to find. I would predict it would have the same influence on downtown Durham that the ballpark has had over time.”

But Gary Kueber, a Durham resident and blogger for “Endangered Durham,” said there are more important revitalization projects that the city could have con—

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The Durham Performing Arts Center, slated to open in December 2008, is currently under construction downtown near the American Tobacco HistoricDistrict. sidered that would better benefit the community than an arts center.

“At this point, it’s well on its way, though, so I want it to be successful as much as anyone else—l’ll happily be proved wrong about the wisdom of the investment,” he wrote in an e-mail. “In the end, it’s all about what will build a successful downtown Durham, and it would definitely be a bad thing for downtown were it to fail.”

Kalkhof said critics of the Arts Center did not want a large company—project investor Clear Channel—involved in down-

town Durham.

Others were concerned that the $44 million price tag would be paid with general public funding.

Capital for the project, however, has come from several sources—including a specialized revitalization fund, private donations, naming rights and a $5 million donationfrom Duke.

The American Dance Festival, hosted on Duke’s campus each summer, will also have performances at the venue.

The center’s stage was named the Mildred and Dillard TeerStage last month after a $1.2

million donationfrom the Teer family, whose name is also on Duke’s Nello Teer Building.

Additionally, Capitol Broadcasting Company and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina have acquired naming rights.

“This is a milestone for Durham as we have our first naming rights at the Durham Performing Arts Center associated with one of our best known Durham families,” Bell said in a press release. “The Teers have done so much to-help Durham develop SEE ARTS CENTER ON PAGE 8

Finance Review Committee Announcement Duke University conducts periodic administrative reviews for all university officers. Hof Milam is in his fifth year as Vice President for Finance, and a review is underway. The review committee includes Professors Rich Burton (chair), Julie Britton, and Barry Myers, and administrators Jared Bleak, John Noonan and Robert Willis.

The committee invites all members of the Duke community to provide written comments regarding Hof s leadership effectiveness as well as insight into central Financial Services support. Basic questions are as follows:

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James B. Duke Professor of English Reynolds Price will read his translation of the Gospel of Mark from his book, Three Gospels. In a 30 June 1996 review of the book in the Los Angeles Times Book Review Christopher Tilghman described Three Gospels as a “...splendid and exhilarating new exploration of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.” The language of Price's translation of Mark has a power and immediacy that will hold you from the first word to the last. ,

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Information provided to the committee will be held in strictest confidence, but may be reported without attribution as part of the summary report submitted to Executive Vice President Tallman Trask 111. If you wish to share your thoughts with the committee, please do so by April 7.

Hof Milam Review Committee Box 90026 Durham, NC 27708 vp-review@duke. edu

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effects on Duke minimal, officials say

The University has no direct exposure to sub-prime mortgages, loans extended to individuals with poor credit Trask said. Many claim the sub-prime market’s coleconomic recession has caused the the current profiles, Although government, companies and individuals to change their fi- lapse initiated the downturn, which has been characterized by tight credit and sluggish stock prices. Additionally, home nancial behavior, Duke officials said they do not foresee conforeclosures have increased as home prices have fallen. siderable adjustments to the University’s balance sheet. ““There may be some in hedge funds [in Duke’s invesAdministrators cited Duke’s strong credit rating and ments] but its not substantial,” he said. “We’re in every smart investment strategies as reasons why it is protected market in some form or another. [The Standard & Poor’s against economic disturbances.

A sluggish economy may, however, cause a “scaling back” index] does not correlate with our portfolio.”

He pointed to Duke’s strong credit rating of AA+ as inof larger-scale projects and an increase in the financial aid for affairs dication that the tight credit market will likely affect the Burness, said vice president public budget, John University less than it might other institutions. and government relations.

Although endowment spending is unlikely to change, the “Usually what happens is that... you do more phasing in of slow economy may increase enand faced with more things you’re rollment rates, especially among tougher choices,” he said. “Univer“We won’t do anything graduate students, said Charles sities are not recession-proof.”

Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds proExecutive Vice President Tailprecipitously soon. We’re talking fessor of public policy studies and man Trask called the University a about slowing the rate of increase.” professor of economics and law. “late retrencher,” explaining that [a slow econothe University often refrains from Tallman Trask my]“Sometimes has an ironic effect of raisbig and sudden changes in activity executive vice president ing enrollment rates, because during an economic slowdown. when job prospects are weak, a The University tends to follot of people who might otherlow a policy of “slow and dewise work decide instead to go pendable increase instead of wild ups and downs,” Trask said. “We won’t do anything to school,” said Clotfelter, who specializes in the economprecipitously soon,” he said. “We’re talking about slowing ics of education.

The Graduate School has seen a slight increase in applithe rate of increase.”

Peter said a weak effect on the cations as the economy has performed poorly, Dean of the Lange Provost economy’s University is mitigated by the structure of endowment payouts. Graduate School Jo Rae Wright wrote in an e-mail.

“Our applications are up about 4 percent compared to The endowment’s annual spending is determined by the previreturns three investment so one last poor year returns, ous years’ year, but that is still within what I consider normal variation for our application numbers,” she said. “If the job marare unlikely to drastically shift endowment spending.

The endowment is well-protected from market shocks, ket is depressed, students may choose to apply to graduate Trask added. With a diverse portfolio including both doschool rather than take ajob they don’t really want.” mestic and international investments, the correlation With many American families affected by the struggling between endowment returns and U.S. economic perforeconomy, the Undergraduate FinancialAid Office may see mance is minimized. He said state universities are more an increase in student need. Director ofFinancial Aid Jim likely to be immediately affected than private universities, Belvin said, however, that any potential effect of the econbecause their budgets depend on tax revenues. omy on financial aid would occur next year.

“Endowments tend not to put a lot of weight into very “If there is a substantial crunch to the extent that lendcomplex derivative products,” said Emma Rasiel, assistant ers don’t have the back-up, that will affect Duke students, professor in economics. “Endowments tend to have relatively and we are talking about ways in which we can deal with long investment time horizons and you just don’t tend to see that issue,” Belvin said. “We are looking to the future and them going for those types ofinvesunents.” preparing for any circumstance that presents itself.... ConShe added, however, that she does not know what assets tingency planning is ongoing now.”

Belvin emphasized, however, that Duke will do “whatDuke invests in. The Duke Management Company, which controls University investments, does not speak to the media. ever it takes” to meet full need. by

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Juniors Scott Steinberg and Nancy Wang have been elected president and vice president, respectively, of the Duke Smart Home Program.

“I want to strengthen the interdisciplinary interactions that [go on] in Smart Home,” Steinberg said. “We are entering a point right now where we are starting to implement things in the house. There are definitely ways we can get non-engineers involved.”

Steinberg said his primary goal will be sharing the research and data collected

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Nine students have been chosen to live in the Smart Home for the upcoming school year.

from the home with the general public.

Smart Home Program members elected Steinberg and Wang, who is also Recess arts editor, online the week before Spring Break.

In addition, nine students were chosen from a group of 26 applicants to live in the Smart Home in the Fall, Duke Smart Home Program Director Tom Rose wrote in an e-mail.

Students who want to live in the Smart Home are chosen based on seniority at the University, involvement in the Smart Home Program and the projects they will work on while living in the home, said outgoing Vice President JeffSchwane, a junior. Each resident is involved in a project to improve the home.

Outgoing President Tim Gu said although the Smart Home* currently has eight Pratt School of Engineering students, the residence will probably be more diverse than- most dorms because it can also house graduate students.

“This house is the Duke Smart Home, not the Pratt Smart Home,” Gu said. “It’s really meant to be this great place that helps campus culture.... If you want to use this space, as long as it’s reasonable, go ahead.”

Smart Home resident Adam Dixon, a junior who lived on Central Campus last semester, said the Smart Home provides a very different living experience from the decades-old apartments.

“It’s just [the] focus on sustainable design and energy uses,” Nixon said. “On Central, they had us use those hand sanitizers, but nobody did it, no one cared at all.

Here we make an effort to save water.”

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Stephen Labaton, a New York Times reporter and 2008 Futrell Award winner, speaks the Sanford Institute of Public Policy Monday night. He discussed the changing face of investigative journalismand used a recent Times story about presidential hopeful John McCain as a case example.

Duke

Community Invited to Comment on Regular of Dean George McLendon

Review

Duke University conducts periodic administrative reviews for all university officers. George McLendon is in the fourth year of his five year appointment as dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, and a regular review is underway.

The committee is chaired by Dale Purves, professor of neurobiology and director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and includes Linda Burton, professor of sociology; Richard Hain, professor of mathematics; Michael Hardt, professor of literature; Mark Leary, professor of psychology and neuroscience; David Rohde, professor of political science; and 'Clare Tufts, professor of the practice, Department ofRomance Studies The Review Committee invites members of the Duke community to provide an opinion on McLendon's leadership in the areas listed below or on any other matters that should be considered Some key aspects of McLendon's performance the committee would like to address •

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strategic leadership_pf Arts & Sciences success in hiring and retaining faculty communication with faculty and students work with departments and department chairs promotion of diversity and inclusiveness administrative competencies relationships with schools and offices of the University support of interdisciplinary initiatives fund raising and other development activities overall strengths and weaknesses

Comments are needed by March 20 so that a final report can be submitted to the provost by April 30. Information provided to the committee will be held in confidence but may be reported without attribution as part of the report. To speak in person with a member of the committee, contact Susan Booth at 668-2596 to set up a meeting.

To SEND COMMENTS: Campus Mail'. Susan Booth Office of the Provost Box 90005

E-mail: susan.booth@duke.edu

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COCA-COLA from page 1 product.

“When I first saw that it was missing, I was confused and asked the drink guy where it was,” freshman Kelly Adamski said. “I was upset because I don’t want to drink soda and it was a nice in-between alternative from soda at every meal, but now that that’s gone there aren’t many options left.”

Wulforst said Coca-Cola argued that Aqua Health is a fountain beverage that dispenses a flavored drink that is very similar to Coke products.

“We’re at a crossroads right now, and we’re trying to figure out how to bring the product back without violating the con-

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A student usesa Coca-Colafountain in the Great Hall. AquaHealth,another option, hasbeen removed in a contract dispute.

fountain system attached to the existing Coke system.”

The compromise may involve filtered and flavored water that does not compete “nozzle-fornozzle” with Coca-Cola products, Wulforst added.

Even with the flavor options, sophomore Matt Campbell said he will not miss the dispensers if they are not reinstalled.

“I don’t see the point in paying for water that’s flavored and doesn’t even taste that much better,” he said. “I just don’t like it.”

Junior Sid Gulledge, on the other hand, said that though costly, the health benefits outweigh the prices.

“It’s good to have multiple options —and healthy options in terms of what you’re drinking,” he said. “Coke doesn’t provide many healthy options.”

Aqua Health not only provided a soda alternative for students, but also something that would not impact the environment negatively,. Wulforst said.

Bon Appetit, the contractor running both the Great Hall and the Marketplace, provides Aqua Health water because it values offering environmentallyfriendly products that minimize plastic and can waste, he said.

“I never expected to be in a position where we thought we were doing the right thing and in the end, it’s not the right thing,” Wulforst said. “Who knew about sustainability 10 years ago? We’re all working to come up with a plan that is best for Duke.”

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LACROSSE from page 1 about the plaintiffs and the lawsuit are inevitable, Professor of Lawjames Coleman said. There is an important difference between a professor or student expressing a critical opinion and acting in a retaliatory or inappropriate manner, he added.

“Anyprofessor who shouldretaliate against a student by calling him out in class, failing him or giving him a lower grade... would be inappropriate,” Coleman said. He said students have their own prerogative in expressing negative opinions.

Provost Peter Lange said he doubted any Duke faculty member would act in an unprofessional manner toward the plaintiffs. He added, however, that in the case of mistreatment, students have many paths within the University to file a complaint, including the student ombudsperson.

As members of an athletic team, the plaintiffs will remain representatives of the University for the 2008 lacrosse season. Their scholarships are also unaffected by the suit, Burness said.

Negative effects of the suit on the players’ athletic performance have not been seen thus far and cannot be predicted this early into the season and the lawsuit itself, men’s lacrosse head coach John Danowski said.

The plaintiffs’ decision not to transfer from Duke or leave the team speaks loudly about their positive feelings toward the University, he said.

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Twenty membersofthe current men's lacrosse team are plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Duke.

“They’re going to finish what they started here, and I think that’s a very powerful statement,” he added.

The plaintiffs will remain intent on completing the current lacrosse season victoriously, Danowski said.

“I think the guys are focused and are very strong mentally,” he said. “They’ll be fine.”

Athletics and legal dealings with Duke are two separate areas that need not conflict with

one another, said John Martin Conley, William Rand Kenan Jr. professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Law ’77.

“You can play on a team today and have grievance with your school another day,” he said.

Representatives of the Office of Student Affairs declined to comment on the suit, as did representatives of plaintiffs’ attorney Charles Cooper.

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jor exists,” said music major Jayne Swank, senior.

She added that although there is much support on campus for her artistic pursuits, she also faces' skepticism from other students who don’t regard the arts as rigorous fields of study.

Keval Khalsa, an associate professor of dance, said the doubt comes from people failing to understand the intellectual breadth ofDuke’s arts programs, which are based heavily in theory and history. A visual arts major takes aesthetics classes alongside those in painting and sculpture, a theater studies major not only acts, but analyzes Shakespeare as well.

“These aren’t throwaway classes,” Griswold said. “They’re real and they’re

Senior Jayne Swank, who is a music major, said many students do not know that her major exists.

ARTS MAJORS from page 1 study at arts colleges or conservatories, said Scott Lindroth, vice provost for the arts and an associate professor ofmusic. But they choose Duke to strike a balance between artistic enrichment and an internationally-regarded liberal arts education, he added.

“A school like Duke can offer an intellectually and culturally rich environment,” he said. “There’s a lot of opportunity for students to connect work they’re doing in other subjects'to (he arts.”

The University has made expansion of and support for the arts a major centerpiece of its most recent strategic plan, “Making A Difference.”

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions to

Christoph Guttentag said he sees campuswide value in the arts. In recent years, he said, he has led a push in the admissions office to attract more artistically gifted students. Applicants may now choose to submit supplemental materials such as slides, videos or CDs, which are reviewed by professors in each arts discipline. They then compile a list of their strongest candidates.

“We pay particular attention to the most talented students,” he said. “They get an extra benefit in admissions, and it makes a real difference in our admitting several dozen students a year.”

But at a research university that prides itself on academic prowess, some said the arts are literally and figuratively out of view to much of the campus.

“Most people don’t even know my ma-

challenging.”

Cameo Hartz, assistant director of the Career Center, said many students feel pressure to choose a major connected to a lucrative career after graduation, making the arts a hard sell.

Still, many arts majors said they do intend to pursue their discipline professionally after graduation, but with a caveat.

“Ideally, I would want tojust sit in a room for 12 hours a day and write, but I’ll probably end up teaching too,” said senior Maria Kuznetsova, an English major completing an honors thesis in creative writing.

Like their classmates in other disciplines, most arts students choose to double-major or pursue a minor or certificate.

Faulkner Fox, a visiting instructor in the English department, said many of her students face pressure from their family and peers to choose a second, more “useful” field of study.

But Fox said she is wary of those who view the arts as impractical. “[The arts] make people think more creatively and more critically. How can that not be important?”

ARTS CENTER from page 3 as a quality city and have given back to the community through their extensive civic service over the years.”

The closest theater comparable in size to the arts center in the area is the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, which seats approximately 2,200 people. Although there has been a concern of competing theater markets in the Triangle area, Kalkhof said the Arts Center will help establish a theater district in downtown Durham. “[Raising] the level of arts and culture in Durham should benefit everybody,” he said. “We are working on a plan to create the concept of a theater district with DRAG, the Carolina Theatre, the [Durham] Arts Council and smaller theaters, like Manbites Dog Theater... We think all those things combined will be complimentary. Having said that, are we going to bump into each other along the way? Yeah, we will and we’ll work through those things.”

Aaron Bare, director of marketing and communications for the Carolina Theatre, said he believes there is enough interest in arts and the theater within the Triangle to fill the seats at all the theaters, and that they will complement each other well.

“I do think the idea of a theater district is extremely feasible. In fact, not only is it feasible, but that’s where we’re heading,” he said. “There’s an unbelievable groundswell ofartistic appreciation in Durham. And the Arts Center and the Carolina Theatre will benefit from that.”

Since its groundbreaking in December 2006, the Art Center’s construction has remained on schedule and on budget, according to city reports. i

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The basic rule of the NCAA Tourna-

ment: don’t look ahead. Duke, ofall teams,

April 3, 2004 was the day I decided I would attend Duke.

The only reason I can recall that date so specifically is because of what happened that night. The Blue Devils, obviously unaware of my newfound excitement for Duke Basketball, lost to UConn in the Final Four. greg As I watched Chris M. n UvCIIUII Duhon’s meaningless half-courter bank in as time ran out, I was reminded of a fact that is often used to demonstrate just how dominant the Blue Devils have been under Mike Krzyzewski: every Duke graduating

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DeMarcus Nelson could be one of the few seniors since the 1980 to leave without seeing a Final Four.

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adheres to this universal law, but it’s still tempting for any team to pencil itself further in the bracket.

And if this year’s Blue Devils —gathered Monday night and filling out blank brackets as they were revealed —peek past their opening-round opponents, they have to be pleased with what lies ahead.

First-year head coach Joanne P. McCallie and her team garnered a No. 3 seed in the Oklahoma City Region, pitted against No. 14 Murray State in the first round. The teams will play Sunday in College Park, Md., where Duke lost to the Terrapins earlier this year. It is the first time since 2000 that Duke is not a No. 1 or 2 seed.

“It’s something you don’t really try to worry about, but it was kind of favorable for us, yeah,” senior Wanisha Smith said.

The Blue Devils have advanced to at least the Sweet 16 in the last 10 seasons and last year, as the top overall seed, were stunned by a fourth-seeded team. It’s only natural for them to glance at their potential regional semifinal opponent, which, if the seeds hold, would be No. 2 Texas A&M. Compared to the other two seeds—Louisiana State, Rutgers and Stanford—the Aggies fit in like Virginia in the ACC: clearly competitive, but not quite at the same level as the upper echelon. Texas A&M, which won its last nine games of the year and captured the Big 12 Tournament title, was ranked No. 17 before sweeping the competition in the league’s postseason. In that same penultimate poll of the regular season, Duke was No. 12. Now, the Aggies are No. 8, and the Blue Devils No. 9.

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Head coach Joanne P. McCailie and the Blue Devils celebrate after learning of their tournament seeding. losses to top-5 teams is a 67-64 defeat to Tennessee, a game in which the Blue Devils might have played their best basketball of the year and had chances to win in the last minute. The Lady Volunteers—surprise, surprise—are again a No. 1 seed, this time in Duke’s region. If the Blue Devils get a shot at revenge, it will take place on a relatively neutral floor, a rarity this year.

But a potential rematch with Pat Summitt’s squad with a trip to Tampa, Fla. in the balance

is more than two weeks away—which, in basketball lingo, might as well be another season.

“Right now, we’re just looking at College Park. Oklahoma City is a couple of games ahead, and you just need to take it one game at a time,” said junior Abby Waner, who has averaged 10.4 points in nine career NCAA Tournament games.

“Funny things happen in the Tournament.

Any team can step up at every time, and we need to be prepared for everything.”

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BEATON from page 9 class except one that has entered the University since 1982 has been witness to at least one Final Four. In other words, Duke would be back—and I and the other 1,600-plus new members of the Class of 2008 would get another chance to watch our team playing for the national championship.

Well, it’s almostfour years later now, and there are plenty of things that look a lot different than they did that night. First, Bob Knight is actually working for—not criticizing—the media. (Although apparently some things, like those hideous sweaters, don’t change.) Second, DeMarcus Nelson is the only remaining player from Duke’s original recruiting class of 2008, following Shaun Livingston’s declarationfor the NBA draft and Dave McClure’s redshirt year.

Finally, Nelson is still without that trip to the Final Four, despite being a No. 1 seed and among the favorites to win it all twice during that period. This year’s seniors are in serious danger of joining the Class of 1998 in the unfortunate club ofDuke losers. That is, unless the Blue Devils can prove all the talking heads wrong by rolling through the West bracket —including a possible matchup against top-seeded UCLA in the Elite Eight—on their way to the Final Four.

Can Nelson and the rest of the Blue Devils do it? I wouldn’t bet on it, but with the favorable draw they received when the brackets were released Sunday, I wouldn’t count it out either.

Duke kicks off its NCAA Tournament against Belmont on Thursday (which by the way, is my favorite day of theyear. If anyone is interested in joining my campaign to make this a national holiday, please contact me.

Actually don’t, because it would be a pointless exercise, but you know what I’m saying.

My high school coincidentally used to give this Thursday and Friday of March off each year, allowing me to spend all day on the couch watching the first round. Throw in the tournament falling over spring break the past three years, and nothing scares me more than breaking my streak of couch celebrations next year—you know, when I’m a member of the real world).

In any case, the most relevant—and insufferable—part of the Belmont game is that most Duke students are likely to make a joke

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Since becoming the country’s topranked team in the most recent national poll, the Blue Devils have responded with characteristic poise in wins over North Carolina and Presbyterian.

Duke Tuesday, returns to the field VS. take on a Colgate squad looking to upset the nation’s best at Koskinen Stadium. FaTONIGHT, 7 p.m.

Koskinen Stadium ceoff is set for 7 p.m.

Instead of relaxing during spring break, the Blue Devils (7-0) played two home contests and won both easily. The latter matchup against the No. 3 Tar Heels was expected to be tight, but

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along the lines of“Belmont? Isn’t that an offcampus apartment complex, not a college?” over the course of the next three days. But as long as the Blue Devils’ bus doesn’t break down on the way to the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C, Duke should—knock on wood—coast into the second round.

In that round, the Blue Devils would face the winner ofWest Virginia and Arizona. Without legendary coach Lute Olson, the Wildcats just haven’t looked the same, so my bet is on Bob Huggins’ Mountaineers to make it through to Saturday. West Virginia is led by versatile 6-foot-8 forward Joe Alexander, who has caught fire lately and is the type of player who could catalyze a Cinderella run. But versatile forwards are something Duke happens to have plenty of, and the Blue Devils simply have more weapons than the Mountaineers.

A potential Sweet 16 matchup against No. 3 seed Xavier is where it could get interesting. Members of the Atlantic 10, the Musketeers have been the best “mid-major” team in the country this year and have been wreaking havoc all season with their 3-point shooting and tough man-to-man defense.

But their point guard and leader, Drew Lavender—who Duke fans might remember from when the Blue Devils played Oklahoma three years ago in Madison Square Garden—is still recovering from an ankle injury. Perhaps more importandy, Xavier hasn’t faced a tough opponent in about two months, and Duke should be much better prepared for a Sweet 16 level of competition.

That brings me to UCLA, the overwhelming favorite to win the West and a very fashionable pick by the “experts” to win it all. There’s no denying that the Bruins would be a tough matchup for the Blue Devils, with their bruising front line, experienced backcourt and deep bench. Still, it’s not outside the realm of possibility despite what’s being said on ESPN—that Duke could give UCLA a great run, especially if Kyle Singler rediscovers his game in the tournament and outplays his old high school foe, Kevin Love.

A win in the Elite Eight would earn Duke a trip to San Antonio for the Final Four in the Alamodome—which just so happens to be the same site of Duke’s 2004 loss to the Huskies. I’d take that as my graduation present.

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rm schedule springpractice:

Duke opens NCAA Tournament Thursday The Blue Devils kick off their NCAA Tournament run Thursday against Belmont with tipoff scheduled for 7:10 p.m.

The Bruins won the Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament titles, and come in with a record of 25-8. Duke’s possible second-round opponents, West Virginia and Arizona, meet at 9:40 p.m. the same night.

Both games are to be held at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Hassan named ACC Player of the Week Pitcher and centerfielder Alex Hassan was named conference Player of the Week after leading Duke to a series victory against No. 16 Virginia and wins over Richmond and Quinnipac. The sophomore from Boston hit .579 against the three opponents, and also recorded three saves on the mound as the Blue Devils won four offive games.

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The Blue Devils open spring practice March 19 and hold their annual spring game April 19 in WallaceWade.

FOOTBALL from page 9 “I’ve always thought spring practice, for the most part, is about players and not plays,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re going to put five days of offensive insertion in, [and] we [willl put in more than we would need for a game—way more than enough. 1 want to see how they handle that. But after we get into and pass the first three, four and five days of inserting, we’re going to settle in and find out who does what well.”

One area of particular contrast between the spring practice plans of Cutcliffe and those of his predecessor Ted Roof are his plans for the team’s spring game. In each of the past two spring games, Roofand his staff ran their team through an unconventional 35-play scrimmage in which both the offensive and defensive units could accumulate points on each snap. This spring, however, Cutcliffe has decided to revert to a more conventional format, with traditional scoring and 12-minute quarters in a live-game situation.

“We’ll have a limited game,” Cutcliffe said. “We’ll limit the kicking situations in the game—most everyone does in spring practice —and we will put ourselves in a game-type mode. My plans right now are to divide the teams up into even teams and have a blue team and a white team.

I’ll divide the coaching staff up, and we’ll see some people compete.”

Cutcliffe is hoping for a strong turnout from Duke students and local residents for the Saturday afternoon game, and a concert will be held after the scrimmage to lend to a more fanfriendly environment. And with the team hoping to make major strides in the upcoming season, a productive spring practice capped off by a quality intrasquad game could serve as a foundation for future success.

“Spring is big,” offensive coordinator Matt Luke said. “Just the excitement you’ve been away from football for awhile, and now you’re getting back into it. It’s kind of fun for the fans to get back to the football a little bit, and it should be a springboard into the fall.”

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Loftus earns ACC nod in perfect week for Blue Devils Goalkeeper Dan Loftus was named conference Player of the Week after his performances against Presbyterian and UNC helped the No. 1 Blue Devils to two easy victories. The Syosset, N.Y. native had a season-high 15 saves against the Tar Heels, and is 31-6 in his career as a starter.

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M.LAX from page 10 Duke cruised to a 19-9 victory.

The Raiders (4-2) have gone on a fourgame winning streak of their own after opening the season 0-2. In its most recent outing, Colgate routed Vermont 15-5 behind five goals by New York native Brandon Corp.

Corp and Kevin Colleluori lead the Raiders, members of the Patriot League, with 24 and 25 points, respectively, on the season.

On Duke’s end, attackman Max Quinzani has 22 goals on the year to rank first in the ACC and second nationally, while fellow forward Zack Greer became the University’s all-time leading scorer with 161 goals during last week’s two matches.

The Blue Devils lead the country in scoring average with over 17 goals a game, and hope to continue that trend Tuesday.

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Let

me begin by saying that I did not write this column on a computer. I am writing it by hand in my notebook on a Saturday night as I lay on a bed in a motel room in the Outer Banks. My dad is in the next bed over reading, and ray dog Rupert is asleep on the floor with his tongue un■ furled on the linoleum tiles.

We didn’t bring a computer, and we don’t have Internet access anyway.

About an hour ago andrew kindman we were eating dinget up, stand up ner at this kitschy diner when the National Weather Service overpowered the absurd country music radio to issue a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado watch for the area. So now we are in our room hunkering down for the storm. Over the past half hour the rain has been picking up speed and the thunder getting steadily crisper.

I only give so much detail here to illustrate for you the extent to which I am disconnected from all things Duke right now. The air in the motel room is thick and humid with the odor of stale cigarettes and wet dog, and it is hard to imagine that by the time this column runs in Tuesday’s paper, we will all be back into the routine of campus life. More than anything, this incredible distance serves to highlight the vast assumptions surrounding this column.

Let me explain. I sit down to write with the understanding that tomorrow (which of course for you reading this is the day before yesterday) I will drive back to my home in Durham, type this all up, and try to send it in by my deadline. It will then stew in my editor’s inbox until the day after tomorrow (yesterday for you) when I will go up to The Chronicle office to finalize the text.

Sometime that night, magically, these words that I am now writing with a chewed-up pen will turn into newsprint.

Tuesday, the seven of you who have made it this far (eight if you count my grandmother, who reads online) will be able to see what I wrote three days before. An awful lot of things have to go right over the course of three days in order for us to intersect on March 18. In writ.

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of Housing Services Eddie Hull dismissed the bat problem, asserting that bats are “harmless to humans, but great for ridding the area of flying insects.”

Great as bats may be for the ecosystem, this unresponsive response flatly disregarded the considerable risk bats pose to the students who should be RLHS’ primary concern.

Because students insisted that the bats entered apartments through ventilation systems or holes in the roof, RLHS should inspect the integrity of their apartments and move to patch any holes that could let a bat enter. Animal control procedures, furthermore, must be clearly communicated to employees

all levels and followed consistently.

Whether the problem is bats, mold or a leaky roof, RLHS needs to respond quickly and tend to the needs of its customers. Cosmetic improvements or fullscale renovations are not necessary for Central—but basic structural improveat

ments are.

Statements from students about the bat scare showed deep disillusionment with and lack of faith in RLHS, particularly regarding its neglect of Central Campus.

No aspect of the University should provoke such widespread lack of confidence in the students—particularly a division whose purview is literally so close to home for students.

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mal, call animal control and have the bat tested for rabies. Several Central Campus residents said, however, that this procedure was not followed. And in at least one case, a bat that could potentially have been infected with rabies was released back into the wild without testing.

This alone would have been disconcerting, but the response ofRLHS officials to the problem has been even more inexcusable.

According to Durham County Animal Control officials, finding a bat inside a residence constitutes an emergency because of the potential for rabies infection. In the face of this threat, Dean of Residence Life and Executive Director

ing as if we already have, I am taking so much for granted.

Unfortunately, this semester we have been reminded again and again, on a very personal level, that we cannot take anything for granted.

Of course, chances are slim that this notebook and I will be tossed out to sea by a tornado tonight. But then, what were the odds that our peers, Abhijit Mahato, Aalok Modi and most recently Eve Carson would each be lost so suddenly and so tragically? Or what about those lost in the recent spate of college campus shootings? Imagine the voids that all of these people left—or maybe you don’t have to imagine. I am writing this column on Saturday with the assumption that it will run on Tuesday.

When Abhijit or Aalok or Eve made plans to get together with friends after midterms, they had every reason to believe that they would be able to do it.

We lead relatively stable lives. We do not live in a war zone and we can be mostly sure that we will have food to eat and water to drink. We can be reasonably certain that the walk from Edens to the Chapel will be safe and uneventful, but if we should leam anything from the passing of our classmates it is that we absolutely cannot take anything for granted.

When confronted with this understanding, it seems as if we can react in a couple of different ways. The first reaction, the easiest, is paralysis. When the future isn’t guaranteed, it is difficult to muster the effort to work for it.

It becomes hard even to make plans for next week if you think of next week as a remote possibility.

The alternative to paralysis, of course, is action.

It is understanding and acceptance. At some point it is possible to simultaneously expect the future and refuse to take it for- granted.

It is Saturday night, and I have tempted the fates by assuming that three days from now some people will pick up The Chronicle and read the words that I am writing. Until then, however, I am at the beach. I am going to soak in the ocean and enjoy the time with my dad and Rupert. I’m going to make the most of this time right now, and hopefully I’ll see you all on

Tuesday.

Andrew Kindman is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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I didn’t know Eve Carson, those who did have made it clear that she was the type of capable leader, dedicated student and loyal friend we all hope to be. There is no doubt that had Evo’s life not been cut short at 22, there would have been no limit to what she could have accomplished, and I join the rest of the Triangle in mourning her absence from our community. course, Of Eve’s untimely death would have been tragic under any circumstances

But I trust that I am not alone in kristin butler finding the way that she did die— with ail deliberate speed shot in the head, her body unceremoniously dumped in the middle of an intersection—especially appalling.

And so it was with anger and more than a little disgust that I learned that a series of administrative mistakes—the sorts of sloppy, embarrassing blunders that seem endemic to public bureaucracies—were responsible for allowing suspected murderers Laurence Lovette and Demario Atwater to walk the streets the night authorities say they killed Eve Carson.

As we now know, the 22-year-old Atwater should have been jailed back in June 2007 after he pled guilty to possession of a firearm, a charge that violated his probation.

Atwater also could have been locked up on a second gun charge lodged in November 2007, but court records indicate he wasn’t even served with that warrant until February 2008.

Worse yet, in an almost unbelievable twist of fate, Atwater was scheduled to be in court just two days before he allegedly killed Eve Carson. Due to a clerical error, however, his case was called in a different courtroom, and authorities extended his hearing until March 31.

The case of Atwater’s alleged accomplice, 17year-old Laurence Lovette, is no less outrageous. Although he was (incorrectly) on a type of probation that only required him to check in with a probation officer once every three months, Lovette had already been arrested on a violation at the time of

Eve’s death While he waited for that case to go to trial, authorities now say Lovette busied himself with participating in the brutal Jan. 18 killing of Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato, where a group of men put a pillow over the defenseless engineering student’s face and shot him at point-blank range between the eyes.

So although authorities rightly credit “good police work” with cracking the Eve Carson case just days after her body was identified, let’s not lose sight of the massive systemic failure that led to her death. Indeed, this case has enough “if onlys” to torture Eve’s friends and family for several lifetimes.

If only the Wake County courthouse’s computer system had not failed to indicate that Demario Atwater was already on probation when he pled guilty to that first gun charge. If only authorities had served the warrant for his second gun charge in a more timely fashion. If only the probation officers assigned to monitor these two young men had done a more thorough job. If only investigators had found Abhijit Mahato’s cell phone in Lovette’s possession the day before the Carson murder.

If just one of those things had happened, Eve Carson might be alive today (and Abhijit Mahato too). If just one of those things had happened, we might not be grieving the loss of two outstanding young people now. And if just one of those things had happened, two very troubled young men might not be headed for life imprisonment (or worse) because they chose to commit this senseless crime.

So as glad as we may be that authorities think they’ve caught the right men, let’s keep those paths not taken in the front of our minds when people like Durham District Court Judge Craig Brown beg legislators for tougher anti-gang laws, as he did last Friday.

No one expects police to fully shield citizens from the brutality and senselessness of the world, but we do have the right to demand their best efforts. Indeed, as Eve Carson’s fate tragically demonstrates, our grip on life may well be as fragile as an errant keystroke or a misplaced court file.

Let’s not wait so complacently for the next fatal error.

Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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everyone else was cheering in Cameron last Saturday night, I sat on my grandmother’s couch in Florida leisurely checking the score of the DukeUNC game. For me, this was about as typical as streaking through K-ville.

Before last week, I had never checked the score of a game. ESPN.com is a foreign and confusing domain to me.

Since I hadn’t heard from anyone at school yet, my curiosity got the best of me and I turned on the TV to see that the score was tied. I’ll admit that even I got a little jittery I don’t have a dislike or animosity toward basketball in general or any team in particular. It’s more like indifference, really. My complete lack of interest in the rituals of fandom is often more coneliza french temptible here than being a Tar Heel sympathizer. I like je ne sals quol to think most people see it as a minor idiosyncrasy that I make up for in other ways, namely my sunny and wholly charming personality.

In reality, my friends probably just think I’m stupid for missing out on what they see as the best part of Duke. And maybe they’re right. But I once heard on a radio show that the fans of a winning team experience a surge in testosterone levels when they watch a game, and I think I’m OK with passing on that.

Once, a professor of mine asked the class to take a position on this question: Is Duke Basketball a religion?

Simply put, if Duke Basketball were a religion, I’d go straight to hell with Carolina.

For me, the vicarious highs of cheering on a team to victory aren’t worth the vicarious lows of the team’s inevitable losses. In a perennial rivalry like ours with UNC, a team can never definitively win or lose. There is always the chance of next year—or the next. I imagine this is what makes the entire idea of rivalry so appealing to some people. It’s never really over. Every year is a fresh start, with both sides having perfectly equal odds of winning.

I have had enough of my own crushing defeats, unexpected upsets and hard-earned wins to last me a lifetime. In fact, I suspect we all do. Maybe it’s better to agonize over Duke’s latest loss than to dwell on your own lackluster midterm grades, that interview you blew or the significant other who dumped you. Maybe it helps to realize your own individual failings are quite small in comparison to the team’s losses broadcast on every news channel.

And if your team lost this year but still can win next year, why can’t you? Your team has next season, and you have next semester, your next interview and your next relationship. I’m not a professional, but I know that sometimes we need to trivialize our own failures and losses to get over them, at first.

My brief foray into the wonderful world of basketball fandom began and ended that night. The faint tingling of adrenaline and weak pulse of testosterone trickling through my veins each time 1 checked the score are regrettably about as intense as this basketball thing is ever going to get for me.

I can’t pinpoint the reasoning behind sleeping in a tent for two months while still paying for room and board or coordinating group schedules to stand in line all day for wristbands. I can’t explain a devoted fanaticism that eludes me so completely.

I had no stunning conversion to the No.-l-Duke-basketball-I-love-Coach-K-Kyle-Singler-is-a-god fan. In away, I almost wish I had. The dorms are eerily deserted during a big home game and most meetings that would conflict with game viewing or attendance are usually reschedule last minute for my (in) convenience.

I acknowledge that the basketball craze may have a deeper significance (i.e., an actual point) than I like to admit, mostly because I don’t understand it. I also realize, though, that the team will continue to win or lose completely independent of whether I know what tournament seed they are, or even what a tournament seed is.

I will continue to suffer my own personal losses and gain my own wins, too, which is enough to worry about right now with a deadline looming, finals in the near-distant future and my first year of college ending. I could be too egotistical to worry about whether a team I’m not part of wins, or I could just be realistic enough to realize that my personal presence—or lack thereof—in Cameron ultimately affects nothing else except how I spend the next two or three hours.

Eliza French is a Trinity other Tuesday.

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Baldwin Auditorium. Free.

Saturday, March 22

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“Taste of the Modem: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline, ”on view through September 14; As part of a special loan from the Museum of Conte rary Art, Los Angeles, the exhibition showcases Am creative energies in Abstract Expressionism and Pop New at the Nasher, on view through July 6: The Nasher Museum presents an installation of rece; acquired contemporary art.

"Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool,” on view through July 13 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.

MARCH 20 Art for All at the Nasher. The Nasher Student Advisory Board invites the Duke and Durham community to Art for All, with light food, cash bar (sorry, no credit cards or Food Points), gallery talks by Duke faculty and staff, tours led by student docents, and live music or dance performances. 7-Qpm. Free with admission.

MARCH 22 Performance: Milton’s Comus. Student performers, digital displays and harpsichord basso continue will form part of the spectacle, along with Milton’s poetry.

Co-sponsored by Duke’s Department of Theatre Studies, Department of English and Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Bpm. Free.

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