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WASHINGTON, D.C. Duke went into halftime of Saturday’s game against George-

town with momentum on its side, after Matt Danowski scored Duke’s fifth conseuctive goal with two seconds left in the second quarter.

But instead of expanding upon that 5-3 lead . after the break, No. DUKE MJ 1 Duke came out flat and No. 10 Georgej GTOWN . town took advantage.

The Hoyas (4-2) scored five of the next six goals en route to an 11-7 win, the first loss of the season for No. 1 Duke (8-1). In the Blue Devils’ only game decided by five goals or fewer, they failed to score 15 goals or more for the first time all season After outscoring the Hoyas 4-0 on 13 shots in the second quarter, Duke managed just two goals on the same number of shots in the entire second half.

“We didn’t come .out in the second half—we felt like it was going to continue,” head coach John Danowski said. “If we learn anything, we’ve got to learn how to come out of the locker room at halftime and continue to play the same way. We made some uncharacteristic bad decisions in between the lines, and that ended up hurting us,” Duke was pleased with the tempo in the first half. After the break, however, the Blue Devils struggled to get into the fast-paced transition game on which they have thrived this season.

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Sophomores Jon Scheyer and Gerald Henderson display emotion after Duke suffered an upset loss.

In the second half of its NCAA Tournament game versus West Virginia, the Blue Devils forgot who tfiey were. They forgot that they were beating a Mountaineer team by five at halftime.

They forgot that they were a 28-win team once ranked No. 2 in the nation.

And when the final buzzer af the Verizon Center sealed a 73-67 upset win for West Virginia Saturday, the team that slowly walked off the court for the final time this season seemed to forget that it was Duke.

“We felt like we should be in the next round, and I don’t think we deserve to be,” guard Jon Scheyer said. “Throughout the year, we were a really tough team. We played a really fun style, and I think we kind of forgot who we were. You could see it a little bit, where we just didn’t have the same confidence.”

Despite holding a 34-29 halftime lead, Duke (28-6) was unable to stem the tide as West Virginia (26-10) went on a 18-4 run after the break to build a lead that the Blue Devils were not able to challenge.

Although the second period began in Duke’s favor with an emphatic dunk by Gerald Henderson, things soon began to spiral out of control.

Freshman Kyle Singler missed the Blue Devils’ first free throw of the game at the 17:04 mark after Duke made its first 13 of the game. Then, a series of quick West Virginia buckets cut the Duke lead to three.

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Georgetown handed the top-ranked Blue Devils the first loss of their season Saturday in Washington, D.C.

If elected, junior Kevin Troy will be third in a line of Angier B. Duke scholars to serve as president of Duke Student Government.

“I have a Hillary [Clinton] problem of being perceived as part of a dynasty,” he said.

The political science major, however, is quick to differentiate himself from current DSG President Paul Slattery and last year’s president Elliott Wolf, both seniors.

“Though I respect them, I often respectfully disagree with them,” he said.

Troy added that his experience on DSG, as executive chief of staff under Slattery and public relations director under Wolf, would make him a qualified president.

Tve seen how two presidents have succeeded and how they’ve failed,” he said.

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WORLD NEWS U.S. NEWS sinking Over 57 killed in Iraq attacks Four dead in fishing boat ANCHORAGE, Alaska Four crew members died Sunday and another was missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat began sinking in high seas off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said.

The dead were among 47 crew members who abandoned ship after the 184-foot Alaska Ranger developed problems. Forty-two crew members were recovered safely, but a search was continuing for the missing person.

The vessel started taking on water shortly before 3 a.m. after losing control of its rudder 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor, which is on Unalaska Island.

BAGHDAD Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide.

The latest violence underscored the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups as the war enters its sixth year and the U.S. death toll in the conflict approaches 4,000.

Attacks in Baghdad probably stemmed from rising tensions between rival Shiite groups—some of whom may have been behind the Green Zone blasts.

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BOONEVILLE, Ark.—An explosion at a meat packing plant Sunday caused an ammonia gas leak that forced 180 people from their homes, but none of those working at the plant was injured,emergency responders said.

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RAMALLAH,West Bank Palestinian leaders asked Vice President Dick Cheney Sunday to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints that deflated Cheney's hopeful words about Mideast peace.

The vice president said neither side pass up this latest opportunity for an accord r Israeli settlements and the from each that have disns intended to lead to Pales-

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"Horton" fended off a rush of new movies opening over Easter weekend.

Lionsgate's'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns," about a single mom who connects with previously unknown kin at her late father's funeral, opened in second place with $2O million.

HOUSTON Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was critically injured Sunday when his band's bus crashed on a highway in the metro area, city and hospital officials said.

Navaira was one of eight passengers on the bus who were injured, said Houston Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria. Navaira was listed in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was being treated in the intensive care unit,said hospital administrator Lisa Lagrone.

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The college's student council voted to ban JuicyCampus.com from the university computer server.

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The two candidates for Duke Student Government’s vice president of student affairs bring to the table unique and different campus leadership experiences—one focused mainly in programming and the other in policy.

Junior Lauren Maisei said the relationships with student leaders and administrators that she developed through her involvement in the Duke University Union and DSG will help her implement beneficial policies. Freshman Alex Wang’s tenure as a senator on DSG’s Student Affairs Committee has shown him how DSG operates and helped him develop the “common sense” that underpins his campaign, he said.

The vice president of student affairs is a very broadly

defined position, said incumbent Lucy McKinstry, a sophomore. She added that communication skills, instituitional knowledge and ambition are necessary to succeed.

Maisel touted her experience as executive vice president of DUU and co-president of the Duke chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union as preparation for a successful tenure.

“I’m incredibly persistent, experienced and diverse in my experiences,” said Maisel, who is also a member of the DSC Judiciary. “I have a proven track record of success.”

Apolitical science and Russian double major from Brooklyn, N.Y, Maisel said her campaign centers around four

Thief lifts goods from student’s apartment Close to $9,000 worth of goods were stolen Friday night from junior Victoria Thain’s home in The Belmont Apartments.

Thain, who lives in the 13000 building, said she was robbed between 9:45 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. while visiting a friend who lives nearby.

“They came into my bedroom stole everything I owned and went out my front door,” she said.

Her wallet, camera and television were among the items taken. None of her roommate’s goods were stolen.

Thain said she and her roommate are planning to move out of the apartment as soon as possible as a result of the robbery.

Pistol shots ring out in the Durham night Five gunshots were heard on the corner of Watts and Urban streets approximately 150 feet from East Campus Thursday night around 11:45 p.m.

One of the bullets was fired into a resident’s house, and another shot out the rear window of a neighbor’s truck, said neighborhood resident Lisa Rist, who lives one block from the location of the incident.

No residents were injured in the shooting.

Rist said Durham Police Department officials told her they believe the shooting was random and was not aimed at the Trinity Park neighborhood.

“I talked with the family that lives on one of the houses in that corner, and they indicated one car was chasing another and the shootings came out of that,” Rist said. “The houses were not being targeted.”

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“I’ve been young for my grade my endre life and it’s never been an issue,” he said. “It hasn’t at all impacted my college experience.”

DSG is not the only organization in which Troy is deeply involved. He is the current vice president of Duke Debate and is the faculty interaction chair ofMaxwell House.

In addition, he serves as an undergraduate representative to the Board ofTrustees Undergraduate Affairs Committee —to which he was appointed by DSG—and as undergraduate representative to two of the University’s reaccreditation committees, which Troy said gives him unique qualifications.

“The experience that I’ve had in DSG and as a member of the reaccreditation committees all centers on directly working with administrators,” he said. “I have the most experience directly relevant to the job.”

In addition to working with administrators in policy-making, Troy said he would aim to increase communication between the DSG Executive Board and the Senate if elected.

“I think I would do a better job [than Slattery] of managing DSG as a holistic organization,” he said. “What I’ve seen is that having a good executive board and a good cabinet that works together is not enough.”

Among other priorities, Troy added that [paying] a lot of attention to space—both short- and long-term” would be an important consideration in light of next year’s Few Quadrangle renovations and future Central Campus construction.

“Next year’s president will have to keep the pressure on the administrators about Central Campus to make sure student organizations get the space they were promised,” he said.

Troy also cited reforming Judicial Affairs, increasing busing to Central Campus, working with Campus Council to make the Residential GroupAssessment Committee more “transparent” and implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Gender as specific goals.

SeniorAlex Pratt, co-chair of the Committee on Genderand a fellow memberof Maxwell House, said Troy’s communication skills and judgment would make him an effective leader.

“In terms of analytical minds... you’d be hard pressed to find someone better than Kevin,” he said. “He’s easy to communicate with, and he’s always willing to listen to those who are making requests of him before making judgments. He possesses the mind and personality to be a great president:” .

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programs and services, curtailing restrictions on student behavior and minimizing costs to students. Maisel said she hopes to simplify space reservation policies, improve the diversity of employers at career fairs and expand the cultural offerings of the Office of StudentActivities and Facilities.

She noted that senators need to collaborate effectively with other student leaders and administrators to implement successful policies. Maisel added that her years at Duke have helped her develop relationships with student leaders and administrators that are critical for any vice

president.

“An important part of the position is recognizing that you will inherit issues and there will be unexpected issues,” se said. “Students need to realize that the most important things for a candidate to have is the experience and credibility with student leaders and administrators to be taken

seriously.”

The vice president position is about more than just building relationships, Wang said. He noted that he has the practicality to implement policies that will tangibly affect student life.

“The best way to unify my platform is ‘common sense,’” said Wang, a political science and economics double major from Hong Kong. “I’m trying to point out things I see wrong at Duke, and it is common sense to fix these things.”

Wang said he wants to increase student involvement in Central Campus development, make DSC finances more transparent and renovate the West Union Building to make it more appealing to students.

“Being on DSC is a huge deal to me,” said Wang, who is also president of Pegram House Council and a DUU freshman intern. “I know how DSC works and the limits and purview of its power.”

Wang pointed to tangible changes he has helped implement this year as an indication of his ability to understand student concerns and get things done. As senator, Wang said he has helped improve the quality of the East Campus Wellness Center, develop a peer-counseling hotline and organize Krzyzewskiville health packs.

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U.S. not behind in engineers, study Disparity against China, India has been exaggerated, data suggests by

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Many Americans fear that countries like China and India are training vastly more engineers and technology specialists than the U.S., threatening America’s ability to compete in the global knowledge market.

These fears, however, and the commonly cited statistics—-600,000 Chinese and 350,000 Indian engineering graduates to only 70,000 Americans—are largely unfounded, according to a recent study by a group of Duke researchers from the Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness.

Not only are the international numbers inflated, they also mask a significant deficit in quality, said Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence of Duke’s engineering management program and one of the group’s lead researchers.

“Government officials keep talking about competition because of a shortage of engineers in the U.5.,” Wadhwa said.

“That’s all nonsense. Chinese and Indian graduates are not

a threat. The solution is not to increase supply.”

Rather than simply producing more engineers, American engineering programs can maintain their competitive edge by enhancing the quality of their graduates, said Gary Gereffi, director of the CGGC and a professor of sociology.

“In the U.S., there’s a recognition of the fact that engineering graduates need to integrate their engineering skills with other skills that make them effective in the business world and global economy,” Gereffi said. “At the minimum, they can have technical knowledge.”

A report published by the CGGC in January distinguishes between two species of engineers.

Transactional engineers “possess solid technical training, but... are less likely to generate out-of-thebox solutions or innovative results,” the report reads. Dynamic engineers, on the other hand, “thrive in teams, work well across international borders... and are in high demand regardless of their SEE ENGINEERS ON PAGE 8

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Senior Alex Kaufman proposed to junior Carolyn Meyer atop the Chapel Sunday. (Meyer said yes.)

Easter rings in wedding rings Couple sparked chemistry in introductory science class by

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Lab partners rarely discover the synthesis of life-long bonds.

After Sunday’s Easter service junior Carolyn Meyer and senior Alex Kaufman climbed the Chapel tower and emerged from the cramped stairwell to sprawling views of West Campus. Within moments, Kaufman was on one knee, holding a ring box.

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culminated in a perfectly scheduled afternoon, Kaufman said.

“I was really, really surprised,” Meyer said. “I knew it was coming, but I completely didn’t expect it at all. It was perfect, I couldn’t have planned anything better myself.”

The couple met in Chemistry 21, when Meyer was a freshman and Kaufman a sophomore, and worked together in lab.

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The couple’s chemistry surpassed the introductory level Nov. 5, 2005 when they officially started dating.

Their relationship remained strong throughout the past two years and over Spring Break, Kaufman asked Meyer’s family permission for marriage.

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PROPOSAL from page 5 The time and place were carefully decided, as Kaufman said he considers the Chapel one of the most peaceful places on campus.

“I’m not the type who would want to [propose] during the Super Bowl,” he said. “I thought [now] would be a good time to [propose].... Of course I’ve always loved Easter, it’s a great holiday.”

Once atop the tower, the couple encountered a team of videographers who convinced Meyer that they were filming a documentary.

“I thought it was a little weird, because if you’re going to film something about Easter, why wouldn’t you do it at the bottom of the Chapel?” Meyer said.

Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life, was integral to the plan and said proposals were among the rare occasions that allow students or alumni to climb the Chapel.

Kaufman said his calendar was dotted with “secret rendezvous” and meetings while Meyer was in class to ensure the proposal was kept secret.

The couple plans to either marry this summer or the following in Meyer’s home state ofTexas.

Meyer’s father was enthused about the proposal plan, but warned Kaufman in jest about the price of the wedding.

“He told me: ‘You’re making such a big deal for the proposal, are you going to have anything left for the wedding?”’ Kaufman said.

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Students Prider placebo pills pack more punch tutor, share Fuqua's Ariely finds thatmedications'stated price can influence efficacy docs online by

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When it comes to expensive medications, do patients really get what they pay for?

A recent study conducted by a professor at the Fuqua School of Business has found that high expectations for more expensive medications can actually make the pricier drugs more beneficial to patients.

Eighty-five percent of people who thought they had taken an expensive painkiller said they experienced reduced pain, as opposed to 61 percent of a group that was told the same drug was discounted. But the two groups didn’t only take the same pill—they both took the same

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Although school is normally associated

with pens and paper, with the advent of new programs on the Internet, Duke students may find other venues to communicate with each other about classes.

Schoology.com is one such program, a new Web site that involves creating a network for students to tutor and share documents and notes.

“The main purpose of the Web site is to create a collaborative environment for students,” Jeremy Friedman, one of the founders of Schoology.com and a junior at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote in an e-mail.

“With new innovations in technology and the Internet, the world is becoming more and more digital. We believe education is reaching a turning point —the Internet was the first step, leading to Web 2.0 sites like Wikipedia and Facebook that connect people and information. Our platform is the next logical step in the education revolution.”

The site gives monetary incentives to students who upload quality information, and it allows other students to download this information free

placebo.

“Placebo is real,” said Dan Ariely, lead researcher of the study and a visiting professor of marketing at Fuqua specializing in behavioral economics. “When you expect something to give you pain relief, your body actually secretes opiates that make you feel less pain. You can’t do it consciously, but expectations can really

change physiology.”

For the experiment, Ariely—who received his Ph.D. at Duke in 1998—converted his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to a “lab-testing facility” —complete with fake company logos on pens and brochures.

The researchers gave half the participants a brochure describing a new painkiller offered at $2.50 a dose, and they told the other half that the drug was marked down to 10 cents. All of the par-

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A recent study conducted at the Fuqua School of Business hasfound that patients whobelieve they are taking expensivepain medications experience less pain thanthose who believe theirpills are cheaper. ticipants were then given electric shocks to measure their perception of pain.

More people who had taken the “undiscounted” version said they experienced reduced pain from the drug.

In a similar experiment, Ariely and his

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In this regard, the advantage falls to American programs. According to a survey of international companies conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute in 2005, 80 percent of U.S. engineers are globally employable, in contrast to 25 percent of Indian and 10 percent of Chinese engineers.

Ben Rissing, a Pratt research scholar, added that American programs like Pratt’s masters in engineering management, which integrates traditional approaches with training in business and law, help to boost the quality of U.S.-educated engineers relative to their competitors.

Additionally, Chinese and Indian engineering programs are plagued by over-

enrollment, a lack of available resources for research and weak infrastructures. In recent years, both countries have undergone a massive expansion in enrollment numbers, but for divergent reasons. In China, educational reforms have caused the amount of engineering degrees awarded annually to more than triple, while rapid economic expansion in India has resulted in a shift toward technical education.

“In India, a lot of new universities are being created that don’t have the same credentials,” Rissing said. “To meet demand among population you get street-corner universities that have been around for a couple of years. With this kind of growth, it’s really hard to maintain standards across universities.”

Rissing added, however, that the centralized Chinese system will most likely “get the system right” within a few years.

Gary Gereffi, directorof theCenter on Globalization, GovernanceandCompetitiveness and a professor of sociology, said American engineering programs can maintaintheir competitive edgeby enhancingthequality oftheir graduates.

NOTICE OF A COMBINED CORRIDOR / DESIGN PUBUC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED TRIANGLE PARKWAY FROM NC 540 TO MO Wake and Durham Counties

SUP Project No. LM7638

The North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) will hold a Pre-Hearing Open House and a Combined Corridor / Design Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 25,2008 at the Sigma Xi auditorium located at 3106 East NC 54, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Representatives from both NCTA and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will be available at the Pre-Hearing Open house between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to answer questions and receive comments relative to the proposed project. The opportunity to submit written comments or questions will also be provided.

Interested citizens may attend at any time during the above mentioned hours.

A formal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will consist of an explanation of the proposed corridor location, design features, the state federal relationship, and right of way and relocation requirements and procedures. The hearing will be open to those present for statements, questions and comments. The presentation and comments will be recorded and a transcript will be prepared. .

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Those wishing to speak at the hearing are urged to register in advance with Ms. Jennifer Harris of the NCTA whose contact information is listed below. Speakers will be provided a three minute time limit to present their comments at the hearing.

The NCTA proposes to construct a six-lane, median-divided freeway facility on new location, known locally as the Triangle Parkway, The NCTA proposes to construct the Triangle Parkway as a tolled facility. The northbound and southbound lanes will be divided by a 46 foot grass median. Triangle Parkway is located in southern Durham County and western Wake County, predominately within Research Triangle Park. Triangle Parkway is proposed as a fullyaccess controlled roadway to extend about 3.4 miles in length from NC 540 to 1-40. New interchanges are proposed at Davis Drive and Hopson Road. The project includes about 1.7 miles of widening in the median of northbound NC 147 from 1-40 to TW. Alexander Drive. As part of the Triangle Parkway project, the NCTA is also proposing to construct a two-lanebridge over the Triangle Parkway to re-connect Kit Creek Road between Davis Drive and Church Street. This project component is referred to as the Kit Creek Road Connector. In addition, the outside lane of eastbound NC 540 from NC 55 to the Triangle parkway will be widened by one-lane and the two-lane flyover interchange ramp from eastbound NC 540 to northbound Triangle Parkway will be widened to three-lanes in the future when traffic demand requires these improvements.

The purpose of the project is to improve commuter mobility, accessibility, and connectivity to Research Triangle Park employment center; and reduce congestion on existing north-south routes that serve the Triangle Region, primarily NC 55 and NC 54. Additional right of way and the relocation of homes will be required for this project.

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CHAPEL HILL The Blue Devils Just couldn’t find their mqjo.

Despite a 90-second, three-goal run that began witli just over six minutes left to play, Duke (7-2, 1-1 in the ACC) fell to No. 8 North Carolina, 16-14, Saturday DUKE 14 in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels (7-2, l-l UNC 15 ACC) capitalized on a 7-1 run in the first half to build a lead thal No. 5 Duke was unable to overcome.

“Wc weren’t in any kind of flow offensively today whatsoever,” Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “That’s our mojo, being able to flow and move on offense, and we didn’t do it today.”

Alter Duke scored three goals to lake a 3-1 lead early in the first half, the Tar Heels took command with a six-goal run, fueled by two goals and three assists from Carolina sophomore Megan Bosica. With Just under nine minutes to play, the Tar Heels led, 8-4.

From there, the cross-town rivals battled back and forth, as sophomore Lindsay Gildbride, junior Carolyn Davis and senior Allie Johnson all scored within a minute and a half to chip away at the deficit. The teams would each score once more before the end of the first half as the Tar Heels led 10-8 at the break.

Despite only trailing by two goals, the Blue Devils had committed 12 turnovers to North Carolina’s three, and had just two ground balls to their rival’s 11.

“At the beginning I thought it was jitters and being nervous, but it continued throughout the game,” said freshman Emma Hamm, who had three goals and an assist on the day. “I think it was mostly men-

tal, because we can do il on any other day.”

After the half, the Tar Heels came out strong again, scoring three straight to establish a solid 13-8 advantage. The next six goals were back and forth between the two teams, yet Duke, plagued by turnovers, could not come up with a cohesive offense to erase the North Carolina lead.

“With a young team, when you can’t take care of the ball, that creates a host of problems that we haven’t had to deal with in the last couple of years,” Kimel said. “You create your own luck by the way you play, so for us, the fact that we weren’t taking good care of the ball creates situations where the kids get desperate going for loose balls.”

With slightly over six minutes remaining, the Blue Devils trailed by five and had their offense pulled out wide and settled.

Behind the goal, Megan Del Monte tried to roll the crease but was stopped, and dished the ball to Gilbride, streaking in from the top of the arc. The sophomore netted the opportunity to cut the lead to four. Del Monte added two goals of her own in the next minute and a half, one assisted by Gilbride and another by Hamm to bring Duke within two goals.

North Carolina called a timeout with over four minutes left to play, and it seemed a Duke comeback was in the making. But as the clock wound down, the Blue Devils were unable to overcome the Tar Heels’ tenacity.

Carolina maintained possession of the ball and slowed the pace of the game, and although Duke had some opportunities to regain possession on dropped passes, the team ultimately couldn’t regain the momentum they had before the timeout.

“They did a really good job today of pushing the ball and making it tough for

Freshman Emma Hamm led theBlue Devils in Saturday's loss in Chapel Hill with three goals and one assist.

us,” senior defender Aiyana Newton said, “We lost this game for ourselves today, and a glaring number is turnovers. Every time we play Carolina, it’s going to be a one- or two-goal game.That’s how it goes.”

Duke has a week of rest, as it did this

past week, before taking on No. 2 Virginia Saturday at home. The Cavaliers defeated the Tar Heels, 16-5, March 16. Last year, the Blue Devils edged Virginia, 19-18, in the regular season, before falling to the team, 14-13, in the NCAA tournament.

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No. 1 Duke trudged to a fifth-place finish at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Adiens, Ga., the Blue Devils’ worst finish since October 2006. Their collective mark of 918 was their highest since March 2002.

The Blue Devils were off the whole weekend, finishing 10th Friday and moving up to seventh by Saturday.

Even defending National Player of the Year Amanda Blumenherst squandered an individual lead Sunday, shooting a 2-over 74 on the tournament’s last day to finish tied for third. Blumenherst bogeyed five of herfirst 10 holes Sunday, but the junior still acquired her 26th career top-10 finish with three birdies over her last eight holes.

Junior Jennie Lee posted a 1-over 73 Sunday to finish with a 13-over 229, good for a tie for 15th.

Duke’s best rounds all weekend belonged to Blumenherst and freshman Kim Donovan, who carded a 72 Saturday.

She finished in a tie for 24th.

In the same season Duke posted a collective 920 in 2002, head coach Dan Brooks led his squad to its national championship later that season. The Blue Devils are aiming for their fourth consecutive NCAA title this spring.

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Freshman Ellah Nze led ninth-ranked Duke to a big upset victory Saturday over No. 2 Georgia Tech, 4-3.

No. 9 Duke picked up its best win of the year Saturday, knocking off defending national champion, GATECH 3 No. 2 Georgia Tech 4-3 Saturday DUKE 4 at the Ambler Tennis Stadium.

CLEMSON -6 Freshman Ellah -j DUKE Nze clinched the victory with a 7-6, 6-3 triumph at second singles. Reka Zsilinskza won 6-2, 6-2 at third singles, and juniorJess Robinson also gave Duke a point at sixth singles with a 64,6-3 win.

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The Blue Devils (11-2, 4-1 in the ACC) swept all three doubles matches to take the match’s doubles point, too.

After an emphatic win Saturday, however, Duke could not maintain its momentum.

Clemson knocked off the Blue Devils at the Ambler Tennis Stadium, 6-1, Sunday.

Duke’s lone win came at the fourth-singles slot, where junior Melissa Mang avoided a shutout with a 6-1, 6-3 victory.

The Blue Devils return to the court next week, when they travel to Miami Friday night

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After two losses to open its first road series of the year against No. 23 Georgia Tech, Duke (19-5,4-5 in the ACC) avoided the series sweep by racking up 11 hits en route to a 10-3 victory over theYellow Jackets (17-5, 54) Sunday at Russ Chander GATECH Stadium in Adanta.

DUKE Sophomore sec4 ondbaseman Gabriel GATECH Saade finished 5-for-5 with a home run, and DUKE 2 junior Tim Sherlock GATECH 12 added a three-run blast in the second DUKE 3 inning to give Duke a 4-2 lead it built on as the game continued.

Freshman pitcher Grant Monroe picked up his fourth win of the year with a five-inning, three-run performance. Sophomore reliever Michael Ness contributed three perfect innings and sophomore Alex Hassan closed out the series finale win.

“It was definitely an adjustment going on the road in the ACC and playing a good team like Georgia Tech,” head coach Sean McNally said. “I feel really good coming out of [Sunday] but there’s some disappointment about not getting one of those [first] two games.”

Sunday’s scoring outburst overshadowed an otherwise lackluster offensive performance over the weekend. Aside from the last game and the first five innings of the first game, when the Blue Devils put up four runs, the team managed just two runs over 13 consecutive innings.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. All season “He hasn’t been his regular self the last long, Duke looked to senior captain De- few games, but you can’t really measure Marcus Nelson to provide a spark when it what he’s given to our team this year,” needed it most.

Henderson said. “We’ll never deviate from But in the NCAA Tournament, that our regular game plan, and DeMarcus has boost never came. been the guy this year, so we trust that he’s Gerald Henderson made up for it against going to play hard. Everyone has a responBelmont, carrying the Blue Devils into the sibility, but it’s his responsibility to lead us. second round by scoring the team’s final He’s been doing that all year. Even with eight points. In Saturday’s contest against the kinds of games he’s had in the last few West Virginia, however, weeks, he’s been great for us all season.” his efforts were not Nelson had bounced back from a poor enough to compensate performance against NorthCarolina March for the strugg lin g Nel 8 to have a strong ACC Tournament. After analysis J son, and Duke bowed scoring just six points on 3-of-12 shooting out in the Tournament’s against the Tar Heels, the guard nearly first weekend for the second straight year. had a triple-double against Georgia Tech and then put up 14 points and 9 rebounds In a two-minute stretch early in the second half, Nelson missed a fastbreak layup, against Clemson in the semifinals. a 3-pointer and a jumper in the lane. That When Duke needed him the most, howstarted an almost six-and-a-half-minute ever, Nelson wasn’t there. And so the capperiod where the Blue Devils scored just tain’s career ends without him ever playing two points, allowing the Mountaineers to in a Final Four. take a 40-38 lead.

“There arejust so manyemotions miming Then, with 12:55 remaining, Nelson’s right now, because of my final game,” Nellayup attempt to bring Duke within one at son said. “It’s the last time I get to wear this uniform, the last time I get to play with my 43-40 was emphatically rejected by the Mountaineers’ Joe Alexander. That deflating play teammates, and I really love my teammates. keyed a 74) West Virginia run and exemplified We had a great year together, but it just hurts the senior’s problems in the Tournament. that we ended my career, ended this season the way we did with us going out like that.”

“I think he probably struggled with trying too hard,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski Nelson denied a rumor that illness afsaid. “He’s the only senior on our team and fected his play. really one of the main reasons we’ve won Heading into next year, the Blue Devils 28 games this year. I think sometimes at the will need to replace Nelson’s on-court proend, a person who cares...puts too much on duction, along with his leadership. Henthemselves. I think the last couple of weeks, derson said his class will be ready to take he’s done that.” on more responsibilities, and Nelson was Nelson said he approached the Tournaconfident that somebody will fill his role. ment games the same way he approached But Duke wasn’t focused on that yet. all of the Blue Devils’ contests this season. For the time being, the team remained But Duke’s leader did not play at the same couldn’t shake the end to its season or its level as he did before, missing all five ofhis lone senior’s career.

“Sometimes it’s just not there,” sopho3-point attempts and having several layups rim out. Over two games in the nation’s more guard Jon Scheyer said. “We wouldn’t capital, Nelson scored a total of eight points be in this position without DeMarcus, boton 3-for-l7 shooting. He had just six retom line. DeMarcus has been a big brother hounds—two against the Mountaineers—- to me. He’s been our leader the whole year, one assist and one steal in the Tournament. so I just feel bad for him that he can’t go The captain’s struggles came after a reginto the next round.” by

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M.BBALL from TCI later by shooting guard Alex Rtioff. With the shot clock dwindling down to zero, Ruoff launched a high-arching, fadeaway 3-pointer that improbably found the net. Drawing the score even at 37-37 with 14:53 to go, the buzzer beater gave West Virginia a tremendous momentum boost and tied the game for the first time since the its opening moments.

“That three at the buzzer was a big shot for them,” senior DeMarcus Nelson said.

“It was just one of those things where that shot just completely turned the momentum, turned the tide. We were in complete control of the game at that moment, until he hit that shot.” *As if a switch had been flipped, the Mountaineers were reinvigorated after Ruoff s tying shot. They denied Duke players quality looks at the basket, and their tenacity on defense prevented Duke from converting on putbacks and missed opportunities. The West Virginia lead grew to as much as 14 points in the second half before a futile late push by Duke narrowed the final margin to six.

“No matter how well or how hard you’re playing, you’ve got to put the ball in the basket, and we didn’tdo that today,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We had, I think, good looks, good things right around the basket.

We didn’t have real good finishes.”

But even before Duke lost control of the scoreboard in the second, the team had difficulties controlling the boards and knocking down 3-pointers. Although the Blue Devils’ lead was five points at halftime, that score belied the fact that they had given up 10 offensive rebounds and only hit 2-of-ll 3-pointers.in the first. As the Mountaineers continued to distance themselves from Duke in the game’s closing minutes, these concealed deficiencies metastasized into obvious flaws.

For the game, the Blue Devils struggled to grab rebounds on either end. Duke was outrebounded 47-27, surrendering 19 offensive boards to the Mountaineers and giving them plenty of second-chance opportunities. The Mountaineers finished with 17 second-chance points, in contrast to the Blue Devils’ five.

“It’s not like they’re bigger,” Scheyer said.

“They wanted it, and we wanted it too, but they really showed it on the glass. That’s a really big part of the game, and they outfought us.”

But-perhaps the most telling shortfall for Duke on Saturday was its dreadful outside shooting performance. Beginning with Greg Paulus’ 3-pointer at the 16:04 mark of the first half, Duke went on a 34-minute stretch where they missed 15 consecutive long-range attempts. For a team that averages more than nine 3-pointers per game, Duke was doomed by the long drought and had little hope of overcoming the Mountaineers’ second-half spurt.

“The threes that we took at times, they were rushed,” Scheyer said. “We didn’t have many possessions where we moved the ball a lot to get good shots. When they went on run, when they had us on the ropes, that’s when we needed really good possessions, and we didn’t do that.”

Starting out the season 22-1 but closing out their last 11 games with a 6-5 record, the Blue Devils never seemed to get back on track after consecutive losses at Wake Forest and Miami. And in the losing locker room at the Verizon Center, an explanation as to how Duke’s winning ways came to such a sudden end in March was simply too hard to come by.

“Sometimes teams go up and down, and sometimes you don’t have answers for things,” Singler said. “With the length of the season, you can say it’s a long grueling season and that it wears on you, but this team was ready to go.

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"You have to give them credit, too.

They're a great team. They really fought hard all game. They're a physical team—you can't take any credit away from them. They won. They were the better team today. But definitely, we executed, got everything on the court that we wanted to get in terms of getting to the bucket, and we didn't finish. Getting open looks, we didn't capitalize. I think the thing that hurt us the most today was our rebounding."

—senior DeMarcus Nelson

"It's just disappointing, because we felt like we could take this season further than we have. With the kind of talent we have on our team, and just the way that we have played well together all season. To end it at this point, it's just disappointing." sophomore Gerald Henderson "The MVP of the game was Mazzulla. He almost had a triple-double and played really strong and got them multiple exchanges on the offensive end.... That kid was fabulous. He looked like a mini Jason Kidd out there, getting rebounds and assists and points and toughness, not to overshadow other kids on their team.

But the star on that court today was No. 3....1 told him that when we shook hands.

To see a kid who doesn't start give that kind ofperformance in the NCAATournament is remarkable. That's what makes the tournament so good, too, you get to see these kids do that."

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they definitely wouldn't dominate the Big East. We had a lot of great teams, I think the top six or seven teams are definitely right on par with Duke in the Big East. And the rest of them are right up there, too."

—junior Joe Alexander

"I think Duke does as good a job of putting pressure on the ball as anybody does. They try to take you out of what you want to run. Joe's our best guy at just straight lining, driving the ball to the goal. So I didn't know he would play as well as he played, but I thought that he had a chance to relieve some of the pressure and drive it at the basket just because of his style of play."

—head coach Bob Huggins on Joe Mazzulla

"Oh my God. Are you kidding?"

—freshman Cam Thoroughman when informed that Duke junior Qreg Paulus was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school

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"It was just an answer to a prayer. I knew the clock was going down. Joe lost his dribble. That's all it was just an answer to a prayer. It just happened to be my first three, but I'm very thankful it went in."

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. Murray Stale may be the Racers, but the blue Devils and their stilling defense slowed them down to a grinding halt.

Even after the Blue Devils built a 20' • point lead in the middle of the second half, their {Janie; tenacity on the defensive en( l never relented. analysis As the Racers attempted to break Duke’s press with 12 minutes left in the second half, junior Carrem Gay and sophomore Keturah Jackson double-teamed Shaleea Petty into calling a timeout to avoid a five-second violation. When the whistle blew, Gay let out a triumphal scream, “Yeah, baby!”

“We’ve always been a team that gets our offense started off of the press,” point guard jasmine Thomas said. “We love to run and we love to get those easy baskets.

We just get a lot of energy from our press.”

In the first half, the four-guard lineup of Murray State seemed to frustrate the Blue Devils, who were used to heavy post play in the ACC. By spreading the floor and flashing into the paint, the Racers exposed Duke’s vulnerability to cover the middle. Although the Blue Devils had a 12-point lead going into halftime, Murray State fought back to get within five points of Duke, bringing the Maryland-infused crowd to their feet.

Fora moment, another Blue Devil defeat seemed on the horizon. Instead of forcing shots to regain the momentum, however, Duke settled down and immediately erased any thought of a Cinderella story.

“We were doing some silly things defensively,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It was a combination of losing our poise on defense and offense for a couple ofminutes there.”

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Two and a half minutes into the second half of Duke’s first round matchup, the Blue Devils saw their 15point lead evaporate to just five, with Murray State riding the support of a decidedly anti-Duke crowd at the Comcast Center.

The undersized Racers (24-8), playing in their first NCAA Tournament game, started the second session by scoring nine of the first 11 points and were running circles around the rusty Blue Devils, who played their first game in a fortnight.

After calling a timeout to halt No. 14 seed Murray State’s momentum, thirdseeded Duke (24-9) responded with a 17-2 run ofits own to open a 20-point advantage and regain control of the game en route to a 78-57 win.

It was the Blue Devils’ 15th straight firstround victory in the NCAA Tournament.

“At first, it was just a matter of getting the kinks out, just trying to get into a flow,” said senior Wanisha Smith, who tallied 16 points to lead the Blue Devils in scoring.

“Then we realized what plays were working and we continued to do them.”

The leadership of Smith, coupled with a terrific performance by freshman point guard Jasmine Thomas, resulted in one of Duke’s statistically finest outputs of the year as each Blue Devil who entered the game scored. Thomas had the second-highest point total with 14 and also added career highs with nine rebounds and six assists.

The entire squad was especially adept at sharing the ball, totaling 20 assists, the team’s highest total since playing North Carolina Central Jan. 3. Duke turned the ball over only 13 times even though it en-

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Senior captain Wanisha Smith scored 16 points in the Blue Devils'first-round NCAA win in College Park, Md. Thanks to theirrenewed poise, the Blue Devils harassed the Racers into committing 13 turnovers. Those errors translated into 14 fast-break points for Duke, compared to only six by the Racers.

Using both their trademark man-toman as well as a zone defense, the Blue Devils overwhelmed Murray State out of their halfcourt sets. The Racer guards who once had easy access to the lanes were forced to take longer shots. Murray State finished the night shooting an abysmal 34.5 percent from the field, including 30.8 percent from behind the arc.

Duke was not without its faults, however.

The Blue Devils’ one blemish on defense may have been their inability to stop Murray State guard Ashley Hayes, who torched

Duke for 26 points, including six treys.

“That No. 23—she got the best of us because we didn’t do anything to stop her,” McCallie said.

Fortunately, the Blue Devils were able to stop the rest of the Racers. No other Murray State player finished with double figures.

For the rest of the game, Duke never eased off its pressure, contesting every Murray State shot until the final buzzer, much fo the chagrin of the crowd.

For the Blue Devils, their impressive performance on the defensive end may not have come at a better time.

‘You’ve got to play great defense to advance in this tournament,” McCallie said.

“Obviously you want to score a lotof points....

But the bottom line is, can you stop people?”

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running up and down and having fun,” attackman Max Quinzani said. “We didn’t get, like, the cool goals, the ones where Zack [Greer] streaks and then we throw a bomb to him and stufflike that. It took a little of the excitement out of the game, and when that happens, we’re not ourselves.”

Quinzani, Duke’s leading scorer, posted three goals, the first two on backdoor cuts streaking toward the cage. The last one pushed Duke’s lead to 4-3 as the sophomore split two defenders, spun and flipped the ball past Georgetown goalie Miles Kass into the lower corner.

But Quinzani, like his teammates, struggled in the second half. He didn’t score after the goal that gave Duke its first lead.

He was also charged with two penalties in a halfthat Duke spent a lot of time man-down.

Matt Danowski was whisded for an illegal stick to start the fourth quarter, a three-minute penalty on which Georgetown capitalized to take a 7-6 lead that it never relinquished.

Quinzani also picked up a penalty in the fourth quarter, forcing the Blue Devils to spend four minutes man-down in the

situations all season, Danowski said, and it forced the team to have a limited number of possessions. That forced the Blue Devils to press too much when they got the ball, feeling as though they had to score on every possession that they got, Quinzani said.

Even so, Duke did not want to use the penalties as an excuse for failing to put away the Hoyas.

“It hurts, but we practiced man-down a lot this week,” senior Brad Ross said.

“It’s not an excuse. We just threw the ball around today. We weren’t ourselves.”

The Blue Devils’ mistakes came back to haunt them. Danowski said the team did not follow the game plan that has allowed it to be successful so far this season. He credited Georgetown for forcing Duke into those mistakes, but the Blue Devils learned that there are some things they need to work on going forward.

“Now we’re not kings of the hill—we’re a part of the pack,” Quinzani said. “When [stuff] doesn’t go our way, we need to calm down, look each other in the eye and be like, whatever, and we’ll play six-on-six....

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tered the contest averaging over 18 giveaways per game.

“We’ve been working the whole week in practice on making the extra pass, finding the open person,” guard Brittany Mitch said.

“They were doubling, so we know there was always someone open. We just had to find that person and make the easy pass.”

And Duke’s ability to create open looks translated into a 48.7-percent shooting night from the floor, well above the Blue Devils’ 42.5 percent clip during the regular season and ACC Tournament.

Duke also created offense by dominating the glass. The Blue Devils outrebounded the Racers 48-29, and pulled down 20 offensive boards for a total of 19 secondchance points. Three players—Thomas, forward Joy Cheek and center Chante

Black—grabbed at least seven rebounds to help Duke establish an imposing interior presence. The team held a 46-18 advantage in points in the paint.

In a game that essentially lived up to expectation as the Blue Devils led from start to finish, the most notable development of the night was the conversion of numerous Maryland fans into a boisterous Murray Stale contingent. Throughout the contest, Terrapin fans showered Duke players and cheerleaders with boos, creating a road game-type atmosphere for the Blue Devils.

“It’s something that we expected playing at Maryland,” Smith said. “But at the same time, it was kind of weird getting booed by the Maryland fans —but more power to us.”

And Duke definitely showed the toughness of a top-seeded team in a hostile environment by emerging with a clear victory to send the Blue Devils into the second round of the Tournament.

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MED COSTS from page 7 worked out longer in the gym, said they felt less tired and solved more word puzzles than the students who thought they had bought a cheap drink. In both cases, the drink was actually a Soße, a vitamin-enhanced water drink.

On a philosophical level, Ariely said, the results of these experiments allow us to reevaluate the mind-body

relationship.

“The reality we experience is partially determined by

what we expect,” he said.

The experiments could have practical implications as well in the marketing of drugs to “harness the effectiveness by using placebo,” perhaps by altering the packaging or color.

Ariely told Health Day that he wonders if discounted drugs and small co-payments give people the impression that the drugs are oflower quality.

One way to reduce the effect of cost on the perception of efficacy would be to have patients understand why they are getting the discounts they are getting, Ariely said. Doctors can also explain to their patients that cost is not related to the performance of the drug.

Dr. Lauren Johnson, clinical associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, said most of her patients are costconscious, so she usually recommends generic drugs for the cheaper price, especially for routine medications such as birth control pills.

“Some young ladies ask if the generic is the same as the brand-name pill, and then after I explain to them that it is, they want to take it,” Johnson said.

Dillon Barron, a sophomore who has attention deficit disorder, said he switched to a more expensive medication earlier this year for which there is no generic version.

“I think I get the impression that I’m buying something more expensive, so therefore it’s better quality—like I’m getting something better than what the average person gets,” Barron said.

Ariely will discuss his new book “Predictably Irrational” April 1 in Fuqua’s Geneen Auditorium.

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SCHOOLOGY frompage 7 of charge. There is also an innovative chat system called PeerTutor where students and teachers can tutor each other and earn money.

“By giving students monetary incentive, we can ensure a higher quality of knowledge and services,” Friedman said. “We also provide public profdes for both members and their notes where other members can rate a document or a tutor. This method of peer rating is extremely effective, proven on sites like eßay and Amazon.”

The idea for the Web site began in 2007 when Friedman partnered with friends to create the collective student resource “We searched to obtain top talent to assist us in our project,” he said. “The Web site went through three drastic redesigns over the 2007-2008 school year. On Feb. 25, 2008, we launched our site in beta and are excited about the

prospects.”

The Web site has grown dramatically in the three weeks since

it opened, he added. There are close to 1,000 registered users and more than 350 uploaded documents, as well as 200 people registered as PeerTutors. There are also more than 10 Duke students in the Facebook group for the Web site.

“In terms of demographics, we have around 250 registered high school students, and our college students come from over 60 different colleges,” Friedman said.

“With students finishing spring break and heading into finals, we anticipate a rapid growth in our user base.”

In the future he said he is planning to add organizational tools for teachers as well as advances to the PeerTutor chat system. The team will also create disincentives for violations of academic integrity.

“I think that the site is good right now, but it could be great once more people start sharing their notes,” said Michael Baill, a junior at Washington University St. Louis who has been an active member of the Web site since its inception.

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For this reason, sophomore Julia Chou’s fresh, new perspective appealed to us. Her platform—with ideas such as a brown-bag lunch series to expose students to career options off the pre-professional track—is devoid of the insider complacency that has often characterizes student government elections.

She was also the only candidate to bring up the ongoing University reaccreditation process and quality enhancement plan, a major if not glamorous issue for students, faculty est

and administrators alike.

Chou demonstrates an impressive handle on academic affairs at this university. Her grasp of the big picture—and her ability to generate ideas from this perspective—makes it clear to us that “inexperienced” is not always synonymous with “uninformed.”

As a DSG outsider, Chou lacks student government experience, but she makes up for it with an obvious knowledge of the issues; she knows the administrators and has clear ideas on how to accomplish her goals. Chou’s fresh enthusiasm and knowledge make her the best candidate for this position.

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Her detailed and wideranging platform—one that suggests restructuring the committee itself, allowing increased flexibility for taking courses pass/fail and expanding dean’s excuses for certain student organizations—demonstrates her insight and her ability to apply her institutional knowledge.

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Modi family thanks Duke community Our son Aalok was a third-year student at Duke University, which he considered his home away from home. During his two and a half years at Duke, faculty, staff and most of all his fellow students, provided Aalok with an academically stimulating and nurturing environment in which he flourished. Aalok found his niche at Duke and bloomed into a fine young man till his life was unfortunately and abrupdy cut short on Feb. 14, while playing basketball with his friends at the Wilson Recreation Center.

The outpouring of support and love that we received and continue to do so has helped us as we struggle to find away out of suffering. Your calls and letters have helped us see Aalok in ways that we did not know. It made us, as parents, proud and more so grateful to read and hear aboutlives that our son Aalok was able to touch and influence. It indeed leaves behind a sweet memory.

We would like to thank entire Duke family—faculty, staff and students—for their compassionate support as we struggle to cope with the loss of our son, Aalok. We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts and will always cherish our association with you all.

Shishir Modi Nina Modi Saumil Modi Give us more time As we near election day this Thursday, it is increasingly clear that candidates in the Duke Student Government elections will not have enough time to communicate their vision and ideas to the student body. One of the principles ofDSG should be that thestudents for which it advocates should have sufficient time and opportunity to learn about each candidate, speak with them about issues that are important to them and select the individual best able to work on their behalffor an entire year. In light of midterms, March Madness and the Easter holiday, the current election schedule does not allow students this opportunity.

We ask that the DSG extend the length of the campaign period.

Andrew Tutt Pratt ’O9 DSG presidential candidate Alumni Affairs ‘done us wrong5 To my friends in the Duke Alumni Association and Duke Athletic .Association: After many years

waiting for the chance to attend an NCAA Tournament game, I got my wish Thursday. And after so many years, I was disappointed. I was surprised and delighted when Duke drew a Washingtonarea game on Selection Sunday this week, mostly because I was fortunate to have access to club-level seats. I invited several Duke friends, some of whom had already bid on repriced tickets upwards of $3OO apiece on StubHub or similarWeb sites.

What upsets me is not that they resorted to bid on tickets for a tourney game. Rather, at least a dozen friends called me asking for tickets because they called the Alumni Association offices and were told tickets were only available to Iron Dukes. Young alumni needed not inquire, much less apply. When we arrived at the game, I anticipated a quarter of the fans at the two-game session would be for Duke. What we discovered was that nearly all of the lower level was empty, save for a paltry Duke section, an invigorated Belmont section and a lower level rife with anti-Duke fans waiting for the next game.

The upper level may have held a number of Duke fans, but we didn’t hear much given the overpowering cheers against us from below. The club level appeared to be full of frustrated Duke fans who had apparently tried in,vain to get seats (from what I gathered standing behind them in line to purchase $5 fries from the vendors). My question is; Where were my friends from Alumni Affairs, and why didn’t we get a better shake securing prime seats, or any seats at all for the average Duke alum?

I don’t expect better tickets than teams like Belmont orArizona, but I expect equal access.

Why were Duke alumni who aren’t the privileged Iron Dukes sequestered to upper levels where their voices were not only muted by distance but by the hordes ofBelmont and other fans who lined the court? And, frankly, why don’t the alums of Washington (who make up the second-largest alumni group in the country as well as a group offuture donors) receive the same options as our older, more endowed alums or our classmates in the New York area?

We won the game, but I still wonder... would an audience of young, loud, exuberant fans, whose tickets our Alumni Association advocated for and distributed fairly, have helped us play a bit harder? I would think so.

Elizabeth Dixon Trinity ’O5

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thurs studetfts at duke will have the chance to take part in the hotly contested vote since 12 angry men. however many people i talk to just dont seem to care about the dsg election or havent decided if they are even going to vote at all. according to one of my columnist colleagues, 40 percent of students voted last yr. thats good but def not grB. so what is the reason for our AD SPACE lack of democratic participation?

S46.ooCttyear most official dsg election analysts FOR RENT chalk this up to general apathy and overall student body laziness, thats quite possible, but i believe there monday, monday is another explanation.... dsg elections simply r not cool. but seriously in general, people, and i would consider the majority of duke students to fall under that category, really like cool things, think about it. duke bball games—super cool, locopops —cool and frozen, ted williams—just plain frozen. fortunately, i have a solution to increase the elections coolness factor... text messaging, to give u a sense ofhow committed i am to this idea, i have decided to text message this weeks entire column to my editor, its even harder than it sounds since i don’t have a qwerty keypad and i have to send it to her after every 160 characters i type. now i know what ur thinking: omg, u honestly believe texting is a grB idea... ROFL... LMAO... GTG... HDTV... 25%OFFALLBLOUSES. well, stop rolling, get urself off the floor and hear me out. texting is clearly associSd with hip young people, in fact, a recent survey by telecom worldwide magazine concluded that older mobile users (uncool alert!) are less likely to use text messaging, wow, really? how surprising! thats like concluding that eskimos are less likely to wear bathing suits or that obama is less likely to be criticized by the media. but seriously, texting has already proven to be an effective voting tool, in 2004 more people voted during american idol than during the general election, while polling places were using outdated punch cards, seacrest and co were using, u guessed it, text messages. however, its not just teenage girls who like to fill their screens with lols and brbs and other abrvs that r ez 2 rite qik. everybody i know texts, even my mom has become a regular texter since she bought her brand new iphone. of course i always know when she sends me a message because all the words are spelled out, even long, complex ones like delicatessen. before i continue thp, some full disclosure: i actually began as a texting skeptic, i used to think that if i wanted to communicate with someone i could just press that mysterious key known as the call button, texting just seemed so difficult and tedious, when i first started texting, it was like i was trying to play a piano wearing boxing gloves, it was many months before i learned about predictive text and for the longest time i would actually press 9 over and over until the letter z appeared. thankfully i have come to my senses and how could i have not. texting has become more unavoidable than pastel shorts at a frat bbq.

- simply put, texting is a common denominSorfor all of us duke students, which is why its ideal for the upcoming election. many people think dsg is some hoity toity, elitist organization that takes itself too seriously... and they would be absolutely right, well, texting is the perfect thing to eliminS all that perceived poop cod circumstance, (sorry, i meant to type “pomp and circumstance.” stupid T 9!) plus, setting up the voting system would be so easy, each of the 4 prez candidates would be assigned a different number from 1 to 4 (based on physical appearance, naturally) and students would just have to text their choice to some central number, its really the perfect system. now i know there are some ofu reading this that dont have text messaging capabilities, to u all i say: leave ur cave and pedal ur stone car flintstones-style to ur nearest at&t store to sign up for a texting plan, i can also suggest a fantastic place to pick up a phonograph and some light bulbs. look, the reality is that voting is really behind the times, i mean, we live in a world where people are even using text messaging to end relationships, ur dumped, sry. ttyl. so hurry up, dsg. there r only a few more days to change the system and get what i unbiasedly predict will be a 90 percent voter turn out. cmon, do u really want to be less technologically inclined than my mom? most

DDHABHCNRWTS4 (david distenfeld hates abbreviations because he can never remember what they stand for)

The Gospel according to Price

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was walking to the library earlier this week after a late class, bracing myself for an hour or two of studying, when I saw a sign advertising an event with Reynolds Price in the Rare Book Room. “Hear Reynolds Price read his translation or the Gospel of Mark,” the poster said. I sensed an opportunity, not only to put off studying for an hour or two, but also to hear Price’s uniquely melodious voice for the frdVlk first time since last into the fire year. I ducked in just as Price was beginning and sat down.

For most Christians, the Gospels of the Bible’s New Testament are pretty tired territory. .They’re read in church services every week, studied in Sunday school and, generally speaking are a part of America’s cultural lexicon. But sitting down and listening to one all the way through is rarely done.

Generally, Jesus’ parables and stories from his life are lifted out of context and read individually, with little overarching narrative attached.

As a result, Jesus has become less of a historical or literary figure and more of a source for familiar quotations. Tales about Jesus are selectively pulled out by people as evidence of their own wisdom. The fact that Christianity is so closely associated with mainstream culture and even political power in this country generally means that Jesus can become a tool of the ruling class to promote the status quo.

A recent example has been the rise of what’s called prosperity gospel. This kind of pseudo-theology has recently exploded in popularity with the success of figures like Joel Osteen, the grinning pastor who can regularly be found on the half-dozen Christian television stations piped into the Carolinas. The basic message of the prosperity gospel is that if you do what God wants, He will reward you with money. Of course, what “God wants” is entirely dependent on which televangelist you’re watching, but it typically involves buying his latest book or paying to see him in person.

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Without becoming too theological, I think it’s pretty clear there’s something wrong with this kind of morality. There’s no need to point out the fact that the huge number of poor yet religious people in the world make it obviously false. But philosophically, it’s basically an affirmation of greed and the worst excesses ofAmerican capitalism. Even the most brazen economist won’t claim God’s sanction. Adam Smith said an invisible hand will move people to make rational economic decisions, but that hand wasn’t divine.

Economic forces are the result of worldly, human systems that are in our power to influence.

But once those systems become the will of God, there’s no reason to even consider adapting them. If some divine force wills us to become rich, why care about those who are poor? If they aren’t wealthy, it’s because they haven’t earned God’s favor. In a world where our socioeconomic condition is a divine decree, most social obligations disappear, and with them our humanity.

When you read the Gospel of Mark straight through, however, it’s hard to find a Jesus that could be called pro-status quo. It is a complete narrative of a man’s life that’s difficult to twist one way or another. Whether or not one agrees with Christianity or the morality Jesus presented in the Gospels, it’s clear the ethical system he outlined is not represented in modern American society, the pretensions of the prosperity gospel aside.

And that’s the benefit, I think, of people like Reynolds Price and the academic ideal they try to achieve. They’re part of an epistemic system-that is, one that seeks truth. Ultimately institutions like Duke don’t exist to try to be popular or make money but to undermine those who obscure facts to gain power or influence. But, as the groups of high schoolers descending on Duke this month demonstrate, universities like ours do indeed now depend on being popular and making money. It’s up to us, as the lifeblood of the University, to demand that Duke never loses sight of the importance of working for truth, first and foremost. It’s a tough job, but we’re up to it.

Frank Holleman is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Monday.

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Preparing Future Faculty Program Information Session Overview and How To Apply Soc Sci 311 Lunch provided, RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/yw2gkTi

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Assertive Communication and Managing Conflict for Women, 103AAllen Building Contact tomalei.vess@duke.edu

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Creating a Career Development Plan, workshop by Marla Goonan, Breedlove Room, Perkins Library, 2 nd floor Register at http://tinyurl.com/ysuups

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How to Engage Others: Effective Communication on Your Research and Accomplishments Sanford Institute 04 (http://map.duke.edu/?bid=772s) Register at http://tinyurl.com/2ttvhb

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