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Sports No hits, no win The baseball team was no-hit by two ECU pitchers yesterday in a 5-0 loss to .the Pirates in Greenville. See page 13

Elders critiques ‘sick care’ system Schools continue strategic planning

By ALEX SUNDSTROM The Chronicle The sophisticated techniques

and advanced research that characterize American medicine reflect a misplaced focus on treating diseases instead of keeping everyone healthy, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders said last night in Griffith Film Theater. “We’ve got a health care system for the haves and a sick care system for the have-nots,” Elders said. “It’s cheaper to provide primary preventive health care for everybody.” Such care would consist of immunizations, easier access to physicians and comprehensive health and early-childhood education for everyone. Programs like these would particularly benefit the poor and minorities. “We’ve got a problem of health care access in the black community,” Elders said. “Because we don’t have enough doctors... we’re less likely to have doctors that understand our [medical] history. So we’re less likely to go to the doctor until we get too sick, and then it ends up costing 10 times as much.” Elders’ controversial comments about health education and the legalization of drugsresulted in President Bill Clinton removing her from office in 1994. “I was fired for what I believe in,” she said. Upon her dismissal, news accounts portrayed Elders as advocating that schools teach mastur-

� With a preliminary report from each of the schools, the provost is preparing a detailed presentation for the late-February Board of Trustees meeting. By GREG PESSIN The Chronicle

So far, the year-long strategic planning process is still in its preliminary stages and right on target.

DR. JOYCELYN ELDERS, the surgeon general deposed in the Clinton administration for her controversial beliefs on drug policies and sex education, spoke Monday night.

bation. Masturbation is an important part of human sexuality, she said Monday, but she never suggested it be taught. “Nobody has to educate anybody about masturbation—God taught

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us to masturbate,” Elders said, “Ninety percent of men masturbate, 70 percent of women masturbate and the rest lie.” Health education should go be-

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With Provost Peter Lange set to present an elaborate outline to the Board of Trustees later this month, each school is refining the first sketches of its long range academic plan. The process—last performed six years ago—will designate areas for future investment and disinvestment within each school and the University as a whole and will help allocate Campaign for Duke funds to academic areas. “We’re just getting some preliminary documents from schools,” said Lange. “Our working groups in arts and humanities, social sciences and sciences and engineering have generated proposals from the faculty and are working with those at the moment to begin... to think about priorities and how they relate to funding.” Lange’s late-February presentation will include the working groups’ findings, synthesis of the schools’ plans and information on finances. So far, the schools have begun delineating priorities, but few have started targeting areas for disinvestment. Lange said he expects the schools to be at various levels of completion, depending on their size and other outside factors. The Nicholas School of the Environment, for example, is currently undergoing an external review, so Lange said it might have to wait for those results before moving ahead with planning. But the external review has also given the Nicholas See STRATEGIC PLANNING on page 12 �

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Clinton sends 2001 budget to Congress President Bill Clinton proposed a budget Monday that projects a surplus that will allow the nation to increase spending, tax cuts and reductions in the national debt. Clinton’s budget calls for total government spending in 2001 of nearly $1.84 trillion. Palestinians halt peace negotiations The Palestinian Authority froze peace talks with the Israelis Monday and released from prison an Islamic fundamentalist leader from Gaza. Iraq develops new germ weapons Some American arms control experts are looking anew at Iraqi biological weapons programs

and finding evidence that Iraqi military may be trying to develop a new viral agent.

Airplane hijackers release 8 prisoners Negotiations with gunmen who seized an Afghan jet and eventually ended up in a suburban London airport succeeded Monday in gaining the release of eight passengers and providing supplies for those still trapped on the plane. McCain shows gains in recent opinion poll Sen. John McCain is now the most popular presidential candidate among likely voters nationwide, according to a poll released Monday. French schools give out morning-after pills France became the first country in the world to give its school nurses the right to dispense emergency contraception pills. The pills are to be available in both high schools and junior high schools.

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Israel bombs Lebanese power stations Retaliatory attacks and blackouts come after the killing of five Israeli soldiers By SAM GHATTAS Associated Press

Israeli BEIRUT, Lebanon warplanes struck a guerrilla stronghold and power stations across Lebanon early Tuesday widespread morning, causing blackouts in apparent retaliation for Hezbollah attacks that killed five Israeli soldiers. The strike came after a week of bloody attacks by the Muslim guerrillas and graphic footage of wounded Israelis on the evening news in Israel. The bloodshed prompted talk

that Israel will expedite a planned withdrawal from Lebanon, but it also created fears of increased violence near the Israel-Lebanon border. Sirens ordered residents into shelters in Israeli border towns Monday, and heavily armed troops

reported to their commanders at border crossings. Jets began concentrated attacks in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, unleashing several air-to-surface missiles and plunging the city immediately in darkness, witnesses said. Planes also hit a power station in the mountains east of the northern

port city of Tripoli, and followed it with a strike on the Jamhour substation on a hill overlooking Beirut. There was no word on casualties. Beirut, the Lebanese capital, was plunged into darkness soon after the raid as Israeli jets roared over the city for about half an hour. A huge ball of orange flame and clouds of smoke rose from the Beirut station. The same station was hit twice before—once in June, when Israel

previously punished Lebanon by targeting power stations, and once in 1996.

Gunman assassinates Yugoslav official By STEVEN ERLANGER

*N.Y. Times News Service ZAGREB, Croatia Yugoslavia’s defense minister was shot and killed Monday night when unidentified gunmen fired automatic weapons through the windows of a Belgrade soccer club where he was eating, the Belgrade police said. The minister, Pavle Bulatovic, 51, was from Montenegro and was a close ally ofYugoslavia’s president, Slobodan Milosevic. Bulatovic had been defense minister since 1993 and had earlier served as the Yugoslav minister of the interior in a government led by Milan Panic, whom Milosevic fired. Bulatovic was an important member of Milosevic’s allied party in Montenegro, the Socialist People’s Party. The party is now in opposition in Montenegro, Serbia’s sister republic, which is led by Western-leaning

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With plans of a city-county merger progressing at full speed, Durham officials now have a rough sketch of who will draft the merger proposal, Durham city council members and county commissioners voted Monday night to create a 40-person merger commission whose membership will be “roughly consistent” with demographics of the county with respect to race, gender and residence within city limits. A committee composed of five city council members and three county commissioners will select from an open pool of applicants. The decision disregards Durham mayor Nick Tennyson and commission chair MaryAnn Black’s initial proposal that 26 of the seats be filled with representatives from various community organizations. Last night, the proposal was hardly mentioned; instead, commissioners and council members stressed the importance of inclusiveness in the selection process. “It’s very important that this be an open-ended process,” said city

council member Thomas Stith, echoing sentiments voiced by many of his colleagues. “I’m very much in favor of allowing anyone who wants to apply.” Council member Floyd McKissick said he believes that people with leadership expertise, like Chancellor of North Carolina Central University Julius Chambers and Duke President Nan Keohane would have the best perspective for drafting the final proposal, but agreed that the Tennyson plan “would just lead to more divisiveness and bickering.” Only one board member challenged the idea of the merger commission itself. City council member Pamela See MERGER on page 5 !�

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Like most buildings lining Campus Drive, the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid seems impressive from the outside: The white-trimmed brick building stands happily on Duke’s main road, welcoming potential visitors. But financial aid officials say the friendly-looking office is not big enough—and administrators agree. At 2,000 square feet, the office is only about two-and-a-half times larger than a Wannamaker Dormitory commons room.

“I think the location is perfect—there’s a bus stop, parking, it’s close to admissions,” said Jim Belvin, director of undergraduate financial aid. “But we’re simply coming out the windows.” The office’s client base has skyrocketed in the last few decades, as more than 40 percent of undergraduate students are now on some form of financial aid. In the meantime, the office has occupied the same building for at least 18 years—a now-inadequate space that does little to welcome students and their families, Belvin said. “Most families would just as soon not have to go to the financial aid office...,” Belvin said. “Some families are kind of embarrassed to have to apply for financial aid.... When all of a sudden all the parents and students are jammed together in a very small area, it can make for an uncomfortable environment.” Some students agreed with financial aid officials, saying the office’s narrow entranceway leaves them feeling cramped and unwelcome. “It’s really uninviting and that makes it a little awkward.... I feel like paperwork when I walk in,” said Trinity freshman Adam Hartstone-Rose. “They’ve always been really helpful, but just walking in there....” Belvin, who noted that the office holds staff meetings on the stairs, said the lack of space leads to practical concerns. “It’s an old-fashioned house that a football coach used to live in—a family of four. We’ve got about 17 people working in it plus computers and desks. Of course, we don’t have a dining room table, but we’ve got a lot of furniture...Belvin said, ‘lt’s not that we should all get executive suites. We need to be able to get more than a family of two into [an office].” Financial aid officials from other* universities claim that a financial aid office’s atmosphere is essential for ad-

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THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE has been roundly criticized for being cramped and unwelcoming Many say the lobby, above; illustrates both. dressing the sensitive, sometimes confusing issue. The 8,174-square-foot financial aid office at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, is putting the finishing touches on a year-long"renovation project. “[UNC] did not want students who are on financial aid to feel like they’re an underclass,” said Shirley Ort, associate vice provost and director of scholarships and student aid. “It’s nice for students who are needy to come into an environment that is 10ve1y.... They did not want the financial aid office to look like a bargain basement floor.” Ort said that when she visited Duke’s financial aid office, she was not impressed by what she saw. “There’s barely enough room to turn around...,” she said. “I don’t know that big and beautiful is important, but a pleasant environment is good if you can achieve that.” Administrators acknowledged these concerns, and said they are looking into potential solutions. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe pointed to two options: adding on to the existing building or moving the office altogether, combining it with the student loans and bursar’s offices, “Money is not the issue. When you’ve got a space crunch like this, it should be taken care of,” he said. “It doesn’t require major new capital resources.... It’s a pretty high priority. It’s not in a cate-

gory that has to be done next week, [but] we have to find some solution to proceed on this spring.” Trinity senior Sarah Strong said that

although the office’s interior does not strike her as particularly cramped, the location is more problematic. “When you have the student loan office on East, the bursar on West and the financial aid office on Campus Drive, it’s not very conducive to traveling for students...,” she said. “[The issue is] even more

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think.... Anything that makes an obstacle to getting it done makes it that much more painful.” The UNC financial aid office’s makeover doubled the size of its resource room, which provides computer terminals for students interested in researching financial aid opportunities on-

line. “Not all students have computers, so it’s nice for them to do it here,” Ort said. Belvin said one of his priorities is creating a similar resource room where students can research available scholarships, grants and payment strategies. “I think the biggest issue for us is not the problems we run into as a result of a lack of space. It’s what we could do with more space...,” Belvin said. ‘There’s nothing I’d love more than to have students drop by... to look into financial aid issues they face.”

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HOUSe system replaces traditional housing survey By JAMES HERRIOTT The Chronicle After complaints from students last year who “dropped the ball” despite an aggressive advertising campaign, the Housing Assignments office killed the online housing survey and has resurrected it as the HOUSe process. Because some students found the term “survey” a bit ambiguous, the

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UNC SENIOR MANDY GREENE, at the podium, is coordinating the sorority’s expansion onto Duke’s campus. The group promotes itself as a multicultural sorority.

New Duke sorority eschews

traditional greek structure By MELISSA LAN The Chronicle

There’s a new sorority coming to

town, but Theta Nu Xi Multicultural

Society, Inc. is trying to shatter the molds of traditionally black and white sororities. Founded in 1997 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the sorority’s representatives said they wanted to start a Duke chapter to shake up the existing system. “[Duke has] a rich greek life steeped in

tradition,” said Jean OT)ette, a UNC senior and member the sorority, whose letters convey unity by resembling the word “ONE.” “It was an opportunity to bring good things and traditions that traditionally black and white sororities have.” Trinity freshman Sheena Das agreed. “In the North, I had friends of all different races. People [herel hang out according to the race. That’s why I feel really limited here,” she said. “I wanted to break out of the box in the South.” See ONE on page 6

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Students, located at http://osd.stuaff.duke.edu/HOUSeOO. “Over the years we have always had a very small number of students who have claimed that ‘housing survey’ has a connotation that it is an optional process,” said Assistant Dean of Student Development Bill Burig. As in previous years, all upperclass students who want to live on campus next fall must fill out this form. Rising-juniors and seniors who do not want to live on campus again, but who want their $lOO residential deposit refunded, must also participate. However, unlike last year, students outside those two groups need not fill out the form. “Students who were going off campus thought ‘I don’t need to fill out this form’ when all our information said, ‘you need to let us know,”

said Burig. By having those students opt-out of the process, the housing office hopes to eliminate the confusion. “Essentially, if a student doesn’t complete the HOUSe form, we are going to assume they have some other plan other than wanting oncampus housing,” Burig said. The Housing Assignments office will send an e-mail to all the students who did not fill out the HOUSe form asking whether they want to live on-campus for spring 2001. If students mistakenly fail to

complete the HOUSe form, they will have more limited housing options. Burig said members of selective houses who fail to complete the form may not be placed within their group’s block. “Selective living groups... were really the primary group last year that we had some difficulty with,” said Burig. “We have let them know that if they do not complete the HOUSe form, they will not be guaranteed a place in the house.” In an attempt to give students more time to remember the HOUSe form, each class will have a three or four day registration window. Also, there will be a one-day grace window for all students who forgot to fill out the survey. “Most students tell us [filling out See HOUSE on page 6

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Any resident can apply to commission Elders challenges MERGER from page 3

Blyth proposed that city council members and county commissioners themselves be charged with engineering the merger proposal, but the idea was squashed when her motion did not even receive a second. “It’s clear to me that what we as elected officials need to do is to put a proposal before the people,” Blyth said, “not some group of citizens appointed by us through some political process.” Representatives supported the idea of using census information to guide the commission’s composition almost overwhelmingly, though McKissick warned that those guidelines should not be followed too strictly. “In terms of this demographic profile, I’d like to know that we’ll use this only as a guidepost—l’d like to know this is not ingrained in stone,” McKissick said. “I don’t SARAH MCGILL/THE CHRONICLE want to see us too wedded to deDURHAM’S DISPARATE GOVERNMENTS came together Monday night for a joint meeting mographics.” Over several members’ protests of the Durham county commissioners and city council members. that a 40-person commission would be unwieldy, the representaapplication deadline. to get this thing on the ballot in tives approved the proposed size. The applications, which will be November,” Bowser said. The corollary issue of commisadvertised in local papers and As one of two citizens who adsion alternates was also considmade available on the Internet, dressed the board just prior to the ered during the two-hour meeting are open to any Durham County meeting’s adjournment, Lavonia resident. Monday evening. Allison lambasted the board for The commission’s five alterCounty commissioners Joe hurrying to accept applications nates must attend 80 percent of Bowser and Becky Heron worried before formulating selection critethe meetings—as often as regular that the deadline was too soon. ria. “You all are rushing and you commission members. “We’re pushing ourselves hard, all are creating a serious discomThe board set Feb. 22 as the and I’m not sure why, other than fort,” Allison said.

anti-drug actions ELDERS from page 1

yond lessons in sexuality, she stressed. “We spend only $lO million a year on nutrition education for all the youth in America,” Elders said, “and Mr. McDonald’s spends $4O million advertising his Big Mac.” Many of America’s other social problems make achieving widespread health more difficult. Poverty, the widening income gap between rich and poor and inadequate education for the poor and minorities are all serious problems, she said. “We’ve got people who have graduated from high school with a diploma that they can’t read, shoes that light up when they walk and brains that go deaf when they talk,” Elders said. She challenged the war on drugs—noting that 430,000 die from smoking each year, but only 20,000 die from illicit drug use. The war on drugs has had particularly adverse effects on the black community, she continued. “[Blacks! don’t necessarily abuse more drugs, but we’re far more likely to get arrested for using drugs, because we’re far more likely to get stopped in neighborhoods. In fact, we’re 14 times more likely to get arrested,” Elders said. “Whites go to treatment, blacks go to jail Elders exhorted the students in attendance to become active in politics and address these problems. Doctors “have got to get as politically involved as lawyers have been,” she said. “Lawyers make sure that every criminal has a constitutional right to a lawyer, but we don’t make sure that every sick person has a right to a doctor.” “I think you’ve got to decide whether we want all people to have a right to health care,” Elders said. “The responsibility for health in our 21st century belongs to you.” ”

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Senior vies for HOUSe expands registration windows million dollars MILLIONAIRE from page I Fine could not be reached for comment on his final winnings from the game show. Fine said his subject strengths are sports and geography, and his weaknesses are books, authors and ’6os and ’7os pop culture. For the latter subjects, Fine can call on some Dukies to help. “My lifelines are two of my friends from Wayne Manor, my dad, a professor at Duke—Martin Lewis—and one of my friends who’s a girl,”he said. That girl, Trinity senior Stefanie Berman, who shares several classes with Fine, said she was picked for “random things that girls would know.” “We were supposed to be the girly knowledge

tank here,” she said. Lewis, an associate research professor in comparative area studies, has taught Fine in three geography classes. On his student’s chances, Lewis said, “To tell you the truth, I’ve never watched the show... [but] he’s certainly a sharp student. He has a lot of knowledge, so I think he has a good chance.” Using the lifelines wisely often makes or breaks a contestant. “I figure I’ll use my poll-the-audience lifeline on a pop culture question I don’t know,” he said. “But other than that, I don’t have any strategies. I hope I know the questions they ask.” To prepare for the show, Fine said he was “going to play Trivial Pursuit all weekend.” But he wasn’t going to read almanacs or use any strategies other contestants have employed. “I figure all the useless knowledge in my head has been enough so far.” Fine wasn’t anxious about the upcoming challenge, just excited. “Everything right now is just gravy, so there’s nothing to be nervous about.” Whether he wins the million or not, Fine said he was looking forward to the experience—especially meeting the sarcastic host, Philbin. “I think it’ll be pretty fun, he’s a funny guy,” Fine said. His fiancee, Kim Martin, also a Trinity senior, will accompany Fine to New York. The show is putting them up at the Empire Hotel. If Fine does win the million, he said, “I’ll probably buy my mom a blue Jaguar, she’s always wanted 0ne.... Pay off my school loans, take a nice honeymoon.”

CHOUSE from page 4 the form] takes three minutes,” said Burig. “It’s a very simple form. We think asking a student to spare three minutes of their time over a four or five day period is pretty reasonable.” In other efforts to remind students of the form and to further explain the housing process, the housing office is running an awareness campaign. Like last year, they have sent out an e-mail to all students, and they will send students a newsletter, put up posters around campus, place ads in The Chronicle and conduct 17 information sessions in dorms on East and West campuses. The office also sent a letter home to freshmen’s parents informing them of their children’s duty to complete the HOUSe form.

Burig still maintains, however, that the housing office is responsible for communicating with the University’s students. “The student is 18 years or older and the actual contracted person with the University,” said Burig. “We’re going to treat students as adults.”

ONE from page 4

Although ONE is not currently recognized by the University, sorority representatives are seeking provisional status for two years. After that, it is unclear how ONE would fit into Duke’s existing structure. UNO senior Mandy Greene, who is coordinating expansion to Duke, said the group does not want to be affiliated with the National Panhellenic Council, the organizing group for historically minority fraternities and sororities, or the Panhellenic Council, the umbrella organization for traditionally white sororities. “It will take some reworking and some time of working with the greek system here,” Greene said, noting that UNC has an organizational category for non-traditional fraternities and sororities. Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Sue Wasiolek said this is the first time a sorority has come to campus with the mission of promoting diversity. “[l’m not sure] administratively how a sorority or sorority like it fits into the greek structure,” she said. “The administration is taking it one step at a time.” As of now, there is one fraternity that is not affiliated with- any greek umbrella group. Alpha Phi Omega, a non-selective community service fraterni-

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ty, was initially funded by Duke Student Government, but is now independent. NPHC President Justin Fairfax, however, said that affiliation with a larger group would provide structure for an organization just starting out. “NPHC, IFC or Panhel would make the organization accountable to Duke University,” he said. Regardless of how ONE will be classified eventually, the sorority—which has 28 members between its three chapters at UNC, UNC-Greensboro and North Carolina State University—is trying to attract attention now. Last week, 13 women attended two information sessions about the sorority. “Duke will benefit from a multicultural organization like this,” said Trinity sophomore Utaukwa Brown, who attended one of the meetings. “The traditional frats and sororities are so defined as black or white.... I’d rather have something about multiculturalism and learn about differences in other races.” If they do get settled at Duke, ONE’s members hope to promote unity among greek organizations through service projects, multi-cultural lectures and monthly forums. “We can plant the seed,” O’Dette said, “[but] you just have to let [ONE] blossom.”

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ofthe establishment in both parties and ofAmerica’s willingness to embrace an insurgent candidacy. The results in New Hampshire were a welcome shift from the campaign mood at this point a .year ago. Then, Bush hadn’t yet expressed formal interest in the campaign, but party leaders, prominent fund-raisers; and members of Congress were already lining up behind him. Gore had the Democratic fund-raising machine cranking out cash for him. Bradley, McCain, Elizabeth Dole, Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle, et al. were considered long-shots before any ofthem even had the opportunity to announce their candidacy. But Bradley and McCain have presented themselves as refreshing antidotes to Gfore and Bush, the candidates of the establishment. Party leaders tried to anoint Gore and Bush more than a year before their conventions, but McCain and Bradley have stopped, or at least slowed, the respective coronations. Bush and Gore may end up as the two nominees, and they may even be best for their respective parties, but the competitive primary season strengthens all candidates and sends the decision back to the voters. McCain’s rise has been exceptionally exciting, both because of his resounding margin of victory over Bush and because of his electric campaign style. Politically, McCain has been riding a populist message, emphasizing campaign finance reform and appealing to independent voters. Intentionally or not, McCain has positioned himself perfectly to combat Bush’s millions and to attack Gore’s campaign finance irregularities from 1996. But McCain’s populism extends beyond his policies into his personality and campaigning style. He’s conducted the most energetic campaign in years, fascinating the media and the voters of New Hampshire and South Carolina. McCain’s style perfectly matches that ofthe most popular and captivating campaigners of the television age—John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. The Arizona senator has become a phenomenon because ofhis engaging personality. He’s open, willing to confess his faults and able to convey his compelling life story to the public through television and in person. The rise ofthe McCain and Bradley insurgencies has transformed the dynamics of the primary campaign. It should be a fun month.

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A story surfaces about an incident in the greek community, usually one involving the stereotypical greek evils of elitism, hazing, alcohol abuse and/or sexual abuse. Not to dismiss any of these charges as insignificant—they are all serious problems and should be dealt with severely. What I fault, however, is what happens next.

Independents hurl accusations at a greek community that is more diverse than meets the eye, blaming and condemning an entire system for the actions of a few—or maybe even many—but certainly not all. Put on the defensive, greeks defend their part in practices to which no rational individual would want to be party, saying that “everybody does it”

because, of course, that makes it OK. Suddenly, what began as an issue ofpotential danger or damage to a person or persons has become your classic “us vs. them” battle between greeks and independents. At the risk of being accused of “fighting back” myself, let me just say this: I was in a sorority for nearly all of my four years at Duke. Never once was I forced to drink, never did I see anyone forced to drink and never did I force anyone to drink. Yes, I did drink, and sometimes I drank more than I should have. More often than not, it was one of my sisters who watched out for me in these moments; other times it was me watching out for them. In sorority life, I found a group of close friends and a supportive network of women.

My experience may not be

typical or widespread, but to generalize the entire greek community based on the actions of a few chapters or individual members demeans what many others and I gained from participation in greek life at Duke. But more important than my personal experience, I have one plea for the Duke community: Stop talking around each other and do something for a change. If something isn’t done to change the way these problems are addressed, this whole scenario is going to replay itself again somewhere down the road—and without any action, the story that sets it off next time may be far more serious.

Jessie Strauss Trinity ’9B

Students can best combat bigotry with volunteerism Because I believe that many Duke students, and the majority of South Carolina’s citizens, feel it is time remove to the

Confederate battle flag and because I believe that Duke students, like the many good people of South Carolina, do speak out against injustice, I suggest that nonresidents of South Carolina who share our concerns join us in the following: 1. Instead of boycotting Myrtle Beach and taking away the income of the black employees you wish to help, come to this resort and enjoy your time on our beaches. Then agree to stay another week and volunteer your talents tutoring in Head Start programs in the impoverished areas within miles of your beach hotel. 2. Donate some of your

Kudos

to DSG

I would like to commend those Duke Student Government legislators who voted against the proposal to join the NAACP boycott of South Carolina. Regardless of whether you are a supporter of Southern

drink money at the beach to a worthwhile organization in the state (for example Humanity, Habitat for migrant workers’ funds or a historically black church near Myrtle Beach that is struggling to survive.) 3. Volunteer to organize a Reading is Fun program in an underprivileged, poorly funded elementary school within driving distance of your Myrtle Beach hotel. 4. Volunteer in a rural health clinic, where medical personnel give care to infants of teenage mothers and vaccinations to indigent children. Take a week to meet the many beautiful and caring people of South Carolina. If you choose to honor the boycott against our state, then consider returning to your own home state and, in a nearby neighborhood, vol-

Alpine Bagels and Brews. This past Saturday, I ordered a tuna salad sandwich. The only way it “slept in the ocean [the previous night,]” as their sign claims, is if it were not tuna, but, in fact, a victim of the mob who slept with the fishes wear-

the slums only one hour from Westchester County, in the tenement houses of the Roxbury suburb of Boston, in the poor Hayti area of near Durham, the Southwest resorts addressing the poverty of the American Indian, in the poor Hispanic neighborhoods near Bel Air or the slums of Northeastern and Midwestern cities. Stop the prejudice and bigotry in your hometown. Use your talents to really make a difference and to see that all people of any one of our 50 states who suffer from injustice, poverty and poor education have an opportunity for a better tomorrow. Rebecca Pritchard Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

legislators voting against boycott heritage or simply feel that such decisions are outside of the purview of a student govemment, your decision to vote against the boycott, while within operating the University’s current climate of rampant political correct-

Alpine Bagels and Brews For two days in a row I was served putrid food at

unteering to correct injustice there, whether it be in

ness and intellectual intimidation, shows great courage and character, For this, my compatriots and I salute you

Alex Long Durham, N.C.

serves poor

ing cement shoes, and was subsequently caught in a dragnet.

Sunday, I bought some frozen yogurt. Upon eating a spoonful, I discovered that it tasted more like chilled lard with a dash of vinegar than “Dutch Chocolate.” When I brought this up to the man working the regis-

quality food

ter, he said “Oh, we’ve had a few complaints about that today... sorry.” Perhaps Alpine could do something about suppurating food when customers complain instead of going on and selling it. Sharp Trinity ’O2

Brad

On the record “Nobody has to educate anybody about masturbation—God taught us to masturbate.” Former US. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders on her view of health education (see story, page 1)

Commentary

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The line between speech and action

Major League Baseball snould not have suspended John Rocker for his remarks in Sports Illustrated Rocker has no ability to hurt anyof Rocker is, it will not do nearly as characteristics of man (conceptual one with his comments. Every person much damage to The Voice the pitcher as the knowledge, free will) and the insignifwho Rocker insults can reject his comments as invalid and pay no attention to them. The victim of force has no

of Reason

Alex Epstein Last week, Major League Baseball issued its punishment to Atlanta Braves closer John Rocker. The pitcher was suspended through May 1, fined $20,000 and ordered to undergo “sensitivity training” before he returns to the mound. Major League Baseball has made two grave mistakes in its handling of the Rocker affair. The first is doling out a punishment that is similar in nature to the punishment given to players who commit violent acts. The second is treating Rocker’s problem as a psychological ailment that requires therapy. Baseball has set a consistent precedent for dealing with violent players and coaches. In 1977, Texas Ranger Lenny Randle was suspended for 30 days for beating up his manager, Frank Lucchesi. In 1988, Pete Rose was suspended for 30 days for pushing an umpire. And in 1932, Bill Dickey was suspended 30 days for breaking Carl Reynolds’ jaw. By suspending Rocker for as long as these men—plus all of spring training—Commissioner Bud Selig is equating an act of speech with an act of force. But speech and force are fundamentally different, no matter how offensive the speech, and should be treated as such.

required sensitivity training. The rationale behind sending someone to sensitivity training is that racism is a such option. psychological problem. If is not. Take the example of Rocker’s comRacism is the result of bad philosophiments about foreigners. “The biggest cal premises, it is not a mental disease thing I don’t like about New York are curable by therapy. Racists are racist the foreigners,” he told Sports because they believe that skin color deterIllustrated. ‘You can walk an entire mines one’s values, ability and character. block in Times They either Square and not choose to hear anybody absorb these to speaking beliefs from English.... How others around the hell did they them, or are get in this counracist as the is a try?” No foreigner result of severin America has to al observations League pay the least bit of they have attention to John made followed Rocker. Since his by flawed reaact was merely one of speech, it can be soning. For instance, Ku Klux Klan memevaluated as invalid and ignored. bers often justify their belief in the inferiBut imagine if Rocker, instead of ority of blacks by comparing test scores or comments making to Sports crime rates of black and white Americans. Illustrated, had beaten a Vietnamese Racism is irrational, but this is not man. Then Rocker’s idiotic beliefs obvious knowledge. That is, that would have real and harmful signifi- racism is an irrational position to hold cance to the man. The man can choose cannot be assumed arbitrarily, nor to ignore Rocker’s speech; he cannot arrived at through divine insight. It ignore Rocker’s fist—just as Frank must be arrived at through a process Lucchesi could not ignore Lenny of reason. To judge racism as wrong Randle’s, and Carl Reynolds could not requires the understanding that men’s ignore Bill Dickey’s. characters are determined by their To fail to distinguish between exercise of free will and their rational speech and force is a disastrous miscapacity—and not by external physitake by Major League Baseball. cal characteristics. This, in turn, As unfair as baseball’s suspension requires identifying the essential

fail

distinguish between speech and force disastrous mistake by Major Baseball.

Challenging political

icant ones (skin color, national origin, height). Any response to racist beliefs must be an intellectual one if it is to have any success. Sensitivity training is completely anti-intellectuah It tells its subjects—without justification—that all cultures and ways of life are of equal merit (Sensitivity trainers tend to be cultural determinists, and equate race with culture). In effect, it tells them to

throw away their powers of judgment, as the idea that all ways of life are equal is contradicted by everything they see in reality.

Unfortunately, the technique of

silencing those who make offensive remarks is not limited to professional baseball. It occurs on campuses and

workplaces throughout the country. The word “ethnoviolence” is now used to designate speech that minorities find offensive, and acts of “ethnoviolence” often receive punishments as steep as those for real violence, eliminating the crucial distinction between speech and force. Racism is a fundamentally irrational form of collectivism that deserves to be repudiated and refuted whenever it occurs. However, if those who are racist are to be reached, it must be done by refuting their comments instead of silencing them.

Alex Epstein is a Trinity sophomore and publisher of The Duke Review.

correctness

low comedy—everything from Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges to the Naked Gun series of movies: Who doesn’t treasure the memory of O.J. Simpson sporting a four-foot afro? Alas, the world has become too serious. Lob a joke at a black person and you are labeled a racist. Poke fun at Michael Peterson a gay individual and you are branded a homophobe—even someone like me who, from the content of this picThe accompanying photograph should dispel those ture, obviously spends time with drag queens. (Joke!) insinuations that I hate Duke University. Surely if Worse, in this day and age you cannot even critiDuke’s senior vice president for public affairs and cize a minority without being labeled a minority government relations and I get any closer, we would hater. One of the foremost boobs in this city is Rev. be arrested. And should be. Curtis Gatewood, leader of our local chapter of the Actually, the photo made me think about the relaNAACP, a headline hound who makes Jesse Jackson tionship between Duke and Durham. look like a recluse. Gatewood has lots of causes—getOne of my most cherished ting rid of Santa Claus, the possessions is a letter I Duke Blue Devil and now he’s received 35 years ago from the blaming whites because an then-chair of the Board of appalling number of black Trustees at Duke. I was editor drop out of high too serious. a students of The Chronicle, and had just school, cannot read and have written a spoof of the disciplinary problems. In this at a University president’s new day, to call Gatewood an idiot house—where Nan Keohane invites being called a racist. you are a and Mr. Nan currently live. To question any “politically The place cost a bundle, had correct” view is to be labeled a MICHAEL PETERSON, left, hams it up with his neighbor, Senior Vice an inglenook (don’t ask) and an unconscionable numhatemonger. But that’s a form of censorship and President for Public Affairs and Government Relations John Bumess. ber of bathrooms—l 2, if my memory serves me corevokes the specter of the thought police. buff, they aren’t “clothing challenged”—they’re butt We must always challenge those who want to naked, and usually ugly. We need to laugh at them rectly. I speculated on the cost of toilet paper it would take to stock the place—my tuition. make us “correct.” A tyranny of conformity threatens and call them idiots. That’s Cameron Craziness for Anyway, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (also us. John Rocker is obviously stupid, but the man real—youth and vibrancy. May that force always be known as Mary Doodle Duke in this town) fired off a throws a ball for a living, for God’s sake! Why look to with you. May you never outgrow it. May you always nasty gram to me, pretty much saying the obvious: I him for political or social commentary? Who can take be immature and irreverent. was sophomoric and irreverent—but also questioning him seriously? So let him say what he wants, and Now the good news; I was going to write about my right to make fun of Duke and its then-president. hope his teammates soak his jock in wintergreen. Let Durham and its issues but they canceled Durham for Well, it changed my life, of course: I decided to everyone say what they want, even the fascist in two weeks after my last column. The bad news is that make a career of lampooning people, especially after Austria—he is no more dangerous than those who no one missed it. hooking up with the editor of the Harvard Crimson, want to silence him. who along with other lowbrows went on to found the The status quo, by definition, is always the politiMichael Peterson. Trinity ’65, is a former candidate National Lampoon. I’ve always had an affinity for cally correct. When emperors walk around in the for mayor of Durham.

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Schools continue examining priorities for future growth STRATEGIC PLANNING from page

School a leg up in process, since much of the school’s plan will spin off the faculty and administrative discussions in preparation for the review, said Bruce Corliss, the school’s senior associate dean. The school has already identified its two primary areas of emphasis—faculty growth and expanding the marine lab’s role. Corliss said these two priorities should change the school’s mission within the University. The school has not yet begun addressing the potentially sticky issue of cutbacks, but has thus far identified specific areas for new faculty. “I envision [the school’s] role as an interdisciplinary unit will be expanded and there will be stronger linkages with other units including the medical center, the law school and public policy,” he said. “I also think the school will probably play an important role in developing the initiative for global change.” He added that the school will also work on creating a program in coastal system science and policy. School of Medicine Dean Dr. Ed Holmes also thinks the strategic plan will improve his school—boosting it to the top ofnational rankings. “Our goal is to be even better than we are now,”Holmes wrote in an e-mail. “We have set a target of ‘going to the Final Four,’ i.e. to be among the top four schools of medicine in the country. I personally want our team to play on Monday night when we get to the Final Four.” After meeting with department chairs, faculty groups and individuals in the past year, Medical Center administrators are starting to create a draft. When completed, the plan will be passed through the Health System’s senior leadership, the school’s executive committee and the strategic planning initiative’s

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draft a complete report integrating each department’s plan by May. Arts and Sciences presented its draft to the Academic Priorities Committee Feb. 2. William Chafe, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, declined to comment on the division’s specific priorities, because he preferred to consult only with the APC. Likewise, Graduate School Dean Lewis Siegel opted not to disclose the division’s priorities for now. The Graduate School’s process is running slightly behind, and its administrators struggled to refine its outline before the endof-last-week deadline. “The harder issues are about programs and departments and ideas for expansion and even condensing areas,” he said. “For that we needed to have information from the schools themselves, and we still don’t have some of them...” He said all of the arts and sciences departments have submitted their reports. But he and the provost were expecting the planning to run a bit late because the Graduate School depends on other schools and must serve as an organizing body. Pratt School of Engineering faculty retreated to the Washington Duke Inn for dinner and discussion of the master plan Feb. 1. The school’s five planning groups presented their work so far. “We still have a lot to do, including prioritizing our recommendations, and establishing a tactical plan to execute the strategic plan as it develops, and to put in place methods to assess our progress towards reaching our goals,” Pratt dean Kristina Johnson said. Law School Dean Katharine Bartlett, Fuqua School of Business representatives and Divinity School Dean Gregory Jones could not be reached for comment.

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Blue Devils no-hit by 2 pitchers in loss to ECU � Women’s lax ranked 2nd in preseason poll The Blue Devils, who return nine starters from last year’s Final Four team, were tabbed No. 2 in the nation by womenslacrosse.com in its preseason rankings. Five-time defending national champion Maryland is first, with all four ACC teams in the top five.

� UNC 66, UVa 63 The Tar Heels outlasted the 24th-ranked Cavaliers 66-63 in overtime in Chapel Hill. Point guard Nikki Teasley, in her third contest back after a seven-game leave of absence, led UNC with 24 points and scored the Tar Heels’ last 10 in regulation. The loss drops UVa into a tie for first in the ACC with N.C. State; Duke sits one-and-a-half games back.

� Woods rallies for 6th straight PGA Tour win With an astonishing comeback to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Tiger Woods moved a step closer to Byron Nelson's "untouchable" record of 11 straight victories. Woods erased a seven-stroke deficit with seven holes to play to become the first player since Ben Hogan in 1948 to win six PGA Tour events in a row.

� Report: 12 NBA play-

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A total of 12 NBA players tested positive for marijuana during training camp last fall, The New York Times reported yesterday. It was the first time the league tested for marijuana, and players were told the date months in advance. Anyone testing positive had to enter the league's after-care program.

� Penguins might have Ist European coach Czech Republic national coach Ivan Hlinka was hired Monday as Pittsburgh's associate head coach—a move that probably puts him in line to succeed Herb Brooks as coach next year and become the first European-born head coach in the NHL. The 50year-old coached the Czech Republic to its gold medal upset in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, 5

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“I understood I was a hired gun. I’ve still got some bullets. It’s not my fault the gun doesn’t shoot like it used to.” —Deion Sanders, who says his five-year stint with the Dallas Cowboys is like-

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out, and the next run came home on a single to put East Stan Musial once Carolina ahead 2-0. The Pirates ECU said that hitting used three more singles in the Duke 0 is simple: You inning to take a 4-0 lead. just wait for a strike and hit it “It just took a little time getas hard as you can. ting the feel back” Schroeder Right now, the baseball team said. “I didn’t really have a feel would probably argue with the of all my pitches. I struggled a Hall of Famer. The Blue Devils little bit with my curve ball. dropped to 1-2 yesterday when Basically I was throwing with they were no-hit by the East two pitches, my fastball and my Carolina Pirates on the way to a change-up.” 5-0 loss in Greenville. Schroeder settled down after Duke players said that the the first, allowing only three result was not such a shock hits over his final five innings of given the difficulties in preparwork. But by the end of the first, ing recently. it was already too late. “This is our first weekend,” Minton went seven innings center fielder Wes Goodner for the Pirates and only allowed said. “We haven’t been outside one Duke runner to reach secin three weeks because of the ond base. In seven innings of weather. We’re disappointed, work, he threw just 64 pitches. but we know that stuff like The numbers are obviously this happens.” impressive, but while Minton Things did not look good for beat the Blue Devils, he did not STEVE SCHROEDER allowed just one hit over his last five innings of work, but he Duke from the game’s first intimidate them. was outpitched by ECU starter Foye Minton, who tossed seven no-hit innings. inning. East Carolina starter “He’s not an overpowering Foye Minton, who opened last pitcher,” Goodner said. “I would advanced to third on a groundAfter the game the Blue season with a no-hitter against love to face him again. Coach out and a passed ball. He scored Devils did not emphasize the N.C. State, retired the side. [Bill Hillierl talked about it on on an error. result so much as they focused Then the problems really began. the way home. Today he had his on putting it behind them. The Pirates brought in freshPirate center fielder James stuff, he was on. But I don’t man Davey Penny to pitch the “The team is going to bounce Molinari led off the inning think he is an unhittable pitcheighth inning. But things only back and come out swinging,” with a bunt single, and Duke’s er by any means.” got worse for Duke. Penny Schroeder said. “The biggest Steve Schroeder walked the struck out all three batters he thing is not to lose our confiIn the bottom half of the sevnext batter. The two runners enth, East Carolina added its faced in the inning. dence. I think the team will advanced to second and third fifth and final run of the afterIn the ninth, he overcame a respond. We’ve got some young on a wild pitch. noon. Duke reliever Kevin walk and an error to strand guys, and this is a little tough Then the scoring began. Thompson walked Bryant Ward Ryan Caradonna at third and on the confidence, but I think we Molinari scored on a ground- to open the inning. Ward close the no-hitter. will come back.”

Becker returns for 2nd try at senior campaign The third baseman hopes to boost his draft status after injury cut short his 1999 season By BRODY GREENWALD

But Becker elected to put his dream on hold and return to Duke for a fourth season. Four games into his senior campaign, Becker’s decision suddenly produced his worst nightmare. In an early-season matchup against UNC-Wilmington, Becker hit a typical ground ball

down the line and took off for Spring Stars first base. But in those 90 feet This week, The Chronicle profiles Following his most successful from home plate to first base, four athletes who will look to lead something happened. season in a Blue Devil uniform, their teams to new heights during When Becker stepped on the Jeff Becker’s dream came true. the 2000 spring sports season. Milwaukee at first, a sharp pain shot bag 1998, the In Today: Jeff Becker through his foot. Yet, assuming Brewers drafted the third baseTomorrow: Doug Root man in the 20th round of the that he had merely sprained Thursday: Matt Krauss his foot, Becker continued to Major League Baseball draft. Friday: Brooke Siebel play for the next two weeks. Late last February, however, leagues, so originally I was associate professor of orthopedic kind of second-guessing my decision to come back. All the surgery Dr. Kevin Speer diagnosed the injury as tom ligaworst thoughts imaginable were going through my head, ments in Becker’s foot. The unexpected prognosis sidelined the but then I talked to [former infielder, who had started all 182 coach Stevel Traylor and games since arriving at Duke, [Athletic Director Joel Alieva. for the remainder of his senior They told me to take a medical season and threatened to derail redshirt and come back for his major league aspirations. another year.” Becker jumped at the oppor“I rolled the dice by coming back for my senior season tunity to redshirt last year, holdbecause I was hoping to catch ing out the remote hope that he some of the attention that could play again at the end of Vaughn Schill, Chris Capuano the season. Yet, when the Theills, N.Y., native agreed to sit and Stephen Cowie were getting,” he said. “Those three out, he wasn’t exactly promising were all drafted in the first 10 to return for this season. Instead, Becker was still rounds, and I thought if I came back, I might get some more planning to jump to the minor attention. It just turns out that leagues following his fourth I got hurt. year of college. And at last year’s MLB draft, opportunity “At first, I was very disapJEFF BECKER became Duke’s first ACC rookie of the year in 1996 and earned pointed. My dream has always knocked a second time when been to play in the major See BKCKKK on pace 14 first-team All-ACC honors in both his sophomore and junior seasons. The Chronicle

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Becker opts for last year at Duke Perfect no more: Seton Hall over joining Indians organization upsets 4th-ranked Syracuse 13 sophomore and junior seasons, Becker the Cleveland Indians drafted him in earned first-team All-ACC honors by compiling a .348 career batting average. the 46th round. Now, in an attempt to add more But after discussing his health and his draft status with his family, the Indians power and possibly All-American accoand the Duke coaching staff, Becker lades to his draft resume, the fifth-year again chose to buck the odds and forego senior, who has never hit more than 12 home runs in a season, has put on an his minor league status to play at Duke. “When I redshirted, I was hoping I additional 13 pounds of muscle. But would get drafted and move onto the more than honor or recognition, Becker minor leagues; when I did get drafted knows the best reward he can hope for last year, my foot was not healthy is what he failed to accomplish last enough for me to play,” Becker said. year: a healthy senior season. “Missing last year obviously was ter‘The Cleveland Indians told me, ‘Go back to school and we’ll see how you rible for me, but it makes you realize play next year.’ The most important how much you love baseball and how thing for me right now is to play healthy much you want to be out there,” Becker and, hopefully, at the end of this year I said as Duke prepared for its season opener. “It has been a long time since I can sign with them.” one Becker last stepped on a baseball field. year since It’s been nearly “That first game there are going to be has fielded his position at third base, but he hopes a season as the focal point butterflies in my stomach and I’m going ofthe Blue Devil offense can finally help to be anxious to get out there. I just can’t him achieve the draft status he’s been wait for this season to begin and I’m seeking for two years now. During his going to try to start up where I left off.” � BECKER from page

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and Tony Bland, Syracuse hung in until the end. With the Carrier Dome crowd 69 SYRACUSE, N.Y. SHU Imperfect in almost reaching deafening levels, Blackwell Syracuse 67 every way last night, scored his only points of the game No. 4 Syracuse is perfect no more. with 1:07 left, hitting two free throws Darius Lane hit a three-pointer with to put Syracuse ahead for the last 39 seconds left off a pass from Shaheen time, 67-66. Lane, who finished Holloway to lift Seton Hall to a 69-67 victory with 20 points, won it over the previously with a long three unbeaten Orangemen, from the left side. whose season-opening “This is a real big win streak ended at 19 victory,” said Lane, who was 6-for-14 from games range. “We The win, Seton long Hall’s third straight in worked so hard to get the Carrier Dome, to this point, and we moved the Pirates (16wanted to prove to 4, 8-2) within a game “It everybody in the conmakes it that ofthe Big East-leading ference and the nation that we’re a Orangemen (19-1,9-1). much sweeter good team. I think we “We fought, we batbecause they were tled, we knew Syracuse did that.” undefeated.” was a tough team,” said The game was rescheduled Holloway, who had 12 Pirate point guard Jan. 22 due to a from points, 11 rebounds tragShaheen Holloway ic dormitory fire that and nine assists. “But we wanted to come in killed three Seton and try to make a statement, and I Hall students. The Orangemen think we did that. It makes it that much offered no excuses for the loss. “Our effort wasn’t that good on sweeter because they were undefeated.” defense,” said Jason Hart, who led And yet despite hitting just 2-of-13 three-pointers, shooting 37.3 Syracuse with 14 points but had no percent and getting only seven assists. ‘They just hit some tough points combined from starters shots. You can’t allow a team to just sit Damone Brown, Ryan Blackwell out there and hit three-point shots.”

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ACC STANDINGS ACC 9-0 5-4 5-4

Duke N.C. State Maryland

5-4 4-5 3-6

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ACC LEADERS

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Wednesday, Feb. 9; UNC @ N.C. State, 7 p.m., ESPN Virginia @ Ga. Tech, 7:30 p.m. Maryland @ Duke, 9 p.m., RJ Saturday, Feb. 12: FSU @ Clemson, 12 p.m., RSN Wake Forest @ UNC, 1:30, ABC Duke @ Ga. Tech, 4 p.m., RJ N.C. State @ Virginia, 7 p.m., ESPN Sunday, Feb. 13: Maryland @ Temple, 3:30 p.m., ABC

ACC Game of the Week UNC @ N.C. State, Wednesday, 7 p.m These old rivals square off for the first time in the Wolfpack’s new arena with a lot at stake. Both teams are tied for second in the ACC and a win creates some separation—at least for a little while.

J. Collier, GT L. Baxter, UMd T. Morris, UMd. T. Watson, UVa A. Jones, GT

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J. Dixon, UMd. J. Williams, Duke A. Grundy, NCSU S. Blake, UMd. S. Battier, Duke

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Maryland’s Lonny Baxter was named the ACC player of the week, while Duke's Jason Williams was tabbed rookie of the week. Against Virginia, Williams tied a school rookie record with 13 assists. In Thursday’s win against North Carolina, the point guard scored 12 points, dished out six assists and got three steals. In two Terrapin wins, Baxter averaged 27.5 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots.

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LA “It’s not like we’re stinking up the joint. So I’m a little weary of that storyline. Our guys have fought tooth and nail against great teams.”

If Duke can maintain its four-game conference lead, the Blue Devils will win their fourth straight regularseason ACC title. Only three other teams have done that in conference history—the last being UNC, which did so from 1982-85. But during that time, the Tar Heels shared three of the titles. Duke is the only school to win four outright, from 1963-66.

� On the road again... uh-oh While Duke has thrived on the road this season, compiling a 5-0 ACC record away from Cameron, three other teams in the conference have yet to win an ACC road game. N.C. State, Georgia Tech and Clemson are all 0-4. While that’s not surprising for cellar dwellers Tech and Clemson, the Wolfpack is in second place in the ACC despite its troubles outside of Raleigh.

� The other Tobacco Road rivalry

North Carolina and N.C. State will meet Wednesday for the 196th time in history. Carolina has won four in a row and eight of the last nine. The meeting marks just the second time since 1955 that the Wolfpack will enter the game as the only ranked team. In 1990, unranked UNC upset No. 19 N.C. State 91-81 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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