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Science writing Jersey retirement sparks debate courses scarce By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle

With the implementation of Curriculum 2000, math and science departments will soon be forced to provide more writing courses for their majors. By ANDREW ROTHMAN The Chronicle

Freshmen math or science majors might think that after completing their Writing 20 course, they can say good-bye to writing forever, and some departments that thought they would never have to offer writing courses. But both may have to think again. Beginning with the class of 2004, all undergraduates must take not only the first-year writing course but also two writing-in-the-disciplines courses. Associate Dean of Trinity College Ellen Wittig said she expects students will take one of those within their majors. This means that all departments—including math and sciences—must offer writing courses. Currently, however, the math department offers no writing-in-the-disciplines classes. Stephanos Venakides, director of undergraduate studies in math, is working to alter existing courses rather than developing new writing classes. “There are some courses in math that involve writing proofs, and we thought that these could satisfy the writing,” he said. Last year, the math department tried to get these courses approved for writing but was unsucSee SCIENCE WRITING on page 6 N

Almost two weeks ago, senior Shane Battier joined the prestigious club of 10 men’s basketball players who have had their jerseys retired. And while few would debate Battler’s worthiness to have his No. 31 hanged permanently from the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium, many have begun to question when the sacred fraternity of retired jerseys will admit its first woman. “Duke has become more and more prominent in women’s basketball over the past few years. Under [coach Gail Goestenkors’] leadership, the program has for the first time in history moved into the top levels of national rankings. This explains the absence of jerseys from the past,” said President NanKeohane. “We are eager to retire the jerseys of women players for Duke whenever that becomes appropriate.” The debate over the absence ofretired women’s jerseys comes as the athletic department considers the merit of retiring women’s basketball captain Georgia Schweitzer’s jersey. Goestenkors is currently discussing with athletics officials the possibility ofretiring the jersey of the reigning ACC player of the year. Schweitzer, a senior, is the only player in the history of the women’s basketball program—and the fifth player in the history of the confer-

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COACH GAIL GOESTENKORS and others believe senior Georgia Schweitzer’s No. 23 should te retired, but Athletic Director Joe Alieva disagrees. ence—to have earned over 1,500 in leading the Blue Devils to their points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists first appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. and 150 steals. In 1998, Schweitzer was named That same year, she helped the to the ACC’s all-freshman team. As team beat basketball powerhouse Sec JERSEYS on page 15 a sophomore, she was instrumental

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spending as much time hunting CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS complain that they find themselves the events themselves. as planning down funding for their programs

When the Asian Students Association received one-fifth of the money it needed to put on Lunar New Year—one of the largest cultural events on campus—from the Student Organization Finance Committee, its leaders went from one quad council to the next looking for the remaining $16,000. And when that did not work, they went knocking on administrators’ doors. In all, the organization solicited money from nearly 20 sources. For most cultural groups, this is not an unfamiliar story. Each year, student groups struggle to find money to put on the programming they say is central to their missions. Last fall, President Nan Keohane created a seven-member committee to study the issue and make recommendations by mid-April. That committee has already begun discussing possible solutions, ranging from centralizing administrative moneys to restructuring the distribution of Campus Council funds. “There are definitely some flaws with the current system,” said committee member Vinny Eng, a sophomore.

“There really is no standard for the different quad councils.... Some quads end up with excess money at the end of the year, and they end up spending it [on] four kegs on the quad.” Eng also chairs the SOFC, which is responsible for allocating student fees. Last semester, Campus Council allocated over $lOO,OOO to quad councils. Senior Jim Dupree, chair of Campus Council, said that although cultural groups struggle to find funding, the portion of students’ residential living fee allocated to quad councils should primarily provide support for a quad community, not the entire campus. ASA President Patricia Chen, a junior, expressed concern that quad councils do not always understand the importance of cultural events. “The people, especially on the quad councils, don’t see a need for a speaker they probably won’t go to. If we came to them asking for a huge party, that would be different,” said Chen, who serves on the committee. “If it’s a speaker, they probably wouldn’t go because unfortunately, they’re not interested in cultural political events.” See CULTURALFUNDING on page 7

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Cheney leaves hospital, returns to work

Eighteen hours after doctors cleared a blocked

artery, Vice President Dick Cheney left the hospital proclaiming that he felt “good,” and his aides said he would return to a full schedule today.

Grand jury indicts former Bush employee A federal grand jury accused Yvette Lozano, a former employee of President George W. Bush’s media consultant, of secretly mailing a Bush campaign briefing tape to A1 Gore’s team last year before the first presiden-

tial debate. Two American pilots crash off Iceland Gwen Bloomingdale and Barbara Gard, two American pilots attempting to fly around the world, are presumed dead after their plane crashed into the sea off Iceland.

China denies charges that it aided Iraq

After conducting “serious investigations,” China has rejected American allegations that Chinese companies helped improve Iraqi air defenses in violation of UN. sanctions, Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said.

Mori denies report that he will resign Japanese Prime Minis-

ter Yoshiro Mori denied newspaper reports that he would announce his resignation early next week, but he acknowl-

edged that his administration has “major problems” to deal with.

Report warns against Internet voting A report by the National Science Foundation says Internet voting should not be allowed in the near future because of questions about security, reliability and social effects.

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Commerce secretary backs census data Commerce Secretary Don Evans refused to use a statistically adjusted total By GENARO ARMAS Associated Press

WASHINGTON Calling it the “most accurate census in history,” the Bush administration refused to adjust the 2000 head count in a decision eagerly awaited by states for congressional redistricting. Critics immediately assailed Tuesday’s move as one that could

millions of Americans, mostly minorities, to be missed in the count. Commerce Secretary Don Evans said he endorsed a Census Bureau conclusion that the initial raw count offered the most accurate snapshot of the population. Those numbers will begin to be sent to cause

states this week for lawmakers to use in redrawing political bound-

ary lines. In making the decision, Evans turned aside pleas by Democrats and civil rights groups to use a second, statistically adjusted population tally that they said would compensate for an estimated 3.3

million uncounted Americans. “I weighed their recommendation, evaluated their report... and I concluded that the recommendation of the Census Bureau professionals was correct and prudent,” Evans, a longtime friend and supporter of President George W Bush, told a news conference. “We will send unadjusted data [forredistricting]”

The first numbers, for New Jersey and Virginia, will be sent Wednesday to the states’ governors and legislative leaders, bureau spokesperson Laverne Collins said. But they will not be released to the public until the state officials acknowledge receiving them. Data for nine other states were scheduled to be sent to officials there Thursday or Friday, Collins said: Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Evans’ decision quieted, for now, a long political debate between congressional Democrats and Republicans over whether, and how, to acSee CENSUS on page 6 �

Court issues injunction against Napster Napster is fighting to stay online and retain its popularity while promising to shift over to a subscriptionbased service that charges listeners and pays royalties to artists. For that, it needs the cooperation of the music labels that sued Napster for copyright infringement. The academy’s suit mirrors the ones filed by the recording industry. The academy is seeking to prohibit Napster from allowing its millions of users from downloading and sharing recordings of live performances aired at last month’s 43rd annual awards show. The academy said it owns the rights to the works and has applied to copyright the material. Some of the recordings appeared on Napster immediately after the Feb. 21 broadcast. See NAPSTER on page 5

By RON HARRIS Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge laid down the law to Napster Tuesday, saying once the recording industry comes up with a list of copyright songs it wants removed from the music-swapping service, Napster will have 72 hours to comply. The order effectively gives the recording industry control over the immediate fate of the Internet music service that lets computer users download popular songs for free. Meanwhile, Napster was hit on another legal front

Tuesday when the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the producers ofthe Grammy Awards, filed a copyright infringement suit.

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Duke takes big steps in tiny science This is the second story in a two-part series on nanotechnology.

By MIKE MILLER The Chronicle

Current research in nanotechnology, the science of manipulating individual

atoms, may seem rudimentary, but it is

already helping experts control the quantum world. The development of nanotechnology requires cooperation between several scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and

computer science. John Rarer, vice provost for academic affairs, said, “This is an area where no individual department can expect to excel, but only by combining several areas can we hope to build a successful program.” Several Duke researchers are working with scientists in other disciplines to pioneer new uses for and understanding of nanotechnology.

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AT THE 1997 RACE DAY, hundreds of students and employees (left) gathered on the quad to listen to an hours-long speak-out addressing race, Also at the speak-out, Paul Choi (right), Trinity ’9B, led a meditation.

Students reinvent Race Day for 2001 By BURKE SCARBROUGH

of outlooks on the nature and magnitions. “The discussion and dialogue tude of racial issues on campus. about race has died down in the past The event’s revised name is intendMany faculty, employees and sefew years,” said Young, a junior. “There niors may remember the September ed to draw those who feel race is a may be the conception that we are afternoon in 1997 when hundreds minor or unimportant issue at Duke, ‘done’ talking about it.” gathered in front of the Chapel to a position that was not heard four Senior Denis Antoine, president of hear community members share years ago. the Black Student Alliance, added that anecdotes, poems and songs express“Everyone on campus has some students often avoid discussing race. “I ing their experiences with race relaopinion on race, but many don’t bring think we talk around the subject, tions at Duke. them to the table,” said Race Perspecrather than getting to the heart of the tives coordinator Sean Young, Duke matter,” he said. Now, almost four years later, a variety ofcampus organizations are bringStudent Government vice president for To promote frank discussion, orgaing a program similar to Race Day community interaction. “I hope this nizations with representatives on the back to campus. event challenges the way people think Intercommunity Council’s executive The two-day event, renamed “Race about race itself, as a topic that anyone committee have come together to plan and promote Race Perspectives. Other Perspectives,” is scheduled for April 5 can discuss, one that is not just conand 6. fined to minorities.” student groups like the BSA and the A series of forums, themed proIn recent years, Young explained, Asian Students Association will be grams and a speak-out similar to the public discussions on race have been hosting themed forums and other acone in 1997 will emphasize a diversity mostly limited to minority organizaSee RACE PERSPECTIVES on page 12 The Chronicle

One of the most basic nanotechnology principles is getting atoms to assemble themselves into desired structures—much like the biological processes in which a cell creates proteins. “We are trying to understand the properties of materials that are selfassembled,” said Assistant Professor of Chemistry Stephen Craig. Craig is researching how molecular characteristics such as size, reactivity, thermal conductivity and weight come together to affect the macroscopic materials produced from them. Craig is also trying to come up with design principles for self-assembled structures based on this understanding, with an eye toward creating inSee NANOTECHNOLOGY on page 12 �

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The negative effects of methamphetamine—an addictive stimulant known as speed, meth, chalk and crystal—appear to be greater than previously thought, researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, reported in the March issue of The American Journal of Psychology. The scientists found that one year after they stopped,using the drug, previous addicts experienced lowered levels of memory, attention and sensation. The researchers were surprised to find some of the addicts who participated in the study had taken amounts of methamphetamine sufficient to kill some lab animals. •

NASA to test stratospheric balloon soon

This week, weather in the Australian desert permitting, NASA will once again attempt to launch a $l3 million stadium-sized ballon careening into the highest parts of the atmosphere. The previous test, conducted last month, was brought to a halt after the balloon’s extremely thin film sprung a leak. Once the launch is successful, NASA hopes that the balloon will provide scientists with an inexpensive opportunity for conducting research near the edge of the Earth's atmosphere. Equipped with solar panels, the balloon is projected to roam around the upper stratosphere for up to 100 days. *

Demolitions contribute to air pollution

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently reported that dust clouds generated by controlled implosions of buildings contain particles that can cause serious lung damage. The study found that until the cloud disperses, particle levels downwind of the demolition area are between two and 10 times higher than the federal standard for outdoor air.

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Standard caging stresses captive minks

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford in England concluded that minks raised for their pelts would much rather swim in pools of water then reside in their cages. A chemical test of the minks’ urine samples showed that blocking a mink from entering a pool of water produced as much stress as depriving the animal of food. •

Some dinosaurs hunted with their heads

In a study published in the journal Nature, a researcher at the University of Cambridge reported that an Allosaurus fragilis, an earlier cousin of the more famous Tyrannosaurus rex, had a weak bite but also a strong skull. By using mathematical models of how a dinosaur’s skull would function, the researcher concluded that an allosaurus drove into its victims at high speed and tore away flesh as it withdrew. A similar “slash and tear” feeding method is utilized by the modern-day Kimono dragon. «

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Universities, NASA tighten bonds By MEREDITH YOUNG The Chronicle

The indelible images that have defined space and flight exploration—including Neil Armstrong’s raising of the American flag on theunoon—have made the National Aeronautics and Space Administration part of America’s mytholor gy of the frontier. Nonetheless, much of the behind-the-scenes grunt work that makes advancement possible occurs through an integral yet underappreciated source; universities. “In a nutshell, we really look to the university community to provide the real cutting edge technologies for the future,” said Bob Buddy, university and cooperative programs manager for NASA. “We are working on reinvigorating our university partnerships.” This year, NASA spent approximately $1 billion on universities out of its $l4 billion budget. Thirty-five percent of that research funding goes toward grants to professors at approximately 500 universities around the country. NASA also negotiates with universities to manage specific projects. Lt. Gen. Spence Armstrong, senior advisor to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, said that since NASA’s inception in the 19505, education and research have been a high priority. “It’s extremely useful to work with the universities. We certainly don’t know everything,” said Dr. Francis Montegani, university affairs officer at NASA’s John Glenn Research Center. Professors may receive grants through several processes. Sometimes scientists happen to know the kind of research various space centers are conducting and send in their own proposals. Montegani said announcements are also “put out on the street” through mailing fists, newspapers and word of mouth. Various field centers across the country are responsible for handling and giving out grants. Professor James Kuchar, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that simply talking with researchers at NASA led to exciting research opportunities in his area of expertise—designing warning systems for pilots. These discussions led to a focused proposal, which resulted in two six-figure research grants through Ames and Langley research centers. Although many Americans associate NASA only with space flight, Kuchar’s

THIS AMES 747 flight simulator symbolizes the growing link between research universities and NASA—it utilizes an alerting system designed by James Kuchar, a researcher at MIT.

research indicates NASA’s dual emphasis on flight technology. With most of the research done at MIT, Kuchar has helped design an alarm that goes in the airplane cockpit, complete with a display that shows where other airplanes are located.

Meyer works in conjunction with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “There are quite a few results that come as a surprise, and such discoveries are very welcome and stimulate further research,” he said.

“This has been a very satisfying and

stimulating experience.” The research could solve significant inBut NASA offers shorter term opporair confusion. Kuchar has created a transmitter on each airplane that sends tunities, too. The Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, for example, gives ininformation about its location and heading. If two airplanes are on a collision dividuals a 10-week appointment to do course, the alarm will sound. All of the research at NASA field centers. Faculty systems created at MIT are tested in members maintain relationships with NASA staff and stay in touch with the NASA’s flight simulators. people with whom they have worked. In collaboration, Kuchar This particular said, benefits both NASA and MIT. “They addition, many graduate students who have a lot facilities that we don’t have, work on NASA projects at universities, and a number ofresearch experts we can like one of Meyer’s former students, end interact with.... We have a chance to do up working for NASA. With a plethora ofresearch opportusome longer-term thinking that they may nities that connect university research not get to do.” with the larger goals and principles of Although Duke University collaborates far less than other schools, some NASA, as well as the alarming trend of faculty are involved in NASA research, fewer students entering the fields of including Fritz London Professor of physics and engineering, it is no wonPhysics Horst Meyer. Funded by a 13- der that both sides plan to continue year grant that ends in May 2002, Meyer joint exploration. “For the amount of money we put into conducts ground-based experiments to the universities, we get quite a bit back,” measure the properties of fluids near said. Armstrong their critical points.

‘Spacecraft that would not quit’ put to rest By KENNETH CHANG

Exercise care if drinking in wilderness

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A study published earlier this week in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reported that alcohol was a probable cause in 40 percent of wilderness deaths in one rugged Arizona county. Such findings led local officials to divert their energies from upping the emergency response time to teaching reckless visitors that remote cliffs and canyons are not ideal places to go drinking. In addition to causing fatal falls, alcohol consumption also contributed to drownings and deaths from heat strokes. Although a trip into the wild can be an enjoyable experience, its remote location and increased danger should make you think twice about bringing alcohol.

For a spacecraft that did not follow its script—it was almost lost twice, then missed its destination on the first pass and finally arrived a year behind schedule—NASA’s NEAR, Shoemaker spacecraft has far exceeded expectations. The craft even survived an improvised landing on asteroid 433 Eros. In the end, mission controllers just put it to sleep last Wednesday. If it survives several months of frigid darkness later this year, it may awaken again when the asteroid’s changing ori-

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versity who led NEAR’s imaging team. entation carries it back into full sunOn Feb. 12, the barrel-shaped, 1,100light next year. Meanwhile scientists are getting used to life without it, and pound spacecraft made its final descent to the surface. Mission Director Robert reveling in the data it collected. Farquhar a was confident he could bring “It’s going to be a strange feeling, strange emptiness,” Dr. Andrew Cheng, the probe down slowly, but he was less the mission’s project scientist, said before sure that the spacecraft, which lacked a the space probe’s final transmissions. “It landing gear, would not tip over the feels like a member of my family. This is wrong way, knocking it out of contact. He watched as data streamed back, the spacecraft that would not quit.” back about including images that captured feaThe spacecraft sent 160,000 pictures. “To be very honest, tures as small as half an inch across. “All of sudden I realized we’re still we still haven’t really counted them,” chair the getting data after the thing hit,” Farof said Dr. Joseph Veverka, astronomy department at Cornell Uni- quhar said. “That was a good moment.”

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Car crash overturns Jeep, Napster experiences trouble sends woman to Hospital pulling songs from Internet From staff reports At about 10 p.m. last night, two cars collided at the intersection of Anderson Street and Campus Drive, sending one woman to the Emergency Department. The vehicles—a Jeep Grand Cherokee and an Infiniti G2o—crashed when the Jeep, traveling east on Campus Drive, ran into the passenger side of the Infiniti, which was traveling west on Campus Drive and making a left turn onto Anderson Street, said Durham Police Department officers on the scene. Freshman Will Pridgen, the Jeep’s driver, said that just as he approached the intersection, the Infiniti began to turn. .HANDMADE

“I didn’t have time to react,” he said. “I tried to slam on the brakes, and I ran into the car.” Neither driver was charged by police The driver of the Infiniti, with Massachusetts license plate number 930PNV, was sent to the Emergency Department, where doctors said she is in stable condition. Although the Jeep flipped over, none of its four passengers, all students, were severely injured. “It all went by so fast,” Pridgen said. “I was just really worried, hoping everyone would be okay. Everyone was just hanging there in their seatbelts from the bottom of the car.” CREAMS

Napster, which has struggled with little success in the last few days to screen out some songs already identified by record labels, faces a contempt of court order if it cannot comply. CEO Hank Barry said Napster will follow the court’s order. “The district court rejected the recording industry’s argument that Napster is inherently illegal,” Barry said in a statement. “As we receive notice from copyright holders as required by the court, we will take every step within the limits of our system to exclude their copyright material from being shared.”

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Evans rejects census changes CENSUS from page 2

count for those missed in the actual national head count. Estimates from a survey

following the 2000 census found a net undercount of 1.2 percent of the country’s 281

million people on April 1, 2000, or about 3.3 million Americans. That was down from 1.6 percent in 1990, or about 4 million of the country’s population then of 248 million. Democrats and civil rights groups said an adjustment using statistical sampling would protect against traditional undercounts of minorities and children that continued to exist in the 2000 count. This was the first census

that Americans Were allowed to identify themselves as being of more than one race on the form. A Census Bureau committee report estimated 36.4 million people identified themselves in 2000 as “black” or

“partially black.” But, using adjustment methods, the bureau also estimated there could have been a 2.1 percent undercount in the category, raising the total to 37.2 million. Republicans countered that the Constitution does not allow for anything other than an “actual enumeration” for redistricting. They also said adjustment would insert more errors into a 2000 census more accurate than 1990.

GOP officials also warn that the estimates offered from the survey could change after more analysis by the Census Bureau is done. “At this point, we’ve given the country the best estimates that we can provide,” said acting Census Bureau Director William Barron. Evans agreed with a bureau recommendation that adjusted data could not be used because there were too many discrepancies with another, similar analysis bureau officials perform to measure accuracy. Barron said his agency had too little time to remedy those problems before the decision due on redistricting.

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cessful. Venakides insisted that mathematical proofs and modeling are indeed writing in the discipline. “We have tried to convince the University that math has its own language,” he said. If the department’s efforts continue to fail, however, it will have to develop new courses that fit the traditional definition

of writing. Still, Venakides does not resent this aspect of Curriculum 2000. “It’s fair. Let’s accept it and see where we can go with it,” he said. “You need good communication in today’s society. In a field like math... it is important to establish a certain level of communication.” Joshua Socolar, director of undergraduate studies in physics, said that like mathematics, his department is not working to create new writing classes.

The physics department offers four writing courses, and Socolar explained the development of new ones is not a high priority. He said he would look into the situation more closely as Curriculum 2000 students begin to declare majors and once it becomes clearer which courses will count toward the writing requirement. “Students who major in physics will have to pay attention because it may be a little harder for them to get the writ- Robert Thompson ing [requirement!,” he said. Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, said differences among fields of study, not inaction by math

and science departments, contribute to the shortage. For example, an English student could be able to satisfy the writing requirement simply by taking the courses necessary for the major, while a physics student would have to go out of his way to do so. Slightly more than 100 classes are now classified as writing in the discipline, though administrators hope to offer 400 such courses. Thompson said developing new writing classes is difficult, because grading papers and meeting with students requires a significant time commitment from instructors. Yet Thompson remained optimistic about reaching his goal, noting that the first class bound by these requirements will not choose majors for another year. “I fully expect we’ll have enough courses,” he said. “We’re working to make sure that happens.”

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New funding policy could eliminate competition CULTURAL FUNDING from page 1 Dupree admitted that executive members of quad councils do not necessarily look out for the interests of the quad and that the current method of allocating funds may be flawed. He is now working with other leaders to re-evaluate the quad funding system. Keohane’s funding committee is also studying the centralization of administrative funds for student programming. Right now, groups can seek money from the Office of Intercultural Affairs. Once that money runs out, they can go to administrators ranging from interim Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Clack to Keohane herself. “To have to take a proposal to a multitude of different places, it’s demeaning,” said Clack, who serves on the committee. “I’d hope we could better centralize those funds, particularly from the administrative offices.” Student leaders said finding financial support is

only part of the problem—inexperienced students may have difficulty even knowing where to go for money, and competition for funding,hurts intergroup unity. “The main thing I’d like to see eliminated is the sense of competition among the groups for the same funds,” said senior Denis Antoine, president of the Black Student Alliance. “I’d like to see every group stand on its own.” He said centralizing funds would be a step in the right direction Several leaders also said their groups had outgrown the jjm Dupree support student funds are able to provide. Still, they said the SOFC budget needs to be re-examined. For example, Antoine thinks funding for

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Battier shines as role model in school and sport I have been abroad since August, but as an extreme Duke basketball fan, I want to thank Shane Battier from afar so that he knows what an impact he makes on students, coaches, players and kids all over the world. Battier is a beacon of light for the entire academic and

athletic world, professional and amateur alike.

If National Basketball Association players had onetenth of the commitment and heart that Battier has, there would be far less problems with NBA players’ behavior.

truly believe that except for Michael Jordan, basketball has never had I

such an all-around role model and athlete as it has in Battier. If kids had more role models like Battier, this world would be a better place, without a doubt. As a Duke student, I have looked up to Battier as an example of what can be achieved with self-discipline, perseverance and above all, heart and soul. He has put his heart and soul into the basketball team, our school and everything of

which he has been a part. Battier is honorable, conscientious and always respectful towards his teachers and peers. He is a standard from which every student at Duke can learn. I hope that we, his fans, can learn from his example and try to be the best that we can be in everything we attempt. Thank you, Shane, for an incredible four years. Thank you for giving them

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Pro-life advertisement mars words of feminist icon In the Jan. 31 issue of The Chronicle, the Newman Catholic Student Center and Feminists for Life purchased an anti-pro-choice advertisement regarding abortion. This ad tried to discredit feminist pro-choice positions by citing the historic women’s suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Alongside a profile of Anthony, the ad read, “Another Anti-Choice Fanatic: ‘Sweeter even than to have had the joy of caring for children of my own has it been to me to help bring about a better state of things

for mothers generally, so their unborn little ones could not be willed away from them.’—Susan B. Anthony.” Based on this quotation, Feminists for Life draws the conclusion that Anthony was a pro-life activist. Representing Anthony’s

activism and writing in this manner is inaccurate and ahistorical. According to Ann Gordon, historian at Rutgers University and editor of Papers of Stanton and Anthony, the phrase “willed away from them” is a precise reference to changing the legal guardianship rights of mothers. Anthony’s purpose was to challenge the common law right of fathers to will guardianship of their children to someone other than the mother. This excerpt from Anthony’s writing was clearly not about abortion. Susan B. Anthony, in partnership with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, worked tirelessly for women’s suffrage as well as various legal reforms. Abortion was not included in their agenda. This of manipulation

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Dangerous downtown Durham police are trading in their handcuffs for brooms as they sweep crime under the rug rapes and did not warn women who were at risk. This situation has occurred before. Not long ago, information was withheld about rapes in Trinity Park, located just blocks from East Campus. With the way the police release information, if five women had been raped over the weekend, we wouldn’t learn about it until Tuesday morning, at best. The only reason I can imagine for withholding information about crime is that it’s an attempt by the city to make us look safe. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. Recently, The News & Observer printed a front-page story about gangs and crime in Durham. Front page! The story noted a shooting at the downtown bus station two weeks ago in which a 16year-old girl was wounded. The story described gang activity between Crips and Bloods and what a severe problem it has become. The next day, The Herald-Sun of Durham printed a comforting column by our police chief about how safe Durham is, that crime is down and that citizens should not pay attention to those who say the city is crime-ridden. By the way, the local paper never reported the second gang incident downtown. The N&O has a huge circulation, much larger than The Herald-Sun’s. Everybody in Raleigh and Cary reads about gangs, shootings and crime in Durham while Durham readers (except you) get soothing words about downtown and crime. No wonder there’s an impression throughout the Triangle that Durham is dangerous while at the same time we think it’s an exaggeration. The problem is that we are told only what civic leaders want us to hear, forgetting that everyone else hears the truth.

Beyond the wall Michael Peterson A man was murdered in Cary this weekend. Cary is 15 miles from Durham. It is a rapidly growing city that started as a bedroom suburb of Raleigh. Cary is very orderly; you are allowed to own only two dogs and paint your house only certain colors. Crime is not a major concern. In fact, the recent murder in Cary was the first homicide in five years. The man was shot in an apartment complex parking lot. People in their apartments heard the shots. One individual was in the parking lot only yards from the shooting. No one called the cops. They thought the gunfire was

firecrackers.

Nobody in our town would make that mistake! We’d all hit the deck at the first pop. Which leads me back to crime in Durham. In a previous column, I said that you were safe unless you wandered into certain areas notorious for drugs, gangs and prostitution. There are definite travel advisories for parts of Durham. Now I have to add to that list because the police department, wittingly or not, is placing us all at risk because they withhold information about crime. There is a serial rapist loose in the city. Police have known this for five months. Citizens, including those in the neighborhood that has been terrorized, just learned about it last week after another woman was raped. The police didn’t release information on the first

Cary residents will not go to down-

town Durham. Should you? Or should downtown be on the travel advisory warning list also? I’ve checked downtown frequently since the shootings at the bus station two blocks from Brightleaf and an easy walk from Duke. By 8 p.m., five to seven police cars and the huge Mobile Crime Unit arrive there. I’m glad that precautions are being taken, but it isn’t comforting. Seeing columns of tanks patrolling Bosnia doesn’t encourage me to visit there, and I’m assuming seeing barbed wire around Duke wouldn’t reassure you. The huge police presence downtown will eventually have an effect: Crime and gangs will move elsewhere. The location will change—but for how long? Durham is fooling itself. We have serious problems of drugs, poverty, dropouts, crime and gangs, but we aren’t

The press and the pearly Off the record and on the QT Martin Barna It is time we gave our ancient senators a little more respect. Ever since Nov. 7, when the Democrats gained four seats in the U.S. Senate creating the first 50-50 tie in Senate history, speculation on what will break the historic split has fueled an intense debate—not about whether one party will be able to convince a senator to defect to the other party or which senator might accept an appointment to become an ambassador —but a debate about whether Sen. Jesse Helms or Sen. Strom Thurmond will kick the bucket first. Death is all the rave on Capitol Hill —as in the death of curmudgeonly Republican senators. Recently, columnist Stu Rothenberg pointed out that many Democrats anticipated regaining the majority in the Senate by mid-summer—apparently they have information on Thurmond’s ticker or Helms’ brainwaves . that we do not. What makes this death dialogue so enticmg for the Democrats? Answer: Both Helms and Thurmond come from states where Democrats hold the governorships— Jim Gov. Mike Easley here in North Carolina and Gov. were to senator either Hodges in South Carolina. If of the oppoa member by replaced he would be croak, in the site party. And given the fact that they are 40 nearly years, in the time first minority for Democrats are chomping at the bit. No one has set up Helms’ death clock on a major billboard like conservative groups did for the national debt, but the counting is out there, and it has gone too far. .

While there are millions of Americans who probably would not miss the right-wing ravings of either senator, counting down the days until their demise is just plain wrong. And the fact that the press is helping to suggest that the men are in poor health or that they have only weeks to live is wholly unprofessional and unethical. Members of the press often point to the fact that Thurmond has been hospitalized a few dozen times in the past year as evidence that he is ready to meet St. Peter. Helms also has been in and out of the hospital over the past year—mostly for procedures relating to a congenital nervous disease that has left him traveling the capitol via an electric cart. Neither man has reported a serious, life-threatening illness. Thurmond is 98, and Helms will shortly become an octogenarian. Certainly their advanced ages suggest that they are nearing their time, but when it comes to spontaneous death, age ain’t nothin’ but a number. Sen. Paul Coverdell, R-Ga., died in July 2000 from a cerebral aneurysm. On Monday, there was a report that he went to the hospital and was to undergo surgery. On Tuesday he died. He was 61 and healthy. Also last year, Gov. Mel Carnahan of Missouri, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, died in a plane crash three weeks before election day. He was 67. This may shock our obituary-hungry press, but death happens pretty randomly. Speculation about the chances that Helms will not see the next sunrise or Thurmond will not make it to wife number four are no more valid than speculating that Sen. Charles Schumer of New York (who is 49) or North Carolina’s Sen. John Edwards (age 47) will bite the big one. If members of the press were doing the same kind of speculation with these young senators’ lives, there would be a well-deserved sense of outrage. Up until the 2000 election, Sen. Robert Byrd, DW.Va., (who is now 83) was in a state with a

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facing them. We aren’t attacking root problems. Because civic leaders are so desperate to develop downtown, such as the endlessly promoted American Tobacco site and the 5,000-seat theater, we’re hiding our problems. We’re only fooling ourselves. I don’t like Cary. It’s boring. Durham is alive and fun. I much prefer this city, but I can’t blame those who might not want to venture downtown, though it might give those Cary people much needed street smarts; If there’s ever another murder there, they’ll know to call the cops. And now for the good news: How about them Blue Devils! I couldn’t wait to gloat to my Carolina friends. Is there any wonder why they hate us? To hell with Carolina! Michael Peterson, Trinity ’65, is a Durham resident.

gates Republican governor. Byrd’s health has been failing a bit over the last couple of years, but why was there no speculation about his passing? While the senate was not split 50-50 at that time, his death would have infinitely complicated any Democratic plans to retake control of the Senate. The story would have been just as big news. Yet, the press never took out office pools on when his final day would be. But why does no one fed that way about Helms or Thurmond? The answer is because of their politics and their personalities. Helms and Thurmond are both white men who seem like the last of the old guard of rabidly conservative, slightly racist southern Republicanism. Members of the press are dying to write the philosophical obituary about either man—the award-winning piece that makes grand comparisons of a man’s death to the death of a type of politics. Thankfully, Helms and Thurmond are of a dying breed, but thank goodness neither one of them is dead. I do not think I can name a major issue where I have agreed with either one of these men. Their policies are horribly wrong for the American people. But since the press became the death corps, I have been rooting these men on. I am cheering that Helms and Thurmond live all the way to when their current terms expire in January 2003.1 will be first in line to donate blood to Helms or Thurmond if they fall ill before then, just to spite the press and their disrespectful way of writing about these good, very old boys There needs to be a death watch on the death press corps, or, to be fair, more speculation by politicians about the health of journalists David Brinkley and Helen Thomas. Martin Barna is a Trinity junior and editorial page editor of The Chronicle.

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Race dialogue organizers Nanotechnology researcher seek nonminority voices targets computer chip size »

RACE PERSPECTIVES from page 3

tivities in the West Union building. The April 6 speak-out will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Chapel. Each of the forums’ themes will be related to the concerns and experiences of the hosting groups. For example, Young said, the Duke University Union will discuss socially diverse programming and the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life will foster race and sexuality dialogues. Young emphasized that the events are not set in stone; other groups who wish to get involved can still submit proposals. The speak-out will be an opportunity

for community members to address a larger audience with their specific concerns and experiences. In 1997, Race Day included short speeches by President Nan Keohane and two other Duke employees. Young said he would consider inviting speakers this year, but he has not yet contacted administrators. Spectrum Co-president Sofya Asfaw expressed her high hopes for Race Perspectives. “I am proud that Spectrum is participating,” the junior said. “I was not here when [Race Day] took place, but from people’s responses, it was definitely something memorable.”

� NANOTECHNOLOGY from page 3 creasingly more complex materials with novel structures and functions. By concentrating on soft materials such as gels and liquids, Craig hopes to shed light on fundamental principles of matter’s structure—an essential precursor to making nanotechnology useful. If a scientist wants to use nanoscience to create a material with a new property, he must first know what molecules are going to produce that property. Craig has been collaborating with others in the mechanical engineering and materials science departments.

Jie Liu, assistant professor of chemistry, manipulates and characterizes nanoscale materials with unique electronic and optical properties. He focuses on carbon nanotubes, which are rolled-up sheets of graphite with un-

Physics

puting,” which seeks to completely revamp existing methods of computer chip production. Currently, chips are manufactured using lithography, which em-

Understanding how matter acts at the nanoscale is the main goal of current physics research in nanotechnology. Professor of Physics Harold Baranger is interested in the size at

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strength. Carbon nanotubes have 10 times the strength of steel at one-fourth the weight and also possess remarkable electric conductivity.

Computer Science John Reif, a professor of computer science, has been working with DNA in the technology of “revolutionary com-

ploys laser light. But as chip components grow smaller and smaller to meet market demands, lithography is apwhich quantum effects disappear—the proaching its limit. Reif is seeking an alternate method point at which a group of atoms cease to be easily manipulated and cease to be- for chip production using self-assemhave normally. He stresses that before bling nanostructures that form tiles made from DNA, with the goal of buildscientists can begin to expertly manipulate atoms, they need to understand ing what he calls “two-dimensional, complex patterns without lithography.” their behavior at such small scales. “We’ve been working on holding a lot is interested particularly Baranger of memory with a small amount of in the magnetic properties of nanopartiwhich cles and quantum dots, are small mass,” Reif said. Although he expresses boxes that hold a specified number of doubt that this technology will ever toelectrons. Quantum dots exhibit special tally replace current methods, he stressgrowth properties and electronic effects, es that it is an important step. Reif has been working with scientists making them possible components offuin the chemistry and biology departture nano-scale electric wiring. ments at Duke, as well as researchers at other universities. Chemistry “Duke has a lot of potential in nanoscience because of its strong bioloin nanoscience efforts Current gy background said Reif, stressing the chemistry center around the preparation and manipulation of unique importance of bringing in more senior nanoscale materials with promise in scientists to aid in research efforts. “We’ve got to work on these various technological applications. Chemistry technologies to see what comes out,” he research stresses the need to design said. going to come out is some “What’s functional nanostrucand synthesize neat science.” tures in specific patterns. ”

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Despite winning the ACC tournament, the women’s basketball team fell to No. 5 in the latest AP poll. See page 15

� Two of the Chronicle’s most intelligent columnists debate the merits of the RPI. See page 14 PAGE 13

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Blue Devils overcome slow start to roast Pioneers 19-7 By NICK CHRISTIE The Chronicle

Duke 19 Utilizing its collective frustration Sacred Heart 7 from last weekend’s loss disappointing to Maryland, the Duke men’s lacrosse team overwhelmed Sacred Heart

yesterday, beating the Pioneers 19-7. Greg Patchak tallied five goals and an assist and fellow attackman Alex Lieske added two goals and three assists to pace the Duke attack, which looked genuinely explosive for the first time all season. “Normally we take a day off after a big game like Maryland,” Patchak said, “but yesterday we met as a team and decided that we weren’t going to take a day off because none of us expended the amount of energy that we should have to compete against Maryland.” Coach Mike Pressler echoed his player’s sentiment. “Last Sunday we were impostors wearing Duke uniforms,” Pressler said. “We’ve got to get back to being the program that we are.” Unlike in Sunday’s defeat to the Terrapins, the Blue Devils attacked Sacred Heart with full intensity, the physically dominating Pioneers. Throughout the game, Duke slashed and checked with what at times appeared to be reckless abandon, drawing numerous penalties and dictating the pace of the game to a clearly intimidated Sacred Heart team.

“If we’re going 100 miles an

hour, hitting them late, I’d rather that than have our guys question

and pull up,” Pressler said. “That’s a good penalty. We’ve got to get back to that style of play.” Two of Duke’s most visible leaders on the field were senior pre-season All-Americans Patchak and Stuart Schwartz, a defenseman. Both players expended a considerable amount of energy firing up their teammates. “That’s something we really wanted to focus on today, to come out firing right from the initial face-off,” Schwartz said. “Definitely,” Patchak concurred. “I have to get the guys [on offense] pumped up.” Despite playing with a high level of intensity Duke led only 6-5 after the first quarter. After jumping ahead 6-2 midway through the quarter, the Blue Devils allowed Sacred Heart to score three straight, as the normally stout Duke defense suffered a string of mental lapses. “I think we had a lot of juice, but I don’t think necessarily that we were playing with our heads in the beginning,” Schwartz said. In response to a string of bad passes midway through the first quarter, both Schwartz and Patchak screamed in frustration, imploring their teammates to eliminate their mental miscues. “I think we took [the mistakes]

personally today,” Patchak said. “It gassed me out a little bit,” he added. However, after the letdown at the end of the first quarter, Duke came out blazing in the next, scoring five goals in the opening five minutes of the second quarter. “It was a little disappointing [to be close],” Schwartz said. “In other games that might have been an issue, the fact that it was close early, but we had so much confidence, so much intensity, that we knew we were going to overcome that close score.” Midfielder Taylor Wray began the scoring deluge with a breakaway goal off a Sacred Heart turnover. Patchak than stole a pass and in a terrific solo effort beat three Pioneer defenders. Michael Satyshur followed with his first goal of the season, and after midfielder Kevin Cassese scored, Satyshur tallied his second goal of the year, blasting a hard shot from the top of the box past beleaguered Pioneer goalkeeper Mike Kelly. Up next for the Blue Devils are Loyala the fifth ranked Greyhounds, the second game of a pivotal stretch that began, with Maryland, and after Loyala will end with Brown. “The key thing is that these are like playoff games,” Pressler said. “You beat some of these teams and OMAR QUINTERO/THE CHRONICLE the NCAA [tournament commitTHE BLUE DEVILS scored five goals in a five-minute span. tee] ranks them behind you.”

No. 2 Huskies slip by No. 1 Fighting Irish for Big East title By DONNA TOMMELLEO Associated Press

This one wasn’t Conn. UConn 78 STORKS, for the Big East championship. This Notre Pame 76 one was for Shea Ralph. Sue Bird hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to lift No. 2 Connecticut to an emotional 78-76 victory over No. 1 Notre Dame last night and give the Huskies their 10th Big East tournament championship. Bird raced down-court with the inbounds pass with 5.1 seconds left after Ruth Riley made the second of her two free throws. Bird drove down the left side of the lane and fired the winner. The Huskies (28-2) were without Ralph, who likely tore a ligament in her left knee late in the first half. Team doctors confirmed the ligament damage and will schedule an MRI. “She’s given so much to me, I wanted to give something back to her,” said Bird. Ralph, a senior guard, went down with 5:18 left m the first half while scrambling for her missed layup. She clutched her face, rolled on the court crying as her coaches and trainers rushed out. “She knew right away as soon as we went over Geno there. She knew what it was,” said coach to going s not what it was. She knew “I Auriemma. it’s what it was.” react like that unless

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Monarchs travel to Duke for a 3 p.m. game today. The Blue Devils will look for their seventh win after splitting their weekend series against Radford.

Ralph returned in the second half wearing an air splint. She watched from courtside as her teammates regrouped and played one of the closest games of the season. “Our players worked so hard to win that game,” Auriemma said. “We went with who we had out there and what we had available. Never underestimate the heart of a champion.” The game-winner was sweet redemption for Bird, who lost her dribble out of bounds with 38 seconds left and UConn up 76-75. The Irish worked the ball inside to the 6-foot-5 Riley, who was fouled by Kelly Schumacher. The play after Riley’s free throw was designed to go straight to Bird. “No time outs. No nothing. We were going to win or lose on the last shot of the game she’s going to take,” Auriemma said. “I didn’t want [Notre Dame] to set up a defense to decide who gets our last shot.’ It was the eighth straight tournament title for the Huskies, who avenged a Jan. 15 loss to the Irish (28-2). Notre Dame has been to the title game four times since joining the conference six years ago, and has lost each time to UConn “I thought for the first 39 minutes and 59 seconds, it was an excellent basketball game,” Irish coach Muffet McGraw said. “At the end of the game the crowd was a definite factor.”

Maz elected to Hall Former Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski was elected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mazeroski’s Game 7 home run won the 1960 World Series for the Pirates.

Bird finished with a team-high 15 points that included a half-court three-pointer at the buzzer to close out the first halfand give UConn a 52-46 lead at the break. Riley, the Big East player of the year, had a gamehigh 23 points and nine rebounds. Riley’s three-point play with 5:24 left started a 7-3 Notre Dame run and the Irish pulled even at 73-73 with 3:51 left. UConn regained the lead on Bird’s three-pointer with 49.8 seconds remaining. Riley brought the Irish within one at 75-76 with an inside bucket and tied it on Notre Dame’s next possession, setting up Bird’s heroics “I have a lot of confidence in that situation,” said Bird. “I just took the ball and went. There was no doubt in my mind that it was going in after it hit the front of the rim.” The officials reviewed the tape to make sure time was on the clock whenBird launched the game-winner. And after a few anxious moments in the sold out 10,000-seat Gampel Pavilion, the basket was counted. The Irish, the best three-point shooting team in the nation at 46 percent, shot 36 percent on 9-of-25 from behind the arc. Ralph’s injury is the second major one to hit the team this year. All-American Svetlana Abrosimova was lost for the season with a tom ligament in her left foot. She was injured in the Feb. 1 loss to Tennessee.

Elvis lands in Baltimore

Belle to retire today

Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Elvis Grbac signed a five-year, $3O million contract yesterday with the Baltimore Ravens. Grbac chose Baltimore over

A Baltimore radio station is reporting that Orioles

the Cincinnati Bengals.

outfielder Albert Belle will announce his retirement today. Belle has been hampered by an arthritic right hip.

Men’s Basketball Conference Finals Sun Belt Conference W. Kentucky 64, S. Alabama 54 Mid-Continent Conference Southern Utah 62, Valparaiso 59 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Butler 53, Detroit 38

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RPI: Impartial arbiter or fuzzy math? The Ratings Percentage Index gives mid-major teams legitimate Mathematical nonsense supercedes common sense when the RPI shots at receiving well-deserved bids in the NCAA tournament compares schedule strengths between two vastly different teams While it may be as hard to underis also viewed as too rough on the teams Every year, you turn on ESPN and stand as the Bowl Championship from major conferences like Duke, listen to bald-headed analysts talk about Series formula in college football, the Stanford or Michigan State, teams the proverbial “bubble teams.” They talk Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of colwhich the RPI about quality for lege basketball is not only a much more punishes wins, non-conaccurate measure, it is also very useful. scheduling a ference oppoSo useful, in fact, that RPI it is the few review cupcakes nents and stat generally pointed out when along the road. other tangible experts discuss an individual team’s Sorry, guys, concepts. Then fate come Selection Sunday. but that’s life. If they always Used by the NCAA selection committhe major pow- n seem to mentee since 1981, the RPI is a mathematical ers decide to raul Uoran Evan Davis tion a team’s composite of three key stats in college schedule a RPI ranking. basketball. The RPI has never been offi- Wright State, and then fail to make the You know what? The RPI is cially published by the NCAA selection tournament because they win those America’s worst invention since those committee, but the media has been specdamn scooter things. Why does everyone games and lose other ones, that’s their ulating the RPI calculations for the past problem. No special consideration should put so much stock in the RPI? few years. This is, of course, due to the be given to them because they have to be Answer: So mid-major teams that fact that the NCAA selection committee in a tough conference when they cannot choke in their conference tournaments win against top teams. The selection comsays it is one of the main factors in chooshave a leg to stand on when begging for ing the final “bubble teams.” mittee continually emphasizes that an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. The formula, according to the comteams need to win big games, not just Despite losing to Indiana State in the play them. mittee, is 25 percent winning percentMissouri Valley Conference (MVC) semiage plus 50 percent strength of schedAs far as the mid-majors go, if they finals, Creighton thinks its 23rd RPI ule, plus 25 percent the opponents’ can post good records against teams in ranking is enough for it to get a bid. strength of schedule. Both strength of the 40-60 strength of schedule range and Creighton points to its strength of schedschedule factors are figured out by a knock off a few higher quality teams like ule, a ranking of 68th, better than mathematical formula that even Creighton did with Providence, why not Florida’s, Georgetown’s and Oklahoma’s. But somehow, they got their ranking Stephen Hawking couldn’t understand. let them in? Florida’s strength of schedIt is completely mathematical, relawithout even so much as competing ule is ranked 100th and people were talktively simple if you have a calculator ing about them being a No. 1 seed. against an AP top-25 team all year. and the only factor the committee has How in the world could that be true? Furthermore, the beauty of the NCAA that is not at all opinion-based. tournament is not a bunch of powerSimple. The strength of schedule, a facIt’s all numbers and numbers don’t lie. houses battling it out. The tournament’s tor that comprises 75 percent of a However, for some reason the RPI flair lies in the possibility of Cinderella team’s RPI ranking, is based on a comes under fire almost every year by stories and fabled runs to the Sweet 16. team’s opponents’ collective winning critics who complain that it’s too favorThe RPI may not be perfect, but it’s percentage and its opponents’ oppoable for the so-called “mid-major” teams the best non-biased measure the selecnents’ winning percentage., like Creighton, Richmond or Gonzaga. It tion committee has. One problem though. The average ir

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believe otherwise. College football uses the BCS system, a process that is equally as complex as the RPI but with one main difference: It

factors in human polling. It takes into account the fact that a chimpanzee can recognize that some teams are better than others, no matter what a mathematical formula spits out. March Madness is the greatest postseason of any sport, collegiate or professional. We’re fortunate to have competent human beings selecting the 65 teams that will make the tournament. Let’s just hope that they don’t let this RPI nonsense mess things up.

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Alieva says Georgia ‘doesn’t stack up’ JERSEYS from page 1 Tennessee to advance to the Final Four, earning her the honor of East Regional Most Valuable Player. After winning conference player of the year last season, Schweitzer is a leading candidate to become a Kodak All-American and possibly the Naismith player of the year—the NCAA’s highest honor. Despite Schweitzer’s many accomplishments, Athletic Director Joe Alieva said the senior is still unworthy of receiving Duke’s highest athletic honor. “When you look at the players whose jerseys we’ve hung, they’ve been spectacular,” he said. “Georgia has been great, but she just doesn’t stack up.... There are 12 or 13 guys who have done what Georgia has done and their jerseys haven’t been retired.” Goestenkors argued that she expects Schweitzer to receive national recognition, and if she does there should be no question that her jersey deserves a place in Cameron. “I think she’s just as impressive [as those players whose jerseys have been hung]. She just hasn’t received the same national attention and exposure that the men’s program receives,” Goestenkors said. “I think she will receive some national recognition. She’s headed in the right direction...” Unlike many other schools in the nation, Duke has no clear-cut criteria to determine if a player’s jersey is retired. The decision to retire a jersey is made by Alieva and the coach in consultation with Keohane. The

President would not comment specif-

ically on Schweitzer. “There isn’t a universal standard for how we [choose],” said Alieva. “A player has to have done something spectacular on the national scene, like winning some type of national recognition.” In addition to receiving a national award, a handful of extra criteria exist. For example, Alieva said a player must also have graduated from Duke. Goestenkors argued that students must also properly represent the University, the team and themselves. Alieva said he has not closed the door on the possibility that Schweitzer’s No. 23 could hang in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “If she is picked as a Naismith or she wins something spectacular on the national level, I’d have to think about it again,” he said. Along with Duke, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are the only other schools in the ACC to have retired no women’s jerseys. Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina have each retired one, while N.C. State and Virginia have retired seven and four, respectively. Maryland has retired three. Several different standards exist for determining whether a player’s jersey is retired. At Maryland, a player must have been selected to serve on an All-American or United States Olympic team. Virginia allows a player’s jersey to be retired at the discretion of the coach. Perhaps the most quantitative system is at State, which has created,

a point system to determine if a player’s jersey will be hung permanently from the rafters. “Players can get points for every honor they receive for their performance on the court,” said Pam Monk,

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assistant sports information director at N.C. State. “We also include points for academics and things like if the player gets drafted into the WNBA.” Outside of the ACC, schools vary greatly in their decision to hang jerseys. Notre Dame does not retire the jerseys of men’s or women’s basketball players, while Connecticut retires only numbers—not allowing the men’s or women’s jerseys to be hung. UConn’s only requirement for the retirement of a women’s jersey is that a player be named a first-team

All-American. The school has had

eight such players since 1973. The treatment of jerseys at many of women’s basketball’s dynasties, however, is significantly different. Three-time national champion Louisiana Tech has retired eight women’s jerseys, more than double the number of men’s. But Alieva said he would not be surprised if a woman’s jersey is hung in Cameron soon. “The way Gail’s been recruiting, it could happen sooner than you think,” he said. “When we get that one great player who is an AllAmerican and really spectacular, I’ll be the first to suggest that their jersey be retired.”

In the meantime, noted women’s players will be honored with awards and plaques in the SchwartzButters’ Hall of Fame room.

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