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Women’s golf takes 2nd national title in 4 years after comeback win on final day By DREW KLEIN The Chronicle

AUBURN, Wash. In a stunning, last-minute change of fortune, the women’s golf team overcame Arizona last week to claim its second national championship in four years—Duke’s sixth in school history. The finish could not have been more dramatic. Trailing the Wildcats by three strokes as the final golfers approached the last three holes, the Blue Devils appeared doomed to their second consecutive second-place finish at the national competition. But in the eleventh hour—specifically, the 17th hole—the Wildcats fell apart as the Blue Devils played near-perfect golf to cruise to a six-stroke victory, 1179-1185. The Arizona lead was intact until defending national individual champion, Candy Hannemann of Duke, notched a birdie on the 16th, trimming the margin to two. But on the 17th hole, Hannemann, Leigh Anne Hardin and eventual individual champion Virada Nirapathpongporn beat par, while Arizona’s Cristina Baena, Laura Myerscough and the pre-toumament favorite, Lorena Ochoa, all posted bogeys on the long par-5 protected by a winding stream. In all, the 17th hole accounted for six of the eight strokes Duke made up in the final hour of play at the Washington National Golf Course. It was all the team needed. In one swift hole the team erased a gaping deficit and built an insurmountable lead. Ochoa birdied the 18th, valiantly attempting to erase the damage done See NCAA CHAMPS on page 11

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(top) VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN’S individual NCAA title catapulted the WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM (left) to the overall championship.

Virada Our Nirapathpongporn swings to individual win By DREW KLEIN The Chronicle

AUBURN, Wash. For the second year in a row, the. best female collegiate golfer in the country wears a Duke uniform. Sophomore Virada “Oui” Nirapathpongporn dethroned defending champion, teammate Candy Hannemann Friday. Nirapathpongporn shot a nine-under-par 279 to claim individual honors, while at the same time trimming the Duke

record for an individual, four-round score by six strokes. She led from the outset, posting a four-under-par

68 to begin the tournament Tuesday and never looked back. When the dust settled, she held a fivestroke advantage over four golfers who shared second place. Auburn’s Danielle Downey, Georgia’s Summer Sirmons and Pepperdine’s Lindsey Wright all held a share of silver, along with Arizona’s Lorena Ochoa, whom

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Ochoa stayed close, trailing Nirapathpongporn by only three

strokes throughout most of the final round. Nirdpathpongporn’s lead never seemed in serious jeopardy, however, as she allowed only two bogies during the final round. But disaster struck for Ochoa on the 17th hole, when her second shot See OUI WINS on page 11

Police introduce radar patrols Summer session enrollment rises By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle

Drivers may not be able to race down Campus Drive anymore, as the Duke University Police Department institutes patrols equipped with radar to catch speeders. Earlier this month, Duke police began using radars to monitor speeding drivers across campus, but have not yet begun issuing citations for speed limit violations. Last November, they purchased six radar units costing approximately $1,200 each. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said the police force purchased the radars because oflong-time concern over speeding on campus, especially as the University plans to become more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly. “Our campus is becoming more pedestrian-oriented with road closings and major building projects underway that force us to evaluate the manner in which we move about campus,” Duke Police Chief Clarence Birkhead said. “We cannot allow speeders to jeopardize the safety of cyclists, pedestrians and other motorists.” Birkhead said that although police have not yet issued speeding tickets, they could begin doing so at any time. He added that the new campaign’s aim was to target drivers traveling at speeds significantly higher than the speed limit. “We’re not going to be going after those who are six, seven, See POLICE RADARS on page 6

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� Administrators said students’ concerns over Curriculum 2000 requirements and a dearth of summer opportunities may have contributed to a 19 percent increase in first term enrollment. By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

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DUKE POLICE OFFICER CHARLES CALLEMYN patrols Campus Drive for speeding drivers.

With a struggling job market and Curriculum 2000 matrices to fill, students have enrolled in record numbers in summer session courses. First summer term student enrollment is up almost 19 percent over last year and almost 50 percent over two years ago, in large part due to rising sophomores and juniors’ desires to fulfill their Curriculum 2000 requirements, administrators said. “One of the things that’s becoming clear is that students are beginning to use the summer in more academically intensive ways, whether it’s study abroad, internships or taking classes,” said Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College. “They’re using summer strate-

A Duke researcher reports in a new study that insurance companies should take into account long-term benefits of paying for childhood cancer treatments. See page 4

See SUMMER on page 7 Durham politician Cynthia Brown is waging a shoestring campaign for the U.S. Senate, vying against Erskine Bowles and Dan Blue in the Democratic primary. See page 5

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FBI admits attacks were foreseeable

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Shelling claims nearly two dozen lives

Both India and Pakistan continued shelling across the line dividing Kashmir between the two nations. Civilian casualties numbered 12 in Pakistan and 11 in India and fueled fears that war could break out between the nuclear-armed rivals. •

Reorganization moves agency focus to terrorism and prevention of future attacks By TED BRIDIS

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FBI Director WASHINGTON Robert Mueller said Wednesday there may have been more missed clues before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and he suggested for the first time that investigators might have uncovered the plot if they had been more diligent about pursuing leads. “The jury is still out on all of it,” Mueller said, during a wide-ranging, two-hour presentation at FBI headquarters. “Looking at it right now, I can’t say for sure it would not have, that there wasn’t a possibility that we could have come across some lead that would have led us to the hijackers.” Mueller noted two documents

AARP accuses drug companies of collusion

The AARP joined three lawsuits filed last year against six drug companies, accusing the companies of paying their competitors not to market cheaper generic drugs •

Customs steps up vigilance with detectors

Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner said Wednesday every Customs inspector will be equipped with a pocket-sized radiation detector by January as part of an effort to stop terrorists from smuggling in nuclear weapons. •

Missing cyanide found in central Mexico

A rural policeman found 70 drums of sodium cyanide Wednesday, following an 18-day search for a shipment hijacked along with the truck May 10. Officials said as many as six drums, each containing 220 pounds of cyanide, could still be missing. •

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The U.S. Education Department announced yesterday interest on government-backed student loans will fall from 5.99 to 4.06 percent July 1. Parent loan rates will drop from 6.79 to 4.86 percent. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

Hundreds of British troops BAGRAM, Afghanistan have begun patrolling near the Pakistani border to stop alQaeda and Taliban fighters from slipping back into Afghanistan in a remote area where a warlord opponent of the United States may be active. The new British deployment, code-named Operation Buzzard, will last for several weeks and cover plains south and east of the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, British military spokesperson Lt. Col. Ben Curry said. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the powerful warlord accused of seeking to kill American soldiers and sabotage Afghanistan’s interim government, is known to have connections to the area and could help al-Qaeda make a “resurgence” in Afghanistan, Curry said. But he would not

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prepared to announce new guidelines lifting restrictions on the FBI to make it easier for agents to begin and pursue terrorism investigations without approval from FBI headquarters. The changes, to be announced Thursday by Attorney General John Ashcroft, also lift restrictions on the FBl’s use of the Internet and public libraries to give agents more freedom to investigate terrorism even when they are not pursuing a particular case.

The new guidelines, obtained by The

Associated Press, allow officials running any of 56 FBI offices around the country to approve new terrorism investigations. Under previous rules, only Mueller or his assistant directors could approve them.

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Wednesday that he said might have tipped authorities to terrorist plans for suicide hijackings, including efforts by an unidentified Middle Eastern country, where U.S. sales are restricted, to buy a commercial flight simulator. Mueller’s remarks came after his announcement of a broad reorganization of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency—changes at least partly in response to criticism of the FBI after the attacks. The director is moving hundreds of agents, mostly from drug investigations, to focus on terrorism and prevent future attacks. The FBl’s new marching orders will focus on terrorists, spies and hackers, in that order. Meanwhile, the Justice Department

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say whether Operation Buzzard aimed specifically to hunt down Hekmatyar. The operation comes as Pakistan appears to be preparing to withdraw troops patrolling its side of the Afghan border because of tensions with India. And while the mission is primarily aimed at blocking re-entry into Afghanistan, coalition officials clearly would also seek to intercept remaining alQaeda or Taliban trying to flee into Pakistan. British troops will patrol by foot, vehicle and helicopter to keep al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters out of a key crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan and stabilize the remote area to allow for development and the flow of humanitarian aid. Some 300 British troops were deployed over the past three days in the area, but the number could rise to 700, a senior British official said on condition of anonymity.

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Halperin named next vice dean � Dr. Edward Halperin, chair of radiation oncology, will become the medical school’s next Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs and first Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs. By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

Six down, eight to go. Dean of the School of Medicine Dr. Sandy Williams has named Dr. Edward Halperin vice dean for education and academic affairs and vice dean for clinical affairs. The announcement was the sixth position of 14 major vacancies Williams has filled since his arrival at Duke last year. Halperin, currently chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and L.R. Prosnitz professor of pediatrics, replaces Dr. Russel Kaufman, who announced in late April that he would leave the position to become director and CEO of the Wistar Institute, an independent non-profit biomedical research center in Philadelphia. “We [at the medical school] are stewards of this magnificent resource and

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THE WASHINGTON DUKE INN, located on the edge of campus, may soon begin a pricey expansion, including up to 100 new guest rooms, a fitness facility and more conference and meeting space.

Duke hotel plans S2SM renovation By WHITNEY BECKETT The Chronicle

Families of graduating Duke students—who have to book rooms at the Washington Duke Inn years in advance—may reconsider lodging plans, after the Board of Trustees gave preliminary approval to an expansion proposal for the inn earlier this month. The plan—which calls for up to 100 additional guest rooms, a fitness facility, an indoor pool, a permanent

must be mindful of the heritage of our past as represented by our predecessors on the faculty, respectful and attentive to the problems of the present as represented by the needs of our patients, and responsible for the needs of the future as represented by our trainees,” students and Halperin wrote in an e-mail. Dr. Edward Halperin Williams said Halperin’s appointment gives him full faith in the future of the

business center, more conference and meeting space, renovation of employee work spaces and an expanded lobby—would tentatively cost between $25 million and

$3O million.

The initiative is aimed at increasing capacity, enhancing the four-star hotel’s facilities and integrating the hotel, located on the edge of campus, with the University community, said Washington Duke Inn General Manager Don DeFeo. If the Board approves a more in-depth plan at its October meeting, construction could start as early as 2003 and finish in late 2004, said Scott Selig, associate vice president for capital assets, who helps coordinate the University’s real estate planning. “Just about everybody needs more space at the Washington Duke,” Selig said. “There is increasing utilization from Duke and the outside, and now we have better details of what the market is demanding.” Executive Vice President Tollman Trask said the expansion is part ofthe University’s plan to integrate the hotel into the campus environment—a plan that prompted accepting students’ food points and FLEX accounts at the inn’s dining venues last semester.

medical school. “He is a scholar in the finest tradition of the word,” Williams said. In the newly created role as vice dean for clinical affairs, Halperin will work with faculty, clinical department chairs and the leadership of the clinical service units and hospitals on faculty recruitment and retention. Halperin will also assume Kaufman’s duties as vice dean for education and academic affairs, which inSee HALPERIN on page 7

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DeFeo said the workout facility, business center and meeting rooms are intended to keep the Washington Duke competitive with other local establishments. The hotel would finance the addition through increased revenues, a plan DeFeo estimated would take 10 years. The extra rooms would be particularly important on weekends like graduation, homecoming and recruiting weekends, when the hotel is busiest. “People who come to Duke want to stay at Duke,” DeFeo said. “The expansion will make that possible for more people.” In addition, Trask said the University’s current policy to accommodate guests who want to exercise with temporary use of on-campus gyms has been inconvenient. He added that the new business center and meeting rooms will allow the University to host more events on campus. Currently, the hotel’s largest meeting room holds only 400 people; DeFeo said the University often needs room for a capacity of 600 to 700. The Board has heard discussion of similar plans at least two other times in the last six years. Trask said two factors made this year’s plan more successful: the arrival of Selig, Fuqua ’92, who began his position in October after coming from a real estate developing position in Arkansas, and the transfer of oversight ofthe 13-year-old hotel back to the University from Duke University Management Company, the University’s investment company. “Before, it was a question of how much money can we make,” Trask said. “Now it’s more of how can we make this the facility we want it to be.”

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Depression could lengthen life for women

Drugs may help bypass surgery outcomes

In a study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers reported that patients given a class of drugs called beta-blockers before coronary artery bypass surgery were more likely to have improved outcomes following their procedures. These drugs block the activity of hormones such as epinephrine and norepinephrine, which normally stimulate heart rate and raise blood pressure. Dr. Eric Peterson, associate professor in the division of cardiology, found that patients taking beta-blockers had a 30-day mortality rate of 2.8 percent compared to 3.4 percent of patients not using them. Additionally, the researchers did not find any significant side effects from the drug.

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Researchers at Duke have found preliminary evidence that elderly women with mild depression are more likely to live longer than other senior women who are not depressed. The scientists believe mild depression could be a healthy coping mechanism associated with longevity. The study, which was published In this month's issue of American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, was based on interviews done between 1986 and 1997 with 4,162 adults 65 years of age and older. The researchers, led by professor of psychiatry and behavioral science Dr. Dan Blazer, did not find any significant change in mortality rates among men, but mild depression was associated with a protective effect in women. •

ACROSS THE NATION

Preventive insulin may not stop diabetes

Researchers at the University of Miami in Florida have found that insulin injections are ineffective in preventing type 1 diabetes. Almost 1 million Americans suffer from the disease, which is diagnosed using various antibody tests. The body’s immune system attacks the pancreas which makes insulin, an enzyme that helps process sugar. Preventive insulin would theoretically either rest and thus strengthen insulin cells or re-program the body's defenses to stop attacking the pancreas. The team, led by Dr. Jay Skyler, is still trying to prevent type 1 diabetes with an insulin pill, which is believed to work by a different mechanism. News briefs compiled from staff and wire reports

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Study results support cancer coverage By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

A new Medical Center study is suggesting that insurance companies should pay for expensive cancer therapies for children because, although these therapies have a high initial cost, the long-term benefits justify it. Dr. Philip Breitfeld, associate professor of pediatrics in hematology-oncology, studied patients at a large cancer center in Indianapolis and found that although treatment costs can be more than $75,000, 70 percent of those children live for 50 years or more, a cost of only $2,700 per year oflife. “My major interest in looking at this was that I felt insurers, the people who pay for the care, had little

idea about the overall cost of care for children who had cancer,” Breit-

feld said. He presented his findings, funded by the National Library of Medicine and the Riley Memorial Association, at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncologists meeting in Orlan-

do, Fla., earlier this month. Breitfeld, who served as the director of pediatric hematology-oncology at Indiana University’s Riley Hospital, used that hospital’s cancer patients to look at the treatment costs and use of hospital resources accompanying childhood diseases, about which Breitfeld said there is a relative lack of information. He added that insurance companies sometimes fail to take into account two factors: The likelihood that the treatment will work, and the longterm survivability of patients. For more common ailments, like adult heart disease and diabetes, insurance companies already have a significant amount of expense data. “It’s likely in the end that insurance carriers pay for most of the care,” Breitfeld said. “The issue is they place families and caregivers in pressure

DR. PHILIP BREITFELD, associate professor of pediatrics in hematology-oncology, led a study that suggests insurance companies should cover expensive cancer procedures for children. situations.... They threaten not to cover certain aspects of care, making

medical decisions difficult, putting families in a potentially threatening situation.” Large companies pressure medical insurers to lower costs per employee covered, Breitfeld said. Insurers reduce costs to obtain contracts with those large companies, causing those insurers to deny payment for many high-priced procedures, in part because they lack the data to justify the expense. He estimated that the cost of treating the 10,000 annual U.S.

childhood cancer cases is nearly $BOO million in the first three years following diagnosis. Academic studies about the cost of health care are relatively rare, Breitfeld added. “Sadly, these are not very common studies,” he said. “In terms of childhood cancer over last decade, [there] might have been up to 10 manuscripts published that deal significantly with these issues.... Because cost of care in medical care in the U.S. is so much of an issue today, these studies will become much more prominent and prevalent.”

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DUHS announces first job cuts The Duke University Health System announced Tuesday the first 100 of an estimated 300 job cuts in response to a $25 million hospital budget reduction. Hospital administrators eliminated 59 positions that are currently filled and also removed 40.5 positions through attrition. Administrators announced the likelihood of cuts earlier this month. Employees were given 60 days notice and will remain on the Patient Revenue Management Organization payroll, but will be relieved of their PRMO duties so they can devote their complete attention to finding alternate employment opportunities, officials said in a release. If Duke is unable to offer an employee a comparable job at the University or DUHS, that employee will be offered a severance package, officials said.

ARAMARK displaces Sodexho to control hospital food services ARAMARK Corp., which currently operates on-campus dining eateries at the University, will now also provide food services throughout Duke University Hospital and Duke University Medical Center beginning July 1, officials said in a release. The company’s services will include patient food services, Duke North Atrium cafeteria, Duke South food court, the Searle Center and North Pavilion food services. ARAMARK will also take over food services at Raleigh Community Hospital July 1, and Durham Regional Hospital will transition to ARAMARK in January 2003. Many companies, including the University’s Division of Auxiliary Services, took part in the bidding process earlier in the spring. Sodexho, another pri-

vate company, had previously run hospital dining. Environmental services will also change hands July

1, as Crothall Services Group assumes control of housekeeping operations at Duke Hospital.

Financial Times ranks Fuqua executive education second The Fuqua School of Business’ non-degree executive education program ranks second in the world, according to new rankings released this week by theLondon-based Financial Times newspaper. The program ranked third last year. In the specialized rankings, Fuqua’s open-enrollment programs jumped from sixth to fourth, as Duke Corporate Education, Inc.—a for-profit Fuqua spinoff founded in 2000 to provide customized educational programs to corporations—dropped from second to third.

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Fraud reported at pharmacy

Duke police responded to the Duke Clinic pharmacy to an attempt to pass a fraudulent prescription May 20. They said David Earl Ellis, 802 Waring St., Durham, had changed the quantity of a prescription from five to 50, and charged him with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery. His bond was placed at $l,OOO. Ellis could not be reached for comment.

Alcohol involved in Duke Forest crash

Durham police informed campus police at 3:10 a.m. May 23 that a female driver struck a tree head-on at the intersection ofKerley Road and N.C. 751 near Duke Forest. Upon arrival, police could not locate her at the scene. Both air bags were deployed, and officers spotted blood on and near the driver’s airbag. The woman, Rachel Lynn Cyr, 21, of 519 Grand Oaks Drive in Hillsborough, was later located at the Emergency Department for what is believed to be treatment for non-life threatening injuries. Police said friends had found her at the accident scene and transported her for treatment. They said they had been drinking with the victim and other friends at the Top of the Hill and Yates Bar in Chapel Hill from about midnight to 2 a.m. The driver told police she was driving home and hit the tree after failing to see the stop sign at Kerley Road. A Duke officer noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Cyr, who said she had been drinking alcoholic beverages during the night. Cyr, a student at Appalachian State University, was charged with driving while intoxicated, driving with a revoked license and failure to stop for a stop sign.

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Trailerbroken into, equipment stolen

Construction workers reported that someone broke into a secured trailer through a window between 5:30 p.m. May 20 and 6:30 a.m. May 21, located at a construction site on LaSalle Street, and stole numerous pieces of equipment, including a Dewalt hammer drill, a TE 35 Hilti hammerdrill, a Bosch 1/2” 12-volt drill, a fuse seal machine, an air compressor, a Skill electric handsaw, a welding torch rig, three Motorola walkie-talkie radios, $23 Klien side cutters with insulated handles, a $5 Klien Phillip screwdriver, a $5 Klien flat screwdriver, a $2O Stanley 25’ tape measure, a Hilti T-55 drill with serial number 10500216396, a $359 Milwaukee portable band saw with serial number 457E401210008, a $125 Dewalt 1/2” drill, $3O rubber gloves, $25 leather gloves, four Radius SP-50 Motorola walkie-talkie radios totaling $1,820, a $7O J.C. Penny microwave oven, a $2OO Kenmore refrigerator, and a $359 Milwaukee portable band saw with serial number

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Gym office entered, plundered

Officers discovered that someone had broken a window to an office in Card

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company employee reported that between 5:30 p.m. May 16 and 8 a.m. May 20, someone stole $3,000 worth of unprotected drills, saws, grinders and screwdrivers from 1121 W. Main Street, the former Coca Cola plant.

Visitors’ cars broken into An officer found two visitors’ cars had been broken into while they were parked at the Washington Duke jogging trail gravel lot on N.C. 751 between 2:50 and 3:15 p.m. May 25. The first victim reported that his car window was broken, causing $125 in damage, and his Motorola cell phone and wallet containing miscellaneous papers and $5OO cash were stolen, totaling $5BO. The second victim reported that he was missing a black leather wallet containing a credit card, an ATM card and $2 cash, a black canvass bag containing clothing and a black leather bag containing papers, totaling $437. Another visitor reported that between 7:30 and 8:23 p.m. May 23, while her vehicle was parked at the N.C. 751 gravel lot between Erwin Road and Science Drive, someone broke out her driver’s side window, causing $2OO in damage, and stole her $25 purse containing credit cards, checkbook, $lOO Nokia cell phone, IBM identification badge, driver’s license and keys. When she contacted her credit card company to cancel the cards, she was informed that $9Bl had been charged on the card at different locations. Compiled from Duke University Police Department reports. Anyone with knowledge about those responsible for these or other crimes at Duke can contact Lt. Sara-Jane Raines at 684-4713 or Durham CrimeStoppers at 683-1200.

eight or even 10 miles above the speed limit,” he said. “But we will be ticketing those grossly violating the speed limit.” However, the citations issued will be state tickets —unlike prior moving violations, which could be billed to student accounts. Birkhead said the average fine will be about $lOO. He added that police will focus radar use on Campus Drive, Anderson Street, Towerview Road and to a lesser extent on Oregon Street and Erwin Road. Officers have to be trained to use the new equipment and must pass an exam to operate the radars. Currently, only 10 officers are certified. “Officers will not be stationed in any particular area,” Birkhead said in a prepared statement. “Rather, officers will remain mobile on patrol and operate the radar units while in motion. The units we purchased can be operated in both a stationary or mobile mode.” So far this month, officers have trained with the new equipment and stopped violators both as a deterrent and to collect data about where people speed. “We plan on doing our own media campaign closer to when more people are getting back for the fall semester,” he said. “We want to give the community adjustment time so they are used to seeing police out with radars.” Junior Mary Leah Singletary said she questioned the need for the radars on campus. “I think that ifthey begin to pull people they should increase the speed limit to 35,” Singletary said. “Thirty-five is the speed limit within cities and it is not a fast speed. I do think it is appropriate they pull someone going 55 because that is too fast for a college campus.”

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have registered for about 1,200 seats in first-term courses, compared to 902

gically to think about careers and fulfilling requirements for majors and curriculum.” Paula Gilbert, director of continuing education and summer session and assistant dean of Trinity College, said the poor economy and the University’s offering of summer financial aid for the second straight year also greatly contributed to the rise. “This has been a difficult year economically,” Gilbert said, “and often times [in such years] you have a bubble in summer session enrollment because students don’t have as many opportunities for internships or exciting summer jobs.” About 750 students are enrolled in on-campus Arts and Sciences courses this summer term, compared with 631 in 2001 and 503 in 2000, Gilbert said. She estimated that those students

in 2001 and 708 in 2000. Fifty-two students in the Pratt School of Engineering are enrolled in on-campus Pratt courses, engineering school officials said. Statistics are not available for the Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., or other institutions. Enrollment numbers for the second term, which are usually considerably lower than the first term, are not yet available. Gilbert said that departments have tailored some of their classes to look more attractive for filling matrices, in anticipation of students looking to meet the new curricular requirements. Economics professors, for example, have made an effort to designate their classes as writing-intensive. “We have strong enrollments in the sciences, statistics, English and Spanish,” Gilbert added. “That might be ex-

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elude responsibility for the doctor of medicine academic program including admissions, student services and perhaps, most timely, the ongoing curriculum review. “We must maintain the strength of the third year, enhance its scholarly nature, but offer several options for the modern student to pursue that scholarship,” Halperin wrote. “We must be mindful of modern techniques of education and assessment in the first year so that we nurture a basic medical science education while offering varying formats for learning.” Ali Raja, president of the Davison Council, the medical school’s student governing body, approved of the appointment. “The curriculum review is at an extremely crucial stage right now,” Raja wrote in an e-mail. “There has been a lot of information gathered and some great recomjnendations made, but we need some real direction from the top to make the changes happen. Hopefully Dr. Halperin will provide that.” Halperin, who will take the position June 1, said he hopes to add educational experiences in medical ethics, medical history and law and medicine to help students face the challenges of the biomedical revolution. He will remain chair of radiation oncology until spring 2003. The other positions Williams must fill include a variety of department chairs, such as for medicine and surgery and a genomics institute director.

to churches, community centers and small forums. “I’m going to have to work harder than most candidates by being out here in the voting public, interacting with them, listening to them, talking to them,” Brown said. “When you don’t have access to the media, you are forced to be out in the voting public to listen.” Brown’s first test with the voters will be the crowded Democratic primary, originally scheduled for May, but pushed back indefinitely, due to ongoing North Carolina redistricting debates. Ken McDouall, Brown’s campaign manager, said that with Brown’s campaign strategy it may be difficult to catch Democratic primary front-runners like Bowles, or even fellow candidates Elaine Marshall, secretary of state, and Dan Blue, speaker of the state house. “It’s about as grassroots as you can get it,” said McDouall, who met Brown at a peace rally. “It’s definitely unconventional in that we are not so much working through the established political leadership.” But Brown and her supporters, who are all volunteers and include young, low-income and progressive voters, remain concerned that the lack of financial resources is the biggest obstacle to winning the Senate seat. “I guess it works both ways,” McDouall said. “People can relate to someone who doesn’t have a million dollars... but it still takes money to do minimal

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1m Did you watch Austin Powers in the theater six times? Couldn't wait for The Nutty Professor to come out? Well, then Undercover Brother was made for you. Banking on the same formula that increased the bling-bling for Powers' producers, the film tells the story of Eddie Griffin's character—who actually goes by Undercover Brother—a 70's throwback stuck in these millennial days. qra|)E' But, part of what makes it so n ■»" familiar and comfortable is also what makes it hackneyed and boring. It follows the Austin Powers formula—which was a rip-off itself—so closely there isn't enough room for innovation, right down to the island of evil, hot female sidekick and groovy garb. One area it did get right, however, was the one-liners. Dave Chappelle's Conspiracy Brother calls Undercover Brother "a soul train reject with a Bobbin' Hood complex." It isn't cinematic greatness, but Brother delivers on the low-brow laughs. —Meg Lawson

After ten years in the biz and four full-length albums (including one mixed by Ozzy Osbourne), So-Cal punk band Strung Out will thrash its way into the Cat's Cradle on June 2. Jordan, the group's drummer, got the enviable opportunity to chat with Recess editor Greg Veis about the new album, Ozzy's daughterand the f—king Warped Tour. Taste the magic: Recess: How does your new album. The American Paradox, differ from the previous ones? Jordan: It's that same ol' Strung Out variety package again, and we're very proud of it. We're super pumped, and it's getting tons of positive feedback. Would you rather be on a big public!ty-generating tour like the Warped Tour [ft' or Ozzfest, or would you rather be playing clubs? We'd be way stoked to play Ozzfest. The Warped Tour... yeah, whatever, it doesn't matter to me. They never ask us to do it anyway, even though we seem to be perfect candidates. The Warped Tour is just a joke—l don't understand how it works over there, so basically.... F-k the Warped Tour! Ozzfest, though, I'd be all about

that. Ozzy's f-king incredible. Your new single, "Cemetery," is generating some good buzz around Los Angeles. Do you crave that type of widespread acceptance? We're trying our asses off for that, but it's the

most frustrating game. Sometimes people come up to me and say, 'How come you're not on the radio?' and I wish I had a good explanation for them. The

music business is a very frustrating thing. Do you consider Strung Out to be a success considering the state of the industry? We're not a success story in the sense that Blink 182 is, but we're doing what we love to do. We don't make tons of money, but we're able to survive We sell lots of records, we have tons of fans, we have people who tattoo our logo on their bodies for life. That's pretty rewarding. Alright, now we're in the part of the interview we like to call the lightning round. I give you a name or a phrase and you give me the first thing that pops into your head. Ok, let's start with George W. Bush. tyvf Strange man. Britney Spears. Hot body, total sellout. Gary Condit.

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raging nut bag!" That's an abridged version of what you can expect on The Eminem Show or any other Shady album for that matter. Apparently, even though he doesn't have anything new to say, he can regurgitate the same old "my life's hard" garbage on top of a new beat, and no one will notice I'm onto you, Mr. M and your act is stale. On "Sayin' Goodbye Hollywood," he compla "I'm trapped/ If I coul go back/ I never wouli rapped/ I sofd my

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"I've seen fire and I've seen rain." Well, I've seen James Taylor in concert, and I want my freakin' last shreds of masculinity and dignity back. And, get this, the king of deathly boring, vomitous acoustic "classics" like "Carolina in My Mind," "I'm a Man and I Shave my Legs" and "Cher Rocks my World" will probably get a bridge named after him in Chapel Hill. It turns out that the clowns on the Orange County, N.C., Board of Commissioners are voting to rename a bridge that crosses Morgan Creek on 15-501 after the folkie who grew up in the area. To prevent any further hallowed landmarks on our thoroughfares from being disgraced by the names of woeful celebs, I submit this list of people who should never have a bridge named after them: Macualay Cuikin: After reportedly getting 20 lap dances in one night at a New York "gentlemen's" club last week, this kid could probably still support a bridge if he were doing the backfloat under it. I'm still not naming the stupid bridge after him though. Ace of Base: You know what your grandma always used to tell you: "Never trust a Swede on a bridge." Ace of Base has four (!) prickly Scandinavians. Can you spell watery death? Ted Kennedy: Speaking of watery death, sure, he's been a good Massachusetts Democrat for what seems like centuries now, but after the whole driving drunk/leaving a girl to drown thing, I even think naming a bridge after this really fat cat would be in poor taste. Now, if they named the congressional buffet after him.... Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen: Pedophiliac tendencies be damned—these girls, though amounting a fine (and curvaceous) body of work, don't yet deserve a bridge. At least not until Dave Coullier gets one first. —Greg Veis

sing—excruciatingly—interspersing carefully rhymed curse words and references to his genitalia with how much he GRADE: loves his daughter. My D mother used to sing me to sleep the same way. Maybe his kid can use the money she gets from the album to pay for extensive therapy. And, of course, you know Eminem wouldn't step up to the mic without his bodyguard in the hip-hop industry, Dr. Dre, who, this time around, proves to be the real brains of the outfit. In truth, Dre's hands are so busy his little pet project's ;hat this album should called The Eminem

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A dynasty tees off? After winning two national championships in four years, the women’s golf team could have quite a few more successful seasons in store. With its victory in the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships at the Washington National Golf Club last Friday, Duke won its sixth national championship in school history. Kudos! My hat goes off to the team. What’s even more impressive is that they did it in style, capping off a spring run where they won every single tournament they played, including this comefrom-behind victory. Not only did Duke revenge a horrific final day collapse in last year’s tourbut they also may have started something bigger: A dynasty. P Wait, no, that can’t be right. We already have 1 one of those at Duke. I

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national titles since 1991. Yes of course, but for the first time in modern Duke history, there may be two dynasties. Surely, men’s basketball will always rule the Blue Devils athletic world; it is the heart and soul of the pro-

gram—popularity-wise, publicity-wise

and money-wise. But contrary to the popular belief of many Duke students, other Blue Devil sports exist. Just consider: If coach Dan Brooks can lead the women to another championship next season—and early returns say he probably has a better shot at it than Krzyzewski does with his team he would tie the Polish wizard for most national titles by a Duke coach. It’s something Brooks says never thinks about, calling Krzyzewski’s place in history “too impressive for me to even go ‘there’ mentally.” That aside, in the end, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brooks passed him. Not that that’s really a bad thing. Men’s basketball at the NCAA level is too competitive and relies on too many factors for a team to churn out titles year after year. With three, Duke trails only UCLA, Kentucky, and Indiana, and is tied with North Carolina. As we all know, that’s very subject to change. However, women’s golf is the sport that could crank out a few more titles for Duke. Truth be told, for a school that not only prides itself on academic excel—

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(clockwise from top left) VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN hugs Arizona sophomore Lorena Ochoa after beating her for the individual title. NIRAPATHPONGPORN decides what club to use on the second day of competition. THE WOMEN’S GOLF TEAM celebrates after winning the team championship.

lence, but is also known as an athletic powerhouse—especially for a private

institution—the number’s a little low. Actually, it’s a lot low. According to NCAA statistics from February of this year—and do not include Division I football, because they do not conduct an official championship—UCLA leads the way with 86 titles. Private schools Stanford and Southern California are next, with 81 and 77 titles respectively. The gap then widens to Oklahoma State, 43, and Arkansas, 37. North Carolina has the ACC lead with 29, behind 16 women’s soccer titles. And if the argument is that “we can’t win as much because we have academic standards,” even schools that are considered Duke’s peer institution’s academically top the Blue Devils. Obviously Stanford is astronomically high, but Yale clocks in at 27,

Agrawai earns award Sheela Agrawai, a junior track star, was named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District 111 first team, as announced Thursday. She is also a three time AllAmerica selection.

Princeton at 20, Columbia at 13 and Harvard at 8. However, the good news for Duke fans is that, in an age where college athletics have become competitive to the point of absurdity, Duke’s number of titles is growing—and at a fairly optimistic rate in recent years. The Blue Devils did not win their first national championship until 1986, when the men’s soccer team beat Akron 1-0 to win the title. Then came the backto-back men’s basketball titles in 1991 and 1992, as well as one in 2001. Finally, the two women’s golf wins round out the school total at six. “It’s hard to say exactly what is possible,” Brooks said. “Arizona State won seven [women’s golf national championships] in the 90’s, so what weVe done so far is considerably less.... I don’t think we have illusions that we’re doing something beyond belief, but we

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will try to keep on top every year.” The common thread in all of the national title factories is that they

have or had an Olympic sport (meaning any sport but football, and both basketballs) dynasty. In other words, they had one lesser-known sport that has racked up tons oftitles—like UNC and women’s soccer. In Yale’s case it was men’s golf with 21. The Trojans have won 26 track and field titles. Stanford has brought the men’s tennis title back to Palo Alto 17 times. UCLA has done it 18 times in men’s volleyball, 15 times in men’s tennis and 11 in, well, men’s basketball.... Anyway, you get the picture. Now, after winning titles in 1999 and 2002, as well as a should-have-won in 2001, Duke women’s golf is ready to have a go. So yes, the six is subject to change. Drastically.

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by her second stroke on the 17th, which had reached for the green but fell just short into a waterfall protecting the right side. But the effort was far too lit-

tle—when Ochoa made her birdie putt to vigorous applause on the 18thgreen, she merely trimmed Duke’s lead to six as the tournament officially came to an end. Coach Dan Brooks admitted he was beginning to lose faith in the team’s chances before the Blue Devils’ 17thhole rally. “We very much felt like [the win] was slipping and that something needed to happen, either for us or to [Arizona],” he said. “Well into the back side, it didn’t feel like we had the tournament.” Arizona held the lead for nearly the entirety of the four-day event, racking up a nine-stroke advantage on the first day with a three-under-par 285. The Wildcats then held on for dear life as they saw their lead dwindle to six strokes after the second round, then three strokes when play concluded after the third day. The strongest performance of the final day, and, arguably, the most critical of the tournament, came from Hannemann, Duke’s lone senior. She posted a four-under-par 68 during a round which featured the toughest pin placements of the tournament. “Today I felt that it was the toughest there,” conditions out said Nirapathpongporn. “The pins were tucked everywhere.” But Hannemann was not fazed by the course or by her team’s urgent need. “I love playing pressure situations,” she said. “That’s why we all play golf.” Although Brooks said he was delighted with Hannemann’s finalround play, he added that he was anything but surprised. “There is no way Candy wasn’t going to show up in full form at some time in this tournament,” he said. “I think she picked a wonderful time to show up.” Hannemann had not posted a score under par in any previous round of this season’s championship. The win came in record-setting fashion. The Blue Devil’s team total of 1179 topped their previous best four-day ated with the sport. Graduating only mark by strokes, 15 while Hannemann, Duke will likely be in a posiNirapathpongporn’s four-day score of tion to compete next year and beyond. The 279 demolished the old record of 285, team has much to prove if it truly wishes held by both Hannemann and former to merit that lofty title. But Duke has Duke All-American Jenny Chuasiripom. never had a truly dominant team in a With two national titles in four years sport not gamering considerable media and a third near-victory, the word dynasty attention. Itmay be long overdue, but peris in the thoughts of some of those associ- haps that void will finally be filled.

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(clockwise from top left) LEIGH ANNE HARDIN follows through on a swing during the second day of the championships. ARIZONA’S LORENA OCHOA, who finished second overall, takes a shot from the bunker. VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN considers her next shot. CANDY HANNEMANN tees off, while trying to help Duke rally from behind.

soared toward the green but arched too far right and landed in a small waterfall. She salvaged a bogey on the hole, but by then Nirapathpongporn’s title—and her team’s—was etched in stone. Duke coach Dan Brooks said he knew Nirapathpongporn could make a run at the individual title. But he added that other Duke athletes could just as easily have assumed that role. “I knew Candy [Hannemann] and Leigh Anne [Hardin] could be there,” he said. “I knew we had someone who could come down and win this thing.” It is the second time this season that Nirapathpongporn has captured top individual honors at a tournament. She also won the Bryan National Collegiate tournament in early April.

“I just kept going,” Nirapathpongporn

said, “playing my game.” Many observers, including her coach, characterize her as emotionless on the course. “She’s a real team player,” Brooks said. “You can’t tell if she’s had a real tough day.” During the week, Nirapathpongporn was a model of consistency, scoring at par or below each day. “The whole way I just kept thinking... keep going for it,” she said. “It might come down to a shot, two shots.” Brooks said he enjoyed the opportunity to coach her and her teammates. “It’s pretty neat to be involved with people like this,” he said. “You get the icing and the cake with these kids.” Nirapathpongporn said she planned on returning to Duke for two more years to golf with Brooks and the team. But no matter how successful those years may be, this moment will be hard to top. “I dreamed of winning this thing,” she said. “And it came true.”

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dominating performance. Duke finally broke the shutout with a run in the ninth when third baseman Grant Stanley’s sacrifice fly brought home sophomore Bryan Smith, but the Blue Devils’ comeback effort was too little too late. After beginning the season 147, with high hopes for a success against its conference rivals, the Blue Devils won 10 of their final 37 games, and finished the season 24-34.

2002 base6 The ball season came Duke 1 to an end for Duke last Thursday afternoon, when a 6-1 defeat at the hands of No. 7 Georgia Tech eliminated the Blue Devils from the ACC Tournament. After nearly upsetting top-ranked Florida State the day before, Duke never challenged the powerful Yellow Jackets (4513), who jumped out to a commanding lead with four runs in the opening inning. Left fielder Matt Murton’s three-run homer provided more than enough run support for starter Kyle Schmidt, who held the Blue Devils scoreless with eight strong innings of work. Schmidt scattered just six hits, while striking out nine in a Ga. Tech

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Nevertheless, coach Bill Hillier complemented his squad’s perseverance through a difficult, injury

plagued campaign. “We fought through a lot of adversity this season, but never gave up,” he said. “The guys stayed JANE HETHERINGTON/THE CHRONICLE positive and kept battling. A lot of THE BASEBALL TEAM lost to GeorgiaTech 6-1. players stepped up.”

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HILLARY ADAMS and Kelly McCain lost in the NCAA doublestournament’s quarterfinals

The men’s and women’s tennis teams saw their respective top doubles pairs compete deep into the NCAA doubles tournament last week. The men’s team of Phillip King and Michael Yani streaked impressively into the semifinals, but fell Monday to the second-seeded Stanford duo of David Martin and Scott Lipsky in straight sets 7-6, 6-3. King and Yani earned the semifinal spot with a comeback 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over San Diego State’s Oliver Maiberger and Ryan Redondo. The Blue Devil tandem’s successful tournament run was a surprise, as both players lost in the early rounds of singles play. While Yani bowed out in the first, King lost in the second round, to Miami’s Todd Widom, 6-2, 6-3. The women’s doubles team of Kelly McCain and Hillary Adams bowed out of tournament play a round earlier, falling to UCLA’s Lauren Fisher and Megan Bradley in the quarterfinals. The 26thranked doubles pair lost the opening set in a tiebreak to their Bruin counterparts, and after battling back to force a third set, ultimately fell 76, 4-6, 6-2. McCain and Adams scored a significant victory in the second round, as they upset a second-seeded Wake Forest duo that featured the powerful Bea Bielik, this year’s individual NCAA singles champion.

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How many times do you think the offsides rule was explained? 80? It’s becoming painful to watch a game. ABC decided that Eric Dickerson was an ideal choice for its sideline reporter during Monday Night Football.

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Bulls win second straight with victory vs. Scranton From wire reports Bulls 7 SCRANTON, Pa.— Sal

Fasano homered twice Red Barons 1 and Luis De Los Santos threw five scoreless innings to lead the Durham Bulls to a 7-1 victory over the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. Fasano hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and led off the eighth with his sixth longball of the season. De Los Santos yielded a hit, issued four walks and struck out three for the win. Emil Brown added a pair of RBI for Durham, which has won four of its last six. Jason Jimenez allowed a hit and struck out two over 1 1/3 innings for his second save. Dave Hollins homered for Scranton, which has lost four of its last five. Eric Junge surrendered four runs and eight hits, striking out five and walking two, in five innings for the loss.

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SCRANTON, Pa. Steve Agosto tossed eight shutout innings and Andy JANE HETHERINGTON/THE CHRONICLE Sheets homered and drove in three JASON ready on the mound STANDRIDGE gets runs to give Durham a 4-1 triumph recent Durham Bulls game before a over the Red Barons. retired Agosto, who 19 of the 20 batters he faced between the second and May 27: Red Wings 4, Bulls 1 eighth frames, scattered four hits, did John Stephens pitched seven scorenot issue a walk and struck out less innings to lead the five to earn the win. Rochester Red Wings to a 4-1 Sheets hit a solo shot in the win over the Bulls, fourth inning for just his second Stephens scattered seven longball in his last 29 games and hits, with one walk and three laced a two-run triple in the strikeouts, to pick up the viesixth to supply Durham with a Jj tory. Rafael Pina gained his 3-0 lead. Andy Beinbrink made second save with a scoreless ninth inning, his first-ever Class AAA appearBULLS ance and went 2-for-4 with an MfjTFßniw Mike Moriarty gave the Red NUIrJSUUK RBI for the Bulls, who improved Wings the lead with a two-run to 15-14 on the road double in the third inning. He later Johnny Estrada went 2-for-4 with a scored on a single by Larry Bigbie. double and an RBI in the loss for Moriarty added a solo homer in the sevScranton, which still leads the season enth to complete the Rochester scoring. series by a count of 3-2. JeffD’Amico (1Carlos Chantres was the losing 4) surrendered three runs and eight pitcher after giving up three runs and hits, striking out six batters, in six four hits over six innings with four walks and three strikeouts. innings for the loss. "

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TORONTO When the crowd fell silent, Leafs 1 Martin Gelinas knew he had scored the biggest goal of his career, sending the Carolina Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup finals. Deflecting Josef Vasicek’s hard centering pass into the net 8:05 into overtime, Gelinas lifted Carolina to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night, clinching the franchise’s first NHL Eastern Conference finals, in six games. “I saw it go in, but I had to double-look to make sure,” Gelinas said. “But when I saw everybody jumping on the ice, and the building got a little silent, I knew.” It was a fitting goal, coming from a grinder of a player, symbolizing the determined effort the Hurricanes have showed all postseason. “Rightfully so, at the end of the day,” Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice said. “It ’Canes

was appropriate that one of those guys scores that goal. ...It’s never the guys that you think. It’s appropriate for Marty. He’s worked so hard. He deserves a little sunshine.” Jeff O’Neill also scored for the

Hurricanes, while Arturs Irbe stopped 35 shots, as Carolina improved to 6-1 in overtime games this postseason. The outcome was eerily familiar of Carolina’s 2-1 overtime victory in Game 2, in which the Leafs forced

overtime on Alyn McCauley’s goal in the waning seconds. This time it was Leafs captain Mats Sundin who provided his team brief hope, tying the game with 21.8 seconds remaining. Carolina will open the finals on the road. Defending champion Colorado leads Detroit three games to two in the Western Conference finals. The Hurricanes beat the Maple Leafs See ’CANES on page 15

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zone, I’ve had enough. I’m not saying that announcing is the easiest job in the world—watching two mediocre teams spend three hours

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Restorative Yoga for cancer patients, family members and caregivers. Every Thursday from 6:00-7:30 pm, at the Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 111 Cloister Ct., Ste 220, Overlook Building in Chapel Hill. For more information call 4019333 or see the web site at www.cornueopiahouse.org.

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Summer Festival of Music: Ciompi Quartet with Italian pianist Epifanio Comis. Music includes String Quartet No. 2 by James Bolle, a world premiere; Sonata in B Minor by Liszt: and Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. The North Carolina Returned Peace 44 by Robert Schumann. For information, Corps Volunteers invite prospective and call 684-2323. 8:00 pm, Reynolds Theater, returned Peace Corps volunteers and their Bryan Center, West Campus. friends and family to join in the monthly Durham gathering at Satisfaction in Friday Brightleaf Square. This gathering will take International Coffee Connection: Fridays, place Thursday, May 30th at 5:30 pm. ;15 pm, Duke Chapel Lounge. Noon-1 12 more informasee there! For you Hope to tion call 361-9770 or 403-2684.

Jumah (Muslim Community Prayer). Medical Center Chapel/Mosque, Duke Hospital. 1:15 pm. to 2:00 pm. For more information, call Dr. Sameer Ahmad, 970-0225.

Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer Support Group for cancer patients, family members and caregivers. Every, Friday from 3:00-4:30 pm, at the Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 111 Cloister Ct M Ste 220, Overlook Building in Chapel Hill. For more information call 401-9333 or see the web site at www.cornucopiahouse.org.

“Eno River Paintings,” an exhibition in oils, acrylics and watercolors, by Jennifer E. Miller, at the Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, at 102 West King Street, upstairs over Tupelo’s Restaurant,across from the old courthouse in downtown Hillsborough. Friday, May 31, 6:00-9:00 pm.

Saturday Teer House: Infant/Child CPR and Safety. Fee. To register, call 416-3853 or 1 888-ASK-DUKE (275-3853) 9:00 am, 4019 N. Roxboro Road. Summer Festival of Music: Ciompi Quartet with guest conductor Octav Calleya and pianist Epifanio Comis. Program includes La Dea Bianca for String Orchestra by G. Cantone; Piano Concerto No. 1 by Shostakovich: Serande for Strings by Tchaikovsky; Introduction and Allegro for Quartet and String Orchestra by Elgar. For information, call 684-2323. 8:00 pm, Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.

Sunday Weekly gathering of Falun Dafa voluntary teaching and practice of the five sets of physical exercise. South lawn of the Duke Gardens. 8:30 am to 11:30 am. site; Web

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The Chronicle Residential challenges

just a few months, the University’s plans for overhauling residential life will take full effect, and among the much-discussed changes, such as moving all sophomores to West Campus, will be nine new neighbors for undergraduates. The newly created residence coordinators, of whom there will be six on West Campus and three on East, have so far flown below most students’ radar screens. This is unfortunate, because although many students might not realize it yet, RCs have as much potential as any other recent change to affect the undergraduate experience. Moreover, students need to demand answers to some lingering questions about the role of RCs, RCs have great potential to affect life positively in their respective quads, beginning with the effective organization of campus and quad programming and services. The need for this type of structure has been apparent for years as quad and house councils, residential advisors and administrators have proved incapable oforganizing everything from barbecues to student-faculty discussions. With each RC living among students and assigned to a quad, they could finally fill this glaring gap. In addition, they could help implement the services—including writing help and career planning—that administrators plan to add to quads. The challenge now is to create programming that is creative, innovative and fun enough to attract students. Creating such programming is no small task, but one has to wonder if it can really fill the waking hours of an RC. Indeed, students should be very worried about how RCs will fill their days. Many students have rightfully grown weary of the administration, particularly Student Affairs, involving itself in their lives in loco parentis. If past experience is any guide, it is possible, even likely, that RCs will overstep their roles and begin enforcing University rules; officials have already said they will involve RCs in judicial enforcement. In advance of the fall, administrators need to develop a more thought-out, written document outlining the expectations and guidelines of RCs. Nor does it help that all nine RCs seem to be cut from the same cloth—that is, student affairs deans in the making. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta originally set as a goal to have only half of the new positions go to those along a student affairs career path, with the other half being filled by English post-docs, Peace Corps veterans or those with more varied interests. The nine RCs hired this month may be well-qualified, and the racial, ethnic and sexual orientation diversity of the group should be applauded, but they do not seem to offer quite the diversity of outlook that Moneta promised. The continued existence of the area coordinator —now “graduate assistant” —level of housing advising is also troubling. RCs will work full-time for Student Affairs, and each RC will have a staff of RAs to help them. Keeping GAs seems like a wasteful expense meant to subsidize graduate and professional students. If administrators are only keeping them as a subsidy, they might as well use the money for actual academic grants. When RCs settle in this fall, students should welcome their presence, but they should also keep a skeptical eye on a growing bureaucracy.

The Chronicle DAVE INGRAM. Editor KEVIN LEES, Managing Editor WHITNEY BECKETT. University Editor ALEX GARINGER, University Editor KENNETH REINKER, Editorial Page Editor PAUL DORAN, Sports Editor JONATHAN ANGIER, General Manager JENNIFER SONG, Senior Editor MATT BRUMM, Senior Editor JANE HETHERINGTON, Photography Editor REBECCA SUN, Projects Editor RUTH CARLITZ, City & State Editor RYAN WILLIAMS, City & Slate Editor BECKY YOUNG, Features Editor MIKE MILLER, Health & Science Editor MEG LAWSON, Recess Editor GREG VEIS, Recess Editor MATT ATWOOD, TowerView Editor JODI SAROWITZ, TowerView Managing Editor JOHN BUSH. Online Editor BRIAN MORRAY, Graphics Editor ROBERT TAL Sports Photography Editor TYLER ROSEN, Sports Managing Editor AMI PATEL, Wire Editor KIRA ROSOFF, Wire Editor MOLLY JACOBS, Sr. Assoc. Features Editor MELISSA SOUCY, Sr. Assoc. City & Slate Editor NADINE OOSMANALLY, Sr. Assoc. University Editor EVAN DAVIS, Sr. Assoc. Sports Editor MATT KLEIN, Sr. Assoc. Photography Editor ANDREA OLAND, Sr. Assoc. Photography Editor THAI) PARSONS. Sr. Assoc. Photography Editor SETH LANKFORD. Online Manager ALISE EDWARDS. Creative Services Manager RACHEL CLAREMON, Creative Services Manager SUE NEWSOME, Advertising Director CATHERINE MARTIN, Supplements Coordinator BARBARA STARBUCK, Production Manager MARY WEAVER. Operations Manager NALINI MILNE, Advertising Office Manager The Chronicle is published by the Duke Student Publishing Company. Inc., a non-profit corporation independent of Duke University. The opinions expressed in this newspaper arc not necessarily those of Duke University, its students, faculty, staff, administration or trustees. Unsigned editorials represent the majority view of the editorial board. Columns, letters and cartoons represent the views of the authors. Toreach the Editorial Office (newsroom) at 301 Flowers Building, call 684-2663 or fax 684-4696. Toreach the Business Office at 103 West Union Building, call 684-3811. To reach the Advertising Office at 101 West Union Building call 684-3811 or fax 684-8295. Visit The Chronicle Online at http://www.chronicle.duke.edu. © 2002 The Chronicle. Box 90858, Durham. N.C. 27708. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior, written permission of the Business Office. Each individual is entitled to one free copy.

Letters to

the editor

Bush must end harmful, antiquated Cuban embargo President George W. Bush’s recent decision to continue the U.S.’s embargo on Cuba is hypocritical and misguided. Although the renewal of mail service to Cuba and creation of scholarships for study in Cuba are positive steps forward, Bush must go further and end this oppressive and outdated policy. During the presidential campaign, Bush argued, “As we export American goods and services into China, we will export American values, especially freedom,” Yet Bush

claimed, “Trade with Cuba will merely enrich Fidel Castro and his cronies.” This double standard is troubling. The requirements Bush has established to end sanctions are noble, yet we’ve conveniently overlooked them for the Saudi monarchy, communist China, and

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friends in Pakistan. With a 40-year vendetta against the Cuban government, the president has reverted to “big government” limiting where tactics, Americans can travel and

spend money. The embargo, which has not and will not bring Castro down, only hurts Cubans without access to dollars. Bush cites a “bankrupt ideology” for bringing Cubans “nothing but isolation and misery.” Yet this isolation and misery has been ingrained by U.S. foreign policy. As Americans question why others despise our country, let us look toward our outdated policies to find answers. Rick Garcia Trinity ’O4

‘The bells of the free market’ should ring in Cuba To understand why the federal government maintains trade sanctions on Cuba, we must understand how the embargo began. As part of America’s Communist containment policy after World War 11, the United States viewed attacking the economic backbone of the Red regimes as the best means for effecting change. Limiting trade with communist nations hurt their fledgling economies and brought about a propensity for capitalism. But that was then. Today, the United States is wrong to continue the trade embargo on Cuba that originally passed in order to contain the of communism. spread Communism is not a threat in today’s international political arena. In recent weeks, the Bush administration has been giving Castro fundamentally flawed political ultimatums.

These tactics are much like trying to cut down a tree by slowly plucking away each of its leaves. In order to truly foster a change in Cuba’s tyrannical regime and eventually the elimination of communism from the Western hemisphere,

the U.S. government should lift the trade embargo, exposing all Cubans to the virtues ofthe free market. Because of capitalist

our

society,

American imports will be cheaper than the inefficiently made, Communist-manufactured Cuban goods. As a result, living standards will rise for the Cuban people. With higher living standards because of capitalist interactions and with the taste of the free market still fresh in the mouths ofmillions of Cubans, an economic uprising will take place. This will finally achieve the goals set

forth by the United States over 40 years ago. Evidence of this can be seen in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the World Trade Organization and other free

trade blocs, where once-backward economies such as China increased their efficiency by opening their borders to free trade. Communism is an economic system that must be fought with the weapons of capitalism. If the government cares about the living conditions of the oppressed Cubans and the living conditions ofAmericans at home, since Cuba could potentially be a large market for American farmers, it should lift the trade embargo, helping Cuba’s dire economic situation by letting the bells of the free market ring.

Neil Shenai Pittsford, N.Y.

Housing situation unfairly scatters juniors, seniors We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to

the rising sophomores quoted in the April 19 article about reassignment. To have a on Kilgo small room Quadrangle—the quad that will be remodeled and equipped with air conditioning this summer, the quad that is closest to the Bryan Center, Perkins Library and the academic buildings—truly is a horrible fate. Yet many rising juniors and seniors would gladly sacrifice

their first-born children to have that fate. The statistics accompanying that article spell out exactly what everyone has been complaining about for months: To house every sophomore on West Campus, independent juniors and seniors

tionate as these numbers are, the reality is worse. Dozens of the juniors living on “West” will be living in Edens, and not one independent junior male will be living in the West-Edens Link or on Main West. The majority of our class will be living on Central Campus or off-campus, Many of these juniors lived in Edens or Trent this year; they have yet to live in the Gothic Wonderland so prominently featured in the Duke viewbook. And if the housing administration reinstates in-house picks, as has been suggested, they might not even have that experience during their senior year. Our class is not unique; every junior class will be similarly scattered. Rising juniors and seniors will move off-campus to avoid dealing with this mess. As they have already begun to do, they will

will be forced to live somewhere else. As rising juniors, we know that as disproporfor referenced story, see http:!

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rush selective living groups just to be guaranteed hous-

ing on West. The housing

administration has already stated they do not want to see these trends, yet the new housing plan promotes their development. Build sophomore community in Edens. Or if sophomores must be spread throughout West, link the largest freshman dorms to Edens and the smallest to the WEL. Let selective groups live on Central. Do something so that juniors and seniors can live where they want. Gloria

Borges

Trinity ’O4

Katie Newmark Trinity ’O4

Will Palmeri Trinity ’O4

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“Were not going to he going after those who are six, seven, eight or even 10 miles above the speed limit But we will be ticketing those grossly violating the speed limit ”

Clarence Birkhead, Duke University police chief on the department’s new radar (see story, page one)

Commentary

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You’re out of touch baby, stay out of tune The Rolling Stones, Stars Wars and the pimping of your memories

And so the Rolling Stones, once the stirring loins ot rock and roll, now a hairy melanoma on its haggard face, announce yet another

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hi tell which is the louder JRHpML response the collec- wsr tiye groan from rock critics and hipsters, or w the swishmg of the kadGreg of jilhons dollars Bloom shucked over by Boomers who can easily afford the $lOa-song premium to hear Satisfaction churned out once more. There’s always weak hope that one of these days Mick will cough up some dignity and let the beast die this is, after all, a band that rocked hard for eight years and then sucked hard for 30. But why should he quit? You got an oil well, you mine that puppy. I’ll ’fess, I once went to a Stones show and was highly entertained, but it was more like watching an operatic music video than a rock concert. Afterward, I felt a little cheap—and a good amount poorer. Prostitutes just run a business; the shame, if it falls, falls on their willing johns. More than just my own shame, I was inwardly shocked at my father’s willingness to re-proclaim those geriatrics as the World’s Greatest Rock And Roll Band. Didn’t he care that they were exploiting his fondest memories of youth, turning something once fierce into farce? Well, I shrugged, it’s his memories being sponsored by Sprint, not mine. I chalked it up to the utter failure of the Woodstock generation to retain its integrity. Now, my g-g-generation never had any integrity; Woodstock 3 doesn’t stand as our Altamont, because “Break Shit” was always closer to our motto than “Peace and Love.” But I wasn’t prepared to have my own memories raped, not yet. ,

So I can’t help feeling a deep shame at being entertained by Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. I walked out relieved that it was nowhere near as bad as some shrill

first, a raunchy and gaunt Narcissus who stared at the pond of celebrity and froze into grotesquerie; the latter, an ambitious dreamer who made his fantasy come to life, only to be compelled by critics said. (Salon’s Stephanie his ego to soil the masterpiece after the Zacharek claims that she almost liter- fact. The only problem with these ally ran from the theater). But at what tragedies is that they still get rich, and price comes this entertainment? we come out feeling like the victims! I realized shortly afterward that I Is it selfish to cling so stubbornly to enjoyed Attack of the Clones only our memories, to feel outrage as the because the traumatic shock of the cum- dark iconic power of Darth Vader’s bersome Episode I had so numbed all head is swiftly replaced by the grinconnection to the original trilogy. These ning fool face of Jar Jar Binks? movies are Star Wars only in name, not Perhaps it is just foolish to expect betin spirit. With the promise of a won- ter. The two biggest blockbusters of the drous reawakening to childhood fantasy last six months, Spiderman and Lord already broken, Episode II plays like a of the Rings, gained near-unanimous— clumsy but devoted piece of fan fiction— and well-deserved—praise, just for not made without the original spark of dropping the ball. They couldn’t have mythical cinematic inspiration, by fan- given us any more because they boys and for fanboys. And as a fanboy— already belong to us in a form purer rather than a regular, wide-eyed boy— than any elaborate stage design. All it’s fun. Kinda. they could do was pay a loving and Yeah, we’ll bite, but damn George Lucas and his cursed baited hook, There’s no law against making mediocre movies, but if there were any justice in this world then he would be hunted down, encased in carbonite and hung on display in Planet Hollywood for all eternity. Direct comparisons are almost too painful to make. Think of The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars’ Exile on Main Street ). A prickly and charged romance blossoms between Han Solo and Princess Leia, amid interplanetary chases and asteroid fields; on the other hand, Attack of the Clones’ lovebirds eye each other like dorks at a middle school dance, set against the beatific backdrop

dutiful tribute, and we can be thankful for that much. So the line between reverence and hackdom is thin and wavering, and pop culture cannibalism has no capacity to distinguish between the two—we knew that already. But with Scooby Doo squatting to drop a turd this summer, and rumors of Goonies 2, Ferris Bueller 2, and Indiana Jones 4 being tossed around, it looks like things are getting desperate. By now I’m almost glad that half of the Beatles have passed; at least we’re safe from the terror that a reunion tour led by Paul could wreak. This is sensitive stuff being trampled on in hi-tech multiplexes and stadiums! As we get older, slack, and dulled, we shouldn’t have to see our cherished fantasies suffer the same fate. But we will, shameful johns that we are. We’ll keep going back GregBloom is a Trinity senior and senior

editor of Recess.

of a genital herpes commercial. It’s like putting on Voodoo Lounge after listening to Sticky Fingers. Gone is the raw mythic power, the thrilling and dangerous promise of youth, dagger and Lucas have made themselves into tragic modern myths. The

Don’t mess with Texans Hi, my name is Whitney and I’m a... Texan. “Welcome, Whitney,” they say as I pick up my two-year chip. That is not all, I continue. I’m one 0f... those. [A collective gasp and clucking ofcheeks from the crowd]. Yes, I had never flown a Texan flag, purposefully drawled Vail” or owned more than a grand total of one W| pair of cowboys boots before I got to college—l bought more pairs of red stiletJKLd v tos last season, for God’s sake. Yet, I get Whitney here, buy a cowboy hat, blast Tim Beckett McGraw and begin to reminisce inces santly of the summer I was forced to ride horses at camp. [They are shaking their heads; they know my type.] I did stop short, though, of hanging a huge Texas flag over my bed, the cowgirl variation of mirror-on-the-ceiling. Sometimes being a dislocated Texan requires an imaginary support group. I fill mine with people from New Jersey who act like they are from Philly and people from Ohio who have no cool place within 200 miles to pretend like they are from. These people benefit most from those who actually seem to like where they are from. Texans are renowned for state pride as big as a Fort Worth society woman’s hair. Simply saying you are from Texas evokes “understanding” from people—well, that or “maybe if I nod and look impressed, I will be spared the Dubya-is-God speech.”Regardless, we Texans feel a moral obligation to uphold these expectations. This hits at the very root of the Texas pride epidemic. I am betraying a sacred secret in revealing this ugly truth. No one wants to admit that the cool club we are part of would not be that much more exciting than the Maryland club. But it is time the truth came out. Texas pride is something largely unique to Texans who have left Texas. In Texas itself few people go around flying

flags, saying “damn Yankees” or doing half the other asinine things that we all so proudly do here. The problem is this: The outside world anticipates that you will be very Texan—they want this, maybe even need it, the same way George Dubya needs Osama to be evil, plain and simple. And Texans, being the good Southern Baptists that we are, want to help you. When I got to Duke, I did my part. I did my best Tammy Fae Baker voice, blew out my salon-blond hair daily and said Texas with a flash of pearly teeth as if it was some sort of shocking conversation-stopper every time someone asked where I was from. I was like a Southern, female Jim Carrey. At home, on the other hand, I bitched that the guys I dated used dip (one thing that thankfully does not mosey north of Lubbock), complained when I had to leap into pick-up trucks towering five feet above the ground, and generally saved country music stations as the last resort button on the radio. A friend from home who came to Duke this year serves as a better example than I do. Let’s call him el Tejano Falso to protect his reputation. At Duke, he has longhorns connected to his loft, an old Texas flag framed over his bed, always wears boots and drives a pickup truck that could swallow several lacrosse players. Yet in high school, el Falso did manly Texan things like wear Liz Claiborne suits to school daily and drive a tiny red Datson that his head stuck out of like a caricature. Loyalists of the Texans at Duke club seem to be suffering from these same self-delusions. I cannot imagine that the girl who wore the shirt made of a Texas flag at the first meeting would possibly show her face in that at home. Forging a bond with people to whom you would never talk if you did not live in the same 30,000 squarefoot state is more nauseating than consuming a full ’Dillo meal. It would be one thing if the club involved

shared interests like hosting a Willie Nelson concert or attending the Duke v. University of Texas games. But it is entirely another when the club’s focus is to show that Texans do things people from Vermont don’t. Not that this is altogether bad. For the rest of my life, I will have a stock cocktail conversation that must beat, “Yes, Wisconsin makes a great cheese, you know.” The only thing actually separating Texans from those who do not live in a state that repeatedly declares its independence is the perception that we are different. But, as my U.S. History teacher Mr. Boggs used to say, perception is more important than reality. Of course, he also said that Jimmy Carter had a remarkable presidency. The only truly Texan Texans either are from an older generation, when scars of the CivilWar were fresher and less Floridians migrated there each year, or from small towns in east or west Texas. My mom, for example, grew up in Waco as the daughter of “the hanging judge,” competed in rodeos on the weekends and was crowned Miss Texas Young Republican in a beauty contest. Yes, I’m related to this. Once upon a time she was Texan. She is what we all pretend to be when we hang Texas flags. There are people from towns made strictly of oil and dust with populations not tipping four digits who plan to name their daughters Faith and their sons Robert Earl. These people do not go to Duke. Those of us with Texas flags and cowboy hats at Shooter’s reek of faux-Texan. But that is okay. The fact that we are not bom with Texas pride make it no less funny to those from Long Island. And it makes it no less comforting for a freshman to be able to instantly identify with people they meet, because, hell, we all hate Aggies.

Whitney Beckett is a Trinity junior, University editor of The Chronicle, and an Austin native.

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