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DSG postpones runoff plan By MOLLY NICHOLSON The Chronicle

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DAVID MARKS, A JUNIOR, studies in Rick’s Diner Tuesday. After opening last fall, the 24-hour diner has drawn students from across campus to an area of campus that previously did not have its own dining facilities.

New campus eateries maintain success By MEGAN CARROLL The Chronicle

Club sandwiches, biscuits ’n’ gravy, gingerbread lattes and Swiss chocolates have all become necessary items in students’ diets this year with the opening of Rick’s Diner and the Blue Devil Beanery, and the new eateries have shown

they are here to stay. Even though the early going was rough for these two locations—Rick’s unexpectedly, yet temporarily, closed three days after opening and the Bean-

ery experienced other early troubles—they have flourished since the beginning of the year. Rick Lynch, Rick’s Diner and Catering owner, said the two businesses are more successful than he had ever imagined. “We serve on average about 600 [people] in the restaurant and about the same at the coffee shop,” Lynch said.

“We’re real pleased with the amount of activity we’ve had, and the response from the students and Duke University

Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said Rick’s is more successful than he thought it would be and said he is approaching their upcoming contract talks optimistically. He also called Lynch a good business partner who listens to the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. “Rick has been responsive... [andl is taking suggestions to heart,” Wulforst said. “Who would have ever thought

as a whole.”

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With less than one week to implement a new voting system for the upcoming Duke Student Government executive elections, members have decided to postpone any major changes until next year. Instead, presidential candidates will need a plurality by 10 percent, increased from the usual 6 percent plurality, to win. DSG legislators narrowly approved an amendment to the election bylaw two weeks ago that would require a majority vote for a candidate to win the presidency and Instant Runoff Voting. That system would have had students rank the presidential candidates according to preference. Using those rankings, IRV would have redistributed votes—beginning with the candidate with the least votes—until a candidate earned a majority. However, after consulting the Office of Information and Technology, DSG officials decided there was not enough time to implement IRV for the execu-

tive elections Tuesday. “I’m really glad with the decision because I was tentative from the beginning,” said DSG Attorney General William Fagan, a senior who will overSee DSG ELECTIONS on page 8

Campaigning from L.A., Sacks envisions active campus This is the third story in a five-part series profiling this year’s candidates for Duke Student Government president. By SEEMA KAKAD and KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

Mike Sacks wants to be a rock star. He’s studying in Los Angeles this semester, working at Interscope Records as director of publicity for Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst. He plays bass guitar in a band and has written music since discovering his love of it as a child. He also has three goals for Jr *

next year—two ofwhich revolve f around music. A “I want to find a girl who likes the rock and roll, get a recording contract and change Duke’s climate for the better,” he said. Sacks, by the way, is also running for Duke Student Government president on an unconventional platform striving to revolutionize the campus climate. “Duke is so type-A. It needs to chill out,” said Sacks, calling the campus a nimbus ofapathy. In fact, his slogan is “F-ck Apathy.” Sacks, who until this semester served as Class 0f2004 president, hopes to take advantage of the new quadbased residential structure to boost campus activity.

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As vice president of Bassett Dormitory’s house council his freshman year, he brought baby pools and watermelons to East Campus. He further boasts that before arriving on campus, he organized an e-mail list of Class of 2004 members—a list that has become institutionalized for incoming freshmen ever since. This year, he used class funds to pre-pay vendors—from Wimpy’s Grill to Vertical Edge rock climbing—and printed stickers for juniors’ DukeCards so they could get discounts at those venues. “I want to bring something to students on every7 nice day, have some sort of student group in their quads, shoving it down their throats that there’s something to do,” he said—pointing to everything from step shows to a capella concerts. “The same time, same place, every7 week,, until students see it, respect it, recognize it .and accept it Sacks said, slamming his fist on the table at every7 point, in a rage of excitement. The challenge for Sacks is to convey that enthusiasm from 3,000 miles away; no candidate has ever successfully run for president from another campus* Sophomore Margaret Mash, his campaign manager, has taken a prominent campus role, filling in for Sacks during the campaign and communicating his ideas to students.

this week that the situation of Jesica Santillan has had minimal impact on organ donations so far. See page 4

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MIKE SACKS hopes to use his experience in organizing Class of 2004 events to encourage more student interaction.

Randall Robinson, an author, lawyer and civil rights activist, spoke Tuesday in what organizers of Black History Month called a keynote event. See page 5

The University's new website, which officials said is easier to navigate than the former one, was unveiled Tuesday after a month of feedback from the public. See page 6

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World NEWS BRIEFS �

U.S. helicopter goes down in Kuwaiti desert

A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter training in the Kuwaiti desert crashed Tuesday, killing all four crew members. The Kuwaiti military said sandstorms were reported in the area at the time the chopper crashed. •

Political bombings shake Venezuela

Powerful explosions outside two diplomatic offices shattered windows and nerves early Tuesday, leaving four people injured and many others uncertain about the odds for a peaceful solution to the political crisis. •

Panel challenges Bush’s energy plan

An expert panel reported that President George W. Bush’s proposed research plan on the risks of global warming “lacks most of the elements of a strategic plan” and will not succeed without greatly increased funding, which the administration has not sought. •

Police question R.l. night club entertainers

Prosecutors have subpoenaed members of the rock group Great White, who will appear before a grand jury investigating whether criminal charges should be filed in the nightclub inferno that killed 97 people. •

Unions at lowest membership in decades

Labor union membership has dropped to the lowest level in nearly two decades. Unions lost jobs in their traditional bases of manufacturing and steel just as fast as organizers could build new membership in areas such as health care. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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Court points to evidence of racial bias as motivation for death penalty decision By LINDA GREENHOUSE

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The Supreme WASHINGTON Court ordered a new hearing for a Texas death row inmate Tuesday in an 8-1 decision that warned the federal courts of appeals against shutting the door on state prisoners seeking constitutional challenges to their convictions or sentences. The surprisingly broad decision said that in order to gain a hearing, an inmate appealing a denial of habeas corpus need not present a winning case, but only a plausible one. This decision could have a substantial effect, reopening federal courthouse doors some appellate judges have closed through stringent

Court of Appeals misapplied both the facts and the law in refusing to permit the appeal, the justices said. The lone dissenter was Justice Clarence Thomas, who said Miller-El had not met even the relatively low threshold that the majority emphasized Tuesday. “The simple truth” is that proof ofracial bias is circumstantial at best, lacking “anything remotely resembling clear and convincing evidence of purposeful discrimination,” years ago. Without resolving the merits of Thomas said. The majority opinion instructed Miller-El’s discrimination case, the the appeals court, based in New Ormajority said Tuesday that in appealleans, to grant Miller-El the “certifiing the denial of his habeas corpus pehad evidence of cate of appealability’ necessary for presented tition, he bias substantial enough to entitle him See SUPREME COURT on page 7 to a hearing. The sth U.S. Circuit

interpretations of new limits on habeas corpus review Congress adopted in 1996. In an opinion issued by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court sharply criticized both the Texas courts and the lower federal courts for ignoring strong evidence ofracial bias in the selection ofthe nearly all-white jury that found a black Texas man, Thomas Miller-El, guilty of murder 17

Turkish leaders consent to U.S. bases firmed the American troop numbers, did not say when the legislature would vote on the resolution. But Tuesday there were growing signs of a revolt withTurkey’s government Tuesday ISTANBUL, Turkey in to as as the majority Justice and Development Party over almany 62,000 asked its national legislature allow U.S. military personnel into the country for up to six lowing Turkey to be used as a base for an possible Amerimonths for a possible attack on Iraq, Turkish officials said. can invasion. Several opposition deputies attended a The resolution, approved by the Turkish Cabinet Monday, legislative session wearing whiteribbons on their lapels as would also grant the Americans permission to base up to 255 a sign of opposition to war. The figures in the resolution are the most specific yet airplanes and 65 helicopters in the country for use against detailing the size of the force envisioned by the news released agency. Iraq, according to Anatolia, the state-run The measure also authorizes the dispatch of Turkish Americans for a possible northern front against Iraq. Some 80 American ships carrying equipment for the 4th troops into northern Iraq, although it specifies no numof Infantry Division are holding station off the Turkish is leaders by being bitterly resisted bers. The move Iraq’s Kurds, who fear Turkish designs to dominate the re- coast until agreement is final. gion in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. See TURKEY on page 8 Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin, who conBy DEXTER FILKINS

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Insider, outsider square off for F&A Snyderman This is the third story in a five-part series examining the races for Duke Student Government executive positions. By CHARLES MEHL and JENNIFER SONG The Chronicle

One’s an enterprising politician, one’s an ambitious environmentalist. Alex Niejelow, a junior political science major and current Duke Student Government legislator, and Kevin g. /K

Ogorzalek, a junior biological anthropology and anatomy major and Chronicle columnist, will go

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head to head for Top issues DSG vice president for facilities and athSafety, upcoming construction, parking and transportation letics in the March 4 executive elections. serves as a The committee liaison to various facilities management, transportation and auxiliary services departHometown: Schaunburg, 111. ments—many of which will be consolidated under the new Division of Year: junior Campus Services this summer. “[The transition] will definitely have Major: biological anthropology and anatomy, Minor: history to be dealt with with members of the new executive body. There’s been a lot of Previous leadership experience talk of restructuring,” said junior Clif2001-2003 Chronicle columnist ford Davison, current vice president for facilities and athletics. “The new VP 2000-2003 Environmental Alliance member Top issues will have to be very conscious about his goals in order to align them with a new Increased student interaction and an environmentaliy-friendly campus Campus Services director and how to structure input.” As a sophomore, Niejelow served on phones is important,” Niejelow said. “I tant problem that facilities and athletics the DSG Student Affairs Committee, propose we create a task force made up needs to address. He cited increased comand lost in his bid for vice president of of administrators, Duke police officers, munication and more effective oversight that committee. This year, as a member facilities and management leaders and as means to achieve these goals. student leaders to proactively discuss of the Facilities and Athletics CommitOgorzalek’s main goals include making the campus more environmentally tee, he has been the key force behind safety issues.” the reservation of a certain number of Additionally, he said deciding the fufriendly and gathering student input on ture of the student village is crucial to the planned villages for Central and West spaces in the new Bryan Center parking deck for undergraduate use. improving how student organizations campuses. “Student input does not stop He believes increased student and operate and how they communicate and with [Vice President for Student Affairs club interaction, expanded campus safeinteract with each other. Larry] Moneta and a survey. We need stuty measures and an improved transIn the area of transportation and dent input every step of the way and this portation department are the top priorparking, Niejelow plans to expand and can’t be left to a committee and one vice ities for next year. improve the SAFE Rides and Taxis on president,” Ogorzalek said. “There’s not “Increasing the presence of the Duke FLEX programs. He also pointed to irregSee F&A on page 7 police and the number of blue light ular parking lot schedules as an impor-

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From staff reports In a memo sent Monday to Duke Hospital staff, Health System Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ralph Snyderman defended the Hospital’s role in the Feb. 7 transplantation of a heart and lungs of the incorrect blood type into 17-year-old Jesica Santillan, an error that eventually cost the girl her life and attracted international attention to Duke. “In my view, the institution has been open,

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Arginine could treat malaria in children

The amino acid arginine could help treat children with the deadliest types of malaria, an international team of scientists, including Medical Center researchers, reported in the Feb. 22 issue of The Lancet. In a study of 75 African youths, the researchers found the children with the lowest levels of arginine suffered the most serious effects of malaria, which kills more than one million children annually. •

Neurologist studies brain connections

Reported in the March 2003 online version of Nature Neuroscience, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Dr. Michael Etilers has identified mechanisms governing how the brain builds and remodels its network of neuronal connections. The study focused on the “post-synaptic density"—the point of connection between individual neurons that receives chemical signals from its neighbors.

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the public that cerebral palsy results from lack of oxygen to a baby’s brain during labor and delivery, a new report says that birth asphyxia alone accounts for 10 percent of cases, at most. The vast majority of children who develop cerebral palsy experience prenatal problems —including maternal infections, clotting disorders and strokes—that damage the developing brain long before labor begins, reported a group of researchers at a press conference held by the New York division of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. •

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Tragedy publicizes organ donation need The Jesica Santillan ordeal has increased awareness of national organ shortage, experts say. By RYAN WILLIAMS The Chronicle

Jesica Santillan’s untimely death

has brought publicity to the organ donation process and may increase the number of organ donors nationwide, some organ procurement groups report. Although it is too early to obtain hard figures indicating an increase in organ donors, experts say the media attention surrounding the case could increase the donor pool. “The volume of phone calls we have been getting from people requesting donation information has significantly increased,” said Jane Corrado of Carolina Donor Services, a procurement organization that works to obtain transplantable organs. “I think it’s led to an increase in interest and people who want to become an organ donor in North Carolina.” a Gabrynowicz, Elisabeth spokesperson for the national organ procurement organization, United Network for Organ Sharing, agreed. “It’s safe to say that in general [Santillan has] raised awareness of the severe organ shortage in the United States,” Gabrynowicz said. She said there are about 80,000 patients waiting for organ transplants in the United States, and approximately 17 people die every day waiting on an organ. In contrast to Corrado and Gabrynowicz’s experiences, Debbie

Gibbs of the North Carolina Coalition on Donation said she has not noticed a substantial increase in individuals interested in organ donation due to the Santillan case. The process of transplantation begins when a patient who needs a new

organ is listed in a national database run by UNOS, along with the patient’s medical information. When an organ becomes available, a list of possible recipients is generated by the database to match a donor to a proper recipient. The list is ranked according to

medical and scientific criteria, including body size, how long the patient has waited, immunological status and urgency of need. Groups throughout North Carolina and the nation are working to increase the donor pool. Carolina Donor Services is the federally designated organ procurement organization for most of the state, serving 6.1 million people in

an area that includes 104 hospitals and four transplant centers that perform heart, lung, liver, kidney and

pancreas transplants. Bill Jones ofthe North Carolina De-

partment of Motor Vehicles, the department through which many motorists sign up to become donors, said it is too early to get a definite idea of how much of an increase in donors Santillan’s publicity will bring, since data has not been collected. Jones added that people often choose whether or not to be donors when they receive or periodically renew their liSee ORGANS on page 7

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Civil rights activist argues for reparations as remedy By CHRISTINA NG

he said, calling this problem America’s time bomb. “The worst crime you can commit to any human beSociety in America today is like a 100-yard dash in ings is to strip them of any memory of themselves and which two groups are running, said lawyer, lobbyist to lead them to believe they have no story,” said Robinand civil rights activist Randall Robinson. “One group son, the founder of TransAfrica, an advocacy group for runs, and the second group, you shoot them in the people of African descent. “Since no one knows [what knees and say, ‘Run! You can catch up!’ But you can has happened! for African Americans, they can’t exnever catch up because great crimes have never been plain their current condition. For white Americans, addressed,” he said. they can’t explain their current advantage [and so it The crime is 246 years of slavery that has yet to be ends up] explained in languages of racism.” remedied, said Robinson, the keynote speaker of the Robinson’s speech climaxed Duke’s celebration of Black History Month Celebration that culminated Black History Month, which included a week-long with last night’s event in Page Auditorium. The speech “Global Flows” conference on hip-hop culture. A Black was sponsored by the Black Student Alliance, the History Month Celebration was held Monday night Duke chapter of the National Association for the Adwith performances from United in Praise gospel choir vancement of Colored People and the Reginaldo and Dance Black, among other groups. Howard Scholars. Freshman Cherisse Cobrand, who attended the Robinson, author ofbooks including The Debt: What screening of Mississippi Burning, one of the weekly America Owes to Blacks, emphasized the need for Black History Month movies shown during the month reparations in his speech, stressing the need to remein Randolph Dormitory, suggested that the event exdy past errors as critical for society as a whole, not just pand next year. “It was great, but should be on a bigfor blacks. ger scale. It would have been better if it went school“When we talk of reparations, it’s not a measure wide and was held in Griffith theater,” she said. that puts checks and monies in the hand of those who Brandon Dorsey, a freshman, was one of the audiare descendants of slavery. We’re talking of a measure ence members of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity’s producthat helps the future of our society,” Robinson told the tion of the gameshow The Weakest Link—with quesaudience of about 150 to 200 people. “But when we tions about black history. don’t talk about this for so long, we are in danger of “It was very engaging and I learned a lot of things putting the whole society at risk.” about our history that I didn’t know before,” he said. With much criticism targeted at the United States, “But just like Randall Robinson said, it’s not possible Robinson demanded the government follow some of its or fair to push everything into a month and make it to own advice to other countries, apologize and award all the events. But there was definitely a lot to get reparations to the black population. “We said to the yourself involved in.” Germans that you can’t bury the horrors of the HoloBrandi Dumas, a senior and president of the Duke caust. The only way is to apologize, compromise and rechapter of the NAACP, was disappointed at the pair the victims. We’ve said it to the Armenians, the turnout at Robinson’s speech, but was pleased at the Koreans... to people all over the world,” Robinson said. caliber of questions asked by the audience. “I really “But we’ve never been able to say it to ourselves.” wish more people would have come out. But when The result of our society’s refusal to talk about our you get an academic, you’re not going to get a turnout like you would with someone from pop culhistory is a people who do not know who they are because they have forgotten who they were in the past, ture,” she said. The Chronicle

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University Assimilation, religion and American identity unveils new Religion scholar examines cultural landscape for Asian immigrants website

studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Asian Religions in America: A DocuHistory recommended mentary Lawrence’s book for all interpreters of

By ANNE BERRY The Chronicle

From staff reports

Duke rolled out its new look Tuesday with a redesigned homepage. The website, which Duke previewed for about a month before its debut, emphasizes what administrators called a richer, cleaner look designed to steer visitors more quickly to their destinations. “We started from scratch, trying to bring order to the mass of information that’s now on sites throughout the university,” said David Jarmul, associate vice president for public affairs and web pages. “It’s been like taking many decks of cards, throwing them on the table and then reorganizing them again and again until things make sense.” Jarmul, director of Duke News Service, was hired last year in large part to

As Islamic studies grows in popularity, a Duke professor’s recently published book approaches the subject from a new angle. In New Faiths, Old Fears: Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life, Professor of Religion Bruce Lawrence explores the difficulties Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants face while assimilating into

nology and content; great information that a person can’t locate is of little value. The better we are at collaborating between the technology and com-

American culture. The book actually began as a lecture. In 1999, Lawrence received the American Lectures on the History of Religion Lectureship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The recipient has one year to write a lecture on the topic of his choice, as long as the subject is original. For Lawrence, who enjoys exploring new issues, that requirement posed no problem. “One of the reasons I have remained an academic is that I really like to do things that are innovative, yet basic,” Lawrence said. “I like to touch on the basics of who people are, where they came from and how they feel.” Lawrence has published eight other books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Religion Online. Although many ofhis topics in the past focused on the history of the Muslim world, for this lecture, he chose an issue a bit closer to home, namely how immigrants adapt to a new culture while maintaining their

munications organizations, the more successful we’ll be at developing compelling Duke websites and projects.”

old values. In the book, Lawrence analyzes Asian immigrants in the United

begin working on a new philosophy for Duke’s web presence. Vice President for Information Technology Tracy Futhey, who came to Duke last spring, also worked heavily on the site’s creation. “The new Duke home page is just one of many Web efforts we’re working on together,” Futhey said. “Success on the Web today depends on both tech-

American religion. “Most observers of religion in the contemporary United States agree that the arrival of immigrants and refugees from Asia and Latin America has

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NEW FAITHS, OLD FEARS is one of several books that Professor of Religion Bruce Lawrence plans to publish in the next two years.

changed the American religious landscape,” Tweed said. “Lawrence’s book makes an especially significant contribution to the conversation about that cultural development since he highlights race and class.” In his analysis, Lawrence examines three areas—why the immigrants chose to migrate to largely populated urban areas, how the US. census groups certain immigrants as “Asian” and how this classification minimizes the ties to their country of origin. Finally, he looks at whether one’s sense of nationality changes with age. “Religion is not away to pigeonhole someone,” he said. “You can be very Muslim, but also be very American because you appreciate the freedom and opportunity of the country. Loyalty to one’s own background is an important

States from 1965 to the present, Asian, in this sense, defines immigrants from India, Pakistan, Iran and parts of the Arab world. part of being American.” “There have been many books pubAs the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus hulished about religions such as Islam manities professor ofreligion, Lawrence and Buddhism,” he said. “This book teaches courses such as Religions of deals with what happens to these Asia and Islamic Civilizations. Other groups when they become a part of than teaching, Lawrence is also an ordained Episcopal priest and anticipates American culture.” Thomas Tweed, a Zachary Smith the publication of three other books distinguished professor of religious within the next two years.

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ORGANS from page 4 cense—an activity independent of Santillan’s death. If there is a correlation between recent media attention and

growth in the donor pool, he said, it would probably present itself as a gradual increase over time rather than a sudden jump. Carolina Donor Services and the N.C. Coalition on Donation both sponsor educational programs. The Coalition on Donation is currently developing a curriculum about donation for North Carolina high school students,

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and works with the Department of Motor Vehicles to distribute brochures on the topic. North Carolina residents can become donors by indicating so on their driver’s license and signing a nationally-recognized “donor card,” downloadable on the UNOS website, or by expressing their wishes to family

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The North Carolina “Gift of Life Act,” passed in 1997, requires hospitals to notify organ procurement organizations of all deaths up to the age of 75 and allow the organizations to determine donation potential.

Protection Agency to fund the conversion of campus bus fuel to a cleaner grade. He also has lobbied to start an endowment to save the Primate Center. Ogorzalek lacks DSG experience but does not consider that a disadvantage.

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enough outreach [in facilities and athletics] and I think students don’t know what DSG does. We need to be sure that communication goes both ways.” A junior, Ogorzalek is a member of the Environmental Alliance and received a grant from the Environmental

mate whose habeas corpus petition fails at the U.S. District Court level cannot move up the appellate ladder without a “certificate of appealability.”

him to present to that court his constitutional challenge to the composition of his jury. The prosecution had used its peremptory strikes to remove 10 of 11 “Deciding the substance of an appeal in black potential jurors. what should only be a threshold inquiry While not resolving Miller-El’s particular case, the undermines the concept of a COA.” justices did something with potentially greater system-wide impact in warning the federal appeals courts Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy not to abdicate their responsibility to scrutinize statecourt criminal proceedings for constitutional error. Kennedy said that while it was true Congress had In a 2000 decision interpreting this prerequisite, rewritten the habeas corpus statute to require greater Slack vs. McDaniel, the Supreme Court had set a deference by federal judges to state-court determinarather low threshold for inmates to meet. They needed tions, “deference does not imply abandonment or abdionly demonstrate, the court said then, that the district cation of judicial review.” He added: “Deference does court had disposed of a substantial constitutional claim not by definition preclude relief.” in a manner that was open to disagreement among reaAs a formal legal matter, the case framed and ansonable judges. In other words, in order to be eligible to swered a single technical question: How are the federappeal, an inmate did not have to present a winning al appeals courts to exercise the gatekeeping function case but simply one that was arguably plausible. that Congress gave them in the 1996 law, the Anti-TerThe practice of the sth U.S. Circuit of Appeals, howrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act? ever, along with some other federal appellate circuits, The purpose of that law was to streamline the fedhas been to collapse into a single inquiry the appealaeral courts’ handling of habeas corpus petitions, bility issue and the actual merits of the appeal. That which are challenges to the constitutionality of a was what happened in Miller-El’s case and that was conviction or sentence. Under the 1996 law, an inthe error the court used his case to correct.

In denying the certificate of appealability in August 2001, the appeals court said that Miller-El had failed to demonstrate that the Texas courts’ earlier rejection of his appeal was both unreasonable and “contrary to clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court.” But that test was intendedfor the ultimate determination of a habeas corpus petition’s merits, not for the appealability stage, Kennedy said in his opinion, Miller-El vs. Cockrell, No. 01-7662. He said the certificate of appealability determination “is a separate proceeding, one distinct from the underlying merits.” Kennedy continued, referring to the certificate by its initials, COA: “The Court of Appeals should have inquired whether a ‘substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right’ had been proved. Deciding the substance of an appeal in what should only be a threshold inquiry undermines the concept of a COA. The question is the debatability of the underlying constitutional claim, not the resolution of that debate.” Lawyers who specialize in habeas corpus and the death penalty said Tuesday that the result of the decision would almost certainly be to grant more hearings to state inmates, both on and off death row. The court’s holding was not limited to death penalty cases, but could prove particularly significant in that context, according to Diann Rust-Tierney, director of the American CivilLiberties Union’s death penalty project.

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“I’m not here to push an agenda that I want—l’m not a politician. I’m a somewhat-frustrated student. I want to be sure DSG doesn’t just sit around and talk and not get things done,” he said. “I think not being in DSG helps. I don’t know other people’s agendas, so it’s as if I’m coming in with a fresh slate. I’m open to hearing other people’s ideas and I hope I’ll bring a new perspective.” Despite the diverse backgrounds of the two candidates, Davison believes both are qualified for the position. “One has worked within the structure of DSG, and one outside, but both have experience nevertheless,” Davison said.

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DSG ELECTIONS from page 1 see the March 4 executive elections. “My job is one of implementation and making sure that the election is an equitable process. It was way too close of a call to put it through. You have to do a lot on the programming side to make it look fairly simple on the interface side that the voter would see.”

The bylaw amendment included Fagan’s proposal to increase the required 6 percent plurality to a 10 percent plurality for a presidential candidate to win. All other executive candidates will still need a 6 percent plurality to win. Justin Ford, DSG executive vice president and a senior, originally proposed that a presidential candidate receive a majority or face a runoff with the next highest vote recipient. However, since no DSG president has ever received the majority vote, each election would likely have resulted in a runoff. With IRV, proposed by sophomore Ryan Kennedy to change Ford’s original amendment, a computer would conduct that runoff.

“It’s not opposition to the idea. It’s just wanting to make sure that we implement the technology correctly,” said Kennedy, who hopes to use IRV for the presidential election next year. In the future, though, Kennedy said he would consider proposing that all executive elections use IRV. Other universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Johns Hopkins, currently use that system in their student government elections. With the new 10 percent plurality, though, a presidential runoff may be more likely than in previous years. Current DSG President Joshua Jean-Baptiste won last year’s election by a 6.11 percent margin. Two years ago, C.J. Walsh, Trinity ’O2, won the presidency by a 6.8 percent margin. “I know that that increases the chances of a runoff, but I guess that’s what we have to deal with,” Fagan said, adding that a runoff was much less likely than under a required majority. In the case of such a runoff, the top two candidates will go head to head no more than five class days after March 4—potentially after Spring Break.

SACKS from page 1 “I’m pretty much trying to be him for the next three weeks,” she said. “And believe me, he is a machine. He will not stop until he gets what he wants.” Claiming that DSG needs a strong leader who is intolerant of politics and bureaucracy, it seems that at times, Sacks—a complete DSG outsider—is running more against the student government’s constitution than any of his four opponents. “DSG is a pre-political bureaucracy club, which does nothing and the biggest event of the year is some restructuring,” he said, decrying what he called petty

squabbles, legislative inaction and inefficiency. “I have

TURKEY from page 2 Turkish officials have already allowed some ships to begin unloading heavy equipment. In recent discussions, US. officials have spoken of a force of about 40,000 troops and support personnel. Asked about the Turkish figures, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declined to say Tuesday whether they reflected the size of the force envisioned by the Americans. In the event of war, U.S. officials have said they want to use Turkey as a staging ground for a possible attack across Iraq’s northern frontier, exposiing Iraq to a two-pronged assault. Turkish officials said they would wait until a final agreement was

reached with the Americans on all aspects of the operation before putting the resolution to a vote. Some senior officials predicted a vote in the legislature could come Thursday. In exchange for granting access, Turkey’s leaders have been seeking billions of dollars in economic aid to

little or no regard for a constitution that supports such bureaucracy.... The DSG constitution isn’t sacred to me.” The Yardley, Pa., native went to a private boarding school in Lawrenceville, N.J., and says he has always had a passion for stirring up the social climate. “I came in here all anti-frat,” he said. “I was prejudiced. I saw it as something I thought was evil.” Yet Sacks added that he’s found greeks have something to offer in campus social life and pointed to this year’s growing interaction among selective groups of different racial ethnicities. And despite grumbles that greek leaders are unenthusiastic about Sacks’ campaign, his supporters say he is almost infectiously commanding as a leader. “He’s likable, easy to work with and a pretty effec-

cushion against the likely economic shocks of war. In addition, the Turks seek American approval for a plan to send thousands of Turkish troops into northern Iraq to prevent the establishment of a Kurdish state. The negotiations between the Turks and the Americans continued, with one senior U.S. official, Marisa Lino, negotiating with Turkish officials until 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Robert Pearson, the U.S. ambassador, left the Turkish Ministry at 2 a.m., officials said. Both resumed negotiations in the afternoon. Ertugrul Yalcinbayir, one of three deputy prime ministers who is also a member of the legislature, indicated Tuesday that he would oppose granting access to U.S. troops. “If it is not approved, democracy would be strengthened,” Yalcinbayir said. He did not state explicitly how he intended to vote. Yalcinbayir’s remarks followed the meeting of the Turkish Cabinet Monday, when Prime MinisterAbdullah Gul ran into vigorous opposition from his closest supporters over the proposed agreement with the Americans.

tive communicator. He would do a good job,” said junior Gloria Borges, a Sacks supporter who assumed the 2004 class presidency this spring. “Mike’s [class council] has had a very organic feel to it. We all contributed and all of us were president in away.” Sacks may well have the charisma for it—back on campus for a weekend, he worked the tables at Alpine Bagels and Brews on a Friday afternoon, going out ofhis way during an interview to say hello to at least a dozen friends who reciprocated with hugs and welcomes. He claimed that he knows almost every member ofhis class and hoped juniors would push him over the top Tuesday. “DSG’s screaming for someone to turn it on its head,” he said. “Duke’s screaming for someone to turn it upside down and leave a lasting impact.”

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Lynch added that—unlike his customers in Rick’s Diner on University Drive—students order breakfast items, regardless of the time of day. “I was very surprised with what the students like.... We had to find the niche of goods that

students like,” Lynch said. “As the student life goes, they’re up at different hours of the day, so breakfast may be at three in the afternoon when they’re getting out of bed.” Junior Jeremy Snook agreed that waffles appeal to him at all hours ofthe day and said he enjoys Rick’s because it provides more homestyle meals. “I like breakfast food served all day,” said Snook, adding “We definitely needed something in this part of campus.” Leslie Grignolo, a sophomore, said she attributes the success of Rick’s and the Beanery to their respective locations. “I end up getting coffee and gum [at the Beanery] all the time,” said Grignolo, adding that she lives in Edens Quadrangle. “If I had to live in Edens without them, it’d be a lot worse.... I appreciate ' them, and I don’t think they should go anywhere.” Sophomore Vanda Chou, another Edens resident, said she did not know what she would do without the two eateries in such close proximity to her dorm room. She added students living in Edens last year had it much worse. “Did they starve?” Chou asked. Although most students said Rick’s food is generally quite greasy, others said that diner food is characterized by grease in general. “They have enough of a variety that you don’t have to get greasy burgers,” said Caitlin Hogan, a sophomore. “[But] burgers are usually greasy.”

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Duke heads to Atlanta to face Tech The men’s basketball team hopes to win its 12th straight game against the Yellow Jackets and its 1,700th game of all time. By JESSE COLVIN

Before this season ofACC basketball got underway, nobody knew what to expect. A league which produced the last two national champions had lost nearly all of its well-known star power, and instead was ready to welcome some of the best recruiting classes in the country. Familiar names like Jason Williams,

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The No. 6 men’s basketball team plays in Atlanta tonight, matching up against Georgia Tech in an ACC contest that will help to determine the seedings for the upcoming conference tournament. Although the Yellow Jackets dropped their first game at Alexander Memorial Coliseum last week and currently stand with sub-.500 records in both ACC and non-conference play, the Blue Devils are not taking their opponents lightly. “The game tomorrow night will be very difficult,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “[Georgia Tech head coach] Paul [Hewitt’s] team has lost some close games and we say at the start of every season that the difference between having a great year and a good year sometimes is five possessions. “I think if they could take four or five possessions and change them, they’d be right there in contention for the league and be one of the better teams, so we have a lot of respect for them,” With a win in Atlanta, Duke hopes to gain ground on Wake Forest and separation from Maryland in the ACC standings. Duke goes into tonight’s matchup trailing both the Demon

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a 80-22 record against non-conference opposition, with many of those games being played in the season’s opening months. The ACC won it’s third consecutive ACC-Big Ten challenge, and at one

J.J. REDICK has regained his three-point shooting touch during Duke’s past two games

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Track hopes to continue success m outdoor season After an indoor season which has exceeded expectations, head coaches Norm and Jan Ogilvie are hopeful that their outdoor teams will continue to excel. By PAUL CROWLEY The Chronicle

Those observing the outdoor track teams this season can expect a familiar cast of characters; they can only hope for similar results, “Basically, the season for us is the entire year,” women’s track head coach Jan Ogilvie said. ‘With a few exceptions, both the men’s and women’s outdoor teams will be pretty much the same [as the indoor squads].” Consequently, both Duke teams are successfully shaking off their collective reputation as ACC doormats. The men’s team eked out a sixth-place mark at the ACC Championships this past weekend, while the women’s team grabbed seventh place in the nineteam field. “It’s tough to know what to expect,” men’s head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We haven’t finished indoors yet.” Once the indoor season runs its course, the out-

B Baseball falls to ODU B The baseball team fell to Old Dominion 10-8 Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field. The game was played one day early due to a forecast for bad weather Wednesday.

door season will commence. But despite the essential similarity of both seasons, there will be some important distinctions. The Wallace Wade Stadium track is being renovated this spring, forcing the Ogilvies’ teams to seek alternative training locales. Many of the teams’ practices, in addition to the Duke Invitational in early April, will be held at nearby North Carolina Central University. The Blue Devils will also use the indoor facility at Chapel Hill in the event of inclement weather. “We’re overjoyed that the track is being redone, being made into a softer surface,” Jan Ogilvie said. “NCCU, UNC and Durham Academy have been generous in offeringtheir facilities, and we’ll be able to practice despite the renovation.” Another novel facet of the outdoor season will be the addition of some events not included on the indoor track program: the steeplechase, javelin, discus, hammer throw and the 10,000-meter run. Spring specialists such as senior steeplechaser Jeremy Block and throwers Ginny Stone and Emily Lowe will add depth to the Duke unit, but the strength of the team will remain the same.

Wrestling doubles up The wrestling team closes out the regular season today with dual meets against N.C. State and UNC-Greensboro in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 7 p.m.

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JENNA TURNER runs in a 400-meter race during the indoor season. Turner will soon switch to running in outdoor venues.

Hoffman out until July

’Pack emerges with win

The San Diego Padres announced that closer Trevor Hoffman will need additional shoulder surgery and is expected to miss the first half of the season.

N.C. State went to overtime against UNC before pulling away with a 75-67 victory Tuesday in Chapel Hill. Scooter Sheri 11 scored 22 points for the Wolfpack while Julius Hodge had 21.

Men’s Basketball dtfk No. 4 Florida 96, S. Carolina 63 %

No. 18 Illinois 80, Indiana 54 No. 22 Utah 71, BYU 64

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THE DUKE ROWING TEAM finished second to Virginia in last year’s ACC Championships. The Cavaliers have won the race in each of its five years

Rowing hopes to dethrone UVa as ACC champs By NICK CHRISTIE The Chronicle

Hard work has become a mantra for the women’s rowing team. Like distance runners, rowers often focus less on skill work and more on sheer grunt work, spending hour after hour on urging machines. As head coach Robyn Horner explained, Duke crew can be a tedious day-to-day training existence. “We spend time obviously to get their timing

together and balance, and all that, and that’s an important aspect of [rowing],” she said. “But as we’ve gotten stronger kids and increased their physiology and their physical levels are performance has gotten a lot better.” This upcoming spring season, however, could very well yield exciting accomplishments. Since its inception less than five years ago, every ACC Championship race has been won by Virginia. Last year Duke finished second, and with stagnation being a hated concept amongst athletes so dedicated to continually shaving off seconds, upcoming expectations are large.

“This is the first year that we’ve had a whole senior class,” Horner said. “They finally have the experience they need and are ready to g0.... Last year we finished second in the ACC Championships and this year we’re really going to try to go after Virginia.” What makes the experience element so important is that it ushers in a new era of athleticism for the Blue Devils. While crew’s daily training sessions often burn out many walk-ons that comprise its 43-member roster, the handful of full-time recruits that have joined the team each of the past four seasons fully accept rowing’s physical and mental commitment. With less burnout, Horner and her staff worry less about attrition of their side and more about what the team can accomplish, particularly the varsity-eight boat. “As we’ve gotten better each year, at lot of that has to do with us being able to recruit better [athletes],” Horner said. “Our first class was 10 kids, but then as you add eight more kids here and five more there, it just makes a big difference in performance level.”

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live racing is much more skill intensive than simply taking a machine into the lake and rowing for a set amount of time. The starts of races, the periodical sprint dashes and especially the techniques used to maximize speed with every stroke become much larger issues as the season begins. Horner said that she constructed the 2003 schedule to accommodate this learning process. The Blue Devils open up against lighter competition before facing four top-20 sides in a row during the end of spring. “What we are doing as the season progresses is fine-tuning our racing skills,” Horner said. “How we get off the starting line, setting up strategy for the race—the further competition levels get the more you try to focus in on those aspects of the race to try to pick up speed.”

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Lawsuit planned over Bechler’s death Terps climb to 2nd in conference By DAVID GINSBURG

number of serious medical conditions including liver disease, hypertension, The an enlarged heart, and history of heatFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. widow of Steve Bechler plans to sue the related illnesses.” Meiselman said the company’s stance manufacturer of a dietary supplement the Baltimore Orioles pitcher was was predictable. . “The arrogance of this company is believed to be taking before his death. beyond belief,” he said. “It’s never Bechler, 23, died Feb. 17 from heatstroke after collapsing during a workout their fault, and in the meantime, peoat training camp. In his preliminary ple are dying. It’s important to note autopsy report, Broward County chief that three days before his death, Steve medical examiner Dr. Joshua Perper Bechler passed a physical exam to play baseball.” linked Bechler’s death to a diet supplement that contains ephedra. Perper said Tuesday that Bechler was overweight, had borderline high A bottle ofXenadrine RFA-1, an overblood pressure and an enlarged heart. the-counter weight-loss product containing ephedra, was found in Bechler’s The doctor also said that two years ago, Bechler was diagnosed with an abnorlocker after he collapsed. “The way we see it, Steve Bechler is mal liver, a finding confirmed during dead, and ephedra is the primary cause the autopsy. Perper also noted there was of death,” David Meiselman, the lawyer very little solid food in Bechler’s digestive tract. for Kiley Bechler, said Tuesday. In its statement, Cytodyne said, Perper plans to release the final toxicology report in about two weeks. “Xenadrine, which has been used by “We will wait for the toxicology well over 20 million people in the U.S. report to come back, do our homework, alone, has a long history of safe use.” then go hunting for the company that Bottles ofXenadrine RFA-1 contain distributes this drug,” Meiselman said. a warning label saying the consumer “This drug is a killer. Our real concern is should consult a doctor before using it to get this poison off the shelves.” “if you are at risk...for heart disease, Cytodyne Technologies ofManasquan, high blood pressure, recurrent N.J., the supplement’s manufacturer, headaches, liver, thyroid or psychisaid it was “reckless and irresponsible for atric disease.” an attorney to prematurely place blame The Washington Post first reported or deflect responsibility to others for the Meiselman’s intent to sue Cytodyne. events leading up to Mr. Bechler’s death.” Baseball players’ association head Donald Fehr said Tuesday in Surprise, “It is clear that this attorney is makAriz., that players shouldn’t be held to ing these statements without the benefit of any toxicology results,” the coma different standard than the general public when it comes to ephedra use. pany said in a statement. “It’s unfortunate that this attorney was chosen to The substance, which is available ignore the fact that Mr. Bechler had a over the counter, is banned by the The Associated Press

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From wire reports 91 COLLEGE PARK, Maryland Md. Maryland Clemson 52 capped its first season in the Comcast Center with its best shooting performance of the year. The 14th-ranked Terrapins pulled away from a five-point halftime lead to a 91-52 victory over Clemson on Tuesday night in their final home game of the season. “I told them we had 20 minutes left to play at home,” coach Gary Williams said of his talk with his team leading just 36-31. “They responded unbelievably... Our seniors had a lot put on them. People didn’t think they could be any good.” Ryan Randle scored 18points, Steve Blake added 14 and Drew Nicholas and Jamar Smith each had 13 for the Terrapins (18-7, 10-4 in the ACC), who have won four of five overall and beaten Clemson 11 straight times. The defending national champions shot a season-best 63 percent from the field and took possession of second place in the ACC, percentage points behind No. 12 Wake Forest and onehalf game ahead of No. 6 Duke. “The past couple of years it’s been us and Duke—that’s been it,” senior forward Tahj Holden said. “This year you See MARYLAND on page 16

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GEORGIA TECH from page 11 Deacons, who face Florida State tonight in Tallahassee, Fla., and the Terrapins by half a game. In the their first meeting last month, a 91-71 Blue Devil victory at home, Duke beat Georgia Tech to avoid its first three-game ACC losing streak in six years. The Blue Devils’ attitudes coming into this game are much different. Duke has won three straight, including a road victory against Virginia and a defeat of Maryland at home last week, and heads south with the knowledge that the Yellow Jackets are in the middle oftheir own three-game skid. “I think they are playing like a typical Duke team, a typical Mike Krzyzewski team,” Hewitt said. “They always get better this time of year. Specifically, the emergence of Shelden Williams is the one thing that you can point to and say that is what is happening for them now.” In that first matchup, Williams emerged as a force in the post for the Blue Devils, as he scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds off the bench, both career-highs for the freshman. Facing Williams and company will be the Yellow Jackets interior players, who are led by their own freshman, Chris Bosh. Bosh, considered by many to be a front-runner for the ACC freshman of the year award, is nearly averaging a double-double with 15.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. However, he has been stymied by poor shooting in the last five games. “I think over the last couple of weeks [Bosh] has gotten a little tired,” Hewitt said. “His body has worn down a bit.

Wake Forest and Florida State did an excellent job defensively against him, but some of it is that he is also just fatigued. He was 2-of-10 [shooting] against Florida State and 5-of-14 against Wake Forest. He’s had a terrific season, though.” The Blue Devils’ big men were able to contain the Dallas native when they first clashed; Bosh, who was hampered by foul trouble, was held to five points on the day.

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in scoring—the sophomore averages 15.8 points per game—and the swingman will likely match up against Duke’s Danhtay Jones, who leads the Blue Devils in scoring and posted a team-high 21 points in the first game against Tech. Also facing the Yellow Jackets in the backcourt are Duke’s Daniel Ewing, J.J. Redick and Chris Duhon, All three have been playing substantially better since the two teams’ last meeting, especially Redick, who is 6of-14 from three-point range in his last two games. Rounding out the matchup is an assortment of streaks that will be on the line come game time. Duke currently holds an 11-game winning streak over the Yellow Jackets—the longest in the conference—and with a victory would become only the fourth school in the nation to reach 1,700 victories. Watching Duke achieve that benchmark of success would come as no surprise to Hewitt, who is familiar with Duke’s success oflate. “It’s a familiar script in terms of how their seasons typically evolve,” Hewitt said. “This time of the year they usually hit their stride, and they are playing their best basketball... It’s coming together for them now.”

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have three good teams. We’re still fighting for the league championship.” Sharrod Ford had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Edward Scott added 11 points for the Tigers (15-9, 58), who tied a season low by shooting 31 percent and saw a three-game winning streak halted. Maryland opened the second halfwith a 27-4 run to pull away from the five-point lead. The Terrapins were 12-of-20 from three-point range and moved Williams within one victory of 500 for his career. The Terrapins finished their inaugural season at Comcast Center with a 14-2 record. “This is the last time around at home and we wanted to make this one special,” Nicholas said. Coming off a 96-56 home rout of North Carolina on Saturday, Maryland recorded its largest margin of victory over Clemson since a 40-point win on Dec. 4, 1953. The Terrapins also whipped conference-leading Wake Forest at home on Feb. 17 and lost a road game to Duke two days later. “Light years away,” Clemson coach Larry Shyatt said when asked how his Tigers matched up against the Terrapins. Randle had 10 points in the first halfand Maryland used a 21-4 run in taking a 36-31 halftime lead. Clemson, leading the ACC in field goal percentage, started 5-for-22 and had only one field goal in a 10:27 span midway through the first half. The Tigers took an 11-9 lead with 15:05 left in the half, but Blake’s long three-pointer started the Terrapins’ big run. Smith scored eight points during the burst, including a dunk off a baseline bounce pass from Blake. Chey Christie helped the Tigers end the half on an 18-6 run, with Ray Henderson scoring the final two baskets on strong inside moves. But Blake and Randle dominated the opening min

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two undefeated teams. Yet now, with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, the ACC is poised to have one of its worst postseason representations ever, as only three teams—Duke, Maryland and Wake Forest —are likely to earn an NCAA Tournament bid, while a fourth N.C. State—sits squarely on the fence. Why was Shyatt’s assessment so misguided? A young team makes for an inconsistent one, and this season, many potential contenders have floundered a bit too often. Virginia came into the season with high hopes, and for the early part of the season looked like a legit contender. Only two weeks ago, the Cavs boasted a 14-7 record, including a 5-4 mark in ACC play. But after dropping their last four games—including losses at UNC and home against Clemson—the Cavaliers seem destined for the NIT, assuming that they can close out against Ohio tonight to ensure a winning record. Georgia Tech entered this season with hopes for the future, as the team is built primarily around freshmen and sophomores, including ACC freshman of the year candidate Chris Bosh. The Yellow Jackets have been perhaps the ACC’s least consistent team, and though a Feb. 9 win against Maryland revived postseason hopes, a loss tonight against Duke will leave Tech with a .500 record and on the fence for the NIT. Perhaps the biggest emotional swing this season has been for North Carolina, which began the year with low expectations. Everything changed, however,

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when the Tar Heels beat Kansas and Stanford en route to a Preseason NIT title. UNC entered the top 25, and fans in Chapel Hill had a great deal for which to give thanks in late November. But just as quickly as they had exceeded expectations, the Tar Heels came crashing back down to earth. A Dec. 27 loss to lona was the turning point, as freshman center Sean May suffered a broken foot as has not played since. May’s injury, as well as a slump for fellow freshman Rashad McCants, has all but assured that Matt Doherty will spend his second consecutive postseason in front of a television. Receiving only three NCAA Tournament bids would be a colossal disappointment for the ACC, as conferences such as the Atlantic 10 and Conference USA are likely to meet or exceed that number. Meanwhile, other major conferences like the Big 12 and SEC are looking at six bids or more. Should only three teams make the field of 65, they will face a challenge slightly different than that of years past. For the past six years, at least one ACC team has made the Final Four. In March, Duke, Maryland and Wake will have the chance to

continue that streak and assert that while the ACC may have lost some of its depth, it’s prestige remains intact. Evan Davis is a Trinity senior and senior associate sports editor. His column appears every Wednesday.

TRACK from page <None> “We expect to have success where we’ve done well this winter: middle distance and the pole vault,” Norm Ogilvie said. Each team will rely on the same performers that have carried them throughout the winter season, with the women’s team depending upon distance freshman phenoms Clara Horowitz and Shannon Rowbury. Both first-years are coming off virtuoso performances at the ACC Championships. The men will be counting on sophomore distance men Nick Schneider and Michael Hatch, as well as pole vaulter Brent Warner. “Brent’s goal for this season is 17 feet, and I definitely expect him to clear that height this season, making him the undisputed all-time Duke record holder,” Norm Ogilvie said. Warner’s current best of 16’ 9.5” is tied for the Duke record with former Blue Devil Seth Benson. The high points of the Duke season come with the high-profile Penn Relays at the end ofApril and with the inaugural NCAA East Regional during the last weekend in May. “We’ve been gearing this season towards outdoors,” Jan Ogilvie said. “We’re extremely excited.”

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Developmental Biology Colloquium: 4pm. Brant

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Wesley Fellowship Increase the Peace;

11:30am,

Wednesdays. Meets on the Divinty School side of the chapel for short prayer. If you can’t make it, please take time wherever you are, and pray for God's peace in our world. Presbyterian/UCC Ministry Bible Study: 12:15-1 pm, Wednesdays. Bring your lunch and Bible. Chapel Basement, Room 036.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Systematics Seminar: 12:40pm. Carla Rydholm, Duke University. ‘Two short systematic stories about fungi: phylogeography of the polypore genus

Catholic Mass: s:lspm, Wednesdays. Duke Chapel Crypt. Campus Ministry Service.

Pycnoporus and evolutionary history of the mould species Aspergillus fumigatus." 144 Biological

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The Chronicle Mimi for Student Affairs

The

two candidates running for the office of Duke Student Government vice president for student affairs —sophomore Mimi Wachendorf and sophomore Elizabeth Dixon—have very different conceptions of what the Student Affairs Committee’s role next year should be. Wachendorf views it as a body that sets policy, whereas Dixon wants it to directly get involved in programming. In this respect, Wachendorf has a better understanding ofwhat DSG is about and what it can accomplish and a greater sense ofthe limitations ofthe Student Affairs Committee. And when it comes to DSG, an effective vice president begins by understanding what is feasible to accomplish so that he or she does not waste his or her effort. Wachendorf s three-fold platform—examining the policy behind the social scene, ensuring that student services such as the Career Center or Counseling and Psychological Services are actually serving students’ needs and fighting the small battles that come up during the course of the year—is an excellent way to view the job of the Student Affairs Committee. Wachendorf gets what student affairs is about. Dixon is far more oriented toward promoting programming on campus by trying to work more closely with student groups. However, DSG is not a programming organization—that is the job ofthe Duke University Union and other groups. Moreover, forcing student groups to work more closely with the DSG bureacracy may actually discourage them from putting on much-needed campus events. Dixon should be commended for her enthusiasm about the job, something Wachendorf should strive to emulate in order to better lead the committee next year. The Chronicle formally endorses Mimi Wachendorffor the position of DSG vice president for student affairs.

No more kosher kitchen

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University’s recent decision to close the kosher kitchen at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life is a necessary one, since the kitchen was losing over a $lOO,OOO per year. Nevertheless, this is an unfortunate event, especially for those students who choose to remain kosher and who will no longer have a viable on-campus eatery after this semester. The simple fact is that the kosher kitchen, which has a reputation for excellent food, is inconveniently located in the Freeman Center, isolated from both East and West campuses. Therefore, it is unsurprising that it could not attract enough business to stay afloat. The money the kosher kitchen lost is money that Dining Services needs to improve dining for all students across campus, and the University cannot afford to continue spending money on an unviable kosher kitchen. However, it is extremely important that the University work with kosher students to provide them with more dining options. For example, the administration should consider waving the requirement that sophomores live on West Campus for kosher students, enabling them to have Central Campus apartments in which they could cook their own kosher meals. In the longer term, the University should seriously consider making a kosher deli part of the student village. The closing ofthe kitchen will inevitably hinder the University’s efforts to recruit and maintain kosher students, but the costs were simply too high to justify continued operation.

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Letters to the editor

BSA announces its endorsements for DSG elections On behalf of the Central Committee of the Black Student Alliance, I would like to announce the results of the endorsements session conducted on Sunday Feb. 23 for DSG candidates. Having 100 percent participation of the candidates running, we were allowed to make an informed decision about whom we should endorse for executive offices for DSG. We are endorsing junior

Matthew Slovik for president, junior Clifford Davison for executive vice president, junior Avery Reaves for vice president for academic affairs, Andrew sophomore Wisnewski for vice president of community interaction, jun-

ior Alex Niejelow for vice president of facilities and athletics and sophomore Elizabeth Dixon for vice president for student affairs. We have utmost faith in

the abilities of these candidates to carry out the duties of the above-mentioned offices and in their enthusiasm and preparedness for the job. We encourage not only our members but the entire undergraduate community to vote in the elections March 4.

Abena Antwi Trinity ’O3 ofthe Black Student Alliance.

The writer is president

Employee Appreciation Week recognizes contributions With Employee Appreciation Week having started Monday, Feb. 24, it’s a perfect opportunity for all of us to recognize just how invaluable Duke employees are on this campus and within the university community. Let’s face it: without them, most of us would be hungry and unable to get to classes on other campuses not to mention living in filth. The unfortunate thing is that Duke employees do such a great job at making sure our daily lives run seamlessly that we often forget to stop and genuinely thank them for the services that they provide.

Employee Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Community Service Center, is a wonderful way to do just that and let employees know how grateful we are for their hard work. Whether it’s through lunch vouchers for individual students who would like to share a

meal with

their

favorite

employee, a luncheon in the

Bryan Center where students and employees have the chance to interact or tables at the bus stop with refreshments for the drivers, Employee Appreciation Week is full of opportunities for each and every one of us to recognize these important members of the Duke community.

But it doesn’t end here: Employee Appreciation Week is just the fruit of our appreciation, not the whole of it. It is a model for the type of appre-

ciation that we can and should be practicing all the time, not

just during one designated

week. So check out a schedule and stop by an event, but most importantly, just stop and take the time to say “Thanks.” Elizabeth King Trinity ’O5

And 21 Others The writers are members of the Community Service Center’s student staff.

Students should vote against new fees On March 4, Duke University Union and the Duke Student Government will be asking each student vote on a proposed increase in student fees: an additional $ll per student for the Union and $8.50 per to

student for DSG. Although many of us (and our parents) certainly have the means to afford a $19.50 increase, students should view the issue on principle. The logic behind the initiative, “more money will bring us more and better

programs,” cannot be dis-

puted. The only problem is that there is no end to such

logic. When will good be good enough? When can we be satisfied with Rent and Robert Pinsky—both on the frontline of their respective

arenas—and realize that the quality of our university experience cannot be made reliant upon big names (with their sterile, canned speeches) and prestigious shows, but by men and women, shows and pro-

on principle

opportunities often do not require bigger budgets—they simply require passionate student leaders who work diligently to get the “bang for the buck” from programs of integrity. Students should recognize the limits of student governance on this campus and put a stop to spend-happy,

student Rumsfeld-esque bureaucrats. Let us choose to be thrifty consumers of the university experience.

grams that stimulate us intellectually, artistically

and

spiritually.

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Trinity ’O4

Student preacher’s choice of topic not irresponsible Using scripture to argue one’s political opinions is the most irresponsible homiletical

practice

possible.

Qualified religious experts

pejoratively refer to it as eisogesis, otherwise known as isolating specific scripture passages only for the purpose of grinding one’s ax. Thanks be to God that the student

On the

preacher in Duke Chapel on Feb. 16, David Allen, did not do this. Criticized by Nathan Carleton in his column, “Sermon Botched,” for failing to “use scripture to argue his political opinions,” Allen instead used the assigned lectionary readings for the sixth Sunday after Epiphany to help

inform the church of how it might respond to the events currently

shaping

our

world, including racism, Any classism and war. preacher worth his or her salt can do no less.

Jennifer Copeland United Methodist Campus Minister

record

As the student life goes, they’re up at different hours three in the afternoon when they’re getting out of bed.

of the day, so breakfast may he at

Rick Lynch, owner of Rick’s Diner and Catering, on how students’ usual schedules enter into his business model (see story, page one).

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Self-determination? History demonstrates that self-determination doesn’t require mass murder. Desire to destroy others by one’s own destruction is fueled by craven clerics selling murder for sex by peddling depraved fantasies of 72 celestial virgins for “martyrdom.” Modem suicide bombing is bereft of honor: even kamikazes attacked targets that could shoot back, unlike today’s suicide-bombers who hurl themselves at buses, towers, discos and restaurants. Squeaky wheels don’t deserve grease, especially when suffering that seduces is needless or selfinflicted. Why are groups employing suicide bombing deserving of sympathy or f intervention? Why are Palestinians more 1I9»> 1 *. worthy than Kurds, Iraqi Shi’ites, Tibetans or southern Sudanese? Won’t .Jjmm the political success of suicide-bombing ga ja inspire others? . Ambati The inhuman brutality of Muslim to fellow Muslim—Boo,ooo Pakistanis Sweep of Daylight killed by Pakistan in 8 months in 1971, 20,000 Syrians killed in a week by Syria in 1982,1.5 million Afghans killed by the Taliban in 5 years, 200,000 Iraqis killed by Saddam in 1988, 5,000 Palestinians killed by Jordan in one month in 1970,300,000 Palestinians ethnically cleansed by Kuwait in 1991—dwarfs anything done by Israel where 3,000 Palestinians were killed in eight years of intifada or the U.S. Those blaming Israel and America forget this, revealing their indignation as hollow. Suicide bombing is not due to occupation, for then Kurds would be blasting pizza parlors in Baghdad, Lebanese would be blowing up buses in Damascus, Western Saharans would be blowing up resorts in Rabat, Tibetans would be leveling discos in Beijing and Palestinians would have practiced it for the first 29 years of occupation and on theirJordanian and Kuwaiti tormentors. Suicide bombing is due to brainwashing in media, madrassahs and mosques by “clerics” and ‘leaders” drunk with lust for power and happy to barter blood. We must stop being seduced by Palestinians claiming monopolies on suffering or occupation. Many have grievances, yet only Islamic fundamentalists glorify and practice suicide-bombing on a mass scale. While every community has terrorists, only Islamic fundamentalists have global reach and aspirations of conquest, oil money, esteem ofmultitudes and men with fantasies of celestial virgins. Palestinians must acknowledge there was a good deal three years ago—removal of settlements, an independent, demilitarized Palestine with 98 percent of the West Bank and Gaza and further compensatory land from Israel proper, right of refugee return to Palestine and aid for those who don’t, sovereignty over East Jerusalem, free access to all holy sites for all faiths. This was rejected by Arafat, who demanded right of return for refugees to Israel itself and total control over the Temple Mount and Haram-al-Sharif, whichconstitute forfeiture of Israel’s political and religious reasons for existence. Palestinians must recognize that Israel has a right to exist, there is a political price to pay for starting three wars and losing and it was galactically stupid to spurn good faith offers from Clinton and Barak to pursue idiotic violence. Proponents for Palestinian self-determination should realize no one will care more than Palestinians. Arab countries who never offered Palestinians independence pre-1967 and keep refugees in hellholes while bankrolling teenagers blowing themselves up are happy to fight Israel to the last Palestinian; Europeans will feign sympathy to keep trade concessions; and, in the U.S., the goodwill of many Americans sympathetic to self-determination was irreparably destroyed by Palestinian celebrations of 9/11, which were unforgivable. Ultimately, moral judgment must be rendered on suicide bombing and Islamic fundamentalism by Muslims themselves. Due to church pedophilia scandals, Catholics felt shame as Catholics, and forced out a cardinal. It is incumbent upon Muslims to defrock imams sanctioning mass murder. Ideals that Muslims proclaim are belied by revolting realities practiced in their name—love dies where hatred is preached, freedom wilts under despotism, learning is unattainable when free scholarship is banned, tolerance flees where dissent earns death, equality is a sham when women and minorities are enslaved, justice is mocked by shari’a with a travestic set ofrules for believers and another for women and “disbelievers” and peace is a veiled fraud when the peace of the grave is pursued by killers with Hitler’s enthusiasm. ,

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Dismantling natural history Sometime in the early 19905,Duke leadership got a bee in its bonnet about elevating the quality of the chemistry department. The idea at the time was that mediocrity in chemistry was hampering the prowess of the life sciences, the one major aspect of the sciences at Duke that has national stature. Duke brought in prominent chemists ■ from around the country with the goal of enticing one to become the department chair and transform the department. One of the prospective chairs indicated Stuart that he would need $7O million in order n*.i. ar7 r for the department to have a shot at cracking the top 20 of chemistry depart- From a Stance

In 10 years natural history essentially will be gone at Duke. Instead of tens of faculty engaged in this research, there will be less than a dozen. The science that is the basis for natural history museums around the world—those places that have inspired many young students, including yours truly, to become scientists—willbe on the back burner. The resources that were once allocated at Duke for natural history are being distributed elsewhere. They are moving away from pure science to applied problem solving. Why is Duke dismantling one of the few aspects of science in which it had prominence? There are at least three reasons for this decision. All ofthem point to decision-making that is being corrupted by crass motivations or just plain old ignorance. One reason is that natural history has ments nationwide. Duke leadership was dumfounded. little or nothing to do with medicine. The School of Medicine has incredible political clout. The fields of science They didn’t have anywhere close to $7O million to spend. Major science—fields like chemistry, physics and medat Duke that don’t benefit medical research tend to get ical research—costs a lot of money. Duke, with the excepcrowded out and suffer from neglect. tion of medical research and associated fife science aspects Another reason is money. The grants that are accorded ofbiology, has never invested heavily in it. The reasons are to natural history research are often modest in size. Unlike many. They include the constant financial burden of such the Duke of old, Duke now expects all science to generate large amounts of revenue, something natural history just an investment, the historical lack of interest in non-medcan’t do. For example, in the last external review of BAA, ical sciences at Southern universities and the science phobia of Duke leadership both past and present. leaders at Duke dwelled on BAA’s low grant dollars relaWhile Duke has eschewed much of major science, histive to its office and lab space. The external reviewers were torically it has done one aspect of small science well, natudismayed that Duke was using “dollars per square foot” as ral history. A dozen years ago, physical anthropology, a primary measure of success. Duke is dismantling natubotany and zoology were strengths at Duke. Geology was- ral history for business reasons not intellectual ones. n’t strong, but when I came here it was with a promise and But the final reason for this change is perhaps more disa handshake from a dean that there would be significant turbing than those given above. Duke leadership has little investment to get it up to snuff. or no understanding of the intellectual value of science. In 2003, the state of natural history at Duke is weak. Talk to them about science and their eyes glaze over. For them science is about dollars and cents and prizes Botany and geology have been eliminated. Their core natural history oriented faculty are gradually retiring and are won by faculty. It’s not about achievement, but the trapbeingreplaced by those working on cell and molecular biolpings associated with achievement. I’ve won prizes. I’ve ogy and environmental problems. Duke leadership has raised money through grants. That’s not what research is about at all. If I had been motivated by prizes and money, publicly stated that physical anthropology will be gutted. The doublespeak and distortion of facts used by leaderI would have pursued something other than science. In methodically dismantling what was once one of its ship in its efforts to obscure this gutting are the same as that used during the gutting of botany and geology. I won’t intellectual strengths, Duke is making a public statement dwell on these lapses in integrity and ethics on the part of about its love of money that is as grotesque as the gargoyles that adorn its buildings. Duke leadership. Duke is not only abandoning a field of study in its chase In another five years, the only strength remaining in for dollars. It’s also abandoning its intellectual mission. examining the state ofthe natural world will be the organismal aspects of zoology in the Department of Biology. It’s not clear to me that this aspect of natural history at Duke Stuart Rojstaczer is a professor of hydrology. His column appears every third Wednesday. will still be allowed to thrive.

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Much has been made about the success of the campaign and Nan Keohane should be commended for helping Duke amass such wealth. The best news about this is that the administration is soliciting student input. That’s where I come in. There are all sorts of spectacular suggestions I thrown being ii

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Buy a Vowel around. Monorail! Ninth Street running through Central! Blow the Bryan Center to the moon and build a new one! Another new Oak Room! Personal midgets for students! All joking aside, I do have some suggestions that would give this place a boost. And no, “Make Duke more like Harvard” is not one of them. Financial aid needs help. For all their talk of diversity, the admissions office lets in a hell of a lot ofrich white kids. Need-blind admission was a step in the right direction, but lots offamilies are scraping to get by, while Duke puts money in the bank. Make the campus safer. I'm not afraid to shower at 3 a.m., but several female friends of mine are. This shouldn't even be an issue. Card readers on the doors were dismissed as too expensive; I don't buy it. The costs of lock changes and lost keys add up, at Dr. Bala Ambati is a former fellow in the School of what point does the cost surpass that Medicine and is currently on the faculty at the Medical of a single card reader? An ironic side College of Georgia. note: the spiffy new lock on my bath-

room door routinely keeps the door

from completely closing. Fix the main housing quad. Duke is known as a beautiful campus, but I can't print the words frequently used to describe the quad. As one who loves to take naps outside, I must say that I prefer grass over mud and hay. Green grass leads to greenbacks; parents and alumni are more likely to cut a fat check if the campus looks nice. Nothing I have suggested so far is even remotely controversial. I admit, it's been a boring column so far. Ready for my crazy idea? Put that money toward Friday night quad kegs (and cheeseburgers). Not only will this make drinking safer, it will foster community (and cheeseburgers). Larry Moneta's new quad system hasn't exactly unified West Campus. You can have a "quad dinner" in the Great Hall every night, but people still don't feel completely comfortable talking to the strangers down the hall. Solution: add a little social lubricant. Make it so that each student can only drink free in their own quad. That keeps people closer to home, where they might make friends with some of their neighbors..

Worried about students overconsuming? That will always be an issue. If college students want booze, they'll get it. At least this way, people are drinking less hard liquor. Less hard liquor means fewer trips to the hospital. Still want to limit the drinking? Make everybody swipe their

DukeCard for each beer, automatic cutoff at eight. First two cups are free, each one after that is 75 cents, on points. With this system, the cost is somewhat defrayed and nobody gets too much. As for the freshmen, I say let them drink. Not on East Campus, but on West Campus. They have to hve on West Campus as sophomores anyway, so they might as well pick whom they want to hve with. Ditch the linked housing idea. Grant freshmen access to the beer supply of every quad. As they drink, they get a chance to interact with upperclassmen. From these interactions, they can decide which quad they would prefer to hve in as sophomores. The situation is similar to rush, but acceptance is guaranteed. Finally, in addition to the beer (and cheeseburgers), bring a band to main quad every couple weeks. It doesn't have to be a big name. Student bands would be great! Up-and-coming performers get a chance to play for their friends, and there's free entertainment for everybody. Live music makes the mood more festive. Implement these last few changes, and complaints about the social scene might slow a little. I'll also pinch a million for myself. What would I do with a million dollars? You mean besides two ch... Tom Burney is a Pratt junior. His column appears every third Wednesday.

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