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Laney Funderburk, associate vice president for alumni affairs and development and director of the office ofalumni affairs, will step down from his post —which he held for 22 years—at the end of 2004. His career in alumni affairs, interrupted only by a decade spent working in politics and for the Duke Endowment, began as a part-time job during his undergraduate years in the 19505. His dedication to the University has gone far beyond that of the average alumnus—he’s the one who plans the reunion weekends. “I have worked for six of Duke’s eight presidents,” Funderburk said. He noted that there are now four times as many alumni as there were when he was a student. They live all over the country and the world, and some have connections to the University that span multiple generations. In addition to organizing alumni events, keeping in touch with all these alumni is an important aspect ofFunderburk’s job, and his creative initiatives have helped him to build a strong network. The award-winning alumni magazine he established continues to reach out to graduates, and the new technologies he has embraced foster better communication with alumni. An electronic newsletter, which took on a new format about a year ago, e-mails and an online directory have all made contact with alumni faster. The Office of Alumni Affairs has taken great lengths to ensure
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President Nan Keohane was the public face of the University for 11 years.
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How will you remember President Nan Keohane? For nearly a generation of students, the question calls back many fond—and a few not-so-fond—memories of life under the University’s eighth president. Members from the Class of 1999 descended on campus last weekend for their five-year reunion, and although most of their reminiscing was about favorite professors and late-night escapades with friends, at least a portion of their collective memories was devoted to that question and the mark Keohane has left on Duke during her presidency. A sampling of those memories reveals that the Class of 1999, like those classes before it and since, appreciated
Keohane’s determination to bring Duke into the highest echelon of national research universities from both an academic and infrastructure perspective, albeit at the expense of what was once Duke’s unique brand of undergraduate social life. “Nan did an excellent job focusing on what she wanted Duke’s identity to be while keeping Duke distinct from our peers,” said Justin Klein, who served as president of the Class of 1999 when he was at the University. Many of Klein’s peers took note of the shift in balance at Duke to place greater emphasis on academics, at the expense of social life. “She definitely took the school to another level in academic status, but in
more than $1 million the city says Duke owes in fees affiliated with construction. Discussions over the course of the last few months have resulted in the disputed amount being lowered to about $600,000, but Duke officials said they still are not satisfied with the bill and how it was computed. “We’re not, in principle, opposed to the concept of impact fees,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, noting that it is the manner in which the fees were levied that the University was protesting. The disagreement is rooted in a change in the application of impact fees that Durham instituted in September 2001. The revised fee—designed, in part, to offset the cost ofrepairs to the infrastructure that comes with new development—applied to any new construction, according to the revised Durham City Code. The changes, which at first appeared to be standard adjustments to city fees, went under the radar of University officials until several months ago when administrators realized the University had accumulated more than $1 million in bills to Durham due to an unusually large volume of alreadyplanned construction on Duke’s properties. Burness said the University ’s construction should be mostly exempt from steep impact fees because the new r buildings on
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Executive Vice President Tallman Trask updated the Academic Council on the University’s master plan, highlighting the more than 20 construction projects completed over the past eight years, at the Council’s meeting last Thursday. President Nan Keohane also gave her final remarks to the Academic Council before a reception held in her honor. Trask identified the historic importance of the University’s original master plan, which he said dates back to the 1920s and is “widely regarded to be one of the great university master plans ofAmerican higher education.” Trask said Duke’s rapid rise in national prominence is widely believed to be a result of the fact that “Duke already looked like an elite university from the start.” Duke’s current master plan, which outlines the general principles of University development, centers on preserving the historical integrity of the campus. Trask said the plan focuses on the University’s architectural history and highlights the need to identify historic buildings and to maintain important areas of open space across campus.
He noted, as an example, the Divinity School addition which he called a “gutsy” project due to its proximity to the Chapel—includes a wall that “must look exactly as if it had been built in 1920” to ensure continuity. “The reason to have a master plan is that things happen very slowly at universities, and you would like in the end for somebody to look at what was done and think ‘somebody thought about this, somebody paid attention to it—there clearly was a set of principles involved in the development here,”’ Trask said. Trask gave a presentation about construction completed under the master plan, as well as projects currently underway or in the design phase. He highlighted the Wilson Recreational Center, finished in 1999; the Richard White Lecture Hall, finished in 2000; the recently-renamed Keohane Quadrangle and the parking garage behind the Bryan Center as examples of construction that conformed to die greater master plan. In discussing projects currently underway, Trask noted —
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WASHINGTON Abortion-rights supporters marched in huge numbers Sunday, roused in this election year by what they see as an erosion of reproductive freedoms under President George W. Bush and foreign policies they say hurt women worldwide. Political agitation suffused the gathering of hundreds of thousands. Their target: Bush, like-minded officials in federal and state government and religious conservatives. Speaking beyond the masses to policy-makers, Francis Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice declared, “You will
hear our pro-choice voices ringing in your ears until such time that you permit all women to make our own reproductive choices.” Women joined the protest from across the nation and from nearly 60 countries, asserting that damage from Bush’s policies is spreading far beyond U.S. shores through measures such as the ban on federal money for familyplanning groups that promote or perform abortions abroad. The rally on the National Mall stretched from the base of the U.S. Capitol about a mile back to the Washington Monument. Authorities no longer give formal crowd estimates, but
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various police sources informally estimated the throng at between 500,000 and 800,000 strong. That would exceed the estimated 500,000 who protested for abortion fights in 1992. Carole Mehlman, 68, came from Tampa, Fla., to support a cause that has motivated her to march for 30 years, as long as abortion has been legal. “I just had to be here to fight for the next generation and the generation after that,” she said. “We cannot let them take over our bodies, our health care, our lives.” Advocates said abortion rights are being weakened at the margins.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was back in his hometown this weekend for the first time since he narrowly escaped assassination from a Taliban sympathizer here 18 months ago. In a direct challenge to the Taliban in its former spiritual capital, he urged people to take part in the country’s coming elections. Karzai’s visit to Kandahar was the first of a series ofplanned trips to Afghanistan in the coming months, and it clearly opened the election season, the next big task for Karzai’s government and for himself as a presidential candidate. -
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Student reports assault, car theft From staff reports A student reported he was carjacked and assaulted April 20 in the Brightleaf Square parking lot. He said the assailant led the Durham Police Department on a chase to Chapel Hill before being apprehended. Senior Aaron Rosenberg said he was walking away from his parked 1990 Acura Legend with his girlfriend at about 8 p.m. when a black male in his late 20s, approximately 6 feet tall, approached him and demandedhis car keys. After Rosenberg refused, he said the perpetrator hit him several times with his hands, then kicked him and punched him when he fell down. Eventually Rosenberg handed over the keys to the attacker, who drove off in the car. After he dialed 911 and notified nearby DPD officers on Ninth Street, more than one police car followed the carjacker for several miles on 15-501. Police placed a spike strip across the road in Chapel Hill that blew out three of car’s tires, but the attacker continued driving on the vehicle’s rims for rough-
ly one mile. Eventually the attacker exited the automobile and ran on foot before being detained a half-mile later, Rosenberg said. Rosenberg said the perpetrator had a previous police record and has been charged with assault, grand theft auto and resisting arrest. DPD could not be reached for comment over the weekend. “It was weird to be beaten and carjacked at 8 o’clock at night in Brightleaf Square,” said Rosenberg, who was on his way to eat at Torero’s restaurant when the attack occurred. “One of the strangest parts of the whole thing was there were a bunch of people standing around at that time and no one was truly helping.” Rosenberg said the incident will not scare him away from the area. “If you’re reasonably prepared, and a little bit aware of your surroundings, you generally are all right,” he said, noting that he ate at Torero’s the following night. “Durham is generally a pretty safe place.”
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From staff and wire reports Multiple fires in House E of Craven Quadrangle forced residents to evacuate early in the morning April 22. A fire began in one of the men’s second floor bathrooms at approximately 1:47 a.m., according to Duke University Police Department reports. Maj. Phyllis Cooper said in a statement that the fires were deliberately set when paper towels and toilet paper were set aflame. A similar setup was discovered in the first floor men’s bathroom. “There was a big one on the second floor, and a small one on the first,” said sophomore David Rabin, a House F resident. “Someone lit a trash can up on the second floor; on the first floor, someone filled the toilets with toilet paper and lit it.” One of the responding DUPD officers required emergency treatment for smoke inhalation but was subsequently released from Duke University Hospital’s Emergency Department. This was the only reported injury stemming from the fire. “There was so much smoke in the hallway,” said sophomore Kimberly Burdette, a resident of House E. “[The officer] was coughing. With all the smoke, she could not breathe.” The fire did minimal damage to the dorm itself, residents said. “It’s pretty much the same [in the second-floor bathroom],” said sophomore Matthew Mandel, a House F resident. ‘There’s just a charcoal mark on the floor.” The students were evacuated as soon as the fire was detected. DUPD officials said residents were allowed to enter their rooms after 30 minutes, but students said they were barred from their rooms for up to 90 minutes. Repeated calls to the DUPD were not returned over the past several days, but residents ofHouses E and F said the DUPD interviewed dorm residents Thursday. Students said no one had informed them who set the fires, but they have speculated about who is responsible for the incidents. “It all happened in a men’s bathroom,” Burdette said about possible suspects. “There are only so many people who can get in.”
EDITOR'S NOTE With this edition, The Chronicle ends publication for the 2003-2004 academic year. Good luck on exams, and congratulations to all of the graduating seniors!
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Grime Brief'S Companion collared in concert clash A student reported April 21 at 9:00 p.m. that she had been struck in the face during the Last Day of Classes concert on the main quad. The student said she got into a verbal altercation with another female in the crowd and was struck by the other female’s companion. Responding officers located and arrested Tommy Lee Briley (DOB Dec. 18, 1980, 1500 Hampstead Drive, High Point, N.C.) for assault on a female. Briley was transported to the Durham County Jail and was released on a $3,500 unsecured bond. His court date is set for August 12, 2004. See ya later, generator! A contractor reported April 21 the theft of a Porter Cable electrical generator, valued at $l,BOO, from the Nasher Museum construction site. The contractor said he took the generator out of the storage building at 7:00 a.m. April 21 for use by his workers. He went to a meeting and when he returned at 9:30 a.m. the generator was missing. Employees in the area reported seeing a 1980s model burgundy Chevrolet pickup truck with a full-size bed in the area at the time of the theft. The occupants of the truck are described as two white males in their mid-20s with blond hair. No further information is available.
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Right to steal arms? An employee reported April 21 the theft of several aluminum gate arms from the Transportation Garage on Wilkerson Street. The employee said that at 10:30 a.m. he saw two suspects loading the gate arms into a white 1980s model Chevrolet flat-bed pickup truck. The suspects left the area when they were approached by the employee. The suspects are described as two black males, and the first is 5-foot-9 with a slender build and short black hair. Both suspects are in their twenties. At this time the number of gate arms stolen or their value remains unknown. All up in your grill A student reported April 21 that when he returned to his Central Campus apartment at 11:30 p.m. he found someone had thrown a grill through his sliding glass door, shattering it. There was nothing missing from the apartment and no indication that anyone entered his apartment. The damage is valued at $4OO. E-mail used in harassment An employee reported April 21 at 9:26 a.m. that she has been receiving harassing e-mails on her Duke email account. The employee believes the e-mails are coming from an acquaintance in Texas. The e-mails have been coming to her account for the past several weeks.
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The staff ofThe Chronicle's 99th volume, led by Sex and the City expert Alex Garinger, brought you 142 issues of hardhitting news this year. You can reach Karen Hauptman (front row, second from right] at 684-2663. Purse purloined A student reported April 21 that her purse was stolen sometime between 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. while she was attending the LDOC concert on the West Quad. The tan purse and its contents are valued at $235. Drunk driver detained Duke and Durham Police officers stopped a vehicle for speeding on Markham Avenue April 21 at 3:22 a.m. When they
the driver, they smelled a strong odor of alcoholic beverages coming from the vehicle. Officers performed field sobriety tests on the driver, Nicolas Buraglia (DOB June 8, 1982, 10705 SW 132 Av., Miami FL) and arrested him for driving while impaired. He was transported to the Durham County Jail and held under $l,OOO bond. His court date is set for June 8. Burgalia could not be reached for comment.
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Odor gives away smoker Officers responded to a report of a smell of marijuana in House W April 21 at 10:12 p.m. When officers arrived, they spoke to Michael Faber (DOB Feb. 15, 1983, 8815 Joshua CL, Baltimore, MD). Faber admitted to smoking marijuana in his dorm room and turned over a small amount of marijuana and two pipes and rolling papers to the officers. Mr. Faber was cited for possession of marijuana. His court date is set for June 28.
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FEES from page 1 campus are akin to renovations and do not increase substantially the amount of traffic in the area. ‘There are no new bodies generally associated with those things,” he said. He noted that most University buildings—like the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—are designed to alleviate already-existing overcrowding rather than to increase the number ofindividuals working on campus. Officials said the University filed a formal request that the city re-evaluate Duke’s bill. “This is not an argument about money. It’s about principle,” executive vice president Tallman Trask said. “You think the city —if they were going to do this thing in our partnership —would have told us.” Impact fees generally are used to pay for the cost of road, school and other infrastructure maintenance incurred by growth in a town and are therefore usually tied to construction that increases the wear and tear on these facilities. Some towns have increased the fees in recent years,
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doing that, she also took the fun out of the school because she seems to recruit a different kind of student,” said Robert Haile, Trinity ‘99. “On the other hand, she’s definitely made Duke’s diploma more valuable.” Jeremy Blitzer, another member of the Trinity Class of 1999, echoed those sentiments, noting that in the past students had been more interested in sports and alcohol but now are more concerned with academics. Indeed, the University’s apparent crackdown on social life in the past decade—from the elimination of many fraternities to the removal ofkegs from quads to the closing of the Hideaway, an on-campus bar, in 2001 —has been a hot topic during Keohane’s presidency that continues today. Keohane has long downplayed such concerns, noting that the campus was talking about the “death of the social scene” when she arrived at Duke in 1993 and consistendy pointing to increased regulations by national greek organizations as the cause of most of Duke’s alcohol policy changes. Still, alumni place much of the blame on her shoulders. “Nan didn’t realize the importance that the students placed on having fun as well as having a good academic experience,” said Margaret Stewart, Trinity ‘99. “And not just the social scene—she [also] didn’t put enough emphasis on the importance ofextracurricular activities.” Added Trinity graduate Elizabeth Alsbrooks: “Duke’s a more serious school now because of her tenure here. [Greek life] its a bit more restrictive, but it really depends on whose viewpoint you looking at.” Classmate Bjorn Johnson said he thought the changes are overstated. “The big thing [for alums] to criticize is losing the social and party scene. It’s something that all alums gripe about, but I just don’t think that much was lost.” Andy Wong, another Trinity graduate, agreed and even noted added benefits to Keohane’s tenure. “Nan brought in the school spirit and pride that we now see within the student body,” he said. “She definitely made it stronger academically then it was, but I don’t think that anything was lost per se.” Social life changes went hand-in-hand with changes to residential life, for whichKeohane draws much praise for. Klein, like most others, pointed to the University’s decision—largely spearheaded by Keohane—to make East Campus exclusively freshmen as one of the great moments in Duke’s recent history. Controversial at the time, the move now seems like a no-brainer. “[lt] was one of the best things she did.... It was a huge success among the students,” he said. Others commended Keohane’s work in opening doors for women at Duke and her trademark leadership style. “She was great for the female students at Duke—being a woman and such a success and so influential,” Trink Lisko added. “As a female she was someone to look up to.” Added fellow ‘99er Ashlyn Jordan: “Her personality has come through as she has been the leader of the University. She has led a mature and poised university because that’s her style, and it has shown through.” And, of course, many members of the Class of 1999 looked to the $2.36 billion Campaign for Duke and its immediate impact on campus as Keohane’s greatest legacy. “I think her biggest contribution was that she raised a lot of money for Duke,” classmate Catherine Stanwick said. “In the five years that I have been gone, there have been tremendous changes to Duke... a new gym, new dorms. It seems to have changed completely.”
however, to offset national and local budget crises that have threatened the financial stability of some city programs. The revised impact fees, which called for a charge of $1,439 per square foot of University space constructed in the area where Duke is located, apply to development of any kind, not just development that adds stress to local infrastructure. The city ordinance also includes a provision for fee payers to calculate an alternate fee, if the payer believes the fee is artificially high. The equation, which takes into account increased traffic flow and estimated cost to repair infrastructure, is designed to be used when the new construction does not result in increased traffic flow. The University submitted a formal appeal against the $1 million bill earlier this year. The city, in consultation with Kimley-Horn and Associates, an outside firm that helped develop the guidelines for the fees, agreed the dollar amount was excessive and reduced the total cost to about $600,000, Trask said. But the University continues to believe that the impact fees are being unjustly applied. In the most recent move, Trask submitted a letter April
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to Marcia Conner, city manager of Durham, protesting the new impact rates and the validity of the data KHA used to calculate the revised fee. “We don’t agree that our construction generates proportional traffic the way they believe we do,” Trask said, adding that the fee controversy was a “good faith disagreement.” Conner and several other officials from Durham City Hall were unable to be reached despite repeated attempts last week. Representatives from KHA were also unavailable for comment. The University also reacted specifically to the creation of a new category, “Major Research University,” recommended in the revised guidelines earlier this year. Trask pointed out in his letter to Conner that Duke was the only entity in the category. “A policy category with only one member is, on the face of it, suspect,” Trask wrote. Despite these disagreements, Trask said he remains confident that the issue will not affect the University’s generally positive relationship with the city. “I believe we’re going to work this out,” Trask said. “I’m not worried.”
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the nearly-complete Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences building, the Nasher Museum of Art, the refurbishing of the Hart House for President-elect Richard Brodhead and the renovation to Perkins Library. Trask said he was particularly pleased with the changes to the library, especially a new tower that will block a portion of the library added in 1969 that does not match the original character of the academic quadrangle. With a few exceptions, campus construction has been organized around a set of working principles, Trask said. “I am pleased to say that in this case, we have paid more attention to the plan than any university I know of,” he said. Although he touted the original master plan—which guided development until World War ll—Trask identified subsequent construction, notably from 1960 to 1995, as lacking a set of coherent principles. “As you walk around campus you will see many [buildings] some were successful and others less so,” Trask said. “But clearly, we went from a well ordered, well planned campus to a series of one-off events that sometimes [looked] arranged to others and sometimes didn’t.” Trask said that following the conclusion of the original master plan in the mid-19405, the University’s development pattern also expanded outward into the vast available land. “We managed to spread the campus out in a very large way—to cut down lots of trees so that we have ended up occupying more acreage per student than any university in America,” he added. Although Duke’s campus utilizes only 8 percent of its available land, Trask said the updated master plan for 2004—which will go before the Board of Trustees in two weeks —will include a new basic principle focusing on “sustainability and environmentally appropriate construction.” Following Trask’s presentation, Keohane bid the Council farewell. She praised the strength of faculty governance at the University, both in faculty leaders and the committee structure. Above all, Keohane expressed thanks for the strong working relationship she enjoyed with the Council. “The partnership between the faculty and the administration, and between those two groups and the Board [of Trustees], is one of the most important keys to all the
that the University has up-to-date contact information for most alumni who have said they want to receive such electronic communications. The University has e-mail addresses for about 70,000 alumni and has lost touchwith less than 3 percent of them, a relatively small percentage compared to the “loss rate” of other institutions, said Brian Eder, chief technology officer and director for alumni and development systems. “We make a lot of efforts to stay in contact with alumni,” Eder said. “Laney really believes in this stuff.” Alumni certainly seem happy with Funderburk’s work. Michele Sales, president of the Duke Alumni Association, recalled that he received a standing ovation before a recent speech given by President Nan Keohane. Sales called him “one of the strongest ambassadors for Duke” ever to work for the University. Furthermore, Funderburk’s accomplishments helped to foster the University’s development initiatives. The Annual Fund now raises about eight times as much money each year as it did in 1982, when Funderburk became director of alumni affairs, noted Sterly Wilder, director of the Annual Fund. Since the majority of contributions come from alumni, the achievements of the Office of Alumni Affairs contribute to fund-raising success. “Everything they do impacts what we do,” she said, “ft makes a big difference when they do such a great job.” Funderburk is pleased with, buLnot complacent about, his success in helping alumni feel more invested in the University. Although changes to the reunion program have been so successful that attendance this year beat the previous record by 20 percent, he sees room for improvement. “I have never been satisfied with any alumni meeting,” he said. “I’ll only be happy if everyone shows up.” Funderburk’s efforts on behalf of the University are not over yet. He explained that he is still trying to put together “a Homecoming worth its name” this fall because he said the event has been one of the weaker alumni events. Even after he has finished guiding the alumni affairs office during the University’s transition to the leadership of President-elect Richard Brodhead, he said wants to keep his parking pass, e-mail address and basketball tickets. “Durham is home, and Duke is my hobby,” he said.
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things that Duke has done over the last 11 years,” Keohane said. “You’ve seen some of the physical fruits of it, but there are many, many more as you all know. In the strategic plan, in the capital campaign, all of those things have rested on that partnership.” IN OTHER BUSINESS: The council elected four new members to its executive committee. James B. Duke Professor of Biology John Staddon was elected Faculty Secretary. Laurie Shannon, associate professor of English, Julie Edell Britton, associate professor in the Fuqua School of Business, and Linda Franzoni, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials sciences, were elected to the committee.
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With 12 minutes remaining in its game against No. 3 Maryland (10-2, 5-0 in the ACC), it appeared as if the No. 16 men’s lacrosse team (4-7, 0-4 in the ACC) could once again achieve the impossible. A goal by Duke attacker Dan Flannery had just leveled the score at 77, and, for a moment, it appeared as if the Blue Devils had the momentum to topple the topseeded Terrapins, just as they had done in the 2003 ACC Tournament. Unfortunately for Duke, the upset never materialized—theBlue Devils ran out of steam while Maryland went on to score three unanswered goals en route to a 10-7 victory that ensured the Blue Devils’ first losing season since 1990 and eliminated any remaining NCAA Tournament aspirations. The Terrapins, whom Duke had eliminated from the ACC Tournament each of the past three years, went on to win the ACC tide with a 12-11 win over Virginia Sunday. Despite the final outcome, Duke head coach Mike Pressler was impressed with his team’s effort. “I’m very pleased—we played as hard as we could for 60 minutes,” Pressler said. “That’s the first time we’ve done that in a long time. Even though it’s a loss, we take something positive from that. This season’s been ebbs and flows for us, and a lot of ebbs lately, due to us not playing hard enough and consistent enough. I think today we demonstrated against a very good Maryland team... that we could hang tough with the Terps.” Midfielder Matt Zash was a significant contributor to Duke’s gritty style of play. In addition to serving as the team’s primary ball carrier, the sophomore earned a goal and an assist, scooped up five ground balls and won five of his six face-offs. Freshman Matt Danowski also stepped up his game. The Farmingdale, N.Y, native’s four-
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CHAPEL HILL When Duke took the field Sundayfor the ACC championship, the team appeared excited and prepared to capture its first ever conference title. But after •the top-seeded Blue Devils jumped out to an early 3-1 lead in the first eight minutes of action, Virginia took over, earning a dominating 17-7 victory. The second-seeded Cavaliers (15-3, 4-1 in the ACC) limited Duke (11-5,4-1) to just two goals in a 44-minute stretch that put the game out ofreach. “I feel like we were very well prepared coming into this game from a tactical standpoint and a mental standpoint,” Blue Devils’ head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “Unfortunately that didn’t manifest itself on the field today for us.” Duke began the game with the aggression that most expected, as Meghan Miller scored just over 30 seconds into play. Virginia tied the contest on its first possession, but the Blue Devils were able to control the tempo of the game in the early going with patient offensive sets. ‘We were up 3-1, and we just started a really serious downhill spiral of turning the ball over and poor decision
making in transition,” Kimel said. “It just was tough.” From that
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problem as Duke turned it over 20 times in the game. These turnovers gave the Cavaliers fast break chances leading to easy goals for an offense featuring the nation’s leading scorer Amy Appelt, who now has 75 goals on the season. She had two assists and scored five goals, four in the second half during yesterday’s win. Tournament MVP Ashleigh Haas did much of the damage in a seven-goal run that put UVa ahead 8-3. The first of her three tallies came as teammate Caidin Banks stole the ball and passed it to her downfield. With no one between her and the goalie, Haas put the ball into the right side of the net. Then the native of Berwyn, Penn., scooped up a loose ball just outside the crease and skipped it past Duke’s goalie Meghan Huether to give the eventual champions the lead for good. Virginia was better in nearly every facet of the game Sunday, but the Blue Devils felt that they just did not play SEE W. LAX ON PAGE 9
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Jonathan Anderson scored in Duke's 4-2 win over UNC Saturday, thefirst since 2001 .
With the series tied at a game apiece, Duke and No. 18 North Carolina faced off Sunday for Tobacco Road bragging rights. Two freshmen pitchers, Danny Otero and Andrew Miller, started on the mound, but UNO’s Miller shut down Duke’s offense as the Tar Heels took the series and Sunday’s game 14-2. “It was a tough series,” head coach Bill Hillier said. ‘We took a game from them, a ranked team, at home, and we hadn’t beat [UNC] in a few years. So that’s good for us.” The Blue Devils (22-20, 7-8 in ACC) and the Tar Heels (31-11, 11-7) were scoreless after three innings, but with two outs in the fourth inning, UNC soon changed that. Marshall Hubbard took Otero long for his 16th home run of the season to put the first run on the board.
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After a pair of Tar Heels reached base, defense kept Duke from potentially scoring Otero was relieved by Greg Burke, who had runs. With no outs and runners on first and second, Adam Murray bunted a ball that earned the save in Saturday’s game. Chase Younts drilled a line drive up the was caught on the fly by the Tar Heels’ first middle for an RBI sinbaseman. He tagged first and threw to secgle. Wes Moyer and BASEBALL ond to finish the triple Bryan Steed added a WEEKEND SERIES couple of singles, drivplay and ended the ing in three. Burke inning. On fire both went on to give up defensively and offenthree more runs in his sively, UNC continued next one and onescoring in the sixth third innings. thanks to a pair of home runs by Chris “I felt pretty good there lanetta and Hewitt. out going The Blue Devils’ only runs in Sunday’s [Sunday],” Burke said. “My arm felt pretty good since I only threw 30 pitches game came from a two-run shot to center[Saturday], but they were getting solid hits, field by pinch-hitter Eric Baumann. Duke We weren’t. I wish I would’ve pitched bet- did not find much success at the plate ter, but I’m not down.” SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 9 In the bottom of the fifth, UNC’s
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exceptionally high finishes and school records for several competitors in one of at this weekend’s Penn Relays, with
the nation’s most storied track and field competitions. “We had the best Penn Relays in my career,” 14-year head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “The only way to describe the team’s results are in terms of the individuals added up, [and] we had a great weekend.” In the high jump, freshman Debra Vento surpassed her sixth-place seeding, clearing six feet en route to athird place finish in the championship division and a new Duke record. Despite missing the NCAA Regional qualifying mark, freshman Kelly Reynolds improved her own school record in the hammer throw with a distance of 172-7. Sophomore Clara Horowitz, who has been rebounding from an injury, raced to a second place finish in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:30.72, an ECAC qualifying mark. With a silver and bronze already in place for the Blue Devils, Paige Miller added to the team’s successes with a first-place finish in the 5-kilometer race. Running a 16:29.76, Miller qualified for NCAA Regional and became the fourth female Blue Devil to win a Penn Relays championship. Duke has now won all three of the women’s top distance races at the Penn Relays. In 1985, Ellen Reynolds captured the 10-kilometer title and Ellison Goodall won the 3000-meter in 1978. “If you win a Penn Relays championship, you’re among the best in the country,” Ogilvie said. “These are not only big wins, but place the athletes among the top in the nation.” Even within the relay teams, certain individuals stood out. In the women’s 4x1500 race, the Duke squad of Meaghan Leon, Shannon Rowbury, Sally Meyerhoff and Horowitz shattered the school record combining for a time of 17:48.2 and a sixth-place finish. Rowbury’s run of 4:15.8 on the second leg was one of the fastest splits in the race—and in Blue Devil history. It does not count as a school record, but Rowbury drasdcally improved upon last week’s record-setting 4:20 finish. Rowbury also anchored the distance medley team, which had a tough 12th place finish in the championship division. The women’s 4xBoo team of Meyerhoff, Rowbury, Leon and Lauren Matic posted a ECAC-qualifying time of 8:45.05 and earned an eighth-place finish in the championship division. Although failing to match his season high, senior Brent Warner finished fourth in the pole vault with a
Strojny drafted in seventh round For the first time in four years, a Duke football player was selected in the NFL draft. Offensive tackle Drew Strojny was taken in the seventh round with the 203rd overall pick by the New York Giants. ‘The whole process is so nerve-wracking,” Strojny said. “It is a huge relief, and very exciting. To be honest, I really didn’t care where I went but this has worked out for the best. New York is close to home, so I’ll be near my family. I spoke with Coach [Tom] Coughlin, and he said they were excited to have me.” A two-year team captain, the Wrentham, Mass., native played in 46 games as a Blue Devil, starting 43. Strojny, 6foot-7 and 327-pounds, was twice named Duke’s Outstanding Offensive Lineman. The last Blue Devil selected was Chris Combs in 2000
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After a visit at his home by head coach Mike Krzyzewski and associate head coach Johnny Dawkins Wednesday, Shaun Livingston said he has still not decided whether to come to Duke or enter the NBA draft. The high school senior has until May 10th to decide. “I’ve still got a decision-making process to go through,” Livingston told the Herald-Sun. Tve still got about two weeks left, so I’m going to take that time to hopefully make the best decision.”
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The track team had its best performance in years at thePenn Relays this weekend. Head coach Norm Ogilvie said it was the best ofhis career.
height of 16-5. In two years ofVaulting at the Penn Relays, he has finished second and fourth, and according to Ogilvie, this year’s field was much more competitive than
the 2003 slate. One finish that surpassed Ogilvie’s expectations was the men’s distance medley. Competing in the championship division, Duke’s team of Casey Reardon, Dan King, Jon Amt and Nick Schneider finished ninth between Florida State’s and North Carolina’s squads. FSU edged out the Blue Devils by less than one second in the race, which was the highest finish for the team in three decades. “Placewise, it was the best we’ve done for a long time,” King said. “But timewise we didn’t run as well as hoped. It was bunched up and had some bad hand-offs.” While the team still has some obstacles to advance to the NCAA Championship, this weekend provided a good stage for nadonal competition. ‘This gives the athletes tremendous confidence,” Ogilvie said. “It shows that they can perform well under pressure.”
The men’s basketball team held its annual banquet Friday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. At the event, senior Chris Duhon received the Sweet-Baylin Award, given to Duke’s Most Valuable Player. He also garnered the Best Defensive Player Award, the Iron Duke Award for most minutes played and shared the Bill Krzyzewski Captain’s Award with Nick Horvath and Daniel Ewing. Along with the Captain’s Award, Horvath also earned the Dr. Deryl Hart Award, given to the team’s top scholarathlete and the Coach’s Award, given annually to the player exemplifying the commitment and values ofDuke Basketball. J.J. Redick, Shavlik Randolph and Shelden Williams also won awards.
Schweitzer to retire from WNBA Former Duke player and current assistant coach Georgia Schweitzer has decided to retire from the WNBA after three seasons in the league. Last season for the Minnesota Lynx, Schweitzer played 7.4 minutes per game, averaging under a point per contest. During her career, which was split between Miami and Minnesota, the two-time ACC Player of the Year averaged 3.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 70 career contests.
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goal performance snapped his weeks-long scoring slump and earned him a spot on the All-Tournament team. “[Duke] coach [Joe] Alberici did a great job getting me away from [Maryland defender Chris] Passavia,” Danowski said. “Chris Haunss did a great job feeding me the ba11.... I did the easy job, the rest of the guys did the hard work.” Ultimately, the Blue Devils were their own worst enemy—especially in the second half. Duke turned the ball over nine times after the break and only picked up 10 ground balls in the final two quarters —Maryland picked up 22. What was worse than the quantity of the Blue Devils’ errors, however, was the timing of their lapses—on more than one occasion, Duke turnovers directly translated into Terrapin goals during the ensuing possession. “We just made too many mistakes defensively,” Pressler said. “We gave Maryland five goals today. I want to give due credit to Maryland because we gave it to them. We gave it through mistakes and errant clears and just some fundamental—as I call it—‘blunders’ that come back to bite you against a very good team like the Terps. They make you pay.” The Maryland defense put the final nail in the Blue Devils’ coffin—Duke could only muster two shots in the fourth quarter. “We batded from beginning to end,” Maryland head coach Dave Cotde said. “This was [Duke’s] season. We haven’t had a lot of success with them in the ACC Tournament. We battled like we do every week. For 60 minutes we stayed the course. We only gave up nine shots in the second half and only two in the fourth quarter, so I think we picked it up defensively.”
Friday’s game was another a high-scoring game for UNC, as the team posted 14 hits in the 11-6 win. Duke had a 3-1 advantage until the fifth, when UNC posted back-to-back four run innings. The Blue Devil’s ace Tim Layden struck out six, but gave up seven runs in his third loss of the season. “I was impressed by [Bard and Miller],” catcher Brian Hernandez said. “We’ve never seen them before because they’re so young, but I was impressed.” However, it wasn’t all bad for Duke this weekend. The Blue Devils were able to come from behind to win Saturday’s game. Zach Schreiber struck out seven batters in as many innings and gave up only two runs, both in the first. The Blue Devils’ bats were quiet until the sixth when Corey Whiting singled to left-centerfield, driving in Layden from second base. In the seventh, Jonathan Anderson led off and reached first on an error. Javier Socorro doubled, scoring Anderson, and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. After Layden struck out, Hernandez singled to centerfield, scoring Socorro and giving Duke the 3-2 lead. The Blue Devils went on to win 4-2 —the first for Duke over the Tar Heels since 2001.
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to the cav's challenge. “What’s hard for us is we let Virginia dictate tempo,” Kimel said. ‘We let them dictate pretty much everything to us today, and we didn’t have the fight that we usually do.” Duke advanced to the championship game by defeating North Carolina Friday afternoon in a closely contested 12-11 win. Neither team led by more than two goals at any point, and at halftime the Tar Heels were up 64. Freshman Leigh Jester had four of her career-high five goals in the second period, and Sophomore Katie Chrest also recorded a hat trick, including the one that put Duke ahead 11-10 with just over 15 minutes remaining. North Carolina tied the game minutes later to set up the dramatic finish. After picking the ball up in UNC territory, freshman Meghan Ferguson took it all the way to the cage scoring the game winner, her first career goal. A Duke turnover as the team tried to run out the clock forced Huether to stop a shot in the closing seconds to secure the victory. Following the exhilaration of Friday’s win, the disappointment of the defeat at the hands of Virginia is something the Blue Devils will use to motivate themselves the rest of the season. “We weren’t playing smart,” Kimel said. “Virginia was and they capitalized on a lot of our mistakes. It’s demoralizing, and it’s something that we have to work harder on to perform better under those circumstances.” For their play this weekend Chrest, Jester, Miller and Meghan Walters were all named to the ACC tourna-
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Kanye West: A perfect finish was telling me. With just one album released, I was interested to see how Kanye would fill his set. Not many people realize that he is the mastermind (producer) behind many of the biggest songs in the past few years. Yet West managed to drop the beats he created without it sounding fake, or boring. Quick story: When Kanye asked Ludacris to do the hook on a song for his album, Ludacris asked for three beats in return. One of those ended up being “Stand Up”, Luda’s biggest hit. Yet I had a better time watching Kanye perform “Stand Up” than I did Luda in Cameron. Even undergrad population, not Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know to mention grad schools My Name,” a song I turn off lu ■ and the surrounding every time it’s on the radio, Durham community. Tal was entertaining once Kanye Sophomore year we got The added his showmanship to it. who were but that Roots, ill, Then he came with the months before 4 was Phrenology, and they ended Senuwsy2oo4 hits. “Slow Jamz”, which most people probably didn’t even with 20 minutes of rock covrealize was Kayne, and ‘Thru ers, as if to appease the kids farewell columns The Wire”, Kayne’s story of his who showed up not knowing a horrific car accident set over a damn song. Last year may Chaka Khan song. That song alone sped up have been the biggest disgrace in my opinion, as a top notch school like Duke got a is evidence of how fitting he was for Duke lame-ass Wilco and Better Than Ezra, University. In the same song he drops a “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” reference, which was only better than no one. Pike announced Kanye promotes seat belt safety, compares his post So when Mark West, I was impressed. Let me tell you accident face to Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky something: I don’t, know Mark that well, and brags about being on Jay-Z’s record but I do know this kid had a plan from the label, all while emphasizing fighting through struggle and not giving up. Once day he stepped on campus. From our freshman writing seminar, I could tell Pike was again—part spiritual, part bling-bling. So Kanye steps off stage, and in several secsomeone who saw the potential in Duke. So onds has everyone’s full attention. What does senior year, he went out and got that marhe return with? ‘Jesus Walks.” May have been deserved. And openquee name that we the most impressive performance move by an Dilated couldn’t believe it. I Peoples? ing, For weeks I had promoted Kanyeeze as artist I have ever seen, and that’s coming from going to be off the hook. I tried overcoming a Jew who has been to many concerts. A major the hip-hop bias that is prevalent on this camhip-hop artist, and here he is attempting to raise faith and “convert atheists into believMost when told about Kanye, people, pus. responded, “I don’t really listen to that ers.”Kanye fully knows that his topic of choice music.” But people, I would say, what about isn’t one that plays well on die airwaves the Drop-Out Bear, his equivalent of the Blue (unless Jesus walked on water in his Air-Force Devil Mascot? I compared him to Outkast in Ones, or can turn water into 22’s). But it’s not how creative and unique his style was. I even about the money. Well, not completely. It’s figured he would rock with Dilated on ‘This about the music, the cause, and that’s a message that many at Duke could learn from. Way,” that song from the Volvo commercial. Most of the concert after that was a blur, Since we go to Duke, and nothing can ever be perfect, I wasn’t surprised when but I know I loved it. One part in particular, Dilated Peoples didn’t show up. Two sick however, sticks out strongly. Second to last hip-hop artists, performing on my last Last song, the aptly named “Family Business”, and Day of Classes? Couldn’t happen. But as it was almost out of a movie. If Duke was ever going to be a close knit community, this was it. long as I had Kanye, it would be all good. could Just a few things to make clear before I A song chill enough that even the Betas to in feel it. was for clap I waiting everyone Last of Classes is subon; Day move always unison, a sort of bonding, as Kanye’s DJ stance influenced, and this year was no different. So if some of what I say sounds a bit scratched “All That Glitters Is Not Gold.” But out there, read this again when you are a like everything else I have experienced in my 4 years here, nothing at Duke ends ideally. It bit more tipsy. just bums out and ends. Our campus showed After several Rocafella Records up-andcoming artists my man Kanye came out in it’s apathy, and soon that fleeting moment was style, and despite no Drop-Out Bear, I gone, and with it went my Duke career. Yes, could tell we were in for a great time. the show ended early, but I know I got all that Kanye is the closest to an incarnation of I asked for. Okay, maybe I was under the influence. Duke University if Duke was a Hip-hop artist. He got up there all decked in that But I really believe that Kanye West was suit (just to be like you ain’t up on this), as meant to perform on our campus. Duke if he was straight business, (the isn’t entirely the sex, drugs and rock’n’roll party school that we envisioned after engineer/gothic reading room living portion of Duke). Yet he had his Rocafella watching Animal House, but it doesn’t chain on and kept throwing the Dynasty have to be the straight edge, collared shirt sign (no girls, he wasn’t representing Tri institutions of the Ivy League. Kanye is the Delt), and you could tell he was having a same way. He raps about money hos and great time on stage from beginning to end. rims, like a state school, if only to gain a Just like the half, (ok maybe 25 percent) of wider audience for his social conscious this campus that knows how to party, have messages of Ivy League caliber. Duke doesa good time, and balance work with play. n’t need to be Yale. It could be Kanye, and that would be fine by me. And the best part of all? My man is a college drop-out. It was as if this concert was Tal Hirshberg is a Trinity senior. symbolic, or at least that’s what the alcohol
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wait, there’s more! When I first heard about Last Day of Classes freshman year, I thought it had lots of potential. A major artist performing on Main West, on the last day we would have to sit in a classroom till next August? Pass me a beer and let’s rock. Every February we got excited over a list of potential acts, from Outkast to 311. But the day had never truly lived up to the hype. Freshman year we got an old Run-DMC and Guster. Even if I did care, it would have sucked, as the weather moved it inside to Page, which fits less than 25 percent of the
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until the wee hours of the morning. My education continued at The Chronicle, where the oh-so-cozy offices of 301 Flowers and the always-collaborative process of producing never met Maggie Schneider. a daily newspaper forced me to meet new people—both I had a chance to—on my very first day at Duke, and resenior editors and fellow freshman reporters —by the ally, every day thereafter until the snowy December 2002 handful. You had to continuously become friends with afternoon when she peacefully, yet tragically passed away more and more Chroniclers—if for nothing else than to several days after an accident in which a drunk driver continue to learn how to be a better journalist from those pummeled her car. But it never happened —we never met more experienced than you. On that first sweltering, August mornToday, with this issue, the 100-membering, my father and I were late in joining strong staff of the 99th volume of The Chronicle says its good-bye, and I’m not my mother in the cool confines ofSchaefer Theater, where some of the newest sure anyone will miss it more than I will those 100 reporters, writers, editors, photogcrop of Blue Devils and their parents were waiting to sign over their souls to raphers, designers and others are also all the credit card and debit card demons. great friends. They’ve worked by my side until dawn and beyond; they’ve supported My mother had volunteered to stand in line while my father and I took care of my good decisions and my bad ones; they’ve other orientation duties, and when we fiendured my late-night e-mails, my crazy Alex Garinger page-one designs and my taste in music. nally arrived, she didn’t want to talk about where we had been or the benefits For my non-Chronicle friends, a group of Wachovia over the other local banks, that will make my future in-laws shudder when but rather, how this gregarious blonde girl Senuwsy2oo4 they see the size ofmy halfof the wedding guest list, the conclusion of my editorship comes, I from Canada just wouldn’t stop meeting think, as a welcome relief. On the one hand, people in line. I turned to find Maggie standing a few farewell columns they won’t have to endure hearing about the latest drama at the paper or in the Allen Building; spots behind us. She had made the trip from her native Newfoundland, Canada, without her parand on the other hand, they will actually get to see me out ents, but you could hardly tell she was alone. As enthusiason a night other than Friday or Saturday. Nonetheless, they tic as everyone should be on their first day of college, she have always remained unwaveringly supportive of my work was chatting with anyone in a 10-foot radius, greeting her on this paper, and in return, I have tried desperately to new classmates with open arms and charming moms and spend as much of my time out of the office with them. And dads with her Julia Roberts smile and unabashed zest for thankfully, I have largely succeeded, be it at trivia night at life. She was the type of girl I knew my mom wanted me to the James Joyce, dinner at Bullocks, weekend getaways to meet at Duke —beautiful, brilliant, generous, outgoing the mountains or beach, basketball games in Cameron, and passionate cruises in the Caribbean, Burton parties and North-vs.And at that moment, I had my chance. All it would South keg-offs, study sessions in Perkins, Friday night dinhave taken for me to bring Maggie into my life—indeed, ners, games of Kings and Never-Have-I-Ever, marathon into make her my first friend at Duke—was to take a cue distant message conversations, late-night trips to Rick’s, final recdy from her and simply reach out my hand and offer a slow dances at ADPi functions or Sunday night group viewshort, almost trivial greeting: ‘Hi, Maggie, I’m Alex.’ But I ings of “Sex and the City.” Ah, yes, “Sex and the City.” The quote that begins this didn’t do it: not that day in Schaefer Theater or any other day during the next two-and-a-halfyears when I often saw column is my favorite from the show’s final season. It her around campus. choked me up the minute I heard it and still does whenAt the time, I blamed my hesitation in meeting new ever I see it pop up in a friend’s away message. For all that the show said about the mores of relationships and people (it didn’t end with Maggie) on my inherent shyness. My timidity had hung onerously over the first 18 sex in today’s society, what it revealed the most about years of my life and no matter how much I tried to shake human nature was that any heartbreak, any break up, it, I thought I was destined to have it follow me through any failed marriage, any miscarriage, any bad date or any worse sex, could be endured if your friends are right my college years and beyond. Reflecting now, however, my hesitation was not merely there by your side, laughing and crying with you and alshyness, but more a fundamental fear of taking a risk and ways available for a 3 a.m. conversation or, better yet, a 3 pushing my personal boundaries in the simple pursuit of a.m. hug. What if Carrie had not met Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda? What if she had done what I did with a friend. This column, my final byline in The Chronicle, isn’t Maggie and not extended her hand and introduced herabout seizing the day, living life to the fullest or reaching self to them? Choosing Mr. Big over Petrovsky would for the stars. (For that, I refer you to Dave Matthews’ and have been the least of concerns. Of course, there is more to a friendship than just that Tim Reynolds’ 1995 Luther College concert, which I contend is about as good an encapsulation of those ideals, not first moment. That moment is a blink of the eye in the life of a friendship, whether it ends 10 minutes later, at colto mention the secret of life, as you’re going to find anywhere) . Rather, this column is about simply doing what I lege graduation or at someone’s funeral. But that first modidn’t do with Maggie, but have since learned is one of the ment is also a friendship’s greatest hurdle. Even though it single most important keys to happiness: introducing is the simplest act, once it’s past, the difficult part is over. yourself to a stranger and seeing where life decides to take The only thing left is to embrace your friendships and cherish them. Forever stand by your friends’ side; defend that fledgling friendship. Overcoming that fear and taking that chance is a hard them to the death; and be brutally honest with them when thing to do. Over the years, we build around us a wall of necessary. Celebrate their successes and bemoan their setfamily and friends that we trust with our lives and our backs; cheer them up when they’re sad and keep them laughing when they’re as happy as can be. Every argument deepest secrets. But as much as we’re always trying to forthat and it and it simultanecan be cleared up by an apology or a heart-to-heart; and, larger larger, tify group grow ously terrifies us to think that it was ever not strong especially for those seniors graduating in two weeks, enough, that it ever needed just one more friend. And friends can still be friends when they don’t live in the then we wonder how the new pieces of that wall will fit same area code. with the old ones, and if we need them more in our wall I never met Maggie Schneider, but I can’t imagine my than they need us in theirs, or vice versa. As terrifying as life or my time at Duke if I had passed up the opportunithe process is, however, it is absolutely essential. ty to meet more than a hundred friends just like her. Litde by little, I’ve learned that lesson in my time at Duke. It started first with the Pegram boys, who by second Alex Garinger is a Trinity senior and editor of The Chronicle. semester freshman year had turned from hall mates I nodLike his predecessors, he aches with the knowledge that he’ll never ded at in the bathroom into best friends I still talk with be either again. —
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summer before my freshman year of college, I someone who became one of my closest friends at Duke. Nalini introduced me to The Chronicle and gavfe me a job in the classifieds department working 10 hours a week. Four years later, I still stop in before every test for little words of encouragement from one of my first friends at Duke. This was the beginning ofmy career at The Chronicle. After my brief introduction to advertising, I found the photography department. There my true Chronicle heart lies and it is where I stayed until dedicating my senior year to The Chronicle as managing editor. A couple of weeks ago, one of the sophomore Chroniclites asked me whether my committment to The Chronicle was worth it. I answered yes immediately, but it wasn’t until later that night that I began really asking myself whether I was in fact happy with the past year. I must admit that my love for The Chronicle is probably different than the love most people have for the newspaper. I met
began working in 301 Flowers because I loved to take photos and wanted access to free supplies, but I Jane Hetherington soon found myself enjoying the people as much as the film As I lay in bed thinking about the people I have met over the past four farewell columns years, I realized that my most meaningful relationships at Duke have been connected with The Chronicle. I still keep in touch with many old Chronicle friends. We all share something that can’t really been seen, described or even named. A bond like ours only forms when you have spent countless hours searching for the perfect photo in a binder full of negatives, staring at the same computer screen for more hours than you are supposed to be able to stay awake. And the glue that holds it altogether? Probably it is the stress of nightly production that forces people to work together and, in the end, show their true colors. Long before I was faced with this dificult question, I realized that I needed a plan post May 9. I decided I wanted nothing to do with journalism because I was sick of daily production. But as time passed, this idea changed and I began to think I might want a career in magazine journalism and even picked out a few to consider. I never quite got around to applying, convincing myself that I was simply scared of being rejected. Then my parents came to town and my father pushed the subject of finding a career. I should note that I was a hard core environenmental science and policy major until I actually took a class at Duke and realized that I needed a break before I could fully embraced the field. Perhaps now I am ready. So, as it turns out, finding the perfect lead to a story just isn’t what I’m passionate about. But was it worth it? The people I worked with and the experience I have gained by working at The Chronicle have given me happiness and satisfaction that will be with me always and have truly defined my years at Duke. On a slightly different note, I feel it is important to add that these people I speak of are the ones who have helped me through all the rough times I have experienced, particularly in the last year. This fall I lost an aunt who I was especially close with, something I am still having a hard time dealing with, but also something I feel the need to mention. Jane Murphy was an inspiration to me in more ways that I’ll ever know, much less be able to count. The strength she delivered to everyone she touched will no doubt live on forever. And as such, I would like to dedicate this senior column to my name’s sake because without her, I would have learned to push through the rough times until I reach the softer side. Aunt Jane was a leader in our family and in her community. I hope that someday I might learn to be as corageous as her, but in the meantime, I’d just like to say thanks. Thanks for teaching me about joking and laughing, about caring and loving, but most importantly—about living. I love you !
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