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MOURNING IN AMERICA Officials, citizens join capital farewell for former president by

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Confession obtained in employee murder case

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dome, his body borne to that historic place of tribute by horse-drawn carriage

past thousands drawn to the high pageantry of America’s first presidential state funeral in three decades. With the storied riderless horse symbolizing the fallen president, Reagan’s casket came to the Capitol in a procession that quietly riveted crowds standing 15 deep on each side of Constitution Avenue. Cannon fired upon his body’s arrival at the home of Congress, sending smoke cascading into the steamy evening air. “Fellow Americans, here lies a graceful and a gallant man,” said Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking at the state funeral ceremony opening the 34-hour period of Reagan’s lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. “It was the vision and the will ofRonald Reagan that gave hope to the oppressed, shamed the oppressors and ended the evil empire.” In her husband’s death as in his life, Nancy Reagan was beside him at every step. She acknowledged cheers at the head of the procession, waving repeatedly, looking wan. “God bless you, Nancy,” a man cried out.

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Soldiers accompany thebody offormer President Ronald Reagan toward the Capitol Wednesday.

Alzheimer s research advances in wake of Reagans struggle by

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When former president Ronald Reagan announced his affliction with Alzheimer’s disease in November 1994, he de-stigmatized an oft-neglected disease and provided momentum for research for years to come. In the early days of research, Duke University scientists competed to score the next major breakthrough, but a greater sense ofcollaboration now unites

them. Using newly-developed genetic tools, scientists hope to find a reliable bio-marker that would enable early detection of Alzheimer’s within the next two to three years. In the meantime at Duke, a multifaceted approach to research focuses on three important phases of disease. The theory is to attack the disease from three angles: recognizing susceptibility,

Police officers arrested Durham resident Thomas Pitt Friday and charged him with the murder of Duke employee Curt Blackman, whose body was found May 20 in his Hilton Avenue apartment. Pitt confessed to Blackman’s murder, a Durham County prosecutor said at a bail hearing Monday. Duke police officers found Blackman’s body after his co-workers noticed his absence from work. He was director of graduate programs and minority recruitment at Duke Pitt, 22, was denied bail at Monday’s hearing, at which his court-appointed attorney, Chris Roberts, had sought a $lOO,OOO bond. Opposing the attempt to release Pitt from pre-trial confinement, the prosecutor offered grisly details of Blackman’s murder and noted that Pitt confessed to the crime. ‘The victim was gagged, bound, blindfolded and stabbed numerous times,” Assistant District Attorney Kendra MontgomeryBlinn said. She characterized Blackman’s

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Bulls eye Deng with pick No. 3 by

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With league sources all but confirming he is a lock to be a top-five selection, former Duke basketball star Luol Deng has decided to close the door on his short-lived Duke career, becoming the seventh Blue Devil ever to leave early for the NBA Draft. After meeting with three potential agents in Durham, Deng has officially surrendered his collegiate eligibility by hiring lawyer Leon Rose and has moved on to the pre-draft camp DRAFT at Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute, where he 2004 joins many of the other top prospects in this year’s class. Following this week’s exhibition, Deng will likely participate in individual workouts with the Chicago Bulls, the expansion Charlotte Bobcats and SEE DENG ON PAGE 12

Grad student dies in Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

Zhaochun Xu, a 31-year-old graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, died early Monday morning as a result of injuries suffered a car accident late Sunday night Friends described Xu, a Chinese citizen, as a sweet and cheerful person whose presence will be deeply missed. ‘The Pratt community is saddened by the death of Zhaochun Xu,” Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, said in a statement. “It is a particular tragedy when someone so young with so much potential passes away.” A car crashed into the vehicle Xu and his wife, Yuan Liu, were driving on Highway 15501 at 10:05 p.m. Sunday, causing it to run off the right side of the road, said Officer L. L. O’Brien of the Durham Police Department. The car then hit a tree, another DPD spokesperson said.

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The driver of the other vehicle jumped from his car and fled the scene. DPD Lt. Norman Blake said Wednesday that he had not yet been located. Police are following leads about the cause of the accident and declined to say whether alcohol was involved. O’Brien said more details will likely be available by the end of the week. Liu sustained minor injuries and was released from Duke University Hospital earlier this week. Duke’s International Office and the Chinese embassy are working together to help Xu’s parents secure passports and visas in Beijing, which they need in order to enter the United States. Colleagues who worked with Xu at the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems described him as a soft-spoken but diligent worker. “He was one of those people who doesn’t say very SEE XU ON PAGE 8

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SEA ISLAND, GA. An emotional President George W. Bush met Wednesday for the first time with the newly designated interim president of Iraq, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar, telling him that “1 never thought I’d be sitting next to an Iraqi president of a free country a year and a half ago.” Bush said it was a “special day” for him, and after 15 months in which Americans have been fighdng and dying in Iraq, it provided a powerful moment of symbolism for him to sit side by side, before the world, with the man who now holds a dde last held by Saddam Hussein.

“I’m glad you’re here,” Bush said to al-Yawar, who replied by thanking the president and the American people “for the sacrifices of the brave men and women of the United States” in deposing Saddam. “We’re determined to have a free, democratic, federal Iraq, a country that is a source of stability to the Middle East, which is very important for the rest of the world,” al-Yawar said. The meedng came during a gathering ofleaders from the eight big industrial and military powers, which Bush hoped to turn into a celebradon of Iraq’s return to the intemadonal community. But only a day after the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously for a new

resolution backing a transfer of sovereignty to Iraq, the administration was confronting threats by the Kurds in the north of the country to withdraw from the Iraqi state in a dispute over what law would govern the nation after June 30. Additionally, Bush’s hopes of encouraging NATO to take a broader role in Iraq ran into stiff opposition here from President Jacques Chirac of France. In an effort to use the apparent progress in Iraq as a springboard to addressing the broader roots of terrorism, Bush had lunch at a golf resort here with the leaders of several Middle Eastern nations and Turkey, promoting a new plan to support the development of democracy in the region.

Stern handed record fine from FCC by

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WASHINGTON Federal regulators announced a record |1.75 million setdement Wednesday with the nation’s largest radio chain to resolve indecency complaints against Howard Stern and other radio personalities. The Federal Communicadons Commission’s deal with Clear Channel Communicadons is the latest example of federal regulators’ increased enforcement of indecency standards., The amount narrowly tops the $1.7 million that Infinity Broadcasting paid in 1995 for indecency violations by Stern, the shock jock whose New York City-based radio show features sexually explicit talk and off-color humor. “Clear Channel has now formally admitted that it violat-

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Ed the law and has made binding commitments to clean up its act,” Powell said. Stem has railed against the FCC, saying its crackdown on indecency threatens free speech rights and that he’s been targeted because of his opposition to President George W. Bush. The agreement settles a $495,000 fine proposed by the FCC against San Antonio-based Clear Channel for remarks Stern made in an April 2003 broadcast. That show was carried on six of Clear Channel’s 1,200-plus stations. The settlement also covers several dozen open investigations and pending cases stemming from listener complaints lodged against shows on Clear Channel stations. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, one of two Democrats on the five-member FCC, voted against the settlement.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Bush forgoes extension, supports baby bells The George W. Bush administration sided Wednesday with the four regional bell companies, saying that it would not seek an extension of regulations that some groups say have made local phone markets more competitive.

Libyan leader orders death, renounces terror While the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was renouncing terrorism, his intelligence chiefs ordered a covert operation to assassinate the ruler ofSaudi Arabia, according to testimony of two participants in the alleged conspiracy.

Feds move to open Alaska for drilling The federal government announced Wednesday that 387,000 more acres will be made available for oil and gas drilling-irv Alaska. Environmentalists argued that the plan would endanger lands rich in sensitivehabitats.

Capitol evacuated due to potential threat Mourners raced from the Capitol Building in D.C.Wednesday after police feared an airplane was headed for the building. Within minutes, authorities determined the small plane had lost its radio transmissionafter flying into restricted airspace.

G-8 protestors fail to arrive in Sea Island The discontent that had simmered for two days during the G-8 was minor compared to actions at previous summits. In downtown Savannah, officers kept tabs on fewer than 30"anarchists" who marched through the city's historic district. News briefs compiled from wire reports. "I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." Ronald Reagan

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Law school revamps grading scale Theater plan gains extra time by

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In an attempt to bring its assessment policies more in line with those of its

peers, the School ofLaw will implement a new grading system, raising the median for certain classes from 3.1 to 3.3 grade points and lowering the maximum possible score from 4.5 to 4.3. The school’s Curriculum Committee designed the new scale, effective June 1, in response to feedback from students and potential employers. Duke’s previous scale was considered misleading and potentially confusing, said Chris McLaughlin, director of academic advising and a member of the committee. The change, however, is not expected to have a significant impact on students’ transcripts, since the new median will only apply to classes of 40 or more students; furthermore, only 5 percent of any class may receive above a 4.0. “Almost no one was getting 4.4’s and 4.s’s—it was a rare thing for professors to give only to once-in-a-career, exceptional students,” said Theresa Newman, associate dean for academic affairs. “This will only have a marginal impact on students but will affect the misperception among employers that our grading system is too different.”

Mayor stifles feedback at City Council meeting Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

In an unprecedented move Monday, Mayor Bill Bell gagged public debate on a proposed $42 million, 4,000-seat theater, giving a thumbs-up to developers amidst a vocal uproar.

Law student ChristopherKocher studies in the law school libraryWednesday afternoon. Duke’s previous high grade of 4.5 may have generated confusion because many other schools only award a score of 4.3 as equivalent to an A+, making Duke’s system seem vastly different in the eyes of employers. Newman also noted that few employers knew a grade of 4.5 was reserved for unusually exceptional students. At the same time, there was concern that the students’ abilities were not accurately represented, as many other schools use higher medians to set grading

curves—Stanford Law School, for instance, sets its median at 3.4. Consequently, many feared that Duke students would not be as competitive as job applicants from peer institutions. “We believe our students are just about the best you can find anywhere at any school,” McLauglin said. As a result, he added, the Curriculum Committee looked at alternatives that might represent Duke

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Preliminary results from a recent Duke study indicate that Prozac is a safe and effective treatment for depression in adolescents. Although not yet published, this research suggests that concerns about Prozac’s safety are exaggerated. The study, conducted by Professor of Psychiatry Dr. John March, provides the first concrete evidence of the efficacy ofProzac, said Dr. Terrill Bravender, assistant professor of pediatrics. Bravender noted that despite the popularity of Prozac, limited sampling and measurements made prior studies on its benefits less conclusive. March’s study examined treatment with a placebo pill, psychotherapy alone,

Prozac alone and a combination ofProzac and psychotherapy. The study’s early findings indicate that the combination of Prozac and psychotherapy was effective for 71 percent of the adolescents studied. Prozac alone worked favorably for 61 percent of the subjects and psychotherapy alone saw positive results in 43 percent. Despite the apparent benefits of Prozac, there has been much recent debate about the linkage between Prozac usage and adolescent suicide. “Every drug has side effects,” Bravender said. “[But] there are worries about increased suicide risk in adults and children [when they take Prozac].” John Barrow, assistant director of outreach services for Counseling and Psycho-

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Barrow and Bravender both warn health care professionals and patients to exercise caution with Prozac as they would with any antidepressant, but Bravender said Prozac is a very safe drug. “It is very difficult to hurt yourself by overdosing, and the majority of side effects are very minor,” he noted. The results from March’s research also highlight the importance of combining treatment with Prozac and psychotherapy—an especially critical observation because Prozac has been a long-standing treatment for depression in adolescents. Bravender, who said he has seen positive

rights for the downtown performance venue to a group including Clear Channel Entertainment. Only after the motion Bill Bell passed did Bell allow four of the more-than-two dozen citizens in attendance to say their piece. Chaos, angry protests and hissing overtook the room when the mayor called for the vote. “Let the record reflect that no one who was against this extension was allowed to speak,” Durham musician James Hepler shouted. Much of the opposition centered on Durham’s need for a theater and concerns about involving promoting giant Clear Channel Entertainment, but the crowd also balked at financial projections it criticized as “unrealistic.” Developers need to garner $lB million in private funds for the concert venue, and city officials are banking on Duke for an additional $lO million. The

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Former classics professor Rehak dies Paul Rehak, a classical studies expert who taught at Duke until moving to the University of Kansas in 2002, died in his home in Lawrence, Kan. Saturday. He was an expert in Greek and Roman sculpture who advised the Duke in Rome program. He was a member of the Duke University Task Force for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns. At the time of his death, he was Curator at Wilcox Collection of Classical Antiquities at Kansas. Kuo to lead surgery division Dr. Paul Kuo, currently a professor of surgery and director of the Liver Transplant Program at the Duke University Health System, has been appointed to be-

come the chief of the Division of General Surgery. Kuo’s research interest is gene transcription, and he was previously chief of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation and Laparoscopic Surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center before coming to Duke in 2001.

OIT to offer new wireless plan The Office of Information Technology expanded its wireless telephone options with several new plans, effective June 1. The new offerings, available to students and staff, feature seven more Alltell plans and six from Verizon Wireless. Prifces for the new plans will range from $l7 for 150 minutes per month to $127 for 2500 minutes per month.

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reached the Capitol, she saluted it. When it reached the landing, she reached out and touched it. She gazed at it, as she had been known so long for gazing at him in life. In the Rotunda, she approached the casket again and lingered, patting and stroking the top, finally turning away. Members of Congress and other high officials in the room put their hands on their hearts as Reagan’s body passed by. Finally the dark suits of dignitaries gave way to the shorts and tank tops of average Americans, who had lined up for hours for a public jewing that goes on continuously until Friday morning. Reagan’s body was flown from California to close the first chapter in a slowly unfolding week of remembrance. In California, more than 100,000 people had

paid respects to Reagan in his presidential hilltop library. Reagan’s funeral procession was

formed within view of the White House. Following a long tradition, rarely seen, the body of the former president, who was an avid horseman, was carried on a black caisson drawn by six horses. The artillery carriage was built in 1918 to carry provisions and ammunition. Behind that trailed Sgt. York, the horse with an empty saddle and Reagan’s own riding boots reversed in the stirrups to symbolize a warrior who will ride no more and looks back a final time on his troops. Sgt. York stepped lively, tossing his head and appearing a bit spooked on occasion. Overhead—only 1,000 feet overhead—21 fighter jets screamed by in four formations, a wingman breaking away and rocketing upward to signify the loss of a comrade.

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detecting the disease early and delaying its symptoms. Duke, with its cutting-edge research, is at the forefront of the field. “In genetics, we are probably amongst the best, if not the best—same thing for neuro-imaging. [ln regards to] treatment, a number of places have expertise, and we are one of them,” said Murali Doraiswamy, associate professor of psychiatry and a lead investigator on several Alzheimer’s studies. Currently, Alzheimer’s disease—a degenerative illness that steals both the mind and the body—is treated by delaying the onset of symptoms with drugs and improving the overall health of the body, allowing the patient to project the illusion of being asymptomatic for as long as possible.

Duke researchers, however, are not satisfied with current therapies and are leading the way in developing treatments and diagnostic tools for detection and postponement of Alzheimer's symptoms. Margaret Pericak-Vance, James B. Duke professor of medicine and director of the Center for Human Genetics, studies the relationship between genes and the disease—she already had a major breakthrough in 1993 when she discovered apolipoprotein E, a protein that, when over-expressed, can interfere with the brain’s ability to function. She is currently leading research to identify new related genes. With no concrete idea of how Alzheimer’s can be cured, however, researchers are trying a variety of other options ranging from developing a vaccine to testing the effectiveness of different drugs. Many Alzheimer's patients do everything

MURDER from page 1 death as a “particularly brutal murder.” Chief District Court Judge Elaine O’Neal denied Pitt’s bail request and set another court date for the end of the month. At the next hearing, court-appointed attorney Mark Edwards will represent Pitt, according to The Herald-Sun of Durham. The charges against Pitt are murder, two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, receiving stolen goods, possession of stolen goods and a pre-existing breaking and entering charge dating back to 2002. Pitt was arrested inside Wal-Mart in the Oxford Commons Friday morning by the Durham Police Department’s Selective Enforcement team. Police detained Pitt without incident at the store after Pitt bartered stolen goods at Cash Converters, a pawn shop in the same shopping center, according to a DPD statement. “From evidence in the investigation, we were able to identify Mr. Pitt as responsible for the demise of Mr. Blackman,” DPD Lt. Norman Blake said. The Oxford Commons shopping center is close to Pitt’s

they can to aid in these studies—some people even participate in drug and treatment trials even though the data will most likely not be applied until the next generation. Hoping to have a direct impact on the future treatment plans, Doraiswamy is involved with a number of treatment trials that look to find ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s in older, non-afflicted individuals. These researchers are working to develop a new type of brain MRI scan to catch the illness in the very early stages. They hope to provide a detection tool analogous to the treadmill for heart disease. A scan would show early markers that allow doctors to screen patients with high risk more regularly. If the disease is caught early,

drugs can delay symptoms.

University scientists are even experimenting with improving these drugs. Dr. Donald Schmechel, professor of medi-

place of work, a nearby Burger King. Managers at both the Burger King and the Wal-Mart where he was arrested declined to comment on the matter, and Cash Converters’ owner did not respond to several phone messages. After his arrest, Pitt was held without bail in the Durham County Jail to await his bail hearing. In addition to seeking a bond for the murder charge, Roberts also applied Monday for a reduction in Pitt’s bond for the non-violent charges from $lO,OOO to $3,000. O’Neal allowed a reduction to $5,000, but Pitt remains in jail after she denied the bond application for the charge of Blackman’s murder. While Durham police and Montgomery-Blinn asserted there was a link between Pitt and Blackman, both refused to elaborate on the nature of the relationship. Blake and Montgomery-Blinn both declined to comment on motive, but Montgomery-Blinn noted that the details of the case will be made public “someday soon.” Blake declined to comment on the details of the ongoing investigation. DPD, which has made arrests in almost every homicide in Durham this year, discovered a suspect for Blackman’s murder quickly. ‘The police did a really good job,” Montgomery-Blinn said. Sgt. B. P. Hallan of the DPD attributed Pitt’s capture to “countless hours of work.”

cine and director of the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, is researching risk factors for Alzheimer’s associated with a high-cholesterol diet. Alzheimer’s affects almost half of the American population older than 85 and is the leading cause of dementia. This degeneration is especially noticeable when occurring in figures in the public eye. “One of the saddest thing about Alzheimer’s is that people gradually lose the ability to express oneself,” said Lisa Gwyther, education director at the Bryan ADRC, noting Reagan’s reputation as a powerful orator. “[Reagan’s strength] mobilized to recognize people Alzheimer’s as a public health problem, not an individual issue. We need to find an answer to this because so many people will be affected in the future.”

LAW GRADES from page 3 students’ efforts better than the old grading system, including everything from generally established standards to rather

unconventional ones. Many law schools, such as those at Harvard University and the University of Chicago, have scrapped the 4.3 scale entirely. Harvard follows an 8-point system, and the University of Chicago uses a system with points ranging from 157 to 185. After reviewing such alternatives, Duke opted for a more traditional scale. “We thought it was more helpful to use an established system rather than an alien one,” Newman said. “Employers have to make very quick judgments, and grades seem to be very important in that process.” Although grading system changes often raise questions about the potential for grade inflation, administrators said the changes are not significant enough to warrant such concern. “We essentially fine-tuned our system to reflect what peer schools are already doing,” McLauglin said. ,cWe are not leading the pack to simply benefit our students.” ■

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CITY COUNCIL tan pages remainder of the cost will be covered by a hotel tax levied specifically to finance the project. University officials have said the school will only foot the bill for upgrades that would allow the theater to accommodate the American Dance Festival —a $3 million commitment at most. The full project was originally slated for approval Monday, but developers requested an additional four months to finalize the financial numbers and lock in private funding. Bell and other Council members argued that it would be rash to abandon the theater at that point in time. But Council member John Best, Jr., the lone dissenting vote, came out against the theater, citing Durham’s more pressing needs. “We can spend the next four months making all the numbers look great on paper, but what we really need to do is spend this [time and money] working on the issues we’ve heard here tonight,” Best said. The state backing, however, is earmarked exclusively

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for the theater and cannot be used to supplement Durham’s ailing budget. Public opposition has amplified in recent weeks as two deadlines loom: If the Council does not commit to the project by October of this year developers may lose the plot; and if the site does not break ground by October 2005, Durham will forfeit the state money. Residents say Durham does not adequately support existing arts venues and the city has not sought enough community input. When Bell initially quashed debate on the extension, Michael Bacon commandeered the public microphone to make his voice heard. ‘This process with this theater has been very frustrating,” he said. “I think it is unfair to have us sit through with this meeting and to tell us that we have to come back some other time.” Bell eventually relented to the protesters, and after the Council voted, he allowed several people to comment on the theater and the contract extension, despite the fact that the weekly meeting was entering its fifth hour. He also called for City Manager Marcia Conner to organize a series of public forums on the project.

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Prior to the controversy, about 70 citizens weighed in on next year’s proposed budget and lobbied the city to fund everything from more after-school activities for local students to paved roads to English as a Second Language programs. Support for mentoring and violence prevention programs was most prevalent. Gang violence in Durham has spiked in the past several years, and area high school students were among those advocating for more community activities. Jordan High School student Aurelia Fowler told how she could not attend her prom because her date was shot in gang crossfire shortly before he was supposed to pick her up. “I just want us peers and us teens to have more activities after school,” she said. The proposed |279.5-million budget for the 2004-2005 fiscal year, which is expected to be adopted June 21, includes a 5-cent increase in the property tax rate and an increase in mandatory waste fees. Except for a few lonely protesters and a single picket sign, community members expressed no opposition to the tax hikes.

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A close-knit group of Chinese students within the Cenwill particularly miss Xu, and the Duke Chinese Students and Scholars Association is organizing financial and emotional support for his wife. Co-workers said they often teased Xu about his shyness, encouraging him to speak louder. Xu earned his Bachelor ofEngineering degree from Beijing University ofAeronautics and Astronautics in 1996. He began his doctoral work at Purdue University and was exter

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results from Prozac, frequently prescribes the drug to his patients and welcomed the new findings. “Having this new data available is very reassuring,” he said, noting that this study is not a green light for physicians to stop monitoring their patients carefully. “I am a firm believer that psychotherapy is as important as any drug.” Barrow said that as a result of a decrease in side effects and social stigma, students are more inclined to use antidepressants than ever before. “I think sometimes people are more open to taking medication than doing therapy,” he said. ‘Therapy requires coming to terms with problems and many adolescents can find that very threatening.” Natalie Leithem, Trinity ’O4, started taking Prozac in

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to earn his Ph.D. from Duke in May 2005. He hoped to become a professor at a world-class university and spent many hours in the laboratory and at the office perfecting his results and discovering elegant solutions. Xu’s research included developing a biomedical sensor thatwould measure alcohol, glucose and other substances in the human body using lasers. Brady said the group will continue to pursue some of Xu’s research but will ultimately yield different conclusions than Xu might have reached. “Who can say how it will be different without him?” Brady said. “Out of a million people, there’s maybe one of them who can do this.” A memorial service for Xu is still being arranged, but donations for his family may be sent through DCSSA treasurer Fang Liu at flB@ee.duke.edu and condolences may be expressed online at http://www.duke.edu/web/cssa/xu.htm.

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and... Nathan Smith? Smith fired a 66 over the final 18, including eight birdies, to finish ninth in the U.S. Open sectional qualifying event Monday in Columbus, Ohio. The Duke junior will tee off at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y next Thursday in the Open. The men’s golf team standout ended the 36-hole event three shots clear of the qualifying mark against a field that included a 43 professional golfers who play regularly on the PGA Tour. “I am just going to have a great time out there and soak it up,” said Smith, looking toward next weekend. “It is just going to be an unbelievable experience.” Joining Smith in the Open field is former Blue Devil Joe Ogilvie, who barely qualified for the event. Ogilvie, who played for Duke from 1994-96 and is having his best season on Tour, garnered one of seven slots during a Tuesday sudden death playoff between 10 golfers at the same Ohio course where Smith qualified. Leif Olson, a 2003 Duke graduate, also qualified with a secondplace performance at the Lake

Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif. Olson, however, competed against a less competitive field than Smith and Ogilvie where only four qualifying spots were available. “Having three players compete in the same U.S. Open is pretty darn exciting,” Duke head coach Rod Myers said. Smith sealed the Open birth on the 16th during the second of two rounds. He knocked a two iron to within 20 feet of the cup, but from there, nerves got the best of one of the youngest players in the 184golfer field. “I had to make a curling putt on 17 and my nerves got to me,” Smith said. “You are pretty excited, and you have a lot of thoughts running through your mind.” Smith’s precise iron play and solid putting catalyzed his surge up the leaderboard. A pair of nearhole outs in the middle of his round sparked Smith’s confidence, including a six iron that landed just an inch from the hole. Then, his wedge shot from the fairway came within two and a half feet of the cup, but beginning to feel those nerves, Smith failed to capitalize on the tight approach. For the Santa Cruz, Calif., native, the most satisfying hole of the day was the par-five 12th, where, after SEE U.S. OPEN ON PAGE 10

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With all eyes on Luol Deng and his draft status, only the most astute fans of Duke athletics noticed that two of their own were drafted into the world of professional baseball Monday. Junior Tim Layden, a left-handed pitcher from Deer Park, N.Y, was selected in the sixth round by the Chicago Cubs with the 189th pick overall. Ten rounds later, the Atlanta Braves chose senior pitcher Zach Schreiber, a native ofCedar Rapids, lowa, with the 491 st pick. Schreiber has graduated and will inevitably sign, and although Layden has not yet made a final decision, he appears ready to forego his final year of eligibility. “I haven’t signed yet, but I am looking at some of the details, and right now there is a pretty strong likelihood [that I will sign],” Layden said. Layden has always put up big numbers during his collegiate career, regardless of whether big is good or bad. In 2004, the southpaw posted a record of 6-5 and recorded 83 strikeouts in only 74 innings, but also accumulated an earned run average of 6.57 and threw 15 wild pitches. Statistics aside, Major League Baseball’s scouts have long considered Layden as having professional potential, as exhibited by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when they selected him in the 16th round out of high school. When asked about his decision to attend Duke instead of sign with Tampa Bay, Layden had little doubtabout his answer. “Yeah, it was definitely worthwhile to come to school,” Layden said. “I got a lot out of my three years, and hopefully I will finish. I hope to have a degree, not by next year but by the following year.” The most successful pitcher to come out of Duke in the

Junior Tim Layden, who led the Blue Devils in strikeouts and wins in 2004, went to the Chicago Cubs with the 189th pick Monday afternoon. last decade is Chicago White Sox starter Scott Schoeneweis from the class of 1996, and although Layden is also a tall, lefthander from Duke, he dismissed any comparison to the major leaguer. Schoeneweis is a sinkerball pitcher, and according to Chicago Cubs scout Billy Swoope, Layden uses different SEE LAYDEN ON PAGE 10

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With his NBA Draft status in the balance and a decision only days away, Shaun Livingston may yet end up in a Blue Devil uniform, according to his father. “I’m not talking to agents, and he’s not really talking to anyone,” Reggie Livingston told The Chronicle Wednesday. “He hasn’t ruled out going to college, either. I think he still wants to go to Duke, too.” Livingston, projected as a top-10 pick, has been preparing for the upcoming draft with prestigious trainer Tim Grover in Chicago for the past several weeks. He conducted an individual workout \\\ X.. Tuesday for the Los Angeles Clippers, who own the draft’s second pick, and auditioned Wednesday for DRAFT the Charlotte Bobcats, who 2004 select fourth. He will work out for a number of teams today, including the Phoenix Suns, who have the seventh pick, and the Philadelphia 76ers, owners of the ninth pick in the June 24 draft. Once the workouts end, Livingston will make his decision whether or not to remain in the draft, which could come as soon as this weekend. “By Tuesday he should know something, or maybe this weekend,” Reggie Livingston said. “He’s going to talk to the teams and see where he’s at.” The announcement would cap a year flooded with speculation for the young point guard. After one of the nation’s most bitterly contested recruiting battles, Livingston declared for Duke in early November and continued to live under a microscope. The attention intensified during when his senior campaign, Livingston, the consensus No. 2 prep prospect in the nation, averaged 18 points, six rebounds and six assists per game in leading his Peoria Central High School team to a second consecutive Illinois state championship. He declared for the draft in early May, when it became increasingly evident that Livingston’s impressive 6-foot-7 frame and precocious point guard skills would translate into a lottery selection. Since then, Livingston has opted for individual pre-draft workouts, eschewing the Moody Bible Institute pre-draft camp in Chicago, which showcases former Blue Devil teammates Luol Deng and Chris Duhon, along with other NBA hopefuls such as former Texas Tech forward Andre Emmett and Mississippi State forward Lawrence Roberts.

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Women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors grabbed another commitment from the class of 2005 Saturday from 6-foot-2 power forward/wing forward Carrem Gay. “[Goestenkors] is such a nice person, and she does a great job coaching,” Gay told The Chronicle Wednesday. “[Duke] has a beaudful campus, and I like North Carolina; my sister lives down there.” Gay—who selected the Blue Devils over Connecticut and Rutgers and maintains a very strong grade point average—was also impressed by Duke’s formidable academics. ‘We already looked at other colleges, and the academics and the athletics that Duke offers, we think is one of the best,” Gay’s father said. With her athleticism and her academic achievement, we thought Duke was the best place for Carrem to be.” Gay averaged 14 points and nine rebounds a game last year for distinguished basketball program Christ the King High School in Middle Valley, N.Y A quick rebounder and defender, Gay led Christ the King to the New York Catholic State championship, and was named a Student Sports AllAmerican and Newsday All-Star player. Additionally, she has drawn comparisons to another former Christ the King alum, four-time All-American Chamique Holdsclaw. “Carrem does it all; she could play the two, three, four, five,” Gay’s father said. “She does everything that is required of her. You put her in a position and she’ll do it.” Her versatility makes her a valuable asset for Goestenkors, who is seeking a wing player recruit in the class of 2005. She is the fourth recruit to begin her Duke career in 2005, joining point guard Brittany Mitch and sisters Abby and Emily Waner in the class.

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U.S.OPEN from page 9 his second shot landed in the water, Smith was still able to get up and down. Smith shot a 71 on the front nine and his middle-of-thepack score may have been a blessing in disguise, allowing him to relax as he began the second half of his day. “I didn’t think that much after the first round because I wasn’t playing that well, and then I turned it on,” Smith said. Currently in Pennsylvania, Smith is preparing to play in the Sunnehanna Amateur—one of the nation’s foremost amateur tournaments —from Friday to Sunday. Smith said the tournament will serve as an excellent warm up for the Open because of the difficult course setup and top-notch field. “Nate is the first player I have ever coached who has made the U.S. Open while he’s been a student-athlete,” Myers said. “It’s phenomenal for Nate to play in the Open as a college player. He’s taken his game to an absolutely new level this year. No matter how he does, it will be a great experience for him.”

Track championships delayed in Austin Seven Blue Devils were set to compete in the 2004 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas Wednesday. Inclement weather, however, precluded the completion of any of the day’s scheduled events except for the women’s 4xloo-meter relay, which did not feature any Duke competitors. The delay pushes back the start of the 5,000-meter and high jump preliminaries, thereby postponing the start of competition for sophomore Clara Horowitz and freshman Debra Vento, respectively. Horowitz, a Berkeley, Calif, product, is the Blue Devil delegation’s only qualifier rated in the top eight of her event, qualifying seventh in the field with a time of 16:09.00 at the April 30 Cardinal Invitational. Vento, a native of Marlboro, N.J., earned a slot for the high jump competition at the April 22 Penn Relays with a jump of6-0, a new Duke record. The Duke contingent also consists of senior Heidi Hullinger and sophomores Sally Meyerhoff, Natasha Roetter, Shannon Rowbury and Laura Stanley.

LAYDEN

Duke football garners eighth Class of 2005 recruit Head coach Ted Roof received a verbal commitment from linebacker/defensive end Kinney Rucker of Durham (N.C.) Jordan H.S. over offers from North Carolina, East Carolina and Virginia. As a junior last season, Rucker tallied 82 tackles and 10 sacks. Standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 235 pounds, Rucker has the requisite size to play defensive end, and a reported 4.6 40-yard dash time gives him the speed to play linebacker. Those statistics landed Rucker a place as the No. 13 senior prospect in North Carolina on recruiting analyst Miller Safrit’s list of the top twenty in-state players. Rucker cited coach Roofs enthusiasm and Duke’s academic reputation as factors in his commitment in a TheDevilsDen.com interview. Rucker is Duke’s fourth in-state commitment joining Charlotte Latin defensive end Ryan Radloff, Charlotte Independence quarterback Joe Cox and Whiteville defensive back Marquis Melvin. His pledge is the eighth overall for the Blue Devils.

strengths to retire hitters, “Layden’s a fastball-slider pitcher,” Swoope said. “Actually has a decent changeup, should be a setupbullpen guy. We really like him, [he] has a lot of upside.” Although scouts talk a lot about potential, Layden feels that the only thing that matters now, and the only thing that will enable him to join Schoeneweis as a big leaguer in Chicago, is not his potential or his age or where he starts out, but simply how he pitches from here on out. “I’ll probably be with [Class] A in either Daytona or Boise,” Layden said. “Once you get to that level [you have to] set age aside. It’s a matter of how good you are and how well you perform.” The odds of making the major league are not good for any minor leaguer, let alone a sixth-round pick like Layden and even further a 16th-round pick such as Schreiber. But after watching 22nd-round pick John Smoltz and 62nd-round pick Mike Piazza star for over a decade, Layden and Schreiber will continue to set their sights on making the show.

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the Washington Wizards, who hold the third, fourth and fifth picks, respectively. The Bulls appear to be the leading candidate to land Deng’s talent, but trading at the top could alter the selection order significantly before the June 24 draft in New York. ‘They have expressed a very high level of interest in him and excitement about him as a player,” said Professor ofLaw Paid Haagen, who heads the committee that works closely with Duke student-athletes on their transitions to professional leagues. Haagen began assisting Deng when the 6-foot-8 forward decided in April to explore his draft prospects, and the pair have spoken and met regularly since. When the NBA Draft order was set in the May 26 lottery, the contract and sports law professor began using connections in the

Duke athletes like Shane Battier and Grant Hill to help Deng determine where he might be selected. “Luol basically told me if he were in the top five that essentially he intended to go,” Haagen said. When it became clear to Deng and his advising team—which also includes Associate Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy and associate head coach Johnny Dawkins—that Orlando and the Los Angeles Clippers have other prospects in their sights for the top two selections, Chicago, Charlotte and Washington emerged as the leading candidates. Kennedy said he- would be “really surprised to see him below five.” The Wizards, holding the fifth pick, have expressed a level of interest in Deng similar to the Bulls’. “Washington has been very enthusiastic about him and has tried to be accommodat-

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tive about the team.” Both the Wizards and Bulls have recently drafted high school players who have struggled to perform at the NBA level thus far. In a draft loaded with young talent, such recent history could impact the teafns’ decisions, but Deng has showed maturity both on and off the court. “In the agent meetings, he was fully involved. He asked questions and was quite serious about the whole thing,” Haagen said of Deng’s preparedness, which has been a plus for prospective teams, notably Chicago. Trying to gauge such attributes, the Bulls have questioned Haagen extensively on Deng and are expected to evaluate their potential selection individually soon after the pre-draft camp. Chicago employs highly scientific measures such as growth plate size, along with traditional factors, to assess prospects. Den£ initially wanted prospective teams

to work him out at Duke, and the Bulls were prepared to do so. However, when Charlotte general manager Bernie Bickerstaff insisted that Deng visit the team’s Charlotte facility and Haagen and others informed the versatile swingman that he would likely be a top-five pick, Deng decided to hire Rose instead of trying to retain his eligibility until the June 17 Draft withdrawal deadline. For Deng, the decision to select the Philadelphia-based lawyer Rose over the other candidates likely came down to

familiarity. “He has known Mr. Rose’s associate since he was 12,” said Haagen, who did not disclose the name of the associate. “He felt comfortable that this was a person who had his best interests at heart.” Rose is the agent for NBA standouts Allen Iverson and Richard Hamilton but has never represented a Duke player before Deng.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 11 Latin Jazz Dance Party: 7-B:3opm. Gregg Gelb and the Latin Jazz Fusion Band. South Lawn of Duke Gardens. FREE. Performance:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 Women's Revolutionary Knitting Circle: 4:306:oopm. At the Duke Women's Center (main West Campus, near the bus stop). Do you knit? Would you like to meet, chat, and knit with other knitters? The Women's Revolutionary Knitting Circle meets every other Wednesday and is open to all from beginners to advanced knitters crocheters welcome, too! Contact Shannon at shannon.johnson@duke.edu or 684-3897 for more information. -

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TUESDAY, JUNE 15 Hospice Discussion; 7pm. American RadioWorks producer John Biewen and photographer Tom Rankin, director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will present audio and pictures of hospice patient Kitty Shenay during the last two months of her life. welcome. All are http://cds.aas.duke.edu/. Center for Documentary Studies.

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Bpm. Dance: Pilobolus Dance Company. Page Auditorium, West Campus; to purchase tickets: Box Office at 684-4444.

Children’s Dance Performance: 1-2pm. Pilobolus Dance Company. Page Auditorium; To purchase tickets: Box Office 684-4444.

His high-brow sense of humor. .Liana His love of violin-playing Siamese twins: Karen His excellent taste in music: Kelly and Matt His guest appearances as Macho Man R. Savage:... Tracy He’s the second-fastest phone-gun in the West: Jake He never writes too long: Peter He turned 21 yesterday: Bobby Steve HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!!!!: Now you can go hit up the bars with Dr. Miller: Roily

Chamber Music Festival: Bpm. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center. The Ciompi Quartet with guest artist Nnenna Freelon "Folktales and Lullabies" An imaginative concert featuring "Elegy" by Mark Kuss, "Tales from Chelm" by Paul Schoenfield with narration by Nneena Freelon, and a new work by Kuss composed especially for Freelon and the Ciompi Quartet, based on lullabies. Tickets $l5 Gen Admission. Free for Duke students. Paul Taylor Dance Company; Bpm. Page Auditorium; To purchase tickets: Box Office 684-4444. Society for Dance History Scholors Conference. Law Forum: 6-9pm. Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions will be hosting a free (open to the public) Law Forum at the UNC School of Law. Anyone interested in pursuing

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FRIDAY, JUNE 18 A/V Geeks Film Screening: Bpm. "As the Office Turns 2." CDS, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, off east campus. The AV Geeks closely examine all the things that grow in an office culture. Suggested Donation $3. Paul Taylor Dance Company: Bpm. Page Auditorium; To purchase tickets: Box Office 684-4444. Society for Dance History Scholors Conference.

SUNDAY, JUNE 20 Chamber Music Festival: 7pm. Duke University Chapel. Vocal Arts Ensemble, conducted by Rodney Wynkoop. This outstanding chamber choir, made up of the finest choral singers in the Triangle, will present an eclectic program, enhanced by the impressive acoustics of Duke Chapel. Tickets $lO Gen Admission. Free for Duke students.

2004 Summer Festival of Music: 7pm. Vocal Arts Ensemble. Duke University Chapel. Tickets: $lO General: Free to Duke Students. Call 684-4444 or go to tickets.duke.edu. Dance Performance: 7:3opm. Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Teaching Tribute to Gus Solomons Jr. Griffith Theater; FREE, www.ameri-

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 Dance Performance: Bpm. Keigwin & Company. Reynolds Theater; To purchase tickets: Box Office 684-4444. www.americandancefestival.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 Summer Jazz Concerts: Bpm. Susan Reeves and Friends "Standards and Lesser-Known Gems". Duke Gardens.

FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Chamber Music Festival; Bpm. Griffith Theater, Bryan Center. The Ciompi Quartet with guests Nicholas Kitchen, violin and Yeesun Kim, cello Two members of the well-known Borromeo Quartet join our own Ciompi Quartet members in a concert of music by Martinu, Hindemith, and ending with the great Brahms Quintet. Tickets $lO Gen-. Admission. Free to Duke students.

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Theater plan ill-advised request that Duke large concert venues in similar contribute $lO million to a towns. Many of those venues have new downtown cultural center struggled financially and drained money from their host cities. There is unreasonable. The theater plan shows little promise of success and is is no reason to believe that Durham would succeed a waste of Durham’s towns where other STAFF EDITORIAL resources. To date, have failed. the University has The city has failed to produce a wisely refused to contribute the convincing plan that the theater’s to stand its money. It should continue ground and refuse to allow the city to outcome will be any different. Thus bully it into giving money to a poorly far, the theater project has been poorly planned and managed. With planned project. only a few months left before the A large scale auditorium and concert venue—the 4,000 seat theater deal is set to be finalized, Durham has taken minimal effort to raise priwould be operated by Clear Channel—would be a nice addition to vate funding for the theater. The downtown Durham. A new theater city also failed to get adequate pubwould also be a good home for the lic input before moving forward American Dance Festival, which is with its plans. The project has no realistic source of funding. It is ill-adreally why Duke is considering convised and has a much greater probato the first the project in tributing bility of resulting in a financial place. At this time, however, builddisaster than a success. ing such a theater is financially unThat is not to say that the plan is a sound, and the city must get its pricomplete waste. It is admirable that orities in order. Constructing the theater, which the city is pursuing cultural improvewill be jointly funded from public ments, but a new theater is not what and private sources, will not cost the the city needs right now. The city city as the money comes from a should continue to suppourt the arts, hotel tax specifically levied for the and having a cultural fund for arts theater, and it has ambitious goals in programming is something that terms of the economic revival of the should be implemented even if the downtown area. It is questionable, theater is not built. In fact, it would however, whether a large concert be wise for the city to take some smallvenue downtown will actually attract er steps toward improving the state of arts and culture in Durham before more businesses. It would be wise ofDurham city of- jumping into a huge project. ficials to use the Durham Bulls AthletThe theater plan, simply put, is a bad investment for Duke and for ic Park as an example of why this theater will not be successful. The city Durham. The city should focus on hoped that the construction of the fixing problems before investing in a large new project. Duke should Durham Bulls stadium and surrounding areas would revitalize the down- save the $lO million and consider town area, but that development has, devoting it to the development of social and artistic space on campus fact, the in city money. cost Durham should also look at other in the future.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor’s note: In the past week The Chronicle has received a barrage of letters in response to Matt Gillum’s May 13 column, “Enemies in our midst. ’’Printed below are two letters, as well as a commentary from Gillum clarifying statements made in the original column.

Confederate flag gives sense of pride It was with great enmity that I read Gillum’s column. As a proud Southerner, hearing myself and my friends and family referred to as “the fraternal order of rednecks” doesn’t sit well with me. The odious ignorance of fact and Kindergarten level history espoused by Gillum was a worthless use of paper. Firsdy, the inane idea that Southerners should put aside the Confederate flag because hate groups have hijacked it in their efforts to intimidate minorities is only applicable if Mr. Gillum would like to say the same about the American flag, which research shows is found in 10 times as many Klan rally photographs as the Confederate flag. Remember, the Confederate flag never flew over a slave ship, but instead it was the American flag that did so. The Confederate Constitution was the first to ban the slave trade (something that the U.S. Constitution did not do.) Also realize that General Robert E. Lee (Commander of Confederate forces) did not

own slaves, whereas General Ulysses S. Grant on the Yankee side owned slaves up until the end of the war. When I fly the Confederate flag I harbor no feeling of racial superiority. Instead, I feel pride well up inside of me that the same blood that flowed through the veins of my honorable Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather, who lost his life fighting to defend the Southern nation flows through my veins today. He owned no slaves and he was hardly a “redneck” as Gillum classifies all Southerners. Instead, he was a hard working laborer of the land who loved his family and his country. I suppose that’s something that Gillum will never understand unless he decides to move past the innocuous ignorance he communicated regarding the South and it’s culture.

Jacob Swain John A. Logan College

Show tolerance for others’ opinions As a Southern American with Confederate ancestry, I was just as offended by Matt Gillum’s attack on the Confederate Flag as he was by seeing the flag displayed on a fraternity commons cooler on the Duke campus. Okay, we’re both equally offended. So what does that gain us as Americans who choose to live in the same country together? Absolutely nothing—except the possible furtherance of racial misunderstanding and hatred. I understand and appreciate that Gillum sees the Confederate flag in a totally different historical light than I do. If Gillum does not like the Confederate flag, that is his right and privilege as a free American. Frankly, I do not care for Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month, but that is also my right as a free American. The difference between us is that I am willing, as an American who understands the pre-

cious gift of freedom, to tolerate and not publicly criticize Gillum’s heritage, but he is evi-

dendy unwilling to afford me the same courtesy—reference his published attack on the Confederate flag —which is a meaningful part of my ancestry and family heritage. I don’t expect Gillum to like me or like my heritage. That is his prerogative. Perhaps I feel the same; but it does look like in this Great Land of Freedom, whether you hail from Colorado or North Carolina, that America is large enough: for to treat each other, their cultures and their respective heritages with dignity, tolerance and respect. I try to do that. I wish Gillum would try to do the same. William I. Berryhill, Jr. States Marshal(E/NC), Ret. United Chief

Gillum defends battle flag column The editor graciously granted my request to write a reply to the many letters The Chronicle has received regarding my column about the Confederate flag. Many respondents, acting under the false assumption that lam black, made chilling ad hominem attacks that will not be dignified with ink. Nevertheless, I would like to address a common factual objection to my piece. With regard to the claim that Ku Klux Klan members principally flew the stars and bars at “events,” I agree, but would point out that after 1943 and

particularly after 1947-48 their use of the Confederate batde flag expanded dramatically... But far be it for me to suggest that the column was perfect. I regret the overblown rhetoric and episodic crimes of cant. In particular, I would like to retract the following: “Yall can go to hell. For your sake I wish it existed.” This has no place in print, and I confess it was written in wrath.... Matt Gillum is a Trinity senior and a regular columnist for The Chronicle.

Editor’s Note: A selection of remembrances of Paul Rehak and Zhaochun Xu will be published in The Chronicle next we ar

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Ronald Reagan and his legacy

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Ronald Reagan shown his resume to a political dential debates, one might disagree with Reagan’s policy poconsultant fifty years ago, he probably would have sitions, but it was hard to dislike a man who conveyed them been told to abandon any thoughts of a political cadirectly in an easy-going style. Above all, he continually emreer. To be sure, he was photogenic and had good name phasized the reassuring message—“Morning in America” recognition as a B-list movie actor and television spokesman that America’s best days lay in the future. for General Electric. But important negatives seemed to Reagan’s most important achievements centered on the dominate: Reagan had never run for public office; he had end of the Cold War, and in this respect he displayed a surswitched parties, abandoning his early preference for prising pragmatic streak. During his first term he had deFranklin Roosevelt’s Democratic Party; and he had been inscribed the USSR as an “evil empire” but by end of his secvolved in a well-publicized Hollywood divorce at a time ond he referred to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as when divorce was a virtual political career-ender. Moreover, “my friend.” Gorbachev’s acquiescence in dismantling the he sat out World War II making movies while voters seemed Soviet empire in Eastern Europe was an important turning eager to reward military heroes. Five-star general Dwight point in twentieth century history. Reagan played a key role, Eisenhower had just been elected president and both politif only because the Reagan-Gorbachev relationship helped ical parties includedyounger aspirants with sterling wartime to prevent a cataclysmic end to the Cold War. records, including Bob Dole, George Bush, Jack Kennedy The peaceful end of the Cold War was the high point of and many others. Reagan’s foreign policy legacy, but his poliHow then do we explain Reagan’s landcies in the Middle East fared less well. He slide election to the presidency in 1980, folbroke his repeated pledge never to negotiOle Holsti ate with terrorists by providing arms to lowed by an even more impressive victory' Guest Commentary four years later, and the public affection “moderates” in Tehran without much suecess in getting the promised release of being displayed this week? Part of the answer lies in his four predecessors to the American hostages. He also approved massive material and White House. In important respects, Reagan was the anintelligence aid to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq to tithesis ofthe devious power-broker Lyndon Johnson, whose prevent its defeat by Iran during their long war. Reagan came to office vowing to reduce taxes, arguing effectiveness died in the Vietnam quagmire; the even more devious Richard Nixon, whose cover-up of the Watergate that such cuts would increase government revenues sufficrimes forced his resignation; the amiable but inarticulate ciendy to pay for increased defense spending and to balance Gerald Ford; and the well-meaning Jimmy Carter, who told the federal budget. While he obtained both a massive tax cut Americans things that they did not necessarily want to hear in 1981 and increased Pentagon oudays, budget deficits baland who could neither tame inflation nor force the return looned, averaging well over $2OO billion from 1983-86. In reofAmericans hostage from Iran. sponse, Reagan once again proved to be somewhat pragmatCarter and Reagan had different leadership styles and ic as he accepted subsequent tax increases. These were the differences help to explain the latter’s greater political insufficient, however, to reduce the huge deficits, resulting success. Carter was a micro-manager and his message to the in an increase in the national debt from just under $1 billion American people emphasized difficulties and the sacrifices to over $2.8 billion during the Reagan years. Many Republineeded to cope with them. He spoke of a post-Vietnam, cans today cite the Reagan experience as allegedly proving that tax cuts are more important than deficits. post-Watergate national “malaise” and of the need to conserve energy in the face ofOPEC-driven increases oil prices. The tragedy of Reagan’s life was that Alzheimer’s disease snuffed out the last decade of a once active and vibrant man. 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sister once dragged me to a chick flick because she notice. He reached for the Junior Mints and gently didn’t want to see it alone. We drove all the way to plucked them open. “Come on,” my sister said. “We can’t wait forever. They’re Raleigh Grand Cinemas and walked in on the previews. That was when the storm downed power. handing out vouchers. We can come back later.” I seized the armrests and shook my head. I desperately Disappointment blossomed in my sister—unable to watch a movie she had been lusting after for a week now, did not want to leave. I couldn’t. Not when everyone was and me, unable to come to terms with all that gas we wasted. leaving, and the man made no sign of movement but to eat. And eat. I closed my eyes. Even then I could see those two The theater was halfway filled to capacity, due to the second weekend matinee show and wiser people staying home godforsaken ladies stepping over him, around him, gingerdue to inclement weather. But there we sat, disbelieving, lis- ly, an expression of distaste patent in their eyes. Of course tening to thunder, and waiting for that screen to relight. We they had to be beautiful and young. Washing over him like waited for the requisite apology, but more importantly we cold, clear water. He had always been a rock that halted the water. That was the way he lived his life. waited for the show, albeit five minutes late. Ten. Twenty. I couldn’t stop. I wept in my chair, my bewildered sister but We left two-bynot one-by-one. Eventually we gave up, two, or family-by-family. No one was alone, subconsciously cutting off the circulation in both my wrists. I feltlike a loser. I felt like I lost my life. I have no compassion following a societal mandate. There was theater who for anything. I am hard-hearted. I yell at my only one person in the entire mother. I fight with my best friend. I ignore couldn’t call anyone else by name, and he J. Patricia Kim the Ninth Street bums. I never buy flowers sat in the next-to-last row. The little engine that had from the Franklin Street flower lady. I don’t He was easily the largest person I ran you over drop my change into the tip jar. But watchever seen—three or four hundred pounds, ing this man doesn’t hurt. It kills. and as many chins, surrounded by an array I don’t want this column, especially since it’s my first, to of candy and stray popcorn kernels. One hand cradled the tub of popcorn in his lap; the other glistened with butter. come off as moralizing, condescending, holy. That isn’t the Sometimes he reached for the Coke, but only with effort. point. In fact I don’t think I have a point. I just had to write He wore suspenders. This grown man, middle-aged, this, to point it out as one of the most disconcerting mowore the brightest and thickest pair of suspenders I had ever ments in my life. I suppose everyone has to be reminded of seen. His mouth disappeared with a fistful ofpopcorn, then her humanity. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it will just moved. His skin glowed. He looked agonizingly patient. He when you least expect it. Like when you walk into a movie was determined to see this chick flick, because there was theater and a freak storm cuts out the lights and your eyes nothing else to feel this way about. There was no one when wander only to setde on the horribly lonely individual in the he went home. There was nothing he was missing with the back, seeking solace—from people like those two women and non-people like lonesomeness—in innumerable boxes exception of Hugh Grant falling in love with Sandra Bulof candy. And all you can do is simply watch. lock. He needed their story. He craved their ending. So you do. And then I saw two long-haired, swivel-hipped women in his row get up and file past him. Even in the darkness I caught their revolted stares. He didn’t even J Patricia Kim is a Trinity sophomore.

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exploring the ever-popular college section of Barnes and Noble, I found myself, once again, browsing through those infamous college books. You remember those ones from high school that enthralled your attention? The ‘TOO Top Best Ultimate Colleges in the History ofTime” books that either filled you with a swirling sense of pride for Alma Mater or left you with a grand distaste for the author’s ignorance. Instinctively, I checked out Duke. Awaiting the stereotypical quotes of “Harvard of the South” and “Best All-Around,” I was surprised, if not utterly shocked, to discover that one particular author had found that Duke students, with all of our quirks,“Love Durham, North Carolina.” Now this is the part of the movie where the music comes screeching to a halt, the lights dim, and the spotlight shines exclusively upon this confused Dukie. I mean, honestly? Do we love Durham? To say that I hate Durham would almost be insulting to the word ‘hate.’ Yet why is it that I, and others, have come to such a harsh conclusion and why is it that I don’t have the same affection for Durham that I afford Duke? Shouldn’t this author’s conclusion be an accurate portrayal? We have all come to terms with this metropolis and found our social, habitual niche in some way, shape or form. Like no man is an island, no Dur-ham is an island, as well: Duke and Durham are necessary for the other’s survival. What we make of our experiences at Duke is greatly affected by our experiences in the greater community. We live, work and play all at the very same place. It’s not nectrue that essarily D 'urham rhr hias absol k absolutely nothing to offer but more so that there is S3' somewhat of a staleness to our little habitual cycle of Main West, Ninth Street, 15-501 and Southpoint. It’s Charlie Gomez this staleness of the same people, same loThe Ministry of Sound cale and same activity throughout the entire year that has made me harbor such an unfair resentment for Durham. However, as many have proposed, strengthening Duke-Durham ties will not suffice to improve the situation. Instead, we need to jazz up this staleness and appreciate what we have by taking a break from Durham and go explore the Triangle. Summer is perhaps the ideal time to explore the Triangle beyond Durham. And, if my geometry serves me well, with only three comers, there’s a lot to do, with not much to miss. As the lazy sunsets and sunrises of summer school bring about a thirst for social venues, try to take this time, otherwise channeled into going to see a movie at Southpoint, Friday’s at Sirens or a weekend excursion to D.C. to venture out and explore a virtually unexplored region of the Triangle: Raleigh. This summer I decided to enroll in an N.C. State class through the inter-institutional agreement that Duke has with her neighboring Carolina universities, affording me the pleasure of attending classes in the Capital City. Within the first week of class, not only was I able to find dozens restaurants just in the downtown area, (including three Sushi restaurants —a staple necessity), but an entire array of pubs, lounges, restaurants, bars and clubs that I otherwise would have never considered as an alternative to Parizade’s or George’s during the normal school year. Albeit that with a lack of an extensive public transportation system, transit to Raleigh is on the order of 25 minutes, and that is only if you have or know someone with a means of transportation. That being the case, this could also be an ideal opportunity to branch out and meet your summer neighbors. As I was about to leave Barnes and Noble, passing the periodicals, I had come across yet another interesting tidbit about our area. The greater Raleigh-Durham area was recendy rated by Forbes magazine as one of the top-10 the best places to live and work in the country. So why not take advantage of a place that’s right in our backyard, literally, and find out why Forbes magazine loves this place. Just as much as Raleigh is necessary for Durham, and Durham is necessary for Duke, so should Raleigh be necessary for your Duke experience. By appreciating what is beyond Durham can we begin to appreciate Durham. '

Charlie Gomez is a Pratt senior.

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