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combination of efforts “These things can’t be resolved by the administration being lax; these things can’t be resolved by being rigid,” President Richard Brodhead said. “They can’t be solved by requiring people to live in certain places; they can’t be resolved by preventing people from living in a certain place. “At some point, they can only be solved when there is some balance that involves some student responsibility.”

In the beer-saturated aftermath of the most recent spree of student parties near East Campus, an increasing number of people are demanding that something be done to change Duke’s growing offcampus party scene. Residents of the Trinity Park neighborhood want students, local landlords and the University to take responsibility for the issue. Students want the University to bring partying back to campus. In Consequences, collaboration the meantime, they want Many neighbors say new neighbors and the police to penalties for bad behavior temper their vigilance. And could help remedy their the University simply wants weekend woes and deter students to behave. more serious problems. The But everyone agrees on consequence for violating the one point: The problem must local noise ordinance is curbe alleviated—and soon. rently a $l5O ticket. But TrinThe ramifications of partyity Park resident Christina ing off campus extend past Headrick said the punishloud noise, crowded porches ment has proven ineffective and vandalized lawns. Stuin changing students’ condents, neighbors and Duke duct. Students who misbehave, she said, should face administrators point to increased rates of drunk drivtougher penalties, like ining, assault and binge drink- creased fines or broader reing as potential by-products strictions on their ability to of an off-campus party scene. throw parties—methods that Effectively addressing the issue, they say, will involve a. SEE PARTIES ON PAGE 8

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As part of a tour to promote Social Security reform, President GeorgeW. Bush speaks to 1,700people in Raleigh Thursday.

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RALEIGH In a speech at the BTI Center for Performing Arts Thursday morning, President George W. Bush continued his cross-country tour hoping to sell his plan for Social Security to Americans young and old. The campaign began right after his State of the Union address last week, in which he first outlined his strategy to reform the federal pension program.

Five guests—including four North Carolinian Bush supporters and the Associate Commissioner for Retirement Policy at the Social Security Administration—were invited on stage to participate in the interactive discussion. Throughout the town hallstyle talk, Bush emphasized the urgency and importance of the Social Security squeeze facing the country and explained his proposed solution. “I'm here to talk about an

issue that is going to be an interesting experience in dealing with the Congress. And that is Social Security—formerly known as the third rail of American politics. That meant, if you touched it, there would be certain political death,” he said in front of about 1,700 people, mostly supporters. “I believe the job of a president is to confront problems,” Bush said. “And not pass them on SEE BUSH ON PAGE 5

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Seniors Lane Fogarty, Katie Laschinger and Kristy Dirks eat dinnerThursday at Chai'sNoodle Bar and Bistro.

The Duke Merchants on Points program would like to introduce four new recruits: Dale’s Indian Cuisine, Mad Hatter’s Cafe and Bakery Shop, The Q Shack, and Chai’s Noodle Bar and Bistro. These vendors, once their food points membership is activated, will be welcomed with open arms by Duke students, many of whom have become increasingly restless with the current on-campus dining situation. Junior David Gastwirth, president of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, acknowledged the University’s need for new vendors. “We are concentrating on serving the needs of a very diverse student body, needs that can’t be met by our on-campus providers,” he said.

To become an off-campus dining provider for Duke students, vendors must possess the appropriate health department certification, business license and a certificate of insurance. Also, the restaurant must have an “A” rating in sanitation standards from the Durham County Health Department. They must then sign a contract with Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. “Currently, the only contract I have seen is from The Q Shack,” Wulforst said. “The other three are expected to formally commit sometimebetween now and spring break.” The four new merchants were assembled by Garrett Bean, a junior who has also received approval from DUSDAC to SEE MERCHANTS ON POINTS ON PAGE 7

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North Korea boasts nuclear weapons by

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North Korea SEOUL, South Korea boasted publicly for the first time Thursday that it has nuclear weapons and said it will stay away from disarmament talks, dramatically raising the stakes in the 2-year-old dispute. The George W. Bush administration called on Pyongyang to give up its atomic aspirations so life can be better for its im-

poverished people. North Korea’s harshly worded pronouncement posed a grave challenge to Bush, who started his second term with a vow to end North Korea’s nuclear program through sixnation disarmament talks.

“We... have manufactured nukes for self-defense to cope with the Bush administration’s ever-more undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the tNorth],” the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. The agency’s report used the word “nukes” in its Englishlanguage dispatch. Previously, U.S. negotiators said North Korean officials claimed in private talks that they had nuclear weapons and might test one. The North’s U.N. envoy also said last year the country had “weaponized” plutonium from its pool of 8,000 nuclear spent fuel rods.

But Thursday’s statement was the first claim direcdy from North Korea’s state media that it has a nuclear weapon, confirming the widely held beliefs of international experts that the country has one or two atomic bombs. North Korea is not known to have performed any nuclear tests, and it kicked out U.N. inspectors in 2002, so there is no way to verify its claims. The United States and South Korea, the North’s main rivals, played down the revelation and urged the North to return to the six-nation talks that began in 2003 and also include China, Japan and Russia. Analysts SEE KOREA ON PAGE 5

Senate limits class action lawsuits by

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The Senate apWASHINGTON proved a measure Thursday to help shield businesses from major class action lawsuits like the ones that have been brought against tobacco companies, giving President George W. Bush the first legislative victory of his second term. Under the legislation, long sought by big business, large multistate class action lawsuits could no longer be heard in small state courts. Such courts have handed out multimillion-dollar verdicts. Instead, the cases would be heard by

federal judges, who have not proven as open to those type of lawsuits. The Senate passed the bill 72-26, and will now go to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives. Bush called the bill a strong step forward. “Our country depends on a fair legal system that protects people who have been harmed without encouraging junk lawsuits that undermine confidence in our courts while hurting our economy," Bush said in a statement. Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said, “Now it’s time for the House to finish the job and take back our civil justice system from

plaintiffs’ lawyers seekingjackpot justice.” But Todd Smith, president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, said, “Every American’s legal rights are diminished by this anti-consumer legislation.”

The association said insurance, tobacco, drug, chemical and other companies had financed the push to get the legislation through the Senate. Bush and other bill supporters —who have pushed for the legislation for almost six years—say it is needed because greedy lawyers have taken advantage of the state system by filing frivolous lawsuits in state courts where they know they can get big verdicts.

newsinbrief Insurgents kill more than 50 A car bomb detonated by remote control exploded Thursday in Baghdad, killing two Iraqis but missing a U.S. military convoy as insurgent violence claimed more than 50 lives. Iraqi police and rebels clashes erupted along a major highway southeast ofthe capital.

Abbas fires Gaza commanders Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reacted forcefully to Hamas rocket and mortar fire in the Gaza Strip in defiance of a ceasefire with Israel. He dismissed top security commanders Thursday and sent a message to the militants that he will not tolerate truce violations.

Rumsfeld visits, surveys Iraq Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq on Friday morning for a daylong visit to review Iraq security forces and meet with Iraqi and American leaders. The visit was not announced publicly in advance for security reasons.

Prince to wed Parker Bowles Thirty years after they first met, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will finally wed in a civil ceremony and put the official seal on a relationship Princess Diana blamed for the breakdown of her marriage to the man who would be king. News briefs compiled from wire reports "Success is not final, failure is not fatal." Winston Churchill

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When asked who his favorite superhero is, seniorAndrew Wisnewski responds without hesitation: Batman. When he thinks about the similarities between himself and his animated hero, he laughs. “The thing about Batman is that he doesn’t have superpowers,” Wisnewski said. “It’s all willpower, strength and determination.” Wisnewski sees the same characteristics in himself. The public policy major is one of the three finalists for the Undergraduate Young Trustee position this year. The Massachusetts resident is the first in his immediate family to attend college, and his four years at Duke have been marked by leadership positions in various capacities. “I’m really glad for the opportunities that Duke has afforded me,” he said. “I want to start my own legacy here.” Wisnewski is executive vice president of Duke Student Government this year and has previously served as DSG vice president of community interaction, chair of the Inter-Community Council and as chair of the Undergraduate Ybung Trustee Nominating Committee. Wisnewski’s platform as a Young Trustee centers on the theme of development. “I think Duke is at the forefront for accelerated growth and development,” he said. “We’ve established a distinct reputation in academia, research and medicine. We’ve introduced some fresh new faces in administrative positions. We’ve amassed some valuable resources, and when you put all those factors together, I’m excited to see what’s going to happen to Duke next.” Wisnewski further separates this larger theme into three branches: multi-disciplinarity, infrastructure planning and Duke’s role within the community and abroad. He cites the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences as a successful example of multi-disciplinarity that other initiatives should follow. “These kinds of endeavors need to be transitioned into Arts and Sciences and the grad schools to create the necessary

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Senior Andrew Wisnewski looks to parlay his DSG experience into a spot on theBoard of Trustees. synergy that Duke can offer,” he said. Wisnewski said his experience as a tutor at various elementary schools near Durham has been one of the highlights of his four years here. He is currently a staff member of the Community Service Center and hopes to enhance the role that Duke plays in the Durham community, especially in expanding affordable housing and medical coverage. “I think that Andrew brings to the table a comprehensive understanding of how Duke is involved with the Durham community. He has seen the University from the administrative standpoint, but he’s also been in the community consistently on a weekly basis,” said senior Mary Ellison Baars, co-director of CSC. “What Andrew has is the one-on-one contact with Durham that is so essential.” In addition to reaching out to the local community, Wisnewski stressed the importance of expanding Duke’s global

reach. He hopes to create more programs like the global health initiative that can spread Duke’s reputation on an international scale. “I know that he really is very committed to Duke and specifically to the role that Duke should be playing in the greater Durham community and beyond,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students. Wisnewski is still on the hunt for a job next year, looking at positions in consulting, banking and community involvement. “In 10 years, I’d like to see myself as enthusiastic and passionate as I am today about whatever situation or endeavor I’m in,” he said. Wisnewski will find out what he may be doing for the next three years Feb. 16 when the Undergraduate Young Trustee Nominating Committee and DSG will choose among him and fellow seniors Jonathan Bigelow and Anthony Vitarelli.

Campus Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night that, if approved by Residence Life and Housing Services, would abolish the current linking policy and substantially change the blocking model as early as Fall 2006. The council requested an initial response from RLHS administration by Feb. 24. The resolution is aimed at building campus community by decreasing the emphasis placed on dorm location. Campus Council representatives said the change is intended to motivate people to participate more in quad activities with their friends. Since students’ friends often cross dorm and gender boundaries, a change needed to be made, the council determined. “The existing linking system is a real estate grab for many students. Instead of looking towards close friends as blockmates and making the focus of their residential experience the construction of worthwhile communities, students base their roommate and residential choice upon favorable geography,” the Campus Council resolution states. The major changes to the blocking model continue to allow juniors and seniors to block together. Their lottery numbers would be lower than a block of all seniors but higher than a block of all juniors. Sophomores will only be allowed to block with other sophomores. The change would also allow co-ed blocking and an increase in the maximum block size from eight to 12 members. “You will see that a community doesn’t form over 12 to 14 people,” said Campus Council President Anthony Vitarelli, a senior, citing several scholarly resources. “We could make blocks of 40, but would that be cohesive like a SEE LINKING ON PAGE 6

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Everyone knows that professors do more than just grade student papers. What some might not realize is how many duties outside of research and teaching can be part of the job. Many departments recompense faculty who take on these additional commitments with rewards such as fewer teaching responsibilities. This compensation, though, varies so widely that the Arts and Sciences Council formed an ad hoc committee last semester to examine the issue. Faculty debated and passed the committee’s recommendations at the council’s meeting Thursday. The primary concern was a lack of transparency regarding compensation. The council unanimously resolved that faculty should have access to guidelines that spell out the different benefits available to them when they assume administrative roles, particularly the positions of director of graduate or undergraduate studies. “There’s a sense that maybe you can have a menu,” said Craufurd Goodwin, chair of the committee and professor of economics. Professors need to know, he explained, that they can choose from among several options, including a decrease in course load or a predetermined amount of research funding. Members of the committee relied on the results of a faculty

TTA is banking on more appropriations from Congress later this year to help pay for the project. Other federal funding is expected to roll in if the TTA gets rated, or evaluated favorably, by the Federal Transit Authority. The FTA has questioned the TTA’s long-term predictions for area traffic congestion, one hurdle blocking the project from being rated. Claflin said TTA’s estimates come from a “complex model that looks at demographic projections.” “It’s really very futuristic,” he said of the contested model. “It is predicated on what is going to change in the next 20 years. It’s a black box. It’s a mystery when you get right down to it.” Proponents like Claflin say one of the major reasons necessitating the rail line is the increasing Triangle traffic congestion. John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, a conservative state watchdog group, said that some estimates predict that in the near future driving from Raleigh to Durham

In a nearly unanimous vote at Tuesday night’s Duke Student Government meeting, senators passed a resolution that limits non-academic use of the Gothic Reading Room and other oncampus study spaces. In past years, several events have required lengthy use of one of West Campus’s main study rooms. DSG President Pasha Majdi noted that the number of complaints concerning a lack of on-campus study space was “alarming” and added that taking a popular location offline for events can aggravate the problem. In limiting use of the Gothic Reading Room, as well as other study spaces, to academic purposes only, the resolution prohibits events that require more than three hours in any of the libraries’ reading rooms throughout Spring 2005. “There has been debate around whether or not one or two events a year that have gone on merit the use of the Gothic Reading Room,” said Majdi, a senior. Senior Rob McDonald, a senator on the Student Affairs Committee and author of the resolution, said he has spent three weeks talking to library staff who were searching for ways to protect the spaces for solely academic use. The staff had asked him to provide solid student feedback on how to deal with the issue. The resolution will be enforced

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A planned rail system that would link Raleigh and Durham could feature self-propelled vehicles, such as the one above.

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President George W. Bush submitted a $2.57 trillion budget proposal to Congress Monday, leaving out funding for the Triangle Transit Authority’s proposed commuter rail project. TTA still plans to break ground on the Raleighto-Durham rail line later this year, despite being excluded from the national budget. The 28-mile route will include 12 stations, one of which will be located at the corner of Erwin Road and Ninth Street. John Claflin, TTA’s general manager, said that his organization is working to allow Duke students to use their DukeCards to pay for train fare. No one will be riding the train, however, until someone pays for it. The U.S. government previously allotted $BO million for the $631 million project, but TTA is still expecting much more federal funding. Claflin said that he expects the federal government to fund 50 to 55 percent of the total cost.

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Remember the cap, gown and tassel at your high school graduation? If new graduation requirements are implemented in North Carolina public high schools, it will be tougher for seniors in the state to have similar memories. The North Carolina State Board of Education is currently discussing plans to raise graduation standards, making it more difficult to obtain a high school diploma in an attempt to make the diploma more meaningful. But had those plans been in place for the 2003-2004 school year, only 39 percent of students would have met the standards, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

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In addressing the issue of Social Security, Bush began by defining the origins of the financial crunch the United States is facing. First, he noted that the “burden of paying for retirees is increasing on workers.” Jn 1950, he said, 16 active workers paid for each beneficiary of Social Security, but today only 3.3 workers share the same burden. Second, he explained that since life expectancy has increased, the amount paid out in Social Security checks will rise accordingly. “It used to be 60 years was life expectancy; today it’s 77. I suspect over the next decade, it will continue to increase. I certainly hope so,” Bush said. Today there are 37 million Americans receiving Social Security checks; by 2031 this number is expected to rise to 71 million. Therefore, he said that by 2018, more money will be leaving the Social Security system than will be coming in. “So, for example, in 2027, the government is going to have to come up $2OO billion more to meet the promises that we’ve made,” he said. “Every year from 2018 to when the system goes broke in 2042, the cash deficits required to meet promises increase. That says to me we’ve got a problem.” After discussing the problems with the current Social Security system, Bush laid out his goals for fixing it. His first, is to make Congress and the American public more aware of the urgency of the problem.

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Discussions were motivated by “an interin making sure the experience students have in high school are experiences that engage them to complete high school but also experiences that prepare them for higher education,” said Vanessa Jeter, acting communications director for NCDPI. If the plans are accepted, students will have to earn passing grades on all five of their end-of-course tests—in English I, Algebra I, Biology, Civics & Economics and U.S. History—and will have to complete a senior research project. Alternate plans only require students to pass four of the five tests—a task that 58 percent of recent graduates accomplished. In addition, students will continue to have to complete 20 course credits in various subjects and pass a computer skills est

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suggested the move by North Korea may be a negotiating tactic aimed at getting more compensation in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program.

Secretary ofState Condoleezza Rice said North Korea should return to negotiations. “The world has given them away out and we hope they will take that way out,” she said, wrapping up a trip to Europe. “The North Koreans have been told by the president of the United States that the United States has no intention of attacking or invading North Korea. “The message is clear: give up these aspirations for nuclear weapons and you know life can be different,” Rice said, adding that it was the same message Libya understood in renouncing its nuclear ambitions. In a clear overture to North Korea to help foster the nuclear talks, Bush refrained from direct criticism of the country in last week’s State of the Union ad-

“In other words, sometimes they say, ‘ls it serious; is it a crisis?’—look, whatever you want to call it, just look at the chart and you come up with the conclusions,” he said. “And so now is the time to move. And that’s what I’m saying to Congress.” His second goal is to reassure seniors who already benefit from the system that they will continue to receive their benefits. “When [seniors] hear somebody like me saying we’re going to strengthen the system, their immediate reaction in some cases is to go, ‘oh, that means I’m not going to get my check,”’ he said. In order to fix the Social Security problem, he encouraged bipartisan cooperation and praised efforts from democrats such as former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y, and former President Bill Clinton. In order to ameliorate the crisis, Bush proposed allowing private investment for younger workers. “When you’re able to get a rate of return on money invested, over time that money grows, that money accumulates, that money expands,” he explained. “And so I believe younger workers ought to be allowed to set up a personal account and invest in stocks and bonds so that their money can increase faster.” Although he was speaking mostly to supporters, about 50 protesters held signs and chanted remarks criticizing Bush’s policies nearby. Protester Tana Liu Beers said, “I think that there’s a lot of dissent [about Social Security] that needs to be heard.” She held a sign that read “Private Accounts Rob the Poor” and “God is not pro-rich. (Bush is.).” dress. He mentioned the North only in a single sentence, saying Washington was “working closely with governments in Asia to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions.” Bush previously branded the North part of an “axis ofevil” along with Iran and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Still, Pyongyang on Thursday seized on comments by Rice last month in which she labeled North Korea as one of the “outposts of tyranny” in the world. “The U.S. disclosed its attempt to topple the political system in (North Korea) at any cost, threatening it with a nuclear stick,” North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said. “This compels us to take a measure to bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal in order to protect the ideology, system, freedom and democracy chosen by the people in [North Korea].” The statement said the Bush administration was trying to “mislead” the world in calling for resuming the six-party talks while also seeking “regime change” in North Korea.

Ninth graders entering high school in 2006—current seventh graders—will be the first to be affected. Although the details are still under discussion, students may have more than one chance to pass the end-of-course tests, allowing students a greater chance to pass, Jeter said. Schools will therefore have to come up with strategies to help students who initially fail the end-of-

dents. “The challenge as a school is to determine what format we use to provide additional help,” he said. “I hope that the state board will be thoughtful for recommendations and provide local schools with resources that they need.” According to statistics published by NCDPI, minority students will need the most help. While 49 percent of white students passed all five tests and 69 percent passed four of the five, only 18 percent of black students passed five and 34 percent passed four. Of Hispanic students, 23 percent passed five and 37 percent passed four. “The fact that you have this [stricter] policy doesn’t make the problems that led to the [racial] gap new; they were already

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FACULTY from page 4 survey conducted in January to formulate their recommendations. They cautioned that the 58 responses were unsuitable for statistical analysis. In their report, however, they quoted from the responses of anonymous faculty members. Faculty generally know little about their options for compensation, the committee found. “Those who are junior faculty or relatively new to Duke seemed to know least,” the report states, adding that most had only a vague idea of other departments’ practices. “We were informed that the range of compensation varies widely from a DUS who gets nothing to a DCS who gets two course relief.” Since George McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, was unable to attend, Susan Roth, dean of social sciences, answered multiple questions on his behalf. Creating guidelines “would take a considerable amount of work,” Roth said. “It’s just not systematic right now. It’s a mess.” Still, Roth affirmed that the deans would consider and respond to the

LINKING from page 3 freshman dorm? I don’t think so.” If the proposal passes, all sophomores will enter one lottery system and be able to pick any room on West Campus not previously taken by a selective living group or “squatting” students, which is what Campus Council calls upperclassmen hoping to remain in their quads. Each quad will maintain a ratio of independent sophomores to independent upperclassmen to promote quad leadership and interclass interaction. Because of the expected ratio of upperclassmen to sophomores, more members of the Class of 2008 would be forced to live in Edens Quadrangle as upperclassmen. But junior Brenna Benson thought that Edens should not have the stigma that it currently carries. “Make freshmen understand what they

council’s recommendations One of the committee’s major caveats was the need to scrutinize extensions of supplementary compensation. “It seems like this conflicts to some extent with [McLendon’s] initiative on student honors theses,” pointed out Christopher Conover, assistant research professor of public policy, referring to a tentatively planned expansion of the honors thesis program. McLendon advocated exploring rewards other than course relief to encourage professors to advise students in independent studies. His interest helped to spark the committee’s formation, but the project was ultimately excluded from the committee’s purview. Committee members made clear that they were aware of the challenges ahead. They noted that department budgets do not yet include specific mention of compensation for the DUS and DCS. Additionally, differences among departments in terms of size and staff support influence the difficulty of those jobs. “We know this can’t be done tomorrow, because I’m told there is no policy on some of these issues,” Goodwin said. “They’re going to think hard about it.”

are choosing—not just a quad, but a building,” Benson said, adding that with the increased community the new plan fosters, Edens could be a desirable place to live. But senior Ryan Kennedy, a current Edens resident and the only vocal opponent to quad “squatting,” thought that even with increased visibility, Edens would still be seen as a less favorable place to live. “You are in places not because of the community but because it’s a nice place to be,” he said, adding that students should not be pilnished for two years due to an originally poor lottery number.

In other business: The Old Duke party is tentatively scheduled for March 25. It will include a bench band building competition, a 1980 and 16 to 20 kegs. “This will be the biggest thing Duke has seen since 1989,” Benson said.

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by bus will take as long as four hours and 20 minutes. Hood thinks the rail line is unnecessary, however, saying that people would adjust to the slow bus system by finding other, more efficient ways to get to work. “It is absolutely asinine to suggest that someone would commute 9 hours a day,” he said. “They won’t do it. They will change their lifestyles and locations.” Although most Duke students in the future will probably not use the train for a daily commute, the rail could offer stu-

SCHOOLS from page 5 there,” said Charles Clotfelter, a professor at the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy. “What a policy like this does is to focus the public’s attention on the gap.... Information can often be a catalyst for change.” In order to best serve the interests of the community, the State Board ofEducation organized several open informational meetings across the state to discuss suggestions for what is referred to as the new High School Exit Standards. They also posted an online survey to which anyone—student, parent or educator—can submit comments. “It is important for people to have the opportunity to give input,” Jeter said. Even with current graduation standards, dropout rates have risen this past year. In Durham, during the 2002-2003 school year 4 percent of students enrolled in grades seven to 12 dropped out of school before receiving their high school

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pus dining. Sophomore Amy Hamilton sees the new vendors as a valuable addition. “The places most accessible to students don’t have enough variety. I mean, two of the restaurants closest to us on West Campus are both Alpines,” she said. “[The new vendors] are the four best places to eat off campus. I especially love Dale’s—having Indian food on campus once a week in the Great Hall is

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One merchant has recognized students’ desire for variety as a business opportunity. “It’s about revenue,” Dan Ferguson, manager of The Q Shack said. “We can’t know for sure if there will be profits, but we’re giving it a shot.” Three of the four new merchants, however, insist that monetary gain did not serve as their motivation to join MOP, which averages 750 to 775 weekday patrons and 860 to 880 weekend patrons each day. Preti Singh, manager of Dale’s Indian Cuisine, said that his business joined the program to fulfill unmet dining needs. “Students had a demand for vegan and vegetarian dishes that were not being offered on campus, and many of them requested our help,” Singh said. Olivia Chetney, manager ofMad Hatter’s Cafe and Bakery Shop, described an equal attention to students’ health needs. “We wanted to be able to provide students with healthier, higher quality food so that they would have more options than the usual fast food,” she said. Most on-campus eateries, especially those whose primary dining sales occur during lunchtime, believe they are not in danger of decreasing profits. “Our customer base is pretty much set,” Loop manager Dennis Lane said.

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She added that the group has been considering a bulk purchase for several years. “It’s not like we just stumbled into this, and it’s not like we’re just annoyed with the students because they threw a few cups on the lawn,” Wilson said. “We want to make the neighborhood livable.” Wilson added that the residents want students living in the neighborhood. There are several apartment complexes in Trinity Park, and some of the houses have been converted into duplexes or other higher-occupancy residences. But Wilson said if students want to live in the area, they have to behave. “You can’t come to the neighborhood and act like you live in a dorm,” she said. “If you want that, go live in a dorm.”

PARTIES from page 1 have worked in other college towns. “They basically restrict a house from having parties if they’re repeat offenders,” she explained. Like other neighbors, Headrick also called on Duke to “step up to the plate” and do more to punish students the Durham Police Department cites for noise and alcohol violations. Stephen Bryan, associate dean for judicial affairs, said the University has formally disciplined three students for improper off-campus behavior this year. In the wake of several recent DPD citations, Bryan said the University’s “offcampus approach” is being reviewed but no major policy changes are on the horizon. Some neighbors have criticized the University for not making tangible changes to its policy and letting DPD handle off-campus complaints. Residents currently call DPD to report loud parties, and it is up to the officers to decide whether or not to call Duke University Police Department, which has extended jurisdiction in the Trinity Park area. Leanora Minai, senior public relations specialist for DUPD, said Duke officers issued five citations for off-campus behavior and assisted DPD at least six times since August 2004. The collaborative system, she said, works well as long as the departments communicate. “Residents may be asking us to do more, but how can we do more if we’re not told or called to respond?” she asked. Streamlining the communication between DPD and DUPD is one of the main priorities of a new Duke Student Government off-campus committee comprised of neighbors and students. Sophomore Joel Kliksberg, DSG vice president of community interaction, said the committee will address several issues, including guidelines and private security for off-campus parties, rerouting University transportation in local neighborhoods and cleaning up trash after parties. DSG also hopes to help move parties back to campus by creating an independent student committee that organizes social events in large on-campus venues such as the Intramural Building. The shift, Kliksberg said, will help reduce the number of students driving intoxicated to and from parties. BIueSPARC, a campus-community coali-

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Students traipse off-campus to parties on many weekend nights, frustrating neighboring families. tion formed in 2004 to address alcohol issues among students, is also working to build bridges with residents of Trinity Park and discourage excessive partying off campus. Claire Feldman-Riordan, director of BIueSPARC and a program coordinator for student affairs, said the group’s goals are to minimize the harm caused by alcohol, redefine social norms about drinking and address issues related to the availability, pricing and marketing of alcohol to students. Community and campus leaders have met and brainstormed ideas about how to decrease the prevalence of heavy partying off campus. Ideas include outlining party rules and changing the Safeßides program so that students can get rides from off-campus houses back to campus. On the extreme side, one participant suggested sending Brodhead to off-campus houses at 8 a.m. Sunday morning to view the remnants of late-night parties. Feldman-Riordan said the group is currently working out its kinks and find* ing a middle ground so it can begin building its initiatives. “The goal is not to develop consensus about every single thing,” she said. “The goal is to agree on a vision of a healthy, safer community where people are getting along better, students are satisfied, neighbors are satisfied and people aren’t concerned about really negative consequences.”

Buying up the houses Some neighbors are considering a

more sweeping plan to stop raucous partying. About a dozen residents have an option to buy several properties in Trinity Park that are currently rented to students. Linda Wilson, one of the residents, would not comment on the number of properties in consideration but said they are all owned by Guy Solie, a local landlord. Several of the most disruptive addresses in Trinity Park—according to DPD records are registered in Solie or a family member’s name, including houses on Watts Street and Buchanan Street. Solie said he has been willing to sell the nine or 10 houses he owns in the neighborhood for about 15 years. He said he would be happy for the residents to purchase them and hopes to hear from the group by the middle of February. Solie added that as the values of the houses in Trinity Park continue to rise, he expects them “to be purchased by owner-occupants and taken out of the rental pool.” The residents signed a nondisclosure agreement before viewing the houses weeks ago. Solie said the document was “standard operating procedure.” Solie and neighborhood residents declined to reveal the prices of the houses. Wilson said the residents’ goal is to buy the properties, “turn them around and sell them to single family purchasers.” The group does not currently have the funds to purchase the houses, she said, but it is looking into several investment options. —

Neighborly dialogue

While welcoming efforts to ameliorate tensions in Trinity Park, students, neighbors and the University say basic, casual communication is the fundamental starting point for improvement. Senior Jeremy Davis, who lives on the corner of Markham Street and Gregson Street with other members of the track team, said he and his housemates have a “very good relationship” with their neighbors. Davis said he usually tells his neighbors when he is planning a party and asks that they talk to him before calling the police if the event gets too loud. He added that communication beyond the weekends is crucial to gaining neighbors’ respect. “If I see them outside, I’ll talk to my neighbors,” he said. “It’s not like I just go to diem every time I want a favor.” Similarly, senior Chris Carlberg, who lives with several of his Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers off East Campus, said they now throw parties that last from 6 to 10 p.m. Earlier parties, Carlberg said, allow students to be “be more considerate of the neighbors;”' ! 1 Residents point to similar situations as examples of how they want students and homeowners in Trinity to relate to one another. They say more communication will facilitate the difficult process of creating a living environment where students can party and neighbors can sleep. “We will be able to get beyond these antagonistic stories,” Headrick said. “It is totally possible to make some changes here so that there are not these conflicts between students and neighbors.”

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Coming off their biggest win of the season, the No. 7 Blue Devils have positioned themselves in the middle of a three-team race for the ACC regular season tide. Duke (18-2, 8-2 in the ACC) is now

tied for the league lead with North Carolina and Wake Forest, and with the hardest remaining schedule of the three, the Blue Devils cannot afford to stumble. So when Duke squares off with an inconsistent Maryland (14-7, 5-5) team Saturday in College Park, it cannot afford a loss like the Blue Devils suffered to the Terrapins Jan. 26 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “The conference is pretty wide open between the top three teams,” JJ. Redick said. “We’ve kind of separated ourselves by a little bit from the middle of the pack, and I think the team that can win on the road is going to be the team that wins the league.” The Comcast Center is not a welcoming environment for any road team, especially for the Blue Devils. Last year, Terps’ fans were publically criticized for screaming obscenities at Duke’s players, directing many at Redick. But the Roanoke, Va., native responded, scoring 26 points, including 5-for-6 from behind the three-point line in Duke’s 68-60 win. Redick, who was named ACC Player of Week Monday, has averaged more than 26 points per game and five three pointers in Duke’s last six contests. “Obviously every team that goes in to play Duke is trying to take Redick away from the three-point line as much as possible,” Maryland head coach Gary Williams. “He puts the ball on the floor

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After a week off, a well rested but

banged-up Duke team will travel to College Park to try to complete a regular-season sweep of Maryland Sunday at 3 p.m. The third-ranked Blue Devils (22-2, 8are, hoping that Monique Currie, who was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her left foot a week ago, can continue her run at national Player of the Year honors. Head coach Gail Goestenkors said Currie first felt pain in her foot during the Miami game Feb. 3. “After the game I asked her what was going on,” Goestenkors said. “She said her foot was bothering her—she never complains about anything. She’s one of the toughest kids I’ve ever had. I knew when she said her foot was hurting something was going on.” Currie has been fitted with an fiberglass orthotic and a steel shank to stabilize the foot. To fit all this equipment, Currie has been wearing a size 11.5 on her left foot and her normal size 10 on her right. Playing with the new equipment is a challenge for Currie, who said it was “uncomfortable” during Sunday’s game against Florida State. The injury is similar to one Lindsey Harding had two years ago. Goestenkors said Harding became accustomed to the brace after two weeks and was able to playjust as hard as before. The week off certainly came at a fortunate time for Duke considering the. injury. Currie has been held out of practice

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In 2001, a Maryland fan launched a bottle that hit then-Duke center Carlos Boozer’s mother in the head, causing a mild concussion. The bottle was one of many that rained down on the court in the Comcast Center that night, thrown by student fans frustrated that only moments before, the Blue Devils had executed a 10-point comeback to beat the Terrapins in the game’s final minute. Duke’s games at Maryland have been littered with aggressive and offensive behavior from Terrapin student supporters ever since. But Maryland administrators anticipate student fans will A student holds up a sign during Duke's victory in the Comcast Center last season. have cleaned up their act for this weekend’s Blue Devil-Terrapin matchup in video featuring head coach Gary Brett Tillett, assistant director of sports College Park. The administration has Williams, open practices, student forums, marketing for Maryland. “They’ve found instituted a variety of practices aimed at T-shirt exchanges and song overhauls. away to cheer on their team without “There’s not going to be any weird squelching inappropriate fan behavior, SEE FANS ON PAGE 12 including a pre-game sportsmanship surprises out there this weekend,” said

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W. BBALL from page 9 this week and is wearing a protective boot. To maintain her conditioning, Currie is using an exercise bike as well as an underwater treadmill. The week of rest also has allowed the Blue Devils to recuperate and re-evaluate after an extremely tough stretch of games. Duke faced four top-25 teams over the previous two weeks. “We’ve gone through a really tough stretch in the schedule,” Goestenkors said. “I think we really need this week off so that we can focus on our own team and get back to basics.” Ball control has been a problem lately with freshman Wanisha Smith especially struggling with turnovers. The team has used the extra time off to step up its intensity in practice. Goestenkors has asked Harding, who has been practicing with the team while suspended, to pressure Smith in drills and game situations in preparation for the Maryland game and thereafter. Against Maryland Jan. 27, Smith played a strong game, scoring 14 points and dishing out five assists. Currie won that game on a final-minute jumper to give Duke the 60-57 victory. “We were extremely competitive in the last game,” Maryland head coach Brenda Frese said. “We want to do the same thing this time that we did last time. We had a good game plan, we just have to execute better and fine-tune.” Since facing Duke, Maryland (17-5, 6-4) has been playing its best basketball of the season. The Terrapins beat Arizona in Tucson in overtime, then defeated Georgia Tech in College Park and Clemson on the road. “That week gave us a lot of confidence,” Frese said of playing Duke close and then winning in Arizona. “Being so young —we have three freshmen and two

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Currie's left-foot stress fracture is the key factor in Sunday's game. In her one game since being treated for the injury against Florida State, Currie looked out of sorts for the first time in recent memory. Maryland poses more problems for Duke than Florida State did, and Currie's health will play a much bigger role. In addition, Maryland is expecting a record-setting crowd to turn out to see the Blue Devils in the Comcast Center.

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both right- and left-handed, and he knows how to draw fouls better this year. “He’s a better all-around offensive player. Instead of justhaving to rely on shooting a great percentage from the three-point line, he does other things to score now.” Maryland has its own player who responds well to hostile environments in forward Nik Caner-Medley. He was the recipient of ribbing from the Cameron Crazies in his latest visit and turned in an impressive performance, scoring 25 points. At 6-foot-8 Caner-Medley has the ability to shoot three-pointers and also put the ball on the court to drive to the basket, thus creating matchup problems for the Blue Devils. “I just think he overpowered us a few times,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He’s a strong kid and a good, veteran player. If there’s one thing that won the game it was that his desire to win was great.” In the teams’ first meeting, David McClure was Duke’s most effective defender on Caner-Medley, but McClure will miss Saturday’s game after he suffered a knee injury against Maryland in Cameron. Maryland is giving up the third most points in the ACC, but the Blue Devils shot just 33.3 percent during the teams’ first meeting. Duke lacked balance and also missed out on many opportunities, Krzyzewski said. Center Will Bowers earned an unexpected start for Maryland in Cameron to bang in the post against Shelden Williams,

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being offensive.” Vulgar cheers have been a much criticized staple in the Terp fans repertoire. During their game against Duke last season, students chanted “F—you.J.J.” loudly enough for spectators to reportedly hear it on television broadcasts. “Things have kind of changed since last year,” Maryland junior Graham Petto said. “We’ve gotten a little bit more creative. We’ve been getting ideas from schools like Duke and Wake Forest.” To promote the shift toward less offensive behavior in the student section,

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Williams spoke to students about sportsmanship earlier this year during open practices and “town hall-type” meetings, Tillett said. “I think it’s to fend off stuff from last year,” said Maryland senior Jeff Blass. “That was when everybody and their grandmother hated Maryland.” Other events include offering groups of five to 10 students the opportunity to win Terp game tickets by performing community service and allowing students with offensive T-shirt slogans at games to exchange their shirts at the gate for a standardized shirt. The administration said these efforts have been successful so far.

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but the Landlord still recorded 18 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks. Since the team’s win in Durham, Maryland has continued its up-and-down play, going 2-2 with losses at last-place Clemson and Miami. But despite the Terps’ inconsistency, they are jockeying for position among the cluster of 5-5 teams in the ACC. A regular season sweep of the Blue Devils would also greatly improve their NCAA Tournament resume.

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Duke was held to only 66 points in its first meeting with Maryland this season. Since then, the Blue Devils have averaged 85.5 ppg over four games with help from Dockery, Nelson and Melchionni. Randolph is healthy, which will help to shore up the post, where Duke was outscored by Maryland 30-26 Jan. 26. The Terps' defense allows the third most points per game in the ACC. The Terps have had no problem scoring this season, averaging 82.2 ppg. Chris McCray, who was 3-for-11 from the field in the first matchup against Duke, has come on strong over the past three games scoring 17.3 points per contest. Nik Caner-Medley seems to have been the key to Maryland's success this year. In recent losses to Miami and Clemson, Caner-Medley was held below 10 points, but he dropped 25 on Duke in Cameron. The Terps haven't completed a single-season sweep of the Blue Devils since the 1994-95 season, although they have beaten Duke in the teams' last two meetings. Maryland is 11-1 at home this season, but Duke's offensive front has been stronger on the road, averaging six more points than at home and shooting 10 percent better. Comcast has proven to be a hard place to play, but Duke has proven itself on the road.

After two big victories for the Blue Devils, Duke travels to College Park Although the Terps have been nearly perfect at home, Coach K will hav Devils prepared to avoid the season sweep —compiled by Duke wins, 80-75 ‘You’re never going to reach every single kid, but we’ve reached the majority,” Tillett said. “We didn’t have any incidents in football this year, and we haven’t had any incidents in basketball—knock on wood.” Although student participation in sportsmanship events has been high, some Maryland students are unhappy with changes that have been made to curb inappropriate behavior. The administration decided to eliminate a popular song featuring the line “Hey,

you suck,” much to the students’ chagrin. “There’s been a lot of groups that have tried to bring back the song and written letters to the student newspaper,” said Max Nickey, a Maryland sophomore. Despite enthusiasm for the controversial song, student attitudes during games have improved, Blass said. “Fan behavior is much better than it was in the past,” he said. “It’s up to the students to make sure it stays that way.”

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several missteps and dis- vendors about adding a restaurant to appointments last semester, an- the East Campus Union building, Last semester the majority of news nouncements of addidons and with the changes to different aspects of Dining about dining was Services indicate that Jim Wulforst, di- focus on students’ dissatisfaction with ARAMARK Corp. So rector of dining sentt *ul A'* StSTT tOTISfI far this spring, howevices, is steering dining er, Wulforst appears to in the right direction. Last fall Uptown Seafood, a restau- be addressing many of the problems with Dining Services and the planned rant added to the Merchants on Points program in order to increase positive changes are welcome, It is heartening to see Dining Serthe diversity of vendors and offer a vices responding to students’ wants vegetarian option, was suspended beand needs. The Duke University Stuit failed to meet the minimum cause health inspection grade necessary to dent Dining Advisory Committee also remain a Duke vendor. Students have deserves praise for its role in bringing also complained about slow delivery about dining improvements. DUStimes from some vendors and a gen- DAC serves as the intermediary beeral lack of diversity among Mer- tween students, who tend to have strong opinions about food on camchants on Points choices. Now, Dining Services is set to add pus, and the administration, who may four new merchants to the program have difficulty gauging that opinion, Both Wulforst and Dining Services and is only waiting to work out orderand students on DUSDAC have ing logistics. These restaurants Chai’s, Dale’s, Mad Hatter’s and The worked hard to make necessary and Q-Shack—are already popular among beneficial changes to dining on camstudents and offer a greater variety of pus. A place to eat on East after the food options. These new merchants Marketplace closes will fill what has will help invigorate the program by been a gaping hole for sometime offering new and different places to now. The Freeman Center will once again offer kosher dining, an option order from. that has been lacking for the past two Kosher dining, after a two-year hiayears, and the new Merchants on tus, is returning to The Freeman CenPoints will only make delivery an even ter for Jewish Life, and it is a necesaddition for students who sary keep more attractive program. kosher and have limited kosher opAlthough dining questions still 100m—the future of ARAMARK and tions at other campus locations. the board plan for freshmen, for exFinally, after several years of discussion, plans to bring a new dining locaample —the next several months look tion to East Campus —one that will fill to bring appealing changes, better the late-night niche—are solidifying. and more diverse eating options and Wulforst is in the process of talking more complete dining services to with both architects and potential campus. '

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“Enormities hateful to God:” a little perspective And the dissipation extended into the university's memory is permanently classroom itself: Renowned historian Jacques impaired. With the exception of the —the UNC Barzun cites a contemporary chronicler to bonfire, furrows or deepest the effect that “The rooms on one side were Duke’s cigar—our past meaningful B. James here never extends more than four years: As rented to students and on the other to far as we seniors are concerned, Duke is as whores. Under the same roof was a house of old as 2001, the date on which it must have learning and of whoring.” Of all the records we dropped fully formed out of the have of the University, before that is sky. Everything perhaps the most comrumor and conjecture, and with pelling is a 1269 “Proclaevery graduation, Duke’s birthmation of the Official of date creeps forward a year. the Episcopal Court of In this cycle of institutional Paris against Clerks and forgetfulness, meaningful talk Scholars Who Go about about Duke becomes nearly imParis Armed by Day and possible. Where, after all, would rob goodman and Commit Night we get our standard of compariCrimes.” son? We seem to think our social lobster sticks to magnet As the church court life has declined—but can any of put it, “A frequent and us even begin to describe the typcontinual complaint has gone the rounds ical Duke party from the ’80s? When we criticize the honor code, do we know how many that there are in Paris some clerks and scholof us cheated in the ’7os? Have we always ars, likewise their servants, trusting in the been politically apathetic, or was there an exfolly of the same clerks, unmindful of their ception in the ’6os? Because so much of our salvation, not having God before their eyes, Duke talk has to do with evolution and who, under pretense of leading the scholastic change, and because our frame of reference life, more and more often perpetrate unlawis so constricted, we need to learn our history ful and criminal acts, relying on their arms: Namely, that by day and night they atrociousor shut up. I hope we choose the former. wound or kill many persons, rape women, action, and as an antidote ly So as a spur to oppress virgins, and break into inns, also reto all the complaints we’ve been hearing about off-campus parties, I’d like to take you peatedly committing robberies and many other enormities hateful to God.” back 800 years, to the foundation of the UniUnable to control the off-campus virginversity of Paris. Along with its counterpart in Bologna, the University of Paris was the first oppression scene, the Bishop instituted what ofits kind, the model for higher learning and appears to be a primitive version of the Community Standard: “We excommunicate all the establishment to which Duke must ultimately trace its lineage. From its origin as a those who have known anything about the small universitas magistrorum et scholarium aforesaid, unless within seven days from the time of their information...they shall have (guild of masters and scholars), the Universirevealed what they know to the said reverend ty grew into one of the most influential institutions in the medieval world. bishop.” But it was little use: Students reSoon, according to Barbara W. Tuchman’s mained exempt from most civil and legal acclaimed history of the period, A Distant controls until the University of Paris was Mirror, “the University of Paris elevated the brought fully under royal jurisdiction name of the French capital, surpassing all around 1530. What lessons can we leam from this too others in the fame ofits masters and the presbrief detour through the history of the uniof its studies and in theology tige philosophy.... By virtue of the University, Paris was versity? I see four. 1. If you think KY wresding is disgraceful, the ‘Athens of Europe’; the Goddess of Wislittle said, after Greece and a perspective is recommended. dom, it was leaving 2. Whoring and learning are not incomthen Rome, had made it her home.” And what did 25,000 students of such an patible. If the students of Paris could oppress august body do all day? Surely they spent virgins by night and be the Light of Christentheir time in earnest prayer, fasting and dom by day, so too, theoretically, can the students of Duke. meditation. 3. Duke’s administration has embarked on Actually, no—if anything, they were mostly working on their resumes. “Almost a prestige-building endowment-and-construction campaign at the same time it has exportall the students at Paris, foreigners and natives, did absolutely nothing,” writes Jacques ed much of the social life off campus, where de Vitry in his Historiae Occidentis. “Some it is less subject to university controls and studied merely to acquire knowledge, which therefore more debauched. This is not a cois curiosity; others to acquire fame, which is incidence, because 4. Whoring and learning are directly provanity; others still for the sake of gain, which is cupidity and the vice of simony.” portional. Even if we students don’t know And when they weren’t practicing the vice our history, our administrators surely do. And they recognize that it was hardly an acof simony, they were struggling with incipicident that our forbears at Paris created ent multiculturalism: “They affirmed that the English were both the most influential and dissolute instidrunkards and had tails; the sons of France tution of their times. Scholarly prestige is inproud, effeminate and carefully adorned separable from the righteous superiority like women. They said that the Germans that leads students, “under the pretense of were furious and obscene at their feasts; the leading the scholastic life,” to break into inns and stab townsfolk. Amd the harder stuNormans, vain and boastful. The Burgundians they considered vulgar and stupid. The dents are pushed, the more debauchery beBretons were reputed to be fickle and comes an academic necessity. So when you changeable, and were often reproached for see something disgusting off East this weekthe death of Arthur. The Lombards were end, and you surely will, don’t hang your called avaricious, vicious and cowardly; the head: Acknowledge it as of a piece with Romans, seditious, turbulent and slander- CIEMAS, the Campaign for Duke and the ous; the Sicilians, tyrannical and cruel; the new Baldwin Scholarships—tokens, all, of inhabitants ofBrabant, men of blood, incenour continued excellence. Quod erat demonstrandum. diaries, brigands and ravishers; the Flemish, fickle, prodigal, gluttonous, yielding as butRob Goodman is a Trinity senior. His column ter and slothful. After such insults fpom words they often came to blows.” appears every Friday.

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Screened out their sons “stop hitting that damn hoop with that damn a horrible, awful student. A few weeks ago, I was involved in a conversation of international relations (and stick and do some arithmetic!” They turned out alright. lest you think that I am out of my depth, that’s my We’re just not playing tiddlywinks and ten-pins anymore, MAJOR) and I found myself searching my brain... and for- is all. Are we losing something by spending all our lives in front getting... the name of the prime minister of Canada. Canaof the screens? We’re not getting out as much, maybe, unless da! Hockey goes away, and it’s like they don't even exist anymore. (The PM’s name is Paul Martin, by the way, for all of you have a laptop. We’re certainly getting fatter. Then again, you Who threatened to move out, but have yet to fulfill your I’m going to be able to stay in touch with most of the people I graduate with via Instant Messenger. I’ve promise. I hear he’s a nice guy.) Clearly, I never met any of my father’s friends from should know this stuff. hours this discollege, and I doubt he’s talked to them in embarrassing after A few quite some time as well. play of ignorance, I found myself typically A lot is made about the media age deengaged in nighttime behavior: having a our values. Certainly the founding and front of the stroying TV. In few beers sitting in fathers never envisioned a nation in which the midst of a conversation, and already a you can flip a switch, pick up a controller little buzzed, I found myself singing the and go shoot a few hookers in the back of Rock. could THAT I theme song to Fraggle matt dctiira the head. Thank you, Grand Theft Auto. remember. I can’t name four generals from But could a nation of children raised by the World War 11, but I can name the four for good or for awesome loving cardigan sweaters of Mr. Fred Rogers weapons used by the Teenage Mutant Ninja really be that bad? Turtles. Is there something wrong with this picture? In 20 years I’m not going to have any slinkies or silly putty I spent most of my time in high school (and indeed, show best friend's to my kids, but I’ll be able to show them the video of quite a bit of time even on breaks now) in my basement, a cathode-tube Camelot. My best friend has three the dancing badgers. In fact, they’re probably going to think it’s quaint that I play Madden football, just like our parents brothers, all within 10 years of each other, and so the baseset which friends ment was thought it was quaint to listen to the NFL on the radio inup as a shrine to nerdocity at my and I worshipped weekly: three televisions, four videogame stead of watching it on TV. (Of course, my kids are going to think their father did a lot of drugs when he describes the systems and five computers on a LAN. Most ofmy young life was spent in front of one screen or game about the Italian plumber that jumped on the scowlanother. When I got to college, I spent four years in frontof ing mushroom things.) I’m not sure if we’re missing out on some of the best a computer screen. Arguably, I'll spend the rest of my working life there too, with intermittentpauses to sleep, play golf parts of the world by sitting in front of our screens, or mereand kiss my boss’s butt. My friends and I joke, somewhat ly getting pictures of a larger planet we could never see bemorbidly, that we’re all going to be dead at 40 from some fore. I know one thing is true, though: that creepy recurring dream I have about the Doozers knocking my house down? sort ofvicious eye cancer, brought on by years of computerscreen radiation. Who knows? We’re the first generation That’s not going away anytime soon. that's had to deal with that. Matt DeTura is a Trinity senior. His column appears every Leisure has been away of life since hunting-gathering other can Victorian mothers at Friday. imagine stopped. I screaming

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of government. It would impose across-the-board spending cuts when the Legislature cannot achieve a balanced budget, This would counter the effect of many previous referendums that mandate spending, such as the one that guarantees 40 percent of general revenues for elementary and secondary education. They have placed roughly 70 percent of the general fund budget beyond the Legislature’s control, Regarding spending-by-referendum, Schwarzenegger, too, is a sinner. His worst decision as governor was supporting a referendum committing $6 Will billion in state funds for stem cell research to Johnson legacy. stimulate biotech industries. That is “industrial commentary guest emsuccessfully If Schwarzenegger policy,” aka socialism. ploys the plebiscitary mechanism this year, he will approach re-election next year ranked among the Schwarzenegger’s fourth and most important initiative state’s most transformative governors. And ripples raised by would end the racket of redistricting devoted to incumbentthe boulders he is throwing into this nation-state’s political protection. In November, not one of 153 state legislative or congressional districts changed parties. Schwarzenegger propool will roll eastward across the country. Placed in office by plebiscite just 16 months ago, poses taking redistricting away from the political class’ comSchwarzenegger has started the clock on a countdown to puters and empowering a panel of retired judges to draw diswhat could be a November to remember. He has submitted trict lines. Schwarzenegger delightedly recalls that when he to the Democratic-controlled Legislature four proposals was in Washington for the Inauguration, some members of aimed at unlocking some interlocking political and eco- Congress begged him to abandon his—to them—appalling nomic irrationalities produced by a political class that has assault on the right of legislators to pick their voters, Democrats now hold 33 of California’s 53 congressional treated public office as private property. Ballot language has been drafted and fund-raising for four ratification cam- seats. Last November, just three of the 53 races were won with less than 60 percent. Increasing competitiveness statewide paigns has begun. initiative would school districts to award probably would disproportionately increase Republican One empower teachers merit pay based on performance as the districts de- turnout in a state Bush lost by 10 percent in 2004. ff Califorcide to measure that. Merit pay pits Schwarzenegger against nia again becomes competitive in presidential elections, Dethe 335,000-member California Teachers Association and mocratic candidates will be disadvantaged, If all four measures go to the ballot—“the train,” other teachers unions. A second initiative would change the retirement system Schwarzenegger says, “has already left the station”; the for state and local employees, now 2 million strong. The process “is on automatic pilot” —he expects opponents to spend a combined $2OO million. He plans to raise $5O milstate, facing a deficit of at least $8 billion, will pay a $2.6 billion share of those employees’ retirement this year, up from lion and believes that if he is outspent by only four to one, he will win. His confidence approaches mysticism. Extendonly $l6O million Just four years ago. Under Schwarzenegworkers hired after 2007 ing an arm, his palm toward his face and his fingers curved ger’s proposal, government June would be enrolled in privately managed accounts akin to as though holding an invisible orb, he says ingenuously, “If I 401 (k)s, with the state matching up to 6 percent of their can see it”—any goal—“I can achieve it. And I have the abilsalaries, 9 percent for' public safety officers. Sixteen states ity to see it.” He sees California’s political system reopened, like conhave adopted or are considering private accounts as voluntary options. Opposition by government employees unions, crete cracked by ajackhammer, and sees the state’s social system reinvigorated by an economy liberated. “The world,” who nationwide wield the investment power of many hunsays this man who is used to being looked at, “is looking at dreds of billions of dollars in retirement funds, killed a similar proposal in California seven years ago. us.” Come November, the nation certainly will be. movies blow and a In most Schwarzenegger up, things George Will is a syndicated columnistfor The Washington Post. third initiative is part ofhis promise to “blow up the boxes” FRANCISCO The governor’s office here is in the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building, named for the early 20th-century Republican populist, arguably Califomia’s most consequential chief executive. So far. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican populist, practices what Leon Trotsky preached—permanent revolution. 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Miho, what’s the area of a trapezoid?” I turned around quickly from passing out pencils to find Charlie, a jolly sixth grader, inquisitively staring at his workbook. Shoot. Think Miho, think. “Well, let’s look at the picture. What’s given?” There we go. Start asking him questions about the length and height. Kill some time. Charlie obediently answered my questions, while I shuffled through all the multivariable calculus formulas that I had cluttering my brain, until Charlie’s eyes lit up with a momentous A-HA! “Oh yea, I remember!” Charlie exclaimed, while frantically erasing his previous work. Whew. Good, Charlie. As a Duke student, I am told time and time again within the Duke bubble that I am bright, accomplished and fearless. Yet, when put in a classroom of six sixth graders as a tutor and teacher’s aid, I mysteriously begin to sweat, twitch and stutter for the entire 53-minute period. I also have to retrieve my skills of sixth grade math from the black hole of my brain in order to be “Miss Miho,” knowledge provider of all things multiplicadon-based. And with their past End-of-Grade standardized test scores, as well as their current grades, these are the students that, according to the teacher, need my help the most. Talk about pressure. “Miss Miho, how do I find the area of a circle?” Yes, easy question! I walk over to Will’s desk with pencil in hand, ready to show him the magic of HllhO KUDagawa plugging numbers into formulas. My explanation discere vivetldo b•egins, but is shortly inter-

rupted.

“But what’s pi?” 3.14. The area of a circle constant. Two vertical lines with a squiggly hat. “Why is it called pi? And why do we use it for circumference too?” Will, must we ask all these questions? Again, my stuttering kicks in full force. I try to cough up some words, an explanation of some sorts so that he’ll still trust Miss Miho for help, but my attempts prove futile. Failure. Must work on explaining concepts well. While I dream of one day administrating my own school, I know my first couple ofyears post-Duke will be in the classroom as a teacher of 20 to 30 young, growing minds. Without question, the only way I can adequately prepare for such tasks is to dive right in to tutoring these six students, to remind myself how I learned in the sixth grade. “Miss Miho, what’s 0.75 as a fraction?” Kia looked stumped, until I instructed her to do what I did in my sixth-grade fraction lessons; “Think money.” Eureka. “OH! Three quarters,” Kia told herself, while I hid a smile. Accomplishment. Although I know several Dukies who tutor, I know of only a handful who consider teaching as their future career. To graduate from Duke to become a teacher is considered a faux pas and a waste of $40,000. (Ironic, since none of us would have gotten here without our teachers.) When I tell friends I’d like to do something Teach-forAmerica-related, they usually try to talk me out of such a “scary” experience by bombarding me with horror stories. Yet, as an economics major, I am surrounded by students who strive for jobs that entail 80-hour work weeks performing mind-numbing, number-crunching slave labor. In my opinion, that is scary. “Miss Miho, come help me!” a frustrated Charlie pleads. I look at his work amidst eraser dust. Raise your energy level, Miho. Charlie is stuck on the last problem, thrown off by being given the diameter, not radius. Patience. Yes, he’s nodding his head. “Oh, that’s easy,” Charlie says. “Thank you!” Accomplishment. Even if teaching is the “unbeaten” path here, Charlie’s “thank you” echoes the coundess ones I’ve given to the major influence ofmy own life: my teachers. IfI can make a difference in students’ lives, just as my teachers did, then I will be doing something right in our woeful public education system, which then, hands down, beats a cubicle and a six-figure salary. As for now, I’ll tutor, make mistakes and leam with these sixth graders, hopefully without stuttering or sweating too much. “Miss Miho, you want to play a math game now? We can teach you.” Yes. Please, teach me.

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Even with the loss of several key players during the off-season, the baseball team enters the spring optimistic after finishing with a 25-31 record last year, its best since 1998. The addition of 14freshmen and the return of several injured players lead head coach Bill Hillier to believe that this year will be more successful than recent seasons. “We’ve worked hard as a staff to try to increase our depth and our power numbers,” said Hillier, who is now in his sixth season at Duke. “Right now, we’re at least two deep in every position, which has never happened since I’ve been around Duke baseball.” On the field, the team has concentrated on maintaining defensive consistency, something last year’s squad lacked early in the season. Committing 94 errors in 2004, 16 more than its opponents had made, Duke had to emphasize the importance of making clean defensive plays, Hillier said. “That was definitely an area that we needed to work on,” said junior Adam Murray, who started 42 games at shortstop last year. “We worked a lot with our infield coach, John Yurkow, during the off-season to minimize the amount of errors.” In this year’s opening series last weekend, three Duke fielding errors in a single inning led to three North Carolina A&T unearned runs and a series split. “We made no errors in 17 innings against N.C. A&T,” Hillier said, looking at the bright side. “We feel pretty good about that. We have minimized errors a lot more in the first two games than we did last year. More than lack of defense, it was lack of hitting.” Although meager last weekend, offensive production for the Blue Devils will likely

pick up as the players face more live pitch-

ing in the next several weeks, Hillier said. Junior Javier Socorro, who had a 12-game hitting streak, averaged .369 at the plate and scored 41 runs in his sophomore season. Sophomore Eric Baumann and several freshmen will provide the power hitting the Blue Devils had lacked a year ago. Baumann hit three home runs in his first season, second only to pitcher- Tim Layden, who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the sixth round in June 2004. With the loss of Layden and fellow pitcher Zach Schreiber to the Major Leagues, the Blue Devils lost two the their best throwers, but Hillier said this year’s staff is still stronger than 2004’5. “I thought Greg Burke was my best pitcher last year, and by the end of the season, Danny Otero was outpitching all three of those guys,” Hillier said of Layden, Schreiber and Burke. “One thing I have this year are better arms top to bottom.” With a year of experience, Otero and fellow sophomore David Torcise have worked on consistency on the mound and will likely start almost every weekend. Burke, the fifth-year senior who will lead the pitching staff, said he feels completely healthy after having elbow surgery in 2002. Even though Hillier expects an improved Duke squad, the level of competition in the ACC has also taken a step up. Traditionally one the nation’s most competitive conferences, the ACC has added No. 5 Miami and Virginia Tech. “They’re going to have a major impact on the conference,” Murray said “I’m just looking for a chance to play the best, to play at the level we’re capable of playing at. We came to take on the best competition.”

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In four offive matches this season Duke has won the doubles point. The Blue Devils have won those four, but lost the fifth. No. 6 Blue Devils beat No. 12 Miami, No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 18 Tennessee, with two of those victories coming by only a single point. The only loss came against No. 14 Kentucky in the semifinals of the National Team Indoors Feb. 5 in Madison, Wis., 4-3. The differencebetween the two 4-3 victories and the 4-3 loss was the doubles point. “We should have won the doubles point,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “The doubles point is huge. It’s more the momentum than getting the point.” If the Blue Devils are going to keep winning, they will need the early advantage. Duke’s top singles player Jackie Carleton, a transfer from UCLA, is sidelined with an injury, putting even more pressure on the players at the bottom of the

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Katie Blaszak, who has returned from an injury that kept her out of action for most of last year, will likely replace Carleton at the top of the Blue Devil roster. The senior hay compiled a 5-0 record playing primarily at the No. 2 singles spot so far. Increased productivity from Tory Zawacki may also help the Blue Devils in Carleton’s absence. Many expected Zawacki to take over the No. 1 spot after Amanda Johnson graduated last spring, but the sophomore has been inconsistent in match play. “She just needs match confidence,”

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Katie Blaszak, after playing at the bottom of Duke's lineup last year, has moved up to the top spot. said Ashworth. Although Duke has four players in the top 115, the team has struggled at the top three singles positions. The burden of carrying the team then falls at the four, five and six spots, where Saras Arasu, Clelia Deltour and Kristin Cargill have carried the Blue Devils in tight matches during the indoor season. Arasu said she does not mind the pressure placed on the bottom of the lineup. “No matter what spot I’m playing or

what spot anyone else is playing, I’m Just going out there and not putting pressure on myself,” Arasu said. “If I play my tennis... then I can win.” In the coming weeks, Duke heads to No. 21 Notre Dame and No. 5 Northwestern for two ofits most important matches before conference play begins, “The ACC matches are really going to prepare us,” Ashworth said of the postseason tournaments. “The results will take care of themselves.”

Elvis has left the building, but the men’s tennis team still expects to make a run at the NCAA Championship. The king—four-time All-American Phillip King—graduated, and in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season, the team suffered a nail-biting upset to Clemson. In spite of the circumstances, the team tastes no bitterness heading into a fresh season. “We haven’t talked about last year’s finish very much because each year is a different group,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “Phil was great, that’s obviously a tough loss, but we are going to be great, and I see some improvement.” In early-season action, No. 8 Duke (3-1) impressed with a 6-1 victory over No. 25 Notre Dame. Even in a 5-2 loss to No. 5 Illinois, the Blue Devils showed that they can compete with anyone, especially with Ludovic Walter at the No. 1 position. Walter, who is ranked sixth nationally, is the biggest reason why few seem worried after King’s departure. Walter garnered All-American honors last season and has stepped his game up to even greater SEE M. TENNIS ON PAGE 7

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For most of the late 19905, Duke’s men’s lacrosse team was one of the best in the country. With consistent top-10 rankings, frequent appearances in the later stages of the NCAA Tournament and plenty of players on the All-ACC honor roll, head coach Mike Pressler was in charge of one of the healthiest programs around. But Duke’s record in the last two years has been 13-15, and the team hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament during that span. A graph of the program’s success since Pressler became coach in 1991 would begin with a slow, steady climb, as Duke went from an unspectacular program to one of national significance. The high point came in 1997 when Pressler’s squad made Duke’s first and only Final Four. That was the beginning of a relatively successful stretch. Winning records, All-America players and an annual slot in the NCAA quarterfinals became business as usual. The graph, however, shows a decline beginning in 2002. Over some pretty loud grumblings concerning its 8-7 record, Duke managed to squeak into the NCAA Tournament anyway, winning its first-round game with ease. “Everybody loves to hate Duke, whatever sport,” Pressler said. The 2003 squad finished 8-7 again but failed to get into the playoffs. It was the first time a Duke team hadn’t made it in six years. During the following off-season, the team’s two best offensive players transferred to two of the other top programs in the country, Johns Hopkins and Loyola. As the lacrosse world goes, the transfers were pretty huge, if not unprecedented. All of this led up to Duke’s team last year, which had plenty of talent but not enough experience. With too many freshmen and sophomores in key positions, the

Sophomore Peter Lamade earned All-ACC honors last season after scoring 11 goals and recording five assists. Blue Devils, at 5-8, had the worse record of any Duke team in the Pressler era. “We had a couple of difficult years on the field, but our guys stayed the course.” Presser said. But this season Duke will be a hungry group and, unlike most years, won’t be on many people’s radars, Pressler said. Duke should definitely be hungry, espe-

dally the team’s 11 juniors, because they have not ever played in the NCAA Tournament—a first for any class under Pressler.

And because of top-notch recruiting classes the last few years in addition to the talented core that never left, the Blue Devils are ranked as high as No. 13 in some

preseason polls.

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Stadium are done and will provide Pressler and company everything from a close place to go during halftime to a locker room for opposing teams, which formerly had to suit up in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils had five guys make preseason All-America or receive honorable mentions. The defense has five solid guys—senior Bill Gerrish, whose knee injuries kept him off the field last year, juniors Dave Evans and Glenn Nick and sophomores Tony McDevitt and Casey Carroll—in addition to long-stick midfielder Nick O’Hara. Junior Matt Zash and sophomore Peter Lamade will be relied upon in the midfield. They will be helped by junior Kyle Dowd, a transfer to Duke from Johns Hopkins. Junior Bret Thompson, junior KJ. Sauer and sophomore Fred Krom will most likely run the second midfield line. Duke’s offense is centered around on a sophomore, Matt Danowski, the best player in the high school class of 2003. Junior Dan Flannery is in charge of delivering the ball to Danowski and Zack Greer, a lefthanded freshman from Canada. “I don’tknow if there’s a-better dodger in the sport than Danowski,” said Pfessler, who in 2005 is coaching the offense for the first time ever. “And I’m not sure there’s a better feeder than Dan Flannery.” There are three big challenges between the Blue Devils and a successful season. In the face-off circle, the team will have to improve upon its 45 percent mark from last year. The task will fall mosdy to sophomore Dan Oppesdisano. Pressler has the enviable dilemma of having three quality goalies to choose from, but he’s got to be careful the way he J <KI td handles doling out pfaying Aaron Fenton, who had some outstanding performances last season, sophomore Dan Loftus and freshman Rob Schroeder.

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No. 4 Duke sets sights on first Final Four berth We’re going to be very fast and athletic.” Over the summer, Kimel and her staff decided the corner of head coach to change the team’s offensive Resting in scheme. Duke implemented a motion ofKerstin Kimel’s desk is a statue of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the site of fense that will continue to integrate a series of set plays. the 2005 women’s lacrosse Final Four. The senior class gave Kimel and the Senior Kristy Dirks and junior Katie other members of the coaching staff the Chrest will provide the leadership for the models to symbolize the team’s goal of revamped offense. Chrest, who was selected as one of the 24 members of the U.S. reaching Annapolis in late May. “All the coaches have them, they’re sort World Cup Training Team, is one of the of little desk ornaments,” said senior cotop attacks in the country. who coordinated Kimel said Chrest’s experiences with Stefanie Sparks, captain the gifts. “Not even just to symbolize to get the National Team have helped her elevate there, but to deserve and put in the effort her game. Chrest led the team a year ago that’s needed to get there, regardless of with 54 points and 43 goals. “Our goal is to run an up-tempo ofthe result.” Coming off a season when Duke won fense, but one that also has the discipline the ACC regular season title for the first to know when to turn that on and when to time in its history, the Blue Devils have turn it off,” Kimel said. Seniors Caline McHenry and Lane Fogeven loftier expectations this year. Ranked fourth in the preseason poll, arty both return this season after sitting out Duke welcomes 11 freshmen and will all of last year with injuries. The duo will begin the season without any major in- add stability to a defense that lacked depth and did not perform as well as Kimel said juries for the first time in three years. “Our expectations are always high, I she expects from her teams. Even with the influx of so many new think we haven’t necessarily always met them,” Kimel said. “We have a lot more players and the return of those who were depth than we’ve had in the last two years. We have more kids that can contribute. SEE W. LACROSSE ON PAGE 7 by

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Senior Kristy Dirks is expected to carry more of the offensive load this season in a revamped motion offense.

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After a sizzling fall during which the Blue Devils won five consecutive tournaments, top-ranked Duke dropped its first event of the spring and will have to regain momentum to capture its third national championship since 1999. Last season ended with disappointment for the Blue Devils. Entering the NCAA Championships as the favorite to win the title, Duke finished third at the Grand National Lake Course in Auburn, Ala. Even after losing the team’s third and fourth leading scorers, Virada Nirapathpongporn and Leigh Anne Hardin, Duke turned in its second-straight perfect fall and headed into the spring season with

Andrew Yaffe

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The Duke men’s golf team needed 883 strokes in the NCAA East Regional last May. One swing fewer and the team would have qualified for the NCAA

high expectations. “These players love to win,” head coach

Championships. “That was really frustrating, being one

Dan Brooks said. “It’s built into their system. They get excited to play and are very

self-motivating.” Although Duke lost the opening tournament of the spring, the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, earlier this week, it played without reigning National Player of the Year, Liz Janangelo, who did not travel because of pneumonia. The Blue Devils were left with just four players to compete. Adding to their difficulties, the Blue Devils’ practice time has been limited since returning from winter break because of the poor conditions in Durham. “I am most proud of this team because we came here with four golfers and not one complained or said anything negative the entire time,” Brooks said. “They went out there and tried to win and that we almost won was pretty phenomenal. This

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Anna Grzebian and theBlue Devils lost their first tournament of the year Wednesday, finishing third.

With Janangelo s return and the further development of Brittany Lang, who won the individual title in Los Angeles this week, Duke appears ready to make a run at the program’s third national title. Freshman Jennifer Pandolfi struggled early on to find her game, but once she got comfortable at the collegiate level, she became one of Duke’s top scorers as the fall season progressed.

“She improved throughout the fall,” Brooks said. “She shined in the last tournament for us and really came into her own as a true Duke student-athlete.” After limited playing time last year because of hip surgery in the fall, the team’s lone senior, Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh, has been a model of consistency for the Blue Devils and has led the team during its off-season workouts. “Her preparation was fantastic,” Brooks

said. “Niloufar has been playing great golf and did a greatjob rallying her team in the preseason, especially when Liz came down with pneumonia.” Duke proved in the fall that it has the talent to win this year’s NCAA Championship, but its lack of depth has been exposed. The team no longer has three stars after losing Nirapathpongporn to graduation last year and will rely heavily on Janangelo and Lang.

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stroke offof the NCAA finals,” head coach Rod Myers said. “Our guys really realized that we were better than that. I know that for Ryan Blaum, Nate Smith and Alex Wilson, it is going to help drive them.” Compounding the team’s misfortune, Blaum also missed the individual championship cut by one stroke. “It definitely has motivated me,” Blaum said. “I realized how much it hurts not to go.” Blaum and Smith had solid fall seasons to follow their summers when they took the course against pro competition. Smith, ranked 36th in the nation, qualified for the U.S. Open and missed the cut by a single stroke. The 1 Ith-ranked Blaum won the Landfall Tradition and came in second in the Duke Classic this fall. “The end goal is the National Championship,” Blaum said. “But in order to get there you have to take little steps along the way and accomplish and achieve the smaller goals. We need to play one tournament at a time, simply trying to do our best in each.” Before returning to the NCAA Regional in May, the 12th-ranked Blue Devils play a slate of six events, including the SEE M. GOLF ON PAGE 7

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams have been steadily building their programs over the past few years. Although Duke will not compete for many team titles this spring, a number of individuals will contend at the national level. “This should be our strongest team ever,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We have high expectations, thanks to the return of some veterans, especially in women’s distance, coupled with a great recruiting class.” The women’s distance displayed its depth during a fall run to second-place at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. All-American Shannon Rowbury has shown that she is in top shape during the indoor season,

posting nationally competitive times of 4:39.09 and 2:09.73 in the mile and 800-meter races, re-

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Record-breaking distance runner Shannon Rowbury will try to post times that will be competitive at a national level in the 1,500-meter run this spring.

she will look to translate this indoor success to the outdoor season’s 1,500-meter race. Fellow junior Clara Horowitz, an All-American at 5,000 meters, will continue to race in the outdoor meet’s second-longest distance. The women’s distance team

is so deep that “a half-dozen could be All-Americans,” Ogilvie said after six went to NCAAs last spring. Sophomore Debra Vento returns as one of the nation’s best high jumpers and has already topped her performances from last year, which took her to the NCAA Indoor Championships. Vento, however, will have stiff competition at the ACC Championships again this year against defending NCAA Champion Chaunte Howard from Georgia Tech. Vento’s top leap this year of5-11.5 is more than six inches shorter thanHoward’s bestjump from last season. Sophomore thrower Kelly Reynolds has already shown significant improvement this year in the shotput, throwing 484.75, three feet more than her best last year. Last year Reynolds was the first-ever women’s Blue Devil thrower to place in the ACC Championships. “The women’s team will have more depth than ever before,” Ogilvie said. The men’s team returns several of its top runners and has added a talented freshman class to add to the mix. Perhaps the Blue Devils most important addition this year is freshman jumper Jade Ellis. Ellis’ leg strength conditioning and

work on his form has already producedresults. He broke the Duke record in the triple jump and placed fourth in the Armory Invitational, which featured the nation’s top competitors. “Ellis has been one of the biggest surprises,” Ogilvie said. “He will definitely be one of the top competitors.” Senior Nick Schneider, will likely earn his eighth and ninth All-East honors in the coming months, Ogilvie said. This spring, Schneider will run the 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter distances. The Blue Devils also return their top-two 10,000 meter runners, Keith Kreiger and Michael Hatch. Kreiger, who was the nation’s top high school 10k runner three years ago, came on strong late last year, posting a second-place finish at the eastern IC4A Championships. Freshman Chris Spooner has already turned heads in the indoor season, anchoring the distance medley relay to two firstplace finishes. Spooner has also been the team’s top miler thus far and may assume the role of the team’s 1,500-meter runner to allow Schneider to compete in the 5,000-meter race more often. n

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And lasdy, Duke’s playing an ambitious schedule against many highly ranked teams, including the other ACC teams, all of which are ranked in the top six of most

preseason polls. “The goal this year is to make some noise,” Pressler said. Whether he and the Blue Devils can also make the program into what it once was remains to be seen.

line game and deft touch at the net, the Frenchman has made some noise in early season action. “Ludovic is playing really well—he just beat the No. 2 and No. 6 players in the country, both in straight sets,” Lapidus said. “[Jonathan] Stokke has raised his game to anodier level this year, and both guys are just really playing well for us.” Stokke, currently No. 52 in the country, has added power and consistency to both his service and baseline games, and his net play has always been a strength. Stokke, however, believes it is fitness that will make the difference in both his individual play and the team’s overall success. “Last year we had two guys cramp up in the NCAAs,” said Stokke, a junior from Chapel Hill. “Peter Rodrigues was up 5-2 in .the third set when he cramped up, and King was five points away from winning his match when he cramped up. This year we all worked with trainer Jeff Bowser, and the guy really helped us all with our conditioning and weight training.”

The team that Bowser trains is significantly deeper than last season’s squad. Every starter returns except for King, with Walter, Stokke, Rodrigues, Stephen Amritraj and Jason Zimmermann filling out the top five. The sixth spot appears to be undecided, as senior Peter Schults, junior Chris Brown and freshmen Charles Brezac, Alex Stone and Ned Samuelson continue to vie for it. “We have talented freshmen—Charles Brezac from France, Alex Stone and Ned Samuelson,” Stokke said. ‘You can’t replace a Phil King, I mean that guy played in two U.S. Opens, but we are talented.” Although it is still the heart of winter, the players already appear eager to get the season going. Their next test is only six days away when die the Blue Devils travel to Chicago for the TTA Nadonal Men’s Team Indoor Championship. With a first-round matchup against No. 11 Louisiana State and a potential second-round meeting with No. 1 Baylor, Duke will have the opportunity to prove itself. “Everyone had a good showing against Illinois, and we beat Notre Dame’s ass,” Stone said. “If we work a lot before the end of the season, we can definitely be No. 1 and go all the way.”

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W. LACROSSE from page 4 forced to the sidelines with injuries, this year’s team has gelled quickly during the short preseason, senior co-captain Katie Laschinger said. Kimel said her players have been forced to learn quickly, which she thinks will translate into a fast-paced style on the field. Although the Blue Devils reached unprecedented success during the 2004 regular season, the memory of the teams’ final two losses—a 17-7 rout by Virginia in die ACC Championship final and a 13-12 overtime upset by Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament opener—still lingers in the players’ minds. “It has definitely been a motivating factor, especially for our returning players,” Laschinger said. “Those two experiences really taught us a lot oflessons. We are going to do anything in our power to not repeat last year and leant from those mistakes and be a better team this year.”

M.GOLF from page 5 ACC Tournament, where they will compete with No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 6 Wake Forest. Myers called the ACC, which features four team in the top 16, the best conference in nation. Still, with his two top-ranked juniors, Myers said he believes his team can compete for Duke’s first ACC crown since 1966. “I’m probably as enthusiastic as I’ve ever been,” said Myers, who is in his 32nd year as the Duke coach. “We had a real strong fall. This could be the best team that I’ve had at Duke.” The Blue Devils finished in the top two in two ofits five fall tournaments, winning the Duke Classic against a field of second-tier competition. During this stretch, freshmen Michael Quagliano and Michael Schachner struggled early but by the end of the fall were putting together more consistent rounds. “We played two freshmen all the way this fall,” Myers said. “We had an awfully good fall from Quagliano. Schachner can give us much more than he gave us in the fall, and I expect him to.” Quagliano will probably be in the starting lineup, Myers said, but the fourth and fifth spots are up for grabs with just more than a week remaining before the team begins play. A number of different'players are expected to fill those two spots, including Schachner, freshman Bryce Mueller, sophomore Jake Grodzinsky, junior Alex Wilson and the team’s lone senior, Tom Lefebvre. Wilson and Lefebvre have consistendy received playing time over the past several seasons. “We’re probably going to have some lineups with some changes,” Myers said. “I think it is going to be a shootout, if things continue to go as they have in our practice rounds so far. But the competition between them is good. They are pushing each other to play better.”

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