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Date rape leaves victims searching Kelly Rohrs THE CHRONICLE

The moment when November 12 turned scary is still blurry. It was Friday, and a sophomore was running down the hall ofher dorm, trying find the perfect earrings to go with her pink lipstick. This was the night that guy, the one she sat next to in her introductory writing class last year, was finally taking her out. To dinner. Off campus. They had been friends, or maybe more like casual acquaintances, for about a year. Her friends had met him, and in latenight games of “do, dump or marry,” his name always came up. When he IM-ed her about dinner tonight, she knew this was her chance. It would be just the two of them. Dinner was great. Then they met up with their group ofabout 10 friends. Six shots and two hours later, she was ready to take the guy to her room. “That’s just the way these things go,” she said. “I was drunk, and I knew him, and I liked him.” The sophomore woke up the next morning alone, hangover and with a deep burning feeling in her crotch. She went next door and told her friends she had sex with the guy. A virgin

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until that night, she remembered telling him no. She could not recall telling him yes. She told the police. She went to the doctor for an emergency medical and evidence-gathering exam. She told an officer everything she remembered. After a brief investigation, she said the police told her there was not enough evidence for a trial. There was nothing she could do. “I was raped, and I am dealing with that,” the woman said. “I know who did it and I still see him. He’s still friends with people I know.” The Chronicle does not identify victims of sex crimes. The man is not being named because no charges have been filed. Going into that November evening, the sophomore, who attends Columbia University, never expected she was putting herself at risk. After all, the man she brought back to her room was a friend and he was a student. His ID card could have gained him access to her commons room. She knew better than to bring a random guy home with her. “I never thought,” she said, “about safety.” Familiarity of accuser and as-

ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, ISSUE 122

DSG POLLS OPEN TODAY by

Tiffany Webber THE CHRONICLE

After nearly two weeks of anticipation, Duke Student Government’s election day has finally arrived. This year’s ballot features 10 rising juniors and seniors vying for positions as DSG officials for 2005-2006. Three candidates seek the DSG presidency; candidates in three of the six executive offices are running unopposed. Voters will also weigh in on a referendum to amend section of the DSG Constitution dealing with Academic Rights and Re-

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DSG election bylaws stipulate that a candidate must obtain a 6 percent plurality over his next closest opponent in order to be declared a winner. If that does not occur, the DSG Election Commission will administer a run-off election between the top two vote-getting candidates no later than Thursday of next week, said senior Elizabeth Ladner, DSG attorney general and chair of the Election Commission. Students will receive e-mail notification of the DSG polling website, which requires NetlD identification. Students can vote between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and DSG representatives will man polling stations at the Marketplace, Bryan Center and Great Hall. Juniors Emily Aviki, Russ Ferguson and Jesse Longoria are SEE ELECTION ON PAGE 6

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Mother tells Kristin’s Story Lobbyists protest N.C. death penalty by

Collin Anderson THE CHRONICLE

Kristin Cooper should be celebrating her 30th birthday tomorrow night. Instead, her mother, Andrea Cooper, spoke to Duke students Wednesday night in Page Auditorium about how rape and its emotional aftermath claimed the life of her daughter, in order to raise awareness during Sexual Assault Prevention Week. “During her spring break as a freshman, her car rolled after sliding on black ice while driving in Colorado,” Cooper said. “I was thinking, ‘Oh God, I hope that was the worst thing that will ever have to happen to my daughter.’” Litde did she know merely a year later, on New Year’s Eve SEE KRISTIN ON PAGE

Adam Eagun THE CHRONICLE

RALEIGH Life or death? Currently in North Carolina, judges and juries are at times required to determine whether a convicted murderer deserves the harshest punishment of all: death. But recently, many state residents have begun to question the legitimacy of this system and demand that the government do so as well. Lobbyists at the Museum of History in Raleigh Wednesday showed their support with speeches, seminars and press conferences for a moratorium a bill that would suspend capital —

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Andrea Coopertells her daughter's story to raise sexual assault awareness Wednesday.

punishment in North Carolina for two years. “There is nothing else like [the moratorium bill] anywhere in the country,” said Jeremy Collins, a consultant for the moratorium campaign. Alan Cell and Darryl Hunt, two men who were wrongly convicted of murder, spoke to audience members in the afternoon about the moratorium and their experiences in jail. Cell spent nine years on death row and Hunt was incarcerated for 18 and a half years before both men were exonerated. The two men

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High school gunman took own life by

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The 16-year-old RED LAKE, Minn. gunman in the Red Lake High School shootings was wounded by tribal police officers before retreating to a classroom and taking his own life, according to an account by a sheriffs deputy. Jeff Weise killed himself with a shotgun after being hit in the hip and leg, according to the e-mailed account obtained by The Associated Press. The deputy also wrote that “the entire school” was “covered with blood,” and said there were bullet holes “everywhere.” Weise killed nine people in the March

21 rampage, including seven at the high

school, before killing himself. The description by Polk County Sheriffs Deputy James Goss, sent to family members March 26, was based on a tour he said he was given by an FBJ agent while Goss was providing security near the school. Reached at work Wednesday, Goss confirmed the e-mail was his but said he could not comment further without talking to his supervisors. An FBI spokesperson did not return a phone call seeking comment. No court proceedings took place Wednesday for Louis Jourdain, the 16year-old son of Red Lake Band of Chippe-

wa Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr. The teenager was arrested over the weekend as a possible accomplice. A request for an interview Wednesday with U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfmger was referred to a spokesperson, Karen Bailey, who said authorities could not comment any further because the prosecution is a juvenile matter. Many people on the reservation have declined to speak to reporters since Louis Jourdain’s arrest Sunday. An exception was Cartera Hart, a Red Lake sophomore who said she knew the boys. The pair “seemed like best friends,” she said. “They were always together.”

Tape shows hostages held in Iraq by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Al-Jazeera satellite channel aired a tape Wednesday that purported to show three Romanian journalists kidnapped in Iraq and a fourth unidentified person, possibly an American. The station said the four were held by an unnamed militant group and no demands were made. The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that a U.S. citizen was taken hostage with the three Romanians. However, the department gave no further information so there was no way of confirming

if the American was also on the video. Private Romanian television station Realitatea TV reported that an Iraqi-American who worked as the journalists’ translator was the fourth person kidnapped. The video, which could not be independently verified, showed three men and a woman seated on the floor in a room, with blankets hung behind them. Two armed men—their faces covered with scarves—pointed guns at them. The woman in the group had a yellow headscarf wrapped around her head. She spoke into a small microphone, but the station didn’tair the audio.

On Tuesday, the Romanian government reported that three journalists were

abducted a day earlier near their Baghdad hotel after interviewing Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. One victim used a cellular phone to report the kidnapping. More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped in Iraq and more than 30 have been killed. Also Wednesday, dozens of French lawmakers made an emotional appeal for the release of a French journalist Florence Aubenas and her guide Hussein Hanoun held hostage in Iraq for 84 days.

Firefighters freed a man trapped in a crumpled house on remote Nias Island Wednesday, 36 hours after he was buried in rubble. As the first foreign military help arrived, officials said an estimated 1,000people had died in the region's latest large earthquake.

Shiite pilgrims attacked in Iraq Gunmen opened fire on more Shiite Muslim pilgrims making their way Wednesday to a major religious festival in southern Iraq, killing one person and fueling fears that insurgents may target the gathering that draws hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Ruling on age discrimination The Supreme Court expanded job protections for roughly half the nation's work force Wednesday, ruling that federal law allows people 40 and over to file age bias claims over salary and hiring even if employers never intended any harm.

Pope being fed by tube in nose In another sign of Pope John Paul H's growing frailty, the Vatican said Wednesday that the 84-year-old pontiff was getting nutrition from a tube in his nose and acknowledged his convalescence from throat surgery last month has been "slow" News briefscompiled

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DSG hears 05-06 budget proposal N.C. House to consider lottery bill by

Steve Veres

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With today’s elections looming, Duke Student Government held a shortened meeting Wednesday night to present the Student Organization Finance Committee budget recommendation for next year.

While debate and a vote on the proposed budget will be held next week members were only allowed to ask “nondebatable technical questions” at the night’s meeting—several senators raised concerns over the large amount of funding for The Chanticleer, the student-run University yearbook. SOFC recommended The Chanticleer receive about $127,000—almost 22 percent of SOFC’s entire budget. In comparison, if that budget passes DSG will receive $136,000. Sophomore George Fleming asked senior Andrew Wisnewski, executive vice president of DSC, whether there was any way to modify the budget before next week’s vote. Wisnewski answered that while he was not completely certain of whether such an option existed, he thought the Senate would be voting only for or against the

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proposal.

“From my initial understanding, it is all or nothing,” Wisnewski said. “If you have major problems with Chanticleer [funding], the time to discuss that is not at this point.” A DSG member explained during the meeting the reason for The Chanticleer's prominence in the budget is due to historical factors —the student activities fee was created years ago so The Chanticleer could be free for students. “This is an issue that comes up every year, and we haven’t made this a priority,” said senior Pasha Majdi, DSG president. He added if there were to be any substantial change to The Chanticleer's funding, legislation would have to be introduced within the next few days. “There would have to be a lot of scrambling,” Majdi said. “But we are used to that.”

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DSG Vice President ofStudent Affairs Brandon Goodwin delivershis second biyearly report to the Senate. for a DSG skating rink, which was supposed to have been erected last weekend, fell through. “We had everything set up and the company we rented from copped out,” Majdi said. “It sucks. We are really pissed off it didn’t happen.” DSG voted to charter two new undergraduate clubs: Engineers Without Borders and Duke Karate Club. Both passed

almost unanimously. Brandon Goodwin, DSG vice president of student affairs, gave the second part of his biyearly Student Affairs report. Goodwin highlighted improving procedures for space reservations, revamping the alcohol policy and creating the freshman meal equivalency program as the committee's major successes.

Play the lottery and you might win a million dollars. But not in North Carolina. The only state on the East Coast to oudaw the lottery, North Carolina has recently reopened the legalization debate. Although House Speaker Jim Black, DMecklenburg, opposed the lottery in the past, he has announced that he would begin to support it so long as the lottery’s proceeds go to education and its advertising is limited. Black named a bipartisan committee Monday—made up of 10 Democrats and four Republicans, mainly lottery supporters—to draw up legislation by April 11. The committee will bring together three bills already filed and add other ideas they expect will receive support. This debate is familiar to North Carolina politics. In 2002, the House defeated a bill calling for the legalization of the lottery with an advisory referendum. This time, the legislation will not include a referendum provision—the decision will be made solely by lawmakers. The Democrats’ 63-57 majority in the House is expected to bring larger support this time around, officials said. But there is enough dissent that help from Republicans may be necessary for the bill to pass. Since 2002, other factors have also come together that may give the lottery a greater chance. Duke public policy and economics professor Philip Cook cited the financial advantages of having a state lottery. “We have a budget deficit in the state and this is one way to help close that deficit,” he said. According to the state legislature, in the upcoming year North Carolina will face a budget shortfall of SEE LOTTERY ON PAGE 6

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DATE RAPE

Leonora Minai, senior public relations specialist for DUPD, said the prosecutor decided there was not enough probable

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sailant is precisely what makes acquaintance assault—by far, the most common form of sexual violence—difficult to report and even harder to prosecute. In 2004, the Duke University Police Department received reports of six sex offenses and two rapes. In 2003, there were six sex offenses and one rape reported. They know the number of actual assaults is much higher. “We don’t have many reported to us. It’s a sad thing because if this is going on, you would like to know about it,” said DUPD Maj. Phyllis Cooper. “Date rape is the one that occurs the most, and it’s the one that people don’t realize.” A Duke-specific study has never been conducted, but academic studies at similar collegiate institutions have found that about one in six women will be the victim of sexual assault during college. Although many women will not regard themselves as victims, studies that began in the 1980 used descriptive language questionnaires to reveal rapes and sexual assaults that were never reported. Since then, multiple studies have yielded comparable results. “It’s really hard to think about somebody that you know and that you care about hurting you,” said Jean Leonard, coordinator of Sexual Assault Support Services at Duke’s Women’s Center. “Sexual violence is so normalized in our culture. A lot of these guys are going to give you a totally different story, and I bet they’re going to believe they didn’t assault anybody.” In recent years, advocacy groups at Duke and across the country have worked to change the culture that tolerates a gray area between sexual assault and consensual sex. As far as the law is concerned, rape

cause to try the case.

University police said the woman did everything right in reporting the rape. DUPD began investigating the report as a second-degree forcible rape.

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The Clothesline Project displays T-shirts made by sexual assault survivors and their friends and family. and sexual assault carry equal punishments. Sexual crimes that cause, serious personal injury or employ a deadly weapon are punishable by life in prison without parole. Most instances of acquaintance sexual assault are considered second-degree rape and the maximum punishment is 50 years in prison, a fine or both.

Reconstructing the crime On March 3, a Duke student reported

to police that she went on a date with a man who does not go to school here. The two of them were supposed to go to dinner at 6 p.m., but instead, they watched television in her dorm room. According to a police report, the man forced himself on her against her will, She reported the rape to DUPD at 1:13 a.m. Friday. After DUPD conducted a full investigation, it turned the evidence over to the district attorney’s office.

Plainclothes investigators and crime scene technicians combed the room for evidence with discretion and the help of University administrators, Cooper said. “We don’t come up with blue lights and sirens,” she said. “It’s not like banging on the door: ‘Let us in!”’ The woman went to the emergency room and had a medical exam. Police interviewed anyone who might have information about the evening so that officers and lawyers could reconstruct what happened and corroborate it with evidence. The sooner a victim of sexual assault calls the police, the more likely officials are to find physical evidence. Cooper said victims should not shower or wash their clothes and they should leave the room as it is. “In date rape, we know who the person is,” she said. “If you know who the person is, that’s just not the end of it. You still want to collect evidence.” Evidence collected can be used in a criminal case or in a private investigation, but many times the facts are not enough for a court to accept. Still, officers and staff members at SASS underscored the need for victims to come forward—both for them to get help and to store evidence in case the victim wants to pursue further action. “It’s Duke’s commitment to believe any student who comes forward,” Leonard said. “Even the process of moving forward through the system, it’s not for everybody. SEE

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For most survivors, they’re just trying to get by and heal.” When evidence isn’t enough The problem with prosecuting such cases is that to convict an offender, the state must prove sexual assault “beyond a reasonable doubt,” law enforcement officials said. “It’s a very hard in a criminal case, when you have one person’s word versus another, that the burden of proof is so high,” said Assistant District Attorney Tracy Cline, who handles most sexual assault cases in Durham County. “That’s hard for us to prove that when everything else involved in the evening is consensual, this one act was not.” She noted that many victims continue to have contact with the people who assaulted them after the incident. For example, they get a ride home from a party in their assailant’s car or try to talk to the person the next day. Juries, Cline said, have a difficult time understanding why a victim of sexual assault would associate with her attacker. That problem, she said, does not negate the crime. “It’s hard to educate a jury on the mind and the circumstances of a per-

son who has been raped. It’s not a logical

Disciplinary action could include suspension. The University does not release Leonard said about 45 students come to the name of the accused student, even if SASS each year seeking help dealing with a he is found responsible. It is recorded on the student’s disciplinary record, but that rape or other sexual assault. The majority of people who come to her are reporting is erased after eight years. incidents that occurred months and even This year, about four students have gone years before. through the process, and Bryan said some Afraid to disrupt social norms or destudents have been found responsible —a terred by a perceived stigma, students try result much rarer before the revision. to deal with the aftermath of assaults Duke steps in But the Duke process is only applicable alone or without University intervention. That leaves dealing with most cases of if the accused is a Duke student. But, Leonard said, the stress of the incisexual assault in the hands of the University. “Duke’s sort of coming off of a period SASS, the University-run resource for of time when students did not have a very dent wears on victims, and many decide sexual violence, was formed about 12 years positive opinion of how Duke handles to seek help. SASS offers counseling services, help ago and recendy expanded from one fullsexual assault cases,” Leonard said. That navigating legal and administrative sys- time staff member to two. mentality is changing, she noted. Suptems and other support such as with adIn 2003, the University changed its sexport services have expanded and culture justing academic deadlines. Help is avail- ual misconduct policy to encourage more is evolving. able to victims at any time through SASS students to come forward. It created a The peer education program has baland through student peer educators. All smaller panel of the Undergraduate Judilooned to include students trained in prereports of sexual assaults are confidential, cial Board to hear allegations of sexual ventative education and support counseland the University does not force students misconduct and revised the language of ing, and Men Acting for Change, an the policy to increase specificity. all-male group working for culture shift, to name their assailants. The new policy also establishes the has grown substantially. More students report sexual assault at As more people learn about the rethe start of the school year, when alcoholproof status as “clear and convincing,” soaked parties and hook-ups are more making it easier for a perpetrator of sexsources through in-dorm sessions and pubcommon. At the end of the semester, more ual assault to be found responsible by the licity campaigns such as Sexual Assault Prestudents also seek help as they realize that University than by the government. vention Week, which began Monday, more depression or other effects of an assault Stephen Bryan, associate dean for Judi- students are coming forward for help. “No policy is the answer,” Bryan said, have interfered with their schoolwork, cial affairs, said the board must be roughLeonard said. ly 75 percent certain a non-consensual “but it’s a tool that could help change the culture.” Other victims believe they are fine until sex act occurred. person,” she said.

memories of the incident are triggered. “What often happens is people see their assailant,” Leonard said. “With an acquaintance assault and on a campus as small as Duke, you almost always run into your assailant.” Even among reported assaults, however, few students want to involve the police, making legal action impossible.

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will duke it out for the office of vice president of athletics and campus services, a race that originally included four candidates. Sophomore Daron Gunn and junior Hirsh Sandesara both dropped from the race after initially decompeting for the office of DSG president. The president acts as undergraduates’ liaison to the Duke adminclaring their candidacies. istration and other members of the University and local Junior Christopher Chin and sophomore Joe Fore communities. are competing for the position of vice president of acaAviki, who currently serves as president of the Class of demic affairs. 2006 and DSG assistant vice president of athletics and Juniors Brandon Goodwin, Logan Leinster and Paige Sparkman are running uncontested for the offices of excampus services, lists on-campus social oudets and restoraecutive vice president, vice president of community intertion of tradidons as two of her main platform points. Ferguson, current DSG president pro-tempore and action and vice president of student affairs, respectively. Although the election bylaws allow for a numbering president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, aims to make life “easier” for students by providing more wireless Intersystem in which voters list their first, second and third net access and opening venues such as Student Health choice candidates so that there could be an instant runand the library 24 hours a day. off in the case of an election with three or more candidates, Ladner said the Election Commission “did not —current ofathledcs and DSG vice president Longoria campus services and last year’s president of the Class of find a computer program that was feasible [for this vot2006—lists improving the dining options on East Campus ing system] and decided to go with the more traditional and relations between students and campus police atop run-off system.” DSC elections require no quorum—minimum voter his agenda. Junior Brenda Bautsch and sophomore Ryan Strasser participation —to be met, unless there is a student activi-

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ties fee referendum. There will be no such referendum on today’s ballot because DSG tabled indefinitely a measure

that would increase funds for Last Day of Classes festivities. Members of Campus Council, which plans the event, are currently collecting signatures in order to place the referendum for a $7.50 per semester increase in the fee on the April 12 ballot. Although last year’s election yielded just under 3,000 votes, Ladner expects voter turnout to be better today. “This year’s presidential race is so close,” she said. “We hope that things like the debate have made people aware of the issues and made people want to vote.” There was a glitch in last year’s election in which 14 members of the Class of 2003 who should have been ineligible to vote were able to cast ballots. The rogue ballots were later discounted, and election officials said the problem has since then been corrected. The Election Commission conducted a test election recently in order to catch any new snags in the online voting process. Although problems can always arise, the Commission is “pretty confident that everything is fixed and will run smoothly,” Ladner said.

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about $1.3 billion. Black estimates North Carolina residents spend approximately $3OO million a year playing the lottery elsewhere and argues that the money could be well spent within the state. “We must keep that money in North Carolina for our own children and their education,” Black wrote in a special column for the Charlotte Observer Sunday. Instead of giving this money to other states, Black argued that North Carolina can benefit by spending it on school construction, reducing class size and granting more scholarships. But some remain skeptical as to the extent to which the education system will benefit. “Whether it will help education remains to be seen,” Cook said. Rep. Dewey Hill, D-Columbus, who recendy switched sides on the issue in favor of the lottery bill, cautioned that the money must not go into programs already receiving funds. “I’m not sure where they’re going to put the money,” he said. “But if it will go for existing programs, I do not see the advantage.” Representative and member of the committee in charge of writing the legislation Bill Owens, DPasquotank, cited popular support of the lottery in his constituency as a reason to go ahead with the bill. “According to recent polls, the majority now heavily favors the lottery,” he said. “One poll says that 65 percent of Republicans are now in favor. That says a lot.” Cook echoed these sentiments. “It suits the public’s interest,” he said. “It is pretty clear that that’s something the majority would like to do.” But despite these advantages, even supporters remain unenthusiastic about the morality associated with legislation. “Gambling is a moral sin, gambling is wrong,” Hill said. Others argue that it is the state’s role in encouraging participation in the lottery that should be of concern. “The state lottery agencies attempt to maximize their sales through using a variety of marketing techniques,” Cook said. “It seems inappropriate for the state to encourage the public to gamble. And the marketing and advertising campaigns do just that.” In considering morality, some stress the greater sin of missing the opportunity to improve education. “I am not an advocate of gambling, but I believe that not providing our children with the best possible education in safe schools, and teaching them in cramped trailers, are much bigger sins,” Black wrote in his guest column. The fact that Tennessee and South Carolina recently acquired lotteries may have also influenced greater numbers of North Carolina residents to play. “It is not a matter of whether our people are playing the lottery—we know they are,” Owens said. “It’s a matter of where they are playing.” But this debate may prove ineffective as the sentiment that North Carolina does not have enough votes to pass the legislation remains strong. Owens says only 50 members support the bill and so at least 10 votes are missing. The bill is expected to reach the House in two weeks.

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DEATH PENALTY f om page, strongly emphasized to listeners how much it meant to current inmates that people were actively supporting the moratorium bill. With growing bipartisan support, the moratorium has gradually attracted the notice of the general public and the state government. Last year, the North Carolina Senate passed the moratorium legislation, but before the bill could come up for a vote in the House of Representatives, the year’s session reached its end. Now that the legislature has reconvened for this year’s session, lobbyists are putting all their support behind the bill. Many of the bill’s supporters are against the death penalty in general and see the legislation as a means of questioning the entire system. “A moratorium will at least allow us to find ways ofmeditating on this barbarous practice and looking at the ways in which the death penalty all too often is inflicted primarily on the poor,” said Ariel Dorfman, distinguished professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke. Although an anti-death penalty view is prevalent among supporters, the bill itself does not necessarily promote capital punishment’s abolishment. During the twoyear suspension period, death penalty trials and appeals would continue—only the executions would cease. In The Chronicle March 29, junior Adam Yoffie strongly encouraged readers to consider the moratorium and contact their state legislators to express their support. Many of Duke’s faculty and students, like Dorfman and Yoffie, support a moratorium, but a broader opinion on the death penalty is less clear. “I’m not [for the death penalty] in theory,” said freshman Anne Knox Morton, who supports a moratorium. “But then you have people like Scott Peterson who I look at and I think, you don’t deserve to be alive after the things you have done.” Senior Daniel Kennedy, executive director of Duke College Republicans, also felt conflicted about his stance on the death penalty. “On the one hand, if one of my loved ones were murdered by someone, I would probably want them to be murdered in return,” he said. “At the same time, I believe there are so many complications and so many contingencies.”

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1995, a heavily depressed Kristin would take her own life because she had become a victim of rape. Cooper stressed the importance for family and friends to comfort and listen to victims of sexual assault. Cooper, whose daughter committed suicide a decade ago now, has been telling her story and spreading awareness to audiences for the last seven years. Cooper and her husband had come home from a NewYear’s Eve party expecting their daughter to be out at a friend’s house until late that night. To their surprise, Kristin’s car sat in their driveway at 2 a.m. “We heard Kristin’s music blasting from inside the family room, and we thought it was strange because she always played her own CDs and tapes in her room,” Cooper said. “We found her lying on the couch and I thought she was fast asleep, but then it looked like she wasn’t breathing.” Andrea said she rushed over to her daughter to check her pulse when she found a gun lying next to her. Kristin had shot herself.

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Her parents knew of no reason why their daughter would commit suicide, and it wasn’t until two weeks after her death that they were able to read the contents of a journal the police had found by her side. Kristin was a sophomore at Baker University in Kansas on scholarship for both the performing arts and academics. A lifeguard and member of Alpha Chi sorority, Kristin had enjoyed herfirst year at school and had almost immediately become involved in a serious relationship with a man a year older than her at school. But before entering her sophomore year, Kristin had attended a party hosted by her co-lifeguards and that night had become a victim of rape to a man that she had known well. Her mother said he had been to the Cooper house many times before, and she described him as a “nice, clean-cut guy.” Kristin’s friend said that Kristin told her boyfriend what had happened and he broke up with her shortly after. The event caused her to fall into a depression that was soon noticeable to her friends. As time moved on, her entire sorority found out what had happened to her, and Kristin even confessed to a friend that she was planning on killing herself. Cooper said her daughter had called home multiple times crying because of the breakup, yet she knew nothing about the rape. She said it was not until she read her journal, which contained many pages describing the rape, that she was able to understand the pain Kristin was enduring and what had happened. “It was inspirational and interesting to hear a personalized story,” senior Jennifer Beall said. “It was good to see this rather than having information thrown at you on the walkway during the day.” Cooper said in her speech, ‘You may feel guilty, worthless, hopeless when something like this happens to y0u.... While body is violated, the spirit is maimed.” She encouraged family and friends to listen to victims—not to be too overbearing, but be “helpful, warm and comforting.” She noted that 45 percent of date rape survivors do not tell anyone and 90 percent never report it to the police. “Rape is a crime of the heart for the the victim and a crime of convenience for the perpetrator,” she added. “I have recovered—with a lot of faith, my husband and a lot of therapy.” “I thought it was powerful,” junior Mollie Lurey said. “It was a good way for students to get this information. I think they are more receptive to personal stories and this will help people in the future.”

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Andrew Galanopoulos \L recess Hyped as a return to old form, Guero, Beck’s eighth album and his first since the less eclectic, beautifully it melancholic Sea Jjj s, samples, and ironChange, is filled with the hip-hop grooves, ic white-boy raps that were the hallmarks of his genre-melding master- Bj piece Odelay. This latest offering, however, is1 hardly a simple rehash- v’>? \ ing ofBeck’s Odelay days. Guero lacks the frenetic energy and youthful playfulness of that album, and Beck seems less concerned with catching his listeners by surprise with frantically shifting sonic bombardments. Here Beck jSSKS , B seems to focus on getting the most out of an idea or riff instead of simply splattering them J M loosely onto his canvas. Thus the songs of Guero, m like those of Sea m Change, follow a Ipfl I more traditional m song structure to Hr (relative Beck’s other and, work), while the influ- i ences of his mm great 90s albums are readily apparent, Guero is as much a product of his Sea Change songcrafting as it is a “return to form.” Other albums aside, Guero is a mixture of folk-rock, hip-hop and electronica ele- 1 ments molded into 13 cohesive songs thatrange from dance-rap (“Hell Yes”) to coun- 5 try-western balladry (“Farewell Ride”). The first single “E-Pro” is built up from a ! catchy fuzz guitar riff and a chorus ofla-la-las that, when combined, immediately take up residence in the listener’s head for days at a time. “Que Onda Guero” features Beck’s folk-rap vocals spitting Spanglish over a horn-laden beat that could easily have come from a Gorillaz album. The song is filled with dialogue breaks, which, in typical Beck style, reference everything from James Joyce to Yanni. “Girl” is basically an upSee BECK on page 7 by

stands on its own two feet. Christine Schellack recess When VOICES lost University funding last year, Shannon Johnson and other editorial board members of the Women’s Center’s annual literary magazine were faced with la difficult decision. “The magazine board was given the option to apply to DSG for funding, but under the strict condition that we obtain status as a student organization,” said Johnson, the Center’s programming coordinator. The staff of VOICES, which recently printed its 16th edition, especially prides itself its strong ties with the Women’s Center—a relationship that ultimately bars VOICfrom registering as a student organization. Years ago, the magazine was first given its wings after many hours of help and unconditional support from the CenI ter. Today, with continued backing from the Women’s Center, the magazine is

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In honor of Sin City recess takes a look at some less successful attempts to bring comic books to the big screen. ,

The epic tale of Uncle Jesse After a 10-year respite, Uncle Jesse is back on ABC, not in TGIF, but in the coveted Thursday, 8 p.m. time slot. Since his glory days living in Danny's attic, much has transpired. A messy breakup with Becky landed him with custody of the twins but little money or dignity. As it happened, Becky ran off with a younger man-Cody from Step by Step-as a reaction to Uncle Jesse's tryst with Mystique from X2. After being kept in a cage and fed only ketchup packets and dog biscuits while Jesse toured with The Rippers, Nicky and Alex were placed in a foster home, forcing Jesse to pick up the pieces of his former self. “Have Mercy!” he cried when the authorities broke down the door to take away his fairhaired offspring. That’s all in the past now, though. Uncle Jesse has left San Francisco and secured a sweet job with the Magnum PR agency in New York City. He's jettisoned the tight black jeans in favor ofArmani and Hugo Boss, but the hair-do is still as sweet as it ever was. I think we're all glad to have ol'Jesse Katsopolis back in the game, but why did it have to be in a subdued bastard child of Entourage and Arliss? Each week we get a whole new crop of made-up celebrities acting out thinly veiled send-ups of real-life celebrity debacles intertwined with self-indulgent storylines re-treading big city, thirtysomething relationship issues. Joey Gladstone at least had the decency to make his comeback opposite Flavor Flav, Brigitte Nielsen and Charo. While Uncle Jesse and his new boss Nina, formerly beauty and fashion editor of Just Shoot Me's Blush Magazine, hold their own, it's actually uncredited NY Businessman On Bus from The Day After Tomorrow that shines brightest in this cast equipped with the personality you'd expect from the guy on the couch in Half Baked if they just would have fleshed out the character a little more. With the putrid crop of network sitcoms currently polluting the airwaves, Jake in Progress actually ranks securely in the middle of the pack, if only for its ample supply of prolonged shots ofUncle Jesse's taut, hairless chest.

5. The Punisher -1989 Coming off Rocky IV and Masters of the Universe, Dolph Lundgren was on top of theworid. That’s when the wheels came off With a convoluted plot centered around battling various nefarious organized crime outfits, The Punisher collapsed under the pressure ofits own glittering promise and sent Lundgren into a shame spiral of straight to video action bonanzas.

4. Catwoman 2004 A sexy feline vigilante, Halle Berry and nearly $9O million in the budget? Sounds like a sure thing to me. Guess again. This film proved so thin and flat, even Berry’s biggest supporters were calling for her Oscar. Maybe even sadder is the fact that high production value and top-tier special effects couldn’t resurrect this mess from the gutter. -

3. RoboCop 3 -1993 Most dimwitted audiences would foigive filmmakers for one unnecessary sequel. It’s fine, a money grab, we can all accept that But a second retread on already thin material, that’s just inexcusable. Wait, you mean this cop is half-man, half-machine? I didn’trealize. Let’s make a ten part series. An insult, end of story.

2. Steel-1997 Star vehicles sound like a really good idea. In practice this virtually never proves to be the case. When the star in question is a worid famous athlete, this proves doubly true. Thebasic plot of this DC comic flop borrows heavily from Iron Man, pitting basketball phenom turned atrocious actor Shaquille O’Neil against some heavily armed street toughs. If only Shaq had learned his lesson after Kazaam, we might have been spared this travesty.

1. Batman and Robin -1997 This film is truly a crime against humanity. Gut-wrenching acting, overwrought script, dizzying direction; take your pick, this one’s got them all. With Clooney woefully filling in for departed Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer, this super hero sized disaster is our pick for the absolute worst that comic books have given to the big screen.

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Im's inspiration ;hy of its own I Sean Biederman recess . glance, it appears as if Sin City est installment in the trend of increasingly gruesome comic books, but that impression is incorrect for a couple of reasons. First off, the Sin City series began its run in 1991 but has only recently found widespread recognition with the production of the major motion picture of the same name. Secondly, author/artist Frank Miller and his ilk prefer the term “graphic novel” for their aggregate works owing to the mature subject matter and complex themes which often pervade. Suffice it to say that the level of artistry involved in the creation of many graphic novels is top notch. Frank Miller's masterful use of negative space, the absence of ink on die page, is reason enough to check out the bound version ofSin City in addidon to the cellulose one. “Chudd”, “Spukk”, “Poom” and all die other onomatopoeias that pepper the pages are a bonus. Oh, and there's a story too. Each of the seven volumes tells a tale of some depraved soul's misdeeds in and around Basin City, a bustling metropolis founded lon corruption and prostitution. The graphic novels create a world out of studio era film noir on steriods where the real character of the city only emerges once the sun drops below the horizon. Miller’s aren't yo\ The morals and ethi Ted Kennedy blush. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a single character who does not personify the eros and/or the thanatos. The similarity between the Sin City you'll find in theaters to the one in two dimensions is striking. It even extends to the time it takes to make it through each, somewhere between two and three hours, so it's not question of which one to experience but in what order. Consider it high art, consider it novelty, or consider it a guilty pleasure, but whatever you do at least consider it. by

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Welcome to Sin City. On your left, you’ll see Jessica Alba’s gyrating body. On the right, please note the rabid Nazi-ninjas. If you take a look behind you, you’ll see a few slashed corpses. Don’t worry about the smell; it’s just the tar on those bodies. If this, and much, much more in the vein of anarchic fun sounds like your cup of tea, Robert Rodriguez’s comic-book adaptation is right up your alley. If you’ve heard the buzz about Sin City, and boy is it deafening, you’ve probably heard that the film is “highly stylized.” Based on Frank Miller’s groundbreaking graphic novels, Sin City has been painstakingly brought to the screen: every frame oozing with monochromatic detail. What makes the visuals so outstanding, however, are the splashes of color—turning eyes electric blue and lips a luscious red—and the lighting that makes bandages glow like beacons and guns shimmer in the

moonlight. Sin City is a film about the underworld, and so naturally it tells the stories of some seriously bad men and women: cops with attitude, whores with violent tendencies, mercenaries with means. The cast is star-studded—Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro, Rosario Dawson, JessicaAlba, Mickey Rourke and Elijah Wood all substantial enjoy screen time; Josh Michael Hartnett, Madsen and Michael Clarke Duncan have small roles—each actor seeming eager to ditch their Hollywood glamour in exchange for leatherstudded, half-nude naughtiness. There is a ton of violence, from spears through stomachs all the way to

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POP PUNK Pop-punk is definitely the smoothest sounding ofall the punk subgenres. It combines the quick-paced steady rhythm of punk with the power chords and slick vocals that are staples of pop music. The result is a contagiously catchy sound, often overused to the point of infamy.

Yet even within these narrow confines there is room for op-punk bands build on the basics as e genre a little twist, whether it is the ient or a distinctive vocal lilt or guitar strum I track, whose sophomore effort Commit This to Memory is due out ictive retro-dance vibe with the inclusion of a Moog synthesizer in icoming album is frighteningly easy to both sing and dance along mtains the frantically snarky guitar typical of most pop-punk rethesizer adds an equally frenzied melody line which with lyrics that sound like a free word associ.

is a relative unknown. Try saying that an explosion of pop-punk condensed guitars, super-smooth vocals and killer ily catchy. And considering this is just eir still-undtled debut full-length, slat-

cliched song structure. The LP instead showcases the trademark chaotic style and involved madness, while not for everybody, will surely draw praise letal’s most devoted followers while potentially ,ng the band into math-metal stardom. ■d by the vocals of hardcore veteran Dan Yemin, idelphia’s Paint It Black is a staple of raw hardbrutality. The band’s latest release, Paradise, folin the vein of’Bos legends Black Flag and Minor Threat. An exercise VICIOUS,

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While not strictly screamo-inspired, Smoke or Fire incorporates many of the subgenre's aspects while staying true to the classic punk sound. Like the releases of their

punk forefathers, most of the band’s tracks barely reach the twominute mark, making this the perfect album for the attention-impaired. Citing influences like Against Me! and Strike Anywhere, Smoke or Fire has managed to create its own unique sound. The lyrics on Above the City vary from emotional outpourings to socially conscious rants. Because their sound has strayed less from classic punk than other screamo bands, these Beantown boys, as they describe themselves, “are far from the many pop-culture worshipping 'punk' dips***s.”

Here’s to the bands who started it all and have continued to keep the musical tradition alive. Who knew that it would be possible to tell the entire story of one of the original punk bands in two hours? The Ramones’ DVD features interviews with each of the band members (Joey, Johnny, Tommy, Dee Dee, Marky, Richie In -fr HCJ) d

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Home photography collection goes public Lexi Richards recess Allen Thomas’ vast collection of photography can usually be found in every nook and cranny of his Wilson, N.C. home. A visitor is likely to find a photograph leaning against a wall or bookshelf. This spring the North Carolina Museum ofArt in Raleigh has organized Thomas’ personal collection into an exhibition called In Focus: Contemporary Photography from the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection. The showing is the first time the museum has shown a photography exhibit by

featuring photographs from a single, private collection. Thomas began

collecting contemporary photography on a trip to New Orleans. He purchases pieces that speak to

him on a personal level, regardless of the the personal connecphoto’s subject matter or style. “What I like most tion to an artist that is about collecting is the act of buying someone's so integral to Thomas’ passion and being able to take a piece of it collecting experience. home,” Thomas said. “Meeting an artist or havMost of the works of ing a studio tour invites you to see the art In Focus have been crethrough their eye. It’s a personal, often revealated in a large and coling experience.” orful format. Many of %;s The exhibit’s curators are today's best known American and internabalancing the personal nature of presenting a private collectional photographers tion with the demands of intelare represented in the collection. The fealectually engaging a public audience. In order to provoke tured photographers, conversation, co-curators Lausuch as Kate Breakey, ren Harry Ryan and Dennis P. Simen Johan and LoretWeller have arranged more ta Lux, employ both trathan 50 of Thomas’ photoditional and innovative graphs according to three Loretta Lux, Study of Boy 2,2002, llfochrome print techniques. themes: identity, place and the Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York In Focus opens April natural world. The pieces in- Collection of Allen G. Thomas Jr. 3 and runs through July cluded in the exhibit also 17. Throughout the exrB touch on the concepts of gender, race, hibit's run, the museum will be hosting a variety of events Anthony Goicolea, Blizzard, 2001, Chromogenic print sexuality and ethnicity. Quotations from including talks given by Thomas and public tours. All of Courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, New York the various photographers will be shown the events, as well as general admission to the exhibit, Collection of Allen G. Thomas Jr. next to their pieces in order to provide are free.

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Pompeo shines in new medical melodrama Robert Winterode recess Grey's Anatomy may be the worst show title since Andy Richter Controls the Universe. And yes, I got the pun. Fortunately, the medical melodrama that focuses on the 48-hour days offour first-year surgical interns more than makes up for its nominal failures with a witty script, a well-deserved twist on the traditional hospital dramatic series and one of the best ensemble casts I've seen since, well, the premiere of Desperate Housewives —a show that served as Anatomy's launching pad last Sunday. Sandra Oh of Sideways fame and theater veteran T.R. Knight smardy clash as the series' respective over- and underachiever. As the cast's second-tier blonde, Katherine Heigl from Roswell and Bride of Chucky seems a little lost here but that's only because her rival Ellen Pompeo (Old School) as Meredith Grey completely captivates the small screen After just one episode's broadcast, it's too early to tell if this show has the requisite staying power, but the pilot does speak to Pompeo's star quality. Her guileless stare steals just about every scene that she's in and her performance is gendy nuanced. It’s this acting ability that transforms her character from just another girl coming of age to a vivid character who, even while frazzled by the hourly stresses ofher job, retains a shred of sanity and grace. She's inimitably recognizable; she's the kind of actor who would've been on E.K during its heyday. The show is not flawless. It's prone to some of the timeworn cliches that seem to get recycled in every new show. Examples include the following: a guy with whom Meredith has anonymous sex turns out to be one of the presiding surgeons; the interns solve the mystery case; and the mom has Alzheimer's. Grey's Anatomy otherwise sparkles with the jumpy, must-see fuel only a few shows can boast. And unlike those O.C. poseurs, it boasts one of television's greatest soundtracks, including tunes from Jem, Thirteen Senses, Butterfly Boucher and Rilo Kiley. by

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,uU,’t/V V ,Sd ifiOlii UM.i l .rfan'Ocil IKM7 ....... Matt Dearborn recess There's a new strain of evil in the independent music scene comprised of bands like Hot Hot Heat who never work to get popular. These bands just don't possess the talent to be good enough on their own, so they automatically sell out. When these bands sell their souls to The Man, they are guaranteed only one critically-acclaimed album, that while considered “indie,” is instantly played on all of the Top 40 radio stations. The fact that these groups begin immediately on the cusp of independent and mainstream music is incredibly beneficial to them; namely, this is the new hip music that generates equal parts revenue and hype for the majors. This contract with The Man may be ideal, but the catch is that the album only has one single that gets played to the point that people would rather hear a new duet from Cher and Jacko. After their guarantee of that one album, any attempt of a worthy follow-up release fails miserably. Think The Vines or The Queens of the Stone Age. Although they might have a devoted group of fans, every band in this category will eventually fizzle into the nothingness that is tepid music. Thankfully, the time has finally come for the downfall of Hot Hot Heat. In less than one week, the band will unveil Elevator, its masterpiece of mediocrity. The lead singer, Steve Bays, even called Elevator an “obnoxious pop album.” This turns out to be an understatement. The album begins with 17 seconds of “arsty” nonsensical noise. These notions of art are soon lost when the second song, “Running out of Time,” explodes and exposes the fact that the band is not going to pull any punches when it comes to making bad music. Not only is the tune regurgitated pop-punk that Good Charlotte could have easily written, but the lyrics prove even worse as Bays cries that he is “Wallowing in a pool of gasoline.” That's sadness right there. As the album progresses, its purported zenith, “Goodnight Goodnight,” eventually emerges as the third track. The sicky-sweet poppunk beat is enough to make any one of their preteen fans cry in pain. And it doesn't stop there. The whole album is a mixture of terrible music; the best comparison would be a bad impersonation of Hoobastank—and yes, it can happen mixed with the revolutionary stylings of Pink. It's a sad world when even the “indie” bands have to conform to the music that bands like A New Found Glory and Simple Plan have been playing for years. While it would be severely optimistic to say that Hot Hot Heat had a future in the music industry and could possibly pull themselves out from the teetering wreckage of this album, the fact remains that they've simply taken the term “sophomore slump” to a new low. _

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Filmmaker Ken Burns talks truth The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is once again rolling into Durham startingApril 7, and this year it will be honoring two of documentary’s best, filmmakers Ken Bums and brother Ric Burns, recess film editor Corinne Low chatted with Ken Bums about his remarkable 30-year career in film that many credit with redefining the art of documentary. Here, the man who brought the Civil War, Jazz, and Baseball to the small screen speaks about the medium he’s shaped and how it has shaped him. It all began at the Brooklyn Bridge...

R: And the audio elements? Recess: How did you originally get into documentary? KB; That would be third-person narration, KB: Well, I wanted to be a feature film director all of my childhood and went off to college thinking I was which is the familiar voice of God of the docugoing to be the next John Ford or Alfred Hitchock, or mentary, which we wanted to try to write with a little livelier tone, but we also wanted to comHoward Hawks. And in college, I found that all of my teachers were still plement that with the second element, which photographers or documentary filmmakers and I had my would be first-person voices read by actors offcamera, to give a sense of how people spoke head completely turned around. You simply acknowledge that God is the greatest and give character to our stories. The third is dramatistand so you combine this interest in filmmaking that we then wanted to have a very complicated with an interest in what is, or in my case what was, because musical soundtrack, played by musicians versed in the musical period of the time and played I have always had this... interest in history. on instruments they were familiar with and R: So then how did you get started making movies? KB: I jumped right in, the world's the best teacher. We were of the time. The fourth effect is a complicated sound effect soundtrack. The joke of the didn't have any capital, we were a film company just because we said were a company. And so we starved for a few time was that for historical documentaries all years doing day work for the BBC and whoever would hire you needed for a soundtrack was troops trampus, and finally built up enough money to start a film on ing and cannons in the background. But we would have soundtracks as complicated as anythe Brooklyn Bridge. R: Why did you choose to tell that story? thing. We wanted the sounds to bring the story KB: It's just one of the most heroic stories in American to life; we would even have birds that were accurate to the time and location. history, but it was also amply documented with photoR: Is that what makes a signature Ken Burns graphs and newspaper clips and I thought I could make the story really come alive in that way. documentary? R: What did you as a filmmaker do to help bring those KB: Right. All those eight elements work in each ofmy elements to life? films in differrent capacities. Sometimes when you're doing a film on something beKB: The problem with historical documentaries is that they sort of held the past at arm’s length, at the time, they fore photography you have more live photography, such didn't try to live in the past and get at what the people as the Lewis and Clark documentary or The Shakers. Somewere feeling or how they were living then. times you have dozens of talking heads, sometimes you So I experimented with bringing together eight elehave only a couple. So it's an interesting interaction between those eight elments of filmmaking to really get at the past in the moment: four visual elements and four audio. ements that hadn't been done before I got into documenThe four visual elements are first of all the rephotary and is in part why I think the festival is honoring me. tographing of photographs, and filming them as though they are live and are characters; the second is the collection of and working in of archival footage, news reels and old movie footage, the third element would be the live cinematography, and the fourth is on-camera interviews, which-quite the opposite of how we treat the still photographs-we want to be as innocuous as possible so we try to ensure the filming and the setting really is background to the •

R: So at the time did you think that you were doing something new? KB; Despite 25 years of honors and good reviews and success, I feel the greatest compliment I have ever received was at the Brooklyn museum in 1982, where the Brooklyn Bridge premiered, and there a woman in the audience said, “Where did you get those newsreels of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge?” I said “I'm sorry ma’am, there are no newsreels.” Motion pictures weren't invented during the time the bridge was built. And she said, “No you're wrong, I remember seeing the footage of them moving the granite blocks and putting up the bridge.” And what she was referring was the way we filmed the old photographs, the way we made them came alive by the way we shot them, the way we tilted them, the sound effects that we added of the waves lapping against the scaw and the seagulls in the background, the construction shouts and hammering and the

story they're telling

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beck beat track from Sea Change, driven by acoustic guitar, hand-claps, and Beck’s well-backed crooning. Nowhere on the album is Beck more delightfully ridiculous than on “Hell Yes,” which features regular robot vocals a la “Where It’s At.” Even this song, however, maintains a constant groove and is altogether mellowed out. In that regard, “Hell Yes” is indicative of the stance of the entire album. Beck is still seamlessly integrating disparate styles and elements, but he’s just not as in-your-face about it. Odelay and Midnite Vultures commanded attention and demanded that the listener be as adventurous as the songs he was hearing. Guero is content to let the listener come to it. It can be played in the background. That doesn’t mean, however, that you won’t bob your head unconsciously while it plays, and it certainly doesn’t mean you’ll find it any less great of an album when you approach it with more critical ears. Overall, Gum is a surprisingly unsurprising next step for the constantly changing, amorphous Beck. It’s Odelay filtered through Sea Change and chilled. It features the best of what Beck is best at wonderful songwriting, catchy beats and a trademark experimentalism. While the end result is not as purely genius as some of his previous gems, Guero stands on its own as a brilliant album by one of the most important artists in recent -

voices magazine covers is one of the main reasons chose to remain associated with the Womei stead of severing their longstanding relatio Johnson explained that most of the Women’s Center is based on experience ; through discussion. “The topics that appear are difficult issues,” Johnson said. “By ke< close relationship with the Center, we are tain a healthy and conducive environmen grow and develop.” In addition to preserving an environmpx motes unity, another positive aspect of remaining independent from DSC funding is retaining the magazine’s right to publish without censorship. Sophomore Corianna Sichel, a transfer student, is on the magazine’s board. It was her discovery of last year’s edition ofVOICES that served as one of the main contributing factors in her decision to transfer to Duke, and she remains an avid supporter of the magazine’s independent stance. “Some of the topics that we publish walk a very close line to controversial,” Sichel said. “When dealing with many ideas that are ‘pushing the envelope,’ such as sex or abortion, it is a comfort to know that we have complete control in the way things are published.” Although the magazine may struggle with campus distribution as well as battle to increase its frequency of publication, it has managed to maintain the essence of the publication. VOICES represents an established literary space where women can feel safe to open up about gender issues through the expression ofpoems, short stories, photographs and other art works. .

rope tightening. And when she said that I thought, “Oh my goodness, we've done something.” R: What has been your most satisfying project? KB: Someone once asked Duke Ellington what his favorite project was and he said “the one I'm working on now.” Amd I guess your favorite dung is always the project you're putting the finishing touches on and working to make better at the time. For me, that has just passed from the film on JackJohnson to a massive film on the history ofWorld War 11. We're following the history of four men and women from four geographically separate towns, and using their story to tell the story of the war. It’s a kind ofWorld War 101, but told from the bottom up from the men who fought in the European and Pacific theaters of the war, and came from theseAmerican towns. R: I know you must be really excited to be getting the lifetime achievement award at Full Frame. Tell me, what do you think is special about this festival? KB: I think that we're beginning to see a renaissance in documentary films and Full Frame is one of the reasons. It was the first festival devoted to documentary in all its forms. It's essentially the place where the tribe gets together and celebrates one another and trades tips and stories. To receive this honor is just a terrific experience.

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In the team's poorest showing this season, seven Blue Devil pitchers saw time on the mound and collectively gaveup 24 runs to UNC-Wilmington Wednesday.

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Fresh offits first ACC win of the season, the baseball team took the field Wednesday at Jack Coombs Field against UNCWilmington hoping to notch its first backto-back wins since

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The Blue Devils were in for an

unpleasant surprise. ‘You just hope that all phases of your game don’t go south on you, and they did

tonight,” head coach Bill Hillier said. “We couldn’t field it, and we couldn’t pitch.” In a game that dragged on for more than three hours, the Seahawks pounded the Blue Devils, 24-1. The blowout marked the largest margin of victory in UNC-W program history and the second Seahawk (17-11) victory over Duke (9-20) this season. UNC-W previously beat the Blue Devils 7-9 in Wilmington Feb. 16. “I think it’s one of the few games I’ve ever coached that we had more errors than we had hits,” Hillier said.

Duke’s sloppy fielding and UNC-W’s strong hitting resulted in the Seahawks building an early lead, which the Blue Devils never came close to challenging. The Seahawks opened the contest by scoring six runs, notching four hits and stealing four bases in the top of the first inning. The offensive onslaught began in the game’s first at bat, when catcher Chris Hatcher hit a pitch up the middle for a single. SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 10

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Going into Wednesday’s ACC battle with N.C. State, Duke had lost the doubles point in five consecutive matches. The early strugIc niIHX gles cost the Blue N.CSTATE 2 Devils a win against William 8c Mary and forced the team to rely on its

singles players.

Duke (11-5, 2-0 in the ACC) decided to

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Lauren Archer won her doubles match with Saras Arasu but dropped her singles match Wednesday.

broke their recent habit, sweeping the Wolfpack (7-9, 0-6) in doubles play and giving the team an early edge that it would not relinquish. The No. 10 Blue Devils defeated a struggling Wolfpack team 5-2 Wednesday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh. “We tried to mix up the doubles teams and try some new combinations,” junior Jackie Carleton said. “We’ve been practicing doubles, we just need to get on a roll

and find some good combinations.” Although Duke won each of the doubles matchups, N.C. State stayed within striking distance at every position. Tory Zawacki and Kristin Cargill managed to hold off their opponents at No. 1 doubles, taking the match, 8-5. Carleton and partner Parker Coyer followed suit with an 8-5 victory, and Saras Arasu and Lauren Archer completed the sweep, winning 8-6. Heading into singles play, the Blue Devils chose to make changes to their usual singles lineup as well. Arasu, who usually plays in the bottom half of the lineup, moved to the top of the order. Duke’s usual top performers, Katie Blaszak and Carleton, sat out during singles play. N.C. State took advantage of facing a weaker player in the No. 1 singles position, as Barbara Orlay defeated Arasu 6-2, 7-6 to tie the match at 1. Duke responded with consecutive wins SEE N.C. STATE ON PAGE

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At a school that is nationally known for the creativity and enthusiasm of its fans, it would only seem logical that hordes of students would jump at the chance to support Duke athletics. Now that the organized chaos of basketball season has come to a close, however, the official student club for Duke athletics is trying to keep the troops moving, even to non-revenue sports. Introduced last fall, The Inferno aims to draw students to athletic events and introduce them to the Iron Dukes organization, which raises and donates money to the Duke Athletic Fund. With less than two months left in the club’s first academic year, students have shown interest in the club but minimal participation in Inferno events. “The one thing we haven’t been completely successful with is to get students to come out to the events,” said Chris Bauer, a Duke athletics development staff assistant who is responsible for coordinating the club. “That could have been just some first-year issues. As people catch on they will be more inclined to come out.” Of the 230 members, about 35 went on a bus trip to watch the football team play at Virginia Tech Sept 18. Likewise, only about 250 fans came to the Inferno’s “Hoops Watch” party, the club’s sole event open to all students, for the men’s basketball game at Georgia Tech Feb. 23. The club had advertised free food for the first 400 people that attended the event in Cameron Indoor Stadium, yet the fan yield remained low. A majority of the students that did attend were freshmen, who hold about one third of the club’s membership. SEE INFERNO ON PAGE 10

The Inferno hopes to create a broad fan base for all Duke sports, not just basketball.

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Starting pitcher Greg Burke struck out the next two UNC-W hitters but allowed Hatcher to steal second. Tim Preston reached first base on an interference error that Duke catcher Brett Smith committed during the play. Leftfielder Javier Socorro and third baseman Kyle Kreick both went on to commit fielding errors during the inning. Each of the three errors resulted in a unearned Seahawk run. “The game started to get out of hand,” Hillier said. “A six-run first inning doesn’t help.” Leftfield proved to be the most errorprone position of the night for Duke, as three of the team’s six errors originated in that comer. After Socorro’s first-inning miscue, Eric Baumann replaced him in the field. In his four innings of play, Baumann committed two errors, both of which resulted in UNC-W players taking bases. “Leftfield killed us,” Hillier said. “There’s a lot of things that did.” Two other players, Jonathan Nicolla and Mike Miello, were substituted into the problematic spot before the game was over. Though neither player committed an error, neither contributed a hit. In fact, only four Duke players contributed to the Blue Devils’ five-hit effort. Designated hitter Cody Wheeler had the most successful offensive performance, producing the only Blue Devil run of the night by launching a solo homer over the leftfield wall in the fourth inning. Brett Smith was the only Duke player to tally more than one hit. As part of UNC-W’s 21 hits, 11 Seahawks recorded at least one hit in the game; six enjoyed a multiple-hit contest. Hatcher and rightfielder John Raynor

“It seems like most of the people going the events are freshmen, but more people will probably be going in the future,” freshman member Brett Fair said. As freshmen rise to the status of upperclassmen, and new members join next year, The Inferno’s organizers expect membership to increase because of the unique benefits club members enjoy. “This is a new thing,” Inferno president senior Robert Harvey said. “Upperclassmen have their own ways and traditions, so it might not be as big of a draw for them. In a few years, it will catch on.” To become a member, students pay a fee of $3O in exchange for an Inferno Tshirt, a membership card, discounts special to Inferno members and access to all Inferno events. In addition, Inferno members have the opportunity to begin gamering Iron Duke priority points, which determinefuture benefits for alumni donors, such as seating for basketball and football games, game day parking and tournament and bowl game ticket allocations. Despite these benefits, some students still do not want to join. “Maybe if I was a hardcore fan I’d want those types of perks,” sophomore Gaby Perez said. “But I’m not that interested. What more do you need to see of Cameron than the court?” To combat this indifference, The Inferno will look to increase membership by planning different events that will attract more students. “We had a lot of cookouts in the fall and I guess people figured that one hamburger is the same as another,” Harvey said. “We’ll probably try and get more creative next year.”

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Blue Devil shortstop Brett Bartles receives a throw and waits for UNC-Wilmington's JonDavis at secondbase. led the team with four hits each. Duke was forced to probe deep into its bullpen to try to find away to quell UNO W’s unstoppable hitting. After Burke exited the game in the fourth inning, the Blue Devils brought in six different relief pitchers, including the rarely-used Dale Longfellow and Daniel Mangiapani, who have combined for less than seven innings

pitched this season. Closer Sean O’Brien was the only Duke hurler who did not allow at least one earned run during his time on the mound, “This game is a humbling game,” Hillier said. “One of the great things about baseball is that you get to play a lot. Hopefully we can go out and beat Wake Forest on Friday, and this one will be forgotten.”

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Longoria has the mix of proof his campaign goals, Emily Aviki’s platform is entirely fessionalism, personality and experience necessaryfor a successful too focused on programming events, »uke Student Government presi- considering that DSG is primarily a dent, and we believe he is the best policy-based organization. Although Aviki seems to undercandidate for the job. StaTtedltOnal stand the role of DSG has Longoria her major himself an president, proven able leader this year as the vice presi- campaign issues do not reflect that, Also, Aviki is a DSG outsider. This dent of athletics and campus services. is extenyear has shown us what an outsider His list of accomplishments sive—adding a bus stop near the Blue can accomplish as DSG president— Zone, improving the equipment at Pasha Majdi had many strengths, but Wilson Recreation Center and Brodie he had to learn about the DSG poliGym, adding loading and unloading cy-making process from scratch, and zones behind Kilgo Quad and work- that may have hampered his effacing with dining services to make tiveness. In order for a DSG presichanges to to the freshman meal plan dent to get things done within the system, he or she must already have among others. candidates’ Of the three plat- an understanding ofhow the organiforms, Longoria’s is both the most zation works. Ferguson has experience on DSG, plausible and the one that best serves the scope and purpose of DSG. His but he has not had the same leaderplatform is not revolutionary, but ship positions as Longoria and cannot DSG does not need a revolution. In- claim the same list of achievements, In addition to his experience, stead DSG needs to find new ways to look at old problems and strive to ef- Longoria has the perfect demeanor fectively address issues that have been for a president. He is personable, circulating for years. Safety, course genuine and can relate well .to stuevaluations and the social scene are dents. Communication between the not new issues, but what DSG needs is DSG executive board and students a president who can actually make is extremely important if DSG hopes to address student concerns. headway on these issues. Russ Ferguson is extremely ambi- Longoria seems to have the ability tious, but we are afraid his ambition to communicate with students and will accurately reflect students’ cannot be matched by tangible resuits. Ferguson has a number of proj- opinions in his presidency. At the ect ideas that would be welcome addi- same time, Longoria also has an air tions to the University, but his of professionalism, which is necesplatform is merely that—a collection sary for when the DSG president of projects and not a unified vision, deals with University administrators His projects were also far too broad in and other officials, The Chronicle endorses Jesse Lonscope and did not seem financially feasible. Again, we lack confidence in goria for Duke Student Government his ability to follow through on many president. ,

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Take Back the Night tonight a freshman I never considered sexual this still not an issue that affects you or your assault to be a serious issue. I would see loved ones? What if that one out of six were numbers everywhere claiming a ceryour best friend? Your girlfriend? Your sister? tain percentage of the population was being What if it’s too late? Ask yourself, if one of affected by it. What did I care? I didn’t know your loved ones were to become a victim of anyone who had been raped. I was never sexual assault, would she tell you? The unforgoing to rape anyone, so why should I worry tunate truth is that she most likely would not. One day I will be a father. I will have a about it? Why should I deal with it? These were the reasons that I gave myself. These are child, maybe a daughter. Will this be the kind of world I bring her into? What will her colthe reasons that everyone gives themselves. Until last year I had never known a person lege experience be like? Will she be the unwho had been assaulted. When a person for lucky one out of six? I ask these questions because I cannot ignore the whom I cared revealed the truth answer that I fear most. of her rape, it hit me like a tom buchanan Unfortunately, students freight train. My experience here have become so inunwatching and supporting her . . guest commentary a— dated with statistics about while she suffered was a terrifysexual assault that, at times, ing awakening. Her flashbacks, reluctance lack the shock value that they should they post-traumatic stress disorder and to trust were magnified by the fact that she have. But, I know people who were victims of was practically alone. Unfortunately, this is sexual assault, and I have witnessed the efnot an uncommon story. This is, in fact, the fects first hand. Believe me when I tell you that all the statistics and charts in the world reality for many women. can’t even begin to describe how truly frightWhy should YOU worry about it? My answers to that question before last year weren’t ening sexual assault is. Sexual violence answers at all. They were excuses, merely an changed my life. But I was merely an observer. I can’t imagine the struggle that sexual asattempt to ignore the problem. Telling yourself that it is not your problem is a delusion. sault survivors go through. Something needs to be done. Sexual asYou do know people that are victims of sexual assault. They just may not have revealed sault cannot be allowed to continue. PERIthemselves to you. Most victims of sexual as- OD. To all the men reading this, I implore sault tell no one. They spend most of their you: DO NOT allow the perpetrators of sexual assault to go unpunished. Merely saying, lives suffering in silence, alone. Many ask why they are so silent. If it’s such “Well I’m not a rapist” is not enough. If you a problem, why aren’t victims coming forward? know someone who has sexually assaulted anThe answer lies in the fact that everyone else is other person, do not sit idly by. Remaining also silent. When survivors do choose to come silent is just as bad as committing the crime forward, they are not met with belief. They are yourself. If they are capable of such atrocious questioned. They are accused of not taking re- and acts, then they are not worthy of being assponsibility for their safety. “Why did you get sociated with you. SET THE EXAMPLE. Supso drunk? Didn’t you know he was a sleaze? port survivors of sexual assault—come to Why did you dress so scantily?” According to Take Back the Night tonight. Go beyond the the Federal Crime Bureau, the false report numbers and learn the truth about what haprate for rape is less than 2 percent, and yet pens on our campus. Stand up and do something. It’s the only way our mothers, sisters when we hear accusations of rape we automatand girlfriends will be able to live in a world ically question their validity. Statistically, one in six women at Duke without fear. University will become victim of sexual asTom Buchanan is a Trinity sophomore and a sault by the time she graduates. Guys, can you SHARP peer educator. that about? Is think of six women you care

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dsgendorsements Asian Students Association Duke College Rebuplicans Duke College Republicans endorse Russ Ferguson for the office of president of the Duke Student Government. Russ’s extensive experience in DSG combined with his unique, innovative ideas for change on campus make him the most qualified candidate. His substantial record of action within DSG and comprehensive understanding of the organization’s many facets make him the best candidate in our view. Brandon Goodwin is highly motivated and experienced. His knowledge of DSG’s history will contribute greatly to his efforts to improve the organization. Duke College Republicans support his

candidacy.

Chris Chin is tremendously experienced and prepared to serve as vice president of academic affairs. His qualifications are remarkable and his enthusiasm is apparent in his speeches. Chris’s unmatched attention to detail will undoubtedly carry forward to his activities as vice president. Joe Fore also has an impressive record of action on Duke Student Government and would do a fine job; however Chris’s extra year of experience and new, innovative ideas make him more qualified. Duke College Republicans feel that Chris Chin is the better of the two candi-

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Paige Sparkman is an experienced, dedicated member of the Duke Student Government. Duke College Republicans feel that these characteristics will enable her to do a fantastic job as vice president of student affairs. Ryan Strasser, like the other candidates, is highly experienced. His two years as DSG senator and involvement with other organizations is impressive. What sets him apart as the best candidate for vice president of athletics and campus services is his clearly focused and defined platform. His proposals to expand the availability ofWilson Gym and bring a sports bar to campus are commendable. His opponent Brenda Bautsch is also well-intended, but her goals are too broad. Her enthusiasm is appreciated, but she shows few specific plans for the improvements she suggests. Logan Leinster’s previous experience with the DSG community interaction committee gives us confidence that she will enact many positive changes as vice president of community interaction and we endorse her candidacy for this position. Erica Stalnecker President, Duke College Republicans

Engineering Student Government The members of the Engineering Student Government would like to endorse the candidacy of Jesse Longoria for Duke Student Government president. Jesse is an experienced member ofDSG and has a breadth of exposure in other groups on campus as well. This puts Jesse in a unique position to hear a variety of student input and truly understand how the Duke community feels as a whole about important issues. Jesse’s accomplishments are impressive thus far and his friendly and outgoing persona makes him particularly capable ofhis presidential goals. He is extremely well received by professors and administration who know of his commitment to campus welfare.

Many of us in ESG have taken numerous classes with Jesse. He is eager to reach out to new students and takes genuine interest in his peers’ day to day involvements. As president, Jesse will also be able to serve as a much needed liaison between Trinity and Pratt, as it should not be forgotten that DSG represents the campus as a whole. Jesse’s presence within the Duke community makes him the ideal candidate for DSG president. He is able to offer a variety of perspectives and ideas to a position that requires a comprehensive interest in the University and all of its students and resources.

Christian Moyer President, Engineering Student Government

Freeman Center for Jewish Life The Freeman Center for Jewish Life student board has met with each of the candidates running for DSG positions and has chosen to make the following endorsements. The candidates for president are all strong leaders and would make fine presidents. However, Russ Furgeson’s comprehensive plan for student centered improvements convinces us that he will effectively represent the Duke student body as DSG president. Therefore, we endorse Russ Furgeson for DSG president. Although running uncontested, Brandon Goodwin has an excellent platform and we endorse him for EVP. Joe Fore has detailed and extensive plans for improving academic life

for students, and we endorse his candidacy for VP of academic affairs. We are also convinced that Brenda Bautsch’s energy and determination will make her an excellent VP of athletics and campus services. Uncontested candidates Logan Leinster for VP of community interaction and Paige Sparkman for VP of student affairs have our support as well. We wish all the candidates luck and encourage everyone to vote today.

Jeff Leibach incoming student president Rachael Solomon student president outgoing FCJL

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Both Russ and Emily are qualified The Asian Students Association believes that all three candidates for DSG candidates; however, ASA believes Jesse president have very ambitious plans for a Longoria is the best candidate for the better Duke University. job of DSG president. He expressed unHowever, we were disappointed by the matched sincerely towards better famillack of awareness and understanding that iarizing himself with the current and future needs of the ASA community and all three candidates displayed regarding Asian American issues and events on then incorporating such issues into the campus. We hope that whoever is elected DSG agenda. Most importantly he has as president will devote more time and efexpressed a greater willingness to open dialogue between the adminstration in fort to become more aware of the pertinent issues involving the Asian American order to establish greater equity between community, which comprises nearly 20 cultural groups not just in terms of budget size, but access, resources and diverse percent of the Duke Student body. We laud Russ Ferguson for his previadministration hiring. Therefore, the Asian Students Associous efforts in prioritizing safety on camAviki’s mulation endorses Jesse Longoria for the poand acknowledge Emily pus tiple accomplishments as the current sition of DSG president. We hope he will serve as a strong advocate for multiculpresident of the Class of 2006. Her platform initiative to transfer turism and diversity during his tenure. money from the overfunded keg fund into a multicultural fund would benefit Bob Pan and The Asian Students many of the smaller cultural organizaAssociation Executive Board tions on campus.

Duke Democrats Duke Democrats is proud to endorse the following candidates for the 2005-2006 DSG executive board: President, Emily Aviki: While all three candidates boast impressive past accomplishments and rigorous platforms, Aviki stands out as the leader who will improve the social and academic scenes on campus while promoting more Duke-Durham community interaction. Also to her credit, Aviki has built a strong relationship with the student body during her term as class president of the Class of 2006 and has demonstrated her willingness to reach out to student groups. VP of academic affairs, Joe Fore: Fore has a strong agenda to improve academics at Duke. We are pleased to hear his plans to revise course evaluations to make them more subjective, increase the number of study spaces on campus and to promote more undergraduate independent research projects. We also

strongly support Fore’s commitment to preserving academic freedom on campus with his Academic Expectations and Responsibilities Amendment. VP of student affairs, Paige Sparkman: We support Sparkman’s initiatives to streamline the event planning process for on-campus groups, and to make Student Health more accessible and convenient for students. VP of athletics and campus services, Brenda Bautsch: Bautsch demonstrates an impressive understanding of the scope of her position. Her initiatives to improve safety on campus, increase dining options on East Campus, including adding the Freeman Center to the meal plan and introducing a computer cluster to the Bryan Center are achieveable and much needed.

Jared Fish President, Duke Democrats

Mi Gente Mi Gente, Duke’s Latino Students Association, is pleased to announce its endorsements for this year’s Duke Student Government election. We appreciated the opportunity to meet and listen to this year’s candidates. Endorsements were chosen based on a question and answer session the evening of Tuesday, March 29. Each of the presidential candidates demonstrated the energy and passion students seek in a DSG president. Of this group, Russ Ferguson demonstrates the most complete understanding of a broad range of challenges facing both the student body and the University more generally. For his combination of understanding, experience and ideas, Mi Gente endorses Russ Ferguson for DSG president. For vice president of academic affairs, Mi Gente endorses Joe Fore. He will bring

a keen knowledge of academic life and a diverse skill set to the office. Mi Gente endorses Brenda Bautsch for vice president of athletics and campus services for her nuanced vision for enhancing student life. Mi Gente endorses Brandon Goodwinfor executive vice president, Paige Sparkman for vice president of student affairs and Logan Leinster for vice president of community interaction. Though running unopposed, all three candidates are well equipped to serve the student body in these positions. Mi Gente believes that these candidates all have the qualities to excel in DSG and serve the student body in the coming year. We urge all students to vote in today’s election.

remember to vote today! polls are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tomas Lopez Hilary McKean-Peraza Co-Presidents, Mi Gente

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