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Tenting Williams to stay for senior year changes considered by

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Duke fans can finally exhale.

Shelden Williams announced Monday that he will return to the Blue Devils for his senior season as a co-captain of one of the most talented and experienced teams in the nation next year.

“From the time I arrived in Durham it has been my goal to earn my degree,” Williams said. “For that reason along with others, I am going to pass on the opportunity to enter the NBA draft.”

The 6-foot-9 forward is coming off his most productive season. He averaged 15.5 points and led the conference -in rebounding with 11.2 per game. Williams also shot .582 from the field, second best in the league.

The first team All-ACC selection attracted NBA scouts’ attention for his overpowering defensive abilities. The 2005 NABC National Defensive Player of the Year set the Duke single-season record with 122 blocked shots and is second on Duke’s alltime list with 285.

“Shelden is a different type ofdefensive player than we have had in the past, but he is definitely up there with the other Duke standouts,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said when Williams picked up the NABC award. “He’s the best shot blocker I’ve coached, and with our team this year, he was the main reason we were a good defensive team.”

The 2005 senior class is one of the weakest in recent memory, prompting numerous underclassmen across the country to declare for the June 28 draft.

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At an open forum Monday night, approximately 15 students voiced concerns to newly appointed Head Line Monitor Lauren Troyer, a junior, about Krzyzewskiville and next year’s tenting policy. Troyer is currently in the process of evaluating the tenting system to create an improved policy for next season.

This year’s Head Line Monitor Steve Rawson, a senior, and newly elected Duke Student Government- President Jesse Longoria, a junior, were also present to help guide the discussion to improve Krzyzewskiville. In particular, students addressed the proposal to shorten the length of the tenting period, which has increased drastically in the last few years.

With student input, Troyer will attempt to refocus the purpose of tenting to assist Duke basketball rather than promote a commercial fan image.

“When it becomes a pride issue rather than support for the basketball team we’ve crossed the line,” Rawson explained. “People are just out there to prove that we are the iron men or women, and we are the most hardcore Duke fans—that’s not what it’s about and we are very close to that threshold right now.”

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In a panel aimed at addressing issues surrounding the accessibility ofhealth in-

JuniorLauren Troyer and senior Steve Rawson listen to suggestions about the future ofK-ville.

surance to Americans Monday night, three professionals proposed a wide range of answers to the growing concern.

The panel was comprised of Dr. StefFie Woolhandler, associate professor of medi cine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Daniel Johnson, a clinical professor of radiology and former president of the American Medical Association, and Rep. David Price, D.-Dist. 4. The panelists answered in short individual presentations.

“There are some things on which we have agreement—we want quality health care that’s affordable,” Johnson said. “A big problem is that the patient is insulated from the cost because somebody else is paying for it.”

Johnson’s presentation focused on

the benefits of a system that allows for

“expanded choices, individual selection and ownership with the right to change [plans]” as opposed to a “one-size-fitsall” health system.

“There are a variety of ways to implement health care, each with advantages and disadvantages,” Johnson said.

“That’s what markets do best —they put all the imperfect elements together and make thinks work.”

Woolhandler disagreed and argued that the key to providing more favorable health insurance coverage is to increase public accountability rather than to increase the level of privatization.

Her group, Physicians for a National Health Program, is united around the concept of a single-payer system, in which the government finances health care but SEE PANEL ON PAGE 6

N.C. Rep. David Price, D.-Dist.4, and other panelists discussed the state of health insurance in America.

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The death toll AMAGASAKI, Japan jumped to 71 Tuesday as crews pulled more victims from the wreckage of Japan’s deadliest rail crash in decades. Investigators focused on whether it was excessive speed or the driver’s inexperience that caused the train to derail and slam into a building.

The seven-car commuter train carrying 580 passengers left the rails Monday morning near Amagasaki, a suburb ofOsaka about 250 miles west of Tokyo. It hit an automobile and then a nine-story apartment complex.

More than 440 people were injured.

Rescuers working under floodlights pulled out a conscious but seriously injured 46-year-old woman and then reached a 19-year-old male passenger, also in serious condition.

But most of the work was grim as crews pulled 14 more bodies from the twisted rail carriages, pushing the death toll from 57 to 71.

Two of the five derailed cars were shoved inside and flattened against the wall of the building’s first-floor parking garage.

Distraught relatives rushed to hospitals looking for loved ones who might have been injured or killed in the 5:18 a.m. crash. They struggled to comprehend their loss.

“I only saw him the night before,” said Hiroko Kuki, whose son died in the crash.

“I wish he were alive somewhere... I wish it were only a nightmare.”

Takamichi Hayashi said his elder brother,

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Georgia toddlers found dead Two toddlers who were reported missing from their home over the weekend were found dead in an algae-covered sewage pond a few hundred yards away Monday after a two-day search. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Hamas expected to disarm Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he expects Hamas to hand in its weapons after Palestinian elections this summer, but he stopped short of threatening to disarm the Islamic militants by force, A Hamas official dismissed the call.

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A commuter train crashed Monday near Amagasakl, Japan,leaving at least 71 dead and over 440 injured.

19-year-old Hiroki, might be among those still in the wreck. He said Hiroki had called their mother twice on a mobile phone from inside one of the train cars hours after the crash but remained unaccounted for.

“He told my mother, T’m in pain. I’m not going to make it,’” Hayashi said.

Officials said no cause had been ruled out but added that investigators suspected speed and the driver’s less than a year on the job as potential factors.

The driver—identified as Ryujiro Takami, 23—was unaccounted for.

He got his train operator’s license last May. A month later, he overshot a station and was issued a warning, railway officials and police said. Passengers said he also stopped too far past a station platform Monday just before the crash.

Tsunemi Murakami, safety director for

Sunni Muslim politicians dropped their demand Monday to include former members of Saddam Hussein's party in Iraq's new Cabinet in a bid to get more ministries.The Sunni minority is believed to be the backbone of the insurgency.

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Seniors line up on West Campus Monday night to climb the steps of the Duke Chapel. At its longest, the line of students circled around the Chapel Quadrangle. Students chatted among themselves and enjoyed refreshments while waiting to make the climb to the top of the 210-foot building.

Students cited in Wannamaker fire lane area Two students were cited early April 21 after police responded to a noise complaint in the area of Wannamaker fire lane. Police arrived about 2:47 a.m. to investigate the noise complaint and found eight students, some of whom told police they had been drinking. Junior Jason Matthews, 20, was cited on charges of resisting police and distributing alcohol to a minor after he ran from an officer, police said. Senior Ryan Heinberg, 22, was issued a citation for second-degree trespassing after police said they SEE CRIME ON PAGE 8

GPSC plans to boost representative involvement by

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In its last meeting of the semester, the Graduate Student Council reflected on this year’s accomplishments and set its goals for future progress, Outgoing President Heather Dean, a sixth-year student in neurobiology, described the past year as “phenomenal,” highlighting major accomplishments such as gaining a second seat for GPSC on the Board of Trustees and doubling the number of student groups affiliated with it to more than a hundred.

Newly elected GPSC PresidentWilliam LeFew, a third-year applied mathematics doctoral student, and Vice President Lettye Smith, a third-year student in the Divinity School, set the goals for next year, focusing mainly on .restructuring GPSC to enlarge representative involvement and responsibility.

They said this will greatly help GPSC increase visibility and credibility, “If we can’t bring GPSC constituents in to us, we will go out to find them,” Smith said, LeFew said it was important for representatives to become more involved in

their individual schools and departments by building relationships with administrators, as well as coming together to create “a unified voice for the graduate and professional committee.”

A major factor in amplifying representative interest and involvement will be the first annual GPSC retreat at Beaufort, N.C., set for August. Nathan Kundtz, a first-year graduate student in physics who was involved in the planning for the retreat, said the two-day event will also augment representatives’ education, interaction and goal-setting.

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RALEIGH In a variation on the traditional state budget dance, lawmakers in the House and Senate are putting potential budget cuts on the table early in the process this year—perhaps paving the way for tax increases and a lottery.

In an unusual move, the joint HouseSenate subcommittees for both health and education earlier this month unveiled draft proposals that would trim $330 million from Gov. Mike Easley's $16.9 billion budget proposal.

The drafts—based on predetermined spending reduction targets —threaten to eliminate funding for half of the state's third-grade teacher assistants and 750 university positions. The proposals also reduce coverage for 57,000 patients by removing them from the Medicaidrolls and leaving them covered by Medicare alone.

Normally, news of such cuts doesn't leak out until weeks later in the budgetwriting process. Yet so far, the proposals have not sparked the usual cries of doom and gloom from advocates for the poor, mentally ill and students.

With the state facing a potential $1 billion budget shortfall, lawmakers say SEE BUDGET ON PAGE 8

Frist, Reid push for judge approvals by

David Espo and Jesse Holla THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON In private talks with Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the Senate’s top Democrat has indicated a willingness to allow confirmation of at least two of President George W. Bush’s seven controversial appeals court nominees, but only as part of a broader compromise requiring Republicans to abandon threats to ban judicial filibusters, officials said Monday.

At the same time he offers to clear two nominees to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for approval, officials said. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., wants a third appointee to be replaced by an alternative who is preferred by Michigan’s two Democratic senators.

The officials spoke only on condition of anonymity, citing the confidential nature of the conversations between the two leaders.

Reid issued a statement during the day saying he has had numerous conversations with senators in both parties in hopes of avoiding a showdown. “As part of any resolution, the nuclear option must be off the table,” the statement concluded, referring to the GOP threat of banning judicial filibusters.

Majority Republicans have threatened for weeks to unilaterally change long-standing senatorial practices that Democrats used to block 10 of Bush’s first-term appeals court nominations.

The president has renominated seven of the 10 since winning re-election. Democrats, who argue the judges are too conservative to warrant lifetime appointments, have threatened to block them

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., wants to replace one of President GeorgeW. Bush's judicial appointees.

again with a tactic that requires supporters to post 60 votes before proceeding to a

final roll call Frist and Reid have been discussing the overall issue privately for weeks, each man publicly stressing a willingness to seek a compromise while maneuvering for political advantage in the event of a showdown.

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CRAWFORD, Texas President George W. Bush prodded Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah Monday to help curb skyrocketing oil prices, and the White House expressed hope that the kingdom’s plans would ease U.S. gasoline prices that have shot above $2.20 a gallon.

“A high oil price will damage markets and he knows that,” Bush said of Abdullah, the de facto leader of the desert kingdom.

Asked whether pump prices would drop, Bush said that would depend on supply and demand.

“One thing is for certain: The price of crude is driving the price of gasoline,”

Bush said. “The price of crude is up because not only is our economy growing, but economies such as India and China’s economies are growing.”

Saudi Arabia has outlined a plan to increase production capacity to 12.5 million barrels a day by 2009 from the current 11 million limit. Saudi Arabia now pumps about 9.5 million barrels daily. If necessary, Saudi Arabia says it will eventually develop a capacity of 15 million barrels a day.

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said the plan could be seen as positive news by financial markets.

“The problem in the oil market now is a perception that there is inadequate capacity,” Hadley said. Reassurance that can

be given to the market on available supply, he said, should “have a downward pressure on the price.”

On another economic issue, the United States and Saudi Arabia are on the verge of a bilateral trade agreement that would allow the Gulf nation to join the World Trade Organization, “God willing by the end of the year,” Abdullah’s foreign affairs adviser, Adel Al-Jubeir, told reporters.

Other pressing issues, including terrorism, prospects for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, Syria’s future role in Lebanon and democratic change in the Middle East filled the leaders’ meeting and discussion over lunch. They agreed to set up a high-level committee, headed by

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the Saudi foreign minister, to deal with strategic issues.

Spreading democracy is a second-term goal that could affect Bush’s legacy, yet high gas prices are presently a drag on his popularity.

A recent Associated Press-AOL poll found the public giving the president low marks for his handling of energy problems, with 62 percent saying they disapproved. Earlier in April, another AP survey found public dissatisfaction growing more generally, with Bush’s job approval rating at 44 percent.

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train operator West Japan Railway Co., said it had not been determined how fast the train was traveling.

A surviving crew member told police he “felt the train was going faster than usual,” public broadcaster NHK said.

That echoed comments from passengers who speculated the driver might have been speeding to make up for time lost when he overshot the previous station by 25 feet and had to back up. The train was nearly two minutes behind schedule, media reports said.

The crash occurred on a curve with a speed limit of 43 mph. Murakami estimated the train would have had to be traveling at 82 mph to have jumped the track purely because ofexcessive speed.

Some stretches of track in Japan have safety systems designed to stop trains at any sign of trouble without requiring drivers to take emergency action. But transport ministry officials said the automatic braking system along the stretch of track where the train crashed is among the oldest in Japan and can’t halt trains traveling at high speeds.

Outside experts predicted investigators would find a combination of factors to blame. “There are very few train accidents in Japan in which a train has flipped just because it was going too fast.

There might have been several conditions at work— speed, winds, poor train maintenance or aging rails,” Kazuhiko Nagase, a train expert and professor.

GPSC community.

In a question and answer session with the General Assembly, LeFew and Smith sought to gain suggestions from the representatives on other restructuring issues.

“From everyone involved, what would incite you to become more involved in GPSC? What would make you want to do more?” asked Rachel Lovingood, outgoing GPSC communications coordinator.

Kundtz suggested continual increases in programming and visibility would attract graduate and professional student attention and cause representatives to gain

PANEL from page 1 keeps its delivery in private control “Canada’s low health care costs are the result of much lower administrative costs,” Woolhandler said. “Clinical costs are the same, but when you add on the overhead costs —the paper-work costs that’s where the difference comes from.”

Woolhandler’s presentation advocated a program of National Health Insurance “that’s universal [and] comprehensive—one that operates with the efficiency of the Canadian system but with slightly higher American costs.”

Price, in an effort to “lend a practical focus” to the panel’s ideas, spoke about the political forces in place that prevent —

In other business; Sara Becker, GPSC treasurer and graduate student in psychology, outlined the cur-

and proposed budgets for the 20042005 and 2005-2006 school years, respectively. GPSC, due to dramatically increased student group funding and programming, has overspent its revenue for the previous two years, and Becker said its current spending projections will not be sustainable beyond 2006-2007. “What do we do when we run out of money?” she asked. GPSC will be weighing the options of raising student fees or decreasing costs in the fall.

GPSC approved the Graduate and Professional Student Basketball Campout policy adjustments. The co-chairs for this fall’s event will be Molly Miller and Major Treadway. New policies include alteration to voting eligibility for members of the Basketball Committee.

certain change.

“It wasn’t hard for insurance companies in the 1990s to strategically reverse moves towards a market [based] health care system made under the Clinton administration,” Price said.

Price also stressed that reform efforts, including many tax initiatives, were not intended to serve as permanent remedies to health care issues.

Programs such as tax initiatives aimed at making health care more affordable, Price warned, may have simply been implemented at the wrong time and should not be dismissed simply because of past failures.

Price added that programs such as the Child Health Insurance Program —a federal program providing health care to families that don’t qualify for health care and

can’t afford health insurance—demonstrate such efforts can be successful.

“The mantra now is that it’s got to be incremental change,” Price said, adding that non-federal programs aimed at changing health insurance could be equally effective.

Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, helped chair the meeting.

He said the mechanism decreasing “access” to healthcare was a domino effect that ended with employers withdrawing insurance due to the high cost of providing coverage options.

“It’s a multitude of forces that got us to the point where every year more and more people are uninsured,” Dzau said.

interest in their responsibilities.

Kelly DeMeester, next year’s attorney general and Fuqua graduate student, said requiring each representative committee and department to hold individual events each semester would increase involvement.

Some representatives said GPSC may be trying to overreach its future goals as the new executive board attempts to totally restructure the system.

“If you aim high and get stuck somewhere in between, you’ve accomplished something,” Smith said.

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Al-Jubeir said Saudi Arabia is producing all the oil that its customers are requesting.

He said the price is being driven up by a shortage of refining capacity.

“What we have done is explain to the U.S. what our production capabilities are,” he told reporters about the meeting. “We also explained to the U.S.—and we have for months—what our plans are for adding to that capacity in the future years.

Hadley said the two leaders talked about Saudi Arabia’s commitment to invest in increased production.

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lion over time. So it’s a major initiative that they’ve undertaken.”

A U.S. push for democratic change across the Arab world faces a difficult test with Saudi Arabia, a longtime ally ruled by a monarchy. Last week, SaudiArabia completed its first nationwide elections, an experiment in democracy designed to take the steam out of militant Islamic movements.

The council posts that were on the ballots, however, have little power, and women were not allowed to vote. Moreover, the United States has long-standing concerns about human and civil rights in Saudi Arabia.

A joint statement by the two leaders reflected tensions over the issue of democratic change.

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A major overhaul of the current line system that would convert it to a type of point or lottery system was one possible change Troyer suggested.

An alternative system would shorten the time length of the tenting period and therefore hopefully decrease student health and safety risks.

The diverse reactions to this idea were exactly what Troyer was looking for.

“It’s great that people showed up tonight,” Troyer said. “But there are tons more ideas out there that need to be taken into consideration before anything can be decided upon.”

Troyer will begin to draft next year’s tenting policy over the summer.

DSG will then read over the policy in the fall and offer suggestions, after which it may be amended and then finally voted upon. The policy will be finalized by the third DSG meeting and then become a statute of DSG. K-ville sponsorship was another new idea students discussed during the forum.

The idea was inspired by the actions of this year’s tent number one, which was sponsored by Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Although Troyer and Rawson did not support advertising company names on tents, they did say a form of discounting, such as a discounted sale of quality sleeping bags, may be considered to combat health and safety concerns.

“I hear what you’re saying,” Rawson said to one student who was worried this idea would take away from K-ville’s spontaneity. “But I baby-sat 1,200 people, and they just don’t take care of themselves.”

Longoria suggested DSG might be able to work out away to sell these types of products in Duke University Stores if

asked him to leave the area several times and he refused.

Car break-in reported near Duke Gardens A Durham resident reported April 20 that her vehicle was broken into at Gate 23. She told police that when she returned to her Subaru after visiting the forest at 8:30 p.m., she discovered the passenger window broken and her Samsung cell phone missing. The window is valued at $200; the phone, $lOO. Wallet stolen from Medical Center lounge A wallet was stolen April 19 from a lounge in the Duke University Medical Center. A woman told police she left her purse in the lounge in the 8300 zone at 7 a.m. and returned several hours later to discover that her pink wallet was missing. The wallet contained two gift cards and $6O cash, among other personal items.

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At a town hall forum Monday night, studentsdiscussed ways to change the current tenting policy. students were interested. Longoria said parents may be reassured to know their children’s well-being would be more easily taken care of.

Students also commented about policy changes to grace, walk-up lines, wristband distribution, trash in the tenting area, cheer sheets, bonfires and Krzyzewskiville-wide event programming. Suggestions in these areas were in agreement with Troyer’s objective to create a policy that would improve condi-

tions rather than change the tenting system

completely.

“It is my goal to take into account the concerns regarding the policy while maintaining the spirit that is K-ville—just helping to foster that spirit rather than break it down,” Troyer said. “I feel some of the policies that have been suggested could [break it down], and I plan to find one that will not —one that will encourage the community and the social scene that is K-ville.”

they feel obliged to put the proposals on the table early to alert citizens to the seriousness of the situation.

“I think the public really sees that we are in a very tight money situation," said Sen. Kay Hagan, D-Guilford, one of the three co-chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “There will be many more cuts unless there's more revenue.”

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After Duke’s loss to Connecticut in the Final Four more than a year ago, I (and many others) thought that this would be the end of Duhon’s time in the basketball spotlight. I imagined he might have a solid career overseas or be able to hang around on NBA rosters as a backup or even thirdstring point guard. During his senior year at Duke, he failed to show any confidence or proficiency shooting the ball and almost disappeared off the radar screens of NBA scouts and GMs. He just wasn’t a big standout in college in my mind and didn’t have an NBA game.

I was at the NBA draft in New York last summer, and I almost passed out waiting for Duhon to get picked. Listening to Tom Tolbert and Steven Smith go back and SEE BULLS ON PAGE 12

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It took Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski 15 years and five Final Four appearances to receive his first national championship ring. Now, someone will likely get the same ring for less than $5,000.

The 1991 National Championship ring given to reserve forward Christian Ast is currently up for sale on the online auction site eßay. The auction, which is set to end today at 8:19 a.m., has not yet attracted any bids as of Monday night and the seller indicated he will likely extend the length of the auction to allow for interest to grow.

Back-to-Back Ast’s Championships ring was sold in January for $B,OOO and his 1992 National Championship ring was sold in 2004. Both

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The 1991 Championship ring offormer Blue Devil Christian Ast isavailable for purchase on eßay. were sold on eßay. The seller of the items said he bought the three rings from Ast “years ago.”

The 1991 National Championship was Duke’s first and came after an upset over undefeated UNLV in the Final Four. The 1992 Duke team successfully defended their title, beating Michigan in the finals. The 1991 and 1992 teams

were the last to win consecutive national championships, and the University commissioned an additional ring to commemorate the accomplishment.

The man who bought the Back-toBack ring off of eßay, who asked to remain anonymous, said he graduated from Duke in 1995 and is a casual sports memorabilia collector. He said he would not bid on the 1991 ring because he was not a student at Duke that year and because the Back-to-Back ring encompassed both championship runs.

“I think it’s the most special of the three,” the buyer said. “In addition to being a collector, I wanted to make sure the ring didn’t end up in the wrong hands.”

“I recently got married, and so I had a number of my Duke friends over,” he added. “I showed them the ring and they couldn’t believe it was ever for sale. It is a great item.”

Ast, a 6-foot-8 scholarship forward, played a total of 95 minutes in his two years at Duke. A Heidelburg, Germany SEE RING ON PAGE 10

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Although Duke’s recruiting efforts for this year’s incoming freshman class recently ended, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has already made significant inroads in securing his class of 2006.

Duke’s attempt to bring a sixth member to the class of 2005 ended when swingman Geoff McDermott and power forward Uche Echefu eliminated the Blue Devils from their lists of possible schools, according to recruidng service scout.com.

The drawn-out recruitments, however, have not stopped Krzyzewski from compiling a top-notch list of high school junior targets.

Shooting guard Gerald Henderson appears to be foremost on that list. A 6-foot5, 195-pound shooting guard, Henderson -

Former Duke point guard Chris Duhon led NBA rookies in assists per game.

has narrowed his possible collegiate destinations to Villanova, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest, said Dan Dougherty, Henderson’s high school coach.

“He hasn’t really expressed [a favorite] one way or the other,” said Dougherty, who added that Henderson might make a decision as soon as the summer. “Until he gets to visit these schools, it’ll be the same way.”

The Duke coaching staff, however, has been keen on the Merion, Pa., native.

Henderson led his Episcopal Academy team to a 25-3 record and was among the top two on the team in points, rebounds, assists and charges taken.

A five-star recruit in virtually every ranking, Henderson is the No. 12 player SEE RECRUITING ON PAGE 12

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Brian Zoubek is one of several high school juniors to receive a scholarship offer to play basketball at Duke.

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BOSTON Reggie Miller still had a big shot left in his 39-

year-old body.

Miller hit a 13-footer for Indiana’s last basket, capping his 28point game and leading the Pacers to an 82-79 win over the Boston Celtics that tied their playoff series at one game each

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quite a comeback for the Pacers and Miller, who hit just one of seven shots and scored seven points in Boston's 102-82 opening win Saturday night.

After Miller, who plans to retire after the season, gave the Pacers the three-point lead, Ricky Davis missed a jumper with 31 seconds to go and Jermaine O’Neal rebounded for Indiana.

Anthony Johnson then missed from the left corner with six seconds remaining and Paul Pierce rebounded for Boston.

But Pierce, who led the Celtics with 33 points, missed a very long three-pointer with 3.2 seconds to go. Johnson rebounded again and kept the ball until time expired.

The best-of-seven series shifts to Indiana Thursday night.

Boston had taken its biggest lead, 75-68, on Davis’ basket with 8:21 remaining. But Indiana outscored the Celtics 18-10 in the fourth quarter, which began with Boston leading 69-64.

Antoine Walker’s layup had put Boston ahead 78-74 with 2:41 left. Johnson’s short jumper in the lane cut the lead to two and Indiana tied the game on Stephen Jackson’s

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native, Ast announced his intention to transfer during the 1992 Final Four and left for American University shortly after the season in search of more playing time.

The man who bought the items from Ast and is now trying to sell the third ring wrote in an e-mail that he met Ast at a basketball playground in Germany and Ast soon asked him if he would like to buy the rings.

“I know some guys on the basketball team, and we all agreed that Christian Ast was the most likely player to sell his ring—having only been on the team for two years, living in Germany and

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Anthony Johnson delivered nine points, seven assists and seven rebounds as the Pacers beat the Celtics and tiedthe first-round series at one game apiece. dunk with 1:41 to go. Then drove the open lane for a layup and Pierce made one of two free throws, leaving Indiana ahead 80-79 with 56 seconds remaining.

Walker scored 19 for Boston and Jackson had 20 for Indiana, but just four after the first quarter.

Indiana led 30-22 after one quarter behind Jackson’s 16 points. The Pacers made nine of

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their first 10 shots, taking a 2415 lead on the ninth basket, a dunk by O’Neal. During that stretch, Jackson hit all three of his three-pointers and Miller went 2-for-2 on his.

Pierce also got off to a good start by making his first shot, a 23foot jumper just 1:27 into the game. In the first game, he didn’t sink his first field goal until just 7:56 remained.

ACC’s top players. Duke is one of only six conference teams without an underclassmen who will likely join the NBA ranks next season.

A trio of North Carolina players said they will enter the draft Friday, joining Rashad McCants, who had previously made known his intentions to leave the University. Maryland, Wake Forest and Florida State have also had players announce they will leave school early, and Georgia Tech’s second team AllACC point guard Jarrett Jack is expected to make a decision in the coming days.

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college next season.

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ers were Williams’ front court nemeses. Sean May, Eric Williams and Sharrod Ford will likely not be playing college has-

then transferring to American, which puts his emotional link to the team at a real low,” the current owner of the Back-to-Back ring wrote in an e-mail.

The minimum bid for the 1991 ring has been placed at $3,600, with $5,000 needed to buy the ring directly. Despite the high price, some current students have expressed interest in purchasing the 1991 ring, possibly through a collective effort.

“I definitely would try to get

people together to buy it,” freshman Matt Ogren said. “It’s a piece of Duke history. I probably couldn’t think of any Duke memorabilia that would be more special or unique.” ketball next year, making Duke’s Williams one of the top interior threats in the league. He is the only returning player to average more than eight rebounds per contest or shoot better than .460 from the field.

These early departures, in addition to several graduating seniors, will leave the 2005-2006 ACC with significantly less talent than it has featured in recent years. With the return of Williams, a third-team All America, Duke will likely be ranked among the top teams in the nation entering the season, a factor the sociology major said he considered.

“I am looking forward to finishing off my academic career with a degree and also returning to the playing court to help Duke compete for the National Williams said The squad will be led by five seniors who contributed extensively last season. Williams, along with JJ. Redick and Sean Dockery, will serve as team captains, Krzyzewski announced Friday.

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BULLS from page 9 forth is only enjoyable for so long.

When Duhon was selected in the early second round at No. 38 overall, I silendy cheered and hoped he would have a chance to play a little, even though the Bulls had a crowded young backcourt with Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon.

No one would have predicted that Duhon would play in every game this season, log 73 starts, lead all rookies in assists per game (4.9) and be seventh in the entire league in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.34).

Now I find myself rooting for a team that used to torment my New York Knicks to no end. I hated

how Jordan used to annually send came when polished former-collemy team home for the off-season, giate athletes arrived.

The success of the Bulls this But these Bulls are nothing like the team Jordan was on, and there year may change the way NBA are more reasons besides Duhon executives rebuild teams. In reand his currently injured team- cent years, many teams, includmate Luol Deng’s Duke connec- ing the Bulls, have tried to retions for which I find myself con- build through high school talent this and standy pulling for Chicago.

For starters, the core of the "seems to work for the occasional Bulls consists of former college Leßron James, Dwight Howard standouts. Rooting for Hinrich, or Kevin Garnett in the draft, Gordon, Duhon and Deng in the many teams are set back who rely NBA is, in my twisted mind, like on 18-year olds to build a franrooting for college basketball, chise (see the Atlanta Hawks).

Sure the Bulls have Tyson Chan- Perhaps the success of this year’s dler and Eddy Curry (who is cur- Chicago Bulls may even encourrently on the disabled list), who age athletes to further develop both made'the jump from high and fine-tune their basketball school to the NBA as raw talents, skills in college, Go Bulls. but all the success for Chicago

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“He’s a little different from what [Duke has] had in the past,” Wiedeman said. “That’ll be a challenge for them, to work with a true post player like Brian.”

In addition to his size, Zoubek is a fundamentally sound player on the interior, leading to scholarship offers from schools such as Stanford, Wake Forest and Notre Dame.

Zoubek appears to be reciprocating Duke’s interest, especially after attending the team’s basketball banquet last week. The Blue Devils are among the Haddonfield, NJ. native’s final three schools, along with Stanford and Wake Forest, Wiedeman said.

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Reward work, not race

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to the latest survey graduates who are minorities, The upper part of this pipeline of faculty salaries, Duke is doing a great job of maintain- issue is addressed by promoting faculing equitable pay among faculty of ty who are qualified. In turn, studies different races. Data presented to have shown that the presence of minority faculty yields the Academic CounSt3«T6dltori3l an increased number cil Thursday showed of minority students that when Duke factors in rank, department and experi- who consider academic professions, Because many other institutions ence, tenured and tenure-track professors of minority groups and are also looking to hire academically qualified minority professors, Duke Caucasians are paid equally. has to create incentives for these facnational data have Long-term suggested that minority professors ulty to stay here, Fast tracking exceptional minorioften earn less than their white counterparts, and the reassurance ty professors through the tenure that Duke seems to pay its profes- process is a particularly clever solusors without regard for race is wel- tion. The faculty members feel stronger ties to Duke, and the Unicome news.

The University has worked to versity is able to place the professors avoid such salary differences, and its in positions where they can be role models not Just to students but to success is something that all members of this community can be younger faculty as well.

Such promotions, however, should proud of.

But Duke’s promotion rates for not be based primarily on race. Any minority and Caucasian faculty are junior faculty member who is exceptional should qualify for a fast-track not equal. In fact, according to the biennial study, minority professors are tenure process.

Although being a member of a promoted at about double the rate racial minority is one characteristic that Caucasian professors are.

In other words, it takes half the that makes a faculty member partictime for a black or Latino professor ularly desirable, it is by no means to move through the tenure ranks as the only one.

Every qualified hire ought to be it does for a white professor.

On the one hand, this is a posieligible for promotions. Moreover, tive step the University is taking to in order to maintain the quality of intentionally increase the number Duke’s standards, the criteria for of minority professors. promotions ought to be the same whether the faculty member is fastDuke’s commitment to increasing the diversity of its faculty in this tracked or not.

It makes sense to consider promanner is important.

On several occasions, Provost motions more frequently for certain exceptional candidates, but the Peter Lange and other administrahave about the tors spoken difficulty standards to promote such people cannot be relaxed. of increasing minority professor repThe goal is to reward work, not to resentation at all levels, in part, bereward race. fields have few doctoral cause some „

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Get creative and get real The Chronicle’s April 22 editorial “Get creative with insurance” hit the mark. My wife and I were graduate students at Duke, and our first son was born in Durham. I believe Duke cannot continue to impose the financial burden of almost $6,000 per student family for health insurance and expect to have graduate students with families come to Duke.

The editorial’s call for a “creative” solution was directed at Duke and the Duke University Health System. It should also have been directed at graduate students with families. GSWF should consider forming a “GSWF Health Council” that can negotiate with Dr. Lloyd Michener (Chair of Community and Family Medicine), Molly O’Neill (DUHS Chief Strategic Planning Officer) and Ted Pappas (Executive Medical Director of the Private Diagnostic Clinic) for a comprehensive, cost-effective plan to end GSWF health care coverage disparities and lower exorbitant premiums. Some questions that could go into the planning process are: Can a system of 24/7 primary care coverage be developed?; Can a symptom triage system be *

implemented that obviates the need for most ER visits?; Can GSWF have facilitated access to needed specialty care?; Can innovative cost savings in medication and durable medical equipment costs be obtained?; Can preventive services be a benefit?; Can a system of coverage be created that significandy lowers Blue Cross and Blue Shield premiums?

The GSWF Health Council could request that President Richard Brodhead personally solicit grad school alumni for donations that offset some of the burgeoning health care costs. The GSWF Health Council could petition to be part of the selection process of the new Director of Student Health Services; since the selection of that person has been delayed for the lack of a person with the skills to do the negotiating that the GSWF Health Council must now do. Duke can and must derive a “creative” and participatory solution to this health care cost issue. A GSWF Health Council can lead the way.

Charles Beauchamp M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor ofMedicine Ph.D. 'l3

Campus Council deserves more credit I was surprised that a Duke senior would disparage Last Day of Classes planning in

such a blunt manner. Marcus Peterson did get in some witty digs at Collective Soul— however, a quick look at the facts would show that Campus Council has performed admirably in bringing diverse music to Duke over our four years here.

Peterson failed to mention that in our time here, Campus Council has brought in: Ludacris,; Pharcyde, The Ropts, and of course, most importantly, at LDOC ’O3 Campus Council found away to get a stage and a microphone for senior point guard Andre Buckner and his rap crew.

Yes, it’s easy and entertaining to complain when you don’t count the Last Day of Classes band in your top five. But when Peterson demands a “universally entertaining,

specific” band, who does he have in mind? Outkast? (Too expensive), Dave Matthews? (Too frat-boy).

The truth is, Last Day of Classes would be one of the greatest days of the year even if Campus Council gave us “President Brodhead Does Karaoke In A Funny Hat.” We’ve been here long enough to know that it’s a chance to see other students for one last day as we prepare to crawl into the depths of not audience

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Unforeseen developments It wasn’t supposed to be like this Duke after I had been accepted and flipping open The When I thought about graduation my freshman year, I Chronicle to find an article in Recess comparing Eminem expected to be leaving Duke with my brain filled and my to Elvis—the sort of national, contemplative story that I mind expanded, having pondered a range of intellectual hope the magazine will continue to feature. While The and embark questions on a perfecdy plannedready to Chronicle’s journalistic standards were far superior to out future. But over the past four years, my vision of the those of the newspapers at other, smaller colleges I was future has changed, and the vantage point from which I considering, I saw in Recess the opportunity to achieve my am writing this column is not what I goal ofbeing a music journalist. And in my thought it would be time with Recess, I’ve written about nationI have learned a lot, particularly about al and local music and improved my previAmerican history and literature, and I’ve ously non-existent reporting skills. But engaged in a great deal of academic conm more importandy, my work with the paper templation, as I had hoped that I would. has given me a greater love of journalism But as cliche as this sounds, I feel like I’ve than I originally had or thought I would learned more about myself and what I develop. Even though Recess is often dewant to do outside of the classroom. I rided for its occasionally light-hearted perHilary lewis should have assumed as much. After all, spective, I always saw it as a place to examever since I started applying to college, senior column ine important issues and trends in people told me that college would change entertainment, and having to assess these me, make me more independent. But beyond the simple matters and determine what we should cover has made everyday decisions and experience of living on one’s own me a better journalist than I expected to become. that everyone engages in during college, I credit my speWhile I’m not yet where I want to be—l don’t have the cific experiences at Duke with finally making me more dream job I thought I would be preparing to start after mature and assertive. college—l know what I want to do and where I want to be, When I first came to Duke as a scared, shy freshman, I which is an accomplishment in and of itself.

Looking to still bore the wounds of unfriendly interactions in high the future during my freshman year, I didn’t know how to school that prevented me from being the first one to say, get there from where I was. Although I now know that it’s “hello” when I passed people I knew. It wasn’t until my not a straight path to success, I’ve glimpsed the starting junior year that I learned that my own slighdy unfriendly points of a number of pathways, and now I’m just waiting behavior had created a few unintentional enemies, and I for the opportunity to embark on one. finally broke out of my self-imposed bubble of shyness and So, this may not have been exactly how I envisioned learned to be friendlier. Anyone who knows me knows myself coming out of Duke, but in some ways this is how I that traces of my timidity still remain, but for the most hoped things would turn out. I ultimately decided to part, I’m more outgoing and assertive than I once was, come to Duke because I thought its more real world-like and I don’t think that this change could have happened atmosphere would make me more independent and ready the same way anywhere else. This assertiveness transferred to take on the world. And in that way, maybe it was supinto other aspects of my life and my work with Recess. posed to be like this.

Although I didn’tadmit it at the time, Recess was a big part of my decision to come to Duke. I remember visiting Hilary Lewis is a Trinity senior and Senior Editor of Recess.

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Passing the buck

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United States spends far more on health care than other advanced countries. Yet we don’t appear to receive more medical services. And we have lower life-expectancy and higher infant-mortality rates than countries that spend less than half as much per person. How do we do it?

An important part of the answer is that much of our health care spending is devoted to passing the buck: trying to get someone else to pay the bills.

According to the World Health Organization, in the U.S. administrative expenses eat up about 15 percent of the money paid in premiums to private health insurance companies, but only 4 percent of the budgets of public insurance programs, which consist mainly of Medicare and Medicaid. The numbers for both public and private insurance are similar in other countries—but because we rely much more heavily than anyone else on private insurance, our total administrative costs are much higher.

According to the health organization, the higher costs of private insurers are “mainly due to the extensive bureaucracy required to assess risk, rate premiums, design benefit packages and review, pay or refuse claims.” Public insurance plans have far less bureaucracy because i KrUyfTlan P«UI Inmmrtn they don’t try to screen out high-risk clients or guest commentary large

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And the costs directly incurred by insurers are only half the story. Doctors “must hire office personnel just to deal with the insurance companies,” Dr. Atul Gawande, a practicing physician, wrote in The New Yorker. “A well-run office can get the insurer’s rejection rate down from 30 percent to, say, 15 percent.

That’s how a doctor makes money. It’s a war with insurance, every step of the way.”

Isn’t competition supposed to make the private sector more efficient than the public sector? Well, as the World Health Organization put it in a discussion ofWestern Europe, private insurers generally don’t compete by delivering care at lower cost. Instead, they “compete on the basis ofrisk selection”—that is, by turning away people who are likely to have high medical bills and by refusing or delaying any payment they can.

Yet the cost of providing medical care to those denied synchronized arrival of Richard Brodhead, a host ing and adjacent quad are beautiful and will serve as a longprivate insurance doesn’t go away. If individuals are poor, of Ivy League ex-pats and several new buildings herneeded home for engineering students. Combined with the or if medical expenses impoverish them, they are covered alded a New Era for Duke. With the first year in the 200-studentenrollment increase in the Pratt School of Engiby Medicaid. Otherwise, they pay out of pocket or rely on books, it’s time to take a look back at what was accomneering, the administration is clearly signaling a long-term the charity of public hospitals.

So we’ve created a vast and hugely expensive insurance plished, what was surprising and what expectations might commitment to engineering. But given that Pratt is far beneed to be reconsidered as the University presses —slowly, it hind its more elite rivals, would such a commitment signal a bureaucracy that accomplishes nothing. The resources turns out—into uncharted territory. preference for a broad, relatively shallow set of programs spent by private insurers don’t reduce overall costs; they The new president made it clear from over a limited, deep collection that makes simply shift those costs to other people and institutions. the outset that this year was going to be primore use of resources at neighboring It’s perverse but true that this system, which insures only schools? Moreover, will Pratt be able to ef85 percent of the population, costs much more than we marily used for learning about Duke and the tone for his with adsetting relationship fectively build upon this moment of opporwould pay for a system that covered everyone. tunity if heralded Dean Kristina Johnson deministrators, faculty, staff and students. He And the costs go beyond wasted money. did not come in with a sweeping agenda for parts for a college presidency?

First, in the U.S. system, medical costs act as a tax on The Nasher Museum ofArt is also essenthe year, apparently preferring to wait for employment. For example, General Motors is losing the next strategic plan. As much as Brodtially constructed and set to open this fall. It money on every car it makes because of the burden of head tries to distance himself from his foris a grotesque structure, but will hopefully health care costs. As a result, it may be forced to lay off Andrew collins be an anchor for the new Central and will mer institution, his cautious stewardship thousands of workers, or may even go out of business. Yet make Duke a more attractive location for more vividly evokes Yale’s staid tradition the insurance premiums saved by firing workers are no hazzards of duke art, artists, art students and arts money. An than the fast-moving, ever-changing Duke. savings at all to society as a whole: Somebody still ends up arts rebuilding plan is in place but success is As Brodhead learns the ropes, Provost paying the bills.

Second, Americans without insurance eventually rePeter Lange has moved with characteristic vigor to make his far from assured; advocates must focus on ensuring a suitable performance space to supercede Page Auditorium and ceive medical care—but the operative word is “eventualmark across the University. Perhaps emboldened by the dely.” According to Kaiser Family Foundation data, the uninparture of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Branson Theater. And with all the talk about the “arts corrisured are about three times as likely as the insured to William Chafe, Lange has made several dramatic forays into dor,” few acknowledge that it’s stretched awfully thin and undergraduate life. He put iPods in the hands of freshmen will not be conducive to community unless administrators postpone seeking care, fail to get needed care, leave premake some quick and clear-eyed layout decisions. scriptions unfilled or skip recommended treatment. And and publicly criticized the diversity of student representaMoney is, now and always, the trump factor. For all many end up disabled—or die—because of these delays. tives to Central Campus planning committees. , Think about how crazy all of this is. At a rough guess, Lange’s authority seems to be expanding, and given Brodhead’s charm, genius and moral courage, there are some doubts about his prowess as a fundraiser compared between 2 million and 3 million Americans are employed Brodhead’s admitted learning curve, the Duke of toby insurers and health care providers not to deliver health morrow may be shaped quite tangibly by this übersawy to former President Nan Keohane—a master of the game.

Is a Campaign for Duke II in. the works? Can Brodhead care, but to pass the buck for that care to someone else. political scientist.

Lange’s role as point man for the Central renovation leam to love pressing the flesh for cash? The answers will And the result of all their exertions is to make the nation go a long way toward determining the feasibility of Brodpoorer and sicker. promises to be among his most important long-term conhead’s financial aid reform plan, Duke’s prospects for tributions. The decentralization of the planning commitWhy do we put up with such an expensive, counterprogrowth and Brodhead’s legacy. ductive health care system? Vested interests play an importees and his charge for them to come up with ideas “reYear One was quieter than expected, but things are astir tant role. But we also suffer from ideological blinders: gardless of cost” weakens the ability of the committees to decades of indoctrination in the virtues ofmarket compecome up with sustainable recommendations and allows at the University. Keep an eye on next year’s strategic plan, Lange more leeway in picking and choosing elements look for signs of a new capital campaign and perhaps watch tition and the evils of big government have left many Americans unable to comprehend the idea that somethat correspond with his vision. The development for some much-needed programmatic cutbacks. Above all, enjoy the pleasure of knowing and loving one of the most times competition is the problem, not the solution.ln the process is at a critical conceptual stage, and Lange’s renext column in this series, I’ll talk about how ideology sponse to the planning committees’ work this summer dynamic universities in the world. Duke’s New Era has yet to be fully defined, but certainly, we will not want to miss it. leads to “reforms” that make things worse. will largely shape the evolution of the project.

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