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Blue Devils claim lucky number I Making her mark in May, Grzebien captures title by

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Duke shot a 34-over par to win the NCAA Championship by five strokes over UCLA, the third women's golf title in school history.

Stellar 3rdround lifts Duke to NCAA wh by

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SUNRIVER, Ore. The topranked women’s golf team captured its third NCAA National Championship Friday. Led by sophomore Anna Grzebien, the Blue Devils carded a four-round total of 34-over-par 1170 as they topped runner-up UCLA by five strokes to earn Duke’s third

women’s golf title in seven years and the University’s seventh NCAA Championship overall. Fresh off her first collegiate tournament victory in the NCAA Regionals, Grzebien fired a career-best 6-under-par 65 in the third round and held on Friday to finish 2-over par and win individual honors at the Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore.

The Blue Devils struggled in the opening two rounds and were in fifth place, nine strokes off the pace set by Auburn and Pepperdine. With exceptional play in the third round, Duke made a charge at first place and by the day’s end, had a firm grip on the lead. Making the turn to the back SEE CHAMPS ON PAGE 12

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SUNRIVER, Ore. After two years in the shadows of stars Liz Janangelo and Brittany Lang, sophomore Anna Grzebien has emerged onto the national scene. In the month of May, Grzebien won the NCAA East Regional and the NCAA Championship individual titles. While routinely finishing near the top of the field in her two seasons at Duke, she had not notched a win until her breakout month. “I couldn’t be more excited for her,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “She leads by example and has become a great leader because she clearly cares so much about her teammates.” The sophomore’s winning play came at the right time for the top-ranked Blue Devils, as Grzebien led the team to its third national championship last week. “Things really came together,” Grzebien said. “I had great confidence and trusted that the ball was

going where I wanted it to go.” Already possessing talent, the Narragansett, R.I. native cites her winter break as one reason for her May breakout. Wanting a change, Grzebien changed her swing coach and began working with Mike HarSEE GRZEBIEN ON PAGE 12

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Sophomore Anna Grzebien became Duke's third golfer to win an NCAA individual title with a 2-over-par 286.

Police investigate Hillier resigns coaching post 3 cross burnings by

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Three crosses were burned in separate locations in Durham late evening, Wednesday Durham Police Department officers reported. Ku Klux Klan fliers were also found at one location, police told The Associated Press. DPD Lieutenant Kevin Cates classified the cross burnings as a “hate crime.” “It is too early into [the investigation] to tell if it is actually directed at one person or one group,” Cates said. “We just have to wait and see.” According to a DPD press release, the first incident was reported at 9:19 p.m. near St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 1737 Hillandale Road. Officers and firefighters responded to a second call a half-hour later near the

intersection of South Roxboro Street and MartinLuther King Jr. Parkway. Officials found a cross burning on a hill near a construction site. A third cross was reported in a field near Holloway and Dillard Streets at 10:28 p.m. No injuries were reported. After the police were notified of the third occurrence, they ordered all suspicious pickup and cargo trucks to be stopped, The Herald-Sun reported. The burned crosses were wooden, wrapped in burlap and doused in flammable liquid, Cates said, adding that he thought whoever prepared them intended to burn the objects. The DPD press release said the crosses were seven feet tall and four feet wide. “At this day and time, I thought SEE BURNINGS ON PAGE 5

Head coach Bill Hillier’s decision was likely made long before Brett Smith lined out to end Duke’s season Tuesday. Nevertheless, with the Blue Devils’ 11-1 loss to Wake Forest

closing the book on Duke’s sixthstraight losing campaign under

Hillier’s direction, the game will mark the last time the coach will ever don a Duke uniform. Hillier resigned Wednesday after serving six years as head coach of the Duke baseball

After a 14-39record, including a 0-19 mark on the road, former headcoach Bill Hillier resigned Wednesday. In his six years at Duke heamassed a .361 winning percentage.

team. During his tenure, the Blue Devils posted a 121-214 (34114 in the ACC) record. “With all that had gone on with The Chronicle and those allegations, it was kind of expected, and he made a reference to his leaving at practice a couple weeks ago, but it was still obviously sad to see him go,” thirdbaseman JJ- Koterba said. “It definitely did not turn out the way everyone would have liked it to.” The Chronicle published a report April 15 about alleged steroid abuse and coaching misconduct within the Duke baseball program over the past several years. The University released a statement in response to the article, which stated that Director of Athletics Joe Alieva and Hillier had agreed before the start of the season that “unless the situation improved significantly” Hillier would not return in 2006. SEE HILUER ON PAGE 9

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Senate installs judge, ends first debate by David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen won Senate confirmation as a federal appeals judge Wednesday after a ferocious four-year batde—a personal triumph that also marked a victory for President George W. Bush in his drive to install conservatives on the nation’s highest courts. The 5543 vote was largely along party lines and made the 50-year-old jurist the first of Bush’s long-blocked nominees to win approval under a newly minted agreement by Senate centrists meant to end years of pardsan gridlock.

“We cannot stop with this single step,” Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said in a written statement soon after the vote. The Tennessee Republican resurrected a threat to strip Democrats of their right to filibuster Bush’s picks for the nation’s highest courts if they violate the two-day-old accord. “We must give fair up-or-down votes to other previously blocked nominees,” he said. “It is the only way to close this miserable and unprecedented chapter in Senate

history.”

Democratic leader Harry Reid said he was “ready to put all thisbehind usand move on.” “I would hope the President would move on,” he added later at a news confer-

ence in which Democratic leaders urged renewed attention to the economy, health care, defense and other issues. In a statement issued by the White House, Bush said Owen “has served with distinction on the Supreme Court of Texas, has demonstrated that she strictly interprets the law and brings a wealth of experience and expertise” to the appeals court. “I urge the Senate to build on this progress and provide my judicial nominees the up or down votes they deserve.” Frist was eager to comply. He said he intended to seek votes early next month for Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor, two othernomineeslong blocked by Democrats.

U.S. launches new offensive in Iraq by

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HADITHA, Iraq More than 1,000 U.S. troops Wednesday swept into Haditha on the road to Syria to root out insurgents—including those loyal to criminal mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi —after rebels damaged the city’s hospital, knocked out the electricity and prevented police from entering. The American troops killed at least 10 suspected militants in Haditha, a Euphrates River city of 90,000 people. One citizen told the Marines that insurgents had recendy killed her husband. Speaking inside her home through a

military interpreter, the woman moved her finger across her throat as she begged that her name not be used, indicating she could be killed for talking to U.S. forces. She later helped cook a breakfast of eggs and bread for the handful of Iraqi soldiers helping guard the street. “People have always been nice to us. But you can tell the [insurgents] have been doing some damage because people are real scared,” said Marine Capt. Christopher Toland, a platoon commander in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment. Marine Col. Stephen Davis, commander of the Haditha operation, told CNN that al-

Zarqawi “clearly is an influence out here. There are clearly links to him and to his elements out here in western Iraq.” Wednesday’s offensive, the second on a road to Damascus in less thana month, came as the Iraqi government demanded that Syria blockinsurgents from crossing the border. Iraq also asked the U.N. Security Council to renew its mandate for the 160,000 troops in the U.S.-led multinational force, saying it cannot fully defend itselfalone. The offensives are aimed at uprooting insurgents who have killed more than 620 people since the new Iraqi government was announced April 28.

,g. ■*» prison camp in Guantanamo Bay as a failure Wednesday, calling it "the gulag of our time" in the group's harshest rebuke yet of American detention policies. Amnesty urged Washington to shut down the prison.

Defense rests in Jackson trial The defense rested Wednesday in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial without putting the pop star on the stand, wrapping up after a three-week effort to portray the accuser and his mother as shakedown artists.

Stem ceil research vote nears Senate DemocraticLeader Harry Reid called Wednesday for a swift vote in the Senate on legislation to expand federal support of embryonic stem cell research, and he criticized President Bush for opposing the measure. Several Senate Republicans later took up the call as Bush renewed his veto threat.

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Workers took down the statue of James B. Duke that stands on the Chapel Quadrangle early Wednesday morning.The statue of the University's founder will be shipped to Cincinnati, Ohio, for cleaning and restoration.

Duke scientist accepts NIH post by

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Dr. David Schwartz, former chief investigator for the Duke Toxicogenomics Center, has agreed to join the National Institute of Health after new NIH rules adopted Feb. 1 created a reported personal financial conflict of interest for Schwartz. The controversy delayed his acceptance of the new job by almost two months. According to an NIH ethics document, senior officers and their family members are required to divest all monetary holdings in drug and biotechnology companies. NIH also forbids its employees from consulting for both forprofit and non-profit companies in related industries. Although he was originally slated to join the NIH ranks as the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program located in Research Triangle Park in April, Schwartz did not start work until Monday. Schwartz said he agreed to take the position after

NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni informed him it would “loosen” current regulations, which Schwartz called “draconian.” “These rules were a concern of many people at the NIH, and I happened to be in a position where I thought I could affect policy more from the outside [of the organization] than from the inside,” he said. “I think that I initiated a discussion that ultimately resulted in a re-evaluation and a loosening up of the current regulations.” Schwartz said he understood why conflict-of-interest rules exist, but he added that holding financial stakes in other companies should not be an all or nothing issue. “There are some real concerns regarding conflict of interest. NIH employees have access to information that could substantially alter their own personal net wealth, as well as the net worth of a particular industry or com-

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Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, and Tod Laursen, senior associate dean of education for the Pratt School of Engineering, announced changes in the University’s calendar for Thanksgiving break and the Fall 2005 exam period earlier this week. According to the new schedule, Thanksgiving break will begin half a day earlier. The Friday before exam week will no longer be a “reading day,” as it had been designated in the past. Reading period will begin on the Saturday preceding exam week and extend until 7 p.m. the following Monday. The regular mid-week reading period will also be pushed back a day; it will take place the Thursday of exam week until 2 p.m. In order to accommodate all of the final exams, exam week will now extend through Sunday. Professors will begin administering exams at 2 p.m. Sunday. Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services and chairof the University’s Scheduling Committee, said the changes were prompted by inconsistencies in the amount of time courses met. “The new course schedule that was adopted exacerbated the problem, but the problem had already existed,” she said. “We can’t have courses meeting for different amounts of time.” Ruderman added she does not foresee any problems or complications with the changes to the academic calendar. “A lot of students are already leaving the Tuesday before Thanksgiving break. Now you might say they will leave earlier, but at that point professors will have to set their expectations,” she said. University Registrar Bruce Cunningham, who is also a member of the scheduling committee, noted that it is hard to please everybody when changes to the academic calendar must be made. “It’s always a juggling act,” he said. “There is always something with timing. It gets to be a very delicate balancing act.” Although the changes will help solve course calendar problems, many students are less than enthusiastic about them. Some students, however, said they

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On an average day, Andrew Schuler, assistant professor ofcivil engineering, rides his bike to work and researches biological wastewater treatment processes. But last fall, Schuler used his academic expertise to devise water filters from bamboo and charred coconut husks, and instead of biking to work, he lounged on the beaches of a deserted island. Schuler was chosen to play the role of“the Professor” on the second season ofTBS’ “The Real Gilligan’s Island,” a reality show in which “castaways” role-play characters from the popular 1960s TV show, They vie to eliminate their compedtion to be the last person left standing on the island. Schuler auditioned for the role of “the Professor” on a whim after receiving an e-mail from a colleague who passed up the offer. “It was funny—once I made that call, I completely had a light switch on,” he said. The show then asked him for pictures, a video and a screen test. “The next thing I know, they send me a ticket to go down to Mexico,” he said. Schuler said taping the show was the best experience of his life, though he admitted it was slightly unsetding to see cameramen swarming the island, filming incessandy and swinging equipment in through windows unannounced. “There’s a trailer someplace with all these guys listening to your conversations, monitoring you—it was totally Big Brother,” he said. Word of Schuler’s impending television debut has slowly been spreading among his students, and he said he is slightly embarrassed about all the attendon. He maintains, however, that “any press is good press.” “[‘The Professor’] is such a weird celebrity,” Schuler said. “Everyone else is talking about their research and they get these awards, and I’m like, ‘Gilligan’s Island!’— I’d rather be getting the press for something else.” With the übiquitous cameras watching, Schuler said he used the opportunity to publicize Duke and the Pratt School of Engineering and to advocate environmental

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Over the next month, the Board will examine the documentand meet with various departments to discuss any changes to the proposal. A public hearing will take place June 15, and the final budget should be approved June 27—only days before the fiscal year starts July 1. “We don’t know what adjustments we have to make yet because we haven’t heard from the departments justifying what they’re requesting,” said Becky Heron, vice chair of the Board. The proposed 3.6-percent tax increase would raise the property tax from 79 cents per $lOO valuation to 81.9 cents. The tax would amount to an additional $43.50 of tax on a house valued at $150,000. The estimated $6.1 million revenue generated from the tax has already been budgeted in the proposal even though the tax has not yet been approved.

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NIH from page 3 pany,” Schwartz said He added that he did not believe all financial investments in these companies necessarily create a conflict ofinterest “It is very important that the NIH employees completely disclose all potential conflicts of interest and that those conflicts are managed properly,” Schwartz said. Dr. James Battey, chief of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, also said this week he would remain with the NIH after initially announcing plans he would leave because of the conflict-of-interest rules. He will resume his

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work as the chair of NlH’s stem cell program shortly. The NIH has not yet reported, however, what specific changes it will make to loosen the recently changed conflict-of-interest rules. “[The Department of Health and Human Services] has committed to adjusting regulations based on comments, and we remain confident that the adjusted rules will be fair and reasonable while assuring the public that NIH remains a source for unbiased scientific information,” NIH spokesperson John Burklow said in a statement. The Los Angeles Times reported May 18 that Schwartz said he would bring 23 colleagues with him from Duke to work at NIH.

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CALENDAR from page 3 welcome the extra half-day now designated for Thanksgiving break. “I kind of like that Thanksgiving break will be longer, but kids will skip Monday and Tuesday and make a 10-day break—l feel like I am going to do that,” senior Karthik Challa said. Rising senior Smita Aggarwal said she likes the extended Thanksgiving break but does not think it was not worth a fragmented reading period. “Our reading period is already short compared to other schools’,”

BUDGET from page 4 Ruffin noted the only source of income for the county comes from sales and property tax. “If the board chooses not to increase taxes, I’ll just have to work with them to eliminate more than $6 million from the budget,” he said. For the change to be reflected in the tax bills that are sent out in August and September, the tax increase will also have to be approved or denied by the Board in time for the July 1 deadline. “There’s no question that there will be some tax increase. It’s a matter of how much,” Heron said. “I don’t see any extra money than what the manager has recommended right now.” She added she hoped enough cuts can be made to the budget so the tax increase can be lowered to 2 cents. The budget also gives Durham Public Schools $4.4 million more than they received this year. This amount, however, is less than one third of the $15.9 million increase the school system requested. According to Durham Public Schools Superintendent Ann Denlinger, $4.4 million is the minimum amount the schools need

she said. “Taking a day out and giving us half a day during exam week is ineffective.” Andrew Gore, also a senior, echoed Aggarwal’s sentiments. “Extending exam week is awful,” he said. Tdon’t understand how an extra halfday for Thanksgiving translates into an extra exam day and one less reading day.” Some students, such as senior Shereen Arthur, however, did not mind a longer exam week. “I don’t care as long as it goes both ways,” Arthur said. “If they had only extended exam week and not given us extra time off—that would have been a problem.”

just to keep up with projected cost and enrollment increases. The school system requested $2.8 million for teacher supplements, $1.9 million to meet instructional services goals and $500,000 for the salaries of other employees like bus drivers and custodians. In his proposal, Ruffin defended his recommendation, noting that Durham County spends $2,264 per student—the second-highest amount per pupil in the state—and spends nearly 60 cents of every property tax dollar collected on the school system. Ruffin also budgeted $1 million for salary increases for positions that are currendy paid below the market wage. He estimates that, on average, county salaries are 12.4 percent below market rate. He said raising this number is a high priority.Nearly another $1 million was designated for retiree life and health benefits. Of the 50 applications for funding, Ruffi budgeted more than $1 million for 30 groups. Non-profit groups requested about $2.5 million overall. The organizations that were not allotted optimal funding can petition the Board and will have the chance to speak at the public hearing June 15.

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ISLAND from page 4 awareness. “It may not make the best TV in the world, unless they really want to play that part of my personality up,” he said with a laugh. Schuler said “the Professor” was a role model for him when he was a child, and he believes the part of the Professor fits him well because they are both gizmo afficionados and fairly realistic people, he said. He added that the experience made him feel like he was on a perpetual vacation and was “a kid again.” “You start [working at Duke], and it kind of takes you to a new level of having to behave yourself a little bit... but it’s kind of fun to just let all that go,” he said, comparing his island experience to his five years of professorship and hope

of earning tenure next year. In spite ofhis hectic schedule, Schuler has remained close to many of the people with whom he spent the three weeks on the island and names the interaction with them as the best part of the experience. The worst aspect, he said, involved a competition in which the cast had to eat fried rodents, lizards and live mealworms. “Surprisingly, the mice and the lizards weren’t bad,” he said, adding that he had to abandon his initial disgust and usual vegetarian lifestyle. “We’d all just been living off [rations of] sugar cookies for days, so in away, you had a little bit of protein.” But living in such primitive conditions had potential benefits. The winner of the show will take home $250,000. Schuler said that if he wins he would like to build an energy-efficient house in the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood in Durham.

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The first dominoes fell last week for Duke’s 2006 recruiting class and they undoubtedly made an impact. Chicago star Jon Scheyer announced May 17 his plans to attend Duke, breaking the hearts of Illinois faithful. The following awc II day, head coach Mike analysis Krzyzewski secured a verbal commitment from touted Philadelphia guard Gerald Henderson. Then Friday, mammoth New Jersey center Brian Zoubek did the same, giving Duke three probable McDonald’s All-Americans, all ranked within the nation’s top 25 according to Scout.com, in as many days. Recruiting maven Krzyzewski has seen his share of improbable commitments. But even he must be shaking his head at this coup. Within three days, Duke’s recruiting class went from no commitments to one of the nation’s top three. Each prospect fills a specific Duke need. Scheyer has the length and versatility to play both guard positions and the skills to match his athleticism. A good three-point shooter, he is well-suited for the Duke motion offense. Moreover, Krzyzewski has to love Scheyer’s SEE RECRUITS ON PAGE 10

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Junior Matt Zash ranks fourth on the team with 16 goals scored.The Blue Devils lead thenation in scoring offense with an average of 13.39 goals per game.

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had refrained from discussing this year’s Final Four in Philadelphia with his team. After an 11-8 win over unseeded Cornell (11-3) in the NCAA tournament quarterfinal, however, a trip to the City ofBroth-

erly Love was the only thing the Blue Devils could talk about. Utilizing a 7-0 third-quarter charge, the second-ranked Blue Devils (16-2) survived a sluggish first half CORNELL SL. and a furious Big DUKE 11 Red fourth quarter rally to advance to its first Final Four since 1997 and the second in program history. The win sets up a rematch of the ACC Championship as Duke will seek revenge on Maryland beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field. The Terrapins narrowly edged past Georgetown 98 in overtime Sunday after being called for

a late-game illegal stick penalty that nearly them the contest. The Blue Devils made little effort trying to mask their eagerness to prove to the Terrapins and goalie Harry Alford that Duke is the best team in the ACC. “This is what we wanted,” Danowski said. “We wanted to play Maryland. We didn’t play well against them last time and they got us out of our game. We want them again just to leave no doubt in anybody’s mind how good we really are.” Duke’s trip to Philadelphia, however, was far from certain after two quarters of play. cost

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The 7-fooM Brian Zoubek was thethird high school junior to commit to Duke last week.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Draw control Head coach Kerstin Kimel harps on it every time her players pick up their lacrosse sticks, and as a result, the Blue Devils won almost 57 percent of their draws this season. VIRGINIA Ir But after Duke DUKE 13 (17-4) tied the score early in the second half, Virginia (17-5) took control of the draw and with it, the NCAA semifinal. After less than six minutes the Cavaliers were ahead five and never looked back. “We gave up probably eight draws right in a row and that led to their run in the second half,” Kimel said. “That has been a big key for us all season, and Virginia did a great job of winning the draws.” Duke mounted a three-goal rally in the final minutes, but with just under 3:30 remaining it lost a critical draw control allow-

ing the Cavaliers to run the clock down. Katie Chrest picked off a pass with about a minute remaining, but the Blue Devils botched their final scoring chance, allowing Virginia to advance with a 15-13victory. The loss ended the best season in the 10year history of Duke’s program —one in which the Blue Devils set school records in wins, and nearly every offensive category. “I think our kids played a very good game tonight,” Kimel said. “I thought Virginia played a great game. I thought their offense was outstanding.” Virginia lost 13-10 in the tide game to Northwestern, who capped their undefeated season with the program’s first NCAA Championship. Duke had won both of its previous meetings with the Cavaliers this season and was expecting a different game plan Friday night, especially after holding Virginia’s SEE W. LAX ON PAGE 10

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Sitting in the clubhouse Saturday afternoon after completing their final round of the NCAA East Regional, the Blue Devils were unsure of their fate. With five teams fighting for the final three spots to advance to the NCAA Championship, No. 9 Duke turned in its scorecard and waited nearly an hour for other teams to finish play before learning of their eighth-place tie, good enough to earn a berth in the

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lieving that it revealed a lot about the freshman’s character, he said. The team also learned that sophomore the Blue Jake Grodzinsky can deliver forsecond-best Devils, as he earned the team’s tournament score at 1-under par. On day two, Grodzinsky sat at 5-under through 17 holes before a triple bogey dropped him to 2-under par for the tournament. “A lot of the good stuff happened because ofSchachner’s strong play and Jake’s solid play,” Myers said. “We’re going to need all five guys to make a run at the

“We were hanging on by our fingernails Championship.” Duke’s two stars, No. 10 Ryan Blaum the end,” head coach Rod Myers said. to to and No. 29 Nathan Smith, both delivered “Overall, we were just happy qualify less than stellar performances. In his first advance to the NCAA Championship.” Entering the final round only five tournament after winning the ACC indistrokes behind the leader and in fifth vidual title, Blaum finished at 2-over in a place, the Blue Devils may have had their tie for 39th. Smith carded a 73 in the final sights set on winning the tournament round, which included two birdies and rather than simply qualifying, but Duke four bogeys, placing him in a tie for 61st delivered a shaky final round at the Golf place at 5-over par. But Myers does not beClub of Tennessee in Nashville, with all lieve that this tournament will affect the five players scoring over par. players’ confidence entering the NCAA Freshman Michael Schachner led the Championship. “I don’t think our confidence entering Blue Devils, turning in one of the best performances of his career. After an opening the NCAA Championship was hurt at all by round 69, he tied the tournament low with this tournament,” Myers said. “In fact, it an eight-under-par 63 in the second may be stronger. We now have more confiround, vaulting him into second place. dence in Schachner and Grodzinsky. “I don’t even know how to describe When our top two guys start to feel better Schachner’s play, but it just doesn’t get any about the guys behind them, they’ll start to better than that,” Myers said. “He really relax a little bit more.” Duke is one of 30 teams to qualify for got it going that second round, hitting the NCAA Championship, which starts everything right at the flagstick.” Schachner struggled early in the final Wednesday, June 1 at Caves Valley Golf round, however, sitting at 4-over par Club in Owings Mills, Md. and continues through 13 holes. But over the final five through Saturday. There is a 54-hole cut, holes, Schachner salvaged his round, after which the top 15 teams will play on notching three birdies to get himself to 1- the final day. Duke is one of three ACC over par and putting Duke in a position to teams to qualify. No. 3 Georgia Tech and qualify for the NCAA Championship. No. 14 Wake Forest will also play in the Myers was impressed by the recovery, be- Championship. at

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The NCAA Tournament’s round of 16 was not so sweet for the men’s tennis team, as Duke suffered a bitter 4-3 defeat at the hands of Pepperdine (24-2), Sunday. The ninth-seeded Blue Devils (20-6) nearly came back from a DUKE 3 3-1 deficit, but the PEPPERDINE 4 Waves’ Richard Johnson defeated a cramping Jason Zimmermann, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, to end Duke’s season. “Zimmermann played well, but he tired after a set and a half, and then got down 50 in the third because he was cramping,” junior Jonathan Stokke said. “I don’t think he necessarily should have won, but if he was in better shape he could have won.” Down 3-1, Duke mounted a charge behind junior Ludovic Walter and sophomore Peter Rodrigues. Fifth-ranked Walter brought the match to 3-2 with a strongly-executed straight-set victory over Scott Doemer by the count of 7-6 (4) 6-2, and then Rodrigues won a dramatic thirdset tiebreaker to even the match at 3-3. After the Blue Devils won all three doubles matches to claim the initial point, Pepperdine stepped it up a notch and reeled off three consecutive singles points. Stokke succumbed at the second singles position

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Fifth-seeded Ludovic Walter advanced to the second round of the NCAA singles tournament Wednesday. to No. 25 Pedro Rico, senior Peter Shults dropped a 64, 3-6, 64 heartbreaker to Ivor Lovrak at the No. 4 flight, and freshman Ned Samuelson put up a strong fight at No.

6 before going down in a second-set tiebreaker, by a count of 6-3, 7-6 (3). [Lovrak] was really good,” Stokke said, “Of course Shults was coming off pneumo“

nia two weeks earlier. So considering he was just getting back to 100 percent, I thought he played well.” Zimmermann and Samuelson did not start at singles for most of the season, but an injury to the regular No. 2 Stephen Amritraj and the demotion of freshman Charles Brezac forced the duo into start-

that ultimately led to the team’s demise. “We were talking about it after we lost that having Stephen would have helped our seed,” Stokke said. “Pepperdine is as tough a match as we could have in this round, and we knew that with Steve we had a good enough team to do some major damage.” Pepperdine lost its next match 4-0 to then-undefeated and top-seeded Baylor, who would advance to the championship match and lose to seventh-seeded UCLA 4-3. The loss snapped Baylor’s 57-match winning streak. Assuming Amritraj recovers from his knee injury, the Blue Devils already appear to be strong contenders heading into next season. Losing only Shults and Zimmermann to graduation, Duke may have a chance to push the bar even higher in 2006. “I thought we did a much better job with our work ethic this year, and it was my most enjoyable season,” Stokke said. “It’s really tough that we lose Shults, but hopefully one or two guys can step up, and we can be even stronger next season.” Walter won his first round match over Galium Beale of Texas Wednesday in the NCAA singles championship. He will play Boise State’s Luke Shields Thursday.

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In the final game of the season, the baseball team’s problems were caused not by the Demon Deacons but rather by the Blue Devils’ own persistent demons. Duke (14-39) capped off its season with a 10-1 loss to Wake Forest (26-28) in the first game of the ACC Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday. The same defensive problems that have plagued the DUKE 1 team throughout the year continued to cripple the Blue Devils, as *| 0 WAKE they allowed 10 runs —the first five of which were unearned—on only nine hits. The loss was the last for head coach Bill Hillier, who resigned from the program Wednesday after the worst season in his tenure. “We definitely wanted to send him out in a better way,”

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GregBurke gave up 5 runs in 3.2 inningsTuesday in the opening game of the ACC ChampionshipJhe loss dropped Duke to 14-39on the season.

HILLIER from page 1 “Overall, l am obviously not pleased with where we are in baseball right now,” Alieva told The Chronicle in April. Duke finished the 2005 season with a record of 14-39 (5-25 in the ACC), landing the team at the bottom of the ACC for the fourth time since Hillier took the helm in 2000. The Blue Devils not only continued to struggle, but they actually performed worse than in previous years. Duke’s .264 winning percentage in 2005 eclipsed its 2000 percentage of .293 as the worst of Hillier’s tenure and marks the program’s most unsuccessful season since going 10-35 in 1988. Furthermore, Hillier’s team made history in 2005, completing the season without a single victory on the road, posting a record of 0-19 away from Jack Coombs Field. Since 1935, when home and away records were first kept, Duke has never finished a season without a road win—until now. “Well I think this year on the whole was a disappointment because we had bigger expectations for this team than what actually happened,” second baseman Adam Murray said. “The bottom line is we didn’t get it done.” Despite the focus Hillier placed on offense in his recruiting prior to the 2005 season, Duke’s team batting average dropped slightly from last year’s paltry .267 to .264. The biggest factors that contributed to the Blue Devils’ lack of success this past season, however, stemmed from a combination of poor defense and ineffective pitching. Duke’s .950 fielding percentage was tied for second worst in the ACC, while the pitching staff s ERA was a conference-high 6.72 and the second worst in program history. “Throughout the season, we would make big errors in crucial parts of the game, and our opponents would get two or three runs out of one mistake,” Koterba said. “We just never put it together.” Duke fielders committed 102 errors, which led to 99 unearned runs—the most in the program’s history. The team’s unreliable defense placed an increased burden on a pitching staff that struggled throughout the year. With a shaky defense behind them, starters Greg Burke, Danny Otero and David Torcise tried to go for the strikeout instead of the putout. “I do, I probably shouldn’t, but sometimes I’m thinking that,” staff ace Greg Burke said earlier in the season of his tendency to focus on getting the K. “It’s tough when you’re out there, and runs are coming across that aren’t supposed to come.” As a result, opposing hitters teed off on Duke pitching,

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junior Adam Murray said. “We wanted to make some type of run in the tournament, and we wanted to play better for him, so it’s disappointing.” Wake Forest pitcher Charlie Mellias controlled the game from start to finish, giving up only one run on four hits. The sophomore threw 132 pitches in his second-career complete game, but the Blue Devils kept Mellias in the game by going three-up, three-down four times. “He kept us offbalance throughout the game by mixing in a lot of change-ups and their defense played us well,” sophomore JJ. Koterba said. “Their outfield was very well positioned because we hit a lot of solid shots, but we seemed to always hit it right at them.” Things fell apart for Duke in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Demon Deacons, -already leading 1-0, scored four runs on just one hit, giving Mellias plenty of cushion. Senior pitcher Greg Burke threw two costly wild pitches, which, compounded with his two walks, an error and a hit batsman, allowed Wake Forest to score two runs and load up the bases. After Burke was replaced by sophomore Danny Otero, Wake Forest shortstop Ben Ingold knocked in two runs with a single up the middle and extended the Demon Deacon lead to five. Mellias allowed Duke one last chance in the sixth inning, when Wake Forest had a 5-1 advantage. With two away and a runner on first, Mellias hit back-to-back batters to load the bases, but Koterba lined out to right field to end the Duke threat. “That was a big point in the game and he had a great at-bat—to put a swing like that on the ball with two strikes is a great at-bat,” said Murray, who led the Duke offense with a single and a double. “And he hit it hard, but unfortunately he hit right at the guy, and if that ball drops it may have been a whole different game.” The Blue Devils finished the game feebly, failing to earn any hits in the final three innings of the game. posting a .314 batting average for the season. The Blue Devils’ troubles on the mound stand as the single greatest reason for the team’s inability to compete in 2005. During the 2004 season, in which Duke went a Hillier-best 25-31, Blue Devil pitchers sported a 5.06 team ERA while opposing batters hit .291. Together, the team’s weak pitching and fielding combined to allow 443 runs on the season, while the Blue Devils could only muster 257. “The main problem was we couldn’t put the combination of offense, defense and pitching together for any long period of time,” Koterba said. Alieva said that a national search to find Hillier’s replacement will begin immediately. “We appreciate the years of service that Bill Hillier gave to our baseball program, both as an assistant and head coach,” Alieva said in a statement. “Bill represented the program with a great deal of class and integrity. We wish Coach Hillier the best of luck In the future.” Whoever the Athletic Department finds to lead Duke next season, it appears the Blue Devils are ready for life after Hillier. “It will be interesting to see who they are going to bring in to coach next year,” Murray, a rising senior, said. “Some pieces are definitely in place. It’s always exciting to see who develops over the summer and to have a fresh start. All of us are going to have to take a step back away from the game for a little while and refocus, and then we will have to come back and work hard all summer.” Michael Moore contributed to this story.

Coach K could lead red, white and blue

Although he has won three NCAA National Championships as Duke’s head coach and has been offered nu-

merous NBA positions, Mike Krzyzewski has never been given the chance to coach the Olympic Team. That opportunity may be in the near future. Newly appointed Managing Director of the USA Basketball Senior Men’s National Team Jerry Colangelo said Krzyzewski would be “at the top of the list” of potential candidates. He has not yet contacted Krzyzewski. Colangelo, who is also the CEO and Chairman of the Phoenix Suns, will hold a meeting with all former USA Basketball head coaches dating back to 1960, about 12 former Olympic players, including the likes of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, and a number of other basketball-related personnel in Chicago June 6. The goal of these discussions will be to discuss USA Basketball related issues and set the groundwork for Colangelo to begin the selection process. He expects to meet with all candidates to interview them before making his selection. Because he has known Krzyzewski for many years, Colangelo said communication struggles with the Duke coach will not be an issue if in fact Krzyzewski is asked to fill the role. Krzyzewski was an assistant coach on the gold-medal winning 1992 Dream Team that competed in Barcelona, Spain. Colangelo said any coach with international experience would “have a leg up” during the selection process. Colangelo hopes to have his coaching staff and approximately 25 players in place by year end. The team would compete in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, the 2007 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying, if necessary, and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, if the USA squad qualified.

McClure could redshirt in 2005-2006 Sophomore David McClure may be forced to redshirt next season following left knee surgery May 12, his mother Betty McClure said. No decision will be made, however, until the Ridgefield, Conn., native, is further along in

his rehabilitation. “He’s very anxious to do everything he can to get back to where he was,” his mother said. “If that’s going to take an extra year and if that’s what is necessary than that’s what it’ll be.” McClure will need at least four months before resuming any athletic activity. The operation was performed by Dr. Larry Higgins at the Duke University Medical Center. “There is talk ofredshirting because by that time the kids will already have been heavily into the workouts and getting into shape,” his mother said. “He doesn’t want to have what happened to him last year and be

partially ready.” Following Duke’s game against Maryland Jan. 26, Mc-

Clure had surgery to remove a loose body in his left knee. After sitting out seven games, McClure returned to the court with minimal pain, but was restricted by the injury. Without additional surgery, he would have quickly developed arthritis his mother said.

Trio named USA team finalists

Fifth-year senior Monique Currie and junior Alison Bales were named two of the 16 finalists for the USA Women’s National Team and incoming freshman Abby Waner made the Under-19 squad following tryouts May 19-21. Both teams will be reduced to 12 members during the teams’ training camps. Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors is coaching the U-19 squad.

Smith closed out of The Open After qualifying for the U.S. Open last year, rising senior Nathan Smith shot a 72 at the Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, Ohio during his local qualifying round May 23. He missed the cut for the regionals by one stroke. Rising sophomore Michael Quagliano was the only Blue Devil to advance to a regional qualifier.

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Former head coach Bill Hillier finished last in the ACC during four of his six seasons at thehelm of theBlue Devils.

Rising sophomore Lorraine Quinn and incoming freshman Christie McDonald are participating in the U-20 U.S. women’s soccer team training camp in Calif. May 22-28. Both are trying to qualify for the squad that will compete in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championships in Russia.

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W.LAX from page 7 top three scorers—Amy Appelt, Tyler Leachman and Cary Chasney—without a goal in the ACC Championship game. “Third dme’s a charm,” Appelt said. “We went out and expected to play better and executed. We knew we could play better than the first two teams they saw this year.” The Cavaliers’ trio netted eight goals, including three from Appelt, who became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Tournament

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But Duke’s shot selection in the second half was poor Kimel said, as only six of their 16 shots found the cage. Chrest attributed “I think their defense played really hard—we’re not used to being down like that,” Chrest said. ‘We got away from our game plan a little bit, and Virginia was able to come up with some good saves off of poor shot selection.”

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Rather than relying heavily on their talented one-on-one attackers as they had in the earlier meetings, the Cavaliers fed cutters around the crease for easy scores. The passing helped, as nine of Virginia’s goals were assisted. “We did a great job on our transition game,” Virginia head coach Julie Myers said. “We were moving the ball and moving off ball incredibly well offensively.” After Duke jumped out to an early 5-2 lead, the Cavaliers fought back and took a two-goal advantage into halftime. Chrest, who finished the season with a school record 70 goals, 96 points and 162 shots, quickly netted two of her three scores to tie the game again.

JuniorKatie Chrestfinished the season with school records in goals (70), points (96) and shots (162).

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crushing rebounder and defender by the time he steps on campus. And with a 1,360

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leadership qualities—the Chicago-area star almost single-handedly led Glenbrook North High School through the playoffs to a state championship, scoring 134 points in three games. Meanwhile, Henderson fills the biggest hole in the Duke lineup by providing the Blue Devils with a slashing wing forward. The son offormer Celtics and 76ers guard Gerald Henderson Sr., the 6-foot-5, 200pound Henderson Jr. is certainly athletic and has the strength to get to the basket. In addition, Henderson excels in two categories that should bring a smile to Krzyzewski’s face—last season, he led his team in rebounding and charges taken. At 7-foot-l, 270 pounds, Zoubek gives the Blue Devils something they have not had in more than a decade: a true 7-footer in the low post. Although he may not be as athletic as Henderson or Scheyer, Zoubek’s size and fundamentals could make him a

SAT score, Zoubek should have no trouble digesting Duke’s playbook. Equally important to their commitments, each of the recruits projects as a

three-to-four-year collegiate player, giving Duke an opportunity to have a potentially historic team when die classes of 2005 and 2006 become upperclassmen. At 6-foot-5, 175 pounds, Scheyer must add muscle before he can consider a leap to the NBA. Henderson must tweak his perimeter shot, and Zoubek must develop more athleticism before he can leave

college. This gives Duke unparalleled luxuries both on and off the court. The commitment of three top-25 prospects in the class of 2006 mitigates the experience crunch the Blue Devils will soon be facing. Duke expects to have no seniors and just two juniors, DeMarcus Nelson and Dave McClure, in 2006. But the presence of at least seven projected AllAmericans should give Duke plenty of talent

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Despite jumping out to a 3-0 first-quarter lead, the Blue Devils struggled to find the net for the rest of the half. Seeing its lead dwindle to a 4-3 halftime advantage, Duke entered the break knowing that they needed to find away to take control of the game. Answering the call to action was defenseman Casey Carroll, who opened up the scoring for the Blue Devils just forty seconds into the half. The sophomore managed to evade a handful of Big Red defenders before firing in a left-handed shot for his first career goal. ‘You don’t draw that up in the playbook,” Pressler said. “I thought that goal

in particular ignited us.” Following Carroll’s lead, Duke’s offensive trio of Zach Greer, Dan Flannery and Matt Danowski began to take control of the game. Danowski led all scorers with five goals and an assist, while Flannery contributed two assists and a pair of goals. Greer added a hat trick of his own, giving him 53 goals on the season and tying him with John Fay for Duke’s single-season record. “Today was a great example of how we can play,” Greer said. “We got to move the

ball on offense—it’s that one more pass that’s been key for us all year. Rather than taking 10 to 12 yard shots, we’re getting closer shots or slam dunks on the crease.” When the dust finally setded, Duke had a 11-3 fourth quarter lead, leaving Cornell head coach Jeff Tambroni wondering what happened to his squad. “I felt like coming out of die second half, we were going to make it a litde more of a grind,” Tambroni said. “[Duke] just did such a good job of exploiting us at both ends of the field in the first five to six minutes, which eventually put it out of reach.” In an attempt to cut down on Blue Devil possessions from the game’s outset, Cornell abandoned its high-powered transition attack in favor of a slower, ball-control based offense. While the strategy was effective in slowing down Duke, it came at the expense of the Big Red’s own offensive output. Cornell was shut out in two of the first three quarters, and did not enjoy any sustained runs until the offense was finally unleashed in the fourth quarter. Top-seeded Johns Hopkins (14-0) and fourth-seeded Virginia (11-3) will squareoff in Saturday’s other contest at 2 p.m. This year marks the first time that one conference has had three teams reach the national semifinal round.

to make up for its inexperience.

In addition, Krzyzewski will have the opportunity to shuffle his lineup. In 2006, Duke could start a traditional lineup of projected All-Americans in point guard Greg Paulus, Nelson, Henderson, Zoubek and power forward Josh Mcßoberts. But Duke could also play four guards Nelson, Paulus, Scheyer and Henderson—or three players taller than 6-foot-10— Zoubek, Mcßoberts and center/forward Eric Boateng—and still field five McDonald’s All-Americans on the court. On the recruiting trail, Krzyzewski can now risk pursuing possible NBA draft picks knowing he has three blue-chippers safely in tow. The Blue Devils may still look for a power forward as insurance in case Mcßoberts leaves Duke. Because of the other commitments, top-10 prospects such as Brandan Wright and Thaddeus Young could now figure more prominentiy into Krzyzewski’s recruiting plans and will likely receive more of Krzyzewski’s attention. —

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hour, the women’s golf coach from Brown University. The sophomore said she worked with Harbour more on the mental game than on her actual swing. She said she has since learned to stay in the moment and the shot at hand, rather than concerning herself with past or future holes. Since the switch, she has competed in seven tournaments and played her best collegiate golf, winning two of the tournaments and collecting a pair of secondplace finishes. “I’ve seen her evolve into someone who stands on her own two feet,” Brooks said. “Her swing and confidence have gotten much better recendy.” Even with her personal success, Grzebien said the best moment of the spring season was her team’s rebound from a second-place performance at the NCAA East Regionals in Gainesville, Fla. to win the NCAA Championships. Last season Duke entered the championships having won 10 consecutive tournaments. With high expectations, the Blue

Devils struggled and finished in third place. Grzebien said that watching another team hoist the national championship trophy was one of the worst moments in her golf career and that the team entered the tournament this year with a little extra fire. “We all worked real hard and everyone was strong mentally,” the sophomore said about her team thisyear. “It was a big thrill to win and great to celebrate with all my teammates.” With an individual and team national championship under her belt, Grzebien has reached the pinnacle of women’s college golf. She said she would take time this summer to allow her wrist tendonitis to subside completely, and then prepare for next season. Since graduating senior Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh is the only player Duke expects to lose, the Blue Devils are poised to make another run at the national championship. “I’m going to take some time this summer to get refreshed,” Grzebien said. “I’m going to train hard and get ready for the fall, but I want to make sure I’m not worn out and that I’ll be excited to play with my team

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CHAMPS from page 1 nine, Duke had actually lost ground and was 10 strokes off the lead. But highlighted by chip-in birdies by Grzebien and Brittany Lang on the 12th and 16th holes, respectively, Duke stormed into the lead and tallied 15 birdies down the stretch. The team’s six-under-par 278 was not only the tournament’s best score by seven strokes, but also the best ever for the Blue Devils in NCAA Championship play. Grzebien bogeyed die first hole of her round but made no more mistakes, as she carded seven birdies. Duke entered the last round of play with a comfortable eight-stroke lead over Auburn and a nine-stroke advantage on UCLA. Fighting cold, wind and rain, the Blue Devils saw their lead shrink to as few as four but persisted through the difficult weather to claim the championship. “Playing in these conditions, we had the energy that we needed and the patience that we needed to come out with a win,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “They pulled it together. We became more of a team as the season went along, and I think we were the most united at the very end when we needed it the most.” Freshman Jennifer Pandolfi and graduating senior Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh both struggled through the fourth round, but Grzebien, Lang and Liz Janangelo all turned in solid scores that kept Duke in the lead. Grzebien did not find the success she had in her spectacular third round, but she notched only three bogeys in the treacherous weather and turned in a two-over 73. The sophomore was mobbed by her teammates when she sank a short par-putt on the 18th green that sealed the team’s championship and her own one-shot win over Virginia’s Leah Wigger. “It was great to have the team there to greet me,” Grzebien said. “To win as a team is really special.” Tallying Duke’s best score in the final round, Lang carded three-birdies on the back nine andfinished even par for the day. The sophomore won three tournaments this season and came in two shots behind Grzebien in a tie for third place overall. Janangelo was never in serious contention for the individual tide after firing a 78 in the second round and adding a quadruple bogey on the third hole Thursday. But the reigning National Player of the Year rebounded and scored a oneover 72 Friday. “It’s nice knowing that if you’re not in

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BrittanyLang's third round 68, which included birdies on the last three holes, helped her clinch a tiefor third. the mix for individuals, you’re not playing for yourself on the last day, you’re playing for your team,”Janangelo said. “It’s so satisfying that we all came out on top together.” The team’s lone freshman, Pandolfi carded the team’s top opening round score with a one-over 72 but fell apart in the second round with no birdies add 10 holes with bogeys or worse. With the Blue Devils hot in the third round, she shook off six bogeys to finish just three over par—one ahead of teammate Janangelo. “We were so proud of Jenny when she came in here and shot a 72 in the first round,” Janangelo said. “To come in as a freshman and shoot one over in the first round is huge.” Following the tournament, Brooks was named the National Coach of the Year and Grzebien, Janangelo and Lang were all selected first team All-Americans. AazamZanganeh earned honorable mention. NOTES: With National Championships in 1999, 2002 and now 2005, Brooks tied men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski for the most at Duke.... Grzebien joins Virada Nirapathpongporn (2002) and Candy Hannemann (2001) as the only Duke players to win the individual crown at the NCAA Championships.... In the 20042005 season, the Blue Devils won nine of their 12 tournaments.... Duke won the NCAA Fall Preview on the Mqadows Course by six strokes over Washington.

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begin Saturday. The tiny bit more class time created by the new schedule is designed to even out the num-

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necessary (and might significantly change the length of winter break), Duke needs to set aside unfragmented time for students to reflect on their semesters, review what they’ve learned and process how it all fits together. During the year, students rush to comand reading period is one of the best times to let thatknowledge distill and coalesce. Reading period is also the last chance for stduents to catch up in classes and to seek help before taking tests that count for substantial portions of their grades. If that takes place over a weekend, professors and teaching assistants are less likely to be in their offices to offer help. That ultimate study period ought to be a time when the University’s resources are fully available, from the faculty to the facilities. Without those resources, reading period is just another break.

I kind of like that Thanksgiving break will be longer, but kids will skip Monday and Tuesday and make a 10-day break—l feel like lam going to do that. Senior Karthik Challa on the new academic calender. See story page 3.

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talent necessary to ensure a over, basketball, Duke has built a new team’s future success, Still, Duke’s continued dynasty: sports women’s golf. With last dominance in women’s golf week’s top finish at the indicates more than excelNCAA Champilent recruiting the onships, staffedltorfal and scholarship team earned its Head funding third national tide in seven coach Dan Brooks, who has years, bringing Duke’s total led the team for 21 seasons, is one of few golf coaches who championships to seven. In an individual sport like can tally his success by tourgolf, a handful of talented naments won in a sport more performers can draw national frequently gauged by average attention and build a pro- place on the leaderboard. He has been named Nagram’s reputation, making it tional Coach of the Year four easier for one school to retimes over the last seven years peatedly dominate. Non-revand next year will likely beenue teams have an additional advantage once they are on come the winningest coach in top, as their players benefit women’s golf history. With its stellar recruits and from media publicity rarely found outside of the major coaching, the women’s golf team is primed to dominate money-making sports. next fall the Blue for years. And as the school’s In fact, Devils will welcome two of the focus shifts from exclusively top women’s golfers in the revenue-generating sports to country, proof that a stellar give non-revenue sports more reputation —and a full scholsupport, we hope that other arship to Duke—can lure the teams follow that lead.

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I had a tail—l don’t, for the record—- bruise-free, and more importandy, that I feinated and more than slightly self-imporwas able to put aside my star-struck acolyte tant tectonic plates. it would have been squarely tucked bestatus in order to make an observation: That The reasons for such general unease tween my trembling knees on Tuesday, are plentiful. For one thing, DSG has a the second official day of my internship in as tense as things ever are between government and press, there’s at vast and complicated set of by-laws that, for the Senate press gallery. least a let’s-try-to-help-eachreporters and senators alike, have proven Around 2:30 in the afterother-out attitude that I feel more difficult to understand than Chinese noon, I was sent down by is absent in campus politics. algebra. When a reporter misinterprets my boss to help man a Duke Student Governthe floor proceedings—guilty as charged—or conference on press when the press picks up on the body’s vioment exerts authority as second floor of the Capitol. the sole student-elected lation of its own laws (Duke for Kerry rally, and dozens of reDozens of self-touted “lobbygroup anyone?), and photographers things implode. The next thing porters ists” to the administrayou know, DSG leaders are citing their“retwere “staked out” outside Sarah ball tion—the Duke definition icence to speak,” the exact opposite reacthe two conference rooms. of a student government. tion than should be effected. Speak, for As each senator moved out guest commentary The rag you’re reading (to Christ’s sake—speak up and clear your of the room and into the would save you a flip backwards, name or correct our mistake. hall, reporters that would be The Chronicle) is our local It is simply within the stated functions of pounce for interviews. version of the government press corps. the press to remain in watch-dog, watchAnd that’s when I started to quake This is wrong, I thought—surely they don’t Being the only news daily that caters to the your-mouth mode. There’s a limit to all of mean for me to be allowed around here. entire University, it has a monopoly on that, of course. Hypercriticism outside the confines of the back edit pages exceeds that I’m two feet from Senators McCain and that title. Anyone with C-SPAN can see the tense limit, but a hard-nosed newspaper benefits Kennedy—or, more impressive to a newspaper junkie like myself, I’m four steps buffer between government officials and everyone (except law-breakers) in the longaway from Washington Post columnist the gaggle of reporters constantly choked run. Tension between the two groups is fine, David Broder. Any second now, I was sure, around them. It’s no surprise that the same and stimulates sharp reporting; suppressed some beefy Capitol Police employee is tension mars DSG-Chronicle relations. But ire, as seems to be the status quo, is not. Sometime during finals period last segoing to snatch me up by the shoulders of rather than being diffused among hundreds of representatives and thousands of mester, I attended a dinner where I remy cheap black suit and deposit me bumreporters, the Duke version is institutional, ceived a gag gift that is now hanging in my first on the wet marble sidewalks. room; a camisole and A-line skirt conBut I’m happy to say that my rear is us vs. them. Think sleep-deprived, over-caf-

strutted entirely out of Chronicle pages, made more durable (and conveniendy waterproof) with clear packing tape. Gee, thanks—l always needed one of those. As I was admiring the filled-out crossword on the skirt's hem, someone explained the gift to me. “We always give you a hard time about being a Chronicle writer,” said a friend, a former (and formerly maligned) DSG affiliate and graduating senior. “Now you can wear your title with pride. Do your best to improve the publication.” I think I smiled, although The Chronicle hardly rests under my auspices. I’d add to his request and turn it around to DSG’s distinguished future leaders: Consider the value in talking frequently to the press, in maintaining civil relations and in being clear and persistent with both procedure and interesting events (like Chris Chin was with DevilDVD). If I’d received a quarter every time I heard DSG reps say, “The Chronicle never covers the important stuff we do,” well, I’d probably have done my laundry more than four times last semester. Ix-nay the reticence to speak, the press’ll get the rules down—6,ooo undergrads-turned-voters will be better off. Sarah Ball is a Trinity sophomore andEditorial Page Managing Editor of The Chronicle.

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deal on confirmation of judicial nominees seems lieving that her libertarianism will usefully leaven the fedby seven Democrats essentially eral judiciary. But have Democrats, by allowing her confirmation, said that a nominee like her does not constitute supported by their party’s base and seven Republicans at odds with theirs. It contains one crucial phrase— an “extraordinary circumstance”? Democrats will filibuster only in “extraordiSenate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s promnary circumstances”—and it is undefined. ise to “closely” monitor Democrats’ compliUnless it is defined by the Democrats’ ance with the deal concerning judicial conGeorge will recent behavior. But can anyone contrive firmations will not require minute guest commentary to tickle coherence from that behavior? measurements with a jurisprudential miDemocrats have agreed to stop filibuscrometer. Democrats, that herd of indetering the confirmation of threejudges they have hitherto pendent minds, will or will not, as a bloc, filibuster a nomiidentified as extraordinarily dangerous to fundamental nee whose only discernible disqualification is his or her American liberties. One of the three, Priscilla Owen, is an deviation from the prevailing consensus in the faculty impeccable representative of mainstream conservative ju- lounges of the Yale, Harvard, Michigan, Chicago, Stanford risprudence. Have Democrats reserved the right to filiand Columbia law schools. buster similar nominees? The infinitely elastic phrase “extraordinary circumAnother of the three, Janice Rogers Brown, is out of stances” may have various meanings when the issue is filling that mainstream. That should not be an automatic disa Supreme Court vacancy. If the vacancy is occasioned by the qualification, but it is a fact; She has expressed admiration retirement of a conservative justice, the phrase may mean for the Supreme Court’s pre-1937 hyper- that Democrats will find nothing “extraordinary” in Presimt George W. Bush’s nomination of someone like Judge ;hael McConnell of the 10th circuit, whose many impresopinions and other writings are broadly respected, if diseed with, by most occupants of those faculty lounges But what if- the issue is replacing a liberal—say, Justice Itevens, who is 85—and thereby changing the complexion a closely divided court? Then Democrats may suddenly .cover the charms of natural law theory and announce t a “balanced” court is ordained by the laws of nature d nature’s God, so the nomination of even a maintain conservative jurist would constitute an “extraordilary circumstance.” The compromise is a mere pause, and arguably a prut one, in a protracted fight. However, it looks to many iservatives like a defeat, pardy because of Frist's own ;toric, which was tactically imprudent and mistaken as a tter ofconstitutional law. instead of just correctly arguing that the Democrats’ truction of up-or-down Senate votes on judicial nomi;s was wrong—a violation of the ethics of legislative :esmanship—he incorrectly said the obstruction violata constitutional right. Once he cast this controversy as defense of such a glisteningright—one not enumeratin the document—any compromise would seem to ©gate the nation’s foundational document. Harry Reid, the Democrats’ tone-deaf minority leader, said the fight that has produced this temporary truce “was a fight for Americans’ basic rights and against the to have been struck

Republicans’ abuse of power.... Americans have said no to Republicans limiting our freedoms.” By so speaking, Reid, a stranger to magnanimity, wounded the seven Republicans who gave him the occasion for exhibiting his smallness. Because of John McCain’s conspicuous role in this episode conspicuousness sometimes seems to be his political philosophy—the episode will resonate in the competition for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. By brokering the deal that allowed Reid to gloat, he may have guaranteed that a large portion ofhis party’s nominating electorate will have an ABM principle—Anyone But McCain. Even allowing for the Senate’s normal narcissism, Reid’s apparently ingenuous belief that Americans’ “basic rights” were at risk in a change of Senate rules was, in its way, comic. So, a final thought on the rhetorical slapstick of recent weeks: By giving the filibuster sacramental status, Democrats have become, with the zeal characteristic of recent converts, devout communicants in the church of tradition, willing to die in the last ditch in defense of the Senate as the Frame' suppo; —

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