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Patient decries response to fluid mix-up Duke to launch aid by

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Raleigh resident Carol Svec is leading efforts to protest Duke University Medical Center's handling of the fluid mix-up. labeled as containing detergent. Svec had rotator cuff surgery Nov. 15 at Duke Health Raleigh, and she has spent the last seven months drawing attention to the mix-up—supporting and comforting patients who previously felt they had few places to turn. Patients have criticized Duke for not releasing information about the chemical composition of the liquid earlier; it took more than six months for Duke

and Exxon Mobil Corporation—which produces the fluid—to make the data public. In early July, Dr. Michael Cuffe, vice president for medical affairs at DUHS, said Duke should have responded more quickly and clearly when corresponding with patients about the specifics of the situation. “Duke did the right thing immediately,’" he said, citing Duke’s decision to correct the problem

and analyze the data gathered to assess the impact of the mix-up. “But I think Duke could have done better in communicating with the patients.” Cuffe also noted that Duke should have relayed the urgency of the situation to ExxonMobil when requesting information about the fluid. Since the discovery of the

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liath tale. Carol Svec, a health writer from Raleigh, is almost singlehandedly taking on Duke University Health System. Acting as an advocate for patients affected by the widely publicized hydraulic fluid mishap of November and December 2004, Svec is pushing for patients’ rights and calling for more transparency from DUHS administrators. “We were put in this situation by no fault of our own. We were harmed while under Duke’s care,” Svec said, adding that she has spoken with more than three dozen affected patients the day before. “We would just like to be helped.” In late 2004, employees at Duke Health Raleigh and Durham Regional Hospital—both DUHS facilities—used tainted surgical tools in more than 3,800 surgeries. The instruments had been washed with elevator hydraulic fluid in one step of the standard cleaning process. An employee of a local elevator comhad pany inadvertently drained the fluid into drums

The University is gearing up for a new fundraising initiative targeted solely at financial aid. Administrators expect the initiative, which is slated to begin sometime this winter, to significantly boost Duke’s financial aid endowment and lessen the percentage of aid funded by the annual operating budget. Duke currently spends about $5O million each year to help students pay for tuition, room and board. Approximately 20 percent of the funds come from the financial aid endowment—money raised from investing and earning interest on the endowment. The rest comes from the operating budget, which is money that can be spent on a variety of other needs, including salaries, programming and renovation costs. With the new initiative, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said the University hopes to increase the endowment enough so that only 50 percent ofannual

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CAMPUS DEBATE | ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Students, profs question class climate by

Steve Veres

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Michael Munger is hard to miss. With his wild curly hair, booming voice and wealth of political knowledge, Munger is one of Duke’s most recognized and

respected professors. But the chair of the political science department is also known by many as a conservative fixture in the classroom. He said students have come to him complaining about political bias, telling him they think they received an A- on a paper because they did not agree with his views. “That’s not blatant political discrimination,” Munger said. “You write a good paper and get a D, I may listen.” At the root of the students’ concerns—warranted or not—is an ideal intertwined with the TOM MENDEL/THE CHRONICLE

Students and professors agree that discussion is key to protecting academic freedom.

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Graduate student held in Armenia by

Tiffany Webber THE CHRONICLE

In the wee morning hours of

June 17, fourth-year Duke graduate student Yektan

Turkyilmaz ex-

changed farewells with friends at an airport in Yerevan, Armenia, and went to reunite with his family in Istanbul, Turkey. Four weeks later, Turkyilmaz still has not reached his final destination. “We were expecting his arrival at 2 p.m. We didn’t know where he was for 15 hours,” his sister Zeynep said. “We couldn’t figure out what was going on; it didn’t make sense at all.” Early in the morning he left for Istanbul, Turkyilmaz—who is studying cultural anthropology—was placed under arrest by Armenia’s National Security Service and escorted to the police headquarters in Yerevan,

the Armenian capital. Although no formal charges have

been filed against Turkyilmaz, officials allege he was in breach of an Armenian law that forbids the exportation of books more than 50 years old. Turkyilmaz was returning

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several weeks working in the Armenian national archives—the first Turk allowed to do so—as part of research for his dissertation. During his trip, Turkyilmaz SEE ARMENIA ON PAGE 17


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Angelica Central overhaul delayed strikes deal with union After years of debate and negotiation, Angelica Corp.—the laundry service used by Duke University Health System reached an agreement with workers’ —

union UNITE HERE. Workers at non-unionized Angelica plants, including the Durham plant, can now decide by vote whether and how to unionize without facing pressures from company management. The agreement requires non-unionized plants to use a public “card check,” rather than secret ballot, method when deciding if they want to unionize under UNITE HERE, which represents workers at 23 of Angelica’s 35 plants. Angelica employees previously told The Chronicle that they experienced unfair conditions and harassment from anti-union workers and management. The University and DUHS, per policy, do not directly force companies to allow workers to unionize. In the past, however, Duke has indicated that it wants Angelica to improve the working conditions at the Durham plant. Over the past year, students in Duke’s chapter of Students Against Sweatshops have supported UNITE HERE and staged several demonstrations on campus.

Officials announced in earlyjune that the University has pushed back the first phase of Central Campus renovations by one year. The project is now set for completion in Fall 2008. The University said the decision to delay the revitalization initiative was made largely in response to an expected housing crunch created by the increased enrollment of the Pratt School of Engineering by 200 students over four years. “The idea to push the project to 2008 is based on our own sense of the pace of what we can do,” Provost Peter Lange said in June. “To do this right, we felt the extra time would be useful.”

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and a media center. Duke also announced in June that it will seek University College District zoning for the new campus. The decision was welcomed by Durham residents who have expressed concern that Central will draw customers and income from local businesses. rants

A&S hires 10 target profs Trinity College of Arts and Sciences will welcome 34 new senior-level professors next year, including 10 identified as members of a “wish list” for new hires. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences George McLendon and other top academic officials aggressively recruited top professors from across the nation and around the globe. The hires will arrive from top-tier institutions including Yale University, Princeton University and University College in London. The professors will also work in a variety of disciplines ranging from primatology and ethnomusicology to archaeology

and genomics. The 10 target hires are Carla Antonaccio of Wesleyan University; Patricia Bauer of Minnesota University; Paul Berliner of Northwestern University; Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Texas A&M University; David Goldstein of University College, London; Thomas Mitchell-Olds of the Max Planck Society; David Rohde of Michigan State University; Warren Warren ofPrinceton; Claire Williams of Texas A&M; and Anne Yoder ofYale. Duke officials credit the successful recruitment to McLendon’s efforts and the University’s appeal as both an institution and community.

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Dr. Barton Haynes, director of Duke’s Human Vaccine Institute and Frederic M. Hanes professor of medicine, has studied HIV/AIDS for 15 years and has no intention of stopping—especially now that he has the backing of the world’s eight leading industrialized, democratic nations and $3OO million from the National Institutes of Health. The funds will support the new Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, established July 14 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases, a department of NIH. As the leader of the center, Haynes will coordinate an international consortium of HIV vaccine researchers. The center’s objective is to design, develop and test potential HIV vaccines. It will use many ofits resources to gain a greater understanding of the virus, especially its earliest stages of infection. “This is an extraordinary opportunity because we won’t be resource-limited,” Haynes said. “But it’s also a lot of responsibility to make sure that we use these resources to move forward.” In its first year, the center will receive more than $l5 million from the NIAID, which anticipates committing as much as $49 million for each of the subsequent six years. The center was created in response to a 2003 proposal presented by the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, a group composed of prominent HIV vaccine researchers from around the world, including Haynes. SEE VACCINE ON PAGE 17

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Record number of seniors to leave campus housing By Eric Bishop THE CHRONICLE

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counting on living off campus when they return from studying abroad in the spring could be in for a rude awakening. The number of juniors allowed to live offcampus this spring will be considerably lower than last year, Residence Life and Housing Services officials said. An unprecedented number of seniors will be living off campus, leaving more beds available on campus for returning juniors. Duke requires students to live on campus for three years. In addition to seniors, some juniors returning from abroad who submit applications to RLHS are allowed

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For the first time in six years, Duke University Medical Center has failed to claim the No. 6 spot on U.S. News and World Report’s annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. Despite falling two spots to eighth place overall this year, DUMC maintained distinctions in 16 of 17 specialties ranked by the magazine, a number consistent with last year’s report. The honor roll presented in the July 18 cover story represents the cream of the crop of the 6,007 medical centers in the U.S. The 16 hospitals that made the roll had to achieve very high rankings in at least six specialties. Heart and heart surgery and geriatrics were DUMC’s strongest areas of expertise, ranking fourth in both. It also placed in the top 10 in the specialties of cancer, gynecology, orthopedics,

digestive disorders, psychiatry, urology, respiratory disorders, ophthalmology, kidney disease and rheumatology. “I’m disappointed by the drop because we’re better than that,” said Dr. Michael Cuffe, vice president for med-

RLHS said 1,056 seniors have chosen to live off-campus this year, up from 871 last year. The jump represents the biggest offcampus migration in recent memory. Though Manager of Housing Administration Donald Love could not pinpoint the reason why so many seniors are leaving, he noted that new apartment complexes like Station Nine and Partner’s Place have created “a lot more apartment space closer to campus.” He also mentioned the quad model—the system that governs on-campus housing—and the re-

ical affairs at Duke University Health Systems. However, he added that “we’re going to celebrate and be pleased and congratulate our employees and physicians at doing so well and being recognized as being one of the top hospitals in the country.” Dr. Ross McKinney, vice dean for research in the School of Medicine also said DUMC should have been ranked higher but admitted the way the list is viewed changes from year to year. “[The rankings] are very arbitrary, you like to brag about them when you’re on the way up and you like to acknowledge

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health&sdence dukemed years This year marks the 75th anniver-

sary of Duke Medicine. Duke's medical tradition traces its origins to a donation given by James B. Duke to start a medical school, hospital and nurses home in 1925.T0day, Duke University Medical Center boasts a history marked by growth and innovation.

1929 Seventy students are admitted to Duke's new medical school. July 21, 1930

Duke Hospital

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1937 Duke establishes the nation's first brain tumor treatment program. 1957 The hospital and medical school are renamed Duke University Medical Center. 1971 The Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is created. 1985 Duke is one of two hospitals to conduct the first human clinical trials of AZT, a drug offered to AIDS patients. 1998

The Duke University Health

System, a regional academic heath care system, is established. DUHS includes three hospitals, several clinics, hospice services and other facilities.

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After gaining about 200 pounds over the course of 15 years, Kay Adock knew she desperately needed a drastic life change. Once “thin in her youth,” Adock began to pack on pounds in her mid-40s. Two injuries—one from a fall that crushed her arm and shoulder—incapacitated her for several months and only exacerbated her weight gain. “Life just wasn’t a lot of fim,” Adock said. “I just went into depression and thought, ‘Well this is it. Life is over.’” Obese, diabetic and virtually immobile, Adock tried every conventional diet available. When she made a final plea to her doctor for help, he recommended the Rice Diet Program in Durham. Adock and her husband decided that she would try the medically-supervised program for one month. She moved from their home in Fuquay Varina, N.C., to the Quality Inn in Durham and devoted herself to every aspect of the diet, which includes a strict nutritional plan, motivational speakers, yoga and meditation sessions at the Rice House Clinic. After the first month, Adock felt so empowered by her progress, she decided to keep going. One month turned into two, and two turned into 11. So far she has lost 143 pounds. “I figure, this is the way I have to live. This is a new way of life,” Adock said. Every year, more than 4,000 dieters like

Over the course of 11 months, Kay Adock has lost 143 pounds on the low-calorie, low-sodium Rice Diet in Durham. Adock make the pilgrimage to a variety of diet centers in Durham in search ofa new way oflife. The Bull City became known as the “Diet Capital of the World” in the 1930s after Duke kidney specialist Dr. Walter Kempner advocated treating various diseases with a healthy diet. To alleviate hypertension, for example, Kempner prescribed a low-calorie, low-sodium plan consisting primarily ofrice and fruit. It became known as the Rice Diet Kempner’s diet was effective in fighting hypertension, high blood pressure and diabetes-associated ailments, but it was the signif-

icant weight loss patients experienced that gave the program international distinction. Several celebrities, including Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation founder Colonel Harland Sanders, became Rice devotees. The program split from Duke University in 2002 and now operates independently. Two other programs offering alternate diet plans have also developed in the area—the Structure House and the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. Each of the diet centers boasts a SEE DIETS ON PAGE 22

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DUMC treats 2 bombing victims by

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Emily and Katie Benton, two sisters who were transferred to Duke University Hospital after suffering injuries in the London bombings July 7, are healing well and in good condition, according to a July 15 report from Duke University Medical Center. After receiving initial treatment at a London hospital, Emily, 20, and Katie, 21 —college students from Knoxville, Tenn.—arrived at DUH July 10. Both suffered one blown eardrum and shrapnel and blast in-

juries on their feet and hands.

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11 to help close wounds on their feet, will continue to stay at Duke during their rehabilitation. Doctors are unsure how long the recovery process will take, “These young ladies are very strong individuals. They have a lot of faith and family support,” Dr. Gregory Georgiade, professor of surgery and one of the doctors treating the sisters, said in a July 11 press conference SEE SISTERS ON PAGE 19

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When Clare Lascelles heard the rumble ofmedia helicopters competing with the sound of her professor’s voice during a lecture July 7, she just assumed it was a “busy day” in London. It wasn’t until the junior from Atlanta, Ga., who is studying at the London School ofEconomics for the summer, went to grab a drink during a class break that she learned four explosions had rocked the city in the busy morning hours. A woman on an elevator told Lascelles a bomb had exploded in the subway. The woman had also seen a doubledecker bus with its top blown off that morning. For Lascelles, the news hit close to home “I’m actually in a global politics in the Middle East class, so it was all so real—the class was becoming all too real,” she said. Among classmates from several countries—including England, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates—Lascelles said the American students could not help but recall Sept. 11, 2001 and react with mixed emotions. “The Americans sort of felt bad, like wherever we go these sorts of things happen,” she said. “It was almost like a feeling of camaraderie, like, ‘Oh now you know how it feels.... We’re not alone, we’re not the only ones.’” Lascelles was one of many Duke students in London during the bombings. Director of the Office of Study Abroad Margaret Riley said all students and professors in the Duke in London Drama Program—the only Dukesponsored summer program in the city—have been accounted for and are unharmed. Though she said there is no way for the University to fully account for students like Lascelles who are studying or working independently in London over the summer, Riley said she has received no reports of students being injured in the attacks. The blasts killed more than 50 people and wounded 700. Four bombers, possibly linked to al Qaeda, are believed to have died in the attacks. A fifth man, who studied chemical engineering at North Carolina State University, was arrested in Cairo based on suspicions he helped build the bombs. Junior Meredith Musselman, a participant in the Duke drama program, said she and several friends were standing just blocks away from one of the bombs when it exploded. Sophomore Edward Wardle, another member of the drama program, said he was thankful he and other Duke students living in the city are safe. families of all the victims; it’s “My heart goes out a blessing to be alive, because it could have easily been one of us in harm’s way,” Wardle wrote in an e-mail. Although classes continued as scheduled the day of the bombings, Lascelles said LSE would not allow some students out of their dormitories and told all students to remain on campus. Attendance was taken in class, and free phone service was offered to students so they could contact their families. “It was five in the morning in America so a lot of kids were waking up their parents —who had no idea what was going on,” Lascelles explained. Despite initial confusion and precautions, Lascelles said London quickly returned to normal in the attacks’ aftermath. She saw people sight-seeing near the Houses of Parliament the afternoon of July 7—albeit under the watchful eyes of extra police. Lascelles even took a train out of the city the day after the bombings and said she felt no fear. “I don’t think any of us have any apprehensions about going about in the city or taking public transportation,” Lascelles said. “My feeling about the whole situation is that it largely is silly to be afraid because once it has happened, it’s not going to happen again. The safest day to take a trip on an airplane is the day after a crash because everything is in tip-top shape.” Nonetheless, Lascelles said she and others in the city are surprised London was selected as the target of the attacks. “London is the most international city in the w0r1d.... It’s one of the places where you wouldn’t expect it to happen because people get along so well; there are so many religions and ethnicities,” she explained.


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Officials consider international travel policy in countries on the list but will allow students to participate in programs sponsored by other institutions as long as they Maital Guttman, Trinity ’O5, has discovered her passion. sign waivers. There is no policy, however, for students traveling with a professor or a She premiered her film Mechina—a documentary about young Israelis before their Duke-sponsored research grant. As administrators mull over how to forterms of mandatory military service—to a crowd of more than 500 people at Duke in mulate guidelines for these students, many the spring and is now travelling around the would-be travelers have complained this country presenting it to new audiences. year that the University is limiting their acNone of her efforts would have been ademic pursuits. Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity Colpossible, however, without Duke funding her research in Israel last summer. lege, is leading the push to establish a new “Having grant money to go to Israel policy. Though administrators have not forgave me an opportunity... that has snowmally decided on a protocol, Thompson balled into a greater thing,” Guttman said, said it is likely that one similar to the study adding she could not have done her work abroad policy will be enacted this fall. in any other country. Thompson said the University has deBut this year, students could not follow layed approving a policy because administrators have had to navigate away to adin Guttman’s footsteps. This summer, Duke did not provide studress both the academic freedom and dents with any funding for research grants safety of students in foreign countries. that involved trips to countries that were is“We don’t want to say you can’t go, we sued travel warnings by the U.S. State Dejust don’t want to advise you to go,” he said about countries on the watch list. partment. Israel, along with 28 other countries, is included on the list. Administrators were concerned that the Duke’s policy for students going to University would be held liable if a student countries on the advisory list is clearly dewas injured during a Duke-sponsored trip fined for students in a study abroad proto one of the countries on the list. Thompgram. The University operates no program son stressed that although any policy allowby

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ing students to travel to the countries puts the University in a vulnerable position, administrators wants to have protocol they can defend if something were to go wrong. Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs, estimated that only 15 to 20 students were affected by refusal of funding for trips to countries on the list. And he said the University’s study abroad policy was consistent with peer institutions. But many question whether the State Department’s list is the best basis for Duke policy. Eric Greitens, Trinity ’96, traveled to several countries on the State Department list during his time at Duke. He the list is imperfect because it includes entire countries—not just the areas where violence is present “When I was working in Croatia... it was extraordinarily safe and far from conflict,” he said. ‘Yet the entire country was on the watch list.” Merkx said because violence is unpredictable, the list can be viewed as inconsistent. “More people were killed by terrorists in Spain than Kenya last year, but Kenya is on the list and Spain is not,” he noted. But Margaret Riley, assistant dean of Trinity College and director of the Office of Study Abroad, said the list is the best available, noting that there are serious rea-

Jamaica Uzbekistan Kenya Iran Iraq Congo-Kinshasa Nepal Israel, Gaza, West Bank Afghanistan Haiti Nigeria Indonesia Yemen Bosnia-Herzegovina Central African Republic

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sons behind every travel warning. She also said students do not express interest in travelling to most countries on the list. Guttman said although she understands the University’s position, a compromise should be reached. “Education is sometimes risky and pursing your passion is sometimes risky,” she said. “But fear is not a reason not to do something.”

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They come and go in jabbering groups. The walk is a slightly turned-out half-shuffle—their soundless and unassuming steps tread the ground. Dressed in cropped sweats, gaucho pants and tight-fitting tank tops, either barefoot or in flip-flops, they proudly display the taped and untaped wounds and callouses covering their feet as evidence of their craft. The dancers who have just finished rehearsal are slowly packing up and moving out, greeting the ones coming in for their three-hour session with pleasant “hellos.” Fifteen minutes after the hour she walks in—her amiable aura made obvious by the instant camaraderie that surrounds her. It is Huai Wen Zhang’s first time in America. The 23-year-old Taiwanese native traveled to Durham in June as part of American Dance Festival’s summer program, which has made Duke its home for the past 28 summers. “For me, it is a family with the whole ADF group, even with dancers I don’t know,” she said. “It’s a stranger, but you can tell they’re a dancer—if they walk like a dancer, dress like a dancer. We all say ‘hello’ to all the dancers.” ADF brought 50 performances from 17 dance companies in seven countries to Duke between June and July. From a group of more than 300 dancers, Wen is one of 35 chosen to perform with the International Choreographers Commissioning Program at the end of the summer. Although the dancers hail from many

different countries, the universal language of dance eases translation. “Everyone is doing the same thing, they have the same goal,” Wen said. “We are just connected together, so you don’t need to talk because everybody has the same feelings.” Wen’s life as a dancer began at the age of 13, which she calls a “late start” in comparison to fellow dancers in the program but does not consider a disadvantage. “We don’t compare because there are many geniuses dial got their start very late,” she said. After a year of preliminary training, Wen was admitted to a junior school for dance in Taiwan, earning top marks at her entrance audition. When she was 15, she was admitted to Virginia School of the Arts but never attended because she was denied a visa. “How can everything have been going so smoothly? What’s happening? Why don’t they give me the student visa?” she remembered wondering at the time. Frustrated and discouraged, Wen took time off from dancing for a year in New Zealand, where she learned English. “I couldn’t go to America so I went there. I just wanted to leave Taiwan for a while,” she said. Wen returned to Taiwan at 16 and attended arts school for two-and-a-half years before enrolling in Taipei Physical Education College. She expects to graduate next year. For Wen, ADF has given her the opportunity to study her life’s passion in America. “Dreams come true here. I won’t forget SEE DANCE ON PAGE 24

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Taiwan native Huai Wen Zhang (left) travelled to Durham to participate in the American Dance Festival.


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After 26 rounds of negotiations, a new three-year contract was finally ratified by Duke and the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees June 30. The contract provides a minimum base pay of $lO per hour and salary increases of 2.5 percent to University employees represented by the Local 77 chapter of the union for each of the next three years. In addition, the two sides agreed upon a number of attendance and professional development planning standards.

“We were able to reach an agreement on issues that were important to both Local 77 and the University,” said Paul Grantham, communications director for human resources. “We have a good contract in place for the next three years. We’re pleased with the agreement,” he said. On the other side of the bargaining table, Mike Gibson, business manager of Local 77, agreed that the six weeks of negotiations with the University ended well for the involved parties. “I think economic issues were the most important, as always, but I think we got past those issues and basically headed in a new direction with Duke,” Gibson explained.

He noted that relations between the union and the University “could have been better” in the past. The new contract will cover about 900 service employees who provide dining, groundskeeping, housekeeping and animal care services for the University. In addition to affecting all new Local 77 members hired, the new base wage will also cause salaries to increase for about 300 current

employees.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said the $lO-per-hour wage was probably the most visible issue for the union going into negotiations because the University announced the same rate

for all full-time employees in the spring Trask noted, however, that a decrease in the number of days employees can arrive late, leave early or be absent without consequences was a more important issue to Duke in the negotiating process, “I think in many ways the attendancepolicy changes were more important,” Trask said. “It’s been something of a problem in that unit,” The University employs approximately 1,100 union workers—about 4 percent of the employee population. In addition to the Local 77 of AFSCME there are two smaller unions which represent transportation, skill craft and maintenance workers.

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The Best Buddies program at the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center this summer is full of students and community volunteers. The program, specific to the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation unit, pairs each volunteer with a family whose child is an inpatient. Since 1997, Duke’s Best Buddies has placed 210 volunteers with 465 families. Word of the program has been spread largely by one volunteer recommending it to another. Volunteers provide respite for parents who may need to be away from the unit for a short time. Jane Schroeder, director of family support for PBMT, said it is important that families be relieved of the stress of having a child in the hospital. “They allow families to take time off and know that someone they can trust is with their child,” she said. Volunteers go through a thorough training process. After meeting with Lindsey Kearns, the program’s coordinator, volunteers spend 12 hours preparing for the experience. Topics such as grief and loss, communication, confidentiality and med-

ical knowledge are presented through role-playing and general discussion. Volunteers are well-respected in the hospital unit and considered an essential part of the a patient’s team along with nurses and social workers. “Best Buddies has grown into something very significant,” Schroeder said. Senior Alexis Sheaffer, a Best Buddies volunteer, said the program has garnered respect due to the amount of work volunteers contribute. She added that it “is very emotionally demanding, but that’s what makes it all worthwhile.” Depending on the patient’s age and medical situation, volunteers may talk, play games or even watch DVDs with the child. Sheaffer helps her little buddy’s family by running errands for the parents and watching the child while the mother rests. Schroeder, however, said the program’s worth lies beyond what volunteers do with their buddies. “The most important thing is being able to form a relationship with the family and the patient,” she said. But lasting relationships often develop with heartbreak. During her freshman year, senior Whitney Little lost her little

buddies, twin brothers under three years old, within two weeks of each other. Being with the family through the ordeal allowed Little to become close with them, and she continues to visit them in Greece every summer. “Volunteers walk side by side with [the families] in the hardest time of their lives,” she said. Litde added that volunteers have come to appreciate the silent desperation and love that parents feel for their children. “They will do anything for their child,” she said. Best Buddies also allows students, especially those who want to become physicians, to see medicine from a unique perspective. “It exposes you to the extremes of medicine... and the amount of labor—physical and emotional—that is involved in being a doctor,” Little said. Observing patient-doctor relations in person allowed Sheaffer to become more aware of the way she plans to interact with patients as a physician. “Sometimes I see the mom nodding when she doesn’t really understand what the doctor is saying,” Sheaffer said. “When I become a doctor, I’ll know to take an extra second to explain.”

New members named to Board Seven new members of the University’s Board ofTrustees were announced July 6 by Board Chair Robert Steel. Beginning their terms with the 37member body July 1 were Thomas Clark of New York City and Litchfield County, Conn.; Robin Ferracone ofLos Angeles; Kenneth Hubbard of Greenwich, Conn.; David Rubenstein of Washington, D.C.; Robert Saunders of Durham; Alan Schwartz of Greenwich, Conn.; and Anthony Vitarelli of Marlton,

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spent time at an open bazaar in the heart ofYerevan and purchased several books from second-hand booksellers. Although most of Turkyilmaz’s research books were from the 1900s, one was a 17th-century volume. If Turkyilmaz had declared the books at the airport, he would not have been stopped from leaving Armenia, said Orin Stam, professor of cultural anthropolgy and Turkyilmaz’s fac-

Various world leaders supported the Enterprise’s recommendations at the June 2004 G-8 summit—a meeting of the leaders of the world’s eight most industrialized country. “With the epidemic continuing unabated globally, not enough progress was being made,” Haynes said. “We need to go faster and include more countries.” With a global focus—the senior leaders for the new center hail from Harvard University, University of Alabama and Oxford University—the center will establish clinical sites to find and study patients in the United States, England and Africa. The internationalreach of the project is particularly important because HIV is rapidly evolving and viral diversity presents many problems for vaccine development. Haynes said these factors have made progress in developing a vaccine more difficult than he ever anticipated. With Haynes as the head of the center, Duke continues to push forward with its institutional commitment to global health.

ulty advisor. “I’m positive he had no idea of the law banning the exportation of books,” Starn said. Turkyilmaz’s research involves investigating the involvement ofKurds, Turks and Armenians in the transformation of eastern Anatolia—the Asian region of Turkey—in the early 20th century. Stam called Turkyilmaz’s arrest ironic given that the scholar is calling for fellow Turks to recognize and understand theirrole in the persecution of Armenians in the early 1900s. Turkish-Armenian relations are still tenuous because of Armenian claims that they were victims of genocide at the hands of Turks. “I just hope people understand the books are about research. He’s not going to break the law,” Zeynep said. “His research is very important—about the relations between the two countries.” While he is being detained, Turkyilmaz is only permitted to communicate with his lawyer, who has informed Turkyilmaz’s family and Siam that he is not being mistreated. Although it remains uncertain when Turkyilmaz will be released, he will not be allowed to leave Armenia and return home until after his court date, which has not been set. Zeynep said her brother had scheduled to return to Duke mid-August. Donald Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor ofLaw and Political Science and a member of Turkyilmaz’s dissertation committee, said he finds the law against taking old books out of Armenia unusual. “I have no knowledge ofArmenian law, but I have done research in many countries. I have never heard of a prohibition on the export of books that are over 50 years old. Rare books are another matter,” Horowitz wrote in an email. Ithas been reported that none of Turkyilmaz’s books would be classified as rare. “I am deeply concerned that a Duke student—and ajonderful person—is being held,” Starn said. I*, Although it has been reported that Duke administrators have petitioned for Turkyilmaz’s release, University officials could not be reached for comment

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“This grant offers an unparalleled opportunity to perform innovative research that will lead to new design options for an HIV vaccine,” Dr. Victor Dzau, president and CEO of Duke University Health System and chancellor for health affairs at Duke, said in a statement. “With this intensive effort, we will make a substantial impact on global health.” Dr. David Goldstein, visiting professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, will lead the center’s Host and Viral Genetics Core, one of the center’s five main research foci. “The focus of my group is on understanding how genetic differences among people influence their abilities to control the virus,” Goldstein wrote in an e-mail. “Understanding why some people naturally control the virus better than others can help to provide clues to the most profitable directions for vaccine development.” The other four cores are the Structural Biology Core, the Acute HIV-1 Infections Network Core, the Clinical Core and the Vaccine Production Core. Dr. Myron Cohen from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and three doctors from Harvard Medical Center will lead the other core groups.


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DUMC from page 3 the reality of their arbitrary and capricious the way down,” he said. McKinney and Cuffe both stressed that the quality of care provided to patients is the ruler the hospital measures itself against “If we believe we’re providing the best care possible and the rankings move one way or the other, we should still be satisfied we’re doing excellent work,” Cuffe said. “We would certainly like to do better year over year in every area, but the most important thing is our patients and the quality of the care we’re delivering.” Johns Hopkins Hospital claimed the top spot on the honor roll for the 15th straight year, with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and Massachusetts General Hospital rounding out the top three. Despite being ranked in the top 30 for 16 out of 17 specialties, DUMC’s ranking nature on

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dropped in six areas and maintained said. “Even if it was only one patient and one their position in eight. The only two speparticular set of circumstances, it would cialties in which Duke’s rankings rose have an effect on reputation and not, in fact, reflect anything different about the nature were psychiatry and pediatrics. DUMC also ranked in the specialties of of care here.” Administrators said, however, that a hormonal disorders, pediatrics, neurology and neurosurgery and ear, nose and throat. lower ranking will not bring about radical Both McKinney and Cuffe stressed that changes at the hospital. Instead, they ema significant part of the rankings was phasized that their primary focus would rebased on reputation, which is determined main on providing excellent patient care. “We would like to be ranked more by a random sampling of board-certified doctors rather than statistical evidence highly. We would like to do the things that taken from clinical work or research. In justify being ranked more highly,” McKinney said. “People can make so much out fact, in five of the specialties ranked, repof small changes in these things. You alutation was the only factor considered. admitted the publiciMcKinney ways want to be good, and what matters negative ty the hospital has received in the past few most is the quality of what you do. If you years because of patient safety cases—like do good quality work sooner or later your the fatal transplant error involving Jessica reputation will rise and we certainly will Santillan and the recent hydraulic fluid mixstrive to do the best we can.” Duke has been in the top 10 since the up—probably negatively impacted DUMC’s standing. “Something like the Santillan case magazine started publishing the annual list would cause our reputation to slide,” he 16 years ago.

lease of more juniors in last year’s housing lottery as possible explanations. “Either way, fewer seniors living on campus means we release fewer juniors to live off-campus,” Love said. A lack of available on-campus housing prompted RLHS to institute a housing lotteiy last spring that released about 220 juniors—nearly all that applied—from on-campus housing requirement Although Love was unsure of the specific numbers at this point, he speculated that if the same number of juniors apply this year, only about one-half to two-thirds will be released. The news is shocking for many juniors who anticipate moving off campus in the spring. Melissa Furlong made plans months ago to live off campus with six friends when she returns from studying abroad. “If they make us live on campus when we get back, they’ll probably stick us in Edens [Quadrangle], which is like punishing us for going abroad,” she said. “The three-year housing monopoly should be illegal.” Adding to Furlong’s frustration is the fact that RLHS cannot guarantee that students returning from abroad will get their preferred roommates, a point Love emphasized. Love also advised that juniors interested in living off-campus second semester be prepared to live on campus if their applications are denied. If students are already paying deposits on apartments, they should make sure they are refundable and insist on written confirmation, he added. “Above all, be flexible and don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” Love said.

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Vacationing in London, the girls were riding one of the targeted subway trains near Edgware Road when a bomb detonated. The sisters, who believe they were about 10 feet from the blast, said they felt like they were on fire as the bomb exploded. Although the sisters were in close proximity to the bomb, Georgiade said passengers and seats around the girls likely shielded them from suffering more serious injuries. Georgiade said the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. State Department and Scotland Yard invested a substantial amount of time and energy to transport the family from England. The sisters and their mother—who flew

took a French plane to Montreal because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would not grant the foreign plane access to the the United States. Once the family arrived at RaleighDurham International Airport, a DUMC transport crew brought the Bentons to Duke. Georgiade said Katie, a senior at the University of Tennessee, is eagerly anticipating the upcoming school year, hoping she will be far enough along in her recuperation to attend her first day of classes Aug. 26. Georgiade addedKatie was “not sure why everyone is interested in them. [They] survived, the people next to them were dead.”

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Construction workers have been fixtures at variousbuilding sites on campus for months.

BUILDING from page 12 Science Research Center as part of the University’s effort to improve its sciences. With an eye towards interdisciplinarity, FSC will provide a home for and foster cooperation among the chemistry, physics and biology departments. Construction on the addition to the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy surged ahead this summer. The new Rubenstein Hall building is set for completion by September. The $ 13-million project nearly doubles the size of the current institute and will function primarily as office and research space.

Crews broke ground in March on a $17.6-million building that will house the entire School of Nursing, eliminating the inconvenience presented by the five locations that currently house various facets of the school. Although Duke’s nursing program has been in existence for nearly 75 years, the Board of Trustees recendy approved a new Ph.D. program in the field, necessitating a centralized space. The building is scheduled to be completed next summer. Renovations and the addition of a new wing to the law school—projects totaling $2O million—are slated for completion by late August. Saidi Chen contributed to this story.

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headlines after a few weeks, Svec continued pleading with local media outlets for six months to dig deeper into the story. In what she considers a turning point in her efforts, Svec said DUHS felt increased pressure to release more information when the story resurfaced in the local media and hit national headlines in mid-June, six months after the initial discovery of the mix-up. Around the same time, Svec sent an email to Dr. Victor Dzau, president and CEO of DUHS and chancellor for health affairs at Duke, asking him to use her to help the confused patients. “I was willing to lick envelopes at that time,” she said. “This was a coping mechanism for me. I needed to get out and do

tion. DUHS has used data from three different studies to reach its conclusions. The most recent study, conducted by independent firm RTI International, said any residual amount of fluid on the instruments after sterilization was, on average, only .08 milligrams. “None of the chemicals were likely to be harmful in the extremely small amounts to which patients were exposed,” DUHS stated in letter sent June 27 to affected patients. It was the third letter desomething.” livered since the mix-up; the first two also In several correspondences with Svec, emphasized that DUHS was confident pa- Dzau expressed his deep regret and contients’ health was not in jeopardy. cern about the situation. “Duke is as much a victim as the many But as an author ofhealth-related books concerned patients who underwent surwho has studied the effects of foreign substances introduced into the body, Svec was gery during that period. After all we received the material from the supplier,” not convinced by Duke’s explanations. “If you hear the [patients’] stories, they he wrote in an e-mail to Svec. “I can asare heartbreaking,” she said. “If you hear sure you that we care deeply about our Duke talk, every time they say we aren’t patients.” sick it’s a slap in the face. It’s infuriating After Dzau appointed Svec to a patient and frustrating.” advocacy group within the hospital, she called for DUMC to set up a system for Several patients have said they suffered a variety of ailments after undergolong-term tracking of patients affected by the mix-up. ing surgeries last fall after being operatBut she resigned from her position after ed on with tainted instruments. Svec said she had minor side effects a short time, saying she felt she was being after her surgery, including lingering pain used as a pawn. “I began to feel [I was] at the incision site and slow healing. She, being invited to participate only to deflect like many patients, is unsure whether her media attention,” Svec said. Instead, Svec created a support group afflictions were caused by the fluid mishap. Svec’s fight against Duke began in Januonline to give affected patients a place to talk about their experiences. She hopes to ary when she approached local media outlets to publicize Duke’s lack of transparenorganize a convention later this year, inviting psychologists and lawyers to address cy about the situation. Though the story faded from the patients’ concerns.

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yourself. When you’re dancing you cannot be uncomfortable, because we use body. You cannot hide,” Wen said. “Body language is the biggest language and most honest language in the whole world. Everyone can tell your body language. You have to love your body first, then you can dance.” Although Wen has been practicing for several weeks, she describes performing

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ACADEMIC from page 1 history of higher education: academic freedom. In its purest form, academic freedom exists when an institution fosters a culture in which students and professors are not punished for their opinions. And although most people agree academic freedom should be a given on any campus, the questions of how much ofit exists and how to protect it are grounds for debate. Even in the shadow of bold historical moves in support of an open intellectual environment, Duke—like much of academia—has struggled to shake a reputation as a bastion of liberal bias. At Duke, many believe the issue stems from a lack ofcandid dialogue. “We don’t have honest conversations about race, gender, homosexuality or religion because it’s easier not to offend anyone,” Munger said. “That is dangerous to education when you avoid things that you are confused about because you are afraid of offending someone.” Some students say problems arise from a stifling ofcertain beliefs among faculty. “For me, the issue is less so what is being taught at Duke right now, it’s what isn’t being taught,"junior Licia Yanez said. Amid the discussion, administrators are quick to point out that Duke is more open academically than many schools. “I believe Duke is pretty good in some respects to these issues,” Provost Peter Lange said. But Lange and other top brass admit that even at Duke, there is always room but no easy avenue—for improvement. —

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ACADEMIC from page 26 think some of his subject matter should be taught. “This is more than liberal bias against conservatives,” he said. “This is antagonism towards the whole idea of individualism and capitalism—any type of ideology that contradicts the philosophical premises of the department.” Hull said one reason the department excluded him was because, after taking his course, students questioned the new material in subsequent classes. “The professor gets pissed off,” Hull said. “Rather than deal with the objection and deal with the student, he gets upset and dismissive and behaves in goon-like behaviors. I’ve seen them do this to students.” The philosophy department denies these accusations. Martin Golding, a philosophy professor who supported cancelling Hull’s class, said the decision to exclude Hull was not because of his views. “We didn’t think his course was appropriate,” Golding said. “We don’t think that people that are not in the philosophy department should come from outside the philosophy department, unless

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there is a special need.” Owen Flanagan, James B. Duke professor of philosophy, questioned Hull’s credentials and speculated that he was hired because nobody else was available to teach the course. “We would not allow a person to teach in our department on a regular basis who we would not consider a credible hire by our department,” he added. “[Hull] would not be a credible candidate in our department.” Golding and Flanagan said neither political affiliation nor ideological discussions arise when deciding whether to keep or hire a professor in the department. But Hull alleged that professors who have different views are unwelcome in the department, leaving certain areas of the field potentially unexplored and untaught. The provost said standards of achievement for hiring committees are not universally specific but depend on an institution or department’s particular disciplines and subdisciplines. Many departments, particularly smaller ones, include a collection of professors with similar research specializations. But Lange said this situation can be detrimental to the academy if not monitored. “I do believe that faculty do have

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The new professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is still unpacking his office. The associate professor of sociology was recendy hired to come to Duke from Texas A&M University. Lynn Smith-Lovin, professor of sociology and chair of the department’s hiring committee, wrote in an e-mail that Bonilla-Silva’s research focus on racial oppression makes him a perfect match for a department particularly strong in the study of economic sociology. But the professor’s past may be catching up to him. In an e-mail to The Chronicle, former president of the Young Conservatives of Texas A&M Matt Maddox, who graduated in 2004, called Bonilla-Silva a “racebaiter” and an “intellectual burden.” “He doesn’t let other people voice their views in the classroom,” Maddox said in a later conversation. “I don’t think he contributed anything but stirred racial hatred on the campus.” The Young Conservatives ranked Bonilla-Silva as the top perpetrator of academic abuse in the classroom in their Professor Watch List Hall ofDishonor. Maddox said the ranking was partially based on written comments. In Bonilla-Silva’s syllabus for his “Sociology of Minorities” class, he called the U.S. “The United States of Amerikkka” and said he would “remove the three K’s from this word when the USA removes racial oppression from this country!” The Young Conservatives’ list claimed “Bonilla-Silva also routinely refers to conservative students as ‘Nazis’ or ‘Manlike’” and does not allow them to dissent in class. Though not completely surprised by the attacks, Bonilla-Silva—who is not a registered Democrat or Republican—said students gave him positive teacher evaluations, a fact he considered impressive for a professor with liberal views on a generally conservative campus. Bonilla-Silva said the statements the group criticized were “tongue-in-cheek.” His syllabus was tailored to ultraconservative students at Texas A&M, some of whom use The Bible as the main source in an essay, he explained. Bonilla-Silva said students should use scientific data if they want to oppose arguments in his class. He added that his job is to give his students the tools to challenge him with data after they have become well-versed in the subject matter he has studied for more than 20 years. Lange said he was sure nobody at Duke knew of the ranking on the watch list when Bonilla-Silva was hired but added that it would not have affected hiring. “The worst thing we could possibly do is begin to allow off-handed rankings to influence intellectual decisions,” Lange said. Philip Morgan, chair of the sociology department, challenged students to judge Bonilla-Silva for themselves. “Rather than look at some list on the Internet, you might want to drop in and listen to what he has to say,” he said. “More importantly, why don’t you pick up a book and read it. It’s not like he is hiding his views.” Future of freedom

Junior Stephen Miller is fighting for change. As the head of Duke’s chapter ofStudents for Academic Freedom, Miller hopes to change the University’s academic climate by disseminating information, pressuring professors who violate students’ liberties and working to pass an academic bill ofrights. “If you have cancer, the cure will be ugly and gruesome. Leftist bias is a cancer in academia,” he said. The group is an offshoot of the national Students for Academic Freedom organization, a conservative group trying to pass federal legislation of an academic bill ofrights. Lange said a federal mandate are not the best method of enacting effective academic change. Instead, he supports an amendment to the Duke Student Government constitution passed last spring tided “Academic Expectations and Responsibilities.” Proposed by junior Joe Fore, vice president of academic affairs, the bill states that Duke students should expect “freedom from religious, political, and other biases” in their academics. The bill does not propose a specific mechanism for change, but Fore says he will be working this year to instill a more free academic atmosphere on campus. Fore and Miller admit students cannot do the job alone. It will require efforts from administrators, whole departments and faculty as well. With no quick fix in sight, Lange says the first step to making progress is sparking discussion. “The whole idea of a university is to challenge people to think—to challenge their own way of thinking, to learn about their own way of thinking by bringing them into contact with different ways of thinking and giving them tools to do that in public and intellectually reasonable ways, ’ he said. “Debate is a good thing.”


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The Duke Center for Multicultural Affairs, the Center for Race Relations and the Presidents' Council of Cultural Student Organizations welcome the

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St. Joseph's Episcopal Church

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504 West Chapel Hill Street 683-3467 Look for the red tile roof on the hill above Brightleaf

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The Mission of St. Joseph's To follow Jesus Christ as His Disciples through Joyful Worship, Sacred Study, Christian Action, and Community Life, In the Power of the Holy Spirit

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1902 W. Main St. across from East Campus, corner of Main & Ninth St. Morning Prayer Holy Eucharist Education for all ages Sung Holy Eucharist*

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The Catholic community at Duke wishes you an enjoyable summer and looks forward to your return.

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scheduled Sunday Mass is August 21 at 11am in Richard White Lecture Hall on East Campus. next

Welcome cookout on August 28 following the Ham Mass. 9pm Mass in Duke Chapel will resume on August 28.

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Traditional Conservative Egalitarian congregation offering an Orthodox Kehilla Rabbi Steven C. Sager Shabbat services: Friday evenings 6:00 p.m. Saturdays Conservative: 9:45 a.m.

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Please join us for services next Shabbat

3 Weekend Services: Sat @ 6pm (Begins 9/10) Sun @ 9am, 11am 4723 Erwin Road (3 miles from campus)

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The Church of the Good Shepherd

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Presbyterian Church in America

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Visitors are Welcomed. For more information, contact

Lifting high the crass, to proclaim thelove of Christ!

the church office at 682-1414. Visit our webpage at www.stbarbarasch urch . org

NEW DEAN SAM WELLS The Reverend Canon Dr. Samuel Wells, from Cambridge, England, became Dean of Duke Chapel in August, and will be installed September 25. Wells has devoted himself both to parish work, especially in underprivileged areas, and to a scholarly career that has earned him a reputation as one of the major theologians writing on ethics today Dr. Wells is a fourth-generation Church of England priest. He earned a master’s degree in modem history from Oxford University, a bachelor of divinity in systematic theology from Edinburgh University and a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Durham. He has been a priest in the Church of England for 14 years, serving in churches in Newcastle, Norwich and Cambridge. Wells said there were many reasons why he was interested in the job, and is excited to come to Duke: the university, the divinity school and Duke Chapel congregation all offer unique opportunities. You can reach Dr. Wells by calling 684-2177 or by email at sam.wells@dulce.edu.

Duke Baptist Student Ministry “Love of learning and a Desire for God"

Join us for our kick-off

Bar-B-Que, for FREE food and fellowship! (Veggie options, too!) When: August 24th, 6pm Where: Meeting at the steps of Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus (We’ll be heading to Watts Street Baptist Church, one block behind Bassett dorm on the corner of Urban St. and Watts St.)

The Westminster Fellowship Welcomes Incoming Students UPCOMING EVENTS Westminster Welcome Scones Java! Sat, Aug 27, 11am &

Join us at the East Campus Bus Stop to walk over to Brightleaf Square’s “Fowlers.” You’ll meet the Westminster crowd and learn more about our fellowship.

We are an

This is the opening evening of our regular Wednesday night discussion group, focusing on issues of social justice and racial reconciliation. Opportunities for fellowship, service projects, worship and Bible study will be available throughout the semester. Visit www.wattsstreet.org for more info

Westminster Fellowship Mon., Aug 29, 8:30-1 Opm r” “Hap Hou (fellowship and snacks)

followed by program and worship in the Duke Chapel Basement Lounge.

Fall Retreat to Montreat, NC September 9-10 Includes a Saturday evening concert with singer songwriter Billy Jonas.

open-minded, open-hearted fellowship

of Duke Christians in the reformed traditions of the Presbyterian church (USA) and United Church of Christ! All interested are welcome! For more information contact;

Rev. Cheryl Barton Henry 919,684.3043

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POSITIONS Office ofSpecial Events Looking for work study quali-

fied undergraduate students for positions in the office of special events. Seeking office assistants with excellent penmanship and word processing/ Excel skills. Need to be organized, friendly, energetic, enthusiastic and hard working. Good people skills essential. Will work weekdays and some weekends in the fall (football games). Not just another office job! For more information call or 919-684-3710 e-mail: audrey.reynolds@duke.edu

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medical data, flexible hours. $lO per hour. 919.732.1640

Marketing/ advertising assistant needed for international science and theology newspaper. Excellent written/ verbal communication skills, high speed Internet access, and web research skills required. 20 flexible hours/ week on contract. $l5/ hour. Email resume letter to and cover jgodfrey @ nc.rr.com.

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FREE RENT EVE/WKND CHILDCARE Duke physician seeks evening and weekend care for 4 yr-old boy. Private bedroom, bath, all utilities, dsl, fitness center in exchange for -15 hours/week, extra hours by agreement $lO/hr. Avg 1 overnight, 1 weekend day. 3 weeks vacation, personal time Can work by agreement. around exam schedules. Located at I-40 & 751. 919.544.8584 -

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Flexible and/or occasional hours. Durham near Duke and Target. Transportation & references required. 403.0841 or jenniferjuhlin @ earthlink.net. 919.403.0841 BABYSITTER/PLAYMATE

Babysitter/playmate needed for active 3 yr old boy during weekend days (3 h) in our home convenient to Duke. Looking for sweet, fun, reliable student. $B.OO/hr. 419-1702 or 613-8621. AFTERSCHOOL SITTER NEEDED for family near Duke.

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Garage Apartment available just moments from East Campus. 500 square feet, 1 bedroom/1 bath, with washer and dryer. Central air and newly constructed (2002). Call for price. Available now. 813 Clarendon St. 919.491.0411

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Lg. furnished room to graduate student. Near Duke east campus. $4OO/ mo. 919.220.1160 FOR RENT

Lovely two bedroom

apartment at 1102A North Elizabeth in Old North Durham. $625/ month. Renovated 1915 home 1.3 miles from Duke. Stained glass front door, antique wood floors, high ceilings, large rooms, washer/ dryers, security system, access to large, fenced yard. Available August 1. Grads/ professionals preferred. cell Lamarglenn@aol.com,

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6 bedroom, 4 bath Victorian house for rent at 2019 W. Club Blvd. in Durham. Great location and neighborhood for Duke graduate students or family. Walking distance to 9th Street and East Duke campus. Includes two full kitchens and a garage. $lBOO per month. Call Carolina Realty. 919.967.6408 One bedroom house, 2 miles from Duke, 26148 Pickett Rd.. Study, laundry with washer/ dryer., living room/ dining combo, separate kitchen with dishwasher. Built in dressers and bookcases. Lots of storage and large yard. $7OO/ mo. Phone 919.612.6389 or email

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BEAUTIFUL 3 BR, 2.5 BA home on quiet cul-de-sac. In Woodlake, near Southpoint, 12 minutes to Duke. Refrig., W/ D conn., FR office, garage, huge fenced-in backyard. Community pool. $l2OO/ mo No pets. 919.806.0118 HOME FOR RENT 2614 Pickett Rd.2m from campus,3br,2ba, new heat/ ac, washer/ dryer, large porch, garage, beautiful yard. Prefer grads or professionals. $llOO/ mo. Contact: or r2jbishop@msn.com 919.612.6389 or 919.489.3074


HOUSE FOR RENT 3 bed/2.5 bath two story home for rent in nice, safe neighborhood. Bright, open, vaulted ceilings in living and master bedroom. Maple hardwood floor through out the first level. Two car garage. Short drives to Duke, UNC, and RTF. Close to South Point Mall. $1,150/mon. 919.660.2654

TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT

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Available Immediately. Large 3BR/2.58A I,Smiles from SouthPoint Mall. Townhouse in SW Durham. Near Duke/ RTP/ UNC. $9OO/ month 919.572.2219

BLACKBERRY 6200 SERIES Need/Want a Blackberry device? $lOO, device, manual, charger, stand. Service was with AT&T. Email y.huang@duke.edu for picture and more information or to buy.

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RENT Cozy 4BR 2.5 bath near Duke. Two story, stone fireplace, pool, tennis, lots of trees. Quiet friendly neighborhood, pets allowed. $llOO Toni 402-0689 919.402.0689

TRAVEL/VACATION TOPSAIL BEACH Oceanview beach condo for rent. 2 bedrooms, kitchen, balcony, indoor pool, etc. $l3OO per week. Call 919-489-1924.

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Freedom from politics? No thanks. bate, the epicenter of this controversy ongoing debate about academic freedom is proving to be is still focused on political parties and politics as usual. And who's really grades rather than whether there are surprised by that? After all, since the actually any underlying institutional biases that might play a Duke Conservative role in the substance of Union spurred a discussta ffeditOrial academic disciplines. sion about the lack of It’s an easy mistake to conservative views in the classroom in February 2004, the fault make. In conversation, “conservative” line of the debate has been largely and “liberal” have become synonyms along party lines. The student group for “Republican” and “Democrat,” for “red-state” and “blue-state.” But in acbegan the discussion by listing the poademia, the issue is—or at least litical affiliation of professors in a varishould be —more complicated than ety of departments, focusing on the humanities. It turns out many of Duke’s straight-ticket ideology. Political discrimination is a fundaprofessors in sociology, history, English mentally different issue from anti-conand philosophy are Democrats. (Noservative bias, but the terms used in tably, the political affiliations of professors from economics or the business both debates are the same. Conservaschool were not a topic of discussion.) tive (read: Republican) students, for Students alleged that political views instance, argued that liberal professors were coloring the kind of education were talking about politics in the classroom and, what is far more troubling, the school could offer. Their conclusion: rampant liberal bias. they were giving lower grades for stuUnfortunately after two years of de- dents who argued conservative posi-

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should have been the issue. A university education ought to be about how to argue coherently and with proper rigor. If students really are being graded down for what they are arguing rather than how, then that is surely a problem Duke should address. It would be, however, a problem of individual instructor—not institutional bias. Political examples and correlations certainly belong in the classroom as away of connecting theory to the world; but party-line politics shouldn’t be a part of evaluating student work. That said, the focus on grade discrimination masks an underlying issue that potentially affect the education of every student. There is a dearth of conservative education in some parts of this University. And that has nothing to do with Republican or Democratic beliefs.

Conservative ideology, as defined in a classical, non-partisan sense, is less pervasive in many disciplines than its liberal counterparts (like Marxism), but it still offers a serious approach to thinking about serious academic questions. Too few classes at Duke offer instruction in these modes of thinking. Just as students should be able to learn conservative thought even if they hold fundamentally liberal beliefs, professors ought to be able to teach it. But conservative ideas are still considered minority ideology in many disciplines. Fully integrating conservative thought into classes and into research would require a shift in thinking. Intellectual diversity has long been a goal of Duke's. As the debate about academic freedom evolves, the focus should be on the way universities regard conservative thought in a liberal education. That is a debate that could change attitudes.

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Campus Unsafely: in our pools? Duke University began subcontracting management of the Central Campus Pool to a small company called Pool Professionals in 2004. I was hired as the manager for the 2004 season and was offered the position again this year. The opening date for the pool was April 22, two weeks before final exams, and my contract stated that I would not be required to lifeguard until after my exams. The company also agreed to provide 10 lifeguards to staff the pool, but two days before the pool was to open, they only gave me four guards. I discovered on my own that one was unavailable until after final exams, and the remaining three were not CPR-certified. I notified the company of this serious problem and repeatedly asked for certified lifeguards, but they refused. I removed the uncertified guards from the schedule and was forced to close the pool frequently, as many ofyou that visited the pool during the beginning of the season may remember. As I was studying for an exam one day in the Bryan Center, I found out that my supervisor at Pool Professionals had ordered one of the uncertified guards to open the pool by himself. I called my supervisor at Pool Professionals and told him that what he was doing was unsafe and illegal. My supervisor made it clear that my position as manager was at risk if the pool was not open at all times, regardless of guards’ certification. I drove to Central Campus Pool, removed the uncertified guard from duty and closed the pool. Pool Professionals terminated my contract a few days later. While Pool Professionals’ employment practices are reprehensible, it is a minor issue. What’s frightening is that they attempted to coerce a subordinate employee into breaking the law and jeopardizing our safety. Imagine that a loved one now has a permanent disability from a simple infection because the family physician had been practicing without a license. A lifeguard that doesn’t know CPR can do as much to help a drowning victim as a six-year-old bystander can (call 911). When I notified The Chronicle of these events in late May and they began collecting information, the president of Pool Professionals ordered the staff to not speak with The Chronicle. The Duke community deserves better than to deal with a company that operates in such a shady nature and pays no regard to our safety. Some good has come out of this incident: the elevated lifeguard stand was suddenly fixed after a year of ignored repair requests, there is now new equipment in the guard room and to my knowledge, the entire staff is now CPR-certified. However, these actions were only taken in response to inquiries from The Chronicle. I wouldn’t feel any safer in the

hands of the unlicensed family physician now that he has new furniture in the office and keeps his stethoscope nice and shiny.... The Duke community is now aware of this lifeguard safety issue and will be at fault if no action is taken. Mason Shieh, Pratt ’O5

Volunteer work still yields results To Dan Englander in response to your column “Team Malaria” (June 23, 2005): You’re right, one idealistic 18 year old cannot possibly save Kenya, Africa or the rest of the developing world. Making that realization is the first step toward productive humanitarianism. Ajid even if that’s all you’ll take away from your summer volunteering in Africa, you will come out ahead. But I believe your volunteering experience has already taught you much more than that. You have learned how deeply rooted in culture many of Africa’s problems are. And you’ve learned how frustrating it is to constantly adjust your expectations. But in any cross-cultural volunteering experience, adjusting and re-adjusting goals is what it’s all about. You have empowered 12 Kenyans to take control of their own sexual health. That means twelve fewer victims of HIV/AIDS and many more potential cases of HIV avoided when your students do not transmit the disease to their sexual partners. And that’s before we consider the potential impact your students have on their community as they, in your words, “may or may not go on to teach their friends” and relatives about HIV. It may be a small dent, but what we have to understand as volunteers is that small dents are the name of the game when it comes to HIV/AIDS education. Consider, also, that what you take away from volunteering can be as important as what you contributed. How much has your perspective changed? How much more of a global citizen (and malaria victim) do you feel, and how will that change the way you live upon your return to Duke? How many more people can you inspire to volunteer—instead, perhaps, of having those internships? What you gain—and share back home —in the way of perspective can be extremely impactful. This is especially true in your case: Your words in The Chronicle reach thousands ofreaders. So don’t throw your hands up with “my hours of work have actually done little good.” Find the value in the small dents you’ve made and keep working to inspire your friends back home to take on the task of making dents.

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Duke hired one of its own to fill the coaching void left after Bill Hillier resigned from his position as head baseball coach May 25. Sean McNally, a four-year letterman for the Blue Devils in the early 19905, will take the helm of a struggling program, Athletics Director Joe Alieva announced July 15 at a press conference. “Sean represents things that we were looking for in a coach,” Alieva said. “He knows the game of baseball. He’ll be able to teach it, communicate what it’s like to be a Duke baseball player and, most importantly, sell young kids on the experience at Duke: the benefits of coming here and their development not only as a student-athlete but their development as a potential professional baseball player.” McNally, 32, spent the last three seasons in various coaching capacities at the minor league level, most recently as manager of the Cleveland Indians’ Single A affiliate. He has no previous collegiate coaching experience. After the Blue Devils ended last year —their seventh-straight losing season—with a 14-39 record, it is clear the task at hand for the young coach won’t be easy. “It’s certainly going to be a process,” McNally said. ‘You measure winning in a lot of different ways, and I think every day we’re going to work to get better. I don’t have a definite time frame of how long that will take. My eyes are wide open, and I know it’s a very competitive league, having played in it, watched it and followed it.” Alieva and McNally said turning the program around will begin with recruiting better players—an area in which McNally has no experience. But the Rye, N.Y., native said he has a network of connections he developed during his nine years playing professional baseball for six minor league organizations. Alieva said the athletics department will provide the program with the financial resources to recruit nationally. And although McNally has yet to choose his staff of assistants, he expects they will bring recruiting experience. Duke is “a place that I care a lot for, and I feel like when I talk to recruits and when I talk to perspective student-athletes, I’ll be talking about a life experience that I’ve SEE MCNALLY ON PAGE 19


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sportsforum The NBA and its players union agreed in principal to a new collective bargaining agreement June 21, which most notably included an increased age limit for the NBA. The new rule stipulates that a US. player who wants to enter the NBA draft early must turn 19 in theyear in which he makes himselfel-

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New limit just doesn't make any difference

So you are 18 years old. You just graduated high school, and you have decided that college is not for you. Maybe you go and work in your uncle’s garage as a mechanic. Maybe you enlist in the Marines and get ready to fight in Iraq. What’s that, you want to play in the NBA? Are you crazy? You’re not ready to be compensated generously for playing a boy’s game. You need one more year and then you will be ready. The NBA’s 19 year-old age minimum is a load of crap from a constitutional perspective, and unfortunately, it’s not going to help college basketball. Memories of Carmelo Anthony and visions of the next Lebron making D-l athletes look like schoolboys—even if only for one year —have gotten some fans excited. If you are one of those fans, chill out. Anthony was the exception, delivering Syracuse and Coach Jim Boeheim that elusive NCAA Championship. For every Carmelo there are twenty versions of Stephen Marbury and Tim Thomas—players who leave after one season, send their programs into downward spirals

and cost coaches their jobs The next Lebron, if he even exists, will never take a Sociology 142 final or make it to a Sweet 16 press conference. Oh you think he will, huh? I think I’ve got just the guy to shut you up. “What if Lebron James was not allowed to play [in the NBA], would he still have gotten his Nike contract?” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I think he would have. So I don’t think he is going to college. So what does he do?” Great question, Coach K. From where I’m sitting, that player has two legit options for that one year. He can go to Europe and get paid while competing against lesser talent. But as much as this would do for an 18 year old’s maturity, I don’t see these guys going for it. What he will do is play in the NBA Developmental League, which will be the NBA’s version of a minor league. Then comes the ripple effect. If the very best players go to the Developmental League, then the second and third-tier players coming out of high school—guys with a very realistic chance of making the NBA eventually—will begin to follow and fortify the league. As the NBDL rises, college basketball will fall. Now the ball is in the court of the NCAA. College basketball needs to become a more attractive option in order to prevent a mass migration. Maybe—dare we say it—college basketball players should start making money.

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what others are saying “This will encourage our scouts to spend time in D-league [NBDL] gyms rather than high school gyms.” —David Stem, NBA Commissioner

“I’m disappointed. This is just a stop-gap measure. It gives the NBA the ability to say that they did something about the problem, but it doesn’t realistically address the problem or the effect it has on college basketball.” —Lute Olsen, Arizona Wildcats head coach “I think a lot of kids might take the prep school route, even some who didn’t think they were going to the pros. That way you don't get exposed and it will make you [look] that much better.” —Spencer Hawes, Seattle high school senior “In the last two or three years, the rookie of the year has been a high school player. There were seven high school players in the All-Star Game, so why we even talking

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Age limit has minimal impact on Duke recruiting by

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Imagine if Kobe Bryant or Shaun Liv-

ingston had come to Duke. Would the Blue Devils have more than just three national championships? How dominant would Amare Stoudamire have been if he had spent his rookie season playing for John Calipari and Memphis? Or would Dwight anah/cic ciii(3iy>i2i Howard and T.R. Smith have made last year’s North Carolina Tar Heels, already national champions, one of the most dominant teams in NCAA history? There’s little doubt that an NBA age limit could have dramatically changed the last 10 years of college basketball. But now that the freshly instituted 19-year old age limit is a reality, how will college teams adjust their recruiting strategies? At a place like Duke, the answer is probably not much. As one of college basketball’s most desired destinations and with six high school All-Americans on the roster next season, Duke and head coach Mike Krzyzewski already recruit the nation’s top players, with few exceptions. “In the last five years or so we have not recruited a small pool of players each year that we have just forecasted to be guys who would go,” Krzyzewski said. “People in this pool aren’t necessarily better right now than the people we’re recruiting, in fact some of them aren’t as good. But they have the physical characteristics that the NBA is

looting for—potential.”

In other words, the Blue Devils probably won’t be making heavy recruiting overtures to every top player in the class. None

Headcoach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff will likely not change their recruiting strategies, despite theage limit. of Duke’s three verbal commitments for the class of 2006—-Jon Scheyer, Brian Zoubek and Gerald Henderson—were early entry candidates, and Krzyzewski said he would never recruit a player who has already set a timetable for when he’ll begin his professional career even before stepping foot on a college campus. Duke has already been witness to the ef-

fects that early exit can have on a basketball team, as evidenced by the dearth of senior leadership the Blue Devils will face in 2007 and 2008. “With Louie [Deng] going after one year, Kris Humphries never got here, Shaun didn’t come. You’ve got three guys that potentially could give you 12 years and we got one,” Krzyzewski said. ‘What that did is we

couldn’t recruit anybody else, so now we’ve got a team right now that has seniors, one sophomore, because Dave probably won’t play, and freshmen. We’ve got to be careful.” This is not to say, however, that the Blue Devils will not remain completely unaffected by the new limit. The new limit may embolden Duke to take a few more chances with the phenoms instead of eschewing possible early entry players entirely. For instance, the Blue Devils are in need of an athletic power forward to finish out their class of 2006. The class contains many attractive options—Duke is rumored to be recruiting Alabama forward Stanley Robinson and New Jersey’s Lance Thomas—but the new age limit could push the coaching staff toward undecided Tennessee phenom Brandan Wright. The 6-foot-9, 200-pound Wright, one of the top-three players in his class, would have been a likely lottery pick without an age limit. Wright’s top-notch rebounding and shotblocking abilities could make the Blue Devils serious national title contenders in 2007 even without the four seniors who will graduate this year. And with top forwards such as Gani Lawal and Kyle Singler waiting in the class of 2007, Duke could be wellequipped to handle an early departure. Now that Wright will be ineligible for the NBA draft for one year after high school, Duke can recruit him even harder with the security that a commitment will result in his almost certain presence on campus, a luxury Krzyzewski did not have with Livingston. Although the new age limit won’tresult in a complete overhaul of Duke’s recruiting, it will likely keep the Blue Devils recruiting at the top of the class for superstar talent.

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ternships at New York investment banks spend their free time on the job pondering important questions such as “Which bar am I going to tonight?” or “How did I get lucky enough to land an internship in New York City?” For Duke forward Lee Melchionni, a summer intern at Credit Suisse First Boston, thoughts are a little different. “Everyday, I’m sitting at my desk thinking I should be working out,” Melchionni said, adding that when he took the job he worried he would not be able to find time to play basketball. “But it’s the best of both worlds: I’ve been able to work and maintain my fitness level.” Melchionni and Lindsey Harding—a guard on the women’s basketball team and summer intern for CBS Sports—have eschewed the traditional summer plans of their high profile teammates. Rather than work out and take summer classes at Duke or play in the USA Basketball program, the two have opted for on-the-job training. For his part, head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been true to his American Express commercial pledge to “arm his players for life”—just like he was when former Duke All-Americans Shane Battier and Elton Brand took advantage of summer internships. ‘You don’t have to play basketball all the time. In fact, it’s better to take a little bit of a break,” Krzyzewski said. “Sometimes working in these internships, too, they have to handle themselves well. You have to show up on time; you have to dress

ing up for work at 6:30 a.m. and leaving after 5 p.m. His program lasts 10 weeks one week of training followed by three, three-week rotations. He shadows established investment bankers, sits at different desks and tries to learn as much as possible. When he leaves CSFB’s Manhattan offices, Melchionni’s day is far from over. The sharpshooting forward promised Krzyzewski he would maintain his training regimen and play basketball while away for the summer. “It’s definitely a big time commitment,” Melchionni said. “Between working and working out, it doesn’t leave a lot of time to do anything else. “First, I want to play basketball after graduation, but I can’t do that forever.... I know I can’t eat basketball. This is only going to benefit me when it comes time to get a real job.” Along with the additional time commitments after work, Melchionni’s basketball prowess has created a few interesting moments around the office. “Like from the first time I met the other interns, going around the room introducing ourselves to the group, there were some big basketball fans who said, ‘Hey, I know you.’ “It helps you in the world ofbusiness to have your name known like that, but at the same time you have to make sure everyone knows that you’re not there because you’re an athlete —you’re there to work and learn.” Harding has also had her share of recognition at work. As a part of her job

Lee Melchionni has spent the summer in New York City as an intern for Credit Suisse First Boston. well. It’s a business. I think they grow up; it’s not just us making them. It’s the situation making them grow up.” In addition to the real-world values an internship like Melchionni’s can teach a young man, Krzyzewski also said players destined for professional basketball can benefit from an experience in the working

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It has been more than two decades since the Duke golf program, either men’s or women’s, has had a head coaching change. Over those years, men’s coach Rod Myers and women’s coach Dan Brooks—who combined have more than 50 years of coaching experience at Duke—have sculpted their teams into perennial contenders and done so in programs that seem remarkably similar, but they are quite difft :ali

the similarities end there. Brooks’ program has undoubtedly experienced more success. His team captured its third national title in the past seven years, while the men’s team placed eighth at the NCAAs—the program’s best finish in Myers’ tenure. But at the root of this discrepancy lies differences in NCAA rules, the coaches’ recruiting tactics and the current state of each sport. In the 2004-2005 season, when both squads won their respective ACC Champitdß >ks kept 10 and five ~'shi M r

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men’s game, the talent pool is large enough that only the truly great players get a full scholarship, and it’s entirely possible to field a contender with none ofyour players receiving full scholarships.” Myers said he can rely on several walkons to join his squad in addition to scholarship golfers, but in the women’s game, scholarships get doled out to all the talented players, leaving almost no college-level players to aid Brooks’ depth woes. “I’m given three spots by the Duke admissions office, and I do my best to fill all three of those spots every year,” Myers said. “I like to have 12 guys on my team in a given season, and since I don’t even have enough full scholarships to field a team, I’ve relied on splitting the scholarships and walk-ons throughout the years.” The incoming recruiting cl. reflection of the coaches’ uniq

ner of the Carolina Golf Association Junior Match Play title, Golfweek’s No. 42 junior Clark Klaasen and Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. “Andrew is a great young man with a fantastic work ethic,” Myers said. “I don’t see him coming in and playing right off the bat, but I think he’ll continue to develop and will turn into a fine player.” A tribute to the success each coach has had at mastering his field, both coaches received Golfweek’s National Golf Coach of the Year Award in 2005. The duo spoke highly of each other and said their relationship throughout the years has been ex-

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Championship in Sunriver, Ore., the Blue Devils traveled to the nation’s capitol where President George W. Bush honored them. Duke met privately with Bush inside the White House, then gathered on the South Lawn for Bush’s address to the 15 teams that won national championships this spring. ‘With national championships in 1999, 2002 and 2005, Coach Dan Brooks of the Duke women’s golf team has now won three national championships with the Blue Devils,” Bush said. “That ties him with Coach K. Therefore, he shall be known as ‘Coach B’.” Brooks said although it was great to return to the White House for his third time, he hoped his new nickname would not catch on. “Honestly, I didn’t find it that clever,” Brooks said. “I don’t plan on adopting that title.” Liz Janangelo, Jennifer Pandolfi, captain Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh and NCAA individual-champion Anna Grzebien were on hand for the festivities. Brittany Lang, the Blue Devils’ top-ranked golfer, was an obvious absence. Lang decided to turn pro and join the LPGA after just two seasons with the Blue Devils. “Brittany wants to focus on playing well and taking every moment to practice,” Brooks said. We tried to make plans for her to come with us, but in the end, she decided to pass on the chance to meet the President and take time to prepare for an upcoming tournament.” The sophomore recently competed as an amateur in the U.S. Open and shocked the field by finishing the opening round in first place. Lang remained at the top of her game for the final three rounds and finished the tournament in second. Coincidentally, she tied with 17-yearold Morgan Pressel, who last winter had given a verbal commitment to attend Duke, but now also appears to be headed to the LPGA. After her stellar performance, Pressel asked the LPGA to let her turn pro despite an age limit of 18. In an unusual ruling announced July 13, the LPGA decided Pressel can go to qualifying school in the fall, but she cannot officially join the tour until her 18th birthday in May, even if she earns the privilege . “I completely understand the actions of both players,”

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Coming off a season in which her team reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament despite a roster of only eight players, Gail Goestenkors could have taken it easy this off-season. Instead, she chose to challenge herself this summer —and said she’s relishing her decision. In late April, the 12th-year Blue Devil head coach was selected to coach the USA Women’s Basketball Ul9 World Championship team. The team, composed of the top rising freshmen and sophomores in the nation, is competing in the FIBA Women’s Ul9 World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia July 15-24. The team got off to a good start July 15, beating Russia —one of the tournament’s top squads—9B-65, in its first game of the tournament. A fast start gave the U.S. a 24-7 lead and it never looked back. After the game, Goestenkors praised her team’s defensive effort and effective post game. Team USA began its game against Congo July 16 in similar fashion, eventually winning the contest 124-37 and breaking or tying numerous team records along the way. The team’s 124 points were the most scored by any USA squad since 1993, when they put 109 on the

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board against Japan. The team then improved to 3-0 with a 9468 win over Serbia & Montenegro Sunday. Goestenkors’ squad has a heavy ACC flavor. Duke’s soon-to-be freshman Abby Waner—the 2005 Gatorade and McDonald’s National Player of the Year—-joins North Carolina’s Erlana Larkins, Maryland’s Crystal Langhorne and Virginia’s Sharnee’ Zoll, all rising sophomores, on the roster. The team won four consecutive exhibition games in the United States before splitting a pair of pre-toumament contests in Budapest against Hungary’s Ul9 team. Waner has started at guard in three of the six games, playing just over 15 minutes and scoring 5.7 points per contest. Stanford’s Candace Wiggins, the country’s co-freshman of the year last season, captains the team along with Langhorne and Larkins. The Chronicle’s Alex Fanaroff spoke with Goestenkors by phone just before she boarded the plane from Budapest to Tunis to ask her about her summer. This is your fourth experience as a coach in the USA basketball program. Why is coaching against international competition so appealing to you? Because it’s a great challenge anytime I have the opportunity to coach with USA Basketball. I learn and grow so much from the experience of coaching internationally, and I want to continue

learn and grow. I’ve more about myself as a person and as a coach, brought back good things to help the team be on the cutting edge and help Duke win games. to

What has it been like to coach Waner? What kind of advantage does that give you? It’s been ideal for both of us. I’m learning a lot about her; she’s learning a lot about me as a coach and as a person —the way I coach, the way I teach and what’s going to be expected of her. Some of the players on the team are some of Duke’s fiercest rivals during the regular season. What is it like coaching players you know that you will be doing your best to beat a few months from now? It’s been a great experience. I’ve found out more about these players while I’ve been coaching them. Erlana is one of those fierce competitors. Crystal is a wonderful person, she’s pretty special. And

is a great leader and a tough competitor. I’ve learned a lot about them; I know what they can do. How has the team looked so far in the exhibition games? We’ve had great days and great games and some tough days. We’re still learning and growing as a team and

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made last year the greatest in recent memory for Duke sports. The Blue Devils finished the 2004-2005 academic year in a school-best fifth place in the annual Directors’ Cup competition, which evaluates schools’ overall athletic programs based on NCAA championship finishes. While the athletic department enjoyed unprecedented success this year, however, Director of Athletics Joe Alieva said the department is focusing its resources on fully endowing athletic scholarships in an effort to ensure prosperity for the future. “The University is in the very early stages of planning for the financial aid initiative that will be announced late this fall or early next year, and, as a result, that is a very high priority of ours—the financial aid initiative

and scholarships,” said Tom Coffman, director of athletics development. “[Once endowed,] what you’re really talking about is being in a position to raise money to provide for the margin of excellence, and that’s the difference between being in the top five somedmes and being there every year.” Athletic programs nationwide are securing their long-term financial stability with their endowments, which provide a source of income from the interest they accrue each year. The 235 scholarships that Duke currently offers to its student-athletes cost more than $ll million each year to fund. The athletic program’s current endowment—the fifth largest in the country according to a 2003 Bloomberg News study—generates approximately $2.7 million annually in endowment income. The money is devoted solely to athletes’ financial aid. But an additional $9 million is necessary to cover the cost of scholarships each year,

placing a tremendous burden on the Iron Dukes, the organization responsible for collecting gifts for scholarships. “Part of the risk is that if you can’t cover [financial aid] through annual gifts, or if for some reason your annual gifts dip for a year—for whatever reason—you have to cover it out of your operating budget,” Associate Athletic Director Mitch Moser said of relying on donors to finance scholarships. “The endowment income is not going to take a dip. It’s like having an insurance policy.” A full endowment would also give the department more economic freedom, allowing it to increase its recruiting budgets and hire better assistant coaches, Alieva said. With an athletic endowment more than twice as large as any other school in the country, Stanford has proven that full endowment can translate into success in athletic competition. The school, which has won 11 straight Directors’ Cups, offers the

NCAA’s maximum allotment of scholarships in each ofits 35 varsity sports. Stanford has also won 89 NCAA Championships. Duke, in comparison, has won seven. Former Stanford Athletic Director Chuck Taylor had the foresight to start endowing his-program in the 19605. With the prosperous market created by the Silicon Valley technology boom in the 19905, the athletic department’s endowment grew from $42 million in 1990 to $250 million by 2000. “Stanford has all their scholarships fully endowed and that gives them so much leeway to do things with their money in other areas,” Alieva said. “We have to spend so much of our time and effort raising annual fund dollars to pay for our scholarships. If we had that all covered through endowment, it would free up so much money that we could do a lot of other things.” Although full endowment would create numerous benefits, achieving it will be a dif-


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ketball scholarships have been endowed by the Duke Basketball Legacy Fund, an organization that was formed in 1999. One ofits primary goals is the endowment of player scholarships, coaching salaries and operating expenses for the men’s basketball program. As the most visible entity of the Duke athletic department, the men’s basketball team was a natural place to start to endow scholarships, Alieva said. Fully endowing the basketball program including the nearly $5 million in operating expenses—is the Legacy Fund’s ultimate goal, said Mike Gragg, the director of the organization. And if it meets its lofty goal, the Legacy Fund will be responsible for the nation’s first completely endowed program. The Legacy Fund’s objective is an integral part of the athletic department’s overall success because it would free up money that could be used by other programs, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski added. —

“If Duke puts a sport out there, we should try to have full scholarships for it, and we should try and endow all those scholarships—forget that there is even a Directors’ Cup—just because we want to be good in all of them,” Krzyzewski said. “Duke should be able to give maximum support to any initiative it starts whether it be in the academic world, the athletic world or the medical world.” Alieva said he shares Krzyzewski’s vision and hopes to increase the number of scholarships Duke offers in its Olympic sports to the maximum NCAA allotment. But he realizes his goals are financially infeasible without endowment. “This is long term, but I would love to fully scholarship all of our sports,” Alieva said. “But we can’t do that until we take care of the ones we have now.” The increased priority placed on scholarship endowment comes on the heels of a successful decade-long capital improvement

campaign. Nearly all of Duke’s 26 varsity sports have benefited from facility upgrades, including the construction of the Yoh Football Center and improvements to Cameron Indoor Stadium and Koskinen Stadium, where the soccer and lacrosse teams play. Duke’s Board of Trustees also approved the construction of a basketball practice facility that will house the athletic department’s academic service offices and a multipurpose event room. The project—for which Duke is still securing funding—is the last major capital project in the works, but other facilities will continue to receive minor upgrades, Alieva said. “In the past few years, our number one focus was trying to improve the facilities, so now [we’re] focused on endowment,” Alieva said. “I think the facilities that we’ve been able to put into place Jtave helped us to recruit the kind of kids that you need to win championships and go to Final Fours.”


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With three highly touted commitments in place for the recruiting class of 2006, Duke’s

coaching staff can afford to go after its “reach” prospect —the top-rated power forward in the country. Brandan Wright, a 6-foot-10 prospect out ofBrentwood, Tenn., is a lanky inside-outside threat with incredible athleticism and surprisingly polished skills. The lefty is very active on the boards and with the 7-foot-3 wingspan he boasts, is an excellent shot blocker. The rising senior has already enjoyed a tremendous high school career at Brentwood Academy. He has led his school to three straight state championships —Brentwood Academy had never won a state tide before Brandan’s freshman year—and was named Tennessee’s Mr. Basketball the last two years. As a junior he averaged 20.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.4 blocks and shot the ball at a 63 percent clip from the field. “He can do so much, he’s just very skilled,” said George Pitts, Wright’s high school coach. “He passes the ball extremely well and he’s very unselfish.” Not surprisingly, Wright, who has drawn comparisons to former Georgia Tech star Chris Bosh, has garnered much attention from top programs. Wright has enough potential that he would likely have been a high draft choice had he been able to skip college, but his class is the first to be affected by the newly implemented NBA age limit increase. Under the new rules a player must be at least 19 and wait one year after his class graduates from high school before he can enter the draft. Wright has reportedly narrowed his top choices down to Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina but has not publicly declared a favorite. He still says a number of other schools

are in the running. Several sources have reported that the top three schools have offered the two-time Tennessee Mr. Basketball a

scholarship. The main concern about Wright is his strength —he packs only 200 pounds onto his thin frame. Pitts said Wright has put on more than 20 pounds over the past three years, but concedes that he must continue to gain strength to prevent getting pushed off the block in college. “Brandan is a smart kid and he knows that he needs to get stronger for the next level,” Pitts said. “It may take a couple of years, but he is a hard worker and he has taken some big strides here.” IfWright does put on the muscle needed and improves his perimeter shot and ballhandling, he could be a premier all-around threat—an extremely rare weapon in the college game. Despite signing five recruits for the recruiting class of 2005 and already receiving verbal commitments from three members of the class of 2006, Duke is able to offer Wright a scholarship because the five-eight rule was rescinded last year by the NCAA. That bylaw limited programs from offering more than five scholarships per year and eight over a two-year period, but now schools can offer, as many as they have available. Duke will have at least four scholarships available for the recruiting class of 2006 because of this year’s large senior class. Should he decide to attend Duke, Wright would have the chance to develop alongside frontcourt mates ’O5 signees Eric Boateng and Josh Mcßoberts, as well as verbal commit and fellow classmate Brian Zoubek. If Mcßoberts, however, decides to leave school for the NBA after one year—as some scouts have projected he might —Wright’s status will quickly go from luxury to necessity.

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In the world of Duke men’s basketball, the focus is already on this year’s team which boasts a star-studded incoming recruiting class and figures to be close to, if not at the top of, the preseason national rankings. But even with the high hopes for the upcoming season, the Blue Devils will be without two key contributors from last season’s team, which won the ACC Tournament tide and made its eighth-straight run to the NCAA Sweet 16. On NBA Draft Night June 28, Duke’s Daniel Ewing waited hours before hearing his name called by the Los Angeles Clippers with the second pick of the second round. His former teammate Shavlik Randolph, who surprised many with his decision to leave Duke and turn pro, went undrafted but received an invitation to train with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer. There was some speculation after the draft that Randolph, who still has yet to hire an agent, would ask Duke for reinstatement—a seldom-used loophole to allow undrafted college players who have not accepted money from teams or agents —to return to school. Randolph, however, decided to continue pursuing his dream of playing in the NBA and his family announced a week after the draft that he had accepted an invitation to work out with the 76ers. The move seemed curious at first because Philadelphia is not fielding a summer-league team this year. But the Randolph family felt that the 76ers offered the best opportunity to catch on and sign an NBA deal.

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Shaviik Randolph (left) was invited to work out with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer after going undrafted June 28. Meanwhile, Daniel Ewing averaged eight points per game in the Vegas Summer League for theLos Angeles Clippers—the team that selected him with the 32nd pick in thedraft. “With the summer league, you play, and it’s done in a couple weeks,” Randolph’s father, Kenny, said. “But with [Philadelphia] Shav has the opportunity to work out for the whole summer and into training camp.” At first thought of as a long shot to make the roster, Randolph said the workouts have been going very well. “I can’t exactly comment on [my con-

right now, but I’ll just say that I really feel good about my situation here and I’m in a much better position than I thought I’d be,” Randolph said. “We’ll find out in a couple weeks.” NBA free agent deals cannot be announced until July 22. In an interesting twist of fate, Randolph would return to Cameron Indoor Stadium, should he be invited to veterans training camp with the tract situation]

76ers. Philadelphia trained at Duke last year and announced that it intends to do so once again this year. Randolph said he would not find the situation to be awkward, though, and instead would see it as an opportunity to spend time with his former teammates. “Those aren’t my business associates,” SEE ROSTERS ON PAGE 20

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As the football team prepares for its 2005 campaign, it’ll have to do so without four members of the 2004 recruiting class, each of whom has chosen to transfer from Duke after one season. Wide receivers Chancellor Young and Corey Thompson, cornerback Daniel Charbonnet and offensive lineman Izzy Bauta were among the 24 recruits signed by head coach Ted Roof in his first full season at the helm of the Duke football program. Roof could not be reached for comment regarding why the four players chose to leave the Blue Devils. Young, a high school All-American, was widely regarded as the best recruit in the 2004 signing class. The Woodinville, Wash., native saw playing time in all 11 games last season. In addition to contributing two receptions while positioned at wide receiver, he made eight tackles on special teams. In a 2004 signing day press conference, Roof described Young as having “a great pedigree and a solid family.” The wideout’s father, Charles Young, was a first-round draft choice by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1973 and played 13 seasons in the NFL. In 2004, Roof said that Young’s choice to sign with the Blue Devils gave the program “the stamp of approval for a lot of NFL players’ kids.” Of the four first-year transfers, however, Thompson made the greatest contribution to Duke during his freshman season. In 10

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Surgan reportedly spurned Florida and Auburn for the opportunity to kick at Duke, and with senior Matt Brooks graduating, he will likely be rewarded with the starting job. One of the nation's top placekickers, Surgan possesses a powerful leg that can be counted on to connect on field goal attempts. Surgan also helps special teams by putting the majority of his kickoffs in the end zone for touchbacks.

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Corey Thompson, who caught 19 receptions including one for a touchdown, has decided to transfer. games, six of which he started, Thompson tallied 19 receptions for a total of 202 yards. The freshman ranked fifth among Duke’s receivers in total yards for the 2004 season and also scored one touchdown. It has been rumored that Thompson will be attending the University ofLouisville in the fall, and Young will reportedly return to his home state to play at the University of

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Duke Recycles would like to thank you for making Move-Out for Charity 2005 a huge success! Each May during student move-out, donation trailers are placed in parking lots across campus for donations of clothing, furniture, appliances, loft wood, cinder blocks, and food. This year, we collected over 15 tons of materials. The items were donated to local community charities, including Urban Ministries, Pennies for Change, New Beginnings, the Durham Rescue Mission, the Durham Crisis Response Center, the Durham Interfaith Hospitality Network, Habakkuk Residential Home for Women, St. James Church, the Salvation Army, the Helping Hand Mission in Raleigh andTROSA. Duke Recycles is proud to be involved in the University’s outreach efforts to the broader Triangle community. Thank you for generously donating your unneeded items, and for helping Duke achieve its goals of being a good environmental citizen and fostering a good social and moral campus community! Next May, be sure to look for our donation trailers across campus.


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For the second time in as many years, the Duke women’s tennis program benefited from UCLA’s inability to retain its hard-court stars. Head coach Jamie Ashworth announced June 8 that former Bruin Daniela Bercek, who finished the 20042005 season with a 14-5 record and ranked 10th in the nation in singles while playing at the first position for UCLA, will join the Blue Devil squad in the fall. “What we struggled with last year is where she really excels, so she’ll make a huge impact in both singles and doubles,” Ashworth said of Bercek. Entering her junior season in Durham, Bercek will reunite with former Bruin teammate Jackie Carleton who transferred from UCLA following her sophomore campaign in 2004. The duo led the Bruins to an ap-

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It was the luck of the Devils that set up a meeting with the Irish. Duke football will be taking advantage of a new rule that allows Division I-A teams to schedule 12 regular season games, beginning in 2006. The Blue Devils have already used the additional slot to arrange a trip to South Bend to take on Notre Dame during the 2007 campaign. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors passed the 12th-game measure by an 8-2 margin in April. The ACC was the only conference from which representatives opposed the proposal in both the Management Council and Board ofDirectors. Nevertheless, many ACC teams, including Duke, are expected to utilize the extra-game option now that it has passed. Duke Associate Athletic Director Chris Kennedy said that the program is still searching for a 12th opponent for the 2006 season, an unusual situation since football matchups are normally slated several years in advance. “We try to schedule schools' that are comparable to us, academically and athletically,” Kennedy said. “Believe it or not, scheduling a football game now for 2006 is very short notice.” The Notre Dame visit means national television exposure—all of Notre Dame’s home games are televised by NBC—and a likely large payout for the program. Some question the feasibility of the Blue Devils, who finished 2-9 last year, keeping up with the second-winningest Division I-A program in history. Kennedy, however, said he does not expect the matchup—the fourth overall between the two schools but the first since 1966—to be one-sided. “We definitely believe that even before and certainly by 2007 we are going to be competitive with high-caliber teams like Notre Dame,” Kennedy said. The Fighting Irish may not be the only prominent opponent scheduled by Duke in the future, as the availability of an extra game has allowed greater non-conference options. Kennedy said that his optimistic outlook towards the football program’s development has been reinforced by interest in playing at Duke from upperechelon programs. “Teams that usually would want us to come to them for a one-game deal are starting to look for a home and home, which says a lot about how our program is starting to be viewed from the outside,” Kennedy said. Such interest may not have been present if not for SEE SCHEDULE ON PAGE 22

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about winning a national championship. “This past year, we knocked on the door. This year we’ll kick it in.” During his four years at Duke, the team earned three NCAA Tournament bids and won two ACC championships. The two-time captain was named AllACC and All-American three times each—including first team All-America in 2002 and 2003—and was tabbed the midfielder of the year as a junior. He was drafted second overall by the Major League Lacrosse’s Rochester Rattlers and continues to play for them and the USA National Team. He is also involved in a series of lacrosse business ventures. Despite his other engagements, Cassese said his “number one commitment is to Duke.”

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As soon as former assistant coach Joe AJberici accepted the head coaching position at Army June 15, Duke knew exactly where to turn. The next day head coach Mike Pressler called Kevin Cassese, the 2001 ACC Player of the Year and one of the most accomplished Blue Devils in history. Having kept in touch with the coaching staff and former teammates, Cassese jumped at the opportunity to return to his alma mater after serving as an assistant this past year at Stony Brook. He is expected to work primarily with the offensive unit. “Kevin is arguably the most dedicated player in Duke lacrosse history, and when this position came open he was without question our first choice,” Pressler said. “[He] is a rising star in the coaching profession. Speaking for our alumni and players, we couldn’t be more pleased with this hire. We feel Kevin certainly will help us build on the success we experienced during the 2005 season.” Last year, the Blue Devils set an NCAA record with 17 wins and advanced to their first national title game before losing to Johns Hopkins 9-8 May 30. In addition to the comfort he felt with the Duke program, Cassese also mentioned the team’s recent successes as another lure. “[I hope to] achieve a goal that I never had a chance to do,” Cassese said

sportsbriefs New assistant tennis coaches hired Ramsey Smith, who graduated from Duke in 2001, is returning to his former team as an assistant coach, Duke announced July 14. Smith returns to assist head coach Jay Lapidus, under whom Smith won a school-record 119 career singles matches while leading the Blue Devils to a four-year 96-11 record. Meanwhile, the Duke women’s tennis team announced the hiring of Stephanie Nickitas as an assistant coach July 11. Nickitas arrives after three seasons acting as assistant women’s coach at Harvard. There she helped guide the team to three Ivy League Crowns and was named Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s East Region Assistant Coach of the Year.

A Kansas self-report to the NOVA revealed that Roy Williams allowedformer Jayhawks to accept gifts.

Williams, Redick try out for national teams Headlining 13 of the nation’s top collegiate basketball players, Shelden Williams has accepted a bid to attend trials and training camp for the USA Basketball

play and the ACC has never lost the event Roy Williams admits wrongdoing University of North Carolina Men’s Basketball Coach Roy Williams admitted to allowing former Kansas players —who had used up their eligibility—to receive gifts during his stint there. Williams said he was “deeply saddened,” and called the incident a mistake.

Men’s World University Games, July 28 to Aug. 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Duke basketball standoutJJ. Redick has accepted an invitation to the USA Basketball Men’s U2l Nation Team Trials in Dallas, Texas, July 21 to 23. He will join 21 other young basketball players who hope to be one of the 12 ultimately selected for the squad.

After graduating from Duke in 2002,Kevin Cassese will return as an assistant coach.

Beard named All-Star, but didn’t shine Former Duke women’s basketball star Alana Beard represented the East squad in her first WNBA All-Star game July 9. Although the Washington Mystics guard promised victory, the West squad proved too strong as it won its sixth-straight AllStar game and held Beard to two points on l-for-9 shooting.

Blue Devils draw Hoosiers for Challenge Duke will face Indiana in the seventh annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Bloomington, Ind. Nov. 30. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. The Blue Devils are undefeated in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

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MCNALLY from page 1 had and not something that I’ve heard about. That’s very special to me,” McNally said. The coaching position became available when Hillier resignecTafter six disappointing seasons with the Blue Devils. The team finished last in the ACC four times under his watch. Alieva and Hillier agreed in 2004 that if the team’s performance this past year did not show significant progress it would be Hillier’s last season in Durham. In addition to the team’s poor performance, several former Duke baseball players’ allegations of coaching misconduct and steroid abuse were published in a story in The Chronicle April 15. The announcement of McNally’s hiring ended a lengthy but diligent search for a replacement, Alieva said. A field of more than 100 applicants, including a number of top assistant coaches and recruiting coordinators from major programs across the country, was narrowed to six for the interview process. The selection of such a young and inexperienced coach came as a surprise to some. “I knew there were a lot of people very interested in this job all year long and then once the job became available even more so,” said Will Kimmey, who covers college baseball for Baseball America. “A guy that played at Duke was more important than a guy that had a good wealth ofexperience. I don’tknow how it’s going to play out. Maybe he’ll be great, but you have no track record to look at. But there were a lot of candidates that did have a track record.” Kimmey added that simultaneously learning the ropes of recruiting and managing a team in the highly competitive ACC would be daunting for any new coach. He said it will be a few years before McNally’s success and his hiring can be evaluated. McNally’s time as a Duke player was one of the most prosperous periods for the baseball program, as it went 134-82 in his four seasons from 1991-1994. His senior-year .408 batting average is the highest single-season mark in Duke’s history. McNally also worked in Duke’s athletic administration as an academic advisor in 2003-2004. Chris Kennedy, Duke’s senior associate athletics director who chaired the search committee, emphasized throughout the hiring process that the Blue Devils were looking for someone who understood what the studentathlete experience was like at an elite academic institution and would be able to convey that to his players.

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he said. “Those are my best friends.” Nothing has been guaranteed so far for the former Blue Devil in his quest to play in the NBA, but things are looking bright at the moment. “He’s out there chasing a dream,” Kenny Randolph said. Meanwhile, Ewing spent time adjusting to the increased level of competition as a member of the Clippers’ squad in the Las Vegas Summer League July 6-15. “It’s really a big relief and a blessing just to have this opportunity,” Ewing said on draft night. “It is a good situation to be in, especially with some familiar faces on the team that can help me with the transition from college to the NBA.” The Clippers, who are coached by former Duke parent Mike Dunleavy Sr., have made a practice in recent years of drafting or acquiring players with Blue Devil ties. Before drafting Ewing their roster included former Duke standouts Elton Brand and Corey Maggette, as well as Shaun

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INTERNSHIPS from page 6 she met with WNBA President Donna Orender and Renee Brown, the league’s director of player personnel. Harding said Brown “could tell me everything about me.” The junior point guard also introduced herself to a graphic designer who had worked at a Duke women’s basketball game, and he promptly pulled up a computer file with all of her information in it. Still, Harding said, the best part of her six-week internship has been everything she has learned working in the production department editing stories about athletes. “I’ve always wanted to stay in sports after graduation,” Harding said. “It would be great to be a producer, and this experience will definitely help in the long run.” Harding, like Melchionni, is participating in the internship while working hard to maintain her basketball skills. She has been able to play basketball and work out at New York University every day after she leaves her job at CBS. Both players said their coaches were extremely supportive of their decisions to spend part of their summers away from Durham and their teammates—as long as they kept themselves in basketball shape while they were at it. Harding, who was suspended from the team last season for undisclosed reasons, was given a stringent directive by her head coach, Gail Goestenkors. “I told Lindsey she’d better do a good job so that companies would continue to hire women’s basketball players,” joked Goestenkors, who has supported forward Monique Currie and former player Michele Matyasovsky in their summer internships. “I’m glad that she’s taking advantage of the opportunity.” Though demanding summer internships remain the road less traveled among Duke’s better-known athletes, both Melchionni and Harding know that they are better offfor choosing to pursue the paths they have taken. “When I was looking at schools to attend, some school’s students were working at the mall or at restaurants during the summer,” Harding said. “A lot of Duke students were going to Wall Street internships and other jobs that are hard to get. I wanted to do something that is hard to get, that would look good on a resume and help me in the future.”

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SCHEDULE from page 17 the new legislation. Under the previous rule, a 12th regular-season game could only be played when the calendar allotted 14 Saturdays between the set start and finish dates of the schedule, a situation that occurred in 2002 and 2003 but was not slated to appear again until 2008. Kennedy said Duke already had 12 games in place for 2008 before the rule change. The adopted rule allows schools to schedule the additional game even when only 13 Saturdays are available, eliminating a bye week for teams who choose to play the 12th game. The benefits of the 12th contest cited by supporters include increased flexibility in scheduling and additional revenue created by another game. “I think it provides an option for those schools and conferences that choose to have the extra game, but at the same time it doesn’t require anyone to do so,” Board of Directors member Sidney McPhee said before the meetings. “If you look at the football season with the basketball or soccer seasons, it is not a very long season in comparison, so I don’t think it keeps our athletes out of the classroom for too long.”

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Brooks said. “While I feel a college degree is always a good choice, anyone could see the excitement on both of their faces at the U.S. Open, and I believe there is nothing wrong with taking advantage ofwhat the pro game has to offer.” In her two years at Duke, Lang captured six individual tides, including two ACC Championships, the 2005 ACC Player of the Year Award and the 2004 National Golf Coaches Association Rookie of the Year Award. She finished her sophomore season ranked No. 2 in the country by Golfweek. “I loved Duke and really learned a lot while I was there,” Lang wrote in an e-mail. “Even before our national championship, I’d pretty much decided to turn pro, and now I’m just excited to see what I can do at the next level.” Andrew Yaffe contributed to this story.

TRANSFERS from page 16 Washington. Spokesmen from both schools refused to confirm the reports. Thompson declined to speak with The Chronicle regarding his plans for next year, and Young could not be reached for comment. Texas Tech confirmed that Daniel Charbonnet is currendy in Lubbock taking classes and will be a member of the Red Raiders in the fall, although as a transfer he must sit out this season because of NCAA rules. During his freshman season at Duke, the comerback took the field in every game, logging 14 tackles and a fumble recovery for the Blue Devils. According to father Craig Charbonnet, the Woodlands, Texas, native’s decision to transfer was based largely on his overall experience at Duke. “[Daniel] felt like the school, culture-wise, wasn’t a fit,” Craig Charbonnet said. “He wanted to go to a school that was a little more of a football school, even though he respected and liked the coaches at Duke.” Charbonnet added that his son’s decision was not influenced by the choices of the other four players. Izzy Bauta, who earned no playing time during his year at Duke, transferred to Villanova, a spokesman for the school confirmed. He is also taking classes this summer at his new university. The lineman’s older brother, junior Lavdrim Bauta, is an offensive tackle for the Blue Devils.

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up The Coma’s latest album Conductor—a concept record inspired by Herod’s melancholy—as “11 songs about breaking up with the blonde one from Dawson Creek.” “I dated this girl, and it was a big part of my life,” Herod says. “The record wasn’t meant to be a breakup record. It’s just when we went to fill in the blanks of the songs, that’s the theme that came out.” Indeed, the record’s sound is all drizzly fuzz guitar and cool desperation. Songs like “Tonight On The WB” contain especially forlorn and bitter lyrics; “I love it when you fall apart/You turn it into higher art” is an example. During the group’s lifespan, Herod has also dealt with the departure of various band members and another ruinous relationship —this time with Warner Bros, imprint 679 Recordings. With Conductor, The Comas had to contend with the most money they’d ever been given to produce

a record, “expectations and pressure to sell a lot of records” and afterwards, various

legal problems. “It was a quagmire for awhile,” Herod says. Asked if he would ever begin a relationship with another silky starlet again, he responds with a succinct “no.” And on whether his band would sign with another major again, he replies, “I would probably date a starlet before I did that.” Two years ago, Herod was hanging out at the likes of Chapel Hill’s smoky basement bar The Cave. At the time, the prototypical hipster—he had the glasses—seemed content. He said then his plans were for the band to take over the world. Today, he says his plans have changed. “It’s really simple,” Herod says. “We’re here just to make the best music possible. SEE COMAS ON PAGE

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recess Miranda July’s debut feature Me and You and Everyone We Know has gotten rave reviews worldwide, winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the prestigious Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, a delicate, touching and funny exploration of the human heart, is being released throughout the summer by IFC Films. Recess Film Co-Editor Brian McGinn caught up with July while she was in Los Angeles. RECESS: So how did you get the film made? MIRANDA JULY: Well, I wrote it and then I went to the Sundance Labs [the filmmaking institute in Utah]. I applied three times and got in on the third time; that was 2003. I went to the... lab in June of 2003, and there I met Gina Kwon through one of my advisors. She became my producer, and we sent the script everywhere and had a million meetings and tried to get financing for it for about nine months. Then we worked out this partnership between Film Four... and IFC and the summer of last year, we started shooting. R: Wow, it obviously had to be disheartening to take so long [to find funding]. How did you stay focused during that period? MJ; Well, it’s actually an insanely short time to get financing. [For] most people it takes years or at least a year, so we were pretty lucky. But, you know, I was rewriting the script the whole time and making it better. We knew we would make [the film] that summer regardless of how much money we had. I mean, we were prepared to make it for $200,000 if we had to, so it was just more like constantly not knowing what level budget we would have. But I never thought: “Oh, I’m never going to make this movie.” I’ve been making things with so little for so long that that’s just not where I’m coming from. R: You’ve been doing a lot of Q and A’s after screenings and talks and stuff. Have you had the chance yet to just walk by a theater, see if it was playing and Just go buy a ticket and sit in the back and watch people’s reactions? MJ: I keep meaning to do that, I want to do that. Yeah, I mean, my friends joke about what kind of disguise I might wear when I go. But yeah, I was in Santa Barbara last weekend, and I kept saying, “We have to see if it’s playing here!” because it would be perfect to go to some town that’s not where I live and see how its going across. R: You’ve talked before about how innocence is to you kind of like an art

Cattlin Donnelly recess A special award-winner for originality at the Sundance Film Festival, Me and You and Everyone WeKnow succeeds for the opposite reason it received acclaim. Though some of the film’s setups seem bizarre, its underlying theme of trying to create a connection in an increasingly distant world is poignandy ordinary. Writer, director and star Miranda July manages to find art in the everyday. She creates a world in which a man sets his hand on fire in order to “save his life,” a seven-year-old girl spends her allowance on appliances and towels for her dowry and a goldfish precariously perched on the hood of a car becomes a symbol of life’s fragility. Occasionally, the scenes overreach, as does an exchange between July and her potential suitor, shoe salesman Richard Swersey (John Hawkes). Their shared twoblock walk becomes a far-fetched metaphor for their imagined relationship. But for the most part, the film provides a refreshing take on even the touchiest of subjects. When seven-year old Robby (the adorable Brandon Ratcliff) forays into the world of online sex, it is apparent that this seemingly disturbing scenario is the innocent exploration of a lonely boy and ultimately comes across as comical rather than creepy. Full of standout performances, particularly from Hawkes, Me and You and Everyone We Know presents July’s quirky vision of reality —a vision the audience delights in sharing for an hour or two. by

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form, and it really seemed to me that was so evident in this film, in every character there was some element of innocence at some point. MJ; I don’tknow if I meant it then, but I would say that it starts with staying innocent as you’re writing it, which means to not be judging yourself while you’re writing, and to not be necessarily thinking of the world that already exists, but instead to just let yourself create that world. I mean, that’s kind of, that is a discipline. Anyone who’s e-mailing and making phone calls and interacting—that’s not really a very innocent [thing] in the way that I’m talking about it—it’s hard to bring out the more fragile or subtle parts of yourself, and you kind of have to work to protect that [innocent] place and certainly protect it enough to create a whole movie that lives in that place. R: You talked about discipline in regards to keeping yourself grounded while you’re writing—staying outside of the “normal” world. How hard was that for you, when you have a background in creating pieces that expand on reality while keeping true to real emotions? Does that come easier to you now? MJ: You know, this movie was much more completely grounded in reality than anything else I’ve ever made, except for maybe

some short stories, 50... there wasn’t an external influence, but [it] was me wanting to use the best of what making a movie has to offer, which is a wide audience. And it’s—at least with your first movie—maybe not the place to completely show [all of something]. If you’re going to try to show something magical the best way to do that... is through daily life, instead of literally getting abstract. So that was a particular discipline for this movie: to stay grounded in daily reality and not give myself the kind of freedoms that I do with my performance work or sound work. R: There was an essay that was published last year by Alexander Payne [Director of Sideways] about the state of independent cinema and of the country as .a whole. It talked a lot about how people go to the movies to find out things about themselves, who they are, where they’re going and where we’ve been as a society. Did you write to elicit a feeling of self-discovery in your audience and yourself? MJ; I don’t know. I mean, that could mean so many things, I know what I love is to go see a movie or a band or read something that just makes me feel like the world is relevant to me, and that makes me want to make things. I wanted to make a movie like that, that gives people more space to be in.


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murder of two tourists. The plot, though deliciously ironic and laced with political insinuations, is clearly not the main attraction here. The movie is more notable as the forerunner to the thenburgeoning French New Wave. The movement in itself was sexy—away of breaking all the rules of filmmaking that liberated the directors from the studio system. The Wave was a renegade way of moviemaking that utilized shooting on location rather than in studios, often done on a very low budget. In Gallows, a number of tracking shots follow Moreau through the Parisian moonlight, where a baby carriage was used as a makeshift dolly. Viewing the restored, retranslated film in 2005 is surely a different experience than it was in 1958. It has been removed from its late-’sos context, but the film still resonates on a political level. Malle and his actors seduce the audience in this tale of retribution, morality and mistaken identity that is no less powerful now than it was 47 years ago. Elevator to the Gallows began its run in New York City, and will be touring the country through September.

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Oscar buzz for its lead actor, Bill Murray, who is looking for Oscar redemption after being robbed in 2003 for Lost In Translation. The story follows Don (Murray) after he receives an anonymous note alerting him to the existence of a son. Egged on by his neighbor (Jeffrey Wright), Don visits his exgirlfriends in search of answers. Later in August, City of God director Fernando Meirelles helms Focus’ T he Constant Gardener, adapted from the John Le Carre novel and starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. It will be Meirelles first American-funded project. 2046 is a futuristic love story that features the same, style made famous in In the Mood for Love. Wai is a master of mood, tempo and composition, but it is his remarkable ability to infuse small objects and small moments with massive importance that makes him so extraordinary. 2046 should be a hit with critics—as it was in Hong Kong, where it won numerous Hong Kong Film Awards—though its appeal may be limited in American theaters. The end of the summer also marks the end of a film tour by Rialto Pictures. Rialto focuses primarily on restoring classic, litde-seen foreign films to mint condition and re-releasing them. This summer, they bring French noir Elevator to the Gallows (SEE REVIEW) to theaters. Gallows is a true gem, still incredibly enjoyable decades after its initial release. Although “independent” may not mean the same thing as it has in the past, the set offilms from minor studios mixed with truly independent work from firmly established directors and talented newcomers makes for an exciting summer. If everything is as good as it gets, the arthouse films might even be good enough to wash the foul stench of The Adventures ofLava-Boy and Shark Girl from everyone’s

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:reative ledge. “We’re definitely trying to step up for the Latin people. It’s a black and white thing in hip-hop right now,” Play says. “The only pop success for us has been, like, Ricky Martin, and he was just a flash in the pan. We need more faces.” What Latin hip-hop needs is an act the size—in terms of musical ingenuity—and likability of Nelly, *he adds. “Latin culture is just now getting exposed,” Play says. “There are radio stations that only cater

w Jack (radio).,, until now trough market research and tests he area wanted more from us as a ned Heather Branch, marketing 7. “So we expanded our playlist 0 songs.” to 98.7’s change has been mosdy anch “Some people are afraid of led. “But about 95 percent of our the new format so the transition iooth.” been the case with all of the mg-running oldies stations owned dcasting—WCßS-FM in New York in Chicago—abrupdy changed to me 3, removing all of their DJs, had worked at the stations for Jars.

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ted and predictable;.very sharp and tight,” said Branch. “People got sick ofit. This format development is a reaction to this.” Indeed, “Jack” radio is the latest in a long line of gimmicks—such as commercial-free blocks and huge cash giveaways—that FM radio has employed in a desperate attempt to keep listeners tuning in as evolving music media slowly eclipses the form that started it all.

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That’s all we’re concerned with now. Everything else you can’t really control.” He sounds resigned. But Herod has a lot to be proud of. All three of The Comas’ albums have attracted critical acclaim, with publications like Magnet Magazine hailing the group as one of indie rock’s preeminent outfits. And they have crossed over to mainstream magazines, gamering positive reviews in Rolling Stone and Spin. Their latest release—or as Herod terms it, “a massive art project gone haywire”—was accompanied by a well-received animated short starring Herod’s ex. The band has also engaged in other audiovisual endeavors, recording two videos for “Tonight On The WB” and “Invisible Drugs.” The latter song is among the group’s best work; an impossibly staccato drumbeat and a fuzzing bass propel the track’s narrative of unrequited love. The video portrays the scrubby-looking band attempting to make a video under a parking garage until Herod flicks a switch and The Comas are suddenly in fashionable threads playing in an arena. “We weren’t trying to be rock stars,” Herod remarks slyly. Indeed, the latest video, which was featured on Yahoo!’s Launch and Rolling Stones website, might just be the band’s il-

luminating spotlight. For now, the band is at work on another album and shopping around for a new label. “We’re not contractually obligated to anybody right now,” Herod says.


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Systems upgrade: the next installment of the gaming wars Everson Jordan recess A new generation of console games will begin arriving next spring, but the initial details of the new systems have already been revealed. While Sony attempts to hold its dominant market share with the new Playstation 3, Microsoft will battle for control with the Xbox 360. Each system is boasting better statistics than its counterpart in a bid to one up each other, though some of the hardware specifications might mean little to the lay consumer. Playstation 3 boasts a 3.2 Ghz processor —which, compared to Xbox 360’s two symmetrical 3.2 Ghz core, seems pathetic. Yet the PS3 provides two teraflops of performance while the Xbox 360 only provides one. While these technical specifics might make your head spin, some of the other numbers offered up are more straightforward: Sony has increased Playstation 2’s measly two-controller system to seven for the PS3, while Xbox has simply maintained its four-controller system. Both systems provide Wi-Fi Internet connections and have half a gigabyte of RAM. The battle between these two systems rages on: Microsoft and Sony are following the same concepts in their new systems, searching to build a bigger, better machine. Yet as the past has shown, the end results may be the same. Despite Microsoft’s boasts of the original Xbox’s superior power over the PS2, when third- party game developers began creating games, they agreed that each system was capable of supporting exactly the same game. Thus the massive differences announced before the release of the systems proved overblown. by

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‘blockbuster,’” said John Norman, president of Arts and Exhibitions International, in a statement to the press. “This amazing exhibition promises to exceed everyone’s expectations, and we are confident we can set the ‘blockbuster’ standard for the next 25 years.” Many art elitists, however, have accused the exhibit of being too commercialized and too Hollywood. Tickets can cost as much as thirty dollars, prompting The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to turn down the opportunity to host the treasures, citing a museum policy against charging the public for special exhibits. Missing from the traveling collection this time around is Tut’s famed golden mask, one of the features of the original 1970s tour. Event organizers cited a desire to display new pieces instead of rehashing the previous exhibit as reasons for the mask’s absence. Teams from Egypt, France and the United States just completed three-dimensional models of the young pharaoh’s face. The models are based on state-of-the-art imaging techniques that allowed researchers to digitally peel off the mummy’s wraps. Missing mask notwithstanding, there are several spectacular artifacts among the 130 pieces in the new Tut collection. A silver trumpet, a gilded shrine to Tut and his wife found near their remains and the royal diadem—the gold crown on the mummified king’s head—are just a few of the highlights. The public will also be able to view more than 70 objects from other royal graves of the 18th Dynasty, all more than 3,000 years old. Unless you’re planning a trip to Cairo, the exhibit might be worth your time.


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A passion for fashioning wood artbriefs Ho recess Blue crabs, bioluminescence and wooden bowls? A strange combination, but Professor Richard Forward of the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, N.C., manages to incorporate all three elements into his work. Forward has been at the marine lab for 35 years, teaching courses such as “Physical Ecology” and “Physiology of Marine Animals.” He has published numerous papers in his scientific career, and he is primarily noted for his work with fish larvae and blue crab migration patterns. But when he has a spare moment away from his laboratory, Forward enjoys a hobby he took up justfive years ago: woodworking. As an active researcher, Forward built much of his own scientific equipment for years, but he worked primarily with metal and plastic. He sometimes crafted wooden objects as models for his wife to use in her paintings. But some unexpected inspiration came when a leak ruined the entire kitchen floor of his historic house during a hurricane. In the process of rebuilding the back of the house, Forward decided to include a woodworking shop as a place to store his equipment. It was then that he seriously began to pursue his artistic interests. Forward carves various wooden items, including flatware. The inspiration for Forward’s pieces usually comes from the wood itself. “A lot of times the piece will dictate where you go because it will have a crack or rotten area in it and you will have to reby

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shape it as you go,” Forward said. “Spalting is the first stage of rot. Insects The unpredictability of the wood stems burrow into the wood and carry with them from the fact that Forward rarely buys his a fungus that grows through the wood,” own unless a specific item requires it; most Forward explained. He added that he uses of his wood is taken from trees either these characteristics to his advantage as he felled in hurricanes or cut down by neighcreates uniquely figured pieces that show bors in their yards. off the wood’s “personality.” In addition to bowls and plates, ForEach piece he carves has a story associated with it. Perhaps the most interesting ward’s works include more unusual pieces pieces Forward makes are the ones that also such as a “weed pot” —a decorative piece carry some of Beaufort’s history with them, with two small holes in the top to hold such as bowls carved from downed trees or candle sticks made from an old ship’s mast Some local woods have a tendency to crack, and many ofForward’s pieces display unusual, dark colorations known as spalting.

dried flowers or feathers—and yo-yos made of scrap wood. “I enjoyed yo-yos as a kid. I give them to all my grad students because it helps them think,” Forward said with a smile.

When it’s summer in the Triangle, do as the Brazilians do. Seasoned saxophonist Andy McKee, med student and front man of his eponymous quartet that led last year’s Jazz at the Mary Lou, has found a way to bring the best ofRio to local clubs. His take on samba, Brazilian jazz and R&B are wafting through the humid breezes of both Durham and Chapel Hill. His quartet jams at Vin Rouge and Tosca Ristorante, among other venues. Salsa The jig is up. To all dancin’ fiends lusting after the body-to-body mayhem that was ’Zades: It’s time to emerge from the mourning period and move on, kids. Replacements are hard to come by, it’s true. But consider, if you will, Latin dancing at Spice Street. They’re singlehandedly recreating sultry Havana nights the first Friday of every month. Spice also has their own twist on a drumline: an

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samba line, leaders beating on drums with a ferocity that energizes the entire room. Attire is dressy (no jeans); cover is $lO Documentary The daily life depicted in “We Skate Hardcore” at first seems to be youthful and daring. Upon closer examination, however, the hardships and determination of a group ofLatino teens is apparent. Now through August 28, the Center for Documentary Studies is displaying “We Skate Hardcore,” a photography and video exhibit by Vincent Gianni. Beginning in 1994, Gianni documented the lives of inline skaters in Brooklyn. —Sarah Ball and Lexi Richards

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schoolwork is probably the last thing on students' minds during the summer, recess presents an alternative education with the summer s best reads. Put that Econ 55 knowledge to work with Freakonomics. Learn the ins and outs of interning on the Hill with The Washingtonienne. Recess ’ books will take you from drunken college parties to brilliant minds to the racetracks of NASCAR. Ration some sunscreen and enjoy the reads because, best of all, there is no final exam to worry about. T~% ecause

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But ANYWAYS (read the book, you’ll understand), Klosterman is certainly in fine form here as he recounts through his looking glass of pop culture minutia three inevitably flawed women he associates himselfwith. And while it’s not as coherent or smooth as his masterpiece Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, it’s good to hear from Mr. Klosterman again. —Robert Winterode

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in everything of “works” or “doesn’t work.” For Steven Levitt, it’s more like “true” or “not true.” In his relentless pursuit of truth, he might offend (as when he advances the theory that the legalization of abortion led to a decrease in crime), surprise (cheating public school teachers?) or just plain “dazzle” (as Malcolm Gladwell lauds on the book’s cover) his audience. Whatever your reaction to the book’s unusual subjects and conclusions, you won’t be bored. As Levitt relentlessly sorts through piles of data to find meaningful patterns and explain them in a simple manner—with a little help from New York Times writer Stephen Dubner—watch assumptions about the way the world works fall away as quickly as that bad taste Econ 51 left in your mouth. It turns out that econ can be kind of cool—especially when approached with Levitt’s kid-in-a-candy-store, wide-eyed wonder where nothing is out of the question. —CorinneLow

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The Washingtonienne is the story of Jacqueline, a young Capitol Hill staffer whose escapades make Samantha from Sex and the City look conservative. Jacqueline’s adventures provide entertainment for other characters through her blog and make the novel a quick and easy summer read. The author, Jennifer Cutler, describes life on Capitol Hill in a both accurate and exaggerated manner, not unlike Tom Wolfe’s description of college life in I Am Charlotte Simmons. For example, many of the characters play into stereotypes: the older man who uses power and money to seduce younger women, the young women who are working on the Hill for the sole purpose of finding a husband and the sleazy politician. Don’t expect to learn what a life of government service is really like from The Washingtonienne, but do expect a drama with all the necessary ingredients of a gOOd So3p OpCTa. snnotAHiiMicauOM hmmcui

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hangover, Koren Zalickas carefully chooses the word “smashed” to describe one of her first escapades with alcohol in a letter to a long-time pen pal. From this point forward, “smashed” becomes the only term applicable to Keren’s life, as alcohol leads her on a blurry path into her twenties. Smashed is a sadly honest memoir of this young woman’s life with alcohol. Zalickas spent a decade in a haze created by a seemingly endless consumption of cocktails, beers and shots. Yet Zalickas, as she is quick to point out, was never an alcoholic. She never drank alone nor was she physically addicted to alcohol. Instead, she was a long-time alcohol abuser—a young female with an affliction that has become so common it is noteworthy, as Zalickas puts it. Zalickas draws on a few shocking statistics and deep personal memories to discuss the prevalence of alcohol abuse among young females. But Smashed is not intended to preach a substance-free existence. The book was written as much for Zalickas as it was for the readers. Through Smashed, Zalickas seeks to define the progression of her cycle of alcohol abuse and come to terms with her life filled by blacked-out memories. In doing so, Zalickas puts forth an important and compelling work of an increasingly common female experience. —Chrissie Gorman Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! By Jeff MacGregor

Jeff MacGregor is an outsider in an area where 75 million people are in the know: the world of NASCAR. In his own quest to understand the lure of this growing American pastime, MacGregor analyzes and scrutinizes the drivers, races, fans and promotions during a yearlong trek with his wife. During this period, the couple traveled 48,000 miles to attend 36 races at 23 tracks. Sunday Money, however, is as much about the culture of NASCAR as it is about the races. In providing a comprehensive look at the industry, Sunday Money takes the readers from the early beginnings of the sport to Disney World, where the author gets to drive a car as part of a fantasy adventure. MacGregor’s frequently satirical tone makes the book

very readable to even those who do not know anything or even care about NASCAR. The tone lightens as MacGregor drives on, showing his own shifting feelings about the culture. With as much artistry as MacGregor uses to describe the industry, his wife, a photographer, adds great images of the trip, which help even the most removed outsider get a glimpse into the world of professional racecar driving. —Chrissie Gorman

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glance, a sociology text doesn’t material seem well suited for pool-side summer reading, but Everything Bad Is Good for You is just that—a breezy, not too thinky book of assertions and opinions. In this self-described “old-fashioned work of persuasion,” author Steven Johnson asserts that, despite popular claims, elements of modern mass culture such as video games, television shows and the Internet are actually making us smarter. In Johnson’s world, modern video games are akin to extended word problems and television dramas have progressed from the single episode arcs ofStarsky 6s Hutch to the extended and competing storylines of The West Wing and The Sopranos. Johnson’s point that you cannot judge modern media by past literary standards has definite merit, but his work seems to suffer from selective attention. For example, though he uses The Sopranos to illustrate his assertion that television is becom-

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pointedly excludes more limited forms, like reality TV or predictable sitcoms, from his discussion. Similarly, videogames that require little more than furious button-pushing, such as Super Smash Brothers, escape his attention. Moreover, Johnson refrains from empirical analysis, which seems necessary when one is surveying the pop culture

landscape. Despite its fault, Everything is an interesting read, appealing for all consumers of popular culture. So pick it up one afternoon and, even if you’re not persuaded by Johnson’s argument, at least you’ll have read a book, which everyone agrees is good for you. —Caitlin Donnelly


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Department of Theater Studies

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All Duke undergraduates are invited to this open house on the first day of class, Monday, August 29, from 5:30—7:00 p.m. in Sheafer Theater in the Bryan Center. Meet the Theater Studies faculty and the Duke Players Council and reconnect with friends. Information about courses, auditions, backstage opportunities and other news will be available. Food will be served!

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Works by Ludmila Petrushevskaya Directed by Bridget Bailey (T’o6) 209 East Duke, East Campus March 25-26

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Combatting the fashion blues (fashionably) forced to deal with as I attempt to get myself I’m spending my pre-senior-year summer working at a fashion magazine for the dressed in the morning. A) I’ve already second time in ten months, and I am totalworn everything I own; B) everything I might want to wear is dirty, at the cleaners or ly exhausted—not to mention almost combroke pletely missing entirely; and C) nothing is interest“Really?” you might ask. “Exhausted? ing to me anymore. This is, after all, the From working at a fashion magazine? granddaddy ofall fashion dilemmas. Don’t you have friends who work 17-hour Never to be one to tell people what not to wear (to their faces), I would days at banking jobs?” argue that fashion missteps, Of course. But you see, both my money poorly fitting clothing and wardrobe malfunctions are woes and fatigue stem minor annoyances compared from a source separate with the plague of being bored from any actual workwith what one owns. place rigor: I am speakThe hardest thing for anying, of course, about what a bitch it is to get Madeline andrews one who truly wants to put on something cool and interestdressed in the morning. It is an unwritten rule ing in the morning is knowin the world of fashion that when one shows ing that something you own, something up to work in the morning (granted, 10 you love, has become trendy. Trendy is the a.m.), one should look, well, fashionable. In pits. Trendy snatches up something you theory, diis seems like a reasonable expecta- love, something you thought was yours and tion. The problem I’ve found since taking yours alone, and it exposes it for what it reup residence in New York City is that the act ally is: an easy trick for making money. of working at, and dressing for, a fashion The nature of New York as a home to magazine is rendered nearly impossible by countless boutiques, vintage stores and the simple fact that these jobs are based in hole-in-the-wall dealers, makes it the perthe Big Apple. fect place to find a piece of clothing or This may seem counterintuitive, given jewelry that is wildly distinctive and spethe easy access to a vast Mecca of retailers cial. The nature ofNew York as a home to from which to stock one’s wardrobe, but department stores, chains, oudets, brand the reality is that when every one of the stores and countless street vendors also hundreds or even thousands of people you makes it the perfect place to find your might encounter on the walk to the bus seemingly unique piece plastered on station, the bus to work, the elevator to every third chick that walks by you on the your floor and, lord, the floor itself, has street. Take, for example, the flowy, hippiesuch access, the situation becomes a bit like a nuclear arms race. child skirts that slowly began popping up What does all this have to do with my inon campus this spring. If I see one more white, ankle-length, tiered skirt pass me on ternship? I’m getting there. There are any number of things that I am the sidewalk, I might actually puke. And

yet there’s a gorgeous one sitting in my closet. The solution (and problem)? I won’t wear it again for another three years. Compounding this fact at myjob is that most people who work in fashion know fashion. I’m finding I do it, too. I can tell if your shirt is from H&M; I can tell if your belt is from Banana Republic; I’m not judging—Lord knows I shop at both places frequently—it’s just that when you get to point of being able to brand the items you see on the people walking by you, the need for unique increases exponentially. And at a fashion magazine, more money will not buy an escape from homogeneity. In other cities, at other jobs, the money to buy designer clothing can also buy exclusivity. Not in the fashion world, where people are given free clothing —or wholesale discounts—and certainly not at a fashion magazine, where most of the employees (myself included, sadly) could tell you not only the designer of your jacket but also the year and season it was produced. This lack of clothing unknowns takes away the security that someone won’t show up to work wearing the same thing as you, as well as the pleasure of thinking you’ve found something truly special. The concerned reader might wonder how I am dealing. Aside from the dwindling bank account, I’m managing—with a couple of tried and true tricks that I’d be a fool to reveal. The jaded reader might wonder if I would I give it up: the superficiality, the futility, the relentlessness? Not a chance in hell. The constant search for what is new and fun and beautiful is what makes the world of fashion so

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Our Mission: The student-led Duke University Union provides a diverse range of cultural, intellectual, educational, recreational, and social programming to complement the academic experience of Duke University students and to provide enrichment for the University faculty, staff and employees, and the surrounding community. In cooperation with the staff of the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, the University Union serves as a leadership training ground for its officers, chairs, and committee members. Through experiential learning, they develop knowledge and appreciation of professionalism and the fundamental management skills of effective motivation, organization, and communication.


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