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Duke receives record Blue Devils survive in Boston 19,282 applications by

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Tiffany Webber THE CHRONICLE

Got Duke? Well, 19,282 high school seniors want in.

For the fifth consecutive year, Duke has received a record-setting number of applications for its future freshman class.

The University received 1,193 more applications than last year, 2,541 more than two years ago and 4,572 more than five years ■■

Calif.

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N.Y.

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Texas

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ago. The Pratt School of Engineering received 3,343 applications—l,ooo more than five years ago.

Christoph Guttentag, dean of admissions, said he attributes this year’s success in drawing students to a variety of factors, including the opening of the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Mathematics and Applied Sciences in 2004, Duke’s increasing international and national appeal and the recent launch of a new admissions website.

“We’re excited about this applicant pool,” Guttentag said.

He stressed that this year’s applicant pool is “quite spread, geographically and demographically.”

Applications from students of color—including Asian or Asian American, black and Latino students—are up approximately 1,200 from last year. These students made up approximately 41.6 percent of the total number of individuals who applied.

There were 550 more applications from white students —

*AI! figures are approximate numbers of applications received based on state.

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass With Duke clinging to a threepoint lead and less than 10 seconds remaining in the second half Wednesday night, Boston College point guard Tyrese Rice received an inbounds pass and bolted DUKE 83 toward BC 81 t h e hoop.

Rice attempted a layup, but Shelden Williams blocked the shot—his seventh swat of the night. The senior recovered the ball and was immediately fouled

by Jared Dudley. Williams hit both free throws to seal No. 2 Duke’s 83-81 victory in its first trip to the Conte Forum since N0.15 Boston College joined the ACC. The Blue Devils overcame a

relatively rough shooting night

from JJ. Redick by shooting 29of-37 from the free throw line the Eagles made just 10-of-13 attempts. Williams and freshman Josh Mcßoberts picked up some of the slack by contributing 21 and 14 points, respectively “They weren’t going to quit,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

“We feel like we won a really tough basketball game against an outstanding team.”

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SEE APPLICATIONS ON PAGE 5

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Duke Student Government overwhelm-

ingly voted “no confidence” in ARAMARK, Corp., the University’s main food service provider, for the third consecutive year at a legislative body meeting Wednesday night.

The vote came after ARAMARK Resident District Manager Fred Bissinger delivered a lengthy presentation. His talk included proposals to improve both food quality among ARAMARK-operated vendors on campus and communication with its employees and Duke students.

DSG’s resolution also included the recommendation that ARAMARK’s contract, set to expire after the school year, should not be renewed.

“Since our first vote of no confidence, and additionally at each vote in between, we have seen neither consistency from year to year nor continued maintenance of improvements,” said senior Paige Sparkman, DSG vice president of student affairs. “[ARAMARK has] not been able to sell food, and that’s the bottom line.”

All but two present voting members of

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Shelden Williams blocked seven shots in Duke's win over Boston College Feb. 1 helping to hold star Eagles forward Craig Smith to just eight points.

DSG voted in favor of the “no confidence” resolution, with one vote against and one abstention.

During his presentation, Bissinger offered a variety of new initiatives aimed at receiving DSG’s vote ofconfidence. Such a recommendation could have helped in the food provider’s bid to extend its current contract with the University.

Although they were impressed with Bissinger’s presentation, DSG officials said they could not give the provider a vote of confidence based on past performance.

“I wouldn’t call it proactive management,” Sparkman said, adding that Bissinger “chastised” her through e-mail for never before inviting him to a DSG meeting. “It’s empty promises. You have to look at Duke’s past and student desires.”

Sparkman said Kim Davis, who held Bissinger’s position until last February, was also impressive in a previous appeal to DSG. Before speaking to DSG, Bissinger disr tributed a brochure to DSG representatives that outlined a proposal for a substantial SEE DSG ON PAGE 5

Members ofDSG hear a presentation from ARAMARK manager Fred Bissinger at Wednesday night's meeting.

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Iran against U.S. "bullying"

Bush: Don't expect oil price breaks by

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President George W. Bush defended the huge profits of Exxon Mobil Corp. Wednesday, saying they are simply the result of the marketplace and that consumers socked with soaring energy costs should not expect price breaks.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Bush also addressed oil’s future and offered a more ambitious hope than in his State of the Union speech for cutting imports from the volatile Mideast.

However, he said his oft-stated goal of a Palestinian state in the region cannot be

realized if a Hamas-led government refuses to renounce its desire to destroy Israel.

Bush, a former Texas oilman, said of oil costs, “I think that basically the price is determined by the marketplace and that’s the way it should be.”

“I believe in a relatively quick period of time, within my lifetime, we’ll be able to reduce if not end dependence on Middle Eastern oil by this new technology” of converting corn, wood, grasses and other products into ethanol, he said.

In his address Tuesday night, Bush had set a goal of reducing the nation’s Mideast oil imports by 75 percent by 2025.

With three years left in his second term,

Bush declined to say what, if any, role he would take in the selection of a Republican candidate to succeed him in the 2008 presidential race. But he accepted the proposition that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would not be a contender.

“I think you need to take her at her word that she’s not running,” Bush said in a conversation on Air Force One as he flew to Tennessee for a speech.

“My political focus is on 2006,” said Bush, who plans a major campaign role this year in the midterm congressional elections. “To the extent that I am thinking politics, it is to retain the [Republican] leadership of the House and the Senate.”

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Guerrilla attacks in Iraq have forced the cancellation of more than 60 percent of water and sanitation projects, in part because American intelligence failed to predict the brutal insurgency, a United States government audit said.

American goals to fix Iraq’s infrastructure will never be reached, mainly because insurgents have chased away contractors and forced the diversion ofrepair funds into security, according to an audit of the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Program re-

auditing reports being issued by the Special Inspector Generalfor Iraq Reconstruction.

The rise of Iraq’s insurgency was never envisioned by U.S. officials, who originally budgeted about 9 percent of reconstruction aid for project security, the audit said.

As kidnappings, killings and sabotage drove local laborers and foreign technicians from the reconstruction program, U.S. administrators were forced to step up protection for workers.

New measures like armored vehicles, private security teams and blast walls absorbed as much as 22 percent of project

costs, according to the audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

“The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out,” said Wayne White, who headed the State Department’s Iraq intelligence team until last year. “Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified.”

Planners “envisioned a much more permissive security environment than that experienced in 2004 and 2005. The Iraq insurgency has directly affected the cost of the reconstruction projects, increased the cost of materials and created project delays.”

Pre-invasion U.S. intelligence reports said guerrilla attacks were likely.

Iran's president lashed out at the United States Wednesday and vowed to resist the pressure of "bully countries" as European nations circulated a draft resolution urging that Tehran be brought before the U.N. Security Council for its nuclear activities.

Church settlesabuse lawsuits The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, which filed for bankruptcy after being barraged with sex-abuse lawsuits, has offered a $45.7-million settlement to 75 people who say they were molested by priests. Bishop William Skylstad publicly apologized Wednesday to the victims "for the terrible wrongs inflicted on you in the past."

Former postal worker kills 8 A woman wounded in a rampage by a former postal worker died Wednesday. Investigators said the assailant also killed a former neighbor just before the attack, bringing the rampage's death toll to eight.

Enron admits fudging figures

Bent on matching or beating Wall Street expectations, Enron Corp. fudged its earnings figures with the knowledge of executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, the company's former chief contact for investors testified Wednesday.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2,2006

Finkelstein addresses Israel-Palestine conflict by

Durham's VA Hospital, which is across Erwin Road from the Duke Hospital, received an awardfor its care.

VA hospitals outscore private ones in surveys by

Outpatient care received a score of 75.

Carolina Astigarraga THE CHRONICLE

Duke University Hospital is known as one of the premier medical institutions in the world—and with its imposing glass facade and shiny exterior it certainly looks the part.

But the modest red brick building across the street that houses the Durham Department ofVeterans Affairs Medical Center has been getting a lot ofattention recently.

Two national surveys released this year by the American Customer Satisfaction Index indicate that patients rate the quality of care received at VA hospitals—facilities for honorably discharged veterans higher than care received at private institutions like Duke Hospital.

VA hospitals received an average score of 83 out of a possible 100 for inpatient care, while VA outpatient care received an average score of 80.

In a separate survey, patients gave inpatient care at private facilities a score of 73.

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The results represent the sixth consecutive year that VA hospitals have outranked private facilities.

Dr. Mike Cuffe, vice president for medical affairs for Duke University Health System, said the surveys conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index used measurement tools with which he was unfamiliar. He had no comment about the survey’s findings.

Cuffe also said the survey compared VA hospitals to private hospitals and did not necessarily pertain to Duke Hospital as a member of the academic health system.

“No doubt every hospital in the country including ours has room for improvement,” he added.

Ralph Gigliotti, director of the Durham VA Medical Center, attributed the high ratings of VA hospitals in part to their integrated health care system and SEE HOSPITALS ON PAGE 6

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Political and historical issues that emerged in full on Duke’s campus last year during the Palestine Solidarity Movement resurfaced Wednesday night when Norman Finkelstein, an author and professor at DePaul University, spoke on West Campus.

Finkelstein is a critic of pro-Zionist and pro-Israeli sentiments.

He has written about the abuse of the memories of the Holocaust and perceived anti-semitism by Jews for propaganda purposes in his book Beyond Chutzpuh—On the Misuse of AntiSemitism and the Abuse of History.

“If you look at historical records, there is no controversy,” said Finkelstein, noting that the United Nations World Court ruled that Israel does not have the right to former Palestinian lands.

“Israel has no title to one atom of the West Bank or Gaza,” he added.

The West Bank and the Gaza Strip have long been areas of conflict, as both Palestinian and Israeli leaders and citizens claim rightful Ownership of the lands.

Finkelstein said the two areas legally belong to the Palestinians.

He also compared what he deems the destruction of the Palestinian population to ethnic cleansing, drawing parallels to the European Settlers and Native Americans.

He said he thinks there are two types of controversy regarding the IsraelPalestinian conflict.

The first is legitimate controversy, which he said is relatively small. The second controversy is “fake and concocted and meant to diverge people from real issues,” Finkelstein said.

He accused pro-Israeli forces of attempting to make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more complicated than it really is.

“To make it seem like it is so complicated you would have to have the

knowledge equivalent

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rocket science

to know what is going on,” he said.

He also accused pro-Israeli forces of

playing “the Holocaust card.”

“People conscript the Holocaust as propaganda,” Finkelstein said. “They say that because the Jews have suffered uniquely in history they should not face the same moral standards as other nations.”

His main issue with pro-Israeli ideological forces, Finkelstein noted, is the spread of misinformation.

“The most depressing example [of pro-Israeli propaganda] is the massive proliferation of sheer fakery and fraud on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Finkelstein said.

After finishing his nearly two-hour lecture —which was co-sponsored by the Duke Progressive Alliance and the culSEE FINKELSTEIN ON PAGE 6

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Norman Finkelstein speaks Wednesday about his views on the controversy in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Fuqua falls 9 spots in annual MBA program rankings The Fuqua School of Business fell nine spots in a Financial Times annual ranking of MBA programs worldwide.

Fuqua’s MBA program dropped to 27th this year from 18th the year before. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School fell at a similar rate, from 17th in last year’s ranking to 29th this year.

The rankings are based on results from 20 categories divided into three tiers—postgraduate alumni career progress, characteristics of the schools’ student population and the schools’ performance in research.

The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business ranked first, followed by Harvard’s MBA program, which ranked first last year.

Bombadil signs with record label, plans to release EP Local band Bombadil signed a record deal with Ram-

seur Records, based out of Concord, NC. The band is comprised of seniors Bryan Rahija, who plays the guitar, Daniel Michalak, the bass player, Stuart Robinson, who plays the keyboard, and drummer John Michalak.

The band plans to release an EP in April 2006

Duke mathematics professor awarded top honor Arlie Fetters, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, will be inducted Feb. 13 into “A Portrait Collection of The National Academies of African-Americans in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.”

Each year, the National Academy of Sciences’ committee on African-American History adds photographs of notable black researchers to the collection.

Fetters has pioneered applications of gravitational tensing in physics, predicting effects that probe the nature of spacetime around black holes and developing tests for

theories of gravity such as Einstein’s generalrelativity.

Civil Rights photographer will speak Monday at Duke Charles Moore, whose documentary photographs of the Civil Rights movement captured the violence and struggles of the era, will speak at the University at 8 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 6.

The presentation —’’Can Photographs Make a Difference?” —will also include a discussion by Moore, history professor Charles Payne and associate professor of history and public policy studies Robert Korstad. The event, which will be held in the Sanford Institute of Public Policy in room 04, is free and open to the public.

Nicholas school deanreceives fellowship award William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

The AGU confers fellowship to scientists who have attained acknowledged eminence in one or more branches of geophysics. The number offellows elected each year is limited to no more than 0.1 percent of the union’s membership.

Schlesinger, who holds the James B. Duke Chair in Biogeochemistry, was cited for his seminal work on the biogeochemistry of global climate change, particularly the role of soils in the global carbon cycle and on desert ecosystems.

He will receive his award during the AGU’s annual meeting May 23 to 26 in Baltimore.

Tucker Max coming to Durham for book signing New York Times best-selling author and Duke Law School graduate Tucker Max is making Durham a stop on his national tour promoting his new book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

Tucker will sign books at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the Barnes & Noble located at the Streets at Southpoint in Durham.

The afterparty, where Max will be available for additional book signings and partying, will be at East End on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill until the bar closes.

The Baldwin Scholars Program proudly presents the inaugural event in the

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Von Canon B/C Bryan Student Center This event is sponsored by the Baldwin Scholars Program, the Laura Ellen and Robert Muglia Family Foundation, the Robertson Scholars Program, Fbnhellenic Association, Residence Life and Housing Services, Duke Democrats, and the Women's Centers at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill.

Sanford graduate students to host Speed Dating event Looking for love? Public policy studies department graduate students are hosting an undergraduate speed dating event Feb. 10 in the Great Hall.

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APPLICATIONS frompage! up 6 percent from last year.

Nonetheless, Guttentag said there was an overall decrease in the number of students that chose not to identify their ethnicity on the application.

He added that it seems like people are beginning to see that Duke is more diverse than commonly thought.

“In part, that is a reflection of the realization nationwide that Duke is a diverse place,” he said. “It really is a place where students from all backgrounds can come and be comfortable.”

Guttentag noted that the University’s diversity has changed dramatically over the past two decades.

Ninety-one percent of Duke’s student body was white or of unknown ethnicity in 1984, Guttentag said.

“The perception is in the process of catching up to reality,” Guttentag said.

“We consistently try to cast as wide a net as we can.”

Geographically, this year’s applicant pool reflects some changes as well.

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The University attracted nearly 1,800 applicants from California, surpassing New York as the state submitting the most applications.

Within the last three years, 10 percent of all high school graduates nationwide have been from California, Guttentag said.

In an effort to attract more students from the state, the Office ofAdmissions assigned an additional officer to recruit in California, he said.

Despite increases in applications from students of color and students from certain states, Guttentag said admissions officers will consider the quality of applicants over any specific representation.

“Diversity of all kinds is something to pay attention to, [but] a lot depends on the strength of the applicant pool,” he said. “I don’t know how many students we’ll be accepting in any category.”

The University will extend offers of acceptance to more than 3,000 applicants by early April.

Approximately 1,640 students are expected to enroll as part of the Class of 2010, including the 470 who were admitted in December through Early Decision.

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change in the freshman meal plan. The new plan would include moving all Marketplace meals, including lunch, to “all 'you care to eat.” Freshmen would be allowed to choose between 10,14 and 17 meals per week at the venue.

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DSG VicePresident ofStudentAffairs Paige Sparkman, a senior, expresses no confidence in ARAMARK, Corp.,Duke's largest dining vendor.

The new freshman proposal would also include a $5 meal equivalency option for lunch on West Campus, a change in the structure of food points and a minimum cost of $2,020 for first-year students.

Bissinger presented a number of initiatives aimed at improving West Campus food options. He said he would look into doubling the size of Subway and increasing the variety and quality of food in the Great Hall.

Before moving to its final vote, DSG peppered the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee cochairs with questions regarding DUSDAC’s recent survey on the state of food at the University.

The survey found that ARAMARK’s performance had declined in recent months.

“We express some cautious optimism in Mr. Bissinger and his management team,” said DUSDAC co-chair Andrew Wallace, a senior. “But we have no confidence in the parent company.”

In the past, ARAMARK has been decried by student leaders for providing sub-par food service and lackluster management and communication. Bissinger said he

should meet “25 times a year instead of one” with DSG. In the packet he distributed to the DSG Senate, Bissinger included a letter signed by 33 Marketplace employees. They expressed confidence in ARAMARK’s current on-campus management.

The third-straight no confidence vote was “expected”

by DSG leaders because it had passed unanimously through the Student Affairs and Athletics and Campus Services committees.

“ARAMARK hasn’t provided the excellent dining services we expect,” said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior. “These are suggestions and programs that have been brought up for years, and if they could be brought to fruition it would be great.”

In other business: Freshman Jordan Giordano, junior Matthew Hoekstra and freshman Madison Li were elected as the three Senate members for the 2006 DSG Election Commission.

DSG Treasurer Nisha Choksi, a junior,presented an annual budget update. In Fall 2005, DSG spent $21,193.83.

In addition, the organization raised $8,927 for Hurricane Katrina relief.

DSG recognized the Nasher Student Advisory Board and Project SKY as new groups.

Archive Literary Festival received $5,791, Urgent Theater was given $1,859 and WXDU Sports was granted $1,654 for its “Live at K-ville” event.

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their electronic patient records.

“There’s a definite continuity of care because of our automated medical record system. It’s something we provide that most private health care systems can’t match,” he said.

Cuffe said DUHS has a similar electronic record system and is working to improve it.

Gigliotti also cited patient surveys as important methods of providing quality care and patient satisfaction.

The Durham VA hospital uses patient surveys that rate satisfaction after a stay as well as “real time” surveys handheld electronic devices that allow patients to rate care as they receive it.

Gigliotti said patients’ experiences are often made more enjoyable because of the fraternal bond between patients and doctors who are themselves veterans.

He added that the medical center is particularly proud to be the recipient of the Robert W. Carey Achievement Award, which recognizes quality-oriented VA facilities. “It shows the care our veterans receive is top notch,” Gigliotti said.

Durham VA Medical Center was selected from among 154 hospitals around the country as the facility with the best health care.

Cuffe said DUHS is constandy working to ensure a positive experience for its patients on a variety oflevels.

“When a patient comes in, they expect time and care to be focused on them from when they park their cars to when they pay their bills months later,” Cuffe said. “The experience of the process is perhaps as important as the quality of medical care received.”

Duke Hospital tries to achieve this level of patient satisfaction through surveys that rate the patient’s overall experience. Patient advocacy boards also help integrate patients’ concerns into management decisions. Duke uses a “Patients First” employee rewards program that gives year-end bonuses to employees who receive high marks from patients.

Employees have access to an anonymous reporting system that allows them to comment on areas in patient care or hospital management that they think can be improved.

“I want Duke to be the place where patients go for the best experience,” Cuffe said. “I want us to be known for excellent patient care —to be among the best in the country and certainly the best in the Triangle. It’s a big focus for us.”

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Students and locals packed in to listen to Norman Finkelstein sound off on his views concerning theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict Wednesday.

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Others were vehement in criticizing Finkelstein.

“I was, as a conservative who supports Israel, appalled by the heinous distorting that characterized his address,” said Stephen Miller, a Duke Conservative Union executive and Chronicle columnist, after the lecture.

Senior Jeff Leibach, president of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, said he was disappointed with Finkelstein’s speech and its overall message.

“I feel the lecture lacked perspective, lacked a significant amount of truth and was based on a series ofassumptions and elimination of facts,” Leibach said.

Leibach added that he was also disappointed with the fact that Finkelstein concluded his speech by saying—in reference to supporters of Israel’s policies—“they have the money, they have power, and at every level, they are ruthless.”

Leibach said such a statement represented a case of stereotyping. “When he said ‘they,’ he used stereotypes that for many years have been used to demonize the Jewish people,” Leibach said. “We [at the Freeman Center] hope to highlight the positive aspects of our culture in order to combat such stereotyping.”

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tural anthropology department, among other groups he asked for questions, requesting that those who disagreed with him speak first.

Some members of the audience asked questions before being selected to speak.

Many people made angry comments. Others, however, said the lecture and debate afterwards were productive.

After several questions, however, audience members began arguing among one other, and Finkelstein stood quietly at the podium.

“I think it is sad people can’t hear an opposing viewpoint with any sort of respect,” said Laura Atkinson, a member of computer support personnel for Perkins Library.

The audience of more than 100 people, including many Jewish students, offered various views on Finkelstein’s lecture after the question-and-answer session.

“It was very informative. The important thing is that it raises the issue to a higher level of visibility,” said Alvaro Reyes, a fourth-year graduate student in literature.

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recess The Branch Gallery, the newly opened art space on Foster Street, is the perfect venue to display art—high ceilings, open space and plenty of room to grow. Its existence in Durham, however, is a bit of a fluke.

Branch Gallery owner Chloe Seymore and her husband Harrison Haynes got their start in the New York art scene, opening their first, unofficial gallery by partitioniong off three-quarters of their Manhattan loft. By the time the couple visited Haynes’ parents a few years ago in Carrboro, they had grown tired of the Big Apple bustle.

They hadn’t decided on any specific plans, but while visiting, they stumbled upon a “For Sale By Owner” sign outside the building that had previously housed The Carrboro Gallery.

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by David Graham recess Chances are, you’ve never heard Kara DioGuardi’s name. But if you’ve ever turned on a radio, you’ve probably heard her work. When Ashlee Simpson shot to number one on the Billboard Top 40 Singles list in 2004, she did it singing DioGuardi’s song “Pieces of Me.” And when Gwen Stefani hit number seven on Billboard’s Hot 100 the same year, it was with “Rich Girl,” a song DioGuardi co-wrote.

In fact, the Los Angeles-based DioGuardi, a 1993 Duke graduate, has worked with most of the biggest names in pop music. She has written or produced songs for the likes of Clay Aiken, Celine Dion, Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Carlos Santana and Jewel—and that’s leaving put half a dozen marquee names.

After years behind the scenes, DioGuardi will step into the spodight this fall with the release ofher first record, a collaboration with the Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart under the name Platinum Weird. The album is slated for a March 17 release on Interscope Records.

DioGuardi said the challenge of writing for such different artists is perhaps the best part of the job. DioGuardi’s personal CD collection, however, isn’t dominated by bubble-gum pop. Favoring James Blunt, Postal Service, and classics like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Eurythmics instead, DioGuardi leans toward rock, but makes exceptions. She said Stefani’s Love .Angel.Music.Baby is perhaps her favorite “fun” disc. Ultimately, she said, all musical styles comprise a continuum.

“Any melody can be produced in any context,” she said. “You can have a bouncy pop song or you can put a great band behind the same melody and get a rock song.”

as Ashlee Simpson, Celion Dion, and Gwen Stefani.

DioGuardi also frequently contributes background vocals to the records she produces and writes for. At one time, DioGuardi seemed headed toward a career as a singer, but her failedbid resulted in her wildly successful songwriting career.

After several years working as assistant to the president at Billboard Magazine, DioGuardi was prepared for a career shift and signed a contract with MCA Records.

MCA dropped her before she’d released a record, but

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Cable 13 launches version 2.0, and it's still free Caitlin Donnelly recess Forget HBO. Cable 13 is the new destination for Hollywood’s hottest releases. In fact, without the insane monthly fees and those annoying behind-the-scenes specials, the student-run station may have a leg up on its big budget rival.

In the past month, Cable 13 has been airing a slew of blockbusters, including Hitch, Catch Me if You Can and Anchorman, and a handful of classic films like Casablanca and Jawsaround the clock, all in an effort to reinvigorate the viewership of the often-overlooked channel.

“I don’t want to bash what happened before, [but] I thought that we could have more programming” Cable 13 Vice Chair Orcun Unlu said.

“We could make a 24/7 channel that’s as popular as The Chronicle —an attractive student organization that kids want to watch.”

Enter Fwank, the same company that provides films to Freewater Presentations, a fellow committee of the Duke University Union. Now in a trial period, the final agreement would provide Cable 13 with 16 new movies a month. So far, the effort has been successful. Earlier this semester at the DUU-sponsored BC Blizzard event, Cable 13 set up shop in the television room of the Bryan Center and gauged student reaction to the new programming.

“In the span offour hours, we got so many people walking by,” Cable 13 Chair Lawrence Gan said. “The reaction we’ve been getting has been very promising.”

Gan, for one, is not surprised. “There was never any doubt that students would enjoy getting to watch movies for free,” he said. Perhaps, by

Quirky hit Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the many popular movies currently on rotation as part of Cable 13’s new initiative.

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Last week, the great state of North Dakota officially changed its drunk driving laws. Good news; if you’ve had a few 40s and you’re a little tipsy,'you can still legally drive, as long as your mode of transport is a bike, or—get this—a horse. Their reasoning is flawless: horses rarely randomly ram into stationary objects, and bikes aren’t as big or dangerous as cars. You know what recess thinks about that? recess thinks that the DUPD should investigate the possibility of putting this policy into place on the Duke campus. Imagine what could happen: Instead of iPods, incoming freshman receive complimentary baby stallions. With a hide feeding and a little training, those stallions will be properly acclimated to the Durham environment by the time their Duke students come of age. And, if all goes well, they’ll be ready to spend hours parked in front of Charlie’s, eagerly awraiting the moment their owners stumble out, ready to “drive” home.

Or, imagine the difference in completing the graduation requirements. Instead of driving backwards around the roundabout, you could drive Roundabout around the roundabout. Sure, the click-clack of the horseshoes would be a little bit less discrete than a normal car engine, but here’s the real benefit you could do it drunk, without getting in trouble!

Driving the ‘ole Schwinn might not be as much fun, but if you attached some sort of liquid-storage tube system to the handlebars, it could get fun in a hurry! Just make sure you look out for all the horses—they probably won’t be able to see bikes in the dark. Overall, it could be just what Duke is looking for; students wouldn’t have to worry about getting suspended for driving drunk, and administrators wouldn’t have to worry about kids getting killed while driving drunk. Unless, of course, a bear or other predator shows up, in which case those baby stallions might be a little skittish. And, as we all know, that’s when you uncap that flask and offer it to your little Seabiscuit. Woaaaaah, boy.

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Out; Connie Nielson subbing for Mariska Hargitay on SVU. Hargitay's pregnancy will not be written into the show, so this means buh-bye Olivia and hello Gladiator co-star. Sorry, but, how hard can it be to write in a steamy affair and consequent tummy bulge? And we just know this spells a hoaky romantic subplot with the newly divorced Elliot.

Up: Bombadil. This funky, fun Duke band just got signed to Ramseur Records and plans to release a disk in April. The only downside? The beloved foursome won't be making their way back to Durham until late March as they hit up everyplace from Myrde Beach to Gainesville, Fla. Out: Britney Spears. Officially marking her insignificance in today's entertainment world, she's accepted a guest spot on the April 13 episode of “Will & Grace.”

Spears will play a Chrisdan TV Host. Recess would rather see Crossroads 2.

Up: The Academy, for actually delivering some surprises. For once, they went against the Golden Jm Globes (and conventional wisdom) to nominate some films and performances many critics considered long shots. Terrence Howard’s breakout year deserved the nod, and recess still has chills from Munich The new class of pseudo-celebs. First it was Paris and her sidekick, now it's Lindsay losing her diary.

Recess couldn't be sicker of the fake drama, fake tans and fake family problems of this singing, dancing, acting, but most importandy photo-posing crew. Seriously, gag us (but, you know, not in a bulimic way).

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Step into spring with two new shopping locales It’s a favorite complaint ofDuke girls from freshman to senior year: there’s nowhere to shop around here. And, to give credit where credit is due, for those of us who hail from big cities, Durham can leave a bit to be desired fashion-wise. But ladies, things are looking up.

Stores like Fleur (www.fleur-boutique.com) and Beanie & Cecil (www.beanieandcecil.com), are beginning to pop up in previously un-stylish locations like Raleigh and Chapel Hill, and paying special attention to satisfying a previously neglected customer base. Two new stores—one in Durham, just blocks from East Campus (Za Za Zsu), and one situated on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill (Apple Boutique) —are catering to the demands of fashion savvy students and non-students alike, each with a flair for providing unique, stylish clothing and a commitment to finding the newest, hottest labels for their customers, recess has, as usual, ventured into the great unknown for our readers, only to be showered with attention from salesgirls and owners alike, and to have been pleasantly surprised to find two fantastic places where a fashion-forward girl can do some serious damage.

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The store itself is designed for an easy shopping experience. Lewis explains she is going for a “Soho vibe” where the look is clean, the racks are easy to shop and the collections the store carries are well edited. An exposed brick wall gives the store an unfinished appeal while the clean white of the walls and ceiling leaves the store feeling crisp and uncluttered. Outside the cavernous dressing rooms is a cozy couch with a table spread with magazines like Maxim, Variety, Shop and Cargo—presumably the perfect spot for a dragged-along boyfriend.

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“A happy, hip, modem store” where the fashion is refreshing and not predictable. Lewis wants to evoke a traditional boutique style, where the shop is more than just clothing, but also an easy and fun place to pick up gifts.

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Designers featured in the store include UUa Johnson, Alex Gaines, Sworn Virgins, Rachel Roy, Tracy Reese, Myth Ritual and Tibi. The overall selection leans toward comfy knits, but Lewis also has some beautiful dresses and tops made for a night out. The denim selection includes brands like True Religion, Gold Sign, Antik Denim, Odyn, Siwy and Paper Denim Cloth, but Lewis stresses that she is trying to stick to “novelty denim,” that is, less basic, more interesting pairs of jeans.

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Lynda Cewis, a UNC graduate (a fact which we’ve promised not to hold against her) actually began her career on the investment banking track. She had always loved fashion but was worried that the business wasn’t numbers-driven enough. Enter an opportunity to work in a fabulous job at Neiman Marcus, and business-minded •

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Holland says she picks pieces that are different without being trendy, so that the store stocks unique items that won’t date themselves. The store is home to a combination of big name brands and a crop of new, young designers. “I want customers to trust the store’s instinct,” Holland says. This means having customers take a leap of faith on brands that they may not have heard of, but that are likely to become big names.

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Kenya (Sanaa Lathan) is the uptight, Blackberry-possessive senior manager of a major accounting firm, who throws herself into her work to avoid confronting her very single status. Un-

able to find the so-called IBM (Ideal Black Man), she finds herself pursued by a decidedly un-IBM—a white landscape architect by the name of Brian (the charming Simon Baker), a free-spirited, ruggedly muscular golden boy who looks eerily like the Golden Retriever that never leaves his side.

From there, the movie skips along the beaten path of romantic cliches: a stolen kiss in the rain, a disapproving parent, the appearance of a more acceptable love interest Mark (Blair Underwood). As predictable as much of the movie is, there are enough endearing moments between the couple that make it a crowd-pleaser. For example, when Brian slowly paints Kenya’s toes bright red to help overcome her aversion to color (“Colors are for children and whores”). Or when Brian expresses his love of Kenya’s natural hair, a telling contrast to Mark’s request that Kenya go back to her straight weave.

Brian moves Kenya to shake off the ,rigid facade she felt forced to assume in a white, male corporate world and be happy in her own skin. Still, the sermonizing ddbits offered by Kenya’s father and friends, such as, “The boy’s just white, he ain’t a martian,” skirt around the deeper complexities involved with interracial relationships. Sure, there is a brief falling-out when Brian asks to discuss something other than race one day, but this moment seems artificial, as if the characters are serving as the writer’s mouthpiece. As amiable as the movie is, the viewer can’t help but feel that the film uses race as a plot driver, where racial conflict is as easily created as it is resolved.

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Though hardly lacking in rapid banter and witty one-liners, Mrs. Henderson Presents is as disappointingly cosmetic as the vaudevillian spectacle at its core.

Directed by the ever-versatile Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things) the film follows the whimsical impulses of a newly widowed London socialite played by none other than Hollywood’s go-to sharp-tongued Brit, Dame Judi Dench. Appalled at the thought of the usual elderly widow activities—mourning and embroidery—Mrs. Henderson decides to invest in a run-down theaterand hires as manager Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins), an ideal counterpart to Henderson’s vigorous personality.

The immediate comedy of the film is derived from the tongue-in-cheek squabbles ofVan Damm and Henderson.

Yet these moments often seem too rehearsed—so eager to dole out each quip and jibe that the complexities of the individuals are drowned out by their own discourse.

When the theater is challenged by competition, Henderson hopes that stripping the actresses of their clothing will strip their competitors of business. In a delightfully inappropriate exchange with Lord Chamberlain (that involves arguments such as, “You’re thinking bosoms, I’m thinking breasts”), the agreement is made that to Justify such a scandalous act, the women must remain immobile—as if pieces of art.

The film follows in a panorama of musical numbers and nude “tableaus,” where pretty ladies drop their robes for young soldiers even when the German blitzkrieg rattles the walls of the renovated Windmill Theater. The aesthetic spectacle, though fun, is deficient in that finer element of character cultivation, which differentiates a compelling film from an entertaining one.

The moments of feeling are as fleeting as the silence between the blitz bombings. Frears suggests, through shots ofHenderson sobbing as she rows her canoe or stifling emotion as she sits by her son’s grave, that Henderson is more than a bored widow looking for diversions. Yet he fails to delve into this thread of humanity beneath the spectacle. Ironically, the very nakedness that seeks to enliven the film ultimately cloaks the depth ofits characters —Janet Wu

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“We went on facebook.com and chose the favorite movies,” Gan said. “We tried to keep the student population in mind.” Later films will be selected through an online poll on the Cable 13 website (www.cablel3.com) that will allow the students themselves to choose what is aired.

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But, a station cannot rest on movies alone. In fact, the round-the-clock movie schedule is largely an effort to draw students to the station so they will stick around for some original student-produced programming. Already aired is DJ Orcun, a TRlAike top ten countdown. “I’m adding something to the music video programs and trying to make it fun to watch,” Unlu said of his hosting gig.

Later this month, the game show Something Random will make its debut. Described by show creator, host and recess film reviewer Benito Arendt as Double Dare meets Jeopardy meets professional wresding,” the show will feature student contestants competing in a three-round format that includes both mental and physical challenges.

“The host I’ll be playing is based on Stephen Colbert and Simon Cowell. So, if you come, prepare to be abused,” Arendt warned. “But it’s all in good fun.”

Right now, Cable 13 needs students to come, whether it be as contestants, as viewers or as filmmakers themselves.

“We just want [students] to come up with ideas,” Unlu said. “With our 24/7 system, we can insert their programming wherever it’s possible.”

Eventually, the schedule could expand to include original sports broadcasts and a nightly, campus-centered news broadcast, with movies to fill in the gap. All this is quite a big step for a channel that Unlu admitted programmed only “every once in a while” last year. To whom is this credit due? Gan is quick to point to the rest of the Cable 13 team for their efforts. “It’s probably one of the strongest boards in a very long time,” he said. “They all have a really strong passion for it.”

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Obviously, no one person is fully responsible, but other members laud Gan for his initiative. “Lawrencejust put on a safari cap, grabbed a flashlight and stumbled upon the underground cavern that is Cable 13,” Arendt said. “He’s an incredible guy.”

For now, Cable 13 still lies below the college radar. Students may stumble upon a screening ofEternal Sunshine or Best in Show, but it has not yet become a destination station. Perhaps, however, one of the most positive signs is that those who work on the station are fans themselves.

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Underground is Potter’s intricate answer to Joshua Redman s Elastic Band, a similar outfit that has received hordes of attention in the past few years. Although Potter’s brand of electric jazz may not achieve Redman’s level of commercial success, it nevertheless reveals the genre’s ability to evolve into new and exciting forms.

The band masterfully combines rhythmic and harmonic complexity with a groovy electronic ambiance. From the outset, the group establishes that it can play electric fusion without sounding cheesy, avoiding the dreaded smooth jazz genre.

The many textures of the tune “Nudnik” show off Potter’s hip songwriting. The hythm section easily incorporates unconventional time signatures, providing a captivating backdrop for Potter’s exciting tenor playing. Things really get hot on the title track, with solos from all dur musicians building from effordess simplicity to saucy, chaotic climaxes. The melody also feanres a brief allusion to “Giant Steps,” much to the delight of John Coltrane fans.

The band also tries its hand at several covers, including Radiohead’s “Morning Bell” and Fhe Beatles’ ‘Yesterday.” On both, Potter’s arrangements take fresh angles on familiar tunes.

At times, simpler grooves and more straightforward melodies would be easier on the ears, rut Potter’s efforts deserve respect nonetheless. While the complexity of the group’s playing nay hurt its accessibility, it ultimately creates a more admirable recording.

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Critics like to call this band “American Traditional Rock.”

These people clearly haven’t heard of Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty.

For Me, It’s You is refined, polished and over-produced. Too many tracks are trying to be what “Here’s to the Night” was for Eve 6—a cathartic blend of string quartet and strong emotion.

Instead of achieving this, the best It’s You comes up with is an over-orchestrated, string-laden harmony of emotional slush. It turns out that the answer to “Hey man, how are we gonna write an emotional song?” is not “More strings! We need more strings!”

To be fair, the album has some positive moments. “Am I Reaching You Now” is catchy and as strong as any song created by a pop-rock band.

“I’m Not Waiting in Line” is funkier with fast-paced bass, a powerful guitar solo (by their standards), and one smokey blues piano lick.

Patrick Monahan croons in this song “I’m like no other/and you can thank my mother for that.” It’s unclear, however, who we can thank for shoddy lyrics like that. Such sticky-sweet refrains as “Always remember I’m by your side” are a major weak point of the album.

Me, It’s You attempts to add some edgy blues flavor The only sign that Jay Farrar was having any fun at last Wednesday’s show at the artistspotlight Disco Rodeo in Raleigh came nearly an hour into Son Volt’s two-hour set. Brad Rice, to For tired pop rock. Ultimately, the incorporation is pethe band’s lead guitarist and most stage-friendly presence, came toward Farrar’s mic ripheral to Train’s main pop sound. These tunes will stand, and as he soloed looked to the frontman, as if to challenge him to match Rice’s surely satisfy the billboard charts, but they do not live up to the American rock gods to which they claim tribute. own intensity. It’s not Farrar’s style to be flashy, but he seemed to get the message. Far—Colin Tierney ar smiled back at Rice and proceeded to belt out solid, passionate rock and alt-country for the remainder of the into a solid show. that, like a first hour morphed light. Just pedestrian In town promoting Okemah and the Melody of Riot, their first studio record in seven years, Son Volt plowed through a set comprised mainly of songs from 2005’s Okemah and their 1995 debut Trace. Farrar and co. did FROM PAGE 1 SONG plenty to distinguish themselves, burning through “Medicine Hat” and “6 String Belief.” Despite repeated noisy Chickamauga Uncle —show-closer band, delivered one from his Tupelo only song Farrar previous requests, but that was no surprise. she already had several songs completed. The songs were ulMany songs on the new album sound similar and uninspired both on disc and in concert. However, Farrar’s gift timately recorded by other artists. A songwriter was bom. with words is still evident on his new tune “Methamphetamine,” a stark and elegiac ballad of a drug abuser with a It wasn’t the first change of career plans in DioGuardi’s heartfelt chorus that finds Farrar pleading, “Would you take me back to North Carolina/Would you take me back life. Although she was recruited to sing opera at the Univerto Arkansas?” The song harkens back more towards Son Volt’s earlier sity, DioGuardi decided not to enter the program, majoring days, when songs like the phenomenal “Tear Stained Eye” made up in political science and instead eyeing a career in law. the core of their set lists. When the band came back out for the rest “My background in poli sci has been really helpful for of the encore, the contrast between the tune’s plaintive acoustic me,” she said. “Songwriting has to be logical —you have to strumming and the aggressive attack of “Drown” was extreme. But have a main thesis and then support it, and that’s a skill that now, finally, the audience responded —it may have taken half the I learned in English and political science classes at Duke.” show to get Farrar interested and three-quarters of the show to get Her classes also prepared her well for negotiating the the crowd involved, but the last 30 minutes were pure bliss, a beautimusic business. Today DioGuardi owns the rights to all her ful give-and-take between a band and a crowd that both seemed songs and never signed a distribution dealwith a publishing —Brian McGinn happy to be there. deal, so she’s in full control of her financial situation.

After the initial bump, DioGuardi’s talent and striking looks should have guaranteed her another shot at fame, but she decided to keep a low profile. “After a while, I didn’t want to be an artist,” she said. “I really enjoyed my life, and I didn’t want to be tied to a any one song or have to go on tour.”

DioGuardi found that in addition to a pleasant lifestyle, the relative anonymity of writing and producing behind the scenes allowed her to develop her own musical personality.

“I’ve loved the shadows,” she said. “The shadows are great because you can hide there and do what you do, and ifyou’re failing, no one knows.”

Platinum Weird’s record will move DioGuardi back out of the shadows and toward the recording career she’d originally envisioned. The chance to work with Stewart who has long been one of DioGuardi’s heroes, convinced her that the time was right for a recording of her own.

Her late revelation about her vocation has been a boon, too. Many of her colleagues, she said, knew they wanted to enter the business, but because she hadn’t always planned on it, she had to familiarize herself with the inner workings of the music business.

“I studied it like a course,” DioGuardi said. “When you plan for a career, you never really study it, but I felt like I had to understand how everything worked.”

While she writes almost daily, a typical day begins with business meetings for ArtHouse Entertainment, a company she co-founded that administers publishing rights for fellow songwriters. By'each week’s end, DioGuardi spends 70 to 80 hours total on music and business.

And though it may add to her load, DioGuardi said she looks forward to therelease of Platinum Weird’s disc, a “bittersweet” record that will run the gamut of human emotions.

“Music is all about one main thing: beautiful melodies and lyrics that express universal truth, whether that’s in a pop song that a 12-year-old loves or a rock song that 40or 50-year-olds respond to.”

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Seymore. They bought the building and made the move from Manhattan.

For Seymore and Haynes, the move to Carrboro represented more than a change of location but the realization of a dream.

When they originally opened the New York space, the husband and wife team planned to have a group exhibit once a year that they would take down to North Carolina, where Haynes grew up.

The first exhibit, entitled “Anima/Botanica,” opened in New York with 17 artists whose only stipulation was that their work had to be based on plants or animals. When the exhibit was then moved down to the then Carrboro-based Branch Gallery in Spring 2004, 11 of the artists from the New York show participated in the opening.

After some time in Carrboro, the Foster Street building developer approached the couple about moving there. However, Seymore and Haynes were initially hesitant. They decided on a whim to go over to check out the building and were overwhelmed by the space.

They viewed the move as away to expand the gallery program and to give the work a great venue that would make the art more accessible.

The new gallery is much larger and can show two exhibits at once.

Compared to their old building, the increased wall space and the high, vaulted ceilings allow the gallery to show larger pieces, which would have dominated the walls of the smaller space. The gallery also has three studios for artists to work and a meeting room that holds flat-files and can be used as an additional space to display art.

Since “Anima/Botanica,” the Branch Gallery has held two more themed group shows in the Carrboro space and plans to continue doing so in the new building.

Beginning with the second show, the artists have had to make their

pieces reasonably priced. “I think there’s a preconception that going into galleries is went to school most days,

said—she came to Duke with different plans. The Montana native’s fascination with people and the human body led her to pursue a degree in biology, with the ultimate goal of a career in medical research.

But chance intervened. In order to satisfy her distribution requirements, Imsande enrolled in an introductory drawing course in the fall of her sophomore year. Drawing helped her rediscover her old fascination with artistic expression, and Imsande’s long-range plan changed. With the encouragement of professor Merrill Shatzman, she decided to add art history/visual arts to her biology major. This spring Imsande will put the finishing touches on her project for graduation with distinction within the art major.

gaze of male spectators in a painting that focuses on the legs of a stripper. In other pieces, Imsande employs the more concrete iconography of bondage to express gender inequality.

If Imsande—who now hopes to become a pediatrician—seems to be flirting with disparate interests, she has an explanation: her interest in people, which began with the physiological, has expanded to their emotions.

“Studying people is a challenge,” she noted, and her art is more than just personal expression—it helps her explore the mysteries of humanity that biology, for all its advantages, leaves unanswered.

Heather Imsande’s work will be shown at the Smith Warehouse ADDRESS from March 21 to April 4.

kind of intimidating, or that sometimes that it’s not acceptable, or that it’s so out of my price range I don’t even want to look at it or fall in love with it,” said Seymore, who views these affordable shows as a way to make art more accessible. She wants to make it possible for people to surround themselves with art the way she and Haynes The Branch Gallery features work

by Amanda Barr. have done.

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WOLFPACK ESCAPES CAVS No. 14 N.C. State defeated Virginia, 66-64, in Raleigh Wednesday night on Cameron Bennerman's put-back with 41 seconds to play.

With Redick slowed, lesser lights shine by

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass When Boston College head coach A1 Skinner said the Eagles would guard JJ. Redick with all five guys on the floor, he wasn’t exaggerating.

Boston College often ran multiple defenders at the senior All-American, and his teammates took advantage. Three games after being scolded for “JJ. watching,” the Blue Devils got a combined 26 points from Sean Dockery and Josh Mcßoberts and consistently fed Shelden Williams inside against single teams he rarely sees. game “Our kids know how to win,” analysis Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “There’s not just one kid that knows how to win. We have a team of kids that know how to win, because a number of them stepped up and made plays.”

With less than three minutes remaining in the first half, Lee Melchionni set a baseline screen for Redick and both defenders jumped out to stop the deadly shooter as he received a pass from Greg Paulus. Redick made a quick dish to an unguarded Melchionni, who in turn found Williams open under the basket for an easy dunk.

The play was one of many in the first half in which the excess attention Redick received freed up easy looks for his teammates. Redick registered four assists and had numerous other passes that set up open looks which Duke’s other guards could not knock down. Although the Eagles enjoyed a significant size advantage at the guard positions, the Blue Devils matched Boston College with 34 points in the paint.

“We were a little overzealous and it created some opportunities for them because we didn’t communicate well,” Eagle head coach A1 Skinner said. “I thought we did a better job communicating in the second half, and they didn’t get those open looks.”

Although he was the main focus of the Eagles’ defense and subsequendy had a less than stellar shooting night—the senior was 8-for-18 from the field— Redick still managed to tally 28 points. The ACC’s leading scorer had only one field goal in the last 14 minutes of the contest, but hit 7-of-8 free throws in the second half.

With Redick botded up, Mcßoberts provided the play of the game. The freshman rebounded Paulus’ second missed free throw with 41 seconds remaining and the Blue Devils’ lead down to three.

Mcßoberts was fouled and calmly sank two free throws to push Duke’s lead back to five.

“For that kid, it is like a defining moment, because he is going to be a really good player,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s only shooting a little over 50 percent from die free throw line, so for him to hit those two after his teammate missed two, that’s a big time play.”

The key play was one of many for Mcßoberts, who nearly matched his career-high of 15 points he finished with 14 on 4-of-7 shooting—despite picking up his fourth foul with more than seven minutes remaining. Krzyzewski showed his confidence in the freshman by having him trigger the crucial inbounds play with Duke leading by one after Melchionni had turned over the previous inbound attempt.

Wednesday’s win showed both how difficult it is to hold Redick in check, and that other threats can emerge if the defense overplays the All-American.

With Redick’s history of struggling in NCAA tournament and the likelihood of defenses continuing to key on him, the success of his teammates will be crucial to the Blue Devils’ high aspirations.

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Aggressive defenseby Boston College held JJ.Redick without a field goal for the last 14minutes of Wednesday's game.

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Pair of 4-star recruits headline Duke’s haul by

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Head coach Ted Rooffinished the 2006 recruiting season on a positive note with 26 signees, highlighted by ten players rated three stars or higher, including two fourstar prospects in fullback Brandon King and linebacker Tyler Rice.

“I think it’s a class that has some depth, and it’s another very solid class to go behind what was our first full recruiting class last year,” Roof said. “Not only are they good football players, but they’re good young men, and they’re going to be good representatives ofDuke.”

The day began on a positive note with an official commitment from quarterback Thaddeus Lewis. After the departures of Mike Schneider, Curt Dukes and Gene Delle Donne, the Blue Devils were left with just two scholarship quarterbacks for next season. The coaching staff responded by bringing in Lewis, an athletic prospect regarded as one of the top recruits in Dade County, Fla. The signing gives Duke three quarterbacks—Lewis, Zack Asack and Marcus Jones—who can challenge defenses with their legs as well as with their arms.

“The days of everything being perfect and sitting back in the pocket and patting the ball are gone,” Roof said. “With all the teams that are pressuring and all the athletes, especially in this league, you’re going

BC from page 1 The Blue Devils (20-1, 8-0 in the ACC) exploded to a 17-point lead early in the second half with Redick and Sean Dockery

combining to hit three consecutive threepointers. Duke remained well ahead of Boston College (16-5, 4-4) until the 13miriute mark, when the Eagles went on a 14-2 run to pull the score to within six and the stage for a dramatic finish.

“We got kind of complacent,” Williams said. “The other team sees that and gets confidence, then it becomes a dogfight after that.”

After squandering their large lead, the Blue Devils held at least a three-point advantage over the Eagles until a botched inbounds pass let Boston College cut Duke’s lead to one. After Marquez Haynes tipped in a missed Jared Dudley three-pointer to make it a one possession game with 23 secset

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Bondeson. Although they were late additions to Duke’s class, both have the size and speed to make an impact on the collegiate level. Lind snubbed scholarship offers from Miami and Auburn for Duke, and Bondeson reportedly received interest from several NFL Europe teams, according to TheDevilsDen.com reporter John Watson.

Duke’s recruiting class earned a spot among the nation’s top 40 for the secortd consecutive year, according to scout.com.

Especially impressive is that despite a 1-10 record last season, the Blue Devils outrecruited five ACC schools: N.C. State, Boston College, Virginia, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest.

“The other thing that struck me about our class is we signed kids from seven schools that we already had kids on our team from within our program, and that says a lot about how our kids see the future of this program,” Roof said. “They see where we’re going and are not getting bogged down in where we’ve been, SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE and I think that’s a very, very positive Offensive lineman MarcusLind is one of two Swedes in Ted Roof's 26-memberrecruiting class. statement.”

In addition to Lewis and the linemen, to be under duress at times.” men this season. Of those, five will play Duke’s class included three tight ends, That duress was a major point offocus on the offensive line and five on defense, two wide receivers, a fullback, three linebackers, five defensive backs and a punter.

Roof said. yet again for the Blue Devils this recruiting season. After pulling in seven lineHeadlining that group oflinemen are a One of those defensive backs, Matt Pridemen last offseason, Roof received official pair of Swedish players, offensive guard more, will defer his enrollment due to a commitments from a whopping ten lineMarcus Lind and defensive tackle Pontus shoulder injury. onds remaining, Lee Melchionni tried to get the ball to Redick. Point guard Greg Paulus and Redick became crossed up, however, and Haynes was able to steal the ball from the Blue Devils.

The Eagles called a timeout as the sellout crowd of 8,606 erupted, sensing the chance to win a game which once looked like a blowout. Dudley took the ensuing inbounds pass and drove straight to the basket, laying the ball in over Williams.

“The turnover was just inexcusable,” Redick said. “There was just miscommuriication, but in a situation like that, we have to do something definite.”

Freshman Josh Mcßoberts then came into the game for Melchionni and successfully inbounded the ball to Redick. The sharpshooter was fouled and sent to the free-throw line, where he hit nothing but net on both attempts.

Williams’ block on the next Boston College drive extinguished any hope of a miracle comeback and only a desperation three-pointer by Louis Hinnant brought the Eagles’ deficit to two points.

“It’s always fun to play at home, but it’s even better to play on the road,” Williams said. “Especially when there’s a crowd that’s really into it and has a lot ofenergy, and then at the end of the game you silence that crowd.”

Of Williams'2l points, 13 came from the free throw line, where the senior missed on only three attempts. Redick paced the Blue Devils with 28 points on 8of-18 shooting and Mcßoberts’ 14 points were part of one of his best games at Duke.

The freshman was 53 percent from the charity stripe entering the game, but hit 6of-7 Wednesday night, including two straight after grabbing the offensive rebound when Paulus missed a foul shot in the game’s final minute.

The Eagles and Blue Devils batded back and forth in the early going. There were seven lead changes in the first half before Duke went on a 13-4 run to open up a 10-point advantage heading into the locker room.

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GregPaulus played 31 minutes against Boston CollegeWednesday,registering three assists and three turnovers. of the first half and the starts of the second half that was a little like fool’s gold,” Krzyzewski said. “It gave us a lead, but that’s not the way the game was going to be

eight points, none of them in the second half, before fouling out with 2:58 to play.

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ACC, two games ahead of second-place NOTES: N.C. State.... Among the celebrities in the Duke’s largest lead in the contest was crowd were New England Patriots owner 18-points. The Blue Devils were winning Bob Kraft and quarterback Doug Elude, 61-43 with 12:46 to play before the Eagles Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchibegan their comeback.... Eagles’ preseaon no, golfer Brad Faxon and NBC correAll-American Craig Smith scored just spondent Tim Russert.

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exacerbated by a shortage of appointment slots.

Students have also complained that they were not adequately monitored and followed up with when they were taking medications.

But problems extend staffeditorial even beyond personnel.

The location and condition of the CAPS facilities make it all the more difficult for students who already feel stigmatized to seek the help they need. The CAPS offices are difficult to find, requiring one to navigate labyrinthine and rather public hallways in the Page Building.

What’s more, the small waiting room and cramped halls create an uncomfortable, uninviting atmosphere. As one student put it, CAPS needs to be “less of a scary corner somewhere on campus where few wish to venture.”

To be frank, the current state ofaffairs isshameful.

It’s empty promises. You have to look at Duke’s past and student desires.

Senior Paige Sparkman, DSG vice president of student affairs, on voting confidence” in ARAMARK, Corp., for the third consecutive year. See story page 1.

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feedback forms to fill out. Rather, it should be an administrative initiative that leads to a better structured personnel policy so that CAPS is more fully staffed.

It should also measure how well Duke stacks up to its peer institutions and examine how other elite universities meet the mental health needs of talented young adults.

In the meantime, CAPS needs some short-term stopgap solutions. If students face a three-to-four-week waitlist, they should be referred to other facilities, even if it’s UNC or some other facility or practice.

As a highly selective university, Duke can be a tough environment for students who arrive here with virtually untarnished academic and extracurricular credentials.

Consequently, Student Affairs needs to step up to the plate and improve CAPS before a tragedy proves it acted too late.

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Improvements are needed before it takes a suicide or some other trafedy stemming from anorexia, self mutilation or drug addiction to serve as a wake-up call.

First, Student Affairs needs to more strongly prioritize students’ mental health needs. The status quo is just not getting it done.

While the creation of The Oasis was a nice, out-of-the-box thing to do, there are more serious problems that need to be addressed.

Moreover, informal forms of support —such as talking to resident assistants, professors and peers—are not adequate alternatives. Such people lack the training both to assist distressed students and to distinguish what types of mental health problems should be referred to a professional.

Second, Student Affairs needs to complete a formal evaluation of CAPS. Such an evaluation would go beyond merely giving CAPS clients

is, in a sense, lucky. Despite our high-pressure environment, no students have committed suicide in recent years.

This good fortune, however, shouldn’t lull anyone into a false sense of complacency.

CAPS, Duke’s Counseling and Psychological Services, is in need of serious improvements, and we hope it won’t take a focusing event, such as a suicide, for Student Affairs to pay attention and take action.

The most critical challenge facing CAPS is the long wait to see a mental health professional.

Students report having to wait three to four weeks for an appointment.

That’s just not acceptable.

Furthermore, it’s not only the quantity of staff people that’s an issue; it’s also the quality.

It’s not uncommon for students to be paired with a therapist who’s not a good fit, a problem that can only be

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CAPS deserves more respect I’m dismayed by the negative tone of Jan. 31 article about CAPS (“In face of criticisms, CAPS seeks improvement”). I’m sorry to hear people have had painful experiences there, but I’d like to offer a different perspective. I would recommend CAPS wholeheartedly to any student needing help and support.

CAPS has been enormously helpful to me in my adjustment to life at Duke—and at times that adjustment has been very difficult. Duke is an extremely demanding, competitive place, and it is not always supportive, to put it mildly. But at CAPS I have found wise sounding boards, needed encouragement and solid, responsive care. I haven’t experienced the waiting room as cold; the front desk staff are warm and professional. I feel welcome there, among friends.

As for stigma—oh, get real. It is a fact that very large percentages of students at Duke struggle with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, sex, unwanted pregnancy—this is not “mental illness,” this is life. Pretending it’s not true won’t improve it. CAPS offers many resources to help us cope with such issues, lower our stress and find healthier ways to live in this environment.

CAPS is a great resource. To get the most out of it, we have to take responsibility for making and

keeping appointments, following up and maintaining a relationship with a doctor. Ifa particular doctor and student are a bad match, the student can request another, or a different kind of help: There are many options if we seek them.

CAPS staff need and deserve all the support, funding, help, and encouragement Duke can muster.

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The Duke Democrats decided to filibuster for a few reasons.

Despite my (and my friends’) concerns about my increasingly disorWhile attending an academic dered eating and bleak outlook on panel about Alito, one of the panlife, I simply could not return after elists (hint: he’s your Constitutionthat debacle. al Law professor) mentioned that What concerns me most, howit would be helpful if students ever, is our vice president for Stuwould call their senators, and the dent Affairs’ callous and unenfilibuster just emerged. We were lightened comments on the CAPS taking this academic discussion to situation. How can Larry Moneta the next level. claim that “patient overflow and The filibuster did not keep resource concerns” are not an “imAlito off the court, but when you mediate issue”—while CAPS direcget the chance to talk to someone tor Kathy Hollingsworth calls them about what’s really going on in her “strongest concern?” this administration and they end I somehow doubt that hiring the conversation, “Gee, this is the short-term staff (as Moneta recfirst time I’ve ever wanted to get ommends) is in the best interest involved in politics,” that’s a posiof the students who need help tive outcome. We were actively the most (and therefore in the raising interest. best interest of the University, And others besides Duke Deone would hope). mocrats helped out. Faculty particEven worse is Moneta’s suggesipated, including one of the nation that students seek other retion’s top constitutional lawyers sources such as “resident assistants, and a professor of media from professors and peers.” While these George Washington University; figures all have their places in our even a couple of passers-by took lives, I know from experience with time to filibuster. The Duke Law my summer campers that having Dems also contributed. As a someone come to. you asking for group, they really understand how psychological help you are not difficult Alito is going to make qualified to give is a terrible, terri- theirjobs. The Supreme Court has ble burden. Moreover, Moneta’s overruled many of Alito’s cases in advice delegitimizes mental illness recent years; now that he’s the one and directly refutes formerly dewith the final word, a lot of imporpressed student Emily Bruckner’s tant legislation (civil rights, civil statement that depression is in fact liberties, etc.) may be overruled in a biological disorder. favor of precedents that existed in Mental health at Duke seems to George Washington’s time. In the me like the most important stumore than 1,000 opinions Alito’s dent affair of them all. I hope that written as a judge, not one has Larry Moneta will change his mind been in favor of an African-Ameriand begin to treat it as such. can plaintiff.

Megan Brudney We were uniting our campus.

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Bush has tried to frame his domestic “terrorist surveillance program” as a common sense response to a national security threat. In this way, Bush is a lot like Nixon was in 1973. President Nixon used the power and technology of the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on domestic citizens, also under the pretense of“national security.” Yet the ensuing public outrage that erupted once Nixon’s warrantless phone taps were discovered destroyed a presidency. It was not taboo jared fish to say: “Nixon lied.”

Nixon’s arrogance pro progress led to Congress’ swift passage of die Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which made it a crime to engage in wiretapping without court approval. Every president since then—to our knowledge—has followed the law. Until now.

Besides the fact that we seem to have forgotten history, the opportunity for abuse in an unchecked presidency today is compounded exponentially by ever-advancing technology. Consider the following reality check: 1973: At a time when the United States is threatened by a nuclear superpower and remains embroiled in an overseas batde for democracy and freedom in the face of creeping Communism, President Nixon spies on Americans’ land-lines to protect the nation’s “national security.” A whistleblower and public outrage combine with relatively limited and thus more conspicuous methods of spying, leading to FISA and Nixon’s resignation.

2005: At a time when the United States is threatened by terrorist extremists and remains embroiled in an overseas batde for democracy and freedom in the face of tyranny, President Bush spies on Americans’ land-lines, cell phones, web browser searches, e-mail accounts and library records to protect the nation’s “national security.” New technologies make it easy to use these devices to continuously track subjects’ movements. The extent of the program and who it affects remains unknown, and Democratic calls for mere oversight of the NSA’s actions are anemic.

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is monitored by the NS A. The government begins recording all of the reporter’s communications without a warrant and follows her to an interview with Hamas in the West Bank. Transcripts of the interview are obtained by the government and filtered for content, at which time the reporter is ordered to remain silent about the censorship or face federal detention (indefinitely) for supposedly conspiring with terrorists.

2010: With its new, unchecked powers and more advanced technology, the NSA expands its surveillance operations to all groups—not just “terrorists”—that might threaten national security. The President authorizes the NSA to monitor communications by the ACLU, because the organization advocates for the release of “suspected terrorists” labeled “enemy combatants,” who have not been charged with any crimes and whose right to habeas corpus has been eliminated as they sit in jail for years.

Environmental groups’ activities are monitoredbecause they oppose domestic oil drilling, while consumer advocates find themselves under the watchful eye of the biggest arm of big government because they threaten America’s economic prosperity.

(Actually, we don’t even need to wait four years for all this to become a reality. Until last year, the U.S. PATRIOT Act allowed the NSA to monitor citizens’ public library records to identify Americans who might threaten national security. In other words, if you’re planning on researching Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia, it might be safer to study underwater basketweaving instead.)

As citizens, we have a duty and vested interest in checking the power of the executive. The American people 30 years ago recognized we were hurtling down a slippery slope with the first Imperial Presidency. New technologies mean the hazards of following the same path today are all the more dangerous. PresidentBush can stop terrorists and follow the law at the same time. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... ****

In my last column, I erred in stating that the Commerce Clause bestows Congress with powers not explicitly granted to the states. Of course, as a federalist society, the statement should have read that the clause is the source ofmuch implicit Congressional power not stated in the Constitution, since any authority not explicitly granted to the federal government in the Constitution is given to state governments.

Jared Fish is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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week I decided to wear my orange, “W 2004” cap around campus. I did not put it on in class, of course, because I do not believe it is appropriate to wear political apparel at a lecture. Doing so would have irritated the professors, who I am certain share this belief and in addition

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When I did wear the cap, however, many passers-by either glared at me or whisjamie deal pered something negstrategery ative into a friend’s ear. One kid even gave me the look of death. Then again, maybe his face wasjust that shape. I’m not sure.

What I do know, though, is that the cap was not welcomed on campus. This should surprise no one. After all, I attend a university where Harry Belafonte was paid a large sum of money to give a keynote address in the school’s chapel, but conservative organizations unsuccessfully scrape for money each year to bring in speakers that represent their interests.

At Duke, someone wearing a W hat gets dirty looks, while Kerry/Edwards stickers still affixed to professors’ and students’ bumpers are accepted as perfectly normal, even though those candidates lost an election that was nearly impossible to lose. (On a side note, next time you are off East Campus, go through the Whole Foods parking lot or down by The Regulator Bookshop to see some really amusing left-wing bumper stickers.)

People’s visible shock at my W hat is characteristic of Duke as a whole. No doubt this University is predominately liberal, but that is not my point. In fact, the majority’s political slant actually does not bother me that much. What troubles me about Duke is the institution’s and community’s arrogant hostility toward conservatives in general. We who represent the right wing are cast aside as reactionary crazies, when in reality we are very much middle-of-the-roadfor the United States. Were I to express anti-abortion views, for instance, I would be seen as out-of-touch with reality and possibly anti-woman. Yet the majority ofAmericans believe that unregulated abortion would be wrong, and around a quarter even think Roe v. Wade should be overturned.

Itis laughable thatsuch views would be seen as abnormal at Duke, just as it is absurd that Democratic senators, who are in the minority, believe Judge Alito’s personal views are “out of the mainstream.” Liberals in the majority at Duke need to recognize that conservatives hold beliefs in common with much of the country. If Duke’s leftists want open dialogue and free speech, they should respect what we have to say rather than label us as ignorant or bigoted —a common tactic used by anyone wishing to discredit the opposition instead of argue fairly.

There are always extremes, but conservatives in general are not racist, misogynist or ignorant. They just think differently, and in no way does that make them less intelligent. Many like to hold up the liberal bias at universities as evidence that leftists are smarter people with better ideas. But if anyone wishes to say that intelligent people cannot be right-wing, then I urge him or her to look for conservatives with Ivy League Ph.D.s or other professional degrees. It should not take long.

Some parts of the Duke community have already begun to turn around, and I appreciate that. For an immediate example of this, take a look at the publication you are reading. As it does today, The Chronicle features conservative views on its editorial page to offset liberal ones. And just last week, The Chronicle placed a story on a speech by conservative activist and ex-FBI agent Gary Aldrich above the fold.

Some believe this was a sad example of bowing to conservatives’ demands. But I seriously doubt that the editors of The Chronicle are trembling at the feet of Duke’s conservative organizations. Placing the Aldrich story above the fold was most likely just a case of the editors putting a newsworthy campus event on the front page.

Besides, I am certain that if an appearance by an ex-govemment official with an axe to grind like Paul O’Neill or Richard Clarke were to appear above the fold, no one would complain. Duke is mostly liberal, and I accept that.

But what I cannot stand is the callous treatment conservatives receive by too many on campus. Some parts of the Duke community have made progress in tolerating others’ perspectives, but there is much work to be done. ,«

Jamie Deal is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday.

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