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Taheri-azar Bostock, Perkins to stay open 24 hours Libraries extend Sunday charged for to Thursday times only UNC attack by

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Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a 2005 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who struck several bystanders on campus with his car last week, was officially charged in an Orange County court Monday with 18 felony counts, including nine counts of attempted first-degree murder. Taheri-azar confessed Friday to driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee through the Pit—a popular gathering place on UNC’s campus—and to wounding multiple students and pedestrians. Although no serious injuries were inflicted, six people were hospitalized and three others were treated at the scene of the incident. Taheri-azar could face more than 100 years in prison if convicted on all

felony counts. After turning himself in to law enforcement Friday, the defendant told police that the goal of the violent act

was to “avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world.” Observers in the the courtroom Monday said Taheri-azar—who was handcuffed and wearing an orange prison uniform—remained calm and SEE UNC ON PAGE 7

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Starting March 20, students will be able to study at all hours Sunday throughThursday in West Campus libraries.

Students pulling all-nighters will soon have a new home. University administrators confirmed Monday that beginning March 20, Perkins and Bostock Libraries will keep their doors open 24 hours a day, Sunday through Thursday. Aided by a skeleton crew of two student employees, a library staffer and one roving security guard, library patrons could theoretically sit uninterrupted in the library from 10 a.m. Sunday to 12 a.m. Saturday. Tom Wall, associate University librarian for public services, said the extendedhours pilot program will allow often-nocturnal students to more easily use the library facilities. “We’d like to provide as much access to the library and its contents as possible,” Wall said. The decision to extend library hours to a 24/5 schedule was made by early February, but library officials delayed the switch because of practical concerns. “We didn’t want to do it in the beginning of the semester because library use will only really pick up just before finals [in April],” Wall said. Although the pilot program is only scheduled to run until the end of the spring term, the library hopes to continue it indefinitely. “I’m not promising, but I’m planning SEE LIBRARIES ON PAGE 4

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students for military recruiters. The case, Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, was argued before the Supreme Court in December. Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky was a plaintiff in the case. Chemerinsky and FAIR, backed by law schools across the nation, argued that the Solomon Amendment was unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of the freedom and association of universities that do not support the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies of die military. Chemerinsky explained that law schools maintain an

Outspoken conservative author and activist David Horowitz has been fighting against liberal bias for decades. His fight will continue at Duke Tuesday when he speaks in Page Auditorium at 8 p.m. Horowitz chose Duke to be the first University where he discusses his new book, The Professors: 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America—which includes miriam cooke, professor of Asian and African language and literature, and Fredric Jameson, professor of comparative literature and Romance studies. C-SPAN will be broadcasting the event. The book is a part of Horowitz’s campaign to reform American academia through his Academic Bill of Rights, which is a set of rules meant to ensure that professors do not attempt to indoctrinate students. Horowitz said the Academic Bill of Rights aims to prevent professors from discriminating against students with different political views—a problem that he said plagues the University. “Duke is the prime example of the intellectual corruption in America,” said Horowitz on why he chose to come to Duke. “Its departments simply serve as recruitment for the radical left.”

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PIERRE, S.D. Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday to ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman’s life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood, which operates the state’s only abortion clinic, in Sioux Falls, im-

ure to a statewide ballot in which voters would be asked to repeal the abortion ban. “We fully intend to challenge this law,” said Kate Looby, state directorof Planned Parenthood. “It’s just a question ofhow.” The Legislature passed the bill last month after supporters argued that the recent appointment of conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito have made the U.S. Supreme Court more likely to overturn Roe v. Wade. Rounds said he believes it would be better to chip away at abortion one step at a

time rather than directly confront Roe v. Wade. But he said many abortion opponents want the direct challenge. “Personally I think this court will be more interested in looking at different aspects of Roe v. Wade rather than the direct frontal assault, but we’ll never know unless someone tries,” Rounds said. Rounds said he agrees with legislative sponsors that the test of a civilization is how it treats its most vulnerable and helpless people, and that unborn children are the mast vulnerable and helpless. Under the new law, doctors could get up to five years in prison for performing an illegal abortion.

Charlotte selected for Hall of Fame “In the end, you look at what’s going to be best in the long run,” NASCAR chairCHARLOTTE Not far from some of man Brian France told a crowd of about 1,000 people at the city’s convention centhe same red-dirt tracks where the sport came of age, NASCAR said Monday it will ter. “I’m happy to tell you today the build a sleek shrine to the sport’s greatest NASCAR Hall of Fame is going to be right paint-traders and leadfoots in the heart of here in Charlotte, North Carolina.” downtown Charlotte. Charlotte’s proximity to the heart of The selection ofCharlotte as the site for NASCAR was cited repeatedly by supportthe $107.5 million hall—designed by I.M. ers as a reason to put the hall in the city. Pei, the architect best known for his pyraLowe’s Motor Speedway, in suburban Conmid addition to theLouvre in Paris—ended cord, is home to the longest race on the a yearlong race against four other cities for Nextel Cup circuit, the Memorial Day an attraction expected to lure hundreds of weekend Coca-Cola 600, and has long hostthousands ofNASCAR fans annually. ed NASCAR’s annual all-star race. by

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AT&T Inc. plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs, mostly through normal turnover, if its $67 billion purchase of BellSouth Corp, is approved by shareholders and regulators, AT&T's chief financial officer said Monday. The workforce reduction would take place over three years.

al Qaeda conspirator on trial Opening its argument for executing al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, the government said Monday he "lied so that murders could follow" on Sept. 11, 2001. But the defense portrayed Moussaoui as a buffoon isolated even by al Qaeda and urged jurors to deny him the martyrdom of a death sentence.

Oscar ratings worst in years The Academy Awards were down 10 percent from last year's ceremony, based on preliminary Nielsen Media Research ratings from the nation's 55 biggest markets.

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Provost Peter Lange and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask led a forward-looking discussion with the Graduate and Professional Student Council Monday night following a General Assembly meeting. The dialogue began with a question about the place of the graduate and professional community in the projected strategic plan for the University. Student life, student support, career preparation and an improved “degree of community” are central issues for the Graduate School in the strategic plan, Lange said. He cited planning for a graduate student center and mentoring as two specific concerns. The biggest decision facing the administration is whether to make a major investment in these areas and, if so, determining what it will be, Trask said. “It’s a high stakes poker game,” he explained. “We’re not like Harvard that we can make a bet every year and hope that it’s the right bet.” Healthcare and funding for graduate and Ph.D. education are financial concerns that the administration is working to address, Lange said. He noted that a continued focus on interdisciplinary learning—including certificate programs—is also a part of the strategic plan. “It is very hard sometimes for us to know what the real barriers are because they are encountered on the ground,” Lange said, stressing that problems must also be addressed at the departmental level. Parking problems also constituted a major part of the representatives’ queries. They focused on lack of space, inconvenience and high prices. “We have to build more spaces, and more spaces mean more capital,” Lange said, adding that the parking system needs to procure funds SEE GPSC ON PAGE 6

President ofRice FinancialProducts CompanyDon Rice (left) fields questions from City Council Monday.

City Council restricts talks about debt deal out of the transaction in June when the company failed to obtain a With a number of issues to address, AAA insurance rating. from concerns about a new housing deNow City Manager Patrick Baker is velopment proposal to the future of asking the Council to reconsider a transDurham’s debt problem, Monday night’s action with the financial company deCity Council meeting attracted the atspite its AA insurance rating. The transtention of a number of guests—Durham action, which was originally pitched as a residents and corporate presidents alike. leveraged debt swap, received much critOne year after the Rice Financial icism from Council members as well as Products Company first created controcommunity experts who claimed the deal was too risky for the city. versy among Council members, compaAfter a heated debate between Rice ny President Don Rice addressed the and Council member Eugene Brown, body again. This time, however, his prowho has remained one of the most vocal posal was slightly different. Rice first approached the Council last opponents to RFPC, the Council passed, year with a proposal for a leveraged debt 5-2, a movement to restrict further negoswap—a transaction that would help the tiations of a deal swap to RFPC. At the urging of Baker, RFPC’s new city save money in paying offits debt. Although the proposal was initially passed SEE CITY COUNCIL ON PAGE 4 in a 4-3 vote by the Council, the city

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In the wake of criticisms that the Young Trustee Nominating Committee is hampered by conflicts of interest and ambiguous bylaws, the Intercommunity Council has spent recent weeks discussing possible reforms to the YTNC constitution. Potential changes include adding a non-ICC member to the committee, tinkering with Duke Student Government’s voting power and inserting a by-law that would strictly regulate conflicts of interest. Any changes to the bylaws would have to be approved by both ICC and DSG. “Some of the suggestions are good, but I don’t see how DSG will pass them,” senior and ICC chair Logan Leinster said at an informal meeting Monday. A significant reform that could draw controversy would increase the influence of the nominating committee members by making their final round votes worth half of the collective tally. The change would significantly alter the shape of the final vote that decides who becomes Young Trustee. Currendy, the individual votes ofYTNC committee members have equal weight to the individual votes of DSG senators. If the reform is accepted, each of the 16 YTNC members would have triple the voting power of any member of the roughly 50person DSG Senate. The change was suggested by ICC members who were offended by what they interpreted as the nonchalant and unprofessional behavior of some DSG senators during candidate speeches Feb. 15. “Watching people talk on [AOL Instant Messenger] to each other across the room and make eye contact and laugh, I felt, was disrespectful to the candidates and extremely disrespectful to me,” said

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have it every fall and spring term from now onwards,” Wall said. Wall emphasized that student needs and opinions are the driving force behind the recent changes at Perkins-Bostock. “Ultimately, it’s your library, not our library,” he said. “We run it, but it really exists for the students and the University to

community.” Duke Student Government President Jesse Longoria, a senior, said library officials have been responsive to students questioning the hours policy. “We’ve been in close contact with the administrators who run the library,” Longoria said. “They’ve been very open to student concerns.” Longoria, said DSG started pushing to extend library hours last semester. Earlier this year, DSG helped push Perkins’ hours to 4 a.m. each weekday from its previous 2

a.m. closing time. “It’s always been important to try to make services as compatible with student’ schedules as possible,” he said, adding that legislation to recommend the extension of library hours will be brought up at the DSG meeting Wednesday. Senior Dan Kaplan said he is pleased by the extended hours. “It’s really easy to get distracted in my room,” he said. “When I’m studying late at night, I often wish I could just go over to the library.” Although Kaplan said he does not plan to regularly take advantage of the extended hours, he said he will use it from time to time. “In a crunch, I would definitely see myself pulling an all-nighter,” he said. Wall explained that the library system will continue to improve itself in response to patrons’ concerns. “We in this library, or in any good library, will never say, ‘We’re settled, We’re done,”’ he said.

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proposal will remove the leveraged aspect of the swap, making it a more standard “plain-vanilla debt swap.” Council members Diane Catotti and Brown both expressed concern about proceeding with RFPC for the debt swap. “Things have changed since last year with this company,” Brown said, referring to a civil lawsuit the company is facing in the West Basin Municipal Water District in Southern California. “Is this a firm we want to continue to do business with?” Brown’s main concern, however, was the restricted negotiations for the debt swap. “Not to open this [deal] up to competition would be foolhardy by this city,” he said. But Council member Mike Woodard said keeping the deal closed to competition would not be out of the ordinary. Brown’s concerns expanded to include the integrity of the company and its president. “Rice is probably the only swap dealer in the nation that is currently being sued by an elected board,” he said. “It’s been a long and crooked road of ambush in our dealings with Rice.” In an interview after the meeting, Rice asserted that his company operates with integrity. “I’m very proud of the work we did in West Basin,” he said, noting that the company saved the district $4 million through the transaction. Rice also said the company’s AA rating is not as significant of a detriment as his opponents had claimed. He cited GoldmanSachs and Bank of America as other swap providers with only a AA rating. With the final vote taken, however, Brown said he will have to find new ways to fight the proposal and ensure that taxpayer’s dollars are not lost unnecessarily. Council members agreed to defer any

additional consideration of the swap deal to the April 3 meeting.

In other business: The Council unanimously passed a request to add a $1 surcharge to each taxi trip, effective immediately. The increase will make up for high gas prices that taxi companies have been absorbing. The surcharge will remain in effect for six months. The Council also postponed a vote on development in Goodwin Crossing until the April 3 meeting at the request of residents who claimed the development project has been poorly planned.

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SOLOMON from page 1 anti-discriminatory standard, one that some say contrasts with military recruitment standards. Based on this policy, campuses —including the law schools of Harvard and Yale University University—began barring recruiters from

campus facilities. The Solomon Amendment was passed in 1995 to grant military recruiters the right to recruit on such campuses. Congressional legislation in 2000 and 2002 denied federal funds to any university that barred military recruiters. Universities retaliated by allowing recruiters on campus but not giving them equal access to that of other on-campus recruiters. In 2005, Congress declared that access for recruiters was not sufficient and de-

manded that military recruiters be given access equal to that ofother on-campus recruiters in order to receive funds from the federal government. Although the Duke School ofLaw never adopted policies that would bar military recruiters from the campus, opposition to the Solomon Amendment was voiced through groups such as OUTLaw—a student-run organization seeking to support the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals on campus—and the Duke Chapter of the American Constitution Society. Professors like Chemerinsky also opposed the amendment. Chemerinsky explained that denying campuses funding based on the Solomon Amendment is, in itself, unconstitutional. “The government can’t offer a benefit on the grounds that a person has to forego a constitutional right,” Chemerinsky said in December.

Katharine Bartlett, dean of the School of Law, said the court’s decision will not change students’ ability to protest the Solomon Amendment. “Students will continue to express their views and we will continue to make available forums for students [to voice their opinions],” she said. In an interview before the December hearing, Chemerinsky explained that law schools must maintain an anti-discriminatory policy. “Every aspect of our law school must be open to all of our students,” he said. “We can refuse to associate with others if we disagree with their views,” Chemerinsky added, explaining the constitutional right of association. Monday’s decision by the Supreme Court is the final say on the issue. “It’s obviously disappointing for us,” Chemerinsky said. “The Supreme Court had no sensitivity in understanding the law

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GPSC from page 3 through parking fees on a long-term basis in order not to detract from funding for projects like the graduate student center. Solutions to many issues—such as parking, dining services and improving communication with higher quality websites require the smart investment of funds, Lange and Trask said. “Contrary to the beliefs of many people, all universities lose money,” Trask said. “It’s not a game of how to win money, it’s how to lose it elegandy and productively.” The importance of the graduate and professional student community is becoming more appreciated throughout the University, although it has traditionally been second to the undergraduate schools, Lange said. “Whether we like it or not, the funda—

mental definition of Duke University for many people is the quality of our undergraduate education,” he noted, citing the structural divisions among the graduate and professional schools as a disadvantage compared to the undergraduate unity. “I think we’re improving.”

In other business: The Student Affairs subcommittee unanimously supports the future establishment of a graduate student center, announced GPSC President William LeFew, a graduate student in mathematics. Graduate Student Affairs agreed to fund the GPSC retreat, said Nathan Kundtz, chair of the retreat committee and a graduate student in physics and nanoscience. Student leaders from across campus are encouraged to attend, he added. The date has not yet been set.

But Horowitz’s campaign to reform academia at Duke has hit a major obstacle. President Richard Brodhead reaffirmed his opposition to Horowitz’s proposed Academic Bill of Rights Monday. Horowitz and Brodhead are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss liberal bias. Brodhead said he is against adapting the bill because it creates an opportunity for the government to regulate intellectual life of universities. ‘You won’t find a bigger supporter than me of the right to free expression,” Brodhead said. “But one can fully support this value without supporting particular steps proposed to protect it.” Junior Stephen Miller, president of Duke’s chapter of Students for Academic Freedom and a Chronicle columnist, met with Brodhead Friday to discuss the Academic Bill of Rights. He said Brodhead’s lack of support is unfortunate. “There’s this perception the Academic Bill of Rights would enforce some sort of intellectual orthodoxy,” Miller said. “It’s actually meant to protect students from the intellectual orthodoxy and inappropriate behavior from professors in the classroom.” In the fall semester, Miller distributed to professors a pledge affirming their adherence to the Academic Bill of Rights. It was met with resistance from faculty. “Horowitz will reveal how bad universities such as Duke have become,” Miller said. Horowitz gave examples of problematic disciplines at Duke, describing the Women’s Studies program as a “feminist party with nothing to do with scholarly study.” He added that “black studies is a political party that is racially motivated and [the professors] are a bunch of Marxists.” In The Professors, Horowitz notes specific examples of conservative students being oppressed by radical professors

around the nation, including a professor who required students to write essays on the final examination about why America’s presence in Iraq is “criminal” and another who called Christians in the classroom “moral retards.” Sophomore Serge Reshetnikov, who identifies as a conservative, said his Writing 20 professor in a course about economic globalization only encouraged discussions on “how corporations are evil” and refused to here anything but liberal views. Many lawmakers have seen promise in Horowitz’s Academic Bill of Rights. It has legislative support in more than 15 states, including North Carolina. State Republican Senator Andrew Brock proposed the Academic Bill of Rights legislation last year and expects it to be voted on in 2007. “A lot of people see this legislation as politically motivated,” he said. “I don’t see it as political. It is meant to ensure students get the best education.” Brock’s legislation shares similar wording to Horowitz’s bill of rights. It states that students “shall not be discriminated against on the basis of their political, ideological or religious beliefs” and also mandates that faculty present scholarly views other than their own. Roger Bowen, director of the American Association of University Professors, said Horowitz’s Academic Bill of Rights reveals his lack ofknowledge about academia. “Horowitz is not an academic,” Bowen said. “He should not be passing judgement on something he doesn’t understand.” Bowen said Horowitz wants administrators and government officials to make judgements on whether a certain professor would be appropriate, rather than departments selecting their own faculty. “He believes that the government should monitor the classroom,” Bowen said. “He thinks we should be teaching how the government wants us to.”

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Despite Taheri-azar’s actions and religious references, UNC officials have been reluctant to label the act as terrorcomposed throughout the hearing ism, and their decision came under fire In court Taheri-azar said he was Monday when about 50 protesters gath“thankful for the opportunity to spread ered on the Chapel Hill campus. the will of Allah” and told Judge Pat Shortly after the beginning of TaheriDeVine that he wanted to represent himazar’s 10:30 a.m. hearing, UNC students self in the case. started rallying in the Pit near the locaDespite Taheri-azar’s decision, DeVine tion of Friday’s violence in order to exsaid she would appoint the Public Defendpress their disapproval of the university’s er’s Office to represent him in order to enhandling of the incident. sure that he receives a fair trial. “This was not an anti-Islamic rally,” The judge also ruled that the defenUNC sophomore Tyler Younts, who pardant will remain in the custody of Centicipated in the rally, wrote in an e-mail. tral Prison in Raleigh under a $5.5-mil“This was a pro-freedom and anti-terrorlion bond. ism rally.” The UNC Muslim Students Association, The protest was organized by senior which criticized The Daily Tar Heel—the Kris Wampler, a member of UNC College university’s student-run newspaper—for Republicans, and junior Jillian Bandes, a publishing a cartoon featuring the former DTH columnist who sparked conProphet Mohammad last month, publicaltroversy last fall when she wrote a column ly denounced Taheri-azar’s act. MSA offi- concerning terrorism, national security cials noted that the defendant was not a and racial profiling. member of their organization. In addition to College Republicans, the Some students acquainted with Taherievent was also sponsored by Americans for azar expressed shock that he was responsian Informed Democracy and the Foundable for Friday’s violence. tion for the Defense of Democracies. “He was certainly the quiet type—very “[Administrators] are too afraid that orderly, well put-together, smart,” said they’ll offend Muslims, but they seem to UNC junior Christina Strauch, who attendforget the victims,” Younts said. “The unied the same Charlotte, N.C., high school versity has nothing to gain by catering to as the defendant. the apologists of terrorism.... The universi“I would not have expected him to be ty will look bad to alumni and prospective the culprit of such an act at all, even students if they don’t do more to call it though I didn’tknow him well,” she added. what it is: terrorism.”

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Professors fear him. Administrators avoid him. Universities try to pretend he doesn’t exist. Why? Because he’s exposed them. And he’s here—

TONIGHT DAVID HDROWIIZ PAGE BPM Free Admission—Broadcast live on C-Span Followed by Q&A, Book Signing Proudly Presented by the Duke Chapter of Students lor Academic Freedom David Horowitz is one of the most sought-after college speakers in America. He’s a multiple bestselling author who’s penned over 20 books and is a nationally heralded columnist and commentator who runs one of the most successful news and politics sites on the web —frontpagemag.com. A life-long civil rights activist, Horowitz is the founder of Students for Academic Freedom and has moved legislation in over a dozen states to secure academic freedom for students at public universities. He’s pioneered the countrywide effort for reform and put students’ rights on the national agenda. In his address, Horowitz will profile the harrowing depths of political corruption at universities like Duke and make the case for reform. He will also discuss his new book “The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics In America,” (which contains two Duke professors,) vividly documenting the alarming professorial abuses—and the administrative complicity—plaguing our universities.

His book has ignited controversy across the country—and he’s chosen Duke to make his first campus appearance revealing the disturbing events and practices occurring in American universities and his plans to reform them. Duke’s chapter of Students for Academic Freedom has made public many of the professorial abuses on this campus. Open your mind and come to hear David Horowitz. The education you save may be your own. Books will be available for purchase in Page Auditorium after the speech. E-mail SAFDUKE@hotmail.com with any questions. We would like to thank the following for their financial support: Duke Student Government, Young America’s Foundation, Office of the Provost, Office of Public Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, Political Science Department, Kenan Institute for Ethics, The University Fund, and Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

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KIRBY PUCKETT DEAD AT 45 Former Minnesota Twin All-Star Kirby Puckett passed away Monday, one day after suffering a stroke that left him in critical condition.

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Cameron Nearly everyone I talked to after the North Carolina game was disgusted with the loss, and I guess you can’t blame them, but that’s not how I felt. To be perfectly honest, after I left Saturday’s game, the only thing I could think was, “I’m gonna miss this.” After four years of

watching basketball

in this cathedral called Cameron, and after realizing that the days of doing this Jordan regularly have come to an end, you come to understand that the W is not all that important. What’s important is knowing that your experience as a spectator is unbeatable, even if the home team shows signs of mortality once in a while. What’s important is the camaraderie among the fans. As fun as the basketball is (I’ll get to that in a sec), one of my favorite moments of every game comes when the band plays “Hey Baby,” and all the students lock arms while swaying with no rhythm whatsoever. I was relegated to the rafters for Saturday’s game (press overflow section), and it was a warm sight from overhead. The very best part of going to Cameron—and maybe the best part of going to Duke aside from all the ~

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MattDanowski scored one goal—his eighth of the season—in Duke's overtime loss to the Terrapins March 4.The Blue Devils will take on Holy Cross today at 3 p.m.

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After sloppy play resulted in Duke’s first loss of the season against No. 1 Maryland March 4, No. 3 Duke (3-1) will be looking to get back to basics when it takes on Holy Cross (0-2) today at 3 p.m in Koskinen Stadium. In their first three games, the Blue Devils yS_ scored 49 goals. But against the Terrapins, they squandered numerous scoring opportunities. TUESDAY. 3 p.m. Koskinen Stadium Duke’s attack frequently gave away the ball on checks and poorly-aimed passes, ruining the Blue Devil transition game and preventing

the team from building any momentum. As a result, most of Monday’s practice was focused on getting the team to concentrate on the little things that brought Duke to within a goal of the NCAA title last season. “We’re just getting back to basics, trying to get back to the fundamentals,” Tony McDevitt said. “We’re glad we have a game on Tuesday because we get to get rid of the sour taste of Maryland real quick.” The offense’s lack of execution against Maryland was particularly troubling to Duke head coach Mike Pressler. The Blue Devils were only 8-for-19 on face-offs and had no scorers with more than two goals. “We were disappointed with how we played offense in the game,” Pressler said.

“We’ve got away from the things that got us here. We’ve got to be able to dodge some short sticks and create, which we didn’t do. We’ve got to make the second pass, which we didn’t do. We’ve got to shoot the ball. It’s nothing new, we’re not reinventing the wheel here, we’ve just got to play better fundamentally.” The absence of attacker Dan Flannery, who was forced out of the Maryland game in the second quarter with an unspecified shoulder injury, will complicate things for Duke. Flannery has been one of the offensive standouts thus far this season, with a team high 16 points on 6 goals and 10 assists. His playing status for today’s game, SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 12

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in typically strong fashion and currendy sits in third place. The Blue Devils posted a 5-over-par 293 behind the performances of its three topfive players —No. 1 Amanda Blumenherst, No. 2 Anna Grzebien, and No. 5 Liz Janangelo. They are just two strokes behind leader UCLA, the second-ranked team in the country. Grzebien led the way by notching five birdies en route to a score of 2-under par and a tie for second place. Blumenherst is currently in an eightway tie for eighth place after carding a 73. Janangelo flew out of the gates, post-

ing a 34 on the front nine. She faltered on her way in, however, notching a total of 40 on the back nine, leaving her in a tie for 16th place. As a team, the Blue Devils recorded 18 total birdies in the first round, the best mark of the 11-team field. Freshman Jennie Lee rounded out Duke’s scoring with a 76, a total that places her in a tie for 30th. After overcoming a four-stroke deficit in the final round to win the Mason Rudolph Classic Sep. 25th, this Blue Devil squad is no stranger to playing from behind. The team continues its quest for its fourth win of the year Tuesday in the second of three rounds in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Freshman Amanda Blumenherst is currently the topranked golfer in the country.

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AROUND THE ACC

ACC STANDINGS

LEAGUE LEADERS POINTS 1. Redick (DU) 2. Tyler Hansbrough (NC) 3. Shelden Williams (DU) 4. Justin Gray (WF) 5. Sean Singletary (VA)

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games to then-M Georgia Tech am 18 N.C. State. Since losin home to the Wol Jan. 10, the No. gles have gone 1 the conference eluding an 8 road win over Nt Carolina Jan. and a 74-72 dou ble-overtime victory at N.C State Feb. 25 “I just think we have a better feel for the league and the league has a better feel for us,” Eagle head coach A1 |

ACC Overall Duke 14-2 27-3 UNC 12-4 21-6 BC 11-5 24-6 N.C. State 10-6 21-8 Florida St. 9-7 19-8 Maryland 8-8 18-11 7-9 14-13 Virginia Miami 7-9 15-14 7-9 Clemson 18-11 Va. Tech 4-12 14-15 Ga. Tech 4-12 11-16 3-13 15-15 Wake

REBOUNDS 1. Shelden Williams (DU) 10.4 8.9 2. Eric Williams (WF) 8.5 3. Craig Smith (BC) 8.4 (GT) 4. Jeremis Smith 7.8 5. Akin Akingbaia (CU)

ASSISTS 1. Greg Paulus (DU) 2. Bobby Frasor (NC) 3. Jamon Gordon (VT) 4. Sean Singletary (VA) 5. Louis Hinnant (BC)

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close losses. Three of the Seminoles’ conference losses have come to Duke, North Carolina and Boston College—the top three teams in the ACC. Of those three losses, Florida State fell to the Blue Devils and Tar Heels by one and the Eagles by three. “We’ve lost to some very good basketball teams,” Hamilton said. “We still believe that our best basketball has not been played. We think we’re a team that’s still developing, and we hope we’re a team on the rise.” With a victory over Miami in their final game of the regular season, the Seminoles captured the fifth spot in the ACC standings, exceeding many preseason expectations that placed Hamilton’s squad

NEWS NOTES &

Despite dropping its last two games of the regular season, Duke continues to hold the No. 1 spot in the RPI. In addition to first and second teams, the ACC announced its All-Acc Third Team and AllFreshman and All-Defensive teams. Virginia’s J.R. Reynolds joined Eric Williams of Wake Forest, Cameron Bennerman of N.C. State, Robert Hite of Miami, Nik Caner-Medley of Maryland and Reyshawn Terry of North Carolina as third-team All-ACC honoreees. Tyler Hansbrough (right), who became the first freshman ever unanimously selected to the All-ACC team, headlined the All-Freshman team. Along with the Carolina star, Duke freshmen GregPaulus and Josh Mcßoberts, Tar Heel •

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called first-year players who were looking to get experience,” Skinner said. “We were going to get better as they got better and they have as the season went along.” Boston College’s core has remained strong all season—it was the only ACC team to start the same lineup in every game. As for his players’ first appearances in the ACC Tournament, Skinner said that coming from the Big East, they understand the level of intensity. “This class would like to inidaily try to have some impact on what our initial season [in the ACC] is,” Skinner said, “as far as the record books are concerned.” The Eagles have already left a mark in the ACC record books with their 11-5 conference record, tying the 1991-92 Florida State team for the best league record by a team in its first season entering the conference. —Meredith Shiner

among the bottom teams in the conference. Florida State’s 9-7 ACC record marks the first time since 1993 that the Seminoles have finished above .500 in the conference. “It was a tremendous motivator that the media picked us to finish 11th or 12th in our league,” Hamilton said. “We had a lot to prove and deep down inside we felt that we would develop into a pretty good basketball team.” Regardless of the team’s current NCAA Tournament credentials, Hamilton emphasized that his team will not let up in the ACC Tournament. “This gives us the opportunity to go into the ACC Tournament and continue to earn the respect that a program like ours deserves,” Hamilton said. —John Taddei

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partying—is the moments. You know the moments I’m talking about. Not the rou-

tine Redick threes or the Mcßoberts slams that get the place pretty loud. That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about those moments that happen twice a season, at most, when the building is in a state of pandemonium. It’s when you can’t even hear yourself think, and when all the Cameron Crazies feel ready to topple over like a bunch of dominoes. It happened at the end of our first ACC game this season, when Sean Dockery drained his half-court heave to bury Virginia Tech and stay undefeated. It happened again Saturday, and for us seniors, it was our last time (as undergrads at least). It was some of the best 90 seconds of my sports-witnessing life—the Nelson three, the Williams block, the Melchionni put-in and the second Nelson three—and it was at this point when I stopped caring about winning the game. Why? Because this is what being a fan is supposed to be all about—pure euphoria. There was also a prominent figure in the crowd watching this game for the last time as a regular. His name is Ed Venit, but most of us know him as the Viking Guy in the graduate student section. An undergrad from 1994-1998 and a biology grad student since 2001, Venit said he has pretty much decided to hang up his horns because he will spend next basketball season focusing on his thesis instead of waiting in line for tickets. Venit just may be the greatest Cameron Crazie of all time, and he put Saturday’s moment up there with the loudest moments he can recall in Cameron history. “Cameron’s got a scale of one to 10 in terms of loudness, and I’ve only seen like

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The Crazies went nuts when DeMarcus Nelson drilled a three-pointer to cut theTar Heel lead to 3 Saturday. five or six 10s, where it’s been that loud, in my nine years of coming here,” Venit said, He also said the thing he will miss the most about Cameron is doing the Crazie thing with his buddies, because thatis what makes it fun.

I know I’m going to miss Cameron and that those of us graduating will miss Cameron, and you can bet the Duke Endowment that Venit will miss Cameron, Those ofyou who aren’t leaving yet should feel lucky.

however, is unknown Even if Flannery does not play, the Holy Cross defense should not present a insurmountable challenge for die Blue Devils. The Crusaders have already given up a combined 30 goals in blowout losses to Fairfield and Hartford and will have trouble hanging with Duke for a full game. “Why not run around with the best team in the country?” Holy Cross head coach Adam Pascal asked. “We have a very intelligent team, so we expect them to try to capitalize on an opportunity we might never get again. But I expect our kids to not back down because it is a great opportunity to compete against the top team.” The Blue Devils’ defense is also working hard at increasing the intensity of its play, while avoiding the costly penalties that put the team at a disadvantage against the Terrapins. After giving up five goals and an assist to Xander Ritz, the unit will try to play a tougher style of lacrosse against the winless Crusaders. “We need to become more physical overall as a team,” McDevitt said. “Defensively, in the midfield, wherever it may be—we need to become more physical. That’s the number one goal.” The only position on the field where Duke has no pressing needs for improvement has been in the cage, where Danny Loftus has performed beyond expectations. The junior recorded 20 saves against the Terrapins and helped keep the Blue Devils alive in the game. “He’s been our most consistent player over the last four games—I couldn’t be more pleased with Danny Loftus,” Pressler said. “It’s surprised me to see how well he has played but it hasn’t surprised me that he’s played well.”

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Size does matter than the fresh- place food and service—is enmen, we cannot seem couraging. The future of administrative soliciting of and to articulate in strong enough language how thank- listening to student input is fill we are that the University is looking rosier, Secondly, considering a considering a vendor other small, regional than ARAMARK StaffeditOlial company instead to operate the of a large, interMarketplace. a national conglomerate is the Meriweather-Godsey, small Virginia firm with 20 best strategy for a space like years of experience in the the Marketplace. Should the food-service business, gets University sign a contract with our preliminary stamp of ap- the firm, we- do not doubt

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proval.

But Dining Services and he administration, moreover, earn our fullest and highest

praise.

The fact that what students have long articulated on and off these pages is finally being considered—that is, the repeated voicing of an intense dissatisfaction with Market-

Meriwether-Godsey’s ability to easily transition. The MP, with

a maximum of about 2,000 diners per day, does not present an inordinate challenge. And as a small company, Meriwether-Godsey is looking for a crown jewel among its campus contracts —a “flagship campus,” as its raanagment team put it.

When somebody is whispering, you slam the gavel him and tell him to shut up. Federspiel on what should be done when —JuniorareJeff talking during the Young Trustee selection people

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have been exchanged yet, and salivating over Meriwether-Godsey’s potential offerings is more than a tad premature. There are still many factors DUSDAC and Dining Services must evaluate before bringing in a new vendor, the most important of which is customer relations and service. After sub-par food, service and student-staff relations are the most rampant complaints among MP diners. ARAMARK has long been criticized on campus for failing to install and sustain reliable management, resulting in a lack of dependable customer service. Thus, the rigor of the training process, the ben-efits and treatment of its employees, the rate of retention for workers —all of these are impor-

considerations that tant should not be overlooked in evaluating new firms. It is ultimately MeriwetherGodsey’s small size and statenext-door location that excites us most about this possible change of vendors. Such qualities indicate some of the biggest problems with ARAMARK won’t present themselves all over again—problems that sheer size and distance exacerbated. Could our future include

upperclassmen traversing to East Campus for dinner? Could MP brunch become so good that the entire student body would jovially trek over every week for DUKEstamped waffles? A tall order, perhaps, but in the right hands, not an im-

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Meriwether-Godsey has the incentives to prove itself specifically at Duke. Conversely, ARAMARK handles food for many universities, stadiums, entertainment arenas, correctional facilities and businesses around the country. It is consistently voted among FORTUNE’S “Most Admired” companies; it has a national and global reach. ARAMARK clearly has nothing to prove, no reason to bend over backward to please its customers. A third praise-worthy point: Bringing in a new vendor on East sparks a natural competition between East and West Campus, especially during lunchtime hours when freshmen can redeem their points elsewhere. But no John Hancocks

Attacks on Cote unjustified I’d first like to remind the Catholics at Duke that this is America, and not Vatican City. It is with this in mind that I defend Boston Cote’s most recent column (“The road to Hell,” March 3). Both of her published detractors claim Cote’s column unfairly attacks or portrays the Catholic Church in a negative light. They both insinuate that the piece is something offensive, not an admittedly courageous public disclosure of her own troubling experiences with organized religion. If either of the deeply offended Catholics who wrote letters actually read her column carefully, they would have discovered that she wants to be Catholic. The fact that its rituals “stopped resonating with [her] long ago” is not her fault. It is the fault of the Church for not only failing in its attempts to include her in its flock (isn’t that its mission?), but in pushing her away by calling her honest experiences nothing more than “acidic” or “cruel and intolerant.” The really intolerant group here is the pious bunch of Catholics who would rather quash religious debate than have an open discussion about what really makes sense in religion. Here in America, one’s religious choices are one’s own. Nobody would attack a truly believing Catholic for his or her opinions. Yet Cote writes a column expressing her anguish at

they would do the same to Cote if lose faith in my boys. In fact, what I have realized has very little to do given the chance today.

with basketball itself but has everything to do with the sixth man on the bench. Put simply, Duke students are “Fun” at Duke The world’s tiniest violin classier than their counterparts at played “My Heart Bleeds For You” other institutions. Case in point in my mind as I read Adam the Florida State game. As Coach Yoffle’s column (“It’s been a Kput it during his speech to tenters rough week,” March 6). If the Friday, the Crazies don’t rush the Duke social scene consists solely court, and we especially don’trush of roaring drunk kids acting like the court 1.7 seconds before a jackasses, then maybe it’s not game is over. When an opposing team has to remove its star players worth saving anyway. From everything I read, see and coach from a court before the and hear, it seems like “fun” is final buzzer in fear of their safety, equal to “drunk” at Duke. Social something has gone terribly wrong in college basketball and in a colscene means drinking scene. Tailgate means drinking games. lege’s student body. More telling in my eyes, howevGoing out means getting drunk in Chapel Hill. Party means get so er, is the appalling behavior of the drunk you can’t stand up, scream Robertson Scholars who tented. These students degraded one of all night and pee on the neighbor’s lawn. Even wine tastings are the most sacred events Duke offers just a place to chug as much alco- its students. You would never see a hol as possible. It seems like such Duke student with the audacity to take away from another school’s a sad existence. Did I drink as an undergrad? tradition. The Chronicle quoted Yes. But somehow, my friends and freshman Vivek Chilukuri, one of I were occasionally able to have the Robertson Scholars who tentfun without slamming seventeen ed, when he asserted that he is one drinks each. We went out and did of UNC’s “heroes, because to tent the crazy, stupid, fiin things you’re at Duke University as a Carolina student is pretty courageous.” supposed to do in college—guerrilla surrealism at the mall, imTo me, courage is not mastheme as someone you’re not. road bizarre querading promptu trips, parties, stealing picnic tables and These students entered the game road signs and construction barunder the false pretenses that they rels. Somehow, we didn’t always were supporting Duke. No true need the excuse of being drunk in Dukie would ever consider wearorder to do something completely ing that Tar Hole blue even for a crazy and enjoy every minute ofit. second. We both despise all And the people who spent all things associated with Chapel Hell their weekends getting smashed? and fear the gag reflex that such a not feeling truly “complacent” within her desired religion, and They were the most dull, boring, horrible color would inevitably she is crucified by the self-rightconventional people I’d ever met. produce. And Dukies are true to eous Catholic community (pun Note to Duke undergrads: If who we are. We cheer for our getting drunk is your only fiin, team even when we’re down—definitely intended). heck, even when we’ve lost. I have no doubt that there are, you’ve got a pretty sorry life. Caroline Ring We honor traditions, and priin fact, “welcoming, accepting G-BME, ’l2 marily, we honor each other. A and genuinely caring” Catholics in the world and here at Duke. university is the students that But at the same time, there are Tented in shame compose it, and these two recent Duke’s most recent losses to losses have proven to me that undeniably those who regard religious dissension as “destructive” Florida State and UNC have solidi- Duke’s class and courage cannot or a “dismissal.” People like these fied one fact in my mind. No, it’s be matched. Sarah Hosstetter burned so-called “heretics” in the not that the NCAA Championships Middle Ages, and I have no doubt are beyond our reach; I will never Trinity ’O9 Andrew Shadoff Trinity ’O7

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Shaking things up To;

Provost Lange and Academic Deans of Trinity and Pratt

Re: Making Duke’s First Semester Pass/Fail Academic culture is undoubtedly the toughest thing to change at a university. Whereas infrastructure, financial strength, admissions jiVTUTiy SOVII and any number of matter of fact other metrics can be moved by administrative will, academic restructuring happens at a snail’s pace And rightly so. One needs to look no farther than the recent ousting of Harvard’s Larry Summers to see why prudence should always accompany passion for change. One could hardly expect students or faculty to respond favorably to yearly requirement changes in Curriculum 2000 or academic departments. And that’s not to mention the number of task forces, select committees, votes and other logistical components. But there are some changes that, if packaged appropriately, can appeal to the many diverse constituencies to which an administration must answer. Changing firstsemester grading at Duke to some variation of a pass/fail system appeals to all. It would represent a leap in our academic life and is fully consonant with where the University is going. If there has been any attempt at a binding theme at „

Duke, aside from the recent push for arts, it has been that ofintellectual risk. Though it is often sold as interdisciplinary education, the underlying message is that Duke prides itself on treading new ground, on testing options that others might not. (iPods anyone?) Ultimately, we’d like to see some of this academic chutzpah creep down to undergraduate life. A radical shift in first-semester grading accomplishes just that. By giving freshman the GPA safety net necessary to explore

a broad range of classes, we’d send a bold signal to prospective students that they are free to chart their own academic course. Critics will argue that implementing such a change offers no easy guarantee that students will become intellectual risk-takers overnight. That doesn’t matter—this move is about smart PR and trend-setting as much as it is about student exploration. This is about the admissions website and the tour guides. This is about that special insert in the Duke Viewbook that describes, in vivid detail, how this new system reinforces our commitment to interdisciplinary education and all that good stuff. You may get some blowback from current undergraduates upset that such an option was not available in their days as freshmen. Well, tough cookies. I missed the iPod boat by a year, but like my fellow members of the Class of 2007, I got over it. Changes happen continually, and you can hardly be expected to redress the experiences of older generations. You will get some resistance from faculty, but I think you’ll find that the vast majority would favor this change. This is, after all, one step toward addressing their con-

cems with pre-professionalism and other weaknesses in the academic culture. Proponents of traditional grading will be greatly outnumbered by faculty happy to be rid of the hair-splitting, nerve-wrecking task of assigning letter grades. I imagine this move would be especially popular among FOCUS faculty, who are among the University’s shining stars with respect to undergraduate education. A pass/fail system can take on many forms. The traditional, two-option “Pass or Fail” model is often too simplistic for universities that send their students to the finest graduate and professional schools. A more robust option, employed by several law schools and medical schools, differentiates between “High Honors,” “Honors,” “Pass” and “Fail.” This offers the faculty more flexibility, but it practically reads “A,” “B,” “C,” and “D.” A third option is the “Pass with Written Commendation,” “Pass” and “Fail” style. In this method, a faculty member has the option of submitting a written commendation that is included with the student transcript; this gives the faculty the chance to recognize the cream of the crop but still manages to encourage academic risk—the end goal of the pass/fail system. Whatever form it takes, this shift makes de jure the risks we would like undergraduates to take de facto. Opponents of the change will be vocal, but the University’s on-going commitment to fostering a culture of academic exploration mandates that we encourage such adventurousness from Day One.

Jimmy Soni is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

Some friendly neighborhood stabilization

Duke

announced Feb. 28 that it purchased 15 properties (12 houses and three vacant lots) adjacent to East Campus from local landlord Guy Solie Such a small real-estate acquisition is not generally a major event for the Duke, biggest

landowner,

properties, according to the press release on the acquisition; Duke will make minimal repairs and sell them to individuals and families who agree to live in them. To students, however, in-

property

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might seem just a little too altruistic of a modve to buy such

politically charged properties.

But, there’s nothing to exowner and employer in Durham. pose here—Duke officials are up-front, readily admitting the The one sticking turmoil surrounding parties is point: The houses purtransparency what ultimately pushed them chased—at least, most to buy the houses. of them—aren’t just any “Some of the stuff that’s gone on houses East Campus presented consideraround They are our houses. Students have rented them for years able problems for the administration,” said Vice President for Finance Hof Milam, one and they are major hubs of the increasingof the directors of the Duke subsidiary that The decision lyabysmal Duke social scene. bought the properties. to buy these properties and not renew stuBumess added that escalating neighdents’ leases means an end to many of the borhood tensions ultimately pushed the thousands of students (inhouse parties cluding I myself) Rave thoroughly enjoyed. University to sign the deal. He was quoted The house parties often caused friction in a press release as saying “[t]he universiwith surrounding community and strained ty [sic] has also received complaints over the years about the noise caused by parties Duke-Durham relations. Yet the fact rein the houses rented by multiple students. mains that these were our houses. The University’s main motivation in This should help decrease that problem.” Logical, predictable, deliberate, stratedoing this was “neighborhood stabilizagic—and from the student perspective, extion.” frustrating. John Burness, senior vice president for traordinarily Park residents have legitiWhile Trinity affairs, and relations public government used so apt a phrase to describe Duke’s mate grievances, those of us who didn’t vomit, urinate, trespass or otherwise belong effort to increase rates of homeownhave obnoxiously moving to and from various neighborhoods throughership in those houses have every reason to consider out the area. “Homeownership is seen as this action extreme, unnecessary and oversaid, he indicator of stability and poverty,” and Duke wants to see more houses in bearing. Duke reached into its deep pockets to snatch our houses right from under Durham owned by their occupants. us, but interestingly enough actually threw Solie That is the ultimate goal for the its corporate weight around in away that didn’t piss off the city of Durham. ONLINE POLL As students, there’s not really much What does the purchase of 12 houses more for us to do than complain about the off East campus mean for students? latest loss of one of our few remaining soRead in-depth coverage online and vote about cial outlets. But if anything, it shows just how the issue will affect social life and town- who wields the real power both at Duke and in Durham. gown. Be a part of the dialogue For years, Trinity Park residents have visit dukechronicle.com. been trying very hard to “stabilize” the

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neighborhood. They’ve lobbied to increase enforcement ofnoise and public alcohol consumption ordinances by the Duke University Police Department, the Durham Police Department and North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement officers. Bumess also added that “a community group in Trinity Heights was looking at the prospect of pooling money to buy some of [Solie’s properties],” which were put on sale years ago. Similarly, the Office of Student Affairs has tried to do its share of “stabilizing,” imploring students to behave themselves. Recendy, they’ve stepped it up—the Office of Judicial Affairs officially sanctioned 188 students for conduct that occurred offcampus last semester. The parties have continued, however, despite Judicial Affairs’ (somewhat naive) notion, as stated in a Feb. 22 letter, that “through proactive programming, as well as continued promotion of community expectations off campus,” the situation could be improved. But move over, Student Affairs, Enter

Durham Realty, Inc; an independently incorporated, Duke-controlled entity run by five senior Duke officials—the vicepresident for finance, the Vice President for Capital Assets, the director of real estate administration, the deputy treasurer and the assistant university council—people unknown to most students. In one fell swoop, on the advice of other senior administrators and with the nod of the Board of Trustees, Durham Realty did what an army of student affairs professionals, ALE agents, police officers and angry neighbors could not: They bought up the properties, allowing Duke to effectively evict the students and stop the parties. It acknowledged that there was no hope of “proactive [ly] programming” college students into not throwing house parties. If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em out—for $3.7 million. Elliott Wolf is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Tuesday.

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Exhibition. “Maxwell did it!— Photographing the Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1920-19505,” images from Duke Library’s Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising 8c Marketing History. Thru Mar. 26. Perkins Library Special Collections Gallery. Free. Exhibition. "The Black Panther Party: Making Sense of History." Photos by Stephen Shames. Thru April 9. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. Exhibition. "Conjuring Bearden." Explores the theme of the “conjurer,” or the folk type of “conjur woman,” in the art of Romare

Bearden with 50 works. Thru July 16. Nasher Museum. Free to Duke students,

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Exhibition. “Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of

3/7 "Beyond Belief: Stories About J.B. Rhine and the Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory." Writer 8c NPR commentator Stacy Horn, who is at Duke doing research for a book she is writing about Rhine and the Laboratory, which was part of the university from 1935-1965. 12-lpm. Perkins Library Rare Book Room. Free. 3/8 Wednesdays at the Center. “Shakespeare in Iraq.” Abdul Sattar Jawad, Prof, of English & American Lit., Baghdad Univ. 12pm. JHFC, Room 240. Free. Conjuring Bearden Through Film. Film series in conjunction with exhibition “Conjuring Bearden.” Both screenings begin at 7pm. Nasher Museum Aud. Free. 3/9 Sur un Air de Charleston, sensual dance fantasy, and Borderline, drama about an interracial affair. 3/16 Ganja and Hess, New York anthropologist turns into vampire.

3/22 Wednesdays at the Center. “Constitutionalizing Human Rights: Why Tanzanians Count as Much as South Africans in the South African War on TerrorismHalton Cheadle, Professor of Labour Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa. 12pm. JHFC, Room 240. Free.

African

American Art.” Duke alumnus 8c NBA star Grant Hill’s exhibition of 46 collages, paintings, prints 8c mixed media works by artists such as Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers, Hughie Lee-Smith, Malcolm Brown, Phoebe Beasley 8c John Coleman. Thru July 16. Nasher Museum. Free to Duke students, faculty & staff.

3/8 Screen/Society HOW I KILLED A SAINT (7pm) & MILA FROM MARS (9:3opm). Screening Women Film Series. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Free. -

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3/22 Screen/Society THE GOVERNOR'S NEW CLOTHES (Les Habits Neufs Du Gouverneur). African Cinema Week. Not your usual film about African politics, corruption, and vanity, this musical comedy, adapted from Hans Christian Andersens “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” parodies the trappings of power & African leaders. Followed by a discussion with director Mweze Ngangura! 7pm. Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. Free.

59 3/22 Screen/Society Seconds Video Festival. Launched by Project 59 this spring in Tribeca (NYC), the 59 Seconds Festival presents a wide ranging collection of 59 videos and animations, 59 seconds each by artists from around the world. 4:3opm. Richard White And. Free.

II SATURDAY MIAMI STRING QUARTET. Program: Haydn, Schumann, JafFe. Bpm. Reynolds Theater. $25 General; $5 Duke students. Preview Dinner: dinner buffet prepared by Alpine Catering’s Executive Chef Lance Thomson. Stephen Jaffe will lead a discussion at dinner about his new work. Dinner 6pm. Von Canon Hall, Bryan Center. $25 per person (does not include ticket for performance). Call 660-3356f0r details!reservations. DUKE STRING SCHOOL. Dorothy Kitchen, dir. Mid-Winter Festival. 3 & 7pm. Baldwin Aud. Free.

23 THURSDAY ANYTOWN: Stories of America.

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Tyxell with the trademark wit and physical toughness of Shapiro 8c Smith Dance, ANYTOWN evokes the plight and promise of regular folks, taking us inside the intertwined lives of three families and exploring their entanglements with humor and compassion. Bpm. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center. $25/$2O Reserved; $5 Duke Students. Duke University Chorale, Rodney

Wynkoop, director, presents The Sweetheart of the Sun Florida Tour Concert 2006, featuring a diverse selection of songs ranging from works by Handel & Mozart to American folksongs & spirituals. 8 pm. Baldwin Aud. Free.

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