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Lax games suspended amid controversy Police release 911 tapes 9 players deny sex of any kind with dancer at party that nurses observed vaginal examining the alTHE CHRONICLE leged victim. The Durham Police DepartTeammates who did not comment released tapes Tuesday of mit or observe the alleged assault 911 calls recorded in the early are potentially liable for charges hours of March 14 during and of aiding and abetting the crime after a party at which members of because of teammate relationthe men’s lacrosse team allegedly ships, he added. gang-raped, sodomized and In the newly released 911 strangled an exotic dancer. tapes, a female caller who was The captains of the team “undriving past 610 N. Buchanan equivocally” denied the sexual as- Blvd.—a residence leased by sault and rape allegations in a three members of the lacrosse statement—the group’s first pubteam and the scene of the party lic statement about the situation. where the alleged rape ocPresident Richard Brodhead curred—reported that a white said at a press conference Tuesman yelled racial slurs at her day evening that the captains had from in front of the residence. denied to administrators that sex “He just hollered out n— to “of any kind” occurred with the me, and I’m just so angry I didn’t dancer, reportedly a 27-year-old know who to call,” she said to the black student at North Carolina 911 operator. Central University. Athletic Directorjoe Alieva said District Attorney Mike Niat the press conference he has fong said Tuesday on MSNBC’s seen “no evidence of any racial The Abrams Report that the cirproblems with the lacrosse team.” cumstances of the case exclude In the second call released by the possibility that there was no DPD, recorded at 1:22 a.m. March 14, a security guard at the Kroger sexual activity. “I am convinced that there was a rape,” Nifong said, adding SEE ALLEGATIONS ON PAGE 7 by

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As details of an alleged rape at a March 13 men’s lacrosse team party continue to unfold, the University announced Tuesday that it has suspended the team’s games until a clearer resolution of the legal situation has been reached. “It would be inappropriate to

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The Blue Devils celebrate an overtime victory over UConn Tuesday night in Bridgeport, Conn.They advanced to the Final Four in Boston. SEE STORY PAGE 11

resume the normal schedule of play,” Duke President Richard Brodhead said Tuesday night. “Sports have their time and place, but when an issue of this gravity is in question, it is not the time to be playing games.” As he was leaving the press conference, Brodhead was met by a group of about 100 protest-

ing students demanding answers and a stronger response from the school’s administration. Brodhead said he would address students’ concerns Wednesday morning at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. A group of students and SEE LACROSSE ON PAGE 9

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that he feels best, working with the president,” White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said. Like Card, Bolten, 51, is a Washington insider whose ties reach back to Bush’s 2000 campaign for the White House. Democrats—as well as some Republicans —grumbled that the new White House boss looked a lot like the old one. Bush said of Bolten, “He’s a man of candor and humor and directness, who’s comfortable with responsibility and knows how to lead. No person is better prepared for this important position.” Before being named budget director in 2003, Bolten was Card’s deputy chief of staff for policy, a colleague of such senior

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WASHINGTON Struggling to revive his troubled presidency, President George W Bush replaced longtime chief of staff Andy Card with budget director Joshua Bolten this Tuesday and gave Bolten authority to make further changes in a White House staff that even Republicans have complained is tired, insular and lacking fresh ideas. Appearing with Bush in the Oval Office, Bolten gave no hint about what, if any, shake-up he might order. But White House officials said no one should doubt his ability to replace Bush aides. “He’ll have all the authority he needs... to make the decisions

aides as Karl Rove and Dan Bartlett Alarmed by Bush’s falling approval ratings and White House mistakes—from the bungled Hurricane Katrina reaction to the ill-fated deal to allow an Arab company to manage U.S. ports —Republicans have been urging the president to bring in new advisers with fresh energy. The OOP’s concerns have been heightened by anxiety over midterm congressional elections in November. Card, as chief of staff, became a target for blame. Democrats said Card’s departure wasn’t enough. “Simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic by replacing Andy SEE BOLTEN ON PAGE 8

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Chief Michel Gaudin told The Associated Press. Injuries in the capital were talliedat 46 demonstrators and nine police officers. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy later invited some 200 police officers, some still wearing their protective gear, to the Interior Ministry for wine and snacks. “I’m proud of you,” he said. “Mission accomplished.” Unions and the leftist opposition joined in solidarity with the angry students for the one-day strike, increasing the pressure on Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to withdraw the measure that makes it easier to fire young workers. Although Villepin held firm, cracks opened in his conservative gov-

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PARIS More than 1 million people poured into the streets across France and strikers disrupted air, rail and bus travel Tuesday—even shutting down the Eiffel Tower—in the largest nationwide protest

over a youth labor law. Scattered violence erupted in Paris, and riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse several thousand youths who pelted them with stones and bottles after an otherwise peaceful march. Police made 787 arrests around the country—488 of them in Paris, National Police

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hopeful Sarkozy, in a clear break with Villepin, suggested suspending the law to allow for negotiations.

With the government in crisis, President Jacques Chirac canceled a trip planned for later in the week to stay in Paris. Police and organizers’ estimates for the number of marchers varied greatly, but both showed that the protest movement is growing. Police said 1,055,000 people took part in more than 250 protests nationwide, including 92,000 in Paris. The organizers’ total was closer to 3 million, with 700,000 at the march from the Left Bank to the heavily policed Place de Republique.

The nation's largest labor organization criticized plans to expand guest worker programs for immigrants seeking to come to the U.S., parting with longtime Senate Democratic allies who pushed successfully to include them in broad-based immigration legislation.

Kadima party to win in Israel Israeli TV stations predicted that acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party would win Tuesday's election by a smaller margin than expected, but it still could form a coalition to carry out his plan of drawing Israel's final borders.

Moussaoui lawyers rebut client Defense attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui wrapped up their case Tuesday by using two high-ranking al-Qaida operatives to rebut their own client's claim that he was to

fly a jetliner into the White House as part of the Sept. 11,2001,attacks.

Supreme Court questions trials Supreme Court justices appeared troubled Tuesday by President George W. Bush's plans to hold war-crimes trials for foreigners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Several seemed outraged by the claim that a new law had stripped the high court's authority to hear a case. News briefs compiled

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Trio of juniors eye EVP position in DSG Speaker links by

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The three candidates running for Duke Student Government’s executive vice president position all agree on one thing—the organization needs to change. If elected, juniors Damjan DeNoble, George Fleming and Joe Fore hope to use the position to implement policies that will improve DSG’s relationship with the student body and increase the organization’s efficiency and effectiveness. The executive vice president is responsible for presiding over the DSG legislative body and directing all legislation. This year, each contender has a different vision of how to use the role of executive vice president to create change in the organization’s policies and procedures effectively. DeNoble hopes to create change in the organization by focusing on three key initiatives: developing better ideas, training

senators to become student entrepre-

neurs and collecting student input. DeNoble’s ideas include the creation of a course system at Duke similar to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s OpenCourseWare—a large-scale, web-based publication of course materials, and a program to promote idea development and implementation among DSG senators “I think the organization has real-

its vision into action so that it may become a force in today’s high-tech society. “If DSG really wants to create a name for itself, it needs to become a part of a world that is evolving minute by minute.” he said. Fleming said he will aim to improve communication with the student body by making DSG more open to student input SEE EVP ON PAGE 8

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DeNoble said. “It’s gotten to the point where the big ideas are too few and too far between DeNoble emphasized the need for new idea development by a representative body that knows how to put Damjan DeNoble ”

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It seems the age-old contest between science and religion has made its way into the Graduate and Professional Student Council presidential race. This Monday, Audrey Ellerbee, a student in the Pratt School of Engineering, and Gavin Rogers, a student in the Divinity School, will vie for GPSC’s top position. Current GPSC President Bill LeFew, a fourth-year graduate student in applied mathematics, announced the presidential hopefuls Tuesday night. The GPSC president leads meetings of the assembly and oversees its various committees for a oneyear term. Ellerbee, who hails from New York and graduated from Princeton University, is now a fourth-year biomedical engineering student. She said the GPSC president next year must prepare the organization for large structural changes in upcoming years.

She added that the nature of the redergraduate student bodies. forms will emerge out of pending evalua“I would like to see us identify as stutions by a committee on organizational addents at Duke, not just as graduate and vancement thatLeFew set up this year. professional students at Duke,” she said. “This is an exciting time to be involved Ellerbee is currently the GPSC Execin GPSC,” Ellerbee said, adding that a lot utive Secretary and serves on the Board of “really positive” changes were made in of Trustees Academic Affairs committhe past year. “I would like to keep a lot of tee. She is a graduate mentor for the the good things but also prepare the orSEE GPSC ON PAGE 5 ganization for changes in the future.” Ellerbee said she also will strive to unify the student bodies of the graduate and professional schools in order to negotiate with the administration for changes more effectively. “The graduate and professional student body as a whole has challenges in being heard by the administration because we come from a divided constituency,” she said. In addition, Ellerbee said she hopes to use more programming and initiatives to build a stronger relationship between the Gavin Rogers graduate and professional and the un- Audrey Ellerbee

assault with socialization by

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In the shadow of President Richard Brodhead’s Tuesday night press conference, Ron Campbell, an independent human sexuality educator, presented Sexual Assault Prevention Week’s second keynote address. Campbell’s discussion focused on the critical role of socialization in regards to sexual assault. Campbell’s address examined both the challenges and opportunities communities face in resocializing, or changing previous social constructs or perceptions of, sexual assault. He recognized that although addressing the underlying societal perceptions of sexual assault is difficult, it is especially necessary for men to think about such issues differendy. Campbell, who specializes in studying male sexuality, said men have the responsibility, right and capability to change but added that “it’s hard to get men to change just because it’s the right thing to do.” He noted that rape and sexual violence have become so socialized in our society that they are often identified as the norm. Before such habits can be undone, it is essential to identify the source of harmful attitudes and behaviors, he said. One factor he considers most influential is the “intergenerational corruption of men”—the perpetuation of harmful beliefs and actions regarding male-female relationship dynamics. He also noted that it is very important to deconstruct sexual myths and to emphasize quality over quantity in terms of sexual encounters. “In the quest for the conquest we lose the humanity of the people involved,” Campbell said. Campbell also addressed community response to sexual assault. SEE CAMPBELL ON PAGE 8

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FEEUNG FLU According to the CDC, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu annually.

IlHifflllffßl Medical center to launch avian flu study Drug combo may prevent AIDS Scientists have long believed that a vaccine is the best way to stop the spread of AIDS, but efforts to invent one have failed. Now they may have found something already on pharmacy shelves that seems to prevent infection—a combination of two drugs. Six monkeys were given the drugs and then challenged with a deadly combination of monkey and human AIDS viruses. Despite 14 weekly blasts of the virus, none of the monkeys became infected. "This is the first thing I've seen at this point that I think really could have a prevention impact," said Thomas Folks, a federal scientist since the earliest days of AIDS."If it works, it could be distributed quickly and could blunt the epidemic." NASA relaunches 2007 mission NASA resurrected an ambitious mission Monday to explore two of the solar system's largest asteroids, just weeks after budget woes killed the project. The space agency this month scrapped the Dawn mission to orbit the asteroids Ceres and Vesta, nearly half a year after it was put on hold because of cost overruns and tech-

nical problems. The project's cost is estimated at $446 million, and Dawn is now scheduled for launch in July 2007. NASA decided to review the cancellation after the Jet Propul-

sion Laboratory, which managed the mission, made an appeal. NASA Associate Administrator Rex Geveden, who led the review, said the Dawn team has made significant progress in addressing the technical problems.

Well water is found hazardous In the past 15 years, three attempts to require minimal testing of private wells in North Carolina have failed, and that means more than 2 million people in the state drink water that's rarely tested, if at all, according to a report in the News Observer of Raleigh, "I hope and pray that no one has developed cancer from this," said Democratic Rep. Bernard Allen, whose Wake County well was contaminated. &

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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center will begin a study this month on an Avian flu vaccine that they hope will lower the effective dose. Researchers will test different amounts of the vaccine in combination with a compound called an “adjuvant.” Dr. Emmanuel Walter—director of the study and associate director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute’s Primary Care Research Consortium —said he hopes the adjuvant combination will lower the effective dose, increasing the number of patients that can be vaccinated. “If the smaller dose stimulates immunity against die vims, then more people could be immunized with existing supplies if a pandemic occurs,” he said in a statement. In order to measure a vaccine’s effectiveness, scientists measure the amount of antibodies produced in response to it and compare those levels with the amount they believe is needed for a patient to resist the vims. The vaccine being tested is based on an inactivated strain of the virus that was taken from a Vietnamese patient in 2004. Results from initial trials indicated the vaccine was safe and produced an immune response, but it still required large doses and two injections for it to produce effective antibodies. Scientists intend to give 150 volunteers varying dosages of the vaccine, both with and without the adjuvant. The adjuvant being tested is aluminum hydroxide, a compound used in other vaccines to increase the immune response for diseases, such as whooping cough and hepatitis-A and -B„ “Aluminum hydroxide has been used with influenza strains before but with mixed results,” Walter said.

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infected more than 100 humans since 1997. There have been no reported cases of the virus being transmitted from human-to-human. For that to happen, the virus would have to go through several mutations, according to reports last Thursday from virologists at the University ofWisconsin at Madison and the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. But if the virus mutates, the current vaccine may be less effective.

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Thousands of protesters in France have taken to the streets to speak and act out against a proposed labor law.

Students studying in France say they are safe from riots by

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Riot police, tear gas, mass transit shutdowns and 700,000 angry protesters are not part of the everyday lives of U.S. college students. Such elements, however, dot the campus scene surrounding eight Duke students currently studying abroad in Paris. French citizens have taken to the streets of major cities in huge numbers—estimates reached as high as 2.7 million nationwide Tuesday —to protest

proposed legislation allowing employers

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Paris program. She said the rioting has not interfered with her classes but is still unavoidable. “Our campus is in a pretty posh neighborhood on the perimeter of the city, so at school you don’t feel the pres-

ence of the riots,” West wrote in an online correspondence. West, who lives in central Paris, said transportation is very difficult—the city’s subway, the Metro, is running sporadically. In addition, sites such as the Eiffel Tower are closed. “Overall, the mood in the city is very somber right now,” she wrote. “The protest [this weekend] was pathetic (there were people playing frisbee), but today’s riots were no joke.” Despite warnings to American citizens from the U.S. State Department regarding the protests, West said that she has not felt imperiled. “I haven’t sought out the route of the march, and the aggression is mostly toward the authority figures of police and government,” she wrote. “The city feels deserted and tense.” American students, for the most part, are not taking part in protests, West

University Scholars program and is a representative on the President’s Council on Black Affairs. “Audrey has just been a stand-out,” LeFew said. “She thinks about things differendy and asks all the right questions.” Rogers, a Texas native who attended Baylor University as an undergraduate, is currently in his second year of the Divinity School masters program. Rogers also stressed the need to increase interaction between the graduate and professional schools, noting that the two schools have different needs that meet under the “umbrella” of GPSC. “We should try to work with everyone to lessen the isolation between the schools,” he said Rogers also aims to increase mentoring efforts for international students, undergraduates and newer graduate and professional students. He referenced his involvement in starting Koinonoi—a mentoring program at the Divinity School that he considers to be a model that could be extended into a broader system. If elected, Rogers said he hopes to increase students’ knowledge of the accessibility of interdisciplinary study. “Graduate students don’t realize they have the freedom to take those courses,” he said. Other goals include strengthening “already strong” relationships with the administration, improving relations with undergraduates and further extending the health insurance plan. His interest in serving as president

stemmedfrom seeing students on a committee in the Divinity School work to reconcile differing beliefs with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. “I was encouraged by the Divinity School grappling with an issue that has had wounds in the past,” he said. “That has encouraged me to step out into a broader sphere.” Rogers is currently the co-president of the Divinity School Council and a GPSC representative. He has served as a representative on search committees for the Graduate School Young Trustee and for the Associate Vice President of Campus Safety and

Security.

He said the “passion” evident in these organizations prompted him to apply for president of GPSC. He also took on the role of “the padre”—the Cameron Crazie in the graduate student section who wore a clerical collar and stood next to the Viking—during this year’s basketball season. “Gavin is a joy to work with and has been incredibly active in GPSC this year,” LeFe\y said. “He is an energy boost for any organization.” Although graduate and professional students will be permitted to express interest in the position as late as Sunday, LeFew said it is reasonable to expect that Ellerbee and Rogers will remain the sole candidates. Students who have submitted application statements for the other executive positions will be announced online Thursday night. Elections at Monday’s meeting will follow the “drop down” procedure, whereby unelected candidates for one position may run for another, LeFew said.

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HASIiIAIIU ZAIDI Reenergize the social atmosphere —develop programming on the new Student Plaza —collaborate with Campus Council and the Union —reach out to both greeks and independents Improve safety on campus

—better lighting around campus —push for programs for Central Campus and neighborhoods off East Campus Make campus life more convenient —GPS tracking for buses

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such as Plaza Fridays, where a different student event would take place each Friday in the outdoor space. Safety is an issue in his platform that has not received adequate attention from the University community, Zaidi said. He said incidents such as robberies, thefts and the highly publicized alleged rape of a dancer by lacrosse players are unacceptable. Zaidi also hopes to improve communication within DSG and the student body. “Having the DSG website be updated and have relevant information is important,”. he said. “I don’t think DSG should be drastically altered, but there are little things you could do to make it more efficient.” Making student life on campus more convenient is also a priority for Zaidi, who has ideas to post videos of large lecture classes online and to add more ePrint stations around campus. Sophomore Kidus Asfaw supports Zaidi for his ideas as well as his sociable

Zaidi served as the president of Jarvis Dormitory last year as well as the treasurer of East Campus Council. “Campus Council has been quite effective and has gotten a lot done,” he said. “Campus Council trusts its committee and their members. DSC needs to do the same.” Zaidi hopes to apply his experience on the Council to decentralize DSC and make it more efficient. He also plans to advocate for student concerns by collaborating with other student groups such as the Union. Zaidi said it is important for DSC to find a middle ground between the longrange vision of the administration and the current concerns of the undergraduate student body. “We don’t want to antagonize the administration, and we don’t want the administration to antagonize us,” he said. “There’s no point in being stubborn because then the students lose out.” For example, although the administration has listed the development of the new Central Campus as a top priority, Zaidi expressed the need to improve the experience of students living on Central now. Zaidi’s vision for DSC in the upcoming year is one he deems proactive. “Instead of fighting for what we had last year, we should look to next year and always be one step ahead,” he said. “The target for next year would be to communicate before things happen ratherthan after.” The growing concern about future social oudets is one issue that has been on the minds of many students, he said. Zaidi said the new student plaza will provide an “opportunity to reenergize

personality. “He would be able to interact on a

personal level with the student body,”Asfaw said. “Since he’s young, he’s going to have a lot ofenergy to make a lot of change.” Zaidi also said his rising junior status would work in the student body’s favor and that his combinadon of youth and experience would allow him to carry out

change. “I think having brilliant ideas is great, but execution is the most important,” Zaidi said. “That happens with having a lot of experience, collaborating and cooperating. The person who can best do that will be the one who can best serve the Duke community.”

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Many of them sympathize with the concerns of French young people—partly because such a large, broad-based movement would be unthinkable in the United States, she wrote. The proposed legislation is intended to drive down high unemployment rates among French youth. French workers of all ages enjoy a very strong net of employment protection, but government officials

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for youth by giving businesses more leeway in personnel decisions. “We do have a wonderfulactivist community at Duke, but... I don’t think Duke students on the whole believe they have the power to do more than impotently express their displeasure,” West wrote. “I think this is a reflection of the political involvement of American youth culture as opposed to the protest culture of Europe,” she added. Margaret Riley, director of the Office of Study Abroad, said although Duke in Paris officials had taken steps to ensure the safety of students, she felt there is no imminent danger. She added that students have been encouraged not to participate in demonstrations. Of more pressing concern for Riley is the effort to ensure that students get the credits they need in the face of class cancellations at the University ofParis, known as the Sorbonne. “Staff there are working very hard at arranging tutors to come work with the students because of the classes they’ve been missing,” Riley said. But that doesn’t mean that students have been asked to tune out the riots. “They’re a part of making history, and we want to make sure they realize that,” she said

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“No search warrant has been served.” As of press time Wednesday night, no charges had been filed. Officials are invesgrocery store on Hillsborough Road said a tigating the incident as first-degree woman in a car—the alleged victim—reforcible rape, common law robbery, firstfused to exit the vehicle, which did not bedegree kidnapping, first-degree sexual oflong to her. The caller also said the woman fense and felonious strangulation. seemed “intoxicated” or “drunk.” Forty-six of 47 members of the team A woman in the background, who provided DNA samples to DPD March 23. identified herself as the owner of the car, Nifong confirmed that three of the 46 confirmed that the alleged victim was teammates were not at the party. Nifong said Monday that the large sam“fairly drunk.” Media outlets also reported that Monple was necessary because members of the day police searched a second residence—- lacrosse team provided little information home to two Duke lacrosse players—and to investigators. He sent the samples to the seized several unidentified items. Nifong Raleigh State Bureau of Investigation Montold television station WRAL that more day and expects the results next week. searches are likely to occur. “The DNA results will demonstrate that Kammie Michael, DPD public informathese allegations are absolutely false,” the tion officer, said a second search warrant lacrosse captains said in their statement. Members of the Durham and Duke comwas not issued. “The lead investigator does not know where it came from,” she said. munity have criticized the players for

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ward with full informationabout the party. The captains’ statement said the team has cooperated with the police investigation. Brodhead—who said he met with the captains Tuesday morning—noted that the University began looking into the incident less than 24 hours after it took place. “No employee has advised the players not to speak,” he said, adding that he believes team members gave “lengthy” statements to the police. “I have to assume that they have legal counsel and that legal counsel has foreseen complexities associated with speaking out.” Nifong met Tuesday with Robert Ekstrand, a partner at Ekstrand & Ekstrand LLP, who is representing a majority of the lacrosse players. Samantha Ekstrand, Law ’Ol and a partner at the same firm, declined to comment about the substance of the meeting. “In the past week, we have

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been representing the group. At this point we are still in the process of confirming that number [of clients],” she said. Roland Gaines, the vice chancellor for student affairs at NCCU, said Tuesday that administrators are talking with the university’s students and waiting for more informadon before determining their plan ofaction. “Duke did not do this,” Gaines said. “This was a small group of students involved, and I think the criminal justice system has to go through its process.” Brodhead said Tuesday night he has made several attempts to contact the NCCU chancellor but has not spoken with him. Donna Lisker, the director of the Women’s Center, said Duke is reaching out to its neighbor school, inviting NCCU students to Wednesday night’s Take Back the Night march—an annual rally intended to bring awareness of sexual assault and empowerment to women.

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EVP from page 3 and more accountable for its actions. “DSG is closed and non-inclusive cliquish,” Fleming said. “Every single undergraduate is a member of Duke Student Government—we just represent them.” Fleming’s campaign platform also addresses the need for a revision of the Young Trustee selection process and the implementation of more substantive policy through a closer working relationship with members of the administration. “Right now, all we’re serving as is a glorified suggestion box,” Fleming said. “We need to bring in the administration that actually makes policy and ask them the tough questions.” Fore’s focus is on two major initiatives: communication between DSG and students, and making DSG more efficient and effective through structural reorganization. “We need to improve the mechanisms we use to communicate—things like town hall meetings, newsletters, press releases —

BOLTEN from page 2 Card with Josh Bolten without a dramatic change in policy will not right this ship,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. “As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. Unfortunately for the American people, all President Bush did today was make it clear that they should expect nothing more than the same failed policies they have come to know all too well,” said Democratic National Committee communications director Karen Finney. Once believed to harbor ambitions of

and office hours,” Fore said Fore also stressed cultivating communication by expanding student advisory committees and establishing liaisons between student groups and senators. He also proposes streamlining the cabinet. “There’s a lot of overlap and uncertainty in roles,” Fore said. “Positions need to be clearly defined so things can run more efficiently.” All four candidates enter the race with substantial campus leadership

background.

Both Fore and Fleming have been members ofDSG for three years and are currently serving in leadership roles. Fore is currently the vice president of academic affairs and Fleming is the president pro tempore. DeNoble said his leadership experience has come from serving as a representative on both East Campus Council and Campus Council and from working as an Resident Advisor. Despite their different backgrounds and platforms, the candidates said they believe they have the potential to make a difference in the organization.

surpassing Sherman Adams’ nearly sixyear record as the longest serving chief of staff—under Dwight Eisenhower—Card told Bush on March 8 he thought he should leave, McClellan said. Bush decided over the weekend at Camp David to accept the resignation and replace Card with Bolten, the spokesperson said. “Ecclesiastes reminds us that there are different seasons, and there is a new season,” said Card, whose wife is a Methodist minister. Card may be best known as the aide who calmly walked into a Florida classroom and whispered to Bush that America was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001.

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to incidents of sexual assault must not alienate any of the parties, he said. Since all parties must, be part of a solution, he explained that it is vital not to marginalize any single group. “One [incident of sexual assault] is too many to tolerate,” Campbell said. “This community can respond to the challenge, and there is a lot of opportunity for good.” Many attendees agreed with Campbell’s call for compassion. “Tonight Ron Campbell really challenged us to engage in dialogue,” said junior Tom Buchanan, coordinator for Men Acting for Change, a campus sexual assault prevention group. “He emphasized the importance of empathy, compassion and communication in our interactions as a community.” Although the event had been scheduled for months, it was sparsely attended, largely because it coincided with Brodhead’s press conference, which addressed the recent allegations that three members of the men’s lacrosse team sexually assaulted a woman during Spring Break. Jean Leonard, sexual assault support services coordinator at the Women’s Center, said she hopes that community members will shift some of their focus to the healing process and educational programs. “How many people showed up at the rally, and how many showed up at this event?” she asked. “One of the things I’m hoping for is that the energy being mobilized on campus right now can be channeled into events like these, so that people can take their very righteous anger

and support and connect with programs that are working year-round on this issue.” Sexual Assault Prevention Week’s last big event, Take Back the Night, will occur Wednesday evening. As in previous years, it will allow time and space for survivors to be honored and the community to unite against sexual assault. In light of recent events, the Women’s Center has extended a special invitation to both the Durham community as well as students from North Carolina Central University.

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community members convened there in the middle of the night to formulate their thoughts in anticipation of Brodhead’s discussion. The lacrosse team’s captains met with Brodhead Tuesday morning and requested that the University “suspend competitive play until the DNA results come back.” In a statement from the captains, they said the allegations of sexual assault and rape are “totally and transparently false” and “because of the intense emotions surrounding these allegations, we feel it is in the best interest of the University, the community and our families that the team should not play competitively.” Brodhead, however, said it is important not just to suspend games until the results of the DNA evidence are disclosed next week but also to suspend all games until the “major legal issues are resolved.” He also would not speculate about when or if the team will resume its season. “At a certain point, we’ll know that the uncertainty has been reduced in some way or another such that it seems appropriate to resume play, or it won’t be, and we’ll continue with the suspension of play,” Brodhead said. The team, which dropped from second to ninth in the latest poll, was supposed to travel to Columbus, Ohio, Saturday to play Ohio State University. Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva had already cancelled the team’s previously scheduled games against Georgetown University March 25 and Mount St. Mary’s College March 28. The two contests were called off to penalize the team for its party, at which underage drinking and the hiring of private dancers occurred. Members of the team admitted to this behavior, which Alieva said is inconsistent with the values of the University and the Athletic Department. Before the cancellation of the March 25 contest, community members had organized a silent protest that was scheduled to take place at Koskinen Stadium during the game. Acknowledging that such demonstrations could negatively affect the team, Alieva said the University took into account the safety of the student-athletes when it made the decisions to suspend future contests and to remove the team’s roster from the athletics website. Brodhead echoed the sentiments of the athletic director, stressing that the cancellations were not been made to punish any members of the team. “We have done this in view of the situation we are now in,” Brodhead said. “There are questions so grave that are in the air that for us to continue to play would be inappropriate. We have not prejudged the guilt of the team.” Tuesday night’s protest after the press conference was the fifth demonstration in four days that members of the community have organized to express their outrage about the rape allegations and the racial remarks reportedly made the night of the party. Several enraged students raised questions about their safety on campus and asked why the administration has not communicated with the student body about the accusation. “I promise you, you will see this University respond with great and appropriate seriousness once the truth is established,” Brodhead said to the group assembled outside the West Union Building. “I want this to be resolved as quickly as you do.” Still, several students expressed discontent and said the administration should be making a better effort to communicate with the University community about the allegations. “[The administration] is making us agitated, nervous and upset,” sophomore Simone Randolph said. “Since they’ve taken such a quiet stance on it, we’re not confident that they’re going to do the right thing.” Alieva admitted that the situation is the most difficult one he has ever dealt with in his 28 years with the Athletic Department. The repercussions of the allegations have been felt not just by the team but by other coaches and the rest of the his department, he said. Men’s lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler has been cooperative throughout the investigation of the allegations and has not tried to conceal any information, Alieva added. “Coach Pressler has handled this with an understanding of the seriousness,” he said. “Like every one of my coaches, he will be evaluated at the end of the year, and we’ll go from there.” The Blue Devils, who will continue to hold practices, would have had five regular-season games and the ACC Championships remaining this season, which was supposed to run through early May. The two games that Duke has already cancelled and all subsequent contests will not count against the team’s record because of a clause in the NCAA Division I manual that states, “no forfeit is charged unless the referee or other appropriate contest official has assumed jurisdiction of the contest.” The team’s record will remain at 6-2. ha Wojciechowska contributed to this story

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn The dream has almost come true. Searching for the team’s first national title, Duke squeaked by Connecticut in an overtime nailbiter, 63-61, in the Elite Eight Tuesday night to advance to the Final Four. The top-seeded Blue Devils (303) jumped out to a five-point advantage at 63-58 with 2:41 left in the extra period, but they failed to record a point in the closing minutes as the second-seeded Huskies (32-5) tried desperately to force a second overtime. “It was not pretty by any means,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “Things did not go well for us, and I give Connecticut credit for that. At the same time, we did what was necessary to win.”

Clinging to a two-point lead in the final minute, Duke could not get off a good shot and turned the ball over to the Huskies with 13.4 seconds remaining. On the ensuing possession, Connecticut got the ball inside to Charde Houston. The forward shook off Blue Devil senior Monique Currie, who fell to the floor, giving Houston a good look at the hoop to tie the game as the clock was expiring. The UConn sophomore’s eightfoot baseline jumper swirled out of the hoop, however, sending Duke to its fourth Final Four and first since 2003. “I was hoping it wouldn’t go down,” Currie said. “It rolled in and went out, thankfully. She had a good 100k—I was on the ground, SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 14

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offense wins games, but defense wins championships. Tuesday night at the Arena in Yard, Harbor top-seeded Duke Cl cl survived an overtime batde with second-seeded Connecticut by playing some of its best defense of the season. The Blue Devils managed to advance to the Final Four in spite of their lowest offensive output of the year. Entering the game as the JIANGHAI HO/THE CHRONICLE highest scoring team in the nation, averaging 87.7 points per game, Alison Bales had 15 points, 13 rebounds Duke shot a season-worst 29 per- and eight blocks in theBlue Devils'win. cent from the field and scored a season-low 63 points, even with five rhythm, the Blue Devils relied on extra minutes ofbasketball. their defense—specifically Bridge“This was probably the most port Region Most Outstanding beautiful, ugly win we’ve ever had Player Alison Bales—for support. Bales blocked eight shots and in the history of our program,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. changed coundess others, including “It was a war out there.” With its offense failing to find a SEE BALES ON PAGE 16

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Get ready to burn the benches for Coach G In the aftermath of this weekend’s developments, everyone probably expects a sports column to discuss the allegations surrounding the Duke men’s lacrosse team. But as President Brodhead said Tuesday night, “Sports have their time and place, but when an issue of this gravity is in question, it is not the time to be playing games.” This is, after all, the sports section of the newspaper, so it should focus on athletics, rather than speculate about the future of a criminal investigation. What better to di11 1 vert our attention andrew than last night s game, which had all of the makings of a classic Duke battle. After knocking off a pesky Michigan State team, the Blue Devils took on UConn on national television with a trip to the Final Four on the line. Except this time it was the Lady Blue Devils who were in position to get to the last weekend in college basketball. And unlike the men, they did not disappoint. It’s about time that people started paying attention to the women. All year long, the women’s team tried to boost its attendance and its popularity around campus. After games against powerhouses Tennessee and North Carolina were packed to the brim, Cameron Indoor Stadium looked like a graveyard against Maryland—a top-four team. Even now, with the team two wins away from its first national title, there is little buzz —

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on campus. You don’t hear discussions of Monique Currie’s tough fadeawayjumpers or Alison Bales’ dominant blocks. It seems like someone should care. And next week, if Duke manages to knock off LSU and then the winner of an ACC battle between the Tar Heels and the Terrapins, the ultimate test will be given to the Duke student body. If and when the Blue Devils, led by head coach Gail Goestenkors, cut down the nets in Boston, will anyone gather on the quad to burn some benches? My guess would be yes, and not just because people like to burn things. Maybe it’s just the hopeful optimist in me, but I think that a good portion of the student body will turn out to celebrate this University’s eighth National Championship, even if it is in a sport that most students don’t follow regularly. If you haven’t been paying attention to the women’s team so far this season, I’d recommend you start. I know it doesn’t really make up for the letdown of the men’s Sweet 16 loss, but it helps to fill the void. Plus, the basketball isn’t all that terrible, either. The women won in an overtime thriller Tuesday night, knocking off Connecticut by two. And any Cameron Crazie who can’t experience a little schadenfreude at UConn’s expense has something wrong with themselves, anyway. So when Coach G steps up on that ladder and cuts down her piece of nylon, be happy. And burn some benches. It may be your last chance for a while.

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The men’s golf survived, even with a field gaining on its lead, to win the Western Intercollegiate for its first tournament victory of the spring season. “We’re really excited about the win,” head coach Rod Myers said. “I’d like to think that it could be a turning point in our season.” The victory could not have come at a more opportune time, as the team is slated to play only one more tournament before the ACC Championships begin Apr. 21. The Blue Devils, who led the 16-team field by five strokes after the first day of play, finished at 17-over par, edging out second-place Stanford by two strokes. Monday’s leader, Ryan Blaum, opened up the second round by shooting 5-overpar on the front nine. But the senior then went 2-under par on the backside to finish with a 3-over 73 for the day and in fourth place overall for the tournament. “I had a lot of birdies, which is good for a course like this, with the greens the way they were,” said Blaum, who fired a tournament-high eight birdies over 36 holes. In both rounds, the unfavorable conditions of the fairways and the greens forced the players to adjust. “When the weather kind of took a turn for the worse yesterday, it was pretty raunchy,” Blaum said. “On a hole that I would usually shoot a seven iron, I was shooting a two iron into and coming up short.” Yet the inclement weather was not the only obstacle Duke had to overcome. The team competed without senior Nathan

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rules, Myers said. In their absence, lineup-regulars Blaum and Jake Grodzinsky, who finished 3-overpar for the tournament and tied for eighth

place, played solidly. The difference-maker for Duke in the second round, however, was the play of reserve sophomore Bryce Mueller. Mueller fired the lowest round of the day for the Blue Devils with a 71 and finished in a career-best 13th place, one stroke shy of his first top-10 finish. “Bryce shooting a 71 was huge for us,” Myers said. “We needed someone to step up today and he filled that role for us.” Freshman Clark Klaasen shot a 10-over 150 and closed out the final round tied for 32nd place. Sophomore Michael Quagliano finished in 42nd at 11-over par. Overall, the team was the tournament’s best performer in Par-4 scoring and finished 11-under on the course’s three par-5 holes. Duke still needs to make several adjustments before its next competition, the Courtyard Intercollegiate, on Apr. 7 in Raleigh, Myers said. “Going over to MacGregor Downs [Country Club] to play, we just really need to sharpen our wedge play,” the coach said. “It’s a course you can really play well on if you’re shooting well from about 125 yards in.” With the tournament in Raleigh being the last before play begins for Duke in the ACC Championships, Blaum reiterated his coach’s sentiments on the team’s need to fine-tune its play. ‘You want to continue to get sharper and sharper and play well for the big tournaments, like the ACC Championships, because that’s when playing your game matters most,” Blaum said.

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and [Alison Bales] came over to help a little bit. I think she hesitated, and that threw off her shot.” At the end of regulation, Connecticut’s Mel Thomas knotted the game at 55 with 20 seconds on the game clock. The Blue Devils advanced the ball across half court and called a timeout with 14 seconds still to play. On the inbound, Duke could not pass the ball and freshman Abby Waner got trapped on the perimeter, forcing the Blue Devils to take another timeout, this time with just three seconds remaining. With Husky forward Brittany Hunter hounding the second inbound attempt, point guard Lindsey Harding could not get off a good pass. On the broken play, the junior sent a contested pass to Currie, who was forced to put up a halfcourt shot that bounced off the backboard and sent the game into the extra period. “On the play we wanted to run, we were supposed to get the ball to Ali, who was at the short corner, and she was going to hit Mo’ on a little curl,” Goestenkors said. “But they had some size on Lindsey who was taking the ball out of bounds, and she couldn’t make the pass to Ali. “Then Mo’ was open, but [Harding] couldn’t get the ball to her either, so Mo’ had to continue to cut out toward the half-court and that’s the only place that Lindsey could get the ball to her. That wasn’t the play obviously, but Lindsey couldn’t see the person we wanted her to hit. It was good defense.” The miss was one of nine for Currie, who hit just three field goals in the contest. The forward was dogged by the Huskies’ defense all night, but she hit seven of her teamhigh 10 free-throw attempts to finish with 14 points. Bales led Duke in scoring, rebounds and blocks in the game and was named the Bridgeport Regional Most Outstanding Player. The junior had 15 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks Tuesday. Two of the rejections came in overtime. “She blocked eight shots, but she probably changed 10 more because she had people thinking she might block their shot,” Goestenkors said. “Once she gets in your head, she changes the things you want to do. She changed the game for us, she was the difference.” Throughout the game Tuesday, no team led by more than six points. Duke led at halftime, 33-28, after missing its first 10 shots. But Connecticut opened the second half on a 7-0 run to take the lead. The Blue Devils and Huskies traded leads several more times before Thomas’ bucket sent the game into overtime. With their midnight ride into the Final Four in Boston, the Blue Devils join Maryland and North Carolina as the third ACC team to get past the Elite Eight. Duke will have a rematch with LSU Sunday, which knocked off the Blue Devils last season in the regional finals in Chattanooga, Tenn. A victory over the Tigers would earn Goestenkors her second trip to the National Championship game. “We’ve got a lot of work to do, a lot of work ahead of us to break down some tape and figure out what the best game plan for us might be,” the coach said. “LSU is the team that put us out last year in the regional final, and we know they have an outstanding team.” -

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Connecticut enjoys home-court advantage With Tuesday night’s game being played in Connecticut, the Huskies enjoyed the support of the sell-out crowd of 9,091. The UConn campus in Storrs Conn., is located just 80-miles from the site of the game and the Huskies had won 29 straight post-season games in the state. “I thought they were pretty intimidating,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “More than hurting us though, I think they helped Connecticut. When they started going on a run, the crowd was so behind them and when they needed a big stop or hit a shot to go ahead, they were deafening.” After the Blue Devils secured their 63-61 victory, the crowd mostly dissipated and few remained behind to cheer on Duke as the team cut down the nets. Waner honored for Tournament play Freshman guard Abby Waner was named to the Bridgeport Region All-Toumament Team. Waner came off the

bench to score 24 points in the two games in Bridgeport. She played 36 minutes and hit two of Duke’s three 3-point field goals in the overtime win against Connecticut. “Abby did an excellent job coming off the bench,” Duke senior forward Monique Currie said after Duke’s win over Michigan State Sunday in the Regional semifinals. “We know she can hit [shots], especially when she’s open, and she did that. She took her shot and if we have her hitting like that, we’ll be fine.” Blue Devils play first close game of NCAAs After winning its first three games in the tournament by an average of close to 43 points per game, Duke played its first overtime game of the season against Connecticut. “I told our players that it is not a bad thing that we played this kind of game,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “It’s been almost too easy to this point.... Some games you just have to grind out.”

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Charde Houston’s potentially game-tying eight-footer at the buzzer in overtime. Bales’ night, however, did not get off to an outstanding start. UConn forward Willnett Crockett scored the Huskies’ first seven points—the first four on easy layups after beating Bales in the paint. “To get scored on the first two plays of the game hurt,” Bales said. “It’s kind ofhard for me to handle that. I don’t want anybody to score against me. It’s almost a personal offense when someone does.” Crockett’s next field goal didn’t come until late in the second half, and she scored just eight more points in the game. Bales’ eight blocks Tuesday made her the NCAATournament’s all-time leading shot-blocker with 42. She has 21 blocks in this season’s tournament, and the junior can set the single-season tournament record with two more in the Final Four. “I have complete confidence in my defense,” Bales said. “Even when someone penetrates—one of the guards gets beat on the outside —I feel like it’s myjob to go over and stop them. A blocked shot is really a momentum stopper for the other team because it’s frustrating.” Blocking shots is nothing new to Bales. At 6-foot-7, she’s learned to take advantage ofher height inside without

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“I’ve been blocking shots since I can’t remember,” the junior said. “I used to have a problem with [fouling]. Now, I know what I can get away with and what I can’t.” With Bales behind them, Duke’s guards were able to pressure UConn into 12 first-half turnovers, allowing the Blue Devils to build a five-point advantage at the intermission. “[Bales] changes the game on both ends of the floor but specifically on defense,” Goestenkors said. “It allows our guards to really pressure the ball and get up in the passing lanes. They know that ifthey get beat, they’ve got her back there to help them out.” Goestenkors went on to say that Bales’ play was the deciding factor in the game. Bales added 15 points and 13 rebounds to go along with her eight blocks, giving her a double-double for the fourth time this season. She also contributed to Duke’s dominating 57-35 advantage on the glass. The center figures to play a big role in the Final Four, but for now, she is just enjoying the moment. “It’s just an amazing feeling being able to go to Boston with this group of people,” Bales said. “I love everybody on the team, the coaches and staff. It’s so exciting.”

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Editor’s note: Because three Chronicle columnists are running for three different positions on the Duke Student Government Executive Board including the position of DSG president—The Chronicle's editorial board opted to only endorse candidates in the other three races. Below are the board’s formal endorsements. —

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definition and in application, the position of executive vice president of DSG is meant for an “inside man.” It is not just DSG parliamentary procedure that an EVP must be familiar with—although, as the referee and gavel-wielder, this certainly helps. But holding this office means knowing the by-laws inside and out, having a consistent and firm grasp on what it means to craft legislation and act as a senator, being willing to be a task-master and enforcer of policy even when such a stance may be unpopular among senators partial to informal dress codes and instant-messaging on their laptops. Joe Fore possesses all of these quali-

fications. He has come up through the Senate, serving the academic affairs committee as a senator, moving up to vice president ofacademic affairs, finally tossing his hat in the race for EVP. He has revised bylaws with former Executive Vice President Andrew Wisnewski, who in effect served as Fore’s mentor. And he’s worked closely with current EVP Brandon Goodwin as part of the Executive Board this year. While the other candidates certainly possess broad and interesting ideas —Damjan DeNoble’s unique brand of philosophizing, George Fleming's advocacy for student communication —we argue that Fore is truly the only candidate capable of commanding the Senate. As the popular and effective Goodwin’s successor, Fore has his work cut out for him. The Chronicle formally endorses Joe Fore for executive vice president.

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been to Wilson Gym for a Jog on the treadmill. Snider, responsible for the legislation that put plasma screen televisions across the back wall of the gym, prides himself on his initiative and ability to get things done. While his opponent David Melton’s emphasis of safety and rethinking tailgates is impressive, it is Snider’s devotion to the nitty-gritty—and his track record of effectiveness—that give him our vote. And he seems very much in tune with student perceptions of DSG. After having spent time abroad, Snider said he returned to find the student government disorganized, and nearly devoid of effective outlets for communication. If elected, he’ll combat this sloppy disorganization not just by reforming DSG —common campaign rhetoric—but by letting a record of action and initiative speak for itself. We commend such an idea and add that the quickest and easiest way to earn the administration’s respect, as well as the respect of the student body, is through such recourse. The Chronicle formally endorses David Snider for vice president ofathletics and campus services.

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one who takes her job seriously. And anyone with an effective senatorial career—diat is, anyone whose ear is already bent in the direction of students—has a leg up on opponents. Not all DSG senators are so in tune, but we are happy to call Hoang an exception. And student affairs is a committee all about advocacy on behalf of students. Hoang is already working on making the insurance policy more student-friendly, and she calls for DSG in the future to be more assertive. With the future of many issues close to students’ hearts largely unknown—prefootball-game rituals, dining, the Bryan Center walkway’s progeny— DSG’S assertiveness has never been more important. We hope Hoang remembers her promise to voters to stand up for what she and the rest of the Executive Board truly believe. In return, The Chronicle formally endorses Tina Hoang for vice president of student affairs.

The safety of black women To the administration, You have worked really hard to protect the innocence and image of Duke and the nationally ranked lacrosse team. What you haven’t done, however, is made an effort to protect the many women (specifically the black women) on this campus. As a black woman on this campus I feel upset that the University is not doing more. I feel betrayed by the students that may or may not have taken part in these crimes. By not speaking out about the crimes, the lacrosse team is disregarding the matter. And by the same token, with the administration seemingly not taking steps to get answers, they are not sending a positive message to the women on this campus. Who is being protected here? Racine Harris Trinity ’O7 Throwback to Salem I am appalled at the Durham

community and the Duke community’s response to the rape allegations. I thought that we lived in a society where suspects are innocent until proven guilty? That is clearly not the case. No one has been convicted of a crime, yet already we are having candlelight vigils and banging pots and pans. My question to the community is this: , Are you going to go up to each member of the lacrosse team and apologize if it is proven that these allegations are totally unfounded? I think that everyone needs take a step back and ask him- or herself, if you were the one being accused of rape, would you want to be treated like a criminal —even if you hadn’t done anything wrong? Yesterday I heard one student say to another that “this is an alleged rape.” The other replied, “Oh, I know it hap-

pened.”

This is exactly the type of

attitude that perpetuates the idea that it no longer matters what you are convicted of—it matters what you are accused of. Similarly, no one knows all the facts; there are rumors circulating, some of which are

surely untrue. As students, we need to just let the authorities, the criminal justice system and ultimately a jury of our peers decide guilt and innocence. A black female student today said that if this had been a black male and a white female it would have been “guilty until proven innocent.” If you believe that is unfair, why would you sit around and do the exact same thing to the lacrosse players? I won’t sit here and pretend to think that the lacrosse team is entirely a stand-up bunch of guys, but I’m also not ready to bum them at the stake. And I don’t think anyone else should be, either. Ned Samuelson Trinity ’OB

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College Republicans The Executive Board of the Duke College Republicans is glad to announce our endorsement of the following candidates for Duke Student Government. For DSG president, we endorses Remington Kendall. He is truly committed to Duke and its student populace, with bright innovative ideas of how to better the freshman experience and build a stronger connection between the undergraduate populace and our Duke officials. For executive vice president we endorse Joe Fore, a candidate who has a clear vision of how DSG can increase awareness ofDuke Town Hall meetings and interaction with the community around us. For vice president of student affairs we endorse Ryan Strasser for his experience throughout his time at Duke being active in the DSG. Jordan Giordano receives our endorsement for vice president of community interaction. He may be only a freshman, but he is a dedicated young man who is known by his peers for his remarkable ability to get the job done. With enthusiasm to match his own, we endorse Jimmy Soni for Vice President of Academic Affairs. Soni shows a strong promise to address student concerns here at Duke efficiently. Last but not least, we endorse David Melton for vice president of athletics and campus services. We reviewed all candidate platforms and credentials while deciding who would be best for Duke during this time. As an E.M.S, Melton has spent countless days and nights here at Duke dedicated to on-call safety service and wants to make sure no one feels insecure during their athletic and educational experiences at this esteemed institution. These DSG elections are particularly crucial this season, and as a club dedicated to the outreach of the American ideals through democratic representation, the College Republicans hope all students make it out to the polls this Thursday to vote! Maggie Abernathy Pratt ’OB President, Duke CR Students for Academic Freedom It is with great enthusiasm that the Duke Chapter of Students for Academic Freedom announces its endorsements for several stellar candidates for Duke Student Government. These individuals are all exceptional in their passion, dedication and talent and bring platforms and agendas committed to serving the interests of each and every student on, this campus. The candidates we have chosen to endorse possess both tremendous ideas and character. For the position of president we are endorsing Remington Kendall. In his two years as a student senator Kendall has shown a profound commitment to the students of this campus. He has worked extensively with Common Ground and the Center for Race Relations to foster diversity and understanding and will continue to work with all members of the community to create a truly tolerant and vibrant campus. He is also the only candidate for president with DSG experience and a tangible platform. For the position of executive vice president we are endorsing Joe Fore. Not enough praise can be said of this phenomenal student leader. Fore is deeply committed to students rights’ and has worked admirably during his time in the senate to protect academic freedom for all members of the Duke community. He has tremen-

dous leadership skills. Fore is truly a leader who can be counted on to get things done. For the position of Vice President of Community interaction we are endorsing Jordan Giordano. His admirable enthusiasm is matched only by his dedicate to improving Duke for all. Giordano’s innovative ideas—such as creating an off-campus bus route —distinguish him from the opposition. If elected we will truly make this campus more responsive to our needs and rights as students. We would also like to endorse David Melton for Athletics and Campus Services and Ryan Strasser for Student Affairs. Stephen Miller Trinity ’O7 President, SAP

Jimmy Soni for vice president of academic affairs As organizations representing the international community, we have selected these candidates based primarily upon the relevance of their visions in catering the needs of international students, past accomplishments and promise to the Duke community. They have shown commitment in promoting diversity and engaging international students to the overall Duke community. Felix Li, the past president of the Center for Race Relations, has shown a consistent commitment to diversity and is proposing expanding the representation of international students at all levels at Duke. Lee Kornfeld’s platform, on the other hand, is the most encompassing and incluDiya sive among all the candidates for VP of stuIn a talented and deep pool for Duke dent affairs. The international students at Student Government president, Elliott Duke are a diverse lot and we appreciate Wolf stands apart for his enthusiasm, lead- Komfeld’s commitment to make Duke a more welcoming place to all international ership and advocacy. Wolf has put himself on the line before students. for students. He has accomplished what Daniel Bowes, through his work with the ACLU, organized events regarding the Patrimany thought impossible, a course evaluation site, by his own initiative. Who else ot Act that affected a number of internawould, absent any defined role, schedule tional students on this campus, and he has meetings with administrators and push for consistently proved that he is committed to results? Who else would sit through DSG connecting international students with the meetings just to understand proceedings? Duke and Durham community. His Chronicle column has even drawn stuJimmy Soni took the initiative last year dents into Duke’s financial minutiae. Diya to reach out to international students is impressed by his proactivity, but even about the community standard, which is more by his natural feel for the needs of foreign to some students from other the student body. countries. His initiative to reach out is Is Wolf a one-man army? Unlikely, given proof that he will continue to work in the that he has successfully led the AB Duke best interests of international students Recruitment Committee by delegating and the Duke student body. We are confident that these candidates tasks, encouraging subordinates, receiving feedback and demanding strict accountawill excel in their respective roles and bility. Wolfs course evaluation site, initially serve in the best interest ofDuke. (The ena solo effort, has now partnered with Arts dorsements represent the views of lA/IC’s & Sciences and the computer science deleadership and not the general body.) Sally Ong partment. A successful DSG President must be able to lead effectively and work Trinity ’O7 President. lA/IC with others. It is obvious Wolf will neither fear nor Central Campus Council appease the administration as President. moderate his President: Hasnain Zaidi. will he Diya questioned if opWe feel that Zaidi has the vision and positional tendencies to work effectively and cautioned him that fear-mongering initiative best suited for Central Campus will get him nowhere. We concluded that residents. With the ongoing plans for the his activism would be best for the Universinew Central Campus, now is as important ty and its students and that he has already a time as ever to have strong student repkept the best interests of the students in resentation with the administration, and mind instead of being a mere demagogue. we feel that Hasnain is capable of doing Diya was also impressed by Felix Li. He that. We hope to continue dialogue and foster a relationship between DSG and has been entrepreneurial as the coCCC in the future. Hasnain especially imfounder of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Project XY and especially with the Center for pressed us by conveying that he will keep Central Campus in mind in his future Race Relations. He has built strong relations with a diverse range of people and reagenda. Accordingly, in the best interest mained accessible. His experience meshes of our residents, we are proud to endorse well with Diya's agenda of promoting culHasnain Zaidi for DSG president. Vice President of Athletics & Campus Sertural awareness. Most importantly, we can trust him to be a moderate and a team vices: David Snider. Snider’s experience and platform player. made him our choice for vice president Ultimately, given his track record of lisofathletics and campus services. As a sentening to undergraduates, vociferous advoskills, beator on the committee for two years, we Diya and leadership cacy, proven lieves that Wolf is the candidate most likely feel that he has gained the exposure to to bring change where needed and renew provide excellent leadership in the year to come. His various accomplishments our faith in student government. Diya enaround campus show that he is a focused, dorses Elliott Wolf for DSG President. Sioeta Patel hard-working, proactive candidate. Furthermore, his experience on the Central ’O7 Trinity Campus Strategic Planning Group shows Community Service Chair, Duke Diya his knowledge and concern for Central Campus as an important part of this Internadonal Association/ Council school and his ability to communicate The InternationalAssociation and International Council are proud to endorse with administrators on behalf of Central Campus. Accordingly, in the best interest the following candidates for DSG execuof our residents, we are proud to endorse tive offices: David Snider for DSG vice president of Felix Li for president athletics and campus services. Lee Komfeld for vice president of stuK. George Pradhan dent affairs Trinity ’O7 Daniel Bowes for vice president of Council President, interactions Central_Campus_ community -

Duke Conservative Union The Executive Board of the Duke Conservative Union is pleased to announce our endorsement of the following candidates for Duke Student Government: We endorse Remington Kendall for DSG president because of his innovative perspective, tenacity to stand up for what he believes and willingness to work handin-hand with administrators and student groups. Although we admire Hasnain Zaidi’s enthusiasm and Elliott Wolf’s get-up-andgo, we feel that Kendall will do the most to improve the Duke undergraduate experience. We endorse Joe Fore for executive vice president because of his extensive knowledge of DSG and his continued support for academic freedom. While his opponent, George Fleming, is impressive, we feel that Joe Fore’s communication skills and past DSG experience more than qualify him for the job. We endorse Ryan Strasser for vice president of student affairs because of his eagerness to improve student life and his strong DSG background. We believe that Strasser is the most qualified candidate for this position and that he will fearlessly advocate student interests in the face of administrative pressure. We endorse Jimmy Soni for vice president of academic affairs because of his understanding of important campus issues and his attentiveness to student concerns. We endorse Jordan Giordano for vice president of community interaction because of his creative proposals to engage Durham residents and increase off-campus student involvement. We endorse David Melton for vice president of athletics and campus services because of his platform’s focus on student safety. As the events of recent weeks have demonstrated, we need strong student leaders on our side to ensure that Duke is a safe place to live and to learn. I encourage DCU members, as well as the student body as a whole, to cast their votes on Thursday for the candidates endorsed above. John Korman Trinity ’O6 President, Duke Conservative Union Freedman Center for Jewish Life The FCJL student board is pleased to announce its endorsements for the 2006 DSG election. Due to the large numberof candidates running, we have chosen only to endorse for President and VP of community interaction. All of the presidential candidates are uniquely qualified and have complete platforms, but both Remington Kendall and Felix Li stood out to us as the best candidates for president. We endorse Remington Kendall for his DSG experience and presence as our first choice. As voters will be able to rank candidates, we also endorse Felix Li as a very strong candidate as well, due to his experience with the Center for Race Relations working with other campus leaders. For VP of community interaction, of all of the strong candidates, we have chosen to endorse Jordan Giordano due to his innovative and intelligent programmatic ideas and proposed ICC reforms and experience with the Young Trustee Nominating Committee. We believe he has the ability to lead both of these organization to an improved future. We wish the best of luck to all of the candidates. Adam Laker Pratt ’O7 Incoming FCJL Student President

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