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ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST YEAR, ISSUE 123

Police search dorm in rape investigation Second dancer speaks to DPD; DA maintains assault occurred by

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Durham firefighters extinguish a small blaze that started in the back of an East-West bus Wednesday on MainWest.

Campus bus erupts in flames by

David Graham

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A Duke Transit bus caught fire Wednesday afternoon at the Main West bus stop, filling the sky with acrid black smoke and drawing the attention of dozens of students and visitors.

The fire broke out in the engine compartment at the rear of the bus, a 1998 Bluebird model.

No one was on the vehicle during the blaze.

As clean-up and towing crews began their work, students and visitors caught a glimpse of the chaired and gutted back of the vehicle.

The bus, which was parked in front of the Allen Building when the fire began at approximately 4 p.m., experienced transmission

problems while running the EastWest route, said Lt. Sara-Jane Raines, administrative services executive officer for the Duke University Police Department.

The incident also forced buses to pick students up and drop them off at the traffic circle at the head of Chapel Drive.

SEE FIRE ON PAGE 5

District Attorney Mike Nifong and the Durham Police Department provided details Wednesday that paint a fuller picture of the investigation surrounding the alleged rape involving members of the Duke men’s lacrosse team.

John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, confirmed Wednesday that police searched a dorm room on campus after procuring a search warrant Monday. No further details of the search were disclosed because the warrant is sealed.

Kammie Michael, public information officer for DPD, said police have served two search warrants in connection with the case, including the one issued March 16 for 610 N. Buchanan Blvd., where the incident allegedly occurred. Nifong said he was unaware of the on-campus search.

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The frightened women left the house but were approached by one member of the team, who urged them to return.

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Steve Veres

With buzz surrounding the alleged gang rape continuing across campus, President Richard Brodhead started reaching out to a variety of concerned groups Wednesday.

Afterremaining relatively quiet until a press conference Tuesday night, Brodhead listened to students worried about wide-ranging issues, including racism and a lack of University action.

Posters were hung around campus Wednesday with photos of 43 of the 47 lacrosse teammates, urging the players to come forward and talk about the incident.

While students, faculty and community members discussed the incident and its fallout from dorm rooms to Charlie’s Pub & Grille Tuesday night, a group of SEE REACTION ON PAGE 4

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President Richard Brodhead fields questions from students about the University's reaction to current racial issues.

No formal charges had been issued as of Wednesday evening.

Police initiated the investigation after a March 13 party at which three members of the lacrosse team allegedly raped, sodomized and

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Hundreds gather for Duke's annual Take Back the Nightrally Wednesday.

More than 500 students, Durham residents, faculty members and administrators participated in an emotional march across campus Wednesday night.

A large crowd gathered for Take Back the Night, the culminating event of Sexual Assault Prevention Week, 7 p.m. in front of the Marketplace on East Campus. The crowd then made its way to the Duke Chapel, where it held a Speak Out to highlight the importance of raising sexual assault awareness.

“Tonight is to celebrate the process of surviving and healing,” said Jean Leonard, coordinator of sexual assault support services at the Women’s Center.

The event comes in the midst of an ongoing investigation into the alleged gang rape, sodomy and strangulation of an exotic dancer by members of the men’s SEE RALLY ON PAGE 7

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Abramoff gets 6 years of jail

Rep. McKinney slugs police officer by

Laurie Kellman

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Rep. Cynthia McKinney and a police officer scuffled Wednesday after the Georgia Democrat entered a House office building unrecognized and refused to stop when asked, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

McKinney, a sixth-term congresswoman who represents suburban Adanta, struck the officer according to one account, a police official said, adding there were conflicting accounts. The officer, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident, spoke only on condition of

anonymity.

No charges were filed, police said McKinney issued a statement Wednesday night saying she regretted the confrontation.

"I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," she said.

Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said only that senior officials have been made aware of the incident and are investigating.

Members of Congress do not have to walk through metal detectors as they enter buildings on the Capitol complex. They

wear lapel pins identifying them as members.

McKinney routinely does not wear her pin and is recognized by many officers, the police official said, adding that she was not wearing it when she entered a House office

building early Wednesday.

By one police account, she walked

around a metal detector and an officer asked her several times to stop. When she did not, the officer tried to stop her, and she then struck the officer, according to that account.

In her statement, McKinney said most members of Congress expect Capitol police to recognize them.

Mine survivor is happy to be alive by

Vicki Smith

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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Randal McCloyjr. was in the same spot, breathing the same poisoned air deep inside the Sago Mine for more than 40 hours. Yet he survived and 12 other men died.

Doctors cannot explain it, and three months later, in an interview with The Associated Press, neither can McCloy.

At 26, he was the youngest of the crew trapped by the Jan. 2 explosion. He was a nonsmoking fitness buff who ate well, lifted weights and rode bicycles. He had two young children, Isabelle and Randal, wait-

ing for him at home.

All of those things could be factors, he said, but none is the answer.

“I have no explanation of how I escaped it and survived,” he said Wednesday as he prepared to leave a rehabilitation hospital and return home to Simpson.

“It’s just crazy how that ended up being like that.”

After the blast, which the mine’s owner says was caused by a lightning strike, some people speculated McCloy survived because he was deeper in the mine, farther from the bad air. He said he wasn’t.

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What McCloy does know is that he’s strong and healthy now because of 24-hour support from wife Anna and brother-in-law Rick McGee, who have barely left his side for three months.

“What I believe is that the people who are there for you tend to create a world where you can get better,” McCloy said.

“It’s love, really.”

McCloy's memories of the 41 hours underground are “not much really,” just fragmented images he’d mainly rather forget.

Assuring the judge he is working to become "a new man," disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison for committing fraud in the purchase of a fleet of gambling

boats.

Bush urges Iraq to build govt.

President George W. Bush expressed frustration Wednesday that Iraqis have so far failed to form a unity government, but he said withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq too early would damage U.S. security. "It's about time you get a unity government going," he said.

ECU student saved from fire A freshman escaped through a ninth-floor window of a dormitory Wednesday at East Carolina University after a fire broke out and filled the building with smoke.

Rachelle Lowry of Burke, Va., was rescued by a ladder truck.

Local indicted for mail fraud A federal grand jury indicted a former employee ofthe Greensboro Housing Authority and two women on mail fraud charges in an alleged scheme that involved about $75,000 in federal funds. Serena Ann Parker, 35, was fired in July.

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"Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken up teaching."

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THURSDAY, MARCH 30,

N.C. gears up for first lottery sales

DSG p to take full course load

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After years of state-wide discussion and multiple failed bills in the North Carolina legislature, the state lottery will finally become a reality today.

Thousands of vendors will begin selling the tickets starting at 6 a.m. to those eager to try their hand at lady luck.

Only hours before the lottery’s official inception, the controversial revenue source remained a point of criticism, as attacks continued via the judicial system.

The North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law filed a notice of appeal in Wake County court Wednesday. The appeal is in response to a decision handed down last week that threw out a lawsuit arguing the lottery was an ille-

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Students and faculty wore shirts provided by professor Diane Nelson to protest David Horowitz's recent visit.

SAF leader files claim against protesting prof

gally approved tax.

In August 2005, Gov. Mike Easley signed the N.C. State Lottery Act, and legislators have said 100 percent of the net proceeds of the N.C. Education Lot-

tery will go toward educationalexpenses.

“As we have indicated from the beginning of this litigation, we feel that there are vitally important constitutional questions relating to the passage of the N.C. Lottery Act that need to be resolved with finality by our state’s highest court,” said NCICL’s Executive Director Robert Orr in a Wednesday press release.

Despite these roadblocks, however, the lottery will continue for now.

Over the last several days, millions of tickets—totalling $154 million—have been shipped to vendors across the state. In a ceremonial gesture, the first ticket will be sold to Howard Lee, chair of the N.C. Board of Education.

Lottery tickets will be on sale at many local gas stations and convenience stores across Durham, including some near campus—such as Sam’s Quik Shop

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Diane Nelson, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, is known for voicing her views. But one student thinks her behavior has gone too far—and he hopes to bring her to court for her conduct.

Junior Stephen Miller, president of the Duke chapter of Students for Academic Freedom and a Chronicle columnist, is seeking criminal charges against Nelson.

Miller claims she organized an “illegal” protest and exhibited disorderly conduct under North Carolina law during a speech by conservative activist David Horowitz March 7.

Nelson provided T-shirts with messages that opposed Horowitz’s views to a group of students and professors prior to the speech and led the group in laughter and vocal comments during the address about

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“I’ve contacted the [Durham County] District Attorney’s Office and the Duke University Police Department,” Miller said.

“Now, the matter will ideally be decided by the Magistrate’s Office.”

If the Magistrate’s Office rules that the charges are valid, Nelson could be charged with the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct—punishable by up to $l,OOO in fines or 30 days in prison.

Nelson wrote in an e-mail that she spoke with several lawyers who do not believe the case merits legal action.

“Mr. Horowitz was not heckled, yelled at, or in any way stopped from making his

derly conduct pertain

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As the Duke Student Government election nears, candidates for the presidency are discussing many plans for reforming the University and the organization next year.

The next president must also, however, anticipate changes to his own academic schedule.

Reflecting a decision reached last spring by academic administrators and members of Student Affairs, the Student AffairsAcademic Leadership Assistance Program will be eliminated beginning in Fall 2006.

SALAP was a scholarship instituted in the 1970 s to assist student leaders in three major campus organizations. It provided summer room and board for the presidents of DSGand the Duke University Union and for two Community Service Center directors. It also provided each student tuition for four summer classes, allowing them to assume a lightened course load during the academic year.

Zoila Airall, assistant vice president for student affairs, said the scholarship was terminated because it de-emphasized the academic endeavors of student leaders.

“If you have an academic program that requires so much of your time for study that you’re not able to be a student leader, then you need to think twice about that leadership position,” she said.

She added that the scholarship was limited in scope, favoring students in only three campus groups.

“We need to look at student leaderSEE SALAP ON PAGE 6

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DSG issues response to recent rape allegations by

Katherine Macllwaine and Andrew Yaffe THE

Senator Samson Mesele (left) raises his hand to comment during Wednesday night's DSG meeting.

LACROSSE from page 1 The victim’s account, according to the warrant, stated that the two dancers were separated once inside the house.

Nifong, however, said Wednesday that the second woman never re-entered the dwelling, adding that she stayed at her car because partygoers were talking to

her while the alleged victim entered the house alone.

Michael said DPD investigators have located and interviewed the other woman but would not release details of her account. Michael said the second dancer was the person who drove the alleged victim to the Kroger grocery store on Hillsborough Road, where a store security guard called 911.

Nifong also said the police contacted lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler and asked if the players would voluntarily sub-

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Much like the rest ofcampus, Duke Student Government was consumed with discussion of the rape allegations against the men’s lacrosse team at its general body meeting Wednesday night.

After well over two hours offailed resolutions and amendments, DSG issued a statement that proclaimed the organization’s support for Duke’s annual Sexual Assault Prevention Week in light of recent events.

“As the entire issue continues to evolve, we want to reaffirm that DSG will be active in the conversation,” said DSG President Jesse Longoria, a senior.

Several executives indicated they had felt this issue was too important for DSG to remain silent. Taking a vocal stance was more essential than the specifics of the legislation, they said.

“I knew we should leave here with a unified statement to the student body,” said DSG Executive Vice President Brandon Goodwin, a senior. “I’m extremely

pleased to have had an open dialogue about the issue.”

The meeting, however, soon transformed into a contentious batde regarding the role the resolution should play among the campus body —and whether reacting to the rape allegations was even appropriate.

Senior Nicole Cederblom and junior Matthew Hoekstra, two senators who helped draft the initial resolution, said they felt the final statement did not adequately address the situation.

“I expected more from DSG, like a bill or a resolution that had teeth, rather than a paltry statement that DSG is thinking about it,” Cederblom said. “DSG is the body that should do something. Other than that, we just live up to expectations and that’s what we did tonight.”

Hoekstra agreed that the organization did not accomplish its mission, adding that he attributes his resolution’s failure to the cautious attitudes of other members.

“The problem with DSG is egos,” HoekSEE DSG ON PAGE 6

Police are investigating the incident as first-degree forcible rape, common law robbery, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sexual offense and felonious strangulation. First-degree forcible rape and first-degree sexual offense are both B1 felonies—the second-highest felony rating in North Carolina, behind first-degree murder.

Nifong said he would not pursue the want to admit to the enormity are absolutely team false.” incident as a hate crime, despite reports Both Niof what they’ve done.” that they heard numerous by But neighbors Nifong and fong maintained that racial epithets. He said the crimes already Michael said —Mike Nifong, he is convinced a carry severe enough penalties that the three members Durham District Attorney sexual assault ocadded sentence associated with the hate of the lacrosse curred based on crime is inconsequential. team—the resi“Basically it would just be one more the findings of dents of 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. —voluntarily submitted to the victim’s emergency room examination. thing to prove, and it would not help me “The statements that [the team] makes in any fashion,” Nifong explained. “But I police questioning and suspect testing do intend to present evidence of those after the first warrant was issued. are inconsistent with the physical eviTwo of the three men questioned and dence in this case,” he said. “They don’t statements because they had to do with the state of mind of the people who were tested were not named by the alleged vicwant to admit to the enormity of what involved.” done.” they’ve tim in the warrant. mit to DNA testing. A meeting was set, but an attorney subsequently contacted the police to cancel the appointment, Nifong explained.

DPD then obtained an order to mandate the DNA testing of 46 of the 47 mem“[The lacrosse bers of the

professor in the School ofLaw, said professors’ reactions have ranged from the outraged to the wait-and-see.

“What we are getting are a variety of responses, all of which reflect deep hurt

In a statement from the lacrosse team captains issued Tuesday, they denied that rape or sexual assault took place.

“The team has cooperated with the police in their investigation,” the statement read. “The DNA will results demonstrate that don’t players] these allegations

students spent the night preparing for Brodhead’s early-morning conversation in the Mary Lou Williams Center for about this incident, some anxiety about Black Culture. what it means for a variety ofrelationships “It is our impression that the University plus some frustration that certain things is cultivating and sustaining a culture of exist or haven’t been dealt with,” said Haagen, who is also the chair of the Studentprivilege and silence that allows inappropriate behavior to plague the campus,” Athlete Advisory Committee. read a message drafted by some of the stuThe University’s response has been a dents in the late-night planning session. point of significant criticism around camStudents told Brodhead about a culture pus, including at Brodhead’s Wednesday of racism, sexism, homophobia and hatred meeting with students. One undergradupresent in the University. They urged the ate questioned what type of punishment president to use the recent incident as a the lacrosse players would receive if found way to jump-start major changes in the guilty by the courts, adding that she was concerned the University’s punishment campus climate.

“This issue has touched very deep chords may ultimately be too lenient.

“These are very very serious allegain this community and very deep sources of potential division,” Brodhead said. ‘We all tions,” Brodhead responded. “Punishment is based on some sense of proportionality... know that when communities become bitTIAN, QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE if it were verified, you are talking about terly divided, everyone loses out.” voice their concerns about the climate in recent days. campus Students to gathered early Wednesday something of very grave seriousness.”

The president also met with a repreNational Association for affirmed his faith education in in sentative of the He the Advancement of Colored People dealing with the racially insensitive compressed frustration that the students who Meenakshi Chivukula said. “It is dangerWednesday. Brodhead said they discussed ments. He said education may be better most need awareness programs do not ous to wait for the conclusion of the crimcome to town hall events like the one inal investigation because the community, the gravity of the racial tensions and than formal University policies and punin strong numbers, have raised their voices Wednesday morning. problems that have been highlighted by ishment. of what this means to the history of the Others wished the meeting had centhe alleged rape and racial slurs.

“In an educational institution, we have tered more on the issues directly surroundUniversity.” to trust the process of education,” BrodThe Academic Council will hold a speChandra Guinn, director of the Mary cial session Thursday at which Brodhead head said. “Why should we trust it for ing the lacrosse team.

“I am frustrated this meeting focussed Lou Williams Center, said she thought the is expected to listen to and address the only trivial things? Why shouldn’t we also trust it for fairly serious things?” on long-term issues, and that there was no event was a great chance for the students to faculty’s concerns.

Paul Haagen, chair of the council and a Several students and administrators ex- traction under immediate actions,” junior challenge the president with complex issues.

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At about 4:11 p.m.—shortly after firefighters arrived—there was a large conflagration and a booming noise, but firefighters had the blaze doused within minutes.

Capt. David Griffith of the Durham Fire Department, crew chieffor the firefighting team, said such fires are usually minor because the gas line is protected against ex-

Bus driver William Hester said he noticed the smell while coming up the hill on Chapel Drive.

“It smelled like a fan belt was burning,” he said. “Something popped out a couple of times, so I stopped when I got to the top plosions. and let the students off.”

“This was a regular small passenger veAfter all students had left the bus, Hester hicle fire,” he said. “There have been bus attempted to diagnose the problem. While in fires in the past that have been more inthe front of the bus, he was informed that the volved than this.” bus was smokHe said the ing. He called major problem his supervisor, was the release of “It smelled like a fan belt was and flames behydraulic fluid visible came from the bus. burning. Something popped about the time Firefighters used out a couple of times, so I he got off the Speedy Dry, an phone. Hester agent, absorbing stopped when I got to the top then attempted to prevent seepto douse the fire and let the students off.” age. Fred Knipwith an extinfire and safe—William Hester, bus driver per, guisher carried ty manager in the aboard the bus, Occupational but he was not and Environmensuccessful. tal Safety Office, said an OESO spill team would run clean“I had more fire than I did fire extinguisher,” he said. up on the scene. A team from John’s TowStudents said it was clear that there ing and Recovery, the Durham-based comwere problems with the bus during the pany that towed the bumt-out bus, also assisted with the clean-up. trip to West.

“The bus was making funny noises, “A lot of times when a spill is inside of a and after we started driving it smelled building it’s a lot easier,” Knipper said. “It’s like burning plastic,” said sophomore harder when it’s outside because you have to make sure stuff doesn’t get washed away.”

Lindsey Havko.

She said the bus died at the circle, but Officials said the bus was unlikely to be Hester was able to coax it back into motion. rebuilt or put back into commission. Exec“At that point it was going no faster utive Vice President Tallman Trask pegged than two miles per hour up Chapel Drive, the cost of a new bus at about $250,000. and it reeked of noxious fumes,” she said.

“We’ll get new buses someday,” he Duke transportation officials said buses added. are serviced at least once a month, and As the cloud of smoke grew thicker, a drivers look over their vehicles daily. large crowd gathered to watch the excite-

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No passengers were injured when a campus bus caught fire Wednesday, but the blaze attracted gawkers.'

Maggie Gray, a visiting high school senior from Kentucky, said the incident had not adversely affected her opinion of Duke.

“You guys deal well with tragedies,” she said. “Exploding buses are kind of a highlight of university life, I guess.”

With bus transportation stopped and then displaced, the primary concern for many students was getting around. As flames erupted from the back of the bus, a ment.

student was overheard to say, “Let’s take the C-2.” Some students complained of delays in getting to classes and meetings off West Campus. For others, the fire was just a small blip on theirradar screens.

“I’m not too concerned,” junior Florence Noel said. “With the climate around here, it’s not the first thing on my mind.”

Leslie Griffith, Shreya Rao, Steve Veres and Tiffany Webber contributed to this report.

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SALAP from page 3 ship positions across the board,” she said.

“The other organizations are just as important and often do just as much work.”

The winner of today’s five-person race for DSG president will be among the first studentleaderstobeaffected bythechange.

Candidate Hasnain Zaidi, a sophomore, said he considers the end of SALAP to be a good choice because the funds can now go to other uses. He added that he became aware of the elimination of SALAP before he decided to run for the office but the news did not affect his decision to run.

“It makes the job a little bit more difficult, but at the same time, I think anybody who cares enough is going to be willing to make a sacrifice,” he said.

Junior Remington Kendall, who is also vying for the office, took an alternate view.

He said he learned of the end of SALAP from outgoing DSG president Jesse Longoria, a senior, and added that he does not like the idea of the new system, which forced him to contemplate his decision to run for the position.

Although administrators implemented the change to encourage students’ academic pursuits, Kendall said by being forced to take four classes each semester, he plans to avoid scholastic challenges.

“I’ve basically finished all my requirements, so I can kind of find ways around

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Although many students said they were not interested in buying lottery tickets because of the slim probabilities involved, one student expressed his moral opposi-

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taking difficult classes,” he said. “I can see myself taking a full-credit swing dance class to lighten my course load.”

Like Kendall, Longoria said he believes SALAP should remain in existence.

“SALAP has freed up a lot of my schedule where I’m able to meet with more administrators and more students than if I had a full schedule,” he said.

Airall said the only foreseeable effect of the change would be the dispersal of work among other students in the organizations.

“We’re advising students to recognize the fact that they are going to have to balance,” she said. “They may have to think about how to delegate.”

Although he does not favor the disappearance ofSALAP, Longoria does not anticipate a significant impact on the structure ofDSG or the role ofthe president.

“Delegation will be part of the shift, but I don’t see an overarching shift as a result of this,” he said. “More so, there will just be an individual decision of the newly elected president as to how to approach [his] scheduling.”

Longoria said SALAP did not play a role in his decision to run last year and he does not believe its elimination has had a prohibitory effect on potential candidates.

“Even when I ran last year, I didn’t fully understand what SALAP meant,” he said.

“They’re running because they have the passion for the position and understand that the position is a sacrifice.”

“I consider the lottery a legal extra tax on the poor,” said Alan Combs, a secondyear student at the Divinity School.

Despite the continuing controversy over the issue, John Boy, owner of Sam’s Quik Shop, said he has never seen the lottery as ethically questionable, and thus does not object to the sale of lottery tickets in his store. “I just never thought of it in [negative] terms,” he said.

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I support the [final] letter—but it is just a stra said. “Unless

cop out.”

The original resolution encouraged the administration to enforce the Duke Community Standard, especially in regard to student-athletes. Debate quickly emerged about whether this bill would unfairly impugn the lacrosse team.

Senator Matt McNeill, a sophomore, questioned the role of the bill in the face of recent rape allegations.

“Given the gravity of the event, I don’t understand what you’d want to do differently,” McNeill said. “You need to investigate the entire situation before you make

Brenda Bautsch, vice president ofathletics and campus services.

After further debate, the proposed bill was tabled for further discussion at a general body meeting in two weeks.

To draw the discussion to a close, Goodwin presented the final statement, which he described as the product of lengthy discussion among DSG’s executive board over the past several days.

Although the final statement ultimately did not pass unanimously, 25 supporters stayed after the meeting—which lasted more than two hours—to sign the letter.

McNeil said he was not surprised by the heated nature of the debate.

“Whenever you have an issue where people have strong feelings on both sides, those are the meetings that are going to last a long time,” McNeill said.

charges against anyone.”

After several amendments were pro-

posed to the initial resolution, the proposal ultimately failed by a vote of 12 to 20 with six abstentions.

Several senators, however, said they were dissatisfied with the organization’s failure to reach a final decision, noting that this original document failed to adequately address the recent allegations.

In response, Senator Chauncey Nartey, a junior, drafted another resolution, which focused more specifically on the men’s lacrosse team.

In the policy statement of Nartey’s resolution, he suggested that the administration prohibit the team from participating in any practices until the current investigation has been settled.

Several representatives expressed concern that the proposed bill unfairly singled out members of the lacrosse team before any charges had been filed.

“Frankly, if this were just a group of guys living on campus, would it have received the same scrutiny?” asked senior

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Students distributed printed chants, as well as a list of the names and pictures of lacrosse team members next to police contact information.

While speakers rallied the crowd against sexual assault by reading poetry and speeches, several participants defaced the lists of the players.

During the march to West Campus, the crowd chanted “Out of the dorms, into the streets, we won’t be raped, we won’t be beat.”

Sue Wasiolek, dean of students, observed the march.

She said that although Duke is taking active measures to address the issue of sexual assault on campus, there is TOM MENDEL/THE CHRONICLE room for improvement. can understand would that “I say [this The Take Back the Night rally began on East Campus Wednesday night. The march and speak out was a part of Sexual Assault Prevention Week. why people march] is a problem of ‘too little, too late’—but my response to that would be that we can never do enough,” she said.

The chanting crowd reached the chapel steps, and quieted as the Speak Out commenced. A stream of sexual assault survivors and their supporters took the microphone.

Some reflected on their struggle to understand what was referred to multiple times as “recent events.” Many stressed the possibility of healing and called for action.

“This is a conversation that our community is ready to have and is having and will continue to have,” Leonard said.

The event attracted a significantly larger audience than in past years, including a variety of students, student leaders and athletes.

Sophomore Ryan McFadyen, a member of the lacrosse team, attended the event.

“I completely support this event and this entire week,” he said. “It’s just sad that the allegations we are accused of happened to fall when they did.”

Senior Jesse Longoria, Duke Student Government president, said he has attended Take Back the Night every year at Duke.

“I don't see this as a protest against any specific situation,” he said. “I think every year, Sexual Assault Prevention Week is an opportunity to present a united University front against any and all forms of sexual assault.”

Senior Jay McKenna, past president of the Interfraternity Council, also said he was “relieved” that the focus of the event was notion the alleged rape.

“Tm really impressed as well that it’s not just Duke students,” said senior Paul Campitelli, a member of the football team. “It’s a real melting pot of people and it’s really

refreshing.”

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encouraged.”

Miller, who helped organize the event with Students for Academic Freedom, said he was initially appalled by text where the free flow ofideas is

the lack of action taken by University administrators.

“Nelson clearly violated University policy,” he said, citing the Faculty Handbook, which forbids “disruptive picketing” at a University-authorized event.

“Nelson could not have violated our policy more explicitly,” Miller said, adding that he now hopes that seeking legal action will “halt a series of events in a long train of misconduct by radicalist Nelson.”

But Nelson said she doubts her conduct was signifi-

cantly disruptive.

“I’m sure no one left there, or turned off their TV on Sunday, without a good sense of his positions,” she noted.

Other attendees agreed that although Nelson’s behavior was disrespectful, it is questionable as to whether she broke the law.

“I think she acted in an inappropriate manner... I don’t know if it warrants legal action though,” said freshman Matt Johnson, who helped usher the event.

Julian Mack, a Durham-based lawyer at the Law Offices ofMack & Mack, said it is unlikely that the magistrate will rule in favor of Miller’s allegations.

“Due to the time span that’s passed —and assuming [Nelson] has no prior offenses—the charges could possibly be thrown out,” Mack said. He noted that in typical cases involving alleged disorderly conduct, “things die down” when law enforcement is not required immediately.

Neal Sen Gupta contributed to this report.

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recess At this year’s Full Frame Documentary Festival, be sure to watch out for Hurricane Katrina. Every year the Durham festival features a Southern Sidebar series, which typically includes films with either southern content or southern directors. This April, it will feature the world premiere of nine films, among the first in the nation to take on the sensitive subject ofKatrina.

The documentaries span a variety of topics, from the effect of the hurricane on New Orleans musicians to the individual struggle of an American soldier returning home to New Orleans from Iraq.

For some of the filmmakers, the effects of Katrina hit close to home. Neil Alexander, director of An Eye in the Storm, which documents the personal accounts of residents affected by the hurricane, was living in New Orleans when the hurricane hit.

“What I decided to do was not leave the city with my family when everyone evacuated,” he said. “I’ve lived [in SEE KATRINA DOCS ON PAGE 3

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Willie Washington, Jr., and his jazz/funk band Jafuso opened in New Orleans'Cafe Brasil last week.The debut marks his return to the city. with a spoon. Outside, music and people pour out Eric Bishop recess onto the streets, so even those who can’t pay the $lO NEW ORLEANS Step away from the strip clubs cover can join the party.

After a night at Vaughn’s, it’s hard to believe that and tarot card readers of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, drive down a seemingly endless stretch of sleepy only seven months ago this city was in shambles from neighborhoods and you’ll find one of the true gems of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina. But the New Orleans jazz scene—Vaughn’s Lounge. even though the recovery process has been slow, locals Vaughn’s is the place to be on a Thursday night. insist that the jazz is back in New Orleans.

“When we first reopened at the beginning of OctoThat’s when legendary trumpeter Kermit Ruffins brings his soulful, grittyjazz to the tiny Bywater club, packing it ber, it was just the neighborhood people who were stragwith scores of locals ready to get up and move their feet. gling back,” said Janet Kenkel, a longtime bartender at The atmosphere at Vaughn’s is joyous. The people Vaughn’s. “Now pretty much everyone is back.”

Vaughn’s itself was spared the worst of Katrina’s here come from all walks of life—bikers mingle with businessmen, truck drivers flirt with sorority girls—- devastation—the building came away with only minor but everyone is dancing. One audience member flooding. But just a few miles away, in the Lower Ninth smacks a tambourine. Another taps his beer bottle SEE JAZZ ON PAGE 5 by

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New York artist Tamar Stone’s first encounter with eßay led to a fairly non-traditional purchase; a corset.

But instead of wearing the garment, or even putting it on display. Stone chose a more creative path—she transformed it into a book. Stone is famous in the art world for her volumes composed of unconventional materials. Recently, Duke’s Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture acquired one of Stone’s unique works, Pink Corset Book.

Stone will discuss her work on campus today at 5:30 p.m. in the Rare Book Room.

Pink Corset Book is comprised, literally, of corsets. The corsets themselves are the pages, while the text is embroidered into the fabric of the garments. “I want this corset to tell a story,” Stone said.

Stone’s fascination with restrictive, corrective apparel stems from past experiences.

Through her teen years she was forced to wear a brace to combat her scoliosis; later in life the artist wore a corset-like device to treat a herniated disk.

The story of Pink Corset Book includes responses from women who have dealt with scoliosis, informationfrom old etiquette books and advertisements for corsets and correctional wear.

Although Stone has studied graphic design, photography and film at a handful of colleges, she created her first book, Insecurities Are My Limbs, which featured photocopies of limbs, while working as a paralegal.

Stone said she never thought she was talented enough to do anything important in the art world. But her dislike of her job and continuous struggle with body image prompted her to return to art, she said. “At some point, I felt bad enough where I said, ‘okay, it’s time to start doing something for me.’”

Pink Corset Book addresses the messages the world has given women over time, which

makes it fit the charter of the Sallie Bingham Center. The center has been accumulating books by female artists highlighting the different ways women use books as art to deal with gender issues Recently, the center has become interested in books that use a wide range of materials and, more specifically, garments and textiles, Director Laura Micham said. Pink Corset Book is a quintessential example of using a variety offorms to convey ideas about body image, body politics and feminism, she added.

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More than a week ago, while most members of the Duke community were glued to their television sets, enthralled by hours of NCAA Tournament coverage and MTV’s Spring Break episodes of Parental Control, there was a revolution occurring.

Minutes from campus, at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park, North Carolinians old and slightly older gathered to raucously celebrate the 20th anniversary of the North Carolina Basketmakers Association (NCBA). Brought together by a love for baskets, and in broader scope, debauchery, the convention-goers braved the 72-degree temperature of the Sheraton to share their latest creations. After (presumably) trashing the hotel, littering the entry hall with empty mini-bottles of Smirnoff and rub-

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With that introduction, it’s important to give recess readers some important information about the convention. Let’s go to the history books: Two years ago, in 2004, one creation blew away the crowd. It went by the name “Garden Goddess.” And after the event, a participant described it this way: “We bent clothes hangers, but who would ever have thought we could transform those simple things into cavorting nude ladies!”\ Now that you’ve got a taste for the (somewhat warped) past, let’s move on to this year. Things were even more exciting, thanks to the introduction of a web blog. Recess is particularly obsessed with checking this blog, as it includes tidbits like this: “This year’s [goody] bag was so fun, many people began having their friends autograph them at convention. I followed suit, and came home with a great souvenir [sic]! My son asked, ‘ls it signed by all the famous weavers?’ ‘Ofcourse!’ I answered.” Those weavers sure know how to tell a story!

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Mugge, who interviews the New Orleansbased musical ensemble The Iguanas in his documentary, revealed just how important the documentary was to this group and others.

“They were pleased that we found them because some of these musicians are fish out of water; they feel that they are a distance away from friends and family and the music community [that would] nourish them,” Mugge said.

“They feel no one is aware and they were very grateful that I found them.”

Alexander also noted that people were receptive to him as a filmmaker, since he offered them an opportunity to relay their experience in a more personal and thorough fashion.

One factor that may have been beneficial in the eyes of those affected was the fact that most of the filmmakers were equipped with minimal crew and small cameras, as opposed to the camera-heavy news crews. Even so, Adam Finberg, director of After Katrina: Rebuilding St. Bernard’s Parish, said the process was still delicate.

“People were angry, frustrated and probably still are,” he said. “There were some people who would talk but not on camera. People feel very vulnerable. I’m chatting with people in front of their house that is totally uprooted on its side.”

Regardless of whether these documentaries were shot out of philanthropic reasons or purely for the product, they will serve to illuminate an ongoing issue. At the Full Frame Documentary Festival, these films will zoom in on the disorder that afflicted and continues to afflict the residents of New Orleans, even now that all the cameras have gone. \

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Robert Mugge, prominent for his music-themed documentaries and director of New Orleans Music in Exile, decided to return to the devastated city to search for the Louisiana musicians he had collaborated with in the past.

“I’ve developed a lot of relationships in that region,” Mugge said. “Obviously knowing that a lot of these people had lost their homes, and their businesses had been uprooted by this horrible storm and by the storm which followed, I wanted to do whatever I could to help.”

Not all the filmmakers had personal connections to the tragedy. Alex Lemay, director ofDesert Bayou, admitted that his trip to New Orleans was motivated largely by his desire to capture such a unique and controversial situation on film.

“Every filmmaker was heading down to New Orleans,” he said. “Everybody was sort of put in the same situation: Okay, we get it, it’s grim, but how are we going to tell different stories?”

While these filmmakers might have gone down to New Orleans with thoughts of the trade, they were still able to expose some facet of the aftermath not previously known to the public, or to themselves. And in many cases, these individuals were deeply moved by what they saw.

LeMay said he came away from the documentary with some changes of heart. “I want to be rich and famous for making a film, but we all have ulterior motives,” he said. “I learned a hard lesson making this movie, everybody has an ulterior motive and we have got to stop it.... All these great documentary makers impulsively went down to New Orleans and the story wasn’t there. It was about the millions of people who were pushed aside.”

Several of the filmmakers pointed out that their films were well received by the residents of New Orleans. They further claimed that their works served to fill the sudden void in attention that ensued as soon as soon as the news became old.

Marilyn Wenzel, Habitat for Humanity board member and volunteer agreed.

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Hurricane Katrina After Katrina: Rebuilding St. Bernard’s Parish: A short film that focuses on working-class residents when they return to the St. Bernard Parish three months after storm. Directed by Adam Finberg.

An Eye in the Storm: A video diary of first-person accounts describing the day the hurricane hit through the aftermath. Directed by Neil Alexander.

Desert Bayou; The story ofhow 600 black residents of New Orleans were evacuated to the predominantly white, Mormon state of Utah. The film observes the reactions of the two cultures to one another. Directed by Alex LeMay. New Orleans Furlough: A nine-minute short that follows a member of the National Guard as he returns to New Orleans from Iraq. He is faced with both material and relationship troubles in what seems an unfortunate string of events. Directed by Amir Bar-Lev. New Orleans Music in Exile: The film includes performances and interviews with New Orleans musicians, in an examination of how the musical culture was affected the hurricane. Directed by Robert Mugge.

Putting the River in Reverse; The film follows Elvis Costello as he celebrates the New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. Directed by Matthew Bizzell.

Still Standing; A story about a filmmaker and her Colombian grandmother as they examine the wreckage of the latter’s home in Waveland, Miss. Directed by Paola Mendoza.

Tim’s Island; The film studies group behavior among 16 people, seven dogs, and eight cats who found shelter from the hurricane in Tim’s loft in an old dairy in New Orleans.

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The Holljes Brothers and junior Alex Cornell make up Running Lights, a self-styled alternative band touring East Campus dormsthis semester.

Alex Frydman recess It seems like Running Lights are out to dominate the world—or at least East Campus. The band, comprised of brothers lan Holljes, a junior, and Eric Holljes, a freshman, along with junior Alex Cornell, are serious about showing Duke students exacdy what they’re all about said Eric. Throughout the semester they’ve been touring East Campus, playing in a different dorm every week.

“It was my idea,” Eric said, who sings and plays guitar and piano. “I just remember thinking that it was a good way to meet people, especially since I’ll be playing music by

for them for the next four years. Plus freshmen are always the most interested in new things so I figured it would be

good exposure.”

Eric said they chose to play once in each dorm because it can be hard to attract a big group in other venues. “It’s hard to draw people out of their rooms, so we go to them,” he said.

“It’s been really successful,” added lan (vocals, guitar).

“We just started a facebook group for the band about two days ago and we already have over a hundred members, The hard part is just getting the music out. But we have been getting asked back for other gigs.”

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ second full-length effort, Show Your Bones, is at heart a pop album.

Beneath lead singer Karen O’s erode wails and Nick Zinner’s creatively varied guitar work lies an album of focused, catchy songs that show a level of maturity far ahead of the band’s previous efforts. fulllength debut, 2003’s Fever to Tell In this newest release, the overt sensuality showcased in the band’s earlier work is subtler. Instead of simply relying on breathy moans, Karen O shows more vocal range in tracks like “Gold Lion,” the current single, and “Cheated Hearts,” the pop gem of the album.

Listeners unfamiliar with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will undoubtedly get a sense of lurking urgency that is perhaps the defi Even less engaging tracks like “Way Ou chaos beneath the song’s repetitive riffs progresses, this feeling intensifies and fin; head on “Mysteries.” Here, the Yeah Yea aurally assault their listeners with a se ment of vocal, guitarand percussion pandemonium that rivals anything in the band’s catalog As the album comes to a measured but satisfying close, it becomes clear why die Yeah Yeah Yeahs have such an avid following. They play with their listeners, seducing them with promises of sex and destruction and delivering when it counts. On “Cheated Hearts,” Karen O repeatedly sings, “Well sometimes I think I’m bigger than the sound.” Ultimately, she’s right —while Show Your Bones is fundamentally just a collection of short, noisy pop songs, it exudes a liberating and lusty rock ’n’ roll attitude that is hard to dislike. ri

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Running Lights is a self-described alternative rock band. “Even though we’re in college and we’re in a band, we’re definitely not your average college band,” Cornell said, who sings and plays guitar. lan and Eric formed the band last semester, originally calling themselves The Holljes Brothers.

“Until last year we were never in an official band together, but we’ve played together,” lan said. The two have been jamming together for seven years, and were in an a capella group in high school.

This past semester Cornell (vocals, guitar), who has played in various Duke bands, jumped on board.

“When I was playing a show at the Dillo once, I met lan and talked to him by e-mail last semester when I was abroad. When I got back we all jammed together and it went really well,” Cornell said. “Thinking of a new name for the band was the hardest part.”

So once conquering East Campus is in the bag, what’s next for Running Lights?

“We all want to play music professionally, so we want to take this as far as we can,” lan said. “Over the summer we’re going to New York City. Alex and I will be on the Duke in New York program so we plan on using our free time to explore and play there and continue expanding.

We hope to come back with a more professional look towards music.”

Eric said he plans to look for an internship in the city to join his bandmates.

The band is also currendy recording a demo.

“We’re going to add some bass and a few other extras,” Eric said. “But everything that we’re recording for the demo is within the capabilities of this band to play live.”

“And once we come back from New York this summer we want to tour around Durham and the South,” lan added. “We hope we can have an established fan base at Duke before that, though.”

With the support Running Lights has garnered so far, it doesn’t seem like they’ll have much of a problem.

Running Lights will be playing at the Old Duke Party Friday between 4 and Ip.m.

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ing how different two artists’ interpretations of the same subject can be: There’s no doubt that a nude by Picasso has little in common with Botticelli’s Venus on the Half Shell.

The same goes for the difference between Ghostface Killah’s newest release, Fishscale, and label-mate Young Jeezy’s Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Both records are on Def Jam and both are about cocaine (“fishscale” is slang for uncut coke), but the similarities end there.

To begin with, Jeezy couldn’t spit the three-and-a-half minutes of raw fire that Ghostface does on “Shakey Dog” —and that’s just a warm-up compared to “Kilo,” featuring Wu-Tang Clan comrade Raekwon. On “The Champ,” the disc’s best track, he disses the current music scene (“My arts is crafty darts, why y’all stuck on ‘Taffy Taffy?”’), name checks David Koresh and Flavor Flav, and generally announces his triumphant return. And what a beat—searing guitar, surging horns and a locomotive bass line!

While “Back Like That,” with its slick R&B production and smooth vocals from Ne-Yo, was the first single, it doesn’t really represent the album.

Instead, Fishscale is filled with much grittier beats—including one from MF Doom—reminiscent of Wu-Tang and packed with slinky 1970 soul samples. It’s a far cry from the cheap, synthesized beats ofLet’s Get It. Fishscale may be the most hyped rap album of 2006. But it ain’t just hype—this is the real deal.

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Houses sit twisted off their foundations, collapsed roofs lie in heaping piles of debris and rusty abandoned cars litter the streets.

Despite the physical destruction, the scene at Vaughn’s ensures that at least the sounds of the city remain intact.

Jazz has always been a vital part of the cultural gumbo that is New Orleans. The city, which is often dubbed the birthplace of jazz, has long stood at the epicenter of musical vitality in the Deep South.

In the early 1900s, its black Creole subculture, combined with a heavy dose of Gospel church music, gave rise to ragtime, blues and Dixieland. The intermixing of these musical elements led to an explosion in the popularity of big band jazz music in the 19305.

Since then, jazz has remained a vital part of New Orleans culture.

“The recovery of this music scene is absolutely essential to revitalizing the spirit of New Orleans,” said Bill Taylor, director of Tipitina’s Foundation, an organization that provides relief to the city’s musicians and is housed out of a jazz club of the same name. “You can’t separate music from life in New Orleans.”

In the immediate aftermath of the storm, this connection manifested in a new way.

“Tipitina’s was a base camp for rescuing people after the storm,” said Erin Hoyer, a Tipitina’s employee.

The club’s Uptown location was spared from flooding, allowing it to contribute to the relief effort.

“Employees went around in a canoe and saved people’s lives,” Taylor said. They even delivered a baby inside the club.

Through the foundation, the club remains an important source of assistance for musicians in New Orleans. Tipitina’s offers replacement instruments, free legal and accounting seminars and a Music Co-op Office for musicians to use during the day. So far, the Tip-

itina’s Foundation has given away more than $500,000 worth of new instruments and 240 musicians have used the co-op office.

The foundation has also tried to find ways to allow as many musicians as possible to return to New Orleans.

“Finding housing for musicians who have lost their homes has been the biggest challenge in rebuilding the music scene,” Taylor said.

Although the jazz scene is steadily improving, Hoyer said there is still more work to be done.

“A lot of bands are still scared to come down here,” she said, explaining that musicians may mistakenly think that clubs have yet to reopen their doors.

Some clubs, like Preservation Hall, however, remain closed. The world famous French Quarter venue that has been a staple in the NewOrleans jazz scene for generations does not plan to reopen until April 28.

And there still aren’t as many people coming out to see the shows, said Kutlay Guc, a New Orleans resident and a regular at Vaughn’s. The real question, he said, is when the scene will return to the way it was

pre-Katrina.

Willie Washington, Jr., a New Orleans-based musician who relocated to Memphis after the hurricane hit, said he’s not as worried about the clubs as he is about the street traditions that used to take place in areas destroyed by Katrina.

“Underneath the interstate—where the black community used to celebrate Mardi Gras with big celebrations that usually had four stages of music—there are piles of abandoned cars,” Washington said. Ten-mile jazz parades, called “second-lines,” used to frequently go thrpugh the Ninth Ward, in an area that is now almost completely uninhabited.

Whether such traditions return will depend on the city’s plan for rebuilding the neighborhoods, but signs of revitalization are surfacing.

Second-lines have been popping up here and there in the Ninth Ward, and brass bands circle the French Quarter almost ever)' night. “People are dying to hear music in New Orleans right now,” Taylor said.

Musician aims to return home Willie Washington, Jr., knows what it means to miss New Orleans.

Washington —known to the music world as singer/keyboardist “Blu’Z”—has been living in Memphis with his 7year-old son since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

His home in Carrollton, a neighborhood in Uptown New Orleans, was flooded with eight feet ofwater, destroying his keyboard among other possessions.

Before the storm, Washington was a regular on the New Orleans music scene, playing in different groups with musicians such as trumpeter Kermit Ruffins. But for Washington, and for many other New Orleans-based musicians, the need to take care of basic necessities like housing forced music into the backseat immediately after the storm.

“We drove the car out of town after they declared martial law,” Washington said. “There were dead bodies all over the bridge.”

But with a new keyboard and a new band at his side, Washington will return to the city and the music scene he calls home.

The group is a jazz/funk quartet called Jafuso that Washington formed with two Memphis-based musicians and a Mississippi musician also displaced by the storm.

The band has been spending 13 hours a day composing and practicing their songs, including a tune called “Katrina.” The song takes the melody from Ray Charles’ “Georgia” and features lyrics about the pain wrought from the hurricane.

Jafuso made its New Orleans debut at Cafe Brasil last Thursday, and the band recendy auditioned at House of Blues New Orleans. Washington said he hopes to move back to the city for good once his son finishes his elementary school’s spring term in Memphis.

“I can gig every night of the week in New Orleans—it’s like a dream come true,” Washington said. “Music is an everyday way of life down there. You just can’t get that anywhere else.”

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“She’s taking something that is so intimate, so personal, and demonstrating that the personal is political and the political becomes personal.” non-traditional forms of relaying a message such as Stone’s work are on the edges of high art, and often do not obey the normal museum rules, said Esther Gabara, assistant professor ofRomance studies and art, art history and visual studies. The necessity of touch in order to read a book, however, makes books a more intimate art form compared to art hanging on museum walls.

In order to “read” Pink Corset Book or turn the “pages” one must open up different layers of restrictive garments.

“When we received the book, it was all tied up and hooked as appropriate,” said Amy McDonald, a University of North Carolina graduate student interning at the Sallie Bingham Center. “And so the very act of opening the book is undressing.”

Stone said she has found that many women can identify with her body image struggles. “It started off as being very therapeutic for me,” she said. “It was all about me and sort of working out my issues, and then I was kind of surprised when people started reacting to them.”

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Tamar Stone explores feminism, body image and confinement through her clothing-based artwork.

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2006 Duke Dance presents an array of dance styles with ChoreoLab 2006. Ever)' spring, Duke Dance assembles several independent pieces that come together to showcase the program’s talent.

Senior and soloist Lindsay Davis will dance in three pieces, while Quinn Lipton choreographed a number to Radiohead’s music. “We have a number of really gifted dancers at Duke,” said M’Liss Dorrance, director of undergraduate studies for the University’s dance program.

The backbone of the large program is the Duke Repertory Ensemble, which will perform Gershwin Medley.

In addition to the dancers, the show will feature live musicians. Ciompi Quartet member Hsiao-MeiKuo will perform live, along with a pianist and cellists, as part of two tango pieces. Live music will also be incorporated into an African dance and Celtic piece.

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With Grant Llewellyn conducting the orchestra and Rodney Wynkoop directing the chorus, Bach’s piece will be realized in concert by singers from around the world. Llewellyn recruited performers from Canada, Ireland and England to join two American soloists. The soloists will play characters from the “Passion” story.

Because of the scope of the piece, tonight’s per>rmance will rea. hornsy f ~ture two orchestras. The sympi. had to call on extra musicians, coming to a total of 65 individuals for the ensembles. The chorus also had to be significantly expanded to 180 vocalists who comprise three separate choirs.

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“This is one of those once in a lifetime works,” said Jeannie Mellinger, director of public relations at the North Carolina Symphony. “It has been of interest to Grantfor a long time now, because he has wanted to do a big and important world piece.”

In the past, the symphony has tackled such difficult choral and orchestral works as Verdi’s “Requiem” and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9.” Yet Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” exceeds such works in its sheer number of musicians required.

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Regardless ofone’s taste toward tobacco, the premise behind Thank You Far Smoking is nothing short of amazing. Smoking follows the exploits of big tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhardt) as he bends words and takes on Big Brother all in the name of one ofAmerica’s most maligned industries; “Michael Jordan plays ball. Charlie Manson kills people. I talk,” Naylor explains of career choice. Indeed, while the plot is film often discontinuous, Smoking's strength lies in its dialogue.

The film opens with the fictional talk show Joan (hosted by Joan Lunden), where Nick slickly convinces both an audience and a lung cancer-ridden teenage boy that, “Hey, maybe smoking isn’t all that bad after all.” The next 90 minutes is a veritable roller coaster of events—Nick travels to Hollywood, batdes D.C. politicians, tries to bond with his son, disgraces his career and nearly dies. Some of the film’s best moments, however, occur outside all this action, at the dinner table discussions of the MOD (Merchants of Death) Squad comprised of Naylor, alcohol lobbyist Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and gun spokesperson Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner).

On appearance alone, Eckhardt is perfecdy cast as Naylor—an All-American man with subtly slimy undertones. As rising reporter Heather Holloway, Katie Holmes is passable—quite an feat for an actress whose one-sided smirk nearly ruined Batman Begins. And Adam Brody steals the show as an overeager Hollywood assistant who actually asks Naylor’s 12-year-old son if he’d like “an or-

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Smoking is directed by the film’s screenwriter, Jason Reitman, in his feature debut, and the lack of experience shows. Voiceover, slow motion, freeze frames and subtides combine a seeming grab bag of filmic techniques that lack cohesiveness. Regardless, this lowbudget festival favorite is about satire, not style—a scathing, yet funny indictment of Hollywood, politics and the people that populate both worlds.

—Caitlin Donnelly

Just when you thought they ran out of ideas, the creators of Ice Age have found a few more creative ways to torture Scrat in his quest for a *> beloved acorn. Yet, with all his eye twitching, body contorting and hernia-inducing strains, the hilarious efforts of the prehistoric squirrel g OJD again remain a subplot of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. Regrettably, the film spends most ofits time on the haphazard storyline of Manny the mamHS moth and team.

While fleeing an impending flood caused by the melting of glaciers, Manny stumbles upon Ellie, a lady wooly mammoth (voiced by Queen Latifah) and the two possums who she calls her brothers. With ambiguous hints at other movies, ill-fitting adult humor and a mottled array of one-liners and cheesy moments, Ice Age 2 does its best to uphold the conventions of “the sequel.”

The movie has the same group of celebrity-voiced characters as the original— Dennis Leary as Diego the sabertooth, John Leguizamo as Sid the sloth, and Ray Romano as Manny —but lacks its cutesy appeal. The characters’ constant antics are more contrived than endearing. Of course, no one expects this film to win at Cannes, but with charming animated predecessors like the feel-good Finding Nemo and biting Shrek, the shortcomings of Ice Age 2 are more glaring.

That is not to say that the film won’t tickle the mass of children sure to line up on opening day. If anything, audiences might as well go just to see Scrat dance in acorn heaven, though you can be sure that those cruel animators won’t let him stay there long —Janet Wu

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North Carolina freshman Tyler Hansbrough—the ACC Freshman of the Year— announced that he will return for his sophomore season.

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Fans to have say in Naismith choice

farewell Near the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, there are train tracks. After LSU beat Texas in the Elite Eight and the Tigers’ celebration was over, it was quietin the dome.

From a distance came the faint sound of a train’s steam whisde. In a happier world, it might have been the sound of The Train, revving up for the trip to the final stop—Indy.

But it wasn’t, because the Blue Devils had already lost.

So ends The Train’s journey—it’s | a ex time to say good-bye.

I’m not going to give you an image to explain away what happened in Atlanta.

I won’t call it a train wreck or a penny on the tracks or a derailment. The Train just stopped before it got to its destination.

Hey, it happens.

But it was a great ride while it lasted and The Train has some thank yous. After the LSU game, Coach K said a season should end with his team cutting down the nets or crying in the locker room, and The Train (U.S. Patent No. 83946006 Pending) is no exception. So if it gets a little dusty in here and anyone starts tearing up, we’ll have a good explanation.

(Cue Green Day singing the “Time of your life” song. Here comes the montage.)

Thank you Lee “The Human Emotional Highlight Reel” Melchionni for your towel-waving, fist-pumping and court-kissing. The journey would not have been the same without you.

Thank you Shelden Williams for returning for your senior year and for your frequent lessons on the principle

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Duke fans have debated all season whether J.J. Redick is the best player in the nation. For this season’s Naismith Player of the Year Award, they and the rest of the college basketball fans across the country will have the opportunity to partially influence analvtk that decision.

In years past, the Naismith Committee, comprised of coaches and media, determined the recipient. But under the new format instituted for the first time lastyear, the fan vote via text messaging will account for 25 percent of the voting, and the committee will retain say over the other three-quarters. Matt Garvey, director of communications for the award, said the Naismith Committee is excited about being able to integrate the fans into the voting process.

“The fans are a big reason why college basketball is what it is and it is a benefit to have them voting,” Garvey said. “We are ecstatic about getting them involved.”

This season’s finalists for the Naismith Award, which has Been given out since 1969, are Redick, Gonzaga forward Adam Morrison, Connecticut forward Rudy Gay, and Villanova guard Allan Ray. Even though Blue Devil fans have the means to sway the vote, the nationwide opinion of Duke basketball, however, may hurt Redick’s chances of gamering the award.

Nationally, the Duke bandwagon is loaded with Redick supporters that love to cheer for the Blue Devils because they consistently win and compete for the National Championship. But the nation is also equally full of “Duke haters” that, for the same reason, are sick of seeing Duke’s success. "

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Behind its worst defensive performance of the season Duke fell to UNCWilmington, 15-8, at home under the lights Wednesday.

UNCW Blue Dev|l5 8 ils’ eight runs on DUKE 10 hits was their highest scoring output since losing to Winthrop, 13-8, March 11. But with six errors on the night, Duke (8-22) did little to stop the Seahawks’ offensive onslaught that featured 18 hits.

“We swung the bats well at times, but you have to catch the ball better,” head coach Sean McNally said. “We gave a lot of extra outs. You give a team like that that many extra outs—they have a good offensive club—it’s always going to come back to get you.”

After losing to UNCW (21-6), 17-0, in their first matchup March 1, the Blue Dev-

A three-run third inning behind RBIs from right fielder Jimmy Gallagher, second baseman Javier Socorro, and first baseman Jonathan Nicolla put Duke ahead, 3-2.

But the Seahawks were quick to respond. Lee McLean hit a three-run homer en route to a four-run inning that put UNCW out of reach for good.

“They kind of grabbed the momentum back at that point,” McNally said. “It’s important in an inning like that where we put three runs on the board to come back out and shut them down.”

Duke eventually regained its composure to post three runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little, too late as the Seahawks had already crossed the plate 15 times.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB to launch steroid inquiry Blue Devils by

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NEW YORK Major League Baseball will investigate alleged steroid use by Barry Bonds and other players, and plans to hire former U.S. Senate majority leader George Mitchell to lead the effort.

A baseball official told The Associated Press Wednesday that final plans were to be announced at a news conference Thursday.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because commissioner Bud Selig has not yet made his intentions public.

Selig’s decision to launch the probe, first reported Wednesday by ESPN, comes in the wake of “Game of Shadows,” a book by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters detailing alleged extensive steroid use by Bonds and other baseball stars. The commissioner has said for several weeks that he was evaluating how to respond to the book.

Some in Congress have called for an independent investigation. Mitchell, a Maine Democrat and a director of the Boston Red Sox, has been a director of the Florida Marlins and served on an economic study committee that Selig appointed in 1999.

Mitchell’s possible involvement was first mentioned Wednesday in The New York Times. The name of a lawyer who will run the mechanics of the probe also was to be announced.

No matter what the findings of an investigation, it would be difficult for baseball to penalize anyone for steroids used prior to Sept. 30, 2002, when a joint drug agreement between management and the players’ association took effect. Baseball began

From staff reports Fifth-ranked Ludovic Walter lost his third-set tiebreaker against No. 21 Amaud Lecloerec Wednesday, giving Virginia Commonwealth the decisive point in its match against Duke.

DUKE The No. 15 (18-4) 4 Rams VCU upset the No. 4 Blue Devils (11-4), 4-3, in the first of six straight road matches for Duke.

With the team score tied, 3-3, the first flight singles match decided the outcome.

Walter won the first set in a tiebreak, but faltered some in the second, losing 6-3. His third dual match loss of the season came when he lost the decisive tiebreak 7-3.

The Blue Devils earned the doubles point when Joey Atas and Jonathan Stokke narrowly defeated their VCU foes in a tiebreaker.

Duke had a 3-0 advantage after the first two singles matches had been decided, but then dropped the next four to surrender the match.

Stokke and Peter Rodrigues, ranked 37th and 62nd, respectively, were the only two Blue Devils to win their singles matches. Duke had one-set advantages in two other matches before losing them.

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Major League Baseball will investigate allegations that Barry Bonds used steroids during his career.

drug testing in 2003 and started testing with penalties the following year.

“I will only comment on things about Barry’s on-field performance or contractual status,” said his agent, Jeff Borris.

It is unclear whether current or former players would cooperate with an investigation or could be forced to do so by baseball. Gene Orza, the chief operating officer of the Major League Baseball Players Association, declined comment.

Under pressure from Congress, baseball toughened penalties last year and again this season. An initial positive test now results in a 50-game suspension, Twelve players, including Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended for 10 days each following positive tests last year.

“Game of Shadows” details alleged used of performance-enhancing drugs by Bonds for at least five seasons beginning after the 1998 season.

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Redick’s seemingly strongest competition for the award, Morrison, does not have a similar contingent against him. Not only does Gonzaga come under less national scrutiny than Duke, they are mostly adored by fans because of their status as a mid-major. Smaller conference teams are gaining more attention this season with numerous first-round upsets and George Mason’s trip to the Final Four.

Also, if there is an east-west bias, Redick’s support will be diminished by fans loyal to Villanova and Connecticut.

So if the national vote comes down to team favoritism, Morrison may pull ahead ofRedick.

Though Morrison may have an advantage in the popularity vote, the Naismith Committee still has a stronger pull in the vote and will likely judge the finalists based on overall season performance.

“There is the tradition of the Naismith Trophy which is upheld by our voting academia,” Garvey said. “This is what

they do for a living and are closer to the sport. They follow teams and players on a dailybasis and represent a more educated group of people voting for the Naismith Award.”

Looking at their statistics and postseason performance, committee voters will have trouble favoring one over the other. Their statistics are similar—Redick aver-

aged 26.8 points and 3.9 three-pointers per game and shot 86.3% from the free-throw line, while Morrison averaged 28.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and shot 77,2% from the charity stripe. They both won their conference tournaments, and led their respective teams to the Sweet 16. But Redick struggled from the field in Duke’s loss to LSU,

making just 3-of-18 shots. Morrison, on the other hand, scored 24 points on 10-for-17 shooting.

Redick, however, posted his lofty statistics against a tougher regular season schedule, and if committee voters recognize this, then Redick will likely carry the heavierweighted committee vote.

Given all the factors, determining the winner is difficult to forecast, but at least fans will not be able to complain that they were absent from the voting process.

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Thank you Sean Dockery for The Shot 11, for playing consistent hard-nosed defense and for never complaining about playing time.

Finally, thank you JJ. Redick for post-game recordbreaking ceremonies, for countless ridiculous shots and for your tears when the season ended. It was nice to know it meant so much.

Before The Train stops, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank LSD’s fans for making sure I sampled the crow after Duke lost. My compliments to the chef, the cajun-flavored crow was stupendous.

I also appreciated your e-mails wondering if I would be able get a ride back to Durham and letting me know that Glen Davis and John Brady were willing to vacate their seats on The Train. It was nice of you to be concerned about my transportation.

As for the e-mails calling my sexuality and/or intelligence into question, I can only say that the internet is such a wonderful thing. It allows for the exchange of intellectual discourse on important subjects without spending money on stamps.

Anyway, most of what was written in The Train was tongue-in-cheek. No rational person could have meant everything I wrote. (Except for predicting the Dockery shot, that was totally true.)

In the end, maybe The Train wasn’t Tony Kornheiser’s Bandwagon and maybe this Duke team wasn’t as good as I thought, but at least we had fun, right?

To paraphrase the late, great sportswriter Jim Murray, writing The Train was like riding a tiger. I didn’t want to keep riding the tiger, but I also didn’t want to get off.

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The Blue Devils were led by Socorro, who batted 3-for-5 with one run scored and three RBIs. His hard-hit triple to left-center field in the fifth inning brought in one run, and in the ninth, he knocked in a run and then scored another on a passed ball.

“He hit a couple line drives and actually hit the ball to right, to left, and to center,” McNally said. “When you’re using the whole field you’re feeling good at the plate so that was good to see.”

UNCW starting pitcher Jeff Hatcher was awarded the win while Jim Perry received the loss, leaving him with an 0-3 record on the season. Perry gave up six earned runs on nine hits in his four and one-third innings.

Ryan Perry was a highlight on the mound for the Blue Devils. He recorded four of the team’s five strikeouts and gave up no earned runs in a two-inning outing.

Even after the seven-run loss, McNally still found reason to remain confident.

“It is good to see us swing the bats better and score some runs,” he said. “That’s been an issue lately, so that’s a positive to take out of it.”

Duke will look to take its hot bats north when it takes on Boston College in a three-game series this weekend.

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Tuesday’s press conThis suspension may have ference and in statements released since, served to calm down some the University did a fine job of local media and protestors as three things: reiterating that a sign of University action. But Brodhead and AJthe lacrosse team eva s P resence on has not yet been stciffClditOricil camera did help let charged, alone proven guilty, condemn- attract more national media ing the racial slurs allegedly coverage. bandied about March 14 and More disturbing than the attempting to repair damage reason for this added coverage to town-gown relations. is the sub-par reporting we’ve The same praise goes to the seen in many instances. Stucaptains of the lacrosse team, dents, faculty, administrators President Brodhead and Ath- and community members letic Director Joe Alieva for watched as “journalists” like choosing to suspend play. It Geraldo Rivera butchered the would have been impossible facts—or, more commonly, as for the team to continue its various media outlets and writcompetitive season—not just ers (like an Associated Press because of the presumed de- sports columnist) chose to papletion of team morale. The thetically reduce alleged onslaught of media attention events into one overarching and frequent cropping up of theme. The more truthful porprotesters would have made a trayal is one of a complicated '

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lacrosse team was a stand-up bunch of guys—and while many team members have surely no offenses of any kind to their names—some very vocal protestors beg to differ about others.

In protests and on these pages, some students claim the administration has a reputation for sweeping racial issues under the rug. Even if the pending allegations of rape are proven false, and even if the team is completely exonerated, some feel the racial slurs and the culture ofracial insensitivity they suggest will both go unaddressed. Alieva’s more casual, boys-will-be-boys attitude and statements concerning the slurs served only to perpetrate these feelings.

But the administration’s priority right now, as it absolutely should be, is to hope and pray

for the sake ofits students that these allegations are false.

Until then, they’ll let legal courses of action take place unimpeded. Though racial epithets are woefully distressing, as Brodhead stated, there is a significant difference between insensitive remarks and felonious strangulation, kidnapping, sodomy and rape.

Perhaps the admirable solution is to make yet another public statement. Call for a deliberateand fair proceeding of the judicial process, and state that both in the meantime and into the future, issues of entrenched racism will be addressed—firmly.

Acceptance letters to prospective freshman are in the mail as of today. What better time than now to address this most pressing question of our character? _

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confluence of issues Such issues run the gamut: town-gown relations, interplay of races, gender issues, socioeconomic breakdown, regional divisiveness, violence and education, among many others.

Choosing, as so many people outside of this community have, to believe the events of the past few days relate to only one of these issues is to ignore the full story.

Though not the full story, as we’ve mentioned, the racial issues at play are particularly concerning. It’s true that the offensive statements and shouts, catalogued in news accounts and on the 911 tapes, are still only alleged. Yet little is being done to deny them—unlike the rape charges, which the team “unequivocally” denies.

While Alieva ensured national and local media that the

If

been the other wayaround—had make the lacrosse players speak? you’ve listened to the chaton this campus over the a Duke student been allegedly Maybe last weekend, during the past week, it’s obvious that gang-raped at NCCU—there Black Student Alliance Invitathe casual air that usually permewould have been an outcry and tional, Duke administrators several attacks about how should have informed prospecates it has been replaced by conDurham is so dangerous. But tive black female students that if cerned looks and heated discusAnd they are raped by white males, sions. ferent. This time, no one will care. that’s because If in the coming days, the corrapes are allegedly something bad : .*** I has happened happening at the rect actions are not taken on ”SBi here somehands of Duke stuDuke’s part, Duke will continue dents. to have a reputation of being a thing that has What is most bunch of privileged white kids drawn the at■ wmmmt tention of the upsetting about who can do anything they want. national media, this situation is the In this case, it could be to verbalaria branch wall of silence the ly assault—or even rape —a black and it’s not Sean Dockery lacrosse team has woman and get away with it. where i live now or JJ. Redick. created. Instead In our society, black females of standing up as are already at the bottom of the What may have happened here, just a stone’s men and saying what they know, totem pole when it comes to throw away from East Campus, is team members have chosen to power. Reflecting back to the a crime so heinous with such stand by alleged rapists in hopes Jim Crow South, there exists a deep racial undertones, that that their rich daddies will make long history of the black female most of us, including members everything okay. body being constantly violated Even the only black member by white men without perpetraof the Durham community and our neighbors at North Carolina of the lacrosse team is keeping tors suffering any conseCentral University, don’t want to quiet about any information he quences. If these students truly think about it. could potentially know about committed and subsequently what happened that horrible get away with this heinous But think about it we must.

Over the past week, I’ve night. And this is troublesome crime, we are, in effect, reinfound myself struggling to come for me because if he was at the forcing the power that white to grips with the possibility of party, and if what the alleged vicmen have felt they have over members of the men’s lacrosse tim says is true, how could he the black female body. Was it team raping a young, black stand by and let his teammates okay in the eyes of the lacrosse mother of two. And all I keep defile this woman who could be players to allegedly disrespect thinking to myself, as statements his mother or sister or cousin? and violate this woman because like “Thank your grandpa for my If he wasn’t there, then as a black she is black? Or was it because she was a dancer? Maybe becotton shirt” keep repeating in man, the pressure is on him to cause she allegedly attends my mind, is that had the young say what he knows about the situwoman been white, a different ation. But the bottom line is North Carolina Central Universeries of events would have this; if the events are proven sity and not Duke? true, any man who would stand taken place.

If these crimes were truly Ever since I arrived at Duke in by a rapist deserves to suffer a committed, we as a community August, I’ve sensed the overpunishment comparable to that cannot allow these men to continue to trip off of the power whelming tension between the of the rapist’s.

As an institution, Duke has and privilege they have as white Duke and Durham communides.

Because Durham is a predominot quite done its job in this situmales in our society. As a black nately black city and Duke is a ation. Duke has chosen to wait woman and a Duke student, I want to see to it that the alleged predominately white school, it until the Durham Police Department completes its investigation seems as if Duke students are inactions of these lacrosse players, timidated by the city’s large black before making any official judiif true, be punished accordingly. population and consquently, cial actions. And President Aria Branch is a Trinity freshmany are even scared to leave Richard Brodhead is right—they campus. And that’s what makes are innocent until proven guilty. man. Her column runs every other this situation so ironic. Had it But why not concoct a plan to Thursday. ter

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lettertotheed itor Addressing Alieva

“I have seen no culture of racism in any of our sports teams. —Athletic Director JoeAlieva Obviously, Alieva doesn’t read The Chronicle. Around this time last year, on the front page of this newspaper, I recounted a racist experience I had with members of the lacrosse team. As I was walking to a barbecue hosted by my African-American fraternity, I passed by a group of lacrosse players and a middle-aged woman (wearing Duke lacrosse warmups) just in dme to hear them make a racially insensitive remark. One student, after hearing that my fraternity was barbecuing, said that he already knew what we were cooking; fried chicken and watermelon. Everyone, including the woman, laughed.

Naturally, I was outraged.

Sharing my story with others, I heard about other racist incidents—a player on facebook.com in black-face, for example —that the team was involved in. Even after this event and others were published in this newspaper, no one from the athletic department took notice. What is even more maddening is that yesterday, in line for a Pauly Dog, two lacrosse players (easily identifiable because of their apparel) and one female student commented on ”

how funny it was that this incident occurred during sexual assault awareness week.

There is nothing funny about this situation or the kind ofcasual racism that fuels it. We shouldn’t forget that these alleged rapes are not the first racist incident at Duke that has been noted by the national media. As long as people like Joe Alieva stay willfully blind, it won’t be the last.

Brandon White Trinity ’O7 Editor’s note: Three additional DSG endorsements submitted after our press deadline—as well as several additional letters to the editor—are now accessible on website, our wxvw. dukechronicle. com.

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Then again, it could be another debacle or simply full of resume-builders. There are three candidates who hardly deserve serious consideration: Felix Li, Thomas Storrs and Hasnain Zaidi. Li is one of. those aforementioned resume-builders, and entirely too focused on race and gender relations. Li is quick to point out that he is an alternative to the great white hope of the current DSG executive board (except for half of Brandon Goodwin), but that alone is not reason enough to vote for him.

Thomas Storrs just seems angry about having to pay so much money to Duke in the form of tuition, parking tickets and meal plans. The eco-

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week, members of the men’s under the influence of alcohol or lacrosse team were asked to other drugs.

I think we grossly underestimate submit to DNA tests to determine whether any of them had been the number of women affected by such events. I should involved in the rape know—it’s happened of a woman at a party to women very close to March 13 at a resime.

I’d guess that by dence shared by m the end of their time three members of in college, very few the team. I hapdon’t have sevbe the women at pened to eral stories to tell of Duke Women’s Center the day the team sexual assault experiheather dean enced by themselves or members were called the other half their friends. in by police, so I It happens easily helped field questions from reporters, some of whom enough, especially to freshmen, who also brought up the recent rape and may be exposed to opportunities to murder of an NYU graduate student. drink for the first time. This is also These assaults were violent—the the time when college students are under the most pressure to fit in, and victim at the recent Duke party was allegedly raped, sodomized, beaten and the social pressure to drink at parties strangled by three men, and the NYU can be intimidating.

An inducement to “lie down for grad student who was raped had been bound, her hair hacked off, her awhile” or an offer of an escort home mouth stuffed with a sock, and her can sometimes lead to more than a face covered with strips of packing woman expects. When drunk, it’s diftape. These are awful events, and can ficult to walk away or have the judgehappen to any woman, but it’s also im- ment to react appropriately to unportant to remember that most rapes wanted attention.

Victims of such assaults often feel are not so obvious and never make hesitant to call what happens rape. the news the way that these have.

This is Sexual Assault Prevention She chose to drink, and she walked Week at Duke and a good time to home with him, so it’s her fault, discuss the dangers that women right? Many struggle with that for more often face at universities. A years afterward. There is guilt and surprisingly large percentage of shame associated with these assaults that women rarely want to share. women are sexually assaulted in colincidences Sexual Assault Prevention Week is and most of these lege, are never reported. Rapes that about preventing what has happened to so many women from occurring occur on a college campus often involve two people who know each again. This is especially appropriate at other. Frequently, one or both are Duke, which seems to have an atmos-

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phere conducive to such problems.

Like most in the Duke community, I hear about the excessive drinking that goes on at parties. I read about the “hook-up culture” and the objectification of women (remember the baby oil wresding?). I see more young people than ever drink too much.

The “work hard, play hard” mentality is rampant here at Duke.

There are real dangers in that kind of behavior. As I mentioned, I think the number of times that this turns into assault on a college campus is underestimated. The women who experience it often don't talk about it, but I’ve still heard similar stories from too many friends.

This week, I hope you attend some of the events associated with Sexual Assault Prevention Week. Talk to friends or a counselor if you or someone you know has experienced something similar. You can reach Sexual Assault Support Services at the Women’s Center at 684-3897. Stand up to behavior or comments that are not appropriate. Most importantly, be aware of what can happen when you do drink too much or accept a drink from someone you don’t know well. If you say no, or if you don’t have the capacity to say yes, it’s sexual assault, even if he’s drunk too.

Rape can happen to anyone, and drinking less won’t prevent every case, but being aware of the consequences of giving up your control can help. Be safe.

Heather Dean is a graduate student in neurobiology. Her column normally runs every other Wednesday.

nomics major might know what he’s talking about in that category, but he has little past experience working with administrators and it’s possible he might actually accomplish less than

Jesse Longoria.

Zaidi has put a lot into this race, but he’s a bonafide student government junkie, as you can tell from his catchy campaign phrase, A.C.C.E.S.S. Zaidi currendy serves as Class of 2008 president in Campus Council and was Jarvis house council president and East Campus Council treasurer last year (phew). If elected, Zaidi would ffequendy defer to Campus Council, making DSC even more impotent than it already is.

I’m left with Remington Kendall and Elliott Wolf. A few weeks ago, I hardly knew who Kendall was—mainly because he was abroad last semester and only recendy rejoined DSC after his hiatus.

Kendall is everything required of a good candidate in any race: well-spoken and good-looking (even if his hair is a litde wild); he also works well with others. Kendall has more experience in DSC than all the other candidates combined—but this is not necessarily a good thing.

Longoria thinks Kendall would make a good candidate, and Kendall told me in an e-mail, “If DSC elected the president, I believe I would overwhelmingly win.” Now, Kendall seems to view this as a good thing, saying, “This is a sign of the respect I have from my peers.” But when I read that, a red flag went up in my mind. I’ve only observed DSC for one year, but I know that this year’s group hasn’t done, well, anything. If a bunch ofkids who sit around and look important think Kendall would be good at sitting around and looking important, it’s a bad sign.

Wolf is completely different from the other candidates. I don’t need to reiterate what he’s already done on campus—which just goes to show how effective he is without the aid ofany organization. While he is “an outsider who thinks DSG needs reform,” Wolf is not just making a call for change. I can easily question the motives of every other candidate for every other DSG executive position, but in Wolf I see someone who really does want to change Duke and help students—and he’s not just saying it to get a title that can pad his resume. His sincerity is his most refreshing and desirable quality and separates him from all other candidates.

Wolf has also shown he will actually do things while others just talk about them, as evidenced with his course evaluations website. He also talks to top-level administrators on a regular basis and has relationships with them much different from the typical, overly deferential ones that other students maintain. My only reservation is that some administrators view Wolf as a little too adversarial—but since when has anyone been concerned that DSG is too hard on the administration?

Kendall is my top choice out of all those in the traditional mold of DSG presidential candidates. So if you want somebody who will talk a great game, smile for the cameras and basically be another Jesse Longoria, vote for Remington Kendall —or Thomas Storrs, Felix Li or Hasnain Zaidi, for that matter. Any of these would be safe choice. But if you truly want a change in DSG, want someone who won’t give up tailgate without a fight, want someone who will take action instead of writing resolutions, want your rights protected and want your desires conveyed to the most powerful people on campus, vote for Elliott Wolf.

Students have a decision to make this year. You as a voter have a choice. You can make the safe choice, or you can make a statement that you are done with the days of resume-builders, lip service and seniors who have moved on from Duke before they even set foot on campus for the fall semester.

You can vote for the status quo, or you can vote for Elliott Wolf.

Elizabeth Rudisill is a Trinity sophomore. This column is the second in a two-part series in anticipation of today’s DSG elections. Author’s note: To clarify, junior fimmy Soni, candidate for vice president of academic affairs, has plans to deactivate his current chairmanships if elected.

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30, 2006

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