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Voicing support #
Students createdT-shirts in support of the men's lacrosse team and two players who were indictedby a grand juryMonday andarrested early the next day for allegedly raping a dancer at an off-campusparty March 13.
A&S OKs course evals website by
Meg Bourdillon THE CHRONICLE
Students now have a new space to air opinions about professors and classes. Arts and Sciences is providing server space to a new course evaluations website. The website was developed by students of Owen Astrachan, professor of the practice of computer science.
The site is evals.aas.duke.edu. Visitors to the site—which is live as of Thursday night—can use a form to post numerical scores and comments about class experiences. They can also view others’ ratings, sorted by course or professor. A NetlD log-in controls access to the site. “For now, I think this is a really good solution,” said sopho-
more Elliott Wolf, president-elect of Duke Student Government, a student in Astrachan’s class and a former Chronicle columnist. “I am personally endorsing this, even though I came out for a totally independent site.” Wolf previously had created his own course evaluations site. SEE COURSE EVALS ON PAGE 4
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University officials have finalized the details regarding grill use and alcohol policies for the Last Day of Classes celebration April 26. As in years past, Duke administrators and the LDOC Committee have agreed to designate the social event as “Bring Your Own Beverage,” meaning students choosing to consume alcohol are expected to possess their own beverages with them at all times. Students will not be allowed to distribute alcohol to each other. In an effort to promote student safety, glass or common source containers will be prohibited, and officials are urging students to use plastic cups to hold beverages. Students will be allowed to use Residence Life and Housing Services grills for barbeque purposes on the Clocktower
Quadrangle
only,
confirmed Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and vice president for student affairs. Students will not be permit-
ted to use personal grills as they may pose fire hazards, she said. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said last week’s decision to ban student grilling for the event had a “logic to it that didn’t last very long.” SEE LDOC ON PAGE 6
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TheLast Day of Classes celebration typically involves crowds of students on the Main West Quadrangle throughout the day.
Lawyers experts discuss next steps in legal process ,
surrounding the case as factors that might contribute to a biased jury. “High media attention in a case is more As cameras continue to capture events often arrest Duke men’s something that leads defense attorthe of two surrounding lacrosse players, community members neys to ask for a change of venue,” said and legal experts are left wondering what Ronald Wright, law professor at Wake Forest University and former trial attorney will happen next. Tuesday morning, with the Department of Justice. The defense must prove that the prejuCollin sophomores dice against the defendants will prevent a and Reade Finnerty fair trial from taking place, said Sara Sun were arrestSeligmann analysis charges Beale, Duke Law professor. of first ed on also noted that sometimes simforcible Experts degree rape, ply looking at the media’s effect on a trial first degree sexual offense and first deconvinces the judge that there is sufficient gree kidnapping. The teammates will ap15. pear in court May SEE LEGAL ON PAGE 8 District Attorney Mike Nifong said he plans to arrest a third suspect, but he must wait until the grand jury convenes again May I—the day before the primary elections for district attorney. Although some legal experts said the View a comprehensive timeline of the night of trial will likely start at least a year from March 13. Also, read an account ofthe police's now, they are concerned about the possisearch of Finnerty and Seligmann's rooms in bility of a tainted jury pool. tommendel/the 2C. Edens r O Experts cite extensive media coverage If If i Court his and Superior Tuesday lawyer (left). Collin with father appears in Sophomore Finnerty and community issues stirred up by gossip by
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U.S. reveals Gitmo detainees
White House shake-up continues the White House grappled with mounting problems. White House politiWith Wednesday’s change, Rove will be WASHINGTON cal mastermindKarl Rove surrendered a key able to focus more on politics, fundraising policy role Wednesday and press secretary and big-picture thinking with the approach Scott McClellan resigned in an escalation of of the November congressional elections, by
Terrence Hunt
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a President George W. Bush administration shake-up driven by Republican anxieties. Rove gave up his responsibilities as chief policy coordinator, a position he assumed just over a year ago that strengthened his influence over matters ranging from homeland security and domestic policy to the economy and national security. The promotion had left him stretched too thin, in the eyes of some officials, as
officials said. A major force in the administration from the start, Rove still is expected to have a significant voice in policy but not the dayto-day oversight. Those responsibilities will shift to Joel Kaplan, who was promoted to deputy chief of staff from the No. 2 job in the White House budget office where he had served as Joshua Bolten’s lieutenant. Bolten took over Friday as chief of staff
with authority to do whatever he deemed necessary to stabilize Bush’s presidency, and he has moved quickly with changes. With the Iraq war hanging over Bush, the White House has been rocked by mistakes and missteps —from an ill-fated Supreme Court nomination to a bungled response to Hurricane Katrina—that have resulted in the president’s plunge in polls to the lowest point since he took office. Nervous Republicans told Bush he needed fresh people with new ideas. McClellan, the press secretary for nearly three years, was the public face of the White SEE WHITE HOUSE ON PAGE 9
Explosion hits Kabul; none dead by
Paul Garwood
counted for,” Fintor told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. A U.S. counterterrorism official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because it is still early in the investigation, said the southwest side of the U.S. Embassy’s compound was among the buildings struck in the rocket attack. The official was not immediately aware of casualties or the magnitude of the attack. It also was too early to say who was responsible. Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesperson, said one rocket struck near, but not inside, the U.S. Embassy
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KABUL, Afghanistan A massive explosion believed to have been caused by a rocket shook the Afghan capital late Wednesday near the U.S. Embassy compound, wounding an Afghan security contractor, officials said. U.S. Embassy spokesperson Lou Fintor said the blast did not occur on embassy property, and no Americans were injured. Staff members rushed to a bunker in the compound after the II p.m. blast. “All embassy personnel are safe and ac-
compound.
The blast occurred inside the grounds housing the state-run television offices, a police official at the scene said. The building is next to the heavily fortified embassy and the base for NATO-led forces in the capital. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the explosion apparently was caused by a rocket fired from southeast Kabul targeting the U.S. Embassy. NATO-led troops in armored vehicles patrolled the area after the explosion.
The U.S. government released the first list of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on Wednesday—the most extensive accounting yet of the hundreds of people held there, nearly all of them labeled enemy combatants.
Branch Davidiansto exit prison Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody.
Four die in Plains snowstorm A powerful spring storm swept through the northwestern Plains on Wednesday, dumping up to two feet of-snow that closed major highways, cut power to hundreds and was blamed for at least four deaths.
Death rate declines steeply In what appears to be an amazing success for American medicine, preliminary gov-
ernment figures released Wednesday showed that the annual number of deaths in the United States dropped by nearly 50,000 in 2004—the biggest decline in nearly 70 years. News briefs compiled from wire reports
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8:00 pm Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building
Free Admission Please note: This is a real workshop! The evening will begin with a short introduction by composer Caroline Mallonee, followed by the performance of the opera without costume, stage set or movement. At the end, audience members are invited to stay for interaction with the composer and cast, giving input and suggestions. Duke Opera Workshop is supported by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation and The John Hanks Fund. For more information about this or other Department of Music events, please call 660-3333.
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Credit Suisse to add 400 jobs in Triangle Tuesday Credit Suisse announced it will create 400 jobs and invest $4O million in its Research Triangle Park location. Credit Suisse is a global investment banking firm that offers financial advising, capital raising, sales and trading as well as financial products. The firm is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The additions in RTP mean Credit Suisse will have approximately 800 employees on the site of the 120-acre complex in Wake County.
A year after the Baldwin Scholars moved into Crowell Quadrangle as a selective living group, the 18 sophomores have deemed the new residential component and the program—a success. The inaugural group of Alice M. Baldwin Scholars was selected in Fall 2004, after a Women’s Initiative Steering Committee determined that female students suffer from a decrease in self-esteem upon —
entering college. “After spending my entiresenior year [of high school] in sweatpants, I was worried that I was headed to a university where this would be taboo,” sophomore Baldwin Scholar Rachel McLaughlin wrote in an email. “I wanted to be part of a group that bucked the norm and sought to create lasting change. I did not want ‘effordess perfection’ to be part ofmy vocabulary.” The four-year Baldwin program is an opportunity for women to experience singlesex education within Duke’s larger co-educational setting. Members of the program are selected as freshmen after undergoing a process of applications and interviews. “I noticed a lack of an informal women’s network system here, and I felt disadvantaged,” sophomore Andrea Dinamarco said about her decision to become a Baldwin Scholar. Sophomore Sarah Gordon said she joined the program so she could meet women with similar goals and interests. “My first couple of weeks on campus, I was reaching out to find more female friends and women leaders in my life, and this filled that niche,” Gordon said. McLaughlin said the group started with a blank slate. “We had to leam to work together to create a leadership structure,” she said. The group developed a constitution, which will continue to be implemented in future years. During the spring of their first year, the women participate in an interdisciplinary seminar, and during their remaining years at Duke they collaborate on community service projects. “The class was the first group experience they had together, and then they moved that experience into the residence halls as sophomores,” said Colleen Scott, as-
Former head of N.C. GOP indicted Sam Currin, a private criminal attorney, was charged Tuesday with tax fraud conspiracy by the Internal Revenue Service. Currin is a former U.S. attorney, head of the North Carolina Republican Party and Superior Court judge. He was indicted along with three other individuals in the IRS operation. Currin made an initial court appearance Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Raleigh and was released on $lOO,OOO bond. Brown appeals death sentence Attorneys for Willie Brown, Jr., a death row inmate in North Carolina, appealed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of HOLLY CORNELL/THE CHRONICLE
Baldwin Scholars, who live together in a Crowell Quadrangle section, are the only all-female living group. sistant director of the Baldwin Scholars Program. “The supportive environment that seminar creates definitely feeds into the environment they live in together.” Gordon said she believes the best part of the program is the combination of academics, service and residential living. Sophomore Claire Lauterbach said living with the other scholars and hearing their perspectives has helped her understand what it is like to be female at Duke. Being a member of the group forces individuals to leave their comfort zones, McLaughlin said. “Since the women in the program are so differentfrom one another, we constandy challenge each other to think beyond our own paradigm,” she said.
Scott said the fact that nine of the cursophomores had expressed interest in continuing to live in the selective living group during their junior year is a testament to its benefits. Because of space constraints, however, only the rising sophomore and three or four rising juniors will be able to live together next year. Scott noted that the first group ofBaldwin Scholars met their goal of creating projects that would improve campus culture for women. One project was a faculty-student interaction series in which professors had dinner and informal conversations with the Baldwin Scholars.
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Brown was also moved to the death watch area of N.C. Central Prison. He is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 2 a.m. Friday for killing a woman in a convenience store during a robbery in 1983. SEE BRIEFS ON PAGE 4
CORRECTION In an April 13 article about AsianAmerican hip-hop music published in the recess section of the paper, it should have noted that Kamikaze Grey is half-Chinese.
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ing a course and posting 10 really negative comments,” Wolf said. Benjamin Pollack, a senior and one of the three students who programmed the site, emphasized that evaluations would still be anonymous and untraceable. “The site is designed to protect student anonymity,” Pollack said. “When they write an
DSG served as a liaison between students working on the project and the administrators—Robert Thompson, dean of Trinity College, and George McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences who authorized giving them the nec“The site is designed to protect stuessary dent anonymity. When they write sources —
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Members of DSG meet Wednesday to discuss changes in ACES and hear presentations about new websites.
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Students seeking knowledge about the University can expect the help of three websites in the coming months. Members of Duke Student Government passed one resolution and listened to two presentations showcasing online projects currently in the works Wednesday night at the final general body meeting of the 2005-2006 academic year. Representatives unanimously passed a resolution to revamp the ACES website. Senator Craig Bohn, a senior who presented the resolution, said a series of various small improvements will make the site more user-friendly. “These are little things,” he said. “They can’t be that hard to put in there.” The resolution focuses on making ACES easier to navigate. The improved site will offer links from classes listed in students’ bookbags to their respective course descriptions. It will also provide links from
ACES to both the DSG syllabi database and a course evaluations website. Additional features of the new ACES will allow students to flag or star courses for their own references and make permanent notes at the bottom of the bookbag page. Students will also receive email notifications of changes to their scheduled courses, including new professors, additional sections and placements on waitlists. Senators proposed and approved several amendments to the resolution for more changes. Senator Duncan McKenna, a freshman, suggested including professors and class locations in students’ bookbags—features currently not offered by ACES. Junior Maggie McGannon, vice president-elect of student affairs, said ACES should include lists of major and minor requirements or offer links to departmental SEE DSG ON PAGE 6
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Playboy king gives TV to N.C. students Students at Rockingham County High School tired of an old television in their classroom are in for a treat. Hugh Hefner, owner of Playboy, gave
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Based on several published reports, The Chronicle offers readers a timeline for the night of March 13 and the early morning of March 14. 11:30 p.m— Approximate time, according to a Durham Police Department warrant, of the two exotic dancers' arrival at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. 11:50 p.m— Neighbor Jason Bissey told the Raleigh News and Observer that he saw two women walk to the back of the house, where they were greeted by a man. 12:00 a.m.—Bissey sees the two women enter the house. 12:02 a.m— A time-stamped photo provided by defense attorneys shows women dancing in front of the lacrosse players. 12:03 a.m.— Another photo shows both dancers leaving the party. 12:03 a.m.-12:30 a.m.— There is a 27-minute gap where no photos were taken. 12:07, 12:14 a.m— Phone bills indicate two outgoing calls are made from sophomore Reade Seligmann's cell phone. Seligmann was arrested April 19 and charged with first degree forcible rape, first degree sexual offense and first degree kidnapping. Sometime before 12:24 a.m. —A taxi driver has said in a written statement that he picked up Seligmann and a friend a block and a half away from the party. 12:24 a.m— Seligmann's ATM card is used at a Wachovia bank. The taxi driver confirmed that he drove Seligmann and his friend to a bank and fast food restaurant before taking them to West Campus. 12:25 a.m.—Seligmann calls his girlfriend, another Duke sophomore, on his cell phone. 12:20 a.m.-12:30 a.m—Bissey told the Durham Herald-Sun he saw the woman leave the house during this period, only to try to go back inside to retrieve a missing shoe. 12:30 a.m—A time-stamped photo shows the alleged victim, wearing only one shoe, rifling through her purse and apparently smiling on the back porch of 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. 12:37 a.m.—A photo shows the woman lying on her side on the porch, apparently passed out. 12:41 a.m.—A photo shows the woman sitting in the passenger seat of a car with the door open. 12:45 a.m.-l :00 a.m.—Bissey said he saw the two dancers leave in a car sometime during this time period. He said he saw one man standing adjacent to the East Campus wall, shout "Thank your grandpa for my nice cotton shirt." He added that he saw the players leave the residence shortly thereafter. 12:46 a.m. —Seligmann's Duke Card is used to gain entry to his Edens dormitory. 12:53 a.m.— The second dancer calls. 911, saying white men who came out of 610 N. Buchanan yelled "nigger" at her from near the East Campus wall. Defense attorneys have questioned inconsistencies in the call—the caller first said she was driving, and later said she was walking when the slur was yelled. 12:55a.m— Durham Police Department officers arrive at a quiet 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. They saw there was evidence of a party, but nobody answered the door when the officers arrived. 1:22 a.m—A female grocery clerk at a Kroger located on Hillsborough Road calls 911, saying, "There's a lady in somebody else's car, and she will not get 0ut.... She's like, intoxicated, drunk or something." According to ABC News, the clerk later told a private investigator that, based on her encounter with the dancer that night, "There ain't no way she was raped." 1:30 a.m.— The police officer who came to respond to the Kroger call tells a dispatcher that the alleged victim does not need medical attention, adding, "She's not in distress. She's just passed-out drunk." 1:58 a.m.—An e-mail sent from the Duke account of sophomore lacrosse player Ryan McFadyen discusses hiring strippers and "killing the bitches."
This timeline was compiled by Jared Mueller and Tiffany Webber using information provided by ABC News, NBC 17 News, The Durham Herald-Sun, The Raleigh News & Observer and The New York Times.
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The house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd. was the site of the alleged rape March 13.The events of the night have been widelyreported and contested.
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Sophomore Arjun Madan-Mohan was elected to be a representative on the DSG SOFC committee.
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The alcohol and grilling policy announcement comes after months of planning and negotiating by the LDOC Committee, the A-team —an oversight group composed of administrators and students—and BIueSPARC, a division of the Dean of Students Office that aims to reduce the negadve consequences of alcohol consumption. “I am confident that these policies will not impinge in any way on the ability of Duke students to enjoy the Last Day of Classes,” said senior Mark Middaugh, LDOC committee chair, in a statement. “We want all students to enjoy LDOC in a safe manner. These policies, if enforced in a manner consistent with our ongoing discussions with BIueSPARC and the A-Team, will help to ensure student safety while maintaining LDOC’s place as the best social event of the entire year.” Although Wasiolek noted that neither the A-team nor other members of the administration are “interested in confiscating anything,” she said excessive amounts of alcohol—such as 24-packs ofbeer—might be taken. “We would like to see students possessing a reasonable amount of alcohol,” she said. “Carrying a case [of beer] is not considered a reasonable amount for per-
home pages. She added that information on intradepartmental classifications would assist students in meeting requirements for their majors. Bohn said he hopes to present the resolution to University Registrar Bruce Cunningham in the upcoming weeks so the new features will be in place by the next academic year. After passing the resolution, representatives listened to two presentations about websites aimed at informing students of various aspects of campus life. Bohn and Senator Nicole Cederblom, a senior, described a new website called “Dukipedia.” The site—modeled after the popular “Wikipedia”—would offer students what Cederblom described as the “inside track at Duke” by allowing them to post advice for others. “It would be an encyclopedia of Duke,” she said. “It’s basically talking to Juniors and seniors who know what’s going on.” Cederblom said she is currendy working with the Office of Information and Technology and hopes the site will be running by the end of the semester.
sonal consumption.” Wasiolek told The Chronicle last week that members of the A-team will be on hand to cut off alcohol distribution points on campus. Although LDOC has traditionally been organized as a BYOB event, previous alcohol policies regarding the celebradon have not focused on preventing destructive behavior, Wasiolek said. Following LDOC last year, an estimated eight students visited the Emergency Department for alcohol-related conditions, she added. “We are trying to avoid those kinds of dangerous situations and take additional steps in the proactive direction,” she explained. Wasiolek noted that the revised LDOC alcohol policy is an effort to promote student safety and is not intended to combat underage drinking. Students might be asked to provide organizers with identification if they are exhibiting destructive behavior. “[However,] I don’t anticipate that the first encounter with any student will be to ask for ID,” Wasiolek said. Officials also added that the outcome ofLDOC will not have any influence over next year’s tailgate policy. Student leaders and administrators are currently in discussions regarding changes to the tailgate policies next year.
DSG President-elect Elliott Wolf, a sophomore, and Executive Vice Presidentelect Joe Fore, a junior, presented a website that would offer information about classes and professors to students. They described improvements to the course evaluations website, which Wolf created in November. The site has received almost 1,000 evaluations from students since then. Wolf said administrators have approved making the site a permanent part of the University’s databases, adding that the administration’s support will make the website more stable. “The [evaluations website] is running out of my dorm room,” he said. “When I graduate, my computer is going with me.”
In other business: Members of DSG elected several officers for the upcoming academic year.
Representatives unanimously approved
Wolf’s nominations to the Board of Trustees Committee and his cabinet. They also nominated and elected the upcoming president pro tempore and chief justice and voted on the chair, auditing chair and seven representatives of the Student Organization Financing Committee.
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policesearch Durham Police Department officers searched two dormitory rooms in Edens Quadrangle Tuesday evening in an ongoing investigation into an alleged rape case surrounding the Duke men's lacrosse team. The rooms belonged to sophomores Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, the two team members arrested Tuesday morning and charged with first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sexual offense and kidnapping. Both players are set to appear on court May 15. After their arrests, the two players were given an opportunity to come back to their rooms around noon with a police escort to retrieve any belongings, said senior Lori Hall, the resident advisor for Finnerty and at least eight other members of the lacrosse team. Police spent approximately 45 minutes searching each room Tuesday night, said junior Taggart White, the
RA for Seligmann's hall. White said some students who were in the hallway said they saw the police officers seize items from at least one of the rooms.
He added that the presence of a camera and about seven police officers drew students into the hallways to watch the ordeal. "We thought they might arrest someone else," White said. No one was in Finnerty or Seligmann's rooms when they were searched. The doors were unlocked by the Edens residence coordinator who declined to comment. Despite students' recent averse reactions to police and media presence, White said there were no problems with regard to student rowdiness or heckling of officers. —lza Wojciechowska
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need for granting a change of venue. In other cases, attorneys can hire jury experts who have surveyed the community to testify that a trial will be fair only if it is moved. “Changes of venue are very unusual,” Beale said. “The statutory procedure is to not move really far away, but out of ground-zero.” Before a jury is selected, however, defendants must appear in court several times. Finnerty’s first court appearance was Tuesday morning. He came before Superior Court Judge Ronald Stephens to present his initial response to criminal charges. Defense attorney Kirk Osborn represented Seligmann, who was not present. In a first appearance, defendants can request or waive a court-appointed attorney. Judge Stephens said Seligmann must appear in court at some point to formally waive this right. In the days leading up to May 15, there will be “a period of time when the parties are basically preparing for trial,” Beale said. Beale added that before the arraignment, in order to urge the defendants to accept a plea bargain, the prosecutor could present information to the defendants with the suggestion that they are likely to be found guilty. At the arraignment, the defendants will be informed of the charges against them and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. The prosecution must disclose all of its evidence at this time to the defense in a process called discovery. In addition, the defense may file any motions it deems appropriate. After a number of appearances by the defendants, the court will select a jury—a process that involves several rounds of questioning. First, the judge asks potential jurors questions about possible relationships with any attorneys, plaintiffs or defendants. Potential jurors who may have conflicts of interest or biased opinions are dismissed. Judges sometimes allow both the defense and prosecution to exclude a certain number of potential jurors after questioning them. Wright said, if they choose, each side is also allowed to exclude jurors in another process. If a judge accepts the defense attorneys’ motion for a change of venue, the trial would take place in a contiguous district or one contiguous to a contiguous district. A judge could determine that moving the trial would excessively inconvenience witnesses, deciding instead to import jurors from contiguous districts. Finnerty and Seligmann were both released from jail Tuesday morning after each posted pre-arranged cash bonds of $400,000. A cash bond requires depositing the full amount with the court, in contrast to a secured bond, which is usually underwritten by a bail bondsman with fees as high as 15 percent of the total bond. Normally a judge sets bail at a defendant’s first appearance in court. If the judge knows that the defendant already has a lawyer, he can prearrange the setting and posting of bail.
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William Cotter, attorney for sophomore Collin Finnerty, arrives at the Durham County Detention Facility Tuesday morning.
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In another project, Lauterbach and Gordon began collecting posters ofcampus parties that depicted gender in some way after learning about femininity and gender in the scholars’ Spring 2005 seminar. Several Baldwin Scholars said the project exemplifies the efforts of the program and suggested using the posters in an art installation project, which will be displayed within the next couple weeks. “It’s a display with these posters, and it has several words to prompt response such as ‘offended,’ ‘objectified,’ ‘confused’ —to see what people think,” Lauterbach said. Members of the first class of Baldwin Scholars are also preparing for their required junior-year internships. They are placed in a field of interest and paired with a Duke alumna. “The purpose is to get some exposure to a professional field and to possibly find a mentor in that field,” Scott said. “It’s someone who would have perspective from being a Duke student.” Eight of the current sophomores hope to do their internships this summer in areas such as activism, media and engineering. For example, Lauterbach will be working with Sherryl Broverman, assistant professor of the practice ofbiology, to establish a secondary schoolfor girls inKenya. She also has an internship in Poland, in which she will conduct her own research on minorities and human rights issues. Dinamarco will intern at The White House Project in New York City, which works to get women elected to public office. She will also assist with the Climb High Foundation, founded by Alison Levine, Fuqua ’OO. The organization teaches women in Africa and Uganda to give tours of mountains that laws previously prevented them from climbing. Scott noted the success of the inaugural group of scholars and mentioned that no changes will be made to the program for the next group of women. Eighteen freshmen were recently selected to comprise the second class of Baldwin Scholars. Freshmen Sarah Sham and Liz Victor said their class of scholars realizes the importance and relevance of the program and hopes to continue its success by working toward new goals. Victor said the scholars hope to bring theses issues to the attention of the entire student body. “It’s notjust about women, but also helping all students come together,” she said. —
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it.... Job well done.” Bush patted McClellan on the back and they walked together across the South Lawn to the president’s helicopter to begin a trip to Alabama. But the aircraft could not get off the ground because its radio failed, and they had to take a motorcade to the airport. McClellan will remain until a successor is named. Possibilitiesmentionedinclude TonySnow, host ofa program on Fox News Radio; Dan Senor, former coalition spokesperson in Iraq; Trent Duffy, former White House deputy press secretary, and former Treasury spokesperson Rob Nichols. More changes are expected but not before next week. White House officials have done nothing to discourage speculation that Treasury Secretary John Snow is leaving. Bush’s communications chief, Nicolle Wallace, also is expected to depart because her husband has taken a new job in New York. Changes also are expected in the White House lobbying shop run by Candida Wolff. The shake-up began with the March 28 resignation of Andy Card, Bush’s longtime chief of staff, and his replacement by Bolten. Just this week, Bush has named a new budget chief and a new trade representative and is moving toward choosing a new domestic policy adviser.
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Documentary photos merge politics, art Horrell recess Final exams are fast approaching, and analyzing the expression of history and sociology through photography may not seem like the ideal study break. But, two exhibits currendy on display at the Center for Documentary Studies may be worth a glance. Both “Personal Disruptions” and “Beggars and Choosers” bring together political issues and art in snapshots of American life. Personal Disruptions: Coming of Age at Duke University in the 1960s and 1970s With recent protests on campus, a photo collection of activists at Duke is all too relevant. The exhibition “Personal Disruptions; Coming of Age at Duke University in the 1960s and 19705” provides historical perspective. Black-and-white portraits accompanied by text are currently on display at the Center for Documentary Studies. The images profile 25 members of the community from an era when social activism was felt across the nation. The people featured in the exhibit commented on the takeover of the Allen by
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David "Fathead" Newman,famous for playing alongside Ray Charlesfor over a decade, joins the Duke JazzEnsemble for a concert Friday at Baldwin Auditorium. Before Texas’ most famous products were oil, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and George W. Bush, tenor saxophonists were its greatest export. Jazzman David “Fathead” Newman is one of the great “Texas Tenors,” but he’s perhaps most famous for his stint with Ray Charles, with whom he played for nearly a decade and a half (Newman was also portrayed onscreen in the 2004 film Ray—more on that later). Newman played on recordings with Aretha Franklin, T-Bone Walker and 8.8. King as well as recorded 28 jazz albums of his own. He joins the Duke Jazz Ensemble for a concert Friday in Baldwin Auditori-
um. recess’ David Graham spoke to Newman about playing with the Genius of Soul, how he feels about hip-hop and how exactly he got that peculiar nickname. recess: Okay, I have to ask. I’ve heard several versions, but why are you really called “Fathead”? David “Fathead” Newman: Well, my band director in high school gave me that nickname at Lincoln High School in Dallas. He had nicknames for most of the students in the band. We played these John Phillip Sousa marches and I had the knack of memorizing. We were playing one day and he happened to walk behind me and my music
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was on the stand but it was upside down and he knew that my reading skills weren’t that great that I could read upside down. He rapped me on the head as he used to do to many of the students and said, “You fathead, you’re supposed to read the music, not memorize it!” My classmates picked up on it, and it’s stuck to this day. Many people are most likely to know your name from the movie Ray. Could you talk about what it was like to play with Ray Charles and also about your reaction to the movie? SEE FATHEAD ON PAGE 5
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recesstopS Top 5 arts and entertainment events of the year Full Frame Film Festival Yet again, Durham’s own documentaryfilm festival impressed us with quality films and interesting characters, making us feel for once like Durham isn’t in the middle of cultural nowhere. bA Jazz at The Mary Lou Only a year ago, Wednesdays were just for doing homework and gearing up for Thursday night. But this year Jazz at the Mary Lou, famous for its free crackers and drinks, (not to mennon the music) has made Wednesday nights a time to mingle, listen to good music and bring together a diverse crowd of Dukies. The birth and death of Elliott’s server For a few short months we could be away from our TVs on Sunday nights and not have to worry about missing Grey Anatomy. The endless supply ofmovies was also a great distraction from homework, but alas all good things must come to an end. Rolling Stones and Deathcab for Cutie This year’s concert’s make LDOC look like no big deal. With a rock legend and funky alternative band rocking Wallace Wade and Cameron Indoor Stadiums, respectively, our sports venues rocked the school year. The opening of The Nasher Museum of Art The sight of President Brodhead's poetry reading, sophisticated galas and a great eatery, Nasher is not just a stuffy museum. Grant Hill’s art collection, the Nasher collection and works by Romare Bearden (not to mention wine on points) have all made Duke’s new art museum one of the hottest places on campus ...
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In choosing a band for the Last Day of Classes celebration, the most important criteria—apart from price range —was the band’s ability to put on a great live show, said Committee Chair Mark Middaugh, a senior. After consulting with students across campus who had seen Custer perform live, Middaugh said they all had one thing to say: they rocked. That made Custer the clear leader on a long list of bands, and ultimately this year’s LDOC headliner. The band will be playing alongside tour-mate Matt Costa and Duke’s pick of opening act, legendary beat-boxer Rahzel. But Custer won’tjust be bringing their infamous alternative style and quirky sense of humor to this year’s stage. This concert comes with a mission: environmental awareness, recess’ Janet Wu chatted with drummer Brian Rosenworcel to talk about goldfish, Bon Jovi and big, stinky tour buses. recess: First, could you tell me about your environmentally focused “Campus Consciousness Tour”? Brian Rosenworcel: It’s something that’s been brewing for awhile. We’ve kind of been conscious of the fact that tour buses are not particularly good for the environment, and they use up a lot of diesel fuel and get terrible mileage and dump chemical pee all over the place. In any event, Adam [Gardner, Ouster’s singer and guitarist] and his wife started this group, and they’ve toured with other bigger bands coordinating local greener Organizations and food drives, and they just came up with this idea for this “campus consciousness” thing.. How do you feel about playing on
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send someone out to get you a goldfish in a tank. It’s really indulgent, and you’re treated like royalty. We actually took the goldfish off the rider because it always died. You mentioned your new album, Ganging Up on the Sun. What should fans expect from the album? I’d say it’s the next step in the evolution of Custer. We’re becoming less and less predictable. Joe [Pisapia, an ad hoc band member] was involved so we wrote this as a four-piece for the first time, and we recorded a lot of the CD in his attic in Nashville. What’s your first single going to be? It’s a song called “One Man Wrecking Machine” which is on our MySpace, and it’s on radio stations, but probably not in North Carolina where nobody plays us on the radio. Custer has been a band for a long time.What keeps you guys together? I think we do everything we have to do to make sure the music we’re writing is going in new and exciting directions for us. If we were doing the same thing or if we weren’t believing in what we were doing, it would be difficult to do it for this long. With this album, having the fresh energy from Joe and producing it ourselves and a lot of those things were justreally inspiring and so helps us write, and going out and playing new songs is fun for us. Are we going to hear some songs from the new album at the concert? I think we will play some new stuff at Duke. We’ve been playing like five songs a night roughly, because much more than that people will lynch us and less than that we’ll end up playing a bunch of songs that feel like we’re going through the motions. So it’s a nice balance between keeping
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You mentioned how Custer likes to try different things musically, so how do you feel about the current state of music? There’s so much great music out there—it’s just you have to find it. It’s more
Gusterperforms on theLast Day of Classes, April 26, with Matt Costa and legendary beat-boxer Rahzel. accessible than ever. It’s really encouraging that a band who is good can find their audience through the Internet. And that wasn’t possible. When we were first starting out we had to tour for years and build up a mailing list and use word of mouth, and it’s a great way to develop a band. It’s also disappointing that radio justcontinues to play crap. When we were on the bus on the way here and our bus driver, I guess he was listening to country radio but it was just playing ’Bos rock like Bon Jovi mixed in with country, and it was justunbearable.And he was listening to it so loud because he was driving for 12 hours, probably needed to stay awake, but it just reminded me why I don’t listen to the radio. You guys were signed in college. What do you have to say to all those college bands waiting to break out into the
business? It’s tough to offer advice because everything just happened surprisingly for us. What we did do is from an early point, we decided we were going to write our own songs. I think that really benefited us, because we’re not like great musicians, and we weren’t going to go up there and just blow everyone away with our musicality. But we wrote better and better songs throughout our career, so I think that’s why we’re still a band today. Anything else you want people to know about? The Cat’s Cradle is one of our favorite venues in the country. It’s still there, but we haven’t been there for awhile, but we built up our North Carolina base I think by playing there, so props to Cat’s Cradle.
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I had an interesting 14 years with Ray Charles. I started in Ray’s band in ‘54 and I was in the band up until ‘64 and I went back from ‘69 to ‘71.1 left at the end of ‘7l and went with [flautist] Herbie Mann—he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. As for the movie, I felt it was a good movie— I could have used more of what Ray Charles brought to the table as a musician, but the director chose to dwell on sexual escapades and drugs. They tell me that’s what sells movies. I felt that Jamie Foxx did an incredible job of doing Ray. Bokeem Woodbine, who played Fathead, did a good job too, but the character was very inaccurate—it wasn’t anything like me at all. It had me introducing drugs to Ray Charles and that wasn’t true at all. As a jazz artist who has played many dates with sold and rhythm and blues musicians, I’m interested in hearing your opinion on some of the crossover work going on today—mixing world music or hip-hop, for example, with traditional jazz styles. It’s perfectly fine if artists want to do this. It turns out that we have quite a history here, and hip-hop seems to be the fashionable statement of the day, especially among the younger generation. I don’tknow howmuch longer it’s going to last, but hopefully it’s not going to last much longer (laughs). The only thing that I don’treally like about it is the strong language. It’s getting to the stage where it’s becoming more dramatic and more “Broadway.” I think the world music thing well, music is like a universal language. It’s another mix in the pot. Being my age I’m pretty set in my ways, I like modem jazz, but I don’t forget about the roots. As long as it sounds good and is good it’s alright with me. David “Fathead” Newman will play with the Duke
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multi-platinum pop singers to reunited punk bands taking their acts on the road, there’s a concert out there to please everyone’s music preference. Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival The four-day festival returns to Manchester, Tenn. from June 16 to 19, bringing together an eclectic mix ofartists. Top names include Radiohead, Phil Lesh and Friends, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck and Death Cab for Cutie. Vans Warped Tour This veteran tour returns for its 11th year, stopping in 48 cities around North America between June 15 and August 13. This year’s bill is packed with over 70
Bulgarian import Internationally-acclaimed, Grammy Award-nominated Bulgarian jazz pianist Milcho Leviev is set to pound out jazz standards with traditional Bulgarian influences in Baldwin Auditorium Tuesday. Leviev received his musical training in classical piano and composition from a conservatory in Sofia, Bulgaria, but he said his real passion was jazz. After moving to the United States, Leviev joined the Don Ellis Orchestra as a composer, arranger and keyboard player, eventually succeeding in a field very different from his initial classical
high-energy bands including AFI, AntiFlag, Buzzcocks, Motion City Soundtrack, and NOFX. Bruce Springsteen and The Seeger Sessions Band Bruce Springsteen and this 17-piece band will embark on an 18-day U.S. tour culminating in a two-day stint in Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey. Expect Springsteen’s rock sound to be combined with the folk, gospel and blues of the Seeger Session Band. The tour is in promotion of Springsteen’s latest disc, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. Rob Thomas/Jewel These labelmates will unite for a twomonth, cross-country tour. The two will play dates both together, with Toby Lightman performing in the opening slot, and separately. Thomas’ debut solo album ..Something to Be was released one year ago while Jewel’s newest album, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland will be released May 2.
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Kelly Clarkson Clarkson’s 23-date “Addicted” tour will take the multi-platinum pop singer cross country from June 30 until August 8. Expect her set to include songs from her previous two albums as well as material from her yet-to-be-recorded third album. Bauhaus/Nine Inch Nails/TV on the Radio Nine InchNails will embark on a three month tour with the newly reunited Bauhaus for their latest cross-country endeavor. The New York-based TV on the Radio will open on the tour untilJune 14. 0.A.R./Jack’s Mannequin O.A.R. will unite this summer with Jack’s Mannequin for a concert full of appeal for college rock lovers. Jack’s Mannequin is the side project of Andrew McMahon, lead singer and pianist of the band Something Corporate. Jack’s Mannequin’s debut release, In Transit, was released in August, but McMahon could not tour in support of the album until now because of a recent battle with leukemia. —AlexFrydman
perform with Duke’s own Triyo
training. In 1981 he was nominated, along with Quincy Jones and the Man-
hattan Transfer, for a Grammy Award for his vocal arrangement of Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation.” Tuesday, Leviev will perform improvisations on his own original compositions and arrangements, based on Balkan and Bulgarian folk music. “Combination of jazz with various folk elements is nothing new,” Leviev said. Indeed jazz from its inception has been a musical style characterized by an amalgamation of African, French, Cuban, Spanish and Creole traditions.
Since World War 11, the traditional jazz base has experienced fresh sounds with new, exotic rhythms as diverse as Brazilian, Indian and Japanese. Leviev’s life has been dedicated to demonstrating what positive synergy Bulgarian folk elements can offer to jazz, he said. “One can hardly find any culture that was not influenced byjazz music, and has not influenced jazz itself.” —Slava Petrova Milcho Leviev perform Tuesday, April 25th at 8 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium on East Campus. The Pulsar Triyo opens.
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Hollywood will try to redeem itself for Basic Instinct 2 Brian McGinn recess The humidity is back, the sun is broiling and the flipflops are out of the closet You know what that means it’s getting close to summer. And there’s nothing that says summer like the big blockbuster movie season. Here are the films to look out for before you’ve gotta put on that FAC shirt and roll on back to Duke.
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BLOCKBUSTERS: May 5 Mission: Impossible 3 Phillip Seymour Hoffman is the bad, bad man in this big-budget sequel directed byJJ. Abrams (Alias) . Should be a guilty pleasure, as long as the maniacal Tom Cruise isn’t too unbearable. Poseidon May 12 Wolfgang Peterson returns with what appears to be an Poseidon is a remake of Ronald Neame's 1972 cult film exact replica of about a million other films. In this one, NON-BLOCKBUSTER a huge cruise ship runs into a huge wave —chaos ensues. Adventure starring GeneHackman and Ernest Borgnine. Did anyone say FLICKS The Perfect Storm the Russo brothers (directors of numerous Arrested meets Titanic (on Development episodes) has many calling this one the A Prairie Home Companion June 9 Wedding Crashers of 2006. Wait and see how the steroids)? director Robert Altman’s legendary possibly In The Da Vinci film lives up to the hype. final film, Woody Harrelson, Lindsay Lohan and Lady In The Water —July 21 Code May 19 Garrison Keillor star in the first film adaptation of M. Night Shyamalan attempts to recover Tom Hanks is Keillor’s long-running radio variety show. Screenhorribly miscast from the horrendous The Village by hiring critiings at the SXSW Festival led to early awards buzz cal darling Paul Giamatti as his male lead as Robert Langon this light-hearted fare, which mixes music, don in this film Early reviews are not positive, but you never drama and comedy to create a completely unique adaptation of the know what Shyamalan will pull out of his film experience. Dan Brown bestpocket in final edits. Clerks II August 18 seller. Other than Miami Vice —July 28 Kevin Smith is back with a vengeance, as are Yikes. Michael Mann takes on the video that, this should the clerks that made him famous in the first game adaptation. This should make some be a home run place. This long-promised sequel might have spec ALTO recess Tautou serious bank, while blowing up a lot of Audrey trouble finding an audience beyond Smith’s at least 12 highTheDaVinci Code starsTom Hanks, lan McKel- {Amelii) and lan stuff and featuring of slacker-grossout-intellectuals, but it’ll clique McKellan co-star, paced shootouts. lan, and Amelie's Audrey Tautou. appeal to that group like no other film this sumand Ron Howard Talladega Nights August 4 mer. Will Ferrell brings his unique directs what is essentially an unruinable thriller. A Scanner Darkly —July 7 brand of yelling, screaming and awkX-Men: The Last Stand May 26 Richard Linklater’s second semi-animated film The last X-Men movie, at least until a prequel comes ward deadpan to the racetracks of (after Waking Life), Scanner is an adaptation of a NASCAR. Bring on the quotable out. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and all your other faPhilip K Dick novel about a futuristic world vorites are back. The early buzz is that this is the best of lines! where everything is monitored. The real question AuWorld Trade Center the three films. here is: will Keanu Reeves ruin what should be a gust 11 The Break-Up —June 2 fantastic combo of story and visuals? If he doesn’t The second 9/11 film from a Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn combine in what screw everything up, this should be an early condirector (United 93 by to be another romantic comedy. respected In appears tepid yet tender for both critical and mass popularity. what could be its only positive facet, the gossip about the Paul Greengrass), Oliver Stone Little Miss Sunshine —July 28 looks to rebound from the two stars’ relationship should heat up right around reHighly acclaimed at Sundance, this film starring lease time. strangely bloated and disconToni Collette and Steve Carrell tells the story of a Cars —June 9 nected Alexander. This young girl and a beauty pageant. At times ftmny, PIXAR’s big should underperform at poignant and agonizing, this film should see simicontribution to the box office as Amerilar success to last summer’s Me, You and Everyone We the summer cans far and wide firmly Know, drawing in audiences hill of both Steve Carmovie season, this state, “Too soon rell fans and independent film lovers. Snakes On A Plane big-budget aniThe Science of Sleep August 11 mation features August 18 Michel Gondry’s first fiction effort since EterThe greatest title the voice talents nal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind finds the direcof Owen Wilson ever. Samuel Jackson tor at the helm ofhis own script, a dark, fantasy and Paul Newis an FBI agent who tale about the different types of dream psyches. man, among othmust battle snakes when The script is dense and highly philosophical, they get released on a plane. Literally, ers. but if there’s anyone that can turn a complicatNacho Libre the tide says it all. Fun for the whole family, and ed story into a visually enchanting piece of cinthen some. Expect over $lOO million and the catch—June 16 ema, it’s Gondry, with the help of actor Gael Jack Black and phrase of the summer (“I want the motherf—g snakes Garcia Bernal. Orlando Bloom stars in the summer release ie director of off the motherf—g plane!”). of Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest. NaP olean Dynamite team up for what should be a ridiculous and campy film about a fat, professional wresder. Click —June 23 Adam Sandler reteams with the director of Happy Gilmore to bring us another comedy of awkward line delivery and potty jokes. This one’s about an all-powerful remote control, and looks like a Bruce Almighty rip-off. Superman Returns —June 30 Unknown Brandon Routh steps into the big shoes of Clark Kent in this guaranteed hit. Whether or not Routh can pull off the character will only impact critical success, as a half a billion dollars in profit are nearly a lock. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest —July 7 Keira, Johnny and Orlando heat up the screen in this first of two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of SPECIAL TO RECESS SPECIAL TO RECESS the Black Pearl. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunta character thatdoes not publicly Richard Linklater, director of psycadelic philosophy film Waking Life, utilizes You, Me and Dupree —July 14 innovative animation techniques in Keanu Reeves' vehicle A Scanner Darkly. This combination of Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson and express his religion, in Mission Impossible 3. ”
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Grey's is gone, but there are plenty of new shows to fill the void and keep the summer cool
recess Sad that the third season of The O.C. is coming to a close? Wondering what you’ll do on Sunday nights once Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy bid you adieu for the summer months? Though summer is a season traditionally known for its box office blockbusters rather than notable new television shows, some networks are banking on the slim competition to test out their new programming or premiere returning shows that didn’t make it onto the screen during the regular season. Here recess takes a look at what’s coming up and coming back to supplement all those reruns. 5/30 Last Comic Standing, NBC, Tuesday 9 p.m.
The stand-up comedy reality batde returns for its fourth season with new host Anthony Clark. 6/8 Windfall, NBC, Thursday 10 p.m. This new one-hour drama starring 90210 alumnus Luke Perry explores the lives of 20 strangers who win a lottery jackpot of $386 million. The large cast offers endless story possibilities, and some critics claim that it’ll be a primetime soap worth watching. That doesn’t seem too unbelievable—after all, in P. Biddy’s words, “Mo Money, Mo Problems” and, hopefully, Mo (good) Drama. 6/11 Deadwood, HBO, Sunday Return to the outlaw camp of Deadwood for the third season of the show known for its propensity to have its characters utter the f-word and relendessly administer their own forms of justice in the lawless Old West. 6/12 The Closer, TNT, Monday 9 p.m. Tough-as-nails detective Brenda Johnson (Kyra Sedwick) reports for duty in the continuation oflast summer’s surprise cable hit. 6/12 Hell’s Kitchen, FOX, Monday 9 p.m. Feisty Head Chef Gordon Ramsay whips more culinary hopefuls into shape during the second season of the unscripted cooking competition. 6/18 Treasure Hunters, NBC, Monday 9 p.m. In this reality TV skein, teams of three will compete on what the network calls “television’s first global treasure hunt.” With clue-solving and archeological digs on the agenda, critics are calling it a mix between Amazing Race and Indiana Jones. 6/21 America’s Got Talent, NBC, Wednesday 9 p.m.
American Idols, Simon Cowell produces a new show for NBC in which people perform before judges for a chance to be “Simon’s next big discovery,” but this time, the competition’s not limited to singing. According to the show’s casting website, they welcome any and all talents—magicians, belly dancers, animal acts, you name it—but they do hope that if your act involves fire or throwing knives, you only send a tape or DVD for consideration. 7/9 Brotherhood, Showtime, Sunday A take on the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, Brotherhood follows two brothers who dwell in the Irish-American neighborhood in Providence, R.1., called the “Hill.” One brother, a local politician, has his life flipped upside down when his gangster brother returns to town to take control of the area’s seedy underworld.
The third season of Deadwood premieres June 1 tth on HBO
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AmericanDreamz is a one-dimensional, unfunny, wannabe-satire of the FOX supershow American Idol, a reality program so saccharin it’s hardly worth lampooning. Director Paul Weitz manages the impossible: he crafts a film inferior to the show it apes. Dreamz crashes and burns at every turn, its satire of the cutthroat music industry destroyed by undeveloped characters, weak jokes and uncreative, stale Bush-spoofing. The film marks the second time director Weitz and Hugh Grant, who plays TV show host Martin Tweed, have collaborated (2002’s critically-acclaimed About a Boy). In this film, Tweed must work hard to make the upcoming season of“American Dreamz” the biggest yet—he conspires to win America over by contrasting the sweet, southern Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore) with the heavily accented, Iraqi immigrant Omer (Sam Golzari). In his most heartless role yet, Grant works well at channeling Simon Cowell—he is consistently successful in his attempts to crush contestants with harsh one-liners. Moore and Golzari, however, are left out in the cold by Weitz’s script—caricatures rather than fleshed-out characters. Though satire often works by displaying stereotypes and then tearing them apart, Weitz simply can’t write jokes good enough to get it done. The best parts of the film come not from the main plot line, but from complementary scenes involving Bush-done/American Dreamt guest judge President Staton (Dennis Quaid) and his Vice President, a Cheney-Rove amalgam played by Willem Dafoe. The banter between the two power figures is witty and well-written, but, in the end, simply not original enough to buoy the film all the way to respectability. (How many jokes about hidden earpieces are we really expected to laugh at?) Most disappointing is the fact that Dreamt lacks the heart and appealing characters Weitz had seemingly begun to mold his career around with About a Boy and In Good Company. Instead, it wastes everyone’s time by taldng uninventive jabs at the already laughable hypocrisy of the pop music scene and the Bush administration, trading simple moments between characters for what would be cheap laughs. When the jokes fall flat time after time, what’s left is a big pile of flabby, drab material—American Dreamt as American Nightmarez —Vanin Leila
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the film editor of recess), was able to acquire permission to film the Hornby story. Admission for the one-hour student screenings will be free, and refreshments will be provided. Horning encourages those interested in film to come see what their fellow students have produced. “We want to raise awareness about Freewater so we get more people applying for grants. This year we had 19 applicants as opposed to four the year before, so we are making strides in the right direction,” Homing said. “The end-of-year screening is a great venue for people who have shot films and want to be able to show their work.”
recess Students are in for an exclusive cinematic treat this Sunday. Courtesy of Freewater Productions—Duke’s student-run organization for aspiring filmmakers—a selection of student shorts will be shown prior to the Freewater Presentations scheduled screening of Munich. The end-of-year screening is held annually by the Productions half of Freewater; however, this year they will screen independendy from the Film, Video and Digital Studies films. Sophomore Will Homing, the chair ofFreewater Productions and Chronicle staff member, said he hopes this year’s presentation will attract its own audience. “Last year we only had two shorts, so we screened them as part of the FVD screening,” Horning said, “We’re hoping to be able to stand alone this year.” The screenings will include a colorful assortment of original and adapted shorts. “Colours,” a three-minute, stop-motion animated short filmed by junior Patrick Musker, revolves around the song “Colours” by Scottish musician Donovan. Other films include “True Love Waits” by Shane Ryan, Trinity ’O5, “Sarah’s Secret,” directed by community member Shani Harris Peterson and this year’s Froshlife winner, “My Only One,” directed by freshmen Shang Gao and Muyan Jin. A three-minute trailerfor “Otherwise Pandemonium,” an adapted Nick Hornby short story, will also be shown at Sunday’s screenings. The director of the short, junior Brian McGinn (also
The films will screen Sunday at 4 p.m. in Film Theater.
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ndy way Myrtle Michelle Stansbury recess know it as the sketchy post-finals beach e students party away their stress. The South Cackalacky for a few well deserved days of sun, sand and alcohol before graduation or summer jobs tear you away from the Gothic Wonderland. Some misguided students expect a glamorous resort vacation lounging in paradise with frozen daiquiris and end up sorely disappointed in the shabby motels and so-so surf. The only way to do Myrde Beach right is to embrace the dirtiness and the debauchery, reveling in the bittersweet life of a college student—so take careful note of the trends that epitomize this trash heap we know as college paradise. Boho Chic Fashion Perfecting the laid-back beach prep look can be hard for those who don’t typically vacay in the Hamptons, but boho chic is an ideal look that goes anywhere at Myrtle. Pull a tiered hippie skirt over your bikini and you’re set for lunch or shopping. If you’re looking to keep the sun off your lobster-red bum, a light-colored tunic and wide-brimmedhat can take you from beach to barbeque in oh-soSienna fashion. For perfect beach fashion you can either check out Barefoot Landing, which offers somewhere to go on the inevitable day of rain, or hit up the nearest Wings for tacky but fun beach accessories—sunglasses, flip-flops and goofy T-shirts. Seedy Motels You’re going to sleep on the beach all day anyway, so where you stay at Myrtle should really be about location, location, location. The closer you are to the beach the less you have to stumble over empty beer cans on your way to the sandy shore once the sun rises. Furthermore, the closer to the party spot you are, the more motivation you’ll have to return to your own room at the end of the night. It is definitely less sketchy to fall asleep in your own roach-infested motel than in Don't be caught out-of-styie on the beach. Trendy boho someone else’s. On that note, the threads can keep you fashionable and cool. party spots you should definitely check out are Bahama Sands, the Red Tree Inn, the Best Western and Jamaica Ocean Edge. They’re all on the main drive, so if all else fails just follow the noise. Dancing in Cages Shooters is just pre-season training. The cages at Spanish Galleonand Freaky Tiki surpass any clubbing experience here in Durham. Sure, it’s the same Duke crowd—and the same Snapple botdes filled with Aristocrat—but inhibitions are down in the new hot spots. That wallflower who usually just watches the action—nursing a beer from the corner—suddenly realizes that he too can cut loose. Remember, everyone looks good under a strobe light, and once you step into the cage, you never know what hottie hook-up will follow. After all, it’s Myrtle, and as the saying goes, “What happens in Myrde stays in Myrde”—unless, as junior Kenny Larry says, “someone else sees it.” Not getting arrested Outside the Duke bubble it turns out that students actually are held accountable for state and city laws they break. And no, “But no one told me public urination was illegal!” won’t save you. Since jail restricts beach time—not to mention makes you wear those awful orange jump suits!—here are some Myrtle laws to watch out for, courtesy of myrtlebeach.com: —Open containers of beer, wine or liquor are prohibited in vehicles or any public place including streets, sidewalks and beach areas. —Cruising is regulated by the Myrtie Beach Police Department between 3rd Avenue South and 21st Avenue North on Ocean Boulevard between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. from March 1 to October 1. —Swimwear is subject to city ordinances in Myrtle Beach, North Myrde Beach and Surfside Beach. It is illegal for anyone to wear a thong bathing suit. Violators will be fined. by
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Building, a Duke workers’ strike, a four-day silent vigil in response
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination and other events. Alumni, Duke professors and the former mayor ofDurham shared how local and national social movements affected them—then and now. Their stories describe an earlier Duke and are a reminder of questions surrounding race, class, gender and politics. “The exhibit and narrative is a remarkable story of how students struggled to find in themselves [and] probe their own moral compass in a very disruptive period of history,” said Caroline Vaughan,
Trinity ’7l. Vaughan is the creator and photographer of the project along with alumna Georgann Eubanks, Trinity ’76, who recorded the oral histories. Vaughan and Eubanks will discuss their exhibit and answer questions at a reception Saturday at 2 p.m. at the CDS.
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Davis Hasty, member of Delta Tail Delta fraternity, took a year off to dance with the Maryland Youth Ballet. Lauren Fischetti recess Theater has been, and always will be, Davis Hasty’s first love. But this semester, theater has taken a back seat to his newest love, ballet. Hasty became interested in dance during high school through his involvement in musical theater productions. While he liked dancing in the shows, he realized he did not do it very well. It wasn’t until arriving at Duke, however, that Davis enrolled in his first ballet class. After a year of taking ballet classes, Davis said he was ready to by
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dance differently than women, he said. In the Maryland Youth Ballet, the men often pushed each other and motivated each other to turn more or jump higher, Hasty added. Fortunately for Hasty, he has a wonderful role model in Professor Tyler Walters. Hasty said Walters is a great dancer and instructor, This summer Hasty plans to participate in a five-week intensive program with the Miami City Ballet. As he continues training to improve his technique, he said it is too soon to determine if he will continue dancing after graduation. After all, he can’t forget his first love
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Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood Is Not A Class Privilege in America In one of her poems, Emma Lazarus called the Statue of Liberty the “Mother ofExiles”—but what does it mean to be a mother in America? Historian and curator Rickie Solinger explores the implications of this politically laden question in a photography exhibition, “Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood is Not a Class Privilege in America.” The display of powerful images—captured by nearly 40 acclaimed photographers—arrived at the Center for Documentary Studies Monday after four years of nationwide travel. “Beggars and Choosers” portrays marginalized mothers, forcing the audience to examine their own conceptions of motherhood. “Politicians, policy makers, and many ordinary Americans consider [these women] too young, too poor, too not-white, too gay, too disabled, too foreign, too homeless to be ‘legitimate mothers,”’ said Solinger. “Yet, there they are, in the photographs, being mothers with strength, dignity and determination.” The collection of photographs builds on the themes of a book with the same name by Solinger. She often links her books with an exhibition to make the subject matter more accessible to the general public. “I am very interested in drawing attention—in words and in images—to how these questions have been answered across American history,” said Solinger. “Who is a legitimate mother? Who decides?” Solinger will give a lecture, “Nine Ways of Looking at a Poor Woman,” at a reception at the CDS May 4. —
“Personal Disruptions” will be shown until April 24. “Beggars and Choosers” will run through June 30.
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Triangle Sushi Showdown by
Bryan Zupon
recess Often times in food, less is more. This mantra is especially true at Japanese sushi bars, where the freshest ingredients and subtlest seasonings can make all the difference. Two of the Triangle’s most established Japanese restaurants, Waraji in Raleigh and Yamazushi in Durham, have been serving sushi for years, long before it became a su-
permarket mainstay.
Yamazushi, which celebrates its 20th anniversary later this year, was among the first restaurar serve sushi. The owners have remaim seems, has much of the restaurant’s ly, Yamazushi is in need of a facelift compare to its younger competition Unfortunately, the quality of fis mazushi is also not quite up to par. not objectionable, pieces of tuna salmon were hardly a step up from Whole Foods variety. Sushi here is a* marginally more expensive whe compared to local competitors lik< Waraji. Nigiri-zushi by the piece priced approximately 10 perce higher, and sushi dinner sets conr with salad but no miso soup. Waraji, now nine years old, is wid< regarded as the best sushi bar in the angle. It sports an attractive but f table interior with a long granite s* that takes up the majority of the left restaurant. Waraji exudes a younge; due to its decor and its staff. This isn it’s not stuffy either. Waraji’s sushi offerings are quii there are surely better alternatives ii areas, Waraji is the place to go in th
fish fix. Meals come with a complimentary appetizer, salad and miso soup, standard but appreciated extras. A la carte nigiri-zushi is served two pieces per order—this lowers the per-piece price but limits flexibility for those who may simply want to try a single piece of a new fish. A minor quibble is that the basic sushi set comes with one piece of“crab stick,” a processed seafood product made to resemble and vaguely taste like crab. No self-respecting sushi bar should stock this product, much less serve it as part of a set assortment. A supermarket California roll is one thing; a prop-
er sushi bar is another. However, Waraji otherwise excels in the quality of its raw ingredients. Staples like tuna were wholly enjoyable and more obscure items like the uni (sea urchin) are worth seeking out. If the 1969 roll at the Great Hall has you missing sushi’s true essence, both Yamazushi and Waraji are fine destinations to experience the “less is more” mantra. At Waraji especially, sushi approaches the transcendent level reserved for authentic Japanese cuisine.
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Duke Union presents:
Law or Business? guest speaker
Symposium for graduate students and postdocs in tf e sciences or engineering
Robert Kennedy Jr. and Senior Attorney for the National Resource Defense Council, will be giving a speech on
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“Our Environmental Destiny” The event will be held Thursday, April 20th inPage Auditorium at 7:00 PM.
12 alumni are coming to campus to advise PhD candidates and postdocs on industry research, careers outside the research laboratory and the faculty
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Career You Love."
Register for Lunch: http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/ graduate/registration/index.html
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Top picks for grad-weekend meals by
Bryan Zupon
recess As many Duke seniors say goodbye to the Durham for the last time, and relatives fly in from around the country, the rush to secure reservations for that table of 12 is on. For some, Graduation Weekend is the perfect opportunity to indulge in a truly special meal surrounded by the friends and family. For others, it’s a mad mission to show your grandmother that college life is about more than ramen. With graduation less than a month away, however, those who have neglected to plan ahead may be faced with more limited dining options. To make matters even worse, Mother’s Day falls on Graduation Sunday, so restaurants are guaranteed to be swamped. While one last hurrah at Bojangles’ or CookOut may be in order for your closest group of friends, the out-of-town relatives might not take so kindly to North Carolina’s spe-
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The Fearrington House offers gourmet cuisine at prices to match.
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CHOI, Mike, Queens, NY The once valiant game of Mike Choi died this past weekend at a charming pub well known to locals as a killer pick-up scene. The evening had begun auspiciously when Choi was asked by a beautiful lass what he did for a living. To which, Choi replied convincingly, "Philanthropy." On any other night such a cavalier lie might be rewarded with an equally generous tongue-to-tongue reciprocation, but on this night, Choi was unaware that within earshot of his gross misrepresentation was the Emirate for which the UAE was named after, the financier who prefers currency with his own likeness on it, The Gamekiller Switzerland calls on for financial planning,' Kash Munni. And what a shame it was, to watch something as genuinely humanitarian as Choi's definition of philanthropy die a quick death at the 24-Carat gold watch laden
of Kash Munni who needed only over once and say simply, "The limo, my lady, awaits." Leaving Choi feeling philanthropic only to Glen, the genial bartender. wrist
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Otero succeeds as Dock pushes for pro career Blue Devils’ ace by
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In the aftermath of a relatively quiet senior season, Sean Dockery is doing all of the right things to get himself noticed before NBA Draft day June 28. After averaging a modest 8.5 points and 2.4 assists per game in the final of year of an up-anddown career at Duke, few would have thought Dockery would be in position to hear his name called in Madison Square Garden on draft day. But an impressive performance at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, in which Dockery averaged 13.7 points and 8.3 assists per game, has opened the eyes of NBA scouts and officials. “He really helped himself at Portsmouth,” a high-ranking Eastern Conference official said. “It happens a lot, when a guy gets in a different situation and a different system.” The in tournament Portsmouth, Va., which featured 64 college seniors hoping to make an NBA roster, is the only major postseason event before the Chicago Draft Camp in early June, according to its website. Dockery was a standout—he finished 13th in points per game and 2nd in assists. Dockery said some scouts have
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gives us a good opportunity to get game one or to be in game Danny Otero doesn’t have to one of every ACC series,” head worry about making social plans coach Sean McNally said. “That’s Friday nights—he has a standing an important thing to be able to date with the pitcher’s mound. say and that’s a tough thing to At the same time most weeks, say in this league because it’s the junior right-handed hurler is such a good league.” This season, Otero (5-3) has focusing on his next pitch from the mound and trying to start the evolved into the staff ace, responBlue Devils’ weekend series off sible for almost half of the team’s with a bang. 12 total wins. And he has been “Danny’s our Friday night rewarded with the coveted spot starter and we feel good that he as Friday night starter. Since there is no point in changing something that is not broken, Otero said he starts preparing Thursday night with his ritual dinner of steak and lobster —the Surf ‘n’ Turf—from Red Lobster. “I try to eat the same meal Thursday night,” the right-hander said. “For Friday I come out [to the park] at the same time, 5:15, and get stretched at 6:25 and just go through the same sort of deal every time out so I try by
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Fellow Duke pitcher Jonathan Anderson, who grew up with Otero in the Miami area and played with him since they were both nine, said he is excited about his friend’s phenomenal season and has enjoyed playing
Junior Danny Otero starts most Friday night gamesfor the 12-29 Blue Devils.
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Sean Dockery was not Duke's first offensive option, but recently he has wowed scouts.
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Duke grad Capel set to take over Sooners by
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Just a few games into his collegiate caJeff Capel, a promising point guard
reer,
for a national-tide-contending team, was taught a lesson he still has not forgotten more than 12 years later. Like any freshman excited about his first start, Capel was anxious to garner the attention of the national media. And after a strong performance, Capel talked about his own play in a postgame interview. It wasn’t long, however, before head coach Mike Krzyzewski reminded Capel he hadn’t won the game on his own. “The next day, we came back in for film session and the only film we watched was my interview,” Capel recounted at his introduction as Oklahoma’s new head coach April 12. “Coach K kept pausing it. I learned very quickly the importance of never using the word ‘L’ We were always taught to talk about ‘we,’ to talk about ‘us,’
because you don’t do anything by yourself in a team sport.” It was one of the many lessons Capel learned during his time at Duke, and he will bring this team-first mentality to Oklahoma as he takes over the Sooner program. There may have been some shock around the nation when Oklahoma hired a coach just eight years older than most seniors, but the former Blue Devil guard is used to filling roles earlier than expected. As a freshman, the Fayetteville, N.C., native started 28 games at point guard—the position from which Krzyzewski has historically demanded the most—for a team that eventually lost in the National Championship game in 1994. “I had to grow up very quick there because a lot was expected of me as a freshman,” Capel told the Associated Press. “I had to learn how not to defer. I had to SEE CAPEL ON PAGE 14
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Former Duke point guard Jeff Capel was hired as Oklahoma's new head coach, replacing Kelvin Sampson.
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SPOKANE, Wash. Gonzaga All-American forward Adam Morrison declared for the NBA Draft Wednesday, passing up his senior season for a chance to be a lottery
pick.
The 6-foot-8 floppy-haired, mustachioed forward, who led Division I in scoring last season at 28.1 points per game, is a diabetic and said uncertainty over his future health prospects was a factor in his decision. “It’s been a great process so far,” Morrison said at a campus news conference. “It’s been fun, but I’ve decided to try to take my game to the next level and further my career as a basketball player.” Morrison said he had a verbal agreement “etched in stone” with Chicago-based agent Mark Bartelstein, who also represents former Gonzaga stars Dan Dickau and Blake Stepp, as well as Bulls guard Jannero Fargo, brother of Gonzaga’s Jeremy Fargo. That agreement means Morrison will not be able to change his mind and return for his senior year. The West Coast Conference player of the year edged Duke’s JJ. Redick for this year’s national scoring title. He finished second to Redick for the Naismith and John R. Wooden Awards for college basketball’s player of the year. Gonzaga coach Mark Few said his staff and team were “ecstatic” for Morrison. “This truly is a great day. A great day for Adam, a great day for our basketball program and me personally,” Few said. “It’s the right decision because he and his family went about it the right way.... It’s what he wants to do and he is ready for it. He’s going to be a great player at the next level.” Morrison surpassed the college accomplishments of Gonzaga great John Stockton. But it remains to be seen if he can have the same impact on the NBA, as critics have
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Adam Morrison, the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, announced he will forego his senior season.
complained about his defense and downplayed his passing and rebounding abilities. There is no doubt Morrison can shoot, making nearly 50 percent of his shots, including 43 percent of three-pointers, even with defenders hanging all over him. Morrison drew comparisons to Larry Bird for a similar high release on his jump shot. The 21-year-old Morrison scored at least 30 points 14 times this season and five times scored at least 40 points as he became the second Bulldogs player to win the national scoring tide. In three seasons at Gonzaga, Morrison
scored 1,867 points to rank third on the Bulldogs’ scoring list. Gonzagafinished 294 this season, and in Morrison’s three seasons went 83-12. This season, Morrison garnered national attention by scoring 43 points against Michigan State at the Maui Invitational. His emotional play and on-court swagger made him a TV favorite and a lightning rod for opposing fans. Morrison also became a role model for diabetics. Cameras showed him constantly monitoring his blood sugar during games, and giving himself insulin injections while on the bench.
OAKLAND, Calif. Leon Powe received positive news about his surgically repaired left knee, and that was exacdy what California’s star forward needed to finally make a decision about his future. Powe declared for the NBA Draft Wednesday but does not plan to sign with an agent immediately, giving him the option to return to the Golden Bears for his junior season. “My family and I thought this was the best decision right now, to make myself eligible for the draft without hiring an agent,” Powe said in a statement released by the school. “I want to leave all of my options open.” Powe—a standout from Oakland Tech High School—announced the decision a day after he was examined in Colorado by the orthopedist who performed operations on Powe’s knee two years ago. He is projected as a late first-round pick or early second-round selection. Powe had hinted he would turn pro if he were expected to be a first-round choice. Declaring for the NBA gives Powe the chance to work out for teams to get a better idea of where he would go in the June 28 draft. He can maintain his college eligibility by not hiring an agent and has until June 18 to withdraw and go back to school for his third year. Powe was in the gym working out Wednesday afternoon, only hours after announcing his decision. Scouts like his strength and length. And hearing that his left knee is now as strong or stronger than the right one may only boost his draft position. The 6-foot-8, 240-pound Powe led Cal to its first NCAA tournament bid in three years this season, but the Bears lost in the first round to North Carolina State.
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commented his play in the tournament has positioned him to be drafted in the early second round. “A lot of people were impressed with some things I did down there, and I feel like I played great,” Dockery said. “I feel after I go to camps, some more guys will be able to see what I can do.” In addition, the same Eastern Conference official said the performance of former Blue Devils Daniel Ewing and Chris Duhon in the NBA will help Dockery’s draft stock. Like Dockery, Duhon and Ewing were strong defenders and solid point guards in college, and their style of play has translated well to the NBA. Duhon has averaged 8.7 points and 5.1 assists per game in his second year with the Chicago Bulls, while Ewing averages 14.5 minutes per game in his first season with the Los Angeles Clippers. “The success of Ewing and Duhon will help him,” the official said. “Duhon went in the second round, and if you TIAN, QINZHENG/THE CHRONICLE could do it all over he’d go higher.” As he continues to prepare for other pre-draft activities, Scouts have said Sean Dockery will be helped in his bid to make the NBA by the success offormer Blue Devils Chris Duhon and Daniel Ewing. Dockery has worked to maintain his conditioning. He added assistant coach Johnny Dawkins has been especially instrumental in helping him stay focused. “Every time we talk about [the NBA] he tells me to go after it,” Dockery said ofDawkins. “He says go hard and that you got to be in top-notch shape and that’s what I’m doing.” Dockery said despite all of the rumors surrounding his draft status, he has tried not to speculate too much about his NBA prospects. Instead, the senior has approached his workouts and play with the mindset that basketball is now something more than just a game—it’s a possible profession. “I’m going out there and it’s a job now,” Dockery said. ‘You got to go out there, and you have to work. That’s what I’ve been doing, just having a chip on my shoulder and just going out there and playing.” The senior is also mindful of the fact that when it comes to the NBA Draft, there are no guarantees. He also said he is weighing other options if things fall through on draft day. “I talked to some guys overseas and they’re willing to have me over there—you always have to have a backup plan,” Dockery said. “My agent and the people I’m working with, we’re trying to make my dream come true right now.”
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CAPEL from page 11 learn how to not be afraid to say things and to set a standard, to be an example for the rest of my team.” Capel had to do even more maturing the next year, as Krzyzewski missed most of the season with health issues. The Blue Devils struggled to a 13-18 record under interim coach Pete Gaudet and missed the postseason. After leading the team in scoring his junior season, Capel started just 18 games and saw reduced playing time on a deeper team his senior year. “My experience at Duke was different,” Capel said. “It was different from a lot of people that have played at Duke, especially more recendy, because ofall the things that I went through during my four years there.” But despite enjoying less team success than the legendary classes of the early 1990s—he never reached the Sweet 16 after his freshman season—Capel attributes a large influence on his life and his
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Following graduation, Capel spent the next three years playing in the CBA and France, struggling through injuries that eventually ended his playing career. Then, after just one season as an assistant coach under his father at Old Dominion and another as an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth, Capel caused a few shock waves in the college basketball world. The then-27-year old was hired as the head coach at VCU, making him the youngest head coach in Division I at the time. Capel said he heard the doubters, but the youngster amassed a 79-41 record in his four years, guiding the Rams to the NCAA Tournament in 2004. There, 13thseeded Virginia Commonwealth nearly knocked off No. 4 seed Wake Forest before
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“Obviously when you get an opportunity to be a head coach at 27, you have to grow up pretty quick,” Capel said. “I’ve always felt I was a little bit older than I was, and it’s because I’ve always kind of felt like I’ve been a leader.” Capel’s plans at Oklahoma, however, may be hindered by the previous regime. Kelvin Sampson —who left to take the head coaching job at Indiana March 29 —and his assistant coaches made more than 550 impermissible phone calls to recruits from 2000 to 2004. Oklahoma has self-imposed recruiting penalties and will eliminate one scholarship from next year’s squad. The school will also meet with NCAA officials Friday to learn if the governing body will enact any additional sanctions. Despite the challenges he faces at Oklahoma, Krzyzewski believes Capel will succeed in charge of the Sooners. “Jeff is one of the best communicators I’ve known, and he will continue the quality tradition of basketball there by building a program suited for long-term success,” Krzyzewski said.
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with and against the quirky pitcher for many years. “He’s a baseball player in every sense of the word and he does have his superstitions,” Anderson said. “He’s been one of my best friends and we’ve gotten here and we’ve gotten even closer. He’s a great guy. “He’s the guy that I would want on the mound when the situation is tough. I know he’s going to throw strikes, he’s going to battle and he’s going to get hitters out.” From the rubber, Otero leads the Blue Devils with a 1.99 ERA —good for fourth best in the ACC among starters—and has struck out a team-high 45 batters. In his team-leading 68 innings pitched, Otero has allowed only two home runs while holding hitters to a .245 batting average. The junior’s success at the collegiate level is likely to draw the attention of professional scouts. He does not possess an overpowering arm, but his ability to succeed in the ACC has impressed many. Otero’s teammates think he has a chance of one day joining past Duke pitchers Scott Schoeneweis and Chris Capuano in the Major Leagues. “I think he has a very good shot of getting drafted,” Anderson said. “He’s on top of his game every single dme he goes out there.... I’m sure he’s going to have a great shot in the draft and whoever picks him is
going to have one heck of a pitcher.” Otero has downplayed his draft status, however, and said he wants to focus on things he can control, such as getting the Blue Devils wins and refining his favorite pitch—the fastball. “I’m just trying to get out there and help the team win,” Otero said. “I just have to worry about when they tell me to pitch and whatever happens after that happens.... [The draft] is not for another couple of months, so I’ll just have to see when that comes about.” Otero’s breakout season, which was highlighted by a complete-game, 4-2 win at Maryland March 3, would not have been possible had he not recovered from off-season surgery. The right-hander had an operation on his right hip Dec. 20 to repair a nagging injury that was hindering his delivery from the mound. Otero missed just under a month before battling back during the winter to be ready to pitch again this season. McNally said his pitcher's hard work overcoming the injury and his competitive, aggressive nature on the mound speak for themselves. “We’re pleased with the progress that he’s made,” McNally said. “A lot of credit to the hard work he’s put in. We have a positive feeling when he gets on the mound. I think he’s a guy that provides a good example in the way he pitches.”
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place in the country where a fair trial could take place. The lacrosse rape case has oversensationalized, been with coverage extending all the way up to the national news networks and cable channels—even making it a cross the ocean to other countries. This media hype ensures that anyone outside of the Triangle area will have a skewed perception of the case, given their lack offamiliarity with Duke and Durham. Nevertheless, although no place in the United States may be a good location for a trial, having it outside the Triangle region at least ensures that the accused will get a fairer trial
than they would if it were to take place here. It also means that all parties involved will be given the respect, as participants in the legal system, that they deserve. Given the nature of the case, the trial would probably have to remain in North Carolina. If so, then the trial at least has to be outside the Triangle, outside this community so touched by the case. It is unusual to change venues for a trial, but the fact is that this is a very unusual case —one that has'~grabbed the attentions, emotions and opinions of many. The only way for the accused to get the fair trial to which they are entitled is to change venues and get a trial outside the Triangle.
if the alleged rape proves false, this is a ture exists—and that begins in the classroom. If Duke wants to control the most egregious acgood opportunity for Duke to improve its tions of its undergraduates, then it must realize culture. campus Many have already started to do this, blaming that bad behavior is merely symptomatic of the specific groups known for substance abuse and University’s failure to provide a rigorous academic environment. rowdy behavior. Some professors The Trinity College curriculum and students lament Duke’s desire does an excellent job of giving stuto exist as both an athletic powerf dents a solid, liberal arts backhouse and a top academic instituground. But it is marred by grade intion, while others lash out at the flation and courses that do not greek system and legacy students. demand quality work from students. of which groups they Regardless Many earn grades they do not desingle out, these critics realize the serve because professors have fallen negative consequences of destrucinto the habit of pleasing everyone. tive elements within the campus jamie deal Not all Dukies are created equal culture. While underage drinking strategery when it comes to motivation or and wild partying in no way mean a even This presents intelligence. 13, occurred March cerrape they tainly create the right environment for accusations Trinity professors with what one has called a “oneroom schoolhouse” dilemma in which students of sexual abuse. Certain athletic teams and fraternities, as well as range from those who write high school-quality wealthier students and legacies, surpass others work to others who may someday pen a Pulitzer when it comes to building negative perceptions. Prize-winning novel. As a result, students are often graded based upon how well they perform Combine that with instances oflower academic credentials and performance by some in these groups, within their ability level rather than upon the and those who come here looking for academic exquality of their work. B+ seems to be a safe grade for professors; that cellence and scholarship are bound to be upset. Some feel that eliminating these groups would might explain why the average GPA in Trinity Colimprove the quality of Duke’s education, because lege is around a 3.4—just a hair above a B+. Worse than grade inflation, however, are the undergraduates who care more about having a safety nets the Trinity curriculum provides for good time than acquiring knowledge are often obthose who want to avoid tough classes. Instead of noxious and distracting. students to learn actual mathematics or and are fed forcing science majors especially Engineers Duke gives weaker (or opportunistic) sciences, with the trouble caused those who feel that as by up long as they receive a Duke diploma, they have students the option of taking classes that are in no way demanding or fulfilling. In addition, there are done well. Ridding ourselves of greeks, athletes and lega- some professors at Duke notorious for being less difficult than others. cies, however, would be foolhardy. A good GPA, then, sometimes reflects neither talentOur athletes in particular are extremely ed, as they have managed both to succeed in their the intelligence nor the effort of the student, but rather his or her acumen when it comes to selectrespective sports and to perform well enough acato ing courses each semester. demically to gain admission the University. PeoIf administrators and professors truly care about the students behave not like some outway ple may side the classroom, but it is important to realize improving campus culture, then they must first athletes’ contributions to this University and sociechange the University’s academic environment. Duke from what may seem to be a Transforming ty in general Gothic country club for some into a truly prestiConsequently, an outright denouncement offraternities and rowdy athletic teams in no way solves gious institution for all means demanding only the best from its students. our problems. How some athletes conduct themselves should be scrutinized, and bad behavior should receive harsh punishment. But an easier JamieDeal is a Trinity sophomore. This is his final column. efficient of culway and more addressing campus
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Next generation of Duke
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has undergone some pretty spectacular changes over the last four years, and I have been fortunate enough to witness and even participate in a few. We now have a legitimate art museum, an aesthetically pleasing library worth studying in, an impressive expansion of Pratt and numerous other mindboggling structural projects Duke’s administration has also proven itself to be—at times—responsive to student lobbying efforts calling for greater social responsibility. Duke Stores must sell apparel jared fish not manufactured under sweatpro progress shop conditions, new buildings be certified and must Green-e most importandy, President Brodhead has committed the University to making Duke a possibility for all qualified students, regardless of socioeconomic status. Yet if we are serious about surpassing our rivals as a progressive institution where innovative ideas, motivated students, cutting edge facilities and next generation research merge, there is plenty more that must be done. Here are a few priorities: 1) Make Central Campus a Model for Duke Social life and Duke-Durham Relations. Duke’s increasingly monotonous social scene has pushed activities off campus and bred intense local hostility. The new Central Campus should serve as a center for social life. An on-campus sports bar would mark a long overdue replacement for The Hideaway, foster a more cohesive community atmosphere at Duke and reduce incidents of drunk driving. Duke’s social scene would also benefit from new construction that facilitates diversity in the arts. A new theater to replace the quaint Page Auditorium would make Duke more attractive for touring musical groups and theater companies, while also elevating opportunities and exposure for our oftentimes underappreciated dance, musical and theater organizations. Finally, the Central Campus renovation is an ideal opportunity to bring Durham to Duke, while improving the local economy. I envision a Main Street (or perhaps Duke Street—though we already have plenty of those around) lined with local merchants who have proven themselves worthy entrepreneurs. If Duke is striving to create a college-town atmosphere on Central—which it should be—then plopping down a big box Bames & Noble would be a disastrous expression of corporate largesse and insouciance about the local economy. The Regulator is a family-owned bookstore on 9th Street with a college-feel, and could expand its operation in a new facility on Central. Pursuing other 9th Street vendors, such as Francesca’s, would also fill a market demand. 2) Make Duke Carbon Neutral. New campus construction has spurred ever-greater energy demands, while internationally, global warming has reached the “Fear Factor” level. At a time of unprecedented on-campus changes comes an enormous opportunity to take the lead in environmental sustainability. Student groups such as Environmental Alliance and the Duke University Greening Initiative must begin working with President Brodhead in the fall to develop a comprehensive energy policy for Duke, with the goal being carbon neutrality by some prescribed date. There is no doubt the Central Campus renovations will push Duke beyond the energy capacity of our current on-campus coal plant. A new one will have to be built, and it should be as green as possible. A cogeneration plant that uses steam not just to heat our dorms, but also to turn turbines that produce electricity would be an excellent innovation, particularly if it runs on renewable wind or solar power. 3) Learn from mistakes made with ARAMARK The most obvious change when students return next fall will be at least one new food service provider. Whoever replaces ARAMARK must be held to certain contractual terms from the start. A package of carrots and sticks must accompany any agreement to ensure consistent and always improving quality of food, service and environmental sustainability. The PACE program is a great vehicle for incentivizing great overall service, but financial penalties for flagging quality are clearly needed, as well. Working with a new vendor also marks an ideal opportunity to set a standard for purchasing local produce whenever possible and making campus Styrofoam-free. Another innovative and feasible initiative would use food waste from Duke’s vendors for compost that our landscaping crew could use for various beautification projects. As Duke enters the 21st century at warp speed, it must think big while also retaining its core values—including providing an excellent and rigorous education for all students regardless of their financial backgrounds. I leave Duke a cautious optimist, with the hope that the future is a positive one for the University and its continued drive to achieve excellence.
Jared Fish is a
Trinity senior. This is his final column
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lettertotheeditor The elite ’OB On our first full day of college, President Brodhead delivered his first ever convocation speech. He challenged us to build character, pursue intellectual curiosity, and author our own community. Most of all, he challenged us to challenge ourselves. Let’s be honest: Convocation was early in the morning after our first night of college, so you probably couldn’t recite most of what was said in his speech. We know we couldn’t. In fact, it wasn’t until we were forced to re-read it for a class that we could begin to even recall President Brodhead’s main message. While everything in his speech sounded fine and dandy on that sunny August morning, it quickly got lost amidst the hubbub of everyday life. Justifiably so. Contemporary society places many pressures on college students; from GPA to resume building, we’re essentially forced to become professional students. Balancing those things and trying to maintain some semblance of happiness leaves little time to “author their own community.” In case reality hasn’t hit yet, we’re almost halfway through our time at Duke. It is our responsibility to accept the fact that we must challenge ourselves to create the community we want. Is our community the byproduct of a mere exercise in compliance, or is it truly the result of curiosity and exploration? Our generation has more choices than ever, but amidst all those choices we act like we’re pow-
erless to shape our very own campus culture. Are we trapped in a “choose your own adventure” story, not wanting to make a decision one way or the other because we’re afraid we’ll miss out on something else? Thus far, we’ve instrumentalized something that should never be instrumentalized—our education. Too many of us (including yours truly) have become ACES masters and walking resumes. But that’s not enough. We believe that our class is in a unique position to do more. We’ve been here for long enough to know the ropes but have enough time left to leave a mark. So, where do we go from here? While we don’t have all the answers and will not assume the authority to tell you what to do, we would like you to reflect on your first two years here and decide if you’re satisfied. Take advantage of the opportunities Duke offers you. Invest yourself in something. Become passionate and engaged, even if it may seem hard at first. Be inspired. Most of all, remember why you came to Duke in the first place, not what you’ve become accustomed to since arriving here. And now, to end just as Brodhead did nearly two years ago, “Men and women of the Class of 2008, my first four-year class at Duke, you will love this place—but you’ll love it more if you help make it the place that you believe it should be.” —Caitlyn Toombs and Kelly Teagarden The authors are Trinity sophomores.
Destination Durham
As
proud residents of Durham who care
deeply about the perception folks carry about our community, we felt compelled to respond to an April 5 column poking fun at
Durham. The column was provocative and made some otherwise good points had it not been for the inaccuracies and condescension. At this time especially, we need to be looking for questcommentary ways that we can come together. When some students put down Durham in an effort to explain their intense emotion and passion, things are only made worse. Neither of us are sure why calling Duke the “gown” of town-gown relations is an issue, but in a spirit of cooperation, “town” works for us. We’d like to address the second question—on the importance of “town-school” relations. The University is an important part of Durham—just as Durham is an important part of Duke. They are symbiotic, and one would not be the same without the other. It is safe to say that most Durham residents feel very fortunate to be in the home of Duke University. In fact, Durham residents brought Duke to this community and nurtured it, many as Duke officials, to be what it is today. The importance of good townschool relations has many short and long-term effects. For example, the economic power of students is important to many small businesses’ livelihoods. The diverse mix of shops, restaurants, historic sites, museums, festivals, nightlife and other features that make Durham unique are largely supported by students and employees of the University. Durham would be a very different place without Duke. People like James B. Duke and his peers chose Durham as the location for this school so that young students could come and receive one of the best educations in the country. The facts show that many of the more extreme characterizations of Durham and Duke are just not true. It maybe helpful to point out some clarifications Durham hosts more than 5 million visitors annually, the majority for leisure purposes. While Duke is a draw, and Durham promotes its many features of visitor interest, the vast majority of visitors
to Durham come for other purposes
Durham exceeds national fair market share for travelers coming here for cultural-heritage reasons. Fortunately, Duke provides a good share of Durham’s cultural landscape and contributes significandy to the community’s overall unique sense of place. But it represents only a portion of why visitors are drawn here Far more than communities of similar size, Durham has 26 local unique restaurants and 13 festivals that have earned national or regional acclaim. Overall, Durham has 18 performing arts theaters, 20 historic sites, 10 golf courses, six major nature areas, two art museums and a thriving arts community. Durham is also fortunate to be home to NCCU, Research Triangle Park, half of the State’s biotech firms and much more, all of which make it one of the leading business climates anywhere and ranked it as one of the top places to live. The neighborhoods Duke students frequent are not remotely the most violent in the state. Overall, Durham ranks as average in crime for its 10 city and 29 city cohorts in the southeast and nation Durham ranks No. 1 in the Creative Class scorecard (developed by Camegie-Mellon professor Dr. Richard Florida), which includes a very positive score for brain gain (number of college graduates staying or moving here versus those who leave after graduation). Durham has one of the largest concentrations of Duke graduates. One of the most important things to remember about Duke and Durham is that each is really just a collection of people. We are fortunate that we have an atmosphere that attracts talented students like Miller to a rich and diverse city that we call home. It’s also great that we can disagree about characterizations of Duke and Durham—and that we don’t have to use a broad-brush either because of a few events or ex•
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periences. In that spirit, Durham has reached out to Duke for better relations, as has the University throughout its history. Both need to continue to do so. Duke and Durham are fortunate to have each other.
Reyn Bowman and Josh Parker are residents of Durham. Bowman is president ofthe Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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