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Class of ’lO Nickerson Field, Boston University MuS sets admit Friday, 6 p.m. CSTV With win, Duke heads to Final 4 rate record DUKE vs. NORTHWESTERN •

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Duke’s women’s lacrosse team is making headlines—both for earning a trip to the national semifinalsand for a quiet show of solidarity that it is reportedly planning for this weekend’s Final Four in Boston. The top-seeded Blue Devils advanced to their second consecutive Final Four to face fourth-seeded Northwestern Friday at 6 p.m., after a 16-6 victory over James Madison last Saturday in the quarterfinals. During the season’s second matchup between the Blue Devils and Wildcats, members of the women’s team will sport sweatbands with the word “innocent” on their arms or legs during the game, in reference to the three indicted members of the men’s lacrosse team, the Durham Herald-Sun reported Wednesday. Head coach Kerstin Kimel and members of the team were unavailable for comment Wednesday. John Bumess, senior vice president for government and public relations, SEE W. LAX ON PAGE 12

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Duke prof helps map Chromosome 1

After undergoing the most selective admissions process in University history, the Class of 2010 will top previous classes in diversity and overall strength, officials announced Wednesday. The University admitted 21 percent of nearly 19,400 applicants and anticipates an entering class of 1,665students. Though the largest component of the admissions process has been completed, enrollment numbers will not be finalized until all decisions are in from students admitted from the waiting list. The percentage of admitted students set a record low—down from last year’s 22 percent —due to an increase in the number of applications, itself a record high. “We have more applicants for two reasons,” Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. “One is the increasing visibility and reputation of the institution worldwide... and [another] part ofit is the admissions office keeps on recruiting.” The recent lacrosse controversy and its national media coverage had “some effect” on students’ decisions to accept admissions offers, with the admissions yield expected to drop from 43 percent to between 40 and 41 percent, Guttentag said. SEE ADMISSIONS ON PAGE 6

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A number of researchers, including a Duke professor, mapped the final chromosome in the Human Genome Project last week, bringing scientists a giant step closer to curing thousands of diseases. Members of the United Kingdom’s Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, including Dr. Simon Gregory, assistant profes■ of physics at Duke, onstructed a detailed map of Chromosome 1. The largest chromosome the in human DNA, Chromosome 1 contains more than 3000 genes d is the site of more than 350 diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer’s. The research will allow scientists to fine-tune a diag-

nostic that can identify illnesses before symptoms appear and even detect potential diseases in a person—allowing, for example, individuals susceptible to heart disease to eliminate fatty foods from their diet before they even know they have a problem. Such exacting technology, however, will come at a price. Gregory estimated that the procedure will cost more than $l,OOO per gene. The indeterminate nature of the costly technology could lead to several ethical dilemmas, Gregory observed. For example, insurance companies could hike up rates or refuse to cover an individual at all if that person is likely to develop a certain disease. “There’s no normal human,” Gregory said, noting that a person’s DNA tests may not exacdy match a lab example of a cancer mutation on a chromosome. “The environment has a great deal to do with it—it may be someone who has the mutation doesn’t develop the disease while someone else gets the chicken pox or a

cold and does develop the disease.” In addition, the research is being used to study the genetic differences between racial populations and the concept of “genetic recombination”—the genetic equivalent of the shuffling of a deck ofcards and the reason why a person does not look exactly like their parents —Gregory said. Dr. Mark Walport, director of the Institute, called the project “a vital resource” in the study of health and disease. “The completion of the project, with the publication of the Chromosome 1 sequence, is a monumental achievement that will benefit the research community for years to come,” he said. The Human Genome Project has been in the news for several years now, most notably in 2003 when the members of the Project announced that they had completed mapping the human genome, Gregory said. He added that the 2003 project mapped about 90 percent of the genome and, unSEE CHROMOSOME ON PAGE

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Prime Minister BAGHDAD, Iraq Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday he believed Iraqi forces were capable of taking over security around the country within 18 months, but he did not mention a timetable for U.S.-led coalition forces to leave. In Washington, the White House said before a meeting between President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair that it was premature to talk about troop withdrawals. The killing of at least 18 people around Iraq was a reminder of the lack of security in a country where drive-by shootings and

roadside bombings are so commonplace they fail to elicit any official reaction. The U.S. military announced that a soldier was killed in action, and Iraqi police said they found the bodies of nine people who had been tortured. The slayings pointed to the sectarian death squads in Baghdad and Iraq’s major cities. “Our forces are capable of taking over the security in all Iraqi provinces within a year-and-a-half,” al-Maliki said in a written statement, in which he acknowledged that security forces needed more recruits, training and equipment. His comments came as Sunni Arab and

Shiite political leaders expressed hope that compromise candidates would be found to head the defense and interior ministries by

Saturday. A firm hand guiding the two ministries could lay the groundwork for shifting security responsibilities from U.S.-led forces to the Iraqi army and police. U.S. officials have conceded that could take longer than Iraqi officials wish. The violence in Iraq and the need for coalition forces will be a primary topic when Bush and Blair meet Thursday. Both leaders have dropped sharply in the polls and are under pressure to make troop cutbacks.

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WASHINGTON In rare, electionyear harmony, House Republican and Democratic leaders jointly demanded on Wednesday that the FBI return documents taken in a Capitol Hill raid that has quickly grown into a constitutional turf fight be-

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ately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized,” House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-111., and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement. After that, they said, Democratic Rep

William Jefferson of Louisiana must cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery investigation against him. The leaders also said the Justice Department should not look at the documents or give them to investigators in the Jefferson case. The developments capped a day of escalating charges, demands and behind-thescene talks between House leaders and the Justice Department that endedwith no resolution, according to officials ofboth parties. House officials were drafting a joint resolution frowning on the raid, and Judiciary Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner, R-

Wis., announced a hearing next week questioning “reckless justice.”

Hastert’s name has come up in a wideranging investigation into whether convicted lobbyist Jack AbramofFs fundraising influenced several members of Congress, but the Justice Department said Wednesday the speaker wasn’t being investigated. The Associated Press reported last November that Hasten for two years didn’t disclose his use of AbramofFs restaurant for a fundraiser just two weeks before he asked the Interior Department in a letter to reject a Louisiana Indian tribe’s application for a casino license.

The Senate voted 73-25 Wednesday to limit debate on election-year immigration legislation, clearing the way for final passage later this week of a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of people in the country illegally.

Fire damages Turkey airport A quick-spreading fire burned down most of the cargo section of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Wednesday, forcing 2,000 workers to flee the thick black smoke that closed one runway to traffic and disrupted flights.

Cheney may testify in case Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said Wednesday. Cheney could authenticate notes he jotted on a July 6,2003 New York Times opinion piece by a former U.S. ambassador critical of the Iraq war, he said.

U.S: Taliban is strengthening Fighting in southern Afghanistan killed at least 24 militants and five Afghan forces. The U.S. military said Wednesday that the Taliban have grown in "strength and influence" in recent weeks. News briefs compiled from wire reports "It is impossible to look young unless one is young," Brigitte Bardot

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Durham city government has been drawn into the controversy surrounding the rape investigation involving three indicted men’s lacrosse players as Durham City Manager Patrick Baker has come under fire for his actions. Last week, Kirk Osbom, defense attorney for junior lacrosse player Reade Seligmann, expressed concern over a series of interviews Baker conducted with Durham Police Department officers involved with the case. In a motion before the court, Osborn suggested the city manager may have pressured officers to “get their Durham City Manager stories

straight.” Osbom told WRAL that Baker’s actions were very unusual and warranted criticism in a May 15 interview. In response to conflicting reports surrounding communication between DPD and the Duke University Police Department on the night of the alleged rape, Baker—who hires and fires the city police chief—chose to interview DPD officers himself in order to ascertain what information was passed between the two departments. Recently, Baker also expressed his opinion in another case related to the lacrosse situation. In a May 17 e-mail sent to a town-gown listserv signed simply as “Patrick,” the city manager criticized a district judge for dismissing a noise complaint violation against lacrosse players. “Citizens need to make their voices

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Physics researchers discussed a technologically advanced particle accelerator at this week's symposium.

Symposium abuzz with talk of particle accelerator by

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Researchers from all over the world

gathered at Duke this week to share research and celebrate final developments on a state-of-the-art particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland. During the 2006 Hadron Collider Physics Symposium, scientists have been buzzing about the machine that will be seven times more powerful than any contemporary accelerator and will be instrumental in aiding scientists’ understanding of particles and the beginnings of the universe. The accelerator is slated for completion in 2007. Ashutosh Kotwal, associate professor of physics and organizer of the symposium, said current research has raised questions such as what role gravity plays

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in quantum mechanics and why particles have mass in the first place. “Maybe the answer to this lies in that there are additional dimensions to nature... many great scientists like Einstein thought about it but now it may be possible to know the answer,” Kotwal said. Kotwal teaches at Duke twice a week and spends five days a week in Chicago in order to head an experiment team of 700 individuals who work on the world’s current largest particle accelerator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Even with such a large staff, it often takes three to four months to interpret the results of an experiment, he said. Scientists expect that the new Swiss accelerator, by increasing the rate at which particles collide, will be able to

The district attorney’s office released nearly 1,300 pages of evidence to defense lawyers last week in the men’s lacrosse team rape investigation. The documents have brought additional information to light—including some the defense says contradicts previous statements. Three defense sources told The Durham Herald-Sun that a forensics examination of the alleged victim, an exotic dancer, found only swelling in her vagina and tenderness in her breasts and lower body. The exam found no tearing, bleeding or other injury associated with a sexual assault, the sources added. The evidence is at odds with a police search warrant released in March, which stated that an examination of the woman the night of the alleged incident had uncovered “injuries consistent with being raped and sexually assaulted vaginally and anally.” The examination was performed at Duke Hospital by a nurse trained in handling sexual assault victims. Three members of the men’s lacrosse team have been charged with first degree forcible rape, first degree sexual offense and first degree kidnapping. Juniors Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann were arrested April 19 and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, was indicted May 15. In other new developments, defense attorneys filed motions that suggest the dancer may not have been tested for drugs or alcohol. A report filled out by the Duke Hospital nurse indicated that no toxicology tests were performed on the woman, a motion submitted Monday stated.

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Riding for a Cure Duke alum unicycles from coast to coast to raise money for cancer Ashley Dean THE CHRONICLE

When Gracie Sorbello, Trinity ’O6, received her first unicycle in eighth grade, she had no idea the gift would lead to a cross-country trip eight years later. Today, Sorbello is undertaking a coastto-coast trek from Wrightsville Beach, N.C., to Pacific Beach, Wash., to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society—a trip inspired by her uncle, who was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. The recent Duke graduate hopes to raise more than $5,000. “Between changing terrain, the immeasurable amount of hospitality and fatigue, I’ve learned a lot about my surroundings, people and myself,” she wrote in the blog she is keeping throughout the journey. Sorbello has received donations from friends and family and is being sponsored by the Coker Tire Company, which provided her with a new unicycle for the trip.

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Grade Sorbello is attempting to raise money for lymphoma research through her nationwide trek.

Sorbello began her trek after her last final examination May 6, unicycling from Wrightsville Beach to Duke, where she received her diploma May 14. While other graduates flew to office jobs in New York City or Washington, D.C., Sorbello packed her duffel bags and left Durham, heading west for what she estimates to be a three-month trip. Sorbello, who was in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, said she rides at about nine to 10 miles per hour on average, and stops every several miles to rest, as well as to alleviate the discomfort that comes from riding long stretches at a time. “Sometimes I have to stop to get things, or my butt hurts,” Sorbello said. “I can go 10 to 15 miles without stopping, but usually I only go about five to ten.” In addition to sore muscles and the hazards of riding barefoot, one of the main difficulties Sorbello faces is staving off boredom. But the unicycle allows her to ride while keeping her hands free to read or to take pictures with her digital camera. When she is in a populated area with good cellular phone reception, she talks on her solar-powered phone and sends text messages. Sorbello said the trip has already introduced her to new and interesting people along the way. Reactions to her unicycle journey have been varied. “Some people slow down and talk to me while I ride,” she explained. “There have been several that have actually dropped their jaws.” Although Sorbello usually camps and sleeps in motels, several people have offered her a warm bed, meals and a hot shower. She had originally planned to ride her bike coast to coast after graduation, but later decided to travel via unicycle—her preferred form of transportation. Sorbello’s experience with the onewheeler started early on in life. She saw

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Grade Sorbello, Trinity'o6, started her cross-country unicycle journey in Wrightsville Beach, N.C., last week. an ad for a unicycle in a catalogue as an eighth-grader and immediately knew she wanted one. “I thought it looked cool,” she said After practicing for approximately two hours in the course of a week, Sorbello mastered riding it. She quickly became enamored with her new toy. “When I wasn’t biking, I was usu-

ally unicycling,” she said. During her four years at the University, Sorbello relied on her bike and unicycle for transportation. After her epic trip, she said she will be happy to take a break from riding and put her graduation gift—a car—to good use. “I probably won’t want to unicycle for awhile,” she said.

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The Nasher Museum of Art and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences will receive $1.5 million from Michael and Kathleen France to establish the France Family Curator/Professorship. A search for a scholar to hold the Nasher position and to teach ancient American art will begin in the spring. In addition joining the faculty of the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, the professor will also study the Nasher Museum’s ancient American collection. The collection, one of the largest of its kind in the United States, is comprised of more than 3,300 objects, encompassing nearly all cultures of pre-Columbian Latin America. The Frances are the parents of two Duke alumni and established the University’s France Focus Endowment in 2002 with a $250,000 gift.

Fuqua to buy renewable energy certificates The Fuqua School of Business has committed to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset 100 percent of its electricity usage. Purchasing the certificates helps subsidize the cost of a solar or wind farm that will generate an equivalent amount of dean and renewable energy. Although Fuqua itself will not be changing its energy source, the school’s purchase will help support alternate energy sources in areas of the country where they are more available for use. The purchase —which will begin to be made this summer—was proposed by members of the Fuqua Student Govern-

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Kirk Osborn, Reade Seligmann's attorney, said he did not get a toxicology report among 1,278pages ofevidence.

LAX from page 3 “No such toxicology report, if it exists, was provided to the defense,” wrote attorneys Kirk Osborn and Ernest Connor, who represent Seligmann. A second motion, also filed Monday, said despite the 1,278 pages of evidence, two VCR tapes and a CD of photos provided by District Attorney Mike Nifong, information—including a “substantial portion” of the sexual assault exam—was missing. “If there was a toxicology report available, it would’ve been included in the discovery I handed over to the defense,” Nifong told WRAL earlier this week. A number of sources have indicated that the dancer was impaired the night of

the party. These include a 911 tape where the caller describes the alleged victim as being “intoxicated” or “drunk” and a radio traffic recording where a Durham Police Department officer describes the woman as “passed-out drunk.” In addition, a Newsweek magazine story said Nifong had hinted that the woman may have been given a date-rape drug. The Herald-Sun also reported Tuesday that, according to defense sources, the accuser told DPD no condoms were used during her attack. Two rounds of DNA testing have found no conclusive matches between evidence found on the woman and samples taken from lacrosse players. The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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“The students we admitted from the waiting list very much looked like the rest of the student body,” he said. “Those who “The recent controversy unfolded just as end up coming to Duke are as outstanding applicants were deciding where to attend in their overall quality, as measured by test college next year,” he said in a statement. scores and other criteria, as the entering The anticipated enrollment nonetheclass as a whole.” less remains within the normal yield of 40 The Class of 2010 will be the most to 44 percent, a range the University has racially diverse class to ever step foot on maintained for the past 10 years. campus. Forty percent of the class will be “Under the circumstances, it is a confircomprised of students of color, up from mation of Duke’s enduring reputation last year’s record 37 percent. that our yield this year remains within that More than 15 percent of the class will be from North or South Carolina—consisrange,” he said in the statement. tent with last year’s numbers—and the Because of the smaller number, however, more students were admitted off the percentage of international students will waiting list. The University usually expects increase to 7 percent. Differences in yield were fairly evenly to admit 50 applicants from the waiting list, but will admit about 175 this year. distributed among demographic groups. The decrease this year in accepted adGuttentag said though the waiting list is often used as a source for the University to mission offers was equal among males tweak its incoming classes according to its and females. desired characteristics, no specific traits There was a 5-percent decrease in yield among white and African-American were targeted this year.

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known on this matter,” he wrote. “I have no idea about the facts of this case but I am extremely troubled by the dismissive language ofjudge [David] Labarre.” Baker—who could not be reached for comment —has defended his actions. “As the city manager, the buck stops with me regarding my police officers and the quality of their investigation,” he said at a May 15 City Council meeting. “I’m not asking them to get their stories straight at all. But as the chief executive officer of this organization, it’s my duty to know what’s going on, and I am in touch at all times.” Baker said he sought to investigate criticisms of DPD’s handling of the case that arose this month in a report commissioned by President Richard Brodhead that examined the University administration’s response to the incident. The report claimed that Duke officials underestimated the severity of the accusations because Durham police failed to convey the gravity of the situation. In his own inquiry, Baker said Duke police—who provided information for the report —took conversations out of context, and that DPD did take the accuser’s allegations seriously. Supporters of the lacrosse players have contacted Durham officials with their complaints against Baker, but last week, City Council came to the defense of the city manager. “I think it’s time to express our support for the manager that we have full confidence in what he’s doing,” said Council member Howard Clement at a council work session May 18. “I think it’s important to let Patrick know he’s not out there by himself.”

students, but no change among Asian and Latino students. A larger decrease in yield was seen among students admitted to the Pratt School of Engineering than those admitted to Trinity College ofArts and Sciences. Additionally, there was no significant decrease in yield among the University’s top 300 applicants. Admissions officers will be conducting research this summer to determine what applicants and incoming students thought of the lacrosse incident throughout the admissions process, and whether it affected their college choices. About half of the comments the Office of Admissions received from applicants and their families were negative regarding the incident. The other halfof people who commented “understood that this was an aberration,” Guttentag said. “We’re going to try and dig a little more into the reasons why people make their decisions,” he added.

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THE BLUE DEVILS COME BACK IN THE FINAL BOUND OF REEiONALS TO REACH THE NCAA FINALS PAGE 10

WOMEN'S GOLF

MEN'S TENNIS

Blue Devils Duke sits in 2nd through 2 rounds falter in round of 16 by

Patrick Byrnes THE CHRONICLE

Entering the day in a fifth-place tie, the reigning champion Blue Devils had a strong showing Wednesday to move into second place with two days of action remaining at the Scarlet Course at Ohio State University at the NCAA Championships,

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Duke was the higher seed, but buoyed by a rowdy home crowd in Palo Alto, Calif., Stanford was not ready to bow out of the NCAA Championships Sunday. Though the match was much closer than final score apSTANFORD -4_ peared, the fifth 0 ranked Blue Devils DUKE (22-7) were upset, 4-0, by the Cardinal (184) in the round of 16. “That was definitely the loudest crowd we played against,” assistant coach Ramsey Smith said. “It didn’t have a negative effect on us, but they thrived off ofit.” After dropping the doubles point, fourthseeded Duke lost three straight-set singles matches to give No. 13 Stanford the sweep. The top doubles pair of senior Joey Atas, Jonathan Stokke and junior ranked 17th nationally, was dominated by the Cardinal, 8-1. Stokke, who also lost a tough match in singles, was hampered by a groin injury he sustained earlier in the tournament.

“I played really badly,” Stokke said. “I was really tentative on my leg and didn’t realize how much movement was a part of my game until [Saturday] The quick loss put pressure on Duke’s remaining doubles teams to come out with victories, Smith said. The No. 2 duo of senior Stephen Amritraj and sophomore Peter SEE M. TENNIS ON PAGE

Duke is three strokes off the pace set by No. 3 Arizona State and the Blue Devils hold a two-stroke lead on thirdplace Southern California. Freshman Jennie Lee is leading the way for the Blue Devils and is in a five-way tie for fifth place. Lee carded a 1over 73 on the tournament’s opening day and fired an even-par round Wednesday. “I hit the ball pretty well today,” Lee said Wednesday. “I struggled with my iron shots the whole year, but I went home before the tournament and got some lessons. I hit some really good bunker shots today and made some saves that helped make some pars.” Senior Liz Janangelo had Duke’s best round Wednesday. Rebounding from a 77 Tuesday, Janangelo fired a 1-under 71 in the second round. The team captain is in a 15th-place tie and is only three strokes behind her freshman teammate. The senior carded seven birdies and just one double bogey in the tournament’s first two days. “I really just drove it in the fairway more,” Janangelo said of her second round. “I only hit one fairway yesterday so it was nice to have approach shots and have a nice chance of hitting the green instead of kind of making up a shot.” jat

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Liz Janangelo, the only senior on Duke's roster, rebounded from a 77 in the first round of the NCAAs.

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WOMEN'S TENNIS

Stanford’s power proves too

much to overcome

has appeared in the title match in 20 of THE the past 25 NCAA Championships. “If we had to lose to anyone I’m glad it than a bump in Duke proved little more the road for an unstoppable Stanford squad was Stanford,” head coach Jamie Ashworth that steamrolled the Blue Devils, 4-0, in the said. “Every time Stanford walks onto the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships. court they think they’re going to win.” Despite the challenge posed by the The lopsided victory was nothing new for a top-ranked Cardinal juggernaut that matchup with the perennial powerhouse, dominated the entire tournament, the last Ashworth had expected his team to come four rounds of out strong against the Cardinal after a DUKE 5L_ which were held solid 4-1 victory over ACC-rival North Carof 16. The coach STANFORD 4 at the Taube Ten- olina (24-6) in the round nis Center on said he believed his team’s win over the Stanford’s campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Tar Heels—coupled with a dominating 40 performance over Virginia in the round After defeating lOth-ranked and eighthStanford of 32—stand as the two best back-to-back Duke breezed (20-8), seeded matches his team played the entire year. Miami to its third Florida and capture past to tell our team the morning “We tried consecutive NCAA team title. the “You guys have been match, before the ChampiIn addition to dominating don’t have to do well, you playing really which the Cardinal dropped onships, in said. “But I Ashworth special,’” just one game in the entire tournament, anything bit.” did a little press think we in been untouchable Stanford (30-0) has After rain suspended the match more its supremacy over women’s tennis for the past few years. The Cardinal has won an SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 12 NCAA record 86-consecutive matches and by

Taddei John CHRONICLE

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Ludovic Walter is seeded fifth and has reached the secondround of the NCAA singles tournament.

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Duke's top player Daniela Bercek lost in doubles but was leading in singles when Stanford clinched its win.

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MEN'S GOLF

Blue Devils rally in regionals to reach NCAAs by

Andrew Yaffe

THE CHRONICLE

With three holes to play in the final round of the NCAA Central Regional Saturday, No. 20 Duke sat outside the top 10, looking up the leaderboard at the teams that were in position to move on. But Michael Quagliano’s birdies °n the 16th and 18th holes moved hiiffrifflurra Duke up into ninth place at 31-over par—good enough to earn a berth in this weekend’s NCAA Championships. “It wasn’t the prettiest picture, but we’re excited,” head coach Rod Myers said. “I’ll take the close ending. I’m just really proud of the way our guys finished.” Duke rode the play of freshman Clark Klaasen, who finished the three-day tournament at 4-

over par in a tie for 14th place. Klaasen tied with sophomore Michael Schachner for the team’s best round of the weekend, firing a 1-under 70 on the tournament’s first day. “I really think this may have been a breakout performance for him,” Myers said of Klaasen’s play. “I think he answered any questions he had about whether or not he belonged.” Klaasen’s strong play was necessary because Duke’s two top players all season long—senior Ryan Blaum and junior Jake

Grodzinsky—struggled, finishing in a 63rd-place tie. Blaum, the lOth-ranked player

in the country, suffered from food poisoning on the tournament’s first day, Myers said. Blaum vomited twice before teeing off and once during his round in which he recorded

eight bogies on his way to a 78. Grodzinsky, who has fallen to

40th in the national rankings after climbing as high as ninth earlier this year, could not muster a score better than 74 in any of his three rounds. By finishing in the top 10, the Blue Devils will be part of the 30team field at the NCAA Championships, which start May 31 in Sunriver, Ore. Duke played in the Fall Preview at the same course in September against 14 of the top teams in the country and finished fifth. In that tournament, Grodzinsky recorded the second top-10 finish of his career, tying for ninth place, and senior Ryan Blaum finished tied for 18th. Schachner also played well, finishing in a 32nd-place tie. “We had pretty good success at Sunriver in the Fall, but I didn’t think we shot that well out

there,” Myers said. “It’s an advantage to have played out there once, to know the golf course. On a course as hard as that, it’s an advantage to not spend time trying to figure out the line, figure out where you are trying to hit it and what we want

try to

keep away from.”

Of the Blue Devils’ starting

lineup for the upcoming NCAA Championships, four players competed both at Sunriver in the

Fall and in the 2005 NCAA

Championships. Klaasen, the fifth, will be making his first appearance both at Sunriver and in the NCAA Championships. “I think I’ll be a little nervous to start out—it’s

a big tournament,” Klaasen said. “But once we get going out there and get a few holes under our belt, I think I’ll start to calm down a little bit.”

TOM MENDEL/THE CHRONICLE

Freshman Clark Klaasen finished in a tie for 14th place at 4-over-par 217.

JJ. Redick: In his own words After breaking the Duke and ACC all-time scoring records, JJ. Redick now has his sights set on the June 28 NBA Draft in New York. In the second installment of a regular summer series, Redick catches up with The Chronicle before flying to Golden State for his first official workout Friday with the Warriors. as told to Gregory Beaton

I didn’t get a chance to watch the NBA Draft lottery Tuesday night. I was a little concerned—I kind of wanted it to stay the way it was with no real surprises, which it did for the most part. I actually missed it because I went over to the Entourage set with Mike Dunleavy [Jr.] to watch them shoot a scene. It was cool. I did that when I was out here for the Wooden Award and I saw a scene with Jeremy Piven. This time it was Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly and Jerry Ferrara. I hadn’t met them yet, so it was cool. Jerry is a big Knicks fan. They were all good guys. I can’t say I know exacdy what happens this season, but they get a new house, I know that. Mike Dunleavy and I didn’t keep in touch for a long time while I was in school. But I saw his mom at a LakersClippers game the last time I was out

here and his m his number. W( same agent so decision proce: to him about since I’ve beCi here it’s been n He’s been i out of town. dad and farm live out here and his little brother James goes to the same school agent’s kids. out to lunch and rolled ove Entourage set. real big fan too Shelden a are out here ri; too. Shelden a) Arn [Tellem there’s an ag' works with Am working on ge a gig in Italy, you’d have to the specifics ab

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able to pay for your dinner or give you a ride, which can be illegal in some cases in college. It’s been nice to not worry about that kind of thing. There’s definitely some financial flexibility too, being a professional, although I wouldn’t call myself that for another month really. A lot of people ask about the lacrosse situation. I really don’t answer the question because it’s not like I have some inside scoop or opinion that hasn’t been on something like CNN. I really don’t like to think about it. It’s an unfortunate thing and whatever the truth is will come out.

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With Chrest limited to two goals—the team’s first and last of the game—and Waagbo held to none, Caroline Cryer said the administration would not interfere scored four goals to pace Duke’s attack. with any planned act by team members. “We’re excited to go back,” Kimel said “My understanding is that this idea of making the national semifinals for the third time. “This has been a great season. came from the captains of the team,” Burness said. “It’s the players’ choice. When It’s not over yet.” When the final horn of the James Madiyou represent the University you don’t necson game sounded, the Blue Devils’ bench essarily lose rights to free speech.” Senior Associate Director of Athletics rushed the field to celebrate officially earnChris Kennedy said the athletic departing a trip to Boston. ment would defer to the University’s public “We knew that it was definitely possible relations office and would not interfere with talent we have that we should get with any potential protest. there this year,” Chrest said. “Obviously it Kimel also invited former men’s was a season goal but it became more of an lacrosse coach Mike Pressler, who resigned expectation.” April 5, to speak to her team after practice In the Final Four, Duke will meet a Wildcats squad that it beat handily at home April Tuesday afternoon. “We don’t get involved whenever a coach 7, 16-10. That win snapped Northwestern’s brings in someone to talk to their team,” 31-game winning streak, which included last Bumess said. “The fact that he resigned year’s national championship. doesn’t not make him an excellent coach Not only will the Wildcats (18-1) be on the field. People can be critical but it’s seeking revenge, but they will also be lookwithin [Kimel’s] realm of authority.” ing to prove the selection committee Kennedy said Kimel had not asked for wrong. Northwestern was seeded fourth permission before inviting Pressler, nor did despite being ranked No. 1 at the time in she need to. Pressler has been in contact both major polls. with athletic department officials, includDuke’s rematch with Northwestern at 6 ing Kennedy and Director of Athletics Joe p.m. at Boston University’s Nickerson Field Alieva, and Pressler was in attendance for will be followed by the other semifinal, in the women’s lacrosse team’s win over which Notre Dame and Dartmouth will square off. Duke won at Dartmouth, 64, James Madison Saturday, Kennedy said. In the game Pressler witnessed, the Blue May 7 and at home against Notre Dame, 11-10, April 9. Devils (18-2) came out slowly, but quickly “We saw some success against [Northdispatched of their opponent. After initially struggling against James Madison’s (15-5) western] earlier in the season,”Kimel said. game plan—which focused on shutting “We’ll be prepared for a very tough game down Duke’s top two scorers, Katie Chrest but we’ve been in all those situations so JIANGHAI HO AND SARAH GUERRERO/THE CHRONICLE and Kristen Waagbo —the Blue Devils many times this year so it’s not like we’re picked up their offensive pace midway going to have to increase our level of play Caroline Cryer (top) scored a team-high four goals in Saturday's win over James Madison whileformer men's through the first halfand never looked back. significantly.” lacrosse headcoach Mike Pressler (right) looks on.Kerstin Kimel (left) has reached her third nationalsemifinal. 1

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Senior Jackie Carleton, along with Daniela Bercek, was one of two Blue Devils to advance Wednesday to the round of 32 in NCAA individual play,

W. TENNIS from page 9 than three-and-a-half hours, the Blue Devils struggled from the start against the superior Stanford doubles pairs. The topranked tandem ofAlice Barnes and Anne Yelsey defeated No. 31 Daniela Bercek and Jennifer Zika, 8-3. The Cardinal captured the doubles point soon after, when Tara Iyer and Jessi Robinson fell, 8-5, to Lejla Hodzic and Jessica Nguyen. With a singles lineup that featured six players ranked 52nd or better in the nation, including four in the top 11, Stanford made quick work of the overmatched Blue Devils. Robinson, Iyer and Melissa Mang all lost in straight sets to give the Cardinal its fourth of five shutouts in the tournament. No. 31 Bercek was the sole Blue Devil to win a set and led No. 8 Amber Liu 6-1, 3-4 when play was suspended. Among the other matches that did not finish, Clelia Deltour trailed Whitney Deason 6-1,4-3 and No. 32 Jackie Carleton trailed 62, 5-2 to No. 5 Alice Bames. Carleton was one game away from her first loss in 11 marches. “We just got beat,” Ashworth said. “Stanford knew that because of some of the matchups we had some chances to win and that really motivated them. They never let up.”

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JuniorAnna Grzebien, who won the individual crown at the NCAA Championships last season in Sunriver, Ore., has turned in back-to-back 755. Freshman Amanda Blumenherst, the nation’s top-ranked golfer, has also struggled opening the tournament. She is currently tied with her teammate at 6-over par. The Blue Devils’ final golfer, sophomore Jennifer Pandolfi, is also six over and the trio is in a 29th-place tie with six others heading into the third round of play. Searching for his fourth NCAA title, head coach Dan Brooks said his team has made positive adjustments in the tournament’s first two days. “I think we had a learning day [Tuesday] and we learned something today too,” Brooks said. “There are some greens that are getting a little bit firmer and are starting to behave a little bit more like you expect greens to behave with a new course being built.”

to give Stanford the crucial first point. “The doubles point is always huge this deep in the tournament,” Smith said. “I think that taking the doubles point could’ve taken the sails out of [Stanford’s] wind, but they got a lot of momentum from doubles and I feel that they carried it right into singles.” Down 1-0 heading into singles, the Blue Devils dropped five of their first six sets to the Cardinal. At the No. 2, 3 and 4 positions, Duke’s Stokke, Peter Rodrigues and Atas, respectively, lost in straight sets to give Stanford the winning margin. “They just stayed solid through every position,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “They were sound throughout their lineup, they won in doubles, and they have the home court—it all adds up to them being pretty tough.” The three unfinished singles contests, however, could have gone Duke’s way, Smith said. Top-seeded senior Ludovic Walter and freshman Kiril Dimitrov were among the five Blue Devils to lose their first sets in singles, but each was up a break in the second set when the match concluded. “Ludo had a bunch of chances in the first set that he let slip away, but too little too late,” Smith said. “The 40 match could potentially have been a 4-3 match.” Walter’s career at Duke is not over as he has advanced into the second round of the NCAA singles tournament.

Amritraj, who played the fifth singles position, was up 6-4, 4-1 when Stanford notched the fourth point against Atas, 6-4, 6-3. Duke ends its season with a 22-7 record. The starting lineup will suffer the loss of three seniors, including Walter, who is fifth-ranked individual nationally. The Blue Devils, however, are confident in their return for next year’s competition after handing 4-3 and 5-2 defeats to Baylor and Texas—two Final Four teams—respectively. Duke also gave Pepperdine, which won the NCAA Championship Tuesday, a tough fight in the regular season. “It shows there’s just a real parity in college tennis,” Smith said. “We can beat anybody on any day. Maybe we used up our luck at the ACC tournament, but that’s how it goes and I think we could make another run at it next year.”

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“You have imprisoned the women—it’s a horror, let me tell you.” Hashemi retorts: “I’m really sorry for your husband. He might have a very hard time with you.” The roving spokesman is also remembered for his role in advocating the destruction of Afghanistan’s ancient Bamiyan Buddha statues, just months before 9/11. When questioned about the statues, Hashemi asserted, ‘You know, really, I am asked so much about these statues that I have a headache now. If I go back to Afghanistan, I will blow them.” So here we have a man who has stood by an organization that advocated the oppression of women, the desecration of religious artifacts and the persecution of Christian aid workers. Apparently, Rahmatullah is as astonished as I am by this turn of events in his life, saying, “I could have ended up in Guantanamo Bay. Instead, I ended up at Yale”. And how did such a man end up at Yale? When asked about the deci-

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that got him in, since he only has a fourth-grade education and high school equivalency certificate. So, I’m left to conclude that Yale is trading on the blood and anguish of the Taliban’s victims and the notoriety of a former official. To be fair, The NewYork Times Magazine article that “broke” this story portrays Rahmatullah as eager to learn. He’s even gained acceptance from students at Yale’s Hillel through participation in a Jews and Muslims dialogue group. Of course, he still thinks that Israel is “an American al Qaeda,” and he has likened the Taliban’s public executions to those carried out in Texas. Now, you could certainly argue that this man—above all others—should study Western values. Certainly, he is uniquely poised to convey them to one of the most backward regions on the face of the earth. That is a valid perspective. But I’m hoping that you will still be upset by his presence at Yale for two reasons. The first is the hypocrisy at the heart of Yale’s conduct. The university cloaks Rahmatullah’s admission in euphemisms like “increase understanding.” Yet Yale certainly doesn’t apply this standard to the United States Armed Forces, whose ROTC programs it has deliberately banned from campus. Yale can’t have this both ways; considering that 281 American soldiers (as of March) have died

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the bread and butter skill of being an instructor—teaching and engaging with students. Research is exciting, it brings Duke accolades and it is indeed necessary for institutional growth. But all professors should be held to a high standard when it comes to basic —but ever-important—classroom skills. It is an exhilarating time for the University, as a new strategic plan takes shape and a new faculty melds together. Duke’s schemers and dreamers ,have their priorities straight. As students, we just hope, indeed, we insist that future growth, expansion and academic notoriety does not come at the expense of quality teaching or attention for those who have paid their dues.

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And outstanding, productive faculty will in turn attract excellent students. It’s a domino effect, so to speak—buildings attract faculty, faculty (and buildings) attract students. Thus, the focus on recruiting great faculty makes sense in the context of Duke’s longterm goals. We hope, however, that the administration will stick to its word on several matters. First, we hope that—as many top brass have reiterated—there will also be emphasis on current faculty. We hope their needs and abilities are not lost in the excitement of bringing in celebrity professors from around the globe. Second, we hope that all faculty continue to embrace ects.

since 2001 to defend all of us from the Taliban, how could Rahmatullah’s voice be welcome when the military’s is not? My second, larger concern is the moral relativism that has infested Yale—and portions of academia in general. Consider the words of Yale Law’s assistant director of giving, who actually called one graduate’s concerns over Rahmatullah’s crimes “retarded” and “dis-

gusting.” Indeed, this parallel universe in which Yale’s administration obviously dwells is a place where a man’s complicity in a regime marked by genocide, torture and rape constitute, in the words of Yale’s dean of under-

graduate admissions, “personal accomplishments that had a significant impact.” Clearly it’s not the alumni who are retarded. My greatest sadness stems from the fact that we continue to pamper an ex-terrorist when his victims get nothing. I wonder how many foul-mouthed Yale employees recently sprang to the defense of the victims of Rahmatullah and his ilk. Where is their fundraising committee? Where are their student visas? If Mr. Rahmatullah wants to study our culture and values so badly, then he can have my library card. But until each and every one of the women, children, ethnic minorities and myriad others he oppressed has gotten their Yale degree, I can never countenance his presence at an elite university. We should not allow him to continue profiting from the misery of Taliban victims. By the way, Rahmatullah did quite poorly in his “Terrorism: Past, Present and Future” course last semester. Kristin Butler is a Trinity junior.

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you give me the name of a few good black students on campus to talk to? You know, to get their perspective on this whole racial problem.” Sitting with my office phone tucked between my cheek and shoulder, I stopped furiously typing e-mails. The question coming through the line was so ridiculous I sat dumbfounded for a few seconds before answering. It boggled my mind that this person needed to call me to find black students’ names. As though there is only a tiny, difficult-to-find

many of the people covering the lacrosse situation had (and I suppose have) no grasp on, or respect for, reality. The media are largely gone from Durham, at least for the time being. Networks packed up their cameras, crews, trucks and makeup bags last week, with no seeming concern that their insistence on casting the rape scandal as a black versus white battle has left an unduly sour taste in the national public’s mouth when it comes to its understanding of Duke and Durham. Many people thousands of miles away undoubtedly now think of the community as one boiling over with hate and anger, where elite, white Duke tries to keep poor, black Durham under its Ivory Tower thumb. I am not saying that Duke and Durham don’t have their shared problems when it comes to race. There were three seyward darby cross burnings in Durham last summer. Allegations of looks like 40 percent of the word racial slurs uttered on campus were lodged against the the Class of 2010 will be Duke lacrosse team a year ago. I, like many students, have students of color). As though there are only certain borne witness to some racial divides among students, between students and minority employees and between stu“good” black students whose perspective is worth anything. As though I could serve as a portal to some hidden dents and Durham residents. I have also seen fellow stublack community. dents act in an insensitive, even bigoted manner, at local I wanted to yell, “Are you kidding me? Give you names? restaurants and bars. Find them yourself! Go stand on the quad for five seconds, But the fact of the matter is that the situation is not as and you’ll see plenty ofblack students. Seriously.” terrible as the national media decided (collectively for the But instead, I offered the reporter (TV network of emmost part, it seems) to portray it I have seen worse racial ployment to remain unidentified) a few names, mainly divides in the Eastern North Carolina town where I am Black Student Alliance representatives who I knew wouldfrom, and I have heard of worse incidents of bigotry from n’t want to talk to a journalist And even if they did talk, I friends at other schools. Yes, there are improvements that knew that the BSA reps’ “perspective on the whole racial must be made in Durham and at Duke when it comes to thing” (read: the lacrosse rape scandal) wouldn’t end up race relations. And even though such improvements are on TV. Forget that the comments would reflect reality; they necessary on many college campuses and in many Southwould just be too tame for the sensationalism the network ern communities, maybe Duke and Durham have issues was likely trying to achieve. more severe than some of their counterparts. The reporter wanted to hear that racial tensions were at Nonetheless, we are far awayfrom the nasty chasm some an all-time high because of the rape allegations. That black reporters have wrongly said is the reality in the Bull City. If and white students had come to blows in Alpine. That BSA anything, rather than report what is true, some members of was planning to boycott classes and stage angry protests in the media have only created the crack that could become a racial chasm if the rape scandal and its wake are not met conjunction with the local NationalAssociation for the Advancement of Colored People. by a determined, united and optimistic local community. Or something of that unrealistic ilk, anyway. As a member of the press, I was ashamed to see profesThe request for black students’ names would become a sional outlets in essence create controversial news for what norm in my conversations with the national media during I can only assume was the sake ofratings. When the trucks, the two months I spent covering the lacrosse scandal. The crews and makeup bags return for the next round of question reflected two things: laziness and irresponsibility. lacrosse coverage, I can only hope that my counterparts will On the one hand, the people who asked for names have seen the light and report what is real, showing Duke were just too mired in gettingready to appear on TV to acand Durham for what they are—flaws, strengths and everytually come to campus and find black students. On the thing else in between. other hand, however, their hope that I would give them And I sure hope they don’t ask for names. names of students who would offer incendiary comments was unethical and feckless. The fact that the students Seyward Darby is a Trinity senior and editorialpage managing whose names I provided and who did respond never made editor The Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday during for it to the final cut on TV only augmented my certainty that the summer.

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