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For certain Duke graduates, four years in Durham is not enough. Although young alumni disperse across the country after graduation, some keep a closer connection to the University by becoming full-time employees. Both graduates and the people who hire them said a Duke background can be an asset in a University job. Margaret Di Giulio, Trinity ’O6, is one offive alumni working as an admissions officer for the Office ofAdmissions. She said her familiarity with Duke puts her at an advantage when she describes the University to applicants and made her

Duke-related companies have set up tables at the career fair as an attempt to recruit Duke graduates.

transition into the job easier. “It really helps to have gone to Duke because [other admissions officers] don’t have to tell me what Duke has to offer,” she said. Some University organizations like Duke Management Company—the independent company that handles the investment of $7.5 billion in University assets—find potential employees through the Duke Career Center. DUMAC Analyst Claire Fefer, Trinity ’O3, has been recruiting other analysts for two years and said a Duke background can be beneficial both to her company and to the employees. “We view Duke students as highly intelligent and driven, and to the extent that they have a desire to contribute to the University, their alma mater, that’s certainly an advantage,” she said. She added, however, that DUMAC recruits analysts from several regional schools including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia, Wake Forest University and Davidson College. “We’re not targeting a ratio [of Duke hires],” she said. “Historically, on average, it’s been about 50-50.” Other graduates may find employment through connections they made as undergraduates. Students who have worked with researchers for work study or summer internships are frequently offered jobs by their employers, said Ken Lineberger, recruitment manager for SEE GRADS ON PAGE 5

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Members of the men's soccer team surround head coach John Rennie after their season ended in overtimeSunday.

UCLA rally stuns Duke, ends team’s title hopes Greg Beaton THE CHRONICLE

The frustration, disappointment and fatigue were obvious. Several Duke players dropped to the ground, while others hid their faces with jerseys pulled over their heads. After a physical and hard-fought battle, UCLA’s Sal Zizzo scored the golden goal 30 seconds into the first overtime period, abruptly ending top-seeded Duke’s bid for a national championship. With a Final Four bid on the line this time around, the Blue Devils’ season

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ended just as it did a year ago—with their opponent celebrating at Koskinen Stadium. Duke scored two first-half goals, but they were not enough as UCLA (13-54) came from behind to upset the Blue Devils (1841), 3-0, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA

quarterfinals. The Bruins advance to play Virginia in the NCAA College Cup’s Final Four, which begins Friday in St. Louis. “We’re very disappointed with the result SEE M. SOCCER ON SW PAGE 6

International students take in U.S. holiday rites Adam Eaglin THE CHRONICLE

Like many international students, senior Chu Ci wasn’t quite sure what to make of the American holiday ofThanks-

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giving when he first came to Duke. “I had a very vague idea about what it was,” said Ci, who is from China. “I er thought it was about how the ancestors of Americans came onto the new continent, and turkey was what they found for food.” Although Ci said he still isn’t sure about the details of Thanksgiving’s history, he has grown to appreciate the

Duke beat Davidson 7547 Saturday (left) but lost in thefinals of the CBE Classic to Marquette Tuesday (right). SEE STORY, SPORTSWRAF PAGE 4. SEE THANKSGIVING ON PAGE 6

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An angry crowd deNEW YORK manded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man’s friends. Some called for the ouster of the city’s police commissioner. At a vigil and rally the day after 23-year-old Sean Bell was supposed to have married the mother of his two young children, a crowd led by the Rev. A1 Sharpton shouted “No justice, no peace.” At one point, the crowd of a few hundred counted off to 50—the number of

rounds fired. “We cannot allow this to continue to happen,” Sharpton said at the gathering outside Mary Immaculate Hospital, where one of the wounded men was in critical condition. “We’ve got to understand that all of us were in that car.” Some in the crowd called for the ouster of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly,

yelling “Kelly must go.” The police officers’ group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care said it was issuing a vote of no confidence in Kelly over the shooting. “We are continuing to look for additional witnesses to shed light on the inci-

dent, and assisting the district attorney’s office with its investigation,” said Paul Browne, chief spokesperson for the NYPD, Sunday. The five officers were placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation, Browne said. Community leaders planned a rally Dec. 6 at police headquarters. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his aides were in contact with Bell’s family and community leaders throughout the weekend. Bloomberg and Kelly also planned to meet Monday with community leaders at City Hall. SEE NYC SHOOTING ON PAGE 8

Iraqi leaders attempt to stop conflict Thomas Wagner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD, Iraq Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called Sunday for an end to Iraq’s sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war’s deadliest attack. But as they went on national television to try to keep Iraq from sliding into an all-out civil war, fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab insurgents raged for a second day in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province north of

Baghdad.

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casualty figures were a microcosm of the brutality in Iraq: 17 insurgents killed, 15 detained, 20 civilians kidnapped and three bodies found. The mayor of a municipality also narrowly escaped an assassination attempt that killed one of his guards and wounded three. During Saturday’s fighting in Baqouba, police killed at least 36 insurgents and wounded dozens after scores of militants armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked government buildings in the city center, police said. The fighting raged for hours in the city, est

about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Also Saturday, a U.S. soldier was killed and two were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Diyala province, the military said. Officials including Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Obaidi and Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, decided Saturday to fire Diyala’s police commander, saying he was unable to stop infiltration of the force by Sunni insurgents, two Iraqi officials said on condition of anonymity as is often the case in areas subjected to widespread fighting and revenge killings.

Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally Sunday that underlined strains ahead of the pontiff's Turkey visit this week. Officials hope to promote closer ties with the West, but Islamic groups remain wary of Western ways.

Bush plans visit in Middle East President George W. Bush reaches out to allies this weekfor help in quelling violence in Iraq and Afghanistan.The trip is in response

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ministration's Iraq strategy amid deepening tensions and violence in that country.

Cautious hope raised by truce The surprise truce in Gaza between Israel and Palestine was scheduled at 6 am, raising hopes for an end to the destruction.But in the following four hours, 11 rockets were fired at Israeli towns and some Palestinian militants threatened to keep up the attacks.

Motorcade event officer dies An officer injured last week while escorting President George W. Bush in Hawaii died Sunday. Steve Favela and two other officers crashed their motorcycles as the presidential motorcade went to meet troops for breakfast.The others were treated and released. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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A fundraising campaign is under way for Ronald McDonald House Charities. As of November 2005, the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House ofDurham has decided to demolish the Campus Arms Motel Apartments and relocate the house to its property on Elba Street, one block from the Duke University Medical Center. The new facility is slated for completion as early as late 2008. What initially began as a renovation plan for the existing building on Elba Street turned into a complete overhaul process, said Noreen Strong Noreen Strong, executive director of the Ronald McDonald House. The charity plans to construct a new building with 70 bedrooms, Strong said. “The biggest medical advancement in, the past few years has been the increase in successful identification and assessment of needs with the very sickest of the sick kids,” she said. “This has created a growth in the long-term need of our house and we are looking to accommodate this need.” The existing facility, located at 506 AlexanderAve. on Central Campus, boasts 23 rooms, a kitchen, a living room and a playroom, and serves as a temporary home to the families of children being treated at the Duke Children’s Hospital. “As a member of the board, the new building is really critical because we are currently having to turn away as many families as we can serve,” said Ric Richards, Trinity ’76, capital campaign chair and member of the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House. Strategic planning for the project began in 1999, Strong said. The property was bought at the end of 2004, followed by nearly a year of planning. Architects met with doctors, adminis-

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around the program,” Strong said If fundraising goes according to plan, architects are scheduled to break ground in very late 2007 or early 2008. Construcdon will last 12 months, and the house should open for business in late 2008 or

With the help of Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., and other prominent environmental policy advocates, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions debuted its Washington, D.C., office Nov. 16. The opening, which featured a luncheon and a public discussion spearheaded by institute director Tim Profeta, was attended by approximately 400 people, said a spokesperson for the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. A non-partisan academic institution, the Durham-based Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions was established in 2005 to coordinate academic research and policymaking. Officials hope the D.C. office will help facilitate communication between policymakers and researchers and provide students interested in environmental policy with an opportunity to engage in these issues. The institute has four main focuses: climate change and the economics of limiting carbon pollution, oceans governance and coastal development, freshwater concerns at home and abroad and emerging environmental markets. “We have to be in Washington, D.C., to really fully appreciate our audience, to make sure what we do is most useful to those making decisions,” Profeta said. “The institute will be a great benefit for Duke University... [it] creates a two-way conversation between the government and researchers on Duke’s campus.” McCain, who spoke briefly before the discussion began, highlighted the importance of seizing the moment, explaining that concerns about global warming and

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The Ronald McDonald House will move to a new location on Elba Street as early as the end of 2008. trators, children and families to gather information. They took a road trip across the country to visit various Ronald MeDonald houses to observe their physical structures and management styles. “We are not designing the program around the constraints of a building; rather, we are designing the building

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More than 200 miles from the nation’s capital, some Triangle residents are raising their voices in opposition to foreign wars and military recruitment tactics. In a recent example, organized protesters marched Nov. 15 on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill to oppose the opening of a new army recruitment center. Marchers carried signs that accused military recruiters of biased practices and urged the army “out of Iraq, out of our schools.” But the protest was not the first indication of anti-war sentiments in the Triangle area. In April, vandalism attacks on the campuses of the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University made news for their strong messages opposing foreign wars. The April vandalism occurred on buildings belonging to the universities’ Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and were accompanied by a mass e-mail that accused recruitment centers of targeting poor minorities “to maintain the power structure that (literally and figuratively) imprisons us daily.” Less than a month after the national midterm elections gave control of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to the Democrats, some say the recent protests are indicative of a shift in the national political consciousness. “While there is not a draft currendy going on like there was in Vietnam, there is a poverty and race draft going on,” Ben Carroll, a member of the Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society and organizer of the protest, told the Independent Weekly in a Nov. 22 article. Others, however, said the opinions expressed in the protests and vandalism are representative of a minority. “It’s typical of those types of students in those types of liberal schools,” said a member of the Raleigh Army National Guard Recruitment Center, who asked to remain anonymous. He listed Duke and SEE U.S. ARMY ON PAGE 6

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BU Repubs launch whites-only scholarship The Boston University College Republicans announced Nov. 7 that they will be offering a $250 achievement scholarship for white students. In order to be eligible for the award, applicants must be at least one-quarter Caucasian, have a 3.2 GPA and submit two essays, one about their ancestry and one about what it means to be Caucasian-American. Many students and media have criticized the award for being racist, but the founders of the scholarship said it is meant to point out the absurdity of having race-based scholarships. “We realize that giving out a whitescholarship is crazy, but we think giving out a scholarship based on any race is crazy,” seniorjoe Mroszczyk, president ofBU College Republicans, said in a statement. Applications have been available since the scholarship was announced, but as of Saturday no one had yet applied. Southwest schools to tackle border issues Nine universities on the border between the United States and Mexico will

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Berkeley stove to help Sudanese refugees Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have created a high-efficiency cooking stove, which will be sent to refugees in Darfur to help improve their living conditions. Developed over a period of two years, the stove is designed to use light metal that can be produced locally in Darfur. Previously, refugees had to leave camps in search of fuel wood, but were

Winning streak? Two streakers, one with “MIT” painted on his back, made an appearance in the last 29 seconds of the Harvard-Yale football game Nov. 18., which Yale won 34-13. One was tackled immediately, and the other managed to run down the field and back before being tackled by a security guard. N.Y. brothers first siblings to win Rhodes Kevin Shenderov, a senior at NewYork University, became this year part of the first sibling pair in recent years to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. His older brother Eugene, who graduated from Brooklyn College, received the award in 2004. Both brothers plan to receive a doctorate in immunology at Oxford University.

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white, who recently hired three members of the Class of 2006. “There’s a wide range of what folks do.” Di Giulio said she plans to work in the Office ofAdmissions for two years before pursuing a Ph.D. in art

history. “While I originally planned to move to New York, it become more and more apparent that I needed to save money,” she said. Similarly, Fefer said DUMAC’s analyst program is designed as an interim three-year program between undergraduate and business school, but is a good preparation for future career paths. “The analyst position is a really fantastic opportunity to have exposure to a huge breadth of opportunities,” she said. Di Giulio said her decision to stay at Duke has eased the transition from college to the workplace. She added, however, that there is overlap between her experiences as Duke student and employee. “I run into people that are seniors a lot, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I thought you graduated,”’ she said. “I’m not a student anymore, and I still kind of feel like I am.”

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don. She also serves as advisor to the chief defense counsel for Guantanamo detainees. Horowitz specializes in areas relating to divided societies and constitution building. Students develop energy-saving initiative Three seniors have begun a new program to reduce home energy use in Durham. By starting up the “Share the Light” initiative, Billy Kennedy, Josh Posen and Drew Tignanelli provide energy-saving lightbulbs for local residents with limited incomes. Working through Clean Energy Durham, the seniors also hope to establish feedback to the initiative and develop ways to adjust lightbulb distribution as necessary. Clean Energy Durham aims to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Last week, about 70 households had received lightbulbs through the program.

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The Blue Devils had a lot to be thankful for over Thanksgiving break. After sweeping both Florida State Wednesday and Miami on Senior Night Friday to finish 0 off their ACC seaMIAMI DUKE 3 son in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the No. 25 Blue n FSU Devils (28-3, 21-1 DUKE 3 in the ACC) received their berth in the NCAA tournament on Selection Sunday. Duke was placed in the Gainesville, Fla. regional bracket, which is headlined by top-seeded Nebraska. With the ACC receiving just one bid for the first time since 1991, Duke advances to the postseason as the conference’s only representative with the league’s automatic bid. Meanwhile, the Pac-10, SEC and Big Ten all sent seven teams to the tournament. The Blue Devils are set to play Tennessee (19-11) in the first round in Knoxville, Tenn. Friday night at 7 p.m. If Duke advances, it would face the winner of Jacksonville State and 16th-seeded San Diego in the second round. “I’m really excited,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “I think it’s a good situation. We don’t have to travel that far. I know we can do well against Tennessee if we can play our game. They’re a very, very good team, and we’re going to have to play well. But once we get by that match, to have the I6th-seed instead of the No. 1 like we had

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we had our best defensive effort—it really set the bar for what we can do on defense. I think we carried that over tonight. We had some lapses, but our defense is definitely picking up game by game.” No. 5 Duke (5-0) had 15 steals—led by Abby Waner, who tied a career high with six—while Michigan (4-2) turned the ball over 23 times. Senior Alison Bales added six blocks to help the Blue Devils’ defensive effort. Lindsey Harding led the charge on the offensive end, tying a career high with 19 points—including 13 in the first half. “She did a great job controlling the game,” Michigan head coach Cheryl Burnett said. “And then at the same time, while she was controlling the game, she was scoring.” The Wolverines’ offensive struggles began early, as Duke scored seven points off five Michigan turnovers in the first four minutes of the game. Harding scored eight points during that opening stretch as the Blue Devils raced to a 12-2 lead, which Michigan never overcame. “I always want to set the tone offensively and defensively,” Harding said. “I was just taking my open shots that were there. My team found me wide open and was setting some great screens.” Duke made a season-high eight threepointers and was 6-for-7 from beyond the arc in the first half. Goestenkors said outside success freed up some space inside, and the results were evident. After outscoring Michigan in the paint by just six points in the first half, the Blue Devils outscored the Wolverines 24-10 in that area after the break. The Blue Devils had a total team effort, with four players scoring in double figures. With the outcome of the game never in question, Duke’s bench accounted for 32 points, and no Blue Devil played more than 28 minutes in the rout. “I was just glad to see everybody do a lithe bit of something,” Waner said. “Espe-

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dally Brittany [Mitch], Emily [Waner] and KJ. [Keturah Jackson] coming off the bench.... To see everybody step up and do something that they’re good at is what really gives our team a lot of confidence.”

Duke never letup in the second half—its largest lead was the final margin. Michigan’s persistence and constant pressure prevented the Blue Devils from coasting, even as the reserves closed out the final minutes.

“[The Wolverines] kept trapping, they kept pushing—we couldn’t slip up,” Harding said. “They kept playing hard, so we had to.” Goestenkors said she was pleased with

the Blue Devils’ effort and focus in the

contest. It was Duke’s first road game of

the season—but for Goestenkors, it was more than that. “It was good to be back home,” she said “But it was even better to win.”

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The No. 9 Blue Devils bounced back just the way they had hoped Saturday and easily disposed of Davidson, 75-47, following their loss to Marquette last Tuesday in the finals of the CBE Classic. After a Jon Scheyer three-pointer put the Blue Devils up 32-18 with 1:29 left to play in the first half, Josh Mcßoberts stole the spot. light and effectiveDAVIDSON 47 Kc „ded Ihe conDUKE 75 test before it was even halfway over The sophomore blocked and rebounded a shot by Wildcat Stephen Rossiter, and on the ensuing possession, Gerald Henderson slipped a pass to Mcßoberts, who emphatically slammed the ball home. “We responded well,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said of the way Duke came back after its first loss. “We got beat by a good team who was older and tougher than we were in the second half. You learn from that.” Mcßoberts’ dunk was a prime example of both his and Brian Zoubek’s ability to score in the post against the smaller Wildcats. Mcßoberts, along with Jon Scheyer, led Duke’s offense with 14 points, and Zoubek chipped in 12 in 17 minutes off the bench. The Wildcats held Duke in check for the start of the second half, though, attempting to stage an improbable comeback. But after two free throws from Mcßoberts extended Duke’s lead to 16 once more at 50-34, the margin would never get smaller. The Blue Devils continued to surge, pushing the score out to 66-39 with 5:12 to play on the strength of an 18-5 run. Duke showcased its ability to make free throws down the stretch as it made 12-for-14from the line during the run. The Blue Devils were once again aggressive on defense, preventing their fourth straight opponent from scoring more than 50 points in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke’s athletic players challenged many of the Wildcats’ shots, limiting Davidson to a

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“We know that sometimes our offense is going to be there—shots are going to fall, but sometimes they won’t,” Scheyer said. “But there’s no reason our defense can’t

be there all the time. With all the freshmen, we’re all big, athletic guys, and I think we can really be great defensive players. That’s what we’re trying to do.” In the opening minutes of the game, the same offensive woes that had cost Duke the win against Marquette seemed to be lingering —including 11 turnovers in the first half. Tied with Davidson, 6-6, DeMarcus Nelson scored on a drive five minutes into the game and sparked the Duke offense to life. The Blue Devils began clicking and never looked back, as Nelson nailed a jumper just more than seven minutes later to cap off the 12-2 run that he had started, putting Duke up, 18-8. After a combined 6-for-l7 shooting night in the CBE Classic final, the four freshmen rebounded. Lance Thomas was the only first-year player who failed to score in double-digits, as the underclassmen contributed 40 points to the team’s total. After the freshmen combined for just 20 points SEE M. BBALL ON SW PAGE 7

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In Saturday’s victory over Davidson, captains Greg Paulas and Josh Mcßoberts left no doubt that Duke’s success depends on their contributions. Paulus did not start the game, and he played just less than nine minutes in the first half. During the time the sophomore was on the bench, the offense stalled and had a hard time findgame ing its rhythm. Freshman Jon Scheyer, analysis who is more accustomed to playing off die ball, shouldered the point guard responsibilities when Paulus was out. “I think it works a lot better when Greg’s in and when Greg’s on,” center Brian Zoubek said. “Our offense hasn’t really come together yet. We’re just scoring whenever we can. We’re just trying to find out who we are offensively.” Paulus’ impact was obvious as he played 14 minutes in the second half, and he finished with six assists and only two turnovers. While Scheyer occasionally looked lost in Duke’s half-court offense and had some trouble finding the open man, Paulus looked poised and confident. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski said the team had turnover troubles because multiple people were handling the ball and no one was in charge. The Blue Devils had only six turnovers in the second half—when Paulus played the majority of his minutes —compared to 11 in

the first half. “I just make sure everyone’s in the right place—setting everyone up, trying to get guys easy shots,” Paulus said. Down on the block, Mcßoberts continued to mount his case as one of the best big-man passers in the nation. He was successful in providing Zoubek with quality entry passes in the post when some of the Blue Devil guards struggled to do so. Although Zoubek only hit four of his 10 shots from the floor, the pair seemed to display some chemistry against a Davidson squad that had no player taller than 6-foot-8. “We work really well together,” Zoubek said. “We both play each other’s positions, so we know exactly where we have to be.” Last Tuesday, Marquette had held the Blue Devils scoreless during a four and a half minute run near the end of Duke’s first loss. In that stretch, Mcßoberts failed to convert on multiple trips down the floor and ended with a 4-for-16 shooting night. Mcßoberts displayed his importance to the team with a vastly superior performance against Davidson. He led the team with 14 points and helped to set up Zoubek for an additional 12. The post pair also hauled down 16 rebounds —nearly 50 percent of the team’s total. “They’re so big,” Paulus said. “They both can pass in the post, they both can score. Defensively, it’s tough to SEE ANALYSIS ON SW PAGE 7

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In a wild game that saw both teams score six touchdowns, neitherdefense (top and above) had much success in stopping the other team. Despite being down two scores with eight minutes to go,Duke rallied and celebrated (left) after Patrick Bailey's interception brought the score to within one. But North Carolina blocked the ensuing extra point and won the game.

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With a kick and a block, Duke’s season came full circle Saturday, as the Blue Devils fell to North Carolina for the 15th time in the past 16 years. After defensive end Patrick Bailey returned an interception for a touchdown with 2:49 left in the game, Duke (0-12, 0-8 in the ACC) trailed by just one point, 4544. Although placekicker Randy DeSmyter had already had one extra point blocked by UNC (3-9, 2-6) earlier, head coach Ted Roof sent his senior kicker out for another try in the first and last start ofhis career. The Tar Heels penetrated through the middle of the line and blocked the kick. With no timeouts remaining, Duke could not recover an onside kick and regain possession, and the Tar Heels ran out the final minutes of the game. The same Duke sideline that had been celebrating a comeback against its archrival—and was even warned for its excessive reaction —suddenly fell silent as it witnessed the Blue Devils’ season finale close out in the same fashion as many ofits previous games. Despite a number of close contests, Duke finished the season winless for the fourth time in 11 years. “I was jumping up and down, running down the sideline,” running back Re’quan Boyette said of Bailey’s play. “All I knew is

that we had just scored and the game was going to be tied. We talk a lot about playing the next play as if it’s your last and you’re not guaranteed anything. I was pretty much guaranteeing that we were going to make the [extra point], and we didn’t.” The play was eerily reminiscent of the Blue Devils’ second game of the year, when placekicker Joe Surgan had his field goal blocked by Wake Forest as time expired, and Duke lost, 14-13. Roof said he decided to try to tie the game rather than go for the win with a twopoint conversion because the game was at home and the Blue Devils would have the momentum going into overtime. “We thought we had it straightened out,” Roof said. “Looking back, I wish I wouldn’thave [kicked the extra point.] But I’d like to always look back and make decisions because that would make it easier.” Duke and North Carolina entered the fourth quarter deadlocked, 31-31, but Tar Heel Brandon Tate, who already had a touchdown on a 97-yard kickoff return, brought back a punt 54 yards for another score. After forcing a Duke three-and-out, UNC scored another touchdown on a 45yard run by Justin Warren—who had just 32 yards rushing all season before that play—and the Tar Heels were up 14 with just over eight minutes to play. The Blue Devils responded with a 10-

play drive that culminated in a catch in the flat by fullback Tielor Robinson, who tumbled into the endzone for the score. Duke ran the same play to the flats in the redzone four times Saturday, and it resulted in three touchdowns and a two-point conversion for Robinson on only 11 yards receiving. “It was open every time,” said freshman quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, who threw for four touchdowns against the Tar Heels. “They weren’t covering the flats, they were playing the run. They weren’t honoring Tielor, so we took advantage of it.” Despite their share of chances, the Blue Devils have been consistently unable to convert their opportunities to earn comeback victories this season, and Saturday’s contest was no different. The graduating seniors leave with a record of 7-39 and finish with a 20-game losing streak, but Roof said their contribution to the team has been invaluable. “Some people who don’t understand are going to remember [the seniors] for their record,” Roof said. “But the people that are inside the program are going to remember them for the foundation that helping to change the they’ve built culture. The sad part of it is, when we start winning games here, they’re not going to be here to reap the benefits and the fruits of their labor.”

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Coker will coach the team in a bowl game, if Miami is invited, athletic director Paul Dee said. "We all recognize Larry's contributions to this program and all that he's accomplished," Dee said Coker said after the game he expected to remain at Miami "a long time." But less than 12 hours later, despite a 59-15 record and two appearances in the national championship game, he was gone—doomed largely by 12 losses in the last three seasons, and no conference titles or major bowl bids since 2003. (AP)

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of the season in which Duke ran for more than 100 yards and also passed for more than 200. Duke’s loss against the Tar Heels Satur“You can’t even describe the improvefifth missed extra day, which came on its point of the year, was a ment we’ve made from [the first game fitting end to its season. against] Richmond to UNC,” running qame .. back Re’quan Boyette said. “We went out The Blue Devils disanaiysis played the same ele- everyday at practice, and we practiced hard, and we never gave up. That was one ments in their 2006 finale that they have many times throughout of the things for this team—we never wanted to give up, and we never wanted to put the year—offensive improvement, defenour heads down because we know that the sive disappointment and a failed comechange for this program is ahead of us.” back bid. On the other side of the ball, the Blue True freshman quarterback Thaddeus Lewis had a career day, throwing for 285 Devils’ defense continued the poor play it yards and four touchdowns. Fullback has exhibited over the second half of the Tielor Robinson accounted for 20 year. Statistically, Duke’s performance points —three touchdowns and a two-point against the Tar Heels was its best in over a conversion—despite his modest 11 yards month in yards allowed, yet the Blue Devils allowed a staggering 453 on more than receiving. The most impressive offensive statistic, seven yards per play. Duke’s defense and special teams were however, was the team’s perfect conversion to prevent numerous big plays scored unable inside the redzone. Duke on rate all six of its trips inside the 20-yard line throughout the course of the game, as against the Tar Heels, after the team had the Tar Heels scored only 10 of their points from within the redzone. North only converted 13 times on its 33 comCarolina’s remaining 35 points came on bined chances leading into Saturday’s tilt. “We just found away to put the ball in plays of 39, 45, 54, 83 and 97 yards. And the endzone,” Lewis said. “We stressed that despite Duke’s success on offense, the all season, and I guess the team came to Blue Devils were unable to keep pace grips at the end of the season and laid it all with the Tar Heels. “We understand where we can go,” out on the line.” Duke’s coaching staff certainly dug head coach Ted Roof said. “But at the deep into its playbook on its hunt for the same time, there’s a lot ofwork to be done. If you use this taste, this bad taste that’s in Blue Devils’ first Victory Bell—the travelto awarded the winner annually your mouth to motivate you and to move trophy ing of the rivalry matchup—since 2003. forward, then by all means use it. It’s cerWhether they ran an option, a deep pass, a tainly a bitter pill to swallow.” Duke also kept alive one common rollout, or a reverse, the Blue Devils were on a tear, posting their best offensive game theme until the final moments of the 2006 of the year. Saturday was the only contest campaign—its ability to almost win. by

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Head coach Ted Roofand the Blue Devils failed to win a game in 2006.Roof has not won in his last 20 tries. Although the Blue Devils had legitiopportunities to steal wins from Wake Forest, Alabama, Miami and Vandermate

bilt this season, Roof has said the margin for error in these games has been so small that Duke had to execute almost perfecdy in order to win. The game against North Carolina was no different. “We showed each other that we can come out and play, and fight, and stick together,” Lewis said. “But we have to win all facets of the game to be victorious, and we didn’t do that today.”

had nine shots, several of which seriously challenged Papadakis —but only managed the one goal. Although Duke struggled to stop the taltoday,” Duke head coach John Rennie said. “We certainly didn’t help ourselves, but we ented UCLA offense from pushing into its defensive third, the Blue Devils entered lost to a very, very good team.” Down 2-1 in the second half, Zizzo halftime with the lead. Spencer Wadsworth scored the first of his two in the 78th beat Bruins goalkeeper Eric Reed just 25 minute to knot the score. Zizzo slammed seconds into the game and Loftus hamthe ball into the bottom left comer of the mered home Duke’s second goal in the 19th minute off a comer from Wadsworth. net on a corner play —the same one UCLA had successfully used in the second round “I don’t think they were expecting us to of the College Cup against Harvard. score that early into the game,” senior ‘We knew exacdy what they were going Chris Loftus said. “After that goal and the second one, I think they calmed down.” to do,” Rennie said. ‘We were all set for it, With UCLA pressing Duke’s defense, and one of our guys falls asleep and watches the ball instead of mns with his man. And however, Rennie took Loftus out in favor that guy scores. It happens in a split second.” of Tomek Charowski in an attempt to gain Neither team could push the go-ahead better possession at midfield. The move worked for most of the second half, as goal across in the waning minutes ofregutake for the Duke’s defense contained the Bruins’ oflong lation, but it did not decided overtime. fense to just three shots in the period. in to be game UCLA midfielder Jason Leopoldo “They had no scoring chances in the secwho netted the Bruins’ first goal of the ond half,” Rennie said. “It could have been game in the 41st minute to help them 3-1 or 4-1, and we didn’t get the third goal. “The third one —that’s the ballgame.” bounce back from an early 2-0 deficit Duke’s loss marks the end of the caweaved past a Duke defender along the reers of Blue Devil seniors Loftus, Kyle end line and played the ball to Zizzo making a near-post run. The UCLA sophomore Helton, Danny Miller, Ryan Pascioni, drilled the ball past Blue Devil goalkeeper Chase Perfect and Scott Siegel. The Bruins next play Virginia, which Justin Papadakis for the deciding score. “We scored three goals every playoff beat Notre Dame, 3-2, in overtime Friday. game,” Zizzo said. “We knew if we held UC-Santa Barbara and Wake Forest also them to two goals, we were going to get advanced to the Final Four. “We showed a lot of character to fight that game-winner.” after back a from 2-0, on the road against the No. The Bruins’ decisive score came 1 team in the country,” UCLA head coach second half in which Duke dominatedpossession but could not manage to finish any Jorge Salcedo said. “[Duke] had a great year, and for them to lose the way they did, of its chances to make the score 3-1. I’m the first UCLA a sure is very difficult. Duke’s a great generated In half, number of scoring opportunities —they team —hats off to them and their season.”

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Spencer Wadsworth scored Duke's first goal 25 seconds in and assisted on Chris Loftus' first-half score.

Although its record may show a team that consistently comes up short, Saturday’s game showed that the Blue Devils have certainly grown throughout the season. But after an 0-12 campaign, Duke players said preparations for the 2007 season start today, and they hope to develop the ability to close out a win. “There’s a lot of things this team has gone through this year,” defensive end Patrick Bailey said. “We’ve been in a lot of tough spots, but, no matter what, we’ve been resilient.”

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come in the lane with so many long arms. They justreally help us out because they’re so unselfish that it makes us so much better because they create so many plays.” Despite averaging more than 75 points in the season’s first six games, Duke’s offense still has to catch up to the stellar play of the defense. The Blue Devils have allowed their opponents to shoot an average of just 35 percent from the field. As he attempts to find an answer for a more consistent Blue Devil offense, Krzyzezwski said he has new ideas now that he did not have a week ago, and that these early-season games are vital for learning how to steer his team. “It’s interesting because a question I might answer tonight might be answered differently on Tuesday [against Indiana],” he said. “We’re trying to obviously win games, get to know our team and personalize our system so it will suit this team right now.” Will Flaherty contributed to this story.

trio of seniors—Polly Bendush, Tealle Hunkus and Pixie Levanas —fittingly stole the show as they led Duke to victory. Bendush finished the night with two service aces and seven digs, while Levanas earned three blocks, Hunkus snagged 12 digs, and both seniors slammed home 10 kills apiece in their last game in Cameron Indoor Stadium. “Our seniors were leading us all the way, and that’s really what they’ve been doing all year,” Nagel said. “It was really special because the seniors have done a great job for our team, not only this year in their leadership, but in their work ethic, in the standards they set for themselves and the passion for the sport itself.” Nagel said the team, which has prepared well mentally for each match all season, will be ready for the challenge. “Initially, we’re trying to find out all we can about our opponents,” Nagel said. “[We’re going to] not try to change a whole lot and try to make sure we’re well-rested and hungry as we go into Knoxville.”

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Still improving his conditioning, sophomore point guard Greg Paulus turned the ball over six times in theCBE semifinals and finals last week.

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Josh Mcßoberts led Duke's attack Saturday, scoring 14 points and pulling down nine rebounds in the Blue Devils'win over Davidson.

M. BBALL from SW page 4 against Marquette, the Blue Devils were glad to see a better performance from theirrookies versus Davidson. “We were all disappointed coming off the loss,” Mcßoberts said. “A lot ofguys played not as well as we would have liked. We wanted to come out and play well tonight.”

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Even Duke’s loss to Marquette was its first defeat before January since the 2003-04 season, the Blue Devils believe they are simply experiencing the growing pains associated with a young but talented squad. “We wanted to send a message,” Scheyer said. “People think we’re young and we’re not tough. I think we are, and we wanted to come out and prove that.” NOTES: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski announced after the game that Jamal Boykin is out indefinitely with mononucleosis. The sophomore forward had sat out the two CBE games in Kansas City. “We’re going to try to have Jamal finish up the semester academically because it’s at the end and then have him get home as soon as possible to recover,” Krzyzewski said. “We’ll reevaluate his situation when they start the second semester”.... The Blue Devils take the court Tuesday night as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge when they play Indiana Tuesday night at 9 p.m.

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The three-year fundraising campaign to raise $l5 million is underlay and already ahead of schedule, said Jim Bressler, president of the Ronald McDonald House board of trustees and director of sales and marketing of the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club. Two-thirds of the cost must be pledged before breaking ground, Strong said. “The campaign is going extremely well,” Bressler said. “Part of my role is to be sure that all board members are active in making contributions. I continue to encourage them to act as fundraisers.” Although the majority of the $5 million raised so far has come from stockholders and corporations, contributions have come from a variety of donors. “I am particularly proud of my seven staff members, who pledged a combined $10,000,” Strong said.

In September and October 2007 the public campaign will open, Richards added. Working in conjunction with Jim Wulforst, director of Duke dining services, Richards has big plans for Duke students. “We want to get students more involved,” Richards said. “A lot of sororities and fraternities already volunteer their time at our house and we are so appreciative of that.” Richards and Wulforst are working on a plan in which students can donate their excess food points to the Ronald McDonald House at the end of the semester. By next fall, Richards hopes to implement a “Road to the Final Floor” program, which is a work in progress involving the Cameron Crazies. Richards, who is also owner of the McDonald’s in the Bryan Center, said he welcomes any campus service group or individual student to aid in the fundraising

campaign.

“The whole Duke family is what we’re a part of here,” Richards said. “It’s all connected.”

NICHOLAS SCHOOL from page 3 reliance on oil are currently in the public eye. “We’ve reached a tipping point in this debate—long overdue,” he said. “We still have... members of the administration who are simply in a state of denial—or at least if not in denial, not ready to take significant action. It’s our job to continue to push this administration as well as fellow members of Congress.” McCain added, however, that he is heartened by the enthusiasm of students and young people to address these issues. Profeta said he hopes the new office will eventually be a site where students interested in environmental policy solutions can complete summerjnternships. “It’s important for students to work on real-world issues and for us to have the useful, creative energy from students,” he said. William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School, said the institute currently functions as a place where obscure academic texts are translated into real policy solutions. With the opening of the new office, discussion can flow both ways, he said. “The institute could function the other way by having strong eyes and ears in Washington and in state capitals and in the international arena to hear from policymakers what they lack—what they’d most like to see from academic institutions,” Schlesinger added. Profeta, who already travels to Washington twice a month, said he will be in “constant communication” with the new branch to make sure operations run smoothly. The office will be headed by Nicole St. Clair, associate director of the D.C. office of the institute and a prominent leader in the environmental policy community, Schlesinger said. At the launch, St. Clair stressed the importance of the D.C office for policymakers and scientists alike. “Duke has a strong tradition of applied research, research that doesn’t just live in the University but is meant to solve real-world problems,” St. Clair said. “What we’d like to try to do is lead that effort now.”

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The shootings occurred at about 4 a.m. Saturday outside the Kalua Cabaret, a strip club where Bell’s bachelor party was held. The survivors were Joseph Guzman, 31, who was shot at least 11 times, and Trent Benefield, 23, who was hit three times. Guzman was in critical condition Sunday and Benefield was stable. Relatives of all three men—many of them stoic, and some crying—attended the vigil but none spoke publicly. At a news conference Saturday, Kelly said the department was still piecing together what happened, and that it was too early to say whether the shooting was justified. The car, .driven by Bell, was struck by 21 of the police bullets after the vehicle rammed an undercover officer and hit an unmarked NYPD minivan. Other shots hit nearby homes and shattered windows at a train station, though no one else was injured. Police thought one of the men in the car might have had a gun but investigators found no weapons. It was unclear what prompted police to open fire, Kelly said. It was also not clear whether the shooters had identified themselves as police, he added.

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tried to improve the system in the past, but with few satisfactory results. Because students are still running into the same problems. ing chemistry editorial Undeclared stumajors. Faculdents are still asty unable to find time away from research signed to faculty with intellecor teaching to meet with tual interests that are unrelated to theirs. needy undergraduates. AdviDeclared majors often are sors going on sabbatical, leaving their advisees behind, not required to meet with their advisors and advisors fending for themselves. It’s no secret that acaare not known for their helpdemic advising has strugfulness or interest in the adgled in recent years to pro- vising process. vide adequate services to As students in an academiwading cally challenging and comundergraduates their way through Duke acpetitive atmosphere like Duke’s, it can be a frustrating ademics. this Realizing fact, journey to travel alone. countless students, faculty Though some faculty adviand administrators have sors are fantastic resources

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ing to become advisors, which may give them a leg up on our friends in the advising game. We hope that the program is successful and that being selected as a peer academic advisor can become a honor awarded to top students in different majors. The Peer Advising Network will not be successful, however, without student interest. If underclassmen are not utilizing the service, then it will obviously fail. So, if you think your premajor advisor gives the worst advice of anyone at Duke, give this new peer advising program a chance. It’s not even hard. Student advisors can answer questions via e-mail.

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ontherecord run into people that are seniors a lot, and they re like, thought you graduated”.... Vm not a student anymore, and I still kind offeel like I am.

academic experience—an invaluable perspective. Granted, most students already benefit from having upperclassmen friends to ask for informal advice. But institutionalizing this mechanism by promoting advising among students could be important for those students who do not have regular contact with upperclassmen. Also, many students may have upperclassman friends, but not ones that know a lot about their particular majors. Sometimes it is hard to find the appropriate people to ask about a particular advising concern. This program makes it easier. Also, the 21 upperclassmen advising in the program have undergone train-

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was dining at home brOOkS on Nov. 22, 1963, new york times when J. Edgar Hoover called have news for you,” Hoover began coldly. “The president’s been shot.” Kennedy turned away from his lunch companions, his hand to his mouth and his face twisted in pain. In the ensuing months, he was devoured by grief. One ofhis biographers, Evan Thomas, writes: “He literally shrank, until he appeared wasted and gaunt. His clothes no longer fit, especially his brother’s old clothes—an old blue topcoat, a tuxedo, a leather bomber jacket with the presidential seal—which he insisted on wearing and which hung on his narrowing frame.” But during March 1964, he visited Bunny Mellon’s estate in Antigua, and spent the vacation in his room, reading a book Jackie Kennedy had given him, “The Greek Way,” by Edith Hamilton. “The Greek Way” contains essays on the great figures of Athenian history and literature, and Kennedy found a worldview that helped him explain and recover from the tragedy that had befallen him. “When the world is storm-driven and the bad that happens and the worse that threatens are so urgent as to shut out everything else from view,” Hamilton writes, “then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.” Classical scholars often scorn Hamilton because she wrote in a breathless “all the glory that was Greece” mode, but her book changed Robert Kennedy’s life. He carried his beaten, underlined and annotated copy around with him for years, pulling it from his pocket, reading sections aloud to audiences in what Thomas calls “a flat, unrhythmic voice with a mournful edge.” Kennedy found in the Greeks a sensibility similar to his own —heroic and battle-scarred but also mystical. He shared the awful sense of foreboding that pervades the work of Aeschylus and Sophocles, and that distinctly Greek awareness of the invisible patterns that connect events to one another, how the arrogance men and women

show at one moment will twist back and bring agony later on. Hamilton is at her best describing the tragic sensibility, the strange mixture of doom and exaltation that marks Greek drama. It was based on the conviction that good grows out of bad, virtue out of hardship, and that wisdom is born in suffering. Kennedy memorized a passage from Aeschylus, which Hamilton quotes twice in her book: “God, whose law it is that he who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despite, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” Kennedy, recovering from his brother’s murder, found in the ancient Greeks a civilization that was eager to look death in the face, but which seemed to draw strength from what it found there. The Greeks seemed more convinced of the dignity and significance oflife the more they brooded on the pain and precariousness of it. Kennedy underlined a passage of Hamilton’s book in which she summarizes the rippled nature of Greek optimism: “Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.” If they were doctors of the spirit, the Greeks’ specialty was to take grief and turn it into resolution. The story of Kennedy’s grief is the story of a man stepping out of his time and fetching from the past a sturdier ethic. He developed a bit of that quality, which greater leaders like Churchill possessed in abundance, of seeming to step from another age. Kennedy became a figure in the 19605, but was never really of the ’6os. He promoted many liberal policies but was never a member of a team since he drew strength from somewhere else. And the lesson, of course, is about the need to step outside your own immediate experience into the past, to learn about the problems that never change, and bring back some of that inheritance. The leaders who founded the country were steeped in the classics, Kennedy found them in crisis, and today’s students are lucky if they stumble on them by happenstance. David Brooks is a regular columnist for The New York Times. This column was previously printed there.

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While Iraq burns

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competing television news images on the morning after Thanksgiving were of the unspeakable carnage in Sadr City in Baghdad —where more than 200 Iraqi civilians were killed by a series of coordinated car bombs—and the long lines of cars filled with holiday shopping zealots that jammed the highway approaches to American malls that had opened for business at midnight. A Wal-Mart in Union, N.J., was besieged by customers even before it opened its doors at 5 a.m. on Friday. “All I can tell you,” said a Wal-Mart employee, “is that they were fired up and ready to

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There is something terribly wrong with this the new york times of gleefu | juxtap Americans with fistfuls of dollars storming the department store barricades and the slaughter by the thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, including old people, children and babies. The war was started by the United States, but most Americans feel absolutely no sense of personal responsibility for it. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y, recently proposed that the draft be reinstated, suggesting that politicians would be more reluctant to take the country to war if they understood that their constituents might be called up to fight. What struck me was not the uniform opposition to the congressman’s proposal—it has long been clear that there is zero sentiment in favor of a draft in the U.S.—but the fact that it never provoked even the briefest discussion of the responsibilities and obligations of ordinary Americans in a time of war. With no obvious personal stake in the war in Iraq, most Americans are indifferent to its consequences. In an interview last week, Alex Racheotes, a 19-year-old history major at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, said: “I definitely don’tknow anyone who would want to fight in Iraq. But beyond that, I get the feeling that most people at school don’t even think about the war. They’re more concerned with what grade they got on yesterday’s test.” His thoughts were echoed by other students, including John Cafarelli, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of New Hampshire, who was asked if he had any friends who would be willing to join the Army. “No, definitely not,” he said. “None of my friends even really care about what’s going on in Iraq.” This indifference is widespread. It enables most Americans to go about their daily lives completely unconcerned about the atrocities resulting from a war being waged in their name. While shoppers here are scrambling to put the perfect touch to their holidays with the purchase of a giant flat-screen TV or a Play Station 3, the news out of Baghdad is of a society in the midst of a meltdown. According to the United Nations, more than 7,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in September and October. Nearly 5,000 of those killings occurred in Baghdad, a staggering figure. In a demoralizing reprise of life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the U.N. reported that in Iraq: “The situation of women has continued to deteriorate. Increasing numbers of women were recorded to be either victims of religious extremists or ‘honor killings.’ Some non-Muslim women are forced to wear headscarves and to be accompanied by spouses or male relatives.” Journalists in Iraq are being “assassinated with utmost impunity,” the U.N. report said, with 18 murdered in the last two months. Iraq bums. We shop. The Americans dying in Iraq are barely mentioned in the press anymore. They warrant maybe one sentence in a long roundup article put of Baghdad, or a passing reference—no longer than a few seconds—in a television news account of the latest political ditherings. Since the vast majority of Americans do not want anything to do with the military or the war, the burden of fighting has fallen on a small cadre of volunteers who are being sent into the war zone again and again. Nearly 3,000 have been killed, and many thousands more have been maimed. The war has now lasted as long as the American involvement in World War 11. But there is no sense of collective sacrifice in this war, no shared burden ofresponsibility. The soldiers in Iraq are fighting, suffering and dying in a war in which there are no clear objectives and no end in sight, and which a majority ofAmericans do not support. They are dying anonymously and pointlessly, while the rest of us are free to buckle ourselves into the family vehicle and head off to the malls and shop.

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dilemma.... Every one of us faces it, though some more frequently than others. The question that arises more often than any other at college: Should I do it? Should I go out tonight? Academics vs. a social life: this is the battle that defines our college experience, as we slowly learn and our balance between the two evolves. We all face this question in some form, though clearly in various degrees of aggressiveness For a Frat superstar, the question might be: It’s Monday night, and % I have two midterms tomorrow

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should I go to that mw one-on-one case-race tournament? For a Pre-med, the ItlOndaV mo nda J question might be: It s the morning wood Saturday night, and I need to get a head start on studying for my chem quiz in three weeks; should I go to the Nasher for tea and crumpets? For a football player, the question might be: It’s halfway through the fourth quarter and we’re in a very close game; should I go to the locker room in between possessions and drink as much vodka as I can before I have to go back in? Unfortunately for most of us, the answer more often than not is “yes.” Now, I’m not saying that we all party and drink as much as we can. I’m saying that we all have our grey area, where going out isn’t out of the question. And there’s something about this place that makes us cross the boundary more than we probably should. We’ve become so frustrated about so many things that we are much more inclined to say to ourselves, “what the f—, make your move.” There is a group, however, that is immune to the infection of this University. You may know them as the people you’ve never seen before. They aren’t even found in Bostock. Too social. They’re simply locked in their rooms, surfacing only for class, review sessions with the professor and the occasional basketball game. Perhaps these are the same folk who chose to eat at Whole Foods instead of the Marketplace every day as freshmen, and thus missed out on the poison the rest of *

us were ingesting on a regular basis. I’m not saying that these people are dedicated and the rest of us aren’t. Everyone at Duke is dedicated, some of us just choose to have a life. If you’re a premed at Duke, you are automatically at a disadvantage if you plan on ever leaving your room, because you know that a quarter of your class isn’t. How can you compete with that? If you ever plan on taking it easy over the weekend, you’re already behind. How is that fair? God created Sunday as a day of rest. And football. These demons choose to disobey God, and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let that bring me down. Thus, I propose a separation of the school. One part will be for those whose lives revolve around their work, and one part will be for those whose lives are their work. We will refer to them as Duke A and Duke B. This may not seem fair to those in the newly formed Duke B, but they’ll keep their mouths shut after a couple wet willies and rumors ofatomic wedgies. For the rest of us, it will be a breath of fresh air. We’re all really smart—otherwise we wouldn’t be here—so how is it fair for us to be fighting for a B- in a class because a couple of Duke B’s screwed the curve? Maybe a 65 out of 100 is actually pretty good, but since the Duke B spent the last two weeks memorizing the textbook, he got a 95. In Bolivia, a guy could get murdered for messing up a curve like that. In our society, he gets praised. The answer must lie somewhere in the middle, like taking a toe or something. One of the little ones, not the big one. That’d be crossing a line. Not only are the Duke B’s currently cheating us, but they’re cheating the companies that hire them. Their 4.0 GPAs look nice, but most of our 3.5’s are often more impressive. How is a company supposed to know that? With the new separation of the University, all companies will be able to put true meaning behind those GPAs. You can’t memorize a textbook in the real world. It don’t work like that. Trust me, if you could, I would’ve popped three Adderall and started my reading a long time ago.

The Morning Wood has never seen a Duke B girl before. Tom Segal is furious at the atrocious display of officiating at his high school alumnae basketball game.

lettertotheeditor Wristbands in effect for Indiana game The men’s basketball game is home against Indiana on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 9 p.m. Wristbands will be distributed in seven color blocks, starting at midnight on Nov. 27 until 2 a.m. Students who receive a wristband need to line up at least two hours before game time in their designated color block section.

Students who do not receive a wristband may form a walkup line at the end of the last color block. Mara Schultz HeadLine Monitor Trinity ’O7

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