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Defense, players'parents call step positive move toward justice, objectivity

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A number of legal experts have commended embattled Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong’s decision to step down in the Duke lacrosse case, while noting that the changeover may lead to the case’s eventual dismissal.

The most immediate effect of the development is that Nifong will analysis lose all authority over the prosecution and the administration of the case, Duke law professor Paul Haagen said.

At a press conference Saturday, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper appointed two attorneys from his office to take charge of the case. He said the two will begin the task of reviewing all evidence.

“I expect that this will involve working through the fde created by the Durham district attorney, meeting with defense lawyers, interviewing witnesses,” Haagen said.

Ronald Sullivan, a professor at Yale Law School who studies criminal law, said the new will attorneys not be bound by any decisions made Hp by Nifong and his staff in the past.

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The North Carolina state attorney general assumed control of the Duke lacrosse case Saturday and appointed two special prosecutors to replace Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, who requested to be recused Friday.

“Any case with such serious criminal charges requires careful and deliberate review,” North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said at a Saturday press conference. “Our goal is to seek justice and truth respecting the rights of everyone involved.”

Cooper appointedjames Coman, head of the attorney general’s Law” Enforcement and Prosecutions Division, and Mary Winstead of the Special Prosecutions Division, to the case. He said the special prosecution will meet with witnesses, investigators and defense attorneys and will offer a “fresh and thorough review of the facts.”

“I wish I could tell you that this case will be resolved quickly, but it is my understanding that there are numerous other documents and other information in the district attorney’s files and in the court records,” Cooper said. “Since we have not

Mike Nifong asked to be removed from the Duke case, in part because of complaints about his pre-trial comments.

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Lindsey Harding scored a career-high 28 points in leading Duke to beat

then-No. 1 Maryland in a rematch oflast April's nationaltitle game.

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In the midst of the raucous and sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, the then-No. 3 Blue Devils dominated top-ranked Maryland in almost every facet of the highly-anticipated game en route to an 81-62 victory in the teams’ first matchup since last season’s national championship bout.

When the new Associated Press rankings were released Monday, Duke (18-0, 4-0 in the ACC) vaulted No. 2 North Carolina and rose to No. 1 in rankings, and the Terrapins (18-1, 2-1) fell to third.

“One thing that Coach [Gail Goestenkors] said to us yesterday that I think is really important is that with a win today, we don’t win last year’s national championship—that no matter what happened last year, we can’t take it back,” Abby Waner said. “So, I’m more excited for this year. I think that this was our first big test, and we really proved ourselves. But we have a lot farther to go.”

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Andrew Young, co-worker and confidant of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke Sunday to a crowded Duke Chapel as the keynote speaker for the University’s 18th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Young, a former congressman, mayor and ambassador, discussed the importance of King’s mission and the continued necessity of “coming to the table” to discuss issues of race Introduced by JamesJoseph, professor of the practice of public policy, as an “au- Andrew Young thentic American hero,” Young focused on the changing dynamic of the “triple evils” of racism, SEE YOUNG ON PAGE 8

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Saddam aides hanged, beheaded by

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BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi government’s attempt Monday to close a chapter on Saddam Hussein’s repressive regime—by hanging two of his henchmen—only appeared to anger many of Saddam’s fellow Sunni Muslims after the former leader’s half brother was decapitated on the gallows.

A thickset Barzan Ibrahim plunged through the trap door and was beheaded by the jerk of the thick beige rope at the end of his fall, in the same execution chamber where Saddam was hanged a little more than two weeks earlier.

A government video of the hanging,

played at a briefing for reporters, showed Ibrahim’s body passing the camera in a blur. The body came to rest on its chest while the severed head lay a few yards away, still wearing the black hood pulled on moments before by one of Ibrahim’s five masked executioners.

The decapitation appeared inadvertent, and Iraqi officials seemed anxious to prove they hadn’t mutilated Ibrahim’s remains.

The hangings came as a suicide car bomber slammed into an Iraqi army patrol in the northern city of Mosul Monday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, police said. A total of at least 55 people were killed or found dead across Iraq, authorities said.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, announced the deaths of two more soldiers, both killed in Baghdad.

While Ibrahim’s body was wrenched apart by the execution, his co-defendant, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of Saddam’s Revolutionary court, died as expected swinging at the end of a rope. Both men met death at 3 a.m. wearing reddish orange prison jumpsuits.

Prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi, who witnessed the hangings, said Ibrahim looked tense and protested his innocence as he was brought into the chamber. The condemned man had once ran Saddam’s feared security agency, the Mukhabarat.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. A few hundred employees at a massive Smithfield Foods, Inc. hog slaughterhouse missed work Monday after a union called for a walkout to protest the company’s decision to not make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a

paid holiday.

But it was difficult to tell if the workers didn’t come to work because of the union or because of other reasons, Smithfield spokesman Dennis Pittman said.

On a typical day, about 100 to 150 people miss a shift, and on Monday there were

as many as 150 additional employees absent, Pittman said.

He said he couldn’t tell why the workers didn’t come but that the plant—which has two daily shifts of 2,500 people—continued operations throughout the day despite the

protest.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union estimated that 400 people among the 2,500 scheduled to work Monday morning walked out or did not show up. The union has been running an organizing campaign at the plant and already lost one election.

“Compared to the last Martin Luther

King Day, it’s about the same,” Pittman said. “There was no walkout. We’re going to have a real good day.”

Workers sent a petition to Smithfield’s management last week demanding the

King holiday.

The company said there wasn’t time to

consider the request but workers could use one of their annual 12 unpaid personal days to observe the holiday, which celebrates the civil rights leader slain in Memphis in 1968.

Anyone using up the personal days is subject to being fired after being warned, Pittman said.

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A storm blamed for at least 36 deaths across the eastern U.S. spread into the Northeast on Monday, coating trees, power lines and roads with a shell of ice up to a half-inch thick and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

Rice in Egypt, gathers summit Hoping to breathe life into moribund peace efforts, the United States will gath-

er Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss an eventual independent Palestinian state, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

said Monday.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that new U.S. military moves in the Persian Gulf were prompted in part by signals from Iran that it sees the United States as vulnerable in Iraq.

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Senior Stephen Millerand law professorErwin Chemerinsky were part of a panel on affirmative action Monday.

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“Freedom School”—a series of twelve discussions and presentations honoring different aspects of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy—began and ended amid controversy Monday.

Two panel discussions on affirmative action and race relations at Duke inflamed both audience and panel partici-

pants’ passions.

Some audience members described the discussions as unproductive and angry, but others said they appreciated the diversity of viewpoints represented.

Ben Reese, vice president for institutional equity and co-chair of the MLK Commemoration Committee, said the motivation behind this year’s “Come to the Table” theme was to engage student groups who had not participated fully in past programs.

For example, politically conservative student groups have been actively involved in the planning this year, bringing a wider range of opinions to the discus-

sion, he said, Richard Spencer, a second-year graduate student, said the result was a “clearly impassioned” debate.

“There was blood on the floor,” he said.

During the discussion on affirmative action, political science and philosophy professor Michael Gillespie, who moderated the event, explicitly called for an end to the ad hominem attacks.

Senior Stephen Miller, executive director of the Duke Conservative Union, was labeled by one audience member as a racist. A visibly angry Miller then accused the audience member—who apologized during a later discussion panel—of slander and mischaracterizing his views.

Freshman Marcus Andrew said he was skeptical of how much the audience could gain from the emotionally charged debate that infused both discussions.

“Nothing really came out of the discussion,” Andrew said. “A lot of the panels I SEE MLK DAY ON PAGE 11

Plans for the rezoning and construction of the new Central Campus will be voted on

by Durham representatives at the City Council meeting tonight. If the proposal is approved, the University can begin to move farther in its plans to renovate the campus.

Originally scheduled to take place Dec. 18, the vote was delayed because of disagreement between the University and community members about 13 “committed elements” in the proposal, council member Mike Woodard said.

“Both sides have been frustrated by the time it took to negotiate this,” he said.

“But I am pleased that we seem to have worked through these issues that the neighbors raised... and that we could reach a resolution that’s win-win for both Duke and the stakeholders.”

After taking the month to further dis-

cuss and polish the plan, University officials said they expect an affirmative vote from the Council.

“We’re at the point now where the city will approve it,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Burness added that the two major issues that remained unresolved in December focused on retail space and building height Community stakeholders originally feared that opening new shops and restaurants on Duke’s campus would hurt local businesses. Durham residents and University officials, however, have agreed SEE CENTRAL ON PAGE 10

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Chanting and excited conversation through open windows along the main quad, girls in matching shirts and groups of wide-eyed freshmen exploring their social options for the next three years—these are the sights and sounds of sorority recruitment in full swing.

“We’re very pleased,” said senior Bethany Schraml, vice president for recruitment and membership of the Panhellenic Association. “The numbers are tremendous this year—very high—and a lot of women really respected our [recruitment] efforts in the fall.”

The number of registrants for recruitment are higher this year than at SEE SORORITY RUSH ON PAGE 12

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Smiling girls were the norm this weekend at dozens of sorority recruitment events across West Campus.

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The blowout upset of No. 1-ranked

Maryland in women’s basketball was not the only surprise at Cameron Indoor Stadium this past Saturday.

The house was packed —including the

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For most students on campus, January marks the beginning of the spring semester. But for greek men, the month represents three important weeks when each fraternity puts its best foot forward in hopes of attracting the next group of underclassmen that will wear its letters.

In other words, rush has officially begun And this year, as in past years, off-campus fraternities continue to stay on the Duke social-scene map. The nish process for off-campus fraternities traditionally has coincided with the Interfratemity Council rush schedule but does not implement any acdvity restricdons or a minimum GPA requirement.

Eta Prime, the off-campus fraternity formerly known as Kappa Sigma, created an advertisement about the start of rush on Facebook and received about twice as many rushees as last year, said Adetokunbo Coker, a senior and one of the group’s four rush chairs.

“We don’t really concern ourselves with what other fraternities are doing,” Coker said. “We’re not out to sabotage anybody, but we’re not idiots either.”

Some members of off-campus organizations view their lack of affiliation with IFC as an advantage during the rush process.

Phi Theta Sigma, which disaffiliated from Theta Chi last semester and became an off-campus organization, also received nearly twice as many students interested in joining this year than last year, said rush chair Sam Broder-Fingert, a junior.

“Last year, we were following the IFC schedule and we were forced to have our date functions at certain times and they weren’t very convenient or conducive,” Broder-Fingert said. “This year, we have a lot more freedom.”

Alpha Delta Phi. the off-campus fraternity formerly known as Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a third off-campus group, did SEE FRAT RUSH ON PAGE 6

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student section, which has been less than full even for men’s games this season. The official attendance for the game was 9,314—a sellout crowd, and one that exceeded every otherwomen’s game this season in attendance by more than 2,250.

Attendees said the combination of a rematch of the 2006 NCAA Championship game and grace for Krzyzewskiville residents contributed to the high turnout.

Student attendance at games this season has been lower than in recent years.

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, chastised students and especially freshmen in a Dec. 15 e-mail to all undergraduates.

Another e-mail, sent Friday, encouraged attendance at Saturday’s game and said grace would be extended for Sunday night to any tent with at least eight attendees.

“I think what was exciting about the game was that it was No. 3 versus No. 1, and they’ve played fantastic and they played with passion and aggression,” said Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, who was among the attendees. “The whole day was perfect.”

Head Line Monitor Mara Schultz, a senior, said the grudge against the Terrapins—Maryland won the national title in a comc-from-behind nailbiter last spring—drew many students, but she added that the amnesty to tenters was a major contributor to the turnout.

“I’d been planning to do it since the beginning [of tenting],” she said. “The women’s team is really goo'd and they should get the support they deserve. This was away to kill two birds with one stone.”

Sophomore Scott Eren said he has attended all men’s games this season and went to most women’s games last season.

This was, however, the first women’s game he attended this season, he said.

“It was more crowded in the student section than it’s been for any of the men’s games,” he said. “It was just as

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Students, clad in complimentary T-shirts, flooded Cameron for Saturday's women's basketball game.

loud as many of the men’s games. This was a good game and I will start going to more of them.”

Tracy Gold, a freshman and Maryland native, said she attended the. game so she would have bragging rights over friends back at the state school.

That was enough to get her to come, but she added that the grace enticed many dther students.

“After the men lost their first two ACC games, [this game] restored my faith in

Duke basketball,” she said. “It was really cool to see how much the women appredated the cheering. I don’t think they get that as much and they really enjoyed it.”

Gold added that some seats in the student section had been sold to nonstudents.

“They were letting general-admission people into the student section, so there were a few random old people who weren’t jumping around as much,” she said.

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restaurant,

Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs, officially debuted this weekend to big crowds, although the location will not be able to serve alcohol until a liquor license is finalized.

Tommy’s was operating during part of November and December, but the restaurant underwent extensive renovations during Winter Break and re-opened Friday with an expanded, cook-to-order menu, owner and namesake Tom Meyer said.

Meyer, who also owns the

Q-Shack

restaurant in Raleigh, said student feedback last semester and this weekend has been overwhelmingly positive.

“I’m not bragging, but we got a lot of ‘best food on campus’ comments,” he said.

Sales were through the roof this weekend—especially Monday, when the Great Hall was closed for the holiday, Meyer said.

“I beat my projections for Monday’s sales by over $1,000... but I’m more concerned about giving students what they want,” he said.

Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, said the new restaurant has his full support.

“All our comments about the food have been really good, and Tom is always there—he’s really connected with the students,” Wulforst said. “Once everyone figures out that [Tommy’s is] open, we’ll have even better business.”

The previous tenant in the McClendon Tower location was Rick’s Diner, a 24-hour operation that closed amid a sea of complaints about its food quality.

Meyer said he is definitely conscious of his predecessor's difficulties.

“The last thing I want is what happened with Rick’s, where people begrudgingly go because it’s open—I don’t ever want to be in that state of mediocrity,” he said.

Meyer added that measured by sale volume, Tommy’s is doing approximately 85 percent of Rick’s business, while having less than half of the diner’s operating hours.

“We’ve been really busy, especially between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.,” said Jeffrey Lovely, a Tommy’s employee.

“Then you have another rush from 12 to 2:30 in the morning—people coming in, having fun and eating,” he added.

Among the changes introduced this weekend were new floors and lighting, as well as menu options such as grilled chipode shrimp, steak salad and four new panini sandwiches, Lovely noted.

One renovation that did not make the final cut was the addition of a beer bar, which Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, vetoed in October.

Meyer said his restaurant was never intended to be a place for heavy drinking, although six draftbeers will be available when the liquor license is finalized in a few weeks.

“Three-fourths of our business is a proper dinner, which is exacdy what I wanted to see,” Meyer said. “It’s people taking the time to eat a proper meal and sit down with their friends to enjoy it.”

Sophomore John Barone said that when Tommy’s was open last semester, he ate there every week with his friends on the varsity wrestling team.

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In fact, when a fire alarm went off in the West-Edens Link, Barone’s friends weren’t even disappointed —they just headed

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“It’s outstanding,” Barone said. “It’s even better [now] than it was in the fall.”

The top student complaint has been the lack of breakfast options, which will be rectified soon by the addition of a latenight breakfast menu, Meyer said.

Katherine Madlwaine contributed to this article.

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LEGAL ANALYSIS from page, “They could drop the case completely, they could drop individual defendants, they could change the charges to something else,” Duke law professor Thomas Metzloff said. “They could go in a lot of different directions.”

The special prosecutors will serve the same role Nifong did but will view the case with “a fresh look,” Haagen added.

Even though the appointment of a special prosecution does not change the facts in the case, many legal experts speculated that the case may be dropped once the evidence is reviewed.

“If I were a betting man, I would wager that this case will be dismissed,” Sullivan said.

Although legal experts have given varying estimates for the time needed for the special prosecution to review the case file, most said a preliminary decision may be made within as little as two to three weeks.

“I would think the earliest would be... early to mid-February,” Metzloff said. “I wouldn’t expect anything immediately.

They have to meet with people. They have to get up to speed on the case.”

He added, however, that some decision may come by Feb. 5, when a hearing is scheduled for the case. Now that Nifong has been removed, the nature of that hearing has changed.

“Either that will get extended or they might come to court with some preliminary decisions,” he said.

Metzloff—who serves as an advisory member to the North Carolina State Bar Ethics Committee—said it was unlikely that the decision would have any effect on pending ethics violadon charges against Nifong from the North Carolina State Bar. “It doesn’t really change the nature of the current ethics complaint,” he said.

Metzloff added, however, that Nifong’s decision to recuse himself was the correct one for the situation.

“Anytime a lawyer does the right thing, I think that will potentially be helpful [for pending ethics charges],” he said.

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Crowded groups of fraternity members and prospective freshmen were a common scene this weekend as IFC and off-campus fraternity rush kicked off.

FRAT RUSH from page 4 not see a significant change in the number of interested students despite their recent decision to become nationally affiliated, said Michael sophomore Shaughnessy, a rush chair.

“Because we’ve kept a strong organization, we’ve always had a strong demand from freshmen,” he said.

Phi Theta Sigma is the most recent addition to the off-campus social culture.

“I think it’s becoming more and more clear that off-campus fraternities are a viable option and they’ve been pretty successful,” Broder-Fingert said. “I foresee [them] making a bigger and bigger impact on greek life.”

Senior Ivan Mothershead, the president of IFC, said he disagrees with Broder-Fingert’s assertion.

“There’s less of a threat now from offcampus social groups,” he said. “In light of recent events with the campus culture, I think more fraternities are more vocal

in describing the purpose of the fraternity as well as the structure of their organizations and their ties with their national associations.”

With the off-campus fraternity scene growing, IFC has also changed some regulations for rush in order to better accommodate the demands of their chapters.

The council made the second week of rush more flexible for its 15 chapters to host events and left the third week’s schedule completely open for all chapters.

And despite raising the minimum GPA from 2.25 to 2.5 for IFC rush participants, there have been proportionally more students participating this year than last year, Mothershead said.

Annually, about 400 men participate in the IFC recruitment process, said Todd Adams, assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life. At least 240 choose to pledge an IFC fraternity each year, while others choose to remain independent or join other organizations and selective living groups.

IFC chapters follow a three-round

rush process that culminates on Bid Day, which will be Jan. 29 this year, Mothershead said.

Many first-round parties took place over the weekend and some on-campus fraternities have already begun to go to great lengths to set themselves apart.

Sigma Nu, an IFC fraternity, hosted a party Saturday night at Metro 8, a restaurant on Ninth Street, where rapper Afroman performed in front of hundreds of Duke students and dozens of potential new members of the fraternity.

“I don’t think anybody’s ever pulled a big name for Duke rush before, so we’re raising the bar,” said sophomore Hal Brigham, a Sigma Nu brotherhood chair.

“Every one of the brothers was really excited about it, and everyone there had a great time, too.”

Freshman David Bitner, who is rushing Sigma Nu, attended the party at Metro 8.

“It was really cool to have Afroman come to a small venue,” he said. “I thought it was really legit. I was pretty impressed, but this was just a part of the first round.”

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“If we are to end poverty in North Carolina, we have to consider poverty in China and India,” Young said. “We are part of a global economy whether we like it or not. The world

poverty and war, which he attributed to globalization and modernization. He emphasized the is flat.”

With globalization, Young added that need for nonviolence and education as a means for fighting injustice and ignorance.

King’s adage, “A threat to injustice anywhere is a threat to “Nonviolence everyworl ere on injustice where,” is now a re“Nonviolence will work here on any and every issue ality. He said this and it will work any and every issue, and it will reality requires eve rywh ere,” everyone to come Young said. “Unwork everywhere.” to the table to disless you believe in Andrew Young cuss issues together that possibility, in hopes of ending you’re doomed to keynote speaker, MLK Day the “triple evils.” a life of cynicism “We can’t give and frustration.”

Young used examples from his upbringing up on the possibilities of peace, we can’t give up on the ending of poverty,” Young said. and relationship with King to illustrate his deactivist.

He “That’s the message of MLK—that freedom is as a political pointed velopment to his father as being especially influential. a constant struggle and that what we are try“[My] father refused to be angry, refused ing to do is work out the mechanisms so that we can work without violence for generations to be bitter at white supremacy. He said, ‘Hatred is too great a burden to make. Don’t get yet unborn.”

Audience members reacted positively to mad, get smart. If you get angry in a fight, said. remarks and said his treatment of Young’s lose the “He was you fight,’” Young preparing me for the nonviolence of MLK.” modern issues like poverty and globalization He added that King never claimed to be was necessary and accurate.

“I thought it was wonderful,” said Tim able to abolish racism, poverty or war and inO’Shea, a graduate student in public policy stead strived to bring people together to disstudies. “I really felt that Ambassador Young is cuss those issues.

“He said that we can break down these bargood in terms oftouching on those issues that riers that make one group artificially superior really don’t get touched on because of politiand another group artificially inferior,” cal correctness or for whatever reasons.”

The commemorative ceremony also feaYoung said. “And when we break down those barriers, we can come together as brothers tured speeches from President Richard Brodhead, Durham Mayor Bill Bell and Dr. Victor and sisters and together we have the opportuDzau, chancellor for health affairs and presinity to resolve any problem.” dent and CEO of the Duke University Health Young pointed to globalization as a motivation for society to change its approach to System. Gospel choirs, a dance troupe and a racism, poverty and war. Acknowledging the closing candle-lighting ceremony rounded increasing integration of the modern world, out the proceedings.

“It was great,” said Lynn Clark, a Duke Young said he sees a need to understand the complexity of die world in order to better ad- health employee. “I enjoyed everything dress its problems. about it.”

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been involved in the investigation or the prosecution of these cases, all of the information will be new to our office.”

Cooper said there is no guarantee whether or not the case will go to trial, but Toe Cheshire, defense attorney for one of three indicted members of the 2005-2006 men’s lacrosse team, expressed hope that the new prosecution will influence the outcome for the defendants.

“For the first time, someone who is honest and objective and doesn’t have an agenda will look at this case,” Cheshire told The New York Times. “We feel confident that when they do, these young men will be exonerated.”

In recent weeks, many, including President Richard Brodhead, have questioned Nifong’s conduct and have asked for the district attorney to remove himself from the prosecution of the case. The North Carolina State Bar has filed a formal ethics complaint against Nifong.

Kevin Finnerty, father of indicted player Collin Finnerty, said his family is pleased Cooper has taken over the case.

“The attorney general’s office is going to bring very professional and objective oversight of the evidence in this case, which is something that had been missing from the outset,” Kevin Finnerty told The Chronicle.

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Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong will no longer serve asthe prosecutor against Reade Seligmann,David Evans and Collin Finnerty on kidnapping and sex offense charges. suit against Nifong is not out of the question, the possibility has taken a backseat to more immediate concerns.

“There are too many moving parts to even remotely think about civil suits right now,” Kevin Finnerty said. “We’re 100 percent focused on criminal charges, and we’re interested to see what the North Carolina State Bar will do with Mr. Nifong.”

Parents of Finnerty, Reade Seligmann and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, appeared on “60 Minutes” Sunday. In the segment which was filmed prior to Nifong’s announcement—the families were openly critical of the district attorney.

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“I’d say with a smile on my face ‘Mr. Ni-

fong, you’ve picked on the wrong families,”’ said Evans’ mother, Rae Evans, when asked how she would respond if Nifong walked into the room. “You will pay every day for the rest ofyour life.”

University officials also said they supported Nifong’s recusal.

“As President Brodhead has emphasized, this matter needs to be placed in the hands of an independent party who can restore confidence in the fairness and integrity of the legal process,” John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said in a statement

released by the University Friday night.

“We hope this change will lead to a fair and speedy resolution of this case.”

Nifong’s request to be recused came shortly after court papers filed by the defense revealed that the alleged victim changed several details in her account of the events surrounding the March' 13 party. She told investigators that Seligmann did not assault her. Rape charges against the indicted members were dropped Dec. 22, but all three still face charges of kidnapping and sexual offense.

Ryan McCartney and ha Wojciechowska contributed to this story.

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Another point of contention regarded the maximum allowable height of buildings at the corner of Erwin Road

and Anderson Street.

Though Duke had applied for permission to build up to 120 feet in height, Woodard said an agreement was reached that would restrict structures to a height of 90 feet.

“I think it has been resolved —at least to my satisfaction—that would limit the height of buildings in the whole Central Campus area, especially along Erwin Road,” he said.

If the proposal passes at the City Council meeting, Burness said the next step for Duke will be to move forward with tangible plans for the campus.

“We’ve been talking concept all along—we’re at the point where we will select architects,” he said.

Though breaking ground on the campus is currently slated to begin in Summer 2007, Provost Peter Lange said timing is dependent on the upcoming planning.

“We’re going to keep working on the plan,” he said. “If we get the City Council approval, and, with the support of the community, I think we’ll build a great project.”

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Student wins journalism award Senior Emily Rotberg has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Overseas Press Club Foundation.

Rotberg, managing editor of Towerview magazine, is one of 12 recipients of the award and the first student from Duke to win the award, which recognizes aspiring foreign correspondents.

She worked for the Associated Press in London in the summer of 2005, where she covered the terrorist bombings and wrote about the decline ofFleet Street, the city’s journalism district.

Last summer, Rotberg worked as an intern at CNN and has held a number ofpositions on the Chronicle staff.

She would ultimately like to become a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, she said in a statement.

In addition to the cash prize, the award includes a weekend in New York and a keynote address by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.

Chapel donations to support Haitiati clinic The $19,754 collected at the Duke Chapel’s 2006 Christmas Eve service will be donated to support a Haitian health clinic, Chapel officials announced last week.

The funds will support the Blanchard

Family Health Center, which was founded in 2004 with donations from the previous year’s Christmas Eve services. Donations from 2004 and 2005 funded the completion of the clinic.

Fuqua gas leak causes evacuation About 900 people were evacuated from the Fuqua School of Business last Wednesday after a gas line sprung a leak after being cut by a construction crew.

No one was injured, however, and classes had not been in session. People were allowed back into the building 30 minutes after evacuating.

Duke Law named top-5 recruiting ground Duke Law School was named one of the top-five law schools from which the country’s largest law firms recruited in 2006, according to The National Law

Journal.

Columbia Law School ranked first with 69.9 percent ofits law school graduates beginning work at top law firms.

Duke rounded out the top five with 56.8 percent, finishing behind the law schools at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University.

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Sophomore Grant Bond, on the other hand, said he was disappointed by the controversy that surrounded the event but pointed out the importance of the diverse views represented both in the audience and among the panelists.

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Bond said. “There definitely [was] more of a mix—it was actually quite refreshing,” He added, however, that certain audience members and panelists were not receptive to the diverse views.

“Too many people got riled up and weren’t listening to others,” he said. “They were just saying controversial things, yelling, clapping, booing.”

Bond said he would have preferred to see a more level-headed approach to the discussion.

“If they had just sat there and tried to understand what others were saying, things would’ve been accomplished better,” he said.

Miller said a number of audience members who approached him after the affirmative action panel praised him for his candor and said they understood his point of view.

Although “Freedom School” sparked controversy, Reese highlighted the fact that this year’s events offered a unique view on King’s legacy.

For example, the planning committee organized various new events this year including a gathering of Durham’s African-American elders, to reflect on historical changes in the Duke-Durham

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Audience members described the atmospheres of two "Freedom School" panels as "emotionally charged."

The committee also continued popular past events such as a presentation on white privilege by Polly Weiss, director of the diversity and equity programs of the Office for Institutional Equity.

Senior Daniel Bowes, Duke-Durham community liaison for Duke Student Government, said that in general the discussion of racial tensions often sparks controversy.

“It reflects the issue, that people feel very invested,” Bowes said. “I don’t think that [the affirmative action panel] completely misconstrued what’s happening in America.”

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the same time last year, Schraml added Panhel President Chrissie Gorman, a senior, said there was some uncertainty about whether the ongoing lacrosse scandal and last June’s Rolling Stone magazine article targeting Duke’s social scene would have any effect on this year’s recruitment numbers.

“You can’t really help going in without any stereotypes, but I was pleasantly surprised—l don’t think the stereotypes were necessarily correct,” freshman Annie Donato said.

Gorman said a conscious effort was made in the fall to introduce freshmen to sororities and the recruitment process.

“All the chapter presidents have done a great job over the fall emphasizing that it’s not only your own chapter you’d be joining, but joining the entire Pan-

hel community,” Gorman said.

The timing of this year’s recruitment process differs from the 2006 process because last year it began before the start of the semester and before classes were in session, but Gorman said the later timeframe does not seem to pose problems for recruitment.

“It’s definitely cut down issues with transportation needs and specific food needs before classes begin on campus,” she said.

Though most of the events took place over the weekend, one event will occur during the week. Gorman said Panhel is flexible, however, in accommodating conflicts with classes.

Freshman Megan Banghart said that although recruitment does not interfere with her classes, it does slightly conflict with other activities.

“All the events are really fun,” she said. “But I have a lot going on, so I really do wish that it was before classes started.”

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. Following the Blue Devils’ second straight loss to begin conference play Wednesday night, head coach Mike Krzyzewski told the media his players did not inherit wins simply by putting on a Duke uniform. The young squad had to leam how to win.

Until they did, the Blue Devils were stripped of the right to wear Duke apparel.

They practiced in unmarked pinnies and the captains elected to travel wearing suits.

They had to earn back the privilege of adorning their Duke clothing.

After several days ofhard practices and the coaches’ motivational ploys, the then-

No. 11 Blue Devils (14-3, 1-2 in the ACC) took care ofbusiness and proved their mettle in a convincing 86-63 victory over Miami (9-9, 2-2) Sunday at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla. “We hate to lose— we're good sports, but we hate to lose,” junior guard DeMarcus Nelson said. “Losing is not acceptable for us players and for this program. When we lose we take losses hard. We came down here with a business approach and with one thing on our mind—to come down here and win.”

Led by the steady shooting of sophomore Greg Paulus and freshman Jon Scheyer, winning is exactly what the Blue Deviß did.

Duke shot 81 percent in the first half to stake a 49-40 halftime lead. During the first 20 minutes, Paulus made each of his three-point attempts and Scheyer was a perfect 4-for-4, including three trifectas, as Duke missed just four of its 21 shots.

“Isn’t that ironic?” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said of the best first-half shooting percentage in school history.

“We’ve been probably the worst offensive team I’ve had for a while so far [this season].”

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GeraldHenderson and theBlue Devils were effective in transition Sunday evening in Coral Gables, Fla.

The Blue Devil offense looked nothing like the anemic attack ofrecent games. Instead, Duke forced turnovers that led to 11 first-half fast-break points, the guards drove the lane arid Scheyer and Paulus knocked down both open and contested looks from long range.

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A small core of talented players and little parity in women’s basketball means that good teams are only truly challenged by an elite of basketball powerhouses like Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee and Connecticut.

So when Duke faced off against the Terrapins at Cameron IndoorStadium Saturday, neither team had truly tested itself against the top tier of women’s basketball, even if they had already taken on ranked teams.

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Duke entered the game against the Terps ranked second nationally in scoring defense but showed that its rank might be an understatement. The Blue Devils held high-scoring Maryland to 28 points below its season average while forcing the Terrapins to shoot just 37.8 percent from the floor and 3-for-18 from beyond the arc.

Maryland’s previous low for the season was 68 points against Marshall Nov. 29.

“I thought this game we were outworked, out hustled, outplayed, out coached,” Maryland head coach Brenda Frese said. “Duke was obviously the dominant team. They made a huge statement coming into this game and played hard and SEE W. ANALYSIS ON PAGE 20

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. After a recent stretch during which the Blue Devils have struggled to put the ball in the basket, Duke had little trouble lighting up the scoreboard Sunday—and was almost perfect from the field in the first half.

This time—and perfor the first time haps -9di116 this season—the Blue I analysis Devils actually looked comfortable on offense The team pushed the ball consistently up the floor in the first half—Duke shot a blistering 81 percent from the field in the period—converting Miami turnovers and missed shots into 11 fast break points.

Sophomore Greg Paulus returned to the starting lineup after coming off the bench in the Blue Devils’ last game against Georgia Tech and ran an efficient offense, breaking away from his tendency to commit turnovers during his recent mini-slump in ACC play.

The Hurricanes had no answer for freshman Jon Scheyer, who has emerged as Duke’s most consistent threat on the perimeter. Because Paulus was steady at the point, Scheyer was able to focus on his shot and turned in a career-high 25 points on 5for-8 shooting, “Certain games more shots are going to be there than other games,” Scheyer said.

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kept shooting it.”

The freshman put forth the best effort of his young career, dominating the Hurricanes inside and out. He connected on 4 of 6 three-pointers and consistendy drove to the basket throughout the contest, reaching the foul line 11 times—and making all 11.

At times during the first half, it seemed as if Duke didn’t miss—a feeling that really wasn’t too far from the truth. The Blue Devils shot a remarkable 17-for-21 during the frame, highlighted by the final 10 minutes when Duke missed only one shot from both the field and the foul line.

In the Blue Devils’ previous two defeats, the squad was unable to capitalize on opportunities to seal victories late in the game. Jan. 6 against Virginia Tech, Duke held the Hokies to only one field goal in overtime but could only muster one itself.

Jan. 11 against the Yellow Jackets, the Blue Devils let the game slip away after cutting the Georgia Tech lead to two with less than four minutes remaining.

Sunday, however, Duke seized control of the game from the get-go. The Blue Devils did allow Miami to quickly trim a 16point, first-half lead to only nine at the break. Nonetheless, the Blue Devils started the second half on a 19-5 run, erasing any thoughts of an 0-3 start to the ACC slate.

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M. BBALL from page 13 the first half. But Scheyer hit a three, Josh Mcßoberts hit a baseline jumper and Paulus hit another three amid a 14-4 run that helped Duke build a 30-19 lead.

The Blue Devils extended their lead to 49-35 with less than a minute left in the first half. But over the final 25 seconds, Hurricanes’ leading scorer Jack McClinton nailed a three-pointer and Keaton Copeland stripped Scheyer of the ball and took it the other way for a layup at the buzzer to close the gap to nine points. It was McClinton’s only field goal of the game, as he was held to a season-low five points.

Despite Duke’s poor play over the final

minute of the half, Krzyzewski said he was pleased with his team’s first-half performance and the mindset with which they attacked Miami from the start.

“One thing we thought we could have been better at the last two games was just mentally playing with more confidence and with the Duke swagger,” Nelson said.

“As a team we were more together, we fought harder together, we played with more intensity, and that all starts mentally.”

Duke came out with the same aggressiveness after the break, and a dunk by Lance Thomas at the 11:55 mark extended the Blue Devils’ lead to the largest of the game at 23 points, 68-45.

Miami mounted a small run to close within 15 at the five-minute mark. Minutes later, however, Mcßoberts caught a Nelson alley-oop and slammed in a reverse jam, accentuating Duke’s largest margin of victory since Nov. 25.

After the game, Krzyzewski reiterated that half of the players in his rotation were playing in just their third ACC contest and that the squad needs to develop its own identity without living under the expectations of former Blue Devil teams.

“Certain things have been handed to Duke in the past and just because we play for Duke doesn’t mean we’re automadcally going to win,” Scheyer said. “That’s something we had to realize after losing those first two games.”

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In what some thought would be the first time an opponent would expose Duke’s weaknesses, the Blue Devils appeared to have very few against the Terrapins.

Duke shot close to 50 percent, held Maryland to 37.8 percent shooting—including 28.9 percent in the first half—and nearly had the benchmark two-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio.

The offense was sparked most by the unstoppable play of Lindsey Harding.

Maryland did not have an answer for the elusive guard, who posted a team- and career-high 28 points. For her efforts, she was named ACC Player of the Week Monday.

On the defensive end, Alison Bales who finished with 18 points and a gamehigh 12 rebounds and seven blocks—disrupted Maryland’s game plan. The center took away many opportunities in the paint and forced the Terrapins to settle for outside shots, where they shot a dismal 3-for-18 from the three-point line.

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defensive pressure was, but her team was unable to respond after it started shooting poorly in the first half.

Duke also benefited from the sporadic but smart and hungry play from its bench, as Emily Waner, Bridgette Mitchell and Joy Cheek provided valuable rest for the starters.

Although Duke finished with the lopsided victory, the game was close early on, and both teams came out fired up for their first contest since April’s national title game.

Following big plays by their respective teams in the first half, Duke’s Wanisha Smith and Maryland’s star center Crystal Langhorne—who scored a season-low 14 points on 7-for-9 shooting—were jumping, stomping and yelling in order to encourage their squads. Both teams fed off their intensity, with Duke benefitting from its transition game early on and Maryland trying to out-muscle the Blue Devils with its half-court set.

After two made free throws by Maryland guard Kristi Toliver with 3:09 remaining in the first, the Terrapins trailed Duke, 35-30, but that would be the closest Maryland would sniff at taking the lead for the remainder of the game.

The Blue Devils went on a 6-0 run to close the half, with Harding thrashing through the Terps’ defense and scoring all six points to take a 41-30 halftime lead.

“I said, T don’t care about a lead. I have no interest in a lead right now. I don’t want to secure a lead and hold onto a lead,”’ Goestenkors said she told her team at halftime. “And I thought we came out in the second half and did that, as well.”

Although Maryland approached its season average of 53.8 percent with an improved 51.7 percent in the second half, the team scored only two more points in the second than in the first.

With Maryland’s offense sputtering, Duke did not relent in the second half, holding Langhorne to four points and continuing its first half success. Harding opened the second half as she closed the first, scoring the first four points, and the Blue Devils built up a 20-point, 73-53, lead with five minutes remaining.

“We felt like we were going in slow motion most of the game, and they were in fast forward,” Frese said.

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Gay struggled offensively throughout the game, with Waner shooting 2-for-9 from the three-point line and Gay going scoreless, but each contributed to the flow of the offense and on the defensive end.

Waner’s two made threes came in the final minutes, following a standing ovation for Harding as she exited the game.

“We had a blast,” Waner said. “It was great to have the crowd here—l can’t say how much that does for our energy. Just right from the tip, Ali hit those two shots and Lindsey started driving. It was from start to finish. It was just attacking and aggressive, and when we play like that, it’s a lot of fun.”

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weekend wrapup MEN'S TENNIS: Duke fares well in first spring action Following four months ofindividual play, the men’s tennis team came together for its first tournament and left the Miami Invitational knowing it has much to work on before meaningful competition gets underway.

The No. 7 Blue Devils competed over the weekend against Michigan, Texas and host Miami, all of which are ranked in the top 30 nationally.

Still easing into its regular season, the team won 15 of its 24 singles matches and two of its eight doubles matches. “[The tournament] was a good chance for the freshman, and David Goulet who’s a transfer, to just sort of get the hang of team play and competing with these guys,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “I thought it was a good way to get started without the matches really counting.”

One of Duke’s top performers was senior Joey Atas, who won his matches Satur-

day and Sunday before losing a tense third Monday afternoon to Miami’s Louis D’Agord, the third-ranked player in the set

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“Joey played really well [against D’Agord],” Lapidus said. “He lost 7-5 in the third and he was up a break in the set, so it was a very positive match for him.”

The weekend’s lowest point came when Duke’s top doubles pairing of Atas and Goulet was blanked, 8-0, by Miami’s best pair Sunday, “We need to work Jt on our doubles, be- H cause the doubles that j we did play, we need to ! f do better in,” Lapidus said. “We will be working a lot on that over the next week and a half.”

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ECAC/IC4A Championships in March.

Senior Dan King produced what Ogilvie “It was a very successful weekend,” head called the “performance of the weekend,” coach Norm Ogilvie said. setting a school record in the 300-meter On the women’s side in Blacksburg, Va., dash Friday night and then anchoring the seniors Liz Wort and Shannon Rowbury fin- 4x400-meter relay Saturday. In perhaps the ished first and second in the 5,000-meter run most exciting event of the weekend, if not and both qualified for the ECAC meet. the longest, junior Tyler Clarke won a Freshman Kate Vanßuskirk also ran seven-round jump-off to take first place in well, winning the 1,000-meter run in the high jump. her first collegiate meet. She qualified The Blue Devils hope to build upon for the ECAC meet along with sopho- jySs&D their strong start in the coming weeks, pjve pQ ie Vaulters will travel to Reno, more Jessica Davlin, who finished fourth in the race.

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Duke compiled a 10-2 record in doubles play and a 17-6 singles record over the three-day event. Both marks were the best in the four-team round robin competition, which also featured No. 29 Michigan, No. 52 LSU and Denver.

The squads did not record team scores, and the Blue Devils mixed up their lineup on the second day, allowing some players to gain experience competing at the top singles positions. Duke head coach Jamie Ashworth said \ the event was an effective tune/

After nearly two months without a meet, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams hardly seemed affected by the extended break, as they defeated Davidson Saturday at Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion.

“Today was definitely a good way to start the spring semester,” head coach Dan Colella said. “I’m extremely pleased with the match, as it was a real indicator that the athletes did a great job continuing to train at home.”

The men’s squad (3-3) defeated the Wildcats (4-2) by a score of 166.5 to 127.5.

Junior Scott Champagne earned three vielories, coming in first place in the 200-yard freestyle, the 200-yard backstroke and the 400-yard individual medley.

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up for the Blue Devils’ first dual match of the year Jan. 28 against Northwestern, “One of the reasons we play in this event before our dual matches is to get used to playing other people,” Ashworth said, Duke’s top doubles pair of senior Daniela Bercek and freshman Elizabeth Plotkin, ranked fourth nationally, finished second after winning each of its three matches. On the singles side, Bercek went 2-0 and tied for second, while Plotkin finished fourth and sophomore Melissa Mang placed fifth, “Daniela Bercek played well,” Ashworth said. “She played two times all fall because of injuries, so it was really important for her to get some match play.”

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said. “This is one [win], hopefully it will get us going, and it’s a good experience for future road games. This is only the second one for a lot of the guys on the team, and to play well is a really good confidence builder.”

Although Duke took control of the game early with its hot shooting, the Blue Devils continued to build upon that lead in the second half by limiting the Hurricanes to only 23 points on 40.9 percent shooting after the intermission. For the first time in recent memory, Duke dominated on both ends of the court.

While Sunday’s victory silenced the critics, it only does so for the time being. The win avoided Duke’ first threegame losing streak since the 1995-96 season, but in order to keep the momentum going, the Blue Devils must continue to put forth a solid effort not only on defense, but on offense as well. Despite previous results this season, Sunday showed that the ingredients of a good offense are there.

“We have to practice harder, we have to keep at it—there is no magic,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We practice very hard, and we’re going to continue to practice real hard and we’re going to see how it goes. We’ve got a lot of games and these are good kids. I just want them to fight and not have the expectations of being perfect placed on them or what past Duke teams have placed on them. They need to get their own identities.”

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Employing a zone defense at times, an aggressive helpman at others and even a half-court trap on occasion, Duke kept the Terrapins from ever getting into a rhythm.

The team that claims six players who average in double figures had just two—Crystal Langhorne and Shay Doron—score more than 10.

“I’m pleased with our defensive effort in particular,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “Maryland is such a tough team to defend because they score from every position, and off the bench as well. So I thought our team overall did a great job with the game plan.”

Maryland had only half its average assists as a team, down to 11 from nearly 21 —a good indicator of the Blue Devils’ disruptive defense.

Duke, on the other hand, posted nearly twice as many assists as turnovers on its offensive end as it dismantled the Maryland defense with huge performances from veterans Lindsey Harding and Alison Bales.

The Terrapins played nearly the entire game in manto-man defense, which allowed the lightning-quick Harding to drive to the basket at will and Bales to flourish without the usual entourage of defenders hanging on her.

Playing the most aggressive basketball ofher career, Harding scored 28 points and could have scored significantly more if she finished more of her layup attempts.

“I knew today that when I had my mind made up to get to the basket that I knew I could get there,” Harding said.

“I had a little trouble finishing at times, but I felt in the zone. I felt just take it and take it because they weren’t stopping me, so I just kept attacking.”

Bales put up 18 points on everything from powerful post moves to long jump-shots and grabbed 12 rebounds in the game.

Such offensive firepower from its stars was crucial for Duke against the Terrapins and will continue to be important as the team enters the heart of its schedule.

As last year proved, the early season is not always a good indicator for the way things end up in March. With how dominant Duke was Saturday, the team’s matchups against No. 4 Tennessee Jan. 28 and No. 2 UNC Feb. 8 must now be anticipated even more.

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crowded in the student section than it’s been for any of the men’s games.... It was just as loud as many of the men’s games.

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—Sophomore Scott Eren on student turnout for the women’s basketball game against No. 1 Maryland Saturday. See story page 4.

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acceptable.

Both sides—those in support of the alleged victim and those in support of the lacrosse players—have claimed that they simply want justice,

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lar threats. Members of the “Group of 88” professors have also been verbally attacked.

It is not only unacceptable that violence has been threatened against numerous parties in relation to the case, but it is also completely ridiculous that some people have let their passions run so out of control.

Whether left-wing or rightwing, charged by concerns for racism orsexism, those who resort to threats of violence can only be described as absurd.

The fact that they responded so strongly, cruelly and unproductively to a case that has not yet met a full conclusion is un-

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but justice cannot be acheived with violence or its threat. We must allow our legal process to run its course and not take the law into our own hands or act as though we might if things don’t go our way.

Strong opinions about the lacrosse scandal have also found an outlet on the Internet. Many blogs do promote positive discussion and investigation of the scandal. But some irresponsible members of the Internet community have turned to childish devices to direct their anger. Impersonations of public figures, such as President Richard Brodhead, are simply immature and not conducive to a rational dialogue that must occur between all sides, especially now.

In a time of such great public energy, we must remember to act responsibly. The lacrosse

case is still in a state of limbo, and while we most certainly should not act prematurely, it is also absolutely imperative that at no time we act stupidly or maliciously.

It is very hard to encapsulate general student sentiment—indeed, any general sentiment, including that of this board about the case into one statement at the moment; but no matter our opinions, people must conduct themselves with —

decency.

We encourage Duke community members and media observers alike to wait until the case reaches its culmination, be it the dropping of the case or a trial with a verdict, and both then and in the meantime to react as responsible adults and citizens.

The absurd must cease. Be passionate but mature.

of institutionalized racism

you thought the era of institutionalized racism at Duke ended with integration in 1963, think again.

For years after black students were admitted, Duke continued to accept endowment funds that could only be used for whites. This University also mandated that faculty members living in the Duke Forest could not sell their homes to blacks, or even let them sleep overnight on the property unless they were household help In fact, President Knight Douglas signed a deed conkristin butler taining this racist provision the same day with aii deliberate speed (April 12, 1964) he publicly declared that there was no discrimination at Duke! The fact that these clauses—called racially restrictive covenants—had been illegal since 1948 did not stop administrators from requiring them in deeds until Terry Sanford took office in 1969.

This decision was a fully conscious one; Nine faculty members protested the inclusion of this covenant in their deeds in 1961. Instead of accommodating the professors’ entirely reasonable objections, Duke offered this response from Assistant Provost Frank de Vyver: “337 lots have been sold and the deed for each one of them contains the restrictive covenant objected to in this case.... We believe Duke University does not have the right to strike from [sic] this covenant from any deeds. In other words, nothing can be done about the past.”

By 1989, though, administrators had done an about-face; the directorof the Office of Real Estate Administration sent an apology letter to affected homeowners, saying, “Duke University regrets the presence of this ugly specter from the nation’s and the University’s past. Just as Duke must bear responsibility for its prior action in creating these covenants, we now wish to do what we can to eliminate their vestiges.”

But Duke never followed through on its promise to eliminate these “vestiges” of racism; 18 years later, the covenants remain in homeowners’ deeds. This failure to act may be less serious because these provisions haven’t been enforceable for more than half a century, but that would only be partly true. This University has the legal means to remove these objectionable clauses, and yet it has consistently—and inexplicably—chosen not to do so.

Therein lies the special outrage. We know from historicalrecords thatadministrators were thinking about this issue in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1989; more recently, former University Counsel David Adcock wrote in an e-

mail Oct. 20, 2004 that “...a specific judicial declaration as to the Duke covenants may be desirable. Toward that end, we are researching the process by which a formal decree may be obtained by Duke. I will keep you informed of the progress of this project.”

So why did Pamela Bernard, who is Adcock’s successor, e-mail me last week—more than two years later to announce that she has “not had the opportunity to fully evaluate these... issues since arriving at Duke”?

Administrators like Bernard have had ample time to prepare for questions like these. Some of this information was highlighted in the Sept. 6, 2006 edition of the Independent Weekly, which was followed up by an Oct. 17 e-mail to Brodhead’s office. According to a Dec. 1 e-mail from John Bumess, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, the issue had already been referred to Bernard’s office. Six more weeks later (or 38 years later, depending on how you look at it), the question still lingers.

So I’ll ask it one more time: President Brodhead, will your administration ever take corrective action?

How much longer must members of this community wait before the right thing is done?

And what of the whites-only endowment funds? I’ve been researching this issue for nearly a semester now, and the only record I’ve found of their existence is a March 1963 Chronicle column that notes “Duke does accept ‘segregated’ funds, however, and some endowment funds cannot be used to aid Negro students.” We can now know that the “impeccable” sources for that information were Provost R. Taylor Cole and Allan M. Cartter, Dean of the Graduate School.

Then came a bombshell: John Burness’ Dec. 1 email, which offered the first official confirmation that Duke once accepted such funds. Still, neither Burness nor Bernard has followed up with more detailed information, aside from tepid assurances that “there were few restrictions of this kind ever in existence” and “Duke University has not enforced these restrictions because they are unlawful.” I continue to hope that Duke is willing to provide a much fuller accounting of the role of whites-only funds than that.

At the very least, we are all owed a detailed breakdown of how many restricted dollars Duke accepted, how many donors volunteered them, and what the terms of the restrictions were. When did administrators determine that these restrictions were unlawful, and when did they actually stop enforcing them? Most ofall, we deserve to know where these funds are today, and how much they are presently worth. I won’t take administrators’ word for it that “there were few restrictions of this kind ever in existence”; I’d like to see for myself, and I think we are all owed this opportunity.

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Kristin Butler is a Trinity junior. Her column runs

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cool morning last fall, I woke up at the crack of dawn to catch the 7:30 C-l. Trying to admire the scenery on the ride, I noticed a flyer posted on the bus that read, “Chances are, someone on the bus has chlamydia. Get tested today.”

Who cares, was my initial reaction. As I started to look around a little more carefully, however, I realized that the only other person riding the bus was a biomedical engineer with high-water pants and a Scooby-Doo lunch box. niCk alexander I quickly realized that this could be a problem. foolish stay stay hungry, Statistics don’t lie.

For the next couple of weeks I was pretty down in the dumps. Knowing my days were numbered, I started to reflect back on a life full of regrets. Could the high point of my life really have been in third grade when I was crowned math flashcard champion for seven consecutive weeks until Nov. 17, 1995, when Rami Mikati beat me to 7 x 9? What kind of a person defines his life based on multiplication tables? Gould this really be the end?

(On a side note, Miss Foster had tilted the flashcard in such away so that it reflected sunlight coming in from the window, and all I could see was glare. Rami, with his Transitions lenses, was completely unaffected.)

After a brief period of mourning, however, I suddenly noticed a turnaround in the way I started approaching things. A little more spring in my step, if you will. I went out the next day and joined Duke’s premier all male a cappella-bhangra fusion group. After class I went over to the Allen Building and changed my major to Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Out of the blue, I decided to learn how to play the banjo. All the things that I had never had time to do suddenly fit into my schedule. All the things that I was too afraid to try now seemed to be right up my alley. A few days later, I took a weekend off to go visit Venice.

A couple months after my unofficial diagnosis on the bus, I decided to stop by Student Health to be tested for chlamydia and to get the bad news over with. Even though the closest I had ever come to possibly contracting such a disease was when I shared a water bottle with a Tri Belt once freshman year, I was shocked to hear the results were negative. I demanded to be retested.

Still negative.

Furthermore, the nurse tried to explain to me that chlamydia isn’t even life-threatening. I demanded to be retested one more time.

They kicked me out.

Surprisingly, I wasn’t all that elated about the news.

For the last few months I felt like I had been flying by the seat of my pants. I was living for the moment without a care for future consequences. I wasn’t afraid to try new things, and I was living each day with no regrets.

For the first time in my life, I was feeling, dare I say, ...

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happy.

Meanwhile, I’m back in Pratt, miserable, and still trying to get Miss Foster to reinstate my championship certificate that she took away after I punched Rami in the

face and smeared peanut butter in his hair at lunch. If there is one thing that I can take away from my time on death row (other than six weeks of banjo lessons) it’s the importance of living as if the end might be just around the corner. Try not to let the fear of failure dictate what you do or where you go.

Lastly, don’t put too much faith in medical “fact.” I don’t care what the doctors say. For those magical two months, I did have chlamydia.

Nick Alexander is a Pratt sophomore. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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weekend marked the end of a major chapter in one he cared about, has emerged as one of the most outthe social disaster that is the Duke lacrosse scandal. spoken students on this campus in favor of calmly and disDurham District Attorney Mike Nifong, whose woes passionately considering the evidence. will be news to no one reading this column, finally recused Now that Nifong has been removed, and that the attorhimself. Whichever way you look at it, this is a good thing. neys for the accused are on the record as saying that the Nifong had long since become a liability to the case he has case will henceforth be handled professionally, we should tried to prosecute; worse, turn our attention outwards from this campus to inspect his conduct in so doing other egregious violations of due process. The New York has personally invested Times this weekend brought another example to mind: the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Some of these men him in securing a convicwere arrested by local thugs and handed over for a bountion, rather than administy, and are being held on testimony that makes the lacrosse tering justice. We may never know what hapcase accuser’s seem complete and unwavering.

Like the players, they are victims of violent and pened that night. At least now we will find out often-misleading by those who would seek david rademeyer to lock them up. publicity whether the prosecution Unlike the players, they are being forty-two has enough evidence for held, without bail, without access to lawyers or to the anyone to think the facts press. We all shook our heads in disbelief when the can be established beyond a reasonable doubt. rape charges were dropped, but many of these men More importandy, this is thefirst ofmany steps thatmay to this day do not know on what grounds, if any, they allow us to put the sordid details of this affair behind us, are being held. Many, including myself, thought at and focus on what lessons we should draw from it Two first that the lacrosse players had to be guilty of this weeks ago, Professor crime because, to put it Cathy N. Davidson’s colbluntly, they had a repuumn in The Raleigh tation being the kind Now that Nifong has been removed, and of guysforwho’d News and Observer led do somethe way in this respect, Now, enlike this. thing that the attorneys for the accused are on by refocusing attention lightened, maybe we the record as saying that the case will from the facts of the case should consider that our to the questions raised initial judgment of the henceforth be handled professionally, we detainees was flawed. by the evening and the should turn our attention outwards from As with Finnerty, Seligsubsequent prosecution. man and Evans, the only way In light of this weekthis campus to inspect other egregious vi- to be sure that we are punend’s events, and of the circumstances in which olations of due process. ishing the right people is due process. This is not a they occurred, most people’s attention will be foquestion of mollycoddling cused on only one of the terrorists, in much the same broader issues raised by the last few months: due process way as changing the lineup procedures was not a technicalEveryone from The Chronicle to the blog Durham-in- ity. A trial is not a privilege; it is an essential key to determinWonderland, from Professor James Coleman to Rep. Waling the facts of a case. This is why all thosewho have called ter B. Jones, has documented the violations of due process for Nifong to be reined in should move on now that he has in the case in the kind of excruciating detail I could not been. Itis time for the Walter B. Joneses of the world to ask and would not reproduce here. The outrage has been palthe Justice Department to investigate whether the civil pable, and many eyes have been opened. Stephen Miller, rights of those in Guantanamo Bay have been violated. executive director of the Duke Conservative Union, who David Rademeyer is a Trinity junior. His column runs every earlier, in the pages of this newspaper, had suggested he would “take apart piece by piece” anyone who raped some- other Tuesday.

letterstotheeditor McCarthyism in Durham?

As an alumni of Duke, I have followed with great interest the case involving the three Duke lacroisse players.

This case illustrates a growing danger in this country. As a nation, we have become more polarized, and in a time in which information is instantly available, we rush to judgment all too quickly. What is worse, we project our own political and social beliefs onto every situation, in the process failing to ask even the most basic questions about what we believe and what we are told.

I do not pretend to know all of the “facts” surrounding this case, which puts me in exacdy the same place as every Duke student, faculty member and administrator.

Yet, many did not let this lack of information prevent them, particularly faculty and administrators, from taking decisive measures against the accused. While time will hopefully show what truly transpired in March, it is already clear that the threestudents’ right to due process was violated and presumption of innocence ignored by people who let their own political and social aims guide their actions. What is more ironic and disturbing is that these actions were taken in the name of justice.

There was a time, not that long ago, when a group of people were similarly singled out and persecuted and, in some cases, prosecuted in a similar manner. So egregious were these cases, so horrible these times, that a name was given to the hysteria that led to it, a phrase that we often use today when similar situations arise: McCarthyism.

Steven Beckett Fuqua ’B7 Column wrongly implies racist tendencies It’s nice to see Shadee Malaklou back on the editorial pages. Her columns are, if nothing else, always articulate and engaging. That said, I have a couple criticisms

of her latest piece (“Cruel intentions and dangerous liaisons,” Jan. 10). Malaklou has always contended, and does so again, that there is something racist about the sexual preferences of Duke women. In her words, “Duke women... do not lust after famous black basketball players... rather, they lust after white preps with celebrity status on campus, but not off.” The implication seems to be that, if Duke women were nondiscriminatory, they would take the world-renowned basketball player over the relatively small fries of the ffats, but because they do not, some racism must be at work.

But just as racist as the supposed preferences that Malaklou decries is her myopic focus on the lifestyles of white women. She entirely ignores those of black women at Duke. If she turned the slightest bit of attention to this sizable constituency of the student body, she would find that her claim that Duke women are disinterested in black athletes is utterly laughable. And as long as she’s going to brand white women as racist for preferring men of their own race to men ofothers (however famous), shouldn’t she also point a finger at black women at Duke who flock to members of an 0-12 football team over white big men on campus? Perhaps what Malaklou perceives as racism is merely an interest in commonality.

I also feel her persistent criticisms ofDuke could be leveled at any college, or indeed, any place in America.

Wherever one goes, there are men, whether they be frat guys, scions of wealthy parents, professional athletes, rock stars or even drug dealers, who attract inordinate amounts of no-strings-attached female attention. This certainly may be unfortunate, but the problem, if there is one, is with life in general and not with Duke in particular.

Asher Steinberg Trinity ’OB

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