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The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected Ben Kennedy Young Trustee at its general assembly meeting

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student at the Fuqua School of Business, was elected from a pool of three finalists after addressing the council and answering members’ questions. He will serve a three-year term on the University’s Board of Trustees, assuming full voting privileges for the final two years. “One of my goals is to make sure this position is valued by the Board of Trustees,” Kennedy said after his election was announced. “I hope that my contributions to the Board will only enhance the value they see in the position so that it can be a sustainable job.” Kennedy, president of the Dukq MBA Association, cited his extensive experience with Duke and in the business world during his speech. “When I came here as an undergrad, I fell in love with the place, and I became actively involved,” he said. During that time, he served as Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs and was on the academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees. Kennedy told the the council he would be able to employ his undergraduate experience to gain credibility with the Board, especially when presenting dissenting arguments. He added that he will draw on his understanding ofissues and operations in Duke’s undergraduate sphere to discuss options the Board will consider for the University. Following his graduation, Kennedy served as a strategic research consultant, benchmarking analyst and senior analyst for Corporate Executive Board from 2000 to 2005 and summer consultant to Bain Sc Company in 2006. Five years after graduating, Kennedy made his way

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $lO million to the University’s Financial Aid Endowment Tuesday, just a week after its $ 15-million gift to the new DukeEngage service learning initiative was announced. The most recent contribution puts Duke $216 million toward President Richard Brodhead’s goal of raising $3OO million for financial aid by the end of 2008

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Ben Kennedy,Trinity 'OO and second-year MBA student, was named 2007 graduateYoung Trustee Tuesday. back to his alma mater. “I then chose to return, and once again to get actively involved,” he said. He said his experience in the business world will enable him to ask the difficult questions. The setting of a board meeting will entail an assertiveness that he has had less

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dents who earn admission to Duke should be able to pursue their education regardless of financial barriers,” Melinda Gates, the foundation’s co-chair, said in a statement. “We are proud to support this initiative and Duke’s commitment to enroll more students from a wide range of backgrounds.” Of the $lO million donation, $9 million will be used for undergraduate financial aid and the remaining $1 million will be aimed at helping students in the Fuqua School of Business. The donations likely will be issued in need-based grants, said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations. He added that donations like those of the Gates Foundation are away for Duke’s donors to show support for the University’s goals.

opportunity to pursue at work, he added. During his speech, Kennedy related a conversation he had with Roy Bostock, for-

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The Duke University Police Department is currently investigating the weekend theft of thousands of dollars worth of equipment from a student-run recording

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•mall Town Records studio,located in theWest Union beneath The Loop, vas robbed earlier this week of thousands of dollars of equipment.

studio on West Campus. The theft comes just weeks after Small Town Records opened its doors in the West Union Building below The Loop. An estimated $3,000 worth of equipment—an Apple laptop, an external hard drive and two pairs of studio headphones—went missing sometime between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, said Colin Tierney, a sophomore and co-founder of the record label, which is a committee of the Duke University Union. Tierney said he discovered the theft around 11 a.m. Sunday when he arrived at the studio. The door was SEE SMALL TOWN RECORDS ON PAGE 8

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With crowds of students and media expected to descend upon Koskinen Stadium for the men’s lacrosse season opener Saturday, administrators have distributed guidelines for potential tailgates. In an e-mail to all students, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, announced Tuesday that police will enforce alcohol laws and that no signs will be permitted in the stadium for the game Larry Moneta against Dartmouth. SEE LAX TAILGATE ON PAGE 7

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LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce a new timetable Wednesday for the withdrawal of Bridsh troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported. Blair will also tell the House of Commons during his regular weekly appearance before it that a total of about 3,000 British soldiers will have left southern Iraq by the end of 2007, if the security there is sufficient, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Tuesday night, quoting government officials who were not further identified. The BBC said Blair was not expected to

say when therest of Britain’s forces would leave Iraq. Currendy, Britain has about 7,100 soldiers there. Britain has long been the most important coalition member in Iraq after the United States. But Blair knows the British public and politicians from his own Labour Party want the troops out as quickly as possible, and do not want to see Britain stick with the United States in Iraq for the long haul. Militarily, a Bridsh withdrawal is not likely to have much effect on the steppedup U.S. operation in Baghdad or the war with the Sunnis in Anbar province west of the Iraqi capital. Iraqi forces, however,

could have a tough time maintaining security in mostly Shiite southern Iraq, including Basra city. Blair’s Downing Street office refused to comment on the BBC report, which also said Blair would tell the Commons that if the situation worsens on the ground on Iraq, his new game plan could change. The announcement comes even as President George W. Bush implements an increase of 21,000 more troops for Iraq. Blair and Bush talked by secure video link Tuesday morning, and Bush views SEE BLAIR ON PAGE 8

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WASHINGTON In a victory for President George W. Bush, a divided federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot use the United States court system to challenge their indefinite imprisonment. A Supreme Court appeal was promised. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismisses hundreds of cases filed by foreign-bom detainees in federal court and also threatens to strip away court access to millions of lawful permanent residents currendy in the United States.

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It upholds a key provision of the Military Commissions Act, which Bush pushed through Congress last year to set up a Defense Department system to prosecute terrorism suspects. Now, detainees must prove to three-officer military panels that they do not pose a terror threat. Democrats newly in charge of Congress promised legislation aimed at giving detainees legal rights. Attorneys for detainees said they would appeal Tuesday’s ruling to the Supreme Court. “We’re disappointed,” said Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights. “The bottom line is that according

of the federal judges, the president can do whatever he wants without any legal limitations as long as he does it offshore.” The two judges voting with the White House—Judge Raymond Randolph and Judge David Sentelle—were appointed by Republicans. Reagan appointed Sentelle, and the first President Bush appointed Randolph. The dissenter, Judge Judith Rogers, was appointed by Clinton. WhiteHouse deputy press secretary Dana Perino called the decision “a significant win” for the administrationand said the Military Commissions Act provides “sufficient and fair access to courts for these detainees.” to two

A hidden bomb ripped through a tanker carrying chlorine gas Tuesday, killing nine people and filling hospital beds with more than 150 wheezing and frightened villagers after noxious plumes covered homes and schools north of Baghdad.

Justice Dept, audit finished Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said Tuesday.

Prosecutors call Libby liar' Prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby concocted an implausible story in the CIA leak case, while defense attorneys said it would be unfair to convict Libby in a case with so many memory failures.

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Freshmen who expected a quiet dinner Marketplace Tuesday night were in for a surprise. Celebrity chef Jet Tila took to the stage and the grill, preparing four of his favorite Southeast Asian fusion dishes and inviting freshmen to participate in the cooking process. “Chef Jet is not some hoity-toity prima donna,” said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. “He is really down-to-earth, but enthusiastic about his cooking —he loves what he does.” Tila is best known for his frequent appearances on the Food Network. He also set the Guinness World Record for preparing the world’s largest stirfry at 1,805 pounds in 2005. “One of the things we found on our last survey was that the students were looking for more authentic ethnic foods,” said Travis Burns, director of marketing for Compass Group, which manages dining at Duke. “We brought [Tila] on campus in our quest to meet the students’ demands.” Chef Jet’s appearance is part of a series of famous chef visits that Bon Appetit Management Company—the Compass brand that operates the Marketplace—has facilitated over the past year. Last semester, ChefMark Miller, a James Beard award recipient, prepared specialty salsas and salads for Marketplace attendees to sample. “Chef Jet will work with the Marketplace cooks over the next two days, training them to prepare authentic Southeast Asian dishes with organic, natural, fresh ingredients,” Bums said. “His presentation teaches our students the same thing he taught our employees.” Following Tila’s lessons, Marketplace chefs will serve four signature Asian fusion dishes for both lunch and dinner today. “Our amazing new catering companies, Chartwells, Compass and Bon Appetit, have the resources to do the type of things that I’ve always wanted to do at Duke,” Wulforst said. “It’s amazing that we can feature an accomplished chef who’s on the Food Network in our freshman dining hall.” at the

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Chef JetTila cooked four of his favorite dishes in the Marketplace Tuesday night as a demo for freshmen. Wulforst added that Tila’s appearance will help to strengthen the relationship between Marketplace employees and the students they serve. “Everyone’s talking about building community these days, and this is part of dining’s contribution to that conversation,” Wulforst said. “We want to continually engage our students, and Chef Jet’s visit is one way to make the dining experience more dynamic and interactive, and bring authentic fare to our facilities.” Tila, who started consulting for Bon Appetit four years ago, said he enjoyed presenting at colleges and building upon the variety of foods available to students. “It is inspiring to come to a campus

that has no authentic Southeast Asian food because we can transform the campus into the best location to eventually try that type of food,” he said. “The beneficiaries of good food are not businesses or restaurants, but the students and faculty of this university.” Many students who attended Tila’s demonstration were impressed by the Marketplace’s chef for the night. “I think it’s really great that the Marketplace is bringing quality talent to cook us food—it’s pretty impressive,” freshman Karmel Wong said. “I appreciate their commitment to diversity and authentic cooking—especially because the Asian station usually isn’t that good.”

The stacks on a weekend aren’t the only place to find sex in the library. Since 1953, Perkins Library has housed an extensive collection of Playboy magazines, which students can still access through the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library. The library received a gift in 2000 of 487 issues of Playboy ranging from 1955 to 1998, which still only comprises a portion of the “vast quantities” of the magazine in the collection, librarians said. Perkins ended its subscription to Playboy last April, said Robert Byrd, associate university librarian for collections services and director of Special Collections. Though the original subscription to Playboy may have been for general interest, Byrd said the library keeps the materials for research and instructional purposes, particularly in sexuality, gender and women’s studies. Any magazines

requested through Special Collections, however, can only be viewed in a Perkins research room. Librarian John Little said he was once approached by an undergraduate student to help with an anthropology project on the history of adult toys. “He sort of staked himself out and just stood there,” Litde said. “He didn’t want to ask any of the women, which I thought was funny.” Little added that finding scholarly materials for such research can sometimes be difficult. SEE PLAYBOY ON PAGE 6

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Merck Co., pressure from parents and medical groups, is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that 11- and 12-year-old girls get the company's new vaccine as a requirement for school attendance.Conservative groups opposed the campaign, saying it would encourage premarital sex, and parents' rights groups said it interfered with their control over their children. &

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Duke scientist wins marine grant DURHAM, N.C. A Duke University scientist has won a $150,000 grant from the Pew Institute for Ocean Science to study marine conservation in the western Mediterranean Sea. David Hyrenbach is a researcher at Duke's research laboratory in Durham and a visiting scholar at the University of Washington. Hyrenbach's three-year study is designed to examine whether protected sections of the sea will help wide-ranging species such as whales and dolphins by securing their migration routes and the areas where they migrate for food. —

Cocoa stirs up brain activity A nice cup of SAN FRANCISCO the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age. One potential source of help may be flavanols, an antioxidantfound in cocoa beans that can increase blood flow to the brain, researchers said. lan MacDonald of England's University of Nottingham reported on tests given to young women who were asked to do a complex task while their brains were being studied with magnetic resonance imaging. Among the women given drinksof cocoa high in flavanols, there was a significant increase in blood flow to the brain.

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Each year thousands of people suffer severe injuries to the spinal cord, losing the ability to perform an array of important bodily functions Thanks to the “smart bladder pacemaker” invented by engineers at Duke, however, individuals with spinal cord injuries will now be able to attain an unprecedented level of autonomy. Warren Grill, associate professor of biomedical engineering, said that in the future the technology may even allow those paralyzed to walk again or retain use of their hands. Grill and his team from the Pratt School of Engineering recently demonstrated how the use of electrical impulses from the brain can trigger the continence and emptying of the bladder. The research was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation. “Most importantly, this shows that we can use the ‘smarts’ of the nervous system to help direct very complex body functions,” Grill said. Electrical stimulation is currently used to restore a range of functions, including the regulation of breathing among patients and simple body movements. The pacemaker utilizes such electrical impulses to empty as well as retain fluids in the bladder, Grill said, noting that the pacemaker is the first device to ever prompt relaxation of the bladder. In the past, bladder function was controlled using a combination of drugs and catheters. Patients could also undergo risky and invasive procedures that operated directly on the spine, he said. Unlike these past treatments, the pacemaker offers a relatively hassle-free solution, Grill added.

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Researchers have developed a smart bladder that helps people who have suffered serious spinal cord injuries. For some time, the ability to regain limited hand movement was often the end of recovery for patients with severe spinal cord injuries and was considered a major break-

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New electrical stimulating devices such as the pacemaker, however, may take recovery to a new level, Grill said. He added that such devices can be used long after patients regain certain major bodily functions but still need to rely on the device for others. “Even with the eventual advent of spinal

regeneration, this is unlikely to completely cure the consequences of spinal cord injury,” Grill said. By combining technologies such as the innovative pacemaker with electrical regeneration—a process by which damaged nerve connections are restored —patients with spinal cord injuries can recover the life they used to have, he said. Researchers are also exploring the use of electrical stimulation to treat movement disorders, including tremors and Parkinson’s disease.

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N.O. residents celebrate Mardi Gras 2007 by Mary Foster THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thousands of hurNEW ORLEANS with rowdy residents joined ricane-weary visitors for Fat Tuesday, taking a break from rebuilding New Orleans to put on wild costumes and celebrate the second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina. John Ferguson, who is still rebuilding his house almost 18 months after the storm, said of the celebration: “We never needed it more.” “I work all day at my job; then I work all night and all weekend on my house,” Ferguson said. “I just want to eat, drink and have fun today.” Many spectators spent the day along the parade routes or in the French Quarter, where the first Mardi Gras parade of the day was staged by the 1,250-member Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, a predominandy black group that wears grass skirts and black face makeup in parody of stereotypes from the early 1900s, when it was founded. “I’m hyped up,” said Ike Williams, a 42year-old Atlanta contractor who is black, marching in his first parade as a member of Zulu’s Walking Warriors. “I couldn’t sleep last night. This is the center of the universe right now.” Earlier in the day, Mayor Ray Nagin rode a horse down St. Charles Avenue. “We’re going to make it happen,” Nagin told the crowd at Gallier Hall, which served as city hall for more than a century. “We’re going to rebuild this city regardless.” Nagin urged tourists to spend money. “We need the tax revenue bad,” he said. Thousands packed the 12 blocks of Bourbon Street, and more flowed into the

French Quarter as the parades wound down with the setting sun. The crowds appeared larger than last year, when an estimated 700,000 people were in the city for the final weekend and Mardi Gras. The city’s 30,000 hotel rooms were 95 percent occupied, according to Fred Sawyers, president of the Greater New Orleans Hotel & Lodging Association. The annual free-for-all party ends at midnight when police—some walking, some on horseback—followed by street sweepers march down Bourbon Street declaring Carnival is over. Along some parade routes, crowds listened to Pete Fountain’s Dixieland jazz as his Half Fast Marching Club kicked off the day. It was the 46th time the Grammy-winning clarinetist had made the march from Commander’s Palace restaurant in the uptown section to the Mississippi River. “This is like old times,” said Fountain, 76, who lost his house along with his gold records and collection of instruments in the hurricane. “New Orleans will always get ready for a party.” Corinne Branigan, 40, wore a brown Tshirt with the slogan, “New Orleans. Established 1718, Re-established 8-29-05,” referring to the date Katrina struck the city. “This is everything that’s great about New Orleans rolled into three days,” Branigan said. “Food, music—we’ve got the best marching bands in the country. It’s like a big neighborhood. Everything else is forgotten for the time being.” In the French Quarter, the celebration was more raucous as revelers swapped flashes offlesh for beads tossed from balconies. Costumes ranged from the glamorous

Wanda Lawrence gets a golden coconut for her grandson during the Zulu Mardi Gras parade Tuesday. to

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Judy Weaver, 49, and R.M. Elfer, 50, wore nuns’ habits with camouflage capes

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gan “weapons of mass instruction,” and what they called novena bombs—originally toilet floats—and rapid-fire rosaries, “We are cleaning up crime in the city,” Weaver said.

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Naomi Wolf, who wrote the book 'The Beauty Myth/ speaks Tuesday night in GriffithTheater in the Bryan Center aboutcultural events that shape thelives of women.

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Naomi Wolf, author of “The Beauty Myth,” drew upon personal experiences and cultural events to explain the use of beauty images against modern women at a speech in Griffith Film Theater Tuesday night. “I’m here to explode Barbie,” said Wolf, the second speaker in the annual Jean Fox O’Barr Distinguished Speaker Series. Wolf opened her speech by congratulating Duke women on the change that she saw and felt on campus. “I was at Duke about eight or nine years ago—it was before there was a big third wave of young, empowered, impassioned women,” Wolf said. “There was a different energy, there wasn’t as much diversity, as much vibrancy.... I’m sure there’s still lots of work to be done at Duke, but I feel the transformation that you all have made.” Wolf focused on three “extremely potent” industries that construct society’s ideal woman—cosmetics, dieting and surgical reconstruction. “Even though we are right-on, empow-

ered women, when we see these images, it gets into our self-esteem a little,” she said. “It’s a leaching of self-confidence.” Citing personal experiences with eating disorders as well as those ofher fellow students at Yale University and the University of Oxford, Wolf linked the nationwide phenomenon to college campuses. “When I got to college, all around me, I saw the most brilliant minds of my generation starving themselves,” she said. “It wasn’t that these women were sick and dysfunctional—it was sick and dysfunctional social expectations that they should starve themselves.” Deceptive technology used in magazines and advertisements continues to be a culprit in the construction of the impossible ideal, Wolf said. ‘You get these alien leg products, these alien breast products that are completely imaginary,” she said. “And this is what we’re comparing ourselves to.” Senior Paige Reuter said she agreed with Wolfs comments on the need for women to reclaim their own beauty, espe-

cially at Duke.

“You just look around, it’s widespread all over the U. 5.,” Reuter said. “But here you have a microcosm of perfectionism in a bubble, and I think it gets even worse.” Junior Alison Perlberg said she found the speech very inspirational and important in addressing a relevant problem. “What I want to take away the most is the idea of waking up tomorrow and knowing that you are beautiful,” Perlberg said. “That just boggled me. I want to incorporate that type of thinking into my life on a daily basis.” Wolf encouraged those in attendance to take her words as a guide in shaping their lives. “Be nice to your body and let yourself imagine that you are already as you are supposed to be,” Wolf said. “Let yourself name yourself as beautiful, and I know that that will open up so much freedom and self-confidence for you to speak your truth... and to inspire the men and women around you to express their truths, so that the world is changed.”

“It was really difficult to find, because the term used was ‘sexual aids,’ which can mean a lot of things.” The library still subscribes to the microform version of Playboy, but Byrd said the magazine’s print versions can be especially useful for academic purposes. “Print copies allow someone to see the ads in their original context, in color, the way an original reader of the magazine would have experienced them,” Byrd said. “There is a difference between being able to study the original paper format and being able to see them in black and white in microfilm.” But Byrd added that use of the print Playboy issues has declined since their move to Special Collections two or three years ago. “My impression is that they were used fairly frequendy when they were in the periodicals reading area,” he said. “But they are not in Special Collections for just that kind of general use.” Although the process of requesting materials from Special Collections might deter some readers, the magazine has always been kept separate from other periodicals, even when it was kept in the main library. “We do have a little area for racier materials—the locked stacks,” said Seth McCurdy, evening services supervisor. “Before Internet pornography was so prevalent, people would chop the pictures out of books.” Junior Dan Moadel, student librarian, said he has never personally had a student request to see Playboy. “But there was this guy who came and took out a Jenna Jameson book, which as I remember wasn’t literature,” he said. Byrd added that it was not his job to evaluate how people use the library’s resources. “Libraries don’t exist to judge how or why people are using the materials,” he said. “We want to make materials as freely available as possible for people’s interest and use.”

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“In a case like this, it’s a real statement ofconfidence in the

University,” Burness said. “When people give money, in large or small amounts, they are investing in this University.” Financial aid has been a high priority for both Brodhead and the Gates Foundation, Burness said. Brodhead announced the $3OO-million Financial Aid Initiative in 2005. Of that total, $245 million will be set aside for undergraduates, including $l5 million for athletic scholar-

ships. The remaining $55 million will be given to graduate and professional school students. “Duke offers significant financial aid to its students, but our endowment for aid covers only a portion of the need,” Brodhead said in a state-

“By significantly strengthening Duke’s permanent support for financial aid, donors like the Gates Foundation are doing something crucial not only for the university ment.

and its students, but also for the many people its graduates will serve in the years ahead.”

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Unlike tailgates forfootball games, cars will not beallowed in the parking lot before Saturday's lacrosse game.

LAX TAILGATE from page 1 In addition, the Whitford parking lot, located adjacent to Cameron Indoor Stadium and Wilson West Campus Recreation Center, will be closed for student parking on game day. The policy was developed in a set of meetings among officials from the Office of Student Affairs, Duke University Police Department and the Department ofAthletics. Moneta said he was not concerned about a large number ofrowdy students. “I have absolute faith and confidence in most Duke students,” he said. “I fear a very small number who might choose to be irresponsible or aren’t thoughtful about the effects of their actions on their fellow students and the Duke community.” Administrators said they expect a large media presence at the game, though they could not estimate how many reporters will be covering the event. Many students

are also expected to attend, and some are

planning tailgates.

“We expect a good crowd, especially if the weather cooperates,” said Art Chase, assistant director of sports information. “Student turnout [should be good] because of the overwhelming support the Duke student body has shown for the men’s lacrosse program.” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said she did not expect the festivities to match those traditionally held before football games. “I’ve heard from the students with whom I’ve spoken that they don’t plan the same level of tailgating,” she said. “I’ve also heard that they plan to attend the game.” Moneta’s e-mail stated that enforcement of alcohol laws will be most evident near the stadium, but could cover the entire campus. Capt. Sara-Jane Raines, administrative officer for DUPD, said DUPD expects to have six or seven officers on duty for the game, as compared to one or two in the past.

Trustees fall victim to maintaining too narrow a focus on Duke, and Kennedy said that as Young Trustee he would seek a holistic view of the University. Kennedy said he plans on meeting with each dean of the University’s departments and students from diverse groups from each of the graduate and professional schools in order to develop a comprehensive view of Duke. As the newest Young Trustee, he will draw on these meetings to inform his goals, he said. In his application, Kennedy listed attracting and retaining the best undergraduate and graduate sUidents and engaging in real-world issues as key to Duke’s success moving forward. Kennedy was elected.under a new process introduced this year, and Audrey Ellerbee, fifth-year graduate student in biomedical engineering and GPSC president, said she was glad the selection committee had had the foresight to implement the “town-hall style” component of the process. Intended to foster conversation among the candidates and shorten the meeting, question-and-answer segments were consolidated to include all three candidates at once. Although Ellerbee said she would have liked the council to have had a private session with each of the candidates, she thought the process went well. “It was an improvement over previous years,” she said. Kennedy told the council in his application, during his speech and during the question-and-answer session that he has long loved Duke. “I’m always going to be a part of this University,” he said.

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“The president is grateful for the support of the British forces in the past and into the future,” Johndroe said in Washington. “While the United Kingdom is maintaining a robust force in southern Iraq, we’re pleased that conditions in Basra have improved sufficiently that they are able to transition more control to the Iraqis.” The new Blair game plan comes at a time when other coalition partners are pulling out. The Italians and Slovaks have left, and the Danes and the South Koreans also want to start withdrawing.

Currendy, according to the Brookings Institution, besides Britain, the major partners in the coalition include South Korea (2,300 troops), Poland (900), Australia and Georgia (both 800), Romania (600) and Denmark (460).

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With only two weeks of the regular season remaining, March Madness—the greatest spectacle in all of sport—is almost upon us And in anticipation, the chatter among ACC coaches is growing louder as they campaign hard to get an NCAA-record nine teams into the Tournament. Currently, those nine ACC squads are —t all ranked among the m,Ke RPl’s top 50, which pelt seems to suggest that they each have tournament resumes worthy of an invite to the Big Dance. But given the increased respect mid-majors have received over the past several years, it is unlikely that each of these teams will earn a berth. So what exacdy will distinguish those nine teams? Although the tournament selection committee is supposed to judge a team’s entire body of work when evaluating it, there is no doubt that conference record plays an integral role in the decision. Over the past 10 years, in only four of the 15 instances that a team has finished 7-9 in the conference has it received an NCAA bid. Four of the six times a team finished at .500 it has reached the tournament, and only twice has a team with a 9-7 record not made it. But how valid are these records in the post-ACC expansion era? How accurately can you use them to compare teams

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When the men’s lacrosse team takes the field in Koskinen Stadium for an official game for the first time in almost a year Saturday, those in attendance will see three numbers on Duke’s side of the field. 6, 45, 13. The numbers worn by former players David Evans, Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, respectively, will be featured on the Blue Devils’ warm-up shirts before the game against Dartmouth, co-captain Matt Danowski confirmed Tuesday. The three indicted players still face charges of first-degree kidnapping and sexual offense from allegations surrounding a team party last March, although they have strongly maintained their innocence and District Attorney Mike Nifong’s case has been turned over to a special prosecutor. Evans graduated last May, and Seligmann and Finnerty have not returned to the University after Duke reinstated them before this semester. Each current player will wear a number corresponding to his position, as Evans played defense, Seligmann midfield and Finnerty attack for Duke in 2006. “That’s the only time we’re on the field without our jerseys on,” Danowski said of the planned pre-game tribute. “It fit perfecdy with them being a ‘D,’ middie and attackman.” Senior Peter Lamade developed the idea for the pre-game tribute and the rest of the team supported it, Danowski said. In addition, the Blue Devils have ordered sweatbands and stickers adorned with the three players’ numbers and a

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With the Blue Devils clinging to a one-run lead in the sixth inning and the heart of the order due up to the plate, senior Jonathan Anderson led off with a perfect bunt down the thirdbase line. Jimmy Gallagher and clean-up hitter Nate Freiman then blasted back-to-back home runs to give Duke (7-0) a commanding 4-0 lead. From there, the Blue Devils cruised to a 7-1 victory over Albany (0-1) in Tuesday’s afternoon contest at Jack Coombs Field. ALBANY “Jon is a great bunter, and he made an DUKE excellent choice there,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. “With the wind blowing out and Jimmy and Nate coming up, I felt like good things were going to happen.” The Duke offense struggled a bit in the early going. Affer scoring 10 runs or more in five of their first six games, the Blue Devils failed to advance a runner into scoring position until the fourth inning. Fortunately for Duke, however, freshman Alexander Hasson’s first career start went about as well as possible. The right-hander retired the first six Great Danes he faced and went on to complete five scoreless frames to earn his second win of the season “Alex did a great job,” McNally said. “He wa*really confident

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Senior Jonathan Anderson came in from center field to pitch two scoreless inSEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 10 nings ofrelief in Duke's 7-1 victory over Albany Tuesday afternoon.

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The rigors of an NCAA basketball schedule on a student-athlete are certainly astounding. For No. 1 Duke, this season has meant road trips to arenas as far away as Ann Arbor, Mich., Piscataway, N.J., and Knoxville, Tenn. In fact, the Blue Devils have not had more than five days between games since they were allotted an eight-day break over Christmas between trips to tournaments in Cancun, Mexico and

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But now, since beating No. 6 Maryland in College Park, Md. last Sunday, Duke has been granted a one week respite before it takes on No. 4 North Carolina in Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday. “I think it’s good,” Abby Waner said. “It’s nice to get our feet back under us before another big game.” The big game is the last of the Blue Devils’ regular season and is the only remaining obstacle standing in the way of a perfect record —something the Duke players are well aware of. “I think [the undefeated season] is there, it’s hard not to look at it,” Waner said. “An undefeated record would be nice, however, we just need to concentrate

The Blue Devils have seven days between their win over Maryland and Sunday's matchup with North Carolina. on the game ahead.” To intensify matters, the game is against the rival Tar Heels, who, until this season, have had Duke’s number. Ivory Latta and company defeated the Blue Devils in both

of their matchups last season to extend their win streak to five games, But the Blue Devils snapped that streak earlier in the season when they beat thenNo. 2 UNC 64-53 in Chapel Hill Feb. 8.

And this time around, Duke will not only be playing at home, but it will have an entire week to prepare. The team took two days off to start the week before they hit the hardwood today. “Coach G is usually good about giving us time so we can get physically rested and mentally rested, especially after big games,” Waner said. Even after a two-day break, however, the team will have plenty of time before Sunday’s showdown. With just one day between some games this season, four days of practice this week to prepare for the Tar Heels seems like a foreign luxury. But since the Blue Devils have struggled with their intensity at times this season, the long break begs the question of whether or not it will have an adverse effect on the team. “We’ve played enough top-25 teams and in front of enough sell-out crowds that I don’t think we psych ourselves out,” Waner said. “I think we’ve proven we can have two days off and get ready.” Instead, the time allows for more anticipation leading up to the last game of the season, for both players and fans alike. “It’s really exciting to see the turnout we’re getting,” Waner said. “You know the Goestenkorsopolis? I think that’s just awesome.”

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The Blue Devils' seven runs Tuesday were the least ofany game this season.The Duke offenseis averaging 11.6 runs per game over the first seven contests.

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and really in control, and that’s saying a lot for a freshman. I was extremely pleased with his effort out there today.” After sailing through the first two frames, Hassan got into trouble in the third. The freshman walked the lead-off batter, then induced a ground ball that could have led to a double play. The ball, however, took a bad hop that led to an error by shortstop Gabriel Saade. With runners at first and second and no outs, the right-hander whipped off curveball after vicious curveball to fan two Great Danes and get one other to hit a

harmless fly ball to center field. “I wasn’t really nervous,” Hassan said. “I knew that if I threw pitches for strikes, I’d be okay. This was the first time I got extended out on the mound, and I really got a good feel for all my pitches and was able to mix in some curves to get big outs.” Trouble followed again in the fourth inning after the freshman walked the leadoff man for the second time in a row, then gave up his first hit of the afternoon to the third batter to put men on first and second with one away. Hassan showed great poise again and got out of the jam, this time by inducing a ground ball to third baseman Brett Barties. Bartles stepped on the bag for the first

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plete the inning-ending double play. “It’s going to be key for us all season if we continue to play good defense and throw strikes,” McNally said. “The offense will come and go, and when it wasn’t work-

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sticker to honor former Blue Devil Jimmy Regan, who was killed earlier this month while serving as a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq. Many players have also written ‘MP,’ former head coach Mike Pressler’s initials, on their helmets. Danowski said the mementos will provide powerful inspiration to the team throughout the upcoming season, both on the field and in all walks of life. “They would give anything to be out here, anything to be a part of this team again,” Danowski said of the former players. “If you’re ever feeling bad for yourself, or you ever think that you’re having a bad day, you just look down at your wrist or wherever it is to know that those guys have it a lot worse than we do, and we should be thankful we’re here right now.” Head coach John Danowski said that he gives the players a lot offreedom regarding their decisions on how to honor Evans, Seligmann and Finnerty and remember the events of the past year. He added that the team’s slogan, Succisa Virescit, Latin for “when cut down, it grows back stronger,” was decided upon by the players. “Many of the things that we do come from the players,” John Danowski said. “It’s their team, and I’m going to guide and provide guidance and structure, but I like to let them make those kinds of decisions about those kinds of things. It was up to them, and that’s what they came up with. If you’re thinking about your teammates, and you’re making an effort, I think that’s awesome. I’d like our team to be seen like that.”

ing today, Alex and the defense really kept

us in the game.” Duke will take its perfect record to Greenville, N.C., this weekend where it will take on tougher competition than it has faced thus far with one game against each Washington, St. John’s and East Carolina. “We feel we can play with anybody in the country,” Gallagher said. “This will be a really good test for us this weekend.”

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difficulty-level are not equal? “In general, unless you have a roundrobin, you have to look in depth to each conference,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said this week. “There’s still a superficial response to imbalance in conference schedules. You would hope that that’s not going to be the case when committee members meet because that would be a big mistake.” Still, the imbalance is a hard dynamic

ignore. When the ACC added its 12th member prior to the 2005-2006 season, it adopted a schedule that assigned each team two primary partners—aimed at preserving historic rivalries—against whom they would play both home and away games each year. They would play three other teams twice and the remaining six just once. These last nine teams would rotate on a yearly basis. This scheduling scheme creates an inherent discrepancy, though. Duke’s two partners, Maryland and North Carolina, have averaged the second and third most wins in the conference over the past 10 years, respectively. Only North Carolina, which is paired with Duke and N.C. State, has two primary partners that have combined to average more league wins during that span. And that is in large part a result of having to play Duke, which has averaged 13.3 ACC victories per season —three more than any other conference team. Meanwhile, Clemson’s primary partners, Georgia Tech and Florida State, have combined to win nearly nine fewer games per season than Duke’s pair. And Florida State’s opponents rank second worst, only 0.4 games behind Clemson’s. to

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Duke put GeorgiaTech squarely on the bubble by beating the Yellow Jackets 71-62 in Cameron Sunday. While I cannot say for sure that the strength of the Seminoles’ conference schedule last year hurt them, it is highly likely given that they were left playing in the NIT with a 9-7 ACC mark. Of the five teams with which they played home-andaway series last season, only Duke finished in the top half of the final conference standings. In those games, they went only 6-4, and two of their other wins came against the league’s worst two teams. So was Florida State penalized for only going 9-7 against one of the easier schedules in die ACC? Given the previous track record for 9-7 teams in the conference, a strong case can be made that it was.

When the ACC expanded to 12 schools, each league team was assigned two primary partners in an effort to keep alive yearly home-and-away rivalries. (Duke's primary partners are North Carolina and Maryland.) This practice, however, has also exacerbated an already unbalanced conference schedule now that the league no longer sports a double round-robin format. Below are the combined average ACC wins of each team's two primary partners over the last 10 years, which provides a glimpse into the relative strength of each team's conference schedule.The average of new conference members only includes the years they have been in the league. The large spread ofthis statistic illustrates the difficulty the NCAA selection committee faces in trying to place true value in a team's conference record.

But that is the reality the conference faces since it decided to forfeit its prized round-robin format three years ago. The league standings just don’t mean quite as much anymore on their own because certain schools are regularly going to have tougher conference slates. Only six AGC teams currently sit at .500 or better so far this season in conference play and the other three teams contending for a berth are each at least two games under .500. So exacdy how many ACC teams will be playing come March? With scheduling imbalance, your guess is as good as mine.

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Out with old, in with new Room Pix how to live number. Gone are the days of staring at laminated resiat Duke just got a lot dence hall maps tacked on easier. Last week, Residence Life the walls, wondering what is a bay window and and Housing Serm what is not, as vices announced editorial other eager stuthat it will put its annual housing selection dents nudge you and peer over your shoulder. process, Room Pix, online. Gone are the days of sendStudents will now be able ing a “proxy” in your place, to access a website during certain windows of time carrying a piece of paper verifying that he or she was repbased on the lottery system to select and secure their resenting you, if you were out of town or sick or otherrooms. Information will regularly update to show which wise engaged. Gone are the days of waiting in line, rooms are available. Think of the process as seething at the student in the ACES of Duke housing. front of you who just sniped And to put it succinctly, it’s that room in Few Quad that you really wanted. about time. The old process was antiGone are the days of students packing like sardines quated. It was inefficient. It into Gilbert-Addoms Down was frustrating. We applaud RLHS for obUnder, lining up by lottery

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past has been a rather large headache. We also predict barring technical malfunctions (cross your fingers) that all parties involved will feel their burdens eased. Students will not be subjected to the old in-person process, and RLHS will not need to send representatives to direct the lines ofangry natives traipsing through GA Down Under. But we recognize even greater potential in the new Room Pix system. At their fingertips, RLHS has an opportunity to communicate with a vast number of students, as every student planning to live on campus must at some point access the new website, whether to pick a room or view a map or learn about the new process. Thus, we call on RLHS to —

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consider using the website for polling purposes. Like ACES, the new site could include surveys that could serve RLHS and students well by culling opinions about important residential issues. For instance, RLHS could gain some consensus about the relative benefits of changing quiet hours on Central Campus or find out which aspects of the freshman, East Campus experience could be improved. It could discern how students feel about the Quad Model and the attempt to build a quad identity. We look forward to seeing how RLHS uses the new online technology, both to place people in rooms and to expand their reach to learn what students want in their residential experiences.

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taining the necessary software to put Room Pix ’O7 online. RLHS chose Residential Management Systems to organize the program, investing in a company that serves more than 100 schools. This selection alone, based on the company’s reputation, points to a degree of assurance that the room selection process to come will be a pleasant one. As we see it, Room Pix, the online version, boasts two core benefits; the efficiency that will make students and RLHS officials alike finally breathe a sigh of relief during room selection season, as well as the opportunity to initiate an unprecedented forum about residence life. Thus, we anticipate that the new process will significantly expedite what in the

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marks the first men’s lacrosse home game since three players were indicted for allegedly raping a Durham stripper last spring. The rape charges have since been dropped, but other charges still stand. As the crowd—including students, alumni and probably KC Johnson—arrive to cheer on the team, let us not forget the (alleged) victim, now lampooned for what many believe are faulty allegations. A disclaimer: I write this col lumn m an attempt to nuance whatkinds of women can and cannot report a rape and to question what kinds of truths are privileged. I do not write this column in an atshadee malaklou tempt to uphold the va-va-voom now-nefarious potsand-pans activism against the lacrosse team While some women at Duke and in Durham (as in society at large) can legitimately claim rape, others cannot; and that difference is based on identity codings like class, race, profession and even clothing. In order to be believed about something like rape, women have to maintain a veneer of virginity; and in this narrative, the white Duke woman, ever superficially prude, is the perfect victim. A white Duke woman, wearing plaid, pink and pearls, is considered a virgin, even if by the pale Durham moonlight, her actions speak otherwise. As long as she dresses and acts (by day) the part ofa virgin, when she cries “rape,” as a well-intentioned public, we believe her. A black Durham stripper, on the other hand, cannot hide under plaid or pink. She is promiscuous, through and through, as far as much of the public is concerned; and so when she cries rape, we question her intentions. She is constructed as a “liar,” and the victim becomes her assailant. Never has this been more evident than in the case of Duke lacrosse. The sex acts of Duke women are carried out under the auspices of a good time, but a stripper’s work, which by its nature drips in sex, is conducted as part of her greater effort to survive. How is it, then, that a white college student’s sex acts become more legitimate than a stripper’s professional sexuality? While a Duke woman has a choice to participate in risque behavior, a stripper’s economic vulnerabilities leave her little choice. To imply that the Durham stripper hired by lacrosse players March 13 is not a perfect victim is an understatement—it’s not enough—because in many media caricatures of her, she also has been portrayed as an illegitimate member of society. She is black. She

is a single mother. And she is (gasp!) a stripper. Baggage in tow, she was somehowasking to be raped... or even if she wasn’t asking for it, her social vulnerabilities somehow excuse her (alleged) rape. In addition to economic and social vulnerabilities, when a marginalized member of society reports a rape, she does so under immense personal pressure. The victim, herself, feels a sense of disentitlement.She feels unauthorized to report the crime and (perhaps more importantly) to feel violated. Thus, initially, what amazed me about the, Duke lacrosse case, as a study abroad student peering in last spring, is that, 1) the (alleged) victim actually reported the crime; and 2) the media and Duke community believed the her. So what happened? Sympathy for the Durham stripper has all but disappeared, as has the stripper’s own certainty about whether or not the rape actually occurred. Indeed, the other stripper at the party, Kim Roberts, once so sure that her friend was raped, has in recent months denied the rape claims. Our criticisms of these women and the dreadful effects their allegations have had on the lacrosse team paint them as women with an economic or racist agenda; and it is now assumed, nationwide, that the rape allegations were a lie. But what if they weren’t? What if the reasons why the rape charges were dropped are completely superficial? As an angry public, we have shown absolutely no acknowledgement of the economic, social or personal pressure to reverse rape allegations; nor have we acknowledged the fact that it is common for rape vicdms to question themselves after a rape has occurred and what they did to “deserve it.” A woman who acts promiscuous in one setting—even for money—doesn’t necessarily behave that way in every setting; but society still refuses to recognize this disparity, and so a rape victim internalizes the blame. On-campus and media conversations about the March 13 party and post-party allegations have oversimplified the (alleged) rape. In our narrative of what constitutes a legitimate rape (one that we can easily understand and denounce), the perfect victim is a virgin, or at least a woman who looks and acts the part of a virgin; and a woman who enjoys sex—or makes sexual behavior part of her livelihood—is not afforded victim-hood. I ask that we not treat the lacrosse men as heroes Saturday, heralding them back onto the field like upstanding men who have been somehow, irrevocably wronged; especially since we still don’t know the details of the lacrosse party or the conditions ofwhat really may have been a rape. Shadee Malaklou is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has killed more than 400,000 people and millions more civilians have been internally displaced or fled into neighboring countries. Since 2003, Sudanese government armed forces and the state-sponsored “Janjaweed” militia h.ave b<jeen righting fieh' two rebel groups in Darfur. As part of their campaign to decrease regional support for these rebel groups, the Sudanese government has ordered attacks against dcIVOI! yOlinQ specific ethnic groups of civilians who have a wider pers pecti¥e nothing to do with the rebels. The U.S. government has condemned this violence against innocent civilians as genocide. The purpose of this column is to raise awareness of the crisis in Darfur and urge you to join us in calling on the University administration to divest from Sudan if funding from Duke is supporting the genocide. As members of the Duke community, we must confront our own roles in this humanitarian disaster. The status quo is not only unacceptable, but morally abhorrent. The situation in Darfur is serious and requires urgent and sustained action. Even if we are unable to stop the crisis through our actions here at Duke, we must end our institution’s support of the Sudanese government’s genocidal regime. Duke should engage the companies we sponsor that direcdy or indirectly support the Sudanese government and divest from those companies if they fail to change their behavior. This plan, known as targeted divestment, would remove funding that could go to support the Sudanese government’s genocidal military campaign. Targeted divestment will not only raise awareness of this crisis but also make a real difference in helping end the genocide. Sudan is particularly susceptible to economic pressure. Since up to 80 percent of Sudan’s oil revenue goes to the military, divestment from oil companies alone could have a real effect on the government’s ability to finance the genocide. U.S. sanctions in 1995 caused the Sudanese government to end its sponsorship of terrorist organizations and cooperate with U.S. counter-terrorism policies. Other divestment campaigns, such as one a few years ago against a large Canadian oil company, helped force the Sudanese government reach a peace agreement with rebel groups in the south. Targeted divestment will not hurt the civilians we are aiming to help. Targeted divestmentfocuses on companies

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that benefit the government and military. Companies involved in agriculture, which employs more than 80 percent of the Sudanese labor force, would not be targeted. Businesses providing medicine, education and consumer goods would similarly be excluded. Targeted divestment does not pose a major risk to Duke’s finances. This plan would target a limited number of companies and investments, making divestment less risky and less costly to the University. However, as a special project of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors recently reported, Duke does not publicize its endowment holdings. Since this information is available only to trustees and senior administrators, it is difficult to determine the impact divestment might have on university finances. We would not be alone. There is extensive precedent for targeted divestment from Sudan. Duke would join a growing number of universities, U.S. states and members of the international community in recognizing the crisis in Darfur and initiating action to help end the genocide. Last year, the North Carolina state treasurer divested the North Carolina Retirement Systems, representing more than $7O billion in pension funds, from nine companies that were providing monetary or military support to the Sudanese government. In the coming months, Duke’s Human Rights Working Group and other campus organizations will work with members of the administration to identify University financial holdings that might be targeted for divestment. For example, as of 2003, Duke had $560,000 indirecdy invested in PetroChina, an oil company that financially supports the Sudanese civil war through its drilling in the country. We have found no evidence that Duke has since divested these funds. These campus groups will submit a request to the University Priorities Committee, which manages issues regarding ethical investment, to divest from Sudan. The UPC will not act, though, until the University community has had a substantive discussion of these issues and expressed broad concern that Duke’s unsustainable investment strategy is causing significant social injury. We encourage you to join this discussion and participate in the divestment campaign, to demonstrate to the administration that as a community we care about where our money is going. We must consider our own responsibilities in this crisis, and choose to act accordingly. We must divest from Sudan. This is the first in a series of columns this semester written and supported by members of several campus groups. The goal of the series is to raise awareness and to educate on a select group of issues related to sustainability, human rights and health care with a global perspective. This column’s author, Aaron Young, is pursuing a master’s degree in public policy.

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that time again. After submitting applications in the fall and spending months waiting by the mailbox in agony, many college seniors and recent graduates are flying back and forth across the country to interview for graduate and professional programs. Interviews are scary enough when they last a few hours and don’t require a flight to a different state. So when graduate and professional school interviews require normal college students to become temporary Jet-setters during a time of alrcad >;, hi sh s*°! astic jacqui detwiler pressure, they can be downplease hire, desperate. ght overwhelming. And overwhelmed is the last thing you want to be when being evaluated against 30 other freaked-out candidates for an entire weekend. Lose your cool and you could lose your spot. So how does one keep one’s cool in the face of such a daunting ordeal? As the Girl Scouts’ motto says, “Be Prepared.” Graduate school interviews can be pretty exhausting, requiring you to interview in front of a panel or up to seven people in a day. Med schools usually require only two interviews, often one with a faculty member and one with a current student. Compiling a set list of questions or topics for each specific school before you get there can take the edge off the extensive list of interviewers. Additionally, know something about the program or person you want to work with before you get there. Graduate schools are looking to see how you fit in. They already know your test scores and grades, so there’s no need to try to impress them with anything more than your passion for the subject—and, OK, your relative social normalcy. For instance, an interviewee for Duke psychology last year spent an entire interview rattling off the number of techniques he knew how to use because he was worried about being a competitive candidate. When the interviewer asked about his interests, he merely paused for a second, and then rambled on about techniques again. He didn’t seem to be interested in using said techniques to actually study anything. Needless to say, he was summarily rejected. The point of this story is that most people think they should be jurying to look smart during their interviews, when really the interviewers are mostly interested in seeing that they have unique interests, and don’t kill small animals in theirspare time. I interviewed a person very familiar with the Duke medical school interview process who said, “Once you get an interview, generally the playing field is leveled... all we want to see is that you’re a normal person at the end of the day.” Unfortunately, it seems most people don’t realize that. He said that an interviewer often hears the same hackneyed reason for wanting to be a doctor in 90 percent of her interviews. “T want to go to medical school because I like biology and I want to help people,”’ he said, “probably will not get you in the door.” Lastly, use downtime to your advantage —relax when you can —and for Christ’s sake, show the other students that you have a personality, because after you leave, the faculty is going to ask us who we don’t like, so we will be watching. At the same time, you shouldn’t use your downtime to the extent that you get wasted and swing from the chandelier at the dean’s house by your underwear. This should be obvious. Then again, a guy who interviewedwith me at Brown got so drunk at the graduate student party he passed out on a table and subsequendy got in. This brings me back to my original point; schools are different, and what will fly at one will founder at others. Which is why you should “be prepared.” And while we’re on the topic of Girl Scouts, you might want to pick up some Samoas while they’re on sale. ’Cause you’re gonna get hungry on all those cross-country flights. '

Jacqui Detwiler is a graduate student in psychology and neuroscience. Her column runs every Wednesday.

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