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BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

Defense attorneys are now calling into

question the tactics and experience of a lead investigator in the Duke lacrosse case.

Linwood Wilson, the only current fulltime investigator for Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, has drawn criticism from lawyers who challenge Wilson’s investigative methods and his pivotal interview with the alleged victim.

Joe Cheshire—defense attorney for indicted men’s lacrosse player David Evans, Trinity ’o6—said the information Wilson retrieved from interviews with witnesses has a pattern of contradicting the information provided in previous statements.

Several defense lawyers said new information obtained by Wilson in interviews often paralleled the direction sought by Nifong in the case.

“All investigators are supposed to provide objective information to the lawyers that they’re working with, and if you have an investigator that does not do that then justice is not served,” Cheshire said. “In this case it seems that the boss did not want objective information.”

In December, Wilson conducted the interview in which the alleged victim changed the timeline of the alleged attack and her account of the incident.

Nifong’s decision to drop rape charges against the three indicted players emanated from a 19-word side comment in the handwritten notes of Wilson from the interview in which the alleged victim said a penis was not involved in the alleged attack, defense attorneys said.

In recent weeks, lawyers have also questioned the arrest of the taxicab driver on an old warrant that Wilson found.

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After nearly 10 months ofresearch and discussion, the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee released its report to the Duke community Tuesday afternoon, presenting a number of recommendations about major aspects of campus life.

Ranging from disbanding selective living sections on West Campus to altering admissions policies, the committee’s recommendations focus on undergraduate life and the theme of “engag[ing] difference constructively.”

Although administrators acknowledged the likelihood of opposition to some aspects of the report, they said the next phase of discussion will require each recommendation to be carefully considered.

“I hope it stimulates thoughtfulness, creativity and engagement on campus, rather than polarization,” said Larry SEE CCI ON PAGE 11

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Investigator Linwood Wilson (back) looks on as Joe Cheshire talks to themedia during a June court date.

“I think we’ve made it pretty clear what we think about the work that Mr. Wilson has done to this point,” Cheshire said. “If we have to litigate it, we will.”

Wilson’s background, hiring Wilson had been retired eight years

when Nifong hired him in December 2004 investigate fraudulent checks as the “worthless check program coordinator.”

Wilson began his career as an investigator for the Durham Police Department to

Go to dukenews.duke.edu for the full text of the report.

Also, read President Brodhead's

exclusive column on CCl's release.

See Pg. 22

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Group offers undergrads legal advice

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Sophomore Nick Alexander heads up a program to give undergraduates free peer legal advice.

Trips to the Office of Judicial Affairs can be intimidating, but a new undergraduate-run program now aims to provide students with the knowledge they need to complete the process.

Duke University Student Legal Assistance has set out to assist and counsel students on Judicial Affairs issues, collect information on past cases and find free or reduced-fee representation for Duke students, according to the group’s recently adopted constitution.

“It doesn’t have to be that you’re in trouble,” said DuSLA President Nick Alexander, a sophomore. “We can help with any type of legal issue, such as just a question or a parking ticket. Mainly, it’s a ‘start here’ point.”

The group—which is in the process of being chartered —will be run by trained undergraduates, Alexander said.

Its membership currently includes 15 undergraduates and five law students.

Founder and Adviser Jim McDonald, a first-year student at the School of Law, said the idea for DuSLA stemmed from his experience as a Graduate Resident Aycock Dormitory.

“Last semester, maybe four to five kids knocked on my door because they knew I was a law student,” he said. “They asked for advice from things like Judicial Affairs to drinking tickets.”

McDonald said he did not see many outlets on campus for students to find legal assistance, adding that the law SEE DUSLA ON PAGE 10

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Robert Thompson, chair of the CCI Steering Committee, speaks at an October DSG meeting.

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SEOUL, South Korea North and South Korea held high-level reconciliation talks Tuesday for the first time since the communist nation’s nuclear test in October, paving the way for a resumption ofaid to the impoverished country.

The meetings came as North Korea showed strong signs of commitment to its Feb. 13 pledge at international arms talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor within 60 days in exchange for energy aid.

It has already invited the chief U.N. nuclear inspector to \isil to discuss verification of a shutdown.

North Korea’s main nuclear negotiator, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, headed for the United States for talks on following through on the landmark deal on dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Kim stopped over in Beijing en route to the U.S., the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

South Korea plans to focus this week’s Cabinet-level talks in the capital of Pyongyang on winning a firmer North Korean commitment to carry out the nuclear deal and on measures aimed at bringing permanent peace to the divided peninsula.

The chiefSouth Korean delegate, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung, praised the

nuclear deal at an informal meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Senior Cabinet Councilor Kwon Ho Ung. “A good agreement was reached... based on the principle of equality and balance,” Lee told Kwon during a 15-minute chat at his hotel, according to pool reports.

Kwon did not respond, the reports said.

Lee later told a welcoming dinner hosted by North Korean Prime Minister Pak Pong Ju that the neighbors should get reconciliation projects back on track now that the “skein of thread that gave us a hard time last year” is being unwound, referring SEE KOREA ON PAGE 10

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AI Gore, a leadNASHVILLE, Tenn. ing voice in the fight against global warming, is being called a hypocrite by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.

A spokesperson for Gore said the former vice president invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home’s power consumption.

Gore’s documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth,” which chronicled his campaign against global warming, won an Academy Award on Sunday.

The next day, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research put out a news release saying Gore was not doing enough to reduce his own consumption of electricity. The group disputes whether global warming is a serious problem.

“We wanted to see if he was living by his own recommendations and walking the walk," said Drew Johnson, president of the think tank, which pushes for conservative economic issues.

Utility records show the Gore family paid an average monthly electric bill of about $1,200 last year for its 10,000-squarefoot home.

The Gores used about 191,000 kilowatt hours in 2006, according to bills reviewed by The Associated Press spanning the period from Feb. 3, 2006, to Jan. 5. That is far more than the typical Nashville household, which uses about 15,600 kilowatt-hours per year.

His Nashville home is more than four times larger than the average new American home built last year—about 2,400 square feet, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

A spokeswoman for Gore said he purchases enough “green power”—renewable

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President Bush and his Senate allies will kill a Sept. 11 antiterror bill If Congress sends it to the White House with a provision to let airport screeners unionize, the White House and 36 Republicans said Tuesday.

23 killed outside U.S. base

In what the Taliban claimed was an assassination attempt, a suicide bomber attacked the main gate of a U.S. military base Tuesday within earshot of Vice President Dick Cheney. The explosion killed 23 peor eluding two Americans.

U.S.questions Iraqi death Police and Iraqi state television said a car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with young soccer players, killing at least 18 boys in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad. However, the U.S. military said 30 civilians and one Iraqi soldier were injured.

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One of the few things capable of eating away hours at Bostock or preventing a night out at Shooters—besides Facebook stalking—is managing a fantasy sports team.

An electronic version of sports trading cards, fantasy sports allow the average fan to get closer to the game and to bond with fellow fanatics. Living in a fantasy world, however, has its risks and rewards.

Senior Charles lannuzzi said he has entered many leagues ranging from hockey to golf. During the season, he spends three to four hours a day on fantasy sports, while logging around two hours a day in search in the off-season.

“I play because I want to be the general manager of a sports team someday,” lannuzzi said. “However, it kills my work and it’s not productive at all.”

Fantasy sports are prevalent on Duke’s

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campus and will continue to be because they offer the opportunity for students to do something they enjoy together, said sophomore Brett Aresco.

“It’s another dimension in the sport,” said Aresco, who primarily plays in fantasy football and baseball leagues. “When your team isn’t playing, you can cheer on your players. In fact, when it comes down to it, it takes a fair amount of skill.”

According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, the number of fantasy sports participants has grown from 1 million in 1989 to more than 15 million today—a byproduct of the exponential growth of the Internet.

Fantasy owners vary from those who devote anywhere from 10 to 15 hours a week drafting players and changing their rosters to those who spend only a couple ofhours per week managing teams.

Most people fall into the latter category, said Kim Beason, associate professor of parks and recreation management at the University of Mississippi.

“There are absolutely folks out there that are obsessed,” Beason said. “While there are people that live and breathe it, it is not a greater percentage rate that you would find for any group of hardcore runners.”

Reid Fontaine, a research scientist at Duke, said he believes the origins offantasy sports lie in trading cards.

As a child, instead of using an electronic database of players, Fontaine had binders full of cards. He traded them back and forth with friends just as players are dealt from one fantasy owner to the next.

Fontaine said he has fond childhood memories of saving up his allowance to buy a Luis Aparicio card, which his mother frowned upon.

His father, however, responded, “My gosh that’s a great card!”

“This was serious business,” Fontaine said. “I think a lot of this objectifying of

Several students said playing a variety of fantasy sports takesup a significant amount of theirtime.

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Jim Towey { former counsel to Mother Teresa, speaks in favor of faith-based initiatives Tuesday at Duke Law.

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Tuesday at a speech entided “Faith, Politics

and the Law.” Jim Towey, former counsel to Mother Teresa and current president of Saint Vincent College, spoke to law students and professors about the complex relationships between religion and political policy and advocated government support of faith-based initiatives.

Also former director of, the White House’s Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, Towey countered a common perception that President George W. Bush has placed too much emphasis on religious values in his administration.

“Many will talk about Bush’s references to faith, and many will criticize him,” Towey said. “But throughout time, there have been many presidents who used scripture in their policy.”

Towey added that laws are inevitably aimed at promoting morals—which are often tied to religion. ' “Faith and laws converge on values,” he said. “We need individuals to choose to stand up to defend these values.”

For example, many of the problems facing the poor are spiritual ones, and faithbased initiatives can play an indispensable role in improving the moral battleground of lower-class America, Towey said.

He added that his experiences with the marginalized population of America have convinced him of the effectiveness SEE TERESA ON PAGE 9

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According to the findings released by the American Psychological Association, more than three out of 10 soldiers met the criteria for a "mental disorder," but far less than half of those in need sought help.

Gov't stocks 1st bird flu shot WASHINGTON Federal health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure, despite evidence it wouldn'tprotect most people.

The vaccine already is being stockpiled, even without FDA approval, for eventual interim use to protect emergency workers and others in a pandemic. The government

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Scouts tout healthier cookies The Girl Scouts NEW YORK have marked their 90th year in the cookie business by getting most of the artificial fat out ofall varieties of their iconic treats, which had been under attack by a few health-focused consumer groups.

Girl Scouts of the USA Vice President Denise Pessich said the changes were only made after the two commercial bakeries that make the cookies found trans-fat alternatives that didn't compromise flavor, texture or shelf life.

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A new electronic “portal” developed for patients of the Duke University Health System aims to transfer various components of the health-care experience from manila folders to patients’ computer screens.

DUHS and IBM launched a website, service patient HealthView Portal, for as many as 500,000 patients who visit its three major hospitals —Duke University Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital and Duke

Raleigh Hospital.

The portal provides patients with a single medium for accessing many different aspects of their health care, as well as lessening wait times, said Dr. Michael Russell, associate chief informational officer of the Duke University Medical Center.

“Now patients can pay bills, request appointments and check the accuracy of their medical profiles online,” Russell said. “I have personally tried and found the process of booking an appointment to be much more streamlined [by the portal].”

Health systems usually employ several websites to eonduct bill payment and clinical communications. The Duke HealthView Portal combines services more efficiently by using a unified website and a single user authentication for each patient.

“In order to build deeper relationships with our patients, we needed a unified communication

tool that would bring together different data for a holistic view,” said AsifAhmad, vice president of diagnostic services and chief informational officer of the medical center and hospital, in a statement last Thursday.

In the future, Duke plans to expand HealthView Portal to promote more effective and interactive experiences for patients, Russell said.

“Patients will be able to not only look at their medical information but also interact on a personal level with healthcare professionals,” Russell said.

Doctors will be able to comment on lab results and relay that information to patients online, he added.

Express and kiosk check-in will allow patients to complete clinical forms and register online in order to shorten wait times.

“We’re also looking into E-visits —when patients can communicate with doctors in an online manner,” Russell said. “This eliminates the need for patients to come to the clinic, and it is covered by insurance.”

Although a few other hospitals around the country are using similar online resources, the speed and breadth of Duke’s portal is significant compared to other sites, Russell said.

“We haven’t advertised at all, and already we have about a thousand users who have registered,” he said.

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HealthView Portal, is used by many companies, and it has proven to be secure and robust, Russell said.

Last year, DUHS launched an initiative aiming to integrate medical notes and prescription services into one electronic system across DUHS clinics. The portal, however, seeks to further integrate

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Speaking on West Campus Tuesday, forNow, Grabarek said, his job is to set the mer Durham Mayor Wense Grabarek enrecord straight for future generations. couraged stu“If history is to be a measureto achieve ment of human T n n j lam personally andj appalled change and to progress it needs explore history to have merit,” he incensed that the history of / from different said. “It needs to Durham is being so unduly maperspectives. be true.” in an event The forme r Hgned by this documentary.”

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Grabarek said the image presented in desegregation of Durham and the part he played as a three-time mayor of the the film was a gross misrepresentation of Bull City. the truth.

Grabarek detailed the volatile situation “I am personally appalled and inhe faced when he first entered office in censed that the history of Durham is May 1963. being so unduly maligned by this docuAt the time, Grabarek said, he was conmentary,” he said. fronted by mass demonstrations and tenGrabarek cited a document from Octosion between white and black constituents. ber 1962 that he said indicated the freeway In a matter of weeks, however, the forand urban renewal plan were supported by mer mayor said Durham was able to volunfour predominantly black precincts around the Hayti area. tarily desegregate—one year before Con“Don’t accept the words of someone gress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

What saved Durham was the city’s “comjust because they say it,” he said. posite conscience and the heart it showed Ultimately, Grabarek said his years as at that time,” Grabarek said. mayor were all about reconciliation and By desegregating, he said, Durham trying to do what was best for the greater gained national notice, becoming a model good of his city.

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American and Chinese stocks take major tumbles cause the worst of the plunge took place after 2:30 p.m., the New York Stock ExStocks had their worst change’s trading limits, designed to halt NEW YORK such precipitous moves, were not activatof since the Sept. 11, 2001, attrading day ed. tacks Tuesday, It was the hurtling the Dow’s worst point Dow Jones indecline since dustrials down “This corrective consolidation 17, 2001, Sept. more than 400 phase isn’t just going to be one the first trading points on a day after the terworldwide tide is believe this but we don’t day, attacks, when ror that of concern the blue chips fell going to be a bear market.” the U.S. and 684.81, or 7.13 Chinese Bob Doll In perpercent. economies are Blackßock equities, investment terms, it centage chief officerfor and stumbling was the biggest that share decline since prices have beMarch 24, 2003, when the index fell 3.6 come overinflated The steepness of the market’s drop, as percent as investors started getting rattled well as its global breadth, signaled a possias U.S. casualties mounted in the early ble correction after a long period of stable days after the invasion of Iraq.

The drop hit every sector across the and steadily rising stock markets that had not been shaken by such a volatile day of market, and a total of $632 billion was lost in total in U.S. stocks on Tuesday, accordtrading in several years.

A 9 percent slide in Chinese stocks, ing to Standard & Poor’s Corp. Riskier iswhich came a day after investors sent sues such as small-cap and technology Shanghai’s benchmark index to a record stocks suffered some of the biggest dehigh close, set the tone for U.S. trading. clines, but big industrial companies, those The Dow began the day falling sharply, that are often hurt the most in an economand the decline accelerated throughout ic downturn, also were pummeled, with the course of the session before stocks raw materials producers among the hardtook a huge plunge in late afternoon as est hit.

But analysts who have been expecting computer-driven sell programs kicked in, and also as a computer glitch caused a a pullback after a huge rally that began delay in the recording of a large number last October and sent the Dow to a series of record highs, were unfazed by Tuesof trades.

The Dow fell 546.20, or 4.3 percent, to day’s drop.

12,086.06before recovering some ground “This corrective consolidation phase in the last hour of trading to close down isn’t just going to be one day, but we don’t 416.02, or 3.29 percent, at 12,216.24, leavSEE MARKET ON PAGE 12 ing it in negative territory for the year. Beby

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WILSON from page 1 in 1971. He moved to private investigation in 1979, and remained there until he retired 19 years later.

According to his file, as a private investigator Wilson was investigated under suspicion of an illegal wiretap and provided false information on the witness stand 20 years ago. In addition, several complaints and formal inquiries were filed against Wilson during his time as an investigator for the DPD and in private practice.

Wilson was charged with the violation of a regulation when he did not disclose information to a client.

“I don’t have to explain it,” Wilson told The Chronicle, referring to the suspicions against him. “They found no violation.”

Howard Newman, assistant district attorney in Greensboro, N.C., said a history like Wilson’s would not necessarily deter a candidate from being hired. Newman said, however, that he would be skeptical about the candidate’s credentials.

Nifong was unable to be reached after repeated attempts for comment on the content of this article. He did not comment on why he decided to hire Wilson.

Wilson’s experience on the job During his first four months in Nifong’s office, Wilson fully investigated one capital murder charge, said Candy Clark, administrative assistant to Nifong.

Wilson began looking into the Duke lacrosse case in coordination with DPD in April while another employee held the position of Nifong’s full-time investigator.

Wilson told The Chronicle the Duke lacrosse case was, at most, the fifth rape case in his entire career.

Wilson’s first major involvement included his discovery of a three-year-old warrant for the arrest of Moezeldin Elmostafa, the cab driver who drove indicted player Reade Seligmann March 13, the night of the alleged assault.

“I think the arrest of the cab driver, well, I would put the word ‘interesting’ on that, and you can read into that what you want,” Cheshire said.

Robert Ekstrand, a lawyer who represented 35 lacrosse players last spring, said he believes there is a possibility the arrest was used as a scare tactic.

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“It would put a reasonable person in his shoes in fear,” Ekstrand said. “That person would be more afraid and certainly would feel it was because he told his story.”

The role of DAs’ investigators Nifong promoted Wilson to a full-time investigator Oct. 1, according to public records. Wilson’s new position included an increase of salary and involvement in investigations for Nifong’s office.

“Nifong said in October that Wilson was basically one of the lead investigators,” said Jim Cooney, defense attorney for Seligmann. “He was certainly one of the primary investigators in the case since mid-summer.”

The lead investigator for the lacrosse case, Benjamin Himan, employed by DPD, confirmed that he and Wilson collaborated. Himan would not comment, however, on the work either he or Wilson completed for the case.

Clark said Wilson assists the district attorneys, finds victims and witnesses and goes to murder scenes to “observe and take notes.”

Wilson was unavailable to comment on specific aspects related to his work practices.

Defense lawyers said the tasks Wilson completed go further than the roles other district attorneys’ investigators usually do.

Investigators for district attorneys normally are charged with locating witnesses and victims and bringing them to court, several districts attorneys said.

“Police are trying to investigate crimes much more generally,” said Richard Myers, assistant professor of law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. “DAs’ investigators often have more specific tasks.”

Each office can, however, use its investigators in different capacities, said Howard Newman, assistant district attorney in Greensboro, N.C. “They don’t actually for the most part investigate, but they’re called investigators,” Newman said. “We don’t send them out to reinvestigate.”

Nifong’s choice for investigator

At an Oct. 27 hearing for the lacrosse case Nifong disclosed DNA evidence, which could not prove physical contact between the alleged assailants and the alleged victim.

Nifong said at the time that neither he

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Several lawyers questioned the steps DA Mike Nifong took in appointing and promoting Linwood Wilson. nor his office planned on speaking with the alleged victim until they were near the trial date.

“I have not had any conversations at all with her about the facts of the night, because I don’t need to do that right now,” Nifong said at the October hearing. “I am not preparing to try this case next week.”

Wilson, however, had a follow-up interview with the alleged victim Dec. 21, at which point a trial date had not been set premature for a usual timeline of a trial, Ekstrand said.

“When the district attorney wanted somebody to go take [the alleged victim’s] account again or revisit it again, he did not ask the lead investigator, Ben Himan, who was the lead investigator from the beginning and is still on the case,” Ekstrand said.

“Given the radical departures from the original statement, it sure would have been useful to have the lead investigator who took that first statement... conduct that follow-up interview.”

Compared to Wilson’s self-admitted, minimal experience with rape cases, Himan said he has specific training for his position and a speciality in violent crimes.

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The pivotal interview Wilson’s handwritten and typed notes are the sole account of the Dec. 21 interview with the alleged victim.

Within the conversation, the woman recanted her story, altered the description of her alleged assailants and used their real

names, according to Wilson’s notes.

The side comment in the handwritten discussed the uncertainty about what was allegedly inserted into the alleged victim.

“Not 100% sure penis was object in her, but felt sharp pain,” Wilson wrote in his notes. Another offshoot to that comment added, “Felt like she believes it was a penis.”

In Wilson’s typed statement of the interview, there are details not present in his handwritten notes. The typed notes indicate that the alleged victim was bent over and had an obstructed view of her alleged assailants during the alleged attack —an account not present in Wilson’s handwritten statement Had Wilson recorded the interview, many uncertainties, including the side note, would have been eliminated, Ekstrand said. “[Audio-recording] resolves so many questions,” Ekstrand said. “Consider just for a moment the multitude of questions we have about what transpired in the conversation between Mr. Wilson and the accuser that produced his written report.”

He added that the interview provided explanations for aspects of the case that had, until Dec. 21, been unexplained.

“Look at what the product [of the interview] was—the product wasn’t a statement,” Ekstrand said. “It seemed more of a hodgepodge offacts that was basically kind of an unconnected set of assertions that seemed to be trying to address enormous holes in the case.” ha Wojciechowska contributed to this article. notes

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WASHINGTON In a diplomatic turnabout, the George W. Bush administration will join an Iraq-sponsored “neighbors meeting” with Iran and Syria, Secretary ofState Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.

It marked a change of approach by the United States, which has resisted calls by members of Congress and by a bipartisan Iraq review group to include Iran and Syria in talks designed to stabilize Iraq.

The move came amid growing discontent over the war, even as President Bush rushes an additional 21,500 U.S. troops to Iraq and congressional Democrats struggle to settle on their next steps to end U.S. participation.

The administration said its decision to take part in the Iraq conference did not represent a change of heart, although the White House has accused both Iran and Syria CHUCK MYERS/MCT of deadly meddling in the war. “We’ve always been inclined Condoleeza Rice (right) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates speak at the Senate Appropriations hearings about the president's requests for Iraq. to participate in an Iraqi-led conference,” White House counselor Dan Bartlett said.

The administration in recent weeks has increased its criticism of Iran’s role in Iraq, charging it with supplying technologies for the most lethal form of roadThe Duke University Career Center Presents advanced side bombs. The administration has accused Syria of harboring anti-Iraqi government forces and allowing weapons to cross its border.

Rice announced U.S. support for the Iraq meeting, to be held in Baghdad next month, at a Senate hearing in which Democrats pressed her and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to explain what progress is being made in the Baghdad security crackdown and how soon U.S. troops will be coming home.

“There is no end, I say, no end in sight,” exclaimed Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., the Appropriations Committee chairman. He decried the spending of $lO billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan amid raging sectarian and insurgent violence.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked Gates to predict how Water Resources Engineer, CDM soon Iraq would be stabilized.

“The honest answer to your question is: T don’t know,”’ Gates replied. He noted that Gen. David Petraeus had arrived in Baghdad as the new commander ofU.S. forces and that Petraeus believes by early summer he will have a good idea of how the new Baghdad security plan, now getting under way, will work out.

Noting recent speculation about U.S. military action to CDM Management Consultant, destroy neighboring Iran’s nuclear facilities, Byrd asked Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whether it was true that the Pentagon was planning airstrikes against Iran.

“It is not true,” Pace replied.

“Categorically?” Byrd pressed.

“Categorically, sir,” Pace said.

Separately, Democrats’ plans to limit Bush’s war authority and force a change of course in Iraq were faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act.

Officials said Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and other antiLearn more about working a leading war Democrats balked Tuesday at a draft measure that had circulated in recent days with the blessing of the leadership.

CDM be on to Upper-level managers The proposal would have repealed the 2002 law thatauthorized Bush to invade Iraq, and given the White House a goal career opportunities ofMarch 2008 to remove all combat troops from the country except for those carrying out limited missions.

“I will not vote for anything that the president could read as an authorization for continuing with a large military campaign in Iraq,” Feingold said in a statement after a closeddoor meeting. “Deauthorizing the president’s failed Iraq policy may be an appropriate next step if done right, but the ultimate goal needs to be using our constitutionally granted power of the purse to bring this catastrophe to an end.”

Other Democrats said there was general agreement among the rank and file on legislation that would limit the mission of troops remaining in Iraq, but there was no consensus on a means for accomplishing that goal.

Meanwhile, House Democratic leaders are backing away from a proposal to scale back U.S. involvement in Iraq by withholding money for the war effort.

Rice, in announcing the “neighbors meeting” on Iraq, said a wide range of interested countries were being invited. She said it was the Iraqi government’s initiative to ask Iran and Syria.

“We hope that all governments will seize this opportunity to improve their relations with Iraq and to work for peace and stability in the region,” Rice said.

Her announcement was welcomed by Democrats and Republicans alike.

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Senior John Galanek said he plays fanplayers led to treating them as material goods that can be traded back and forth. tasy baseball, football and basketball—not That started long before fantasy sports.” to gamble—but instead to stay updated about the sports and the league’s players Fantasy sports accelerated the movement away from the team aspect of the who are not on his favorite team. sport, making “Money is the the individual main reason more important some people “So many of us grew up fanthan the team, would start rootFontaine said. ing against their tasizing, wishing, dreaming teams,” Galanek The era of free said. “I underagency in the and sleeping with our mitts 19705, when stand there is a in our bed.” whole lot less players moved loyalty to teams regularly from Reid Fontaine team to team, today, but fantaresearch scientist, Duke made it impossisy sports give you ble for fans to the opportunity to follow players form long term that have left your team.” relationships Reason said 86 percent of people have While there are risks, Fontaine said fanrooted against their favorite team if there tasy leagues provide an opportunity for is someone on the opposite side of the dinetworking and embracing a part of the amond on their fantasy team. national pastime. He likened owning a fan“Twenty-five years ago, teams had the tasy team to purchasing a player’s used bat same players as the year before,” Reason or uniform. said. “However, fans have become disen“Having ownership or possession over it franchised with their favorite sports makes you feel closer to the game,” team.”

Fontaine said. “So many of us grew up fanIf Ted Williams had been traded from tasizing, wishing, dreaming and sleeping his father’s Red Sox, his father might have with our mitts in bed, wishing we could be followed Williams’ statistics, but never these pro ballplayers.” would have rooted against his team, “I’m still waiting for my call from the Phillies,” he said. “Clearly it’s not going to Fontaine said. happen. Rut I truly believe fantasy sports In addition, Fontaine noted that a gambling habit could be a risk of fantasy sports. are one more means by which someone “The very name ofit is fantasy. Anything can feel closeness to the game.”

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of government-funded religious initiatives.

“I’ve spent a lot of my life around hookers,” Towey said, explaining after a brief pause that religious initiatives can address core issues that lead individuals into fields like prostitution.

Towey said, however, that he was not making a case for the total unification of religion and politics.

“You don’t want church and state to become one,” he said, noting that conflicts around the world have illustrated the dangers that can arise when religion and government are closely intertwined.

Despite the possible perils, however, Towey said the potential gains of reli-

a responsibility,” he said.

Towey added that leaders should not be criticized simply for their religious motivations

“When Mother Teresa smiles, is that preaching?” he asked. “She’s obviously driven by personal faith, but is that still considered preaching?”

Sarah Hawkins, a second-year law student who planned the speech, said one of her goals was to debunk the common perception that the Bush administration has mixed religion and politics in an inappropriate way.

“It’s exciting to see someone with a law degree that has found away to use that degree for public service without compromising moral values,” she said.

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Student’s car keyed on Towerview A student reported damage to his vehicle Feb. 23 at Towerview Road near Union Drive. He said he parked it at about 12 p.m. Feb. 22 and came back to it at about 4 p.m. that day, finding what appeared to be a key mark on the driverside door and front left panel.

Drunk girl fights friend An intoxicated student assaulted another student who was attempting to assist her Feb. 24 at 12:46 a.m. in House CC of Crowell Quadrangle.

Bike goes missing near Blackwell A student locked his bike to a bike rack outside Blackwell Dormitory at about 12 p.m. Feb. 20. He discovered the

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A student in the law school will serve as an adviser to undergraduate studentswho wish to get free legal advice.

DUSLA from page 1 school has a explicit policy of turning students away.

“They will give you a list of resources, which includes a free legal services group in Maine,” he added. “That’s great, but we’re in North Carolina.”

Judicial Affairs does provide a list of trained students and staff who can help in the undergraduate disciplinary process.

“Already there is an independent thirdparty perspective,” said Stephen Bryan, associate dean ofstudents and director of Judicial Affairs. “[ButJ getting students more information can only be helpful.”

McDonald said some students might be more comfortable working with DuSLA advisers, who would be completely independent of Judicial Affairs. He added that all information will be kept confidential.

“The point is to keep you calm —you want someone there who is on your side,” he said. “We want to help without compromising your sense ofcomfort.”

Alexander added that, although recep-

tion has been generally positive, there has been some skepticism that undergraduates would be willing to go to other undergraduates for legal assistance.

“Are they qualified?” junior Katie Letzler asked. “I like the idea, but I think it would be more legitimate with people who have graduated from law school.”

McDonald, however, said students would be more willing to approach a support system of their peers, adding that two students have already approached him for advice after hearing about the group.

“I can see how people our age would be more comfortable talking to someone else our age,” freshman Alexis Wood said. “I can’t see any bad coming from it, and I know people who would find that useful.”

Other students said they supported the idea ofDuSLA but were not sure there was enough demand among students for the group to be helpful.

“I don’t know how useful thatwould be on campus, since most people here can afford their own legal aid,” senior Jane Zhu said. “Maybe it would be even better if they moved it into the community.”

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Student assaulted, gets black eye An intoxicated student reported that he was assaulted at the East Campus bus stop around 2 a.m. Feb. 24. He stated that a male subject approached him and punched him in the eye.

Computer pilfered in Sands An employee reported the theft of a laptop from an office desk Feb. 16 around noon in the Sands Building.

The office door was left unsecured, but the laptop had been attached to a desk by a locking cord.

A possible suspect was described as male, approximately 6’3”, slender and wearing a dark toboggan.

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Korea’s refusal to offer aid after the comIn Seoul, President Roh Moo-hyun munist nation test-fired a series of missaid it was important to show North siles. Their relations further soured after the Oct. 9 nuclear test.

Korea that it would get more for abanNorth Korea is expected this week to doning its nuclear weapons than keeping them. renew its demand for fertilizer and rice “We have to keep sending signals that aid. The South is widely believed to be their security will be guaranteed and they willing to resume such shipments, but it could get profits through reform and remains unclear how much it would give.

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CCI from page 1 Moneta, vice president for student affairs and CCI committee vice chair.

Last weekend, Moneta and Robert Thompson—chair of the CCI committee, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and provost of undergraduate education—presented the report to the Board ofTrustees.

Although trustees were not unified in their responses to the recommendations, they supported the University’s decision to push forward in examining campus culture, President Richard Brodhead said.

“There are more than 30 trustees, so of course people are not of a single mind, nor should they be,” Brodhead said. “[But] the trustees applauded the University for having the courage to face up to challenging questions.”

The next phase of campus discussion In addition to the CCI report, Brodhead presented a letter to the Duke community highlighting his own response to the report and a plan for engaging the committee’s recommendations in the coming months.

Brodhead, along with other administrators, emphasized that the recommendations were not a “done deal.”

“It’s the very nature of these subjects that they require thought and participation by the community in question,” Brodhead said.

He added that the next phase of the process will require an evaluation of each of the CCI recommendations.

“The culmination of the report is the initiation of the conversation,” Moneta said. “I hope our students won’t either immediately adopt or immediately dismiss anything at hand.”

Provost Peter Lange —who will spearhead the coming evaluation—said he did not expect to create new committees in the next phase of the process.

Brodhead added that the varied scope of the recommendations will impact the format of their evaluation.

“If you break out all the recommendations and try to think what further process is necessary to bring it to a resolution, it’s clear that they’re going to involve very dif-

ferent timetables,” he said George McLendon, dean of the faculty ofArts and Sciences, said the next phase of the process must allow for a more in-depth response from a wider variety of community members.

“As you move to the next step of the process, you can go deeper with some of the constituencies that I think weren’t as fully represented,” McLendon said.

Academics and faculty-student interaction The committee began its report by focusing on academics, specifically the undergraduate curriculum and faculty-student interaction.

The report proposed a modification of the Cross Cultural Inquiry requirement so that one of two course requirements would focus on racial, ethnic, class, religious or sexual/gender differences in the United States.

Committee members also emphasized civic engagement, in line with the goals of the recently created Duke Engage, Brodhead said.

In terms of faculty involvement, the committee proposed further interaction between students and faculty and greater faculty participation in the admissions process.

McLendon said the University has already been pursuing many of these goals—particularly with regard to encouraging faculty mentoring.

Social and residential life Some of the greatest emphasis in the report was placed on suggestions for shaping undergraduate residential and social life.

Duke Student Government President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the request for additional social space on West Campus was among the report’s most positive recommendations.

“Right now, no group that doesn’t have a housing section can host an event on West because there’s just not a place to do it,” he said. “That [recommendation] will significantly contribute to many goals of the CCI without actively detracting from campus living or the current social scene.”

Wolf added, however, that other proposals —like the disbandment of selective housing on West and increased enforcement of alcohol policies—will likely be

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The CCi report suggested an improvement to on-campus socialspaces,instead of pushing students off campus. with less enthusiasm by students.

Brodhead said he encouraged the community to think beyond their preconceived notions of residential policy on West Campus.

“The students at this place are creative, civic-minded people,” he said.

“Let’s ask them to bring their creativity to this question.”

Moneta added that the housing recommendation was not a referendum on greek life. “Duke has been looking long and hard at its residential model for a long time,” he said. “The data in the report reveals that the current housing model creates a West Campus distribution that is different than the student body at large.”

In terms ofalcohol policy, the committee recommended thatthe University work to lessen the emphasis ofalcohol in undergraduate social life and to clarify and enforce current alcohol policies.

Thompson said the committee meant to place particular focus on enforcing policies related to drunken or dangerous behavior.

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The CCI report affirmed Duke’s commitment to excellence in both athletics and academics, but stated that further steps could be taken for student-athletes to become better integrated into undergraduate academic life.

“Fundamentally, we believe Duke does it right... but there are tensions,” Moneta said, referring to the added burdens placed on athletes.

One recommendation was .to raise the “low end” of admissions both for athletes and the entire undergraduate student body.

Although administrators said there were various ways the recommendation could be interpreted, they agreed that it would require a general reevaluation of what the University targets in its prospective students.

“It wouldn’t be as simple as simply increasing SAT scores or something like that—l think the process is quite a bit more nuanced than that,” Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. “It’ll take some work to think about what exactly we want to do and how would we want to do it.”

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Parker said Gore has been purchasing the “green power" for $432 a month since November. The Gore home is also under renovation to add solar panels, Kreider said.

Gore also owns homes in Carthage, Tenn., and in the Washington area. Gore has said he leads a “carbon-neutral lifestyle.” To balance out other carbon emissions, the Gores invest money in projects to reduce energy consumption around the globe, Kreider said.

“For every ton of carbon they emit, he offsets that by doing investments in renewable energy sources,” Kreider said.

Johnson said those efforts were unconvincing.

“In general, I applaud his efforts to reduce energy consumption, but if he is going to be a spokesman for global warming, he has to be willing to make the same sacrifices,” Johnson said.

Johnson said Gore’s home has gas lamps lining the driveway, a heated pool and an electric gate, all of which would be easy to do without.

GORE from page 2 energy sources such as solar, wind and methane gas—to balance 100 percent of his electricity costs.

“Sometimes when people don’t like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it’s convenient to attack the messenger,” Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider said.

Gore participates in a utility program that sells blocks of “green power” for an extra $4 a month. Gore purchases 108 such blocks every month, covering 16,200kilowatthours and helping subsidize renewable energy sources.

Johnson said it’s unclear whether global warming is caused by humans, and he said the threat outlined in Gore’s documentary is exaggerated.

The think tank said that Gore used nearly 221,000 kilowatt hours last year and that his average monthly electric bill was $1,359. Johnson said his group got its figures from Nashville Electric Service.

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Some investors also tried to put Tuesday’s slide into a longer-term perspective.

“All who invest should feel grateful that we’ve had a great run for the last 12 to 18 months,” said Joel Kleinman, a Washington, D.C. attorney, adding that he has learned to not read too much into any short-term ups and downs. “This is another day in the market.”

Still, traders’ dwindling confidence was knocked down further by data showing that the economy may be decelerating more than anticipated. A Commerce Department report that orders for durable goods in January dropped by the largest amount in three months exacerbated jitters about the direction of the U.S. economy, just a day after former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the United States may be headed for a recession.

“It looks more and more like the economy is a slow growth economy,” said Michael Strauss, chief economist at Commonfund. “Moderate economic growth is good—an abrupt stop in economic growth scares people.”

The market had been expecting the government Wednesday to revise its estimate of fourth-quarter GDP growth down to an annual rate of about 2.3 percent from an initial forecast of 3.5 percent, and grew increasingly nervous Tuesday that the figure could come in even lower.

The housing market, which the Street had been hoping had bottomed out, also looked far from recovery after a Standard & Poor’s index indicated that single-family home prices across the nation were flat in December.

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It was the low point of the season. The Blue Devils entered Maryland’s Comcast Center Feb. 11 attempting to end their three-game losing streak but left embarrassed after their worst performance of the season, a 72-60 loss.

In that first meeting, Duke was buried by a 29-4 fifst-half Terrapins’ avalanche.

During that run, which spanned 10 minutes, the Blue Devils committed nine turnovers. Eleven of Maryland’s 12 made field goals came from inside the paint or outside the three-point line.

VS. “Looking back at the it’s kind of sickening how bad we played,” junior DeMarcus Nelson TONIGHT, 9 p.m. sa id. “That was obviously Cameron Indoor our wors t team performStadium ance this year—our defense, our offense, not finishing, not being strong. And then as a team we did not match their level of intensity.”

No. 14 Duke (22-7, 8-6 in the ACC) has not lost since the debacle in College Park, running off four straight wins to climb above .500 in the ACC and back into the national polls.

Wednesday night’s home finale against the 24th-ranked Terrapins (22-7, 8-6) at 9 p.m. presents the Blue Devils with the opportunity to prove how much they’ve grown by avenging their worst loss of the year.

“We played really young that game, and that was a big turning point for us,” freshman Jon Scheyer said. “That was a very disappointing loss, and since then, we’ve rebounded really well. We don’t want to stop this streak we’ve got going.”

In each of its last four games, Duke has been able to build large first-half leads and

Duke's 72-60 loss in College Park, Md. Feb. 11 was a low point as it was theBlue Devils'fourth in a row.

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Sophomore wide receiver Raphael Chestnut faces misdemeanor charges after his car was involved in the death of another driver Sunday.

Douglas Smith, 50, died at the scene of the accident in Stokesdale, N.C., but his wife and child, who were also in the vehicle, were not seriously injured.

According to the state Highway Patrol, Chestnut was driving on a curve at 65 mph during heavy rain at the time of the collision.

The patrol also reported that neither drugs nor alcohol were involved in the fatal accident, in which Chestnut apparently crossed the center line of the highway.

The Reidsville, N.C. native is not expected to incur disciplinary actions from the football program, Duke spokesman Art Chase told the Associated Press Tuesday.

Chestnut is scheduled to appear in court April 16 to be tried for misdemeanor death by vehicle and the charge related to driving left of the center line.

“I spent time with Raphael today, and he is a very resilient young man from an excellent family,” football head coach Ted Roof said. “One can only imagine what he is going through, and he understands that we are here for him and his family during this trying time. Raphael’s health is a priority right now, and we are thankful that doctors feel he will make a

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Crazy for the Towel Guy In 1980, for the very first time, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski stepped onto the court that would bear his name 20 years later.

That same year, Duke alumnus Herb Neubauer—who saw his first game in Cameron Indoor Stadium as a freshman in 1959—would get meredith his first set of season tickets.

91 lIIIwI A b i ue i eat her hat from Tijuana, numerous beers wkh Christian Laettner’s dad, hundreds of Duke basketball games and several versions of that famous white towel later, Neubauer transcended the status of just any regular fan.

He became Crazy Towel Guy. The paradox of the Crazy Towel Guy is that he might be one of the most recognizable people on this campus, yet few people

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seem to know who he is exacdy or how and when the practice of the Crazies calling him out began.

So, after the Georgia Tech game Feb. 18,1 climbed up to Section 7, Row G, Seat 8 to try to learn more about the most famous Blue Devil fan around.

What I learned was actually surprising.

More than a towel-spinning character, Neubauer came off like a Duke Basketball historian. He’s had tickets to every home game in the past 27 years, was at every game the year the Blue Devils won their first National Championship and is on a first-name basis with Coach K. But how did it all start, the spinning and the chanting and the mutual craziness between the Crazy Towel Guy and the Crazies who have heralded him?

“In 1985... we went to Tijuana, and I found this great blue leather Mexican hat in a back street,” Neubauer said. “I’d wear

it to every game and I’d sweat to death, so I take [a towel] and bring it and wipe my head off. Then I just started swinging it.”

In 1994, a fire burned down Neubauer’s house, destroying years worth of saved Duke basketball artifacts, Final Four tickets—and the prized blue Mexican hat.

(Neubauer even says that Mike Gminski sent a box of his own Blue Devil possessions to try to make up for all that he lost, but that he sent the goods back to the former All-American.) But, even without the hat, Neubauer continued the tradition of bringing a white towel to the games.

The following year, the students began cheering for him in the stands and the rest is history—sort of.

The year after that, thousands of towels were sold on Duke’s campus, custom printed with both Krzyzewski’s and Neubauer’s SEE SHINER ON PAGE 20

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Herb Neubauer—also known as Crazy Towel Guy—has had Duke season tickets for the past 27 years.

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Blumenherst said. “I “It feels had such a great year last year that anything short of winning everything would be let down.”

The defending national champion Blue Devils, however, did not see equal success in their first spring tournament, as they fell to Arizona State by eight strokes and finished in second place at the Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz.

After winning its first three tournaments and a season-total six events en route to its third straight national title last year, Duke has won just two of six tournaments this season and has fallen to fourth in the national rankings.

Head coach Dan Brooks, however, remains unphased by his young team’s early

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After failing to win a tournament throughout the fall season, Amanda Blumenherst broke through Tuesday.

“The effort is there,” Brooks said.

“There are some little things that are going on that just won’t happen as we spend more and more time playing golf.”

Duke improved on its score each day on its way to posting a 24-over-par 876—even tying for the best team round Tuesday. “[Tuesday] was actually a really good

day,” Brooks said. “We just needed some time in the warm sun. We’ve been playing in the cold back at home.”

Playing a full 36 holes Monday, the Blue Devils struggled with their putting and fell behind by 11 strokes after two rounds.

A solid final round pulled Duke to within eight strokes, but that was as close as the team would get to No. 2 Arizona State.

Duke was paced both days by a resurgent Blumenherst, who led the tournament from wire to wire. The fifth-ranked golfer finished with a three-under-par 210 to win by a full four strokes.

“This semester I’ve tried to have a different attitude,” Blumenherst said. “I’m just trying to take it one tournament, one hole, one shot at a time.”

Blumenherst was followed by the country’s No. 4 golfer, Duke’s Jennie Lee, who shot six-over-par and finished tied for 11th.

Senior Anna Grzebien and junior Jennifer Pandolfi finished in a tie for 23rd at 12-over-par and freshman Alison Whitaker ended up tied for 32nd to round out the Blue Devils’ scoring.

Though Duke may be disappointed that it did not win the tournament, it did beat No. 3 Pepperdine by an astounding 21 strokes.

“There were some good things that happened,” Brooks said. “The only team that beat us is Arizona State, and they’re not dealing with the same weather that we are.”

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As the clock wound down Feb. 25 against North Carolina, Chante Black watched from the bench as her team completed its first-ever perfect regular season.

It has become a routine occurrence for Black this season, as the would-be junior has been forced to the sidelines with a right knee injury that has caused her to redshirt the 2006-07 season.

Rather than focus on her inability to play, Black has embraced another role on the team.

“I’m their cheerleader and support system,” Black said. “It kind of sucks to be sitting out and you know that you can contribute to the team, but I try to help them out in other ways.”

Black, who suffered the debilitating knee injury during Duke’s preseason training camp, began the season with ofreturning during the year. With each passing game, however, it became evident to the Blue Devils that their 6-foot-5 center would not be back this season.

After already rising to No. 7 on Duke’s all-time blocks list in only two years, the Blue Devils were expected to have one of the most dominant front courts in the country, with Black playing alongside 6foot-7 Alison Bales.

Instead, Duke has been forced to turn to unlikely sources to fill the void left by Black, including sophomore Carrem Gay and freshman Joy Cheek.

“We didn’t anticipate that she would be out all year,” head coach Gail Goestenkors MICHAEL CHANG/THE CHRONICLE said. “We were just getting great minutes from all the freshmen and the young playChante Black will redshirt the 2006-07 season and return to theBlue Devils' lineup next season. ers while she was out, and the longer it Black said. “I had to stand like a flamingo went we continued to win.”

“Chante is justa really strong person with After she first sustained the injury, Black for nearly two hours because I wasn’t able a great sense of humor,” Bales said. “She’s became accustomed to the rigorous rehato put any weight on my knee.” done a great job accepting everything that’s bilitation sessions needed to strengthen Her attitude toward her injury is an in- going on and trying to come back.” and improve her knee’s mobility. Although dication of her positive personality on the Although Black is aware that she will now she is nearing full recovery, Black conteam. Coming to Duke two years ago, not be able to participate on the court in tinues to look back on those first few Black was more reserved, earning a shy the Blue Devils’ quest for their first namonths with a pained expression. reputation. With her new role as a vocal tional championship, her voice is sure to “In the beginning of the season we had motivator from the bench, she has become be heard from the bench, continuing to to do our photo shoot for the poster,” one of the more talkative Blue Devils. provide the vocal spirit and motivation.

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After starting strong with a 4-nnder-par opening round Sunday, Duke slid back each of the next two days and finished in 12th place at the Puerto Rico Classic.

The No. 21 Blue Devils fell from sixth to 10th place on the second day of the tournament at the River Course at Rio Mar Golf Club, and finished the three-day tournament at 22-over par.

For the final day of the tournament, Duke shot 15-over-par with a round total of 303. In their first tournament of the spring season—which fifth-ranked Georgia won with a total score of 14-under par—interim head coach Brad Sparling felt there was plenty of room for the Blue Devils to improve.

“We played well at times and struck the ball well,” Sparling said. “We need to go back and really work on improving our course management and short game.”

The Blue Devils competed without the leadership of head coach Rod Myers, who is taking a leave of absence to undergo cancer treatment.

Junior Michael Schachner led the team with his 1-under-par final round of 71. He finished 13th in the tournament with a 2-under-par, 214, performance.

Schachner carded thirteen birdies for the tournament.

Senior Jake Grodzinsky shot a 2-overpar 74 in the final round after coming into the round at even par to finish 31st in the tournament.

Freshman Adam Long shot a 1-over-par 73 on the first day and an even-par 72 on the second, but struggled in his final round SEE M. GOLF ON PAGE 17

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Last year, Duke took 33 games to reach its 10th win of the season.

It took the Blue Devils just II games to reach that mark this year—but not without some late-inning drama.

Duke (10-1) pulled out the 7-2 victory over North Carolina A&T (i-4) Tuesday at Jack Coombs Field N.C.A&T thanks to domiDUKE 7 nant pitching performances by a pair of freshmen. The win, however, came only after the Aggies added some tension to the game by loading the bases with just one out in the ninth inning.

Before the ninth frame, Blue Devil rookies Michael Seander and Michael Ness had combined to allow two runs and just five hits, with one run coming off a linedrive home run to left field and the other coming off a late throw to first that could have forced the third out of the inning.

Duke went three up and three down in the bottom of, the eighth, and Seander trotted out in hopes of recording his third save of the year.

But the game got tight quickly. Joe Mclntyre led off the inning with a hard line drive to right field for North Carolina A&T, and Charlie Gamble followed up with a hard grounder to shortstop Will Currier, who could not get the throw to first on time.

After Nelson Santos hit a line drive to left that mirrored Mclntyre’s, the Blue Devils suddenly faced a potential trap with just one out.

Nevertheless, Seander did not flinch, even though the Aggies’ next hitter, C.J. Beatty, had already recorded a deep hit earlier in the day.

“We felt good about Mike Seander,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. “We had a tough guy at the plate and we really wanted to make him put it in play. [Seander] had been around the zone, and we felt good that if he put it in play, defensively the way we were, we’d be in good shape.”

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The Blue Devils received strong efforts from their pitchers Tuesday afternoon at Jack Coombs Field, with freshman Michael Ness improving to 2-0 on the season. double play to close out the game.

“We had a comfortable lead and [Seander] had been closing out games well, so I don’t think anyone was nervous,” Ness said.

Earlier in the game, Duke did not have any reason to be nervous. Ness showed his skills as North Carolina A&T went three up and three down in the first inning, and the

Blue Devils wasted no time jumping out to a comfortable lead.

Duke’s Ryan McCurdy led off the inning with a hit straight up the middle, and a sacriJonathan Anderson followed with second, flee bunt to advance McCurdy to After Jimmy Gallagher—who leads the team in RBIs with 16—was hit by a pitch, Nate Freiman drove one into left field for

ofhis four RBIs. From there, Freiman would contribute another two-run double as Ness continued to dominate the Aggies with his pitching, “I just tried to throw strikes and they hit it in the right places,” Ness said. “The only problem we have is when we get behind hitters, so I try and get ahead and get them out.” two

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Duke senior Lindsey Harding was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season Tuesday.

Harding averaged 1.4 steals per game, and head coach Gail Goestenkors has credited the fifth-year senior’s pressure ‘D’ throughout the season with slowing Duke’s opponents in their attempts to initiate their offenses.

Harding’s shut-down defense was apparent in the Blue Devils’ two matchups against North Carolina, in which she held

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from staff reports preseason All-American Ivory Latta to 9for-37 shooting from the field.

Fellow Duke senior Alison Bales joined Harding on the conference’s AllDefensive Team. Bales, the ACC’s alltime blocks leader, led the nation with 4.5 blocks per game.

Duke freshmen Bridgette Mitchell and Joy Cheek were both named honorable mentions for the All-ACC Freshman team.

O’Brien leaves Duke for the Patriots Bill O’Brien, Duke’s offensive coordinator for the past two years, left the program to accept a position on the New England Patriots’ coaching staff. Head coach Ted Roof said O’Brien had offers from three NFL teams as well as several other colleges.

“Since I have known him, Billy has indicated that coaching in the NFL was a dream of his,” Roof said. “This is certainly a great opportunity for Billy to fulfill a dream and work with one of the top organizations in professional football.... I think it says a great deal about his belief in what we are doing here in that he didn’t leave for another school.”

O’Brien came to Duke from Maryland, where he served as the running backs coach. At Duke, he helped develop two Freshman All-America quarterbacks —Zack Asack and Thaddeus Lewis.

Next year, the Blue Devils will look to improve upon a meager offensive output in 2006. Duke ranked 105th in total offense, averaging just 283 yards per game, and 112th in scoring offense, with 14.9 points per contest.

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Senior Jake Grodzinskyfinished in 31 st place in Puerto Rico after carding a 2-over-par 74 in the final round.

M.GOLF from page 15 finish the tournament at 6-over par.

A1 though the Blue Devils were unable to continue the success of their opening round performance, Sparling said the tournament was a step in the right direction for the team. to

“The golf course and wind presented us with many challenges,” Sparling said.

“Even though we could not match our first day score, we made some strides as an overall team.”

Duke next travels to South Carolina March 11-13 to play in the General Jim Hackler Invitational at the TPC Myrde Beach course.

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hold off second-half surges. The Blue Devils have averaged 40 points and outscored their opponents by a margin of 17.8 points in the first half during the streak.

A major reason for Duke’s quick starts has been a minor change in its offense.

The Blue Devils have employed a dribble weave at the top of the key between their guards to establish more rhvthm in the halfcourt.

“It’s something we added in just to get some some movement,” Scheyer said. said. “We’ve “We’ve gotten some big buckets off of that. It’s imt some big buckets off of that. It’s just gotten one of the things we put in, and it’s been helping us.”

Duke had difficulty creating that motion on offense in the previous matchup with Maryland, as the Terrapins used a fullcourt press to speed up the Blue Devils and disnipt their offensive flow. The result was 12 first-half turnovers and only 11 made field goals.

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Strawberry is coming off a careerhigh 27 points against UNC, and Vazquez had a tremendous game in the teams' first matchup. Paulus has stepped up his scoring in the Blue Devils' win streak, but he will have to contain Vazquez in order to slow the Terrapins' offense.

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As well as Duke has played over the last two weeks, no one in the ACC is hotter Neither team has a ton of depth, than Maryland. The Terrapins have won but the Blue Devils will need their ve conference games in a row to move X bench to provide quality minutes from being squarely on the bubble to u as Maryland looks to push the being a likely lock for the NCAA Toumaz tempo.

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“Their confidence is now,” is skv-high sky-high right right now.”

Scheyer said. “The bottom line is when you have a team like that, they’re going to come out with a lot of energy. We have to throw Carolina. Strawberry poured in a careerthe first punches. We can’t let them dictate high 27 points on 12-for-18 shooting how the game is going to be played.” against the Tar Heels.

The Terrapins have been led by the “He’s a very good player,” said Nelson, who will likely spend much of the game resurgent play of DJ. Strawberry. The senior guard was named ACC Player of the guarding Strawberry. “He scores in spurts Week for the second consecutive time after when he gets out in transitionand gets some averaging 18.5 points, 4 rebounds and 3.5 easy buckets and layups. It will be a tough assists in wins over Florida State and North matchup.... He’s a hot player right now.”

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Before the game, the Blue Devils will honor their lone senior, Joe Pagliuca, who is suiting up for the final time in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“I look up in the rafters and see two guys that just got their jerseys retired, the ACC Championships and Final Four banner,” Pagliuca said. “I look back, and it’s just gone by in a flash.”

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Now, Neubauer uses one—just one —of these custom towels for the duration of an entire season. It’s ritual, just like he walks through the same entrance for every game, wears the same color shirt and carries a plastic bag to put his coat in. At the end of the season, he usually gives the towel to be auctioned off for charity.

Crazy Towel Guy has seen a lot of games in Cameron, but he says that his favorite was in the 1981 season, when Gene Banks hit a jumper to send it in to overtime against North Carolina. The Blue Devils won, and Neubauer said he has yet to see a crowd response that has matched the one that night 26 years ago.

When I asked Neubauer if he had a favorite memory of Coach K, he said that he didn’t want to get too into it, but he provided me with this anecdote; “In 1991, when Duke won the first championship, I was celebrating with Mike’s brother Bill after they beat UNLV. We could party with the best—and I can remember that early the next morning, about 3, we were still going. We were hardcore. And Coach K came in the room, next door, he was still watching film and he asked us, ‘You guys still partying?’ And we laughed, and we said, You’re still going, we’re still going.’ And he stayed up all night. That’s the way he does it. That’s the passion the man’s got.”

Neubauer also said that at the various booster brunches he goes to, everyone else relies on him to ask Coach K the tough questions—and the most powerful man in college basketball almost always answers.

I think it’s because in the past 27 years that these two men have shared Duke Basketball together, they’ve grown a mutual respect for each other.

And I bet if you asked Krzyzewski about the biggest Duke fan around, he’d say, “That’s the way he does it.

That’s the passion the man’s got.”

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down at the end of last summer. This underscores a point this board has previously made—that the CCI process was a flawed one.

The procedure aside, however, the document now exists—and it will be a tool for change. It is now up to students to make sure that it is the right tool. Students must read the report and voice their opinions. They must expose the recommendations’ flaws and emphasize their strengths. Only in doing so will the CCI report become what we as students need it to be: a student-informed step toward a better Duke.

The report is not policy yet.

The administration over the past week has carefully reiterated that it is a series of sugges-

dons to be taken into account with further evaluation.

As such, the time is ripe for students to start making their own recommendations. The first step is to read the report and be itiformed.

Once informed, start moving. Seek out administrators.

Encourage your friends and organizations to take a stand on the issues at stake. Attend the CGI town hall meeting Thursday night and be vocal.

This board for one, starting next Monday, will start examining point-by-point several of the report’s recommendations.'

At its core, the CCI report is a bold document. It is thus time for us as students to also be bold.When it comes to the report, start talking.

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athletics, including “reducing] the number of athletes admitted near the low end [of admissions requirements] and reducing] the number of teams afforded the prerogative to recruit athletes near the low end.”

This reality of burgeoning rumors—some valid, some not—shows that one thing is clear: People need to read the report. Specifically, students need to read the report.

It is not a perfect document. It has problems and errors in judgment. Most notably, as an undergraduate-centric document, it does not take into account enough of an undergraduate voice; only five undergraduates sat on the committee, one of whom stepped

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When

I’m asked about my past struggles, colorenhanced images of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese internment and Jian Li’s problems with Princeton do not come to mind. Misnomers like mathlete and Lucy Liu are neither here nor there and are more likely to make me laugh than frown when inserted in a Russell Peters joke.

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to church on Chicago’s West Side. When I do think of racial struggle, the words and incidents that surface are attached to faces and places that are starker, jane chong often uglier to me than the short shot any picture in a textbook or the Times.

So it hit me with full ironic force, the moment I, a full-fledged member of the “laid-back minority persons of America” club, realized I was guilty of conflating others’ viewpoints with the drama of “their peoples’” past.

A lot of doubt preceded that moment. Those like me tend to nod and immediately associate “color hypersensitivity” with that discussion stopper, that magic trick we call the race card. The “race card!” cry has become a defense mechanism for those helpless, unfair, once deadend situations where, upon being accused of being racist, you could only stammer, “I have black friends!”

It’s the response to a brief stint of teaching third-graders why Columbus may have done more bad than good.

Because we are exhausted by what we perceive as the most visible outcome of color-consciousness: the political correctness that oils and foils the academic and social engines of our time. We feel sufficiently enlightened, blessed in an environment in which race-hate appears less of a tangible problem than global warming.

So we will not put up with the “semantic” differences between Hispanic and Latino, damn it. Haven’t we suffered enough? Haven’t we paid for the sins/bandaged the wounds of our fathers? Isn’t it time to move on?

But can we dismiss die power of words and seek to carry on? These are not “just words” for anyone who has ever been a second-grader dressed in the wrongkind of jeans and called “a chink,” or “the n-word.” And later dressed in die wrong kinds ofjeans and called “a loser.”

Depending on where you live and what you know, these words can come to sound roughly the same. Anyone who truly believes these are “just words” has never won-

dered self-consciously in childhood what it would be like to shed a skin —never wondered, however briefly, however misguidedly, what it would be like to be white.

“You’re always aware you’re a minority.

That was the moment. The moment I was introduced to my own ears-shut, eyes-closed inclination to shove others’ personal views on race under the umbrella ofhysterical historicalism. A classmate said it in a religion writing seminar last spring. The twelve or so of us sat like a magazine spread: one-third white, one-third black, one-third Asian. One lacrosse player.

Our graduate student-teacher had respectfully, cautiously opened the floor to our thoughts on lacrosse and the racial framework being used to interpret it.

The student speaking was responding to my comment, my objection to analyzing lacrosse within a racial framework at all. She was thoughtful, she was probing.

She was not explaining away the problematic generalizations that were being made, the myopic microscope through which the incident was being scrutinized. The discussion at hand was not about turning the lacrosse players into symbols, or that night into a case study. We tried instead to make sense of this uproar that would continue through another year, this urge to simplify and stratify lacrosse supporters and protestors alike.

That day, she and I were both right, and the “race card” argument —simple, easy, obvious—was wrong.

We can tire of being politically correct. In fact we can argue that overwrought, underthought political correctness only stalls progress. Because instead of addressing our hazy misconceptions, we hide them in hazy language, for fear of having our artless ignorance mistaken for deliberate disregard. We obsess. We reduce people to skins and situations to prisms. Self-defense.

But if a friend asks that I understand the differences between Hispanic and Latino, I will listen. I will understand that his preference is not a gesture of faith in the workings of a politically correct world. His experience speaks to him, the way my experience speaks to me. He does not sit up at night, thinking up ways to twist history to fit his life. He has history enough'of his Own. If I unwittingly offend, and race is put on the table, I will recognize it not as a card, but as a nontrivial part of someone’s reality. I hope that in the same respectful way, should I feel offended, I will always balance my reality—race-infused though it may be—with context and regard for individuals and their own realities.

Because more than skin color colors our world. And none of these things, skin color included, are cheap plastic cards. ”

Jane Chong is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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letterstotheeditor Documentary espouses radicalism Feb. 20, Duke seniors Strouse Campbell and Ross Cunning provided a free screening of “Improbable Collapse: The Demolition of Our Republic.” The documentary film, billed as “the first film to look at the events ofSept.

11, 2001 from a stricdy scientific perspective,” was shown in Richard White Auditorium. A few Duke Conservative Union members decided to stop by and see what the local “loony Left” has been up to recendy, knowing that the documentary would likely contain about as much fact as your typical Michael Moore film. At first, we were bemused, believing that no one could possibly entertain such an abominable theory. However, when we discovered that Campbell and Cunning were indeed serious, as was the crowd that nearly filled White Lecture Hall, we could no longer take the event lighdy.

In a broader context, proponents of 9/11 conspiracy theories, like those who use similar ones to deny the Holocaust and to advance racial hatemongering, show a general disregard for the inescapable truth. In addition, the theories are nearly without fail born from a political vendetta. Let us not pretend that the spread of such ideas is inconsequential. By attempting to blame anyone but terrorists for what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, conspiracy theorists issue a grave insult to every innocent person who perished on that day, to every hero who made the ultimate sacrifice and to every brave soldier who answered our country’s call after our nation was attacked. With the freedom of speech that this country cherishes comes responsibility—responsibility to use this freedom wisely, and responsibility to hold accountable those who misuse it. It is a sad indicator of campus political culture that the promulgation of such malicious filth is met with little resistance. The DCU calls on all members of the Duke community to reject this radicalism.

Peter Magnuson

Article misconstrues film screening As the co-organizer of the screening of “Improbable Collapse”, I believe the Feb. 22 article “Controversial 9/11 film draws curious crowd” misrepresented the purpose of the film screening. The focus of the film is not a U.S. government conspiracy. Rather, it focuses on scientific evidence that suggests the buildings could not have collapsed due to structural damage and fire alone. It contends that explosives may have been used in controlled demolition of the three buildings, citing evidence involving analysis ofWorld Trade Center steel and paint samples, inconsistencies and unanswered questions in the official reports on the events, as well as the fact that no steel structure has ever collapsed due to fire before. Acceptance of this controlled demolition hypothesis does not necessarily place responsibility on the U.S. government. Although the film does make this implication, it is not its focus. The misplaced emphasis in [last week’s] article on U.S. government involvement detracts from the real purpose of the film screening, which was to review scientific evidence in an attempt to answer questions about why the buildings collapsed.

Additionally, I do not see how Stephen Miller, executive director of the Duke Conservative Union and a source in the article, has any basis to comment on the film, the screening or the students who organized it, given that he did not even attend the event If Miller or anyone else wants to criticize or disprove the arguments made in this film, they must critically examine them in a scientific context. Until then, it is Millerwho has “disgraced our university” by refusing to acknowledge an important academic inquiry and criticizing those who ask questions. Miller’s claims that supporters of the film “have a deep-seated hatred ofAmerica” and that they may “deny the Holocaust” and “say the Earth is flat” are disrespectful and offensive.

The only way one could support such claims is by being closed-minded and ignorant of the issues in question.

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the HPV vaccine Gardasil became available last

summer, many sexually active college women have availed themselves of the opportunity to prevent cervical cancer, praising the medical advances that made the

vaccine possible in their lifetimes. At Duke alone, hundreds of women have received the vaccine, even at a cost of $l4O per shot.

This makes sense considering Gardasil’s astounding success rate. It has been shown to prevent strains of HPV that cause jacqui detwiler 70 percent of cervical canplease hire, desperate. cers and 90 percent of genital warts with close to 100 percent effectiveness.

Unfortunately, while people regularly implore scientists to prevent cancer in general, not everybody is excited about preventing a cancer that may be sexually transmitted.

When Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, recendy mandated that all female schoolchildren in the state receive the vaccine before entering the third grade, conservative parents responded with a maelstrom oflawsuits and general vituperation. Some of the detractors have voiced legitimate concerns about the long-term safety of a vaccine that has been FDA approved for less than a year. Others wonder to what extent Perry’s decision was influenced by a Merck lobbyist who was his former chief of staff.

However, their primary and most contentious concern appears to be that agreeing to vaccination will encourage wantonness in the future sexual habits of their daughters.

Unfortunately, these parents are not viewing Gardasil as the life-and-money-saving cancer vaccine for which this nation has been clamoring for decades. Rather they focus on its ability to prevent HPV, a known sexually transmitted disease, and its outward sign, genital warts. Many parents even assert that they don’t want their daughters having any sort of “STD vaccine” out of one end of their mouths, while clamoring for scientists to discover a vaccine for HIV out the other end.

And why on earth wouldn’ta loving set of parents want spare their daughter the social agony of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, not to mention sexually transmitted cancer?

As anyone who has anxiously spent a post-hookup weekend engaging in STD-related Googling can tell you, it’s because STDs are mostly about fear of societal disapproval. It is this fear that giveth the virginal a reason to feel superior and that taketh away much of the pleasure in casual sex. And it is this fear that makes genital warts so much more life altering than, say, hand or foot warts, which come from a similar virus but often end in a trip to Wal-Mart for some Compound W rather than tears on a bathroom floor.

Fear that one’s sexual life is over upon contraction of an STD is the bane of many college students’ existences, but some parents find it useful because it keeps their children abstinent in the absence of decent sex education and good parenting. The reduction in fear of STDs that may result from receiving Gardasil could cause an increase in sexual activity among their precious little girls. Never mind the fact that it prevents a disease just as deadly as HIV that is transmitted in much the same way.

Unfortunately for the Texas parents who can’t bear the thought of having sexually active daughters, fear of STDs does not lead to abstinence in every case. And for those of their children who intend to one day have premarital sex whether they are allowed to of not, these parents are preventing their children from living a sexually healthy life free ofunnecessary fear, financial burden and potential death.

It is a sad state ofaffairs when people rail against medical advances just because they have to do with sex. Cancer is cancer, and a cancer vaccine is as great an achievement whether the cancer it prevents is in the lungs, the liver, or, heaven forbid, the cervix. Even the most innocent little girls may one day be exposed to this scourge.

Isn’t protecting their lives more important than protecting their perceived virtue? to

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

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have now received the report of the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee. It is the result of 10 months of intensive work byfaculty, students, alumni and administrators led by Vice Provost and Dean of Trinity College Robert Thompson (chair) and Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta (vice-chair). I am grateful to the committee, as well as to the President’s Council chaired by former trustees Roy Bostock and Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, for providing advice on the report’s recommendations.

The committee and I tha this doc Tent richard brodhead will launch a conversation, guest column one in which all members of the Duke family are invited to participate. The questions for this conversation are deeply important: how can we create a Duke where every stude'nt will get the richest development of his or her personal powers while contributing to and benefiting from the larger community?

How can we strengthen the values of inclusion, respect and mutual engagement? How can we build on what’s already excellent to make the best Duke we can imagine?

Not everyone will agree on the details of every answer, but we need to recognize the value of the questions and have the courage to ask them. In so doing, we continue a healthy Duke tradition of being willing to face up to hard questions in candid ways.

The report focuses on undergraduate culture since that is our principal residential population. Many of the issues the report highlights are challenges on every campus. That does not mean we should ignore them here. Other issues are more Duke-specific.

In some areas, we have already begun to make progress on issues raised in the report. The Duke Engage initiative announced two weeks ago will make major opportunities for civic engagement available to every undergraduate. Plans are already in hand to increase faculty-student interaction by adding faculty residences to West Campus.Athletics is a proud Duke tradition, and I lookforward (as the report does) to our strong continuing participation in Division I competition, and to striving joindy for athletic and academic achievement. Getting the balance right requires fine tuning and knowledgeable faculty advice to the administration and trustees, who have final oversight ofathletics policy. A major revision of the Athletic Council that has been vetted by ECAC and approved by the trustees will make its deliberations more substantive.

In other areas, processes already exist to deliberate and act on the report’s recommendations. For example, the suggestions regarding curriculum, admissions and faculty culture will be referred to appropriate standing committees for their consideration.

Yet other recommendations will require new or modified facilities before they can be implemented. The report underlines how much campus interaction depends on the availability of social and community spaces the renovation of key sites on East and West campuses and the building ofCentral Campus are already high on our agenda. Through these efforts, Duke will have the opportunity to address many spatial needs for dining and social life.

Finally, there are recommendations that will require far more detailed study and discussion. There is nothing magic about the status quo system of housing assignment. It is only one logistical choice among many, and we should be willing to be imaginative. At the same time, Duke’s selective housing system is quite varied, with a complex array of benefits and challenges. We must consider how to support all the strengths of our residential community as we review the assignment of housing.

I have asked Provost Peter Lange to lead the process of considering the report and the issues it raises. Working with others, he will orchestrate campus discussions and establish appropriate timetables for each set of issues. I have asked him to keep me informed and to deliver a full report by the middle of next term. At its meeting last weekend, the Board of Trustees discussed the report and supported this approach to broadening the conversation, involving more students, as we resolve these issues.

The important thing now is to have the conversation the report is meant to launch. None of its recommendations is a “done deal.” Nor should any of its suggestions be off the table. This is a time for vigorous debate, which is a healthy thing in a university. The core values the report advocates are the promotion of active, independent thinking and education through engagement with those who think differently from ourselves.

I welcome this occasion to reach for the best that Duke can be.

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