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When Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, took the helm of DUHS in 2004, one of his major goals was to place an increased emphasis on recruiting minority employees. With a minority demographic make-up that closely mirrors the population of North Carolina, it appears the job has been done. But a new report presented Wednesday by Barak Richman, associate professor of law, indicates that once minorities are in the health system, some problems may justbegin. The paper, sponsored in part by the Provost’s Common Fund, put forth concerns that white employees are much more likely to seek mental health care and pharmaceuticals, as well as more likely to receive greater benefits from their insurance companies than minority employees.

Duke Student Government announced

Wednesday night that 19 candidates will be running for positions on the group’s 2007-2008 Executive Board. Three students—juniors Kristin Pfeiffer and Paul Slattery and sophomore Andrew Tutt—are in the running for DSG president. The number marks a decrease from last year’s five candidates. Three can-

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At Duke, white employees get approximately $275 more than blacks and $590 •

more than Asians in mental health care and

pharmaceutical benefits.

White employees are about 3 times more likely to submit a claim for mental health •

care than Asians. The gap between white and black employees is even wider.

Workers at the 25 percentile income level get 60% of the mental health benefits that workers at the 75 percentile income level get. •

19 set to vie for spots on DSG Exec

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didates also ran in 2005. The winner will succeed current DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, who confirmed during the weekly DSG meeting Wednesday that he will not seek re-election. “[l] feel like I’ve gotten a lot out of the position personally, but I want to be a student again,” Wolf said. “It’s been the most challenging, satisfying, edifying year ofmy life—but also the most physically and emotionally draining one.” Wolf said his successor should not act as the leader of the student body but should instead serve as the chief lobbyist on behalfof students to the administration. “They have to be completely goal-oriented,” Wolf said. “It’s not about embodiment, it’s not about leadership, it’s about getting stuff done on behalf of the students.” All three presidential candidates are currently involved in DSG. Slattery is the chief of staff, Pfeiffer is an at-large senator and Tutt is a member of the Student SEE DSG EXEC ON PAGE 6

‘Best of Enemies’ tabbed for Class of 11 ’

Chelsea Allison THE CHRONICLE

The 14 members of the Duke Summer Reading program jommittee reached a unanimous Wednesday, choosing “The Best ies: Race and Redemption in the th” by Osha Gray Davidson for is of 2011 to read next August, is is the quintessential Duke ier reading book,” said junior wyn Lewis, First-year Advisory uncil co-chair and member of selection committee. “For one thing, it has a local color and a local flavor that previous summer reading books have not id. It will give incoming freshthe historical context of their next four years is coming to.”

The non-fiction book examines the evolution of race relations in Durham, when black rights activist Ann Atwater and former Ku Klux Klansman C.P. Ellis became friends after working together at city meetings on school desegregation. “Duke sends a very strong message, particularly to incoming students, by the book it chooses. ‘Best of Enemies’ will provide a much-needed exposure to the early history of Durham and Duke’s unique position as the only top-10 research university in the American South,” Marie Lynn Miranda, Gabel associate professor of the practice in environmental ethics and sustainable environmental management, wrote in an e-mail. “Picking a book set in Durham enables faculty—and all students —to feel they have a particular perspective worth considering regarding the book.” Although the 1996 book had been considered by the selection committee before, it had not been selected previously because the book is out of print.

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OSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, announced Wednesday that he will not seek to keep his post.

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U.S. approves troop request

Taliban prepares 4,000 for defense by

helping Taliban fighters rig suicide bomb at-

Noor Khan

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO’s largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press. NATO, meanwhile, announced the capture of a senior Taliban fighter who had eluded authorities by wearing a woman’s burqa. Mullah Mahmood, who is accused of

tacks, was seized by Afghan soldiers at a checkpoint near Kandahar, the alliance said. Speaking by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location, Qassim said the Taliban has 8,000 to 9,000 fighters in Helmand province, including some 4,000 in the north, where NATO launched its largestever offensive Tuesday. He said all the fighters were Afghan, denying reports of hundreds of foreign fighters in the region. “All of them are well-equipped and we have the weapons to target helicopters,” Qassim said. “The Taliban are able to fight for 15 or 20 years against NATO and the Americans.”

New mines have been planted, and suicide bombers—a growing threat in Afghanistan—are ready to attack, said Qassim, whose voice was recognized by an AP reporter who has spoken with him before. Operation Achilles, comprising some 4,500 NATO and 1,000 Afghan troops, is focused on securing lawless regions of northern Helmand—the world’s biggest

poppy-growing region.

The offensive follows a mission last fall that wiped out hundreds of militants who fought in formation in neighboring Kandahar province, prompting NATO spokesman SEE TALIBAN ON PAGE 8

Bush pledges panel will find truth by

Deb Riechmann

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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush said Wednesday the bipartisan panel he named to investigate problems at the nation’s military and veterans hospitals would work to restore confidence in the system of caring for wounded troops. “Any report of medical neglect will be taken seriously by this administration,” Bush said in an Oval Office meeting with the co-chairmen of the panel, former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and Donna Shalala, who was secretary of health and human services during the Clinton administration.

“I’m confident that this commission will bring forth the truth,” Bush said. The president announced last Friday he had ordered a comprehensive review of conditions at military and veterans hospitals, which have been overwhelmed by injured troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The review came in the wake of disclosures of shoddy outpatient health care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, one of the nation’s premier facilities for the wars’ wounded. “Obviously, it’s a tragedy,” Dole told reporters outside the West Wing. He said the other seven members of the commission

would be named later this week or early next week. “Obviously somebbdy dropped the ball,” said Dole, who as a young Army officer during World War II was grievously wounded in action in the Italian Apennine Mountains. He spent years in treatment and underwent numerous surgeries. Already grappling with low approval ratings and eager to avoid charges that he failed to act prompdy, Bush said an interagency taskforce of seven Cabinet secretaries, led by Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, would be convened to determine what can be done immediately to improve care.

The Pentagon has approved a request by the new U.S. commander in Iraq for an extra 2,200 military police to help deal with an anticipated increase in detainees during the Baghdad security crackdown, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Obama denies ronflict of int Democratic presidential candidate Barack

Obama said Wednesday he was not aware he had invested in two companies backed by some of his top donors and said he had done nothing to aid their business with the government.

Iraq suicide attacker kills 30 A suicide attacker blew himself up in a cafe noctheast of the capital Wednesday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens, and a powerful bomb killed three American soldiers trying to clear explosives from a highway near Baghdad.

Crabs traced back to gorillas Humans caught "the crabs," from gorillas

roughly three million years ago, scientists now report. Rather than close encounters of the intimate kind, researchers explained humans most likely got the lice from sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes. News briefs compiled from wire reports "March is the month of expectation."

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2007 DEPARTMENT OF THEATER STUDIES AWARDS All Duke undergraduates are eligible Application deadline: Friday, March 23

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Student Award addition to the Dean's

Awards for Excellence in Mentoring to recognize the

Alex Cohen Awards

These awards, funded by the Alex Cohen Endowment and the Department of Theater Studies, support students’ individual or group projects that have both educational value and artistic merit. Submit (1) an application form, (2) a letter of recommendation from theater faculty, and (3) a project description and statement of goals. Application online at http://www.duke.edu/web/theaterstudies/aprogram/awards.html

considerable efforts and accomplishments graduate students who

consistently serve as effective mentors. Designed to identify graduate students who embody both the letter and spirit of mentoring, these awards will take their place among

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university's continuing efforts to cultivate a culture of mentoring.

Visit the award Web site at http://www.gradschool.duke.edu/our_faculty/mentoring_awards/

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nomination forms. DEADLINE for Nominations

March 13, 2007

B.J. Randall Award in Dramatic Literature This award recognizes outstanding achievement in the study of dramatic literature and is presented annually to the undergraduate student writing the best essay in a course in dramatic literature. Faculty teaching undergraduate dramatic literature courses are invited to nominate student essays from their 2006-2007 classes. Students who have an essay they would like to have considered should contact their instructor. The Dale

Reynolds Price Award This award is presented annually to a Duke undergraduate for the best original script for stage, screen, or television. Submit a finished full-length script. Send or deliver application materials to For further information call 660-3343 or e-mail theater@duke.edu

Dierdre Shipman Department of Theater Studies 205 Bivins Building Box 90680

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The Duke Student Government Senate passed a statute adding a referendum to the Spring 2007 executive elections ballot regarding student activities fee changes at their meeting Wednesday night. If passed, the student activities fee will increase from $398 to $4OB per year. The additional $lO would fund each student’s respective class council. In the past, class councils have received their funding from a portion of student housing fees. As a result, the increase would be accompanied by a $lO decrease in housing fees. If approved by students at the upcoming executive elections, the changes to the student activities fee will not be implemented until the 2008-2009 academic year. The inability to draw funding from off-campus seniors, who do not pay housing fees, has been a

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“significant obstacle” to the Senior Class Council, said sophomore Alex Crable, chair of the Student OrganizationFinance Committee. Under the referendum, the Senior Class Council budget will increase while other class councils will receive the same funding as before, Crable added. DSC President Elliott Wolf, a junior, said the change would not impose any additional fees for students living on campus. “The referendum is a very big deal because this has been a problem,” he said. “We’re glad that we can work this out, especially because we won’t charge more.” In other business: Wolf’s planned announcement of the appointment of junior Hanna Mahuta, former chair of the Major Attractions committee for Duke University Union, as SARA GUERRERO/THECHRONICLE

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Senior Jimmy Soni, vice president of academic affairs, discusses thewebsite Pick-a-Prof.com at DSG's weekly meetingWednesday.

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Three Duke students will spend their Spring Break in Tokyo. They’ll have one computer, five hours to solve problems of varying difficulty and no chance of earning partial credit in an all-outbatde of the brains. Senior Everett Wetchler, junior Kshipra Bhawalkar and freshman Peng Shi will participate in the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest March 12 to 16. The students were selected to compete in the contest based on their interest and performance in a computer science course at Duke. “To be able to be there and think smartly for five hours and get through the regionals and then to the internation-

als is a big achievement,” said Bhawalkar, teams in the world. It’s like going to the who also participated in the competition NCAA tournament in basketball —not last year. everyone gets to Bhawalkar go,” said team added that the coac trachan, professtudents have “To be able t0... think smartly for been preparing sor of the pracfive hours and get through the retice of computer by practicing and working toscience. “If you gional and then to the internalose in the first gether as a tionals is a big achievement.” round, you feel team. All three members have disappointed, Kshipra Bhawalkar but also been enat least you junior, Computer science competitor made it.” rolled in a halfHe said credit, problemDuke’s biggest solving course rival in the mid-Atlantic region is Virginia for the past two semesters. “Just to make it to the world finals Tech University, adding that American means that you’re one of the 85 best teams historically have not finished partic-

ularly well in the contest.

“The U.S. teams tend to have diverse interests, and they don’t dedicate themselves to [the competition] with the same intensity that other teams do,” Astrachan said. “The hardest part is to have the teams to have intensity in terms of preparation.” Shi said he hopes the team does well, but he is looking most forward to traveling to Tokyo and experiencing a different culture. “You get to meet a lot of computer programmers from around the world [and] college students from top universities from different backgrounds, but we all have something in common,” Shi said. “To meet these people and interact with them will be fun and an enriching

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With the Class of 2007 getting the senior itch, Tuesday nights spent on Ninth Street are becoming the standard. In order to bridge the gap between college and graduate school and to provide networking opportunities, the Senior Class Council partnered with the law and medical schools Tuesday night to organize “Senioritis—A Class of 2007 Throwdown.” The event, which was held at Metro 8, brought together undergraduates and law and medical school students from the Class of 2007. “I don’t think that this kind of social event has been tried before,” said Atin Garg, senior class president. “It allows us to create connections with graduates at Duke. Hopefully, we can find a network for later on and help foster interaction between graduates and undergraduates.” Although widely publicized through e-mails and Facebook messages, the event was not well attended, with many seniors opting out to go to other bars on Ninth Street, Garg added. “I think some of the lack of attendance was due to the $5 cover charge and the fact that it was on a Tuesday night, when either students were busy studying or going to Charlie’s, which is a typ-

ical Tuesday night spot,” Garg said. “Some of the seniors may have come to the event, seen that there were not many people there and decided to leave.” Garg said he estimated that 150 undergraduates about stopped by the event throughout the night. The idea for the mixer was proposed by CJ. Broderick, Pratt ’O2 and an event planner for Kampus Entertainment Group, Inc. The business has helped other student groups, including fraternities and sororities, plan similar events at other Durham locations, such as Shooters II and George’s Garage. Broderick said he approached Garg with the concept and offered to help him find ways to raise money and advertise for the event. “I don’t remember stepping too much outside of my personal comfort zones like this when I was a senior,” Broderick said. “I know that networking is important as a senior and anything helps.” Sylvia Winston, a third-year law student, coordinated the mixer for the law school. Winston said the sparse attendance was a sign that the event either was ill-timed or did not spark the interest of SEE METRO 8 ON PAGE 8

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The Asian Students Association elected junior Cristian Liu as the group’s president for the upcoming year Wednesday night. Liu said he plans to push ASA to collaborate with other cultural groups to reach out to the Duke community, diversify the University and help promote multiculturalism. The current president ofLambda Phi Epsilon NationalFraternity Inc., Liu will also serve as president of the InterGreek Council next year. “I feel as though I’m in a key position where I can work with many multicultural groups and greek organizations... to show other people what Asian people are really like [and] get past the stereotypes that exist on campus,” Liu said. ASA also elected nine members to its executive board Wednesday night: Katie Liu, executive vice president; Jay Lee, academic affairs; Daniel Pu, community relations; Henryjue, cultural affairs; Muyan Jin, political affairs; Sungho Yoo, social affairs; Andrew Hsiao, event manager and treasurer; and Janessa Det, senior publicity chair.

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Lawyer talks on gender'inquisition' by

Bolin Niu

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An international human rights lawyer discussed Wednesday night the socioeconomic and sociocultural obstacles to the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality by 75 percent by 2015. Rebecca Cook, faculty chair in international human rights and co-director of the International Program on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law at the University of Toronto, spoke to an audience of about a hundred people at the Nasher Museum of Art as part of the Boyarsky Lecture in Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Focusing on global perspectives of women’s health and social justice, Cook characterized repressive gender customs and social laws as a modern-day inquisition. “We need to recognize the female moral agency, which goes one step further than autonomy, to achieve self-determination,” she said. Identification of underlying socioeconomic and sociocultural factors that condition women’s vulnerability is critical, Cook added. Cook compared the opposition to emergency contraception to historical resistance —both religious and moral

scientific discoveries A woman’s right to get health care according to her own conscience is often ignored, Cook said. Countries that require parental and spousal authorization for health provisions, such as birth control pills, render economically dependent women powerless, she said. “Women’s bodies are used instrumentally by societies,” Cook said. In many cultures, marriages are business transactions and virginity codes require women—but not men —to remain to

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Wednesday's Duke Student Government meeting hosted discussion about a number of topics, including the 19 candidates for positions on next year's executive board.

MEETING from page 3 DSG director of on-campus programming initiatives was cancelled without explanation. Also, senior Jimmy Soni, vice president for academic affairs, solicited opinions from the Senate regarding Pick-A-Prof, a website that allows students to submit and

examine reviews of professors. The website’s autonomy from administrative and faculty interference will make it a valuable tool for students, Soni said. “The student government has control over this and that’s very important,” he said. “If [professors] embrace it, that’s wonderful. If they don’t, there’s nothing they can do about it.”

Organization Finance Committee’s Auditing Committee. Sixteen students are also

seeking the Executive Board’s five other positions. Sophomores Alex Crable and Jordan Giordano are running for executive vice president. The winner will preside over weekly DSG meetings and will oversee the organization’s legislative body. Crable is the chair ofSOFC and Giordano is the vice president for community interaction. Candidates for vice presi-

dent of academic affairs are juniors Gina Ireland and Joshua Kazdin and sophomores Natalie Barber, Doug Van Horne and Samson Mesele, a Chronicle columnist. The vice president of community interaction position also has five candidates—junior Genevieve Cody, sophomore Brandon Roane and freshmen Chinwe Atkinson, Anthony Marzocca and Lee Strasburger—matching vice president of academic affairs as the most highly contested position on the ballot. The winner will work to foster relations between Duke

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“Before, we just quickly wrote it off, because, as bad as it is, you have to consider the logistics—could we possibly get 2,000 copies of this?” said Ryan Lombardi, associate dean of students and director of orientation. To overcome this obstacle, the selection committee has negotiated with the University of North Carolina Press to arrange a custom reprinting, complete with an inset letter from President Richard Brodhead, Lombardi said. UNC Press had already been planning a reprint for next year when it was contacted by the committee about making copies immediately available. Lombardi said upperclassmen should be able to purchase the book when the next edition is issued. Lombardi said feedback—and an interest in a book with local considerations—had significant impact on the committee’s decision. “[‘Best of Enemies’] was indeed a popular choice—

it was nominated five times by five different people,” he said This is only the second year the committee has utilized an online survey process to solicit feedback on the final four books in addition to the nominating opportunity. Around 150 people offered comments on the selections, Lombardi said. “We don’t look at numbers, per se, but it was clear from the comments that all of the final four selections were quite strong,” he said. “The same reasons and same connections that the committee was considering were what people were writing online.” Lombardi said that the local connections of the book have also introduced a number of programming possibilities for orientation and beyond. “There are a lot of interesting ties. Locally, Ann, one of the main characters, is still around, living in Durham—she was even on campus for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,” Lombardi said. “Professor Marie Lynn Miranda was also working on a mapping project with her class—something we weren’t even aware of at the time

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of the selection—to map out this story, which was another natural tie-in.” Miranda said her mapping application, which will be accessible via the Internet, highlights some of the locations mentioned in the book. “We envision providing poster-sized prints of much more detailed and more developed maps to be hung in all the first-year dorms,” Miranda said. “These maps could serve as visual aids in the book discussion groups.” In addition to the discussions currently planned for the 2007 orientation week, Lombardi said he has also been in contact with Davidson to arrange a possible campus visit, and is considering other ways to incorporate the book’s issues, which committee members said were particularly relevant now. “It would have been a huge opportunity missed if we didn’t do it this year,” Lewis said. “Especially in a moment when we are reflecting so much on campus culture, this book was a fantastic choice. It has the potential to remain at the forefront of Duke conversation for a lot longer than previous summer reading books.”

DUHS REPORT from page 1 The report was based on data from the 22,000 employees of the University and DUHS, but Richman said the findings mirror a greater national trend. “The American health care system is geared such that it essentially siphons from the lower-income and disenfranchised individuals to benefit high-income and privileged use,” Richman said. “And if that’s the case, we’ve got a big problem on our hands because that’s not the way we should do things.” Because all Duke employees have access to the same health care plans and resources, Richman added that the report separated itself from previous research by truly analyzing the effects of race and income on health care disparities. “[These results indicate] that whites not only seek care more regularly than African Americans and Asians, but that they also get a lot more out of their insurance in terms of pure dollars,” Richman said. “We see a real problem where the way we collect money for health insurance and then distribute benefits is a really regressive system,” he added. “It’s not helping the people who are already left out of the health'system and it’s not helping the people who health benefits are really

supposed to help.”

The report found a smaller correlation between income earned and care received, but it was still evident that higher-income employees were more likely to receive and seek mental health care and pharmaceutical benefits than lower-income employees, Richman said. The paper comes at a vital time in national politics because the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 is up for review, Richman said, calling the issue an “alarming and important policy question.” “These guys are arguing if you expand benefits, you are going to alleviate those disparities... but it seems to me that if you expand insurance and only the [majority is] taking greater advantage of that, then you might be hurting those you are really trying to help,” Richman said. Although the report primarily focused on the actual disparities in the health system, Richman proposed three possible reasons for why the differences were evident—provider discrimination, racial stigmas in perceptions of mental illness and a hesitation by minorities to seek care from white providers. Although Richman said the data set was expansive, he admitted that there were still “holes” and areas that needed to be explored, such as the effects of household income and the possibility that minorities are seeking health care through other venues. An audience composed primarily of Duke employees raised various concerns about the report, including thoughts that the data did not account for the effect of copayments deterring minorities from seeking care. One audience member suggested that first-generation immigrants may be less likely to seek care than second-generation minorities. Another attendee questioned whether a propensity for doctors to receive care more frequently than other individuals may have skewed the report’s results. Richman agreed that there is much work left to be done, but he said his ultimate goal in creating the report was to help the University make positive changes to its health care system. “I would be delighted to get some facetime with Dr. Dzau and bend his ear over what I’ve found. In Duke [Human Resources’] defense, one reason they are doing this is because they really want to know the results—they want to improve its benefits policies,” Richman said. “Hopefully, Duke really can learn from these results.”

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“There weren’t a lot of law students there,” she added. “Probably only a group of 15 or 20 people showed up. I think that a lot of us had a lot of work to do before Spring Break.” Although the crowd was smaller than expected, Garg said mixers between undergraduates and graduate students are still a good idea. He added that he expects events similar to “Senioritis” to occur in the future. “I think that next time there should definitely not be a cover charge, and we might want to do it on a different night,” he said. “We on senior council should have done a better job of advertising it and getting the word out,” Garg added.

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N.C. State point guard Engin Atsur, who was sidelined last game against Duke, looks to be a factor tonight.

In 1983, Sidney Lowe was part of one of the most magical postseason runs in college basketball history. Lowe was the point guard for Jim Valvano’s N.C. State team that won the ACC Tournament as the No. 4 seed before capturing the NCAA dde over Houston in stunning fashion. Lowe, now the head coach of the Wolfpack, is using his first-hand experience to remind his young team that anything can happen in basketball’s second season. “This is a totally new season now, and it’s one-game elimination,” Lowe said. “If you ever want to be remembered... do something special when you’re not expected, when the odds are totally against you, and you defy all the odds. That’s when people really remember you because it becomes a special, special year.” The odds appear to be stacked against lOth-seeded N.C. State (15-14, 5-11 in the ACC) when it takes on No. 7 seed Duke

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(22-9, 8-8) Thursday in the first round of the ACC Tournament in Tampa, Fla. After all, the Blue Devils smoked the Wolfpack in Raleigh Jan. 20, 79-56. In that game, N.C. State had 20 turnovers, allowing Duke to race out to a 16-point halftime advantage and spend the entire second half ahead by double digits. “We were a little either too jacked up or just not ready for that type of intensity,” Lowe said of the teams’ first meeting. “We just weren’t ready to play against them for whatever reason. We were too jacked up, and we were careless with the basketball, and you can’t do that against a team like that.” Lowe does not expect his team to repeat that performance, largely because he will have his point guard back in the lineup. Senior Engin Atsur—a four-year starter and the lone remaining starter from the Wolfpack team that advanced to the Sweet SEE M. BALL ON PAGE 12

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After Duke lost to N.C. State in the ACC Tournament semifinals Saturday, head coach Gail Goestenkors wrote two phrases on the team’s whiteboard. The first was a new objective. The second was a mantra the Blue Devils had held in their minds all season. “First loss, last loss,” Goestenkors wrote. And then, “What is delayed is not denied.” Saturday’s upset was the first loss of the season for No. 1 Duke (30-1), which had its eyes set on the conference tide. But with the NCAATournament looming, the Blue Devils are now focused on making an undefeated run in the postseason to earn the program’s first national championship—something that slipped through their fingers in the title game just one year ago. “Any loss is tough to take, especially when we wanted to win the ACC Tournament,” Goestenkors said. “We were very disappointed. At.the same time, we used it as we would use any loss, as we used the loss at the end oflast year—used it as motivation to get better.” Duke’s two new maxims embody its most significant sources of motivation for the remainder ofits season its two most recent losses. Each is meant to make the upcoming challenges in the NCAA Tournament less intimidating for Duke. ‘We’ve already gone 30-and-0, which is five times what we need to do in this new season, which is go 6-and-O,” senior captain Alison Bales said. “Coach Gkind of gets your attention, breaks it down, makes it a more step-by-step kind of goal. ‘What is delayed is not denied’ was probably one of the

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With his team trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Duke shortstop Gabriel Saade came up to the plate and jacked a home run to left to tie the game—but the Blue Devils weren’t done. Neither was Saade. The freshman shortstop drilled a two-out, two-run walkoff home run to dead center in the ninth to give Duke (151) a 4-3 victory over Xavier (1-12) 3 XAVIER Wednesday at Jack Coombs Field. “I knew I squared it up pretty DUKE well, but I didn’t know it was gone,” said Saade, who went 2-for-4 and had all three of Duke’s RBIs. “I put my head down and I was running as hard as I could. Hopefully, it went over—if not, it’d be a double or a triple.” Prior to Saade’s game-winning shot, however, Duke looked to be in trouble. Xavier was in control for most of the game, with Musketeer starter Charlie Leesman giving up just two runs in seven and two-thirds innings. Errors in the field, however only compounded the Blue Devils’ problems. Saade had an error in the top of the seventh, although he then made up for it by starting a 6-4-3 double play SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 12

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take the doubles point from Elon. The match was a good tune-up for Duke, which travels to Texas for an extended road trip over spring break. The trip will include matches against No. 13 Texas, No. 35 Texas A&M and TCU. “I thought it was a perfect match for us preparing for Texas because we’ve had a little bit of a break,” Lapidus said. “They are trying to build a program there, and they were very feisty, especially in singles.” The wind picked up about midway through the singles matches, forcing both sides to opt for the safershots. Lapidus said the conditions were good preparation for Duke’s trip to Texas, where wind is often an influence. “It is a little bit of a factor, but then again, it is the same for both players,” senior Peter Rodrigues said of the wind. “It’s an issue in terms of playing-wise —it’s not as good quality. You have to be a little more conservative and not go for lines.” Rodrigues pulled out a hard-fought 7-6, 6-1 victory over Mason Schermerhorn at the No. 2 singles spot to put Duke up 3-1. Freshman Dylan Arnould, who played in spite of being sick, finished out a 7-5, 6-2 win in the No. 5 singles match to seal the win for the Blue Devils. Rodrigues, who is ranked 63rd in the country, recovered from a slow start and capitalized from his tiebreaker win in the first set to cruise through the second. “He was serving well, so it was hard to break him in the first set,” Rodrigues said. “In the second set, I managed to break him in the first game, and I think he got a little discouraged, and I was able to finish it out from there.” to

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competition. “The best part is that no one knows why a gorilla would be at a tennis match,” TBone said. “The whole point is to get in the head of the opponent. When they see a gorilla with a banana in his hand cheering for Duke, you can’t beat it.” T-Bone saw a Duke team that showed little rust from the extended break, as head coach Jay Lapidus said the respite allowed the team to improve its collective health. The llth-rariked doubles pair of junior David Gouletand Atas secured an 8-4 victory as the Blue Devils became the first team

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BRANDON COSTNER 16.3 ppg, 7 5 rpg BEN MCCAULEY 149 ppg, 6.6 rpg GAVIN GRANT 15.0 ppg. 5.3 apq COURTNEY FEUS 11.1 ppg, 3,8 rpg ENGIN ATSUR 11.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg

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Sixteen in 2005—missed the first matchup with Duke with a pulled hamstring. Since his return Jan. 24, the native of Turkey has been a calming influence for N.C. State, averaging 10 points and 4.75 assists per game. Not coincidentally, the Wolfpack has swept Virginia Tech and upset North Carolina with Atsur on the floor. Those three wins against the ACC’s top five teams add up to one more than the Blue Devils have compiled during the season. “He’s their motor and the heart and soul of their team,” sophomore Dave McClure said. Atsur is especially important in triggering N.C. State’s Princeton-style motion offense. He rarely turns the ball over and has enough range on his shot to draw the attention of the defense. Having Atsur on the perimeter frees up the interior for the Wolfpack’s two versatile forwards, Ben McCauley and Brandon Costner. Costner, a member of the All-ACC Freshman team, leads N.C. State with 16.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. “They’re a team that tries to spread you out, play four-around-one inside,” junior DeMarcus Nelson said. “They’re athletic, and they can shoot the ball well.” The absence of Atsur was not the only thing disrupting the Wolfpack’s offensive flow in the first meeting. Duke was physical when Costner and McCauley tried to initiate N.C. State’s offense by screening the ball at the high post. “They played very aggressive on us, especially on our big people on that high post area where they were very active in pushing and going over the top,” Lowe said. “We weren’t holding them off strong enough. They got away with a couple of things.”

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DeMarcus Nelson and the Blue Devils will take on the surging Woifpack tonight in Tampa, Fla. Lowe, however, is not drawing on that history before Thursday’s tip. Rather, he is looking all the way back to 1983, when a “little team that could” shocked the world. “We’ve done it at times when we were favored, we’ve done it at times when we were underdogs,” he said. “So it can be done, and we want [the team] to understand that.”

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first tilings she said to ns during preseason. It’s a good tiling to kind offocus on, because I diink all of uswere kind of pretty disappointed with the end of ourseason last year.” Goestenkors said when she returned to campus last April after the Blue Devils’ overtime loss to Marlyand in the 2006 NCAA championship game, the motto which was relayed to her by N.C. State head coach Kay Yow—helped her to understand that Duke’s campaign for its first national championship was not over. Although the Blue Devils delivered the program’s first undefeated regular season and an eight-week stretch with a top ranking this year, a national tide still remains their ultimate goal. “It’s on our playbooks and everything, along with ‘Cleveland’ because it’s our goal to get to Cleveland,” Goestenkors said. “We hadn’t talked about it before, but we’re going into the NCAA Tournament now, so now we’re talking about it again.” Duke retained its No. 1 ranking despite its loss and will almost certainly receive a top seed in the Tournament. Goestenkors said, however, that her team is working hard in practice to prepare rather than worrying about its NCAA seed. “It doesn’t matter. We’ve never focused on the rankings, or the records, so it really doesn’t matter to us if we’re ranked first or 10th,” she said. “As long as we’re in the top 64, that’s all we need right now.” During its two-week break widiout a game before the Tournament, Duke will be focusing on improving its defensive basics and keeping the intensity high on the court. “We’re ready to get back to playing,” Bales said. “Especially when you don’t win your conference tournament, you want to get back out there.” After four days of hard practices, the Blue Devils will take some time off to relax before die NCAA selection show Monday when they will find out who they will play in the first round. “We know what it takes to get there,” Bales said. “We know what it takes in practice and in games. Knowing that we got as close as we could last year without winning, I think that diis year we'll really be focused and ready. I think we will be ready.”

to end the inning. First baseman Jeremy Gould also recorded an error in the fourth, and Duke gave up an unearned run off a Jonathan Anderson wild pitch in the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, Xavier right-hander Brett Greenwellentered the game to retire Nate Freiman, closing out the inning. Musketeer Michael Lucas (0-2) pitched in the ninth, and got Gould to ground-out to second. Tim Sherlock then struck out swinging. With Duke down to its last out and facing a 3-2 deficit, Alexander Hassan lined a single up the middle to start the Blue Devil rally. Then Saade launched his second decisive shot to center. “Coach always preaches to us thatit’s not over till it’s over,” Anderson said. “It’s one of the most exciting moments I’ve had-since I’ve been here—by far.” Anderson (2-0), who got the win in relief after setting the Musketeers down in order in the top of the ninth, had kept Duke within one, allowing for the team’s second comeback of the afternoon. After Saade’s walk-off homer, a delirious Blue Devil squad awaited him at home plate, as his career day gave Duke its 15th win—the same number of games the team won in the entire 2006 season. “We knew we could win a lot of games this year,” Saade said. “As a team, we were, confident going in. It feels great.” The game was Duke’s last before starting ACC play Friday against Boston College. For a young Blue Devil team, the walk-off win provides another valuable experience. ■ “It gives us a lot of momentum heading into ACC play,” head coach Sean McNally said. “What’s exciting for us is we’ve been in a lot of differentkinds of games, which with such a young club—it helps you grow.” Duke’s Jonathan Foreman gave up two runs—one earned —in four innings in his first career start. Michael Ness continued the kind of pitching that earned him ACC Pitcher of the Week honors last week, throwing three scoreless innings. “At the end of the day, it counts for one win like every other—but certainly a special one for us today,” McNally said.

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University to make an increased effort to crack down on such cases This board also recognizes, however, that the majority of student-athletes are just that—devoted as both students arid athletes. These members of the Duke community take theirroles as students and athletes seriously and complete their obligations on and off the field. As the athletic-academic situation currently stands, the pros overwhelmingly outweigh the cons. Duke’s athletics program is a cornerstone of the University’s identity. In addition, while about 600 members of the student body are ath-

nationally recognized says a lot about the creativity, com-

mitment and enthusiasm of Duke’s fans. Students are proud to foot for athletics—basketball, soccer, lacrosse or any other sport. Indeed, athletics at Duke is a community builder. Although basketball tends to take the limelight, all of Duke’s sports provide positive outlets that draw people together. Anyone who has been to any Duke-UNC game or match can attest to this fact. And although the current athletics system may have its problems, these problems don’t necessitate a major overhaul. The CCI Report’s language seemed to indicate that Duke has reached a tipping point with regard to its

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heard it here first: Heidi from The Hills is a goner. I wonder who will fill the 80-pound void she’s leaving behind. Her fate has been sealed for a while. We, the acutely intelligent viewership of the MTV reality series, have watched as the doomed, petite blonde roommate of the show’s petite blonde protagonist bit the hand that fed her. It’s not like she had much of a motive for acting out the way she did. She lives in a sweet and comfy L.A. pad, Horchow-ed beyond the point of no return. Her friends are gorgeous and

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some got pencils Her own career in event planning seems to be going well for her. And her social life has landed her the attention she clearly craves—the best magazine headline of all time just might be “MTV’s Heidi Montag shows Off Her Own Hills.” No, there is no clear motive, and yet the impetus for the boot-in-scrawny-rear looming on the horizon is this: She went to the movies. With a boy. God, don’t EVEN talk to me about it. Of course, the girls out there know that she didn’t just “go to the movies.” She went to the movies and, in one fell swoop, alienated her female friends by preferencing her boyfriend over her friends. Girls are zero-sum like that, you know. The movie trip was just the last straw. Heidi also had breakfast with the boyfriend, Spencer, a “celebrity manager,” and went to the beach with him for two days while main character Lauren worked. These no doubt carefully edited sequences of betrayals were meant to show the harm that boyfriends—especially, I should note, boyfriends that friends do not approve of—can do to gaggle-of-girl bonds. MTV tried to parlay these shallow and angsty vibes—the show was ominously titled “Enough is enough”—into a live apres-episode chat, which revealed that most girls agree with Lauren. Polling data was rushed from MTV.com, breaking down responses to the question, “Have you ever chosen your boyfriend over your best friend?” In what context. MTV did not say, but results suggested 18 percent of women have preffed boys over girl-time, while the remaining 82 percent profess stalwart loyalty to their gal pals. As for Heidi and her wayfaring, boy-loving ways, the teenaged talking heads on the live after-show served only to sound the death knell. “Girl, you need to get rid of [Heidi],” said one commentator, speaking to cast member Lauren on

athletic-academic argument. It may be true that the University is walking a fine line, trying to maintain the delicate balance between being a premiere academic university and a national collegiate athletic powerhouse—but the system is not broken, and doesn’t appear it will break any time soon. The CGl’s recommendations, if adopted, would constitute nothing more than overcompensating for the lacrosse situation—an isolated incident that stands in stark contrast to the positive publicity and community Duke athletics consistently offer. This is the fourth in a series ofeditorials about the recommen-

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speakerphone. “Get her out of your life.” The friends-or-boyfriend debate is certainly not a new one, but it is the particular angle The Hills

and their followers take up that is so interesting. Best friends, said one show commentator, will be there when men inevitably “break up with you and screw you over.” They “stick with you through everything.” To the commentators, it’s riot just about Heidi’s flaking out one or two times, cementing her status as the most beautiful crappy friend to pound the L.A. pavement. It’s about her failure to recognize male companionship as unstable, unfulfilling and, ultimately, unreliable. Choose the girls every time, all the time, and you’re guaranteed not to get hurt. “If it came down to it, if I had to choose between my boyfriend and my best friends, I would definitely choose my best friends,” said Jenna, another comcast

mentator.

Hey Jenn: Who’s asking you to choose? In “Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Laura Session Stepp comes down hard on the love lives of the average woman in her late teens or early 20s. In the book, Stepp tries to explain why we as a generation tend to be wary of monogamous attachment, as well as a relationship’s antecedent rituals (I think they call it “dating”). We don’t have time for them, but moreover, we don’t have time to get hurt. We thus hedge on the side of safety, preferring to devote our time to girlfriends, sports, academics and watching The Hills. On the side, we snipe blacked-out boys for the occasional cathartic romp—acts that we chalk up to physical practice for the future, when we have time for The Real Thing. It seems ironic that we should feel this way. Before women had the luxury of appropriating time to friends and more-than-friends, we enjoyed a normative mandate; We’d stay surrounded exclusively by female friends and relatives until we reached marriageable age, after which we were shipped off with a trunkful of embroidered frippery to a completely foreign, friendless, patriarchal environment. Sayonara, girl-time. The popular catchphrase circa 1820 was “Hos, then bros, then death—end scene.” Now that we have the choice, is it really going to be all hos, all the time—or else? Aren’t those options just as oppressive as being carted off by a landed gentleman before your Sweet 16? If there’s a balance to be found, it’s not easy to strike without stepping on toes. As Celeste on The Hillsafter-show put it: “It’s hard. You have to use your brain, and, like.” Sarah Ball is a Trinity junior and former editorial page editor of The Chronicle. Her column runs every Thursday.

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Promise you’ll Slightly hire me Rudy Many

of my senior friends have been taking mini-vacations for job interviews since around or before January. In the days prior to their trips, they explain to me this overwhelming, life-consuming anxiety they’re experiencing. They have identified this anxiety as having two roots (probably more though). One, they feel the need to paint themselves in a glowing light for their potential employers. This is easily a session in self-aggrandizement (I can imagine some of you may have already had a hand in such activities). Two, they are frightened (yet paradoxically elated) by the fact that graduation is around the comer; with such a date on its Wf'm &&&&■.■. way, the necessity for a job is ■ ever-growing—and the only war thought that scares my V friends more than not getting rn a job is having to move back in with the ’rents. Begrudgingly, I realize that keesha brown despite the anxieties, most of cut and thrust my senior friends will depart from this University with smiles and set destinations all over the country as they enter the real world and workforce. Naturally, as -a college student and a sophomore with a slight case of“senior envy,” I find myself still unsure ofwhat my postgraduation life holds for me. As a psychology major, I’m well accustomed to the “What will you do with your degree in psych after you graduate?” question, and I still haven’t found a definitive answer. However, I take solace in the fact that no matter what, there will be a job for me somewhere, somehow. Obviously, this is for the most part true. There are jobs to be had—especially for students who graduate from top schools like Duke, many of whom forego careers in areas they are truly interested in for the higher-paying corporate jobs (unless, of course, your true interest is to accrue as much as possible). But for others, those who didn’t go “Ivy” for four years, or may not have gone to college at all jobs seem less and less secure, if .they even exist at all. As students at Duke, we luxuriate in the presence of an institution that works hard to give its students outlets, connections and jobs. We take advantage of the fact that our school readily arranges meetings with representatives from Forbes 500 companies, gives resume workshops and helps us prep for our interviews. We have a safety net cast for us of which many Americans are being stripped. While many of us worry about which analyst job pays the most, an ever-increasing number of Americans are worrying about whether or not they will lose their jobs to those in countries such as India and China. The debate over the outsourcing of American jobs has been heated for years. While some economists and traders say that the benefits of outsourcing in the long run help everyone, many have concerned themselves with the protection of those who lose their jobs every year to people overseas who work for less. Whatever the case, my understanding of outsourcing boils down to two important issues. One, there is cheap labor overseas and companies are willing to exploit it in the name of profit (which is completely reasonable from an economic standpoint). Two, the citizens of foreign countries have the skills for computer and tech-heavy jobs that companies want to fill; thus, coupled with the value of their national currencies, these people are perfect workers for today’s technology-based world. Many people argue that there are just as many qualified Americans to do the jobs being shipped overseas. Sadly enough, this may not be the case. The Department of Education released a study a few years ago thatsaid about one-third ofAmerica’s high school students are dropping out or will fail to complete their diplomarequirements. On top of that, from those who complete high school and continue on to attain bachelor’s degrees, only about 5 percent receive dieir degrees in the areas of engineering and mathematics. This means that as more students in other countries focus on engineering and math to secure their futures, more Americans will graduate without the skills needed to harbor American-created technology positions. These sorts of numbers indicate a bleak future for certain sectors of the American workforce whose jobs are prone to be outsourced. In comparison to these thousands of other Americans, for the average Dukie, armed with a strong degree and the skills to back it up, the worries of unemployment are hardly felt. It seems like many seniors’ job anxieties are a bit skewed. I know I’ll try to remember thatwhen my interview season rolls around. .

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Giuliani is the newly anointed Republican frontperfections: McCain and Gingrich (though not yet runrunner. The fact that a man on his third marriage ning, he hasn’t explicidy ruled out a run either) have with a history of infidelity, the occasional penchant both had multiple marriages, while Romney’s Morfor cross-dressing and gay friends among his inner circle monism continues to raise eyebrows. This isn’t to say that could claim such a title in the party ofBush (as well as DobRudy’s past doesn’t matter—his opponents will take adson and Falwell) is hard to believe. vantage of it if possible—merely that he isn’t the only Giuliani's new status is confirmed by a recent one vulnerable to such attacks. Giuliani's supporters have also done a fine job of highNewsweek poll that found Giuliani leading John Melighting his conservative credentials, noting his accomCain by a whopping 25 plishments during his time as mayor of the Big Apple and percent among Republideflecting criticisms from those who would see him as a can voters. Giuliani was New York liberal. After all, it was Giuliani whose innovamm also the surprising runtive approach to policy succeeded in not only reducing New York City’s bloated welfare rolls (including many rener-up behind Mitt Romney at this weekend’s Concipients who weren’t qualified to be receiving benefits) servative Political Action and introduced anti-crime policies, which achieved drasstevens Conference, a kind of tic reductions by first cutting down on smaller offenses conservative Woodstock the other conservative He also worked to resuscitate the city’s sclerotic economy by cutting taxes while simultaneously introducing an unRomney won thanks to an intensive courtship of heard of degree of fiscal sanity at City Hall. In all, Giuliani achieved a record any conservative should be proud of party activists at the conference, while Giuliani took second without a similar effort. and accomplished it in a city larger and more complex Such a meteoric rise is of course a costly feat, as talking than many countries. More importantly, all of these heads flap their jaws, jabbing their fingers animatedly at his achievements are the sort of common-sense measures that will be warmly received personal life and endlessly inde indent as well asking whether a prochoice New Yorker could as Republican voters If the Democratic Party nominates possibly win the nominaI think it’s clear tion. Although it may be that Rudy Giuliani’s Hillary Clinton, I think Giuliani not only hard to believe, I think he personal life shouldmatches up well but could easily win. n’t sink his presidencan; not only that, he can tial nomination; I win the White House. To date, Giuliani has think it’s also clear struck a fine balance of appealing to social conservatives that he possesses the requisite conservative credentials without appearing to appeal to social conservatives, to win the nomination. And if the Democratic Party thereby avoiding the embarrassing obeisance that seems nominates Hillary Clinton, I think Giuliani not only matches up well but could easily win. to have gutted McCain’s campaign and has made Romney’s real abortion stance anyone’s guess. Indeed, GiuHillary Clinton has thus far disallowedany discussion of liani seems to have struck a defiant New Yorker’s attiher private life in the campaign, a mention ofMiss Lewintude—he’s unapologetic for his pro-choice stance but sky or any of her husband’s other peccadilloes has been he’s noted his personal opposition to the practice. He greeted with cries of horror from her campaign. In a Clinton-Giuliani race, family life would no doubt make an aphas continued to reiterate, however, that he would nominate Supreme Court justices similar to Roberts, Alito or pearance but both campaigns would have a vested interested in diverting the public’s attention elsewhere. Scalia. And if you happen to disagree with him? I hate reFinally, there’s his publicly demonstrated leadership. sorting to cliches, but fugetaboutit, he’s not changing to placate anyone. September 11thmade Giuliani a household name and gave His personal life may also prove to be less of an issue the country someone to look to in our hour of sorrow and doubt; both that image and that experience will doubtless than many in the media might wish to believe. Past Republican presidential nominees, however, have rarely serve him well as he campaigns. Democrats and many conbeen saints. Reagan, for example, had been divorced servatives seem focused largely on his personal past, but in and lacked (or at least did not exhibit) the sort offervent doing so lose sight of his record—at their own risk. public religiosity we seem to consider a presidential preGill Stevens is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other requisite. In fact, examining the Republican field at Thursday. large, one finds Giuliani isn’t the only one bearing im-

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Exhibit to showcase five modern women

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The Five Women at Duke photos above, taken in 1946, left, and 1976,right, inspired this year's contest exhibit and reception. This year's photos, taken under gothic arches and around campus, demonstrate today's Duke. Lauren Fisciietti recess When Claire Robbins came to the Women’s Center last fall, her predecessor left behind an unidentified black and white photo of five women walking through a Duke archway. It wasn’t until VOICES Magazine decided to use the 1976 photograph for a piece about women in the 19705, that Robbins learned of the existence of an almost identical photograph taken 30 years earlier, in 1946. “Everyone was just tickled,” Robbins, co-chair of the Five Women at Duke Planning Committee and program coordinator at the Women’s Center, said of the discovery of the two photos. She partnered with Jamaica Woodyard-Gilmer, program assistant at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, to bring a new picture to life by initiating a contest. by

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was taken. The Five Women at Duke exhibit will feature all 18 submissions as well as artist statements from the contest initiated by Robbins and Woodyard-Gilmer. The subjects of the 1976 photo have been invited to the opening and Robbins confirmed that Goldie Evans, the black woman in the photograph, will be attending. Entrants chose between two categories—archway photographs and nonarchway photos. Judges are in the process of choosing a winner and runner-up in each category. Beyond specifying the categories, Robbins and Woodyard-Gilmer left the competition open-ended. Both have been pleasantly surprised by the applicants’ work as

only for the contest, but also to capture that well as by the artist statements. “The archway submissions are all so essence of strength. It’s about capturing memories of who different,” Robbins said. “They give they are and what life to Duke today they are doing right now, she said. The difor women J R 0Tj Melissa Kenney, versity of interpretaan environmental tion taken by the nonFive Women at Duke science and policy entrants was archway Porch Gallery of the CDS also impressive, Robgraduate student March 21 bins said. and contest particiThe exhibit include an artist’s rewill “Architecture and pant, chose the ception and prize announcement. lace were still very same archway featured in the origiimportant in those nal photographs for her entry. pictures,” she said. “They had to get Duke “Me and [my friends] thought it was in their picture.” As a photographer, Woodyard-Gilmer justreally fabulous, particularly comparing the two photos,” she said. “There are so said she enjoyed the more artistic aspects many differences between those years, but of the competition. there’s also this sort of similar sense of em“I really enjoyed presenting the campus with an opportunity to engage in photogpowerment the women have.” Kenney said she and five other longtimeSEE FIVE WOMEN ON PAGE 7 friends got together to take photographs not

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Mike Haley recess Like a good college student, Zack Snyder, director of 300—a fictional retelling of the Greek Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.—did his research. “I did a lot, so I do know what the Spartans and the ‘lmmortals’ [elite Persian soldiers] looked like, but I thought, ‘is that really cooler than what Frank [Miller] did?’ In the end, I did a lot of arduous research and then didn’t use any of it.” Hollywood films are criticized for misrepresenting historical events or for casually—or carelessly—representing them. However, in the case of300, historical inaccuracies are not the product oflaziness. The film actively de-actualizes the Battle of Thermopylae, constructing factual events as fantastic and unreal. “Obviously there are ethical issues that come up in by

the treatment of “actual events” in a fictionalized recreation,” Hank Okazaki, Film/Video/Digital Program coordinator Hank Okazaki said. The film was shot entirely in front of blue and green screens and with a filter, making the action appear animated. 300 features a cast of mythic, inhuman and grotesque characters ranging from fangtoothed warriors to enslaved giants. Okazaki said he believes that 300 makes clear that “it is taking a great deal of artistic liscence and shows... it is not aiming for ‘documentary verisimilitude’ or ‘historical accuracy.’” Peter Burian, chair and professor of classical & comparative literatures and theater studies recalls students asking him whether Brad-Pitt-vehicle Troy

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becoming exhausted and disoriented on their search for pollen, and perishing in the cold. This is no joke, and it’s frustrating beekeepers who rely on the bees either to a) produce sugary deliciousness; b) get their groove on with tulips and other slutty flowers; or c) build a deadly strike force capable of delivering sweet vengeance upon exlovers. (As a beekeeper of the latter variety, recess especially recommends said methods if said lovers happen to have allergies to said insects.) Experts say the reason for the bees’ peril may be stress-related. No, seriously, that’s what the experts are saying. Busy bees everywhere are literally too busy—they simply can’t cope with the pressures of die modem bee lifestyle. Whereas the bees of 20 years ago only had to produce a little honey, pollinate a few flowers and maybe perform sexu-

al favors on the queen bee every once in awhile, today’s bees suffer through packed schedules as they struggle to compete in a globalized economy. “Between guest appearances on The Simpsons and constantly having to check my bee-mail, I barely have time to get my kids to soccer practice anymore,” a disgrunded honeybee named Carlos told recess. A spokesbee for Nasonex, Carlos has witnessed firsthand the obstacles of free trade commercialism.

“Outsourcing of honey production to Chinese water beedes has severely undercut domestic bee wages,” he explained. This is truly a national tragedy. The very insects whose pollination of farmers’ crops is responsible for those lilies you smell, that kiwi you eat, even that kimono you wear—those litde guys deserve our respect. And they’re not getting it. They’re the proverbial Rodney Dangerfields of the animal kingdom. And we’re sitting there sipping our lattes and driving our SUVs like there’s no tomorrow. And it’s killing them. —Eric Bishop

Dear recess, I’m psyched to go on a road trip for spring break, but it’s going to involve 16 hours in the car. Any suggestions on how to keep myself occupied? Well if you’re the driver, we’d say you should mainly just concentrate on that. But there are plenty of activities to keep both the passengers and driver entertained. And no, we don’t mean license plate bingo or the alphabet game. If you’re going to be the passenger for most of the trip, bring along a portable DVD player and some movies (think lighthearted choices like Stranger Than Fiction or Borat, which just came out on DVD). Also think about bringing along a lap desk and some sudokus, crossword puzzles and/or even coloring books—we guarantee they can be fun at any age. If you’re going to be the driver or the passenger, make sure you bring along a good mix to put on your iPod or a blank CD. Mid-to-fast-tempo songs with a catchy beat such as “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd), “Vacation” (the Go-Go’s) or “Ring ofFire” (Johnny Cash) are sure to keep the entire car awake and energized. If you have a CD or cassette player in your car you could also consider getting some audio books to pass the time. When else are you going to be able to brush up on your Harry Potter before the new book comes out? For the answers to all of your questions and concerns, why don’tyou ask recess f Send questions to askrecess@gmail.com and see your answer on our pages in an upcoming issue.

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troupe the Bums and Oscar Nunez discuss their new show Halfway Home—following dysfunctional convicts in an L.A. halfway house. recess: How did show concept come around? Kevin Ruf: Regan’s current manager was my and Regan’s and Oscar’s agent. There were cable networks interested in working with Oscar and he suggested we get together as a group and pitch it'to networks with Oscar as a centerpiece. I had this idea of Halfway Home, about a halfway house, and all the actors filled in the characters with what they wanted. Are there any celebrity cameos we can expect? Regan Burns: Have you heard of a little actor named Robert DeNiro? KR; [laughs] Judi Dench is in episode seven. I don’t know if you know who Dax Shepard ( Funk’d) is, but he is the central character in an episode called “The New Guy.” We wanted this first season to really let the characters develop. Some new shows like to stunt cast [use celebrity cameos] right out the door and don’t let their charGroudlings, Kevin

Halfway Home is Comedy Central’s attempt to recreate the offbeat humor of Reno: 911!from the criminals’ perspective. Although it doesn’t pretend to be a reality show like Reno, Halfway Home features improvised acting better than most written comedies on the air. Viewers are welcomed to Crenshaw House, a place of rehabilitation for a modey crew of LA’s least hardened offenders. The audience asked if a dysfunctional house supervisor can really help out a pyromaniac, a male prostitute, an armed robber, a drug trafficker and an internet scamming rich kid? And we ask in return could this ridiculous premise be funny? While the jury is still out on the former question, the latter can be answered with a resounding yes. The show takes no prisoners and aims to offend: the second episode features the house males accidentally ingesting horse Viagra in an attempt to counteract the Bureau of Prisons’ alleged addition of erectile-dysfunction-causing drugs to the food. Although a bit childish at times, the show is absurdly funny and occasionally smart. The cast of former supporters is barely recognizable, but provides a fresh energy that seasoned stars would detract from—the most famous is Oscar Nunez who is known for playing the formerly-inthe-closet salaryman Oscar in The Office. The taste is acquired, but if you like the flavor of ridiculous, settle in at the Halfway Home. —Varun Leila

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Zack Snyder’s beautiful and brutal 300 solidifies the emergence of a new film genre: the graphic novel movie. The genre, which includes Vfor Vendetta and From Hell, is completely different from the less stylized, dialogue-heavy comic book movie—as any fanboy will eagerly explain. Based on Frank Miller’s innovative graphic novel (see review), 300 fictionalizes the Battle of Thermopylae—where 300 Spartans and 6,000 other Greeks were outnumbered more than 30 to one by the Persian army. The rough and tough Spartans are led by King Leonidas played by Phantom of the Opera's Gerard Butler. While Leonidas holds off self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes’ (Dominic Santoro) army, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) maneuvers a political war at home against the conniving councilman Theron (Dominic West). Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead) bombastic tale is visually stunning. Although the characters appear animated, they feel larger than life. Red capes swirl as spears thrust into the chests of masked Persian warriors in a display of barbaric poetry. Coincidentally, 300 is a conservative’s wet dream. The sometimes annoying dialogue—which appears to be stuck in inspiring monologue mode—constantly evokes freedom. Pretty soon what it means to fight as a Spartan melds with what is means to fight as an American. Replace the “Haroo!” crying soldiers’ crimson capes and spears for camouflage and assault rifles, and you have a Marine recruitment video. Despite political undertones, the film is never abrasive and always entertaining. The chest-pumping soundtrack—classical Arabic/Mediterranean beats mixed with heavy synth—-preps the audience for war. 300 also manages to keep the attention on the action by not distracting viewers with well-known actors —the closest celebrity is Mark Wahlberg-look-a-like West. Butler’s acting, which falls between a stoic Russell Crowe and psychotic Mel Gibson, sometimes teeters dangerously close to comically melodramatic, but manages to fill out Leonidas’ grand persona. The slick style and artisticframes provoke obvious comparisons to director Robert Rodriguez’s other Frank Miller-novel-turned-film, Sin City. However, more impressive than the visuals, Snyder, unlike Rodriguez, is brave enough to deviate. Although some shots are directly snatched straight from the book, Snyder blends in his own vision to bring Miller’s panels to life, resulting in original and breathtaking sequences. —Varan Leila

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was historically accurate. “The extent that people take the current wave of ‘ancient history’ in the media as history is problematic.” Burian said. I had to point out that it could be measured against the ‘lliad,’ our only real ‘record’ of the Trojan War, and from that point of view it was pretty inaccurate, but that the real war is lost to us.” The specific type of fictionalizing in 300 is not something Burian said he sees as posing a serious—or a new—problem unless “people think that they are getting something else.” That something else is politics. Burian points to Michael Cieply’s March 4 New York Times article, “That Film’s Real Message? It Could Be: ‘Buy a Ticket,”’ which discusses the film’s unintentionally controversial content. “The story of Thermopylae can be hijacked to produce a West vs. East crypto-argument for the Iraq War, or a bumbling superpower vs. effective guerrillas argument against imperial overstretch today.” Burian said. Although Snyder said he never intended to make a political film, President George W. Bush still appears to be the heroic Spartan King Leonidas to some and die tyrannical Xerxes to others. Burian said when/if the film is understood politically, the effect caused by fantastical elements of 300 becomes troublesome. “Suppose that a president imagines he is the world’s sheriff, bringing laws and order to the unruly bad guys,” Burian said, comparing the effect to another mythicizing film, Wild Wild West. “What might result from that?” “

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The band self-described as having “the hardest name to search in Google,” !!!, has created another dance-punk gem with Myth Takes, its third release. After taking the indie dance scene by storm with its “Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard” single in 2003, !!! has consistently infused ecstatically happy pop sensibilities with the oomph of throbbing bass lines and insane amounts of energy. Myth Takes shows the band mixing up the formula, taking the initiative of throwing in some short, straight-up pop songs along with their traditional six- or sevenminute disco-punk workouts. This former group provides some of the most memorable spots on the album, such as the bubbling mix of spy-movie guitar and whispered, restrained vocals on the tide track, and the strained, yet addictive melody on “Sweet Life.” Still, the entire point of a !!! album is how well its dance floor offerings hold up—mosdy, they stand up tall. “All My Heroes Are Weirdos” ambushes with an absolutely frantic pace and an overload of

album, this song should haunt the trendier nightclubs in hipsterland for quite a while. The only visible misfire here is the cleverly tided but otherwise completely unremarkable dance bore “Bend Over Beethoven.” The' strange absence of melodic creativity in contrast to its surroundings, in addition to the eightminute-plus length, does its very best to kill the party. Despite this, Myth Takes offers enough catchiness and danceability to last until rising rent pushes the last of the hipsters out of Williamsburg. —Aaron Carpenter

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but the one that comes to mind the most often is disappointing. The album finds Rjd2, an accomplished hip-hop producer, completely abandoning his hip-hop foundations. Sampled beats and hot guest rhymes are traded for synths and Rjd2’s own singing voice. This genre shift ought not to come as a surprise, considering how Rjd2’s beats have always been deeply rooted in rock and electronic music. He also recently moved away from the rapper El-P’s indie hip-hop label Def Jux to the more electronic and progressive XL Records. The Third Hand blatantly draws its inspiration from ’6os psychedelic rock, ’7os funk and ’9os indie pop, and, like each of these genres, is monotonous and boring. Although a few tracks shine through, namely the banger track “Beyond the Beyond” and the funky “Sweet Piece,” the album overall just falls flat. Life would have been better for everyone if Rjd2 had just stuck to the sound he had mastered and kept making layered, complex, interesting hip-hop albums. And though many ignorant people will admire his efforts and originality, as well as his bravery and weirdness, the fact remains that the album just isn’t any good. Rjd2 gets an ‘A’ for effort, but as we all know, sometimes effort just isn’t enough. —Matt Dearborn

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Broadway at Duke brings windmills to life Catherine Kaelin recess What better way to make the transition back from Spring Break in paradise than through an evening of fanciful and imaginative theater? Broadway at Duke will complete its 2006-2007 season with the Tony Awardwinning musical Man of La Mancha. Phoenix Entertainment, an international theatrical production company, will bring the acclaimed Broadway show to the Duke stage March 20. Man ofLa Mancha is an artistic retelling of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote. In the play, the protagonist narrates his legendary tale from a dungeon while prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. “It deals with issues of memory and imagination,” said senior Josh Posen, president of Broadway at Duke. “It’s fairly existential.” Man ofLa Mancha is a more serious, intellectual piece among this year’s Broadway at Duke repertoire. As a historical commentary, as well as an interpretation of a notable literary work, Man of La Mancha has not only artistic but also academic merit. “It’s a really interesting piece because it departs from the musical structure

that most students would recognize in Cats or Hairspray or Wicked ,” Posen said. “It’s the opposite of a modern day megamusical.” Told in one act with minimal set and costume changes, Man ofLa Mancha lacks the over-the-top glamour often associated with Broadway. It demands that the audience invest in the visualization of what is not immediately apparent, while the sparse set of the dungeon serves as a constant reminder of the historical context in which Cervantes wrote. “That element is important because it emphasizes the dominance and authority of the Inquisition over these artisans,” Posen said. “They don’t use too many set elements because you go between the dungeon and two deeper layers of storytelling.” Man of La Mancha strikes a delicate compromise between the intensity of a historical and intellectual work and a more whimsical, lighthearted musical, emblematic of Cervantes’ optimism in defiance of imprisonment and oppression.

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Gilmer said. “At times it’s personal, at times larger. It’s a kind of description of what beauty is.” Unlike their predecessors, these pictures will not be relegated to an unknown pile. Robbins said she is unsure of their final destination, but said one possibility is to put them up around the University in a variety of places like the Allen Building, Women’s Center and Mary Lou Williams Center. “There’s interest in keeping it alive in a decentralized way,” she said. “We don’t want them to end up in a closet somewhere.”

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view of the children’s eyes, but also capthe reflections of the books they are reading. For Ewald, die subtle reflections on the pupils are symbolic of the difference between looking and seeing for these children. The series also includes a short documentary film showing the children’s successes and struggles with reading. “When they see words that they don’t understand, they simply translate it into the closest one they are familiar with,” Ewald said. “These children have an amazing resilience for creating a world with what they have, even if it is different from the one most people see.” In addition to Ewald’s photograph series, sculptor Christian Karkow’s work will also be on display. Karkow is known for his use of discarded and “found” objects. Consisting of beads, wood and especially antique brass tags, Krakow’s Ex Machina retrospective will be also open March 19. tures

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For its 54th birthday, the ACC Tournament is retiring to Florida. The tournament will be played in Tampa for the first time this weekend in the St. Pete Times Forum. The move south is part of the conference’s geographic expansion over the last several years. Although Tampa was picked as the site for this year’s tournament in 2000—-well before the ACC expanded to include Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College—it was a facet of the same plan to look beyond the conference’s epicenter in North Carolina. “lt was part of a broader discussion about the tournament touching other parts of our geographic footprint,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said. “Tampa will be unique in itself, and you want some of that because it brings a freshness. It takes this event, which has been so good to the ACC and has had so much to do with our identification—who we are as a league over the years—you want that freshness. I expect Tampa to certainly have that and have its own unique qualities.” Holding the ACC Tournament in Tampa—an idea that was first presented and quickly rejected in 1994—is seen as a way of increasing the conference’s fan base in the Sunshine State. Florida has long been known for its ties to football and baseball—Jacksonville has hosted the ACC Football Championship andACC Baseball Tournament the last two seasons—but has never been considered a bastion for basketball. Swofford said he believes Florida has already increased its support of basketball,

but fans of traditional ACC schools do not share his enthusiasm about the move. The tournament’s traditional home is in Greensboro, where the Greensboro Coliseum has hosted it 21 times in the last 40 years. This year will mark just the ninth time in the tournament’s history that it will not be held in the state of North Carolina. In 2005, Washington, D.C. hosted the tournament in the MCI Center while Atlanta’s Georgia Dome was the site of the 2001 rendition of the event. “Anybody probably prefers to have the tournament closer to wherever they are,” Swofford said. “That’s just human nature. What you have to do is step back and look at the bigger picture and what’s fair and appropriate for the entire league. And I think that’s what the conference has done.” Ticket sales have reflected the decreased enthusiasm around the conference. A drop in demand has occurred even with a limited supply, as the St. Pete Times Forum holds 3,000 fewer fans than the Greensboro Coliseum. In addition, the expansion to 12 schools has reduced the number of seats allotted to each individual school from 2,000 a year ago to 1,700 this season. As a result of the decreased interest, many universities have gone further down the list of donors eligible to receive tickets than ever before. Last season, Virginia Tech made tickets available only to those that had donated more than $50,000 to the school. This year, that number has dipped to $2,000. And the Hokies are not alone. The Iron Dukes traditionally require a $lO,OOO donation in order to purchase tickets. This season, Duke Athletics’ fundraising arm has waived that prerequisite for mem-

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Fans from the 12 ACC schools travel eachyear to the ACC Tournament, which is being held in Tampa in 2007. bers from Florida, opening tickets to them games and make them available to the regardless of their prior contributions. Tampa public through a lottery system. “The other side of it is... for every Despite the decreased interest this year, school that goes a little deeper, there are SwofFord said the setting will be appropriother schools that don’t go as deep be- ate for one of college basketball’s most stocause they have greater demand,” Swofford said. “All of that fluctuates some every year, depending on location and the drctimstances of each school’s season.” Tickets have also been opened up to the public on a limited basis for the first time since 1966. The ACC has offered to buy back tickets for Thursday’s first-round

ried weekends. “The one consistent thing that we’ve been so fortunate in always having is great teams, great athletes and great coaches,” Swofford said. “The competitiveness on the court is first and foremost what has made the ACC Tournament what it is today.”

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DeMarcus Nelson said he is packing for four days. Unfortunately for Duke, bringing along four days of clothes does not guarantee that the Blue Devils will reach the ACC Tournament’s championship game Sunday in their quest postseason for theACCprogram’s title in eighth nine years. In feet, preview only one team—N.C. State in 1997—has ever made it to the final game after winning its first three games in the tournament. This year, Duke has its sights set not only on becoming the second team to reach the tournament’s final game after playing on Thursday, but also on becoming the first team to win four straight and take home the crown. “Each game we prepare hard,” Nelson said. “Just like last year we felt like we could win it, this year we feel we can win it.” Since most major conference tournaments began hosting games on four consecutive days, only three teams have won their respective tournaments by winning four straight games—Arkansas won the SEC in 2000, lowa the Big Ten in 2001 and Syracuse the Big East last season. “It’s tough, but it could be done,” sophomore Dave McClure said. “You’ve seen teams do it in the past —it’s something where you need to just go out and play each game. You can’t try and save anything for the next game. Each game is the most important game that you play because if you look on, you won’t get there.”

Before it can begin to think about the later rounds, Duke must focus on N.C. State, which it will face Thursday at 7 p.m. in Tampa, Fla. The Blue Devils defeated the Wolfpack 79-56 Jan. 20 in a one of the team’s most balanced efforts of the season. Since that dme, the Wolfpack has managed to defeat No. 3 seed Virginia Tech twice as well as No. 1 seed North Carolina, teams that Duke went 0-3 against this season. The Blue Devils will also be without freshman Gerald Henderson, who was suspended by the ACC for one game after his flagrant foul on the Tar Heels’ Tyler Hansbrough. “We have to take care of the first day,” sophomore Greg Paulus said. “It’s a little bit different this year because we can’t sit back and scout [N.C. State] 0ut.... We’ll both be fresh. This is the postseason you lose, you’re done. Nobody knows what’s after that.” Duke played itself into the inconvenience of having to play on the tournament’s first day by dropping four straight ACC games in the middle of the season and two to finish out the league slate. Picked to finish second in the conference, the Blue Devils finished seventh, struggling offensively for much of the season. The offense has improved as of late, but in the team’s regular-season finale against the Tar Heels, the Blue Devils suffered through an offensive dry spell. It ultimately cost them a shot at winning the game, dropping Duke to 8-8 in the league for the first time since 1996. Not "having a bye in the first round of the ACC Tournament is new territory for Duke, as the Blue Devils have had a bye every year since 1995. But despite the —

In 2005,Duke won three games on Its way to winning the ACC Tournament; thisyear the Blue Devils must win four. team’s recent struggles, Duke is still the dominant program that has played its best basketball in the conference tournament in recent years. The Blue Devils have won 23 of their last 24 tournament games. Along with Duke’s low seed, also new this year is the fact that the tournament is being held in Tampa, Fla. When the Blue Devils come out for pregame warmups Thursday, it will be the first time the team steps onto the court in the St. Pete Times Forum. After the North Carolina loss, Duke bumped back its travel plans and elected not to participate in an open practice and

media session in Tampa Wednesday. In order to have a chance to stay in the Sunshine State until Sunday, the Blue Devils are focused on taking it one game at a time. “If you start worrying about two days, three days, four games or whatever it may be, it takes away from the first game and teams can sneak up on you,” Paulus said. “We haven’t even talked past Thursday, we haven’t talked about another team, we haven’t talked about another day.” Although the team has not talked about it, Nelson hopes his bag will be full of dirty laundry when Duke returns from Tampa.

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Unfortunate The word was used at least 100 times in the days after Gerald Henderson’s forearm opened up a flood of blood from Tyler Hansbrough’s nose. Players said it was unfortunate that Hansbrough’s nose was broken. The Blue Devils said it was unfortunate that Henderson was ejected for something he didn’t mean to do. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said it was unfortunate that it happened at a time when neither player should have been in the game. But what may be most unfortunate for the Blue Devils is the fact that they will play Thursday without a freshman who has developed into perhaps the team’s top offensive threat as the season has progressed. Without him, Duke might be fortunate just to get by the Wolfpack. “We just deal with it like [we would if] he had a sprained ankle,” Krzyzewski said. “He has been practicing really well the last couple of weeks, and we see his game elevating. Hopefully when he comes back, it will be at that level and continue to rise.” Henderson set his career high for the second straight game with 16 points against the Tar Heels. Fellow freshman Jon Scheyer said the effort carried the team at times. With the Blue Devils down 12-2 four minutes into the game, Henderson scored Duke’s next eight points to keep his team in the contest early. “He’s befen playing really strong for us—he had a great game today,” point guard Greg Paulus said after Sunday’s loss.

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After a slow start to the season, Gerald Henderson has developed into a key offensive weapon for Duke. “He’s starting to develop into who he is going to become, and that’s what we need him to do is keep playing the way he has been playing.” Henderson got off to a slow start this year as he battled back from a number of preseason injuries. The guard tore a muscle in his hip, suffered a severe ankle

sprain and was diagnosed with exerciseinduced asthma. Even as he recovered from the other injuries, Henderson’s asthma continued to slow him throughout a good portion of the season, as his limited stamina forced Krzyzewski to play him in short, threeminute stretches.

Before the Georgia Tech game Feb. 18, assistant coach Chris Collins said Henderson’s conditioning had improved to the point where it would not hold him back. Since that time, Henderson has averaged 10.2 points per game while playing more than 20 minutes per contest. During that stretch, the freshman has shown an athleticism unmatched on the young Blue Devil squad, as well as an ability to create his own shot. “I think he’s the best player on our team, or has the potential to be the best player on bur team with his athleticism and the things that he can do,” sophomore Josh Mcßoberts said. “He’s a great player and when he’s playing well, it gives us a big lift.” And as the Blue Devils attempt to exceed postseason expectations, they will need their most improved player over recent weeks to continue his upward climb. Henderson has been in most of the team’s sets in practice in order to stay sharp for his potential return Friday, and the team has rallied around him. Krzyzewski said one of his main concerns was that Henderson could receive an unwarranted reputation. Other Blue Devils also said they have supported Henderson and hoped the incident does not cause him to become tentative. ‘You can’t dwell on it, and you can’t let it eat you up because we need him to be ready for the next game,” McClure said. “Once we get him back on the court, he’s going to need to be ready to go and ready to be as big of a contributor as he was in the Carolina game.”

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More than 15,000 fans erupted at Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena Feb. 1 when Sean Singletary—despite being doubleteamed, parallel to the floor and using only one hand—had just done what Duke could not in the game’s critical moments. He made a basket.

Singletary’s highlight-reel floater capped a 17-7 run over the final 8:42 and gave the Cavaliers a 68-66 overtime victory. The loss became the turning point of the season for the Blue Devils—the end of a fivegame winning streak and the beginning of a four-game slide and a 3-6 finish in ACC play. But the nearly nine-minute field goal drought that cost Duke the game at Virginia was far from an isolated incident. Throughout the season, the Blue Devils have suffered from a propensity to have extended dry spells. In 31 regular season games this year, Duke has endured 26 stretches offive minutes or more without a field goal. In their nine losses, the Blue Devils have suffered through nine such dry spells, including the fateful one at Virginia. “It’s a part of the game,” junior DeMarcus Nelson said. “Every team in America has droughts throughout the course of a game....The only thing we can control is making sure we get a good shot every possession—that’s what the coaches teach us.” The worst part about the droughts has not been how long they last but rather when they occur. Nearly every game Duke has lost

this season has been decided by a Blue Devil field goal drought at a critical juncture. Against Marquette Nov. 21, Duke went 5:30 without a made basket in the final minutes, allowing the Golden Eagles to go on a 14-2 run and stretch their lead from one to 13. The Blue Devils did not score in the final 4:50 of overtime against Virginia Tech, a two-point loss. Georgia Tech scored nine unanswered points during a 3:50 stretch in the second half of its 64-53 win in Atlanta. Droughts of 5:57 and 5:31 allowed Florida State and North Carolina, respectively, to come from behind to beat Duke in Cameron. Finally, a 5:15 dry spell at the Dean Dome Sunday led to an 11-0 Tar Heel run to put the game away in the second half. “[We have droughts] when we just stand and watch and don’t screen and don’t help each other get open,” freshman Jon Scheyer said. “We don’t have a guy that’s just going to get the ball and break a guy down and dunk on somebody or come in and hit a three. We need to work together to get shots, so when we’re just standing and watching each other, we’re not going to make things happen.” In order to create better consistency on the offensive end, the Blue Devils have instituted a dribble weave at the top of the key this season. The weave utilizes handoffs and quick screens to help free up Greg Paulus on the perimeter and take advantage of Josh Mcßoberts’ passing skills. “That’s something that we’ve had in for MICHAEL CHANG/THE CHRONICLE

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Duke's field-goal droughts Down just one to Marquette Nov. 21 with 6:01 to play, Duke would score just one more field goal and go on to lose its first game of the season 73-62. Nov. 28 Against Indiana at home, the Blue Devils endure two extended droughts; 7:37 bridging halftime and 5:15 toward the end of the half. Duke hangs on to win despite making just four field goals in the second half. Dec. 2 Duke jumps out to an early lead, but a 7:24 drought in the first half allows Georgetown to enter halftime up by seven. Jan. 6 In the ACC opener, Duke goes cold for three extended stretches of 8:54,5:47 and 4:50 against Virginia Tech. In overtime, the Blue Devils score just one field goal and lose to the Hokies. •

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Feb. 1— Virginia holds Duke without a field goal for the final 8:42 of regulation, going on a 17-7 run over that stretch. Greg Paulus' three at the buzzer doesn'tgo, and the Cavaliers win. Feb. 4 Up five early in the second, the Blue Devils go cold and are down two by the time they score their next field goal 5:57 later. Florida State edges Duke out for the win in the final minutes. Feb. 7— Midway through the second half, Duke is up 50-40 before a 5:31 drought buoys North Carolina on a 7-0 run. The Tar Heels go on to win in Cameron for the second straight year. March 4 In the final ACC game of the season, a 5:15 drought in the second half sparks an 11-0 North Carolina run that puts the Tar Heels up by 14. They go on to win by that same margin. •

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a little bit of time,” Nelson said. “We put it in, and we’re starting to run it more and more. What it does, it just creates movement and puts the opposing team in a position where their bigs have to guard the pick-and-roll. We’ll try to get some movement and force them into help-and-recovery situations.” The weave and other aspects of the Blue Devils’ motion offense have attempted to mask Duke’s lack of a premier scorer this year. Nelson leads the Blue Devils in scoring at 14.2 points per game but has not been Duke’s high man in a game since the ACC opener against Virginia Tech Jan. 6. For the season, the Blue Devils have had a player score 20 or more points just 12 times, with Scheyer’s 26-point performance against North Carolina the most prolific of the year. “The biggest thing in the beginning and even now is we’re learning to score together,” sophomore Dave McClure said. ‘You need everybody else to help you score. You need to have the extra pass or someone to draw the defender or the strong screen—just being able to work together and learn to score as one rather than individually.” Such a strong focus on offensive cohesion was not necessary in 2006, when J.J. Redick became the school’s alltime leading scorer by topping the 20-point mark 28 times in 36 games. Redick could always be counted on to hit the big shot when Duke needed it, and consequently the Blue Devils won 32 games and averaged 81.1 points per game. But in 2007, Redick is in the NBA, and Duke has yet to find away to halt its scoring droughts. After seeing his jersey unveiled in the rafters at CameronFeb. 4, Redick was serenaded with chants of“One more shot” by the Crazies. But Redick did not comply—this year’s Blue Devils have to learn to score without him.

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A visible scar on his chin is not the only souvenir Greg Paulus took from Duke’s December trip to New York City.

Chasing a loose ball in the Blue Devils’ Dec. 21 win over Gonzaga in Madison Square Garden, Paulus crashed head-first into press row. The sophomore captain needed five stitches to halt the subsequent bleeding, but his aggressive play also resulted in a then-season-high 20 points on 7-for-12 shooting. The ensuing scar was Paulus’ small sacrifice for his most important memento from the game—a renewed sense ofconfidence in his shooting ability after having struggled early in the season. And for Duke’s point guard, self-assurance in his offensive skill set was the key to his impressive resurgence in the second half ofACC play. “I have the confidence to take the shots,” Paulus said. “I’ve spoke with my coaches and teammates, and even when I wasn’t shooting with a good percentage or playing as well in the beginning of the year, the encouragement and support was still there. They told me, ‘Hey, if you got it, take it.’” Paulus has taken his support system’s advice to heart. Since the Gonzaga game his self-acknowledged turning point of the season—Paulus’ average number of shots per game has jumped from 4.3 to 10.2. Accordingly, his shooting percentage has improved six percent since Duke’s 61-54 decision over the Bulldogs. —

Even after the Gonzaga game, Paulus still suffered through droughts reminiscent of his early-season woes. In the Blue Devils’ first two ACC games, it looked as if Paulus had regressed, in terms ofboth play and psyche. In the losses to Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, Paulus combined for six points on 2-for-10 shooting. The point guard also posted four assists to nine turnovers in the two-game stretch. Looking back at the two league-opening games, Paulus said it was a difficult time for him. “It’s been up and down,” he said. “But the one thing that hasn’t changed is working to get better.... I know it hasn’t been pretty or perfect at times, but I’ve just been trying to improve on whatever was needed for our team.” Although Paulus did endure a rough patch at the start of ACC play, the player that head coach Mike Krzyzewski described as playing with “a burn” after the Gonzaga game re-emerged in the later portion of the conference schedule. In fact, he has become arguably the team’s primary offensive option, as he led the Blue Devils in scoring in their last three games of the regular season. The most surprising aspect of Paulus’ improvement has been his three-point shooting. Last year, he shot 31.4 percent from beyond the arc, a stark contrast from his 45.6 clip this year. Paulus barely missed MICHAEL

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his most memorable shot of the season—a potentially game-winning buzzer-beater with time running out at Virginia that rimmed out—but it still impressed his teammates that he had the temerity to take it in the first place. “He has been one of the guys most ready to take [the big shot],” sophomore Dave McClure said. “Not to say we’re going to him more than anyone else, but he’s shown tremendous leadership taking the big shots for us.” Part of Paulus’ newfound burden as the team leader is a direct result of the void felt by the departures of JJ. Redick and Shelden Williams. Without a true scoring superstar, Duke has, at times, struggled through lengthy scouring droughts.

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Paulus has ameliorated some of the Blue Devils’ problems with a simple offensive mentality of playing within himself. “Ijust try to set people up, and if the shot’s there, it’s there,” Paulus said. “It’s a little bit different not playing with J.J. and Shelden, who make assists a lot easier, but it’s part of being a point guard.” His assist-per-game average is down, but that is simply another ramification of Paulus’ increased effort to shoot the ball. He no longer embodies the ideal of a passfirst point guard—and perhaps that is what Krzyzewski most implied when he lauded his Madison Square Garden performance. The start to Paulus’ sophomore season was marred by a nagging injury, but now, his only detectable impediment is the scar on his face—a constant and friendly reminder of the day his season truly changed for the better.

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For a number ofyears now, fans at the ACC Tournament from all teams have referred to the four-day event as The Duke Invitational. The Blue Devils have earned the halfsarcastic, half-laudatory namesake with their recent dominance of the event. Duke has won seven of the last eight ACC Tournaments, and 23 of 24 tournament games. And while the Blue Devils are not the favorite in their own classic this year, no one is counting them out. Four of the seven titles—including the one two seasons ago in Washington, D.C. —in the stretch have come in years when Duke was not the top seed. “You don’t inherit any of that,” sophomore Josh Mcßoberts said. “That’s something that each individual team has done in their year and their opportunity. Winning the ACC, or having success in the conference or in the tournament—that’s not something that’s inherited. That’s something you have to earn.” While there is no direct carry-over to this team, the Blue Devils do have some players who have had previous success in the ACC Tournament. Last year, it served as a coming-out party for Mcßoberts, who had averaged just 8.1 points in the regular season but put up 13 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in the ACC Tournament. Greg Paulus was also effective in his first tourney, registering 12 assists to only three %

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Josh Mcßoberts goes upfor a dunk during the 2006 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, which the Blue Devils won.

tournament having only played 3.5 minutes per game in the final four contests

of the regular season after returning from a knee injury. In the quarterfinal matchup against Virginia, McClure broke out for niiie points and five rebounds in 20 minutes. “While it does give us confidence that some of us have been there before and done it, we know it’s not just going to be given to us,” Mcßoberts said. In addition to players with positive experiences, Duke of course has a coaching staff that knows a thing or two about winning in the conference tournament. Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski has won 10 ACC Championships in his tenure, and with this group of assistants, Duke is 17-1 in the tourney. “Our coaching staff and this program have been used to really dominating in the tournament, and their experience—knowing how to win and knowing to prepare to win—has been big,” junior DeMarcus Nelson said. “I don’t think that will change this year. Our coaches will get us prepared to do well in both our conference tournament and the NCAA Tournament. And for us players, we have to follow their lead.” And now this Duke team is more than ready to take advantage of the opportunity to make its mark in the record books. “It’s March,” Nelson said. “It’s the time of year where champions are made.”

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Come postseason, Duke can turn it on The last time a Duke team did not advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, it was 1997. Although all good things have to come to an end sometime, this year will not be the year that Duke breaks the streak. Of course, that’s not what it looks like right now. The Blue Devils—losers of their last two games heading into the ACC Tournament, winless against four of the top five teams in the ACC and owners of an 8-8 record alex in conference play don’t exactly look like world-beaters. But look a little closer. The Blue Devils have played inarguably the toughest schedule in what is arguably the toughest conference in the country. Duke’s conference opponents had a combined overall winning percentage of .662—by far the best mark of any team in the conference. Duke’s full schedule was the third toughest in the country, according to kenpom.com. Their opponents’ overall offensive efficiency was the nation’s highest. The Blue Devils played 10 conference games against 20-win teams and 15 games against 20-win teams overall. They played an NCAA-high 17 games against teams ranked in the RPI top-50 and won eight of them, behind only North Carolina, UCLA and Maryland. —

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So even though Duke has lost a bunch of games recently, it remains more battletested and possesses more quality wins than any team it might play in the first couple ofrounds. In addition to their tough schedule, the Blue Devils have been unlucky. While I have no idea how Ken Pomeroy was able to rank the relative luck of all 336 Division I teams (it probably has to do with the number of games they should’ve won based on statistics and the actual number they won), the statistical guru has Duke ranked 283rd. According to Pomeroy, the Blue Devils lack of luck has cost them 1.5 games. And anecdotally, any Blue Devil fan can cite several instances (the Florida State game at home, the Virginia game on the road), when a couple ofbreaks would have allowed Duke to win the game. So you’ve got a 22-win team that has played one of the toughest schedules in America and has been unlucky while doing it. They’re more talented than anyone they will face in the first two rounds (don’t forget Duke’s six McDonald’s All-Americans), and they are coached by the second-winningest active coach. Still, everyone is stumbling all over themselves in the race to write the Blue Devils off. If you ask me, that sounds like a recipe for a lot of shaking heads and grudging praise for Coach K when Duke wins its way into the Sweet 16. Just remember, you heard it here first

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Blue Devils I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when classes resume after Spring Break, you won’t be the only one returning to Duke feeling like you didn’t accomplish as much as you’d hoped. It pains me to say it as much as it pains you to read it, but the Blue Devils won’t make it past the first weekend of this year’s NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 seasons. They won’t lose because of the pressure or Coach K or luck—they will lose because HPjM they’re just not good

enough. “But wait,” you’re “When has saying. John the best mat being crhnaSHor sumciuci tered in the tournament? Florida wasn’t the best team heading into last year’s tournament, and Illinois was the best two years ago, but the Gators won the title and the Illini didn’t. They call it March Madness precisely because of its unpredictability.” The tournament isn’t a coin toss. Last year, Florida was composed of the same players that have held the No. 1 ranking for much of this season. And in 2005, Illinois lost to a North Carolina team featuring Sean May and Raymond Felton. In other words, talent matters. This year’s Duke team, though, has proved inexperienced and inconsistent. These are exacdy the types of weaknesses that a top-10 team—whom the Blue Devils will likely meet in the second round—routinely exploits, just as North Carolina has done twice this season. '

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Last year Syracuse ran the table in the Big East Tournament thanks to a stellar performance by Gerry McNamara and ended up an unexpected five-seed. Two years ago Alando Tucker led Wisconsin to a surprising berth in the Elite Eight. If one player gets hot, then anything can happen. But this year’s Blue Devils don’t have someone like McNamara or Tucker to rely on. Last year it was clear that Duke’s fate would hinge on JJ. Redick. When Redick was hot, the Blue Devils were the No. 1 team in the country. When he wasn’t, well, let’s not talk about that. This year’s team, however, hasn’t established a go-to scorer, and its offense lacks a consistent identity. Defense has kept Duke in games all season, but in the tournament, when every opponent is formidable and every game can be close, the Blue Devils will need a reliable offensive option. Right now, they don’t have one. “So what?,” you say. “This is the time when teams step up and turn it on.” I cannot help but wonder if the people clinging to this final hope—that Duke can suddenly flip a switch—have watched this season’s games. We haven’t been watching a team on auto-pilot. Duke jumped out to big first-half leads three times during its four-game losing streak. Three of the team’s losses went down to the final possession, when the Blue Devils couldn’t get a big basket. Those weren’t instances of Duke playing beneath itself—they were instances of the team’s best not being good enough. Come tournament time, its best won’t be good

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After suffering an elbow to the nose by Dulo Henderson, North Carolina’s leading score* Hansbrough will likely sport a mask in Tampa. Tar Heels’ plan of attack in postseason play, ho\ er, will be thinly veiled. At the urging of head coac Roy Williams, the 10-man-deep Tar Heels will tempt to literally run its competition off the court. Even though UNC boasts arguably the best fror court in the conference—Hansbrough and ACC Rookie of the Year Brandan Wright—the key to its offense is point guard Tywon Lawson, a on man fast break. If the lightning-quick Lawson can somehow steady the up-and-down Tar Heels, th will be incredibly tough to slow down. —Ben Co* torrid 17-0 start, making the Big Dance was the the Tigers’ concerns. Since then, however, mson has dropped nine of its last 13—seriously wdizing its March Madness berth. The tipping nt occurred in Cameron, when Dave Mcure’s floater beat the buzzer and shocked OlivPumell and company. Clemson is still No. 36 the RPI, but it lacks big-name quality wins. The jod news for the Tigers is that they control their 'wn destiny—if they win Thursday and Friday, selection committee will almost certainly offer m a bid. The bad news? Top-seeded North Carthrottled Clemson, 77-55, earlier in -1 ■awaits in the second round. Ben Cohen

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ishing its conference schedule in a tie for first ith North Carolina, Virginia enters the ACC lament as the second seed—its highest since Head coach Dave Leitao, who was named CC Coach of the Year Tuesday, has turned the ivalier program from a 6-10 ACC team to an 11team in only his third season at the reigns. This ;ar, Virginia has been led by ACC first-team se:tion Sean Singletary and second-teamer J.R. ■ynolds, but their success has often depended a third scoring threat stepping up during the iurse of a game. The Cavaliers could face the \e Devils on day two again—if Duke wins its first Meredith Shiner :r N.C. State.

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In 1987, N.C. State won the ACC Toumamen it became the first team to win three games to re; final. In 2007, the Wolfpack are hoping to strike N.C. State has five players that average in doi figures, led by freshman Brandon Costner at 1 points per game. Those same five players, how' er, average more than 30 minutes a game, m. ing an extended stay in the Sunshine State u: likely. The Wolfpack, however, has surprised u ACC competition over the last two months o) the season. Afer struggling out of the gates, N. State recovered to win four of its last 10 gam including two wins over Virginia Tech and Tim more against North Carolina. <

or-laden squad with plenty of experience and a ,r of big wins might just be the formula for an championship —or so hopes Virginia Tech. ie Hokies have four starters that have played tother for at least three years, which has resulted i memorable wins this year. Whereas Sean Jockery nailed a 40-footer to beat Seth Greenberg’s team last year, the Hokies exorcised their Cameron demons with an overtime win in Durham this year. That win triggered an unshakj\e confidence most evident in two wins over UNC. Accordingly, the Hokies won’t be intimi\ted by any in-conference foe—an invaluable their quest to win the ACC tide. —Ben Cohen

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Early in the first half of Georgia Tech’s NCAA Tournament. 84-77 upset of North Carolina last week, Although both struggled at times as they the Tar Heels led 14-9 when Yellow Jacket got accustomed to the college level, they freshman Thaddeus Young hit a three- have developed throughout the season and grown into their roles as team leaders. pointer to cut the deficit to two. “Thaddeus has been getting more cornOn the other end of the court, Young grabbed a defensive rebound that translat- fortable out on the perimeter offensively, ed into the tying bucket. The forward moving without the ball and handling the basketball,” Yellow added a layup, a jumper and another Jacket head coach Paul Hewitt said. three to cap off It banner tor S 3. year Tech’s 12-0 Georgia “Javaris is just learnmg how to play the run, giving the Ye 1our } ea gue.... But it’s 3 low Jackets a lead position. In high school he was asked banner year for our they did not surrender all game. a lot f sc<)ring’ freshmen as Weil. well iresnmen as a lot of ball-handling. Young’s play in Now he s got to Georgia Tech’s upset Roy Williams last week was indicaour basketball team.” North Carolina head coach five of the growing Although it might be the most promiimpact this year’s freshman class has nent example, Georhad on the ACC, especially as the season gia Tech is not the only program receiving has progressed. As evidence of that, help from first-year players. Williams reguYoung—who is averaging 14 points a game larly starts three freshmen for top-seed and is widely considered to be a future North Carolina, and Maryland also relies NBA lottery pick —did not even make the on freshmen Greivis Vasquez and Eric All-ACC Freshman team. Hayes to run the point. With high-profile high school players “It’s a banner year for our league,” North Carolina head coach Roy Williams seeing a more college-like atmosphere said. “But it’s a banner year for our fresh- while they are still in prep school, it is no surprise that the freshmen are doing better men as well.” Along with freshman point guard than usual in their first year, Williams said Javaris Crittenton, Young has been the key SEE FRESHMEN ON PAGE 17 to Georgia Tech’s recent turnaround, in °

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“They travel so much as high school players —they’re on television sometimes as high school players, they’re more mature, more experienced, not in awe of everything,” Williams said. “That makes them more ready to play.” Maryland head coach Gary Williams specifically noted how these changes have helped breed reliable young point guards like Crittenton and Vasquez. “They just come in having to travel all over the place in the summers,” Gary Williams said. “Vasquez played internationally before coming to college to play, so I think you see guards with that type of experience.” At the same time, most freshmen still take time to develop into leaders on the court Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who started two freshmen for much of the season, said nothing can prepare an athlete for the rough environment of theACC. “We don’t have a simulator, like in the military,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s different when you actually get in there.” The ability to acclimate quickly to the college environFllrllrllrllrllrlfrllrJ fH frl frl frl P

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A year ago this week, Syracuse salvaged a poor regular season with an impressive run in its conference tournament. Coming into the Big East Tournament with a mediocre 7-9 mark in conference play and considered a bubble team, senior guard Gerry McNamara led his team to four wins in four days to vault the Orange all the way to a fifth seed in the NCAA Tournament. This kind of jump in seeding based on conference tournament performance happens every year, and because of the parity evident in college basketball this year, conference tournaments could be more important than ever in determining NCAA seeding. While a handful of teams have shown themselves to be slightly above the rest of the field, those below that top tier are still jockeying for seeding in the at-

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One of the primary examples of this is Duke, which has confused fans, poll voters and coaches with its occasionally-brilliant, often-poor play this year. The Blue Devils enter the ACC Tournament at 22-9 (8-8 in the ACC), and they are ranked 14th in the RPI and third in strength of schedule despite their inconsistent play. “I think that if Duke wins the ACC Tournament, it will probably end up as a three seed and possibly a two, depending on what other teams do,” said CBS analyst Seth Davis, Trinity ’92. “For example, if Texas A&M loses out in the Big 12, and Georgetown loses in the Big East and Duke wins the ACC, they could be a two.” If Duke does not have a strong showing in the conference tournament, however, it

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“Obviously if anybody goes in that tourand does well, things change,” Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt said. “I think about that year we played Duke in the ACC finals [in 2004-05]. We went in as a bubble team and moved all the way up to a fifth seed, so I think that’s a good precedent right there.” While most teams know they can significantly affect their seeding with wins in March, there is a flip side to the debate. Some major conferences hold their tournament finals on Sunday afternoon, meaning that their championship games will end only minutes before CBS begins its selection show. A case in point is the 2003-04 Big 12 champion Oklahoma State team that ended up reaching the Final Four. The team was given a No. 2 seed, but it likely merited a No. 1 based on its Big 12 Tournament win. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, that win was all but ignored by the selection committee. This year’s potential Big Ten and Big 12 champions could end up with a fate similar to that which befell Oklahoma State three seasons ago. Both tournaments run into Sunday afternoon, and the two conferences boast legitimate contenders for No. 1 seeds in Ohio State, Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas A&M. “Four of those candidates [for top seeds] are from the Big Ten and the Big 12, and those finals tip off at 3:20 on Sunday,” Davis said. “[The committee has] in the past done brackets that include contingency plans, though, so as soon as the game ended CBS could start the selection show. It’s definitely a tricky business at that point in the process.” nament

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After going 20-10 overall and 9-7 in the ACC last year, Florida State felt sure it would get into the NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles had good reason to expect a bid—the last time that a team went 9-7 in the ACC and did not get in had been in 2000, when Virginia did not make the tournament despite finishing 19-12 overall. On Selection Sunday, however, Florida State was left without an invitation to the Big Dance, as the Seminoles were one of the last teams left out of the NCAAs by the selection committee. At the beginning of this season, ACC coaches made a push to make sure that teams like Florida State would not be overlooked in favor of mid-majors come 2007’s tournament. And with a losing record in a strong ACC this time around, Florida State (19-11, 7-9 in the ACC) once again sits precariously on the tournament bubble. On Sunday, the league’s coaches will

find out whether their push for more NCAA bids given the difficulty and depth of the conference has paid off. “I don’t know if we’ve ever been deeper as a league as we are this year,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said. “All I’ve seen is the regular season, [but] in my opinion, I think we should get nine [bids].” If the ACC were to garner nine bids, it would include the Seminoles and Clemson. The Tigers raced out to a fast start but closed their ACC slate with nine losses in their final 13 games. Still, Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell believes his team should be rewarded for its seven conference wins and perfect non-conference slate. “We’re going through a very difficult marathon grinder of an ACC season,” Purnell said. “I think we’ve definitely done enough to be in the NCAA Tournament.” The majority of college basketball experts SEE NCAA BIDS ON PAGE 21

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Record: 25-6 AP: 8 SOS: 5 RPI: 3 Skinny; A run in the ACCs could propel the Heels to the No. 1 line.

Maryland Record: 24-7 AP: 17 SOS: 9 RPI: 12 Skinny: Hot at the right time, the Terps could go as high as a 2 or 3.

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NCAA BIDS from page 20 seem in agreement now that the top seven teams in the ACC are virtually assured to make the tournament. With at least 10 wins apiece, it can almost be guaranteed that No. 8 North Carolina, Virginia, No. 17 Maryland, Virginia Tech and Boston College will earn bids, as no team in the history of the ACC has failed to receive a bid after winning 10 league games. No. 21 Duke is also a no-brainer for the tournament despite a .500 record in the ACC. With quality non-conference wins over ranked teams Georgetown and Indiana and the third-toughest schedule in the country, the Blue Devils appear to have enough on their resume to make it into the NCAA Tournament. Georgia Tech (20-10, 8-8) also has the precarious position of being .500 in the ACC, but a late run that included wins over UNC and Boston College has many experts convinced that they will make the tournament. After that, nothing seems certain. “We’ve gotten some recognition, but I’m not sure people appreciate how difficult it is to go through a regular season race,” Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton said. The two teams least assured of having their names called Sunday kick off the ACC Tournament when they play one another Thursday at noon in what is all but an elimination game for the loser. Whether both, one, or none of the 7-9 teams make the NCAA Tournament, the conference that saw just four teams get in last year will likely see a drastically different number of teams in this year’s bracket. “Every year is a little different than the previous year,” Swofford said. “All you can do is make your case and hope for the best.”

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SOS: 24 Skinny: Wins over Duke and Florida mean nothing without an ACC run.

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UCLAs guards will lead the way The experts that have extolled the virtues ofKevin Durant and Greg Oden all season have forgotten one very important thing: in March, you only go as far as your guards carry you. Maryland had Juan Dixon, Connecticut had Ben Gordon and North Carolina had Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants. And although Joakim Noah won the Most Outstanding Player in last The Case For year’s Tournament, Florida would not have made it past the Sweet 16 without the heroics of Corey Brewer. Tim Britton Guards win championships, and the team with the best backcourt in the nation this season is UCLA. You’ve probably never seen the defending runners-up—playing all those late-night games on FSN doesn’t help—but no team has as complete a

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backcourt as the Bruins, Teams usually don’t get better when they lose their best player to the NBA, but UCLA has thrived this season even after the departure of point guard Jordan Farmar. That’s because Darren Collison—Farmar’s replacement has emerged as the best pure point guard in the country. In an era ofcombo guards, Collison is the closest thing the college game has to Steve Nash, running the best pickand-roll in the country. If you don’t hedge or switch, he can beat his man for a floater down the lane. If you hedge too aggressively, he’ll locate the open man for a layup. Oh and by the way, he shoots 49.4 percent from beyond the arc. Collison wasn’t even the Pac-10 Player of the Year, that award went to his backcourt mate, Bruins’ leading scorer Arron Afflalo. Afflalo has raised his average to 17.5 points per game this season by developing into a complete scorer. Instead of relying on his spot-up shooting, —

the junior has learned to beat his man off the bounce and get to the rim. He also possesses a smooth midrange jumper and the late-game fortitude that have become rarities in college basketball—talents he illustrated when he beat USC with a 15-footer in the final seconds in January. Collison and Afflalo also allow UCLA to play at multiple tempos. The Bruins can both light up the scoreboard and execute in the halfcourt. All the while, UCLA plays head coach Ben Howland’s trademark lockdown defense—the same style that held No. 1-seed Memphis and a hot LSU team to 45 points each in last season’s NCAA Tournament. This season the Bruins have limited opponents to just over 60 points per game. UCLA has the experience, the defense and, most importantly, the guards to cut down the nets and bring yet another tide back to Westwood.

Oden wiwin title before NBA When Greg Oden first arrived on Ohio State’s campus this fall, it was clear from the start that the 7-foot center would not be on campus for long. Oden probably would have been the first pick in the 2006 NBA Draft had he been eligible for selection, and he most likely will be the No. 1 pick if he chooses to leave school at the end of this season. Luckily for the No. 1 Buckeyes, Oden won’t be leaving before he brings a championship to Columbus. Ohio State has all the pieces necessary to win the title this year, and when the final buzzer sounds at this rear’s Final Four in Atlanta, the Buckeyes will be cutting the down the nets. Oden has been all that was advertised and perhaps even more this seaThe Case For son for Ohio State, which has not lost in nearly two months. Although the Omo State post player is not a dominant scorer—he averages a modest 15.3 points per Sam Levy game—his ability to change a game with his defense is unmatched in college basketball. Oden is averaging 3.5 blocks per game, a mark that is the nation’s sixth best. To add to it, Oden has been doing most of his damage without 100 percent use of his right hand, which continues to improve after a preseason wrist injury. The center is not the only freshman that contributes to the Buckeyes, as guards Mike Conley Jr. and Daequan Cook have been integral to Ohio State’s second straight regular-season Big Ten championship. Conley Jr. has been steady at the helm of the Buckeyes’ offense, dishing out a conference-best 6.4 assists per game. The freshman also has an impressive 3-to-l assist to turnover ratio and averages 2.3 steals per contest—both conference bests. Cook has been a spark all season off the bench for the Buckeyes. The freshman averages 21.3 minutes per game as the first substitute in for Ohio State. His averages of 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game are both second-best on the team, despite the fact that Cook is sixth on the team in minutes played. Individual statistics notwithstanding, the Buckeyes have been the nation’s most consistent team all season. The team’s three losses were all on the road to top-10 teams—a 98-89 defeat to then-No. 6 North Carolina Nov. 29, an 8660 setback to then-No. 4 Florida Dec. 23 and most recentiy a 72-69 defeat at the hands of then-No. 1 Wisconsin Jan. 9. And while Ohio State hasn’t exactly been dominating in its march through the Big Ten, it has found away to win in all but one game. Some may see this as a weakness, as the Buckeyes have struggled at times during the season, especially against conference cellar dwellers Northwestern and Penn State. But Ohio State’s ability to win close games is actually a strength, as it has enabled the team to maintain its No. 1 ranking and will prove to be crucial in the later rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Although Florida and UCLA have the NCAATournament experience and North Carolina and Kansas have more athletes on their roster than entire conferences, Ohio State has poise, talent and a 7-foot big man named Greg Oden that wants an NCAA Championship before he jumps to the NBA in June.

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Florida bound to ‘repeat as champions Florida can’t sneak into the big dance

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After going into last year’s tournament as an unheralded No. 3 seed and sailing through the Final Four, the Gators have a bullseye on their backs as they attempt to become the first team since Duke in 19911992 to repeat as National Champions.

But even without the element of surprise, Florida can go all the way The CasE'For because of one key element —balance. All five of the Gators’ starters reWill Flahertv turned this season, with players like 2006 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Joakim Noah and big man A1 Horford for-

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going first round NBA contracts for another shot at cutting down the nets. Much of Florida’s strength comes from its frontline, where both Noah and Florford average over 12 points and 8 rebounds a game. Their steady scoring inside is a large reason behind the Gators’ rank as the nation’s top team in field goal percentage and the ninth-best team in rebound margin. In addition to this pair, versatile small forward Corey Brewer, who has bounced back from a December bout of mononucleosis to average 12.7 points per game, gives the Gators a set of big men that would be difficult for any team to handle. The real X-factor for Florida, however, might be shooting guard Lee Humphrey. The then-junior guard hit 10 three-point shots in last year’s Final Four, putting games against George Mason and UCLA out of reach. Humphrey’s hot hand has carried over into this season. He currently ranks ninth in the NCAA in three point percentage, shooting 45.5 percent from behind the arc. Many doubters have pointed to Florida’s recent struggles—the Gators have lost three of their last five —as a reason to doubt their chances. Still, Florida weathered a three game losing streak at a similar point in last season’s run to the national championship. As history proves, a late-season swoon is no reason to count out the Gators.

Kansas has athleticism necessary to win it all Kansas has the go-to players that can make the big-time plays needed to propel their team to the national title. An athletic trio of sophomores— Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers and Julian Wright—has provided key performances that have sparked an eight-game winning streak entering the Big 12 Tournament for the Jayhawks. With the NCAA Tournament selection committee always focused on “what have you done for me lateThe Case For ly,” Kansas has made its case for a No. 1 seed by closing out its conferSean Moroney ence slate with style. After sharing the Big 12 regular season title each of the last two seasons, the Jayhawks decided to be more selfish this season. Before their finale March 3 against Texas, the Kansas student newspaper printed a photo of the Big 12 crystal trophy and the words, “This year... we’re not sharing.” After Kansas fell behind by 16 in the first half, Wright and the rest of the Jayhawks battled back to build a 10-point lead with five minutes remaining in the

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attempt that would have tied the game with five seconds to go, ensuring Kansas the outright regular season title. Although the Jayhawks have tremendous depth, with eight players averaging over 10 minutes of playing time per game, the Jayhawks, like Duke, are very young and inexperienced. The five leading scorers on their roster are two freshmen and the three sophomores. Early-season losses to Oral Roberts and DePaul seemed pretty ominous for the talented squad, particularly considering the Jayhawks’ early exits from recent Tournaments to teams seeded much lower than themselves. But this recent streak entering postseason play hints that the young Kansas squad may be maturing at just the right time.

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Wright was able to shut down the National POY candidate Kevin Durant, who shot 3-of-8 in the second half after pouring in 25 first-half points. Wright also blocked DJ. Augustin’s three-point

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Experience isn’t everything in the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse proved that in 2003, winning the National Championship starting two. freshmen, two sophomores and only one senior. Now, UNC head coach Roy Williams— whose Kansas squad lost to the Orange in 2003 is the one holding the loaded, but young hand that could bring him his The Case For second national title in three years. Four out of five Meredith Shiner North Carolina starters —Tyler Hansbrough, Brandan Wright, Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson averaged double figures in scoring in the regular season.

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Although the starting five is strong, what really sets this team apart is its depth. Ten players have averaged more than 10 minutes per contest this year, meaning none of the starters were forced to clock more than 30 minutes on average. Often overshadowed by Kevin Durant and Greg Oden—and even UNO’s own balanced scoring attack—Hansbrough has become one of the most consistent and reliable scoring weapons in college basketball. He’s put on significant weight since the end of the 2005-2006 season, allowing him to assert himself under the basket with even more authority. He is averaging 18.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. And Hansbrough’s two invaluable postseason assets—his .764 free throw percentage and now, the potential for the Richard Hamilton/Leßron James face mask advantage—might just be enough to tip the scales in favor ofUNC. The achilles heel for these Tar Heels may be their youth and inexperience, particularly if they have to match up against a team like defending National Champion Florida, which has four returning starters. Seniors Reyshawn Terry and Wes Miller were both members of the 2005 UNC squad that won the national title, but on a roster filled with NBA lottery picks, they weren’t key contributors. But as Williams learned the hard way in 2003, sometimes explosive talent and depth can outmatch experience on any given National Championship Monday.

Sleeper will emerge from the field

Wannabe bracketologists (everyone who enters an office pool) are always on the prowl for chic picks for the Final Four. Complicating the matter, parity has become the overriding theme of modern college basketball. In 2006, George Mason, from the Colonial Athletic Association, defied its No. 11 seed to advance our. Even if die Patriots’ run was shocking, it was not widiout precedent. The Case For Teams like Gonzaga and Miami (Ohio) were the original wearBen Cohen ers of the glass slipper. There is an obvious reason that mid-majors always seem to boogey the night away in die Big Dance. In the new age ofone-and-done players, George Mason and other seniorladen squads that exemplify team play stick out like Tar Heel blue in Cameron. They are not dependent on one transcendent player, but rather rely on a balanced attack and experience. The Patriots utilized a team approach that is more prevalent in small-town high school gyms than in big-city coliseums. In this year’s Tournament, Virginia Tech is a logical choice to follow that lead, as four of the Hokies’ starters have played together for at least three years. On the other end of the spectrum, history has proven that one dominant

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player can propel a team to six straight wins. In 2003, Syracuse freshman Carmelo

Anthony scored 53 points in the Final Four to lead the Orange to its first national championship. And no one this year is more reminiscent of Anthony than Texas’ Kevin Durant. Not only has the freshman posted ridiculous numbers, but he has plenty of help from his supporting cast. Just as Anthony had Gerry McNamara, Durant has D.J. Augustin. There are plenty of different formulas to outlast 64 other teams. Therein lies the beauty of March Madness—the unpredictable is not inconceivable. For three glorious weeks each year, underdogs become favorites. . And with no distinct favorite entering this year’s NCAA Tournament, Cinderella’s chances of partying past midnight and singing “One Shining Moment” in the Georgia Dome are as good as ever.

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