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2 days later, campus still rattled by tragedy by

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More than a hundred students, faculty and administrators bowed their heads in silence at 2 p.m. Tuesday, as the Duke Chapel bell tolled 33 times—once for each casualty of the Virginia Tech shootings. The interfaith vigil —which was organized by Craig Kocher, assistant dean of the Chapel and director of religious life—was held at the same time as a memorial service in Blacksburg, Va., to display solidarity between Virginia Tech and Duke. In his reflection, Dean of the Chapel Samuel Wells spoke about the “fragile beauty” of human life and prayed for all those affected by the tragedy. A Buddhist chant of compassion was offered, and Carlisle Harvard, director of the International House, urged students to be sympathetic to Korean students’ possible anxiety over the ethnicity of the shooter, who was identified Tuesday. Many Duke students—including some of the more than 500 undergraduates and graduates who call Virginia home—said that in the past two days they have felt the effects of the tragedy in a variety of ways. “Being at Duke, we usually don’t have time to deal with personal issues, so it was SEE VIGIL ON PAGE 8

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Duke studentsparticipate in a moment ofsilence for each of the 33 victims ofthe massacre at Virginia Tech.

Security, Duke response raise some concerns BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

Two days after the Monday massacre Virginia Tech, students nationwide remained on edge Tuesday as more details of the tragedy emerged and additional security threats occurred on several other college campuses. A bomb threat at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Monday, just hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, caused university officials to evacuate two buildings there. Another threat received Tuesday at St. Edward’s University at

in Austin, Texas, prompted the university to evacuate buildings and dormitories and cancel the entire day’s classes. Although many Duke students said they are not worried about a similar catastrophe in Durham, several said that there are safety concerns for which the University cannot account. “What terrifies me, and what I’m sure terrifies most people, is that it was random,” freshman Kate Van Buskirk said. “He Just went in and started SEE SECURITY ON PAGE 10

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A series of major changes are in store for the Duke University Union budget in coming months, after the organization came under scrutiny this year for some of its funding allocations. In an effort to move away from unnecessary expenditures, Union officials said they have eliminated an annual trip to the South by Southwest festival and other conferences In addition, next year’s proposed budget includes a pared-down marketing budget and a $33,000 decrease for Cable 13 and movies in the Bryan Center. With those adjustments and smaller cuts to most of the other committees, the Union hopes to make way for more high-profile events and big-name artists, said Union President Katelyn Donnelly, ajunior. Union members said a new Oktoberfest “on steroids” and performances of Broadway hits “Hairspray” and “Chicago” are among the changes in store for next year. The budget is pending approval by the Union’s executive board, which has final oversight over the $600,000 of studentfees allotted to the organization each year. “It’s something we’ve been thinking about this entire year—we want to be a dynamic organization and people thought we were sort of a static one,” Donnelly said. “We tried to re-evaluate what Duke students wanted and how to make money decisions to bring better quality events.” SEE UNION ON PAGE 8

around the country. The initiative has three main parts, said David Williamson, a consultant to the foundation. It seeks to establish policies that will set prices for carbon dioxide; focus on creating new efficiency regulations, which could potentially affect everything from housing codes to light bulbs; and help society plan for inevitable climate change. “We see this as a great addition to the field at just the right time,” said Eric Heitz, president of The Energy Foundation, a consortium of companies doing work in energy policy. “It’s creating a portfolio of policies that’s going to create vibrant markets for new technology. SEE DORIS DUKE ON PAGE 10

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For next year's Broadway at Duke, the Union is planning to bring in shows like"Chicago"and"Hairspray."

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Gunman's writings raised concern by Matt Apuzzo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BLACKSBURG, Va. The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, violence-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note raging against women and rich kids. A chilling picture emerged Tuesday of Cho Seung-Hui —a 23-year-old senior majoring in English—a day after the bloodbath that left 33 people dead, including Cho, who killed himself as police closed in. News reports said that he may have been taking medication for depression and that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic. Despite the many warning signs that came to light in the bloody aftermath, police and university officialsoffered no clues as to exactly what set Cho off on the deadliest shooting rampage in modern United States history. “He was a loner, and we’re having difficulty finding information about him,” school spokesman Larry Hincker said. A student who attended Virginia Tech last fall provided obscenity- and violencelaced screenplays that he said Cho wrote as part of a playwriting class they both took. One was about a fight between a stepson and his stepfather, and involved throwing of hammers and attacks with a chainsaw. Another was about students fantasizing about stalking and killing a teacher who sexually molested them.

Representing America's anguish, President Bush told Virginia Tech students and teachers at a somber convocation Tuesday that the nation was praying for them and "there's a power in these prayers."

Jap. mayor shot by mobster The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki was shot to death in a brazen attack Tuesday by an organized crime chief apparently enraged that the city refused to compensate him after his car was damaged at a public works construction site, police said.

Gov's SUV crashed at 91 MPH The sport utility vehicle carrying Gov. Jon S. Corzine was traveling about 91 mph moments before it crashed, the superintendent of state police said Tuesday.The governor was critically injured when the vehicle crashed into a guardrail on the Garden State Parkway last week.

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President Bush speaks Tuesday at a memorial servicefor the students lost in the Virginia Tech massacre. “When we read Cho’s plays, it was like something out of a nightmare. The plays

had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn’t have even thought of,” former classmate lan MacFarlane, now an AOL employee, wrote in a blog posted on an AOL Web site. He said he and other students “were talking to

each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter.” “We always joked we were just waiting for him to do something, waiting to hear about something he did,” said another classmate, Stephanie Deny. “But when I got the call it was Cho who had done this, I started crying, bawling.”

A summer cruise for gay and lesbian families organized by Rosie O'Donnell has cut Bermuda from its planned itinerary because of possible protests by church groups in the British island territory. The cruise will now stop in Florida twice. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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Men’s basketball head coach Mike John Mack, a member of Duke’s Board of Trustees and CEO of Morgan Stanley, were among the four recipients of the 6th Annual Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards Tuesday The award honors immigrants or their descendants who have made significant contributions to America.

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Two different types of survivors discussed their personal experiences with leukemia and Asian American representations in the media at a talk in the Griffith Film Theater Tuesday evening. Yul Kwon, the winner of “Survivor: Cook Islands,” and Gammy Lee, a leukemia survivor, discussed the disease and encouraged students, especially minority students, to register with the National Marrow Donor Program. “The best chance of finding a matching donor is someone of your own ethnicity,” said Lee, whose life was saved by the stem cells donated by a ChineseCanadian woman. Kwon said he has worked to raise awareness about the issue since his childhood friend and Stanford University classmate was diagnosed with leukemia and was unable to find a perfect match. In addition to encouraging students to enter the NMDP Registry, Kwon—whose parents emigrated from South Korea—spoke about the perception of Asian Americans in the media and his personal SEE SURVIVOR ON PAGE 6

Survivor winner Yul Kwon speaks Tuesday as part of an effort to increaseAsian donors of bone marrow.

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A line to get free ice cream cones wraps around the corner at Ben & Jerry's offEast Campus Tuesday.

Power outage can't melt Free Cone Day Caldwell said as people in the store waited for their free scoops. During yesterday’s annual Free Employee Brittany Chambers said Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, employees the store never considered cancelling couldn’t give the ice cream away fast Free Cone Day —employees just started enough—it was melting. handing out ice cream. “We’re giving each other high fives,” A power outage that occurred 15 minutes before the Broad Street locasaid Sarah DeYoung, manager of the tion was set to open didn’t stop the Broad Street and Chapel Hill locations. staff from going ahead with Free Cone “That’s all we can do.” The Broad Street Ben & Jerry’s—Day —a Ben & Jerry’s tradition that lines of customers across along with stores in Chapel Hill and provides long the nation with complimentary ice Raleigh—used the event to raise funds cream cones. for the National Kidney Foundation, Employees said the outage forced Caldwell said. “It’s a great day for it, and it’s a great many other establishments on Broad Street to close their doors, but Ben & day for the Kidney Foundation,” she said. Jerry’s made the decision to stay open Many customers said they did not realand go ahead with its Free Cone Day ize the store had lost power and were imfestivities. pressed that the event was still on. “I think it’s really cool that they can “We actually got started about 10 minutes early because we have to get SEE FREE CONE ON PAGE 6 rid of the ice cream,” employee Andre by

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Krzyzewski’s grandfather immigrated to the

Mike Krzyzewskl

United States in 1906 and eventually started a family in Chicago. Named head coach at Duke in 1980, Krzyzewski became the winningest coach in NCAA Tournament history and was inducted into the John Mack Basketball Hall ofFame. Mack, Trinity ’6B, is the descendant of a Lebanese immigrant, who arrived in the United States in 1903 and setded in Marion, N.C. Mack Joined Morgan Stanley in 1972, rising quickly through the ranks. He was named Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley in 2005.

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CORRECTION The April 13 article "Council OKs grade appeal policy" should have said: If a professor denies a grade change, students under the proposed new policy can appeal to the chair of the department and DUS. If the chair and DUS both disagree with the professor's decision, the appeal goes before the dean of faculty, who then convenes an ad hoc committee to review the case and make a suggestion to the dean.

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i.WMI.IJI-il Report: alcohol, S.C. rejects abortion measure COLUMBIA, S.C. A legislative panel on Thursday dropped a measure from an abortion bill that would have made South Carolina the only state to require women to review ultrasound images of the fetus before terminating a pregnancy. Sen. Linda Short, a Democrat and the only woman in the Senate, expects the new version to easily pass in the Senate, think women Proponents would change their minds after seeing an ultrasound and choose to keep the child or offer it up for adoption. Critics consider it away to intimidate women who already have made an agonizing decision. N.C. House revises smoking ban A ban on smoking RALEIGH across North Carolina won the support of a state House committee Tuesday in a weakened form. The modified bill still bans smoking statewide in restaurants, hotels and state government office buildings. The original bill would have banned smoking in most restaurants, bars, offices and factories. Opponents said its restrictions were unfair to business owners, however, who should be able to decide how to run their own enterprises. Nail guns trigger rise in injuries RALEIGH The number of inexperienced do-it-yourselfers seeking treatment for nail-gun accidents has more than tripled since the early 19905, according to a report released Friday. "They're called nail guns for a reason—you need to respect it like a gun,"said Hester Lipscomb,author of the study."lt's a powerful tool." The study blamed both layman laborers and unsafe nail guns for the spike in injuries. About 96 percent of the injured were male.

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With final exams just around the corner, work by some Duke researchers on memory and cognition may help students improve their academic performance and understand the science of learning. Experts say some common student behaviors, like drinking and pulling all-nighters, decrease the ability of some students to learn and recall information. Researchers are also exploring the genetics of memory to understand why some people may have an easier time recalling information than others. Researchers specializing in brain function stressed the importance of sleep in retaining information learned during the day, and many said alcohol, marijuana and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drugs sometimes used as study aids can affect sleep and negatively impact academic performance. “It is clear that sleep is very important for consolidating what you’ve learned during the day, both mentally and with motor-based skills such as playing the piano,” said Dr. Michael Ehlers, associate professor of neurobiology at the Duke Medical Center. Binge drinking is known to cause blackouts, or lapses in memory, but excessive alcohol consumption can also disrupt sleep patterns and prevent students from reaching their full academic potential. “Alcohol is a superb sleep dis-

Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. Wilson explained that as alcohol levels in the brain decline following a binge, the sedative effect wears off. The brain then becomes hyperexcitable, causing many people to wake up earlier than they normally would. Although alcohol can impair cognition and memory for a few days following exposure, marijuana has a more prolonged effect, Wilson said. Alcohol is broken down into inactive molecules that are expelled within a day, but tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive compound found in marijuana smoke, decomposes into active molecules that are stored in fat and continue to influence the smoker days later, he said. “If you’re regularly smoking marijuana, you really are under the influence all the time and it will disrupt cognitive function,” Wilson said. Ehlers pointed to studies examining the brain function of heavy marijuana users. “The literature is clear that there are relatively subtle but measurable differences in cognitive performance and memory recall with prolonged marijuana use,” he said. Students on many college campuses also sometimes turn to prescription drugs intended to treat ADHD in hopes of improv-

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Experts say drinking and pulling all-nighters reduce the capacity of students' memories. user has ADHD or not,” Wilson said, adding that pilots have used them to stay awake on intercontinental flights. But Ehlers said that although such drugs offer short-term improvements in attention and recall, they also carry the risk of addiction and can become less effective with repeated use. Although the molecular basis of learning is not fully understood, some Duke researchers are currently exploring whether genes can cause normal variations in memory among individuals. “We are targeting a number of cognitive processes like learning, memory and reading comprehension,” said Deborah Attix, associate professor of medical psychiatry and director of the clinical neuropsychology service. “If we can identify genes that affect memory performance, we can target pharmacotherapies toward those findings.” Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, director of undergraduate studies

in pharmacology, has advised several students on ways to enhance their ability to learn and recall new information. “Students learn more from the testing process than they do by studying for the test,” she said. “Verbally explaining the answer to someone else helps you articulate it and increases your

understanding.”

One of the best strategies is for students to get together and test each other on the material prior to an exam, she added. Schwartz-Bloom also said studies have tended to show higher scores for students taking an exam in the same area where they learned the material than for those who take the exam in other locations. She added that getting an early start on studying is critical to improving performance. In addition, anxiety, lack of sleep and skipping breakfast prior to an exam have all been shown to decrease scores, Schwartz-Bloom said.

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The Graduate and Professional Student Council concluded the year Tuesday night with a final round of elections, naming Board of Trustee committee representatives and approving the Basketball Campout Committee co-chairs. Gavin Rogers, a third-year Divinity School student, and Laura Simmons, a fourth-year graduate student in cellular and molecular biology, were approved by the Council as the 2007-2008 Basketball Campout Committee co-chairs. A new Campout policy will allow students to use FLEX to register for the Campout, and it will grant 21 discretionary tickets for subcommittee members, up from the previous cap of 16. “It’s the biggest event for graduate students on Duke’s campus,” Rogers said of the Campout, where graduate students have the opportunity to earn season tickets to men’s basketball games. GPSC also considered candidates for six Board of Trustee committees, starting with the business and finance committee. Ali Saaem, a first-year graduate student in biomedical engineering, was elected as a representative to the committee. Fourth-year graduate student in clinical psychology Sara Becker, who was not present, was elected after her statement, which emphasized her varied experience and knowledge of financial issues, was read to the Council. Pae Wu, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, and Stefan Gary, a first-year earth and ocean sciences student in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, were elected as next year’s representatives to the

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Gavin Rogers (right) was approved as one of the heads of the 2007-2008 GPSC basketball ticket campout.

building and grounds committee. Both focused on greening and sustainable development on campus. “I am very much of a ‘take something and grab onto it and do it’ kind of person,” Gary said of his dedication to the issues encompassed by the committee. The institutional advancement committee’s elected representatives will include incoming GPSC President Crystal Brown, a

second-year law student and Xing Zong, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in physics, “I’d like to not only connect Duke with China but connect Duke with a more international world as an institution,” Zong said of his goals, which focused on Duke’s global reputation. GPSC next voted on its representatives to the faculty, graduate and professional student affairs committee, formerly the ac-

ademic affairs committee. The Council elected Soji Sajuyigbe, a second-year electrical and computer engineering student, and Gautham Pandiyan, a third-year student in molecular and cell biology. Both candidates presented many issues they hope to engage, including mentorship, the needs of international students, a proposed graduate student center and subpar career services. Josh Wilson, a second-year graduate student in medical physics and current GPSC executive secretary, will represent graduate and professional students on the Duke University Medical Center affairs committee. Wilson said he wants to see the committee be more active in effecting change in the medical center. Representatives to the undergraduate student affairs committee, formerly the student affairs committee, were the final set ofcandidates considered by GPSC. Eric Vance, a Ph.D. candidate in statistics, and Elizabeth Holmberg, Trinity ’O3 and a first-year clinical psychology student, will serve on the transidoning committee. Vance said his goals for the posidon are to solidify the message representatives bring to Board of Trustee meetings and to increase communication with the student body. Holmberg advocated maintaining the balance between work and play in the Duke academic and social scene. Audrey Ellerbee, outgoing GPSC president and a fifth-year graduate student in biomedical engineering, said she was pleased to see that all of the positions were contested. “I really think next year’s group—the Board of Trustees representatives and the executive board coming in—is going to propel the organization forward,” she said.

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DSG/CLASS COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS DSG Senators Academic Affairs Emily Pontzer, junior Meredith Metcalf, sophomore Andrew Cheon, sophomore Christopher Bobadilla, freshman Chinwe Atkinson, freshman Athletics and Campus Services Kristin Pfeiffer, junior Amanda Tong, sophomore Mai Li, sophomore

Alex Todisco, freshman

Sterling Cross, freshman

Community Interaction Stuart Schmadeke, junior Mindy Joo, sophomore Mary Ellen Koran, sophomore Kristen Manderscheid, freshman Samiron Ray, freshman

Student Affairs Christian Wakeman, junior Portia Boone, freshman Madeleine Myers, freshman

Class Councils President Hasnain Zaidi, senior Lauren Lee-Houghton, junior Render Braswell, sophomore Vice President*

Mindy Joo, junior Alex Todisco, sophomore Treasurer

Kristin Pfeiffer, senior Catalina Blanco, sophomore Secretary Lauren Genvert, senior Amanda Tong, junior Szeman Lam, sophomore *a new election will be held Friday for senior class vice president due to technological problems with the ballot.

FREE CONE from page 3 still function with the power off,” said Cynthia Kenion, a first-, second- and thirdgrade teacher at George Watts Montessori school who brought her students to the event. “[With all of it melting] they might as well let me eat the ice cream.” Power returned around 3:30 p.m., before too much of the ice cream had melted, Chalmers said. “If the power hadn’t come back on, we would have had t0... have people drink ice cream through straws—Just kidding,” employee Steven Ceamal said. “We would still have gotten a lot of donations.” During last year’s Free Cone Day fundraising efforts, the Broad Street, Chapel Hill and Raleigh locations raised

approximately $4,000.

Cearnal, whose father is a dialysis patient, said he hopes this year’s event will allow the store to donate an even higher total to the National Kidney Foundation. Students waiting in line, however, said they weren’t aware the event was a fundraiser. “I just decided to come and get ice cream,” sophomore Tommy McGraw said. “I didn’t even know that donating was an option.” Some students at Free Cone Day said they were willing to donate but did not

SURVIVOR frompage3 experiences on the reality TV show. Before appearing on “Survivor” in 2006, Kwon graduated from Yale Law

School and went on to work as a lawyer and consultant, among other professions. Kwon said he never expected to become a TV personality, but he chose to appear on the popular show because of a lack ofAsian American representation in the media. “Growing up, I didn’t see a lot of people who looked like me or whom I could look up to,” he said. Kwon added that he did not know the season’s teams were determined based solely on race until he had actually arrived at the Cook Islands. “When I found out, I was totally horrified,” he said. “I didn’t think that CBS would do something that socially irresponsible.”

Power went out this morning at Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, causing some ofthe ice cream to melt prematurely. have any money. “I would have donated, but I never carry cash on me,” sophomore Kyle Matthews said. “I would have donated if it had been on points.” Regardless, DeYoung said she consid-

ered the event a success “It’s going great,” she said approximately 20 minutes before the event ended. “A lot of people are being very generous.... I can’t thank the community enough.”

Kwon said, however, that he decided to go forward with the show to help present a positive image ofAsian Americans on national TV. “If we really want to change how we are viewed in this country, we have to get mainstream success,” he said. Kwon also encouraged students to pursue careers in a variety offields and engage in more community outreach activities. “I was really inspired to do more for the community,” freshman Alyssa Zhu said. The event was hosted by the Asian Students Association, who invited Kwon because of his desire to break down stereotypes about Asian Americans. “He is a positive representation ofpeople ofAsian decent in the media, which until re-

cently continuously typecast East/Southeast

Asian males as caricatured kung-fu masters or asocial geeks,” seniorKevin Fang, outgoing ASA president, wrote in an e-mail.

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The Duke Chapter, Beta of North Carolina, was formed in 1920 at Trinity College. We are delighted to receive into membership the following:

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Katherine Cahill Keeley

Darrell Fitzpatrick Rocha

Andrew Joseph Botiley

Lauren Rachel Keman

David Joseph Rodriguez

Jeffrey Daniel Boyer

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Carolyn Lisa Rubenstein

Matthew L. Brod

Yazan Ramzy Kopty

Jonathan Foster Russell

Morgan V. Brown

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Jordan M. Sadowsky

Seth Norris Chadwell

Whitney Elaine Laemmli

Nena Michelle Sanderson

John Christopher Champion

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Jennifer Meredith Sasso

Lisa Chen

Jeffrey Kwok-wai Lee

Laura Patterson Serwer

Charles Nicholas Ctmeo

Richard Lee

Elizabeth Ann Siegel

Lauren Amanda Deysher

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Pamela Cheryl Silver

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Emily Diana Slater

Matthew Duncan

Jenna Rae Lukin

Sophia Anne Strike

Dawn Michelle Eichen

Christopher J. Mavricos

Nicole Elizabeth Stump

Audrey Fradkin

Ruth Ellen McDowell

Philip Bennett Sugg

Karen Elizabeth Francis

Johannah Diane McLean

Laura Syn

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Christine McMahon

Yann Chong Tan

Brandon Gardlazo

Jennifer A. Morris

Peter Loundes Van Tassel

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Debra Michelle Vento

Robert Neal Goldstone

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Steven Russell Vickers

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DUU Administration: +54,727 Marketing: -$6,950 Leadership: -$9,126 Development; -$1,504 —compiled by Rob Copeland

UNION from page 1 Donnelly was chief financial officer for the Union last year and had a front-row seat for some of the difficulties it faced, including the controversial firing of a committee chair and allegations of overspending on sparsely attended events. Following her election, Donnelly said she reached out to Duke Student Government and other campus organizations to form an independent review board of the Union’s finances. “One of the things we talked about was how to make the Union back into a really important organization after some of the problems of the past year,” she said. One of the most outspoken critics was DSG President Elliott Wolf, a Junior, but his successor, junior Paul Slattery, sat on the review board widi an eye toward pro-

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Next year for Oktoberfest, DUU aims to plan a party that will be like this year's but "on steroids." ductive change. Even without making individual event decisions, Slattery said there was much work to be done. “I think the idea of what they’re doing is to have programming that appeals to a much broader audience,” he said. That is the philosophy behind the reforms with Broadway at Duke, which Wolf said he “opposed throwing money at” in October. Now, Broadway at Duke has been merged with the On Stage committee to form Live Entertainment, which will have four shows next year, halfof this year’s total. Recent performances of “Wonderful Town” and “Man of La Mancha” have underperformed at the Page Auditorium box office and sold only halfof their tickets to students, said senior Josh Posen, chair of Broadway at Duke. “It didn’t make sense to continue that vein—to bring shows that students didn’t

care about,” he said. “Over the last couple of years the attendance has stayed strong but it has been skewing toward the community.” High-profile shows, such as “Hairspray,” “Chicago” and “The Second City” comedy tour, are more expensive but worth the price because of their “brand names,” he said. The Union is also making a greater effort to reach out proactively to Campus Council, said President Ryan Todd, a junior. Campus Council will offer its help in planning Joe College Weekend this fall in place of Oktoberfest, Todd said. Donnelly said the event will feature highcontract bands and a beer garden in one of the quadrangles, in addition to the traditional vendors on MainWest Quadrangle. “This year, we went line item by line item on every budget and each director had to defend it to everyone else,” she said. “If the 25 of us aren’t excited about it, then the campus isn’t going to be excited about it.”

good to have time to release and vent and have a moment of silence,” said Tiffany Scott, a senior from Virginia who added that she was relieved to learn that none of her friends at Virginia Tech had been hurt. Alan Combs, a third-year Divinity School student who is also from Virginia, said his brother-in-law, a freshman at Virginia Tech, used his cell phone to take one of the pictures that appeared on CNN.com. Combs’ brother-in-law was not injured in the shootings, but at least one of his friends was killed. Combs, along with several other students, said the events encouraged deeper self-reflection. “[The massacre] reminds everyone of the contingency of our lives, which is not necessarily something to be fearful of, but more of a reminder that I don’t control my own life,” Combs said. Many students also said that although they have made an effort to keep updated with news of the incident, they do not approve of the media’s coverage of it. “I tried to avoid watching the television because instead of acknowledging the tragedy, they spend time specifying motives and who’s to blame,” Combs said. Students have used Internet technology, however, to broadcast their support for their fellow college students at Virginia Tech. The Facebook group “We Love You, Virginia Tech (Dukies in Support of Techies on a terrible day)” had 144 members as of Tuesday night, and many students have changed theirFacebook profile pictures to a black ribbon with the maroon Virginia Tech insignia. “A lot of schools are creating their own logos [with their mascots] for support,” junior Nick Pardo said. “Today we are all Hokies.’”

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The University is currently re-evaluating its security methods and is considering implementing an emergency text messaging system.

Some parents of Duke students also said they have been gripped by fear and anxiety regarding the issue. “I don’tknow what can happen or what can be done,” said Ruth Azimi, parent of a Duke freshman and a Virginia resident. “On campus, everybody can get in, nobody asks for IDs, and now that’s kind of scary.” John Bumess, senior vice president for government affairs and public relations, said Duke is currently evaluating all of its security and response practices. He added that the University is considering a system that can send out a mass text message to all students in case of an emergency. “Let’s remind people what’s going on, and dust [the emergency systems] off, and make sure they still work,” Burness said. Junior Paul Slattery, the incoming president of Duke Student Government, said that text messages, however, might not fully address the issue. “What if a student doesn’t have service or doesn’t have

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HOMES MOURN TRAGEDY Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer said the school will shut down spring football in the wake of Monday's shootings.

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But after writing in this space for over eight months, I at least wanted to try to

seize this one last opportunity to share what I feel I have learned in nearly a full year of covering and imparting my opinion—right or wrong—of Duke sports. And I’ve learned a lot. For example, one online reader informed me that I was a bitter print journalist who didn’t have the face or personality for TV. Another ques—^ tioned whether I had meredith ever watched a basketball game before. 11| -3 n 0 But what I discovered about my perceived ineptitude this year pales in comparison to what I found out about the people who were the subjects of my columns—the people who define the Duke sporting scene, from players to super-fans to one of the greatest coaches ever in college golf. There were Roofs Rough Riders —Will Lang and Kevin Huson—who have attended every Blue Devil football game since their beloved coach took the reins of the program. Then there was Greg Paulus, who sat down to talk to me after he and Josh Mcßoberts were named as the youngestever captains in Duke basketball history. I even finally got the chance to meet the Crazy Towel Guy, Herb Neubauer. Walking up into the upper bowl of Cameron Indoor Stadium, I thought I was just going to learn about the genesis

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With regular shortstop Gabriel Saade of the lineup Tuesday night, the Blue Devils struggled offensively—and they could be in for more trouble. Ryan McCurdy, who switched from second base to short to fill in for Saade, was injured while diving for a ball in the £ UNC-G top of the ninth DUKE u inning of Duke’s 6-0 loss to UNO Greensboro (19-18) at Jack Coombs Field. Three Spartan pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout of the Blue Devils (23-16), who lost just their second non-conference game of the season. The other was an 11-4 defeat to East Carolina Feb. 25. “Greensboro outplayed us in all phases,” head coach Sean McNally said. “Pretty much across the board—it wasn’t one particular thing or one big hit or one big breakdown. I just thought across the board they were the better team tonight.” Duke starter Andrew Wolcott kept the Blue Devils in the game, allowing three runs —two earned—over six innings of work. But he got no run support from an inconsistent Duke offense that failed to find a groove against the Spartan pitchers. “We hit a lot of balls hard—we just couldn’t seem to string any hits together,” said Jonathan Anderson, who went 2-for-4. “We just didn’t really seem to put ourselves in any situation where we were putting the pitcher and their defense in a little bit of pressure. We just didn’t come through.” Anderson attempted to put pressure on the UNGG defense, showing bunt in all four out

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Andrew Wolcott's quality start was not enough on a night when the Blue Devils mustered only five hits.

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In the weeks since former head coach Gail Goestenkors’ departure, the current Duke players have made a conscious effort to maintain contact with the program’s three 2007 recruits. The Blue Devils send text messages, exchange e-mails and talk on their cell phones with the incoming players—Krystal Thomas even sent Abby Waner pictures of her high school prom. It’s all part of the players’ attempt to continue the recruiting process left deserted in the absence of a coaching staff. But just nine days after Goestenkors left Duke for Texas, and five

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days after former assistant coach and recruiting guru Tia Jackson was introduced as Washington’s next head coach, Duke lost another part of its potential future. Elena Delle Donne, a 6-foot-4 forward from Delaware and the consensus No. 1 player in the 2008 recruiting class, dropped Duke from her short list of schools. She added Texas, Goestenkors’ new school, to her final six contenders. Duke’s three signees from the class of 2007—Karima Christmas, Jasmine Thomas and Krystal Thomas—have not shown any intentions of opting out of their letters ofintent. Even though next year’s SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 14

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Krystal Thomas is one of the threeBlue Devil recruits in the Class of 2007 who are remaining with the program despite the depature of Gail Goestenkors.

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Frank Beamer BLACKSBURG, Va. grew up about an hour from Blacksburg, played football for Virginia Tech and has become the very familiar face of the university as the man who built the Hokies into one of the nation’s elite football programs. But Monday, Beamer was like so many others—glued to the television and watching as the details of mass murder on the campus he loves slowly dribbled out. The shooting spree was the deadliest in American history. Tuesday, he canceled his team’s last three spring practices and Saturday’s spring game, which is always a big draw at Lane Stadium. None of his players were hurt in the shooting spree that left 32 victims and the gunman dead. “There’s things more important than football right now,” he said after attending a somber convocation. “There’s a lot of grieving families here, and there’s going to be a lot of grieving families here Saturday. I just thought it was the right thing to do.” The school also canceled Tuesday’s softball game against East Tennessee State in Bristol, Tenn., and postponed a home baseball game against William & Mary that was to have been played Wednesday. Five spring sports teams will participate in ACC championships as scheduled, the school said. Beamer was in his office when news of the shootings broke, and when he was cleared to leave at about noon, there was

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The Nationals held moments of silence for the victims of Monday’s shooting before their home games Monday and Tuesday. Washington’s RFK Stadium is about four hours away from the university’s Blacksburg campus. “This happening in our backyard, we’re more sensitive to this than anybody,” Kasten said —Associated Press

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of that famous white towel but left having learned a lot more about Duke basketball than I ever could have from one of the dozens ofbooks on the shelves of the Gothic Bookshop. I also was privileged enough to have known former men’s golf head coach Rod Myers and to help share the stories of the hundreds of people who cared for him, even though a 900-word column seemed grossly insufficient. And then, there were those I never got the chance to meet but wish I had. Amid the media swirl of the Duke lacrosse scandal, the story ofSergeant Jimmy Regan, his life and his subsequent sacrifice, served to shatter the stereotypes generated by the biggest story of the year and was a reminder of the daily, personal loss of human life overseas. But what do all these stories, so dissimilar at first glance, have in common? The answer, though it might seem a bit cliche, is passion. When it comes to sports, particularly at Duke, a passion for the game drives each

person associated with it—just ask the kids who live in tents for weeks or the players who work for years to play in front of them. And that’s what separates Duke from its peer academic institutions—the sense of community created by the collective love of sports that binds Blue Devils together. It probably also explains why outsiders hate Duke so much. Duke athletics have come under intense scrutiny—some of the most intense any program has ever had to confront—over the past year. But even in the face of the challenges posed by the so called athletic-academic divide, it’s important not to lose sight of such a key contributor to Duke’s strong sense of community. Because in the end, the Crazy Towel Guy will always have the memories from the countiess contests he has attended in Cameron or the year he saw every game en route to a National Championship. And I guess the Rough Riders will always have 2005’s Blue Devil victory over Division I-AA VMI. And, I, despite lacking the face or personality for TV, will always be grateful for the chance I had to share their stories with you

BASEBALL from page 11 of his at-bats. But no other Blue Devil recorded multiple hits—and when Duke did hit the ball hard, it was often right at a defender. “We need to have a consistent approach and stick to the plan,” junior Brett Bartles said. “I feel like some games we get away from the plan, and tonight was... one of those nights.” As if the loss itself was not enough, Duke suddenly finds itself in trouble in the middle infield. Saade was not seen on the bench, and McNally declined to comment on his absence. McCurdy, meanwhile, suffered a shoulder injury on Joel Johnson’s grounder up the middle in the ninth. It was unclear how much time McCurdy may miss—if any—but he spent several minutes on the ground after the injury and appeared to be in a lot of pain. To close out the game, the Blue Devils turned to Jonathan Foreman at third base, with Bartles moving to shortstop—the position he playecl last year—and Kyle Buder at second base. ‘We’ll look at some different combinations Wednesday and Thursday and then make a decision—just kind of go from there,” McNally said. “But [the lineup at the end of the game is] a possibility.” The team expressed confidence that other players will step up to fill the voids. But with the offense looking shaky once again, the losses are a significant blow to Duke’s chances of making the ACC tournament. We have a lot guys that could step in,” Bartles said. “[But] McCurdy’s an important player for u5.... It’s going to hurt.”

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between Duke and Wisconsin and a rematch of last season’s thrilling contest between North Carolina and Ohio State. The, event consists of 11 games over three nights the week following Thanksgiving. The ACC has won each of the eight prior competitions played between the conferences, which have combined to win four of the last eight national championships. The Blue Devils will host the Badgers at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 on ESPN. Duke is the only school to be a perfect 8-0 in the event, including victories over Indiana each of the last two seasons. Wisconsin, meanwhile, has gone 3-5 in the competition, with a blowout win over Florida State a season ago. The Badgers, however, have yet to win on the road in four tries. Wisconsin was ranked No. 1 as late as Feb. 25 last season, but fell on the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament to UNLV. The Badgers have been hit hard by graduation, losing all-time leading scorer Aland© Tucker and three-point marksman Kammron Taylor. North Carolina and Ohio State played one of the best games of the regular season in last year’s challenge, with the Tar Heels pulling out a 92-86 win at home. The national runner-up Buckeyes will look for revenge on their home court in the rematch Nov. 28. Other games include N.C. State at Michigan State, Illinois at Maryland and Georgia Tech at Indiana.

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women’s basketball.... If they make a good hire, you’ve got people who care about the program, not just who the coach is.” class is secure, the still coach-less Blue DevNext year’s recruits —none of whom could be reached for comment—seem firm ils may be losing out on future recruits. Shay Selby, Duke’s lone signee for 2008, in their commitments, but some future is unsure whethershe will honor her verbal signees are unsetded. Selby, hoopgurlz.com’s commitment, her high school coach said. No. 11 prospect in the 2008 class, is an explo“Let’s ascertain the fact that she’s still sive scorer and tremendous student. Both coming,” Regina High School coach Pat traits attracted her to Duke. Selby also seriDiulus said. “We don’tknow that. She gave ously considered Stanford and Vanderbilt—a verbal commitment to a staff that’s no both basketball powerhouses with excellent academic programs—before deciding on the longer there.” Without any formal recruiters, the Duke Blue Devils. Diulus said Selby wants to stick with her players have stepped up and assumed recommitment. The 5-foot-9, five-star point sponsibility for their program. After the April 3 meeting in which guard from Cleveland, however, will likely Goestenkors told her players she was leavvisit the Duke campus again when a new ing, Waner spoke to the returning players coach is hired before deciding whether or and stressed the importance of keeping not to start the recruiting process over. the incoming players in the loop, to pre“It’s kind of a wake-up call for her,” Diuvent them from feeling abandoned. lus said. “She’s been taking a wait-and-see “If I’m updating the team, I’ll send [the attitude.... She’s thinking, ‘Let me find out who’s the next head coach, make a fair obrecruits] the same text said. “There’s been constant contact with servation and talk to the people close to those three. The players on the team now me.’ I said the greatest thing in the world have really taken ownership of what Duke about a verbal is that it’s just a verbal.” Basketball is. We feel more responsibility, When Delle Donne, who could not be but the team has really embraced it, and reached for comment Tuesday, replaced I’m really proud.” Duke with Texas, her statement was dear—The players are more involved, but they the best player in the country was intrigued cannotrealistically be a legitimate substitute by Goestenkors. Whether or not top refor an actual coaching staff. Duke’s recruitcruits will be interested in Duke without ing likely would not have been affected had Goestenkors remains to be seen, but a coach been hired quickly, recruiting exWaner is optimistic. “I was talking to [Director of Athletics] pert Chris Hansen of hoopgurlz.com said. Califomia-Berkeley head coach Joanne Joe Alieva today and I said that Duke reBoyle, the front-runner for the job, declined cruits itself,” Waner said. “Maybe at other Duke’s offer last week. The coaching search schools, you need a top-notch recruiter. But has expanded since then, as Boyle was the Duke is such an amazing school and place to play basketball, if you get a good enough only immediate contender for the job. “Getting someone that knows what they head coach in, it’s not going to ultimately are doing, can relate to the kids and works come down to the coach. Overall, we’re still SARA GUERRERO/THE CHRONICLE hard will be sufficient,” Hansen said. “The going to keep getting the top players in the Duke name is prestigious now with nation because of what Duke means.” Sophomore Abby Waner has reached outto theBlue Devils' incoming recruits via text messages and e-mails.

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would drive someone to do this? “This is the most peaceful, tranquil and safe environment. But this shows that there is nowhere that you’re safe from tragedy or this type of senseless violence. It’s devastating.” The convocation Tuesday packed Cassell Coliseum, and more than 20,000 people who did not fit in the basketball arena watched on a huge video screen inside Lane Stadium. As the service was winding down, English professor Nikki Giovanni, who gave an emotional speech, led the crowd in a chant of“Let’s go Hokies,” the crowd’s volume increasing with each verse. “I think what took place at the end of the ceremony, people wanted to let it out and say, ‘Hey, this one guy’s not going to beat us,”’ Beamer said. “We’re hurt, but this one guy’s not going to dictate how we’re going to act.”

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New grade appeal pol cy a pos itive step who could actually ity ’O6, filed a civil change a grade was the prosuit last December al- fessor that gave that grade. leging a professor discriminat- There was no check on the faculty. ed against him Under the because he was GClitOridl newly approved on the men’s policy, students who wish to lacrosse team, questions surchange a grade must first go to students’ academic rounding their professor. If the professor freedom came to the fore Since then, all charges have stands by his or her original debeen dropped in the Duke cision, though, students may lacrosse case and the Dowd then ask the presiding chair of suit has fallen off the radar for that department and the Director of Undergraduate Studmost. Last Thursday, however, the issue was resurrected after ies to review the case. If both the chair and the the Academic Council apDUS agree that the faculty proved a rather complex promember is in the wrong, the the apto grade posal change dean of faculty can convene peal policy for students. Bottom line: the buck no an ad hoc committee to review the grade. The comlonger stops with the professor assigning grades. And mittee will report back, and a final decision will be that’s a good thing. made by the dean of faculty. the the only In perpast,

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into a “A-” and —as George McLendon, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, is quick to point out—the administration expects the policy to be implemented only “once in a decade.” The Academic Council faculty should be commended for taking the dme to critically examine the University’s own appeal process. They should be commended, moreover, for giving the nod to a new policy that gives students an outlet and formal mechanism

that certain students on this campus—and indeed on campuses across the country—may be more privileged in academic arenas than others. Professors are human, and many students have had teachers at some point in their Duke careers who carry certain biases. And when—we hope once in a blue moon—there is a professor who is both stubborn and wrong, it is necessary to have a mechanism in place to hold them accountable.

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for appealing grades. In its deThe new system is certainly stringent and arose cision last week, the Council after a thorough review of appears to be making a bold Duke’s current policy and move to affirm the very acaexamination of procedures demic freedom that should lie at the heart of the University’s in place at peer universities. The new appeal system core mission. Dowd case or not, the isn’t designed for those seeking to turn their “B+” lacrosse scandal revealed

to Florida for a notorious beach party on Panama City Beach called Spring Weekend, a straight-up meat market in which the tanned, fake-breasted, steroid-enhanced greeks of FSU party and fornicate for 48 hours straight. Obviously, I had to be 110 lbs. Not 112. Not 110.5. One hundred and 10. Never mind that I’m busy with two graduate classes, meetings, journal clubs, a thesis and this column—l had to look perfect, and it had to look easy. But then life got intense, and there were 80 pages of thesis to cite, and spending 15 hours a day in the lab turns out not to be so good for the waistline. At a Student Health physical mere days before I left for the beach I found out I weighed 115 pounds. And I was devastated... at least, I was devastated until I got to Florida and realized that nobody cared. I’d been so caught up worrying about the size use, anxiety drug of my butt that I forgot I was an actual graduate and depression among its aspirants. student, who conquered aviophobia and can actuThe funny thing is that effortless perfection is hardally do the dance to “Walk It Out.” Being home the were) this school. We all knew ly unique to (or high school valedictorian who was captain of the swim with all my friends who are beautiful because of their own big butts, team, wrote for small breasts, not-soschool newsthe great ORE scores weighed paper, who with all friends are my home Being and what-have-you, 95 pounds and made me realize half of won fully beautiful because of their own big butts, how useless worrythe senior susmall breasts, not-so-great GRE scores and ing about being perperlatives. Everyfect really is. People where, women what-have-you, made me realize how useless actually seemed to develop effortbecause we is. like us being People worrying about perfect really less-perfectionsmart and were tendenstriving actually seemed to like us because we were could carry on a cies in youths conversation. And smart and could carry on a conversation. spent overtaxed we all even managed classby advanced to find somebody to es, arts, clubs and make out with. multiple sports. Florida State because So thankful went to I’m I well simultaneousThe desire to do all of these things tendencies were only own effortless perfection my the environment of the first few is then tempered by ly directed toward my body, and not also my intelliyears of college. Factors like how socially isolated the school is gence or social talents, which I have lately realized are fabulous. I’m also thankful that at Florida and what other women are concerned about influence the exact way the tendency is embodied. So if State, guys are equally affected. Seeing an overlyyou’d gone to ASU, FSU or USC, maybe you’d think steroid-enhanced beefcake strutting on a beach a boob job would make you happy regardless of your makes it easier to see how ridiculous being “pergrades. If you’d gone to Harvard or Yale, maybe fect” really is. Incidentally, I ran into my ex-boyfriend this weekyou’d be striving for one of the five A’s in an Organic Chemistry class without giving two sh—s about end. He said I looked absolutely gorgeous. Whether he was telling the truth or not, those last five pounds your hair. But put a horde of high school overachievers who want to be beautiful, fun and smarter can kiss my not-so-effortlessly perfect butt than everyone else in a socially circumscribed situaJacqui Detwiler is a graduate student in psychology tion and effortless perfection gets out of hand. This weekend I decided to reward myself for and neuroscience. Her column runs every Wednesday.

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like to take this moment to be thankful that I didn’t go to Duke as an undergrad. Now before you take up rakes and shovels against me, listen to my reasoning. Since I moved here, I’ve been hearing a lot about “effortless perfection,” a buzz phrase for something Duke women apparently crave to the point ot men.tal deterioradete tion. Effortless perw/fm fection is the need to do everything well and with seeming ease, and it is used by mental health professionals at Duke to explain jacqui detwMer fe please hire, desperate.

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change, people graduate, but the morning Chronicle, tinged with a cup of Alpine coffee, is forever. It’s under these auspices that I say good-

bye... to both The Chronicle and to Duke. My column, since its meager (and controversial) beginnings freshman year, has attempted to understand a college culture that values sex on social terms, and my investment in the Duke lacrosse case reflects this. As a graduating senior, “Duke University, Inc.” is my last hoorah on The Chronicle’s editorial pages. (Feel free to beam with Kl ShadeC malaklOU become entirely clear to me in the past va-va-voom week th:at Dukr’ .e’s primary concern is not the success or well-being of its students, but rather the success and well-being ofits business and good fortune. Duke University, Inc: May it live long and prosper... despite its many ethical wrongs. In their victorious (read: voracious) spodight last Wednesday—and against the backdrop of their Sheraton Raleigh Hotel conference room—former lacrosse players David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann thanked a horde of supporters, including KC Johnson, the players’ teammates, friends and adoring family. Board of Trustees Chair Robert Steel wrote in an email to students Wednesday that Evans, Finnerty and Seligmann are “honorable” men and that they have undergone tremendous “agony” in the past year. His e-mail followed in the volley of male camaraderie that trails Duke’s lacrosse men and reads like a lovesick tribute to the now-exonerated players. It also read like a propaganda piece, perhaps in an attempt to convince, even Duke students, that these men were innocent all along. But it was never about Evans, Finnerty or Seligmann. What has been at stake for our campus, since the beginning, is not whether or not the lacrosse team raped, kidnapped and/or assaulted a Durham stripper, but rather that a racially motivated gang bang is entirely possible on Duke’s campus, and that it can be perpetrated by Duke men. This has been the argument heralded by both student activists and concerned faculty. For the students—activists and passersby alike the following is also at stake; Duke University doesn’t seem to care. Thefact that so manyof us reacted furiously in the initial days after March 13, 2006 indicates the following: We believe that Duke students are capable of racism, misogyny and violence. The administration’s flimsy Campus Culture Initiative Report, which dedicated a meager 1.5 pages to race and another single page to gender and sexuality, did not do the issues justice. Instead of living up to the

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ethical dilemmas of the lacrosse case, Duke decided to brush the issues under the table, showing itself, for perhaps the first time, as what it really is; a business and an institution that doesn’t want to change. It makes me wonder: If media attention, pots and pans, concerned faculty and student fear don’t prompt the administration to reconsider its race and gender relations, what will? Indeed, Steel’s e-mail, however flawed, should have come from President Richard Brodhead or Vice President ofStudent Affairs Larry Moneta, and it should have come with the recognition that racism, misogyny and violence still exist on this campus. The fact that the message (loud, clear and deficient as it was) came from a financial figurehead—rather than an academic one—is entirely suggestive. On its own website, the University reports: “Duke University received $341,894,326 in charitable gifts during the 2005-06 fiscal year, making it the strongest fund-raising year in Duke history.” Also according to the University’s website, Duke acquires 30 percent ofits revenues from foundations—families, communities and otherwise—and another 13 percent from corporations. The University even houses an office of “Corporate & Foundation Relations.” What the Duke website doesn’t make clear, however, is what foundations and corporations, specifically, donate to the University, and with what agendas. Indeed, the lacrosse case has been hijacked by a number of non-affiliated parties, all of whom seem to think they know what really happened: A black stripper lied about rape in an attempt to up her finances, and the University’s administration abandoned the wrongly accused men in their moment of need. In truth, even though the case has now been dropped, the events (and potential culprit) are still unclear. But under the business model, these foundations and corporations (and their agendas) become Duke’s clients—or costumers —and in the words of the popular consumer slogan, the costumer is always right. In the past months, corporations and foundations that support Duke lacrosse have become a priority for the University, and e-mails to students, like the one distributed by Steel, reflect an attempt to appease Duke’s financial contributors amid unwavering controversy. Indeed, Duke has shown grave (sometimes superfluous) support to these groups at the expense of its students. What the University forgets, however, is that we, the students of Duke, are also its costumers, and our hefty tuition fee comes with the expectation that the University prioritizes our well-being. I understand that Duke, like any school, has financial obligations. But if it continues to market itself as a safe haven for students—a place to grow and learn—then it must choose us before the big bucks. Shadee Malaklou is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Wednesday. This is herfinal column.

lettertotheeditor From a proud lacrosse grandparent In his April 11 statement on the lacrosse case, President Richard Brodhead said he was not afraid to learn from this difficult experience. There is no better place to begin that education than with his own actions at the outset. Brodhead has defended those actions on the flawed premise that he was “forced to act upon radically imperfect information” or that “action has been required in the face of deep uncertainty.” In fact, once he had justifiably suspended part of the lacrosse season, there was no immediate compelling need for further action. He could have, and should have, deliberately preserved his options until there was more certainty. A safe haven was readily available to him —the presumption-of-innocence principle. At a time when skepticism was in order, he instead bought into Nifong’s self-serving story and yielded to the exaggerated cry of a strident minority of the faculty. In a kneeqerk rush to judgment, he suspended a player, canceled the rest of the season and fired former men’s lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler.

Those condemning actions by the Duke administration gave credence to Nifong’s media blitz in the court of public opinion and intensified the avalanche of publicity. Brodhead was clearly an accessory to the damage to Duke’s image that still lingers. Brodhead now seeks to avoid accountability for those actions by blaming everything on Nifong. Deserving of scorn as Nifong may be, this is both irresponsible and inaccurate. Earlier, Brodhead urged those concerned to ignore the past and move forward to healing. In my experience, healing occurs only when the offending parties candidly admit and accept responsibility for their harmful actions. As the facts became known, some of us hoped Brodhead would eventually accept responsibility for that part of the anguish he caused. It is telling that he has not. It is time for the Brodhead administration to own up to the consequences of its misguided actions. G. Holman King Granbury, Texas

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18,

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Campus honor

column written by David Rademeyer appeared in The Chronicle entitled “T-Shirt Ethics” (April 10) in which Rademeyer attacks the Honor Council and the new Duke Community Standard. The DCS recently was passed by student referendum, receiving 74 percent of the vote. As the chair of the Honor Council and one of the coauthors of the new DCS, I would like to address some of the issues raised by Rademeyer, explain what the Honor Council does on campus and illuminate the process that ultimately resulted in our new Community Standard. The Honor Council is an entirely student-run organizajonathan schatz tion whose purpose is to promote academic and social inguest column tegriey. We do so in myriad ways, from panel discussions to dorm presentations, teaching house courses to advertisements around campus, promotions to providing a student voice—often against the administration—in campus discussions of integrity-related issues. Honor today is a nebulous Concept, and it is the task of the Council to both raise awareness of such issues and to translate the ideas and values espoused in the DCS into practical, tangible expressions. To that end, the Honor Council recently held a panel during Honor Week that discussed the role labels play in the lives ofDuke students and hosted a mock hearing of the Undergraduate Judicial Board. Rademeyer claims the Honor Council is primarily an anticheating organization. We certainly are that. In an academic community, the integrity of one’s work is fundamental to the academic pursuit of increasing knowledge, and cheating is not only unfair to one’s peers, but also prevents learning from occurring. Although, as Rademeyer states, many of our ethical beliefs, including that cheating is wrong, come from our upbringing, college presents us with new ethical challenges, and the Honor Council helps Duke students face those challenges with greater confidence. For instance, our website (www.duke.edu/web/honorcouncil/) contains many resources for avoiding cheating and ,

plagiarism.

But to reduce the Honor Council to an anti-cheating organization both neglects the many social-integrity program-

ming efforts we initiate as well as our broader and ultimate goal of encouraging a climate ofethical reflection on campus. The chair of the Honor Council speaks at Convocation and each freshman’s first act as a Duke student is to sign the DCS because the college experience should not merely be about gaining the basic skills necessary to secure a job; it should also be about understanding how to function honestly in a community and how to live ethical lives. The DCS is an aspirational document, and signing it indicates a commitment to join this community ofethical aspiration. The values in the DCS are intended to guide the University, but they are also intended to be reflected upon and striven toward. That we often fail to live up to our goals is not an indictment of the values themselves but rather suggests that we, as a community of individuals, have work yet to do—in fact, I believe it is this process of earnestly striving toward values always slightiy beyond our reach that makes life meaningful. Rademeyer also claims that the new DCS is virtually the same as the old one. In certain respects, he is correct. The core principles, although reevaluated by its authors, largely are unchanged. Yet several critical revisions were made. The language of the new Standard, for example, was rewritten to empower students by stressing personal accountability. The key difference, however, is the addition of “I will act when the standard is compromised” as the third bullet of the Community Standard pledge. It reflects Duke’s “Obligation to Act,” which was changed from the “Obligation to Report” two years ago. Though Rademeyer was correct in saying that students were once required to report instances of cheating, the “Obligation to Act” invites students to pursue other avenues, such as confronting those they suspect of wrongdoing. Rademeyer claims he would never report a friend—undoubtedly a common sentiment among some students—but wouldn’t you hope of your friends that they would confront you when you were on the verge of making a questionable ethical decision? The beauty of the “Obligation to Act,” and the new DCS that clearly states it, is that it advances student ownership of the community. Perhaps not surprisingly then, the new DCS was written by a committee overwhelmingly composed of students. Ultimately, when students discuss the DCS, even if they take issue with certain elements, ethical reflection happens. Though Rademeyer’s critiques have some merit (his mere lack of knowledge about the Honor Council serves as legitimate enough criticism), that the Honor Council provoked this consideration of the DCS is precisely what we hoped would occur.

Jonathan Schatz is a

Trinity senior and chair of theHonor Council.

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