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Asked to summarize his experience at the Marketplace last spring, sophomore Ashwin Kulothungun didn’t hesitate. “It sucked,” he said. His response was a common sentiment last year, when campus dining was managed by ARAMARK, Corp., which operated on a lower budget than current vendors and was accused of poor food quality and lack of diversity. One year after Compass Group replaced ARAMARK as the dining management company, however, many have noticed an improvement in campus eateries such as the Great Hall, Marketplace, Trinity Cafe, Chick-fil-A and Subway. Kernel Dawkins, vice president of campus services, said these improvements reflect clearer priorities in Compass’ contract, which was accompanied by a sl-million increase in the dining budget. “We intended Compass to invest in higher quality food products and better dining and food options,” he said. “They, as a result, were less pressured by financial concerns than ARAMARK was.”

Dining on East and West Dawkins said attendance at the Great Hall has stayed the same, but the number of Marketplace diners has risen partly due to an increase in upperclassmen dining on East Campus. Junior Gaston Rauch said he could not see a difference at the Great Hall this year, as compared to last. “As far as quality goes, no one really raves about it, but no one really complains either,” he said.

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Since the switch from ARAMARK to Compass, students say they havenoticed improvements in service andfood.

Sophomore Andrew Berdy, East Campus consultant for the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee, said students should understand there is always a temporary adjustment period when new providers come to the University. He also explained that the Marketplace’s improvements have been more pronounced because the Great Hall was already a good vendor last year.

“It was hard to [improve] as drastically,” Berdy said. Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, said comparing Compass’ performance in the Great Hall to the Marketplace is difficult because the two are very distinct dining programs. Two subsidiaries Compass—

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke about Duke’s emergency response system and Jo Rae Wright, dean of the Graduate School, reported on the future of the school at the Academic Council’s meeting Thursday. Paul Haagen, chair of the council and professor of law, said he asked Trask to speak about Duke’s preparation for “extraordinary safety-related events,” in light of the massacre at Virginia Tech Monday. Duke has the plans, equipment and notification systems in place to respond to emergencies, Trask said. He added, however, that a response system alone may not have been able to prevent the tragedy. “In the current circumstances, I can assure you we have taken all prudent preparatory steps to deal with the circumstances,” Trask said. He added it is impossible for the University to notify everyone instantly in the case of an emergency. “We don’tknow ofany communication systems that can get a message to 27,000 people in three minutes,” Trask said. He also noted that although the electronic door locks can be instantly disabled, there is no way of instantaneously restricting entry to Duke’s campus. “We don’t even control access to our campus... there are almost 20 different roads anyone could ride down to get into Duke,” Trask said. Some members asked why no mass

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Darfur monologues look to educate Prof honored for by

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A number of Duke student groups gather on the plaza Thursday afternoon to raise awareness on campus of the genocide crisis in Darfur.

Students on their way to the Bryan Center yesterday heard something differentfrom the usual shouts of tablers and music from boom boxes, as speakers on the West Campus Plaza read monologues from Darfur for passers-by. As a part of Student Action Day for Darfur—a campaign organized by the Duke Darfur Coalition to encourage student activism—students and professors read testimonials written by those involved with the genocide crisis. “The point is to bring Darfur to Duke,” said senior Chloe Chien, who organized the event. “I know people have been very upset about the [Virginia Tech] shootings because it’s so close to home. I hope that people will find it equally unacceptable for senseless killings many, many miles away.” The coalition consists of 11 student groups, who came together to plan the event, which also included tables where students signed petitions and wrote letters to representatives and senators about Darfur. SEE DARFUR ON PAGE 5

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Successfully raising eight kids would seem enough to qualify anyone

for an award in child care—but some could say for 51 years, Dr. SamuelKatz has taken care of thousands of other children around the world. Katz, Wilburt Cornell Davison professor and chairman emeritus of the department of pediatrics at W Duke University Medical Center, is Samu '"uel Katz one of the primary developers of the measles vaccine that has nearly eradicated the disease. For this and many other accomplishments, Katz was SEE KATZ ON PAGE 6

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Attorney General Alberto Gonzales struggled Thursday to convince skepdcal senators he did nothing improper in firing eight federal prosecutors, losing ground as a second senator from his own partyjoined the calls for his resignation. Republican as well as Democratic lawmakers challenged the embatded attorney general during an often-bitter five-hour hearing before the Judiciary Committee. Lawmakers confronted Gonzales with documents and sworn testimony they said showed he was more involved in the dismissals than he contended.

“The best way to put this behind us is your resignation,” Sen. Tom Coburn ofOklahoma blundy told Gonzales, one GOP conservative to another. Gonzales disagreed, rejecting the idea that his departure would put the controversy to rest. Even with the White House offering fresh support, it was a long day for the attorney general. Seventy-one times he fell back on faulty memory, saying he could not recall or remember conversations or events surrounding the firings. During breaks in the hearing, sign-waving protesters rose from the audience calling for him to resign. Digging in as the day wore on, Gonzales

defended his decision last year to oust the U.S. attorneys. Congress is investigating whether the firings were politically motivated, which the George W. Bush administration vehemently denies. “The notion that there was something that was improper that happened here is simply not supported,” Gonzales said, adding that he would make the same decisions again. Late Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions said in a telephone interview that the Justice Department might be better served with new leadership. SEE GONZALES ON PAGE 8

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McLEAN, Va. A judge’s ruling on Cho Seung-Hui’s mental health should have barred him from purchasing the handguns he used in the Virginia Tech massacre, according to federal regulations. But it was unclear Thursday whether anybody had an obligation to inform federal authorities about Cho’s mental status because of loopholes in the law that governs background checks. Cho purchased two handguns in February and March, and was subject to federal and state background checks both times.

The background checks turned up no problems, despite a judge’s ruling in December 2005 that Cho “presents an imminent danger to himself as a result of mental illness.” “On the face of it, he should have been blocked under federal law,” said Denis Henigan, legal director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The 23-year-old South Korean immigrant was evaluated by a psychiatric hospital after he was accused of stalking two women and photographing female students in class with his cell phone. His violence-filled writings were so dis-

Curbing that professors begged him to get counseling. The language of the ruling by Special Justice Paul Barnett almost identically tracks federal regulations from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Those rules bar the sale of guns to individuals who have been “adjudicated mentally defective.” The definition outlined in the regulations is “a determination by a court... or other lawful authority that a person as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness... is a danger to himself dr to others.” ,

A suicide bomber kilted 12 people in Baghdad Thursday, a day after more than 230 people died in the worst spasm of mass killings since President Geroge W. Bush announced his plan in January to increase American troop levels in Iraq by 30,000.

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band abused her, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday for killing him with a shotgun she said fired accidentally as she aimed at him. Mary Winkler showed no emotion as the verdict was read.

Police hunt Ivy League torturer A man bound a Columbia University graduate student in her apartment, raped her, doused her with hot water and bleach, slit her eyelids and finally set a fire before fleeing, police said. Police pressed a manhunt for the assailant in the April 13 attack.

Free surgery ends tragically A 16-year-old Russian boy found a hospital willing to remove his brain tumor for free if his treatment could be filmed for a story about the charitable operation.The surgery left the boy brain dead. Now his anguished father is lashing out at the hospital. News briefs compiled from wirereports

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Gift doubles Asians fear alienation, scrutiny modem art holdings by

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The Nasher Museum of Art has re-

ceived a gift from Blake Byrne, Trinity ’57, that will double its collection of

contemporary artwork, University officials announced Thursday. The gift, which features 26 different artists and includes 37 new pieces of art from Byrne’s personal collection, includes a chair made entirely of erasers and photographs by Paul McCartney. Byrne, who serves as chairman of the museum’s board of advisors, is donating the gift in memory of Raymond Nasher, Trinity ’43 and founder of the Nasher Museum. The museum will feature some of these works through Sept. 30 in an exhibit tided “Collected Identities: Gifts from the Blake Byrne Collection.” This gift is one of several art collections Byrne has helped the Nasher Museum acquire. He has previously donated a piece by South African artist Marlene Dumas and assisted the museum in purchasing artwork by Danish artist Olafur Elfasson.

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Days after the Virginia Tech shooter was identified as a Korean-American male by national media oudets, members of Duke’s Asian Students Association gathered Thursday night to discuss the possible backlashes the Asian-American community may endure as a result of the gunman’s actions. During the discussion, which was sponsored by Counseling and Psychological Services and ASA, students addressed concerns about how aspects of Asian-American culture may intensify frustrations and pressures with which many students struggle on a daily basis. Senior Kevin Fang, outgoing president of ASA, said the event was intended to give students on campus “an opportunity to process all that is going on.” “A lot of Korean students at Virginia Tech have gone home,” he said. “Although they know that the shooting had nothing to do with race, they feel that there might be some repercussions.” The six students present also discussed the national media’s coverage of the incident, questioning their decision to identify the race of Cho Seung-Hui, the shooter, and debating the relevance of this information in attempting to understand the motive for his actions. They discussed whether or not the shooter’s actions could be explained through his cultural and social identity, and talked about how situations like the one Cho faced can be prevented. Some students shared experiences about other Asian-American students they knew who experienced pressures and feelings ofcultural disconnect whichled them to lives of isolation and depression. Gary Glass, senior coordinator for outreach and developmental programming for CAPS, said his objective in helping to organize the discussion was to “provide an arena for things to get voiced that aren’t often voiced—at least not in any formal capacity.” He added that he saw a variety of reactions expressed during the discussion. “If there are voices that if they were

Students discuss the implications of the Virginia Tech case on AsianAmericans at Duke Thursday evening. more heard would further enrich the campus, then let’s create a space where they can be heard,” Glass said. He said CAPS is devoted to supporting discourse with all different types of groups on campus, and that the Virginia Tech shooting presented a need for such discourse. The students, however, pointed to the social stigma many students associate with counseling that may discourage students in need from seeking help. The discussion was not limited to EastAsian students and included South-Asian students as well. Junior Shawn Kwatra, a South-Asian student and incoming co-president of external affairs for Duke Diya, said he felt the topic of the discussion was important not

only for East Asians but for all Asians and for international students in general. Feelings of alienation are not only unique to Asian-American students alone but also affect foreign students of all backgrounds, Kwatra said. “There is a cultural difference, and that cultural difference is something that doesn’t have to be East Asian,” he said. Kwatra added that he felt the forum was a first step on the way to finding solutions that could prevent students from taking a similar path to the one Cho took. “I think the biggest thing we need to do is raise awareness,” Kwatra said. He added that it is important for peers to be able to recognize when others are suffering or isolated.

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Developments in technology may be the answer to the deficiency in higher education John Brown, former chief scientist of the Xerox Corporadon and current visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, explored the impact of technology on education in his speech “The Social Life of Learning in the Net Age” at the Nasher Museum of Art Thursday night. “Over 30 million people in the world are qualified to enter a university but have no available place to go,” Brown said. He noted that to meet this staggering global demand, a major university must be created every week. “Because we can’t afford to do that, we have to rethink how and where we learn, and how a culture of sharing and participation might help,” Brown added.

The right combination of technology and learning may tackle the problem of informational delivery to the 30 million people who are unable to attend school, he said. Brown listed several transformative initiatives that connect technology with learning more effectively on a global scale. “The Open Education Resource movement started in 2001 when [the Massachusetts Institute of Technology] started offering free access to primary course materials for everyone around the world through the Internet,” Brown said. Many universities around the world have now adopted the open-education ideal, with a large number of universities in the People’s Republic of China, he said. “Universities are thinking about what they’re especially good at and putting those courses online,” Brown said. Technology has also been instrumental in the transmission of scientific knowledge, he said, citing the Australianowned Faulkes Telescope that allows real-time images to be accessed from any school in Australia. Brown added that the field of humanities have also benefited from highly specialized scholarly websites. “The University of Virginia’s ‘Valley of the Shadow’ [website] allows students to dive into a great amount of Civil War material right online,” he said. Brown noted another contribution of technology to learning comes from the open-source movement, a practice that encourages public contribution to software development. Open-source communities like Linux a computer operating system that allows individual users to modify the program code written by other users—encourages practical code writing that can be easily understood by others, Brown said. “I’m going to argue that thousands if not hundreds of thousand of kids today learn about the practices of [computer] —

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John Seeley Brown, Xerox's former chief scientist, speaks at the Nasher Museum Thursday night.

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Two years after four Duke students became intrigued with the idea of starting a free school supply warehouse for teachers in Durham, their ambitions are finally being realized. Crayons2Calculators, the non-profit organization that resulted from their efforts, celebrated the grand opening of a free school supply warehouse in downtown Durham earlier this month. “We have just so many children that come to school without supplies they need, and our teachers are taking money out of their own pockets to provide for their students,” said Steve Schewel, faculty advisor for the program and visiting assistant professor of

Durham Mayor Bill Bell and Carl Harris, superintendent of Durham Public Schools, were on hand as 40 teachers used the warehouse for the first time to “shop” for free school supplies. The warehouse, located on East Chapel Hill Street, is currendy being leased to C2C by the city for just $1 a year. “We just got a sweet deal,” said sophomore John Mishler, press secretary for C2C. “We really got lucky that the city has this property that it’s not using, and now it’s going to be a benefit to the city.” Schewel, who is also the vice chair of the Durham Board of Education, originally pitched the idea to students in public policy professor Tony Brown’s

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Students and administrators discuss the validity of the legal drinking age at "Thinking About Drinking," a panel held at the Sanford Institute Thursday.

DARFUR from page 1 “We have a petition for a Senate bill to allow state and local governments to

divest from Sudan,” said sophomore Lindsay Adkin. Students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will bring the petition to Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

Originally, students had planned to stage a “die-in,” where participants would lie on the quad to symbolize those who have died in Darfur. They had decided instead to display T-shirts featuring victims’ names,' ages and other personal information, but in light of recent events at Virginia Tech, decided it would not be appropriate. “This day is not so much about raising

awareness as about empowering ourselves,” Chien said. “It’s about taking action.” This is the first year that Duke has held Student Action Day, though there have been other events about Darfur on campus in the past. Many schools across the country also held similar events yesterday. “When it comes to activism on Darfur, Duke is actually behind the curve,” sophomore James Tager said, comparing Duke to other colleges and universities. “The desire’s there, it just hasn’t been utilized yet.” Chien said she did not think Duke students were apathetic, but sometimes they needed a spark. “I think that people do care,” she said. “A lot of people are dropping by and taking action, or even justpausing and listening to the monologues.”

Catherine Workman, a third-year graduate student in biological anthropology and anatomy and a member of the Human Rights Working Group, chose to read several monologues on the plaza. “It’s really easy to feel detached,” Workman said. “I think that hearing people’s words... resonates a lot more strongly than does just reading things. Words are powerful.” Members said the Duke Darfur Coalition hopes to be a continued presence on campus and is also looking to collaborate with other North Carolina schools in creating Triangle or state-wide events. “I hope that social justice will be a priority for students because we have been so privileged,” Chien said. “The purpose of great education is to give back.”

message was sent to the students and their parents after the massacre at Virginia Tech. “We deliberately decided not to send a message to all parents... because none of us really know what to say, none of us know the facts,” Trask said. Council members also discussed if Counseling and Psychological Services has the capacity and strategies to deal with students’ mental health issues. “We need to be clearer in instructions about what faculty can and cannot do,” Trask said. The council also listened to a presentation by Wright on the “strategic plan” for the Graduate School and the state of the school’s finances. She said her goals for the future are like a “three-legged stool” to recruit, retain and train the “best and most successful students.” She said the school must improve its financial support packages, including health insurance, stipends and summer research awards, if it hopes to attract talented graduate students. “Having outstanding graduate students is critical to getting outstanding faculty,” Wright said. “If we aren’t willing to make that commitment as an institution, then we’re in the wrong business.” She said her priorities for the Graduate School next year include recruiting underrepresented minorities, planning the Graduate Student Center and evaluating teaching assistant training programs. Wright added, however, that the funds to implement these priorities are still uncertain.

In other business: Thomas Metzloff, professor of law, Dona Chikaraishi, professor of neurobiology, Kenneth Surin, professor of literature, and Dr. Amy Abernethy, assistant professor of medicine, were elected to the council’s Executive Committee.

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recendy awarded the 2007 Pollin Prize in a weekend-long celebration at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital. The Pollin Prize, the largest award ofits

kind, was established in 2002 to honor one person each year for that person’s contribudon to the field of pediatric research. In 2005, the deaths attributed to measles had fallen to less than 500,000 from as high as eight million in the late 19705. In addidon to creating the vaccine, Katz chaired the department of pediatrics at Duke’s School of Medicine for more than 20 years. He now travels the world distributing and developing vaccines and serves on several national scientific boards. Katz received $lOO,OOO from the award and an additional $lOO,OOO to be given to a faculty member he selected. The recipient, Dr. Michael Moody, instructor in the department of pediatrics, will use the money for his research involving antibody responses in HIV. “I couldn’t think of a better person to win this award,” Moody said. “Several people said during the course of the presentation, ‘lt’s so nice to give Sam the award because nobody has anything bad to say about him.’ He truly is a nice person, in addition to being a great advocate and a great scientist.” Katz’s prize money will go towards forming a Global Health Child fellowship

Catherine Wilfert-Katz—a global health innovator in her own right. Despite strong family ties to Duke, Katz spends a lot of his time abroad. He said his work has taken him to extremely resourcepoor countries, such as Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and most recendy, India. “Our goal has been, first of all, to introduce

“He truly is a nice person, in addition to being a great advocate and a great scientist.” Dr. Michael Moody instructor, Department of Pediatrics

vaccines that are readily available to some nations but not an active resource for poor nations’ children, such as measles and tetanus that are severely life-threatening,” he said. Regardless of their intentions, however, not all scientists such as Katz are greeted with open arms. “Some vaccine programs run into problems in parts ofnorthern Nigeria where some religious leaders spread propaganda information concerning the vaccines from Ameri-

ca containing the AIDS virus or anti-ovulatory agents that could prevent their women from having other children,” Katz said. Katz has also been subject to intense criticism in the United States, when an alleged link was reported between autism and the measles vaccine a few years ago. “One thing about Sam is that he always managed to be above that,” Moody said. “He maintained a very dignified stance in response to some really ugly criticism being put out about various measles groups.” The only thing that really seems to crack Katz’s composure is when someone toys with his sweet tooth. “He loves chocolate,” laughed Dr. Dennis Clements, chief medical officer of Duke Children’s Hospital. “The only time I’ve seen Dr. Katz angry in my life is when I ate the last two pieces of chocolate in his refrigerator. They were Godivas.” Clements, who said Katz was the best man at his wedding, praised the Pollin Prize winner for his continued involvement after so many years of hard work. “He’s an inspiration,” Clements said. “He still gallivants around the world trying to make sure kids get their immunizations, doing whatever he can in making sure to take care of the world’s children.” In his free time—whatever little there is—Katz said he enjoys bicycle riding in the country, listening to classical and jazz music and playing the drums.

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Now, however, employees are very optimistic and have thrived in Compass’ managerial environment, Johnson added. “When I see the vision that they Chartwells and Bon Appetit—separately manage dining on West and East Campusbrought here, it made me say, ‘Hey, this is a new day, and it’s time to put in the old es, respectively. “There are two different companies drive again,”’ he said. “Within a day or two that are presenting food differently, and [of Compass’ arrival], I found out this is a the difference between a la carte [at the different era.” Great Hall] as opposed to all-you-can-eat Freshman Kristen Manderscheid, a [at the Marketplace] certainly adds to the first-year consultant for DUSDAC, said differences,” Wulforst said. she agreed. She said Compass managers have been Compass will continue experimenting with its Great Hall offerings, he added, extremely responsive during all her interactions with them. noting the Campus Culture Initiative’s Manderscheid call for a stronger said she apTve been working at Duke communal dining proached the managers with student experience about 24 years, and it’s “We’re looking complaints about at ways to extend made me step up my an insufficient yohours, dinner gurt supply during ames ohnson more or less to breakfast hours. model the operaThe chef manager, Marketplace managetion of the Great ment then brainHall to East Camstormed and imthe pus,” Wulforst said. plemented now-popular yogurt bar, she said. Marketplace management changes In addition, the Compass manageThe effects of Compass’ new management improved the grill and salad stament style are tangible, said James Johntions by adding a pasta saute and introson, chef manager of the Marketplace, ducing more fresh and local produce, noting the company’s commitment to she said. high standards of employee performance. Freshman Rebecca Yu, however, said ‘Tve been working at Duke about 24 there is certainly room for improvement at years and it’s made me step up my dinnertime, especially with regard to congame,” he said. sistency in food quality. said the food On the other hand, Berdy said stupoor put quality Johnson out by ARAMARK, in contrast, resulted in dents should appreciate any degree of negative appraisals, which ultimately re- improvement. duced staff morale. “When you talk about dining, bad “We were getting beat down by negativmemories are much easier to conjure up ity. With ARAMARK, they wanted low food than good ones,” he said. “I think the costs, low turnover numbers, and of course change at the Marketplace has been... students get kind of tired of it,” he said. night and day.”

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C2C from page 4 Leadership, Development and Organizations class. Four seniors from the class—who graduated in 2006 ran with the idea to form C2C. Now operated by six students from both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, C2C estimates that it has given away approximately $12,000 worth of supplies since April 2006, when the program started. “We don’t value education enough and we don’t often value our teachers,” said UNC freshman Michael Althoff, who will lead the organization next semester. “This program is showing a practical appreciation of teachers. It’s a great mission and it can be applied in pretty much any community.” Previously, C2C traveled from school to school to give away supplies, including E.K. Powe, Lakewood and Forest View elementary schools. “I think especially in light of everything that happened last year... having that physical space in the heart of Durham is emblematic of what good things Duke students —

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Mayor Bill Bell officially opens the Crayons2Calculators warehouse in downtown Durham at a ceremonyearlier this month.

are doing for the city,” Mishler said. The opening of the warehouse, however, is not the end ofC2C’s mission. Eventually, the organization hopes to establish regular hours for the warehouse, during which any teacher from DPS can come to get needed school supplies, members said. “The next step is turning the warehouse into a sustainable store,” Althoff said. “We’re still in that transition.” C2C, whose biggest donor thus far has been Duke University Stores, also hopes to establish contacts with bigger names to collect school supplies and raise funds. “We’re pleased with what we have right now, but in order for this to be a long-standing program... we’re going to try and get the support of big stores like Target and Wal-Mart,” Mishler said. Members said, nevertheless, that they have already made remarkable strides. “I think it’s grown so fast because there’s a huge need and these students have gone out and done a bang-up job,” Schewel said. “What they have done for the Durham community is fantastic.”

GONZALES from page 2 “It’s going to be difficult for him to be an effective leader,” said Sessions, a Republican member of the Judiciary Committee and former federal prosecutor. “At this point, I think [Gonzales] should be given a chance to think it through and talk to the president about what his future should be,” Sessions said, adding that he was most troubled by Gonzales’ inability to recall attending a meeting at which the firings were discussed. Documents provided by the Justice Department show he was present at the Nov. 27, 2006, meeting. Gonzales has provided differing versions of the events surrounding the dismissals, first saying he had almost no involvement and later acknowledging that his role was larger —but only after e-mails about meetings he attended were released by the Justice Department to House and Senate committees. There was no doubt about the stakes involved for a member of Bush’s inner circle, and support from fellow Republicans was critical to his attempt to hold his job.

april 20,2007 GOING FOR TWO

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AN EMOTIONAL VICTORY Wearing orange and maroon ribbons in tribute to their opponents, the Blue Devils win over the Hokies in the first round of the ACCs.

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Duke has established a pattern during ACC play —lose Friday night, win Saturday behind a strong performance from Tony Bajoczky and then lose the final game of the series. Finally catching a break in their conference schedule against Maryland (22-18, 612 in the ACC), the Blue Devils (23-16, 4-14) will look to buck that trend this weekend at Jack vs. Coombs Field and take their first series of the ACC schedule. TONIGHT, 7 p.m. In order to do that, SATURDAY, 2 p.m. Duke is focusing on

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the weekend, which also includes games Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. “Friday night’s a big key—we want to be ready from pitch one to really compete, really put together good at bats,” head coach Sean McNally said. “Coming into a series at home—to come out and be emotional and passionate and energetic right from the get-go—I think that’s the key for us.” In the last three weekends, the Blue Devils have beaten then-No. 1 Florida State, then-No. 3 Virginia and No. 3 North Carolina. Yet they have struggled when anyone but Bajoczky is pitching, mustering just 2.2 runs per game and allowing 8.2 in

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Junior Brad Ross earned ACC Player of theWeek honorsfor his three-goal performance against Virginia.

Young stars emerge for hot Blue Devils

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Taped up all around the Duke locker room, self-made flyers remind the Blue Devils what they have been through and

what they need to do to succeed in the future. “One Heartbeat, One Brain!” On the eve of their penultimate regular seaaPiP fir son game against No. 19 Army (6-5) in Koskinen VS. Stadium Saturday at noon, No. 3 Duke (10-2) will continue to play the SATURDAY, 12 p.m. only way they know Koskinen Stadium how—together. “With everything we’ve been through, we really are a bunch of brothers,” junior Brad Ross said. “Everything we go through, we go

through together.” Suffering from experience issues stemming from the suspension of last year’s

Tony Bajoaky has led Duke to victories over top teams in each of the past threeSaturday games.

More than just a rivalry win will be on the line tonight in the annual Duke-North Carolina game. If the Blue Devils win, they will get a bye in the upcoming ACC tournament and would only have to play two games to win the conference championship. If they lose, they will have to play an extra game against either Virginia Tech or Boston College and then, if they advance, Duke would play another game the next day in the semifinals. showdown is as even as it gets as No. 5 Duke (11-2, 3-1 in the ) prepares to take on ACC VS. 4 North Carolina (132, 3-1) at Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m. The toP °* s TONIGHT, 7 p.m. Koskinen Stadium pretty much the top of the country right now, and it’s a complete dog fight,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “For both teams, the game is critical. With four ACC teams —Virginia, Maryland, Duke and North Carolina—ranked in the top seven nationally, the outcome of tonight’s game and of the ACC tournament will factor heavily into NCAA tournament seeding. The Blue Devils hold just a 10-7 advantage in the series history, but since 2003 they have dominated North Carolina, winning six out of the last their last seven contests. History aside, this game should be one of the best and well-rounded contests of the year in women’s lacrosse.

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season, the Blue Devils seemed to turn a comer last weekend when Ross broke out and scored three goals, including the game-winner in overtime, against thenNo. 3 Virginia. Although the senior class has a strong presence on the team, underclassmen

like sophomores Ned Grotty and Gibbs Fogarty and freshman Max Quinzani have joined Ross as impact players on the offensive end. “You look around and it’s up to you now to make the plays,” Ross said. “Whereas before, you had a role, but it wasn’t as big a role, so you looked to other guys to make the plays. But now you have to do it.” After stars Matt Danowski and Zack Greer, who make up nearly half of the team’s total points, Ross, Grotty, Fogarty and Quinzani hold the next four highest point totals on the squad, respectively. With the ACC and NCAA tournaments just over the horizon, the Blue Devils finally seem to have solved their experience problems. “You never know who’s going to need to be the guy to step up,” Danowski said. “It could be anybody. At this point in the season, we have to trust and believe in each other.” But as Duke takes the field this weekend in search ofits third-best regular season record ever, the Blue Devils will keep another quotation from their locker room flyers in their minds. “Everyone is accountable, everyone has a role.”

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Duke's offense exploded for 16 goals in the team's last game, an away victory over Boston College.

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Donning maroon and orange ribbons to pay its respects to lOth-seeded Virginia Tech (1213), seventh-seeded Duke (IT9) cruised to VA.TECH a 4-0 victoin the ry DUKE -4 first round of the ACC Championships in Cary, N.C. Thursday. “It probably wasn’t the easiest match for everyone to play just playing Virginia Tech,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “Usually the girls wear blue rib-

bons in their hair but they actually wore maroon and orange to show their support for Virginia Tech. I’m glad that Virginia Tech played and that they played with a lot of heart.” Ashworth said he was thrilled his team dominated the match today in singles and doubles. The No. 10 tandem of senior Daniela Bercek and sophomore Melissa Mang came away with an 8-1 win over Jessica Brouwer and Abbey Walker, and senior Clelia Deltour and sophomore Jessi Robinson put up an 84 win over Bethany James and Chelsea

Cramp for the doubles point Robinson, Deltour and fresh-

man Elizabeth Plotkin finished up with three singles victories for Duke’s 4-0 win. “It was kind of tough for us,” Plotkin said. “They have a lot of courage just playing. I give a lot of credit to them.” The Blue Devils go up against top-seeded Georgia Tech (20-4) Friday in the second round. “I’m glad that we able to get a win going into a match against Georgia Tech,” Ashworth said. “We really felt like we had opportunities to beat them last time.”

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After surviving a challenging regular season that included

matches against 11 opponents ranked in the nation’s top 20, Duke will begin its defense of the ACC tournament crown it won last year. The No. 13 and third-seeded Blue Devils (15-8, 8-3 in the ACC) will open play against the sixthseeded Florida State Seminoles at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon in Cary, N.C. This season was expected to be a bit of a rebuilding year for Duke, as four key members of last year’s team were lost to graduation. This year’s seniors, however, have played an important part in keeping a young team in the top 25 for the entire season and earning a first-round bye for the weekend. “[Joey Atas and Peter Rodrigues] have given a lot to the program both this year and throughout their tenure at Duke,” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “They have both stepped up and done an amazing job leadership-wise.”

Friday’s match against the No. 25 Seminoles (14-8, 6-5) is a rematch of March 30, when the Blue Devils defeated FSU at Ambler Tennis Stadium 5-2. The Seminoles caused plenty of trouble for Duke, as Rodrigues was beaten in straight sets and three of the Blue Devils’ singles victories were extremely close. “FSU is a really good team that has upset other teams, so they are actually a very tough first round match,” Atas said. “We are really not looking beyond Friday.” If the Blue Devils were to advance to the weekend, the draw looks favorable. The Blue Devils’ three ACC losses this season were to Virginia, Wake Forest, and Clemson, and all three were all placed on the other side of the tournament bracket. “No matter who we play on our way to the finals, there is no kidding around,” Lapidus said. “We are ranked 13 now, and if we do well here we could be back in the top 10, so we’re as ready as we’re ever going to be.”

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The women’s track team is in second place after Day One of the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in College Park, Md. The Blue Devils amassed 21 points and sit one point behind the leader Virginia with two days of competition remaining. Junior Daina Pucurs defended her tide in the javelin and was awarded All-ACC Honors. Her throw of 154 feet was nearly nine feet better than her nearest competitor. With a personal best throw, senior Lindsey Edwards finished seventh in the same event and qualified for the ECAC Championships for the first time in her career. “We scored 12 points in the Javelin and that got our meet off to a great start,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. Senior Debra Vento added eight team points with her secondplace finish in the high jump, and senior Elle Pishny also earned a point with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000-meterrun. On the men’s side, junior Tyler Clarke is in fifth place after completing the first five events of the decathlon. He will compete in the remaining five events tomorrow . “If he has a good day tomorrow he certainly has a shot at placing in the top three and earning All-ACC honors,” Ogilvie said. The meet continues Friday and concludes Saturday in College Park. -

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BASEBALL from page 9 their six losses “It’d be nice to put it all together on Friday night and gain some momentum going into Saturday with Tony on the mound,” senior Jonathan Anderson said. “And then continue on Sunday and win two, three games this weekend—that would definitely be a plus for us.” Despite facing an easier opponent in unranked Maryland, winning the series will not be an easy task for Duke. The Blue Devils are coming off a 6-0 loss to UNC-Greensboro in which they managed just five hits and failed to find any offensive rhythm. Adding to Duke’s woes is its apparent middle infield problem. Shortstop Gabriel Saade did not play Tuesday, and second baseman Ryan McCurdy—who

filled in for Saade at short—injured his shoulder while diving for a ground ball. Kyle Buder played second base Tuesday, and third baseman Brett Bartles may play shortstop—his position last year —if necessary. “I feel like I can play there if I need to, if that’s what the team needs,” Bardes said. Regardless of their lineup, the Blue Devils will need to address their offensive struggles if they are to take their first three-game series since March 4 and put themselves in better position to make the eight-team ACC tournament May 23-27. “It would definitely be really big for us to come out with two or three wins,” Anderson said. “[lt would] give us a better shot of creeping into the top eight and making the ACC tournament, which is where we want to be —because if we make that, who knows where the season can go?”

W.LAX from page 9 Duke fields a powerhouse offense ranked sixth nationally in scoring, led by ACC Player of the Week Kristen Waagbo and Caroline Cryer. The Tar Heels will show up with an offense that is almost as productive as Duke’s and one that is arguably more balanced than the Blue Devils’. UNC is coming off an offensively dominant win over Longwood, which the Tar Heels beat 24-2 on April 15. Fifteen Tar Heel players scored in that contest, setting team records for goals scored in a game, total points in a game and margin of victory. Duke plays Longwood Sunday at home at 1 p.m. The Blue Devil defense, which has struggled to play up to Kimel’s expectations for most of the season, is coming off of one ofits best and most aggressive per-

formances in Duke’s 16-8 win over Boston College last Saturday. “I really think that we did-a much better job in our BC game playing a more team defense,” junior defenseman Aiyana Newton said. “It’s going to be that much more important that we can really play a solid team defense against [North Carolina].” With both teams fielding such productive units in an intense rivalry game, the deciding factor could come down to the

intangibles. “Because it’s a rivalry, and because it’s a

Friday night and because there are ACC standings and NCAA [seedings] on the line, our main focus is just to play our very best,” Kimel said. “If we get caught up in all the other stuff that will revolve around the game, it would take our focus off of the most important thing, which will be our game plan and just playing well.”

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how The Herald-Sun has detecharges were dropped riorated since it was purchased against three former by the Kentucky-based Paxton members of the men’s lacrosse Media Group in December 2004. In order to provide team, The Raleigh News & ObDuke students server ran a with the best possifront-page artipHitnrml ble local news, cle by staff writers Anne Blythe and Joseph Duke Student Government Neff reporting that the ac- should stop buying the Heraldcused athletes had arrived in Sun for the free newspaper boxes across campus and subthe Triangle. Contrast this reporting scribe to The N&O instead, The Herald-Sun—under with the performance of Durham’s own hometown the leadership of Editor Bob newspaper: The Herald-Sun Ashley, Trinity ’7O and a forapparently couldn’t find even mer managing editor of The one reporter to cover die cli- Chronicle—has consistendy max of the biggest story to hit been out-reported on Durham Durham in decades. Instead, stories by The N&O. Since the the daily printed a syndicated Paxton buyout, die Durham Associated Press ardcle about paper has cut more than 80 a major news development in staff members and received its own backyard. widespread criticism for its covThis is just one among erage of the lacrosse case. The countless anecdotes thatreveal Independent noted in a Janu-

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treatment of local power brokers has endeared The Herald-Sun to Durham politicians; Mayor Bill Bell told the Independent he noticed that the paper “seems to focus more on the positive instead of the negative way of doing things.” However, a city as often volatile as Durham needs a more critical voice, and Duke students deserve to read a paper that takes a more penetrating look at the world. Finally, The N&O has the editorial confidence to look critically at its own coverage in the light of the lacrosse case. In a Sunday column, the

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paper’s Public" Editor Ted Vaden admitted that The N&O’s early coverage “contributed to the narrative of racial/class/gender victimization that the local community and the national media seized upon.” The Herald-Sun, on the other hand, has been hesitant to acknowledge its myriad editorial mistakes. A recent example is a front-page story that appeared in Monday’s paper—the article falsely claimed that racial considerations influenced North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s decision to declare the former lacrosse players innocent. Duke students deserve better breakfast reading, and instead of using student fees to purchase one of the Triangle’s worst, DSG should subscribe to one of the region’s finest.

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I. Stop giving contract employees a rough break. Duke deserves praise for many of its employment practices. The University offers most employees considerable access to its massive resources, whether through job training, continuing education or the many initiatives targeted at children of employees. Also commendable is the $lO/hr base pay rate that the administration instituted two brian kindle years ago. Still, something’s ad astra rotten in the state of Duke employment: contract employees, those workers at separate businesses such as Alpine, McDonald’s and Chick-Fil-A, are largely shut out from these benefits. Despite being critical to Duke’s continuing operations, contract employees are often paid far less ($7/hr for many) and sometimes receive no insurance plans or health benefits of any kind. In the past, the administration has been largely indifferent to calls to extend the pay rate and health benefits guaranteed to Duke employees into the contract sphere, washing its hands of responsibility by saying they don’t control the terms of employment for these workers. That’s an irrelevant objection; They control the contract and could easily demandbetter terms if they cared to. And although maybe one guy ever in the history of humanity has actually been convinced by the “it’s the right thing to do” argument, I’ll try it; Treating contract employees as full Duke employees is the right thing to do. It would boost Duke’s image in Durham, raise employee morale and give the people who brew your coffee and serve your meals a fair break. Moreover, it would honor Duke’s aspiration to respect principles beyond its own bottom line. Building a school that purports to “higher learning” on the backs of low-paid, unsupported workers is just plain stupid. 2. Eliminate the minor annoyances that plague student life. Here I’m thinking of two specific things; parking and the search bar on the Duke home page. Look, I understand that parking is a treasure to be jealously guarded around here, but parking enforcement is and has always been arcane, unfair and often insane. I don’tknow whether the drive to secure every possible parking spot like it’s the Crown Jewels stems from the administration or from Parking and Transportation Services itself, but whoever is responsible needs to understand the enormous amount of ill will they’re generating among the student body. Liberalizing parking—whether that be through lower fines, more lenient ticketing, even 20-

minute loading and unloading zones behind dorms—would go far in improving student attitudes toward their own administrators. Finally, the Duke search bar: Jesus Christ on a bicycle, is there any more ignorant and nonfunctionalelectronic tool in the entire world than this non-searching search bar? This is probably a seriously minor issue for most people, but for some reason I find myself attempting to use this search bar ALL THE TIME, and as far as I can tell, it does not “search” in any traditional sense of thatword. It’s mind-blowing how ineffective this search bar is. If you need facts and information, use Google. Anything to avoid the blighted, purgatorial stupidity of the Duke search bar. 3. Treat people like people, damn it. It’s shocking how little we’ve learned from being put through the year-long grinder of the lacrosse case. Before the evidential tide turned, the defendants were vilified as icons of white male privilege, the sinister products ofa morally bankrupt ruling class. Now that they’re free men again, the pendulum’s swung the other way, and there’s been a rush to hold them up as angelic, wholly clean-cut gendemen. Frankly, both tendencies disgust me. They stem from the same horrifying willingness to devour individuals for the sake of politics and ideology. I’ve never met any of the guys in the lacrosse case; I do know they’ve handled themselves with grace and restraint throughout this whole ugly affair, and they and their families have come off looking a hell of a lot more dignified than their accusers and critics ever will, and that’s all I’m qualified to say about it. To anyone that ever used or is still using the lives of three men to justifyyour own tiny agenda, be that liberal, conservative, communist, whatever: shame on you. To anyone who wondered why students were so ambivalent during the legal proceedings, here’s why: We’ve become so difference-obsessed at this college that we can’t see plain injustice anymore, objective injustice. It has to be “white injustice” or “black injustice” —parsed into categories of race, gender or social class in order to be digested. I don’t want to belittle that mode ofthinking; there’s a limited value to it But when we spend more time on the [your category here] experience than the human experience, we’ve goneway too far. If all of us—students, faculty, staff and alumni—can’t take the minimal time and energy it takes to judge individuals on their own merits, rather than as members of some damn group or category or cogs in our ideological worldview, then we are well and truly lost Despite my practiced cynicism, I’m a wild optimist at heart. I can’t help but think we’ll get better. To crib from Alex Jones, it’s my sincere hope that all of us, at Duke and elsewhere, will “get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit thatrefuses to submit!” That’s it, that’s all I have to say. It’s been a pleasure. BrianKindle is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Friday. This is hisfinal column.

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New ship, old ship

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Wednesday night, or rather early Thursday morning, when I leave 301 Flowers, I stop for a second and just look at the Chapel. Sometimes I stare for a minute, other times it’s a quick glance up before I jump in my car and go home and get to

I can help it, I never tell people my major. Even though I do write for The Chronicle, my major isn’t English—the only major prone to the unique phenomenon in which the majority of the people who regard it as

useless are the ones studying it. My major is philosophy, and the reason I try not to admit that is for the same reason I try not to tell peoPle I s° to ®ukeu It>s b carolina astiqarraqa 9 9 cause when I tell people senior column they either a) believe I am a self-righteous academic who thinks I am better than them or b) don’t think that but can see that I think they are thinking that, and then think that maybe I am a self-righteous academic who thinks I am better than them. And because I’m a philosophy major, I see how many times I can make the “I-think-that-you-think-that-I-think” regression before my mind folds in on itself, and in the meantime, they’ve gone off to talk to someone more grounded, more articulate and more willing to at least put up the pretense of listening to them. A poli sci major, perhaps. Truthfully, I do believe philosophy is an area of study that can be simultaneously more accessible than the Socratic arguments of ancient Rome and more relevant and profound than today’s drug/alcohol-induced musings of adolescents. Here, I’ll prove it. So this guy Theseus has this wooden ship and one day, a plank gets worn out, so Theseus removes it and replaces it with a new one. But Theseus must have had his ship built by the mythical equivalent of a UNC grad, because one by one, planks keep falling off and getting replaced, until finally every board on the ship has been changed. So, is it still the original ship? When I came to Duke, I had a boyfriend, a lack ofconfidence, a set “Future Plan” and an intense hatred for anyone who used “Google” as a verb. I leave Duke without any of those things—or at least, with lesser degrees of those things (“Googling” produces an involuntary wince, at best). Boards have been decimated or simply worn away and new ones have filled their place, for better or for worse. So, am I still the same person I was when I came to Duke four years ago? The poetic, easy answer is no. “No” means that I have a clean slate; it means not having to account for past actions, past mistakes. More concretely, however, “no” doesn’t account for the “/think therefore /am” phenomena. If it could, I bet Theseus’ ship would think, “This sucks losing all these boards—l wish I were built by that incredibly adept ship builder eight miles down the road!” The important thing is that the irritated ship would think in terms of “I”—and so must we. Sure, it’s tough to realize that drunken hookups, pointed comments you shouldn’t have uttered or that decision to major in English will all linger like irritating splinters (or in the case of the hookups, irritating skin diseases) that you can’t fully toss overboard even when you ship out of the Gothic Wonderland. But this means every decision you make is much more significant because it will always define you. Every action taken, no matter how minuscule, has an effect—even if it is just on yourself. Like Theseus, when we want a change, we can just toss one board out and replace it with a better one. Unlike Theseus, however, probably not all of our boards will get replaced—whether it is because they stand the test of time or we refuse to part with them, no matter how tattered they get. So instead of a new ship (an old ship?) we get a mishmash of the old and the new, creating that unique collage that embodies what it means to be a true Dukie—someone who strives for excellence, maintains individuality... and who’s a little worn out from parties on deck. It’s not effortless. It’s not perfection. But it’s the best way to run a ship. Or at least, that’s my philosophy.

Carolina Astigarraga is a Trinity senior. She is the Health and Science editor for The Chronicle. She would like to thank everyone on the staff of the 100-102nd volumes, but in particular Vicki, Steve, fasten and her H/S staffers. She encourages anyone who has ever sneezed, used a computer or had a genome to consider writing for H/S because health and science are important, but best of all, really, really cool.

bed—but I always stop and look up It’s the only time of day that campus is aclex! HdiardS tually quiet. No one is running to catch the senior column bus, or walking to and from class or enjoying time with friends. Those seconds early in the morning are mine alone with Duke. And it is during these short times, while observing the stillness that engulfs a campus usually so full of life, that I am able to reflect on the feeling I have of being part of something greater than myself, something that, like the Chapel, has lasted and will last throughout the history of our University. The Chronicle has, for me, been my tie to all Dukies past, present and future. Though I’ve spent just four short years here, I have been able to assist in upholding a tradition and an institution during its centennial celebration. Granted, recess is not the bread-and-butter of this paper, but every time I see people pick up a paper Thursday, I feel a connection to them. They might never know my face, but my efforts are part of their Duke experience. And maybe, just maybe, the recess staff members are able to inform them about some-

thing relevant

to their college experience. For my very last recess article, I did some research in the University archives about the statues on campus. And in doing so I came across Chronicle articles from as far back as the 1914.1 know that the students who wrote those long-ago articles were part of the same tradition that I am a part of today—the pride of putting the paper to bed, the mock self-importance of college journalism, the passion for this University and using the power of the press to push this place we all love so much to truly be the best it can. And though 20 or 30 years from now, if I have kids who are smart enough and lucky enough to go Duke, they will pick up The Chronicle on their way to class (or at least read some headlines on their iPhone or whatever). It is that sense of timelessness that has fired my passion for this school and this publication. I remember freshman year when I decided to drop out ofrush the first round, my mom consoled me saying, but you can make The Chronicle “your sorority.” And I think I have, in the way that it has been my intergenerational tie to alums and future Blue Devils. Some people earn their Dukie badge by tenting and being a Cameron Crazy, others by being a part of the Core Four, or by achieving something academically. But I learned my real pride of being a part of this University through by a part of The Chronicle.

Lexi Richards is a Trinity senior. She is the recess editor for The Chronicle.

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media coverage of the tragedy at Virginia Tech is rewarding insanity and complicating grief. But

there are 32 families, and an entire university who are grieving. Not sad, not upset, not disgruntled... but GRIEVING. And how we treat them in this critical period will determine how they cope now and what the legacy of this past week will be for them. guest column Almost as sad as the loss of life is that this American culture acts like it knows not what grieving is. You want to see grieving, find any child 10 years of age or younger and watch them after their dog or cat dies. It is not a profound concept; it does not require a degree in philosophy or theological training. It is a natural process, common to all humanity. Why we ignore it or complicate it, I do not know, but to accent anything at this raw moment but the grief of the people involved is to confuse them—no, is to use them and to make their journey more complicated and more traumatic than it already is. If my 18-year-old daughter were shot and killed in her dorm, and the only way it was described by her college president was as a “domestic situation” because they thought she had dated the shooter, I would be outraged. I would wonder why this man or woman was on TV and not acknowledging my loss. I wouldwonder why a famous news anchor is blaming him for police matters (my assumption is that most college presidents know little, if anything, about police work) when I just lost my daughter. And, if the task of losing my child were not difficult enough, then I would have to cope with the media, stating without any evidence whatsoever, that perhaps my daughter’s life “could have been spared”. Now, and forever, that “what if’ question would dominate me. It was not random or the product of psychosis. It was someone’s fault, or so say the pundits. What would have been a normal grieving process, is now complicated. I was not afraid to grieve, but my grieving may have no end point. As a clinician, let me pronounce, just like the talking heads on TV, that you have no right to comment on my loss. Indeed, unless you have every fact available, know without doubt how and why it happened or I abdicate it to you... you have no right to judge or comment on my loss. That right does not belong to Matt Lauer or NBC or my priest. It belongs to me and my family. She was ours, not yours. Neither your camera, your microphone or your best intentions allow you to take this moment from us. We

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teach doctors in training how to deliver “bad news.” We have learned that such moments belong to patients and families, not to us. And that our simple presence there, however silent, is more powerful than our explanations of physiology or what went wrong. Cannot we just say “let us let the grieving begin” and we can sort out the details when all of the data are in... and the facts are known? Can we not just let the students at Virginia Tech and the families, just tell us about the people they lost. Who were they? What were they like? How do you want us to remember them? This would be the line of questioning that would let any healing have any chance of taking hold. Can we not simply acknowledge that this moment is theirs, not ours or that of the media? Who was not touched by the dad being interviewed who said at the end of the segment that his daughter’s body had not yet been released to him or his family, and that they wanted to see her. The interviewer asked him what he would do if he could see his daughter, almost puzzled by why this guy was asking to “see my daughter.” He responded, “so that I can kiss her face.” Is that not grieving? Is that not how this man will cope and heal over time? Do we not instinctively know what he is saying? Of course we do, and parents all over America hugged and kissed their children this week. How many phone calls did Duke students receive from parents this week? For some reason, we often wait to express our feelings for one another at the end, on the “death bed,” but this man’s open grief spurred us to action in the moment. Indeed, “why wait?” This should not just be the purview of doctors, chaplains and counselors. This belongs to all of us, all of humankind. Put grief on the front page, and let the culture ofblame do its bidding on the back pages, whether it is Virginia Tech or Iraq. Wherever there is loss of life, particularly of the magnitude of this past Monday or every Monday in Iraq, let us learn how to grieve and how to allow the families involved to grieve. Do not ask me who is to blame, or whether my child could have been spared. Ask me who my child was and then just sit there and be quiet. I will share with you that I need to kiss my child one more time. I will grieve. Do not let the media, however well intentioned, teach you how not to grieve. You already know how.

Anthony Galanos, Trinity 75, works at Duke University Medical Center in the Department of Medicineand the Palliative Care Service.

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Mandy Carter is a self-described “out southern black lesbian social justice activist”. She has worked in multi-racial and multi-issue grassroots organizing for the last 39 years. In December 2005, Mandy wrapped up a three-year term as the Executive Director ofthe Durham, North Carolina based Southerners On New Ground (SONG). Founded in 1993, SONG’s purpose is to build progressive movement across the South by developing transformative models of organizing that connect race, class, culture, gender, and sexuality identity. Specifically, SONG integrates work against homophobia into freedom struggles in the South. In June 2005, Mandy was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part ofthe “1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005” in order to recognize, make visible and celebrate the impressive and valuable, yet often invisible peace work ofthousands of women around the world. In December 2003, Mandy became a founding board member of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC). NBJC is the only national civil rights organization of concerned black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and our allies dedicated to fostering equality by fighting racism and homophobia.

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