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It was the best ofThe Times, it was the of The Times. Often regarded as a national newspaper of record, The New York Times has recendy come under fire for its coverage of the Duke lacrosse case. In the year since the story first broke, The Times has been criticized for printing news with a slant favoring Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong and for drawing out the amalgam of sex, race and class issues that contributed to the case’s prominent position in the national spodight. “I think The Times’ coverage was heartbreaking,” said Daniel Okrent, who served as the first public editor of The Times from Ocnews tober 2003 to May 2005. “I understand why they analysis jumped on the story when vhe thiey did. but it showed everything that’s wrong with American journalism.” The newspaper began its coverage of the case last year with a front-page article March 29, and continued to publish more than 20 articles within the next two weeks and more than 100 articles to date. “Here was a story thatfit a template that they recognized and thought was a productive one... a story about privilege, a story about town and gown, a story about how race is handled in America,” said Jack Shafer, editor at large for Slate.com and author of several articles criticizing The Times’ coverage of the case. After the March 29 article, The Times maintained coverage on the sports pages and inside news pages until a highly criticized 5,600-word article by Duff Wilson and Jonathan Glater ran Aug. 25 as The worst

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DuffWilson (right)received criticismfor a lengthy article on lacrosse that he cowrote for the NYT inAugust, 2006. Times’ lead story. In an August article for Slate.com Stuart Taylor, a columnist for the National Journal and a former Times reporter, said Wilson and Glater’s piece “highlights every superficial incriminating piece of evidence in the case, selectively omits important exculpatory evidence and reports hotly disputed statements... as if they were established facts.” He also criticized the article for relying heavily for evidence on a 33-page report by Sgt. Mark Gotdieb and three pages of handwritten notes that had been made exclusive to The Times. Gotdieb wrote the notes after the initial investigation and told defense lawyers he was “relying... on his

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to write a chronological report of the investigation, The Times reported. “[lt] was the worst single piece of journalism I’ve ever seen in long form in a newspaper,” Taylor said in an interview with The Chronicle. He added that many of the paper’s articles—most of which were written by Wilson—were pro-Nifong and downplayed much of the defense’s evidence. “About the time Nifong dropped the rape charges [Dec. 22], they brought in a more serious reporter, and their coverage began to sound more like a newspaper and less like a propaganda organ for a transparendy abusive prosecutor,” Taylor added. SEE NYT ON PAGE 8

As the nation’s primaries for the 2008 presidential election approach, a number of Duke faculty and staff have offered their support to candidates financially—and all have leaned to the political left in their contributions. Four Democratic candidates—Sen. Barack Obama, D-111., Sen. Joe Biden, DDel., former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson—received donations from University faculty and staff during the primaries, according to figures collected by the Federal Election Commission through March 31. Several faculty BJ members who donated said that although they hope their preferred candidate H will win, they plan to sup- W it port any Democratic § nominee who wins the primary. “To be frank, once we move out of the primaries I will pick another Democratic candidate to give financial support to,” said Fred Schachat, associate professor of cell biology. Obama received the most support with five faculty donors committing at least $2OO to his campaign so far, according to the FEC. Edwards received donations from two members of the *

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Group helps build networks, business sense by

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The Network for Future Executives may be the only organization on campus that hosts a charity pub crawl one night and sells Thai paper lanterns to decorate dorm rooms the next—all while helping students secure internships at Goldman Sachs. Launched in Fall 2006, NFE aims to gather Duke’s most talented, driven and business-minded students and prepare them to be leaders both at Duke and in their careers,

NFE members have launched five initiatives this summer, including Dorm Craft, Drink for Durham and Bus Tracker.

said NFE President Collin Walter, a senior. “We’re not just developing our members into banking machines,” said senior Jonathan Schafler, NFE’s executive vice president “We’re developing them into leaders, people who are comfortable solving challenges in the business world.” Along with Walter and Schafler, Joel Rodriguez, Trinity ’O6, and Steve Meyer, Trinity ’O6, came up with the con-

cept for NFE while on the executive board of Devils Delivery Service, Inc. in Spring 2006, Walter wrote in an e-mail. Along with current seniors Taylor Jacobson and Meg Bourdillon, a Chronicle staff member, the group’s founders began developing an organizational structure. “We seemed to all have very similar feelings about what was right and what wasn’t right about the existing business organizations at Duke,” Schafler said. “We saw the opportunity to increase the professionalism, selectivity and the collective commipnent to a business organization at Duke.” Walter said he started NFE to supplement the services offered by the Career Center, which has officially endorsed the organization. “I noticed that there were some things that the students couldn’t get from the Career Center,” said Walter, who worked as a part of the Career Advising Team. “I found that SEE NFE ON PAGE 5

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WASHINGTON A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. “No more will Congress turn a blind eye to the Bush administration's incompetence and dishonesty,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a speech in which he accused the president of living in a state of denial about events in Iraq more than four years after the U.S.-led invasion. President George W. Bush, confident of

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tell those who wear the uniform how to do theirJob,” he told reporters in the Oval Office as he met with his top Iraq commander, Gen. David Petraeus. Taken together, the day's events marked the quickening of a confrontation that has been building since Democrats took control of Congress in January and promised to change policy in a war has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 U.S. troops. Congressional negotiators for the House and Senate met in late afternoon

and ratified the details of the legislation. Republicans voiced opposition, but made no attempt to delay or even seek changes. “We all know this bill is going nowhere fast,” said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., referring to the veto threat. “Congress is preparing to deliver a message of surrender just as General Petraeus arrives in Washington this week to brief the commander in chief and members of Congress on the war,” he added. The bill includes more than $9O billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the withdrawal timetable that Bush finds objecSEE

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Nigerian presidential vote denounced by

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A former chemistry ABUJA, Nigeria professor hand-picked by President Olusegun Obasanjo won Nigeria’s presidential election in a landslide Monday, a vote denounced as deeply flawed by international observers and the opposition. Umaru Yar’Adua must now fight for credibility in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, where some 15,000 people have died since strict military rule ended in 1999. Yar’Adua, a 56-year-old Muslim from the north of a country of 140 million people nearly equally split between northern Mus-

lims and southern Christians, has spent most of his working life in academia, teaching chemistry at a university in his home state. Though he favors crisp Muslim robes and caps and presided over a state where Islamic law is practiced, he is not seen as a hard-liner or especially strong supporter of Islamic law. Yar’Adua has vowed to follow the program of Obasanjo, a southern Christian, which includes privatization and opposition to spreading Islamic law outside the north or implementing stringent punishments, like amputations and death for adulterers, in the north.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the 1980sera military leader who was the runner-up in Saturday’s vote, called the outcome “the most blatandy rigged election results ever produced in Nigeria.” During Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary votes and a week earlier during elections for state governors and legislatures, electoral officials could be seen inking ballots and shoving them into boxes. Thugs intimidated voters. The presidential ballots bore no serial numbers, making them easy to mishandle and impossible to track. SEE NIGERIA ON PAGE

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Bolstered by a fresh show of support from President George W. Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sought Monday to move beyond calls for his resignation and lingering questions about his credibility after the firings of federal prosecutors.

Halberstam,73,dles in car crash David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the Washington press corps, the Vietnam War generation and baseball, was killed In a car crash early Monday, a coroner said.Halberstam was 73.

PM rejects official's resignation The top Palestinian security official submitted his resignation during a Cabinet meeting Monday, citing a lack of progress in carrying out his new plan to bring law and order to the chaotic territories. Prime Minister Ismail Hanlyeh, however, refused to let him step down, senior officials said.

U.S.to rethink Sunni barrier U.S. officials signaled Monday that they might reconsider putting a three-mile concrete barrier around a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad after Iraq's struggling prime minister came under pressure from Sunnis and ordered the project halted. News briefs complied from wirereports

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From the classy and elegant Nasher Noir gala to the festive Springternational carnival held annually on the Main West Quadrangle, students have partied all over campus this year. But to throw the on-campus party of the year takes a fresh idea, a great deal of dedication to the project and deep pockets, said several organizers of this year’s big events. Seniors Rachel Weeks and Haley Hoffman, organizers of DukePlays; The Party!, said coming up with the idea for the event was the easy part. “[We tried] to think of the library as a place of history—repositioning it not just as a place of work, but as a place of play,” Weeks said. “[We wanted to] draw attention to the breadth of play that defines our social lives at Duke.” A few conversations with Ilene Nelson,

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“We initially thought that the libraries would fund it, but that ended up not being the case,” Weeks said. “The hardest part was the fact that we were not a student

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Weeks declined to give an exact figure for the cost of the party, but she said DukePlays operated on a “Nasher-like budget,” with the party’s exhibition alone costing $lO,OOO. Although DukePlays was able to use the library space for free, a handful of on-campus venues charge a rental fee. The Sarah P. Duke Gardens is offered at a discounted price of $7OO for Duke-affiliated groups for six hours, and the Nasher Museum of Art charges $l,OOO for the same period of time. Student organizations must pay for all expenses with their own funds, said Deborah Hackney, a senior program coordinator for the Office of Student Activities and Facilities. The bulk of the costs of such parties, however, comes from additional event necessities, including catering, equipment, security, entertainment and decor. Although the organizers of Springternational were able to use the West Campus Plaza and the Main West Quad for free, they had to pay for performers, vendors and equipment, which brought the event’s total price tag to approximately $15,000, said sophomore Charisma Nelson, co-organizer of the event and chair of the Duke University Union special events committee. The majority of Nasher Noir’s $14,000 budget last fall was spent on

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In addition to the costs, some students said it was difficult to find the perfect date and location to host events. “[Planning the event] was the only thing I did this past semester,” said senior Meng Gao, special projects coordinator for the Union, which hosted Duke Royale—a cocktail party in the Gardens. “Picking a date was the hardest part for me because there are so many things going on at the same time.” Once students secure a location and finalize a budget, they must choose from a selection of University-approved contractors to provide the necessary services for the event, Hackney said. Although many of the on-campus events have been very successful this year, some students said they prefer hosting parties off campus. Venues such as George’s Garage have *

no rental fee but charge a cover at the door for attendees instead, said sophomore James Holcombe, social chair of Pi

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When Holcombe tried to obtain the necessary equipment for a barbeque on Crowell Quadrangle, he said he was shuffled back and forth between OSAF and Residential Life and Housing Services. “It’s actually easier to throw something at George’s than something on campus,” he said “All the real work it takes is advertising.” Nevertheless, organizers of large, oncampus social events emphasized the need for the on-campus parties to unite the student body. “Events like Springternational are important because it’s necessary for students to have a space where they can be heard and where they can be seen,” Nelson said. “It allows us to form a sense of

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Yeltsin, Russian democrat and reformer, dies at 76 by Douglas Birch THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW Boris Yeltsin, who kicked the props out from under the tottering Soviet empire and then struggled to build a nation from its wreckage, died Monday after seeing many of his democratic reforms rolled back. The former Russian president was 76. Larger than life during his tenure, Yeltsin shrank from public view following his retirement on New Year’s Eve 1999, and in recent years has rarely given interviews. But the big, bumptious politician with the soft pink features and wave of white hair could be seen again Monday in file footage on Russian television. President Vladimir Putin spoke to the nation four hours after the announcement of Yeltsin’s death to praise briefly Russia’s first freely elected president as a man “thanks to whom a whole new epoch has started.” ‘‘New democratic Russia was born, a free state open to the world; a state in which power truly belongs to the people,” Putin said. Yeltsin will be buried Wednesday in Moscow’s historic Novodevichy cemetery, the resting place of such diverse figures as writer Anton Chekhov and former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Putin postponed his annual state of the state address from Wednesday to Thursday in deference. Yeltsin was, according to Andrew Kuchins of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, “a revolutionary leader at a revolutionary moment,” a reformer who batded the Communist Party from the inside, an exultant wrecker of the U.S.S.R.’s totalitarian regime. But as president of Russia, he seemed too willing to use force, too tolerant of corrupdon, too eager to trust his gut—even when it led to disaster. He stood on top of a tank during the 1991 coup attempt by Communist hardliners like a big game hunter celebrating his kill, but two years later, he ordered tanks to shell upstart members of parliament. He broke up the old Soviet Union, but then invaded Chechnya when the region joined the rush for in-

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U.S. President Bill Clinton (right) wipes away tears of laughter October 23,1995 as heleans on Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who passed away Monday in Moscow. He abolished the old KGB, but then named a KGB veteran —Putin —as his heir apparent. But what angered many Russians was how Yeltsin the crusader against Soviet corruption presided over a fire sale of state-owned industries to Kremlin insiders, a move which created a small cadre of Russian billionaires overnight. Meanwhile, during his tenure, many ordinary Russian citizens saw their savings wiped out, their jobs evaporate, the society their parents and grandparents had created disintegrate. “He was one of us,” said Galina Alexandrovna, a Moscow resident, recalling the heady days after the Soviet collapse. “When we elected him, we all shouted,

‘Hurrah for Boris Yeltsin,’ but then Russia started selling itself off and we the simple people didn’t like what was happening.” Perhaps frustrated by Russia’s stumbling out of the gate after the Soviet era, Yeltsin increasingly concentrated power in his own hands—and finally handed the president’s enormous powers over to Putin, whose loyalty impressed Yeltsin. After Putin took power, he was careful to cultivate the image of the anti-Yeltsin. The second Russian president always appears sober, where Yeltsin often was not; Putin is decisive where Yeltsin waffled, firing Cabinet after Cabinet. And Putin appears calculating where Yeltsin could be spontaneous, to the point of being impulsive.

Yeltsin’s greatest moments, in fact, came during fitful flashes of inspiration and surges ofenergy. From atop the tank, he led resistance to the attempted coup against Gorbachev in August 1991, and spearheaded the peaceful end of the Soviet state on Dec. 25 of that year. 11l with heart problems, and facing possible defeat by a Communist challenger in his 1996re-election bid, Yeltsin somehowsprinted through the final weeks of the campaign. The challenge transformed the shaky convalescent into a spry, dancing candidate. When he boogied onstage with two miniskirted women during that campaign, some Russians laughed, while others rolled their eyes.

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In the United States, which counts on Nigeria as a top supplier of oil, the White House expressed concern about reports of election irregularities. “Obviously, there is a lot of tension there and we hope that people can remain calm, and if they’re going to protest, do so peacefully,” said Dana Perino, the White House deputy press secretary. “Based on the reports that we have seen, these were flawed elections and in some cases deeply flawed elections,” said State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack. Yar’Adua rejected the rigging allegations as not “based on fact.” But he sought reconciliation with the opposition candidates. “I have extended a hand of friendship to all my colleagues who contested with me,” he said in a nationally televised news conference. Oil prices rose Monday, in part because of concern about Nigeria. Still, widespread and immediate violent reaction appeared unlikely: While Nigerians are frustrated with the state of their democracy, fear of security forces was likely to mute any response. Electoral Commission Chairperson Maurice Iwu said Yar’Adua won approximately 24.6 million votes, more than three times the number garnered by Buhari. Some 61 million Nigerians registered to vote. Iwu gave no turnout figures. In a nationwide address ahead of Monday’s announcement of the election results, Obasanjo accused the political opposition of “fanning the embers of hate” and engaging in “outright subversive activities.”

tionable and billions of dollars in domestic spending that he also has threatened to veto. Overall, the bill totals $124.2 billion. Democratic aides said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reid hope to clear the measure through both houses by Friday and sendit to Bush by early next week for his expected veto. The Democratic leaders have not said whether they will attempt to override the veto in what would be a largely symbolic act given the number of Republicans who have said they will back the president. There is far less certainty about the next steps in the historic wartime confrontation between Congress and commander in chief. Reid and other Democrats have said repeatedly they will not leave the troops without the funds they need, but they have not said whether they will first force Bush to veto at least one more bill before sending him legislation he finds acceptable. In his remarks, Reid criticized Bush and called Vice President Dick Cheney the president’s “chief attack dog,” lacking in credibility. He likened the president to Lyndon Johnson, saying the former president ordered troop escalations in Vietnam in an attempt “to save his political legacy,” only to watch U.S. casualties climb steadily. Bush, he said, “is the only person who fails to face this war’s reality—and that failure is devastating not just for Iraq’s future, but for ours.” Reid had made similar comments at a White House meeting last week among Bush and top lawmakers, and the president dismissed the comparison with Johnson, according to several participants in the session. This time, Dana Perino, the president’s spokesperson fired back. She said it was Reid who was ignoring reality,

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Okrent also said The Times’ coverage to shift with a Dec. 23 article, which was co-written by Wilson and David Barstow. “Once I saw David Barstow’s name on it, I thought, now they’re going to try to make up for it because David Barstow is their gold standard,” Okrent said. “It was, ‘Let’s bring in the one guy who will get everything absolutely right.’” He added, however, that editors—and not writers—are ultimately responsible for the articles in the newspaper and that editorial decisions about article assignments and placements were at fault for propelling the story. “If they had run the story on A-l 1 or A-15 on the second story, I’d say the majority of the American public would never have heard about it,” Okrent said. Times editors have defended their stance,however, saying that the front-page placement of several of the articles was necessary. “The soundness of the news Judgment reflected in the paper’s performance so far deserves a decent grade,” Byron Calame, public editor for The Times, wrote in a column April 23, 2006. “The coverage has been basically fair, I think, with a few miscues mainly related to the placement and the space given articles.” Calame wrote that running the article on the front page March 29 was “controversial, but warranted” and that the articles shed light on “important issues of race and class at a prestigious university” that were brought to light by the case, whether or not the allegations were to hold true. “The article’s restrained one-column headline below the fold on Page 1 placed it gently before Times readers who may not visit the sports section regularly,” he wrote. “I think The Times performed a

A national story But because of The Times’ broad audience and established reputation, it was the paper’s attention to the case that exploded the story into a nationwide sensation, Shafer said. The story remained in The Times’ sports department until mid-April 2006, covered both in columns and sports articles, before the editors made a decision to approach it as a national news story instead. “Not that many rape stories make Page 1 of The New York Times,” Shafer said. “When The Times decides such a story rises to national prominence, the onus is on them to explain why this is a national news story. The Times sets the national

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news agenda.” But The Times’ news agenda appeared to support a moral agenda as well, advocating societal lessons emerging from the issues ofrace, sex and class issues brought to light in the case’s early development, said KC Johnson, author of the “Durham-InWonderland” blog that attracted national attention for its coverage of the case. “The best adjective to describe the news coverage of The Times is ‘duplicitous,’” Johnson said. “The news coverage in March and early April should be faulted for accepting the Nifong line basically hook, line and sinker and making a morality tale of the case, drawing broad lessons of college athletes at the time when the facts of the case were really unclear.” Times sports columnists Selena Roberts and Harvey Araton —who began writing about the story early in the case’s development—were also widely blamed for rushing to judgment, printing in their opinion pieces what Taylof called “vicious, hatefilled attacks on the lacrosse players,” and

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flaw in the article that has overshadowed whatjohnson described in his blog as “outother worthwhile aspects of the story,” rageous writings Calame wrote in the columiL But even as criticisms ofThe Times’ covHe also cited an e-mail from Times Exerage began to emerge, the paper continued to provide coverage in the same vein. ecutive Editor Bill Keller, who wrote that “A lot of people think The New York the August article presented Nifong’s eviTimes is a bible of what really happened,” dence but also raised doubts about his case. “At the time, we were trying to give suffiTaylor said. “I think an awful lot of people have been misled by The New York Times cient prominence to what [Wilson] had excoverage and either didn’t pay attention to tracted with some difficulty—the evidence what critics were sayNifong claimed justified his pursuit of ing or shrugged it th<? case—because off—‘Who am I “The best adjective to dethat was actual new going to believe, The New York Times or scribe the news coverage of information,” Keller wrote. “At the same some no-name critic The Times is ‘duplicitous.’” time we did not in the blogosphere?’” want to underplay KC John Burness, Duke senior vice the major holes in blogger, “Durham in Wonderland” the case... and we president for governdid not want to treat ment relations and our new material public affairs, said The Times’ shifting unskeptically, beof the story from the sports desk to the cause there were serious questions about how news desk—which he said appeared to reliable that evidence was.” Okrent said common journalistic protocome later than at other national papers col includes writing “rowback” articles, in may have contributed to the early problems in The Times’ coverage. which the newspaper corrects the record on an issue they presented inaccurately with“I think the paper also had difficulty because they had trouble figuring out what out necessarily acknowledging the mistake. He, along with other critics, said, howevthe story was,” he said. “For the first few er, that The Times presented too much weeks they had sports reporters, then education reporters, then investigative refaulty information before any sort of rowporters.... It was just very frustrating because back was published, even then not addressyou would hope that if The Times got it ing its alleged misrepresentation of the case. “How do you elegantly say, ‘Whoops, we right it would set a standard for others.” Bumess added that The Times’ op-eds erred here?’” Shafer said. “I still think The and news articles also contained many factuTimes has not acknowledged the role it al errors that misrepresented the University. played in sensationalizing its story.... You “There was one two-week period where don’t need to put on the hairshirt and run we asked for about 10 corrections in The around and get everyone to accept an Times and probably got about five,” he apology —I’m talking about correcting the said. “We should have gotten 10.” record and getting the story better, lighter, *

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Response to criticism Despite the persistent criticism from other journalists, the blogosphere and the general public, The Times continued to stand behind its coverage and defend its decisions throughout the case’s development. In a second column published this Sunday in The Times—one year after his first column was printed —Calame reassessed the newspaper’s coverage, again maintaining its overall fairness but also acknowledging problems. “I found that the past year’s articles generally reported both sides, and that most flaws flowed from journalistic lapses rather than ideological bias,” Calame wrote. He also addressed the criticized August article, saying that based on the evidence it presented and on Gottlieb’s report, the article was “significantly less skeptical” than some previous articles. Calame said The Times nonetheless concluded in the article that there was “a body of evidence” to take Nifong’s case to trial. “This overstated summary was a major

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In an Oct. 16 “Talk to the Newsroom” column online, Craig Whitney, Times assistant managing editor and standards editor, also defended Wilson and Glater’s piece, saying that the article reported extensively on all the evidence presented. He also said The Times’ overall coverage “has had its flaws” but that it has not been unfair or inaccurate. “One test of it is how this record would look to a reader after the case is closed,” Whitney wrote. “I believe that taken as a whole it would look fair and balanced to an unbiased reader, no matter what the outcome.” And as the case closed earlier this month, critics said the coverage became more balanced and responsible overall, but that the initial articles had already miscast the story in the minds of the paper’s readership. “If and when The Times does a big story on what went wrong in the Duke case, unless they’re a part of the story, unless they report on themselves, it will be an incomplete story,” Okrent said. Times editors referred questions to Calame and Whitney’s columns.

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Fire Coach K. Just kidding. Kind of. Basically, here’s what I’m saying: Coach K has gotten too big. He’s too important. Too good at what he does. It’s not good for him, it’s not good for the University and it’s not good for colmk lege athletics. So he needs a bigger job. Like Athletic Director. a ex It has gotten to the point where no one in all of college basketball or on all of Duke’s campus can tell Mike Krzyzewski he’s wrong. Coach K has created his own fiefdom and he is judge, jury and executioner. He is immune to criticism. If I wanted to, I could devote this column to questioning some of Krzyzewski’s decisions on and off the court over the last few years. I could suggest that the talent he brings to Durham isn’t developing like it should, or that his team plays at too slow a pace, or that he hasn’t evolved his recruiting and coaching strategies to fit the NCAA’s new one-and-done rules, or that his commitment to the U.S. National Team takes away too much of his time. But the response to that would be predictable. Who are you to question Coach K? He built Duke’s program from the ground up. Who cares what he’s done lately? And by the way, you snot-nosed kid, what have you done for anyone ever? And in a lot of ways, that would be right. I’m not qualified to criticize Coach K directly, so I won’t. Three National Championships and 700-some wins are enough to earn immunity from my criticism. Krzyzews——

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Last Thursday, Joanne P. McCallie walked into a room where the returning Blue Devils anxiously awaited her arrival. Duke’s newly-hired head coach did not want to talk about her trademark matchup zone or the X’s and O’s of transition basketball. Instead, she introduced the nine players to her husband and their two children. She told stories about her family—which includes a horse and dog. Duke’s search committee hired McCallie for her impressive coaching resume, but in the first 10 minutes with her new team, the former Michigan State head coach was more intent on getting to know her team as people, not players. And after an extended coaching search—which was a stressful distraction for the Blue Devil players —hearing about their new coach’s family and pets w as a welcome respite. “This team is looking for somebody to trust,” sophomore Abby Waner said. “We’re looking for somebody that we can connect with—just to feel that bond, first and foremost. She definitely has that. She has the energy. She has the pas-

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sion. The basketball pact ofit will come.” In that first meeting with the entire team, McCallie asked the players to recite their names, majors and other interests. She learned about the Blue Devils’ personalities before she even mentioned basketball 10 minutes into the conversation. Naturally, though, the players were interested in learning the style of play their new coaching staff favors. They asked the Duke staff to compile fdm of Michigan State until McCallie intervened. She told them that she was not planning on watching Duke’s games from last year, and she asked the Blue Devils to avoid the temptation of watching her. McCallie wants a fresh start at Duke, and she knows that developing new bonds with her players is a gradual process. “It’s just one day at a time,” she said. “You don’t try to force any relationship you can’t do that. You get to know people. You try to learn what makes them tick, leam how to effectively communicate, and then you do that. It’s not an —

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overnight thing. There was a change. Now we just have to work together.” That the players took initiative in observing McCallie once she was hired is not surprising given their active role throughout the search process. The team stayed in constant contact with Director ofAthletics Joe Alieva and Senior Women’s Administrator Jackie Silar. Waner spearheaded the effort, as she relayed the team’s suggestions from its meetings to the administrators. She met with California head coach Joanne Boyle, who was the first candidate to whom Duke offered the job. Abby’s sister, Emily, joined her Monday to sit down with McCallie as part of the coach’s interview. “I guess I’m kind of a pain-in-the-butt with the administration,” Abby Waner said. “I just like to be informed. If our team needed somebody there, then I have no problem being a little bit more outspoken. It wasn’t the fact that I wanted to do it, I just wanted our team to know what was going on and get to know the people. “It was hard because at Duke, you tend to get students and athletes that are very opinionated. We weren’t just going to sit back and passively wait to see what they were going to tell us.” With the search finally over, the Blue Devils are looking forward to spending time with McCallie. They are reluctant to compare her to former head coach Gail Goestenkors, though, as they want to move forward rather than look back at the past. For the Duke players, the past month—starting the week before Goestenkors departed for Texas —was a whirlwind, filled with rumors and daily developments. Now that Duke has nabbed its new coach, the Blue Devils are anxious to re-focus on basketball. They know that in the end, these last few weeks have united them more than ever. “As a team, we’ve stuck together,” junior Wanisha Smith said. “Nobody’s transferring. Our incoming freshmen are still coming. It’s just one of those things that has made us stronger as a team, so we got through it, and we’re going to keep moving forward.”

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Duke’s offense has struggled at times this season, but the Blue Devils always have a reliable player to turn to when they need to get something started—senior Jonathan Anderson Anderson, who hits second, pitches and plays in the outfield, is third on the team with a .331 average -JmsF* this season, and his speed and bunting abilities make him one of vs. Duke’s most effective Anderson’s players. unique skills will once TONIGHT, 7 p.m. again be on display Jack Coombs Field. tonight as the Blue Devils (25-17) take on Campbell (9-33) tonight at 7 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field in non-conference action. “He’s done just about everything for us—he plays great defense, he finds away to get on base, he’s been pitching more of late,” head coach Sean McNally said. “We talk all the time about him being the best hunter in the country. It’s a big key for us because he gets it down, gets it in play, flies down the line, and a lot of times it ends up as a sacrifice [but] sometimes it’s a hit. But it allows us to put pressure on the defense.” Anderson’s speed—he is tied for the team lead with 13 steals—gives him the capability to beat out any bunt, making it a legitimate weapon for him. He generally tries to bunt a couple times a game. “Bunting is definitely a big part of my game,” Anderson said. “I know I run pretty well, and I’m just trying to make things happen, move some runners. That’s just the way I play. Hopefully we can string hits together by me doing something like that and open up some holes and some other guys can get going, too.” With an ERA of2.25, Anderson has also been a valuable member of the Duke pitching staff. He has started four games for the Blue Devils, while also recording three saves in 11 appearances. And as one of only two seniors on the team, his leadership has proven invaluable for Duke. He and Tony Bajoczky have done

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JonathanAnderson is a stabilizing presence in the Duke lineup, with the team's third-highestbatting average. the school records list. After throwing three perfect innings Sunday against Maryland to record his eighth save of the year, Seander moved into a tie for third on the single-season save list and a tie for sixth on the career save list. Seander, who possesses a 1.18 ERA in 22 appearances, was one of 40 pitchers recently named to the midseason watch list for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the best relief pitcher in college baseball. “It’s been a really solid freshman season,” Seander said. “I just try to be as confident as possible, throw a lot of strikes [and] be aggressive.”

a great job guiding the young Blue Devils this season, McNally said. Anderson’s leadership and bunting ability could be key tonight when Duke hosts the Fighting Camels. The Blue Devils will need to score a lot of runs to keep up with the Campbell offense —which was enough to outlast No. 3 North Carolina April 17, as the Fighting Camels won 7-5 in 11 innings. Campbell stayed competitive bn offense in its first meeting with Duke March 27, but the Blue Devils outscored them 11-7. Another key for Duke—if he is available—could be Anderson’s fellow reliever, closer Mike Seander. Despite being just a freshman, Seander is quickly climbing up

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ki knows what he’s doing better than I do. But I will say this: Coaching is a profession in which a man must grow. Since he is being called on to lead a group of men, the coach must always change his strategies to fit the men he is leading. If you don’t believe me, believe John Wooden, whose favorite assistants were the ones who challenged him. The fact that no one is qualified to criticize Krzyzewski means that any change will have to come from within the coach himself. And older men—like the 60-year-old Krzyzewski —are notoriously resistant to change. So for the health of Duke’s basketball program, and the overall athletic department, Krzyzewski needs to resign as men’s head basketball coach and replace JoeAlieva as AD. The timing couldn’t be better. According to the last public announcement, Alieva signed a five-year contract in 2003, so the University could opt to put itself on the market for a new athletic director sometime within the next year. And after the past few tumultuous years, Duke might want to move in a different direction. And Krzyzewski is eminently qualified. Krzyzewski’s focus —as he so eloquently stated in those old American Express ads—is not simply on-the-court success. He doesn’t want his kids armed with a jump shot; he wants them armed for life. Why shouldn’t all Duke athletes be armed for life? As Director of Athletics, Coach K would be able to make the type of farreaching changes that would improve Duke’s student-athlete culture. But it’s not only Duke’s athletes at stake. This University’s athletic department should be one of the national leaders. As last year’s lacrosse scandal so unfortunately exposed, anything that involves

Duke Athletics is big news. Because of the confluence of big-time academics and bigtime athletics so unique to Duke, people care what Blue Devil athletes do. If Duke had a powerful visionary as AD (which Alieva has not yet proven himself to be), this University could help define policies for the entire NCAA. If Duke declared all scholarship freshmen ineligible (citing the need for firstyears to integrate themselves into the larger university community before the smaller team community), it would be huge, national news. If Duke dropped out of the ACC (because it might be impossible for such an academically-challenging school to field a competitive 70-person football team), that would also be enormous news. Even if Duke just followed the lead of Notre Dame and forced all freshman athletes to live with non-athletes, that might send ripples through the college sports community—especially if a respected and world-famous figure like Krzyzewski had his name attached to the news release announcing the changes. Essentially, Duke Athletics needs a visionary leader with the power—both on and off Duke’s campus—to make his own decisions. As long as Coach K is in charge of the basketball team, the AD will have to listen to him. Installing Coach K as AD kills two birds with one stone. Not only does Duke Athletics get a smart, visionary leader that can help fix some of the most challenging problems facing college sports, but that leader will not be less powerful than his school’s basketball coach. Krzyzewski has become too powerful to be just a basketball coach. But he’s just powerful enough to make some real changes to college athletics. So fire Coach K —and then immediately rehire him as AD.

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Student groups' report card include reclaiming the front row of Cameron Indoor Stadium, instituting a reasonably safe tailorganizations’ performances gate and putting a streetlight at this year. In short, an assess- Broad and Perry streets, However, this ment of Duke Stueditorial DSC executive dent Government, board has not Campus Council student life at Duke Union revolutionized and die University reveals that DSC was a success the University, as its most enstory. By contrast, Campus thusiastic rhetoric promised to Council struggled to innovate do. Indeed, it was more about and increase its influence on style than substance. Yet the way that this imagecampus. DUU, for its part, has DSC used rhetoric to miticonscious Lii taken conciliatory steps o and served a significant the effects of its well publistyle z gate LLI cized failures earlier in the year. —to catch the ear of purpose CL DSG’s performance has set the administration. The effective use of public relations the organization on firm footing as a viable student advocacy turnedDSC into a visible, transparent and insistent organizagroup. Although this Board referred to DSC earlier this year tion tied to the student body in as the “perennially underan advocacy capacity, rather Duke Student Govthan solely in a legislative one. achieving Of course, DSC was not free ernment,” the organization picked itself up; its tangible ac- of fault It should operate as a With the academic year coming to a close and Last Day of Classes in sight, the time is ripe to evaluate leading student

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the Council has suffered from a lack of inspiration, sticking to a normal pattern ofLDOC preparations, Midnight Breakfast and the Old Duke Party. Other bigger plans seemed not to exist or simply fell through. Grade: C+ While Campus Council’s year was defined by stagnation, the story of this DUU administration can be summarized in a word; turmoil. In January, the body forced the resignation of the chair of its Major Attractions committee due to concerns about the organizations handling of Cameron Rocks! and LDOC. And in general,

DUU events—the much disputed XL concert, for instance have struggled this year. This Board previously has criticized DUU for a lack of organizational hierarchy, transparency and responsiveness to student interests —in short, a mishandling of its considerable and discretionary power money. We stand by these criticisms ofDUU’s past actions. Yet in recent days, the Union has improved its public relations and demonstrated increased responsiveness and cohesiveness, culminating in the institution of a new streamlined budget. We look forward to a new year and a new DUU administration. Grade: C We sincerely appreciate the efforts and interest of all students involved in improving the University, and we hope these comments offer an opportunity for self-reflection and reform. —

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more horizontally structured body than a vertically organized administration in which power rests in the hands of a few. This year’s DSC instead underused the Senate, while centralizing authority in an inner circle. If DSC is to remain representative of the student body as a whole and become truly effective in a variety of fields, it must expand the base of its power and increase the role of the Senate. Yet this DSG’s legacy will center not on its specific accomplishments but rather on its methods and brand of public advocacy that laid the rhetorical and ideological foundations for a strong DSG. Grade; ACampus Council presents a radical contrast. In past years, this Board has supported the founding idea and accomplishments of Council. Yet if one were to ask a representative student on the Quad, “What has

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bad—about how people change. It was what first gave me the idea, “Look at me! I’ve changed, I’m an upperclassman now.” Unfortunately that didn’t mean my freshman mistakes changed, too. Relient K: “I So Hate Consequences”—Speaking of mistakes, this is the anthem for every one of those hungover Sundays where you think, “What just happened?” It also works for those Sundays when there are a midterm and two papers due the next day and you haven’t started any of them. Stars: “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead” —All of us have had at least one painful experience with love. (Or like. Or lust. Whatever.) But the tricky part about a college with a smallish campus is that you still end bumping into the person over and over again. This song makes it just a litde less painful. Pennywise: “Land Down Under”—Like many Dukies, I decided to spend the fall semester of my junior year getting as far away from Durham as possible, i.e. spending five months by a beach in Australia. This is the ultimate Australian anthem but with a twist. Since perienced it’s a punk cover, it’s them. You may a littler faster, a little with all of agree listened to I These are the that songs dirtier—just like the my picks, or just itself. experience some. You constantly, that defined certain semesters Oasis: “Wondermight even hate wall”—For every and that I only understood once I taste in my a time that you’re think music and actually experienced them. You may little tipsy, and that it pretentious, guy down the hall or just emo agree with all of my picks, or just some. just happens to take bad—take plain taste in music You even hate might my his acoustic guiout pick your is Because tar. But then and think it pretentious, emo or just plain the song that this always who again, bad—take your pick. gets played. knows what I’d Yeah Yeah Yeahs; think about Got A) Date “(I’ve your mix-tapes? With The Night” Outkast: “Hey Ya”—There’s no better way to start a mix-tape than The Tm-going-out-to-get-trashed song. Eve 6: “Here’s To The Night” —The obligatory with an upbeat, fest-paced song. And what better a cangraduation song. But what makes this unbeatable didate for that than “Hey Ya,” which played incessantly throughout my freshman year. Add in a few sexually is actually its music video. In it, the lead singer tinged lyrics and the request to “shake it like a Polaroid tapes a farewell party, seeing it only through the picture,” and you’ve pretty much summed up every frat lens of the camera. To him, the present is already the past —as is the case for many seniors, myself inparty I went to that year. cluded, who began waxing nostalgic about Duke all get Green Day: “Basket Case”—Because we and weeks even months ago. sometimes. crazy But don’t expect me to start tearing up: As long Ben Folds; “Not The Same” I started listening to Ben Folds sophomore year, at about the same time as the music is cranked up, I’m ready for whatever may come. the Union, executing its best concert-related decision so far, booked him to play at Page (Jason Mraz, AlexFrydman is a Trinity senior. She is content editorfor you’ve got a lot to live up to). This song in particular hooked me because of all its talk—both good and recess.

the 2000 movie “High Fidelity,” record store owner and all-around music snob Rob (John Cusack) notes, “A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem.” This is because a mix-tape, or whatever else you might put a well thought-out playlist on, is like a soundtrack to a life—it can’t be finished in five minutes, and it involves agonizing over an a | ex frydilian entire music library senior column and then agonizing even more over an order to it. I myself, as a wannabe music snob (my secret love ofVanessa Carlton and *NSYNC put an end to that ambition), have made many a mix-tape, usually with creative names like “Spring 2001.” But as graduation looms, it’s officially time to put together The Duke Mix-Tape. These are the songs that I listened to constantly, that defined certain semesters and that I only understood once I actually ex*

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places are only truly themselves in moments of exception. London is alive on December evenings, when the glow of open pub doors somehow warms the raw slush and draws in thawing drinkers. On late fall nights, when subway exhaust mingles with burnt pretzel smell, the color of the sky matches that of the skyscrapers, and New York is silver. In Tel ~

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hour spent at cafes between the c l°se °f business and senior column dinner on quiet August evenings. Florence is best after a rainfall, when people burst out of markets and stores to smell the clean streets. And Duke? Idyllic late-March admissions tour weather may be enticing, but it seems far too ordinary to define this place. The fall days when everyone dons light jackets but lingers outside, watching dry leaves swirling around the Chapel steps, are far more precious. Students on the way to class pause, stay outside a little longer, recognizing the transience of these moments on the days when Duke is most itself. Nobody wants to let the warmth slip away unappreciated. to Duke, I volunDuring a year in Israel before teered as a maid in kibbutz guest houses and studied Hebrew in Jerusalem. Every now and then, on a bus ride through the desert or at a hippie-filled beach concert, I would stop, pause and remind: “Hey guys, we’re in 15rae1....” This refrain became one of several things my friends would find to make fun of (collecting T-shirts, a multi-volume journal, big hair, etc.). But I always stood my ground, insisting that if this was the time we would so fondly remember, we’d better damn well enjoy it while it was happening. Back then, eating fresh tangerines on a kibbutz lawn, barefoot for- days at a time, I felt pity for my friends who went straight to the regimented days and library-bound nights of college. It seemed so far. And now, that phase for me too is about to pass. There were certainly days in October I would have given anything to graduate early—l won’t miss some Duke students’ spectacular selfexceptionalism; the widespread commitment to numerical markers of success; smiling, nodding and agreeing to a lunch you and the other person both know will never happen; overhearing strings of conversations start with “Dude!”; people who think their business is more urgent or significant than yours and tell you how busy they are, incessantly. Yet none of those seem as terrible as being the object of the mildly resentful, pitying air that students reserve for young alumni (What are they doing back here? Don’t they know they graduated?). They’ll look at us and have no idea that we had those moments, too. Overnight drives to Destin and Panama City. Collecting redneck souvenirs on those drives. Bid nights freshman year. Face-painting in the line to the Duke-UNC game. Theme parties when every theme dealt with the ’Bos. WaDuke on food points. Filling our fridge with jello shots. B-day parties. Jumping off the pier in Charleston. Wordless library flirting. Cheap European airline flights to visitfriends. Running into people I know everywhere, from a cheesy Prague nightclub to the walkway in front ofPerkins. In recent weeks I’ve marked the passing of time with “lasts” in all the things I do: my last marathon night at The Chronicle, the last Nasher Board co-chair responsibilities in the form of the Nashquerade, one last Chronicle semi-formal (yes, they have those) and a last senior send-off from Theta, goody bag and all. Senior Week, besides attempting to get us all to donate some money, serves to ease us into the fact of our leaving. The University zips us into our sensible coats of experience and credentials, spins us around and pushes us into the snow. And I thought I was ready. Sometimes, when I think about what lies past mid-May, I still think I am ready. It’s when a cocky or insensitive underclassman catches me off-guard by reminding me that in less than a week I’ll be an alumna that the illusion of readiness falls away. Through each of the “lasts,” I’ve returned to a single

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“Hey guys, we’re in college.” At least for a few more days.

Emily Rotberg is a Trinity senior. She is managing editor of Towerview and general Chronicle cheerleader. She would like to thank LAP, KWK, EBP, TGL, DJK, ItfKS, SCP, LR, KWfAOTA, the 301, and especially JMC. See you at home.

do not have to choose between “saving the world” and “selling out.” Each of us has important decisions to make as we prepare to leave Duke—whether for a summer or for the rest of our lives—and the advice we receive often suggests that doing good and making money are mutually exclusive pursuits. Friends heading on me g bOlirdillOVl

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low in their footsteps, literally. Sophomores planning service-learning projects and seniors joining Teach for America or the Peace Corps warn that now is your last, best opportuni-

ty to do volunteer work. Enthusiastic professors encourage you to join their ranks, reminding you that few other careers include research funding and blue jeans. Others, however, strongly suggest you get a job or better yet—a professional degree. Ever since I convinced my dad that med school and law school are not in my future, he has not stopped asking me where I’ll get my MBA. Years of bills from the bursar can make earning back some of those dollars seem like an obligation, not an opportunity. Many students end up feeling that they have to choose between their deeply held ideals and financial security, between serving others and saving for retirement. That perception couldn’t be more wrong. Today’s fast-changing career paths and globalized world offer an inconceivably vast range of opportunities for putting our talents and Duke education to best use, in the service of society. Some of those opportunities—surprise!—come with a decent salary. You do not have to choose between making money and “Making a Difference.” If you want to, do both! Instead of thinking of yourself as “selling out,” think of yourself as “buying in.” I respect the dedication of my classmates headed for years of service in the United States or abroad, for decades of political activism or for a lifetime ofresearch and teaching. We, as a society, need your invaluable contributions, and I admire your choices. —

But not everyone’s talents are best suited to on-theground work in developing countries. If you have been dreaming in double helixes since you found out what “DNA” stands for, a biotechnology firm may have a job with your name on it. If you have every company in the S&P 500 memorized, Wall Street may be the place for you. Choose a career that makes the most of your individual interests and abilities. Do not discount the contributions to society you can make in the field that inspires your passion. The United States—and modern life as we know it—are built upon the successes of innovators and entrepreneurs, of people whose hard work and talent make our world go around. We, as a society, need your important contributions. You, too, are “buying in.” Remember, however, that “buying in” is not a passive act. Membership in human society is your birthright, but productive membership is your responsibility. “Buying in” means not only making the most of your gifts but also taking advantage ofyour individual talents and resources to give back to your community. Take on some cases pro bono. Mentor an at-risk teen. Starting with your first paycheck, make philanthropy a lifelong habit. You are not “selling out”—as long as you are striving, in your work and outside of it, to make our world a better place. Make a name for Duke graduates in charity and commerce alike, and everyone will benefit from your efforts. As the academic year draws to a close, students breathe a collective sigh of relief. Yet leaving Duke brings another hard but deeply rewarding challenge: sharing what we have learned here with the world. Wherever you are headed, good luck! The wealth of intelligence and potential I have seen in my fellow students never ceases to amaze me. Just imagine what a contribution we could make if we all capitalize on our unique gifts by truly “buying in.”

Meg Bourdillon is a Trinity senior. She is a long-time University staff uniter and current senior editor for The Chronicle.

letterstotheeditor VaTech tragedy shines light on gun control The tragedy that occurred a few days ago in Blacksburg, Va., is an event that few of us will ever forget. Thirty-two people, two guns. Legally bought, background checks and all. Even with the laws properly followed, guns still led to more violence, pain and despair. The solution is drastic but obvious. These true weapons of mass destruction need to be banned. Every day, hundreds die■from botched robberies, jealous lovers or deranged strangers all made relevant by the barrel of a 9mm. The second amendment that protects this “right” to bear death is outdated at best. If far right-wing conservatives really want to be pro-life, they should first look in their living rooms. The weapons of mass destruction aren’t 10,000 miles away. They are in millions of living rooms, offices and cars throughout America. Daniel Agarwal Trinity ’O9

Shooting points to need for less restrictive gun laws After the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech April 16, the anti-Second Amendment crowd has once again reared its ugly head. -The usual

claims of guns causing violence and the necessity to ban personal ownership have come out. But what if one person, a student, a professor, the RA in the dorm, had been carrying a gun? Would dozens of lives have been spared? The state of Virginia’s legislature had a bill pro-

posed last year, HB 1572, proposing that handguns be permitted on college campuses for those persons with proper permits and certification. The bill was shot down in subcommittee, never making it to the house floor. At the time, it was celebrated by a VT spokesman as a stride toward continued public safety. Was the wrong decision was made? Guns are used 2.5 million times in self-defense annually, saving approximately 2,575 lives for each life lost annually according to the Second Amendment Foundation; could HB 1572 gave saved thirty-one lives on the morning of April 16, or even just one? Let’s assume that guns were permitted on campus at Virginia Tech, and that one student or one professor in the engineering building was carrying that day. This coward would never have been able to level a gun on hundreds of his classmates had he known there was the possibility of having to defend himself. What if a student on the hall of the dormitory had a gun, just in the room for protection? Certainly the first two gunshots, would have been heard and within a minute of the start of a rampage, 31 lives could have been saved. All it would take is one person, carrying one gun. No gun law could stop people who want to get guns from getting them any better than our current drug laws work. Perhaps the gun laws thatneed arguing against are the gun laws that limit us, not the laws that protect us. Danny Mistarz Pratt ’O9

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