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When students returned to the Great Hall this Fall, they found not only new light fixtures, but also an entirely new management group. In July, the operation of West Campus’ main dining area switched hands from Chartwells to Bon Appetit, said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. Both are branches of Compass Group. The eatery is now open Monday through Friday for breakfast between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m., for lunch between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and for dinner between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. On the weekend it is closed except for Sunday night, when Sitar Indian Palace will cater an all-you-can-eat buffet, Wulforst said. Last year, breakfast ended later, lunch began later and the Great Hall served Sunday brunch. Sitar also provided food on Tuesdays and Thursdays in addition to the normal menus. The changes come after students responded favorably to the first year of Bon Appetit’s service at the Marketplace. “There were so many comments on the success on East [Campus],” he said. “I thought the upperclassmen also deserved a higher standard.” One of the more noticeable changes was the replacement of the refrigerated drinks and prepackaged items with an expansive salad bar. SEE DINING ON PAGE 9

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A student taped a romantic message to seniorLauren Jones outside the Bryan Center Monday.

Lauren Jones is loved. Passers by on the West Campus Plaza could see the amorous message plastered in blue scotch tape across the stone walkway just outside the doors of the Bryan Center. “I love you Lauren Jones! -A.,” read the message written byjones’ boyfriend, junior Alex Ahearn, The message was Aheam’s birthday present to his girlfriend, a senior, who is currentiy in Argentina. He wanted her to be able to see the message via the Plaza webcam, which broadcasts real-time footage of the Plaza on the Office ofStudent Activities and Facilities’ Web site. Ahearn said he came up with the idea after the Argentinian mail system failed to deliver a calendar he attempted to send his girlfriend last February. Aheam, who has used the ePrint system to send love messages in the past, said he thought the Plaza webcam provided the perfect medium to SEE JONES ON PAGE 9

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Bon Appetit took over dining servicesfrom Chartwells for Compass Group in the Great Hall this Fail.

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SoCal suffers extreme heat

Deb Riechmann

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President AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq GeorgeW. Bush raised the possibility Monday of U.S. troop cuts in Iraq ifsecurity continues to improve, traveling here secretly to assess the war before a showdown with Congress. The president was joined by his war cabinet and military commanders at an unprecedented meeting in Iraq over eight hours at this dusty military base in the heart ofAnbar province, 120 miles west of Baghdad. Bush did not say how large a troop withdrawal might be possible or whether it might occur before next spring when the first of the additional 30,000 troops he or-

dered to Iraq this year are to start coming home anyway. He emphasized that any cut would depend upon progress. After talks with Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commandeer in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Bush said they “tell me if the kind of success we are now seeing continues, it will be possible to maintain the same level of security with fewer American forces.” Bush’s trip was a dramatic move to steal the thunder from the Democratic Congress as it returns to Washington with fresh hopes of ending the unpopular war, now in its fifth year. Petraeus and Crocker will testify before lawmakers next week, and thenBush will announce how he intends to proceed in Iraq.

Bush visits Iraq, discusses troop cuts

On Air Force One after leaving Iraq, Bush acknowledged that his comment about troop reductions had piqued interest. “Maybe I was intending to do that,” the president said, sitting around a table with reporters in his plane’s conference room as he flew to Australia to meet with Asia-Pacific leaders. “If you look at my comments over the past eight months, it’s gone from a security situation in the sense that we’re either going to get out and there will be chaos, or more troops,” the president said. “Now the situation has changed where I’m able to speculate on the hypothetical.” SEE

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Felix heads towards Central America by

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SAN PEDRO SOLA, Honduras Planes shuttled tourists from island resorts in a desperate airlift Monday as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize. But thousands of Miskito Indians were stranded along a swampy coastline where the Category 4 storm was expected to make landfall. Grupo Taca Airlines provided special free flights to the mainland, quickly touching down and taking off again to scoop up more tourists. Some 1,000 people were

evacuated from the Honduran island of Roatan, popular for its pristine reefs and diving resorts. Another 1,000 were removed from low-lying coastal areas and smaller islands. Felix’s top winds weakened slightly to 135 mph as it headed west, but forecasters warned that it could strengthen again before landfall along the Miskito Coast early Tuesday. From there, it was projected to rake northern Honduras, slam into southern Belize on Wednesday and then cut across northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, well south ofTexas.

Parts of Southern California sweltered in triple-digit temperatures Monday as a heat wave stretched into the seventh day and contributed to power outages that left thousands without air conditioning.

A storm surge of more than 18 feet above normal tides could devastate Indian communities along the Miskito Coast, a swampy, isolated region straddling the Honduras-Nicaragua border where thousands live in wooden shacks, get around on canoes and subsist on fish, beans, rice, cassava and plantains. “There’s nowhere to go here,” said teacher Sodeida Rodriguez, 26, who was hunkering down in a concrete shelter. The only path to safety isup rivers and across lakes that are too shallow for regular boats, but many lack gasoline for long journeys.

U.N. pushes for Darfur action Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Sudan to "give a push" for a new round of talks to end the four-year regional conflict and mobilize support for the speedy deployment of a new 26,000-member peacekeeping force, a top U.N. official said Monday.

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2 Duke schools offer joint degree to grad students by

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Students aspiring to work as environmental activists now have a new avenue in which to gain real-life experience combining law and science. The Environmental Law and Policy Clinic opened its doors this Fall as a joint venture between the School of Law and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. The first case that the inaugural class, which consists of four graduate students, will work on is an analysis of green technology development and how it can be beneficial to companies in North Carolina. The students will investigate how local environmental businesses can profit and blossom, said Ryke Longest, senior lecturing fellow at the law school and newly appointed founding director of the clinic. Three of the four graduate students are participating in a joint-degree program between the law school and the Nicholas School, and one student is enrolled solely in the law school. The clinic, funded by the law school, will have litigation capabilities allowing legal action to be brought against companies. “One of the premises of the clinic is that we teach by real-life examples,” Longest

said. “This will gready benefit anyone going into service as an environmentalactivist.” In the future, litigation could be brought under the Freedom of Information Act, the Clean Air Act, he said. “We have the capability, both locally and nationally, to impact the way that environmental policy is viewed by lawmakers,” he added. Although the clinic’sinitial class has only four students, Longest said the enrollment cap for the spring will be eight students. The clinic will then include students from the Nicholas School and the law school. “In the future, I would love to see us get to a size of 12 students,” he said. Administrators say the new program will further develop Duke into one of the leading institutions for environmental studies. “The joint-degree program the law school and the Nicholas School offer probably has more students than any other top law school,” James Salzman, faculty advisor for the program and professor of law, said in a statement. “Establishing this environmental law clinic is a fundamental piece in this continuing

development.”

The new clinic will both benefit those who are studying law and also provide Nicholas School students with practical experience in real-world environmentalism, Longest said. “This university is on a course to train the future of environmental leaders that will one day influence decisions made by lawmakers every day,” he said.

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The West Campus Plaza, at an expenseof more than $lO million, has been a popular gathering place for students.

After one year. plaza receives positive reviews by

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In its first year, good things have been

happening on the West Campus Plaza. Those things include Duke Symphony Orchestra performances, open talks, desserts on Thursdays, the luau last week and numerous concerts. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said the plaza plays host to many such events that the previous Bryan Center Walkway, which was tom down in 2005, could not support. And many students also gave the space positive reviews. “I try to attend plaza activities, and in general, I think they are well-attended because the place is unavoidable on the way to the Bryan Center,” said senior Yibing Li. Students said the plaza is an excellent gathering place for eating, relaxing and social activities. Li, who remembers the old walkway from his freshman year, said the plaza is

more valuable to students “It allows more places to socialize and relax than the old walkway, which was simply a tool for getting from one place to another,” he added. Some upperclassmen noted that the year without the walkway was highly inconvenient, but added that they do like the new space. Nonetheless, the high cost of the

project —totaling $lO million—surprised some students who said the money could have possibly been better spent elsewhere SEE PLAZA ON PAGE 10

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After thousands of articles, television spots, interviews and even two other books published earlier this summer, you might assume that everything to be said about the Duke lacrosse rape case has already been said. ,

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told The Chronicle that the defendants and theirfamilies agreed to the interviews on the condition that they would only be used for the book and not the blog. “I got to know Reade [Seligmann] and Collin [Finnerty] very well. I came to really, really like both of them,” he said. “I’d like to say if the case had involved three

ssor of litmember of members who signed the now-infamous ad in The Chronicle in April 2006—in a positive light, overall the book refrains from reducing the story’s “villains” to cartoonish Snidely Whiplash malevolence. Indeed, there is something mildly pathetic in the portrayal of former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong, whose vaulting ambition outstripped the capacity ofhis limited experience, skill and intelligence. Taylor and Johnson’s chimera of journalism, contemporary history and social

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commentary places the now-familiar narrative within a larger context of the authors’ understanding of a long and messy history of prosecutorial misconduct in America, an influx of radicalism within universities and a broader culture of political correctness. Though not swayed by each and every one of the authors’ conclusions, this reviewer finished the book with more than a few things to think about and reasonable confidence that the book was offered up in good faith after a careful investigation, and was neither a work of expediency or exploitation to further any type of agenda. In short, in a case where it seems like we have heard much too much, “Until Proven Innocent” is worth one more

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BRODHEAD from page 1 Conducted by a seven-member panel chaired by Dan Blue, Law 73, vice chair of the Board of Trustees and former speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Other committee members include three Trustees and three members of the faculty. The review is a routine one, conducted in the fourth year of every administrator's five-year term. The committee will report to the Trustees by the end of 2007. The committee's findings are purely informative. They are not binding for the Board and members will make no recommendation on Brodhead's reappointment. •

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PresidentRichard Brodhead wrote in an e-mail thatroutine administrator reviews are good learning exercisesfor the University.

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“[Much of the Duke community is] depressed by the anticipation of another half decade of [Brodie’s] presidency,” Barber wrote. “Time and again, those ofus who hoped he would reform his presidential performance have tried to straighten him out, with no success. His is a kinder, gentler person who tolerates bullies. He is a sincere expresser, but you can’t rely on what he says.” Despite the criticism, however, the Board approved Brodie to a second term before he retired in 1994,said John Bumess, senior vice president for public afiairs and government relations. Jason Trumpbour, Trinity ’B9 and Law and Grad ’9l and spokesperson for online activist group Friends of Duke University, said he thought the lacrosse scandal—and some critics’ feelings that the administration mishandled it—might draw similar scrutiny to Brodhead’sreview. “I’m glad the review is being conducted in a public manner,” Trumpbour said. “I think that it’s a positive aspect that they’re soliciting public comment, and [Friends of Duke] will be submitting our own comments. We were displeased with [Brodhead’s] conduct over the lacrosse case. It’s a very important matter—very revealing in terms of judging his leadership and character.” Blue said he expected that the committee, and public comment, would focus on Brodhead’s goals, including theserviceoriented DukeEngage program and his progress on the Financial Aid Initiative. “Our role is to assess all of the opinions, try to strip the emotions off and look at the facts and make an assessment of what the priorities and goals are,” he said. “Everything that happens during a presidential tenure has an impact on how people perceive that president,” Blue added, noting that the committee recognized that there are some events over which a president has no control. An agreement set forth between the Board and the Academic Council stipulates that the committee should be comprised of four Trustees and three faculty members, selected by the Board and Council, respectively. In addition to Blue, Paula Burger, dean of undergraduate education and vice provost of The Johns Hopkins University, Alan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer of The Bear Steams Companies, Inc. and Young Trustee Anthony Vitarelli, Trinity ’O5 and a Yale Law student, represent the Trustees. Sara Beale, Charles L. B. Lowndes professor of law, Dennis Clements, professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases, community and family medicine at Duke University Medical Center and Sherman James, Susan B. King professor of public policy studies were chosen from the faculty. These different backgrounds will help the committee better assess the University’s—and Brodhead’s—various progress, Blue said. “What unites us is an abiding love of the University,” he said. “It’s very key that all constituencies have the opportunity to respond. We continue to move to greatness only when the chairman is to propel and keep Duke at the forefront of great American—and great international—institutions.”

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JONES from page 1 send a message to Jones instantaneously. Aheam e-mailed his girlfriend with a link to OSAF’s Web site early in the day telling her to check out the Plaza webcam. By that time, however, she already knew about her boyfriend’s public display of romance. ‘Within an hour, she hadhad several friends contact her and tell her about it,” he said. As soon as she saw the blue capital letters, she was ecstatic, Aheam said. “She loved it, even more than I could’ve hoped for,” he added. Jones has been in Argentina since last spring, and Ahearn has not seen her for four months. The couple will not have to wait long to see one another, though. Aheam said he will see Jones when she comes to the Unit-

ed States in two weeks to attend Austin City Limits, the famous annual music festival held in her hometown. The pair met through Duke’s pre-orientation program Project WILD and started dating about a year ago, Ahearn said. Friends of the couple said they were impressed by the creativity of Aheam’s gesture and said they were certain Jones appreciated it. Ahearn, whose birthday is in February, said he doesn’t expect anything special on his day. “I don’t know what she’ll do for my birthday, but she’ll be back at Duke,” Aheam said. “Right now, spending that day with her is my only plan.” He added that the heartfelt note wasn’t out ofcharacter for him. “I consider myself a hopeless romantic.”

DINING from page 1 “I wanted to get rid of the convenience

items,” Wulforst said. “We’re not a convenience store. If that’s what you’re looking for you can go to Uncle Harry’s. I thought

Under a new dining service, the Great Hall now offers an improved salad bar along one of its walls.

it was better to have fresh-made items.” Many students, however, said that they found the convenience items useful assets in their daily rush around campus. “If you’re trying to go to class, you don’t want to go to both [the Bryan Center and the Great Hall] to get what you want,” said sophomore Katherine Chang. Additionally, some students said the salad bar concentrated on quantity rather than quality. “It’s funny how they’re making a big deal of how long and big it is, but really it just starts repeating things halfway through,” said sophomore Brittany Matheson. Employees said they noticed more

students eating the newly implemented healthier options. “The new salad bar is really good,” said employee Emmitt Pettiford. “It really gets

people moving.”

Other students said they missed options present at last year’s Great Hall, such as the wrap station, the make-it-yourself sandwich line and the Sunday brunch. And senior Regina Bell said that in the few times she’s eaten at the Great Hall this year, she hasn’t noticed a drastic change. The new management has also provided the staff with uniforms, rather than the allblack attire previously worn. Although the staff may look more professional, employee Rico Dixon said that his new uniform was uncomfortable and hot. He added, however, that the food has

improved.

“The food’s gotten better,” he said. “Last year, I think it was wack.”

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One of the addedamenities to the West Campus Plaza is the carts for thefood vendors, including a new stand for Pauly Dogs.

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on campus. Executive Vice President Tallman Trask wrote in an e-mail that he believes the plaza renovation project has been a valuable investment. “The plaza has provided additional seating and gathering space for everyone traveling to the Bryan Center or West Union Building,” Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst wrote in an e-mail. “The addition of the elevated grassy platform, the tables, chairs and umbrellas and additional doors to and from the Great Hall and Chapel have all made the plaza a destination spot.” Pauly Dogs Owner Paul Konstanzer, the only vendor who used the old Bryan Center Walkway, “thanks us every day for his cart since he’s able to operate much more efficiendy with his current set up,” Wulforst said, noting that the new carts along with the equipment associated with them cost a total of $lOO,OOO. The carts offer vendors more storage spaces and shade from the summer sun, said Pauly Dogs employee Beth Haskins. “It’s busier this year and there is a lot of traffic,” she said. “I like that there is always something going on such as music to listen to. Even when there is free food on the plaza, it hasn’t hurt business.” Phil Nelson, an employee of new vendor Green Tango, said he loves their location and added that there are already regulars because students seem to know the business from off campus. “I definitely use the food stands a lot,” said sophomore Jing Guo. “I think it’s appropriate for clubs to promote their events there. I also like to sit in the chairs off to the side.” Moneta said the plaza “has begun to do what we hoped” and that plans are continuing to incorporate that space with other spaces around the Bryan Center, such as the new patio behind Armadillo Grill. The staining of the blue stone and the grass on the raised platform is a concern for University officials, Trask said. He also noted some changes that can still be made to further improve the walkway and Bryan Center, including adding a Starbucks and an Asian restaurant.

IRAQ from page 2 Still, Bush struck a defiant note about demands for bringing troops home. Standing before troops cheering “hooah,” Bush said

decisions on force levels “will be based on a calm assessby our military commanders on the conditions on the ground not a nervous reaction by Washington politicians to poll results in the media.” “In other words,” Bush said, “when we begin to draw down troops from Iraq, it will be from a position of strength and success, not from a position offear and failure.” Once the stronghold of the Sunni Arab insurgency, Anbar province now is cited as a model for the rest of Iraq. Violence abated after Sunni tribal leaders and former insurgents broke with al-Qaida and teamed up with U.S. troops to hunt down extremists. “Anbar is a huge province,” Bush said. “It was once written off as lost. It is now one of the safest places in Iraq.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it will take several months to assess whether security improvements across Iraq are sufficient to enable Bush to start withdrawing troops. He provided no details on Bush’s thinking about the timing and scope of any reductions. “I am more optimistic than I have been at any time since I took this job,” said Gates. Bush met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top government officials from Baghdad. He urged the government to respond to progress in Anbar. He also met with Sunni tribal sheiks and members ofAnbar’s governing body. Bush spoke warmly about al-Maliki even while expressing frustration over the slow pace of political progress. “My message to Maliki is; ‘You’ve got a lot of work to do and whatever decision is made in Washington, D.C., is all aimed at helping you achieve what is necessary to get the work done.’” He said he addressed his comments to all the Iraqi leaders at the table but took al-Maliki aside. ‘You’re my friend and you’ve made progress in your recent meeting and now’s the time to get these laws passed,” Bush said he told al-Maliki, referring to a national oil revenue sharing measure and other legislation. ‘You’ve got hard work to do and you know what? He understands that.” Al-Maliki, speaking before Bush’s visit, said he expected Petraeus and Crocker to give his government a favorable assessment when they report to Congress. ment

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Getting better in a hurry What is there to say at this point? What can you say about a team that was outscored 34-0 in the second half, all the while showing the same fatalistic atJfgm, titude as its fans? I want to believe. I really do. I want to be —a good fan through thickand thin. I know these guys try hard. I know I wouldn’t last two days in August training camp. But Saturday’s loss went beyond depressing. A home opener against a team projected to be one of the weakest on your schedule should be a close game, even if it is not a victory. Afterward, Ted Roof and the players were downtrodden—one writerlikened it to a funeral. You almost have to wish that someone would flip over a table or drop a “I’m a f—’ soldier,” just so we know there is some life left in that locker room after, for the fifth straight year, Duke’s opener dowsed the preseason (relative) hype. There’s little positive to take out of Saturday’s loss. Basically, the red zone defense is pretty good and Jabari Marshall is fast. Meanwhile, an offense that returned every starter from last year

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Defense wins championships —Duke senior goalkeeper Justin Papadakis has proven that to be more than just a tired cliche. Papadakis, now in his third year as the Blue Devils’ starter, has led Duke to two ACC championships in as many years and played a significant role in the Blue Devils’ run to the national quarterfinals last season. After logging a 1.16 goals-against average and .671 save percentage his sophomore year, Papadakis improved to 0.84 and .773, respectively, in 2006. And he has not allowed a goal in the first two games this year. His steady presence in the net is one of the major reasons for Duke’s recent success, especially in close games like Sunday’s contest against Valparaiso, a 2-0 Blue Devil victory. “Papadakis is who you want in goal," junior forward Mike Grella said. “[He] is a great goalkeeper to have back there just in case they do get through the back four [in a tight game] In 2005, Papadakis’ clutch play helped give Duke the ACC championship over North Carolina. After playing to a scoreless tie, the teams went to penalty kicks to decide the conference title. With Duke down 4-3 and facing a heartbreaking loss to its archrival, Papadakis made a diving save on Dax McCarty to keep the Blue Devils’ championship hopes

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The Blue Devils'woes on offense Saturday lead to a second half in which they were shut out 34-0.

Although the Blue Devils continue to emphasize the forward progress of their program, the fans Saturday did otherwise A mere 17,251 fans were in attendance at Wallace Wade Stadium to witness a 45-14 blowout against unranked UConn. The student section on the visiting sideline was relatively full, as were the stands behind Duke’s bench, but the north end zone (the closed end of the stadium) was almost entirely empty. Furthermore, a large percentage of students left the stadium at halftime, even as Duke held a slim 14-11 lead. In 2004, when the Blue Devils traveled to Storrs, Conn, to play the Huskies, 40,000 spectators watched a 22-20 Connecticut win. In comparison, last season’s attendance numbers were better considering Duke’s 0-7 home record in 2006. Surprisingly, last year’s opener, a demoralizing 13-0 defeat at the hands ofDivision I-AA Richmond, drew over 10,000 more people than Saturday’s game (27,546). For the next five home games (Virginia, Florida State, Miami, Vanderbilt, Navy), Wallace Wade averaged about 17,000 fans, close to the amount that turned up to see Saturday’s matchup. The 2006 season finale, a 45-44 loss to rival North Carolina, was relatively well attended (24,478), especially considering the game was played while students were away for Thanksgiving. The maximum capacity for Wallace Wade Stadium is 33,941.

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Less fans filter intoWallace Wade Saturday than for the 2006 homeopener. When theBlue Devils traveled to Storrs, Conn, in 2004, nearly 40,000 Husky fans were in attendance.

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Georgia Tech fans expected a dropoff from last season after losing All-American Calvin Johnson and longtime starting quarterback Reggie Ball to the NFL and graduation, respectively. Instead, they got unexpectedly strong performances from their defense and star running back Tashard Choice. TheYellowJackets (1-0) turned in the most impressive performance among ACC teams last weekend, dominating Notre Dame in a 33-3 win in South Bend. The Fighting Irish (0-1) suffered their worst season-opening loss ever and failed to score a touchdown in a season opener for the first time since 1985. “I’ll be honest, I did not see this coming,” Georgia Tech head coach Chan Gailey said. “I did not think we would play that well defensively.” The Fighting Irish gained only 121 total yards —with negative nine yards rushing—and the three points were the lowest output ofCharlie Weis’ tenure. Much of the Yellow Jackets’ success came from their heavy blitzing. Notre Dame’s three quarterbacks combined for 15-of-22 passing for just 130 yards, a mere 4.2 yards per completion, and were sacked nine times for a loss of 69 yards. “We’re going to blitz you, we don’t care who you are,” Gailey said. “We felt like the challenge was to stop the running game to see if [Jones] could throw the ball well enough to beat us.” Georgia Tech, meanwhile, never had to worry about having to throw the ball to win. Choice, last year’s ACC-rushing leader with

1,473 yards and 12 touchdowns, torched the Fighting Irish for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns. Jonathan Dywer also got in on the act, adding 27 more yards and a touchdown on just five rushes. For the game, the Yellow Jackets rushed for 265 net yards and averaged over six yards per attempt while running the ball nineteen more times than they passed. Starting quarterback Taylor Bennett, replacing four-year starter Ball, completed just 11-of-23 passes for 121 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions. “Somewhere, I want to say start of the second quarter, I told John [Bond, the offensive coordinator], John, let’s just keep pounding them a little bit,’ Gailey said. [Bennett] did some really good things. And he missed some throws that I had seen him make 50 times in practice. The great thing is, he didn’t have to go play great today. He could play good and we could still win.” Next weekend could produce similar results for Georgia Tech against Samford. The Bulldogs, a I-AA school from Alabama, finished 3-7 last season and lost to the Yellow Jackets 384). In that game, Georgia Tech rushed for 186 yards and one touchdown while giving up just 163yards of total offense. Yet, after hearing about Appalachian State’s upset against Michigan Saturday afternoon, the Yellow Jackets know they cannot afford to stray from what has worked for them so far. “This just goes to show you, you’d better get ready every week for every team,” Gailey said. “There are no gimmes in the world of football.” ”

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put up 85 yards in the last 56 minutes of the game. One lesson the team can take into Virginia (which lost 23-3 to Wyoming in Yellowstone last weekend) is that Thaddeus Lewis can’t line up under center and take a three- or five-step drop every play. He threw for 305 yards against Wake Forest last year largely on roll outs, and lining up in the shotgun could help a line that struggled to give him much time Saturday. More pitiful than going three-and-out time and again, however, was what happened when special teams took the field. Rumor has it that the team is holding

“I don’t pretend to know what the longterm answer is (Sarah Paulus?).” open tryouts for anyone who can punt a ball more than 30 yards. Unfortunately, the rumors are not true that they are doing the same for comerback. Seriously, the secondary cannot give a 10-yard cushion every play. With inexperienced comerbacks, the tendency is to want to avoid the big play, but UConn receivers had so much room that the Huskies’ insistence on running at all made some of us in the stands think the offensive coordinator was shaving points. Comerback Leon Wright said the Blue Devils underestimated UConn’s quarterback. How does the team with the longest losing streak in the nation underestimate anyone? This team should be over-prepar-

or Durham Academy. Aiid rising above the humiliating start won t exactly be easy while carrying the weight of a whole campus’ negativity. The team s student support is embarrassing. Duke led 14-11 at halftime, showing a glimpse of hope, and still almost a third of the student section emptied out during the break, exhausted from a rough morning of Keystone in a parking lot. And yet, can you blame them? Drinking PBR in a dumpster is better than watching a team down 17 in the fourth quarter not show an ounce of urgency. I don’t pretend to know what the longterm answer is (Sarah Paulus?). With the program’s current resources, it’s not like the school would go after a high-profile coach. If Roof gets ousted, Duke is just going to get a new Roof—a tactical conservative with a lot of energy and high hopes but no inherent characteristic that will pull Duke out of the gutter. For now, the situation seems like it will only get bleaker: the Blue Devils are looking down the barrel of a four-game roadtrip and the schedule gets tougher after that. Even the one thing Duke Football has going for it on the nadonal scene is under attack. Former coach Steve Spurrier’s annual practice of ranking Duke 25th in the preseason coaches’ poll apparendy is no longer a welcome tribute. “It’s clear that what once might have seemed quaint has begun to lose its charm,” Jim Welch, USA TODAY deputy managing editor for sports, recently said. “We’re hopeful that before next season the coaches association can prevail upon coach Spurrier to find another way to salute his former team—or that Duke gets better in a hurry.” Yeah Jim, you and me both.

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alive. After Blake Camp converted on his attempt and tied the game for Duke, Papadakis again shut down the Tar Heels, this time turning away Stephen Bickford. That set the stage for Grella’s game-winner in the sixth round of the shootout. Papadakis gave a similarly big performance in the 2006 ACC Championship game against Wake Forest. He notched a shutout, and Grella again scored the tideclincher—this time in the seventh minute of overtime—as the Blue Devils won their fifth ACC title. Coming off those back-to-back conference championships, No. 4 Duke (2-0) has high expectations again this year. “Obviously, being our senior year and the talent that we had coming into this year, I knew this was going to be a big year,” Papadakis said. “Fve learned a lot from the past two years, and I think it’s all coming together for me personally.” Despite all the success Papadakis and the Blue Devils have had the last few seasons, one thing is still missing—a run deep into the national tournament. Top-seeded Duke was stunned in over-

time by eighth-seeded UCLA in the quarterfinals last year. The loss has given Papadakis —who said he trained vigorously in the offseason to prepare for his senior year—additional motivation as the season gets under way. “There’s extra incentive this year for a couple reasons,” Papadakis said. “[Last] season didn’t end like we wanted it to, We’re all playing for Coach this year—this is his last year—and for the senior class... this is our last go at it. We’ve had a blast playing at Duke and we want to end it on a high note.” So far, Papadakis has done his part to ensure that dream becomes a reality. He picked up the 17th shutout of his career against Valparaiso, and was in line for another Friday against Delaware before being pulled for backup Brendan Fitzgerald. Papadakis’ continued stellar play will be important if the Blue Devils are to avoid a finish like last year’s. ‘You don’t win big games without having a very good goalkeeper,” head coach John Rennie said. “And he’s proven that, so we feel very good [with him in net].” Now, Papadakis and the Blue Devils are out to prove they can reach the biggest game of all.

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flinching. The pain on this Labor Day belonged to Woods. He wound up with a 67—despite taking 32 putts —and tied for second with Arron Oberholser (69) and Brett Wetterich (70), who were afterthoughts while playing in the final group. The buzz outside Beantown was clearly on the two biggest names in golf, and Mickelson relished this victory. “For 10 years I’ve struggled against Tiger,” Mickelson said. “This sure feels great to go head-to-head and over the last five or six holes when he’s making a run, it was fun to match him with birdies.” Mickelson finished at 16-under 268 and earned $1.26 million, moving him atop the standings in the PGA Tour Playoffs. Mickelson, who moved back to No. 2 in the world with his 32nd career victory, took only 23 putts in the final round and built a five-shot lead at the turn. Woods had ample opportunity to close the gap, especially when Mickelson took doublebogey on the 12th hole, but he never got closer than two shots. Mickelson matched Tiger’s birdie on the 16th to stay two ahead, Woods missed from 10 feet on the 17th, and Lefty effectively locked up the victory with his chip from behind the 18th green to 4 feet for his final birdie. “Unfortunately,Ijust didn’tmake enough putts to really push him,” Woods said. ...

Wetterich started the final round with a one-shot lead and didn’t make a birdie until the 16th hole. His birdie on the last hole gave him enough points to move up 29 spots to No. 22, giving him an excellent shot at making the Tour Championship. Oberholser was within one shot of Mickelson most of the back nine, but he needed an eagle on the final hole to force a playoff, then missed a 10-foot birdie putt when the tournament was sealed. He moved up to No. 29 in the playoff standings; had he made the birdie putt, he would have gone to No. 20 and clinched a spot at East Lake for the Tour Championship. Woods and Mickelson played together for the third time this week, but the final round put an end to the chatter, and seemed to double the size of the gallery that had followed them around the first two days of the tournament. Woods twice was in position to apply some pressure on Lefty and both times foiled, a sign of things to come. Woods had a 15-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second hole that he left short, and a fts-foot eagle putt on the 298-yard fourth hole thathe three-putted for par. Mickelson, who matched Woods’ birdie at No. 2 with a nifty pitch, hit his bunker shot on No. 4 Just onto the fringe about 15 feet away and made that for birdie. Mickelson stretched his margin over Woods to three shot with an approach on No. 5 to about 4 feet from the hole. Woods had another advantage on the par-5 seventh, his third putt for eagle on the front nine. He two-putted for birdie, but Mickelson matched him again with a long bunker shot to 6 feet away. The difference in their games was largely on the greens. Mickelson took only 11 putts on the front nine, including a 12foot par save on the sixth when he flew the green. Woods had 17 putts, the longest he made was 4 feet for par on the third hole. Woods fell five shots behind at the turn, and even when Mickelson gave him a slight opening, the world’s No. 1 player stumbled trying to bust through the door.

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Who cares about Mike Nifong? At the initial hearings Nifong received yet held this past summer that A. J another blow to his determined whether or not already-crumbled reputa- Nifong would be able to tion. It has been, as we practice law in the state of all know, a North Carolina, all of long time editorial us tuned in, coming. The ex-Durham district eagerly awaiting the public official’s uncertain fate. attorney was held in crimiStudents were clamornal contempt of court Friday and sentenced to one day in ing for justice and calling jail. After the past year and a for his removal, and media half, few would question the releases were relevant and interesting. judge’s decision. And frankly, most people In the aftermath of his on campus don’t really care successful disbarment, however, the attention surroundanymore. Leading up to this ing Nifong has waned, as most recent hearing, talk the Duke community “gets on campus focused much over it” and looks forward more on the approaching to issues that don’t always Tailgate festivities than the inevitably point back to the hearing of the all-too-fa- Duke lacrosse case and all miliar Nifong. that surrounded it.

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the boys back their reputation. This is true, and has been true, since the disbarment of Nifong. The elder Finnerty also said the sentencing would bring closure. But will this really be closure? Is it the end of a series of seemingly endless hearings and news breaks? We’re not so sure. With the anticipated civil law suits from the players’ families, this issue is likely to be even more drawn-out—at the expense ofDuke’s name. Essentially, this case has little to do with the University anymore, but rather much more to do with private parties. That said, Duke’s name inevitably sticks, in the context of“scandal.” Today, the term “Duke lacrosse” carries a very differ-

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week, L-Mo bluffed that only students of age would be allowed to tailgate. Last Saturday, the student body called him out on it, holding a massive party in the Blue Zone. Shortly thereafter, the reckoning no doubt began —for we had fumbled the tradition once again. To its credit, the University allowed Tailgate to exist unregulated last year, and the students who remember the Tailgates will undoubtedly jon detzel agree they had a don't stop believing good time. This year, however, the format changed: The first lot was open, and anyone carrying alcohol inside was carded. I personally witnessed several cases of Busch Light confiscated for lack of proper identification. But instead of taking the usual couple of feet when given an inch, we took several miles. By noon, Tailgate reached critical mass and began to spiral out of control. Broken glass littered the ground, and every few minutes another full beer can was launched high above the unsuspecting crowd. Moreover, the population density was sufficiently high that only a SWAT team could have broken up a large fight if one were to have broken out. And, of course, there were the usual freshman girls being carried home because they were too drunk to stand. Thankfully, no one died, although I can’t imagine there weren’t any hospitalizations later that afternoon. Moving on to handles ofAristocrat after the beer inevitably ran out certainly didn’t help our collective sobriety. Don’t get me wrong: I love Tailgate just as much as anyone else, and I’ve been a vocal critic of the administration’s policies since they changed after 2004. But ultimately, we have to realize that Duke will simply shut it down if we continually leave them without another choice. The problem is the lack of a perfect compromise. We’ve reached the crossroads of a fundamental conflict—students want unlimitedfreedom to party, and administrators want to minimize the risks of that partying, inevitably curtailing student freedoms—beyond which point there can be no middle ground. For example, banning Tailgate completely would destroy some of the best social events of

the year, further depressing an already weak party scene. Allowing only those 21 and up to enter would lessen the fun and significantiy reduce attendance, turning Tailgate into just another night at Sad’s. Forcing us to spread out across multiple lots would take away the main uniqueness of Duke’s Tailgate, likening it to every other tailgate across the country. I believe Moneta when he professes support for our rights to have a fun Tailgate experience (as he told me last Saturday). I also share his concerns that Tailgates are becomingly increasingly dangerous (as we saw together on Saturday). We must therefore search for a reasonable compromise, lest we end up without Tailgate entirely. This is how I propose we begin the negotiation. We ought to approach Tailgate from the perspective that regulation provides a better risk/party ratio than without it. Compared to two years ago, last year’s Tailgates had all the disadvantages of excessive partying and none of the benefits of oversight (I still can’t figure out why the University allowed this to happen, given their intense dissatisfaction with the excesses of the previous model). This suggests several changes. For starters, return us to die bigger back left comer lot to improve crowd diffusion and keep cars out to prevent dmnk driving. Set up the standard four-hour section party time limit to minimize over-exposure. A wristband system—provided enforcing it follows the Shooters philosophy of non-enforcement—is another option. Next, bring back the free food and water to help contain the effects of excessive drinking. Have security patrol frequently for liquor, glass bottles, throwing beer cans into the air and any signs of legitimately violent behavior. Remove/ punish violators as necessary. Finally, encourage us to act responsibly by using party monitors, bringing back the Tailgate team and their nifty green T-shirts or assisting students who have obviously drank too much with leaving Tailgate. Actively advise freshmen about the realities of consuming large quantities of beer in a short amount of time under the heat and sun of a hot autumn day. L-Mo told me he’s looking for new ideas, so clearly we have the ball. Let’s not fumble it again. I actually saw a freshman refuse a free beer, so maybe we can be somewhat responsible after all.

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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letterstotheeditor For students, administrators’ day off unfair On the federal holiday celebrating the American worker, I was glad to see that Duke students eagerly attended class while the likes of Tallman Trask and Peter Lange were probably out joyriding in their $40,000 convertibles. As I arrived on campus Monday morning, I noticed the conspicuous absence of the administration’s personal vehicles that usually adorn the front circle of West Campus. I want to ask all the administrators why they took the day off while their faculty, staff and students participated in normal business day activities. Should we as undergrads collectively skip classes next Labor Day or just develop an undergraduate ditch day this year? It is often said that our great administration leads by example, and I guess that’s why my classmate, Smooth, decided yesterday he too would take an impromptu vacation on his couch rather than attend class. Andrew Gosden Trinity ’OB Wallace Wade renovation unhelpful, illogical If you build it, they won’t come. I cannot understand the clearly flawed logic of dumping money into a Wallace Wade renovation. It subscribes to the fiction in Field Of Dreams. I love the movie, but Kevin Costner is not on the Board of Trustees, nor is he running our Athletic Department. There are two obvious things to consider in evaluating this renovation proposal. First something positive they could do forDuke football instead, and second something that this renovation will take away from the Duke community. If Duke and our newly reappointed Athletic Director want to help Duke football I suggest they go out and buy the best coaching staff they can find. I’d love for them to start by going to Bill Cowher’s house in North Raleigh and commence groveling. It all starts with good coaching which allows for better recruiting and on-field play. Once the guys are here with the good coaches the synergy can be created, then the wins can happen. That draws people into the stands. Once we are at that lovely problem of having too many sold-out games we can renovate Wally Wade. You don’t have to be smarter than a fifth grader to figure this out. Now turn to the renovation concept. It includes the destruction of the only lAAF certified international track and field facility with the topof-the-line surface in the state of North Carolina. Add to that the fact that Duke hosts the 4th/sth largest track invitational in the United States each year and has hosted the NCAA D-l Championships here and even the Pan-Am Games. Track might not be a revenue sport, but huge numbers ofathletes and non-athletes at Duke use the track. So I cry out to you all. Object to this proposal. Object to this crime against logic. Object to this desire to take away something you use. Above all, object to the kind of inefficient and wasteful decision that hurts the football team and hurts the Duke community.

Jeremy Block

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Alpha Phi sorority sisters, who in the'6oshad to live on the all-female East Campus, participate in a time-honoredDuke tradition—painting the bridge.

The more things change...

funny thing happens when you spend time in The Chronicle’s microform archives—once you get past the goofy ads and dated headlines, the old content starts to feel oddly familiar. After the 50th analysis of drinking policy, Duke-Durham relations or residential life, it finally hits you that students attending Duke 20, 40 or even 60 years ago confronted the exact same problems we do today. Consider the following 1960skristin butler era campus debates, which illustrate just how timeless with all deliberate speed our struggles are The ever-present question of student engagement was in the news on Jan. 8, 1963 with a Chronicle feature on the “Parker Report.” The report concluded that Duke’s 2,350 male undergrads were “idle; they show little interest in the finer creations of art, music, literature, and thought; they have few reputable ideals of conduct; they are essentially barbarians, though gentle ones.” Sound familiar? Thirty years later, Duke’s “gende barbarians” were targeted by Dean of the Chapel William Willimon’s 1993 report about a “work hard, play hard mentality... [that] fosters a rather rowdy, care-free, anti-intellectual” student body. English Professor Reynolds Price’s famous 1992 Founder’s Day address also lamented undergrads’ “prevailing cloud of indifference, or frequent hostility, to a thoughtfril life.” So when 2007’s Campus Culture Initiative notes that Duke is learning to hold itself “accountable to act in accordance with community expectations for integrity, respect, and civility”—not to mention engagement—it’s worth remembering that we’ve been “learning” these things (with little outward success) for a very long time. What about housing policy? Administrators of old acknowledged that the problem of “undergraduate housing of men” on West Campus seemed “to surpass all others and to be a direct cause of all other related concerns.” Or, as a history professor apdy put it, “IfI had to live there I’d drink beer and make ‘C’s too.” So what are we to make of the fact that administrators knew the dorms were nity... sapping Duke a half a century ago ye' the promise of “a real live and to study” with “be' lighting... better wiring, commons rooms” had fulfilled back then, perhaps CCI wouldn’t need to heavily on the “compel long recognized need spaces.” More importan haps a certain Craven resident wouldn’t have showered in sewage two

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Duke students were deeply concerned about greek organizations. The findings of a seven-student committee on greek life (published in January 1963) betray the intensity of the debate: “Fraternities chronically lack imaginative and intellectually beneficial social programs.... Social life is [little more than] a cabin party with drinks, a beach party with drinks, a rock party with drinks....” Astonishingly, the seven seniors (one of whom was president of the Interfraternity Council) ultimately asserted “fraternities should be abolished” and replaced with “strong drama groups, literary societies, language clubs and the like.... The co-existence of these groups with fraternities is virtu-

ally impossible.” Discussion of alcohol policy was similarly fraught. Although the drinking age was still 18, alcohol consumption was only permitted off-campus (sound familiar?). Chronicle editorials insisted Duke’s “drinking rule represents an odd mixture of worth and worthlessness.... Everybody drinks, nobody gets punished.” While noting that “an honest approach to on-campus drinking cannot be painless for Duke,” students called for a “critical examination of the University’s provincial religious affiliation, recognition of social custom and reliance on the ability of students to make responsible Judgments on the matter.” Somebody go tell that to Larry Moneta. So between student engagement, dorm quality, alcohol policy and greek life, campus concerns haven’t changed much between then and now. These similarities are all the more astonishing when you consider how different 1960sera Duke was. Forty-five years ago, the University was still all-white and tuition was $1,050 per year. Female students attended Woman’s College and lived separately on East Campus. Alumni recall that suspicion of homosexuality was grounds for expulsion, parking tickets were still $1 and climbing a tree in a skirt was a judicial offense. In offier words, 19605-era Duke would be unrecognizable to contemporary undergraduates. And yet that was why I chose to focus on this time period; although similar—and at times more compelling—comparisons continue throughout the 19605, 19705, 1980 and 19905, the fact that these issues transcendracial integration and coeducation says something important about their intractability. That’s why as we await Provost Peter Lange’s attempt to resurrect the CCI, I hope we can acknowloing need for dramatic and live change. a historically sound basisfor Jthatcosmetic half-measures >rk. Put differently, if free bike td a $400,000 patio addition •illo are all that come of the . can be reasonably sure that ra Duke students will be writabout the same four things, owe them—and ourselves—a ;r effort

Kristin Butler is a Trinity ienior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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