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With talks for a new Starbucks already underway, negotiations to introduce an Asian-themed noodle bar are spicing up Duke Dining’s menu. Lemon Grass, a popular Southeast Asian

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The statue of James B. Duke on the Chapel Quadrangle wore a bit more than usual Tuesday, as it was clad in a red robe in solidarity with protesting Buddhist monks who have been victims of violence at the hands of the Burmese government. A vigil was also held.

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Customer interest in extendedhours at theBella Union, above, and SaladeliaCafe was low, owners said.

Duke’s on-campus dining scene, confirmed Mai Pham, restaurant owner and renowned chef. Kernel Dawkins, vice president of campus services, said although a Lemon Grass on campus is a possibility, discussion of the logistics of the project are “premature.” “We’re constantly looking at the mix of dining opportunities in terms of the types of foods and how the foods are served,” he said. “The goal obviously is to create a whole that brings variety in terms of food types and hours of operation, in addition to quality and freshness.” In the past five years, Lemon Grass has expanded onto college campuses. At the University ofMassachusettsAmherst and the University of California, Davis, signature Lemon Grass dishes have been integrated into the dining menu. In August, the University of California, Berkeley debuted Star Ginger, an university spin-off of the original restaurant. SEE LEMON GRASS ON PAGE 5

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Students looking for late-night midterm sustenance can still only cram with Loopaccinos and Chicken McNuggets. The four-week pilot period that would have given students other on-campus options by keeping Saladelia Cafe and the Bella Union open until 3 a.m. has been canceled just a week into the trial because of weak performance. The pilot’slaunch, which was sandwiched into the midterm period around Fall break, was announced at last Wednesday’s Duke Student Government meeting, giving short notice to both vendors and students. “I didn’t realize it was a pilot program,” said sophomore Julia Chapman. “I’d love to see it continue.... A lot of times I won’t get hungry untili [a.m.]... and it’s really convenient to have the Bella Union open.” Jim Wulforst, director of Dining Services, said the program would be revisited after the vacation to give it a better chance for success and allow the cafe owners more time to prepare. “I sprung this on the operators with less than a week’s notice,” he said. “We are going to relaunch after Fall Break so it can have a real market test.” Junior Sunny Kantha, DSG’s vice president of athletics and campus services, said the period was meant to help students looking for healthier food options on campus as they studied into the wee hours of the night,

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When senior Jeremy Crawford ate lunch at the Great Hall Tuesday, he purchased whathe thought was a meatfree meal—riceand collard greens. But after taking a bite of his vegetables, Crawford, a vegetarian, said he distincdy tasted meat. “I approached who I think was a manager in the GreatHall and asked him to clarify the ingredients in the dishes for me,” Crawford wrote in an e-mail. “He was able to tell me immediately that [the greens] were seasoned with bacon grease.” After consulting with the chefs who prepared the meals, the manager’told Crawford that the rice dish, which he said sometimes contains meat and sometimes does not, was indeed flavoredwith meat, Crawford said.

He added that he had not knowingly eaten pork products in a long time. Use of meat products in preparation is an issue with national resonance. In 2002, McDonald’s was sued by consumers on the basis that it implied french fries were a vegetarian option when in fact, they were seasoned with beef extract. Similarly, the absence of visible, listed ingredients in meals served at the Great Hall and other eateries has angered many vegetarians on campus. “Right now, [Duke Dining Services] are marking what is vegetarian and what is vegan, but I personally don’t trust their knowledge,” said junior Dina Graves, president of Plan V —Duke’s vegetarian club—and a Recess staff member. “I would much SEE VEGETARIANS ON PAGE 3

Employees at the GreatHall usedbacon grease to prepare collard greens, angering a student who expected hismeal to be vegetarian.

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WASHINGTON Blackwater USA chief executive Erik Prince vigorously rejected charges Tuesday that guards from his private security firm acted like a bunch of cowboys immune to legal prosecution while protecting State Department personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. “I believe we acted appropriately at all times,” Prince, a 38-year-old former Navy SEAL, calmly told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. His testimony came as the FBI is investigating Blackwater personnel for their role

in a Sept. 16 shootout that left 11 Iraqis dead. The incident and others, including a shooting by a drunk Blackwater employee after a 2006 Christmas party, led to pointed questions by lawmakers about whether the government is relying too much on private contractors who fall outside the military courts martial system. “We’re not getting our money’s worth when we have so many complaints about innocent people being shot,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., committee chairperson, at the conclusion of a nearly sixhour hearing. “And it’s unclear whether they’re actually being investigated by the State Department, because we haven’t had

any cooperation.” The committee agreed not to look into the Sept. 16 incident during Tuesday’s hearing after the Justice Department requested that Congress wait until the FBI concludes its investigation. Prince cast his company as a scapegoat for broader problems associated with the government’s reliance on security contractors and the murky legal Jurisdiction. He said his staff was comprised of courageous individuals who face the same threats and high-stress environment as U.S. military personnel, and noted 30 Blackwater personnel have been killed and no Americans have died under the company’s watch.

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to launch the three-day summit. The two did not have substantive talks.

SEOUL, South Korea The first summit between the divided Koreas in seven years opened Tuesday to rapturous cheers from hundreds of thousands ofNorthKoreans, but their leader gave the visiting South Korean president a chillier reception. The words “I’m glad to meet you” were apparently the only ones North Korean leader Kim Jong II uttered to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun during their first encounter in the North’s capital Pyongyang—a 12-minute welcoming ceremony

This week’s summit is only the second time leaders of North and South Korea have met since the peninsula was divided after World War 11. Kim did not hold more meetings with Roh. Instead he let his deputy, the country’s nominal head of state, Kim Yong Nam deal with the South Koreans for the rest of the day. They held talks and the North Koreans hosted a banquet where Roh offered a toast to Kim Jong IPs health. The North Korean leader’s apparent

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snub came after the welcoming ceremony, where he showed scant enthusiasm and seldom smiled. That contrasted with a friendly reception that the North Korea’s leader gave to Roh’s predecessor, Kim Dae-jung, at the first-ever summit in 2000. During an airport reception at that time, Kim Jong II greeted his South Korean counterpart with smiles and clasped both his hands tighdy in an emotional moment that softened the North Korean strongman’s image to South Koreans and the world.

Weakness in the housing market and flagging consumer confidence made September another tough month for the auto industry, according to U.S. sales figures released Tuesday.

Hope dashed for Burma peace A U.N. envoy completed his mission to Burma Tuesday with no wordof progress on the military junta'srefusal to address the people's insistentdemands for democracy. Neither side issued any comment that could satisfyhopes for a halt to the junta's harsh crackdown.

Missing girl found unharmed A teenage girl who ran away to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met online was found safe at a store 400 miles from her home in Florida Tuesday, while the search for the 46-year-old man continsheriff said.

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The upcoming Regina Spektor concert, brewing beer and hiring work-study students were major discussion points at last night’s Duke University Union execu-

tive board meeting. Major Attractions Chair Chamindra Goonewardene, a junior, said the decision to bring singer Spektor to Page Auditorium Nov. 19 has struck a chord with students. “Regina sold out in eight hours,” Goonewardene said. “I spoke to the lady in the box office and she said that she’s been working there for seven years and this is the first time that this has happened.” DUU is planning other events as well, including National Coming Out Day and a number of possible speakers. For National Coming Out Day, DUU plans invite John Amaechi, a former professional basketball player who was the first in the National Basketball Association to announce that he is gay, to speak on campus. The Union will work with campus organizations such as the LGBT Center and the Center for Human Rights to organize the event. Representatives from Mi Gente, Duke’s Latino student organization, attended the meeting to propose bringing two wellknown figures to campus: comedian Pablo Francisco and former prime minister of Spain Jose Maria Aznar. Members also discussed becoming involved in the inSIGHT Student Documentary Festival, which plans to screen a film about women’s issues in Kenya during WISER Week.

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DUU officials discussed the upcoming Regina Spektor concert, which is sold out, at Tuesday's meeting. DUU administrators expressed annoyance thatmembers have signed up for complimentary tickets to recent Union events and then failed to show up. As a result, the organization lost $5OO when it sponsored a staging of the Broadway musical Hairspray in Page Auditorium last month. The executive board and program directors heard a proposal for the creation of a microbrewery. Casey Callan, a junior who proposed the idea, asked for $225 from DUU to brew up the trial batch. Union members seemed enthusiastic about the proposal, but were concerned about the quality of the beer.

“I’m definitely not just trying to make beer—it would be high-end beer,” Callan said. In other business: The Union plans to give out water and fund a band for the next Tailgate, but the specific band has not yet been chosen. President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said the organization plans to discuss the specifics of the band at a meeting Thursday. At the end of the meeting, DUU administrators argued over whether or not to hire students for work-study positions with the organization.

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rather them just list the ingredients to a specific dish and let us decide for ourselves what is vegetarian in it and what is not.” But Director of Dining Services JimWulforst said the Great Hall allows dining employees to add a personal twist or flavor to some recipe items as they are cooking. “In the South, there is a tendency to use fat and bacon grease in the cooking processes,” he said. “That is likely what happened in this situation.” Graves, however, said campus eateries should not take something that is vegan or vegetarian and change it in such away to incorporate animal products. With so few vegetarian dishes for students on campus, they should not be lessening the options, she added. “It’s completely unnecessary and absurd that they would do something like this,” Graves said. “Why corrupt something that is so obviously vegetarian?” Although meals in the Great Hall are individually made and vary daily, Wulforst said Dining Services works hard to present information about food accurately. “I think we do a pretty good job labeling our foods as what they are, and this may have been a miss,” he said. “It’s not a habit of ours... to misrepresent what we’re serving.” But students like Crawford said they are unsatisfied with the lack ofattention being paid to vegetarians on campus. In addition, he said leaving ingredients unlisted poses a greater problem for students with allergies or certain religious beliefs. “The fact that Dining Services isn’t working to prevent this type of thing from happening is both culturally insensitive and a health hazard,” Crawford said. “Students who live on campus are required to have campus dining plans, so Dining Services should feel obligated to make sure that... students are aware of what they are eating.”

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A 1999 government study found that cocaine was used by 1.7 percent of the U.S. population age 12 and older.

Contest winnersraise cancer awareness Contaminated beef recall expanded TRENTON, NJ. The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties that may be contaminated with E.coli bacteria and sickened more than a dozen people in eight states. Topps said it was recalling 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products distributed to retail grocery stores and food service institutions throughout the United States, up from the 332,000 pounds it recalled Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it had suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps plant after inspectors found inadequate safety measures at the Topps plant. The USDA declined to detail the inadequate safety measures. Colorado blizzard sparks baby boom Nine months after back-toDENVER back blizzards brought life to a near-standstill in much of eastern Colorado, some doctors and hospitals say they are seeing one more bit offallout: lots ofbabies. Blizzards hit the Denver area Dec. 21 and Dec. 29, and snow covered the ground for 61 straight days.

Obstetrician Steve Grover, who delivers babies at Sky Ridge Medical Center south of Denver, said the hospital expects an increase in deliveries in October. "The snow stayed on the ground throughout December, January and into February. My theory is thatthe cabin fever didn't set in until a little bit later," he said. Accidents with deadly bacteria increase WASHINGTON American laboratories handling the world's deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the numberis increasing as more labs do the work. No one died,and regulators said the public was never at risk during these incidents. But the documented cases reflect poorly on procedures and oversight at high-security labs, some of which work with organisms and poisons that can cause illnesses with no cure. In some cases, labs have failed to report accidents as required by law.

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Although YouTubeis known for its streaming videos of skateboarding dogs, performances of train-wrecked pop stars and even questions in a presidential debate, two Duke

students are using it as a venue to get their research on breast cancer out to the public. Seniors Laura Moore and Lisa Richards submitted their video “Shedding Light on Breast Cancer” to a YouTube contest sponsored by the Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, in which participants were asked to create a three-minute video highlighting federally funded scientific discoveries they have made and describe how their results can change the lives ofothers. Duke sponsored its own version of the competition, offering either $l,OOO or two Apple iPhones to the winners. Moore and Richard’s video placed first within the Duke competition and the two chose to split the 11,000 prize money. “We knew that the video was good and unlike most of the others that were posted,” Moore wrote in an e-mail. “However, we weren’t sure how the judges were going to see it since one of the criteria was entertainment value... and it’s kind of hard to make breast cancer funny—especially when we’re interviewing our adviser and collaborators.” Their entry detailed how tissue optical spectroscopy can help differentiate between normal and cancerous tissue and how it can be used to monitor the treatment of breast cancer patients. Moore said she and Richards began working together because they were both in the same lab and had interrelated projects. Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, a judge for the Duke competition, said their entry was his favorite because it was informative and interesting. He added that the contest, which is the first of its kind, was created to promote the use

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Seniors Lisa Richards and Laura Moore won $l,OOO from the University for their submission, whichfocused on their research on breast cancer, to a contest for YouTube videosabout federally fundedresearch projects. of new technology and to encourage service and innovation. “It’s probably too early to see if it achieved that,” Nowicki said. “The YouTube videos that I looked at clearly engaged a lot of students at Duke. To that extent, I think it is successful. It’s a new world and YouTube is part of that world.” The research that they are conducting is relevant to Duke students and it has the possibility to change how breast cancer is treated, Richards said. “It’s going to make a huge impact on [the] future of breast cancer treatment,” she said. “It can have the potential to reduce the number of surgeries that the patient will have to have.” Moore said she hopes the video will be

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Efforts to open some variationof Lemon Grass in the Bryan Center have been headed by Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst and have been in the worksfor two years, Pham said. Wulforst did not respond to requests for comment. Chris Roby, director of the Office of Student Activities and Facilities, said he believes Wulforst intends to use the space currently occupied by OSAF offices to house the retail restaurants, but added that he is unaware ofany formal plans to relocate OSAF. “Mr. Wulforst has talked to me for two years now, so I’ve got that on our calendar to do,” Pham said. “So we are talking right now in terms of trying to lookintowhatkind of operating partnership we can have to launch the project successfully.” Pham said she is enthusiastic about the project and hopes her restaurant can provide quality ethnic dining on Duke’s campus. “The university dining environment has one of the most innovative, most discriminating clientele, meaning that students are quite adventurous—more so than out in the general marketplace,” she said. With five years of college dining experience on her side, Pham said she is confident that a restaurant like Lemon Grass can succeed given the opportunity. “Students are very particular about what they want,” she said. “They like new things, they have very international pallets, they care about the quality of the food [and] they certainly care about health and wellness.” Pham said prices for dishes would likely range from $5.50 to $7.95. Students would have the ability to choose from three families of dishes —noodle soups, salads and rice plates served with Thai curry or stew. All disheswould be offered with the option of substituting chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or tofu and would be “healthy, wholesome and very rich in protein,” Pham added. Sophomore Cashida Okeke said a sit-down restaurant like Lemon Grass could provide students with a good opportunity to socialize in a dining environment. “People are so busy during the day that they miss sound meals,” she said. “If you sit down in a restaurant, it forces you to think about what you’re eating and make more healthy eating decisions.” Though students voiced differing solutions to their concerns with Duke Dining, many said pricing, convenience and nutrition were issues they would like to see addressed with potential vendors. “The whole dining thing is a business,” sophomore Karim Butt said. “If they want kids to be eating healthy, they need to stop the business mentality and take some of the blow off the prices.”

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with the potential to expand the hours permanently. Although Wulforst said the numbers will not be analyzed until the owners meet with Dining Services next week, demand for the expansion did not seem significant after the first four nights. “The sales dropped significantly in those late hours—it was about a 90- to 93-percent drop,” said Robert Ghanem, owner ofSaladelia. “In a business sense it’s hard to make it work.” The owners also said it was difficult to employ people past their usual operating hours, putting pressure on their existing resources. They added that although postponing the pilot might make staffing easier, they had doubts about it working permanently. “I actually did the extra hours myself, which would actually give a better idea of whether it would work long-term,” Bella Union owner Sam Clowney said. “To do that, we would need to generate extra revenue rather than trade the revenue, which is typically what happens. The whole week last week from 2 to 3 a.m. I had 10customers.” He said they would need many more customers than the pilot brought in order to cover operating costs. He noted that there is typically a sales push from 11:45 p.m. to midnight, but that during the pilot, these sales were instead spread throughout the night. Both owners said this was not the first time they have been flexible with hours, particularly during exams. “Every reading and exam period we stay open until people stop coming,” Clowney said. “We change our Hours of Operation sign to read ‘8 a.m. until —.’ We work [until at least] 1 a.m., but it never results in increased revenues.” Despite the lack of revenue, Ghanem and Clowney said they were still willing to explore the idea further. “We are willing to work with the students here,” Clowney said. “We love it here. We understand what the demand is—we get to know our customers.”

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So you think you can kick? Ifyou’re anything like me, you’ve wondered what it’s like to be a Duke athlete. You’ve pondered the possibility of donning free t-shirts, sweatshirts, warm-up shirts and every other type of shirt you can imagine. Of hearing personal jeers from jealous wannabes with too much free dme and too little dignity. Of trekking to practice after class and waking up early for mandatory study hall. ■fea| Doesn’t the athlete’s life seem so good? How could ben we commoners resist l|o|% llvll tempting ourselves in this alternate reality? But all kidding aside for a moment, it’s difficult to walk around Cameron and not fantasize about pulling a Jeff Capel. Unfortunately, such a fantasy has become as likely as a Duke kicker making a field goal. (Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here every other Wednesday.) That’s why last week’s open kicker tryouts were so intriguing. Or so everyone thought. Unless you’ve been trapped underVince Oghobaase for a week, you’ve heard that the football team has turned to the student body for a kicker. Unhappy with the Blue Devils’ 20 percent field goal conversion rate, head coach Ted Roof invited several athletes not in season to showcase their kicking talents. The next day, The Chronicle ran an ad that extended the invitation to the entire student body. Game on. Naturally, there was a legitimate buzz on campus. After all, this was an unprecedented opportunity for 5-foot-8 English majors like me. It was the golden ticket we’ve all been waiting for, even if our ideal Willy Wonka is Mike Krzyzewski. But unlikeCharlie and his comrades who wolfed down those Wonka Bars, the Duke students didn’t exactly come out in droves. SEE COHEN ON PAGE 7

Last week'sopen tryouts for a kicker drew eight students, none of which traveledwith the team.

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Junior Re'quan Boyette leadstheBlue Devils in rushing with 160 yards on 38 carries after five games.

Blue Devils feel the rush of Wallace Wade “We had such high expectations and maybe we had too much pride,” Boyette For some of Duke’s players, the Blue said. “The first few weeks really humbled Devils’ four-game road trip lasted so us and showed us we still have to go out long that they seemingly forgot where and play. There’s always work to be done, the stadium was. and nothing’s going to be perfect.” While nothing may ever be perfect, “Somebody’s got to get out there and show us how to get back [to Wallace Wade],” Duke hopes to cany its road success back junior running back Re’quan Boyette said. to Wallace Wade this weekend against After four weeks spent in buses, planes Wake Forest. The Blue Devils are looking and hotels, Duke is glad to finally return for their first home win since they defeathome after going 1-3 on the team’s loned Division I-AA VMI 40-14 in 2005. Duke, however, is looking to avoid a gest road trip this century. The road games gave the players an repeat of what happened in its last home opportunity to focus especially hard on game. In the season opener against Confootball since they did not have any of necticut, the Blue Devils led 14-11 before the extra distractions that often arise giving up 34 unanswered points after from being home. the intermission in what Roof called the ‘You don’t have the large amount of team’s worst half of the season. ticket requests, and you don’t have peoDuke, however, is confident that a muchple coming to stay at your dorm or your improved team will take the field Saturday apartment,” head coach Ted Roof said. for its second home game, prepared to de“You just get on a bus or a plane, then you liver a win to its devoted fan base. sit in a hotel and go play football.” “We haven’t won a home football game The focus translated onto the field, as in a while,” Roof said. “We’ve had a lot of the Blue Devils won their first game since people hang in there for a while, and it’d 2005 and stayed competitive in their three be nice to get a win for our fans that have losses. In its 24-14 loss at Miami Saturday, been so loyal through this time.” Duke also produced its most effective runProjected attendance at Saturday’s ning output of the year, gaining 120 yards game, though, is difficult to gauge. With on the ground. Nine quarterback sacks fall break coming up, most students will dropped the Blue Devils’ total rushing head home for the long weekend. Neveryards for the game down to 61. theless, the players know they cannot rely on the crowd to help them get a win. Boyette, the Blue Devils’ leading rusher through five games with 160 net yards “Even if there’s just 5,000 fans in the rushing, said that the improvement could stands, we have to bring some type of mobe attributed to a change in attitude on tivation for ourselves,” junior cornerback the part of the backfield. Glenn Williams said. by

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Skittles and Gatorade may not sound like the breakfast of champions, but it works for Kelly Hathorn. “She needs her sugar rush,” said junior Christie McDonald, Hathorn’s roommate for her freshman and sophomore years. The Blue Devils might want to invest in a storage room’s supply of sugar, because right now Hathorn is fueling the team. With three goals andfive assists, Hathorn is the team leader in assists and second behind Elisabeth Redmond in goals and total points. All of this is coming from someone new to the offensive side of the ball, as Hathom played defense her first two years. “[Last] spring we decided, ‘Let’s try to put Kelly up front,’ because we were looking for goal scorers,” head coach Robbie Church said. “We knew she could do it, and we’re just very proud at her,” And after Sunday’s double-overtime game-winner, absolutely no one is questioning Hathorn, not even herself. “At first, it was a big switch,” Hathorn said. “I didn’t really have the confidence up top, and I was always doubting myself and didn’t know if what I was doing was the right thing. It took awhile to make that transition, but I think I finally found it.” Hathorn’s efforts in the offseason led to an improvement in her stamina, something Church noticed immediately. He credited her increased fitness for Sunday’s

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Her teammates could not help but notice the changes, either. She was elected one of the team’s four captains and recently won an awardfor being its hardest worker. Her teammates said they respect her ability to lead by example and keep everyone motivated. SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE

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COHEN from page 6 Eight showed up. Wait. Only eight kids tried out? There are more people in the stacks on Friday night. Don’t we all dream of kicking in front ofhundreds of students? Well, yeah. But the 4 p.m. tryouts were leaked to the general public around 2:30 p.m. last Monday, and by the time the supplementary ad ran in your favorite campus daily, the list ofcandidates had already been sliced to four. Game over. Had Roof selected the student favorite, laxer Bo Carrington, this bizarre story might have stayed alive on campus. It might have hit Deadspin. Instead, he chose some rugby-playing freshman who was first identified by number. The kid didn’t even travel to Miami last week. Apparendy, Continental doesn’t accept golden tickets. But that’s not the point. The reason these kicker tryouts were appealing was not because it offered us a potential outlet for our far-flung fantasy. After all, Coach K hosts walk-on tryouts every year, and that’s not a story—at

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on this trait. Freshman Meaghan Fitz Gerald said that Hathorn’s welcoming personality made the transition easy for her both on and off the field. “She does have a lot of quirks actually, She’s really goofy, she’s really personable,” said current roommate Sheila Kramer. “I don’tknow anyone who doesn’t love her.” Hathom did not have to go far to learn to develop her leadership, charisma and natural athletic talent. Her uncle, Jim Spanarkel, played on the Duke basketball team from 1976-1979, and her sister Erin was a teammate on the women’s soccer team prior to graduating last May. Whether it’s at practice or goofing off at team events, Hathom’s upbeat nature is an essential part of the program. “The team just wouldn’t function the same without her,” Kramer said.

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least not one that’s read online by more thanfour times as many people as any other article. No, it wasn’t the tryouts that attracted our notice. The appeal was that the team needed, of all positions, a kicker. Yes, a kicker. We can dream of taking the fieldfor a revenue team, but dreams can only take us so far. We know that we will never make a 40-foot runner to force overtime against North Carolina on ESPN2. We know that we will never elude ladders and flip into the end zone for a touchdown. But kicking is different. How hard can kicking be? The job is simple: jog, kick, stare and either celebrate or cry. It’s like third-grade soccer. Except for, you know, that whole end-of-game situation, when a seemingly non-athletic athlete has to make a kick in front of screaming fans whose Saturdays depend on whether he boots a ball through two metal spires. That’s where it gets tricky. And that’s also why this story proved fleeting. We plebes realized we won’t be on the football team because kicking ain’t easy. So much for those free t-shirts.

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thing was very clear we can do to actually change on campus Tuesday the situation since it is so far Duke students care away, but we can showsolidarabout Burma. ity, and that is exactly what Yesterday afternoon stu- the Burmese monks’ non-viodentsrallied lent protests ■ editorial advocate, to protest

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this quality, solidarity, is precisely what the international response lacked when uncannily similar protests occurred 19 years ago. Then, conflicting opinions from foreign nations let the massacre of 3,000 peopie continue to its conclusion almost entirely without exterior influence, a course that cannot be repeated this time around. Yesterday’s vigil was also encouraging in that it is the kind of thing that is expected—and should—oc-

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cur on college campuses, especially institutions like Duke. Generally, being immersed in the international sphere is a disconnect for most students. In this respect, it is refreshing to see students take a stance on an issue outside of Duke, Durham or even the United States. Hopefully, as developing news from the conflict continue to stay in the headlines, support and solidarity will not dwindle. The violence in Burma also further reinforces the need for the strong international presence our scholars from abroad bring to the campus. An organizer of Tuesday’s events, after all, was inspired by a Burmese friend who is also a Duke

graduate.

We are lucky to live in a community where a few students’ strong voices can through the actions of others be amplified to reach a much wider audience. When President Richard Brodhead apologized this weekend for aspects of his handling of the recent lacrosse case, he strongly noted that society should avoid the danger ofcertainty and judgment coming too

quickly.

However in this case, the speed with which students recognized Burmese violence as a one-sided issue and seized the opportunity to act should be lauded. It is also notable that a small group of students were able to organize—

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through word-ofmouth communication—an event that had a substantial impact on our campus. Their choice of a vigil as an expression of solidarity was equally appropriate given the peaceful non-violence that the Burmese Buddhist monks are themselves carrying out. Perhaps our concern and show of support stems from finally learning about the impact of injustice as we experienced it over the past two years in the lacrosse scandal. Whether or not that is the case, though, our intolerance of inequity as evidenced in the Burma vigil and this month’s Jena Six protest are good first steps in making a difference.

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entered Duke in 2004 with two extremely noly realized something: of the 30 or so comments table classmates, whom I must admit I pull for after the articles, almost none were from students. whenever I get the chance. The first is the lone Instead the users were almost uniformly tagged as senior on our men’s basketball team: DeMarcus Duke parents, alums or faculty members. Nelson. The other is not quite in my class; he is That starkly resembled my own experience m tact a tew years during the spring of my sophomore year: it older, but he joined was not my fellow students who dwelled on Duke at the same the case. Instead, it was my family, possible time I did. He’s our employers and in general outside adults who president, Dickie B. constantly raised the issue. I, personally, I distinctly remember being in Granada, Spain have internal deon top of the Alhambra, a 10th century Muslim bates about these fortress, while wearing a Duke T-shift. I was asked everson two men—who, for by a random old man about the lacrosse case, how instance, most deit was being handled, what the real story was, etc. one fine morning serves to be referred But Duke and Brodhead did not fail the alto as “O captain, my captain”? But, in another sense, I ums, the parents or any other outside adults in think of themboth in similarways; They are simultanethis case. They failed students, specifically the ously in and not in my class. Though we came to Duke lacrosse team. in the same year, their lives here must be startlingly difWhy would the apology come before any audiferentfrom mine. ence other than students, the lacrosse team and And they both struggle at times. I constantly the team’s families? By choosing to speak at an root for them, I have a soft spot for both, but I event outside the knowledge of the vast majority admit that sometimes I do not think that they’re of Duke undergraduates, Brodhead apologized to the wrong people. living up to their potential. We will learn whether DeMarcus can realClearly the effects of the lacrosse case have exize his potential during his last season with us. tended beyond the student body, but the students We are also learning if President Brodhead can themselves should remain the University’s top achieve his. concern. In too many Brodhead once ways, students are treatdescribed a uniwas to see that Brodhead ed as another problem versity as “a place for the administration where nothing is for the to overcome and not as so true that it can’t the very reason for the of that mess, though be challenged, and University’s existence. nothing so far out President Brodstill not sure what was that it can’t be enhead: I know you have tertained for the his fault and for what (or whom) to be a he the potential sake of the undergreat teacher. Even a standing it might brief overview of your was taking the fall. yield.” I think he career reveals that for forgot his own ideyears you held a special als sometime during thewhole lacrosse debacle, and relationship with your students and had the highI wish he had not. I think he decided too certainly on est hopes for them. a truth and acted on that quick decision. Please, rededicate yourself to Duke’s students. I—like everyone else, I suppose—was happy to I truly believe we will forever be the heart of this see that Brodhead apologized for the University’s place. To rejoin us, in your own words, ‘You’ll need handling of that mess, though I’m still not sure to join in the spirit of this place: You’ll need to give what was specifically his fault and for what (or up the pretense that you already know the last word whom) he was taking the fall. about anything andjoin in the work ofeducation—But I was disturbed when, after reading the artiof collectively struggling toward the improved uncles on The Chronicle’s Web site, I looked down at derstanding none of us yet fully possesses.” the reader-submitted comments and saw an echo of one refrain: Brodhead must go. Jordan Everson is a Trinity senior. His column runs “No!” I thought, “not my Dickie B.” But I quick- every Wednesday.

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Ten percent of little to reverse the systematic problems endemic to our financial aid applicants fell into the $30,000-$60,000 nation’s educational system, they can alter potential income bracket, the same percentage as at Penn and applicant outreach so it targets a more economically Princeton and one percentage better than at Hardiverse applicant pool. Students think Duke is out of vard and Yale. their reach. They can educate these students and their If Harvard monstrous endowment can get away guidance counselors that it is not. Duke’s 100-percent with this, heck—we can too. assurance of meeting financial need and “need-blind” This do-nothing school of thought will also tout admissions reflects the institution’s deep commitment that Duke is not keeping anyone out. The University to increasing educational access—a commitment the meets 100 percent of demonstrated need. Since adUniversity has right. More kids need to know about it. mission practices are also “need-blind,” obviously our And so campus culture aside, why is increased socioUniversity’s socioeconomic condition is due to the first economic diversity important? factor: Kids in the top 5 are just... better qualified and This answer depends on whether you believe our best more deserving. higher education institutions have a civic responsibility. Simple. Our hands are tied. Case closed. Next probI do. The schools currently serving America’s elite lem please. are educating tomorrow’s leaders. When our best Not so fast. educational institutions primarily educate society’s Although all of these assertions are grounded in wealthiest, these institutions do not disrupt the insome truth, they ignore a confounding variable: If hightergenerational transfer of rags and riches. Instead ly qualified students from lower socioeconomic brackthey ensure that a concentrated group of elites run ets do not apply to Duke, Duke cannot admit them. our nation. We need diverse leaders—both rich and The expense of four years at the University compoor—from all over, whether Manhattan, small-town bined with ignorance about financial aid resources Mississippi or rural Wisconsin. To achieve its greater may deter smart and qualified kids from taking the civic purpose, Duke should target economic diversity. first step and applying. I grew up with bright kids It should be an agent of change, not the educational who applied to Truman State rather than Penn or bedrock of the status quo. Duke. Truman was within their reach financially I prefer this breadth of leadership. What do you prefer? and had a sweet deal for National Merit Finalists. Harvard and Duke were out of the question because Rachel McLauglin is a Trinity senior. Her column runs no one understood that the profound commitment every other Wednesday. .

apologize.”

Now, some have questioned this apology. They wonder about the timing with respect to Brodhead’s upcoming evaluation. They ask if he is actually sincere. But the truth is it doesn’t matter either way. It was his actions that were a problem in the first place, not his internal thoughts and feelings, and an apology is the action needed to resolve them. He has taken his wormwood like a good boy, and let us hope he has learned his lesson. And that should be it, right? Nifong’s gone, the Campus Culture Initiative is in retreat and the administration has apologized, so have all the wrongs been righted? Unfortunately, one biggie remains. The 88 faculty who signed the “Social Disaster” ad in the first few weeks of the hoax have caught a lot offlak for their statements. Some ofit has been undeserved and wholly inappropriate, with some professors reporting harassing e-mails and phone calls and even death threats. All right-minded people will join with me, I’m sure, in condemning this kind of unjustifiable nonsense. But all the same, it is time for an apology from the Group of 88. I believe the ad erred in two respects, one factual and the other my opinion. First, the ad implied the guilt of the accused, without any evidence, in a crime that was later proved to be fabricated. Now, the Group of 88 and their defenders (such as they are) have staunchly held to the line that their comments were not about the case, that the ad was about Duke as a whole and that their words are being misconstrued retroactively. And I might buy that logic, if it had come from a crowd of uneducated schmucks off the street or the far-left crazies that some of my less-informed conservative colleagues have labeled them. But these are Duke professors, well respected in their fields. Students like me are proud to study with them. And if I were to hand in a paper with an argument like theirs, completely ignoring the social and historical context, I would get a big fat ‘F’—and rightly so. You know and I know and they know that the ad contributed to the avalanche that resulted in the arrest of three innocent men for a crime that never happened, and it is time to stop pretending it didn’t. The other problem is the same one I’ve been complaining about for weeks in this column: the determination to charge all of us, and our “culture,” for the wrongdoings, or alleged wrongdoings, or imagined wrongdoings, ofany of us. I don’t demand an apology here as much as hope for a change of hearts and minds. But I do have this to say directly to the Group of 88: It’s time to put the whole nasty business behind us. We, your students, need to know that you are with us, and not just waiting to go after us. We need to know that you see more in us than drunks and racists and rapists and potential rapists. We need to know that you value the truth. We need you to apologize. Please. And if they do, that will be the end—the real end, and the last. Fingers crossed.

Oliver Sherouse is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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