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Mike Nifong is in need of counsel—and the city of Durham won’t be providing it. Although a civil suit fded earlier this month implicates the former Durham County district attorney, DNA Security, Inc., and the city of Durham in the mishandling of the lacrosse criminal will case, Durham analysis not provide representation for either Nifong or the employees of DSI—the company that handled Durham’s forensic analysis in the case—because neither worked for the city, Durham Public Affairs Director Beverly Thompson told The Associated Press earlier this month. Though he was no longer a state employee at the time the lawsuit was filed, Nifong has asked the state to cover his legal fees while he attempts to stave off a lawsuit from the three former Duke lacrosse players he wrongfully indicted for rape, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported Monday. SEE COUNSEL ON PAGE

Women’s Clinic to open doors today by

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Brian Meehan, lab director of DMA Security, Inc, handledthe forensic analysis in the lacrosse case.

Foryears, the Duke StudentHealth Center has served to address health concerns for all Duke students, but with the opening of the new Women’s Health Clinic today, the center is putting a new emphasis on Duke women’s well-being. Along with free general counseling on nutrition, stress management and physical activity, the clinic will specialize in a variety of services to meet women’s needs, such as pap smears and contraceptive counseling, according to the DSHC Web site.

“Although the Men’s Health Clinic has been open for several months now, a Women’s Health Clinic hasn’t been in active operation for some time,” said Cleoanne Estera, a family nurse practitioner who will head the clinic. “This is just away to designate a specific time for this area of health.” Though the DSHC has always offered the same medical services for women’s health, the clinic differs in that it will try to lump similar needs together, Estera said. The DSHC has seen many stuSEE CLINIC ON PAGE 6

The new Women's Health Clink will join the recently opened Men'sHealth Oink in the Student HealthCenter on Flowers Drive.

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Car bomb strikes Baghdad

Rice targets Middle East peace effort by

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RAMALLAH, Israel Saying the time is now for a Palestinian state, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday prodded Israel and the Palestinians to agree at a U.S.-sponsored conference this fall on how and when to start formal peace talks. In one of her strongest statements yet on the issue, Rice declared that creation of a Palestinian state is a key U.S. interest and urged the two sides to drop contentious demands and reach consensus on a substantive joint statement ahead of the international conference. “Frankly, it’s time for the establishment

of a Palestinian state,” Rice told a news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who she saw on the second of a four-day intense Middle East shuttle diplomacy mission. “The United States sees the establishment of a Palestinian state and a two-state solution as absolutely essential for the future, not just of Palestinians and Israelis but also for the Middle East and indeed to .American interests,” she said. “That’s really a message that I think only I can deliver,” Rice said, explaining her mission to prepare for the conference to be held in Annapolis, Md. as early as late November. The secretary is facing daunting chal-

lenges in trying to bring the two sides close enough to make the conference worthwhile. Rice, who expects to return to the region at least once before the conference takes place, played down the chances for any breakthroughs before she traveled here. Rice met with Israeli officials on Sunday and will see both sides again on Wednesday after visiting Egypt on Tuesday and finally traveling to London to meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II in a bid to build support for the meeting among skeptical Arab nations. SEE RICE ON PAGE 8

Putin delays trip to Iran, nuclear deal by

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Russian President VladiTEHRAN mir Putin pledged Monday to negotiate with Iran on behalf of the international community in their nuclear standoff, although he didn’t come to Tehran as scheduled amid warnings of a possible assassination plot. Putin’s planned trip, the first here by a Kremlin leader since World War 11, raised hopes that personal diplomacy could find a solution to the impasse over the Iranian nuclear program, but he delayed his arrival,

which had been set for Monday evening. The Russian leader insisted to reporters in Germany that he was going ahead with the trip, but the Kremlin declined to discuss details. The official Iranian news agency said late Monday that Putin had only put off his trip by several hours and would be in Tehran early Tuesday in time for a Caspian region summit. “Putin will arrive in Tehran at the head of a delegation tomorrow morning,” the Islamic Republic News Agency said, quoting Iran’s presidential press service. Iran gave no further details, and Kremlin

officials wouldn’t comment on reasons for the delay or say exacdy when Putin would arrive. Officials in Germany, where Putin wrapped up a two-day visit, said they could not say where the Russian leader was. Putin’s trip was first thrown into doubt when the Kremlin said Sunday that he had been informed by Russian special services that suicide attackers might try to kill him in Tehran, but he shrugged off the warning

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Iran,” he said

A bomb in a parked car struck worshippers heading to a Shiite mosque Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least nine people as Iraqis celebrated a Muslim holiday, while the death toll rose to 18 in a coordinated suicide truck bombing and ambush north of the capital.

Pedophile tagged in Thailand First Interpol unmasked his face. Now it knows his name.The internationalpolice organization, working off tips from people who. responded to a global appeal for help, said Monday it has identified a suspected pedophile shown in Internet photos abusing young boys.

2 agree to speak in Simpson case A second co-defendant in the OJ. Simpson armed robbery case said Monday that he will plead guilty to a reduced charge and testify against Simpson and four others in the alleged hotel room theft of sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers.

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Low-income UNC, town team up on green push students recruited by

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As admissions deadlines for the Class of 2012 approach, Duke is working to diversify the socioeconomic backgrounds of

applicants.

Currently, more than half of Duke students receive no financial aid and fewer than 20 percent come from families with incomes of $60,000 or less, reports the Institute for College Access and Success. According to U.S. News & World Report, Duke ranks 20th among its peer institutions in awarding Pell Grants, federal funding given to the neediest students.Officials said the University has several initiativesaimed at recruiting lower-income students. Nationwide, students from the top income quartile are 25 times as likely to attend a top-tier college as those from the bottom quartile, according to a study by the Educational Testing Service. Part of this disparity is due to the wealth of the high schools from which schools like Duke draw their applicants, said Victoria Lodewick, director of the University Scholars Program, Duke’s only need-contingent merit scholarship. “Sixty percent of Duke students receive no aid,” she said. “This is the challenge of trying to reach out and educate students from more disadvantaged backgrounds. How do you let them know there are opportunities for them to attend elite private institutions like Duke?” Each year, Duke participates in Exploring College Options, a joint recruitment program with several other selective universities that connects Duke admissions officers with more than 25,000 students in all 50 states and several international locations. The admissions staff also visits another 800 high schools individually, said SEE DIVERSITY ON PAGE 7

of UNC and the Chapel Hill community have not been replicated in the Bull City. “In a student body that is as intelligent as the one at Duke, there might be some opportunities to help with what Durham is doing in that realm,” said Tom Jensen, conservation campaign coordinator for the North Carolina Sierra Club. In 2001, UNC studentsvoted to increase

crease our own fee, but we don’t want this to be limited to only a few routes that will cover only the university,” he said. Senior Genevieve Cody, Duke Student Government’s vice president for community interaction, said DSG has not yet considered taking initiativessimilar to theefforts at UNC. She added that Duke students are involved in environmental initiatives through on-campus organizations such as Environmental Alliance. “We definitely consider what is going on in Durham,” she said. “I mean we are a part of Durham, especially when it comes to environmental efforts.” Bonk said he wasn’t sure if greenhouse gas reductions or free fares motivated the students. He added, however, that town-gown cooperation could boost environmental efforts. “I think ulti-

Duke’s rivalry with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill could be moving to the environmental front. A report released last month by the North Carolina Sierra dub details the efforts of 24 “Cool Cities” across the state to combat global warming. Each of the communities signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a commitment to reduce their 1990 greenhouse gas emission levels seven percent by the year 2012. The publication praised the work of the Hill Chapel in community working to solve global warming through collaboration with the university and the university community, Doug Crawford-Brown, director of the UNC Institute mately [cooperation] will generfor the Environment, said townate the most benefit to a comgown cooperation is typical of munity, but I also understand there UNC students. is a whole host of He added that students are curreasons why comKEVIN HWANG/THE CHRONICLE munities decide rently involved to go the way they in a community Reduction ofbus carbon emissionsis one wayUNC is coordinating with the dtyofChapel Hill to fight global warming. do,” Bonk said. carbon reduction Eben Polk, associate in policy and reproject to measure the town’s greenhouse their student fees to allow the Chapel Hill transit system to eliminate bus fares. Acsearch in the Nicholas School of the Engas emissions. “Not only is it characteristic of Chapel cording to the report, the number of bus vironment and Earth Sciences, said Duke is analyzing its own greenhouse gas emisHill, it is [different from] other places,” riders has doubled since the change. David Bonk, long range planning and sions independendy ofDurham’s efforts. he said. “There aren’t many places where “There is probably not going to be a lot a community has this level of resources to transportation coordinator in Chapel Hill, said the UNC student government of overlap immediately because campus work with.” and the local government are thinking Though Durham is another “Cool took the initiative in the bus proposal. about this differently,” he said. “The point they made was: we will inCity” listed in the report, efforts like those

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Duke study explains tranfusion inefficiencies “It is important to point out that patients who are bleeding profusely do need For years, the medical community has blood, only we really don’t know when to known that donatedblood is not as effective transfuse and how much,” he added, as it should be—a mystery that two Duke In McMahon’s study, blood stored in acmedical researchers may have solved at last, cordance with American Red Cross standards The problem arises from the dissipation was analyzed for nitric oxide content Within a of nitric oxide, a gas responsible for keep- day, 70 to 80 percent of the gas had vanished, ing blood vessels open for oxygen-laden rendering the blood incapable of dilating red blood cells, said Dr. Jonathan Stamler, blood vessels. In a transfusion, this would lead professor of pulto red blood cells, monary medicine. carriers of life-givIhe assumption IS that His findings aping oxygen, being imPeded by tbe peared m the Pro- transfusions improve oxygen r 1 constricted vessels ceedings or the National Acadgmy delivery tO patients and thus and left unable to deliver their cargo ofSciencesjournal outcomes. this week, along to the body’s tissues. with a related Stamler, As a result, patients who do not receive study by Dr. Timo7 pTOjBSSOT OJ pUiWKXfICLTy TTWdICIYIB thy McMahon, asthis deficient blood sociate professor often fere better of medicine who than those who do, also studied nitric oxide’s disappearance in according to the two studies. donated blood. Slander’s study involved small transfu“The assumption is that transfusions imsions into dogs, whose circulatory systems prove oxygen delivery to patients and thus approximate those of humans. In addition outcomes,” Slander said. “But there’s been to discovering the link between nitric oxa worrisome association between transfuide depletion and transfusion failure, the sion and an increased incidence of heart researchers may have found a simple soluattacks, organ damage and even death.” tion—repleting stored blood with nitric oxEach year, 14 million transfusions are givide improved blood flow to the heart when en to five million patients nationwide. Over given to animals. the past decade, the use of donated blood in “This is the first suggested solution that transfusions has dwindled as a result of these makes good sense,” Slander said. “Not only adverse consequences —to die point dial that, but when we put [the gas] back, in the many patients only receive blood after halfof lab, we get a restorative function too. That would be suggestive that this is at least a vitheir own has been lost, Slander said. by

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Two studies done by Duke researchers looked at the ineffective use of donated blood in transfusions. able mechanism.” Both researchers suggested that this solution could be efficiendy implemented in blood banks in coming years. “I think it will stimulate a lot of interest and activity,” McMahon said. “It’s such a simple process that it’s beautiful.” In the future, blood donations could be used therapeutically rather than as a last resort, Stamler said. They noted, though, that more studies are needed to establish the link as conclusive. “We need to run clinical trials now on blood transfusions—parallel studies with

repleted blood to see if it can actually make people better,” Stamler said. McMahon said studies performed on patients rather than animals are still one or two years away under optimal conditions. Awareness of the detrimental effects of donated blood is low, he said, adding that the studies were rejected by several journals prior to publication in the PNAS. “People were resistant to this idea. It makes a lot of people uncomfortable in the blood banking community,” McMahon said. “Some physicians are not even fully aware of the problems.”

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Members of the 2006-2007 women's basketball team were honored at Durham City Hall for winning the ACC championship last season.

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University’s athletics were honored earlier this year, but because of scheduling problems, the Duke portion of the ceremony had to be postponed. The rest of the meeting focused on the current drought that the state is experienc-

ing, and City Council members discussed how to handle it. Since Sept. 21, when the city began restricting water, there has been a 16-percent decrease in overall water demand in Durham, City Manager Patrick Baker said. He

added that this decrease is a “good start,” the amount of water that was being used but the goal is 30 percent. on prior-appointed watering days, such To further re- __________________as last Saturday, duce the amount when a PP roxi rr n\ nfX tn neea hWer m nPPr | a Digger going of water being ately 5 million used, all lawn gallons of water auditorium if you guys keep watering will be were consumed, Winning all these trophies. banned until fur“i’ m optimisther notice. The tic that eliminatBill Bell. ban, which takes ing that 5-mileffect immediDurham mayor lion-gallon spike atelv a ~>r)lies to that we have on almost all forms the watering of outdoor watering, including car and days will help us as we try to reduce the driveway washing. consumption,” Baker said in an interBaker said this is an attempt to reduce view following the meeting. “Sometimes «

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it’s that the local folks can say certain things, but when the governor says it, it tends to carry even greater weight. I hope we get even closer to that 30-percent overall reduction. That will really allow us to extend our water supply as we go on.” The issue of several recent murders, including one murder that occurred Saturday at Northgate Mall, was also addressed by the City Council. Although there was no specific plan to tackle the increasing crime rate within Durham, Baker said at the meeting the City Couni cil will present a more thorough report at a later date.

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Former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong asked the state Monday to cover his legal fees for the upcoming civil rights suit.

“Because I was a constitutional officer of the state of North Carolina at the time that the subject matter of the complaint arose and at all times referenced therein, and because the complaint arises out of the exercise of the duties of that office, I am hereby requesting that you make any necessary arrangements to secure my representation in this matter,” Nifong wrote in an Oct. 8 letter to Judge Ralph Walker, director of the administrative office of the courts. James Craven, a local lawyer who is representing Nifong, wrote a second letter to Walker Oct. 12, again urging the state to aid the formerly state-employed district attorney in paying his legal fees. The state has not yet issued a response to the two requests. The city’s decision not to represent Nifong and DSI can be seen as a strategic move intended to distance the city from Nifong’s misconduct, said Duke law professor James Coleman.

“The city will do everything it can to separate itself from Nifong and the DNA company because that’s how they will defend themselves,” Coleman said. “The city does not have the same interests as Nifong and the DNA company, and part of their defense will be to say that if the plaintiffs [have] suffered any harm it was the result of Nifong and the DNA company.” Whether or not Nifong and DSI acted independendy of the city will be one of the key issues in the civil trial, Coleman said. Duke law professor Paul Carrington said the city’s claim revolves around the premise that Durham officials could not control the actions of Nifong or DSI and therefore are not responsible for their behavior. “The City Council can’t tell the district attorney what to do or not to do. He doesn’t report to them. He’s elected on a county-wide level,” Carrington said. “It is my impression that there wasn’t anything that the City Council could do to regulate his conduct. They didn’t control his salary. On that account, it strikes me as plausible for the city of Durham to say that he’s not our guy.” Lawyers representing Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, filed the civil suit Oct. 5, claiming the criminal case-against the three former lacrosse players was “a totalfabrication by a mentally troubled, drug-prone exotic dancer whose claims, time and again, were contradicted by physical evidence, documentary evidence, other witnesses and even the accuser herself.” The brief argues the defendants conspired to pursue charges even after discovering there was insufficient evidence to continue the trial. The players’ attorneys also claimed the defendants made public statements to intentionally smear the lacrosse players, withheld evidence and intimidated witnesses. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court after the city ofDurham refused the players’ $3O-million settlement offer, seeks unspecified damages and asks the Durham Police Department to reform the way it handles criminal investigations. Specific changes would include establishing an independent committee to review complaints of police misconduct and improved training for Durham police officers. The suit also asks for DSI to be banned from giving court testimony for a decade. DSI declined to comment for this story.

CLINIC from page 1 dents seeking female medical services in the past, Estera added.

The clinic will be operating at the Student Health Center on Flowers Drive every Tuesday between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Students can make an appointment to meet with female nurses, physicians and nutritionists during the weekly time slot, said Lindsey Bickers Bock, coordinator of the Healthy Devils peer education program and adviser for Duke Educational Leaders in Sexual Health. “Of course, if a student has a more urgent need they can come in as soon as they need to, but this is the time frame we are aiming for,” Bickers Bock said. The clinic will be supervised by Estera, who specializes in teen and adolescent health, women’s health and health promotion. She will be performing many of the services with her support staff. One of the goals of the clinic is to provide a comfortable setting for women who may be nervous about coming in for an annual exam. One student said the center is a helpful resource for female students on campus, who can turn to it for health exams and medical advice. “This is a good time for students to come in for their first annual exam if they haven’t had one already and a good time for women to start thinking about their reproductive health, which they may be a litde anxious to do,” Bickers Bock said. Estera said she believes the most popular services will be general gynecologic exams and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. The main mission of the clinic is a preventative approach to health care, she added. “We’re trying to put an emphasis on health promotion for disease prevention,” Estera said. “I’ve worked at differentclinics before, and the Student Health Center [offers] very comprehensive health care... so I just want students to know that it’s not just a place to go when students are just sick, but also to improve on general health.”

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DIVERSITY from page 3 Satterwhite, acting dean of undergraduate admissions. He added that most of these schools are chosen because they have sent students to Duke in the past. By working with nonprofit organizations such as Prep for Prep, a New York-based group that mentors high-achieving low-income students throughout middle and high school, Duke is increasingly reaching out to students who may be excluded from the traditional admissions tours, Satterwhite said. “The notion that Duke costs $48,000 per year is a disincentive for many students,” he said. “Part of the challenge is making families aware that aid is available.” In addition to the University Scholars Program, which awards full tuidon to a select group of high-achieving students who also qualify for financial aid, Duke’s admissions process has been need-blind for more than three decades, said Director of Finan-

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cial Aid Jim Belvin, Duke also commits itself to meeting 100 percent of the demonstrated need of accepted students as determinedby the University. “If a student is eligible to attend Duke, financial situation should not be a barrier to matriculation,” Belvin said. Lodewick said Duke should reach out to potential applicants from a wider range of economic and educational backgrounds in order to diversify its student body. “Our education system is based on the myth of meritocracy,” she said. “With kids from lower-income backgrounds, it’s still those who are the exceptions to the rule who go on to succeed [in college admissions].” Anne Moriarity, a freshman, said she feels that the University is far from socioeconomically balanced, but added that this has little effect on campus interaction. “I don’t know who’s wealthy and who’s not,” she said. “When we’re all hanging out, no one is asking who’s on financial aid.”

Estimated cost of Duke attendance (tuition, room, board and expenses): $48,240 Approximate percentage of Duke undergraduates receiving financial aid: 45 Average financial aid grant per student: $23,250 Percent of graduates with debt: 46 Average debt: $24,391

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PUTIN from page 2 after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “IfI always listened to all the various threats and the recommendations of the special services I would never leave home.” The remark played into the carefully crafted image of a fearless leader that Putin has cultivated, and also appeared aimed at emphasizing that he is in connot under undue influence from trol as he maneuvers to security officials maintain influence after his presidential term ends next year. Iranian Foreign

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoteezza Rice in Jerusalem Oct. 14. Rice met with Israeli leaders at the start of her latest Middle East peacemaking tour.

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The Palestinians, meanwhile, have said

they will not attend the conference without

In her talks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, she is seeking to bridge wide gaps between Israel and the Palestinians over the declaradon to be endorsed in Annapolis that President Bush hopes will lead to negotiations for a final settlement of the long-running conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he does not see the document as a prerequisite for the conference. He wants it as vague as possible on critical so-called “final status issues” like the borders of a Palestinian state, the status of disputed Jerusalem, Israeli setdements and Palestinian refugees.

a document that contains details on these matters as well as a specific timeline for their resolution. Arab states share the Palestinian concerns. “No doubt that before we go to (the conference), the document will be ready,” said Abbas, whose authority has been limited to theWest Bank since themilitant Hamas movement seized control of the Gaza Strip in June. “The negotiations should not be openended, but subject to a certain time period,” he added. Standing next to Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Rice insisted the conference will be “serious and substantive.”

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Indians to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox and a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series. The laid-back right-hander, who missed a big chunk of the season with an injury, doesn’t possess the overpowering stuff of either C.C. Sabathia or Fausto Carmona Cleveland’s two aces who flopped badly in Games 1 and 2 at Fenway Park. But Westbrook does have a devastating sinkerball, and oh my, how it sunk the Red Sox. “I was able to make good pitches when I needed to,”Westbrook said. “It was fun to be a sinkerball pitcher tonight That’s whatI live and die by.” Backed by an early homer from Kenny Lofton, Westbrook took a shutout into the seventh. “We needed it,” said Indians manager Eric Wedge, who had to use five relievers in Cleveland’s Game 2 win. “Our bullpen has been working hard. Jake controlled the ballgame. He did a good job working ahead and keeping the ball on the ground.” Game 4 Tuesday night will feature two soft tossers: Cleveland’s Paul Byrd, with his old-school windup, and Boston’s Tim Wakefield, the 41-year-old knuckleballing master. Boston grounded into three double plays, two of them by October’s scariest twosome

spread Saturday that Duke’s top 2008 re emit, 6foot-10 center s=Monroe, Greg had committed to Georgetown after taking in the Hoyas’ MidnighbMadness festivities. Monroe choosing Georgetown over Duke this weekend is not exaedy a doomsday scenario for Coach K’s program, as some have suggested. It is, however, a reason for concern. The Blue Devils still have eight McDonald’s All-Americans on their roster and still have enough talent to compete against (and beat) every team in the ACC this side of North Carolina. Monroe would have been a nice complementary piece to a Duke team that could make a legitimate run at a national championship next year, assuming Kyle Singler and Gerald Henderson don’t turn pro. But he still would have been just a freshman, and his reported desire to turn pro quickly would not have meshed well with the vision ofDuke’s program. Still, the fact that the third top post recruit in as many years turned down Krzyzewski’s offer—without even taking

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Seven former Blue Devils whose jerseys are retired in Cameron Indoor Stadium are now immortalized in another fashion. Six men’s basketball players and one women’s hoopster were named to Sports Illustrated: The Basketball Book’s NCAA All-Decade Team last week. The teams consist of the five best players from every 10 years’ worth of action Current associate head coach Johnny Dawkins, who led head coach Mike Krzyzewski to his first Final Four in 1986, was the lone Duke representative on the 1980 team. Dawkins is the second-leading scorer in Blue Devil history with 2,556 career points. Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley, both of whom won national championships in 1991 and 1992, took spots on the 1990 team. Hill was a three-timeAll-America while Hurley won the honors twice in his Duke career. Shane Battier, Jason Williams and JJ. Redick accounted for more than half of the 2000 team. Battier and Williams won Duke’s third national championship in 2001. Redick, a 2006 graduate, is Duke’s all-time leading scorer. Conneticut’s Omeka Okafor and Xavier’s David West round out the team from that decade. Alana Beard, whose retired number will be joined by 2007 graduate Lindsey Harding’s this season, was the only former member of the women’s program named. The book consists of writing from the magazine and more than 300 photographs. Other All-Decade squads include those from the NBA, ABL and ABA.

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The Blue Devils ran the ball nearlyas many times as they threw it, despite boasting one of the most prolific passing attacks in the ACC. Nevertheless, running back Re'quan Boyette, who has begun to emerge as the team's elite rusher, continued to show his skills, rushing for 5.2 yards per carry. Colleagues Justin Boyle and Ronnie Drummer, however, combined for just 41 yards on 16 carries.

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The Hokies kept Duke wideouts Eron Riley (third in the ACC in receiving yards per game) and Jomar Wright (fourth in receptions per game) in check throughout the contest. Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis came into the game averaging 248.5 yards per game through the air, but the stingy Virginia Tech defense held him to 122 and forced two interceptions.

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Other than a brief moment at the end of the first quarter when a Lewis keeper made the score 13-7, the Blue Devils were never in this game. Duke's ineffectiveness on offense was highlighted by a staggering 1-for-15 third-down conversion rate and further magnified when 127 of its final 194 yards came in the second half after the Hokies already held a commanding 34-7 lead.

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Normally one of their weaknesses, the Blue Devils were able to hold Virginia Tech to less than 100 yards on the ground. Linebacker Michael Tauiliili led the charge by registering 13 tackles on the day—nearly double the second highest mark on the team. Duke did relatively well in this area, considering the Hokies ran the ball on half of their plays and gained only 2.6 yards on average.

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Filling in for injured freshman quarterback Tyrod Taylor, junior Sean Glennon saw his first extended action of the season since he was benched during Virginia Tech's embarrassing loss to Louisiana State in week two. Glennon was nearly perfect all day, completing 76-percent of his passes for 248 yards and two scores. Tauiliili's interception late in the fourth quarter set up Duke's second touchdown of the day, making for a good, but altogether meaningless play in the face of a blowout.

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Tauiliili played a statistically sound game. Along with a best 13 tackles, the junior also had a half-sack, a fumble recovery and an interception —both of Duke's forced turnovers.

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“I thought he threw some good pitches,” manager Terry Francona said. “But he was in a lot of deep counts.” Westbrook was in complete control untilJ.D. Drew grounded a one-out single to center in the seventh. Varitek followed with a homer to center, bringing the Red Sox to 4-2. The homer ended Boston’s 13-inning scoreless streak, a drought that began in the sixth inning of Game 2 Saturday. Westbrook struck out Coco Crisp but when Julio Lugo beat out an infield single, Wedge pulled his gutty starter, who received a thunderous ovation from the towel-waving crowd of 44,402 as he jogged to the dugout. Lofton gave the Indians a 2-0 lead in the second with his seventh career postseason homer. Ryan Garko singled with one out, and with two down, Lofton, traded back for his third stint with the Indians in July, turned on Matsuzaka’s first pitch and sent it on a low trajectory and barely over the right-field wall. After high-fiving delirious teammates, Lofton, whose ever)' move has been cheered since he returned to Cleveland, came out and tipped his helmet to the adoring crowd. “These guys are going out and playing team ball and it’s unbelievable,” Lofton said.

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his official visit to Durham—is troubling, especially after a 22-11 season that was Duke’s worst in a decade. This string of recruits who have chosen to take their services elsewhere is concerning for two reasons. First, Duke could use a brawny big man to fill the role that Shelden Williams, Carlos Boozer and Elton Brand played on the program’s best teams of the past decade. Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas will have a tough time containing the likes of Tyler Hansbrough and N.C. State’s Brandon Costner. Having Patrick Patterson this year or Monroe next year would have made a difference, allowing Zoubek more time to develop and Thomas to shift back to his more comfortable position off the block. Second, there are image issues that could have effects lasting beyond the next couple of years. There used to be an adage in college basketball that said, “Duke doesn’t recruit, it selects.” The Blue Devils are still a powerful force on the recruiting trail, but it’s not the same it once was. Outside of the context of recruiting and before the Monroe decision, Krzyzewski was asked Friday whether Duke still had the same “mystique.” The legendary coach quickly dismissed the suggestion, saying “Going 22-11?.... We’ve won a lot of ball games here. And we’ve won a lot of championships. And as long as I’m coaching here, that’s what we’re going to try to keep doing. That’s what we’re going to try to do this year.” It’s clear, though, that Monroe, Patterson and Brandan Wright have all come to the same conclusion: Duke’s reputation isn’t what it once was. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, and it doesn’t mean it isn’t still among the nation’s best. There’s no doubt in my mind that this year’s team will surprise a lot of people, finish second in the ACC and make a run in the NCAATournament. But even Duke’s players admitted Friday that there was a high level of disappointment with the current state of the program. Greg Paulus admitted that “it’s not characteristic for a Duke team to lose 11 games” and that he’d be playing with a big chip on his shoulder this year because of that. Coming from the ultra tight-lipped point guard, that statement carries even more weight. Whether Coach K admits it publicly or not, his program is currendy in a bit of a valley. On the court and on the recruiting trail, the Duke brand has lost some of its value. That’s not to say Krzyzewski and Co. can’t exceed expectations this year to bring the Duke program back to where it was when Williams and JJ. Redick left in 2006. But Greg Monroe’s verbal commitment to John Thompson 111 and the Hoyas was one more reminder that the start of the 2007-08 season brings less than unbridled optimism about the Duke program’s future.

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years ago today, Duke hosted the Palestinian Solidarity Movement’s highly controversial national conference. Seniors will recall the turmoil and fears ofviolence thataccompanied the event, including a bomb threat that necessitated the evacuation of the Bryan Center.And it’s hard to forget the heateddebate that questioned the propriety of welcoming what one Chronicle columnist called “a recruiting session for Palestinian terrorist

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call for a gender-affirmative-action approach to hiring administrators as the simple answer to the issues raised. Contrary to Slattery’s recommendation, it does not follow from unsatisfactory stats or claims of male bonding between certain administrators and certain student leaders that a special effort should be made to seek out women to fill positions, administrative or otherwise. It does follow from the fact that women and men are equally capable that as more progress is made and equal opportunity becomes a reality, fair searches for the best candidates—whether student leaders or administrators will yield numbers of women in top leadership positions thatreflect the proportion in academia as a whole. —

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Kristina Johnson, former dean of the Pratt School of Engineering. But there are limitations to the idea that women look specifically to women for role models, and finding few in administrative positions, settle for the status quo. Slattery expresses some concern about the exclusive nature of the old-boys’-club candidness he shares with administrators, but it should be noted that only one of Slattery’s 11 cabinet members is female. These numbers are particularly relevant to the discussion at hand in light of the fact that cabinet members are not elected by the student body but are appointed by the president, and that they wield considerable clout. We are, in short, wary of the

kristin butler has been vindicated with all deliberate speed for insisting Duke should permit the conference because “it is a foundational principle of American life that all ideas should have an equal opportunity to be expressed. Universities, in particular, must give wide latitude to free speech and free debatebecause the pursuit of truth... is the very stuff ofeducation.” But Brodhead’s success has done little to resolve broader questions about the limits of acceptable campus discourse. Columbia President Lee Bollinger discovered as much when he hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sept. 24 for what he termed “an opportunity for faculty and students... to engage with the president of Iran.” Although Bollinger defended his decision to invite a notorious Holocaust denier in language almost identical to Brodhead’s, he has been roundly criticized for everything from permitting the event to behaving “like a hooligan” when introducing Ahmadinejad. Much of thatcriticism was justified. In particular, it’s hard to reconcile Columbia’s ban on military recruiters (owing to the armed forces’ discriminatory treatment of gays) with the decision to host Ahmadinejad, a man who sanctions the execution of homosexuals. Others, including Sen. John McCain, argued that “a man who is directing the maiming and killing ofAmerican troops should not be given an invitation to speak at an American university,” and worried that the event legitimized his views. Yet the institutional consensus at Columbia, Duke and elsewhere seems to hold that the importance of preserving free speech on campus should outweigh those (entirely valid) concerns. Fair enough. If universities limited their speaking invitations to individuals whose politics were “correct,” then the pool of acceptable speakers would be quite small. And as Bollinger noted, “It is a critical premise of freedom of speech that we do not honor the dishonorable when we open the public forum to their voices”; to behave otherwise

would “make vigorous debate impossible.” But why do these events remain so controversial? For one thing, these speeches—which are justified in the name of“education” and “understanding”— often don’t turn out to be very informative at all. Case in point: Although The Columbia Spectator found that student leaders “overwhelmingly” agreed the Ahmadinejad speech was “in line with the academic purpose of the University,” two senior guest columnists termed the event “a betrayal of University ideals.... [which] undermines the values of true academic freedom and symbolizes the suppression of adequate student participation.” Students were given just four days’ notice before Ahmadinejad spoke. Seats sold out in just one hour, and even the “most well-connected” undergraduates who did snag tickets were not permitted to ask Ahmadinejad direct questions (inquiries were filtered through the dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs). Bollinger himself did not live up to “the best of Columbia’s traditions.” His introduction, which taunted Ahmadinejad for being“ridiculous,” “a petty and cruel dictator” and “either brazenly provocative or astonishingly uneducated,” was so inappropriate that spectators cheered when Ahmadinejad rebuked the president’s “insults” and “incorrect claims.” In other words, like so many other body contested campus speeches Ahmadinejad’s appearance did not match controversy with content. The Iranian president used his time to insist that women in his country enjoy “the highest level of freedom,” that the Holocaust did not occur and that his country lacks homosexuals. Although the occasion avoided violence (in sharp contrast to another Columbiasponsored speech that ended in a near riot), it failed to incorporate the very “effective discourse and debate” thatjustified its existence. Such concerns are not foreign to Duke’s campus. Although the University paid more than $50,000 for security and other accommodations for the Palestinian Solidarity Movement, the sponsors of “open dialogue” on the Middle East were allowed to screen participants and bar journalists from a number of their sessions. And the healthy “debate” this event was supposed to provoke largely consisted of a Chronicle column titled “The Jews,” which bemoaned the “powerful Jewish establishment” and its “Holocaust Industry.” As we mark the anniversary of the PSM conference, let’s seize this opportunity to make our definition ofacademic freedom one thatdoes more to benefit students, a mission that truly honors the academy’s “best... traditions.” Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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letterstotheeditor Tickets for Barton College game on sale I would like to announce that tickets for this year’s Barton College game will go on sale on Wednesday, October 17th at 6:30 a.m. In years past, the Blue/White Scrimmage has been the game where tickets go on sale, however due to Parent’s Weekend being on the weekend of the Barton College exhibition game, tickets will be distributed and sold for Barton. The Blue/White Scrimmage will follow the new validation policy (pending DSG approval). The tickets for Barton College will be sold at the Cameron Indoor Stadium Athletic Ticket Office. The line for tickets should form from the ticket office down the sidewalk between Cameron and Card Gym and, if necessary, continue down the sidewalk towards Towerview Road. Student tickets are free, and you may also purchase up to two (2) more tickets for

$2O apiece. The seating for the Barton College game this year will be General Admission for the undergraduate student section of the bleachers, and all seats in this sec-

gests that only South Asians on campus support DSASI and the interdisciplinary study of modern South Asia. This is an inaccurate asserdon. Speaking as a non-South Asian student, I am concerned about Duke’s reluctance to increase the course offering regarding this important region. South Asia is home to one of the world’s fastest growing economies, the world’s largest democracy, two nuclear powers and is the breadbasket of globalization and outsourcing. Yet Dean Thompson goes on to suggest that the study of the region might not be important enough to merit the allocation of “University resources.” I hope Dean Thompson and the rest of the Duke Administration will realize that if Duke wants to be thought of as one of the premier universities in the world, it needs to be at the forefront in recognizing the next major trends in society. I do not think it is mere coincidence that nearly all of our peer institutions place a much greater emphasis on studying South Asia. I implore the administration to take a serious look at DSASI’s recommendations so that Duke can give its students the opportunity they deserve to properly study South Asia. Charles Throckmorton Trinity ’OB

our fellow citizens outside the courtroom as well. All of us are at potential risk from a criminal investigation or charges—inconceivable as that seems. Why? Because putative victims do lie. They are human. Prosecutors are human. Some prosecutors are evil, or inept, or negligent. Some simply misjudge the facts, or fail to look for exculpatory evidence. Some use theories of prosecution later rejected by the court, as in the conviction of Arthur Andersen reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Some prosecutors focus on “probable cause” facts to get an indictment but fail to accurately assess the evidence necessary to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Never equate an indictment with guilt Fifteen years ago the U.S. Supreme Court called the grand jury what it is: a mere tool of the prosecutor; a body that neither seeks truth nor weighs competing facts; and a body that prosecutors have no duty to inform of known exculpatory facts. Let us embrace the presumption ofinnocence. Support it. Live by it. Rally in its favor. Never forget the heartache and damage that result from even an honest investigation, to say nothing of a corrupt one. We should support an independent review of the judgments of the administration and Trustees in the Lacrosse Affair. It is highly likely such a review will provide insights would never occur to those who were and involved. Hopefully a policy will emerge that will serve the University’s interests as well as the presumption of innocence due its students in word and deed.

Lee Hamel, Duke ’62, is a formerfederalprosecutorand has been a trial lawyer specializing in white-collar crime litigation for 36 years.

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istration and Board ofTrustees made a number ofmistakes in the lacrosse case. To this they admitted. President Richard Brodhead has publicly apologized to the lacrosse players and their families and oudined some of his mistakes. Robert Steel, chair of the Board, has made it clear that the Trustees consulted with Brodhead and agreed with his actions throughout the period ofBrodhead’s mistakes. How does this great University deal with similar problems that may occur in the future? President Brodhead has proposed hosting a national conference of educators, lawyers and student affairs leaders “to discuss best practices in this field.” This endeavor may be helpful to develop “best practices” for universities in general, but it will not get to the heart of the matter—Duke needs a clear factual assessment and recommendation to guide the administration and Trustees in the future. While policy must ultimately come from the Trustees, such policy should not be based on an introspective study by those who participated in the affair or a “best practices” national symposium. If the Trustees seek an unbiased filter through which to examine the events to which they were a party, they should appoint an independent commission to study the case. The root cause of the evil resulting in the lacrosse athletes’ indictments was a lying alleged victim and a corrupt district attorney —for which Duke’s leadership cannot be blamed. But the administration’s reaction to the allegations denied the lacrosse athletes their right to fair treatment by the University, whose power exercised over them and over the lacrosse team’s coach and season appeared judgmental—words of presumed innocence notwithstanding. Exacerbating this conduct was the administration’s admitted failure to distance the University from the ad

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among the crowd of college students pouring out of the Saturday night party at Shooters and I, like the bulk of them, feel like I could eat a house. I’m ravenous, it’s late and let’s face it, not too many places that serve good food are open late in Durham. But there is one. After Shooters, my friends and I pile into the Jeep and head to North Carolina’s finest fast food restaurant—Cook Out. Our orders include chicken nuggets, corn dog trays, burgers, chicken burgers, aria branch hot dogs, “huge” sweet teas and most importantly, round three milkshakes. After our trip to Cook Out, we head back to campus to do it all over again next weekend. Nowadays, they say that if it’s not online, you don’t need to know about it. But that’s certainly not the case with Cook Out. Cook Out is somewhat of a mystery —you won’t find it outside of the state, and it has no Web site or headquarters contact information. But Cook Out has a lot more to offer than just its enigma of a reputation, and it should be a model for future late-night campus eateries. Cook Out is the epitome of a fast-food restaurant. The service is fast (thanks to the twin drive-throughs and a walk-up window), the food is hot and tasty (though I’ve found that it’s not as good when you aren’t fresh from the club), it’s cheap and it’s open late. Owner Jeremy Reaves said Cook Out was created for “burgers after midnight.” The restaurant has been a success story because of its large variety of milkshakes, its cookout-style food and its unique atmosphere. And it helps that Duke students, perhaps some of the most frequent patrons of the restaurant on Hillsborough, don’t have anywhere else they can drive to and get good food late at night. Despite all the hoopla surrounding the noodle bar that may come to campus, I’m more concerned about what administrators plan to do to replace our beloved Rick’s. There is no place to eat on campus late at night besides McDonald’s, and it seems to me that a noodle bar that closes by 10 every night simply won’t fill the void. Eating hushpuppies at the remote Tommy’s doesn’t count either. I’m not proposing, however, that we try to get a Cook Out on campus, because that would definitely take away from fun-filled late night adventures to Cook Out. All I’m saying is that whatever restaurant we choose to bring to campus should follow a Cook Out line of thinking —mixed with a little bit'of Rick’s flavor. First, the food should be affordable. Duke students aren’t dumb. We know that our food points are real money—so even though we don’t pay out of pocket every time we eat on campus, we still realize that food points don’t last forever. This new restaurant shouldn’t be the one that leaves us with a measly amount of food points a month before the semester ends. This new restaurant must stay open late and it should serve breakfast all day. While there are more restaurants that stay open late thisyear, there is no place like Cook Out or Rick’s, where students can go after parties to socialize and eat good food. If administrators are trying to open social spaces to foster community, then eating is a good place to start. Eating unites people; it always has. If Upstairs® The Commons is the new place for students to gather and eat during the day, then we need somewhere we can gather to eat at night. Lastly, this new restaurant should be accessible by car. Late at night, after partying and having fun with friends at off-campus locations, students should be able to come back to campus to eat comfortably and conveniently. Eating on campus shouldn’t always require a bus ride if you live on Central or East Campus. So, this new restaurant needs something Duke seems to be afraid of—a parking lot. I like noodles just as much as the next Dukie, but I think Duke should really put some thought into opening a late-night restaurant where the people are just as important as the food.

tion are open to students and their parents. Please keep in mind that there are only a limited number of tickets to be distributed to students and their parents for this event. The Ticket Office will not guarantee any tickets to be given out to students once the student section is sold out. Thanks from a visiting Holde If you have questions about this procedure, please To the Duke University community, I cannot express contact me at rbs9@duke.edu. Let’s go Duke! how impressed I was by the warm welcome and incredRoberto Bazzani ible support you showed to the Virginia Tech Hokies, Trinity ’OB players and fans, this weekend. With ribbons painted 2007-2008 DSG HeadLine Monitor on the field, playing of our favorite songs, and kind greeting from Duke fans, it was a tribute and a day that Dismissal of South Asian Studies Initiative unwise I will remember. Thank you for sharing your homecomDean Thompson’s comment about the Duke South ing and for making US feel at home. It really means A Asian Studies Initiative (DSASI) in yesterday’s paper LOT to us. You’re a class act! With much gratitude, where he is quoted as saying that “there has been a hisAmy Tanner tory of students being interested in having courses that address their particular cultures and experiences” sugVirginia Tech '95, '99

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brought to the jury’s attention by the court in a criminal trial. The presumption is based on fairness principles of a just society and has become part of the due process accorded to criminal defendants.This presumption should be accorded

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Thursday, October 18 ART. Mud, TWigs, Tin, and Wood: The Art of JimmyLee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and James Arthur Snipes. Without benefit of a single art class or conventional supplies, each of these three artists pays rich testament to his life as an African-American male in twentieth-century Alabama. Each of their works is intensely personal, an enduring visual memoir of everyday life. Curator: Ginger Young. OpeningReception: Thursday, October 18. 5:30 7:oopm. John Hope Franklin New Media Space. Free.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 MUSIC. The Andy Bey Trio. An Exclusive Concert Event. Carmen Sings Monk: A New Interpretation. Coltrane once cited Bey as his favorite jazz vocalist of all, and the “ferociously talented” singer [New York Times] is able to hit baritone lows and falsetto highs alike with what the Times calls “a kind of musical iridescence.” For the Following Monk festival, the dazzlingly gifted singer-pianist interprets selections from Carmen Mcßae’s iconic album of Monk arrangements, Carmen Sings Monk, in a triple-rewriting that highlights how much those soulful melodies beg to be sung. 8 pm. Reynolds Industries Theater. $26/$2O; $5 Duke students.

ART. Oma / Auma elin o’Hara slavick Black and white photographs taken by My Oma over fifteen years ago in East Germany contrast with color photographs taken at the Red Cross Haus Am Kiliesberg in Suttgart shortly after she died in 2006. Both series touch upon loss, defeat and the time between transitions from socialism to capitalism. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 18. 5:30 7:oopm. John Hope Franklin New Media Space. Free.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

DANCE. Robert Battle’s BATTLEWORKS Dance Company. Monk Movements. As the standard-bearer of modern dance, Battle’s tastes run to unconventional rhythms and in-your-face arrangements for the Following Monk festival. His renowned company brings its breathtaking precision to a program that turns musical inspiration into movement. “Monk was a musical genius,” Battle says. “He’s known for his offbeat, dissonant, humorous and complex style. His usage of space and time is unparalleled. These qualities have inspired and influenced every aspect of my work.” 8 pm. Reynolds Theater. $32/$26; $5 Duke students.

Thursday, October 18 TALK. NORMA CANTU, Ethnographer & Novelist “Celebrating Identity: Three Fiestas in Laredo, Texas. Engaging Documentary; Community Values and Artistic Visions, a series presented by the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm. Centerfor Documentary Studies. Free. Friday, October 19 TALK. DUMIC: Rare Music Series. B “From a Block of Wood to a Musical Instrument: An Introduction to Violin Making.” 4pm. Rare Book Room, Perkins Library. Free.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 MUSIC. The Randy Weston Trio and the Kenny Barron Trio. An Exclusive Double Bill for the Following Monk festival. Monk As Mrntr At 6’B” and 81 years old, Monk’s former friend and protdge Randy W biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk,' critic Stanley Crouch. Barron is simply “the most lyrical plan time” [Jazz Weekly, and has spent a long career reckoning Mount native’s influence. In this once-in-a-lifetime event, tw together for the first time, ready to reflect on a third jazz lege mentor. 8 pm. Page Auditorium. $3B/$3O/ $22; $5 Duke

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States ofMind: Dan and Lia Perjovschi Mid-career retrospective of internationally recognized Romanian artists. On view through January 6, 2008. .

New at the Nasher. Recent acquisitions and loans that reflect the museum’s increased focus on contemporary art. On view through July 6, 2008.

The Doll (short film produced at Duke) with panel discussion and reception. panel to include the director, lead actor, cinematographer, composer, student participant, literary critic. See web site for details. (W, 7pm)

Taste of the Modem: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline. On special loan from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. On view through fall 20 °S.

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