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Although Regina Spektor could not stand, her audience of more than 1,400 was more than happy to stand for her twice. The frail-looking Russianborn singer and pianist performed Monday night in Page Auditorium after much concern that an inner-ear infection she developed last week would prevent her from playing the show. Still, Spektor wowed the predominantly student crowd with a nearly 90-minute performance featuring hit songs “Fidelity,” “Samson” and “Better.” The audience responded with two thunderous standing

BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

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Barbara Kingsolver, author and recipient of the National Humanities Medal, will deliver the commencement address May 11, .President Richard Brodhead told a small group of student leaders yesterday. “I have issued the invitation to Barbara Kingsolver, and she will be the commencement speaker,” Brodhead said. “I really take seriously the notion of a person caring about a specific school and not just someone who will give a generic speech in 20 places.” Paula McClain, chair of the Academic Council and a professor of political science, wrote in an e-mail that Kingsolver is a great selection for

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“It was the best concert I’ve seen in a really long time,” said junior Chamindra Goonewardene, chair of Duke University Union’s Major Attractions Committee, which organized the event. “[lt was] a big step up from T.1.” The show sold out Oct. 1, only seven hours after tickets went on sale. Clad in a red dress and stockings, Spektor was escorted on and off stage and even required a five-minute intermission in order to “recuperate” during the show. “It was difficult because we didn’t even know whether she’d see spektor on page 4

Richard Wagoner, Trinity ’75, a member of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees and chief executive officer of General Motors, gave the address. And in 2005, John Hope Franklin, world-renowned African-American scholar and James B. Duke professor emeritus of history, spoke to graduating students. John Bumess, vice president for government affairs and public relations, said, however, students might not compare past speakers. SEE KINGSOLVER ON PAGE

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“Kingsolver is not only a premier American writer, but her personal and educational background demonstrates the

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Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor performs to a sold-out Page Auditorium Monday.

influence of having an interdisciplinary background,” McClain said. “Her work is inspiring and thoughtful and brings together many facets of her own life into the pages ofher fiction.” Kingsolver, bestselling author of “The Poisonwood Bible,” has two children, one of whom is a current Duke junior. She will be the third consecutive speaker with an immediate Duke connection. Last year,

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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver will give Duke's commencement address May 11.

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DeMarcus Nelson dunks during the first halfof the Blue Devils' defeat of Princeton in Lahaina, Hawaii

The Blue DevLAHAINA, Hawaii ils seemed like they couldn’t miss against Princeton. Or maybe it was just that Kyle Singler wouldn’t let them. In just more than four minutes, the 6-foot-B freshman forward scored 10 of Duke’s first 12 points, with seven of those coming off putbacks. Ripping apart the Tigers’ 2-3 zone, Singler paced the No. 13Blue Devils in an 83-61 rout ofPrinceton (2-1) Monday evening in the Lahaina Civic Center. “[Singler] is fun to watch,” Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson said. “He’s got a great skill level—the Duke mystique, if you will—he plays hard, too. It’s fim to see him compete. We had trouble

keeping him off the boards, and he was relendess in going.” But the rookie Singler—whom head coach Mike Krzyzewski said has played like a veteran —did more than crash the boards en route to 21 points

and 12 rebounds, his first career double-double. At the 18:11 mark of the first half, Singler drew a hard foul while pounding in his second of two buckets off DeMarcus Nelson misses and then converted the free-throw for a 5-2 lead. On the next possession, the versatile freshman stepped back behind the arc on the left baseline and nailed a three with an easy rip of the net. SEEM.

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A committee of students, faculty and staff formed by Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki will appraise the University’s judicial policies and produce recommendations by the end of Spring. The committee was created in response to concerns about the state of Judicial affairs raised by Duke Student Government President Paul Slattery, Nowicki said. In a memo to administrators and the Board of Trustees sent in September, SEE JUDICIAL ON PAGE

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Chavez, Ahmadinejad unite against US by

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TEHRAN, Iran—Venezuela’s outspoken president joined with Iran’s leader Monday in boasting that they are “united like a single fist” in challenging American influence, saying the fall of the dollar is a sign that “the U.S. empire is coming down.” Hugo Chavez also joked about the most serious issue the United States is confronting regarding Iran—nuclear weapons during his get-together with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The visit came after a failed attempt by the firebrand duo to move the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries away from pricing its —

oil in dollars, OPEC’s weekend summit displayed the limits of their alliance—their proposal was overruled by other members, led by Saudi Arabia—but it also showed their potential for stirring up problems for the United States and its allies. Making his fourth trip to Tehran in two years, Chavez has built a strong bond with Ahmadinejad that has produced a string of business agreements as well as a torrent of rhetoric presenting their two countries as an example of how smaller nations can stand up to the United States. “Here are two brother countries, united like a single fist,” Chavez said upon his ar-

rival in Tehran “God willing, with the fall of the dollar, the deviant U.S. imperialism will fall as soon as possible, too,” Chavez said after a twohour closed meeting with Ahmadinejad, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported. As the dollar weakens, oil prices have soared toward $lOO a barrel. Chavez said at OPEC’s meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that prices would more than double to $2OO if the United States attacked Iran or Venezuela. The leftist leader is a harsh critic ofPresident George W. Bush, while Iran’s Islamic government is in a bitter standoffwith Washington over Tehran’s nuclear program..

Seat belts to improve school bus safety by

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters proposed new rules Monday to improve die safety of school bus seats and expand the use of shoulder belts, but she declined to order that all new buses include seat belts. Peters rode a newly-equipped school bus to Morrisville Elementary School, then said she wants to increase the height of seat backs on all school buses from 20 inches to 24 inches to help protect children during accidents. Peters also proposed a new requirement

for short school buses to begin using shoulder straps. For longer buses, she instead proposed allowing states the option of using federal highway safety funds to retrofit them with seat belts. “We want school districts to make that decision,” said Peters, noting that smaller buses don’t cany as many students. “They’ll make the decision about how to protect the most children within their areas.” A new bus with seat belts costs about $lO,OOO more than one without the devices, said Derek Graham, a transportation services official for North Carolina schools.

North Carolina puts about 800 new buses on the road each year, meaning the seat belt buses would cost the state an additional $8 million each year. Schools have increasingly gone to higher seat backs. Peters said that taller children are prone to flying over the seats if the backs are too short. Small buses, which already use lap belts, will have three years to begin equipping new buses with the shoulder style. School districts will have to begin using the taller seat backs on new buses one year after the rules are approved.

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Despite a decline in violence in Iraq, northern Iraq has become more violentthan other regions as al-Qaida and other militants move there to avoid coalition operations elsewhere, Army Maj. Gen. Mark Herding—the region's top U.S. commander—said Monday.

Hate crimes up nearly 8 percent Hate crime incidents rose nearly 8 percent last year, the FBI reported Monday, as civil rights advocates increasingly take to the streets to protest what they call official

indifference to intimidation and attacks against blacks and other minorities.

Boys, 8 and 9, charged with rape Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were being held Monday in a detention center on charges of. kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl near a suburban Atlanta apartment complex, officials said. The alleged attack happened Thursday and was reported Sunday.

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Durham signs on to anti-poverty campaign by

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One billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day. On Monday, Durham joined cities across the United States in supporting the ONE campaign to help put an end to world-wide poverty. ONE is a nonpartisan organization that seeks to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world’s poorest countries. Durham is the first city in North Carolina to endorse the campaign, and Mayor Bill Bell declared Nov. 19 to be “City of ONE Day.” Shawn Selleck, a first-year graduate student in international development policy, petitioned City Council for the proclamation several weeks ago. He said that although Duke does not have an official ONE chapter yet, having the support of the city—though little more than a symbolic gesture—will help his efforts to have a ONE chapter established on campus. “Really, halfthe campaign is just about awareness,” he said. “Having Durham as a city of ONE creates that awareness. This is a slowgrowing campaign, but it’s been getting more attention.” Duke is rated 19th nationwide in the ONE Campus

Challenge, which awards points to schools for the number of students they sign up and for the level of awareness they

raise for the campaign. In addition to the announcement of Durham as a ONE campaign city, the council addressed the continued drought. Even after a few days of rainfall, City Manager Pat rick Baker said the upper portion ofDurham County—the :

“Really, half the campaign is just about awareness.... Having Durham as a city ofONE creates that awareness.” Shawn Selleck graduate student location of Durham’s water sources coming from the watersheds for Little River and Lake Michie—has gone back into the severe drought stage. He added that there are only 64 days left of premium water for the city, with an average de-

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“For most graduating classes, they don’t pay much attention to who the previous [speaker was] and who the next one is,” he said. “If you took a survey of seniors and asked them who the graduation speaker of three of four years ago was, my guess is they wouldn’tknow. People focus on what’s right in front of them.” Although some have raised questions regarding speaker selections in the past few years, Brodhead acclaimed Kingsolver’s accomplishments, calling her “extraordinarily articulate and humane.” “If anybody has any doubts about this speaker, people should go read more books,” Brodhead said in an interview with The Chronicle. The announcement, however, was met with little student response in the closed-door meeting. In an interview with The Chronicle, third-year law student Crystal Brown, president of Graduate and Professional Student Council, said she was “surprised.” SeniorElliott Wolf, 2006-2007 president ofDuke Student Government, said his knowledge of the author was limited and asked how to spell Kingsolver’s name. “As someone who is a math major, I do not have extensive familiarity with American literature,” Wolf said. “I have heard her name before, and I knew she was a prizewinning author.” Brown added, however, that she still has faith in Duke’s

mand of 21.55 million gallons per day last week—a 28-percent decrease in usage since restrictions were implemented. With the drought continuing and no sign of relief, Baker said that the low water levels may affect the city in the spring and summer of next year. “Quite frankly, with the weather forecast, the real big concern is whether or not the reservoirs will fill up this winter and spring,” Baker said in the meeting. “We don’t want to be entering the late spring or early summer with reservoirs below level. They need to be filled, and the concern is where is the rain to fill those reservoirs?” He added that he will be meeting with City Council staff to address this possible problem next week and consider moving to additional mandatory conservation stages. During the meeting, Chief of Police Jose Lopez also presented the Durham Police Department’s quarterly crime report to the council. According to the report, crime went down in five of seven index crime categories, with the city witnessing a 55-percent rise in murders and 13-percentrise in burglaries. DPD had a higher clearing rate —which measures the number ofcrimes brought to trial—than the 2006 FBI national aw erage for cities with populations from 150,000 to 250,000.

ability to get big-name speakers. She added that Kingsolver will act as a “good compromise” of international notoriety

and a University perspective. Senior Kyle Knight, co-chair of the Senior Gift Committee and an attendee at Monday’s meeting, said he has read “The Poisonwood Bible” and looks forward to hearing Kingsolver speak. ‘You hear about Jon Stewart speaking, and Will Ferrell spoke at Harvard a couple ofyears ago,” Knight said. “We’re not making headlines, but my graduation will be the first I’ll go to, and I hope what President Brodhead said was true, and her speech will really speak to Duke students.” Though Duke, like most peer institutions, does not pay for commencement speakers, Brodhead said this does not preclude attracting an appropriate candidate. “There’s a market of commencement speakers who charge fees,” he said. “To some extent, when you ask someone to speak for free, you’re asking them if they’re really involved in the commencement.”

CORRECTION The article"Two students win top scholarships" in Monday's paper should have stated that a Duke student has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in every year since 1993 except 2005,

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Singer and pianist Regina Spektor performed for nearly an hour and a half in Page Auditorium duringMonday night's concert

be able to play,” Goonewardene said. “She was not feeling well at a11... [but] kudos to her for pulling through this.” Audience members waited more than one hour for Spektor to take the stage after the show kicked off at 8:45 p.m., but many said Spektor’s performance was worth the wait. “She’s bailer for putting up with all she had to go through,” junior David Bryska said. “It shows how much she actually cares about her fans.” Goonewardene noted that the nearly 30-minute delay between the opening act and Spektor’s performance was a result of her poor health. Students at the show said they sympathized with the singer, who was forced to cancel two shows last week after collapsing prior to a show in Nashville, Tenn. Seated at a grand piano, Spektor kept students entertained throughout the show, joking during breaks and blasting a powerful voice while singing.

“Everything goes slower when you’re on stage,” she said. “And on drugs.” New York City-based singer-songwriter Jack Dishel, performing under the stage name Only Son, opened the show. Dressed in black skinny jeans, Dishel received a warm response to both his music and his humor. “How many of you have been to the [Chapel] on LSD?” he asked an audience. His question was met with giggles from the audience. DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, said she was impressed by the outcome of the show, which took much of this semester to organize. “Everyone had an awesome time,” she said. “[The music was] pretty relaxing, so it was a good mood for pre-

Thanksgiving.” Donnelly added that the Major Attractions Commitpraise for planning and organizing the

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“Major Attractions and Cha[mindra] did a great job,” she said. “It was just a taste of what things they’re planning for the rest of the year.”

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Slattery, a senior, argued that current policy infringes on a number of students’ rights, including the right to remain silent, call or cross-examine witnesses and request a hearing panel. “I am asking this task force to review Duke’s current policies and practices in the arena of undergraduate judicial affairs, to benchmark Duke’s policies and practices against peer institutions and to recommend any changes in policy or practice as seem appropriate based on this analysis,”

Nowicki wrote in a charge to committee members. Noah Pickus, director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, will chair the task force, which was formed as a temporary addition to the Academic Integrity Council. The task force will meet two or three times before Winter Break beginning next week to “set the parameters and begin the research that’s necessary,” Pickus said. Starting in January, the committee will meet on a tentative schedule of three six-week periods until the end of the semester that will correspond with three phases of the review process, he added. In the first phase, the “discovery” phase, the task force will study the University’s judiciary policies and practices and compare them to those of peer institutions, Nowicki wrote in the charge. In the “community input” phase, the committee will seek views from undergraduates and faculty on judicial affairs. In the final “analysis” phase, committee members will present concrete recommendations to alter or maintain the current judicial process. Pickus said the committee will examine the rationales behind current policies in addition to their effects in practice. “We want to make sure we have a sensible discussion about [judicial affairs] paired with data and information about policies and practices both at Duke and as compared to other institutions,” he said. Slattery said the task force is “more than I could possibly ask for,” adding that he hopes it will suggest specific changes to judicial affairs. “I think this process will be very useful provided it leads to concrete textual recommendations about policy,” he said. The committee also consists of faculty members Suzanne Shanahan, associate director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics; Todd Adams, assistant dean of students for fraternity and sorority life; Thomas Nechyba, chair of the Department of Economics; Peter Feaver, professor of political science; Professor of Law James Coleman; Greg Dale, a sports psychologist and associate professor of health, physical education and recreation; Norman Keul, associate dean of Trinity College; Craig Henriquez, associate professor of computer science; Deputy General Counsel Kate Hendricks; and Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate education. Student representatives on the committee are senior Gina Ireland, DSG vice president for academic affairs; sophomore Lucy McKinstry, DSG vice president for student affairs; Honor Council Chair Bronwyn Lewis, a senior and Undergraduate Judicial Board member; Trinity senior Snapper Underwood; and Matt Dekow, a senior in the Pratt School of Engineering. Nowicki said he was pleased with the diversity of the committee members, adding that he is confident of their ability to assess judicial affairs. “I look forward to this being a very balanced discussion,” Nowicki said in an interview. “I also have... asked the committee to make this as transparent and open a process as possible.” %-n.»

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Being a single motheris hard, but this mother is caring not only for her daughter, but her brand-new grandson and two nephews, one of whom is disabled. Needless to say, a limited income will not leave much to provide for any gifts this holiday season! Help to clothe not only the infant grandson this cold winter, but also provide much needed items to the rest of the family as well!

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This dad has been both motherand father to his three young children while his wife has been in a coma for two months. His thirteen-year-old daughter loves the Cheetah Girls, and his four-year-old daughter loves to play with Barbie dolls. Help this father bring a bit of joy to his family with gifts of household items, toys and clothing!

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MEN'S SOCCER The Blue Devils will travel to Louisville to face the Cardinals in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday. Ohio State awaits the winner.

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Duke ends season with 24th-place finish at NCAAs by

JuniorMaddie McKeever led the Blue Devils at the NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors.

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Duke capped off a successful season with a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Monday. Junior Maddie McKeever once again led the way for the Blue Devils, finishing the 6k race 21st overall in a time of 20:45.5. With her top-30 finish, McKeever earned All-American honors for the second year in a row. “[McKeever] is a tremendous competitor and one of our hardest-working athletes,” head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “Every time she competed this fall she left it all out on the course with no regrets.” Sophomore Kate Van Buskirk followed McKeever, finishing 67th overall in a time of 21:19.5. “Kate had her best race of the season,” Jermyn said. “She missed the whole summer training and was on and off during the fall [balding various injuries]. We were really pleased with how she ran today and in all three championship meets.” Sophomore Shelley Forbes also had a standout performance for the Blue Devils, crossing the finish line in a time of 21:59.6, good for 160th place. McKeever, Van Buskirk, and Forbes were the only members of the young squad to have raced in the NCAA Championships last year. Sophomore Emily Sherrard (22:01.4, 164th place), freshman Christy Adamyk (22:31.0, 206th), junior Molly

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Lehman (22:36.4,216th) and freshman Emily Schwitzer (22:49.2, 225th) all competed in the national meet for the first time. “We have a young group, and we came into the meet looking to get more experience,’’Jermyn said. “[The national championship meet] is a very challenging, intimidating competition that takes a couple tries before you learn how to race it best.” The team’s efforts in Indiana ended an up-and-down season for the Blue Devils on a positive note. After first-place finishes in two early-season meets, the team struggled in October before rebounding at the ACC Championships at the end of that month. Duke finally broke through at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, finishing second overall and earning its sixth consecutive NCAA Championship berth “Overall I was really happy to see the girls pull together,’’Jermyn said. “In the future I’d like to see the team stay stronger throughout the season so we’ll have more confidence going into the championship meets.” Ifhistory is any indication offuture success, this young Blue Devil squad has a lot to look forward to. “This team is similar to our team in 2003, which was made up of mostly freshmen and sophomores,” Jermyn said. “We finished 20th in the NCAA Championships that year and the following year placed second with a more experienced and mature group.” For now, the women will shift focus to the indoor track season and begin preparation for their first meet Jan. 11.

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Senior tailback Justin Boyle rushed for a season-high 45 yards on eight carries Saturday, leading the way for Duke's best ground performance this year. It was the first time the Blue Devils had more than 100 yards overall, gaining double their season average of 1.8 yards. The rain and sloppy field conditions certainly factored into some of the Blue Devils' passing struggles Saturday, but even the players insisted afterwamthat there was much more to it. Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis let some passes get away from him, and his receivers dropped several balls as Duke's once-potent aerial attack accumulated fewer than 200 yards for the fourth time in the last five games. Somehow, the Blue Devils had one of their least inspired performances all year while simultaneously putting together their best running game this season. Process of elimination says the offense's troubles must have stemmed from the passing attack's utter lack of production. This was Duke's chance for pride and respect on national television, and the Blue Devils laid an egg.

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Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis said he made some mid-game adjustments when he noticed the rain picking up before halftime. The change, which was to focus primarily on running the ball straight up the middle, turned out to be a deciding factor in the game. After halftime, the Irish ate up chunks of clock and scored two more touchdowns before putting in their reserves. Jimmy Clausen continued his recent success, quieting doubters of the hype surrounding the top-ranked recruit Surprisingly, though, his most important contributions were made with his feet not his arm. Leading 14-0, Duke's pass rush was unable to bottle up Clausen, who scrambled and converted twice on third down to extend and finally finish a third-quarter scoring drive that effectively ended the game. The Blue Devils certainly had some things right, silencing Notre Dame throughout most of the first half. Duke fumbles and forfeiting short field position gave the Fighting Irish the lead at the break. But it was the halftime adjustments Weis and his staff made and the ones the Blue Devils did not make that turned out to be the dagger in Duke's chances.

Highest marks: The backfield

Running backs Justin Boyle and Re'quan Boyette combined for 80 of the Blue Devils' season-high 117 yards and averaged five yards per carry on the afternoon.

Hit the books: The run defense

Duke's run defense gave up 220 yards on the ground to Notre Dame. Coming into Saturday's contest, the Fighting Irish had only gained 566 yards in the nine previous games combined.

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M. BASKETBALL from page 1 The Blue Devils went into halftime leading 52-31. In the opening period, Singler, in conjuction with a high-pressure Duke defense that forced 10 Tiger turnovers, opened up the floor for the offense to run and for Gerald Henderson’s acrobatics around the basket. Already up 20-4 seven minutes in, Henderson drove to the middle of the paint, elevated over the Tiger defenders and drained his soaring jumper, despite being fouled. On the next play, the athletic forward flashed to the basket from the right baseline and slammed home an alley-oop from freshman Nolan Smith. This faster-paced, more assertive approach on offense showed not only in Monday night’s score but also in the team’s demeanor on the floor. In front of a Blue Devil-friendly crowd of 2,400, the players looked like they were having fun. “A style of play that really lends itself for everyone to play to each other’s strengths really makes the game fun,” senior captain DeMarcus Nelson said. “This is about making easy plays. Everyone using each other’s strengths, knowing your own individual game and then incorporating it into the team

game.”

With 10 players logging double-digit minutes against Princeton—and the bench playing 86 minutes and scoring

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30 points collectively —the Blue Devils were able to maintain their higher tempo on offense. Krzyzewski, however, was not entirely pleased with his team’s intensity on defense, particularly that of his bench players. The Tigers shot 48 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from behind the arc in the second half. While he acknowledged that his team is young and playing in its first major tournament, the coach said his bench players must improve if Duke wants to win its fourth Maui Invitational title. The Blue Devils’ record-tying 10th win in the Invitational advances them to a 9:30 p.m semifinal matchup Tuesday against Illinois (3-0). NOTES: Junior Dave McClure saw his first playing time of the season Monday night since having surgery on his knee in August. The 6-foot-6 forward clocked eight minutes and pulled down one rebound. “He’s had a good week,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s practiced every day. We’ve got to get him involved.... He’s an important player, and we want him to play.” Notable DuMes in the crowd Hundreds of Blue Devil fans made the trip to Maui this week. Former NBA head coach and current TNT basketball analyst Doug Collins, father of Duke assistant coach Chris Collins, was in the stands Monday night, one row in front of Herb Neubauer—better known as Crazy Towel Guy.

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NOTICE OF A DESIGN PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF SR 1321 (HILLANDALE ROAD) FROM 1-85 TO NORTH OF SR 1407 (CARVER STREET) Durham County

Durham County

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold the above Citizens Information Workshop on December 10, 2007 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Orange Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 505 East End Avenue, Durham, 27703. NCDOT representatives will be available in an informal setting to provide information, answer questions and receive comments regarding this project. Attend at your convenience during the above stated hours. Please note there will be NO formal presentation. The purpose of this workshop is to provide detailed information about the Preferred Alternative being studied. The opportunity to submit comments about the Preferred Alternative and the project will be provided. Additional right of way will need to be purchased and the relocation of homes and businesses will be required for this project. NCDOT Right of Way Officials will be available to answer questions regarding acquisition of homes and businesses. Public input from this meeting will be included in the environmental document and will be used in the decision making process. A three-dimensional (3-D) computer model of the preferred alternative will also be shown. This model will provide a visual illustration of the project area after final construction. NCDOT proposes to construct on new location a fully controlled access freeway (similar to NC 147) with service roads between the Durham Freeway (NCI47) and US 70 (Miami Boulevard) in east Durham. The project will include new interchanges at the Durham Freeway and US 70. The East End Connector project will affect: Angier Avenue (SR 1926), Holloway Street (NC 98), Glover Road (SR 1940), East End Avenue, Carr Road, Lynn Road, Pleasant Drive, Rowena Avenue and others. This project will also improve US 70 from Holloway Street (NC 98) to Pleasant Drive.

Anyone desiring additional information may contact Ms. Beverly Robinson, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch at 1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1548, phone (919) 733-7844, Ext. 254 or email, brobinson@dot.state.nc.us. General information about the project is

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will hold a Pre-Hearing Open House and a Design Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 in the Auditorium at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics located at 1219 Broad Street, Durham, 27715. NCDOT representatives will be available at the Pre-Hearing Open House between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to answer questions and receive comments relative to the proposed project. The opportunity to submit written comments or questions will also be provided. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the above mentioned hours.

A formal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will consist of an explanation of the proposed location, design, the state federal relationship, and right of way and relocation requirements and procedures. The hearing will be open to those present for statements, questions and comments. The presentation and comments will be recorded and a transcript will be prepared. -

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A map displaying the location and design of the project and a copy of the environmental document Environmental Assessment (EA) are available for public review at Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro MPO, Transportation Department, 101 City Hall Plaza, 4th Floor, Durham, NC 27701 and the NCDOT Division Office located at 2612 N. Duke Street, Durham. The map may also be viewed online at http://www.dchcmpo.ora. -

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Anyone desiring additional information may contact Mr. Jamille Robbins, Human Environment Unit at 1583 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1583, phone (919) 715-1534, or email iarobbins@dot.state.nc.us. Additional material may be submitted until January 4, 2008.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop Anyone requiring special services should contact Ms. Robinson as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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ticular, is a true standout The problem is that Kingsolver is a Duke parent with very dose ties to the University. She’s not a “big-name speaker” andshe knows Duke too well. And for commencement, these things matter. This board will reiterate the same beliefit asserted last year when General Motors CTO Rick Wagoner, Trinity ’75, was selected to speak to the Class of 2007: Commencement is a time when the University should look beyond its walls to

up more than her fair share ofawards and accolades and even received the National Humanities Medal in 2000. Her 1998 best-seller “The Poisonwood Bible,” in par-

bring in nationally prominent speakers who would not otherwise come to campus. And there’s absolutely no excuse why Duke—a top international research uni-

versity—cannot draw better speakers, especially as the presidential election heats

ontherecord If anybody has any

doubts about this speaker, people should go read more books. President Richard Brodhead on novelist Barbara Kingsolver, his selection for the 2008 Commencement address. See story page 1.

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But it’s also a matter of promoting the so-called Duke brand. Commencement is a time when students, parents and alums all congregate for one last farewell. These are the people who will be the backbone of the Duke community (not to mention the donors that support this University) moving forward. The Duke brand is strong, and commencement speakers should be just as strong. President Richard Brodhead and the University must devote more time and effort to make sure that we can entice top speakers every May. It needs to rethink its methods ofselecting these speakers, and should—at the very least—ask for more student input Because we can’t imagine—or rather hope that—the student selection committee has pushed for

week, Dukeadded two impressive newjewels to its crown—the futuristic 6,ooQ«quarefoot Home Depot Smart Home, a dorm-cum-research laboratory run by the Pratt School of Engineering, and the French Family Science Center, the $ll5-million, 280,000square foot facility that brings together the chemistry, biology, biological anthropology and anatomy, physics and mathematics departments under one massive roof. Like CIEMAS and theLSRC before them, these buildings reflect the University’s increased focus kristin butler on interdisciplinary collaboration, along

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up. Other schools do, And Duke used to do the very same. In 2004, seniors heard Madeleine Albright talk. The next year, former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, Ph.D. ’66, offered his words of wisdom to the Class 0f2005. And then we had Professor Emeritus John Hope Franklin, CEO Richard Wagoner and now authorBarbara Kingsolver. As a result, this board is forced to ask the University, “What happened?” It’s no wonder this editorial boardand manyDuke students have been so disappointed with the selection committee’s picks in recent years. The bottom line is that seniors want to say as a matter of pride that they had a standout speaker send them off into the real world. It’s a pride thing, in part.

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with the stratospheric growth in demand for science and engineering facilities. They also stand as visible reminders of the five-year construction boom that is profoundly influencing our campus. Indeed, since I arrived here in August 2004, Duke has gained an art museum, a library, a Divinity School wing, a student plaza, a four-part engineering complex, a freshman dorm, a public policy building, an eye institute, a major addition to die Washington Duke Inn and even a brand new chapel, which stands less than 500 feet from the “old” one. This addition ofmillions of square feet represents the largest transformation of our campus since it was built during the 1920 and ’3os. And Duke’s new construction is augmented by large-scale renovations in the School ofLaw, the Nicholas School and across West Campus, which stand to radically reshape the University’s existing facilities. What’s more, our recent construction boom will soon be dwarfed by even more ambitious projects, including the 50-year, mega-billion dollarredevelopment of Central Campus and the $569-million, 550,000square-foot addition the Duke University Medical Center plans to break ground on in Fall 2008. Yet before we embark on those new projects, several disturbing trends deserve our attention. The first is the erosion ofimportant campus landmarks. In some cases, this simply cannot be avoided—consider, for example, the massive West Campus parking lot (aptly called “the Ocean”) that once sat beneath the present-day Keohane Quadrangle. Although it is more than a bit infuriating to realize that students once parked on West with impunity, it’s also clear that therewere fewalternative locations for a dorm of that size. The iconic lot had to go. Other losses are harder to justify. In particular, administrators have developed an unfortunate habit of “reselling” existing campus buildings for easy cash. As I observed several weeks ago, Alumni Memorial Gymnar slum (which recognized community members killed in

more distinguished speakers. Yes, Duke’s regional position and the fact that the University does not pay for graduation speakers are handicaps. But other Universities face the exact same challenges, and still manage to bring in much bigger names. And the short list of potential picks isn’t short at all, as we see it With a little effort, there’s no reason why Duke can’t reach out to people like David Brooks, Bill and Melinda Gates, Grant Hill, Rudy Giuliani or Sen. Elizabeth Dole, to name just a few. This board welcomes Kingsolver with open arms and truly looks forward to hearing her talk, but for the future, we would like Duke to bring in the higher-profile speakers to which our peers have become accustomed.

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World War I) met this disgraceful fate in the mid-1990s when it became the Keith and Brenda Brodie Recreation Center. More recently, East Campus’ Branson Theater, Perkins Library’s Hart Reading Room and the medical center’s Bell Building (which was named for a closefriend of James B. Duke) haveall met this fate. The Paul M. Gross Chemical Laboratory may soon join that list That’s because the Board of Trustees recently approved plans for the Nicholas School to build a new facility, Nicholas Hall, on the site Gross Chem currently occupies. Although the building has sorely needed a gut renovation for decades, the loss ofits name—which honors the man who helped found NorthCarolina’s Research Triangle Park, laid the groundwork for Duke to become a nationally recognized research university and even unseated President Hollis Edens—would leave a gaping hole in our institutional memory. Perhaps not coincidentally, Gross Chem is notable in a second sense: Much like the law school, the Bryan Center, the Physics and Biological Science buildings, Teer Library and all ofCentral Campus, it is known as an architectural disgrace. Although Duke is endless compared to Hogwarts, this fate is more common than you might think. Even the West Campus dormitories (though they remain aesthetically pleasing from the outside) sport disastrously configured interiors that require a complete overhaul. In fact, if you look at Duke’s complete architectural track record, it overflows with embarrassing failures. Hence the disastrous forays into red brick on Science Drive (which a University Web site now mocks as the “Midwestern high school” motif), the avant-garde concrete jungles of the 19605, and the awful encroachment of the Bryan Center in the 1980s. Modem day additions to that club include the East Campus “backyard quad,” which senior administrators already admit features poorly designed, cheaply built dorms that are way too small. It’s enough to make you wonder how the new Central—whose planners have already created a “level ofmistrust” with their shady zoning manipulations and unduly restrictive retail caps—will actually sit with future students. Some aspects, like Executive Vice President Tailman Trask’s embrace of “Duke brick” (found on Keohane Quad, the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center and Bostock Library, to namejust a few) will probably seem an appropriate compromise between cost and aesthetics. We can only hope that others, like the decision to rehire the architectural firm that built the “sports quadrangle” bordering K-ville, work out for the best Either way, one thing is clear: Duke cannot afford to repeat past mistakes with this next megabillion-dollar construction boom. Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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maintain a love/hate relationship with Thanksgiving. Like anyone else, I enjoy the break from working, the chance to spend timewith my family and the opportunity to share and fellowship over fried turkey and fixin’s. Our family traditions include everything from an annual turkey trot to a video game tournament —this year featuring “Guitar Hero” on Wii —as well as sharing all of the memories, laughter and love you can imagine. But something about the commercialism, overindulgence and emphasis less on atHdllS Thursday dinner and more on Black Friday’s shopping in ITiediaS T6S opportunities point to the glaring inconsistencies surrounding our supposed national day of thanks. What is it about our world, our lives and our status that we have to set aside a day to consider and express our gratitude? And how exactly do we display said thanks? By continuing to overindulge ourselves without considering how much we have to be thankful for day in and day out? Thanksgiving has become an excuse for some in our society to happily disregard the implications of our lives of luxury. For others, it remains a reminder of the tragic wounds that necessitated our American rise to power—er, um, that is, “freedom.” Allow me to be blunt. I will never be able to give uncritical thanks for the founding of this country. Not as a woman of black and Native American heritage. My family is all too aware of the glorified pleasantries of Plymouth Rock mythology. The third-grade plays about happy pilgrims feasting with Squanto do not exactly do requisite justice to the story of European colonization of the Newto-them World. As a country, we still have not given due reparation—reservations don’t make the cut—to those who are most authentically American. It is also pretty unreasonable to expect black folks in the South to represent the premises of Thanksgiving to the fullest, either. Not without the memory of hundreds of years spent in slavery, reconstruction and fights for civil rights. Being thankful for survival in spite of the government, institutions and proud supremacists is not something that can be relegated to an official day off from work. Nor is it, despite our familial variation on a theme, what the instantiated holiday intended. For my family and the myriad families who share these perspectives of the story, many do still gather together to celebrate the blessings we continually received. However, our celebration is also met with a sense of mourning and memorial, a reminder of accomplishments past and the work of change still lying ahead for the future. As such, instead of just offering thanks for all of the things we have and do not need, all of the food we prepare and do not eat, all of the family we have but only fight with, I ask that we all consider taking a moment to reflect on how to best give thanks by reassessing our ignorant compliance in an ahistorical myth. Here follow some prayers, ifyou will: In the midst of our celebration of harvest and abundance, and in light of the historical truths of power and dominance, may we be tempered by seeing starving children, whether in East Africa or East Durham, who wUI not be fed on this day or many other days throughout the year. As we are surrounded by families and loved ones, let us lift up those who do not have anyone near, whose families have been ravaged by bombs, guns and evidences of war, many of whom have suffered as innocent casualties. As we prepare to shop for a consumer-driven Christmas season, let us reflect on the envy and greed that drives the finances of our economy, and pray for ourselves to be rid of the materialism that requires sweatshop economies and children’s labor around the world. As we play pilgrim and feast on turkey this holiday, let us remember those who still are not met with respect, equity and opportunity in this country and around the world. It is hard not to play into the patriotic protocol of a seemingly narcissistic annual ritual when it is so deeply ingrained in our cultural being. But being thankful for privileges that come at the hegemonic cost ofothers is not something to celebrate, or give thanks for. /

Tailgating and football, may they rest in peace I’m

not above giving credit where it is due, so I’ll say this: The University certainly deserves its fair share of congratulation for responsibly solving the Tailgate dilemma. Both students and administrators appear to be happy with the current model’s remarkably stable balance between ridiculousness and safety. Yet this is only a superficial diagnosis. The administration’s guiding philosophy has always been to wean us away from our beloved “Tailgate” in favor of conventional “tailgating,” jon detzel preferring the calm f. don * stop believing support of football over the chaotic parking-lot throw down. It is this aim that has been frustrated for some time. In fact, the hope for tailgating died last Saturday with our embarrassing 28-7 loss at Notre Dame. Chomping at the bit for its first two-win season since 2004, Ted Roofs team managed to squander this precious opportunity to beat a fellow 1-9 team hurting from its four-week string of horrible and historic defeats. We’ve always been encouraged to support the football team and take pride in its continuing struggle to capture elusive victory. Tailgate has been tolerated, in large measure, out of recognition for its game-day connections and its propensity to put a few more excited fans in the stands. But now I’m done with hope. Roof has consistently been given the benefit of the doubt and consistently failed to deliver. He has racked up only six wins in 50 games in his tenure at Duke, allowing him to claim ownership of one of the longest college football losing streaks of all time. Looking back at my stay here, I can’t help but be disappointed. A college football nut, I would be at Wallace Wade every home game to root for the team if Duke were at least marginally competitive and effectively coached. I was present for the Citadel game (’O4), the upset of Clemson (’O4) and the VMI win (’O5), and I went crazy when we beat Northwestern ear.

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Unfortunately, four wins in my four years at Duke just hasn’t been enough for me to maintain my enthusiasm. It shouldn’t be enough for you, either: Duke excels at nearly everything it does, so why should football be any different? Sadly, though, failure is now the dominant football narrative. Seeing Notre Dame, one of the worst teams in college football, actually look pretty good at our expense was the last straw. At Duke, Saturdays are now defined by the intermittent Tailgate and watching other teams. Someone ought to own up to these defeats—and something needs to change. The promise of always being “close” to victory is an insufficient defense of poor performance. If the University is truly committed to improving

football game attendance, it needs to take real action to give the students a reason to care. We only have so much patience, and for this Blue Devil it’s wearing rather thin. Coming into this year the University had an incredible opportunity to make real change. Instead, it chose to keep both Roof and controversial Director of Athletics Joe Alieva around, signaling its intention to do nothing more than pray for a few more victories. The deciding moment will soon be upon us, as the season winds down and Alieva embarks upon his promised evaluation ofRoofs record. But the key will be to remember that at Duke we live—and die—by higher standards, so occasional victories shouldn’t obscure the obvious trends of the past four years. What I do hope is that we won’t be fooled in the unlikely event that we beat UNC next weekend. Future success demands honest action now, which means that the University must seriously analyze the status quo and hopefully make some changes and resist being overwhelmed by the euphoria of the cowbell. Until then, Tailgate is here to stay. Tailgating will rest in peace, buried by the irony that the University’s own reluctance to turn up the heat on Duke’s football program undercut its aspirations to triumph over Tailgate as if a goal post had fallen on its head.

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

Army Adkins is a graduate student in the Divinity School. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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