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Rove draws big audience, protests Scores for living groups released BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

Protestors arrived in force Monday

picket and shout insults as Karl Rove, the former deputy White House chief of staff,

took the stage in Page Auditorium. Rove addressed the sold-out auditorium of students, faculty, staff and Durham residents as closed-circuit television feeds featured the speech in Reynolds Auditorium. The event, tided “A Conversation with Karl Rove” was cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the President, the Duke University Union Major Speakers committee, the political science department and the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy. In his approximately one hour and 15 minutes on stage, Rove discussed a variety of topics including his childhood, personal experiences and policies under President George W. Bush’s administration. “When the Taliban killed men for minor violations of Islamic law by stoning them to death in a soccer stadium... we did the right thing by removing them froth power,” Rove said. “The United States has nothing to apologize for in its conduct in the war.” Rove detailed his road to the White House, which began with a school assignment to get involved in a political campaign. His immersion continued, and he eventually left college to work for the Republican Party. He met George W. Bush at age 27, while working for President George Bush, he said. Two decades later, when the younger Bush held the Texas governorship, Rove acted as one of his top advisers. He added, however, that the environment in the Lone Star State is very differentfrom Capitol Hill. “In Texas, politics is a blood sport—we care about it more than Friday night foot-

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The numbers are in—and some selective living groups may be out. The Residential Group Assessment Committee released its first-ever evaluations of the 23 selective living communities on campus Monday night. The committee awarded living groups scores out of 100 based on community plans the selective groups submitted Nov. 16 and presentations group members gave over this past weekend. “The process went really smoothly,” said senior Ryan Todd, an RGAC member and president ofCampus Council. The RGAC scores are especially pertinent to the fraternities and selective living groups in Few Quadrangle, Todd said. With Few Quad undergoing renovations during the fall 2008 semester, the groups currently located in the dormitory will be forced to move for the 20082009 academic year. RGAC scores will determine which groups have priority in choosing a living space for next year. All other groups will wait another two years before facing the ramifications of their scores. The final scores of the top four groups in Few fell within a range of only six points. “The one unfortunate thing maybe is that all the groups were really close in SEE SLG ON PAGE

Emeritus prof Edelman to speak for MLK Day Lerner, 78, dies by

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Warren Lemer, a longtime Duke faculty member and professor emeritus of history, died Monday. A professor at the University for more than 45 years after his 1961 appointment, Lemer was 78. “His undergraduate courses at Duke were legendary,

attracting hundreds of students drawn to hear Lemer’s compelling lectures and bask in the warmth and humor of his personality,” said William Chafe, an Alice Mary Baldwin professor of history. Lemer served as chair of the Department of History and was a member of the Policy Committee of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. “For those of us who had the privilege to work with Warren Lemer, he is simply irreplaceable,” Professor Edna Andrews, chairof CSEEES, and Adjunct Associate Professor Michael Newcity, coordinator for CSEEES, wrote in an e-mail. ‘Warren was a generousand kind friendand colleague to so manyof us; his impact on our lives will never be forgotten.”

—from staffreports

Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund and a civil rights lawyer, will give the keynote address at the University’s 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 20, officials announced Monday. The week-long commemoration, which is in its 19th year, is themed “The Power of Youth,” which committee Co-Chair Ben Reese said made Edelman a particularly appropriate choice to deliver the speech. “Being one of the foremost activists and experts in trying to promote safety and educational concerns for children, she was someone who we thought would be a wonderful model,” said Reese, who is vice president for institutional equity. CDF, a private nonprofit organization vdtich Edelman founded in 1973, pledges to seek justice in health care and education for children worldwide. It began in part as a branch of King’s Poor People’s Campaign in 1968—for which Edelman served as counsel—and the Washington Research Project —an advocacy group SEE MLK ON PAGE 6

Marian Wright Edelman, who will give an address on MartinLuther King Jr. Day, is an attorney and president of the Children's DefenseFund.

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Giuliani visits Triad, Raleigh Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani visited North Carolina on a fundraising tour Monday. He started the day with functions in three cities in the Piedmont Triad and then attended a reception in the home of Raleigh business executive Dwayne Long. The former New York City mayor then flew to lowa and finished the day at the GOP primary debate in Des Moines. The trip was Giuliani’s second to North Carolina this year. Giuliani was last in the state

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when he spoke at the Conservative 'Leadership Conference in Raleigh in April. From April to June 2007, Giuliani raised $96,815, according to The Washington Post. That figure put Giuliani behind competitors Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney, who both raised over $lOO,OOO in the same period. Funds raised in North Carolina, however, only form a small portion of the nearly $45-million war chest Giuliani had raised as of the end of September.

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Lax suit date pushed back Assistant City Attorney Kim Grantham said the time extension The defendants in a federal will affect both sides of the case. civil rights lawsuit brought against “There was a joint motion that established an answer and briefthe city of Durham and 13 individuals by the three former Duke ing schedule,” she said. “It affects lacrosse players have been granttime limitations and briefing as ed an extended deadline for their well. The extension lends an adresponse to the suit. vantage to all parties —everyone Chief Judge James Beatty of receives an extended time to fully state their case.” the middle district of North CarGranthamsaid the partiesjointolina of the U.S. District Court entered an order last Thursday ly decided on the new schedule. that would give defense lawyers Although she saidshe could not until Jan. 15 to respond to the comment on the frequency of such law suit and the plaintiffs 90 days extensions, she noted that similar extensions are not uncommon in after to file their opposition. The defense’s response was lawsuits with complex litigation. In their initial lawsuit, lawyers originally scheduled for Dec. 10. by

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representing former lacrosse players Collin Finnerty, Reade

Seligmann and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, requested that an independent monitor be assigned to oversee the Durham Police Department for 10 years in addition to a $3O-million settlement and a list of other reforms. The suit was filed against thosebelieved to have prolonged the rape case in which the former players were falsely accused. Other defendants include DPD members and former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong. Mayor Bill Bell declined to comment, and City Manager Patrick Baker could not be reached.

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Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican presidential hopeful andformerNew York City mayor, spoke at four events around NorthCarolina Monday as part of a fundraising tour.

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‘You can’t have political reconciliation when people are trying to kill each other,” he said. “The mission [of the war] is to crethe ate an Iraq—to give Iraq a breathing space capital. dynamic that controls “American politics is an equilibrium,” to form a democracy.” Audience members remained civil as Rove said. “If you hit a point of equilibrium We’ve the two it never lasts. politico responded to questions posed between parties, been at a point of equilibrium for about 10 by Peter Feaver, a political science professor and former member of the National years, and something’s going to happen.” Rove Council staff under the younger Security members questioned Audience about unconstitutional hiring practices, Bush and President Bill Clinton, but some the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame turned aggressive when the floor was opened for questions. and the torture of prisoners. “Lock him up,” “you’re a murderer” “Torture is not acceptable,” he said. to on and “9/11 was an inside job” were among “The U.S. is a signatory agreements the outbursts. We do and we not torture. will torture, Though students passed protesters renot torture.” enacting waterboarding torture schemes U.S. government He added that the need not fully disclose its actions to the while entering Page, most said they had mot anticipated the intensity of the opAmerican public. said Rove posing party. Like the war in Afghanistan, “They said disruptions would not be tolerAmerica was justified in the war in Iraq.

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ated, and I think this is a real failure on the administration’s part,” said junior Sam Tastier, chair of Duke College Republicans. Tasher attended a small reception with Rove prior to the forum and said he expected members of the audience to have more respect for Rove, regardless of their own political ideologies. “I would hope that [students] heard a perspective that they don’t often hear at Duke and that they would get an insider peek at some of the way Washington works and the way decision making in the White House is framed and considered,” Feaver said in an interview with The Chronicle. Major Speakers Director Isel Del Valle, a senior, said despite the interruptions, she considered the evening a success. “I personally would’ve preferred it to be less people protesting just because he’s a professional and when you go toe-to-toe with him, he’s going to win,” she said.

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packets ranged in size from four singlespaced pages to almost 40. Senior Drew Hoffman, president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, which received the lowest RGAC score overall, said expec-

Few,” Todd said. “So it’s unfortunate that if, say, the group that came in fourth [Kappa Alpha Order, was] so close to the No. 3 mark tations for the evaluation were unclear but that if they should not get a section on West added that he expects DTD to improve its Campus it would only be by like two points.” score in future evaluations. Round Table scored the highest among Others said they agreed that communicathe Few Quad groups. tion between RGAC representatives and groups Senior Varun Leila, co-president of Round being evaluated couldhave been better. Table and editor of Recess, said he was pleased “I think in the long run this process may with his group’s score but added that he and work out, but there definitely needs to be more othermembers ofRound Table did not wantto transparency in determining scores so everyone see another group in Few separated next year. is comfortablewith how they are beingjudged “The dorm agrees that every group in Few before they are beingjudged,” Leila said. Some members of the evaluated groups, Quad deserves a place,” Leila said. “Cohesion and unity is necessaryfor any of these groups however, said they were not completely satto survive. It’s only fair for all of these groups isfied with the evaluation process. to have a unified section and not be split up. “I would say there’s definite revision necNo group is more deserving than any other.” essary in some aspects,” said senior Chris Each group was evaluated in eight cat- Ehlinger, president ofSigma Chi fraternity. Some selective living group members egories, including group conduct, section said upon receiving their scores they were management, quadrangle interaction, membership experience and four additional sup- not informed enough about the evaluation process to judge where they ranked in plemental categories specific to the group. The evaluation committee had 12 core terms of the other groups. members culled from Campus Council, “It turned out well for our group, but 1... the Interfratemity Council and Selective have no idea whether our score is good or House Council. Only seven committee not,” said sophomore Caroline Schermer, members were present for each of the president ofArts Theme House. Todd said RGAC tried to give as balgroup’s presentations, and the final scores are the average of their seven scores. anced an evaluation as possible but he RGAC took steps to ensure that the anticipates that some groups might come evaluators for each selective group did not forward with complaints now that scores have a conflict of interest with the group have been released. But he added that the assessment saved selectives from the elimipresenting, Todd said. Overall, scores ranged from the mid-60s nation recommended in the Campus Culto the low 90s. ture Initiative Steering Committee Report. “There were definitely some groups that “This process is something that may have didn’t take it as seriously as others,” Todd helped save fraternities altogether, honestly, said. “I wouldn’t say that anyone just blew it and selective living groups,” Todd said. “To 0ff.... Some groups put a lot more time in say that this process isn’t fair is to say you don’t appreciate the fact that this process preparing [than others].” He added that the community plan may have saved your existence altogether.”

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forms of volunteer work Although the Martin Luther King Day planning committee discussed a number of issues that would be important to Duke and Durham, Reese said the committee setded on

“Young people have taken up important struggles since Dr. King was assassinated.” Marian Wright Edelman youth because it coincided well with King’s own promotion of justice for the future. [Edelman’s] selection really is in line with Dr. King’s concerns for youth—not only in terms of treatment but playing a “

critical role in being activists,” he said Reese added in a statement that Edelman has continued to advocate King’s passion for a “society of safety, social justice and educational enrichment.” Edelman’s Chapel address will be accompanied by performances from local arts groups, including the Voices of Peace choir from Peace Missionary Baptist Church, Collage Dance—a Durham-based youth dance company—and the Duke Jazz Ambassadors. Other events for the week, which the committee began planning in April, will be outsourced to various student groups within Intercommunity Council, said senior Simone Randolph, president of the Black StudentAlliance and a member of the planning committee. The programming will focus on advocating children’s issues and fostering an environment for social reform.

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BLUE DEVILS RISE IN THE RANKINGS After routing then-No. 20 Wisconsin 82-58 Nov. 27 and edging Davidson 79-73 Saturday, No. 6 Duke jumped one spot in the AP poll released Monday.

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Fellow Duke fans, the holiday season is upon us. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably looking forward to the men’s basketball team’s annual migration North to Madison Square Garden and wondering when the most passion. ate (read: craziest) ..Kfans will begin their greg two-month-plus L DCCIIO VI quest in Krzyzewskiville for first-row seats to the North Carolina game. This time ofyear, you’re probably also struggling to brainstorm gifts forall of your friends and family. So in the spirit of the holidays, I figured I would help everyone out by suggesting appropriate gifts for some of myfavorite characters associated with Duke athletics. To Josh Mcßoberts, I give the “Blue Devils Stadium Seat Cushion,” available (on sale!) for $27.99 from Amazon.com. Duke’s former “star” center is currently riding the uncomfortable pine for the Portland Trail Blazers, having played a total of 36 seconds in the team’s 16 games so far this season. Duke fans should be especially grateful for Mcßoberts this year—his departure seems to have paved the way forboth the team’s improved chemistry and Kyle Singler’s emergence. To the Cameron Crazies, I give three suggestions to improve the Duke Basketball stadium experience. First, better food options. With the line monitors requiring students to be at games 90 minutes before tip, there often isn’t a choice but to pay $6 for a Coke and a soggy slice ofDomino’s or a Chick-fil-A sandwich that has been steaming inside that metalwrapper for at least 12 hours. Is it too much to ask for a more comprehensive snack stand on the ground level? Second, free water botdes for students at halftime. Yelling and jumping up and down for more than two hoursis tiring.

As the clock ticked down to zero on a frigid night in South Bend, Ind., the book finally closed on an improbable hot streak in the NCAA tournament for Duke. Over the last few pages of the season, the Blue Devils erased the memories of a mediocre regular season with a strong postseason run. Duke (10-6-7, 3-3-4 in the ACC) finally broke out in the tournament, advancing to the national quarterfinals and narrowly paqftn missing out on a bid sca,wn to the Final Four. All VUTdpiip of this came from an unranked squad that had the fewest victories of the 64 teams in the NCAA tournament. While the Blue Devils were certainly heartbroken after erasing a 2-0 deficit and falling just short at the end of the game against the Fighting Irish, no one could deny that the season had been a successful one, head coach Robbie Church said. “It really was a magical run,” Church said. The sudden success may have seemed to come out of nowhere, but the Duke players insisted thatall the necessary ingredients had been in place throughout the entire season. “We knew that if we played with heart and passion and gave everything our all, we had the skill,” junior Kelly Hathom said. “Everything else would fall into place. Basically, we’ve been doing that all season, and finally, in the tournament, all the hard workpaid off. We just believed in ourselves.” Duke also believed in its senior goalkeeper Allison Lipsher throughout the season as well. Up to the last contest against the Fighting Irish, Lipsher had not given up more than two goals in any game this season. She ended her career with 33 shutouts, one shy of the Blue Devils’ career shutout mark and two short of tying the ACC career record.

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coach. But since then, Alieva has divulged little about all aspects of the process. Even most of the players have been kept in the dark. “I have no idea —no one does, actually,” senior Jomar Wright said. “Alieva is keeping this really hush-hush and hasn’t really involved the players or anything.... In terms of who he’s going after or who he’s looking at, he’s really kept that under wraps. “I think the players would like to know who’s going to lead the program next year and would like to be kept in the loop about what Alieva is doing.” A lack of information has not stopped others from speculating. Navy head coach Paul Johnson, Boston College offensive coordinator Steve Logan and East Carolina

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head coach Skip Holtz appear to be the most likely candidates at this time. Johnson seemed to vault to the top of the list after Nebraska, which was reportedly interested in the Midshipmen’s coach, hired Louisiana State defensive coordinator Bo Pelini this weekend. But after Georgia Tech was spumed by Connecticut coach Randy Edsall Sunday, the Yellow Jackets joined in the running for Johnson, the former Georgia Southern head coach. After Navy’s 38-3 win over Army Saturday, Johnson fielded questions regarding rumors of his departure for the first time. “I can only say this; not one thing I have seen or read has been true,” Johnson said two days after The (Annapolis) Capital reported that Duke was prepared to offer him a contract worth around $2 million. “That being said, as any other human being would, if someone calls and asks to talk to me about another job, I may listen. But it Duke's offense, led by quarterbackThaddeus Lewis, could receive a boost when a new coach is hired. would take a special deal for me to leave.”

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W. SOCCER from page 9 Church said Lipsher led the young Duke squad by example, working hard in the weight room, out on the practice field and during the games. Lipsher never took a play off, and at the end of the day she was pleased with her and the rest of the team’s performance. “No regrets,” Lipsher said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better team to end [my career] with. This team is absolutely phenomenal.” The Blue Devils posted 10 wins for the fourth time in the past five years. Sophomore Elisabeth Redmond, the team’s leading scorer, finished the season with 12 assists, good for second in school history. Her eight goals and four game-winners also topped the team. The season was full of ups and downs for the inexperienced Blue Devils. Duke initially struggled to find the back of the net, scoring just one goal over its first four games, but it had a breakout 6-0 win over Elon Sept. 13. The win propelled the team to a four-game winning streak before falling to thenNo. 4 Virginia 2-0. The next game, a double-overtime win against Virginia Tech, started a stretch of seven overtime games in 11 matches, including four that were still deadlocked after 120 minutes. The team finished with seven ties on the season, the most ever in the program’s 20-year history. Lipsher said she thought the struggle for success ended up helping the team in the long run. “We spent most of the year learning how to fight and learning how to win,” Lipsher said. “All the hardships we had to go through —all the overtimes, the penalty-kick shootout—just helped us grow up so fast.” The growth should serve as a springboard into next season. Duke loses only one starter, Lipsher, and one other senior, seldom-used forward Andrea Crane. The Blue Devils should be in prime condition to return to the final rounds of the NCAA tournament. And right after the final whistle against Notre Dam£ Church was already eager to get back on the pitch. “It’s been a long season and a great season, but I’m anxious to get back at it,” Church said. “We’ve got a lot of talent coming back, and we’re going to have high expectations.... I’m looking forward to next year already.”

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night’s “A Conservation with Karl Rove” drew large and diverse crowds. The crowd’s conduct at the event, however, was less than admirable the If

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a speaker of Rove’s national stature is worth hosting. In securing such an individual to speak at Duke, the Duke University Union and the political science department should be commended.

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host more major and controversial speakers like Rove, then it must work harder to maintain the academic nature of events and ensure that the atmosphere is intellectually rather than emotionally charged. Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove is the type of speaker one would expect a top-tier school like Duke to attract. On this campus—indeed, within this editorial board opinions on Rove vary widely, but there is no denying that

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speakers will also inevitably draw criticism and protest, especially at a diverse place like

Duke. Similar situations occurred recently at Columbia University, when President Lee Bollinger blasted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and at the University of Florida, where a student was tasered during a speech by Sen. John Kerry. Protests are not always disruptive; they can and should be well-reasoned and mature articulations of dissent.

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Former White House deputy chief of staff

Karl Rove, speaking in Page Auditorium Monday evening. See story page 1.

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tive ad hominem attacks, The University should actively facilitate an environment for respectful, academic engagement. At a University-sponsored speech, priority should be given to Duke students and faculty for seating. If the venue sells out, students should be allowed to watch the event live, with overflow tickets going to non-Duke affiliated individuals. Regrettably, many interested students were either compelled to watch the speech in Reynolds Theater or unable to see Rove at all. Although this change may not

prevent unprofessional

behavior, it will make the audience much more representative of the Duke community and ensure that the audience is invested in the

reputation of the University. On-campus publicity for the speech was also disappointing. Although the event was widely publicized in the wider Durham media, many students were unaware when and where tickets would be available. Moroever, protest and student activism on a university campus are admirable and important, and it is encouraging to see those who disagree with an issue or person do so in a peaceful way. Duke students —

especially if given special priority at events —must rise to the occasion by exhibiting respectful conduct, whether dissenting or lauding. Hopefully Duke will continue to

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speakers —and hopefully such speakers will feel Duke is a worthy place to come.

Why DSG will never make you proud

ontherecord In Texas, politics is a blood sport—we care about night football, but at the end of the it election, you put it aside.

The protest outside Page Auditorium was an example of an appropriate, academic protest. Protesters were visible and distributed information on their position, but they respected the rights of others not wishing to take part in their activism. The protesters inside the auditorium, however, were a different story. These protesters ignored the guidelines distributed at the event against “disruption or interference.” On a number of occasions, protesters rudely interrupted the speaker, preventing others from hearing what was said. During the question and answer session, rather than engaging the speaker on an academic and intellectual level, many questions (and interruptions) were unproduc-

I’ve

often wondered why Duke Student Governnever seems to do anything substantial. Sure, they manage to do a lot of interesting little things, which is fine in the general sense. But why don’t they ever seem to enact real change? The answer is the subject ofmyfinal column. I submit that DSG is simply incapable of doing something truly profound, effective and beneficial for the student body. The theory that follows is the product of four years of research, discussion and analysis.DSG politics is a game ofself-interest, nothing more. jon detzel All the actors involved don't stop believing enter with goals that the time they span spend playing the game. Once on the field, they then seek to act on those objectivesalong the path ofleastpossibleresistance (as anyrational politician would). This is problematic because where interests clash, students inevitably lose. Let’s examine the incentives of the two groups of actors—students and administrators—in order to understand how this works. Students run for DSG for a variety of reasons. I imagine that the main motivations are making changes, adding an “impressive” notch on the resume, enjoying politicking, being close to power, and feeling important Sure, most hope to benefit the students they ostensibly represent, but I refuse to give this priority. Alternatively, the University has a firmly entrenched set of preferences they are loathe to change. These define the field of play, and they are rigid because, as a collective of individual administrators, the University has no incentive to give up any share of its power or compromise its beliefs.Because the University sets out the rules of the game—that is, precisely what policies it is willing to discuss—the students are forced to make sacrifices in order to prevent total failure, at least in their own eyes. DSG therefore lacks the bargaining power to demand an equal seat at the negotiating table. But the administration has to play the game: Preventing DSG from doing anything and completely ignoring the student body would create unnecessary and dangerous conflict across campus. Instead of simply saying no and denying student initiatives, administrators concede something in order to keep the situation proceeding in their favor. This is why they are willing to let DSG make small changes at the expense of more monumental ones, such as allowing kegs on the quad, but only with University bartenders. These minor sacrifices are thus the price of ment

perpetual victory, which they gladly pay to pacify the students and their representatives in order to prevent substantial change. But why would DSG accept this ruse? Couldn’t theyjust protest, get angry, go public, or start a riot? They go along because the game works to prioritize cooperation. First, students think that doing something is better than nothing, so they bypass the barriers to progress by moving in fits and starts. This is why, for example, that the meal equivalency plan is always rejected at the beginning of the year and then enacted several months later. No one is willing to put theirreputation on the line and take a stand for the cause that presumably brought them to office. Moreover, fighting the University for real change is more difficultand time-consuming than accepting the little victories, so they avoid it, just as classroom assignments are put off until the last possible minute. Then, there’s the pervasive insider mentality that being successful means developing working and congenial relationships with administrators, which later helps to resist action on larger goals. DSG reps don’t want to anger key officials with whom they might have to work on later projects by not going along with the system. So, for example, they got behind the revised Duke Community Standard, which increases the University’s purview on matters of academic integrity at the expense of students’ rights. Getting on the administration’s good side also has its perks—insider knowledge, a feeling of importance, proximity to power, and, of course, the über-desirable letterofrecommendation. These fringe benefits are too persuasive for student government to ignore; in a sense, these are bribes offered in exchange for complicity. Simply put, DSG representatives gain from shelving their dreams in favor of the ease of the moment Unfortunately, this is exacdy what the University wants, which is whychange happens so infrequently. The institutional dynamic of the DSG machine is thus resistant to making substantial moves or achieving significant progress, like fighting back against the Campus Culture Initiative from the start, resisting West Campus housing policy changes, and sticking up for fraternity rights. We are not powerless, but as anyone who has ever been prosecuted byjudidal Affairs knows, Duke isn’t just going to give youyour rights. You have to fight for them. And that’s what students must do if they really want to see different results—stand together, demand change and accept as our “leaders” only those who are willing to do what’s necessary to achieve it. Anything less would be uncivilized.

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. This is his final column

of the semester.

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The Duke 'blah'factor

you’re reading this, first know that I could never get a column printed in The Chronicle as an undergrad. In my four years at Duke, I applied three different semesters to be a Chronicle columnist. I felt like I had an original perspective to share. I felt that I had the ability to connect with my fellow students. I was a good writer. But I was never accepted. Instead, the editors chose columnists who used their spaces to post personal ads and social show-off pieces. And they were TERRIBLE. There. I said it. Finally. Along with The Chronicle, I wasn’t accepted into Duke University Improv, Hoof ’n’ Horn, Inside Joke, the Serfuller vice Opportunities in Leadguest column ership program, numerous creative writing classes, numerous documentary studies classes and numerous selective houses, to name a few. I kept trying, obviously. (Or else I was a sucker for punishment.) But over time it just seemed that I did not have what it took to thrive at Duke. Three and a half years after graduation, I have begun to think about graduate schools and in the process have reflected on my Duke undergrad experience. And, when pressed, I can sum up my experience thus: Duke made me feel dumb. Since being out in the “real world,” I have realized (or maybe just remembered) that I am a smart, attractive, capable person. To varying degrees, I felt this way in high school. It was Duke where I find this skewing of my perspective and a dip in my self worth. I didn’t feel bad about myself, but I didn’tfeel good. The best descriptor I can think offor how I felt at the time is “below average.” And I was, on paper. I graduated 744 out of my class of 1155. I didn’t graduate cum laude or with distinction or a departmental award. I never got a grant or a fellowship or a scholarship. As I fill out graduate school applications, I struggle to find a professor who I was close to, or who would even remember me. At graduation, I had a Duke diploma and no job, but even worse, no direction or sense of accomplishment. (See how I said “Duke diploma” as if that was the good part, and the rest of me was pulling it down? How that saying “But I went to Duke” should explain away any of my problems or frustrations?) I take responsibility for a fair share of my mediocrity. I could have met up with professors outside of class, joined more groups or taken time off to regroup rather than to plod through another semester. I also know that when a school takes the cream of the crop from high schools all over the country and the world, resettling has to occur. But why does Duke make so many people feel so, well, BLAH about themselves? I recently spoke with a freshman-year hallmate, and after her four years at Duke, she is shocked at discovering how adequate—or even good—she is at so many things. She has met students in her graduate program who talk about their undergrad years as a place that they really grew and discovered themselves, when she feels like she simply made it through. Another Duke friend told me of the week she didn’t get into any sorority and was rejected to be a first-year advisory counselor. (“Ans, no one gets turned down to be a FAC,” an acquaintance told her beforehand.) “I wasn’t doing it for my resume or to get ahead. All I wanted to do was meet some new people,” she said. And yet another friend doesn’t feel like she is as talented or as accomplished as her current classmates... at Duke Medical School. Perhaps it is simply the nature of the beast? I hope not. On the other side of the coin, my Duke experience gave me many wonderful memories and many passionate, talented, life-long friends. I was a ‘E-minus’ student but I am not a ‘B-minus’ person. But it took getting out of Duke to believe that again. To those whom feel like me, I assure you, you’re going to do fine. Many adventures await you here and out there, and don’t worry if*the college years aren’t the best years ofyour life—they weren’t for me either. To those who don’t feel like me, good for you. Many adventures await you, too, and I hope college isn’t the best time ofyour life—that the great only gets better. And to all of you: How can you make your Duke experience better for yourself? For your campus community? What do you really want to do (and not just be)? If you need a place to start, try writing for The Chronicle. It is just as thrilling as I imagined it way back when in my freshman year.

lettertotheeditor University handled Rove protesters poorly Upon walking into Page Auditorium last night, I, along with everyone else in attendance, was handed a green slip of paper stating that Duke University respected academic freedom and wanted to have a meaningful, respectful academic discussion with Karl Rove. I was appalled by what ensued. Rove’s attempt at discussion was interrupted at least a dozen times by hecklers screaming everything from “Liar!” to “Murderer!” At one point in the discussion, someone walked in front of me with a massive sign reading “Arrest Him!” Now while I completely respect people’s opinion and their ability to protest, shouting down Rove only infringes his right to speak—the

very right being invoked by the protesters. As the University had pledged to curb such malicious and slanderous statements, their lack of any response to these protesters was disconcerting at best. Professor Peter Feaver was quoted yesterday as saying, “There should be ways for people to register their disagreements with him without breaking the law and without infringing on the rights ofothers... I’m confident that Duke administrators have taken steps so that everyone’s free speech... will be preserved.” It is a shame that Professor Feaver was proven wrong last night. Daniel Simpson Trinity ’ll

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Jessica Fuller graduatedfrom Trinity College in 2004.

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lion for need-based undergraduate aid and nothing for merit scholarships. There are signs of a battle royale within the Brodhead team over the adequacy of this effort. Recall the rare interview that Executive Vice President Tallman Trask gave The Chronicle six months the Initiative was announced. Trask said as before nckards much as $450 million would be needed for undergraduates alone, double what development gurus saw as feasible. For this column, Trask answered one e-mail cursorily, and ignored four others. Even the low-ball goal was in trouble at the 18-month mark last summer, so the update going to Trustees this severely lacking. Let’s deal with merit scholarships and need-based weekend will be crucial. aid first, and then athletic scholarships. We’ll also But don’t throw up your hands. There’s away out Brodhead’s Financial Aid Initiative. of this. get to First, with more students paying higher tuition and When Brodhead arrived for the 2004-2005 academic year, he inherited a budget with $6.1 million for merit fees, Duke now collects $43 million more per year from scholarships and $42.5 million for need-based grants. undergraduates than it did when Brodhead arrived. Yet Total; $48.6 million. Duke devotes only $400,000 more for merit scholarDuke had 6,137 undergraduates at the time. If the ships, $6.2 million for need-based aid and $2.5 million aid were distributed evenly, the theoretical “average” for athletics. Fix it. Second, despite many stumbles (dare I menstudent received $7,919. In the current 2007-2008 year, the fourth of tion lacrosse?), the Brodhead administration has invested Duke’s money brilliantly and has earned Brodhead’s tenure, merit and need-based aid total $55 million. That number appeared deep in a vast sums beyond what was budgeted—in the pressummer-time news release and I asked the direcident’s first year, $428 million extra; in his second tor of the Office of News and Communication to $626 million extra. Results for his third year are confirm it, which he did. Twice. That means there not yet public, but I would estimate $750 million was no increase at all to $1 billion That’s a lot of slush! Underover the third Brod“Four years of Brodhead, and graduates and their parents head year—a devastatshould be asking, loudly, why ing indictment the ‘average’ student’s aid these riches are not channeled No wonder other senior Duke officials dishas increased a measly $244. into relief from ever-soaring tuition. tanced themselves from Meanwhile, the anticipated And third, there is a lot of the number, contending as late as last week, cost of attending Duke leaped hidden money at Duke. Consider the enviable position of the implausibly, that the $39,240 $45,121, from to an system, over-funded by could not pension yet University $423 million in the last report. forecast its spending for increase of $5,881.” The Trustees should restructure this academic year. With the growth of pensions, insuring all beneficiathe Pratt School of Engineering, there are now 6,738 ries every penny while capturing the surplus. Alterundergraduates. natively, Duke should suspend all contributions of Do the math. Four years of Brodhead, and the new money, freeing up tens of millions of dollars “average” student’s aid has increased a measly a year. Recall Brodhead’s words in a 2005 address to the fac$244. Meanwhile, the anticipated cost of attending Duke leaped from $39,240 to $45,121, an increase ulty on need-based aid: “This privilege [of higher education] was availof $5,881. Jocks fared better. Athletic scholarships amounted able in America on profoundly unequal terms; when to $10.5 million when Brodhead arrived. Extrapolatquality education was open to some with relative ease ing from precise figures for three earlier years, the but closed to others—closed to women at certain current total is probably $l3 million, up 25 percent schools, closed to African Americans in many places—on grounds extraneous to ability or intelligence. over four years. More extrapolation: Merit scholarincreased and need-based aid 15 my adult lifetime, those injustices have been only During 7 percent ships remedied in substantial measure. percent. “But it would be a poor sequel for less-visible ecoMany students may think the Financial Aid Initianomic discriminations to be allowed to stay in place tive is helping them. No way. The three-year fundraising effort, started precisely when gender and racial ones have been abolished.” two years ago, is collecting pledges first, then cash. I can heartily endorse that priority. Now, as they say The money must sit in University coffers for a full in the movies, show me the money. These figures do not affect me. I attended Duke for year before Duke touches it, and then rules imposed by the Trustees dictate that any spending increase seven years and my parents paid my tuitionand fees in from endowment be trickled in over three years. full. Total: $7,700. Thus we are six years away from feeling the full benefit of the Initiative. Ed Rickards, Duke '63 and Law '66, has pursued careers The Initiative seeks $3OO million in new endowin both corporate management and journalism. He was editor ment for all University divisions, allocating $230 mil- of The Chronicle and currently lives in New York, N. Y.

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February when the Board of Trustees raised tuition, the University’s news release did not mention, as it usually does, an increase in undergraduate financial aid. Omissions make me very curious. '-seven e-mails and 12 phone calls ed later—in other words, with very little coopCJUGSt COiIiITIII eration from current occupants of the Allen Building—l can report that President Richard Brodhead speaks eloquently about the need for financial assistance but his actions are .

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