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The 609 students enlisted in the “Third Eye Blind for LDOC” Facebook group will finally have the semi-charmed kind ofLast Day of Classes they have been hoping for. Alternative rock band Third Eye Blind and rapper Lupe Fiasco will headline the day-long festival, LDOC cochairs Chamindra Goonewardene and Vincent Ling confirmed Thursday. The annual event, scheduled for April 23, will also feature an afternoon concert by North Carolina folk-rock jam band Carbon Leaf on the West Campus Plaza. Frontiers, a Journey cover band, will open for Fiasco in the regular evening show. Tm really excited about [the bands],” said Duke University Union President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior. ‘We were really lucky this year to get a lot ofstudent response and feedback and deliver on some of those expectations. I think it’ll be really wellreceived.” In all, the show will cost the LDOC Committee—which is funded by DUU, the Duke Student Government and Campus Council—approximately $lOO,OOO, said

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Co-ed blocking will be an option for students next Fall, Residence Life and Housing Services officials announced at a Campus Council general body meeting Thursday. The announcement was accompanied by details regarding theonline Room Fix process and measures RLHS is taking to accommodate the loss ofbed spaces caused by the Few Quadrangle renovation set to begin in May. Co-ed blocking “It’s not co-ed blocking in the physical sense where they are allowed to room together or next door,” Campus Council President Ryan Todd, a senior, said in an interview after the meeting. “It allows coed groups offriends to pick [rooms] at the same time... but it doesn’t guarantee you will live next door to each other.” Students requesting to live on campus will be entered into one general lottery pool—instead of two pools sortedby gender like in past years—and members of a block will still have sequential lottery numbers, Toddadded. Roommate pairs must be of the same gender and only those in doubles may block. Hallways will still be separated by gender with gender-specific bathrooms, Todd said. “We truly do want you to be happy with

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Freshman Taylor King and No. 7 Duke bring an undefeated ACC record into Saturday's match against No. 24 Clemson.The Blue Devils defeated the Tigers twice last season, including a win in which then-sophomore David McClure made a last-second shot. See story on PAGE 9.

Goonewardene, a junior. “This is probably the biggest LDOC I’m ever going to see,” he said. “Considering the fact that this is the 10th LDOC, this is the biggest we’ve seen so far—and we’ve SEE LDOC ON PAGE 5

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Although John Edwards’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination may be stalling, a group of economists is trying to get it running again. William Darity, professor of public policy studies, African and AfricanAmerican studies and economics, joined 33 othereconomists from various institutions in endorsing a statement that calls the former North Carolina senator the candidate who “has best demonstrated the capacity and the policies to be the next president of the United States.” The group, known as Economists for Edwards, was recruited by James Galbraith, SEE EDWARDS ON PAGE 5

Duke athletics is looking for increased investment in its programs and facilities to live up to new standards of academic and athletic excellence, Michael Gillespie, chair of the Athletic Council, said Thursday. Gillespie, who is also a professor of political science, presented the Athletic Strategic Plan, which was drafted last fall, to the Arts and Sciences Council at the group’s biweekly meeting. The council also approved changes to the current course withdrawal policy. Gillespie discussed issues facing athletics, including the need for a high performance standard, better facilities and increased academic and athletic collaboration. He said athletics must be held to a “championship metric” in line with Duke’s stated mission of “unrivaled excellence.” SEE A&S COUNCIL ON PAGE

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Michael Gillespie, chair of theAthletic Council, stressed the importance of high standards ofathletic excellence in a presentation Thursday.

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deepening concern about the country’s economic health. The sudden scramble to take action came as fears mounted that a severe housing slump and a painful credit crisis could cause people to clamp down on their spending and businesses to put a lid on hiring, throwing the country into its first recession since 2001. President George W. Bush told congressional leaders privately he favors income tax rebates for people and tax breaks for businesses, officials said. Bush spoke with congressional leaders as House aides worked behind the scenes on an emergency package that could also include more

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WASHINGTON United for urgent action, the White House and Congress raced toward emergency steps Thursday to rescue the national economy from a possible recession, including tax rebates of at least $3OO a person —and maybe as much as $BOO. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke endorsed the idea of putting money into the hands of those who would spend it quickly and boost the flagging economy. All the talk of rescue efforts failed to soothe Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrials plunged 306.95 points, underscoring

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Aides to lawmakers involved in the talks said the White House is pressing for tax rebates of $BOO for individuals and $1,600 for married couples. Lawmakers were likely to settle on a $5OO rebate for individuals, said an aide involved in the talks, with details for couples and people with children still being negotiated, The rebates would likely be limited to individuals with incomes of $85,000 or less and couples with incomes of $llO,OOO or less, the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no final decisions had been made.

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“State Democrats have a First Amendment right to association, to assemble and to set their own rules,” Mahan said. Nevada’s Democratic Party approved creation of the precincts to make it easier for housekeepers, waitresses and bellhops to caucus during the day near work rather than have to do so in their neighborhoods. The state teachers union, which has ties to Clinton, brought the suit against the special precincts shortly after local 226 of the Culinary Workers Union endorsed Obama for the Democratic nomination. The union is the largest in Nevada, with 60,000 mem-

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LAS VEGAS A union with ties to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton failed in court Thursday to prevent casino workers from caucusing at special precincts on the Las Vegas strip. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan was presumed to be a boost for Clinton rival Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday because he has been endorsed by the union representing many of the shift workers who will be able to use the precincts.

bers. The Clinton campaign said it was not involved in the suit. The suit contended party rules allowing the precincts gave too much power to the casino workers and violated federal equal protection guarantees. But the judge said, “We aren’t voting here, we’re caucusing. That’s something that parties decide.” He said it is “up to the national party and the state party to promulgate these rules and enforce them.” The Democratic National Committee ratified the state party’s rules in August.

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A Durham Countyjudge ruled to permit former men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler to change his previous suit against the University and pursue slander charges instead of breach of contract Thursday. Pressler, who was forced to resign when rape allegations arose against the lacrosse team in the spring of 2006, filed papers with the Durham County Superior Court in October, claiming that the terms of his March 2007 legal settlement with the University were violated. Specifically, the suit cited allegedly defamatory remarks made by John Bumess, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, to the press. On the eve of the hearing regarding

the settlement, however, Pressler and his lawyers petitioned for the claims in the suit be changed to slander, a request granted

Thursday byJudge Orlando Hudson. “For Mike Pressler, this has always been about getting to the truth,” said Jay Trehy, a lawyer for Pressler. “We want to get to the truth, we want to proceed on these slander claims.” Slander is legally defined as an unfair or false statement made about a person that is published which puts him in a false light, said Professor James Coleman of the School ofLaw. Lawyers for Duke argued that any aspect of Pressler’s involuntary termination should be setded by arbitration—a method SEE PRESSLER ON PAGE 8

To prevent binge drinking, theUniv.of lowa has encouraged departments to schedule more earlyFriday classes.

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Although some researchers said increasing the number of early Friday classes may curb “thirsty Thursday” night drinking, Duke officials said they don’t intend to test the hypothesis in the Gothic Wonderland. The study, which was recendy produced by a researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia, found that students with late or no Friday classes consume

Judge Orlando Hudson granted Mike Pressler's request to change his lawsuit to pursue slander charges.

about twice as much alcohol as those with Friday classes beginning before 10 a.m. “Although Friday classes are no magic bullet to the nose, the magnitude [of their effect] was very large,” said Dr. Philip Wood, a co-authorof the study who is also a professor of quantitative psychology at MU. He noted that of the students who consumed alcoholic beverages on Thursday nights, approximately two-thirds of them drank a binge amount—five drinks for men and four drinks for women. Since the study’s release, the University of lowa began offering academic de-

partments $2O for every student enrolled in early Friday morning classes in an effort to curb their Thursday drinking. But some students said scheduling more Friday morning classes may have a different effect at Duke. “I think it prevents [students] from going to class on Friday,” junior Andrew Stevens said. Emma Rasiel, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of the practice in the economics department, said she and her colleagues have noticed that Friday attendance is weaker than on any other day. “My understanding is that Thursday is more of a party night, whereas Friday isn’t,” she said. “Another reason why Friday attendance may be lower is that students may be going away for a long weekend. There is always a struggle for setting a class on a Friday because attendance will always be lower.” At Duke, Friday classes are implemented SEE FRIDAY CLASSES ON PAGE 9

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Phail Wynn became Duke’s new vice

president for Durham and regional affairs on New Year’s Day, with many plans to enhance the partnership between Duke and the Bull City. “I will be working to broaden and expand Duke’s role as a partner and advocate for economic development, community development and downtown revitalization, as well as to increase Duke’s engagement with the Research Triangle Park and remainder of the region,” Wynn said. Wynn has been collaborating with John Bumess, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, leading up to Burness’s retirement June 30. “I am working closely with Wynn in this transition period before my retirement to be sure he gets off to the best start possible here,” Burness said. “I intend to wake up early every morning, go online and read The Chronicle so I know what I don’t have to worry about.” Wynn will be responsible for local community affairs, and Burness’s position has been altered to focus on federal and state relations programs throughout the next few months, Burness said. Before the University hired Wynn, Harness was responsible federal, state, Durham and Duke affairs. Burness added that he has appreciated working closely with Wynn for the past few weeks, an experience that he noted was not unfamiliar to him. “Working with Wynn is great,” Burness said. “I’ve known Wynn for 17 years, since I first came to Durham, and we have worked together on many projects.”

Former DurhamTech president Phail Wynn became Duke's vice president forDurham and regional affairs Jan. 1.

In 2001, the Durham Board of County Commissioners approved a referendum to provide $74 million which included new and renovated public schools, an expansion ofthe Museum of Life and Science, a new county emergency medical services facility and a new senior center in downtownDurham. Burness and Wynn cochaired the citizen’s advocacy group for the bond referen-

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and past position at Durham Tech, which he held since 1980, have prepared him for his. new position. “Certainly in my previous position I worked with local government, community groups, public schools, [North Carolina Central University] and all of the employers in Durham County and in the Research Triangle Park,” Wynn said. “Here in this new role I will essentially be working with the same constituency, but with different and broader goals in mind.” Wynn, said the contacts he made during his 30 years at Durham Tech would be very beneficial in his plans to extend Duke as a partner and advocate of the region. During his time at Durham Tech, he was involved in economic development and workforce development on a significant scale in the two-county area ofDurham and Orange counties, Wynn said. He worked to provide a wide range of programs and opportunities to enable those who might not have received a high school diploma, to help displaced workers gain skills, to provide the first two years of a baccalaureate degree and to make available a wide range ofnoncredit continuing education opportunities. Wynn explained that through these programs, he and Durham Tech served more than 25,000 residents every year. Mayor Bill Bell saidhe is happy with the prospects the new arrangement brings to Durham. “I think it’s a great appointment,” Bell said. “Wynn will do a great job. I know him personally—socially as well as from a political standpoint—and I know that he is enthused about this new job and looking forward to it.”

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EDWARDS from page 1 professor of government at the University.of Texas at Austin. Galbraith said he started the group after an article in The New York Times claimed, “[Edwards’] populist bent helps explain why only one high-profile economist... has joined the campaign.” “The important thing was to establish that... I’m not the only guy out there with an economics Ph.D. who [supports Edwards] ,” he added. He said the economists who endorsed the statement shared “a willingness to think large on policy questions.” Darity noted that two specific issues united the group: poverty and the war in Iraq. “I definitely don’t think the other two [major] candidates share [Edwards’] position on income redistribution,” Darity said. “He’s also set a very specific timetable for removing all U.S. forces from Iraq.”

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Despite the group’s vote of confidence, some economists said concerns over the economic content ofEdwards’ platform are well-founded. Thomas Nechyba, chair of the economics department and a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, D-111., said he agreed with the opinion that Edwards’ economic proposals are problematic. “[Obama] has been quite impressive in the debates and has made very subtle economic points that he picked up on without an economist whispering in his ear,” Nechyba said. “Edwards seems tone deaf to some of these points.” Connel Fullenkamp, an associate professor of economics and a registered Republican, said Edwards’ economic views bothered him less than other concerns. “I have big problems with [Edwards’] character,” Fullenkamp wrote in an e-mail. “The true character of each candidate is, and always has been, the only issue that should matter.” John Herlin, a second-year graduate student in economics, said economic issues are often just one of many factors economists consider when choosing a candidate to support. “If economists were going to support a presidential candidate based purely on what is taught in economics courses, we would probably all support Ron Paul,” he said.

Third Eye Blind, an alternativerock band, will headlinethe Last Day ofClasses concert with Lupe Fiasco April 23rd.

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done it with the same budget as last year.” Goonewardene added that he thought this year’s show will be a “huge step up” from last year’s program, which featured pop singer Jason Mraz and rapper Common. Ling, a junior, said the committee sought out both Fiasco and Third Eye Blind because of overwhelming support on campus for the two. “We think we hit all of the major demographics that students wanted to see for LDOC,” he said. The committee could not deliver Journey, another popular student selection, because the band was too expensive, Ling said. He noted, however, that Frontiers has developed a reputation for its accurate imitation of the 80’s rock band. Although past LDOC concerts have included only three performers, committee chairs departed from the norm by signing Carbon Leaf to increase daytime programming. “It’s kind oflike a pregame to the show,”

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Gillespie pointed to the football team’s recent performance as unrepresentative of Duke’s excellence. The team went 645 over the past four years: “Programs ought to not simply have winning seasons but be able to compete for championships,” Gillespie said. “We find it unacceptable to bring anyone to Duke —let alone 90 people who we’re giving scholarships to—to be «n the worst of anything, whether it’s a debate team or a football team.” Besides the “championship metric,” the discussion also focused on the need to reconcile the athletic and academic commitments ofathletes.

Judith Ruderman, adjunct professor of English and vice provost for academic and administrative services, raised the issue of athletes unable to participate in seminar classes due to travel. Bob Thompson, dean of Trinity College ofArts and Sciences, responded that varsity athlete absences in a participation-based class is a more pressing issue than in an exam-based class, as a test can be rescheduled whereas participation cannot. “What you try to reconcile are things that are not exactly reconcilable,” Thompson said. ‘You can’t make up an experience that you get if you participate [in a seminar], and that’s the fundamental issue, the issue we’ve been trying to address all along.” Gillespie called for an overhaul of some facilities and for an increase in “institutional investment” in athletics. He added that Duke has the least expensive athletics program among peer institutions. The program costs approximately $7.5 million, Gillespie said. The athletics program at Wake Forest—the next least expensive program —costs about $13.6 million.

Gillespie did not, however, focus only on varsity athletics. He also called for increased development of intramural and club sports. “We basically need to provide more opportunities to students,” he said. “We meet our general fitness needs decently well, although if any of you have ever tried to swim at Duke you know that’s next to impossible.”

Following Gillespie’s presentation, Norman Keul, associate dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, announced changes to the withdrawal policy that will replace the ‘WP/WF’ and ‘WE’ distinctions with a

single ‘W’ The ‘WP’ distinction previously indicated a student withdrew from a class while passing, and ‘WF’ indicated a student withdrew with a failing mark. The ‘WE’ mark stood for withdrawal due to an error during registration. He said the changes were proposed because ‘WF’ was not applied consistently by professors as most only used ‘WP’ to indicate withdrawal, regardless of the student’s actual grade at the time. “What we have in fact in Trinity and [the Pratt School of Engineering] is a onegrade system and we just don’t recognize it as such,” Keul said. “What we’re proposing here is to make the grading structure align with actual practice of the faculty.” The changes were approved by unanimous voice vote. In other business: Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, presented an overview of the Division of Student Affairs and its constituent departments. He discussed “global areas of interest” for student affairs, including focusing on health and wellness, promoting ethical and engaged citizens and better utilizing the University’s resources.

Larry Moneta, vice president for studentaffairs, discussed better utilizing University resources Thursday afternoon.

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“Those slanderous comments were made after Coach Pressler was terminated, after the confidential agreement was filed, while he was a private citizen,” said Don Strickof dispute resolution outside the courts in which all parties land, one of Pressler’s attorneys. “For those reasons, the arbitration agreement would not apply.” choose representatives to come to an agreement for them. All Duke employees agree to settle conflicts through Specifically, the lawsuit refers to remarks made by Burarbitration when they are hired, ness to Newsday April 9, 2007, and to The Associated Press June said Joe Simpson, a lawyer for “This little procedural maneu7, 2007, comparing him to John Duke Danowski, who took over as head “This little procedural maver is just a delay in tactics to lacrosse coach July 2006. neuver is just a delay in tactics to avoid the day of reckoning.” “One of the things we certainly avoid the day of reckoning,” he have come to understand in this said. “You have to arbitrate any Simpson, case is that the coaches, in gendispute you have with the Univerresity.... That’s the remedy.” University lawyer eral, in each of our sports aretheir Arbitration is more desirable sponsible for the behavior of teams,” Burness told Newsday. for the University because it is “Danowski is night and day.... As private, less expensive and less [President Richard Brodhead] said, ‘This guy’s a mensch. time-consuming than judicial proceedings, Coleman said “[With arbitration,] you’re able to cut away a lot of is- This guy gets it.’” If the case does go through judicial litigation, the bursues that arise in litigation and focus on what the real dispute is,” he said. “The proceedings are truncated... so the den of proof will fall on Pressler and his counsel to prove process may or may not include the basis for their award.” Bumess’ comments amounted to slander, Coleman said. “In a situation like this... the standard for proven slanLegal counsel for Pressler, however, claimed the arbitration agreement is not valid for the slander suit. der would be pretty high,” he said.

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FRIDAY CLASSES from page 3 as away of offering students more selection with course timings, Provost Peter Lange said. He noted, however, that it is not used as away to reduce Thursday night drinking. Several students said their peers often do not attend Friday classes if they go out the night before, adding that the flexibility given in designing schedules allows students to avoid early Friday classes. In contrast, several other students said having end-ofthe-week courses does discourage students from going out. “Generally I think it does,” freshman Ji Won Yeom said. “Especially when it’s a seminar class, as opposed to a lecture where you don’t have to go.” In the Missouri study, researchers traced the drinking habits of 3,341 undergraduate students over a four-year period. Pre-college andWeb-based surveys given in each of the eight semesters were merged with student academic transcripts and schedules. The students also supplied a weekly self report on their drinking habits for each semester.

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RLHS officials announced changes to Room Fix, including a new provision forco-ed blocking, at a Campus Council meetingThursday night

ROOM FIX from page 1 your living experiences,” Marijean Williams, director ofhousing assignments and communications, said of the new co-ed housing option. The housing application process will remain the same as last year. Prior to Room Pix, students must indicate their housing preferences online, including their preferred roommate and block. Lottery numbers will be assigned based on class seniority. Online Room

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Only rising juniors and seniors who opt not to live in a single next year will go through the Room Pix process in person.

Rising juniors and seniors, who wish to live in a single, and rising sophomores will complete the process online through the same platform RLHS attempted to use last year. Room Pix was unable to be completed online last year because of technical difficulties, which Williams said were a result of problems with a “logout thread” and a bug in the program. Both of these issues have been fixed, she noted. “The idea is that eventually everyone will do Room Pix online,” Todd said. Although no formal announcement was made at the meetingregarding the procedure ofRoom Pix online, Todd said he speculates it will be the same process as last year, in which mixed-gender groups of 24 will have an approximately 10-minutewindow to make their housing selections. Increased on-campus housing To accommodate the loss of 438 bed spaces during the Few Quad renovation, RLHS has decided to give Central Campus apartments that are typically reserved for graduate and professional students to undergraduates, turn three-bedroom Central apartments into four-person living spaces and change larger single and double rooms on West Campus to double and triple rooms, respectively. The changes will add a total of 145 bed spaces for undergraduate students, Williams said. RLHS expects to be able to accommodate all students who wish to live on campus next year, Williams said. She noted that there may be a waidist for those who wish to live on campus and RLHS cannot guarantee students will get their preferred roommate pair. Because all rising sophomores must remain on West, the majority of rising seniors and juniors will be living on Central, said Jen Frank, RLHS program coordinator.

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Todd said if there is an overwhelming amount of student response to add another gender-neutral bathroom, the council will consider adding two for the upcoming year. The availability of the facility will be advertised by RLHS during Room Fix to notify students who are seeking the option or may live in its vicinity, Williams said. There will also be a gender-specific bathroom in the same hallway as the gender-neutral bathroom, Todd said.

According to the study, students who had late or no Friday classes were more likely to be male, more likely to take part in greek activities and more likely to have begun drinking prior to entering college. The study also found that classes had to be scheduled significandy earlier if they were to be effective in curbing binge drinking among greek men. For example, in order to have a notable effect in reducing male alcohol consumption on Thursday nights, Friday classes had to start earlier than 11 a.m. for nonparticipants in greek activities, before 10 a.m. for occasional participants and before 9 a.m. for frequent participants or members. The researchers also found that students did not partake in “catch-up” drinking on Fridays or Saturdays to make up for the missed debauchery the preceding Thursday. In fact, Wood said students with early Friday classes drank less over the weekend than those who had no Friday classes scheduled. “Some of the people are getting assignments on Friday and they have to get them done,” he said. “If you don’t have any Friday classes, it becomes a nice long three day weekend.”

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Christian Laettner. Jason Williams. Grant Hill. Alana Beard. The most sacred place on campus this side of the Duke Chapel —the Cameron rafters—is about to get a new name within its hallowed ranks: Lindsey Harding. Harding, the reigning National Player of the Year who wore No. 10 for the Blue Devils, will become the second-ever female basketball player to have herjersey retired by Duke when she is honored at halftime of this Sunday’s game against N.C. State. “When I first got to Duke there were no female jerseys hanging in the rafters,” Harding said. “Seeing Alana’s jersey hanging in Cameron inspired me and made me want to have my No. 10 beside her. Maybe now with mine up there as well, it will be inspiring to others.” Harding is the all-time assist leader at Duke, as well as the second Blue Devil and sixth player in ACC history to register over 1,000points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 250 steals in a career. With Duke winning 128 games in her tenure, the accomplished point guard is the Blue Devils’ all-time wins

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ries over the likes of Virginia and Florida State, the Blue Devils are on a roll. But this Saturday at 6 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium, No. 7 Duke (14-1, 2-0 in the ACC) takes on the No. 24 Clemson Tigers, a team which, like the high-flying Blue Devils, has beaten up on its last two conference opponents. Clemson (14-3, 2-1) matches up well against uptempo Duke in nearly every category and should provide the toughest ACC challenge yet for the Blue Devils. Last year’s Jan. 25 game against the Tigers in Cameron was as close as they come, and Dave McClure’s game-winning shot at the buzzer was one of the defining moments of a tumultuous season. Now, both teams are much improved, and if history repeats itself, the game could be just as close. ‘You have to win a lot of close games in this league because you’re not going to blow very many people out,” Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell said. “By and large they are all going to be close and you need to win 80 percent of those if you want to have a successful ACC season.” The two teams are the second and thirdbest scoring offenses in the conference, with Duke averaging 84.5 points per game, just edging out the Tigers’ 81.9. The Blue Devils’ shooting has seen a resurgence in SEE M. BBALL ON PAGE 12

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For its upcoming tilt against N.C. State, Duke is looking beyond the simple lessons of Aesop. Rather than resorting to the slow and steady pace of a tortoise or the fast and loose play of a hare, the Blue Devils will look to maintain consistent tempo against the Wolfpack. No. 10 Duke is looking to avoid falling into an early hole and to maintain consistency against an N.C. State team (12-5, 0-2 in the ACC), thatknocked it out of the ACC Tournament last year when the two teams square off Sunday at 1 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. In recent games against top-five opponents Rutgers and Maryland, The Blue Devils (134, 2-1) fell behind early and were forced to play catch-up, a disadvantage no team wants to face. “Sometimes our team has to really just push themselves to get out of

the blocks very aggressively,” head coach Joanne R McCallie said. “I would call it almost watching, taking a look around before you get into the fight, and the key is to get into the fight from the very beginning.” Once Duke has landed a few punches, McCallie will look for her team to setde into more of a rhythm, something she said it did not do in its loss at Maryland. “Our team was engaged and attacking, but I just really feel we played too fast,” McCallie said. “We had plenty of time on the offensive end to do what we wanted to do, but whether it was a quick jumper or a take to the basket, it was just a little too speedy for tempo [and] for offensive rebounding.” McCallie also said the machspeed at which the Blue Devils have been playing has been contribudng SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 12

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JuniorAbby Waner, of whom head coach Joanne P. McCallie said had the best game of her season at Maryland, hopes to lead Duke to a win.

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gers, ranks second in the ACC with 8.8 rebounds per game—2.6 more than the closest Blue Devil, Demarcus Nelson. Booker is notjust arebounding machine. On Monday, Booker was named the ACC player of the week for scoring 61 points in two games. Freshman guard Terrence Oglesby provides a spark off the bench for the Tigers and, like Duke’s Taylor King, is a solid 3point shooter. Oglesby is hitting around 43 percent of his shots from beyond the arc, which ranks third in the conference, and he has hit an ACC-best 46 treys on the than King. Add to that season—l 2 Oglesby’s proven performance under pressure and he becomes a legitimate threat to any team. His three clutch 3-pointers in double overtime against the Seminoles last Saturday helped Clemson seal a 97-85 win. But there is little chance that Duke will be steamrolled or caught off guard by the powerful Clemson squad. On defense, the stingy Blue Devils have held their opponents to just 63.1 points per game, leading to Duke’s claim to the nation’s third best average margin of victory. At the same dme, the Tigers are not a one-sided group. They have both more steals and blocked shots than the Blue Devils. With the teams so evenly matched statistically, it seems like the difference might be endurance, as it was in last season’s victory. “In this league, at this level, you have to leam to play ‘tired’ well,” Krzyzewski said after the Jan. 25, 2007 last-second win. ‘You have to find something, and you can’t really teach that in practice.” Since both squads are offensively merciless and red-hot, the same will be true this year. The team that cools offfirst will be at a severe disadvantage and will face a tough up-hill climb if it hopes to battle back into the game. It will take that extra ‘something’ to get the win.

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M.BBALL from page 11 their last two contests, as Duke is hitting over 47 percent of its shots from the floor compared to the 40.1 percent clip the team had managed the three games before. “We have a good number of good shooters,” head coach Mike Kryzewski said. “I don’tknow if we have any greatshooters, but we have good shooters. And, ifwe take open shots, we’ve got a chance to hit them.” Even though Clemson suffered a surprising 10-point loss to the Charlotte 49ers just days after nearly beating No. 1 North Carolina Jan. 9, the Tigers have responded strongly. Over their last two games, the team’s confidence on offense has been restored to full form. Much of Clemson’s firepower has come from second chances and its domination of the offensive glass so far this season. Duke, a team which lacks a dominant inside presence, will have to eliminate all those second-chance opportunities if they want to keep the Tigers out of the game.

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W.BBALL from page 11 to the shooting slump of junior guard Abby Waner. In the last two contests, against Florida State and Maryland, Waner has shot just 2-of-12 and 6-of-18 from the field, respectively, including a combined l-of-12 from beyond the 3-point arc. Despite the cold shooting touch, McCallie said Waner hadher best game of the year against Maryland because she stopped forcing shots and started crashing the boards and dishing the ball to open teammates. Waner, to her credit, is not overly worried abouther shots not falling and has been putting in extra time at practice toward developing good habits to reverse her fortune. “Shooters shoot, and my shotis always going to be there,” Waner said. “Right now, it’s just a mental thing for me. It’s about being able to focus—slow down a little bit, gather myself and be in the right mental state.” One thing the BlueDevils are concerned about, though, is the “ridiculous” amount of

free throws they have been giving their opponents. Against Maryland, Duke sent the Terrapins to the charity stripe 42 times compared to its 16, and the players and coaches could not contain their frustration in the postgame press conference. In practice this week, the Blue Devils have been focused on being disciplined and not fouling. In addition to limiting its opponents’ free throws, Duke hopes to increase the number of trips the team takes to the line by developing more of an inside-out game and penetrating to the basket to generate more fouls. “There are a lot of pieces we have to put together,” McCallie said. “This is not magical. You can’t just wave a wand on this. It’s

competitive.” Although many games have proven to be tight sprints to the final buzzer, the Blue too

Devils still have their eyes on the finish line that is months away. “We have time,” Waner said. “It’s not March right now. It’s dangerous when you peak early, and we are just getting better.”

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HARDING from page 11 leader. The Houston, Texas native dominated conference play and was a three-timeAll-ACC Defensive Team selection, a first, second and third team AllACC honoree, All-ACC Freshman selection and twotime ACC Defensive Player of theYear. Last season, Harding led the team to the program’s first-over undefeated regular season and only the 14th perfect slate in NCAA history. Junior shooting guard Abby Waneris justone ofmany teammates who are thrilled that Harding will be recognized for everything that she has given to Duke Basketball. “Lindsey is very, very deserving,” said Abby Waner, who played two seasons with Harding. “It’s excellent for our program. It starts more of a foundation for Duke Women’s Basketball. You look up in the rafters and it’s pretty unbalanced, and you can’t say enough about our men’s program here, but we’re coming along. To have Alana’s jersey up there, and now Lindsey’s right beside her, I think it’s absolutely spectacular and it’s what we need.” Here’s to building foundations from the ceiling up.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance 2008 CALENDAR OF EVENTS Friday, January 11

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Wednesday, January 16 Noon—i:3o pm Searle CenterLecture Hall Honoring CommunityCaregivers Duke Hospital employees are invited to hear CEO William J. Fulkerson, MD, introduce a new award that will honor employees who volunteer in the community. Lunch will be provided.

Thursday, January 17,2008 i%Noon—i.3o pm Searle Center Lecture Hall Speech by Dr. Jim Johnson Dr. Jim Johnson is theWilliam R Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of entrepreneurship and director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at UNG-Chapel Hill.

Januaiy 18-20 PILGRIMAGE OF PAIN & HOPE Journey with Duke Divinity School through Durham Sponsored by Duke Divinity School and Duke Chapel; During the pilgrimage, we will journey into the heart of Durham and experience the signs of the "beloved community" through the lives of local neighbors, to engagethe racial, economic and class polarities within Durham and deepen participants’ sense of the realities ofreconciliation within the community of which we live and work.

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i:3o am, Duke Raleigh Hospital Chapel Martin Luther King Jr. Observance and Prayer Service Rev. Adrian Dixon will lead an observance and prayer service in honor of Dr, MartinLuther Bang Jr.

Sunday January 20,2008 3 pm, Duke Chapel MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Keynote Address MLK SundayService MarianWright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and civil rights lawyer, will be the keynote speaker at Duke University’s 3008 MartinLuther King Jr. commemoration. Mrs. Edelman has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans her entire professional life. Underher leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and families.

Monday, January 21,2008 3 pm, Page Auditorium AFRICAN CHILDREN S CHOIR The African Children’s Choir performs throughout the world bringing joy to everyone they meet while shining the spotlight on the plight of children in Africa. Ages seven to eleven, the Choir members have each lost one or both parents to poverty or disease. They are ambassadors for ail children in Africa who have become orphans because of the AIDS pandemic.

Griffith Film Theater DURHAM: A SELF PORTRAIT "Durham; a Self-Portrait” is a documentaiy film on the histoiy of one of the South’s most remarkable communities. It includes more than 70 original interviews, and rarely seen film and photo images about the "real Durham.” A city that has lived the American stoiy of race and class, and just may once again have something to say about where we are going as a nation. 7 pm,

Wednesday, January 23,2008 6-8 pm, 8-io pm North Carolina Central University Million Meals Duke University, Durham Rotaiy Club, North Carolina Central University, and the international hunger relief agency Stop Hunger Now will participate in the Million Meals project. Students from the universities will package 80,000 nourishing, dehydrated, rice-soy meals to be sent to crisis-burdened areas and school lunch programs to feed children in developing countries such as Ghana, Bolivia, and Haiti.

Thursday, January 24,2008 6p.m., SchicianoAuditorium Film Screening: 4 LITTLE GIRLS On Sunday morning in 1968, four little girls were brutally murdered when a bomb ripped through the basement of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Told through the eyes of people who were there—survivors, witnesses, defendersand prosecutors, this account records a terrorist act whose supporters once thought they would be able to put an end to integration-, instead, it fueled the movement further. Sponsored by the Black Graduate and Professional Students Association.

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Performances in his search and for recogInterim Director nizing Greenwald’s talents Aaron Greenwald in both areas. Greenwald transformed became a permanent part of the Duke community Duke Performances into last Friday —a victory on one of many stellar avenues for several editorial different students and Durfronts for ham residents alike to enthe University Last fall, this editorial joy the arts here at Duke. board wrote that the proHis innovation has gramming that Greenwald been instrumental to the has attained for Duke success of Duke Performerited his permanent apmances and has led to a pointment. We are happy transition from the inmodel to see the fruits of Vice dividual-concert Provost for the Arts Scott previously used by Duke nationwide Performances to a more Lindroth’s format, search for a new director series-based fantastic which has included tribthe form of a in utes to soul music and season in the arts. We commend Lindroth for looking late jazz great Thelonifor leadership and vision ous Monk.

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Greenwald has also in incredible talents, including pianist Leon Fleisher, jazz double bassist Charlie Haden and Brazilian jazz vocalist Luciana Souza. These first-rate performers no doubt carry the price tag that comes naturally with exceptional entertainers, yet Greenwald has repeatedly found creative ways to supplement his budget through grants and other funding. His efforts have produced a total of six ground-breaking series, the latest of which is the Soul Power series which will debut tomorrow evening headlined by Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio with David

brought

“Fathead” Newman, Lou Donaldson and Houston Person. The program will mark yet another brilliant

performance produced by

Greenwald. We would be remiss if we did not also credit Greenwald’s predecessor Kathy Silbiger, who oversaw the reorganization of the Institute of the Arts into Duke Performances. Her leadership provided the foundation of what is now an arts presentation apparatus more sensitive to student preferences with an extremely versatile array of programs. In the past .year, Greenwald built upon her great strides and created the program’s current reputa-

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The campus and community have been abuzz, and the primary reason is Duke’s new Duke Performances Director.

which is way earlier than what one would think is never expected to spend my senior year of college fearing for my life. But at the beginning of a dangerous hour to walk at the edge of campus my final semester at Duke, that is exactly what alone. And it isn’t always easy to get a few people to accompany you on your every travel excursion has happened. The armed robthroughout the day (because most students just

bery ofan unsuspecting student less than 10 feet from the border wall of East Campus at 9:30 Sat-

urday evening truly

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tion of excellence This newfound reputation is attributed to Greenwald’s programming initiatives which have not only booked great artists but also have involved numerous academic departments through lectures and discussions. Near the beginning of the academic year, Greenwald said, “We want this world-class season to not just entertain, as it certainly will, but also spur lively conversation on our campus and in our com-

undermines the notion that students jon detzel are safe at Duke. Administrators and don't stop believing students have long taken our security for granted on and around campus, but this most recent incident—coupled with a similar one in the Whole Foods parking lot on the other side ofEast last semester—seriously questions that presumption. As an off-campus resident who traverses the Trinity-Buchanan intersection every day and who lives only 100 yards from the scene of the crime, I am beginning to wonder whether the Duke-in-Durham experience has really been worth the risk. Unfortunately, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta’s e-mail did little to assuage my fears. First, I take little comfort in the idea that Durham police are investigating the case. Minorrobberies are of little importance in such a crime-ridden town, and the typical “18 to 35year-old African-American male” portrait of the criminal could describe at least 10,000 Durham residents. More importantly, however, is the casual manner of the administrative response to growing security issues at Duke. In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech and the rise in violence at schools across the country, our university has apparentiy done little to address the problem. We all received that beautifully designed “emergency” packet over the break, but I was shocked to learn that it was solely focused on crisis notification and parental updates. It looked more like a PR piece designed to convince parents that the $45,000 annual investment in their children’s education won’t be forfeit for lack of child than a detailed accounting of measures the administration has taken to improve campus security. Despite Moneta’s (and the Duke University Police Department’s) standard security advice, precaution and common sense only go so far. After all, this latest crime happened at 9:30 p.m.,

don’t have that many friends). Recall, too, that last semester’s armed robbery happened to three students walking together. Moreover, I have personally experienced the monumental difficulty of successfully procuring transportation from a Safeßides vehicle, despite my best attempts at impersonating a scared female student. I’m fairly confident that now they just screen my calls, because that’s what I’d do if I knew I’d never be held accountable for dereliction of duties. Sadly, I speak from experience. My house was broken into twice over the summer; I receive a break-in or assault report at least weekly on the Trinity Park neighborhood listserv; and I have personally seen “suspicious” individuals “study” my house and its neighbors from afar on several occasions this year. The population of students living around East Campus is sufficiently large that Duke should act to protect them. After all, Central Campus is now patrolled by an army of security guards because of prior security issues, so why can’t Duke do the same along East’s stone wall? We should also establish an after-dark transportation service for off-campus students so that they are never forced to walk to theirresidences at night. At the very least, Safeßides should be required to perform this duty and actually follow through on it, instead of not answering the phone and refusing legitimate requests when they are received. And let’s not forget the blatant hypocrisy of DUPD’s role in this matter. Duke will not hesitate to send Duke police to investigate and punish students for reported violations that occur off-campus, so why shouldn’t they also be sent on routine patrols throughout the neighborhood and investigate any suspicious activity? If we’re enough of a concern to justify off-campus policing of our behavior, then we ought to be worthy of official protection as well. I’d like to think that this problem will just go away if I forget about it. But, in reality, inaction will only lead to more crimes. It’s only a matter of time until some unlucky student loses their life for a few trinkets they happen to be carrying at the time.

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

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Italy or bust This

week’s procrastination tool/very important and life-enhancing goal: complete study abroad applica-

tions. Now, that sounds all well and good. Pick a program or two, explain why studying

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my life, give that check my John Hancock and wait a few weeks Easy, right? Well, it could be. Duke’s Office of Study allie vergotz Abroad has some amazing programs available with a grain of Salt that require a surprisingly small amount of effort for the applicant. Although nightmares of college applications still haunt me, these are a welcome break. But then, silly me, I didn’t think that what I saw on the Duke-approved program list would work for me. You see, I am a second-semester sophomore who has not yet decided on her major. As of today (and this changes frequently) it will be math, psychology or economics. Tomorrow, classical languages will probably be back in the mix. And I can’t discount statistics just yet. Okay, so I just need a program with a lot of options in math and the social sciences, as well as classical studies with no foreign language requirement. It seems like I should be going to London. Problem: I don’t want to go to London. I want to go to Italy. I am 50 percent Sicilian—for those of you who don’t understand, that’s the coolest kind of Italian—and I want to go back to the homeland. I’m ready to play Bocce with the big kids. So after reviewing the Italy programs on the Office of Study Abroad’s Web site, I just didn’t think any would work too wellfor me. Enter study abroad adviser. After discussing several program options with my abroad advisor, I decided on one particular summer program that seemed like a good fit for me. Unfortunately, when one tries to bring too much creativity to the study abroad process-namely, pursuing a nonDuke program that has not yet been approved—things become much more difficult. Directors of undergraduate studies have to be hassled. More forms have to be completed. It just gets uglier. But I want to get my Italian on, so I spent a good deal of my Winter Break working on program applications, gathering information to pass on to the Office of Study Abroad, bothering professors and otherwise “applying,” broad as that term may be. And last week the whole thing fell through on a mere

technicality.

Back to square one and one month closer to program deadlines. I am blessed by the fact that I a) started applications early and b) know what I want. I am cursed by the fact that my academic interests do not coincide very well with my location interest. Almost every person I have talked to that has studied abroad in the summer or during the semester has had a positive experience. Since before I knew where I wanted to go to college, I knew where I wanted to study abroad. I have no intention of backing out of the process at this point in time. My experience thus far has shown me, however, that it can be a very discouraging process. The answer to the very first FAQ on the study abroad Web site states the following: “Duke University is committed to providing an internationally grounded liberal education that will enable its students to understand the world better, appreciate the international contributions to knowledge and to cope effectively with an increasing intercultural environment.” Maybe we need to establish some unique programs in order to really hold to that commitment and make studying abroad more appealing and more feasible to everyone across all majors. Math in Milan, perhaps? Physics in Florence? Biology in Bologna? We need programs that could extend outside of Duke and give students in less study-abroad-friendly majors more opportunities to experience life beyond the so-called “Duke Bubble.” Make it more appealing for us to leave Duke and we’ll become those “internationally grounded” students you want us to be. Allie Vergotz is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Friday.

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some reason, the number eight has always seemed a whole lot bigger than the number seven to me. In other words, if you approached me on the Plaza with one of those portable card readers and asked me to donate money to save eight dying baby pandas, I would be happy to help out. Seven baby pandas not worth it. But if there were indeed eight, I’d schwartz gladly donate, oh, lets say $7.99 to the cause. do the evolution On a vaguely similar note, the year 2008 sounds far closer to the apocalypse than 2007 or any of the years before it ever did, even the dreaded Y2K. Sometime after waking up hungover at my friend’s house on New Year’s Day, I realized that 2008 was upon us and I felt a sort of surreal panic due to the fact that the world was almost over. Now that that feeling has long since worn off, I have realized that this is probably the emotion that has driven the compulsive need to come up with countless New Year’s resolutions for as long as anyone can remember. And although I hadn’t even thought about making any ofmy own, I realized that I would most likely revisit that state of panic at the dawn of every new year for the rest of my life. The optimistic faces, hard-working attitudes and crowded gyms that greet us every January are actually the result of nothing more than sheer morbidity. The personal implications of the year 2008 are obvious to me. I entered Duke as a member of the Class of 2008, and so the year has been permanently etched into my brain as the time when I would enter the “real world,” which has been mythologized to my student self to the point where it could never seem anything but astonishingly unreal. And just to piss the real world off, I’m now planning on entering graduate school. 2008 is also the year when I will turn 22, an age which is universally dreaded among young American adults as the time when everything is headed downhill, and there are no privileges to look forward to except renting cars and running for office. It also means that our decade is 80 percent over. Our decade. It’s almost over and we don’t even have a name for it yet. The decade—for those who have never ******

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watched VHl—is the basic temporal measure for popcultural trends. But in our case, catchy, logical names like the ’Bos and ’9os evade us. Plus, when the year 2000 rolled around, everyone was too excited about the fact that it was a new millennium and a new century to realize that it was also, in fact, a new decade. I thought about using this column to propose a name myself, but I fear I lack the required amount of public visibility. Besides, I once named a cockatiel “Bob,” so I’ll leave this task to the folks at VHI. Regardless, it’s natural to color our memories with pop culture, but this is a problem in itself. Recently it occurred to me that years from now, when I’m wandering around those white reunion tents on Main West or the K-ville grounds, that the one song that will always remind me of my college years will be “Call On Me.” Please tell me that I am not the only person who has thought of this. Will our kids believe us when we honestly tell them that we weren’t really serious about liking that song, or that we dripped with irony while doing the “Soulja Boy” dance? In the ’9os, on the other hand, I’m pretty sure there was actually a time when somebody, somewhere, thought MC Hammer was cool. They went and bought the hammer pants, they jammed to “U Can’t Touch This.” They felt like they were part of something new and hip. But here in the nameless decade, pop culture media is thrown at us from more directions than ever, and the results have been predictable —the amount of time that passes before a trend becomes stupid has decreased exponentially. We no longer have that pop culture identity, so we have to settle for the next best thing—mockingly embracing the most ridiculous things we see and hear. To take a step back, 2008 is a reminder that our actual legacy from our time at Duke is infinitely more important than our perceived one. History will remember “Call On Me,” much like it will remember the lacrosse case. We all have chances in college to do something unforgettable and maybe a little bit ridiculous. And by taking more of those chances, even if it sometimes means opting out of a more “mature” or “responsible” decision, we take greater control of our own legacy. And no offense to Eric Prydz, but I would rather have it that way.

Jonathan Schwartz is a Trinity senior. His column runs every otherFriday.

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