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A string of events—including the death of a graduate student by gunshot, a nearrobbery of a recent graduate and two armed robberies—has left students questioning the strength of existing off-campus security measures this weekend. A graduate student and a Duke employee reported separate armed robberies near the Poplar Manor Apartments on Campus Walk Drive less than one mile from West Campus around 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday night, respectively. The graduate student said he gave the gunman his wallet, cell phone and iPod, and the Duke employee said the criminal robbed him ofhis wallet as he walked homewith his wife. Both victims described the criminal as a five-feet-eight-inches tall black male wearing a black coat withbrownfur trim, black pants and white sneakers. The man was also described as wearing a black or black-and-whitebandana. Similar suspects havebeen linked to a series of robberies—more than 30 since Jan. I—targeting the Hispanic community, according to a Durham Police Department press release. SEE ROBBERIES ON PAGE 7

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A Duke graduate student was found shot to death at 11:30 p,m. Friday inside his home at The Anderson Apartments, just 1.6 miles from West Campus. AbhijitMahato, 29, was a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Pratt School of Engineering studying computational contact mechanics. The Durham Police Department is treating the crime as a homicide, which authorities said appeared to be motivated by robbery. It was the city’s second murder of the year, with 2008’s first

killing occurring just hours earlier on Burke Street, 1.4 miles south of campus. “It’s very difficult—we all just loved Abhijit,” said Tod Laursen, senior associate ,

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Man blows up 9th St. house in suicide attempt BY SHREYA RAO THE CHRONICLE

Ben Adams woke up to a bang Sunday morning. The Fall 2007 Trinity graduate said he was half-awake when he stumbled outside his shakinghouse around 9 a.m. to see a one-story home engulfed in 15- to 20-foot flames just three houses away from his Ninth Streethome. “One guy had been driving and he flew over to the fire department and was

banging on the front door,” he said. “Another girl was calling 911.1 ran inside and grabbed a coat [but by then] a few other houses had caught on fire.” The home was left in pieces after what fire department officials are calling an attempted suicide. Anthony Khamala, who officials from the fire department said started the fire, was in critical condition Sunday

dean for education in Pratt and Mahato’s adviser. “It’s very unnerving in any circumstance that’s so senseless... particularly when someone is so well-liked and friendly and interesting and accommodating.” Two ofMahato’s friends, who discovered the body, had been worried Friday because Mahato had not been responding to phone calls, according to The Times ofIndia. The University community received a Formal Timely Warning, as federally mandatedby the 1990Clery Act, about the crime Saturday. The warning was sent through the new Duke Alert system some five hours after the shooting had occurred. “It may seem that there was a long period

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SEE HOMICIDE ON PAGE 8

Duke retires Harding’s jersey Edelmaii speech Former player of the year joins caps MLK events Alana Beard in Cameron rafters Eugene Wang THE CHRONICLE

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Former point guard Lindsey Harding (left) had herjersey retired in a

ceremony during halftime of the women's basketball gameSunday.

Lindsey Harding walked onto the hardwood at Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday, not in hightops, but in heels. Less than a year ago, the 5-foot-8 guard’s sneakers were squeaking across Coach K court as the leader of a high-profile Duke team. On Sunday, Harding watched Duke’s game against N.C. State from the sidelines as both an alum and a guest ofhonor. Duke officiallyretired Harding’s No. lOjersey in a halftime ceremony. The recognition made Harding, the winningest point guard in program history, just the second female Blue Devil to see herjersey hang in Cameron’s rafters. SEE HARDING ON PAGE 16

The influence of youth could be felt across campus this weekend as the University hosted events commemorating the life ofMartin Luther King Jr. The event series, tided“The Power ofYouth,” was headlined by a speech given by Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund, at the Chapel Sunday and a performance by the African Children’s Choir in Page Auditorium Monday. [The events] really engaged multiple segments of our community,” said Benjamin Reese, co-chair of the MLK Commemoration Committee and vice president for insitutional equity. “Focusing on youth is critically important in “

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up inside a funeral tent Monday, killing 18 people in the latest of a series of deadly attacks chipping away at the notion of a calmer Iraq. There was no claim of responsibility for Monday's bombing in Hajaj, a village about halfway between Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and the oil hub of BeiJi, 155 miles north of Baghdad. But police said it bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida. Officials said the target appeared to be Ahmed Abdullah, deputy governor in charge of security for Salahuddin province, of which Tikrit is the capital. He escaped unharmed.

White separatists rally in Jena

NEWS Bomber kills 18,misses target BAGHDAD A suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew

JENA, La. About 50 white separatists protested the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday in this tiny town, which was thrust into the spotlight months ago by 20,000 demonstrators who claimed prosecutors discriminated against blacks. Police separated participants in the "promajority"rally organized by the Learned, Miss.based Nationalist Movement from a racially mixed group of about 100 counter-demonstrators outside the LaSalle Parish Courthouse. iolence and one arrest, a counio KKK" from the mostly col;er-demonstrators were met int from the separatists that d a racial epithet.

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on a clear crisp afternoon that seemed ideal for flying. No one else was hurt, though wreckage fell on three car dealerships, all of which remained closed to customers as investigators combed through the debris in Corona, about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

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8 seniors named Young Trustee semifinalists by

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The Young Trustee Nominating Committee selected eight seniors as semifmalists for one of the University’s most prestigious undergraduate positions at the University Monday night. Katelyn Donnelly, Dan Englander, Kate Guthrie, Bronwyn Lewis, Paul Slattery, Ryan Todd, Leslie Voorhees and Hasnain Zaidi were selected from 16 apJIANGHAIHO/THE

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Nearly 200 students who waited in line outside Cameron did not get into the Clemson gameSaturday.

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All season long, the threat has been clear: pack Cameron Indoor Stadium for men’s basketball games, or undergraduates risk losing some of their coveted courtside seats. So for Saturday’s game against Clemson University, students showed up in full force—but nearly 200 were turned away at the door anyway. In spite of statements from line monitors that the Clemson game would be used to evaluate attendance for future changes,

180 of the approximately 1,200 undergraduate seats were set aside by the Department of Athletics for football recruits and their families. “I don’t thinkit makes sense to give away that many seats, especially because the validation system was put in place to increase student attendance,” said junior Baldeep Pabla, who found himself waiting in the snow to no avail. He was not the only shut-out student questioning the allocation of undergraduates’ seats. SEE CAMERON ON PAGE

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seniors were named as semifinalists for the Young Trustee

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“The Young Trustee is someone who can represent the student body, who is universally accessible, who is articulate and who does not have an agenda,” said senior Genevieve Cody, Duke Student Government vice president for community interaction and chair of the YTNC. “There were many, many good applicants, and the committee feels that it will come out with a Young Trustee who will represent the student body as well as possible,” The Young Trustee serves a three-year term as a member of the Board of Trustees, the first year as a non-voting observer and the second and third as a full voting member of the Board. The YTNC has been working this year to improve the selection process to best represent the student body, Cody said. “I am pleased that there are more female candidates in the final eight than there were in the past two years combined,” she said. “This is definitely a positive improvement” Members of the nominating commitSEE Y. TRUSTEES ON PAGE

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plicants to proceed in the selection process. There were also 16 applications for Young Trustee in 2007.

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by hax3rs The Office of Information Technology alerted Duke WebMail users Saturday about a series of bogus e-mails being sent to various Duke mail accounts since Friday night. The e-mails requested users’ WebMail passwords in order to verily their accounts. “These e-mails are referred to as ‘phishing’ scams and they attempt to get you to enter private information so the attackers can gain access to your email account and other accounts or services,” reads the e-mail from OIT, sent around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. OIT personnel hoped to respond to the attacks by the end of the day Saturday, according to the alert, but theirprogress could not be confirmed, as Duke n staffcould not be reached for comment Monday. In a copy of a fake e-mail obtained by The Chronicle, recipients are asked to verify their Duke WebMail account or risk deactivation of their accounts. “To complete your Account Verification process, you are to reply to this message and enter your password in the space provided (********),you are required to do this before die next 48 hrs of receipt of this e-mail, or your Web Mail Account will be deactivated and erased from our data base,” die e-mail reads. The e-mail is signed “Duke WebMail Team.”

—from staffreports

MLK from page 1 this day and age where disparities in terms of health care, education and economics are so severe.” Students, faculty and community members listened to Edelman speak about inequalities among young people and the need to continue the work ofKing. She was introduced by Ambassador James Joseph, leader in residence and professor of the practice of public policy, who called her “the most successful activist of our era.” Edelman used statistics to illustrate opportunities to combat large inequalities between youth worldwide. She also cautioned the audience against complacency in social activism. “So many Americans wouldrather celebrate than follow Dr. King.... For those who are waiting for Dr. King to come back, he’s not coming,” Edelman said. ‘We might as well get ourselves together and get on about [service and activism].” She added that activism is not restricted to the individual. Edelman emphasized the importance of the relationship between individuals, communities and the government in mitigating social inequalities. ‘You can’t help children without helping your family, you can’t help families without changing the community and you can’t change the community without changing public policy,” Edelman said. “We must act together with urgency to reset our moral compass.” During the heartof the 1960 civil rights movement, Edelman served as counsel for King’s Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign focused on economic equality as the next step to genuine equality after desegregation and voting rights. Edelman said the CDF, a private nonprofit organization she founded in 1973, emerged from her involvement in the campaign. Drawing from her own experience, Edelman said leaders need to be “thermo-

The African Children's Choir performs in Page Auditorium Monday as part of MLK Day festivities. stat leaders”—ones who set the social agenda—and not “thermometer leaders”—peo-

ple who follow popular opinion.

“Let’s ask God to use us to save our children for today and tomorrow and to build a world where no child is left behind,” she said. A crowd composed mosdy of local residents gathered in Page Auditorium to watch the African Children’s Choir perform Monday. The choir is composed of seven- to 11-year-old children who come from poor villages in Africa to perform a year-long tour. Following the tour, the children will return to Africa and receive an education funded by the Music For Life Institute, the choir’s parent organization. “I really enjoyed hearing them,” said Tim Holley, director of the University Honors Program at North Carolina Central University. “It’s amazing they’re even still in this world. It’s a blessing they’re able to take advantage of a program like this.”

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Meet the semifinalists for Young Trustee

Young

Trustee is one of the most prestigious positions open to an undergraduate at Duke University,- offering a three-year term on the Board of Trustees, including two years as a voting member (a graduate student is also chosen each year). A committee consisting of members of Duke Student Government and the Intercommunity Council chose these semifinalists and will select three finalists Jan. 29.

tougher decision than last year.”

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—composed of 10 members of the Intercommunity Council and 10 members of DSC said this year’s candidates were both very qualified and passionate about the

The semifinalists, all of whom have held prominent leadership positions on campus, said they were honored to be selected and excited to continue the proCCSS.

° l ver four years, Duke has University meant a trementhis Ot tmS, It Was oecaUSC nf dous amount to University. “The applicants definitely a much tougher me, so having were all extremely the opportunity decision than last year. to serve in this strong this year,” said junior Jordan P acit y a great lordan Giordano, ca J Giordano, DSC exhonor,” Lewis ecutive vice presiDSG 6X6C. VICE pTCSidcflt said. “I know the dent. selection process Giordano served as chair of was very difficult, the YTNC last year in his capacity as vice and that makes it all the more rewarding.” president for community interaction. Three Young Trustee finalists will be select“ Because of this, it was definitely a much edjan. 29.

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Frozen dumplings Seniors to stay in Few Contrary to previous statements, graduating seniors living in Few Quadrangle will be allowed to stay in their rooms until after commencement, Residence Life and Housing Services announced

Friday.

Residents who are graduating, participating in commencement activities or competing on athletics teams now have until May 12 at noon to move out, Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, wrote in an e-mail to Few residents. RLHS had previously informed these students that they would have to move into Bell Tower Residence Hall on East Campus or bunk with a friend in another quadrangle before graduation because of renovations set to begin in May. Several seniors said they had not considered their housing plans in between exams and

graduation.

“I’ve been busy with other things, like grad school applica-

tions,” senior Andrew Yeh said. “I don’t even think about graduating right now.” Senior Sruthi Thatchenkery said she had not planned to move into another on-campus room. “I was just going to go home,

instead of moving to a different room and coming back with my family,” she said, Smoke-filled rooms in Few Few Quadrangle residents have been warned not to smoke in their rooms and will face punishment if they do, Residence Coordinator Ayesha Yousafzai wrote in an email Monday. Within the past few days, some rooms have been filled with smoke because residents in other rooms had been smoking indoors, she said. The smoke is traveling through the air vents into other parts of the building. “If we get any more reports of people smoking in their rooms, Duke police will immediately be called for an investigation,” Yousafzai wrote. “Students found in violation will go through the Duke Judicial Process for policy

violation.”

Since the beginning of the

semester, one student, who

wished to remain anonymous, said she has smelled smoke in her room periodically. She reported the smoke to her resident advisor and RC because she thought it was a safety hazard. “If you’re not a smoker, it’s very evident when there’s smoke in your room,” she said. “It’s irritating as well.”

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Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Hospitals and has sustained serious bums to his face, hands and legs. “[lnvestigators said] the gentleman actually poured gasoline inside the residence, and it was an attempt at suicide,” Capt. Angelica Stroud, Durham Fire Department community relations coordinator, told The (Raleigh) News & Observer. “He had some cats that he let go prior to setting the house on fire.” Adams noted that DFD, which is located only a few buildings away from the 1020 Ninth St. location of the blast, was quick to respond, sending several units to aid within minutes of the blast. at

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from one end to the other and two adjacent homes had fire damage,” Andy Sannipoli, battalion chief of DFD, toldWRAL. One neighboring house did sustain damage, and power was cut off to the area immediately after the explosion while firefighters attempted to extinguish the fire, Adams said. According to reports, James Amos, who lives in the home next door, is in good health. For Adams, the sight was simply “mind-

blowing.”

“It’s kind of a surreal thing to see a house explode,” he said. “With everything that’s been going on in Durham this weekend... this was nuts.” Rubble covered the front and backyards of the home, and the neighboring house’s brick wall was covered in a black coat Monday. Adams added that he lives with three other Duke students, but none were pres-

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A home on Ninth Street was left in pieces after what fire department officials are calling an attempted suicide. Anthony Khamala, who officials said started the fire, was in critical condition Sunday night.

ROBBERIES from page 1 Nine of the cases were reported between 6:26 p.m. Friday and 6:43 p.m. Saturday. “In most cases, the victims are robbed in parking lots of apartment complexes and most of the robberies occur at gunpoint,” the DPD statement reads. “The majority of the robberies are reported between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m., and the suspects usually take cash, wallets and/or cell phones. The number of suspects ranges from one to three, and the suspects are usually described as black males dressed in dark clothing.” A Duke student also said a driver for the Devil’s Delivery Services was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. No further information regarding the incident was available as of Monday night

Friday night close call A recent graduate, who currently works in Durham and lives on Watts Street one block east ofEast Campus said he and a colleague were followed by a silver sport utility vehicle that matched the description of the vehicle involved in the Jan. 19 armed robbery of another Duke student, who is also a colleague of the recent graduate. The graduate said he was walking from the West Village Apartments to Watts Street around 3:30 a.m. Saturday when

he noticed the vehicle. When he and his friend turned to look the SUV, the vehicle stopped, did a three-point turn and started to follow the alumnus and his colleague. “As the car stopped, we turned and tried to run into one of the apartment buildings on Watts, but all the doors were closed,” he said. “So we ducked in the bushes [and] waited there around 10 minutes.” When the two decided to run to their apartment building, they saw the same SUV at a stop sign near them. “It swirled onto our side, which is the wrong side of the road, and stopped where we were,” the recent graduate said. ‘We ran into the apartment and called 911.” The SUV then waited outside the building for approximately three to four minutes while the graduate was on the at

phone with the police. He noted that the police did not file a report and he has not heard back from them. He added that he was unable to see the car’s license plate or the driver. “It’s kind of scary because now they know where I live,” he said. The alumnus noted that being informed of the robbery last week helped him avoid an unfortunate incident. “If I hadn’t known from my team member that it was a silver SUV that mugged him, I probably would have just kept walking home and wouldn’t have noticed,” he said. “Communication is key.” University response In light of the recent off-campus crimes, both DPD and the Duke University Police Department said in a Duke-issued statement that they are looking to increase patrols around campus.

“The bottom line is, we just have to improve security around campus. Durham needs to have enough police force where they can park a police car on some of these properties, and just leave it Guy Solie, manager, Trinity Properties ”

“I don’t think it’s been unique to Duke students or to the Duke community,” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, noting that there has been a spike in crime in Durham and Chapel Hill. He said the University is reviewing security measures both on and off campus and will be releasing further information in the coming days. “[DUPD] is extremely concerned about the type and frequencies of crimes that the Duke community has experienced recently, and we will intensify our efforts to keep

our students, faculty, staff, padents and guests safe,” Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security, said in a statement Sunday. “We will deploy existing resources to the best of our ability and add additional resources where necessary to accomplish this critical objective.” In an e-mail to the Duke community Monday night, President Richard Brodhead said administrators will also be meeting with local landlords to ensure increased security at off-campus apartments.

Management response Trinity Properties, a company that manages off-campus apartments in which many Duke students live, said they are looking at new security plans at many of their locations. “They’re scared to death,” Guy Solie, Trinity ’67 and manager of Trinity Properties, said of the tenants. ‘We’re scared too.” Solie manages both the Watts Street apartment building and The Anderson Apartments on Anderson Street, in which engineering graduate student Abhijit Mahato was murdered Friday. He said because many of the properties are older and face public streets, they cannot be gated. Many require a pass code to get into the main gate, and the companyis most likely going to change the pass codes to increase security, Solie said. Another possible tactic is the installation of security cameras, he said, noting that it will increase rental fees. “We can pick up the fee,” Solie said. “But it’s not a foolproof plan. It might give people a false sense of security and cameras aren’t that great.” He said he believes the best way to tackle these crimes is to make security a top priority on the city government’s agenda. “The bottom line is, we just have to improvesecurity around campus,” Solie said. “Durham needs to have enough police force where they can park a police car on some of these properties, and just leave it”

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of time between, but we were working [from the time Duke officials were notified],” said Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs. He added that he had been informed of the crime around 1:30 a.m. The Clery Act requires institutions to give alerts when crimes may present a threat to the safety of students or employees. An institution must only report crimes that would appear in the annual Clery statistics —on campus, in residential facilities, in non-campus buildings or on public property—and must indicate whether an incident was a hate crime. This is the third shooting death of an Indian doctoral student in a month, following the Dec. 13 murders of two Ph.D. candidates at Louisiana State University. Newspapers in India are reporting that the incidents have raised questions within the Indian community about the safety of the U.S. university environment. Moneta said, however, he did not think the crime would affect international students’ feelings of safety or general reservations about coming to the U.S. to study. Authorities said they did not believe the murder was a hate crime. Two staff members from the Indian Embassy flew to Durham and met with President Richard Brodhead Monday, a meeting coordinated by Moneta. “It went very well,” Moneta said. “It was really both to accept the University’s formal condolences.... President Brodhead was very eloquent and heartfelt. They came because they’re working very closely with the family’s representative [to arrange transportation of the body].... Second is they’re here to really ensure diligence in the investigation and ensure that the Duke Indian community is cared for.”

Moneta added that he spoke with Mahato’s father in India Saturday night. The crime happened amid a series of armed robberies around the Duke perimeter and throughout the city this month, but it is unclear whether the incidents are related. Duke and Durham police will be stepping up patrols near campus, said Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security. He added that the University was reviewing safety measures in light of the recent onslaught of crime in the campus area. “Our ultimate goal, though, is to maintain high visibility in those areas [that students frequent] off campus, to deter any future accidents and alleviate the fear from this recent crime wave,” Graves said. Moneta said in an interview with The Chronicle Saturday that the University was reaching out to Mahato’s friends and family, both at home in India and in Durham. An acknowledgment was made during Chapel services Sunday, and a formal memorial is being planned for later in the week. Brodhead also sent an e-mail to members of the University community Monday night oudining some security steps the University will be taking—including the increased patrols and meeting with landlords to discuss security measures—and expressing sorrow at Mahato’s death. “Having spoken with Professor Tod Laursen... I have a sense of his great promise and endearing character,” Brodhead wrote. “I extend my sympathy to Abhijit’s friends and colleagues and to all members of the Indian and Hindu community for this appalling loss.” Moneta, Graves and other University officials will speak at an open forum on security at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Schiciano Auditorium in the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences.

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been a murder/1 didn't know what to think about that.... Over the weekend, it's been a little eerie. [But] I don'tfeel all that unsafe, it's the same sort of scary feeling you get after you watch a realistic horror movie or something. It's there, you think about it more, but it's not too bad, it's not overwhelming. —Emily Neeves, junior who lives at the Anderson Street apartment complex

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lucked out, but one of [my colleagues] already had I'm not personally that concerned for myself, I'm taking care of myself.... Something bad can happen soon. What I want isfor there to be a concerted effort ike the area safer for everyone." recent graduate, who was followed by a silver riday night near Watts Street

"I wasn't home [when the graduate student was murdered]. One of my roommates thinks she might have heard the gun, but at the time she just thought it was a car backfire. We're not even sure if that's the time it happened, it was about 11:30 in the morning [on Friday]. It

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doesn't worry me. 1 just try not to think about it. I definitely think that they should increase patrols like they said in the e-mail. Doesn't sound like there's that much they can do [except] to patrol more." —Sara Wilson, junior who lives at the Anderson Street apartment complex

laybe I'm a little more cautious, especially when my girlis coming over—l make sure I walk her over here." Bryant, senior who lives on Watts Street 'finitely feel a lot more uncomfortable coming iate from class. I live right next door to where

"I'm usually driving my car in and out, and not walking by myself. So I do feel safe. I am bothered about the robberies and the murder, right now I don't feel unsafe in The Belmont [Apartments]. 1 think the gate has definitely been closed at night a lot n more than past years.." '*%. —Ashley Gildin, yun/or m

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"I am very reluctant to go outside or walk to the other apartments, even with a friend just because of the recent robberies—they're so close to where we live. There are really no security measures.... There's no security for [Campus Walk Apartments].

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Some students said that while they understood the difficulty of the situation, a little bit of communication could have solved many of the evening’s ills. “We kept asking [line monitors] about what probability “I was shocked,” said junior Dean Choi, who got in we had of getting into the game, and they seemed pretty line approximately 75 minutes before the 6 p.m. tip-off. Pabla said it to optimistic,” going didn’t us indication was that “They give any Students received no commube packed, or that there was no nication about the reduced seatshot of us getting in “I apologize to everyone who was ing for the game. Head Line Monitor Roberto Making matters more confusBazzani, a senior, said he regretoutside in line. It gets to a point many students were given wristing, ted having to turn away students, but the fire marshal instructed where I cannot do anything about it” bands even though they were not to be able to enter Cameron. line monitors to stop letting in Roberto Bazzani, likely “In past games, they only students shortly before 6 p.m. head line monitor gave out enough wristbands for Four undergraduates were people who would have been let permitted to sit in the upper in, so I assumed since I had a bowl, in seats turned in by seasonwristband I would get right in,” said junior Ted Belticket holders, Bazzani said. sches, who said he was waved into the arena by line “I apologize to everyone who was outside in line,” Bawhere monitors before the entrance was closed in his face. zzani told The Chronicle Monday. “It gets to a point cannot about it.” It was only the second game this year Belsches has do I anything missed, he said. Bazzani said that having a wristband does not guarantee a student entrance to the arena. Junior Sunny Kantha, Duke Student Government’svice president for athletics and campus services, said he was never notified that the student section size would be reduced for the game. “I’m actually pretty mad about it and I’m really sad that all the students thatwaited out couldn’t get in,” he said. He added that it was not a permanent change, and that he plans to ask the administration to permanently end the online validation system this week, while preserving the size of the student section.

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2OOB, Reynolds Price will have taught at Duke University for fifty years. Countless students and members of the Duke community have experienced his brilliance, humor, and erudition. In fact, he has been part of the life of Duke for approximately two-thirds of the institution’s existence. This jubilee showcases a small sampling of how his influence has permeated and penetrated Duke. There will be video presentations, performances, interviews, panels, readings, and many moments to relish the impact of one of Duke’s best-known teachers. Come and expect to be enthralled.

AH jubilee events are open at no charge to Duke students with a valid ID. (First-come, first-served.)

Schedule of Events Thursday, January 31 4:00-6:00 p.m.

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No. 4 Duke stays hot, rolls past surging Tigers Joe Drews

Duke forced the Tigers (14-4, 2-2) into turnovers on the night—including five Midway through the second half against by star forward James Mays—and scored 37 Clemson Saturday, the Blue Devils were points off those miscues. DeMarcus Nelson clinging to a one-point lead and seemed and Lance Thomas led the Blue Devils with to be on the verge of becoming the fourth three steals each. Thomas provided Duke with energy and top-10 team of the day to fall. But unlike North Carolina, UCLA and a strong inside presence off the bench, tyTexas A&M, Duke exploded on a 20-5 run, ing for the team lead with five rebounds propelling the team to a 93-80 victory over and altering several shots on the defensive the then-24th-ranked Tigers in Cameron end. Indoor Stadium. For most of the game, however, the Ti“The key to that stretch was to continue gers dominated the glass, outrebounding attacking,” guard Jon Scheyer said. “We the Blue Devils 20-9 in the first ,half and 42huddled up and we said, ‘Keep attacking, 26 for the game. In the latter part of the keep attacking, we really can blow it open.’ second half, Duke was able to keep Mays We knew if we kind of stayed back a little and forward Trevor Booker off the boards bit, they could really cut the game down, so more consistendy, paving the way for the for us, We wanted to keep attacking.” Blue Devils’ decisive run. “This is a big-time win for us, especially Greg Paulus, despite finishing with just nine points and three assists, played an getting outrebounded for 30 minutes like important role in that crucial span. He we did,” Krzyzewski said. sparked the run after being fouled from Going into the game, Clemson was beyond the arc and sank all three free expected to give a small Blue Devil team throws. The point guard later increased problems, which is one of the main reaDuke’s lead to eight on a fastbreak layup sons why Duke seemed to struggle on the off a steal. The crowd’s reaction was so boards. The Tigers are the most physical deafening that it drowned out the ensuing team Duke has faced, sophomore guard whisde as Clemson called a full timeout. Gerald Henderson said. From there, the No. 4 Blue Devils (15-1, 3“Mays and Booker were just beasts,” 0 in the ACC) never looked back. Henderson said. “Inside was really where “It was the same score that we had down we needed to batde. On our perimeter, we in Florida State, and we kind of reacted felt like we could lock up outside, but Mays the same way,” head coach Mike Krzyzeand Booker down low—we thought that wski said. “I thought our crowd helped us, might have been their best offense at times definitely. But we turned up our defense a notch, and we had numbers.” SEE M.BBAIX ON PAGE 13 by

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straight just two years. The Wolfpack had just tied die game after trailing for much of the first period and its rowdy, red-clad supporters were out-shouting the Cameron Crazies. The Blue Devils, however, went on a 26-6 spurt over the next nine-and-a-half minutes to take control, defeating North Carolina State 71-57 in front of a seasonhigh 8,039 fans. “Rebounding was very critical in this game,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “We didn’t shoot the ball great, but sometimes that happens.... If you

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Sunday in addition to pulling down 11 rebounds.

At halftime of Duke’s dominant victory over Clemson Saturday, I saw something that’s been rare in my four years here. No, not those awesome jump-rope kids. As new football head coach David Cutcliffe and his staff were introduced in Cameron, I saw a genuine excitement for dgfjL Duke Football. Before- Saturday, there had been moments andK*W the indicating student Wo|yyo body’s willingness to support a football program. Much of the campus came out to celebrate a victory against Northwestern on the road. And at the end of recent close games, such as the five-point defeat to Miami in Wallace Wade two seasons ago, the student section filled up quickly in the fourth quarter as students alerted their friends to the possible upset. Of course, there is also the tendency to storm the field after the last two Division-I victories.

These are positive signs for the future ofDuke Football. Students aren’t apathetic about the program; they’re apathetic about losing. When the prospect of winning arises, students certainly get riled up about their team. Just ask the Department of Athletics, which has had to put up three new sets of goalposts in the last five seasons. In an effort to stoke that excitement, here are five reasons why, in January, the Duke student body should already be looking forward to Game #1: 1. Eli Manning That’s right, the only quarterback to go interception-free in the NFL championship games. As you’re likely aware, Cutcliffe tutored Manning at Mississippi, and Manning credits him with helping develop his (immense) talent. Cutcliffe also coached Eli’s older brother, who incidentally has a Super Bowl ring and MVP on his resume. On Feb. 3, just days before seniors in SEE YAFFE ON PAGE 14

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Given that, the Blue Devils’ response to Clemson came into Saturday’s contest with surrendering a 12-point first-half lead was particularly impressive. Clemson pulled what was supposed to a threatto Duke’s Achilles heel: talented big men. That’s why the into a 58-58 tie with 11 minutes left in the most impressive part of game, and it looked as though Duke was the Blue Devil’s decisive back on its heels. playing €13016 But after expending so much energy . victory was not their resilanalySiS ience against an inspired clawing back, the Tigers simply did not Tigers comeback effort or have enough left in their tank to keep up the thunderous dunks and timely threes that with Duke. It also didn’t help Clemson when the Blue Devils began to play some of thrilled the packed crowd inside Cameron Intheir best defense of the season. door Stadium. Over the next five minutes, Dukeforcedfive It was their defense. Duke employed an array of defensive turnovers and drewfourfouls en route to a 23looks that frustrated 7 that essentially put the game out ofreach. post players James cVinnlH [intense J SJlOUia “They had to work Mays and Trevor Bookhard to get back into er, who are 6-foot-9 and be a signature thing the game,” Jon Scheyer 6-foot-7, respectively. r lOT this team [SOj WC said. “Ultimately, we Through double-teams, v )rant to wea traps along the boundexplosive can Jiave r f team j down. By the end ary lines and switches of the second half, I off ball screens, the Stretches where guys n Blue Devils made it thought they got a little f HOL f flit SHOtS ana get tired and we were really difficult for Clemson’s feeling pretty strong, guards to get the ball Scheyer Building that lead, they down low. Much of ““^hadto workreally hard the duo’s combined 23 points came from easy put-backs off their to get back into it.” The Blue Devils’ quick hands and smart nine offensive rebounds, which equaled anticipation of passes enabled them to Duke’s entire total. Guard Gerald Henderson called the gather live-ball turnovers that led to easy latwo Tigers beasts. Head coach Mike Kryyups or dunks on the ensuing fast breaks. zezwski said that Duke won many differ“For our defense to be effective, we ent segments of the game, but Clemson’s need to get out into the passing lanes and rebounding, especially on offense, was al- get some steals and make every pass tough most enough to secure a win. for them,” Scheyer said. “That should be a “Once the ball went up on the glass, signature thing for our team. We can have they imposed their will. They are very, very SEE ANALYSIS ON PAGE 13 good,” Kryzezwski said. “They are the best THE CHRONICLE

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The Blue Devil offense was effectiveinside against Clemson, particularly on the drive, as Duke players beat Tigers such as guard CliffHammondsand forward James Mays.

in the first half, was offensive rebounds and scoring. Their shot chart probably looks like all buckets inside.” Duke effectively limited Mays, holding him below his season averages in points, rebounds and assists. The Blue Devils forced the 6-foot-9 forward, who was playing with a broken right hand, to use his left hand and to handle the ball on the perimeter rather than down low, a strategy that resulted in several turnovers. With just more than five minutes remaining in the first half, Mays was handling the ball several feet behind the 3-point line. Mays was unable to heave up his onehanded attempt in time, resulting in a shot clock violation. On the ensuing possession, Henderson drove the baseline for a dunk. As well as Duke’s defense played, though, the offense was just as effective. The Blue Devils shot better than 53 percent from the field, and five players scored in double figures —highlighted by Nelson, who scored 24 on 10-of-13 shooting.

“I looked up at the end of the game and I couldn’t believe he had 24 points because he didn’t shoot the ball that much,” Scheyer said. “That’s one thing DeMarcus really does well. He’s not the type of guy that’s a rah-rah guy... [but] I would follow DeMarcus anywhere, and I think the rest of the guys on the team would do the same.” Whereas last year’s game in Cameron came down to a Dave McClure buzzerbeater, this contest was over several minutes before the final horn. Nelson led the Blue Devils as their increased expertise in late-game scenarios became apparent and meant Duke did not need a last-second shot to pull out the win. The team attributes that difference to its growth since last season, in addition to the incorporation of several game-ready freshmen into the rotation. “We’ve been playing in top games all year,” Nelson said. “We’re definitely prepared for these types of games. Everyone on our team is a winner. We all make plays and we all use each other in a good way to get open shots defensively, and it really shows.”

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explosive stretches where many guys can hit shots and get hot, and when guys get hot, we need to find them.” This was exemplified by two different stretches in the first half when Nolan Smith and Scheyer scored seven and 10 points straight, respectively. But the greatest contributorwas captain DeMarcus Nelson, whose strong offensive and defensive performances epitomized Duke’s overall team effort. “He’s scoring [24 points] while busting his butt on defense,” Kryzezwski said. “That makes the performance, to me, even better.” With this serving as yet another example of the Blue Devils’ ability to handle skilled ffontcourt teams —along with wins over Wisconsin and Florida State—Duke continues to tear through itsACC schedule with a full head of steam. After North Carolina’s upset loss to Maryland Saturday and close wins in the two previous games, Duke has built a strong case as the best team in the conference. Even with scorers like Henderson, Nelson and Kyle Singler on their side, though, the Blue Devils’ best chance at running the table from here on out will be relying on their best source of offense: their defense.

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It’ll certainly be exciting to be able to go to the bathroom and discern between the

YAFFE from page 11 high school sign their letters of intent, Eli Manning will lace ’em up in the Super Bowl to be watched by, oh, 100 million

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Cutcliffe can sit across the table from a high school QB, read some quotes Eli and Peyton have said about him, and ask the recruit to watch the Super Bowl. There’s no better way to attract pro-caliber talent, such as four-star pocket passer Sean Renfree, to the Gothic Wonderland. For the sake of Duke football—and all that is holy —(and me) root for Manning to throw 4 TDs and beat up the Patriots. 2. Money Not only did Joe Alieva open the coffers to lure in a coach as well respected as Cutcliffe, who will make a reported $1.5 million annually, but the athletic department wentall out to give Cutcliffe a coaching staff. According to a Jan. 15 report on ESPN.com, Duke’s assistants will make a combined $2 million next season, more than SEC powerhouse Tennessee’s assistant coaching staff made last year. Making these investments is a necessary step in resurrecting this program. But it can’t stop with the coaching staff. Hopefully, this support will be augmented by financial commitments in areas like facilities and recruiting in the long term. If this team becomes successful, it will generate enough revenue to make Duke Football a profitable investment. 3. New Bathrooms One area in which Duke has already announced its support will be the most bittersweet change next season. Renovations to the urinal troughs, a personal favorite, have been approved and should be in place by the beginning of next season.

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sink and the toilet, but we’ll be losing some of Wally Wade’s patented homey charm. 4. Seven home games Next year’s schedule looks very favorable on a number of fronts. Opponents such as James Madison, Navy and Northwestern will likely visit Wallace Wade as underdogs. Add to that ACC home games against North Carolina, North Carolina State and Virginia, and Wade Wackos could see a stunning number of victories at home. More importandy, however, seven games at home means seven possible Tailgates. The ACC will likely make the genius decision to play Duke-Carolina during Thanksgiving again, robbing the student body of one Saturday morning drink-a-thon. But the administration may be somewhat warmer to Tailgates if a good team can attract students to stumble into the game. Students, therefore, can look forward both to a record-setting six Tailgates and several victories. 5. Putting points on the board Finally, on the field, this will be a nearly unrecognizable football team. Alieva said he wanted a coach who would get the Blue Devils to score some points, and he found the right guy. Cutcliffe’s teams are known for tossing the ball all over the field, mainly out of no-huddle sets. Look for Thaddeus Lewis, returning for his junior season, to sit back in the shotgun and pick apart the ACC. Lewis is already on pace to break many of Duke’s passing records and that will only accelerate with the heralded tutelage of Cutcliffe. Whether the Blue Devils can play any defense remains to be seen, but there is no question that this team will be much more exciting to watch than those in recent years.

weekendwra McDermott leads Blue Devils Though Duke decided to rest many of its top runners Saturday, a few Blue Devils still posted impressive performances at the Eddie and Jo Smith UNC Classic indoor track meet. Freshman Ryan McDermott won the 3000-meter race in 8:30.97, outdistancing his nearest competitor by eight seconds in his first collegiate track competition. “We’re thrilled with Ryan McDermott’s race,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “It was a big win.” Pole-vaulter Sid Palas also performed well jumping 15 feet, 5 inches to achieve a personal best, Ogilvie added. The coach decided not to run many of his athletes Saturday to rest them for the Terrier Classic in Boston Jan. 25. “You cannot compete every weekend and recover adequately,” he said. The banked track at the Terrier Classic allows runners to post faster times than they would at a flat track, giving them a better chance to qualify for postseason events. “A lot of our best athletes will compete this weekend at the Terrier Classic,” Ogilvie said. The Classic also is run on the same track as the IC4A championships, so Ogilvie wants his top athletes to have experience competing there to improve their chances at better performances in the IC4As. —Zachary Tracer Blue Devils play well in Duke Invitational Duke kicked off the spring season by hosting the first-ever Duke Invitational this weekend at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The 16th-ranked Blue Devils welcomed

No. 10 North Carolina, No. 21 Michigan and No. 53 Elon for a round-robin tournament preceding the beginning of dualmatch play later this week. “This tournament was a really nice way to start the season” head coach Jay Lapidus said. “It gave us a chance to all be on the court at the same time and have a dualmatch feeling without it actually counting as a dual match.” Duke amassed a 19-10 record in singles and 5-8 record in doubles play on the weekend. Junior Kiril Dimitrov beat the top competitors from each of the visiting schools to win the singles championship. After defeating No. 72 Damon Gooch of Elon 6-4, 7-6 (3) and No. 55 Jason Jung of Michigan 62, 3-6, 6-4, Dimitrov came from behind to beat North Carolina’s Benjamin Carlotti 4-6, 6-3, 64 in a three-hourbattle. “Kiril is just so good mentally,” Lapidus said. “He grinds people down and he finds away to Win those matches a lot.” Freshman Reid Carleton and sophomore Aaron Carpenter also garnered perfect 3-0 records in singles play for Duke and Carleton paired with Dimitrov to post a 2-1 record in doubles. The Blue Devils will look to improve in their doubles play in order to offer a balanced threat in dual matches. “Our doubles was not too great this weekend, and we’re going to have to work on that the next couple of days and see if we can shore that up a little bit,” Lapidus said. “I think if we can get our doubles looking better, our singles [play] is going to be really good.” The team will be tested next,in its first dual match of the season Jan. 26 against Elon. —Adrienne Greenough

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rebound effectively, it provides you a chance to control the game, even if you miss a few shots.” For thegame, Duke (14-4,3-1 in the ACC) outrebounded North Carolina State 46-34. After Wolfpack forward Khadjiah Whittington converted a three-point play to knot the score at 35, Duke used its defensive pressure and rebounding to pull away. Following a Joy Cheek jump shot, backto-back steals by Abby Waner and Cheek led to baskets that pushed the lead to seven. Moments later, Cheek drilled a trey only the fifth of her career—that resulted in a double-digit lead, bringing the Crazies to their feet. The Blue Devils kept up the intensity on defense to put N.C. State in a 20-point hole with 7:21 remaining. The Wolfpack (12-7,0-4) also turned the ball over 24 times, 15 of which were caused by Blue Devil steals. The miscues led to frequent fastbreak chances for Duke. “Everytime we had an opportunity to go and trap we did,” senior guard Wanisha Smith said. “We did a good job of being in position and that led to a lot ofeasy layups for us.” Junior Chante Black led the way on offense for Duke, notching 17 points on an efficient 6-ofB from the floor. Cheek added 14 points and six rebounds. It was the 10th time this season that the sophomore scored in double digits. In addition, both post players were effective in shutting down Whittington. The ACC’s leading scorer and rebounder was limited to just seven points and eight rebounds. “I knew she was a really tough matchup from last year,” Cheek said. “She just plays hard for 40 minutes. We set a goal as a post before each game that we hold our post opponents under their average. While the Blue Devils’ collective defensive effort was excellent, Duke’s offense lacked consistency and cohesiveness. The team committed 24 turnovers and failed to get contributions from their guards. Waner and starting point guard Jasmine Thomas combined for a mere eight points, shooting just 4-of-17 from the field. The offensive lapses allowed North Carolina State to erase a 10-point deficit in the first half to get back in the game. Nevertheless, the victory was a solid effort on the part of a Duke squad looking to bounce back from a disappointing road loss at Maryland. “Just because you do take a lead, a game is a 40-minute experience,” McCallie said. “We’re going to have to reduce our lapses. But I was proud of the team to hold any team to 57 points in this league.” And with former defensive player of the year Lindsey Harding watching, the Blue

“It’s great because I came here and I left my mark and its always going to be here,” Harding said before the game. “It’s something I never thought would happen.” More than 50 team alumni and managers linedup to create a tunnel-type entrance for the 2007 National Player of the Year as the entire crowd chanted her name. High-fiving the line-up, Harding approached the approached center court. Former teammates Wanisha Smith and Abby Waner—fresh off the court—were waiting with flowers and hugs. “It was a great experience,” Smith said. “It was great to be out there and support her because I had played with her for a few years, so congratulations to Lindsey.” Alana Beard, whose No. 20 jersey was the first to be retired from the women’s program in 2004, was also in attendance for Harding’s ceremony. “She gave me a hug and said it was welldeserved and Tm so proud of you,”’ Harding said. “I definitely got a lot of support from her.” Presenting Harding with a framed jersey, Athletic Director Joe Alieva and University President Richard Brodhead spoke on Harding’s behalf. Harding hoisted the frame over her head and pumped it to the applause ofher fans. As the black curtain dropped off Har-

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Sophomore Joy Cheek scored 14 points in 22 minutes ofaction Sunday afternoon in Duke's 71-51 victory. Devils took a page out ofher book to make sure that the celebration at halftime could continue well after the game. NOTES;

Freshman Karima Christmas missed her first game of the season due to a kidney infection. Duke has now won 24 straight games in Cameron Indoor Stadium, which is the nation’s longest homecourt winning streak. The Blue Devils next travel to Atlanta, Ga. to take on Georgia Tech. Game time is set for Thursday at 7 p.m.

ding’s No. 10 banner in the rafters, the crowd errupted. “I’m very excited and emotional,” Harding said. “Sometimes I feel like I’m so happy I want to cry.” In front of the podium herself, Harding said jersey retirement was never an immediate goal for her, although she felt it was the most lasting accomplishment of her Duke career. “I had different goals and never thought about it until my senior season with all these awards and all this talk, Harding said. “When Alana left and I looked up there and saw the jersey, it was a bit of an inspiration knowing that she changed history. I would love it if another player comes through and says, Alana Beard did this, Lindsey Harding did this—two different players, but both found ways to impact this program—and provide inspiration for to future Duke players.” Harding and fellow classmate Alison Bales, both in Durham for the ceremony, also took the time to and work with their former team Saturday during practice in Cameron. The pair matched up with Duke players to throw their new WNBA experiences in with the mix, “It brought back old memories,” Chante Black said. “I definitely hadn’t played with them last year too much, so just being able to bring back players that we’ve played with in the past who moved onto bigger and better things is always just a joy.”

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need a reliable and safe way to get to or from campus at night Safeßides in its current form is a joke, but we’re not laughing. In the long term, Duke needs to consider the safety of students in its residential planning. Off-campus housing is a prime source of danger, yet current plans call for moving more students off campus as dorms on West Campus are renovated. Next year, due to the Few Quad renovations, graduate students will be forced off of Central Campus to make room for undergraduates; juniors who move off campus next year may be relegated to more distant—and poten-

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as rising seniors have already claimed many residences. Brodhead has announced that he will work with landlords to

It’s very difficult—we all just loved Abhijit [Mahato]. It’s very unnerving in any circumstance that’s so senseless... particularly when someone is so well-liked and friendly and interesting and accommodating. Tod Laursen, senior associate dean for education in Pratt and Mahato’s adviser, on Mahato’s murder this weekend. See story page 1.

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wouldn’t be the same without the inevitable weekend bacchanalia. But when your innocent, excitable dog is hung over the day after a big party along with you, has your debauchery gone too far? Apparendy it has, but more on this later. First, let’s go to the scene of the crime. It was yet another great Saturday night, and our house was stocked \/*n and ready for yet jon detzel another 21-and-up, -Vs..

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Finally, the Durham Police must increase its efforts to protect Duke students. The security of the Duke community is no more important than the safety of other Durham residents, but a visible and effective DPD presence would gready increase security around campus. DPD has a history of targeting Duke students off campus—now they need to focus on those who target members of the Duke community. The risk ofcrime will only get worse. The exodus of students from the relative safety ofcampus and the recent run of crime in Durham mean that the University must work aggressively to safeguard its students. A safe environment is part of the foundation of this school, and Duke must meet this challenge.

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improve security, but true improvements can only come if graduate and undergraduate housing is expanded on and immediately around campus. This should without question be considered in the planning of the new Central Campus. The murder has also raised immense concern in Mahato’s native India. A headline Monday in The Times ofIndia read, “I Had Told Abhijit Not to Go Abroad: Mother.” Monday, President Richard Brodhead and other administrators met with representatives of the Indian Embassy. A perception abroad that Durham is unacceptably dangerous will inevitably hurt the University’s attempt to lure talented international students, who are integral to the community and to Duke’s goal of increasing its global prestige.

And what a show “El Doggo” was, shotgunning beers and running the obstacle course around the piles of beer cans on the floor. All the ladies in the neighborhood were howling at the display, and our little superstar was looking to

score.

Unfortunately, reality set in: Too much alcohol will doom anyone to morning misery, human and dog alike. But El Doggo knows how to hold his liquor, so we weren’t too worried for our little friend. After all, he’s a big dog —roughly 70 pounds—and has gotten drunk a few times before. His raucous owner has taken our canine companion on some crazy journeys this year, so he’s built up quite a tolerance. All the strays in Trinity Park know where to go if they’re looking for a good time. But the next day, our affable if dim-witted pet was a little sick. He made quite a big mess around the house, and he looked a little more ragged than he usually does (even though that’s his style, which one sassy poodle across the street particularly enjoys). His little heart wouldn’t give up that easily,

however. He drained our toiletbowls more than usual to fight off his dehydration, and he took plenty of naps to regain his strength. He wasn’t going to let a little thing like nausea ruin his chance to root on the Pats to an undefeated season. Thankfully, our trooper finally returned to his normal jovial self. I know what you’re thinking—it’s cruel and unusual punishment to give dogs alcohol—but when your dog was spawned in hell itself, with a penchant for destruction and the brains of a steel pole, it’s hard to feel too sorry. Those wackos from PETA be damned. Okay, that was a little callous. I feel bad for the guy, even though I know he had one hell of a time (he’ll be telling this tale to his grandkids). Certainly my roommate was a little annoyed at waking up to some putrid smells emanating from the dog’s usual pillow right next to his. I guess the real question is, when did the pursuit of ever-wilder alcohol-induced entertainment become so powerful that we lost ourselves in the hunt? Four years ago I never would have given a dog a beer; now, whenever we crack open a few cold ones, the dog is in on the fun. A part-dme, second-semester senior, school is effectively over for me. I’ve got myjob and I’m just coasting along on my surprisingly high GPA. Now my only charge is to see what crazy things I can do before I don’t have the freedom to do them any more. I’m sure most of you have seen yourselves change along the way as well. Granted, I’ve changed for the better, too. But it’s still ironic that it took the plight of an animal I could never understand to show me how powerful destructive influences can become. Too bad he can’t talk—maybe then he could have told me that the second six-pack was too much. Or at least he could explain why he just had to take that steaming hot Quizno’s sub off of my plate. Until then, I think we’re headed for a lot of miserable Sunday afternoons together.

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday. No dogs were actually harmed—nor did they shotgun beers—in the writing of this column.

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Financial aid imperative

Duke’s

Dec. 8 commitment to dramatically increase financial aid to middle- and low-income students has not gotten nearly as much attention as it deserves, probably because Harvard became the first top-tier college to eliminate loans for all undergraduates just three days later. But unlike Harvard’s move, which merely augments that university’s commitment to reducing kristlll blltlCT loans for needy students, Duke’s decision repre- With all dfilibfifatfi Sp6(sCf sents the most aggressive and unprecedented expansion ofbenefits in University history. Under the new scheme, students from families with incomes under $40,000 will pay absolutely nothing toward their educations, while parental contributions will be eliminatedfor families making less than $60,000. No student will be obliged to borrow more than $5,000 per year, and additional loan relief will be available to those from families earning less than $lOO,OOO. These changes are in keeping with a recent trend among elite universities, which are competing harder to attract a more socio-economically diverse student body. But Duke’s decision to dramatically increase financial aid is especially surprising when you consider the relatively anemic performance of our Financial Aid Initiative. That drive—which began as a push to create a $3OO-million endowment to permanently fund need-based aid (including $230 million for undergraduate support)—will conclude this year. Although the $3OO-million initiative began with a $lOO-million grant from the Duke Endowment and other early investors, progress toward the drive’s core mission—raising money for need-based undergraduate aid—has been alarmingly slow. Indeed, although the FAI is meeting or exceeding its goals for smaller programs like athletics and the Fuqua School of Business, fundraising for need-based undergraduate aid stood at $l3O million in December 2007, which is $lOO million short of the initiative’s $230-million goal. Even more worrisome was news that the FAI took in just $lO million for the five-month period from July 1 to Nov. 30 of last year. It took in $2O million for that same period in 2006 and at the current pace of $2 million per month, the FAI will not meet its target for undergraduate aid by this the Dec. 31,2008 deadline. -

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As someone who relies on financial aid to pay for my col-

lege education, I dearly hope that this additional commitment to Duke’s neediest students can reinvigorate the FAI. It is a very worthy cause that merits enthusiastic support from alum-

ni and friends. And yet it’s hard not to notice that middle- and upper-middle class families—who make up a majority ofaid recipients—are largely left out of this new plan. Although 40 percent of the student body receives financial aid, just 10.8 percent of Duke families hadincomes ofless than $40,000 in 2004, meaning that as much as 75 percent of financial aid recipients will still rely on student loans even after next fall’s overhaul. Viewed in this light, we can see that beneath the highbrow rhetoric, the University’s new financial aid commitment serves an extremely pragmatic purpose: It is a “branding” mechanism, away for Duke to attract more qualified applicants from the bottom halfofAmerica’s income spectrum. That is a valid institutional goal, but it also sends an unfortunate message to students from higher-income families (up to $200,000), whose needs are no less real. Indeed, the fairness of creating a five-tier pricing system that guarantees a debt-free education to only the richest and poorest students at Duke is worth debating, since even higher-income families couldn’t have anticipated that runaway inflation would leave them unable to afford college for their children. In fact, for a University whose president has called financial aid “crucial to Duke’s long-term ability to attract the very best students and to make quality education affordable for all families,” it may be time to ask whether Duke shouldn’t consider spending more of the multibillion-dollar windfall it’s realized from profitable investments over the past two decades. This, too, is a growing trend among our peers—including Yale, which announced just last week that it would begin drawing extra money from its endowment to fund a sharp increase in financial aid. Given that earnings from Duke’s endowment, which reached nearly $1 billion lastyear, will fund much of the recent increase in aid, the next step is clear: Eliminate the need for harmful double standards in the financial aid process. Even if Director of Financial Aid Jim Belvin is quite right to note that “it is not inappropriate [for] students to consider helping support their cost of attendance,” we should never be satisfied with the recent decision to concentrate that burden among a progressively smallergroup of financially needy students.

Laundry room fully secured Last Wednesday, on a chilly 30-degree morning, I decided to do my laundry. Upon entering the laundry room near my Yearby apartment, I was greeted by some unexpected guests. Two Central Campus security officers were sitting on the tables, chatting and seemingly happy to have escaped the cold weather. I nodded back, though a bit disturbed at what I saw. After discussing this with some friends, I found out that this was a common occurrence in laundry rooms across Central Campus. I think it’s amazing that, in light of the recent events at and near Duke University, campus security had decided that the protection of our underwear and Tshirts was of the utmost importance. Dean Chiang Pratt ’OB

Krzyzewskiville trash embarrassing I don’t care how drunkyou are. Ifyou’ve been drinking so much that you can’t even pick up your own ’Dillo quesadilla and throw it in the trash, you’re too drunk. As I walked down the line for the Clemson game, I saw at least 30 empty beer botdes, food from McDonald’s, the ’Dillo and Alpine. Most of it was scattered all over the place, making it very difficult to clean up. When Coach David Cutcliffe was announced as the new head football coach, he said that he knew there was pride in this place because there was no trash on the ground. How ashamed he would have been to see K-ville this weekend. Do you have any pride in what K-ville looks like? Stop acting like spoiled four-year-olds and be the responsible college students you are. And go to hell, Carolina, go to hell!

Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

Nate Jones Trinity 'O9

Engagement: striving for ‘ubuntu’

South Africa, where I live and work a part of each year, there is a concept of community called übuntu. It is best expressed by the Xhosa proverb: “People are people through other people”—which is to say that my humanity is bound up in yours. What dehumanizes you dehumanizes me. I belong to a greater whole, so I am diminished when others are diminished by oppression. It is not “I think, therefore i am.” it civic engagement ain human because I part iin a series .

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belong.” The highest praise that

can be given anyone in South Africa is to say he or she has übuntu, which means that they are generous, hospitable, friendly, caring and compassionate. And, of course, they are forgiving. You can, thus, understand why it would be both arrogant and wrong for anyone to approach voluntarism and civic engagement in places like South Africa as though it were a Western value rather than a shared value. The absence of a well-organized service movement does not necessarily mean the absence of a service ethic. People around the world are now agreeing that a good society depends as much on the goodness of individuals as it does on the soundness of government and the fairness of laws. They are reclaiming responsibility for their lives through neighborhood associations in squatter settlements, farming cooperatives in rural areas, micro-enterprises in urban areas and various other self-help groups to improve local conditions. What they need is not charity, but assisted self-reliance, the kind of participatory development that civic engagement by Duke students and faculty shouldreflect and embody. Alexis de Tocqueville, Robert Bellah and others painted

wonderful pictures of what they described as “the habits of the heart” of the American people. Unfortunately, neither de Tocqueville nor Bellah included in their reporting and analysis the extent to which voluntary activity and civil society in racial minority communities served as a vehicle for self-help, social cohesion and positive group identity. I spent 14 years as president of the Council on Foundations, where I was a spokesperson for benevolent wealth, and I cringed every time I heard some new guru on civil society speak ofAmerican voluntarism or American generosity as if it were somehow unique to those citizens who trace their ancestry back to Europe. Very disappointed in what I kept hearing, I began the research for the book I published in 1995 on the civic traditions of America’s racial minorities. What I found were remarkable manifestations of civic feeling that in many instances pre-dated, but were consistent with, the civic habits practiced and the civic values affirmed by society at large. As early as 1598, Latinos in the Southwest formed “mutualistas” and lay brotherhoods to assist members with their basic needs. Long before de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin became so enamored of the political and civic culture of the Native Americans that he advised delegates to the Albany Congress in 1754 to emulate the civic habits of the Iroquois. Long before Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” or gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, African Americans in the 19th century formed so many voluntary groups and mutual aid societies that some Southern states banned black voluntary activity or charitable organizations. And long before Robert Putnam published his first article on social capital,*Neo-Confucians in the Chinese community were teaching their children that a community without benevolence invites its own destruction. It is has been my experience that when neighbors help neighbors, and even when strangers help strangers, both those who help and those who are helped experience a new sense of

connectedness. Getting involved in the needs of the neighbor provides a new way of seeing ourselves and a new understanding ofthe purpose of the human journey.When that which was “their” problem becomes “our” problem, the transaction transforms a mere association into a relationship with the potential for new communities of meaning and belonging. In other words, doing something for someone else—what John Winthrop called making the condition of others our own—is a powerful force in building community. When you experience the problems of the poor or troubled, when you help someone to find cultural meaning in a museum or creative expression in a painting, when you help a community to find its own strength, you are far more likely to find common ground. You are likely to find that in serving others you help create the conditions for enduring community. The imperative of programs like the University’s new DukeEngage initiative, for instance, is to help transform the laissez-faire notion oflive and let live into the principle of live and help live. We meet today at an extraordinary moment in the history of the world. These are difficult and dangerous times, awesome and almost apocalyptic times. Yet, there is reason for optimism because moments of crisis and great change are often the moments of greatest possibility. They are the moments when we have to see and create possibility where there appears to be none, moments when we have to call upon the strength within, moments when we have to draw upon our faith in something bigger and more mysterious than the self. This is, thus, a moment of great possibility precisely because it is a moment of crisis and change. It may not be your destiny to rise to the heights of transformational leaders like Gandhi, King or Mandela, but I implore you to continue to find some place where you can make a difference for somebody somewhere.

James Joseph is a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and a professor of the practice at the Sanford Institute ofPublic Policy.

THE CHRONICLE

!0 I TUESDAY, JANUARY 22,2008

Wednesday, January 23 TALK. Researching the Novel The Problem ofSerendipity. A talk by

Stephanie Grant, author of Map of Ireland. 12pm. 240 Franklin Center. Free, lunch provided. Thursday, January 24

TALK. Cummins Widelux hy Bruce Jackson. Widelux photographs made in 1975 at Cummins Prison Farm, Lincoln County, Arkansas. Bruce Jackson, a photographer, filmmaker, author, and Grammy-nominated ethnographer, is SUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture at State University of New York at Buffalo, 6-Qpm; presentation at 7pm. Centerfor Documentary Studies. Friday, January 25 TALK. Eric Drott (Univ. of Texas, Austin). “Musicians and May 68 in France.” 4pm. Rm 104, Biddle Music Bldg. Free.

Jonathan Dlmmock of St. If*natlus Church, San Franctec* Spm. Duk* Chapol. Fro*.

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N ASHER MUSEUM OF ART Current Exhibitions: “Taste of the Modem:Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline, on view through September 14: As part of a special loan from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the exhibition showcases some of America’s creative energies in Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. ”

New at the Nasher, on view through July The Nasher Museum presents an installation of recently acquired contemporary art. Coming soon- “BarkleyL. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool,” opening February 7: The Nasher Museum presents the first career retrospective of the paintings of renowned American artist Barkley L. Hendricks. Vogue magazine listed the show in “The Vogue 25” top cultural events of 2008.

January 23 Lecture: Meet Christopher Cozier, the leading contemporary artist of Trinidad, whose work is on view at the Brooklyn Museum in the show “Infinite Island” until Jan. 27. s:3opm. Free. January 24 Art for All at the Nasher. The Nasher Student Advisory Board invites Durham and Duke community to Art for All; with light food, cash bar (sorry, no credit cards or Food Points), gallery talks by Duke faculty and staff, tours led by student docents, and live music or dance performances. 7-Qpm. Free with admission.

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