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Bolstered by strong play under the basket, the No. 9 Blue Devils are looking for an upset victory over thethird-rankedTar Heels tonight at 7 p.m. in Cameron IndoorStadium.

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The last time North Carolina traveled to Durham, tents were pitched in Goestenkorsopolis, Duke was undefeated and those signature campus benches were

kindling-in-the-making. A lot has changed since that 67-

62 Duke victory last March. Head coach Gail Goestenkors left for Texas. In her place, Joanne P. McCallie came from

“AJubilee for Reynolds Price” continued Friday and Saturday with distinguished panels, a keynote speech by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and a dramatic reading of “Private Contentment,” a television play written by Price, Trinity ’55 and a James B. Duke professor of English. Friday’s program included a discussion in Reynolds Theater between Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells and former chair of the •English department Stanley Fish,

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Michigan State. National Player of the Year Lindsey Harding and 6-foot-7 Alison Bales moved on to the WNBA. In their place, junior Chante Black, finally healthy, has emerged as Duke’s top player. And when the third-ranked Tar Heels (19-2, 6-0 in the ACC) prepare for a 7 p.m. tip tonight in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it will be the first time in 18 contests in

and a professor of law at Florida International University. Like Price, Fish is a renowned scholar of John Milton, and he and Wells discussed the religious elements ofPrice’s writing. Several hundred people returned to Reynolds Theater later in the afternoon to hear two Southern novelists—Richard Ford and Josephine Humphreys, Trinity ’67—talk about Price’s work, life and Southern themes. “His writing is redemptive, at least in a secular way,” said Ford, the author of the 1995 Pulitzer

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Reynolds Price has made many friends in high places. But few loomlarger than Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, who addressed a packed crowd in the Chapel Saturday morning. Morrison’s reading was the centerpiece of the four-day “A Jubilee for Reynolds Price,” a series of presentations and workshops celebrating the esteemed

author’s 50 years at Duke. “This has been one of the greatest weekends of my life,” Price told the crowd as he introduced Morrison. But he did not dwell long on the present. “Since I’vebeen teaching here for the past 150 years, I thought it would be appropriate to introduce Toni with a poem,” he said. The poem, entitled “To Toni SEE MORRISON ON PAGE

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The 15 Interffatemity Council chapters recruited approximately 250 new members, IFC officials said Sunday. Pledge classes ranged in size from seven to 25 new members, fraternity representatives confirmed. Following a two-and-a-half-weekrush process, the chapters distributedbids last Monday, giving students until Friday to accept their bids, said IFC PresidentDavid Melton, a senior. Regardless of their group’s intake, fraternity representatives said they were pleased with how rush worked out. ROB GOODLATTE/THE CHRONICLE

Gerald Henderson, who was 6-of-l 0 from the free-throw line, drives in Saturday's Duke win.

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Even though they were beating Miami Saturday 38-31 at half, the No. 3 Blue Devils entered the locker room for the third consecutive game having played a lackluster first period. This time, though, it was different. Fundamentally, Duke was doing everything right in the first half of its eventual 88-73 win. Despite a collective 37 fouls that disrupted the flow of play, the team shot well from beyond the arc, drew the fouls off the drive and played tough defense. But the shots just weren’t falling. The Blue Devils went for more than 16 minutes without scoring a 2-point field goal and converted only 10 of their 21 shots from the charity stripe.

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WORLD NEWS Fighting breaks out in Chad

U.S. NEWS Bush to preserve budget legacy WASHINGTON In the nation's first-ever $3 trillion budget, President George W. Bush seeks to seal his legacy of promoting a strong defense to fight terrorism and tax cuts to spur the economy. Democrats, who control Congress, are pledging fierce opposition to Bush's final spending plan. The 2009 spending plan sent to Congress Monday will projecthuge budget deficits,around $4OO billion for this year and next and more than double the 2007 deficit of $ 163 billion.

Tanks rolled through NAIROBI, Kenya Chad's capital Sunday, turning the streets into a battle zone between the government and rebels littered with bodies. Fighting also raged in an area where some 420,000 refugees live near the border with Darfur. Chad and its former colonizer, France, accused Sudan of masterminding the coup attempt in the oil-rich Central African nation. Sudan has repeatedly denied any involvement in the fighting.

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COCKEYSVILLE, Md—Als-year-old boy shot and killed his parents and two younger brothers as they slept in their suburban Baltimore home and then waited more than 24 hours beforecalling police, authorities said Sunday. Nicholas Waggoner Browning killed his family Friday and spent the rest of the night and Saturday with friends. He was arrested Sunday after he admitted to the slayings.The teen had not been gettingalong with his father, police said.

Iraq's presidency council isBAGHDAD sued a law Sunday that will allow thousands of Saddam Hussein-era officials to return to government jobs, legislation viewed by the Bush administration as central to mending deep fissures between minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds and the majority Shiites who now wield power. The measure, which was passed by parliament Jan. 12, was the first of 18 key U.S.-set benchmarks to become law after months of

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Spears to remain in hospital Britney Spears got her LOS ANGELES ward psychiatric a extended Sunday, stay in as doctors decided to keep her hospitalized an additional 14 days, said someone close to the pop star. Spears was to be released from UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric hospital Sunday, but doctors and a medical officer at the ward determined that she should remain, said the anonymous source. Spears was committed Thursday for a 72hourhold for evaluation.

Writers, studios may reach deal LOS ANGELES A breakthrough in contract talks hasbeen reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday. The two sides breached the gap Friday on the thorniest issues, those concerning compensation for projects distributed via the Internet, said the source. A second person familiar with the talks said that significant progress had been made and a deal might be announced within a week.

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From zippers to lab filters to yards of fabric and empty CD cases, The Scrap Exchange has just about every material a creative consumer could imagine. Located on Foster Street in Durham, The Scrap Exchange is-a “nonprofit creative reuse center” that gets its materials from more than 250 North Carolina manufacturers. “[Each item] didn’t come out the right shape or the right color—or for whatever reason they didn’t want it,” said Shannon Morrow, outreach events coordinator for The Scrap Exchange. “Our mission is to promote creativity, community and environmental friendliness through reuse.” The exchange has been in business for 17 years and prevents 300 tons ofmaterials per year from going into landfills. The store’s outreach programs include workshop classes for all ages, booths at fairs and festivals, presentations at schools and “Events by the Truckload,” where the store carts 30 barrels of colorful scrap material to an event. “At almost every event that I end up going to, I am blown away by what someone creates,” Morrow said. “It is usually something that I never would ALLISON GIANINO/THE CHRONICLE have thought of using a material that I been haven’t able to think of anything TheScrap Exchange, located on Foster St in Durham, saves 300 tons ofmaterials from going into landfills yearly. that I wanted to do with.” The store’s presentations include Beth Marinelli, an art teacher at Club cheap, and the kids love it,” Marinelli information on how to make the best Boulevard Humanities Magnet School, said. “Right now they are working on a use of old materials in environmentallysaid her students love to create with project that is a kind of vehicle—they friendly ways. The store is also in the the materials she gets at The Scrap Ex- can design something that would take process of getting some of its inventory change. listed on eßay. “I can get a big bag of stuff for really SEE SCRAPS ON PAGE 8

for DA Freda Black, a former colleague of Mike Nifong, said she intends to run for the office previously held by the former Durham district attorney in this year’s upcoming election. Black made the announcement Friday afternoon on the steps of the Durham County Courthouse with a statue of Lady Justice at her side. “I believe this is a new day for Durham,” she told The (Raleigh) News & Observer. “I will, as district attorney, work with... all county leaders to try to fight crime.” The filing period for the race opens Feb. 11, and though assistant district attorneys Tracey Cline and Mitchell Garrell have said they intend to run, Black is the first to officially announce her candidacy for the office. The filing period will end May 6. “With lawsuits pending and taxes likely to go up because of the transgressions of [the Nifong] administration, I don’t know why anybody in Durham County would want to vote for someone who had ties to that administration,” Black said. SEE BLACK ON PAGE 8

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If you are willing to participate, please send an email before Feb 15,2008, to the facilitators Chantelle Fisher-Bome and Kate Shirah at FacultyFocusGroups@gmail.com or call therecruitment line at 919-966-0057. You will then receive the date, time and place for your focus group’s meeting. Please share this information with others who might be interested in participating. If you have questions about this project, please contact Nancy Allen nancy.allen@duke.edu or Ben Reese ben.reese@duke.edu

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Prize for Fiction-winning novel “Independence Day.” While an undergraduate at Duke, Humphreys took a freshman English course from Price. Reflecting on the experience, she spoke abouthis inspirational teaching. Humphreys noted thatshe incorporated some of the qualities of Rosacoke Mustian —the protagonist of Price’s debut novel, “A Long and Happy Life”—into the character Rhoda Strong from her 2000 book “Nowhere Else on Earth.” The performance of “Private Contentment” followed Morrison’s Chapel speech Saturday afternoon. The play’s cast included Hollywood actress and former Price student Annabeth Gish, Trinity ’93, and attracted 150 spectators to Griffith Theater. “The play was exhilarating,” saidjunior Itohan Aghayere, who narrated the performance and portrayed the character Tee. “So many people came up to us beforehand and said, ‘We’ve been looking forward to this all weekend.’” lan Baucom, chair of the English department, said a total of 363 people had preregistered for the three-day jubilee, a figure that does not include any students who were in attendance. “It was more fully joyful and celebratory than I could have possibly wished,” Baucom added. “The part that was richest for me was the chance to spend so much time inside of Reynolds’ language, inside his poems, his novels, his memoirs and his play.”

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Mr. Sullivan was a man who “reached out both hands in constant helpfulness to others.” The guidelines to the Award describe him as an accomplished lawyer, a mediator, a powerful orator, a noted philanthropist, a courageous citizen during perilous times, as well as a deeply spiritual and devoted family man. Duke University is giving this award to a graduating senior and a member of the faculty, staff, or graduate student body who exhibit the qualities of Mr. Sullivan. These qualities of service, character and spirituality are recognized in their practical application to daily living. Nobility of character is a criterion that is defined by the foundation as “when one goes outside the narrow circle of self-interest and begins to spend himself for the interests of mankind.” The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award committee desires that this prestigious opportunity for recognition be available to student and employee alike regardless of their role at the University. This ensures that all who make significant contributions to the community and who lead lives of integrity, will be considered as candidates for this unique award. For more information or to nominate a candidate, contact Sam Miglarese (for faculty/ staff/graduate student nominations) at samjniglarese@duke.edu. or Jennifer AhemDodson (for Duke senior nominations) atjahem@duke.edu. The nomination form is available at www.provost.duke.edii/sullivaii Jitm For other ways to recognize student leadership and service, visit http ://osaf jstudentaffairs .duke .edu/leadership/a wards Jhtml

Hundreds of people line up outside the Chapel in anticipation ofauthor Toni Morrison's speech honoring Reynolds Price Saturday morning.

MORRISON from page 1 From Reynolds,” wound through the two writers’ long friendship, from their meeting as young writers to the lessons they have gleaned from each other over the years. When he was finished, Price stepped gingerly from the podium and hugged Morrison. As he returned to his seat, she began her own retelling of their shared history. She explained that their friendship is rooted in emotional connection. “[There is] the agency both of us find in laughter. But more than that I like the way Reynolds cries and what makes him cry —unabashedly and beautiful,” she said. Price’s writing also drew praise from Morrison. “He has, unlike so manyof us, the courage and talent to take the risks that imagination demands,” she said. After praising Price, Morrison read extensively from her new novel, “A Mercy,” slated for publication this fall. The piece takes place in upstate New York in 1690 and tells the story of a 16 year-old slave girl sent on a long journey for her ailing mistress. In a half-hour excerpt, Morrison read a scene in which the protagonist is sheltered for the night by a white woman and her daughter who has been accused of being a demon. When she finished, the crowd rose in a standing ovation. Many in the audience were Duke alumni, friends and former Price students who came back for the Weekend to celebrate his life. As people streamed out of the Chapel, Farrar Babcock Cotdngham, Woman’s College ’4O, said her husband knew Price and it was their personal connection that brought them back to Durham this weekend. “[Morrison] told a very gripping story,” she added Matthew Hearn, Grad ’9O, said the event was the highlight of his trip. “Hearing both Price’s poem and [Morrison’s] voice echoing through the Chapel, that’s hard to top,” Hearn said.

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Some students may be familiar with watching sex workers bare all—but probably not through poetry. The Sex Workers’ Art Show—a cabaretstyle collection of performances by current and former prostitutes, adult-film stars and exotic dancers —riveted a crowd of students and community members in the Bryan Center’s Reynolds Theater Sunday night. Hot pink-haired host and show founder Annie Oakley kicked off the show by leading the audience in a chant of“naked ladies.” The remainder of the event featured political statements, musical theater, a mild dominatrix act, the elaborate removal of clothing and an anal sparkler for the grand finale. Audience member reactions ranged from rowdy cheers to awkward silences. Junior Martha Brucato spent 11 months raising funds for the free show in hopes of initiating discussions about sexuality and the way women’s bodies are often seen as commodities—issues she said are rarely brought up on campus. “When people are exposed to something so differentfrom what they are used to, it will get them talk about these things,” Brucato said. The Sex Workers’ Art Show originated in Olympia, Wash., in 1997 as an annual local event. It is now on its sixth tour, planning to hit 36 venues in 42 days. Oakley, a former sex worker, founded the show in response to her reactions that her previous job was antifeminist and degrading—as-

sumptions she described as sexist and classisL Although the performances usually feature more nudity and explicit content, the show was toned down so that a tape could be be sent to the College ofWilliam of Mary, a future venue, as proof that it does not include obscenity, Brucato said. The anticipation of the show has aroused controversy, according to media reports. Brucato added that she was disappointed that she did not see the show in its typical form but said she hopes it will become an annual event at Duke. Audience member Susan Davis, a junior, said she was impressed by the display of talent. “I liked how it was funny but also introspective,” she said. Abbie Turiansky, a graduate student in public policy, also had a positive reaction to the show, noting that it brought something out of the ordinary to the University. “Things like this were more common when I was an undergraduate, but it’s something Duke students aren’t exposed to as much,” she said. Oakley said the show has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, and the majority of negative comments have come from people who have not seen it. Comparing the sex industry to other industries, Oakley said Americans shun knowing the origins of their goods and services. “Hearing thes.e stories punctures a mass suspension of disbelief related to the sex industry,” she said. “I would love to see a food-service workers’ art show, but I doubt that would draw people to theaters.”

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The Sex Workers'Art Show put on performances by current and former prostitutes, adult-film stars and exotic dancers in Reynolds Theater Sunday to promote discussions about women's issues on campus.

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the supermodel girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen, and three Super Bowl tides ofhis own, even though he didn’tcome out on top this time. It means New England finishes 18-1 and the 1972 Miami Dolphins remain the only team to go undefeatedfrom the start of the season through the Super Bowl. Their coach, Don Shula, was on hand, ready to congratulate the Patriots had they finished 19-0. Instead, he figured to be sipping champagne, continuing a tradition the Dolphins have enjoyed every year when the last undefeated team finally gets its first loss. They remain alone thanks to Manning, whose 13-yard game-winner came four plays after he somehow escaped a cadre of Patriots engulfing him, threw the ball up for grabs and watched receiver David Tyree somehow pin it between his hands and his helmet for the 32-yard reception. That kept the drive going, and it will be Manning’s mastery that everyone remembers —not the coolly efficient 80-yard touchdown drive that Brady had completed only moments earlier. It was a tight, taut defensive battlefor threeplus quarters—yet anything but boring. Then it was taken over by two quarterbacks—one already a star, the otheryearning to escape the shadow his big brother has cast over the family, and the sport, for many years now. Eli said it was flattering being compared to his older brother Peyton because “he’s at the top of his game, and I’m still trying to get my game up to his level.” He’s there now, capping a four-week stretch of nearly flawless playoff football during which the Giants were underdogs in every game they played, but won them all.

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pulled down 35 of the team’s 50 rebounds, accounting for as many boards as Virginia Tech (13-9, 0-7). In the first half, when the Blue Devils shot just 34.2 percent from the field, Keturah Jackson and Carrem Gay came off the bench to register 13 total rebounds and help the team gain a scoring edge with seven second-chance points. Duke’s shooting struggles in the first half were partly a result of a solid defensive effortfrom Virginia Tech, particularly in containing Black. The Blue Devils’ leadscorer ing made just one

With leading scorer Chante Black battling a virus, Abby Waner in the midst of a shooting slump, a rivalry game looming and the ACC cellar-dweller traveling to Cameron Indoor Stadium, there was a perfect storm in place for Duke to stumble Friday night against Virginia Tech. Fortunately for the Blue Devils, with two starters in less than top form, the rest of the squad stepped up just in time. All 12 Duke players scored for the time first this season and Duke “When you have so many differhandily defeated the ent threats and different ways Hokies, 8550. to score... it’s really tough to “It was a defend—you can’t just zero in total team effort,” said on one spot.” Waner, who —junior Abby Waner finished with seven points but also dished out five assists. “When you have so many different threats and different ways to score... it’s really tough to defend—you can’t just zero in on one spot.” Freshman Krystal Thomas performed notably well off the bench for the Blue Devils (16-5, 5-1 in the ACC), leading the reserves with 10 points—her first doubledigit scoring output in conference play. Senior Wanisha Smith and sophomore Joy Cheek led all scorers with 14 points apiece, but Thomas’ inside presence in relief of Black was integral to Duke’s interior dominance throughout the contest. “My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball in the right places for me to score,” Thomas said. “I’m just working on being more aggressive in my post and being a big target for my teammates to find me.” The bench’s presence on the glass was especially important. Duke’s reserves

goal attempts in the opening 20 minutes for two points. But the Hokies’ team defense fell apart in the second half, as Duke opened the

second session on a 21-8 run, culminating with two steals in a 13-second sequence for four easy points to put Virginia Tech away for good. “When We have a game where our first group goes after it so hard in the second half like they did, it just is inspiring,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It provides an opportunity to really mix it up and work on combinations and give everybody a chance to get out there and play.” Defensively, the Blue Devils utilized their depth to continuously press the Hokies. Although Virginia Tech’s leading scorer Brittany Cook had 10 points on 5of-7 shooting in the first half, the rest of the team shot 25 percent from the field. For the game, the Hokies shot just 35 percent, and their 50 points were well below SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 6

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DeMarcus Nelson finishes an early second-half breakway with a monster slam that brings Cameron to its feetand ignites a 24-13 run in which the Blue Devils put the game out-of-reach for good en route to a 15-point win.

Nelson sparks another 2nd-half run, ACC win by

David

Ungvary THE CHRONICLE

In the first half of Saturday’s contest

against Miami, the No. 3 Blue Devils went

10-of-21 from the free-throw line, and senior Demarcus Nelson had scored just

two

points.

But led by its captain and with increased efficiency from the line, Duke exploded for 50 points over the next 20 minutes and cruised to an 88-73 trouncing of the Hurricanes. “This kid’s having one of the best years of any of the seniors I’ve coached,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said ofNelson. “He hasn’t had a bad game, and in the conference, they’ve all been great games—not just good ones. I’m using him everywhere, offense and defense. He’s been a rock. There’s no more valuable player for us than him. It’s not even close.” After a half in which Duke went over 16 minutes without a 2-point bucket and shot 31.3 percent from the field, the Blue Devils were looking for a spark coming out of the break. Nelson personally assumed the burden, looking unstoppable in the first five minutes of the second period and recording 10 points in that short time span. “[I was] just going out diere and trying to set the tone for us offensively and get guys going,” Nelson said. “It was just the flow of the game where I was able to get some good looks. My teammates found me

in transitionand just turned some defense into offense.” But Nelson, a Wooden Award Finalist, did more than take open shots and make easy baskets in transition. He made opportunities for himself, using his overpowering athleticism to create turnovers on defense and dominate near the basket on offense. His highlight-reel episode included an assist to Singler for a three, two steals that he finished for fast break points and two sensational reverse layups. Nelson’s rally gave Duke the breath of life it was desperately searching for and gave the Blue Devils a 14-point advantage double the lead they held at the half—and the team never looked back. The breakout beginning the period did not surprise Krzyzewski, however, who was pleased with his team’s first-half play despite the gaps in the boxscore. “I actually thought that was the best first halfwe’ve played in die last three games, itjust didn’t show in the score,” Krzyzewski said. The calm approach worked—and not just for Nelson. The Blue Devils went 16-of-19 from the charity stripe in the second. Despite the size disadvantage, Duke continued to drive to the basket, amassing an incredible 40 foul shots for the game. Miami only took 21 trips to the line. Duke stepped up its game on the open court as well. Kyle Singler went 3-for-4 from —

the floor after halftime, Lance Thomas hit 2-of-3 and Nelson, who recorded 19 of his 21 points in the second half, went 6-for-9 after the break. “We wanted to come out and continue to do the things we were doing defensively and just play a little bit looser on offense,” Nelson said. “We were putting too much pressure on each and every shot. That’s what Coach stressed to us at to go out there and take our shots. Make or miss, just take the shots because those are the shots we practice everyday.” There is no denying that Duke has struggled in the opening halves of its last few contests —the Blue Devils trailed headng into the second half in their two previous games—but the team has still managed to beat eight of its last nine opponents by double digits. If the Blue Devils can continue to play through some adversity and produce game-changing performances like Nelson did Saturday, this team has a chance to go a long way. “They’re such a good group. They will work hard. They are very unselfish. They’re not afraid... and they don’t want to lose,” Krzyzewski said. “We have lost and we’ll probably lose [again]... but it won’t be because they don’t want to win and they won’t fight together to make that happen.... We’re not a great team, but we’re a very good team that wants to do all those intangibles, and I don’tknow what more you can ask.”

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Kyle Singler thrivedoff DeMarcus Nelson's strong play in the second half, scoring 12 points of his own.

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“At halftime, instead of doing a lot of yelling and screaming, I told them to setde down and keep playing hard,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “When a team’s not

shooting well, you don’t yell at them.” Duke (19-1, 7-0 in the ACC) kicked into gear at the start of the second half. Senior captain DeMarcus Nelson stepped up to end the Blue Devils’ shooting slump and keep Duke perfect in conference play. With a steal and four points within the first two minutes after the break, Nelson grabbed an offensive rebound and muscled his way in for a second-attempt basket. On the ensuing possession, Nelson stripped Miami guard Lance Hurdle at midcourt and ended his uncontested breakaway with a resounding dunk that sent the Cameron Crazies into a frenzy. “We came out [strong] in the second half—seems like that’s kind of been our M.0.,” freshman Kyle Singler said. “It was a good start... kind of put them down, and we just sustained that for the rest of the 20 minutes.” Nelson kept the crowd on its feet when he broke free on the baseline the next play. The senior flashed to the basket, catching an entry pass from Singler and finishing with an acrobatic reverse layup that gave Duke its largest and first double-digit lead of the game, 51-40. On the following possession, Nelson assisted Singler on a 3-pointer to continue the Blue Devils’ 24-13 run, which resulted in an 18-point lead with a little more than 13 minutes left in the game. “That was the story of the game,” Kryzewski said of the series. “I’m proud of the win and another ACC victory.” Miami (15-6, 2-5) was never able to recover from the deficit as Duke shot a consistent 51.7- percent from the field in the second. In that period, Nelson scored 19 of his 21 points and Singler sunk 12 of his 14. Junior Greg Paulus rounded off the team’s top scoring with 16 points of his own. The first half, however, was a completely different story offensively. The Blue Devils relied heavily on their 3-point shooting to stay in the game, notching 24 of their 38 points from beyond the arc. Paulus sank four 3-pointers to lead the team in scoring with 12 points in the half. “It was just a matter of us relaxing and figuring out what’s going on out on the court and exploiting it,” Nelson said. “In the first half, we were doing great. We were playing well—we just didn’t convert. “So that was just the difference of the game. [ln the] second half, we wanted

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Junior Greg Paulus scored 16points, including four 3-pointers and a 4-of-4 effort from the free-throw line. to just keep our defense up and play basketball.” The Blue Devils’ defense was consistent throughout the contest, holding Miami’s leading scorer Jack McClinton—who had been averaging 17.2 points in ACC play—to 10 Saturday. Duke forced 14 turnovers on the night and stole the ball five times, with a team-high two coming from Nelson and four in the second half. Although the Hurricanes enjoyed a height advantage, Duke was scrappy down low. The Blue Devils swatted away seven shots to Miami’s none and outrebounded the Hurricanes, 41-36. Nelson, Paulus, and sophomore Gerald Henderson—all guards —led the team with six rebounds apiece. “A lot of people say we’re not really big or don’t have a big man, but for some reason sometimes we do outrebound teams,” Singler said. “That’s something special about our team. Mosdy our guards get the rebounds, so we’re just out there trying to get a piece of our man and wherever the ball goes, it’s a fight for position and go grab that ball.” Amid all the hype surrounding the North Carolina game Wednesday, the Blue Devils stayed focused and took care ofbusiness with two ACC wins against N.C. State and Miami in three days.

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Tyler Hansbrough had 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and No. 4 North Carolina beat Florida State 84-73 in overtime Sunday. Florida State's Ryan Reid hit a desperation shot from the corner—the first 3-point attempt of his career—with 8.1 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 67. But Hansbrough, who was held without a field goal for the first 30 minutes of the game, and Danny Green took over in the extra period. Hansbrough had eight points and five rebounds in the overtime while Green scored the final three of his 19 points to spark North Carolina's 10-2 run that broke open the game. (AP)

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Ben McCauley's stickback dunk as time expired lifted North Carolina State to a 67-65 victory against Wake Forest Sunday. Ishmael Smith appeared to have forced overtime when he hit an acrobatic shot in the lane with five seconds left. McCauley inbounded the ball to Gavin Grant near midcourt, and Granthoisted a 3-pointer

from the right wingthat bounced offthe rim. McCauley leaped over James Johnson and Jamie Skeen and dunked the rebound through with his left hand at the buzzer, sending the Wolfpack into delirium along the baseline while the Demon Deacons stared in disbelief. (AP)

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‘You can’t look ahead too far and we didn’t want to take anything for granted, especially with the good teams that were coming here the last couple of days,” Paulus said. “We knew we needed to play well, and I thought we did a goodjob of that today.”

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Sophomore Jon Scheyer takes Miami's Eddie Rios on the perimeter in the Blue Devils' 88-73 win Saturday.

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Duke drops 2 tough matches by

Gabe Starosta THE CHRONICLE

Facing their toughest competition of the

season, the No. 15 Blue Devils dropped two tight matches against ranked teams at the

Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center this weekend. Duke fell 4-3 to No. 8 Illinois (2-1) Friday and went down by the same score against No. 11 Notre Dame Sunday afternoon. The Blue Devils lost decisive third sets in the final match of each contest. [The Fighting Irish and the Fighting lllini] have been good for a while, and we always have batdes with them,” associate head coach Ramsey Smith said Sunday. “It’s just two really tough losses... it’s kind of a tough one to swallow back-to-back. But they are both top-15 teams and compete really well, and they just found away to win.” Duke (2-2) got off to a fast start against Notre Dame (5-1), earning the doubles point 2-1. Senior David Goulet and freshman Christopher Price were able to come away with a victory, while Reid Carleton and partner Kiril Dimitrov won the point for the Blue Devils. Singles play also started well Sunday, with Carleton cruising to a 6-1, 6-0 victory as the third seed. Goulet, playing in the first slot for the first time this season, also played well enough for an impressive 7-5, 6-4 win against Brett Helgeson. Duke was beaten in the remaining four singles matches, however, and Duke freshman Jared Pinsky dropped a hotlycontested three-set match to ensure an Irish victory. Duke did not win the doubles point against the Blini Friday, but the rest of the match was quite similar to Sunday’s affair. Goulet, Carleton and sophomore Dylan Amould claimed singles victories, but Illinois pulled out the other three singles matches for the win. After Sunday’s match, Smith was somewhat displeased with his team’s energy, but picked out Goulet and Carleton’s strong performances as the highlights of the weekend. “For Goulet, that’s back-to-back wins against top-15 players,” Smith said. “He just volleyed unbelievably, perfect energy, he just did everything right. Reid has a huge game, and neither one of them had any letups.” “

LAURA BETH

DOUGLAS/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

Center Chante Black was hampered with a virus, but Duke's leading scorer still put up 11 points Friday.

W.BBALL from TC page 1 which the team will take on a Duke squad not ranked in the top five. But the No. 9 Blue Devils—who already have upset then-No. 3 Rutgers Dec. 6 and fell to Tennessee by three points Jan. 28—are still primed to take on their Tobacco Road rivals. “It’s special,” McCallie said of her first Duke-UNC game. “The ACC is the best conference. I just love it. I don’tknow how else to say it—l just love games like that, whether it’s Tennessee or North Carolina or any of those games because it just seems to bring the best out in everybody.” Duke will need to be at its best to take down a Tar Heel squad that leads the nation in scoring, steals and blocked shots. Yet McCallie believes the most important battlebetween these two physical teams will be on the glass. In its recent matchup with Tennessee, Duke was outrebounded 40-29, with the team’s leading rebounder, Black, accounting for only two of those. With the dynamic UNC frountcourt tandem of senior Erlana Larkins and junior Rashanda McCants, the Blue Devils will need to be more assertive under the basket if they are to pull off the upset they came just short of against the Lady Vols. “It’s going to be a board game without question—a very physical, athletic game,” McCallie said. “A lot of shots are going to go up, that’s for sure, it’s just who’s going to get the second and third shot opportunities.

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Duke 85, Virginia Tech 50 Virginia Tech (13-9,0-7)

22 29

Duke (16-5, 5-1)

their season average of 71. “In the second half, I thought we just got completely away from our game plan,” Virginia Tech head coach Beth Dunkenberger said. “We didn’t guard correcdy, we didn’t take care of the ball on offense. We had some bad turnovers, which in turn led to some Duke transition opportunities. Things went worse from there.” The Blue Devils’ easy victory was sandwiched between games against No. 2 Tennessee and No. 3 North Carolina, which could have caused the team to lose focus in a less-hyped contest. It was a classic trap game. Instead, Duke took care of business, rebuilding momentum for its next contest Monday against the Tar Heels. “I think the team did a really good job of focusing and understanding what we wanted to get better from the last game,” McCallie said. “I was pleased with the leadership and the mindset of our team, and of course now we can focus on UNC.”

“Somehow, in those games, it always ends up who hits who first, and who gets more attempts.” Larkins and McCants enter tonight’s game averaging a collective 29 points and 16 rebounds per outing, but should be matched by Duke’s Black and sophomore Joy Cheek, who is coming off her first double-digit scoring effort in five games in Duke’s 85-50 victory over Virginia Tech Friday in Cameron. Another boost Friday night came from Duke’s bench, which registered 35 of the Blue Devils’ 50 rebounds and outscored the Hokies 37-13. Particularly with the recent scoring woes of junior Abby Waner, such production from non-starters could prove essential in the type of emotional and physical game that usually plays out when these two nemeses hit the court. “Of all the great rivalries in sports, Carolina-Duke is one of the best,” said Waner, who scored 29 points in two games against UNC last year. “Our two programs have been very successful in the past and they’re playing very well this season, too. It’s going to be a great matchup. We love having these kind of games—Tennessee last week, North Carolina Monday. It’s really exciting for just the game in general.” A win tonight could be the kind of confidence booster Duke needs as it heads into the closing stretch ofits ACC slate. And it might also light a fire under these Blue Devils, a team certainly looking for a spark.

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languages. Understandably, Price’s work has garnered him countless awards and honors in his field. He won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the William Faulkner Foundation Award, advanced to the finalist round for the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 and was inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Needless to say, Price is a very accomplished man. But equally important about Price’s career is the fact that he has remained

Reynolds Price, Trinity ’55 and James B. Duke professor of English, who was honored this weekend with “A Jubilee for Reynolds Price.” See stories page I.

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middle-income brian ovalle students stunick pardo dents that would sam swartz add to and gain from this univerguest commentary sity—who, for a number of reasons, do not attend. Cost is one reason, but it is not the only one. Initial impressions matter, and the sticker shock of $45,000 as well as certain associations with the Duke “brand” turn off many students before the issue of aid can even be discussed. If we truly care about remedying this problem, we must work to make Duke an open and attractive place for students across the economic spectrum. Now is the time. Expand recruitment efforts: The most immediate reason Duke does not have a socioeconomically diverse student body is that too few low-/moderate-/middle-income students apply. When Duke sends recruiters from the admissions office to Manhattan and not the Bronx, we should not be surprised that the students who ultimately send in applications are predominantly from upper-income families. Likewise, the Admissions Ambassadors program based on sending students back to their former schools will only perpetuate or worsen current economic patterns. Unless we place additional emphasis on outreach to low- and middle-income schools and regions, we will not get a wider swath of students into the admissions pipeline. Other schools have more substantial, targeted, and well-funded recruitment programs. Duke should too. Reexamine the application process: The truth is that the SAT score of a student who can afford a high-priced tutor does not mean the same thing as a student who takes the exam without formal preparation —let alone someone whose first language is not English. And, when extracurricular activities are taken into account, we must be sure that we do not penalize students whose schools didn’t have Science Olympiad teams, or who were not able to participate because they were taking care of younger siblings after school. We must evaluate our application process to ensure that all students are getting a fair shake, and that we are not unintentionally /

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His commitment to Duke and to higher education is truly remarkable and should serve as wonderful example toward which all faculty should strive. To honor such a man is no easy task. But we commend the English department and the Alumni Association for organizing and executing a celebration fitting for Price’s career. It is truly telling ofPrice’s charisma and prestige that distinguished individuals like journalist Charlie Rose,

new financial aid policy is a laudable first step in making Duke accessible to all students, regardless of income. But it alone will not solve Duke’s problems. There are many qualified

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Trinity ’64 and Law ’6B, former English department chair and New York Times columnist Stanley Fish and widely acclaimedauthor and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison waived their speaking fees to celebrate the career of a close friend. Although it is nice to see alumni return to Duke to catch a game in Cameron Indoor Stadium, it is even better for them to return and Join students, faculty and Price’s friends in participating in Duke’s rich academic life. So after a wonderful weekend celebrating his storied teaching career, here’s to Reynolds Price and his half-century at Duke. Let’s hope there are many more years to come.

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dedicated to his alma mater and its bright young minds. Over the past 50 years, despite his numerous awards and recognitions and despite his batde with cancer, Price has made teaching a

mistaking merit for privilege. Additional outreach and marketing in North Carolina and the region: Around 90 percent of students go to colleges within 500 miles of home,

and 80 percent to schools within 200 miles of home. For a number of reasons (e.g., travel costs, need to contribute to family income) this trend is even more pronounced for lower income students. In the past, this has been considered a disadvantage for Duke: Unlike many of our peer institutions not located near a major urban area, conventional wisdom has been that the number of studentswho can attend Duke while remaining relatively close to home is smaller. But in many ways, this type of thought is outmoded: Not some rural backwater, North Carolina is currently the nation’s 11th largest state, and with one of the nation’s fastest growing populations, is projected to be the seventh largest by 2030 (It also has the country’s fastest growing Latino population.). More generally, no longer a regional hindrance, as population centers of the northeast decline, growth in the south will bring the recruiting battle for top students into our backyard. But in order to attract these students, Duke must do much to counter its image (however untrue it may be) as a haven for rich kids from New Jersey. By expanding outreach close to home, by embracing our location and by making it clear that this is the place for the best students from North Carolina and beyond, Duke can gain from what will increasingly be our regional advantage and attract a more diverse student population. Expansion of outreach and recruitment cannot be the job of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions alone: Ultimately the budget, staffing and institutional push needed to make this happen must come from above. The aid announcement by Harvard, followed by a similar announcement by Yale, demonstrates that, in terms of aid, it is difficult to compete with schools that have much larger endowments. Where Duke can win is in actually bringing students here. We have offered a few suggestions, and we have more. Hopefully you do too. The changes that need to take place are not insignificant. But with the right institutional alignment, with a coordinated effort across the University (professors and students: that means you too), real gains can be achieved. Brian Ovalle, Nick Pardo and Sam Swartz are Trinity seniors.

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got a lesson on the differences between men and women when Heath Ledger died. Whenever I told a girl about it, she was shocked and saddened. Whenever I told a guy about it, he wanted to know if the next “Batman” movie was

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There’s something about senseless tragedies that brings out these basic responses. In the case of Ledger’s death, these responses were shortlived and vapid, but in other situations they can be much more impressive. The prime frank holleman example is our response after the Sept. 11 attacks, when our into the fire country was briefly unified as a community with a definite sense of purpose. More recently, the Virginia Tech massacre rallied college students and young people together and we all mourned on a grand scale. But I think there’s something inexplicable about the reaction to the Virginia Tech shooting, something that sets it apart from the other examples. A massive emotional response to 9/11 is to be expected. After all, for a day we stalled in front of television screens watching the grisly video loop of the planes hitting. An almost dismissive response to Heath Ledger’s death is callous, but not unexpected. He was a good actor, but to most of us that was about it. However, the response to the deaths of other college students was almost overwhelming, especially on social networking sites. I remember a few days after the Tech shooting, looking on at a Facebook group with 80,000 members. The six randomly selected user pictures on the page were all black ribbons with Tech’s logo emblazoned across them. The odds of this happening are, to me, staggering. A huge number of people must have decided to show their sorrow for the victims in this way. The phrase “Today, we are all Hokies,” was übiquitous across die Internet. From what I could tell, this was as common among Duke students as anywhere else. But why this huge outpouring ofemotion? Most ofus didn’t know the people killed, and the deaths had little impact on our lives at all. We weren’t at war or even inconvenienced in the slightest. Va. Tech barely pricks our consciousness unless we’re playing basketball against them. Maybe the purely random nature of the deaths made us fear our own eventual demises; after all, these were college students, just like us, who unexpectedly perished. Our own expressions of remorse were away of dealing with our own fears about death. But what I find the most odd is the way in which the crime directed toward Duke students in Durham a few weeks ago didn’t receive the same level of emotional response as the deaths of strangers hundreds of miles away. A fellow Duke student was killed, senselessly, but I saw few expressions of sorrow or pity aside from the administration’s public statements. Certainly no one expressed to me the same kind of shock they did after the Virginia Tech massacre. It was mosdy grim resignation. But why? The senselessness of this young death was no less striking than the Tech tragedy. Are we just tired of talking about the chafing points between Duke and Durham where things like this sometimes happen? Do we not want to face tragedy so close to home? I wish I had the answer. But if ever there was a commentary on the state of the Duke community, I think thisis it It continues a trend of having social problems at Duke dealt with from the top down. The administration, through e-mailsand public meetings, attempts to assuage the sadness of the student body and the public, whether it actually exist or not Over this past two years this sort of dean-leadand committeeenforced sorrow has been the norm. But there isn’t much of a student counterpart. The number of active subcultures and organizations on campus make it clear that Duke students are obviously capable of connecting with like-minded people and building relationships with them. WeTe not uncaring or selfish people. Maybe Duke’s just too large and diverse for anything, from belonging to the same university on down, to really unite us. Perhaps we’re too disparate, with our own aspirations and selfimages, for anything other than the administration’s actions to represent us. I’m not sure if this is something we should try to change or not I would personally like to be part ofa community that feels sorrow when one of its own passes away. Of course, I can’t speak for everyone.

Frank HoUeman is a Trinity junior. His column runs every other Monday.

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famous theoretical physicist whose name escapes me at the moment once said, “Everything is relative.” Objectively speaking, today is as exciting and eventful as any other Monday on the calendar. However, relative to the two days that bookend it, this Monday is downright awful. It’s the “From Justin to Kelly” of Mondays, to use a movie analogy (something I AD SPACE never do). s4s,ooofyear I’m not saying that I FOR RENT hate Feb. 4, 2008. Today does mark the birthdays of Dan Quayle, Natalie Imbruglia and Alice monday, monday Cooper. (That sounds but seriously like my hot tub on the weekends. Kidding: I’d never let Alice Cooper use my hot tub. He’s creepy.) More to the point, today seems so subpar because it is sandwiched by two so-called “super” days. Yesterday was the much-ballyhooed Super Bowl XLH, which was the largest sporting event of the year both in terms of total viewership and Tostitos consumed. Now, I am typing this two days ago, so I have no idea who won the big game, but I am pretty sure that, whatever happened, it didn’t live up to the hype surrounding the event Every year I look forward to the Super Bowl, and every year it’s like eating at Grace’s Cafe—always sounds better in the description. This is not the Super Bowl’s fault. Those announcers during the pregame show make it out to be the Second Coming. I’m sorry, but nothing, not even the Apocalypse, could live up to that hoopla. The commentators pretend that the pairing of the two teams was destined from the beginning of the season... the very first football season. “Eli Manning’s favorite midnight snack is Chex Mix, whichis madefrom com—the same com that grew on Bill Belichick ’sfarm as young boy in Tennessee. A fateful match-up indeed. ”Puh-leeze. I guess you can’t blame those guys too much. They do have to fill up about 87 hours of TV time. I mean, the preshow is on for so long that they have to start asking bottom of the barrel celebrities, like Kim Kardashian, their opinions about football. Turns out that she only knows about tight ends. Well, elections often suffer from the exact same predicament as Super Bowl Sunday. Tomorrow is the all-important Super Tuesday where 24 states will hold primaries or caucuses to determine who will be each party’s can'

didate. MSNBC and Fox News devote days of coverage what they constandy say will be an historic vote. They create cool graphics, compose snazzy theme music and defrost their eldest anchors especially for the occasion. Then, three minutes after the polls close, with just 2 percent of the precincts reporting, they declare a winner. It’s all over in less time than it takes to heat a Hot Pocket. And yet we gobble it all up. We crave the puffery, the sensation and the worldwide importance. Unfortunately, the Super Bowl will rarely be as exciting as the pregame show makes it out to be and an election will almost never be as nail-biting as the pundits proclaim. I think the problem is that, in general, we often hype things up too much, whether it’s the new iKleenex from Apple or the next episode of“Lost,” which is totally going to be the most mind-blowing hour of television all year. We throw around major qualifying words like “super” without considering whether what we’re describing is in fact superior. I mean, why can’t they simply be “Smash Brothers”? How about just calling the guy with the red cape “Man”? We say things like, “That was the greatest basketball game ever” or “I just saw the best comedy of the past five years.” I’m sorry, but the new “Rambo” was not that funny. The fact is that everybody does it, from college students to aging politicians. Even birthday boy Dan Quayle uses the word “super” all the time, except he spells it “p-o-t-a-t-o-e,” Some of us do it more than others, of course. The king of over-hype is without a doubt Donald Trump, whose business ventures, according to him, are all “huuuuge successes.” (Does that include his bottled water —Trump Ice?). I, myself, am definitely guilty of using certain phrases way too much. (Editor’s Note: You mean like “but seriously”?) But seriously, if we just stopped hyping things so much in our culture, then they wouldfail to live up to our expectations far less often. I believe that measured anticipation is really the way to go. So, with that mindset, I cautiously look forward to tomorrow’s “Tiresome Tuesday,” with the slightest hope that it will actually turn out to be “Super.” 10:32 p.m., post-game update: In light of “Giant” developments, please disregard the above 17paragraphs. to

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