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Following the death of junior Aalok Modi last week, the Duke community is coming together to remember the 21-year-old chemistry major from Pickerington, Ohio. A candlelight vigil was held in front of the Chapel Friday by Diya, Duke’s South Asian student association. Approximately 250 to 300 people attended the ceremony, said Ravi junior Kankotia. A bus with about 25 to 30 of Modi’s dose Aalok Modi friends left Sunday for Modi’sfuneral today in Powell, Ohio, a suburb ofColumbus. Modi died Thursday night after collapsing during an intramural basketball game in Wilson Recreation Center. He was pronounced dead in the Duke University Hospital emergency room about an hour after he collapsed. Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, said he did notknow the cause of death and that information is released only to the family. Friends described Modi as hard-working, thoughtful and an overall “great guy.” “The best two words to de-

scribe him were ‘eternal cheer,’” junior Hari Shankar said. “He was always cheerful and he was humble down to the last minute.” Kankotia said Modi often planned events for their group of friends and was always trying to be a better friend to others. “He was always upbeat, always happy, always smiling and ready to give a helping hand whenever anyone needed one,” Kankotia said. “He would always send out weekly e-mails, he would plan the events for our group and... in away he was the center of our group.” Modi was actively involved in the Global Health Forum and wanted to be a doctor, Kankotia said. He added that Modi had wanted to go to India this summer to do service work. Junior Jason Pate said Modi was passionate about global health and had hoped to see Duke’s global health groups unified underthe Global Health Forum. “He was always either working on global health stulf, studying or playing basketball,” said Pate, a co-director with Modi on the Global Health Student Action Committee. “There was a love and a passion that he shared with people at this 5ch001.... Duke is a better place becauseAalok was here—he definitely left it a little better than he found it” SEE MODI ON PAGE 5

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Freshman Jeff Teague goes up for the dunk over theBlue Devils' Kyle Singler in the Demon Deacons' 86-73 upset victory Sunday night in Winston-Salem.

WINSTON-SALEM Duke had ended ACC games this season with all five starters on the bench before Sunday night. The difference against Wake Forest at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum was that the No. 2 Blue Devils didn’t have a choice. All five Duke starters fouled out as the Blue Devils (22-2, 101 in the ACC) saw their 12-game winning streak come to an unexpected halt at the hands of the Demon Deacons, 86-73. Duke’s starting quintet witnessed Wake Forest (16-8, 6-5) celebrate the victory on the Coliseum’s parquet floor with its fans, several players and coaches pointed to the banner honoring late head coach Skip Prosser with tears in their eyes after the landmark win. “All last year, Coach Prosser always told us to keep fighting and play hard,” sophomore guard L.D. Williams said. “He told us that you can’t be soft and play at Wake Forest, and tonight we played really hard.” It was the Demon Deacons’ 14th win in 15 games at Joel Coliseum this season, and the fourth time in the last five meetings that Wake Forest has beaten the Blue Devils at home. The Demon Deacons made SEE M. BBALL ON SW 5

Allison elected editor of Chronicle’s 104thvolume

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from Staff Reports The staff of The Chronicle has elected sophomore Chelsea Allison to serve as the newspaper’s editor in its 104thyear of publication. At a meeting Friday, Allison—currently University editor—was named editor ofThe Chronicle and president of Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., the independent corporation responsible for publishing the campus’ student-run daily newspaper. Allison will succeed junior David Graham for a one-year term beginning May 9. As editor, Allison will determine the newspaper’s content and lead a staff of more than 125 student volunteer reporters, editors, photographers and layout designers. Her responsibilities as DSPC president will include

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Gunman's town mourns victims CICERO, 111. The sprawling Chicago suburbs that send their sons and daughters to Northern Illinois University struggled Sunday with the closeness of the country's latest massacre—this time the gunman grew up among them. The tragedy hung over church services throughout the region, from the university's home in DeKalb on Chicago's western suburban edge, to Elk Grove Village, where the gunman grew up in what one resident called "Mayberry," to blue-collar Cicero bordering Chicago.

Serial rapist suspected in Reno The hunt for a serial rapist RENO, Nev. spread fear around a college campus Sunday after police linked a 19-year-old woman's death to at least two other attacks in the area. The woman's body was found in a field Friday, nearly a month after she vanished from a home at the edge of the University of Nevada, Reno.Policesaid Brianna Denison had been abductedand strangled in whatthey called a sexually motivated

BUSINESS WORLD NEWS Kosovo declares independence Feds recall beef for inspection Revelers fired guns, PRISTINA, Kosovo Albanian flags and set waved red-and-black off fireworks over Kosovo Sunday after parliament proclaimed independence in defiance of Serbia and Russia, which condemned the declaration of the world's newest nation. A decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbian forces that claimed 10,000 lives, lawmakers pronounced the territory the Republic of Kosovo and pledged to make it a "democratic, multiethnic state." Its leaders looked for swift recognition from the U.S.and key European powers—but also braced for a bitter showdown.

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The U.S. Department of LOS ANGELES the recall of 143 million ordered Agriculture from a CaliforSunday of frozen beef pounds nia slaughterhouse, the subject of an animalabuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. Officials said it was the largest beef recall the United States. No illnesses have been in linked to the newly recalled meat, and officials said the health threat was likely small. "Because the cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection, Food Safety and Inspection Service has determined them to be unfit for human food and the company is conducting a recall," Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said in a statement.

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For graduate student SherAli Tareen, the University doesn’t seem to be such an insulated campus. Sure, many students care more about March Madness than the March presidential primaries, ami the term “effortless perfection” doesn’t exactly refer to the reliability ofelectronic voting. Tareen, though, is from Pakistan, a critical United States ally that holds parliamentary elections today after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf. Stuck half a world away, the third-year graduate student in religion can only sit and watch from the calm Gothic Wonderland. Although Musharraf is not on the ballot, The Associated Press has reported that he could be impeached if enough opposition candidates are elected to the parliament. Mixed opinions Pakistanis here are far from unanimous on the merits of their current president. Tareen called Musharraf a leader with “at least some kind of vision” and said he would vote to keep him in power, although he also said he disagrees with Musharraf on many issues. Freshman Asad Sheikh, however, said he hesitates to even refer to Musharraf as “president,” since he is a former military general who was installed in a coup eight years ago. The Pakistani freshman used to at least respect his president, but some of his recent crackdowns have whittled away that support.

“I’m from a country where the entire opposition was in jail at a point in time,” said Sheikh, a Pakistan native. “Some people have lost hope for democracy.” Those dual emotions are common in the country, said Ali Habib, a Pakistan native, Fulbright Scholar and first-year student in the master’s of engineering management program. “There’s a time and a place when people in your country don’t know what

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Low expectations Pakistan’s baby steps toward democracy are a focal point in the U.S.-led battle against extremism abroad.

Students will have to wait to get “Closer” acoustic singer-songwriter Joshua Radin as he will not perform as scheduled tonight due to health reasons, Duke University Union officials announced Saturday night. Radin, who had planned to play in Reynolds Theater, spent Thursday night in a hospital’s emergency room due to a “terrible sinus infection” and will not be able to fly again until Feb. 28, said juniors Chamindra GoonewarJoshua Radin dene and Vincent Ling, co-chairs of DUU’s Major Attractions committee. “[Radio’s agents] sent us a doctor’s note—it’s all legit,” said Goonewardene, incoming DUU president. “It’s really out of our control.” The committee is looking into rescheduling options and will alert ticket holders today ofany changes after speaking to Radin’s agents. According to the Duke University Box Office Web site, 404 tickets have been sold for the event, which is approximately two-thirds of the seating capacity in Reynolds. Goonewardene said he was notified of to

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is good for them and you might need a guy with a big stick,” Habib explained. “But [Musharraf] needs to go; he’s lost the trust of the people.”

President Richard Brodhead and Provost Peter

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invite you to a lecture and reception in celebration of

the opening of the new home of the Departments ofAfrican African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology, the Programs in Literature and Latino/a Studies, the Institute for Critical US Studies, and the Duke Human Rights Center &

Monday, February 18, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building

Alternative Knowledges, Social Spaces, and Historical Times: Mind Work as Exercise of Citizenship Lecture

George Lipsitz, PhD

Professor of Black Studies and Sociology University of California at Santa Barbara Universities can be places where evidence and argument matter more than influence, where original and generative thinking matters more than entertainment. Yet the public, which the university is supposed to serve, becomes constructed as a series of market interests. Countering that understanding requires interrupting current and recycled attempts to distract our attention away from the consequences of various domestic and foreign policies by fixing

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as the problem needing management. However, the mind work possible the in university, necessarily difficult, offers not simply critique of existing conditions but demonstrations also of the transformative power of educational ideas and civic activism. And such work expresses itself not just in complicated epistemological practices but in activism as well, born out of the seemingly ordinary processes of everyday life. Mind work as

citizenship is away of thinking both about the university and about activism. Response from

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Michael Hardt, Program in Literature, and Wahneema Lubiano, African & African American Studies Duke faculty members

A brief program and reception in the Science Building (formerly the Duke Art Museum) and tours of the building

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Duke students were scrambling to snag a spot on a bus

stopped in front of the Chapel—an all too typical sight. But the C-SPAN Election Bus, with its velvet seats, rich cherry-wood panelling, star-spangled exterior and heated political discussions among those on board, was a far cry from the run-of-the-mill C-l or Robertson. Duke College Republicans Chair Sam Tasher, a junior, said the bus was just the dose of political awareness the University needed. “Politics is my major and my hobby,” he said. “The campus is a hotbed of liberalism, but part of the challenge is that we fight apathy as well.” America’s first choice for nonstop political coverage paid the University a visit Feb. 15 in an appearance coordinated by junior Jordan Giordano, executive vice president of Duke Student Government. He said C-SPAN Visits colleges to boost student interest in the election, and he lobbied for the network to make an appearance at Duke for the same reason. He added that with the May 6 North Carolina primary fast approaching, political awareness on campus is especially important. Cameras weren’t rolling on the bus, but students aboard were treated to interactive demonstrations about programming, media literacy skills and the 2008 presidential cycle. GSPAN Marketing Representative Sarah Howard estimated SEE C-SPAN ON PAGE 8

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Students check out the C-SPAN Election Bus, which was at Duke Friday to boost student interest in the upcoming presidential elections.

Though Kenya has been a popular spot for study and service abroad, the University’s new international travel policy will prevent students from going there until the country’s internal violence abates. As of Jan. 22, “international travel that is sponsored by, funded in any part by or involves the granting of degree credits by Duke” is not allowed to any location on the newly created Restricted Regions List, to which Kenya was recently added. The list was created in response to the diverse and sometimes contradictory policies previously used by organizations within Duke that support travel abroad, said Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs. The Office of Study Abroad previously used the State Department’s travel warnings. “Last year, 2,000 people received reimbursements for travel [from Duke],” he said. “Provost [Peter Lange] decided that he wanted one policy that would apply to everybody so that we wouldn’t have different units with different standards.” The InternationalTravel Oversight Committee, which Merkx chairs, compiled the list last semester. Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Global Health Institute, Associate Dean Margaret Riley, director of the Office of Study Abroad, and Eric Mlyn, director of DukeEngage, also sit on the committee. ITOC was divided into subcommittees corresponding to six regions: Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia; the Middle East and North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East Asia; and Latin America. “Administrators and faculty [on the subcommittees] looked at various assessments of those areas, and faculty members who traveled to them had to write opinions,” Merkx said. “The primary concern that we have is the safety of the individual.” ITOC reviewed assessments from a number of sources, including the State Department, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Australian Foreign Office, the Canadian government and International SOS, the University’s travel insurance company. And the review process did not stop with the publishing of the list. “We’ve already revised it twice,” Merkx said, noting that Kenya and Beirut, Lebanon, were added recently due to high levels ofviolence. “The idea is to have a regular process once every semester to review the list,” he added. “But we’ll also revise

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it whenever any [member of ITOC] feels there’s been a change ofconditions.” The offices affected by the list offered both praise and concerns. Though Riley said the new travel registry might be able to offer a more realistic assessment of global conditions, she cited some issues regarding the list’s

specificity.

“The identification of restricted regions rather than countries may leave room for interpretation about what may or may not be restricted that was less ambiguous under our previous policy,” she wrote in an e-mail. Of 28 countries that the State Department recommends Americans avoid completely, the University’s list SEE KENYA ON PAGE 5

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Doctors Without Borders in lieu of flowers, according to a Facebook group in memory of Modi. “He was just a very kind and warmhearted person, and he was great to work with on the [Global Health] Forum,” said sophompre Frances Aunon, a co-director with Modi on the Global Health Student Action Committee. “He really just believed in what he was doing and all that was real and very meaningful to him.” The University has counselors from Counseling and Psychological Services available and will provide support for the Modi family, Moneta said. Modi is survived by his father, mother and brother, a freshman at The Ohio State University, said Kankotia. “He was amazing—he was so helpful and calm and he was a brother,” senior Junaid Raja said. “There were a few times I would be stressed out about a few things and I knew I could always talk with him.” to

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Students gathered in front of the Chapel Friday night for a vigil remembering the life of junior Aaiok Modi, who died Thursday night after collapsing in Wilson Recreation Center while playing basketball.

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During her term as University editor, Allison worked alongside a co-editor to manage a team of 15 associate edi-

preserving the corporation’s dual mission of providing journalism opportunities for Duke students and delivering information to the community. In her speech Friday, Allison said her goals for the paper include putting an emphasis on The Chronicle’s online component, increasing training for new reporters and improving the paper’s recruitment, retention and coverage of national issues. “I’m excited for the opportunity and the challenge to continue to make The Chronicle one of the best college newspapers in the nation,” she said Sunday.

tors and staff writers to cover all aspects of campus affairs. She said because she is a sophomore, she found that there was a steep learning curve in adopting the position, but added that she has seen her department come together as a cohesive unit. Staff members said Allison has been a reporter with boundless enthusiasm and dedication to the paper. Allison began her career at The Chronicle as a reporter for the University department during her freshman year. She was the first freshman of the Class of 2010 to publish a story. In fall 2006, Allison was promoted to the position

allows limited travel to 13 and unrestricted travel to two. Merkx said Riley’s issues with restricting regions rather than countries are valid, but ITOC felt other concerns outweighed them. “Chechnya is part of Russia... but it would be overly restrictive to tell students they could not visit St. Petersburg or Moscow because of trouble in Chechnya,” he said. Lange, who commissioned the list, wrote in an e-mail that he had “very little” involvement in drafting it but is satisfied with the results, especially the list’s “ongoing flexibility.” Mlyn also praised the list, saying it will be “a really good resource for DukeEngage.” “This is a natural part of the maturation process of an institution that’s becoming deeply internationalized,” he added. “[Merkx] did a fantastic job. We now have a list that other universities are going to look to when they’re trying to figure out what to do with regard to international travel.”

of staff writer and covered a news beat on campus social life. Shortly after Graham’s February 2007 election, he appointed Allison University editor. She said her work at The Chronicle has afforded her amazing opportunities, including the chance to interview Melinda French Gates, Trinity ’B6 and Fuqua ’B7. Allison is from Weddington, N.C., and graduated from Charlotte Catholic High School. She intends to double major in English and public policy studies with a certificate in policy journalism and media studies. After graduation, Allison said she intends to pursue a career in journalism.

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the issue Friday around 1 p.m. and sent a Facebook message to members of the event’s group Saturday at 9 p.m. He told The Chronicle Sunday that he planned to send a mass e-mail to all students this morning. But ticket holders who were not part of the Facebook group said event organizers could have better publicized the cancellation early on in order to keep everyone informed. “I had absolutely no idea that he wasn’t performing, and it’s the night before,” said sophomore Natalie Figuereo, who was informed about the cancellation by a friend. “I’m not even sure if it’s accurate, and I’m not sure how [we’re] going to be reimbursed or if we are [at all]. I don’t know any details, and I’d like to know.” Radin will be playing a showMarch 20 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, N.C., headlined by singer Ingrid Michaelson. Goonewardene and Ling said the show is one alternative to tonight’s nixed program if it cannot be rescheduled in Reynolds. “The biggest constraint [to rescheduling] is what day we can get Reynolds,” said DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior. Goonewardene said the Major Attractions committee was unable to access dates the theater is available or get in touch with Radio’s agents over the weekend. Ling said because of these communication difficulties, he was unsure whether rescheduling was the best choice. He added that once the committee has decided on an alternative, they will notify all ticket holders in conjunctions with the Box Office. Several students said though they understood why Radin could not perform, they were disappointed by his absence. “Joshua’s one of my favorite artists,” sophomore Whitney Woodhull said. “When I found out he was coming I was really excited. I would definitely like to see him rescheduledrather thanrefunded.”

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Blue Devils sweep opening weekend series the Blue Devils “I’m excited for Megan,” head coach Division-I Kerstin Kimel said. “She’s been patiently the first-ever womPlaying in en’s lacrosse game in Texas, the No. 6 Blue waiting behind some excellent players, Devils took care of business, defeating but she’s worked hard. Her experience has been beneficial and has translated to a Stanford 16-9 Sunday afternoon at Southmore prominent role.” ern Methodist’s Westcott Field. After suffering a torn ACL last seaDespite the lopsided score, however, Duke (2-0) did not play flawlessly. Late son, Davis rebounded, thanks in part to a in the first half, the Blue Devils found change in position from midfielder to low themselves trailattack. The midfielder added three assists With to her goal count, good enough to lead the 5-4. -1 f ing DENVER an early season team in points scored. .j g DUKE looming, “Carolyn has been a fixture on the field upset season,” Kimel said. “Her injury was the Duke this young STANFORD g battled devastating, and no one wants to see anyone squad DUKE 1 back against the get hurt like that. She has been able to pick Cardinal (3-1), up where she left off, and she’s in a position where she can help the team so much.” scoring six unanswered goals and regainDavis was the leading scorer for the secing a lead it would keep for the remainder of the contest. ond-straight game after leading the Blue “We have a relatively young team this Devils to victory against No. 16 Denver (0-2) year,” senior Allie Johnson said. “Toward Friday night at Koskinen Stadium. The juthe end of the first half we really started nior, who registered five goals and one asplaying, especially once we got the jitters sist, had been cleared to return less than two weeks before she stepped back on the field. out. The season is a work in progress beThe freshmen quartet ofSarah Bullard, cause we have some kinks to work out. But Emma Hamm, Christie Kaestner and Morwe came out there ready to play.” In a team comprised largely of freshmen, gan Miller bolstered the Blue Devils’ 16-11 it was the upperclassmen that ultimately win over the Pioneers. Duke was down early to begin the half largely due to three yellow sparked the Blue Devil comeback. The junior tandem of Carolyn Davis and Megan cards given out in the game. Before Denver Del Monte provided much of Duke’s ofran away with the game, however, the freshfense, with each netting three goals. The men answered back offensively and commatch against Stanford marked a breakout bined for the first four Duke goals. With two wins now under their belt, the day for Del Monte, who scored her first goal of the season and also added two assists. Blue Devils can use their first road expeAfter coming off the bench last year, rience this upcoming weekend when they the attacker is taking advantage of the intravel to Virginia to take on No. 20 Richcreased minutes and expanded role for mond and William & Mary. by

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Danowski, Greer pace Blue Devils in opener ness and unselfish passing were the key elements of Duke’s attack, something head Even though the No. 2 Blue Devils had coach John Danowski has been preaching won every faceoff, controlled the ball and since the first day of preseason. limited No. 15 Bucknell to just four shots “We weren’t sure exactly—playing against a defense like this—what was actuafter the first quarter of Saturday’s contest, the Bison ally going to be open,” Danowski said. “But only trailed 2-1 we were able to look inside, and we were BUCKNELL 4 and their sideline able to move the ball. We were really able 6 buzzed with ex- to play unselfish and with our heads up.” DUKE citement over the Danowski and Greer, who battled last season to be the team’s top scorer, finished with possibility of an upset. Then Duke woke up. seven and six points, respectively. Butwhile the And by the time the game was over, the team’s two stars certainly led the way, the Blue Blue Devils were the ones excited after a Devils exhibited chemistry all the way around decisive 16-4 win in their season opener. as nine different players scored a goal. Duke (1-0) began to pull away at the 12:08 “It really didn’t matter who was scoring, mark of the second who was initiatquarter, when caping, who got the “it didn’t really matter who tain and fifth-year goal or who got senior Matt Danwas scoring.... It was about the assist,” Dan"e r by

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Kristi Toliver’s 3-pointers buried Duke Again. Six minutes into the second half, the Maryland junior enjoyed a two-minute sequence in which she hit two threes and a long 2-pointer—all with a hand in her face —to extend the Terrapins’ lead to 13 after Duke had pulled to within seven. The Blue Devils continued to claw back throughout the period, but could not overcome the deficit as No. 4 Maryland put away No. 12 Duke 76-69 Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “I’m really sick of Toliver’s threes,” junior Abby Waner said, calling to mind Toliver’s 3-pointer that forced overtime in an eventual Maryland win over Duke in the 2006 National Championship. “But she’s a great shooter. She’s got that high release and she fades away so it’s really tough to defend. That’s a dagger when you hit backto-back threes like that.” And Toliver’s ability to consistendy hit big shots, coupled with Crystal Langhorne’s low-post dominance, derailed any chance for the Blue Devils to mount a rally and cut

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Junior guard Kristi Toliverfinished with 23 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including 4-for-5 from 3-pointrange.

On seven different occasions in the second period, the Blue Devils sliced Maryland’s lead to six points. But every time they trimmed the deficit, Duke seemed to hit a wall at the six-point mark, either missing a shot, committing a turnover or fouling a Maryland player. “It was pretty frustrating because we know that we have to be able to play with poise, convert when we need to if we want to win in games like this,” sophomore KeturahJackson said. “Teams as good as Maryland will capitalize on our mistakes.” Although Duke (19-7, 8-3 in the ACC) scored the first points of the game, they fell behind 5-4 and never led again. The team came within five points of Maryland (27-2, 11-1) with 2:51 left in the contest, but the Terrapins’ experience enabled the visitors to maintain their edge and collect their first victory at Cameron since 2000. “Never getting to win at Cameron is a really big deal,” Maryland seniorLaura Harp-

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Jasmine Thomas brings up the ball in Duke's loss. er said. “Coming in here and doing that is something so special for us, and I know as a team we feel great about that.” Duke found some of its poise in the final half by turning to its defensive strength: a full-court, trapping press. The Blue Devils forced Maryland to commit 18 turnovers during the period, including eight by Toliver, who finished with 12 in the game for a dubious, self-dubbed double-double. The Terrapins’ 26 turnovers—10 more than Duke—led to 16 second-chance points for the Blue Devils in the second half. But because of early struggles, it was too little and too late to overtake the Terrapins. SEE W. BBALL ON PAGE 6

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When they last faced Maryland Jan. 14 in College Park, the Blue Devils were dominated on the glass and from the freethrow line and failed to come away game with a win. analysis Sunday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium, both the story and the outcome were much of the same. Duke was outrebounded 43-29, and Maryland took 33 foul shots as opposed to the Blue Devils’ 11. “That...is not something that can happen and have you still be successful against a top team,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “There is not one member of our team who got enough rebounds to be able to walk away and feel that they did so. And, until we commit to it and hold the belief system that these rebounds are going to determine games, that’s going to hold us from getting to the highest level.” Even though Duke took 20 more shots than the Terrapins and outscored the visiting squad 36-32 in the paint,

the team struggled to find its offensive groove as Maryland took away second-chance opportunities. Duke junior Chante Black was only a rebound shy of recording a double-double, as she put up 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds. But she alone was no match for the Terrapins’ attacking post presence. Led by forwards Marissa Coleman and Crystal Langhorne —who combined for 40 points and 23 rebounds on the night—Maryland stuck to its game plan, which was so successful over a month ago. The Terrapins worked the ball inside throughout the contest and limited the Blue Devils’ second-chance points to just 16, living up to their ranking as a topfive rebounding team. “[Rebounding] was probably the difference when it was all said and done,” Maryland’s acting head coach Daron Park said. “We definitely were the aggressors to the boards. It was a concerted effort by our part all week to stress that when you go on the road, you have to do everything 10 times better than SEE REBOUNDING ON PAGE

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WINSTON-SALEM With just over five minutes remaining in Duke’s 86-73 loss to Wake Forest, GregPaulus launched a three that would have pulled the Blue Devils within four. The shot hit the back of the rim and kicked straight up into the air. A Duke follow-up rolledaround the entire Analysis back of the rim before the ball was corralled by the Demon Deacons and pushed up the floor to freshman Jeff Teague. The guard, who torched the Blue Devils for 26 points, sank a jumper from the right elbow—and was fouled by Paulus in the process. Teague made the free throw, Wake Forest went up by 10 and the Demon Deacons never looked back. It was that kind of night for Duke. The Blue Devils forced shots, failed to make their open looks and had an abysmal night at the free-throw line, while Wake Forest excelled in virtually every category. But the area that frustrated Duke the most wasn’t the 5-of-13 from the foul line or the season-high 22 turnovers —it was the team’s effort. “I don’t think we gave a good effort as a team,” senior captain DeMarcus Nelson said. “If we compete at the level we can compete at, then we’ll be content with the outcome. But when we don’t, then that’s

unacceptable.” The Blue Devils came out flat from the opening tip. The Demon Deacons, on the other hand, were energized by their raucous crowd and, looking for a marquee win to put them on the NCAATournament bubble, jumped out to an early 18-9 lead. Duke kept the game close, but it squandered several opportunities to distance itself from the home team with bad passes and missed shots. The Blue Devils had 13

M.BBALL from pageTC 1 all the plays during the homestretch and turned the final minutes into a parade to the free-throw line, as one by one, Duke’s starters headed to the bench with five fouls. “We didn’t give the type of performance that was necessary to win,” said senior captain DeMarcus Nelson, the first Blue Devil to be disqualified. “We didn’tplay to our standards tonight. That’s the hardest part about it.” Duke had battled back from a five-point halftime deficit to take a five-point advantage of its own midway through the second half. But the team didn’t hit a field goal for the next seven minutes, and the Demon Deacons took advantage to the tune of a 17-2 run. The Blue Devils missed 12 consecutive shots during that stretch and committed four of their season-high 22 turnovers. Wake Forest did most of its damage from the charity stripe, as the Demon Deacons hit seven free throws during the stretch and drew the crucial fourth fouls on Nelson and Kyle Singler. Freshman Jeff Teague’s three-point play culminated the run and gave Wake Forest a 10-point lead with under five minutes to play. “We were down five, and we called a timeout, and I looked at the kids and I said, ‘What you’re thinking right now is

turnovers in the first half alone, many of which were a reflection of their lack of energy. “We didn’t do a good job taking care of the ball,” Nelson said. “We had a lot of unforced turnovers—just careless with the ball, not being strong with the ball.” Duke’s flatness did not just manifest itself in bad passes and turnovers. On the defensive end, the Blue Devils were unable to contain the quicker Demon Deacons. Teague drove into the paint seemingly at will, hitting shots from all angles within the paint. He and Ishmael Smith provided a one-two punch at point guard that Duke could not control. “Their team is quick,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “The fact that [head coach Dino Gaudio] can play both [guards] gives them two really good ballplayers, and [Teague] can make his own shot because ofhis quickness.” That speed resulted ih plays like the one where Teague put his team up by 10 late in the second half, and it showed itself in Wake Forest doing the little things better than the Blue Devils, such as chasing down loose balls and grabbing rebounds. Duke managed to stay in the game until the decisive second-half run. In the end, however, the team’s lack of energy came back to haunt it as the Demon Deacons coolly kept their lead and gave themselves a much-need resume booster. “During this time of year, you’ve got to match or be better [than the opponent],” Krzyzewski said. “People have different agendas—people are trying to get into the Tournament, trying to save the season, they’re on a roll. We’ve won and we’ve been fortunate. We’ve got to play like we haven’t done anything, and tonight we played like we’ve already done something.” And that’s what bothered the Blue ZACHARY TRACER/THE CHRONICLE

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really important, whether we think we can win, whether we think we can get the job done,’” Demon Deacons’ head coach Dino Gaudio said. “We’re going to find out what we’re made ofright here, and then we went on a little run.” A Greg Paulus 3-pointer cut the deficit to six, but a travel by Jon Scheyer and Nelson’s fifth foul on the ensuing defensive possession short-circuited any momentum the Blue Devils had. With just over 90 seconds left and Duke down seven, Singler was called for a charge, and a potential threepoint play became the freshman’s fifth foul. It was Wake Forest’s freshmen who owned this night, as Teague and James Johnson combined for 50 points and 20 rebounds. Teague sparked Wake’s offense, hitting three 3-pointers and scoring 11 points in the game’s first six minutes. “Anytime you start off with a 3-pointer, everybody’s confidence goes up,” Teague said. “Me hitting a 3-pointer —my confidence went sky-high. And then I hit another one, I didn’tknow what the deal was.... And when you’re scoring, your defense is better.” Teague’s hot start gave the Demon Deacons an 18-9 lead, matching Duke’s largest deficit of the season. Unlike in previous contests against Maryland and N.C. State, the Blue Devils were never able to surge comfortably ahead, as turnovers and poor shooting

Wake Forest's LD. Williams points to Skip Prosser's memorial bannerafter the team's 86-73 win over Duke. left the door open for Wake’s decisive run In the second half, Duke shot under 29 percent from the field and hit a paltry 3of-20 from beyond the arc. Paulus, Scheyer and Gerald Henderson combined to make just 4-of-21 shots on the night. “We’ve had plenty of games where shots didn’tfall for us,” sophomore Gerald Henderson said. “We’ve kind of fallen into being a jump-shooting team, at least tonight. We needed to get shots at the basket. We didn’t take all bad shots...but the good ones we took didn’tfall.” The Blue Devils’ inability to hit from the perimeter allowed the Demon Deacons’ guards to slide under Duke’s ball screens to provide extra defenders inside. As a result, the Blue Devils had trouble driving the lane and finishing in traffic. On the other side of the floor, Teague and fellow guard Ishmael Smith were able to get into the paint to either set up teammates, score themselves or get to the foul line. Teague was 9-for-13 from the line en route to 26 points while his classmate Johnson recorded his seventh double-double and first in ACC play with 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. “They’re very athletic and quick. That’s their strength,” Krzyzewski said. “They have a very well-run system to take advantage of those strengths.... We lost to a very good basketball team tonight.”

"No, but I can't remember last week. I'm 61. We didn't lose because of that. We didn't lose because of fouls. We lost because they played better." —head coach

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you do at home.” Bolstered by their 14-board advantage, the Terrapins were relentless in storming the basket and capitalized on one of the Blue Devils’ most significant weaknesses this season. Duke has struggled consistently on the glass and entered Sunday night’s contest ranked 251st nationally in rebounding margin. Even when the Blue Devils were able to cut the lead to five points in the game’s final three minutes, Maryland thwarted their comeback attempt by outrebounding them 8-2 to close the door. Although the Blue Devils have made notable strides since their last performance against the Terrapins, McCallie continued to lament that the same aspects

of the game are holding her team back, particularly as it faces the country’s fifth toughest schedule. But the coach believes her team’s struggles in rebounding and foul shooting are just as much mental as they are physical. “You’ve got to have the free throw attempts behind you. You’ve got to have the rebounding behind you,” McCallie said. “Those are pretty fundamental to great success at the highest level. If you look at any of the top-five teams—we’ve played them all and now, I guess we’re going to Round Two as we play them all—it’s a consistent theme. We’ve got to want to be that.” If the Blue Devils don’t want more of the same the next time they face another top team, especially in March, they have to find away to mirror the top-tier teams on the glass.

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“If we can start [our pressure] earlier, make them work a little bit harder in the first half, then I think we’ll be able to get some more turnovers,” Waner said. “We’ve just got to be able to put it together for a whole game.” Duke’s miscues started in the first half, as the team allowed the Terrapins to take control of the game at the foul line. Duke committed six more fouls than its opponent, entering halftime with an eight-point deficit that could be accounted for at the free-throw line. In the game, Maryland shot 33 free throws, compared to just 11 for Duke. When the Blue Devils found themselves in a hole, they moved away from an inside-out attack and started forcing outside shots. “We got up and down and kind ofcrazy in the first half,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “There were times that we bailed out Maryland a little bit by shooting quick. I think we need to be more patient.” With just three games separating Duke from the ACC Tournament, both McCallie and Waner acknowledged that the Blue Devils need to figure out how to play a complete 40 minutes of basketball. And if Duke can find away to do so, perhaps this season won’t end with another heartbreaking three from Toliver.

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Devils the most about the contest—not that they lost in a building where Wake Forest has been nearly unbeatable, or that they sacrificed their perfect conference record in the process. Rather, they could not believe how that loss came about—without the trademark effort and energy that has been present for most of the season.

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No. 15 Duke knocked off sixth-ranked Florida 4-3 Friday, then capped the weekend by blanking Southern MedothistUniversity 70 Sunday at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. Sophomore Elizabeth Plotkin gave the Blue Devils (3-0) the win Friday when she took a 6-2,1-6,6-1 decision at 3rd singles. It was Duke’s fourth-ever win over the Gators, and its first since 2003. Ellah Nze, Reka Zslinszka and Melissa Mang combined for the Blue Devils’ three other wins on the afternoon. Zslinszka, a freshman, gave Duke its first point with a 6-1, 6-4 win at 4th singles. Fellow freshman

Nze gave the home squad a 2-1 edge, and Mang, a junior, boosted the Blue Devils to a 3-1 advantage with a 6-4, 6-4 decision. After two Florida points at 6th singles and doubles, Plotkin clinched the momentous win in three sets. The Blue Devils condnued their success Sunday with an emphatic victory over SMU. Plotkin again secured the triumph Sunday with a 6-0, 6-2 win at 3rd singles to give Duke its fourth and decisive point. Five of six singles players won in straight sets for the Blue Devils, who return to their home court Feb. 21 against No. 14 Notre Dame.

The Blue Devils split a home doubleheader Saturday in Cameron Indoor Stadium, losing 22-18 to Virginia Tech but taking a 22-12 win over VMI. Duke (10-9, 0-5 in the ACC) started slowly in the second match after dropping the first, but responded quickly to take control of the meet. Losing 3-0 to VMI, Duke won six straight matches to forge a 22-3 lead that proved insurmountable. Redshirt sophomore Ben Wales, sophomore Voris Tejada and junior Addison Nuding all notched two wins on the day. Wales, in addition, picked up a pin. Redshirt sophomore captain John Barone tacked another win to his 32-6 record and jumped to ninth place in alltime winning percentage at Duke. With two dual meets and the ACC tournament remaining, Barone needs only three more victories to set a school record for single-season wins. Duke will hit the mats again Wednesday at UNC-Greensboro.

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C-SPAN from page 4 that 50 students boarded the bus during its two-hour stay, and Giordano said he was pleased with the turnout. The bus toured North Carolina before rolling on to Ohio, dropping by North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University as well. Howard said Duke students boasted a special knowledge of specific issues in the race as compared to their collegiate peers, but said she was impressed by the political awareness of all North Carolina students. “This is a fresh start for the so-called apathetic youth,” she said. “Wherever we go, people know the candidates, and they want to talk about the race.” The bus has acted as a makeshift studio for interviews with Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bill Richardson, and students grilled Howard for all the juicy details of her interactions with the candidates. “I feel like you sometimes get a sense of who they are, but I have no idea,” she said. “They’re running for president.” The space also served as a classroom when Visiting Pro-

fessor Jason Casellas, a postdoctoral associate, decided to hold his Political Science 199 class there on a lark after walking by the bus minutes before class was due to begin. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to let students see the internship opportunities C-SPAN and [other networks] can offer,” he said. Students in the class said they were more than happy to trade their stuffy spot in Perkins library for a classroom on wheels. Sophomore Justin Blumenthal, in particular, was ecstatic—he was scheduled to give a presentation in class, but was saved by the bus. Some students’ excitement about the bus was dampened by the infrequency with which they tune into C-SPAN. “I just kind of went about my day,” Divinity School student Derek Kubilus said of his reaction to the bus. “I might be a little more interested if it was CNN.” But though the network is not known to have a youthful fan base, at least one student was delighted to interact with the provider of his weekend programming. “The House of Commonsis an excellent thing to watch on Sunday evenings,” Divinity School student Kevin Wright said.

PAKISTAN from page 3 After former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in late December, pockets of the country saw violent riots, according to internadonal media reports. “I’ve been in touch with my family and everyone there is anticipating trouble.... My parents are stocking up on food,” Habib said. The country has had many so-called democratic elections without substantial long-term progress, he said. “Anytime someone loses, they say it was rigged,” Habib said. Sheikh recalled trying to cast a ballot when he was 14— under the legal voting age. “They told me ‘lf you vote yes, then you can,’” he said “It was a joke.” Tareen said democracy is not something that begins “in one magic moment.” He labeled as condescending the idea that exporting America’s electoral process to the Middle East would fix some of the region’s ills. “Sometimes Western audiences have very unrealistic expectations for that part of the world,” Tareen said. “The main goal [for Musharraf] is to show the West that he is invested in the democratic process, and I think that’s a good enough reason.” Tareen did his undergraduate coursework at Macalester College in Minnesota and said he was inundated by queries from his peers after 9/11. Rather than being bothered by the questions, he was pleasantly surprised by the interest in his home country, because young Pakistanis often avoid politics. A wave of youth activism, such as the kind occuring for the presidential campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, would never happen in Pakistan, he said. “Duke is apathetic, but this is a whole country,” Tareen said. “[ln Pakistan,] we have a politically castrated youth. That leads to a morally confused country.”

Fitting in The small Pakistani community at Duke holds tempered optimism for the elections. According to the International House, there are only five undergraduates and 12 graduate students from the country, excluding scholars. Ten were accepted for the Class of 2011, but only three came, Sheikh said. “Everyone only talks the Ivy League,” he said, noting that he chose Duke over Cornell University. “For some reason, Duke is the one college that doesn’t have a name in Pakistan.” A self-described moderate—not liberal—Muslim, Sheik said he is here to network but has found himself most at home with the Indian community. He noted the irony of the situation, because Pakistan and India are often at odds in the international arena, frequently tussling over the disputed Kashmir region

Arriving in North Carolina was less of a culture shock than he expected, though it may be difficult to return to his native country in three years when he graduates, he said. “There’s a big misconception that Americans are not smart,” he said. “I’m sure there are a few dumb people in the South, but there are dumb people everywhere.” Both Sheikh and Tareen said the lack of education in Pakistan leads to extremism. “The key is some kind of stability,” Tareen said. “We need to have realistic thinking about the transition to democracy.”

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of counselors for serious, immediate sessions can lead students who have finally sought help to lose momentum or hope. That’s not to say that each discouraged student will resort to violence—but every student turned away is an opportunity missed to truly help someone in need. Hopefully, lastweek’s shooting at NIU will prove to be an isolated tragedy, not part of a trend of college shootings. The gunman demonstrated in chilling fashion that even an apparently well-designed

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tion that might arise. Prevention is just as important as response, however, and that requires attention to mental health issues on campus. The killer at NIU was not obviously unstable, but serious problems may be obscured by a nonnal exterior. Counseling and Psychological Services at Duke is currently expanding its program offerings to focus on group workshops and programming such as “Stress for Success.” These may help relieve moderate mental health issues on campus, but they aren’t enough by themselves. A student undergoing severe personal stress needs individualized, professional counseling, not a “creative dance class.” Many students report that the waiting time for an individual appointment with a CAPS psychologist can be dismayingly long. The unavailability

his music video “Tip Drill,” Nelly uses a credit card to demonstrate the act of a man scraping his penis on a woman’s butt crack. And some time ago, “Sex in the City” featured a jogger who has a fetish of putting his tongue on that same

mosexuality and heterosexuality. For a person to be truly bisexual he or she must be able to have

similarrelations with either sex. A damaging myth in our culture supports public searches for the bisexual identity. Everyone general region. supposedly has a “true self’ which must be found. Indeed, the conExperimental sexual behavior thus becomes necessary for self expression. dom is no longer Creating an identity for its own sake involves barrier but an a simply doing whatever you want. Supporting the enabler—freely dissearch for an identity tells people that whatever pensed for “health” reasons. Duke’s they want to do is good no matter what, so long as it is an individual decision. Devils” “Healthy But this amounts to a slavish devotion to all of brandish them on wheeler frost one’s sexual urges and appetites. Sexual identity Plaza because the becomes the merely the execution of one’s urges. apparently wheel big Case in point: Tila Tequila embodies a sexual group thinks that identity. She enacts public sex fantasies with literthe only reason to avoid something sexual is to avoid something that ally anybody. In creating her identity she is concerned more with establishing her sexual desires is physically “unhealthy.” must both sexes rather than a private commitment said these thateach of us for days And, it is often “inner or a “true self’ to behavior. identity” loving an through express For instance, there is a sense, I am told, in conscious action to be unique. Accordingly, people declare that the quest for sexual individuality justifies which drunken girl-on-girl... ahem, “CPR” is not true bisexuality. It is claimed that either lust for exposure to sex in its crudest forms. As Duke’s LGBT Center Web site explains, “As men or mere boorishness has substituted for the an individual lets go of their heterosexual identity, true bisexuality. Yet both indifferently view physithey may experience a sense of isolation, of no cal contact with others as a worthy object for its longer fitting into the heterosexual world around own sake. Sexual urges displace the search for love them.” It adds, “The more comfortable you feel in with another human. The public obsession with identity has forced the college, the better you will do, and the more enjoybisexual to act on his or her urges. As in heterosexuable your college years will be.” als, this is a form of deviancy because lust threatens I found this unsurprising. sex’s role in entering relationships of love. The LGBT Center believes that the heteroThe bisexual, to conform to the public identity, sexual identity dominates all outlets of sexual expression. Non-heterosexuals therefore require the must express urges for both sexes. Yet some things Center to feel comfortable in such a world. Underare in fact best left unexplored. Perhaps the bisexual should consider revertstandable—up to a point. But what does the LGBT Center actually do? ing to heterosexuality with the understanding that sexual expression is slavishness to the ideology of It offers a place for people to feel comfortable in their own sexual identities. Because heterosexuals identity rather than something truly beneficial. It is important to understand that the bisexual have ample room to craft an identity, others need do the same. a space to identity is a creation of people intent on supportBut the public heterosexual “identity” (like ing the discussion of identity, not encouraging love. Suppressing urges out of shame and decency Nelly and the jogger would have it) is misbehavior. It is sex under the public encouragement of facilitates love; expressing desires for the sake of all kinds of fantasy activity. This “identity” belittles identity does not I do not expect many to agree with me. I only shame—the healthiest sexual emotion—in favor point out the situation in the hopes of showing to of lustful exploration. Nonetheless, the Center wants people to be able a few of our more prude peers that their suppressions (whether voluntary or not) of sexual desires to feel comfortable in their sexuality. Bisexuals are supposed to feel comfortable as bisexuals. But I for both sexes are more healthy than the brazen think that tacitly condoning the “bisexual identi- applications of rubbers and jellies in the name of ty” encourages the same misconduct found in the health, progress and identity could ever be. public outlets of the “heterosexual identity.” Wheeler Frost is a Trinity sophomore. His column Bisexuality is the expression of sexual urges for both sexes; in other words, simultaneous horuns every other Monday.

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The audacity of hope in Hillary I

know that most people at Duke don’t like reading political columns. But at this point, I think one is due, so humor me for a few minutes. Sixty-nine of percent Americans think, if the latest Associated Press poll is to be believed, that the direction of the country must change. Acin Jpl cording to similar polls, for many that means voting for either Hillary Clinton or Barack frank holleman Obama in 2008. At universities across the into the fire country, like at this one, Obama is the overwhelming choice. He talks about change and hoping for a better tomorrow. He is young, which is novel and appealing to other young people like us. And his speeches aren’t boring, which is a plus. But given the choices we have to make about how America needs to change, I don’t think he’s the first choice among the available candidates. Instead, I wholeheartedly support Hillary Clinton. I want to set aside candidates’ rhetoric for a moment, because I think using that as a motive to support a candidate is misguided. For instance, who would you suppose said this: “Our nation must rise above a house divided. Americans share hopes and goals and values far more important than any political disagreements.... Our votes may differ, but not our hopes. I know America wants reconciliation and unity. I know Americans want progress. And we must seize this moment and deliver.” It was President George W. Bush, responding to Vice President A1 Gore’s concession speech in December of 2000. Politicians, especially those who have been in the game for years—as Obama and the other candidates have—know that people always like to hear about change, unity and hope for the future. This rhetoric almost never amounts to much. I think what we need to see are firm, effective plans to move this country forward. There are three major issues facing this country, as I see it, that the candidates differ on. The balance tips in favor ofClinton time after time. We need a plan that will reduce health-care costs and expand health-insurance coverage. Paul Krugman wrote an incisive piece about this in The New York Times Feb. 4, citing research by MIT health-care economist Jonathan Gruber, who found that a health-care plan resembling Hillary Clinton’s would cover twice as many uninsured people as Barack Obama’s at nearly half the cost per capita. Clinton’s plan is the best out there. It balances the societal good of universal health care with the need for market competition and marks her as the most forward-looking candidate on the issue. On Iraq, there are no perceptible differences that I can see between Clinton and Obama. Both have proposed withdrawing one to two brigades a month from Iraq until almost all troops are out, while leaving in place special operations troops for counter-terrorism operations, as well as guards for the U.S. embassy. In the Senate, Clinton and Obama have essentially identical voting records on Iraq withdrawal deadlines and funding bills, except that in 2007 Obama seems to have missed one more vote on Iraq than Clinton did. In foreign affairs there is a key difference, which is Obama’s willingness to meet with the leaders of countries such as Iran, Venezuela and Cuba “without preconditions.” Clinton says the pledge is “irresponsible and frankly naive.” She’s right. A meeting without preconditions would help legitimize international pariahs like Myanmar or North Korea while doing little to solve fundamental policy disputes. For instance, Obama has said that military strikes aren’t off the table in dealing with Iran’s nuclearprogram, and he has proposed increasing our Army and Marine Corps by 92,000 men. It’s hard to see the president of Iran taking his message ofconciliation too seriously. Most people can agree that this is a historic election. Primarily, it showcases the first serious female and African-American presidential candidates. It will also be one of the tipping points that define politics for years. America will either escape the now-bankrupt ideas of George W. Bush conservatism or continue aimlessly adhering to them. The mistakes of the Bush administration will either become an aberration or be enshrined as business as usual. I feel hopeful that we have in Sen. Clinton a candidate with plans that can move our debate and policy forward. Having a competent president with a serious vision for improving the country will be a change that I can believe in. .

Pushing the envelope

On the other hand, my grandmother feels very bad for the presenters who get stuck with this category. Of course, that could be because she hates movies with subtitles. She always thinks the screen’s flashing some late-breaking um, hypothetically. news. Shush, JavierBardem, I think they’re about to announce No, my little secret a flashflood warningfor Durham County. isn’t embarrassing—I love that actors, who are paid millions of dollars it’s to memorize dialogue written by someone else, end humiliating—a AD SPACE veritable reputation up relying on a sheet of paper when thanking indis4s,oootyBaf wrecker. Don’t worry, viduals because they can’t remember the names of the FOR RENT MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE in their lives. I’m not a Scientologist. Xenix is not involved, I love how the losers unsuccessfully try to mask their So, what could it disappointment upon not hearing their name called by be? Well, may I have mOllday, VTlOVlday smiling way too hardand clapping way too much. C’mon, the envelope please... that’s just bad acting... and that’s why you lost. but seriously I love awards shows. But seriously, I could go on and on. Fortunately for The more ludicrous you, I do have a word limit. Well, this Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of and Ludacris the better, I like to say. Where else but at a crazy awards show could you see the perennial Hollywood gala. This year’s show was Zac Efron win a giant surfboard as Choice Male Hotalmost canceled because of the writer’s strike, which tie? (The Teen Choice Awards, to be exact.) (Not that thankfully ended last week. I watched that show, of course.) (To clarify, I actually Now, I know what you’re thinking: The Oscars are learned that information from a “High School Musical” pointless and have nothing to do with Duke. (Editor’s fan blog.) (I mean, it’s not like I frequent thatsite or anyNote: You just read my mind.) You are absolutely right and I guess that’s my thing.) Oh, God, what am I talking about ?1 (Sorry, when I get nervous I use [a lot of] parentheses.) Okay, David, move on point. With all the seriousness in our lives, from a war to different topic fast. Maybe no one will notice. Maybe it’s a typiabroad to combative political campaigns at home to cal Monday and no one’s reading thiscolumn anyway. stressful job interviews, sometimes it’s nice to have a Like I was saying, I am an awards show junkie. little mindless entertainment. Movies themselves are They’re the most trivial, self-congratulatory events fantasies and any show that honors fantasy is the perin the world and yet, like Depeche Mode sang in the fect escape from reality. I mean, at the Oscars the only mid-’Bos, I just can’t get enough. Hillary to root for is Hilary Swank. When most fans discuss their awards-show love, The Oscars may be all about fantasy, but here are they usually talk about the red carpet, the glamour my very real thoughts on the Best Picture nominees: and the designer outfits—the “star-studdedness” of it Michael Clayton: Many critics praised its realism. all. That’s all fine and dandy, but awards shows are Really? This was a film about a lawyer going through a popular with me because they are so preposterous. moral crisis. I didn’t buy it. At the top of the ridiculous roster is the king of all Atonement: To my surprise, this turned out to be a awards shows. Coming in at a statuesque 13 1/2 inches slow-paced British drama. I thought it was going to be and 81/2 pounds, it’s the Academy Awards. To give you a a documentary about the Bush Administration. sense ofhow much I’m obsessed with the Oscars, I didn’t There Will Be Blood: The writer of this joke is even have to use Google to produce those completely acstill on strike. Someone should probably send him a curate statue measurements. Why did Ijust admit that? memo or something. Here are just some of the Oscar shenanigans I love: Juno: The most popular story of a young girl who I love the bizarre pafrings of presenters. Please welgot impregnated by a strange, unlikely father since come Dame Helen Mirren and, from “Welcome Home Roscoe Katie Holmes. Jenkins, Cedric the Entertainer. No Country for Old Men: IfI wanted to see a psyI love how these pairings inevitably lead to some of chopath with a bad haircut, I would have just googled the most awkward banter in show business. HEIRN MIR“Nick Nolle mug shot.” But seriously, I’m picking this REN: This ceremony marks the end of an awards season that Coen Brothers film to win it all on Sunday. began with the Golden Globes. CEDRIC: Helm, you seem to have I’m sure whoever wins will be forgotten by the time brought your own “golden globes” to the show tonight. HELEN my next column comes out (i.e., Monday). However, for those brief seven to eight hours this Sunday, we MIRREN: Here are the nominees for Best Sound Editing. I love that the Oscars for acting basically end up can enjoy an event so absurd that the rap group Three going to the Best Imitation of a Famous Dead Person. Six Mafia has won more Oscars than Alfred Hitchcock. And the 2009 Best Actress award goes to Kirsten Dunst for And how could you not love that? her performance in “Rehab: The Amy Winehouse Story. I love that some American actress always misproDavid Distenfeld would like to thank God, his parmts, nounces the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. his sister, his... no, not the orchestra music. I wasn’t done. have a deep dark secret that I keep from most people I meet. It’s more than just embarrassing. Embarrassing is when you accidentally throw up in your date’s car while driving back from the Cheesecake Factory:.,

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

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