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trends and styles. The Office of Information Technology is currently experimenting with various prototypes to make the Duke Webmail experience more aesthetically appealing and user friendly, IT Senior Analyst Chris Colomb said. A new e-mail client is projected to launch by the end of the spring semester. “There’s been some push to modernize our infrastructure and to better serve Duke’s needs,” he said. “And this is part of that effort” OIT is currently looking at multiple versions for a new Webmail. Colomb said his favorite makeover features a login screen that requires users to type in the Duke domain address and a new mailbox that boasts a layout similar to a desktop mail client such as Microsoft Office Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. Colomb added that he hopes to further improve the prototype by optimizing speed and Duke-specific graphics. Because the current Webmail is functional, there will be little to no changes to services offered, he added. Instead, the makeover will focus on enhancing the user experience through improving the ease of use and navigation. “I feel like it’s a lot more intuitive than our current one —it manages folders well,”

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Duke head coach Mike Krzy/cwski has participated in 89 NCAA Tournament games during his 33-year career, including 7 National Championship games. But Thursday’s first-round game against No. 15 Belmont was one of the highest-pressure contests he has ever been involved in. Facing an unexpected challenge from the Bruins (25-9), the second-seeded Blue Devils (28-5) avoided being just the fifth secondseed ever to lose in the first round, edging Belmont 71-70 at the Verizon Outer. Sophomore Gerald Henderson went the length of the court to score the game-winning layup with 12 seconds remaining, and Duke’s defense shut down the Bruins the rest of the way to hang on for the victory. With the win, the Blue Devils move on to the Round of 32 Saturday to face No. 7 West Virginia, which topped No. 10 Arizona Thursday. “As far as game pressure goes, this has to rank in the top three or four,” said Krzyzewski, who was ill with flu-like symptoms. “The last nine minutes of the game, I thought our team had incredible game pressure on it. One, it’s the NCAAs. Two, you’re supposedly supposed to win. But even more importantly, they’re playing really well, and you have to figure out how to win.” Belmont fully erased Duke’s lead by the 10:59 mark of the second half, as Alex Renfroe completed an old-fashioned three-point play to give his team a 58-56 advantage. The Blue Devils and Bruins went back and forth VM HWANOrtMI r tmom

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For two years, Duke Student Government has been under the control of a handful of straight-'A' Angier B. Duke scholars. Junior Jordan Giordano is ready to change all of that. “We have a unique opportunity to go in a different direction next year,* said Giordano, who is DSG’s current executive vice president Two years of the exact same thing has put us on one track, and it's hard to veer off that track.”

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Whai makes a home a home? Community, Duke administrator* said, along with a tense of belonging are the inspiration for Duke’s unique living model, which includes provisions requiring students to remain on campus for three of their four undergraduate years and live on an all-freshman Fast Campus. But with Few Quadrangle renovations forcing more students off campus next year, a recent houl of crime in the area and plans for a remodeled Central Campus likely to revolutionize Duke’s residential experience, some students are questioning the efficacy of the system. The Duke model At Duke, like many other private universities, most students

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U.S. NEWS House investigates contracts

WORLD NEWS Bin Laden condemns peace process

Financial groups seekFed bailout

WASHINGTON House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion dollar overseas contracting loophole and why the Bush to track down how administration slipped it into plans to protect taxpayer money. Leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee gave the administration until April 4 to turn over the documents or. aides have said, face a possible subpoena.

CAIRO Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands. A day after a bin Laden audio on a militant Web site threatened Europeans, Al-Jazeera TV broadcast audio excerpts attributed to the alQaida leader that urge Palestinians to ignore political parties "mired in trickery of the blasphemous democracy" and to rely on armed might. "Palestine cannot be retaken by negotiations and dialogue, but with fire and iron,"he said.

WASHINGTON Big Wall Street investment companies are taking advantage of the Federal Reserve's unprecedented offer to secure emergency loans, the central bank reported Thursday. The lending is part of a major effort by the Fed to help a financial system in danger of freezing. Those large firms averaged $13.4 billion in daily borrowing over the past week from the new lending facility. The report does not identify the borrowers.

Dow surges, week ends with gains Wall Street capped a week NEW YORK of remarkable volatility with a big advance Thursday that left stocks higher for the week but didn't silence all of investors' concerns about the economy and the financial system.

Bargain hunting and a milder than ex peeled drop in a regional manufacturing report helped leaven stocks Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial average rose about 260 points on the day, giving the blue chips a gain of more than 3 percent for the week.The markets are closed for Good Friday.

Pentagon may stall troop cuts WASHINGTON Top U.S. military leaders presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq Thursday, including expected recommendations for a pause In troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer. The hourlong videoconference marked the start of what will be a series of meetings, presentations and congressional testimony over the next two weeks that will assess the military, nomic progress in Iraq.

lates against Tibetans I, China China blanketed n areas Thursday with a huge troops, turning small towns wide swath of western Chiarmed encampments. ijing warned foreign tourand journalists to stay away irn a huge expanse of terri ory across four provinces. In an overture of peace, the Dalai Lama offered to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other leaders, reiterating that he was not asking for Tibetan Independence.

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ATLANTA T.l. didn't get to host a Thanksgiving gathering at the suburban home where he is under house arrest, but he will be able to attend Easter services. A federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday that the 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, can be away from home from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday for services by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. He was arrested Oct. 13, just blocks away and hours before he was to headlinethe BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. Harris was allegedly trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers.

ODDS AND ENDS Stingray kills woman in boat MARATHON, Fla. A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her face as she rode a boat in the Florida Keys, officials said. Judy Kay Zagorski, of Pigeon, Mich., was sitting in the front seat of a boat going 25 mph when the spotted eagle ray, with a wingspan of 5 to 6 feet, leaped out of the water, said Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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Friday Afro-Cuban Ensemble Baldwin Auditorium, 8 p.m. The Duke Djembe and Afro-Cuban Ensembles are directed by Bradley Simmons. Free Admission. Screen/Society—East Asian series East Duke 2048, 8 p.m. An eye-popping kung-fu fantasy adventure should be fun for both fans of animation and martial arts alike! Catholic service Duke Chapel, 5 p.m. Come celebrate Good Friday. The service is open to all. News briefs compiled from wire reports

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The Operating Theater is a documentary feature film on the initiation rites of an apprentice surgeon in the operating block at «i university hospital To witness the steps of this process is to discover a strange and foreign world in which we are transient guests The operating block is a microcosm nestled in the heart of the hospital machine There, surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical technologists, nurses and aids mend lives daily Chronicles of death and human ingenuity, ambition and pettiness, generosity, fear and black humor are written here. The operating theater stages the vital substance of life Through the daily training ot the novice surgeon, the film sheds light on the issues at stake in the operating theater, as human, social, scientific and economic priorities coalesce and collide .

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Workshop designs to allow students to test Policy for postdocs amended

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Faculty members can now look forward to a new postdoctoral policy and the addition of research authorship guidelines to the Faculty Handbook. James Siedow, vice provost for research and a professor of biology, presented the unanimously approved at the changes Academic Council meeting Thursday. The new policy James Siedow governing postdoctoral compensation and benefits separates postdoctoral appointees into associates and scholars. Associates, who perform salaried research, are considered Duke employees and thus are eligible for most employee benefits. Scholars typically have research fellowships and do not receive the same benefits. Postdoctoral appointees enter Duke as associates and may become scholars after one month SEE ACADEMIC ON PAGE 7

“Buiki something,” savs the engineer’s credo. Now students at tire Pratt School of Engineering will have the right place to do it. Tire newh renovated centralized student shop—a machine slurp and project workspace—is set to open for student use at the beginning of the fall semester. It is located on Goal Pile l)ii\e, next to the Medical Center Bookstore. The 4,500 square-foot facility will house large manufacturing machinery including a mill, lathe and drill press, as well as benchlop tools and space for Pratt’s two professional machinists. It will serve as the principle workspace for engineering courses with design elements and give student groups and individuals a place to work, said Tod Laursen, senior associate dean for education. “Learning is becoming increasingly experiential," he said. "Students will have the ability to test, modify and retry their designs." Currently, there are small machine shops scattered through Hudson Hall and thcTeer Building, Laursen said, adding that having a centralized location means better access to tools and a safer working environment It also means a welcome upgrade, said senior Jeff Schwanc. “As a [mechanical engineer] 1 can say that our lab space is dilapidated." he said. In addition, Pratt is looking to hire a fulltime shop director for next year who would ensure dial tools were being used safely, Laurscn said. This would enable the shop to be open into the evening, during the hours that students most desire. The precise schedule has not yet been determined. “It’s important to give engineering stu-

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A new machine shop and project workspace for students is set to open at the beginning of the fall semester. denis a place to work and (he tools lo pursue projects with supervision and flexible hours," junior Vanin (k)karn said. Engineers Without Borders President Will Patrick, a sophomore, said (he chapter has struggled to find space and supervision in the past. “The machining itself may take 5 seconds, yet scheduling that 5 seconds can take a week," he said. Other groti|)s said they may also tx’nefit from the new machine shop. Senior Oareth

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Law students try to free N.C. convicted murderer Duke Innocence Project investigates details from murder trial, later appeals by

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Seventeen years ago, Lament McKoy, then 19, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Myron Hailey in Fayetteville—a crime McKoy maintains he did not commit. The state ofNorth Carolina insists it got the right man, but evidence revealed at a 1995 federal drug trial points to McKoy’s innocence. During the trial, witnesses testified that a different man shot Hailey. Based on the new evidence, McKoy appealed his case in Cumberland County Superior Court, which rejected the appeal in 2001. After this rebuff—and two other failed appeals —few legal avenues now remain open to McKoy. But he still has hope. A team of Duke law students is investigating his case in an attempt to prove his innocence. “The whole purpose of what we’re doing is to get all the information in front of us,” said second-year law student Josh Schmidt, who is investigating the case along with fellow second-year Mike Watsula. “Our stance throughout the whole process is that we believe him to be innocent.” In December 2001, McKoy mailed a request to the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence for help. The center assigned the case to the Duke Innocence Project, where teams of law stu-

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Second-year law student Mike Watsula, a member of the Duke Innocence Project, said he believes convicted murderer Lament McKoy is actually innocent. dents have been investigating his case ever since. The Duke Innocence Project When the Innocence Project receives a case, students spend an average of 50 to 60 hours reviewing documents to determine

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if the case merits additional investigation, said second-year law student Jeff Ward, student director of the project. Ifthe students believe an individual is innocent, the case goes on to a second stage of investigation, in which a team of two to four law students attempts to uncover new

information by interviewing people related to the case and searching for additional documents. “Many of the more promising cases have received hundreds and probably thousands of hours of cumulative student work,” Ward said. “This involves students

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who give up their spring breaks to go travel to eastern and western parts of North Carolina to interview people, to talk to police departments, to really dig into the investigation.” The students investigating McKoy’s case are nearing the end of the process and are now compiling the information they have gathered into “something that’s readable,” Watsula said. “We’ve accumulated all the information that we could possibly get about this case,” he said. “We have our theory of the case; we know what we think happened.”

pursue the issue of McKoy’s confession, Watsula said. But they question the accuracy of Williams’ testimony. He was the only witness linking McKoy to the shooting. “It was really just incredibly confusing testimony,” Watsula said. “He would say someone was at this corner and then five minutes later someone was at the opposite corner. “I’ve sat down with Google Earth open, with pictures of the areas, reading the testimony over and over and over again, and I can’t make heads or tails of what he’s trying to

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The murder Additionally, Williams’ wife signed an On Jan. 25, 1990, McKoy—who has affidavit saying that he told her he tesacknowledged that he dealt drugs—got tified falsely during the trial, Schmidt into a dispute with Hailey after Hailey said. No physical evidence linking McKoy to purchased fake crack cocaine from him, according to testimony by Bobby Hailey’s murder has ever been found, said Williams, a witness for the prosecuSchool ofLaw Dean Theresa Newman, who tion. is supervising the work on McKoy’s case. Williams, who is now dead, testiShe is also president of the Center on Acfied that he saw tual Innocence. McKoy fire twice “This is one of those cases at the rear of The federal case blue Hailey’s Additional where the overwhelming Honda Accord as evidence of McKamount of doubt in the case innocence Hailey was drivoy’s ing away. The emerged during causes all of us to have nightnext day, Hailey the 1995 trial, was found dead mares about that man sitting which involved in his wrecked several in jail for something that he ville drug Fayettecar. It was deterdealers, mined that he Innocence Projnot do.” did died of a bullet ect investigators wound and not Ward said. from the crash the During DIP student director was McKoy trial, three witnot arrested until nesses testified March 1990, after that defendant he allegedly confessed to the killing durWilliam Talley was responsible for Haiing a police interrogation. ley’s murder, Schmidt said. He later denied confessing. Inno“The prosecution put on witnesses cence Project investigators do not plan who said they saw [Talley] shoot at a

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car after a drug deal gone bad,” Watsula said. “The morning after, they saw that same car crashed down the embankment where Myrort Hailey’s car was found. Another eyewitness, in a sworn affidavit, stated that the car shot at by Talley that night was Myron Hailey’s blue Honda Accord.” Based on the new evidence, McKoy appealed his conviction, but his appeal was denied because the judge misunderstood the evidence presented, Newman said.

The next step? After the failure of the appeal and a subsequent related one, few legal options remain for McKoy. One option is to get his case considered by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, which has the power to vacate his conviction. However, the commission is not currently accepting cases because ofa backlog, Schmidt said. The Innocence Project is also attempting to involve state Attorney General Roy

Cooper, Newman said. She wrote him a letter in late February requesting that he review the case, but had received no response as ofMarch 18. Cooper and the Innocence Inquiry Commission both have subpoena power to obtain the records of the Cumberland County district attorney, who prosecuted the case. The district attorney’s office has denied several requests for these records, which might contain new information about the case, Newman said. Cumberland County District Attorney Ed Grannis did not respond to messages requesting comment for this article Meanwhile, Innocence Project members are troubled that McKoy remains in prison despite the apparent strength of the evidence pointing to his innocence. “This is one of those cases where the overwhelming amount of doubt in the case causes all of us to have nightmares about that man sitting in jail for something that he did not do,” Ward said.

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ACADEMIC from page 3 Under the new policy, postdoctoral salary will not be tied to years of experience. Additionally, associates will be granted vacation time and parental leave. Both associates and scholars will be eligible for health insurance. Siedow said the need for a postdoctoral policy arose in the late 1990 when postdoctoral tenure started to lengthen. “They became a little more concerned by the fact that they, by and large, were not recognized at institutions..., and Duke was a good example of that,” he said. After the council approved the policy, Siedow presented a set of guidelines to regulate research authorship and mediate related disputes. The guidelines establish an Authorship Dispute Board to step in if the parties cannot resolve the issue themselves. Siedow noted that about three authorship disputes occur annually. “What we really needed to put together was a mechanism by which an aggrieved party has recourse to deal with [an author-

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In other business: The council voted to change the name of the Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature to the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, pending the approval of the Board of Trustees. Chair ofAALL Leo Ching said the name change will better reflect the composition of the department and its course offerings. Currently, the only African language offered by AALL is Wolof. African languages will be integrated into the Department of African and African American Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences George McLendon wrote in a memo. The council also voted for renaming the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy to the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, which BAA Chair Daniel Schmitt said would better reflect its academic focus.

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Campus Council members passed a resolution to modify the structure ofWest Campus quadrangle councils at its weekly general body meeting Thursday night. Members said they hope the change will ensure that these governing bodies, which deal mainly in programming and event planning, are direct representatives of students living in each residence hall, said Vice President Kevin Thompson, a junior. One major aim of mandating regional representation is to offset the current

concern that members of selective living groups dominate quad councils, said President Ryan Todd, a senior. The resolution calls for resident assistants to each elect one representative Ryan Todd to their perspective quad councils during the first week ofclasses. This representative will serve as a full voting member on the quad council, which will then elect its executive officers democratically. The current election policy requires resident assistant representatives to apply at the same time as applicants for quad council executive positions. Todd said most students apply only to executive positions, leaving resident assistant representatives with just 30 to 40 percent of the actual representation needed. “The current representation benefits people who are well-connected and have the ability to mobilize large groups of people,” he said. The resolution also calls for each executive officer to serve a term of one semester unless he or she chooses to run again The term of each Campus Council representative, however, will last the entire academic year, Thompson said. “There is apathy among people working on quad councils,” he said. “People will stay motivated and enthused if they only have to work one semester.” The council is working on a grassroots approach to further representation in each residence hall, Thompson said. Resident assistant representatives are integral in a bottom-up approach to hall representation, he added. “Quad councils provide an added representative voice for all quad residents,” Todd said. “These bodies facilitate

community growth.”

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LIVING MODEL from page 1 The Duke model At Duke, like many other private universities, most students don’t move off campus until senior year, if they leave campus at all. Upcoming renovations to Few Quad, however, will force many members of the Class of 2010 to move off West Campus sooner. The University’s current living model—which requires students to live on campus for three years—was posed as part of the housing initiative Duke undertook in 1995. The amendment to the University’s housing policy came along with now familiar statutes—an all-freshman East and blocking options during room selections. The three-year requirement promotes strong peer connections, Terry Lynch, assistant dean for staff development and Central, wrote in an e-mail. “I think a sense of community [is] established on [East] when students come in as first-year students and all live together,” he said. “Although different on [West], having all of the sophomore students on one campus is unique, and there are a lot of strides being made with trying to work with upper-class students.” Besides being more invested in their peers, students living on campus can better connect with all aspects of the University, Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, wrote in an e-mail. He added that the on-campus living requirement “complements the academic experience” by aiding learning outside the classroom, facilitating interaction between students, faculty and staffand increasing engagement in clubs and organizations. Many underclassmen said they recognize the three-year requirement’s emphasis on community and enjoy the conveniences of living on West But some members of this year’s sophomore class said Few Quad’s closure in

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Fall 2008 will cause negative repercussions. Rising juniors opting not to go abroad in the Fall can try to obtain singles on West, live on Central or participate in an off-campus housing lottery. Approximately 139 of the 180 risingjuniors who applied for off-campus housing have been released so far, Hull said. Student response Although some students agreed that living on campus promotes a sense of unity, others said the three-year requirement should be reduced to two years. Senior Craig Silverman moved off campus to The Belmont Apartments for the second semester of his junior year after returning from studying abroad. He said school unity can be lost by living off campus, but he supports requiring students to live in campus housing for only two years. “Living off campus separates school from your personal life,” he said. “A student’s preference should be met for their third year.” Some who prefer theconveniences ofWest and having their friends nearby said they still thought the option of moving off campus shouldbe available after sophomore year. But senior Nicole Weathers, who currently lives on Central, said she supports the three-year requirement as long as there is apartment-style living available as an option for third-year students. “If they want us to live [on Central], there should be an incentive,” she said. Some underclassmen said they support the three-year living requirement because of its emphasis on the community it promotes. “The three-year requirement was one of die reasons I came to Duke,” said sophomore Alex Lyons-Smith. “There is a strong sense of community and people are more open to meeting other people instead of brealdng off into small cliques early on in school.” Risingjuniors in on-campus fraternities and selective living groups are guaranteed housing

1927: Eleven red brick Georgian-style buildings built on present-day East Campus 1930: Gothic-style West Campus completed to house Trinity College for men; Woman's College opened on East Campus 1972: Merger of Woman's College and Trinity College to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences 1994: New dorms open for the first time in 30 years on East Campus 1995: Housing initiative instates plans for an all-freshman East Campus 1997: Three-year on-campus living requirement goes into effect 2000: Plan for the West-Edens Link, later to be named Keohane Quadrangle, after former University president Nan Keohane, approved by the Board of Trustees 2002: Kilgo Quadrangle undergoes complete renovation on West next year, and several of the affected students said they value the opportunity to stay.

Peer institutions Like at Duke, a large percentage of undergraduates at other colleges live in university-owned housing. Princeton University houses most of its undergraduates in six residential colleges, which offer not only a place to live but also social programming and closeknit communities. Originally only for first- and second-year students, some of these dormitories have been expanded to include upperclassmen, due to high student demand. Similarly, Yale University President Rich-

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GIORDANO from page 1 Chief among his laundry list of priorities is to fix the lack of collaboration between DSG’s leaders and the Senate, as well as with other major student organizations. His experience has made him confident in pursuing large-scale changes for DSG next year, such as developing a tax-deductible endowment for DSG, Giordano is a double-major in economics and sociology and insists donors for the endowment can be found. He also wants to streamline DSG’s ability to cosponsor programming initiatives and last-minute events, slashing the process from a few weeks to a matter of hours. Temporary space for sororities and a tracking system for the buses are just two of his other plans. A vice president for two years, Giordano is promoting his experience as evidence that he has the best chance to produce tangible changes.

“I love bylaws,” Giordano said, only half jokingly. His lack of “baggage,” in his words, means Giordano can sit down with administrators to advocate for students. A memo he sent to top University officials was the main reason why Tailgate was preserved last fall semester, he said. “There is a lot of flak from the leadership style of Elliott, and I think Paul has seen that flak,” he said, referring to former and current DSG presidents Elliott Wolf and Paul Slattery, both seniors. Giordano’s commitment to campus life does not stop with student government. Next year, the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity member will serve as executive vice president of the Interfraternity Council. Giordano said his main goal for IFC will be to bring a new fraternity to campus, and that he would represent all undergraduates as DSG president. His close friend and colleague, junior Sunny Kantha, acknowledged that Giordano’s IFC position presents a “bias,”

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Students and members of the Duke community kicked back at the Nasher Museum of Art for an open mic night. The event was hosted by the Nasher Student Advisory Board, the Women's Mentoring Network and Share. and that he will have to push extra hard to make sure that non-greeks are represented well. “It’s going to be easy for him to ignore all the non-greeks,” said Kantha, the current vice president for athletics and campus services and sole executive vice president candidate. “But I’ve worked

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Only two current Blue Devils, senior Wanisha Smith and redshirt junior Chante Black, have played in the NCAA Tournament without the prestige and luxury of a No. 1 seed. Even then, Duke’s two resident veterans lost in the regional final in 2005 as a No. 2 seed. This year, Duke is in unchartered territory as a No. 3 seed, the first time since 2003 that it is not a No. 1 or No. 2. For first-year head coach Joanne P. McCallie, though, the seeds will mean about as much as the regular season when the Blue Devils (23-9) open their NCAA Tournament against No. 14 Murray State (24-7) Sunday at 7 p.m. in College Park, Md. “If you’re a No. 1 seed, and I’ve been it once, I can say that’s a blast,” said McCallie, who guided 2005 No. 1 seed Michigan State to the title game. “But if you’re not a No. 1 seed, at that point, you evaluate and take what you’ve got.” And what McCallie’s got is a team riding high offits appearance in the ACC Tournament final, having beaten its first top-5 team since December

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WASHINGTON, D.C. With the memories from last year’s Tournament opener and Eric Maynor’s season-ending dagger still fresh, Gerald Henderson couldn’t stand to go through the same experience again. A last-second shot to fall behind. Game over. Tournament over. Season over. “Coming down to game last Same > Y ou our anaivck don’t want it to be you who messes up,” Henderson said. “You’re for everything in this potential playing last game. You’ve just got to lock in and play with everything you got.” Henderson elevated his game when his team most needed him, scoring Duke’s final eight points and converting a scintillating coast-to-coast layup with 12 seconds remaining to edge Belmont and save the Blue Devils from a second consecutive first-round exit. Henderson scored 17 of his team-high 21 points in the second period and buoyed a Duke backcourt that only received two points from captain DeMarcus Nelson. “Down the stretch we were primarily going to G, to have him initiate stuff for us, whether it would be the shot or his penetration,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And G made one of our great plays of

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In last year’s matchup, Duke and Georgetown combined for 10 goals in the Blue Devils’ 6-4 victory, the lowest amount of total offense in any of Duke’s games. In eight contests this year, however, the Blue Devils’ offense has averaged 17.4 scores per game, and yet to register less than 15 goals in any contest. No. 1 Duke (8-0) looks to keep up its high-paced offen• sive attack against the No. 10 Hoyas Saturday SATURDAY. 11 a.m. a t H a.m. in WashingWashington, D.C. ton> D . C . Not surprisingly, Duke is expecting Georgetown (3-2) to once again aim to keep the game on the lower end of the scoring spectrum. “That’s probably going to be more of their goal than ours,” senior Zack Greer said. “Obviously, we like to score more goals than six. We’ve just got to come in ready to play and be ready for whatever they throw at us defensively. We know our defense is going to do its job, so we’ve got to start putting more balls in the net.” That hasn’t been a problem so far this season for the Blue Devils. Four different players have scored 15 or more goals, led by Max Quinzani’s 25. In 2007, the Hoyas frustrated Duke’s offense by shutting down Matt Danowski with the long stick. That strategy—which the Blue Devils had not seen before—combined with goalie Miles Kass’ stellar play to contribute to the season-low scoring output. Duke’s balanced attack should pay dividends Saturday. Unlike last season, Georgetown will not be able to stop the Blue Devils by simply shutting down Danowski or Greer. ‘We’re a different team this year going into this game than we were last year,” head

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for the rest of the contest, with Duke never able to pull away with a decisive run. With each passing possession, the burden on the Blue Devils grew as the Verizon Center Jumbotron displayed television graphics listing the four previous No. 15 seeds to knock off a No. 2 in Tournament history. Meanwhile, the predominantly anti-Duke crowd booed everything from Blue Devil baskets to their cheerleaders—but Duke held strong, even after Belmont took a 70-69 lead with 2:02 remaining. “We were very poised,” freshman Kyle Singler said. “We knew we weren’t out of the game. We knew we had at least three or four more possessions left in the game, so we knew we had a chance.” The Blue Devils took advantage of that opportunity, holding the Bruins scoreless for the rest of the contest. It appeared as though Duke might have been out of luck when a Henderson attempt with 53 seconds left rimmed out. But Henderson and the Blue Devils capitalized on their next possess when the sophomore dribbled the length of the floor and soared over defenders for the layup that propelled Duke to the next round. “We Just had to gut it out tonight, and we did that,” sophomore guard Jon Scheyer said. “We’re a really tough team.... They had us on the ropes tonight, and there was as much game pressure as I think any team could face in this Tournament, so it was a really big win for us.” The victory was the first NCAA Tournament win of Scheyer’s career, as it was for six other rotation players. Down the stretch, it was one ofthosewinless players, Henderson, who came through for the Blue Devils. The sophomore, who scored 21 points and notched five steals, stepped up to take control of the game, playing strong defense and grabbing several key rebounds in addition to his game-winning shot. As well as Henderson played, however, senior DeMarcus Nelson struggled in what was nearly his last game in a Duke uniform. The captain had four turnovers and scored just two points on l-of-6 shooting. He also missed the front end of a one-andone as Duke held on to a 71-70 lead with 2.7 seconds remaining, giving Belmont the game’s last shot.

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Alexander is an athletic forward that has lit up the scoreboard and will pose significant matchup problems for the Blue Devils. He's too quick for Duke's frontcourt and too big for its wings. He is, however, a defensive liability that often finds himself in foul trouble. Ruoff and Nichols are both combo guards that excel from beyond the arc. Nichols plays a lot like Belmont's Alex Renfroe, and the Blue Devils must prevent his penetration. Henderson was a hero Thursday, but Duke needs to get more from Nelson to advance. Joe Mazzulla and Wellington Smith each provide quality minutes, but neither has the X u breakout potential of Jon 2 Scheyer.The Blue Devils' 111 CQ sophomore reserve has been playing his best of late and has emerged as one of Duke's most reliable scorers. The Blue Devils were able to survive Nelson’s off night, though, in part because of lessons learned in last year’s first-round loss to Virginia Commonwealth. “At halftime we talked about [that game],” Scheyer said. “We said, all of us that were in this locker room should know better than anybody that we can lose this game. Nothing’s going to be handed to us, nothing’s going to be given to us.” Duke came out and took the game from

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ANALYSIS from page 11 the year in going full-court like that. That was just a great move.” Krzyzewski told his team in its final timeout to push the ball quickly downcourt off of a miss or turnover to keep the Bruins off-balance defensively. When Henderson snagged a rebound with 16 seconds remaining, the sophomore wasn’t initially thinking layup. But as he crossed midcourt and assessed his options, he made the decisive choice to take Duke’s final possession into his own hands. “I saw Greg, I saw Kyle, but nobody was really on me, so I just decided that I was going to take it in,” Henderson said. “I saw the gap in the lane, right when I got to about the free-throw line and just took it in.” But the Blue Devils wouldn’t even have been in position to sneak ahead had it not been for Henderson’s elevated play on both ends of the floor during the second half. Feeling that his effort in the first half

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on the defensive end had not been sufficient, Henderson came out of the locker room at the break determined to turn it up a notch. “Individually, I thought that I could play a lot better defense than I did,” Henderson said. “I played better defense in the second half—that’s what really got me going offensively in the second half.” And just as he made his presence felt on Duke’s final offensive possession, Henderson played a crucial role in sealing the Blue Devils’ win with his strong play on their final defensive possession. Belmont sharpshooter Justin Hare hauled in a football-style inbounds pass at midcourt with 2.2 seconds left on the clock, but Henderson smothered Hare with tough defense and forced an errant last shot that finalized Duke’s miraculous escape job. “[Gerald] had a big-time second half for us, had a big-time finish,” guard Greg Paulus said. “But the thing I liked about it is that he forced a tough shot the next pos-

session.... He was big lime.” Henderson’s second-half activity on the glass—soaring above Belmont defenders to offensive and defensive rebounds alike—also set the pace for his late surge. On the very first possession of the period, Henderson snared a one-handed offensive rebound off of a DeMarcus Nelson miss and put it back up strong for two quick points. Although he only had one rebound in the first half, Henderson picked up six after the intermission. With Thursday’s nailbiter proving how decisive one player can be toward a game’s final outcome, Henderson’s teammates were just glad they had a gamechanger of their own as their Tournament run condnues with a Saturday showdown against West Virginia. “Gerald can definitely take over a game for us,” forward Kyle Singler said. “He can do it without scoring the ball too, because he can rebound the ball and steal the ball. He can just make plays, and we need Gerald to make plays from here on out.”

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a lot of different people, not Just one or two.” The team also may be able to get its offense going early by capitalizing on Georgetown’s faceoff deficiencies. The Hoyas win just 42.1 percent of their faceoffs—compared to the Blue Devils’ 57.4 percent success rate —and Duke is hoping to get an emotional lift and some extra possessions by winning draws. “[Winning faceoffs] is a goal of ours every game,” Greer said. “Especially against a team that’s not doing as well, we’d like to capitalize on that. We get a lot of our offense from transition off the faceoff and ground balls.” Even though they are expecting a better offensive performance this time, the Blue Devils are still looking to keep the Hoyas’ attack grounded for as long as possible. George-

town averages 11.6 goals per game this season.

The Hoyas are also coming off a 13-12 double-overtime win over Hobart March 15. Duke does not want them to be able to carry over momentum into this televised contest. “They’re a very emotional team,” senior goalie Dan Loftus said. “Duke-Georgetown is always a really good game, and it’s going to be really important to keep them off the board early. As long as we do that, I think it should go well.” Loftus will key the defensive effort and has provided a solid presence in the cage for Duke, leading theACC in goals-against average and save percentage at 5.73 and .684, respectively. He also took home ACC Player of the Week honors Monday after notching 15 saves in a 19-9 win over North Carolina March 15. If the Blue Devils are going to repeat their success in the nation’s capital, however, it will likely come down to whether they can continue their 2008 scoring output and exorcise their offensive demons from a year ago. “Defensively, we had a great effort [in last season’s game],” Danowski said. “But to keep a high-scoring team like that down to four goals is unrealistic. We’re going to have to do better offensively.”

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W.BBALL from page 11 when it knocked off Maryland in the semifinals. What she’s got is a different squad than she had in November and even at times in March, when it lost by 31 points at North'Carolina. The team is flexible and able to play more styles now, McCallie said. What she’s got is a battle-tested group that took its lumps in the ACC regular season, finishing third and losing four times to the Tar Heels and Terrapins. The Blue Devils also played every No. 1 seed, finishing 1-6, but winning their last endeavor. When Sunday’s game tips at the Comcast Center, where Duke lost to Maryland 85-70 earlier this year, none of that matters. As much as the trials of this season will ultimately shape the Blue Devils, they now have the opportunity to create new triumphs. “We want to win. It’s a win-or-go-home thing, and each game we’re going to play like it’s our last,” said Black, who redshirted last year when the top-seeded Blue Devils were stunned in the Sweet 16. “We’re not even going to worry about the seeding right now. We’re just going to focus on pulling out wins in each of those games.” Although Murray State has not played a schedule comparable to the caliber of Duke’s, the Racers have two scorers in Ashley Ayes and Amber Guffey each averaging more than 18 points per game. A potential monumental upset hasn’t eluded the attention of McCallie, who has tried to safeguard her team. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m Italian, female or what—I don’t know—it’s easy for me to focus,” she said. “I don’t care who we’re playing because they’re all g00d.... We’re all in the Tournament, so for me it’s so easy to take them as they come.” *•

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Coming off a hard fought 12-11 win over then-No. 9 Georgetown March 15, the Blue Devils’ remaining schedule showed they had a week to prepare but no time to waste. No. 4 Duke (7-1, 1-0 in the ACC) takes on ninth-ranked North Carolina (6-2,0-1) in Chapel Hill . Saturday at 1 p.m., and if hislory stays its course, the game y5 be as close as it gets. “UNC is always an incredibly physical team,” head coach Kerstin Kimel SATURDAY, 1 p.m. . said They re usually a Chapel Hill very fit team, very fast—those are kind of the hallmarks of their program, so I think they always create some matchup problems for u5.... It doesn’t matter who the favorite is, they can easily lose, and it’s usually by one goal.” In the past three seasons the neighboring squads have met five times, and four of those matches were decided by two goals or less. Over that same period, neither Duke nor North Carolina has been ranked lower than 11th when they faced off. “With the rival-type games it comes down to the heart and hustle categories and which team will do the most to pull through in the end,” junior midfielderjess Adam said. “We’re excited for this game.” With seven full days to prepare for the Tar Heels, the Blue Devils could have easily lost their focus in the hype, the tradition or

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After playing 21 straight games in the friendly confines of Jack Coombs Field, the Blue Devils finally hit the road as they enter the meat of their ACC schedule. Duke (18-3, 3-3 in the ACC) travels to Atlanta to open a three-game series with No. 23 Georgia Tech Friday. The two squads are currently tied for third place in the ACC’s Coastal division, two games behind co-leaders North Carolina and Miami. VS. The Blue Devils enter the series with the Yellow Jackets (154, 3-3) coming off of PRIDAY-SUNDAY, one of their best series Atlanta in years, taking two of three from then-No. 16 Virginia last weekend. The victory marked Duke’s first series win over a ranked opponent in head coach Sean McNally’s three-year tenure in Durham. Now, Duke is looking to capture back-toback series wins over ranked foes. To get those two victories, the Blue Devils need to break down Georgia Tech’s strong pitching staff. The Yellow Jackets’ hurlers have kept opposing hitters to a .240 average while facing a stringent schedule somewhat more difficult than Duke’s.

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vice president for pressive for a freshman. His athletics and campus idea for outdoor dining at services is responsible the Marketplace has turned for representing students in into Le Marche, which has the backing of Director of a wide range of areas, includDining Sering security, vices dining, parkeditorial Jim Wulforst and ing, buses, iniramurals, gyms and varsity will soon be a reality. Lefevre, building on his athletics. But what is truly important for this vice presi- relationship with Wulforst, dential position is getting the says he wants to work to sevlittle things done. The VP for er contracts with the union ACS must know who to talk representing employees in to, how to get through the the Great Hall and the Marred tape and how to interact ketplace. We believe that with administrators. making this central element For this reason, this of his platform is a mistake, board thinks freshman Mike and that such an effort would be a waste of timeand Lefevre is the better candidate for the job. money and endanger townLefevre has produced tangown relations. However, his his results term as an in argument that students gible ACS senator—a plus for any should be the base in accomcandidate, but especially im- plishing this change—which

he acknowledges would be out of reach ofWulforst and other administrators—is encouraging. Some of Lefevre’s other ideas are also troubling; he has little grasp on the safety concerns of students, and his ideas to restore DukeDurham relations step on the toes of the Community Interaction Committee. His knowledge of Duke is also limited to his East Campus experience, but moving to West next year will catch him up quickly. This added knowledge, combined with his proven ability to bring projects to reality, could make him effective. Junior Brett Aresco, on the other hand, can already pinpoint what Duke students complain about. And

ontherecord This is one ofthose cases where the overwhelming amount of (hmbt in the case causes all of us to have nightmares about that man sitting in jail for something that he did not do. —Second-year law student Jeff Ward, student director of the Duke Innocence Project, on Lamont McKoy. Duke law students are working to free McKoy, whom they believe was wrongly convicted. See story page 4.

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the retirement of DUPD Director Bob Dean, the search for his replacement or the University’s relationship with new Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez. Some of Lefevre’s ideas are misguided, but we trust the freshman can learn more about Duke quickly. Though both candidates are underwhelming and seem unlikely to match the achievements of predecessor Sunny Kantha, Lefevre has already shown his ability to follow through on small issues and produce tangible results, which is the essence of the VP for ACS role. The Chronicle formally endorses Mike Lefevre for vice president of athletics and campus services.

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everyone knows, Spring Break is all about pina coladas, bikinis, suntans, beaches and

the word “raucous.” With that in mind, I set out two Saturdays ago with a choice assortment of college dudes, hungry for a week-long excursion o bolical stress-free bliss. As we loaded up our luggage, we compared bag sizes because of the known inverse correlation between schwartz bag size and mas culinity. We were do the evolution ready to go when my friend casually asked, “Everyone remember their passports?” Me: “Oh! F—!” My friends groaned as they turned the car around into the Wannamaker fire lane since the nearest lot—behind Kilgo—was closed off for the Duke-UNC game, which was still at least seven hours away. Before my friend’s Mazda 626 could even come to a full stop, I opened the door and sprinted up the hill, across the quad and in and out of my mostly empty dorm. Anyone who knows me could have predicted that I would forget my passport —the key for gaining entry across our national borderinto the Spring Break Mecca—a lively, wild city on an islandwhere college kids flock, braving a language barrier for the 18-year-old drinking age, vibrant nightlife and radical climate change. I am talking, of course, about Montreal This year, I was stoked for Spring Break way further in advance than I had ever been before. I had not been out of town for either of the previous two Spring Breaks. And my freshman year I spent the week bundled up in a tent spooning with PWILDers in the North Carolina mountains. Even though I returned from that trip feeling refreshed and unstressed, I was naturally ready for a conventional vacation. Someplace warm, at least. I hate cold weather, and since I’m already 21, the low drinking age held no particular allure. Montreal was making less and less sense to me every day. I was tagging along with two good friends, one of whom was himself tagging along with four friends from his high school (some serious New Jersey party animals). I would have been thrilled to follow the annual collegiate mob to Florida, but as a result of some improbable combination of poor planning and wanderlust, I was Canada bound.

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perhaps this is why his platform reads more like a laundry list of grievances than an actual plan for action. The paving of sidewalks and roads are a perennial problem, and Astroturf has long since been suggested for Kville. Nevertheless, his call for improvements to SAFERides and evening bus routes illustrate Aresco’s grasp of areas in urgent need of attention. It is especially distressing that, when questioned, neither candidate could adequately address security issues. In the wake of the two recent murders of local college students, we’re concerned that neither Aresco nor Lefevre mentioned the Duke University Police Department,

Even though I had acquired most of my factual knowledge of Canadian culture from South Park, I tried to keep an open mind and believe my friends when they assured me that Montreal was a beautiful and exciting place. But the second the customs guy let us into Quebec from New York, everything instantly became eerie and depressing. There were no people with flapping heads or square wheels on cars, but there may as well have been. immediately when in Canada, the road becomes painfully straight, in a manner seemingly designed to lull drivers to sleep. Rows of dead, spooky trees line the sides of the road while unrecognizable crops attempt to emerge from a foot of snow. Every few miles you pass an outlet store with prominent advertisements for 10-year-old fads like Pokemon and Beanie Babies on the outside. Once I saw the beautiful view of the city from the bridge over the St. Lawrence River, however, I considered reevaluating my early impressions of Canada. And it turned out to be a good call. Although I cannot speak for the rest of Canada, Montreal is a pretty cool city with enough to do to keep me busy for a week. Since it’s the closest thing on our continent to a European city, we decided to be tourists and sightsee during most of the days. There were no beaches to go and lounge on, so why not get some dang culture? I even managed to fulfill my lounging quota as well, by staying in the hotel one day (with a quick visit to the William Shatner University Centre at nearby McGill University for lunch), while my friends went and saw some more touristy things. By no means was this the Spring Break I had hoped for. Sure, I managed to partake in a bit of traditional Spring Break-related activities. You could maybe even use “raucous” to describe a couple of them. Even though there is no substitute for tropical weather in the last days of winter, when I crossed the border to return to my home and native land, the thought occurred to me that Spring Break is Spring Break. Just go somewhere, for Pete’s sake. Get out of here. The real stress medicine is found in the sheer ability to explore another environment with some good friends. With that thought, I felt what must have been that coveted relief that had been absent from my last two uneventful Spring Breaks, and left Canada in a good mood. Then the car broke down.

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

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just tried to avoid eating campus meals, and I order them Cinelli’s or take them to the Faculty Comjust enough food points and people with so few mons or the Lobby Shop. I win because I feel I’m food points they give up eating on, say, Tuesdays and helping them out with my excess points. They win Thursdays in an effort to be able to eat during finals. because they get to eat. It’s a marvelous symbiotic Yes, there is always the option to add more relationship. Then there are the groceries. I used to frequent points, but that just doesn’t seem right Target or Kroger when I wanted to stock up on some to some people. You food and beverages for the room to try to save money. But, in saving money, I found that I was losing make a decision at the beginning of the food points. Why buy pop (yes, it’s pop, not soda) at Target when I can buy it overpriced at the Lobby year. You look at the Points Dining Usage Shop or Uncle Harry’s? Silly me. By. shopping on Chart and figure out campus, I can spend nearly twice as much money how much you think in the form of food points and greatly reduce my eat. allie excess. An excellent plan indeed. Thanks for helpThen, you’ll vergotz it’s all up to you to ing me out, Duke! with a grain of sait And finally, I’ve decided that I deserve a treat maintain that rate of sometimes. I work hard, I go to my classes and I spending throughout the semester. get decent enough grades. Sometimes it’s just too hard to make that trek from my dorm to the Bryan And, for some, this just doesn’t work out well. In my case, I was basically an idiot. I ran out of Center for some dinner when I know the delivery guy will bring my Spartacus or Cinelli’s right to the food points freshman year, so I opted for the second smallest plan this year. I am, however, a small Wannamaker fire lane. Merchants on Points has beperson, with a small appetite, who doesn’t eat come one of my favorite sources of sustenance this Spring. breakfast on campus ever. It was a very poor decision on my part. And on occasion, I think I deserve a Nasher lunch And I somehow misunderstood the policy for exor a WaDuke dinner. A couple meals at the WaDuke cess food points, although the Dining Services website could put me back on track in no time. So as I spend my last few weeks of the semesclearly states “a student who participates in the Dining Plan for both semesters of the academic year will ter trying desperately to use up most of my food receive a $lOO refund for the first 100 unspent Points points, I encourage all others in my situation to plus a 50 percent refund of the Points remaining after try out some of my ideas and to share new ones the first 100.” with me. As I type this, I am almost $350 in excess of where For those of you starving yourselves, seek out I should be. And I’ve been treating friends to snacks some friends with too many points. There are plenand dinners for a couple weeks now. ty of us out there. Form a Food Point partnership of sorts. Not only do you get to eat, but you always I loathe the thought of only getting halfofmy money back (after the first 100 Points) so I am trying to have a friend with whom you can eat. You’d be a come up with logical and creative ways to spend food fool not to take advantage. WaDuke anyone? points without them being a waste. One of the best options I have found is to use my situation to my advantage to make/solidify friendA Hie Vergotz is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs ships. I’ve found a couple of those people who have every other Friday.

People with too many food points, people with

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marked the fifth year of the illegal invasion of Iraq by the United States. This comes as a new low in public knowledge and media coverage of the war is reached. A Pew survey held between Feb. 28 and March 2 found that only 28 percent of Americans could correcdy estimate the number of U.S. troops (as of March 10, exacdy 3,974 troops as confirmed by the Defense Department) who have died in die war. In addition, the the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s guest commentary news content index showed that OSdgie ighile coverage of the war in the mainstream media has drastically dropped from about 15 percent of the news cycle in July 2007 to 3 percent this February. And as of the first week of March, Iraq is not even among the top 10 stories covered; it represents 1 percent or less of total news coverage. It is fitting that in this drought of coverage, Iraq Veterans Against the War held a conference called “Winter Soldier; Iraq and Afghanistan” this past weekend in Washington. The conference is a play on the Winter Soldier Investigation held from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 1971 by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Just as its historical mirror, this current conference seeks to publicize the war crimes and atrocities carried out by the U.S. armed forces in Iraq, especially, but also in Afghanistan. In the three days of testimony by war veterans, one thing that has emerged is that Abu Ghraib and other atrocities are not exceptions, but are commonplace. The main cause is not an innate wickedness in our troops but is rather the necessary outcome of placing them in a situation where friend and foe are indistinguishable and soldiers are forced to choose between their survival instinct and their moral code. Marine Corps Sgt. Adam Kokesh, who served in Fallujah from February to September 2004 on a civil affairs team, specifically explained this confusion of the rules of engagement, which state that “positive identification is required prior to engagement” where positive identification means “‘reasonable certainty’ that your target is a legitimate military target.” However, Kokesh said when all soldiers see is a muzzle flash from a building in a civilian area, they are forced to choose between increasing their chance of survival by returning fire and not breaking the rules of engagement. Consequently, he stated that “we changed the rules of engagement more often that we changed our underwear.” The testimony ofPvt. Clifton Hicks, who served in the First U.S. Cavalry Regiment in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood area in April 2004, further demonstrates the tragedy that occurs in the absence of a clearly definable enemy. He stated that as his unit entered a certain section of the neighborhood, his captain told them that there were “no friendlies in the area” and it was a free-fire zone. He then said that the streets of the neighborhood were littered with bodies (notjust men, but women and children) and wreckage. He asserted that he “personally saw no military gear or weapons of any kind on any of the bodies that [he] came across.” During the mission, other members of his unit indiscriminately fired at civilian vehicles and at civilians themselves, he said. So far, the only American mainstream television news source that carried this story is MSNBC. The rest of the media at the event were international. It is important not to forget that this war was started explicitly on the claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and ties to al-Qaeda, both of which have been proven false. Now the justification has morphed into bringing freedom to the Iraqis, even though when Saddam gassed his Kurdish population in 1988 the U.S. government was unconcerned, even though we continued bombing Iraq through the ’9os and imposed sanctions on it that, according to the United Nations, led to the death of at least 500,000 Iraqi children, even though the U.S. government has in its history overthrown democratically governments not in line with U.S. interests. But somehow this time it is definitely about democracy (wink, wink). I stated the number of U.S. troops killed, but the number of Iraqis killed during this war is not even counted by the Department of Defense. In a 1996 interview, Madeleine Albright, then the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said, “We think the price is worth it,” about the 500,000 dead Iraqi children. One thing is clear: Our government thinks the price of this war is worth “it.” It is a shame that we have not gotten around to asking the Iraqis if they think so. What is freedom if it is at gunpoint? Osagie Ighile is

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