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The morning of March 7, the announceUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president’s murder gave newswatchers around the nation pause. The death of senior Eve Carson received far-reaching news coverage, drawing the grief of thousands and the attention of media that provided the first pictures of students mourning the 22-year-old by candlelight. A month earlier, Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato was murdered in his apartment near West Campus. Although Mahato’s death was covered locally, it did not captivate news audiences on a national scale. ■ [ln Carson’s case,] it was the kind of coverage we would give if the mayor of a small town was killed suddenly,” said Linda Williams, a senior editor at The (Raleigh) News & Observer. “The reaction is part of the coverage.... The reaction drives the news.” Editors of local papers have said they noted an apparent disparity in coverage, if not in their own pages then in writings and broadcasts nationwide. A Google search Monday of Mahato’s name yielded 36,700 results, with Carson’s giving 521,000 —providing insight, perhaps, into both their lives and deaths. Bob Ashley, Trinity ’7O and editor ofThe (Durham) Herald-Sun, said his paper was conscious of the need to balance coverage of the tragedies. “We said, OK, let’s be careful we’re not doing this because she is a strikingly beautiful young woman,” he said, noting that The Herald-Sun

Close to 100 people gathered at The Anderson Apartments Monday evening to honor the life of slain graduate student Abhijit Mahato and mourn violent murders in Durham. The vigil was one example of how the community has responded to recent student murders in the area. Durham residents and members of the Duke community were present at the event, in addition to many local media oudets. “I have so many things to say about him, but whatever I say is less,” Tanmay Patni, Grad ’O7 and Mahato’s roommate of 10 months, told the crowd. Mahato was shot and killed Jan. 18 in his home at The Anderson Apartments. An initial memorial service was held Jan. 25 at Duke for Mahato, which The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported about 100 people attended, and a prayer was held at the Hindu Temple of North Carolina the following Sunday. Junior Akash Bansal, president of Duke’s International Association, said thefirst service was quieter at the request of Mahato’s deans, friends and relatives. In contrast, several thousand gathered at two vigils held for Eve Carson, a senior and student body president at the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill. The first vigil was March 6, one day after her body was found, and the second was March 18, after UNC’s spring break. Although the initial response to the Mahato murder was muted, Carson’s death received significant national media and community attention immediately following the incident. Gov. Mike Easley offered a reward ofas much

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Mourners gather outside The Anderson Apartments Monday to remember graduate student Abhijit Mahato, who was killed in his apartment in the complex Jan. 18.

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DSG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE I Andrew Tutt DSG carpool plan aims to For Tutt, experience comes cut congestion outside the bounds ofDSG by

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Beginning next year, Duke students living off campus will have a new way to help promote a cleaner environment, save money—and get a better Blue Zone parking space. With the new carpooling initiative proposed by junior Sunny Kantha, Duke Student Government’s vice president for athletics and campus services, seniors and juniors in off-campus apartments will have the opportunity to form groups of four or more to obtain a free parking pass for the Blue Zone. "

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Junior Andrew Tutt’s path to the Duke Student Government presidential election is anything but typical. Tutt is the first candidate in recent memory to run for president two years in a row. The biomedical engineering, economics and mathematics triple major from Davis, Calif., finished third in last year’s presidential election. Tutt said, however, that this year is different. As DSG webmaster—and creator of the overarching Student Link

site platform for student groups—and a member of the President’s Council on Black Affairs and the Information Technology Advisory Council, Tutt said he has the experience and knowledge to improve Duke’s academic and social

atmosphere. “Last year I was learning the ropes of this process,” he said. “[This year] I’ve grown in my connection with DSC, I’ve seen much more of the University and I’ve met more administrators.” SEE TUTT ON PAGE 4

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BUSINESS WORLD NEWS Bush: 4,000 deaths not in vain Gov't approves Sirius-XM deal WASHINGTON Marking a grim milestone, a determined President Bush declared Monday the lives 0f4,000 U.S.military men and women who have died in Iraq "were not lost in vain.'The White House signaled anew that additional troops won't be pulled out soon. A roadside bomb in Baghdad killed four U.S. soldiers Sunday night, pushing the death toll to 4,000. That number pales compared with those ofother lengthy U.S. wars, but it is much higher than many Americans, including Bush, ever expected after the swift U.S. invasion of Iraq five years ago. Early in April, Bush is expected to announce the next steps in the war, and he is likely to embrace a pause in any troop withdrawals beyond those scheduled to end this July.

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DSG VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES I ATHLETIC AND CAMPUS SERVICES

Athletics and campus services candidates tout experience by

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Despite their differences in age and resumes, the two contenders for Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services say they can talk to the University’s top dogs. That ability to speak with a wide range of administrators will be key to whichever candidate wins the race, said junior Sunny Kantha, the current vice president for athletics and campus services. In addition to requiring interaction with top administrators such as Executive Vice President Tallman Trask and President Richard Brodhead, the position comes with a non-voting seat on the Board of Trustees’ Building and Grounds Committee, Kantha said. Candidate Brett Aresco, a junior and current vice president of Dukes and Duchesses, said his leadership in the club has given him the opportunity to work closely with administrators. “I consider myself an excellent communicator,” Aresco said. “Not only am I personal and personable in my interactions with others, but I can carry that over

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and already have carried that make a huge time commitment. over with members of the adminIn looking to majorchallenges, istration.” both candidates said there were Opponent Mike Lefevre, a problems with this year’s men’s freshman, said he has experience basketball validation system. And working with Vice President of both said they would sit down with Campus Services Kernel Dawkins line monitors and other groups and Director of Dining Services to determine whether or not the Jim Wulforst on the planned East system should be reinstated and Campus cafe Le Marche, which what changes may be needed. he proposed and designed as an Lefevre said safety off campus athletics and campus services senis one of the most important isator this year. sues to his campaign. “Experience is at the forefront “It is something that campus of my campaign—that sets me can’t wait for,” he said. He said apart from my opponent,” Lefebringing students into Durham vre said. “It showed me how to efto dine and socialize will imfect real change in the system at prove relations and eventually Duke.” safety. Aresco said his tieswith groups Aresco said he hopes to imsuch as Duke University Improv prove safety by installing Duke and WXDU, in addition to friendUniversity Police Department ships with students from a wide call boxes and extending SAFERvariety of groups on campus, give ides to off-campus apartments. him the background needed to He added that his main priorsucceed in the position. ity is “to help the students, to lend “I have seen a lot of the Duke an attentive ear, to let them know experience first-hand,” he said. “I that student leaders are not as disform excellent relationships in all tant as some would purport.” that I do here.” For Lefevre, bringing detailed Kantha said the future vice plans to action is essential. president will have to have greater “Each issue for me is very atknowledge of programming needs tainable and very realistic,” he on Central Campus, get students said. “They are not just houseto attend basketball games and keeping issues.”

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TUTT from page 1 Tutt said his platform focuses on “big ideas,” which include allowing food points to be spent at off-campus restaurants, subsidizing student-organized parties and revamping the academic advising system. Additionally, Tutt said he wants to streamline communication between DSG and the student body and improve relations with other organizations. To implement these ideas, he said he will reach out to students and build the groundwork for individuals to pursue solutions themselves. “The concerns of students are the concerns of the organization,” Tutt said. “A principal focus ofmy DSG presidency would be to make Duke [a place] where you can take possession of your Duke education.... Students who engage with the right people can make incredible change at Duke.” Beyond serving on various University committees, Tutt is also involved with several publications at Duke and founded the Duke Journal of Public Affairs and Wired 2 Achieve, a student organization that refurbishes and redistributes donated computers. “I’ve built a foundation and others have expanded on it and [the groups] have remained successful in what [they were] intended to do,” he said. “I’ve used vision to inspire others.” Freshman Brian Pike, who is working on Tutt’s campaign, said Tutt really cares about student concerns and is eager to reach out to students. Pike added, however, that he realizes the road to the presidency is not easy for Tutt. The perceived difference in expertise between Tutt and presidential candidates Jordan Giordano and Kevin Troy, both juniors, is a key issue Tutt must contend with, Pike said. “It is the perception that he isn’t on the same level of experience [as Troy and Giordano] that he has to overcome,” Pike said. “I know for a fact that [Tutt] has connections with just about as many administrators as Kevin and Jordan.” Tutt said he acknowledges the difficulty in campaigning against two candidates with more DSG-specific experience. He added, however, that he has developed relationships and lobbied for policy improvements via his tenure on PCOBA and ITAC. “I think there is no contest in who has more connections to administrators and who has more experience leading diverse and dynamic projects,” Tutt said. “If we talk about ideas and we talk about competence, then I think that I’ve won this race.”

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Supreme Court to hear N.C. redistricting case by

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Two faculty members from Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to a voting rights case that has found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, titled Bartlett v. Strickland, pits representatives of Pender County against members ofNorth Carolina’s General Assembly in a battle over boundaries for the 18th N.C. House District. Drawn in 2000, the district violates North Carolina’s constitution—which states that districts should not cross county lines—to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which aims to give minorities a representative voice in elections. , Pender County is primarily white and has shown racially polarized voting patterns in the past. Addressing fears that the minority population would be left underrepresented in a predominantly white district, the 18th District groups black voters of Pender County with minority voters of the neighboring New Hanover County to create a voting district that is 39 percent black. But critics of the district argue that the 39-percent minority population is not enough to warrant a violation of the state’s constitution. Moreover, the plaintiffs said that a 50-percent minority population provides a “bright line” that indicates when state legislatures are justified in drawing a district that Crosse's

county lines. Filed in 2003, the case has already made its way through the Supreme Court of North Carolina, where the district was declared unconstitutional. The North Carolina Department of Justice recently appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to overthrow the state’s decision and keep the gerrymandered district as is. “Preserving political subdivisions is considered to be a general districting principle,” said Richard Engstrom, a visiting scholar in the Center for the Study ofRace, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, who provided expert testimony in the original case. He added that in its current form the 18thDistrict is a “coalition district” because there is not a majority of black voters, but there is enough crossover support from white Democrats to elect black-supported candidates. “It would obviously be a step back for the Voting Rights Act if the court threw out the concept of coalition districts,” Engstrom said. “My hope would be that these kinds of districts would finally be protected, they actually are advancing the progress of cross-racial politics.” In attempting to give minorities a voice, however, legislators may have marginalized a now-split Pender County vote, said David Williams, chair of the Pender County Board ofCommissioners. ■ SEE SUPREME COURT ON PAGE

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Schoolchildren, Dukies dance the afternoon away by

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As the ringing of Friday’s dismissal bell echoes through the halls of the Fayetteville Street Lab School, many students head home for the weekend. But for some fourth and fifth graders, it marks the start of dancing the afternoon away. “Dancing is fun and interesting,” said Ricky Boynton, a sixth-grade student at Lowe’s Grove Middle School. “1 joined the after-school program because I like to go all out.” Since January 2007, the Duke Ballroom

Dancing Club has worked with the Fayetteville Street Lab School to host an afterschool dancing program for fourth and fifth graders to learn the art of ballroom dancing and other forms of dancing. Participants said the program not only taught them how to move on the dance floor but also pushed them to perform better academically. “They teach you how to be obedient and keep out of bad stuff,” said veteran dancer Chris Majette, a fifth grader. “It also helps you with your grade because if you want to SEE BALLROOM ON PAGE 8

Fourth and fifth graders at theFayetteville Street Lab School are learning the art of ballroom dancing from members of the Duke Ballroom Dancing Club as part of an after-school program.

Jth N.C. House District involves (ealing i lh. jupreinc vI a conflict between the North Carolina Constitution and the federal Voting JL Rights Act of 1965. Sections of the two documents are being offered as opposing pieces of evidence in determining whether the predominantly white district can be redrawn to increase the number of eligible minority voters in die district.

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SUPREMECOURT from page 5 Williams noted that with the current district designations both of the two N.C. House members who represent Pender County do not need to rely on votes from their portion of the county to win an election. “I understand it could have ramifications elsewhere, but I am concerned about Pender County. We want the right to send one of our own to Raleigh,” he said. “If common sense prevails, they won’t override the N.C. Supreme Court.” Engstrom said previous decisions and the current makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court indicate that the justices’ vote on the case will be close. “A five to four split [decision] will not be surprising,” he said. “[Justice Anthony] Kennedy is usually the one that swings, and as a general matter he swings with the conservative bloc.” The National Association for the Ad-

vancement of Colored People and three black voters in Pender County filed an amicus curiae brief that supports the state’s creation of the district and opposes the “bright-line” designation. The brief was intended to highlight the broader significance of the issue at an early stage in the case, said Anita Earls, director of advocacy at UNC’s Center for Civil Rights and the NAACP attorney in the case. “My clients believe that redistricting is always a balancing of interests and competing demands,” Earls said. “The value of drawing districts along county boundaries is not close to the value of giving minorities a significant voice in voting.” She added that if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the N.C. Supreme Court ruling, nearly half of the U.S. Congressional districts that elect black representatives would lose their protection under the Voting Rights Act.

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Members of the media crowd around Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran at a press conference held March 6 addressing the murder of Eve Carson, the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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ran front-page stories on both slayings. “I think it’s out there like the elephant in the room, these national media frenzies on young blonde women missing.... But [in this instance] I think so many more things factored in—Carson transcended the campus community in some sense.” Ken Rogerson, a lecturer on the faculty of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, said circumstances surrounding the deaths and the release of information also may have contributed to the prominence ofCarson’s case. Ashley said the availability of information can impact coverage, and it was helpful that Chapel Hill police released photos and held press conferences. “They were constandy repeating

that [Carson] was pretty, blonde, attractive a lot in the media, and some of that language appeared internally in the budget lines,” Williams said, contrasting the national coverage of Carson’s murder with Mahato’s death and the 2007 shooting of North Carolina Central University graduate student Denita Smith. “It’s no secret that television, particularly national cable shows, gravitates toward stories of white women.” But Mahato’s killing did draw ire abroad, with The Times of India drawing parallels between the 29year-old’s death and the shootings of two Indian students at Louisiana State University, and suggesting a conspiracy against international students in the United States. Ben Reese, Duke’s vice president for institutional equity, noted that despite efforts to be objective, the media is often subject to the same influences as its audience.

“The media coverage of their horrible murders... are intricately interwoven with the powerful dynamics of race, gender and social class,” he said. It is an issue that has figured in other dialogues after abductions and murders. After the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in May 2005, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wrote about the implications of the nation’s fixation on particular tragedies. “Whatever our ultimate reason for singling out these few unfortunate victims, among the thousands ofAmericans who are murdered or who vanish each year, the pattern of choosing only young, white, middleclass women for the full damsel treatment says a lot about a nation that likes to believe it has consigned race and class to irrelevance,” Robinson wrote in a June 2005 column. “What it says is that we haven’t.”

as $lO,OOO for any leads in die Carson case. Connie Eason in die special prosecudons division of die N.C. Department of Jusdce, said no reward was offered in Mahato’s case because it is ongoing. She said there are two criteria for offering a governor's reward: die case must be closed widi all leads exhausted, and there must be significant public outcry for more information. The UNC board of trustees also offered $25,000 for any leads in the Carson case. John Bumess, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations, said Duke officials discussed offering a reward several days after Mahato’s murder, but decided against it because Stephen Oates, 19, was arrested Jan. 23. and indictedFeb. 5 for the crime. Burness added that after the arrest, there was little indication that police were searching for further information on the case. Durham Police Department officials, who did not respond to requests for comment, did not publicize to mediaoutlets that the Mahato case was still in progress. But Laurence Lovette, 17, was arrested and indicted for the murdersofMahato and Carson March 13 and March 17, respectively. “1 find it very confusing that it’s been two months, and we find that we’ve closed Eve Carson’s case already but with Abhijit Mahato’s we’re still moving ahead,” Bansal said. “I wonder why that is—is it because DPD isn’t doing

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well or possibly because he is an international student whose family isn’t living in the U.S.?” He said there are several factors that may have contributed to Carson’s murder garnering more community response than Mahalo's, noting that she was a visible and prominent student on UNC’s campus and had close connections to many undergraduates. In addition, several community members voiced concern over the timing of Monday’s vigil, which was organized by the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, Parents of Murdered Children and Durham Congregations in Action. “I’d say it took them a little longer to get this together,” said Jeremy Block, Trinity ’O3 and a graduate student. “[Mahato’s murder] was so similar to what happened a couple weeks ago [to Carson].... After that happened, one would wonder if that’s when people started to care.” But organizers said the more than two-month gap between Mahato’s death and the service was not unusual and emphasized that the Carson murder did not influence their decision to hold the vigil, which had been in planning for almost a month. “They are typically a few months after the person dies so that by that point a lot of maybe the initial grief has passed, but there’s still certainly neighborhoods, communities, friends and colleagues that are still grieving the loss of the loved one,” the Rev. Abby Kocher, program coordinator at the Chapel and leader of the vigil, told The Chronicle. *

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BALLROOM from page 6 be in it you have to put your grades up.” Senior Makiko Hiromi, former DBDC president, said students need to get permission slips to participate in the program, which is funded by the Fayetteville Street Lab School’s art grants. Nadiyah Moore, the school’s facilitator of the multicultural arts, said the program has also helped students develop their social skills, noting that students are not allowed to choose their partners but must work together with everyone. “We wanted to incorporate ballroom dancing to improve their social skills among the females and males,” she said. Moore noted that the students have been exposed to many facets of art and ballroom dancing was added to give them another perspective. “The [children] do enjoy dancing,” Hiromi said. “It is actually fun because they are fourth and fifth graders

dancing with a girl or a b0y.... They still have cooties so they hold their arms out within arm’s length.” She added that although it is sometimes challenging to teach the elementary students how to dance, it has been an enjoyable learning experience for her. “I think for me I have learned how to work with kids,” Hiromi said. “It is a lot harder when you’re trying to teach these kids something they actually have to master.” Freshman Sabrina Liao, who just started volunteering at the after-school program, said she liked working with the students. “I thought it was really fun and exciting,” she said. “I was pleasantly surprised by how enthusiastic and witty all the kids were about dancing.” Some elementary school students even said they may want to continue pursuing the art of ballroom dancing down the road. ‘You can have fun going into the [profession] of learning how to dance, and we already know how to do it,” Majette said.

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The program is intended to solve both pollution concerns and Blue Zone traffic congestion. “I want to live offcampus next year and it doesn’t make sense for everyone to drive their own cars to campus every day,” Kantha said. “Even roommates will drive separately if they have different classes.” Ideally, students will carpool with peers living in the same apartment complexes or those who have similar class schedules, making the carpool most convenient, he said. The true incentive to the new program, which Kantha said he hopes will make it most appealing, is the guarantee that students will receive parking in the first Blue Zone lot on the south side of the area, which has the shortest walk to campus. This lot has 132 parking spaces and Kantha estimates that a maximum of 80 groups will apply for the pilot year. Any remaining parking spaces in the first lot will remain available to other students. If in the future there are more than 132 carpool groups, however, cars will be allowed to park in the first left-hand side lot on a first-come, first-serve basis each day. Additional carpool groups will get spaces in the next closest lot. In order to make carpooling more feasible for students with different schedules and in case of emergencies, each student in a carpool who has his or her own car will receive 10 free passes each semester in case they need to drive separately. The passes will only work for one day each, but can be used multiple times during that day and are transferable among students, allowing someone who does not need all 10 to share them with friends, Kantha said. Since the program will provide free parking passes, Parking and Transportation Services may lose revenue, PTS acting director Chuck Catotti wrote in an e-mail. Reducing campus traffic, however, may prove to be worth more than the lost revenue, he said. “If the program is wildly successful and a lot of students participate, revenue from student permits could go down substantially,” he said. “We will take measures to deal with this if it becomes necessary. Having said that, the cost of reducing demand, whether [it is] foregone revenue or actual expenses, is generally less than the cost of building and maintaining additional parking facilities.” The program, in the works since December, has been approved by Vice President for Campus Services Kernel Dawkins. “The success of the one-year pilot hinges on students following the rules of the program,” Melissa Harden, assistant director of parking operations, wrote in an e-mail. “If largescale abuse occurs, the program will not be continued.” In an effort to reduce program abuse, PTS will check with Residence Life and Housing Services to ensure that students applying for the passes actually do live off campus. Students will not be able to obtain a regular Blue Zone permit if they participate in carpooling. Some students, however, said they wouldrather buy their own parking permits because it allows them more flexibility. “I would prefer the cut-throat Darwinism of the current situation to any socialist or collectivist regime of carpooling,” said junior Dan Haaren, who plans to live off campus next year. “What they really need is a moving sidewalk from the back of the Blue Zone to the front, or a ski lift, because it’s kind of hilly.”

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You know, 28-6 is a great season That’s what Mike Krzyzewski said after Duke’s loss to West Virginia Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Respectfully, I beg to differ. 28-6 can be a great season, and for many programs it is. Davidson is in the midst of a great 28-6 season. Drake had a great 28-4 season. Butandrew ler certainly had a Vd great 30-4 season But Coach, don’t pretend the outcome of this season was anything less than disappointing. Doing so does a disservice to the historic legacy you’ve established. Being “great” is a goal. Saying this season was “great” means that you’re satisfied with the result. Believing this season was “great” means you’d enjoy it in the future. I wouldn’t. As a member of the second class since 1985 to leave Duke without enjoying a Final Four trip, I’m not happy with how this team, just like last year’s, struggled down the stretch. There were certainly exciting points. Winning at Carolina, coming back at Maryland and dominating a very good Wisconsin team at home—those were memorable moments that illustrated the best ofDuke Basketball. But this team can recruit nationally, has **

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. When the Blue Devils take the court tonight, they’ll be up against more than just Arizona State. If Duke’s first-round contest against Murray State was any indication, the Blue Devils will not only face opposition on the floor, but also from the crowd. “I wasn’t aware that College Park was such a hot spot for Murray State fans,” junior Abby Waner said. “I’m pretty sure we’ll see a lot of Arizona State fans [tonight], too. The name on the jersey is enough for people to not like you that much.” With the second-round matchup tipping off at 7 p.m. in theComcast Center, Maryland’s home court, the third-seeded Blue Devils (249) will be playing on anything but a neutral court. But none of that matters to Duke. “It’s just something you have to expect,” freshman Jasmine Thomas said. “We’re not at home, so when we travel, there’s always going to be some hostility.... We’ve just got to focus on playing basketball.” The Blue Devils must contend with the Sun Devils’ deep rotation, which features nine players averaging over 10 minutes per game. No. 6 seed Arizona State (22-10) has one of the most balanced attacks of any Duke opponent this season, unlike the topheavy lineups typical of the ACC. After Murray State’s Ashley Hayes lit up the Blue Devil defense for 26 points Sunday, Duke faces an entirely different challenge, as it must adapt to the various combinations the Sun Devils play. “The most important thing to know

JuniorAbby Waner looks to guide Duke tonight against the Sun Devils with a trip to theSweet 16 on the line.

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Before their 11-7 loss to Georgetown Saturday, the Blue Devils were the top-ranked team in the nation and were riding high, averaging over 17 goals per game. But after that first defeat of the season, in which Duke scored less than 15 goals for the first timeall year, the Blue Devils (8-1) slipped to No. 3 in the rankings, and they know they have a lot ofwork to do if they are going to reclaim the top spot As a result, Duke is more focused on itself than tonight’s opponent, Harvard (4-2). The Blue Devils will take on the Crimson at 7 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium. “Its more about worrying about ourselves and doing what we want

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a staggering eight McDonald’s All-Americans and a Hall-of-Fame coach and is supposed to be one of the nation’s elite. Losing to a gutsy seventh seed after narrowly squeaking by a gutsy 15 seed one year after bowing out in the first round to a gutsy 11 seed is nothing short of a collapse. And year-ending implosions do not cap “great” seasons. Losing five ofyour last 11 games is’not part a “great” season. Losing in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament is not a “great” season. Losing on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is not a “great” season. When you’re talking about a team with three national championships in the last 20 years, a team that fails to hang a banner of any sort cannot be considered “great.” If it is—if Krzyzewski truly thinks this season was “great”—then something about Duke Basketball needs to change. The list of problems is not short, and, sorry Duke Basketball Report, it is not a sin for a fan to admit that. I certainly appreciate the effort the team put forth Saturday and don’t doubt DeMarcus Nelson was trying his damndest. But Duke students don’t sleep in the cold for two months just to see players give it their all. Expectations can and should be high, and they were not fulfilled this year or last. But it is difficult to expect a strong showing next season when many of the program’s undeniable issues are structural. The team’s rebounding struggles, for example, can’t be blamed on a lack of effort. During the last four years, including two teams with Shelden Williams, the Blue Devils struggled on the glass, giving up 177 more offensive rebounds than they corralled. In part, it has to do with defensive strategy, as pressure on the wings forces

Senior DeMarcus Nelson and the Blue Devils fell short of expectations in this year's NCAATournament. Duke’s big men to help on penetration, leaving them out of position to box out. Exhibit A: Saturday, when West Virginia pulled down 19 offensive rebounds en route to winning the board battle 47-27. The team’s lack of developed big men seems to have a lot to do with recruiting techniques, as well. There’s an obvious theme in the list of recent Duke forwards Eric Boateng, Brian Zoubek, Jamal Boykin, Lance Thomas and Dave McClure. None of these players had polished offensive games when they came to campus, most likely in an effort to keep Blue Devils from jumping

to the NBA. But while here, none has developed a passable offensive game and two seemed to feel they could develop better elsewhere. Even the nation’s top recruit of two years ago, Josh Mcßoberts, had few discernible post skills. The frequent complaint is that 5-foot-10 former point guard Steve Wojciechowski is Duke’s big-man coach, making it difficult for the Blue Devils to attract and develop NBA-quality post players. Having never been to practice, it’s difficult to say whether that’s true. But something is amiss in Duke’s recruit-

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ing techniques, mainly because none of Duke’s staff members have been forced to understand the new recruiting landscape. Everyone responsible for recruiting attended Duke and returned to Durham after professional careers. Krzyzewski has said publicly that he doesn’t like the NBA’s mandate that players must go to college for at least one year, and it doesn’t appear he’s figured out how to recruit with that law in place. The players who committed or were expected to commit to Duke—Shaun Livingston comes to mind—never made it to campus, and despite making a full recruiting pitch, Duke missed on a high-profile one-and-dones in Brandan Wright and likely another in Kevin Love. After next year, you’ll likely be able to add the nation’s top recruit Greg Monroe, who spurned Duke for Georgetown, to that list. And just yesterday, the team lost out on targeted big man Greg Echenique, who unofficially committed to Rutgers. It doesn’t help, either, that instead of spending the summer analyzing why Blue Devil squads have looked fatigued the final month in each of the last four seasons, the entire coaching staff will be in China. Krzyzewski contends that USA Basketball does not take away any focus from his first priority here in Durham—it even helped this year, as he instituted Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni’s offensive schemes and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim’s zone defense. But Duke, not Team USA, is Krzyzewski’s primary job. There is simply no way Bruce Pearl spends the summer lying shirtless on a Caribbean beach, drinking pina coladas and not obsessing about ways to bring Tennessee to his first Final Four. OK, he might be shirtless. I certainly don’t have all the answers. But I sure would like to see a little more urgency in the search for solutions. If Coach K really wants his teams to be great, he has to understand that this one wasn’t.

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Duke ties for 14th after 2nd round Duke has not finished worse than a sixth place tie all season. After two days at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, however, that streak appears to be in jeopardy. The Blue Devils shot a 17-over 301 Monday, following a 10-over 294 Sunday. Duke enters the last day of the tournament at 27-over par and in 14th place, ahead of

only Baylor. South Carolina leads the pack with a two-under 566, with N.C. State right behind at one-under. Adam Long and Clark Klaasen led the Blue Devils Monday, each carding a three-over 74. Matthew Pierce shot a five-over 76, and Michael Schachner had a six-over 77. Sophomore Chance Pipitone continued to struggle in his first varsity collegiate event, shooting an 11-over 82 after carding an 85 Sunday.

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M.LAX from page 9 things,” Greer said. “We made some mental mistakes, trying to rush passes offensively. Defensively, we had a couple lapses and the penalties and that sort of thing. There are a bunch of things that we can do better and change from Saturday.” Greer said Duke will be looking to cut down on the bad penalties that plagued the team against the Hoyas. That

will prevent the Blue Devils from getting into the mandown situations that they had to fight through Saturday, as Duke has struggled in those scenarios all season. But Greer is confident the Blue Devils will improve their man-down play. Last year, Duke held its opponents to a 22.8 conversion percentage on man-up opportunities. This season, that number has spiked to 36.5 percent. Georgetown scored three man-up goals Saturday, the last one breaking a 6-6 tie in the fourth quarter. “We were pretty good at it last year,” Greer said. “Maybe it’s just a matter of trying to match those six guys together. It’ll come along, and we’ll get better at it.” Harvard is also coming off a loss, falling 12-10 to Penn. Prior to that game, the Crimson had allowed just 4.4 goals per outing. The Blue Devils may be in for another defensive batde, and they will have to adapt to it better than they did Saturday if they are going to avoid a second straight defeat. “We have to make the game go at our pace,” Greer said. “We didn’t capitalize on a lot of the turnovers Saturday. We need to get back to doing what we do best and what’s made us successful.”

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is that we just have to be ready for any sort of matchup,” Waner said. “They’re a very deep team, and when they substitute, it doesn’t take the level of play down for them. Most of the time it brings it up.” Another storyline from the sidelines is that of the opposing playcaller: Sun Devils head coach Charli Turner Thome served as an assistant coach to McCallie for the Under-21 National Team last summer. Turner Thome has guided Arizona State to an 11-3 record in its last 14 games. After losing guard Danielle Orsillo to a knee injury in the first week of the season, the team has excelled thanks to contributions from transfers Lauren Lacey and Sybil Dosty, who are among the team’s leading scorers. The Blue Devils also come into tonight’s game playing perhaps their best basketball of the season. In particular, guard Wanisha Smith has elevated her play of late, averaging 15 points in her last three games. Although the senior’s career could end at any time, Smith has not let her emotions influence her game and seems determined to extend her Duke tenure. The rest of the Blue Devils have followed suit, particularly Thomas, who had her best statistical performance in a Duke uniform against Murray State, racking up 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists. By playing their strongest in March, the Blue Devils are working to fulfill McCallie’s preseason prophecy of peaking in the Tournament. Tonight, they hope that translates into an 11th straight bid to the Sweet 16, eVen in the unfriendly confines of College Park. “I think we are [playing better],” Thomas said. ?We’re playing a lot more together now, which is what we’ve been trying to get all year. Eveything’s starting to come together and gel together, and that’s what we needed. It’s a perfect time for that right now.”

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As shown by his en"TW Teither of this year’s plement his enthusiasm candidates for DSG thusiastic presentation of On the other hand, vice president of stusomewhat unexciting ideas, Maisel tends to use her ex-L dent affairs displays a truly Wang’s experience as a perience to highlight what and cohesive vision for student affairs senator has she has already done as a sharp r . . been valu- campus leader rather what the position. able, but it she plans to do. Especially The student editorial affairs agenhas not prein light of her work with da may be broad in scope, pared him for the role of the American Civil Liberties but freshman Alex Wang and vice president. Certainly, Union, the Undergraduate junior Lauren Maisel seem his proposal to make DSG’s Judicial Board and the DSG to be running on common budget more transparent is Judiciary, we would expect a sense and experience, rea concrete example of his more nuanced vision on an spectively, without bringing “common sense” mantra. issue like how to progress But his equally sensible, if with the stalled Judicial Afin innovative ideas. What Wang lacks in effecunoriginal, suggestion to fairs task force. tive communication skills he keep drinking culture on That said, Maisel is permakes up for in detail—but campus reveals a lack of ceptive of current student with too little original confresh perspective; instead needs. She recognizes the tent. Maisel, a clear and conof offering innovative socomplexity of problems fident communicator, has lutions, he couches the surrounding Counseling and Psychological Services, yet to flesh out her plans for situation as a familiar facilities and safety issue. Wang mentioning both the negaworking within the framework of DSG but is still the needs much greater institive stigma associated with better candidate for the job. tutional knowledge to comusing CAPS and the unac-

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and Central campuses. Furthermore, she recognizes that a DSG official must be ready not only to implement his or her own agenda but also to deal with inherited and unanticipated issues that arise. Fearsome as her resume is, Maisel, if elected, must ensure that she gives DSG the time and effort it is due. Wang notably emphasizes his willingness to treat any DSG position to which he is elected with the seriousness of an academic course. We hope Maisel is equally prepared to devote herself to the role if given the students’ mandate. The Chronicle formally endorses Lauren Maisel for vice president of student affairs.

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ceptably long waitlists that belie that stigma, and she advocates better marketing as well as an expansion of staff and resources. Citing the importance of student input, she stresses the need for accurate data to make informed decisions moving forward. To her credit, Maisel is well-versed in the overall importance of informed decision-making for fair and effective policy. Though the depth and breadth of her policy platform do not measure up to the strength and polish of her presentation, she makes a convincing case for her ability to represent students though her experiences not only as a leader but also as a junior familiar with living on West

Student Government elections are coming up Thursday. But does anyone other than the candidates really give a shit? I sure don’t, and I hope you don’t either. Because, after all, DSG just doesn’t matter for the average Duke student. Despite the accolades, the fancy rhetoric and the incessant Chronicle coverage, it all boils down to a bunch of nerdy kids who like hearing themselves speak and love fantasizing about their non-existent selfjon detzel importance.

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believing I’ve written before, DSG doesn’t matter because it never really does anything for the student body. Since I’ve been at Duke, there haven’t been any tangible landmark changes that have radically enhanced student life or galvanized the student body to agitate for change. There hasn’t even been anything that I’ve thought of as “really cool” or “a really good idea.” And the sad thing is that there probably won’t be any such changes in the future, either, if the current DSG model remains in place. It just doesn’t work—as an advocacy organization or a bumbling bureaucracy. Period. Sure, here and there, DSG does a couple of little things that might slightly reduce the level of incompetence that surrounds the Duke experience for a few lucky students. Event registration, Flunches and online party monitoring are some such examples, but they’re about as marginal as achievements get. These are minor improvements that should have been done a long time ago—or done right the first time—and fall far short of something I’d be proud to write home about. But you’ll never hear that from anyone running for DSG. Candidates will claim credit for just about anything under the sun. Why, for example, does everyone running for president insist that he or she personally saved Tailgate? I speak from the experience of meeting with Larry Moneta, Kernel Dawkins and Aaron Graves, among other administrators, about reforming Tailgate when I say that no one student has ever “saved” it. Simply put, administrators have As

allowed it to continue in various forms and no student input has ever been decisive. Candidate platforms are quite another joke entirely. Everyone says the same things in essentially the same words, and they are all just rehashing ideas that have been bandied around for the past few years but that are never put into place. Worse, presidential hopefuls promise 100 different changes that couldn’t be enacted in a century of DSC sessions, preventing them from concentrating on issues that really matter. Bottom line: DSC is like when you see a former hook-up on the quad, and you just know the next few moments of your life are going to be unbearably awkward because neither you nor that notch on your bedpost knows how to react. Do you simply nod, wave and keep on walking, or do you try to initiate conversation, and if so, how much is too much? Or do you pretend to be on the phone and walk by in ignorant bliss, praying to almighty Jesus that you escape undetected? DSC presents the same conundrum. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether you should try to care about its feelings or be that buckethead that leaves before it wakes up. Either way, you know you’ll be left with a bad taste in your mouth and a massive side order of guilt. Except with DSG, you can abstain and no one gets hurt. In fact, that’s exactly what you should do—refuse to vote. After all, your vote is meaningless any way you look at it: If you vote for the loser, your vote truly goes uncounted; and if you vote for the winner, it’s unlikely that you cast the deciding vote out ofall the others if the margin was greater than one. Even if, by some miracle, your vote put the contest over the edge, you could have just as easily not voted and still seen your desired candidate succeed. Plus, there’s that whole business that DSG doesn’t really do anything for you anyway. Add it all up and there are a bunch of good reasons not to vote and no really good reasons to do so. But if you just have to vote, here’s what I’d do. Either vote for Lawrence Chen—because he’s completely untainted by DSG’s blundering ways—or organize a write-in candidate that hails from the Pirate Party. I know I’d much rather have a scurvy pirate cap’n steering the ship than another donothing disciple of www.elliott.dorm.duke.edu.

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

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Fully engaging DukeEngage The

efforts of the University’s new civic engagement initiative, Duke Engage, to help “students apply what they have learned in the classroom to address societal issues at home or abroad” represents a U-turn from the belief held in certain corners of U.S. higher education that “realworld” experience, while valuable and enriching, should sit beyond the realm of a university’s mission. mm.

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ic—time to match their classroom experience to complementary internships, job shadowing and volunteerism opportunities. The fact that Duke has dedicated funding and faculty support to extend impressive service experiences to undergraduates is an unprecedented, revolutionary step to changing the conceptualization ofwhat constitutes a higher education. Or course, Duke Engage or any such program at any college or university will not likely be successful in carrying out such a goal unless faculty and departments inject the university’s academic mission into the program. If we at Duke are truly challenging our students to tackle “real-world problems,” then we are morally obligated not only to educate them about those problems in the classroom, but to think creatively about developing realworld programs that connect classroom theories with the realities of the world. Indeed, DukeEngage’s ideals of addressing societal issues and tackling real-world problems are complex, which is why faculty members have from the outset been invited to develop group programs and/or mentor students to establish individual projects thatmerge a passion for civic engagement with a broader understanding of one or more disciplines. Last summer’s pilot program in Yemen, for example, affirmed the need for a collaborative and creative effort on the part of faculty in order to put the classroom experience in a real-world context Spearheaded by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Arabic language program in the Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature, DISC found in DukeEngage a platform through which students can extend their outreach to Muslim societies of the Middle East and be emissaries of mutual understanding between the United States and the Muslim world. As Duke’s Arabic program recognizes the need to produce students who are efficient and effective in their understanding of and communication with the Arab world, it also finds in Duke Engage a great opportunity to put these classroom tasks into a real-life context.

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singular reason. Considered the fastest growing democ-

racy in the Arab world, the nation embodies the challenges that face developing countries as they engage in democratization through political and economic reforms. Yemen is a country in which the types of major problems that commonly afflict societies in transition are present. It is moving from a post-civil war era, it is reforming an educational system permeated with extremism and it is also struggling to reconcile the culture of tribalism with the needs ofcivil society. Ail of these qualities make Yemen an ideal place for DukeEngage’s mission of addressing societal issues abroad. At the beginning of the eight-week program, DISC worked with staff at the Yemen College ofMiddle East Studies in Sana’a with the purpose of evaluating three NGOs: the Democracy School, the National Democratic Institute and the Arab Sisters Forum. DISC matched Duke students’ interests and skills with these NGOs. Since Arabic is the primary language spoken in these NGOs, and because the success of the experience with them depended on students’ ability to speak Arabic, the language of all societal groups in Yemen, the program included a significant amount of language instruction and cultural activities, which were organized daily at YCMES. Most importandy, students were able to assess classroom theories on the importance ofcivic engagement, NGO roles in promoting good governance, educational reform as a key to development and tribalism as the antithesis of an emerging civil society. Students also were able to relate these assumptions to international groups and across regional dimensions. Furthermore, the commitment of the organizers, especially DISC and AALL, made it possible for the students to develop individual proposals and work on implementing them. It was a gratifying experience to see Duke freshmen and sophomores develop proposals and follow up on their implementation on issues related to improving children’s rights, enhancing women’s societal capacities and illustrating the need for transparency in the justice system. Undoubtedly, the DukeEngage pilot program in Yemen provided one blueprint for the great possibilities and successes that can be achieved from collaborative efforts within our academic community. Indeed, the Yemen program will be offered again this summer. Our undergraduates have the desire and ability to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the place for which it is intended—the real world. But the means of reaching these goals demands meaningful attention from Duke’s faculty, programs and departments, who are in a position to provide a truly remarkable context in which to explore the tenets ofcivic engagement.

MbayeLois an instructor with theDuke Islamic Studies Center.

letterstotheeditor Donate extra food points to McKids In response to Allie Vergotz’s March 21 column “WaDuke anyone?” I would like to suggest a very worthwhile way thatyou can use your extra food points. McKids, a student organization that volunteers with pediatric patients at the Durham Ronald McDonald House, has an annual campaign to collect extra food points (andFLEX points) to donate to the Ronald McDonald House so that they can build a much larger house capable of serving many more families. Please visit mckids. org to donate your food points to a great cause!

Meghan O’Toole Trinity ’OB Vice president, McKids U.S. is winning in Iraq

Osagie Ighile’s March 21 column on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bemoans the lack of media cov-

erage and public knowledge on the issue. I also am sad that there is not more media coverage to raise public knowledge of the wars, but not because there is some need to ignore the “crimes” of the U.S. military. The reason we are not seeing more media coverage is because we are winning the war, and there have

not been incidents of abuse like Abu Ghraib in years (notice that the testimony cited in Friday’s article is all from 2004). If it was widely known in America that David Petraeus has drastically improved the military situation and that the Iraqi government is finally getting off the ground, then it would be tough to scream about how awful President George W. Bush is. Moreover, Ighile’s article itself ignores lots of recent news regarding not only current events but research confirming the United States’ original suspicions about Saddam Hussein. This research is based on the millions of pages of captured documents that have taken a long time to translate and examine, but we are finally seeing that, yes, Saddam Hussein had ties with terrorist networks and, yes, he wanted to build WMD. But of course this research comes from the Pentagon, so not only will the media ignore it but Ighile and others will believe it to be a bunch of lies following the original “lies.” If we had more coverage of this war and the issues involved, I am confident that Ighile would have little to say in the face of the facts: it was the right move and we’re winning.

Mike Jenista Graduate student, math department

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will come as no surprise to Chronicle readers that I don’t have much faith in the Brodhead administration. But the March 5 news that administrators are unilaterally dumping plans for a new Central Campus—plans that had been nearly 10 years in the making—in favor of a cheaper, less viable addition off West is a new low. That’s because developer Pelli Clarke Pelli’s plan to scatter new dorms behind the admissions office, on top of present-day Edens Quadrangle and alongside the president’s office would be an unmitigated disaster kristin butler for Duke. Although the old with all deliberate speed plans to rebuild Central Camhad flaws at least pus aplenty, they would have created a unified, well-defined third campus By contrast, Pelli Charles Pelli’s vision for our new campus would exile large numbers of students to a residential never-neverland that is neither on West nor off it and that is cut off from other quads by two of the University’s busiest streets, Campus and Chapel drives. In other words, administrators’ newly released proposal would recreate all the worst elements of Central—isolation, piecemeal construction and difficulty accessing the academic and social centers of the University—atop a latter-day “backyard quad,” which would be as far removed from the heart of West as Ninth Street presently is from East. And as bad as these plans are conceptually, they represent an even more disturbing example of the kind of top-down management style Duke administrators say they spurn. As officials well know, the Duke community has been preparing for a new Central Campus for nearly 10 years; even a cursory search of The Chronicle’s archives turns up scores of articles detailing the project’s objectives, documenting the zoning wars and retail disputes that followed its 2000 announcement and offering student perspectives. For a handful of senior administrators to unilaterally discard more than nine years of community-driven planning is among the most ill conceived decisions I’ve encountered at Duke. Indeed, this latest move seems almost custom-designed to foster student apathy, which remains high afteryears and years of delays. All that is particularly unfortunate since administrators have never needed students’ input more. As Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki (who represents students’ interests in this process) explained to me last Wednesday, the newly released Pelli Clarke Pelli proposal represents the “30,000-foot level” of planning. Despite their demonstrated reluctance to involve the community in the debate over this dramatic new priority shift, then, Nowicki did make it clear that administrators want students’ help creating a workable housing model for the next generation of Dukies. And with Nowicki—who is easily the most capable and engaging Duke administrator I’ve ever met—leading that process, there may still be time to correct the original New West plan’s many shortcomings. Among the possibilities Nowicki said are being considered are rerouting Campus Drive to the south so that it doesn’t bisect the new residential communities, building giant escalators to ferry pedestrians up the hill towards main West Campus and even a radical re-imagining of selective, interclass and independent living optidns. Students concerned about environmental sustainability, preserving a pedestrian-friendly campus and the dearth of retail and dining options available to undergrads will find a sympathetic ear in Nowicki, and his vision for the new campus gives me real hope that it will not become a bedroom community for main West like the one on display in the architectural mock-ups. Given the sense of optimism and possibility I took away from my conversation with Nowicki, I’m inclined to say shame on Duke administrators once more for compromising what could have been a highly engaging process. Although the proposal they released from Pelli Clarke Pelli earlier this month is disastrously flawed, future revisions need not be if students get involved. Because I won’t be here to participate in those discussions, all I can do now is encourage underclassmen to give administrators one more chance to do things right. Review the plans on display at the Central Campus Planning Web site (www.duke.edu/web/ centralcampus) and guide what will be the most ambitious expansion since the construction ofWest Campus in the 19305. Duke administrators clearly need your help. *

Kristin Butler is

Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.

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