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It would have been a comeback for the ages, the perfect ending to a storybook season. But the Blue Devils couldn’t capitalize on an extra-man opportunity in the final two minutes, a Brad Ross shot with eight seconds left rebounded all the way to midfield, and Max Quinzani’s attempt at the buzzer sailed wide. And so Johns Hopkins walked off the field at M&T Bank Stadium last May with a 12-11 national-championship victory, the second time in threeyears that the Blue Jays trumped Duke for the title. Down 104 at halftime, the Blue Devils nearly stormed all the way back to cap off an already magical season with the program’s first national title. Almost a year later, No. 2 Duke (10-1) gets a chance for revenge in a highly-anticipated rematch with No. 11 Johns Hopkins (34) Saturday at 6 p.m. “Losing to them in the national championship game two out of the last three years gets you hungrier every time we play them,” senior goalie Dan Loftus said. “Every time we play them, no matter what the outcome was the time before, it’s always a really good game.” The Blue Jays have won five ofthe last six matchups dating back to 2003, with the last five games decided by a total of six goals. SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 16

Duke will award five honorary degrees commencement ceremony, President Richard Brodhead announced Thursday. The recipients will be writers Barbara Kingsolver and Wendell Berry, public health leader Dr. Helene Gayle, broadcast executive James Goodmon and Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Wald. “Honorary degrees serve the dual purpose of recognizing extraordinary individuals and inspiring graduating students,” Brodhead said in a statement. “Students about to embark on their own careers, full of hope and promise, see at commencement these wonderful examples of how they might put their own learning to use in the future.” Kingsolver, who was recently billed as the University’s commencement speaker, is the author of “The Poisonwood Bible” released in 1998 and “Animal Dreams” in 1990. “Duke University is an exciting community of scholars with an outstanding history and tradition,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I am honored that they have invited me through those gates.” She wrote her most recent book, “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,” with her husband Steven Hopp and

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Johns Hopkins beat Duke in the 2007 National Championship,but theBlue Devils can get vengeance Saturday.

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In response to the Room Pix housing shortage for 58 female rising sophomores, Campus Council approved a set of recommendations to Residence Life and Housing Services based on the notion that all members of the Class of 2011 should remain on West Campus in the Fall semester if possible. At its general body meeting Thursday night, the council proposed five incentives for RLHS to offer relocating female rising juniors and seniors who selected a single on West during Room Pix. Members said they hoped RLHS would be flexible but break as few precedents as possible. “We set the tradition of putting sophomores on West SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 5

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Drought continues despite rain Restrictions lowered, silverware to return by

Hon Lung Chu THE CHRONICLE

After yet another day of rain, some students continue to ask, “Are we still in a drought?” Unfortunately, the gloomy answer seems to be yes The city of Durham lowered water use restrictions from State IV severe mandatory conservation to State 111 moderate mandatory conservation April 1, after above-normal rainfalls last month, said James Lim, conservation coordinator for Durham’s Department ofWater Management. As a result, china and silverware will be returning to many dining locations on campus, including the Marketplace, the Great Hall and The Loop, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. SEE DROUGHT ON PAGE

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Recent rainy days have not ended the drought Durham currently faces.

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Former President supports Obama

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WASHINGTON Former President Jimmy Carter wouldn't quite say it, but he left little doubt this week about who he'd like to see in the White House next year. Speaking to local reporters Wednesday on a trip to Nigeria, the former Democratic president noted that Barack Obama had won his home state of Georgia and his hometown of Plains. "My children and their spouses are proObama.My grandchildren are also pro-Obama," he said at a news conference. "As a superdelegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess."

BUCHAREST, Romania NATO allies gave President George W. Bush strong support Thursday for a missile defense system in Europe and urged Moscow to drop its angry opposition to the program. The unanimous decision strengthened Bush's hand for weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was Bush's final meeting with members of the 26-nation alliance, and White House officials described it as a day of freewheeling talks in which leaders and their foreign ministers got off script and gathered in crowds to debate the wording of a state-

States take risks to save money PROVIDENCE, R.l. Lawmakers from California to Kentucky are trying to save money with a drastic and potentially dangerous budgetcutting proposal: releasing tens of thousands of convicts from prison, including drug addicts, thieves and even violent criminals. Officials acknowledge the idea carries risks, but say they have no choice because of budget gaps caused by the slumping economy.

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Plane crashes on way to gold mine PARAMARIBO, Suriname A plane crashed Thursday en route to a remote gold mining region in southern Suriname, killing 19 people, officials in the South American country said. The twin-engine Antonov-AN2B, operated Surinamese carrier Blue Wihg airlines,crashed by the on jungle approach to an airstrip in the in Benzdorp region, near the country's border with French Guiana, officials said.

ECH lotto use computers Stumbling over its mulplans for a high-tech cen'vernment says it will go back ig the nation's 300 million :he old-fashioned way—with md pencil. mmerce Secretary Carlos errez told Congress Thurshis department will scrap ns to use handheld computto collect information from millions of Americans who m't return the census forms it come in the mail.

Donnie Walsh is in. Now he NEW YORK needs a little time before deciding if Isiah Thomas is out. Walsh was hired as the New York Knicks' president of basketball operations, taking one ofThomas'jobs.Sometime soon, Walsh will decide if Thomas keeps the other one as coach.

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Supermodel arrested in airport LONDON Naomi Campbell was arrested Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 Thursday for at allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky Newsreported. Police said a 37-year-old woman was arrested at the terminal on suspicion of assaulting police, but refused to identify her. Campbell's publicist, Selina Aponte, left Heathrow's police station, wherethe model had been taken, just before 10 p.m.but told waiting reporters she had not seen the British model, who had been due to fly to Los Angeles. "We have all seen the reports but I don't know anything," Aponte said."Naomi was flying to LA She has family and friends over there and is always going over."

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Is journalism dying or is it just evolving? The Next Newsroom Conference attempts to-answer this question and discuss what the ideal newsroom will look like in the future. The two-day conference began Thursday with a panel discussion involving various media experts in the Griffith Film Theater. The experts agreed that journalism skills would continue to be valuable even as print newspapers are phased out in favor of Internet content. “The ability to synthesize various information from various sources and create a cohesive narrative is a skill that is in short supply in the human race,” said panel member Rusty Coats, director of strategic initiatives for Media General Inc.’s Interactive Media Division. Moderator Keith Hanadel, broadcast design director at the design firm HLW International LLP, asked whether a physical newsroom was even necessary when the Internet allowed journalists to collaborate from almost anywhere. “You could answer that potentially no,” said Robertson Barrett, Trinity ’BB, vice president, interactive and general manager of LATimes.com. “There are 20,000 blogs in Los Angeles—why do you need a

newspaper?”

Barrett added that the Los Angeles Times can provide the journalistic structure and expert knowledge to support a variety of user-generated content. “There are a lot of services the LA Times

can provide, and one is pulling people around the community model,” he said. “You need this collaborative environment where the creativity will come out.” Next Newsroom Project Manager Chris O’Brien, Trinity ’9l, said the cultural changes in journalism would be-a difficult adjustment for those involved in the profession, even at Duke. He added that The Chronicle provides an opportunity for innovation in journalism and a chance to spark a conversation about what the next newsroom should look like. “What happens if The Chronicle doesn’t adapt to these changes?” he asked. O’Brien said he envisioned a collaborative communications building on the new Central Campus that could host The Chronicle and other student media and technology organizations like the Information Science and Information Studies. Projected on a screen behind the panelists was the Next Newsroom Web site that included a “twitter” feed, a live Internet blog that allowed online users to post “tweets”— comments and observations about the conference. The panel discussion was also broadcast live via online video. The changing face of journalism and new media was visible in the constantly updating “tweets” displayed behind the panel. One online user responded to Hanadel’s question, “Are we witnessing the death of a

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“Death of a discipline? Maybe it should be viewed as the evolution of a discipline,” the user wrote.

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New energy certificate to bring colleges closer by

for education. He added that students will choose elective courses from three categories markets, environment and energy technology. Mandatory classes will include two introductory courses and a capstone project course. “The senior capstone course is the culminating experience of the certificate,” said Emily Klein, co-director of the program and senior associate dean at the Nicholas School. “It is a project-based course that pairs small groups of Trinity students with Pratt students, and the groups in the class all work on a common idea and design concept for a [sustain-

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With the advent of a new energy and the environment certificate, undergraduates from the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and Pratt School of Engineering will be able to tackle sustainable-energy issues together using knowledge from their respective fields. “One of the most important goals of the certificate, in my view, is bringing together students from Pratt and Trinity who have a common interest in energy and environment topics and getting them to work together in courses and [projects] so that each group learns how to appreciate some of the methods that are used by the other group,” said Josiah Knight, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science. The six-course certificate, run by the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and Pratt, includes three required classes and three electives, with an emphasis on internships, said Tod Laursen, co-director of the program and Pratt’s senior associate dean

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able-energy project].” Laursen added that the team working on the project will consist of four engineering and four non-engineering students, who will manage everything from designing and producing the project to marketing it and analyzing its environmental impact. Students who are currently in the pilot version of the capstone course are collaborating on a solar-powered generator, Klein said. Although students currently only have one available project option, Laursen said he hopes there will be more choices in the future. “As the certificate grows and more students [join], there will be multiple opportunities for projects,” he said. “In the future we expect that students will have a choice of three or four different projects to work on and may even develop their own ideas.” Roughly equal numbers of Pratt and Trinity students—6o percent from Pratt and 40 percent from Trinity—attended information sessions for the certificate, Klein said. Students interested in the program said they appreciate the opportunities that will come out of working with others in different fields.

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The Lien Centre at the Duke-National University ofSingapore Graduate Medical School will be the first research center in Asia to focus on care for the aging in the final years of their lives.

Lien Centre to enhance Singapore Med facilities by

Marisa Siegel THE CHRONICLE

The Lien Centre for Palliative Care will be the newest addition to the threeyear-old Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, the largest public-sector hospital in Singapore, officials announced March 18. The Centre will be the first research facility on palliative care in Asia and is sponsored by the Lien Foundation, the Singapore government, the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore Health Services. It will focus on collecting information and data related to the needs of people in the last years of their lives, Centre Director Dr. Cynthia Goh wrote in an e-mail from Singapore. Palliative care focuses on delaying the symptoms of diseases and improving qual-

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ity of life for diagnosed patients, rather than solely searching for a cure or aiming to halt a disease’s progress. The idea for the Centre—which will be owned and managed by Duke-NUS CMS—was conceived two years ago by Singaporean philanthropic group the Lien Foundation, Goh said. The foundation dedicated $7.5 million over five years to the Centre that will be matched dollarfor-dollar by the Singapore government. “The Centre will tap on the research capabilities of Duke-NUS through Duke University’s established internationally renowned end-of-life and palliative care research programs, with active involvement and support from the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore SEE SINGAPORE ON PAGE 7

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Campus,” said President Molly Bierman, a junior. “How many traditions do we want to break?” Bierman said the council’s task is to come up with a solution and to prevent the problem from ever occurring in the future. But for now, she said members will make it a priority to help the 58 rising sophomores who were unable to select a bed space during Room Pix. The council agreed thatRLHS’ best option would be to allow female rising juniors and seniors who selected a triple on West for Fall 2008 to move to a quadrupleoccupancy apartment on Central Campus that would be reverted to a three-person occupancy. Members also recommended that these displaced students receive either a one-third housing cost reduction per person or a one-fourth housing cost reduction in addition to a guaranteed space at the top of the Fall 2009 Room Pix lottery. Members recommended that these incentives also apply to rising female juniors and seniors

who selected a single on West and may choose to move to a doubleoccupancy, one-bedroom or studio apartment on Central. The council proposed that RLHS also allow female rising juniors and seniors who selected either a single or a triple on West to move off campus if the entire triple is willing to relocate. Splitting up triples would mean breaking the precedent of sophomores living only with other sophomores, said Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services. “We have inventoried every vacant bed that we have,” Hull said. “[Breaking the standard] is not conducive to having a consistent housing plan in upcoming years.” Additionally, the council recommended that RLHS allow any displaced female who selected a single on West to move to a single-occupancy studio apartment on Central for the same price she would have paid for the room on West. RLHS should also offer these students the one-fourth housing cost reduction per person in exchange for their relocation, members said.

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Representatives discuss possible solutions to the West Campus room shortage. Hull said, however, that the $250 incentive RLHS offered Wednesday had appealed to students. “We have made attractive offers, and people have taken advantage of it,” Hull said. He did not specify how many rising junior and senior females who chose singles on West had agreed to relocate. Members also recommended

that RLHS offer the $250 incentive per person to the block of rising sophomore males displaced from Craven Quadrangle to Edens Quadrangle to compensate them for their inconvenience. “The root cause of the mess-up is beyond unfortunate and should never have happened... no way, no how,” Hull said. “But it did.”

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dents to sign up for the program, said he thinks the certificate is impressive in encompassing all the different angles of the sustainable energy problem. “There are not many programs like this,” he said. “It’s really representative of what Duke’s trying to do with integration of interdisciplinary studies.” Stephen Lewis, a junior currently enrolled in the pilot capstone course, said he would try to obtain the certificate if he could fulfill the other requirements in his senior year. The certificate was funded by a $lO-million donation announced in November from Jeffrey Gendell, Trinity ’Bl, and his wife Martha. The gift also established the Gendell Center for Engineering, Energy and the Environment.

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Marine lab uses CSI practices for conservation rising and all the other things we do to our coastal area, there is a new set of They go into restaurants under cover of ocean research priorities put together darkness and take napkins covered in piecby presidential committees,” said Cindy es of tuna steak. They examine the samples Van Dover, director of the Marine Lab. by microscope to check species. And if they “It is one of the top priorities in the country, and it is something that we are find it is not tuna steak, a crime scene inconcerned with.” vestigation ensues. One student who signed up for the class Marine biologists are employing methods of forensic science for marine said the exposure to a contentious political conservation, and some students studyissue set the course apart. at the Duke Marine Lab“I’m not very interested in studying the University ing oratory in Beaufort, N.C. this summer biology or physics of sponges and plants—I will explore the field in a course titled could do that at Duke—but Marine CSI cov“Marine CSI: Conservation Forensics in ers subjects that I have never thought of,” the Marine Environment.” freshman Alex Daniels wrote in an e-mail. Carlsson will walk students through a cur“The idea for the course came out of the idea of conservation genetics,” said Jens riculum that includes an introduction to maCarlsson, visiting rine conservauon issues, field lab inassistant professor MT IlOt Very interested, in of marine science stmction in genetic tests and possibly a and conservation studying OF physics of biology J 0/ hands-on experiand a Mary Derrrickson McCurdy sponges and plants... but Ma- ment working with by

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visiting scholar. j that I rants. Students will CS J covers subjects J who will lead the course’s instrucalso leam forensic have never thought of.” tion. “We have genetic techniques i r i AiCX Daniels, 60 percent of the oft en used in the study of marine fishery stocks that hhhhmmhmmm are currently over crime. fished, and we wanted to attract student at“What’s exciting is that Jens Carlstention to this.” son is a young new colleague here at the Because fisheries and other marine busi- marine lab and has a lot of experience nesses have damaged ocean ecosystems, in the subject,” Van Dover said. “He has marine conservation has become a central is- designed a course that can go into the sue in national polidcs. Molecular biology field... and give undergraduate students which will be included in diecourse’s instruc- a real-world opportunity to practice madon—is one way marine conservationists rine biology.” determinehow to protect marine species. Carlsson,.a native of Sweden, joined the “With climate change and sea levels faculty because he would have the opportuni-

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circumstances, their usage of health resources such as hospitalization and use of hospice services [and] interviews of Health Services,” a press release announctheir families about their experiences,” she said. ing the partnership reads. Go.h added that the Centre will focus Goh noted that she plans to bring proon identifying the cultural differences fessors from the Duke Medical School in and special needs of Singaporean pa- Durham to teach at the Duke-NUS Medical tients School. “We have based much of our models “We hope to involve the new medical and assumptions on Western practices,” school more with the community and to Goh said.J'But we realize that there are supplement hard scientific knowledge cultural with soft skills, many to listen differences, even “We have based much of our learning between the difto our patients, models and assumptions on to show commitferent races, reliment and to progious beliefs and Western practices. But we recultures within vide hope,” she Singapore itself.” alize there are many cultural said. Wo r 1 d wi d e, The Centre differences, even between litde is known will study how to take betthe different races, religious about the needs of terminally ill ter care of the beliefs and cultures within 16,000 people patients, Tulsky of the country’s said. Palliative itself.” Singapore care is a relatively population of 4 Dr. Cynthia Goh, director new medical field million who die each year, said and centers have

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Dr. James Tulsky, director of the Center for Palliative Care in Durham and professor of medicine at the Duke Medical Center. Most Asian countries, like Singapore, have concentrated only on responding to the immediate medical needs of its palliative patients, Goh said. In order to improve their care, research must be conducted to address the mental, emotional and familial needs of the aging patients. Goh said she has generated several ideas with other researchers about how best to study the needs of these patients. “One of the ways is to do a followback study of the population which has died, and see where people die, in what

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Although approximately 70 percent of terminally ill patients in Singapore do not receive hospice palliative care, the large percentage is not unique to Singapore or Asia in general, he added. Goh said she hopes the opening of the Centre in Singapore will prompt the foundation of research centers elsewhere to look at different local palliative needs. “I hope [the Lien Centre] will be a center of excellence for research and education in palliative care, and become the catalyst for a research culture among palliative care workers,” she said.

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DEGREES from page 1 daughter Camille Kingsolver, a Duke junior. The book chronicles the family’s first year as “locavores,” eating only food grown by themselves or local farmers in southwestern Virginia. Berry, an essayist, poet and author of more than 40 books, has previously been honored with fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial and Rockefeller foundations as well as a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing advocates environmental protection and draws upon his experiences living on a farm in Kentucky. Gayle is ChiefExecutive Officer and president of CARE, a humanitarian group that fights global poverty, and the first woman and black person to lead the organization’s global poverty reduction efforts. She was named in 2006 as one of“The 50 Women to Watch” by the Wall Street Journal. Goodmon serves as president and chief executive officer of the Capitol Broadcasting Company and as owner of several North Carolina radio and TV stations, including WRAL. The company played a major role in the development of the American Historic Tobacco District in downtown Durham, transforming the old American Tobacco warehouse into a retail and office complex. He attended Duke from 1961 to 1965 but left to enlist in the Navy before receiving a degree. Wald served from 1979 to 1999 as the first woman judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and later rose to the position of chief judge. President George W. Bush previously appointed Wald to die Iraq Intelligence Commission, which was set up in 2004 to investigate U.S. intelligence on weapons of mass destruction preceding the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

DROUGHT from page 1 Other changes caused by the loosened restrictions will not be immediate, said Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services. He said most of the changes Residence Life and Housing Services and the University have made to conserve water are longterm commitments. These strategies included installing low-flow showerheads, toilet flushers, water-efficient laundry machines and hand sanitizers. “Not everybody was using [the hand sanitizers] when we put them in,” Hull said. “We will continue to do that unless someone was to offer a convincing argument.” According to the city’s official Web

site, both ofDurham’s water reservoirs are above full elevation as of April 1. Lim said, however, state climatologists still consider the city to be in a “severe drought.” “They look at a lot more than just reservoir levels,” he said, adding that stream flow and ground water levels, which are still below normal, factor into the evaluation of the drought status. The University has saved more than 50 percent of its typical water use as required by the previous restrictions, said Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services. Duke’s daily water consumption was between 0.6 and 0.7 million gallons at the end of January, down from more than 2 million gallons in August 2007. He added that Duke will continue its commitment to be environmentally friendly. “Water is still a very precious resource,” Dawkins said. “Many of the commitments

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possibly can.” Looking ahead, the city of Durham is petitioning to gain permanent access to two. additional water resources, Teer Quarry and Jordan Lake, Lim said. But Miguel Medina, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Hydrologic Science, said Durham will need an interconnected network of water reservoirs in the long run. He added that such a solution would be expensive, but would be effective in alleviating future droughts. “We would probably be OK for this summer, in the sense that reservoirs are full,” Medina said. “But it might take two to three years of average rainfall to get out of this drought completely.”

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Despite scoring fewer than 30 seconds into the game and breaking even statistically, the seventh-ranked Blue Devils couldn’t overcome No. 12 Notre Dame Thursday, falling to the Fighting Irish, 12-8, to drop their third contest in a row. Although the numbers paint an even picture, Duke (7-4) was unable to achieve any offensive coherence as a 5-0, first-half run from Notre Dame (9-3) proved to be an insurmountable obstacle. The Blue Devils outshot the Fighting Irish, 25-22, the two teams tied on draw controls, and Duke led in ground balls, 1615. Yet, the Blue Devils were rushed in their rhythm and Notre Dame’s 7-3 halftime lead was too much to overcome. “Our gameplan was to slow the ball down,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We didn’t do that. We took shots when we shouldn’t have taken shots, and we weren’t patient on offense at all.” The contest started in Duke’s favor when it gained possession off the first draw. Junior Carolyn Davis held the ball at the top of the arc and nailed a quick pass to freshman Emma Hamm, who finished a shot over the goalie’s right shoulder to take an early lead. The Blue Devils controlled the ball for the next five minutes, dictating the pace of the game. But with 23:43 left in the half, Notre Dame’s Caitlin McKinney wove through a field of Duke defenders to tie the game and kick off a five-goal spurt that spanned 18 minutes to put the Fighting Irish on top, 5-1. In response to the streak, Kimel called a timeout to assess the situation and modify her game strategy. “We had been playing a bit more sagged on them, and once they went on SEE W. LAX ON PAGE 14

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After falling in three consecutive games, the Blue Devils look to turn things around Sunday when they face topranked and undefeated Northwestern (10-0) at 1 p.m. at Koskinen Stadium. The Wildcats, however, have had a full week to prepare and are coming off of three wins over top-20 opponents. Duke has been improving on draw control since earlier in the season, going head to head against Notre Dame with 11 in Thursday’s game, and the Blue Devils will need to continue this trend to be competitive with the threetime defending national champion. “The answer is within ourselves. We’re just looking really hard to find it right now,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “To

play Northwestern, we’re gong to have to do some very different things, because of the way they play defense. That can be good for us—making us do refreshing things on offense and change things up.” Last season, the Blue Devils fell, 17-5, to Northwestern in Evanston, 111. The loss was particularly painful because Duke lost to the Wildcats in the 2006 final four, as well. Northwestern has barely slowed down since winning the tide that year. The Wildcats have trounced teams this season, winning by an average of 13 goals per game. But the Blue Devils remain optimistic. “We’re actually in a great position, because we’re the underdog,” goalie Kim Imbesi said. “There’s absolutely nothing to lose. We’re positive about it. It’s more about us, getting us back to where we need to be and playing well.”

Athletics Joe Alieva’s future at Duke could be determined as soon as today. An official from LSU said the university likely will announce Friday who will be its next athletic director. Alieva, who has served as Duke’s athletic director since 1998,was named one offour finalists for the position Wednesday. LSU Acting Chancellor William Jenkins and President John Lombardi took over the search process Thursday. “More than likely there will be an announcement [Friday],” Charles Zewe, LSU system vice president for communications told The (New Orleans)

Times-Picayune. Lombardi added that reopening the process or appointing a candidate Joe Alieva not named as one of the four finalists was still a possibility. In his public interview with the committee Wednesday, Alieva affirmed his interest intheLSUjob. “I’m here for one reason. I want to be the athletic director at LSU,” Alieva said. Of the four finalists, Alieva is the only one with experience as an athletic director. After being hired in 1998, Alieva was reappointed in 2003 and August 2007. “[Alieva’s] leadership has been critical to our success on and off the field,” President Richard Brodhead wrote in an e-mail to The Chronicle. “I will certainly be talking with him as he considers this important decision.” Alieva returned to Durham Thursday and was unavailablefor comment.

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close to the bottom of the standings. A trip north to face Boston College (13-14, 2-10) in a three-game weekend series in Chestnut Hill, Mass, could be a breath of fresh air from the tough competition Duke FRI-SUN Chestnut Hill, Mass. has faced recently. Eight of the Blue Devils’ last 12 contests have come against teams ranked 17th or better. Duke has epitomized consistency all season, though, sporting one of the nation’s most sound defenses and .

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W.LAX from page 13 that run, we made some adjustments,” said goalie Kim Imbesi, who finished with eight saves. “We were a little more aggressive on them, which was effective. We tried to slide more and pressure them more, and it worked.” Out of the timeout, Duke was able to revitalize itself for two goals—the first from Jess Adam, who rolled the crease from behind the net. Just over a minute later, sophomore Lindsay Gilbride was fouled, garnering a free position. The midfielderbounced a hard shot past goalie Erin Goodman to cut the Fighting Irish lead to 5-3 with a more than three minutes remaining in the period. Notre Dame, however, responded with two more goals as time wound down, putting a damper on Duke’s momentum. In the second period, the Blue Devils were first to score again, but not until nearly six minutes had elapsed. Junior attacker Megan Del Monte curled around the net and dinged a shot off the inside

post for the score, bringing Duke within three. However, the Fighting Irish’s Shaylyn Blaney retaliated with two goals in under three minutes to widen the gap to 9-4 and essentially seal the victory. “Our main problem was in the midfield on transition—rushing, rushing shots,” Imbesi said. “We weren’t doing the simple things. We had the ability to take our time, and we didn’t really use it.” The teams traded goals throughout the rest of the second half, both scoring five in the period. Duke scored two in a row, one from freshman Sarah Bullard and another from Hamm—a quick-stick off a pass from Del Monte to make the score 11-8. But Notre Dame’s initial edge was more than the Blue Devils could take, and as the clock ticked down, the visiting team played keepaway to end the game. “We did pretty well on the draw, we won ground balls and we only had 15 turnovers,” Kimel said. “We didn’t stick to our gameplan offensively. They have a really good offensive team, and we wanted to have the ball more than we did. We weren’t able to create any momentum.”

Seventh-ranked Duke tops Wake Forest No. 7 Duke dominated Wake Forest Thursday at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, topping the Demon Deacons, 6-1. The Blue Devils (13-3, 6-2 in the ACC) swept the three doubles matches to take the afternoon’s first point and never slowed down. Duke beatWake Forest (8-8,4-3) in the first three singles matches to clinch the win with three other matches still in progress. Reka Zsilinszka finished first at third singles, leading the initial set, 5-2, when her opponent retired. Sophomore Jessi Robinson followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win and junior Melissa Mang sealed the win with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win at fourth singles. The Blue Devils round out their home slate April 8 against North Carolina. Blumenherst shoots 1-over at pro tourney With three weeks off between collegiate tournaments, Duke junior Amanda Blumenherst fired a 1-over 73 in the first round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Thursday. Blumenherst’s total placed her in a tie for 29th place, well above the potential cut line. More than 100 golfers teed off at the Mission Hill Country Club. The two-time defending National Player of the Year finished third offive amateurs. Starting on the back nine, Blumenherst made the turn at 2-over with two bogeys. But she found her touch late, carding two birdies on the last three holes to move to

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M.LAX from page 1 They also topped Duke in the 2005 title game. But Johns Hopkins enters Saturday’s contest riding a fourgame losing streak, its longest since 1990. Three of the losses came in overdme—uncharacterisdc defeats for a team that had gone 30-6 in one-goal games since 2001. With another dght contest potendally looming, the way the two teams handle the pressure of a close match will be key. “We haven’t played one since last year,” head coach John Danowski said. “That’s untested waters for u5.... You can simulate it in pracdce somewhat, but until you really get involved in a game, you just don’tknow how your team is going to respond.” After playing from behind for most of last year’s title Hopkins dominated the first half by winning 12-of-16 faceoffs and outshooting Duke 27-12 —the Blue Devils will look to get on the scoreboard early and often. “We’d like to obviously come out to a good start,” Zack Greer said. “It gets everybody more confident, and then we can start rolling from there.”

In its inspired second-half against the Blue Jays last May, Duke won 5-of-10 faceoffs and outshot Johns Hopkins 27-16 en route to its near comeback. The Blue Devils hope to replicate that performance for a full 60 minutes by taking smart shots and winning at least half the draws. The Blue Jays like to use their faceoff proficiency to dominate time ofpossession and slow the game tempo, which starkly contrasts Duke’s preferred run-and-gun style. Duke is also looking to improve its six-on-six defense after a 16-9 win over Dartmouth March 29. Danowski said the Blue Devils gave up too many easy goals against the Big Green, with a few coming off rebounds and during man-down situations. Duke will need to limit those extra goals against the defending national champions if it is going to improve to 410 all-time against Johns Hopkins. And while Danowski and Greer downplayed the team’s desire for redemption, the Blue Devils know they will probably be in for their first tight game since last May, despite the Blue Jays’ recent struggles. “We know that they’re so capable,” Loftus said. “This is no different than if they were undefeated or if they have four losses. Hopkins and Duke is always a great game.”

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withouthoussity. editorial ing Sunday HalfwayBut no one was surprised. formed though the plans for The incident Sunday New West Campus are, they was an honest mistake; the show that the University is hasty decisions taken since making long-term plans for then have exacerbated the student life and housing. issue and continued a patIt’s disappointing that tern of misjudgment and RLHS, a major actor in this arena, lacks similar forepoor response that has become a trademark of RLHS sight; instead they flit from this year. one crisis to another, cobBy Wednesday, vital spebling together rough solucial-needs housing had vantions that often make situaished, male independents tions worse. had been “requested” to The sophomore living exmove —and 16 girls were perience on West Campus, still without beds on West. this University has asserted, Despite student outcry, creates the community that

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community. This fundamental mistake has been compounded by the poor response of RLHS. Though it has since sensibly contacted all junior and senior women on West to request that they move to Central, RLHS initially contacted specific independent males—targeting the wrong group and placing them under unfair pressure by asking them individually. RLHS allocated West Campus housing to all five Few Quadrangle selective living groups but is asking

independents to bear the burden now, thereby deepening the divide between selectives and independents. In its failure to communicate effectively not only with the homeless freshmen, but with all students, RLHS has left students confused, frustrated and disillusioned. As an editorial board, we have criticized RLHS in the past for its lack of transparency, excessive bureaucracy and disregard for the needs ofstudents. We have yet to see improvement or real leadership in any of these areas. Members of next year’s Duke Student Government executive board wrote a letter to the editor Wednesday expressing their discontent with the incompetence of RLHS. Though the letter was

bold, perhaps too much so, their initiative is commendable in this time of crisis, as is Campus Council’s statement

today. If no real leadership is demonstrated by RLHS soon, the University administration must step in to protect the value of student life. Housing policy changes should not be conducted on the fly in response to' logistical emergencies; this area is too integral to the Duke experience for the University to leave it to RLHS. As a University, we—administrators, faculty and students—pride ourselves in our responsiveness, integrity and vision. We hope RLHS learns to do the same—and soon.

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we aspire to be. Even a single sophomore living on Central Campus next year diminishes the value of this experience and undermines the University’s commitment to

campus a number of times before being accepted. Even so, being here and thinking of it as my playground for the next four years was more than enough to perpetuate the ecstasy. I probably don’t even need to be telling you this. Even if Duke was your second, third or fourth choice, you’re probably getting kind of stokedfor the ensuing years—or are at least entertaining the idea of getting stoked after meeting other people. Their stokedom may be rubbing off on you. Stokedom aside, I’m sure it won’t come as a revelation to you guys that Duke is not all sunshine and dogwoods. Seriously, the dogwood flowers only last like two weeks. But damn it if I wouldn’t want to keep the image of the Blue Devil Days version ofDuke in my head for a little while longer—say, for most of my freshman year. I hardly ever picked up The Chronicle during my freshman year, and my ignorance, to be honest, was quite freeing. It wasn’t a conscious choice, but the result allowed me to perpetuate the admittedly ridiculous illusion of Duke as a four-year vacation for a while longer. I didn’t even know the name of the Duke Student Government president until I embarrassed myself by running into him in K-ville while tenting my second semester, If you read this newspaper on any given day, you will likely find stuff about DSC affairs, the incompetence of the Durham Police Department and the seemingly endless aftermath of the lacrosse case. Like any kind of news, this stuff is real and it may pay off to be aware of it. But with that awareness seeps the heavy reality that Duke is now your community and you have a civic responsibility to care about all things Duke. You’re likely to hear advice like “Make it your Duke” and “own it” from President Brodhead and just about anyone else this time of year. But since I’m clearly more trustworthy than President Brodhead, listen to rfte instead: Don’t “own” anything just yet. Keep being a happy kid strolling around this beautiful campus for a little while longer. There’s always time to “own it” later.

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commentaries

Campus Council responds to West housing shortage

response to the current situation in which 58 female members of the Class of 2011 have yet to receive a for the upcoming year, Campus Counmolly merman c ii p ro poses a few guest commentary ..

potential

answers in order to accommodate these displaced students. We are aware of the severity of Residence Life and Housing Services’ mistake and will work with them to prevent a similar problem in the future; however, currently it is most important to develop an appropriate resolution before determining specifically how the problem came to be. By relocating rising sophomore men from Craven to Edens, opening emergency housing and offering female students who had chosen singles on West Camppus a $250 incentive to move to Central Campus, RLHS has found space on West for at least 47 of the 58 girls currently in housing limbo. Because Duke has, in recent history, placed great emphasis on and given precedence to the policy requiring all sophomore students to live on West, Campus Council strongly advises against relocating members of the Class of 2011 to Central and would recognize placement of sophomores on Central only as an ultimate last resort. Alternatively, Campus Council recommends that RLHS take one (or a combination) of the following proposed actions:

Release women in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 who selected a single on West from their housing contract and allow them to move off-campus. •

Allow women in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 who selected a single on West to move to a single-occupancy studio apartment. •

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We also recommend that RLHS continue to offer a one-fouth housing cost incentive in exchange for the inconvenience of moving Allow women in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 who selected a single on West to move to a double-occupancy 1-bedroom (space permitting) or studio apartment. An interested student would be able to request a roommate with whom she would be able to share the apartment. We recommend RLHS let displaced students choose between (1) a onethird housing cost incentive or (2) a one-fourth housing cost incentive, plus guaranteed space at the front of Room Pix 2009. •

Allow women in the Classes of 2009 and 2010 who selected a triple on West to move to a quad apartment that would be reverted to threeperson occupancy. We recommend RLHS let displaced students choose between (1) a one-third housing incentive or (2) a one-fourth housing incentive, plus guaranteed space at the top of the Room Fix 2009. •

Offer the |250 incentive to sophomore males displaced from Craven to Edens in exchange for the inconvenience of •

moving

Allow rising juniors and seniors who will have moved from their original assigned Room Fix ’OB room and all 58 displaced rising sophomores as part of this process the opportunity to relocate to Few when it reopens in Spring 2009. •

We anticipate working with RLHS to implement one (or several) of these solutions and welcome any additional suggestions from the student body.

Molly Bierman, Pratt ’O9, is the president

Campus Council.

Butler generalizes SOCA I was disappointed to read Kristin Buder’s “Nickeled and dimed” article on April 1 with regards to student groups and funding. Her attitude and sweeping generalization of the Students of the Caribbean Association shows how some students are unable to step out of their own comfort zone and try something new during their stay at Duke. The group is called “Students of the Caribbean Association”, NOT “Only Students of the Caribbean Association.” I am not Caribbean, my family ancestry is not Caribbean, and I have only visited a Caribbean country once. Yet, members of SOCA welcomed me my freshmen year when I joined; I have been an active member ever since, and I have never felt intimidated or required to be Caribbean in order to belong. SOCA is open to all students. Our events are open to everyone and help to foster dialogue as well as expose the campus to a culture that is often misrepresented in the media today. Why join a club that is completely foreign to you? Why not. Before coming to Duke, I had never listened to SOCA music, never eaten jerk chicken and I certainly could not tell you all of the countries that make up the Caribbean. I feel very fortunate that I was able to tap into this resource that Duke has and gain knowledge from it. As far as the membership aspect of SOCA goes, we have over 125 individuals on our listserv. It is not fair to judge how m.any people show up at a general body meeting to gauge how effective a group is; people have conflicted schedules all the time that prohibit them from going to every meeting. During our Caribbana carnival this year, we had over 500 people come and sample Caribbean culture. I feel bad that Kristin will never experience what SOCA has to offer. That does not mean that other students won’t benefit from what this vital group has to offer campus.

Bigger than Room Fix

Picking up The Chronicle yesterday and seeing the article “Only 16 freshman remain unhoused” was

disheartening, because that is 16

more than it needs to be. Previous letters and outrage has gone to the Room Pix process and the Residence Life and Housing Services’ policies on housing. But we must not forget that the whole snafu originated from a greater source of irresponsibility and lack of maintenance. To me it rings false that buildings being properly maintained on campus would incubate a fungus that could grow to the extent that it would tear down arguably one of the largest housing centers on Duke’s campus. This problem has led to increased pressure on RLHS and the Room Pix process particularly to accommodate to this mishap that has affected not only juniors and seniors who wish to live on West but even those who are required to live on West. What attracted me to Duke was that I saw—a University that saw the advantage of using space to create a community of both perils and joys beyond the classroom. Even more comforting was that I would be guaranteed this privilege, if I chose to, for all my four years. But sadly, Duke has failed to fulfill this promise. Rather, because of irresponsibility on the behalf of maintaining our externally breath-taking housing, even those who are required to live in the Gothic Wonderland cannot. This article served as another reminder since January that this admissions packet “guarantee” has fallen through (not only for me as a member of a class literally forced off of West, but for a younger class whose future experience on West will be marred by this snafu). I can only help but grieve at what 50 to 75 years of ongoing construction to Central will do to the classes to come (including, hopefully, my children).

Andrew E. George Co-Treasurer, SOCA Trinity ’OB

Ashley Sarpong Trinity ’lO

Our medicines. Our labs. Our responsibility.

One,

there are sick people in the world Two, sick people need medicine. Three, we have medicine. Four, we can make these medicines available to these a. sick people (at no cost to us). Five, sick people get better. waters

Straightforward enough,

timothy richard

bouley

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right? Right. Well, sort of. The basic concepts are easy enough, it’s just number four that can be a little tricky. Duke is one of the leading scientific research institutions in the world, and we devote hundreds of millions of dollars every year to understanding biological pathways and developing new pharmaceutical compounds. With a little luck (and a lot of hard work), our researchers discover and patent new drugs that are then licensed out to large corporations for development and distribution. Because these drugs are often difficult and expensive to produce, the pharmaceutical companies who contract with drug discoverers at Duke build in clauses that guarantee their exclusive privilege to produce the drugs—effectively securing their financial interests and assuring that other companies won’t come along and produce/sell the drug for cheaper. Fair enough. A market-based licensing process for a market-based economy. There is, however, one slightproblem with this current model: the goods are only accessible to those who are capable of contributing to our market.

The fact that market commodities like automobiles, clothing, or furniture produced in America are very expensive to people living in an undeveloped or developing country simply means that they cannot buy them. The same, unfortunately, is true for drugs. The components of drug development: basic science research, clinical trials and meeting stringent safety standards can cost hundreds of millions of dollars for a single drug. As a result, drugs are very expensive to consumers. In America, many are fortunate enough to have insurance to cover the cost of these expensive life-savingtherapies. People who live in poorer countries often don’t have the same luxury. The cost of a single drug may, as for some HIV/AIDS medications, be more than an entire year’s salary. Remember number four from above? “We can make these medicines available to these sick people.” Seems a little more complicated now, doesn’t it? And yet, there is a solution. One, in fact, that even serves the parenthetical “(at no cost to us)” condition. Importantly for us, Duke has a significant role to play. Administrators at Duke have the power to re-examine and renegotiate their licensing agreements with pharmaceutical companies. If Duke were to include licensing conditions that enable the accessibility of our medications to those in needy countries, we would be doing a great service to those who so desperately need these medications. As mentioned previously, the enormously expensive cost of drug development is passed

on to the consumer. The actual production of drugs, however, can be quite cheap. So cheap, in fact, that it can be recouped by distribution in ordinarily outpriced and very poor markets. The development costs, therefore, are picked up by the wealthy consumers, yet access to these essential, often life-saving, medicines are available to everyone. This is more than just the ideal proposition of university students. Several of the world’s leading research institutions, such as the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington, and Oxford University, have adopted policies that serve this very purpose. Our organization, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, is a growing network of faculty, students, and staff at universities around the world that is united in holding our institutions of higher education to greater standards of public health responsibility, and we do this through encouraging improvements in licensing and patent practices to better serve the world’s poor. It is our hope that every major research institution in America and abroad will soon adopt policies that reflect the greater academic commitment to advancing the public good by ensuring the accessibility of essential medicines to those who are most in need.

Timothy A. Bouley, School of Medicine ’ll, and Richard Waters, School ofMedicine ’ll, are members of UniversitiesAllied for

Essential Medicines.

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Duke Student Government recognizes the following individuals for their commitment to improving the quality of student life.

Thank you. Allison King Amy Kirkland Anastasia Maddox Ann Stemmer Babs Wise Beanah Bass-Beatte Brenda Young Brian Crews Brodie Arthur Bryon Moore Carol Faith Carolyn Johnson Cesar Cruz Charles Mitchell Chris Chambers Chris Purcell Chris Roby Christine Gwen Christopher Logan Dr. Benjamin Reese Connie Poole Corey Woodley Crystal Mills Darshanie Prsaud Dean Bryant Dean David Frankel Dean Williams Dean Wilson Deb Hackney Debra Russell

Dedra Taylor Djuana Langly Don Jeffries Donna Lisker Dr. Jennifer Ahern-Dodson Dwayne Nance Eddie Johnson Emma Cropper Eric Smith Frank Brown Fred Holding Harvey Dixon Helen Paylor Ms. Iris Jack Chao Jadrien Hill James Cousin Jane Ray Janie Long

Jeff Jackson Jessica Brinker Jim Slaughter Jonathon Peoples Jorge Rios Joseph Bryan Joyce Williams Juanita Brown

Juanita Johnson Julia Cazares Keith Jones

We also recognize the ten employees who were picked to be on this year*s

Kristin Lobiondo Kyle Fox Larry Moneta Leslie Grinage Linda Capers Linda Evans Loretta Richardson Teri Richmond Juanita Conner Magda Vazquez Marie Singletary Mark Anthony Neal Megh Freeland Melinda Roper Meshach Jackson Michael Hill Michele Rasmussen Mira Trejo Miss Veiola Ms. L Ms. O Nancy Woznicki Nashanda Hardy Nina Ricci Noah Langley Patricia Dixon Patricia Lee Paul Tongsri Pegeen Ryan-Murray Penny Watson

Rafael Perez

Raquel Maldujano Ricardo Robert Hunter Robin James Rodney Leathers Ron Jones Ronald Bullock Samuel Clay Adams Samuel Gbassagee Sean Blackshear Shannon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Sharon Logan Sharron Bradshaw Sheriffe Conley Shiela Curran Susan Stone Suzanne Pierce Teressa Benfield Terry Aiken

Terry Jones Tony Bumphus Tyrone Willis Victor Palomarez Vincent Torrence Francie Sweet Steve Nowicki Whitney Auston Willie Stewart Yolander Albert Zoila Airall

Thank you to the following

individuals/offices/businesses

Duke Excellence Team.

A Special

Wanda Jones Lynda Johnson Eric Newquist Angie Bowes Colleen Scott Wallace Burrows Lupita Temiquel-McMillian Curtis Payne Javon Singletary

Thanks

Excellence Team banquet a tremendous success.

Tonda Parker

The Office of The President Duke University Stores The Office of Student Affairs Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club Duke Athletics Duke Performances Chipotle

Julia Anderson

(Duke University Stores)

and

Jim Wuiforst (Duke Dining)

for making this year's Duke