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A Durham Police Department officer shot a man once in the chest near East Campus at about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday.

The man was taken to Duke University Hospital for treatment, according to a DPD statement. His name and condition were not immediately available.

An officer on the scene said DPD received a call around 3 p.m. about a suicidal male in the left half of a duplex located at 1306 W. Chapel Hill St., approximately eight-tenths of a mile from East Campus.

According to the statement, officers responding to the call found a man who had a shotgun under his chin and refused to drop the weapon. The man entered his apartment and refused to come out.

DPD then dispatched its Hostage Negotiation and Selective Enforcement teams to negotiate with the man. He later emerged from the apartment and pointed a gun at officers. One officer fired a shot, hitting him in the chest, the statement said.

The State Bureau of Investigation and DPD’s Professional Standards Division will investigate the shooting in accordance with standard procedure for shootings involving officers, according to the statement.

Several neighbors said they heard two or three shots but had not seen the shooting.

One man said he heard a shot and saw multiple police vehicles arrive soon afterward.

Other bystanders said they had heard only two shots total.

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Police dosed off West Chapel Hill Street after an officer shot a man in the chestabout a mile from East Campus.

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Attorneys for the three wrongly indicted former lacrosse players filed a complaint Tuesday asking a bankruptcy court to lift the measure that bars the plaintiffs from collecting payments from former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong.

If the “automatic stay” granted by a bankruptcy court in January is removed, the attorneys can proceed with their civil suit against Nifong, who cited more than $lBO million of potential debt at a bankruptcy hearingjan. 15.

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Plaintiffs are asking former Durham DA Mike Nifong to pay debts incurred during thelacrosse case.

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U.S. NEWS AA strands thousands of travelers

WORLD NEWS French fashion fights anorexia

SCIENCE/TECH Government approves cell alerts

DALLAS Business trips and vacations were disrupted for tens of thousands of travelers Wednesday as American Airlines canceled more than 1,000flights—nearly half its schedule—to fix faulty wiring that could cause a short-circuit or even a fire and explosion.

It was the latest—and largest—in a wave of cancellations at major U.S.airlines that have caused long lines at ticket counters and made flying even more stressful than usual.

Executives at American said safety was never compromised, and they suggested the nation's biggest airline was the victim of suddenly stepped-up scrutiny by federal regulators.

American estimated that more than 100,000 travelers were booked on the canceled flights. Many had to scramble to book new flights and were stranded at hotels far from home.

The airline had already scrubbed 460 flights on Tuesday after federal inspectors found problems with wiring work done two weeks ago, during the first set of shutdowns.

PARIS Key members of the French fashion industry signed a government-backed charter Wednesday aimed at fighting anorexia and promoting healthy body images.

The document, backed by the Health Ministry, asks signatories to work toward "a diversity of body representations"and "not to show images of people that could help promote a model of extreme thinness."

The international fashion industry faces criticism for stressing the super-thin look.

Global concerns about anorexia have grown since the reportedly anorexia-related deaths of several South American models in 2006.

Federal regulators apWASHINGTON proved a plan Wednesday to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.

Recently, text messages have exploded in popularity, particularly among youth. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billion messages are sent monthly.

The plan stems from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires upgrades to the nation's emergency alert system.The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.

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ENTERTAINMENT Ex-Miss Nevada takes plea deal

BANGKOK, Thailand Fifty-four illegal migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a seafood truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled to the popular resort island of Phuket, police said Thursday.

An additional 47 workers survived the incident late Wednesday in Ranong province and flagged down police for helpy police Col. Kraithong Chanty-one were hospitalized while med for questioning, he said.

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Nowicki seeks Senate's feedback on 'New Campus' by

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Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki presented the new plans for Central Campus at Wednesday night’s Duke Student Government meeting in an effort to receive feedback from senators.

Nowicki said he was interested in soliciting students’ opinions for the planning of what he refers to as “New Campus.”

“I think that everyone understands that to do this right we need to consult the students,” he said.

To ensure that student input is involved in the University’s new plans, Nowicki proposed the idea of task forces comprised of groups of five to six students. He added that he hopes to assemble these task forces before the semester ends. He also sought student opinion at an open .meeting Tuesday, which only five students attended.

The plans—which were unveiled March 4—are not for a separate third campus, but rather are a continuation ofWest Campus, Nowicki said. He added that this is not a 50-year plan as some have speculated, but instead it is approximately a five-year plan.

“When you come back for your fifth-year reunion this will all be done and in fact a little dusty,” he said.

The plans will create five different neighborhoods, which will consist of a West Union District, a Gothic Neighborhood, a New Edens Neighborhood, a Garden Neighborhood and an Arts District. Although Nowicki said different neighborhoods should

contribute differently to campus life, he noted that dining facilities and social spaces should exist in all neighborhoods.

He added that he anticipates students will care about this long-term project for numerous reasons.

“Duke students love Duke in general and want to make a difference,” he said. “This is also a great opportunity for students to get involved and work with a famous international architectural firm. A third reason to get involved is that these plans are going to start impacting students right away.”

In other business: The Senate passed a resolution presented by Diya Co-president Shawn Kwatra, a senior and member of The Chronicle’s independent editorial board, to expand South Asian Studies at Duke. The resolution, written by the Duke South Asian Studies Initiative, calls for a South Asian Studies certificate, major, minor and Focus program. The resolution also aims to establish a Center for South Asian Studies that will resemble the structure of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life.

Student Affairs Senator Will Passo, a freshman, told senators that Duke was one of the schools still in the running to host a concert to raise awareness on climate change as a part of the Live Earth campus concert series.

“This [selection] will be based on how environmentally interested the students are,” he said.

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SHOOTING from page 1 One onlooker said he saw a shirtles's man, whose chest was covered in blood, being removed on a stretcher after an ambulance arrived on the scene.

Officers initially blocked off two houses, including the house where the incident occurred, at the corner of Chapel Hill and Brewster streets. As bystanders gathered, police extended their blockade to cover the full block of Chapel Hill Street from Maplewood Avenue to Brewster Street.

In addition to 10 to 15 marked and unmarked police cars, DPD’s Mobile Substation was parked near the house, and its armored rescue vehicle was also on the scene. The house is slightly more than a half mile from DPD’s Chapel Hill Street headquarters.

Neighbors said the man lived alone, adding that they believed two Duke students reside in the other half of the duplex. It was not immediately possible to verify the identity of the residents.

DPD Public Information Officer Kammie Michael was not available for comment.

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PROTEST from page 1 Olympic Games and politics and said their purpose was to tell the truth and to counteract damage they said has been done by the media. Some supporters of the Chinese cause chanted, “One world, one dream, one China,” a modification ofthe Beijing Olympic Games’ motto, “One world, one dream.”

Proponents and opponents also passed out hundreds of fliers and CDs in attempts to reveal what each side considered the truth, which led to verbal disputes.

“A lot ofChinese nationalists have come to counterprotest,” Cordero said. “They’ve been singing the Chinese national anthem. I said, ‘God bless America’ and they all booed me. I yelled out, ‘Liberty and justice for all,’ and they called me a liar.”

Baldel Lobsang, a Tibetan monk from Indiawho arrived in the United States last week, said although he opposes the Chinese government, he still feels love for the Chinese people.

“This is not peace,” he said, gesturing toward the Chinese protesters. “I’m not surprised. I always see this in my country.”

Weiss, who was escorted from the crowd because of safety concerns, said he was protesting for human rights, freedom of religion and the right to speak any language. He arrived on West Campus just after 7 p.m. shirtlessand carrying a Tibetan flag.

“I don’t know if most Duke students know about this issue—even know that it’s a big deal anymore,” he said.

“I want people to know what is going on in Tibet, what kind of human rights abuses are going on by the Chinese government, and I believe that it’s a personal issue because I’m very interested in this culture.”

Officials from the Office of Strident Affairs were present at the event, but said they were not aware that the Chinese protesters would be at the vigil until Wednesday morning.

“For me it was gratifying to see there was intelligent dialogue, and I just wish there were more of that,” said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta. “I was happy that once the protest and counterprotest sort of went down there were actually pockets of very real conversation. For me that’s the best thing that could possibly happen.”

Many students said peaceful debates and negotiations are in order. Zhizhong Li, a graduate student in molecular cancer biology who works with the Duke Chinese Student and Scholar Association, said a panel discussion about the issue will take place next week.

Lisa Du and Nancy Wang contributed to this story.

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NIFONG from page 1 Nifong intentionally harmed Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, during the proceedings in the lacrosse case, his debts to them—totaling $3O million for each plaintiff—cannot be discharged. The attorneys’ claim is based on federal bankruptcy laws.

“Nifong’s liabilities to plaintiffs arise from willful and malicious injury,” the motion reads, listing Nifong’s fab-

rication of evidence, tampering with witnesses and inflammatory statements throughout the trial as proof of his intent. “These liabilities are non-dischargeable under [United States Code].”

In February, a federal court bankruptcy administrator, Michael West, made a recommendation to a judge stating that Nifong’s income was too high for his bankruptcy protection to hold.

West, however, reversed his statement March 21 after Nifong’s attorney reclassified Nifong’s debt, which raised the income ceiling for the filing and confirmed that Nifong’s bankruptcy claim was not an abuse.

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Drummer-producer spills on state of Spoon Over the past decade, Spoon has entrenched itself as one of alternative music’s consistent powerhouses. Led by singer-songwriter Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, they released sixth album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga to almost universal praise last July, landing on countless best-oflists and at number 10 on the Billboard 200. recess staff writer Kevin Lincoln recently spoke with Eno about the band and his dual role as producer and musician.

It seems like you hive a history with the Triangle area, seeing as you went to school at North Carolina State and Spoon signed with Merge, which is based out of Chapel Hill. Do you guys have an any connections to Durham and/or Duke that we shouldknow about?

Well, I used to go to either Durham or Chapel Hill to go out, and I think I saw a couple of basketball games there too. But other than that, like family or anything else, I think it’s really just the Merge thing.

So you’re playing at the Carolina Theatre here, which is a large, seated theatre. How is playing something like that different from playing a show at a smaller club?

Well, usually people will stand up even if it’s seated, so it’s not too bad. We prefer getting really close to the crowd. But I’m look-

home. And he reads to his kids over the phone and they just follow along in the book.’ I actually do that a lot, it’s a pretty good idea. Any dads I know touring, I tell them that little trick. Kids are tough to talk to on the phone, so you can always read them stories.

Lately, Fve noticed that the drums are bigger in a lot of different bands. I know a lot of recent bands, like Vampire Weekend, Liars, the National, have had very drum heavy sounds. Have you noticed that?

That’s a really good question.

I haven’t really thought about that before, but I think you’re probably right. I’ve been getting into MGMT, and that was produced by Dave Fridmann. His drums are just big and crazy, but it’s got a couple of really great dance songs on it.

How does producing other people’s music and having your own studio compare with actually making the music yourself?

Well, it’s a different thing.

When you’re being a producer, a lot of times you move the project ahead, you’re trying to make people feel really confident about what they’re doing, trying to pull good performances out of them. at

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ing forward to the show, it should be pretty good.

Yeah, it’s a great bill too [with the Walkmen and White Rabbits].

Have you guys started touring with those guys yet?

No, we leave tomorrow actually, I’m doing laundry right now to try and get ready. .

Excellent, that’s exciting.

(Laughs) Rock ’n‘ roll man.

I got a really bizarre answer to this question from Stephen Malkmus, and I’m curious to hearwhat you have to say about it. How does being the father of a young child affect your music and your duties as a member of a band like Spoon?

Well, I get homesick. I was in Australia, Japan and New Zealand, and that was like four weeks

and that’s just a really, really long time. But I tend to try and call home often. The other thing I do I actually learned from the Tommy Lee, Motley Crue book, which is all about debauchery—it’s insane stuff. But, near the end Tommy Lee has some kids and he’s like, ‘The best thing I’ve ever learned was I buy two books, take one on the road with me and leave one

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The 1994 South African election under universal suffrage marked the end of a long period of struggle against apartheid.

It has only been 14 years since the country shifted to democracy, but already much has changed within the South African landscape—not just for the country itself, but also for the artists portraying it.

Then & Now: Eight South African Photographers captures the changing tide of South Africa and beyond, before and after this monumental transition. It is a powerful collection of 160 photographs from the eight artists, who each contributed 20 prints, 10 made under apartheid and 10 post-democracy.

This exhibit is the vision of South African photographer and Paul Weinberg, who previously taught photography in the Center for Documentary Studies and is now the Curator at the Centre for Curating the Archive at the University ofCape Town.

Weinberg was one of the founding members of Afrapix, a South African collective photo agency, back in 1982. For nine years, the artists worked to capture the struggles of life in South Africa. Now, Weinberg wants to reunite its members through this exhibit.

Karen Glynn, the Visual Materials Archivist for the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, worked with Weinberg to bring Then & Now to Duke’s campus. Before being showcased here, it

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Then & Now, an exhibit showing at Duke, explores the lives of South Africans during and after apartheid.

premiered in Grahamstown, South Africa in Sept. 2007.

Glynn feels the exhibit not only brings together a great body of work, but also documents the diverse range of interests present in each photographer’s works. “[Weinberg] wanted to pull their body of work together so that for the first time, in one retrospective, [he can] show what

these people had done as a group and how the lives of the photographers have changed post-apartheid because they are no longer struggle photographers,” Glynn said. “You can see how they moved out with freedom to explore different voices and different expressions ”

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Downtown Durham bustled with activity all weekend long as film fanatics swarmed the Bull City for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

In its eleventh year, the festival drew record numbers with early receipts estimating over 29,000 tickets sold, up over 2,000 from the previous year.

“Full Frame 2008 was a huge success,” said Peg Palmer, executive director of Full Frame, in a press release. “The Festival hosted an eclectic audience of filmmakers and film lovers from all over the world who were completely engaged with our program. I am especially proud of-the continuous effort of our staff, the dedication of our volunteers and the commitment of our audience.”

David Paletz, co-chair of the selection committee and chair of Duke’s Film/ Video/Digital program, said he attributes this rise in attendance to the addition of Weaver Auditorium at the Durham School of the Arts as a venue.

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Durham, N.C.—Wednesday evening Duke University took center stage in a veritable grudge match of global proportions.

Countering a Tibetan support rally, throngs of Chinese students and supporters crowded the Chapel branding signs showing, “One World, One Dream, One China.” While Tibetan supporters wished to express their desire for religious and territorial autonomy, Chinese students argued against a biased portrayal by Western media and supported nationalist solidarity.

Despite sparking campus-wide debate, the two sides failed solve the China-Tibet issue. After hours of peaceful protest, the contest remained a hopeless stalemate. Duke officials, hoping to light a little fire under this conflict resolution, decided to invite champions from both sides to the most American form of debate: the cage match.

Asian action superstar and famed funnyman Jackie Chan arrived to champion the Chinese cause. Red and gold confetti streamed around the chapel stairway, photos flashed and Iron Man Chan prepared to leg sweep a life-sized cardboard statue of the Dalai Lama as, with a flash and a bang, his Holiness himself exploded onto the scene. Wreathed in 1,000 floating Buddhas, robes swirling in a sudden gale of awed gasps, he bowed to the crowd.

The combatantscircled each other, Dean Sue pressed a secret button and wroughtiron bars erupted from the ground just as referee MillsLane arrived to officiate.

With a smile Jackie declared, “I may be Mr. Nice Guy, but if we Rumble in Triangle I will get First Strike.”

The Dalai Lama smiled, “We must recognise that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.”

“Enough mumbojumbo, let’s get it on!” roared Mills Lane, and the fight was afoot.

True to his word, Jackie opened with a rabbit punch to the Dalai Lama’s head.

Shaking his hand and mouthing ‘ouch’ he then pulled a ladder, three live chickens and a pool noodle out of nowhere and began swirling them around his self. His Holiness tucked into a monkey flip as the first two chickens flew by. He caught the third in midair and began to pet it as he pulled feed from his pocket.

An astonished Chan whirled the noodle in a low arc and sprang forward. As the noodle connected with the Lama it exploded into sunlight and butterflies as the sound of a million innocent children laughing filled the quad.

Humbled by the gendeness of the monk Jackie dropped the fireman’s ladder and bowed. The Lama returned the gesture while Mills Lane wept a single tear.

When asked to comment on the event, ex-feathereight prizefighter and current Duke President Richard Brodhead was quoted as saying, “Why back in my more limber days I’d have taken the whole lot to the floor. Drunken Kermit style for the win.”

—Alex Wan

Note. The entire protest has me in a tizzy and I am not even sure what a tizzy is.

Many people are protesting the Western media’s portrayal of China, especially nearing the 2008 Olympic Games. I can agree that the media has been overly critical of China and sympathetic to Tibetan separatists.

However, that rational argument ofpeace and unity during the games is obscured by the seemingly nationalist approach to the counter-protest.

Screaming chants of “Liars” and trying to cover the Tibetan supporters with giant Chinese flags is an infantile form of protest. Furthermore, the more peace-oriented side ofthe counter-protestors should have renounced and pushed out the ridiculous propaganda that some students were handing out.

The argument about Tibetan independence is much larger than the Dalai Lama, so attacking him with fliers about his tenuous

connections to sketchy individuals obfuscates the real debate. Propaganda (from both sides) really degenerates the debate into nothing more than a competition of hyperbole.

Furthermore, acts of solidarity, such as singing the Chinese national anthem and ominous-sounding slogans like “One World.

One Dream. One China,” make it hard to separate an anti-biased media, pro-unity argument from a pro-communist, pro-blind patriotism argument —especially to non-Chinese outsiders.

However, we in the media (maybe less so recess) can recognize and admit our antiChina bias that stems from our Cold War reporting on Russia and Cuba and work more to truly living up to journalistic neutrality.

We got to take China’s good (economic freedom and progress) and China’s bad (massive murders and human rights violations) and then we’ll have the facts of life.

—Vanin Leila, Editor

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You can expect recent photojournalism focusing on places of conflict to be abruptly gory and viscerally violent with its unflinching portrayal of blood and denot usually calmingly serene. Ami Vitale’s photos break this visual precedent. On display now at Durham’s Through This Lens gallery, the exhibit Full of Grace features Vitale’s work. Her art depicts everyday life under difficult circumstances, emphasizing the beauty of locales such as Kashmir and Africa, places that are typically presented to Western audiences only in terms of their danger and deterioration.

Consisting of large, vibrantly colored digital photographs,, the exhibit is particularly noteworthy in light of the fact that the photographs do not typify the artist’s work as a whole. Her overall repertoire actually contains many pieces that depict the harsh and brutal realities of war. Take for example a photograph taken in Kashmir displayed on her Web site, which features the hands and arms of locals reaching into a pool of blood to drag the body of a Kashmiri boy out of the street. The contrast between that photograph, and a work endtled “Shikara on Dal Lake,” featured in the exhibit, epitomizes the mood of the gallery’s show. The image displays a man in a small boat, floating in an expanse of deep blue water, with the. early morning sun illuminating the heavy mist. Paired with the blatant serenity of the photo, the capdon adds a note of subtle, underlying peril, reading, “Gunshots and other signs of fighting could be heard echoing through nearby mountains.”

Vitale’s conscious desire to focus on the calm, daily life of people living in often sensationalized strife-ridden regions greatly influenced the ultimate selection of works to be included in the show.

“Some of the [images] that she had initially sent she later decided really weren’t appropriate,” said Roylee Duvall, the director of Through This Lens. “There was one where what appeared to be a picture partially burned Koran was on the ground ...

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The exhibit Full of Grace, featuring the work of Amy Vitale, focuses on the common humanity ofindividuals. ...

and [Vitale] said, ‘You know, I don’tfeel

good about showing that picture at the gallery because I have such bad memories of all the things that were going on. I don’t feel like it would really be appropriate to include with this group of pictures.”’

The works Vitale did choose to show often focus on the basic and universal humanity of her subjects. An image endded “Kashmir” depicts a woman’s face at close range, framed by the ornately carved opening of a cement fence. The piece, though ostensibly taken under journalistic circumstances, comes across as an intentional portrait of the woman and her clearly conveyed distress rather than a testimonial of the surrounding events.

Vitale’s obvious empathy with the people she captures in her art can be partially attributed to the great deal of time she spends living in the locales that she portrays. In 2001, Vitale spent six months in a remote African Village in Guinea Bissau, an experience that Duvall credits with her ability to successfully convey a visual connection with her subjects.

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and actually lived in an African village,” Duvall said. “To be able to do that, you have to have compassion for the people, and you have to essentially make yourself a part of. those surrounding you. Only someone who loves humanity is able to do that.”

Vitale’s deep affection for the residents is exemplified by the picture that shares the same title as the show. Bearing some of the least resemblance to popular conceptions of a journalistic image, Full of Grace depicts a man embracing his camel’s head, his devotion to the animal starkly apparent. The overall sense is one of everyday contentment and attainable happiness.

It is fitting that the title spurs viewers to connect the photograph with the entire exhibit, as it aptly represents Duval’s broad characterization of the collection: “By showing these works, [Vitale’s] just saying that even in this horrible world there is still a lot of beauty.”

Full of Grace is currently on exhibit at Through This Lens, a fine arts gallery located at 303 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham. The exhibit will be on display through May 6.

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Peter Shaffer’s theatrical classic Amadeus has enthralled audiences through a tale of jealousy, madness and the struggle for redemption. Written in 1979 and adapted to film in 1984—where it won eight Academy Awards—the original play has proven to be as timeless as any of Mozart’s operas. The play is now being performed by the PlayMakers Repertory Company.

Presented as a flashback by the lead qharacter/narrator Antonio Salieri, played

by Ray Dooley, the story begins in the winter of 1823 where an aged Salieri has descended into mental instability. Crying out “Mozart!,” Salieri opens his performance by bemoaning his guilt and his past demons.

For the enjoyment of the audience, these ghosts are wonderfully presented as lit' eral shadowy figures haunting Salieri from backstage. As the scene unfolds, their number increases, a feature that becomes striking every time they hiss “Salieri!” and are momentarily lit up. This visual sets the tone of the play, one that highlights Salieri’s desperate urgency to vindicate himselfagainst Mozart in his own mind.

Taking the stage with an almost sardonic sense ofhumor that persists, the old man begins, his narrative by invoking the ghosts of the future who are surprisingly represented by the audience. Upon achieving that objective —designated by the lighting of the theater—Salieri suddenly transforms into a much younger man and launches into his story. This is the first of many cuts that feel more cinematic than theatrical. “[This play] is not strictly naturalistic,” Dooley said. “[ln Shaffer’s writing] we are starting to see the evidence of the influence of film.”

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FULL FRAME from page 1 This year’s festival had over 100 screenings and Paletz estimated over 1,300 submissions. Additionally, major documentaries like Boogie Man, the story ofLee Atwater, architect of George H. W. Bush’s presidential campaign and a significant influencer on modern politics, made their world premiere in Durham.

The two big winners at this year’s festival were Man on Wire and Trouble the Water. Man on Wire, winner of the Special Jury and Full Frame Audience awards, tells the story of Frenchman Philippe Petit who staged elaborate high-wire acts in major cities. Trouble on the Water presents a different tone, following two Katrina survivors in the immediate aftermath of the storm.

Unlike past years in which major themes such as the war in Iraq have dominated the festival, this year saw no emergent themes. Paletz did, however, noted certain trends among most documentaries that were true among Full Frame’s films, Trouble the Water being a prime example.

“Documentarians most all have social consciences, so there’s a lot offilms like that,” he said.

Full Frame Fellow Ashley Anwar added that this social consciousness evinces the significance of these films, which is unique to a documentary festival.

“They’re all really interesting and they create an important dialogue,” Anwar said.

In addition to the films, Duke and Durham get good press. Duke, a leading presenter along with The New York Times, sponsors many of the awards and a fellowship program for undergraduates. Many Duke faculty.members also serve on the Full Frame board in varying capacities.

Students in some film classes are also granted passes to some of the screenings. Paletz said that the end result of all of Duke’s involvement in the festival is beneficial to the whole university.

Perhaps the biggest benefit, however, goes to the filmmakers.

“I think what happens is that people come, and they see other documentaries and they see there are other things they can do,” Paletz said. “People who come to full frame see that there are a variety of ways of making documentaries, so their documentary vocabulary grows.”

In the end, Paletz said he feels the best part is the films themselves. ~

filmbrief With the Full Frame Documentary Festival now over, it would seem Hollywood has shifted its eyes back to the west coast, but Durham is continuing to play host to some of the most unique film events in the country.

On April 14 and 15, the Screen/Society branch of Duke’s Film/Video/Digital program will host screenings of Fragments of Conversations With Jean-Luc Godard and Bergman’s Island, two rarely seen documentaries about famed film directors. Both films are considered hallmarks for their presentation of two elusive and legendary filmmakers.

Ingmar Bergman is considered one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century, and the Bergman film is significant given the director’s reclusive behavior and unwillingness to grant interviews. This film presents a rare opportunity to see him at the end of his life and is the condensed version of a three-hour TV mini-series shown in Europe.

Meanwhile, the Godard film about the famous French director focuses mostly taken from Godard’s residency at a French film school.

The films also do not have U.S. distributors, making it very rare to find a screening of them in the States. In fact, Screen/Society Program Coordinator Hank Okazaki said

he spent approximately six months seeking the rights to Island. He added that both films have rarely been shown in the U.S., especially outside of major cities.

“For people who are interested in the highlights ofEuropean cinema, they might be interested in both of these films,” Okazaki said.

Moreover, the films fit into two series Screen/Society is sponsoring this semester: Fragments, directed by Alain Fleischer and part of the Arts in Focus: Documentary Films ofAlain Felischer series, and Island, part of the Celebrating Ingmar Bergman series.

The films shown earlier in the semester as a part of both series have not been well attended. FVD Chair David Paletz said he sees these films as an opportunity for Duke students to be exposed to two prolific filmmakers and expand their knowledge of film in general.

“It probably says something about how much more we need to do on film education at Duke that we don’t have Griffith full for those films,” Paletz said. “It’s a rare opportunity for students to see those films.”

—Andrew Hibbard

Fragments of Conversations With Jean-Luc Godard will screen Monday, April 14 at 7p.m. in Griffith Theater. Bergman’s Island will screen thefollowing day, Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in Griffith Theater. Both events are sponsored by Screen/Society and more information is available at fud.aas.duke.edu.

SHINE A LIGHT DIR. M. SCORSESE PARAMOUNT VANTAGE

����� If there’s a Viagra for the ego, Mick Jagger’s taking it.

Shine a Light, Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese’s concert doc on the Rolling Stones, gives audiences yet another reason to idolize these gods of rock. Having overcome addiction, divorce and anything taboo, it is clear that everlasting stardom was in store for these classic rock rebels ever since Jagger and Richards’ days as primary school classmates. With Shine a Light, Scorsese reminds us iust how mind-blowing the boys continue to be.

From “jumpin’ jack Flash” in Mean Streets to his use of “Gimme Shelter” in both GoodfelldS SP.d The Departed, Scorsese has looked to the music of the Rolling Stones inspiration for his films since the beginning of his career. Thus, with this knowledge and the success of past Scorsese documentaries, such as No Direction Home, a chronicle of the life of Bob Dylan, and TheLast Waltz, a film account of the final concert of The Band, it is clear that a film like Shine a Light has always been on his agenda.

Named after the song on their 1972 album Exile on Main Street, Shine a Light is first and foremost a concert film.

Scorsese has masterfully juxtaposed the youthful cheek of several early Stones interviews with up-close and personal footage from two performances on the band’s 2005 Bigger Bang tour. To achieve this, some 17 cameras were set up inside New York City’s Beacon Theater, and the rest was left to Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie. The result is an exhilarating exposition of the true Stones-in-concert experience and a reminder of just how talented this foursome continues to be, both as musicians and performers.

The 22-song set list includes notorious tracks such as “Brown Sugar”, “Tumbling Dice” and “Sympathy for the Devil,” as well as collaborations with guest artists such as Jack White, Buddy Guy and, brace yourselves for this one fans, Christina Aguilera. Needles to say, Aguilera, as well as the others, more than hold their own wailing alongside these legends who are, quite literally, disintegrating with every strum of their guitars.

Shine a Light is a true must-see for Stones fans and even the inexcusable euro-techno enthusiasts among us.

—Emily Ackerman ™

LEATHERHEADS DIR. G. CLOONEY UNIVERSAL

����� Rarely does one find a movie that knows exacdy what it wants to be and successfully achieves its goal. In a day when movie-makers try to attach any and every film to some deeper meaning of life, Leatherheads provides a sigh ofrelief.

The aging Dodge Connelly (George Clooney, who also directs) captains a struggling football team of misfits in the pre-NFL 19205. In order to attract a wider audience, Connelly petitions Princeton football heartthrob and WWI hero Carter Rutherford (The Office s John Krasinksi) to leave school and play for the Duluth Bulldogs. While waiting to meet Rutherford, Dodge starts to flirt with the fiery Lexie Litdeton (Renee Zellweger), who happens to be a newspaperjournalist assigned to get the inside scoop about Carter’s wartime days.

Carter joins the team, Lexie follows him for her story and Dodge grins happily in the hopes of acquiring some national recognition and financial stability. However, both

Carter and Dodge quickly fall for Lexie. Subsequendy, Dodge becomes jealous of the attention Carter receives—-

spots on billboard advertisements and adoration from love-struck high school girls—and the pompous authority he assumes on the team. firecracker banter between Zellweger The nuick-witted.

I' O and Clooney is the real pleasure of the film. The two Oscar winners help to provide both amusement and nostalgia, successfully transporting the audience to the age of speakeasies and bar fights. The film also features the power of the newspapers of the era, a time when someone like Carter—he’s “good for the country... a war hero!”—can easily rise to iconic status. Krasinski doesn’t stray far from the Jim Halpert-everyman personality, but it fits perfecdy as Carter’s story unfolds.

Football fanatics seeking an inspiring or educational trip to the early days of the sport, beware. The game sequences are filled with comic plays and dangerous tackles, an homage to the unrestrained, crowd-pleasing beginnings offootball.

Leatherheads is light and breezy and leaves you with exactly what you expected —a half grin on your face and a slight ache for the past.

—Charlie McSpadden '

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Familiar fans will delight in rock sound tinged with Gothic Cave’s creative expansion of his elements characteristic of punk the Bad Seeds. Dig, however, is already unique sound. However, by no means a tired attempt to newcomers might take offense recycle an old sound. With wail- to the hard-hitting, grainy music coupled with controversial lyrics ing guitar overtones, mellowedout vocals and the occasional and general macabre. Nonetheincorporation of piano, the less the lyrics themselves deserve album fuses psychedelic dissoat least a second listen to fully nance with the raw energy of appreciate their multi-layered unprocessed rock ’n‘ roll. meaning. Overall, the album What really keeps Cave demonstrates a level of matucoming back though, are his rity characteristic of such an aclyrics. Complex themes of recomplished artist. But like the ligion, love and mythology majority of Cave’s work, Dig!!! paired with morbid humor set Lazarus Dig!!! is not for the faint Cave’s music apart from popuof heart. lar contemporaries. The title —Mary Conyers Tucker

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graphic of people who overlap in the Venn diagram of “those who like jazz vocalists” and “fans of renowned 20th century poetry” will have something to do. On Sunday, Duke Performances will present legendary jazz singer Nnenna Freelon’s lyrical rendition of the

poetry of Mari Evans. The performance promises to be a heartfelt interpretation of some of the most passionate and insightful work of the influential poet.

Freelon, a six-time Grammy nominee and a former Durham resident, has become one of the most well-respected names in jazz. Over her celebrated career, Freelon has collaborated with jazz greats Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles among others.

The inspiration for her latest project came after being introduced to Mari Evans’ poetry by her son, who was once a student in Evans’ class. Freelon quickly became interested in both the

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����� If someone ever made a Mount Rushmore for early 1990 s alternative rock music, R.E.M. would fit nicely next to the Counting Crows and Radiohead. And while all of these bands probably have their best days behind them, each has released new albums this year. The most recent addition is R.E.M.’s Accelerate, the group’s 14th studio album and latest in a career that spans 25 years.

Of course, any R.E.M. production comes rife with politically loaded lyrics. When discussing Accelerate, lead vocalist Michael Stipe admitted that, “When the empire is going down the toilet, it’s easy to write great, angry songs.” Indeed, many of die tracks seem to disintegrate into diatribes about the current political climate.

On “Man-Sized Wreath,” Stipe sings about the “pageantry of injustice lined up in front of me.” In “Houston,” the band comments that “if the storm doesn’t kill me, the government will.” Finally, “Until the Day Is Done” begins with the warn-

ing that “the verdict is dire, the country’s in ruins.”

Yet, despite the band’s politi-

cal motivations, Accelerate s best work comes when the group ditches their agenda and chooses to sing about the less important issues we all face. “Living Well Is the Best Revenge” is an up-tempo, guitar-driven track about, well, I’m not really sure yet. The highlight of the album comes in the first single, “Supernatural Superserious,” which becomes an ode to the teenage universal of humiliation, exaggeration and general awkwardness. Here, rather than bemoaning the injustices of the modern world, Stipe simply advises his listeners “to enjoy yourself with no regrets.” The song comes as a welcome change to the tone of the album.

While a definite improvement over their previous disappointing release, Accelerate is unlikely to go down as the band’s best work. And in clocking in at just under thirty-five minutes, there isn’t even much time to enjoy Accelerate. But what is there goes to show that, even in the late stages of their career, R.E.M. is staying true to their roots.

—Jordan Axt

Once upon a time there was a chick in this sort-of iconic band thatyou may have heard of. Fortunately, the story didn’t end there for Breeders’ frontwoman Kim Deal. During the final years of the Pixies and after their breakup, headstrong Deal has been giving ’em hell on her own accord.

The Breeders’ first single, “Cannonball,” made it on the Billboard chart, and the album Last Splash went platinum in ’93.

Since then, though, they’ve suffered lineup changes and other

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Soon, she asked the renowned poet for permission to set her words to music.

The result will be unveiled this Sunday, a performance that will feature a musical rendition of five of Evan’s poems. Freelon will also perform a poem she has written herself. Accompanying Freelon in her performance will be the Mallarme Chamber Players, an award-winning ensemble based in Durham. This combination of jazz vocals and chamber music will only add to the eclectic and diverse theme of the event.

Evans, who will be in attendance for Freelon’s performance, will also be giving a free reading of her work on Monday at the North Carolina Central University’s School of Education.

In addition to Freelon’s performance, the Sunday concert will also include a Mallarme Chamber Players rendition of Erwin Shulhoff s Concertino as well as Serenade for Mallarme, an earlier piece written by Pulitzer-prize winner Robert Ward.

Nnenna Freelon and the Mallarme Chamber Players will be performing on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Tickets are $2O for the general public, $5 for students.

troubles, unfortunately making Mountain Battles only their second album in 15 years.

The Breeders take from an array of worldly matters for this album, yet still somehow mold each track into their own likeness even when singing in Spanish. “Overglazed” introduces us to the epiphany that is to come as Deal repeats “I can feel it,” like she’s just awoken to some life-changing realization. “Night of Joy” is a dreamy number, with lyrical guitars floating around Kim’s breathy vocals. The drumcircle feel of “Istanbul” is a mysterious departure from the signature sound, but is still subdued, and simmers under the surface of the Deal sisters’ tribal shouts.

“Walk It Off’ and “It’s the Love” are poppy, hit-single material, while “German Studies” is the only dud, mainly because poorlyarticulated German just gets old after a while.

For those of you that have missed the Breeders in the past decade, don’t fear, they're back in almost the same condition that they left us in. Even though Kim and sister Kelley are the only remaining original members, they’ve packaged and freeze-dried their sound to withstand the test of time. Kim is the common denominator here and the rest of the band is still as adept as ever at catering to her.

Just add water.

—Stefanija Giric

scope than any other track, with heat-beat-like drumming and stripped-down guitars. Consequently, the track feels out of place among the other, less portentous songs.

Although they are often compared to alt-rock contemporaries the Arcade Fire, Tapes ’n Tapes lack their extensive, arcane sound as well as their pretension.

Instead of a concerted effort to write “the best album of the year,” Walk It Off is the product of a band with a thousand different conceptions of who they want to be —none of which are fully fleshed out. Instead of being

dead-set on a particular sound, they seem willing to shift the tone and arrangement between nearly every track. Listening to all of the songs consecutively is like reading an anthology of short stories where each could have been written by a different author.

In an industry were every act seems to have an expiration date, Tapes ’n Tapes seems unconcerned with finding their niche.

But like a child that wants to be everything when he grows up, Tapes ’n Tapes must choose a particular style that suits them or else wind up with nothing at all.

—Alex Fankuchen

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����� Walk It Off, the sophomore album by the Minneapolis quartet Tapes ’n Tapes, might appropriately be considered the archetypical indie-rock album. It tries a little of everything but comes off as more spontaneous than premeditated. At some times manic, at others forlorn, the album is constandy preoccupied with its own emotion.

Some tracks, like “Hang Them All,” are reminiscent of the Black Keys with their angular riffs, jilted tempo and low-fi production values. Vocalist Josh Grier uses the falsettos and yelps that are in vogue among groups like Band of Horses and Modest Mouse. While these aural acrobatics often lend a distinct vibrancy to the music, at times they are more of a vapid distraction than a substantial contribution to the overall sound.

The centerpiece, of the album is undoubtedly “Say Back Something,” which attempts a grander

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triguing intense personal nature of Salieri’s feuds. On one level the story revolves around his hatred of Mozart, but on a deeper level it explores his personal struggle against God. “The axis of the play is Salieri’s relationship with his God,” the actor said. “Mozart is the means through which Salieri wages a war with God.” The universal feeling of envy, of being slighted by fate or cheated by God, is certainly explored here more so than in the film, allowing the audience to become invested in the dark passion that consumes Salieri. Juxtaposed against this, however, is the impish personality of Mozart, who is played by Vince Nappo. Mozart adds complexity to the play as he concomitantly provides comic relief and presents qualities that contrast with Salieri’s more pretentious nature, all the while complementing his dry humor.

Interspersed through Salieri’s struggles with Mozart and God are subplots filled with minor characters that—not surprising given the quality of Shaffer’s writing —adequately fill in all the spaces and gaps necessary to make the experience complete.

The three-way relationship between Salieri, Mozart and the Emperor Joseph II is downright comical, as is the similar triangle involving the opera singer Katherina Cavalieri. In addition, the dynamic tensions between Mozart and his wife Constanze add subtle depth to the play, at times hilarious and other times pitiful.

As the story revolves around composers, the music assumes special importance to the production —and

The contributing artists apply this new freedom to their separate interests, producing work that is startling and aesthetically powerful. For photographer Gisele Wulfsohn, the photos represent an outlet to examine the life of HIV/AIDS victims byway of close-up portraits. Similarly intimate, Cedric Nunn conveys the struggle of racial identity through the high contrast of black-and-white photography. In contrast, some of the artists chose to explore the beauty present during that period instead. Weinberg, for example, highlights the spirituality of South Africa in lively photos of gay cabaret and ritualistic dances.

Besides just showcasing the diversity of perspective in South Africa, the artists shed light on the importance of documentary photographers themselves.

“It’s not that we don’t know the story, but it’s being told by South African photographers who lived that story,” said Donna Zapt, Director of the Graduate Liberal Studies Program. “I see the difference because they are photographing their homes. There’s a sense of being alive, on the ground. [lt is a] poignant view oflife... that we didn’t see in the same way from the photographs that were coming through from the large news agencies.”

Although it is easy to assume that life in South Africa has improved vastly, in many cases this doesn’t hold true. As Weinberg himself stated in his introduction to the exhibit, the artists sought to “understand South Africa’s changes, contradictions and complexities, both as a community and as individuals.”

Within the photos, there still lies the paradox where then and now overlap, where black and white are still stratified and where development is not matched by increased quality of living. As viewers take a closer look into the exhibit, it is important to internalize the photographs not just for their beauty, but also for the larger context that the images present.

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Amadeusfeatures Ray Dooley as Antonio Salieri,a troubled genius exploring hisrelationship with God

in this, Amadeus does not disappoint.

The audience is exposed to several of Mozarts operas and other compositions, and there is music by Salieri incorporated as well. The music follows the angst of Salieri, is used as an instrument ofhumor by Mozart and is the object of worship and revelation for both.

The performances given by Dooley and Nappo will strike a cord for those who have seen the film. The similarities far outweigh the minor differences in interpretation, but rather than feeling stale, Salieri and

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Mozart seem like old companions rediscovered. Their personalities are well known and are predictable, but never fail to entertain. For those who have yet to see the film, the depth and liveliness these two historical figures assume on-stage is remarkable and unexpected. The raw strength of the production speaks as much to Dooley and Nappe’s acting as to Shaffer’s writing. at the Paul Green Theater in Chapel Hill

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The Politics of Pluperfection Professor Williams will examine a series of cases in law, media, and medicine that test what it means to be a “person.” She is concerned with how new biologized categories—particularly in the areas of disability, IQ, race, and gender—are challenging both our humanity and our notions of citizenship.

Patricia J. Williams James L. Dohr Professor of Law Columbia Law School

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SPOON from page 1 But I find it incredibly creative, because then you can just throw out ideas. They may not work, they may work, but usually they really appreciate your input.

You almost have to become a member of the band yourself, right?

Totally, totally. And then once you’re in that environment it’s actually really fun. So it’s different than just playing drums. It also allows you to realize that playing simple drums actually works because you’re being creative and you don’t have to show them your stuff all the time. You just play what’s best for the song.

How often are you bringing people out to your studio? On a weekly basis, what are you guys doing out there?

It’s actually been booked while I’ve been away, which has been really, really good. Charlie Sexton has been producing a record back there by this guy Matt Morris, who is one of the first signings to Justin Timberlake’s new label. Matt and Charlie have been out there, two weeks on and a week off, for probably four months. It’s really good to have someone out there while I’m touring. And then what I do is when I come back, if I have a project I want to do, I’ll block out that time, talk to Charlie and then coordinate that.

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Oh, you know what? That’s a misnomer.

I was there and I was hanging out, assisting Brian Beattie. He actually mixed it, that was a press release that went out that credited me instead of him with mixing the record.

On Monday of this week, they’re mixing another, I guess they’re calling it The Appendix, It’s some B-sides.

They did one of those for Black Sheep Boy too, I think.

Yeah, so they’re doing that this week.

While I’m out of town, they’re going to be in there for like six days doing that.

Could you tell me a little bit about how the creative process works for you guys of formulating and then making one of your records?

Usually, what Britt brings to us are either finished, complete songs or snippets where he wants to try to work some stuff out. But then once the song is fleshed out, we’ll actually just work on arrangements and things like that, where we say, hey, let’s approach the song like this or let’s try it like this. Sometimes we’ll record it a certain way and then we’ll be working and we’ll try it a different way.

So, from the standpoint of a producer and somebody making a record, I know that Telefono only cost like $3,000 to produce when you guys made that 12 years ago. How’s making an album like Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga or GimmeFiction differentfrom

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making an album back when you guys were just starting out?

Well, it’s better, obviously. We’ve always had the luxury of being able to spend a lot of time in the studio. Even when we were recording Telefono, John Croslin sort of gave us a come-in-whenever-we-want sort of thing, so rjow, since we have a place where

we can record relatively cheaply, we can afford a little bit better toys and go to a nice studio to mix. It basically allows you to experiment a little more because you’re using better gear.

Spoon is playing at the Carolina Theatre in Durham on April 13 at 8 p.m.

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It’s hockey on grass. It’s basketball with sticks. It’s soccer with hitting.

These arejust some of the ways people try to characterize lacrosse.

Lacrosse, though, is like nothing else.

The players even have their own vocabuprove it.

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or, to laxer, the pill goes in the cage—they know to cheer. When the referee throws a flag, they know there’s a penalty but don’t always understand what it’s for.

Most of the Blue Devils, though, started playing lacrosse before middle school, so the game’s “laxicon” seems normal to them. But many admit they have experienced a language barrier when speaking with untrained observers.

“If I’m talking to someone from an area where lacrosse isn’t as hot yet, sometimes they’ll ask me some questions, and I just have to use some basketball terminology or some hockey terminology just to simplify,” said goalie Dan Loftus, who started for his high school varsity squad as an eighth grader.

Since Duke recruits come from all over the country, some players even have trouble understanding their teammates’ different regional dialects. Many Blue Devils refer to the lacrosse ball as either “the rock” or “the pill,” but senior Mike Ward still catches a few laughs during practice when he asks for “a fresh peach.”

Sophomore attackman Max Quinzani, who hails from Massachusetts, admitted he initially had trouble understanding some of Long Island-native and co-captain Matt Danowski’s lingo.

“When someone does something

Although many people are familiar with football, basketball and baseball, lacrosse is somewhat more of an obscure sport with even more obscure terminology. The Chronicle has compiled a list of some of the game's most widely-used terms to keep you up-to-date with the jargon of one of Duke's fastest-growing fan favorites.

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In a season full of one-point losses, Duke suffered yet another Wednesday, falling to North Carolina 4-3.

In a strange way, though, the Blue Devils (7-12, 4-5 in the ACC) left Ambler Stadium quite pleased with their performance.

The No. 11 Tar Heels (17-4,7-1) clinched the match early on, winning the doubles point and the first three singles UNC contests to build DUKE 3 an insurmountable 4-0 lead. But freshman Reid Carleton’s fight back from a one-set deficit left his coaches and teammates thrilled, even in the face of the loss.

“Reid is unbelievable, and that was an amazing match,” associate head coach Ramsey Smith said. “We had already lost the match, and a lot of people would probably have thrown in the towel, but he mentally turned things around and hung in there. I wish it had been for the match.”

Carleton, a Naples, Fla. native, played an error-filledfirst set against North Carolina’s Stefan Hardy en route to a 6-1 defeat. In the second, however, the freshman got off to a better start and cruised to a 6-3 win.

Duke returned to Durham and doubly took care ofbusiness Wednesday.

Not only did the Blue Devils (22-10) trounce theirnon-conference opponent UNO Greensboro (19-12) with a 10-0 win, but they also ended a five-game losing streak under the

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Freshman Reid Carlton recovered from a one-set deficit to win his singles match Wednesday.

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“Terrific game 10 for us, the kind of game that we really needed,” head coach Sean McNally said. “We’d lost five in a row and had a tough weekend up at BC. [The game] was kind of what I expected out of our guys, because they’ve been really resilient all year.”

Duke gave solid performances on the mound, in the field, and at the plate to slowly but surely put the Spartans away over the course of the game.

Defensively, the Blue Devils committed only one error on the night, and their pitching staff combined for a collective two-hit shutout. Sophomore southpaw Christopher Manno (3-0) earned the win, allowing only one hit while striking out nine over five innings. Freshmen John Bunder and Ryan SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 8

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Catcher Matt Williams recorded two RBIs in Duke's 10-0victory over the Spartans Wednesday night.

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LAXICON from page 7 well, Dino says, ‘Bring your skates. It’s getting slippery.’”

Crotty said.

“Wow, he always used to say that,” Quinzani added, “Slippery —I don’t even know what that means.”

Growing up, Crotty and Quinzani split their time between the hockey rink and the lacrosse field, giving them a unique insight into which sport lacrosse is most like.

But their conclusion might seem surprising.

Although lacrosse resembles hockey with its behindthe-net play, on-the-fly substitutions and hard hitting akin to checking, both agreed the sport’s X’s and O’s are closer to basketball.

On defense, the game is almost exactly like its hardwood cousin. Loftus said goalies direct the traffic as teams typically execute either man-to-man or zone looks, concentrate heavily on help defense, and try to prevent opponents from driving—or dodging—into the paint, a sixby-12-yard imaginary box in front of the goal.

Offensively, though, the approach is far more fluid, especially at Duke. Quinzani said the Blue Devils get into sets, or different six-man formations around the goal, and simply go from there.

“Wejust kind of do whatever out of that, kind of freelance,” Grotty said. “Coach Danowski’s always like, ‘I don’t want you guys to be robots, like this is what you have to do.’

“That’s one reason why I love our offense. It’s just go, figure it out.”

Even though basketball chalk talk might not translate as literally to lacrosse’s offense, the terms are still all there.

Picks, screens and feeds—as well as the point, the wings and the paint—are a part of everyday lacrosse vernacular.

And it doesn’t stop there.

“A lot of the passing is alike,” Quinzani said. “When a middie dodges from the top and zings it to an attackman who is right next to the crease, thdt’sjust like an alley-oop.”

With the former hockey players explaining why lacrosse is similar to basketball and Loftus agreeing “the fastest game on two feet” is some kind of multi-sport hybrid, it’s easy to see how newcomers to the game draw the same kind of conclusions. But what makes lacrosse distincdy different?

Grotty, Loftus and Quinzani all cited one thing as the sport’s defining characteristic: the stick.

“It’s an extension of yourself,” Quinzani said. “It’s funny because if just anyone tries to pick up a lacrosse stick, they look like an idiot.”

“When you’re the offensive player running full-speed and cradling in unison, while protecting your stick, shooting and aiming on the run... there’s just so many different components that go into being a lacrosse player,” Grotty added.

‘You could have an unbelievable athlete step out, but the second you put a stick in their hands, all of it becomes so much harder.”

As Duke’s lacrosse program continues to establish itself as one of the most formidable in the nation, the school’s overall interest in the sport has steadily increased alongside it. As time goes on, hopefully fans will improve their understanding of the once-enigmatic game.

BASEBALL from page 7 Knott came in for a combined three innings of hidess relief, and senior catcher-tumed-pitcher Ron Causeyfinished off the game with a one-hit, one-inning performance.

“They all justdid great—they pounded the zone, they threw multiple pitches for strikes,” junior catcher Matt Williams said. “It was a pretty impressive performance and fun to catch for them.”

At the plate, Duke scored early and often in an offensive outburst marked by opportune situational hitting and small ball. Sophomore Alex Hassan put the Blue Devils on the board in the second inning with a two-RBI double laced deep into the gap between left and centerfield. The Blue Devils notched two more runs in the fourth from a sacrifice fly by Wiliams, and a first and third double steal which drew the catcher’s throw to second, allowing sophomore Gabriel Saade to squeak homefrom third. A six-run sixth inning put UNC-G away for good as Hassan, Williams and sophomore Ryan McCurdy ended the night with a pair ofRBl’s each.

With the victory, the Blue Devils are back on track for their ACC series on the road against N.C. State this weekend.

[UNCG] was a big game for us because we played all three phases of the game well—we pitched well, hit well, and played defense well,” Causey said. “I think that’ll really give us a boost going into this weekend against N.C. State.” “

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Sophomore ChristopherManno registered the win for the Blue Devils.

TENNIS from page 7 around Court 2. Carleton put on quite a show, breaking Hardy’s serve to force a tiebreak. He then recovered from a 3-0 deficit to clinch the extra session 7-5.

“I wasjust trying to get to every ball, and [Hardy] was playing really well and hitting some greatshots,” Carleton said. “I put everything into every point, and I was able to pull it off.”

In particular, Smith praised Carleton for his hustle when trailing 3-0 in the tiebreaker, pulling out a rally Smith called one of the best he’d ever seen. On the point, Carleton chased the ball all over the court before Hardy slammed it into the net, giving Duke’s two-seed a chance at the comeback.

But Duke struggled mightily outside of Carleton’s emotional victory.

The Tar Heels jumped out to an early lead after easily winning the doubles point. The Blue Devils’ first-seeded pairing of David Goulet and Christopher Price went down 8-3, while second-seeded pair Carleton and Kuril Dimitrov fell 8-6.

Duke’s play improved only marginally in singles. The Blue Devils’ fourth-seed Dylan Arnould was swept away in straight sets, and senior Alex Stone lost 6-2, 6-1.

Tar Heel Chris Kearney earned his team’s crucial fourth point with a win over third-seeded Dimitrov, also in straight sets.

Playing with no pressure after their defeat was sealed, Duke got some positive results late. Top-seed David Goulet pulled out a two-set win over Benjamin Carlotti, while No. 6 Alain Michel, a Sao Paulo, Brazil native who has played only three singles matches all season, picked up a 6-2, 6-2 victory. “We literally told [Michel] right before the match that he would be playing,” Smith said. “That was a huge effort for A1 to come in at the last second and take care of business.”

The loss to North Carolina was Duke’s ninth of the season against teams ranked in the top 25, and five of those have come by a single point. All the close calls have started to wear on the Blue Devils, but the squad still believes it can accomplish great things this season.

“We’ve had chances, but we have to hold our heads up high and know we are right there,” Smith said. “We have to believe in ourselves and think we’re going to come through.”

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Sens. Hillary Clinton and candidates are already lavBarack Obama are tentativeishing attention on North Carolina, and the Univerly scheduled (pending confirmation from the Obama sity in turn is paying attencampaign) to debate there tion to the race.

In an e-mail Wednesday April 27 in advance of what to the student body, Vice may be the deciding contest for the Democratic President of Student Affairs Party nomination May 6. Larry Moneta encouraged Despite the dread of finals, students to register for the we can’t wait.

North Carolina primary beFor the first time in recent fore the deadline this Friday. memory, North Carolina’s North Carolina’s later priDemocratic primary—typimary has one advantage—it cally a mere afterthought allows students who missed held long after lowa, New voting or registering in their Hampshire and Super Tues- home states the chance to

have their say in the primary process.

Academic departments have recognized student interest by adding Fall courses focusing on and analyzing the election, including political science courses like Analysis of the 2008 Election and Foreign Policy and Campaigns. The University will also provide buses for students to early voting sites from April 17 to May 3.

We applaud the University’s initiative in creating awareness, and we appreciate the administration’s efforts on our behalf to host the debate. Though Duke wasn’t selected as the venue for this event, we hope the University continues to reach out to campaigns and

try and secure candidate visits as the general election

approaches.

Administrators should continue to facilitate students’ political involvement and activism by securing transportation to the event for those students who wish to attend. In addition, the University needs to invest time and resources into securing student seating at the debate. Student organizations can only do so much; the University ought to play a role in providing students with opportunities for politically engaging experiences.

Getting access to this event for students should be a priority for administrators this month. We need to establish a system for Duke

students to be able to attend the debate—whether this be through tickets rewarded to those who wait in a line or through some sort of lottery system. As the debate is still tentative, the logistical details are unknown, but we hope they are clearly articulated to students as they are finalized. And we hope those students—few as they may be—who can afford to take some time off on the last day of reading period emerge from Bostock and Perkins to attend the event.

We recognize that this debate, like the 26 debates preceding it, will likely be more spectacle than substance.

But when the circus comes to town, it seems a shame to skip it for studying.

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In

the wake of the recent outrageous Residence Life and Housing Services debacle in which 58 female students were initially left without housing for next year, many different groups on campus have offered up their solutions to the problem.

Tuesday, RLHS itself made the brilliant decision to relocate some of the remaining students to Central Camstacy chudwin

since 1997 to enter a frightening world of C-2s, grad students and Grace’s.

As compensation, RLHS is offering these refugees a whopping $750 per semester to be exiled to Central. That turns out to be 3.1 percent of the tens of thousands of dollars they are already paying to supposedly have a top-notch education along with a Gothicroof'over their heads.

In response to these proposals by RCHS, I sat down with creativity, thoughtfulness and pure logic to make some modest proposals of my own. I have no doubt that after reading these, RLHS will agree with my logic and move to adopt at least one ofmy well-delineated plans:

Kicking it in K-ville: One criticism of moving the sophomores to Central is that it undermines the important Duke tradition of three years of on-campus housing. On that same note, what could be a more, important Duke tradition than Krzyzewskiville?

The homeless students could move into K-ville in August, effectively becoming Tent No. 1. What an honor! Furthermore, if Tent No. 1 gets sponsorship from a sporting goods store like in past years, their housing would be free. It’s a win-win situation.

K-ville has a fantastic location on West Campus for year-round living, exposes the girls to the great outdoors and is an important Duke institution. In addition, the girls would get first-row seats at the Carolina game. What could be better than that?

Futon Round-Robin: With the Futon Round-Robin, the displaced sophomores could rotate crashing on the futons in different fraternity sections. Every month they would pack up their belongings and move to a different section and a whole new set offutons with a whole new set offriends to make.

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Many independent males have voiced concerns about receiving unfair treatment from RLHS. With this system, greek males would be equally inconvenienced.

Furthermore, this futon rotation will give the girls a well-rounded West Campus experience where they can make hundreds of new friends. Why live in one quad when you can live in them all?

Balling with Brodhead: President Brodhead and his wife live in the three-story Hart House all by themselves. Perhaps they will be willing to open their hearts and their home to these poor orphans of the storm.

In the past, the administration has encouraged greater student-faculty interaction with programs such as the faculty-in-residence in the West Campus quads and East Campus dormitories. My plan is simply taking that a step further.

The students would get prime housing in a mansion right on campus, and Brodhead could definitely benefit from more direct communication with the student body. Once again, another win-win situation.

Though limited here in my column to 700 words, I have conducted extensive research into the planning and logistics ofeach of these proposals. I have no doubt that RLHS will see the impeccable reasoning behind each of these ideas, and if they would like more details on how to implement them as soon as they can, they may contact me directly.

I can’t think of any possible alternatives to these plans. After all, it would be absurd to suggest that RLHS actually count the amount of students requiring housing and the amount of beds available, or stop building more freshman dorms when there aren’t enough upper-class dorms available, or release willing juniors from the housing contract that RLHS has already broken, or offer students more than a laughable $750 for the inconvenience of relocating to Central, or replace the current leadership so these embarrassing snafus never happen at this University again.

I would also like to make it known that I have no personal interest and seek no personal gain from these modest proposals, other than providing for the shelter of my fellow Duke students.

I will be living in Erwin next year.

Stacy Chudwin is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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National Association of Student Personnel Administrators is the professional organization for American “student affairs administrators in higher education.” It’s !S~ responsible for promulgating the proliferation of “student affairs professionals” in American higher education I have come to know it eliiott wolf simply as “the enemy.” q.e.d.

So I decided to infiltrate their 2008 annual conference, held in Boston during Spring Break. Upon entering the main exhibition hall, filled with representatives from more than 100 companies peddling their respective wares, I was a god.

Exhibitors’ eyes lit up when they saw “Duke University” on my conference badge. My outward appearance as a scrappy, jetlagged college student was irrelevant. Duke has money. Many of our students have money. Lots and lots of money.

With that money, Duke can contract with (among others):

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Snoozester, a company that will deliver wake-up calls undergraduates; The Scholar Ship, a semester-long program on a cruise ship. Worst. Pun. Ever.

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Having worked with both Duke Student Government and The Chronicle during my four years at the University, I probably fit NASPA’s definition of a “student leader.”

Consequently, I decided to learn about my so-called life in a session entitled “A Day in the Life of a College Student Leader.”

The session was led by two “Assistant Professor[s] of Educational- Leadership” who have doctoral degrees in student affairs practice. They went to college to learn about people (student affairs professionals) who go to college to learn about people (students) who go to college.

The “professors” spent the entire session trying to promote their new book. It consisted of case studies designed to aid in the training of new “student leaders.” Sarah Marshall, one of the presenters, suggested to the audience that they require students to analyze one of their cases and then “to use, in writing, two parts of student development theory to justify your decision.”

She also suggested a “speed-dating case study” exercise.

Not on your life.

The exhibitions and many of the sessions pointed to one thing; an unholy alliance between student affairs administrators, the people who train them and the people whom they hire to provide services to students.

Say a person wants to work at improving the lives of college students.

In order to get a job at most institutions (including Duke), he or she must enter a degree program in “higher education leadership” or “student personnel administration.” There, “faculty members” teach him or her the importance of using materials that the student affairs “indus-

try” produces.

Some of those newly minted student affairs professionals grow up to sell services to colleges and universities and/or become professors of “higher education leadership” themselves. That often involves promoting their own wares in addition to those they were taught are necessary for students to “develop.”

With every generation of student affairs administrators, the influence of the “industry” grows larger and larger; before you know it, everyone will be booking a cruise on the Scholar Ship.

Luckily, however, the process started with individuals who simply want to help students. And I did meet student affairs staffwho care about students—and only students—and not, as NASPA refers to it, “the profession.”

In response to my questions about student development, a vice president for student affairs at a university in West Virginia said simply, “I firmly believe that there are as many theories out there as there are students.”

When I commented that Duke has a de facto requirement that student affairs staff have master’s degrees in student development theory, he responded, “I look for people with master’s and doctoral degrees in common sense.”

And luckily, similar people can be found at Duke.

The Student Affairs-Industrial complex, however, has to go.

Elliott Wolf is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

the end of your time as an undergrad, the Duke Annual Fund —the primary mechanism responsible for University fundraising—will ask each senior to give a gift of around $2O ($20.08 for this year and $20.09 for those graduating in 1— 2009, etc.).

I refuse to accept the premise that as graduates we owe a dime to Duke. In fact, I think our diploma H0 should come with a check for $lO,OOO or whatever the interest on $200,000 compounded over four dan belzer years is. Beyond this, here w.w.j.d. is why I will not be giving my senior gift;

1. The Blue Zone 2. Duke has enough benches.

3. My sister still goes here.

4. My current bank balance 5. The 45 or so e-mails I have received from the Annual Fund reminding me to give my senior gift 6. The ploy they are using this year to guilt us into giving money is “iGot, iGive.” Every current senior received one iPod upon arrival at the University.

Yeah, iGot an iPod—that conveniendy broke one month after the warranty ran out, thereby permanently erasing all of my old music from my old computer.

So iGive... a rat’s ass.

7. From May 11 until I die, I will be receiving at least two phone calls per year from the Annual Fund asking me to donate.

8. By the year 2011 my parents will have given Duke in excess of $400,000. When either my sister or I have surpassed that figure in earnings, I will reconsider my

generosity.

9. Being forced to eat at the Marketplace before the food-service switch 10. The last four NCAA Tournaments...

11. Larry Moneta (just kidding) 12. Those s()*#©()# 8 cents!

13. The fact that somehow between now and graduation someone will probably successfully con/pressure/ gauge-my-eyes-out into giving 14. The existence of Central Campus 15. Duke Parking: $1,500; Me: $0 16. The $3.7 million Duke wasted buying up all the houses around East Campus—effectively killing the fun.

17. Single-ply toilet paper.

In fact, if and when I do get rich and decide to donate back to this University, mark my words, that donation will stipulate that it go to providing the Blackwell Residence Hall with a permanent supply of soft and absorbent two-ply.

18. The $20.08 doesn’t count toward future basketball tickets.

19. Where’s my senior gift? A-holes!

20. I will consider the 88-cent donation I have heard people talking about.

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