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The renovations for WallaceWade Stadium have been delayed because of difficulty in obtaining a permit from the city of Durham for the University’s $5 million project, administrators confirmed this week. The project’s first phase —approved in January by the Board ofTrustees and scheduled to be already underway—will overhaul the restrooms and concession stands at the stadium, said Interim Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy. “We had hoped to get it done before the football season, but that isn’t going to happen,” said Executive Vice President Tailman Trask. “It’s a temporary glitch—we’ll get it fixed.” Trask said the project has not yet been approved by the city because it fails to meet the sidewalk conditions required for a permit from the Durham City-County Inspections Department. “When we sent the plans in, the city required us—as part of the project—to put a sidewalk down Frank Bassett Drive, which meant that we would have to cut down all the trees on one side or the other,” he said. SEE STADIUM ON PAGE 8

David Horowitz, a conservative writer and activist, discussed Islamofascism and the Duke lacrosse case in a speech to approximately 50 people Thursday night. by

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sponsored by the Duke Conservative Union. “The issue is, there is a global movement within Islam—not representing all or even a majority of Muslims—but there is a fundamentalist movement that wants to take the entire world back to the seventh century,” he said. Much of his discussion of IslamoFascism focused on the oppression of women, which he later used to criticize liberals. “People on the left think that they’re event

Two years since his last visit to Duke, conservative activist David Horowitz was met with little fanfare Thursday night. With approximately 50 people attending his speech, Horowitz’s appearance contrasted his March 2006 visit during which protesting audience members in the front row heckled at several of his statements.

Horowitz came to speak as part of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, an

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a new millennium where there will be no racism or sexism,” he said. “People who are described as liberals are generally leftists. Inside every leftist is a totalitarian.” Horowitz said prominent liberals and leaders of Muslim extremists share the same views about America. “They both believe America is evil,” he said. SEE HOROWITZ ON PAGE 12

Perception divide not so wide Lange marches on to likely 3rd term as provost by

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A studyby Indiana University and Yale University shows that men pick on women's social cues almostas well as women detect men's cues.

On the playing field of gender relations, do men have a strategic disadvantage in reading women’s emotions? New psychological research counters the notion that heterosexual men misinterpret women’s friendliness as sexual interest because of a tendency to oversexualize the opposite sex. The study conducted by researchers at Indiana University and Yale University and published in the April issue of Psychological Science instead suggests that college-age men are generally less perceptive in deciphering women’s non-verbal cues. In viewing images of friendly women, men mistakenly identified 12 percent of the women as “sexually interested,” compared to women’s 8.7 percent error. According to the study, if the results were caused by men’s tendency to oversexualize women, men should have been more accurate than women in correctly decoding the cues of sexually-interested images. But the results directly contradict this assertion. Rather, 37.8 percent of men versus 31.9 percent of women mistook

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For a man who has guided Duke’s academic reputation

through its meteoric rise in the past 10 years, Peter Lange shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, the provost —the University’s chief academic officer—is likely to con-

Peter Lange

tinue his tenure for another five years to become the longest-serving provost in Duke’s history. Although only the Board of Trustees may reappoint a top administrator, President Richard Brodhead’s recommendation to reappoint Lange —announced Tuesday—practically guarantees the provost’s contract extension, said Geoffrey

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U.S. NEWS Polygamist hearing turns rowdy

WORLD NEWS Suicide bomber kills at least 50

SAN ANGELOJexas —A court hearing to decide the fate of the 416 children swept up in a raid on a West Texas polygamist sect descended into farce Thursday, with hundreds of lawyers in two packed buildings shouting objections and the judge struggling to maintain order. The case—clearly one of the biggest, most convoluted child-custody hearings in U.S. history-presented an extraordinary spectacle; bigcity lawyers in suits and mothers in 19th-century, pioneer-style dresses, all packed into a courtroom and a nearby auditorium connected by video.

BAGHDAD A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two Sunni tribesmen who joined forces against al-Qaida in Iraq, killing at least 50 people Thursday and reinforcing fears that insurgents are hitting back after American-led crackdowns. The sudden spike in bloodshed this week adds to the other worries now piling up in Iraq: violent rivalries among Shiites and persistent cracks in the Iraqi security forces.

Obama dismisses Clinton debate RALEIGH, N.C. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dismissively talked about his debate with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the line of questioning from ABC News'moderators, arguing that it focused on political trivia at the expense of the problems facing average voters. At a rally in the May 6 primary state ofNorth Carolina, Obama drew roars ofapproval Thursday when he mocked aspects of the presidential debate that had him on the defensive

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LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner has authorized the lawyers who represent Britney Spears and her family in various legal cases to be paid more than $372,500 for their services through March 31. Commissioner Reva Goetz on Thursday also delayed action on a motion to put Spears' companies and business entities in her trust. It will now be heard on July 31, the same day a probate court is scheduled to decide on a permanent conservatorship for the troubled pop singer.

Chinese torch defender speaks SHANGHAI, China Jin Jing, a disabled, little-known Chinese fencing athlete, is now a household name here, riding a wave of sympathy and state media publicity after clinging stubbornly to the torch while a Tibet supporter tried to wrestle it away during the Olympic torch relay in Paris April 7. Ten days later, Jin seems overwhelmed by the publicity and said she still doesn't understand why protesters wanted to take the torch. Until the incident in Paris, she said she had never heard that some Tibetans want inChina

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SPORTS Steve McNair retires from football OWINGS MILLS, Md. Steve McNair intended to complete the final three years of his contract with the Baltimore Ravens. But his body had other plans. McNair announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 13-year career in which he was selected co-MVP, led the Tennessee Titans to the Super Bowl and orchestrated the most successful regular season in the Ravens history. He received a standing ovation from his teammates after revealing his decision, then contained his emotions during a hastily arranged news conference.

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'ldentical triplets plus one' born TOWSON, Md. A mother has given birth to a rare set of quadruplets in which three of the four boys are identical.The boys were born 11 weeks premature in January at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson. The parents plan to introduce themselves and their boys at a news conference Friday. There are fewer than 100 documented cases of "identical triplets plus one" in the United States, hospital officials said.

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Campus Council approved a loosening of quadrangle programming requirements and tighter restrictions on funding allocation- at its general body meeting

Thursday night. According to the new quad programming resolution, quad governing coun-

A Great Hall employee suffered an asthma attack at around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Duke employees confirmed. Several Duke University Police Department and Duke and Durham County Emergency Medical Services cars responded to the incident. The employee was escorted off campus by Durham County EMS. A DUPD officer said the employee was in stable condition around 7:10 p.m.

cils must address all five of the following categories when planning their programming events; community outreach and Durham interaction, cultural interaction, faculty interaction, wellness and residential staff appreciation. One program can count for no more than two categories and only a total of three events may be cross-listed. In addition, a minimum of eight events should be organized each

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Quads will also be given 50 percent of their semester budget at the beginning of each semester and must spend at least 75 percent of their budget in the Fall in order to receive their allocation for the Spring. The council in addition said no more than 15 percent of the semester budget can be used toward the purchase of alcohol and no more than 25 percent of the semester budget can be used toward the purchase of quad memorabilia. “Quad councils have been limited in restrictive requirements,” said President Molly Bierman, a junior. “They would be more successful if they didn’t have tight deadlines.” Members said they want quad councils to be creative in programming efforts in ways other than distributing clothing. Also at the meeting, the council ap-

At the group's meeting Thursday, Campus Council representatives discussed placing restrictions on quadrangle councils'spending to ensure they spend their budgets on diverse programming.

proved a new finance committee bylaw created to limit fund allocation to individuals and student groups who plan events to enhance the residential living

experience.

“We think it is in our best interest to make sure the events we are funding fulfill our mission,” Bierman said. “This will allow us a greater budget to hold our own events.”

The bylaw states those groups eligible for funding include residential groups and those whose planned events will “explicitly further the mission of Campus Council.” In addition, events that receive Finance Committee funding must be held on campus and any fund allocations of more than $BOO must be approved by the entire legislature.

In other business: The council worked with Residence Life and Housing Services to implement a plan for new media rooms in Pegram and Blackwell dormitories on East Campus. The rooms, which will be equipped with plasma televisions and Blu-ray technology, will be completed by the end of the summer.

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Dzau envisions culture built on values, leaders Based on the results of a confidential review of Chancellor for Health Affairs Dr. Victor Dzau's performance, President Richard Brodhead recommended that he be reappointed to a five-year term Tuesday. Dzau, who is also the CKO of Duke University Health System, sat down with The Chronicle's Matt Johnson in March—as the review was being conducted—to talk about the initiatives he has undertaken since coming to Duke in 2004 and his plans for Duke Medicine going forward.

al health, and I’m thinking about applying that model to a residency for M.D./MBAs that can give contemporaneous experience in clinical work and management. I see students graduating with M.D./MBAs and I say, “Why shouldn’t we create a pathway for them and have more leaders retained in health care versus going to consulting or venture work?” I’m an accidental leader; I didn’t train to be one, but I think others could be properly trained.

The Chronicle’s Matt Johnson: Looking back on the last few years as chancellor for health affairs, what tangible accomplishments are you most proud of? Dr. Victor Dzau: I don’t think you can simply separate tangible versus intangible because a good leader has to have vision and has to inspire people. You can build a building and call that a tangible achievement, but I would say actually changing the culture of a place and inspiring people to have the right values and work for the right mission is actually more important because if you do that, the tangible things will come with time. At the end of the day, it’s about what we believe in, so I put that first. As far as achievements, we are now number two in [National Institutes of Health] funding, and that’s a big jump that’s very exciting. For the health system, patientcentered care has been very important. When I first came, I wouldn’t say that we weren’t doing it, but it certainly wasn’t a mantra and now it’s a mantra. It’s not perfect because you always find problems here and there, but I think the patient-safety work we’ve done is very measurable. We just looked at the [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] measurements for

C: What challenges do you see facing DUHS in the future? D: Within the health system the challenge is going to be to continue integrating all the components. I’d like to see much better alignment with the health system and the Private Diagnostic Clinic. That’s going to be difficult, but I’m very encouraged by the leadership of the PDC. There’s been a lot of, effort on their side. They have gone out and visited other health systems and looked at how that relationship is. It’s difficult because there’s a long history and we have to put a lot of effort into building trust, but I think we’ll get there. My belief is thatreimbursement [from insurance companies and government health programs] has been getting worse and worse, and we expect reimbursement to continue to decline. Everyone knows the cost of health care is going up, and it must come down. I would hope sincerely that our next [national] president is going to take this on. I won’t mind if we have to tighten our belt for the good of the country. It would make my job a little more difficult, but maybe more satisfying because we now know we can deliver care to more people who need it.

Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs, was recommended for reappointment by PresidentBrodhead Tuesday.

quality of care, and we have by far the best scores in the Triangle and are along with the best in the country. Importantly, I think we are now transforming this campus. We are talking about a new hospital addition, a new cancer center and a new medical school education building. I think things look very good right now. C: How do you handle your role and the various responsibilities you have? D: I think it’s important to remind

people that as chancellor, I have both an academic role and a health system role. Historically, I think this position has had a little more emphasis on the health side, but I’m working to change that. We need to adapt our curriculum to the needs and opportunities of the 21st century. Everyone recognizes that the health care environment is changing dramatically, and doctors need to know a lot more than just diseases and diagnoses. I want our students to be great leaders in the future. We created a residency in glob-

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LANGE from page 1 Mock, manager of internal communications at the Office of News and Communications. The Trustees will meet in May to discuss

Lange’s reappointment. Brodhead’s endorsement concludes several months of work by a 10-person review committee, including administrators, faculty members and one trustee. The group convened in January and delivered its confidential report to Brodhead March 26. “It’s really designed to help the officer do his or her job better,” said John Burness, senior vice president for public affairs and government relations. “The idea is to get a candid appraisal.” For three months, the committee solicited comments about Lange from the Duke community. Burness said the committee interviewed approximately 75 people and received about 125 comments, total in the review. Since his promotion to the position from chair of the Department of Political Science in 1999, Lange has spearheaded large-scale programs—including two strategic plans—for the University as chief academic officer. Lange said his primary goals for the University have been to focus on strategic planning, build up interdisciplinarity and hire-accomplished deans. “[The provost] contributes to Duke’s vision and leads the effort to make the vision real,” he said. “One of the most distinctive things about strategic planning at Duke is that not only do we plan and set priorities, but we’re able to deliver on them because of how we do the plan and the resources we put behind it.” The 2001 strategic plan “Building on

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Excellence” and the 2006 strategic plan “Making a Difference” have set an academic vision for Duke in emphasizing internationalization, interdisciplinarity and knowledge in the service of society. The interdisciplinarity theme has underlined many of the University’s initiatives, Lange said. He pointed to comprehensive facility improvements —including the development of the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences, the French Family Science Center and Rostock Library —as evidence of the University putting money behind ideas. [Lange] has a very clear vision for how to move academic programs at Duke forward and is very effective in working with others in his leadership role to implement that vision,” said Susan Roth, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies. . Other administrators also lauded Lange’s ability to be both visionary and “

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“Provost Lange is unique in that he combines vision and really good management skills—you don’t always find those two things coming together,” Director of DukeEngage Eric Mlyn said. “He can fly at 30,000 feet and can get into the nittygritty details.” Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki said because of Lange’s intimate knowledge of Duke, he is capable of micromanaging but instead gives deans and faculty members space to accomplish their goals. ■ “The provost is an extraordinary asset for Duke,” said Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs. “He has an extremely high energy level, a zest for work... and he’s never content with the way things are—he’s always looking for a way to make things better.” Looking forward, Lange said he hopes

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Provost Peter Lange was recommendedfor reappointment by President Brodhead Tuesday. If reappointed by theBoard of Trustees in May,Lange will serve his third consecutive five-year term asprovost. to push Duke’s internationalization and further cultivate an entrepreneurial atmosphere. He added that he finds Duke’s potential to innovate and “start new things” especially exhilarating. “I’ve wanted to capture and lead those qualities of Duke which I think are special—that innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, that willingness to experiment and that enabling culture which says, ‘Come here, and we’ll help you accomplish the great things you want to do,”’ Lange said.

Several administrators praised Brodhead’s recommendation to extend

Lange’s tenure. “There is an enormous amount of loyalty from the vice provosts toward Peter,” Roth said. “We’re all thrilled he’s going to be taking another term.” As potentially the longest-running provost in the University’s history, Lange shows no sign of backing off his commitment to advancing Duke’s academic profile. “I just absolutely love my job,” he said. “Its one of the greatest jobs you can have.”

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nedy presented the athletic department’s new strategic plan Thursday at the Aca-

demic Council’s meeting. The plan, “Unrivaled Ambition,” outlines seven areas for improvement in University athletics: finances and fundraising; facilities; health, physical education and recreation; student-athlete welfare; football; basketball; and Olympic sports. It also emphasizes the University’s responsibility for providing quality education to athletes.

“The balance we must strike is to continue our culture of success on the field and court, in the pool and on the mat, while clinging steadfasdy to our core principle: Intercollegiate athletics at Duke is an integral part of the educational process,” die plan reads. Faculty also heard from George McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, who proposed an accelerated leave policy that would allow professors to take sabbatical if three criteria are met. Faculty members must make significant use of the time to “advance their scholarship,” have SEE ACADEMIC ON PAGE 8

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struction, which will target the President’s Box and the scoreboard, are expected to be completed within the next “And I don’t want to do that.” five to eight years. The University hopes to circumvent The Wallace Wade renovations are a top the requirement by submitting an overall priority for the Athletic Department this year and aim to bring the stadium’s original facilipedestrian circulation plan to the Durham City-County Planning Department ties up to modem standards, Kennedy said. so that the department can no longer at“Concessions and restrooms, you don’t tach sidewalk requirements to individual think of those as an important part of footprojects, Trask said. ball, but they’re a central part of that gameAnne Kramer, a representative of the day experience,” he said. “A lot of things are Planning Departright about [the ment stadium]. There reviewing “Concessions and restrooms, the project, said are just some costhe sidewalk reyou don’t think of those as an metic and aesthetquirement is the ic things that need part of football, but to be fixed.” measure only blocking the conKennedy they’re a central part of the struction’s first added that the game-day experience.” phase ofprogress. revamped faciliBut the stadiChris Kennedy ties promise to um’s next renoattract more fans vations are heavinterim director athletics to Duke Football ily dependent on games. Athletic DepartThe renovament fundraising, which will be difficult tions could also impress the team’s new if the nationwide financial downturn conhead coach David CutclifFe, whom Kentinues and Duke Football sees no improvenedy said remarked on one of his first visits ment, Kennedy said. to the stadium that its food stations looked He added that later phases of con- like roadside fruit stands.

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proposal reads. Council members also discussed establishing a joint master of environmental management and master of engineering management degree as proposed by Pratt Interim Dean Robert Clark, and a Thomas Lord professor of mechanical engineering. While each school would sacrifice a portion of its standard tuition revenue, each will benefit from the enrollment of students who would not have applied absent the joint program,” the proposal reads. The purpose of the dual program is to foster cooperation between.the Pratt School of Engineering and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and expose students from engineering backgrounds to the social sciences and vice versa.

Proposals for the new strategic plan for athletics, a change in the sabbatical policy for faculty and a new jointmasters program were discussed Thursday.

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PERCEPTION from page 1 sexual interest for friendliness. “Both men and women were reluctant to state that ambiguous cues were ‘sexual interest,”’ said Coreen Farris, lead author and a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at IU Bloomington, in a statement. “In fact, men and womemitilized nearly identical thresholds for the degree of sexual interest that must be perceived before they were willing to go out on a limb and state that the nonverbal cues were sexual in nature.” The study involved 280 male and female college students. While seated in a private computer room, the students were shown a series of 280 full-body images of fully-clothed, college-age women and then categorized each picture as either friendly, sexually interested,

sad or rejecting. The images shown had been chosen by means of an extensive selection process —they were taken ofreal women wearing clothes from their own wardrobes. Farris noted, however, that the study should not lead to sweeping generalizations that all men are more emotionally perceptive than all women because there is only a slight difference. “Think of the brainy male who is oblivious to, among other things, romantic advances, like the Professor on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’” wrote Angela Vieth, a visiting lecturer in psychology and neuroscience at Duke who will teach the Psychology of Gender course next semester, in an e-mail. “But that’s only a stereotype, and it doesn’t reflect the perceptual acumen of every man. Research, however, has shown that women do have a slight edge with regard to decoding others’ emotions.”

As to possible societal factors that contribute to the phenomenon, Vieth said some psychologists have suggested that women developed their ability to decode social cues because they have less power than men. “If a person has power over you, it’s good to be able to read their reactions,” she added. “By carefully attending to social cues and decoding them accurately, you’re better able to predict that person’s behavior.” Vieth also said she agrees with the researchers that images cannot encompass the complexity of real-life interactions between men and women. Students from the Dating and Mating at Duke house course acknowledged the intricate, give-and-take relations between men and women on campus. Pete Morgan, a sophomore in the class, said body language plays a largerole in picking out romantically interested females.

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HOROWITZ from page 1 The liberals’ lack of action against Muslim leaders such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is comparable to the lack of action against Adolf Hitler in the 19305, Horowitz said. “Their agenda is to establish one world under an Islamic caliphate and under Islamic law,” he added. He estimated that about 10 percent of Muslims, or 150 million people, hold these beliefs. Horowitz also advanced a strong pro-Israel perspective. “[Palestinian culture] is an evil culture,” he said. He added that Palestinians attacked Israel because they wanted to eliminate the Jews, not because they wanted self determination or their own sfale.

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Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, a first-year economics graduate student, said he disagreed with Horowitz’s portrayal of the Israel-Palestine conflict. “He’s telling the history of the Middle East and Muslims as if Palestine was an empty country prior to 1948,” he said Horowitz also inveighed against the Duke faculty who opposed Israel’s policy in the Middle East. “Your anti-Semitic professors call it an occupation,” Horowitz said. Horowitz, who authored “Indoctrinate U: The Left’s War Against Academic Freedom” and “The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America,” also criticized Duke professors for their reaction to the lacrosse case. “If the three lacrosse players were black and the drug addicted, criminal prostitute was white, do you think for one second the

lacrosse season would have ended?” he asked. President Richard Brodhead is “spineless” and his administration exists to protect him, Horowitz said. He added that Duke students were deprived of their right to hear multiple perspectives on controversial issues. “You’re being indoctrinated,” he said. ‘You’re not being taught.” Student reactions to the speech varied. President of DCU David Bitner, a sophomore, said he appreciated Horowitz’s speech. “To be able to engage with someone is truly precious from the intellectual perspective,” Bitner said. Horowitz’s speech, however, left some students frustrated. “It’s never black and white,” said Marie Bouthors, an art history graduate student.

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HOSTING THE TIGERS The Blue Devils take their three-game win streak into a weekend series with Clemson at Jack Coombs Field, starting tonight at 7 p.m.

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Half an hour before Duke and Army face off Saturday at 12 p.m., paratroopers will jump onto the Manhasset High School field to deliver the game ball. Clearly, the contest is not just another game on the

Blue Devils’ schedule. No. 2 Duke (12-1) faces former assistant coach Joe Alberici’s Black Knights, and the proceeds of the game go to the Lead the Way Fund, which was established in honor of former Blue Devil Jimmy Regan to help families of injured Army Rangers. Regan, a native of Manhasset, N.Y., was killed Jj&jSM) in Iraq Feb. 9, 2007. A total of 5,000 tickets, the maxSATURDAY noon imum available at the high school Manhasset, N.Y. venue, have already been sold, and a large portion of those have been designated as standing room only. [The Lead the Way Fund has] different events, but right now this is their highlight event, and we’re delighted to be part of it,” head coach John Danowski said. “It was Army’s home game, and Mr. Regan actually came up with the idea [to play at Manhasset H.S.], and he approached Coach Alberici, who coached Jimmy when he was here. So it’s got all sorts of ties—it’s got the West Point ties, the Duke ties, Coach Alberici and the Rangers, the whole bit.” With all the ceremonies surrounding the game, Duke is not looking past No. 8 Army (9-3) to a looming ACC tournament semifinal game against North Carolina April

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With less than a week remaining until the ACC tournament, the No. 8 Blue Devils have just one final test before they reach the postseason. In its last regular season Duke (9-5) heads to Nashville, Tenn. to take on No. 14 Vanderbilt Sunday at 2 p.m. Although the Blue Devils and the Com- 4m*. modores (11-4) are meet-

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Leading all Duke scorers with 39 goals, junior Carolyn Davis and theBlue Devils take on Vanderbilt Sunday.

W.LAX from page 13 goals per game. With a team-leading 52 points this season, junior Carolyn Davis has emerged as Duke’s top offensive threat. The Tewaaraton Trophy nominee has had to adjust to an unfamiliar situation, as the attacker has never been the focal point of the Blue Devil offense in her threeyear career —until now. “Before Carolyn would only see other teams’ fourth- or fifth-best matchup,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “Now with Caroline [Cryer] out, she’s become the target of the team.” Vanderbilt, meanwhile, hardly struggles offensively, with the team averaging more than, 12 goals per game this year. Senior Margie Curran anchors the Commodores’ attack with 63 points and a .721 shots-on-goal percentage. A win Sunday can push Duke back on

track to make a run in the postseason. Although the Blue Devils have had to make substantial adjustments due to inexperience and the loss of key contributors, Kimel is not letting the difficult circumstances excuse Duke’s performance earlier in the season. “I’m not satisfied so far,” Kimel said. “Even when we had [Cryer], I thought we would still take some lumps. We didn’t handle the four-game stretch [in late March and early April] well.” With the mantra of only focusing on themselves throughout the season, the Blue Devils still have a chance to perform up to the expectations of the program. But it all begins, and to some extent, ends, with Vanderbilt. “We just have to be thinking of the next game,” Kimel said. “Everyone is a challenge, and there really is no safe bet. But we have to focus on controlling our destiny and where we end up [in the NCAA tournament].”

25. In fact, Danowski has spent the week instructing the team to settle down, expecting the Blue Devils to be fired up at the prospect of playing another game in a packed stadium—this time in honor of one of their own. The Black Knights’ play of late would make it difficult to look past them at this point in the season regardless of the festivities Saturday. Army took down Navy last weekend for the first time in 14 tries, launching the Black Knights into the top 10. On the season, Army scores 9.92 goals per game while allowing just 6.33. The Blue Devils’ high-paced offensive attack has averaged an NCAA-best 16 goals per game this year, so something will have to give in this battle of contrasting styles. “I don’t think they play as uptempo as some of the teams we’ve played so far this season,” midfielderSam Payton said. “They would like to see more of a 7-6, 8-7 game as opposed to us, who would rather see a 1514, much higher-scoring game. That’s kind of been the story all year, and I think we’re trying to just impose our will on every team we do play against.” The Black Knights, like Duke, try to score in transition if they can. But if that fails, they prefer to slow down the pace, playing a deliberate game that has frustrated the Blue Devils in the past. Geogetown played a similar style in its 11-7 win over Duke March 22. “We play differently than a lot of people,” defenseman Tony McDevitt said. “You could start playing, and next thing you know it’s up and down or it’s slowed down.... What we really try to do here is impose our style on other teams, so if we’re successful at that, then there won’t be much of an adjustment.” Duke is not planning to alter its style, Danowski said. The Blue Devils have relied on

Senior Zack Greer has posted 42 goals and 21 assists for the Blue Devils in their 12 contests this season. their transition game all year, and Army’s preference for a slower pace will not change that. Duke’s motto this week has been ‘Don’t be satisfied.’ That is especially the case with the circumstances surrounding the game. “We played in Long Island a couple weeks ago where there were 6400 people,” Danowski said. “We go to Virginia, and it’s sold out. We come here, and again it’s on the road.... But it’s going to have a different feel to it—people standing around the edges. It’s going to be great, and again it’s just another great opportunity for our guys just to have a great experience, which is ultimately what you want.”

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The While squad is led by two-year starting quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, who passed for 2,430 yards and 21 touchdowns in the 2007 season. Lewis faces two returning starters in the Blue secondary. Cornerbatk Leon Wright tied for team lead in interceptions a year ago and saftety Adrian Aye-Darko started 11 out of 12 games in 2007. The offensive line Cutcliffe has placed an increased emphasis on protecting the football and preventing sacks. The Blue Devils allowed 45 sacks in 2007, second worst in the ACC. The performance of returning starters Fred Roland and Rob Schirmann, both on the White Squad, could be one of the stand-outfeatures of Saturday's game. Roland, Schirmann, and the rest of the White offensive line will have to deal with the two leaders in sacks for Duke a year ago in nose guard Vince Oghobaase and linebacker Michael Tauiliili. Demahding more from special teams A final point to watch for Saturday is the play of much-maligned kicker Joe Surgan. Surgan, who will suit up for the White squad, nailed a 55-yard kick in a scrimmage last Saturday.

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a semester in which hired Graham, his colleague two local university stu- at the University of Southern dents were murdered, California, to be operations it is all the more unnerving commander in July 2007, that Duke University Police though because she lacked Department is undergoing police officer certification she suchextreme did not begin ■ Goltori3l turmoil and work until turnover. this January. More than ever, DUPD needs That more than one-third of effective leadership—and the DUPD force has left since attrition rales suggest it has their arrival can hardly be coincidence, especially in light nothing of the sort. This board has criticized of wrongful termination lawDUPD in the past but has suits brought against Graham generally recognized that the and Graves at USC. The suits allege abusive organization, though flawed, is functional. Under the leadtreatment of employees and ership of Associate Vice Presi- racial discrimination, two isdent for Campus Safety and sues former DUPD officers Security .Aaron Graves and have raised. These concerns, Maj. Gloria Graham, we canalong with the reported “my not be sure of that—or of our way or the highway” attitude of Graves and Graham, have security—anymore. Graves was hired inJanuary' lowered morale within die 2006 for the new position. He department and resulted in

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The administration is aware of the problems under Graves and Graham, and we approve of their hiring Sibson Consulting to analyze the situation. The University needs firm grounds to fire Graves, but at this point he seems to have lost the confidence of his superiors. The University must actively recruit seasoned veterans to replace those lost, but more importantly it needs to ensure there’s someone qualified at the top. If that’s not Graves, we see no reason to keep him around. The turmoil is now building on itself—and costing Duke greatly. Attracting and training recruits has cost Duke more than $700,000 over two years. The number of veteran officers—and hence the average age and experience of officers—has

dropped precipitously. This smaller, younger work force may lack knowledge about and familiarity with Duke that is essential to making them Duke’s Finest. Although the effect on crime is yet unknown, the loss of experienced officers will certainly be a problem for DUPD in future. Students are directly affected by these changes. New officers instead of veterans, safety service employees instead of police, or even Durham Police instead of DUPD, will be patrolling and taking responsibility for areas where students live and work. As students, we take for granted that DUPD has the capacity to strengthen and expand patrols when crime increases. Our confidence now seems misguided.

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may have noticed that the title of this column is difficult to pronounce. That’s because it isn’t really a title. It’s a graph. It’s the only place I had to put one. A graph of what, you ask? Based on a painstaking amount of research, surveys, calculations and other important stuff that I probably did, this graph represents the average life cym cle of the American College Student. Typically, a student will start off as a wide-eyed freshschwartz man, sign up for do the evolution more extracurricu lar activities than is reasonable or healthy and immerse himselfor herself in the fabled college experience. “I’m gonna experience the hell out of this place!” they tell themselves. Then, as a washed-up sophomore or junior, the student will sink into complacency, stop going to all club meetings and wither away in Rostock beneath stacks of homework assigned in the dreaded “weed-out” classes. Finally, the student will realize that—oh crap—it’s senior year. Now the student will emerge from hibernation, realizing that he or she only has a short, unspecified amount of time to save theworld. (My apologies to all the Madonna and Justin fans—l couldn’t bring myself to say it.) The victims of this trend often refuse to sacrifice their ‘Veil-rounded education.” Through poindess and tyrannical requirements such as Bio 25 for ECE majors, two grueling semesters of physics for BAA majors, and let’s not forget T-reqs in general, the students are beaten into submission so hard dial they often require a semesterlong escape to Madrid or Sydneyjust to stay sane. Some of these students will wait undl the end of their sophomore year to declare their major “just to be sure.” Most of them will branch out still more, perhaps declaring a second major along with a minor and/or certificate. And many will discover that life after declaring is exactly the same as life before, except now they have to take a specific bunch of classes. However, theresults ofmy study also saw a few outliers. These included the engineers and even some of the premetis. These people are often exempt from the pressures to be the welkounded, intellectually acceptable American College Student Generally these students sacrifice wellroundedness at the outset of their college careers, and thus actually liave an idea of where they are ultimately headed. This alleviates tire fog ofworkingjust to get by. Additionally, there is a certain swagger associated with being able to say, “I'm an engineer.” Notice there’s no “-ing major” attached to that Not being

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an engineer, I cannot say for sure, but I imagine the satisfaction of being able to say these words is almost enough to make up forall of the people who stop talking to them upon hearing it. The point is that specialization is largely what makes college differentfrom high school. It’s also what makes civilized people different from cavemen or Red Sox fans. Sure, college is a great place to get acquainted with a variety of disciplines, but the experience lacks a point ifone does not find a true love that rises above the rest If you’re destined to learn everything under the sun right now, you’ll either have to sacrifice some of it soon or some of it later. Such is the nature of life. And to my knowledge, the only three people in history who have gotten away with doing virtually everything in their lives are Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Forrest Gump. The French sociologist Emile Durkheim likens civilization to a “social organism.” It’s the specialization of individual parts that make it functional as a whole. Since sponges are considered the simplest animal, it would follow that the earliest civilizations were social sponges. Sponges lack internal organs, nerves, muscles or anything else that might amount to cells having to do anything original. Sponges are so lame. Now, the social sponge has evolved into maybe like a fish or something, and on the other end of the analogy, civilization has built skyscrapers and flown to the moon. Specialization has led to innovation, which is why more advanced organisms are so much cooler than sponges. But if everyone tried to do everything that theprevious centuries of innovation/evolution have accomplished, existence would become infeasible. In Durkheimian terms, trying to apply everything you learned in college to your life is like trying to eat with your ear. A love of knowledge for knowledge’s sake is what makes most Duke students interesting. Curiosity is natural, expected and something to be celebrated. And frankly, ifyou want to explore this in college, no one can blame you, and if you let a curmudgeonly newspaper column with made-up surveys and stupid graphs dissuade you, then you’re kind of an idiot. But if you can be on the lookout for an outstanding passion while you’re here and immerse yourself in it, then you will be a far more interesting person. If you really want to pursue knowledge aside from this passion when you get older, that is why God invented Wikipedia. Just be careful of showing off this knowledge at cocktail parties, as you may quickly find yourself without any friends.

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Uncle Duke Wants YOU! Believe it or not, we aren’t fond of student government types.

Writing bylaws is not productive; fundamental student

interests are fairly obvious; and we’re not sure that 50 peo-

ple sitting in a room lobbing resolutions at the Allen Building will change much about this particular $ 10-billion institution

The good news is we have paul slattery & met extraordinarily few student government types in elliott wolf our four years here. In fact, there are extraordinarily few guest column student government types at Duke, and we’re not even sure they are to be found in Duke Student Government. The people we’ve met, for the record, love Duke. Not only do they think Duke should be better, they think it’s worth their time to make it better. It’s because of them that we jumped on the bandwagon, which in our case meant joining Duke Student Government and/or writing for The Chronicle. We ran, we won, we wrote a lot and we owe all ofyou a hell of a lot for it. Thank you. It has been our good fortune and, frankly, our honor. We’ve argued with the institution, and we’ve met with some success on your behalf. And most importantly, we’ve learned one important lesson along the way: Change doesn’t come from the framework that is “Duke Student Government.” It doesn’t come from The Chronicle. It doesn’t come from “committees.” It comes from individual studentswho care enough about this place to articulate what we want Those students might happen to be in DSG, or write forThe Chronicle, or sit on a committee, but fundamentally, they are Duke students who give a damn. If this place is going to improve, it will have to be because we all love Duke, we all think it can be better, and we all care enough to try and make it better. A giant Dutchman and a twisted version ofone of Jim Henson’s Muppets should never be two of the most visible sources of student advocacy on this campus.

If you have a substantive gripe about this place, fire off an email (or two, or three, or four...) to the appropriate administrator. Moreover, get one, or two, or three, or four hundred ofyour friends to do the same. Better yet, occupy the Allen Building. We’re serious. While there are plenty of students fighting this battle now, many more can and should. Whatever you do, don’tjust ask Duke Student Governmentfor help or talk to The Chronicle. They’re busy, andafter years of working for both, we can assure that we’renot any smarter than you. One doesn’t need to have been “elected” or “selected” to recognize and articulate undergraduate priorities. It’s simply not possible to ask every student whathe or she wants and amalgamate thatinto a coherent mission. Moreover, attempting to do so is a waste of time. If we had to guess (and we have), we’d say that undergraduates are interested in the following: We’d like to keep costs down; we’d like to increase the programs and services offered to us; and we’d like to limit infringements on our freedom. If you can make an argument for any of those things, and make the institution swallow it, please stand up and do so. At Duke, any studenthas the capacity to make a compelling argument to the institution—from a first-semester, unaffiliatedfreshman to a president of Duke Student Government. Administrators, unless they are affiliated with the Office of Judicial Affairs or the University Counsel, are extremely receptive to well-reasoned discourse and open to debate on important issues. This is, after all, a university. And not just any university—this is Duke. As for the two of us, we’re out of here, and we’re going to miss Duke a lot At a place so forward-thinking that it still has a Gothic cathedral, we’ve done what we can with our four years. Unfortunately, substantive change takes quite a bit longer, ft’s now up to you. Elliott Wolfand Paul Slattery are Trinity seniors and the former and current presidents ofDuke Student Government, respectively.

letterstotheeditor DCU response to Horowitz editorial The Duke Conservative Union was amused yet saddened to see The Chronicle’s April 17 editorial “David Horowitz: an unwelcome guest.” After labeling our speaker an “inflammatory demagogue,” grosslymischaractermng theAcademic Bill of Rights, and of course, casually and unconvincingly labeling him a bigot, the editorial board criticized the DCU for inviting David Horowitz “so soon after his SAFsponsored appearance” in March 2006. We did not realize that two years on a college campus is a short period oftime. Since Horowitz spoke by invitation of Students for Academic Freedom, halfof the undergraduates, two-thirds of the law school students, all of the MBA students and many other graduate students have leftDuke. Consider also that—according to your publication—only 600 people saw Horowitz last time, and it should be apparent that many people on campus had not heard him until last night Furthermore, we guarantee you that no one had yet heard him speak about “Islamo-Facism,” a different subject entirely from academic freedom. The DCU hopes everyone who attended last night enjoyed Horowitz’s visit to Duke. The dialogue that has begun and will ensue should prove that Horowitz’s ideas are valuable to this community precisely because they are unique—at least on the campus of an elite university. And there are many other conservative speakers who could prove valuable to the Duke community. Your editorial board noted this in the following statement “There are plenty of prominent intelligent conservative figures within and beyond the political and academic realms. Perhaps the DCU could look into inviting one of them in the future.” The DCU wholeheartedly agrees, and it invites the editorial board to participate in our selection process. Here is a short list ofintelligent conservative figures the DCU would like to bring to campus next year William Kristol, Pat Buchanan, William Bennett, John Yoo, Oliver North, Larry Elder, Michelle Malkin and Ward Connerly. Pick one and let us know. David Bitner

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Jamie Deal Executive Director, Duke Conservative Union Trinity ’OB Letter from the Duke Human Rights Coalition We would like to clarify our position, and offer our viewpoint on several recent events regarding the Tibet vigil and the ensuing reaction.

Duke Human Rights Coalition sponsored the Tibet vigil in order to raise visibility for the issues involving Tibet As a human rights group, our focus is not political and we condemn violence by both the Tibetan rioters and the Chinese government For us, it is enough to bring attention to the significant concerns of human rights violations in the region. We had hoped to create a space in which both the angerand the suffering of the Tibetan people could be viewed and contemplated, as a prelude to increased awareness and consideration. Unfortunately, it seems that significant polarization has resulted from the event There has been both rhetoric and vitriol where thereshouldhave been discussionand open-mindedness. One example is the terrible threats made against Grace Wang, a Chinese Duke freshman who was perceived as being pro-Tibet (Wang did not advocate Tibetan independence at any point). Duke Human Rights Coalition condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the threats made against Grace Wang and her family. As fellowDuke students, it is ourresponsibility to foster an atmosphere of tolerance, respect and academic freedom. The feet that a Duke studenthas been targeted for speaking her mind at the University is an incredible violation of that same freedom. We should not be bickering, or searching for someone to blame; we should be banding together as a community to protect a fellow student ft is not enough for us to merely distance ourselves from the vitriolic attacks of others; we must go further to show that such threats are not welcome here at Duke. Regardless of our position on the issues, we all believe that attacks on any student are reprehensible and unjustifiable. We must stand as one community, united in our commitment to true academic freedom on campus. Duke Human Rights Coalition will be present at Springtemational this Friday, to raise av/ar£H€SS for the issues which have been brought to public attention by recent events, and to demonstrate our support of Grace’s freedom of speech. We encourageDuke students and membersof the surrounding community to come speak to us about these issues; we will bring an open mind if you do the same. We call on all students to demonstrate that Duke’s belief in academic freedom is not just rhetoric by the administration, but an actual commitment held by the entire studentbody.

James Tager

Co-President, Duke Human Rights Coalition Trinity ’O9

Lindsay Adkin

Co-President, Duke Human Rights Coalition Trinity ’O9

Squirrels vs. cats

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graduation next month, plenty of seniors will be heading off to medical school and law school. Some will have lower-level jobs and internships, in hopes of rising up in the world over time. Then you’ll have two other fairly large groups of graduates: the cats and the squirrels. I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in There’s no denying it. This school has a strangely large *o* number of squirrels and cats roaming allie vergotz about its grounds. with a grain of salt And allowing my mind to wander as I fail miserably at completing the problem set I have to turn in tomorrow (side note: if you’re going to be a math major, make sure you absolutely love it first. If not, stay away. Stay far, far away), I’ve realized that these squirrels and cats create an interesting metaphor for what most of our seniors will be when they graduate next month. First, there are the cats. And these cats are, quite frankly, creepy. I rarely see them during the day. When they do emerge, they are quiet and reserved, in an “I-know-something-you-don’t-know” sort of way. They lurk within the shadows. They have little concern for social interaction. Some of them seem to have given up all interest in personal care. Take, for example, the gray cat always loitering around the food dish outside the Physics building. Tufts of fur cling to his side, and-even for a cat-he generally looks rather disheveled. These, my friends, are your academics. Not that I’m making a broad, mostly unfounded stereotype or anything, but let’s be honest; some of the hardcore academics are truly, shall we say, unique. They lie hidden in their labs for hours on end, often emerging only for food (though hopefully not the kind served in a dish outside the Physics building). Having an active social life hardly tops their list of priorities. And if it does, that probably just means it plays into their research in some way. Their eyes are bloodshot and their hair unkempt from hours of poring over scholarlyjournal articles. They seem a far cry from the squirrels of the world The Duke squirrels (note the critical modifier: these are not ordinary squirrels), as you know, are a ruthless bunch. They don’t flee when you approach them, but rather, they inch their way forward as if to say, “Bring it.” Well-fed from who knows what scraps people drop on their way across the quad, they are not lacking in abundance. They stroll confidently along the sidewalks of campus, almost too proud to muddy their paws on the lawn. This is their turf. These are your investment banker, your business executives, your graduates who enter their field near the top, having successfully completed their studies at a highly ranked university. They do not have to beg for food, but they are offered it in plenty. They seem to own the ground upon which they strut. Terribly successful and laden with money, they always look well put together and on top of the world. These squirrels do not cower when met with a problem, but they attack it, head on. Undoubtedly, the cats face many of their own problems, which they address outside the witness of others. This is not to say that the squirrels are better than the cats in any way. These breeds simply approach life very differently. Priorities and lifestyles vary. Come May and the real world, I wish all the best to the squirrels and cats of the University, as well as all the other less distinctive creatures. Pre-meds do not require an animal analogy—they are a unique breed unto themselves. Allie Vergotz is

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