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Two weeks ago, junior Shilpa Modi and a small group of interested students held an intimate dinner with 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Wahu Kaara, which was funded by the University through Duke Conversations. The same source of funding was used last year to bring former fraternity member Eric Weinberg, Trinity ’O6, to speak about continuing brotherhood in Sigma Nu fraternity after graduation. Because of the increasing popularity of the program, which brings people as diverse as Kaara and Weinberg to campus, the $150,000 allocated to Duke Conversations annually ran dry this year for the first time since its inception in Fall 2006. The Office of Student Affairs and Facilities stopped accepting applications Feb. 1 and set the deadline to hold a conversation for April 18. But some students said they question the lack of stringency in the approval process for guests. After the program ran out offunds, senior

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Capoeira Brasil, a dance and martial arts group, performs at Springternational Friday. The event held on the Main Quadrangle featured manyethnic and cultural foods, artwork and performances.

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A student committee recently finished an entirely student-compiled South Asian Studies Report, which calls for an expansion of South Asian studies at Duke. The report, approved as a resolution by Duke Student Government two weeks ago, recommends short, intermediate and long-term changes to the University’s curriculum—including more diverse South Asian course offerings, the creation of a SouthAsian Studies certificate and a Center for South Asian Studies. The* South Asian Studies Committee was commissioned by Diya to write the report after the Facebook group titled Duke South Asian Studies Initiative, which was created last Fall to assess student interest, received a positive response, said Diya Political Chair Aneesh Kapur, a junior. Junior Tariq Mohideen, DSC liaison to the Duke South Asian Studies Committee, said the group researched South Asian departments at Duke’s peer institutions, talked to faculty and sent out a mass e-mail survey to Duke students to determine their SEE DIYA ON PAGE 5

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Sophomore Alison Whitaker and junior AmandaBlumenherst embrace after the Blue Devils captured their 13th straight ACC Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday.Duke won by one stroke over Virginia, and Blumenherst captured her third straight individual title.

from Staff Reports A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. in the Chapel today for graduate student Alexander Ney, who died unexpectedly last Wednesday. He was 29. Ney was a third-year Ph.D. student in molecular cancer biology and a research assistant studying breast cancer in the lab of Donald McDonnell, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology. He was also an Iraq war veteran —a captain in the 82nd Airborne Division—and was awarded a Bronze Star for saving the lives ofsoldiers under his command. The close-knit group in the McDonnell lab could always rely on Ney for advice about science—and about life, said Carolyn Dusell, a graduate student and research assistant who worked alongside Ney in the McDonnell lab. SEE NEY ON PAGE 8

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U.S. NEWS Pope blesses ground zero in NYC NEW YORKâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world." The visit by Benedict to ground zero was a poignant moment in a trip marked by unexpectedly festive crowds anxious to see the former academic who for three years has led the world's Roman Catholics. Benedict was driven in the popemobile part-way down a ramp now used mostly by construction trucks to a spot by the north tower's footprint.

U.S.deaths in Iraq amount to 4,000 As of Sunday, at least 4,039 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,295 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military s numbers.

WORLD NEWS UN urges food production increase CCRA, Ghana The U.N. chief warned Sunday that the world must urgently increase food production to ease skyrocketing prices and pledged to set up a task force on a crisis threatening to destabilize developing nations. The cost of food has increased by around 40 percent since mid-2007 worldwide, and the strain has caused riots and protests in countries like Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Egypt. "We must make no mistake,the problem is big. If we offer the right aid, the solutions will come," Ban said at the opening of a a five-day U.N. conference on trade and development in Ghana's capital, Accra. "One thing is certain, the world has consumed more than it has produced" over the last three years, he said,

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ENTERTAINMENT James Bond car plunges into lake

ROME The car being used in the latest James Bond film plunged into a lake

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Producers say the driver of the Aston Martin was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, They say James Bond's iconic car was being delivered to the filming unit in heavy rain on Saturday morning when it went off the road and plunged into Lake Garda. Italian state TV has shown footage of the smashed, black car being hoisted out of the water. "Quantum of Solace" is the newest film in the 007 series.It stars Daniel Craig and is due for release later this year.

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Japan refuses Olympic torch relay TOKYO A major Japanese Buddhist withdrew temple Friday from a plan to host the Beijing Olympics torch relay, citing safety concerns and sympathy among its monks and worshippers for Tibetan protesters facing a Chinese crackdown. Zenkoji Temple declined to serve as the starting point for the April 26 relay,

said Kunihiko Shinohara, secretary-general of the Nagano city organizing committee for the event. The relay has drawn protests around the world against China's handling ofTibetan demonstrators. "Zenkoji is a Buddhist temple. Naturally, we are concerned about Tibet," Zenkoji official Shinsho Wakaomi told a news conference after meeting city officials. He said the monks were concerned about the way fellow Buddhists were treated in Tibet, as well as the safety of the temple and its worshippers in case the relay sparked the angry demonstrations it has brought to Europe and the United States.

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and apologized,” Yasin said. “They were really, really nice, and I ended the bidding and declared no winner on eßay.” Yasin added that voting is important to her and she was trying to make a point rather than show a disregard for the right

Sara Yasin gave up her vote for the upcoming North Carolina Democratic presidential- primary when she decided there was not enough distinction between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to vote. to swing her vote toward either. “I’ve been put in a position where peoYasin, a North Carolina State Univerple expect me as a Muslim—a minority—to sity senior, placed her vote for sale on vote for Obama, and as a woman to vote for Clinton,” Yasin said. “I don’t want to feel eßay for 15 cents April 4. Four days later, the North Carolina like I owe anyone my vote.” State Board of She Said she Elections asked dad P lanned to “I’ve been r put in a r position her to remove donate the prothe listing when ceeds to Satellite, where people expect me as a bidding reached

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Although it has been 13 months since the former director of Parking and Transportation Services left Duke, the search for a replacement has not yet begun. Kernel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, said a committee comprised of students, graduate students and faculty likely will be created this Fall, which will allow the search for a new' director to get underway. “It’s a process we’d like to initiate,* Dawkins said. “It’s a key position, and we want student input, so it will have to wait until the Fall." In January 2007, shortly after former director Cathy Reeve announced her resignation, The Chronicle reported that a national search for a new director would begin within weeks of her departure. Later, in September 2007, Dawkins told The Chronicle that the search was slated to begin this academic year. Chuck Calotti, who was named interim director, had named a few employees already working within the department as potentially strong candidates for the position. Jeremy Block, a fifth-year Ph.D. candiKEVIN HWANG/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO date in biochemistry and a candidate for Parking and Transportation Services has seen a variety of changes this year, despite thefact that a full-time a masters of public policy, is a representative on the Duke Transportation Advisory director has not been hired to replace Cathy Reeve, who departed in January 2007. Committee for the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Block wrote in an Block said. He added that although Catotti occurred in Parking and Transportation e-mail that Catotti, who has been pulling has done well, he is not the right man for Services. double duty as interim director and dithe job because his skills are better used as The Duke Bikes program was started, rector of events management, has done director of events management.’ and the additional Ninth Street and Erwin a good job. Cattoti could not be reached for Mill buses began permanent routes this “Reeve, in the last 18 or so months of comment. year, said Dawkins. her tenure, failed to even hold a DTAC New programs that were initiated this In absence of progress on finding a meeting, despite requests from all sides,” new parking director, other changes have year in collaboration with Duke Student

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Government, include the new carpooling initiative and free buses to the women’s basketball game at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said junior Sunny Kantha, DSC vice president for athletics and campus services. “[The bus service to the UNC game] was highly successful,” Kantha said. “All the tickets sold out, and Parking and Transportation Services helped out a lot.” He added that they would like to expand the program to include other nearby away games for other women’s sports, baseball and men’s lacrosse. Other plans include improvement of transportation services off campus, specifically to downtown Durham, said Dawkins. He acknowledged a number of issues with Safeßides, which the department will be discussing over the coming months. Dawkins said improving sustainability and providing alternative forms of transportation, particularly on campus, will be a major focus in coming years. He added that input from groups such as DSC and DTAG will be crucial. Block said parking on campus is a big issue for everyone at the University and that the problems in Parking and Transportation Services need more attention. “DTAG can only do so much,” Block said. “Without being provided funding to pilot some new ideas and projects, many of the changes we’d like to see face almost insurmountable opposition from the likes of [Executive Vice President] Tallman Trask and others who wield the power of the checkbook. I’d rather not play roulette with decisions about the parking and transportation needs of nearly 15,000 people in the Duke community.”

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DIYA from page 1 interest in South Asian Studies The survey listed South Asia-related course titles offered at both Duke and its peer institutions and asked students to choose the ones they were most and least interested in, Kapur said. Diya Co-president Shawn Kwatra, a" senior and member of The Chronicle’s independent editorial board, added that the survey responses showed overwhelming support for more South Asian Studies courses at Duke and that student demand was highest for courses not offered at the University. “We have courses that exist in the culture and religion of South Asia in the broad sense, [but] nothing too specific,” Mohideen said. “There really aren’t any courses at all in public policy, economics and political science on this.” He added that students considering careers in consulting, business or investment banking are likely to be involved in South Asia as the area becomes a hub of globalization and an economic superpower, and they will need to be prepared

for it “It’s important that Duke has a South Asian [Studies] program not only because of the emerging role India plays in the world, but because it has such a fascinating culture and we can learn so much from it,” said freshman Erica Jain, a member of the SAS committee. The North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies—located at Duke—allows students from several universities in the Triangle area to take South Asia-related courses. But Kwatra said awareness of the center is low, adding that students cannot be expected to take classes that are not available at Duke at other universities because of time lost due to transportation. The report cited several of Duke’s peer institutions as having successful South Asian Studies programs, including Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. Offerings at other institutions are more numerous and have more variety, committee members said. For example, Mohideen noted that actor Kal Penn is teaching a class in UPenn’s South

Asia Studies program. DSG President Paul Slattery, a senior, helped the committee prepare the report for presentation to DSG and said the initiative’s chances of solid implementation depend highly upon funding and the University’s interest.

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“If this is successful, it’ll be a pretty substantial event in higher education or at least in Duke’s history because you’ll have generated an academic department and faculty hires based on the interest of the students, and that’ll be fairly unique,” Slattery said.

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Freshman Karan Chhabra, a member of the committee, said the next steps for the initiative include meeting with administrators to discuss the report and trying to create a standing committee with faculty and students to continue the initiative’s work.

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Duking it out Officers received a call regarding a fight between two Duke employees in front of Lilly Library Thursday afternoon. The day the music died A man, not affiliated with Duke, reported damages to his car and the theft of his satellite radio outside of the Washington Duke Inn parking lot Thursday

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Harry Potter encyclopedia sets off copyright case The dispute has thrust Vander Ark into the middle of a closely watched For a time, “Harry Potcase that illustrates the muddled state NEW YORK ter” superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to of copyright law enforcement when it comes to the Web. be living a geeky dream. His Web site, an obsessive catalog of Computers have given just about evspells, characters and creatures in J.K. eryone the ability to copy sections of Rowling’s novels, was a hit among fellow books, movies or songs and whip them fanatics. into something new that they can post He spoke at conventions. Journalists on the Internet. The Web is awash with fan-produced sought him out for interviews. He was a material that could be the subject of a guest on NBC’s “Today” show. Better still, Rowling knew who he was. copyright fight, from remixed pop songs, to new fiction based on existing characters She gave his site, The Harry Potter Lexifrom books and TV shows, to countless con, an award and confessed that she occasionally used its online encyclopedia as tribute videos cut together with clips from TV shows or films. a reference. Warner Bros, invited him onto the set of “There is almost a parallel universe,” said Alan Behr, an intellectual property “Harr) Potter and (he Order of the Phoelawyer in New York. “On the Internet, peonix.” He even made it on to the DVT), appearing in a documentary included as a ple basically do things you would never do in print.” special feature. And, for the most part, Behr said, the But all that changed after a little-known big media companies that own the matepublishing company, RDR Books, announced it would release a print version of rial being mashed up and manipulated let the lexicon. The author and Warner Bros, it slide. There are simply too many offenders to chase, he said. sued, asking a judge to block publication on the grounds that it violated copyright law, and the case went to trial this week. SEE POTTER ON PAGE 9 by

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2005 Nobel Peace Prize nomineeWahu Kaara, who spoke at Duke two weeks ago, was flown to Durham on theDuke Conversations' budget.

[past guests] have contributed.”

Other students said, however, that lesser-known guests can be as compelling as recognizable names. “I don’t think that the purpose of Duke ConversaAnkit Shrivastava was denied funding to bring Maneesh Goyal, tions is to bring high-profile people,” said sophomore Trinity ’97, a former pre-medical student who is now a professional celebrity party' planner. Prashant Swaminathan, who hosted Inside Joke alumShrivastava ultimately found funding through Craven nus Dave Schmidt, Trinity ’O7, to speak on the weekend of the sketch comedy group’s “College Musical.” Quadrangle Council. “[Duke University Union’s] Major Speakers [commit“When it comes to Duke Conversations, the program is fantastic if done correctly—if there is adequate tee] brought in Tucker Max, which is questionable. It’s not necessarily the most important people that have oversight of who is coming,” Shrivastava said. “The prothe most important things to say.” gram is so easy to abuse.... I do think the application Duke Conversations paid for Schmidt to fly in from process should be more strenuous.” In the online application to host an event, applicants Germany to discuss his experiences studying English on the Schondorf-Duke Exchange Fellowship. must justify why interaction with the guest will be beneficial for students. Deb Hackney, OSAF’s assistant director, Other lesser-known speakers funded by the program said most applications are approved. include Theoharris Christou, who spoke about “the art Modi suggested a more careful review process for proposed of curly hair;” Heather Heath, a former member of Alpha Phi Omega who discussed the future of the service guests in order to truly make the most of the program. “Just analyzing more of the ‘why’ would be useful—why fraternity; and Jim Fleming, Wake Technical Community is this an important conversation for Duke students to be College student body president, who spoke about campus having?” Modi said. “I’m questioning a little how much activism. Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, who was also a Duke Conversations guest in Fall 2006, said he is aware of concerns regarding the misuse of Duke Conversations funding. “If we run out of money and we’re not inviting the most interesting people, that’s one situation,” he said. “But if we run out of money inviting world leaders to come to Duke, that’s another situation where we just need to find some more money.” The program, which is funded through OSAF, covers the expenses for round-trip airfare, transportation to and from the airport, a two-night stay at the Washington Duke Inn and dinner for 15 at one of several restaurants in the Durham area. In addition, accommodations for guests’ spouses are sometimes paid for by the program. Duke Conversations began as away for Duke students to engage in meaningful dialogue with interesting guests outside of a lecture setting, Hackney said. “It was a desire of [President Richard Brodhead] for Duke students to be able to interact with interesting people and these conversations are a means for that to happen,” she added. “If you think that someone who knows a lot about basketweaving is interesting, we think they’re interesting too. We’re not necessarily judging on content.”

NEY from page 1 “It’s going to be hard to walk past his bench every day and have him not be there,” she said. “We will certainly remember everything he gave to us.” Ney obtained his undergraduate degree in molecular biology from Cornell University, where he met his wife, Rachel. They had a son, Jackson, who is now 21 months old. Ney will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Blue Devils end 2nd in ACCs The Blue Devils finished second in the ACC champion-

ship at the Old North State Club in New London, falling

State in the final round. Duke ended the round three-day total to 841, three strokes behind the Seminoles. After entering the final round with a one-stroke lead over Florida State, the Blue Devils stumbled on the first hole, as only two golfers were able to break even. “We gave it everything we had today but we just never really got anything going,” head coach O.D. Vincent said. “For the third day in a row we got off to a real slow start on the first hole, which is a real birdie-able par-five. I think that is the hole out there that we probably left the most shots on.” After the rough start, a weather delay stopped action early in the round. The break from play may have helped rather than hurt Duke, Vincent said. It allowed the team to calm down and shake off any nerves. “I think the rain delay was actually good for us,” Vincent said. “We were a little anxious and hyped up when we got out there. We were on our 4th through 7th holes, so that little break actually got our guys grounded.” Junior Clark Klaasen paced the Blue Devils with a 4-under 68. With a three-round score of 211, Klaasen finished tied for eighth place individually. After carding a season-best 68 in the second round, freshman Wes Roach posted a 1-over 73, bringing his final score to 5-under, good enough to tie with Klaasen and three other golfers for eighth. Freshman Adam Ixmg was not far behind, as he ended up a in tie for 13th place after shooting a 3-under for the day. Although freshman Michael Pierce injured his leg during the second round, he was able to finish the tournament, tying for 34th place with a 3-over 219. Despite entering the final round tied for third place on the leaderboard, senior Michael Schachner fell to 20th place. Schachner was unable to duplicate his previous rounds, as he failed to record a single birdie after hitting a combined nine on the first two days. The Blue Devils will have a four-week break before playto Florida

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Brodhead names search committee President Richard Brodhead announced the 12person search committee to find Duke’s next director of athletics Friday. The members of the group, which will ultimately present the findings of a search for Joe Alieva’s successor, range from University officials and Trustees to professors and coaches. “I have asked the committee to conduct a national search with the aim of securing the best Director of Athletics we can possibly find—a person of the highest integrity with deep commitment to the welfare of student-athletes,” Brodhead wrote in an e-mail to Trustees, senior administrators and athletic advisers. Former Trustee Roy Rostock, Trinity ‘62, will chair the committee, which consists of: Richard Riddell, University secretary and vice •

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James Coleman, professor of law and'Athletic Council member Kip Frey, adjunct professor of public policy studies and Athletics Advisory Board member Sue Harnett, Athletics Advisory Board member Jon Jackson, associate director of athletics for communication Kerstin Kimel, women’s lacrosse head coach Carol Kohn, Trustee and Athletic Council member •John Mack, Trustee Clarence Newsome, Trustee Kathleen Smith, professor of biology and former faculty athletics representative Tallman Trask, executive vice president The committee will also accept recommendations about candidates and search criteria from the University community. —-from staff reports •

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Duke enteredthe last round of the ACC tournament with a one-stroke lead, but faltered Sunday as theBlue Devilsfinished second overall.

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ing for the NCAA regional championship May 15. “Regionals is the most intense event of the year because there is so much on the line,” Vincent said. “We are going to work hard to do as well as we can. But no team is safe in that so we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

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Duke’s comeback bid falls short at Vanderbilt by

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Trailing No. 13 Vanderbilt a goal with 18 seconds remaining in regulation, the No. 7 Blue Devils rallied back for one final chance to tie the game Sunday in Nashville, Tenn. But even Carolyn Davis’ last-second heroics were not enough, as Duke fell 11-10. After freshman Emma Hamm managed to wrangle a ground ball from the stalling , Commodores (12DUKE IIO 4), the Blue Devils (9-6) set a play for *| -| VANDY their leading scorer to take the last crack at the net. But Davis’ shot sailed wide with two seconds remaining and Duke did not get another shot off as time expired. “We were trying to break their stall and we had a big possession at the end of the game to tie it,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “The effort at the end was really great but we needed that kind effort throughout the game to make it a difference for us.” Although the Blue Devils struck early in the first half, Vanderbilt would end the period on top with a 7-5 lead. After Duke pulled to within one after Davis’ fourth—and final—goal of the game, the Commodores squelched any chance of a Blue Devil comeback, scoring the next three goals to give them their largest lead, 10-6. Duke was able to claw back to within one after finding the back of the net three times, but the team’s efforts eventually fell short, as the Blue Devils were held scoreless for the last 4:53 of the contest.

Much of Duke’s inability to find any offense stemmed from the impressive performance by Vanderbilt’s goalkeeper, Brooke Shinaberry. After stopping three Blue Devil shots in the first period, Shinaberry made nine saves in the second, turning away more than half of Duke’s attempts at the net. “She’s a fantastic goalie,” Kimel said. “She made a couple of greatsaves and sometimes we didn’t take the best shot available. We didn’t have the patience to create the best shot. We made it easy for her.” Although the Blue Devils outshot the Commodores 27-17 and committed three fewer turnovers, Duke could not find an answer for Vanderbilt’s stifling defense. The Commodores were unable to slow down Davis or junior Megan Del Monte, who each scored four goals, but no other Duke player recorded more than one goal. Once again, inconsistency proved to plague the Blue Devils, as the team suffered two scoring droughts that allowed Vanderbilt to build upon its lead. “It was disappointing obviously,” Davis said. “We came out really hard for the first 10 minutes of the game and then had a bit of a lull. Part of that is we need to have a more consistent effort for the whole 60.” With the ACC tournament only three days away, the Blue Devils have little time to dwell on their latest defeat. But Duke hopes the disappointment from the loss will serve as motivation for the postseason. “It’s leaving this feeling on us right now that we never want to feel again,” freshman Emma Hamm said. “We’ll turn this into something positive by the end of the week.”

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With a one-stroke win Sunday, Duke took its 13th-consecutive ACC tournament crown by its closest margin. Here's a look at the Blue Devils' lucky number:

1996 Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 8 1997 Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 10

1998

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 14

1999

Beat: Florida State Won By: 12

2000

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 34

2001

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 3

2002

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 29

2003 Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 16 2004

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 19

2005

Beat: Wake Forest Won By: 47

JuniorAmanda Blumenherst (left) parted the 18thhole to boost Duke to its 13th consecutive ACC tournament win. Blumenherst also took the individual title.

Duke, Blumenherst take ACC crowns by

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win in the same tournament last year. “But

Virginia was playing really solid, so it de-

With the team title and an individual crown hanging in the balance on the final hole, Amanda Blumenherst could sense the importance of her final putt. And although Blumenherst didn’tknow exactly how high the stakes were, the twotime defending National Player of the Year had an instinct that her team had won as her final shot fell in for par. She was right on the mark. “There was just this tension,” Blumenherst said. ‘You could feel it. I went up to my team [after the hole] and they were all just so excited.” And the Blue Devils had reason to be thrilled after winning their record 13th consecutive ACC tournament at the LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. After trading the lead for most of the afternoon, No. 1 Duke and No. 21 Virginia were knotted at 7-over par with only Blumenherst, the Cavaliers’ Calle Nielson and Florida State’s Caroline Westrup waiting to play die final hole. But Nielson bogeyed 18 and Blumenherst paired, which was enough for the Blue Devils to pull ahead and emerge with die one-stroke victory with a 7-over 871. “It was a little close,” sophomore Alison Whitaker said, recalling Duke’s 35-stroke

served to be close...the fact that it was a lot closer this year is a testament to the other teams in the ACC.” The race for the individualtitle was equally contested. Blumenherst and Westrup entered the 18th hole tied at 4-under par, but Westrup also bogeyed to give the Blue Devil junior her third consecutive ACC crown, which set a conference record. Even with the accolade, Blumenherst was more pleased with the team’s overall

performance. “Winning the third one for myself and breaking the record was very exciting,” she said. “But my goal coming into this was to get another [title] for Duke.” Although his team finished atop the leaderboard, head coach Dan Brooks noted that the Blue Devils didn’t play their best golf of the season, particularly on the first day of play. Duke ended Friday 10 strokes off the lead after carding a 6-over 294. Senior Jennifer Pandolfi opened well with a l-under 71, including three birdies, to tie for third place in the individual standings. Pandolfi finished tied for sixth with a l-over 291. The second day ofplay brought better results for the Blue Devils, as they erased their entire deficit to reclaim a share of the lead. Blumenherst and Whitaker shot 4-under

and 1-under, respectively. Blumenherst’s round proved to be the tournament low. Brooks commended his golfers’ ability to stay focused and put themselves in excellent position for Sunday. “We were just a little off that first day, but I thought we responded well,” Brooks said. “We made up 10 shots. We were talking about getting halfofit back, and we got all ofit back.” Virginia took a four-stroke lead early Sunday, but was unable to hold its advantage. Duke shot a collective 2-over on the back nine, highlighted by Blumenherst’s eagle on 14, to pull even with the Cavaliers and eventually overtake its opponent on the 18th hole. Overall, the Blue Devils were pleased to collect their first victory in three tournaments and now have nearly three weeks to prepare for the NCAA regional and national championships. “We’re excited about this win,” Brooks said. “We all know as a team that we’re going to have to be a little bit better. Our history shows that our Mays have been used very well. We’ve trimmed a few things and gotten better for nationals. I think we’re in good shape.” And if Duke can iron out the kinks of its closest victory of the season, it has a chance to set yet another record with its fourth consecutive national championship.

2006 Beat: Virginia Won By: 19 Name: Amanda Blumenherst Class: Junior

Individual Wins, 2007-08:4 Individual Wins, Career: 11 Scoring Average, 2007-08:70.6 Scoring Average, Career: 71.1

The two-time defending National Player of the Year became the first three-time ACC tournament champion when she won by one stroke Sunday. Blumenherst looks to lead Duke to its fourth consecutive national championship in May.

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Duke survives stern test from Black Knights by

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Head coach John Danowski admitted it could have been a trap game. His team was coming off consecutive blowouts of defending national champion Johns Hopkins and then-No. 3 Virginia—games the Blue Devils won by a combined 21 goals. An ACC semifinal matchup with rival North Carolina looms Friday. But first, No. 2 Duke had to get past a surgDUKE 10 ing Army team that ARMY rose nine spots in the poll last week. The eighth-ranked Black Knights (9-4) pushed the Blue Devils all game, but Duke (13-1) still pulled off a 10-6 victory in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,000 fans Saturday in Manhasset, N.Y. “We didn’t have one ofour better games,” said midfielder Ned Grotty, who paced the Blue Devils with three goals. “The second half was really sloppy... [but] we kept playing hard, and we didn’t get frustrated. In that aspect, it was a good win for us because we fought through our struggles.” Duke didn’t have trouble getting scoring chances, but the team had a hard time finding the back of the net. The Blue Devils outshot Army 48-25—including 39-15 over the first three quarters —but managed just 10 goals, six below their season average. “We did a good job, but I don’t think we capitalized on our opportunities,” goalie Dan Loftus said. “We both gave each other fits.” The main source of Duke’s frustration was Black Knight goalie Adam Fullerton, who registered a career-high 24 saves in what Danowski called an “unbelievable”

performance. The lefty made 12 saves in each half, and he was a major reason why the Blue Devils’ statistical dominance didn’t translate onto the scoreboard. Despite Fullerton’s solid play, Duke cracked double digits, a feat accomplished by just one other Army opponent this season. “Their goalie absolutely stood on his head,” Grotty said. “When the offense works perfectly, and you get a great shot and the goalie robs you, it takes the wind out ofyou. It hurts. We had to fight through that.” And the Blue Devils did, jumping out to a 5-0 lead early in the second quarter and never allowing the Black Knights to cut the deficit to less than three for the rest of the contest. Because of Duke’s numerous scoring opportunities, Army’s offensive chances were limited. One of the Black Knights’ goals came on an extra-man opportunity, two came off of faceoffs, and their last goal was a meaningless tally as time expired. “Six-on-six, we did really well,” Danowski said. “Dan Loftus made a couple of real good saves, and I thought we did a real good job in the passing lanes.” The game was played at Manhasset High School in honor offormer Blue Devil and Army Ranger Jimmy Regan, who was killed in Iraq Feb. 9, 2007. The proceeds from the game went to the Lead the Way Fund, established to aid families of injured

Army Rangers.

Before the opening faceoff, seven paratroopers parachuted onto the field to deliver the game ball in a unique and awesome pregame ceremony, Grotty said. “There was a tremendous energy from the moment we walked into the school,” Danowski said. “It was electric.”

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Junior midfielder Ned Crotty scoredthree goals as second-ranked Duke defeated No. 8Army 10-6 Saturday.

BASEBALL

Rain suspends finale as Duke splits with Tigers by

Patrick

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The Blue Devils finished a wild weekend series with Clemson at Jack Coombs Field with a win, a loss and, surprisingly, a tie. Duke (27-13-1, 6-13-1 in the ACC) dropped the series opener Friday 7-4 to the Tigers (19-20-1, 7-13-1) before rebounding Saturday to rout Clemson 10-1. In the rubber game Sunday afternoon, the

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TheBlue Devils topped Clemson 10-1 Saturday afternoon, but the series'rubber game ended in a tie Sunday.

After losing the opener Friday night, Duke got a much needed boost from sophomore starting pitcher Christopher Manno Saturday. Making his first ACC start of the season, the southpaw set a career high in strikeouts with 12, allowing no runs over five and two-thirds innings. “Manno was terrific,” McNally said. “He’s been getting better and better as the season has gone along. We felt it was time to give him an opportunity to show what he could do in a weekend start, and he seized the opportunity.” Manno walked the first batter of the afternoon, but then went on an impressive run, striking out six consecutive Tigers. With Duke up 2-0 in the fifth, junior first baseman Nate Freiman connected for his first of two home runs on the afternoon to put the Blue Devils up 3-0. In the following inning, Freiman knocked the Tiger starter out of the game by belting a two-run shot on the heels of catcher Matt Williams’ bases-clearing double as Duke took a commanding 8-0 lead. The home runs were Freiman’s teamleading sixth and seventh of the year. Duke continues ACC play next weekend against Maryland before hitting the road for its final two series with Wake Forest and Virginia Tech. The Blue Devils are in the middle of a tight race for the final spots in the eight-team ACC tournament field. All three remaining opponents have similar records. “We’ve got a lot to play for,” McNally said. “We’ve proven we can hold our own against the ACC this season and we have a great opportunity to reach our goal of getting into the tournament in these next three series.”

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FOOTBALL

White tops Blue in Cutclijfes first spring game by

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Warm weather, pre-game festivities and die excitement of a new beginning for Duke Football brought over 3,200 fans to watch the Blue Devils play at Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday in their first Spring Game under new head coach David Cutcliffe. BLUE For Cutcliffe, eenenthusiasm crating WHITE I 14 for the scrimmage was a top priority, and he felt he succeeded. “The atmosphere was an A, just a gametype atmosphere,” he said. “It was a great job by the Duke faithful and our fans. I’m really appreciative of that. A lot of people, I think, are just interested to see these guys compete and play." With Thaddeus Loewis under center and surprise playmaker Tonyjackson in the backfield, the White team came out on top 14-3 over the Blue squad in a four-quarter, 40-minute contest officiated by a crew ofreferees. The highlight of the game came early when, late in the first, Jackson burst through a crease on the left side of the line lAN SOILEAU/THE CHRONICLE and bolted 75 yards for the White team’s first score of the game. The long dash Re'quan Boyette rushed for 19 yards as his Blue squad lost to the White team 14-3 in the spring game Saturday. would also prove to be the only offensive touchdown of the contest. when I made the switch I was really comand a restricted offensive playbook going into the scrimmage. He also gave a lot of Considering that Jackson switched from fortable. It’s a natural position for me.” cornerback to running back last week, his Besides Jackson, the game featured limcredit to his defense. “When you divide up your receiving performance—Bs yards on five carries— is ited offensive bright spots, as neither team all the more impressive. managed a sustained scoring drive. The core, your running backs and even your “Monday morning at the team meeting, Blue team’s starting quarterback ZackAsack lineman, probably your offensive execuCoach called me over.... He just said that I connected on 14 of 17 passing attempts, tion suffers,” he said. [But] you hope your was doing good on defense, but he wanted with six going to standoutreceiver Eron Ridefense is ahead... and I still do believe that to see me on offense,” said Jackson, who ley, who amassed 49 yards on the day. you win championships with defense.” Cutcliffe said his teams’ “vanilla” offenCutcliffe’s focus on defense is not what played on special teams last season. “In high school, I was the primary running back so sive showings were likely due to stiff winds you would expect from a coach hired for his “

reputation on the other end of the field, but his defense-first philosophy showed Saturday. The White team’s defensive unit, in particular, played with a tenacity and discipline that looked far better than that oflast year’s squad, which allowed 180 rushing yards per contest. White gave up just 39 yards on 24 carries for the game and recorded seven tackles behind the line of scrimmage. On top of that, White team defensive end Wesley Oglesby punched in the final score of the scrimmage after he recovered a botched exchange in Blue’s backfield and returned the fumble 10 yards for the touchdown, sealing the 14-3 victory. Taking care of the football was an issue encountered by both sides throughout the scrimmage. There was a fumbled snap by Lewis, and Blue team’s back-up quarterback Mike Capetto tossed an interception to Chris Rwabukamba late in the fourth quarter, halting any chance of a comeback. In the series prior to Jackson’s touchdown sprint, the Blue team capitalized on a fumble recovery by senior linebacker Michael Tauiliili. Jabari Marshall, who struggled at times last season to keep possession on returns, coughed up the ball on a punt that went deep into his own territory. Although Blue started at the 11-yard line, the team was unable to put the ball in the end zone and settled for a 24-yard field goal from sophomore Nick Maggio to put the first points of the game on the board. In an effort to show excitementfor the upcoming season, the scoreboard showed JMU’ on the visitor’s side after the scrimmage ended. Duke’s first game of the 2008 season is at home against James Madison Aug. 30.

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Seminoles edge Duke in ACC tournament

Clemson beats Blue Devils 4-3 to take title by

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Second-seeded Duke fell to No. 4 Clemson in thrilling fashion in the ACC tournament finals Sunday at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla. The match between the Blue Devils (184) and the Tigers (15-9) came down to a third-set tiebreak at the third singles slot between Duke’s Reka Zsilinszka and Clemson’s Carol Salge. Salge pushed the Tigers DUKE to the tide with an 8-6 win in the deCLEMSON 4 breaker to seal a 61, 3-6, 7-6 victory. “In the 12 years I’ve been here, it was one of the most heartbreaking losses we’ve had,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We put in a great effort.” Clemson had Jumped on top by earning the doubles point, but victories by ACC Frehsman of the Year Ellah Nze, Amanda Granson and Melissa Mang tied the match at three. Mang’s win came in another three-set thriller, as she beat Ina Hadziselimovic 62, 4-6, 6-4 to set the stage for Zsilinszka and Salge. Clemson was responsible for one of Duke’s two regular-season conference losses, clobbering the Blue Devils 6-1 in Dur-

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ACC Freshman of the YearEllah Nze won her match, but Duke lost 4-3 in theACC tournament final Sunday. ham March 23. “They’re much better than their ranking,” Ashworth said. “We played a much better match this time against them.” In that match, only Mang registered a point for Duke. This time, it came down to the wire. “I’m really proud of them, especially with today,” Ashworth said of his team’s performance in the tournament. “To be able to play that way in pressure situations was important.” Duke defeated Florida State in Saturday’s semifinals behind victories by Nze, Mang, Granson andjessi Robinson.

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Third-seeded Florida State topped No. 6 Duke 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament Friday, knocking the Blue Devils out of the conference championship for the second straight season. The Seminoles (19-4) took a point at doubles before sweeping Duke DUKE (10-13) at the FSU first three singles 4 matches to clinch the victory and move on in the tournament at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla. Jean-Yves Aubone and Clint Bowles, Florida State’s top doubles squad, beat Duke’s David Goulet and Christopher Price 8-5. When Bradley Mixson and Drew Bailey topped Blue Devils Dylan Arnould and Alex Stone 8-6, the Seminoles had wrapped up the match’s lone doubles point. Duke did not fare better in singles play. Aubone beat Goulet at first singles 6-2, 6-2. Bowles then topped Duke’s third-singles player Kiril Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2. At fifth singles, Mixson defeated Alain Michel 6-3, 6-3 to end the match. The three ongoing singles matches went unfinished, as Florida State had already sealed the victory. With the loss in the league tournament, Duke now must await its postseason fate as the NCAA tournament field will be announced April 29. After losing to Florida State in the ACC

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WASHINGTON President Bush is tending to his country’s relationship with Canada and Mexico one last time, trumpeting trade over the “scare tactics” of economic isolation. Bush joins Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon Monday in New Orleans for his fourth and final North American Leaders’ Summit. This year’s event has the intended twist of giving an economic and symbolic boost to the host city. Almost 32 months after Hurricane Katrina struck, New Orleans is still recovering—with uneven success—from the most brutal natural disaster in U.S.

history.

Most of Bush’s time will be spent in a hotel and a historic former city hall in the Central Business District, far from the residential areas hit hardest by Katrina. His agenda includes a few events of local flavor, but they are secondary to diplomatic talks. The gathering is also a send-off of sorts for Bush. Since this trilateral tradition began near his Texas ranch in 2005, he has watched the leadership of Canada and Mexico turn over; now he is the one on the way out, with just nine months left in office. Despite its lofty name, the two-day summit lacks a defining issue and is not expected to yield any major announcements.

It is more like a progress report on how the three countries are integrating—important for commerce and security, but

President Bush (left) looks on as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (right) responds to a question during a news conference at a North American Leaders' Summit in Montebello, Quebec, Aug. 21. not

exactly enticing.

The United States and its two neighhors already have the largest free-trade zone in the world, and an economic relationship that has swelled to nearly $1 trillion a year. To bolster that cooperation, the countries have made a concerted effort to harmonize standards on everything from food safety to baggage screening to energy efficiency.

Bush and his counterparts championed this effort three years ago and keep refining it. In New Orleans, the leaders will push anew to streamline the rules for all three countries. The areas of focus this time include fuel efficiency standards; crackdowns against counterfeit or pirated goods; long-term plans for repairing roads and bridges.

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think I can trace my entire college career through hands. First came the handshakes—hundreds of handshakes with people who either became our best friends, or whose names we forgot or maybe never quite caught. Then came the manual labor of pitching tents and aiming ping-pong balls while our lingers froze, but it was worth it because our hands learned the moves: up then down and jjl whoosh for a free throw, /' for || jflHI iHKli'* Zoubek, ‘O’ during the national iza wojciechowska anthem Then we adjusted for a year, senior column or two, or four, and sometimes existing on campus was like learning to read Braille—strange and difficult, hard on the hands. Still, they play a significant role in my memory. I remember shaking hands with a future friend and editor the first day I walked into the Chronicle office, not knowing then that I would spend more time under that slanted roof than anywhere else on campus. Her hands were cold and long, her fingers cased in silver rings. I remember thefirst time I shook President Brodhead’s hand in his office. My hand was clammy and nerve-ridden; his was smooth and smaller than I expected. Duke has allowed me to shake hands with Dave Eggers, David Sedaris, Amy Tan, Robert Pinsky, Barack Obama, to be influenced by them. For a while, my hands defined my life as I spent 40 hours a week in 301 Flowers, dialing and typing late into the night to make this paper. And when the lacrosse story broke, perhaps we all wrung our hands at first, but eventually we interlaced our fingers as a University and played a tough and remarkable game of Red Rover against a flawed judicial system. My hands once poured wine into a bucket to make sangria, and we dragged it into die gardens, played croquet by moonlight and jumped in one of the ponds, later, I drove to a farmhouse in Virginia with two friends, and we lay on a dock in die middleof the moonless night, the stars above the same as die stars reflected below us in the river, as if we were lying on a mirror. We pointed our ~~

fingers at constellations in the sky or in the water and discussed how Duke had or hadn’t changed us. We wondered if our prospective life trajectories could possibly be right. Over the years, my hands have learned to get bartenders’ attention, to fit nicely into friends’ hands, to hold onto playground swings where we’d all stop on the way back from Mam Street, where we’d dig our toes into the sand and talk. Hands and hearts go hand in hand. I got my palm read last year on the comer of 1-40 and 15-501, sort of for fun, sort of to see if I was doing things right in my life. After the psychic studied my lifeline, heardine, headline for some time, she simply said I would help people and that I’d already met the man I would marry. She asked questions about my family and about my interests and offered to read my cards—and reveal more—if I paid double. I said no thanks but left wondering about my future and about my past and their strange and fleeting intersection that must have been Duke. Coming here four years ago, I felt like I’d been transported Somewhere Else with a pat on the head and no direction—childhood was over and college was to be the formative intermission. I was supposed to claw myself out of a cocoon here and emerge with a Real Life in hand and four years ofincredible experiences. I am, for the most part, emerging with both of those, but I still sometimes wonder whether everything happened the way it was Supposed To. I’ve made lifelong friends here and had an undeniably thrilling time, but for a long time I dwelled on all the missed steps that might have made a difference in who I am. But in a few days we’ll all be gripping each others’ hands, mashing our lifelines together and screaming lyrics like How’s it gonna be, when you don't know me anymm?, and realizing that maybe it doesn’t matter if it’s the way it was Supposed To Be or not because here we are and it is wonderful. It doesn’t matter whetherwhat’s happening matches what’s allegedly encoded in the lines on our palms, but it took me a while to figure that out. Perhaps I’ll leave this place with one final handshake, or maybe just a wave, but I’ve got to hand it to Duke—it’s been lovely. ha Wojciechowska is a Trinity seniorand a Towerview associate editor. She is former news editor, university editor and wire editor of The Chronicle.

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my year as a sports columnist for The Chronicle, I learned that the less I wrote about sports, the more people came up to me on the quad or on the town to tell me they liked my column. So with one final soapbox to publicly air my grievances, and with no real desire to get sentimental, I’ve decided to go out in my senior column doing what I know best—complaining about the trivial things in life that I couldn’t do on the sports pages. If anything, it’ll be much more interesting than hearing how I’ve changed its a person, because that would be a lie So without further ado, and qa |en Valsmatl to quote one of my editors, ain’t it wack... senior column ...that none of the highways around here go in the direction they are supposed to? 1-8.5 North goes east, 1-85 South goes west, and all road signs lead to Southpoint. ...that it’s practically impossible to discern what the Chapel carillon plays at 5 p.m.P ...that the Subway on West Campus is the only restaurant in the world where they openly quesdon you when you order their product? After waidng 45 minutes for the four people in front of me to order, I’ve found that the counter person is always stunned when I tell them that I would like a sandwich. Somedmes diis is because diey are out of bread which, to me at least, is the one ingredient they probably shouldn’tbe out of. On the offchance that you get the last loafof bread (probably some Monterrey cheddar thing because this Subway is the only one in existence without Hearty Italian bread), there is the inevitable stare-down when you ask for the sandwich to be toasted. Your sandwich is then slammed into the toaster oven while the counter person complains about the manager to the three other people standing around not making bread. After you have selected your toppings, your sandwich then encounters “the rag,” which is the cloth that is used to wipe down the one cutting knife they own and is easily the vilest thing in Durham County. No wonder I haven’t eaten there in two years and urge you all to join me in boycott. ...thatthere is always Event Parking Only going on in theBC lot?

...that Duke is still a targeted school among the most selective employers in the United States despite the fact we interview in dungeon closets and receive career advice from people who have never held the jobs that we are applying for? It’s time for someone

in the Allen Building to take a serious look at the Career Center and bring up the spaceand its services to a level that is comparable with our peer institutions. ...that the Lobby Shop is priced as if its located in Terminal C of RDU airport? ...that in my Intro to International Relations class freshman year, Peter Leaver made us come up with our own final exam question on the exam, discuss how it would distinguish a good student from a bad student, and then answer it ourselves? I’ll never forget that one, and hopefully now that this is in print and online he can’t pull that stunt again. ...that the train conductor feels the need to sit on his hom when he’s going through Durham at 4 in the morning, giving me nightmares about being run over by a train? What’s worse, because die train goes straight on the tracks without anyone having to steer it, the conductor’s job description pretty much entails pulling that hom all night long. Jerk. ...that Alpine Bagels are brought into the kitchen in giant

garbage bags?

...that Durham actually has really good food (aside from Subway and Alpine)? Fearful that I wouldn’tfind food up to par to the stuff I get in New York, I’ve actually managed to find places that more than satisfy the major food groups. Chinese: NeoGhina ofDurham, Burgers: Dain’s, Pizza; Randy’s, Buffalo Wings: Satisfactions, Beer on tap; Tyler’s Taproom, Beer for home: Sam’s Quik Shop. ...that the only reason I enrolled in what would be die best class I took at Duke—Shakespeare After 1600, taught by George Gopen—was because a public policy class I was in got cancelled and it was one of the only research classes open that fit my schedule? Sounds cliche, but it was the only class that I took where I felt guilty when I missed a lecture. While we’re on the topic of professors, thanks to Elisabeth and Manny. ...that college is over? Thanks to all the people who read my columns. Help control the quad cat population; have your pet spayed or neutered. And stay far, far away from Subway Galen Vaisman is a Trinity senior. He is a sports columnist and

former sports associate editor for The Chronicle.

Go forth

don’t know if you’ve heard, but newspapers are dying. This statement is in vogue right now at magazines, blogs and, well, newspapers. I can’t tell you how true it is, but every time I hear it, my heart twinges. Facing an industry where budget cuts and massive waves of layoffs are announced every few months, few Cheil sane young people Senior Column are looking to jump into the newspaper business. Out of all the Chronicle staffers I’ve worked with, none have graduated to work at a newspaper. Newspapers maybe devising all sorts of strategies to save themselves, but if smart, eager, young journalists graduate from college and start looking for jobs anywhere but in a newsroom, what kind offuture can the industry have? So my heart twinges because I love newspapers. They’re the second item on my artfully randomized list of Facebook interests. My father is a tenured journalism professor. I’m pretty sure if my landlord decided to cut offpower to my apartment, my roommates and I could make it through the winter by burning the stacks of discarded back issues in my room. Appropriately, I’ve found a second home at Duke in the third-floor warren of The Chronicle office. When I think about my four years here, the memories that come to mind will be colored with harsh fluorescent lighting, the constant hum of computers and the smell of stale cheap beer. Giving up innumerable hours of my “undergraduate experience,” a few tenths of my GPA and at least one trip to Africa means I get a black and white picture and 700 words with which to pass on the wisdom I’ve gleaned here. Working at a daily paper means there’s rarely time for looking in the rearview mirror. Before the “dead tree” version ofThe Chronicle has hit newsstands and all the Sudoku boxes have been filled in, reporters are already working on tomorrow’s edition. Forget “the Tower of Campus Thought and Action,” The Chronicle should swipe Scarlett O’Hara’s motto. At the paper, tomorrow is always another day, and whether it’s an embarrassing typo or an investigative story that took three weeks, few things evade the mixed-media recycling bin. Luckily, the experiences I really wantto hold on to can’tbe recycled. I have developed impeccable phone manners. I can navigate downtown Durham using the county jail as a landmark. I’ve made so many close friends from working at the paper that PresidentBrodhead called me out on it last week I’ve also had the opportunity to interview a soldier recovering from injuries sustained in a roadside bombing in Iraq, challenge administrators when they’re being evasive and decide what stories should be at the forefront of campus discussion. Of course, everything has its ups and downs, and like any cliche more stale than the aforementioned beer, there’s a ring of truth to this one. Google my name and the sixth result that pops up is a comment on a Daily Tar Heel message board. An intrepid Tar Heel reader cut and pasted part of an article I wrote my junior fall about the lacrosse case. Above the excerpt he or she wrote, “Saidi Chen, is barely literate in English so I have corrected her politically incorrect Chinese Military-Industrial-

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Bengali, Urdu, Nepali—not offered here can be taken at nearby North Carolina State University or University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That’s not ideal and it is difficult to spread awareness

of these offerings if they are not visible on ACES. We’re not looking for a grand symbolic gesture to the South Asian community. At this point, there may not be demand for an actual South Asian studies certificate or major; rushing to create formal institutions may not be the wisest choice. We do, however, need to take substantial steps in the right direction where there is demand and foster interest where there currendy is less demand. More faculty specializing in the area and more courses in a broader range of departments —can ensure Duke is South Asia its due. Although we recognize that many surveys are selfselecting, the survey con—

ducted for this report, combined with other indicators, seems to show a fair demand for courses in South Asian studies. For example, many Hindi language courses are over-enrolled, perhaps a sign of growing interest from a more international-minded student body. We need to increase the number of Hindi language course offerings by adding more Hindi faculty. Lastly, we applaud the student initiative undertaken by Duke Diya and others involved in creating the report. We hope administrators take this student input seriously and act to meet student demand. Editorial board member and Diya Co-president Shawn Kwatra recused himselffrom this editorial.

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is Wednesday. Remember last year when Common (who had the, ahem, sense to recognize his own, er, mediocrity) told us that he believes fervendy in justice”? That’s sort of like the late Arthur Schlesinger saying he believed in John F. Kennedy’s nuptial fidelity. Or for you college students out there, that’s sort of like Tupac Shakur announcing he’s alive, fo’ sho and fo’ real. wheeler frost But at least Duke students know how big wheel to decorate the quad for LDOC. I mean, who hasn’t felt at one time or other that our Gothic Wonderland needs a thorough coating of alcohol-smelling garbage? We also realize why clothing manufacturers decided to desecrate normal appearances by introducing cargo pants. These contraptions look like sewn-on saddlebags. It’s like having a donkey without having to rake up manure-soaked hay. Indeed, the cargo pocket is ideally fitted to carry alcohol. Undergraduates strut around dispensing the good news like Johnny Appleseed. Except the fruit of our Johnny’s labors is a vomit-covered bathroom floor in the basement of Few Quad. Let’s just say that LDOC is not really about growing up but is more like a celebration of adolescence. Sadly, much of life in an American’s twenties is a celebration of prolonged irresponsibility rather than an attempt to grow up. HeatherMacDonald of the Cityjournal discusses how single young males watch “Sports Center” and compare Kevin Garnett to Baron Davis. They play video games for hours and then get drunk. They eschew serious relationships; instead, life for the single young male is about trivial entertainment. Tucker Max embodies this attitude. He has tons of sex with loose women. He gets unbelievably drunk. Then he writes down his stories on his cell phone in order to sell a book to schmucks who could only dream of partying so hard. He is hilarious but empty; he has no deeper meaning than the confines of his own mundane sensualist mentality. David Brooks, writing last year in The New York Times, calls the time between adolescence and adulthood the “odyssey.” Basically, once young people exit their highly structured childhoods and enter an ambiguous period of uncertain responsibility, the normal bonds of society begin to drift apart.

As Brooks points out, in this “spirit of fluidity... dating gives way to Facebook and hooking up. Marriage gives way to cohabitation. Church attendance gives way to spiritual longing. Newspaper reading gives way to blogging. (In 1970, 49 percent of adults in their 20s read a daily paper; now it’s at 21 percent).” Brooks says that young people want to get married and have children. But the world is getting “scrambled.” Careers are getting quite complicated. Empty and silly diversions are increasing. As a result, people are having trouble connecting on deeper levels. So what to do? How is the young person growing out of his drunken, adolescent stupor supposed to make his or her way in the world? How are you supposed to find a deeper meaning in life when our tumultuous society is defined more by the television show “Friends” than by the elegant and refined provincial stories of Jane Austen? The philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte offers a clue. His philosophy goes something like this. We are all “selves.” We are all “subjects” who look out on the world and see other objects. Yet in order to actually know our selves we must “posit” ourselves as objects of thought. In other words, to achieve self-knowledge we must see ourselves as a part of an external and objective order. OK, whatever, right? But basically he’s saying, according to one interpretation, that only through a long process of examination of our selves in a society of other people can we achieve self-knowledge. Deeper meaning in life can only be achieved through an understanding of the place of our selves in the world around us. So we should not follow our whims. Desire-driven hedonism is no route to self-knowledge. Following the passing fads ofideology will not lead to self-knowledge. We cannot just do whatever we want if we want to find a deep meaning in our existence. Something else is needed. We must attempt to figure out the world. We need to find what our existence means by thinking deeply about our relations to the world around us. It is a difficult task; it requires prolonged reflection on art, history and

philosophy.

I leave you with the words of Arthur Hugh Clough in his poem “Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth.” This is the last stanza: “And not by eastern windows only, when daylight comes, comes in the light, in front the sun climbs low, how slowly, but westward, look! the land is bright.” Wheeler Frost is a Trinity sophomore. This is his final column.

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the next few days, the last two pages of my favorite Duke newspaper, The Chronicle, will be littered with nostalgic senior columns that reminisce and give advice. I am not given such an opportunity, not because I write silly and completely unresearched articles, but rather because I am still AD SPACE just a sophomore. S4S.(XXVyBOf That’s right, the polFOR RENT ished humor and insightful commentary you’ve read in this column over the past 14 weeks is actu- monday, monday ally the work of a secondbut seriously year student. Shocking, I know. Yet even with my limited experience I’ve been able to make acute observations, such as: McDonald’s is open late, tenters are ridiculous and old people are funny. It’s strange to be a sophomore at a time of year when seniors reign supreme. They get asked all these important questions: What are you doing next year? How do you feel about leaving Duke? Would you like me to help you finish your graduation requirements? Those Chickfil-A ladies sure are inquisitive. Despite their best (or worst) efforts, the seniors will graduate and this will be the end of their time here at Duke. For me, however, this week is not the end of anything—it’s more like a halfway point. On the one hand, “halfway” means making the jump from under- to upperclassman. As a junior and senior, I do have a lot to look forward to, including a weekend that goes from Thursday afternoon to Tuesday morning, “apartment-style” living and one football win. On the other hand, “halfway” doesn’t exactly have such positive connotations in society. Halfway houses are residential centers for drug users and sex offenders —not something you’d want to be associated with unless you’re a big fan of Robert Downey Jr. and R. Kelly, respectively. A lot of seniors talk about how they regret not doing certain things, like going abroad or taking a specific elective class. It’s tough for me to regret anything at this point since, in my eyes, I have plenty of time left. I will say, however, that I am disappointed I didn’treceive as many comments or as much feedback on my columns this semester as some other columnists. Perhaps I was too focused on being funny and didn’t spend enough time being controversial and offensive. Speaking of my esteemed journalist colleagues, I’d like to thank the other columnists this semester for making me look really funny and creative by comparison. It’s important to be philanthropic. Relationships are rare at Duke. I get it already. If I wanted to hear the same thing over and over again Td just watch a Clinton-Obama debate or listen to a Nickelback CD. A special shout out to my editor, Leslie. I often portrayed you in my columns as a Tipper Gore-like figure, obsessed with censoring me. That portrayal was unfair. You are much taller than Tipper Gore. By the way, Tipper Gore only shares the letters “T” and “E” with Kanye West, so there is no other reason to mention Kanye West in this column. While I’m on the topic of randomly name-dropping celebrities, you may be surprised to know that despite being a weekly columnist, there were plenty of obscure pop culture references I just didn’t have time to get to this semester. So, my apologies to Aaron Neville, Walter Matthau and the cast of “Daddy Day Camp.” Next semester “Monday, Monday” will go back to being written by an anonymous author. I guess that’s a good idea. “Go Ask Alice” was written anonymously and that book was side-splittingly hilarious. Wait a second. Come to think of it, I actually am part of an ending after all. I am the last in a dying breed of humor columnists that are actually held accountable for what they write. I mean, 300-word letters to The Chronicle are not allowed to be written anonymously, but weekly 700-word columns that make fun of people are okay? Oh yeah, that makes about as much sense as the ending to “Donnie Darko.” Well, then, as your last non-anonymous columnist, let me say that it’s been a real honor and a true privilege. But seriously... David Distenfeld wrote this final column.

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Chemerinsky and the chump Ybu wouldn’tbe able to thinkup a more striking study in

contrasts than Erwin Chemerinsky and David Horow-

itz. It was underrather unfortunate circumstances last week that interested Duke students got the chance to compare them up close. I say unfortunate because it marked one of the last appearances of Chemerinsky as a wmm professor on Duke’s campus, and because it meant David Horowitz was within 50 miles of me. Chemerinsky, a wellregarded constitutional scholar, is a professor at frank holleman the law school who will leave at the end of this into the fire year to become the dean of the University of California-Irvine’s law school. Horowitz, a former Marxist and now conservative activist who has achieved niche fame through his criticism of liberalism on American college campuses, seems like he’ll never leave, having already visited Duke two years ago to promote one ofhis books. Outside of the obvious difference in politics-Chemerinsky is liberal, Horowitz is conservative-the two present an enormous difference in style. Part ofit comes down to personality. Chemerinsky is essentially pleasant, almost avuncular. When people ask him questions, he lets them finish their thoughts, and his jokes are usually self-deprecating or goofy puns. Horowitz is abrasive and snippy; ask him a question and he’ll probably cut you off to talk about what he wants to discuss instead. His jokes, when he makes them, are usually prologues to angry rants. But it goes beyond that. Although Chemerinsky always looks a little befuddled, the second he opens his mouth you can detect his command of the facts of constitutional law and the state of the Supreme Court. His lectures are famously organized, and his speech went through current constitutional issues in alphabetical order. He is obviously an expert lawyer talking about the subject he knows best. You don’t get the sense that he’s trying to sell you something or push you in line. Horowitz, on the other hand, never achieves that level of discipline. He paces continually and his speeches have no discernible organization. One sentence will

send him careening off into an entirely different topic for a few minutes. He’ll hopscotch from criticizing the Muslim Students Association to lambasting English professors for teaching about politics. (Fun fact: Horowitz’s only formal education is a bachelor’s and master’s in English.) Although passionate, his defiance is only a few steps away from sounding desperate. I suppose the greatest difference between Chemerinsky and Horowitz is that of the expert and the self-appointed expert. The first is successful and knows it, while the other is a failure but only suspects it Chemerinsky has nothing left to prove and doesn’t seem to worry about making a place for himself in the world. Judging from his quickly-filled classes and barrage of job offers, he seems to have pretty' well established himself already. He doesn’t really need to say anything about himself anymore. The speech he gave last week was supposed to be about his experiences with the law. After turning on the microphone, he said there was nothing more boring than someone talking about himself and focused on the Supreme Court for the next 45 minutes, mentioning his own experiences only tangentially. Horowitz, on the other hand, is concerned with proving something about himself-his expertise, his intelligence or his relevance. He exhorts people to open their eyes to facts about Islam and American politics that he claims academics will never teach them, and proceeds to unroll a list of facts I’ve been taught in at least one class almost every semester. Throughout, his venom for American professors, and not just the few cranks who are true ideologues, is unrepressed. I don’t think he’s convinced many people ofhis importance, however. Since his C-SPAN 2 broadcast from Page Auditorium two years ago, his imprint on the world seems to have diminished. His attempt to stir up our campus attracted perhaps 50 people. (Tip to Duke Conservative Union: Next time, have free food.) I’ll be sad to see Chemerinsky leave, because he seems to recognize that college campuses are the launching points for projects to improve our country. I won’t be sorry if Horowitz doesn’t come back, because he sees those same campuses as targets for attack, as dangerous and unnatural parts of the American community that should be sterilized. He fears and resents that there are experts out there who earned the name instead ofgiving it to themselves. Frank Holleman is a Trinity junior. This is his final column.

letterstotheeditor An OpenLetter to the Duke Community On April 15, the Duke Chinese Students and Scholars Association published an open letter to the Duke community that attempted to exonerate itself ofall culpability with regards to the threatened student As the organizers of a coalition representing a large segment of the Duke community, we can say that many students are appalled by the way DCSSA has tried to wash theirhands ofthis matter without apologizing or appealing to compassion once. While it may be correct that the threatened student’s information was first posted on DCSSA’s mailing list, we have documented evidence thatthis information was also posted on DCSSA’s official site. This has been verified by an independent source —The Chronicle. This is certainly more than enough evidence to warrant an investigation. While the original source of the post may lie within DCSSA’s mailing list, it is also important to point out the negligence with which the DCSSA has run their listserv. Furthermore, the president of DCSSA Zhizhong Li, was quoted in The Chronicle April 14 as saying he wanted to discuss the issue with the organizations calling to disband DCSSA but we have not as of yet received even an e-mail from Li, causing us to question ifhe really intends to discuss the issue or if he just wants to say whatever the organizational interests of theDCSSA mandate. Mr. Li, ifyou really want to discuss the issue with us, please contact Daniel Cordero to set up a time.The coalition, represented by the signatories below, reiterates its call for an investigation intoDCSSA and hopes thatthe Duke administration will brief us on the investigation’s progress before LDOC. Daniel Cordero, Trinity ’O9; vice chair, College Republicans Vikram Srinivasan, Trinity ’10; chair, College Republicans Samuel Tosher, Trinity ’O9; executive director, College Republicans David Bitner, Trinity ’10; president, Duke Conservative Union JamesDeal, Trinity 08; executive director,Duk ConservativeUnion Sarah Parker, Trinity W;president, Studentsfor Academicfreedom

Read rules for Duke lawsuit motion In trying to make sense of Duke’s recently denied motion to sanction opposing counsel in the lacrosse case lawsuits for an alleged violation of North Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct 3.6, my advice is the same as that I gave for evaluating former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong’s conduct: read the rule. It is available at www.ncbar.com/rules/rpcsearch.asp Rule 3.6, together with the accompanying comments specifically permitting attorneys to describe information contained in public records such as the complaint. Rule 3.6 only applies to lawyers and not the parties themselves. Finally, note the different standards and the reasons for them for criminal and civil actions. The material posted at www.dukelawsuit.com appears carefully measured to remain within these limits and thejudge had no problem finding the motion without merit. The administration’s motion explicitly conceded these points. As it makes clear, the administration’s true displeasure is with the allegations made in the complaint itself. The administration should therefore be looking forward to the opportunity to answer these allegations at trial. Filing frivolous bar complaints against opposing counsel is unprofessional and the province of attorneys who allow their frustration to overcome their better judgment. It usually happens at the end of a case not the beginning. That the administration hired an attorney whose principle skill set is political infighting, not federal civil rights litigation, and chose this publicity stunt to be the keynote for its defense is truly telling about how it intends to respond to the allegations against it.

Jason Trumpbour Trinity ’B9, Graduate ’9l, Law ’9l Spokesperson, Friends of Duke University

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Students must have their own alcohol with them at all times. Students cannot distribute alcohol to or share alcohol with one another. Hard alcohol is not allowed Anyone seen with a marked bottle of hard alcohol will be asked to pour out the contents Glass containers are not allowed Students are encouraged to use plastic cups Common source containers are not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: Large quantities and containers, Anything over 22 oz., kegs, >l2 cans/person, trash cans, baby pools, Coolers filled with alcohol, etc.

If students are obviously making poor decisions (i.e. urinating in public) or appear otherwise intoxicated, their alcohol will be confiscated.

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A limited number of grills are available, so check yours out now! Grills are available for check-out through RLHS. Grills can only be checked out by student groups registered with OSAF. Grilling can only take place on the Clocktower Quad. —

I In the event of rain, the LDOC concert will be held in Page Auditorium as TWO separate sets:

Set 1: The Frontiers and The Roots Set 2: Absentstar and Third Eye Blind

A final rain call will be made at 9am on April 23rd. Rain ticket distribution will take place at 2pm on April 23rd, location BC Box Office •

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1100 tickets are available for EACH set and will be free with a valid Duke student ID on a first come, first serve basis! Each student can obtain a ticket to only ONE of the two sets.

Please contact Cha Goonewardene (cmg2s@duke.edu) or Vincent Ling (vincent.ling@duke.edu) with any questions regarding the LDOC policies.