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Renowned global health expert Dr. Paul Farmer, Trinity ’B2, returned to his alma mater Tuesday night to deliver the inaugural Global Health Lecture in front of a packed Page Auditorium. Farmer, the founding director of Partners in Health, a charitable organization that has helped to eliminate health disparities in resource-deprived settings, was dubbed the “poster boy of our aspirations” by presenter President Richard Brodhead. “Paul has dedicated his life to treating the world’s poorest populations and helped to improve their standard of living,” Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Global Health Institute, said when introducing Farmer. “But what is most important to us is that Paul is a Dukie.” In his speech, entitled “Rethinking Health and Human Rights,” Farmer urged audience members with equal parts candor and humor to think of access to health care as a fundamental human right rather than solely an economic concern. “When we talk about global health, we’re talking about equity. We’re talking about access. We’re talking about fairness and justice,” Farmer said. “We’re talking about the notion that there should be certain rights—the right to clean water, the right to education, the

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Although chaos sometimes characterizes Last Day ofClasses T-shirt distribution, umbrella-bearing students filed neatly into the Clocktower Quadrangle to get theirfree apparel. The remaining shirts—supplied by Campus Council and the Duke University Union—will be available this afternoon.

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The Durham Police Department exonerated senior Eric Halperin less than a month after he was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of marijuana with the intent to sell, but his name always will remain under a cloud of suspicion on the world’s largest stage: the World Wide Web. A Google search of the key words “Eric Halperin” and “Duke” returns dozens of links related to the charges, ranging from news articles charting the course of the case to blogs sounding offon DPD’s handling of the investigation. “On the Internet, the fact of this charge is indelible and will never be erased,” said Bill Thomas, Halperin’s lawyer. “There’s an old adage, ‘Where do I go to get my reputation back?’ The answer is there’s no place you can go.” Thomas said the charges couldaffect Halperin’s immediatefuture as he decides where he will attend law school. Applicants to graduate and professional schools are required to disclose any criminal charges filed against them, even if they have been dropped. Halperin said he had applied and been accepted to several law schools at the time of his arrest. He declined to confirm whether he has since notified the institutions of SEE CHARGES ON PAGE 6

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Global health activist Dr. Paul Farmer,Trinity'B2, discusses human rights Monday in Page Auditorium.

For the past three years, the planned renovation of the 200acre Central Campus has undergone several different changes, leaving many members of the community wondering why the process has taken so long. Since being proposed in 2005, the Central Campus face lift has transformed into the current plan for “New Campus,” but University officials said the amount of time spent so far is not anomalous. “It’s a lengthier process than planning a singlebuilding,” President Richard Brodhead said. “The really important thing is for us to take the trouble to get the idea right before we build it, because when we build it we’ll have the powerful addition to campus we had in mind.” In September 2006, the Phase I development concept plan, which Elkus Manfredi Architects helped draft, was approved by theBoard of Trustees. However, instead oflaunching into construction, the University sought a second opinion, said Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki, who has been working with Executive Vice President SEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 8

The Feb. 2008 plan for New Campusfocuses on extending West Campus.Since 2000, the blueprints for a renovated campus have changed severaltimes.

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U.S. NEWS Air Force not helping enough Defense Secretary RobWASHINGTON ert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some military leaders are "stuck in old ways of doing business." Gates said in a speech at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., that getting the military services, largely the Air Force, to send more unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to Iraq and Afghanistan has been like pulling teeth

WORLD NEWS Hamas willing to be neighbors

ENTERTAINMENT Sparks forced to cancel concerts

JERUSALEM Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that the Islamic group Hamas was willing to accept the Jewish state as a "neighbor next door," but the militants did not match their upbeat words with concrete steps to halt violence, Hamas, which advocates Israel's destruction, instead recycled previous offers, including a 10-year truce if Israel takes the unlikely step of withdrawing from the West Bank and Jerusalem first

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Gas prices reach record high NEW YORK Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief. Crude oil set a record for the sixth day in a row—this time closing above $ll7 a barrel—after an attack on a Japanese oil tanker in the Middle East rattled investors.

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CHESTERFIELD, S.C A teenager accused of plotting to bomb his high school is a straight-A student whose parents sought help from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall last week, authorities said Monday. Ryan Schallenberger's parents took him to a hospital three days before his Saturday arrest after he made a 4-inch indentation in the wallboard, prosecutor Jay Hodge said at a court hearing.

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N.C. debate canceled due to logistical issues Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will not debate April 27 in Raleigh as previously planned, the North Carolina Democratic Party announced Monday. Party officials said “time constraints and logistical issues” prevented the debate, as well as concerns about party unity. Although Clinton had committed to the debate, Obama had not agreed to the date, He had initially committed to debate April 19, but Clinton’s campaign voiced concern After four years at Duke, renowned constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky, professor oflaw and political science, will depart to become the founding dean of the Donald Bren School ofLaw at UC-Irvine.

over a conflict with Passover, Clinton’s campaign issued a statement saying Obama had “chosen to brush off the people of North Carolina.” But Bill Burton, a spokesperson for Obama’s campaign, said Obama agreed to a state debate long before Clinton did. CNN and PBS have offered to hold a joint debate in Indiana before the May 6 primaries, to which Clinton has agreed but Obama has not yet committed —from staff reports

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Described as “a giant,” “incredibly witty” and “one of the nicest people ever” by students, faculty and administrators, one School ofLaw professor will be missed next year by many members of the Duke community. Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston & Bird professor oflaw and professor of political science, will leave Duke after this semester to become the founding dean of the Donald Bren School ofLaw at the University of Califomia-Irvine. “We just got out of our last class and he received a standing ovation at the end,” said Kathy Choi, a junior in his political

science class The constitutional law and civil procedure expert came to Duke in 2004, after 21 years at the University of Southern California Law School. Chemerinsky has also been involved as an attorney in highprofile cases, including representing Valerie Flame Wilson, the CIA agent whose identity was leaked to the press in 2003. Reflecting on his time at the University, Chemerinsky said his most memorable experience is teaching a class this semester that his son, a second-year student in the School ofLaw, is currently taking. SEE LAW PROF ON PAGE 4

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DukeEngage participants who had planned to work in Sana’a, Yemen this summer will be jetting off to a slightly different location. Program officials released a statement Monday that the program would be relocated to Cairo, Egypt because of security concerns. “We have been monitoring the situation in Yemen very closely in the last few months,” said Eric Mlyn, director of Duke Engage and director of Duke Center for Civic Engagement. “After some recent bombings that appear to have been aimed at Western targets, we just decided that it was not a good time for Duke Engage to take students to Yemen.” Students who had signed up to go to Ye-

men will learn the new details of the program in a meeting Friday. Sophomore Kristen Gall said although she had her heart set on Yemen, she is also excited to travel to Cairo and did not anticipate the changes will affect her in any major way. Sophomore Jonathan Cross also said he is equally happy to go to Cairo “largely due to the hard work that the organizers have gone through to maintain the integrity of the program.” The program —sponsored in part by the Duke Islamic Studies Center—focuses on assisting students in learning Arabic and the Muslim culture. The center had expected that the program might have to be moved and worked early on to identify alternative locations, Mlyn said.

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Rare languages offer cultural insight Most of Duke’s languages are taught every year, but many of the When Melissa Arnold-Marrarer languages are offered on a tinez moved to Rwanda to do rotating schedule or whenever microfinance work, she thought professors are available to teach her fluent French would be more them. As a result, languages drop than enough to communicate in in and out of the course catalog. In the past decade, a wide specthe former French colony. And it was—that is, until she trum of languages—including left the cities and headed to work Hungarian, Yiddish, Swahili and in the villages where most of the Persian—have been offered for one semester or more, according country’s population still lives. There, “bonjour” and “s’il to the Office of the University Regvous plait” gave way to “mwaraistrar. Most of these uncommon mutse” and “ahsante sana” and language classes have no more than five students, said Dana CojoArnold-Martinez, a second-year graduate student in the Center caru, a visiting assistant professor for International Development, of Russian language and Literastruggled to communicate in ture who teaches Romanian. The benefits of less-common Kinyarwanda—the first language of most rural Rwandans. languages are not always obvious “II definitely impacted my to outsiders, but students lake work,” she said. “I feel like I could them for more than curricular have done so much more if I had requirements, Cojocaru said. Languages not only improve spoken the Rwandan dialects.” With tiie experience still fresh in cognitive skills but also provide hermind,Amold-Martinez —whose a window into a unique foreign research at Duke concentrates on culture, she added. “Often it comes down to wantFrench-speaking Africa—enrolled ing a closer connection to a relast Fall in Wblof, a western African language that she believes will gion,” said Natalie Hartman, asmake her study of the region more sociate director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean personal. Amold-Martinez is not the only Studies. one interested in such studies. An This Spring, the chatter comambitious group of Duke students ing from the Languages Building includes not only Spanish, Italian are taking languages—ranging from Romanian to dialects of Maand Chinese, but Turkish, Wolof yan —whose country of origin may and Polish as well. And while be difficult for many of their peers many students scramble for space to locate on a world map. in popular language courses, Ryan Brown THE CHRONICLE

Graduate student MelissaArnold-Martinez (center) learnedWolofto better understand Africa. It is one of a few languages offeredthat attracts smallgroups of students. those who have taken less-common languages spoke fondly of small, personalized classes. Am old-Martinez’sWolofcourse has four students. Sarah Carpenter, Trinity ’O4, saidshe remembers her intermediate Turkish classmates being invited to their professor’s house for a Turkish dinner and a game of backgammon. “I think with ‘unusual languages’ it’s important to match the whole country, culture and people to the language in order to have friends, family and sometimes even yourself better appreciate why you have chosen this language,” she

wrote in an e-mail from Istanbul,

where she now lives. BounaNdiaye, an instructorof Asian andAfrican Languages and Literature who teaches Wolof, said he does not know how long the University will continue to offer his class, but he said he felt it served an important purpose. “I think it’s a good thing for [Americans] to finally accept that there are parts of the world that aren’t America,” he said. “And I don’t think they shouldwait until there’s a bomb exploding somewhere to try and understand that country’s language and culture.”

LAW PROF from page 3 “It’s a large class, and it’s been so wonderful to—four times a week—look up and see him in the room,” he said. He added that other unforgettable experiences at Duke include receiving the University Scholar/ Teacher of the Year Award in 2006 and sitting in the first row behind the basket in the Duke-Maryland men’s basketball game in February. But Chemerinsky said he will miss most the brilliant minds he has taught over the past four years. “It’s a really special place, and the students are really dazzling,” he said. “The quality of the discussion in my undergraduate classes is just incredible.” The one lesson he said he hopes to impart to students before he leaves for California is to find a career they are passionate about. “It’s really about enjoying the journey and finding ways of enjoying all the stages of life. To me, the saddest thing is when I hear a student say, ‘Well I am unhappy now, but when I get past this, then I will do something that will make me happy,”’ he said. “Life is too unpredictable and you don’tknow what’s going to come next. I think it’s so important at each stage to enjoy the process, really find away of enjoying college to make it the best experience and look for a career that makes you excited and happy all along the way. I feel lucky that I found that. I love itjust as much as I started in 1980,and I wish the same for my children and my students.”

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CHARGES from page 1 his criminal record “[The charges are] not going to go away,” Halperin said in an interview with The Chronicle March 25. “They’re jeopardizing my chances of getting into law school... and my future profession.” William Hoye, associate dean for admissions and financial aid at the School of Law, said he receives applications each year from individuals who have been charged with felonies. When deciding whether to admit these students, Hoye said the circumstances of the crime are carefully considered, but a charge in and ofitself usually will not prevent an applicant from being admitted. “Most applicants who get into trouble with this sort of thing in the admissions process are thosewho fail to disclose,” Hoye said. “The lack of honesty is what gets them into trouble, rarely the actual incident itself. For this reason, we always recommend that the applicants err on the side offull disclosure.” Hoye added that the charges filed against Halperin could pose another hurdle when he applies for membership to a bar association after he has obtained a law degree. Bar associations subject candidates to thorough background checks, and an individual could be denied a license to practice law even if his record is pardoned by a law school, Hoye said. Halperin will not be the only Duke graduate explaining falseaccusations in the coming months.Last year DPD arrested a then junior for drug trafficking and the attempted sale and distribution of marijuana only to drop all charges justover a weeklater. The student declined to comment for this story.

In light of the University’s conduct during the lacrosse case and suspension of the student charged last year immediately following the arrest, Thomas said he was not optimistic that Duke would stand by his client. He added that he was pleasantly surprised when the University did not suspend Halperin during the investigation, despite the fact that he had been charged with a felony. “The University now understands the basic principles relating to the presumption of innocence,” Thomas said. Thomas cited the experiences of his client, the student charged last year and another Duke student—who was suspected of drug possession but never formally charged—as evidence that DPD should rethink its investigation procedures. Thomas said DPD charged the students before amassing sufficient evidence, without regard for the impact of a hasty arrest on their futures. “The power to arrest is a tremendous power, but it also has a corresponding duty to investigate thoroughly before exercising that power,” he said. “In this respect, [DPD] has failed. We have now had three innocent students dragged out of their residences in handcuffs, and I certainly hope that this does not happen to any other students.” DPD officials could not be reached for comment on their handling of the cases. When Halperin leaves the Gothic Wonderland in May, Thomas said there is little he can do to help him minimize the impact of the accusations on Halperin’s future. “The only advice you can give to a young man like that is to hold your head high and tell the truth, and that’s what he’s doing,” Thomas said.

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Bogna Brzezinska

Gabriele Grossl Oshri Hakak

Kimberley Levitt

Nicole Pristera

Brittne Walden

Angela Cai

Josh Hammer

Elizabeth Liang

Bhumi Purohit

Chris Walker

Kelsey Cameron

MK Han

Sabrina Liao

Anita Raheja

Lori Walker

Andrea Casanova

Rebecca Harbuck

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Laura Hart

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Alison Liu

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Zachary Chapla

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Philip Weiser

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Fei Long

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Yasmina Chergui

Mitch Heath

Trisha Lowe

Kathleen Schaefer

Eva Williams

Carlina Cheung

Blake Hechtman

Joseph Lucco

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CAMPUS from page 1

the two major goals for Duke’s campus, statTodd, a senior, said the road to forming such that a “unified be achieved a plan was both prolonged and circuitous. ing campus will within 20 years” and the use ofCentral would University Architect John Pearce said Tallman Trask on the project be crucial to future unification. reasons for change stemmed from the reThe Trustees selected Pelli Clarke Pelli More than 20 years later, plans for imanalysis of the originally chosen location Architects as the master designer in July proving the campus were still under develalong Erwin Road. Studies conductedalong 2007. PCP then conducted an intensive opment. A 1987 Campus Planning Studies the road, however, showed that learning fafour-month optimization analysis that exProgress Report details five concepts with cilities presented needs separate from those amined the impact of building location different designs for each campus, one of of the medical center, thus shifting the camin terms of environmental sustainabil- which proposes to use Central as “the site pus along Campus Drive. “You would like to have everything clear ity, transportation, cost and connectivity, of as many new facilities as possible.” When new Central proposals were unfrom day one, but when you’re doing someamong other factors. PCP then drafted about 17 versions of veiled in 2005, the plans were still prelimithing as long and complicated as this, you Central determine and for to more involved the plans optinary mainly placement want this to be a campus as memorable as mal uses of the land and more cost-efficient of residential buildings. By Fall 2006, the East and West are,” Provost Peter Lange said. methods of construction, Nowicki said. “Whenyou work on something and look at it plans were sent back to the Trustees for fur“When you’re going to spend a half a ther discussions, said Jay Ganatra, Trinity and think about it, but go back, it’s not that billion dollars, you should think about it ’O7 and president of Campus Council for surprising that it took so long to plan.” Nowicki said although there have been carefully,” Nowicki said. “We said, ‘Given 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. the magnitude of the investment in this, talks of a 50-year plan, a five-year plan is at Now, the goals for New Campus have it’s probably a good idea to spend the excome full circle and focus again on conhand to have a substantial number ofNew tra six months to think about it,’ and thank necting and unifying East and West camCampus academic and residential buildgoodness we did, because the Pelli analysis puses, Nowicki said. ings ready for the Class of 2012. Current “With the extension of West Campus students will also be able to return to see really turned things around for us.” down Campus Drive, we’re actually diminishNew Campus by their fifth-year reunion. Despite recent attention, issues surrounding Central date back to the 19605,when the ing the space difference between East Cam“I think now we passed from a good area was considered “virgin,” or untouched, pus andWest so you meet West Campus when idea to a really spectacular idea,” Brodterritory in Phase Two of the 1965 Compreyou get to the Nasher,” Nowicki said. “It’s still head said. “Given where we are, I can’t hensive Campus Plan. The 1964 Duke Planseparated, but it’s tangibly a lot closer.” regret the process it took to get there.” Former Campus Council president Ryan Trask could not be reached for comment ning Study emphasized duality andbalance as

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FARMER from page 1 right to health care.” In his speech, which was co-sponsored by the Duke University School of Nursing’s Office of Global and Community Health Initiatives and the Duke Global Health Institute, Farmer focused on what has already been accomplished in the arena of global health in recent years and what is left to be achieved. He put a human face to the health care crisis when he showed pictures of a formerly-emaciated Haitian patient—Joseph, age 26—as he regained his health after being given life-saving AIDS and tuberculosis medication and community-based health care. “Trust me, you’ll have plenty of Josephs around if we do this right,” Farmer said. “We can bring the resources of modem medicine to bear on the most difficult problems you can imagine.... Any serious medical problem we can address through this model of care.” He also emphasized, however, that it is the responsibility of future generations to propel movement of quality health care for all forward. “This, I believe, is going to be the primary rights struggle of the next generation,” Farmer said, drawing a parallel to the Civil Rights movement of the 19605. “And I would love to be a part of that movement with the youthful energy that we see here at this university.” His work was documented in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Tracy Kidder, “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” which was the summer reading selection for the Class of 2008.

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Alison Whitaker is good at match play. To be successful in match play, you’ve got to stay positive, adapt on the fly and bounce back quickly from disappointment. Those skills also come in handy when you come to a new school in a new country following the greatest player in program history and then fail your physical with an undiagnosed circulatory condition. So it’s a fortunate thing Alison Whitaker is good at match play. In her sophomore year, Whitaker has helped lead the Blue Devils to five tournament victories, including this past weekend’s ACC title. She will be a key player in Duke’s bid for an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA championship in May. But the Melbourne, Australia, native is simply happy that things seem to be getting as close to normal as possible. “It’s taken me a while to get settled over here,” Whitaker said with a hint of understatement. “Now that I’m starting to get back on my feet, it should be good.” Few things have gone as planned for Whitaker. She never really intended to go to college in the United States. At age 19, she was enrolled at St. Leonard’s College part-time and spent the majority of her days perfecting her game at the Victorian

Institute ofSport. In the summer of 2005, she came over to the States to play in the U.S. Amateur, where she beat incoming Duke recruit Amanda Blumenherst in the match-play round of 32 on her way to the semifinals. Duke head coach Dan Brooks was at the tournament, armed with a list of potential recruits to watch. Whitaker, the unknown Aussie, wasn’t on it. But after witnessingjust two holes ofher match with Blumenherst, Brooks was convinced he had found another top talent. He wasn’t alone. When Whitaker got back to her home in Melbourne, her mailbox was already full with offers. She didn’t know much about the women’s college golf landscape, other than remembering her caddie talking to Blumenherst about Duke winning the national title the previous year. After visiting the school, and most importantly, ensuring that Brooks got her quirky sense of humor, Whitaker signed on. “I made the decision to completely throw myself out of my comfort zone,” Whitaker said. “I had everything I needed back home, but going to program like Duke is kind of like the halfway house between living and studying at home and traveling on a tour overseas.” Whitaker came to Duke expecting to replicate SEE WHITAKER ON PAGE 10

BASEBALL

Pitching sparks Blue Devil wins by

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Following a rare tie Sunday against ACC-foe Clemson, Duke (27-13-1) returns to its non-conference slate tonight as the team travels across the state to take on UNC-Greensboro (24-14) at 6 p.m. The teams met last April 9 in Durham, and though Duke shut out the Spartans 10-0, the Blue Devils are certainvs. ly not looking past the in-state opponent. Senior Jonathan Nicolla said the team TONIGHT, 6 p.m. Greensboro is taking tonight’s matchup seriously.

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ChristopherManno was named ACC Player of theWeek after fanning 16 batters over 7 2 scoreless innings.

any team,” Nicolla said. UNC-Greensboro has played ACC teams Clemson and North Carolina in tight games earlier this season and boasts a formidable lineup. The Spartans’ offense is spearheaded by 6-foot-4 Ricky Orton and Florida transfer Matt Garski. Orton comes into today’s game leading his team with 10 home runs and a .377 batting average, while Garski has 40 runs scored. McNally -said he recognizes the test his team faces.

“Greensboro has a very good offensive lineup... an ACC-caliber lineup,” he said. “It’s a tough ballgame for us.” Duke has benefitted from stellar start-

ing pitching as of late, highlighted by a 12strikeout gem by sophomore Christopher Manno Saturday against Clemson. Manno pitched 5.2 scoreless innings against the Ti-

gers, a performance that earned him ACC Pitcher of the Week honors. In addition to Manno, Blue Devil starters Andrew Wolcott and Jonathan Foreman also provided strong outings against the Tigers. “That’s what we shoot for out of our starters each time out, is to give us a chance to win and those guys did that and more this weekend,” McNally said. “They gave us a tremendous lift.” Duke’s starting pitchers have allowed just three earned runs over their past five games. Sophomore Will Currier, who gets the starting nod at the UNC-G Baseball Stadium, attempts to continue the staffs trend tonight. Coinciding with the stellar pitching has been the offensive explosion of first baseman Nate Freiman. Freiman homered twice Saturday to bring his team-leading total to seven. Designated hitter Nicolla has also provided an offensive spark, compiling an 11-game hitting streak. “I’ve been fortunate to have some good hitters around me, I’m seeing good pitches to hit, it’s been a good run and hopefully I can keep it going,” Nicolla said.

Parting is such sweet sorrow Thanks for attending the first press conference of my life in which I will be the one answering all the questions. I will read a brief statement and then open the floor to any questions you may have. I am here today to announce my retirement from sports journalism. It is a bittersweet occasion for me, although I have no doubt it is a joyous occasion for those who have criticized my over the years. As I’ve considered this important decision over the course of the past

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many have asked why I would give up the craft of writing. It’s plain and simple: I want to go out on top. I think everyone who reads my columns and stories would acknowledge that I’ve really hit my stride as a writer over the past year. In the fall, I was recognized by the Associated Collegiate Press as the third-best reporter in all of college journalism. Every time I write something new and brilliant, not only does everyone on campus read what I have to say, but thousands of others flock to the Chronicle’s website to check out my latest gem. So in an effort to leave at the pinnacle ofmy game, I’m hanging up my flip flops and sweat pants. Before I take questions, I’d like to thank a few people. First and foremost, my family. My parents and my two brothers were loyal fans of my work long before I became a star. By the way, if you’ve ever noticed a comment by “Brad Weathersby” below any of my stories online, it’s actually my kid brother using a pseudonym to try to build up my hype. Second, my SEE BEATON ON PAGE 11

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WHITAKER from page 9 the success ofBlumenherst, who was named National Player of the Year as a freshman. But when she took her routine preseason physical, she recorded extremely high blood pressure. Her father has struggled with high blood pressure as well, but the doctors told her it was too high above normal to be simply genetic and feared something may be wrong with her heart. Whitaker went through test after test, all the while never taking a break from the season. One day in October, she went in for an MRI, then jumped on a plane to a tournament at Stanford an hour and a half later. Team meetings would often be interrupted by a loud humming as the blood pressure monitor strapped to Whitaker’s hack would switch on to do its half-hourly test. If the situation wasn’t scary enough, it also served to conjure up some old demons. When Whitaker was in second grade, she became sick and lost almost a third of her body weight. Whitaker said she lost count of how many blood tests she endured, as her doctors could not figure out the cause of the illness. Even after she recovered, it took her months to regain full strength. Now, years later and halfway across the world, she had to deal with another seemingly unexplainable ailment. “At that point, I was like, ‘Just give me an answer! Operate, do whatever, just fix it,’” Whitaker said with a laugh. But Whitaker rarely let on how much it was bothering her as she tried to match the high goals she had set for her freshman year. Meanwhile, her coaches and teammates also tried to hide their fear. “[Her condition] was something that would be negatively affected by worrying,” Brooks said. “She was more worried, and I was definitely more worried than either

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Sophomore Alison Whitaker overcame a rough first semester freshman year to become one of Duke's leaders. one of us would let on, because we didn’t want to risk making it worse.” During that stressful fall, the tipping point almost came in October, when in die second round of the Tar Heel Invitational, the freshman accidentally wrote down a 77 on her scorecard instead of a 78. She realized the error later and self-reported it, causing the officials to disqualify her score. The mistake dropped the Blue Devils eight shots and effectively ended any chance they had at winning. Whitaker was crushed by what she called “the cherry on top” of a brutally rough stretch.

Brooks offered to tell the other girls about it, butWhitaker insisted that she should. “They were all Just so cool about it, and I think it was probably b#tause they knew I couldn’t handle it if they weren’t,” Whitaker said, “I was just so fragile at the time that I think if anything else went wrong, I would have gone off the deep end.” Whitaker said doctors never fully pinned down what was causing her high blood pressure, but they found medicine that would control it. The sophomore still takes the medicine and goes in for regular checkups,

but it is a far cry from the fearfuland exhausting ordeal ofher first semester in Durham. Finally with some sort ofresolution, Whitaker vowed to bounce back in the second half of her rookie campaign. In the second tournament of the spring season, Whitaker tied for fifth, her best showing of the year. And in the second round of the NCAA championship, the freshman carded an even-par 72 to help Duke vaultfrom fifth to first on the way to its third consecutive national title. This year, she has taken more of a leadership role, something that is in line with her shift up to the second and third positions on the roster. Whitaker has seen ups and downs that have given her more maturity than one would expect, even for a 22year old sophomore. And Brooks said her willingness to give him feedback has helped both her and the team’s development. “She came in with a lot of leadership qualities, and even those have developed this year,” Brooks said. “She keeps everyone else’s well-being in mind justby her nature, and that’s a huge help on a team.” And she’s continuing to learn that golf is all about adapting on the fly. Whitaker won her first tournament of her career at the UCF Challenge in March, an unexpected victory since she was in the middle of a swing change. Whitaker and Brooks were still making adjustments to her swing during the practice round, and she came out and shot an opening-day 65, the lowest round for the Blue Devils all year. “With the amount of tournaments we have in the spring, you don’t always have the luxury of being happy with your game going into a tournament,” Whitaker said. “It’s just a matter of believing in your athletic ability under pressure.” As for the future? “Anything can happen in golf,” Whitaker says. She would know.

THURSDAY, APRIL 22,2008

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BEATON from page 9 co-workers at The Chronicle. A mentor at the newspaper once told me that writers need a delicate balance struck between having their egos stroked and their chops busted. In reading this column, you might believe they haven’t busted my chops enough, butbelieve me, they have. Finally, whatwould a sports press conference be without the-star thanking God? So thanks to my Lord and Saviorfor making me a better college reporter than allbut two people in America. Now I’ll take your questions. Greg, is it weird for you to finally be the center of attention ? Yes, it’s a little bit strange. But boy is it wonderful. All these years I’ve been detailing the exploits of others, and now the lens is on me. Give me a few moments while I bask in the glow of the spotlight. OK, done. Why did you go into journalism in the

first place?

My entrance into journalism came as a direct result of the end of my athletic career. My senior year of high school, I participated in a baseball scouting showcase along with 100 other players in New York City’s Public Schools Athletic League. After I ran the 60yard dash, a murmur arose from the crowd of college and pro scouts, each of them wielding clipboards and stopwatches. “Was my time that good?” I asked one of them. Looking downat his clipboard that containedall of my vital information, he chuckled and said; “No, but that SAT score is just about twice everyone else’s here.” IfI hadn’t admitted it to myself yet, it was then that I knew my future was more likely to be determined by my academic rather than athletic pursuits. As it turns out, I’m probably better at writing about sports than I was playing them. Go figure. Couldn’t you have put your spare time in college to better use?

Honestly, I doubt it. I guess I could have gotten into really good shape, pursued a 4.0 GPA or even gotten drunk more often. But that would have been a lot less fun and not nearly as rewarding. What is your favorite memory from a story you covered? There are a lot, but far and away the most exciting game I sat press row for was the home basketball game against Virginia Tech December ofmy sophomore year. That game, of course, was the one in which Duke squandered a lead coming down the stretch only

ers at the game. You can always enjoy those special sports moments as a fan, anyway. There’s much more pride involved in the production of a unique story. All jokes aside, it’s extremely rewarding when you see people reading your work and hear them discussing it. Several times I’ve been contacted—called, e-mailed, shouted at across the quad—with people who agreed or disagreed with something I wrote, engaging me in further discussion that could not fit in newsprint. That’s how you know you’ve made an impact. Do you have any serious reasons for leaving this profession ? I thought I could get out of here without answering that question, but I’ll give it a shot I have a lot of reservations about the profession in general, as well as my particular role in it It’s no secret thatjoumalism as we know it is changing; print publications are dying, and the traditional media companies are struggling to cope with declining market share and profits. As companies search for answers, they have emphasized entertainment and unconfirmed rumors over storytelling and reporting. Meanwhile, these same companies have decided that the best way to dig themselves out of the grave is to cut costs on the personnel side. Every week there are announcements of some of the most talented people in the business being fired or bought out. And on the entry level, the companies give so little in terms of compensation and job security, treating their most important production input as if it has no value at all. And they wonder why top college talent is pursuing other careers, and they wonder why they are going out of business. For me personally, I also think there’s something to be said for sports as a diversion instead ofa profession. It sounds like it’s really cool to get paid to read ESPN.com all day or to sit at a ballpark and write about the game. But when you do it for a living, what do you do to get away? Unless, of course, you really

“Thanks to my Lord and Savior for making me a better college reporter than all but two people in America.” to have Sean Dockery sink a 40-footer at the buzzer to save the victory. As the shot went in, I could feel the rush of fens behind me about to pour onto the court. Hoping to not to get trampled, I sprinted out toward media room, which has its entrance right next to the hallway that leads to Duke’s locker room. Outside of that door, assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski was high-fiving everyone that walked by. I got caught up in the moment and even my best instincts of journalistic impartiality couldn’t stop me. I slapped Wojo’s hand, and went to work on my story. What a moment. What will you miss the most? I’ll miss the ability to pull together information and interviews and tell compelling stories that might never otherwise be told. Covering games such as the Dock Shot is exciting, but the end product you produce as a journalist isn’t really that much different than the stories cranked out by the 50 other writ-

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like to collect stamps. Sports are meant to be a distraction, and when they become your job, you not only begin to know too much about the people you once admired but you also begin to resent what used to be one of your favorite releases from the rest of the world. Do you have anything to say to your critics? I could have spent my last column attacking the people who have made a point of demeaning my efforts as a journalist—a list that would span the spectrum from a message board poster named “Jumbo” to a coach named Mike Krzyzewski. But all I can say to them is this: if you were reading, I know I was doing something right. So is this really it ? Can you say definitively that you’ll never make a comeback? I’d be lying ifI said that part ofme didn’t want to keep writing. There’s something about journalism —I think most of all that it provides a platform for my curiosity—that’s addicting. But for now, I have no plans. So is that 100percent? 99.9 percent, I swear.

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now, reliving the good times, regretting

the wasted and fearing the future. They don’t need me to tell them how we’re supposed to have grown up and haven’t. They don’t need to read here a sob story about why I, through my detailed and deep experience at The Chronicle, am somehow better equipped than they are to share the bittersweet feelings of graduation. If underclassmen want to know what it feels like, if you want to know whether we’ve realized that the rug is about to be pulled out from under us, I have. I know that, for the first time in my life, there Ls no pre-ordained next step. What do other seniors feel like? I don’t know and I don’t want to ask. People ask all the dme how senior year was or if we’re read)' to graduate, and we don’t know how to answer that question. It usually ends up as a mixture of sappy cliches about not having any regrets and truisms about having no choice but to move on. There are too many experiences and too many ideasabout the inspirational things I’ve seen and learned. Too many questions and not enough answers. There is no theme or story that can begin to summarize my time at Duke, no way of retelling what has been important to me or why you should care. I hope every senior takes some time between now and graduation to think about exactly what their four years has meant to them and how they’ll build on it and continue to grow once they enter the terrifying real world. 1 know I will, and maybe someday, I’ll finally know my lede.

senior column i thought about it or didn’t have anything to say. It wasn’t because I didn’t have any emotions. In fact, I had too many emotions and too much to say. I didn’t want to write anything because what I wrote would be, by definition, final. It would mean I had reached the end and acknowledged it. Plainly, I was terrified. Scared that I’d get it wrong, that my lasting Duke legacy would be shaped by something 1 wasn’t proud of. I’ve often passed lime sitting in the Chronicle office zoning out and trying to choose the perfect way to encapsulate my four years of Chronicle and Duke, searching for the ideal lede for this very column. I’ve thought of cliches about why I came here, cliches about journalism and cliches about life. I’ve thought of telling how I was fond of sitting alone in the back of the Chronicle office, starWhen my brother graduated from ing out a tiny, third-floorwindow at the stoic image of the Chapel, contemplatDuke in 2004, he lamented there ing life. I’ve thought of storiesabout my weren’t more people “who made dog, Raleigh —named after die explor- fun of themselves.” I’d like to thank er, not the city—and never dreaming Wayne Manorfor being the most insecure, self-deprecating and entertainshe’d live to see me graduate. None of these would suffice. It would ing group of friends I ever could have be a disservice to all the people who found. Thank you to The Chronicle have changed my life, for the better or for teaching me more —good and bad—than any class possibly could worse, and all the lifechanging experiences this University hits given me. have. And thank you to Mike Krzyzewski for getting me out of the NorthAnd that’s why I couldn’t write a senior column. I haven’t tried to put into east, involved The Chronicle and words the grand message of college or blacklisted from DBR. tell the funny stories only my friends Andrew Yaffe is a Trinity senior. He is a would understand. Sixteen hundred people I know are going through the sports columnist, sports associate editor and same emotionalroller coaster 1 am right former managing editor of the Chronicle.

late, and I am ironing a skirt. I am should be a journalist.” The regimen of “Murphy Brown” and ironing a skirt on a stack of magazines. It that followed every time I visited “Mystery!” is not going well. coincidental. her was to because probably my hard seems be The part Proselytized or not, I took her advice. Eleven ironing board is 8 years later, I lugged far too much stuff into GA h by 11, and the and waltzed with far too much ambition into not. And if skirt is 301 Flowers, determined to squeeze everything hard, too press I I could out of these newsprint pages. or ratchet up the I could not have imagined the rest. Crying the heat too high, that GA bedroom after writing a story that in names in greatest caused a rogue band of DSG operatives to American Journalall that days’ Chronicles into the trash. dump be indelism will a || c r .L U Dali Roving the streets of London, reporting on iblv seared into my terrorism, Keira Knightley’s slight frame and senior column skin seat. an alarming spate of small primate thefts. never H.avmg Learning the Carolina shag as a Senate press purchased an ironing board—you just never get around to some intern from retired reporter Joan McKinney, things—l reach for magazines because they are the reason they installed a women’s bathroom the biggest, flattest objects I have in my room. into the Capitol’s press chambers. Furrowing They are also the most abundant, outnumber- my brow with friends over a spread of 10 small ing even socks. I have piles of Vogue, Vanity Fair, brownie chunks, taste-testing them on WashEsquire and (ahem) Teen Vogue, old SELFs and ingtonian’s expense account for a hard-hitting piece on fudgiest local offerings. SleepShapes for gym flippage, and dozens of EconoMillto, around swear. Marissa I ing in 301 Flowers most nights in those black mists I will get er’s 36-24-36 greets me every morning from the spring months of 2006, manning the phones Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition on my floor, while my fellow editors were camped out in not far from the New Yorkers filched from my front of the Durham courthouse. It has been a wild and fulfilling ride. roommate, two issues of Washingtonian (word Still, with the gloom-and-doom forecasts of up D.C.), a Glamour I borrowed from Brodie and a smattering of Newsweeks, Rolling Stones the print media’s relevance, I’ve been sincerely warned of the turbulence ahead. When I was and Harper’s Bazaars. in his opinion-writing class, Professor William I am a junkie. Welcome to my den. defies allmarket research into This addiction Raspberry wondered in one of his Washington the 18-to-245. We scroll, baby—flipping through Post columns if, by training his students to bedead-tree pages is as passe as POGs. Sure, I do my come opinion writers for print, he was making us into “buggy-whip makers—skilled craftsmen fair share of staring into the tanning-bed backbeloved, —oh with no demand for their work.” Mac, of but glossy paper light my When YouTube’s “SneezingPanda” attracts 12 increasingly cosdy paper —how I love you. This love for magazines and the process of million viewers, compared to the lowly four Diggs journalism started long before I got to Duke. for Esquire’s 17,000-word Iraq-war elegy “The Things That Carried Him,” I can see his point It started in earnest at age seven, when I decided my future was in zookeeping. I called But some of us still buy buggy whips in ride to the library, hopspades, for a recycling them for ironing boards. my grandmother ing to pick up a few titles relevant to my field. Some of us still think that lengthy, well-re“You know you’ll have to pick up elephant ported and serious prose can find a home on these Interwebs, and can be adapted to be poo-poo,” she told me on the ride there. even better online. And if printed magazines “I know,” I said. “And mash up fish and feed them to the die, I’ll still write. It’s my unscratchable itch. Today, I can almost taste it I am nearly out penguins,” she said. there, a Real Live Journalist I know it will take a “I know,” I said. “And you’ll never make very much money,” lifetime before I’m sending my dear friends and she added. family a postcard from the Pinnacle ofSuccess. But I paused. Being seven, I had never given I am thrilled to start the journey to Base Camp 1. income much thought. Sarah Ball is a Trinity senior. She is the co-editor She pressed on. “You like to read and you’re always a of Towerview and the former editorial page editor snoop,” she said, crushing my dream. ‘You and features editor of The Chronicle.

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A few confessions ers in the rain in Montmartre, in Accra, in Siem Reap. In no particular order, a few random confessions: I actually really enjoy the food at The Loop. / DaI danced in the mud on LDOC with friends who have vid, I stole your stapler on purpose. / Once, my friends become my family and have had countless sleepovers and I almost got caught trespassing while wearing 80s with countless friends. Fell asleep during all-nighters spandex and cotton headbands. / Sometimes Duke bas- on the tables in Rick’s, surrounded by papers and lapketball really bores me. / Nevertheless, I have a crush tops and omelets and friends to wake me up when it’s on Jon Scheyer and I’m in love with Abby Waner. / I time to go to class. Had dinner with famous writers, came to Duke determined to major in anything but talked poetry with famous poets. Sprinted from class English —I wanted something more “practical”—and to the office to my dorm room, always to find friends not only am I now an English major, I’m headed to Boswaiting for me to change clothes and head to Main ton to study poetry for a year. Freshmen, take note. / I Street. can’t dance, but I do anyway. / When we had the mayor Although many of us dread this moment for all of These days when students ofWinston-Salem over to our apartment for dinner, we college, it’s time to move on. I just have that feeling. adam eaglin almost served him vodka instead of water by accident. / But when all my suitcases are packed and sitting forlook at the Chapel, this iconic I’m going to miss North Carolina. / And my final conimage of Duke, I doubt many lornly by the door of my apartment, and I turn around | or column sen w fession, perhaps the biggest of them all: I used to not to look at the empty rooms, I’m sure I’ll step back and of them think, RELIGION, but like Duke. It’s hard to say why—there were several reathink; Where the hell did college go? it’s still something to consider. sons—but my first semester and a half at Duke dragged We were ushered into Duke on its polished pews at conUntil then, I’m saving all the current moments like vocation, and they’ll bid us farewell on those same seats with hooks along the ground, and I wondered: Is Duke coins in a bank. And, of course, there’s the instant that at baccalaureate. the bell begins to count off the hours, and no matter really the place for me? Since then, my mind has changed. The days dropped where I am—lounging on the quad, grabbing coffee in I am neither very religious nor very fond of reading off as if the calendar broke apart at the seams, and as Alpine, running to class in Allen —I can hear the music into obvious religious imagery—after four years of English classes, I’ve had my fill ofChrist-like figures. But I’ve the dust cleared, college became what it was supposed flood over campus and think: there’s no place quite decided, in the spirit of our campus’s religious roots, that to be —I’ve loved every damn second. Words and like Duke. it’s time to confess a few things that I’ve been burning to books and lines filled my academic time. I swam in the Adam Eaglin is a Trinity senior.; He is currently recruitment get off my chest. (OK, so the Methodists that founded Gulf of Thailand and in the waterfalls of KanchanaDuke don’t really believe in Catholic-style penitence, but buri; toasted July 4 with sangria and three Dukies in chair and senior editor and former university editor and city & Middle-of-Nowhere, Ghana: made friends with strangstate editor for The Chronicle. just work with me on this one.)

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the first phase of stadium renovations? This phase addresses the concession stands and restrooms inside Wallace Wade. If this renovation has any connecI tion to the exisrestrooms in the tence of a sidefootball stadium editorial walk on Frank has been delayed, Bassett Drive, we fail to see it. If we are bemused that a technicality could hold up such a benign the lack of a sidewalk is a real issue, it should have been brought project. We don’t doubt that there up earlier. Executive Vice President is some reason for the Durham city code that requires, in this Tallman Trask has indicated case, a sidewalk on Frank Bashis reluctance to cut down the sett Drive, and indeed we fully row of trees where the sidesupport the notion of being walk would likely go, and we friendly to pedestrians. But echo this sentiment. We hope, the idea that this “drive”—for however, that the University all practical purposes, a named and Durham can work together amicably to find a sensible parking lot and not a high-traffic thoroughfare—is in need of and timely solution to this issue. Then, hopefully, they can a sidewalk defies all sensibility. Furthermore, why must this move on to fixing the fruit issue arise now and complicate stands.

of three events may be cross-listed. In Council should be comaddition, a minimum of eight events mended for recendy restrucmust be organized each semester for turing quadrangle programto be continued to the followfunding restrictions and on regulations ming binding. In the past, quad councils ing semester. Along with the have often scramabove-mentioned the end editorial bled near of semesters to fulfill changes to quad programming requirements. These council funding restrictions, Camoverbearing regulations placed on pus Council has worked toward spending have led to poorly-attended, making quad councils less dominated by selective living groups last-minute events. The new regulations approved by and more representative of the undergraduate population. Campus Council significantly lowCampus Council should be ers the total number of events quad councils are required to hold while praised for its proactive efforts maintaining the requirement that in the last few weeks to better the these events address specific categoundergraduate residential experience. ries. These categories include comBut the organization’s efforts munity outreach and Durham interaction, cultural interaction, faculty likely won’t affect the quality of interaction, wellness and residential programming because the quad staff appreciation. Under the new bymodel is broken—most students laws, an event can count for no more do not consider their quads to be than two categories and only a total tight-knit communities.

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me a cynic, but I have never understood the widespread mentality that Duke really is some kind of “wonderland,” Gothic or otherwise. The prevailing view that Duke is insulated within some kind of metaphorical bubble is often used to suggest that Duke students are unaware of the outside world, but no one ever looks inside our little j Qn detze| J utopia to see how we perceive our- don't stop believing selves. Everywhere I turn I find people who think that everything about Duke is right and perfect. But just because you go to Duke doesn’t mean you can’t criticize it. Just because the University’s seal will be stamped on your diploma doesn’t mean that you have to approve everything Duke or its affiliates ever do. Just because Coach K is a legend doesn’t mean you can’t question the successes and failures of a given basketball season. Ever since 9/11, our country has had a problem with dissent. For some reason, criticism is always viewed as unpatriotic, or, more appropriately in this case, anti-Duke. But as intelligent human beings endowed with the democratic right and duty to speak truth to power, we should always evaluate whether Duke can do things better. As graduation fast approaches, I’ve spent the last few weeks doing just that. Looking back at my four years here, I’ve had some great times, made wonderful friends, grown personally and intellectually and learned a great deal about life, history, the world and people. But there have also been some major flaws. The student experience at Duke pales in comparison to peer universities—dining, entertainment, lodging and services on campus are beneath what one might expect from our academic standing; even athletics (read: basketball) failed to meet expectations (read: reaching the Final Four). Moreover, my memories ofDuke will forever be defined by the incompetent, disloyal and unapologetic handling of the lacrosse case. Anyone who doesn’t see this as a serious error in judgment and a monstrous blemish on Duke’s reputation should please consult the following for their opinion; Reade Seligmann, Colin Finnerty and David Evans; their families and the families of current and

former lacrosse players; and the empty space in Schwartz-Butters where the 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse National Championship trophy should be. Finally, Durham always seems to get a free pass. I’ve written about this before, but it’s worth mentioning that despite a little bit of flair and character, Durham is definitely more dangerous, less entertaining and has fewer unique attractions to offer than the cities in which our peer institutions are located. If you disagree with me, I hope you have the courage to share your convictions with the family and friends of Abhijit Mahato before you send me hateful e-mails. I guess the conclusion I’ve reached is that Duke didn’t quite live up to its potential. Duke is more than just a name, it’s a community of scholars and athletes and real people. That’s how we should treat Duke —as a vehicle for improving the lives of those it touches—and we should always strive to enhance our little village in whatever ways we can. The problem is that Duke functions more as an institution than as a living organism. And institutions are naturally expansionist and self-fulfilling: They tend to seek more power, create additional bureaucracy and incentivize the pursuit of internal political goals and favorable public relations at the expense of concerns for student interests. Duke is no different. If you look at the things students want most—judicial rights, fewer paternalistic regulations, a vibrant West Campus social life—Duke is sorely lacking. I understand that the University has to care about legal liability, but these things should never define an institution’s existence and behavior; they should be, at most, external side constraints on the realm of the possible, not the only available courses of action which they all too often are. After all, it was this kind of motivation that led those in charge to screw over a few students just to minimize PR damage. We need only consider the stack of lawsuits currently facing the University to demonstrate how poor decisions without concern for students can be. Duke needs a real transformation—away from politics and bureaucracy and toward student interests—in order to truly be elite and unrivaled. My only hope is that when I come back to Duke in the future, students will tell me without equivocation that Duke really cares. Maybe then I’ll open my checkbook for more than an $O.BB senior gift. —

Jon Detzel is a Trinity senior. This is his Jinal column.

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people know from an early age that they want to make a difference—to help the community, serve the less fortunate and dedicate their lives to a worthy

cause. I, on the other hand, found my inspiration to serve others only recendy, across the street from a Baskin Robbins in Sana’a, Yemen. There, perched above a hole-inthe-wall grocery store, stood a discolored billboard proclaiming, “Anything is Possible in Yemen.” It is no secret thatYemen is one of the poorest countries in the world. There are few luxuries, and many CIVIC Gll(|d9^H^^ children forego schooling part VII to help out with small family businesses. Others wander streets in search of donations or food. I saw this first-hand from the windowof the Hilltown Hotel (not to be confused with Hilton) where I was housed during my Duke Engage program last summer in Sana’a. During the first day of my internship at the Democracy School, a children’s rights NGO, I was asked if I had a project in mind to implement with the NGO’s backing and support. No immediate answer came to mind. After many nights spent deliberating the possibilities, I awoke one morning to the answer—just outside my window. There, across the street, children were joyously playing soccer. Although Yemen is “another world” to most of us who attend Duke, there are cultural commonalities too. Both Yemenis and Americans share a love of sports and competition, and in Yemen the affordable sport ofchoice is soccer. Whether playing on a well-groomed field or glass-ridden parking lot, the rules and love of the game are the same there and here. I realized while watching these children at play that I did not need to limit myself to tackling the overarching problems found in Yemeni society—hunger, health care, political strife. I merely needed to open my eyes to what was happening directly around me. I immediately set out to develop plans for a human rights soccer tournament that had the potential to teach some important lessons. The tournament, which was played on two dirt fields, attracted 100 local children wearing jerseys of their favorite soccer players. A local gymnasium, meanwhile, held interactive workshops on human rights. Though similar in most respects to any other sports tournament you might see, the difference here was the dialogue taking place after the game—one that was previously non-existent, or at best concealed. Participants openly discussed what their rights were and how to protect them, who to call and who to trust, and most importantly how to rely on one another. Our conversation, though in different languages, centered on values and awareness. It was an amazing and memorable connection. The impact of the soccer tournament did not hit me until a young boy who had not participated approached me after the games had ended. He asked me why he was not allowed to play in the soccer tournament. I responded by asking if he had spoken to the soccer coach at his school. “Isn’t it my right to play soccer?” he shot back. With a grin I told him yes, and that I would make sure to invite him the following year. Satisfied, he ran down the street and out of sight. If you’ve been following recent international events, Yemen’s government is fighting a war on two fronts. Northern rebel activity —including al-Qaeda —has increased with bombings in the capital Sana’a, and violent clashes in the south have led to numerous deaths and hundreds of arrests. The mounting strife has resulted in the difficult decision for Duke Engage to cancel its program to Yemen and relocate to Cairo. I often find myself thinking about those children playing soccer from sunrise to sunset, laughing with one another, working together and competing, learning about their rights and, perhaps, one day having the courage to stand up to stop personal and social abuse. Until then, I feel content knowing that one young boy has begun to question the rights he so desperately deserves—rights that you or I may take for granted. ,

Andrew Simon is a Trinity sophomore.

letterstotheeditor Chronicle coverage of speech biased I thought I gave a good speech at Duke until I read the garbled account ofit in The Chronicle. The story—April 18, “Horowitz sounds off to small crowd” —omitted the first halfof my speech which was about the genocide against the Jews that Islamic radicals are openly planning and about the “Declaration Against Genocide” which is the focus of our campaign and the decision of The Chronicle’s editor to refuse to allow us to buy ad space in the paper so that Duke students could read it. The Chronicle invoked no such editorial discretion when it published the statement of 88 professors indicting the sins ofAmerican society for racism while insinuating that the innocent Duke lacrosse players were in fact an expression of those sins. The article chops up my statements to include me among the guilty. Thus I am quoted as saying “Palestinians are evil.” What I said was Palestinians had created a culture of death which was evil, and gave as an example the fact that 85 percent of Palestinians applauded the gunmen who machine gunned 19 Israeli students in a library. I could go on, but this should be sufficient for those who were not there to judge whether The Chronicle’s report is reliable or not.

the Duke curriculum will allow all Duke students benefit by expanding their horizons and allowing those with a specific interest to focus on the area. The fact that 60 percent of the survey respondents who wanted more of a focus on South Asian Studies are not South Asian presents a mandate to the DSG and the Duke Administration from all students to act on this issue. Though both the article and editorial yesterday emphasized the importance of having more South Asian language classes, we would also like to highlight the significance of adding more classes about South Asia to many popular departments, such as public policy, economics and political science. These are the departments where the report shows the most demand for classes, and where we are lagging the furthest behind our peer institutions. We are excited to push for all of the short term recommendations in the report, including the creation of a permanent South Asian Studies committee and encouraging departments to bring in visiting professors who specialize in South Asian Studies in the next year. We encourage all students who are interested in the proposed South Asian Studies classes to come forward and help show student support for this exciting initiative.

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Chelsea Goldstein Affairs-Elect, DSG Trinity ’lO

Goodbye, farewell and amen Today

marks my 58th—and final—Chronicle column as a Duke undergrad. Writing 45,240 words over four semesters (yes, I counted) hasn’t always been fun, and it certainly hasn’t been easy. I’ve watched many a post-deadline sunrise, and this week was no exception (sorry Ryan). But being a colkflstin KflbXin blltlfir UUlier umnist has also been a singular honor, and with all today I write to acdeliberate speed knowledge that. For two years now, I have been privileged to work alongside a group of dedicated

(and often anonymous) copyeditors, over-editors and correspondents, all of whom have worked long, tedious hours to bring my words to print. I am extraordinarily grateful for their sacrifices. Moreover, I’m proud to say The Chronicle has given direction and focus to my once aimless tenure at Duke—which took me from biomedical engineer to pubpol student to English major in under three semesters —and this experience left me with a new (and unexpected) set of professional ambitions. That’s a pretty fantastic deal when you realize I originally applied for this job because I lost a bet. But as I reflect on my last 57 efforts, many of which offered blistering critiques of Duke administrators and Durham officials, I wonder if the real reason I put pen to paper (or fingertip to keyboard, I suppose) each week has always come through. So for my parting words, I thought I’d reiterate what I hope has been obvious all along: I love Duke with all my heart and soul, and every word I’ve written—from the fiercest denunciation to the mildest critique —rep-

resents an honest attempt to better this University. Believe it or not, blasting Duke and Durham offi-

cials week after week has brought me no joy. (OK, there were a few times when it was a little fun.) But I believe the seriousness of the issues I’ve dealt with —discriminatory, incompetent police work; racist land restrictions; contaminated water; zoning boondoggles; discriminatory health care practices; and financial and administrative opacity, among others —demanded a strong, aggressive approach, and I regret that I haven’t had more success in encouraging reform. There is no question that my efforts were often imperfect or inadequate, and in retrospect I’d do lots of things differently. But I do hope readers have sensed that my contributions were always well intended, and that Duke remains my city on a hill. As we near the end, I find myself returning to my very first column, which laid out my goals as a weekly writer. There, I argued that although “the past five months [dating to March 2006] have certainly been unpleasant... the next five months are filled with possibilities” and that it “is our privilege, our opportunity, and our responsibility” to he members of the Duke community. I think the Class of 2008 has lived up to that standard, and I hope that the tumult and drama of our undergraduate experience will translate into a lasting tradition of service to this University. With several bitterly divisive lawsuits pending, a resurgence in police misconduct and the planning and construction of the new Central on the horizon, our input and institutional memory will be greatly needed. Indeed, we may be graduating in less than two weeks, but the real work is onlyjust beginning. Meanwhile, I thank you readers for your feedback and support over the past two years. You have made my job a privilege. Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. This is herfinal column.

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