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Men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski has been knocked out of another No. 1 ranking. Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor of health affairs and Duke University Health System president and CEO, ended Krzyzewski’s four-year reign as the highest paid University employee for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, according to Internal Revenue Service 990 tax forms released by the University last week. The release of the forms comes several weeks after the Health System announced it would cut 300 jobs and the same week that the University announced a December 2001 $lOO,OOO gift by Snyderman and his wife to fund a professorship in genomics. Although Snyderman’s $448,456 salary was dwarfed by Krzyzewski’s $589,300, Snyderman also received more than $674,000 in his expense account and other allowances, which, along with contributions to his employee benefit plans, brought the DUHS chiefs total compensation to $1,156,277. Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations John Burness said the high figure in Snyderman’s expense ac-

ferred questions to Burness count is the result of both an apBurness said the release of the proximately five-year-old real estate loan that was forgiven by the tax forms and the Health System Executive Board of the Board of layoffs were unrelated. Trustees and ofincentives granted “The IRS Form 990 in question by a compensation committee in was filed for the fiscal year that the Health System. began July 1, 2000 and ended June 30, 2001,” Burness wrote in Snyderman, whose total package increased by 90 percent over an e-mail. “The proposed budget last year, referred questions to Asreductions that recently were ansociate Vice Chancellor of Communications Vicki Saito, who reSee SNYDERMAN on page 7

Led by an increase in applicants and a higher yield among students who accepted offers, the Graduate School’s incoming class of 630 students will be its largest and most selective ever. The school accepted a lower percentage of applicants this year than ever before, offering admittance to just under 20 percent of the pool. The average score on the GRE—the test required for graduate school applicants—is the highest ever, and a record number of students accepted its most prestigious scholarships. “What we have is a class that is the largest ever, and, despite being the largest, the quality is still better,” said Lewis Siegel, dean of the Graduate School. “Everything just worked this year.” The Graduate School had not intended to increase its class size, but the unexpectedly high yield—4s percent, up from an average of 39 in previous years—made for a record-size group, Siegel said. Bertie Belvin, associate dean for enrollment services in the Graduate School, attributed the increases largely to the state of the nation’s job market. “People who lost jobs took that as an opportunity to go back to school and people who had not yet entered the job market decided to continue their education,” she said. Diversity is another highlight of the class, Siegel said. The number of international students in the class will set a record at 240, and there will also be more American minority students than ever before. Compared to an average of 51 for each of the last four years, the incoming class will have 83 American minority students, comprising 14 percent of the class. “For the first time in history, the number ofstudents who are not minorities or foreign are a minority” Siegel said. “Only 48 percent of our class is U.S. white—there See GRAD SCHOOL on page 7

Easley releases After 2 days, women’s golf in 2nd budget proposal By DREW KLEIN The Chronicle

AUBURN, Wash. One year ago, the women’s golf team was on the brink of a national title, entering the final round with a four-stroke lead. That team, however, proved unable to deliver a championship. This season, the Blue Devils will not have the luxury of a lead entering the final two rounds, but will have to make up a six stroke deficit instead. Only Arizona—which shot 581 between the two rounds—is ahead of Duke, which compiled a two-day team total of 587. The Wildcats entered the second round with an intimidating nine-stroke lead, shooting 285 to open the tournament. While they remain in the lead going into the third day of play, they shot an eight-over-par 296 Wednesday and saw their lead over the Blue Devils dwindle to six. But the Blue Devils have not had trouble making up strokes in the past, most recently capturing the NCAA East Regional title after a fourth-place effort in the first round. Leading the effort is sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn, who posted scores of 68 and 69 in the first two rounds and is currently seven strokes under par. Despite a slow start to the second round, which featured three bogies among the first six holes, she is tied

By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

Gov. Mike Easley announced his plan for next year’s state budget Tuesday, and in doing so anticipated a state lottery for school funding. The budget plan attempts to address an expected $2 billion shortfall for the next fiscal year. The budget crisis, stemming largely from an economic slowdown, has been called by some experts the state’s worst since the Great Depression. After instructing each state agency to reduce spending by 7 to 11 percent next year, Easley called for up to $726 million in cuts to state projects that would eliminate over 2,600 jobs—l,4oo of which are currently filled—in the largest state layoff in years. In addition, Easley would cut $2lO million from state highway funds and suspend $333 million in payments to city and local governments; to compensate, Easley offered them the option of raising local sales taxes by a half cent. Another $250 million in revenue would come from the state lottery Easley proposed, but implementing the See EASLEY BUDGET on page 10

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VIRADA NIRAPATHPONGPORN, who is tied for first place in the NCAA tournament, takes a swing.

Local 77, the largest union at Duke, began negotiating a new contract with Human Resources officials earlier this week. See page 3

In a new orientation program, the University will send copies of the short story “The Palace Thief” to incoming freshmen to read over the summer. See page 5

See WOMEN’S GOLF on page 14 The Office of Student Development announced Wednesday the hiring of nine residence coordinators, who will oversee quad programming. See page 6

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A suicide bomber blew himself up in Rishon Letzio, Israel, Wednesday night, killing two other people and wounding 27, police and rescue workers said. The suicide attack came on a day in which six other Palestinians were also killed, including a local Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militia leader. •

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Closing the books on the civil rights era’s deadliest crime, a jury convicted a former Klansman of murder Wednesday for the 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls and shook the nation’s soul. The verdict, reached by a racially mixed jury in less than seven hours of deliberation, brought tears from relafives on both sides and a statement of defiance from the 71-year-old defendant, Bobby Frank Cherry. He was automatically sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Asked by the judge if he had any comment, Cherry stood and pointed directly at prosecutors. Klansmen were convicted earlier

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The death toll from a heat wave that has gripped southeastern India rose to 1,030 Wednesday. Most of the dead were older people unable to bear temperatures that reached 122 degrees. •

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In response to allegations that he had molested an altar boy 21 years ago, Bishop J. Kendrick Williams stepped down from pastoral duties in Lexington, Ky., Wednesday while the church investigates. •

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Outside the family’s home, a crowd of reporters massed on the sidewalk and a wall of satellite trucks lined the street. It was a replay of last summer, when MODESTO, Calif. The parents of Chandra Levy remained secluded in their home Wednesday after learning Levy’s disappearance—and her romantic links to the that a body found in a Washington, D.C., park was that of area’s longtime Democratic congressman, Gary Condit their long-missing daughter. gripped the nation. Dr. Robert and Susan Levy were said to be distraught Condit, who lost re-election in March after his political and did not immediately plan to appear in public. support crumbled amid the scandal, was in Washington “Two parents have just received the most horrifying Wednesday. His offices referred all calls to his Los Angeles news they could ever receive,” family spokesperson Judy attorney, Mark Geragos. Smith said outside the family home. “Certainly no parent “Congressman Gary Condit and his family want to exwould think they would ever bury their child. It’s usually press their heartfelt sorrow and condolences to the Levy the other way.” family. The Levy family will remain in our prayers,” GerWashington Police Chief Charles Ramsey said he told a agos said. family lawyer that dental records confirmed the identity of Geragos said Levy’s death seems to parallel the cases of the skeletal remains, found not far from Levy’s apartment two other missing girls in Washington and supports Conin the Capitol. dit’s belief that a serial killer may be responsible. The Associated Press

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and sent to prison and a fourth suspect died without being charged. “We feel like we can go on with our lives now,” said Junie Collins Peavy, sister of victim Addie Mae Collins. The jury of nine whites and three blacks returned the verdict after a weeklong trial that was filled with images from the nation’s segregationist past, but only circumstantial evidence against Cherry. Prosecutors showed jurors morgue photos of the torn and bloodied victims: Wesley, Collins and Carole Robertson, all 14; and Denise McNair, 11. The gruesome images were shown as the girls’ relatives sat in the front row of the courtroom, as they did throughout the trial.

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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to spend billions of dollars to prepare hospitals and build vaccine stockpiles for a bioterrorism attack and to increase security at borders, laboratories and waterworks. News briefs compiled from wire reports.

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“This whole bunch lied all the way through this thing,” he said, his Southern drawl steady and clear in the courtroom. “I told the truth. I don’t know why I’m going to jail for nothing.” The murder of young girls gathering at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church exposed the chilling depth of racial hatred that black protesters faced in the Deep South and helped bring racial moderates off the sidelines in the civil rights struggle. Within two years, as protests spread in the wake of the bombing, Congress passed several federal civil rights and voting rights laws. Cherry will be the last suspect tried in the blast. Two other ex-

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With pay rates, attendance policies and training among the possible issues up for review, representatives from the University and the largest labor union at Duke began negotiations this week on a new contract. The current three-year contract for Local 77 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees expires midnight June 30. The Durham union represents about 850 Dining Services employees, groundskeepers, housekeepers and sanitation workers. The negotiations are largely secretive and neither side, University nor union, wished to offer much comment on the issues involved. Duke’s Director of Staff and Labor Relations Mindy Kornberg did not return multiple phone calls over the last month, but reiterated in an e-mail this week the University’s policy of not discussing labor negotiations in public. “We expect negotiations will be productive and respectful for all,” she wrote. Local 77 business manager Michael Gibson also could not be reached for comment. Prior meetings between the two parties have included discussion of pay rates, employee attendance policies and employee training and mobility. The last contract, negotiated in June 1999, provided for a 3 percent wage hike in each year of the agreement and

By ALEX GARINGER The Chronicle

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta kicked off his summer this week by filling the first of three vacant student affairs positions. Zoila Airall, director of institutional diversity at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, with whom Moneta worked at the University of Pennsylvania, was named the new assistant vice president of campus life. Moneta created the position last semester. Under Moneta’s restructuring of student affairs, Airall will coordinate student activities and pversee the Community Service Center, Multicultural Center, International House, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Women’s Center and the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life. “[Airall] will work with [the departments’] directors to really strengthen advising of student groups, help student groups with finding social space and finances and provide support for students,” Moneta said. Airall graduated from Rutgers University, received a master’s degree in counseling from Columbia University, and engaged in doctoral study at the University of Pennsylvania. “I’m very excited about the position,” she said. “I met the people with whom I’m going to be working and they really made me feel like this is the place I really want to be. They’re sharp and dedicated about their work.” Before assuming her current Airall position at Bryn Mawr, Airall served as a high school guidance counselor, director of counseling at Bethany College in West Virginia and an associate director in residential living at Penn. Moneta said his past working experience with Airall was coincidental, as an independent search committee narrowed an applicant pool of approximately 40 to 60 to four, from which Moneta ultimately selected Airall for her experience working with students. “It will be [different] in terms of size and in terms of culture because there are men,” Airall said of the move from Bryn Mawr, a small liberal arts, all-female under-

set standards for employee attendance. “Of course, there’s always that money thing,” said groundskeeper and Local 77 member Michael McCray. “Everybody always wants more than what they negotiate.”

Attendance has been a perennial issue among all Duke employees, including those in Local 77, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. Trask is not involved in the day-to-day negotiations, but set guidelines for the negotiating team led by Kornberg, and he will review and sign the final agreement. McCray said in particular that he wishes the University would grant more time off for employees to visit families for funerals. Another key element of the discussion be the one-year-old management of the Great Hall, the Marketplace and several other campus eateries by ARAMARK Corp. Duke Dining Services operated the stations until last summer, when ARAMARK assumed control promising better food and more employee training. Outsourcing of various other Duke ventures over

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MANY DINING SERVICES EMPLOYEES belong to Local 77, which began negotiating with the University this week. the past few years has led to some concern among employees, although those changes have not yet led to job losses. Trask said he did not believe outsourcing would play much of a role in negotiations. “We did that deal in consultation with the union, which doesn’t mean they were all enthusiastic about it, but they all knew about it,” he said.

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Heart patients can receive transplants By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

Challenging conventional criteria for the selection of transplant recipients, Medical Center researchers reported this week that patients who undergo heart procedures are as likely to have successful lung transplants as other patients. The report is the first major study to look at patients who, directly before receiving a lung transplant, also had a significant heart revascularization such as a coronary bypass operation. Researchers found that those patients recover as quickly and as well as other transplant recipients, possibly opening the door for some people whom doctors previously considered higherrisk applicants. Applicants for any organ transplant must meet certain criteria, mainly potential for long-term survival, before they are eligible. “In certain patients with coronary disease, if you [perform revascularization on them], their survival rate is fairly to close to what would be expected for other patients,” said Dr. R. Duane Davis, associate professor of thoracic surgery and one of the researchers who conducted the study. “We felt that, in those situations, there would be very little added risk from the coronaries.” The study examined 350 lung transplants at Duke—the largest performer of lung transplants in the country. Of those, 12 patients underwent bypass surgery, and six had an angioplasty procedure just before the transplant. Their survival rate was about 88 percent, while about 81 percent of other transplant recipients survived. Dr. Vijay Patel, a clinical associate in thoracic surgery, presented the study results Monday to the 98th annual conference of the American Thoracic Society. He noted that patients receiving coronary operations did not require a —

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‘Palace Thief picked for freshman honesty discussion By NADINE OOSMANALLY The Chronicle

Aiming to promote intellectual discussion, the Division of Student Affairs will distribute copies of the short story “The Palace Thief” by Ethan Canin to the Class of 2006 as a summer reading assignment. Although administrators initially hoped to select a book when the program was first planned last semester, the committee charged with selecting the work eventually settled on just the short story. The committee considered assigning Canin’s entire collection of stories, also called The Palace Thief, which won the 1994 Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Literature. Ultimately, however, the book’s title story emerged as the sole selection. “The Palace Thief” focuses on the relationship between a history professor at a private institution and

a troubled student. As integrity is one of the story’s

themes, story discussion will be integrated with the freshman class’ introduction to the honor code “The story engages the reader in thinking about integrity, both academically and in general,” said Assistant Dean of Student Development Ryan Lombardi. The story was discussed at a conference on academic integrity held at Duke in 1996. Bruce Payne, lecturer of public

policy studies, highlighted the story as a work that engenders classroom discussion of academic honesty. Another committee will be created to develop questions for the discussion groups that are scheduled to take place on the Sunday of orien-

tation, preceding Maya Angelou’s annual address. “We wanted to select a reading that provided an opportunity for students to read about and discuss something of relevance to their Duke career,” said Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for student affairs. Lombardi added that the University intends to incorporate the story with the Honor Council, Academic Integrity Council and the Freshman Advisory Counselor program. Canin, a faculty member at the lowa Writers’ Workshop, will be invited to speak to students. The story has also been made into a film, starring Kevin Kline, to be released this fall.

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At 8:39 p.m. April 30, a campus police officer observed a man going through a vehicle parked in the N parking lot on Flowers Drive, said Maj. Robert Dean ofthe Duke University Police Department. The officer approached and asked the man what he was doing, and the man replied “I’m, uh, cleaning the trash out of my car.” While verifying that the man owned the vehicle, another officer observed in plain view a pipe on the dashboard of the vehicle. When asked, the man granted the officers permission to search his car. Located under the driver’s seat was a plate with pieces of marijuana. He was charged

with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Further investigation resulted in police obtaining a search warrant for his dorm room at 016 Trent Drive Hall. During the search, 11 potted marijuana plants—with a street value of $57,200—were confiscated along with paraphernalia commonly associated with the growing, processing, storage and use of marijuana. The items consisted of a yellow and black grow light, a white powerpack sunlight supply and two silver grow fights. Stephen Alexander Tinnin, a 22-year-old senior, was

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the new quad-based system set to debut this fall. The newly-selected RCs all hold master’s degrees from universities across the country, including the University of Georgia, Colorado State University and Ball State University in lowa. All have career aspirations of working in student affairs in higher education and have previous experience working with students on residential life issues. “They are going to be an important resource for students in a variety of ways,” said Assistant Dean of Student Development Deb Loßiondo, who oversaw the se-

lection process. “And their experience will really help.” Six of the RCs will live on West Campus and three will live on East. Central Campus, which has never had residential advisors or area coordinators, will also not have RCs, although Loßiondo said two new graduate associateships for Central will be appointed next week. Under the new system, the RAs, RCs and ACs will have more clearly defined roles, Loßiondo said. RAs will continue to work with the small groups of students assigned to them in their dorms, and ACs, renamed “graduate assistants” or GAs, will advise the house councils and oversee programming in their buildings. RCs will assist with house courses, cultural events, faculty interaction, housing management and any other area ofresidential life.

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RAD SCHOOL from page 1 are not too many schools at Duke that are like that.” The Graduate School also received commitments from more of who it considered its top applicants than ever before, Siegel said. Each year, the school makes about 120 offers of the James B. Duke Scholarship, and this year 48 accepted—the previous high was 35. It also saw its largest yield ever—l7 percent compared to last year’s 11—for the Duke Endowment scholarships, which the University offers to around 30 top black and Latino candidates each year. Four of these also accepted some of this year’s seven Gates University Scholars Awards, the top scholarship the school offers to about 15 applicants. Siegel said these numbers were the “real knock-out” for the incoming class. In particular, he emphasized the black students who qualified for all three scholarships. “I’m hoping this is a major point in the

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University’s history because this type of student is extremely sought after,” he said. “It is extremely rare for a Duke Endowment [winner! to also be a James B. Duke. They almost never come here.” The doctoral class, which comprises 416 of the Graduate School’s 630-member class, is also the largest class in history. The last four years averaged 370 and last year’s class was 402, the first time it had topped 400. All but one department—the medical doctoral program, which Siegel said purposely accepted a smaller class—increased in size from years past. The increases reverse several years of intentional class size contraction in the humanities—a decision made in the mid-1990s so the school could better support each of its students. “A couple of years of this and it will be hard for us to meet the commitment we are trying to offer,” he said. “If we keep getting classes like this, sometime in the next five or six years we will have to take either a very small class or no class at all.”

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nounced are for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2002 and ends June 30, 2003. The need to eliminate up to 300 positions was made to address next year’s budget requirements... and had nothing to do with a compensation plan that was determined more than two years before.” Krzyzewski’s salary, benefit plans contributions and expense account totaled $637,216—the third highest package and some $32,000 behind Sallie Shupping-Russell, a former investment manager at Duke University Management Co. Four other executives at DUMAC joined Russell in the top 10, including Thruston Morton, DUMAC president; Eugene McDonald, DUMAC executive vice president for asset Management; David Shumate, DUMAC director of finance and administration; and Susan Carter, an-

CRIME from page 5 2000-2001 men’s basketball NCAA Championship game tip-off, one box containing 24 NCAA silver dial watches, with a name brand possibly Jolston, totaling $2,400, and a $750 White Panel Wilson basketball signed by the entire men’s basketball team, still in the box, Dean said.

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other former DUMAC executive. Most of those salaries were influenced by bonuses DUMAC executives received after posting a 58 percent return on Duke’s investments in 1999-2000. President Nan Keohane did not crack the top 10 with a salary of $410,800 and benefits of $31,635, good for 11th on the list. The University ended the 20002001 fiscal year with net assets of $4,437 billion, including $3,251 billion in investments and securities; revenue of $1,889 billion; and expenses of $l,OBO billion. The University lost almost $795 million in net unrealized losses on investments. The DUHS ended the year with net assets of $852.5 million, $1,227 billion in revenue and $1,245 billion in expenses. Besides Snyderman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer William Donelan, Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Morris and outgoing CEO Mike Israel represented DUHS in the top 10.

Latitude laptop computer, Dean said. Another employee in the same office suite reported that between March 25 and May 2, someone stolefrom her unsecured office a $lOO Dell laptop power cord.

Student’s boxes missing A student reported that two boxes of miscellaneous items, valued at $lO5, were missing from her dorm room when she arrived May 15 to move out, Dean said. The room was secured by her roommate May 6, but the student found the room unsecured when she arrived. It appeared that housekeepers had been in the room to clean despite the fact that the student had occupancy through May 15.

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PAIN, ANGER AND SUFFERING, HESE THINGS I FEEL s the diminuYoda tive w corner and

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culmination of many years of anticipation by Star Wars fans —a moment that sadly cannot save a dying franchise. Sure, George Lucas will make his money, as millions of faithful devotees will make the pilgrimage to the shrine of the cineplex, but the fact remains— Star Wars just ain't what it used to be. The sense of wdncler that so many will continue to experience upon first viewing the original trilogy has been lost altogether in Episodes I and 11. By

any measure this should not have occurred—computer technology has improved dramatically and higher-profile actors have been employed. So what gives, George? Apparently there is an unwritten law of filmmaking that Lucas now adheres to—as digital creativity increases, dramatic intensity must decrease Now, I'm not saying that Episodes IV through VI were gems of writing or acting, but the corny dialogue worked because we knew the characters better. In those films, the fantastic world of intergalactic adventure served as the backdrop for a struggle between archetypes, and the special effects didn't get in the way of what really mattered—the people. So far in Lucas's prequels, technology has outshined the stars. Otherwise brilliant actors have been churned into dull, line-reading idiots by the Star Wars machine. Every frame of this picture bombards us with over-saturated imagery—distracting and detracting from the significant talents of Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee. George Lucas has become so enamored with his digital toys that he has apparently forgotten that living, breathing people still inhabit that galaxy far, far away. Attack of the Clones exhibits some of the worst writing yet from Lucas and is an overall disappointment for fans and newcomers GRADE: alike. There are brief moments in Episode 11, mostly involving Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) andYoda, when we are briefly reminded of the mystical struggle between the sinister and the good that injected grace and magic into the original trilogy. But these moments are too disparate in the nearly three-hour film, and the result is a movie without purpose—an often-laughable mess of plotless events and misguided virtues. Master Lucas: the force is no longer with you. C 3 —Jacob Usner

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About a Boy is really about two boys; Hugh Grant's Will—38 and a waste of space—and Nicholas Hoult's Marcus—12, with a suicidal mother and a terrible, crooked, bowl-shaped haircut. The movie introduces the boys through voice-overs and works on the amusing premise that these two boys, linked by their blue eyes and lonely lives, will help each other grow up. The plot isn't new, but the script—adapted from the Nick Hornby novel—offers snappy dialogue and fresh situations, while the cast delivers dynamic, layered performances. Hugh Grant, dropping his usual floppy hair and twitchy eyes, lets us know that Will is a bit of a loser—living off royalties from a Christmas song his father wrote years ago. Toni Collette, as the troubled Marcus's mother, inhabits her yeti-esque hippie costumes with aplomb. Will and Marcus meet through SPAT, GRADE: Single Parents Alone Together, of which jft- both Will and Marcus’s mother, Fiona, are members. Will, a long-time womanizer, has joined to meet single mothers because they are sexstarved and emotionally unavailable. Trouble brews when he meets a real single parent, Rachel (Rachel Weisz, who receives top billing for what seems like twelve minutes of screen time), and begins to feel inadequate. As he scrambles to conjure a job and a child, he becomes dissatisfied with his empty life. About a Boy manages to be feel-good without being touchy-feely, and provides enough laughs to make the admission price worthwhile. Although directed by the same brothers who brought American Pie to the table, this movie showcases a deeper dimension of their ability. Will's likeably loathsome behavior awakens the boy in all of us—while reminding us to grow up. —Meghan Valerio

A little of the Ottoman Empire intrigue has been brought to a show at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. Empire of the Sultans, running through July 28, includes religious, military, ceramic, woven and written pieces—with many rare examples throughout the offering One of the most striking pieces is a magic shirt worn into battle by an Ottoman s dier. The shirt is adorne with verses of the Our; prayers, the name of G and invocations to the fourth Caliph, Ali, arran in a mathematical fashi The shirt was believed protect the wearer from death in battle. John Coffey, curator of the exhibition, noted that Ottoman soldiers were particularly susceptible to this type of superstition because of the dicult war conditions du that period. Other pieces of intei the collection of Ottom pieces include helmets various parts of the ex; empire and protective head gear for horses including one of only four in existence that was used during religious processions from Egypt to Mecca. Calligraphy demonstrates the Muslim influence in Ottoman art. Religious figures are not depicted in Sunni artwork; therefore, calligraphy and other types of decorative design

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became the tool of expression. The exhibition includes examples of hand copied Qurans from the past 500 years. The books are opened to pages of important passages adorned with beautifully intricate calligraphy and leaf designs. Other examples hy in the show include diplomowned Ottoman scribes, a of poetry by Jalaleddin Rumi a calligraphic lion formed from to Ali by Ahmed Hilimi 458. Another spiritually significant iece is a cenotaph cover from le tomb of the Prophet. The woven silk and satin have the shahaadah inscribed on them, proclaiming "There is no God

>ut God." Chinese trade had a strong influence on the ceramics industry, which was based in Iznik. Rulers ordered pieces made to supplement their collections of Chinese ceramics iecause the cost of imported iramics was prohibitive for daily . The homegrown industry procheaper—but no less beauti'ternatives. Many of the pieces lose copies of Chinese designs, sian influence, not surprisingly, je seen in many of the rugs displayed from the Ottoman Empire. By far the most spectacular is a 500-year-old carpet in excellent condition with star-shaped designs. The museum is open 9am to spmTuesdaySaturday and 10am to spm Sunday. Admission for the exhibit is $7.50 for adults, $5.50 for students—and well worth it. —Meg Lawson

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sensibilities. The latter is interesting at first: the poison seeds that sprout occasionally on Modest Mouse albums are spread all over this effort. Creeping guitar twang and whiny noises that hover in

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the background give the album a sense of unease that barely lets up. It's creepy-weird, but not quite creepy-groovy, and sometimes it's just creepy-annoying: the grating "Spilled Milk Factory" might be sung by toothless Oompa-Loompahs in Leatherface's Chocolate Factory. It shouldn't follow that Brock's lyrics would also suffer without the presence his bandmates, but something's missing. The most promising tune, "Things I Don't Remember," is dulled by his stupidest words to date: "There was dressed up alligator/there was blood on the piano/disco-dancing neighbors/born in mashed potatoes." "Parasites" is a great melody that carries a chorus straight out of a Saturday Night Live satire that never will be: "The parasites are excited when you're dead/eyes bulging, entering your head/and all your thoughts, yeah-they ROT!" One listen to it and all other Modest Mouse songs wither a little bit in comparison. About half the songs are actually decent, but the bleary specter of side-project mediocrity hovers throughout. For Modest Mouse fans, pick up the recent Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks to hear Brock's haunted lyrics accompanied by pulsating and devastating musical arrangements. Or better yet, catch Modest Mouse at Cat's Cradle. But, for the sake of all singers' unnecessary solo, don't Sharpen Your Teeth. □ —Greg Bloom

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ARTS If you're sitting around missing your high school good ol' days, head on down the DUMA on East Campus to see talented students from the Durham School of the Arts strut their stuff in Future Perfect. Free. 10am to spm,Tues.-Fri.llam to 2pm Sat. 2pm to spm, Sun

MUSIC Clock in some community service hours this weekend—without the orange jumpsuit.The Spring Folk and Blues Fest will benefit NC WARN—the North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network. Armand and Bluesology will take center stage at 11pm, following Tony Williamson Band, Jon ShainTrio and Scott Ainslie. Cat's Cradle’s doors open at 7:3opm for the culturefest at Bpm. Friday night. 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. Order the $lO tickets in advance. Write it off on your taxes.

FILM If you like war and intrigue, you're probably not alone. So grab your friends, and head down to the Carolina Theatre for a dose of World War II excitement with Enigma. 7:10 and 9:2opm every night, 2:10 and 4:2opm weekend matinee. Like cross-dressing? Sure, we all do. So put on your oppositesex best and head down to the Carolina Theatre forTriumph of Love, about 18th century women who dress as men to track the one they love. 7:20 and 9:3opm every night 309W. Morgan St., Durham.

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EASLEY BUDGET fro. page 1 lottery—long-discussed but never seriously considered by the General Assembly—is far from realistic. “If anyone says no to this budget, then they have a duty to specify how they will protect education,” Easley told the press Tuesday. “I will work with anyone committed to protecting the classroom.” Some analysts said the proposal was a maneuver designed to shift blame for possible tax increases or deeper cuts away from Easley and onto legislators. “He’ll come out smelling like a rose,” said Ted Arrington, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “They’ll cut some programs, and he’ll say, ‘I told you not to cut those programs.’ Or they’ll raise taxes and he’ll

say, ‘I told you not to raise those taxes.’” Should the lottery not pass in the General Assembly, or should legislators call for a referendum, the government will have to make further cuts or raise taxes. Alternatives include reducing part of Easley’s educational agenda, rolling back a series of Republican-led tax cuts in the mid-19905, and raising taxes on tobacco and alcohol—which are among the lowest in the nation. None of those options will likely be politically appealing to legislators, however, who face re-election in the fall. Given the budget crisis and redistricting woes, “it’s not wondrous why people don’t want to run for the Legislature,” said Thad Beyle, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “This is the reason why people say, What the hell am I doing here?”’ If any agency was a winner in Easley’s

budget, it was education, despite $269 million in cuts. Easley hopes to add 600 new teachers, fund more pre-kindergarten programs, reduce class size, increase scholarships for child-care workers and fund more university-level financial aid. Arrington said there were a series of

non-related events that have contributed to the current budget crunch: Hurricane Floyd relief costs, the recession, higherthan-normal state growth, increases in the cost of Medicaid and two taxes —one on intangibles and one on taxing retirement benefits—that the state has to pay back. Beyle added that the long-term, underlying causes for the weak state economy include the collapse ofthe long-reeling textile industry and hard times for the tobacco industry, as well. Furthermore, the state’s high-tech investments in the 1990s have also taken a hit.

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� Track set a Duke record at the ECAC/IC4A Championships in Princeton, N.J. See page 13 The Chronicle �

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002

Women’s tennis edged by Rams, 4-3 By KEVIN LEES The Chronicle

The

fifth-seeded

women’s tennis team ended its run for the national championship last Thursday with a 4-3 loss to No. 24 Virginia Commonwealth (19-2) in

Palo Alto, Calif. Although

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Duke

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advanced to the round of 16 in its 13th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, it has only once been to the final round ofthe tournament and has never won a championship. Meanwhile, second-seeded and fifth-ranked Duke freshman Kelly McCain and 35th-ranked Julie Deßoo lost in the first round of individual singles play Tuesday. McCain and junior Hillary Adams won their doubles match Wednesday and will face the second-seeded Wake Forest team of Janet Bergman and Bea Bielik tonight at 8:15 p.m. In the match last Thursday, Duke won the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. Because of illness from mononucleosis, however, sophomore Amanda Johnson did not play singles, where Duke fell in the top four singles slots. YOAVLURIE/THE CHRONICLE

See TENNIS LOSES on page 16

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Ist place BoSox loom large for baseball If you were asked in March to pick the Boston Red Sox pitcher most likely to have a 7-I.record, 1.90 ERA and one nohitter after his first nine starts, the words “Pedro Martinez” would have been uttered faster than it takes his fastball to reach the plate. But, of course, you’d be wrong. This season’s ■ early Cy Young favorite is none other than Derek Lowe, the guy who lost his closing job to Ugueth Urbina last Evan Davis year and figured to be From the cheat) seats the third or fourth starter this season for the Sox. Lowe, however, became the surprise of the league, dominating opposing hitters not with his overwhelming power—he has only 42 strikeouts—but rather with his devastating sinker. For the Red Sox, Lowe is only one of the reasons behind the team’s success. Along with Lowe, Martinez and John Burkett also have ERAs of less than 3.00; and the three pitchers combine to share an 18-1 record.

KELLY McCAIN lost her singes match in the first round of the NCAA tournament

See DAVIS on page 16

Rowing gets Orange crush: Duke downed by ’Cuse 6th in Tenn., no NCAAs From staff reports

After advancing to the finals of the Lexus Central Sprint, the 20th-ranked rowing team’s varsity eight finished sixth in the race, which took place May 19 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Duke was 14.2 seconds behind the winner, No. 3 Ohio State. OSU topped second-place Michigan by four seconds. The varsity four came in second place in the Petite Final with a time of 7:57.3. That time landed them in eighth place overall. The day before, Duke had made its way into the finals with a good showing in the semifinal heats. In the varsity eight, Duke barely made the cut —the

top three advanced to the finals—edging fourth place lowa by less than a second. In the opening heat, theBlue Devils’ novice eight placed fourth with a time of 7:21.5, and the varsity four also took fourth, finishing with a time of 7:58.6. Despite their performances, the Blue Devils missed the NCAA tournament, and thus concluded their season. MICHAEL FERRARI and the men’s lacrosse team lost to Syracuse, 10-9

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Kris Humphries, a 6-foot9 forward from Minnesota officially committed to the men’s basketball program Tuesday night. Humphries

is Duke’s first recruit for the Class of 2007.

VS King wins Ist round JBSM Men’s tennis sophomore Phillip King was the only Blue Devil to win his first round match of the NCAA singles tournament. King will play again today for a round of 16 berth.

By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle A couple of late goals by the men’s lacrosse team was not enough to beat perennial powerhouse and second-ranked Syracuse, as the Blue Devils fell to the Orangemen 10-9 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament at Hofstra Stadium Saturday afternoon. Trailing 9-6 at the end of the third quarter, the two teams traded goals until Matt Monfett tossed one into the back of the net at the 5:59 mark to make it a 10-8 game. Junior Kevin Cassese then scored an unassisted goal with 2:31 left, to pull the Blue Devils within one, but Syracuse (13-2) was able to withstand a Duke (8-7) rally in the waning minutes. In the end, the Blue Devils, which scored 17 unanswered goals to cream Hobart in the first round of the NCAA tournament, simply ran out ofluck. “I am very proud of the way we came to play this afternoon against a very good Syracuse team,” coach Mike Pressler said. “Give credit to Syracuse. They’ve been to 19 straight Final Fours before this season and that isn’t an accident.” Duke took a quick 2-0 lead to start the game on a pair of goals by Monfett and Dan Chemotti before Syracuse responded with a 5-0 run late in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Blue Devils netted two, one by Matt Rewkowski and See LACROSSE LOSES on page 16

prep signs with FSU BlopWomen’s lacrosse stars Lauren Gallagher and Kristen Foster received Brine IWLCA/USL Division I All-America honors. Gallagher was a second learner and Foster a third.

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Baseball batted away by top-seeded FSU ’Cats claw ing the lead for good with five runs in the eighth. “I thought we did a great job offensively, coming out, hitting the ball, putting five on the board and immediately putting pressure on them,” coach Bill Hillier, who was ejected in the seventh inning, said in a statement. “I thought Colin did a great job. In a situation like that where you’ve got the [No. 3] team in the country in their home state, he did

By DAVE INGRAM The Chronicle

a Playing against nationally ranked topDuke 7 five team for the fourth time in a week, the baseball team probably could not have had high expectations Wednesday against third-ranked Florida State. But coming off a weekend in which they took one game from fifth-ranked Wake Forest—and almost won another the Blue Devils led the Seminoles for six innings before falling 10-7 in the second

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The loss to Florida State, sitting atop a very strong ACC this year, puts the injury-shaken Blue Devils one step closer to the end of a season that will likely rank among the worst in recent school history. The only other years Duke has lost 33 games or more were 2000 (41),

round of the ACC tournament. The team looks to keeps its season alive when it takes on Georgia Tech today at 10 a.m. in an elimination game. Tech (44-13,14-9 ACC) is ranked 10th in the country. Led by a strong start by sophomore pitcher Colin Begley—his first start of the season—the Blue Devils had a chance to put conference leader Florida State (52-12,18-6 ACC) away early. Duke (24-33, 4-20 ACC) took a 5-0 lead in the first inning, sending starter Robby Read packing early. Freshman third baseman Grant Stanley hit a two-run double in one of 10 at-bats Duke had in the inning. JEFF ALLEVA and the baseball team lost their The Seminoles came back to tie the ACC tournament game to Florida State. game in the seventh inning before tak-

1988 (35) and 2001 (33). Duke made it to the second round by beating fellow ACC bottom-feeder Maryland 10-9 Tuesday. Junior first baseman Larry Broadway had three hits

and three runs-batted-in as the Blue Devils squeezed by the play-in game. In other action this week, the baseball team took one of three games from Wake. Sophomore Zach Schreiber pitched a complete game Saturday, giving up just two runs, for the sole win. ,

Men’s golf finishes 18th in regionals From staff reports Despite the fact junior Leif Olsen fired a final round 73 to bring the men’s golf team up in the standings, it was far too little too late for the Blue Devils as Duke finished 18th at the NCAA Men’s Golf East Regional at the Ansley Golf Club’s Settindown Creek in Roswell, Ga. Saturday. The Blue Devils shot a three-day total of 922 to finish in a tie for 18th with Penn State and ACC rival Virginia. Olsen’s 73 vaulted Duke, which was 25th going into the final day, into the 18th slot. The Blue Devils were 46-strokes behind the winner, Georgia Tech. Olsen, who made the national championships as an individual last season, finished in a tie for 66th with a three-day total of 228. Only Matt Castleforte finished higher for Duke, shooting a 226 to land himself in a tie for 47th. Brandon LaCroix shot 230 for the tournament, while Rob Beasley and Matt Krauss finished with a 242 and 243 respectively. The 18th place finish marks the end of the season for the Blue Devils, who needed to place at least in 10th to be invited to the national championships.

By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle

4 Duke’s magic ran out Saturday as the men’s Duke 1 tennis team lost in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16, 4-1, to No. 7 Kentucky at College Station, Texas. No. 17 Duke (17-12), which upset No. 10 California 4-3 in the tournament’s previous round, ran into a brick wall against the Wildcats (23-9). The Blue Devils dropped the doubles point and then three of four singles matches en route to the loss. The other two singles flights did not finish because the match’s outcome had

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been decided. “I think this was one of our better matches of the year,” Kentucky coach Dennis Emery said. “...You have to give Duke a lot ofcredit because they fought back really well.”

The match began with the Wildcats taking the doubles point for a 1-0 lead. While Duke lost at No. 2 doubles, the third flight team won 8-6. Then, Kentucky’s 49th-ranked pair of

Evan Austin and Karim Benmansour upset the No. 28 duo of Phillip King and Michael Yani. Coach Jay Lapidus said he thought that the loss of the doubles point was “very critical and may have been [Duke’s] undoing.” He added that although his team has come back from a deficit many times, it was hard at this stage in the tournament because they were “under a lot of pressure.” The Blue Devils quickly leveled the match at one as the 43rd-ranked Yani crushed Benmansour 6-2,6-3 to open singles play. King then lost 6-4, 6-4 and Joel Spicher and Yorke Allen both dropped their matches to give Kentucky a 4-1 win. “I really should have won, but people win and people lose,” King said. “I’m not too upset, but I’m not happy either.” The loss ended Duke’s season. King and Yani will now compete in NCAA sin-

gles and doubles play. Duke 4, California 3

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Ansley Golf Club's Settindown Creek—Roswell, Ga. Team Standings 1. Georgia Tech (876), 2. North Carolina(877), 3. Augusta State (885), 4. Virginia Commonwealth (888), 5. Georgia Southern (891), 6. Auburn (893), 7. Georgia (896), tB. Florida (899), tB. AlabamaBirmingham (899), 10. Wake Forest (900).,. tlB. Duke (922). May 16-18,2002

Duke Individuals 147. Castleforte (226), 166. Olsen (228), t73. LaCroix (230), 1120, Beasley (242) t123. Krauss (243)

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Out of the shadows By PAULDORAN The Chronicle Unlike most of his teammates and opponents, men’s tennis star Michael Yani did not win much of anything on the junior circuit. He never really had a national ranking, and as he says, his best finish was making the quarterfinals of the national indoor tournament. That type of play almost never lands a spot on a collegiate roster, much less a scholarship to a perennial top-10 program. “I went to Kalamazoo in my first y ing [in the under-18 agegroup],” the jui “Coaches were just crawling all over and by chance a couple walked by guess they were impressed.... I got s A ted by [coach Jay Lapidus] and he w really excited.” Three years after winning noth. Yani is now the 43rd best singles pla in the country, part of the 28th-rani doubles pair and the No. 2 player o NCAA round of 16 participa Wednesday he started competing in ti NCAA singles and doubles tourn ment—his first since coming to Duke. Although he said he would be sat: tied with attaining All-America statu, Yani’s draw was difficult and his streak came to an end, losing in the . round to No. 6 Andy Leber of Te: Arlington 6-4, 7-6. He will play do later in the week with partner Phillip In retrospect, it may have been a lofty for someone who almost never played until this season, and was not expected it out of the first round. However, according to his coach, it is of competitive spirit that Yarn possesses t allowed him to emerge over the course 2001-2002 season. “Mike has really blossomed,” Lapidus said. “As a freshman he came in and he was very raw. He wasn’t putting r

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points together and he just didn’t seem to know how to play. But he’s always been really great about putting in the extra time on a consistent basis and I think that’s the key to getting better in college.” As Yani freely admits, his first year at Duke was fairly rough. In short, the sociology major went from playing No. 1 singles his entire high school career and being named to the St. Andrew’s High School Dean’s List seven times, to the rude awakening of Duke. success story because now he’s imically and in tennis he’s gone laying singles last year to makand being No. 2 on our team,”

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Bulls drop 2 to Scranton From staff and wire reports his Red Barons 8 Joe Roa continued the unbeaten start to 1 season Bulls as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons defeated the Durham Bulls 8-1 Wednesday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Roa pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits with four strikeouts. Elio Serrano pitched the last 2 2/3 innings to record his third save of the year. The Red Barons (27-18) charged to an early 3-0 in the first inning after a two run double by RJ. Forbes and an RBI double by Chase Utley. Forbes, Utley and Marlon Byrd all had three hits to lead a strong Scranton/Wilkes Barre attack that featured twelve hits and eight bases on balls. The Bulls (26-20) only run came in the fifth inning when Emil Brown scored on a fielder’s choice by Damian Rolls. Brown had two hits in his first game since being activated from the DL. Wilmy Caceres also had a pair of hits for the Bulls.

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Back-to-back home runs spoiled Robert THE DURHAM BULLS were slaughtered 8-1 Person’s Tuesday rehab start for the Red Wednesday night by the Red Barons. Barons in a cold 6-1 loss as the Bulls leading off the eighth with a single. snapped a three-game losing streak. Person cruised through his first three May 20: Red Barons 7, Bulls 6 innings, facing only one batter more than Doug Nickle struck out Hoover with the minimum, but that all changed in the fourth when Rolls and Aubrey the bases loaded and two outs in Huff took the hurler deep, and r™—the ninth inning to preserve a 7-6 victory for the Scranton/WilkesPerson, recovering from tenBarre Red Barons Monday night, donitis, was lifted after 51 The Bulls took a 1-0 lead in pitches over 3 1/3 innings. Bulls starter Jason the first inning on a home run by Rolls, but the Red Barons Standridge survived a rocky W responded with four runs in the first inning, giving up only BULLS third inning and never trailed one run despite two walks, to record four strikeouts over Notebook again. Down 5-1, the Bulls managed four runs in the bottom of six innings. Durham added an insurance run in the fourth inning to tie the game, but the fifth when Paul Hoover broke home Scranton regained the lead in the fifth from third on a 2-1 pitch and Wilmy inning for good. David Doster hit two home runs and Caceres bunted to complete the squeeze play. Rolls drove in his second run of Johnny Estrada had two doubles and a the night with a seventh inning double homer to pace the Red Barons’ offense, and later scored on a single by Adam Rolls and Wilmy Caceres each had two Thompson. Hoover, who went 2-for-2, hits for the Bulls and Andy Thompson scored the final run of the contest after chipped in with three runs batted in.

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LACROSSE LOSES from page 11 another by Kevin Brennan, and Syracuse’s Spencer Wright scored one to make it a 6-4 game, favoring the Orangemen, at the end of the half. By all accounts, Duke outplayed Syracuse most of the day, but in the end it did not translate into the win. Duke won 20-of-23 face-offs —including 12-of-13 by Cassese —and outshot Syracuse 40-38. The Blue Devils also grabbed 47 ground balls, compared to Syracuse’s 20. “I thought we played with a lot of

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“I told them not having Amanda is not an excuse,” coach Jamie Ashworth said in a statement. “We still have players that can play and should be able to step up or else they wouldn’t be in our program. I don’t think we did

that today.” No. 38 Andrea Ondrisova defeated McCain 6-4, 6-4 at No. 1 singles. Only juniors Katie Granson and Adams, at Nos. 5 and 6 singles, respectively, won their matches. “We played defensive,” Ashworth said of the match loss. “We went through the whole year and lost five matches and all five were down to the last match. I think

heart and emotion and we certainly had our chances,” Pressler said. The Orangemen, who have made 20 consecutive final fours and won seven national championships, now travel to Rutgers to face No. 3 Virginia in the semifinals. Syracuse 10, Duke 9 FINAL Duke (8-7) Syracuse (13-2)

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in those matches some were good matches and I think like today we played defensive.” In singles, McCain then fell Tuesday to 72nd-ranked Katarina Markovski of South Carolina, 1-6, 7-5, 5-7. Although McCain was leading 5-4 in the third set, she was not able pull off a win and concluded her season with a 32-8 record. Virginia Commonwealth 4, Duke 3 Singles

1. Ondrisova d. McCain (6-4, 6-4). 2. Nedelkova d. Deßoo (6-3, 6-1), 3. Urickova d. Plesu (6-1,6-4), 4. Zahnova d. Arasu (6-4, 7-6), 5. Granson d. Gago (6-2, 6-2), 6. Adams d. Carollo (7-6, 6-1) Doubles 1. Adams/McCain d. Ondrisova/Nedelkova (8-1), 2. Johnson/Deßoo v. Zahnova/Unckova (DNF), Granson/Siripipat d. Gago/Carollo (8-2) Host: Stanford University (West Campus Courts) Duke (25-5); Virginia Commonwealth (19-2)

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DAVIS from page 11 On the offensive side, Shea Hillenbrand has been the biggest surprise, batting .329 and hitting nine

home runs in his first 41 games. Along with Nomar Garciaparra and Manny Ramirez, Hillenbrand has been able to generate more than enough runs to support the team’s talented pitching. All told, the Red Sox certainly seem poised to be playing into October. That is, of course, if there’s baseball to be played in October. After the players’ union announced that it may strike before the end of the season, the World Series has again been put in jeopardy. Red Sox faithful —from local columnists to the sausage vendors outside Fenway—can already see the writing on the wall. The website Bambinoscurse.com actually called this one March 29, when it proclaimed that “you just know that if there is a strike it will occur with the Red Sox in first place and everything going great. That’s the way it always goes.” Certainly, that’s how things have gone for the Sox since 1918, the year they last won the Series, and two years before they sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. But that’s also how things have gone for baseball in general. Just hearing the words “players’ union” has had the same effect on baseball fans as the words “first amendment” have for Attorney General John Ashcroft: They both know that the phrases exist, but deem them a bane on society and just wish they could make them go away. Everyone knows that the strike in 1994 led to the cancellation of the Series, but how much deeper did it run? Montreal

was the team to beat that season, going 74-40 before the strike ruined the season. That season the Expos drew an average of 22,390 people for each game. In 2001, an average of 7,935 people watched Montreal struggle to a 68-94 record, leading to widespread rumors of the team’s contraction following the 2002 season. Maybe a World Series championship

wouldn’t have changed anything. Maybe Henry Rodriguez, Moises Alou and Cliff Floyd would have all gone elsewhere— World Series ring or not. Even with a championship, the fans could have still grown tired of watching a sport that didn’t involve a puck. But then again, maybe things would have been different. It may not have been a permanent fix, but a World Series trophy does a lot to establish a team, and, in turn, that does a great deal in drawing people to the ballpark. Fortunately for the BoSox, they don’t * have to worry about keeping the seats warm in Fenway; Boston’s attendance has averaged over 20,000 people per game since 1982. Instead, for the Red Sox, the potential to have a strike ruin their chances at a World Series title hurts on several other levels. On one hand is Martinez, a member of the 1994 Expos, who would suffer his second lost opportunity to add World Series Champion to an already impressive resume. But perhaps most painfully, as Donald Fehr and company set up the picket lines, is the knowledge that in a Hawthorne, N.Y., cemetery, Babe Ruth is most certainly laughing from beyond the grave. Evan Davis is a Trinity senior and senior associate sports editor. His column appears weekly.

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Living with Advanced/Metastatic Cancer Support Group for cancer patients, family members and caregivers. Every Friday from 3:00-4:30 pm, at the Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 111 Cloister Ct., Ste 220, Overlook Building in Chapel Hill. For more information call 401-9333.. The Duke University Museum of Art will be presenting the sixth annual Durham School of the Arts Exhibition May 24, 2002. An opening reception will be held from 4:00 6:00 pm and is free and open to all. The exhibition features a variety of types of artwork from outstanding students at the arts magnet school. This unique partnership between Duke University and the Durham public schools is just one of several such initiatives at DUMA, helping contribute to a greater sense of community between the museum and its neighborhood. -

Saturday “Eno River Paintings,” an exhibition in oils, acrylics and watercolors, by Jennifer E. Miller, at the Hillsborough Artists Cooperative Gallery, at 102 West King Street, upstairs over Tupelo’s Restaurant, across from the old courthouse in downtown Hillsborough. Saturday, May 25, 2:00-6:00 pm. If you are interested in seeing the show but cannot come during the exhibition call for appointment 919/644-8637.

Sunday Weekly gathering of Falun Dafa voluntary teaching and practice of the five sets of physical exercise. South lawn of the Duke Gardens. 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Web site: http://www.duke.edu/web/falun.

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The Cuban embargo crisis

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President George W. Bush withdrew from the AntiBallistic Missile Treaty, his rationale was that the agreement was a relic of the Cold War with little relevance for today’s military policy. But, when the United States maintains its economic embargo on Cuba, it is perpetuating a harmful, ineffectual relic of the Cold War that should be swept aside. Although Cuba’s dictator Fidel Castro is clearly an enemy offreedom, democracy, capitalism, and human rights, the United States’ embargo on the small island nation is indefensible. The United States is right to demand free elections and improved human rights in Cuba, but the embargo is inimical to these goals One bright spot in America’s relationship with Cuba is former President Jimmy Carter’s recent visit to the island. Although Carter went as a private citizen and not as an official representative of the government, his stature and reputation as a diplomat make his visit an important step in American-Cuban relations. For the past 40 years, the embargo has failed to bring about political reform and will not do so in the future. Rather, the way to encourage democracy in Cuba is the precise opposite: If the United States lifted the embargo, the trade of goods and ideas between the United States and Cuba would foster the development of free markets, which would, in turn, lead to personal freedoms. Past experience proves that American engagement abroad through open markets leads to improved freedoms and human rights, whereas embargoes and other restrictions of free markets lead only to poverty, sub-human living conditions and antiAmerican resentment. For example, since President Richard Nixon, Law ’37, initiated relations with communist China, it has taken slow but sure steps through market reforms toward democracy and an accountable government. Moreover, America currently trades with numerous nations such as Saudi Arabia or Myanmar that are shackled by dictatorial political systems. Cuba should not be held to a different standard, especially since the Gold War is over. Modern Cuba poses no security threat to the United States. The current embargo is only a throwback to the 1962 missile crisis when Cuba was a Soviet pawn. The sanctions have also failed economically. The embargo was meant to put pressure on Castro so that he would democratize Cuba. However, Castro has not felt the sanctions’ impact; only the Cuban people have suffered because of them. Paradoxically, a policy meant to aid the Cuban people has ended up impoverishing them. Lifting the embargo would greatly improve the standard of living for ordinary Cuban citizens. Unfortunately, political realities such as the importance of CubanAmerican voters in Florida mean that no nationally elected official will ever be able to normalize trade relations with Cuba without dire political consequences; that improving the lives ofmillions of Cubans is subject to petty political concerns is lamentable. Thirteen years after the fall ofthe Berlin Wall, a serious discussion in Washington about lifting the trade embargo is long overdue. Bush should immediately take the courageous step of ending the embargo because it is the sensible, and morally right, thing to do

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read it. Look up the exact same verses that Ambati has quoted but read them in full. Better still, read the whole book and make up your own mind. After all,

the Quran is the only religious book that challenges us to think, reflect, question and ponder for ourselves. It challenges the world to prove it wrong. So do not let some “amateur student” of religion make up your mind about today’s fastest-growing insightful” prompted me to religion. You can not claim to write. All I want to say to have true knowledge about a the reader is, please do not religion unless you’ve read believe Ambati’s words or, its texts for yourself, espe-* for that matter, the words of dally not if your only source anyone else with similar is its critics and enemies. views without researching Tahaney Fahumy the subject on your own. Go Cary, N.C. to the Quran yourself and

development of the fetus). Personally, I had thought it not worth replying to Ambati, considering all the misquotes and out-of-context presentation of the material, but a recent letter that found him “extremely

past, present and future, and His word is never subject to change. For over 1,430 years (not less than 1,400 as Ambati mistakenly claims), not a dot or a dash has changed in the Although it has Quran. numerous verses about scientific phenomenon, not one until today has been proven wrong. On the contrary, there are scientific facts that have been in the Quran for over 1,400 years that scientists for referenced column,

‘very word of God’

have just discovered to be true as recently as in the last few decades (e.g., the Big Bang, the movement of the Sun, the fact that the Moon has no light of its own, and facts in embryology relating to the

Columnist Bala Ambati would like to see Islam “evolve,” as Christianity did, by realizing that some “religious verses” could be wrong. This, if not everything else in his April 12 column, shows his basic ignorance of the fact that the Quran is the very word of God. God knows the

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Palestinians should fight Arafat’s tyranny, not Israel Abdullah Al-Arian’s April fighting an occupation, but 8 column wrongfully equates rather are invading a soverthe current campaign of eign nation. The United that States would not tolerate it homicidal terror Palestinians are waging if Canadians marched across against innocent Israelis the border and killed with the noble fight of Jews Americans. Israel, too, has to liberate themselves from the right to defend itself the Warsaw Ghetto. This is from invasion. Al-Arian parades the an absurd analogy. The Jewish partisans were fightnumber of Palestinians that ing against a totalitarian have been killed in the last 18 months, as if this proves Palestinian government. homicide bombers are killing that the Palestinians are women and children as they morally righteous. Germany sit for their Passover meal. and Japan also lost many In addition, even though lives in World War 11, but as Al-Arian believes Palestinians unfortunate as those' lost are living under an “occupalives are, when a nation tion,” he may need reminding decides to wage a war of terthat under the Oslo Peace ror against its neighbors, its Accords, Israel transferred people will die when those virtually all of the West Bank neighbors rightfully defend

of terror against Israeli civilians. As for the “unbearable conditions,” they are caused by the Palestinian Authority’s misguided totalitarian economic policies and the fact that every penny of the millions of dollars of aid that has come from the United States, Europe and Israel has gone to the greedy, bloody pockets of Yasser Arafat. Israel desperately wants peace with all its neighbors. It has made a lot of concessions, giving the including Palestinian Authority East Jerusalem but has received nothing but terror in return. The Palestinians should fight for liberation from their own dictator and leave peace-loving Israelis alone.

and Gaza to the autonomous themselves. It is very curious that AlAmi Weghorst Palestinian Authority. So when Palestinian terrorists Arian calls his people Law ’O2 The writer is president of the kill teenagers as they dance at “unarmed,” yet acknowledges Jewish Law Students Association. a discotheque, they are not that Palestinians commit acts www.chronicle.duke.edu column, http: story.php?article_id=2sB3l see for referenced //

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America must re-examine its views With regard to the recent discussion among letters to the editor about our nation’s policies on marijuana, examining health issues alone will not help society’s drug problem. For much too long our drug policies have been ruled by myths, misinformation, cultural prejudice and lies. What is needed more than anything else is a serious rethinking of the moral, ethical and cultural foundations of our drug policies. First; we must admit that we—our nation, our society—are drug users. Drug use is not something that we can just marginalize to the ugly, undesirable edges of society.

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Millions of Americans consume alcohol and nicotine everyday. Yet, despite spending $l9 billion a year, our nation’s ‘War on Drugs” has failed, and will continue to* fail, because our goal is “A Drug-Free America.” Something just isn’t right here, and it’s not just liberals that crying are foul. such as Conservatives, William Buckley, are also calling for an end to the war on drugs. Again, we are a nation of drug users. Instead of ridding the world of drugs, we should instead be focusing on how we can minimize the harm that these drugs can produce in society.

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Clearly, a fresh start is required. We have to toss out all our preconceived notions and ask ourselves some tough questions. Why is the

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considered

intrinsically evil? If we are to improve our society’s drug problem at all, we need to answer these and other questions based on moral, ethical, medical, economic and practical analyses of the present realities of drug use in our society.

John Royall Trinity ’O2

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‘Til have the opportunity to work with talented students all the time. I graduated [the University of Virginia] on Saturday and I’m ready to get my feet wet in student affairs.” Terry Lynch, a Virginia master’s student, on the job of a Resident coordinator (see story, page 6).

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Trip to McDonald’s shatters racial naivete Affirmative action not only redresses unequal opportunity but also rewards hard work Growing up in the conservative, was some kind of sadistic joke. Everyone white world of west Michigan, my comat that McDonald’s was busting his tail, ing-of-age experience but the possibility for advancement for all with race was limited. ■ but a handful was non-existent. Aside from being good I’m not proud of my formerly naive , friends with a bi-racial worldview or that I took for granted the racial disparity that dominated America’s girl when I was a foururban kingdoms. But—and this is where year-old, I did not know any African-Americans liberal intellectuals and political strateMartin is_ when I was growing up, gists from the coasts get things wrong—rn and when I attended my experience is much like that of other my 95 percent white high school, that young men in middle America. Outside of did not change much. the urban centers of the Midwest, My few experiences, and my racial Northeast and West, experiences with enlightenment, came from travels to race are largely dictated by what is in the cities —usually Detroit or Chicago—- media, or, worse, the prejudices of those where I would meet black people en who came before us. Another free hint for masse. But until I was 15, I did not political strategists: Most ofAmerica is in make the connection that there was the middle. something different about the view of Affirmative action in education, one of the world through my eyes and the view the most divisive issues in America, is through the eyes of an African- something that most middle Americans American. It’s embarrassing to admit. do not understand. This is not because At age 15, what seems like an eternity they do not care or because of some kind ago given how much my experiences at of inherent, lingering racism in the hearts Duke changed my racial perception, I was of rural and suburban white people, but visiting Detroit for a trip with my high because a majority of the country will school business club. The Renaissance grow up, live and die ignorant of the rest of America. (The same can be said of peoCenter was crawling with wanna-be business leaders, too small for the shoulderple who spent their entire lives in pads in their sport-coats. In the lowerManhattan or Texas, or any other insular level mall/food-court pavilion, we would region.) The merits of diversity are lost on crowd McDonald’s every morning for people in middle Americabecause its benbreakfast. I noticed, for the first time in efits are not apparent. A couple of years ago, the University of my life, the segregation of that urban McDonald’s. On one side, a bunch ofwhite Michigan was sued by several white stupeople in suits complaining about the dents who were denied admissions to help; on the other,black people behind the either the prestigious undergraduate procounter toiling as fast as possible in order gram or to the even more prestigious law to make enough McMuffins to satisfy the school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declared May 15 that the comfortable, yet whiny, masses. University of Michigan Law School’s That day I began to think about racial admissions policy was constitutional, a earnest. a often In disparity in city praised nationally for its opportunities for reversal from the decision of a lower federal court. Although the appellate verdict minorities—Detroit has produced a numis still out on the undergraduate case, the black and business leadmayors ber of ers—it seemed as though the American issue of selling the University of dream of working hard and getting ahead Michigan’s policy to middle America, not _

to mention to Michigan residents, is almost as great a concern as the verdict. Former University of Michigan president Lee Bollinger was the linchpin in

making sure that Michigan was a university that reflected not only the diverse makeup of the state, but also sought to promote the values of diversity in education. His noble goal and Michigan’s constitutional policy (unless the conservative-activist US. Supreme Court decides to ignore stare decisis) are held with high regard by the intellectual community, but for the folks in middle America the policy is tough to understand. How do you communicate a value of diversity when most Americans grow up in homogenous communities? The selling point needs to come from something that middle Americans understand—the rewarding of hard work. I am currently on the waitlist at the University of Michigan’s Law School. A colleague of mine remarked to me, “If

you were black, you would have gotten in.” He may have been right, but he was missing a key point of affirmative action. The system is designed not just to promote diversity, but to reward relative hard work. Someone who did not have all of the opportunities I was lucky enough to be born into and who achieved as much has worked harder and deserves that spot. The battle over affirmative action in education, and in society, will only appear to be won or lost in the courts. The real struggle is to find understanding in America for a program that most people think has lost its urgency. The way to do that is not through agonizing discussion of principle and utopia. The way is through a middle American ideal: hard work. Martin Barna, Trinity ’O2, is a former editorial page editor and former film editor of The Chronicle.

I confess, I killed Brett and dumped his body Now I know what a murderer feels like, It’s Tuesday night, and as I’m writing, I can only begin to grasp the sadness of what has just transpired. I’ve gone over each step in my head. I never meant any harm. It was just, well, it was just an accident. It started as a routine weekly event, something ik both me and my new buddy had grown gt accustomed to, some good ol’ fashioned ■HBSr’Vhh. face time with the best friend I could Kevin ever ask for. Lees His name was Brett, named after George Brett, the best Kansas City Royal who ever played the game, and he was a beautiful fella. He rode home to Fayetteville, N.C., with me twice, once during spring break and then again after exams. He even hung out with our crazy Chronicle staff at the beach house earlier this month. All the way from Durham to Ocean Isle Beach. He especially liked classical music and longed for Back to Baroque weekend on NPR. I would play the music and he would bounce along to it as we drove. But now he’s gone, and it’s all my fault. We met in Chapel Hill at the Pet Supermarket—sl.99 and all the dried bloodworms he could eat. I knew he was perfect the moment I saw him. Dark blue body, flaming red fins, with shiny, sky blue in between. He was the perkiest, happiest betta in the whole pet store. For fun, I would put him up to the mirror. Bettas are extremely aggressive fish and upon seeing his image, thinking it was another male rival, he would flair out his gills and extend his fins and go zooming all across the bowl. Good, hearty fun was Brett. Ever the life of the party. One of my friends had taken to building an aquanum and would put all kinds of fish in his tank to fight each

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other. Kind of mean, sure, but he was an econ major. Econ majors love that kind of stuff. He implored me to get a little fish for my apartment and after two failed attempts with Peter and Bill, both ill-fated goldfish, Brett proved hardy enough to survive my fishbowl. I even upgraded Brett from his little bowl to a magnificent one-gallon tank, complete with fake, tacky plants and gaudy red gravel Looking down at myhands, stained with the red dye from the pebbles in poor, dear Brett’s tank, my mind has rationalized the freak accident. But this doesn’t change a thing: I killed him. It was a routine water change. I had the sink cleared out and beside it the little transporter bowl to keep Brett in while I changed some of the water and his Aqua-Safe, so as to facilitate the most peaceful transfer. Grabbing the tank and dumping the week-old water out into the sink, keeping just enough aside to transfer all the biofilters in the water that were also good for ol’ Brett, it came time to transfer my buddy to his tempo-

now he’s gone! A sunk cost, as my econ major friend might say. The same guy who thought it would be fun to buy two bettas, stick them in the tank and watch them tear each other’s fins off. My roommate turned on the water, giving poor Brett a little push out through the disposal and into fishee heaven, as I could only watch and pine for the little fella. After laughing at me and mocking my skills in fish-tending, my relentless roommates then heckled me. “Murderer!” “Killer!” It was all too much, like something out of a bad dream, as I fled to my room, arms flailing, a tear in my eye, dripping fish water and red-gravel dye across the hall, like the blood of my now dead fish. Now the tank sits empty, the rocks glistening wet and pink, the fake seaweed lifeless and flat, and it finally dawns on me just how attached I had become to Brett and our five minutes of fun every day for the

Splish, splash and out he fell. Only not in the bowl, but into the metal sink. He laid there for a split second. I turned to grab a plastic spoon to scoop him up to safety. As I turned my eyes away from him, though, he slipped and flew through the hole in the drain. Gone. Just like that. Just that quickly. Not a moment to warn him. I squealed out in terror for my dear buddy. Dropping to the ground, veering under the sink and looking at the pipes for some way to rescue Brett, my roommates came into the kitchen to see what the fuss was. “Give it up, he’s gone,” said one, in detached, stoic

past three-and-a-half months. Life will go on, albeit without Brett, and I suppose I should remember the good times. The nights will be haunted without the occasional flop on the surface of the water, when Brett would try to get a drink of air. The days will be empty without the daily routine of dropping those nasty worms into his tank and watching him lunge for his prey. But what a fun, wild spring it was. By and by, I may go back to the pet store, a more cautious, sober fish owner. Until then, I choose to think of him the way he was. Brett, here’s to you.

fashion HOW!? This is BRETT! I drove the damn fish halfway down the Carolina coast to care for him and

Kevin Lees is a Trinity senior and managing editor of The Chronicle.

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