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DUKE UNIVERSITY Ninety-Ninth Year, issue 117
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DSG discovers SI4OK in unspent funds by
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Hauptman THE CHRONICLE
In a special presentation at Wednesday night’s Duke Student Government meeting, President Matt Slovik announced the discovery of nearly $140,000 in unspent funds that has been accumulating in DSG accounts over the past five to seven years. The money came from undergraduates’ student activities fees, and past years’ DSG officers
failed to keep track ofeach years’ unspent funds, Slovik said. He initiated an audit of all DSG accounts last spring on the advice of immediate past Executive Vice President Justin Ford, Trinity ‘O3. “It seems that this was an oversight, and a failure in the past to accurately transfer appropriate funds,” Slovik told the Senate. “It does not appear that any money has been moved in an unauthorized manner.”
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er’s analysis of the accounts yielded alarmresults, ing Slovik reported: $14,000 in an old adminisMatt Slovik trative account designated for DSG’s former full-time administrative staff member, who was re-
leased from her position three years ago; $60,000 in depreciation funds for student organizations, which are set aside each year so that those groups can pe-
riodically replace technological equipment but which have never been used; $30,000 in 14 accounts that are effectively inactive; and $30,000 to $35,000 left in unmonitored accounts. Much of the money had been sitting in balance-forward ac-
counts, where student groups’ leftover funds are deposited at the end of the year. Each year the Student Organization Finance Committee distributes DSG’s portion of the activities fee to various student groups, which each have their own account within the Office of Student Activities and Facilities. Since those groups are non-profSEE DSG ON PAGE 7
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Jaguar—well, ists can own Ja Bornstein How to Changi Entrepreneurs a Ideas, profiles preneurs whotermination have effected positive change for millions of people across the world —spoke Wednesday at the Fuqua School of Business. Social entrepreneurship first drew his attention, he said, when he learned about Grameen Bank, an organization that provides credit to the penniless without any collateral, enabling its clients to create self-employment and eventually overcome poverty. “We should have more innova—
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David Bornstein speaks Wednesday night. live organizations like Grameen Bank,” he told an audience of about 150 people. “It was founded by entrepreneurs but fused with an ethical influence.” Bornstein described the entrepreneurial endeavors of a number of his book’s subjects, noting that each employed a mix of resolution and flexibility to drive their projects to success.
For example, he said, Fabio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents in Brazil, weathering both governmental opposition and the demons of unprofitability. When Rosa realized that a distribution model he had been developing for over a decade was not viable, he switched to an entirely different approach and continued with his work, eventually landing on a solar powerbased model that was affordable to rural Brazilians and profitable to the distributing company. J.B. Schramm, another subject of Bernstein’s book, accompanied Bornstein in Geneen Auditorium Wednesday evening. Schramm founded College Summit, a program designed to motivate and enable “undervalued” high school students to attend
college.
“Students in the lowest income quartile who get As in high school go to college at the same rate as the highest quartile getting Ds,” Schramm said. “There is something wrong with this system.” SEE BORNSTEIN ON PAGE 7
Explosion destroys Baghdad hotel by
John Burns
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
A huge car BAGHDAD, Iraq bomb destroyed the five-story Mount Lebanon hotel in central Baghdad Wednesday evening. The explosion reduced an apartment block across the road to a tangle of steel, masonry and shattered furniture, and left an inferno of blazing cars and buildings that lit the night sky for hours. At least 27 people were killed and 41 wounded. Iraqi rescue teams clawed at the rubble with hands and shovels deep into the night, but no new survivors were
pulled clear after the first frenzied
hours. At least some of the casualties appeared to be foreigners, principally from neighboring Arab countries. The bombing was among the worst atrocities fo be carried out in Iraq during the American occupation. It came less than 36 hours before the anniversary of the first American bombing raid on Baghdad at dawn March 19 last year that signaled the start of the Americanled war to topple Saddam Hussein. Survivors of Wednesday’s bombing said Americans, Britons and other Europeans were among those staying at
the hotel, which has traditionally attracted visiting Arab businessmen and, and among westerners, people on modest budgets working for relief agencies and other organizations with business in Baghdad. But amid the pandemonium at the scene and at neighboring hospitals in the hours after the blast, no clear picture emerged as to the nationalities of the non-Iraqis who were killed or injured. American officers who had cautioned that pro-Saddam insurgents and SEE BOMBING ON PAGE 5
Acar bomb near Baghdad's MountLebanon Hotel killed at least 27.
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Eight dead in Kosovar-Serb clashes by
Fisnik Abrashi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, SerbiaEthnic Albanians tradMontenegro ed gunfire with Serbs Wednesday after blaming them for the drownings of two boys. The clashes left eight dead and more than 300 injured in one of the worst days of Serb-Albanian bloodshed since the end of the Kosovo war in 1999. Riots broke out in virtually every city in the province—and in at least four enclaves where Serbs live—illustrating the failure of UN and NATO efforts to snuff out ethnic hatreds and set the province on the path of reconciliation. Protests also swept Belgrade, the cap-
ital of Serbia-Montenegro. Thousands took to the streets, demanding that the government act to protect their ethnic kin in Kosovo. Demonstrators in the southern Serb city of Nis set a mosque ablaze—and then prevented fire fighters from putting out the flames. In a melee near Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, hundreds of ethnic Albanians broke through barricades erected by UN police and NATO-led peacekeepers to march on the Serb village of Caglavica. Hand grenades were thrown and Serb houses were set on fire, Joseph said. In Pristina itself, UN cars also were torched. In the nearby city of Kosovo Polje, dozens of Serb houses and a hos-
pital were set ablaze, ethnic Albanians appeared to be in control on the streets. Late Wednesday, armored personnel carriers and police in riot gear were placed in and around the UN headquarters in Pristina, to prevent attacks against the building housing the international administrators of the disputed province. Riots also were reported in the western city of Pec, crowds clashed with
peacekeepers and police in the town of Gracanica, and cars were destroyed in the city of Gnjilane. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned the violence, saying it ‘jeopardizes the stability ofKosovo and SEE KOSOVO ON PAGE 6
GOP calls for tax cuts, deficit reduction by
Alan Fram
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WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans are engaged in a complicated political two-step, pursuing both tax cuts and deficit reduction in an election year when record federal shortfalls are starting to draw the public’s attention. Ignoring Democrats and deficit hawks who said the two policies are contradictory, the GOP-run House Budget Committee embraced both goals Wednesday with a pair of measures. The panel by voice vote approved a bill making it harder for lawmakers to expand benefits for programs like Medicare unless they are paid for with spending cuts. Unlike the Senate-passed version, tax cuts would not have to be paid
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NEWS IN BRIEF Madrid suspect goes on trial for terror link Three terrorist suspects, including a man who reportedly met with a Moroccan arrested in the Madrid bombings, faced trial Wednesday for alleged ties to terror groups.
Less scrutiny possible for frequent fliers The Bush administration will begin testing a program proposing that frequent fliers who are not considered terrorist threats be able to avoid extra security checks at airports.
Rail security improved but more needed Homeland Security deputy Asa Hutchinson defended the Bush administration's commitment to railway security Wednesday, in the aftermath of a Madrid terrorist bombing.
Pentagon withholding Halliburton funds The Pentagon said Wednesday that it would withhold about $3OO million from payments to a Halliburton subsidiary on a contract to feed soldiers in Iraq until auditors were certain that the government had not been overcharged.
Budget of national parks to be reduced Amid warnings that funds to national parks will soon be slashed considerably, park superintendents are cutting back on services that are
normally provided.
News briefs compiled from wire reports. “1 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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“Defending Democracy, Defeating Terrorism”
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is seeking qualified undergraduates to participate in the FDD Undergraduate Fellowship to learn how democracies defend themselves against terrorism. The year-long fellowship begins with a two-week course of study (July 31-August 14) at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel. An additional seminar takes place in Washington, D.C. over winter break. The course of study in Tel Aviv features lectures from experts on terrorism from Israel, Jordan, India, Turkey and the United States. It also features visits to military bases, border zones and other security installations to learn the practical side of deterring terrorist attacks. The winter seminar features lectures and field trips that highlight America's leadership role in the war on terrorism
All expenses are paid by FDD, interested students can a ply at www.defenddemocrac’ FDD is a non-profit, non-partisan research institution that promotes informed debate about policies and positions that most effectively abolish international terrorism.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2004
HISTORY 101: LOOKING BACK, TRAYS IN HAND
Busse, 86, Protean Great Hall takes many forms geriatric psychiatry pioneer, dies by
Kate Stamell
THE CHRONICLE
When Duke dining halls first changed their serving system from a single line to food stations in the 19505, the Great Hall was called the Black and Blue Room—for the bruises students received when they elbowed their way to the food. In the 1980s, students started calling the Great Hall the Pits because of its boisterous atmosphere and greasy food. And now, after undergoing a $1 million facelift last summer and an overhaul of the food offerings, students just call it the Great Hall—a name that, like all the other names the space has assumed since it opened in 1930, reflects its current personality and atmosphere. “Take-out wasn’t an option back then, but no one ever gave it a lot of thought,” said University Archivist emeritus William King, reflecting on the changing nature of Duke’s dining. “You enjoyed going to the dining room and eating together.” From the 1930s through 19705, there were few alternative dining options on campus, so the Duke dining halls drew a large crowd for every meal. Back then, the dining halls consisted of three large continuous spaces: the Cambridge Inn (now Alpine Bagels), the Great Hall and the University Room (now The Loop). Faculty ate their meals with students and interaction between employees and students was more frequent, so that the dining experience resembled a family style meal instead of a burger joint. Ted Minah, director of the University’s dining halls from 1946 through 1974, helped build that family atmosphere and student-employee interaction. “Minah firmly believed that the dining hall was an integral part of a student’s education,” Brian Wille, Trinity ’92, wrote in a history paper now in the University’s archives. Faculty-administration-student interaction was a staple of this education, and mealtimes were the ideal occassion for fostering these relationships. King said the community atmosphere prevailed until the creation of the Faculty Commons dining room.
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Originally called the Black and Blue Room, The Great Hall has survived many changes over the past 75 years. “Staff, administration and students used to eat together daily and easily and that habit was broken,” he said. As student-faculty interaction over meals declined, students realized they could get away with a lot of things they couldn’t get away with at home—and the home-style atmosphere shifted to a wilder student setting. A food fight in 1978 caused between $5OO and $BOO in damage to the East Campus Union and set the tone for dining at Duke in the 1980s. At that point, the Great Hall was referred to as the Blue and White room, a nickname in honor of the Duke colors. But, by 1980, only two years after that famous food fight, students began to refer to the Great Hall as the Pits.
“It was basically like Bullocks brought over to main campus,” said Mike Rosen, Trinity ’B4, reminiscing about the special Friday Pits chocolate-chip cookies and Texas Straw Hats, a “pseudo-Southwestem dish with ground beef and cheddar cheese covered in Fritos com chips.” “When I started in 1981 it was all fat, all the time,” he laughed. The University dining scene continued to evolve as health concerns became more prevalent. Outside contractor ARAMARK Corp., which took over the University’s major dining operations in 2001, claims to have added variety and healthier options—and in doing so altered the dining
atmosphere.
From staff reports Psychiatry professor emeritus Dr. Ewald “Bud” Busse, considered by many to be the founder of geriatric psychiatry, died March 7 at the age of 86. Busse had a long and distinguished career at Duke. He arrived at the University in 1953 as chair of the psychiatry department and served in that post until 1974, when he was named dean of medical and allied health education and associate provost. In 1965, he was named J.P. Gibbons professor of psychiatry. He retired from Duke in 1987. Among his greatest achievements was establishing a unique program to study the physiological, psychological and social aspects of aging in 1954. While previous studies had focused on elderly people living in institutions, Busse’s brainchild recruited healthy volunteers to participate in a long-term program to see how they aged in familiar surroundings. In 1957, Busse established the Duke University Center for Aging, the first research center of its kind in the United States. The Center for Aging is now the oldest continuously running aging center in the nation. Busse served as president of the American Psychiatric Association, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine, the American Geriatrics Society, the Gerontological Society of America, the American Association of Departments of Psychiatry, the Southern Psychiatric Association, the Southeastern MedicalDental Society and the International Association of Gerontology and was the director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for eight years.
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News Briefs from staff reports Self-Help to offer tour ofaffordable houses
Self-Help Community Development Corporation will offer Duke employees a
of several renovated affordable houses in the Walltown neighborhood near East Campus. From 2 to 4 p.m. March 21, Duke employees may view 1113 Berkley St., 1115 Berkley St., 1001 Lancaster St., 1009 Lancaster St. and 1510 Englewood Ave. SelfHelp also has a house for sale at 904 Sedgefield St. for qualified Duke police officers. To qualify, a person must have been employed for two years and make less than 80 percent of the area’s median income. For one person, the maximum income is $39,950. Potential buyers must also have a year of good credit and $1,500 in savings. The cost of Self-Help homes ranges from $89,900 to $105,000, but mortgage payments can be as low as $650 a month because of subsidies. tour
Former Duke administrator to return for sabbatical Malcolm Gillis, a former administrator at Duke, will return to Duke for the 200405 academic year after stepping down from his post as president of Rice Universi-
ty. Gillis will join the Sanford Institute of Public Policy as a visiting professor of public policy studies and distinguished research fellow for the Duke Center for International Development. Gillis came to Duke as an assistant professor of economics, spent 15 years at Harvard University and then returned to Duke in 1984 as a professor of economics and public policy. He was named Z. Smith Reynolds Distinguished Professor in Public Policy in 1990. Gillis’ research focuses on national and international fiscal reform and environmental policy. Gillis served as dean of the graduate school and vice provost for academic affairs from 1986 to July 1991, and as dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 until his 1993 departure for Rice. Among Gillis’ many accomplishments are co-founding the Duke Center for World Environment and Sustainable Development and the Duke Center for Tropical Conservation.
TIP headquarters to be dedicated in honor of program’s founder The new headquarters for the Universi-
ty’s Talent Identification Program will be dedicated April 2 in honor of William Bevan, the former provost who started TIP in 1980. President Nan Keohane and other University leaders will speak at a 2:30 p.m. ceremony, which is not open to the public, at the former Coca-Cola building at the corner of Main and Buchanan streets. Bevan earned a master’s degree from Duke in 1943 and a Ph.D. in psychology from Duke in 1948. He later earned a Duke law degree. In 1974, Bevan was appointed as the William Preston Few Professor of Psychology. From 1979 to 1983, he served as Duke’s provost. Bevan left Duke in 1983 to become vice president and director of the Health Program at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, returning to the University in 1991 when he retired. In addition to starting TIP, Bevan has been one of the program’s long-standing benefactors. He and his wife, Dorothy, have set up an endowment in memory of his mother to fund an annual scholarship for a Native American student. The couple has also funded the Robert N. and Katherine H. Sawyer Teaching Fellowship to help
support a TIP Summer Residential Program instructor who is a full-time public school teacher during the academic year. In addition, the Bevans started an endowment that offers financial assistance to help TIP recruit top instructors for its summer programs.
34-time Emmy award winner to speak at Duke Emmy award-winning TV journalist Rick Kaplan will deliver the Ewing Lecture on Ethics in Journalism at 8 p.m. March 23 in Room 04 of the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. His lecture, titled, ‘Journalism and the War on Terrorism,” is free and open to the public. Kaplan, who has won 34 Emmy awards over his more than 30-year career, oversaw coverage of the war on Iraq as senior vice president at ABC News. He was named president of MSNBC in February. Previously, he was president of CNN for three years and worked for 18 years at ABC News, where he oversaw news for such programs as “Good Morning America,” “Nightline” and ‘World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.”
Official says he lacks proof of Iran’s quest for nukes by
Jennifer Loven
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WASHINGTON The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency told Congress Wednesday “the jury is still out” on whether Iran was developing nuclear weapons. “I don’t have any specific proof,” Mohammed Elßaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told a Congressional panel on a day in which he also urged President George W. Bush to open a dialogue with Iran on its nuclear program. ‘They are mulling it over,” Elßaradei said after a 45-minute White House session with Bush and another meeting with Condoleezza Rice, the president’s national security assistant.
U.S. intelligence agencies are convinced Iran is edging closer to producing nuclear weapons. Elßaradei told members of Congress, however, that he did not have specific proof. “I have to be certain,” he said. The U.N. official said he was careful with statements about Iran’s nuclear intentions. ‘This could make a difference between peace and war,” he said. At the White House, Elßaradei told reporters that Iran was cooperating fully with U.N. inspectors after barring inspections for two weeks. They are to resume March 27. Still, Bush expressed concern about Iran’s program, said Elßaradei. “My answer is that the jury is still out,” Elßaradei said. “We would like to continue to work hard on inspecting Iran before
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to hide anything. And now, he said, Iran is “back on track.” U.N. inspectors are due to return to Iran on March 27. “I think today Iran is cooperating fully,” Elßaradei said. “I expect them to be fully cooperative, to be fully transparent, to provide all information in the most detailed manner. We need 100 percent cooperation.” Iran says its nuclear activities are designed to generate electricity. The Bush administration suspects Iran is developing nuclear weapons. ‘There certainly is no reason why they need to have nuclear energy given all their vast oil and gas resources,” White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said. “So we continue to have concerns about their behavior and about their nuclear program.” ...
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BOMBING from page 1 militant Islamic terrorists might try to mark the anniversary of the start of the war with a new round of attacks were quick to point a finger at a Jordanian-bom terrorist leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Col. Ralph Baker, commander of the 2nd Brigade of the IstArmored Division, leading American troops who raced to the scene in armored Humvees with mounted machineguns, said the blast appeared to have been caused by a car bomb consisting of at least 1,000 pounds of plastic explosives that had been combined with artillery shells. He said attackers here had used the formula ffequendy to cause a maximum blast and a widespread curtain of deadly shrapnel. Doctors at four Baghdad hospitals visited by reporters said the death toll could rise as a result of the severe blast, burn and crush injuries suffered by survivors, some of whom lay groaning in poorlyequipped emergency departments while doctors attended to more urgent cases. Hospital entranceways and wards were a bedlam of wailing relatives, agitated Iraqi policemen pushing back crowds with automatic rifles, and gurneys and stretchers
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carrying bodies under bloodied blankets and black shrouds. The attack ranked, in numbers of dead, with the bombings lastyear of the Baghdad headquarters of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which each killed more than 40 people. The worst single attack in the capital, two weeks ago, killed more than 80 people when three suicide bombers detonated themselves amid crowds at a religious festival, simultaneously with similar attacks in the nearby city of Karbala that killed at least another 120 Shiites. Baker said, ‘The attack was similar to that carried out in the past by Ansar al-Islam and the Zarqawi network.” He did not cite any specific evidence linking al-Zarqawi to the explosion. American intelligence has linked al-Zarqawi to Ansar al-Islam, a group linked to al Qaeda that took sanctuary in Kurdish-ruled northeastern Iraq before Saddam was ousted. Last month, American intelligence agencies named al-Zarqawi as the author of an intercepted message urging Qaeda leaders to support efforts by Islamic militants to provoke a civil war among Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq, in hope of blocking American plans for a westernstyle democracy here.
A $lO million reward has been placed on al-Zarqawi’s head as the prime suspect in a series of devastating bombings across Iraq in the past few months, including the U.N. and Red Cross attacks. American commanders, dismissing reports that al-Zarqawi had fled to Iran, said recendy that they believe he is still in Iraq and active in planning new attacks. He is second on America’s most-wanted list in Iraq only to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam’s principal deputy, who is believed by the U.S. command to be the effective leader of the pro-Saddam insurgents who have continued their attacks since Saddam’s capture in December. At the bombing scene, in the busy commercial district of Karada, a crater about 20 feet across and 10 feet deep marked the spot where the bomb had detonated. Iraqi police officers said the bomb might have been carried in an orange-painted car, left a tangled wreck, that was thrown 150 feet. American officials said later that the crater’s position, in the center of the narrow street, combined with what they described as the hotel’s lack of strategic significance, was read by American investigators as a sign that the bomb might have been detonated accidentally while en route to another target.
cial hangout of the 80s and 90s. Today’s Great Hall is only one of myriad dining options. Instead of serving as a common hangout, it is anMiranda Hunter, a Duke Dining Services employee other place to study, grab take-out or eat a quick dinner for 20 years, remembered the pre-ARAMARK Great Hall with friends. of the 80s and 90s as one of the high points of campus “I eat in the Great Hall twice a week and I’ll usually social life. study there,” said Kelly Fergu“Oh man, was it packed. son, a senior. “I wouldn’t say I The [Cambridge Inn], now go there to meet people, but I Alpine Bagels, had little go there with friends.” “Oh man, was it packed. The [Camshows every now and then Two decades ago, Rosen said and karaoke going on,” she bridge Inn], now Alpine Bagels, had the Great Hall was never a place said. “Everyone would get for studying. “You would never little shows every now and then and see anyone studying there—up and sing and we had a good time. Those were the maybe a couple,” he said. karaoke going on.” hangouts: The Great Hall “Ninety-eight percent were eatMiranda Hunter ing and socializing—it was defiand the C.1.” When ARAMARK first nitely a boisterous college attook over, Hunter said, the mosphere with really cheap contractor removed the frafood and all you can eat.” The crowds are smaller and ternity and selective living the food is more expensive, but even as times have plaques and later replaced them upon students’ demands—but the Great Hall is still a far cry from the famchanged the Great Hall has remained a reliable standby. ily style meals of the earlier years and the boisterous, so- After all, Indian food is every Thursday night.
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For the Americans, the bombing marked an inauspicious start to a new military offensive in Baghdad. Hours before the blast, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for the American command, told reporters at a news briefing that the strikes to be mounted, based on newly-gathered intelligence, would give “a clear warning to the enemies of the Iraqi people,” meaning the terrorists, that theirs was ultimately a doomed cause. With no statement claiming responsibility for the blast, the terrorists’ motives were unknown. But the timing, close to the anniversary of the American invasion, and on the night marked for the new American offensive, suggested that the attack may have been intended to taunt the Americans and raise the specter of a war that could drag on for years. As well, by striking at another Iraqi target, the attackers may have been seeking to deepen the sense among Iraqis that they have substituted the years of repression and fear under Saddam for a new era of fear, this time of the terrorists, and that the American occupiers, who came as self-proclaimed liberators, are now at the root of Iraq’s woes.
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He received the highest honor given by the American College of Physicians, the William C. Menninger Award, for his contributions to mental health. In addition to winning numerous research and professional awards, Busse was recognized by the University when it named the Ewald W. Busse Building after him at the Duke University Medical Center, where gerontology is studied today. Bom in St. Louis, Busse earned a bachelor of arts degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., and his medical doctoratefrom Washington University in St. Louis in 1942. He received his psychiatric training at the University ofColorado Medical Center. Busse is survived by his wife, Ortrude; three daughters, Ortrude White, Barbara Busse and Emily Bragg; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His son, Richard, died in 2000. A memorial service will be held for Busse at 10 a.m April 5 in Duke Chapel.
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cial police units moved in, firing tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to stop the ethnic Albanians from surging across the security ofall its people,” according to the bridge toward the Serb side of the city, a U.N. spokesperson. where another crowd had gathered. U.N. officials, diplomats and Kosovo’s “I heard several bursts of gunfire, leadership held an emergency meedng in and then just felt pain and went down Pristina and issued an unusual joint stateon the ground,” said Ridvan Lahu, 41, ment appealing for calm. who was shot. “The violence must stop and it must The dead included six ethnic Albanistop immediately,” the statement said. ans and two Serbs, said Derek Chappell, The officials called on demonstrators to the chief U.N. police spokesperson. A disperse and said those responsible would U.N. police officer shot and killed one of be prosecuted. the ethnic Albanian victims, who was atThe United States called on Kosovo’s tempting to hit the officer with a brick in political leaders to use their influence to the western town of Pec, Chappell said. restore calm. “The escalating violence In the predominandy ethnic Albanian must end,” the State Department said. “It southern side ofKosovska Mitrovica, hosthreatens the process of democratization pital workers counted more than 200 and reconciliation in Kosovo, and threathurt, including several who were shot. ens the very future ofKosovo.” Floors were stained with blood, and docThe violence began in the ethnically tors appealed for blood donations—even divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica amid from weeping relatives. reports that Serbs in a nearby village set a On the Serb side, Dr. Milan Ivanovic dog on a group of ethnic Albanian boys, said 80 Serbs were wounded. With Orthodox Christian Serbs regardsending three of them fleeing into an icy river, where two drowned and a third was ing Kosovo as their ancient homeland missing. Tensions grew as the morning and mostly Muslim ethnic Albanians seekwore on, fanned by a 13-year-old who said ing independence, hatred between the his younger brother slipped off his back two continues, with each act of bloodshed as he tried to swim for safety. leading to revenge from the other side. After authorities recovered two bodies, The province is administered by the ethnic Albanians and Serbs gathered near United Nations but remains part of Sera bridge over the Ibar River that separates bia-Montenegro, the successor state to YuKosovska Mitrovica, long the flashpoint of goslavia. tensions in this southern province of SerWednesday’s violence was the worst bia-Montenegro. The two sides traded in- since February 2001, when ethnic Albansults, threw rocks and charged each other ian terrorists blew up a bus carrying Serbs, several times before gunfire rang out and killing 11 and injuring 40. Other recent rioters set U.N. police cars ablaze. ethnic bloodshed also targeted Serbs, inThe melee grew before police could cluding one incident in which three separate the sides, with protesters hurling members of a family were axed to death rocks and other objects at NATO-led in their home and another in which two peacekeepers. teenagers were shot to death while swimThe peacekeepers and Romanian speming in a lake.
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But that was a compromise from an era when the White House and Congress were held by different parties. With the them—underscore the tricky terrain ReGOP controlling both branches of govpublicans must tread as they try to retain ernment, most ofits members—including the White House, House and Senate in Bush, House Speaker Dennis Hasten, RNovember’s elections. -111., and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, The loss of 2.2 million jobs since Bush R-Tenn.—have no interest in renewing took office in 2001 means they need a those strictures for tax cuts. The House budget panel rejected a plan for invigorating the economy. Their chief answer has been tax cuts which apDemocratic effort to impose the restricpeal to the GOP’s conservative and busi- tions on tax cuts also by a party-line, 24ness supporters. 18 vote. Yet many Republicans have become Last week, Democrats teamed with disenchanted as deficits have spun out of GOP moderates to force through the Sencontrol. Many in the party like the idea of ate a measure applying the requirement clamping down on spending, but omit- to spending boosts and tax reductions. It ting tax cuts from the requirement for would let tax cuts or spending increases budget savings has rankled GOP deficit go unpaid for if 60 of the 100 senators hawks, raising questions about whether it would vote accordingly. will gamer enough votes to pass the narUnder the House plan, most benefit rowly divided Congress. programs—excluding Social Security—“I’m not sure reducing taxes and cutwould be automatically cut if increases for ting deficits are necessarily corollaries of those programs were enacted but not each other,” said moderate Rep. Michael paid for. Castle, R-Del. The prospects for a final House-Senate Democrats hope to use the red ink as a compromise are uncertain. sign of Bush’s inability to manage the The House committee’s budget would economy and create jobs. They mock the hold most domestic programs to the GOP proposal to require savings for exsame levels as last year and give Bush the panded spending, but not tax cuts, as a boosts he wants for defense and domeshalf-measure aimed more at protecting tic security. Republicans defeated DemoBush’s tax agenda than reducing red ink. cratic efforts to add spending for emer“What you’re doing is ignoring the elegency workers and veterans while phant in the room,” said Rep. John trimming tax cuts. The budget would allow $l3B billion Spratt, D-S.C., referring to the exemption of tax cuts. “This is a dodge.” in five-year tax cuts—including renewals “They’ve created a mess, and now of popular, expiring breaks for married they’re trying to cover their flanks,” said couples and families with children and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-111., a budget the expanded 10 percent tax bracket. committee member. But it would ignore Bush’s effort to Until they expired in 2002 after a make permanent other tax cuts expiring dozen years, budget controls required later this decade, the bulk of the $1.3 lawmakers to find savings for any tax cuts trillion in 10-year tax reductions he proor expanded benefit payments. posed last month.
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Awards: Best International Documentary, Hot Docs; Special Documentary Award, Munich International Documentary Festival; Teddy Award, Berlin Film Festival; Best Theatrical Release, Norwegian Film Critics Award.
About the Film:
Twenty six year old documentary filmmaker Even Benestad turns the camera's eye on his own family, focusing on his father Esben. Esben Benestad is something of a celebrity in his native Norway, a doctor, writer, and politician who also happens to identify himself as Esther Pirelli, sex therapist. Living openly both as male and female, Esben Esther sees the documentary as an opportunity for self-promotion, portraying himself as a colorful character who is a voice for those on the fringe. However, not shying away from the camera, Even himself goes in front of thelens, partaking in intimate father-son conversations that reveal how his father's self-centeredness and sense of mission, more than his transvestism, have scarred the family. Though Esben's gender identity is the focus of this warm, humorous, and truthful film, All About My Father ends up succeeding as a universal portrayal of a family learning to accept each other's choices in life.
Sponsors: Duke Out; Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & TransgenderLife; UNC Robertson Scholars Fund; Women's Studies; Graduate and Professional Student Council; Program in Film/Digital/Video; Sexualities Program; Women's Center; Center for International Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies; Franklin Institute; Institute for the Arts with funding from the Eleanor Naylor Dana Endowment -Parking off of Buchanan and Campus Dr./ East Campus entrance. Duke University Student Affairs encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing reasonable accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us in advance of your participation. 684-660/ or Igbtcenter@duke.edu.
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it and cannot keep their excess funds, the money is rolled over into catch-all accounts that have not been factored into past DSGs’ budgets. The oversights were a result of DSG’s complex fund management system, officers said. “We have 20 fund codes all held under DSG’s name, but they’re never brought together as one DSG balance,” Walker explained, adding that he has begun to maintain a comprehensive budget balance and that he will work with next year’s treasurer to make sure the practice is kept up. Although OSAF has no role in the allocation of DSG’s funds, the office does maintain all of the student group accounts at the University. OSAF staff see transactions as they come through, but it does not evaluate groups’ financial status on a broader level, so it was not aware ofDSG’s fund accumulations, Director of Student Life Gregg Heinselman said. ‘Typically, what you would see is some type of quarterly or annual audit that would address these issues,” he said after the meeting. Heinselman, who joined OSAF in the fall, added that he was not sure if such a review is currently the standard practice, but that the office should conduct some sort of audit or administrative review at the end of each fiscal year. For the time being, the money will be put into a trust, and any distribution will have to come as a directive from
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This realization, he said, led him to develop a program thatfamiliarizes students who may not traditionally attend college with the college application process. In addition, Schramm encourages high schools to change their college guidance structures, employing both a college counselor and a teacher who checks in regularly on students’ progress with their applications. For middle-class students, Schramm said, the latter role is played by the “nagging parents” who have their own college experiences to draw from. For students of lower incomes, however, this stimulus is often absent. Both Bornstein and Schramm offered their advice to any would-be social entrepreneurs in the audience. “Trust your intuition... in the face of indifference, opposition or people saying, ‘That’s not the way it works,”’ Bornstein said, adding that a social entrepreneur must understand his or her market better than anyone else. Schramm emphasized the importance of resilience in a business that does not always hint at immediate success. “If you try to do social enterprise, you’ve got to be a pit bull,” he said. Bomstein added that a social entrepreneur must build up “a brain and heart trust” of people who will play devil’s advocate and help develop resources, but who will also provide emotional support, especially during a project’s initial stages. “Social entrepreneurs are like the stock in the soup; they do hold it together,” Bomstein said, adding, however, that behind every successful social entrepreneur are a dozen valuable supporters and co-workers. Finally, Bomstein said, the social entrepreneur must “take action today.” “Each action you take... can open a door to you,” he said.
the Senate, Slovik said. The current trustees are Slovik, Walker, Executive Vice President Cliff Davison, SOFC ChairKristin Jackson and Chief of Staff Pushpa Raja. ‘The point of this is to safeguard the students’ money,” Slovik added. The money is the students’, and it will remain the students’.” With the exception of the depreciation funds, which have already been allocated to their respective groups for equipment replacement, none of the money in the trust has yet been earmarked for spending. The trustees have come up with some possible uses, including subsidizing the cost of tents and seating for student groups’ events or offsetting the cost of University bartenders for on-campus
keg parties.
Heinselman also noted that it was “most definitely” a
possibility for the trust to serve as a buffer against further student activities fee increases, although to his knowledge there would not be a raise in next year’s fee. The fee went up last year from $l2B to $167 after two referenda on last spring’s DSC executive elections ballot raised the student government’s portion of the fee $8.50 and the Duke University Union’s portion $ll for each semester.
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Although some critics will point to the fund mismanagement as another mark of DSG’s purported inefficiency, Jackson was quick to point out that the current officers were the ones who acted to remedy the situation. This Executive Committee was responsible for finding the money, for figuring out where it came from and finding a solution for it,” she said. IN OTHER BUSINESS: The Senate approved three amendments to its bylaws for restructuring and election reform. The most contentious was the reallocation of senators from apportionment by residence location to apportionment by class and a corresponding reduction of the number of senators to just 40—-eight from each class and eight at-large. The second and third amendments, changing the name of the standing committee on Facilities and Athletics to Athletics and Campus Services, with a corresponding change in that vice president’s title, and moving the election of sophomore, junior and senior senators to the spring, both passed unanimously. Freshman and at-large senators will still be elected in the fall.
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March 18, 2004, Vol. 6, No. 23
Springs fasten Sesame Stj (Ohltneij Seckett Spring is in the air (or at least it wouldbe if the damn, clamnuj 50-dejree weather would jo on hiatus). find with it comes the inevitable: jirls in tan-revealing dresses, increased crime reports describing "two students found partialbj uncovered, participating in lewd acts in t(ie burdens" and perhaps just to teach us that life is not all springtime frolics—job and summer internship interviews. This season, fashion too is applying to be hired (bijjjou). Although itsjrodes suffered last semester having too much fun, its strong list of qualities and experience should elicit numerous call backs. Please attached resume: —
Spring 2004 Collection Rodeo Drive/Ninth Street
Fashion@duke.edu The Spring collection excels in presenting a stylish but lady-like look.
Mission statement:
To make every occasion brighter, sexier and more fun
Strengths: Lady-like: Circle skirts, feminine accessories and more dresses than students in the UNC walkup line all emphasize the double-X-chromosome quality of this season’s genetic makeup. Mentored by Oscar de la Renta. Practical experience: Susanna Monacco dresses, about $ 120. Athletic: Practically a star on a Division I team (or at least on the elliptical), spring’s lineup features streamlined, sporty favorites. Mentored by Gucci. Practical experience: Juicy hoodies, about $BO. Rich: Spring fashion is ushering in the gold medals—or at least the gold. Everything is gold or gilded in gold beading. Mentored by Miu Miu. Practical experience: Lizzie Fortunate shoulder-grazing gold earrings, about $BO.
Alluring: Familiar with 1 960s sex kitten movies. Plunging halter tops and tight capris make spring fashion fun even post-5 p.m. Mentored byVersace. Practical experience: BCBG ombre chiffon tank, about $ 1 30. Pure: All-white offers a fresh, untainted perspective on trusted styles and designs. Complements tans well Mentored by Donna Karan. Practical experience: Diane von Furstenberg dresses, about $3OO. Vibrant: With all its colors, this season’s presence alone lights up a room. Its citruses, greens and pinks earn it a reputation as bright as Spring itself. Mentored by Pucci. Practical experience: Lacoste shirts, about $7O. Diverse: A jack of all trades, this season mixes patterns, florals and stripes to present a more interesting and complicated pallet Mentored by Dolce and Gabbana. Practical experience: Abercrombie Hawaiian print mini, about $4O.
Fratty; Capable of fitting right in to any “water cooler” conversation, spring’s seersucker, pearls and cardigans allow it to hang with the boys. Mentored by Proenza Schouler. Practical experience: J. Crew embroidered chino shorts, about $44. Weathers well: Spring’s biggest selling point?The trench coat which keeps it cool, calm and collected at all times. Mentored by Burberry. Practical experience:Tommy Hilfiger trench, about $2OO. You
can't deny it: this year's applicant is
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Coordinated: Fully complete and polished, this season would be nothing without its array of colorful bags —particularly impressive with chain straps—and well-grounded shoes such as wedge espadrilles and flat gold goddess sandals. Mentored by Louis Vuitton. Practical experience: Majunga green fringe bag, about $ 125.
White is supposed to symbolize purity; you be the judge of this Diane von Furstenberg creation.
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Top $ reasons for the post-spring break ‘blah’ feeling Although we often see the glamorous and sensuous side of spring break, we sometimes choose to overlook the seedy and stomach-churning aspects of the week that truly give it its distinctive flavor—like the bacteria in blue cheese. You begin the trip on a euphoric high, enthusiastically clinking airline bloody Marys with your friends as you embark upon adventures unknown and strangers unclothed. But the return shuffle through customs always appears much less bouncy, movements are deliberate so as not to rub the luggage strap against yourburn and the only alcoholyou want is in the Nyquil that will hopefully render you unconscious for the connecting flight. The top eight: 8. Annoying native emcee: You know, the guy who shouts in his microphone looking for volunteers for yet another wet T-shirt contest. By day four of the trip he becomes more tiresome and obnoxious than Carrot Top in those AT&T ads. 7.The front desk: This failsafe bastion of generosity refuses to give you more than three towels per day, despite the fact that you have six people living in your room, all of whom desperately need a shower after a day in the spring break pool. 6.The spring break pool: A festering cesspool of human filth. You can always set the over-under on venereal diseases inhabiting this sludge at 5. s.The State School Steak Heads: These muscle-bound athlete wannabes spend 51 weeks of the year in the gym preparing diligently for the opportunity to lather themselves in tanning oil and sport nauseating tattoos around their biceps and down their back for these seven days. Hair gel is a must, as is a cheesy smile and "I know you wanna f@s% me" eyes. 4. jewelry venders: You protect your wallet with one hand while at the same time fending off the adorable little children (whom you suspect deep down to be midget pick-pockets) with the other, all the time wondering how every single vender along the street managed to acquire the same crappy inventory. You also wish you had a violent taser that would add an exclamation point to your fourth "No, gracias." 3. Sunburn: Melanoma schmelanoma. You are determined to get a tan. You'll do whatever it takes —even if it means using that
new product that contains chemicals which actually block the body's natural ability to fend off damaging UV rays.This is negative SPF, people. Those who get a little aggressive with the tanning oil can look forward to a good deal of limping around with legs and arms spread away from the body, like a bad Cowboy cartoon sketch with aloe vera in the holsters and a wet washcloth as a bandanna. 2. Food: If you got one of those all-inclusive packages, I hope you like rice.The first day you eat the strange meat in the brown sauce and it doesn't seem that bad. By day three you would rather be eating the tacos they sell out of the back of those little push carts that hide their urine bottles just out of sight, next to the hot sauce. Of course, you can always pay $l5 for a lukewarm five-hour-old Domino's pizza off the back of a moped, which spews unfiltered fumes all over your face as you consume the now congealed and crumbly cheese atop the grease drenched spongy crust. Mmmmm. 1. Montezuma's revenge/flesh eating stomach virus: Whether your problem be diarrheal in nature or of the vomit variety, you all of a sudden become Michael Johnson ten minutes after each meal and the all out race against the clock begins. I can imagine nothing worse than hurtling out of your chair, thrusting the unsuspecting mariachi out of your path, knocking over trays of margaritas and sizzling fajitas, eyes watering, lips trembling, butt on the very brink of exploding, and running smack into a six person line at the unisex single bathroom, which by the way, is out of toilet paper and doesn't flush. Viva Mexico! —Alex Chip
Sexy Des Moines! Hilary Lewis Rockin’ Butte! Meghan Valerio Wild Paducah! Julia Fryett Relaxing Compton? Malavika Prabhu Balmy Nome! Jon Schnaars
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Paul Crowley Liberal Salt Lake City! Robert Winterode Friendly Detroit! Gillian Barnard Out-of-control Boise! Jen Wei Exotic Topeka! Jenny Mao Cruise Lake Erie!
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Making ‘Tracks Why film directors are making musicians leading stars By Hilary Lewis cept albums with near-guaranteed mass appeal, enhancing their own success and that of the film Consider Badly Drawn Boy's work on the 2002 film, About a Boy. Composing both the score and a series of original songs for the movie, Badly Drawn Boy, aka Damon Gough, was heavily praised by the music press for producing a soundtrack that could stand alone as an album. This acclaim, along with being featured in a high-profile, commercially and critically successful film, may have increased the public's awareness of Badly Drawn Boy and the size of the audience for his 2003 album, Have You Fed the Fish?. More importantly, About a Boy offered the opportunity for a creative diversion following the success of his 2000 album, The Hour of the Bewilderbeast, which also won that year's Mercury Music Prize. The cinematic nature of the effort allowed him to use strings, woodwinds and other orchestral elements on what was only his second album. Perhaps more importantly though, Gough's folksy, melodic and subtly emotional songs, characteristic of his sound, provide an ideal accompaniment for the gradual emotional development of the film. While Gough's soundtrack gave him the opportunity to showcase his talents for a wider audience, the electronic, dance artist BT has attempted to use Bodysong. out the score for Jonny Greenwood stepped of the shadow of Radiohead to provide
In 1991, the soundtrack to The Bodyguard had a long multi-week run atop Billboard's album chart, proving what years of successful soundtrack singles had yet to demonstrate—that a soundtrack album could also be a hit record. Since then, soundtracks have become abundant and heavily-marketed commodities. Still, most either comprise pre-existing hits or fail to yield many successful songs, and are incapable of being considered as a whole album. Nonetheless, over the past few years a number of innovative artists have taken a different approach to the soundtrack boom with individual artists creating entire soundtracks for films. Often commissioned by the film's directors because of some musical quality commensurate with the film, these artists are able to create appropriate and innovative con-
his frequent film scores to highlight his more accomplished musical background. Perceived as simply a dance artist, the classically-trained Brian Transeau struggled to convince fellow film composers and music supervisors to allow him to use orchestral elements. But ultimately he was able to incorporate string sections and small orchestrations into the scores of Driven and The Fast and the Furious. While his first foray into the genre was composing music for the appropriately underground-dance-scenecentric film, Go, more recently he completed the score for Monster, using the textured, ambient instrumentation of that effort to articulate the emotions of the film and demonstrate his own musical talents. Similarly, Jonny Greenwood has used his work on the score for Bodysong, a British documentary that illustrates the "experience of being human" to reveal his multi-instrumentalist talents and diverse influences, allowing the Radiohead guitarist to distinguish himself as an artist in his own right. Greenwood, like BT and Damon Gough have chosen films that allow them to showcase their artistic talents, offering them the challenge and exposure of working in a different medium.
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red wine dressing. Unlike some other fancy salads, here, the garnish doesn't outdo the amazing,simple flavors of the ingredients. The lunch menu includes a much raved about prosciutto and Serrano ham baguette, crab cakes accompanied by red and yellow pepper slaw, as well as various appetizers and other sandwiches, each priced under $7. As for dinner, Moore admits that they're not yet set up to have a full-scale restaurant menu, and so has chosen to forgo entrees in favor of small plates and sandwiches, from $7 to $lO. Standout items include a to-die-for Margherita pizza on a delicate puff-pastry crust and a smoked salmon sandwich served on sunflower wheat toast accompanied by a mixed green salad in spicy chipotle vinaigrette. A hummus and pita starter and roasted vegetable panini are hearty and good, but not quite as impressive.
For dessert, there's an airy chocolate mousse served with strawberries, an anything-but-ordinary raspberry coffee cake and the absolute best Creme Brulee I've ever tasted, Each creative dish is beautifully plated, completing the utter incongruity of Moore's cuisine and Rhys's vintage beer advertisement decor. In some ways, though, it's a perfect merger.The standoffish proprietor and young, genuine chef each have tOi bring to the table of this restaurant/bar/future
hot spot/work-in-progress. For now, Federal is a great, reason-
ably-priced lunch destination and the perfect place to share a drink with friends or dessert with a date. But Moore insists this is just the beginning, "I want to listen to customers, see what the clientele likes....This is actually very simple stuff for me." He adds, "Simple, but good." Here, here.
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Scroll-Click-Purchase Recess presents our guide to the very best of internet shopping. By Gillian Barnard You have been through it before. It is late at night and you stare captivated at your computer screen. Your heart is beating faster as your mouse navigates the site. Suddenly you hear your door knob turning. You frantically try to close your browser window, but to no avail. Your roommate
walks in takes one look at the screen and screams horror, "You're not online shopping AGAIN?!" Alas, many a Duke student is seduced by the lure of internet shopping. We cruise Southpoint during the light of day publicly partaking in the occasionat you in
al excess, yet we still creep home and furtively fill our virtual shopping bags. Recess strictly believes that addictions (especially shopping addictions) are not wrong if they are done right, so we offer the occasional online addict a guide to the very best places to e-shop.
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www.shopbop.com: This is undoubtedly an all-time favorite. It has the perfect amount of merchandise to browse as a study break without feeling overwhelmed.Shopbop offers a fabulous selection of Paper denim, Michael Kors,Theory, Diesel, Marc Jacobs and more. Pro: Check out the collection of Juicy Couture in oodles of styles and colors. Con: Popular sizes can sell out fast and items have a limited amount of time before they sell out altogether.
www.net-a-porter.com: This is the online equivalent of a gushing Saks salesgirl. Not only does net-a-porter offer shopping advice, but it sorts the merchandise by trends and styles. Forget the traditional categories of"skirts" or "evening dresses."This site shows you "ten ways to look like a starlet" as well as lists of the hottest shoes, accessories and ready-to-wear pieces. Click on the pictures to zero in on a particular piece. If the item is not available, net-a-porter will send you an e-mail the second it arrives. Pro: Pretty much anything you purchase on this site is bound to make you shiver with delight when it arrives at your door.Where else can you make an Alberta Ferretti evening gown yours at the click of a mouse? Con: Prices? Ouch! While there are several reasonable items, they pale in comparison to the bulk of the merchandise. And make sure you are looking at the right number —prices are listed in dollars, pounds and euros.
An online shopping guide would not be complete without giving a nod to these tried-and-true favorites: www.bananarepublic.com: Always amazing quality for the price with an easy-to-navigate website. Keep your eyes open for promotional discounts www.victoriassecret.com: An automatic favorite for the lingerie lover. But do not get sucked into buying the clothing—you will be disappointed. www.landsend.com: Lands End can be a big yawn, but the site allows you to build a virtual model.That's a good half-hour offun right there, and chances are you won't be tempted to enter your credit card number. www.bloomingdales.com: Allows you to browse all the Bloomingdales catalogues without fear of paper cuts. www.ebay.com: As we all know e-bay allows you to buy and sell everything under the sun. Caveat emptonYou may find a treasure, but be prepared to sort through a lot oftrash
/Gece^^Film REVIEW: TOUCHING THE VOID
A moral crisis at 21,000 fort By Corinne Low
Kaufman’s newest Spotless film By Katie Latanich Charlie Kaufman does it again with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What 'it' might be we're not really sure, but you saw it for the first time when John Cusack wriggled through a trapdoor and landed in John Malkovich's brain. After Being John Malkovich came Adaptation and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and with all three came the kind of publicity that today makes a Charlie Kaufman screenplay a brandname seal of approval. A Kaufman is a Kaufman because anything can happen, and will happen, and when it does happen, it'll be exponentially more bizarre than your own (pitifully stunted) imagination can possibly comprehend. Eternal Sunshine is a love story, because nothing is more creative than the mind's own morbid fascination with self-inflicted misery. Clementine Kruczynski (played by a rainbowhaired Kate Winslet) finds a variation on true love with Joel Barish (Jim Carrey). Joel is slightly deep and slightly boring. Clementine seems tired of her own spontaneity, and for some reason they hit it off. A few missteps later some angry words are exchanged, the love train derails and we wonder: Was it wrong from the beginning? Once it's over, does that even matter? Love is being told, when it happens, that it's better to have loved and to have lost than never to have loved at all. Bullshit. If love makes the world go 'round, loss makes it grind to a screeching, screaming halt, leaving one lonely soul to orbit a ruined life and wonder what went wrong. Love hurts. Love can be a bitch. For those who would rather forget, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson) offers salvation in the form of a new medical procedure that literally erases every last trace of a
painful relationship."Technically,"he explains, "the procedure is brain damage, about on par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'd miss." This isn't science fiction, and the specifics don't really matter. His procedure targets individual memories of a person and methodically exterminates them, one by one. So Clementine erases Joel, and Joel decides to reciprocate. But this is Charlie Kaufman. You know it's not that simple, he knows you know it's not that simple and the actual story is too complicated to explain. The procedure, and the movie, unfold like a lucid dream. Within this dream, reliving his memories of Clementine one by one, Joel suddenly realizes that he doesn't want to forget—and simultaneously that it might be too late. Trapped in the shifting dreamscape of his fragmented memories, Joel watches his love dissolve—piece, by piece, by piece. Love takes time but loss is lightning-quick. Loss is the single point in time that divides the world into a 'before' and an 'after,' splicing them so neatly that it's impossible to identify how or when something changed —only that it has. Kaufman's dream sequence identifies that single chemical moment, when everything previously unsaid crystallizes into a conclusion that,yes, this was love after all—or that, no, it never was. He takes that instantaneous transition and magnifies it, finding an entire universe within. Kaufman's vision isn't slick or clinical, but instead homely and human. If his story is disjointed in the telling, it's because the bigger picture is so big that it has to be seen piece by piece. In the end, every last piece perfectly into place. Kaufman takes the logical inconsistencies of love, makes sense of JR them and makes them grade beautiful.
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In 1985, two ambitious twenty-somethings decided to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes never to have been conquered—the 21,000 foot peak Siula Grande. Because Kevin Macdonald's documentary, Touching the Void, features both climbers recounting the story, we know that the two made it back down safely. For some reason, though, this provides little comfort as we watch their harrowing struggle unfold. Using a mixture of pure documentary and dramatization, Void delves into the tale of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' successful ascent to the summit, followed by, of course, disaster. Simpson falls and breaks his leg —the tibia and fibula actually driving through his knee joint. Simpson is certain that Yates will have to leave him to die on the mountain,and Yates frankly admits to secretly wishing Simpson would just fall off the face at that moment, so he could make it down alive himself with a clear conscience. It is this sort of uncomfortable hon-esty and raw exploration of the less heroic facets of human nature that makes Void stand out as more than just another story of"what I went through and how I lived to tell about it." The morality gets more complex when Yates —although he does attempt to take Simpson down the mountain—is forced to cut the rope binding him to his partner, setting himself up for endless ridicule from the climbing community. Yates recalls that on his way down the mountain, he shamefully considered fabricating a story to make himself look better. Yates' guilt is misplaced, though, as Simpson has somehow survived and fallen into a deep, snowy ravine. The film gets a bit tiresome as it indulges in a Jack Londonesque epic of Simpson's miraculous journey to safety, and pragmatists might be bothered by the nagging thought that if this was so gosh-darn dangerous maybe they just shouldn't have done it in the first place. Void's greatest strength is that it makes no effort to be redemptive. Unlike in John Krakauer's Into Thin Air, here we never feel as though either climber is asking for our forgiveness or even sympathy. Rather, Macdonald's film asks only our consideration of the terrifying possibility that perhaps when faced with unbearable circumstances, our first instincts are anything but noble. Void presents a stark image of two men equally capable of selfishness and heroism, frailty and might. Touching the Void will be playing at The Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham through March 25.
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Masters of the Movement What’s so funny? Get in on the Joke By Sarah Kwak
By Irie Turner "Diversity" and "multiculturalism" are familiar words in the Duke lexicon, recognizable as components of an often futile battle cry for various groups, initiatives or descriptive studies.At least one group, however, has managed to move beyond the buzzwords, fusing themes of"multiculturalism" and "diversity" with dance to form Defining Movement. Defining Movement began in the Asian Students Association 2002 Lunar New Year show, the theme of which was "definitions." Pondering this theme, the show's producer Christina Chang came to the conclusion that "'culture' could not be defined by images, coined phrases, customs, way of dress 0r... certain types of people and characteristics." She simultaneously noticed a lack of genuine cultural exchange on Duke's campus."At Duke people talk about diversity, but we don't really see it on campus as much as we should," she said. "Defining Movement tries to move towards that, but not in the'political'sense." Determined to fill Duke's cultural void, Chang founded a dance group with friends Fran Lebajo, Sonia Cheung and Jeff themselves Defining Wu. Naming Movement, the group formed with the lofty goal of "shattering preconceived notions of dance styles," such as the assumption that "only African-Americans are really good at hip hop." Fortunately for audience members, this social message does not compromise the aesthetic appeal of Defmo. Its dancers weave multicultural optimism into creative routines with finesse, and have established an impressive repertoire that includes hip hop, ballet, Latin, jazz and traditional dances from countries like India and Nigeria, The increasing variety of dance styles reflects
the group's expanding ethnic makeup. Once primarily Asian-American,an unintentional effect of its beginning in ASA's Lunar New Year show, Defining Movement has since grown more diverse ethnically and stylistically, and is now comprised of nine ethnic backgrounds. The expansion of cultural backgrounds has contributed to its current show—taking place this Saturday that Chang describes as having even more "variety" and more "interesting choreography" than last year's performances. Defining Movement has come a long way since its 2002 inception. Previously required to ask to perform at events, the members of Defmo now find themselves invited to nearly every cultural event on campus. Chang attributes Defining Movement's success to the group's stylistic ability and message, its dedicated members—who rehearse between four and ten hours a week—and the incredible support of the Duke community. The members of Defining Movement hope that the group's rapid success will continue to flourish and that its presence will be felt not only in the Duke community, but in surrounding communities as well.ln the meantime,the group will continue working toward its goal of overthrowing superficial diversity and uniting cultures through dance. Defining Movement's Spring Showcase is this Saturday, March 20 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Free tickets will be distributed on the BC walkway today and tomorrow from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and at the Marketplace from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Non-Duke students can reserve tickets by emailing Stacey Yee at defmoshowcaseo4@hotmail.com. Donations are accepted and proceeds will benefit the Durham School of theArts. —
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The cast of Inside Joke insists that they, in fact, are not D.U.1., Duke's improv troupe.They are a sketch comedy group that performs a number of pre-written skits, mocking everyone from fraternities to Dr. Seuss. The team of 14 puts on around three free shows a semester, the next of which will be Saturday night at the Hideaway at 8:00 p.m. Their final production, on April 16-17, however, will have an admission price.The proceeds go to charity—or so they say. A fairly young organization, Inside Joke has its amusing moments.Though the hilarity probably won't leave you rolling in the aisles, you will find yourself laughing. Like any sketch comedy show, there will be awkward moments when actors forget their lines or when the sketches just aren't all that funny; but on the whole, Inside Joke does a pretty good job of differentiating the good from the bad. "We just want the audience to have fun," managing director Matt Schewel said. "We do it for ourselves, our friends and the audience." Veteran member Jordan Pollack has a different idea. "I think we do it because we have an obsessive need to be validated by strangers." While not all of the skits in Saturday's performance are related to Duke, they do satirize fraternities and sororities, as all good comedy groups should. There is a brief and amusing encounter with Theodore Geisel and a not-as-funny one with the Teletubbies, though some of the members do a wickedly good impression of the creepy buggers. Watching the show, the difference within the group, a mix of mostly freshmen and seniors, is apparent. While the upperclassmen carry themselves with greater confidence on stage, the younger members are a bit less experienced, which affects the flow. Some of the acting is overdone, but in a comedy show, overacting is far from the worst offense. Nonetheless, all of the skits are smart and witty.They provide plenty of laughs and don't have to resort to potty humor, though they do at times. Some of the more experienced actors know how to deliver punchlines like professionals and have even tackled some physical comedy—though whether it is intentional or not is debatable. The greatest part of the group, though, is the unrelenting desire to be better.They continue to search for the best way to achieve this because they are still learning. Without as much street credibility as some of the other performing groups on campus, they are hoping to create their own identity, and with time and experience, there is no doubt Inside Joke will find a permanent niche in comedy at Duke.
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It was going to be a struggle. After losing to then-No. 12 Notre Dame on March 10 and barely sliding past North Carolina in sudden death on March 13, the No. 4 Duke women’s lacrosse team traveled to Princeton last night for their toughest matchup of the year. With snow showers filling the air and the temperature hovering around 30 degrees in Princeton, N.J., the Blue Devils (5-2) were defeated 12-5 by the No. 1 Tigers (4-0). “Unfortunately, every year we play Princeton and they teach us the lessons that we need to leam,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. Princeton took an early lead when Tara Hardiman took a pass from Elizabeth Pillion and got past Megan Huether to score the first goal of the game. Two more quick goals increased the Princeton tally to three before Duke was able to get on the scoreboard. However, the Blue Devils were not to be overlooked at the Class of 1952 Stadium last night. Instead, they fought back to tie the score at three with 11:18 left in the first half. At 12:38, freshman Kristen Waagbo scored her 10th goal of the season to start the Duke scoring rally. With this goal and an assist on the night, Waagbo is leads the team with 20 points. Just over a minute after Waagbo scored, Meghan Walters and Katie Laschinger added goals that were 10 seconds apart. The Tigers retook the lead before halftime, scoring two more goals. Princeton’s CHRIS
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Amanda Johnson is one of the nation's top players.
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The Ivy League is usually pretty daunting, but for the No. 5 women’s tennis team, it’s just a stop-over between a week in Hawaii during Spring Break and a rivalry match against No. 7 North Carolina Sunday. But coming off a beach week that brought them convincing wins over Notre Dame and Tennessee, Duke (8-1) might as well ease into a three-match homestand at 4 p.m. today against No. 75 Yale (5-5). “Of course we look forward to the game on Sunday, but first we have to look to the game [against Yale],” said freshman Jennifer Zika, who was 2-0 in singles at the No. 2 spot in Hawaii. “It shouldn’t be too much of a
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problem, but it’s a good practice for Sunday.” Zika added that the team missed the sun but thatjet-lag and travel problems were well behind the Blue Devils, who only lost one point in Hawaii., though it was a surprising one. Ace Amanda Johnson fell to Notre Dame’s Alicia Salas after taking the first set Mar. 10, but the nation’s fifth-ranked player came back strong with a straight-set victory two days later. Yale, meanwhile, swept UNG-Greensboro, 7-0, yesterday afternoon on its way down to Durham, but even the luck of the Irish may not suffice for the Bulldogs, who have not placed anyone in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. And though Duke relies solely on Johnson to carry the load of
host Yalies individual recognition, the Blue Devils have one of their deepest teams in years, and fellow freshmen Tory Zawacki and Kristin Cargill are beginning to dominate. Even if Duke misses the Aloha State, then, it can at least thank Hawaii for bringing the Blue Devils home geared up for UNC, followed by a tough ACC schedule and then a brutal back-to-back combination ofNo. 11 Texas and No. 3 Florida looming just three weeks away. “We practiced every morning in the sun and then played a lot too, so our fitness is really good,” Zika said. “We have a lot of good matches coming up against a few top-10 teams, and I think we’re prepared really well.”
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RALEIGH The 13-year-old battled his older brother for position under the basket, but his skinny frame couldn’t overcome the nearly 10-year age difference. He flailed into a fence surrounding the court. He fell to the ground, skinning his knees. He kept getting up and fighting until he finally won. This is how Julius Hodge learned to play basketball. Years later, you can still see that hardnosed edge in the North Carolina State junior. He scores. He rebounds. He finds open teammates for baskets. He plays tough defense and offers a steady stream of what he calls “good-natured talking” for his opponent. That all-around versatility carried the Wolfpack to second place in the Adantic Coast Conference, and is the reason Hodge was named The Associated Press player of the year in the league Wednesday. “I go into every game with a seek-anddestroy attitude,” Hodge said. “No matter who I’m playing against, I feel I’m better and I’m going to lead my team to victory.” Hodge, a 6-foot-6 swingman, received 52 of 93 possible votes from members of the
Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Duke’s Chris Duhon, who led the Blue Devils to the regular-season tide, was second with 31 votes. Hodge ranked among the league’s leaders in several categories. The Harlem, N.Y, native ranked second in scoring (18.6), 10th in rebounding (6.3), seventh in assists (3.8) and 12th in steals (1.5). He also led the conference in field-goal percentage at 51.3 percent and ranked third in free throws at 82.8 percent. “He has great determination, and on the court he is blessed with tremendous versatility,” said N.C. State coach Herb Sendek, who was named AP coach of the year in the ACC Tuesday. “He is a passionate player. He does bring a lot of enthusiasm to the court.” He certainly doesn’t hide that passion, whether it’s motioning for crowd noise or holding a running dialogue with the opposition. “I’ve Just always enjoyed telling my opponents how much I’m going to give it to them,” he said with a smile. “I don’t call it trash talking. I call it good-natured talking. I’m just being sociable.” Hodge’s value goes beyond numbers. In the 10 seasons before Hodge’s arrival in 2001-02, N.C. State went 7-10 in the
ACC tournament and missed the NCAA tournament each year. In Hodge’s three years, N.C. State has reached the ACC tournament final twice and has gone to the NCAAs every season. This season, he led the Wolfpack (20-9) to its best ACC finish since winning the regular season crown in 1988-89 under Jim Valvano. N.C. State earned a No. 3 seed its highest NCAA tournament seeding in 16 years—in the Phoenix Regional going into Friday’s game against No. 14 seed Louisiana-Lafayette in Orlando. “I Just like being a versatile player,” Hodge said. “One thing that sticks out is defense. I love guarding an opponent’s best player and locking him down. I don’t think I’ve been given a lot of credit for it this year because my offensive stats have overlooked it. I really get at it and stop whoever I’m guarding.” That mentality is the result of the tough schooling he received from his older brother, Steve. Hodge said he first beat his brother when he was 13 years old, and has had the upper hand ever since. He still works out with his brother in the offseason—and occasionally returns the favor for all those beatings he took years ago. Like winning an ACC game, it never gets old. —
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Fighting Irish stave off in-state rival Purdue Villanova 85, Drexel 70 Randy Foye and Allan Ray each scored 20 Chris Quinn scored 21 points and Rick points, and Curtis Sumpter had 14 points 16 and 11 rebounds. Ray scored eight straight Cornett added a career-high Wednesday night, leading Notre Dame to points during Villanova’s decisive 18-0 run a 71-59 victory over Purdue in first round that turned a 10-point deficit into a 53-45 lead midway through the second half. of the NIT. The Boilermakers (17-14), who trailed Sean Brooks scored a career-high 24 39-30 at halftime, used a 22-12 run to points for Drexel (18-11), which never has take a 52-51 lead in the second half. beaten Villanova (17-16) in 17 tries. Florida State 91, Wichita State 84, 20T Notre Dame (18-12), which shot 50 perTim Pickett scored 25 points to lead cent in the first half, missed its first 10 Florida State (19-13) to a pair of comeshots after halftime. But the Irish made four of five shots backs. Pickett hit three second-half 3down the stretch and ended the game with point shots to help the Seminoles rally a 20-7 nm. from a 14-point deficit. Florida State, The Fighting Irish will play at Saint which snapped a five-game losing streak, also had to come back from six points Louis in the second round. down in the first overtime. Virginia 79, George Washington 66 Hawaii 85, No. 25 Utah State 74 Todd Billet made five of Virginia’s 13 3Michael Kuebler scored 28 points, one pointers in possibly his final home game. Billet, the lone senior who plays for point shy of his career-high, and the Warriors (20-11) scored their first-ever Virginia, led the Cavaliers with 19 points. Virginia (18-12), playing in the NIT for road win over a ranked opponent. Hawaii the third straight year and fourth time in (20-11) shot 62 percent and had four playsix seasons under coach Pete Gillen, will ers score in double figures. Hawaii plays the winner of Nebraska-Niagara in the secplay Villanova in the second round. ond round. (18-12) was Washington making George its first postseason appearance since the Utah State’s Spencer Nelson had a dou1999 NCAA tournament and playing in the ble-double with a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds. The Aggies, the only NIT for the first time since 1997. ranked team in the NIT, finished 25-4. Rutgers 76, Temple 71 Freshman Quincy Douby scored a careerlowa St. 82, Georgia 74 high 28 points in his first start and Rutgers Jackson Vroman scored 23 points, rallied from an eight-point deficit. The victoCurtis Stinson had 21 and lowa State shot a school-record 74.4 percent. The ry was the Scarlet Knights’ first in a nonconference postseason tournament since the Cyclones (18-12) were 17-for-21 from the field in the second half, but could not pull NTT in 1999. Rutgers (17-12) will face the winner of a away until scoring 11 straight points for a first-round game between Rhode Island 68-56 lead with 3:37 left. and West Virginia. Georgia (16-14) hung with lowa State David Hawkins, the nation’s fourthby making 12 of 27 3-point shots. The Cyclones will play Florida State in leading scorer with a 24.4 average, had 25 the second round. in his final game at Temple.
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Oklahoma 70, LSU 61 Freshmen Brandon Foust and Drew Lavender combined for 34 points. The Sooners, absent from the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade, clinched their seventh consecutive 20-win season quite an accomplishment considering their undersized lineup and reliance on four freshman in the final part of the season. Oklahoma (20-10) moves on to face Michigan (19-11) in the second round. LSU (18-11) closed its season by dropping seven ofits final eight games. West Virginia 65, Kent St. 54 Tyrone Sally scored 17 points and braved a bloody nose from a second-half collision to lead West Virginia. It was the first postseason win for the Mountaineers (16-13) since they reached the regional semifinals of the 1998 NCAA tournament. The Golden Flashes (22-9) lost six of their final eight games. Sally scored only two points in the final 7:17, but his defense in the middle of a 13-1 zone helped force four turnovers down the stretch, when the Mountaineers outscored the Golden Flashes 19-11.
Niagara 87, Troy State 83 Tremmell Darden had 26 points and Juan Mendez added 20 points and 16 rebounds. Niagara, which trailed by 17 points, advanced to the first round and will play at Nebraska on Friday. Greg Davis had 18 points and Rob Lewin added 16 points and 10 rebounds for Troy State (24-7), making its first NIT appearance. George Mason 58, Tennessee 55 George Mason won its first postseason game in 18 years and gave the Patriots (22-
9) a school record for wins in a season. The school won its first tournament game since the 1986 NIT. George Mason had
since gone 0-3 in the NCAA tournament and 0-2 in the NIT. Tony Skinn scored 16 points, and Terry Reynolds got George Mason’s last eight points to finish with 15. Brandon Crump scored 16 points to lead Tennessee (1514), which was hurt by 18 turnovers. Rhode Island 80, Boston U. 52 Rhode Island opened a double-digit lead in the first six minutes and was never threatened. Steve Mello led Rhode Island (20-13) with 13 points and Dawn Robinson added 12. Rhode Island surpassed the highest point total scored on Boston University (20-6) this season with 7:27 remaining as Mello hit a 3-pointer for a 75-39 lead. BU came in ranked 12th in the nation with 58.8 points allowed per game. Austin Peay 65, Belmont 59 Austin Peay had an 11-0 run over a twominute stretch late in the second half, then weathered a rally by Belmont in the final minute. The Governors (22-9) scored their final 14 points during a span of 1:40 to extend their home winning streak to 29 games. Belmont (2T9) rallied in the final 40 seconds to 59-57 with 19 seconds left. However, the Governors, who attempted 30 free throws to just four for the Bruins, were made their final six foul shots two each byjosh Lewis, Adrian Henning and Corey Gipson. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 91, Rice 63 Dylan Page scored 22 points, Ed McCants added 21 and WisconsinMilwaukee blew out Rice. It was the first win ever for Wisconsin-Milwaukee (20-10) in a postseason tournament. Brock Gillespie led the Owls (22-11) with 15 points. The last postseason appearance for Rice was in the 1993 NIT.
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Why UNC is It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the Tar Heels. North Carolina entered the season with a new coach, a healthy center, the ACC preseason player of the year and a new attitude. Endowed with a lofty No. 10 preseason ranking, the Heels had a huge bandwagon ofbelievers expecting them to win it all. Even bracketology demigod Joe Lunardi jumped on, pegging North Carolina as his preseason cham-
pionship pick. Things started to fall apart in North
Carolina’s ACC opener, however, when a visiting Wake Forest team knocked off the Tar Heels in a triple-overtime thriller. As late as three weeks ago, the Tar Heels were below .500 in ACC play. When the smoke cleared, North Carolina had ten losses and people began to figure that head coach Roy Williams was right when he said “Of Roy ain’t that good.” Yet a closer look shows that the Tar Heels have not disappointed this year. Of their ten losses, eight of them were nailbiters. One of the other losses, an 81-72 decision to Clemson, came cour-
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TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS tesy of one of the season’s best threepoint shooting displays by one of the teams least expected to deliver it. The other loss, an 88-77 decision to Georgia Tech, came when the Tar Heels shot better from the field (48 percent) than from the charity stripe (47 percent). Outside of that, all the Tar Heels have done is knock off then-No. 1 Connecticut, beat the Big Ten runnerup on a neutral court, and hand the ACC regular season runner-up N.C. State Wolfpack its first homecourt loss of the season. Speaking of the Wolfpack, ESPN.com’s Page 2 got into the spirit of March Madness thisweek by paying tribute to the sixth-seeded national championship 1983 N.C. State Wolfpack team as part of an article honoring the tournament’s greatest Cinderella stories.
Isn’t that where the Tar Heels are seeded this year? North Carolina has proven that it can play David as well as Goliath, reaching the 2000 Final Four as an eight seed. This Tar Heels team arguably has more talent, boasting the ACC’s best scorer, rebounder and assist man. After all, there’s a reason Dick Vitale harped on the Heels as having the “best starting five in America” for half the season. North Carolina certainly has the talent to make the run, and its case only gets stronger with the fact that its firstround opponent, Air Force, is one of the weakest at-large bids in tournament history. Combine that with a favorable road to San Antonio out of the South, and the natural motivation that will come from playing in the same bracket as a hated rival, and you have all the makings of a possible Final Four run. “We are awfully close to having a magical year,” Williams said at a recent press conference. If OF Roy turns out to be as good as expected, the year may yet have a few tricks left for the Tar Heels.
The Chronicle Sports Department would like to remind Carolina to kindly go to hell.
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fifth goal of the night came with 23 seconds left before halftime on a ffee-position tally by Lindsey Biles, who had four goals on the night. ‘There were a lot of defensive errors,” Kimel said. “[But] the bottom line is that we turned the ball over too much.” Kimel cited the beginning of the second half, as Duke won the faceoff, then prompdy turned the ball over, allowing Princeton to maintain its momentum with the Tigers’ Liza Hillenbrand scoring twice, one goal coming off a quick rebound shot, and increasing the lead to 7-3. Although they got within three on two occasions, the Blue Devils were unable to close the scoring gap. Despite allowing all 12 Princeton goals, Huether made 14 saves to keep Duke in the game. In last year’s matchup at Duke, Huether only had half that number of saves. The bright spot of our game is that Meg saved pretty well,” Kimel said. Regardless of the loss, Kimel noted the likeness of this Blue Devil team—young and hampered by injuries—to her 2001 squad. “I kind of compare it to in 2001 when we had a very similar start to the season, and it kind of took us getting hammered by Princeton for things to really sink in that we need to make adjustments with,” Kimel said. “After we lost that game in ‘Ol, we went on a long streak through the ACCs. I think that our team is definitely capable of doing that, but we’re young and not playing as smart as we need to play.”
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National Humanities Center, will give a talk entitled, "Remembering the Population: British Literature in an Age of Mass Migration, 1650-1838." Q&A period to follow. Carpenter Boardroom, Perkins Library. Music Lecture: 4pm. "Happy Ears; Nerves, Air and Music in the Enlightenment." Mary Duke Biddle Music Bldg. Room 101. VEIT ERLMANN (Univ. of Texas, Austin). VEIT ERLMANN is the author of Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination (Oxford UP, 1999). This lecture is free and open to the public.
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any other school in the na- individual means more to his tion, having both the men’s team than Duhon does to the and women’s basketball Blue Devils, Congratulations to the team on teams as number one seeds in their respective NCAA tourna- their achievements, including the ments would be outright regular season ACC title, unprecedented-at Duke, it’s busi- and their number one seed! On the women’s side, this seaness as usual. son witnessed a While excelCTACC EDITORIAL cmTnDIAI STAFF dominance in the lence may not be almost become secof the ACC that has out ordinary, both team’s have given the Blue Devil fans ond nature. The squad weathered unique experiences that have a series of ups and downs in big thrilled us this season. As we look game situations, beating the then ahead to the tournaments and the number ranked University of inception of March Madness, Connecticut in a thrilled game, what better way to gear up than to but losing to the University of take a moment to look back? Texas and University of TenThough he would probably tell nessee. With any luck, these you different, the greatest story games have toughened up the surrounding the men’s squad has team for a championship run, been the break-out performances during which they will almost cerof senior point guard Chris tainly have to face one of these teams again. Duhon. After a dismal junior camThis season also marks the last paign, the tri-captain came into this season with a renewed rigor, for Duke women’s basketball’s and took firm hold of the reigns greatest player—Alana Beard. of the team. At the beginning of Along with fellow standout senior Iciss Tillis, Beard has put on inthe year, his most valuable contricredible performances during butions came through his leaderher tenure that have granted the and his distribution of the ship, ball. However, as the season has women’s game a whole new level progressed, Duhon has become a of appeal. The retirement of her consistent scoring threat. During jersey was fitting, and only the adthe ACC tournament, he drove to dition of a championship banner the hoop at will, and even came could speak more to her talents and achievements. up with what can only be deGood luck to both teams in the scribed as several ‘clutch’ 3-pointers. Though he did not win the days and weeks to come. The CraACC Player of the Year award, no zies are behind you!
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Ignorance and stupidity rampant in class The level ofcultural ignorance and overall stupidity of some people at Duke continues to astound me. At a world class educational institution like ours, one would expect students to have at least a bare minimum of knowledge. Student questions and comments in my seminar make me question how some people even got into Duke. For example, we were discussing commercial whaling in Japan Wednesday. One student actually said that the Japanese didn’t need to whale, and that they should instead just eat rice from all the rice paddies around. This is a brilliant suggestion—everyone knows that rice has the same nutritional benefits as whale meat. Also, Japan, as a small island nation with extremely high population density, has plenty of room for
additional agricultural land. This stupid and ignorant comment was not an isolated incident in our class. Also today, while talking about how different cultures eat different things, someone in my class suggested that the Asian cultures that eat dog only do so because there’s nothing else to eat, and that no sane people would choose to eat something so cute. Earlier in the semester, someone asked what smog was, and someone else confused a snake with a turtle. Take some pride in yourselves, people, and stop being this stupid. Theres no reason for it, and theres no excuse for it. Frankly, such people belong at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. David Shiffman Trintiy ’O7
Black women’s views often go unheard There is an underrepresented group here at Duke University, and it is the black female How can I give voice to the frustration that arises every time I read one of The Chronicle’s commentaries? I mean how many times do I have to read about white women’s problems, the stigmas attached to black men and other people’s issues while the black woman is constantly overlooked? Shadee Malaklou says that black men have forever been reduced to sexual darlings and if not sexual darlings, then the strong, dark, husky, alpha male. But, she fails to mention that black women have also been seen as sexual beings and even sometimes as lacking southern feminine grace. Speaking of feminine grace, it seems that when it comes to feminism as in Katie Mitchell’s guest commentary “Defining Feminism,” it is always from a white woman’s perspective. I say what about me and the other black women at this prestigious University? We have common issues, feelings and experi-
ences here at Duke. We face the difficult task of finding that special someone and/or fighting the stereotypes connected to the title ‘black woman.’ You know what I am talking about: the loud, obnoxious, spiteful and hard to get close to black female (or maybe you know us better as the ones with the big booties). Yet, I would be hard pressed to find a commentary on the world from the black woman’s perspective. Personally, some of the attributes linked to black women anger me and I know I am not the only one. However, since we black women are at the bottom of the totem pole, our opinions and views are the least important and relevant. We are just supposed to stay hidden behind the worlds view of the black woman. You know what though? It does not really matter how hard you try to hide us behind labels, because we are still here and our voices will be heard.
Adrienne Miller-Bradford Trinity ’O6
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On same-sex marriage
When
There’s no reason for me to be pro it comes to political controversy and societal upheaval same-sex marriage, but I am, and now and activism of any kind, that the issue looks to play a part in the “Rock You” would normally have very upcoming election, I find myself pretty little to say. I like activists, I guess, exriled up about the whole thing in that hippie-ish way. I don’t envision myself cept for the way they’re constantly playtaking up Frisbee and organizing ing Frisbee on the quad, though I myAwareness rallies anytime soon, but seeself am not one. Other than once making brownies ing as how I have this handy column, the least I can do is write for an Animal Shelter fundraiser something about it. in junior Something profound. high, I guess I’m just one of your everyday, ignoSomething that just rant, middle-class, Americhanges your whole perspective on, like, life, can teenage bastards who man, as you read The takes all that we have in Chronicle while waiting this great country for for food at Alpine, granted, who ignores 1 you llko 8 nun ICBIIO One of the more obglobal suffering so vious protests to gay Denise Napoli long as it has nothing comes from marriage to do with me and who 3 people who say that the generally has no idea institution of marriage exists for the what kind of effort goes into maintainand human purpose of procreation, and therefore, obtaining ing, preserving rights around the world. In short: I must take place between a man and a don’t have a cause. woman to be legitimate. For example, in 1977, Baker v. Nelson ruled, “The inPeople with petitions on the BC walkfreak had actual stitution of marriage as a union of man me out. I an nightway and woman, uniquely involving the promare earlier this year after those International Amnesty people set up a huge creation and rearing of children within cage and hung out in it behind the bus a family, is as old as the book of Genesis” and therefore, by golly, should be stop for a week. Duke as such. The petitioners were preserved am a requoted magazine I in plying to a question about war saying made to understand that, more or less, something deep like, “War is Bad.” I am Genesis is going to win every time. After all, it’s old! It’s Genesis! Come on now not registered to vote, I don’t read the cheated current events people! on newspaper, I That marriage exists today for the tests in Bth grade Social Studies, and I got a 2 on the AP U.S. History exam. purpose of procreation couldn’t be farther from the truth. Many thousands of And I worked for that 2. However, one thing I do feel pretty straight couples marry without the instrongly about is gay marriage. I’m not tention of ever having children. Many sure why. I myself am not gay. I have are incapable, for medical reasons. No one would say that these people, who one gay relative, but he has no intention of marrying. I once owned a pair of for one reason or another will not be procreating, should be denied the right pet birds who I’m pretty sure were lesmarital license to marry. bians, but, being birds, a Furthermore, many married people never came up. „
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with children wind up being awful parmarriage entails. In fact, by blatantly reents. The idea that the legitimacy of defining these boundaries to suit their these couples’ marriages is derived own relationships, maybe gays can help from their roles as parents is absurd. topple the boundaries altogether and President Bush has said, “ages of experedefine what it means to be married in rience have taught humanity that the the twentieth century. Married, gay couples can help elimicommitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes nate whatever ‘oppressive’ gender roles the welfare of children and the stability exist within the straight world and of society.” make it easier for marriage to simply be Ages of experience have also led to about love and companionship instead the need for child protective services, of money or power or status or whatevdomestic abuse hotlines, divorce and er else it has come to symbolize for sole custody. No one can pretend that many people today. Someone told me earlier this week marriage exists for the children. The second part of the 1977 court that he wasn’t in opposition to gay mardecision, which references Genesis, riage simply because he couldn’t think barely needs commentary. Genesis says of a sane reason against it. a lot of things that any 5 year old watchSomeone else told me that they were ing the Discovvery against gay beery Ch Anne 1 marriage cause, “the next would find “That marriage exists today thing you know, laughable for the purpose of procreAnother you’ll have men
major protest marcomes riage from gays themselves, who argue that marriage is an to
gay
ation coulon’t be farther from the truth. Many thousands of straight couples marry without tne intention of ever having children.”
polygamous man-dog marriages! We can-
institution
wrought with oppressive gender roles (i.e., husband as the provider of food, money, protection; wife as the provider of children and sex), and that marriage stifles gay culture as a whole. Gay opponents of gay marriage say their entrance into the mainstream institution of marriage will only make them more invisible and their fight for recognition and acceptance in other areas of society more difficult. It is unfortunate that gay people who wish to marry must meet such opposition from within their own ranks. Gays who want to marry need not conform themselves to the rigid boundaries that
A column for seniors
marrying dogs, and dogs marrying dogs, and men marrying three dogs, like,
man-dog-polygamous marriages! Man and dog were never meant not allow
be!” I’ll take up that cause, if we ever get there. But until then it doesn’t sound very sane to me, and neither do any of the other reasons. Which is it more important for us to respect: an institution, or the right of individuals to pursue happiness under the law? Someone throw me a damn Frisbee to
Denise Napoli is a Trinity sophomore. Her column usually appears every other Friday.
the mail. Every time I go to my campus box, I are the main reasons why there will most likely be a we have benefited greatly. We have a debt to Duke for shortcoming in senior gift fundraising. They are now all the memories, friendships and knowledge. As an inopen it to behold a letter only to meet sweet disappointment when it’s not a card from grandma trying bribery to entice our donations. One lucky stitution, it requires our financial support for contincontaining well wishing, love and $lO. The Annual donor could discuss the obsolescence of the option in ued success and to impact more students in the posicontemporary Division 1-A football over tive manner we have been improved. So while a bench Fund futilcly killed more trees in an may be a bad gift, lunch with Ted attempt to finagle, prod and encourRoof. The though clearly a lasting biggest age the Class of 2004 to donate to the be legacy to the Class of incentive may class gift. 2004, we should donate “The Class of 2004 may be the dunking Larry As if we hadn’t experienced This to what we cherish most Moneta. most disgruntled of students to enough construction at Duke over our Duke, be it the about post-Hammurabifour years at here, the Class of 2004 leave Duke for what we perceive basketball program, culan method of all their Senior gift committee in eaas injustices or wrongs visited tural decould anthropology leave noticeable mark stoning, to a on gerness them included housing deupon Center Bryan partment, never garner the our fair campus decided that the best The Big ‘O’ bacles or policies that arguably renovations or Grace’s support of the gift was more construction. Oh sweet ruined continuity and communiKevin Ogorzalek Cafe. Class of 2004. hypocrisy. We whined through the ty in our Duke experience...” While we never truly Let’s also not WEL’s construction, objected to the lifound that a Duke identity as forget brary noise and now we’re doing it to everyone else class a along the lines of is a lot of Some money. $20.04 We’re buying a bench. Benches do not appear magiour or our predecessors seniors have alternate for plans Curriculum rather backthey require 2000, cally like result of changes, we should successors as a their cash: stone to bench befitting and masons erect a hoes, Duke is a University that must change, like the stuTom Burney plans to buy Gold Bond Duke. Most importantly though, we were, including dents, waxed for her next will in order to progress. We should accept change trip Andrea Mangones get the author, the last to inhabit Trent, with the promise for what it is, and it is not wrong to question the to the tropics. our time.” to live on West after “putting in but we must recognize and support what is changes, Arie RangaraJ intends do jack s#@s. The Class of 2004 may be the most disgruntled of at Duke and for that we should donate $20.04 to to the ski team. good Chad Leister will give it students to leave Duke for what we perceive as injusshall beer... Belone or another. The Primate Center will buy something department Andrew Tapper tices or wrongs visited upon them included housing hard earned receive charity. my money. And if you must, dooh and donate to a worthy gian, that ruined continuity debacles or policies arguably While I have not thus far donated my $20.04 to the nate to dunk Larry. and community in our Duke experience, Curriculum 2000 (which is now changing drastically) and the senior gift, I tend to side with Monsieur Leister’s senKevin Ogorzalek is a Trinity senior. His column appears timents. To not donate to Duke in one form or anothdeath of the old Duke social scene. to turn backs a school from which third Thursday. every er would be our on not, well or These sources of resentment, placed
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Someone has to play giant-killer, right? The Alabama State Hornets (16-14) will be rolling plenty of tape this week from the infamous 1989
matchup between No. 16 seed Princeton and the top-seed Georgetown. In that contest, the Hoyas squeaked by with a 50-49 victory and avoided the
biggest upset in NCAA tournament history. Head coach Mike Krzyzews-
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Chris Duhon hasrecovered from a sub-par junior season to garner first team All-ACC honors in 2004.
ki’s Duke Blue Devils (27-5) have no intention of heading into the history books with the dubious label of losing to the No. 16 seed Hornets Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the RBC Center in Raleigh. “They are very well coached,” Krzyzewski said. “They’d rather play a game in the 60’s and they are a really good team. They’re not as talented as we are, of course.” Alabama State’s top-two players, Malcolm Campbell and Rafael Golden, lead the team in scoring at 13 and 12.2 points per contest. Their opposition, however, consists of one of the premier backcourts in the nation. Senior Chris Duhon has led Duke all year long, and his 44-point, 16-assist performance in the three-game ACC tournament was impressive. It is likely his minutes will be limited in the opening round because of a bruised rib that caused him to leave the ACC Championship game in the first half. JJ. Redick, who is in currently in a SEE BAMA ST. ON PAGE 24
This will be Alabama State’s second trip to the Big Dance, but it is unlikely that this attempt will be any more successful than the first, when the Hornets lost to Michigan State 69-35. The Blue Devils will be too fast, too tough and too much for Alabama State to handle, and Duke will prevail 77-30.
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A TOP RECRUIT TO ONE OF THE ACCS BEST
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“No one talks about Luol [Deng], but all he does is get 18 and eight... It’s like he’s been here forfour years; you take for granted the fact that he almost hits a double-double every game. And he didn’t play that many minutes tonight. The kid’s been there every game. He’s been one of the really good players in the conference. —Coach K after the Valparaiso game ..
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his presence early, starting his career with back-to-back 20-point games...has been one of the team’s most consistent players, averaging 15 points and seven rebounds a game...notched double figures in scoring 13 of the past 14 contests and 27 out of 32 games over a11...recently established career highs in points scored (25) against North Carolina on 3/6 and in rebounds (16) against Maryland on 3/14...talented allaround player who ranks among the top 10 in the ACC in points, rebounds, field goal percentage and blocked shots...finished second in ACC Rookie of the Year voting to Chris Paul...third-team all-ACC selection
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The most highly touted freshman in the country since he walked onto Duke’s campus, Luol Deng has been the subject of numerous comparisons to NBA stars. The freshman sensation was initially compared to Leßron James, the Ohio product who was the only high school senior in the country rated higher than Deng. As the season progressed, Deng was likened to Carmelo Anthony, the similarly multi-talentedfreshman who led Syracuse to the NCAA title in 2003. Most recently, the Londoner has been earning comparisons to Grant Hill, the former Blue Devil star whose play most resembles Deng’s. All ofthese comparisons are complementary to Deng, giving him credit as the most talented freshman in the nation, a player with nearly unlimited potential. The freshman’s first season has been a progression which has established him as one of the Blue Devils’ most dependable scoring options, bringing him closer with every game to the success of the stars he takes after. Deng scored 41 points in his first two games as a Blue Devil, dropping 21 and grabbing eight rebounds in the season opener against Detroit. But the freshman’s coming-out party did not last long, and as conference play became the focus of the season, Deng became just another weapon in a Duke arsenal of threats. He was an effective player, but often seemed to be a supporting actor, taking pressure off of the perimeter shooting of JJ. Redick, the robust inside play of Shelden Williams and the interior-exterior threats of Daniel Ewing and Chris SEE DENG ON PAGE
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“[Deng] does everything either good or great right now. He’s definitely a wing player at Duke according to their staff... But their recruiting him to play Dahntay [Jones’] spot, from what I understand, and he has Deng’s high school head everything—the versatility—to play there. coach Joe Mantegna last year after Deng played in Cameron. consensus number two prep player in the nation behind Leßron James...averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds a game his senior year at Blair Academy (NJ.)...averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds as a junior and 21 points and 11 rebounds as a sophomore...team won its first three New Jersey Maple Prep League championships during Deng’s sophomore, junior and senior seasons...averaged 33.5 points a game at the European Junior National Tournament as a junior...high school teammate of fellow consensus top 10recruit and current Connecticut standout Charlie Villanueva...Parade first-team All-American and McDonald’s All-American game selection ”
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Sean Dockery brings intensity to the court and raises the play ofhis teammates.The sophmore point guard is known for his stellar defense, especially on the ball.
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You hear the phrases often in sports, and during the NCAA Tournament they can make Jim Nantz sound like a broken record. Doing the little things; providing a spark; bringing the team together; being the inspirational leader. If you asked each Blue Devil which teammate epitomizes these expressions to the fullest, chances are he would point to sophomore point guard Sean Dockery. “He lets you know thathe’s got your back during the game no matter what’s happening,” sophomore forward Shavlik Randolph said. “Whetherit be just talking to you on the bench after you come out, on the personal level, or just giving you a hug after you made a [great play], he lets you know that he’s always supporting you.” Dockery’s offensive statistics are far from staggering at 3.2 points and 1.3 assists per game. He is not a shooting machine like JJ. Redick, and he cannot impose his size on other point guards like Chris Duhon. But when Dockery comes into the game, his presence elevates the level of everyone else’s play. “The very first thing [he does] when he comes in [is] put disciplined pressure on the ball,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “When he does that, he can have an impact on how the rest of our defense plays.” Defense is one of Dockery’s most obvious strengths, as illuminated by his 1.5 steals per game in only 16 minutes per contest. The sophomore court general takes a lot of pride in his ability to disrupt the opposing offense. “When I put pressure on a player it moti-
[my teammates],” Dockery said. “It kind of brings our team together and when I am doing that for our team I feel good about it.” While Dockery has a unique presence on the floor, he also manages to affect the team positively from the bench. Despite being one of the best players in Chicago high school history, Dockery embraces his roleplayer status on a very talented team, and his teammates recognize his importance. “Sean is a very important piece of our puzzle,” Shelden Williams said. “He’s a high energy player, he’s the ultimate teammate. There was a stretch when he wasn’t playing well, and he came in and told the team that he doesn’t have to play [in order] for him to be ‘on the team,’ [and] that he can [be] involved in other ways.” As Krzyzewski alluded to following the game against Maryland Feb. 22, one of Dockery’s finest assets is his ability to notice something wrong with another player’s game, be it physical, emotional, or mental, and help die teammate overcome the problem. “He’s always there picking us up,” Luol Deng said. “He’s also the first one to let you know when you need to pick it up and the first one helping you out when vates
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A freshman like Deng needs a teammate like Dockery when the pressure-packed NCAA tournament comes rolling around because Dockery will help the rookie to concentrate on basketball. Deng gave a fairly accurate team consensus in summing up his thoughts on Dockery. “I love that guy,” he said.
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Luol Deng thinks JJ. Redick is the best shooter in college basketball. Chris Duhon once called his shooting inhuman. Even high school junior Ruthie Furman ofProvidence, R.1., though removed from the Duke basketball program, thinks so highly of Redick and his talent that she leads an 80-member Redick fan club hosting “Watch Parties” complete with makeovers, pillow fights and, of course, Duke basketball. The sophomore’s shooting talent has made him one of the most respected and hated outside threats in the nation, but Redick, has been up and down all season. At his usual place behind the arc, Redick started the season slowly, hampered by a hamstring injury. Until midOctober, Redick was out of action, having strained and twice re-aggravated his left hamstring. Despite scoring 19 points against Detroit in the home opener, he was 4-of-10 in field goals and l-of-4 in his three-point shooting. Duke escaped a half-time deficit after the Titans scored the first 12 points of the game to win 67-56 against unranked Detroit. Shooting woes continued for Redick during the Great Alaska Shootout, especially in the championship game loss to Purdue when Redick went one-for-seven from three-point territory. SEE redick ON PAGE 25
Averaged 13.4 points per game Shot 29% from three-point range
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Duke’s reign as one of the premier basketball programs in the country can be attributed to its outstanding perimeter play. Thus, the Blue Devils’ inside game has often been overshadowed by their backcourt. Forward Luol Deng has heard enough, however, and believes that this year’s team is changing that perception. “Big guys kind of get tired of people saying that Duke is only a perimeter team,” he said. “With the inside developing and us playing so well, especially Shelden [Williams], it helps us out a lot” The cast of Williams, Shavlik Randolph and Nick Horvath has emerged as a formidable ffontcourt combination, but it has been plagued with inconsistency throughout the season, due in large part to foul trouble. The ACC Tournament provided a great example of the up-and-down contributions that the inside game has given to Duke’s attack. Against Georgia Tech, Williams was unstoppable with 20 points and 18 rebounds in 37 minutes ofaction. In the championship matchup with Maryland, however, Williams was limited to just 23 minutes, scoring 11 points and grabbing 12 boards. He fouled out with under a minute to go in regulation, leaving Duke without an inside threat in overtime. ‘There was nobody that was better in Greensboro than Shelden Williams,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Not having him on the court because of fouls, it limits our team.” Foul trouble has plagued the sophomore all season, limiting his playing time to just under 26 minutes a game. ‘l’m only good to this team if I’m out on the court,” Williams said. “IfI’m taking myself off the court by getting myself easy fouls, I’m not doing my team any justice.” Learning to avoid cheap fouls is something the coaching staff has been working on with Williams. And he is starting to realize that in some situations it is worth going for a block and in othersit is worth giving up the two points rather than picking up an additional foul. “He’s a guy we need on the floor as much as we can,” Shavlik Randolph said. “We let him know that if he’s not going to block a shot, don’t put himself in harm’s way and get a foul.” In the past few games, when Williams was forced to the bench with foul trouble, senior co-captain Nick Horvath has provided valuable assistance. “He provided some big time minutes for us,” Williams said about Horvath’s contributions during the ACC Tournament. ‘He got some key rebounds and helped us out. That’s one thing we needed from him, and Nick came in and came through for us.” For a change, Duke’s hopes in the NCAA Tournament will rest on the play of its big men more than its perimeter attack. Staying out offoul trouble, playing good defense and rebounding will be the focus for Williams and co. ‘Jump shots may not fall all the time, so you have to have a good inside game,” Williams said. “That’s one of the things we need to have in order to go far in the tournament, and if we do that, then we’ll be a very hard team to beat.” If the Blue Devils want to have any shot at cutting down the nets, the big men need to stay out of foul trouble and continue to prove that Duke is not just an outside team.
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baskets that could be classified as last-minute and game-winning. A much skinnier version ofNick Horvath banked in a three-pointer with 14seconds to go in overtime to defeatDePaul way back in 2000, and Chris Duhon vanquished North Carolinawith a reverse lay-up in February of this year. And with apologies to the now obviously weight room-dedicated Horvath and the rest of the team’s big guns this season—JJ. Redick, Daniel Ewing and Shelden
Williams—l want Duhon with the ball when everything comes down to just this one shot, I want Duhon with the ball every time, and I’ll tell you why in three reasons. 1) When it comes to sink-or-swim shots in any competition, but especially the NCAA Tournament, you want to stick to your guns. In this situation your best ammunition happens to be your leader, and that leader usually happens to be a senior. Duke basketball history looks favorably on this mantra, SEE DUHON ON PAGE 26
There are 10 seconds left, and Duke’s down by one in the Elite Eight. Who should take the last shot for the Blue Devils? With six McDonald’s All-Americans on his squad, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is blessed with a number of options in deciding the potential hero to launch the Blue Devils into the Final Four. But one player’s credentials exceed the rest, and that individual’s name is Daniel Ewing. While Ewing is only the third most prolific scorer on the team, he remains the best scorer.
JJ. Redick, the team’s leading point producer, has looked unstoppable at times this season with his picture-perfect jump shot but has also been undepend-
able in too many games. At Wake Forest this year, Redick went O-for-5 from the field. In Tallahassee, the shooting guard only shot l-for-9. In the ACC tournament, he netted 23 percent of his shots in the first two rounds. He simply is too inconsistent to be expected to knock down a big shot in a big situation.
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Together they have 24 Final Four appearances and five national championships. They are many of the household names in college basketball. Some of the best head coaches in the men’s game will square off in the Atlanta region, which many believe is the toughest draw in this year’s NCAA tournament partly because of these leaders. “It’s a couple of guys who are in the Hall of Fame, and probably some guys that will be,” said head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who was inducted into the Hall in 2001. With the likes of Krzyzewski, Lute Olson, Roy Williams, Bob Huggins, Rick Pitino and Rick Barnes, there will be very few easy games in Duke’s portion of the bracket. Excepting Barnes, the coaches all rank within the top seven active coaches in winning percentage. What Krzyzewski has done in the NCAAs is unmatched in recent history. The Duke coach is second all-time in tournament victories with 60 under his belt. His three national championships is tops, along with Bob Knight, among active coaches. Although ninth-seeded Arizona has had a disappointing year given its lofty expectations in the preseason, it can certainly do some damage under Olson’s direction. He has guided past Arizona teams to five Final Fours and a national championship in 1997. Duke defeated Olson’s Wildcats in the 2001 national title game. Williams left Lawrence, Kan., for Chapel Hill, but even with a new team, he remains one of the best coaches in America. The active leader in winning percentage, Williams led Kansas to the Final Four the past two seasons, and lost to Syracuse in the title game a year ago. While his Jayhawks knocked Duke out in the Sweet 16 in 2003, the Blue Devils have beaten the Tar Heel alumnus in both meetings this season. Huggins is no stranger to the Big Dance either, having led Cincinnati to the NCAAs for the 13th consecutive year. With only one trip to the Final Four, he might not have the tournament resume that some of the other Atlanta region coaches have, but Huggins’ teams work hard and play defense, tw6 of the key ingredients for success in March A Kentucky, Pitino’s teams were national title contenders every year, and in 1992 he was on the opposite sideline when Christian Laettner nailed a buzzer-beater in overtime that sent Duke to the Final Four. As head man in Louisville, however, he hasn’t enjoyed quite the same success in the NCAAs. For Pitino it will be a tough road to get to San Antonio as a No. 10 seed, —
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the men’s NCAA Tournament will be a force to be reckoned with. In a bracket that has former NCAA Champion coaches Mike Krzyzewski, Lute Olson and Rick Pitino (not to mention almost-but-not-quite champs Rick Barnes, Bob Huggins and Roy Williams), the first four games could produce a number of different regional champions. Duke holds the No. 1 seed, and deservedly so. This is Krzyzewski’s region to lose. But that doesn’t mean that it will be an easy journey for any team. While many brackets in years past have not shown compelling games between regional contenders until the tournament’s second or third game, the Atlanta regional has quite a few potential nailbiters in the first round. The premier First Round matchup is the 7 vs. 10 game. Xavier, led by forward Remain Sato, is playing some of the best basketball in the country; last week it woke St.
Billy Packer has never been a favorite of mine. In fact, if Jim Nantz didn’t attempt to turn every play of a game into Days of Our Lives, Packer would be my front-runner in the Worst NCAA Tournament Announcer Challenge. Despite his shortcomings, Packer’s alma mater, Wake Forest, has a great chance to be in San Antonio the first weekend of April. Playing the first two rounds in nearby Raleigh with an easier half of the bracket than Pittsburgh or Oklahoma State, the Demon Deacons will ultimately end up as the East Region’s representative in the Final Four. Controversy was securely wrapped around this region’s No. 1 seed this year, and with good reason. St. Joseph’s, which was run out of the gym in an 87-67 loss to Xavier in the Atlantic-10 tournament, stole the last No. 1 seed from a handful of contenders. Jameer Nelson, the Hawks’ consummate leader, has the biggest heart of any 5-foot-ll player since Bobby Hurley, and swingman Delonte West is an exceptional scorer. But with just two players
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If a super schedule and a great record are what get you a No. 1 seed in the Big Dance, these guys have got that covered. And if a strong finish, senior leadership and a top-flight coach are what keep you dancing deep into March, these guys have got it smothered. Add to the recipe the easiest bracket in the NCAA Tournament, and the Kentucky Wildcats ought to be singing, “Meet Me in St. Louis.” That’s right, the selection committee deemed Tubby Smith’s SEC champs its No. 1 of No. I’s, giving the boys from Lexington a top-half bracket of teams that have struggled of late and a bottom half of big-name schools having some not-so-big seasons. The Midwest region is Kentucky’s for the taking, from the play-in game winner and then probably Washington, another hot team. It’s on their next stop, in St. Louis, that the Wildcats might step into their most dangerous waters before the Final Four. If Kansas can knock off a tough Providence team in Round Two—and
In a year where there are no clear-cut year’s edition of the West bracket offers sleepers, surefire picks and a few surprises. Among the dark horse candidates to conquer the West are the Syracuse Orangemen. Coached by Jim Boeheim, the No. 5 Orangemen begin their national title defense Thursday against a tough BYU squad. Carmelo may be playing for the Nuggets now, but if the Orangemen can make it past the Cougars, look for their experience and tricky zone defense to give teams fits. The two clear favorites in the West, however, are the Stanford Cardinal (291) and the Connecticut Huskies (26-7). The Cardinal have had their No. 1 seed all but locked up for weeks after tearing through the regular season like a hot knife through butter, opening with 26 straight wins. Perhaps more impressively, the Cardinal won their first 14 games without team leader Josh Childress, a 6foot-8 wing player with a game as big as
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With alarming regularity, a five seed is upset by a 12 seed in the first round of the NCAA men’s tournament each season. This year there are two No. 12 teams poised to make a run at a first-round upset, and perhaps at the Sweet 16. Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators were at one point on top of the polls, but then everything fell apart. And although the Gators made a solid recovery at the end of the season, beating Vanderbilt and Alabama in the SEC tournament, Donovan’s season may end abruptly when his team plays Manhattan in the first round. The Jaspers have one of the premier guards in the country in Luis Flores. The senior averages 24 points per contest, which is four more than anyone else in the entire tournament field, and has been crowned the MAAC Player of the Year for the past two seasons. Last year, Flores and Manhattan gave future national champion Syracuse a very tough game in the first round; this Thursday in Raleigh the Jaspers may get over the hump. Another team capable of a first round upset is the Murray State Racers who have a very favorable matchup with Illinois. The Fighting Illini come into the game after being demolished by Wisconsin in the finals of the Big Ten tournament. Guards Dee Brown and Deron Williams lead the way for Illinois, yet both players are very erratic and streaky shooters. The Racers have five seniors who log more than 20 minutes each game and have the experience and talent to beat Illinois. Even though second leading scorer Kelvin Brown is suspended because of alleged drug charges, Murray State still has a chance to pull off the upset. Cuthbert Victor, Murray State’s top scorer and the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament MVP, should be able to put up big numbers against Illinois’ weak front line. SEE M. SLEEPERS ON PAGE
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Every year the tournament has its Cinderella stories, and every year, there are the let-downs: those teams that are hyped by the media, when in fact, they do not have a fighting chance to win it all. Four teams rise to the surface when discussing the latter—St. Joseph’s, Stanford, Texas, and Gonzaga. The Bulldogs understand the role of the underdog all too well, but have now found themselves a favorite. It was only five years ago that Gonzaga had a Cinderella story of its own, when the No. 10 seed advanced to the Elite Eight. Since then, Gonzaga has made a name for itself, and this year’s No. 2 seed has stepped into a new role. With this second seed, the highest Gonzaga has received, the team by Greg Czaja will come under pressure to live up to the expectations of THE CHRONICLE a powerhouse. Who will win it all? That is the pivotal question any asThis year’s Bulldogs just may not have the qualities to piring pundit will inevitably face. As fun as it is to correct- beat the more experienced and more talented ball clubs ly guess the winner of that first round UAB-Washington in the nation. While Gonzaga has the depth that many game, there is nothing more important than filling the other teams lack, the Bulldogs have just not been put center square on your bracket. through the fire this season. With a strength of schedule So who will contend for that coveted space? Well, if you rating of 82 and a 1-2 record against teams in the top-25, have the courage to say “not Duke,” there is actually a nice losing to Stanford and St. Joseph’s, Gonzaga has proven list of possible champions from which to choose. that it can win games against mediocre teams in its conTopping the list of contenders is Kentucky—the No. 1 ference but not against the caliber of opponent it will face seed overall in the NCAA Tournament rolled through the in the tournament. Although this team has been dubbed SEC Tournament and vanquished Florida 82-62 in the the best Gonzaga team ever, it does not look like it will be championship game. The Wildcats are widely considered good enough. Unlike the Bulldogs, Texas has made its plenty of to be the favorite thanks to their trio of veterans, comprised of shooting guard GeraldFitch (15.8 ppg), forward tournament appearances. With 14 appearances in since Chuck Hayes (7.9 rpg) and forward Erik Daniels (14.5 1985, the No. 3 seeded Longhorns have attracted some media attention because of their excellent end of the ppg, 6.0 rpg). Fellow SEC member Mississippi State will also have a le- season. However, Texas is up against the likes of North gitimate shot at cutting down the nets in San Antonio. By Carolina, Mississippi State and Duke in the Atlanta reno means should the Bulldogs be intimidated by the famil- gion, considered by many the toughest of the four. While iar sights of Starksville; they posted a 13-0 road record this the Longhorns are also deep and talented, the team’s
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Mississippi State, the No. 2 seed in the South region, has steadily climbed the national polls with consistently strong performances in the SEC, which earned them the regular season tide. Having failed to get past the first round of the tournament last year and having its last Final Four appearance in 1996, MSU will need to pull off a string of strong performances to make it far this March. Though the Bulldogs have a strong 27-3 record this season, it has only played two top-25 teams, splitting the games 1-1. After losing in the last seconds to then-No. 5 Kentucky, the team turned around and beat LSU and thenNo. 17 Florida by double digits. The team is led by Lawrence Roberts, the 6foot-9 forward/center, who averages 17.1 points per game and 10.5rebounds per game. However, the SEC’s Player of the Year’s greatest weakness is at the foul line, shooting 63 percent. Roberts is the dominant presence on the court and the player to whom the entire team looks. This fact was made evident in MSU’s overtime loss to Vanderbilt in the first found of the SEC Tournament last week, in which Roberts sprained his ankle. “We naturally need Lawrence and need him at full speed,” head coach Rick Stansbury said. “Obviously he wasn't full speed when he came back in [against Vanderbilt]. He had no offensive rebounds in the last 12 minutes of the game, which is uncharacteristic of Lawrence.” The Bulldogs will face Monmouth Friday in the first round. After losing in the first round to Butler last year, Stans-
bury knows that there are no guarantees in the NCAA Tournament. “Last year, we played a different type of team with a different style,” Stansbury said. “I think after that everyone found out how good Butler was. Buder was a heck of a basketball team that played a particular style. That's what [is]‘so important in the NCAA Tournament, not where your seed is but what your match-ups are along the way. Those different types of styles cause
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BARRAGE OF CONTENDERS SHOOT FO bracket headliners the tournament has seen in years. On the other hand, Duke (27-5) and Kentucky, the tournament’s overall No. 1, are products of the nation’s best two conferences and were awarded top seeds not because of wins but because each proved it was the best its league had to offer. “We’re big boys,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We should be ready to go. I’m really proud of my guys to be No. 1 seed. You start out every season and you hope that you’re going to be in the tournament and be a pretty good seed. But when you are a No. 1 seed, it means that you had a great year.... You can’t get better than a No. 1 seed, and I wouldn’t have said that this is your vintage No. 1 seed team.” A result of the variability in the top 25, late surges by some teams and an equivalent number of early March tumbles by others, seeding the teams in the draw was likely a challenge for the selection committee. Consequendy, a number of four and five seeds are as capable of making a
“We’re big boys. We should be ready to go. I’m really proud of my guys to be No. 1 seed. Mike Krzyzewski seed that could land a spot in the Final Four, though its road could be as tough as any. Looming in the Tar Heels’ quarter is Texas, a potential second round matchup for Roy Williams’ team. Both seventh-seeded Xavier, the team that handed St. Joseph’s its only loss of the season, and No. 10 Louisville, a team that hung around the top of the polls early
but was hampered by injuries late, could prevent second-seeded Mississippi State from reaching the Sweet 16. All the aforementioned teams could be potential regional final opponents for Duke, but other formidable foes lay in the Blue Devils’ path. Arizona, a talented team that began the season ranked fourth, is a possible second-round opponent for Duke, but the Wildcats will have get past Seton Hall first. A big advantage for the Blue Devils, who will begin their quest for a fourth national title tonight at 7:15 against Alabama State, is the dose proximity of their subregional location—the RBC Center in Raleigh, just a few miles from Duke’s campus. “We’ve earned that,” Krzyzewski said. “Nothing is given, you leam that. Especially since we played all three games in [the ACC] Tournament, it’s helpful. We’re going to need almost two days to recover before we get on the next thing.” And if the Blue Devils can survive Raleigh, they will move on to Adanta for a likely Sweet 16 matchup with either Cincinnati or Big Ten regular season
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Following a season when no team could hold on to the No. 1 ranking for long, when parity throughout the nation created unprecedented instability in the top 25 and when conferences which generally produce several Final Four-caliber squads were uncharacteristically anemic, the 2004 men’s draw is wide open. “We’ve played some eights that are pretty dam good, and I’ve said all along that I thought there were 20 teams that were capable of winning the whole thing, which puts you in a lot of competition,” Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery said. “A lot of really nice records—2s wins, 26 wins, 23 wins in seven, eight, nine seeds. They know how to win and with the parity in college basketball without the obvious, big-time first round type guys, I think you are going to run into a good opponent early.” The tournament’s No. 1 seeds come from a pair of different pedigrees. Stanford and St. Joseph’s sat atop the polls for the latter part of the season and garnered No. 1 seeds, but with strength of
San Antonio as the No. 2 seeds. The lower half of the South regional, the bracket atop which the Blue Devils sit, may be most exemplary of seeding meaning very little. North Carolina, which battled through a grueling ACC schedule with mild success, is a No. 6 run to
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Six more games. Just six more games separate the women’s basketball team from erasing the memories of two consecutive losses in the Final Four and from capturing the program’s first-ever national championship. “It’s time to get down to business,” said senior Alana Beard, who is a leading candidate for National Player of the Year honors. “Once our name popped up and once our opponent’s name popped up, I automatically started thinking about our scouting report and everything. We’ve had the number one seed the four years we’ve been here, but it hasn’t turned out the way that we wanted it.” Duke (27-3) received the No. 1 seed in the Mideast bracket and the No. 2 overall seeding, despite finishing the regular season at the top of the AP poll for the first time in school history. The overall No. 1 billing went to Tennessee, the top seed in the Midwest, which played the nation’s toughest schedule and had the highest RPI. “I thought we might be the No. 1 [overall] seed, since we were one of the very few teams that went through and won their regular season and their conference tournament,” Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said. “But Tennessee has the overall number one RPI, so it doesn’t really surprise me.” Because of the pre-determined site system used in the women’s tournament, the Blue Devils will host the first two rounds Sunday and Tuesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. They open with a game against Northwestern State, which they defeated 105-53 in December, and would then face the winner of the matchup between No. 8 Old Dominion and No. 9 Marquette. The Lady Monarchs beat fifthranked Penn State earlier this year and are making their 13th consecutive NCAA appearance. If Duke advances as expected to the Mideast regionals in Norfolk, Va., a rematch of last year’s Elite Eight with Texas Tech is possible, although the Lady Raiders have been decimated by injuries this year. Perhaps most dangerous Mideast foe is No. 2 seedKansas State, which is led by Big 12 Player of the Year Nicole Ohlde. The senior All-American teams with juniors Kendra Wecker and Laurie Koehn to form one of the most dynamic scoring trios in the nation. “We’ve got some great teams in our bracket, like Kansas State and Texas Tech,” point guard Lindsey Harding said. “But I don’t think it’s going to be an extremely difficult bracket because it’s teams that we know we can beat down the line to the Final Four.” Awaiting the winner of Duke’s Mideast region for a Final Four date in New Orleans is the champion of the East bracket, where, for the first time in six years, Connecticut is not a No. 1 seed. The Huskies are just 2-2 in their last four games, dropping them to the No. 2 position in the East and allowing
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to grab the top spot. Despite its lower seed, Connecti-
cut will have a home-crowd advan-
tage —its games will be played in Bridgeport, Conn, and at the Hart-
ford Civic Center—and can reach Bourbon Street without having to leave its home state. “I know UConn is a household name, but it’s not about the name,” Beard said. “[Penn State] has played great basketball up until this point so they are very deserving of a number one seed.” The other half of the draw features top seeds Tennessee and Texas, two of die three teams that have defeated Duke this year. The Lady Vols—who have received a No. 1 seed 15 of the last 17 years—are the top seed in the Midwest, while the Longhorns are No. 1 in the West. Tennessee will have to contend with No. 6 Stanford, which is upset with its low seeding, and No. 3 Oklahoma, which is fresh off a Big 12 Tournament tide over Kansas State. Texas also faces several potential road blocks on its quest for New Orleans, with No. 2 Purdue, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 LSU all boasting strong tournament credentials,
The Blue Devils are familiar with many of the top teams in the toumament, having picked up victories over both Connecticut and Purdue, but
they know that regular-season results have little meaning come tournament time. “The experience playing those teams is good, but you can’t really count on that going into the tournament because teams play totally different,” Harding said. “Even though we did beat Purdue by a lot, they’ve been playing great basketball recently. We can’t depend on how we’ve played in the past and we have to start fresh.” Duke enters March Madness as one of the hottest teams in the nation, having won both the regular season and ACC tournament championships, and Beard continues to make her case for National Player of the Year, averaging 20.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.8 blocks per game. Beard and fellow seniors Iciss Tillis and Vicki Krapohl will have one last chance to capture the national championship that has eluded them for the past three years, and they are anxious for the games to begin. “I think this whole year has been special because we [seniors] know it’s our last time through doing everything thatwe’re doing,” Krapohl said. “Iciss and Alana and I are just going to enjoy this more than we have the last three years, and hopefully we’ll have more to enjoy at the end.”
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Quest for national chamionship begins at home by
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The last time the women’s basketball team faced Northwestern State, in Alana Beard’s Louisiana homecoming game Dec. 20, 2003, the Demons were completely overmatched in a 105-53 loss. The Blue Devils, who are the top seed in the Mideast region of the NCAA women’s tournament, will face 16th seed Northwestern State (24-6) in a first round matchup Sunday at 2:30 p.m. But while the rematch offers the Blue Devils even more advantages than the original—the game will be played in Cameron Indoor Stadium, where Duke has won its last 10 tournament games—the team has been careful not to look past the Southland Conference champions. ‘They’re a much improved team,” head coach Gail Goestenkors said. Their loss to us was really a wakeup call for them and really caused them to improve a great deal.... You can’t afford to overlook anybody at this point. We’re going to constantly be playing teams that have nothing to lose, so we’ll be prepared for them.” One of the main reasons for Northwestern State’s progression since its loss to Duke has been the return to form of three-timeNCAA assists leader La’Terrica Dobin. The senior and Southland Conference Player of the Year had just returned from injury
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The Blue Devils and Northwestern State are familiar foes, having met December 20th in Bossier City, La. Duke crushed the Lady Demons then, and likely will do so again in the first round of the Big Dance. The Blue Devils have size advantages at nearly every position on the floor. Duke wins, 87-52. AF
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A sellout crowd, a packed press row, a background drone of dozens of cameras snapping shots, and at the end of the game it seems as though everyone has shown up but the offense. Duke is obviously the dominant force in the ACC. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with a 15-1 conference record, three wins more than North Carolina, which ended its campaign second in the conference. When it comes to big non-ACC games, however, Duke has a hard time capitalizing on its strengths and downplaying its weaknesses. Regardless, after playing almost all of the nation’s top teams, head coach Gail Goestenkors believes the disappointments of the past will translate into triumphs during the NCAA Tournament. “We’ve had so many big game experiences now that we’ve gained confidence in those tough situations, and I think you need a lot of comfort and confidence when it’s a stressful situation because from here on out everything is stressful,” she said. The NCAA Tournament is flooded with tough non-ACC matchups this year, and the Blue Devils will need to find a way to keep cool under pressure. “Normally all you hear about is Tennessee and Connecticut,” Monique Currie said. “But now there are a lot more good teams out there. Us, obviously, K-State, Penn State, Texas, Purdue, all those schools are really good. Instead of having just two teams that typically everyone looks at I think there are a lot more teams.” “There is a lot of parity in this league,” teammate Alana Beard concurred. “Everything is so unpredictable right now.” Duke certainly has more experience than most of these teams. But while the Blue Devils have appeared in the Final Four in three of the previous five seasons, they are still yet to win the national championship. Duke may play like a champion all season long, but its offense tends to freeze in bighype games, such as Final Four contests or No. 1 versus No. 2 matchups. If the Blue Devils want to go all the way, they have to be fearless. “We just have to have fun. I think that is our biggest focus right now,” said Beard, who has played in two of those three Final Four matchups. “Certain teams, when they get in this situation, they get very timid and tense. So we have got to have fun.” Two years in a row the Blue Devils have failed to protect their No. 1 ranking in a sold-out Cameron Indoor Stadium, falling last year to UConn and suffering a 72-69 loss against the Lady Vols this past January. In these contests Duke’s of-
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Duke shot 35.8 percent from the field for the game, while the Volunteers recovered from 26 percent first-half shooting to torch the nets at 58.3 percent.
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BREAKING DOWN THE BRACKET Times change. When you think of near-perfect seasons and predictability in the NCAA tournament, you probably imagine women’s basketball. But this year, things should be different. No team has lost fewer than three games this season and the once-dynastic Huskies have lost four contests, equal to their loss total for the last three years. Does this mean Connecticut is getting worse? Not necessarily. It is an indication that the rest of women’s basketball is catching up to the learning curve. With names like Penn State, Kansas State, Purdue, Texas and Duke, the women’s basketball world has become much more interesting. In the East region, Penn State took the top spot, leaving UConn in unfamiliar second seed territory. Each will come across roadblocks UNC, Notre Dame and Houston, but both teams will prevail to the Elite Eight. UConn has the experience and the talent to breeze past the first few rounds. Penn State surprised many this season, and with one of the hardest schedules, the Lady Lions have been put to the test and performed well enough to gather the No. 1 seed. “[Penn State] deserved it,” Duke’s Alana Beard said. “I know UConn is a household name, but it’s not about the name.” When Penn State meets UConn in the Elite Eight, it will be the ultimate test for the Lady Lions. And though we’d all love to see Diana Taurasi and the rest of the Huskies miss their flight to New Orleans, Penn State just doesn’t have enough of a well-rounded game. They rely heavily on outside shooting, and with the Huskies’ defense, they may find trouble sinking the threes. The Huskies have two advantages working for them. They will be playing close to home in Hartford, Conn, and they have been there before, many times. UConn has not missed a Final Four in four years, and will do everything in its power to keep it that way.
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Traditionally in women’s college basketball, there is a lack of parity due to a large talent gap between very few upper-echelon teams and the rest of the field. Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said this year is different. “I think it’s an exciting time for women’s basketball because we truly do have parity,” Goestenkors said. “We don’t have any undefeated teams. We don’t have any teams with one loss. We all have three or more losses, which just really shows the depth and quality around the country.” A product of the field’s depth, there are several legitimate candidates able to make deep tournament runs this year that do not have a one or two seed. Houston, Louisiana Tech and Stanford are all potential sleepers that have the talent to reach the Elite Eight or even the Final Four. Houston has one of the most talented players in the entire NCAA Tournament in Chandi Jones. The senior shooting guard averaged 22 points during the regular season, leading the Cougars to the Conference USA regular season title. Although No. 3 seed Houston does not play great defense, the Cougars are one of the highest scoring teams in the country. Another team with a very productive offense is fifth-
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BAMA ST. from page 3 9-for-30 shooting funk dating back to the beginning of the ACC Tournament, leads the Blue Devils in scoring at 15.9 per contest. On the other wing for Duke will be Daniel Ewing, who exploded for seasonhigh 26 points in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Ewing will most likely matchup with Golden while Duhon will start out on Campbell. Sophomore Sean Dockery will replace Duhon early if Duke comes out of the gate firing after its only ACC championship loss in the past six years. “I think this is a team that is very good at learning from our mistakes and obviously we made a lot of mistakes especially towards the end of the [Maryland] game,” Shavlik Randolph said. “As long as we can take it and make it a learning experience we can take a positive out of it.” If the painted area of the court Shelden was a playground, Williams would play the role of bully Thursday night. The Hornets’ leading rebounder, Xavier Oliver, stands at frfoot-7 and gives up 25 pounds to Williams. The inside-out game that Duke utilizes to punish opponents should be in full effect Thursday, as its interior will be able to dominate Alabama State. The Blue Devils will use their matchup with the Hornets as a chance to rest Duhon and get over last game’s jitters before facing their secondround opponent, the winner of the No. 8 Seton Hall and No. 9 Arizona matchup to played later in the night at the RBC Center.
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Duhon. This was not the star quality that so many had predicted, but for much of the season his individual highs and lows were overshadowed by the success of the Blue Devils as a team. The high caliber ofDuke’s other players also allowed Deng to develop as a nonscorer: the freshman was clambering for more rebounds and throwing more precise passes as the season went on. “It’s why I came to college: to develop,” Deng said. “It makes me realize that I needed a lot of development, and going into the season one of the guys said it helps them out a lot because we needed that [time to develop].” Deng’s dual status as a potential superstar who still makes freshman mistakes was highlighted in the last two games of the regular season when Deng had his most disappointing and most thrilling performances in quick succession. In a home loss to Georgia Tech, Deng was unable to get in a rhythm, going 1-
for-14 as the Blue Devils could not get enough offense together to best the hustling Yellow Jackets. Deng looked less like a college basketball phenom than a young man unable to fulfill high expectations. In the next game, Deng turned it all around in the most emotional game of the season and reminded all who saw Duke’s 70-65 victory over North Carolina why he was so well-regarded. He went 12-for-16 from the floor, scoring in the paint with such clockwork efficiency and grace that it was hard to tell one basket from the next when watching highlights. Deng logged 25 points and led the Blue Devils to an emotional victory. “And by the way, Deng is a freshman; I think people keep forgetting that,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the North Carolina game. ‘The same freshman that was l-of-14 [against Georgia Tech]. He gave one of the great performances in a Duke-Carolina game tonight: to go 12-of-16 and to respond after that type of game the way he did is just phenomenal. He’s 18 years old. For him to do
that sets him apart.” Deng continued to play steadily in theACC Tournament, averaging 15 points through three games and pulling down 16rebounds in the tournament’s finale. As Duke prepares for what it hopes will be an extended run in the NCAA Tournament, it is going to look to Deng for the sort ofconsistent and protean play that he has exhibited so far this season. ‘1 think he’ll hopefully be able to build on what he’s been doing; I think he’s going to continue to get better,” Krzyzewski said. “As he’s shown, he’s gotten better every week, and I don’t think there is going to be anything different about the tournament.” The NCAA Tournament is where a college player’s reputation is often forged or broken. Both Hill and Anthony earned their accolades by being the last man standing in the tourney. If Deng can continue his improvement into the later rounds of March Madness, he will not need any more comparisons; he will have earned his own renown.
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REDICK from page 6 However, as the season’s schedule picked up, so did Redick’s shooting during some tough mid-winter matchups. Starting with the Dec. 20 game against Texas at Madison Square Garden through the Feb. 15 loss at N.C. State, Redick shot 50 percent from beyond the arc. Redick led Duke with 20 points in the team’s dominating victory over Texas. In the monster 89-61 win, he was 4-of6 from three-point range. As temperatures have started to warm up, and the regular season came to an end, the Roanoke, Va., native’s shooting has again cooled down. Duke’s Feb. 18 loss to Wake Forest marked the first career game for Redick without a field goal. During his 21 minutes of play, Redick’s only scoring came from two foul shots. In the final home game against North Carolina, Redick was a perfect eight-of-eight from the free throw
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line, but went three-of-nine from the field “I think he’s getting good looks,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said earlier this week. “Sometimes when you miss in anything, you can lose a little bit of your edge. That just knocks you off a little bit.” Redick, who led last year’s team with a .919 free throw percentage and 95 three-point shots made, has shown this “edge” in many of the team’s mid-season games including the Texas game and the squad’s Jan. 21 matchup at Maryland. While the Terrapins’ fans wore vulgar T-shirts and screamed obscenities at to Redick, he responded by scoring a season-high 26 points, including a nine-of-nine free throw shooting performance, compared to Maryland’s team seven-ofnine foul shooting. ‘JJ. [Redick] was great for us,” Krzyzewski said after the 68-60 victory. ‘We tried to get the ball in his hands down the stretch so when they fouled he would be the one getting fouled, and when JJ. gets fouled he usually makes his shots.” However, in the third matchup of the year with the
Terps, Redick did not have the same shooting success from that first matchup. He missed seven of his eight three-pointers and 11-of-17 shots overall. With three seconds left in regulation play, Redick missed a three that would have given Duke an 80-77 win to secure its sixth-straight ACC Tournament victory. Despite his recent shooting drought, the team still looks at Redick as the best shooter in clutch situations. “If he’s 0-10, I have confidence that he’ll make the next one, and he’s confident too,” Shavlik Randolph said, adding that the team will still look to Redick to take the final shot of a game. Shelden Williams is also confident that Redick’s drought will soon end. “I think he’ll do well in the tournament,” Williams said. “NCAA does a lot of things to different players... [there is] a lot more adrenaline.” The adrenaline involved in the tournament may be the spark that Redick needs to get back to shooting well, as other fans and foes around the country watch Duke’s every move.
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Who did Coach K rely on down one with 2.1 seconds left in 1992 against Kentucky? His senior leader, Christian Laettner. And in 1999 who got the ball with 20 seconds left in the championship? Trajon Langdon, senior captain. Duhon is the most experienced player on the team, having transformed from role player to leader. He suffered through a mostly miserable junior season. And most importantly, this is his last chance. He doesn’t have a next year like Ewing or Redick. 2) Sure, JJ. Redick can shoot straighter than the most famous gun fighter or politician you can recall. But where was he in the ACC tournament this weekend, with the conference championship at stake? And what about his ability to create for himself in a one-on-one situation? Not great. 3) Yes, Daniel Ewing is arguably Duke’s best scorer. Does anyone remember what he
did in 2002 before Jason Williams almost saved Duke from elimination? I have a vague memory of Ewing, a freshman at the time, launching an off-balance shot with 10 seconds left that missed badly. It was a panicked freshmen tendency, of course, which hasn’t surfaced again, but it is worrisome nevertheless. Ewing also missed the game-tying threepointer against Maryland Sunday, but considering the way he responds to a challenge—he scored 26 points the game after he was left off the all-ACC team last week— I’d consider that miss a positive. And, Krzyzewski has been a big fen of seniors taking the final shot. “I want Trajan Langdon to take that shot,” said Krzyzewski after Langdon was called for traveling and Duke lost the tide. ‘1 will walk down any road with Trajan Langdon.” In 2004, give me whatever major highway runs through San Antonio and Chris Duhon. Unless, of course, Nick Horvath is open.
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that he needs “to be more aggressive” on several occasions this season. If Deng But what if Redick is having one of stays in Durham, there is no doubt he those nights where it seems he is putting will be the go-to-guy in pressing moin baskets like he is throwing a beach ments in 2005, but the Blair Academy ball into an ocean? While Redick is hard graduate is still a year away from obtaining this status. to chase around the perimeter for 40 This leaves us with Ewing. Unlike a 6-foot-4 sharp-shootminutes, stopping er on one possession is a much easier Redick, Ewing has a repertoire of moves task than preventing a quick player who to the hoop, which he does with ease also has an extremely effective jump shot with his exceptional quickness. Chris Duhon, the team’s MVP, is better at ball from scoring. Luol penetration, but the senior only shoots Duke’s second-leading scorer, best 32 percent from three-point range. to be the Deng, has the potential Blue Devil since Grant Hill, but the Ewing, meanwhile, leads Duke by shootSudan native’s flashes of brilliance have ing 41 percent from behind the arc, thus not occurred in the clutch situations. making him the most multi-dimensional While Deng consistently outplays veteran scorer. Take away Ewing’s jump shot, and his players, he still commits many “fresh- he’ll drive to the hoop. Take awayDevil the Blue drive, and he’s most likely mistakes. He also has abilities seen man” in few players in history, but he makes to nail an outside shot. If Duke needs a bucket in the clutch, Ewing is the one to the same type of errors seen from averthe take the shot. looks timid on age players. Deng
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Joseph’s from dreams of a perfect season with a 20-point drubbing. But the Musketeers will have to fight off Pitino’s Louisville squad headlined by Fransisco Garcia, maybe
over 6-foot-10 that average a combined 8.8 points, St. Joseph’s is vulnerable inside. The Hawks will scorch No. 16 seed Liberty but a tough second-round matchup with Texas Tech or Charlotte will be their demise. Billy Donovan’s Florida Gators will fend off the upstart Manhattan Jaspers for a shot at the No. 4 seed Demon Deacons. Florida and Wake Forest will make for an amazing second-round matchup, with point guards Chris Paul and Anthony Roberson going toe-to-toe. Eric Williams and Jamaal Levy, Wake Forest’s leading rebounders, should give Skip Prosser’s club an edge in its toughest game before the regional final. In the bottom half of the bracket, the contenders are clear cut; Oklahoma State and Pittsburgh. Both of these squads were battling for a No. 1 seed at the end of the season, but they were stuck together in a loaded half-bracket. The sleepers in the East also lie in the stacked bottom half of this bracket, but two of them will take battle against each other. Wisconsin and Richmond could both wear slippers in the later rounds of the tournament, and the winner of their first-round matchup, which is a toss-up, will take Pitt to the wire for a spot in the Sweet 16. If Pitt can survive its contest with the Badgers or Spiders, its balanced attack and strong backcourt should outlast John Lucas’ Oklahoma State squad for a spot in the regional final. A backcourt batde between the Demon Deacons and Panthers would be neck-andneck, but the interior play of Wake Forest should be its dcket to the Final Four.
they should with homecourt advantage in Kansas City—the Jayhawks could dominate down low with Wayne Simien and pose problems for a thin Wildcat frontline. Still, Bill Self has had trouble getting his team to score as much as it did under Roy Williams, and that’s a real problem when facing one of the top-
his afro. With amazing depth and resiliency, Stanford should be able to compete with any team in the tournament. Nonetheless, the Cardinal have not even played one of the nation’s 100 most difficult schedules, leading some to believe that Stanford is ripe for an early exit from the Big Dance. Its main challenger in the West, the second-seeded Huskies, have spent their fair share of time at the top of the polls as well as having been the nation’s top preseason team. Connecticut has lived up to the hype, winning the Big East conference championship in a thriller over Pittsburgh. The Huskies are led by National Player of the Year candidate Emeka Okafor, the nation’s best big man. He is accompanied by scoring machine Ben Gordon for an unstoppable 1-2 punch. After them, the Huskies are stacked from top to bottom with tremendous depth and talent, making them difficult to guard in a halfcourt set. Nonetheless, the Huskies’ national championship hopes lie on Okafor’s beleaguered back. Back spasms caused Okafor to miss nearly all of the Big East tournament, and the Huskies have shown that they are not nearly as effective when he is out of their starting lineup or seriously impeded. Additionally, Connecticut has had some trouble with good transition
the region’s best pure talent. Another likely first-round barnburner pits No. 8 Seton Hall against Olson and his talented but oft-underachieving squad at No. 9. Underachieving talent can be said to be a theme for the bracket, as the Wildcats and sixth-seeded North Carolina have failed to meet preseason predictions. UNC has the potential to beat any team in the nation, but guard Rashad McCants and center Sean May batde with streaky play and poor conditioning, respectively. These Tar Heels are a force to be reckoned with, provided that they are firing on all cylinders. The Tar Heels have proven they can hang with Duke in their two losses, but they haven’t proven that they can beat the Blue Devils. UNC might be the best opponent for Krzyzewski’s team, as the Blue Devils are a many-headed beast, exemplifying the best aspects ofmany teams in their region. Duke playing at its best combines the bruising and brutal inside play of second-seed Mississippi State with the stifling defense and the backdoor cuts of No. 11 Air Force. If there is a silver lining to being placed in a region like Adanta, it is this: what comes after won’t be that much harder than the rockfight that promises to erupt within the Georgia Dome. There are many talented teams in each bracket, but any team which defeats all challengers in Atlanta will be among the national elite, ready to take on whatever the rest of the Final Four might throw at it.
three defenses in the nation. In the Elite Eight, it should be all CA-T-S, Cats, Cats, Cats. They’ll be looking at either second-seeded Gonzaga, three seed Georgia Tech or No. 7 sleeper Michigan State. But given Gonzaga’s dependence on a cold Blake Stepp and MSU’s squad looking less and less like the old Tom Izzo teams, the Yellow Jackets should be looming. Too bad for Paul Hewitt, then, that Tech’s wing trio of Jarrett Jack, BJ. Elder and Marvin Lewis will get absolutely smothered by Kentucky’s star perimeter guys —Cliff Hawkins, Gerald Finch and Chuck Hayes—who are grade-A defenders. After a relative cruise-control ride to San Antonio, the Wildcats are guaranteed another treat: a semi-final game against a team from the East region, easily the tournament’s weakest. The parity in that East Rutherford bracket should have medium-quality teams beating up on each other but not being even close to ready for the balance and intense defense Tubby and Co. will throw at them—be it Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh or even St. Joe’s. From there comes the final showdown, but that one might just be too close to call.
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M. SLEEPERS from page 12 Manhattan and Murray State have the potential to force first round upsets, but it is not likely that they would reach any further than the second round or the Sweet 16. However, there is one team in the tournament that did not get the respect it deserved by the selection committee and thus has a chance to wreak havoc on the field. The Wisconsin Badgers won the Big Ten Tournament Sunday only to find out later that they were only given a six seed. One bright spot: the Badgers will play their first two games in Milwaukee. However, the big challenge for Wisconsin will be a probable second-round matchup with talented three-
M. PRETENDERS from page 12 lack of pressure defense and its impatience may allow a good team that is more aggressive on the boards to take Texas out early. The two most talked-about teams this year were definitely St. Joe’s and Stanford. With almost perfect seasons, both teams surprised everyone, winning game-in and game-out. While the Cardinal and the Hawks make a strong argument for winning the championship in San Antonio, there are a number of factors that work hard against them. St. Joe’s Jameer Nelson, a National Player of the Year candidate, is the backbone of this team and averages 20
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seed Pittsburgh. But with Big Ten Player of the Year Devin Harris, who leads Wisconsin in points, steals and assists, Wisconsin may find itself in the Sweet 16. There are also a few other teams that could surprise people. Nevada plays inconsistent Michigan State in the first round and has the talent to beat the Spartans. Western Michigan, which has beaten Arizona State, USC and Alabama, also drew a favorable first round opponent in Vanderbilt. The Commodores lost by 22 to Florida in the SEC tournament and have cooled off since their hot start. With a lack of dominant teams in the NCAA, and the parity of today’s college basketball, no one should be surprised to see upsets abound in the first two rounds of this year’s tournament.
points and shoots 39 percent from behind the arc. The team’s perimeter shooting is its greatest asset, but if those shots are not falling, the Hawks will find themselves in trouble when they face a team with strength in the post. Finally, the Cardinal, like St. Joe’s, have shown that they are a good team. However, with a strength of schedule rating of 104, Stanford will need to get used to play-
ing great teams so often. Unlike St. Joe’s, who had the strongest non-conference schedule, Stanford’s out of conference slate ranks 164th. The Cardinal, who have only played against a top-25 team twice this season, have their weaknesses. Though Josh Childress and Matt Lottich will undoubtedly put up a great fight, with UConn and Okafor in their bracket, the Cardinal have a hard road ahead of them.
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M. CONTENDERS from page 12 year. Mississippi State’s torrid play can be largely attributed to the spectacular performance of junior Lawrence Roberts, the SEC Player of the Year who has averaged a double-double since transferring from Baylor. Then there is Connecticut—the preseason No. 1 whose title hopes are very much dependent on the health of Big East Player of the Year Emeka Okafor. Although the Huskies have played very well in Okafor’s absence, thanks in large part to the superb Big East Tournament play of junior Ben Gordon, they could be in serious trouble if they are forced to play without the NCAA’s top shot blocker
and second-best rebounder. In the Big-12, one team stands head and shoulders above the rest; Oklahoma State. The Cowboys dominated their conference—their only two losses in the Big-12 came on the road against Missouri and Texas Tech. The Cowboys defeated Texas three times over the course of the season, including a 65-49 victory in the Big-12 cham-
pionship game. Finally, there is Stanford. The Cardinal fell short in its
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NW STATE from page 18 when she faced the Blue Devils. While Dobin did hand out nine assists in 39 minutes, she was far from top form, shooting only 3-of-15 and committing 14 turnovers. The main beneficiaries of Dobin’s passing have been high-scoring forward Amanda Bennett and guard Diamond Cosby, Beard’s former AAU teammate. While Bennett scored 23 points against the Blue Devils, Cosby was harassed into only seven points on 3-of-10 shooting. One major area where Duke should
W. CONTENDERS definitely an advantage for us,” Taurasi said. ‘We always play really well at home, so it’s definitely a plus for us.” Despite the increase in overall competi-
tion, there is one “x-factor” that has proven in the past to be crucial for winning a national championship; recent success in the NCAA tournament. The highest
W. BRACKET from page 20 presence, the Lady Tigers make up for it in sheer athleticism and skill. Sophomore guard Seimone Augustus, who averages 18.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, could take this opportunity to shine. The team, however, relies heavily on jump shots; so, they will need to put up a better fight in the paint in order to get past Villanova or Purdue in the Elite Eight. The Duke-UConn meeting in New Orleans will be yet another intense meeting between the two powerhouses. While the Huskies have consistendy outplayed the Blue Devils in each of their meetings, Duke is
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have an advantage over the Demons is in the paint. Northwestern State’s only two players taller than 6 feet combined for only one point and five rebounds in the teams’ last meeting, as the Blue Devils punished the Demons on the boards by a 58-26 margin. Duke’s pressing defense could also cause problems for Northwestern State, which turned the ball over 26 times in their last meeting. “We know first-hand how powerful the Duke basketball team is... but that’s the hand we’ve been dealt and we’re going to make the most of it,” Northwestern State head coach James Smith said. seeds with the most recent success are UConn (three championships in four years), Tennessee (runner-up in 2000, 2003), Purdue (1999 champion and 2001 runner-up) and Duke (top three finisher 1999, 2002, 2003). “It's exciting to see new teams come up, but they obviously don’t have the same type of experience that Tennessee, UConn and us [have had] the past few years,” Duke point guard Lindsey Harding said.
playing at a new level now. Coming off of the ACC Tournament wins and a terrific season, Alana Beard, kiss Tillis and Vicki Krapohl will see it to the end. “We have to play well for all 40 minutes [of each game],” Lindsey Harding said. “So, it’s just finding away for us to start quick, and I think we will with our three seniors, knowing it could possibly be their last game.” Between Tennessee and LSU, the edge goes to Tennessee because the Lady Vols’ aggressive and suffocating defense will keep LSU’s shooters at bay. The 2004 NCAA Tournament Champion? Duke, and for two reasons. No. 1: The Blue Devils will not have to deal with Moore this time around, and No. 2: It’s about time.
The women's basketball team will try to win itsfirst ever national championship this year.
STRUGGLES from page 19 fense was held to a shooting average of 33 and 36 respectively, partly attributed to tough adversaries and partly due to missing open shots. Duke has gone 13-1 since their loss to Tennessee and has been putting up 82.3 points per game. But the Blue Devils also entered the Tennessee game coming off a 15-game winning streak and tensed up when it was time for the
big game “I’m feeling good, especially with the way our team is playing right now,” Beard said. “In the past years we became kind of
stagnant with our offense. But I feel really good with our offense and how everyone is playing.” Once again, Duke finds itself in a position to protect its No. 1 ranking after reaching the top of the AP poll coming into the tournament. The question remains whether it will be able to protect this rank or fall short in judgment.
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