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is to expose Duke undergraduate students to ethics issues in the marketplace and the The BB&T Charitable Foundation donat- consequences ofethics decisions, ed $1.75-million to Duke’s Values and Ethics The VEM program is a part of Duke’s in the Marketplace program, President Rich- Markets and Management Studies Certifiard Brodhead announced Tuesday. cate Program, which is designed for students Gary Hull, director of the Program on who plan to pursue careers in business and Values and Ethics in the Marketplace and management, banking, consulting, govema senior lecturing fellow in the sociology ment or the non-profit sector, “As a mission-driven organization guiddepartment, said the VEM program will ed by our own clearly defined set of use the gift, which will support die values, we’re proud to continue program for seven years, to fund to support this worthwhile faculty, post-doctoral visiting students and speakers. Duke University program,” “The money will go to supJohn Allison, BB&T chair and |jlchief all the executive officer, said VEM activities,” port Hull said. “Most importandy, in a statement. “In life and in business, people will always benwe sponsor a Focus cluster, the efit greatly from fundamental, Power of Ideas, and some of the unchanging principles to guide money will go to support that.” their actions.” The Power of Ideas Focus cluster aims to allow undergraduates to exSenior Orcun Unlu, co-president amine the nature and practical conseof Duke Entrepreneurs, said Duke still quences of ideas. The VEM program and needs to work to strengthen its underthe Focus program jointly sponsored the graduate business education offerings, cluster in Fall 2004 and Fall 2005. Hull said He added that BB&T’s donation will enthe programs plan to offer the Power of rich the Markets and Management CerIdeas again next fall semester. tificate program. In December 2002, BB&T gave a |l-mil“A lot of students want to start their lion gift to VEM. own businesses right out of college, and “Duke appreciates BB&T’s generous sup- sometimes having an idea is not enough,” port for a program that exposes students to Unlu said. “You have to understand the the practical consequences of important consequences of your decisions.” ideas in ethics,” Brodhead said in a stateHull said BB&T is dedicated to promoting undergraduate education in ment Tuesday. “Such support truly enriches the undergraduate experience.” Hull said the aim of the VEM program SEE ETHICS ON PAGE 5 by

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Site unifies Duke Proj ects fuel future Engagement diversity pushes by

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Although DukeEngage will not officially launch until next summer, some participants in last year’s pilot program

Learning from the ideas of others is an important part of diversity. The University demonstrated this in the creation of a new Web site that seeks to oudine some of the diversity efforts underway at Duke. The idea was proposed by Paula McClain, a political science professor, who became the first black chair of Academic Council this year. McClain, who taught at the University of Virginia for 10 years, said she was impressed that Virginia maintained a permanent Web site on diversity and approached Provost Peter Lange about undertaking a similar project at Duke. “A Web site of this nature would allow Duke to showcase in one dedicated site the many, many efforts at various types ofdiversity that are ongoing at Duke,” she wrote in an e-mail. “It puts the issue of diversity as a centralfacet

have already had life-altering experiences. DukeEngage, which is sponsored by the Duke Endowment and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, allows Duke undergraduates to pursue summer or semester-long community service programs either locally or abroad. The program, which aired its pilot program this summer, helps participants develop projects and then funds their travel and living expenses. “We want to help [students] think about what they want to do in life,” said Eric Mlyn, director of DukeEngage and director of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement. “We hope that they bring back with them a real sensitivity to cross-cultural differences and learn how to overcome obstacles.” If results from the pilot programs are any indication, the lifelong lessons Mlyn seeks may be sinking in. Senior April Edwards, who participated in a DukeEngage-fiinded program this summer, said she decided to take a year off before attending medical school in order

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Myanmar leaders ban assembly Myanmar's military leaders imposed a nighttime curfew and banned gatherings of more than five peoplefuesday after 35,000Buddhist monks and their supporters defied the junta's warnings and staged another day of anti-gov-

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UNITED NATIONS Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that Iran’s disputed nuclear program is closed as a political issue and said Tehran will ignore a U.N. Security Council demand imposed by “arrogant powers” to curb its nuclear program. Instead, he told world leaders at the U N. General Assembly that Iran has decided to pursue the monitoring of its nuclear program “through its appropriate legal path,” the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. When Ahmadinejad was ushered to the

podium, the U.S. delegation walked out, leaving only a low-ranking note-taker to listen to his speech, which indirecdy accused

the United States and Israel of major human rights violations. State Department spokesr person Gonzalo Gallegos said the U.S. wanted “to send him a powerful message.” The Iranian president spoke hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned the assembly that allowing Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons would be an “unacceptable risk to stability in the region and in the world.” In her talk, German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tougher sanctions against Iran. Iran insists the program is purely peace-

ful, aimed solely at using nuclear reactors to generate electricity. But the United States and key European nations believe the program is a cover for an Iranian attempt to produce nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad has defied two Security Council resolutions demanding Iran suspend enrichment and imposing escalating sanctions on key figures and organizations involved in the nuclear program. He made clear in his speech that Iran did not intend to comply with them now. “In the last two years, abusing the Security Council, the arrogant powers have SEE IRAN ON PAGE

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ST. GEORGE, Utah The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. Warren Jeffs could get life in prison after a trial that threw a spotlight on a renegade community along the Arizona-Utah line where as many as 10,000 of Jeffs’ followers practice plural marriage and revere him as a mighty prophet with dominion over their salvation. Prosecutors said Jeffs, who performed

the ceremony, forced the girl into marriage and sex against her will. Jurors said they agreed thatJeffs rejected the girl’s pleas and refused to release her from the marriage. “He was pretty much her only ticket out of the relationship,” said jurorJerry Munk. Defense attorney Wally Bugden, who told jurors that Jeffs was a victim of religious persecution, declined to comment. The jury deliberated about 16 hours over three days. On Tuesday morning, the judge replaced a juror with an alternate for undisclosed reasons. Although polygamy itself was not on

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Church restricts gay bishops Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays to keep the world Anglican family from crumbling, affirmed Tuesday that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop and will not approve prayers to bless same-sex couples.

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For the past 10 years, Latino/a Studies has been gradually gaining a presence on campus, but it has lacked a distinguished figure on its faculty to anchor it. This August,- however, the University attracted Jose Saldivar, a professor of English and literature, from the University of California at Berkeley to be the new director ofLatino/a Studies. Saldivar, who was the director of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC-Berkeley, has written several books on American literature and won numerous awards for his work in literary criticism. “With Professor Saldivar here now, we expect our growth to be much more exponential,” said Jenny Snead Williams, program

coordinator for Latino/a Studies. “We have more University support with Professor Saldivar’s arrival here at Duke because of the leadership that he can bring to oversee so many new areas of

development.”

Saldivar turned down an earlier offer to teach at Duke because his wife had her own business in California, said Walter Mignolo, professor of literature, cultural anthropology and romance studies. “It was a wonderful opportunity coming from Duke, but we just weren’t able to work out all of our familial issues at that time,” Saldivar said. Now at Duke, Saldivar said he hopes to expand Latino/a Studies, engage the growing North Carolina Latino population and create a certificate program. “We would like to become

more visible and have a more exciting intellectual presence on this campus,” he said. “More particularly, because of the changing demographic ofNorth Carolina... our program should be grappling with how to help these immigrant communities.” Saldivar noted that there has been a 400-percent “explosion” of Mexican and Latin American immigrants in the state. This has created a need to address public policy, health care and education issues for the immigrant population, he said. “Like [African and African American Studies] and other programs at Duke, we have a broader focus not just on our academic community, which is really important for us, but also a larger community outside of SEE SALDIVAR ON PAGE 8

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Duke lured noted literary critic Jose Saldivar, second from left, from the University of California at Berkeley to Durham to lead Latino/a Studies,which he hopes to reinvent.

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Campus culture held the main focus of the Duke University Union executive board meeting Tuesday night. Discussions centered on plans to support Duke’s first National Coming Out Day celebration, as well as taking an important role in response to the InterimReport on the Undergraduate Experience, which was prompted by the Campus Culture Initiative. The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life plans to utilize the West Campus Plaza Oct. 11 to sponsor the first campus-wide celebration of National Coming Out Day, the theme of which will

be “Let’s Talk About It.” DUU members approved collaborating with Duke Allies, AQUADuke and the LGBT center for the event. DUU contributions may include providing giveaways and helping to schedule student entertainment groups and a band. “Our goal is to make this a memorable day so that students can reflect on the program in the future and think of other ways to partake in good fun while celebrating diversity and living life as yourself,” senior Jeremy Crawford, DUU facilities director, wrote in an e-mail. At the meeting, Union President Katelyn SEE DUU ON PAGE 8

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Germs become more deadly in space WASHINGTON It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie:Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened. The researchers placed identical strains of salmonella in containers and sent one into space aboard the shuttle, while the second was kept on Earth, under similar temperature conditions to the one in space. After the shuttle returned, mice were given varying oral doses of the salmonella and then were watched. After 25 days, 40 percent of the mice given the Earth-bound salmonella were still alive, compared with just 10 percent of those dosed with the germs from space. The researchers also found that it took about one-third as much of the space germs to kill half the mice, compared with the germs that had been on Earth.

Obese will drop weight for money RALEIGH People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests a North Carolina study that offers another option for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs. The study involved about 200 overweight employees at several colleges in North Carolina, divided into three groups. One group received no incentives while the other two groups received $7 or $l4 for each percentage point of weight lost. Participants did not get any help on how to lose weight. In the end, employees who received the most incentives lost the most weight, ap average of nearly five pounds after three months. Those offered no incentives lost two pounds; those in the $7 group lost about three pounds. Those in the $l4 group were more than five times as likely to lose 5 percent of their weight—the amount research has shown to be clinically significant, according to the study.

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Two years after establishing a new GradMedical School in Singapore, Duke University Health System has now engaged in a strategic agreement with the Peking University Health Science Center. The seven-year partnership began with the inauguration of the Diike-PUHSC Cardioanalysis vascular Training Center in Beijing Sept. 19, [The event] was very exciting and fascinating,” said Christopher O’Connor, director of theDuke HeartCenter and executive director of cardiovascular medicine. “I thought everyone from the senior leadership to the clinicians and nurses were all extremely excited and interested in a meaningful partnership.” China is facing enormous challenges from the standpoint of health, especially in regards to cardiovascular diseases, O’Connor said. In more developed parts of the world such as North America and Western Europe, the rates of cardiovascular diseases are going down, he said. In China, however, smoking and high cholesterol levels—primary causes of such diseases—are now more prominent, O’Connor added. “China’s population of 1.3 billion puts an enormous burden on their health institutions and hospitals, and we hope to work together with them on developing efficiencies in managing a health care system,” he said. The Chinese' health care system was “quite good” in the 19705, but after the economic reforms to move China toward a more market-based economy, the system became worse, said Zeng Yi, professor in the geriatrics department and at the Center for Study of Aging and Human Development. Rapid urbanization has created significant pressures on Chinese health care providers, doctors, nurses, administrators and particularly the primary-care base, O’Connor said. “When a patient is discharged from a hosuate

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Peking University, above, hasmade an agreement with Duke University Health System to try to improve health care in China, which is struggling against the pressures of a large population and risks like high smoking levels. on-site training, he said. pital, they have very little access to primarycare physicians,” he said. “Appropriately, In addition to clinical training, physicians then try to take longer periods of O’Connor said he hopes to engage in clinitime to make sure everything is as tuned up cal research with PUHSC. as possible [before releasing patients] “I hope Peking University will become a For example, patients suffering from hub for clinical research activity in that part heart failure in China usually stay in the of the world,” he added. The agreement between PUHSC and Duke hospital 15 to 18 days whereas heart failure patients in America tend to stay five to six Medicine is an opportunity for Duke to advance its mission of becoming more involved days, O’Connor said. in solving global health issues, said Dr. Victor “[This partnership] provides opportunities for Duke to help the Chinese manage Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and presitheir flow of patients more efficiently, yet dent and CEO of DUHS, in a statement. still safely and with high quality,” he added. Yi said the collaboration was an “excelthere be lent idea.” will the next few an exIn years, “Duke is one of the best medical and rechange of health care providers, O’Connor said. Chinese nurses and physicians will search-teaching institutions in the world,” he said. “China has a large population and all come to America to observe how Duke physicians care for cardiovascular patients, and kinds of diseases. I think the collaboration Duke faculty will travel to Beijing to provide will be mutually beneficial for both parties.”

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GPSC., DUU clash over fee increase BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE

Duke University Union and the Graduand Professional Student Council butted heads Tuesday night over a student activity fee increase for graduate and professional students. The motion—presented by DUU President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, and Vice President Lauren Maisel, a junior—recommended a 100 percent increase in DUU’s portion of the fee and was received with strong criticism from the general body. In the “interest of time,” GPSC passed a motion to instead endorse an increase of $2.50 per semester. The Union will present the fee proposal to the Board of Trustees Katelyn Donnelly this weekend. ate

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ate and professional students often attend DUU eventsbut don’tpay proportionately. “Major speakers have a large graduate student turn out, along with Hairspray, movie screenings and the [East Campus] Coffee House,” Donnelly said. “The ones we know are most attended are campus-wide social events, especially the ones that serve alcohol.” In an interview after the meeting, Crystal Brown, GPSC president and a third-year law student, said both GPSC and the Union were at fault for the tense exchange. Donnelly, who became visibly frustrated during the discussion, also said the debate was handled inappropriately. “I’m coming away from this meeting with a really negative experience because we were attacked,” Donnelly said.

In other business: The GPSC Basketball Campout, the process for graduate and professional students to get tickets for men’s basketball games, begins this weekend. It will take place in the Blue Zone from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Sunday. Basketball chairs Gavin Rogers, a fourthyear Divinity School student, and Laura Simmons-Kovacs, a fifth-year student in the University Program of Genetics and Genomics, stressed the importance of bringing a valid Duke ID and five dollars for registration, along will all supplies needed for the weekend. They also cautioned the council about potential mishaps, such as grill fires and intrusions into President Richard Brodhead’s backyard. SPECIALTOTHE CHRONICLE

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dents currendy pay an annual fee of $B6 to the Union, and graduate and professional students pay $10.50. GPSC officials said the increase—described by Maisel as a “grande skim latte” per semester—was excessive and unfounded, citing Union programs from which graduate and professional students do not benefit. ‘You need to come back with concrete numbers,” said Christie Eyler, a fourth-year M.D./Ph.D student, in response to Maisel. “I don’t know any graduate or professional students who watch Cable 13 unless they’re on Central [Campus], and there are not many graduate or professional students there.” Although the Union did not have exact numbers for the council, Donnelly said gradu-

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business and ethics He added that BB&T has been giving support to Duke for the past 20 years, including contributions to the Fuqua School ofBusiness and School ofMedicine. The gift comes from the BB&T Corporation’s philanthropic sector. The corporation is a financial holding company based in Winston Salem, N.C. The company, which is the 11th largest financial holding company in the United States, has more than 1,500 branches in 11 states and Washington, D.C., and ap-

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Institute of Secondary Education and Research. The institute, Edwards said, is designed to give girls in Kenya equal access to higher education. “Since becoming involved with WISER, I have realized that my commitment to WISER is long-term,” she said. During her summer abroad, Edwards taught a health class for students of ages 13 to 26 in a camp designed to keep students occupied between school trimesters. Looking back on the experience, Edwards said the class gave her new perspective on the lives of less-fortunate individuals. “It’s one thing to sit in a class and learn about AIDS, viruses and bacteria, and think that is real,” she said. “But it’s entirely different to have a 10th, grader come up to you and say T have AIDS, but I don’t want to drop out of school, and I want to become a doctor someday. What should I do?”’

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Senior Jenny Heffernan, once a premedical student, decided to switch to a career in the public sector before going to New Orleans with DukeEngage. However, she said her experience in New Orleans has strengthened her resolve to pursue a career in public health advocacy. She said she is appreciative of her unique opportunity to spend a summer in New Orleans, and is now applying to graduate schools in the area. “I learned a lot from the people, from my work experience and from the city in general,” she said. Heffernan worked for the New Orleans Health Department and helped to research for grants and organize the department’s Web site. She added that during her time in the Big Easy she developed a new insight into problems facing the country and would like to spend more time working to improve the New Orleans health system. “You don’t need to leave the country in order to find people in need,” she said. “I diink a lot of people at Duke, and in general, tend to focus on going to South America and Africa when there are problems right in front of us.” Both Edwards and Heffernan said DukeEngage gave them the opportunity to become more immersed in the communities in which they worked. “One of the biggest things I came away with [was] not only realizing my privilege but also my responsibility to do as much as I can with not necessarily the money I have but also the resources I have,” Edwards said. Heffeman said she fell in love with New Orleans in her time there and would like to be part of a positive change in the area. “This is a program that makes doing life-changing and really important activities available to everyone,” she said. Mlyn said the DukeEngage program is becoming increasingly important in a Duke education because of its ability to create new and diverse understandings. He added that he is very excited about the program’s future based on the results of this summer’s pilot program. “Every student at Duke is capable of doing this and every student at Duke, if they want to, will have the opportunity to do this,” he said.

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DIVERSITY from page, of the University.” The Web site went live this summer and became fully accessible in August. Although the project is still a work in progress, it will soon include profiles of a faculty member, staff member, trustee, alumnus, undergraduate student and graduate student who embody diversity. Other new concepts are still being considered. The Virginia site, for example, includes downloadable podcasts and a video narrated by former Virginia football star Tiki Barber. “We have talked about those things but we decided we couldn’t do them right off the bat,” said Nancy Allen, vice provost for faculty diversity and faculty development and chair of the committee that worked to create the site. Lange said he was receptive to the idea because he felt it would provide a forum for interaction. “It makes it a live issue rather than a passive issue,” Lange said. “We can put in information on an active basis.”

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He formed the committee to begin the task ofcreating a site in November 2006. Committee members said they viewed the proposal as a valuable opportunity to highlight Duke diversity initiatives such as the Women’s Initiative and Faculty Diversity Initiative. “Several of us had been talking for quite a while about the need to better focus and coordinate diversity efforts around the institution, and this was an obvious effort,” said Ben Reese, vice president for institutional equity. Allen said the Web site will create a positive image of the University for outside interest. “It can be a place where prospective students and parents can find out more information in this broad field ofdiversity,” she said. Reese added that the site will also be useful for current members of the Duke community. “For an internal audience I think it provides valuable information that can be used to stimulate creative thinking and strategies,” he said. “Hopefully individuals and departments will use our current efforts as a springboard.” Other committee members said they

hoped that students could contribute the continuing development of the site.

“I think that the best way to get the ideas into making this a truly useful site is for students and faculty to offer their ideas and input,” said Jacqueline Looney, associate vice provost for academic diversity.

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Union officers Tuesday night worked on an ad campaign to publicize various committees on buses.

DUU from page 3 Donnelly, a senior, noted that DUU needs to be an active member in responding to the interim report, especially as Duke is

currently holding open forums around campus regarding student social space. “We want to help make the decisions on renovating or creating the new West Union [Building] andßryan Centersocial spaces,” Donnelly said. “I don’t think students want more retail spaces, but more casual spaces that are run by students.... We want spaces that students will want to hang out in during the weekends.” Other topics discussed at the meeting

included a new bus-marketing strategy surrounding the theme “DUU is.” Each month, bus advertisements will highlight different Union committees. Members also talked about bringing a comedian to campus this Fall. The Union will continue looking into major events for the 2008-2009 year, including the return of a comedy group such as Second City, which came earlier this month, and a Broadway musical. Last on the agenda was a preview of the general body meeting, which will be held tonight at 8 p.m. The executive board members said the meeting would be important to get student feedback and new ideas for more programming thisyear.

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institute,” he said Saldivar will help increase the profile of Latino/a Studies and address the many issues facing the Latin American population, Mignolo said. “[He] will give us visibility not only in the nation and in the academic sphere, but he will help in the public

Duke,” Saldivar said He added that creating a certificate program will further emphasize Latino/a Studies’ multidisciplinary approach to Latino issues. A proposal is currently being discussed and hopefully will sphere through br titled dlurnewspapers be submitted “That is what we are looking and television,” ing the 2007-2008 said. academic Mignolo year, forward to —that Saldivar will “That is what we Saldivar said are looking forSnead Williams put us on the map” to—that ward said Ladno/a Walter Mignolo, professor Saldivar will put Studies, although us on the map.” currendy a “unit Senior Brian without clear staOvalle said stutus,” is planning dents and faculty are excited and “filled to apply to become an institute this coming year. She added, however, that Latino/a with a sense of hope” that Saldivar came to Duke. He added that the addition of Studies already sponsors events and conducts research. Saldivar will help attract more resources As an institute, Latino/a Studies would for Latino/a Studies. “[Saldivar] comes in as pretty wellbe better equipped to recruit high-profile known and... he has a lot of pull because faculty, Saldivar said. “It is understood that with the work he’s trying to develop an actual program,” that has been done since 1997 and my Ovalle said. “That was his vision when he was attracted to Duke—that Duke was makcoming upward as a director that the administration is very interested in giving ing a commitment to him to develop Laus official status as either a center or an tino/a Studies.” „

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Liz Janangelo stood near the South Lawn of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue last Friday, her sense of giddy excitement overwhelmed by the blistering sun. The 2006 Duke graduate must have appeared tired under the baking rays, because a coach from another school asked if she felt OK. “Oh no, I’m fine,” Janangelo replied. “This is old hat for us.” The coach looked perplexed before senior Jennifer Pandolfi explained. “This is her third time here.” Here meaning the White House—to be honored for two national championships, to meet President George W. Bush. Again. The Blue Devils’ day in Washington, D.C. was part of the biennial Sports Championship Day, a program that affords eight national champions the opportunity to visit the nation’s capitol and schmooze with the president. Members of the 2006 and 2007 NCAA tournament-winning squads—in addition to the current Duke freshmen and several staff members—attended the event. Before chatting for a few minutes with the Blue Devils, the president issued a greeting of, “Welcome back again,” referencing Duke’s prior trips to his home. In both his talk with the team and speech about the squads, Bush commented on the team’s large margin of victory in its last national championship, in spite of the gusting wind at the LPGA’s International Legends Course. SEE W. GOLF ON PAGE

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In light oflast weekend’s crushing 4643 loss to Navy, where missed kicks by starter Joe Surgan and backup Greg Meyers accounted for more than Duke’s margin of defeat, head coach Ted Roof was reminded all too well of his team’s recent history of an inconsistent kicking game. “If you look over the last few years—the last three years—if we’d have made our chip shots, how many more football games would we have won?” Roof said, “We’d be sitting here with an entirely different perspective.” Looking to avoid a similar outcome in this season’s remaining eight games, Roof and the Duke football program took some new steps in their search to find a solution at placekicker.

Monday, the team held an open tryout for students and athletes from other teams interested in the position. Additionally, Tuesday’s edition ofThe Chroniclecontained an advertisement stating that the team would hold open tryouts and that “individuals with field goal kicking experience” should apply, with “scholarship potential.” This tryout process seems to have already yielded results. Four kickers were invited back for Tuesday morning’s practice, but when asked how the potential walk-ons looked, Roof had one kicker’s number in mind. “Well, we had one kid, No. 96, that did SEE FOOTBALL ON PAGE 10

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Club rugby player Will Snyderw[ne will most likely travel to Miami with the football team as a kicker.

I know what you’re thinking. I’ve overheard some variation of the same conversation taking place all over campus the last two days, at least among those of us that aren’t VIPs or part of the “family”; Krzyzewskiville is finished. Another Duke tradition has been destroyed. The line monitors are power-hungry traitors. Long live the DukeCard revolution! Okay, so I made the last one up. But students everywhere seem to be really peeved galen a n about the proposed V(X ICIYI 15 111 dll changeS to the men’s basketball admission policy. And I openly admit that I was as incensed as anyone after hearing the news that they were doing away with the old system. Heck, I was even prepared to tide this column “Krzyzewskiville, Waiting Room for the Cameron Crazies, Is Dead at 21.” As a result, I decided to get a hold of Roberto Bazzani, the head line monitor, to see if he could shed some morie light on the proposed changes. What I found was that I had several misconceptions about the new policy that, once cleared up, actually made me a believer in the new system. Misconception 1: Last season was a fluke. After last year’s record-low undergraduate attendance, the athletic department demanded that changes be made to the admissions policy to ensure that there wouldn’t be any more empty seats in Cameron. I originally thought that last

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year’s poor crowds were more of an abnormality than anything else, the result ofa mediocre basketball team and a freshman class that just wasn’t that enthusiastic about basketball. However, Bazzani said that there has been a steady decline in men’sbasketball admissions over the last five years and that he believes that the culprit is the myth that it’s necessary to show up hours ahead of time just to get a crappy seat at the game. “The [new] system was designed for people who don’t want to be out there for a long time,” Bazzani said. “It wasn’t designed for the hard core people, because they’ll always be there.” In other words, because 100 morons decide to sleep outside on the sidewalk for a front-row seat for an exhibition game SEE VAISMAN ON PAGE 12

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a pretty good job,” Roof said. “Probably will have a chance to at least make the

trip [to Miami].” That No. 96 practice jerseywas worn by freshman Will Snyderwine, a Duke club rugby player. Snyderwine, who kicked in high school at Landon School in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, said that the practice was much closer to a real game

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It was not a repeat of last year by any stretch, but UNC-Wilmington still put up a fight for the first half. The No. 7 Blue Devils (6-2-0) headed into the intermisDUKE sion of their first season regular UNC-W game on the road with a slim 1-0 lead, but Duke ended up dominating the struggling Seahawks (1-5-1) Tuesday night, coming away with a 5-0 win. The shutout avenged the Blue Devils’ surprising home loss to UNC-W a year ago. Duke expected UNC-Wilmington to try and slow the game down by playing a more passive, defensive game. But the Seahawks had a different game plan and caught the Blue Devils off guard by pushing the ball offensively and keeping the pace of the game high throughout the first half. Mike Grella got Duke on the board in the 10th minute of play when he rattled the ball into the back of the net from the middle of the box. But the Blue Devils, who were averaging about 23 shots per game entering the contest, were held to a mere six attempts on net in the first half. “The rest of the half actually was pretty even—the statistics were very close,” head coach John Rennie said. Rennie attributed Duke’s lack of production to the somewhat unexpected defensive pressure employed by the Seahawks throughout the game. “They were playing very hard, very fastand aggressive,” Rennie said. “It certainly worked

situation than Monday’s informal tryout. “We just went full pads, kicked with them a bit, and we did a few things with the scout team,” Snyderwine said. “It was fun.” Despite’s Roofs decision to bring in walkon help, there are still a number ofin-house options that he would like to explore. Freshman punter Nick Maggio, who has experience at placekicker from his high school days, saw some reps in Tuesday’s practice. The native of Leawood, Kan. hit 64-of-68 PAT attempts in his senior season and holds his school’s field goal distancerecord with a 49-yarder. “He came out and hit it really good this morning,” Roof said of Maggio. “He came to me yesterday and said, T can make those things, give me a chance.’ So we did this morning, and he did [make them].” Roof said that by examining all of his options, he hopes to either push someone already on the roster to improve or unearth a diamond in the rough that can hit the chip shot field goals that Duke so desperately needs to win. And with three days of practice before his team hits the field at the Orange Bowl, Roof will wait as long as he can to make a decision on who his gameday starter will be. “Watch the pregame warmups, especially if that new kid does it,” Roof said. “See how he does in warmups. That’d be an interesting story, huh?”

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JoshuaBienenfeld and Duke extended a winning streak to three gameswith a 5-0 win at UNC-Wilmington. well for them for the first 45 minutes.” But UNC-W could not sustain its strategy and was incapable of keeping the Blue Devils from pulling away later in the game. “We thought if we kept the ball moving quickly they would get stretched, and they did,” Rennie said. “We had to play well because they were playing a very high-pressure game, and if we didn’t move the ball quicldy they would have two or three guys on us and win it.” Senior forward Paul Dudley scored on both ofhis shots on the night, notching his

fourth andfifth tallies of the season. His first goal came just five minutes into the second half and opened the offensive floodgates to drown the Seahawks. Reserves Joshua Medcalf and Brad Ramsey also scored to provide the game’s final margin. Defensively, Duke played freshman Doug Femer for the whole 90 minutes of regulation for the first time this season while senior goalkeeper Justin Papadakis had three saves to record his third shutout. The Blue Devils will attempt to make it four straight wins Friday at Clemson.

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projections. Additionally, there should be away to preserve the experience of waiting for a wristband game. Aside from personal check nights before UNC, I can’t think of a better time I had in K-Ville than in line before the Michigan State game in 2004 and the Maryland game in 2006. For those games, it seemed as if the entire school was out there and the anticipation was already sky-high for games that wouldn’t even be played until the next night. In the proposed policy, however, wristband games are gone. Bazzani said he will think about implementing some type ofsinglecolor wristband distribution for important, non-tenting games; since the Terrapin game will be a tenting game this year, this change would really only apply to Wisconsin, which is the biggest home matchup of the fall semester. At the end of the day, the only way this system will work is if people show up. If people continue to be more interested in Parizades and problem sets than they are in basketball, the line monitors will have less flexibility to prevent seats from being sold to strangers who don’t have ties to Duke. Hopefully this system will work because if not, I seriously fear for the future of the Cameron Crazies.

against NCCU, people assumed the only way to get in is to wait outside undl you develop frostbite. I found this to be a little curious, because one could often get in around dpoff, but apparendy the new system is designed to convince people that they don’t have to own a sleeping bag to get into a game. Misconception 2: Any unreserved spots in the student section will be given away or sold. In reality, the line monitors will reserve the right to determine the number of extra seats, if any, that the ticketing office can distribute to non-Duke students. For example, let’s say 900 of the 1200 spaces in the student section are reserved when the online validation system closes at midnight before the game. If die line monitors expect the attendance to be greater than 900, they can decide to keep a percentage —if not all—of the extra seats for walk-ups. Misconception 3: The online system will deter people from walking up to the game. On game day, the line monitors will check the validation of those in the reservation line with a wireless DukeCard reader. Aside from the security aspect oftins protocol, it will also allow the line monitors to post a running estimate of the total number of people that are actually in line for the game. So, if 700 of the 900 people with validations check in an hour before the game, people without reservations will see that there at least 200 walk-up slots available. Additionally, since the gates will still open 90 minutes before tip-off, walk-ins will be able to go right into the student section. It seems to me that this policy is trying out. The 500 or so die-hard fans who show up to every game will still get their great seats; if this new system provides the motivation to get the other 700 students into the building, then I’m all for it. Nevertheless, there is room for improvement in the policy. The system doesn’t work if a large number of people repeatedly register and then skip the game, If someone misses three or more games that they’ve validated for, they should have their reservation rights temporary suspended. People on “probation” will still be allowed to walk-up and attend the game, they just can’t reserve a seat for the next CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO two games or so. Not only will this stop abuse of the system, as people will be less likely to validate “just in case” they The Cameron Crazies will not need to wait in line as long this season want to go, but also will ensure a higher yield and more if the online validation system proposed by linemonitors is approved.

W. GOLF from page 9 Contrary to head coach Dan Brooks, who has now brought his teams to meet the president three times, Jen-

nie Lee was a newcomer to the historical charm of D.C. The junior did not sleep the night before—but standing in the White House’s Red Room, ajolt ofcaffeine was the last thing she needed. “When we were actually in the room to meet the president, I just couldn’t stand still,” Lee said. “I was so nervous. I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was just so excited —bouncing off the walls.” Fellow junior Amanda Blumenherst, the two-time defending National Player of the Year, was slightly more composed, even though she had not been to the tourist mecca since a fifth-grade field trip. On a tour of the East Wing, the history major was quick to appreciate the White House’s memorable quirks, such as pieces from every president’s china and the hanging portraits ofall the nation’s leaders. For veteran golfers like Janangelo and Pandolfi, the experience was for from new, but never stale. Not every college student—or athlete—earns the chance to visit the White House. One of the most thrilling parts of the return trip was observing the reactions of the non-seniors, Pandolfi said. “They were asking a lot of questions about what we were going to do,” she said. “I don’t think it gets old, going to the White House.” In case it did, one of Duke’s assistant coaches invited the president, a rumored 15-handicap, to play the Washington Duke Golf Club. Golfing is a typical presidential pastime, but it’s one that Bush has recently abandoned. He told the Blue Devils that he has vowed to stay off the links for the remainder of his term, saying he does not want the mother of a soldier in Iraq to see him hacking balatas while her son is in the trenches. Although the Blue Devils are the favorites to win this year’s national tide, they will not be greeted by Bush’s nowfamiliar Texas drawl should they bring another trophy back to Durham. Two years from now, Bush will be long gone and the White House will be inhabited by another president quite possibly former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. “It’d be neat if [Duke golfer] Andrew Giuliani’s dad becomes president,” Blumenherst said. “Then we can say, ‘Hey, we’re going to your house!’”

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home basketball games are no recent anomaly. They has shown an inexcusable dip are actually the continuation in recent years —a fact made ofa five-year trend of decline in basketball quite clear by former Duke editorial game attendance. UnStudent Government President Elliott Wolf derstandably the department in e-mails sent to the study had to act, and as a result we stand as the guinea pigs of a body last year. Whereas at one time stunew attendance policy. dents had to be squeezed The policy, a top-down into the bleachers, last year’s effort from the Athletics Debare wood in Cameron stood partment to DSC, essentially as testament to the declining proposes a validation system number ofCrazies. that lets students reserve a Most surprising and apspot in Cameron without palling, however, is the waiting in line for days. fact that we barely filled Before the die-hards critiup the Duke-UNC game cize, though, the system still last spring. Everyone in the guarantees that those who are walk-up line was admitted, willing to wait for the best seats which is unheard of. can obtain them by getting Indeed, the Athletics into line first along with their

online validation. In addition, K-ville is not going anywhere; the policies surrounding tenting remain the same. A negative stigma attached itself to basketball game admittance policy for the incoming freshmen last year, presenting the idea that it was virtually impossible to get into regular ACC matches without sacrificing days to ensure a spot. Obviously this was not the case, but it deterred many students nonetheless. The new policy will raise the awareness that admittance is possible, and highly likely. With this new validation system, moreover, a much-needed element of communication is introduced to the student body, but most importantly to the freshmen on East Campus. Because it originated from

the top, the new admittance

proposal could have easily

turned contentious. After all, it essentially constitutes administration meddling in historically student-runaffairs. However, DSC and the Line Monitor Committee have succeeded in hammering out the logistics, encouraging feedback and molding the policy into something that can achieve its ultimate goal of getting more Crazies in Cameron, and for that they should be commended. That said, the policy has received its fair share of criticism—the type ofcriticism we hear voiced just about every Fall. The bottom line is that when dealing with Duke basketball, debate is inevitable. The enterprise of Duke basketball and the Cameron

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Duke University Union President Katelyn Donnelly, a senior, on disagreements with Graduate and Professional Student Council Tuesday night over a proposed student activity fee increase. See story page 5.

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Crazies is founded on tradition, and meddling with this tradition is a big change that will require the open mindsof a lot of students. The administration paralleled this policy to that of“other” schools, but Cameron and Duke basketball is its own unique entity that has no parallel. Nonetheless, we give a tentative thumbs-up to DSC and the Line Monitor Committee for turning something that was dumped on their laps from above into an effective policy that has potential to increase attendance in Cameron, something that we all want Before criticizing the new policy too harshly, remember diat as students, we essentially brought this change on ourselves. Start filling up Cameron.

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haven’t faced this issue in recent elections. Before the 2000 election, President George W. Bush was the presumptive nominee, having secured the blessings of most ofthe party’s moneymen and dons; Senator John McCain’s Straight Talk Express was, in retrospect, little more than a sideshow to the inevitable outcome. In contrast, next year’s nomination is a wideopen affair. Republicans have a veritable smorgasbord of options—ranging from thrice-married exNew York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to former Sen. Fred Thompson (better known as “Law & Order”’s Arthur Branch), to former fatman and Arkansas governor. Mike Huckabee. And lest his rabid supporters be offended by his omission, there is also the eccentric Texas representative Ron Paul. Although there are at least nine high-profile Republicans seeking the nomination, by most metrics, the race is really between Romney, Giuliani, Thompson and perhaps McCain. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, fabulously wealthy in his own right, has thus far led the pack in fundraising. Streamlined, efficient and innovative, his entire campaign has in fact outwardly bom the mark of his background in management consulting (BCG, then Bain, to all you aspiring consultants out there). He has also pursued an aggressive media strategy, hitting the airwaves not only in the early states but also in places such as Florida. In all of this, Romney has attempted to position himself as the field’s most viable true social conservative. Despite his best efforts, however, Romney has been unable to make much of a dent in the polls. Although he leads in lowa (at an average 30.8 percent), New Hampshire (27.5 percent) and Michigan (26.3 percent), nationally he remains something of a non-entity: the Real Clear Politics national poll average has Romney at an anemic 9.1 percent. Romney’s campaign is quick to point out that if he wins the early states, he’ll begin to build the sort of momentum necessary to clinch the nomination and raise

his national profile. Although there may be a kernel of truth in that statement, Romney’s Mormon faith is likely to be a burden in coming months, hurting him with both the party base and the electorate at large. According to a recent Pew survey, 25 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaners would be less likely to vote for a Mormon; among the broader electorate, the same survey found that voters would be less willing to vote for only an atheist or a Muslim candidate. Running in 1960, Kennedy had to reiterate that he was an American first and a Catholic second, that he would not govern beholden to some distant pontiff; Romney too must show that he is not beholden to a faith many Americans do not understand or even trust Meanwhile, Giuliani performs most strongly in head-to-head polls when matched against Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama and John Edwards. Yet he has received an at-best tepid reception among social conservatives; many of the most prominent have said they could never vote for him and will urge their supporters not to do so either. Thus Giuliani may be able to win the election, but it may be a moot point if he cannot win the nomination. If nominated, however, I suspect social conservatives will hold their noses and support him—especially if the alternative is Hillary. And then there’s Fred. The former senator from Tennessee finally entered the race over Labor Day, having flirted with the electorateall summer. He had been positioning himself as the true conservative with a shot at winning, but has since been sharply disappointed. aFocus on the Family founder James Dobson came out claiming he would never be able to support Thompson (which raises the question of who he could support). Thompson has also yet to disprove the notion he’s lazy—a notion reinforced by his unofficial campaigning via the Internet while his competition sweated it out in lowa’s cornfields. It’s uncertain whether the party’s nostalgia for actors-tumed-politicians can outweigh more serious concerns about his candidacy. It’s not that the Republican Party lacks for options, merely that the party has yet to commit itself to a candidate. The ostensible argument for this indecision is that there are no true, viable conservatives. Ironically, the best orator, and perhaps the best campaigner, of the bunch is Arkansas’s Mike Huckabee (who many believe is a better speaker than another boy from Hope), yet he is simply too conservative for the nation to elect. As lowa’s caucuses grow nearer, and Clinton’s commanding lead in the Democratic primaries likely grows, rank-and-file Republicans will come to see that this is no time for ideological purity; they’ll line up behind the one they think can win. GillStevens is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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Eyes on Burma

Why Duke?

have a question: If you could do it all over again, would you still choose Duke? Sometimes I wonder if I’ve made the right choice. It’s not that Duke is awful or anything, but I often feel like I drag a $160,000 anchor around with me, like I face higher expectations because of all that capital put into my noggin. «»i And what did that hundred sixty grand buy me that I could not have gotten elsewhere and for much less—for “Good Will **s#* couple of bucks in r jr—. late fees at the public library? I receive a pretty swank deeverson gree, which should theoretically one fine morning guarantee me a nice job. Yet as I write this mid-job search, it’s becoming pretty clear that whatever the Duke name gets me, my relatively low GPA cancels out. I’m about in the middle of my class, which is not altogether unrespectable but also not likely to flabbergast future employers. Yet I probably could have been an academic stud at another college, as I was in high school. I feel confident that my GPA would have been a few tenths higher at a less rigorous school, so I figure my career opportunities here versus anywhere else are pretty much a wash On top of that, Duke is almost certainly less fun than most public schools. The nightlife isn’t as busy, the bar scene is practically nonexistent and about half of the student body does not go out, ever. And, don’t forget, most of the administration is pretty incompetent. Residence Life and Housing Services, Parking and Transportation, even the Career Center all seem to be low on resources and common sense. Until I can staple a document at any ePrint station 100 percent of the time, park and walk to class in under 15 minutes and receive a valuable piece of advice from the Career Center other than “be emotionally prepared to be unemployed upon graduation,” I will remain unimpressed. Of course we do have great athletics—basketball, obviously, but most of our other teams are competitive as well. It’s nice to hear about us playing in the national championship of some sport or another, although I’ve never watched a sporting event besides basketball. There are two wild cards in all of this whining; the student body and our education. The constant refrain surrounding our student body is that we are apathetic: politically, morally and intellectually. There is some truth to that claim; as a group we do not rally or demonstrate for many ideals. It is often disconcerting when I feel strongly about something and everyone around me seemingly ignores it. But a lack of activism is not necessarily a bad thing. Demonstrations require a clear decision ofright and wrong. Our recent history points to the damage done by vocal protests based on too little information. Although we may constantly be accused ofarrogance by outsiders, I believe our apparent apathy reflects a sort of humility, a recognition that the great majority ofissues require an open, inductive approach. It is easy to forget that Duke is composed of pretty special students. Eventually, we become accustomed to the level of intelligence exhibited at Duke. Heading abroad or back home from Duke can be a bumpy voyage and a startling reminder that the intellectual life outside our campus is very different. But rather than serving as an evil bubble, I think Duke’s academic community is essential to our education. Our education, the second wild card listed above, is difficult to measure. For every truly engaging lecture or discussion I attend, there is another terribly boring one. Our reputation might guarantee good professors, but it does not guarantee that they are good teachers or that they will remain engaged in the intellectual lives of their students when faced with impending grant deadlines. Instead, the quality of courses seems to wax and wane, depending not only on the professor but also on the commitment of the students. It is in classes that the apathy of my fellow students becomes the most detrimental. When a professor’s reasonable question (and not all of them are reasonable) is met with silence, I cannot help feeling disappointed. Overall, I am ambivalent about the quality of our courses, especially since I can only guess what classes elsewhere might be like. So the question returns: Was Duke the right choice? I am not prepared to answer thaft question for you or myself. There are too many uncertainties and unknowns. All I know is that, once you decide to come here, you must work your very hardest to make your time here the best it can possibly be. Because $160,000 buys a heavy anchor. ’

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Jordan Everson is a Trinity senior. His column runs every

Wednesday.

Google

“Burma” and you will find (1) stories about

But now, at a time of humongous uncertainty, the government issued threats against die advancing monks. There are rumors that it would send men disguised as pro-democracy rising monks, instigating violence so that the military mayjustiis about to face—what fire in the name of “peace and stability.” fiably Commentary many dread—aTiananThat’s whyI am writing, trying to channel this highicn-si ie cracl lown energy anxiety by slapping my keyboard instead of It all started in Aupulling my hair out. gust when the Burmese military junta quintupled fuel If the Burmese government waited a whole week prices overnight. Surprise, surprise, I thought. This had without crushing the movement, it is probably because almost become the signature move by one of world’s the world is watching. Perhaps China, winning a messy most repressive, impulsive regimes. reputation by propping the Sudanese regime, prefers In the days and weeks that followed, small groups of some peace and quiet from its neighbor. protesters took to the streets. How brave, risking jail and I am writing for your attention. Let’s not wait until torture like that, I relished. Then last week, in face of the news screams later reporting an increasing numgovernment resistance things took a sharp, momentous ber ofcasualties. Because no one has to die. If internaturn. Thousands of monks marched through Yangon, tional attention is what’s keeping the Burmese governdemanding economic reforms and democracy. Then ment in check, let’s give them more ofit. 500 walked right into Aung San Suu Kyi’s house, greetI am not asking for letters or donations. (You all ing the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is must be busy with the Darfur, Jena 6 and other social also the symbol of democracy and peace in the eyes of justice movements already.) I only ask that you learn 50 million Burmese. The demonstration grew to 20,000 more about it. Go ahead. Google “Burma.” Check out Sept. 23,100,000 on the 24th, then up to 300,000 on the YouTube videos. Tell someone about it. Discuss. 25th. Even the nuns joined in. I couldn’t believe my eyes But how, you may ask, is it more important than any and ears. Perhaps my country will be free soon! other sufferings around the world? What should you I have always hated introducing Burma with a launcare about this one? dry list of notorieties—world’s largest child soldier army, Honesdy, I don’t know. Except that I have been part forced labor, torture, ethnic cleansing, human trafficking, of the Duke family. I have shared my stories with some heroin trade, AIDS, rape, etc.... In the book “Tyrants: The ofyou. I have carried my passion around West Campus World’s 20 Worst Living Dictators,” Burma’s Than Shwe Plaza, East Campus and Social Sci. I have danced in ranked No. 3, just after Sudan’s Al-Bashir and North Kotribute to Burmese refugees at the Lunar NewYear last rea’s Kim. Barely 20 years ago, a nationwide wave of prospring. I hope that, through me, you will feel persondemocracy protest resulted in at least 3,000 deaths, when ally connected to the mission ofmy people. the military shot indiscriminately into the demonstrating Go now. Google it. Keep our eyes on Burma. crowd consisting of mainly students and monks. Since then it ignored theresults ofa fair election, where The guest columnist, Trinity ’O7, is a native ofBurma. She Aung San Suu Kyi could have led the new nation as prime asked to remain anonymous in order to protect the safely ofher minister. I was barely conscious when it all happened. family, which still lives in the country.

Angelinajolie’s wanting to adopt a Burmese baby girl, then (2) news that the month-long peaceful ,

letterstotheeditor Line policy changes seem misguided The proposal of a change to the basketball line policy seems misguided and inches closer towards a lottery system. The purpose of a “first-come, firstserve” line is to ensure the fans that want to go the most, get in the games they want to attend. Having electronic sign-ups and arrival time 60 minutes prior could worsen our current system. Lotteries are used at larger public schools like NCSU and UNCbecause their student bodies are too large. This isalso why you can watch their home games on TV and see that their fans are consistendy softer and less fanatical than theCameron Crazies. Lotteries do not ensure the best fans get into the game, and in the future these changes could hurt the atmosphere in Cameron. Last year our attendance was much lower because our team wasn’t as good as previous years, and we lost two stars—JJ. Redick and Sheldon Williams. It was not because the current policy reduces attendance. I have attended games for three years, and not once did I feel that the line policy was severely flawed. My friends at public colleges gripe over not being able to attend a basketball game because they didn’t sign up in time, or didn’t get picked in the lottery. Do we really want to move in this direction with Duke basketball, straying away from our beloved traditions? If this proposal is accepted, I at least hope they reserve it for non-conference games where attendance is low, because it could change our formidable atmosphere for home ACC contests.

Zachary Robbins Trinity ’OB Have your say on new line policy On Monday, Duke Student Government announced a proposed new basketball lineup policy. According to Sunny Kantha, DSG vice president of athletics and campus services, and Head line Monitor Roberto Bazzani,

the policy was presented by Atheltic Department members and refined by line monitors and the DSG vice president for athletics and campus services, my definition of “behind closed doors.” I metwithKantha lastweek to express my concerns; although he took some suggestions into account, the policy is still too questionable to blindly pass without more campus-wide discussion. Thus, I formed the Facebook group “Protest Changes to the Duke Basketball Lineup Policy” to share my concerns. Here, I received comments from both Kantha and Bazzani: Kantha clarified that the plan includes a near real-time count of the line, while forming. This was one suggestion and I’m glad to see it adopted. I expressed concerns that diehard fans may be shutout of validation due to computer problems or people validating “just in case,” Bazzani replied, “There are over 56 hours of time to validate so it should not be a problem for those that want to be first in validating and in line,” dodging the question. Bazzani states, “Finally, this plan was brought to us by the Athletic Dept.” Unless DSG is being forced to adopt this policy, they should consider it on its own merit, rather than defer responsibility to another group. This, along with Bazzani’s statement—“I know the validation system looks daunting and like a terrible idea. Trust me, when this was first presented I was completely against it It was less than a week since I hadbeen appointed head line monitor and they dropped this bombshell on me”—show a lack of confidence. I see no reason to give something potentially dangerous and far-reaching “a chance,” as Bazzani requests, before a thorough consideration ofall potential pitfalls—and not just by those who created it. Join theFacebook group, read my concerns about the policy, then think hard about it If you have something to say, come to the DSG meeting today; be heard.

Barry Wright Trinity ’O9

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