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Between last Saturday’s emotional comeback victory over N.C. State and Duke’s upcoming blockbuster matchup against No. 1 North Carolina Saturday, it would be easy to overlook Virginia. The Cavaliers, who host the Blue Devils at 7 p.m. tonight at John Paul JonesArena, rank near the bottom of the conference so far this season. No. 6 Duke (25-3, 12-2 in the ACC) had no problem with Virginia (14-13, 4-10) when the two squads met Jan. 13 in Cameron Indoor Stadium,

ia game is just even bigger right now in terms of winning the ACC championship.” Despite showing promise last year, Virginia has failed to build on its previous success, falling just short of victory on multiple occasions this season. Especially considering that Duke has struggled as of late against weaker ACC teams, though, the Blue Devils have learned that every opponent poses a legitimate threat. “They have an all-league guard in Sean Singletary—he’ll be our

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The Board of Trustees approved a revamped master plan for Central Campus Saturday, giving the go-ahead for construction along Campus Drive and aiming to integrate Central with East and West campuses, administrators said Tuesday. Lead architect Cesar Pelli’s plan incorporates a broad vision of the 200-acre campus and moves the locus of development farther south than previous plans. The design phase is expected to take another six months, with infrastructure work beginning in 2009 and buildings opening in early 2011, according to a statement.

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winning overwhelmingly 87-65. It remains the Blue Devils’ biggest margin of victory in an ACC contest this year. But by no means is Duke stuck reveling in the past or thinking a game ahead. The Blue Devils also cannot afford to look past a Cavaliers squad that came one point away from upsetting the Tar Heels Feb. 12 and two points from taking down surging Miami Saturday. “Our last game is far behind us—we’ve played it, we’ve watched the tape and it’s in the past now—it’s in the winning column,” sophomore Gerald Henderson said. “Obviously, the Carolina game is going to be a big game for us, but this Virgin-

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“The key difference here is that it’s not a separate campus,” said Dean of Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki. “It takes one of our two islands—West—and expands it, so in the future... there will be no ‘Central Campus.’” Nowicki said the new plan will enhance housing, dining, academic and social opportunities within five regions of development: the West Union District, the Gothic Neighborhood, the New Edens Neighborhood, the Garden Neighborhood and the Arts District. He also confirmed that the University will construct a fourth side to Keohane Quadrangle. The new plan constitutes Phase I of what is expected to be a 50- to 75-year project of reinventing Duke’s campus.

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An artist's rendering shows thesouthward shiftofCentralCampus planning towardCampus Drive and the Nasher (foreground). No decisionsabout building placement have been made.

Although Pelli’s firm, Pelli Clarke Pelli, will continue working on the overarching development of the campus, other architects will design specific buildings, allowing for a more diverse campus framework, officials said. Nowicki has authored a 20-page report, “Uniting Old and New: A Vision for the Integrated Development of Duke’s West and Central Campus,” outlining how elements of the plan can contribute to students’ overall experience. “The campus would become

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“Rain, sleet or snow, the buses must go.” And despite a fallen tree, winds of 37 miles per hour and a tornado watch in the area, Night Transit Supervisor William Evans’ statement held true Tuesday night. A tree collapsed around 10 p.m. Tuesday, rendering Chapel Drive impassible until 15 students led an effort to move the tree at around 11:45 p.m. In addition to bus difficulties, the storm caused a wireless outage across West Campus. Although the Office of Information Technology’ Web site

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their Central Campus apartment. “Suddenly this thing flies out of the kitchen. We’re both freaking out, running around.... Eventually we run out of the apartment,” Patterson said. “[Then we] peek in... and see that it’s a bat.” For Patterson, a senior, and other students who say they have encountered bats on Central within the past year, the problem isn’t just getting the animal out of their

a continuous chain of residential areas, punctuated by jewels of interesting and highly interactive spaces each with its own character, and each serving as a nucleus of activity where diverse segments of the community can find connection,” Nowicki wrote in the report. Although “Uniting Old and New” was born in part out of the February 2007 Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee

Cars and a bus wait in therain on Chapel Drive, blocked by a fallen tree. Winds of 37 mph knocked down trees and buffeted students Tuesday night.

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WASHINGTON Hillary Rodham Clinton scored comeback primary wins in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island Tuesday night, denting Barack Obama’s delegate lead in a riveting Democratic presidential race. Arizona Sen. John McCain, an unflinching supporter of the war in Iraq, clinched the Republican nomination. Clinton’s three triumphs ended a month of defeats for die former first lady, and she told Jubilant supporters, “We’re going on, we’re going strong and we’re going all the way.” Obama won the Vermont primary, and sought to counter Clinton’s claims that the night had been a race-altering event. “We have nearly the same delegate lead as we did this morning and we are on our way to winning this nomination,” he told supporters in Texas. The two rivals also competed for support in caucuses in Texas that began 15 minutes after the state’s primary polls closed. Both Democrats called McCain—a Senate colleague —to congratulate him on his triumph in the Republican race. The 71-year-old Arizona senator surpassed the 1,191 delegates needed to win his party’s nomination, completing a remarkable comeback that began in the snows of New Hampshire eight weeks ago. President George W. Bush invited him to lunch—and an endorsement—at the White House Wednesday. “We are in Iraq, and our most vital security interests are involved there,” said McCain at a victory celebration nearly a decade in the making. McCain’s last remaining major rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, conceded defeat after a campaign that included a stunning victory in the leadoff lowa caucuses Jan. 3. “My commitment to him and the party is to do everything possible to unite our party, but more important to unite our country so that we can be the best we can

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Sen. John McCain speaks after clinching the Republican presidential nomination inTuesday's primaries. be,” Huckabee said in Irving, Texas, Clinton won the Rhode Island primary with more man 58 percent of the vote. But Ohio and Texas were the big trophies of the night, rich in delegates and according to former President Bill Clinton —must-win states for his wife. Her share of the Ohio vote was 55 percent in nearly complete returns, and she was winning nearly 51 percent in Texas. Obama was gaining roughly 60 percent of the Vermont vote. In the four-state competition for delegates, Clinton picked up at least 100, to at least 77 for Obama. Nearly 200 more remained to be allocated for the night, 163 of them in the Texas primary and caucuses. Obama had a total of 1,466 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates, according —

the Associated Press count. He picked up three superdelegate endorsements Tuesday, Clinton had 1,376 delegates. It takes 2,025 to win the nomination. With their remarks, first Clinton, then Obama, sought to frame the race in the best possible terms for their own campaigns. “They call Ohio a bellwether state, the battleground state. It’s a state that knows how to pick a president and no candidate in recent history, Democrat or Republican, has won the White House without winning the Ohio primary,” the former first lady said in Columbus. Moments later, Obama stepped to the microphone in San Antonio. He said the outcome of the Texas primary might not be known until Wednesday, and he all but conceded defeat in Ohio. Either way, he added, it was the delegates that mattered. to

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As an elite university, Duke aims for academic and moral improvement of its students. But are the fresh-faced students who enter Duke each year leaving it in worse health four years later? It turns out the combined impact of Duke’s social scene, dining options and academic pressure on students’ health may not be as much as they believe. Although students have voiced'concerns relating to sleeping habits and nutrition on campus, Director of Health Promotion Franca Alphin said the issue is not more problematic at Duke than at other universities. “I don’t think Duke students are any more unhealthy than other college students,” she said. “As with any other school, the things that are highlighted are the things that are most problematic like drinking and food issues,” Freshman Karan Chhabra said certain things may be Duke-specific, such as tenting and a more vibrant social scene, but other aspects of a possibly unhealthy lifestyle are characteristic of college students in general. “I’m sure it would be similar at any place as competitive as Duke,” he said. “But tough schedules and tough coursework make me have to let go of some other priorities like sleep, exercise and eating three normal meals.” Some gripes are common. Students on East Campus are limited to the First Year Board Plan, which includes a set number of meals at the Marketplace and 415 food points or fewer. For freshmen who spend most of their time on West Campus or simply cannot find food to suit their tastes, unhealthy meals are inevitable, Chhabra said. “I don’t eat meat or McDonald’s or much Cookout. And I skip breakfasts at the Marketplace because they’re boring,” he said, adding that he periodically receives packages ofhomemade meals from his mother in New Jersey. Unlike Chhabra, freshman Laurel Sisler eats at the Marketplace regularly, but said she has trouble finding healthy options there. “I could go on and on about how the Marketplace is

unhealthy,” she said. “They just cook with a lot of unnecessary oil. I guess they think it tastes good when they’re cooking such large amounts, but they make it unnecessarily unhealthy—like pasta that would be decently healthy is drowning in oil.” Honing healthy habits on campus is still a work in progress, Alphin said. She noted that the University’s partnership with Bon Appetit—the company that provides catering to both the Great Hall and the Marketplace—has helped offer healthier options for students, but Duke still has a long way to go. Despite the limited options, sophomore Michael Worsman said there are ways around unhealthy choices. “When I first came to Duke, I found it extremely difficult to stay healthy, and I didn’t realize how easy it would SEE HEALTH ON PAGE 6

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The Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows will receive additional funding next year to cover scholars’ room, board and mandatory fees, University administrators announced Tuesday. The increased funding will be given to all current and future students in the Angier B. Duke, Benjamin N. Duke, Reginaldo Howard and University Scholarship programs beginning next academic year. Currently only the Trinity Scholarship program covers nontuition costs. “I’m thrilled,” OUSF Director Melissa Malouf said. “It would make us much more competitive with the Ivies and Stanford [University].” James Roberts, executive vice provost for finance and administration, wrote in an e-mail that funding for the additional costs will come from an endowment-spending increase for financial aid the Board ofTrustees approved this weekend. He noted that support for scholarships will increase SEE SCHOLARS ON PAGE 8

Gottlieb leaves DPD Sgt. Mark Gottlieb, a lead investigator for theDuke lacrosse case, has resigned from the Durham Police Department for personal reasons, officials said Tuesday. “I did not ask him to leave,” Chiefjose

Lopez toldThe (Raleigh) News & Observer. “I wasn’t looking for his resignation.” Lopez said Gottlieb, who joined the department in 1992, finished his last day Sunday, but did not say when he had tendered his resignation. Gottlieb is currently listed as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by the three exonerated lacrosse players.

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sity will not immediately replace Central apartments but will use the facilities, which currently house 1,000 students, as swing space during West Campus renovations. “However, the University is committed to demolishing the apartments as soon as practicable,” Executive Vice President Tailman Trask said in the statement. The University is considering tearing down or repurposing dormitories in Edens Quadrangle, in addition to building the new wing for Keohane Quad, which may feature suite-style living, Nowicki said. He noted that the new plan embraces crossgenerational interaction, facilitating living for sophomores, juniors and seniors

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tered across new West’s neighborhoods, with 40 percent of beds allocated for social selective living and 20 percent available for theme houses. The remaining 40 percent will comprise unaffiliated students, who will be able to cluster in relatively large groups of blocks. Blocking options will also permit co-ed groups.

for dining in all districts, adding signature restaurants or coffee shops. It projects that 60 percent of all dining will take place in the West Union District, with the remaining 40 percent of dining split evenly between the New Edens District and the Garden Neighborhood and Arts District.

Social Life “Uniting Old and New” describes engaging social life through a “street scene” to draw students out of their rooms to interact. The report notes the importance of encouraging students to remain connected to campus and hosting regular community activities. [The street scene] is ideal for developing an inclusive environmentwhere students can cross boundaries of race, gender [and] socioeconomic class,” the report states. The plan envisions new opportunities

The comprehensive plan uses the Sarah P. Duke Gardens and the Nasher Museum of Art as cornerstones of the new campus, with hopes that the setup will contribute to community interaction. “We are excited about the plan’s overall vision because we believe its emphasis on the arts will bring more members of the Durham community to campus,” Phail Wynn, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, said in the

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Representatives from both NCTA and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will be available at the Pre-Hearing Open house between the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to answer questions and receive comments relative to the proposed project. The opportunity to submit written comments or questions will also be provided. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the above mentioned hours. A formal presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will consist of an explanation of the proposed corridor location, design features, the state federal relationship, and right of way and relocation requirements and procedures. The hearing will be open to those present for statements, questions and comments. The presentation and comments will be recorded and a transcript will be prepared. -

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The NCTA proposes to construct a six-lane, median-divided freeway facility on new location, known locally as the Triangle Parkway. The NCTA proposes to construct the Triangle Parkway as a tolled facility. The northbound and southbound lanes will be divided by a 46 foot grass median. Triangle Parkway is located in southern Durham County and western Wake County, predominately within Research Triangle Park. Triangle Parkway is proposed as a fully-access controlled roadway to extend about 3.4 miles in length from NC 540 to 1-40. New interchanges are proposed at Davis Drive and Hopson Road. The project includes about 1.7 mites of widening in the median of northbound NC 147 from 1-40 to TW. Alexander Drive. As part of the Triangle Parkway project, the NCTA is also proposing to construct a two-lane bridge over the Triangle Parkway to re-connect Kit Creek Road between Davis Drive and Church Street. This project component is referred to as the Kit Creek Road Connector. In addition, the outside lane of eastbound NC 540 from NC 55 to the Triangle parkway will be widened by one-lane and thetwo-lane flyover interchange ramp from eastbound NC 540 to northboundTriangle Parkway will be widened to threelanes in the future when traffic demand requires these improvements. The purpose of the project is to improve commuter mobility, accessibility and connectivity to Research Triangle Park employment center; and reduce congestion on existing north-south routes that serve the Triangle Region, primarily NC 55 and NC 54. Additional right of way and therelocation of homes will be required for this project.

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HEALTH from page 3 be to gel out of shape and eat unhealthily,” he said. “But as soon as I got into the swing of things, it got easier.” In addition to changes in diets, Alphin said students begin to sleep less after their first semester. “Sleep is really at the crux of all health issues,” she said, adding that students can feel overwhelmed more easily or make poor dining choices due to a lack of sleep. These effects can then lead to depression, weight gain or poorer health over time, Alphin noted. Chhabra, however, said sleeping patterns stem from habits prior to college, and students who have more reasonable schedules may sleep more than those who start early and end late. To help students make healthier dining

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but calorie and fat information will not be provided directly at the time of purchase. “There is no definitive research that giving everyone calorie and fat-gram information is the best thing to do because people misinterpret the information,” she said. “Students will misconstrue the information and might be more restrictive in their decisions.” She noted that there is more to healthy eating than just calories and fat-grams and that information could mislead students about what is healthy and what is not. Still, Alphin said students will leave Duke “perfectly healthy.” “What you have to look for are risk factors in someone else’s life,” she said. “If that student is not that healthy to begin with, then they are more likely to be unhealthy

provided advance warning of “sporadic” wireless connectivity throughout Tuesday, there was no indication that connectivity would be lost altogether. It was unclear exacdy when wireless service went out, but Stephanie Ford, evening reference librarian and supervisor, said Perkins Library had lost wireless by 8:00 p.m. and had not regained it by midnight. As a result of the fallen tree, a 20-car backup blocked almost all of Chapel Drive from the tree near the end of the road to the West bus stop. A Duke University Police Department officer on the scene said assistance had been called and officers were simply waiting for appropriate equipment to arrive. “We need a chainsaw,” Evans said at 9:45 p.m. “We need a chainsaw so we can

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get the traffic moving.” There were still no signs of professionals on the scene at 11:45 p.m., when students created a path on the side of the road and over the sidewalk for cars to pass the fallen tree. Initially, bus drivers responded to the situation by using a C-4 bus to transport students from the West bus stop to the blockage, where a second bus waited to shelter students. A C-l bus then picked up students at the traffic circle and transported them to both East and Central campuses. Because Chapel Drive is not wide enough for buses to make U-tums, the C-4 was forced to reverse to travel up the road to the bus stop. “It wasn’t your typical East to West ride,” said freshman Kim Gajewski, who was returning to East when the tree fell. Emmeline Zhao and Galen Vaisman contributed reporting to this story.

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apartment —it’s the threat of rabies. “Aw snap, ‘lt’s a bat’” Residence Life and Housing Services did not make her aware of the rabies threat but told her she could not kill the Junior Rob Ketner said he and his roommate were sitting in their Central apartment one day over the summer batbecause some species are endangered, Patterson recalled. when they noticed a dead bat on “The friends who had offered us the floor. a place to stay the night before kept “RLHS needs to get its act Ketner said he called RLHS, freaking out about rabies,” she said. and that far-fetched they sent over a maintenance they “I thought was so It’s almost like until [officials of the Durham Counemployee who “wanted to throw know Central is going to get the bat away.” Ketner and his ty] Animal Control came. I looked rabies online which is a up great way torn down, so they don’t want roommate stopped the employee from releasing the bat so they to scare yourself.” to do anything.” could have it tested for rabies. An Animal Control official said The tests came back negative. bat inside the home confinding a —Rob Ketner, Central resident But when juniors Osagie stitutes an emergency due to the risk of rabies, which is a fatal disease. Ighile and Mark Uh, Ketner’s neighbors, found a bat in their The organization advises individuals with prolonged exposure to a bat and who might apartment, the same employee let it go, the students said. “I was getting ready to go to work one day, and I see a live have been bitten without their knowledge to get the rabies bat in my kitchen sink, and I’m like, what the crap? So I call vaccination. “They’ve got teeny tiny little teeth,” said Lt. Melinda RLHS,” Ighile recalled. “I was like aw snap, ‘lt’s a bat.’” Both Ighile and Uh had to get rabies shots. Duarte, field supervisor for the Durham County Animal “That RLHS guy, gave them the choice, either pay for the shots or risk dying,” Ketner said. Uh and Ighile went to RLHS officials to ask that they help pay for the shots, which cost approximately $5,000 before insurance, but RLHS refused, Uh said. “They were straight-up mean to us,” Uh said. “Their attitudes were like, ‘lt was your fault’ Me and my roommate are not retards. We would have known if a bat flew in.” The University’s standard procedure for dealing with a bat in student living quarters is to call Animal Control so they can capture the bat and have it tested for rabies, John Duncan, the facility manager for Central apartments, wrote in an e-mail. He added that, in the 22 years he has worked at Duke, he had never heard of a bat testing positive. “For a bat to get it, they would have to bite something that had rabies hi the blood,” Duncan said. “It’s not like there’s a vampire bat.. I don’tknow how they would get it” Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director of housing services, said he was unaware of the incidents over the summer, but added that students should not be afraid of bats. “We do have them all around the area and they are harmless to humans, but great for ridding the area of flying insects,” Hull wrote in an e-mail. “Gready misunderstood creatures.” Ighile, Patterson and Uh said they were frustrated that RLHS officials kept insisting that they must have left their doors open. The students added that they thought the bats might have gotten into their apartments through the ventilation systems or through holes in the apartments’ roofs. “RLHS needs to get its act together,” Ketner said. “It’s almost like they know Central is going to get torn down, so they don’t want to do anything. They just view it as dead weight and they don’t want to deal with it.”

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from $36,065 to $47,985 per student per year. The $11,920 increase will cover room, board and mandatory fees—which includes the student health fee, recreation fee and Duke Student Governmentand Duke University Union fees. Scholars said they were delighted to hear the announcement and said the change will help attract talented students. “It’s very generous of the University to approve this grant,” sophomore B.N. Duke scholar Cynthia Chen said. “In the past, we’ve always had one or two students who have committed to another university. I think this will act as an additional draw. It will be a great asset.” JuniorUniversity scholarWei Gan noted that the change is necessary. “It’s about time,” she said. “The meal plan and rooming costs are so overpriced. My parents still have to pay $lO,OOO a year on top of the scholarship.” Malouf said she submitted a proposal to the Office of the Provost in January and requested funding to cover room, board and mandatory fees in place of alternatives such as increasing the number of scholars or programs. She added that the new funding is another way to attract students who may not apply to Duke because they do not think they can afford it. “Economic diversity is an important piece of the diversity pie, and it can only make the scholarship program and the Duke undergraduate community more exciting and interesting,” she said. Freshman A.B. Duke scholar Nick Altemose said he thinks the change will help Duke “out-compete” recent financial aid initiatives at other institutions.

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For hundreds of Duke co-eds, only three nights of sleeping together remain before the big game against No. 1 North Carolina Saturday. With time running out, I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss some K-ville fantasies. (No, people, this is not one of those publications.) I’m talking, of course, about sports fantasies. Those dream scenarios we’ve all hoped to be a part of either MB as an athlete, which B regrettably for many of us is now physically impossible, or as an matthew observer, which is one of the few instances ilpe where society approves ofliving vicariously through others. For some, it was rushing the court when Sean Dockery hit that ridiculous 45-footer—the sequence of sounds inside Cameron Indoor was silence, the buzzer, the ball raiding in off the rim, and finally complete chaos. For others, it was seeing your friend from Boston react when David Tyree made one of the single greatest catches in Super Bowl history, and then laughing as he stprmed out of the room after Plaxico Burress hauled in the gamewinner. For me, thankfully, I’ve been able to enjoy both of those, and more. But then a couple weeks ago, I was introduced to a whole slew of other sports fantasies. The kinds that are completely insane and good only for a few chuckles and a lot of debate. The man who opened up this brand new perspective was none other than Will Ferrell, or as I should say, Ron Burgundy. The “journalist” interviewed Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams during a comedy show in Chapel Hill. (I know, I know, forgive me. I went only to conduct research.) Anyway, with one poignant, dare I say bold, question, Burgundy unlocked a brand new way of thinking for me. I’ll let SEE ILES ON PAGE

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Life is all about finding balance, juggling various activities and desires. Long-distance running is much the same, as you need to learn how to pace yourself during the course of a race Duke junior Maddie McKeever seems to have both under control. The track and field star, recently named the 2007 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for cross country, has recorded standout performances on the track while maintaining a stellarrecord in the classroom. McKeever is the first recipient of this award, which will be given annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in each sport. Excelling in both academics and athletics is nothing new for the Littleton, Co. native In her senior year of high school, McKeever finished ninth at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships and won the Class 5A 1,600and 3,200-meter state outdoor track titles, all while graduating second in her class and scoring a 1,560 on her SAT. She also won the Fred Steinmark High School Athlete of the Year Award, the most prestigious award for high school athletes in Colorado. McKeever chose to attend Duke because it offered the right combination of academics and athletics, and she adjusted easily to the demands placed on her. “I was fortunate that my teachers in high school

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helped me develop high expectations for myself,” McKeever said. “When I got to Duke I was anticipating being held to that high standard.” McKeever’s interests extend beyond her Biology major and her plans to enter medical school after graduation, as she lists history and writing courses as some ofher favorite at Duke. Like all student-athletes, though, one of McKeever’s biggest challenges remains finding enough time in the day to study. “I rarely have large chunks of time to study so I’m trying to adjust to getting things done in 30 minutes or an hour at a time,” McKeever said. “This year I’m really trying to find a balance, and sometimes I have to make sacrifices that may hurt my training or my studying. I’m also trying to give myself mental time when I’m not doing either.” In addition to her running, McKeever is a Baldwin Scholar and volunteers at the Emily Krzyzewski Center and with the Red Cross for Kids program. Whether she’s taking organic chemistry or teaching third-graders first aid, McKeever’s many academic and extracurricular commitments have not slowed her on the course. She has shown remarkable improvement throughout her career at Duke and has consistendy lowered her times SEE MCKEEVER ON PAGE

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When second-ranked Duke (3-0) hosts Lehigh Wednesday at 1 p.m., the Blue Devils won’t be focusing on their former interim coach Kevin Cassese manning the opposing sidelines at Koskinen Stadium. In fact, Duke won’t be focusing on the other team at all. Instead, the Blue Devils will be concentrating on their own huddle, looking to build off their 15-7 thrashing of then-No. 3 Maryland Saturday. “Our concern is playing right each time out,” head coach John Danowski said. “Practice right, practice every drill correcdy, practice every situation in practice correctly.... That’s been a big motto so far: play right. If you play right, hopefully things will take care of themselves.” The Blue Devils certainly played right against the Terrapins, as Duke’s high-powered offense scored early and often to force Maryland out of its patient gameplan. The Blue Devils expect a similar slowdown style from Cassese’s Lehigh squad. “We know they’re going to be really well-coache'S,” senior Matt Danowski said.

“They’ll probably try to slow the ball down a little bit.” Cassese served as a Duke assistant coach the last two seasons, sandwiched around his brief stint as interim head coach in the spring of 2006. Cassese was the head coach in-between Mike Pressler’s resignation and John Danowski’s hiring. A 2003 graduate, the All-American midfielder helped lead Duke to consecutive ACC titles. Taylor Wray, a current assistant under Cassese, also played for the Blue Devils from 2000-2003. Neither of them, however, will be suiting up for the Mountain Hawks (2-2) Wednesday. Lehigh’s offense is headed by Ryan Cornetta, who scored four goals in the Mountain Hawks’ 10-5 win over Holy Cross. Even as they remain focused on their own play, the Blue Devils don’t need to be reminded about the possibility of a letdown after a big conference win. “With our leadership, everybody’s staying focused and doing the right thing,” senior Zack Greer said. “Hopefully we can overcome that and not worry about that too much and just go out and play.”

SeniorMatt Danowski scored two ofDuke's 15 goals in theBlue Devils' rout of Maryland Saturday.

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Virginia brings no dominating inside presence to face Duke's thin front-line. Singler, Thomas and Co. should have no problem defending the Cavaliers' bigs. Also look out for Zoubek offthe bench, who missed the teams' first meeting due to injury. Sean Singletary remains one of the conferenced best and quickest point guards, so Nelson and the Duke defense will have their hands full. Even so, the Cavaliers will have a tough time defending all of the Blue Devils' perimeter shooters, and won't be able to stop their penetration. Virginia forward Mamadi Diane is second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 ppg. His ability to put points on the board off the bench will cause problems for the Blue Devils. Despite this, the Cavs will have trouble matching up with Duke's 10-man rotation.

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M.BBALL from page 1 focal point,” Henderson said. “He’s a heck of a guard, he’s scoring the ball lately and in the next few days, we’ll have to be prepared to stop him.” Singletary is one of the ACC’s premier seniors, but his situation could not be more different than that of captain DeMarcus Nelson. The Cavaliers have not capitalized on their senior captain’s dominance on the court as well as the Blue Devils, who have jelled around the leadership of Nelson—called “a rock” for the team on numerous occasions by head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Virginia has lost eight of its last 10 games even though Singletary ranks third in scoring in the ACC with 19.7 points per contest and second in assists with 5.8. But no matter how poorly a team may be playing, a player like Singletary has the individual capability to keep his team in the game even when they shouldn’t be, much like Tyrese Rice ofBoston College did last weekend when he put up 46 points on North Carolina in the Eagles’ loss. • And as Duke looks to reestablish the

The Skinny Duke struggled to win at N.C State i front of a raucous crowd Saturday. The Blue Devils will also be reminded of last season's heartbreaking loss in Charlottesville as soon as they step onto the court. Don't let UVa's record fool you—they are tough to beat at home and they stil have Singletary. Look for Duke to fal behind early, but ultimately pull out close win. OUR CALL: Duke wins, —Comp

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dominant play it exhibited throughout January and early February—a period during which the Blue Devils won every game and all but one by double digits—the focus has not been on improving the offense all that much. Instead, playing strong defense and containing game-breaking players such as Singletary have continued to be at the center of Duke’s game plans. “All year, we’ve been a good shooting team, especially from behind the 3-point line. We have good shooters who are capable knocking down shots,” Henderson said. “The last few games don’t show an example of what we’ve done all season—but we’ll approach the game [thinking] ‘Shots will fall.’ But the biggest thing for our game is that we just need to play good defense.” If the Blue Devils can emerge from Charlottesville unscathed and with another tally for the win column, the team will have built solid momentum for the showdown against the Tar Heels March 8 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Henderson seemed pretty confident in his squad’s ability to do Just that. “We feel like we have a pretty good chance to win,” he said.

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ILES from page 9 the (rough) transcript speak for itself. Burgundy: “Recently, you and Coach K have been exchanging a few words through the media. I want to put this as journalistically as possible, but, don’t you think Coach K is acting like a little [insert best guess here]?” Williams just laughed along with the rest of the crowd. Burgundy: “I’m sorry. I tried to put that as delicately as I could.” Williams: “Well, I’ve never disagreed with a delicate journalist.” Right then, everybody in the Dean Dome, UNC fans and Duke fans alike, imagined the same scenario in their heads—a no-holds-barred, gloves-off, center-ring battle royale between Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams. How’s that for a sports fantasy!

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Are you kidding me? I’m a Duke fan through and through, but you can forget it if you think I’m sleeping in a tent for four months just to see a basketball game, no matter how important. But to see a Krzyzewski-Williams bout for the title belt? The things I would do to see that are simply unspeakable. Right? I mean, Just imagine the build-up. On one station, Greg Gumbel would talk about how Williams—three years younger than Coach K—should prove more nimble in the ring. This would only add to Williams’ home-crowd advantage as a North Carolina native. Switch to another channel: former Blue Devil and current ESPN commentator Jay Bilas is all of a sudden an expert on the fight, providing constant insider analysis. “He’s a Black Knight, for crying out loud,” Bilas would say about Coach K’s Army background. “They don’t let you leave that place without a black belt and a ruthless judo-chop.” The money pouring into Las Vegas alone would be staggering. Gamblers would stake their life’s savings on Coach K because of that one clip that would be shown over and over on ESPN—Johnny Dawkins looking into the camera with a stern face and a pointed finger: “Soon enough, we’ll all see who is the real little [insert best guess here].” Of course, this is all ludicrous. No matter the outcome of Saturday’s game, both coaches will shake hands cordially at midcourt and compliment each other in the post-game press conference. And I guess I should be happy with just that. But what if instead of a simple handshake, there was an elbow to the gut or a scissor-kick to the face? Wouldn’t that top anything you’d ever seen before in sports? Alas, though, it’s only a dream. But me, I dare to dream.

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MCKEEVER from page 9 from season to season and year to year. “She has the talent and all the different tools,” head coach Kevin Jermyn said. “She’s extremely coachable in that she really believes and trusts the people that give her advice.” McKeever has already earnedAll-American honors four times—twice for cross country and once each for indoor and outdoor track at the 5,000-meter distance. This past weekend she added another accolade to her many accomplishments, winning the 5000-meter at the ACC Indoor Championships in a time of 16:06.54. The junior credits increased familiarity with the training system and learning to trust herself and her coach as reasons for her success. “I’m learning to listen to my body and trust my coach even if my training doesn’t seem ideal,” McKeever said. “I’m learning how to manage high-volume training and maintain intensity and play with the limits.” McKeever runs 60 to 70 miles per week on average, balancing three core workouts with four days of recovery runs. Jermyn’s scientific approach to training has helped her benefit the most from her workouts. “When he tells me to do something, I know that he’s put a lot of thought into it and that there’s a good reason behind what he tells me both from a physical and a mental standpoint,” McKeever said. “I don’t actually have to put too much thought into racing because I just trust what he tells me to do.” The next big race for McKeever is the NCAA National Indoor Championships March 14-15, where she has qualified for both the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter rac-

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pleased that the administra-

tion has affirmed the 50-to-75-year timeline for the total project. The administration should be commended for putting together a plan that looks ahead so far into the future; for a young university a half-century is no small step, and we would hate to see hasty construction like the current Central Campus. Perhaps as an indirect result of this change, the creation ofa continuum between East and West will help integrate seemingly isolated places on campus such as Edens Quadrangle and the Nasher Museum of Art. Hopefully, ■ the central placement of the Nasher in the new campus will change it from a satellite destination to an integral part of campus life.

was gettingready to go to work one day, and I see a live bat in my kitchen sink, and I’m like, what the crap 1 So I call RI.HS. I teas like aw snap, lt’s a bat. ‘

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Junior and Central Campus resident Osagie Ighile, who found a bat in his apartment. See story page 1.

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think all “normal” students at Duke secretly, or openly, wish they were merit scholars, specifically Robertson Scholars. I fess up to my envy—they have it made. Frankly, it’s the creme de la creme of college experiences. Tuition is paid in full, you get up close access to administrators, then actual advising (more than the PIN the rest of us get). But most important—you get three life-changing summers.' Summers spent engaging with at least one domestic community and one international rachel mclaughlin community

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portent that Duke remove the policy obstacles to invest-

ing in improvements there. Small changes, such as swim-

ming pool renovations, better lighting and busing and

mold -and sewage control would make a big difference in residential experience and safety there. The administration has declared thatthe next six months will be spent finalizing construction plans, and these details will be no less crucial than the big picture. This makes it all the more important for administrators to solicit student input during the imminent

planning phase. Far West, New West, Central, West Central; whatever our future campus is called, the University is finally fac-

ing the frontier.

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We also hope that the eventual construction of new apartments on Campus Drive will do a better job of constructing residential spaces that facilitate community building than the University’s previous efforts. Though the new plan could enhance cohesiveness by extending West Campus, the proposal only further delays the abandonment of the current Central Campus. If students are to live in the current Central while West Campus dorms are renovated, the once-temporary Central apartments will be occupied for the next 10 if not 20 years. Considering generations of Duke students will continue to live on Central Campus, it is therefore im-

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nouncement thrilled me; now “normal” Duke students like me could be Robertsons for a summer, tak-

ing on a paid experience designed to challenge our previous worldview while preparing us for leadership opportunities in an increasingly global society. Yes, with the addition of Duke Engage the University only need improve undergraduate advising and the wide opportunity gap separating the “normal” and the “special” will begin to close. In fact, I was so excited about this new opportunity that I seriously contemplated how I could convince DukeEngage that I was not a member of the Class of 2008 and therefore eligible for the program. It would require a covert operation, infiltrating every level of bureaucracy, from former professors to ACES student information. And where would I go? Possibilities are endless. Indonesia. No, Chile. Actually, maybe I would try an individual proposal in Turkey. Or in Brangelina fashion I could join the WISER team in Kenya. One thing certain: I would go far, far away. What about DukeEngage Durham? Durham? Well, I would like to work there, but this is onetime only funding. I already volunteer in Durham, I frequent Main Street often, but who knows when I will have a chance to go to Asia? So I present a characterized version ofmy thought processes for the purpose of illustrating a point: I think it very rare that a Duke student would choose Durham over the sex-appeal of international forays. This year’s DukeEngage numbers seem to in line with this assumption. Although final numbers are still uncertain because the application acceptance cycle is not complete, Elaine Madison, senior adviser to DukeEngage and director of the Community Service Center, estimates that the program will place 30 students in Durham this sum-

mer out of 300 possible placements. But Madison is pleased with this 10-percent placement rate, higher than expected when students have many competing DukeEngage options to choose from (read: international opportunities). Plus, they have experience working in Durham. She noted that about 300 students tutor in Durham during the school-year and about 600 are in service-learning classes with experiential Durham components. She is right to be pleased. Thirty students willing to forego international travel to engage with Durham seems high. I expected none. Yet this number is still dismal. There are 23 Durham Duke Engage projects, ranging from environmental work to capacity building to public education. I know first-hand of one opportunity working with Durham’s Urban Ministries homeless shelter. During the summer a DukeEngager would provide direct client sendee for Urban Ministries residents (resumes, cover letters and assistance applying for social services) part of the week. They would spend the rest of the week learning about Durham social services, connecting local businesses to people who needjobs. This type of engagement is deeper than an occasional tutoring session ora service-learning class during the schoolyear. For 40 hours a week, up-close, the Duke student would experience the struggles of America’s underclass—a class often forgotten in a society where Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy announcement and Paris Hilton’s jail time constitute the CNN news hour. Providing opportunities for Duke students to work in Durham is showing them the poverty and diversity in their own backyard, making them active contributors rather than temporary residents living in isolation, and giving them transferable lessons applicable to both future international locations and their own home towns. Creating an “engaged” Duke must mean more than a trip to Chile or Kenya but an understanding of Durham as well. As Madison pointed out in an interview, the great advantage of DukeEngage is that it is an experimental program, still learning and adjusting. After its first full summer, Duke Engage staff can evaluate program success and enrollment, correcting problems and changing future policies. Moving forward after this summer, DukeEngage should waive its one-time only policy, but only for Durham—thus actively encouraging engagement both domestically and abroad, and fully mirroring the Robertson program. The truth is that one-time funding keeps students from considering Durham, an option they may consider more seriously if given a two-time funding option: once in Durham and once elsewhere.

Rachel McLaughlin is a Trinity senior. Her column runs ever other Wednesday.

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Dance:

Wheeler

a fine art

Frost’s column “Get rid of the shamanism major” was, to put it lightly, misinformed and lacking research. At the very core of the column, Frost ignores one of the crucial funcaudrCV fenske tions of a liberal arts

education.

Caroline gnswold

A well-rounded libguest column eral arts education is not only about learning the best of what has been thought and said; it is also about the transmission and study of culture. And if dance is a part of culture (a proposition with which, we think, few would disagree; it has been around since before recorded history, and has shaped the rituals and practices of most cultures) then it follows that dance deserves its due representation in the academy. But, more importantly, the liberal arts for Frost seem to be addressed almost entirely to the big questions—questions of “humanity, about knowledge in general, about the nature of reality, about the most difficult concepts.” Whatever his characterization might lack, we need not dispute it here. This is because, quite simply, dance is not a liberal art, nor does it pretend to be. Dance technique classes do not teach a “parochial skill.” Technique classes are teaching an artistic pursuit, in the same way that a drawing or photography class does. A much more fair comparison would juxtapose dance with the other fine arts—music, theater, visual arts. References to these disciplines (each of which has long had a major at Duke) are glaringly absent. With regards to the idea of drawing students who want a liberal arts education away from dance conservatories, we could not think of a better goal to have. By instituting

a dance major, Duke attracts intellectually gifted and artistically talented students to the University; students who are self-motivated, driven and often have life experience that comes from working with a company or in a serious ballet school. These students have managed to carry full (more than 20 hours a week) dance schedules while simultaneously getting the grades and SAT scores necessary for admission to Duke. We could not think of a more archetypal Duke student. Finally, it is the mark of good journalism to research the topic which you are discussing. Frost not only failed to attempt any research into the syllabi of dance courses beyond a three-sentence, broad description, but he failed to contact any dance majors or professors for their assertions of the details or quality of the dance major. He failed to cite (if he even bothered to read it) the more than 100-page proposal for the major that passed through the Academic Council, the Arts and Sciences Council and numerous other committees made up of faculty members from every discipline at Duke. His lack of empirical evidence as to the quality of the dance major coupled with his attempt to base his argument purely on his own predilections, without any research to back it up beyond a quick glance at one Web site, proves that perhaps Frost should delve a bit more into the theories, particularly that of having a well-informed argument before attempting to speak, of the liberal arts whose legitimacy he is seeking so desperately to preserve.

Audrey Fenske is a Trinity junior and Caroline Griswold is a Trinity sophomore. They are both dance majors.

What grinds my gears

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just a few days until we all take a break from Duke, I thought I’d share the things I’ll be most happy to leave for a week. After four years on campus, I have developed a laundry list of minor annoyances. Some of my complaints are trivial, some have no solution and some are just plain silly. I could not devote an entire column to any individual complaint, so here they are, presented together all at once. Hopefully, you can agree or at least empathize with these sentiments. Puddles: Yes. I’m being serious. In light of the reflective solutions drought, we are all heartened by the recent downpours; however, in even the slightest rain our campus becomes non-traversable. How is it that with all of our engineering prowess, we have been unable to match Roman accomplishments in terms of building drainage canals or crowned pathways on campus? Stonewalling administration: I cannot get anyone to go on the record and confirm the “rumors” that our three maligned lacrosse players each received a seven-figure payout. The kicker, of course, is that the bill was picked up by Trustees and not the University itself—at least according to the rumors. Driving to Brodie Gym: As an off-campus senior, I frequently drive to Brodie to work out. Unfortunately, the entrance into the Brodie lot from Markham Avenue has not been repaved in what seems like 20 years. It is steep, uneven and causes me to scratch the underside of my car nine times out of 10. This shouldn’t be too hard to fix. Uppity squirrels: Our favorite rodents with bushy tails are challenging the natural order of the universe, the food chain and God’s plan. How have we gotten to the point where squirrels feel safe enough to ask for a handout while I am enjoying my lunch

adam zell

The Loop? Smelly people: In general this is annoying, but it’s particularly bad on the bus. There is nothing worse than a horde of tardy students pressing you into the noxious aura of someone who hasn’t showered in a week and shaved in a month. The drought is not a legitimate excuse for not showering. at

Callous administration policies on student safety: Al-

though this topic might merit an entire column, I know this has already been talked about repeatedly. I’ll keep my complaint short: Why is it that our administration was more than willing to buy houses off East Campus for the explicit purpose of preventing students from partying close to East while taking little action when its students

have been robbed and assaulted at our new, farther offcampus locations? Why not buy up some of the more dangerous properties off-East and re-designate it for solely student use? This would be a policy that actually has the students’ best interest in mind. Cheeky shenanigans: There needs to be more of them! I’m not sure if this is a function of my living off-campus this year, but I have not been impressed with this year’s pledge classes. Normally, I am readily entertained by some fraternity’s pledges instigating hijinks for the amusement of both brothers and the general public alike. I feel that this has unfortunately decreased. Alpine Atrium closing early: If a restaurant is open until midnight, it is supposed to be serving food until midnight. Currently, Alpine Atrium employees begin removing food options as early as 11:30 to hasten their exit. Frequently, the only food still being served near midnight is frozen yogurt, which I suppose is easy to clean up for the night. Someone should be able to get a sandwich at 11:50. Self-congratulatory causes: There is nothing sillier than watching people get so proud of themselves for supposedly supporting causes such as civil rights by wearing littleribbons around Duke. I agree that in some contexts, identifying yourself with a cause is laudable; however, claiming to advance causes such as civil rights by wearing a trendy accessory at a location where the vast majority of the population already agrees with you is not noteworthy. If you were to openly identify yourself as a supporter of women’s rights or gay rights in a location like Saudi Arabia, now that would be a different story. But at Duke? Come on. Angry anonymous online posters: If you have something mean to say about a Chronicle article or column, and you decide to post a comment online, at least have the cojones to name yourself. Otherwise, it diminishes the strength ofyour potentially valid argument. That, and it makes it harder for me to track you down. Adam Zell is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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letterstotheeditor A letter to RLHS We are less than enthralled with your selection of Gilbert-Addoms Down Under for Room Fix ’OB. Although it is an adequate venue, we believe it violates the three main rules ofreal estate: location, location, location. GA Down Under, for those of you who may not know, is located below Gilbert-Addoms, in the backyard ofEast Campus. Though East Campus, with its soaring Georgian architecture, is quite lovely, it is distinctly not West Campus. Why is this an issue? Well, the vast majority of people who live on East Campus are freshmen, who, by your system, will not participate in the in-person selection process. Therefore, the percentage of people who live close to GA Down Under who must choose rooms in person is approximately the number of students who successfully used the online selection last year—zero. This is cause for concern. As independent sophomores about to be forcibly relocated to Central Campus, we feel that a consolation is in order. We can, however, see a few reasons why you may feel justified in making us schlep to East this March. First, this allows West Campus residents another excuse to eat at the Marketplace. Second, the C-1 is very comfortable, and riding in it will provide much-needed practice for all the C-2s we will now have to take next year. Third, GA Down Under is an RLHS space, and it would prove costly to hold the in-person selection elsewhere. This is understandable, given that the cost to manufacture all those blue rubber ducks has sucked funding dry. If there were any modicum of funding available, permit us to suggest a few locations that would better benefit the 100 percent of students affected: Sheafer, Griffith, Reynolds, the Mary Lou Williams Center, Von Canon, Soc/Psych 130, BioSci 111, the Plaza, Tommy’s, Kilgo I 301 and the Duke Forest. If you have any questions, we would be happy to meet with you. How’s Cape Canaveral next Wednesday at 7:30 a.m.? Danny Ijrwin and Jared Blau Trinity ’lO Defending Duke Dance

Although Wheeler Frost’s March 3 column “Get rid of the shamanism major” claims that “[Duke’s] problem is that we are infatuated with providing diverse and various outlets for learning about.anything possible,” the term “liberal” comes from the Latin “pertaining to the free man” (OED). A liberal arts education, then, implies not only academic rig-

or but freedom. I agree that University study should entail “concern with the most important truths we may be able to grasp,” but there are diverse lenses through which to approach these truths. If dance isn’t a worthy lens, what about theater studies? Art history? Literature? To ignore any of these disciplines would be to ignore the immense impact they have on this world. To deny students the opportunity to study dance is to ignore its use as expression and protest by slaves on southern plantations, to ignore the revolutionary artistry ofBalanchine or Graham, to ignore the notion that art—any art —has power that is not only intrinsic but political, religious, cultural and social. Whether Frost personally sees dance as “among the best of what has been thought and said”—and thus worthy or unworthy of study as a major—is irrelevant. For an “elite liberal arts college” like Duke to have a dance major invokes the very “liberal” ideals Duke was founded on. In his 1984 final address to Duke faculty, then-president Terry Sanford said “I do not want us to fear individuality, to stifle one whiff offree expression or to ever lack the sureness of the self-confidence that has permitted us to go our own peerless way.” With the dance major, Duke continues in this courageous tradition ofeducational freedom. I would suggest Frost broaden his horizons and accept that dance has been and continues to be a worthy field of study, especially at a university like Duke. And, if he has some spare room is his fall schedule, perhaps he should think about taking a dance course.

Liz Brady Trinity ’OB

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