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Duke survives Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans called the ‘godmother of Duke’ Red Storm Funeral service to be held in Duke Chapel today at 2 p.m.

DUKE 83 SJU 76

by Vignesh Nathan THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils may have rebounded with a win against St. John’s, 83-76, in their first home contest since last Saturday’s disappointing loss to Florida State, but head coach Mike Krzyzewski was certainly not pleased.

“I want to win by playing great basketball,” Krzyzewski said. “To me, it was a loss. I didn’t like today’s performance.”

To appreciate Krzyzewski’s sentiment requires more than a glimpse at the box score, but rather an understanding of Duke’s inconsistent play. The first half began unceremoniously, with the Blue Devils coming up empty on its first few possessions to find itself in a trailing 4-1 against the Red Storm, who started five freshmen. This deficit was short lived, however, as the older, more experienced Blue Devils immediately came back and took the lead.

The rest of the first half would suggest a runaway performance by Duke. For a seven-minute stretch in the first half, the Blue Devils went on an impressive 20-3 run.

This run was characterized by three key elements, highlighted by Mason Plumlee’s play. The 6-foot-10 center utilized his size advantage over two 6-foot-8 defenders, Moe Harkless and God’sgift Achiuwa, to grab rebounds and score in the paint. He ended the first half tantalizingly close to a double-double, recording 8 points and 12 rebounds.

The second was 3-point shooting. With the Red Storm switching to a zone defense minutes into the first half, the Blue Devils began to shift their focus to the perimeter, SEE M. BASKETBALL ON SW 4

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Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans speaks at the memorial service for John Hope Franklin in 2009.

by Nicole Kyle THE CHRONICLE

Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans shouldered the legacy of Duke’s founding family with remarkable grace, unwavering commitment and indiscriminate love.

Semans, the great-niece of Duke’s founder James Buchanan Duke, served on the University’s Board of Trustees from 1961 to 1981 and devoted her life to serving Duke, Durham and North Carolina. With an immense generosity and genuine humility, Semans believed in a real responsibility to continue what her family started decades earlier, said Semans’ youngest daughter Beth Semans Hubbard.

“Until the very end, she loved life, and she loved people.

That’s what kept her young; that’s why she was so vital, and she had such drive,” Hubbard said. “She felt that indenture was critical to the outline of the processing of the University,

and she took it very seriously and very literally.”

Semans died Wednesday at Duke Hospital at the age of 91.

“She was one of the great people in my life, and I loved her with all my heart,” said Anthony Drexel Duke, Semans’ first cousin and Trustee Emeritus.

A fervent supporter of the arts, medical education, equal opportunity and scholarship, Semans influenced all areas of the University and throughout the state. When Semans—who was at the time chair of the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment—saw that enrollment numbers at Duke were down for students from the Carolinas, she instituted the renowned Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship. Semans also helped create the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, the University SEE SEMANS ON PAGE 5

Duke housekeepers claim The Chronicle mistreatment by supervisor unveils new web platform

by Anna Koelsch THE CHRONICLE

Several Duke housekeepers who are claiming poor work conditions and mistreatment by their supervisor are urging administrators to take action.

Seven housekeepers signed a letter outlining their concerns Dec. 7, 2011, which was addressed to Duke Human Resources. The letter is against Linda Schlabach, senior housekeeping supervisor in Edens Quadrangle, and includes claims of mistreatment and disrespect, such as practicing racial prejudice and requiring housekeepers to perform tasks not required by their jobs.

“Mrs. Schlaban (sic) has taken money from the grievants, has violated their personal property.... She routinely threatens termination, deportation, and other means to sustain the climate of fear she has set up,” the letter states.

The letter also includes a list of demands, such as SEE HOUSEKEEPERS ON PAGE 6

by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

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DukeChronicle.com is refreshed.

When users log on to The Chronicle’s website Monday, they will be introduced to a cleaner design that is faster and more flexible. The new website is more capable of handling increased user traffic and complex content, and also offers greater opportunities for future updates, said senior Dean Chen, The Chronicle’s director of online operations.

“It’s been a long journey to come to this point, and we’re really excited to launch,” said senior Christina Peña, special projects editor for online. “This is just the beginning of a new Chronicle online experience.”

The new site—built and designed entirely by student

Housekeeper Sebastiana Flores says that she was subjected to racial discrimination and harsh working conditions.

Read remembrances of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans in our special section, pages 8-9.

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Cancer researcher seeks to limit effect of budget cuts

NEW YORK — Why do obese people get cancer more often? How can some turtles live more than a century without ever developing tumors but mice can develop them in a year? Could treatments that hold tumor cells in check without destroying them keep people alive longer?

Answering questions like these may lead to the next big cancer breakthroughs, Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute, said in an interview. The Nobel Prize winner said the NCI would spend at least $15 million this year in a new initiative to answer 24 “provocative questions” that researchers have often neglected.

“In an effort to stop people from obsessing over the fact that the budget is not growing, I’ve been trying to engage them in workshops to define the great unanswered questions in cancer research,” Varmus, 72, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York.

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Duke in Florence program canceled

by Shucao Mao THE CHRONICLE

A long-standing Duke global education program in Italy is changing shape.

The Duke in Florence program is ending after its host institution, the University of Michigan, decided to close its program near Florence, Italy, after Fall 2011. Duke in Florence, which began in 1997, might reopen next year as a new partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Florence program, located in Sesto Fiorentino, was a learning consortium headed by the University of Michigan in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Duke. Last Spring, the University of Michigan announced it would no longer manage the program and that it would end in December, said Mar-

garet Riley, director of the Global Education Office for Undergraduates.

“The future of the Duke in Florence Program is yet to be determined,” Riley wrote in an email Thursday. “The University of Wisconsin... has indicated interest in reconfiguring the program.”

Due to complications with study abroad programs at the University of WisconsinMadison, the redesign has been unable to move as quickly as anticipated. Riley said she hopes that the new program will begin accepting applications Spring 2013.

University of Wisconsin-Madison received approval for the program from its Division of the Dean for International Studies Friday. Now, Duke must wait for SEE FLORENCE ON PAGE 6

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Duke was forced to close its Duke in Florence program after the University of Michigan, a partner university in the program, decided to discontinue its program.

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FDA staffers sue agency over email surveillance

by Ellen Nakashima and Lisa Rein THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal emails of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that they believed posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show.

The surveillance—detailed in emails and memos unearthed by six of the scientists and doctors, who filed a lawsuit against the FDA in U.S. District Court in Washington last week —took place over two years as the plaintiffs accessed their personal Gmail accounts from government computers.

Information garnered this way eventually contributed to the harassment or dismissal of all six of the FDA employees, the suit alleges. All had worked in an office responsible for reviewing devices for cancer screening and other purposes.

Copies of the emails show that, starting in January 2009, the FDA intercepted communications with congressional staffers and draft versions of whistleblower complaints complete with editing notes in the margins. The agency also took electronic snapshots of the computer desktops of the FDA employees and reviewed documents they saved on the hard drives of their government computers.

FDA computers post a warning, visible when users log on, that they should have “no reasonable expectation of privacy” in any data passing through or stored on the system, and that the government may intercept any such data at any time for any lawful

government purpose.

But in the suit, the doctors and scientists say the government violated their constitutional privacy rights by gazing into personal email accounts for the purpose of monitoring activity that they say was lawful.

“Who would have thought that they would have the nerve to be monitoring my communications to Congress?” said Robert C. Smith, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, a former radiology professor at Yale and Cornell universities who worked as a device reviewer at the FDA until his contract was not renewed in July 2010. “How dare they?”

An FDA spokeswoman, Erica Jefferson, said the agency does not comment on litigation.

But according to FDA internal documents that the scientists and doctors obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the agency told the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general that they had improperly disclosed confidential business information about the devices. The agency requested that an investigation be opened in May 2010.

The scientists and doctors denied sharing information improperly. The HHS inspector general’s office, which oversees FDA operations, declined to pursue an investigation, finding no evidence of criminal conduct. It also said that the doctors and scientists had a legal right to air their concerns to Congress or journalists.

FDA officials sought a second time that year to initiate action against the scientists SEE EMAIL ON PAGE 4

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EMAIL from page 3 and doctors. “We have obtained new information confirming the existence of information disclosures that undermine the integrity and mission of the FDA and, we believe, may be prohibited by law,” wrote Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, on June 28, 2010.

The inspector general, after consulting with federal prosecutors, declined the second request, as well.

Michael Sussmann, a former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm, said the FDA’s warning on its computers gave the agency latitude to conduct extensive monitoring. “Anything on this agency's network is fair game by use of this banner, as long as they're lawfully targeting their employee.”

Yet the case sheds light on the lengths to which a federal agency will go to monitor employees. At issue, experts say, is whether the purpose of the monitoring was legal and what level of monitoring on government computers is reasonable

at a time when technology increasingly blurs the lines between work and home.

“The FDA has a huge responsibility to protect public health and safety,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement last week. “It’s hard to see how managers apparently thought it was a good use of time to shadow agency scientists and monitor their email accounts for legally protected communications with Congress.”

The FDA scientists and doctors, all of whom worked for the agency’s Office of Device Evaluation, said they first made internal complaints beginning in 2007 that the agency had approved or was on the verge of approving at least a dozen radiological devices whose effectiveness was not proven and that posed risks to millions of patients. Frustrated, they also brought their concerns to Congress, the White House and the HHS inspector general.

Three of the devices risked missing signs of breast cancer, the scientists and doctors warned, according to documents and interviews. Another risked falsely diagnosing osteoporosis, leading to unnecessary treatments; one ultrasound device could malfunction while monitoring pregnant women in la-

bor, risking harm to the fetus—and several devices for colon cancer screening used such heavy doses of radiation that they risked causing cancer in otherwise healthy people, the FDA scientists and doctors said.

They also had expressed concern about a computer-aided imaging device that searched for signs of breast cancer. Three times, a team of experts, including Smith, recommended against approval, and middle managers agreed in each case, he said. After the third rejection, a senior manager approved the device in 2008, he said.

Most of the devices the scientists and doctors questioned have received approvals only in the past two years, making it difficult to evaluate whether the fears that the FDA scientists and doctors expressed were valid.

But the concerns were not isolated. In 2009 and 2011, the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s auditing arm, warned that some risky medical devices win approval through a process that is insufficiently stringent. The Institute of Medicine concluded in a major study last year that the FDA process for approving medical devices needed to be revised and based on “sound science.”

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developers—emphasizes visuals and incorporates more interactive features, such as integration with Facebook and Twitter, said Editor Sanette Tanaka, a senior. Additionally, editors helped individualize the layouts for their respective pages throughout the design process.

The product launched Monday is the result of nearly a year’s work of students from The Chronicle’s development and editorial teams, Tanaka added.

“In working on the design of the new site, we tried to enhance the content of each section in the best way possible,” Peña said.

Some new features include a home page slideshow, a commenting system that integrates social media and a greater emphasis on the news blog, she added.

In designing the layout, creators studied the design philosophies of other organizations—from Apple to Google— for inspiration. For Chen, one important aspect of the design was focusing on making it feel light.

“I wanted to try something more aesthetically pleasing and a little different,” Chen said. “When you look at the page, you should focus on the images and the articles and the text. The design is just supposed to make the experience more enjoyable but not subtract attention from the actual content.”

Although work on the site began last April, designers do not see what is being released as the final product.

“What we’re releasing is what… the industry generally calls the minimum viable project,” Chen said. “What most products do nowadays, is release the bare minimum to the market, instead of trying to predict what viewers want.”

Because a fairly basic system is being launched, users can expect a steady progression of updates, many of which will be based on user feedback.

“Most websites like Facebook and Twitter are rolling out updates every day,” Chen said. “We want to switch to a [similar] design model where we’re [continually] rolling out minor updates.”

When the online team began thinking about the design for the new website, they decided to build the site from scratch using new technologies instead of updating the system already in place, he said. This choice provided all department members with firsthand experience in building platforms.

Chen said that having a team of capable students who can continue to push the envelope in college news technology will be essential for future progress on the website.

This ability to update and change the website was an important factor in deciding to keep it an autonomous, studentrun system, said David Graham, vice chair of the Duke Student Publishing Company and Trinity ’09. The Chronicle moved away from using an off-the-shelf software platform because the technology is inflexible. With a student-created design and administrative system, the website will be versatile.

“We had a talented developer in Dean, who was willing and able to lead a team to create a great site, and a leader in Sanette, who was willing to take a chance on the platform and work with Dean to produce something that would meet The Chronicle’s needs better than any outside product,” Graham said.

The software and infrastructure used on the new site—Node. js and the cloud—are different from other websites. Instead of handling one user request at a time, the system accommodates multiple people concurrently. This allows programmers to scale their code upward to handle anything from increased complexity in code to the number of viewers the site can handle, Chen said.

“We really pioneered a new area, which was both very cool and very difficult, especially when the core team was four to five people,” said senior Joe Levy, managing director of online development.

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SEMANS from page 1 of North Carolina School of the Arts and the Nasher Museum of Art in 2005.

But valued more than her accomplishments was Semans’ thoughtful and humble spirit.

“Sometimes she would go and accept an award, and we’d find out by reading about it in the paper the next day,” Hubbard said.

“We’d say, ‘Well, we would have been there,’ and she’d reply, ‘Now, there’s no reason to make a fuss over it.’”

Semans’ grandson Charles Lucas, a trustee of the Duke Endowment, chair of the UNC School of the Arts and Law ’90, noted that his grandmother often commissioned floral arrangements for delivery to any friend or family member who had just received an accolade or perhaps had a birthday.

“She wanted to take care of people,” Lucas said.

An energetic night owl and loyal fan of The Charlie Rose Show, Semans was known to call family members and inquire about Rose’s nightly guest or perhaps rehash the latest sports performance by her beloved Blue Devils.

“Whenever the phone rang after 10 o’clock at night, you’d know who it was,” Lucas said.

Hubbard noted her mother’s love for men’s basketball head coach Coach Mike Krzyzewski and the team. Semans never missed a game and preferred to listen rather than watch the games, switching on all five televisions in the house, so she could hear the game from room to room.

‘Godmother of Duke’ Semans’ top priority for the University was always excellence, Lucas said. Semans was especially proud of the international recognition that Duke, as both an academic institution and superior hospital system, had developed in recent years.

“She always felt like Duke needed to push

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itself further, and she was a catalyst for that,” he said.

Semans, whose favorite campus spots included the Sarah P. Duke Gardens and the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, contributed to the University in countless ways, whether through her mother’s Mary Duke Biddle Foundation or in her instrumental role in recruiting President Emeritus Terry Sanford in 1969.

“She inherited some traits from both grandfather Ben and her great-uncle James Buchanan Duke,” said Randolph Few Jr., Pratt ’82 and grandson of William Preston Few—the first president of Duke. “Ben was remarkably influential in the making of Duke University... and J.B. was much more of a great visionary— Mary had a little bit of both.”

Joel Fleishman, a former legal assistant to Sanford and professor of law and public policy sciences, noted Semans’ accessibility and open-mindedness as a Trustee.

“She’s the godmother of Duke for all purposes,” said Fleishman, who was Semans’ close friend for 50 years.

‘Patriot at heart’ Semans often acted as a bridge between the Duke and Durham communities, Lucas said, noting her roles as the first woman elected to Durham City Council and as mayor pro tempore from 1953 to 1955.

“Mother was absolutely dedicated to making that separation between Duke and Durham disappear in any way she could,” Hubbard said.

Her roles in public office were just two of the many ways Semans demonstrated her patriotism and commitment to public service.

“She was not in it for accolades for Mary Semans—she believed in public service to the community as the whole, not just Durham or North Carolina or Duke,” Lucas said. “She was a patriot at heart, and she kind of wore it on her sleeve.”

Even her neighbors felt at ease with her, including Few, who grew up a few hundred yards from Semans’ home.

“She was very approachable,” he said. “She used to drive around town, until just a few years ago, in an old Ford Taurus.”

Former Duke Endowment Chair Russell Robinson, Law ’56, said Semans will be remembered as an exceptionally loving person, who reached out to all, especially to those in need.

“I don’t think it’s any exaggeration to say she’s one of the greatest people in the history of our state,” Robinson said.

Robinson and his wife, Sally, knew Semans as a dear friend for 50 years.

“Both of us loved her,” he said.

Strong and selfless It was not uncommon for Semans to be the only woman in a room of 30 or so men, whether Trustees or politicians. But she had an ability to attract the best in people, said Thomas Kenan, trustee of the Duke Endowment and board member for the UNC School of the Arts. Kenan had known Semans for 40 years.

At 5 feet 2 inches, Semans was an undeniable presence, whose inner strength was derived from tribulation but likewise strong female role models, Hubbard said.

Hubbard noted the particular influence Semans’ mother, Mary Duke Biddle, had upon Semans’ development as a pioneer of the arts and a strong, independent woman.

Biddle was the “unsung hero” of the Duke family who would not think twice about helping someone in need.

“My mother inherited every bit of that,” Hubbard said.

And when Semans joined her grandmother, Sarah P. Duke, in Durham at 14 years old, Semans learned from her how to grow up. As the third generation in a legacy of determined yet selfless women, Semans later imparted this strength upon her own daughters, Hubbard said.

‘A doctor’s wife’ Semans’ contributions and support of Duke Medicine matched her support of nearly every other aspect of the University.

“She was first and foremost a doctor’s wife,” Hubbard said.

In 1938, Semans married Dr. Josiah Trent, a Duke medical student and future surgeon and chief of Duke Hospital’s division of thoracic surgery. After Trent died in 1948, Semans married Dr. James Semans, another Duke surgeon.

“The last time I saw Mary Semans... she was intent on hearing the story about my [immigrant] father,” said Chancellor Emeritus of Duke Medicine Dr. Ralph Snyderman, a close friend of the Semans. “Mary had heard that 4 to 5 times and asked me to please tell it to her again—that’s the kind of person she was.”

Snyderman noted this humble combination between her down-to-earth demeanor and famous, near American nobility, lineage.

“It was her paradoxical charm,” he said.

A compassionate legacy One of Semans’ many talents was her ability to bring people together, whether in the public or private arena.

“She made me you feel like you were the only person in the room,” Hubbard said.

Kenan added that Semans’ deep-rooted passion for the arts was something she wanted to communicate to all.

“She was effervescent,” he said. “She just poured out good things—when you saw her she brightened up everything, you couldn’t help but smile when you saw her coming.”

And Semans’ philanthropy will certainly live on, as she was both a thoughtful and positive thinker, Duke said, noting her philanthropy nationwide.

“She got a great deal of enjoyment in life from being in a position of being able to do something,” Duke said. “I can’t tell you how much I’m going to miss her.”

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FLORENCE from page 3 the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to give the program final approval, before Duke can begin reconfiguring the program with those at Wisconsin.

Thomas Robisheaux, Fred W. Schaffer professor of history and the faculty director of Duke in Florence, indicated that the incoming program will improve on the previous one.

“The new partnership gives us a chance to review things that worked really well and those that have not been tended to carefully,” Robisheaux said.

Robisheaux said there will be more internship and civic engagement opportunities and civic engagement in the new Duke in Florence program. He also noted there will be improvements to the facilities, more integration with the local community in Sesto Fiorentino and more ties to the University of Florence.

“There will also be a strong sustaining faculty involvement provided by Center for Medieval and Renaissance

Studies of Duke University,” Robisheaux said.

The 16th-century Villa Corsi-Salviati in Sesto Fiorentino—a historical site that has an important connection with early Italian opera—is about 30 minutes from the center of Florence and is expected to continue housing the program.

The Florence program has served students from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan since 1982.

Duke joined the group in 1997. Thousands of students from Duke have participated in the program to date.

Given the partnership changes and program improvements, Robisheaux hopes that Duke student enrollment will grow.

“As the cultural and historical center of Europe, Florence has always been a popular study abroad destination for Duke students,” Robisheaux said, adding that between 50 and 80 students travel to Florence through Duke and other university programs each Fall.

Robisheaux noted that depending on the program, students’ experiences with Florence can be very different.

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“I got to live in a villa on the outskirts of Florence, eat pasta prepared by an amazing Italian chef and travel to charming Italian cities on the weekends.” Schulhof said.

Robisheaux said it was heartbreaking that the University of Michigan canceled the program, but he expressed his hope for the renewed Duke in Florence program with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“There is nothing like [Duke in Florence],” he said.

HOUSEKEEPERS from page 1 rehiring two fired employees—former housekeepers Guillermina Hernandez and Sylvia Guadalupe Gil Gomez—and firing Schlabach.

The letter states that Hernandez was fired after Schlabach falsely accused her of cutting the power cables of the cords to a refrigerator. Schlabach has also required her housekeepers to scrub floors by hand when they could be washed by machines, according to the letter.

The letter also states that Sebastiana Flores, formerly a housekeeper in Edens, was fired soon after she wrote a complaint about the psychological abuse she endured in her position. Flores, who was rehired by the University and currently works in Crowell Quadrangle, said she and her co-workers were frequently discriminated against for being Latina and forced to spend breaks in harsh conditions.

“She told me to go eat outside, but I said I couldn’t because I have asthma,” Flores said through a translator.

“She was making me eat in a very dirty basement room, and... it was full of chemicals and harmful things.”

After repeated attempts at contact, Schlabach forwarded an email request for comment from The Chronicle to Bernard Smith, assistant director of Housing, Dining and Residence Life. Smith deferred comment to Rick Johnson, assistant vice president of housing and dining.

Johnson said the University received a letter describing the situation Dec. 14, and immediately began the process of reviewing the allegations.

“It’s the early stage of the review, and you can’t talk about personnel matters and get into specifics, but we can say that the University is taking this seriously—this has been followed up on and is being reviewed,” Johnson said.

Michael Gibson, general manager of the Local 77 union that includes employees in housekeeping and facilities management, said Al McSurely, activist and the Chapel Hill-based civil rights attorney representing the housekeepers, has contacted the union on behalf of the housekeepers and has sent the letter, but Local 77 has yet to submit an official grievance to the University.

“We’re in the process of working with Duke Human Resources and the Office for Institutional Equity to do some fact finding about the situation to see if that was what is going on,” Gibson said.

Grievances are filed frequently from dining and housing employees, said Lorrie Alexander Jr., a senior human resources representative at Duke. He added that junior Tong Xiang—who is part of a student-led effort to support Duke employees—came to speak with Duke Human Resources on behalf of the housekeepers, but the housekeepers cannot be represented by students and must instead be represented by Local 77.

The letter also notes that some housekeepers named in the letter have said they were frequently assigned tasks outside of the housekeeper position’s purview. Schlabach has instructed them to take personal items, such as computers, from dormitory storage areas and put them in Schlabach’s car, Flores said.

“At the beginning, I thought she was a sister,” Flores said. “I thought I owed her my loyalty and protection.”

Xiang and sophomore Haley Millner said they were informed of Schlabach’s actions and went to speak with her.

Millner and Xiang met with Schlabach Jan. 17, who then called the Duke University Police Department and said the students had threatened her, the students said. When the police arrived, DUPD officers walked Millner and Xiang outside of the building while Schlabach watched, the students said.

Maria Palmer, a community advocate who serves as the housekeepers’ translator, said the housekeepers are intimidated because they believe Schlabach is not being held accountable for her actions.

“They feel that Duke has to know this is happening,” Palmer said. “They asked me if I thought they should just not go back to work... but I have faith that Duke is not going to sweep this under the rug.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

Blue Devils drop just two sets in pair of wins

by Shiva Kothari THE CHRONICLE

Duke heads to the biggest regular season tournament of the spring on an impressive roll.

The No. 10 Blue Devils (3-0) lost only two sets en route to winning the ITA Kickoff Weekend at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center this week0 end. Going a comVCU 10-0 against Duke 6 bined Virginia Commonwealth (5-2) and 0 UW Washington (5Duke 4 1) in singles and doubles, Duke dominated play and earned one of the 16 spots in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, held Feb. 17-20 in Charlottesville, Va. “Well [the ITA Championship] is the second biggest event of the spring,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “To advance relatively comfortably without dropping a match gives us a lot of confidence.”

In the final against the Huskies, Duke gained momentum early with a comeback victory from the doubles tandem of Chris Mengel and David Holland. Only six points away from losing the match, Holland and Mengel overcame a 6-4 deficit to storm back and win the match 8-6 to secure the doubles point.

“They dug themselves a bit of a hole but did a good job picking up their energy and going after their shots,” Smith said.

In singles, seventh-ranked Henrique

Cunha got it started with a convincing victory over 15th-ranked Kyle McMorrow of Washington, 6-3, 6-4 to secure the first singles point.

“I just started the match pretty focused on holding my serve and try to get the early break,” Cunha said. “I got the break the second game of the first set and that set the tone for my match.”

The other two singles points came from 17th-ranked Mengel and Fred Saba, who both won their matches in straight sets to give the Blue Devils an insurmountable 4-0 edge.

Like Washington, Virginia Commonweath was no match for Duke when they faced off in the semifinals of the tournament. Duke easily won the doubles point and proceeded to win five of the six singles matches in straight sets to win 6-0 and advance to the finals.

Senior Torsten Wietoska led the charge against the Rams, winning his doubles match with freshman Raphael Hemmeler and the clinching singles match.

“He adds a lot to our lineup,” Smith said.

“He has the ability to beat the top players.

It’s been really nice to see him healthy, confident and playing well.”

With Wietoska raising his level of play this year, Duke looks to build upon last year’s semifinal run at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship and go even further.

The Blue Devils will prepare by taking on a trio of opponents this weekend—Illinois, Notre Dame and N.C. Central.

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Anumba, Barbas win shot put in Chapel Hill

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Michelle Anumba won her first competition of the spring, taking first in the shot put at the UNC Invite.

The Blue Devils continued posting recordbreaking performances this past weekend as they split to send their multi-event athletes to the Penn State National Invitational and their throwers to the UNC Invite.

Junior Michelle Anumba‘s first-place finish in the shot put at Chapel Hill, though, stood apart from the rest.

This past weekend was Anumba’s first competition of the season, but after several weeks of practice coming off winter break, she was ready to get back into the ring. “I was definitely a little bit nervous,� Anumba said, “but that first throw helped me get rid of some of those nerves, and I felt more confident as the competition went on.�

Part of that confidence was a result of the fact that Anumba is no stranger to first-place finishes. Last season, the junior thoroughly proved herself to be capable of holding her own in tough competition as she shattered multiple school records. Another part of her confidence came as the result of assistant coach B.J. Linnenbrink’s advice and training. “He told me ‘You are what you think,’ and that was pretty much it,� Anumba said. “I made the focus of the meet not only winning but being confident, doing what we practiced and not forgetting what was important.�

Her teammates also took that advice to heart and used it to their advantage. Senior Michael Barbas, who competed in the men’s side of the shot put, also posted a first-place finish with his throw of 17.22 meters.

The Blue Devils took top spots in several other events and saw a number of multievent athletes earn top-10 finishes at Penn State. Karli Johonnot, who opened her season with a second-place finish in the high jump two weeks ago, won the pentathlon with a total of 3,802 points, the second-best performance in Duke history. Her teammates Miray Seward and Teddi Maslowski took sixth and ninth in the event, respectively, while on the men’s side freshman Ian Rock took fifth in the heptathlon.

On the track, sophomore Lucas TalavanBecker took second in the 3000m, leading classmate Alec Klassen and junior Joseph Elsakr, who crossed the line in seventh and eighth, respectively. The men had a strong showing in the 600m as well, with Henry Farley taking second place overall, Kyle Moran coming in three spots behind and Matt Marriott finishing sixth.

On the women’s side, LaCresha Styles continued Duke’s streak of success in the 60m hurdles, where she finished in fifth, while her teammate Hannah Goranson took fourth.

In just one week, the Blue Devils will be flying to New York for the Armory Collegiate Invitational, the toughest meet so far this season, but with their first few competitions out of the way and several top finishes to boost their confidence, the athletes are already eager to take on new challenges. “I know there’s so much in the tank,�

Anumba said. “I can do better. I’m capable of so much more. So I’m kind of excited to see where this season will go.�

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Duke holds off late St. John’s comeback

by Jason Palmatary THE CHRONICLE

At the surface, Duke’s 83-76 non-conference victory over St. John’s would appear to be a satisfactory result. However, after seeing a 16-point halftime lead that ballooned to 22 points early in the second half become a Game four-point contest in game’s waning moAnalysis the ments, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was disgusted with his team’s effort, especially on the defensive end of the court.

“We did enough to win,” Krzyzewski said. “It makes me sick to say that. I hate saying ‘we did enough to win.’ It’s not who I am, and it’s not what this program is.”

The Blue Devils went into the locker room with a comfortable 45-29 lead, after holding the Red Storm to just 42 percent shooting in the first half and only allowing just one trip to the charity stripe. With the frontcourt players making a concerted effort to get out to the perimeter to hedge in high screen-and-roll situations, Duke was able to limit penetration.

A near seven-minute stretch at the end of the first half that saw the Blue Devils go on a 20-3 run was a perfect example of this effort as many St. John’s possessions ended with long field goal attempts late in the shot clock.

For the half, the Johnnies recorded just two assists as they were not able to get in any type of flow offensively and frequently resorted to one-on-one play off the dribble.

However, the second half would be a very different story for Duke from both an intensity and execution standpoint.

“We were helping each other, and everyone was in a stance, being effective,” guard Seth Curry said. “But, we let up, and weren’t able to do it for 40 minutes. It was an embarrassment.”

One of the issues that would plague the Blue Devils for much of the second half was foul trouble. This became very apparent less than six minutes into the period, when forward Ryan Kelly picked up the Duke’s seventh team foul, putting St. John’s into the bonus for the rest of the game. A frequent offender was Tyler Thornton, who

picked up four fouls in just ten in minutes of action and often showed questionable judgement when attempting to take a charge. For the half, the Red Storm would take 19 free throws, after attempting just two in the opening period.

St. John’s offensive attack was carried by freshmen Moe Harkless and D’Angelo Harrison, who combined to score 51 points, with 33 of those coming in the game’s last 20 minutes.

Harrison did most of his damage from the perimeter, while Harkless showcased a nice inside-outside game that made him a matchup nightmare for the Duke frontline.

“They’re great players,” fellow freshman Austin Rivers said. “Harkless and Harrison had unbelievable games. I can’t take anything away from them and tip my hat to them.”

Krzyzewski, though, wasn’t quite as quick to heap praise on the other team.

Instead, he questioned why his players let the game evolve into what he—and Austin Rivers, independently—described as an AAU game, referring to the summer circuit games where top prospects often play three or four times in a day, resulting in deteriorating defensive intensity.

On the half, the Red Storm would score 47 points, connecting on 5-of-10 3-pointers and also getting to the rim at will. Despite a significant size advantage, as St. John’s tallest player was 6-foot-8, Duke was not able to consistently alter shots at the basket.

And, the Blue Devil players would not disagree with their head coach’s diagnosis.

“We got comfortable,” Rivers said. “Our intensity wasn’t there. Coach K was so angry with us because our effort was lacking, and rightfully so.”

In his final remarks at the post-game press conference, Krzyzewski made it clear that his team did not meet his high level of expectations. Still, he acknowledged that it would be up to his players to allow his message to resonate and put the work in to get better on the defensive end. For a team that is giving up 69 points a game after yielding 65 and 61 in the previous two campaigns, discovering this extra intensity may very well determine the ultimate success of this season.

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Seth Curry struggled from the floor, making just 3-of-7 shots, including just 1-of-4 from beyond the arc.

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In his return to the starting lineup, Ryan Kelly had 16 points and nine rebounds, making 10-of-12 free throws.

M. BASKETBALL from page 1 crisply passing the ball around the arc until somebody found an open look. For the duration of the half, this strategy worked well, with Duke going 6-of-11 from 3-point range and using the long ball to stretch its lead.

The third element was good defense.

The Blue Devils did not allow St. John’s any open looks at the basket. Although the inexperienced Red Storm players were unorganized at times, Duke’s stifling defense still deserves credit for holding them to merely three points over that 7-minute span.

Consequently, the Blue Devils started the second half with a 16-point lead, 4529, along with all of the momentum after junior Ryan Kelly tip-slammed home a missed shot at the buzzer to end the first period. Although the first few minutes would see Duke extend its lead to 22 points, the Blue Devils would lose focus shortly thereafter, thus accelerating Krzyzewski’s descent to displeasure.

“When you have the opportunity to knock somebody out, you have to knock them out,” Krzyzewski said.

The late second half was characterized by poor defense and questionable shot selection. Duke contrasted its great 3-point performance in the first period by going 1-of-8 in the second.

“In the second half, we weren’t as aggressive on the offensive end, and our defense was very poor,” Kelly said. “When you

play defense like that, and they start getting good looks and knocking down shots, they get their confidence going.”

This allowed the Red Storm to get back into the game. Starting with 12:13 left in the game, the Blue Devils began to see their lead diminish into single digits, spearheaded by a noteworthy effort from Harkless. Still, Duke would sporadically score, preventing St. John’s from overcoming that critical barrier to transform their comeback from a minor scare to a legitimate challenge until the final minutes of regulation.

With 3:08 remaining, the Red Storm found itself in a 13-point hole. Harkless would lead his team’s final push with a layup to cut the lead to 11, and one possession later, he hit a midrange jumper to pull his team within nine points. After one of Duke’s 16 turnovers, Harkless buried another jumper to reduce the deficit to seven with just over a minute to go. To complete his barrage of points, Harkless hit a critical 3-pointer with 37 seconds left. Suddenly, the Red Storm found itself only six points away from the Blue Devils.

Unfortunately, this effort proved to be too little too late. With such little time remaining and their inability to force turnovers, the Red Storm had to resort to fouling. The Blue Devils went 9-of-10 from the free-throw line in the final three minutes of the game to secure the win. But based on the sentiment out of the locker room, it certainly was not a victory to be proud of.

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Liston shoots Capra leads rout of Illinois past Clemson

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Tricia Liston’s 16 points spurred the Blue Devils to a blowout victory against Clemson in a prelude to No. 3 Connecticut’s visit Monday.

by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

Coming out of Friday’s 81-37 road victory over Clemson, head coach Joanne P. McCallie was all smiles.

The one thing she stressed to her team after escaping with a close 80-72 victory over Maryland last Monday was defense.

And that defensive spark was exactly what No. 5 Duke (172, 8-0 in the ACC) had against the Tigers (5-13, 1-6), as the Blue Devils held their opponents to Duke 81 a 27.5 field-goal percentage overall and kept them scoreless in the last Tigers 37 7:51 of the game.

“I just thought we had a great team game, and everybody elevated the team in one way or another,” McCallie said. “We rebounded better in the second half, and I thought we were more aggressive in the second half.”

Duke held Clemson to its second-poorest shooting performance this season, finishing only 14-of-51 from the floor and making just 1-of-13 from behind the arc.

The Blue Devil defense also forced 22 Tiger turnovers en route to a 44-point victory.

“I think it’s really important to take each game one at a time, and I think for us, our team really listened,” McCallie said. “One thing I’m really moved by is that they were really listening to me about the points we gave up against Maryland [and] more than that, we talked about how people scored.”

The Blue Devils had 43 total rebounds and nine blocks, with Tricia Liston leading the scoring with 16, and Elizabeth Williams aiding with a team-high five blocks and 14 points.

“I loved Tricia’s game, she was very attacking and balanced, though I wanted her to rebound more,” McCallie said. “And Elizabeth, I liked her blocks, and she’s becoming a freshman leader for Duke and moving on to bigger things.”

Clemson got off to a strong start to take a 9-4 lead over the Blue Devils and remained in control of the game 25-22 with 5:22 remaining in the first half.

But Duke was not silenced that easily and went on a 15-2 run to end the first half and take the lead, continuing the momentum for the remainder of the game.

“When they work really, really hard to get certain things done, then you feel pretty good about what you’re doing out there,” McCallie said. “I think that was exactly the case tonight.”

With the win, the Blue Devils hold on to the top spot in the conference leading into their biggest home contest of the year tonight at 7 p.m. against Connecticut at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Blue Devils continued their roll through the young season, taking down Illinois Saturday to remain undefeated.

No. 3 Duke (4-0) outclassed Illinois (4-1) at the ITA KickOff Weekend Saturday, 6-1, earning one of the 15 available automatic bids to the ITA NationC of C 0 al Team Indoor Championship.

Blue Devils also defeatDuke 7 ed The College of Charleston (0-2) 7-0 Friday.

Illinois 1 “We hadn’t played back-to-back Duke 6 matches all year,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “In order for us to be successful this year... we have to be able to put together back-to-back matches.”

In doubles, Duke found itself trailing early on two courts. The team quickly responded, however, as Ester Goldfeld and Mary Clayton were able to get an 8-4 win that would be matched by Beatrice Capra and Rachel Kahan, earning the doubles point.

“I think everybody did a good job getting off to a good start, especially with getting the doubles point,” Capra said. “I think that pumped everybody up.”

The energy continued into singles play as Clayton defeated opponent Rachael White, 6-2, 6-0 in under an hour.

“One of our goals is always, if we get the doubles point, to get a quick singles match and not give the other team any confidence,” Ashworth said. “The momentum just carried from court to court.”

Capra soon followed with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Marisa Lambropoulos, clinching the third point for the Blue Devils.

“I’ve been trying to work on starting off the points really well, either attacking the second serve, and coming into the net closing off the points,” Capra said. “I thought I did that really well today.”

The victory did not come easy, as sophomore Hanna Mar found herself in a long and arduous battle with

Allison Falkin. With Duke’s Rachel Kahan trailing in her match—and Goldfeld and Annie Mulholland struggling to hold off their opponents—the team relied on Mar to get the win. She did, finishing 6-2, 6-3 to end the match.

“With everybody having a lot of energy it really made it easier to play,” Mar said. “It got a little close at the end.”

Mulholland and Goldfeld both won their singles matches, while Kahan ultimately fell to Melissa Kopinski, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

“We need to know that we can win the long-term matches,” Ashworth said. “We have to know that we can win the tight matches.”

Duke has not given up more than one point in a match this season. The Blue Devils will look to continue that success Saturday when Northwestern comes to Durham.

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Beatrice Capra went undefeated over the weekend, winning twice in singles and as well as doubles with partner Rachel Kahan.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Duke closes out regular season with North Carolina, Clemson

by Michael Baker THE CHRONICLE

Duke ended its regular season on a high note over the weekend, racking up a slew of strong individual performances against North Carolina Friday and against Clemson and Richmond Saturday morning.

“There were a lot of great performances out there,” head coach Dan Colella said. “It’s kind of a continuation of last Friday, with [North Carolina] and Virginia being two of the most dominant programs in the ACC in the last several

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years. For us, it’s important to be able to stand up and race these guys and race them hard and, as last week, the group raced them as hard as I’ve seen them race in my seven years.”

Against the Tar Heels, the Blue Devil men and women lost 165-121 and 178-111, respectively. Duke’s women (5-7, 1-6 in the ACC), however, rebounded to defeat both the Tigers 159-130 and the Spiders 167.5-117.5. The men (4-7, 1-6) fell to Clemson in a narrow 156-144 result.

Relays continued to be a strong point for the Blue Devils.

Against North Carolina, both the men’s and women’s teams won the 400-yard freestyle and came in second in the 400yard medley relay. Against the Tigers and Richmond, the women’s team won the 200-yard medley relay and placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The men’s team placed second in both relays.

Another highlight of the weekend was Duke’s performance in breaststroke. Sophomore Christine Wixted swept the events in that discipline, winning the 200-yard and 100yard races both days. Wixted’s 200-yard breaststroke time of 2:15.98 was a pool record. On the men’s side, graduate student Piotr Safroncyzk won the 100-yard breaststroke both days, as well as the 200-yard event Saturday. In the 100-yard event against the Tar Heels, the Blue Devils swept the event, with Safroncyzk setting a pool record time of 55.79. Junior Jim Zuponeck finished second, and sophomores Hunter Knight and Tyler Fleming finished third and fourth, respectively.

Diving also continued to dominate, sweeping the three-meter event over the weekend and taking the onemeter event against Clemson and Richmond. Senior Jessica Lyden won both the three-meter and the one-meter competitions Saturday. Senior Cody Kolodziejzyk also won both three-meter events and freshman Clay Pickney won the one-meter Saturday.

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In memoriam The Duke community lost Semans was born in 1920 a revered figure last Wednes- and graduated from the day. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Duke’s Woman’s College in Semans was one of the last 1939. She was married twice surviving links to the founding to two Duke physicians, Dr. members of the University— Josiah Trent and Dr. James Washington Semans. Mary editorial Duke, Benjamin Semans was Newton Duke known for her and James Buchanan Duke. As down-to-earth and caring naa member of the Duke family, ture as she continually conshe was under no obligation cerned herself with the welto be involved in the campus fare of students and faculty. community, yet she consid- Many of those who knew her ered it her duty to serve the emphasized her devotion to University in the spirit of the civil and human rights, citing Duke family tradition. her work on the board of the Mary Semans’ lifetime Lincoln Community Health of commitment echoes the Center, which provides prospect of seeing Duke as health care to low-income a community embedded in patients in Durham.

Durham and North Carolina, But what is perhaps most connected through the veins remembered about Semans of citizenship, philanthropy is her commitment to bridgand art. ing the University with its

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surrounding community through the arts. She firmly believed in the importance of the arts and was responsible for bringing them to Duke.

Through her heavy involvement in the establishment of the Nasher Museum of Art, Semans cemented Duke’s reputation as a center for the arts. And in the process, Semans never forgot the importance of maintaining the link between Duke and Durham. She advocated for the museum to be placed outside of Duke’s walls to emphasize that the museum was for the benefit of both communities.

Semans and her husband’s work in the creation of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts is a further testament to her devotion to providing arts education in

North Carolina.

Her tireless dedication to the community did not end there. Semans was personally involved in nearly every facet of this University’s undertakings and plainly understood its place in the larger North Carolina community. Semans served as a Board of Trustees member for 20 years and chaired the Duke Endowment for some time. She attended many men’s basketball games, supported the University’s Medical Center through initiatives such as the Josiah Charles Trent Collection of the History of Medicine, and was an integral part of the establishment of the Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship, believing that North and South Carolina needed to

Mary has truly been the heart and soul of Duke Medicine. Her passion and personal involvement in the every day life of Duke Medicine has been a source of inspiration to everyone. She spoke often of the importance of humanity in the practice of medicine and effectively modeled her conviction through personal actions and by sharing her unwavering support and encouragement to Duke physicians and health care providers. She was a very special friend to me, the faculty and employees across Duke Medicine. She will be greatly missed.

Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs; CEO, Duke University Health System

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As a fourth generation Duke graduate and someone who grew up in the Durham community, I am impressed by the number of communications from the University honoring Mary Semans and how deeply the University community has been able to convey the loss that we all feel.

When I think about Mary, I note the big smile that comes across my face with each memory. I can remember as a 5-year-old talking with her and enjoying how interested she was in me and what I was doing.

Anyone who came in contact with Mary came away feeling better from her infectious enthusiasm for the topic at hand and for the communities we are part of.

My grandfather, Charles B. Wade, Jr., Trinity ’38, always told us that Mary was one of his favorite people in the world. I think that she was one of many individuals’ favorite people in the world.

I so appreciate her inspirational and tireless promotion of the performing arts and her commitment to the role of philanthropy throughout our Duke community. There are so many people in this world who will continue to benefit from her passions and her support for many decades to come. I only wish they’d had a chance to visit with her from time to time as I was able to.

Looking forward, John D. Ross, Jr., Trinity ’92 I read of the passing of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans with great sadness.

Though I am doubly a Duke student—a

be better represented in the student population. She was the first female Durham City Council member and served as Durham’s mayor pro tempore from 1953 to 1955.

It is too easy to simply criticize a community’s shortcomings without working to improve it. Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans took the noble approach and showed us the importance of being personally involved in the improvement of our institution by connecting it with the larger community. She made Duke a large part of herself and simultaneously shaped its future identity while maintaining its traditions. The University will sorely miss such an integral part of its core identity that embodied Duke’s past and future.

current graduate student in the English Department, as well as a member of the Class of 2004—I came to know Mary in a somewhat strange manner. She was a regular customer at Guglhupf Cafe, where I worked as a barista several years ago. She knew all of the staff by name. We certainly knew her by name—she was our favorite customer.

She always arrived exquisitely dressed, with immaculate maquillage (she favored bright lipstick). She waited patiently during the lunch rush, no matter how long and rowdy the line, and when she reached the counter, she always asked us how we were doing in a way that was always genuine, never perfunctory. She always, always tipped, and she always pointed to the credit card slip and said “Now, there’s a tip there,” so that we wouldn’t forget to tally it at the end of our shift (we assured her that we would not). We liked to deliver her tea directly to her table (a privilege reserved solely for her. The other customers were asked to pick up their drinks at the counter), but she always protested, saying that it wasn’t necessary—we were far too busy. I should also mention that she was often accompanied by two of her children, James and Jenny, lovely people in their own right.

During Christmastime, she gave one of my co-workers (who had waited on her for several years) a present. That a woman with such an expansive social circle would take the time to think of her barista at Christmastime was astounding to me.

During the years since I worked at Guglhupf, I have often thought of Mary Semans as the classiest person I have ever met. Even at this point in my relatively young life, it doesn’t seem likely to me that I will ever meet anyone able to eclipse her. In addition to her lifetime accomplishments, her philanthropic efforts and her legacy at Duke (all of which you will surely read about in the paper), I am here to tell you that she was a person who treated everyone—even the most incidental people in her life— with the utmost kindness and respect. Her family, her friends, Duke University—we have all lost a treasure of a human being. I will cherish my memory of her always.

Sarah Rogers, Trinity’04 and graduate student in English

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Remembering Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans 1920 - 2012 in our thoughts Mary Semans was a great lady, in a way that very few people are nowadays.

She was gracious, perceptive, enthusiastic about people and causes. She always carried herself with dignity, but she lighted up a room when she came in with her warm smile and lively conversation. When Bob and I arrived at Duke she welcomed us warmly and made us immediately feel at home. That was how she treated everyone.

Her love of Duke was fundamental to her personality, and equally fundamental to the University. It’s impossible to imagine Duke in the past half-century without Mary Semans; so many good things would not have happened without her dedicated leadership and generosity of spirit. I especially treasured the opportunity to work with her on the Nasher Museum, a splendid part of Duke that would surely never have been created without Mary’s leadership, along with that of Ray Nasher and his family.

For those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and work with her, Mary Semans was always a supportive partner and gentle guide. She was a significant force for good in countless North Carolina organizations, but she always had time for family members and friends. And her roots in Durham were firm and lasting; she cared so much about this town and this community, and all the people who live here. Because of her caring, and her pervasive involvement, this city is now a much better place.

She will be sorely missed; but we were exceptionally lucky to be part of her life and work.

Nan Keohane, president emerita, Duke University Mary Semans understood and represented the true heart and soul of Duke’s Medical Center from its very inception. She was the conscience and embodiment of the indenture that envisioned and created Duke’s medical establishment and thus helped to guide its development and fulfill its grand vision. During my term as chancellor for Health Affairs, I constantly sought and cherished her wisdom, advice and friendship. I was blessed with these as well as her enduring support. One of my greatest treasures is the blessing to have traveled a good part of life’s pathway with Mary Semans as a dear friend and colleague.

fairness. Mary was never quick to judge and always ready to learn. Enveloping it all was a childlike, even impish, sense of humor. Many of our conversations were laden with laughter. Surrounded by physicians, Mary believed that laughter is the best medicine.

Most of all Mary embodied—and taught us all—the ideals of our University.

I believe that for Mary, Duke was first and foremost a family, a community. This belief carried with it an immutable truth and pervasive practice: to treat people with respect, care for every family member and always seek the good of the whole as we strive for excellence in the parts. Perhaps the greatest tribute to Mary and our most important responsibility going forward is to carry forward the torch of Duke as family. As one member of that family, I join with so many others whose lives Mary touched in saying how much I will miss her.

Bob Shepard, vice president for Alumni Affairs and Development I met Mary and Jim Semans shortly after I arrived at Duke in 1992. They were strong supporters of the then Drama Program, which I had been hired to direct. Their daughter Beth, a recent graduate of Duke, was producing movies in Los Angeles. I grew to know the three of them, and came to value their kindness, humor and steadfast support.

Back then, and for years to come, most of the time I saw Mary, Jim was by her side. I recall one conversation with the two of them about the North Carolina School of the Arts (now UNC School of the Arts), with Jim lighting up to describe how that school “fomented creativity,” relishing the sound of that phrase.

My wife reminded me yesterday that a bowl in our kitchen was given to us by Mary when we were married. I have a blue glass bird on my desk that Mary gave me on some occasion in the past. She was a deeply thoughtful and considerate person.

And a true believer in the value of the arts. Mary knew and appreciated the finest achievements in the arts. Yet what I remember most was her steadfast belief that the arts were an essential part of living a good life, and of being an educated person. Duke has gained a reputation as a university that cares about the arts, and we have Mary Semans in large part to thank for that.

Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor emeritus, Duke University Richard Riddell, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans professor of the practice of theater studies, vice president and university secretary We at the Nasher Museum were tremendously sad to learn that Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a longtime supporter of the Nasher Museum and passionate advocate for the arts, passed away last Wednesday.

We would not be here, and the Nasher Museum would not exist, without Mary. Every arts organization in North Carolina knew her generosity. On a personal level, Mary cared very deeply about people, possessed a unique historical perspective and was a wonderful advisor. She was also our very real connection to the founding of Duke University.

Mary Semans will always have a presence throughout the Nasher Museum.

Our great hall bears her name, and the museum directorship and the annual Semans Lecture are named for both Mary and her late husband. During the 1960s and ’70s, while serving on the Duke Board of Trustees, Mrs. Semans advocated for an art museum on campus and worked closely with the late Raymond D. Nasher, a 1943 graduate of Duke, to establish the Nasher Museum. She also served as a member of the museum’s distinguished national Board of Advisors.

In 2010, the Nasher Museum created the Mary D.B.T. Semans Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.

Kimberly Rorschach, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans director of the Nasher Museum of Art Gracious. Vibrant. A quiet brilliance. These are the qualities of Mary Semans that most struck me when I first met her some 17 years ago. Over the years I learned those qualities were grounded in core values of equality, justice and

Dear Family and Friends, On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, the Duke community lost a beautiful person.

There is no one affiliated with Duke University whose life has not been significantly impacted by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans. Most knew Ms. Semans for her philanthropic activities associated with the University and the various charities she supported. Without question, she was a leading figure in Durham and within the Duke community. But there was another part of Mary Semans that was not as well known except to those whose lives she directly impacted.

Not only was Ms. Semans a member of the Board of Trustees of the Duke Endowment and a major supporter of Duke University, but throughout her life she endeared the suffering of the oppressed in her heart. She became them and she loved them. Like her great-grandfather Washington Duke, she became a staunch supporter of civil rights. Even as a very young woman, at a time when the rest of the world was eschewing the rights of African Americans and dismissing their complaints as frivolous, she went directly to them to understand their perception of what was occurring in the world around them. For this she will always be remembered. The world may have lost the kind and always joyful smile of Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, but her spirit lives on and will join in the chorus of those who went before her and whose voices whisper in the gentle winds that blow across the campus of Duke University.

In remembrance, D.W. Duke

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