May 20, 2010 by Duke Chronicle

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Police look into Central rape report

Board OKs budget for FY ’10-’11

A call to action

New budget a 5.6% increase from last year

by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

A female student reported she was raped in a Central Campus apartment May 14, Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department confirmed Monday. The incident took place from about 2:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Friday according to the DUPD incident report. The student reported the assault anonymously to DUPD Saturday at approximately 10:09 a.m., according to the report. The student allegedly met the unknown suspect at a local nightclub. Although Dailey said Monday the complainant was raped, the DUPD report was originally filed as a sexual assault. Duke Police declined to give any details about the suspect, including whether any suspects are in custody. DUPD Assistant Chief Gloria Graham said the complainant is cooperating with the investigation. DUPD did not send out a DukeAlert e-mail or text notification to the student body about the event but issued an e-mail update to the Police News listserv at 11:29 a.m. Monday. According to the federal Clery Act, DUPD is only required to alert students

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus speaks at last Sunday’s commencement, encouraging the Class of 2010 to use its knowledge and technology to make a difference. SEE STORY PAGE 3.

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Former football players plead guilty to weapons charges after Jan. incident by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Three former Duke football players pleaded guilty in Durham County court Tuesday to charges of possession of a weapon on educational property and carrying a concealed weapon. John Drew, Kyle Griswould and Brandon Putnam, all freshmen last year, were each given a year of supervised John Drew probation in place of a 45-day sentence, which the judge suspended. They each must complete 140 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine plus court fees. The players are also barred from campus. The three players along with one uniden-

tified non-student faced charges after police, who were responding to a fire alarm in Aycock Residence Hall, heard gunshots on East Campus around 3 a.m. Jan. 17. Police reported that the four fired the semi-automatic handgun into the air while driving around East, although it remains unclear how many shots were fired. The four were held in jail on a $40,000 secured bond on the night of the incident. Kyle Griswould All three players later withdrew from the University. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said Wednesday that the University declined to comment on the case. The players could have received as

Don’t Wait For Me A new application will allow students to track campus buses online, PAGE 4

At its meeting Friday, the Board of Trustees approved a $1.93 billion budget for fiscal year 2010-2011, which includes double-digit percent increases to both undergraduate financial aid funding and employee benefit costs. This budget is a 5.6 percent increase from last year’s flat budget, which did not call for any increased spending. Still, the expansion is smaller than the 9 percent annual budget increase typical before the recession. Board Chair and Democratic state Sen. Dan Blue, Law ’73, said the budget is “austere,” but also one that allows the University to look forward beyond the recession. “[The increase] means that we’re cognizant of [the recession], and budgeting in tough times requires tough choices,” Blue said. “The administration is still implementing some of the [Duke Administrative Reform Team’s] actions, but at the same time, we have to continue on.” The increase can be attributed largely to the projected 4 percent rise in revenue to about $1.27 billion which is mostly generated by the schools, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. Much of this new revenue is coming from new academic programs the University is fast-tracking to help offset its remaining $40 million budget shortfall.

much as 13 to 16 months in prison, Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department said in a January interview. Dailey said Wednesday that he could not comment on who the unidentified person is, how many shots were fired, how the students obtained the weapon or whether alcohol or drugs were involved in the case. Dailey added that DUPD turned over all information to the Brandon Putnam district attorney. Inside the courtroom, lawyers representing the defendants called the incident a “bad mistake” on the part of the former players, all of whom had no prior criminal record.

More money, more aid The University approved four new master’s degree programs last year, and at its meeting this weekend the Board approved five more new graduate-level degree programs. “I don’t think anyone would say any of these are going to be giant cash cows… but they are a great use of the resources of the University in very imaginative ways,” President Richard Brodhead said. “In truth, they’re all things that fall within the strategic plans…. They’re not stopgap measures to raise money, they’re projects we have defined as important for the future of education.” Although the programs require some use of University money and resources, they are nevertheless profitable for Duke. The most recently approved graduate-level programs together could add more than $20 million in annual revenue, according to the project proposals.

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ONTHERECORD

“Ignoring the existing Central Campus as long as we did was a bad idea.”

—Dean and Vice Provost for Undergrad. Education Steve Nowicki, See story page 5

Last-second heroics from Lindsay Gilbride propel Duke, Page 11

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Commencement 2010 A photo essay by Zachary Tracer

1. Members of the undergraduate Class of 2010 wave to friends and family as they walk to their seats. 2. Student speaker David Distenfeld expounds on how the improvisation concept of “Yes, and...” applies to real life. 3. Board of Trustees Chair Dan Blue (left) announces the presentation of honorary degrees as President Richard Brodhead (right) looks on. 4. New graduates throw their caps in the air in celebration after the ceremony. 5. Graduates, seated on the field in Wallace Wade Stadium for the commencement exercises, watch as President Brodhead addresses them.

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Speakers urge graduates to better the world by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Cloudy skies surrounded Wallace Wade Stadium as more than 3,500 students received undergraduate, graduate or professional degrees Sunday. Inside the stadium, however, the future was bright. President Richard Brodhead, commencement speaker Muhammad Yunus and student speaker David Distenfeld urged graduates to make the most of their lives after Duke. “As you write the story of your life, I trust you will build on the hopes and aspirations that you sketched out on this magical campus,” Brodhead said after conferring degrees. “You have the talent, Duke gave you the tools, time for you to do the builders’ work.” Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who is considered the father of microfinance, encouraged the Class of 2010 to take advantage of those tools, especially the “technology” graduates have in their hands. “Technology is like a vessel, it is like a car. It is the driver who decides where you want to take it,” said Yunus, who received an honorary degree at Sunday’s ceremonies. “If you want to use this technology to make money, it will take you to make money. If you want to take this technology to change the world, to make a better world, definitely it will take you there. It is your choice what you want to do with it.” In his speech, Yunus discussed how he established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh because he believed in empowering the poor. Yunus and Grameen Bank went on to jointly receive the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their bottom-up approach to banking. Yunus added that he did not know much about banking when he unexpectedly entered the field, which ended up helping him. “I didn’t have to follow the rules,” he said. “These big banks told me back in 1976, ‘Banks cannot lend money to the poor because they are not credit worthy.’ So I started asking people in New York, ‘Can you tell me who are credit worthy now?’” Distenfeld, who graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Duke University Improv, does not have the experience in banking that Yunus has, but he offered

similar advice. Distenfeld used the “Yes, and...” improv technique to speak broadly about the Class of 2010’s experience at Duke. “So much of my Duke experience has been unrehearsed, completely unscripted,” Distenfeld said. “Improv can teach us all how to successfully navigate life after Duke. ‘Yes, and...’ teaches us to not just accept the world we live in, but to also find ways to make it a better place.”

“Technology is like a vessel, it is like a car. It is the driver who decides where you want to take it. If you want to use this technology to make money, it will take you to make money. If you want to take this technology to change the world, to make a better world, definitely it will take you there. It is your choice what you want to do with it.” — Muhammad Yunus, commencement speaker Distenfeld provided many examples of this principle in action, from the way Duke Athletics built on Cameron Crazies’ enthusiasm with this year’s Countdown to Craziness event to a short film Distenfeld made with a friend sophomore year. Distenfeld said the film eventually collected almost five million views on YouTube and helped raise thousands of dollars for pediatric cancer research. “The concept of ‘Yes, and...’ was both entertaining and also a good explanation of what we should do with our lives,” said graduating senior Upom Malik.

In addition to Yunus, four other scholars and public officials received honorary degrees. Among them were Temple Grandin, an expert in humane livestock facilities design and animal behavior, and Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education whose Children First initiative works to improve the district’s educational quality. Alasdair MacIntyre, a moral philosopher who taught at Duke, and Sir John Pendry, a physicist who used the field of metamaterials to help create a practical “invisibility cloak,” also received honorary degrees. Katie Griswold, mother of graduating senior Caroline Griswold, said commencement reflected “$160,000 well spent.” “The focus of Duke is clearly on using your talents and skills to do good things for the little guy in the world,” Katie Griswold said. Bill Kohler, the grandfather of graduating twins Laura and Elizabeth Duncan, said the entire graduation weekend—which has been full of receptions and services—was uplifting. He added that the ceremonies and speeches were better than his daughter’s 1986 graduation from Duke. “All the challenges [graduating students] were given were very appropriate,” Kohler said. Although they were in town to enjoy commencement, friends and family of the graduates provide a strong boost to Durham’s economy, according to a Duke news release. Visitors spend an estimated $3.2 million on expenditures like food and hotel rooms, and they will also leave about $140,750 in local tax revenues for the city and county, the news release said. Yunus also discussed profits in his speech, reminding graduates that they have the option to work for profit-making companies or social businesses built on the principle of selflessness. “Each individual, each human being, has the power— the enormous power—to change the world, and you have it,” Yunus concluded. “Are you going to use that power to change the world? That is the question I leave with you.” Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department wrote in an e-mail Wednesday that two people were transported to the Emergency Department during commencement, one for heat and one for another condition.

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New application to allow bus tracking

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Students board a bus after waiting at the West Campus bus stop. A new initiative, which is expected to be implemented this Fall, will use prepaid Motorola mobile phones to track all campus buses. by Carmen Augustine THE CHRONICLE

Students racing to the bus stop to catch the C-1 will soon have bus locations at their fingertips. Matthew Ball, Trinity ’10, has been working with Parking and Transportation Services to create a new Web application that will allow the tracking of University buses online. The GPS-based application, which will cover all bus routes on campus as well as the Robertson and Safe Ride routes, is expected to be available by the Fall, said Sam Veraldi, director of finance for campus services. “I think the problem with public transportation is you have so much less control over your own mobility,” Ball said. “If you have a system that can allow you

to schedule better, I think it can increase people’s usage of buses and Safe Rides.” Ball proposed the idea for a bus tracking system to Parking and Transportation. He said it was encouraging that administrative groups on campus were receptive to student input. The University has considered other tracking systems, but Ball’s pitch was a more affordable and appropriate option, Veraldi said. “It looked like a good application for us,” Veraldi said. “Students have been asking for something like this for some time.” The buses will be equipped with prepaid Motorola mobile phones to allow tracking on an online map. Veraldi said the system will allow users to plan See tracking on page 15

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Group approves update to Acceptable Use Policy by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

In a meeting May 13, the Academic Council approved the updated Acceptable Use Policy and heard a presentation on major financial challenges facing the University. The revised AUP sets new guidelines for the privacy and security of information on Duke servers. The Information Technology Advisory Council changed the policy to include clauses that address legal, regulatory and compliance issues that have developed since the original version was released in May 1997. Under the new policy, investigations, lawsuits, subpoenas or threatened litigation may legally require the University to produce electronic records or other related information resources to defend its legal interests. “The new language [of the policy] indicates that Executive Vice President [Tallman Trask]... or University President [Richard Brodhead] would need to sign off on any order to secure data for some internal investigation that is not currently covered by existing policy,” Academic Council Chair Craig Henriquez, professor of biomedical engineering, wrote in an e-mail this week. Henriquez said the disclosure of secure data is expected to occur very rarely. Attempts will be made to notify users if their documents

are used for investigation, he added. Although the new policy encompasses emails and electronic files, it does not cover other potentially confidential information such as paper files or DVDs that might be held in a Duke office or Duke system. The policy currently requires all system administrators at the Office of Information Technology and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences who have access to user files and e-mails to sign a confidentiality agreement. The council pushed for an extension of the agreement to all administrators in different schools of the University that have developed since the original policy was put into effect. The Information Technology Security Office may also encrypt data if it needs to be secured, Henriquez said. Although this matter is not included in the new policy, it may be discussed in a separate document. “The sense was that since this is a changing legal landscape we do not know if this is possible or always desirable,” he said this week. “Hence OIT will explore it more fully.” The new AUP will be edited by the executive council of the Academic Council and will be made available for all users once the language is finalized. In addition, the council was presented See council on page 15

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University looks to change perceptions of Central by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE

As a scientist, Dean and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Steve Nowicki knows that making progress requires experimentation and that experiments often fail. Along with Vice President of Student Affairs Larry Moneta, Nowicki is working on a plan to not only revitalize Central Campus housing, but to shift the student perspective of the campus as well. Mill Village has provided a long awaited dining option and social gathering space, but administrators acknowledge that there is still work to be done to foster a sense of community on Central. “It wasn’t adequate just to make a space like the Mill Village like they do in ‘Field of Dreams’ and say, ‘they will come,’” Nowicki said. “There is more work to be done than simply creating a physical state. We need to get student social activity out there. That’s where Ubuntu came in, rather conveniently, willing to start a section out there.” In Fall 2009, Ubuntu—Duke’s civic engagement selective living group—became the first group on Central paving the way for Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Pan-Hellenic members to acquire space. “For a long time I think the administration just wanted the whole Central Campus issue to go away,” senior Alex Levy said. “They paid no attention to it, but finally realized with Mill Village that they have to provide for the large student population that lives on Central that is still paying tuition and a part of the Duke community.” Nowicki was spearheading the creation of New Campus, but when the economy took a turn for the worse, his image for a new Duke was forced to change. “Ignoring the existing Central Campus as long as we did was a bad idea,” Nowicki said. “When it became very apparent that New Campus was going to be delayed, I realized we couldn’t wait any longer and we had to push on Central.” Moneta noted that while initially New Campus would have replaced Central as a housing option, it may be 10 years before New Campus will be completed, which is why it is important to address the basic needs of Central and its amenities. Constructed in the early 1970s, Central was built as a desirable alternative for many students on financial aid who found cooking meals at home more economical, noted Nowicki, citing a 2009 letter to the Committee on Undergraduate Affairs. But as the community on Central has changed, residents like Levy cannot believe the University has not taken action to address the problem. Senior Carissa Mueller, former civic engagement chair of Ubuntu, said the unique layout of Central Campus makes it difficult to create an inviting social environment for residents because it is not as open as West and East campuses. Mueller, however, said the new housing model on Central has potential. “I absolutely loved living on Central and I didn’t expect it to be so great,” Mueller said. “The activities are infectious too and makes it more open. Living in a selective living group on Central makes it so much better because you are always doing things with your group.” In five years there could potentially be 10 selective living groups on Central, said Terry Lynch, Residence Life and Housing Services assistant dean of staff development and Central Campus. He added that the University is going to identify five or so areas of improvement that can be renovated in all of the apartments on Central this summer. Apartments that need roof replacements will be addressed and 221 Alexander will receive extensive interior and

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Students walk to apartments on Central Campus. With the delay of New Campus’s construction, the University is focusing its efforts on Central.

exterior renovations to serve as a model for future work on Central. As groups come in and renovations are completed, Nowicki said he hopes students will choose to live on Central rather than feel like they are forced to live there. In a effort to make Central a more desirable place to live, Lynch said the administration is working to change student perceptions regarding safety as well. “If students don’t feel safe, they don’t feel safe. Period,” he said. Lynch said break-ins and robberies have gone down significantly since 2005, but that there is still work to be done. The administration is scheduling a walk around Central Campus with members of Duke University Police Department, Campus Council and Residential Life and Housing Services to locate the areas that need more lighting so that fixtures can be installed in Fall 2010.

“I would never say to a young woman, or worse, her mother, not to worry about it because the statistics say that it’s safe,” Nowicki said. Nowicki added that some simple physical renovations will do a lot to help students feel safer and allow the administration to move closer to their mission to make Central desirable. “West as the center of Duke’s universe is going to change,” Nowicki said. “There is an inertia to the opinion of things, but to be honest, I think a positive feedback loop about Central may happen faster than we think.” With plans to live on Central next semester, sophomore Chris Brown, vice president of athletic and campus services, said he sees perspectives of living on Central shifting as well. “As Duke students, we have a sentimental connection to West Campus,” he said. “But the administration is putting a lot of money into Central, and I know that there are a lot of resources to take advantage of. That’s what needs to happen to lift the Central stigma and get students excited.”

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trustees from page 1 Although Duke has a larger budget for the next fiscal year, Brodhead said the University does not plan to drastically increase its spending. “We’ve really remained quite hawkeyed about the budget—we have to be, and I think we all understand that,” Brodhead said. Spending will increase in one major area next year as the University adds to its needbased financial aid budget. The approved fiscal year 2010-2011 budget increases the University’s undergraduate need-based financial aid by 11.8 percent, to $108.5 million, and its graduate and professional student aid by 5.9 percent. The increase to financial aid will help balance the 3.9 percent increase to tuition

approved at the Board’s February 2010 meeting, Blue said. “We’re a need-blind admissions institution, and we are going to match a student’s aid to his or her needs,” he said. “So we are just being somewhat conservative making sure we set aside any anticipated need for the student and at the same time realizing that the costs are increasing also... and we have to offset those.” Trask said the increase is based on estimates of incoming and returning students’ needs. He noted that the number will not be final until the end of the summer, but “an early look suggests that the estimates are about right.” The increases to aid will be funded by new revenue and reserves, he added. The costs The budget calls for the University to

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draw $72 million in reserve funding. These reserve funds were approved by the Trustees at their Feb. 2009 Board meeting to help the University offset the impact of reduced revenue as it tries to cut what was then estimated to be a $125 million deficit. The funds came from retained earnings from the endowment that accumulated over time. Trask said the University used a little more than he had hoped in reserve funds, but “not alarmingly so.” The University still has about $500 million in unrestricted reserve funds, he said. The budget also projected a 14 percent increase in employee benefit costs, largely due to rising health care expenses. Duke offers its health care and benefits package at an estimated 25 to 30 percent less than comparable packages, Trask said. It also offers generous retirement packages for employees and a tuition benefit. “We face the same challenge as everyone else does as long as you have out of control [health care expenses],” Brodhead said. “Still, I think it does remain highly understood that Duke’s benefits are as good as you’re going to find.” But as the University looks to cut another $40 million from its budget in the next two years, Trask said Duke will have to take a close look at its priorities. “We can decide to afford it, but that means we’ll have to give up something else,” he said. “Basically when you look at the benefits, about $400 million, about half is federal and state taxes— and you can’t decide not to pay them. The other big ticket items are health care and retirement, and I expect to have conversations about both this year. It’ll be an interesting part of the conversation as we put together the [fiscal year

2011-2012] budget. We certainly cannot sustain back-to-back, double-digit health care increases.” Still, the Trustees tried to look ahead at last weekend’s meeting. The Board approved a proposal to plan an indoor multipurpose field and renewed discussion about New Campus plans. Blue said he hopes to maintain momentum on the New Campus project, although he acknowledged that this requires a more creative approach to implementing plans. Looking at ‘Duke’s home’ The Board spent a large portion of its meeting discussing the relationship between Duke and Durham, including the role the University has played in the revitalization of downtown Durham. Brodhead said representatives from the city including Mayor Bill Bell and City Manager Tom Bonfield along with Phail Wynn, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, discussed Duke’s role in Durham’s changing culture, economy and real estate development. “It’s been critical, this partnership between Duke and Durham,” Blue said. “Durham is Duke’s home and Duke needs to make sure Durham is growing and thriving, and Durham needs to do the same with respect to Duke.” Although Brodhead and Blue noted the “very high level of collaboration” Duke has had with Durham, Trask said its direct financial investment in the city may be drawing to an end. “We’ve made our capital investment, there’s not a lot more we’re going to do,” Trask said. “Between American Tobacco and [the Durham Performing Arts Center] and West Village, my view is at some point somebody else has to step up.”

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classof2014scholars Angier. B. Duke Scholars Alexis Gabriella Antunez of Willoughby Hills, Ohio; Haoxiaohan (Helen) Cai of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Andrew Long Chu of Fletcher, N.C.; John Gichuhi Gitau of Nairobi, Kenya; Lance Co Ting Keh of Quezon City, Philippines; Danica Mingyuan Liu of Hudson, Ohio; Shucao Mo of Hangzhou China; Anirudh Chandra Mohan of Clifton, Va.; Kushal Seetharam of Great Falls, Va.; Lucas Joseph Spangher of Saint James, N.Y.; Julian Saunders Spector of Chevy Chase, Md.; Amudan Jayram Srinivasan of Mahwah, N.J.; Alina Renee Wattenberg of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Casey Andrew Williams of Atlanta, Ga.; Angela Rae Woods of Carrollton, Ky. Benjamin. N. Duke Scholars Brian Anderson Bullins of Mocksville, N.C.; Rebekah Lynn Johnston of Jacksonville, N.C.; Catharine Beverly Kappauf of Greensboro, N.C.; Elliott Jeffries Lynch of Burlington, N.C.; Joseph Blake Marchese of Goldsboro, N.C.; Carmi Silber Medoff of Greensboro, N.C.; Glenn Andrew Palmer of Brevard, N.C.; Kathryn Reeves Pearson of Smithfield, N.C.; Ruby Elizabeth Reed of Greenville, N.C.; Itzamara Santillan of Oxford, N.C.; Noelle Maher Suaifan of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Jacob

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rape from page 1 and employees of incidents that “pose a serious or continuing threat” to the Duke community. Dailey said there was not sufficient information to determine if the report was an isolated incident or a continuing threat as of about 6 p.m. Monday. Graham said the report was a blind report, which leaves the complainant anonymous. The University’s sexual misconduct policy permits students to submit blind reports with both Duke and Durham’s police departments. “The University will make all reasonable efforts to ensure the preservation of confidentiality, restricting information to those with a legitimate need for it,” the policy reads. Durham Police could not be reached for comment Wednesday. Duke Police declined to say whether the Durham Police Department is investigating the incident. Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said the Office of Student Conduct only intervenes if the suspect is a student, adding that the University does not have jurisdiction over non-Duke affiliates. “Our main focus is on supporting the victim and making certain she receives the information, support and resources she needs,” she said.

Sheila Broderick, sexual assault support services coordinator for the Women’s Center, declined to comment on whether the student is working with the Women’s Center. Broderick wrote in an e-mail that the Women’s Center has provided services to 89 students since July 2009. “My services are available to any student who is the victim of gendered violence, which includes dating violence, rape, sexual assault and stalking,” Broderick said. “So not every one of these 89 students is a victim of the subcategory of rape.” Police reports of rape, however, are rare on campus. According to the Annual Clery Campus Security Report for 2009-2010, 17 incidents of forcible sexual offenses were reported on campus from 2006 to 2008. Of these offenses, seven were reported to have taken place in housing facilities. Between five and seven sexual offenses were reported in each of the three years, according to the data in the report. The most recent information is from 2008, in which five forcible sexual offenses were reported, none of which occurred in residential buildings. Dailey declined to say if the complainant is pressing charges. “We would prefer clearly to have the assistance of the victim,” Dailey said. “But in a case we felt that the public safety was in danger... we would present the case to the District Attorney regardless.”

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Duke rolls over rival Hopkins Devils lose two of three by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

After falling by a single goal to Johns Hopkins in the teams’ last three NCAA Tournament meetings, Duke finally got revenge on the Blue Jays by cruising to an 18-5 win in the first round and ending its rival’s streak of 19 straight NCAA quarterfinal appearances. Twelfth-seeded Johns Hopkins was no match for the Blue Devils, who held a 40-13 DUKE 18 shot advantage for the game and had 5 JH all but assured victory by the time the fourth quarter started. “Last night I told the guys how proud I was of them for their preparation this past week,” head coach John Danowski said. “I felt that all week the guys were really focused and practiced and prepared really well. The guys did a phenomenal job and the success of this afternoon was certainly reflective of how we practiced during the week.” The Blue Devils got off to a quick start, but the game’s pivotal play came in the middle of the second quarter. With the score 6-4 sophomore midfielder Justin Turri picked up a ground ball and found senior attacker Max Quinzani for a wide open shot right in front of the net. After that play, during the next quarter and a half, Duke scored 11 unanswered goals, creating a dominant 18-4 lead that removed any doubt about the game’s outcome. “We walked in today feeling really confident,” Quinzani said. “I know the goal looked about as big as an ocean to me.” Duke controlled the game by winning

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Gilbride nets game winning shot for the win by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

With eight minutes left to play Sunday, Duke watched as its chances of advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament grew slimmer. With back-and-forth play the entire afternoon, the Blue Devils trailed Vanderbilt 15-14 before tying up the game with less than one minute to play. Following a timeout called by head coach Kerstin Kimel with 19 seconds left, senior Lindsay Gilbride scored a goal that hit the back of DUKE 16 the net with just one second remaining on the clock. The goal gave Duke a draVAND 15 matic win that propelled it one step closer to its goal of winning the program’s first national championship. “We ran the play for Lindsay Gilbride, who was having a really good day,” Kimel said. “It was a play we have in our repertoire that we use. It wasn’t executed perfectly, but it was executed Caroline rodriguez/Chronicle file photo

Senior Lindsay Gilbride scored with only one second left to lead Duke to a win.

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In a weekend overflowing with runs, it was, surprisingly, a virtuoso pitching performance that spurred Duke to a series-salvaging win. Despite being blown out in their first two games against No. 15 Virginia Tech (36-16, 16-11 in the ACC), the Blue Devils bounced back on Sunday behind starter Dennis O’Grady’s seven innings of one-run ball in an 11-7 victory. The junior pitched 5.1 no-hit innings before allowing a one-out triple in the sixth inning. “When you’ve given up 29 runs in two days it takes a certain kind of makeup to come out there and really attack the way Dennis did,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. “The only thing that could shut him down on Sunday was a rain delay.” O’Grady also contributed at the plate Sunday, knocking in two runs and swiping a base, while junior Jake Lemmerman and senior Ryan McCurdy each amassed two RBI of their own. Duke (29-24, 8-19) led the contest 11-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, but Christopher Manno and Michael Ness each allowed three runs in relief for the Blue Devils. Duke certainly needed O’Grady’s performance after the Blue Devil staff was hit around in the first two games of the weekend series. The Hokies took the first game of the series 11-3 after Duke starter Marcus Stroman allowed seven runs in 6.1 innings of work. Saturday’s starter had no better fate, as Eric Pfisterer allowed seven runs of his own in just 3.1 innings for the Blue Devils in an 18-8 Virginia Tech victory. The Blue Devil bullpen provided no help, allowing 11 runs in those two games alone. “We need to be better at the end of games,” McNally said. “We’ve been good in spurts, but certainly not consistent enough. We’ll need our bullpen to be sharper.” Infielder Ronnie Shaban led the way for the Hokies with eight RBI in the first two games, including six in Saturday’s matchup. Lemmerman, though, nearly singlehandedly kept Duke competitive in the series, accounting for seven RBI over the weekend. The junior’s three-run homer in Friday’s game was the Blue Devils’ only scoring play of the night. “[Lemmerman’s] really picked it up the second half of the season each of his three years, and you’re seeing it again this year,” McNally said. “He’s without question the best defensive shortstop in the conference and I think one of the best all-around players in the ACC.” Duke will play N.C. State in its final ACC series starting this Thursday in a final attempt to earn its way into the ACC Tournament.

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Devils face second day struggles in tourney by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

With finals in the rearview mirror, the Blue Devils spent the last few weeks preparing for the NCAA Championship, which started Tuesday on the Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C. Playing in its 13th consecutive NCAA Championship, it’s safe to say that Duke had high expectations—and after a solid first day which left the Blue Devils tied for third, the team looked poised to challenge for what would be the program’s sixth national championship. After a second day struggle, however, which saw Duke post a 15-over par 303, the Blue Devils face an uphill climb to the top of the leaderboard, and are 21 strokes behind with only 36 holes remaining. “We just never really got going,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “It was a slow start and it stayed slow.” Duke did not come out of the gates firing Tuesday, and several players had to endure rough starts early in round one. Teeing off in the afternoon session on hole No. 10, the five Blue Devils played the first three holes at 6-over collectively. Though scores could have ballooned early on the back nine—which included five of the toughest nine holes on the course Tuesday, stroke average wise—Duke showed its characteristic resiliency approaching the turn. Each player birdied the 445-yard par5 18th, giving the Blue Devils momentum approaching the front nine. “We got off to a bad start, and we’ve had a bit of a tendency to get off to slow starts, but we brought it back,” Brooks said.

Kim Donovan, a junior who is coming off of a top-15 finish at the NCAA East Regional, led the charge over the final nine holes. Donovan carded a bogey-free frontnine 33 to give her an 18-hole score of 4-under, good for fourth-place after day one. Newly crowned ACC Player and Rookie of the Year Lindy Duncan birdied the par4 ninth to card an even-par round of 72, and fellow freshman Courtney Ellenbogen fired three birdies and five bogeys for an up-and-down day of 74. “Kim was in the zone, and it’s fun to watch somebody in the zone,” Brooks said. Donovan and the rest of the Blue Devils would not be able to produce the same scores Wednesday however, as Duke, save for Ellenbogen’s 73, struggled across the board. Teeing off on the front nine, the Blue Devils faced the Dye Course’s signature hole early in the round—a short 131yard par-3 with a peninsula green guarded by water. No. 2 played as the toughest hole on the course Wednesday at .68 over-par, and the treacherous par-3 proved to be the undoing for Donovan, who posted a quadruple-bogey seven en route to a 9-over par 81. Duncan faired similarly, with a bogey on the second and a six on the par-4 fifth, which led to a 4-over par 76 on the day. “Mainly, they’ve just got to take it a shot at a time, and focus on execution instead of results [on the leaderboard],” Brooks said. “It’s doable. We’ve got two days, you make up ten or twelve shots a day…. Even at nationals you can do that,” Brooks said. The Blue Devils now stand at 12th on the leaderboard, trailing leader USC by 21 strokes. A comeback of this propor-

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ker’s 69, carded 19 birdies and an eagle collectively on Sunday to cap a stunning comeback. While the seasons have changed, the Blue Devils will need to repeat their autumn achievements if they hope to bring a national championship back to Durham.

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Junior Kim Donovan shot a four-under 68 on day one and sat in fourth, then carded an 81 on the second day.

w. Lacrosse from page 11 enough to get the look we wanted.” Gilbride led the team with five goals and one assist in the game. She would, later in the week, amass several accolades from her play, including being named WomensLax. com’s Player of the Week and the Ronald McDonald House Athlete of the Week. Goalkeeper Kaitlin Gaiss also contributed to the victory, adding a save with less than one minute remaining that gave possession back to the Blue Devils and allowed Gilbride to shoot. Vanderbilt led the game early on, with its first goal coming just two minutes into the game. Both teams stayed head-to-head until an additional Duke goal halfway through the first half. The Blue Devils continued with a 4-0 run late in the first half, but saw its 8-4 lead diminish quickly. The Commodores cut the lead to two with just over a minute left in the half, and used that momentum to their favor coming out of the locker room for the second half. They scored four straight goals in the new period’s first four minutes, before Duke retaliated with two goals of its own. Then, the Commo-

dores quickly went on a 5-1 streak to lead the game 15-13 with eight minutes left to play. It looked bad for the Blue Devils— that is, until Gilbride’s shot. In Duke’s Feb. 14 match-up against Vanderbilt in Nashville, the Blue Devils came away with a decisive 19-10 victory but were unable to create the same momentum for this game. However, the team managed to pull through and will advance to the second round of the tournament, where it will face No. 2 Northwestern in an away contest Saturday. The Blue Devils hosted the then-No. 1 Wildcats at home earlier this season, losing 19-4. Throughout the season, Kimel has emphasized team cohesion and growing together as a fairly young team, and despite what happens in Saturday’s game, she said she is proud of this year’s efforts. “I really have to credit my staff and our senior class for really keeping the team down straight and narrow,” Kimel said. “This whole season, we’ve really been an unbelievable team; it’s just a testament to how hard they worked.”

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18-of-27 faceoffs and picking up 37 ground balls to the Blue Jays’ 17. With almost constant possession, the Blue Devils were able to efficiently break down the Johns Hopkins’ 19thranked defense for the most goals it allowed this season. Senior Ned Crotty (2 goals, 6 assists) and Quinzani (4 and 1) combined for 13 points, but it may have been Duke’s balanced attack that undid the Blue Jays. Ten Blue Devils scored at least once, while seven players generated 13 assists. Crotty’s sixth assist Saturday pushed his total for the season to 57, breaking the Duke single season record of 56 set by Tewaaraton Trophy winner Matt Danowski. But Crotty was quick to credit his teammates for their roles in his record-setting day. “Our middies did a great job of dodging hard and drawing double teams and making it so my defender would have to come off me,” Crotty said. “Once I got the ball, our offense was

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Duke stood in an all too familiar place, locked in a battle with its archrival North Carolina for the second time in just over a month. The Blue Devils prevailed again—and this time, they didn’t even need any heroics from Reid Carleton. Duke, the No. 16 seed, beat the Tar Heels 4-1 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday to gain its first berth in the Sweet 16 since 2006. The Blue Devils got to the second round by dismantling VCU 4-0 Friday. Duke won DUKE 4 the doubles point easily and got victories at the No. 1, No. 2 and 0 vcu No. 4 singles spots. “Very clean efficient match,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. 4 DUKE “A perfect first match of the tour1 UNC nament.” North Carolina provided a tougher test. Winning the doubles point against the formidable Tar Heels proved to be the most important factor in the match. “I think the doubles was the key today for sure,” Smith said. “They are extremely strong in doubles and the last time we lost the doubles point we barely squeaked out four singles matches. So we knew if we could win the doubles point we would be in [a] good position. It was one of our better doubles points and all three teams played exceptionally well.” In the doubles, Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton—the top-ranked pair in the country—won 8-4 while Torsten Wietoska and Dylan Arnould won 8-5, giving the Blue Devils the early lead. However, singles play was a completely different story with Duke down a set in four of its first six matches. Close match experience and mental toughness, according to Smith, helped the Blue Devils to ultimately prevail. “We really learned from a lot of matches earlier in the year,” Smith said. “And we won a lot of those close matches so we built up confidence throughout the year. We have battled adversity so when we get into tough situations like losing four first sets we do an excellent job of staying composed and really buckling down for the first couple games of the second set.” In the only two straight-set matches, freshman Luke Marchese beat Andrew Crone 6-3, 6-2 at the six No. 6 spot while Arnould lost in straight sets to Stefan Hardy, 7-5, 7-6 (3), at the No. 3 spot, making the match 2-1 midway through the day. The other four matches went into third sets with sophomore Wietoska earning the third point with a 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory against Brennan Boyajian, setting the stage for freshman phenom Cunha. The second-ranked player in the country and reigning ACC Player and Freshman of the Year, Cunha came back to win in three sets—6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4—against No. 43 Clay Donato to clinch the decisive point. “I started playing really well, break up in the first set,” Cunha said. “I kind of lost my concentration a little bit and he took the first set…. I knew if I kept my level up and keep playing really strong and I could break him and I break through in the third set.” Coach Ramsey Smith lauded Marchese and Cunha’s effort, not only in the match against the Tar Heels, but throughout the whole season. “Henry [Cunha] and Luke [Marchese] have been great for us all season long, not just end of the season,” Smith said. [They] give us a lot of confidence going into the matches, pretty secure at those two spots. Certainly there are no guarantees, but they have extraordinary records at their positions. Particularly at the number one spot... [Cunha] has been extraordinary this year and [it was] really fitting [for him] to clinch the match this year in a really good player in Donato.” Next up in the Sweet 16 Friday is Duke’s ACC rival and the No. 1 ranked team in the nation Virginia. After only losing one match all season, the Cavaliers cruised in the first two rounds, beating both Navy and Wake Forest 4-0. Duke has had a tough going with Virginia this season, losing in a 4-3 heartbreaker earlier in the year and suffering a 4-2 loss in the ACC tournament last month. Cunha is excited and likes the Blue Devils’ chances against their formidable rival. “We have a great chance,” he said. “They know it is going to be a hard game for both sides. I am excited [to play] them.”

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Blue Devils strive for repeat by Jeff Scholl THE CHRONICLE

The Blue Devils began their national championship defense in a dominant fashion this past weekend, bouncing back from last month’s disappointing early exit in the ACC Tournament. No. 10 Duke defeated Long IsDUKE 4 land 4-0 and knocked off Virginia 4-1 in the first and second rounds 0 LIU of the NCAA tournament, respectively, in Charlottesville, Va. DUKE 4 The Blue Devils needed to regroup after falling to Florida State 1 UVA in the first round of the conference tournament April 23. Duke had blanked the Seminoles 4-0 just one week before in the regular season but dropped four straight singles matches the second time around, losing 4-2 and failing to capture a second straight ACC championship. A layoff of three weeks allowed the Blue Devils to put that defeat behind them and enter the NCAA tournament with a renewed focus. “We stumbled in the first round of ACC’s and had to figure out what went wrong,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We talked about having to be competitive against each other in practice every day. We had to put ourselves in match situations. [The players] had to go at each other and use their teammates to get their sharpness back.” These high-intensity practices paid off in the first round of the tournament last Friday, as Duke shut out Long Island and dropped only one game during the entire match. After the Blue Devils quickly picked up the doubles point, seniors Amanda Granson and Elizabeth Plotkin beat their opponents in unblemished straight sets at No. 4 and No. 2 singles, respectively. Sophomore Monica Gorny was next off the court, giving Duke the win by picking up a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the No. 5 singles position. Virginia provided tougher competition for the Blue

Devils Saturday, but the Cavaliers could not avenge the 5-2 loss that Duke dealt them in the regular season. The Blue Devils got off to another superb start in doubles play, quieting the home crowd early on in the match. The No. 3 pair of Plotkin and junior Reka Zsilinszka raced out to a 6-1 lead after 20 minutes of play, ultimately winning 8-2 for the duo’s eighth straight victory. The No. 1 tandem of Granson and junior Ellah Nze locked up the doubles point for Duke soon after with an 8-3 result. “All of the teams did a good job of communicating really well,” Ashworth said. “We did a good job isolating their weaker players on each team, and that’s something we’ve struggled with a lot—making them beat us.” Nze kept the momentum going at No.1 singles, building a 4-1 lead in the first set that motivated the rest of the team, Ashworth said. Freshman Mary Clayton proceeded to make quick work of her opponent in straight sets at the No. 6 spot, staking Duke to a 2-0 lead. After the Cavaliers drew within one point by picking up a win on court two, Nze finished off Lindsey Hardenbergh 6-2, 6-3. Hardenbergh beat Nze during the regular season, but the Blue Devils’ top player made some adjustments to turn the tables in the rematch. Nze gave Hardenbergh little to work with throughout the contest by forcing her to return shots with her forehand—her weaker stroke. Granson sealed the victory over Virginia at the No. 4 slot, beating her competition in straight sets and racking up her team-best 31st win of the season. Heading into the Sweet 16 against No. 7 UCLA Thursday at noon in Athens, Ga., Duke is certainly playing better than it was almost a month ago against Florida State. In addition to physical ability, team unity will be one of the deciding factors in determining whether or not the Blue Devils can make it back to the Final Four. “I don’t think we had the best six players last year, but we were the best team,” Ashworth said. “I think this team is coming into that now, thinking that, ‘If I lose, then someone is going to be there to pick me up.’”

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with a summary of Duke’s primary financial challenges by Warren Grill, chair of the University Priorities Committee and Addy professor of biomedical engineering. Grill said he emphasized compensation at the meeting, the strategic initiative funds and debt as the three major areas at Duke that need the most improvement. Grill added that although this year’s retirement incentives have been successful, serving as “low hanging fruits” to close the financial gap, similar options may not be as effective in the future.

around unforeseen problems, such as accidents on the bus route. Veraldi said that although the tracking system may not be a primary reason people will choose to use the bus, he hopes it may motivate some people to use it more often. “We have commitments in our climate action plan to limit output of single occupant vehicles on campus,” Veraldi said. The project will be funded by a $5,000 Student Development Directive grant from Duke Student Government. DSG President Mike Lefevre, a senior, said he heard about the project shortly after it was proposed to Parking and Transportation and thought it was a viable candidate for the grant. “The argument we’re always told is that [the] buses, they run on a schedule, so why would you need a bus tracking system?” Lefevre said. “But everybody knows they’re [late].” Ball said the initiative’s primary expenses would be

In other business: The council approved the creation of five new graduate and doctoral degree programs. The degrees include a Masters in Biostatistics, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Christian Studies, Master of Arts in Christian Practice and Doctor of Ministry. Michael Gillespie, chair of the Athletic Council and Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard professor of political science, discussed the performance of varsity athletes in the classroom and noted that progress is being made across all sports departments, Henriquez said this week. Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L. Wilson professor of sociology and chair of the Academic Programs Committee, said she gave a presentation on the committee’s work throughout the year. She reviewed the eight degree programs approved this year and the newly established Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the School of Medicine.

the cost of the database and having the Office of Information Technology do server management. Parking and Transportation would cover all expenses that exceed the DSG donation, but a price estimate for the initiative still has not been set, Veraldi said. “We didn’t go ask DSG for money, but it was really neat that DSG was reaching out and saying this is something we’d like to invest in,” Veraldi said. “We’ve got groups that you think would never be collaborating on a project like that. That’s pretty valuable to be able to do that.” It is still unclear which website will host the new application, although it may eventually be integrated on Duke. edu, Ball said. He added that his team is hoping to find a way to post estimated arrival times on the website, as well. In the future, the bus-tracking program may also be integrated into the Duke iPhone application, DukeMobile, Ball said. It may also be possible to link the system to other mobile devices via SMS, but that it is not something the group is working on at the moment, he added.

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Communication, alerts crucial to safety Recent events on and close proximity to the hospital around campus serve as impor- or campus. A DukeAlert, notitant reminders that communi- fying the Duke community via cation between the University text message and e-mail, could and the Duke community is an have warned the campus of essential responsibility of the the threat. administration and the Duke The alleged sexual asUniversity Police sault on CenDepartment. staff editorial tral should Specifically, have also been the murder of Charlene King more clearly conveyed to the at a Duke Health Clinic on community. As late as 6 p.m. North Duke Street and the Monday, it was unclear if the alleged sexual assault on Cen- alleged assault was a onetral Campus Friday morning time incident or a continuing are recent instances in which threat to the University, accommunication between the cording to DUPD Chief John administration and the Duke Dailey in an interview. community should have been Even if DUPD had deemed clearer. the incident a non-threat to the Although Durham Police community, an e-mail from Vice deemed King’s murder to have President for Student Affairs likely been a targeted attack, Larry Moneta or another students and other members administrator could have of the Duke community—such reminded students that these as Duke University Health Sys- dangers do exist on Duke’s tem employees—should be campus and that anonymous aware of an act of violence in reporting is an option for

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students who are reluctant to come forward. The DukeAlert system allows students to subscribe to a text message alert system in addition to the e-mails sent to the entire community. According to the Duke University Emergency Status website, the University seeks to send alert messages within 30 minutes of officials being notified of an emergency. This system could be used more frequently, however. The last time the entire student body received a DukeAlert through e-mail was Jan. 30 to announce that the severe weather policy for the University and the Duke University Health System was in effect. But the campus was not alerted to events like a student reporting being sexually assaulted on West Campus last November, three former football players firing shots from a car on East Campus in January

or DUPD officers fatally shooting a man in front of the Duke University Hospital in March. Without checking the campus and local news sources, Duke community members would not know about these incidents, and they only learned about these, King’s murder and the alleged rape well after they were reported to officials. The DukeAlert system should notify the community of any instances of gunfire, aggravated assault, rape, armed robbery and murder, especially if there is any indication that the incident poses a larger threat to the University community. The federal Clery Act of 1990 requires universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to “provide timely warnings of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students or employees.” Duke would be wise to apply this principle a little more broadly

when deciding when to inform the community of incidents on or near campus. Of course, it is unclear how much attention people pay to DukeAlerts or other emergency communications—if most even read them at all. The University should be sure not to expand the quantity of these messages so much that they desensitize the community to crime on campus and undermine the system’s efficacy during major crises. In addition, the administration and DUPD should take care not to incite an overblown sense of danger by reporting every instance of campus crime. Overall, however, the Duke community would benefit from the expanded use of the DukeAlert system and more frequent communication from the administration concerning important on-campus incidents.

A whiff of memory There are many things that distinguish China’s receptor neurons help send information about street etiquette from the U.S. equivalent: for exam- scents to the amygdala. This is the reason why the ple, China forbids honking except in the most ex- smell of cinnamon evokes more memories and treme cases. In the U.S., there are no car horns to emotions than just the smell of cinnamon. It also habituate to, nor are there so many people with so elicits memories of Christmas morning or the cinnamon rolls after a Thanksgiving many voices. However, what is most dinner. In comparison, few other distinctive about China is its smell. sensory faculties call to mind a simiSimply put, China smells differlar distinctive memory. Hearing, for ent than America. It is a weird and example, does not evoke as powerful completely overwhelming phememories as olfaction, or else, every nomenon that seems wholly inexsingle time we heard something we plicable in scientific terms. How would be reliving the past. can one country smell different To me, America smells like drivfrom another? China and the U.S. ing alone down a road really fast are both vast countries with obvirui dai with the wind in your hair; it is ously different, idiosyncratic odors summer column freedom. China smells like getting in separate regions of each. The breakfast with my grandmother at American Northeast smells of the sea, and the Midwest, dry cornfields. What is so dawn in the street market just as it is beginning to distinctive between the two that, without opening bustle; it is nostalgia. As a Chinese American, it is always difficult to my eyes, I can tell which country is which? Let me explain. The smell of China carries a distinguish between which part of my heritage is distinctive musk that is the combination of age which. I have always wondered what I would have and non-ammonia cleaning supplies. America, on been like if I stayed with my grandmother and had the other hand, smells clean—literally, and not gotten breakfast with her everyday at the street necessarily in a good way. Cleaning detergents market. Would I still be as argumentative as I am are used almost ubiquitously in America, while today? Or would I be more pliable? The distinction between my identity as both relatively rare in China. In the States, the complex chemical combinations in cleaning agents destroy Chinese and American is even harder now that I almost any endogenous smell of the environment, am on a service project in China. I alternate spoleaving only a hint of pine or lavender, or whatev- radically as needed between my personalities as er oil extract the manufacturer had dropped into a Duke student and another Chinese pedestrian on the street. I converse normally with the rest of the mixture. In every grocery store in America there is al- my service group as I would on Duke’s campus, ways an entire row of cleaning supplies, each with but the moment I turn to speak to a native or to bottles of 409 or Scrubbing Bubbles lined neatly translate something from English to Chinese, I beon steel shelves. In China, there are no compa- come one of the more than 1.3 billion people who rable brands; there is classic soap and there is liq- populate China. Right now, the unique scent of China is correuid soap: no ammonia in sight. Such a difference in cleaning protocol has a dramatic effect on the lated with a set of childhood memories. Once in a while, under the influence of a particular familiar resulting odor of each country. The reason why the difference in odor between waft of odor, memories of my childhood will rush the two countries is so distinctive and apparent is me back in time. But memory is malleable. And because olfaction evokes strong emotional mem- soon, new memories will become associated with ories. Biologically, the olfactory system is one of the scents of old: for better or for worse. Hopefully for the better. the few senses in the human body that has a direct connection to the part of the brain that is in charge of emotional memories, the amygdala. Rui Dai is a rising Trinity sophomore. Her column The olfactory system’s mitral cells and olfactory runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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It’s a dog’s life If babies eat and poop as much and as irregularly as a puppy, you can count me out for fatherhood. A week ago, I was introduced to Reese (I fought vigorously for Peyton, but the dog looks more like Reese’s than my favorite quarterback), my brother and his girlfriend’s new puppy, and an animal primed to consume a bulk of my summer. She is adorable, and when she is not biting my ankle or peeing on my carpet, it is amazing to be in her presence (I would imagine this is how I’d feel around Oprah). During a very short amount of time, Reese has managed to burrow into my heart and stay for good. Sounds silly, but I feel a connection. I’m smitten. The dog has found a way to control my attention. Everything antonio segalini she does seems to be in a summer column long journey for approval. She knows when she does bad things, and she curls up into a ball and gives her best puppy eyes. It works. It always works. She knows what she’s doing and is well-versed in getting me to give her whatever she wants. Yet, love is a battlefield. She invokes her inner Usain Bolt (the pup must be infused with cheetah blood or something) when I want to rest, and passes out when I seem to gain enough energy to keep up with her. She kicks in her sleep and bites everything in her path. She thinks carpets are grass and that I should give into fads and begin wearing ripped jeans. She runs on her own schedule; she’s an independent woman in the Destiny’s Child sense of the word. It’s OK with me because I just love playing with her when I can. People equate living with a puppy to having a toddler. As hesitant as I am to do this, I will admit that there are glaring similarities between the two. The dog needs my constant care and attention, as she is far too small to take care of herself. She also uses the bathroom nonstop, some of the less appealing features of raising something so small. Why am I bothering you with all of this? Well I obviously love to talk about the little booger. She is a lot of fun, and I always advocate people adopting or buying pets if they can. But I also learned that there is a responsibility that comes with something this big. I am not raising a child, but the constant attention that I have to give the dog is something that I cannot learn in a classroom. More importantly, though, is the impact this petite animal has had in the past week. I often forget that the school of life and its trials and tribulations often offer more education than classes at Duke (though Math 103 may put up a fight for “most lessons learned in a short period of time”). Day after day, I am constantly accountable for this dog (Those astute readers will now argue that it is my brother’s dog, which is exactly why I am accountable. My brother is a somewhat hands-off parent). For the next three months, the dog’s well-being will largely depend on my ability to take care of it. Feeding, walking and taking it to the vet will all be my responsibilities. Honestly, I would not have it any other way. Reese and I will be growing together, and we will both learn about the other and adjust accordingly. It is a cute relationship, and we both realize how much we need the other. This relationship is completely foreign to me, and I find it exhilarating that I am learning on the job. So although one day I will not be so willing to play with the dog (that time will come when she is more than 70 pounds and will be able to do more than just gnaw on my fingers), I am thankful that she has come into my life. She has taught me that sometimes you cannot learn everything in a classroom setting, and sometimes a Duke education does not prepare you for everything. Antonio Segalini is a rising Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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Not intentional, but a good conversation starter In a recent May 12 interview with popular British and mutually inexclusive. Either way, Long’s reading music magazine NME, musical artist M.I.A. finally presents a set of variable multiplicities that contrast broke the silence surrounding her controversial new sharply with M.I.A.’s single, damning assessment. “Born Free” music video. The video, which depicts the In terms of the Gaga-Madonna corollary, neither systematic rounding up and execution of a group of “progressive” nor “mimic” are entirely apt characterred-haired adolescents, has been a subject of debate izations of Gaga according to Long; she opts instead since its release April 26. Some cite the for “homage,” explaining that Gaga video as explicit and gratuitous in its vio“combines all these references”— lence, while others champion it as an artisto Madonna, Bowie, and Kubrick in tic expression of anti-genocide sentiment. her videos—“into a collage that is ulM.I.A., for her part, did little to clarify her timately HER work of art (or that of take on the video either way, using the inher team).” For Long, then, her works terview instead as a jumping-off point for are more of a modern reference point celebrity gossip-related humor. against early influences than a rip-off Although relatively unimportant in itof the past, and it’s the specific combichris bassil self, the shots taken in that interview by nations of those references that give M.I.A. were largely reminiscent of her them a unique presence in contemposummer column comments in the April 7 issue of the same rary society. magazine. In that interview, M.I.A. lashed Katherine Buse, a rising Trinity seout unprovoked against Lady Gaga. She claimed that nior, recognizes as well Gaga’s “pop-ified reworking of Gaga was “not progressive, but…a good mimic” in an everything from science fiction to Madonna to 1970’s apparent attempt to dismiss the popular notion that gay culture” and adds her own tint to the amalgamaGaga is trying to reinvent, or at least reinterpret, Ma- tion. Buse suggests, in a 2009 paper written for English donna. M.I.A. also noted Gaga’s largely commercial ap- professor Tom Ferraro’s Bravura in American Writing peal as a negative aspect of her persona, suggesting it class, that such a consistent and wide-reaching channecessary to her success. neling of everything under the sun is to a certain exNot everyone, however, agrees entirely with M.I.A.’s tent self-aware, and that its obvious excess becomes ideas, and Duke’s fastidiously pro-Gaga campus is no its purpose. To Buse, Gaga and her catalog are repreexception. In fact, it seems as though her conclusions sentative of our time: excessive, insatiable and out of here actually serve as little more than a starting point control. If that’s the case, then most of M.I.A.’s comfor conversation on the subject. ments about Lady Gaga couldn’t be more true, even if Paula Rosine Long, Trinity ’09 and a 2010 Gates it would be unintentionally so. As far as that whole spat Cambridge scholar, claims M.I.A. and Gaga as two of goes, though, Buse attributes it to nothing more than her top three favorite musical artists, and takes issue attention-seeking on the part of M.I.A. with a number of the former’s allegations. M.I.A., then, seems to be missing the point. This First of all, Long acknowledges Gaga’s mass com- isn’t necessarily shocking; after all, in that same April mercialism, but considers it in a different light than 7th NME interview she complains of Gaga’s “TeleM.I.A. does. phone” video that, “Dude, she even plugs a burger!” “Who is in charge?” Long asked me when I sought mistaking the obvious Tarantino reference for the pure her opinion on the subject via e-mail. “Is the commer- vapidity of a one-dimensional dollar-grab. Whether or cial/media world appropriating this weird girl for its not M.I.A. intended to touch so keenly on the aforeown ends, or is she using that world to bring her weird- mentioned red herrings, however, is also kind of beside ness to the masses?” the point she may or may not be missing: in the end It’s certainly a difficult question to resolve from the inaccuracy of her charges pales next to the diverse any perspective, and its answer most likely lies conversation they inspire, giving all of us something to somewhere between the two poles: Gaga, on the one talk about for a little while. As for her, she’s a part of the hand, embracing a consumerist branding in return something about which we’re all talking and, as we all for the dissemination of her image, and the industry know, the only thing worse than being talked about is on the other, promoting her eccentricity in exchange not being talked about. for returns on its investment. Or maybe it’s less of Chris Bassil is a rising Trinity junior. His column runs an either/or and more of a both/and, with the two possibilities being entirely valid, symbiotically coexistent every other Thursday in the summer.

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