May 27, 2010

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Dawkins’ Atwater pleads guilty to state charges duties to be redistributed

by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Demario Atwater, one of two men charged with killing former UNC student body president Eve Carson, pleaded guilty to state charges of first-degree murder Monday. Because of his guilty plea, Atwater will not receive the death penalty.

He received life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2008 incident and also pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a felon and robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Monday’s court session marked the second time Atwater, 23, could have received the death penalty. Last month, he pleaded guilty to five federal charges including carjacking resulting in death and kidnapping, and received a life sentence without parole.

by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

When Kemel Dawkins, former vice president for campus services, leaves Duke for the last time in June, no one will fill his position.

Dawkins’ former responsibilities, which included overseeing dining, parking and transportation, campus safety as well as auxiliaries, finance and facilities, will be distributed among top administrators and the office of the executive vice president. The reshuffling is partially a measure to reduce University spending, Executive Vice President Kemel Dawkins Tallman Trask said.

“Kemel suggested that this was where he was headed probably in March, so I had six weeks to think about it,” Trask said. “This at least seemed to be a possibility where it was potentially a pretty significant, six-figure number that we could [save].”

Trask said his decision to eliminate Dawkins’ position will save the University about three-quarters of a million dollars. The University will no longer have See dawkins on page 5

Carson, a pre-med Morehead-Cain scholar who was close to graduation, was found dead in a neighborhood near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus March 5, 2008. Before shooting the 22 year-old Carson, Atwater and Laurence Lovette, his alleged accomplice, kidnapped her and forced her to withdraw money from an ATM machine.

Lovette was also arrested for the death of Duke engineering graduate student Abhijit Mahato, 29, who was shot and killed in his home at the Anderson Apartments near West Campus Jan. 18, 2008. Mahato was killed by a single shot to the head. Lovette faces first-degree murder charges for both students’ deaths.

Atwater was not involved in Mahato’s killing.

An autopsy revealed that Carson was

See ATWATER on page 5

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Officials assess Trinity alum remembered as security after kind, mature and intelligent fatal shooting

by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

by Christina Peña THE CHRONICLE

Three weeks after the tragic death of Duke Health Center employee Charlene King, administrators are evaluating security measures at off-site clinics.

King, a 49 year-old phlebotomist for the North Duke Street Clinic, was fatally wounded in the building May 4 after a gunman walked into the facility and fired several shots. About 40 minutes later, Durham police officers confronted male suspect Burnette Taylor on the corner of Broad and Carver streets. Taylor passed away at Duke Hospital from resulting injuries later that day.

“When this happened, we got calls from clinics and non-clinics saying things like, ‘I may not feel safe in this offsite environment,’” said Paul Newman, executive director See king on page 4

Alejandro “Alex” Thomae, Trinity ’09, passed away May 18 in a fatal gun accident at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was 22 years old.

Thomae, who learned to handle a firearm at a young age, accidentally shot himself while cleaning his personal gun, his mother Emma Thomae said in an interview Monday night.

Family and friends remember Thomae for his kindness, ambition and trademark smile.

“Alex was an overachiever at life... and he was an unbelievable friend to me,” said Paul Thornton, Trinity ’09, who was Thomae’s roommate senior year at Duke. “He was one of those kids that had a desire to learn and a desire to live and know everything and be a part of everyone’s life.”

Thornton said he met Thomae during his freshman year, and the two bonded “right off the bat.” They were both raised in Texas, played sports and joined Kappa Alpha Order.

Thomae graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor

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of arts in chemistry. He also played intramural lacrosse all four years on campus, his mother said.

After graduation, Thomae spent several months traveling in South America — his “dream,” she added.

In January, Thomae was hired as an associate for the Boston Consulting Group in Dallas. He previously interned for the company in the summer of 2008 and was offered a full-time job in his senior year.

Thomae attended Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated third in his class.

There, he played numerous sports, having dabbled in everything except for basketball, his mother said.

Catherine McGrath, who works in the guidance office at Central Catholic, remembers Alex for his integrity and personal charm.

“He had such a winning way about him,” McGrath said. “He was honorable, very mature for his age... and special. He was a brilliant young man.”

McGrath added that Thomae was a very devout

Guilty Until Proven Innocent Wrongfully convicted of robbery in 1998, Shawn Massey finally walks free, PAGE 8

See thomae on page 5

After topping Tar Heels, Duke heads to Baltimore, Page 9

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Sounds of Summer A photo essay by Melissa Yeo

1. The Annuals perform in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens Wednesday evening as part of the Music in the Gardens series hosted by the University each summer. 2. An aluminum librarian is left at the Perkins Library circulation desk. Similar creations have been sighted throughout campus. 3.

A large crowd gathers in anticipation of this week’s music performance in the Duke Gardens. Each year, the series draws audiences from across Durham. 4. Construction of K4, the fourth wing of Keohane Quadrangle, progresses quickly as dormitories empty for the summer.

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New nursing program produces first graduates

by Tullia Rushton THE CHRONICLE

Twelve students of the inaugural class of the School of Nursing’s new degree program graduated Sunday, becoming the first nurses in North Carolina with this executivestyle degree.

The two-year Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program, started in Fall 2008, trains nurses to apply research findings directly to daily clinical operations, according to the School of Nursing website. Graduates will be able to implement innovative policies and work with other health professionals to promote rapid improvements in patient care.

“The goal is for all nursing staff to achieve a higher level of education and gain more knowledge to provide better care to patients and their families,” said Mary Ann Fuchs, a graduate of the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program and chief nursing and patient care services officer for Duke Hospital and Duke University Health System.

“I’m happy to be a graduate and have found that all the content of the curriculum could be easily applied to what I do as chief nurse.”

Eric Bloomer, Doctor of Nursing Practice program coordinator, said the new program was approved in October by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for five more years—the longest period available for an initial accreditation.

Barbara Turner, Doctor of Nursing Practice program chair, said the program is structured to build on the education and fieldwork of advanced practice master’s-prepared nurses and is also open to students with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. It is an alternative to the School of Nursing’s Ph.D. program, which is geared toward students interested in academic research.

“It’s training and education at the highest level for nurses,” Turner said. “They’re taking on leadership roles that address patient safety. It helps support and manage nursing strategy.”

Turner said the idea for a new degree program was influenced by several researchers who advocated for a more integrated approach and a higher level of education in nursing.

She added that there are currently 120 Doctor of Nursing Practice programs nationwide and another 140 in development. Five of those currently under development are in North Carolina, she noted.

Duke’s program included 25 students in its first year, grew to 40 its next year and has admitted 54 more students for the Fall, Turner said, adding that students take classes nationwide and internationally.

“It’s a very rigorous and intensive program,” Fuchs said.

“The standards for quality are high within the program.”

Courses are only offered online or distance-based to allow advanced practice nurses to continue working and students to earn degrees from home, Fuchs said.

She added that students in the program must complete the Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Project prior to

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The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is a graduate degree program designed to train nurses to apply field innovations to practical applications.

Program Chair Barbara Turner said the idea for the curriculum came in part from researchers who supported a higher level of education in nursing. graduation. The multi-semester project requires students to work in clinics, inpatient units, hospitals or health systems to analyze and implement an initiative jointly approved by professionals in the workplace setting, other students and the student’s advisory committee. Fuchs said she implemented an additional protocol for preventing urinary tract infections at Duke Hospital.

Courses in the program fall in four categories: evidencebased practice, transformation of health care, leadership courses and advance practice specialization, which includes students’ individual capstone projects, Turner said.

Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate Anne Derouin,

who works in Duke’s Department of Community and Family Medicine, said she enjoyed spending time with other students on campus but wanted more student interaction.

She noted, however, that all of her online courses were both interesting and thorough.

“My eyes were opened to all these things I hadn’t considered, system changes, advocacy and applying some of the research and putting it into practice,” Derouin said.

“It’s cool because nurses don’t have time for that, they are busy taking care of patients. That’s what the degree will allow nurses to do, to be able to help nurses know what the research says and how to put it into practice.”

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king from page 1 for the Private Diagnostic Clinic. “As you expect in a tragic situation, there are many discussions about security moving forward.

The fact is that the safety of patients and staff is paramount. They need to feel safe and secure.”

An estimated 33 patients were in the immediate area of the incident, with an additional 50 staff members in the clinic, Newman said.

Kammie Michael, public information officer for the Durham Police department, said this is not believed to be a random act, confirming in an e-mail that investigations revealed that King and Taylor were in a relationship.

Taylor, a 51 year-old Durham citizen, had an extensive criminal history including convictions of rape and female assaults, Michael noted. The investigation of the shooting is still underway and Durham police are interviewing witnesses, said Bill Gable, administrative director in the Private Diagnostic Clinic.

Administrators for the off-site clinics have assembled a multidisciplinary team tasked with investigating security concerns in and around off-site clinics, among other locations. Gable added that the team includes representatives from Duke safety officials, emergency preparedness teams, individuals from emergency response teams, critical incidence response teams, social workers and clinical management.

“With Duke Police and Durham Police going to see each and every site, I’m sure things like cameras, panic buttons, intercoms, alarms, installing walls between certain areas and even cutting down trees to improve visibility will come up,” Newman said.

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Gable said there are few off-site facilities armed with security personnel. Security services are provided by DPD and Duke security officials, Gable added.

“This was not a random situation, but you still have to ask, ‘What can we do to be prepared in all circumstances?’” Gable said. “Our sense is, quite frankly, whether or not our staff members or someone who works at one of our practices is scared or feels anxiety, we’re not waiting for that.

Some people are impacted more significantly than others. We are taking this as a call to action.”

The team had its first meeting the week following the shooting, which served mostly as a discussion of the shooting, Gable said. The conversations provided preliminary findings that will be used to create a “game plan” for members to assess which elements of the design or capacity of the sites can help as future deterrents. He said a lot of different perspectives will be brought to the table including the resources, training, responsiveness and circumstances that led up to the incident.

Gable also emphasized the importance of communication between Duke and the Durham community, adding that regular communication reduces response time.

“It is not really about this particular event, we have a practice on Erwin and Trent,” Gable said. “When we talk about our off-site locations, even though the North Duke clinic is eight to 10 miles away [from Duke], we can’t have one way of doing things if it is across the street and if it is across town. We need to know that it triggers uniform responses. The only place where there is a distinction is where services are within the hospital.”

He added that everything is fair game in terms of discussion in what they can do to ensure confidence and safety.

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Charlene King, 49, was shot dead inside her workplace at the North Duke Street Clinic. The incident has prompted administrative scrutiny of security measures at Duke Health System’s off-site clinics.

“So far it has worked remarkably well, there is always something healthy about scrutinizing the process and making it better,” Gable said. “We are very thankful for how everyone came together, but that doesn’t dilute our commitment to kicking the tires of the process.”

Gable noted that they will look at how to manage and respond to visitors within a practice or site beyond staff, physicians, patients and families.

“The lives of everyone involved in this tragic event has changed forever,” Newman said. “The entire Duke community is really proud and thankful for the heroism and countless selfless acts by the staff and physicians at that site. What took place was absolutely amazing, the care for the patients and the individual, the immediate response by doctors to try and save Ms. King’s life.”

Newman noted that following the incident, the clinic followed the standard protocol for these events, initiating their “Code Grey” procedures, which are the Joint Commission accreditation standard, resulting in the entire clinic being held under lock down.

The lock down procedures were in place until about 5:15 p.m., when patients were allowed to leave the facility, Newman said.

The following day the clinic was closed, prompting the need for many phone calls in order to notify the hundreds of

the patients who had appointments the next day.

The clinic’s closing allowed administration to contact patients and employees that were present the day of the incident, letting them know that counselors, support services and psychologists were available.

At least one patient requested a counselor meeting, Newman said.

Administrators praised the leadership and bravery of the staff at the clinic.

“If you saw the response three to four days afterward, the support and togetherness that has taken place for the individuals that work there is astounding,” Newman said. “They are reaching out to patients that have concerns about safety and genuinely care. The staff has really stepped beyond their responsibility to provide that extra level to patients and colleagues and we could never be prouder.”

Although the tragic incident has prompted much closer evaluation of safety procedures, it has also pulled the Duke and Durham communities closer together.

“No one wants to go though this as a test to see how individuals respond,” Newman said. You never think you’ll experience something like this, but through this you see what people are made of and the way Duke pulls together to help in a circumstance like this is really amazing, really amazing.”

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dawkins from page 1

It presented an opportunity to do things differently.”

The position of vice president for campus services was created seven years ago, when Dawkins came to Duke. to pay for Dawkins’ salary, which was $343,000 in the Trask said he created the position by merging auxiliary ser2008 fiscal year, or his benefits. Trask, who called the vices with facility services, but has been considering changmove a “good faith attempt to save some money,” added ing the nature of the position since then. that other savings will result when some of the units go “It was an experiment to see whether or not those through “reorganization and consolidation.” units could be put together,” he said. “One of the things The termination of the vice presidential position I’ve been concerned about is the quasi-independence also eliminates about three or four staff jobs in the of auxiliaries, not just in what they do, but in the back campus services office, Trask said. He noted, however, offices.” that those people will fill vacancies in other parts of Trask added that auxiliary services’ information techthe University. nology and finance departments will be merged with Changes include placing Vice President for Student the greater University-wide departments as part of this Affairs Larry Moneta in charge of dining and for Vice change, which will save money.

President for Human ReOne of the more consources Kyle Cavanaugh to troversial components of “This at least seemed to be a pos- Dawkins’ former position in oversee campus safety, including the Duke University past few years has been sibility where it was potentially a the Police Department and the dining, especially its budget Office of Disability Services. pretty significant, six-figure num- issues and the number of Facilities Management and vendors on campus. Monber that we could [save].”

Parking and Transportation, eta said he hopes to bring among other services, will — Tallman Trask, a new viewpoint to dining report to Trask’s office. Trask issues. executive vice president said he was attentive in reas“Dining is challenging signing roles. everywhere,” Moneta said, “One of the things I try to adding that he will focus on do very carefully is not [give transparency and engaging them] anything they didn’t know anything about,” Trask students, when appropriate. “It’s a tough enterprise. We said, adding that all of the people in the units know each have high consumer expectations and we have very expenother and interacted before the reshuffling. sive production requirements. I have no idea whatsoever Although Dawkins said he first learned that the Uni- yet what the correct model should be... and I hope I can versity was not refilling his position last week, Trask be- bring in a fresh perspective. But I am aware of the compligan meeting with people who would assume the roles cations.” immediately after Dawkins announced his resignation Trask said he considered merging dining with student April 28. affairs when he originally created the position of vice presiMany of the vice presidents have prior experience with dent for campus services. the responsibilities they will inherit. Moneta was associ“It’s not a new idea, and the reality is that students are ate vice president for campus services at the University of the vast majority of consumers of food,” Trask said.

Pennsylvania, and Cavanaugh oversaw police and safety isDawkins will relocate to Philadelphia, Pa., where his sues at the University of Florida and the University of Texas father, who is ill, resides. Dawkins added that rumors at Austin. saying he was forced out of his position are “completely Cavanaugh and Moneta both said they have start- ungrounded.” ed meeting with people working in the units they will “I have been commuting for the past 17 years, so it is be overseeing next year. Cavanaugh added that he is now time,” Dawkins said. optimistic about the reshuffling, even if it adds to his Dawkins said he is currently considering a number of workload. job opportunities that are closer to home.

“There is no one working at Duke today that is not Although the transition may take some time, Trask working harder that they did a year or two ago,” Ca- said that the University will be in a better place than if vanaugh said. “From my perspective, what we are seeing it had launched a national campaign to fill Dawkins’s happening on every campus in the United States is each position. time you see a senior position change there is discussion “We wouldn’t have had anybody optimistically by the about... if you could structure the University differently.... Fall,” he said.

thomae from page 1 Catholic and proud of his faith.

“He had a relationship with his God that was beautiful, and he wasn’t afraid to let you see it,” she said.

Thomae’s mother said he was accepted to numerous universities nationwide. Although he was torn between two schools, Thomae immediately “fell in love” with Duke

upon visiting campus.

“He loved Duke because of the beauty of the school, the campus,” his mother said. “He felt people were so friendly there... and decided that’s where he wanted to complete his studies.”

A memorial service was held Saturday in San Antonio.

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In a news conference after the hearing, Orange County District Attorney Jimmy Woodall said the result of the Atwater case might speed up Lovette’s case. Lovette is currently being held in Durham County prison, but a court date for either case has yet to be set.

“I think it will move the Lovette case up, I think it will happen sooner than it would have happened,” Woodall told reporters.

Karen Bethea-Shields, Lovette’s attorney in both the Carson and Mahato cases, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Because Lovette was 17 at the time of both incidents, he will not face the death penalty.

Woodall said the outcome of the Atwater case should give closure to the state.

There is currently a death penalty moratorium in North Carolina, which Woodall said affected the decision to accept the plea bargain.

“We don’t know if anyone is ever going to be executed in this state again,” Woodall said. “The way that they could get closure was to accept this plea today and this absolutely, as much as we can be guaranteed that a person will never get out of prison, this plea helps guarantee that.”

Executions are particularly rare in Orange County, which has not returned a death penalty sentence in approximately 70 years.

Jonathan Broun, an attorney who represented Atwater, said it was good that the death penalty was avoided.

“This was definitely a senseless and tragic crime,” Broun said in an interview with The Chronicle. “We appreciate both the district attorney’s office and the Carson family for allowing [Atwater] to have a plea that allowed him to live. Although it is a very harsh punishment, we know that they were doing it out of a love for their daughter.”

Carson’s family was present at the hearing. Raleigh lawyer Wade Smith made a statement to the public on behalf of the family.

“We are not planning to address the court today about the loss of Eve,” Smith wrote in an e-mail. “Everyone knows it was a horrendous blow to us to lose her. And we are not going to confront the coward who selfishly took her life. Instead we will devote ourselves to the memory of Eve and to living our lives in a way that honors her.”

Smith added that he expects the Carson family will attend Lovette’s trial sessions or ask Smith to represent the family.

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After spending 12 years behind bars for crimes he did not commit, Shawn Massey will address the media today for the first time as a free man.

The School of Law is hosting the speech at 1 p.m. in Room 4047. Massey was the victim of erroneous eyewitness identification and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon and felonious breaking and entering, according to a Duke news release.

A team composed of Duke faculty and students spent four years investigating Massey’s case as a part of Duke Law School’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project. Wrongful Convictions Clinic co-directors James Coleman and Theresa Newman will also speak at the event.

The clinic asserted that differences between Massey’s hair style and weight from the victim’s description of the perpetrator led to a false conviction. Before Massey’s conviction, the victim had noted that Massey did not have cornrows like her offender and was thinner. This information was not passed onto Massey’s lawyer during the trial.

After Mecklenburg County District Attorney Peter Gilchristcleared the charges, Massey was released May 6 from from Maury Correctional Institution in Maury, N.C. “By definition you have to reinvestigate the case and convince either the district attorney or the judge that notwithstanding a conviction based on eyewitness testimony, it is more than likely this person is innocent,” said Coleman, Duke’s John S. Bradway Professor of the Practice of Law, in the news release. “It requires extraordinary diligence in pursuing the evidence and cooperation from the district attorney.”

Visit www.dukechronicle.com for online coverage of Massey’s speech at the School of Law.

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BLUE DEVILS BACK TO BALTIMORE

Duke will play Saturday at the scene of 2007’s national championship defeat.

by Sabreena Merchant THE CHRONICLE

The final weekend of the season is no longer complete without an appearance from Duke.

The fifth-seeded Blue Devils (14-4) took down North Carolina, 17-9, Saturday at Princeton Stadium DUKE 17 to return to the Final Four for the 9 UNC fourth consecutive year and fifth time in six seasons. The win ensures that no member of Duke’s current roster, including head coach John Danowski, has ever failed to reach the national semifinals.

“It’s unreal,” senior defenseman Parker McKee said. “Looking back at the four years, we exceeded all expectations.”

The Blue Devils had the added benefit of defeating their crosstown rival en route to the Final Four. Duke also beat the Tar Heels last season in the national quarterfinals.

“To get to the tournament is a huge deal, to get to the quarterfinals is a huge

deal, but then you throw in the fact that it’s North Carolina, that definitely adds a little something that no other team could add,” senior Ned Crotty said. “Any time you get to end a huge rival’s season, it’s something you really look forward to doing.”

The No. 4 Tar Heels (13-3) were favored entering the contest, boasting a 13-7 victory over the Blue Devils in March that snapped an 11-game Duke winning streak. But in the rematch, North Carolina was outclassed on both ends of the field and never held the lead after the opening period.

On the first possession of the game, the Blue Devil defense held strong for three minutes, forcing a stall warning and resisting a number of different looks from the Tar Heel attack. The play set the tone for the rest of the contest, as Duke effectively stifled North Carolina’s ball movement and prevented close shots.

“Early in the game we were able to get stops,” said McKee, who picked up four ground balls. “The first possession, they courtney douglas/Chronicle file photo

See m. lax on page 11

Senior Ned Crotty and the rest of the Blue Devils exacted revenge on North Carolina with a 17-9 win Saturday.

Men’s, women’s tennis out of NCAA tourney men’s tennis

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Once again, Virginia too much for the Blue Devils

Duke can’t top Tar Heels in quarterfinals Saturday

The powerhouse Virginia Cavaliers, which handily beat Duke twice before this year, again overwhelmed the Blue Devils, this time in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 16. Duke, a 16-seed, fell 4-0 Friday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, and, for the first time all year, the Blue Devils failed to win a single matchup.

“I thought VirDUKE 4 ginia played a great 0 UVa match,” head coach Ramsey Smith said.

“Virginia is more experienced and has been in this position before.”

In doubles play, the top-ranked team in the country, freshman Henrique Cunha and junior Reid Carleton, failed to complete their match, tying the first game 8-8 against Virginia’s Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz, leaving the match unfinished after senior Dylan Arnould and sophomore David Holland lost 8-6 and junior Alain Michel and sophomore Torsten Wietoska lost 8-3 in their respective matches.

After taking the doubles point, the Cavaliers didn’t let up in singles play, with Jarmere Jenkins, Courtney and Houston Barrick all defeating Blue Dev-

Another national championship wasn’t in the cards for 10-seeded Duke Saturday, as the Blue Devils fell 4-3 to North Carolina in a close quarterfinals loss in Athens, Ga. Duke won the doubles point, and junior Reka Zsilinska won her match 6-2, 6-3 to give the Blue Devils an early 2-1 lead. But freshDUKE 3 man Mary Clayton and senior 4 UNC Amanda Granson fell, and the DUKE 4 Tar Heels took a 3-2 lead. Junior UCLA 2 Ellah Nze lost to Sanaz Marand, giving second-ranked North Carolina the pivotal fourth point and the win.

Before the loss Saturday, the Blue Devils seemed as if they were on their way to a repeat of last year. They upset seven-seeded UCLA, 4-2, with singles wins from Granson, Clayton and senior Elizabeth Plotkin.

Plotkin won in especially exciting fashion. Losing the first set 6-2, then winning the second 6-4, she entered the decisive third set knowing that she had to play well in order to keep the pressure off teammate Zsilinszka. She fell behind early, 4-0.

Then she mounted a gritty comeback,

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Junior Reid Carleton, one-half of the best doubles team in the country, couldn’t stop Virginia Friday. ils in straight sets. Cunha was the only Duke player to win a single set in the match. His impressive steak of 20 consecutive wins against No. 1 opponents, though, came to an end, with an unfinished match against Shabaz. Cunha lost the first set 6-1—only the second time all season he lost a set by five or more games—then bounced back See m. tennis on page 11

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Ellah Nze couldn’t take down Sanaz Marand Saturday, but did win Wednesday against Elisabeth Fournier. tied it at 6-6 and won the tiebreaker. The win would catapult Duke to the quarterfinals.

Nze and Zsilinska’s season continued with the NCAA Individual Singles Tournament Wednesday. Nze won her match in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4, over Washington State’s Elisabeth Fournier, but Zsilinska was not as fortunate, losing 7-5, 6-4 to Anouk Tigu of Arkansas. Nze plays again today against Boise State’s Pichittra Thongdach.

— from staff reports

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Ellenbogen shines, but Duke falls Season ends with Wolfpack sweep

by Andy Moore THE CHRONICLE

For most schools, a top-10 finish at the NCAA Tournament would be considered a success.

Duke, though, with its tremendous success in recent years, is no longer among those schools. The Blue Devils finished the NCAA Tournament tied for eighth at the Country Club of Landfall Friday after bouncing back from poor second and third days with an even-par 288.

For the team, lofty pre-round expectations mean that the tournament played in Wilmington, N.C. was a disappointment.

Still, head coach Dan Brooks saw it as more of a letdown than a failure.

“We came in here to try to win this thing,” Brooks said. “[Friday] we were playing for place... We made it to the national championship and hopefully finished in the top 10. That is not a total failure, but we really did want to win this tournament.”

Purdue ultimately won the championship with a four-round total of 1,153, while Duke finished 26 strokes off at 1,179. The loss wasn’t what the Blue Devils wanted, but their strong play in final round conditions, with final round pressure and pin placements, still had Brooks impressed with his team’s abilities.

“I am proud of them,” Brooks said. “As far as effort, there is no question everybody gave their best.”

Another positive sign for Duke was the strong play of its freshmen, particularly Courtney Ellenbogen.

Ellenbogen, who shot a career-best 69 Thursday to shoot up 19 places on the leaderboard, notched six birdies on the day, and was, at one point, four-under.

“I hit the ball really well and got some putts to drop,” Ellenbogen said. “It was a lot of fun out there.”

Ellenbogen attributed her success Thursday to the momentum she gained from making a few early putts. She birdied four of the first nine holes, and only needed 11 putts until she made the turn. She shot a 74 Friday to

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Courtney Ellenbogen fired a career-best 69 Thursday, but Duke failed to crack the top five in the tourney. finish the tournament tied for 18th. It was the highest any Blue Devil would finish.

On the opposite end of the experience spectrum, the team’s lone senior, Allison Whitaker, also played well. In her final collegiate round, the Melbourne native shot a one-under 71 to finish the week tied for 39th. After making the turn at even par, she birdied the 10th, 12th and 14th holes to move to three-under, then she bogeyed 15 and double-bogeyed 16.

It all set up for a dramatic finish. On No. 18, Witaker hit a wedge, which has been a weak part of her bag in the past, from the deep rough onto the green for an easy birdie.

“On the last hole, she played a beautiful wedge shot up close to the green,” Brooks said. “That’s been a part of her game that she’s been trying to develop over the past few

years, and her last significant shot was one of those from the rough that she hit for a tap-in birdie.... It was a great way to go out.”

While Whitaker’s 295 during the tournament meant she played well throughout, the rest of the Blue Devils were not as consistent throughout the week. The team’s markedly stronger play Tuesday and Friday than on Wednesday and Thursday made Brooks wonder what could have been.

“Unfortunately, the middle two days of this tournament here were kind of a microcosm of [the] season,” he said. “We just had this low period and then shined again at the end. We will think about it and think about some things we can do to get stronger.”

Duke Baseball’s season came to an end Saturday with an 8-4 loss to N.C. State (3620, 15-15 in the ACC).

In only three innings of work, junior starter Dennis O’Grady gave up eight runs—seven earned—and nine hits. Freshman Chase Bebout and senior Jonathan Foreman pitched five innings of scoreless ball in relief, but by then the damage was done, and Duke (2927, 8-21) was unable to mount a comeback.

Senior Jeremy Gould, in his last game with the Blue Devils, went 2-for-4, with two home runs and three RBI in the contest.

The loss Saturday capped a three-game sweep by the Wolfpack. In the opening game Thursday, N.C. State’s Jake Buchanan pitched a nine-strikeout complete game en route to an 8-3 victory. Back-to-back homers from Dallas Poulk and Drew Poulk off freshman starter Marcus Stroman put the Blue Devils into an early hole. From there, they never cut the score by more than two.

It looked like Duke might take game two of the series after a leadoff double from sophomore Will Piwnica-Worms led to a game-tying RBI single by junior Jake Lemmerman.

A throwing error allowed Lemmerman to score, putting the Blue Devils up 6-5. Harold Riggins tied the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth, though, and then in the 12th Kyle Wilson hit a game-winning double to give the Wolfpack the 7-6 win.

The Blue Devils outhit N.C. State 18-8, but they left 12 runners stranded during the contest. Leading hitters for Duke were sophomore Brian Litwin, who went 3-for-6, and Piwnica-Worms, who was 2-for-5 with an RBI.

— from staff reports

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by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE

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Junior Christie Kaestner scored twice in Duke’s 18-8 loss to Northwestern Saturday, ending the season as the team’s leading scorer with 74 points.

Ten unanswered goals to start off the first period by No. 2 Northwestern (19-1) marked the beginning of the end for No. 7 Duke Saturday. The Blue Devils (15-5) fell 18-8 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

Duke entered the matchup vying for its fifth semifinal appearance in the past six seasons, but it was the Wildcats’ aggressive offense early on that earned them the right to compete for their sixth consecuDUKE 8 tive national championship, ensuring the Blue Devils had a near18 impossible attempt at a comeback NW in the second half.

“If you look at the box score, it was clear that we got put on our heels in the first half and let them go on a run,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We had good opportunities that we didn’t finish on, and sometimes we rushed on offense and took the first thing available to us, giving them back possession quickly. Our game plan wasn’t that.”

Northwestern outshot Duke 23-7 in the first half as the Blue Devils had a hard time all game finding good offensive openings. With 6:34 left in the half, sophomore Kat Thomas gave a much-needed answer to the Wildcats’ unceasing offense by netting her first of two goals in the period.

Going into the second period down 13-2, Duke had a chance to finally take control of the match. Senior Lindsay Gilbride led the drive, scoring a goal, and sparking a 4-1 Blue Devil run. Sophomore Kim Wenger then took ad-

vantage of a free position to cut Northwestern’s lead to 10. Soon after, Gilbride netted her second goal to cut the game to single digits.

“Halftime gave us an opportunity to really get back and focus,” Kimel said. “We won the second half. I am proud of our kids and I feel like we played better in the second half and really battled back.”

Although Duke had three more shot attempts and outscored the Wildcats 6-5 in the period, Northwestern’s early lead proved too large to overpower. Following a goal by junior Christie Kaestner, the Wildcats scored three goals in four minutes, bringing their lead to 11. Sophomore Amanda Jones rallied an unassisted goal with over 15 minutes to play, but the Blue Devils couldn’t draw Northwestern in any closer as the match ended with each team scoring only one final goal.

The Wildcats ended the match with five players registering three or more goals—Danielle Spencer and Erin Fitzgerald led all scorers with four goals respectively.

Yet, despite Northwestern’s scoring domination, Kimmel said that she was impressed with Kaitlin Gaiss’s performance in the net.

Duke’s Gilbride, Kaestner and Thomas all scored twice, and Jones and Wenger each pitched in one goal.

Kaestner’s scoring display ensured she ended the season as the Blue Devils’ leading scorer with 74 total points followed by Gilbride with 70.

The Blue Devils haven’t beaten Northwestern since 2006, and, unfortunately for the team, the streak could not be broken Saturday.

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Long goes low, propels Duke to Chattanooga

by Chris Cusack THE CHRONICLE

It took all 54 holes, but Duke hit its stride just in time to make the NCAA Championship.

After a slow start in the NCAA Regional in South Bend, Indiana, the No. 23 Blue Devils stormed back into the playoff picture by recording a tournament-low score of 10-under 270 in the final round Saturday. The round, second-lowest in NCAA regional history, gave Duke a 54-hole total of oneunder 839. The score put Duke in the NCAA championship, to be played June 1-6 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Senior Adam Long and freshman Brinson Paolini paced the Blue Devils with top-10 individual finishes, highlighted by a pair of five-under 65s on Saturday, the second-best rounds of the tournament.

M. Lax from page 9 threw three or four plays at us and we were able to not only get stops but to get a look at what they were going to do for the rest of the game. That was a huge possession for us to withstand.”

The Blue Devils still face question marks in the goal, as junior Mike Rock was replaced by freshman Dan Wigrizer— who started the majority of the team’s games this year—before the end of the first half, and both goalies had trouble saving long-range strikes. Nevertheless, the defense kept the Blue Devils in the game early, and the team’s offense and control of the faceoff game led Duke to victory.

After putting up only two goals in the first quarter, the Blue Devils exploded for seven in the second. The team had great success inverting the ball to Crotty behind the cage and letting the Tewaaraton Trophy finalist find the open man or turn the corner for an easy strike. Crotty had three assists and three goals to lead all scorers with six points, including three points in the second period as Duke took a 9-6 lead into halftime.

The Tar Heels responded to the Blue Devils’ adept passing by moving into a zone, but Duke countered by using its speed on offense. Steve Schoeffel and sophomore Justin Turri were each able to take their man one-on-one to get uncontested shots, and North Carolina was slow to rotate on defense. The pair scored two goals each, and each chipped in one assist during the team’s 6-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters.

That decisive spurt was made possible by strong faceoff play. The Blue Devils won 18-of-28 draws, including 17-of23 after the first quarter, and the team’s midfielders led the transition offense for quick strikes. Sophomore CJ Costabile was lethal at the X, winning 7-of-9 faceoffs and taking two balls all the way for scores.

“Today you saw the true Duke team,” McKee said. “Our faceoff game was awesome and we had a whole bunch of guys contribute.”

The Blue Devils will now face No. 1 Virginia (16-1) at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Duke is still seeking the program’s first national title, and after three consecutive empty trips, senior Max Quinzani believes that the team is finally peaking at the right time, with wins in 12 of the past 13 games after a slow start.

“It took us some time to get our legs under us, took us some time to get our confidence and to gel as an offense,” said Quinzani, who scored three goals against North Carolina to become the second-leading scorer in NCAA history.

“Now we have confidence when we hold the ball, now we wait for the good shot—the best shot.

“This is the team that is trending to excellence when it counts. We’re finding our stride and we’re playing with confidence…. I think it’s the first time we’ve hit our stride at this particular part of the season.”

m. tennis from page 9 with a 7-5 win in the second. But by then, the Cavaliers’ blowout win was locked up, and the ACC Player of the Year’s streak was over.

Although the team’s season ended Friday, Cunha and Carleton are not quite done, with both currently competing in the NCAA Individual Championships. In the tournament, which began Wednesday, Cunha sits as the No. 1 individual seed, while he and Carleton sport the No. 1 doubles seed as well.

—from staff reports

“I would say stepping up is an understatement when you are playing in this type of environment and everyone knows what position you are in.” head coach Jamie Green said.

Long is one of only eight players to shoot even-par or better in all three rounds of the NCAA Regional. He finished in second place.

“Adam was really dialed in from tee to green,” Green said. “He believes in his ability, and his ability is going to be able to get things done. It has been fun for us to be a part of and have it help the team move forward.”

Long was the lone bright spot for the Blue Devils Thursday, shooting an even-par 70 en route to a team score of 292, good for 11th place out of 14 teams, 15 strokes back of first place.

“On this type of golf course, in this type of tournament, if you run into a tough stretch, there are so many teams

bunched up that it’s going to knock you on the head on the scoreboard,” Green said. “That’s what we experienced here.”

Duke rebounded Friday to the tune of a three-under 277, led by sophomore Spencer Anderson’s season-best three-under 67 and even-par rounds from junior Wes Roach, Paolini and Long. The strong showing catapulted the Blue Devils into seventh place, only three strokes behind Michigan for the fifth and final spot in the NCAA Tournament.

But, the best was still to come for the resilient Duke squad. Saturday’s round was the second-lowest 54-hole total in school history.

“Everyone really stepped up and contributed which was huge and fun to be a part of,” Paolini said. “All of the guys came together, and everybody stepping up was something special. Hopefully this is the start of something even bigger.”

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have been forced to transition many of its regular courses online in light of budget cuts, Duke is fortunate because it can choose to create distance learning courses only for course content suited to an online setting.

“Writing the Experience: Civic Engagement and Creative Nonfiction,” which is being taught by Cathy Shuman, a visiting professor of English, is the perfect example of a course that is appropriate for the Web. Because the course draws from global civic engagement experiences, including DukeEngage, the Robertson Scholars Program and independent projects, the Web is the best setting for this type of course. Enrolled students will use their travels to write creative nonfiction pieces.

In addition to allowing students to enroll in courses regardless of their location, the courses are a symbolic move showing that the University is not categorically opposed to distance learning even if it is not ready to launch an entire fleet of these courses.

Duke is surely capable of figuring out how to appropriately conduct a course online—and it is fortunate that budget constraints have not forced the University to transition many of its courses to the Web—so it should evaluate these two courses’ progress and use them as examples for distance learning in the future.

Even though these courses do not provide real classrooms in which students

can consult each other and develop face-to-face relationships with their peers or professors—and a website or blog cannot recreate the classroom experience—online courses have many of their own advantages, primarily monetary.

Students do not have to pay for housing or dining on campus, and the courses appear relatively cost-efficient for the University.

As Duke begins to include distance learning in its curriculum for undergraduates, however, it should remember to not merely move courses online because it is easy to do so.

Instead, the University should continue to offer courses online only when appropriate.

It should view these courses as a way to expand the real classroom, not to replace it.

Tar Balls It is summer and time for visiting, so I was on the ses including the debt crisis in Greece and unrest West Coast near Los Angeles this past weekend. in the financial markets, the spill has been visually Standing above Laguna Beach, watching the uninteresting for all but the last week or so, when beauty of the surf play against the palms, warm sun video of the oil gushing into the gulf was released on my face, I looked down; three little tar balls, and the first images of shoreline impacts started stuck to the bottom of my flip-flop, stinky, and full to really surface. of sand and dead grass and little rocks. The far off Maybe that’s just it—this isn’t like any other storm that was kicking up the surf oil spill where oil has spilled on had also brought them ashore. the surface of the ocean. From Appropriate, I thought, as there the sea floor, the crude from the is an oil spill in the Gulf.

Deepwater Horizon wellhead has Apathetic to the fact that it was to travel 5,000 feet to the ocean the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, surface and then several hundred the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon miles to shore. At first, the only drilling platform sank into the Gulf pictures were of fish markets that of Mexico April 22, having killed 11 were about to close, not of any oil. and leaving a broken wellhead gushliz bloomhardt After all, what’s a cloudy picture ing countless barrels of oil into the of the ocean to demonstrate the green devil depths of the Gulf. extent of impending doom?

During the first helpless days and Like an iceberg lurking beweeks of the now-dubbed national disaster, it was low the surface, the depth of the water column impossible for me not to look back at the nation’s coupled with the use of chemical dispersants— previous experience with major, high-profile oil whether they will prove to have a positive effect or spills. Specifically, the Exxon Valdez oil spill of not—was delaying the visual impact of the disas1989, in which a tanker ship ran aground in Prince ter. A mile of ocean is a lot of water; it’s also a deep William Sound, Alaska, releasing somewhere in ecosystem that is now holding and hiding much of the neighborhood of 250,000 barrels (10.8 mil- the evidence of impact. lion U.S. gallons) of crude oil into the bay. That is What does this all mean for Duke? Well, maybe a number that’s hard to wrap your head around. nothing, at least not at first. (Sure, we have reSo are the numbers coming out of the Gulf. searchers that study things like oceans and wildlife Of course, while the Exxon Valdez spill had an and ecosystems. So, there might be an influx of upper limit on the amount of oil that could be work at the Duke Univeristy Marine Lab in Beaureleased, the oil and gas spilling into the Gulf is fort, N.C. if the oil that’s entered the loop current theoretically boundless, at least until the flow is ends up on the East Coast.) But a national disasstopped. Which is why, all told, the Gulf disaster ter of this magnitude should never be overlooked could be the largest oil spill ever. as an opportunity to reevaluate our priorities and I was in the neighborhood of 5 years old at the practices, if only to reaffirm them. In terms of time of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Suffice it to say Duke’s operations and the Climate Action Plan, I don’t remember much about the response at the atmospheric carbon is likely to remain the priortime, public, political or otherwise. Given that, I feel ity. Time will tell if that priority may now be more safe in assuming that those younger than myself, and expensive going forward, or if our course toward some number of years older, are similarly afflicted that goal will change. with this lack of personal historical experience.

Regardless, the remnants of my misplaced step For my generation, this is our first major oil spill. still cling to my shoes, having resisted all efforts to So, how have we been responding? That’s disperse and dispel them. And, if those little tar hard to say because the response seems to have balls from Laguna Beach are any indication—or been muted. Perhaps there’s a feeling of help- the tar balls that still wash ashore in Alaska, for lessness, perhaps apathy or distance, maybe that matter—then I would have to predict the even ignorance. Whatever it is, it’s safe to say Gulf disaster is going to persist as a hazardous, that the spill occurred at the worst possible stinky, sticky mess. I can only then imagine what time, on the academic calendar anyway. Col- the beauty of the Gulf coast is turning into, covlege campuses have been busy with finals and ered, like my shoe, in tar balls. graduation and summer.

Sure, I had my pangs of guilt getting in the car this past month, especially when the radio was Liz Bloomhardt is a third-year Ph.D student in tuned to a spill-related NPR program. But, in ad- mechanical engineering. Her column runs every other dition to fighting an onslaught of other world cri- Thursday in the summer.

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120% of statistics are made up Have you ever gone to a grocery store and looked at your receipt after your purchase? Not Uncle Harry’s general store, where boxes of cereal cost upwards of $7, but one that has a diet soda selection wider than diet brown.

At these real stores when you get receipts, there’s a nice little statistic telling you “how much you saved on this trip.”

I recently went to the store with my mom and we saved $27 by using coupons, instant rebates and buying BOGO items as though the store was going to run out of them—there’s nothing like a good shopping trip to remind you of your Jewish heritage.

I learned two things from AP Statistics: you can be on codeine from a broken leg and still score jeremy steinman a 5 on the AP, and that statistics einsteinman theories mean whatever you want them to. Take “caught stealing,” for example (statistics accurate through May 23): Derek Jeter was caught in the act 44 times since 2001, while Winona Ryder checks in at a gaudy one. Does Mr. Yankee need to be taking baserunning tips from someone who starred in Bettlejuice?

Clearly this world is in need of a drastic statistical makeover, so I present to you my list of statistics that are awful and how to fix them: 1. Money saved. This is an awful statistic because it completely glosses over the amount of money that you would have otherwise saved by not buying anything. Sure, you can buy two two-liters for $1.50 when they are half off, but I usually go the safe route and buy nothing, thereby spending nothing.

Rectification: new statistic should be “Extra Money Spent” (EMS). Most of a man’s shopping trip involves getting exactly what you need, which decreases impulse buys and EMS. Winona Ryder has her “Extra Money Thief” (EMT) training already—do you?

2. Grade point average. This is silly because every teacher has something different. Curve or no curve? Where is the cutoff? Which scale? How much is this mysterious “participation” grade, aka, “how much does the teacher like you” grade worth?

(If a participation medal is for the losers, what does that say about this grade?)

Rectification: How many “Cokes” can you drink in one hour?

A coke is much more standard than an A; it has a 10 oz red can, 41 grams of carbohydrates and a little bottle cap logo. Everybody knows college is about how much you can drink without getting diabetes. Impressively, I’ve seen people drink 24 Cokes in less than an hour without getting diabetes (though they always felt awful afterwards). Wouldn’t your boss like to know how much you can drink?

3. EqR. Officially is equal to (2 * EqA/LgEqA - 1) * PA * (LgR / LgPA).

Rectification: replace with WTFLOLZ. They are similarly meaningless metrics (like Winona Ryder’s real name).

4. National Championships Won. I haven’t been alive forever. I can’t remember how David Thompson won the championship with the Wolfpack in 1974 probably because I was plasma energy at the time.

Rectification: Championships won since I’ve been alive (1989). Duke: four. UNC: three. Kentucky, and Florida: two, And schools ending in “ansas”: one. In related news, Winona Ryder was homeschooled and did not go to college.

5. Popularity. Ever heard anyone fight over who is more popular that wasn’t on “The O.C.?” Me neither. But popularity as it stands is an arbitrary and baseless metric that is usually variable depending on the arguer and his opponent.

Rectification: Wikipedia page hits. Did you know “List of female porn stars by decade” gets more hits than Turkey? Did you know I’ve added more than 400 hits to their page by writing this article? Did you know Wikipedia’s Wikipedia page cites Wikipedia as a source?

Of course, these statistics wouldn’t be perfect themselves, but wouldn’t they be so much better? It might be that 120% of stats are misleading, but only 49.3% are made up.

Jeremy Steinman is a rising Trinity senior. His column runs runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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Lost in Chinese translation A Chinese youth knelt beside a grasshopper, cup- students about romantic relationships, forgetting the ping his hands to ease it into the neck of a dusty plas- BYOP (Bring Your Own Paper) bathroom policy— tic bottle. Looking back over his shoulder, he offered the list continues, some mistakes more egregious us a wink to make sure we knew to keep watching. than others.

As a small group of Duke students wandering around Call us the victims of “culture clash,” then—the rural Sichuan, we didn’t understand much about the cliché fits us well. But the discoveries we’ve made so young Chinese man stooping 10 feet in front of us. For far on this trip are imaginably only the tip of a very starters, we didn’t speak his dialect, so we couldn’t ask large, very robust iceberg. The truth is, the dissimihim what he was about to do. Nor did we have any real larities between our Western cultural impulses and access to his cultural background, his family life, his edu- our students’ Chinese inclinations runs much deeper cational history or (most importantly) than technology, popular music and his opinion of grasshoppers. television and the other so-called WestIn these situations, when we find ernized aspects of China. Despite the ourselves uselessly inarticulate in a news media’s emphasis on Western inrestaurant, a barter-friendly souvefluences on contemporary Chinese culnir shop or a hotel lobby, we usuture, such changes in Chinese culture ally nod helplessly and defer furremain only skin-deep: cell phones, ther communication to our savvier, Western television shows, cleaner cities Sichuan-native classmate. Unforand even non-squat toilets have done tunately, she seemed to have gone very little to bridge gaps in embedded shining li missing. We were on our own, and cultural customs. all too human though we knew nothing about our We may have heard Lady Gaga blastChinese conspirator, we recognized ing in the grocery stores of Chengdu, but his boyish smirk and his mischievously squinted how much closer did that brief recognition bring us to eyes. Out of both necessity and curiosity, we looked understanding the cultural intuitions of our English on in mute complicity. students in the same city?

Admittedly, communication has not been our Pointing to such relatively superficial developforte on this summer service trip. We braved the ments as an implication of some sort of significant nearly 24-hour journey to China with the intention alignment of Chinese and American culture now of teaching English to university students, but our seems hyperbolic. It’s one experience to read about service project has demanded more “travel” than we Chinese youth surfing the web at cybercafés and bitnaively anticipated. As it turns out, traversing cultural ing into a piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken—then, divides takes much more effort than surviving a plane they might not seem so different from their Ameriride, memorizing “thank you” in a different language can counterparts. It’s another experience entirely or listening to the same pop songs. to teach college students in Chengdu and to realize Take, for instance, our all-too-American laissez- exactly how many significant issues still guarantee faire social instincts. A few taciturn Chinese dinner that American and Chinese remain virtually foreign companions were not really shy (as per our origi- to each other. nal assumption), but actually put off by our lack So when we found ourselves staring at the young of active engagement with them. As Americans, we Chinese man that afternoon, we stared with no anplaced the burden of participation on each indi- ticipation of his next move. Grasshopper now secure vidual, preferring to allow everyone his own right in his plastic bottle, he ran into a nearby building. to silence. As Chinese natives, however, our dinner When he swaggered back into our view, the bottle guests were uncomfortable entering our conversa- had been filled halfway with beer, grasshopper now tion unless invited to speak. floating listlessly on the liquid’s surface.

Not that Chinese social behavior left us completeHe’d killed it, and now he sought our admiration ly at ease. A multicultural group, we were instantly as he showed off the dead body. Halfway around the labeled and stereotyped by our new Chinese friends: world, such juvenile cruelty is still communicable— Our Indian girl was very beautiful like all Indian but what could we say to him to express our disapwomen, our Caucasian girl automatically looked like proval? How could we know that he would identify a Barbie doll and our only male was incessantly of- with our objections? We looked at each other before fered cigarettes and beer by every fellow man he resorting, once again, to a tried and true evasion encountered. A little too much typecasting for our technique: smiling tightly, we nodded our recognipolitically correct sensibilities. tion. Then we looked away.

Other cultural missteps followed those: distastefully arguing about sex education at the dinner table, Shining Li is a rising Trinity junior. Her column runs awkwardly trying to tell a monk that his town is an ideal honeymoon spot, attempting to ask our English runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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