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Reconstructing Duke Football Admissions

yield holds at about 42% by Indu Ramesh THE CHRONICLE

by Taylor Doherty THE CHRONICLE

If the Bostock Group has its way, football games in Wallace Wade may be an entirely different experience. Chaired by Roy Bostock, Trinity ’62, the group is putting together long-term plans for renovating Wallace Wade Stadium. Construction plans—which are in the early planning stages—are part of an effort to maximize football revenue and modernize Duke’s facilities, said Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. The University needs to provide first-rate facilities to support a more

competitive program and increase the program’s revenue, Bostock said. “My view of the University... is if we, as Duke, are involved in an activity or facet of the University.... we’re going to be worldclass,” said Bostock, a former member of the Board of Trustees. “And we haven’t been with the football program, and we need to get there.” Overhauling Wallace Wade University administrators and Bostock emphasized that the Bostock Study, which outlines construction proposals, is a preliminary document.

The primary objectives for construction, however, have already been established: to “expand capacity, [create a] dramatic entry, create intimacy [and] increase premium amenities.” In its current form, the Bostock Study lists four phases of construction. The first project would add a combination of seats and offices and improve the concourse on the west side of the stadium. The second phase would remove the stadium’s track and lower the field 5 feet to add eight rows of seats—about 2,896 total. The

Although Duke received 11.6 percent more applications for admission this year, the yield for the Class of 2014 remained roughly the same as the year before. Approximately 42 percent of the 3,372 students admitted to the University accepted their offer of admission, Director of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. Last year, the Class of 2013 had a yield of 41.5 percent. “We expected the yield to remain steady,” Guttentag said. “We did not expect a big move in either direction.” As the admissions office tries to finalize the freshman class, Duke will take roughly 100 students from the waitlist by mid-June, on-par with last year’s waitlist admissions. Two thousand of the 3,382 students waitlisted decided to stay on the waitlist, Guttentag said. This year’s waitlist was 30 to 40 percent larger than last year’s, primarily to give admissions more flexibility in a year with a record number of applications, Guttentag added. The University received 26,694 applications for the Class of 2014, the most in University history. “We were pressed time-wise, and by the time we got to the end of the admissions cycle... we

See wallace wade on page 9 See admissions on page 2 michael naclerio/The Chronicle

Princeton prof to head Officers in fatal shooting had natural sciences dept. non-lethal weapons on hand by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

An accomplished couple will soon join the ranks of the University. Next month Robert Calderbank will become the new dean of natural sciences in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and his wife Ingrid Daubechies, will be a professor in the mathematics department starting Jan. 1, 2011. The couple comes Robert from Princeton UniverCalderbank sity, where Calderbank served as director of the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics and a professor of electrical engineering and mathematics. When he starts at Duke, Calderbank will also serve as a full professor in the department of computer science, with

appointments in mathematics and electrical engineering. Daubechies was a full professor of mathematics at Princeton. Calderbank succeeds Alvin Crumbliss, who will serve next year as interim dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and dean of Trinity College. Crumbliss, Bishop-MacDermott chemistry professor, wrote in an e-mail that the University actively recruited both new faculty members. Calderbank, who was vice president for research at AT&T before joining Princeton’s faculty in 2004, said he and his wife had been considering Duke since Daubechies spoke at Duke in April. Daubechies gave the Annual Sponer Presidential Lecture and two speeches in the Gergen Mathematical Lecture Series. “It wasn’t that one of us was targeted and then it was found out that there was See calderbank on page 2

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“Hopefully people will see a slightly different vision of Africa than they might be used to,”

—Professor Laurent Dubois on the World Cup in Cape Town. See story page 4

by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

Duke Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of the man outside Duke Hospital March 13 were carrying non-lethal weapons on their persons, Aaron Graves, associate vice president for campus safety and security, wrote in an email Wednesday. According to the autopsy report released Aaron Graves Friday, no weapons were found on Durham resident Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey’s person. Although it is unclear if the officers had Tasers on hand during the incident, Graves said Duke police officers are equipped with other non-lethal weapons such as batons and pepper spray.

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“Duke officers do carry less than lethal weapons... and we do deploy Tasers, but not every officer carries one on his or her person,” Graves said. “As to why the officers took the specific actions they did, this information is being obtained through the investigatory progress.” A single gunshot to the head caused extensive damage to Dorsey’s skull and brain, according to the autopsy by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill. Dorsey, 25, also had a laceration and abrasion on the inner surface of his lower lip. Medical tests did not find alcohol or drugs in Dorsey’s system. Dorsey was not identified as the victim until March 17. His fingerprints were sent by Duke University Police Department to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to confirm his identity. See shooting on page 2

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A Bull City Summer A photo essay by Melissa Yeo

1. A skateboarder spends his time practicing at the Durham Central Park Skate Park, which opened in November 2009. 2. Members of the Durham community peruse the selection of produce at the Durham Farmers’ market, which features more than 50 local vendors. 3. A Durham resident sits outside a Ninth Street cafe playing the violin.

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had to prioritize certain things,” Guttentag said. “Typically what we do near the end, we go back to the tentatively waitlisted students and ask, ‘Who among these students should we actually deny admission to?’ [We] didn’t have time to do both that and completely analyze the class we were accepting.” Guttentag said he understands the frustration of students still waiting to hear from admissions for a final decision, but added that in most cases students would prefer to be placed on a waitlist than outright denied. A larger waitlist also has the advantage of rounding out an incoming class, he said. Next year, Guttentag said he would like to have a smaller waitlist and will have more admissions officers reading applications to meet his office’s growing demands. The system that Guttentag inherited 18 years ago was designed for an application pool of about half the current size, he noted. Guttentag said he views the increase in applications as a part of a larger phenomenon and noted that some of Duke’s peers also saw significant increases in applications. Duke’s yield remains lower than that of a number of its peer institutions. Both Harvard University and Stanford University reported yields of more than 70 percent, according to the New York Times. Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University reported yields of 55, 63 and 49 percent, respectively. Despite the strain that an increase in applications causes at Duke, Guttentag said he was satisfied with the most recent admissions cycle. “I am pleased that in two years of the worst economy this country has seen in decades, our applications have increased over 30 percent,” he said. “More than anything, that is the a testament to the value of a Duke education.... I would rather have too many applications than too few.”

The shooting occurred at approximately 1:09 a.m., when DUPD officers Larry Carter and Jeffrey Liberto responded to a report of a suspicious person outside of Duke University Hospital’s main entrance. Dorsey attacked the officers and tried to take control of one of their guns, DUPD Chief John Dailey said in a statement March 17. “After other options failed to stop the individual, the other officer discharged his firearm one time, fatally wounding Mr. Dorsey,” Dailey said in the statement. Dailey deferred all further comments to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Administrators declined to say why the officers aimed for Dorsey’s head, adding that the incident is still under review by the SBI.

calderbank from page 1 someone else,” Calderbank said. “We go places together. We are not a typical couple in that we have been recruited jointly before. When I left AT&T, we interviewed at 12 places and got 12 offers.” Crumbliss said the University often finds a job for a faculty recruitment’s spouse, but he noted that this case was a joint recruitment where both faculty members happened to be married. “Professor Daubechies was a faculty recruitment target quite independent of who her spouse is,” Crumbliss said, adding that Daubechies will start in 2011 because she is currently on sabbatical in Europe. “She is a distinguished mathematician who, for example, is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and three foreign academies of science. She is an international superstar in mathematics.”

Schoenfeld also declined to comment when asked which officer fired the weapon. Following the shooting, both officers were put on paid administrative leave. Carter has been employed by Duke police for 23 years and Liberto for two years. “One of the officers has returned to full duty and the other is on administrative duty,” Schoenfeld wrote in an email Tuesday. “In this case and as is standard, the State Bureau of Investigation is continuing its investigation so we are not able to comment on the specifics of the incident.” Graves also noted that Dorsey had family that was notified of the incident shortly after his death. Although the SBI is still investigating the shooting, Schoenfeld said May 24 that DUPD has completed its review. Noelle Talley, public information officer for the North Carolina Department of Justice, declined to say when SBI will disclose further information about the case. Crumbliss added that Calderbank was recruited because of his diverse background. “His expertise fits very well with our strategic objectives for developing programs and faculty in computer science, mathematics and electrical and computer engineering,” Crumbliss said. “We can look at this as a very cost effective faculty recruitment which resulted in a new faculty member with a high research profile in three areas and proven administrative ability.” Calderbank said he was attracted to Duke’s collaborative spirit. He will spend the first month or so at Duke seeking advice about how he can improve the University’s programs in the natural sciences, starting with a conversation with his new boss, Crumbliss. “I am excited about the interdisciplinary community and just a whole bunch of people that seem to be energized about creating communities that are more than the sum of their parts,” he said.

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Duke researchers anchor in Gulf to study oil spill by Tullia Rushton THE CHRONICLE

As oil spreading through the Gulf of Mexico is reported on several beaches from Louisiana to Florida, it is still uncertain whether the spill will affect the East Coast. Even if North Carolina beaches do not experience the effects of the incident, however, Duke students and professors are using the disaster as a research opportunity. A British Petroleum oil rig located 50 miles off the Louisiana shore caught fire and exploded April 20, killing 11 platform workers. Two days later, the rig sunk and has been releasing thousands of barrels of oil every day into the water. “If [North Carolinians] see oil, it will be a much smaller degree than what we are seeing in the Gulf Coast,” said Susan Lozier, professor of physical oceanography and chair of the Earth and Ocean Sciences division in the Nicholas School of the Environment. “Maybe we will see some filaments of oil, but it won’t be everywhere, coating the beaches.” The oil could potentially move out of the gulf, enter the Florida Strait—which flows on the eastern side of the state—and then join the Gulf Stream, which carries water north, Lozier said. She added that, depending on the direction of the wind, water from the Gulf Stream does not usually reach the beaches. Researchers from Duke and several other universities, including Texas A&M University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, are working to try to understand the potential damage of the oil spill. The Cape Hatteras, a 135-foot oceangoing research vessel operated by the Duke and University of North Carolina Oceanographic Consortium, left the Duke Marine

Lab in Beaufort, N.C. Saturday to spend 10 days in the gulf conducting research. The studies, which are funded by the National Science Foundation’s Rapid Response program, will observe methane levels in the water and air to estimate how much oil is in the water and study whether the methane levels in the air could affect climate change, said Joseph Ustach, executive officer of the Hatteras. He added that researchers will collect and study data comparing sediment before and after the spill. The ship will make an additional trip to the gulf later this summer, Ustach said. There are certain hazards involved with conducting research close to the spill, however. Ustach noted that both the ship’s crew and the research teams participated in a daylong training session concerning contact with the hazardous material before setting sail. On returning to Beaufort, the ship may stop at one of many cleaning stations set up since the spill. The oil will also contaminate some of the crew’s research equipment. “The decision if the ship needs to be cleaned is up to the captain,” Ustach said. “[The crew] will be fined if they don’t [get cleaned] and they need it, but most likely they’ll stop at a station anyway.” The Cape Hatteras has also been equipped with a webcam that will provide a live feed of what is going on in the gulf to the Nicholas School’s website dedicated to providing information about the gulf oil spill. The website “Disaster in the Gulf,” which was officially launched May 28, features news articles, photos, links to other sites and several blogs, including “The Green Grok” by Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School.

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Duke researchers set sail for the Gulf of Mexico aboard The Cape Hatteras June 5. Working jointly with researchers from across the country, the team plans to study the effects and potential damage of the oil spill. “When [the oil spill] happened, we were stunned and as it kept growing and growing, it was clear that we needed a response as one of the world’s premier environmental schools,” said Tim Lucas, national media relations and marketing specialist at the Nicholas School. “We wanted to provide a good source of information for people looking for experts, the latest news and images of the oil spill.” Website content is written and organized by Nicholas School staff in addition to their normal academic duties. Head-

line news on the site comes from various news sources, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Lucas added that traffic on the site has been very heavy, with visits from students, alumni, reporters and others trying to stay updated on events in the gulf. “[The oil spill] is pretty horrendous and the whole University is reacting,” Lucas said. “We want to provide the unbiased information and hopefully people will be able to get some use out of it.”

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World Cup puts spotlight on South Africa by Alexander Stuart THE CHRONICLE

Beginning tomorrow, South Africa will host the world’s premier soccer tournament involving squads from 32 different countries. The 19th FIFA World Cup, which will take place June 11 to July 11, is the pinnacle of a series of soccer matches that began in August 2007 with more than 200 teams. According to FIFA’s website, almost three million worldwide fans will converge in South Africa to support their teams on the road to international prestige. South Africa is the first African country to host the World Cup, after South Africa beat Egypt and Morocco in an Africanonly bidding process in Zurich in May 2004. Although many critics and opponents doubted South Africa’s preparedness for the event, the country celebrated the completion of five new stadiums and renovations to five other stadiums 100 days prior to the World Cup, according to FIFA’s website. “Europe really dominates the economy of the sport, that’s where all the money is,” said Laurent Dubois, professor of French studies and history. “FIFA is international but its got a lot of power linked to Europe. Africa has not always been fully integrated into that industry.”

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Africa has historically struggled to keep up with social, economic and technological developments in Europe. African societies have long been exploited for natural resources and human capital. After the 1884 Berlin Conference, European powers commenced the Scramble for Africa, in an attempt to colonize various regions of the continent for cheap resources. Since then, African countries have been characterized by numerous civil wars, disease and poverty. Hosting an event as culturally resonant as the World Cup can be seen as a display of Africa’s progress toward modernization. “Hopefully people will see a slightly different vision of Africa than they might be used to,” Dubois said. “Africa is obviously a diverse continent and there’s all kinds of different experiences; sometimes the most difficult circumstances come to symbolize the whole thing. Perhaps by seeing the World Cup that might trigger people to think it’s not exactly what they thought.” For South Africa itself, hosting the World Cup is historically significant. In the mid-1900s, FIFA banned South Africa from the World Cup because the country prohibited blacks and whites from playing together. Although soccer is still primarily a black sport in the country, it is gradually becoming more interracial. “It is obvious that there are still many who bare scars of discrimination,” said sophomore Sabrina Hamilton-Payne, a native of South Africa. “If there is something that would bring the races of South Africa together, it would be the World Cup.” Critics have questioned South Africa’s ability to host a tournament of this magnitude. Millions of dollars have been poured into the effort to modernize the country to meet international standards. And on the eve of the first game, many are still doubtful that the tournament will run smoothly.

“There has always been an undercurrent of doubt, like they won’t be able to do it,” Dubois said. “Every World Cup is preceded by a great deal of anxious hand-wringing about all the bad things that are going to happen and usually it’s fine. There are questions; it will be interesting to follow how it plays out. They know their reputation and the way people view them will depend on [the World Cup’s success].”

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Out of the five countries that originally submitted bids to host the 2010 World Cup, South Africa emerged victorious.

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Crotty, Quinzani, McKee taken in draft Crotty also wins prestigious Tewaaraton

by Andy Moore THE CHRONICLE

While it probably doesn’t match the feeling of winning the national championship, this past week brought more good news for Duke. Last Thursday night, attacker Ned Crotty was honored with the 2010

Tewaaraton Trophy, awarded annually to the nation’s best player. Crotty, who, along with Matt Danowski, is the only Blue Devil to ever win the award, beat out other stars like Virginia’s Ken Clausen and Syracuse’s Joel White in the ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

Crotty ended 2010 with 63 assists, more than anyone else in the country and a Duke single-season record. He was also named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association first team for the second time. But Crotty wasn’t done racking up recognitions for his accomplishments this season.

Sunday evening, at the Major League Lacrosse draft held at Yale University, Crotty was selected by the Chicago Machine with the first overall pick. It was the first time in the draft’s history that a Blue Devil was taken with the first selection. See draft on page 8 graphic by melissa yeo/the chronicle

Men’s Golf

Long finishes career in style, but Duke falls by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

Duke wrapped up a long spring season last Thursday at the NCAA Championship, held at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn. Although playing relatively close to home, a young Blue Devil team could not keep up with the country’s best squads, failing to advance to the match-play finals and finishing tied for 27th out of the 30team field. The NCAA Championships mark the end of senior Adam Long’s career at Duke, and the Missouri native did not disappoint in his finale. Although he was unable to duplicate the same form that won him the Wolfpack Intercollegiate earlier this year, Long’s resilience proved invaluable over the Blue Devils’ three rounds. After a tough ball-striking day led to a first-round 73, and he shot a 75 after a rollercoaster second round, Long rebounded Thursday to shoot a Duke-best 72. “He was consistent,” head coach Jamie Green said. “I know he did not play as well or go as low as he would have liked, but he is going to walk away from this tournament with his head held high because he gave it everything that he had.” Long’s cumulative score of 4-over at The

Honors Course locked him into second place in the all-time Duke scoring average list with a mark of 72.70, behind only Ryan Blaum’s 72.16. Long vaulted 19 players on the leaderboard Thursday, and finished in a tie for 64th. Overall during the tournament, the Blue Devils were led by junior Wes Roach, who came out strong in his first round. After a bogey on the par-3 third, Roach birdied four, five and nine to make the turn at 2-under. His hot streak continued on the back nine, with birdies on No. 13 and No. 16 before giving one back on the par-5 17th. His opening round 69 was one shot shy of the tournament lead, and placed him in third. “He was in one of those Wes Roach-kind of zones on certain periods,” Green said. “There are certain periods of the round where he’s got tunnel vision and he gets this walk going, and you just know he’s going to hit it a good golf shot and it’s going to be followed by a good putt.” Roach, playing in his home state of Tennessee, was able to recall on past experiences at the 7,395-yard Honors Course to guide him to success at the NCAA Championship. maya robinson/Chronicle file photo

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Senior Adam Long shot an even-par 72 in his final collegiate round, helping to give Duke a 288 on the day.

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Three more Blue Devils Lemmerman taken in to compete in NCAA’s fifth round of draft The 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships began play Wednesday with six Blue Devils competing— all for the first time. Freshman Austin Gamble competed in the discus throw at 2 p.m. Wednesday. In flight one, Gamble, who qualified for the event with a school-record throw in the Eastern Preliminary Round, threw 50.04m on his first attempt, then committed a foul on his second attempt before throwing it 50.06m on the third try, good for 20th place. The event was won by Arizona State’s Ryan Whiting. At 6:15 p.m., junior Ryan McDermott competed in the steeplechase. McDermott, who has won back-to-back ACC titles in the event and ran a career-best 8:44.36 in the preliminaries to qualify, could not repeat his previous performances in Eugene, Ore. He finished in 20th after running the race in 8:55.47 and did not advance to the finals. Carly Seymour was the final competitor for Duke Wednesday in the 10,000m

run. An All-American in cross country, Seymour improved upon her qualifying time of 34:58.37 to finish in 34:06.40, but still placed 22nd out of 24 runners. Three more days remain in the NCAA Championships, and three more Duke runners are set to compete. Thursday, junior Cory Nanni, All-ACC in cross country and indoor track, will run in the 1,500m run at 4:45 p.m. Nanni posted a 3:43.52 in the preliminaries to advance to the Championships. Also on Thursday, senior Kate Van Buskirk will run the women’s 1,500m. Her race is set to begin at 5 p.m. Provided Nanni and Buskirk make it through their heats, the runners will compete Saturday in the finals. The last competitor for the Blue Devils is freshman Juliet Bottorff. Bottorff will race in the 5,000m after notching a time of 16:29.87 in the preliminaries to advance to Oregon.

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Seniors Max Quinzani and Ned Crotty were drafted by the Boston Cannons and Chicago Machine, respectively.

m. golf from page 7 With his home just a half-hour away, Roach played in a state amateur tournament at The Honors Course in the summer of 2009, and the experience was evident. He started the second round 1-under through the first eight holes, but hit a rough patch and bogeyed three of the next four holes, still finishing with a team-best 73 for the day. A final-day 75 placed Roach at 1-over for the tournament, in a tie for 41st. After the first three rounds of strokeplay saw Scott Langley of Illinois win the individual title with a 10-under 206, the top eight teams advanced to the match play finals to determine a team champion. While Duke did not come close to replicating the

scores of eventual winner Augusta State— the Jaguars were able to rely on a squad packed with talented juniors and seniors. Green’s team, meanwhile, may just be on the cusp of breaking through, if the performances of the Blue Devil underclassmen are any indication. Freshman standouts Brinson Paolini and Julian Suri finished 103rd and 139th, respectively. Each proved capable of playing well on college golf’s biggest stage, but both were also unable to overcome the occasional big numbers across Dye’s layout. Paolini, the ACC Freshman of the Year, tallied 10 birdies across his three rounds, while carding four double-bogeys, but ended the season with the lowest stroke average for a freshman in Blue Devil history. Suri shared a similar fate, posting eight birdies, but surrendering a

After 1,525 players were chosen, the 2010 First-Year Player Draft came to an end Wednesday with four Blue Devils now in the professional ranks. Junior Jake Lemmerman went first Tuesday, becoming Duke’s highest drafted player since 2002 after the Los Angeles Dodgers took the shortstop with the 172nd overall pick in the fifth round. Lemmerman led the Blue Devils in practically every offensive statistical category this year, batting .335 with 11 home runs, 45 RBI and a .569 slugging percentage. He was no slouch defensively, either. The senior made only three errors in 227 chances, good for a .987 fielding percentage. Next to be drafted was senior pitcher Christopher Manno, who will begin his career in the Washington Nationals’ system. Manno, a left-handed hurler, ammassed a 13-9 career record at Duke with 217 strikeouts in 188.1 innings of work. He was taken in the 26th round.

In the 28th round, the New York Mets drafted senior utility player Jeremy Gould. Gould, who split his time between first base and on the mound, will play as a pitcher in the minors despite his .330 career batting average. Gould posted a 4.76 ERA with four strikeouts in only seven pitching appearances as a senior. On the final day of the draft Wednesday, senior pitcher Michael Ness was picked in the 33rd round by the Houston Astros, becoming the last Blue Devil to be drafted in 2010. Ness went 9-9 during his career with six saves and a 4.58 ERA. He graduated with the third-most pitching appearances in Duke history. Dillon Haviland, a top left-handed pitcher in next year’s class, was also drafted on the final day in the 48th round by Pittsburgh. It is unclear yet whether he will sign with the Pirates.

draft from page 7 “I am looking forward to playing in Major League Lacrosse,” Crotty said in a statement. “I have been told that this is a style of play that fits me and the up-tempo play of game will be exciting.” After Johns Hopkins’ Michael Kimmel went with the second pick, Max Quinzani was drafted by the Boston Cannons. The Duxbury, Mass. native will have a chance to again become a hometown hero in the Bay State, especially if he can help bring the Cannons their first Steinfeld Cup. “I am excited to join the Cannons family,” Quinzani said in a statement. “I want to bring some of the success I had at Duke to Boston and I am excited to try and win a championship in Boston.” In no time at all, another Blue Devil went off the board—defenseman Parker McKee, taken with the fourth pick by the Long Island Lizards. As McKee tells it, the selection was unexpected. “I was really surprised,” McKee said. “Crotty and Quinzani got texts before they were picked from their teams as a headsup. I didn’t get one, and I knew that Long Island wanted a defenseman so I was a little nervous. But then they called my name.”

The draft was the first ever in MLL history in which three players from the same school were selected with the first four picks. While the graduating Blue Devils have enjoyed celebrating their title in Durham and in Las Vegas—where the seniors spent some time cooling down from the stresses of the NCAA tournament—Crotty and McKee will morph from teammates into opponents by this weekend. Due to the MLL’s unorthodox scheduling format, players drafted Sunday end up playing for their teams only a week after they joined them. Crotty and the Machine will play McKee and the Lizards during Week 5 action in Albany, N.Y this Saturday. McKee, for one, looks forward to the challenge of playing against his former teammate only two weeks after beating Notre Dame to win the national championship. He also thinks he has the upper hand in their matchup. “It’s going to be a lot easier for me because I’ve gone against him in practice so I know what he’s going to do. So I think I have the advantage there,” McKee said. “I hope I get to cover him…. It’s a pretty cool opportunity—we played together for four years and we became great teammates. It’s going to be fun talking to him during the game.”

quadruple-bogey on day one. While the underwhelming finish Saturday was disappointing for the Blue Devils, the team does return four starters next season, with sophomore Spencer Anderson, who tied for 128th with a 229, joining Roach, Paolini and Suri. A wealth of experience from 2010, along with a talented crop of reserves and incoming players, has Green confident that Duke will be a powerful program in the years to come. “The guys worked hard all year and got better and improved,” Green said. “That is what gave us the opportunity to make a run through regionals and reach the NCAA Championship. They earned the right to be here and that is going to be a great motivator for the guys that are returning.”

Junior Wes Roach shot a three-over 75 on the final day.

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wallace wade from page 1 third project would add an upper seating deck to the east side of the stadium and modernize the concourse. The final phase—arguably the most ambitious of the projects, and the most tentative—would complete the bowl so Wallace Wade is no longer a horseshoe shape. Trask estimated that completing the four projects would cost between $80 and $90 million, but noted that those estimates are based on blocking diagrams, not detailed drawings. Determining the necessity of certain projects, such as adding seats by completing the stadium’s bowl, requires a better sense of how much demand there is in the local area to watch Duke Football compete, Bostock said. “When you get right down to it, we’re going to have to do the deep dive on the demographics in the area, how many people we think we can attract to a winning football program and pay ticket prices that are increased,” Bostock said. “Once you [complete the other projects] you say, ‘Do we complete the bowl? Do we need to?’” Head coach David Cutcliffe declined to comment on the report through Sports Information Director and spokesperson Art Chase. Director of Athletics and Vice President Kevin White was not available for comment. “We’re constantly looking at facilities and construction, and it’s premature to discuss anything specific to the Bostock Report,” said Jon Jackson, associate athletics director for university and public affairs. “It’s one of several ways we’re assessing our facility needs [for athletics as a whole].” Jackson said the athletics department is hesitant to speak at length about the plans because of its responsibility to be “good University citizens” during difficult financial times as the University attempts to eliminate its $40 million deficit. Trask called the Bostock Study a “discussion document” and added that all

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In addition to Bostock, the committee’s members are Nick Arison, T ’03, Kevin Compton, Graduate School ’99, Michael Fitzpatrick, T ’70, Grant Hill, T ’94, John Mack, T ’68 and a member of the Trustees, Chris Rising, T ’91, Adam Silver, T ’84, Gary Wilson, T ’62, and Spike Yoh, Engineering ’58 and former Trustees chair. Some committee members played football or basketball at Duke, and others are involved because they have a passion for athletics and have special skill sets, Bostock said. “This group has a charge just beyond, ‘Let’s draw up some pictures.’ It’s about, ‘How do you pay for these things?’” said Michael Cragg, senior associate director of athletcs. “Bring in experts, bring in consultants, find out the value, figure out financing strategies.... It’s not just going to magically happen. It’s going to take a lot of creativity and strong-willed people.”

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budget cuts is sure to generate criticism, Trask said. But the University will not be funding any significant part of the construction to Wallace Wade or Cameron. “It’s not going to happen unless the money is raised [by donors to athletics],” Trask said. “For the first project they have to raise between $40 and $50 million, and I’m not highly optimistic in this economy it will happen very quickly—it’s not going to happen this year.” In addition to overcoming the athletic department’s own budgetary issues, the Trustees will likely push to make sure that the academic side of the University is not forgotten, said Michael Gillespie, chair of the Athletic Council and political science professor. At many schools, athletics planning is run separate from the rest of the university, but at Duke the Board is more conscious of academic objectives, he added.

“The danger with [running them separately] is that it becomes the tail that wags the dog,” Gillespie said. Still, some donors especially passionate about athletics cannot be convinced to give to academics, he added. “We had a legendary case 8-9 years ago,” Trask said, retelling a story told among administrators. “A donor came to us and said, ‘It’s my money, and I want to give it to athletics.” The Bostock Group has not yet discussed fundraising efforts, but Bostock said he expects to make a personal contribution and assist in fundraising efforts. An academic promise Tentative planning for stadium construction is the next step in the University’s commitment to football since hiring Cutcliffe in December 2007. In Duke’s most recent tax filing, Cutcliffe’s salary is listed at $1.54 million—three times as much as the University paid its last coach, Ted Roof, as reported by The (Raleigh) News & Observer. With the new hire, however, came worries that Duke Football could only succeed by lowering academic standards, Gillespie said. But at least in Cutcliffe’s first two years, the average grade point average of a freshman tier-one athlete—which includes football and basketball players—has increased by 0.5, he added. “Can we be a championship football team and maintain our academic standards where we are? It depends what you mean,” Gillespie said. “Can we compete for ACC championships? Probably, we can. Cutcliffe is a genius coach who runs a program that relies on skill rather than size.... Are we ever going to be able to consistently compete for a national championship? I doubt it.” Both Gillespie and Trask noted that consistently competing for national titles would likely require sacrifices that Duke is not willing to make. “I don’t think we want to live in that world. [But we would like to be] competitive and bowl eligible more than not,” Trask said.

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The benefits of candor Duke’s employee benefits state taxes, and health care have long been highly re- and retirement costs account garded for their quality and for most of the other half. diversity of services. From As several University adhealth care and retirement ministrators have recently to education assistance and said in interviews with The discounts, the Chronicle, the University prostaff editorial current health vides its staff care model is with generous benefits. unsustainable. Duke cannot In the last few years, how- continue to provide services ever, costs to the University at its current rate without have increased, largely as a significantly cutting into result of rising spending on other areas of the Univerhealth care and retirement sity. As a result, the Univerbenefits. In fiscal year 2009- sity should carefully evaluate 2010, benefit costs rose by and restructure the benefits 7 percent—next fiscal year, it offers employees so that it those costs are projected to can provide services at an afincrease by 14 percent. fordable rate. Employee benefits cost A new, cost-effective Duke about $384 million, package will likely translate according to the University’s into fewer or alternative 2008-2009 financial state- services. Some efforts to ments. About half of these this end have already been expenses are federal and successful. Vice President

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week that possibilities include restructuring salaries, increasing co-payments, reducing insurance benefits and restructuring Duke’s retirement contribution. We encourage the University to evaluate these options and come to a decision through an employee-inclusive process. Administrators should carefully consider employee input and only then arrive at a cost-cutting conclusion. Administrators should host an open forum explaining the various alternatives to the current benefits package. At this meeting, employees should be able to ask questions and make suggestions. The University should also create a website where employees can anonymous-

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Why so lonely? It’s been rainy the past few days. Clouds hug the We understand the dangers of social overexposure city skyline, oftentimes convincing us of nightfall even better than our solitary student could guess. But aren’t we supposed to be happier as a result as we amble outside after an early lunch. The eight of us Duke volunteers form a cluster shuffling along the of our temporary eight-person household? Even city streets and leave our umbrellas dripping near the across the globe, we can log on to Facebook and network with any of the site’s more than 400 million door of our shared multiple-bed hostel room. other users. If the burden of loneliThese living arrangements, couness ever gets too unbearable, we pled with our cultural and language can Skype our stateside friends, or barriers in a foreign country, have Google Chat them or buy a phone forced us into almost continual card and call them. Aren’t we supcontact with each other. At night, posed to be constantly basking in we sleep mere feet apart. In the the glow of social activity? morning, we wake to talk about our And yet we’re not—that much dreams, plan our daily curricula and is clear. Even in a group of eight squabble about meal options. shining li peers, even in a city of more than We are never alone, it seems. But 3 million people (especially in a nor are we united. Instead, we pick all too human city, perhaps), loneliness remains a petty fights with each other à la “The powerful force. Real World.” Someone finds someI am reminded of this when I curl up in bed one else obnoxious and talks to someone convenient about it. Someone and someone convenient giggle in to read “Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy,” a poetry the corner, unaware of someone else fuming in the collection by Tao Lin—a 20-something Brooklyn hallway. At dinner, inscrutably meaningful glances fly hipster whose work is peppered with references at every word someone else says. The tension is as pal- to text messages, e-mails, cell phones and other pable as the sticky rice we pick at with our chopsticks. modes of social communication. It reveals someOne day during English class, we ask our stu- one familiar with crippling loneliness and “the dents about dorm life in Chinese universities and sensation of being the only person alive.” In one hint that for some undergraduates, a single room poem, he inquires, “[D]o we really live in an ingets lonely. Living alone strikes our American, sane world of terrible loneliness?” Lin strikes me as representative of other concollegiate sensibilities as unfulfilling—after all, having a roommate prevents reclusive tendencies temporary American youth battling with existential angst and meaninglessness—they do so while promoting normal, healthy social habits. Americans of all ages tend to think along these despite their immense connectivity to the rest of lines, not just hyper-social college students. We society. If anything, the presence of so much soplace emphasis on personal interaction and eye cial interaction via Facebook, instant messenger seclusion suspiciously as aberrant and potentially and countless other venues might even encourage feelings of detachment and seclusion, since dangerous behavior (think: Ted Kaczynski). When the 2000 U.S. Census showed that about the increasing ease of communication may rea quarter of American households consisted of just duce how much care we put into talking to each one person (up from around 10 percent in 1950), other. Or maybe loneliness is an emotional rethese figures were taken as a sign of America’s in- action to more deep-seated worries: self-doubt, creasing loneliness. A 2006 study published in the emptiness, depression. In the end, having people around or being able American Sociology Review bemoaned a similar trend: In 1985, Americans had on average about to list confidants doesn’t always ward off loneliness, three confidants. Now, we have only two. Surely, just like being alone doesn’t guarantee loneliness. A shepherd alone on a mountainside may be less we are more forlorn than ever before. In English class, my fellow teachers and I are lonely than a college student surrounded by hunso into our anti-loneliness lecture that when a dreds of classmates or a group of eight volunteers student loudly protests, “Not lonely! Not lonely!” who spend every waking hour together. If Americans are becoming lonelier, we should we are rather taken back. A nomad who herded sheep by himself from the ages of seven to nine, look to more significant causes than mere physical he argues that he’d much rather be alone than seclusion. As for me, I will head back to campus in with an overbearing roommate. He doesn’t like the fall much more grateful for its ample opportunities for alone time. living with other people, he says. Remembering our last argument (which occurred approximately two-and-a-half minutes beShining Li is a rising Trinity junior. Her column fore class), the teachers each stifle a knowing smile. runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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Eight crazy dudes As I finished my movie theater concessions shift, I thought to myself, “Everybody needs to have a minimum wage job in his life.” If you have a minimum wage job early in life, you’ll get to meet some of the most interesting people in the world (he doesn’t always eat popcorn, but when he does, he eats Orville Redenbacher). They roll in to “Sex and the City” with a $7.50 bucket o’corn. (Popcorn: 4.4 cents/oz. Gas is 3.70/gallon: 2.9 cents per oz. America: where popcorn is 50% more expensive than gas.) Getting free movies is a nice perk, but the stories I have acquired from the customers come jeremy steinman in quite handy when the einsteinman theories conversation at a party starts veering towards the dichotomy of the veins of a Ginkgo biloba. I have worked at two drastically different theaters in my life (different companies with different volumes of customers), yet the customers seem to be the same. In an industry where various races and genders are typecast, it is interesting to see how the customers share similar properties. I present to you the “People of the movie theater,” as told by Adam Sandler (**SPOILER ALERT**): 1. “Click,” aka Large Blue Slushy Guy. It’s 9 p.m. on a Friday night and the punk-goth kid slaps down $5. We all know what he wants. The guy lives the same way week in and week out and is clearly bored with it. Don’t try to tempt him with your “better than premium gas” popcorn, because he knows exactly what he wants already. I think he shops in the “Beyond” section, as well. 2. “50 First Dates,” aka “Hey baby, I got this” Guy. Same guy every week, but he’s got a different date each week. Whenever there’s a problem, he’s always there to solve it (though I fail to check out the hook while his DJ revolves it). “Your popcorn will be $7.50, today.” “Hey baby, I got this.” “Oh, I want the doll shaped like a kidney in that machine!” “Hey baby, I got this.” “OH MY GOSH IS THAT ROB VAN WINKLE?” “…” Unfortunately, the girl is never impressed, especially when she has to pay for gas so they can fill up the tank on his mom’s minivan. 3. “Mr. Deeds,” aka Sense of Entitlement Woman. This is the woman that openly wonders why I can’t move any faster. She deems popcorn stale after I have burned myself scooping it out of the kettle as it’s popping. She wonders where her theater is, as if I’m the one holding a ticket with a big bold number. Mr. and Mrs. Deeds are everywhere in Charlotte. However, when you compliment her on her sparkly diamond earrings, she drops a Lincoln on your counter and all is good. 4. “Big Daddy,” aka “I’m a pretty bad father, so I’m bringing you to the theater to shut you up” Guy. Pees on the side of the building. Occasionally wears scuba gear. 5. “Anger Management,” aka “not licensed to chill.” “How was I supposed to know this register is closed?” (Because there isn’t anyone standing there.) “What do you mean you ran out of water bottles?” (Water sucks, it really, really sucks.) “Why isn’t Vicki Valencourt working today?” (Because she’s the devil.) 6. “Billy Madison,” aka “t-t-t-t-today junior.” Stands in line for 40 minutes and upon being prompted for his order, his first words are a 13-second “ummm” followed by “do you guys serve popcorn here?” Common remedies of Billy Madisonitis include trying to figure out the etymology of the word popcorn (read: go back to first grade). 7. “Zohan.” Nobody likes this guy. Probably seen pointing his hair dryer at oncoming customers to track their speed. 8. “Punch Drunk Love” Guy, aka “at least he’s here.” When people 1-7 (his sisters) have worn on my last nerve, there he is, prompting me to think “everyone else stinks, but at least he is here.” Might answer any questions provided by “Billy Madison” guy with a punch to the face. With these types of jobs, your fingers might hurt early in life, but at least your back won’t hurt later from landscaping duty. Perhaps when you are on the course doing a practice 18, watch out for the gators: they can bite off your hand. If you don’t, you are going to end up fetching dihydrogen monoxide for the Fonz. Jeremy Steinman is a rising Trinity senior. His column runs runs every other Thursday in the summer.

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Summer reading Students never stop reading; I think it’s in the job that cities are creators of wealth and progress. They dedescription. mand this progress from growing populations, in food During the school year, as most of us know all too production, energy distribution and water, as well as well, reading is likely to be assigned and topical. While waste and space management. not uninteresting, as a graduate student in engineerThe very same regeneration and progress that ing, that means my reading tends toward the academ- Brand talks about occurring in illegal slums can also ic—papers and texts full of math and nuanced details be seen around Duke and Durham, just with far more that can take hours, if not years to fully understand. bureaucratic oversight. Over the past decade, campus So, I don’t usually mind when course work and the se- construction projects have been filling in campus with mester buzz wanes during the summer buildings, and closing roadways like scimonths, leaving a little more time to sift ence drive to create walking corridors through the stack of books collecting on and quadrangles. The utilities that serve my nightstand. this growing infrastructure, like chilled I know it’s probably hard to imagine water, have also gotten more efficient a grad student having time to pick up and centralized. a book, but I do (sort of). While I have Durham is likewise being transbeen known to take such light reading formed. You don’t have to walk faras “Aeroelasticity”—affectionately called ther than the end of Research Drive liz bloomhardt to see the tall cranes working along “B. A. H.” in my research group after its authors’ last initials—on airplane trips Erwin Road to complete a new apartgreen devil (and not just to impress the passengers ment complex that replaces a parking next to me), my latest companion was a lot and will join several other housing beast of a different nature, better suited to the back- complexes constructed in the same vicinity over the pack of a Nicholas School student. last several years. This growth close to campus is a “Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifes- good thing on several fronts. It continues a trend to,” by Stewart Brand, certainly came from the “green of concentrating development density close to camdevil” pile. pus which has implications for improved transporWhere do I find such books? Like any 20-some- tation including more efficient busing, biking and thing—on late night comedy talk shows. This one in walking, as well as improved service distribution. particular came from “The Colbert Report,” naturally. Of course landlords can also charge a premium for In my own defense, I definitely don’t have a staff to read these conveniences. books for me, or compile talking points—my list has to Brand follows the population density assertion with be filtered by something. That list is infrequently aug- ideas about nuclear power and genetically engineered mented by suggestions from Amazon.com or friends, crop production. I’ll leave a discussion of nuclear powand often supplied by the Duke Library (well, only er to another column, but note that Brand’s ideas on when people return the books that I’ve requested!). this topic did more to tickle my curiosities to find out Regardless, the list stays pretty short, but far too long more on the subject than settle my mind definitively. for the hours I have to devote to it. Chalk it up to overeducated skepticism. Regardless, I Back to that trip…with Brand’s book perched be- owe you some thoughts on that. tween me and the tray table, I was able to divert my atAs for genetically engineered crops, I didn’t know tention from the summer’s other must-read—coverage there was a real problem with the concept. of the BP oil spill—if only for a few hours. After the first half of the book, Brand devolves a litHere’s the crux of why I think Brand’s “Whole Earth tle into some of the finer details of the plan and that’s Discipline” is worth reviewing here: it presents facts and where we get some mixed messages, hardly surprising ideas that put what I thought I understood on its head, considering the complexity, scope and scale of the but the evidence for which is easy to identify. problem he’s set out to tackle. For starters, Brand claims that cities are the greenest Is there a definitive list of green books? Would this be place to live. This seemingly runs counter to the con- on it? I can hardly pretend to be qualified in answering nection with the land a rural upbringing instilled in me. those questions. In the mean time, “Whole Earth DisciMy experience last summer breathing the sooty, smog pline” lived up to the task of expanding my worldview, choked air of several Peruvian cities also had me raising making me a little skeptical and a lot more curious. at least one eyebrow at the assertion. But, sitting on a There is always more to learn, my friends, so keep brand new airplane, taxiing backward down the runway reading! as we left Cuzco, the ancient Peruvian city, I watched out the window as newly constructed houses rolled by on the other side of the fence, few of which probably Liz Bloomhardt is a third-year Ph.D student in mechanihad a reliable supply of running water. This was exactly cal engineering. Her column runs every other Thursday in the the juxtaposition Brand had in mind; his point being summer.

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