T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
The Chronicle
MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 3
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Angelou inspires freshman class Storm leaves Duke largely unharmed by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE
ing Duke.” At times, she sang to the crowd and provided anecdotes, but her emphasis was clearly on the connecting power of poetry and its ability in particular to connect the Class of 2015. “[Poetry] encapsulates so much of what the human being has gone through, goes through and is yet to go through,” she said. “The poem is written for all of us... all of the time.”
Although Hurricane Irene battered the North Carolina coast, Duke and the Triangle came out mostly unscathed. The only damages Duke sustained during the Category 1 storm Saturday were two fallen trees near East Campus, said Vice President for Human Resources Kyle Cavanaugh, who also acts as emergency coordinator for the University. One tree fell near the entrance of the West Duke Building and another at the intersection of Trinity Avenue and Buchanan Boulevard. Unlike the city of Durham, which experienced numerous power outages, the University avoided large scale power outages, as the fallen trees did not bring down power lines affecting campus, Cavanaugh added. The hurricane, which made landfall Saturday, brought one to two inches of rain and wind speeds of 35 mph to Durham and Wake counties, said meteorologist Kathleen Carroll of the National Weather Service in Raleigh. Most of the storm stayed to the east of Interstate 95 as forecasted. Those areas saw as much as six inches of rain. Hurricane Irene left the state between
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Author and poet Maya Angelou urges students to make the most out of their educational experience at Duke and to use poetry as a “common ground” with others. by Jack Mercola THE CHRONICLE
Instead of entering a poem into a time capsule at the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial dedication with the families of King and President Barack Obama, Maya Angelou delivered a heartfelt address to Duke first-year students at the Chapel. “I’ve given my word to Duke, and I will be at Duke,” Angelou said to students as a reminder of how important their entry is to the University. Angelou, a multi-talented, award-winning
poet and author, not to mention a civil rights figurehead, spoke to the Class of 2015 Sunday, welcoming them to the Duke community. In her twenty-second annual address, Angelou urged students to remember what an important responsibility their education will be during the next four years, emphasizing the importance of continuing in higher education. “My dears, you’ve already been paid for—you owe it to someone down the road to pay it for them,” she said before an attentive audience. “Don’t even think about leav-
HDRL to 3 DUKE ND 1 release house Duke remains perfect, knocks off No. 1 model plans by Ryan Claxton THE CHRONICLE
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After 60 minutes of play, the outlook was bleak for Duke against No. 1 Notre Dame. The Blue Devils trailed 1-0 after allowing a fluke goal in the first half, and to add injury to insult one of their captains— Ashley Rape—had just been carted off the field with a right knee injury. But just when it looked like Duke was in a position to shut down, it turned up the pressure on the defending national champions. No. 21 Duke (4-0) scored three unanswered goals in under 12 minutes during
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As summer comes to an end, students and administrators are closing in on details of the house model. Under the first year of the new residential model, which will group students into various houses across West and Central campuses starting Fall 2012, residentially unaffiliated sophomores and juniors will be randomly placed into one of 40 unaffiliated houses, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for Housing, Dining and Residence Life. Members of the Class of 2013, who will be seniors during the DAN SCHEIRER II/THE CHRONICLE
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Hurricane delays Duke Marine Lab orientation, Page 3
Blue Devil freshman Kelly Cobb scored the second of three unanswered Duke goals in Chapel Hill Sunday.
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“...ultimately students have to decide for themselves what they choose to do.” —Tom Szigethy on orientation. See story page 3
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DukeMed admins take rankings with ‘grain of salt,’ Page 5