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After Irene, Durham perseveres despite NC residents rising state unemployment rate recoup losses by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE
Eastern North Carolina is on the path to recovery following the damage caused by Hurricane Irene, government officials said. Gov. Bev Perdue said in a Friday news release that damage estimates top $400 million—including $320 million in crop damage, $40 million in uninsured home and business losses and $45 million in costs to local governments. Perdue also obtained public assistance for 20 eastern counties to apply for public assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund debris removal and infrastructure repair. Individuals and businesses in 33 total counties can apply for assistance from FEMA for damages related to Irene not covered by property insurance. Perdue also established the N.C. Disaster Relief Fund that collects private donations and distributes them to community organizations that assist in longterm relief efforts such as home repairs, according to her website. “Our fellow North Carolinians who were affected by this storm need to get back in their homes or reopen their businesses as quickly as possible,” Perdue said in a Sunday news release. “That’s why we have aggressively pressed for all SEE IRENE ON PAGE 8
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The state’s employment rates are sinking, but Durham has bucked the trend. According to the North Carolina Employment Security Commission, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate exceeded 10 percent for the first time since last October, a rate of 10.1 percent as of July. This is a full percentage point higher than the national average—9.1 percent— and reflects a two-fifths of a percentage point increase in state unemployment since May. Durham County, however, has fared significantly better, as its unemployment rate
decreased from 8.4 percent in June to the current 8.2 percent, according to the state ESC report. “We have not felt the blow the state felt of climbing unemployment rates,” Durham Mayor Bill Bell said. “We have had maybe two or three positions discontinued [in the city government] and haven’t seen much growth in the housing and construction sectors, but all in all our unemployment rate went down.” Bell said Durham’s advantageous position in the job market can be attributed to city and county policy as well as institutional steps taken to sustain the public school system and promote entrepreneurship.
“Our county commissioners have really stepped up to the plate as they usually do, and we have been very lucky because we— unlike many other districts—did not spend all the money we received from the [federal] government last year,” Durham Public Schools President Jeffrey Nash said. “That is why we have not seen the mass layoffs in education occurring elsewhere.” In November 2010, Durham Public Schools received $6.2 million from the Federal Education Jobs Fund intended for salaries of personnel working at the school building level, said Paul Lesieur, SEE UNEMPLOYMENT ON PAGE 7
Conduct policy changes reflect drug abuse by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE
Unnatural measures now mean additional consequences for students hoping to enhance their academic performance. The Office of Student Conduct sent an email to the student body Friday regarding several changes to the Duke Community Standard as well as policies currently under review. The unauthorized use of prescription medications—particularly drugs used in the treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder such as Ritalin or Adderall—in order to improve or enhance academic performance is now considered cheating as well as a violation of drug policy. In the past, the use of such drugs
without a prescription was only a violation under the University’s drug policy. Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct, wrote in an email Monday that students were the driving force behind this particular policy change. He added that administrators and students admit this policy will be challenging to enforce because it is difficult to prove a violation. “There is a perception—if not actuality—that Adderall abuse is rampant on campus,” Bryan said. “Enforcement is difficult, and the students who proposed this addition recognize this. They wanted to at least symbolically make a statement.” SEE ADDERALL ON PAGE 6
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DETROIT — Surrounded by thousands of labor union members chanting “four more years,� President Barack Obama began a high-stakes campaign to jumpstart the struggling economy with a broad range of job-creation programs. The coming proposals, he said, will show whether Republicans in Congress “can put country before party.� Obama, who is scheduled to deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress Thursday, told the Labor Day rally of auto workers, health care employees and school teachers that he will present a farreaching jobs plan aimed at winning bipartisan support. “I still believe both parties can work together to solve our problems,� he told the crowd at a chilly parking lot near the General Motors headquarters. “Given the urgency of this moment, the hardship people are facing, folks have got to get together.
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SARREGUEMINES, France — Engulfed in a crisis that is threatening the euro, Europe is coming face to face with a major piece of unfinished business: A decade after constructing a common currency, it has failed to build a single, integrated economy to match.
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The Marketplace sees Pratt team receives grant expanded seating, menu for HIV treatment ‘pouch’ by Addie Navarro by Andrew Karim THE CHRONICLE
The Marketplace has undergone an extreme makeover. Trinity Cafe and the Marketplace saw multiple changes throughout the summer as part of Housing, Dining and Residence Life’s effort to improve the First-Year Experience. Perhaps the most significant change is the expanded seating in the Marketplace. The space formerly occupied by Trinity Cafe has been cleared and replaced with more space for Marketplace diners, adding a total of 100 seats to the Marketplace, said Rick Johnson, assistant vice president for HDRL. Johnson noted that these changes are
the first signs of housing and dining working together to provide a more communal experience for students. “We heard from students that one of their top concerns was that there were not enough seats,” Johnson said. “This change not only addresses that concern, [but also] positions dining services to work together with residence life in the future to host house dinners so that houses may dine together.” Some resident assistants especially appreciated having more space in the Marketplace. “I especially like the expansion of the left SEE MARKETPLACE ON PAGE 8
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Changes during the summer have allowed for expanded seating in the Marketplace, which accomodates 100 additional people. The Trinity Cafe has been relocated to the East Union building’s lobby.
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Works from Jonathan Hyman’s Archive of 9/11 Vernacular Memorials Curated by Pedro Lasch
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ARTISTIC AND VISUAL RESPONSES TO 9/11 AND OTHER DISASTERS A conversation with Jonathan Hyman, Pedro Lasch and Gennifer Weisenfeld September 9, 10 am-12 pm, Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center 2204 Erwin Road Co-sponsors: Archive of Documentary Arts; Divinity School; Duke Semans Fine Arts Foundation; Duke University Center for International Studies; The Visiting Artists Series of the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
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Thousands of lives may soon be saved through an action as simple as tearing open a packet of ketchup. Over the past three years, researchers at the Pratt School of Engineering have developed a small foil packet, called a “Pratt pouch,” that holds single drug doses to give to newborn babies of HIVpositive mothers—significantly reducing the babies’ chances of contracting HIV. In August the researchers received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Agency of International Development to further research and implement the pouch, specifically in Tanzania in a two-year project beginning this Fall. Since more than 50 percent of mothers in Tanzania deliver at home, they do not always have the opportunity to travel to a clinic to get anti-retroviral medicine, said Dr. Robert Malkin, leader of the research team and director of the Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory at Duke. “An HIV-positive mother will receive the pouch and will be encouraged to return to the hospital, but if they can’t, they can give the medication to the HIV child themselves within 24 hours after birth,” said Malkin, professor of the practice of biomedical engineering. The pouch will allow mothers to simply rip open the package and drip the medication into their newborn’s mouth, John Lipor, who conducted research for the Pratt pouch, wrote in an email Wednesday. This
accessibility is crucial, he noted, because HIV-positive mothers are hesitant to travel soon after giving birth because they fear they will be stigmatized and logistics are difficult. “The likelihood that a child who is delivered at home will receive the necessary [anti-retroviral medicine] is slim,” Lipor said. The thin plastic lining on the inside of the pouch protects against water absorption, which had troubled earlier, syringebased designs for the distribution of the drug, Malkin said. The research team behind the pouch received an unprecedented $250,000 grant from USAID to further their research and distribute their product in Tanzania, where they currently have a group of engineers and doctors conducting research on the effectiveness of the pouch, Malkin said. The research team was honored at a six-day conference in Washington, D.C., in August. The grant is all the more significant because the pouch has no market within the U.S. and would be unlikely to receive private investment, he noted. “USAID has never funded technology development before,” he said. “The dominant mechanism for developing technology for the poor [in the pharmaceutical industry] has been to develop products for the rich and then let [them] trickle down to the poor.” Senior engineering student Amanda SEE AIDS ON PAGE 7
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Library project gives out-of-print books new life by Andrew Karim and Julia Ni THE CHRONICLE
The University’s digital library will turn a new leaf this Fall as its collection is expanded to include a multitude of previously unavailable titles. Duke, along with Cornell University, Emory University and Johns Hopkins University, is working to open access to a unique class of online books called “orphan works.” These out-of-print books—published between 1923 and 1963—are still under copyright, but their copyright owners are either no longer living or not able to be contacted. “It is the first time there’s been an intentional effort to make orphan works available to the academic community on this scale,” said Kevin Smith, scholarly communication officer at Perkins Library. The four institutions are the latest to join several other universities already in the Orphan Works Project, which seeks to identify the orphan books contained in the
HathiTrust Digital Library. HathiTrust, a partnership of more than 60 major research institutions, currently holds 9.5 million digitized works, more than half of which may be orphan works. Titles will be posted on its website as the HathiTrust identifies the orphan books. To discourage infringement, copyright owners of the works then have 90 days to claim ownership of the texts before they become digitally accessible. “Students will be able to read [digital copies of books] without the delay of locating the print, checking the book out or recalling it from another offsite shelving facility or the Library Service Center,” wrote Deborah Jakubs, University librarian and vice provost for library affairs, in an email Aug. 30. “Just as researchers have gotten used to e-journals and the delivery of journal literature to their desktop, they will also be able to read books in that way.” The general public will have access to the orphan works through the libraries’ computers, though Jakubs noted
that Duke students will use their NetID and password to access the collections remotely. Duke will not incur any costs by participating in the project, she added. To further prevent any instances of copyright infringement, Smith said, the University will only provide access to e-books its libraries hold in print form and use an authentication process to restrict access to members of the Duke community. HathiTrust executive director John Wilkin wrote in an email Friday that the potential for any intellectual property issues to arise is low because universities are promoting the advancement of knowledge by making the books digitally available. “[There] are fair uses, as defined by U.S. copyright law, and the fact that… faculty and students will be finding and using an increasingly large collection for SEE ORPHAN WORKS ON PAGE 6
Stress can cause DNA damage, study shows by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE
Students who overload with difficult classes and extra-curricular activities may be risking more than physical exhaustion. A new study conducted by Robert Lefkowitz, James B. Duke Professor of medicine and biochemistry and a Howard Hughes medical investigator at Duke University Medical Center, and Makoto Hara, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medicine, confirms the long-speculated belief that stress plays a part in the premature graying of hair. In addition, Lefkowitz and Hara demonstrated that stress is responsible for DNA damage that can decrease the level of an important protein, p53, thus putting people at higher risk for cancer.
“[Hara] provided the first explanation in specific biochemical molecular terms of how chronic stress may actually cause DNA damage,” Lefkowitz said. “It’s been speculated but not specifically shown.” Lefkowitz and Hara observed mice that they had injected with an “adrenaline-like compound” for about a month, because adrenaline is a common stress hormone, Hara said. The presence of the compound reduces the amount of p53, Lefkowitz said. “The crux of what [Hara] showed is that when cells or animals are overstimulated by adrenaline-like molecules under chronic stress, that leads to an effect where the amount of p53 in the cells is lowered,” Lefkowitz said. “Without sufficient p53, the cell is not able to carry out the certain amount of functioning in terms of DNA repair.”
Beyond affirming that stress can make hair turn gray or can increase the risk of cancer, the study showed that DNA damage can occur in the testes, damaging the sperm and potentially increasing the likelihood of a miscarriage, as well as schizophrenia or autism in the offspring, Lefkowitz added. Although the study only involved male mice, Hara said maternal stress could also harm the DNA of offspring. Lefkowitz said he and Hara were drawn to the subject of stress because of its impact in the lives of many. “Everybody is interested in stress,” Lefkowitz said. “The kind of stress you feel for months if not years, jobrelated or you’re in a bad marriage or you have some SEE STRESS ON PAGE 7
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As hope fades, Obama’s ratings fall to new lows by Jon Cohen and Dan Balz THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public pessimism about the direction of the country has jumped to its highest level in nearly three years, erasing the sense of hope that followed President Barack Obama’s inauguration and pushing his approval ratings to a record low, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. More than 60 percent of those surveyed say they disapprove of the way the president is handling the economy and, what has become issue No. 1, the stagnant jobs situation. Just 43 percent now approve of the job he is doing overall, a new career low—53 percent disapprove, a new high. As part of a reinvigorated effort to regain momentum as he heads toward the 2012 election year, Obama traveled to Detroit on Monday for a Labor Day appearance that served as a prelude to his speech Thursday to a joint session of Congress in which he will announce new proposals to create jobs. The urgency for Obama to act is driven not just by the most recent unemployment report, which on Friday showed no job growth in August and the unemployment rate stuck at 9.1
percent, but also by the depth of the political hole in which the president finds himself. Even more than two-thirds of those who voted for Obama say things are badly off course. By this time in their presidencies, approval ratings for Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton—who also suffered serious midterm setbacks during their first terms—had settled safely above the 50 percent mark. Both then stayed in positive territory throughout their re-election campaigns. When ratings for George W. Bush slipped into the low 40s during his second term in office, they remained there or lower for the remainder of his presidency. Obama does, however, rate better than do congressional Republicans, his adversaries in recent, fierce confrontations on federal spending. Just 28 percent approve of the way Republicans in Congress are doing their job, and 68 percent disapprove, the worst spread for the GOP since summer 2008. When it comes to head-to-head matchups on big economic issues, the public is deeply—and evenly—divided between Obama and congressional Republicans. Four in 10 side with Obama and the GOP
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on jobs. There are similarly even splits on the economy generally and on the deficit. In all three areas, the percentages of Americans trusting “neither” are at new highs. Nonetheless, current trends are highly unfavorable for the president. By a ratio of two to one, more Americans now say the administration’s economic policies are making the economy worse rather than better. The number who say those policies have helped has been chopped in half since the start of the year. The percentage of Americans disapproving of how Obama is doing when it comes to creating jobs spiked 10 percentage points higher since July. Of the more than six in 10 who now disapprove of Obama’s work on jobs and the economy, nearly half of all Americans “strongly” disapprove. On the deficit, which was at the heart of the pitched battle over the debt ceiling earlier this summer, Obama has reaped no dividends for trying to produce a compromise agreement with Republicans. Six in 10 disapprove of Obama’s work on the federal budget deficit, a percentage that is relatively unmoved in recent surveys and basically where it was a year ago. Similarly, there has been little change in the widespread public perception that Obama favors a bigger federal government that offers more services. That highlights a major disconnect between Obama and the public. Only 38 percent of those polled say they favor a larger government with more services, while 56 percent say they favor a smaller government with fewer services. Things are also bad for Obama when Americans are asked a version of the fa-
mous “Are you better off today?” question that Reagan used to bludgeon Jimmy Carter on his way to defeating the Democratic president in 1980. By better than two to one, more say they are not as well off financially as they were at the start of Obama’s term. This politically sensitive indicator is about where it was for President George H.W. Bush at the end of 1991, and those numbers moved little the next year, when Bush lost his re-election bid to Clinton. Despite the negative economic news, many Americans remain optimistic. While 50 percent are pessimistic about the jobs situation in the coming year, nearly as many, 45 percent, say they are optimistic. But the limited optimism on jobs is undercut by swiftly fading confidence in the country’s trajectory. In the new poll, just 20 percent of Americans say things are going in the right direction, lower than a year ago and the lowest percentage saying so since January 2009, just before Obama took the oath of office. The sense of deflation is particularly apparent among Democrats, with nearly twothirds saying things are pretty seriously on the wrong track. The percentage of Democrats saying things are headed in the right direction has cratered from 60 percent at the start of the year to 32 percent now. Among political independents—a prime target of Obama’s new outreach—78 percent see the country as off-kilter. The percentage saying so in January 2009 was 79 percent. Pessimism was even higher among independents—and everyone else—during the depth of the financial crisis in late 2008. But for Obama, things are back to square one.
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ADDERALL from page 1 The Office of Student Conduct Student Advisory Group—made up of Duke Student Government representatives, Greek Conduct Board members and the Honor Council—had been discussing the question of performanceenhancing drugs for almost three years, said junior Gurdane Bhutani, DSG executive vice president and member of the advisory group. The initial conversations were largely sparked by a Jan. 2009 Duke study, which found that approximately 9 percent of 3,407 students surveyed at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro said they had used ADHD medications without a prescription since starting college. Bhutani noted that he believes identifying prescription drug abuse as an instance of academic dishonesty will deter students from using the substances illegally. If students the violate drug policy, he said, they currently only have to attend a substance abuse treatment program or sessions at Duke Counseling and Psychological Services. But if they violate an academic honesty policy, their academic reputation at the University could be in jeopardy. “Students typically understand that the drug policy is fairly relaxed as it pertains to drug use,” Bhutani said. “Your status at the University won’t be affected except in harsh cases.” Sophomore Taylor Elliott said he is aware that some of his peers abuse prescription medicine in hopes of improving academic performance, noting that usage is particularly high during reading periods and exams. He added that students who use ADHD drugs to improve their academic performance are usually those who slacked during the semester and are using the medicine while under the impression that it will help them catch up. “It’s wrong because there are people who need those drugs, and they’re not supposed
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to be abused,” Elliott said. “It’s going to be extremely hard for that policy to be enforced because drugs trade hands all the time and administrators don’t know about it.... People can make a lot of money from selling Adderall, and that’s going to happen anyway.” Abusing these drugs is more than just an honesty issue—it is a health issue, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education. These medicines are prescription-based for a reason—they are stronger than coffee or energy drinks. “Any performance-enhancing drug can take you to an edge that can really turn out to be a disaster,” Nowicki said. “I regret that students sometimes feel as if they have to do extreme things just to be successful.... I’m not worried about the cheating part of it so much as I am about student health and well-being.” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said he is not convinced that policy changes—particularly those concerning drugs and alcohol—really stop students from engaging in those types of behaviors, but he hopes these shifts make at least a small dent. “If this policy helps, I’m a fan—I don’t think it hurts or has any unintended negative consequences,” Moneta said. “If it deters one person, then it has served its purpose.” Other changes to the University’s conduct policies include adding two student representative to the Undergraduate Conduct Board’s Appellate Board—which reviews appeals regarding student misconduct—and a decision to hold elected student leaders responsible for violations of University expectations by members of their groups in group activities, among other changes. The administration is also reconsidering the amnesty policy, which currently states that students who seek medical assistance for someone who is dangerously intoxicated will not endure disciplinary action. Alcohol amnesty under review The administration began to review cur-
rent policy regarding the “Health and Safety Intervention” clause of Duke’s alcohol policy last academic year, Bryan said. The Duke Community Standard currently dictates that disciplinary action for a violation of the alcohol policy will not be taken against students who seek medical assistance for themselves or others if no other University policies have been violated. Changes, though, could make it so that if a student is in violation of alcohol policy while seeking medical assistance for themselves or others, it could influence the University’s disciplinary action if the student has a subsequent violation. Bhutani said he and former DSG president Mike Lefevre, Trinity ’11—who also sat on the advisory board last year—have always opposed this proposal during advisory board meetings because they are worried it will remove the incentive for students to seek assistance for someone in medical danger. The policy should be left untouched, Elliot said. He added that the current amnesty clause allows students to take care of their friends without worrying about themselves. “Do [administrators] want to push back against [alcohol abuse] or make health the number one concern?” Elliot said. “Either way, people are still going to be stupid and not call because they want to cover themselves.” In some instances under the current policy, students who make the call—who are also in violation of University alcohol policy—are required to make a presentation or write an essay, though the incident remains off of students’ records, Elliott added. “It should be left the way it is because at least it won’t go on your record,” he said. “And people are willing to write a paper to save a friend.” No changes to the amnesty policy will likely be implemented until Fall 2012, Bryan said, noting that conversations between students and administrators will continue throughout the rest of the year. Appellate board additions Two upperclassmen—one from the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and one from the Pratt School of Engineering—will now sit on the Undergraduate Conduct Board’s Appellate Board, which reviews appeals from students and student groups who disagree with decisions made by the Undergraduate Conduct Board. Previously the Appellate Board had no student representatives. Moneta said he and Nowicki decided together that it was time to include a student voice in these final appeal decisions. “We’re impressed with [DSG] and the seriousness with which student leaders are handling matters—it’s a good time to expand student engagement,” Moneta said. Bhutani said the representatives will be selected through a DSG application process. He expects DSG to release the applications later this Fall.
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ORPHAN WORKS from page 4 scholarly purposes is a key part of that fair use determination,” he noted. Smith, who spearheaded Duke’s membership in the Orphan Works Project, said the nature of the project prevents the possibility of legal problems from copyright owners. “True orphans do not have a copyright holder who can be located, so there is very little chance of a problem,” he said. Smith added that if rights holders were willing to initiate legal battles, the works in question would not be considered orphaned—and not in the project at all. Jennifer Jenkins, director for Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, said that in addition to increasing access to these works for scholarship and research, the collaborators are rescuing the texts from obscurity, resulting in a win-win situation for both institutions and copyright holders. Although many of the works are obscure, Smith said he believes students will still benefit from increased access to research materials. “Duke is a research library so they must plan for the possibilities,” he said. “We hold materials that may not [all] get heavy use, but may be useful to some people.” Jakubs said she predicts that there will be a wide audience for these books due to ease of access. “People we may not have anticipated will be discovering them in our catalog, just as people come across all sorts of regular books on a daily basis,” she said. By providing online access to works, the library is catering to students, Head of Research Services Jean Ferguson said. Jeremy York, an assistant librarian at the University of Michigan—one of the project’s founding participants—said Duke’s involvement with the project will help it grow in the future. “As an early adopter, Duke is taking a lead in the effort and helping to set a precedent that we hope other institutions will follow,” York said. York noted that there are currently 148 volumes that have been identified as candidates for orphan works at Duke. That number has the potential to reach the thousands, he added. Students will benefit from the project immediately, Wilkin said, noting that the Orphan Works Project may change how libraries manage their collections. “It is a big step forward,” Jenkins said.
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DPS executive director of budget and management services. “We did not spend any of the Education Jobs funds last school year,” Lesieur said. “[This school year] we are using it to pay for teachers, assistant principals, school office staff, treasurers, custodians and student accounting personnel all who are located in the school [system].” He added that the school system maintained positions that have otherwise been eliminated by saving the Education Jobs funds and using them this year. Only 38 positions were cut from DPS at start of the school year. Across North Carolina, however, the ESC stated that 12,100 government workers were laid off in July—11,800 of which were from local government. In the private sector, however, 6,900 jobs were added in July. July was the first month of the state’s 2011-2012 budget of $19.7 billion, which required public schools to cut a total of $124 million. The plan included many mandated layoffs throughout state government and ordered local school districts to manage the budget cuts without affecting classroom teachers too heavily. “The spending freezes implemented at DPS over the past two years were part of our strategy to avoid the cliff that faces all school districts in North Carolina in the next two years,” Lesieur said. “The county is also proposing a one-fourth cent sales tax increase that is intended to be used for DPS and Durham Technical Community College next year.” He added that without this proposed sales tax increase, DPS would lose funding that would be targeted to replace the Education Jobs funding that supports approximately 129 jobs currently. “We consider investing in our youth an extremely high priority,” Bell said. “We’re not willing to sacrifice that future because a proper education and job opportunities for today’s children are necessary for tomorrow’s economic growth.” State teenage unemployment rates tell a different story. According to the Employment Policies Institute, a nonprofit research organization, North Carolina has the third highest unemployment rate among teenagers—following Nevada and California—at 33.7 percent. John White, director of public policy at the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, said he believes that young people can drive the economy by engaging in entrepreneurship. He added that businesses create 72 percent of Durham’s annual income and noted that many students— especially from universities such as Duke—create start-ups. White said much of Durham’s ability to endure the financial downturn is due to its vibrant businesses and the encouragement Durham offers young people with entrepreneurial visions. “Raleigh focuses more on larger companies and so many big businesses have headquarters there,” White said. “But Durham tries to create the right environment for start-ups and make it easy for young people to follow their creative ideas to fruition.” Adam Klein, director of strategic initiatives for the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, said the city of Durham makes a concentrated effort to draw in young people to boost its economy. The city has organized and funded a program called the Bull City Stampede, which provides entrepreneurs the basic necessities for new start-ups including free furnished office space and the advice of experts. Klein added that by also providing many of the same appeals as New York City—while maintaining a much lower cost of living—Durham draws in the college graduate crowd. “We provide the cultural amenities to put Durham on the map for new graduates,” Klein said. “From the Durham Bulls, to our nightlife and the unique food scene, Durham has been put together as an attractive place.”
bad disease.” He added that stress has visible results in high places. “It’s often touted that stress can lead to gray hair or early graying of the hair, like President Obama and President Bush before him and President Clinton before him,” Lefkowitz said. “They all turned white.” Although Duke students might not experience the stress of running the United States, Duke administrators acknowledge the risk of stress among students. Students are conscious of the role stress plays in their lives, said Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Duke Student Wellness Center. In a recent survey, 28 percent of students listed stress as the number one factor affecting their academic performance, Szigethy said. “There’s definitely a pressure to be perfect and I think a lot of that is… self-inflicted because we’re all so high achieving,” senior Megan Riordan said. “It
AIDS from page 3 Britt, who has worked in the Developing World Healthcare Technology Laboratory for three semesters, wrote in an email Saturday that the grant will fund a second trial of 100 mothers in rural Tanzania, who will receive the pouches from the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. “My main concern right now is that the pouch is not always easy to rip open and requires some practice,” she said. “I am working to modify the design to make opening it as effortless as possible.” Malkin said he hopes to expand deployment of the pouch far beyond the upcoming 100-mother trial group. “I am very hopeful that by 2013, you will see a major rollout of the pouch in possibly more than one country,” Malkin said, “and a couple of years after that, perhaps all of Africa.”
does become stressful when we have high standards in academics, extra-curriculars and also with social life.” The Wellness Center offers many services for students who have similar experiences with stress. Szigethy said students can receive health coaching, during which they work to figure out what parts of their lives are causing them the most stress and which parts are more positive or therapeutic. In addition to the services offered by the Wellness Center, students also have access to Duke’s Counseling and Psychological Services. CAPS provides workshops designed to help students cope with stress. Brittany O’Malley, a program coordinator in the Wellness Center, said the Wellness Center has plans to partner with CAPS to provide more resources and programming to help students deal with stress. “Our hope is that we can offer some other programming,” O’Malley said. “If students can’t get into [CAPS] workshops, we can have something else happening [where] they can go to learn similar skills.”
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MARKETPLACE from page 3 seating area,” said East Campus resident assistant Lynea Bull, a sophomore. “It’s easier to sit with groups of friends now.” Senior Liz Jones added that the extra seating would benefit students especially during dinner rush hours. And freshmen said they are already noticing the need for even more space in the Marketplace. “Some nights are already crowded enough as it is,” freshman James Pardee said. “I can’t imagine the Marketplace with any less seating space.” And in its new location, Trinity Cafe now occupies half of the East Union building’s lobby. Though the extra seating and special programs may serve worthy purposes in the Marketplace, students question the positioning of Trinity Cafe. “I think Trinity Cafe is struggling in the spot that it’s in,” Bull said, “While it’s highly convenient for customer traffic, I find the space crippling and uncomfortable.” Another byproduct of Trinity’s relocation is the removal of the ePrint station formerly occupying the left wing of the lobby. “I remember [the ePrint station] being a convenient spot to pick up print jobs before or after meals,” said Ming Jiu Li, a senior. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta noted that the relocation of Trinity Cafe not only provides more seating for Marketplace diners, but also better activates the lobby by making it an independent and self-sufficient environment. With regard to the food being served, the Marketplace has not only been expanded but reorganized, with changes such as an updated salad bar with new serving wares. “I feel that the management is taking measures to keep things more orderly and
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sanitary,” sophomore Leila Alapour said. “It’s the little things like the neater condiment stations and labeled utensil bins that make a noticeable difference.” This year Marketplace management aims to foster community among freshmen with the return of programs such as Midnight Breakfast and Student Appreciation Day, as well as the introduction of new programs. “We heard that the food was good, but it got old going to the same place, so we increased the number and scale of special events offered in the Marketplace to increase variety and excitement,” Johnson said. Johnson noted that one new event will be a special Valentine’s Day meal for 30 lucky students chosen randomly. The weekly Marketplace menu has also undergone changes. New menu items include mahi-mahi with lemon butter, rib-eye steak with sauteed button mushrooms and lobster pasta bakes, he added. The menu will continue to change based on season and availability. Moneta added that the plan for the reorganization of the Marketplace made the most sense given the primary objective of creating more space. “We’ve exhausted all changes for the future,” Moneta said. “[But] we always have changes ahead.”
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IRENE from page 1 of the assistance that’s available to them.” Hurricane Irene made landfall Aug. 27 as a Category 1 storm. Although the Triangle area received one to two inches of rain, areas east of Interstate 95 saw as much as six inches of rain. The storm claimed six victims in the coastal areas and caused 525,000 power outages and 228 road closures across the state before moving north along the East Coast, N.C. Emergency Management Division officials said. Despite concerns that FEMA may not meet funding obligations after a spate of natural disasters this year, Perdue is confident that North Carolinians will receive the assistance they need, Perdue’s press secretary Chris Mackey said in an interview. “I don’t think there is any indication that a funding shortage is a problem after Irene,” Mackey said. “Gov. Perdue is mainly concerned about the future development of the eastern region.” FEMA has not yet established an accurate total of the cost of covering damages, said Mary Hudak, a spokesperson for the agency’s southeast region. Residents and businesses will have 60 days to apply for FEMA assistance following the approval of eligibility. “We encourage folks to apply as soon as they’ve talked to their insurance company
about what [their provider] won’t cover,” Hudak said. “Insurance is really your principal first line of recovery—if the insurance does not cover things, then FEMA will consider you for additional assistance.” As of 4 a.m. Monday, FEMA had approved 735 applications and approximately $5.7 million for individual assistance in North Carolina, according to its website. The cost of public assistance is also unclear, Hudak said, though FEMA is working with the state and local governments to assess the extent of damage to public infrastructure. The FEMA website also indicated that Carteret County, home of the Duke Marine Lab, is among the counties eligible for both public and individual assistance from FEMA. The Marine Lab was evacuated one day before Irene made landfall, and damage to the facility was limited to some shingles ripped off the roof of one building, The Chronicle reported. Other areas of the county experienced power outages and were difficult to access due to fallen trees and debris. County officials could not be reached for comment on current recovery efforts. While the lab itself sustained minimal damages from the storm, some staff members living in the area had to deal with the repercussions of the hurricane, Marine Lab Director Cindy Van Dover wrote in an email.
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Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 4:45Ͳ5:45 p.m. Rubenstein Hall, First Ňoor Muslims in North Carolina and Bahrain collaborated with photographer Todd Drake to create these 20 portraits illustrating the reality and range of Muslim identity. Drake will discuss the project during the reception. This exhibit is part of the multi-campus series of events: “Reflecting on the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001.” Immediately following the reception, Juan Zarate, former National Security Adviser for Counterterrorism, will give the Sanford Lecture at 6 p.m. in Fleishman Commons. Parking available in the Science Drive lot. CoͲSponsors include the Triangle InsƟtute for Security Studies, the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, The Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, and UNC Center for Global IniƟaƟves.
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This year’s Duke women’s basketball team returns eight players from last season, but it also brings in two more who have experience playing under head coach Joanne P. McCallie—only they will be working exclusively from the sidelines. The Blue Devils announced the hirings of Candice Jackson and Joy Cheek in May and August respectively, joining Al Brown as assistants to McCallie. Jackson played for McCallie for four seasons at Michigan State while Cheek was on the Duke squad for the coach’s first three seasons in Durham. The two appointments come after a pair of departures from the staff. Samantha Williams coached four seasons for Duke before leaving for Louisville and Trisha Stafford-Odom bolted to North Carolina in August after two seasons. The two were the program’s recruiting co-coordinators, and were successful in those roles, bringing in 2010’s top-ranked recruiting class and more elite talent in this year’s class, which features top post prospects Elizabeth Williams and Amber Henson.
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“Because it’s Duke.” Those are the only words my father, my long-time sports confidant and ally, could find to help console me after Duke’s heartbreaking season-opening 23-21 loss to Richmond Saturday evening. At the time, it seemed a sage answer to my helpless pleas for an explanation following Scott the seemingly senseless destruction of a promising football season. The message was clear—you never should have gotten your hopes up, because Duke will always be Duke. But once I overcame the shock of the upset, I came to an important realization. The fact that my grief could be placated by such a response epitomizes what is wrong with the Blue Devil football program in the first place. We are now in season four of the David Cutcliffe era, a period that has been
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After two years playing in the WNBA and abroad, Joy Cheek is back as an assistant coach for the Blue Devils.
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OFFENSE Rush: Pass: X’s&O’s:
EXAM NO. 1: The Richmond Spiders
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After a stubborn, unsuccessful attempt to establish the running game in the first quarter, Desmond Scott and Juwan Thompson exploded in the final three periods after the Blue Devils established a threat through the air. Duke totaled 178 rushing yards, though Scott left the game with a leg injury. Sean Renfree totaled 201 yards on 23-of-33 passing, including nine straight completions after fumbling in the first quarter. The redshirt junior struggled to lead the hurry-up offense at the end of each half, though, and the Blue Devils left available points on the board in both cases. Conner Vernon led the team in receiving with 78 yards on eight receptions. The playcalling during the end of both halves was confusing at best, as Duke tried to run short slants up the middle while precious seconds ticked off the clock. The Blue Devils also neglected to target Vernon and Donovan Varner—two of the best receiving threats in the ACC—down the field, recording no passing plays of more than twenty yards.
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Rush: Duke’s new defense looked much improved against the run, holding the Spiders to 3.1
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It’s time to see results in David Cutcliffe’s fourth year at the helm, Rich writes.
CORRECTION A Sept. 5 article, “Rough West Coast swing for Blue Devils,” incorrectly stated that Ali McCurdy recorded 31 kills, instead of digs, in a match against Stanford. The Chronicle regrets the error.
yards per carry on 31 rushing attempts behind Kelby Brown and Matt Daniels, who combined for 19 tackles in the game. The Blue Devils also held Richmond’s dual-threat signal caller, Aaron Corp, to just one rush for 17 yards. Daniels, Ross Cockrell and Johnny Williams led Duke’s secondary in holding the Spiders to just 6.2 yards per passing attempt, the lowest for any Blue Devil opponent since North Carolina averaged just 4.2 yards per attempt on Nov. 7, 2009. Corp completed just 45 percent of his passes and was intercepted by Walt Canty in the red zone.
X’s&O’s: All credit to defensive coordinator Jim Knowles for switching to a 4-2-5 scheme this season, effectively recognizing Duke’s need to put more speed on the field. Richmond managed 23 points, but it scored ten of those on two drives totaling just 22 yards because of Blue Devil turnovers. The Spiders only scored one touchdown after starting from their own territory.
Highest marks: S Matt Daniels
Hit the books: Hurry-up offense
Daniels recorded a career-high in pass breakups with six and seemed to be everywhere on the field in his first game under the new defensive scheme.
Duke’s two-minute drill was abysmal on Saturday. The Blue Devils were in field goal range before wasting the remaining time with a short pass over the middle, and did the same in the game’s final seconds before settling for a 60-yard FG attempt.
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RICH from page 9 typified by doing things the right way and getting results everywhere except on the football field. For all the positive talk, all the encouraging practices and all the improvements in recruiting, this program is still a national laughingstock. Consider this—Duke has now lost games to Richmond, an FCS school, in two of the past three years. Minnesota is the only other member of the BCS or major independent to have lost two games to FCS schools in the last five years. Only one other school, Rutgers, has fallen more than once to FCS opponents in the new millennium. Aren’t these the type of statistics that the Cutcliffe hire was supposed to eradicate? And in his fourth season, the honeymoon period for Cutcliffe and this program has to be over. In a similar situation at Stanford, where he inherited a program that had gone 1-11 the year before and won a total of 10 games in the three seasons prior to his arrival, it took Jim Harbaugh the same amount of time to send his team to a bowl game. The next season, the Cardinal went 11-1 and were a legitimate national title contender. Right down Highway 15-501 there’s another, albeit more reasonable, example of such a turnaround. In 2007 Butch Davis inherited a 3-9 squad at North Carolina that had been to only two bowls in the previous six seasons. It took him only two years to turn the Tar Heels into a respectable 8-5 team, despite NCAA violations that chased him out of Chapel Hill. Obviously Duke’s situation was much more dire entering the Cutcliffe era, as the Blue Devils had not been to a bowl game since 1995. But if Duke’s goal is to be respected, eventually Cutcliffe has to be held accountable for the program’s stagnation
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after the initial surge of optimism upon his arrival. It is not completely fair to ask that question right now, only one game into a season that may still yield improvement. The impact that Cutcliffe has had on the attitude and culture of this football program also can’t be undervalued—the man did win as many games in his first season, four, as Ted Roof did in his final four years at the helm in Durham. But this team has been stuck the past three seasons in a place between “worst BCS program in the country” and just “really bad”—and I don’t think that’s where Cutcliffe or the athletic department wanted the Blue Devils to be in year four. Losing to FCS competition is not acceptable for any respected BCS program, so it should not be acceptable for Duke. A single conference victory per year does not satisfy the fans of any respected BCS program, so it should not satisfy Blue Devil fans. Moral victories are not enough to gratify the athletic departments for any respected BCS program, so it should not gratify Duke’s department either. I have long been a vocal Cutcliffe supporter, but the hour is drawing nigh for an objective analysis of the direction of this program under Cutcliffe. I may look stupid come October if Duke has rallied to a 3-2 record, but if not, Cutcliffe needs to feel legitimate pressure from fans and administrators alike. The fact is, Cutcliffe’s job won’t be done until the “because it’s Duke” excuse is rendered obsolete—and expecting victories over inferior FCS teams should have been accomplished a long time ago.
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As a senior, Cheek was named to the Memphis All-Regional team during the 2010 NCAA tournament.
The two new coaches are confident they will outperform their predecessors, though, in part due to having played under McCallie and known her so well. “It’s been a great experience so far getting to reconnect with her…. I’ve learned a lot in the two months I’ve been here,” Jackson said. “Her philosophy is still the same—very defense-oriented, very intense and a lot of high energy.” Jackson comes with ACC experience after spending the last two seasons as an assistant and recruitment coordinator at Wake Forest. Prior to that she worked at Richmond, and before that as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, where she was a part of the team that made it to the 2005 NCAA tournament championship game. Cheek, on the other hand, comes straight from playing professionally, where she suited up for the Indiana Fever and the Washington Mystics for two seasons in the WNBA. She then played in Poland for a year and was prepared to play in Spain before receiving the offer to coach at Duke. “Coach P and I always had a good relationship,” Cheek said. “I always came into her office and talked about strategy, players, and what’s best for the team.... I think a huge selling point [to recruits] is that I did go to Duke and I know first-hand what it’s like to be a student athlete at Duke.” Cheek will also be in an interesting position coaching former teammates—seniors Shay Selby and Kathleen Scheer, along with junior Allison Vernerey were all Blue Devils with Cheek. She added that she is excited for the opportunity to work with them because as a teammate she always made an effort to help teach and improve her younger
teammates. In terms of her experience with the program, McCallie was excited when speaking about the newest member of her staff. Although at just 23 years old Cheek may not have the same sideline experience as some of her peers, her time studying and playing at Duke and then competing on the next level could make her the ideal fit into the program. “Talk about awesome timing, and an incredible opportunity,” McCallie said. “Joy is a person who completely understands what we’re trying to teach and how we’re trying to do things at Duke.... She understands the standards, she understands the Duke way and it is the most refreshing thing I have ever gone through in my coaching career.” Together, Cheek and Jackson should balance each other well in terms of their skill sets. Cheek, a former forward, will primarily work with Brown in coaching the post players while Jackson will work closely with the guards—a position she knows well in McCallie’s system from her time as a player. Although those may be their two areas of expertise, the two coaches insist that they are ready to help each other out as they get used to their new positions. Even though it may take time for the two coaches to develop chemistry together, there is one thing they already shine at—making their former coach feel old. “I guess I’m getting old enough where former players of mine [can coach],” McCallie said. “Maybe older coaches would laugh and say ‘I’ve had [former players on staff] for 20 years or something’ but I’m here to say it’s one of the best feelings I’ve had in coaching.”
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Transitions exclude student voice Moves by the administration and risked writing off the curto revamp the housing model, rent academic year as an unforalter dining policy and restruc- tunate transitional period. ture social events point to an Like a field burned in prepextensive campaign to redefine aration for a new crop, this year Duke life. While the end result seems to exist as little more of this cultural than a gap year transformabefore the new editorial tion—curbing housing system the excesses of previous years takes root. It promises to be and fostering strong communi- a year of uncertainty—as we ty through collective living and have already seen in closedeating arrangements—may door deals surrounding the one day serve to mend a di- Merchants on Points program vided undergraduate commu- and decisions regarding life nity and breathe new life into after Tailgate—and top-down a decaying Duke image, the decision-making. The tone immediate consequence has struck by administrators in nebeen effectively to exclude stu- gotiations surrounding Footdents from crucial discussions ball Gameday seemed to treat regarding the future of the this year as a necessary loss. In University. Regrettably, in their fact Duke Student Government attempts to recalibrate campus leaders reported that Vice Presculture, Duke administrators ident for Student Affairs Larry have ignored student voices Moneta initially saw no need
an administration that seemed bent on installing a pre-fabricated vision for the future. News of the modifications to MOP, though swiftly reversed, spread not through administration communiqués but through disheartened Jimmy John’s employees. Communication failures like this cannot be overlooked as isolated blunders. They demonstrate a clear disregard for student opinion and involvement. Failing to engage students in a dialogue about University policy not only risks enacting changes counter to the wants and needs of students—it also threatens to delegitimize the administration, prompting backlash and reducing the potential for future student cooperation. Most students understand the need for cultural
changes at Duke. Administrators, by neglecting to clarify their intentions and failing to cull student participation, only drive those students away. To succeed in creating an inclusive academic community, the administration must promote transparency, emancipate its negotiations from the shadowy corners of the Allen Building and communicate to students its goals. It must involve students in a genuine and constructive way and invite individuals and student groups to help plan for what could exciting and progressive changes. Uncertainty and ambiguity breed contempt, and the University should not expect broad cultural transitions to succeed unless students understand them and help bring them to fruition.
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for a pre-football event in the 2011-2012 academic year. Although a transitional period remains necessary, administrators should not allow grand images of Hogwarts-esque houses bustling with studious (and sober) undergraduates to obscure the more pressing picture of a student body deprived of a voice in University decisions. We condemn not the administration’s desire for change but its unwillingness to engage in a genuine dialogue with students and its failure to communicate effectively. Negotiations regarding Football Gameday included only a small—and unrepresentative— portion of the undergraduate population, and when those students pushed for a more inclusive pre-football event, their calls were largely ignored by
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here’s something terrifying about having meaning? And what happens if I want to change a human body. At least I always thought myself by pumping different chemicals into my so—I was clumsy and bloody-kneed at age brain—can I? 7, pubescent and self-conscious at The last time I had a column age 12 and squeamish in anatomy in The Chronicle, I wrote broadly class at age 17. about culture, technology, anyWe’re born into these physical thing I thought would be slightly vessels of skin and blood and bone compelling to the typical C-1 rider, and set off into the world to thrive. or bored Econ 51 student or guy on But how to trust this material figure a bathroom break. of mine—these limbs, valves and This time, though, I’m trying receptors—to work? My internal self something else out. I’m diving in, shining li has always been suspicious of my exgoing deep into one of my intellecthe neurolife ternal self, unconvinced that we’re tual interests. I want to explore the actually on the same team. implications of neuroscience, and I Slight, continual disembodiment was my first hope that these musings pique the curiosity of at problem. Then I came to college and took a least a few unsuspecting skimmers of the opinion neuroscience course. What did I expect? Maybe pages. that knowing about the brain would clear up my It’s a risk. The path will probably be a twistconfusion, give me a means to understand my ed, meandering one through multiple discirelationship to the physical world. Not so, as I plines, neuroscience being the most obvious. soon discovered. Along the way, I’ll stop in strange places: ecoOn the first day of class, we talked about Des- nomics, for example. Or philosophy, ethics, cartes—brilliant, skeptical Descartes—who identi- maybe even literature. fied and grappled with the same mind-body probWhat I want to write about straddles the line lem that I’d felt my entire life. He discovered that between science and the humanities—an oftenhe could doubt everything, including his own body, times contentious line for students at Duke, who but he couldn’t doubt his mind. So the story goes. are frequently pressured to commit squarely to But the story doesn’t end there. Cartesian one camp. The science reporters I admire most, dualism, the idea that there’s a difference be- including Jonah Lehrer, Robert Krulwich and Jad tween mental and physical, is largely discredited Abumrad, walk this fine line all the time. These today. In fact it’s almost laughable to think that are the greats who convinced an English major we have some sort of mental matter hidden away like me to minor in neuroscience. from our physical reality. Replacing dualism is A word of caution to “real” neuroscientists readthe theory that everything is material, including ing this: I’m not a scientist, though I’ve worked in my thoughts, your thoughts and every thought a lab and know my fair share of neuroanatomy. that’s ever been thought. In fact I think I once wrote a column about not If this is true, there’s no division after all: The wanting to be a neuroscientist. Whoops. Over the body is all there is, and the mind is at best an ex- course of this column, I’m sure I’ll butcher my fair tension of the body. We’re all just arbitrary collec- share of research data and run over many nuances tions of molecules, our minds merely chemical for the sake of simplification. I want to apologize reactions set off in accordance with physical laws. now, in advance, for any generalizations that might This possibility might be unsettling to you occur. I welcome clarifications from anyone who’d right now, or it might not be. For me it’s just like to offer them. one of the many dilemmas inspired by the field Finally, a word about the tag line—I wasn’t sure of neuroscience that has troubled me for the what to call this weird little interdisciplinary projpast three years. Who am I if my sense of self is a ect. Just remember, we’re all living the neurolife, result of a network of neurons firing in different even if we don’t realize it yet. patterns? Do I make my own choices, or does my brain? Are murderers immoral, or just diseased? Shining Li is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Can emotions have any validity anymore? Can other Tuesday.
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ice call, Chairman Bernanke, to avoid unveiling a new quantitative-easing program last week. I’m sure it wasn’t just because the boat jokes were growing tiresome. Your last round of quantitative easing, dubbed QE2, had the Federal Reserve buy $600 billion in government bonds in an attempt to jumpstart the economy. But I don’t think it even got the engine to turn over. You’ve clearly realized that more of the same isn’t going to get us anywhere, and you need some time to think about your next move, or maybe even whether you connel fullenkamp have a next move to make. Well, I’m convinced you do, so let leptokurtotic me break it down for you. The economy has stalled again because nobody wants to spend money—not households, not businesses, not the government. So we either find a way to get people to spend more money, or we give up and let the prices of everything fall until we can afford to spend again. It’s that simple. The Federal Reserve still has the power to get people to spend, but not if it sticks to its failed strategy of buying bonds. It needs to stop dumping money into the banks—where it simply piles up—and instead puts money right in the hands of households. This is the only way to get households to spend. Households don’t want to spend for two reasons. First, they either don’t have jobs or they’re worried about losing the ones they have. And, second, they have too much debt. The Fed can’t do anything about the first reason, at least not directly. But it can make a big difference in the second one. Since the bulk of household debt problems have to do with housing, the Fed should design a monetary stimulus that works by reducing households’ mortgage debt. That’s right—I’m talking about printing money and paying down people’s loans with it. One simple way to do this would be to have a nationwide lottery open to anyone who had a mortgage in September 2008. A winning lottery ticket—there would be millions of winners—would entitle the household to have 20 percent of its outstanding mortgage principal as of September 2008 paid off by the Fed—up to $100,000. The catch is that the mortgage lender would have to agree to refinance the borrower into a new mortgage with an interest rate no higher than 5 percent. If a winning household has already lost its home from foreclosure since September 2008, the Fed could give the household a cash payment equal to 5 percent of the outstanding principal on its mortgage as of September 2008. Think this is absurd? Come on, Chairman Bernanke—you, better than anyone, know the storybook version of monetary policy, which goes back to Milton Friedman. The Fed loads up a fleet of helicopters with cash and sends them out to do random money drops all over the country. Holding a lottery for homeowners is just a more targeted version of this idea. With a program like this, the Fed could help five million households for less than the amount of the money you created for QE2 (which was $600 billion), or 10 million households for less than the amount of money you created for of QE1 (about $1.2 trillion). And it would have a huge impact on household spending. Mortgage debt would drop, and hundreds of thousands of families would no longer be underwater on their homes. Home prices would firm up since millions of foreclosures or distress sales could be averted. This would convince investors to get back into the housing market instead of waiting for prices to keep falling. In addition, millions would stop worrying that they can’t afford new clothes, new appliances, a new car and finally make the purchases they’ve been putting off. When households start spending again, businesses will start hiring and spending, too. The other effect of this policy would be a huge morale boost to all Americans. It would finally show that the government does actually care about its citizens and can take effective steps to help them. During the financial crisis, Wall Street got bailed out, big banks got bailed out and even car companies got bailed out. But what about homeowners? They got three halfhearted, underfunded, ultimately botched programs that weren’t even trying to help them reduce their debt in the first place. The not-very-subtle message that this sent to most Americans is probably responsible for half the drop in consumer sentiment. And it’s the attitude of consumers these days, more than anything else, that’s holding the economy back. Unless people get some real hope, the economy will ebb along and most likely stumble into a grinding, painful recession. And after a wimpy fiscal stimulus and a bogus homeowner rescue program, they’re rightfully skeptical that the government can give them anything to cheer about. It’s going to take something radically different—and big—to get people excited about the future again so they will get spending. Be a hero, Mr. Bernanke. Show us ordinary Americans the money. Connel Fullenkamp is the director of undergraduate studies and professor of the practice of economics. His column runs every other Tuesday.
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am a varsity athlete. Were it not for athletics, Duke academics fit seems to have lost yardage like I would not be at Duke. Of the schools that a.... Sorry, that’s too easy. Last year when a group recruited me, I chose Duke because it had of direct action-minded students tastefully spraythe best academics—a frequent painted “Duke Academics” on the deciding factor among student side of some C-1s to counter the athletes. Although most of us reobnoxious “Duke Athletics” bus, spect Duke as an institution, some the new advertisements were never among us singularly or firstly idenseen—these buses did not run with tify as athletes. To this group, as the paint. We have a good school, most recognize, Duke exists only what are we ashamed of? as an athletic stepping stone. The The NCAA functions like a cartel duality of institutional condemnawith institutional athletic departjosh brewer tion and encouragement baffles ments as the oligopolists, the few alall. In the meantime, Duke Ath- southern socialism lowed to sell. We athletes are nothletics gets away with everything it ing more than a reified product. can. Admittedly, I benefit from the existence of Beyond all the abstract discourse—the fetishized Duke Athletics, at the moment typing away on athletic body, the game as a placating distraca K-Center computer. Duke desperately needs tion or falsely fulfilling avatar and heterosexual/ the socioeconomic and pigment diversification homophobic programming upon homosocial brought by athletics. Personal, obvious and out- allowance—are us athletes, some like me, just landish admissions aside, a central question has running in circles. Most of us work year-round, failed to surface from the justified hoopla and seven days a week, well beyond “official practice whining about the athletic subsidy—why exactly restrictions.” In our free time we go to class tired does Duke need institutional athletics? and sometimes— or always—unprepared. I once I can hear it already: “Duke basketball put thought I worked for the four letters on my jerthis school on the map.” No, Professors Fredric sey or that emblem tattooed on my skin, but that Jameson, Stanley Fish and an assortment of feisty depends on which Duke we’re talking about— Marxists put Duke on the map—irony, our notice- certainly not academic Duke that suffers budget ably nosey neighbor. Yes, improving ourselves by cuts for athletics’ “grand strategy”. becoming a Division III athletic program, as many Nike woos the two big sports on campus with have suggested, would be better for Duke, but excessive equipment allotments, while the rest of money would be lost rather than transferred, and us attempt to stay within our budget—yes, some therefore it will sadly never happen. I propose that sports have one. Once I was reprimanded “from Duke—and the rest of the American academy— above” for wearing my trusted Asics long sleeve get out of the sports business altogether. At the at practice due to a shortage of cold weather moment, our system hurts athletes, students and gear. For the remainder of the winter, the soluthe academy. tion was simple: I covered the Asics emblem with When President Brodhead first took the reins, a piece of tape on which I had drawn the famous Coach K was predictably considering a run in the swoosh between the words “I am a product” and big leagues. Like a mob movie, the new mayor “Conform.” Beyond the minor logistical issues of got the shakedown and—to form—folded. Im- being cold and wet, I have a real problem with mediately, Brodhead was confronted by the reality Nike’s labor, environment and facilities. Game that he wasn’t in New Haven anymore—this is the theory, specifically prisoner’s dilemma, accurateACC. Brilliantly, Coach K set the tone. From the ly predicts that a cartel—even a private, public beginning it was clear that athletics—or at least merger dealing with a homogenous product—is that small percentage of sports that dictate deci- inherently unstable (i.e. the scandals across the sions—would get what it wanted. Lately, with the NCAA). How long until Duke is hit again? If not infection of a SEC mindset (coupling the SEC’s in one sudden blow, surely athletics’ constant anti-intellectualism and sport supremacism with a financial and intellectual siphon will prompt aclosing record on multiple fronts) on the gridiron, tion. While we wait, our ranking and reputation there seems to be another strongman vying for a sink lower and lower and lower—all for a few piece of our already claimed pie. Among all the more wins for that side of campus. new stadium plans, psychotic turf guarding, single sport “multi-sport facilities” and hype about each Josh Brewer is a Trinity senior. His column runs every new class’s athletic stars, the question of where other Tuesday.
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Endowment gift set to upgrade auditoriums by Ross Green THE CHRONICLE
Back in March, the Duke Endowment announced an unprecedented grant to be used for the renovations of Baldwin and Page Auditoriums and the West Union building. Now, with the temporary closure of Baldwin Auditorium, the University has begun to put the $80 million gift—the largest in the Endowment’s 87-year history—to work. To hear Scott Lindroth, Vice Provost of the Arts and Professor of Music, tell it, the renovations won’t come a moment too soon. From the time of the University’s initial proposal to the Endowment, Lindroth estimated it took two to three years to actually secure the grant. “We’ve known for some years that these facilities haven’t been properly maintained,” he said. Lindroth has been actively involved in the process of funding the renovations, preparing a report on the state of Baldwin, Page and West Union and the need to update them for the Provost’s office to present to the Endowment. The problems with the three buildings—all of which were built in 1924 as part of the original Duke campus—were well understood, but to secure the sort of funding necessary for a large-scale overhaul, Lindroth collected extensive data on the use of the facilities and the cost of renovation. “Some surprising things emerged when we analyzed the use of these buildings,” Lindroth said. “For instance, Baldwin is used more heavily than Page, because the music ensembles use it every night during the academic year.” That report informed not only the Endowment’s substantial gift, but also the plans for implementing it. Baldwin is the first of the three to close, in part because of the scope of overhauling the building. “Baldwin is potentially a very, very beautiful concert hall, and unlike Page, it can be completely fixed,” Lindroth said. “But I recall, when some Endowment members visited it, they thought it looked like an old high school auditorium.” Among the numerous problems with the present auditorium, Lindroth cites fundamental issues with the acoustics—the original hall is too wide, and the balcony, as constructed, distorts percussive music—as well as a lack of interior décor and storage space. By comparison, the renovations for Page will focus mostly on the audience experience—more comfortable seating for audiences, easier access for handicapped patrons and a more modern interior. “Artists have complained less about Page than have audiences,” Lindroth said. “Compared to what we’re doing in Baldwin, the renovations to Page shouldn’t be as long or disruptive.” Lindroth is optimistic that the renovations will help draw arts programmers in the area back to Baldwin and Page. “We are very close with Duke Performances, and they can benefit from Page being a first-rate venue with comfortable seats and good sightlines,” he said. “After renovation, Baldwin could be the finest venue
for acoustic music in the area.” Director of Duke Performances Aaron Greenwald shares Lindroth’s enthusiasm for the potential of Duke’s auditoriums after renovation, describing the Endowment’s gift as “an opportunity to ‘turn the corner’ as an organization.” Though the process looks to extend at least four years into the future, the final product will be an impressive and versatile array of concert halls. “When all the work is finished, Baldwin and Page, along with Reynolds Auditorium, will provide a worldclass network of venues that will allow us to effectively offer nearly any type of performance under the sun,” Greenwald wrote in an e-mail.
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Baldwin Auditorium, part of the original Duke University campus, will undergo extensive renovations beginning this fall.
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Immersed in Every Sense A lecture series featuring a diverse array of artists from a variety of disciplines. Fall 2011 artists: Clement Valla, Rhode Island School of Design (experimental art, socio-technical systems, human/computer relationships), Sept. 27-28. Eduardo Kac, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (bio art, media art, performance), Oct. 19-20; Benj Gerdes, Cooper Union School of Art (film and video, writing, social activism) and Jennifer Hayashida, Hunter College (art and poetry), Oct. 25-26; Marc Handelman (painting), Nov. 16-17; Meridith Pingree, Parsons The New School for Design (robotics, installation, interactive art, conceptual art), Nov. 19-Dec. 1. Spring 2012 artists: Pat O’Neil, Kianga Ford, Ann Hamilton, Ethan Jackson, Art Werger.
Wet Ink Ensemble The first stage of a two-year residency that will bring this New York-based, composerperformer chamber ensemble to teach and perform. Oct. 2011-April 2012.
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On Oct. 27, world-renowned composer Eric Whitacre will bring together the Duke Chorale, Wind Symphony and 200 Durham high school students for an exclusive joint performance in Duke Chapel. Whitacre, one of the most successful living composers of contemporary orchestral music, will conduct the groups as they perform a number of his popular works; proceeds from the event will benefit the Duke Chorale and Wind Symphony. Whitacre studied music at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and went on to earn a master’s degree in composition at the Juilliard School in New York City. He completed his first major work, Go, Lovely Rose, when he was just twentyone, and since then has produced such seminal works as Water Night, Sleep, and Lux Aurumque, all of which are among the most-performed pieces in the choral and orchestral repertoire. His 2008 record Cloudburst topped the international classical charts and was nominated for a Grammy. He also conducted a “Virtual Choir” on YouTube in 2009 using 185 voices from around the world, which has nearly three million views. “He’s one of the most significant names in the contemporary world,” said Verena MösenbichlerBryant, director of the Duke Wind Symphony. Known for his passionate, evocative style and his dense chord structures—called “clusters”— Whitacre’s music is described as rich and complex but always approachable. “He’s highly expressive and fairly easy to understand,” said Rodney Wynkoop, director of the Duke Chorale. “It’s very engaging music.”
The concert will begin with individual performances by the Chorale and Wind Symphony, respectively; works will range from the extremely successful Cloudburst to the lesser-known Animal Crackers, a collection of humorous, wildlife-themed pieces with texts by the poet Ogden Nash. The Chorale will also feature the southeastern United States premier of The City and the Sea, a fivemovement piece with text by e.e. cummings. For the finale, both groups will join 200 high school students from the Durham area for renditions of two of Whitacre’s most famous compositions, Sleep and Lux Aurumque. “I really do like to involve the community in Duke things when I can, and to see the university reach into the community,” said Wynkoop. “I wanted to be able to give [the high school students] the opportunity to sing with Eric because they’re all just gaga over his music.” The nature of this performance, in particular Whitacre’s role as guest conductor, make this a rare opportunity indeed. The composer recently moved from Los Angeles to London, and frequently works with such notable ensembles as the King’s Singers and the London Symphony Orchestra. “He doesn’t do much of this because he’s become immensely popular,” said Wynkoop. “He is without a doubt the composer my singers love more than anyone else.” Eric Whitacre will perform with the Duke Chorale and the Duke Wind Symphony on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m at Duke Chapel. Tickets are $25 for the general public and $10 for students and are available through the Duke University Ticket Office.
2011 Fall Arts cover design by Danjie Fang, ‘12 Cover photos, clockwise from left: 1) Dennis Morris, “Sister Cool,” 1974. Giclée prints, 40 x 30 inches. © Dennis Morris. Dr. Kenneth Montague/ The Wedge Collection. 2) Eric Whitacre ® http://ericwhitacre.com/ 3) Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup) from “Untitled (Kitchen Table Series),” 1990. Silver print, 27 ¼ x 27 ¼ in. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. 4) Goran Bregovic ® http://www. goranbregovic.rs/media/
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The Duke Chorale and Wind Symphony will join reknowned orchestral composer Eric Whitacre for an expansive performance at Duke Chapel.
For your viewing pleasure, the Department of Theater Studies presents: The Paper Hat Game Created and directed by Torry Bend Video design by Raquel Salvatella de Prada Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
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September 8-10 & 15-17 at 8 pm September 11 & 18 at 2 pm
Duke Players Lab Theater Brody Theater, East Campus October 27-29
A Doll’s House By Henrik Ibsen Directed by Ellen Hemphill, Theater Studies faculty Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus November 10-12 & 17-19 at 8 pm November 13 & 20 at 2 pm
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Antic Shakespeare
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Showcase of scenes from Shakespeare Directed by Jay O’Berski, Theater Studies faculty, with guest Shakespearean actor Jonathan Cullen Brody Theater, East Campus December 3
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more music highlights Mozart, Requiem Featuring the Duke Chorale, Duke Chapel Choir and the Choral Society of Durham Duke Chapel Sept. 11 at 4 pm
Ciompi Quartet Performs Haydn, Shostakovich & Dvorak Nelson Music Room September 24, 8 pm $20 general, $5 students & youth
Duke Jazz & Duke Djembe Showcase Concert Slide Hampton, guest artist
Page Auditorium March 24-26 at 8 pm $5 general/ students & seniors free with ticket or I.D.
Duke Chorale, Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke Wind Symphony Showcase Concert Duke Chapel October 29, 8 pm $5 general/ students & seniors free w/ ticket or I.D.
Ciompi Quartet with Krista River: Humperdinck, Puccini, Respighi Nelson Music Room November 12, 8 pm $20 general/ $5 students & youth
Duke Chapel Choir: Handel, Messiah Duke Chapel Dec. 2 at 7:30 pm, Dec. 3 at 2 pm, Dec. 4 at 3 pm $20 general/ $5 students & youth
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Duke welcomes first MFA students this fall by Caitlin Moyles THE CHRONICLE
In a formal addition to the forward momentum of arts programs at Duke, fifteen graduate students bring their talent and experience to campus this fall as they begin their studies in Duke’s new Master of Fine Arts program. The Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts is the first terminal degree in the fine arts to be offered at Duke. Combining the documentary approach with analog, digital and computational media, the program will have a healthy and visible effect on the arts at Duke, said Thomas Rankin, director of the MFA program and the Center for Documentary Studies. Along with the opening of the Nasher Museum in 2005, the Visual Studies Initiative, the revitalization of Duke Performances and the Endowment’s gift to renovate Baldwin and Page auditoriums, the program is one of several manifestations of Duke’s recent strategic plan to strengthen the arts at Duke. To earn the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, graduate students must complete 14 courses, a thesis and a final project over the course of two years. The final projects will then go on public display on Duke’s campus or in downtown Durham. “We really see this program as engaged in the larger world,” Rankin said. “[The projects] could be in what we call a traditional white box gallery, with white walls
and a floor and light, or it could be in a very public space in downtown Durham.” Rankin stressed that the possibilities for the final projects go beyond merely the setting. “It could be very conceptual and narrative driven, like a documentary film,” he said. “But it could also be banners hanging off the sides of buildings. The thesis projects are going to be seen and felt and heard by a number of people, not just by the professors that taught them.” The emphasis on experimentation in Duke’s MFA program distinguishes it from established MFA programs at Stanford, New York University, Yale or the Chicago Art Institute, Rankin said. Courses and faculty are drawn from the Center for Documentary Studies, the program in Arts of the Moving Image and the department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, allowing for a blending of different media and art forms. “MFA programs at other universities might focus on documentary film; another one might focus on documentary photography,” Rankin said. “In our graduate seminar, we’ve got photographers, filmmakers, audio people all in the same [classroom].” The 15 members of the class of 2013 were selected from a pool of about 100 applicants. They come from across the nation SEE MFA ON PAGE 14
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BECOMING: Photographs from the Wedge Collection
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Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (woman and daughter with makeup) from Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) (detail), 1990. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Purchased through the Harry Shafer Fisher 1966 Memorial Fund. Another photograph from this series appears in the concurrent exhibition Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection.
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Bend looks at urban life with Paper Hat Game by Lucy Hicks THE CHRONICLE
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Duke professor Torry Bend drew inspiration for his toy theater piece “The Paper Hat Game” from close friend Scotty Iseri’s lighthearted, newspaper-fueled social experiment.
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The notion of feeling alone amongst millions is not an unknown, especially for those from a large city. “The Paper Hat Game,” a play created and directed by Duke professor Torry Bend, explores the perceptions of city life in New York City and Chicago, and how simple acts, such as the making of a paper hat, can change the dynamic of a public space. Through the use of video, stunning sound and puppetry, Bend creates the feel of a thriving city within the walls of the Sheafer Lab Theater. The idea for this play, Bend says, was inspired by a close friend, Scotty Iseri, known by many in Chicago as the “Paper Hat Guy.” For those unfamiliar with the story, Iseri, bored while riding the train, began to make paper hats out of newspaper on the adjacent seat. First wearing one himself, Iseri began to hand them to others, without saying a word. What started out as a remedy for boredom quickly transformed into a social experiment. “Typically when you are on a subway, in a very public place, [all people] are really concerned about is themselves,” Bend said. According to Bend, however, “The Paper Hat Game” changed how people associated with each other. “What [Iseri] found was happening is people would start talking to each other, responding to each other, and there was actually a lovely moment of sharing that would happen,” Bend said. This heart-lightening social experiment oc-
curred in same general time frame as the Iseri’s struggle to physically and psychologically overcome a mugging. This contrast between the positive aspects of the city along with the most negative and gruesome inspired the narrative of “The Paper Hat Game.” Bend explained, though, that the show is more of a “20 minute puppet collage, with a bit of narrative thrown in,” than a completely defined story line. The means by which this play is executed might be even more fascinating than the story behind the piece. Bend chooses to use puppetry, also known as toy theatre, to paint a picture of city life. “I think that puppetry as an art form is really shifting,” Bend said. “There is a lot of stretch to make puppetry something not just for kids.” Using more sophisticated concepts, deeper and complex visuals are a means of accomplishing that. Bend also incorporated real video from New York City and Chicago to further the audiences’ engagement in this realistic yet dreamy piece. “A simple hand moving across the stage as a shadow puppet you see as just a hand,” Bend said. “[But] if you add really incredible video behind it and sound to back it up, suddenly something that you know is just a hand shadow can feel like it’s transformed into something completely unique and out of the ordinary.” The Paper Hat Game will be shown in the Sheafer Lab Theater from Sept. 8-10 and Sept. 15-18 at 8pm, and Sept. 11 at 2pm.
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Duke University Fall Calendar of Events Ongoing Exhibitions The Life of Memorials. Thru Oct. 16. Perkins Library Gallery. Free. (LIB) F Flesh and Metal, Bodies and B B Buildings: Works Jonathan ffrom r Hyman’s H Archive of 9/11 A Vernacular V Memorials. Thru M Oct. 16. Perkins O LLibrary Special C Collections Gallery. Free. G ((LIB) L Exhibit thru Oct. 16 @ Perkins
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Commemoration Concert: Mozart Requiem. The Duke Chapel Choir, Duke Chorale, and the Choral Society of Durham join forces under the baton of Rodney Wynkoop to present W. A. Mozart’s iconic Requiem in commemoration of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. 4pm. Duke University Chapel. Free. (CM)
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continuing education courses and workshops offered by the Center for Documentary Studies. 5-7:30pm. Free. (CDS)
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The Paper Hat Game
The Paper Hat Game. Created and directed by Torry Bend, Theater Studies faculty. Video design by Raquel Salvatella de Prada, Art, Art History and Visual Studies faculty. A toy-theater production with dreamlike video, a gritty soundscape and live puppetry. 8pm. Sheafer Theater. $10 gen., $5 students & sr. citizens. (TS)
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Artistic and Visual Responses to 9/11. 10am. John Hope Franklin Center, Rm. 240. Free. (LIB) American Studies: Photographs by Jim Dow. Talk and book signing followed by a reception. 6:30pm. Free. (CDS)
The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 2pm matinee. (TS)
108 minutes) Presented by the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Whitaker’s documentary chronicles the lives of five people directly affected by 9/11, with a score by Phillip Glass. 1pm & 3pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS/ CDS)
Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. Thru Jan. 8, 2012. Free. (NAS)
Panel Discussion: Flesh and Metal, Bodies and Buildings. Panel with photographer Jonathan Hyman discussing his work. 4pm. Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
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9/11 Rebirth. (Jim Whitaker, 2011,
The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power. Thru Dec. 31. Free. (NAS)
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The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 8pm. (TS)
Rebirth
O’ Say Can You See. An installation by Laura Poitras, featuring film footage she shot of people at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11, audio recorded weeks later at the Yankees’ come-from-behind Game 4 World Series victory, and interviews with recently released detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Thru Oct. 22. Free. (CDS)
September 6 CDS Info Session. Learn about
The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 2pm matinee. (TS)
The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 8pm. (TS)
Duke Arts 2011 Festival call for submissions opens. Students are invited to submit work in all media forms including, but not limited to, painting, photography, poetry, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, animation, film, video, music and dance. Submissions close Oct. 14. Exhibition and Festival Oct. 28 thru Nov. 6. (VPA) The Betrayal. Rights! Camera! Action! film screening. 7pm. FHI Garage, Smith Warehouse. Free. (LIB)
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The Deconstructive Impulse. Exhibition opening and talk by co-curators Helaine Posner (chief curator and deputy director for curatorial affairs at the Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase) and Nancy Princenthal (New York-based writer and former senior editor of Art in America). Reception and cash bar to follow. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS)
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Organ Recital Series Concert. David Arcus, Divinity School Organist and Associate University Organist and Chapel Organist at Duke. Music by south and central German composers, including Schlick, Hassler, Erbach, Muffat, Kerll, Froberger, Poglietti, Pachelbel, and Bach. 2:30pm & 5pm. Duke University Chapel. Free. (CM)
A celebration of our student artists
Women Art Revolution. FILM. (Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2010, 83 minutes) to accompany The Deconstructive Impulse. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS) Out in the South: Writers in Conversation. With Dorothy Allison, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Jim Grimsley, Shirlette Ammons. 7pm. White Lecture Hall, East Campus. Free. (LIB) Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, make-and-take crafts, live entertainment. Noon to 4pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)
Becoming. Curator Talk with Dr. Kenneth Montague of Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, and Trevor Schoonmaker, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art. Reception and cash bar to follow. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS) Immersed In Every Sense Lecture Series. Artist talk by visiting artist Clement Valla titled Original Copies. Reception to follow. 6pm. FHI, Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, Rm C105 Garage. Clement Valla Free. (VPA) Author Event. Jeff Sharlet on his new book, Sweet Heaven When I Die. Part of the Documentary Writing Series at the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm. Free. (CDS)
The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 8pm. (TS) The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 8pm. (TS)
October 28 - November 6
Dance for the Camera-OutDoors. See innovative dance films from the NYC based Dance Films Association and other works on 12 foot out-door screen. 7:30pm. East Campus Quad across from Wilson Dorm. (Rain Location Ark Dance Studio). Free. (DDP)
October 1 Woodwind Master Class with Windscape. 12pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS) Music Lecture. Michael Long (University of Buffalo). “How Josquin Sounded: An Exercise in Musical Anthropology.” Time TBA, Rm 101 Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Concert honoring Professor Benjamin Ward. Featuring the Ciompi Quartet, The Pitchforks, and Benjamin Ward, piano. 4pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
The Paper Hat Game. (See Sept. 8) 8pm. (TS)
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Exhibition Reception and Artist’s Talk. Filmmaker Laura Poitras on her installation O’ Say Can You See, a mediation on loss and revenge in the aftermath of 9/11. 6-9pm; talk, 7pm. Free. (CDS)
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Piano Master Class with Shuann Chai. 5pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Faculty Recital. Elizabeth Byrum Linnartz, soprano, and David Heid, piano. If Music Be the Food of Love: works by Purcell, Schubert, Rossini and spirituals arranged by African-American women composers. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
3 Annual 2011 Benefit Gala: Changing the Game. Coach Mike Krzyzewski changed the game for basketball; the Nasher Museum is changing the game for museums! Join Coach K and the Duke Basketball team! Tickets: www. nasher.duke.edu/gala. (NAS)
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Exhibition Reception. A solo show featuring Daylight/CDS Photo Awards Project Prize winner Tamas Dezso and a group exhibition featuring Work-inProcess Prize winner David Pace along with Jurors’ Pick winners in both categories. Thru Dec. 22. 6-8pm. Free. (CDS) Duke Symphony Orchestra. Harry Davidson, dir. A Beethovenian ‘Triple’ Play, with Hsiao-Mei Ku, violinist, Darrett Adkins, cellist, and Cicilia Yudha, pianist. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS) Ariel Dorfman: Feeding on Dreams. Dorfman reads from his new memoir. 4pm. Gothic Reading Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
Doxita 4: Inside/Outside. Season 4 of this traveling festival of documentary films under 40 minutes in length, presenting films from Italy, Germany, the U.S., and Slovakia. 7pm. Free. (CDS) Guest Recital. Shuann Chai, pianist. Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Liszt. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS) Ariel Dorfman
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First Thursday. Gallery talk by Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior Curator, on Land and Sky in the Nineteenth Century. 5:30pm, cash bar, 6pm, gallery talk. Free. (NAS) Duke Wind Symphony. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. Of Seas and Storms: works by Grainger, Sousa, McBeth, R. Williams, Whitacre, and others. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS)
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Duke University String School. Dorothy Kitchen, dir. 3pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 7pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS) Encounters: with the music of our time presents Ensemble U. Estonian new music group performs world premiere of Duke graduate composer Bryan Christian’s Walk. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
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Barbra and Andrew Rothschild Lecture. Meet the Guerrilla Girls in “full jungle drag,” in a performance revealing the thinking and process behind their posters, books, billboards and actions. Their work is part of The Deconstructive Impulse. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS)
Full Frame Fall Fix. (See Oct. 15) (NAS)
Guest Recital. Olivier Cavé, pianist. All-Italian program featuring works by Vivaldi, Busoni, Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti, Clementi, Dallapiccola and Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
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Organ Recital Series Concert. Organist Wilma Jensen (formerly on the faculty of the School of Music at Indiana University) will perform a program on the Aeolian organ featuring music by French, English, and American composers. 5pm. Duke University Chapel. Free. (CM)
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Heliand Consort performs Poulenc & Friends. Rachael Elliott, bassoon, Katie Oprea, oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet, Cynthia Huard, piano. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS) Immersed In Every Sense Lecture Series. Artist talk by visiting artist Eduardo Kac. 6pm. Reception to follow. Nasher Aud. Free. (VPA)
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Duke Chorale, Duke Symphony Orchestra, and Duke Wind Symphony perform concert during Parents’ and Family Weekend. 8pm. Duke Chapel. $5 gen., students & sr. citizens Duke Wind Symphony free w/ ticket or ID. (MUS)
A Doll’s House. By Henrik Ibsen, directed by Ellen Hemphill, Theater Studies faculty. The classic story of the first “real housewife” of modern drama. 8pm. Sheafer Theater. $10 gen., $5 students & sr. citizens. (TS)
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Laura Byrne, harp, Susan Fancher, saxophone, Leda Scearce, soprano and others. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
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November Dances 2011. New works by Duke Dance Program faculty and students. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. $15 gen., $10 sr. citizens, $5 students, 16 yrs. & under free with the purchase of adult ticket. (DDP)
Faculty Recital. Hsiao-mei Ku, violin and Philip Amalong, piano. 4pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
November 1 Faculty Chamber Music Recital.
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First Thursday. Gallery talk by Kim Lamm, assistant professor in Duke’s Women’s Studies Program, on The Deconstructive Impulse. 5:30pm, cash bar; 6pm, gallery talk. Free. (NAS)
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Eric Whitacre. Guest composer and conductor directs Duke University Chorale and Duke University Wind Symphony followed by a joint performance featuring Durham high school choral students. Proceeds benefit the Chorale and Wind Symphony. 8pm. Duke Chapel. $25 gen., $10 students, $100 concert & reception with Mr. Whitacre. (MUS, CM) Duke Players Lab. Title TBA. 8pm. Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. (TS)
The Troubling Violence Performance Troupe. Narratives of domestic violence, based on the book by Elaine Lawless, Women Escaping Violence. 7pm. Free. (CDS)
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DEMAN Weekend. Join the Career Center and Alumni Association for DEMAN (Duke Entertainment, Media and the Arts Network) Weekend and learn from Duke Alumni who have established careers in the arts! Presented in conjunction with duke arts 2011 festival. Free/registration required. (VPA)
A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 8pm. (TS) November Dances 2011. (See Nov. 11) (DDP)
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DukeReads Live! Frank Stasio and Tim Tyson discuss James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. 3pm. Gothic Reading Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
Piano Master Class with Ingrid Fliter. 5pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS, DP)
Guest Recital. Greg McCallum, piano. Works by Bach, Grieg, Crumb and Messiaen. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS) A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 8pm. (TS)
Duke Players Lab. (See Oct. 27) 8 pm. (TS)
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Piano Masterclass, Lecture & Demonstration. The Feldenkrais Method® of Somatic Education by Greg McCallum. 5pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Art for All. Celebrate Becoming and NCCU’s Let Your Motto Be Resistance with student-organized open house events at both university art museums. 7pm-10pm. NCCU Art Museum & Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)
Duke Players Lab. (See Oct. 27) 8 pm. (TS)
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Iraq / Perspectives. Exhibition opening and artist talk with photographer Benjamin Lowy. 5:30pm. Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB/CDS)
Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme]. David Kirkland Garner, dir. 8pm. Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS) Organ Recital Series Concert. Andrew Unsworth (Ph.D. in Music, Duke University, 2001) returns to the University as the second organist in the new Alumni Series. 5pm. Duke University Chapel. Free. (CM)
WOLA-Duke Book Award Reading and Reception. Kathryn Sikkink reads from The Justice Cascade. 5pm. Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
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Faculty Recital. Susan Dunn, soprano and David Heid, piano. 7:30pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Duke Jazz Ensemble and Duke Djembe Ensemble perform with guest artist Slide Hampton, trombone, for Parents’ and Family Weekend. 8pm. Page Aud. $5 gen., students & sr. citizens free w/ ticket or ID. (MUS)
Chamber Music Master Class with Olivier Cavé. 4pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Artist talk. English filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah. Co-sponsored by Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute and Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS/CDS)
Duke Arts 2011 Festival Exhibition Opening. Student visual arts exhibition opens featuring works by Duke student artists. Thru Nov. 6. Bryan Center. Free. (VPA) Music Lecture. Marié Abe (Boston University). “Sounding Imaginative Empathy: Musical Advertisement on the Streets in Contemporary Japan.” 4:30pm. Rm 104 Biddle Music Bldg. Free. (MUS)
Wonder Women. Concert by Mallarmé Chamber Players in conjunction with The Deconstructive Impulse. Music for string quartet, bass, oboe and trumpet, featuring composers Libby Larsen, Joan Tower, Sofia Gubaidulina, with a world premiere by Gwyneth Walker. 3pm. $18 gen. advance/$20 gen. door/$5 students w/ ID. Tickets @ www. mallarmemusic.org. (NAS)
Immersed In Every Sense Lecture Series. A conversation between visiting artists Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida, and Duke faculty member. Reception Benj Gerdes to follow. 6pm. FHI, Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, Rm C105 - Garage. Free. (VPA)
Author Event. Siddhartha Deb on his new book, The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India. Part of the Documentary Writing Series at the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm. Free. (CDS) Full Frame Fall Fix. A weekend matinee marathon halfway to the next annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. 1pm & 3pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS)
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Art for All. 7pm-10pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)
Panel Discussion: The Life of Memorials. Student members of Team Kenan talk about the exhibit. 5pm. Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
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Film. Mnemosyne. By celebrated British filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah about the experience of migrant labour in the United Kingdom, shown in conjunction with Becoming. 7pm. Nasher Aud. Free. (NAS)
A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 2pm matinee. (TS)
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Graduate Composers Concert. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS) Good Times. Rights! Camera! Action! film screening. 7pm. FHI Garage, Smith Warehouse. Free. (LIB) Author Event. Paul Hendrickson on his new book, Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961. Part of the Documentary Writing Series at the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm. Free. (CDS) Duke Wind Symphony. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. Flutes en masse, featuring Rebecca Troxler and the Duke University Wind Symphony Flute section. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS)
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Calendar of Events Faculty Bookwatch: Karla Holloway, Private Bodies/Public Texts. Panel on Holloway’s ground-breaking book. 5pm. Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. (LIB)
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A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 8pm. (TS)
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Djembe & Afro-Cuban Ensembles. Bradley Simmons, dir. w/guest artist Kimati Dinizulu. 8pm. Page Aud. Free. (MUS)
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Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, makeand-take crafts, live entertainment. Noon to 4pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. (NAS)
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Student Chamber Music Recital. 7:30pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
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December 1 First Thursday. Gallery talk by Richard J. Powell, Duke’s John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History, on Becoming. 5:30pm, cash bar, 6pm; gallery talk. Free. (NAS)
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Encounters: with the music of our time presents the Wet Ink Ensemble. Premiers of works by Duke graduate student composers Youngmi Cho, Vladimir Smirnov, Paul Leary and Paul Swartzel. 4pm. The Ark. Free. (MUS) Duke University String School. Dorothy Kitchen, dir. 3pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 4pm: Chamber Music Groups. 7pm: Intermediate II & DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Page Aud. Free. (MUS)
Handel’s Messiah. (See Dec. 2) 2pm. (CM)
Duke Collegium Musicum. Alexander Bonus, dir. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Handel’s Messiah. (See Dec. 2) 3pm. (CM) Faculty Recital. Jonathan Bagg, viola and Jane Hawkins, piano. “1850-1950: The Viola Emerges. Music from Schumann to Stravinsky.” 4pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 2pm matinee. (TS) Sing-Along of Handel’s Messiah. Duke Chapel Music will present a Sing-Along of Handel’s Messiah. All are welcome. Scores will be provided at the door. 6:30pm. Duke University Chapel. Free. (CM)
Encounters: with the music of our time presents the Wet Ink Ensemble. Works for electronics, voice, saxophones, percussion and keyboards by Rick Burkhardt, George E. Lewis, Alex Mincek, Kate Soper, Eric Wubbels and Sam Pluta. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
Antic Shakespeare. Showcase of scenes and speeches by the Duke Antic Shakespeare Company. Codirected by Jay O’Berski, Theater Studies faculty and Jonathan Cullen, guest Shakespearean actor from London. 8pm. Brody Theater, East Campus. Free (TS)
The Joint is Jumpin’. Music from the Swing Era. Duke Jazz Ensemble, John Brown, dir. & Duke Opera Workshop, Susan Dunn, dir. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS) A Doll’s House. (See Nov. 10) 8pm. (TS)
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Duke Jazz Ensemble. John Brown, dir. w/ guest artist Tom Browne, trumpet. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. $10 gen., $5 students & sr. citizens. (MUS) Handel’s Messiah. Duke Chapel Choir and Orchestra, Rodney Wynkoop, conductor. A longstanding and beloved Duke University tradition, the Duke Chapel Choir presents Handel’s masterpiece, joined by a professional orchestra and soloists. 7:30pm. Duke University Chapel. $15 gen., $5 Non-Duke students, Duke students free. (CM)
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Duke University Wind Symphony, Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, dir. & UNC-Chapel Hill Wind Ensemble, Evan Feldman, dir. 7:30pm. Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill. $10 gen., $5 students, faculty, staff & sr. citizens. (MUS)
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Christmas Concert. J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, with German carols. In celebration of 25 years under the baton of Rodney Wynkoop, the Choral Society of Durham presents their annual Christmas concert in two parts; the first half will be performed on Saturday evening, with the concluding half presented on Sunday afternoon. 8pm. Duke University Chapel. $20 gen., students free. (CM)
Duke Chorale Christmas Concert. Rodney Wynkoop, dir. Seasonal music on the carillon and for organ at 6:30pm. 7pm. Duke Chapel. Admission: one non-perishable food item for needy families in Durham. (MUS) Duke Symphony Orchestra. Harry Davidson, dir. Three Tributes and the Heir of Beethoven, with Jeffrey Brown, pianist. 8pm. Reynolds Theater. Free. (MUS) Final Project Presentations. By continuing education students completing the Certificate in Documentary Arts from the Center for Documentary Studies. 7pm. Center for Documentary Studies. Free. (CDS)
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Music of Hilary Tann. Susan Fancher, saxophone, Clara O’Brien, soprano, Erin Lesser, flute, Greg Beyer, percussion, and the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet (Susan Fancher, Robert Faub, Steven Stusek and Mark Engebretson). 3pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. (MUS)
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All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. All events subject to change – for details, updates, and additions, see: ami.duke.edu/ screensociety/schedule French Film Series: ‘Global France’ (8pm) 9/5 A Prophet 9/12 Two in the Wave 9/19 A Screaming Man 9/26 Potiche A Prophet 10/3 Of Gods and Men 10/19 Outside the Law 10/26 La danse: le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (by Frederick Wiseman) Potiche Rights! Camera! Action! series (SW) discussion follows each film 9/13 The Betrayal: Nerakhoon 11/15 Good Times Muslim Diaspora Film Series (8pm, W) 9/15 Salt of This Sea 10/4 Today’s Special (G) 11/17 Mooz-Lum (7pm) -- Skype Q&A w/ filmmaker to follow 12/1 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
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Future of the Feminist 70s (8pm, W) 10/5 I am Somebody (30 min) + Wanda (102 min) 11/9 The Woman’s Film Wanda (40 min) + News from Home (85 min) Cine-East: East Asian Cinema (8pm) 9/14 Nobody Knows (Japan) (W) 9/27 Aftershock (China) (7:30pm) 10/24 My Fancy High Heels (Taiwan) 11/30 Seopyeonje (S. Korea) (W) 11/?? Beijing Taxi (China) – w/ director Miao Wang in person! (check website for date) Beiiji Bei Beiji jing T axii Beijing Taxi al NC Latin American Film Festival 11/7 El Infierno (Mexico, 2010) 11/12 Al otro lado (USA/Mexico, Ell Infierno I fierno Infiern Infi o 2006) (W) 11/14 Tropa de Elite (The Elite Squad) (Brazil, 2007) Tropa Tro ropa de de Elite Elit Eli l te te Tropa
Special Events 9/21 Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) – ultra rare 35mm screening of the arthouse sci-fi classic! 9/22 WAR! Women Art Revolution! (N) 9/23 What Love Is: The Duke Pathfinders 50 (6pm, N) – w/ director Theodore Bogosian What Wh W Wha h hat L Love ove Is Is in person! Panel discussion + reception to follow 9/30 Dance for the Camera (7:30pm, outdoors on East Campus Quad) 10/20 Mnemosyne (N) – w/ director John Akomfrah in person! 11/10 Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer (N) 11/15 An Evening with Experimental Filmmaker Roger Beebe (8pm) 12/7-8 Duke Student Film Showcase (6pm-12am each night) (See website for details)
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“Flesh and Metal� looks at responses to 9/11
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“Flesh and Metal, Bodies and Buildings,� a new exhibit on display in the Perkins Special Collections Library, showcases Jonathan Hyman’s photography of various amatuer artistic remembrances of the Sept. 11 attacks. by Katya Prosvirkina THE CHRONICLE
With the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11 this Sunday, a variety of retrospective artistic responses on campus examine the lasting impact of the attacks and the national response. “Flesh & Metal, Bodies & Buildings,� a collection of photographs by New York City-based artist Jonathan Hyman which will be displayed this fall in the Perkins Special Collections Library, addresses these issues through the expression of amateur artists. “Flesh & Metal, Bodies & Buildings,� curated by Pedro Lasch, features selected works from Jonathan Hyman’s photographs of amateur artistic responses— a volume that includes thousands of images, ranging from large scale murals to tattoos—to the tragedy of Sept. 11. Lasch’s selections were borne both out of a meeting with Hyman in New York and Lasch’s own desire to uncover unique, visceral artistic reactions. “I was looking for what has not been represented that much, keeping in mind that university exhibitions are different from museums,� Lasch said. “ I focused on the ways the body represents memory—tattooing— on the physicality of death, the physicality of mourning and remembering.� The selected photographs, collected by Hyman from his travels throughout the Northeastern United States,
provide powerful imagery of the personal, idiosyncratic ways in which Americans memorialized the most devastating terrorist attacks in their nation’s history. Most of the subjects of “Flesh & Metal� were not professionally produced, but rather the product of amateur artists nonetheless moved to create visual remembrance. Hyman’s examination of murals speaks to that. “Murals have stopped being done by professional artists long ago—the last time murals were so widespread was in the ‘30s,� Lasch said. “Untrained people are doing murals again, which shows that the professional art establishment can be out of touch.� In selecting photographs for the final exhibition, Lasch looked for those that embodied the reflective nature of Hyman’s subjects, but also possessed artistic merit. As curator, he hopes that they capture something unique, and—since the exhibit will display at the library where all the students walk by—much broader than a museum exhibition. “It’s a complicated demand that we want the photographs to be representative, but also be of high quality.� Lasch was careful to treat the events respectfully, aware that some of the art inspired by Sept. 11 has been condemned for glorifying the attacks. “New York functions through spectacle,� Lasch said.
“The attacks were meant to be spectacular, and even though controversy sells papers, this subject is still too close in people’s memories to not be criticized.� His hope is that patrons see the exhibit for more than just the subject matter and pay attention to the physical aspects of documentation. Lasch is hesitant to force any particular reaction toward Sept. 11 onto viewers of the exhibit, despite the fact that much of his own artwork has been inspired by the tragedy and subsequent reactions to it. He has completed a dozen paintings in a series called “Phantom Limbs,� provoked by his personal experience of being in New York and watching the towers fall. The title is inspired by the holes left in the skyline—the phantom presence of the World Trade towers after the attacks. Like his own work, “Flesh & Metal� is dedicated to preserving both the public and private memory of the tragedy of Sept. 11. There is an exhibit opening and reception at 4 p.m. in the Mary Biddle Rare Books Room today, followed by an in depth conversation with Jonathan Hyman, Pedro Lasch and Gennifer Weisenfeld at 10am Friday morning in the John Hope Franklin Center. The “Flesh & Metal, Bodies & Buildings� exhibition will be on display until October 16th.
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Later this month, the Nasher Museum will be screening Rebirth, a documentary film that follows the lives of five people who were dramatically affected by 9/11, in observation of the tenth anniversary of the attacks. The documentary, directed by Jim Whitaker (Friday Night Lights, Changeling, American Gangster), was funded and released by Project Rebirth, a non-profit organization that focuses on filming the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. Rebirth, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, has been met with standing ovations and generally positive reviews. Whitaker’s choice to forego footage of the attacks themselves, instead focusing on the individuals he follows, has been lauded; the film emphasizes understanding and commemoration rather than sensationalism. This message is significant in a university setting in which many students were too young at the time of the attacks to comprehend their implications. In keeping with Project Rebirth’s central mission, the film also includes a time lapse documentation of the demolition of the World Trade Center, as well as the construction of the One World Trade Center building through 2009. (Because work on the building, formerly known as
Freedom Tower, has not yet been completed, the documentation will continue online at projectrebirth. org). The screening of Rebirth at Duke represents a collaborative effort between the Nasher, Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, and the Full Frame Film Festival, a documentary film festival held in Durham each year. Alexa Dilworth, Director of Publishing for CDS, was excited for the chance to bring Rebirth to Durham. “It’s a chance to stop and reflect and really contemplate the experience and after effects [of 9/11],” Dilworth said. The screening of Rebirth is one of many events included in a campuswide acknowledgement of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Among others, Duke will be hosting “Flesh and Metal, Bodies and Buildings,” a photography exhibition to be put on display in Perkins Library. A companion panel with the exhibit’s photographer, Jonathan Hyman, and curator Pedro Lasch, entitled “Artistic and Visual Responses to 9/11 and Other Disasters,” will also be held in the John Hope Franklin Center. SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Rebirth will be showing at the Nasher Museum at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sep- Acclaimed director Jim Whitaker’s Rebirth, released by the non-profit organization Project Rebirth, focuses on the lives of tember 11. five individuals who lost friends, family members, and livelihoods in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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MFA PROGRAM from page 5 (plus one student from Hong Kong), range from their mid 20s to early 50s and have already engaged in focused outside work, from making award-winning films to directing youth media and creative arts programs. Rankin described a positive feedback loop between the MFA students and the larger Durham arts community, which he described as “very attractive to artists.” “The cumulative effect of 15 new artists in Durham is also going to be very positive to the arts scene in Durham. It’s a very complementary relationship,” Rankin said. “Many of them looked at other programs, and you have to imagine what it would be like to find a studio and live in the place,” Rankin added Rankin expects that the program will have a trickledown effect that will benefit faculty and undergraduate students at Duke as well. Some of the graduate students
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will be teachers’ assistants for undergraduate classes, and their exhibitions in two years will infuse new topics into the Duke community, he said. “I really do think it will transform the arts climate and raise the bar for everybody—faculty, undergraduates and graduate students,” he said. “These are very serious students and artists, and they’re going to be challenging all of us to think about the opportunities for the arts on campusm Rankin added Moreover, Rankin believes the MFA program is an important step in the rounding out of Duke’s graduate school repertoire. The opportunity to add a new dimension to a major university’s graduate program, he argues, forms a significant part of their incentive to study at Duke. “It’s not just any little school that decided to start an MFA program. [These students] get to be part of building something basically from the ground up. You can’t do that just anywhere.”
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