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There will be quite a reshuffling under the house model for selective living groups.

Under the new housing system taking effect Fall 2012, an increased number of selective living groups—including fraternities—will be located on Central Campus, according to the menu published on the Duke House Model website last Monday.

Currently, about 30 percent of the beds on West Campus and 13 percent of the beds on Central are allocated for SLGs. It is unknown what the exact distribution will be across the two campuses next year, though an increased presence of selective groups on Central is necessary, given that administrators want to make Central and West more equal, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life and co-chair of the House Model Committee.

“It was only known that one of the desired goals was that the percentage of [selective] beds on the two campuses would be more similar,” Gonzalez said.

The house model menu shows how space on Central and West will be divided into selective and independent houses.

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Running back Juwan Thompson rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns as Duke defeated Tulane 48-27 in Wallace Wade Stadium. With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 2-2. SEE STORY SW 4.

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The Board of Trustees approved plans for renovations to Baldwin Auditorium at its first meeting of the academic year this weekend.

The update to Baldwin, which has not been substantially renovated since it was built more than 80 years ago, falls in line with the University’s commitment to the arts, said Board of Trustees Chair Richard Wagoner, former president and CEO of General Motors Corp. and Trinity ’75.

“Some Trustees are particular advocates for the arts, and they were incredibly excited about this venture,” Wagoner said.

Although the exterior of Baldwin and internal layout will not change, the new interior will feature renovated seats, floors, lighting and rehearsal space, as well as an improved acoustic system, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public relations and government affairs. Renovations will cost $15 million and are scheduled to be completed in 2013.

The Board also approved a new 8,000 sq.foot pavilion that will house dining facilities while the West Union Building undergoes renovations—slated to begin Spring 2013 at SEE BOT ON PAGE 8

Pride parade sees record attendance amid political strife

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Fourteen floats coasted along a route bordering East Campus during the N.C. Pride Parade Saturday afternoon.

The North Carolina Pride Parade was as much about political advocacy as the festivities this year.

The event, held annually by the Pride Committee of North Carolina, featured 14 floats, 88 registered groups and 1,050 registered parade participants marching from East Campus Gazebo to Ninth Street Saturday, said Joshua Allen, public relations coordinator for the Pride Committee, noting that this was record attendance for the parade.

The attendees celebrated despite the rainy weather.

“It was the biggest success—we made everybody here today comfortable with who they are,” Allen said. “It sends a message to the community that it’s okay to be yourself and be out and proud.”

Along with costumed Lady Gagas and dogs in rainbow tutus, the celebration offered an opportunity to rally opposition against the Defense of Marriage Act. The measure was passed by the General Assembly Sept. 13. As a result, voters will vote on an amendment to the state constitution recognizing marriage only as a union between a man and a woman in the May 2012 primary election.

Parade volunteers offered opportunities for participants to register to vote in the May 2012 primary and express their stance on the amendment through their vote.

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“He was the most important professor I ever had at Duke.”

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Al Parker of Raleigh, N.C., spearheaded the LGBT Center of Raleigh’s voting efforts in the hope of making voting more convenient. Although Parker said he is not encouraging voters to cast their ballot a certain way, he said he hopes registering more people at the event will increase the number of votes against the amendment.

Others involved in the voter registration drive actively encouraged new registrants to oppose the amendment with their vote.

“The opposition groups are thrilled to be taking our rights away. I will no longer be able to provide health insurance for my kid if this bill passes, and I don’t know why they’re joyed knowing this,” said Shawn Long, administrative coordinator for Equality N.C., a statewide advocacy group for gay rights.

He added that the amendment also poses an economic threat to the state.

“Companies such as Red Hat and Google came to North Carolina because they want to have equal benefits to their LGBT employees—this amendment will drive businesses away,” Long said.

Long also hoped to appeal to conservatives in the Tea Party and Libertarians, who he believes will disagree to any SEE PARADE ON PAGE 4

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Attorney James Bopp Jr. has spent 30 years fighting limits on campaign spending, and next year’s political landscape could be transformed by his labor: An election season in which at least $6 billion is likely to be spent, more than $700 million higher than 2008.

“The presumption is the gloves will be off in 2012,” said Sheila Krumholz, a campaign finance analyst who developed the spending estimate for next year’s presidential and congressional races independently of her Center for Responsive Politics. “It’s safe to say that groups on the left and right have Jim Bopp to thank for their new-found freedom.”

Of 31 lawsuits challenging campaign finance regulations tracked by the Washington-based Campaign Legal Center, Bopp filed 21, including a case that led to creation of independent groups that raise unlimited sums of money to run political ads.

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Community gathers to remember Dubay

by Tiffany Lieu THE CHRONICLE

For students and faculty alike, Roger Dubay, the former general manager of Sanford Deli, provided more than a cup of coffee or a sandwich in between classes.

With an infectious smile and remarkable wit, Dubay taught valuable lessons that left a lasting impact on the Duke community.

Last Friday, a memorial service was held in honor of Dubay in the Sanford School of Public Policy. Dubay, who died suddenly at age 50 of natural causes this June, developed close relationships with many students, faculty and alumni who in return gathered to commemorate Dubay’s meaningful contributions to the University.

“Roger changed the world one person at a time,” junior Sanjay Kishore said. “He was the most important professor I ever had at Duke.”

The service began with an emotional ad-

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President of Blue Devils United Ari Bar-Mashiah, a senior, said the turnout at Saturday’s parade—larger than in years passed—was perhaps due to opposition to the amendment.

“The May 2012 vote is a concrete threat, so the North Carolina LGBT community are more united than ever before,” BarMashiah said. “This is our chance to show solidarity. There will be a strong push in the next few months, showing what it means for LGBT in North Carolina.”

Bar-Marshiah noted, however, that there

dress from Joey Landry, current manager of Sanford Deli, followed by a reading of scripture and stories from students, friends and family about Dubay’s seven years working at the Sanford Deli.

Senior Braveen Ragunanthan said aside from his parents, Dubay knew him the best and was like a second father to him. Meeting Dubay on his first day at Duke, Ragunathan said it was always apparent that Dubay cared about each individual student and their unique story. Rather than treat everyone who came to the deli as just another customer, Dubay had a deep interest in getting to know everyone who frequented his shop.

“He understood people,” Ragunanthan said. “He knew your name, your order, and when you had your exams.”

Shelly Stonecipher, associate director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, also met Dubay on her first day

at Duke and he quickly became a defining part of her day to day life.

“He wouldn’t let me just get my coffee,” she said. “He instead talked to me and made me feel welcome. From the first cup of coffee, Roger has taught me about the importance of community.”

Nina Woolley, a senior, spoke about how Dubay had changed her and inspired her to be more proactive about reaching out to people.

“I now try to connect with people I wouldn’t necessarily have before because of my friendship with Roger,” she said.

According to friends, Dubay taught students and faculty that sometimes the most important lessons can be found outside of the classroom. And those who were close to him agreed that what they would miss most about Dubay was how effortlessly he was able to brighten their days.

“When people look forward to seeing you, when it’s their favorite part of the day, you know you have lived a good life,” Kishore said.

Ragunanthan said the service provided a sense of closure for the many people who were close to Dubay.

“We all really needed this,” he said.

“We needed to talk about Roger and to remember him.”

Ending the service with a closing eulogy and prayers, Landry said the mixture of laughter and tears during the service was a testament to how loved Dubay was by the entire Duke community. Though the Sanford Deli will never be quite the same without Dubay and his irreplaceable lessons, it is clear that Dubay’s legacy will live on through the many people he inspired.

“Roger loved Duke,” Landry said. “And Duke loved him back.”

is a strong turnout at the parade every year, with a growing number of Duke students in attendance.

“This is great—it means more and more Duke students are becoming comfortable with who they are,” he said.

Duke Homecoming Weekend, which coincided with the parade, brought alumni to the event as well.

“I recognized some guys on the Duke float,” senior Xin Xu said. “It was already a great turnout, and it felt pretty good to see some alums coming back to be on the float.”

Not everyone shared Xu’s opinion. Protestor Buddy Fisher of Hickory, N.C., criticized parade participants for supporting

the gay community.

“Leave your sins and follow Jesus,” Fisher said.

Other protestors carried signs, one of which read: “People claim they know God, but they deny Him in the way they live.”

There was a smaller number of protestors this year, Allen said.

“I didn’t see that many protesters today—they feel like they’ve won,” said sophomore Patrick Oathout, who was assisting voter registration efforts. “We want them to feel like that because come May they won’t go out to vote if they’re feeling comforted.”

There was, however, one victory to celebrate, Allen said. The expiration of “don’t

ask, don’t tell” Sept. 20 allowed LGBT members of the military to march in their uniforms Saturday.

“This is the first time service members are going to be able to march without being in fear of losing their jobs,” he said.

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Following an undefeated home stand, the Blue Devils took their winning ways on the road.

On a humid Sunday afternoon, No. 4 Duke (11-1, 3-0 in the ACC) held the powerful ClemDuke 2 son (5-5, 0-3) ofTigers 0 fense in check, defeating the Tigers 2-0 at Historic Riggs Fields for the Blue Devils’ first true road win of the season—and seventh-straight overall.

Duke started the game immediately on the attack, earning three corner kicks within the first 15 minutes. Sophomore Gilda Doria found junior Nicole Lipp on the third corner, and Lipp’s header gave the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead. The well-executed set play, though, was one of the few bright spots in the first half.

Head coach Robbie Church was not impressed with his team’s execution in the opening period.

“We didn’t do a really good job of keeping the ball [in the first half],” Church

said. “We didn’t do a good job of defending as a whole or defending collectively. We had a much more heated half time talk than we have had in a while.”

The Blue Devils responded to Church’s halftime criticism with an inspired defensive effort in the second half, stopping the traditionally strong Clemson offense. The Tigers, who had outscored their opponents 25-16 on the year, were held without a shot on goal throughout the entire second half.

“We defended really well [in the second half],” Church said.

“We outshot them eighteen to nothing. We were much more dynamic with our runs and with our dribbles.”

As the game moved toward the end of the second half, the Blue Devils maintained pressure on the Clemson defense. Controlling possession throughout the period, sophomore Laura Weinberg added an insurance goal in the 74th minute with a leftfooted effort that found the top-left corner of the goal.

Despite his team’s first-half struggles, Church was particu-

larly pleased with the way the team responded to their struggles early in their first conference road game of the season, and their first matchup away from Koskinen Stadium in nearly a month.

“Sometimes there is so much happening on campus it’s nice to be able to go on the road with your teammates,” Church said. “Our chemistry has been terrific all year and that starts with the quality of the kids we have in our program.”

Despite the current winning streak, Church still expects improvement.

Making several substitutions throughout the game, the Blue Devils focused on adding experience to a young roster. With four of the last seven games away from home, Church emphasized the importance of putting together consistent and balanced efforts as the team prepares for the remainder of the conference schedule.

“We need to start putting these two halves together,” Church said. “We need to play to our full potential.”

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Last weekend, Duke took on the nation’s No. 2 team, facing Old Dominion at home. A hard-fought effort resulted in heartbreak for the Blue Devils, who dropped a 1-0 decision in double 0 Duke overtime.

1 UNC This week, with Old Dominion moving up to No. 1 in the national rankings, Duke got another shot at No. 2, this time at North Carolina. The result was also repeated—the Blue Devils lost by a goal in double overtime despite a valiant effort, especially on defense.

No. 9 Duke (5-4, 1-1 in the ACC) traveled to Chapel Hill Saturday and suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Tar Heels (8-1, 1-0).

Still, head coach Pam Bustin was encouraged by her team’s play against top competition.

“If we had played terribly... then I’d be more concerned,” Bustin said. “But the fact that we are playing well—we’re going to highlight the positives of each of the kids’ performances.”

The positives for Duke Saturday were on defense. At the end of the first half, the Tar Heels had outshot the Blue Devils five to one and

garnered two penalty corners to Duke’s zero, yet neither team made plays on offense and the game remained scoreless. The second half almost mirrored the first, with little action near the goals, but the Blue Devils did manage increased offensive pressure after halftime. Each team racked up three penalty corners in the half and North Carolina edged Duke 4-2 in shots—but the score still remained tied at zero.

In the 65th minute, Duke senior Rhian Jones received a yellow card that forced her to sit out five minutes, and the Blue Devils took the field for the start of the first fifteenminute overtime down a player.

Because field hockey overtimes are played with only seven players as opposed to the usual 11, the loss of a player for the overtime period looms especially large. But Duke’s defense held strong, despite North Carolina’s player advantage, and the Tar Heels were unable to capitalize before Jones was eligible to re-enter.

Jones returned to the field after her five-minute penalty, and nearly scored after breaking through the North Carolina defense. Although the senior did not convert, she and her teammates received another break in the 80th minute when SEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 8

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by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE

Better late than never.

After starting the season 1-4, and losing its first ACC game, Duke appears to be hitting its stride after beating Wake Forest 4-1 Friday for its third Wake 1 consecutive victory, and its second in Duke 4 the conference.

After tallying two more scores against the Demon Deacons, Andrew Wenger has scored seven times during the Blue Devils’ win streak. It was Wake Forest (2-4-1, 1-2 in the ACC), however, not Wenger, who set the tone early in the match. The Demon Deacons came out attacking, keeping Duke (4-4-0, 2-1) on its heels throughout the first ten minutes of the game, generating multiple scoring chances that goalkeeper James Belshaw, who accounted for five saves on the night, swatted away.

“We had a slow start to the first half and we kind of rode our luck because Wake had a couple of really good chances,” head coach John Kerr said. “After that we came into the game a lot more and we finally put our offense in gear and caused them some problems.”

As the opening period continued, Wenger—though unable to score off of his three shots—began creating opportunities for his teammates in the box. The junior swung a dangerous cross into the middle of the 18-yard box box in the 28th minute and in the swarm of bodies, Wake Forest defender Danny Wenzel was called for a deliberate handball, giving the Blue Devils a penalty kick. Sophomore midfielder Jonathan Aguirre drilled his shot past the keeper for his first goal of the season, putting Duke on top 1-0.

“We were excited knowing that anybody could step up and make a penalty kick,” Kerr said. “We also have that weapon in James Belshaw, knowing he’s very good at stopping penalty kicks.”

After the opening score swung the momentum the Blue Devils’ way, the Demon Deacons pressed hard for an equalizer, earning an opportunity in the 34th minute following a Duke foul in their own 18-yard box.

Belshaw responded by diving to the right and knocking the penalty kick away, preserving the Blue Devils’ 1-0 lead.

“I have my little things I look for in penalties,” Belshaw said. “I was quietly confident [Luca Gimenez] was going that way. I remember here last year we beat them 2-1. [Gimenez] took the penalty and scored. I think we’re even now.”

Wenger finally broke through in the 52nd minute, weaving through the Wake Forest defense to notch his ninth goal of the season. Up 2-0, Duke started to focus on defense as the Demon Deacons continued to press in an attempt to get back in the game. Physical play continued throughout the match, hitting its peak when Jared Watts received a red card for a late tackle on Aguirre. The ejection seemed to inspire Wake Forest, though, and Ben Newnam scored the team’s first goal—his second of the season—on a cross from Andy Lubahn in the 74th minute.

With the Blue Devils’ lead trimmed to one goal, Wenger notched his second goal of the game—and ACC-leading tenth goal of the season—off a pass from freshman Riley Wolfe just a minute later.

“I think he’s really learning the position and learning when he can use certain aspects of his game,” Kerr said. “There’s still more to improve on, but when he knows that there’s space in behind and he’s in full flight it’s a beautiful thing to watch.”

With the Demon Deacons throwing all their forces forward, Duke was able to break through and add another tally in the 82nd minute when freshman Andrew Morales dribbled circles around Wake Forest goalkeeper Michael Lisch before dishing the ball off to senior Joe Pak, who blasted the ball into the open net from 18 yards for the first goal of his Blue Devil career.

Duke pelted Wake Forest with a season-high 23 shots on the night en route to scoring four goals or more for the third consecutive game. The Blue Devils now sit tied for second in the ACC behind Maryland, the top-ranked team in the country. But despite the convincing victory, the team prefers to concentrate on where they need to improve, mainly on the defensive end. “[I’m] disappointed with the goal [and] would have liked to get the shutout,” Belshaw said.

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Junior James Belshaw came up with a clutch penalty kick save in the 34th minute, preserving the Duke lead.

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Renfree, Thompson lead aggressive offense 48 BLUE DEVILS GREEN WAVE 27

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It took only five plays from scrimmage for Sean Renfree to get the Blue Devils out to a 7-0 lead. He looked like a different quarterback, though, the next time he took the field.

Even a wide-open and typically surehanded Conner Vernon could not reel in Renfree’s off-target throw on first down. On the next play, Renfree locked in on tight end Cooper Helfet, and Tulane cornerback Ryan Travis was able to break towards the target before Renfree even started his throwing motion. The end result was a 23yard interception return for a touchdown for the Green Wave (2-2).

What looked like the beginning of a dominating effort was a game suddenly tied at seven. Renfree responded in a big way, though, and his teammates on both sides of the ball joined in a 48-27 rout of Tulane. “[Renfree] turned right back around and led us to a score,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “That’s awesome. I was frustrated just like he was, but he did a great job letting it go.”

After the pick, a lightning-quick drive from the offense took all of 55 seconds and culminated with a 20-yard touchdown scamper by Juwan Thompson. From there, Duke (2-2) would never look back in one of its most wellrounded displays of football since Cutcliffe arrived in Durham four seasons ago.

The Blue Devils racked up a balanced 484 yards of total offense. Renfree and Anthony Boone threw for 278 and 55 yards, respectively. Boone, who saw situational action with Brandon Connette sidelined, shined when he faked a run and found Jay Hollingsworth out of the backfield with a 38yard strike that set up a Vernon touchdown, giving Duke a 21-7 first-quarter lead.

The quarterback duo was able to spread the ball around to its many playmakers, as eight different Duke receivers recorded catches. Vernon and Donovan Varner led the way with a combined 10 catches for 168 yards. Noticeable compared to previous weeks was Renfree’s emphasis on taking shots further downfield. That focus was clear from the opening series, when Renfree found a streaking Vernon, who fully laid out to reel the ball in on a play-action pass that gained 44 yards and set up a one-yard scoring plunge for Thompson.

“We knew they were more of a man team,” Vernon said. “If we caught them

in man, they were going to have a hard time defending our three receivers. Taking those shots was part of the game plan.”

Success through the air was not the only way that the Blue Devils moved the ball, though. They rushed for 151 yards and five touchdowns with an average of 3.5 yards per carry. An increased confidence in the offensive line became apparent when Cutcliffe decided to go for it on fourth-and-one from his own 45-yard line in the second quarter.

He elected to keep the play call simple, and a good push up front helped Thompson power his way to a 12-yard pickup.

“I just believe that is the right play,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re going to win by being aggressive. I don’t want to...send a signal to our players that we’re holding back anything.”

Equally impressive for Duke was the performance of its defense, which did not yield a touchdown until fourth quarter mop-up time, giving it five consecutive quarters in which it did not allow its opponent into the end zone.

Even with top cornerback Ross Cockrell out with an injury, all facets of the unit performed at a high level, and captain Matt Daniels believes the success is a byproduct of increased comfort with the new 4-2-5 defensive scheme.

“Our defense is getting better and better,” Daniels said. “The defensive line is getting a lot of pressure and hits on the quarterback. They get rattled and start making erratic throws, which is good for the defensive backs.”

Even though sack leader Kenny Anunike went down with a knee injury in the first quarter, Duke recorded two sacks on Tulane

quarterback Ryan Griffin, both by nose tackle Charlie Hatcher. And those two sacks do not tell the whole story, as Griffin was constantly being hurried and taken to the ground.

If any negative can be pulled out of Duke’s dominating victory, it was injuries. In his postgame press conference, an emotional Cutcliffe said with near certainty that Anunike will not play again this season. In addition to Anunike’s devastating injury, Lee Butler and Walt Canty also went down during the game.

Next week’s road matchup with Florida International will be a much tougher test than a home game against an unproven Tulane squad. If the secondary remains depleted, the Blue Devils could struggle to replicate the complete performance that led to their solid victory over the Green Wave.

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Conner Vernon (pictured) combined with Donovan Varner to rack up 168 receiving yards on 10 catches. Quarterback Sean Renfree threw for 278 total yards Saturday.

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Blue Devils sport balanced attack

by Danny Nolan THE CHRONICLE

Sean Renfree scorched Boston College last week to the tune of 41 completions and 368 yards, largely carrying an offense that has struggled running the ball in the red zone this season. Saturday afternoon against Tulane the backfield made a stateGame ment that was imposto ignore.

Analysis sibleThree different Blue Devils combined to score five rushing touchdowns, doubling their season total in just three quarters of play against the Green Wave.

“I’m really proud of our staff and the plan they had on both sides of the ball,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “If you watched Tulane dismantle UAB last weekend, you would know how well they had us prepared. Our captains stepped up today and played like captains.”

The catalyst for the running game was Juwan Thompson, who has carried the load since the second week of the season in the absense of injured backs Josh Snead and Desmond Scott. Thompson rushed for 69 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but the numbers do not tell the whole story.

Duke opted to go for the first down on 4thand-1 from their own 45-yard line midway through the second quarter, a decision that paid off after Thompson gained 12 yards

and kept the drive alive.

“We didn’t feel that the eye discipline of Tulane’s defense was good enough to defend both the pass and run,” Thompson said, “Coach has a lot of faith in our offense to be able to get that first down.”

The success on the ground transformed a once pass-happy offense into a balanced attack. Duke ran 43 rushing plays and 36 passing plays, keeping Tulane off-balance all day long. The best example of this came on a second quarter drive that lasted over 8 minutes. On that drive, the Blue Devils ran the ball 10 times and passed eight times, not only chewing the clock but also avoiding penalties along the way. After three straight Renfree passes, Thompson was able to convert that fourth down to extend the drive. Anthony Boone also converted on 4th-and-1 later in the drive and, two plays later, Renfree ran it in from two yards out for a touchdown.

The overall success in the running game led to increased red zone efficiency, where the Blue Devils scored six times. In addition to Thompson’s two scores, Renfree scrambled in twice and Jay Hollingsworth added another. Duke did not score a passing touchdown in the red zone, but having a solid running game in that area of the field is crucial for future success.

“It makes our offense not so one dimensional when we develop a running game like that,” Vernon said. “So now teams in the fu-

ture are going to have to respect the run more and not just the pass. We’ve struggled in the red zone in the past, so we’ve done some new things to help with that.

It’s tremendous to see what the running game can do down there.”

Another area that saw improvement was success converting on thirddown. The Blue Devils were 10-of-16 on third-down, 23 percent better than their season average.

“We put an emphasis on [thirddown] in practice every day,” senior receiver Donovan Varner said. “We always do third-down conversions. Just going out there and being as efficient as we were, it just comes from working hard in practice.”

Perhaps the person that was most happy with Saturday’s outcome was kicker Will Snyderwine. The senior has struggled mightily to start the season, but his confidence got a boost early in the second quarter when he hit a field goal from 40 yards out. The successful attempt was met with the loudest cheers of the game from the small homecoming crowd. Snyderwine’s kick and Jeffrey Ijjas’ 26-yard field goal were the first two successful tries of the season for Duke.

“Coach [Cutcliffe] never lost faith in Snyderwine,” Vernon said. “That’s just a big time confidence booster for him and the team.”

AROUND THE ACC Georgia Tech h 3355 - U UNC N 28 The Tar Heels rallied from a 14-point deficit to tie the game in the fourth quarter, but the Yellowjacket offense—which produced 496 total yards Saturday—mustered a late touchdown to get the win. Stephen Hill caught six passes for 151 yards and a touchdown for Georgia Tech.

Temple 38 - Maryland 7 Bernard Pierce ran all over the Terrapins, setting a school record with five touchdowns to go with 149 yards on 32 carries in the Owls’ blowout victory. Temple raced out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, holding Maryland scoreless until late in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Danny O’Brien completed 17-of-33 passes for 153 yards and an interception for the Terrapins.

Clemson 35 - Florida State 30 Tajh Boyd completed 22-of-35 catches for 344 yards and three touchdowns, and the Tiger defense held the Seminoles to just 29 yards rushing in the win. Florida State played without starting quarterback E.J. Manuel, who was hurt last week against Oklahoma. Clint Trickett filled in admirably, posting 336 yards and three touchdowns through the air.

Kansas State 28 - Miami 24 The Hurricanes suffered a letdown after their upset of then-No. 17 Ohio State last week. With under two minutes remaining, Miami had firstand-goal from the Wildcat two-yard line, but the Kansas State defense orchestrated a huge goal-line stand to preserve the win. Jacory Harris threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns as the Hurricanes outgained the Wildcats 411-398 in the game.

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Duke struggles at Roy Duncan wins Preview Griak Invitational on first playoff hole

by Sarah Elsakr THE CHRONICLE

After setbacks, athletes have to learn from their mistakes and try again.

That is exactly what the Blue Devil men will have to do after a disappointing showing at the Roy Griak Invitational this past Saturday.

Due to injuries and illness, the team was missing four of its top runners as it headed into the meet, but had high hopes despite the disadvantage. However, after an overall tenth-place finish, the team is looking back on the meet as a learning experience rather than a success.

The strength of the field worked against the Blue Devils as the race began much more quickly than it had in previous years. This increased competition was evidenced by the new course record set by Arizona freshman Lawi Lelang, who won the race with a time of 23:16. For the young Duke team, the injuries and lack of experience, combined with the increased pace and level of competition, led to some less-than-satisfactory results. It also did not help that Stephen Clark hurt his back in the middle of the race, and sophomore Phil Fairleigh failed to finish.

“We thought we could go into it with a pretty green squad and still do pretty well,” senior Andrew Brodeur said. “But this year the race was just so much more competitive and so much faster than last year that we couldn’t deal with it. We had a lot of stuff not really go our way at the same time too…. It just wasn’t our day.”

Of course, the meet was not without its high points. Brodeur crossed the finish line first for the Duke men in his first race of the season, and was followed by freshman Morgan Pearson who broke 25 minutes to take the number two spot for the team. Sophomore Brian Atkinson also ran a stellar race, clocking a lifetime best of 25:03 as he came in third for the Blue Devils. Unfortunately for Duke, its success in the meet was restricted to these three runners, and the athletes walked away from the course disappointed.

“It’s a race result and we have to respect what happened,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “At the end of the day the excuses don’t matter…. We didn’t do as well as we would have liked. We think we’re better than we showed today.”

Now the team is focused on making sure that these results are not repeated.

But in spite of the determined attitude displayed by Ogilvie and his runners, this loss could still set the team back later in the season.

The Invitational represented a chance for the team to gain points toward qualifying for nationals, and show that it could remain competitive with the three nationallyranked teams in the event. The Duke men had hoped to stay as close to these teams as possible in hopes of accumulating points, but after Saturday’s results, will have to focus on working harder in upcoming meets.

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Blue Devils fall to seventh in final round

by Mike Schreiner THE CHRONICLE

After narrowly missing out on what would have been a superb second-place finish as a team, the No. 6 Blue Devils took solace in watching junior Lindy Duncan overcome the elements and outlast the competition on her way to the individual title.

Duke, after holding second place in the team standings for much of the final round, slid to seventh place in the final few holes of the Mason Rudolph Fall Preview at the 6,451-yard, par-72 Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.

The Blue Devils shot a combined 17over par Sunday to finish with a threeday total of 887.

Duncan, meanwhile, carded a bogeyfree final round in windy conditions to come from behind and take the individual title, the third of her collegiate career. Duncan put up a four-under par 212 total over three days to force a playoff with Alabama’s Jennifer Kirby, and then clinched the victory with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

“After I won, I kind of couldn’t believe it but at the same time I could believe it,” Duncan said. “My game has been coming along and really getting better the last couple of years.”

Duncan opened the tournament with a 75, and then closed strong with a 69 and 68 on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

“The last two days I felt like I was physically a little bit better and also mentally a little bit sharper,” Duncan said. “I felt more focused and more determined.”

Duncan and Kirby replayed the 504yard, par-five 18th hole in the playoff, where the Blue Devil fought the wind on her first two shots to leave herself an optimal 100 yards to the pin. From there, Duncan put away the victory with her approach, hitting a pitching wedge to just inches from the hole. After Kirby missed her birdie putt, Duncan tapped in to finalize the victory.

“I am very proud of her and how she has learned how to make herself be patient,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “It is not her natural nature to be patient.”

The Blue Devils, despite putting up the second-best team round of the tournament on Saturday and starting the final day in fifth place, finished the tournament 14 shots off the lead. No. 1 UCLA claimed the team title with a nineover-par total of 873.

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Duke wins thriller over Clemson, beats GT Sophomore Ali McCurdy added to her ACC-leading dig total in the pair of conference wins

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It took two-and-a-half hours and 11 match points, but Duke was finally able to hold off the Tigers Saturday.

The Blue Devils garnered their first two conference wins over the weekend, dispatching ACC rivals Georgia Tech and Clemson at Camer0 GT on Indoor Stadium. taking down Duke 3 After the Yellow Jackets in straight Tigers 2 Friday sets, 25-10, 25-22, Duke 3 28-26, Duke (8-4, 2-1 in the ACC) pushed their win streak to three games Saturday in a five-set thriller against the Tigers, 27-25, 19-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23.

“This team has a lot of character,” Duke head coach Jolene Nagel said. “They were big matches. We were at home, and it’s difficult to win on the road in the ACC, so we have to take advantage of the games when we’re in Cameron.”

Led by Sophia Dunworth, Christiana Gray and Kellie Catanach, the Blue Devils dominated their match against Georgia Tech (8-5, 1-2), finishing with a .299 hitting percentage, 49 kills and just 14 errors. Dunworth and Gray combined for 21 kills while Catanach racked up 43 assists. Amanda Robertson and Megan Hendrickson both had nine kills apiece, and defensive specialists Ali McCurdy and Nailah Waterfield helped hold the potent Yellow Jacket offense, centered around NCAA kills leader Monique Mead, to a .151 hitting percentage.

Clemson (10-4, 2-1) gave the Duke all it could handle in a match highlighted by aggressive kills from both sides and an electrifying fifth set. Catanach came up huge again for the Blue Devils, dishing out 63 assists, 15 of which came in the match’s final set. Duke had four different players with at least 14 kills.

Sophomore Ali McCurdy vexed the Tigers’ offense, racking up 31 digs to thwart Clem-

son’s powerful hitters. She leads the ACC in total digs, 253, and digs per per set, 5.38.

After scoring the first point of the match, the Blue Devils fell behind for most of the first set until they rallied to take a 24-23 lead. Robertson helped Duke take a 1-0 match lead with an assertive kill off a Kellie Catanach assist, just one of Catanach’s 17 in the set. The Blue Devils lost their momentum and dropped the second and third sets due to poor hitting, posting percentages of -.034 and .170, along with 19 errors.

Duke stormed back in the fourth set, though, behind dominating play around the net from the trio of Dunworth, Gray and Catanach.

The final set was back and forth the whole way. The Blue Devils took a 3-0 lead, only to drop the next four points.

With the game in the balance at 13-13, momentum swung in the Tiger’s favor after a controversial line call brought on match point for Clemson. The Tigers squandered four chances to close out Duke before the score moved to 1717. Six more match points were traded between the two teams until the Tigers sent a serve into the net to give the Blue Devils a 24-23 lead. Dunworth’s 16th kill of the match, off a set from Catanach, finished off Clemson.

“It was a difficult one for anyone to end up on the short end of because no one deserved to lose that one,” Nagel said. “Both teams worked so hard, so that’s a tough one to lose.”

Nagel also reinforced the importance of her team’s performance under pressure in both matches.

“You can’t set up these circumstances ever, which are so crucial to the development of a team, especially so early in the season,” Nagel said. “I feel like this helps us develop as a team to support each other and trust each other and to know that we have confidence in ourselves.”

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FIELD HOCKEY from page 2 Tar Heel junior Jacklyn Gaudioso Radvany was handed a yellow card of her own, leaving North Carolina shorthanded.

This time, it was the Tar Heels’ turn to fight off a Duke advantage, and they did so successfully through the end of the first overtime.

“It’s just about capitalizing on that one opportunity and when you get it, you just have to score,” goalie Samantha Nelson, who recorded five saves in the game, said.

For 85 minutes in steady rainfall, the game had been in a deadlock. Then, twenty-seven seconds into the second overtime period, with less than a minute still remaining on Radvany’s penalty, North Carolina senior Elizabeth Stephens got past the Blue Devil defense and shot on Nelson from close range. Nelson managed to block the

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The loss continued Duke’s overtime woes, as the Blue Devils have won just once in four overtime contests this season. ““I think now, though,” Bustin said, “we have to question whether or not we are thinking differently when we’re in overtime.”

Although the Tar Heels were favored in both shots on goal and penalty corners, the possession time during the game was almost equal. Defense defined the entire game. Each team had a few good looks on goal, but neither was able to convert until Stephens’ shot in the second overtime.

“Playing No. 1 and No. 2 in the country back to back, if you can compete for over 70 minutes then you can only be proud,” Bustin said. “We are going to learn a lot from this game.”

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“[This race] certainly makes the road a little bit tougher,” Brodeur said, “But…at the same time it strengthens our resolve.

We’re going to look back on this race and say, ‘This is what we shouldn’t have done, here’s what we’re going to do better in the future.’ It’s a pretty big learning experience…but I think we’re going to be able to come back pretty hard.”

The top Duke men will have three weeks to make this happen before they race again in Virginia, and have no intentions of letting their disappointment hold them back. And according to Ogilvie, this result does not take away from the team’s potential success.

“We can be better and we will be better,” Ogilvie said.

showed mental strength throughout the tournament and credited them with playing “some really good golf.”

“When you have second in your hands and then it slips away right at the end, that’s when it’s hard,” Brooks said.

“You don’t get to have all of that toughness that you saw come to fruition.”

Sophomore Laetitia Beck was the only other Blue Devil to put up an under-par round. Beck shot 70 on Saturday but finished the tournament tied for 26th at seven-over-par, the team’s next best individual finish after Duncan.

“I wish my family could have been there,” Duncan said. “I have been working at this for many, many years.”

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Keep cultural centers in mind The function of some fates of the Mary Lou Wilcampus spaces underscores liams and LGBT centers aftheir symbolic importance. ter they are permanently jetTwo of Duke’s cultural main- tisoned from the West Union stays—the Mary Lou Williams building when renovations Center for Black Culture and begin in 2013. The justificathe Center for tion for this editorial Lesbian, Gay, move—that Bisexual and the renovated Transgender Life—have just “public space” of the West this symbolic resonance. Union building cannot susBoth the Mary Lou Wil- tain the “private” functions liams Center and the LGBT of the Mary Lou Williams Center, which moved from and LGBT centers—only cramped, subaltern spaces nourishes fears that these to their current locations in spaces will have low priority the West Union building in in the West Union reshuffle.

2004, rose to prominence in This marginalizing rhetoric tandem with increased diver- is objectionable, even if the sity and awareness on Duke’s actual reshuffle does not defy campus, and stand for more reason. than weekly jazz and “FabuTo characterize these cenlous Fridays.” ters as private is both inacThis history justifies spec- curate and misleading. The tators’ concerns about the Mary Lou Williams Center’s

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weekly jazz performances, for instance, have become a cultural anchor at Duke.

If these are private spaces, then the sphere of public spaces—eateries and reservable rooms—is misleadingly small. In any case, this rhetoric only reinforces the idea that these centers are something other than what they are—public spaces for all Duke students to enrich their undergraduate lives.

But bad rhetoric does not preclude a real justification for moving these centers.

The West Union renovation promises transformation in Duke’s future, and students have a duty to take our licks in the meantime. Students will suffer across the board as essential services are relocated to a mysterious and incho-

ate event pavilion in 2013, and fairness demands that these centers bear these costs along with the rest of us.

This doesn’t mean that the Mary Lou Williams and LGBT centers should get short shrift in the transition, however.

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta has committed to finding both centers equivalent spaces in the future. But where is this space to be found, especially while the West Union building is under construction?

The stop-gap pavilion promises to accommodate eateries displaced by the West Union renovations, but no similar makeshift spaces have been planned for refugee student groups. The administration has taken the edge off of our fears by consulting a limited

selection of students before announcing these plans. But we are still scared.

The symbolic potency of these spaces demands that they receive high priority in the transition. Every effort should be made to relocate them to visible spaces on West Campus.

After all, what are prospective and current students, not to mention alumni, to think about a campus—one south of the Mason-Dixon line—that relegates cultural groups to the cavernous isolation of Smith Warehouse or the Bryan Center?

We trust the Mary Lou Williams and LGBT centers will get the spaces they deserve in the long run. But, in the meantime, they cannot be lost in the shuffle.

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rimary season is almost here, which means of nonsense. I’ve gotten floods of listserv emails long, mindless speeches about the same telling me how easy it is to vote—one last year told thing, lots of attack ads and, still worse, me “it will only take 20 minutes, we can get you self-important lectures about the a ride, it will be fun, you will get a importance of voting. sticker.” If a sticker is what makes or jeremy ruch Although they’re usually wellbreaks voting for you, I’m not sure run and tell that intentioned, most of the folks who you’re really performing a public dole out purported words of wisservice by showing up to the polls. dom like “it only takes five minutes,” or “you’ll People who disagree with me often argue that feel good about yourself if you do it,” are doing there’s some sort of causal relationship between our democracy a disservice. That’s because they being pressured into voting and becoming wellmistake civic engagement, which is important, informed. But studies have shown that those peowith voting, which isn’t. ple are wrong.

To explain this, let’s say America was just a A 2008 study at the University of Montreal group of six people going out to dinner in an sought support for the hypothesis that financially unfamiliar neighborhood. Actually, most people compelling citizens to vote through monetary inwho are trillions of dollars in debt don’t get to eat centives (a more extreme form of “I’ll give you out, but suspend your disbelief for a moment. a sticker” or “you’ll feel like a good person”) Two of these people have gone on Yelp and would cause them to be better-informed about done research on local restaurants. The rest have elections. In the end, the authors concluded that no idea what they’re talking about and are clue- though monetary incentives might get people to less about local cuisine. The best thing for the turn up at the polls, it did not encourage them group, of course, would be for the other four to to learn about the election in which they were stop being so lazy and do their own research— voting. that would lend itself to a more informed group Lest you accuse me of being a dirty elitist, let decision. But the second best choise would be me be clear: High school graduates are no less to let the two people who’ve done their home- equipped to be intimately familiar with political work make the decision. No one would say all six issues than Ph.D’s. Nor am I arguing against enshould decide if four are essentially just shooting franchisement—anyone who is over 18 and feels in the dark. compelled to vote of their own volition should do Yet that’s exactly what groups like Rock the so. My beef is only with people who think any and Vote and other youth voting mobilization move- all voting is automatically a positive. ments have been doing. The “it’s cool to vote” Theodore Roosevelt once said that “a vote is movement in America upends the primary pur- like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the charpose of voting by treating it largely like recycling: acter of the user.” In the same vein, by treating something that should be done because it’s good voting like a five-minute throwaway citizenship for society and easy to do. Anyone remember, for obligation, we dishonor the memories of generainstance, when Sarah Silverman was featured in tions of pioneers who needed to fight for decades public service Youtube adverts telling prospective to gain the right to show up on Election Day. voters that they can use a laptop to “register while So let’s axe the cheesy “Vote or Die” camyou’re pooping?” paigns, condescending emails and guilt-trips; we And take a look at Rock the Vote’s website— gain nothing from blindly encouraging people to there’s tons of information on when and how to vote—besides an uninformed electorate. Groups vote in the most time efficient, easy way possible that are currently occupied with these sorts of on the front page, but it’s a lot harder to find things should replace them with a genuine, nonobjective information on the issues. partisan effort to promote voter education on At their worst, people who claim to be non- the issues. partisan voting mobilizers have an ulterior or And if you still think the “important” part of distinctly partisan motive. In 2004, for instance, civic engagement is voting (that is, showing up to Rock the Vote sent out 600,000 fake military draft a polling booth and pulling a lever), please connotices via email to try to get teenagers to vote. sider staying at home on Election Day. Surely, if someone is voting on the basis of fear There are plenty of people out there who’ll be that they’ll be drafted (which, though perhaps happy to pick a restaurant for you. a possibility somewhere down the road, was not an issue on the table in 2004), they haven’t been Jeremy Ruch is a Trinity junior and is currently properly prepared to vote. studying abroad in Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam.

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have a little poetry for you today, but first I want to issue an apology. A lot of people were offended by the way I compared brothels to sorority houses. I think I threatened their feelings of entitlement or something. I don’t really know. But since I am a tolerant individual, when I realize I’ve offended a large group of people, I think it’s only fair for me to say “sorry.”

So I’d like to offer my sincerest apologies to all concerned global prostitutes, madams, every citizen worker involved in the sex monday, monday industry and every client who has chosen to take his or her—womyn need satisfaction, too—business to a legitimate establishment instead of a sorority chapter. I’ve come to realize that, like the word “sorostitute,” the comparison I made in last week’s column is unfair to all the ladies-of-the-night past, present and future.

I mean, prostitution truly is the world’s oldest profession. To compare it to a group of upstart amateurs was to debase a rich tradition of courtesans and call girls, harlots and hookers, escorts, companions and “filles de joie.” What sorority girl can refer to herself as a “daughter of joy” if she hasn’t earned the title— breathy rubs at Shooters notwithstanding? No REAL whore would go to a “Tarzan in the trees, Jane on her knees” party, unless she was paid handsomely for it.

Now that’s self-respect.

I’m sorry. I was wrong. I hope my fellow tolerant, nonjudgemental, concerned citizens can forgive me.

Now, on a lighter note, last week one of my fellow freedom fighters published a brave column in which she gave the Tailgate whiners the talking-to they deserved! Good job, concerned citizen, whom I will leave anonymous out of respect. This poem is dedicated to my friends in the administration, but more than anything, it is also for you.

“Towel” For Sue and Larry...

I. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Natty Light, raving hysterical half-dressed,

Dragging themselves through the worn-dirt quads of Craven and Wannamaker next morning, looking for an Alpine fix bleachheaded “sisters” burning after a less-than-heavenly connection, fuzzy-headed on a too-loud mattress who entitlement and sequins and fake-bronzed and buzzed sat up smoking in the half-dark of Edens rooftops looking across sections, contemplating bulimia, who bared their breasts to someone’s brother under a sticky layer of foam and saw their best friends staggering past Shooters signs illuminated, who strolled through University with a beer in one hand and their balls in the other, hallucinating Andover and Exeter and pretending it was more than money brought them here, who could have been expelled for hazing pledges and scrawling obscene symbols on the sides of bridges who ignored the plights of the marginalized and the hungry, who groped for jobs in finance, a new set of croakies and shorts embroidered with whales, who confused their torsos night after night with pushups, with pull-ups, with alcoholic calories, sex and drugs and endless bros…

II. What sphinx of cheap beer and pop music ripped open their skulls and sucked up their sympathy and motivation?

Tailgate! Partying! Filth! Tutus! Beercans and frattastic truckbeds! Tweens passed out in the port-o-potties! Girl was light beer and cheap fun! Tailgate whose fingers were stained is giggling in throngs! Lost families shielding the eyes of children!

Tailgate! Tailgate! Nightmare of Tailgate! Tailgate the shameless! Terrible Tailgate!

Tailgate the nasty flinger of beer!

Tailgate the inexhaustible party! Tailgate the let’s-bone stench of outhouse and congress of wild laughter! Tailgate whose food

trucks were meatmongers!

Tailgate the vast lot of trash! Tailgate the flummoxed administration!

Tailgate whose mind was outright chaos! Tailgate whose blood was asphalt! Tailgate whose breasts were encased in neon! Tailgate whose ear was a wailing Ke$ha!

III. Sue and Larry! I’m with you in Flowers Where you’re angrier than I am I’m with you in Flowers Where you must feel very marginalized I’m with you in Flowers Where you luxuriate in the only correct opinions I’m with you in Flowers Where you murder old words and devise new ones I’m with you in Flowers Where you believe we should care about football I’m with you in Flowers Where we can plot to destroy the scourge of the greek system, one seemingly arbitrary rule at a time I’m with you in Flowers Where together we will create a new Duke, modeled on sobriety, Independence with a capital I, global awareness and solemnity I’m with you in Flowers Where I, too, totally believe that this school would skyrocket back through the rankings if we could just stop the undergraduate population from having any kind of fun whatsoever.

I’m with you in Flowers Where you assemble a team of multicultural students to grill limp hot dogs alongside you on the rainiest of Gamedays I’m with you in Flowers In my dreams you walk dripping from a C1-journey across the campus in beer to the entrance of the blue zone on a Saturday morning.

Concerned Global Citizen hopes Allen Ginsberg isn’t Howling in his grave.

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ive Orwell credit. He knew the screen stared back.

We’ve had the screens around us long enough, opening vistas (ugh, Vista) onto new and nonexistent worlds.

We used them to look alexandra petri out. But now they’re looking back. Not just through the washington post the camera at the top of our laptop screens but through the new social Facebook apps that promise us everything from music to video to spotification, which sounds like a horrible medieval disease—as long as we are willing to share them with everyone.

I hate the verb “share.” I find that “sharing” is too often synonymous with “telling people things they were really better off not knowing.” And thanks to Facebook’s innovations, we will be sharing all the time.

In general, Facebook changes are merely a seasonal guarantee, like leaves falling off the tree, making the tree’s interface less aesthetically pleasing and harder to use.

But Thursday’s F8 conference was more than that.

Now the hegemony of the Like button is over. If you didn’t “like” a movie, you can say that you “watched” it instead. I can see how this might become pointed, like an insult in a politer society. “Did you enjoy the film?” (After a pause) “I saw it.” Look for a “Suffered through, barely, repeatedly contemplating bludgeoning myself senseless with a length of pipe” button in the future.

Maybe they’ll institute a Dislike button soon. It’s a more social activity. “Let’s get together and talk about things we all enjoy and approve of” is traditionally a recipe for a somewhat weak party. If you don’t have anything

nice to say, though, come sit by me.

And speaking of Orwell, Facebook is trying to erase our memory of a time when we weren’t on Facebook, creating a feature called Timeline. It allows us to unspool our entire lives as a sort of scrapbook, eroding the distinction between the halcyon days before we joined the Blue-Boy Group and Everything That Came Afterward.

Children these days find images of themselves in compromising postures on Facebook before they have developed enough fine motor control to untag. But we remember a time before that. Now Facebook wants us to believe that time was an illusion.

I imagine posting on my granddaughter’s wall: “There was once a time when people could not be on Facebook, and nobody thought it odd - because there was no Facebook.”

“This is like that nonsense you spout about having to climb uphill both ways to get to your iClassroom.”

“It was called a school, and it was real,” I will type back, grumbling about how kids these days don’t know how easy they have it with their memory-chip implants.

But the Timeline is a mild inconvenience compared with all this sharing. Sharing what I’m reading sounds fine in theory. But what about this story about Furry Conventions that I am reading for research purposes? What about this Slate article about the origins of pornography that I’d rather not share with my aunt?

If book clubs have taught us anything, it’s that we’d rather talk about what we are not reading at any given time. Once we complained people on Facebook were oversharing, telling us what they had for breakfast and every song they listened to. But Facebook is turning that

on its head.

The more shares, the merrier! “We want to turn eating breakfast into a social experience,” Facebook explains. “Turning something into a social experience” means that every time Derek flosses, it will show up in my Newsfeed. For some reason I am less than elated at the prospect.

But being on Facebook says, “I don’t mind being watched.” Fifteen minutes of fame? Try 15,000,000 minutes of semi-fame. We all aspire to be like celebrities. And if celebrities go slowly insane from their inability to spend any time truly alone, well, we’d like to try that too. It’s worth it if we can get enough spectators to turn NavelGazing into a pro sport.

After all, we are Facebook Nation, defined by our unshaking belief that the most interesting thing about any movie is the fact that we have watched it.

We spend more time on Facebook than on Google now. This means that we think we are more interesting than the Sum Total Of Everything Else Out There. No wonder, when the news broke this week that researchers might have broken the speed of light, we were so busy complaining that Facebook had changed the layout and altered the buttons and socialized our music that we barely even noticed.

We’re too busy Liking and Listening to see anything.

Beyond our navel, that is.

And now everyone can watch us do it. I miss anti-social experiences already.

Alexandra Petri writes the ComPost blog for The Washington Post.

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HOUSE MODEL from page 1 In some areas, SLGs are clustered together, and some quadrangles will feature only independent houses. All of Keohane Quadrangle—including Keohane 4E—and most of Edens, Few and Kilgo Quadrangles are planned to house independents. Wannamaker Quadrangle—currently home to three SLGs and blocks of independent students—will house independents exclusively. On Central, almost all of the houses on Alexander Avenue and clusters of houses on Erwin Road and Anderson Drive are designated to house selective groups.

Duke Student Government President Pete Schork, a senior, said he and other students on the House Model Committee objected to the way administrators planned to group SLGs and independent houses, adding that plans were worse before the house model menu was released.

Schork said logistical challenges—such as fitting larger groups into a limited number of spaces—prevented the even distribution of SLGs throughout West and Cen-

tral. He added that the committee was cooperative after hearing students’ criticism about the SLG and independent clustering. “A lot of the same type of [size] groups were being slated for Craven and Edens,� Schork said. “We all thought it was a little too concentrated.�

Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, said house placement was largely determined by the natural constraints of Duke’s residential architecture, noting that the selection process included analyzing expected SLG recruitment and size.

Selective groups were placed into four size categories— ranging from small to medium to large to extra-large— based on a review of each group’s recruitment numbers from the last three and a half years. Administrators have not yet determined how many SLGs of each size will be on each campus, Gonzalez said, given that new groups have until the end of September to apply for a house in the model.

Ubuntu President Ming Jiu Li, a senior, said grouping SLGs together is not necessarily a bad thing, though

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he said he questions whether it will impact Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly for independent students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be curious as to how [grouping SLGs] will affect the living experience of students,â&#x20AC;? Li said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Independents] may miss out on certain groups that are positive outlets for the Duke social experience.â&#x20AC;?

Nowicki said the menu did include a degree of social engineering, adding that the whole implementation of the house model emerged from student input five years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We are sick and tired of having a small number of students in SLGs seeming to lock up the social scene,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Nowicki said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be that way and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that way in the 80s. This is an attempt to change the social scene for the better.â&#x20AC;?

The preliminary house model menu does not show specific group assignments and does not yet reflect the potential addition of new selective living groups, such as sororities.

The House Model Committee created the house model menu with the assumption that all current selective groups were to be granted a house under the model, Gonzalez said.

The committee planned for two to three more SLGs for each of the four size groups, though these additions may not be sufficient, he noted, given that the chapters in the Panhellenic Association decided to apply for housing. Each of the chapters plans to apply as a large house, which is a problem given that the committee allocated space only for the five current large SLGsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pi Kappa Phi, Langdorm, Wayne Manor, The Nexus and Ubuntuâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and two to three additional large SLGs. Gonzalez said the committee is planning to meet this week to discuss and create an addendum to the SLG menu to allow for space for the nine sororities applying for houses.

BOT from page 1 the earliest, Schoenfeld said. The pavilion will be used as an event space once renovations are complete.

The pavilion will be built along Union Service Drive, adjacent to the West Campus Plaza and the Bryan Center. It will serve as a natural pathway between the Bryan Center and buildings located along Towerview Drive, such as the Sanford School of Public Policy, President Richard Brodhead said.

The Board also heard a series of presentationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including one on Duke Kunshan University, which was given by Provost Peter Lange; Global Health Institute Director Dr. Michael Merson, who also serves as the interim vice president and vice provost for the Office of Global Strategy and Programs; and Nora Bynum, associate vice provost for the Office of Global Strategy and Programs and managing director for DKU and China initiatives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DKU is a very large and complex project with many moving parts,â&#x20AC;? Bynum said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I gave them a good idea of what our focus is in the next few months, especially as we try to accelerate the process of the Chinese governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official approval [of the project.]â&#x20AC;?

At the Academic Council meeting Thursday, Sept. 15, Lange announced a semester-long delay due to construction challenges, pushing back the opening of DKU from Fall 2012 to Spring 2013. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no anxiety whatsoever on the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side about the rate of constructionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everyone is completely relaxed,â&#x20AC;?

Wagoner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want the buildings and academics up to Duke standards.â&#x20AC;?

At the request of the Board, Sanford Dean Bruce Kuniholm gave a presentation on the objectives, progress, status and challenges of the school.

Kuniholm, who will retire from his position at the end of this academic year, referenced a number of statistics that point to Sanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record number of undergraduate applicants and ranking as a top 10 public policy analysis school. He said the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance is primarily attributed to the faculty, who have doubled in number during the past six years.

The Duke University Management Company also gave an update on the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial statements and the Duke Endowmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance in fiscal year 2010-2011.

Duke saw a 24.5 percent return for fiscal year 2010-2011, which ended June 30â&#x20AC;&#x201D;placing Duke among the top performing university endowments, Schoenfeld said. The Duke Endowment has recovered about 80 percent of the losses it sustained in the economic downturn, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like it was in the good old days, but having that [growth] is both a relief and a potential source of strength,â&#x20AC;?

Schoenfeld said.

The weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting marked the first under Wagoner.

In addition, six Trustees and three observing members joined the Board for the first time Friday.