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DSG presents alternative house model to students, calls for support

by Arden Kreeger THE CHRONICLE

Durham man charged for bomb threats

Duke Student Government presented an alternative house model proposal at its town hall meeting Wednesday night.

The DSG proposal for the house model—referred to as “continued community”—seeks to foster a sense of community by creating half-quad houses based on freshman residence hall affiliations. In contrast to the current house model plans, which will take effect Fall 2012, unaffiliated sophomores and juniors would move into houses on either West or Central Campuses based on freshman dorm affiliations.

“We realize this is far more limited compared to the model we have right now,” Executive Vice President Gurdane Bhutani, a junior, said. “But at the same time we think it’s a pretty significant step up from the house model that’s going to be put in place no matter what we do.”

It is unclear how plausible changes to the house model are from an administrative perspective.

“We haven’t had any conversations [with DSG about the proposal]. I think there are some challenging realities with what I understand of it,” Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life, said in an interview. “We’re at a point where it’s difficult to substantively change what’s been designed.”

The DSG continued community house

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A Duke McDonald’s employee was arrested Wednesday after allegedly making false bomb threats to the University Saturday.

Renaldo Webbe, a 20-year-old Durham man, was charged with making a false bomb report and making a false report of mass violence on educational property—both felonies—according to an arrest warrant. Officers from Duke University Police Department and Durham Police Department arrested Webbe at his home at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Webbe is currently in custody at Durham County Jail, Duke Police Chief John Dailey said.

Webbe is expected to appear in court Oct. 6, and his bail is set at $3,500, said C. Scott, an employee in inmate booking at Durham County Jails.

Webbe allegedly called the Bryan Center Saturday morning, claiming that there were three bombs located in the building set to detonate at 1 p.m., according to the warrant. Two calls were made—one to the Gothic Bookshop and the other to McDonald’s, where Webbe worked as a temporary employee.

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said McDonald’s is a

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Esosa Osa, vice president for residential life and dining, and other DSG members presented their version of a potential house model, titled “continued community” after the DSG meeting Wednesday night.

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Twenty-six organizations apply Apple co-founder to become selective living groups Steve Jobs dies

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More selective living groups than anticipated have applied for a physical stake in next year’s house model.

Twenty-six groups applied to become SLGs under the new house model to begin Fall 2012, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. These groups include the nine Panhellenic Association sororities, Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, Line Monitors, Program II, Black Culture Living Group and Men’s Housing Initiative, among others. Applications were due September 30.

“This is higher than I anticipated,” Gonzalez said. “We knew that the nine [Panhellenic] sororities were going to apply, and we knew the [overall] application number was going to probably be in the neighborhood of 20. ” Administrators have repeatedly said that there will be 74 houses, but Gonzalez said there now may be more than 80 houses. There is no limit to how many groups will be accepted as SLGs.

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More details, including information about the outlook for other living communities, are beginning to materialize as well.

Gender-neutral housing will continue under the house model, Gonzalez said, though he added that a genderneutral house will be run as an administrative community—similar to the Wellness Living/Learning Community and the Women’s Housing Option. “[Gender-neutral housing] will be an administrative community,” Gonzalez said. “It will have a leadership structure, fees that the house will use to get events and will have a defined space.... [Those who want to live there] would apply to be placed in that community.”

Gonzalez said there will be a similar number of beds in the gender-neutral house as there are this year. Currently, gender-neutral housing is available in select areas on Central Campus and allows opposite sex roommate pairs.

Steve Jobs—the brilliant, mercurial co-founder of Apple, who introduced simple, elegantly designed computers for people who were more interested in what technology could do rather than how it was done—died Wednesday at age 56.

In a brief statement, Apple announced the death but did not say where he died. He suffered from a rare form of pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009, and he stepped down as Apple's chief executive last August.

An original thinker and astute businessman who helped create the Macintosh, one of the most influential computers in the world, Jobs also reinvented the portable music player with the iPod, launched the first successful legal method of selling music online with the creation of iTunes, and reordered the cellphone market with the wildly popular iPhone.

The introduction of the iPad also jump-started the electronic-tablet market and now dominates the field.

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Lockheed air-traffic system may be $500M over budget

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Lockheed Martin air-traffic computer program critical to bringing the U.S. system up to date may cost $500 million more than projected, the Department of Transportation’s inspector general said Wednesday.

The so-called En Route Automation Modernization system, used to track highaltitude flights, also may be delayed two years beyond the Federal Aviation Administration’s current estimate of a fouryear delay, Inspector General Calvin Scovel told the House aviation subcommittee.

The FAA must finish the ERAM program before it can build the rest of the NextGen system, an amalgam of new technologies designed to allow aircraft to fly more direct routes and to reduce flight delays.The agency initially projected ERAM would cost $2.1 billion and be complete by 2010.

“This is a question of failure of management,”said Rep.John Mica,R-Fla.,chairman of the House Transportation Committee.

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ith Durham mayoral Q&A with candidates

by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE

Next Tuesday, Durham voters will elect one of four candidates to serve as the next mayor of the Bull City. Incumbent candidate Bill Bell, Durham’s mayor since 2001, has three contenders vying to take over his position: retired salesman Ralph McKinney, local pastor Sylvester Williams and Durham County Commissioner Joe Bowser. The Chronicle’s Caroline Fairchild spoke with Bell, McKinney and Williams to learn about their vision for the city and Duke-Durham relations. Bowser could not be reached for comment this week.

The Chronicle: What do you believe are the biggest challenges facing Durham in the upcoming year?

Bill Bell: The economy. We need to try to create an environment for jobs and try to create an environment where we can expand in Durham and find jobs. That is pretty general, but specifically, we need to revitalize our inner city neighborhoods and target those are in need.

Ralph McKinney: First, we have to find an avenue to not increase the tax dollar but get more value out of them. There is a must to address the women and children at risk living in an environment that has come about due to social programs. Bill Bell and Joe Bowser have known about this for years without realizing it. We must find an avenue to address the racial divide with have in our community to renew the opportunities for success for everyone—and not be divided beBill Bell

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cause of past history and bring some solutions that bring about productivity.

Sylvester Williams: Creating jobs within the private sector is priority number one. The unemployment rate for Durham County is 8.4 percent. There are sectors within the city of Durham with unemployment rates well over 30 percent. The city’s dependence on governmentrelated jobs helped to insulate it from the downturn in the economy. However, with both the state of North Carolina and the federal government proposing to make extensive budget cuts, Durham’s employment growth could be further impaired.

TC: In what areas do you hope to improve from your last terms as mayor?

BB: I think we are on right track in how the city is moving. We are focusing on our infrastructure and the revitalization of downtown. We are always working to find ways to reduce crime, and I understand that this is a community effort. We are hoping to increase the information about crime prevention.

TC: What do you plan on doing differently than Mayor Bell if elected?

RM: We have intentionally avoided addressing the situation of safety for citizens. Every time we see a situation, we just say “wrong place, wrong time,” but we need to make sure we have people educated and trained to repair their own communities, rather than have the government do it for them. There was a significant amount of money being spent.... We need to go invest more responsibly and have programs like Habitat for Humanity where people can own their home and going to the property owners and make an opportunity for them to buy and repair their own houses. [Bell] had a program to built marginal homes, and that was a failure because the market is saturated with taxes and people can do their

The Department of Homeland Security is working to assure the safety of the U.S. at home—while affecting relations abroad.

Faculty, students and former foreign service officers filled the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies Wednesday for a lecture by Christopher Sands, senior fellow at The Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C. that focuses on matters of global security, prosperity and freedom. Sands, who will also guest lecture for a class in the Franklin Center Thursday, discussed the developing role that the DHS plays in international affairs.

“These people who thought that the DHS would eventually become more like customs, those who hoped DHS would have a warm face like the State Department, will eventually find that the DHS is a defense department and needs to be treated like one in order to maintain good relations with it,” Sands said.

The DHS was founded by the George W. Bush Administration in 2002 to “ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards,” according to its mission statement. The department oversees border control, customs, immigration and other key aspects of domestic security through component agencies such as the Coast Guard, the Transportation Safety Administration, the Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“Most people don’t know that the men saving the President in the movies are now in the DHS,” Sands

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Author Dorfman to place collection in Rubenstein Library

by Stephanie Chen THE CHRONICLE

An internationally acclaimed Chilean author and political activist is leaving a written legacy at Duke.

Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page professor of literature and Latin American studies, will place his personal archive in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the University announced Sept. 20.

He presented his memoir, entitled “Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile,” during a reading in Perkins Library Wednesday.

Dorfman, who was exiled from Chile following dictator Augusto Pinochet’s rise to power in 1973, began teaching at Duke in 1985 and became a permanent professor in 1989.

“Duke welcomed me when things were really complicated,” he said. “When I die, these papers will be there, and they will continue my presence at Duke, which makes me extremely joyful.”

ARREST from page 1 contractor and hires its own employees—meaning Webbe was not a Duke employee.

“I’m thrilled that the police were able to make an arrest,” Moneta said “It was outrageous behavior that could really have put a lot of lives at risk.”

McDonald’s employees declined to comment because of McDonald’s corporate policy.

Police were able to establish Webbe as a suspect partially because they were able

Known as both an award-winning author and playwright, Dorfman’s work often focuses on human rights issues, the effect of totalitarian regimes and the themes of globalization, memory and identity. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages.

His collection will include personal correspondence and journals, drafts of manuscripts and plays as well as photographs. The archive has been damaged many times throughout his struggles with exile and social justice, Dorfman added.

“I am placing what is left of it at Duke, and it is as if I am placing an orphan in their hands,” he said.

Acquiring the collection took several years of planning, said Deborah Jakubs, University librarian and vice provost for library affairs.

“The first and most important part in attracting special collections is to inspire confidence in the donors,” Jakubs said.

During the last year and a half, the Duke Libraries worked closely with Dorfman and his family to decide which papers should be

available to the public at this point in his career, said Will Hansen, assistant curator of the Rubenstein Library. Some papers, such as family correspondences will be restricted to users with Dorfman’s permission.

The collection will provide valuable resources to the Duke community, Rubenstein Library Director Naomi Nelson said.

“Duke students and faculty will have immediate access to one of the most distinct voices of the 20th and 21st century and to the backstory of his struggle with exile, justice and tyanny,” Nelson said.

Dorfman will also donate the articles and texts he collected during his time as a member of the resistance movement against Pinochet.

“The most valuable part of the collection is the manuscript, in which you can see what adjectives I took out and what ideas I changed,” Dorfman said. “If somebody is interested in how creative process is done, there you have a chance.”

The donation will complement existing ones in the special collections library, Nelson

noted.

“Bringing together the literary and human rights strands of the Duke collections, professor Dorfman’s papers will add something transformative,” she said.

In the reading Wednesday, Dorfman discussed how his latest work reflects his life following his departure from Chile and his career as an author and professor. The memoir contains snippets of Dorfman’s diary, starting when he returned to Chile in 1990. These snapshots of the past captured his reaction to his native country after nearly two decades.

“It is a story of transformation, how I became the person I am now and how I became the writer I am now,” he said.

Dorfman discussed some of the difficulties he faced when visiting Chile after many years. His friends in literary circles who stayed in Chile suffered under political repression as Dorfman achieved critical success in exile.

“The phone only rang when there [was] some favor to be asked,” Dorfman said.

to trace the phone calls that were made Saturday morning, said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration and emergency response coordinator. Cavanaugh said he is not able to comment further on the investigation.

The Bryan Center was evacuated for approximately two hours Saturday, while members of DUPD, DPD and the Raleigh Police Department handsearched the building for indications of a bomb. Police also used a bomb-sniffing dog. There were early signs that led police to believe the bomb threat was a prank, Cavanaugh noted.

“We’re very pleased with the collaboration, the response and the cooperation between [DUPD, DPD and RPD] that was put into place immediately once these calls were made,” Cavanaugh said.

“We have to take these things very seriously even if it was believed in the beginning to be a hoax.”

As soon as McDonald’s was aware that Webbe was a potential suspect, they suspended him from work, Cavanaugh said. He added that he did not have any information as to why Webbe made the threats.

Webbe is now banned from Duke

property, Dailey said.

Senior Alex Cha said he hopes the threat was made due to internal problems within McDonald’s—not because of a bad relationship between servers and the students.

“I’d be more concerned if it was a student rather than a member of the staff,” Cha said.

Freshman Judson Taylor said he was slightly concerned that the bomb threat was made by someone associated with the Duke community.

“Duke is supposed to be a safe-haven,” Taylor said.

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man of board. So essential did stockholders consider him to the company's future that Apple's share price immediately dropped 5 percent on the news, although it rebounded the next day.

His constant innovations led Business 2.0 to call him “easily the greatest marketer since P.T. Barnum.” One of his employees, noting that Jobs is able to persuade people to believe almost anything, coined the phrase “reality distortion field” to describe his ability to warp an audience's sense of proportion. Jobs described the Macintosh computer, for example, as “insanely great.”

Years later, discussing computer design in another context, Jobs said: “Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer, that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’

That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like.

Design is how it works.”

He could control how it works because Apple “makes the whole widget,” as Jobs repeatedly said, software and hardware.

The company introduced monitors with color screens long before others. Locked out of many retail chains because of its small market share, Apple responded with its own distinctively branded stores, to which users flock like pilgrims to Mecca. The Mac, Jobs saw, could become the hub of a digital lifestyle.

Steven Paul Jobs was born Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco to unwed parents, University of Wisconsin graduate student Joanne Carole Schieble and a Syrian exchange student, Abdulfattah Jandali. He was adopted shortly after birth by Paul and Clara Jobs.

Survivors include his wife since 1991, Laurene Powell; a daughter from a previous relationship, Lisa Brennan-Jobs; three children from his marriage, Eve Jobs, Erin Sienna Jobs and Reed Paul Jobs, and two sisters, Mona Simpson and Patti Jobs.

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He also started a highly successful chain of retail stores and almost single-handedly pushed consumers away from their dependence on floppy disks and CDs. Cool, charismatic and calculating that people would be willing to pay a premium price for products that signal creativity, Jobs had a genius for understanding the needs of consumers before they did.

As a 21-year-old college-dropout entrepreneur, Jobs led Apple to multimilliondollar success in five years. Forced out of his own company by the time he was 30, he started another computer firm, Next, whose technology was used to create the World Wide Web. Jobs also took over a foundering computer animation company and turned it into the Academy Award-winning Pixar, maker of “Toy Story,” “Finding Nemo” and “A Bug's Life.” He returned to save Apple from near-certain oblivion in his 40s, radically cutting the product line and restoring the company to both profitability and leadership in innovation.

Known within the technology community for his complex and combative temperament, Jobs, a famously private man, didn't discuss his pancreatic cancer diagnosis and surgery in public for more than a year, asserting that his preference for personal privacy outweighed the rights of shareholders to know about his health. In a June 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, he talked about his diagnosis in a video that became an Internet sensation. He later became furious at speculation over his health in mid-2008, when he appeared in public looking gaunt. In late 2008, he took a medical leave from the company, and he had a liver transplant the following year.

In January, he took another medical leave. On Aug. 24 he stepped down as Apple's chief executive but became chair-

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theSANDBOX. Have you heard Lil Wayne recently?

Just kidding. That’s a stupid question because he’s everywhere. The week Tha Carter IV came out, 12 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 featured Weezy, which was a new record. If you ever need to get your pop track on the Hot 100, get a guest verse from Tunechi and a hook from Bruno Mars (if I haven’t yet stabbed him in his g*****n esophagus) and you’re all set.

So let me rephrase: have you listened to Lil Wayne recently?

It’s not that he’s bad. The phrase “rap game” is a good one, because it makes rap sound kinda like basketball, which it kinda is: quality is relative, and even at his worst, Wayne is Larry Bird (did you see that coming?) next to some of the D-Leaguers charting right now (yes, you, Meek Mill and Trey Songz). But he’s definitely 1988 Bird: his best statistical season—just turn on your radio—but nonetheless

on the decline.

But the rap game isn’t a physical one, and its best shouldn’t break down at age 29. I’ve heard some hypotheses on this—sizzurp, prison, etc.—but here’s the truth: he’s got one look (“One look?”). It’s that thing he does where he takes a popular idiom and turns it around. “Blunt Blowin’” alone features the following: “If time is money, I’m an hour past paid,” “The tables turned, but I’m still sittin’ at ‘em,” “When that cookie crumble, errbody want a crumb,” “Belly of the beast ‘till it puke us.” On “She Will,” in the span of five seconds, we get: “Kharma is a b***h, well just make sure that b***h is beautiful” and “I tried to pay attention but attention paid me.”

It’s a cool gimmick, and one I’m sure I’ll hear twelve million more times before he calls it quits. But he’s no Kanye.

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In anticipation of the upcoming in release of Melancholia, I feel c compelled to revisit the debate surrounding r Lars von Trier’s last film, A Antichrist.

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But there’s a lot that goes along w something like that. Von Trier, with who w converted to Catholicism in the mid-1990s in an effort to erase the influence of the religion of his stepfather, gorges his film on Christian symbolism and immersing it in a complexity of references that makes it exceedingly difficult to parse out his intentions. It can be wholly and entirely unclear, at almost any point in the film, whether von Trier wants to undermine or pay homage, or both. Far from a criticism, as Roger Ebert points out, this is a strength of Antichrist, making it a conversational and mental centerpiece with considerable staying power. But it also raises some pretty difficult questions.

Take, for example, the fact that there are only two characters in the film, and that Charlotte Gainsbourg’s—known only as the “she” to Willem Dafoe’s “he”—eventually descends into stark-raving lunacy induced by her research on gynocide. Having taken on the topic in her doctoral thesis, her eventual subscription to an idea of women as the root of evil represents the abandonment of reason that would have to occur in any return to Eden, and so is sort of

necessitated by the film’s premise. The readily apparent counterargument to this, of course, is that “she,” as the film’s only female character, must become a kind of stand-in for the gender in general, and so her impulses toward self-mutilation, self-hatred and the rejection of reason for mysticism extrapolate themselves to apply to women as a whole. At its least malicious, this is an unfortunate consequence of the way the film has to be structured. But, at its most, it can be summed up in a word with which von Trier knows well by now: misogyny.

This has been one of the greatest critiques of Antichrist: that von Trier’s treatment of the woman is brutal, and that he demonizes and vilifies her as a witch while at the same time deeming man a paragon of reason. This too, however, hastily misses the point, as would-be critics of Antichrist seem to overlook the negative portrayal of Dafoe’s psychotherapist in the first half of the film. In fact, man’s mistreatment of woman—albeit via reason rather than force—is equally disturbing in its depiction and scope, and Dafoe’s character is even less sympathetic than Gainsbourg’s. On top of that, Gainsbourg’s torment runs far deeper than Dafoe’s: we sympathize with man because we imagine ourselves in his physical pain, but we sympathize with woman because we believe she’s being wronged.

All that can really be said, in the end, is that it’s hard to say, but what’s clear is that an either/or approach won’t work with a film like Antichrist. And, frankly, I hope that Melancholia is the same way. Von Trier’s refusal to lean definitively one way or the other, and his subsequent obfuscation of endorsement and condemnation, results in a lasting and refreshing obsession for the viewer. If von Trier is not, as he says, the world’s greatest director, then he is at least one of the most fascinating.

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Sitcom brings Craven to the small screen

by Andrew Lokker THE CHRONICLE

Students on campus may be surprised to find film crews cropping up in their dormitory common rooms.

A new student-run sitcom called The Common Room, filmed mainly in the gathering areas of Craven Quad, has recently set out to portray humorous and unconventional takes on student life. The visible production process and finished product might be startling to the Duke community, but The Common Room has been a long time in coming. “Technically, we had this idea two years ago,� said senior Christine Ko, director and co-producer of the series.

Ko started by filming scenes herself, using equipment provided by Duke Student Broadcasting, and by spring semester of last year had developed it into a full-fledged production project with a number of other students. Some of them came on board as writers, and it is with these students that each episode originates: group discussions determine the themes and riffs that will be at the center of each installment. “We are professional, but we’re not terribly professional, and we have a lot of really fun writer’s rooms where we throw ideas around, and it just becomes more and more ridiculous,� said sophomore producer Jeremy Chaikind.

The show’s creators display this discussion of ideas by uploading a series of “Writer’s Room� segments to their YouTube channel. These clips, which depict some of the funnier moments that take place amongst the writers, offer an

inside look at how the writers generate and shape ideas.

Once an episode is written, it is filmed over the course of a month, Chaikind said. Students then log significant time during the post-production process as well. “[Jeremy] and I just sit down, and we edit for hours,� Ko said.

She and Chaikind agree, however, that this also represents a disadvantage

to their production process: a 20-minute episode in just one month is a tall order, especially for a group of full-time students. Both producers, though, say that they prefer the frenetic atmosphere of The Common Room to the time-consuming perfectionism of short films. It also helps that students are able to set their own filming and production schedules. “What’s nice about this is you can give as much as you want, but you’re not

bound to something,� Ko stressed.

That being said, The Common Room is not without its aspirations: the crew hopes to produce seven or eight episodes this year. As for the day-to-day, though, the students behind the show are just enjoying the experience. “This is wild,� Chaikind says. “We’re just having a really great time.�

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e e W s i Th Recess Interviews: The War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciell

by Ross Green THE CHRONICLE

2011 has been a huge year for Philadelphia rockers the War on Drugs. In March, former bandmate and longtime associate Kurt Vile released Smoke Ring For My Halo to a chorus of praise; three months later, the band followed his lead with a breakout album of their own, Slave Ambient, a brilliant fusion of classic rock songwriting and effects-laden sonic atmospheres. The band’s tour will take them to Raleigh next Tuesday, Oct. 11 for a concert at King’s Barcade; Recess caught up with frontman and songwriter Adam Granduciel for a conversation about the making of Slave Ambient, listening to the Field, and the popular misconceptions of his relationship with Vile.

Recess: Talk a little about the title for this record.

Adam Granduciel: Slave Ambientt was a working title for one of the songs, “The Animator.” There was a consistent tone running through all of the recordings, and there was a run of four tracks that I was referring to as the original slaves. And this one was supposed to tie all four together, and I knew it wasn’t going to have lyrics.

I called it “Slave Ambient,” and just thought, “that’s the name for the album.”

R: You guys recorded parts of the album in Asheville, NC—did you get a chance to spend much time there?

AG: We were on tour and booked a few hours in a studio there in the middle of it, and then we went back for five or six days after the tour ended. We loved Asheville. Actually, just North Carolina in general— we’ve always had a lot of fans there and it’s a special place for us to do a show.

R: You’re operating within a certain tradition of American songwriters—Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen—that everyone grew up with but that isn’t exactly fashionable in 2011. Do you worry at all for the future of that kind of classic American rock songwriting?

AG: Not really. I’m just doing what makes me comfortable as a songwriter: fairly simple, not a lot of tricks.

To be fair, though, a lot of those guys write huge choruses, and it can turn into a kind of mathematical formula for songwriting. Mine’s a little different… I like to see songs through, to manipulate them and change them a million times in the process of recording them.

R: You’re also a little more focused on creating sonic atmospheres along with the more traditional songwriting. What turned you on to that?

AG: A lot of different stuff. A couple years ago, I got into the Brian Eno solo records; I also got turned onto a local band from Philadelphia called Blues Control.

Once you get into it, you learn to enjoy recording that kind of music.

R: This album is quite a bit more internally focused ed than the last War on Drugs album, Wagonwheel Blues..

AG: The way that everything was falling into placee in my musical life at the time we were making Slave Ambientt made it a very personal record, almost like a solo record. And I’m really proud of how it came out.

I was a lot younger when we made Wagonwheel Blues.

Plus, at that point, we didn’t have a record deal, and we didn’t even really know we were gonna make it into an album.

R: Your former bandmate Kurt Vile has hit it really big this year too, with Smoke Ring for My Halo, so it seems like the big question is whether we’ll see him on a future War on Drugs release.

AG: Yeah, it’s—everyone asks it, and it’s like they don’t really know what they’re asking. We’ve been recording together; I played on a bunch of tracks for Smoke Ring for My Haloo and he played on almost all of Slave Ambient. What do they really expect? For us to write a song together, like f****n’ Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty? There’s no real difference between what Kurt did on Wagonwheel Bluess and on Slave Ambient.

R: Really? Because a lot of the press on War on Drugs presents it more like, “Kurt left the band in 2008…”

AG: I mean, he may have a little bit less input in the recording process this time, and may have been a little more involved on Wagonwheel Blues. But we’ve been recording together.

R: Can you characterize the differences between your songwriting and Kurt’s songwriting?

AG: Kurt’s songs come out a little more “written.”

He’s able to write a whole song in his head, or just sitting on a couch. My songs are written more through experimentation, building stuff up and finding the song through the sound. Some songs were written with guitar and pen and paper; some others went through a million transformations before they became what they were.

R: What do you guys listen to while on tour? Any recent albums that you’ve particularly enjoyed?

AG: The Yoko Ono record, Seasons of Glass. I went record shopping in Sweden recently, and we got the new Wooden Shjips record, which is awesome. Our drummer Steven is a little younger and a little more in tune with modern trends. He’s been listening to this stuff by the Field—which, I listen to it and I’m like, “Am I in a f****g Nissan Sentra, headed to the club?” And, you know, I’m sure it’s good, but I just can’t really get into it. But there’s some stuff that, it’s important to me that he likes it—`70s art rock, weird Lindsey Buckingham solo records, that kind of thing.

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c i s u M n i ek Lizz Wright offers dynamic take on traditional music

by Josh Stillman THE CHRONICLE

On its website, Duke Performances writes of its current season: “Tradition keeps us rooted, but in art and individuals alike, change is a sign of life.”

One would be hard-pressed to find an artist more indicative of this ethos than Lizz Wright.

Wright, who performs Friday in Reynolds Industries Theater, is a singer steeped in tradition.

Growing up under a Pentecostal minister in Hahira, Georgia, she was immersed in gospel music from a young age; in fact, secular music was offlimits. Her singing career was poised to follow a course within the African American church until one momentous night at a jazz club in Atlanta. She was sitting in with a local jazz band that played as a church band on Sundays. After singing a couple jazz standards, she asked them to play “Amazing Grace”—as a blues number.

“It was a very weird moment, an emotion I had never had before,” she said. “You don’t sing like that in church.”

Since then her repertoire has expanded to reflect her artistic curiosity. Her records feature songs that run the gamut of influences: jazz standards to traditional gospel to rhythm and blues— 2008’s The Orchard even featured a Led Zeppelin cover. Though she is billed as a jazz artist for this season, she could easily have fit into several of Duke Performances’ series.

“She falls into a bunch of different subcategories,” said Director of Duke Performances Aaron Greenwald. “One of the interesting things we’ve learned in marketing the show is that people know her as much as an R&B singer as a jazz or gospel singer.”

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Wright’s eclectic musical interests are reflective of her outlook in general. In 2009 she took a break from touring and recording to pursue a lifelong dream: attending culinary school.

“I really gave myself some space to use my mind and hands differently and learn,” said the singer, who currently lives outside Asheville, NC. “They also teach about how to use food as a healing medium. A lot of musicians are really great cooks; they both are connected.”

Duke Performances’ season this year features an increased number of international artists— India’s Zakir Hussain, Serbia’s Goran Bregovic, Mali’s Bassekou Kouyaté—a notion which meshes well with Wright’s take on her own work.

“The communication I have with people through music is so much deeper than what we can have in a conversation,” she said. “We don’t even have to share a language.”

The audience can look forward to a stirring experience on Friday, as Wright is known for powerful live sets.

“As a live performer she is enormously dynamic,” Greenwald said. “Picture the incredible range of Aretha Franklin.”

And though she is sure to display her traditional foundations—her most recent album, Fellowship, includes a 10-minute gospel medley—don’t expect a museum piece. Wright sees tradition as a launchpad for something alive and vital.

“My tradition is storytelling,” she said.

Lizz Wright will perform in Reynolds Theater tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Tickets are $34/$26 for general admission and $5 for students and can be purchased at the Duke Box Office or tickets.duke.edu.

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Since his debut album, Joshua Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, has been, well, overshadowed. His recent albums have matched neither the quality nor the hype of 1996’s Endtroducing, the album that launched a thousand turntablists. The Less You Know, the Better comes fifteen years later, from an artist looking to reestablish his artistic stature after the failure of 2006 LP, The Outsider. DJ Shadow, however, is not one to return to his roots. Rather than mimic Endtroducing, Shadow treats each release as an experiment, producing albums that are sometimes spotty but never boring.

With The Less You Know, the Better, Shadow shows signs of brilliance. There are few hip-hop artists who invent rhythmic backbones like Shadow can, like the intricate combination of pots and pans, droning guitars and thick, thumping drums on “Tedium.” Elsewhere, Shadow demonstrates a knack for choosing beautiful samples. The wholesome, mournful vocal (uncredited) on “Sad and Lonely” is stunning, and Shadow smartly provides only minimal support; similarly, “I’ve Been Trying” revives and rejuvenates a soulful old melody. These are the treasures of Shadow’s famously expansive record collection.

Nevertheless, The Less You Know, the Better is strikingly disjointed. He often seems so engrossed in minutiae that he forgets to create a coherent whole. Songs of jarringly different themes and genres butt against each other without transition. There is no overarching sentiment or style, and the few attempts to create unity—the symmetric song names of “Back to Front (Circular Logic)” and “Circular Logic (Front to Back)” and the repetition of the “Sad and Lonely” voice at the album’s end—are su-

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perficial. The DJ Shadow of Endtroducing, with his flowing transitions and unified sound, seems to be a figment of the past.

Halfway through, Shadow authorizes the album’s dissonance, saying, “We are getting nowhere... and that is a pleasure.” Small joys are found in the specifics—the whistles of birds and unexpected drumbeats—rather than holistic themes. Still, cohesion matters. “Give Me Back the Nights,” which sets slam poetry to a horror-film soundtrack, is incommensurable in tone and message with the rest of the album. These miscues never fully eclipse Shadow’s moments of genius, but fans of his earlier work will struggle to justify The Less You Know.

—Dan Fishman

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Almost four years since The Reminder and its hit single “1234” brought Leslie Feist to mainstream attention, she reemerges with Metals, an organic and dynamic progression of her music during her varied 15 year career. Those looking for another irrepressibly catchy single for the NPR set will be disappointed, but there’s plenty to enjoy on Metals, a return to the typical folk and blues undertones of Feist’s previous albums.

Her voice coupled with soft strings, woodwinds and simple vocal harmonies on songs like “Bittersweet Melodies” and “Cicadas and Gulls” establishes a natural and pensive atmosphere throughout.

Her soft croons take on an airy, echoing quality that floats along peacefully, until the descent of dramatic crescendoes and thunderous outbursts. Feist’s austere vocal swells in “A Commotion” and “Comfort Me” foil the smooth sound she is famous for, adding diversity without losing cohesion. Unlike The Reminder, Metals effortlessly transitions from one melody to the next.

The album is deeply personal; on the autobiographical track “Anti Pioneer,” Feist reflects on “singing sappy songs about what went wrong,” and aims toward the future. Vivid allusions help to develop an intentionally naturalist aesthetic: “Whispers in the grass/ Under slow dancing trees/ Birds are telling me stories/ Saying you were meant for me.” And it feels refreshingly selfless when her voice becomes indistinguishable among the climactic choruses on “Undiscovered First.”

This creates an identifiable theme on Metals; it is personal enough to communicate intimate autobiographical details, but ex-

pansive enough to relate Feist’s connection to human community and nature.

Metals expounds upon the styles explored in Let It Die and The Reminder, but lacks the genre-hopping of the former and the standout single of the latter. But the decision to pursue cohesion and balance instead of producing loosely tied singles illustrates Feist’s disinterest in courting pop audiences.

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The Ides of March might carry with it an all-star cast, but it is the work of actor, writer and director George Clooney that constitutes the real success of the cinema adaptation of critically acclaimed play Farragut North. Clooney’s technical work, as well as his writing and directing, transform the drama in fantastic fashion into a balanced and enthralling political film.

In framing the film, Clooney pits two Democrats against one another in a race for the Ohio primary. This choice is a practical one: by abandoning the more conventional framework of a race between Republicans and Democrats, the film avoids polarizing its viewers based solely on their political leanings, allowing it instead to focus on a sense of integrity and dignity in politics.

Clooney spends less time on the candidates themselves than he does on a naïve but intelligent assistant campaign manager Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling). Meyers’ lack of experience in high-stakes campaigns results in the struggle at the heart of the film: to remain loyal to his beliefs while resisting cutthroat political tactics and the corruptive calls of power and ambition.

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er becomes too heavy, yet doesn’t detract from the tense and somewhat volatile atmosphere portrayed in the film either.

Similarly, the director gives appropriate weight and screen time to each event or character. He quickly identifies Gosling as the centerpiece of the film, taking care that more experienced actors like Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, and Clooney himself do not upstage the protagonist. The former are phenomenal, mirroring and foiling Gosling throughout the film and representing two possible ethical paths in front of him. Gosling, for his part, holds his ground among these veteran actors. His dialogue and facial expressions flawlessly and naturally convey a spectrum of emotions ranging from naïve fervor to impulsive resentment.

The value of loyalty, the corruption of empowerment and the seemingly intrinsic hypocrisy of politics may all seem like trite motifs. But Clooney’s film is an impressive addition, offering a new poignancy to the established canon. The Ides of March may not reach novel conclusions about politics, but its shrewd writing, directing and acting make it stand out among other contemporary political dramas.

—Duncan Dodson

Let’s start by addressing what you’re already thinking: cancer comedy. Not funny. Remember Funny People? Yeah, not funny. But 50/50 isn’t a comedy that taps into cancer just for the shock value. Quite the opposite, 50/50 explores the entire experience of the disease; in a movie where just the slightest missed delivery or awkward joke could leave the audience cringing, 50/50 stays true and navigates those murky waters in nearly miraculous fashion.

50/50’s strength over other cancer-related comedies is its realism and humanity. Complete in its depiction of sudden diagnosis, it rips the protagonist, Kevin, from his nearly perfect life. Furthermore, the film unflinchingly displays the realities of cancer while staying light with humor. Kevin’s first trip to chemo is a heavy scene—ten seconds later, he meets two elderly cancer-ridden companions who peer pressure him into eating “super-potent” medicinal marijuana cookies. The entire script is wrought with this-couldactually-happen moments, both in the dramatic and comedic. That 50/50 is inspired by true events, then, comes as little surprise.

Such a tagline usually translates into a loose collection of facts interspersed with flashy detail. Screenwriter Will Reiser, was, in fact, diagnosed with spinal cancer, and wrote 50/50 from personal experience.

This gives the film a level of detail and realism that most movies fail to grasp.

Director Jonathan Levine handles the

film superbly, allowing it to oscillate between humor and drama. In one scene, Kevin uses the cancer card to bag a pair of ladies, before desperately trying to cope with feelings of alienation as his cancer worsens. Levine doesn’t allow the film to ever become pure slapstick, but he also refuses to succumb to obnoxious melodrama.

The film is brought together by the cast. Each actor performs his part with tact, subtlety and skill. Joseph GordonLevitt sinks his teeth into a fantastic role as cancer patient Kevin, showing a full emotional range in a shockingly convincing manner. Seth Rogen as Kyle is akin to a giant, excessively vulgar baby with a righteous beard, albeit with innocence and good intentions. Rogen’s infectious laughter and affability allow him to dish out line after line of hilarity without becoming oppressive. The last major player is Anna Kendrick, as Katherine, Kevin’s therapist. The graceful interplay between Levitt and Kendrick is a pleasure to watch. Several minor characters are all performed with true human vulnerability, allowing the audience to become fully invested in Kevin’s struggle.

There are too many good things in 50/50 to succinctly describe. The movie captures audiences both when they are silent and laughing, leaving viewers vulnerable, caring and, most of all, certain that 50/50 is more than just another cancer comedy.

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Market at Motorco Review: Jeff Storer’s offers unusual wares intimate Middletown

by Jamie Moon THE CHRONICLE

Try to name a store where you can find a ten-dollar vintage pullover, homemade cocoa cinnamon truffles, a graphic tee inspired by the equal rights movement and a kitschy Strawberry Shortcake cookie platter all in one place. With more and more conventional department and chain stores on the rise, it’s become difficult to name even one.

DtownMARKET, held every first and third Sunday of the month in downtown Durham, boldly breaks the mold, bringing a refreshing shopping experience to local consumers with eclectic and creative merchandise.

Hedged cozily in the garage of Motorco Music Hall and filled with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, DtownMARKET features local artists who gather to showcase their assorted works. Ranging from graphic designer Luis Franco’s pop art t-shirts with activist messages to Larisa Harrison and Adam Fox’s vintage and antique collection Scatterbugs, DtownMARKET offers something for everyone.

“The purpose is to provide a place for artists who would normally not have a chance to show their work to have a place to do that,” owner Kala Wolfe said. “It’s just a cozy friendly place.”

Wolfe, a graduate of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, had always been interested in conservation and ecology rather than art as a student. During her stay at Durham and experience in the Nicholas School, however, she soon began to discover a relationship between the two.

“I saw that it’s more of a mix of things.

You’re not just looking at ecology and biology,” she said. “I just thought about how consumerism has such an impact on the environment. I realized that art can be a way of confronting that.”

Many vendors at DtownMARKET support Wolfe’s environmentalist ethic. Artists

take old scarves, jackets and sweaters and repurpose them into items such as tote bags. Scatterbugs owner Harrison sells her collection of vintage items, which are twenty years or older, and antique items, which can be eighty to a hundred years old. She finds most of her items at thrift stores, yard sales and through her family.

“I’ve always wanted to do something related to this, like an antique book store,” Harrison said. “I just had the opportunity to start making a profession out of an obsession, I guess.”

Like Harrison, all the vendors at DtownMARKET aim to be passionate and intentional about what they offer, making each purchase seem more personal. Being at the market feels like being at a friendly neighbor’s low-key garage sale on a lazy Sunday afternoon. There isn’t much hustle and bustle, yet the vibe is still alluring enough to keep passersby moving from store to store, pursuing unique wares and interesting conversation.

“What I like about Durham is that things like this can work and thrive,” Wolfe said.

“People in Durham really love Durham, so they support things that happen there. You can do a lot of crazy artistic creative things and people will support it.”

Although the market originally began as Wolfe’s search for a public venue to sell her own vintage clothes, a few phone calls to interested vendors and artists launched a successful weekly artisan market. People of all ages bring their friends, family and even pets and enjoy the music from Motorco, a taco from KoKyu BBQ and a sweet delicacy from The Parlour ice cream truck.

“It’s a great place to be. You don’t see this anywhere else,” customer Maria Sanchez said. “I’d rather come here than any other chain restaurant or store at Southpoint mall.”

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Even in Middletown, where ordinary residents craft static lives, you will find interesting characters paired with an intriguing story. Will Eno, who wrote the play currently in production at Manbites Dog Theater, exhibits the ability to transpose the lives of ordinary folk into a meaningful plotline. In a town with very little to do, Middletown residents have a lot of time to contemplate life and the cosmos: big dreams and aspirations are juxtaposed with sometimes harsh and sometimes subtle realities.

The play focuses on the developing relationship between neighbors Mary Swanson (Madeline Lambert) and John Dodge (Thaddaeus Edwards). Both characters are compelling to watch and their conversations stay engaging as they find some comfort in each other’s presence.

Their neighboring houses lie upstage and the audience can peer into their lonely lifestyles through the windows. Winding through the main storyline, a series of vignettes showcase other residents’ encounters, giving the audience a deeper understanding of Middletown life through reflection, connection and irony.

Directed by Jeff Storer, Duke Theater Studies professor and artistic director of Manbites Dog, Middletown has an interac-

tive style as the characters break the fourth wall and come alive in the audience right before intermission. The librarian (Duke Dance Professor Barbara Dickinson) and the local drunk Greg (Chris Burner) provide comic relief in their stories and interactions. Greg often harps on his childhood, delivering one of the many heart-wrenching lines in the play, “I was someone’s golden child.” Just like the rest of the residents, Greg looks back on his youth and wonders if he could have done something differently to affect his future.

The conversations heard in Middletown may ring a familiar bell. The townies explore the issues we are often too embarrassed to voice aloud, addressing questions about the purpose of life and what it would be like to die. Middletown stresses that no matter who we are or where we live, our lives are more interconnected than we may think. Its dynamic characters seem to ask one all-encompassing question: aren’t we all trying to find clarity in this complex world we live in? As the play suggests, we all experience the same road in the beginning and in the end, though each of us goes down different paths somewhere in between.

Manbites Dog Theater will present Middletown Oct. 6-9 and 12-15 at 8:15pm and Oct. 9 at 3:15pm.

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Goalkeeper Tara Campbell and the Blue Devils start a three-game road trip tonight against No. 7 Boston College, who has given up just three goals all season.

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Church living the dream with the Blue Devils

by Tim Visutipol THE CHRONICLE

For many, landing a dream job is all about timing.

Duke head coach Robbie Church, in his 11th season with the Blue Devils, knows that better than anyone.

“One of the neat things is this is my dream job, no question about it,” Church said. “I feel like the luckiest person in the world.”

Church’s career, with over 300 victories as a head coach at the college level—over 200 of those in women’s soccer—took many turns along the way. But were it not for some fortuitous timing, Church might have never even kicked a soccer ball.

Growing up in Greensboro, amid the traditional culture of American sports, Church happened to go to a school with soccer goals on the playground. And his soccer background was furthered by the formation of the first recreational soccer program in Greensboro, by none other than the family of his best friend.

“It’s the timing,” Church said. “The elementary school that I went to just happened to play soccer at recess, and…my friend’s mom just happened to start the recreation department in Greensboro, the first soccer ever played in Greensboro.”

Church also grew up with a passion for basketball, but it was soccer that he played growing up and throughout his four years in high school. After starting his collegiate soccer career at Appalachian State, Church transferred to Pfeiffer, a DivisionII school in Morrisville, N.C. DAN SCHEIRER II/THE CHRONICLE

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Under the tutelage of Robbie Church, who earned his 300th career collegiate head coaching win earlier this season, the Blue Devils are off to their best start ever.

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Taking control of Vincent Rey finds a recruiting regulations spot with Cincinnati

by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

Editor’s note: The following story is the third in a four-part series examining how Duke stays compliant within increasingly complex NCAA guidelines. The next final part will run Friday.

The full story will also be available on The Chronicle’s website at the end of the week.

At Duke, those most responsible for NCAA compliance present a united front, saying unanimously that Duke’s “culture of compliance” begins at the very top, with President Richard Brodhead and Kevin White, vice president and director of athletics. But the specific point person is Deputy Director of Athletics Chris Kennedy, who does the day-to-day defining of the University’s approach to matters of compliance. For Kennedy, it starts with two key principles—hiring and education.

“For years, I clung as tightly as I could to what I felt was the proper compliance model, which is hiring and education, rather than the NCAA concept of it, which is monitoring and regulating, and keeping track of everything your coach does,” Kennedy said. “So there’s a form for everything. I al-

ways thought that the coach that wants to cheat is going to cheat, and he’s not going to put it on a form.”

And at least as far football is concerned, the athletic department has hired a coach that refuses to compromise on following the rules. Head coach David Cutcliffe is unequivocal in his views about compliance, and he is respected enough in the college football world to express those views as the only coach on the NCAA Football Issues Committee, which serves as an advisory body on all manner of questions facing college football today.

One of the questions he has raised before that committee has to do with controlling the troublesome third-party access to coaches’ recruiting visits. Having meetings at a prospect’s high school rarely creates problems, since a principal or other designee of the school has to give approval.

But within 24 hours of the school visit, the coach can meet the recruit at home, and this is where the process can be tainted.

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Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three-part series looking at former Duke football players in the NFL. Last week, Matt Levenberg wrote about Eron Riley and Scott Rich looked at Thad Lewis.

Vincent Rey is no longer in the spotlight like he was at Wallace Wade Stadium. But even if you have not heard much from the former Duke linebacker over the last two years, you may soon—just turn on your television Sundays.

Now a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Rey is a backup linebacker and starter on special teams. He lines up at tackle for punts and punt returns, center for kickoff returns and right rover for kickoffs.

“It’s been my dream since as long as I can remember,” Rey said of playing in the NFL. “It’s really cool to be living your dream.”

But his journey was not without its fair share of hurdles.

Rey attended Bayside High School— a few buses, a train and nearly two hours

from his home in Far Rockaway, New York.

While Bayside had strong academics and a quality football program, Rey often arrived home at 9 p.m. and would study until 1:30 a.m. He would then wake up at 4 a.m. and do it all again.

Yet with three weeks remaining before signing day of his senior year, Rey was still waiting for a scholarship offer from any Division-I program. It was then that a recruiter from Duke showed up at his high school to view some game film. And even that was only because an opposing Bayside coach had made a call for him to a friend at the university.

The recruiter, though, evidently approved of what he saw. He invited Rey and his family down to Durham to meet with then-head coach Ted Roof and staff. Until that point, Rey wasn’t even aware the Blue Devils were interested.

During his meeting with Roof, Rey was informed that though the Blue Devils wanted him, they were out of scholarships.

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When Duke meets Boston College, goals will be especially hard to come by. The Blue Devils have not conceded a goal for 381 minutes, and the Eagles have only given up three goals all season.

No. 4 Duke (12-1-1, 4-0-1 in the ACC) will look to open up its road trip against No. 4 Duke three top-20 teams with a victory at No. 7 Boston College (9-0-2, 4-0-0) tonight vs. at 7 p.m at Newton Soccer Field.

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Newton Soccer Field against a Boston College defense led by goalkeeper Jillian Mastroianni, who ranks fourth in the nation in save percentage. As a unit, the back line has limited its opponents to a mere 8.5 shots on goal per game.

Despite Boston College’s strength on defense, though, Duke head coach Robbie Church sees an opportunity for the Blue Devils’ strikers.

“I think our forwards can get at their backs,” Church said. “I think that matchup will be important, but we’ve got to finish our opportunities.”

Freshman Kelly Cobb leads the Duke offense and will look to continue her success in big games. With eight goals—including five game-winners—Cobb leads the Blue Devils in scoring. Sophomore Kaitlyn Kerr has also showcased her abilities in key matches, racking up four goals and three assists on the year.

“Kelly Cobb is showing the ability to play at her best against the better teams [in the nation],” Church said.

COMPLIANCE from page 5 where you start getting into a lack of control over who’s there,” Cutcliffe said. “I’ve gone into homes, I had no idea who half the people in there were.”

And that is a deal-breaker for Cutcliffe.

“They’re not a recruit anymore,” he said. “I’m pretty quickly going to excuse myself. I didn’t deal with people like that anywhere I’ve been. Why would I start now?”

The in-home visit, though, is far from the only evaluative tool for Cutcliffe and his staff. Even before they look at a player’s grades and academic standing to ascertain whether he can handle Duke’s rigorous course of study, they do a full evaluation of the player’s character.

“The only thing I’m interested in on a transcript initially is the days they attended school,” Cutcliffe said. “If I see 30 absences or I see 50 tardies, I drop them…. You talk to school housekeeping, the ladies in the lunchroom.

There’s a lot of information out there.”

Once the prospects are at Duke, Cutcliffe does not have the time to be a one-man police force while he also tries to coach a football team. Fortunately, he does not have to. Although players will not always feel comfortable approaching their coaches with questions or information about rule-breaking, they have another resource—the trainers and academic support staff, who Kennedy called “the most effective surveillance team that we’ve got.” “[They] are in a position where their only interest is in the kid’s well-being,” Kennedy said. “I learned the damndest things when I was the [football program’s] academic advisor.... [The players would] come in and pour their soul out to you, about their roommate troubles or whatever.”

Kennedy also said players would ask him for advice about how to avoid putting themselves in situations where impropriety might occur.

The final piece of Duke’s compliance puzzle is the donor base that provides the capital to keep the athletic department running. Boosters, and their increased access to players and coaches, have caused significant problems for many universities. But the administrators of the Iron Dukes, the University’s membership program for active donors to the athletic department, take an active role in compliance.

“My office is in the middle of the hallway, and at the end of our hallway is [associate director of athletics/compliance] Cindy Hartmann, [associate director of athletics/ compliance] Todd Mesibov and our compliance office,”

“Kaitlyn Kerr is the same way.”

Sophomore Mollie Pathman will not play Thursday because she is training with the United States U-23 national team. In her absense, classmate Laura Weinberg, who has found the net five times this year, will take a larger role.

“Laura Weinberg will go from the right side to the left side, which will give her more balls,” Church said.

“We are a kind of left-side team and do attack on the left side more, and with Mollie gone, Laura switches sides, and she will get more of the ball. The decisions that she makes and what she does on an aggressive attack will be very important.”

Duke will also challenge the Eagles’ forwards with a stout defense of its own. The Blue Devils recently completed their fourth straight shutout last week against Virginia Tech behind outstanding play from goalkeeper Tara Campbell, who has tied a school record with nine shutouts in 14 games.

“I think we have two of the best goalkeepers in the country playing together,” Church said. “Possibly a preview of the first-team All-ACC goalkeepers this year.”

Boston College will be without junior midfielder Kristen Mewis, who is also training with the United States U-23 national squad. Mewis leads the Eagles with six goals and five assists, but with 10 different Boston College players finding the back of the net this year, goals could come from anywhere. Her absence will require freshman Stephanie McCaffery and junior Victoria Dimartio to step up into bigger roles.

“Hopefully we can just step onto their home field and attack,” junior midfielder Nicole Lipp said. “Show them something that maybe other teams have struggled with in the past. Kind of shake them up a little bit.”

Jack Winters, director of the Iron Dukes, said. “We’re not going to take somebody or request to have somebody be at a practice unless we felt that it was somebody that would have good common sense.”

Some significant donors are allowed sideline access during games, but they are always accompanied by someone from Winters’ office, and those visits are limited to one or two people per game. The Iron Dukes also print “do’s and don’ts” in their monthly magazine that is distributed to the membership, and personally contact bigger donors to explain how to support student-athletes without running afoul of the NCAA. It seems like common sense to keep some distance between the financial backers and the teams, but Yahoo! Sports writer Charles Robinson pointed out that common sense can sometimes be obscured by other motivations. Robinson broke the story about booster Nevin Shapiro at Miami, who provided thousands of dollars of illegal benefits to Hurricane athletes over the course of eight years.

“There was an allowance [at Miami],” Robinson said, “to let an individual get as close to that program as he did.

And it ended up being that he was a valued booster. And every single program out there has a valued booster or boosters who receive a higher level of access because of the value that they bring to the table.”

At Duke, though, common sense seems to prevail. A paramount reason for that, and for the overall effectiveness of Duke’s compliance policies, is the commitment shown by the University’s top athletic officials. Cutcliffe spurned a head coaching offer from SEC powerhouse Tennessee to remain at Duke. Winters started at Duke in 1987 as an intern, and has been in the Iron Dukes office ever since. And Kennedy, who expected to hold his position as an academic staffer in the athletic office for just one year while he finished his graduate English degree in 1986, has now worked at Duke for 25 years.

“You can do great things for a kid from an impoverished background by putting them in a university setting,” Kennedy said. “It can be a life-changing experience, change the trajectory of his whole life. But you bring a kid who’s been financially strapped for his whole life, and he has one parent or whatever. You bring him to Duke and it isn’t just that there are agents around every corner waiting to wave $100 bills at him. He’s immediately in an atmosphere where half the student body can afford to come here without financial aid. They’re driving nice cars, and they’ve been to France and they go on spring break to Costa Rica…. And that…is a situation you need to pay attention to.”

It was here that Church realized that professional soccer might be out of reach.

“At that point, like everybody, you want to play professional soccer,” he said. “Somewhere along the line, I realized I was a little bit too slow to do that.”

His passion for the sport forced him to explore other options to remain involved after graduation, leading him to enroll in a national coaching course held at the University of South Carolina.

“I enjoy the game and love the game and I wanted to stay involved in the game and in athletics,” Church said.

“My next avenue was to go into coaching.”

Church began his coaching career as an assistant for the men’s team at the South Carolina Upstate, then known as USC-Spartanburg, where his roommate at the coaching course was the head coach.

From there, Church moved on to East Carolina as head coach of the men’s team, where he had to work at Pizza Hut to make ends meet. He eventually landed an opportunity to work at Duke as an assistant coach under John Rennie.

After a year, Church left to pursue head coaching duties at Belmont Abbey and was replaced by Bill Hempen, who started the women’s soccer program at Duke two years later.

He later began his career in women’s soccer at the college level at UNC-Charlotte before coaching at Vanderbilt and finally returning to the Blue Devils to succeed Hempen.

Church has no doubt he made the right decision entering women’s soccer, but he did have to adjust to the women’s game.

“The biggest difference... is communication,” Church said. “I think sometimes when you’re addressing the whole team or different players, you have to be really specific in the women’s game.

Sometimes in the women’s game when you’re criticizing in general, the women will think, ‘You’re talking to me,’ but in the men’s game they’ll think you’re talking to the next person.”

His players certainly appreciate that approach.

“He’ll tell you exactly what he thinks and why he thinks that,” Carolyn Ford, who played under Church before graduating in 2006, said. “If you’re doing something wrong, he’ll definitely tell you, which helps so much in your development as a player.”

Church, though, places more importance on developing quality people than winning soccer games.

Casey McCluskey, who graduated in 2005, is now an attorney and litigator in New York City. She cites playing under Church as a major influence in her life.

“Robbie specifically is the type of coach who can really push you to be your best,” McCluskey said. “He definitely helped me develop as a person and as a player.”

Ford, now a student at the Fuqua School of Business, also recalls the numerous opportunities to develop her skills playing under Church. She also highlights another important quality of Church, his personal touch.

“He’s incredibly passionate,” Ford said. “He cares so much about the players and his team beyond the soccer field. He wants all his players to do well in life and he’ll do whatever he can to make it happen.”

This year, Church is enjoying one of his most successful seasons. The team is off to the best start in its history at 12-1-1, sitting atop the ACC standings with a No. 4 national ranking.

While his determination, passion and skill have been important during his celebrated career, he knows that much of his life, including the fact he has his dream job today, was shaped by powers beyond his control.

“A lot is about timing in life,” Church said.

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REY from page 5 Roof asked Rey to go to prep school for a year, and Rey obliged, spending the next year at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pa. After limited playing time in his first season at Duke, Rey broke out his sophomore year with a team-leading 111 tackles to go along with 2.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

He was voted a team captain for the next two seasons and produced equally impressive campaigns, earning secondteam All-ACC honors his senior year.

Still, Rey’s NFL prospects were limited. The National Football Post said that “from a physical standpoint, [he] doesn’t have what it takes to find a spot on an NFL defense.”

According to NFL Draft Scout, Rey was “probably a long shot as a draft selection.” Due to what many perceived as a lack of size and athleticism—the Blue Devils listed him at 6-feet, 245-lbs—Rey was universally projected to go undrafted.

Just a few weeks before the draft, Rey questioned his potential football career to the point that he sent out an application to the University of Missouri for a position as an assistant to the academic advisor for the football team. He never heard back.

“After my senior year I was just hoping I would get a shot to play in the NFL,” said Rey. “But I actually sent in an application for a job. I didn’t want to be in the position where I was out of school, and I wasn’t playing football and didn’t have anything to do. I was hoping for the best but preparing for, well, not the best.”

As expected, the 2010 NFL Draft came and went without Rey’s name being called.

“I was disappointed when I didn’t get drafted, but honestly, I didn’t expect [to be selected],” said Rey. Five minutes later, though, his telephone begin to ring.

Four teams contacted Rey that day, and he ultimately signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, citing their defensive scheme and plan for him to play on the weakside, as opposed to on the interior.

Despite ranking third on the team in tackles that preseason, Rey was relegated to the practice squad. But after another team showed interest in him during week 12, the Bengals decided to sign Rey to the active roster. On Dec. 8, 2010, Vincent Rey officially became an NFL player.

His debut came Dec. 26 against the San Diego Chargers, and Rey registered two special teams tackles.

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He has played in every contest this season, notching two more tackles to help Cincinnati to a 2-2 start.

Although Rey hopes to enjoy a long NFL career, he already has plans for life after football.

“I was inspired by a teacher named Mr. Green in high school. I don’t even know his first name,” Rey said to Geoff Hobson of the Bengals’ news outlet. “I used to want to be a teacher, but now I want to run the whole school.”

Tackling 220-pound men running like bulldozers at full speed may be difficult, but running a New York City school with nearly a thousand children will not be any easier.

But if his burgeoning NFL career is any indication, he certainly has the determination.

“Never,” Rey said. “I never considered quitting. I didn’t know if I would make it or not, but I always told myself I would be prepared if that opportunity came.”

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Four working groups won’t work The renovation of the dents and administrators to West Union Building promis- join forces to create and dees to be a divisive and charged liver an innovative and unifyprocess. According to The ing space. In a letter to the Chronicle’s Tuesday article, editor yesterday, the Duke the overhaul will result in the Student Government Exremoval of the ecutive Board editorial Mary Lou Wilcriticized the liams Center administration for Black Culture, the LGBT for only including three stuCenter and, eventually, The dents in the discussion prior Chronicle’s own offices. It is to presenting the plan to the unclear where these groups Board of Trustees. But, large will be relocated once ground construction projects face is broken, and how quickly constraints that must origithey will find new permanent nate prior to student input. spaces after construction Before students can color commences. their desires onto the West For a campus already Union space, the administracharged with tension regard- tion must outline the scope ing the amount of student of the project by laying out input in the current overhaul the basic restrictions, like of the residential system, the who will design the building, West Union renovation is what space it will occupy and a fresh opportunity for stu- how much it can cost.

We commend DSG for collaborating with the steering committee for the renovation and for working with Student Affairs to form working groups for student input.

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hat does protest look like at Duke?” makes one wonder if this factor was considered This was a question posed by my during its design. Granted, the Plaza is an area English teacher in class one day. almost always filled with activity, and various repAt first, my mind drew a blank as resentatives from student organiI struggled to recollect images of zations waving flyers in our faces students with picket signs marchtrying to get us to support their ing in front of the Chapel. When causes. But an actual, full-fledged no specific instances sprang to protest would be difficult, unless mind, I concluded that protest, as we were trying to block off public I understood it, is not currently acaccess to the Dillo—which could tive here. arouse significant public outrage, However, recent events seemed but would probably not help the sony rao to have proven me wrong. Recenteffort. ly, Duke Partnership for Service that’s what she said The administration isn’t sole(dPS) attempted to raise awareness ly to blame for the inclination regarding the human rights violations in Congo against protest on our campus. It could be purely with an event co-sponsored by the Enough Proj- psychological. What I’m trying to ask is if we, ect during Duke’s annual event, Countdown to as students, are afraid of active protest? Are the Craziness. Although initially supportive of the ramifications to our record what deter us? Maybe event, Duke Athletics later cancelled this portion to some extent. But I also think reputation plays of Countdown due to Duke’s associations with a significant role—what our friends think of us. electronics companies, whose interests may be Because the image of the die-hard revolutionary harmed by the message of the project. is not very common here, it’s almost discourIncidents like this one make me wonder how aged. As much as I hate to admit it, our parents many student activist efforts have been stifled might have been even crazier than we are now

by Duke’s administration. The lessons we learn as they protested the Vietnam War. Crazier. But from community service projects like DukeEn- also braver. gage, designed to raise awareness of the social Then, of course, there are times when stuand political issues in the world around us, are dents mobilize, but against more trivial issues. erased when we return to campus with no outlet Injustice is not an invisible enemy. There are to tell the world what we have seen, and what we glaring civil rights issues and gender and sexual are still not seeing. orientation-related rights violations that deserve Today, activism at Duke manifests itself to be brought to the public’s attention and to be through talks, discussions and events, like the one fought for. But recently, we seem to be preoccudescribed above, that seek to engage students in pied with fighting for our privileges. Notice I say issues by providing them with information rather privileges, not rights. The latter is guaranteed to than simply instigating them to acts of protest. individuals by human nature or civic society, the And, I don’t see anything wrong with this form of former refers to opportunities that we are given activism. There is a time for learning-based activ- when we deserve them. Protesting for a privilege ism and there is a time for outright protest. I per- that we have caused to be revoked is not only sonally feel that, to become enlightened citizens, childishness; it is a firm slap-in-the-face to the iswe must first learn about the issues we care about sues that need and merit our attention and our before we just take to picketing. voices.

But when our attempts at education-based acSo when we are met with opposition from the tivism are shut down, when we are told that the Higher Authorities for acting on an issue that is propriety and interest of the school are ranked both internationally salient and desperately urhigher than our causes and our grievances, then gent, I find it odd that we are told to sit down we have the right to seek more active forms of when we have finally found the courage to grow protest. up. Even so, I am proud of certain forms of activUnfortunately, the atmosphere of the Univer- ism that I do see on this campus and I am consity doesn’t seem to lend itself well to mass gath- fident that we have it in us to fight for a cause erings of students. I’m talking about our Plaza. when we deem it worthy.

How many people would want to demonstrate in It’s time to get out of our devil daze and get a place that sounds more like a resort? In contrast out on the plaza. Leave the fliers behind. to UNC’s Pit, a large, circular area conducive to student assemblies, the Plaza has a more linear Sony Rao is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every shape, discouraging such large-scale activities. It other Thursday.

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recently asked a friend how she was doing. In not-so-typical Duke fashion, she—a philosophy and literature student—gave me a mouthful of a response. She told me about upcoming consulting interviews and described her sense of anxiety as being caused by a capitalistic system that values human beings for their economic output. Those who don’t produce become alienated within the system, according to her.

Exaggerated and a bit tongue-incheek, yes, but this sort of bemoaning jessica kim comes at a time a poor economy acout of the fishbowl centuates the inherent risks of transitioning out of college into adulthood.

For a generation that was described as over-pruned by helicopter moms (or Tiger moms), for many of us who went off to college like it was our birthright, who continued to harbor a sense of boundless opportunity as we designed DukeEngage programs, joined club sports, went to New Orleans for Fall break community service, the reality of collective economic hardship is a hard thing to accept.

Having had my share of Duke-brochure-worthy whirlwind adventures abroad (thanks DukeEngage and Global Semester Abroad), I spent last summer performing an unpaid internship at a political blog in New York City, thankfully and necessarily on Duke’s dime.

Working in the blogosphere kept me hyperaware of the global financial instability reaching Wall Street, Asia, the euro zone. It was a summer of lackluster jobs reports, an unyielding unemployment rate, a mess of numbers both depersonalizing and adding to the sense of general dread. Columnists referred to our generation as the “lost generation.” I dutifully logged away news reports about unemployment immediately after college graduation affecting wages for coming decades, probably read by many of us and filed away into our subconscious.

That summer, surrounded by other Duke peers—some trudging to Wall Street every morning, even weekends—I felt for the first time the sharp distinctions that our choices can create. We are constantly defined by the opportunities we pursue and don’t pursue. As an unpaid intern in Manhattan, I spent a summer of relative material lack, surrounded by Duke peers who were having the opposite experience. By virtue of my unpaid, nonfinance internship, I was a have-not for a summer. Other interns were demonstratively haves, happily benefitting from the culture of largesse in the corporate world: free daily meals, reimbursed taxi rides, bottle service provided for by their 20 or 30-something frat-boy-at-heart bosses, etc. Despite the drawbacks of being an unpaid intern, such as living in triple dorm without air conditioning in a building that was known to be haunted, watching muscle churn into fat after days perched in front of a computer punctuated only by $1 pizza breaks, this was the most real experience of my life. I always wondered if the desire to “Keep Up with the Joneses”—a human psychological affliction said to reach Bangladesh villagers living on less than a dollar a day and comparing each other’s huts to New England, Ivy League-educated yuppies comparing flat screen TV’s—is a real, nagging voice in our heads existing in perpetuity. It turns out that it is, but it’s not really the driving force of my life. Exercising the autonomy to make my own choices, fulfill my curiosities and to accept triumphs and disappointments as they come was always the more urgent business at hand.

A caveat is that exercising that autonomy doesn’t always lead to unconventional or service-oriented routes like the Peace Corps.

Also, the outcome of your own choices isn’t always favorable.

I had figured that a perk to being an unpaid intern would be some sort of spiritual satisfaction with the work, as if there had to be some rightful karmic balance in the world that guaranteed this to make up for the unpaid aspect. Turns out that life works in a chaotic way, because there were definitely days I didn’t enjoy my internship. Horrified and logging in 10-hour days, I described my experience to friends as “an early mid-life crisis” (quarter life crisis). Over weekends, I connected with other Duke interns and talked about work, went to bars and clubs, looked forward to upcoming weekends before the next week started. It felt like a slice of what real adult life might be.

The question “What do you want to do after you graduate?” will probably be more of a pleasant pleasantry in the Spring. Despite the greater risks involved—instead of a bad internship experience, you could end up with a bad job; instead of a summer without an internship, you could end up officially unemployed, ect. The choices are ours to make. And that in itself seems like a small reason for celebration.

Jessica Kim is a Trinty senior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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lettertotheeditor Think before you write In an opinion piece published Tuesday, Oct. 4, Josh Brewer discussed his thoughts on what he called “two overwhelmingly segregated traditions... at Duke,” the first being minority recruitment weekends. In one short paragraph, he dismissed events on Duke’s campus that are of much significance to minority students.

Brewer claims that “there was a time when it was necessary to show students of color that Duke was a safe place” and “that time has passed.” According to the picture provided by your article, Mr. Brewer, it is safe to assume that you are NOT a minority student at Duke.

That being said, I am not exactly sure what gives you the right to make such a statement or comment on minority student life. It should be noted that the goals of minority recruitment weekends are not to reveal a sense of safety but rather a sense of belonging. Although I am a minority student who did not attend a minor-

ity recruitment weekend, I have come to understand their significance. Upon acceptance to Duke, or any university for that matter, potential freshmen have to take time to evaluate a school in order to determine whether it is their best fit. Although the number of student activities and academic programs are of interest, it is essential that minority groups feel that they can be included and find a place of communion with other minorities; students who will have similar experiences to theirs while at Duke. I also wonder whether Mr. Brewer did his homework to see just how successful minority recruitment weekends are in bringing students to Duke. Next time you want to carelessly disregard a tradition that you have NOT participated in, I advise that you choose, or rather type, your words wisely.

N. Lily Negash Trinity ’14

In defense of would-be chasing I-bankers

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y high school friend told me the other day of the chasing (i.e. I-banking, consulting, insertshe was suddenly considering I-banking. elite-profession-here), or they object to the chasing I couldn’t have been more surprised. I- ethos itself, regardless of its intended direction. banking? Really? Let me provide Starting with the latter, if it’s the some context. We’re talking about ethos of chasing that anti-chasers the friend who told me during every object too, look no further than pre6th-period A.P. economics class our med students as a counter-argument. senior year how much she hated, On plenty of occasions I’ve heard absolutely hated, “this class.” Now people chastise ambitious individuI know A.P. economics is a lot difals that want to be I-bankers. Would ferent than I-banking, but still, it’s these same chastisers demonize an not a stretch to say if you absolutely equally ambitious/chasing pre-med daniel strunk hate the former, you’re likely going student? Likely not. I’ve never heard a fly on the wall to hate the latter. this happen. Being a doctor is cerI think my friend has gotten tainly as established a societal view caught up in what I call, for lack of a better term, of success as any other profession, so why aren’t the “chasing” mindset. For fear of being called a these same anti-chasers accusing every pre-med hypocrite, I’ll admit right now that I myself am student they meet of negatively conforming to the a “chaser.” What are chasers? Duke is filled with “chasing ethos”? This is not to say that being an them. A chaser is the person chasing that next I-banker is equally honorable to being a doctor, or accomplishment, that next position, that next in- vice versa, it’s just to say that the ambition a stuternship or job. They’re the type of person who dent demonstrates in wanting to be an I-banker or draws a line, connecting the dots in his or her life consultant or lawyer is in the same ball park as the and career path, planning the whole progression ambition a student demonstrates in wanting to be one step at a time. Excellence in high school leads a doctor. to Duke—excellence at Duke leads to law school— The objection about the direction that specific excellence in law school leads to a clerkship, which chasers tend to head is a little trickier. In short, leads to … well, you get the point. my response is that a person should be judged not I-banking, just like many other professions, at- on their intended direction—whether they want tracts a lot of chasers. This is especially true at Duke. to be an I-banker or a doctor—but on their inIt seems like plenty of people I meet have made up tended destination. An I-banker is no less capable their minds that they’ll be an I-banker right out of of doing good in the world than anyone else—just college. So, when I heard my friend exclaim, seem- Google Julian Robertson. No one life-path has a ingly out of nowhere, her intentions, I assumed that monopoly on altruism. If I-banking is where your she’d gotten caught up in the I-banking-chasing skills allow you to do the most good in the world, ethos that seems to dominate many an elite school. then by all means chase it with all your might. If Frankly, it would be easy to chastise my friend it’s going to Africa to fight AIDS, chase that with and fellow chasers in this column. Duke is cer- all your might. But don’t judge anyone on his or tainly not devoid of its anti-chasers from whom to her choice. And as far as incorporating moneydraw a game plan. These anti-chasers will have you making into your destination—it shouldn’t be the think chasing equals selling out—that it indicates only aspect, but since when should those desiring self-centeredness or over ambition—an attempt to be financially successful be vilified as less noble to follow the well trodden, uninventive and cliché people than those who choose otherwise? That’s paths to a societal or peer-pressured conception of flouting the American dream. As long as you earn success. They tend to look down on public displays your money with integrity, it won’t decrease or inof self-advancement—like the go-getter freshman, crease my opinion of your directional choice. already attending the career fair with his resumes In closing, do I think I-banking is what’s best for neatly printed on his way to the Deutsche Bank my friend? It doesn’t matter, because it’s not my booth. Such ambitious “chaser-like” displays, they place to judge. She is more likely to know what’s contend, demonstrate a desire to advance that is, best for herself than I ever would, and presuming if not morally questionable, at least tragic, for the to impose my moral judgment on her decision is person who seeks such advancement is on their as arrogant as most other presumptions one can way to conforming. make about others’ choices in life. I think antiBut I want to defend my fellow chasers and its chasers should follow suit. subset of banking-oriented students from this affront. Anti-chasers typically object to chasing on Daniel Strunk is a Trinity sophomore. His column one of two grounds—they object to the direction runs every other Thursday.

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DHS from page 3 said about the Secret Service.

Sands noted that although its name implies a focus within our borders, the DHS works with foreign governments to better serve American domestic security interests.

“It is important to recognize that the DHS is part of our relationship with countries around the world,” he said. “DHS has an additional level of management in it... that tries to set up a consistent approach to countries around the world and deal with challenges that face [the DHS agencies].”

Sands noted, for example, that DHS has employees doing direct customs work for the U.S. in many foreign countries. After 9/11, the DHS stationed officers abroad as part of its Container Service Initiative, a project to supervise the inspection of shipping containers before they were sent to the U.S. The initiative was first implemented in Canada to monitor goods trucked south into the U.S. Sands, a specialist in U.S.-Canada relations, took time to focus on the DHS’ role in border control and trade regulation between the U.S. and Canada.

Stephen Kelly, visiting professor of the practice of public policy and Canadian studies, invited Sands to speak.

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“I’ve known Dr. Sands and his work for 15 years or so—he’s been a very prominent expert on the U.S.-Canada relationship,” Kelly said. “He tackles issues that are very esoteric, but he has a way of explaining them that makes them accessible to a wider audience.”

Some of the regulatory problems facing U.S.-Canada borders are kidnapping and drug smuggling, Sands said. DHS has made great advances in monitoring the immigration of children between the two countries with more stringent documentation requirements.

On immigration, Sands discussed two-sided nature of illegal immigration in North America and said that some people who enter legally do not leave when their visas expire.

“One of the challenges that we have at the border is not just entry control but exit control,” Sands said. “Canada found there were roughly 40,000 individuals there in 2008 who were illegally remaining in the country.”

David Litt, executive director of the Center for Stabilization and Economic Reconstruction and a retired U.S. ambassador, reflected on the quality of Sands’ presentation.

“He used the example of Canada as a great demonstration of the [Department’s] attempt to work in a foreign policy environment,” Litt noted.

CANDIDATES from page 3 own work.

SW: There has been a huge focus on downtown Durham, and my focus would actually be on the surrounding communities and the jobs that could help the rehabilitation of the surrounding communities.

The surrounding communities in Durham are very depressed, and that is where I would also focus on housing as well as job growth.

TC: How do you hope to improve DukeDurham relations if elected?

BB: I think we have a great partnership between the University and the city of Durham. We hope to strengthen the partnership. I think over the years the partnership has grown in a very positive way. When you look at Duke’s contributions to downtown Durham, they have been important. They have moved employees down there and paid for buildings. There may be opportunities for Duke to find more ways to contribute.

RM: Duke University has got a law school and an engineering school, and I think it’s time that the educational leaders, business leaders and students get together about what to get done and how to get it done.

They have a great ability to get involved in our community. Duke students can look at problems from the outside and help from the inside. There are opportunities for students to go into the communities and try and problem-solve in Durham.

SW: I think the protests in New York City related to corporate greed could happen on a grander scale in Durham if the misallocation of resources are not addressed.

Duke helps to fund [nonprofit] Self-Help, which has purchased houses in the southside area of Durham. These houses are boarded up while people are looking for places to live. Duke could put more money into these homes for the local residents to help improve its image with the residents

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Christopher Sands, senior fellow at The Hudson Institute, speaks Wednesday in the Franklin Center.

FORUM from page 1 model proposal is intended to address perceived deficiencies in the house model, including the placement of independent students in random houses. DSG President Pete Schork, a senior, said this randomization could make it difficult for older students to form connections with their houses.

“When you’re a sophomore, you already have your best friend groups, you already have your commitments on campus, and you’re being asked to start over when you join a house,” Schork said.

For students who do not feel an affinity toward their freshman residence hall, applications would be available for transfer into different houses.

“If you apply to leave your house, and you are accepted into a new house, you then have to take the new spot,” Bhutani said, in response to concerns that students would be compelled to transfer houses in order to live in a better location.

“The issue with Duke is that none of our dorms are created equal,” he added.

“We have some crappy dorms, and we have some really nice dorms, and that’s just the way it is.”

DSG plans to administer a campuswide survey to determine the percentage of students interested in supporting the DSG house model proposal.

Senior Christina Lieu, vice presi-

dent for athletics, services and the environment, said she did not anticipate students having strong objections to the DSG model’s departure from the blocking system.

“It is our impression from talking to students that the people students choose to block with are students they lived with their freshman year,” Lieu said.

Schork said the proposal is incomplete, but expressed his hope that the meeting would serve as a starting point for further dialogue. “[Support from the administration] is going to be up to the amount of student momentum behind [the DSG proposal],” he said. “If students really embrace any changes to this model wholeheartedly, it’s going to be hard to turn down.”

Bhutani said it is important to consider a variety of residential models.

“The only way for us to have an effective conversation about the housing model is if there are more choices,” he said.

At the conclusion of the meeting, DSG senators and attendees of the forum voted 33-2 in favor of the DSG house model proposal.

Senior Esosa Osa, vice president for residential life and dining, said DSG has a responsibility to represent student voices in the housing debate.

“It’s our job—if we feel like there’s a better option—to present it to the administration,” Osa said. “If we feel like students want it, we should be behind them 110 percent.”

Anna Koelsch contributed reporting.

Sophomore Jacob Tobia, co-president of Duke Students for Gender Neutrality and Duke Student Government director of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer affairs and policy, said he approves of a gender-neutral house but added that there is more work to be done.

“While we think that establishing gender-neutral houses is ultimately a positive step on the road to adopt more inclusive gender-neutral housing options, we would advocate to establish two gender-neutral houses, one on West Campus and one on Central Campus,” Tobia said. “This will ensure that students who desire a gender-neutral housing environment are accorded the same opportunity to live on West or Central Campus.”

All 26 potential SLGs will tentatively present to the Approval/Removal Committee Oct. 14, Gonzalez said. Panhellenic sororities may present as one group, he noted. The committee will

of Durham.

TC: Why do you think you make the best candidate for Durham mayor?

BB: I have almost 40 years of localeffective experience in Durham and the county level. I was on the board of county commissioners for over 10 years. I bring stability to the organization. I have institutional knowledge. I enjoy the job and those are areas that I have expertise moving forward. I think if you look at the leadership of the council, we aren’t always in agreement but we move on. We don’t bring a lot of drama. and I think that is important as well.

RM: I’ve always made sure that when I get involved, I document the best action to take to get the best results. We can make sure that all the population has their Constitutional rights protected and no one is disadvantaged. We need to make sure that businesses deal with people treated fairly and do not charge clients different rates by race. Citizens have rights and Joe Bowser and Bill Bell have met citizens who have done that and have looked the other way. To me, that is cowardly and indifferent and needs to change.

SW: My faith in Christ Jesus taught me to respect the dignity of every man. I see every citizen of Durham, regardless of past failure as having the capability to be a positive contributor to the interests of Durham. My years of experience in the financial industry will allow me to view our the city’s budget from a perspective that will allow the city to maximize services, while also looking to cut wasteful spending. Lastly, my values would cause me to represent all of Durham, and I would not vote to pass a same-sex resolution 7-0 as the current city council did. Before passing the resolution, the mayor suspended any discussion from the citizens attending the meeting. Durham should never be a place where its citizens do not have a voice in the sanctioning of issues that will affect our children and grandchildren. have a role in approving applications for a house.

During presentations, potential SLGs will elaborate on their group concept and explain why their group will benefit from residential space, Gonzalez said.

“We want to know what is something special or unique [potential SLGs] can bring to their residential experience,” Gonzalez said.

The committee will also ask potential SLGs about how many beds they expect to have within their house, he added.

“We want each group’s application to be evaluated on its merit,” Gonzalez said. “Theoretically, each application could be supported.... We’ll wait to see which ones should be supported.”

Junior Alex Swain, DSG vice president for Durham and regional affairs and a member of the house model working group, said she thinks 26 groups applying to be potential SLGs is much larger than the administration expected.

“I think the administration understand this is a problem and are going to try to work with students,” Swain said.

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