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Facebook activity may indicate users’ risk for alcohol dependence by Tiffany Lieu

Fraternity recruitment to see reform by Arden Kreeger

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References to dangerous alcohol use on college students’ Facebook pages could indicate a higher risk for drinking problems. A recent study conducted by Dr. Megan Moreno, a pediatric and adolescent medicine doctor with the University of Wisconsin at Madison, found that college students who had photos or posts on their Facebook pages about getting drunk or blacking out were more likely to be at risk for drinking problems than their classmates. Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Duke Student Wellness Center, said he is not surprised by these findings. The results align themselves with the traditional concept of comparison drinking. “If you isolate high-risk drinkers into one location,” Szigethy said. “It will increase the amount of drinking. College students think that high-risk behavior is the norm and therefore try to outdo those norms.” Moreno and a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Washington surveyed the Facebook pages of 244 random undergraduate students with publicly available profiles, paying close attention to their photos and wall posts. One-third of the students had references to alcohol ranging from non-problematic social drinking to more risky behavior, including riding in a car while drunk or getting in trouble for alcohol-related reasons. The rest of the students had no mention of alcohol on their pages. These 244 undergraduates were then administered a 10-question screening test that determined whether students were at risk for problem drinking. The test assessed the frequency of drinking, binge drinking and negative consequences stemming from alcohol use.

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New fraternity recruitment rules will go into effect this Spring. This year’s Interfraternity Council recruitment process will be one week shorter than last year’s, running for two weeks from Jan. 9 to Jan. 22, said senior Matthew Forester, IFC vice president of recruitment and new member education. Those interested must register for recruitment by Dec. 7, whereas in previous years, registration remained open until the first day of recruitment. “We still want chapters to be able to meet all the guys and have a good time during recruitment, but we basically want it to be more safe, more responsible and more professional,” Forester said. Forester added that the changes to the recruitment process will reduce financial competition between chapters and also address the liability faced by both students and the University during IFC recruitment, such as increased section damages and the number of calls to emergency medical services in recent years. “We needed to have a process that was much more professional and safe and also fun,” said Zoila Airall, assistant vice president of student affairs for campus life. “[IFC] decided to... be much more clear with when [recruitment] begins and when it ends, so it’s fair for all freshmen going through it and for all chapters participating.” Airall added that IFC is planning two parties,

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Panel criticizes Occupy Durham protestors DOM amendment disallowed to tent downtown by Shucao Mo THE CHRONICLE

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If passed in the upcoming May referendum, the North Carolina Defense of Marriage amendment may have far-reaching effects on all couples. Duke OUTLaw, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender affinity group at the Duke School of Law, hosted a panel discussion Monday about the influence of the proposed amendment on gay and straight couples. The event, titled “Not Just About Gay Marriage: Why You Should Care About the N.C. ‘Marriage’ Amendment,” featured three speakers who criticized the bill on legal grounds. Domestic partnerships, which are recognized in some parts of North Carolina, do not provide the same social perks as legal marriage does, but do give gay couples the opportunity to gain benefits from their employers. Passing the Defense of Marriage

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Protestors with Occupy Durham were told to cease camping out at the CCB Plaza in downtown Durham Monday. City officials informed approximately 75 participants with Occupy Durham—the Bull City branch of Occupy Wall Street—that they were not allowed to set up tents without first obtaining a permit. Individuals who failed to remove their tents by 5 p.m. would be considered trespassers, according to an Oct. 17 notice by Durham City Manager Thomas Bonfield. The protestors readily complied and removed approximately six tents by 5 p.m. from the premises but continued to inhabit the CCB Plaza. “The original plan was to stage an encampment indefinitely, but at about 4 p.m. [Monday], we were told we had to remove our tents or the city would forcefully remove them for us by 5 p.m.,” said Jillian Johnson, Occupy Durham

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A group of approximately 75 protestors gathered in downtown Durham with the intention to camp out, but city officials disallowed it.

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“You read newspapers, but paper was introduced to Europeans by Arabians.” —Historian Richard Bulliet on Islamic contributions. See story page 3

Archivist discusses S. African history, Page 4

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WASHINGTON,D.C.— Memorial bracelets have become a regular reminder that the country is at war. President Barack Obama wears one. Most soldiers wear them. So do a lot of Marines. And that has turned into something of a problem. The Marines have always been among the most persnickety when it comes to their uniforms and their appearance. Recently, the Marine Corps Times, which is not affiliated with the service, noticed that some commanders have been ordering Marines to remove their “KIA bracelets,� which are meant to honor fallen service members. The reason: The Marine Corps Uniform Regulations specifically prohibits the wearing of most jewelry. Enforcement of that regulation has been spotty. But the article by the Marine Corps Times, which found plenty of Marines who were told they could not have them, has caused an outcry.

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Experts say Iran nuclear Pakistan inclined to make program beset by woes peace, talk with Taliban WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran’s nuclear program, which stumbled badly after a reported cyber attack last year, appears beset by poorly performing equipment, shortages of parts and other woes as global sanctions exert a mounting toll, Western diplomats and nuclear experts say.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Amid growing American frustration with Pakistan’s handling of Islamist militancy, the government here appears less willing than ever to challenge insurgent groups and more inclined to make peace with them.

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NC 751 to add warning Bulliet illuminates Islamic contributions signs following accidents by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE

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Richard Bulliet, professor of history at Columbia, speaks in the Social Sciences Building Monday. by Yueran Zhang THE CHRONICLE

Western society should value the connections and similarities it has to Islamic society instead of approaching it with hostility, said Richard Bulliet, professor of history at Columbia University. Bulliet challenged the belief that there is a boundary between Christian and Islamic cultures at a forum Monday titled “The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization.” The forum was sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke University Middle East Studies Center. In his speech, Bulliet emphasized that Western cultures have benefited from extensive cultural exchanges throughout history.

“When you get up, you brush your teeth, but the tooth brush was invented by Arabians,” Bulliet said. “You have breakfast, but it was Arabians who invented orange juice. You read newspapers, but paper was introduced to Europeans by Arabians.” Bulliet, who specializes in Islamic history, published a book in 2004—also titled “The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization”—in which he analyzes the comparative cultures. He said he had hoped his concept would spread, but an unfavorable recent history between Western and Islamic cultures—most importantly 9/11—has prevented its popularity. SEE BULLIET ON PAGE 8

A sometimes fatal stretch of N.C. 751 may soon become a little safer. In a memo Oct. 14, the North Carolina Department of Transportation recommended additional road safety measures, including additional signage, be placed along a section of N.C. 751 nearby Duke’s campus. Known locally as Academy Road, the road winds into a particularly sharp curve. The curve is located approximately 200 feet south of the intersection of Academy Road and Duke University Road, according to a report filed by Kelly Becker, a regional traffic engineer for the NCDOT. It has been recommended that the NCDOT replace the chevron sign inside of the curve and add two new chevron signs on the outside of the curve. The existing curve warning sign on southbound N.C. 751 should be moved further north of the curve to alert drivers sooner. It was also recommended that a second warning sign be placed along the northbound side of the road and an object marker be added to the 35-mph speed limit sign near the intersection of N.C. 751 and Cranford Road, according to the report. The curve in question has been the site of three fatal accidents since 1992, Becker said. The most recent occurred Sept. 15 when senior Matthew Grape, a passenger in the car, was killed after the vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree. The vehicle was

traveling along the road at 65 mph, according a Durham Police Department incident report. The NCDOT recommendations followed an investigation of the site after the accident Sept. 15, Becker noted. Two prior accidents, one in 1992 and the other in 1997, occurred along the curve and resulted in four deaths. The vehicles were traveling at 85 mph and 80 mph respectively, Becker said. All three accidents involved impaired driving. “The speed had a lot to do with those crashes,” Becker said. “The curve can be handled well if you’re going the speed limit. The excessive speeds in collaboration with the impaired driving made it dangerous.” Five non-fatal accidents also occurred at the curve between August 2006 and July 2011, Becker noted. Only one of the five resulted in injuries to the passenger. Although plans are not definite, the recommendations could be implemented in the next two to four weeks, Becker said. Duke officials will likely not be notified of the additional signage since the area is located off campus. The report also requested that the Governor’s Highway Safety Program within the NCDOT work with DPD to reduce impaired driving and chronic speeding. SEE SIGNS ON PAGE 8

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Archivist notes importance of South African history by Jack Mercola THE CHRONICLE

Recording the past should primarily serve to question the present and look into the future, archivist Verne Harris said. Harris, head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue, spoke to approximately 30 people in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library Monday evening. Sponsored by Duke Libraries and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, the event focused on what archiving has done for the wounded since apartheid in South Africa and what archiving can do for equality in the future. Harris previously served as the director of the South African History Archive, an independent human rights nongovernmental organization. “The discourses of modernity too readily assume that constructions of the past are about learning from the mistakes of that past,” Harris said. “Societies, and individuals possibly as well, very much learn not from the past but from the future—what we perceive to be the future opening for us, what we experience as our participation in the making of that future.” Harris said the function of the Memory Programme is to properly document and secure all relevant historical information in South Africa and, most importantly, make it accessible to South Africa’s people. This will allow

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South Africans to preserve the memory of Nelson Mandela, the first South African president elected in a full democratic election, Harris added. South Africa still has a lot of healing to do from the damage of apartheid and its aftermath, he noted. “South Africa, by most measures, remains one of the most unequal societies on earth,” Harris said. “Liberation has SEE HARRIS ON PAGE 6

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Verne Harris, an archivist specializing in South African history, speaks Monday in Perkins Library.

An attendee enjoys sweet corn and lemonade at the annual North Carolina State Fair. The fair, which began last Thursday, runs through Sunday, Oct. 23.

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Control of domain names Officials considered cyber critical for 2012 election attack on Gadhafi’s defenses by T.W. Farnam and Philip Rucker THE WASHINGTON POST

On Sept. 2, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry surging in the polls, someone purchased the Web addresses stickittorick.com, rickperrynot.com and buryperry.com. That day, Mitt Romney’s campaign spent $2,851 buying the rights to various domain names at GoDaddy.com, the vendor that sold the Perry domains. You might assume it was the Romney campaign that scooped up the anti-Perry Web addresses with hopes of launching sites attacking Romney’s chief rival for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Not so, says the Romney campaign. Such is the latest mystery of Campaign 2012. The mystery is tough to unravel, because whoever bought the addresses hid his or her identity behind Domains by Proxy, a third-party company frequently used to shield the owners of Web addresses. The same company was used to register mittromney.com. But a Romney spokesman said that the campaign does not own the Perry domains in question. The campaign would not say which domains it bought Sept. 2. The recent transactions open a window onto the often secretive online underworld of presidential politics. Along with knocking on doors and airing television spots, campaigns try to blanket their messages— pro and con—across the Internet, which has a whole set of rules and tricks. A Washington Post analysis of federal campaign spending reports shows that

President Barack Obama and Romney spent thousands of dollars this summer at GoDaddy.com. Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee reported spending a combined $8,065 at GoDaddy.com this year, and Romney’s campaign reported spending $12,097 on domains. (Of that, Romney’s campaign spent $9,061 buying domains previously owned by his Free & Strong America PAC, since the names cannot be transferred.) Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, reported spending $208 with companies that sell domains, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who dropped out of the race in August, reported spending $668. The Perry campaign said it had not bought many domains—it reported no such expenditures in its campaign finance report filed last week. “The public is more interested in how the candidates can create jobs and improve the economy, not how many domain names you can rack up,” Perry spokesman Mark Miner said. “We’re not running for student body council here. This is for president of the United States.” But Perry’s opponents and other parties are buying up domains about Perry. In most cases, the addresses have not been put to use and lead to empty Web pages. In several instances, anti-Perry domains were bought on the same dates that the Romney or Obama campaigns reported making transactions at GoDaddy.com, according to an analysis of online domainregistration records.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top Pentagon officials considered using their secretive arsenal of cyber weapons to disrupt Libya’s air defenses before deciding that bombs would be the better option for preparing the way for U.S.led coalition airstrikes. The debate, which officials said did not reach the White House, was aborted when it became clear that there was not enough time for a cyber attack to work. Libyan government forces, led by Moammar Gadhafi, were at the time close to overrunning Benghazi, a rebel stronghold where U.S. officials feared genocide might occur without fast intervention, said current and former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive policy discussions. “We just ran out of time,” a former military official said. “It was overcome by events.” That the cyber option was raised at all underscores the U.S. military's growing capabilities in cyber warfare and the appeal of such weapons as alternatives to conventional military options. But the debate also showed some of the practical limits on using computer code as a weapon. U.S. officials have never publicly disclosed the cyber weapons at their disposal, though the military last year established the U.S. Cyber Command, based in suburban Fort Meade, Md.,

to coordinate the military use of cyberspace, including potential offensive operations. A cyber attack against Libya, said several current and former U.S. officials, could have disrupted Libya’s air defenses but not destroyed them. For that job, conventional weapons were faster, and more potent. Had the debate gone forward, there also would have been the question of collateral damage. Damaging air defense systems might have, for example, required interrupting power sources, raising the prospect of the cyber weapon accidently infecting other systems reliant on electricity, such as those in hospitals. There was also the possibility of any damage inflicted by a cyber weapon being temporary, allowing the Libyan government to potentially restore its air defenses quickly. The debate over whether to mount a U.S. cyber attack on Libya was first reported by the New York Times on its website Monday. “Cyber is just going to destroy or disable a component,” a former U.S. official said. “It’s not going to blow something up on the rails.” A U.S.-led coalition, operating under United Nations authority, began strikes against Libyan air defenses and troop formations on March 19. The campaign, called Operation Odyssey Dawn, was commanded by the U.S. Africa Command, SEE GADHAFI ON PAGE 6

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AMENDMENT from page 1 amendment would mean that marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that will be recognized in North Carolina. “My partner and I did a symbolic sign-up at the domestic partnership registrar on March 3, 2011—the 100th anniversary of Carrboro. We were so outraged at the marriage amendment that had come up for the first time in North Carolina,” said panelist Lydia Lavelle, former president of N.C. Association of Women Attorneys and assistant professor of law at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-N.C., said she was proud that North Carolina was one of the few states without a marriage amendment. She attributed the recent amendment to the Republican-majority N.C. House of Representatives. Kinnaird, who represents Orange and Person counties, described the amendment as a continuation

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Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-N.C., who supports marriage equality for all citizens, speaks as part of a panel discussion Monday.

of past unequal legislation supported by the state legislature, such as the execution of the mentally incompetent and the “separate but equal” doctrine. “We were wrong on imposing the death penalty and on segregation,” Kinnaird said. “I am hoping we will find eventually that [our law provides] an equal protection.... Wouldn’t it be great to be right for once?” Sharon Thompson, attorney and former legislator in the N.C. House of Representatives, described the ramifications of the bill. “The effects on my clients would be devastating,” she said, referring to her LGBT clientele. “It would erase all the legal protection we now have and leave them with not much of anything.” Nicole Walley Baker, lab analyst at the Duke Center for Human Genome Variation, said the panel was primarily an advocation for defeating the bill. “All the panelists feel personally invested—I don’t know anyone in the audience who supports the bill,” she said. Thompson noted, however, that the potential harm of the marriage amendment could extend beyond the rights and potential benefits of gay couples. “Opposite sex [couples] are going to lose domestic violence protection, child care benefits [and] domestic trust,” Thompson said. “It invites more family challenges if we leave the [legal] door open. There will be no legal rights to call into legal question what you can and cannot do.” Haley Warden, president of OUTLaw and second-year law student, commented on the change the amendment poses to the state’s legal environment. “Domestic legal union is a stranger to all of the jurisprudence in North Carolina,” Warden said. “It creates a lot of uncertainty that makes this amendment concerning. [Furthermore,] the language of the amendment is too overreaching—it hits too many people.” Warden compared the current legal battle to previous anti-miscegenation laws, which banned interracial marriage. “Oddly, we are about as we were with the miscegenation laws,” Warden said. “We have to overcome two hurdles—to prove that being gay is immutable and to insist on equal protection of law.” Kinnaird said she is not optimistic about the possibility of defeating the amendment because of strong interest groups for the bill. “I am afraid it is going to pass,” Kinnaird said. “The far-right churches are going to be very organized.” But Thompson said coalitions including churches, social workers and LGBT groups are laying out strategies against the passing of the referendum, “Millions of dollars are going to be spent on both sides—it’s going to get crazy,” she said.

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HARRIS from page 4 reached too small a population of South Africans.” Harris mentioned Mandela’s permanent retirement and weakening physical condition, emphasizing the urgency of preserving the memory of Mandela in constructing a future for South Africa. “How do we learn to live without Nelson Mandela?” Harris said at the event. Harris said this is a question that has not yet been answered. He spoke about the role of archiving and the Memory Programme in encouraging thoughtful dialogue rather than producing concrete answers to present problems. Mandela requested that the Memory Programme not depend on him, Harris said, adding that Mandela asked not to be protected or sanctified by the archives. “People feel that [Mandela] is already gone,” Harris said. “If we look to the future, the past will look after itself.” Harris’ notion of a folded timeline through archiving struck a chord with Ariel Dorfman, distinguished professor of literature at Duke. “We are privileged to have an extraordinary library here at Duke,” Dorfman said. “Those who do not know the past well are not only condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past, but they will not befriend it. To befriend the past, in some sense, is to create the future.” Jennifer Thompson, research services and collection development librarian at the John Hope Franklin Research Center, noted the variety between archives. “No collection is the same. You have to treat them differently and with different care,” Thompson said, adding that the diversity of archives primarily facilitates informed decision-making for the future. Dorfman said the need to preserve the past is an act of self-preservation. “If past papers are dead,” he said, “the papers that we are writing now will be dead tomorrow.”

GADHAFI from page 5 by a U.S. admiral aboard the USS Mount Whitney in the Mediterranean. U.S. elements included sea-launched cruise missiles, B-2 stealth bombers, Harrier fighter planes and Growler jamming aircraft. France, Britain, Denmark and some other countries also participated. NATO took over command of the operation on March 31. Had the debate proceeded and a cyber option been chosen, the attack could have fallen to the U.S. Cyber Command. The Obama administration avoided a confrontation with Congress over whether the airstrikes triggered the War Powers Act by ending its role in attacking Libyan ground forces in early April. The administration contended that ongoing U.S. strikes against Libyan air defenses did not constitute “hostilities” under the terms of the law. The question of whether a cyber attack on Libya’s air defenses would trigger the War Powers Act was never discussed as the debate never advanced, the former official said. In general, the U.S. government has been cautious in its deliberations over the use of cyber weapons, recognizing that using them can reveal capabilities and set precedent that might encourage other nations.

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FACEBOOK from page 1 The results, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, showed that about 60 percent of the students who had reference to dangerous drinking on their Facebook pages were at risk for alcohol dependence and drinking related problems. One-fifth of these students said that they also had an alcohol-related injury during the previous year. Thirty-eight percent of the students with references to non-dangerous alcohol use on their Facebook pages were at risk for alcohol dependence and only 23 percent of the students with no mention of alcohol on their pages were found to be at risk, according to the study. In terms of incorporating the findings of the study into alcohol-dependence prevention at Duke, Szigethy said he does not believe that monitoring student Facebook accounts would be effective. Rather, the Student Wellness Center will continue to use social networking sites as venues to increase awareness about alcohol-related issues.

OCCUPY from page 1 group organizer and creator of its Facebook page. “Police were brought not as a police measure but to protect the city officials.� Officials from the Durham Police Department noted that although the group was compliant, they were in violation of a city ordinance. They also noted that many members of DPD were not fully aware of the situation and were simply following orders. The organization, which serves to protest the wealth gap in the United States, had previously researched the legal ramifications of camping out in the square and determined that there were no laws prohibiting such activity, said Monica Ganguly, facilitator of Occupy Durham’s general assembly meeting held in the plaza Monday night. City officials interfered because of a parks and recreation policy, not a law or ordinance, Ganguly added. “They said they did not want to impede on our message but did not want to set a precedent,� she said. “That pretty much means they do not want to risk homeless people

“Our current prevention methods apply to this,� Szigethy said. “We also use social media as a tool to communicate with students and student groups. Furthermore, we often work with student groups when they use social media to organize events, especially when these events include risk-management tools.� Gary Glass, assistant director for Outreach and Developmental Programming at Counseling and Psychological Services, said the University should direct its resources toward establishing dialogue with students about their alcohol dependence. “My work isn’t about telling students not to drink,� Glass said. “Rather, it is to heighten their curiosity about what makes them drink so much. If drinking is part of their identity, then how much do they want to have their identity tied with alcohol?� In her study, Moreno advised resident assistants to monitor their residents’ Facebook pages because of their preestablished relationship. Moreno could not be reached for comment. Junior Seung-Yen Park, an RA in Aycock residence hall,

said her first priority as an RA is to ensure the physical and mental safety of her residents. She said she does not think, however, that RAs should monitor their residents’ Facebook pages. “I feel that such close monitoring is not the best method of addressing alcohol culture at Duke,� Park said. “Rather, RAs should focus on programming that highlight issues of such abuse and on investing time in getting to know our residents so that we can quickly discern a pattern of behavior that deviates from the norm.� Facebook monitoring is also a potential invasion of student privacy, Park added. A more effective method of using Facebook to help potential high-risk students may be to raise awareness amongst students about this link between Facebook and potential alcohol dependence, Glass said. “Students are naturally exposed to each other’s Facebook pages,� Glass said. “So then what are the ways that the administration can help students recognize when students should approach their peers regarding this entanglement with Facebook and alcohol abuse?�

camping out in the square or making it easier for political groups like us to protest.� Approximately 15 members of the group camped out in the plaza Sunday night in tents, Occupy Durham member Gatlin Rowe said. A police officer drove by and asked the group to remove their tents. When the members of the group refused and questioned the officer’s reasoning, the police officer left the protestors alone, Rowe added. “Throughout this situation and in general, we as a group strongly believe in non-violence and want our actions to be peaceful,� Johnson said. “We are just looking for more clarity on what we can and can’t do.� The group is beginning the process of applying for a permit but the procedure takes 15 days, Ganguly noted. Monday’s change in events may lead to a new location for the occupation. Members of the organization went to the Durham City Council meeting Monday night to request placement on the agenda, Johnson added. They did not arrive in time to be added to the agenda, but they were invited to the floor to speak about the issue. Occupy Durham protestor Summer Puente, Trinity ’11,

said the group was not successful in obtaining permission to camp out during the city council meeting. The group spoke with the city attorney following the meeting and will communicate with officials about issuing a permit in the future. The organization held a general assembly meeting Monday to evaluate the new circumstances, Johnson said. At the meeting, the group collectively debated whether or not they would, as a representative group, choose to sleep in the plaza despite being asked to take down their tents. Following three hours of debate, the members voted to continue the occupy the plaza during the day only—until further discussion. “We don’t know whether or not we are going to be challenging this policy,� Ganguly said. “We are a big group, and we have a lot of other issues to hash out, but we will not let this break our momentum.� James Lee contributed reporting.

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IFC from page 1 signifying the official start and end of recruitment, in order to eliminate post-recruitment hazing. “The IFC recruitment team is going to be visiting every chapter’s rush events to make sure... that everything is going according to plan,” Forester said. “[That] includes putting a stop to progressives and other unsafe behavior.” Clarybel Peguero, assistant dean of fraternity and sorority life, was not available for comment as of Monday night. Despite promises of greater safety, not all prospective fraternity members are excited by the changes. “I don’t think people rushing will get a feel of what each frat is really like, because people will probably act differently when there are officers around,” freshman Jackson Scharf said. “Someone could end up in a frat that parties harder than they expected because their rush was toned down.” Changes to the fraternity recruitment process are familiar to Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek, who said she has seen such reforms every three to five years in her time as an administrator.

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“[Fraternities] get some feedback, and then they regroup and try to make it better the following year,” Wasiolek said. “[The changes are] more of a recognition on the part of the frats that there is something about their recruitment process that maybe is dissuading the young men from even going through it.” The IFC recruitment team collaborated with Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta and Airall in writing its proposal. “It’s a partnership,” Wasiolek said. The exact schedule of recruitment rounds has yet to be released in order to give fraternities more time to plan events, Forester said. He hopes beginning recruitment two days before the start of second semester will make the process more professional. Airall said beginning recruitment before the start of the semester allow students to focus on events without the added stress of academics. “They wanted to have a time where people could start some of the recruitment process and everybody is free and the classes have not actually started,” she said.

BULLIET from page 3 He noted that the Jewish-Christian connection is widely recognized because of the relationship between the United States and Israel. “When I read his manuscript of ‘The Case for IslamoChristian Civilization,’ I predicted that the term would be a household word soon, but unfortunately my prediction proves to be wrong,” said introductory speaker Bruce Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus professor emeritus of religion at Duke. Geographically, Christian and Islamic cultures have mixed together throughout history, Bulliet said. Before the Renaissance, there was a period of time when the number of Christians living in Muslim regions in North Africa was more than those living in Europe. Although Renaissance Europe and the Middle East became more divergent, Bulliet said the divergence should not be a reason for scholars to ignore the continued cultural overlap between the two. “It is difficult to accept Muslims as part of our country and to accept Muslims in general as part of the civilization we belong to,” he said. By putting forward his Islamo-Christian concept, Bulliet challenged what he called a widely believed theory that cultures around the world tend to clash. Bulliet pointed out that instead of clashing, it is possible for different cultures to be compatible and communicate. He added that the stereotype of opposition between the Western world and the Islamic world makes communication difficult. “People tend to regard the totalitarianism and extremism happening in some Middle Eastern countries as rooted in the culture itself,” Bulliet said. “But if [the U.S.] government imposed religious monopoly and prohibited freedom of speech, and our people felt it was impossible to protect their rights in a peaceful way, Americans would also turn to extremism.” He noted that it is the political landscape—not Islamic culture—that causes terrorism, which contributes to the cultural conflict between Western and Islamic societies. But since the recent revolutions in the Middle East, Americans are becoming more understanding of Middle Eastern cultures, he added. The Arab world cannot gain democracy and freedom overnight, he said, but it is starting to pursue the same goals that Americans want to achieve. “It is the first time Americans realize Muslims want the things they want and the things they have,” Bulliet said. Jamie Brummitt, a second-year master’s candidate in religion, said she was impressed by the broad knowledge Bulliet showed when addressing this complex issue. “I’m really convinced by him,” Brummitt said. “We should be more open-minded and rethink how those two sets of cultures are interrelated.” SherAli Tareen, a seventh-year Ph.D. candidate in Islamic studies, said Bulliet has a distinctly interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. “He synthesizes history, archeology, political science, sociology and so many subjects together,” Tareen said. “Bulliet makes a great example for scholars to use understandable language to address a mass audience.”

SIGNS from page 3 Because the recommendations were only recently issued, safety program officials will need additional time to evaluate them and develop specific initiatives in conjunction with Durham Police, said Steve Abbott, a communications officer for the NCDOT. Officials may also coordinate with Duke administrators given that most recent accident involved Duke students. “Each situation is different,” Abbott said. “There might be a grant to help with a particular program. We always want to work with law enforcement and perhaps the University.” DPD has had a well-established relationship with the highway safety program, DPD Public Information Officer Kammie Michael said. Officers, for example, participate in the statewide “Booze It and Lose It” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns. “Durham police officers focus on speed enforcement in addition to the [driving while impaired] and seatbelt campaigns,” Michael wrote in an email Monday. “[The recommended programs] would target anyone who is violating the impaired driving laws.”

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Finding the Capra passes on pros for Duke right leader on the court It’s that time of the year again. You know, that awkward two-week period between Countdown to Craziness and the first exhibition game of the new basketball season. I imagine the feeling would be similar to a 16-year-old being given a new car and driving around town to show all his friends— only to have his parents tell him that the car needs a little tweak and he can have it back in two weeks. Throughout the day Friday the new car effect was in full Ryan force all over campus. Krzyzewskiville came alive with students decked out in their blue and white, line monitors hustled and bustled through the crowd and the basketball jersey made a sudden grand return to Durham fashion circles. Even Duke’s resident living legend, head coach Mike Krzyzewski, acknowledged the feeling when he spoke at halftime of the Blue-White scrimmage. “It’s our 32nd year,” Krzyzewski said, “and it feels new all over again.” But this time around, new means something more than just a new calendar year, new schedule and a sprinkle of new talent. This year, new means something closer to its Webster’s definition: unfamiliar, unseen, unchartered, and most of all, unproven. While the 2011 edition of the Blue Devils certainly displayed many bright spots Friday night—namely a stellar performance by Seth Curry and an epic Plumlee vs. Plumlee dunk-off—the squad will certainly need tweaking over the next several weeks. If the past is any indication, the tweaking may last even longer. Krzyzewski, Duke’s master tinkerer, has shown that he is willing to make adjustments deep into the ACC schedule, and even the NCAA tournament if necessary. With the plethora of new faces and questions facing this team, he might need all of that time to find the right formula. Ultimately, the biggest difference between this Blue Devil squad and the previous four is the lack of a proven, go-to leader on the floor—that heartand-soul player that carries the team during its

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There are few athletes that possess the potential to play their sport professionally, and not many of them turn down the big leagues to come to college. Even fewer seek higher education when they’ve already beaten two of the world’s top 100 women’s tennis players. And only one has chosen to attend university after playing in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. That unique individual is Beatrice Capra, the highestranked player ever to choose collegiate tennis over the professional circuit. That unprecedented decision makes Capra Duke’s new tennis superstar. Capra began playing tennis when she was eight years old, won her first national tournament six years later and has played on a professional tennis track ever since. In 2010, though, her professional prospects were still uncertain, as she lost at the U.S. Junior National Tournament. She was preparing to take a few weeks off when she received a phone call from the United States Tennis Association, inviting her to play in a small tournament with a big prize. She did not expect to take home this prize, planning instead to use the tournament as a warm-up for the junior U.S. Open. But she blitzed through the field, and claimed that significant award—a berth at one of the world’s biggest tennis events, the U.S. Open. The victory in the wild-card qualifier threw her into the national spotlight, but the Maryland native never thought she would have so much success so quickly. Capra had played well at the junior level, but she had yet to prove herself against professional competition. That all changed at the 2010 U.S. Open. Even one victory was unlikely, but Capra prevailed in the first round, crushing 2004 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Karolina Sprem in straight sets. “After winning that first round, it gave me confidence knowing that I could compete with all these players,” Capra said. “The whole crowd was for me. It was just really exciting and it really pulled me up.” Then, she won her second match, trumping eigh-

teenth seed Aravane Rezaï to complete her improbably ascent to the quarterfinals against former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova. Capra, just 18 years old and ranked 371st in world standings, was suddenly the center of attention. The tennis world had been abuzz over the success of American teenager Melanie Oudin, who had skipped college to turn pro, and defeated Sharapova in the second round of the 2009 U.S. Open en route to the quarterfinals. But Oudin had failed to maintain that success, and tennis fans around the nation were ready for another teen idol. With Oudin already out of the 2010 field, Capra fit the bill. “I remember after winning that [second] match, I went to bed that night and thought, ‘Oh my gosh, is this a dream?’” Capra said. “After that, I was on ESPN, and I got all these interviews. It really didn’t seem like real life at all.” But the quarterfinals were to be the end of Capra’s Cinderella story. Facing one of her own tennis idols in Sharapova proved too intimidating for Capra, and she fell to the Russian 6-0, 6-0. “I’ll never forget that moment, walking out onto [the court at] Arthur Ashe [Stadium],” Capra said. “I wish I could have done better, but it was amazing.” Her magical run earned her $225,000, but instead of becoming winnings, the cash turned into the most prize money to be turned down in tennis history. Capra refused the money so she could retain her amateur status. After doing so well under such a national spotlight, the pressures of proving herself didn’t permit Capra another chance to shine at the U.S. Open. Prior to this year’s Open, she fell in the finals of the wild card tournament to 16-yearold Mackenzie Keys. In fear of becoming “burnt out” from the professional circuit after starting at such a young age, Capra is excited to play in the structure of college tennis and SEE CAPRA ON PAGE 11

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Henrique Cunha and Chris Mengel won their first tournament as a doubles team, beating Tar Heels Brennan Boyajian and Joey Burkhardt 9-8(6).

In one of the premier tournaments of the fall season, Duke proved it is one of the most dangerous squads in the country. Sophomore Chris Mengel and junior Henrique Cunha led the charge, winning the doubles bracket and meeting up in the singles final at the ITA-Carolinas Regional this past week in Chapel Hill. “[The team] had a disappointing ITA-All American tournament,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “On the first day of practice this week, we sat down and stressed the importance of finishing the fall season strong.” Mengel took the message to heart, winning the biggest tournament of his Duke career. Entering the tournament as the No. 3 seed, he breezed to the semifinals without losing a set. Then, facing senior teammate Torsten Wiestoka, the two battled for three sets before Mengel prevailed 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. On the other side of the singles bracket, No. 1 seed Cunha moved quickly to the quarterfinals before facing No. 9 seed Danny Kreyman of Wake Forest, where he showcased his extensive match experience to recover from a first-set defeat 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Cunha’s match against Mengel in the final was cut short when the junior retired after losing the first set 7-6(8), battling shoulder issues. “[Cunha] is batting a shoulder injury, but I don’t foreshadow it being anything serious,” Smith said. “The medical staff will provide treatment and he should be able to play in [the ITA National Indoor championships Nov. 3-6].” In doubles, Cunha and Mengel found their first success as a doubles team, capturing their first tournament title together. The two joined up after Cunha’s former partner Reid Carleton graduated last spring. After defeating the No. 2 seeded pairing of Brennan Boyajian and Joey Burkhardt of North Carolina 9-8(6) in the finals, the two appear to be gaining traction. “After getting a few wins under their belt early in the tournament, they began to play their best tennis of the season,” Smith said. Still, the performances of Mengel and Cunha were not the only strong showings from the Blue Devils. In singles competition, sophomore Fred Saba and senior Torsten Weistoka joined Cunha and Mengel in the quarterfinals. The duo of senior David Holland and freshman Jason Tahir also made a run to the quarterfinals. “We couldn’t have finished any better,” Smith said. “This week is going to give us a lot of confidence and momentum going forward.”

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CAPRA from page 9 with a consistent coaching staff. “When you’re on the pro tour, you can just keep going tournament after tournament and all the matches are going to be tough, so you can lose in the first round,” Capra said. “Whereas in college, you’ll be playing every week against a different team and you’re guaranteed matches. I think, with that respect, it’s just going to allow me to improve.” Now the Blue Devils have an international tennis star. As it turns out, Duke was the only school she ever considered attending. She was introduced to the campus when head coach Jamie Ashworth offered up the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center to the U.S. National team for practice when the team was visiting the area for a tournament. “Ever since then, I’ve just loved the school,” Capra said. “Duke has always been my top choice. Over the years I kept in contact with Jamie and he’s been so supportive of me. I really think he wants the best for me and he understands my goals. He and [assistant coach] Mark [Spicijaric] and the team—they’re the reason I came here.” After forsaking the money and fame of turning professional, Capra hopes to set a precedent for future incoming classes of tennis players. “A lot of the girls think it’s a choice: you either have to go pro or you have to go to college, but you can’t do both,” Capra said. “I think to be able to have an education as well as being a professional athlete is so much better…. I’m trying to start a new trend saying you can come to college and you still accomplish your goals.”

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Int’l programs promise intense immersion Duke prides itself on its mul- exploration of the language and tifarious and widely popular in- culture of a particular country. ternational opportunities, and The program allows highly motwo of its newest offerings that of- tivated students to apply inforfer study abroad options—Duke mation learned in the classroom Immerse and Duke INtense to a long-term international Global—promexperience. ise to exceed Slated to start editorial the already lofty in the Spring, standard set by programs like Duke Immerse—which, ironiDukeEngage. Providing stu- cally, seems less immersive than dents with a comprehensive DIG—will center on a specific and highly focused academic topic in international studies, and cultural experience unlike integrating research and colany currently in existence, both laboration with faculty memprograms embark on a forward bers, specific coursework and thinking pedagogical experi- an extended field trip. Students ment that rightly emphasizes participating in this year’s prodepth over breadth. gram will study “Black Freedom DIG, which began this Fall Struggles in the 20th Century” and offers programs in Russia and will travel to South Afand India, combines multidis- rica for three weeks during the ciplinary coursework, civic en- Spring semester. gagement and language trainThe primary strength of ing in an extended, in-depth both programs lies in the

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these new academic opportunities, DukeEngage provides a useful point of comparison. Although DukeEngage has received much praise since its institution in 2007, some complain that the eight-week program provides only a one-off international excursion that fails to foster genuine cross-cultural understanding or promote long-lasting civic engagement. Both Duke Immerse and DIG offer longer and more integrated international experiences, establishing a long-term commitment to a particular global issue or culture, and—if successful—should avoid becoming an isolated travel opportunity that ends when the plane touches back down in RDU. Moreover, some have suggested that prerequisite courses relevant to specific DukeEn-

gage programs would improve the experience as a whole, and to that end, many DukeEngage programs now teach house courses. But Duke’s new study abroad opportunities successfully integrate academic study with international immersion in a way that the DukeEngage’s structure does not allow and present an alternative, more comprehensive abroad option for students seeking intensive international and cultural study. Although the long-term nature of both programs encourages committed participation and involvement, DIG and Duke Immerse should take caution not to devolve into another sightseeing opportunity for rich American students. We feel that, given the comprehensiveness of both programs, devolution of this sort remains unlikely.

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’ve been thinking about pipelines a lot lately. neering—we’re talking about a lack of skills all Not so much about real ones, like the pro- the way down to the basic one of just showing up posed Keystone XL pipeline (bringing zil- to work on time, or even at all. It’s getting to be a lions of gallons of bituminous legitimate question, unfortunately, sludge within 12 inches of the that even if the government were Ogallala Aquifer—what could posto suddenly cough up $500 bilsibly go wrong?), though those lion in stimulus spending, whether are, of course, fun to think about. there would be enough Americans Or about the product pipelines of willing and able to take advantage certain businesses—though again, of any jobs created by it. they’re also a lot of fun to think And then there are the probabout, especially what Apple will connel fullenkamp lems in the starting end. It would do now that Steve Jobs is no longer seem to be a good idea to stuff as leptokurtotic Alpha Nerd. many cute little kids as we can, as I’ve actually been thinking early as possible, into this magical about the education pipeline. In this pipeline, we pipeline. Study after study seems to show that the supposedly stuff all our cute little kids in one end potential for Cute Little Kids to turn into Proand get the Productive Citizens, Job Creators and ductive Citizens, Job Creators and Leaders of the Leaders of the Future out the other end, about 13 Future is heavily influenced by their life experito 25 years later. That’s pretty amazing, when you ences before age 5. Because of this, many states think about it. This pipeline is somewhat magi- have tried to create pipeline-stuffing programs cal—what comes out the other end can change that try to get children who are younger than 5 dramatically from what you put in it. Contrast into preschools. But these programs are generthat with a real, physical pipeline, which is doing ally the first ones on the chopping block when well just to deliver all the stuff you put in it to the governments need to conserve money. other end without, say, requiring the University For example, a pipeline-stuffing program of Nebraska to change its mascot name from the that North Carolina has, called More at Four, is Cornhuskers to the Sludgestrainers. Even a phar- routinely on the list of programs to be cut. More maceutical company can’t match what the educa- at Four provides funds to send 4-year-old Cute tion pipeline can do. For example, if Pfizer puts Little Kids from low-income families to day care the ingredients for Son of Viagra in one end, the institutions that deliver an approved pre-kinderonly real question is what the side effects will be garten curriculum. This year, the funding was when it comes out on the other. not delivered by the state legislature until the Lately, though, our educational pipeline end of August. Imagine how much fun that was seems like it hasn’t been delivering the magic for the parents of these children, who had to for our society. Of course, at places like Duke, scramble for alternative care, or for the day care it still seems to be working very well—I’ve met institutions, who faced bankruptcy-level finanmany students who I’m glad will be running The cial shortfalls if they had been foolish enough Future, once they pry it from my cold, dead fin- to try to participate in this pipeline. Why bother gers. But if you take a look around at the world trying to operate the pipeline under these cirbeyond Duke, there are plenty of signs that the cumstances? pipeline is not only leaky but that it’s failing at So, even though the pipeline has done a pretboth ends. ty good job on all of you here at Duke, the truth For example, you may have seen the news re- is that it’s leaky and increasingly undependable. ports lately that in the middle of the worst reces- It’s going to be up to you to figure out how to sion in about three generations, lots of special- pump a larger number of little kids into it, how ized, skilled jobs are going unfilled due to the lack to stop the leaks and how to improve the quality of qualified American applicants. And we’re not of what pours out the other end. I think these are talking about the stuff on “Dirty Jobs” either— going to be really difficult problems to solve— these are high-paying jobs that probably don’t they are going to be deeply uncomfortable to involve touching guts, poop or radioactive stuff. face. But unless we mend our education pipeline But our pipeline hasn’t delivered enough people soon, our economy won’t get the fuel it needs to who can take these positions. How come? keep growing. This situation is a small example suggesting that our pipeline seems to spew out millions of Connel Fullenkamp is the director of undergraduate people with a really, really low level of skill. We’re studies and professor of the practice of economics. His not just talking about people who can’t do engi- column runs every other Tuesday.

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uke must join the Occupy Togeth- on forbearance during which time your er movement as an academic in- debt balloons to unimaginable levels. It stitution, employer and collection appears the only way to get out of this of workers while explicitly type of debt is to stay imstanding with Durham and poverished—which about North Carolina. 15.1 percent of Americans Many have criticized Ocare, a statistic shockingly cupy’s horizontal structure skewed along lines of rafor being an indirect, uncocial identification. The ordinated churning mess— moment you get out of this is what democracy poverty, that debt puts you looks like. Unions were hiback in. erarchical, well-organized, Princeton became arjosh brewer politically connected and southern socialism guably the first American very specific about their university to opt for a nodemands during the biparloan financial aid system tisan deconstruction of workers’ rights in 2001. This helped Princeton attract and deterioration of the American man- vital socioeconomic diversity and remove ufacturing sector. In The Chronicle, the a hefty burden on its graduates, allowing movement’s self-identification—occupy, real post-graduation options. Amherst, an impolite word historically function- Columbia, Harvard, Yale and others foling as a coital euphemism—has been lowed suit. Smaller financial aid systems, criticized. More shockingly, the article like Duke, removed loans for students attacked the Southern poor while dis- coming from households below a finanregarding Occupy’s proliferation. No, cial marker: Brown, $100,000, Cornell, most Southerners, like most Americans, $75,000, Stanford, $60,000 and Duke, may not understand derivative markets $40,000. Dartmouth grants free tuition and have nothing financially left to risk, to students coming from families with but does this really delegitimize our de- incomes below $75,000. Like the no-loan mands for equality? grouping, Duke falls embarrassing beIn my hometown I have seen mom hind in loan caps—another financial aid and pop shops shut down by Walmart mechanism used by expensive universi(ironically started as such in my state), ties for the appearance of equality. If you the middle class get poor and the poor are lucky enough to stick around past get poorer. I see good people unable to your eighth semester like me (decided to work with their hands—something most get another major in English enabled by Duke students couldn’t do if their life athletic eligibility) well, there’s no finandepended on it. I see people die for a cial aid for you beyond the Federal Pell profit-procuring medical system. The Grants in Republicans’ sights (education unemployed and working classes have hurts their base, I guess). never had agency in this political system; There are many reasons why I want this must change. Occupy must empower an occupied Duke, but I must start with the Lumpenproletariat and force recog- those that the majority of Duke students nition of solidarity among the middle and employees can agree upon. Most stuclasses. dents took out loans with the expectation “Why should I care,” says the stereo- of employment. That is no longer the ecotypical i-banking Dukie. Most likely you nomic reality. This is the reality that most don’t care about my type of folk (no, I Americans have woken up to for the past reject the yuppie liberalism helping you 30 years. It is sad it has taken this long for sleep at night) but what about your fabled the privileged to care. Duke’s financial aid “Duke Degree” job sector: The banking must become transparent and modernize industry will take another round of cuts to properly respond to divorces and terto maintain the disproportionately inflat- minal illness. Duke must eliminate loans ed average earnings; the medical system for lower and middle class students. increasingly forces doctors into unethical For employees, Duke should monirelationships with hospital administra- tor and update its living wage and only tions (profit maximization) and pharma- require time-sensitive work to be done ceutical companies; engineering firms outside of traditional work hours. Union are going elsewhere; graduate students rights should be respected and real conof all fields are facing increased costs and versation about faculty and athlete unionshrinking federal aid. ization should occur. Duke must ethically Being a Southern Socialist, at least and transparently invest in a sustainable from the tagline—I am not a 99 per- future. center, I am more of a 50 percent type These discussions are long overdue. of guy. I do not agree with everything The Allen Building was taken before. This said by Occupy protesters. That is their is our time. Occupy your mind. Occupy right and mine. Occupy needs to bring Duke. all people to the table. Whereas the Tea Party is a racist and plutocrat-funded Josh Brewer is a Trinity senior. His column knee jerk, Occupy respects—and des- runs every other Tuesday. perately needs more—color, workers and dissent. The Wall Street protest is greatly symbolic by holding ground zero of the American financial collapse. Occupy should stand in international opposition to our collapsing oligarchy’s tendency to sacrifice the 99-99.9 percent while locally discussing what Duke can do to improve itself and all the lives that it touches—globally abstract and locally nuanced. Occupy’s strength comes from its diversity. America’s student loan debt now surpasses credit card debt. Unlike mortgages, the bank can’t roll in and steal back your education—despite the public school system’s preemptive degradation—nor can you easily declare bankruptcy and watch loans melt away. Student loans get put

Breaking the silence on gender violence

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ex life at Duke is hardly a secret. With amount to a “culture of victim-blaming.” the memories of the 2006 lacrosse Victim-blaming responses to acts of sexual case and the 2010 Karen Owen Power- violence, like “she was too drunk,” “her Point still fresh, the national clothes were too slutty” or spotlight is quick to cast its “she was asking for it,” enlight on Duke as a specgender the notion that when tacle of promiscuity and ira woman is raped, she is at responsible behavior. I was least partially responsible. not a Duke student in 2006, They imply that, somehow, so I cannot speak from pera violent crime committed sonal experience about the against a woman can be juslacrosse case. However, as a amanda garfinkel tified by her behavior. Even sophomore here last year, when well-intentioned efthe devil doesn’t I can say there was a visible forts focus on teaching girls wear prada campus response from the “not to get themselves into moment Owen’s “thesis” hit those situations,” the funemail listservs. From infordamental responsibility for mal conversations to formal dialogues, the preventing gender violence is placed in the scandal incited an obvious reaction—we hands of female would-be victims. were disturbed, and we showed it. Reevaluating these commonplace attiWhat continues to disturb me, though, tudes reveals just how dangerous they are. is the near silence surrounding an aspect Under no circumstances do a woman’s of our sex culture that is much more perva- self-concerning decisions—such as what sive, destructive and frightening. If national clothing to wear, how much to drink or what statistics hold true, every fourth woman on party to attend—invite acts of violence to this campus is a victim of rape or attempted be committed against her. We blame a robrape. We took the sensationalized story of ber for robbing even if the house’s doors Karen Owen’s PowerPoint as an impetus are unlocked; we blame a murderer for for dialogue. Somehow, though, we have murdering even if the target was wandering remained silent about what appears to be a alone at night. So why are we okay, when real pattern of gender violence that affects it comes to gender violence, to shift blame the daily lives of Duke students. to the victim? If we don’t speak up to acFor me, it was all too easy to underrate knowledge and reform this victim-blaming the meaning of the “one in four” national culture, we will only continue to strengthen statistic until those numbers became reali- a power dynamic that allows for the disproties in the lives of people I care about. After portionate oppression of women. hearing their stories, I’ve been prompted This April, the Office for Civil Rights, a to rethink the facts and statistics I wrote off branch of the U.S. Department of Educawhen I felt confident that “it” would never tion, released the 19-page “Dear Colleague” happen to anyone close to me. letter, detailing national policies and statisSome of the facts I find most striking tics related to sexual violence in educationsuggest a correlation between the rate of al environments. The letter issued a specific gender violence reporting and the tone of charge to institutions of higher education campus dialogue on the issue. In the spring to demonstrate a more proactive response of 2006, while the lacrosse case imposed an to the startling statistics. I believe that we, extraordinary taboo on any conversations at Duke, have a tremendous opportunity to regarding sexual assault, not one student take leadership in acting on that charge. visited the Women’s Center to report an Programs through the Women’s Cenincident. By the 2010-2011 school year, ter and other campus organizations are with programs like “Prevent Act Challenge developing tremendous frameworks for Teach” (P.A.C.T.) demonstrating an effort us to transform our culture of victim-blamto raise collective awareness on gender vio- ing into a culture of communication and lence, 108 students reported to the Center. bystander intervention, but we need to Though this increase is significant, we complement these frameworks with open need to recognize that this number does dialogue if we hope to see this transformanot come close to representing 25 percent tion. In the past, we’ve shown a willingness of women on our campus, leaving us to to rethink Duke’s sexual culture in a voquestion just how many assaults go com- cal and critical way once our name hits the pletely unreported. If the issue of gender national media—it shouldn’t take another violence is so pervasive—one in four— celebrity-status exposé for us to apply a what explains the low rates of reporting, critical lens to the ingrained victim-blamand why does campus dialogue influence ing culture that we, as participants or bythese rates? standers, perpetuate. In my experience, talking openly and critically about gender violence necessarily Amanda Garfinkel is a Trinity junior. Her breaks down the attitudes we sustain that column runs every other Tuesday.

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NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Free Film: Mnemosyne Thursday, October 20 | 7PM A new film by celebrated British filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah about the experience of migrant labor in the United Kingdom, shown in conjunction with the exhibition Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. Cosponsored by Duke’s Program in the Arts of the Moving Image.

LEFT: Still from Mnemosyne

Ongoing Exhibitions EXHIBITION. O’ Say Can You See. An installation by Laura Poitras, featuring film footage she shot of people at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11, audio recorded weeks later at the Yankees’ come-frombehind Game 4 World Series victory, and interviews with recently released detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Thru Oct. 22. CDS Gallery. Free. EXHIBITION. The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power. Thru Dec. 31. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. EXHIBITION. Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. Thru Jan. 8, 2012. Nasher Museum of Art. Free.

Events - Oct. 18 - Oct. 24 October 18 Heliand Consort performs Poulenc & Friends. Rachael Elliott, bassoon, Katie Oprea, oboe, Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet, Cynthia Huard, piano. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.

Artist Talk: John Akomfrah Thursday, October 27 | 7PM

October 19 Immersed in Every Sense Lecture Series. Artist talk by visting artist Eduardo Kac. 6pm. Reception to Follow. Nasher Aud. Free.

Meet British filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah. Co-sponsored by Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute and Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts.

ABOVE: John Akomfrah

Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection On view through January 8, 2012 The Nasher Museum presents an exhibition featuring more than 100 original photographic portraits of people of color. Becoming is a series of portraits taken over the past 100 years by more than 60 global artists. In some portraits, the subjects have little or no control over the way they are depicted; in others, the subjects become increasingly involved with the photographer. All of the artists reject a common tendency to view black communities in terms of conflict or stereotype.

October 20 Art for All. 7-10pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free. October 23 Wonder Woman. Concert by Mallarmé Chamber Players in conjunction with the The Deconstructive Impulse. Music for string quartet, bass, oboe and trumpet, featuring composers Libby Larsen, Joan Tower, Sofia Gubaidulina, with a world premiere by Gwyneth Walker. 3pm. Nasher Musuem of Art. $18 gen. advance/$20 gen. door/$5 students w/ID. Tickets @ www. mallarmemusic.org.

Screen Society All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) =Smith Warehouse - Bay 4,C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium. 10/19 OUTSIDE THE LAW (8pm) Discussion w/Achille Mbembe, visiting Prof. of Romance Studies French Film Series: ‘Global France’ 10/20 MNEMOSYNE(N)– by director John Akomfrah

LEFT: Dawoud Bey, A Boy in front of the Lowes 125th Street Movie Theater, 1976. Carbon pigment print, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Dr. Kenneth Montague/The Wedge Collection. © Dawoud Bey.

The exhibition is supported by Paula and Eugene Flood, the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Duke and Gail Belvett, DDS. Nasher Museum exhibitions and programs are generously supported by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Mary D.B.T. Semans and the late James H. Semans, The Duke Endowment, the Nancy Hanks Endowment, the K. Brantley and Maxine E. Watson Endowment Fund, the James Hustead Semans Memorial Fund, the Marilyn M. Arthur Fund, the Victor and Lenore Behar Endowment Fund, the George W. and Viola Mitchell Fearnside Endowment Fund, the Sarah Schroth Fund, the Margaret Elizabeth Collett Fund, North Carolina Arts Council, the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost, Duke University, and the Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art.

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