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Panhel chapters granted housing for first time by Anna Koelsch THE CHRONICLE
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Despite scoring 23 unanswered points to overcome a 17-0 first-half deficit, Duke fell to Wake Forest for the 12th straight time. The Blue Devils (3-4, 1-2 in the ACC) dominated the second half,
controlling possession for more than 23 minutes and outgaining the Demon Deacons by more than 150 yards, but a slow start and a huge fourth-quarter pass doomed them to yet another frustrating loss, 24-23. Although Duke took a six-point lead with 7:14 remaining, Wake For-
est (5-2, 4-1) score the game-winning touchdown on a 66-yard pass to wideopen receiver Chris Givens. Givens, who leads the ACC in receiving yards and finished with 147 on the day, managed to find a hole SEE FOOTBALL ON SW 4 DAN SCHEIRER II/THE CHRONICLE
In July 1959, Duke’s Board of Trustees closed the Panhellenic house on East Campus and promised it would work to develop facilities and quarters for sororities. Fifty-two years later, Duke has finally fulfilled that promise. All nine Panhellenic Association chapters have been granted housing in the house model set to begin August 2012, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. This decision—the first in Duke’s history to grant houses for individual chapters—follows years of Panhel discussions, proposals for housing and an under-populated Panhel house on Central Campus. The presidents of all nine Panhellenic sororities could not be reached for comment or declined to comment. Senior Jenny Ngo, president of Panhellenic, could not be reached after numerous attempts. Administrators granted residential space to twenty student groups—including the nine Panhel chapters—as part of next year’s house model. The other eleven groups are Sigma Pi fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Inter Greek Council, Asian Cultural Interest, Black Cultural Living, Latino Cultural Interest, Mundi, Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, Forum and Social Justice. The cultural houses are sponsored by SEE SORORITIES ON PAGE 8
Price given Caldwell Award Occupy Duke forms camp, at NC Humanities Council calls for campus dialogue by Allie Huttler THE CHRONICLE
Historical and literary reflection on the past is necessary for a prosperous future, several prominent scholars said at the annual Caldwell Lecture Friday. Members of the Duke community among others from across the state gathered in the Nasher Museum of Art in support and celebration of the humanities. The North Carolina Humanities Council, a nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, presented several awards including the 2011 John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities, which was given to Rep. David Price, D-N.C. The event celebrated the humanities’ role in preserving history and culture. “Humanities are not a specialized taste,
they are the root of our most fundamental human consciousness,” said President Richard Brodhead, who delivered the Caldwell Lecture prior to the award presentation. “Without the humanities, we would have little idea where we came from and no idea where we might be going.” Thomas Ross, president of the University of North Carolina system, presented Price— an author and former Duke political science and public policy professor—with the Caldwell Award for his work with national humanities causes. In 2004, Price founded the Congressional Humanities Caucus, which provides a forum for Congress to engage with the humanities and ensure the their vitality and prevalence. Price was also instrumental SEE HUMANITIES ON PAGE 4
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The tents have come to Duke early this year. Nine members from the Occupy Duke movement set up camp between the West Campus bus stop and the Duke Chapel Saturday. Each member of the movement has expressed varying concerns, but collectively, the group is aiming to promote campus discussion on issues of economic disparity and social justice. The protesters are camped out indefinitely. The campsite is designed to provide an open, democratic platform, said sophomore Anastasia Karklina, who organized the social media campaign to
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Students camp out on the Chapel Quad Saturday as part of the Occupy Duke protest.
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“...If there’s no scientific evidence tying academic freedom to tenure, what have we been arguing about all these years?” —Jeremy Ruch in “Breaking the tenure stalemate.” See column page 6
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Personal Finance Seminar Series: Retirement Planning French 2231, 4-5p.m. Representatives will clear up all your questions on traditional vs. Roth IRAs and 401(k)s. This is open to the entire Duke community.
Revered Yale historian dies Prisoner treatment tests after fighting pneumonia new Libyan government NEW HAVEN, Conn. — John Morton Blum, a Yale University historian who was one of the country’s foremost scholars of the presidency and who taught both candidates in the 2004 presidential election, died at the age of 90 Oct. 17 at an assisted living facility near his home in North Branford.
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HUMANITIES from page 1 in the creation of the National Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences earlier this year, Ross said. Brodhead serves as the co-chair of the commission. “[Price] is a vocal champion for the arts and humanities,” Ross said “He has proved the value of the humanities to our civil society,” The award presented to Price is in honor of John Caldwell, the former chancellor of North Carolina State University and founder of the Humanities Council. Former Caldwell laureates include renowned author Reynolds Price and respected civil rights leader John Hope Franklin, both deceased and former Duke professors. “John Tyler Caldwell was a man of many talents,” Ross said. “Congressman David Price is a man crafted from the same mold. He embodies so well the traits and commitment this award was created to recognize.” After accepting the award, Price spoke of his personal relationship with Caldwell as well as his personal connections and insights to the humanities. “I have the highest respect for Caldwell as a leader... and a warm and engaging human being,” Price said. “The humanities can illuminate our personal lives [as well as] our shared histories.”
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In his lecture, Brodhead stressed the importance of the humanities in defining culture, noting his own study of midto-late 19th century author and political activist Charles Chesnutt, who grew up in Fayetteville, N.C. He discussed some of Chesnutt’s ideas, particularly his theory on the importance and cost of education. “The less you think you can afford [education], the more you probably need it,” Brodhead read from Chesnutt’s journal, which he transcribed. Brodhead added that these values still hold true in today’s society. “The humanities aren’t a luxury to be enjoyed by those with high discretionary incomes,” Brodhead said. “The humanities are fundamental to our humanity.... As access to the humanities weakens, you pay all kinds of costs.” Audience member Elizabeth Woodman, executive director of Eno Publishers in Hillsborough, N.C., said Brodhead’s lecture was an amazing tribute to the humanities and what they represent. The 2011 Linda Flowers Literary Award—an award given to a writer whose work explores problems in lives that have been shaped by North Carolina—was presented to Nancy Taylor, a member of the North Carolina Humanities Council from 1992 to 1998. The 2011 Harlan Joel Gradin Award for Excellence in the Public Humanities, which recognizes the public program with
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the furthest-reaching impact in the humanities, was given to Gaston County Public Library’s project “Standing on a Box: Lewis Hine’s National Child Labor Committee Photography in Gaston County, 1908.” Some audience members noted the widespread importance of this event. “Anybody whose appreciation and understanding of the humanities was not revived could not have been listening because this was such an annunciation of the importance of the humanities to our state and to our civilization,” said Laurel Sneed, a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council. Executive Director Shelly Crisp said the council’s mission is to transform lives by advocating life-long learning and thoughtful dialogue in North Carolina. “This event celebrates the work of those who have made it their challenge that people across North Carolina reflect on their time in this place and understand their connection to history,” Crisp said.
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WAKE UP CALL WOMEN’S SOCCER: COMPLETES PERFECT HOME SEASON • VOLLEYBALL: SIXTH STRAIGHT ACC WIN
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Duke rallies after slow start Cobb scores her team-leading ninth goal of the season by Matt Pun THE CHRONICLE
12TH STRAIGHT WAKE LOSS Duke football scored 20 unanswered second-half points to take the lead in the fourth quarter, but Chris Givens’ 66-yard TD catch gave Wake Forest a 24-23 win, the Demon Deacons’ 12th consecutive win against the Blue Devils. PAGE 4-5
WOMEN’S BBALL STARTS YEAR Tricia Liston scored 24 points and Haley Peters added 21 in White’s 75-53 win over Blue. Touted freshmen Elizabeth Williams and Amber Henson had 13 points each in their Duke debuts. PAGE 3
DUKE WINS SIXTH STRAIGHT
They had not lost in Koskinen all fall, and despite an early scare, the Blue Devils rebounded to finish the regular season undefeated at home. No. 6 Duke (15-2-1, 7-1-1 in the ACC) recovered from a lapse in the first 10 minutes to defeat Maryland 3-1 Sunday. Facing a one-goal deficit after just six minutes, the Blue Devils took complete control of the game in the second half to ensure a Senior Day victory. Terps 1 In spite of the energy generated by the pregame festivities, Duke 3 which honored seniors Emily Nahas, Molly Mack, Chelsea Canepa and redshirt junior Ashley Rape, Duke started the match with little urgency. Duke head coach Robbie Church attributed the slow start to a lack of focus after his team’s upset of Wake Forest last Thursday. The No. 15 Terrapins (9-4-4, 3-4-2) controlled the ball early, creating multiple chances and forcing Blue Devil defenders Natasha Anasi and Erin Koballa to step up and make several attack-halting tackles in the first five minutes. “We were disappointed with how we started the game and continued on in the first half,” forward Mollie Pathman said. “A lot of it just came down to effort and picking up our defensive pressure.”
Duke, unable to limit Maryland’s opportunities, soon suffered for its sluggish performance as the Blue Devils committed a foul just outside the top of their 18-yard box. While Terrapin midfielder Olivia Wanger’s free kick did not challenge Nahas in goal, Duke could not manage to clear the ball. After the ball bounced around in front of the net, Maryland defender Lydia Hastings connected on a shot, giving the Terrapins a 1-0 lead in just the sixth minute. “Maryland came out here today, and they kind of drew a line on the field, and they challenged us, and we had to respond,” Church said. Struggling to hold the ball on the offensive side, Duke found few opportunities to match the Terrapins early, failing to attempt a shot for over 15 minutes to start the game. Although Duke gained momentum and managed seven shots for the remainder of the first half, including a crossbar-rattling laser from Pathman, it entered the break losing for the first time since facing a 1-0 deficit against then-No. 1 Notre Dame on Aug. 28. “We were a bit fortunate to come out of the first half just down 1-0,” Church said. As the two teams prepared to return to the field, Duke received the added motivation it needed—the announcement that No. 8 North Carolina had lost, giving the Blue SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 8
Ali McCurdy had 29 digs to lead the Blue Devils in a dominant sweep over N.C. State, the team’s 20th straight home ACC win. PAGE 7
COBB LEADS BLUE DEVILS Freshman Kelly Cobb scored a goal and assisted on another to help Duke complete its perfect season at Koskinen Stadium. RIGHT
FIELD HOCKEY WINS 5-0 The Blue Devils demolished Central Michigan on Senior Day at Jack Williams Field in the final home game for 2010 All-ACC team members Tara Jennings and Rhian Jones. PAGE 6
BC RALLIES IN 2OT Diego Medina-Mendez tied the game in the 77th minute and Charlie Rugg scored the winner in double overtime to beat the Blue Devils. PAGE 7
DUKE OPENS AT TERRAPINS Ben Hwang led the Blue Devil men to victory with a strong showing in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle. The Duke women fell 186-111. PAGE 8
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Kelly Cobb scored the equalizer and assisted on Duke’s third goal in the team’s 3-1 victory over Maryland on Senior Day.
IF YOU LEAD, THEY WILL FOLLOW Interested in becoming a tour guide for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions? The Duke Tour Guides will host a brief informational meeting that will cover everything you need to know, regarding the selection process, training requirements, and scheduling procedures. Attend one of the following meetings on either Tuesday, October 25 (East Campus: White Lecture Hall #107) or Wednesday, October 26 (West Campus: Soc. Sciences #139). Both are scheduled for 7:00 PM.
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Sophomore Haley Peters scored 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting in the Blue Devils’ intrasquad Blue/White exhibition.
Last year’s Duke team often fell back on its senior leader Jasmine Thomas to take the game into her own hands. The graduation of Thomas and two other seniors will leave the Blue Devils without that same level of veteran leadership, or even many veteran players at all. But with the arrival of four talented freshmen, in addition to a strong corps of sophomores, the team remains poised to contend on the national stage. The Blue Devils kicked off their 53 season Sunday with the fifth annual Blue White 75 Blue/White intrasquad scrimmage at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The White team came away with a 75-53 victory, though the score’s relevance is diminished by the fact that the squads were mixed after each 10-minute period. Two players stood out regardless of which color they were wearing, however—sophomores Tricia Liston and Haley Peters scored 24 and 21 points, respectively, leading all scorers. The second-year players added eight rebounds apiece as well. It came as no surprise to head coach Joanne P. McCallie that those two were the stars of the show, since the pair played together last summer in the North Carolina ProAm League, which brings together professionals, college and high school players for summer exhibition play. “[That] league is a great opportunity,” McCallie said. “It gives you a little bit more experience and an opportunity to play, and there’s no question it is a benefit to the players.” But right behind Liston and Peters on the scoring list were two players that did not get extra experience this past summer, and who in fact had not had any collegiate experience whatsoever. Freshmen Elizabeth Williams and Amber Henson tied for third among scorers with 13 points apiece, and combined for 16 rebounds, four blocks and two steals as well. “The athleticism and agility of our post players, when you add Elizabeth and Amber, changes things a lot and dramatically because of the quickness to the ball and the dexterity,” SEE BLUE/WHITE ON PAGE 8
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Tricia Liston, who averaged 12.2 minutes last season as a freshman, led all scorers with 24 points Sunday.
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he Duke University Graduate School proudly presents the 2012 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring: Student Award to recognize the considerable efforts and accomplishments of graduate students who consistently serve as effective mentors. Designed to identify graduate students who embody both the letter and spirit of mentoring, these awards have taken their place among the university’s continuing efforts to cultivate a culture of mentoring.
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KEY NUMBERS
1999 LAST WIN OVER WAKE The Demon Deacons have owned the Blue Devils since 2000, winning 12 straight games since a 48-35 Duke win in 1999. Eight of the 21st century matchups, though, have been decided by one possession.
15.4 YARDS PER CATCH The Blue Devil secondary, in its new 4-2-5 defensive scheme, has struggled all season long, giving up an average of 15.4 yards per reception. Chris Givens caught six passes for 147 yards to lead the Demon Deacons.
6 STRAIGHT FGS After missing his first four attempts of the year while dealing with an ankle injury, Will Snyderwine has been a perfect 6-for-6 in the last four games. PHOTOS BY DAN SCHEIRER II AND THAN-HA NGUYEN/THE CHRONICLE
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FOOTBALL from news page 1 Despite scoring 23 unanswered points to overcome a 17-0 first-half deficit, Duke fell to Wake Forest for the 12th straight time. The Blue Devils (3-4, 1-2 in the ACC) dominated the second half, controlling possession for more than 23 minutes and outgaining the Demon Deacons by more than 150 yards, but a slow start and a huge fourth-quarter pass doomed them to yet another frustrating loss, 24-23. Although Duke took a six-point lead with 7:14 remaining, Wake Forest (5-2, 4-1) score the game-winning touchdown on a 66-yard pass to wide-open receiver Chris Givens. Givens, who leads the ACC in receiving yards and finished with 147 on the day, managed to find a hole in the coverage and escape several defenders on his way down the sideline. While that was a major mistake, the Blue Devils had already made their critical miscues. “The bottom line is that we couldn’t as a team overcome the poor job I did in the first half,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “In all of the areas that a head coach is responsible, we were more than poor…. We didn’t have any rhythm offensively or defensively, and I’m responsible for every bit of that.” On offense, quarterback Sean Renfree avoided risks in the first half, finishing 16-of-19 for 92 yards but only earned six first downs in the first half. Until the final drive of the second quarter—Duke’s first scoring drive of the day—Renfree was 12-of-12 for only 40 yards. “It was their coverage, what they were planning,” wide receiver Conner Vernon, who finished with a season-low 59 yards, said. “I’m sure they saw on film us getting behind a lot of secondaries, so that was definitely in their game plan…. We had to take what they were giving us early.” The defense struggled to defend against big plays for the second straight week. The Blue Devils were gouged on the ground and through the air as the Demon Deacons racked up 224 total yards and punted only twice in the first half. Wake Forest’s offense gained 44 yards on two fourth-down conversion attempts, both of which gave it possession inside the Duke red zone and led to 10 Demon Deacon points. After halftime, however, Duke came out with much greater intensity on both sides of the ball. The defense, in particular, was outstanding, holding Wake Forest’s offense to one yard on six plays in the third quarter. Duke’s offense scored on four straight drives after the intermission, rallying to take a 23-17 lead with 7:14 left. Following its go-ahead touchdown, Duke held the Demon Deacons to another three-and-out, forcing two incompletions and swallowing up running back Brandon Pendergrass at the line of scrimmage. With momentum and a three-point lead on their side, the Blue Devils took over at their own 36-yard line with 10:29 left on the clock and a chance to put the game out of reach. After Renfree completed his longest pass of the day—a 26-yarder to Donovan Varner—to convert a thirdand-long, Desmond Scott turned the cor-
QUOTE OF THE GAME The bottom line is that we couldn’t as a team overcome the poor job I did in the first half.... In all of the areas that a head coach is responsible, we were more than poor. —Duke head coach David Cutcliffe
ner for a 19-yard rush down to the Wake Forest five-yard line. On first-and-goal, backup quarterback Anthony Boone, who had led Duke to touchdowns on both of its previous red-zone possessions, entered the game for Renfree. “When I go in there, the offensive linemen have been executing their jobs, so it has become effective,” Boone said. “You can be predictable all you want, but [they’ve] got to stop it…. When it comes down to crunch time, [Wake] is a good defense.” The Demon Deacons finally managed to stop Boone on offense—stuffing two running plays and forcing an incomplete pass to running back Patrick Kurunwune— to set up a chip shot field goal for Will Snyderwine. “We had played such great defense, to that point, that it was a no-brainer,” Cutcliffe said of his decision to kick the field goal on fourth-and-short. “If it was a game where we had struggled to keep them from going up and down the field, I probably
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AROUND THE ACC Clemson 59 - TTar Heels H 38 Kourtnei Brown became the first Tiger defensive lineman in 57 years to score two touchdowns as No. 8 Clemson routed North Carolina. Brown scored on a 20-yard interception return and 26-yard fumble recovery. Tigers quarterback Taj Boyd had five touchdown passes along with 367 total passing yards to keep Clemson unbeaten.
Va. Tech 30 - BC 14 The Hokies moved into sole possession of first place in the Coastal division, overcoming a slow start to beat the Eagles, who have yet to win a conference game.
N.C. State 28 - Virginia 14 David Amerson had two interceptions to lead the Wolfpack defense, which kept the Cavaliers to only 249 yards of total offense. Mike Glennon threw three touchdown passes for N.C. State. DAN SCHEIRER II/THE CHRONICLE
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Conservative passing attack slows Duke offense in loss by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE
Sean Renfree failed to do to Wake Forest what opposing quarterbacks have done to the Duke defense the last two weeks— throw the ball downfield. Renfree completed 28 passes in the 2423 loss but threw for only 213 yards. He began the Game game clearly focused on short, high-perAnalysis hitting centage passes, completing his first 12 passes of the game for just 40 yards. None of those completions were longer than 10 yards. And this was against a Demon Deacon defense that was ripe for exploitation. Entering play Saturday, Wake Forest’s defense had given up 11 passing touchdowns, tied for second-most in the ACC. It had struggled against conference opponents in particular, giving up eight touchdowns in four games against ACC foes, with opposing passers averaging 275 yards per game against them. Even though Renfree, who attempted 45 total passes, had plenty of opportunities to go for big plays, he completed only three passes for more than 20 yards. Nine of his 28 completions were for three yards or fewer. “That was just laying the ball off,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We don’t call many of those except for the screens and the bubbles, and it’s up to the quarterback to read them out.” Renfree’s three downfield comple-
tions went to tight end Cooper Helfet and wide receivers Donovan Varner and Conner Vernon. Of the three, only Helfet’s came in the first half, with his catch coming on the Blue Devil’s only scoring drive in the first 30 minutes. The second half presented more opportunities for the offense to look deep, but that did not make up for an entire half in which the offense sputtered. “I guess it was just his reads, we could have gone out there [in the first half] and executed better,” Varner said. “I’m not sure what was going on.” Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, while the long ball evaded them on offense, it ruined them on the other side of the ball. Stopping deep completions became a priority after the team gave up three bombs for 50-plus yards in the first quarter against Florida State last weekend. A similarly long play was the downfall for Duke in the sec-
ond half of this game. Despite having allowed only one yard of offense in the second half midway through the fourth quarter, the Blue Devil defense surrendered a 66-yard game-winning touchdown catch to Chris Givens. Demon Deacon quarterback Tanner Price completed four passes of 20-plus yards to Givens, who finished the game with 147 receiving yards. Price finished the game averaging 14.3 yards per completion, compared to Renfree’s paltry 7.6. To kick off that second half, Duke forced three consecutive three-and-outs and kept Wake Forest scoreless in the third quarter. This halted a streak of 21 consecutive periods—including overtime—in which the Demon Deacons had scored against Duke, dating back to 2006. And, if they had not lost focus and given up a signature big play, the Blue Devils could have pulled it out even with an offense that did not attack down the field. “It’s unfortunate when you put yourself in a position to have the opportunities we had to win, and it turns out the way it did,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s a very, very tough pill to swallow.”
FSU 41 - Maryland 16 A week after throwing three early touchdown pases against the Blue Devils, E.J. Manuel continued his comeback by completing 8-of-9 passes for 120 yards and a score in the first 10 minutes, along with a rushing touchdown of his own during that span.
Miami 24 - Georgia Tech 7 The Hurricanes held the Yellow Jacket offense, which averaged 517 total yards before the matchup, to just 211 yards Saturday. Lamar Miller carried the Miami offense with 104 yards and a touchdown on 20 rushes on a day quarterback Jacory Harris completed just 8-of-23 passes and threw a pick.
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Tara Jennings and the Blue Devils cruised to a victory over the Chippewas in the senior’s final home game for Duke.
Although Sunday was Senior Day in Durham, it was the underclassmen who provided the goals against Central Michigan. Seniors Stefanie Fee, Rhian Jones, Megan Deakins, Samantha Nelson, C. Mich 0 Tara JenDuke 5 nings and junior Micaela Paterson—who will graduate a year early—all played their final game at Jack Katz Stadium, defeating the Chippewas 5-0 behind four goals from underclassmen. “Senior day for a coach is always a little bit scary because emotions are so high,” head coach Pam Bustin said. “As coaches, we just want them to keep everything in perspective. In the first half it was almost like they tried too hard, but we found our rhythm in the second half.” In the opening period, No. 5 Duke (11-5) controlled possession and outshot the Chippewas (8-8) 11-3 but could only take a 2-0 lead on goals from sophomores Caashia Karringten and Emmie Le Marchand. With 13 minutes left in the period, Jennings dribbled into the circle and found Karringten for an easy score. Under four minutes later, junior Devon Gagliardi found Le Marchand on a similar
play for another quick goal. Other than a pair of Central Michigan penalty corners, though, Duke dominated play during the second half. The Blue Devils once again outshot the Chippewas, 10-1, keeping the ball in Central Michigan’s half for almost the entirety of the period. Karringten scored her second goal on a chip into the high corner of the cage, and freshman Jessica Buttinger added Duke’s fourth goal with just eight minutes left. Jones finished off the scoring for the Blue Devils with a strike from the top of the circle on a late-game penalty corner. “I’m going to miss everything about [Duke field hockey],” Jones said. “But the best thing is that it doesn’t end after this, and we get to continue as Duke field hockey players forever. We have a strong alumni group, and I know I’m going to be back watching and supporting the team.” Jennings, who, along with Jones, was a 2010 All-ACC selection, registered two assists in her final home game as a Blue Devil. “It’s been an amazing four years,” Jennings said. “It’s kind of been a roller coaster for us seniors. I really couldn’t ask for a better senior season with our great coaches. I wish I could do it all over again.”
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Coming off a huge rivalry upset over North Carolina Wednesday, Duke kept rolling in a straight-set victory over N.C. State. The Blue Devils extended its 20-game ACC home win streak—and sixth straight conference win overall—Friday night, beating the Wolfpack 25-20, 25-19, 25-21. “I think it was really huge for us to come out and show that Wednesday night NCSU 0 wasn’t a fluke,” senior outside Duke 3 hitter Sophia Dunworth said. Duke (14-6, 8-3 in the ACC) had a strong start in the first game, immediately jumping ahead of the Wolfpack (15-9, 3-8 in the ACC) by four points. The Blue Devils put N.C. State’s defense on its heels as it struggled to handle tough serves from senior middle blocker Amanda Robertson. Robertson tallied a team-high 12 kills in the match, to go along with 14 digs. The Wolfpack soon rallied, though, building momentum as the set continued. The back-and-forth game was marked by the Blue Devils’ inability to significantly widen the point margin, allowing N.C. State to catch up several times. Ultimately, Duke overwhelmed the Wolfpack for the last five points, aided by consistent serves from senior setter Kellie Catanach and an ace from Dunworth. The Blue Devils were dominant throughout the second set, allowing N.C. State to convert on only eight of 42 attack attempts. Freshman outside hitter Jeme Obeime led the Duke offensive effort, tallying eight kills and an impressive .500 hitting percentage in the game. Unlike the first set, the Blue Devils were able to maintain a steady lead, boasting a team attack percentage of .317 compared to N.C. State’s .071. The third set proved to be the closest of the match. The score was tied nine times, but the error-prone Wolfpack was stunted by the Ali McCurdy-led Duke defense. McCurdy, a sophomore libero, added 29 to her ACC-leading 385 digs in the match. The Blue Devils relied on Catanach to orchestrate the offense, and the setter kept N.C. State off-balance by spreading the ball around to a variety of Duke hitters. “The team played so well earlier this week [against North Carolina] and it was such an emotional exciting environment with the support that we had,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We talked a lot about how we needed to come out with the same kind of urgency we felt on Wednesday night. I thought the team did a good job trying to bring that [focus] out.”
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a pass from freshman Nick Palodichuk, was Tweed-Kent’s fourth of the year. Junior goalkeeper James Belshaw and the Blue Devils defense kept Boston College off the board into the second half, and Duke was just 13 minutes from completing its third shutout of the season. They appeared to be on their way to satisfying head coach John Kerr’s calls for improved defensive play when Eagles freshman Diego Medina-Mendez scored in the 77th minute to even the score. Medina-Mendez got his chance off a loose ball that emerged after Duke was unable to effectively clear the ball out of its 18-yard box. That sent the game to overtime, and despite a solid opportunity on goal in the first overtime, the Blue Devils were unable to find the net. —from staff reports
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Overtime has not been kind to Duke this season. Although the Blue Devils competed aggressively at No. 18 Boston College (11-4-0, 3-3-0 in the ACC) on Saturday evening, they ultimately registered their third overtime loss of the season, 2-1. A tiebreaking goal by Eagles forward Charlie Rugg in Duke 1 the game’s 117th minute ensured that Duke (7-6-1, 3-3-1) would re2 BC main winless in overtime games this season, and sent the once-surging Blue Devils to their second consecutive loss. For the game’s first 75 minutes, Duke was in control. Senior midfielder Christopher Tweed-Kent continued his impressive play this season and scored before the 30th minute to give the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead. The goal, set up by
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Duke splits with Terps Men win 177.5-121.5, women fall 186-111 Many of Duke’s teams take advantage of nonconference games early in the season to warm up for ACC competition. But the swimming and diving team plunged straight into its conference schedule Saturday with its season-opening meet against Maryland. The men came home with a strong 177.5-121.5 victory to begin their campaign, but though the women stayed competitive early, they eventually fell to the Terrapins 186-111. The men kicked off the meet with the successful debut of their new 200-yard medley relay team. Senior Ben Tuben and junior Ben Hwang were joined by two new faces, sophomore Steven Gasparini, who transferred from Clemson after his freshman season, and Fuqua graduate student Piotr Safronczyk, who swam as an undergraduate at the University of Bridgeport but did not exhaust his NCAA eligibility. That team clocked a 1:30.05 in the relay to edge Maryland by a full second. The squad then fell briefly quiet, ceding first place in the next three events to Maryland swimmers but then stormed back to sweep the 100-yard breaststroke. Safronczyk took first place in 55.85 seconds, and sophomore Hunter Knight and junior Jim Zuponek touched within 0.04 seconds of one another in second and third. Hwang put on a show in the sprint freestyle, winning both the 50-yard and the 100-yard events, and his 50-yard time met the eligibility requirement for the
NCAA championship meet. In longer distance freestyle, junior Matt Carder also earned his team a first place finish with a 4:36.37 showing, and the team closed out the meet by taking the top two spots in the 200-free relay. The top team of Hwang, Safronczyk, Tuben and junior Adam Flur took first in 1:22.09. The divers did not miss a beat without last year’s national champion Nick McCrory, who is taking the year off from school and NCAA diving to prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London. Junior Jordan Long won the one-meter competition and senior Cody Kolodziejzyk emerged victorious in the three-meter springboard event. The women’s squad hung with Maryland at the start, taking top finishes in three of the first five events. Senior Rose O’Connor won the 1650-yard freestyle in 16:49.97, freshman Megan McCarroll touched first in the 100-yard backstroke and sophomore Christine Wixted earned a top finish in the 100 breast. But those three wins were interrupted by a Maryland sweep in the 200-yard freestyle and followed by another sweep in the 200 butterfly. McCarroll and Wixted repeated their victories in the 200-yard versions of their events, and redshirt junior Jessica Lyden won the one-meter diving competition, but that was not enough to bring the Blue Devils back.
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McCallie said. Fellow rookie Ka’lia Johnson also joined the double-digit club with 11 points and added seven boards in her college debut. As might be expected of a young team, play was sloppy early in the matchup. The Blue squad failed to capitalize on early momentum after Shay Selby was slapped with a quick technical for White. Liston drained both free throws after the technical, but Blue scored just four points in the remainder of the period and turned the ball over 10 times in as many minutes. “I wasn’t really pleased with the offense getting open and doing some of the things that offensive players need to do,” McCallie said. The Blue team was plagued by turnovers, but White showed a steadier hand, in part because of the stabilizing play of sophomore Chelsea Gray. Gray—who McCallie is expecting to fill the void left by Thomas, who was selected 12th overall in the WNBA Draft—shot just 2-for-7 from the field but did show off a steady hand with 10 assists, five steals and just three turnovers in a full 40 minutes of play, all for the White team. “Chelsea already had stepped into that role as a first year,” McCallie said. “I think that Chelsea is the one that is probably the most proven, given her experience as a freshman and the things that she did.”
Devils the opportunity to seize sole possession of first place in the ACC with just one game remaining. “That was it,” Pathman said. “We would kick ourselves if we had lost this game and lost the opportunity to become No. 1.” From there, Duke took command of the game, pressuring the Terrapins far more than in the first half. Following a foul near the center line, midfielder Kaitlyn Kerr played a quick free kick through to Cobb, catching the Maryland back line off-guard. Cobb, though tripped up by a Maryland center back, powered through into the box. As the goalkeeper rushed out, Cobb slotted the equalizer into the right side of the net just five minutes into the half for her team-leading ninth goal of the season. No longer under the burden of playing from behind, Duke moved into an even more aggressive style of play, determined to steal back a win. Midfielder Kim DeCesare reaped the benefits of the Blue Devil attacking strategy as she put in a header in the 54th minute, assisted by Pathman and defender Alex Straton, to take a 2-1 lead. “We emphasized more on getting our second midfielder into the offense, into the attack,” DeCesare said. “We were able to do that, and that actually helped a great deal.” To secure the victory, Duke scored a third goal in the 65th minute when Anasi played a lob pass to Cobb, leaving her one-on-one with the keeper. Cobb played the ball across the goal, knowing Pathman was streaking toward the back post. Just edging out her defender, Pathman knocked the precise pass into the empty net, marking the sixth time the two have connected this season. The three unanswered goals characterized the much-improved Blue Devil play in the second half. Outshooting the Terrapins 12-0 in the period, Duke did not give Maryland another chance to ruin the Blue Devils’ undefeated home record. “We had the leadership [of the seniors] who led us into the locker room,” Cobb said. “[We] came out with a different attitude, and we showed that and put it away.”
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Senate should speed up Controversial legislation The original proposal, incan take a long time to be- troduced by DSG Executive come law. But sometimes lev- Vice President Gurdane Bhuelheaded proposals get short tani, sought to consolidate shrift in legislatures where executive board and Senate expediency takes a back seat elections into the same twoto fussy debate week period editorial and excessive and, presumemendation. ably, into the This is exactly what hap- same day. This idea has the pened to a recent proposal weight of history behind it. to consolidate the Duke Stu- Former DSG President Awa dent Government executive Nur split the executive board board and Senate elections in 2009 elections by holding into the same day. Origi- the contests for president nally introduced at DSG’s and executive vice president first meeting in August, this separately from vice presiall too reasonable proposal dential contests. This backhas been gathering dust and fired. The change aimed to amendments in the DSG of- allow unsuccessful candifice for more than a month. dates for president and EVP But instead of dusting it off, to run for VP positions— the DSG Senate has watered but no candidates took addown the bill and put it back vantage of this in 2010, and in the cellar. student turnout for the VP
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elections bottomed out at an unimpressive 26 percent. Splitting elections to give losers a shot at the consolation prize shrunk the vote and consoled no one. This was reinforced in 2010, when the executive board was elected in unison. The combined ballot managed to excite the student body enough for an almost 50 percent turnout—the highest percentage in four years. In short, consolidation worked. These lessons bear directly on the current proposal. A combined election ought to maximize voter turnout and cut against the student apathy that follows from the virulent cases of election fatigue that foment in stretched out political campaigns. Combin-
ing the Senate and executive board elections will preclude failed executive board aspirants from running in the Senate elections, but we aren’t too concerned about this: Anyone who wants to join the Senate can apply for an at-large position at a later date. The original bill could have done this. But after being tabled for more than a month in August, the original proposal was revivified, batted about and amended before being put back to sleep for a week. In the process the bill lost much of its force:—it now only aims to hold the Senate elections after, but not concurrent with, the executive board elections. This might manage to dampen election fatigue, but
it strips the bill of its original potency; one consolidated election seems sure to beat two held closely together. The DSG Senate ought to reintroduce this bill in its original form and pass it without fanfare. The election calendar is conceptually controversial but covers welltraveled ground—Duke election history strongly favors a consolidated election. The Senate should lift itself above the argumentative sand and pass this overdue bill. That this will have taken a month and a half reflects a primary concern about the DSG Senate—that it is more loose talk than substantive process. Much good has come from student government this year, but more expediency could not hurt.
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ill Gates once quipped “If you think your academic freedom and tenure. teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss— Instead of presenting any counter studies, he doesn’t have tenure.” though, Gregory Scholtz, the AAUP’s associate I’ve yet to have a boss, so it’s a bit sad that I al- secretary and director of academic freedom, tenready know what he’s talking about. ure and governance, told me in an In fact, my introduction to the realemail he was “not aware of any other jeremy ruch world effects of tenure came five studies of this nature.” “What is the run and tell that minutes into my college career, solution?” he asked me. “As far as I when a smug professor announced can tell, the authors do not offer any before me and a class of over 400 students that, solutions.” This is wild stuff: If there’s no scientific seeing as he’d already attained tenure, he’d be evidence tying academic freedom to tenure, what more than happy to give us all A’s. have we been arguing about all these years? People For years, opponents of tenure have been put- who demand taxpayer subsidized lifetime employting forth horror (or happy, depending on how ment should surely have a plethora of evidence at you look at it) stories like this. And for years, pro- the ready to demonstrate its necessity. ponents have insisted that what amounts to guarEven more frustratingly, the authors of the anteed lifetime employment is the only way to Chronicle study actually did put forth a wholly protect academic freedom, or the right of faculty sensible solution. They pointed out in their conto research and teach what they want. It’s time to clusion that Great Britain ended the practice of break the stalemate. academic tenure through its Education Reform So let’s start with the premise that, if tenure Act in 1988. In its stead, the government imposed were in fact to be a successful means of protect- a legal framework for “academic freedom,” making academic freedom, it would be worth the oc- ing it an offense to fire faculty at universities for casional lazy professor or two. How effective is exercising their right to research or express contenure at protecting academic freedom? Best to troversial things. begin with the application process. At schools This isn’t exactly a mind-blowing idea: America like Duke, new faculty must wait nearly a decade has already imposed hard prohibitions on firing before applying, and the approval of colleagues people on the basis of race or sex, and no one sugfrom their department and other peer academics gests giving all minorities lifetime employment. (the very same people from whom tenure is meant Unsurprisingly, data collected since Britain’s to protect them) is necessary to set the process in ERA suggests that it is working as well as tenure motion. So at the outset of their academic careers, did at a far lower cost to universities. Indeed, a faculty are incentivized to break their backs to study published in the International Review of commit themselves to research and teaching that Law and Economics in 1999 found that as a reexisting faculty will find suitable. From the start, sult of the reforms, “U.K. universities could make then, tenure provides obstacles rather than path- academics redundant or otherwise replace them ways to academic freedom. And even for the lucky at lower cost,” but that research quality had not 40 percent of professors who do are on the tenure suffered as a result. track, the system has proven dubiously effective. This is our chance to break the timeless staleThe Chronicle of Higher Education published mate. And since, by an estimate in The Wall Street a study of thousands of professors in 2007 seeking Journal in 2005, just 0.0002 percent of tenured to establish a connection between tenure and a professors are fired for cause each year, one could willingness to teach controversial ideas, confront say time is of the essence. Taxpayers—ever concolleagues and behave in other tenure-worthy scious of government wastefulness—should be up ways. The study found no connection at all between in arms over a system that has not been proven having tenure and expressing controversial ideas. to foster academic freedom and undeniably drives Instead, it found that tenured associate professors up the cost of higher education. More to the were strikingly similar to their untenured peers in point, while those of us stateside have wasted years relevant behavioral and research patterns. debating the merits of a expensive and deleteriMy experience using JSTOR suggests that every ous system, Great Britain has found what seems study has a similarly formatted, similarly worded to be a far more efficient way to protect academic counterpart with the opposite conclusion—I just freedom. couldn’t find any this time. So I decided to check We should follow suit. in with among the primary proponents of academic tenure, the American Association of University Jeremy Ruch is a Trinity junior and is currently Professors, to see whether or not other research studying abroad in Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam. has demonstrated a verifiable connection between His column runs every other Monday.
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nd no, I don’t mean “fix” as in “neuter”—but I’m not totally against that, either—I mean how to make real progress in improving Interfraternity Council recruitment, by which I actually mean pledging because as all independents know, there’s no difference at all. But first, I want to thank everyone who stands with me to Occupy Duke. We’re fighting for the people who serve us food, and that’s important, because I know they really care about what a group of privileged 20-year-olds think is good for concerned global them. I’m sure that the truly Global citizen among you have been exposed to monday, monday poor people in other countries. I was so surprised and impressed by how happy they were with what little they had. Then I came back to America and saw so much poverty here at home, and it hurt me deeply, because I knew they must be miserable. After all, they lacked the nobility that comes along with being poor in a real third world country. Now is our chance to... do something about this... somehow. Keep fighting the good fight, OD! Right now another good fight is being fought. Fraternity recruitment is being overhauled and fixed by the IFC—and probably by the administrators, too, since they fix a lot of things on this campus without telling students. Now, I personally am not in a fraternity, because all but one of the IFC fraternities at Duke actually prohibit girls from joining, which is sexist, bigoted, offensive and probably racist since I’m basically Latina and African. But even if they did let me join, I would definitely say no because I don’t support their lifestyle. Before people accuse me of being judgmental without cause, I totally know about fraternities even though I’m not in one, because I’ve watched TV and I went to a section party once. Also, I read everything the editorial board says about them. So this is, like, informed. I’m proud of the IFC fraternities for taking real reform into their hands. I’m sure they had to take their hands off their pledges’ gigglesticks to do that, and that’s super admirable. I understand that they’re instituting a self-patrolled system. It’s a good idea for fraternities to self-check their rush because everyone knows all frats hate each other and want to cripple the other groups if they can... or is that sororities? Or both? All I know is that greeks are terrible people, and they will totally tell on each other. The edit board told me so. Also, I remember reading about how frat boys never do any community service or anything worthwhile because they’re all too busy hosting extreme things like transgressive parties. A shorter rush season for fraternities will make sure that sorority womyn are no longer forced—er, ah, “pressured”—into acting like the total sluts they are. It will also totally encourage frat boys to join DukeEngage like they should be anyway. It makes you a better person. I mean, look how Global I am. A shorter fraternity rush season is also a good idea because it will make fraternity rush more like sorority rush. Sorority rush is really superficial, and that makes sense, because sororities are totally superficial as well, so they don’t deserve to get to know each other. Fraternity rush has been different so far because fraternities actually hang out with the guys they pledge. That goes against everything I, as an independent, know the greek system stands for: superficiality, cattiness and competition. Fraternity rush should catch up with the times by eliminating any real interactions between brothers and prospective pledges. It’s just more honest that way. Since I’m sure they’re still in the process of deciding exactly what the rules will be, I have a suggestion of my own. I know that my opinion probably doesn’t matter that much because I’m an independent and have a vagina, but remember, I’ve seen movies about fraternities and I read the editorials, so I’m sure my ideas will be taken into account. Here’s my two cents on how to fix IFC pledging (because everyone knows that’s really all that frats do): Mandatory service should be required. As far as I can tell, pledging sounds a lot like service work anyway—you don’t sleep; you spend your time running errands for other people; and you don’t get paid for it. This way, frats can totally do actual service instead of the Barbecue for Cancer Babies or whatever. For example, how about turning the traditional “elephant walk” into a relay walk fundraiser to save endangered elephants? I know, I know, it’s great. You can thank me later. Although fraternities are, like, everything that’s wrong with this school (high five, Larry!), the fact that they’re trying for reform means there’s hope for them, despite their testicles. If they have any questions for a mature independent like myself, I hope they’ll feel free to ask. I might even be able to get them into my exclusive African service program as part of their pledging! Concerned Global Citizen knows about the biscuits, boys, and she wishes you’d feed them to poor children instead.
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et’s admit it: We’re all overachievers here. tension and arguments. Instead, these organizaWe worked hard to get here, and we work tions should stop taking things too seriously and hard now that we are here. I would even remember that they are putting on a show for say that we work too hard. Rather students’ enjoyment. If the group than treat college like they do in is enjoying itself, the audience will drew everson classic movies like “Animal House” enjoy the show way more. Third are why so serious? or “Van Wilder,” we schedule semi-competitive organizations, to lunches like we’re already in the which I have to say, working harder real world. won’t make you win. It will only waste more of It all boils down to one question—a question your precious college time, causing you to lose that I’ve asked myself before writing every column. out on way more than just a debate trophy or club Why so serious? As writer Brendan Gill tells us, sports championship. Learn the lessons the orga“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea nization is trying to teach you without allowing it that life is serious.” to take over your life. Ask any alum about his or her Duke stories. Then there is politics. We drive each other Their experiences are nothing like ours: shoot- crazy, shouting about the national hot-button ising fireworks across the quad. Burning furniture sues (most of which will be embroiled in the stato celebrate a fraternity getting kicked off campus. tus quo as a result of this passionate debate where Driving to UNC to pick up random girls to drive both sides are so inflexible that they can’t come back to epic parties where nobody was yelling, “Get to a consensus). Oh, and the small fraction of the in rooms!” Tailgate with cars! Life just sounded Duke population that actually cares about campus more fun and less serious back then. politics takes it way too seriously. No, these days we’re so stressed out that we I am not against passion or hard work. We just need a special branch of student health to deal need to realize that everything we do in college with it, like The Oasis in Bell Tower, a room with must be taken with a grain of salt; college is just massaging recliners and fish tanks in the bottom of one stage of our life, and an early one at that. a dorm. We’re so wound up we could really use a Duke is about preparing and learning to enter drink. Oh wait, that’s illegal for most of us. the global community and make an impact. Don’t Many blow off stress by going to the gym. But be afraid to be young and stupid while we work even in the gym people aren’t usually trying to en- towards graduation. Enjoy college, because life just joy themselves, they are just trying to reach some might get real after we leave the Gothic Wonderend of attractiveness. That’s not very relaxing. land. Whatever you do, don’t ever, ever take life Then we have student groups that take them- too seriously. selves way too seriously. First are the service organizations. I’m all about helping people, but Drew Everson was a Chronicle columnist from Fall your organization cannot save the world. Chill 2008 to Spring 2009. This column originally ran April out and enjoy helping those people; you may 9, 2009 and was his final column for The Chronicle. We learn something from them. Second are the en- have reprinted this column on the anniversary of Drew’s tertainment organizations. These organizations tragic passing in loving memory of his contributions to get anxious about putting on a show, causing this paper and our campus.
lettertotheeditor Napolitano fails to recognize contributions of unauthorized immigrants Last Thursday, Oct. 20, in her speech at the Sanford School of Public Policy, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said, “We have the resources to remove from the country around 400,000 people a year out of perhaps 10 million who are in the country illegally.” This may be true, but by implying that these 10 million individuals are unwanted, Napolitano overlooks the critical roles many of them play in our country. Yes, unauthorized immigrants violate federal laws by entering the United States without proper documentation; however, while they are here, their work in many low-wage occupations allows legal citizens like us to maintain our standards of living. This is a fact that deserves recognition. Specifically, I refer to farm work, an area in which 53 percent of workers are unauthorized immigrants. Farm work should be of some interest to Duke students—agriculture is, after all, North Carolina’s leading industry. Over 150,000
farmworkers in North Carolina harvest the crops that bring in more than $1.8 billion in sales a year. And it is no easy job. Farmworkers suffer from food insecurity (ironically), limited worker’s compensation, substandard housing and poverty. On the job, they are exposed to toxic chemicals, adverse weather conditions and poor field sanitation. Green tobacco sickness and nicotine poisoning are common in the field. We say we need to fix the “immigration problem,” but let us not forget that unauthorized immigrants form the very backbone of this state’s economy. The blueberries, apples, strawberries and peaches that we eat daily? Probably they were harvested by an unauthorized farmworker. I may not support unauthorized crossing—but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate what unauthorized immigrants, including many of North Carolina’s farmworkers, do for our society. Rebecca Lai, Trinity ’15 Student Organizer, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF)
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OCCUPY from page 1 launch Occupy Duke. “By having this camp, it will centralize the debate to a starting point where you come and exchange ideas, inspire and get inspired by other people, then take this issue to your classes, to your dorms, to your dinners with your friends,” Karklina said. “I see it expanding to a campus-wide movement.” Duke administrators supported the first night of encampment and plan to re-evaluate it on a day-to-day basis, said Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek. “Duke has been committed to making certain that members of the Duke community have an opportunity to express their thoughts and their ideas,” Wasiolek said. “The goals and focuses and ideas of Occupy Duke were certainly consistent with the notion of freedom of speech, so it was a pretty easy conclusion for us to reach that Occupy Duke had a place on campus, a very important place.” The general assembly meetings of Occupy Duke operate on policy of consensus decision-making adopted from the Wall Street movement, Karklina said. With an indefinite timeframe and goals, the Duke movement—independent from
SORORITIES from page 1 their student-group counterparts, Asian Student Alliance, Black Student Alliance and Mi Gente, respectively. Forum is a new student group that will operate under a general intellectual engagement theme. Mundi will be a house with multicultural and international theme, and Social Justice is a group sponsored by the Asian American Alliance. Six student groups’ applications for housing were rejected by the Addition and Removal committee, which consists of administrators, students and faculty. Those groups were Line Monitors, Sword and Spear, Men’s Housing Initiative, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, 360 and Program II. Those groups were not accepted for a variety of reasons, Gonzalez said. “Sometimes [a decision was made on] the basis that the group was not viewed as one that was tied strongly enough to the privilege of having a house to be supported,” Gonza-
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Occupy Durham—hopes to include academic discussions such as teach-ins and debates, and creative expressions such as dance, music and banner-making. “We do not have an agenda, and what I have been getting through the general assembly that we had earlier today... was that people don’t necessarily feel that there needs to be certain agendas or demands,” Karklina said. The first night of encampment, favored by the clear weather, consisted of games and discussions intended to create a community atmosphere between campers and passers-by. “I love sleeping in tents. If you think that people will stay in K-ville during January and February for a three-hour basketball game, this is a pretty worthy cause to camp out for,” sophomore Sarah Ludwig said. Ludwig said the encampment creates a space where people feel comfortable expressing differing opinions. She noted that one male student passing by stopped to argue, saying the top one percent—people with an annual salary above $506,000, according to the Real Time Economics blog of The Wall Street Journal—are intelligent and deserve their earnings. The discussions Saturday night were periodically interrupted by drunk students returning from a night out, Lud-
wig noted. Across the Triangle, another offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement has begun camping out in Chapel Hill. Students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have yet to organize an encampment but have held protests. The Occupy Chapel Hill/Carrboro movement set up their tents Oct. 15 with an average of 14 tents per night and over 50 attendees at their daily general meetings. Their location at the Peace and Justice Plaza in front of the Post Office-Courthouse on Franklin Street is a public place, historically known for protests, said Cassandra O’Fray, a former co-op worker from Pittsboro, N.C.. “I will be here until the world changes,” O’Fray said. The activists in Chapel Hill included a local plumber, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student and a high school student, each supporting issues from education to the environment and income disparity. Jeremiah Sellers, a recent high school graduate, said he came to demonstration because the Occupy Wall Street movement created the opportunity for him to express his views on the irresponsibility of the government. “I want the rich to be taxed more than the poor, which I think is universal among everybody here,” Sellers said.
lez said. “We had to consider whether each group was ready for a house and would flourish with the opportunity.” Although some students may believe that sororities have been denied chapter housing up to this point, this year was the first time in Duke’s history that individual houses applied for residential space. If sororities had to decided to apply for housing earlier, the University would have been obligated to accept their applications because of Title IX, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate explanation. “The bottom line is Title IX alone,” Nowicki said. “If we allow fraternities to have housing, and sororities want housing, we can’t say no. It’s against the law.”
by a lack of a unified demand, Nowicki said. In 2010, former President of Alpha Delta Pi sorority Alyssa Dack, Trinity ’10, and Pi Beta Phi sorority member Casey Miller, Trinity ’10, crafted a proposal for housing, which led to the creation of a Panhellenic house on Central. The proposal was approved January 2010. The house was not popular—24 women lived in the Central section in 2010-2011 and 12 women currently reside in the section, Gonzalez said at a Panhel house model meeting Sept. 5. Clarybel Peguero, assistant dean of fraternity and sorority life, could not be reached for comment. Panhel applied for nine houses with approximately 40 beds each in September. But not all chapters initially voted for individual chapter housing, The Chronicle previously reported. “I was a little surprised [that Panhel applied for housing] because they had never shown unified interest in housing, but they did this time and that’s great,” Nowicki said.
A history of uncertainty Since the Panhellenic house in Crowell Quadrangle was closed in 1959, sororities have struggled to secure space of many types—including meeting, storage and residential. Panhel has repeatedly attempted pushing for campus housing throughout the past few decades but was hindered
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