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Housing lottery yields controversy Sororities unite, will be housed on Central; Other groups split by Arden Kreeger THE CHRONICLE

The expansion relies heavily on support from contributors, said Ric Richards, President of the Ronald McDonald House’s board of trustees and owner of the Bryan Center McDonald’s. “We are like a three-legged stool here, with support from Duke, Durham and the Ronald McDonald House,” Richards said. “We need money and volunteers from each leg because we can’t pay for everything we do. [Charity] gets in your blood, like [McDonald’s] ketchup in your veins.”

The house model lottery was not without drama Wednesday night, as sororities, fraternities and non-greek selective living groups learned where they will live under the house model beginning Fall 2012. All nine Panhellenic Association sororities will be housed on Central Campus next year, along with six fraternities and seven non-greek SLGs. The remaining 10 Interfraternity Council fraternities and 13 SLGs will be housed on West Campus. Housing assignments were determined by lottery within each size category. SLGs—including fraternities and sororities— cannot petition for different houses, though they can trade houses with administrative approval. These assignments mean that Central is significantly more concentrated with selective groups than West. Twenty-three of the 51 houses on West are marked as selective and 22 of the 29 houses on Central are occupied by selective groups, according to a Housing, Dining and Residence Life document. This brings the total number of houses under the model to 80. The logistics of the houses inevitably favor some groups over others, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. “West does not have many extra-small and small houses,” he said. “There are four houses of this size, which was insufficient to meet the demand—seven groups of this size hoped to be on West.” Gonzalez added that groups on Central could have an even greater potential to flourish on Central than affiliated houses. IFC President Zach Prager, a senior, could not be reached for comment. Following Friday’s announcement that Panhel chapters

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The Ronald McDonald House on Alexander Avenue will undergo a $6.7 million expansion, scheduled for completion in mid-2012.

McDonald House to expand by Patton Callaway THE CHRONICLE

Put a smile on—the Ronald McDonald House is slated to expand by 25,000 square feet. The Ronald McDonald House of Durham—located on Alexander Avenue on Central Campus—celebrated the beginning of its expansion with a groundbreaking ceremony held Wednesday. An additional three-story building will be connected to the original facility, according to official plans shown at the ceremony. The $6.7 million project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2012.

First DKU academic program HDRL releases 38 juniors approved by Fuqua faculty from housing contract by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

After months of delays, faculty at the Fuqua School of Business approved the first academic program for Duke Kunshan University. Fuqua faculty approved a new Master of Management Studies program Wednesday. The new program, which is still pending Academic Council and Board of Trustees approval, mimics the one offered at Duke and has students spend the Spring at DKU. Fuqua administrators and faculty said this vote is evidence of growing faculty support of DKU. The program was endorsed with a very positive vote, said Jennifer Francis, senior associate dean for programs and the Douglas and Josie Breeden professor at Fuqua.

A vote on this program, as well as an executive MBA that was not discussed at Wednesday’s meeting, was originally scheduled for June 20, but the vote was postponed due to a lack of market research and consensus among faculty. This vote shows that, for the most part, Fuqua faculty members now have faith in DKU, said Preyas Desai, Spencer R. Hassell professor of marketing at Fuqua, who has been actively involved in faculty-wide discussions about DKU. “Actions speak louder than words, and today’s action says [we are reassured],” Desai said. Students in the 10 month-long program will spend their Summer and Fall terms in Durham and their Spring

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by Tiffany Lieu THE CHRONICLE

About a third of the 111 juniors who applied for off-campus housing this Fall will be able to live off campus in the Spring. Thirty-eight juniors were granted exemptions from their three-year residency requirement, Housing, Dining and Residence Life announced Monday. This wave of applications followed a round of exemptions granted in April, when 60 of 140 juniors were released from their housing contracts. Fewer juniors were released from their housing contracts this year when compared to 2010, when 165 students were granted exemptions. This is partly due to the opening of Keohane 4E Quadrangle this Spring, which will add 150 beds to

West Campus and whose brand new facilities are in part acting as an incentive for students to remain on campus. “I know that a number of students that I spoke with that were going to be abroad had very high interest in living in K4 when they returned,” said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean of residence life. Many students share this sentiment. Junior Abby Mathieson, who is currently studying abroad, was granted off-campus housing in this second wave but said that given her preference she would have chosen differently. “To be honest, if I could have been guaranteed a room in K4, that would have been my first choice,” Mathieson SEE JUNIORS ON PAGE 7

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US keeps major lead over Russia in nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has slightly reduced its numbers of strategic intercontinental missiles, bombers and nuclear warheads, but it continues to maintain a major advantage over Russia, according to figures released this week by the State Department. In the eight months since the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia went into effect,the two countries have conducted dozens of on-site inspections of each other’s missiles, bombers, stored weapons and test sites. They have notified each other almost 1,500 times about missile movements, flight tests and other actions regulated by the treaty. The implementation of the accord “has been going very well indeed,” said Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state for arms control, verification and compliance. But analysts cautioned that upcoming elections in the United States and Russia will make progress on arms control unlikely over the next two years.

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International Conversation Cafe Bryan Center Meeting Room B, 12:30-1:30p.m. Non-native and native English speakers will converse about current events and culture.

Fungus responsible for Missing money from Iraq deaths of one million bats War discovered in bank NEW YORK — A fungus is at fault for the deaths of one million North American bats, according to a study that’s the first to pinpoint the cause for a phenomenon that scientists say may spur agricultural losses of $3.7 billion a year. The fungus caused the disorder known as white-nose syndrome.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Pentagon audit resolves a lingering Iraq-war mystery, concluding that $6.6 billion of U.S.controlled reconstruction money was transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq, not lost or stolen.“That money is not missing,” said Inspector General Stuart Bowen.

Duke Campus Farm Workday Duke Campus Farm, 4-7p.m. People will learn how food is grown and meet others from the Duke community who are interested in food.

DukeEngage Week-and-a-Half Smith Warehouse Classroom B252, 5-8p.m. Prospective DukeEngage students can explore programs that will take place during Summer 2012 and hear from past students.

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“The Blue Devils continued their success on fourth down, converting four-of-five chances. For the season, Duke is now 14-for-23 on fourth down. The 23 attempts are first among schools in college football, while 14 trails just Air Force in converted attempts (Air Force is 16/19).” — From The Blue Zone bluezone.dukechronicle.com

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Students were invited onto the Main West Quadrangle Wednesday afternoon to interact with animals as part of AEPuppies, organized by Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

An earlier version of an October 26th ar ticle, “Lecture promotes Jewish unity in US, Israel” stated the event was sponsored by the Center for Jewish studies and the department of religion at Duke. The event was sponsored by Rudnick Endowment. The Chronicle regrets the e r r o r.

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DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Lute backs Washington policy makers

DSG approves election schedule

by Marianna Jordan THE CHRONICLE

Although the public may be divided about the United States’ role in Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. policies are effective in the areas, an advisor to the president said. In a talk Wednesday evening titled “Afghanistan, Pakistan and American Grand Strategy,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, special assistant to President Barack Obama for Afghanistan and Pakistan, outlined the ways in which those in Washington, D.C., have pursued a strategic framework in those countries. While some Americans may see these strategies as misguided, Lute urged the public to trust the policymakers’ decisions. “It may not be convincing—I can’t tell you at this point if it will be successful,” Lute said. “We’re still in the early years of an approach that will only pay off with definitive results over a long period of time.” Ionut Popescu, Duke American Grand Strategy Program Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in international relations, noted that Lute is the only person from the national security staff who stayed in the White House after the George W. Bush administration. “[Lute] has the unique vantage point of being a bridge between the administrations,” Popescu said. “He can point out some of the important changes that Obama implemented when he came into office.” Lute said his team has made significant progress over the last three years. This progress was initially set in motion during the Bush administration, he added. Lute outlined several vital national security issues regarding the region that Obama pledged to adopt when first coming into office in 2009. The first goal was to defeat al Qaeda and other extremist groups, and the second was to prevent extremists from acquiring nuclear weapons. Based on these two reasons, Washington has pledged its commitment to Afghanistan and Pakistan today, Lute noted. “Ultimately, the core goal set in 2009 that we’re all seeking to achieve is to disrupt, dismantle and eventually defeat al Qaeda and to prevent its return to either [Afghanistan or Pakistan],” Lute said.

by Kristie Kim THE CHRONICLE

Duke Student Government decided to maintain the current structure of Senate and executive board elections for Spring 2012. The approved system continues the separation of Senate and executive board elections, which are distinguished by a two-day buffer period. Campaigning for executive board candidates will begin April 3 and end with elections April 12. Senatorial candidates will begin their campaigns April 16 and election will take place April 23. The rationale behind this format is, in part, that it allows candidates who lose in executive elections the chance to run in for Senate, said Executive Vice President Gurdane Bhutani, a junior, adding that having the elections as far back as possible will also motivate DSG to stay active until the end of the school year. “There are essentially two issues we need to address [in the election model]—having a de-consolidated election system as opposed to a consolidated system and voter turnout,” said sophomore Marcus Benning, senator for Durham and regional affairs. Bhutani introduced the proposal to combine the two elections in September in order to address lower voter turnout at recent elections. Members and supporters of the change raised concerns that this drop in votes is attributed to voter burnout because the student body participated in too many subsequent elections. A joint election, however, presented the issue of having an overload of candidates. The de-consolidation of Senate and executive elections avoids oversaturating constituents with too many candidates, said sophomore Stefani Jones, senator for athletics, services and the environment. “A [consolidated election model] would invite more SEE DSG ON PAGE 8

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Douglas Lute, assistant to the president for Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks Wednesday evening at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Lute said he was optimistic about the changes that have been made in this region over the past three years. Regarding Afghanistan, he noted that there are few organized extremist groups still located in the country that pose problems to American security. The raid that ultimately resulted in Osama bin Laden’s death this May greatly disrupted the al Qaeda network, Lute said, because for the first time the people were without a leader. This vulnerability presented a targeting opportunity for the military, he added. Lute highlighted the situation in Pakistan, noting that in the short term, both Pakistan and the United States are living on “borrowed time.” “There is a certain sense of urgency [for Pakistan] to SEE LUTE ON PAGE 6

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DHI makes Durham medical care accessible to those in need by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE

Living in a low-income neighborhood can have a negative effect on overall health, but Durham Health Innovations has a plan to reduce this issue in the Durham community. Dr. Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research and director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute, is researching low-income neighborhoods’ correlation with national epidemics and has found that health issues such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory disease and hypertension are more pronounced in poorer neighborhoods. Califf also serves as co-chair of Durham Health Innovations oversight committee, and through the work of DHI, is encouraging those in Durham to use many health resources the city offers. “Health in America is going in the wrong direction, and there needs to be an effort to turn it around,� Califf said. With North Carolina falling to the bottom 20 percent nationally in life expectancy, Durham County has become a target area for health improvements. DHI, a partnership between Duke Medicine and Durham County, has recently funded 10 teams to work on projects that can improve the overall health of Durham residents. These projects, ranging from obesity work to adolescent health, encourage residents to keep track of their health and to attend the eight health clinics located in Durham on a regular basis. “There was a view that clinics would be better, so people wouldn’t be forced to get transportation to the Duke Hospital and work their way through the mazes of

all these people here,� Califf said. “We think these clinics have been very successful�. Grendel Burrell, the chief of strategic communications at Duke Translational Medicine Institute, said clinics are smaller and create a cozier environment for Durham residents. They are also more available, making it easier for the elderly who may have trouble navigating Duke’s medical facilities. Although community-based clinics such as CAARE, Inc. and the American Health Center are free and open to the public, Duke-funded clinics such as the Duke Outpatient Clinic, Durham Medical Center and Duke Family Medicine charge fees for their services. CAARE Executive Director Sharon Elliot-Bynum said CAARE focuses on the five health disparities that affect people of low income: cancer, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, HIV and AIDS. ElliotBynum said CAARE works to ensure that the community is taking advantage of its services. “Even though we are a community based organization, we don’t expect our communities to come to us,� Elliot-Bynum said. “Every day we are doing health fairs and other events [to reach out to the community].� During health fairs, CAARE performs health screenings on factors that contribute to the five major health disparities such as blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, blood sugar and HIV. If people have abnormal readings or results, CAARE refers them to their doctor or the organization will follow up with them personally. The nonprofit also offers exercise and cook-

ing classes in direct response to the obesity problem in Durham. “People go to the doctor and are told they are overweight, but it is not enough to just tell them,� Elliot-Bynum said. “It may be they are eating the wrong foods... or don’t have a place to exercise, so we

provide these services.� Kristin Thomas, project leader of Check it, Change it—a program sponsored by DHI and the American Heart Association to curb high blood pressure—listed hypertension SEE HEALTH ON PAGE 8

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Mold outbreak lands college kids on cruise ship by Daniel de Vise THE WASHINGTON POST

An outbreak of mold at St. Mary’s College of Maryland this fall presented a logistical nightmare— there was nowhere to put the students. Hotels are scarce around the remote campus. Then, an alumni of this sailing-intensive school had an idea—put them in a cruise ship. The Sea Voyager, described on its Web site as a “compact adventure ship,” was on the block, and it was being moved from Maine to Virginia. St. Mary’s President Joseph Urgo made some phone calls. The Sea Voyager is now headed to his campus, where it will serve as off-shore dormitory space for 250 students until the end of the semester. “Over the years we have often joked, Wouldn’t it be great to have an off-shore residence hall,” Urgo said. The ship was to enter the Chesapeake Bay Thursday morning and should reach historic St. Mary’s by Friday morning. Then there is the matter of docking it. A small college dock may prove inadequate, but a larger dock maintained by Historic St. Mary’s City should suffice. If all goes well, students will board the vessel Friday night. Students complained of mold from the start of the fall semester. A close inspection revealed a systemic problem with the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system, which was leaking water into pipes, spawning mold. A physician declared the buildings unsafe. Repairs will take as long as a month. SEE MOLD ON PAGE 8

LOTTERY from page 1 had been granted housing in the new residential model, there was debate over whether the chapters would elect to be split between Central and West campuses or decide to stay together on one campus, said Panhel President Jenny Ngo, a senior, adding that Panhel also considered pulling out of the housing model lottery. Panhel could not split the chapters in a way that could be agreed upon and ended up being placed throughout Central Campus, she said. “The Panhellenic community and its nine chapters officially entered this process under the condition that all nine chapters are located on one campus,” Ngo wrote in an email Wednesday. “Reasoning behind this included overall Panhellenic unity and equity across all chapters in terms of resources and opportunities.” Some chapter members, however, were not happy about the prospect of living on Central. One sorority member left the auditorium Wednesday night in tears after she said her chapter would not be safe in its new location. “Central gets a bad rap in terms of safety issues,” said Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate education and cochair of the House Model Committee. “We’re always interested in looking at lighting and bus routes and those things, and that will continue. We’ll work with the chief of police, we’ll work with all the people we need to work with to make people feel comfortable in their space.” Ngo said she hopes Panhellenic women can change the tone of Central culture for the better. “Panhellenic’s relationships with the rest of the Duke community will not be affected adversely [by moving to Central],” she said. “Having a ‘home base’ for each chapter will actually strengthen their partnerships across campus.” Ngo noted that less than half of each chapter’s membership will live in its respective house, though all three classes will expect to be represented per house model policy. The housing lottery was subject to frequent disruptions. One student, before drawing her SLG’s housing assignment, stopped to address Gonzalez, who also serves as co-chair of the See a map of where each and every group will be housed at dukechronicle.com

House Model Committee, and said that SLGs with primarily Caucasian members were being favored in housing locations. This is untrue, Gonzalez said. He later noted the positive aspects of the new house model, such as funding opportunities for each house. “Right now, we think about the money going through the quad councils,” Lisker said. “If you’re in a house of 30 people, and you have control of your own money... that can make a big difference in how you think about your house life, your social life and your community.” Thoughts of funding, however, are not positive for all groups. The entrepreneurship SLG, InCube, recently received a $25,000 private donation, which the group used to renovate its common room on West. InCube will be moving to Central next year. “We are not happy with the assignment that we were given,” said InCube President Madeleine Clark, a sophomore. “When we did renovations, we were under the assumption that we would be able to keep [our housing]—no one had ever told us otherwise. We would have never invested the money.” Although many students criticized the lottery, Lisker said the aims of the house model trump student frustration. “We did our best to be fair to everybody,” Lisker said. “And sometimes that means that everybody is equally annoyed with you. Our goal was to keep our principles of equity and community in mind.”

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Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life, operates the device used to select group envelopes at random.

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LUTE from page 3 cooperate,” Lute said. In the long term, a stable Pakistan also needs to emerge, he said. The country is currently facing simultaneous crises—a security crisis, an economic crisis and a political crisis—and their internal stability is weak. There is a tension between the short-term interests versus what Washington is worried about in the long term, Lute said. Sarah Selenich, second-year master of public policy degree candidate, said she is intrigued by America’s relationship with Pakistan. “I just wonder if something slips through the cracks,” Selenich said. “Do we have the political will and financial ability to fight an additional war?” Lute concluded by noting that what Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, think about themselves is ultimately more important than what the United States thinks of them. “The future of Afghanistan and Pakistan rests in their own people deciding their fate,” Lute said.

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HOUSE from page 1 The expansion will provide suite-style apartments, which will double the number of families the house can accommodate. The house will also feature a new dining room, community room, playroom, fitness center and computer center. The Ronald McDonald House planned the addition after having to turn away more than 700 families annually due to a lack of space, Richards said. With support from Duke and Durham, the house will be able to welcome more families into the community. Established as the first house in the United States without sponsorship of a professional football team, the Ronald McDonald House has depended on the community for more than 30 years. Duke’s partnership with the house strengthens Duke’s relationship with Durham, connecting the community through a common goal, Durham Mayor Bill Bell said. The house draws volunteers from different groups in Duke and Durham, including greek organizations, student volunteers, Durham volunteers, Duke Medical Center employees and Duke athletic teams, Richards noted. The football and men’s lacrosse teams volunteer at the house every year. “Coach John Danowski [of men’s lacrosse] brings them here and talks to them about the charity. When they’re cooking their dinners, he doesn’t let them take shortcuts but makes them actually cook the food and peel the potatoes,” Richards said. “And Coach David Cutcliffe [of football] talks about how if they want to be a football player on his team, this is a role they have to play.” The Duke University Health System also plays a major role in the Ronald McDonald House, contributing the first million dollars to the expansion project, Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the DUHS, said in an interview after the event. Many residents at the house are patients treated at the Duke hospital. “It’s an extension of family,” Dzau said. “When patients come to Duke, it’s not just the patient alone—it’s the family. And it’s not just [about] the disease alone—it’s about the anxiety that the families are under, so when you have a place where they can be connected to each other, to feel at home, it really welcomes them into a place where they can feel comfortable.” Each year, more than 1,000 families call the Ronald McDonald House their home while their children receive treatment at the Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center. At the groundbreaking ceremony, N.C. resident Amanda Gard described how her family traveled from the Outer Banks to Duke Hospital after Gard gave birth to premature twin boys, Wyatt and Davis, in August. Both needed medical attention provided at Duke, and Wyatt needed heart surgery. Without the Ronald McDonald House, the Gard family would not have had an inexpensive place to stay for an extended period and would have been unable to provide their children with the proper care, Gard said. “Thank you for welcoming us not only into the house but into the Durham community,” Gard said. During the ceremony, Richards unveiled a life-size bronze statue of a person holding a child, representing the Ronald McDonald House mission, to be placed outside the house once construction is complete. He gave a miniature version of this statue to Dzau as a reminder of the relationship and connection between the Ronald McDonald House, Durham and Duke.

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wrote in an email Tuesday. “If there was more housing on [West] or better housing on [Central Campus] more juniors would opt to live on campus.� Juniors who are interested in living off campus in their second semester are entered into a lottery and selected randomly. This was the first year that HDRL administered an off-campus housing lottery in the Spring. “In previous years, we did not run a pre-lottery in April,� said Linda Moiseenko, manager for Duke community housing. “The pre-lottery likely reduced the number of applicants for the Fall lottery.� Some juniors said not being guaranteed housing on West drives them to apply for housing exemptions. “I was worried that I would get stuck on Central Campus,� junior Diana Bramson, who is currently abroad, said. “I didn’t want to take the risk so I decided to apply for off-campus housing. My roommate and I are really glad that we’ll be able to live off campus next year.� Another reason why many juniors apply for off-campus housing, Mathieson said, is not that students want to be off campus but rather they believe some amenities of Central and West to be inadequate. “I applied for off-campus housing because I wanted to live in an apartment with my own kitchen and bathroom,� she said. “I was attracted to the idea of my own space away from the stress of campus.� Junior Stephan Lambert said that living off campus might be fun, but it never appealed to him. “I would much rather be on campus where it is easier to get to class, easier to get food and easier to go to the school’s activities,� Lambert wrote in an email Tuesday. He noted that K4 did not influence his decision to stay on campus. Specifics about which students will be living in K4 next semester are still uncertain, Moiseenko said. Housing assignments will not begin to be processed until after the Oct. 31 deadline. It is fairly certain that the residents of K4 next semester will be many juniors returning from abroad as well as a handful of students currently on campus, Gonzalez said.

terms in Kunshan. If all goes as planned, students will matriculate at Duke Summer 2012—arriving in China Spring 2013, when the campus is slated to open. A Dec. 2010 consultant report compiled by the China Market Research Group indicated that Chinese students believe DKU would offer a quality education, but they would rather study at Duke’s Durham campus because they believe international experiences are valuable. This research prompted Fuqua to consider programs split between Durham and China. Francis said Fuqua plans to enroll students to the program from around the world. Market research shows that most applicants will come from outside of China, she noted. “We’ve always thought there would be students from China and East Asia and the West,� Provost Peter Lange said. “It strengthens the campus.� The report also said Chinese students would not be willing to pay tuition as high as the Durham MMS program—more than $41,000. Lange said DKU will charge globally competitive tuition rates but offer financial aid. He was unable to provide an estimate of tuition costs. Lange added that tuition cannot be confirmed until DKU is officially sanctioned by the Chinese government—a process required to open a foreign university in China. Duke submitted its proposal to the Jiangsu Province Education Bureau June 20—the region where Kunshan is located. The proposal will then go to the Chinese Ministry of Education for final approval. Many faculty members previously had questions about Fuqua’s ability to offer a Duke-quality degree in China. But the extra deliberations, which took place since June, allowed the MMS planning committee to develop a program that squelched some of those concerns, Desai said. The planning committee was able to develop a structured curriculum, assemble a tentative list of faculty members who have shown interest in teaching in Kunshan and assure faculty that Durham programs will not suffer because of the additional focus given to DKU, he said.

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“The real change is the question of if we can deliver a good program there and maintain our programs here,� Desai said. “[Business school professors] study decision-making, so we are careful about making these decisions.� It is premature to indicate which faculty members will be teaching in China, though many have shown interest, Francis said. Many professors have traveled to other countries to teach in Fuqua’s other international programs, such as the Cross Continent MBA, Desai noted, adding that he has traveled to China several times for teaching assignments. But faculty members are still waiting for the DKU MMS program to gain final approval from the University before committing. “Our faculty will not work for a program unless they have assurance about the quality,� Desai said. Although the vote was not unanimous, Francis said overall, faculty are excited about the program. She added that dissenting arguments were welcome in the discussions because they helped the planning committee to create the best degree possible. “We encourage people to be on all sides of an issue,� Francis said. “Naturally, there are going to be people who are not as enthusiastic about issues as others.� This vote was a significant step for DKU in terms of academic programs, Lange said. He added that the next group to move forward with potential DKU programs will be the Duke Global Health Institute, which expects to offer a Master of Science in Global Health and various undergraduate courses. “It’s an important start,� he said.

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as another major health problem in Durham. The program’s personnel works with providers of the clinics to follow patients for six months to manage their medication and provide education on behavioral modifications to improve their blood pressure. “By getting people’s blood pressure under control you are going to prevent strokes and heart attacks,� Thomas said. “Checking residents’ blood pressure [also] has economic benefits, in that it saves the patient and hospital money, but also improves the quality of life.� Califf said exercise and access to affordable and nutritious foods are particularly challenging in low-income neighborhoods. He also noted the safety risk people face in low-income neighborhoods to get through their daily lives as a contributing factor to health-related issues. “If you have more than one job, you are rushing from one place to another and are probably going to eat fast food,� he said. “If you live out in nicer parts of Durham, you have open spaces to walk.... It’s safer.� Despite clinics in Durham each providing specific services to increase overall community health, Thomas said the collective goal is to limit all the health risks that can lead to long-term problems. “We want people to enjoy a better quality of life, that’s the most important thing,� she said.

Urgo evacuated the students from the buildings a week ago and put them in three nearby hotels. But there are few hotels near campus; the farthest is at Solomon’s Island, nearly 20 miles away, across an imposing bridge. The school offered round-theclock shuttle service, but many students went home to get cars. Half of them are freshmen, relatively new to driving. “There was a lot of late-night driving back and forth,� Urgo said. “I was really worried about them.� Negotiations are not yet complete, but it appears that renting the cruise ship will cost about the same as the hotel rooms, which are setting the college back $20,000 a day. The funds will come from the school’s reserves. A few students are fretful about the move amid preparations for papers and exams, but the overall reaction has been “jubilation, for the most part,� Urgo said. “Their rooms will be a little bit smaller, but they’ll have full use of all the amenities on the ship, the ball room, the state room, the shuffleboard,� and linen service every three days. This is still a ship, and some rooms are much nicer and larger than others. Urgo said some sort of lottery system may be devised to sort students fairly into rooms. “As tempting as it is,� Urgo said, “we will not be taking the ship for a ride on weekends.� That would cost extra.

random voter turnout as opposed to a wellinformed voter turnout,� Jones said. “[This is] not in our interest at all.� Additionally, some DSG members said that holding elections so late in the school year would prevent a smooth transition between boards. “An April election does not give new elected candidates time to transition and make cabinet decisions,� said senior Kaveh Danesh, vice president for academic affairs. He added that new executive members should have more time to become acquainted with the current policy initiatives and with their administrative counterparts for the coming year. In support of maintaining a similar election model from past years, members said the problem of low voter turnout could not be reduced to flaws in the electoral system. “We should not blame the electoral system if you have low voter turnout—it’s a much broader question,� said sophomore Fedja Pavlovic, senator for residential life and dining.

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“For example, senators tend not to campaign as hard as the executives and [that] is reflected in voter turnout.� In other business: Junior Alexandra Swain, vice president of Durham and regional affairs, raised the issue of providing administratively funded transportation to election polling sites in election years when there are no on-campus polling sites. There will be no campus polling site for the November 2011 elections. “We believe that the University should encourage student political participation and continue to fund transportation to the polls,� Swain wrote in her resolution to the Senate. The resolution was approved unanimously. DSG also voted on its support of a candidates forum, during which members of the Duke community will have the opportunity to meet City Council candidates. The Senate allocated $487 to the Durham and regional affairs committee to support the forum. The City Council candidates forum for the 2011 municipal election will be held Nov. 3.

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theSANDBOX. So I’m sitting alone because I got a free ticket to the Aziz Ansari show, and my phone’s probably broken, so instead of Grindring I’m half-reading The Order of Things and half-listening to LCD Soundsystem play over the loudspeakers. My initial thought is, “This is rad,” followed by the self-pitying thought that most of my fellow classmates don’t even realize this is happening, and then I realize what a dickhead I am. Aziz Ansari is like your friend who’s really entertaining in person, but whose jokes don’t belong in the quotes section of your Facebook. Watching his young-life crisis play out on stage was a little uncomfortable. Talking about adultish things always is, and I get where he’s coming from. Marriage is super lame, and it’s going to suck watching once-cool friends who used to make bongs out of Hold Steady ticket stubs get married, leave you in the dust and make you think— maybe it’s you that’s the square. Maybe I got intellectual because I wasn’t good at sports. It’s hard to say for sure be-

cause I only ever tried one, one of those grueling 20 hour per week, mentally abusive coach sports that’s basically been abolished from the U.S. on grounds of conscience. And now? I traded in Kerouac for Proust, masturbation is a time-saving solution instead of a last resort and I am the only person I know who can cook kale perfectly. So with that marriage-baby horizon looking more distant and tenuous, there are few sure things left in my future. Although I will be living within walking distance of a Whole Foods. It was no accident that Aziz Ansari, outspoken lover of hip-hop and indie rock, wanted LCD Soundsystem cued up before his shows—James Murphy epitomizes the hipster descending into self-conscious early middle age. But this adult-ish stuff is pretty serious-sounding on paper, which is why comedy’s actually a better artistic medium—it’s good form to do it with dead baby jokes. —Brian Contratto

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the balcony who made the mistake of telling him they were engaged at 22. This could provide any comic with ample material for jabs at commitment and inexperience. But Ansari beat the horse, and beat it, and beat it, and then dropped the bat and emptied a .38 chamber into it. Now, there is nothing wrong with audience interaction; good comedians can deliver great work off the cuff. Nor is marriage by any means off-limits. What Ansari did, though, bordered on harassment, deriding the couple for their decision long after the audience stopped laughing. You can rag on someone who paid to see you; you shouldn’t do it until they and the rest of the audience think you’re a dick. Just ask Michael Richards. He also spoke at length about his friends who were having kids and settling down. Again, this is totally fair play by most standards. It’s reasonable for a 28-year-old to be miffed by a constant barrage of baby videos. The problem is that Ansari harped on the notion to such an extent, and with such vitriol, that it reflected more personal animosity than subversive observation. There’s a thin line between humorous ire and genuine disgust. The former is usually funny; the latter, unless you’re a great satirist like Swift or Twain, is pretty unflattering. Aziz, you’re good, but you’re not that good. The problem isn’t that Ansari chose to talk about these things; I’m up for a joke about lions eating babies any time. The issue was in his callous delivery and his persistence, both of which did more to betray his own anxieties than to make light of the themes. He’d do well to take a cue from his opener and come to terms with his flaws instead of directing them toward others for the sake of his act. —Josh Stillman

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Recess Interviews: author Jeffrey Eugenides by Jake Stanley THE CHRONICLE

Most of us are familiar with the work of Jeffrey Eugenides in one way or another. His debut novel, The Virgin Suicides, was adapted into a film by Sofia Coppola and has been translated into 34 languages. The 2002 novel Middlesex earned the Pulitzer Prize, and he joined Princeton’s prestigious creative writing faculty in 2007. Earlier this month, Eugenides released The Marriage Plot, a novel about three recent Brown graduates wading into the milieu of the 1980s. Recess’ Jake Stanley spoke to Eugenides about what went into the novel’s creation. Recess: There are a number of similarities between the 1980s setting of the novel and our present day economic and political situation. What does this say about how the world and America both change and stay the same? Jeffrey Eugenides: When I was writing the book I didn’t realize that there was a recession coming...so it’s kind of a coincidence. It certainly does serve to remind us of the cyclical nature of capitalism and how these things keep happening and will continue to happen. R: In a recent New York magazine article about yourself, [David] Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen, the writer asks whether contemporary fiction should seek to master the sweep of culture in an innovative way or tell a more intimate story to deliver reading pleasure. Which of these ideas is more important to you? JE: I’m not sure you have to choose. I certainly want to tell intimate stories and entertain and beguile the reader. But depending on what that story is, I might choose to write a sweeping story about a large swath of culture, or maybe a story about just a few people. In Middlesex, I certainly had a broad canvas--large things are being said about biology, the creation of identity, the history of Detroit and Asia Minor. But in The Marriage Plot, I’ve written a more intimate story. I think that intimate stories, if done correctly, can say a lot about the totality of life. R: As a student at Brown, you were going through college when semiotics was important in linguistics and cultural theory. How have your feelings changed toward this way of looking at literature? JE: When I got to Brown, semiotics was just coming to America and rising in popularity and sway. In the English department you encountered two different factions: one was professors who were New Critical...and had a certain

way of looking at literature...Then there was another cohort who were influenced by structuralism and French theory. These two factions argued about what was the best way to analyze literature. That experience left me in the state that I’ve been in which is somewhere between the two positions. I was influenced by semiotics and there’s a kind of quiet postmodernism in my work that I think is a response to some of the thinkers that I read in semiotics courses...In my own work, I…usually have narrative drive…and I create characters that seem realistic, especially in The Marriage Plot. Some of these operations would be seen as outmoded by semioticians. I resisted the idea that it was difficult to convey meaning through a text. I think that novels can often convey meaning and I haven’t given up on doing that. R: One of the famous ideas of semiotics is that books are about other books. In The Marriage Plot there are many literary references and many characters are erudite. But

gions of the United States. But there is implicit in The Marriage Plot a question about the class system of the U.S., at least in the 1980s. Both Mitchell and Leonard come from a different class than Madeleine and they’re quite aware of it. They’re both attracted to her class and her money. That is something in the old-fashioned marriage plots that is a big factor. Certain things don’t apply anymore in love stories today, but money still does. I wanted to retain those vestiges of the marriage plot that do pertain to our time. R: A lot of contemporary literature is engaged with topics of mental illness, including The Marriage Plot. What do you think about our culture leads to such lucid expressions of mental illness in literature? JE: People are suffering psychologically in our country for a host of reasons. If you look at how many medicines people are taking, mood enhancers and tranquilizers and anti-anxiety medications, it’s quite astounding. Even though I’m suspicious of many of those drugs and the amount people take, it is in response to real mental suffering. There’s something about our society that must be encouraging these types of depressive illnesses in addition to the regular physiological causes. That’s probably why you’re seeing it crop up in so much recent fiction...it’s not about shooting a buffalo because you’re going to starve, it’s about how you can’t find a sense of self and a way of being happy that seems authentic in the midst of so many distracting entertainments and trivialities. There’s a kind of spiritual anguish wound up with our moment in history. That’s why people like Franzen and Wallace write about it in their books, and Wallace wrote about it because he was an actual depressive. R: I noticed the Talking Heads popped up a few times in the novel. Are you a big fan? JE: Yes, big fan. They were very central in my college experience. [Lead singer] SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE David Byrne also went to RISD, which is right next to Brown. They were a big presthey are also interacting with these books and generating ence on College Hill. They would probably be the favorite personal tales. band of the kind of people I was writing about. JE: I sort of wanted it both ways. This is a book that is generated by other books, but it’s not merely about books. Jeffrey Eugenides will read from The Marriage Plot at the R: How did the personalities of different regions of the Regulator Bookshop on Ninth Street this Saturday, October 29 at U.S. influence your thinking, since the three protagonists 7pm. A complete, unedited version of this interview is available are from different parts of the country? online at DukeChronicle.com/Recess JE: I wasn’t trying to make a large point about the re-

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Chunky Move’s performance of Connected integrates dancers with the work of sculpture artist Reuben Margolin, a kinetic connection of man and machine.

Chunky Move uses technology to enliven contemporary dance by Jamie Moon THE CHRONICLE

Inspired by ever-changing contemporary culture, the Melbourne, Australia-based contemporary dance company Chunky Move has always challenged conventional genres of dance. Vibrant and unpredictable movements, often infused with motion tracking and projection technology, replace the usual routine of pliés and chassés. This Friday, Chunky Move will return to Reynolds Industries Theater through Duke Performances to present Connected, an hour-long performance that depicts the interactive relationship between the human body and the machine. This ensemble is the product of a collaboration between Chunky Move director Gideon Obarzanek and California sculpture artist Reuben Margolin. “What gets me excited about their work is that they combine this incredible imagination around visual effects, sound and sight and, in this case, kinetic sculpture,” said Thomas DeFrantz, a joint professor of African & African American studies and dance. Connected features Margolin’s sculptural marvel, which was built from wood, recycled plastic, paper and steel and resembles natural waveforms embodying kinetic movement. The sculpture suspends over the stage in a looming manner by hundreds of fine wires that are also attached to the dancers

themselves. Throughout the performance, as the dancers move, the sculpture will also move and bend in tandem with them. “Chunky Move is a leader in dance and technology that has created astonishing work aligning dance with emerging technology, computer processing and stagecraft with performance,” DeFrantz said. “[In Connected], you can see both the moving body and the combination with technology and kinetic sculpture.” Connected’s main feature is unconventional movement, in keeping with the technical experimentation of Chunky Move’s past productions. In 2005, the company performed Tense Dave at the American Dance Festival (ADF); the piece employs a constantly revolving stage, illustrating the journey of Dave’s paranoia, fear and fantasy. ADF co-director Jodee Nimerichter, who brought Tense Dave to Duke and Durham, said that Chunky Move offers a freshness that audiences have never experienced before. “Very rarely do we place something on our program through watching just a video,” Nimerichter said. “But I put in the DVD [of Tense Dave] and I was captivated immediately, and I had to have it that season.” Glow, another of Chunky Move’s prominent works, features a collaboration with software engineer Frieder Weiss. In the

piece, the dancers move under the glow of a video tracking system. A digital landscape is constructed in real time as the dancers move, meshing the world of the body and media into one. Chunky Move’s grounding in innovative movement technology reflects the impact of the digital era on artistic expression. DeFrantz teaches Dance 144, entitled “Performance and Technology,” where students explore, in a workshop setting, the ways in which technologies like robots, media and computer interfaces are embedded within productions similar to those of Chunky Move. The class is one example of a growing trend: utilizing technology and media in the arts. Duke Performances has been working to harness these forward-thinking works to engage students and the Duke community in a non-traditional manner. “We’re trying to lead the conversation rather than offer a season of folks’ greatest hits,” Director of Duke Performances Aaron Greenwald said. “We strive to have extra performance engagements of a variety of scope and type so that the broader community has more insight to the artists we bring here.” Chunky Move Dance Company will present Connected this Friday at 8 p.m. in Reynolds Industries Theater. Tickets are available through the Duke Performances website.

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New, non-profit downtown gallery Carrack Modern Art looks to provide an interactive and forward-looking space for local artists—if donations can keep it afloat.

Newly opened non-profit gallery engages Durham art community by Michaela Dwyer THE CHRONICLE

The gallery on the second floor of 111 West Parrish Street in downtown Durham carries an odd moniker. But, according to founder and local artist John Wendelbo, there’s something fitting to the name of the new Carrack Modern Art gallery. “The carrack was a ship used by explorers in the 15th century,” Wendelbo explained. “It was a platform: Trust people, and then see what happens.” It was with this exact philosophy in mind that Wendelbo started the Carrack Modern Art, a new one-room, brick-walled art gallery devoted to visual art, sculpture, installation, performance, music, poetry and various other artistic mediums. The gallery, which opened this past July, came to fruition through the preexisting Durham Sculpture Project (DSP), a venture also directed by Wendelbo that uses “large-scale, high-impact” sculpture to foster socio-economic development and artistic engagement in Durham. For Wendelbo, the Carrack grew naturally from the objectives of the DSP. “Part of the premise of the Durham Sculpture Project is to build a platform for other projects,” Wendelbo said. “[I thought the Carrack] would be a really good implementation of that idea. If we provided a little bit of the infrastructure, we could see if the project can morph into its own existence.” Infrastructure has been key in the Carrack’s recent development. The gallery operates under a zero-commission model, meaning that 100 percent of the gallery’s art sales flow back to the artists themselves. In this way, Wendelbo said, the Carrack’s goal is to empower artists to focus on their work rather than logistical demands that are often restrictive. “We put the money back into the artists’

hands so they can have a better shot of making more art,” he said. “By freeing the artist from that [logistical or monetary] predetermination, you…free the art a lot.” Given the current economic climate and the Carrack’s non-institutional stature, these aims have not been easy to fulfill. The gallery itself runs entirely on donations, mostly through its Kickstarter page, which currently challenges donors to secure the gallery’s rent for the entirety of 2012. “The urgency of this Kickstarter thing— it’s all or nothing. It’s very good in many ways,” Wendelbo said. “If people make pledges, it’s a done deal and the space will be open entirely for 2012.” Until the gallery reaches its $12,000 goal, though, it must subsist on the month-tomonth donations that have kept the space running so far. “The fact that we are zero-commission is unheard of in conventional art spaces,” Laura Ritchie, a 2010 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate and gallery director for the Carrack, wrote in an email. “We are willfully taking a huge risk by not having any guarantee of profit. There’s no way of knowing if we’ll be able to open our doors next month.” The openness and fluidity of the Carrack’s approach extends to the types of exhibitions the gallery decides to undertake. Last Friday, the Carrack hosted the third of the Triangle’s PoPuP Art Shows, a one-night-only exhibition model forwarded by Adrian Schlesinger, an art student at UNC-Chapel Hill, as part of her honors thesis project. Schlesinger’s idea of the PoPuP shows—as jumpstarters of creative dialogue that engage the local community in art and social and economic progress—is closely aligned with the Carrack’s innovative, forward-looking mentality. “I love the pop-up idea of ‘let’s just go for it,’” Schlesinger said. “The best things in the

art world happen when you just go for it.” Thus far, the Carrack has devoted itself to exhibitions and events that maintain a similar philosophy of spontaneous and collaborative artistic production. Besides the PoPuP show, the gallery has featured solo shows by “visual activist” Franco and Durham-based visual and installation artist Catherine Howard. In the coming months, the gallery plans to continue featuring both local and national artists as an affirmation of the Carrack’s commitment to diversity. Ultimately, though, the Carrack’s future depends entirely on the Durham community’s reception of the space. “I’m very attached to the notion of having broad-based support [for the gallery],” Wendelbo said. “[There needs to be] a sense of ownership—a community-based ownership of the gallery.” Wendelbo stressed that the Carrack, still in its nascent stages, must be widely accepted and supported to remain artistically and socially productive. “It’s a very large asset to community at large,” he said. “It’s about art sustainability. I’d like to educate, in a sense, the community at large, [to tell them that]… when we empower artists and give them the means to express themselves, the freedom to do stuff, things will happen. You need to trust the process.” Both Wendelbo and Ritchie hope that the Carrack’s up-in-the-air status will serve as a call to arms for Durham. “It is a challenge to the community and an experiment. In a way, we’re saying, ‘Hey, Durham, how much do you really want this for your art community?’” Ritchie said. “We are 100% dependent on the response that this is worth their time and money.”

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October 27, 2011

justice

AUDIO, VIDEO, DISCO ED BANGER

MYLO XYLOTO PARLOPHONE

The first proper track on Coldplay’s new album Mylo Xyloto bursts out much like the cover art’s explosion of colorful graffiti. The energetic pace on “Hurts Like Heaven” suggests that Coldplay has deviated from their famous formula. 15 years into their career, it seems like prime time for Coldplay to undergo a reinvention akin to their arena-rock forebearers U2’s Achtung Baby. Thus Coldplay, allied with Brian Eno once again, release the lyrical love story of Mylo and Xyloto, two adolescents who fashion their love story as a non-violent rebellion against destructive forces in society. Lyrically, the album draws inspiration from the anti-Nazi White Rose movement led by German university students during Hitler’s rise: “From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song/ Don’t want to see another generation drop.” On the same track, lead single “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” Martin croons, “Slow it down/ Through chaos as it swirls/ It’s us against the world,” reiterating the motif of youthful optimism—a belief that love is a formidable force. Martin sings to the rafters to bolster the idea, and drives it home with hyperbole: “Every siren is a symphony/ Every tear’s a waterfall.” His lyrics, never the band’s strong suit, per se, still do well

to convey the intended concept. Coldplay’s music continues on the artrock path established with Viva la Vida, while referencing the austere, memorable melodies of their earlier albums’ hits. Synthesizers and distorted guitars couple with piano refrains and simple acoustic accompaniments in songs like “Major Minus,” “Paradise” and “Princess of China.” Lead guitarist Johnny Buckland contributes surprisingly amped-up guitar licks, but like the band’s previous efforts, the album never breaks into straight-ahead rock. Remnants of X&Y-era Coldplay permeate the album; organs, pianos and mellow strings emerge dynamically from the more abundant electric elements of Mylo Xyloto. Throughout the album’s fourteen tracks, Mylo Xyloto maintains impeccable cohesion. While the album is plenty devoted to its concept, it lacks the ambition that typically constitutes this form—disappointing for a band with this much onstage theatrical panache. The product is somewhat trite, but it’s optimistic album with a happy ending, which—in the contentious boiler-room of 2011—is a pleasant surprise. —Duncan Dodson

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What a weird record this is. Isn’t Audio, Video, Disco supposed to be one of those ear-candy French house deals? What’s with the prog-rock? Was “On’n’On” ghostwritten by Robert Plant? There’s a lot that jumps out on first listen, but all of it generally suggests the same thing: what a weird, weird record. Justice is now four years removed from career-making debut Cross, and the layoff is apparent. That album was an unrepentant dance record: like reducing Daft Punk’s Discovery down to its climactic core, and running the result through enough overdrive to burn through your eardrums. Justice assimilated a rock influence in much the same way that GuyManuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter had—mainly, by turning up the flanger on their guitars and playing arena-sized live shows. Cross was never cerebral or innovative—far from it—but it was firmly and fruitfully committed to destroying dance floors. Audio, Video, Disco’s intentions are less clear. More than anything else, Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay are channeling the canons of classic and progressive rock. On a generic level, they’re operating pretty far from their provenance. They concede as much, sonically, by leaning on late ‘80s house signifiers— the same squelching synths and hearbeat kicks as Cross. Structurally, though, the tracks on Audio, Video, Disco almost universally reach back even farther. The aforementioned “Kashmir”-influenced “On’n’On” aside, the freewheeling guitar solo and distorted kick-kick-handclap rhythm on “Parade” are straight out of the Queen playbook. And this is likely the first and only Ed Banger release to count Pete Townshend as a foundational influence: Auge and de Rosnay lift the counter-melodic keyboards on “Civilization” and the delay-heavy guitar riff of “New Lands” from “Baba O’Riley” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” respectively, and the Stonehenge-cross cover art comes directly from Who’s Next. In revisiting ’70s classic rock, Auge

and de Rosnay are treading on blatantly unfashionable ground—distinct from the polyester New Wave that influences so many of their contemporaries in that it has not yet undergone a post-ironic, legitimizing reinvention. Given their album-length devotion to the subject material, you hardly get the sense that Justice are f*****g around with hipster-baiting genre exercises, but you have to wonder where Audio, Video, Disco came from. It’s not a flattering concept; Justice don’t do compositional nuance—it was never all that essential for the nu-disco club tracks of Cross—and it shows when down-tempo cuts like “Ohio” and the Ratatat-esque “Brianvision” get stuck in the mud. Justice deserve some credit for a truly ingenious concept—filtering stadiumsized rock songs through a French house filter—and less so for the ham-handed execution. Unsurprisingly, the two best songs here, “Helix” and the title track, hem far closer to vocoder disco and propulsive house than anything else on the album. We already knew that Justice have the chops to make a great party record. Where they go from here is an open question, and given the out-of-left-field Audio, Video, Disco, why bother to speculate? —Ross Green

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Wombats, Vampires & Wolves

DIR. J.C. CHANDOR LIONSGATE

The residue of a significant cultural and social event almost always includes some cinematic response: in the past five years alone, we’ve seen takes on September 11th and the War in Iraq in the forms of United 93 and The Hurt Locker, respectively. As far as the most recent housing crisis goes, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, Too Big to Fail and now Margin Call have all stepped in with reenactment and commentary. Of the three, critics have already labelled Margin Call as the best, and David Denby of the New Yorker went so far as to deem it “easily the best Wall Street movie ever made” (although, given predecessors like Boiler Room, that’s not saying much). What separates it from the usual fear-andgreed formula of other films about finance is that the investment banking backdrop is just that: a backdrop. The usage of technical jargon is kept to an appreciable minimum; the obligatory depictions of strippers and mentions of cocaine are underplayed; and the power-hungry CEO lynchpin character (Jeremy Irons) takes a backseat to junior decision-makers. The strength of Margin Call, like any good drama, is that the crisis it depicts serves as a means for furthering its characters, and not the other way around. And its characters, for another thing, are varied, from the 23-year-old analyst unable to see past his impending unemployment (Penn Badgley) to a conflicted head of trading dogged by misgivings about corporate Darwinism (Kevin Spacey). Margin Call, in the spectrum of its characters’ reactions to the unfolding crisis, explores the ways in which position and rank within the firm mandate values. The film doesn’t critique a CEO for his callousness as much as it observes that such a job demands it. Unfortunately, not even the “best Wall Street movie ever made” can avoid nodding its head to a populist audience. It’s admittedly easy to see why, as the current state of economic outrage is the reason for the script’s existence and green-lighting. Paradoxically, however, the moments of Margin Call that most directly resonate with the populist sentiment of Occupy are also its worst. In more than one unnecessary taxicab scene, inserted just to pass the time between points A and B, the very value and existence of the banking industry itself is cheaply brought into question. These attacks always come in the form of melodramatic character confessions that feel contrived, and add little to the plot, less to the characters and nothing to the film. In the end, Margin Call probably is the best Wall Street movie ever made. But, then again, even basement-level tranches of subprime mortgages can pass for Triple-A these days. —Ben Brostoff and Chris Bassil

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TAROT CLASSICS EP CANINE

When Tom Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, his speech made no concessions for his reputation: “They say I have no hits and I’m difficult to work with, and they say that like it’s a bad thing.” Of course, Waits’ yardstick for success is about as conventional as the music he makes. But Bad as Me, Waits’ 17th studio release, reigns in his trademark growl and imaginative lyrics to create a polished and complete album, providing an accessible gateway while still showcasing the musical talents that have made him one of rock’s anti-heroes. Waits has adopted many personas throughout his four-decade career—sentimental crooner, boozy alley cat, eccentric rambler—and Bad as Me hearkens back to all of these illustrious eras in his life, each individual track acting as a glossy timecapsule for his many hats. Throughout his career, Waits has cast himself as a wayward vagrant, but his one-of-a-kind theatrical presence is always inventive. Waits has never been a romantic, and on the instrumentally sparse come-on track “Kiss Me,” he pleads, “I want you to kiss me like a stranger once again.” The track, simultaenously vigorous and restrained, could have been lifted from his 1973 debut Closing Time. The playfully titled “Hell Broke Luce” is a perfect rendition of his 1980s grit, feral barks steamrolling through the chain-gang percussion clatter. Although Waits is known for his unrestrained approach to production, the more tightly controlled songs on Bad As Me do not compromise his reputation; instead, they show Waits’ command over his chameleonic nature.

Years from now, Waits’ indefatigable body of work will defy the commercial treatment of records labels trying to cash in with an Essential Tom Waits compilation. He’s not yet in full-on retrospective mode, but Bad As Me already constitutes an authentic representation of his own personal character ensemble. —Katie Zaborsky

With their debut album Astro Coast early last year, Surfer Blood broke into indie rock consciousness and made waves with a prolific world tour during the past year alongside groups like the Drums and Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The West Palm Beach outfit’s sound, an endearing mix of lo-fi surf-rock and bright vocals, is instantly likeable, recalling ’70s power pop filtered through the devil-maycare approach of ’90s alternative rock. A short and sweet four-track release, Surfer Blood’s new EP Tarot Classics serves best as an appetizer for their recently announced second LP. The two opening songs are the most evocative of Astro Coast. Though offering a slightly cleaned up sonic register, “I’m Not Ready” and “Miranda” resuscitate the chorus-heavy lyrical structure, propulsive guitar riffing and Smiths-styled charisma that gave the

band its initial following. Beside the novel addition of synthesizer, “Voyager’s Reprise” is the most disposable of the tracks. More downbeat than typical Surfer Blood fare, it segues well to introduce the final and best song on the recording, “Drinking Problem.” Tinged with melancholy, it elucidates Surfer Blood’s shift into a more romantic lyrical and instrumental sphere. The pace is pondering and vocals are no longer subordinated to guitar, a stylistic advance that is more subtly apparent on the rest of the EP. Taken in context, Tarot Classics succeeds in whetting appetites for their upcoming release. It’s not a groundbreaking follow-up to Astro Coast, but it does showcase their obvious talents for pacing and construction. —Derek Saffe

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Harding learns to be center of attention

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A center is the quarterback of the offensive line. He has to direct blocking assignments, snap the ball and recover in time to protect the most direct route a defensive unit can take to reach the quarterback. When Duke center Brian Moore went down early in fall camp with a broken arm, the Blue Devils

lost their most steadfast offensive lineman. Moore had been the starting right guard for the past two seasons, and had recently been named to the Rimington Award preseason watch list, an honor given to the nation’s best center. In his absence, David Harding, originally slotted to be the team’s starting left guard, was moved to center before the team’s first game.

“I was a little nervous at first because I’d never played center before,” Harding said. “The coaches were really supportive and all my teammates really helped me out.” Harding and the reorganized offensive line debuted against FCS opponent Richmond in the first SEE HARDING ON PAGE 10

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Duke looks to rebound Wolfpack last test in against talented Hokies ACC title pursuit by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

Last year’s 44-7 domination at the hands of Virginia Tech was the rock bottom of Duke’s 3-9 season—its worst game and the final chapter of a six-game losing streak that came to define the team’s campaign. This weekend, the Blue Devils (3-4, 1-2 in the ACC) will look to avoid a similar fate when they host the No. 15 Hokies Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium. “We face a huge test,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Virginia Tech has hit its stride in all areas, and it’s pretty amazing to watch them.” The Hokies (7-1, 3-1) have won three of the past four ACC championships and have finished with at least 10 wins every year since joining the conference in 2004, and the Blue Devils are well aware of their opponent’s history of defensive mastery. “They’re one of the best, if not the best, in the ACC every year,” quarterback Sean Renfree said. “They’ve got good athletes who are very well coached. That’s the biggest thing—when you look at a defense, you look at what kind of athletes they have and what kind of discipline they have.... Their scheme is fairly complex, so it requires a good deal of studying.” SEE SCOUTING ON PAGE 10

Virginia Tech

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OPP 16.1 84.6 210.3 6.6 17 9-12 8-54 32

At 6-foot-6 and 254 lbs, sophomore quarterback Logan Thomas outweighs nine of the 11 projected Blue Devil defensive starters. He has accounted for over half of the Hokes’ touchdowns this season, 10 through the air and six on the ground.

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Laura Weinberg earned national accolades after scoring two goals against then-No. 3 Wake Forest.

Tonight the Blue Devils will have a chance to do something they have only done once in their history—win the ACC. Duke travels to Dail Soccer Field to face N.C. State for its No. 2 final regular season Duke match at 7 p.m. The No. 4 Blue vs. Devils (15-2-1, 7-1-1 N.C. State in the ACC) lead the conference with 22 THURSDAY, 7 p.m. points, and a win or Dail Soccer Field draw would secure their first conference title since 1994. Even a loss could be enough if No. 9 Virginia and No. 11 North Carolina— both tied for second in the ACC with 19 points apiece—fail to win their matches tonight. The Cavaliers host Miami and the Tar Heels travel to College Park to face-off against No. 16 Maryland. “The kids are so excited,” head coach Robbie Church said. “They’ve worked really, really hard all year and you couldn’t ask for a better position to be in. We’ve got one game left and our destiny in our hands.” Though they have struggled in SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 11

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SCOUTING from page 9 Up front, the Hokies have been dominant. They share lead the ACC in sacks with 26, tied for the third-best mark in the nation. The Blue Devils will have their hands full given the struggles they faced against a mediocre Wake Forest pass rush last weekend. “[Renfree] laid off some getting it out of his hands avoiding the rush,” Cutcliffe said. “It’s not pocket awareness, pocket movement, it’s certainly not knowledge. He’s trying to be the best he can. I have to do a great job of making him not feel... the weight of the world on his shoulders. You can’t play the position that way.” While the Hokies’ defense presents a familiar, though difficult, challenge, their offense has a new face under center following the graduation of quaterback Tyrod Taylor. His successor, Logan Thomas, a 6-foot-6, 254 lb. sophomore, is having an efficient year through the air, with 10 touchdown passes against only five interceptions. He is also a threat to run, with

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six rushing scores on the year. Thomas is joined in the backfield by running back David Wilson, who already has more than 1,000 rushing yards and has topped the 100-yard mark in seven of the team’s eight games—including all four in the ACC. “We have to do better stopping the run,” cornerback Ross Cockrell said. “They’re a big run team. Wilson is having a great year in the ACC, so we have to focus on stopping him while also containing their receivers and their quarterback.... [Thomas is] a very big, very strong quarterback—he’ll be tough to bring down and he’s got a strong arm.” Cutcliffe and his players all emphasized the importance of technique in stopping this potent Virginia Tech offense. “The first thing you can’t do is get on your heels defensively,” Cutcliffe said. “What you do is just play your technique and you play smart.... And if you’re doing that... you have a chance to defend.” Even with the best technique, the Blue Devils know they face an uphill battle. “I think right now this is the best team we’ve played... and that includes Stanford,” Cutcliffe said.

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Ross Cockrell and the Duke defense face a stiff test against Logan Thomas and David Wilson.

HARDING from page 9 week of the season. The line played well despite the loss, opening holes for the running backs to rack up 178 yards while allowing only one sack. Against then-No. 6 Stanford, however, Moore’s void was evident. The Duke quarterbacks were sacked six times—Sean Renfree on five occasions, and Brandon Connette on one—for a net loss of 50 yards. The entire Duke rushing attack settled for 30 net yards on the ground. Moore understood the challenges

Harding was experiencing in the move from guard to center, having made the transition himself earlier in his career. “Even though its two feet to your left, you get different steps and looks from defenses at guard than at center,” Moore said. “You really have to have a great understanding of the offense and the differences between the run game and the pass game.” By the third week of the season, however, the line started to come together. Over the next three games—all Duke victories—the offensive line didn’t allow a sack. “Dave’s a natural leader,” offensive coordinator for the running game and

offensive line Matt Luke said. “He’s handled [the transition to center] well.... It’s different going from not having a ball to having a ball and executing some of the techniques. At guard you can just do your deal, but at center you are in control of the offensive line. You don’t ever get a mental break because you’re always working, always trying to get people in the right spots, always communicating with the quarterback.” The hardest challenge for Harding was being right up on the line of scrimmage, instead of enjoying the extra bit of space guards have. “The center has all the action in his lap,” Harding said. “You have to snap the ball with someone breathing down your neck. You have to be able to block a

310-pound nose tackle. He’s watching the ball and as soon as you move it, he’s on you.” Through the first seven games of the season, Duke running backs Juwan Thompson and Desmond Scott combined for 4.9 yards per carry. A fully-healed Moore moved Harding out of the starting lineup last Saturday against Wake Forest. But Luke believes a line that started three redshirt sophomores and a redshirt freshman during Moore’s absence gained invaluable experience, hopefully leading to increased depth and versatility in the future. “Absolutely, it already has [made me a better football player],” Harding said. “It has helped me solidify my understanding of the offense and know what’s going on all around me. And versatility is key; injuries happen in football. So knowing how to play both guard and center is really valuable going forward.”

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W. SOCCER from page 9 conference play, the Wolfpack (10-7-2, 1-6-2) are still in the running for an at-large NCAA tournament bid, Church said. Considering N.C. State has already been eliminated from contention for the eight-team ACC tournament, goes to show just how strong the conference has been this season. “[The Wolfpack] defend great and don’t give up many goals,” Church said. “They have a very good goalkeeper, a very good back four, and they defend with six.... We’ve got to be able to break that down, and we’ve got to be patient.” Kim Kern starts in goal for N.C. State, leading the conference with 92 saves so far this season. On offense, the Wolfpack are led by senior forward Tanya Cain and freshman midfielder Stephanie Bronson, each with six goals on the season. “I think we do match up well with them,” Church said. “We’ve got to be disciplined in our attack. We’ve got to find the right players, and we’ve got to attack on the flanks, get to the outside, and bring it from the outside in.... We’ve got to play very aggressive.” Kelly Cobb and Laura Weinberg pose a formidable threat to the Wolfpack defense, having combined for 16 goals this season. Weinberg’s two scores against then-No. 3 Wake Forest earned her NSCAA national player of the week and ACC player of the week honors. On the other end of the field, Duke leads the conference with only three goals allowed in nine ACC games. Goalkeeper Tara Campbell, with the help of the back line, has posted a school-record 11 shutouts and leads the conference in both goals-against average and save percentage. In the worst case scenario for the Blue Devils—a loss tonight and wins by both North Carolina and Virginia—they would finish tied for first in the conference, but lose both tiebreakers to get the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament. The top four teams are guaranteed to host ACC tournament first round first round games this weekend, though, so Duke is guaranteed to be at home. “This has been a fantastic week,” Church said. “[The program’s alumni are] a little jealous of our current team because of the position that we’re in. They wanted to have a chance to win an ACC title. Unfortunately, over the years we’ve been close, but we haven’t had that chance. This team does, but we’ve got to go close it out.”

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Thinking outside the (check) box Elmhurst College, a private university in Illinois, recently introduced a question on its admissions application that allows students to self-report their sexual orientation. While this sexual orientation question is the first of its kind to actually editorial be implemented, issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender recruitment have become increasingly important subjects of debate in the realm of university admissions. Although Elmhurst claims that the question’s primary role is to collect more data on what types of students apply every year, the inquiry could ultimately serve as a recruiting tool aimed at the increasingly visible LGBT community. The LGBT question arms admissions counselors with another data point in their efforts to shape the diverse student bodies that many elite universities, Duke included, aim to admit. Without the equivalent of a race

or ethnicity box to check, some LGBT students may not have an avenue to openly disclose their sexual identity. We worry that the introduction of an LGBT question will place undue stress on college applicants. While estimates peg the number of openly gay high school students at almost 750,000, that figure fails to accurately portray the multitude of students who may not be comfortable with disclosing their sexuality. In addition, the fact that the college admissions process is oftentimes a family affair could make students unwilling to accurately report on sexual orientation out of fear of alienating parents or siblings. Even if the LGBT question provides an option to decline answering, placing this type of undue pressure on a 17 or 18-year-old high school student could tempt students to lie about their true orientation. These risks outrun the benefits of an LGBT question, especially because

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there are other ways to express sexual orientation indirectly on a college application. If someone’s sexual orientation significantly represents part of his or her identity, that person could reference it in their admissions essay, communicate it in an interview or even demonstrate that interest through extracurricular activities. Anyone who feels uncomfortable expressing their orientation now will likely be more uncomfortable checking it off in a box. This question won’t help identify any more students than can be identified already. Some will view Elmhurst College’s introduction of a sexual-orientation disclosure option on its application as a progressive shift away from heteronormativity, but this shift could have unanticipated consequences. For instance, how would religiouslyaffiliated colleges and universities react if the question became a staple on the Common Application? And,

while we sincerely hope that applicants don’t fall into the mindset that being gay can help with admissions, we believe that including a sexualorientation question could unnecessarily add increased temptation to students hoping to game the admissions process. While introducing this question on a school-by-school basis remains a viable option, making it a standardized Common Application question could present more challenges than benefits to universities across the country. While the LGBT status question will likely remain in debate for some time, we do not believe that instituting such a change on a widespread level would ultimately benefit students. LGBT students can already voice their interests through several channels on an application, and the introduction of an identification question adds too many drawbacks to warrant a sweeping change in admissions.

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would like to take a stance against Occupy Wall purpose, neither of which we seem to find in the Street, Occupy Duke and related movements Occupy movements. To the occupiers, I suggest not on political grounds, but on the grounds to look towards the example of the great Herthat these occupations are an afman Cain in finding a purpose or front to all that is sacred and holy. formulating demands. It doesn’t For starters, the appearance of matter that his 9-9-9 plan makes no the occupiers is unbecoming. Any sense and was possibly derived from self-respecting person knows that to a video game; Herman Cain is on be taken seriously, you need fitted television and he is leading in the suits and sexy branding. To me, ugpolls, proof that his ideas are more liness is tattered T-shirts and matted worthwhile than anything Occupy hair, not foreclosures, lack of propWall Street can conjure up through ahmad jitan er healthcare, a broken political some ridiculous idea like participasystem or the nearly 18.2 percent of indecent family man tory democracy. households in North Carolina livSpeaking of democracy, these ing in food insecurity. A lack of beauty reflects a movements are distracting us from what is relack of holiness, and the Occupy movements em- ally important right now in our political process: body both. the Republican primaries. This time four years I am also fearful of the possible attack to entre- ago, Rudy Giuliani was leading in the polls and preneurs that the Occupy movements pose. Entre- no one had any idea who Sarah Palin was. This preneurs are the closest things we have to saintly doesn’t mean that the polls are irrelevant but figures in modern-day America. Gaining wealth that we weren’t paying nearly enough attention through economic exchange is the noblest pur- to the political circus. You may think it’s the suit available to us. If being able to sell a product clown in center stage that’s significant until you or provide a service to the point of absurd wealth catch sight of the even bigger clown somewhere is not enough of a testament to the benefit entre- over by Putin’s rearing head. preneurs provide society, we should remember In its greatest offense, Occupy Duke perverts that these individuals, from the goodness of their our ritual of tenting. Every blue-blooded Duke hearts, always use their extra wealth towards phil- student knows this sacred ritual is reserved for anthropic pursuits. binge drinking and preparation for the holiest of Consider the passing of Steve Jobs. With the holies: the Duke-UNC rivalry match. Religious maright mix of new-ageism and entrepreneurial niacs and devotees to the stadium, the Cameron savvy, he continues to inspire a generation of Crazies begin every game by bowing to our most young Americans. In honor of his death, I re- honored divinity on campus and continue with peatedly watched and memorized his own Ser- our various other chants, ritual movements and mon on the Mount, his 2005 Stanford University ecstatic dance. commencement speech. His humble beginning To camp out for any other reason is not only a wasn’t in a manger in Bethlehem but a garage waste of time, but utter blasphemy. What do you in Los Altos, California. His legacy of bringing mean that you would like to create meaningful Apple Inc. to great success against all odds and discourse to challenge the existing political and allowing privileged college students to waste socioeconomic structures? I don’t see the point to countless hours online will persist through mil- these shenanigans! As you well know, our politilions of shining Apple logos. Never mind the cal economy is shaped by economic exchange and ethical complications of conflict minerals found not by informed discourse. I would suggest that in our iPhones or MacBooks; the significance of occupiers realize this, pack up and get back to trythe suffering of people in the Congo pales in ing to make as much money as possible so as to comparison to the advantages that capitalism af- gain more political clout. fords to us. So to Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Duke, The Occupy movements replace the value we I suggest that you cease your occupation as it ofput on individual ingenuity with group consensus. fends what is sacred to me and any other meaningI, who made it to Duke due to my own ingenuity, ful person: the free market, my individual pursuit hard work and only a tiny bit of luck, can’t accept of wealth and happiness as well as my sense of this. Group cooperation and consensus, or social- peace and order. My faith in these things is all I ism as I like to call it, only allows for the lazy to have left in these troubling economic times. take advantage of the efforts of the truly great, such as myself. Ahmad Jitan is a Trinity junior. His column runs As good Duke students, we desire clarity and every other Thursday.

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itch your car. Take the train. Vote for transit. On Nov. 8th, the Durham County ballot will include a half cent sales tax referendum for public transit. If passed, the money will support the implementation of the Durham County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (DCBRIP). This is not a Duke election, but this is a referendum that will affect how people get to Duke’s campus. liz bloomhardt The regional plan starts green devil with expanded bus service in the first 12 to 18 months. Additional busses will be added on high-traffic routes and additional routes will be added in underserved areas. This alone should be enough to make the referendum worth voting for by members of the Duke community. Duke Parking and Transportation (DPT) hopes it is, because the passage of this referendum will make it possible for DPT to achieve its goals of reduced single occupancy vehicles (SOV) on campus. In addition to increased bus service, the DCBRIP also outlines the creation of satellite park-and-ride lots and neighborhood transfer stations. Neighborhood transfer stations would presumably make riding the regional busses more convenient for those riders whose trips do not necessitate going all the way into the downtown station. Park-and-ride lots similarly provide an entry point to the regional and University-based transit systems. These lots and transfer stations would be constructed over a 20-year period of development. The bus-mode objectives comprise the most feasible part of the plan. Aside from the small infrastructure projects, the technology and skills are already in place to capitalize on the passage of the referendum. These regional options and infrastructure are critical to the success of DPT’s objective to reduce the carbon footprint of the University transportation sector. DPT will likely continue to incentivize employees, faculty, staff and students to utilize these regional transit options and therefore ensure at least one source of demand. Provided the alternatives achieve convenience and efficiency, the need for those incentives should diminish over time. The final two phases of the plan require substantial capital support from the federal and state governments, making them far less certain even with passage of the referendum. The second phase of the plan calls for development of a light rail line connecting Chapel Hill at UNC to Duke and Durham. The proposed route would presumably replace the existing need for the Robertson Scholars Express Bus and the existing DATA routes that serve the 15-501 corridor. Although the rail line does not appear to coincide with the existing 15-501 corridor, it has 17 planned stations over the course of its proposed 17-mile alignment. I have long been at a loss over what to make of the 15501 corridor between Duke and Chapel Hill. It has always struck me as a wasted opportunity and a great candidate for a limited-access highway. Instead, you find sprawling bigbox development that necessitates gigantic intersections with absolutely no human scale and inefficient traffic flow. The final route of any light rail that is built stands to drive future development of the corridor for decades. The proposed light rail route as depicted in the DCBRIP runs to the south of 15-501, avoiding it all together. For the duration of the viability of the existing development in that stretch, the car centric 15-501 and new light rail to the south will compete. Even if light rail is a clear win for commuters, it needs more than that to be truly viable. The third phase of the DCBRIP calls for commuter rail service between Durham, Research Triangle Park, Morrisville, Cary, Raleigh and Garner. Although serving a sizable portion of the commuters who travel to campus on a daily basis, it is unclear that this transit mode would actually connect to campus specifically, necessitating a transfer. On the other hand, this transit mode would also serve the airport in close proximity, as well as schools in the Raleigh area. The sales tax referendum for public transit, if passed, will be a boon for Durham and for Duke. Durham has been on a roll with successful revitalizations of several downtown areas. Regional transit will likely continue the momentum of that success. Duke likewise benefits from a healthy Durham region. It helps to attract top talent, and ensures a vibrant economy for the future workforce. Vote for the future of transit on Nov. 8th. Liz Bloomhardt is a fifth-year graduate student in earth and ocean sciences. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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very nation has its great myths. The Greeks had different. She is a harlot who bedded the right man, Narcissus, Persephone and Helen of Troy. The a bastard child and wannabe actress (in 1940s ArgenUnited States has George Washington and his tina, a frequent euphemism for prostitute) who struck cherry tree. And the Argentines, they it rich. Laden in jewels and furs, she is have Evita. an unromantic “Pretty Woman” who atShe was the second wife of Juan tempted to purchase her entrance into Perón, one of Argentina’s most popular the Argentine upper class. presidents, but in the scope of the counThis is what is so fascinating about Evitry’s history, Evita was far more than a ta. Then and now, Argentines have loved first lady. Although she was never a poliher or loathed her, but no one is indiftician, Eva Perón’s political influence on ferent to her memory. It is the pervasive the country is unparalleled. For though maggie lafalce and effecting quality of her memory that her husband lent his name to Peronism, transforms Eva Perón from woman into it was Evita who became Peronism’s en- southern highlander myth, and from a mere president’s wife during symbol. into one of the most important figures Since the age of Eva, the Argentine political arena in Argentina’s history. has been defined by the struggle between Perónists and We see a woman who is at once Eva Duarte and Eva Anti-Perónists. Perón, saint and sinner, working class hero and demaThe rift between Perónists and Anti-Perónists also gogue, brunette and blonde. So which version of Evita delineates the duality of historical and modern in- is closest to the truth? In all honesty, it doesn’t really terpretations of Evita’s legacy. Perónists associate Eva matter, because a myth’s importance lies not in how Perón with political humility and generosity, especially close it comes to historical fact, but in what it means to the suffrage of women, labor reform and the attempt the people that foster it. to eradicate poverty. Anti-Perónists, however, view EviThe facts are not important, and oftentimes unavailta as a power-hungry demagogue who manipulated an able. Her birthplace and birth date have been contestadvantageous political position to encourage a certain ed, and there are uncertainties about the circumstances level of class warfare. of her move to Buenos Aires. Notably, there is inconThese antagonistic interpretations of Evita’s politi- sistent information surrounding the landmark events cal role are but one example of the pervasive duality of of Oct. 17, 1945, a day considered to be the birth of Evita’s legacy in Argentina, in which the icon seemingly Peronism and the catalyst for Evita’s star status. Popuhas multiple personalities. lar legend portrays Evita as a loyal partner and active For many, she is Santa Evita. Among the Perónists, participant in Perón’s release from political prison, but one of the most widespread images of Eva Perón is of history seems to indicate otherwise. her as a saint, drawn with halo and dressed and posed The myth of Evita has become more important to in a style reminiscent of the Virgin Mary. Depictions of Argentina than any single historical fact. The same, I her as a “santa popular,” an uncanonized saint of the think, can be said for many of America’s most cherpeople, became especially prevalent after her young ished myths. Thanksgiving comes to mind especially. death in 1952. This timing lends the image of Santa We may know that the Native Americans and pilgrims Evita a martyr-like quality that reinforces the illustra- did not sit together and share a turkey. But the myth of tion of her as a woman working selflessly for the poor. Thanksgiving persists, reinforced each year we reenact Apart from the image of Santa Evita (which, admit- its story at our own tables. tedly, was more popular in decades past), Perónists and Myths emerge from the dearth of facts over the pasfans of Evita have fostered a more secular, but equally sage of time. The myth is reinforced and altered with favorable, collective memory of Eva. For them, the trans- each telling, so that eventually the myth overshadows formation of Eva Duarte, a child born out of wedlock the details of the event itself. Thinking of the great to a poor family in rural Argentina, to Eva Perón, the myths in our lives, I wonder about technology’s impact most powerful and influential woman in the country, on the creation of modern myths. If technology existis a powerful symbol of how Peronism turned the rigid ed back at that first Thanksgiving, if all the facts were social order of Argentine society upside down. The ar- tweeted, posted and exhausted in the 24-hour news rival of Peronism represented the rupture of deference cycle, would we even have a Thanksgiving today? Toand a challenge to the staticity of the social classes. For day, with information more easily accessible to the inmany, the symbol of Evita as a subversion of traditional dividual than ever before, we are becoming less reliant social hierarchy is summed up in photographs taken on the processes of collective memory in the retelling of her wearing elegant ensembles from Dior and other of events. For me, this foreshadows something rather European designers. Here, she appears as a woman, sad: The modern myth is becoming extinct. once from humble and previously insurmountable origins, now reigning at the height of Argentine society. Maggie LaFalce is a Trinity junior and is currently studyFor Anti-Perónists and those not enamored with Eva ing abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her column runs evPerón, these photographs represent something quite ery other Thursday.

lettertotheeditor Occupy Duke students should leave school immediately I would like to recommend a more effective course of action for the Occupy Duke protestors: Refuse from this point forward to pay tuition, receive financial aid, attend classes, stay in on-campus housing or partake in any activity that implicitly supports Duke as a private university. Namely, to preserve the sanctity of their message, they should leave campus and never return until Duke ceases to receive aid from corporations or the 1 percent. Duke’s financial backing largely comes from the very institutions that Occupy Duke criticizes. James B. Duke, the son of our University’s namesake, was the president of one of the country’s flagship multinational corporations: the American Tobacco Company. So large and powerful was this corporation that the United States Supreme Court ordered its dissolution in 1911 on account of its restraint of free trade. Trinity College later was the prime beneficiary of the Duke Endowment, an endowment almost entirely founded with James B.’s money. Duke

claims its earliest origins with a corporation accused by the highest authority in the land of unfairly monopolizing a product that causes cancer. Interestingly, a statue of James B. Duke overlooks the Occupy Duke protestors. Today, the University is similarly dependent on large multinational corporations and rich individuals. Forty-one percent of the entering Class of 2010 received need-based financial aid. The 59 percent who assumably pay full fare (and thereby allow financial aid to exist) contribute tuition dollars that, in part, start out as corporate profits. Duke simply could not exist without corporations. And anyone who attends this school is accepting a sizable subsidy courtesy of Corporate America. If you truly believe that “corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people,” then stop accepting their charity. I presume that continuing to grace Duke with your impressive talents will only encourage these evil wealth extractors. Ben Brostoff, Trinity ’12

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