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Voters to decide on sales tax

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The cost of a college education is growing, but some families’ income cannot keep up. The cost of higher education is outpacing the average American family’s ability to pay, according to a 2011 College Board report titled “Trends in College Pricing.” College tuition and average family income are rising, but tuition is generally increasing at a faster rate. Although some schools, like Duke, are able to offer generous financial aid packages to offset the cost of higher education, families with lower incomes nationwide still find that more than half of their income goes toward tuition. “The rich get richer in this winner-take-all society, and it seems tuition is being adjusted not in accordance with middle America, but rather the income of the top one in a thousand,” said Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics. According to data from the University Archives, Duke tuition remained under 20 percent of the U.S. median family income until 1980, when tuition reached its current rate of 63 percent of the median family income. In contrast, for wealthier families, the percentage of income that is dedicated to tuition has remained relatively low and stable. The College Board report shows that tuition rates have been rising at a faster rate among public institutions than private universities in

A proposed sales tax hike has sparked debate about the level of public transit use in the Triangle. Durham County voters will consider a referendum at the general elections Tuesday that proposes a half-cent sales tax increase to fund transit. Supporters of the referendum have said the increased revenue will improve public transportation in Durham and potentially encourage Orange and Wake County voters to also pass a sales tax to fund new train lines that could connect Durham to Raleigh and Chapel Hill. The referendum is one of the more contentious items on the ballot, given that it could raise Durham County sales tax from 7.75 percent to 8.25 percent. “I’m very hopeful that the referendum will pass,” Durham Mayor Bill Bell said. “It’s really a vision for this region if you consider the fact that over the next 20 years, we expect to have almost a million more people in the region.” Bell said the tax, if approved, would not go into effect until April 2012. If the measure passes, Durham County would be the second North Carolina county, after Mecklenburg, to institute a transit tax, according to the Durham County Bus and Rail Investment Plan. The long-range plan also calls for increased frequency of bus service in the next four

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Fuqua board under new leadership

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A CEO of a Fortune 500 company assumed the role of chairman of Fuqua’s Board of Visitors at the board’s first meeting of the academic year this weekend. Bob McDonald, CEO, chairman of the board and president of Procter & Gamble, Co. is now the chairman of the board for the Fuqua School of Business. Ron Nicol, senior partner and managing director of global practices for Boston Consulting Group and Bob McDonald Fuqua ’86, officially assumed the position as the board’s vice chair. McDonald and Nicol assumed their positions in time to lead the board’s biannual meeting Nov. 4-5. “I am proud and excited to be the new chair of the Fuqua School of Business’ Board of Visitors,” McDonald

MIAMI — After Blue Devil defenders Austin Gamble and Tony Foster combined to stand up Miami backup quarterback Stephen Morris at the one-yard line on a third-down option keeper, the Hurricanes seemingly faced a tough decision. Leading 7-0 early in the first quarter, Miami was on its second drive, and first-year head coach Al Golden had to decide if he wanted to settle for three points or roll the dice on fourth down. It turned out to be an easy decision. Golden never hesitated, deciding to keep his offense on the field. Running back Mike James waltzed into the end zone on the next play

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Bob McDonald—Procter & Gamble chairman of the board, president and CEO—was named the chairman of the board for Fuqua School of Business.

Blue Devils fall in ACC semifinals, SW 4

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“By knowing the genetic basis of epilepsy, we will be even better at designing more effective treatment.” —Dr. Rodney Radtke on epilepsy. See story page 3

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THE WOODLANDS,Texas — Finally,they had the debate stage to themselves—the philosopher-politician vs. the businessman-preacher. And for 90 minutes on Saturday night, there were no rehearsed attacks. Gone were the shiny podiums and 30-second rebuttals. In were the armchairs and three-minute monologues. Newt Gingrich, the one-time House Speaker whose appeal is his endless buffet of ideas, and Herman Cain, the former restaurant executive whose appeal is his folksy simplicity, faced off Saturday night in the friendliest of presidential debates. They expounded upon their prescriptions to overhaul Medicare, privatize Social Security and rein in federal spending. Gingrich and Cain offered a dramatically different vision for government from that of the current occupant of the White House. But between the two Republican presidential hopefuls, there was hardly any dispute.

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What Kind of War was the Cold War?

Carr 229, 12-1:30p.m. Mary Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado will host this discussion concerning the Cold War and its impact on society.

Theoretically Speaking: Fieldwork to Ethnography, Paper to Ether, Art to Politics Friedl 225, 1:30-3:30p.m. In this talk Neni Panourgiá will examine certain questions that arise from writing anethnography in historical anthropology.

Md. college student found Greece agrees on plan for stabbed to death in street new unity government FROSTBURG, Md. — A female student at Maryland’s Frostburg State University died early Sunday morning after another female student stabbed her in the head during an argument that spilled out of an off-campus dwelling, police said. They found her lying in the street of the town around 2 a.m.

Are We Ready for a National Water Policy?

ATHENS — Greece’s two main political parties reached an agreement Sunday to form a unity government, giving Europe a steadier partner as it works to avert a larger financial crisis on the continent. Prime Minister George Papandreou will resign after the new government is formed.

Gross Chemistry 103, 4:30-6:30p.m. The Nicholas Institute will host a talk by Ben Grumbles, President of the Clean Water America Alliance.

Film Screeing: “El Infierno“ Griffith Film Theater, 7-9:25p.m. “El Infierno” is a fictional depiction of a reallife drama that engulfs Mexico day after day, a drama over which the average Mexican feels little control.

TODAY IN HISTORY 1929: The Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City.

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Duke joins search for genetic basis of epilepsy by Stephanie Chen THE CHRONICLE

Duke researchers will collaborate in a global $25 million grant to study the genetic basis of epilepsy. The Center without Walls initiative seeks to unite researchers from institutions around the globe to use genetics to explain the causes of epilepsy and to prescribe more tailored treatment. The National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health, funded the collaborative effort as part of the Epilepsy Research Benchmarks NINDS set in 2000 to target the prevention and treatment of epilepsy. In the next five years, more than 20 investigators from Europe, the United States and Australia will analyze the genomes of 4,000 epilepsy patients from around the world, said David Goldstein, director of the Duke Center for Human Genome Variation and an investigator in the study. “This is one of the first large-scale sequencing studies in a common disease, the first in neuropsychiatric disease,” Goldstein said. The study aims to use the genetic basis of epilepsy to

shed light on how epilepsy works in general, which will help physicians better design physiological and psychological treatment of the disorder, said Dr. Rodney Radtke, medical director at the Duke Sleep Disorders Laboratory. Radtke will contribute to the study by identifying subjects and assuring the accuracy of their epilepsy diagnosis. Understanding the genetic factors in epilepsy will also help physicians personalize the drug combinations for individual patients, Radtke added. “By knowing the genetic basis of epilepsy, we will be even better at designing more effective treatment,” Radtke said. Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate two million people have epilepsy in the United States. This disorder is characterized by unpredictable loss of consciousness due to uncontrolled activity of brain signals. The seizures are not usually fatal, Radtke said in an email Sunday, but the unexpected loss of consciousness from epileptic seizures complicates patients’ lives through increased likelihood of falls and motor vehicle accidents,

loss of self-confidence, employment challenges and general social stigma. Additionally, approximately one in 500 to 1,000 epilepsy patients per year pass away due to a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy—when a patient with epilepsy dies without an apparent medical reason. Current epilepsy treatment include medication and surgery. There are about 15 anti-epilepsy drugs available, Radtke said, noting that through trial and error, the physician finds the best combination for individual patients. “Even with the best effort, about one-third of epilepsy patients still suffer from unpredictable seizures,” Radtke said. The surgical options involve cutting out parts of the cortex, the part of the brain that contributes to seizures, he added. The Duke CHGV, which has established an infrastructure for sequencing and interpreting patient genomes, will lead the sequencing effort in the NINDS initiative, Goldstein said. The University of California, San Francisco is responsible for characterizing the clinical phenotypes of SEE EPILEPSY ON PAGE 7

Duke in Your District visualizes state ties by Raisa Chowdhury THE CHRONICLE

Duke is using a new online mechanism to communicate to Durham and state residents how the University community affects their area. The interactive Duke in Your District map shows the geographic distribution of several variables, such as the number of Duke alumni, undergraduate students, employees or the amount of research conducted throughout the state, sorted by county or congressional district. The map went live on the University Federal Relations Office website Oct. 25. The goal of the project is to provide policymakers with a clear picture of how the funding provided to Duke by the government is used and affects people in North Carolina, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice

president of public affairs and government relations. “We think of Duke as in North Carolina, but we sometimes forget that it is of North Carolina as well,” Schoenfeld said. “We wanted to show visually how interconnected it is with North Carolina by showing where the students come from and where the alumni live.” Map users can see where in North Carolina current undergraduate students are from, where alumni and current employees live, as well as where research is taking place and where 2010 University and federal financial aid to undergraduates is distributed. The website had received more than 1,450 views as of Thursday afternoon, Landy Elliot, assistant director of the Office of Federal Relations, wrote in an email Thursday.

Courtney Crowder, legislative director of the governor’s office and Liberal Studies ’06, said Duke has a significant impact on policy matters in the state. He said Duke experts, particularly in health care and education, have been helpful in not only sharing knowledge with the community but also developing products. “Because of the way I’m involved with the state and as an alum, I can see where [Duke] has an impact,” said Crowder, who is also a North Carolina native. “Duke probably has not been as forceful in making the point about what it does. Duke still has a story to tell.” Freshman Leighanne Oh has lived in Durham for four SEE MAP ON PAGE 7

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ith Abdullah Antepli Q&A with Fifty-two attorneys wrote a petition letter Oct. 25 and demanded that Village Voice Media shut down the adult section of its classified website, backpage.com, which has been used to promote the sex trafficking of minors. Duke’s Muslim chaplain Abdullah Antepli was among the 36 prominent clergy members from the United States to sign this petition letter. Prior to coming to Duke, Antepli spent years in South East Asia fighting against sex trafficking. The Chronicle’s Shucao Mo spoke with Antepli Thursday to discuss his thoughts on the humanitarian relief activism he has been involved in as a Muslim. The Chronicle: How did you get involved in this petition? How was that related to your religious conviction? Abdullah Antepli: I spent 8 years establishing small size orphanages in the rural areas of Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Burma, basically combating sex slavery. This issue is a deep-rooted passion of mine.... It is a moral responsibility for everyone: our silence makes us guilty. So, when I was approached by this newly-formed interfaith organization to reveal [Village Voice Media’s usage] of this backdoor website. Many newspapers have reported on how the website was used for sex trafficking of minors. Half of the sex slaves are extremely poor, underprivileged American citizens, and the other half are illegal immigrants. TC: Do Muslims believe in self-ownership of one’s own body? Who are considered as sinners in Muslim religion, e.g., sex traffickers and terrorists? AA: The concept of freedom in Islam prohibits us from harming ourselves. Every human being, regardless of gender or religion, is created in the image of God—there is a divinely endowed human dignity in every human body. If you look at the way we treat dead bodies and prisoners-of-war, it is so clear that we [think that we] cannot desecrate and insult the human body. Sex slaves are not committing a sin, though they are getting involved in a sinful act.... I spent the last 10 years of my life telling the world and myself that terrorists are not Islamic, that they are an absolute vio-

lation and distortion of Islam. Sinners—terrorists and sex traffickers—go against their own conscience and nature intentionally. At the bottom of their heart, I believe they know [what they are doing is] wrong and evil. Terrorists do not sit in their home, read Koran and become violent. I wish it is that simple, that it is because of a few words in Koran. Religion itself does not become violent, until and unless it emerges with certain social, economical and political realities. TC: What is the most rewarding experience you had in dealing with sex trafficking? AA: I received a phone call from one particular boy,

Aung, a couple months ago. I “bought” him from his parents 14 years ago, that is, we paid financial support to their parents so their children would be not be sold for sex slavery, and then we put them in orphanages, run by Muslim churches. The Muslim faith-based organization I worked for was called Kimse Yok Mu—the best charity organization I could think of when donating money. Aung told me, crying, that he got into medical school. Both of his brothers died of HIV and sexual abuse at the age of 17 and 18, respectively. Most of these children never see their 20th birthday. I have no doubt that he will go back to his country and save more children. TC: What’s the mission of this newly formed faith coalition group that produced this petition letter? Are there any other social activism you are involved in? AA: They brought like-minded people together to fight against sex trafficking. This [petition] is our first work. The Muslim Chapters Association, which I am the founding board member, is tackling some other human rights issue, including immigration reform. We are providing religious support for the DREAM Act. Those immigration children didn’t come to the country by themselves and yet they are on the list of being deported to countries that they have never been to. It is just not fair and immoral. TC: What’s the difference between working for your own religious organization and for the multi-faith coalition? AA: We can no longer survive and struggle against the common enemies on our own—we can no longer live within our bubbles.... We need a much broader inter-faith coalition because these threats go beyond religious, ethnic, gender threats. It is not easy to develop a working relationship with people who identify themselves with a different, unique kind of humanity. Often it requires developing a new language, a new perspective. Not everybody is mentally and spiritually ready. If we are involved in humanitarian relief work,

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Abdullah Antepli became Duke’s first Muslim chaplain in 2008.

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Thank you to everyone who helped with the festival. Without your involvement, support and creative spirit we could not make it happen. October 28 - November 6 A celebration of our student artists

Antonio Bogaert Angie Bowes Andy Chu Danette Clark Jila Dabestani Barbara Dickenson Runbin Dong Katie Fanfani Bill Fick DeAnne Georges Lisa Grossman Nathaniel Hill Alana Jackson Kirsten Johansson Justin Ko Jameson Kuang Emily LaDue Christina Lan Alexander Lark Jonathan Lee Abigail Lin Scott Lindroth Keara Mageras Beverly Meek Michael Moroni Kristin Oakley Bonnie Ofishel Nathan Peterson Candice Provey Frederick Saba Merrill Shatzman Caitlin Shaw Jeremiah Siochi

Thanks to everyone….. Clara Starkweather Alexander Starr Hannah Stubblefield Nadine Varna Aaron Welborn Chelsia Yu Robert Zimmerman Defining Movement Duke Alumni Association Duke Career Center Duke Chamber Players Duke Collegium Duke Dance Council Duke Dance Program Duke Lady Blue Duke Music Department faculty and students Duke Stand Up Comedy Showcase Duke University Percussion Ensemble DUU VisArt Committee Events Management and Technical Services Momentum Dance On Tap Out of the Blue Rince Diabhal Duke Irish Dance Sabrosura Stop Motion Crew Theatre Troupe United in Praise Your Suggestion is Blue Improv Troupe and the 140 students who submitted artwork for the exhibition.

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Wells outlines strategies to counter drug use by Stephanie Chen THE CHRONICLE

In order to curb the use of narcotics abroad, the United States should focus on strengthening law enforcement on a local level, a state official said. In a lecture Friday, Mark Wells, director of the Office of Americas Programs for the Bureau of International

Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, discussed changes in America’s counternarcotic policies in Central America and South America. American interests in eradicating drug problems extend beyond American borders, Wells said. Comparing past efforts that focused on aiding foreign countries by substituting cocaine cultivation with alternative

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Mark Wells, director of the Office of Americas Programs for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, speaks Friday at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

crops, Wells noted that the United States government is now pursuing a strategy of consolidation. “The whole government approach, which we termed consolidation, helps the government control pockets of their countries that were uncontrolled and exploited by drug cartels,” Wells said. In Colombia, the U.S. government has spent $1 billion to professionalize Colombian police forces and establish aviation forces to enable the local government to enforce its laws. In Mexico, efforts in past years involved providing non-intrusive equipment, such as scanners and police training, Wells said. With Mexico’s federal government made up of 31 separate states, the country presents a larger challenge in regulating narcotics than Colombia with its single federal government structure, he added. The lecture also featured Ambassador Patrick Duddy, the U.S. Department of State’s diplomat in residence at the Center for International Studies and former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. Duddy discussed American counter-narcotics efforts in Bolivia in the post-Cold War years through the turn of the millennium, as well as the U.S.’s three main branches of operation— interdiction, eradication and alternative development. “In 2001 to 2002, we had nearly achieved our overarching goal to eradicate cocaine trafficking [in Bolivia] when the efforts fell apart because of political problems, such as persistent inequality and poverty,” Duddy said. For countries that do not cooperate in America’s counter-narcotic efforts, aid is often taken away and sanctions are

put in place, Duddy said. As for corrupt individuals involved in drug trafficking, the government will freeze their funds and publicly declare their criminal complicity. This may restrict the individuals’ mobility not only to the U.S. but also to other countries, Duddy added. In the future, Wells said the U.S. plans to target multiple countries at a time to effectively combat illegal narcotics rather than focus solely on specific areas in Central and South America with drug trafficking problems. “With Mexican and Colombian cooperation, this is the first time we will able to put some pressure on the entire region,” Wells said. Cydney Justman, a graduate student in global health, said the academic community must recognize the complexity of forming and implementing policies to counter narcotic use. Justman added that the U.S. does not offer political asylum to people in unstable communities facing drug problems, which raises further ethical questions on the issue. “These people in many ways are obliged to cooperate with the drug cartels because they often provide protection and security in these communities,” Justman said. Sandra Ley Gutierrez, a graduate student in political science, said the weight of the U.S. and its decisions make it important to know the perspective of the government. She noted, however, that more attention should be placed on the effects of counter-narcotics policies abroad on innocent civilians. “We need to think about the community the civilians live in and what they can do to better that community,” she said.

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Romney struggles to break out of pack by Dan Balz and Jon Cohen THE WASHINGTON POST

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a significant advantage over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in only one area—electability—and will approach the next round of candidate debates with several potential liabilities, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Often described as the candidate to beat in the GOP race, Romney remains stuck in place in national polls—he is at 24 percent in the Post-ABC survey—despite the fact that one of his main challengers, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, has stumbled and several high-profile potential candidates decided not to enter the race to challenge President Barack Obama. Romney’s lack of traction carries well beyond the head-to-head matchups with other competitors. It also is reflected on discrete issues and candidate attributes. Considerable numbers of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents consider the health plan that Romney signed into law in Massachusetts and his Mormon religion as strikes against him. The survey tested the candidates on six attributes or characteristics. Romney has a sizable lead in just one—One-third of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents say he has the best chance of anyone in the field to defeat Obama in 2012. Running second on that question is businessman Herman Cain. About one-fifth say Cain would be the party's strongest candidate. The poll was conducted Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, starting just after reports surfaced of sexual-harassment allegations against Cain,

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who runs neck and neck with Romney with 23 percent overall. Some Republican leaders think that primary and caucus voters will be looking for the most electable candidate, which would play to Romney's one clear advantage. But a Post-ABC News poll in October found that more than seven in 10 Republicans said it was more important to support a candidate who shares their views on the issues rather than one who is considered most likely to win next November. In the other five areas tested in the new survey, Romney shows no greater strength than other GOP contenders. On empathy, 21 percent say Cain is the one who best understands their problems, compared with Romney's 17 percent. On honesty, it’s Cain at 22 percent, Romney at 17 percent. The two also run closely on the economy and issues generally, while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., rivals Romney on upholding core Republican values. The Post-ABC survey highlights the divide within the party between the most conservative Republicans and all others. Romney’s candidacy will be directly affected by the composition of the primary and caucus electorates. The more conservative the electorate, the more challenged he could be. In data released Friday, Cain leads Romney 2-to-1 (30 percent to 15 percent) among those who describe themselves as very conservative. These Republicans were the least likely to rank Romney higher SEE ROMNEY ON PAGE 8

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MAP from page 3 years and said she felt the impact of Duke while growing up. She spent every Saturday at orchestra practice in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building and did research at the University throughout her senior year. “On average, I spent a good five to 10 hours a week at Duke during my senior year,” Oh said. “I can’t speak for all of North Carolina, but... I think Duke is the pride of North Carolina.” Schoenfeld said this view is not the primary one held throughout the state. This is largely because of the strong public university system, which receives more attention than Duke from North Carolina residents, he added. “It’s not surprising that Duke might not be the first thing they think of when they think of higher education,” Schoenfeld said. “For 80 years, the University has been looking for ways to show that Duke is very much anchored to the state.” The Federal Relations Office and the Office of News and Communications partnered to compile the information for the new website. The offices started talking about the project in July, and since then the idea has evolved, said Tamberly Ferguson, info designer and developer in the office of news and communications. “Initially we were just going to do a couple of maps showing the alumni data and the federal aid since that had been a hot topic in Congress,” Ferguson said. “[Then,] we thought maybe we could pull in some other things to make it more comprehensive, so it grew a little bit in scope.” Schoenfeld said the topics addressed on the website, such as budget allocations for education, affect many North Carolina residents, including Duke employees who live and raise families in surrounding counties. “There are many, many issues at the state and federal level that impact Duke,” Schoenfeld said. “Healthcare and Medicaid funding is one of the more obvious ones because [Duke Hospital] is one of the main health care providers in the state. We want to make sure those making decisions about it are fully educated about what happens with the funding.” Crowder said there are examples of Duke’s research—particularly in health and science—that have a direct and positive impact on the community. “Those types of things that Duke does are things that really make a difference in life quality for people, for North Carolinians and that’s really impressive,” he said. “It makes me proud as an alumnus.”

EPILEPSY from page 3 patients, and other collaborators will investigate individual epilepsy syndromes. Dr. Daniel Lowenstein at UCSF and Dr. Samuel Berkovic from the University of Melbourne will administrate the Center without Walls, along with Goldstein. “The researchers will likely find additional [genetic] factors that we didn’t know about, but I think it will be very complicated to sort out which genetic variations contribute to the disease,” Fureman said. Future grants could investigate the environmental and epigenetic factors of epilepsy, she added.

FUQUA from page 1 said in a news release Friday. “Fuqua’s vision to globalize is exciting and will certainly have a positive, meaningful impact on students’ lives all over the world. I am humbled and glad to have the opportunity to contribute to this transformation at such an important time.” Although McDonald did not attend the University, he has been actively involved with Fuqua and has been a member of the board since 2005. In 2010, he spoke to students in Fuqua’s Distinguished Speaker Series and has regularly participated in Fuqua’s Center on Leadership and Ethics’ annual Coach K Leadership Conference. He has also participated in many of Fuqua’s marketing conferences. Nicol has been a member of the board since 2008. Fuqua Dean William Boulding said he is excited for McDonald’s and Nicol’s leadership. “More so than at any time in history, business is the point of connection for global engagement,” Boulding said in the release. “Business schools have an incredible opportunity and responsibility to prepare global leaders of consequence. If we manage that engagement well, we can make the world a better, safer and more secure place. This is a tremendous responsibility and opportunity, and I am grateful that we have the support of a dynamic board led by Bob McDonald and Ron Nicol to guide us.”

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COST from page 1 the last decade. The average tuition and fees for students enrolled in four-year public schools for in-state students have grown by 5.6 percent beyond the rate of general inflation, compared to the 2.6 percent increase for students in private schools. “Tuitions are increasing in the publics largely in the hopes of preserving programs and quality amid intense budget pressures,” said James Roberts, executive vice provost for finance and administration. “Higher education is more dependent on highly educated talent and is not providing the same quality services year to year. [Universities] are, we firmly believe, improving.” Vigdor noted that elite universities offer students a variety of advantages and unique opportunities that state schools do not. He said Duke needs to focus more on the

educational component of college to dispel the perception that an elite institution, like Duke, is an “academically glorified country club.” “It is important to realize that American higher education is a complex ecosystem with many different kinds of institutions, with different systems of control and funding and different missions—the biggest distinction is between [public and private universities],” Roberts said. Covering the cost With tuition costs on the rise nationally, Duke is not immune to the trend. Duke’s undergraduate tuition rose 4.3 percent to $40,665 for the 2011-2012 academic year. Tuition hikes are driven primarily by improvements in education, such as investing in faculty members, Vigdor said. “[Top universities] provide an education that costs a great deal more than they charge in tuition,” Roberts said.

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Although the median family income has been increasing over time, income is increasing at a slower rate than the cost of higher education. The College Board report indicates that the average income was lower at all socioeconomic levels in 2010 than it had been a decade earlier—with the income of the bottom 20 percent of families decreasing by 16 percent. As such, tuition increases can affect subsets of students disproportionately, Vigdor said. “It is worrisome that Duke sends a message to the world that anyone can afford Duke but increases their tuition to levels that make very bright students from middle-class families throw their hands up and give up,” he said. A financial commitment For some families, affording college can be offset by grants, loans and work-study. In 2007, Duke revamped its financial aid to eliminate the parental contribution for families with total incomes of less than $60,000 per year and eliminated loans for families with incomes less than $40,000. The changes also reduced loans for families making more than $100,000 per year. According to the Duke Financial Aid website, 44.1 percent of enrolled undergraduates receive need-based grant aid. Indeed, a Duke junior, who requested anonymity, said the perception that Duke is comprised entirely of wealthy individuals is incorrect, adding that she knows many people who would not be here without their aid packages. She said she can attend Duke primarily because she receives financial aid. “On top of the normal college stresses of asking, ‘Where will I go?’ I was worried... if I could go,” she said. “Now, I am essentially paying nothing to come here, and I will graduate Duke debt-free.... I can be here without distractions.” Roberts said Duke’s financial support has grown at more than twice the rate of the increase in cost of attending in order to respond to the growing need of students. “The percentage [of students demonstrating need] has risen over the last several years, and we’ve made meeting our commitments to our financial aid program a top institutional priority even as other budgets have been constrained,” Roberts said. The rising cost of tuition has served as a form of wealth redistribution by placing the financial burden of tuition more heavily on the shoulders of those who can theoretically bear it, Vigdor said. The price discrimination stems from varying financial aid packages, making it unlikely that any two students in the same class pay the same amount for Duke. “We can do this because we have an exclusive product that people will want for a long time,” he said. “Coca-Cola would love to charge rich people $20 for a bottle of coke, but they can’t because there is no [Free Application for Federal Student Aid] for soda. It is a business model everyone wants, but we can get away with because we know our customer’s ability to pay.”

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North Carolina wins ACC title Duke falls in final after upsetting No. 3 Maryland in semis by Maureen Dolan THE CHRONICLE

UPSET IN CHAPEL HILL Top-seeded Duke women’s soccer was knocked off in the semifinals of the ACC tournament Friday night, losing 2-1 to Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons went on to lose to Florida State in Sunday’s final. PAGE 4

TITLE BID ENDS IN FINAL Blue Devil field hockey upset No. 3 Maryland in the semifinals but fell 2-1 to No. 1 North Carolina Sunday in the ACC championship. RIGHT

Entering this season, Duke had appeared in the ACC championship game just twice in its history and had never won a conference tournament title. Last weekend, one of those things changed. After defeating Maryland 3-2 in the ACC tournament semifinals Friday afternoon, the Blue Devils earned their first tournament championship appearance Duke 1 in eight years and third in the program’s history. 2 UNC Their championship dreams were foiled, however, when they lost to No. 2 North Carolina 2-1 in the finals Sunday. Still, head coach Pam Bustin was proud of her squad for reaching the finals, especially given that the team had lost 15 straight ACC games entering the year.

“I can’t say much for the other eight years, but I can say that my team played like a championship team today,� Bustin said after Friday’s match. The momentum from defeating reigning champion No. 3 Maryland in the semifinals was not enough to help No. 8 Duke overcome North Carolina, the No. 1 seed. The Tar Heels overpowered the third-seeded Blue Devils, setting the game’s tempo at a level that Duke could not match. North Carolina took the advantage on both shots, 10-3, and penalty corners, 7-0. The Tar Heels converted on two of those seven penalty corner opportunities, and those two scores gave North Carolina a lead early in the second half that would not be relinquished. “We just kept on believing, kept fighting,� Bustin said. “We SEE FIELD HOCKEY ON PAGE 8

BLOWN AWAY IN MIAMI The Hurricanes shellacked the Blue Devils Saturday, winning 49-14 to send Duke to its fourth straight loss. PAGE 5

WILLIAMS DOMINATES IN WIN Blue Devil women’s basketball took advantage of a major size differential to beat Division-II Lander in exhibition play, 79-52. PAGE 3

MCCURDY LEADS STALWART D Sophomore libero Ali McCurdy, who became the fastest Blue Devil ever to reach 1,000 digs last week, led Duke volleyball to wins over UVA and VT. PAGE 7

FOUR BLUE DEVILS PLAY AT ITAS Beatrice Capra won a showdown between the nation’s top-two freshmen tennis players, and Henrique Cunha reached the semifinals of the singles bracket at the ITA National Indoor Championship. PAGE 6

KEY PREP AT WOLFPACK INVITE Women’s cross country finalized their roster for next weekend’s NCAA Southeast Regional, while the men got some experience for their youth. PAGE 7

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Junior Mary Nielsen nearly scored Duke’s equalizer late in the game Sunday, but the Tar Heels were able to preserve the 2-1 victory.

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Duke finishes preseason with win over Lander by Mike Schreiner THE CHRONICLE

All signs pointed to another Duke blowout as the Blue Devils started their final exhibition game Sunday afternoon against Lander. And No. 8 Duke remained firmly in the driver’s seat for the entirety of the game, topping the Bearcats 79-52. The Blue Devils’ victory over Lander—a small Division-II school located in Greenwood, S.C.—was Lander 52 their final tune-up Duke 79 of the preseason, and it provided Duke with a far more demanding test than Pfeiffer did in their previous exhibition game. Sophomores Chloe Wells and Chelsea Gray led the Blue Devils with 18 points each, followed closely by freshman Elizabeth Williams with 17. “I thought Chelsea [Gray] and Chloe [Wells] were attacking and learning to get the team in order,� head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “I thought their production was very, very important to us today.� The Blue Devils started hot, establishing a 15-4 lead over the Bearcats in the first four minutes, and never looked back—Lander never came within eight points for the rest of the game. Duke enjoyed a height advantage in nearly every matchup against a Bearcats squad that did not play anyone over six feet. Lander head coach Kevin Pederson singled out the 6-foot-3 Williams for the offensive threat she posed. “That kid is something special,� Pederson said. “There was nothing we could do. She is so talented, she is smart, she plays under control, you don’t frustrate her very much—we had no answer for her.� In addition to her 17 points, Williams added five blocks, including two monster rejections on one Lander possession, the second drawing the loudest reaction from the crowd all game. Sophomore Haley Peters, also 6-foot-3, grabbed 11 rebounds over undersized Bearcats to lead the game in boards. Duke also benefited from the superb play of Gray and Wells, who each nailed

two threes and contributed to the Blue Devils’ 30 points off turnovers. McCallie plans to utilize both at point guard, leaving the decision of who brings the ball up the court to the players. Wells, who averaged just 3.5 points last year, will take on a larger role following the departure of last year’s leading scorer, Jasmine Thomas. In the offseason, she worked on her aggressiveness and making her teammates better in preparation for taking over Thomas’s staring job. “All of those minutes she was playing, I was watching,� Wells said. “I paid attention and I learned a lot from [Thomas], so I’m taking it all pretty well.� The fast pace of the game did lead to some undisciplined play by Duke, though. While forcing 30 turnovers, the Blue Devils had 19 turnovers of their own. Both teams employed a press for stretches of the game and the pressure resulted in forced passes by both teams. With 16 more rebounds, five more steals and 10 more blocks than Lander, the Blue Devils dominated in nearly every defensive category. One glaring exception was their three-point defense. Duke allowed Lander senior Jasmine Judge to hit eight threes—what would be the highest single-game total in Cameron Indoor Stadium regularseason history—on only 10 attempts. While the record will not count due to the exhibition status of the game, the significance was not lost on McCallie. “That is painful,� she said. “It counts to us, but that’s alright. We’ll learn from it.� In playing all but one player and employing a variety of defensive schemes, McCallie made it clear that she considered the exhibition a chance to fine-tune her team as the Blue Devils prepare to open the regular season against Brigham Young next Friday in Provo, Utah. “It was a good day for us to learn, to get better and play hard,� McCallie said. “Every day we work to get better.�

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Sophomore Chloe Wells’ 18 points tied her for the team lead with classmate Chelsea Gray.

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Time runs out on Blue Devil comeback by Matt Pun THE CHRONICLE

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TOP: Kelly Cobb tries to score with 30 seconds left in the game. Her shot would miss the right post by inches. BOTTOM: Tara Campbell and the Duke defense gave up two goals for the first time since Sept. 9.

After giving up just three goals in conference play this season, Duke allowed two against the Demon Deacons in the ACC tournament semifinal match and could not recover. The No. 1-seeded Blue Devils fell to Wake Forest Friday night, losing 2-1. The defending conference tournament champion Demon Wake 2 Deacons took a 2-0 Duke 1 lead early in the second half and just barely held on at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. Neither team took control early in the game until, following a series of quick counterattacks, the fifth-seeded Demon Deacons pulled ahead on a corner-kick score in the 26th minute. Assisted by the kick from forward Rachel Nuzzolese and a redirection from midfielder Riley Ridgik, Wake Forest midfielder Kim Marshall placed a header just off of Duke goalkeeper Tara Campbell’s fingertips into the net. “I felt we got outworked early in the first half and went away from some of the things we wanted to do,” Blue Devil head coach Robbie Church said. “Our shape was not very good. Our possession was not very good.” Finding themselves down a goal, the Blue Devils went on the offensive. Just five minutes later, Duke nearly scored on a corner of its own as midfielder Kim DeCesare headed forward Mollie Pathman’s feed just past the keeper. As the ball appeared to enter the goal, however, a Demon Deacon defender cleared it, preventing what seemed like a certain score. “I’m convinced that it was in,” DeCesare said. “It was close. I wish it went in. It was a little bit unlucky.” In the 40th minute, the Blue Devils again appeared to have found an equalizer. On a free kick from just in front of the center line by midfielder Nicole Lipp, defender Natasha Anasi put the ball in the back of the net with a volley as she flew across the face of the goal. The score was disallowed,

however, as Anasi was ruled offside. Facing the adversity of two straight controversial calls, Duke entered halftime still down a goal. A 51st minute strike by Nuzzolese gave the Blue Devils an even greater difference to make up—the team’s largest deficit of the season. Nuzzolese’s score gave her two goals and three assists in the tournament. “Right now she’s just hitting her stride, and the confidence is building every game,” Wake Forest head coach Tony da Luz said. “This is a great time for her to come to life.” Duke’s offensive struggles continued as the team failed to get off a shot for the first 15 minutes of the period, but it finally broke through from the flanks in the 66th minute. Midfielder Kaitlyn Kerr played a pass to defender Libby Jandl on the right wing. Jandl then lobbed a pass to the center of the 18-yard box, where DeCesare headed it back into the right side of the goal from 12 yards out. Both squads found several scoring opportunities as the match drew to a close, en route to a total of 14 for each team. With 30 seconds remaining, it again seemed that Duke had leveled the score and would force overtime. In a final offensive surge, Blue Devil forward Kelly Cobb beat the Wake Forest back line to a bouncing ball on the right side of the top of the 18-yard box. With Demon Deacon goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe charging, Cobb only had time for a single touch. Getting it off just in time, Cobb flicked the ball over the keeper. The ball then floated just inches wide of the open net. In spite of Duke’s last-minute efforts, Wake Forest held on to send the favorites home early. The Blue Devils still have the NCAA tournament left on the schedule, though, with the bracket to be announced Monday. “From now on, if we’re on the short end, our season’s… done,” head coach Robbie Church said. “Are we satisfied? Or are we still hungry to go forward and still accomplish some great things?”

Wake’s 4-4-2 formation stymies Duke attack by Tim Visutipol THE CHRONICLE

In a tightly contested game, it was Duke that lost out in the tactical chess match. A change of formation stifled the Blue Devil offense Friday night, and Wake Forest triumphed in the semifinals of Game the ACC tourAnalysis nament 2-1. “It was a dead-even game,” Wake Forest head coach Tony da Luz said. “We beat a great team tonight in Duke.” Although the Blue Devils had a large share of possession, they were unable to create many chances as the Demon Deacon defense kept Duke in its own half. Wake Forest, however, was ready on the counter-attack and tested the Blue Devils on numerous occasions. The best three chances of the first half, though, were from set pieces. The Demon Deacons’ first goal came from a well-taken corner kick, while Duke had two chances disallowed, one on a cor-

ner and the other on a free-kick. Wake Forest’s tactical shift to a 4-4-2 formation—from the 4-3-3 it used against the Blue Devils in the teams’ last meeting—negated Duke’s possession-oriented game. “We switched to a 4-4-2 to clog things up in the midfield and to keep an extra player in the midfield so we could possess the ball better,” Demon Deacon head coach Tony da Luz said. “It was a huge improvement over our last game against them.” This was particularly clear in the second half, as the Blue Devils had no shots in the first 20 minutes of play. “We know they have a very good front line,” da Luz said. “So whenever we could, we try to keep them out in those wide channels.... We stayed compact as a team to eliminate passing lanes into the forwards and stop service to those three [forwards].” The sight of Kelly Cobb, who has excelled down the center throughout the season, drifting wide to receive the ball was common throughout. And it was when Duke could

take advantage of the width, while maintaining its shape, that it could break down the Wake Forest defense. Kim DeCesare’s headed goal came after Kaitlyn Kerr found an opening on the right side outside the 18-yard box before picking out DeCesare, who was running into the area. “I saw [Kerr] with the ball, she had it wide,” DeCesare said. “I just found the ball and just put it away. I honestly thought after that we were to come back and get another one, I really did.” That shot lifted the team, and Duke created several opportunities to tie the game. Most notably, Cobb’s shot in the last minute, which shaved the right-hand post, also came from a ball played from a wide position. “I think [Wake Forest’s tactics were] effective because... we made [them] effective,” Duke head coach Robbie Church said. “We tried to play the ball down the middle of the field, which played into their formation. I wish we had made better decisions... played the ball wide and played it down the flanks.”

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Kaitlyn Kerr scored Duke’s only goal against the Demon Deacons’ 4-4-2 formation.

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Offense beats itself in defeat

behind a big surge from his massive offensive line. Golden had good reason to be confident—his offensive front overpowered the undersized Duke defensive linemen all game, on the way to a 49-14 win. “There ought to be a flag when you’re outweighed as much as we were up front,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Miami has a lot of strengths as a team. But, I think their offensive front is the best part of their football team. And that’s hard to say with the way their backs and receivers are playing.” Duke (3-6, 1-4 in the ACC) would be forced to punt again on its second drive, and Miami (5-4, 3-3) immediately put the Blue Devil defense back on its heels. Although it would take longer than the five and eight plays it took them to score on their first two drives, respectively, the Hurricanes were just toying with Duke. The ensuing drive featured plenty of carries for halfback Lamar Miller, whose 147-yard, two-touchdown day put him over 1,000 total rushing yards on the season. Then, to change the pace, quarterback Jacory Harris would turn to the air to take advantage of a physical receiving corps, which features three receivers 6-foot-3 or taller. To cap this particular drive and extend its lead to 21-0, Miami went to a fade in the endzone. Harris found freshman Phillip Dorsett with a perfect throw, one of the quarterback’s three touchdown passes. “When they wanted to run the ball, they were able to get six or seven yards,” nose tackle Charlie Hatcher said. “When they wanted to pass, they were moving the sticks.” The Blue Devils, however, delivered an answer on the next drive. Utilizing an atypical approach, Cutcliffe put a heavy emphasis on establishing the running game, particularly on first and second down. Duke used seven running plays and seven aerial attempts to go 83 yards, chewing over six and a half minutes off the clock. “We thought we could run the ball against Miami more effectively than we have in the past,” quarterback Sean Renfree said. “Our offensive line is healthy. That’s a good cohesive unit, and we played great up front.” The march’s final play was an unusual one. Renfree was flushed out of the pocket and threw against his momentum towards the back corner of the endzone. Conner Vernon emerged from far out of bounds to haul in a touchdown. After a review, the play stood because the receiver was determined to have been forced out of bounds. Despite getting to rest up on the sideline, the defense again could not halt the Hurricane momentum. To close out the half, Miami took the ball 93 yards before Harris found Tommy Streeter in the corner of the end zone with another jump ball, sending his team into the locker room with a convincing 28-7 lead. Duke answered with another balanced drive to start the second half. Five plays on the ground and three passes later, Renfree cut the lead to 28-14, making a gutsy play to get across the goal line on a designed quarterback draw on 3rd-and-goal from the six-yard line. Trying to build on the momentum, Cutcliffe elected to go with a surprise onside kick, a tactic that worked once against Stanford and twice against Florida State. It was not meant to be against the Hurricanes, though, and the excellent field position was quickly converted into another three-touchdown lead. For the day, the Hurricanes ripped off 265 yards on the ground on 39 carries, an average of 6.8 yards per attempt. The Blue Devils also accumulated 148 rushing yards, but they never had a chance after giving up touchdowns on each of Miami’s first five possessions. “Our worst fear was met,” Cutcliffe said. “I said all week long that one word described Miami, and that was dangerous. When we started as slow as we did, and they got off to a quick start, we couldn’t stop the momentum.”

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MIAMI — By most conventional standards, the Blue Devils were trounced Saturday at Sun Life Stadium. They were down two touchdowns after just over eight minutes. They trailed 28-7 at the half. They wound up losing 49-14. If you look beyond the obvious numbers, however, you Game will see that Duke did not lose to the Hurricanes Analysis just for their fourth straight defeat. The team beat itself— through a combination of costly penalties and squandered third down conversions. “We found ways to beat ourselves,” Sean Renfree said after the loss. “We had little penalties, stupid things by me that just killed us. And if you want to be a good team, you’ve got to convert on third down.” It would be an understatement to say that penalties killed the Blue Devils’ momentum on their first two drives. After Miami took just 2:24 to score its first touchdown, Duke’s halfback Desmond Scott got the call for the team’s first play, taking it off the right tackle for two yards. Head coach David Cutcliffe went to him again on second down, and the junior picked up seven yards to put the Blue Devils at 3rd-and-1. Then Cooper Helfet jumped early. False start, Duke. And on third-and-6, Renfree hit Scott for a five-yard completion, just short of a first down. With the punting unit on the field, Nick Sink jumped early, giving up another five yards. Two false starts, drive No. 1 over. After an eight-play, 65-yard drive by Miami led to another touchdown, Duke retook the field, and wideout Donovan Varner picked up six on a first down rush. On second down, Scott made a nice move for the first down and much more. Yellow flashed on the field, though—a holding call on lineman Dave Harding. Another costly penalty, and another Blue Devil drive over. “Unfortunately, I thought we had a good plan offensively, but we stopped ourselves with penalties on the first two possessions,” Cutcliffe said. “When you get behind a team like that, things start changing. They had their best day, and we had our worst day in certain areas.” Duke would ultimately tally six penalties in the game, enough to critically hurt the team in a game against a bigger and more athletic Miami team. As Cutcliffe said, when you have penalties like that, “you’re not going to be successful.” Despite going a respectable 6-for-14 on third downs, Cutcliffe and his players identified the failed conversions in critical spots as a major reason for the loss. The Blue Devils had a nearly perfect drive early in the second quarter, balancing seven rushing and seven passing plays and eating over six minutes off the clock en route to cutting the Hurricanes lead to 14. Four times during that drive, Renfree successfully hit receivers for 10+ yard completions, finding Brandon Braxton for a 10-yard pickup, Conner Vernon for a 13-yard gain, Scott for 13 yards and Helfet for a red zone reception in which the big tight end sloughed off several defenders for a 14yard pickup. The quarterback and his receivers looked more in sync than they would the rest of the day. That would change soon. After a quick Duke touchdown to start the second half, the Blue Devils’ real troubles with third downs began. Early in the third quarter, with the team at midfield, Duke’s receivers lined up five-wide and had to go three yards to move the chains. Varner ran a slant down the middle, and SEE ANALYSIS ON PAGE 8 ALL PHOTOS BY TYLER SEUC/THE CHRONICLE

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Capra wins showdown Cunha advances to semis at ITA Indoors of nation’s best frosh by Valentine Esposito THE CHRONICLE

Junior Henrique Cunha traveled to the ITA National Indoor Championship this weekend looking for redemption. Last year, he lost in the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles brackets, playing with partner then-senior Reid Carleton. This time in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., though, Cunha was hungry for a stronger showing on this national stage. “Last year was my first time [at the ITA National Indoor Championship] so it was a new experience,” he said. “I was more prepared to do well this time.” Now without Carleton, Cunha chased success in doubles with his new partner, sophomore Chris Mengel. The new pair, ranked 15th nationally, upset No. 9 John Collins and Maros Horny of Maryland in the first round. The win was Cunha and Mengel’s first against a higher ranked opponent, and secured their spot in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately for the Blue Devil duo, their tournament ended when they were defeated by third-ranked Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola of Ohio State, 8-6. Cunha and Mengel leave the tournament with a 7-4 doubles record for the fall season. Fourth-ranked Cunha, though, found greater success in singles play. Having defeated No. 70 Andrea Mies of Auburn in the first round 6-1, 6-1, Cunha found himself facing Stanford’s No. 14 Ryan Thacher.

Despite losing the first set, Cunha defeated Thacher in the next two to take a 6-4, 6-3 victory. No. 8 Evan King of Michigan was no match for Cunha either, losing two straight sets 6-2, 6-3, securing Cunha’s place in the singles semifinals. Cunha’s streak ended when he fell to top-seeded Mitchell Frank of Virginia in the semifinals 6-2, 6-3. Cunha now finds himself with a 12-4 fall season ledger in singles play. “Overall I felt I played really well,” Cunha said. I wasn’t at 100 percent because I was tired from all the matches, but that’s no excuse. Frank deserved the win.” Mengel, ranked 49th nationally, had earned a spot in the singles bracket after his individual title in the ITA Carolinas Regional last month. He found himself in the consolation bracket, though, after a narrow first-round loss to No. 31 Christopher Aumueller of Nebraska by a score of 6-1, 7-6 (2). Mengel moved on to defeat Mies—who found himself in the consolation bracket courtesy of Cunha—with a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 victory. In the next round, however, Mengel ran into No. 7-seed Will Spencer, who had been upset in the first round of play. Spencer came away with a 6-2, 6-4 victory, ending Mengel’s run. “Chris was much better in doubles this weekend,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “[Cunha and Mengel] showed improvements in singles and doubles.”

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It was a busy weekend for Duke, as the team split to play in two separate tournaments. While freshmen Beatrice Capra and Ester Goldfeld played at the ITA National Indoor Championship in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., five other Blue Devils competed locally at the Kitty Harrison Invitational. Capra and Goldfeld fell in the quarterfinals of the doubles bracket, and Capra came out on top in a battle of the nation’s top two freshmen, beating UCLA’s Robin Anderson 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6) to win the singles consolation bracket. “It was a good way for the team to finish the fall season,” head coach Jaime Ashworth said. “We got better as the weekend went on.” After receiving a bye in the round of 32, Capra and Goldfeld pulled out a gritty 9-7 comeback win against Oklahoma’s MariePier Huet and Whitney Ritchie. After their opponents jumped out to a 7-6 lead, the pair was able to win three straight games to seal the victory. The pair had no such luck in the quarterfinals, though, losing a close match to third-seeded Shanon Mathews and Kristy Frilling from Notre Dame 8-5. “They made it to the quarterfinals, but they’ll only get better,” head coach Jaime Ashworth said. “They’ve only lost a couple of matches, and against really good teams.” After losing her opening singles match Thursday to Texas’ 14th-ranked Aerial El-

lis, Capra entered the singles consolation draw. The Elliot City, Md. native had little difficulty dispatching the nation’s 29thranked player, Tennessee’s Natalie Pluskota, winning 6-1, 6-1. Capra continued to roll on Saturday, defeating 89th-ranked Samantha Vickers from Tulsa 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and then following up with a 6-2, 6-4 semifinal victory over Texas A&M’s Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar. “Capra’s obviously had a great fall with some really big wins,” Ashworth said. “She was disappointed to lose in the first round in New York, but then to come back and win four straight matches? That’s not easy to do.” Back in Durham, several other Blue Devils saw action in the Kitty Harrison Invitational. The team competed against N.C. State, Virginia, Princeton, Marshall, Furman, North Carolina and Texas A&M, playing a total of 28 matches. Due to inclement weather, a number of sets had to be shortened and were played at Duke’s Sheffield Tennis Center instead of the Tar Heels’ Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The Blue Devils fared well, sweeping the Paladins and the Aggies in singles. Freshman Monica Turewiscz finished with a perfect 3-0 record and took second in the tournament for singles. “The weekend went well,” said Ashworth. “We don’t play again until January so we have a little bit of time now where we can work on some things.”

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The Blue Devils returned from the Three Stripe Red-Shirt Invitational Saturday in Cary after a successful weekend. For the frontrunners on the women’s team, the 5K meet represented their last chance to earn a spot on the NCAA Southeast Regional roster. Seven Duke runners will compete for their team in the Regional next weekend, and the top-two finishers from Saturday’s meet—freshman Colleen Schmidt and sophomore Gabby Levac—will fill the previously-unclaimed sixth and seventh spots. “Our coach... had the top-five spots picked out,” Schmidt said. “So the last two spots were just for whoever was going to go out there and give it their all.” Schmidt took first overall with a personal-record time

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Ali McCurdy added to her ACC-leading dig total over the weekend against Virginia and Virginia Tech. by Jackie Klauberg THE CHRONICLE

In early October, Duke made a road trip through Virginia, taking on both ACC schools in the state and coming home with a pair of 3-2 wins. Last weekend, those teams— Virginia and Virginia Tech—came to Cameron Indoor Stadium in search of revenge. Duke needed even fewer games to take down the two opponents at home, though. Duke (17-7, 11-4 in the 1 ACC) beat both the Cavaliers UVA the Hokies 3-1 each, beDuke 3 and hind sophomore libero Ali McCurdy’s 58 total digs. 1 VT McCurdy, who was honored Duke 3 before Friday’s match against Virginia (8-17, 2-13) for becoming the fastest Blue Devil in history to amass 1,000 career digs, helped Duke’s defense hold the Cavaliers to a .087 hitting percentage. After a slow, unaggressive start cost the Blue Devils the first set, the team got back on track and swept three straight games. Kellie Catanach, Christiana Gray and Chelsea Cook were relentless at the net, recording 14 total blocks. Catanach reached her second major milestone of the week, reaching 1,000 career digs after passing the 5,000 career assist mark last weekend. The Blue Devils also downed the Hokies (13-13, 6-9) Saturday night, taking the match 3-1 in a rowdy Cameron Indoor Stadium. Again, Duke’s defense proved to be the difference, especially at the net. Christiana Gray led the team with 13 kills and five blocks. The Blue Devils took the first set 25-23, but struggled to maintain the lead in the second set, losing 25-19. Duke seemed to lose a bit of momentum going into the break between sets, but the Blue Devils looked re-energized once they stepped onto the court for the third set. “I think we all walked in [the locker room] and felt that this is our home court and no one should beat us like this on our home court,” Gray said, “Cameron is ours and we [have] to defend our house.” With the win, Duke moves to 12-1 at home this season, and has five regular-season games remaining. “At this point in the season, we are trying to finish strong,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. That may prove difficult, though, with the top two teams in the ACC coming to Durham later this week—Florida State, currently undefeated in conference play, and Miami, who swept the Blue Devils in Florida last month. “I hope our girls can catch their breath a little bit here,” Nagel said, “We haven’t really talked [about these upcoming games] but I think they are going to be excited to take on these teams again and especially to play them here at home.”

of 17:57, and Levac crossed the finish line just five seconds later to take second overall. And with junior Adrianne Soo and freshman Chloe Maleski’s respective 18:20 and 18:22 finishes, Duke was able to take four of the top-five spots. “Our training has gone well for quite awhile,” head women’s coach Kevin Jermyn said. “We’re disappointed with our overall team performance from the last couple races.... But I think between [the ACC championship] and this weekend we have more people going into Regionals feeling pretty good about their fitness and their ability to... go out there just run [their] best race of the season.” The meet did not hold quite as much meaning for the men’s team, as Regional spots had already been given to the SEE XC ON PAGE 8

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played until the end. I think our heart and our love for the game is what kept us in it today.” The first half, though scoreless, showcased an experienced North Carolina team. Duke kept the Tar Heels at bay until halftime, helped by two saves from senior goalkeeper Samantha Nelson, but was unable to come back from an early goal in the second half. North Carolina was awarded a penalty corner just under five minutes into the half, and junior Katie Ardrey capitalized to put her team ahead 1-0. Eleven minutes later, senior Elizabeth Stepeans netted a shot to put the Tar Heels up by two. The Blue Devils would not go away, though. In the 65th minute, freshman Jessica Buttinger finally put Duke on the scoreboard off an assist from junior Devon Gagliardi. Despite another opportunity in the last minute of play—junior Mary Nielsen’s shot from the top of the circle was deflected by North Carolina goalkeeper Sassi Ammer—the Blue Devils were unable to tie the match. “The team really, really fought through the whole game,” Bustin said. “We just hung in there. For us it was just a great experience to play at that level against a team that has experience in the tournament like Carolina does. That’s something that we can really build on in the NCAA tournament.” The status of Duke’s season will be determined Nov. 8, when the team hopes to earn an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. Bustin, who was recently named ACC Coach of the Year, thinks her team will get a spot. “We’ve had a solid year, we’ve had some great wins, and we’ve been pretty consistent this season,” Bustin said. “We’re ready for the [NCAA] tournament. If we have the opportunity to play in it, we’ll be ready to play.”

top-seven finishers of last week’s ACC meet. Instead of using the race as a qualifier, the team headed into the Three Stripe Red-Shirt Invite looking to gain some experience for their younger runners. The Blue Devils combined their efforts to earn a third-place finish, which came in behind North Carolina and N.C. State with a total of 54 points. First for Duke was freshman Shaun Thompson, who took seventh overall. Just eight seconds later, sophomore Christian Britto crossed the line in 15:21 to take eighth place. Freshmen Nate McClafferty and Brian Schoepfer, and senior Brendon Pierson followed soon after to finish off Duke’s top five. “It was a solid outing for the young people that we ran,” head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “We always want to give our up-and-coming guys a chance to develop.... They got some experience and we were happy with it.”

ANALYSIS from page 5 Renfree had him open, but he could not connect with his receiver. “I had two easy completions there and couldn’t get either,” the quarterback said. “Stupid.” With the Blue Devils reeling from a fourth straight loss, Duke faces Virginia, which will be coming off a bye week, in Charlottesville next week. For Vernon, the focus in practice in the upcoming days will be simple. “Fixing the silly mistakes,” Vernon said. “No dumb penalties and turnovers. It kills plays, it kills drives. We’re still doing it more than we need to.”

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High demand for DEMAN Students searching for discuss what careers in these summer and post-graduate fields are like. We note first the opportunities share a univer- need to hold such an event for sal fear that the positions they students interested in the arts. seek may be ill-suited to their Whereas big-budget investtastes. The hoops through ment banks and consulting which aspiring firms may be employees must well positioned editorial jump during with a hefty recruitment are often unre- monetary cushion to fund exflective of the true nature of pensive recruitment efforts, these jobs. It is thus refreshing smaller firms that make up to observe the structure of the the media and entertainment Duke Entertainment, Media industry lack the financial and the Arts Network (DE- means to follow suit. There is MAN) program, which stands a less formalized recruitment in sharp contrast to the more structure in these industries. impersonal recruitment and Informal solutions like DEnetworking events characteris- MAN, which do not rely on tic of other industries. firms dishing out recruitment This past weekend, alumni dollars, can fill this gap. in the media, entertainment We also would like to comand arts industries convened mend DEMAN for exposing with like-minded students to students to less typical careers. network, share advice and College students have only

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basic conceptions of the true nature of their dream jobs. As a result, students tend to bend with the recruitment wind, focusing on highly visible financial and consulting firms. To truly understand what different careers entail, students must engage with older individuals who know the field. DEMAN facilitates this engagement nicely by matching students up with industry professionals who share the same niche passions. Indeed, career events catering to other industries would do well to emulate the DEMAN model. Of course, much of the DEMAN success can be attributed to its rising turnout. The program, which was founded in 2009, has seen a steady increase in its attendance every year, but the coupling of the

Duke Arts Festival to networking sessions likely led to the increased presence of DEMAN at Duke this weekend. Arts-inclined students who previously were ambivalent toward anything resembling a recruitment event might have been tempted by the plethora of music performances and art showcases to attend. This clever pairing—part-entertainment, part-recruitment effort—effectively mobilized a sizable group of students to take part in DEMAN. The Duke Career Center should take note of the success of DEMAN. When William Wright-Swadel, Fannie Mitchell executive director of career services, came to the University in 2008, he spoke extensively of a concerted effort to cultivate informal events to assist

students seeking work outside of consulting and finance. Yet, over the past few years, there have been markedly few such niche offerings. On the contrary, we have witnessed a climb in the number of firms represented at traditional Career Center events such as the Career Fair and TechConnect. We do acknowledge the Career Center’s involvement in DEMAN by virtue of its cosponsor status and its hosting of networking preparation sessions, but we believe it is high time for the Career Center to spearhead similar initiatives. Students in the arts rightfully gripe about the availability of post-graduate counseling. DEMAN has helped address this demand. The editorial board did not reach quorum for this editorial.

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et’s say the government, under immense pres- “as the battle for campaign dollars heats up, neisure from the National Criminals Lobby, de- ther side dares... risk the ire of its donors by appearcided to legalize robbery. ing to compromise.” Even small donors give money The next day, dozens of neighbors to causes they feel strongly about, showed up at your door—fully within which has the tendency to drown jeremy ruch their new legal rights—to cart away out moderate voices. And in the era run and tell that your laptop, TV and other prized posof billion dollar campaigns, focussessions. At whom would you direct ing on anything other than money your anger: the neighbors for taking advantage of is political suicide. the law, or the government for passing it? Opponents of campaign finance reform like This is the defining question raised by the “Occu- to talk about the their constitutional right to free py” movement, which has directed a disproportion- speech. I don’t remember the Constitution saying ate amount of its attention towards the people who anything about people with the most money dictattake advantage of bad laws rather than at the corrupt ing the fate of political candidates (or free speech politicians who are responsible for them. including money). And enacting a sustainable pubIf you have any doubts about this, just visit the of- lic financing scheme for elections is possibly the ficial website of Occupy Wall Street. Reading the offi- only conceivable policy that would satisfy the intercial “mission” gave me goose bumps: “The one thing ests of both the Tea Party (who are mostly furious we all have in common is that we are the 99 percent about out-of-control government spending, which that will no longer tolerate the greed and corrup- is the result of the dominance of special interests) tion of the 1 percent.” Replace the “99 percent” with and Occupy Wall Street (who are peeved about pol“white people” and the “1 percent” with any minor- icy favorable to corporate interests—you can guess ity racial or ethnic group, and you should be able to where that comes from). see how scary this can get; why are generalizations Duke, having one of the more balanced political any more acceptable when they deal with class than populations of top-tier college campuses, is a perfect when they deal with race or religion? candidate to lead the Occupy movement in a more Representatives of the movement often talk productive direction. about their disgust toward corporate executives To date, Occupy Duke has focused on economic who accepted taxpayer bailouts, or about the top inequality rather than on its primary cause, which 1 percent that isn’t paying their fair share in taxes. is the disparity between a moderate voter base and But this is counter-logical; these decisions aren’t radical, uncompromising politicians. So a petition made by Wall Street fat cats but rather by Washing- to the folks camping out on the Chapel Quad: Drop ton bureaucrats. Why occupy Wall Street and not, the generalizations about 1 percent and 99 percent say, Pennsylvania Avenue? and attack the problems you are addressing at their What is most frustrating about Occupy’s feeble core; that is, a broken political structure. attempt at class warfare is that the movement actuThere’s never been a more urgent time to focus ally began with a single goal and with greedy politi- on this issue. In the wake of a catastrophic Supreme cians—not entire tax brackets—in its crosshairs. In Court ruling that essentially declared campaign fifact, an early ad for “Occupy Wall Street,” released by nance legislation unconstitutional, efforts to change a Canadian website in July, read as follows: “We de- the way elections work in America are on life supmand that Barack Obama ordain a Presidential com- port. But earlier this month—in an unprecedented mission tasked with ending the influence money has display of logic—nine Senate Democrats introduced over our representatives in Washington.” a proposal for a constitutional amendment (the only Now there’s something we can all agree on. It is thing that can override a Supreme Court ruling) that of course true that certain elements of the 1 percent would give Congress the power to regulate campaign have used corporate donations to convince politi- financing. It didn’t make headlines—“campaign ficians to support misguided or, at times, absurdly nance reform” doesn’t sound as sexy as “greedy rich neoliberal positions (like Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan). people are destroying our society.” Similarly, traditionally opposing forces—say, teachBut combined with the attention grabbing naers unions—have used political donations to put ture of the “Occupy” movement, this new push their interests before reasonable policy (like merit could represent the start of the change we’ve been pay for teachers). looking for. But blaming political donors—who are, like it or Occupiers, take notice. not, behaving legally—for this phenomenon completely misses the point. Jeremy Ruch is a Trinity junior and is currently studyBetter to focus on the politicians. The Econo- ing abroad in Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam. His colmist summed things up well this week by saying that umn runs every other Monday.

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his year, Durham Technical Com- in our community from pre-K to college. munity College celebrated 50 years If the voters approve the educational tax of providing superior educational Nov. 8, Durham Tech is scheduled to reand training services to ceive $825,000 annually to the citizens of Durham. help expand financial aid john burness Given its historic commitopportunities—through guest column ment to education, it was work-study programs and no surprise that Durham grants—for hundreds of was one of the first six counties in North graduates of Durham Public Schools who Carolina to establish a community college qualify for financial aid, including those to focus on serving the needs of the adult in Durham who can benefit from the wide population in our community. Over these range of training programs Durham Tech 50 years, what we now call Durham Tech offers. We cannot pick up a newspaper or developed a comprehensive curriculum watch the news on television or the Interto provide tens of thousands of Durham net without hearing about the economic residents with the educational and techni- challenges facing our country and state. cal skills needed to help advance their ca- Improving the quality of education and reers as productive workers and citizens. opportunity for cash-strapped families And just 25 years ago, recognizing an im- to access post-high school education is portant need for advancing educational widely recognized as a key to the longopportunity, Durham Tech received au- term strength of the country. But with thorization from the General Assembly both state and federal governments cutof North Carolina to offer a university ting back their support for education, the transfer program so that students of all burden for attending college increasingly ages in Durham could take advantage of is falling to families. Many students are the accessible educational and program being forced to take out larger loans, and opportunities offered at the college and many have no choice but to drop out of then, after receiving an AA or AS degree, school altogether or stop out for a while could transfer to schools in the University to work to raise enough money to continof North Carolina System and our state’s ue their education. private colleges to complete their college By allocating all of the monies it will education. With the benefit of the knowl- receive from the sales and use tax for eduedge they received at our community col- cation to support an array of financial aid lege, Durham Tech graduates have gone programs, Durham Tech once again is on to successful educational careers at stepping up to make the high-quality eduUNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina State, cation it offers more available to qualified North Carolina Central and Duke univer- graduates of Durham high schools and sities as well as numerous institutions of Durham residents. This financial aid will higher education in North Carolina and help reduce the tuition burden for literacross the nation. ally hundreds of students of all ages. And Durham Tech is, of course, well known one of the best parts is that since everyfor its partnerships with the Durham Pub- one who purchases goods or services in lic Schools, some of which, like the Gate- Durham will pay the quarter-cent sales way to College Program with funding tax, the million plus visitors who come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Founda- to Durham to enjoy the outstanding edution, have been recognized nationally as cational, cultural and athletic programs among the best to be offered anywhere. that are synonymous with Durham, not And through its many partnerships with to mention its many outstanding restaulocal businesses and corporations in the rants, will help subsidize the educational Research Triangle, Durham Tech has pro- benefits our students will receive at all levvided the essential training and retrain- els of education—pre-K, Durham Public ing programs that have strengthened the Schools and Durham Technical Commueconomic fabric of Durham and provided nity College. employees with the skills needed to comI urge every Durham resident from pete for good jobs. I well remember in Duke to vote in the election for mayor the 1990s when our nation’s health care and city council Tuesday and, in particusystem was being buffeted by significant fi- lar, to vote yes on the quarter-cent sales nancial challenges, Duke Hospital turned and use tax for education and the halfto Durham Tech to train and retrain hun- cent transit tax. dreds of its employees for the new world of medicine. This partnership between John Burness is a visiting professor of the one of the nation’s leading hospitals and practice of public policy and vice chair, Durham our very strong community college en- Technical Community College Board of Trustees. abled these hospital employees not only to maintain their employment but to be even more productive workers. Had it not been for Durham Tech’s flexibility, its commitment to working with the area’s major employers and its commitment to the people of Durham, many skilled and talented workers in our community would not have the jobs they now enjoy. On Nov. 8, the citizens of Durham have an opportunity to invest in the educational and economic future of our community. Recognizing the impact of a 1 percent decrease in the state’s sales tax that had been used locally to help fund Pre-K programs, the Durham Public Schools and Durham Tech, the Durham County Board of Commissioners has authorized a proposed quarter-cent sales and use tax for education that would generate some $9.2 million annually to help support educational quality and opportunity

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very time I talk to an engineer or taking it out on me. After all, you’re the a pre-med or something, they have one choosing to soullessly make money the nerve to ask me, “So what are instead of doing something meaningful. you going to do with that Besides, if you all spent major?” Even English maless time whining about jors, who I thought would your work and more time be sympathetic, have a studying, then maybe wide variety of (mostly evil, you’d have a 3.9 GPA, like corporate) career paths me. I have a few science available to them. They, major friends (they’re OK too, express contemptuous because they’re going to curiosity in regards to my work for environmental Program II Global Margin- concerned global NGOs), and they get really alized Cultural Art Studies happy when they get a B+ citizen degree. But then I guess in a class. I can’t believe monday, monday they wouldn’t understand, it. When I get a B+, I call because putting English my dad so he can call the above all other languages is so ethno- professor and fix it. I know what grade I centric of them. How can they still teach deserve. “English” when they got rid of the Wolof At first I thought the B+ problem was department? It’s racist. limited to my friends, but then I checked Well, I have news for you people with the requirements for Dean’s List with “real” majors. You are all total snobs. My Distinction last semester, and I found out major is not any less “real” than yours; I that even though you had to have a 4.0 work just as hard, and I’m going to have for Trinity, you only had to have a 3.8 for a job when I graduate, just like you. Actu- Pratt! Talk about putting more pressure ally, I’m more likely to have one because for Effortless Perfection on the already my connections make me a lot better at anxiety-riddled Duke womyn in Trinity! networking. Why should I have to have perfect grades I’m not sure why people think it’s ac- when an engineer is allowed to slip up? ceptable, first of all, to ask me what I’m I see them sleeping in the Link all the doing after I graduate from college. Obvi- time. Obviously if they were awake and ously, I don’t know yet. The only people studying, they would catch up to the rest who do know are, like, pre-meds, and of us. that’s because that’s their culture. The I’ve heard that math and science rest of us don’t have any plan, though. classes are supposed to be, like, harder The fact is that I, like most of you, came than many humanities classes, but I don’t to Duke because my parents went here. think that’s true. I took my quantitative So although my boarding school friends science and natural science classes just judged me a little for not going to Har- like my pre-med friends. I got an A in vard, after a lifetime of season tickets to CompSci 82 and an A in Dino Bio, and Cameron, alumni donor thank-you week- I didn’t even have to study very much. I ends and private planes to the Final Four, think science majors might just be lazy, Duke just made sense. Sometimes, you or maybe they’re entitled because they’re don’t need a plan for things to work out. at Duke. I know all about entitlement. That’s why I don’t like the way people I took a class on it. I got an A-, which is think my quote-unquote useless major pretty bad, but I think the professor was will stop me from getting a job. One of just trying to prove a point. my friends last year graduated with a I know it must be hard for you Prattstars degree in Social Criticism in Late Twen- (what a heteronormative nickname, tieth Century Independent Film, and by the way—you should be ashamed of now she’s working at McKinsey in a job yourselves) to understand this, but look: that people told her you’d need “math” I work just as hard as you. I think my subto do. Whatever. You don’t need math to stantially higher GPA should back me up have good family friends or connections. here. One time, I spent three weeks meNow I’m not saying I’m going to work at ticulously crafting a pop-up book for one McKinsey, because they’re an evil capital- of the three classes on fairy tales I was takist corporation and that Gupta guy is bad ing that semester. If that’s not an intense news. But I don’t need math to work at workload, I don’t know what is. So stop a good nongovernmental organization, judging me for my major. Besides, I’m goeither. I think Daddy knows someone at ing to get a job, too, but unlike you, I’ll World Vision, and that’s all about feed- still have a soul. ing minority children, which I’m good at. See? That’s the power of networking! Concerned Global Citizen is actually havIf you have a “real” major, then I’m ing a really hard time with EOS 12. Ocean sorry. I know your problem sets make currents have, like, physics in them or someyou super bitter, but you shouldn’t be thing.

Think you’re funny? Interested in contributing to campus dialog? Email mlj14@duke.edu for a Monday, Monday columnist application for the Spring semester.

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Katastrophe in the Koffeehouse

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Katastrophe, a San Francisco-based rapper and producer of F to eMbody, performs Sunday evening.

Wednesday, November 9 11:30am - 1:30pm West Campus Plaza

Free Throw Shooting Contest FREE Domino’s® Pizza FREE Fountain Drinks & Bottled Water

This event is open to all students* and employees. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 contestants in each division. *Due to NCAA® regulations, NCAA student-athletes are not eligible to participate in this event. In the case of inclement weather, this event will be held on Tuesday, November 15.

years, followed in 2018 by a commuter train line between Research Triangle Park and Raleigh and a light rail line running between North Carolina Central University near downtown Durham along US 15-501 with stops at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, beginning in 2025. The plan estimates that the Durham County sales tax will bring in $18.4 million in annual revenue, an amount that would more than double Durham County’s current transit spending. The long-range plan proposes that more than $1 billion in federal and state contributions would make up 75 percent of the total capital costs for the commuter rail and light rail systems in the next two decades. Some in the area, however, believe that this half-cent sales tax increase is an inadequate measure to achieve its end goal. “This whole regional transit system is contingent on the federal and state funding, and then Orange County and Wake County, who very likely may not pass a sales tax. A lot of people don’t want to pay extra sales taxes right now,” said Daren Bakst, director of legal and regulatory studies for the John Locke Foundation of Raleigh. “It’s possible that Durham County voters will be paying extra sales taxes for a transit plan that might never occur. Durham County is jumping the gun.” Some students expressed concern the sales tax might be regressive despite built-in exemptions on certain products. “I would prefer an income tax rather than a sales tax because of how a sales tax affects everyone equally despite differences in income,” sophomore Maria Arias said. Bell noted, however, that the tax will not be imposed on food, medicine or clothes. “It’s not as regressive as some people portray a sales tax to be,” Bell said, adding that the revenue from the tax could also enhance the performance of the existing public transportation systems in Durham, including the Bull City Connector that connects Duke and downtown Durham. Duke has made bus lines connecting the University to Durham a priority, said junior Alexandra Swain, Duke Student Government vice president of Durham and regional affairs. “It’s a little unclear to me where money’s going for improvements to transportation, but generally I think revitalizing public transportation and putting more money into it is good for Duke students,” Swain said. “But I don’t want to take a particular stance on it because I think it’s up to students to make their opinion on whether or not to support the referendum.” Bell, who is on the board of directors of the Triangle Transit Authority, added that he believes concentrated economic development around the public transit stops could diminish sprawl and congestion in the future. A variety of Durham political groups that do not typically agree have endorsed the referendum, added junior Elena Botella, president of Duke Democrats. “There’s a lot of agreement in Durham from a lot of different stakeholders that it’s a really positive thing,” Botella said. “There really is a broad coalition—it’s not just the expected players. Even business-oriented groups like the Durham Chamber of Commerce, which tends to lean against tax increases, actively endorse the transit tax.”

ANTEPLI from page 4 that should be pure, with no strings attached. [Those human relief services] should be for the pleasure and for the sake of love. Sometimes it’s a challenge to establish an interfaith coalition and partnership upon a common ground that all of us respect. TC: What is ideal vision of a world of faith? What are the conditions we need to fulfill before we could get there? AA: I find it dangerous, if not disrespectful to put all religions under one name. In my ideal world those religious difference will still exist, but we will turn those differences into a blessing and celebrate them as different ways of glorying God’s name. Difference is part of our creation. Those who think that the whole world will one day believe homogenously are setting themselves up to disappointment. Our religious identity is not our most fundamental identity. What is holier and higher than our religious identity is humanity. First and former, I am a human; then I am Muslim; then I am Turkish; then I am [a] man. In that humanness, I can connect with anybody. Three majors sources of evil are dividing humanity: ignorance, poverty and antagonism toward division.

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