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It is becoming a season of firsts for Mike Krzyzewski.

Just months after becoming the only active Duke coach to be inducted into the University athletics Hall of Fame, and weeks after breaking the all-time NCAA Division I coaching wins record, men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski has become the first Blue Devil to win Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award, the magazine announced Monday. He will share the award with Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Pat Summitt, who has been named Sportswoman of the Year.

“It’s a great honor—with Pat Summitt as well,” Ryan Kelly said. “That’s another unbelievable figure in sports. The two of them are great role models and great people. I’m proud to be part of the program run by such a great coach.”

Krzyzewski earned his record-breaking 903rd career win Nov. 13 against Michigan State at Madison Square Garden. He now holds a lifetime record of 907-284 in 37 seasons.

“It’s no surprise to me because he’s a great coach,” Austin Rivers said. “The greatest coach right now.”

Duke received $50 million for financial aid Monday—the largest gift in the University’s history from individual donors.

Bruce Karsh, Trinity ’77, and his wife Martha Karsh donated $50 million to the permanent endowment in an effort to support undergraduate need-based aid. Of the total donation, $30 million is designated for domestic students and $20 million for international students.

Martha Karsh noted that the donation is meant to reflect the University’s, her husband’s and her own priority of making Duke more accessible to all students, regardless of financial status or place of origin.

“It’s something we were so happy to be able to do,” Karsh said. “There are bright and brilliant students around the world who don’t have access to Duke. There is not as much money available for them as of now, but there’s still a need.”

Of the domestic funds, $15 million will go toward expanding the existing Karsh Scholarship Fund for financial aid.

Five million will be dedicated to assisting graduates of the Knowledge Is Power Program who are accepted to Duke. The organization is a national network of

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Photographer Chris Vail talks about his experiences shooting photographs around the world Monday evening in the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library.

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Int’l applicant pool expands Administrators reinforce as Duke ups global presence sexual misconduct policies

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As Duke expands its international parameters, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is evaluating a more global applicant pool.

In recent years, Duke admissions has seen a rise in international applicants. This year was no different as the number of international early decision applicants for the Class of 2016 increased by 8 percent from last year, accounting for 11 percent of the total applicant pool. Administrators attribute the surge mainly to the University’s increased global visibility, as well as expanded international recruiting efforts.

“The surge in [international] applications is consistent with Duke’s efforts outside

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An interview with Paul Farmer, Page 3

President Richard Brodhead speaks at Duke-NUS in July.

In the wake of sexual abuse scandals at Pennsylvania State University and Syracuse University, administrators are reminding Duke employees about existing policies governing various types of sexual misconduct.

Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration and emergency response coordinator, emailed a memo to all Duke managers and department heads Nov. 28 and linked to two Duke sexual misconduct policies. The policies specifically addressed sexual harassment and sexual assault. Cavanaugh also distributed a letter from the Office of Counsel outlining state law regarding reporting of sexual abuse of minors.

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“I believe in the sanctity of Temple Cameron and choosiness of Coach K.” —Abdullah Antepli in “New year hopes and wishes.” See column page 10

Duke requires all employees who are told by a student of a sexual assault to report the incident to the Office of Student Conduct, which will then decide what further action to take.

Sheila Broderick, gender violence intervention services coordinator at the Women’s Center, said the scandals at Penn State and Syracuse have generated discussion among sexual abuse victims at Duke.

“A lot of my clients I’ve been working with have talked a lot about Penn State and Syracuse,” Broderick said.

“Those situations have stirred up a lot of feelings of being vulnerable on a college campus.”

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NASA discovers planet possibly conducive to life

The search for Earth-like planets circling other stars is heating up, but the latest discovery is not too hot at all. It’s not too cold, either. Instead, the temperature on the newly announced planet Kepler22b could be just right for life — about 72 degrees, a perfect spring day on Earth.

Spied by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, Kepler-22b marks the best candidate yet for a life-bearing world beyond our solar system, project scientists said Monday.

“If it has a surface, it ought to have a nice temperature,” said Kepler’s lead scientist, Bill Borucki, during a teleconference Monday.

“It’s right in the middle of the habitable zone,” said Natalie Batahla, a Kepler scientist, referring to the narrow, balmy band of space around any star where water can be liquid. “The other exciting thing is that it orbits a star very, very similar to our own sun.”

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Lisa Jackson of EPA to speak at 2011 Duke Environment and Society Lecture Law School, 1-2:15p.m.

Jackson will discuss EPA policies and Congressional challenges.

Slower mail possible result Greenpeace breaks into of proposed post changes French nuclear reactor WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service unveiled proposed changes Monday that would slow the delivery of the nation’s mail as the cash-strapped agency seeks to save billions of dollars by closing hundreds of mail processing facilities and cutting tens of thousands of jobs.

PARIS — Greenpeace activists broke into a nuclear reactor southeast of Paris to highlight what the environmental group described as a lack of security at France’s atomic plants.

“This is proof security measures are totally ineffective,” Greenpeace said Monday.

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ith Paul Farmer Q&A with Medical anthropologist, physician and the author of numerous books on health and human rights Paul Farmer spoke at Duke Saturday about his book “Haiti After the Earthquake.” Farmer is the Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, member of the Duke Board of Trustees and the Duke Global Health Institute Board of Advisors, a Trinity ’82 graduate and former writer for The Chronicle. He is also the founding director of the Boston-based organization Partners in Health—expanding access to health care in 12 developing nations. The Chronicle’s Ashley Mooney and Julian Spector sat down with Farmer to discuss his experiences in global health.

The Chronicle: Can you tell us about the state of global health when you got into the game?

Paul Farmer: The roots of what your generation calls global health are in international health, and the roots of that are in colonial and neocolonial health. There were very tight ties between health, trans-regional commerce and military ventures. Global health is really much more about health disparities and health equity. Sometimes those disparities happen locally, like the difference between a wealthy part of Durham and a poor part of North Carolina.

Duke Engage, by the way, is really about disparities. [Duke students] live in a forest; it’s like a “Gothic Wonderland.”

If you don’t engage beyond the boundaries of the campus, that’s not a good thing.

TC: How do you think the Partners in Health approach has contributed to this overall shift over the past couple of decades?

PF: It’s a small organization compared to a lot of other players—we only help in 12 countries—but we have a fairly large impact because we keep focusing on equity. If someone says, “You can’t treat AIDS in Africa; they’re too poor,” we’re going to be the first to say that’s not true. Poverty doesn’t need to be the chief determinant of whether or not someone gets health care. You have to put in systems that are not just the commodification of medicine. If we just accept that you buy health care as just a commodity— if it’s a public health problem and you’ve privatized it—

that’s a problem.

TC: What role did poverty play in the earthquake in Haiti?

PF: Poverty was a big part of the earthquake because there were no building codes, so the houses were very shabbily constructed. Even before the earthquake, people were at risk because they lived in substandard buildings

that couldn’t take the shock. All along the way were many opportunities to intervene so that social disparities don’t affect the body. Haiti also needed better immediate access to rescue and relief after a natural disaster.

TC: What was so fascinating to you about Haiti, even when you were an undergraduate?

PF: I was already writing about Haitians when I was at Duke—I wrote an article called “Haitians without a Home.”

I had received an award to go to Haiti when I graduated in 1982, and it changed my life completely. I was part of a grassroots organization that later became Partners in Health. The clinic I worked in was very substandard—people would line up to see only one doctor. I saw that people were not getting the medicines they were prescribed because they couldn’t pay for them, so I did a study of 100 patients. It was something like only 20 percent of them actually had their prescriptions filled correctly. Why? Because they didn’t have money at the pharmacy. So that’s the idea that we later adopted at PIH—we don’t sell drugs, they’re part of the care package.

TC: When you’re working in a world with scarce resources, how do you ultimately deal with the model of just giving people drugs?

PF: Have we ever worked in a time where there aren’t scarce resources? Have we lived in a time when there are abundant resources for the people most at risk of being sick? Not that I know of. We always live on a planet where there are scarce resources. The average cost in the United States to treat AIDS is approximately $10,000 per patient per year. In Africa, we’re paying $100 per patient per year. It’s not like God hands down the price of a vaccine on a stone tablet. We set the prices based on things like production capacity, demand and economies of scale, so basically all of [this] can cost whatever we want. It’s all things that are subject to human control. The people who are selling AIDS drugs for $100 a year are still very profitable. The guy’s a multimillionaire who did it.

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Paul Farmer has written several books on health and human rights.

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MISCONDUCT from page 1 University officials have no current plans to revise the three components of its sexual misconduct policy in light of the sex abuse scandals at other universities, Cavanaugh added.

The original Duke Harassment Policy has been in place since 1994 and prohibits harassment or sexual coercion of any kind by anyone enrolled or employed at the University.

Two years ago, the University adopted a similar policy requiring employees told of a sexual assault on a student to report the assault to a supervisor. That policy, which Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said is unique among universities, requires that employees report any sexual assault via a website that refers the incident to the Office of Student Conduct.

When the mandatory sexual assault reporting requirement was adopted two years ago, some critics worried that the requirement would dissuade victims of sexual assault from reaching out to University staff members for help, Moneta said.

“The reality is we’ve seen many more reports as a result of it,” Moneta said.

“That was a very interesting concern that got raised when we first were reviewing this expectation. Our own advocacy staff, at the [Office of Gender Violence Prevention and Intervention] and the Women’s Center, were actually quite adamant that this would bring forward new victims.”

The policy defines sexual misconduct, consent and the role alcohol and other drugs can play in decisionmaking. It also includes some slight exceptions to the reporting rule. In some

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cases, North Carolina law requires student access to counselors, medical providers and members of the clergy to speak with students in confidence regarding incidents of sexual assault.

Every other employee, from professors to housekeepers, must report sexual misconduct under the policy.

Another aspect of Duke’s sexual misconduct policy addressed in the memo involves sexual misconduct directed toward a minor, which must be reported to the police under North Carolina law.

Moneta noted that a student who learns of an assault on a fellow student has no obligation under Duke policy to report the assault to either the University or campus police.

Broderick said a good sexual misconduct policy includes detailed definitions of prohibited conduct, scenarios that illustrate how real-life situations could be handled, and avoidance of heterosexist or heteronormative language, since sexual violence can occur against both genders.

Duke is considered to have one of the best reporting policies among universities, Broderick added.

“I do a lot of research on what best practices are in the ingredients of a good sexual misconduct policy,” Broderick said. “Duke has every one of those in their policy.”

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GIFT from page 1 schools preparing children from underserved areas for college.

“It’s programs like these and Duke’s willingness to help students that face extenuating circumstances growing up that help make a culture of openness, generosity and commitment to education for all,” Karsh said. “It’s the first of its kind.”

The remaining $10 million set aside for U.S. students will be used to create a dollar-for-dollar challenge, which serves to prompt other donors to establish their own undergraduate scholarships.

The $20 million for international students will help strengthen the existing Karsh International Scholars Program that began this year.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to help us bring some of the best and brightest from around the world to Duke, regardless of financial need,” said Ana Barros, faculty adviser for the program and professor of civil and environmental engineering.

The Karshes have previously given $35 million for financial aid, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations. He added that the University appreciates such generous donations, particularly because international students are not eligible for federal aid.

Schoenfeld noted that the funds for both domestic and international students will be entirely need-based, adding that unlike many merit scholarships, the donors will not have a say in who receives aid. The Office of Financial Aid will be in charge of determining need and distributing aid accordingly.

“Our only goal is to bring qualified students to Duke from around the world

and within our states,” Karsh said. “We want students with the skills, motivation and ambition to succeed.”

Schoenfeld added that proportionally, international students tend to be more affluent than domestic students due to the fact that Duke offers limited financial aid for international students.

“It is impossible to be need-blind with international students because they need to be able to afford Duke tuition to attend,” he said. “This gift, however, can go some ways to closing that gap.”

The Karsh International Scholars program launched this year through previous donations from the Karshes. It is being used to support nine students from Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan, Spain, Ukraine, Ecuador, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

“These students impressed me when I met them for lunch, and they are the perfect example of why international aid is necessary,” Karsh said. “All universities should be trying to make citizens of the world.”

Schoenfeld noted that Duke spends approximately $120 million on financial aid for domestic students annually.

He added that the Karshes’ dedication to assisting international students is in line with the University’s commitment to keeping its doors open to all students.

Karsh said that the gift will pay itself off in the future, creating a ripple effect.

“These students that use this money to come here will not only grow up to be the amazing graduates Duke has been known to produce, but they will also go back to their own countries—given the difficulty of staying here after 9/11—and act as ambassadors for the U.S.,” she said. “Not in a capital way, but a small way. They cannot spend four years here and not return to their homes and share the goodwill with others.

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of the admissions office to be a globalized institution, and it is a natural result of Duke spreading its bounds,” said Anne Sjostrom, associate director of international undergraduate admissions.

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag was not available for comment.

With 142 students representing 55 countries—12 percent of the total enrolled class—the Class of 2015 is one of the most diverse Duke has seen, Sjostrom noted. The top five countries to send applications for the Class of 2015 were China, South Korea, Canada, Singapore and India.

Duke’s international recruitment numbers are on par with those of similarly competitive institutions, she added.

In recent years, Duke and other American universities have increased their recruiting efforts for students from outside the United States, at both international and national schools, Sjostrom noted. International schools often have college-counseling resources and financial stability similar to schools in the United States.

Students at national schools in other countries, however, might have a harder time simply finding out about Duke, she added.

“We have continued to value and appreciate applicants from international institutions who have ample resources to apply to U.S. colleges while at the same time, paying attention to those students who attend local schools and may not know as much,” she said, noting that some students may never visit before committing and arriving at Duke their freshman year.

One of the most effective methods in increasing awareness of Duke has been word of mouth, added Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.

Freshman Florian Craan—the only member of the Class of 2015 from Haiti—said he had first heard about Duke from classmates and Duke alumni.

“Prospective students learn much more about Duke and its culture through current students and International Ambassadors who can attest through their positive experiences directly,” Schoenfeld added.

One disadvantage Duke has compared to its peer institutions is its slim international alumni network, a result of its shorter international history, Sjostrom noted.

Schoenfeld added that administrators not only have the responsibility of spreading Duke’s reputation but also that of the Durham community while recruiting.

“We have a steeper hill than other institutions in major cities in describing the rich culture we have in Durham, North Carolina, which would seem like a mystery to many prospective students,” he said.

Schoenfeld said recent international visits made by administrators and the men’s basketball team have played a major role in extending Duke’s visibility abroad.

Freshman Xu Rui, who graduated from the Raffles Institution—a school in Singapore that submits the third highest number of Duke applications of any high school worldwide—said interest in Duke among Singapore high school students has surged due to the successes of the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. Rui added that even though more people are aware of Duke and its reputation because of Duke-NUS, the quality of the undergraduate program is still obscure among the general population.

“Many people have the impression that you should only apply to Duke [as an undergraduate] if you intend to do medicine,” Rui said.

In June, President Richard Brodhead visited various countries—including London, China, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda—hoping to emphasize Duke’s global connections. Brodhead spoke to prospective students at the Raffles Institution while in Singapore.

Frieda Dietrich, college counselor at the Singapore American School—another well-known institution, which supplies a steady flow of international applicants—said more high school students in Singapore are becoming interested in applying to Duke.

“Professors from Duke have been good in reaching out and responding to student inquiries, which goes a long ways in building goodwill with prospective students,” Dietrich wrote in an email Sunday.

Sjostrom noted that as Duke has become more competitive internationally, administrators now have the greater challenge of the yield rate of international students.

As the number of international students increases, it helps to build a diverse student body, she said, noting that global recruitment may become less of a priority in the near future.

“How international do we want to get?” she said. “We may be forced to confront that question.”

TC: How do you stay motivated in the face of seemingly endless challenges in your line of work?

PF: I teach and I meet young people. The metaphor the Haitians use is “behind mountains there are more mountains,” which means there’s always more work to be done. The only way to get more work done is to bring more people in to do the work, right? Twenty-six years ago, not many people were interested in global health, but now there are plenty. So that’s how you keep going.

TC: What do you see as the current biggest challenges in global health?

PF: One of the biggest problems is financing, because the failure of imagination has been accentuated by a global economic downturn. Global health has been starved of resources forever, it’s never had the proper level. The biggest challenge is resource constraint, but that’s not as big as it was before. Resource constraint means human resources, too—nobody was interested in

poor people’s health, and there was a lack of imagination and lack of tools that we needed. A lot of those problems have not been solved, but they’re much better. So failure of imagination is number one, and... is tied to us being socialized for scarcity. The socialization for scarcity is [when] we assume that lower standards for poor people are acceptable.

TC: How do you convince people to fund drugs that, for example, cost $10,000 in the United States but $100 in a different country?

PF: One thing that I think is best to do in my line of work is to assume that people do care about other people. More than half of all American households contributed to earthquake relief in Haiti. Some say that the most noble sentiment that we have as a species is solidarity—you care about someone even if you don’t know him or her. And there’s an even better kind of solidarity—pragmatic solidarity. I believe that most people want to see the fruits of science and technology shared with others. If you assume that people don’t care, then this work is doomed.

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Duke stacked K gets second Texas recruit heading into Matt Jones is the 21st-ranked player in the class of 2013 2012 season

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Natasha Anasi [left] and Libby Jandl [right] are part of a dominant defense that will help Duke get to the 2012 College Cup, Claxton writes.

As a program, Duke women’s soccer waited a long time for last weekend. Not since 1992 had the Blue Devils reached the season’s final game.

The heartbreak of a 1-0 loss to Stanford in the national championship game will continue to sting, but now this team has seen it all. Going into next year, Duke now knows what it takes to win a conference championship and make it to that last game. With all 11 starters returning from this year’s runner-up finish, 2012 will mark the Blue Devils’ coronation as an elite Division I program—if it finishes the season with a victory.

It will certainly not be an easy feat, as the Cardinal can attest after falling in the title game the past two years. But Duke’s returnRyan ing experience and elite depth give it the pieces to return to the College Cup final.

Defensively, it will be difficult to improve on a stellar 2011 campaign. The Blue Devils achieved a preseason goal to set the school record for shutouts in a season, with 16. The core of the back line—Erin Koballa, Maddie Haller and Libby Jandl, along with goalkeeper Tara Campbell—has been together for three full seasons now after being thrown into the fire together as freshmen. Sophomores Natasha Anasi—the 2011 ACC defensive player of the year—and Alex Straton have also been tremendous additions to one of the most athletic back lines in the country.

Should redshirt junior Ashley Rape choose to return for her final year of eligibility following her third career knee surgery, the combination of talent, athleticism and experience among the defensive unit could be the best in the nation.

Perhaps all that defensive talent can take a page out

Duke’s long-standing reputation of deadly 3-point shooting will not end anytime soon.

The Blue Devils added another sharpshooter and their first commitment in the class of 2013 last Tuesday when Matt Jones—a 6-foot-4, 180-pound shooting guard—verbally committed to Duke over North Carolina, Arizona, Baylor, Texas and Kansas, among others.

“I am so excited,” Jones said. “I’m still in shock a little bit.”

Due to Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s obligations with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics, it was crucial for Duke to land an early commitment to get the ball rolling for its 2013 class.

Krzyzewski first saw Jones at the Lebron James camp this summer and a strong performance in Ohio attracted the Blue Devil staff to Jones. Jones also had a chance to meet Duke commit Rasheed Sulaimon at the camp and the two Texas natives have since become good friends. Jones visited Durham for Countdown to Craziness in October with Sulaimon. A fellow Texan himself, Sulaimon had been personally recruiting Jones to Duke for a while.

“I have definitely been in [Jones’] ear about the possibility of us joining forces in the future and having that Texas connection in Durham,” Sulaimon said in an interview with The Chronicle in early November.

The Blue Devil staff continued to evaluate Jones after the camp, and after a strong showing on the AAU circuit with his team—the Texas Titans—the five-star shooting guard picked up a scholarship offer. Jones was the first guard in the class of 2013 to receive a scholarship offer from the Blue Devils. Since the offer, Duke was always considered to be the leader for Jones.

“I think Duke behind the scenes has always been in really good shape [with Jones],” ESPNU’s senior basketball recruiting analyst Dave Telep said.

Jones visited North Carolina and Kansas, but ultimately decided he was ready to end the recruiting process early.

“I really respect [Krzyzewski] as a person, leader and coach,” Jones said. “At the end of the day, I saw the coach-

ing staff helping me become better on and off the court and I felt myself fitting in the program.”

Ranked 21st overall in the class of 2013 according to ESPNU, Jones has a high basketball IQ, an ability to create for himself and a lethal stroke from three-point range.

The five-star guard should thrive the Blue Devil’s perimeter orientated offensive attack. With Seth Curry and Andre Dawkins graduating in the spring of 2013 and the expected loss of Austin Rivers to the NBA, the addition of Jones will ensure that there is no lack of backcourt firepower in future years.

“It’s almost like [Duke has] established a role for guys like [Jones],” Telep said. “I see Jones being the replacement for Andre Dawkins.”

Jones’ early pledge not only gives the Blue Devils’ one of the best shooters in the class of 2013, but will also help Duke’s recruitment of Julius Randle—the No.2-ranked player in 2013-—who is Jones’ close friend and AAU teammate.

“We are really close, we are close as you can be. We go back since 4th or 5th grade,” Jones said. “In my opinion, I think Duke has a really good chance of getting [Randle]. That’s just my opinion, but at the same time he is still wide open.”

Randle—a 6-foot-9 power forward—possesses a rare combination of athleticism, skill and power that has every elite college basketball program salivating. The versatile lefty from Dallas, Texas is being heavily pursued by North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Texas and Baylor, among many others.

“I think Julius will wind up making his own decision, but we would be naïve to think that [Jones] isn’t a positive [for Duke’s recruitment of Randle],” Telep said. “I don’t think it’s a game-ender, but I think [Jones] certainly helps.”

With two Texans already on board, Sulaimon and Jones will do whatever they can to give Duke its third commit from the state. And if Jones and Sulaimon can lure the uber-talented Randle to Durham, the Texas trio could be the connection Duke needs for a future national championship.

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Kaitlyn Kerr, a sophomore, holds the Blue Devil program record with six career NCAA Tournament goals, five in 2011 alone.

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CLAXTON from page 6 of Stanford’s playbook as Duke pursues a title next year.

The Cardinal allowed a mere nine goals this season—and only one after the start of November.

The biggest step the Blue Devils need to take is to maintain consistency on the attack. After getting off to a hot start this year, Duke was plagued by stretches of ineffectiveness during the latter portion of the ACC schedule and into the postseason, scoring on less than 10 percent of its shots during that period. While this could be expected of a team starting almost exclusively freshmen and sophomores on the front line and in the midfield, there was no lack of opportunities on goal, as the Blue Devils averaged nearly 18 shots per game.

Those averages may sound impressive, but considering the volatility in Duke’s scoring output and the limited number of chances deep in tournament play, the squad will need to convert under pressure to return as one of the nation’s elite. The Blue Devils have the necessary talent, as they boast some of the most creative young players in the country, featuring forwards Mollie Pathman and Kelly Cobb, along with midfielder Kaitlyn Kerr. For the most part, the offensive inconsistencies down the stretch correlated with opposing teams placing their defensive focus on Cobb, one of the nation’s premier freshmen.

Kerr managed to pick up the slack and carry the scoring load in the postseason, but Duke will need to find balance offensively to relieve the pressure on Cobb and create high quality chances. Not unlike opening up the floor for a great shooter in basketball, developing complementary scorers limits an opponent’s ability to focus on one player, and gives coaches more options to create schemes that open up opportunities for Cobb— resulting in more high quality chances for the team’s best offensive threat.

The pressures Duke felt at the end of the season, especially in the losses to Stanford and to Wake Forest in the ACC tournament can be alleviated by more consistent play in the first half as well. The Blue Devils often seemed more cautious in the first half before taking on an aggressor’s mentality in the second half of games.

With more potent play from the opening whistle, it will

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be harder for teams to sit back and double team players like Cobb or Kerr, which should open the field for more quality opportunities.

While Duke will lose some of its speed with the losses of Chelsea Canepa and Molly Lester, the squad has tremendous depth up front among freshmen and sophomores. Head coach Robbie Church has built a program

that looks to be fit for success for the next several years, with multiple players that earned significant minutes this year at every position.

That experience should translate into another step forward for the program. With the experiences of this year behind them plus another full spring together, the Blue Devils should be in for a special season in 2012.

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Freshman Kelly Cobb led the Blue Devils in points with 11 goals—tied for the team-high—and nine assists in 25 games played.

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SPORTSMAN from page 1 Krzyzewski and Summit join Dean Smith and John Wooden as the only college basketball coaches to have won the award. Smith, the former North Carolina men’s basketball head coach, won just months after he unexpectedly announced his retirement in 1997. Wooden, the former UCLA men’s basketball head coach, was in the middle of his seventh straight national championship season when he was honored in 1972.

Summitt is the winningest coach in college basketball history on any level, having recorded 1,075 victories— along with eight national titles—with the Lady Volunteers.

Just before she entered her 38th season with Tennessee last August, Summitt announced she is suffering from early-onset dementia, though she plans to continue coaching for the indefinite future.

“Obviously, this is a tremendous honor,” Summitt said in a press release. “I am so privileged to share it with such a great coach in Mike Krzyzewski. During our careers, we have both been fortunate to work with so many talented student-athletes who were driven to excel both on and off the court.”

The two will be honored Tuesday night in Manhattan.

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DukeEngorge DukeEngage, established The primary factor contribonly four short years ago in uting to the ever-increasing 2007, has experienced an al- number of DukeEngagers on a most unprecedented rise to yearly basis is simply an increase prominence. In the 2011 sum- in student demand to particimer alone, more than 400 un- pate. Last year’s University apdergraduates plicant pool participated in reflected this, editorial domestic and as DukeEngage international projects. While surpassed men’s basketball as we laud the service-oriented the most cited reason for wantspirit and sense of civic en- ing to attend Duke. On-campus gagement instilled in the stu- student ambassadors for the dent body by DukeEngage, program are taking on an inwe caution against further creased role in publicizing perexpansion of the program. As sonal experiences and stimuDukeEngage Executive Direc- lating other students to follow tor Eric Mlyn noted, we will in their footsteps. More telling, arrive at a tipping point after the number of DukeEngage apwhich greater program size plicants increased 20 percent adversely affects DukeEngage between 2009 and 2010. quality. Today’s editorial will We question, however, the be the first in a two-part series true interests of a portion of that examines the program’s these applicants. While some— growth with a critical eye. perhaps a majority—are driven

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by a desire to undergo a transformational experience and immerse themselves in projects, a nontrivial minority pursues DukeEngage simply to garner an accolade to list on their resumes. Indeed, these pre-professionally minded students may view DukeEngage as a “safety option” (with an admissions rate of nearly 50 percent for certain programs) for a productive summer in comparison to highly competitive internships.

We advocate for a more selective admissions process across all programs. The efficacy of the DukeEngage goal— that is, to allow students to reflect on privileges afforded to them while inspiring them to extend these privileges to underserved communities—is severely diminished when all

participants are not properly motivated. A greater degree of selectivity is instrumental in filtering out resume-padding students. We recognize the need to offer DukeEngage to all genuinely interested students, but the integrity of the program must also be maintained.

Equally worth considering is the expansion-quality tradeoff that is inherent to scaling DukeEngage to additional locations. Students cite strong on-site faculty mentorship as one of the key components of a successful DukeEngage experience. Professors lend the necessary expertise and guidance to appropriately direct summer projects, which in turn incentivizes program participants to take the opportunity more seriously. It is unreasonable to expect students to integrate into

and affect new communities in eight short weeks without this institutional support, but this is precisely the plight that some DukeEngagers face in newer programs. Haphazardly extending DukeEngage simply in response to increased demand will necessarily reduce its value for students.

We fear that rapid expansion of the program without proportionately scaling faculty supporters or deterring uninspired participants may undermine its overall mission.

But sometimes, the issue might lie with the legitimacy, or lack thereof, of partner nongovernmental organizations. Indeed, DukeEngage’s ability to properly vet supporting organizations is one constraint on the program’s growth that we will discuss in tomorrow’s editorial.

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n this last column of the year, I would like to ing new year. I pray that many Americans will take share with you some of my new year hopes and this upcoming election as an opportunity for an wishes based on some of my personal reflec- in-depth soul search. I hope the election process tions on this retiring year. They are will provide us with a rich oppornot in any particular order, but I feel tunity to talk about real matters strongly about all of them. that most, if not all, Americans are I hope and I pray that Duke’s facing in these particularly difficult men and women’s basketball teams times. I hope we will not waste too will win the NCAA championship much time talking about trivial in this upcoming year. This will and sensational matters. Instead, I only strengthen the sports theolhope that this process will be a seogy to which I subscribe. I may be rious reflection on who we are as religiously, politically and socially abdullah antepli a nation and where we are vis-a-vie a COMMITTED inclusivist/plural- the land of delights our foundational ideals and aspiraist, but when it comes to college tions. I hope we will ask the right and wonders athletics, especially basketball, I kind of questions to those who are am a PROUD exclusivist. Accordinspired to lead us and insist on ing to my sports theology, I doctrinally believe getting the right kinds of answers from them. I that there is only one way to the truth, only one sincerely hope and pray, in this coming new year, way to receive salvation, one way to achieve en- that we will hear a lot more good news about our lightenment... and that’s through cheering for government, our economy, our foreign policy and the right tone of blue. I believe in the sanctity more importantly, about our secular democracy of Temple Cameron and choosiness of Coach and civic culture—because I for one am really K. I consider the people who are not fortunate sick and tired of hearing of one bad event after enough to cheer for the right tone of blue to be another. I don’t think I am alone in this scarred people astray and wish for them to find the right state of mind. path sooner or later. I am also happy to debate I hope and pray we will have a joyful farewell and discuss this sports theology with any one of party for the Class of 2012 in mid-May. Graduathem in any format and shape in which they feel tions have always been a bittersweet experience comfortable. I hope to elaborate this theology for me. It is simply difficult to say goodbye to so of mine through some scriptural and canonical many good friends, even though you are very backing in a separate column, but for now please happy and proud to see them flying out of their allow me to say my prayers: Go Blue Devils.

Duke nest and landing in many great destinaI hope and pray that we will have a more mean- tions. The upcoming graduation will be a particuingful and less destructive social life on Duke’s larly difficult one for me as I consider myself one campus. The tragic deaths of two seniors in two of the members of the Class of 2012. We arrived separate alcohol-related incidents were, by far, the at Duke together and had four rewarding years lowest moments for me in the last 12 months. I still together, filled with many rich conversations and often remember both of them, pray and grieve. adventures. I feel an important part of me will Whenever I see the cross on Academy Road, my graduate and leave with them, and maybe that’s heart aches. I grieve because of who they were and why I started breathing that bittersweet mode as how they died, but I grieve more strongly for who early as December. they could have become. The troubling incidents I have many more hopes and wishes, but The related to the existing drinking and partying cul- Chronicle wouldn’t give me enough space to ture on campus is not limited to these two tragic share them all with you. I will end with one of deaths. There is a much longer list of students the most central one: I hope and pray that every who were shuttled to the ER, went or are still single member of the Duke community and their going through certain disciplinary trials, health loved ones’ lives, health, finances, knowledge and challenges, deteriorating relationships, slipping relationships will improve in this new year—that grades and more.... I hope and pray that the Duke they all will be showered by grace and glory more community will not be wounded again by similar so than in those years past. Have a very successheartbreaking incidents, we will learn the lessons ful finals period and restful but rewarding winter of the past and more importantly everyone will do break, everyone! their part to promote and sustain a healthier culture on this beautiful campus.

Abdullah Antepli is the Muslim Chaplain and an I also really hope, as Americans, we will have a adjunct faculty of Islamic Studies. This is his final colfruitful presidential election process in this com- umn of the semester.

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ast year, I helped found an SLG, The Nexus, voter ID laws that disproportionately disenfranchise desiring to create an alternative sort of social vulnerable groups and campaign finance laws that space on campus, a gender-neutral group dedi- distort electoral outcomes. It also means that we must cated to ideas, to exploration and to an reject intolerant laws, like the proposed environment of true equality. One seN.C. Anti-Marriage Amendment. mester in, I live with 26 engaging indiThe American Dream is also about viduals—not all of whom exactly agree the ability to succeed, regardless of the about what The Nexus ought to be. I stature of your parents, both at the level used to find it trivial when politicians of individuals and at the level of society or commentators invoked the Founding writ large. Think, for a moment, about Fathers, wondering why the opinions of how radical it was that America coma few men dead for two centuries ought pletely eliminated landed titles. In the elena botella to constrain our country or even inform words of Jefferson, a principle of imhead-to-head its rhetoric. I feel much more sympathy perative importance to government be now. Over 230 years ago, a group of peothat “every generation [come] equally, democrat ple found enough wrong with the state by the laws of the Creator of the world, of the rest of the world that they wanted to the free possession of the earth he to start their own country; though filing out HDRL pa- made for their subsistence, unencumbered by their perwork can be frustrating, it is, obviously, nothing predecessors, who, like them, were but tenants for like risking your life on the battlefield. life.” How does this principle translate to contempoSo beyond broad and general questions that in- rary politics? It means we ought to be incredibly conform governance (e.g. Is this a good idea? Do we have cerned by decreasing levels of socioeconomic mobila clear grasp of the consequences it would have? It is ity for individuals. At the level of whole generations, cost-effective?), maybe we should be thinking clear- we must protect the environment and control our ly about what distinguishes our nation from others, debt so that our children won’t be forced into paying about the values and the ideals that led us to split off for our mistakes. from England in the first place—to me, that’s what I’ve spoken a bit about what the American Dream the “American Dream” is. I see two things as espe- is, but I know my list was not exhaustive, so it is helpcially key to the American Dream, both of which need ful to deliberately consider what the American Dream our continual support and attention: the ability to is not. Crass materialism or a desire for personal participate in government with equal footing, and the wealth don’t follow from our Founding Fathers’ lofty ability to succeed in society regardless of the stature ideals. The vision of two people buying a 2,700 square of our parents. foot home, having 1.8 kids and a dog and driving 24.3 The American Dream is the ability to participate in minutes to work so they can buy a big screen TV or government with equal footing. The American Dream a pool has put our nation’s fundamental well-being has been advanced by social movements demanding in enormous jeopardy, and helps in part to explain the inclusion and representation of disempowered almost every ill facing our country. The fact that this groups: Women’s Suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, vision was enshrined into law, through the mortgage DREAM-ers and LBGT activists, among others. I worry interest deduction, through continued massive exthat people confuse the fundamentally American no- penditures on roadways relative to mass transit, and tion of freedom to participate in government with the through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was an impornotion of freedom from government. Our Declaration tant contributing factor to the financial meltdown. It of Independence never objected to taxation general- has also made Americans fatter, less likely to know ly; it objected to taxation without representation. You their neighbors and pushed the globe ever-closer to can debate the benefits of “free market” thinking on environmental collapse. As a nation, in many ways, its own basis but you can’t expect corroboration from our stars rise and fall together. The pioneers knew the Founding Fathers; Alexander Hamilton endorsed this as they ventured west in wagon trains, forming massive manufacturing subsidies, and on the oppo- governments and writing laws even before leaving site side of the day’s political aisle, Thomas Jefferson Eastern cities. We hear often about American indifamously said “banking establishments are more dan- vidualism, but collectivism is an American tradition gerous than standing armies.” What does the ability just as old. I continue to dream of all of the things our to participate in government mean today? It means nation can accomplish—together. to fulfill the American Dream, we need to vigorously protect the voting rights of our entire population, Elena Botella is a Trinity junior and the co-president of which are under attack by egregious gerrymandering, Duke Democrats. This is her final column of the semester.

lettertotheeditor During my time at Duke, I was one of the Duke Student Government members who fought to bring Chick-fil-A to campus (in addition to McDonald’s, Noah’s Bakery and Jimmy John’s on points). However, my most memorable activities were with the Gothic Queers (LGBTQIA organization) and Black Student Alliance. During my senior year, we took a stand against the practice of not allowing samesex unions at the Duke Chapel. These discussions were naturally circular and did not move quickly, similar to dialogue on any historical institutionalized prejudicial practice. One can look how rights are won by chipping away at the organizations and cultural standards that have led to racism, sexism and homophobia.

No, we were not Gandhi, M.L. King, Susan B. Anthony or Harvey Milk and Larry Kramer. We were simply students who still cared to make a difference when our institutional leaders would not. It saddens me to think that Duke has not remained a leader in righting a wrong done by the “old” folks of my era.

In 1997 and 1998, (feel free to check DSG minutes), the big question was whether or not Duke would invite Wendy’s or McDonald’s to campus. Wendy’s was a fan favorite, plus the founder R. David Thomas (aka the RDT Center at Fuqua) was still alive and

contributing to our business school. He was the Dan Cathy of fast food of that era. However, RDT’s politically far-right religious preferences kept his daughter’s namesake restaurant out of the Union. Why? Duke students took a stand against an -ism. Nothing big. Not worthy of The News & Observer. You don’t like gays. We don’t like you. Nothing personal.

Now, there was quite a hubbub when Amir Rashid-Farokhi wrote a DSG statement against the ban on same-sex marriages at the Duke Chapel moved forward after our graduation in 2000. By the way, Amir is a straight man who just thought it was a bit silly that he could get married at Duke and I couldn’t. Anyway, guess what? North Carolina is now in the middle of fight on the ban of samesex marriages in the state. Please see the Equality N.C. Movement.

Duke students should be the local leaders of grass-roots equality movements on all fronts in the state. You are the leaders of tomorrow so you might as well practice leading today.

“Chick-fil-A is anti-gay. At Duke? No-way!”

Akel Robinson, Trinity ’00 President, Duke LGBT Alumni Network (DukeLAN) ’05-’08

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hen my great-great-grandfather Dominic Reach walked out of the Ellis Island Immigration Station with all his earthly possessions on his back and a brand new last name, he must have doubted the future that lay before him under Lady Liberty’s shadow. Far from the Old World and its familiar sights william reach and smells, he came to head-to-head a young nation which had just begun to flex republican its growing industrial strength.

Eventually my ancestor became a day-laborer in a rock quarry, where apparently he earned the wages of two men, since he was capable of doing twice the work of the average man. Unfortunately, not much else remains to chronicle what type of life Dominic found for himself in the New World.

I am deeply humbled every time I consider the courage it must have taken for my ancestor to leave his home for an unknown land thousands of miles away. It is almost unimaginable to think that millions of Americans shared his courage, pulled across the ocean by the hope of a brighter future. We have come to call this hope the American Dream. Though the definition of the American Dream has varied somewhat over the years, hope for a better life has always remained at the core of its meaning.

The dream is uniquely American due to the political and economic space around which our government was built. Its most enduring defense is that penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: that all men are created equal, and entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Those few words distill the essence of the environment which has allowed dreamers to come and find refuge on American soil. The pursuit of happiness through private property has allowed generations of American men and women to accrue the fruits of their labor and pass on their accomplishments and stories to their children. Liberty allowed them to make their own choices, appropriating their own time and resources to pursuits they deemed worthy.

And political equality ensured that no American could unjustly use the apparatus of government to oppress his fellow man.

Fulfilling the American Dream clearly isn’t about perfection—it’s about improving ourselves and moving forward. Our history reflects our mistakes as a nation, one riddled with moral contradictions and injustices like racism, intolerance and sexism. But through strength of will, vision and the leadership of men and women willing and able to tackle the impossible, we continue to make the American Dream accessible to all.

Most of all, the American Dream is about having a fighting chance for a better life. The opportunity to better oneself has proven a siren song for people the world over, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Our constitution has preserved the political and economic freedom that gives everyone this chance. We must zealously guard our liberty and do our best to protect it.

As a nation, we are currently facing some very tough challenges: crushing government debt, a sour economy and an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment, just to name a few. For the first time in history, Americans believe that the next generation will have a worse life than their own.

Times are tough, injustice abounds and the future may look dimmer, but the resilient spirit that freedom breeds will endure. The challenges are great, yes; but so also is the American ability to dream and overcome. Our ancestors have dealt with far greater challenges and prevailed. As long as we protect the freedoms from which opportunity springs, the American Dream will endure.

William Reach is a Trinity junior. This is his final column of the semester.

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