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Winter Forum illuminates problems facing refugees

Experts dispute implications of hydrofracking by Andrew Luo THE CHRONICLE

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Muslim Chaplain Abdullah Antepli and Rwandan refugee Innocent Justice speak at the 2012 Winter Forum at the Fuqua School of Business. by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE

Although a majority of Duke students spent the final days of winter break settling back into campus, about 100 students instead dedicated their time to learning about an issue that affects more than 360 million people worldwide. At this year’s Winter Forum, titled “Refugees, Rights, Resettlement,” stu-

dents focused on displacement: the involuntary movement of people from the places they call home. Bringing together academics, humanitarian leaders, policy makers and students, the forum included a series of events and speakers discussing problems that accompany displacement and the resettlement processes. “The goal [was] to essentially walk students through the life course of ref-

ugees from initial displacement to the point of a state of warehousing [in refugee camps]... or to repatriation or resettlement... highlighting ethical challenges along the way,” said Suzanne Shanahan, associate director for the Kenan Institute for Ethics, which hosted the Winter Forum this year. “We’re trying to energize students around the

Despite its contribution to economic growth, the controversial process of “fracking” poses serious environmental risks, nationally acclaimed experts said Monday. Advocates and critics from environmental protection groups and research institutions gathered at the Reynolds Industries Theater for a workshop on the implications of fracking—a technique that extracts natural gas deposits by pumping water and chemicals deep into shale rock formations. The event was sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum at the School of Law, and it was funded by the National Science Foundation. Hydraulic fracturing and shale gas development has garnered national attention because of the process’s association with methane and water contamination. “Shale gas exploitation through fracking may save America from foreign oil, but it seems to cause methane contamination in the Appalachian basin,” said Avner Vengosh, professor of earth and ocean sciences at the Nicholas School. “Sustainable and long-term shale gas developments will need to accommodate the environmental issues associated with shale gas drilling and fracking.” More than 15 million gallons of water per day are being used for fracking, Vengosh said. He noted that private wells located within one kilometer of a shale gas site typically have higher

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Potti letter addresses scandal Former researcher calls Rhodes controversy a misunderstanding

Peers question Potti’s defense of research and clinical care

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In an application to practice medicine in South Carolina, former Duke researcher Dr. Anil Potti wrote that calling himself a Rhodes Scholar on his curriculum vitae was an honest mistake stemming from a cultural misunderstanding. The once renowned Duke doctor resigned from the University November 2010 following accusations that he had exaggerated his credentials on grant applications. Potti, who joined a medical practice with offices in South Carolina after leaving Duke, wrote in his application to Anil Potti the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners that he was nominated for a “Rhodes Scholarship from the Australian Board” in 1995 while he was in medical school in India. Pottti wrote that the reason he later called himself a Rhodes Scholar was

Critics say Dr. Anil Potti was arguably misleading in describing the errors in his cancer research when applying for a medical license in South Carolina, where the practice he now works for is headquartered. In the past year, the former Duke cancer researcher and his coauthors have retracted eight academic papers, citing data corruption issues and the inability of other experts to replicate the results. At the time of its publishing, the research was considered potentially groundbreaking because it claimed to demonstrate the ability to genetically predict which cancer patients would respond to specific types of chemotherapy. When Potti applied to practice medicine in South Carolina in January 2011, he described the controversy surrounding his research in a letter to the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners as involving “two academic rival groups,” one at Duke and

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Hannah Wiseman, a professor at Florida State University, speaks about the legal regulations surrounding fracking.

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Nicotine-replacing gums and patches like those from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer failed to help smokers who quit the habit stay off cigarettes, even when used with professional counseling, a study found. Researchers surveying 781 former smokers found almost one-third relapsed even after using nicotine replacement products. Scientists said the results cast doubt on the long-term benefit of products like Pfizer’s Nicotrol inhaler and GlaxoSmithKline’s NicoDerm CQ patch and Nicorette gum, leaders in a market worth $1.2 billion annually, according to IMS Health, a research firm. The Food and Drug Administration should only approve products that have been shown to help smokers quit and stay off cigarettes for years, said researcher Gregory Connolly, director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control at Harvard School of Public Health, in a statement.

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HUD renews funds for homeless services by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE

In a nation struggling to provide more affordable housing, the Department of Housing and Urban Development continues to acknowledge Durham’s fight to end homelessness. HUD awarded $426,837 in renewed grant funding Dec. 20 to four homeless service providers within Durham’s Continuum of Care—a federal program that encourages coordinated efforts among local organization to reduce homelessness. This funding represents roughly half of the total federal funding that will be granted to Durham in the next fiscal year, said Lloyd Schmeidler, a project manager for the city of Durham. HUD determines Durham’s annual eligibility for federal funding by using a formula that measures the demonstrated need of the homeless community, the effectiveness of local service providers and either private or public monetary support from the community. Ryan Fehrman, executive director of local shelter Genesis Home, said organizations know how much money they will receive only after Durham’s need is measured against the national demand. This year, HUD granted $1.47 billion in renewed funding to more than 7,100 homeless programs nationally. He added that Genesis Home met or exceeded HUD’s standards in every category of measurement for funding. “The federal government is relying on us to tell them what the need is, and we do our best to identify how many homeless people

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we have and communicate that to HUD,” Schmeidler said. Reginald Johnson, interim director of Durham’s Community Development Department, is responsible for organizing the city’s various housing assistance programs. He said the federal government is crucial to the support of the homeless community. “One big role they play is financial,” Johnson said, noting that homelessness is a both a regional and national concern. “The federal government also affects nationwide policy in support of those who are homeless.” The federal funds allotted to Durham will go toward transitional housing programs, which target individuals who are homeless for a short period of time, as well as permanent supportive housing programs, which make long-term housing available for individuals deemed chronically homeless. ‘Tug of war’ The renewed federal grants largely support permanent supportive housing programs that aim to curb chronic homelessness in particular. Terry Allebaugh, executive director for Housing for New Hope, said the $45,911 given to his organization will go toward a 20 unit project of permanent supportive housing on North Elizabeth Street made available to chronically homeless individuals. Although chronically homeless people often make up 10 to 20 percent of the total transient population, research shows that they use more than 50 percent of total

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An SUV crashed into a stone tower at an entrance to East Campus Union Drive along Buchanan Boulevard Jan. 3. The vehicle flipped over and sustained damage, but the driver was uninjured.

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Media ride-alongs with ALE a standard practice by Raisa Chowdhury THE CHRONICLE

When ALE comes to crash a party, the media may not be far behind. Local media outlets can request to accompany Alcohol Law Enforcement officers during routine nightly operations. The news ride-alongs are similar analysis to the ones that other law enforcement agencies, such as the police, make available to the public. Last November, several students in Duke’s Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity were cited for underage drinking at Mt. Fuji. Local station NBC-17 covered the incident in a Nov. 22 newscast titled, “Duke frat members charged in Durham ALE sting.” Although the video clip has since been removed from its website, NBC-17’s coverage of the incident raises questions about the ethical considerations of media outlets accompanying state agencies during routine operations. Ride-alongs with law enforcement have been standard for years, Jonathan Carlson, a reporter at NBC-17 who covered the November sting, wrote in a Dec. 11 email. “We were simply accompanying agents as they did their job,” Carlson said. “Filming news footage on public property is and has always been perfectly legal and ethical.... We showed our viewers exactly what happened when agents did their job.” Carlson added that NBC-17’s coverage was not sensationalized. Jason Clough, executive producer of content at NBC-17, could not be reached for comment Dec. 10. “ALE agents save lives by curtailing underage drinking, and we felt it would be informative to highlight what these state

agents do,” Carlson said. Carlson said NBC-17 requested to do a ride-along because the station felt the topic of underage drinking was timely and important as the days leading up to Thanksgiving are traditionally the most active for underage drinking. Ken Rogerson, director of undergraduate studies for the Sanford School of Public Policy, declined to comment on NBC-17’s coverage of the incident, but said generally ride-alongs can be ethical because they are broadcasting actions that should be part of the public record. “Every news organization has its own internal code of ethics,” Rogerson said. “ALE is a public institution so a lot of ALE’s activities should be public record. Whether [the media] ride-along has more to do with the organization’s policies. One of the reasons why there might be an issue is if there’s a minor involved.” ALE’s operations may have contributed to the reduced number of alcohol violations off campus. In the last three academic years, the number of students cited for alcohol-related issues off campus decreased from 115 to 85 and then 81. A major emphasis of ALE—a division of the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety—is protecting youth by enforcing underage drinking laws. “As to why the statistics show a downward trend off-campus, my hypothesis is that students are more aware that... ALE, [Alcoholic Beverage Control] and Durham Police are patrolling the areas in which students socialize, and therefore students are being more careful about the decisions they make once they leave campus,” SEE ALE ON PAGE 8

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In the past three academic years, the number of citations for off-campus alcohol-related issues has dropped from 115 to 81 in the previous year.

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Romney wins second primary by Karen Tumulty THE WASHINGTON POST

MANCHESTER, N.H. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cruised as expected to an easy victory in Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Hampshire primary, going two for two in the nominating contests so far and reinforcing his standing as the man to beat for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas finished second, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman placed third on the strength of the votes of independents and moderates. On a night when exit polls showed his supportersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top concern was beating President Barack Obama, Romney delivered a speech to a room full of cheering supporters that focused on what he called â&#x20AC;&#x153;the disappointing record of a failed presidentâ&#x20AC;? rather than the rest of the GOP field. In his only reference to his primary opponents and the intensified criticism they are aiming his way, Romney decried â&#x20AC;&#x153;some desperate Republicans,â&#x20AC;? whom he claimed have joined forces with Obama. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is such a mistake for our party and for our nation,â&#x20AC;? Romney added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We must offer an alternative vision.â&#x20AC;? What the results left unclear, however, is who, if anyone, might emerge as the conservative alternative to Romney. Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who finished a mere eight votes behind Romney in Iowa, failed to translate that into the surge he had hoped for in New Hampshire. Nor did former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has been blistering in his criticism of Romney. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who had all but abandoned the state, finished at the back of the pack of major contenders. The race moves south to what promises to be a brutal fight in South Carolina, where if Romney prevails in the third contest in a row Jan. 21, he might be all but unstoppable for the nomination. Early exit-poll numbers, which did not count evening voters, suggest the electorate was more independent than in Republican contests in 2008, 2000 or 1996. By party identification, nearly half of early voters say they identify as independents, with more than four in 10 of all voters officially registered as undeclared. SEE ROMNEY ON PAGE 6

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FRACKING from page 1 methane levels than others. These risks bring into question the long-term ecological and health effects of fracking. Michael Parker, technical advisor at ExxonMobil Production Company, represented the energy industry at the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One thing we want to emphasize is that the usage of nonconventional resources in our energy forecast is very significant,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Parker, technical advisor at ExxonMobil Production Company. According to ExxonMobilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy outlook model that was presented at the event, oil and natural gas will account for approximately 60 percent of energy usage, while coal will decline by more than 10 percent by 2040. With this increased usage of non-conventional energy resources like oil and natural gas, it is important to reap the economic benefits in a way that is safe and viable at the same time, Parker said. The dangers of methane emissions from shale gas are disputed, said Robert Howarth, David R. Atkinson professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University. According to a 2011 study published by Howarth, shale gas has a higher methane emission value than conventional gas per unit of lower heating value, ranging from 0.55 to 1.2 and 0.26 to 0.96, respectively. He also noted that although the Environmental Protection Agency released a report with similar results, a subsequent article claimed instead that conventional and shale gas had the same amount of methane emissions. From another standpoint, laws and statutes play a large role in implementation and regulation of fracking sites, said Hannah Wiseman, assistant professor at Florida State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of Law. Federal laws, such as the

Clean Water Act, work to protect the environment and endangered wildlife, and state laws regulate the construction process, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;States have the primary effect of deciding the construction of the well itself,â&#x20AC;? Wiseman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For example, in New York, the well pad has to be 150 feet from a stream to prevent contamination.â&#x20AC;? After considering the different facets of the controversial issue, the next step is to find a long-term solution to the problem, said Susan Christopherson, professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. The local costs caused by shale gas drilling and the changes in the industrial landscape are all areas that need to be assessed, she noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rocket scienceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the long-term outcomes in the places we are drilling are not favorable,â&#x20AC;? Christopherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unanticipated costs arise, and there is evidence of poor economic outcomes in resource-dependent regions.â&#x20AC;? One example of added costs is accelerated road maintenance caused by the influx of trucks in shale gas drilling areas, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fracking is a truck-heavy industry, averaging 1,000 truck trips per well site,â&#x20AC;? Christopherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The toll on the roads due to heavy truck traffic, along with weather damage, adds to the cost of drilling.â&#x20AC;? Some of the proposed policies to alleviate the fracking issue include slowing down the drilling process through regulatory action. The goal is to minimize public anxiety and to enhance peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understanding of the drilling procedures, Christopherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be proactive in planning ways to use the resources from fracking for regional economic development,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are all viable solutions to create sustainable well sites.â&#x20AC;?

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RHODES from page 1 because he did not realize this was not “the real Rhodes Scholarship”—the prestigious program in which recipients study at the University of Oxford—because coming from India he was unaware of the difference. “Please understand that I am not trying to make excuses,” Potti wrote in the letter Jan. 20, which was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and first published by The Cancer Letter, a publication run by Paul Goldberg, Trinity ’81. “I will be the first to admit that I made a mistake but only hope that you will see that it was an unintentional mistake and never done to gain unfair advantage.” The full text of the letter can be viewed on The Chronicle’s website. This communication represents Potti’s only public rebuttal to the allegations because he has not spoken to the media. The full story? Potti wrote that he attached this letter to his application to the South Carolina Medical Board to be “completely transparent.” He was apologetic about the mistakes and called the situation embarrassing. Duke, however, does not believe that Potti gave an accurate account of the University’s findings from its investigation of his curriculum vitae and biographical sketch. At one point in this letter, Potti wrote that Duke concluded that the errors on his resume, which were not limited to the Rhodes Scholarship claim, were “of concern” but were “honest errors and did not constitute scientific misconduct.” The University contends that this was not the case. “Duke does not agree with Dr. Potti’s characterization of Duke’s conclusions following the investigation of his CV issues,” Associate University Counsel Ann Bradley wrote in an email Jan. 3.

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Bradley did not comment further on the matter. Provost Peter Lange—who led Duke’s review of Potti’s credentials and found what the University called “issues of substantial concern”—declined to comment, citing the school’s policy of not speaking about personnel matters. Duke did explain its issues with this characterization in another recent incident. In November, the North Carolina Medical Board, which regulates medicine and surgery in the state, publicly reprimanded Potti for unprofessional conduct. In that instance, Duke disagreed with the board’s similar recollection of the University’s investigation. Bradley wrote in a letter to the NCMB that the idea that the errors were careless and honest with no intention to mislead only applied to a specific part of the review in which Duke was trying to determine whether or not federal research misconduct had occurred. “In fact, the inquiry committee evaluating the research matter also noted that ‘the sheer number of errors’ in Dr. Potti’s biosketches and CVs was a serious concern,” Bradley wrote to the NCMB in December. “To suggest... that Duke concluded there were some inaccuracies, all the result of carelessness and honest errors with no intention to mislead, is inaccurate.” The board has since revised its reprimand to reflect Duke’s statement. The other Rhodes The “Rhodes Scholarship from the Australian Board” does exist, two individuals recently confirmed. Gerry Donnelly, vice president for institutional research at the Canada-based First Energy Capital, and Keith Skene, a lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland, both confirmed in emails that they previously were recipients of the award. The scholarship fund brings a student who lives in a Commonwealth country to Australia to conduct research related to a higher degree,

according to information provided by on the University of Melbourne’s website. It awards up to approximately $20,000 to its recipient, which Skene said is selected every other year. Skene noted that there is confusion between this award and the unrelated scholarship that brings students to Oxford. Many senior academics in Australia and a top professor from the University of Cambridge have, in his experience, referred, to the award as a Rhodes Scholarship, he added. “Whether to refer to it as a Rhodes Scholarship or not was extremely unclear when I was the recipient,” Skene said. “It was only later that I discovered that this title could not be used.” About 20 months ago, he wrote a letter to the scholarship organization to express concern over the confusion it promotes. Skene said he has not since seen efforts to clarify the situation. David Cookson, the Melbourne academic listed as the contact person for the scholarship, is on leave and could not be reached for comment. Remaining questions Confirmation that this award exists does not answer all questions regarding Potti’s Rhodes Scholarship claim. In July 2010, The Cancer Letter broke the allegations that Potti had falsified his resume, citing numerous grants and biosketches in which Potti called himself a Rhodes Scholar followed with “Australia” in parentheses or “Australian Board” following the award. In those applications, many of which The Cancer Letter has published, Potti does not make it clear that he was a nominee and not a recipient of that award, though in his letter Potti wrote that he was a nominee. Moreover, Potti wrote in the letter last January that the Ministry of Defense in India congratulated him on being “the nominee

from India” for the award. It remains unclear what it meant for Potti to represent the country. Skene said that at least in the United Kingdom, there was no limit to the number of applicants who could apply. He added that he has no recollection of regional selection for the award but noted he could not confirm this definitively.

ROMNEY from page 5 With his expected win coming a week after a photo-finish victory in the Iowa caucuses, Romney was the first nonincumbent Republican to win the first two contests on the modern nominating calendar. “Tonight we made history!” Romney declared when he took the stage. For Romney, there was also the additional satisfaction of victory in a state where he suffered a five-point loss to Sen. John McCain of Arizona in 2008, dealing a blow from which Romney’s campaign that year never recovered. Even before the polls closed Tuesday, Romney’s opponents sought to play down a first-place finish by a candidate who had served as governor of neighboring Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and who has a vacation home in New Hampshire. “He's a home boy,” Huntsman said of Romney during a morning interview on MSNBC. “I mean, he’s been here for a whole lot of years.” Huntsman, however, had staked virtually everything on making a strong showing in New Hampshire. He skipped the Iowa caucuses so that he could focus almost exclusively on the second contest, in hopes for a breakout moment that has thus far eluded him.

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use their methods. We were trying to see if we could reproduce their results—we failed.” Potti could not be reached for comment.

another at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, which is located in Texas and first questioned the validity of Potti’s research. Keith Baggerly, one of the MD Anderson biostatisticians who discovered the errors in the Potti papers, said this characterization is potentially misleading because it makes clearcut problems with the research sound like an unresolved scuffle. “It was being described as an academic debate when we thought that the main issues were ones of, ‘Were the labels correct?’ which is not really all that abstract of an issue, and it’s also an issue about which there isn’t legitimate debate,” Baggerly said. “It’s right or wrong. You got it right or you didn’t.... If one side is retracting papers, that’s pretty clearly an acknowledgement that that one was wrong.” Baggerly and his collaborator and fellow biostatician, Kevin Coombes, began checking the research’s methods because doctors at MD Anderson found the results of one of the first papers promising and hoped to use the findings to treat their own patients once their validity had been confirmed. In the January 2011 letter, Potti wrote that the “rivalry” dated back more than four years. This was around the time that Coombes and Baggerly first began checking the work following the publication of a study in Nature Medicine. “We never viewed this as a rivalry,” Coombes said. “They published papers, we wanted to

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fairs, told The Chronicle shortly after Potti’s November 2010 resignation that the trials “should not have been done.” Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, confirmed Tuesday that the University has reached settlements with a number of the families of patients who were involved in those trials. Baggerly said he disagrees with Potti’s comment that no issues were raised about his clinical work. “Certainly near the end of [the trials] in 2010, many of the objections we were raising were based on concerns that patients might not be being treated appropriately,” Baggerly said. “So those were concerns associated with patient care, and those were ones we definitely had.” Misconduct review ongoing Duke’s evaluation of Potti’s research and the

grants he obtained continues to move forward. As Potti noted in his letter to the South Carolina Medical Board, this investigation, which began in the summer of 2010, is expected to take between two and three years to complete. Dzau said he has kept a distance from the committee in order to allow it to function without his influence but that he received an update that the members are making good progress and are getting closer to making potential recommendations. “Timeline-wise, I don’t know, but I understand they are making good progress, which means it might not be as long as one would think,” he said. When the committee presents its findings to Dzau, he will then decide how Duke should proceed. “I can pledge you an absolute commitment that we will do the right thing,” Dzau said.

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Israel is associated with political conflict, and is shadowed both by WWII and by ongoing conflict with Palestinians and neighboring countries. This course focuses on Israeli politics from the angle of sexuality and gender. Focusing on sexuality and gender will allow us to see the connections between sexual difference and other forms of difference, such as ethnic, national, class and religious difference. We will examine Israeli contexts by thinking about concepts of origin and representation through the figures of Jew and woman, and their relations to other figures of difference. Doing so will bring us to questions about the relation between individual and group, and to questions about the concept of Israel as a Jewish state and as a liberal democracy.

WST 150S.03 Violent Acts: Race/Nation/Gender Johanna Schuster-Craig WF 11:40AM – 12:55 PM The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe and Russia was known in Germany as the “peaceful” revolution. Reuniﬁcation and democratization, however, was anything but: the 1990s saw attacks against foreigners in Germany, and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia and the intensiﬁcation of anti-Muslim sentiment across Western Europe. Although blatant racism and xenophobia became less acceptable after the World War II, more subtle forms of discrimination are facts of the political landscape. Social disad-vantage, institutional discrimination and abuses of power are examples of how majority or dominant cultures exclude groups from full social, economic and political participation. How do understandings of race, gender and nation shape the forms that violence takes? What is the difference between racism and discrimination?

WST 165 Gender and Political Theory Kathi Weeks MW 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM This course explores feminist analyses of and engagements with some of the canonical texts and traditional concepts of Western political theory. We will investigate some of the ways that feminists have contributed to, challenged, and revised the terms of some of the key conceptual and political debates in political theory: Does taking gender into account transform how we understand the individual, political agency, and freedom? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the categories that feminists have added to some of these debates in political theory? If politics is about power, how does power work and what counts as a power relation? Attention will be devoted to debates about the possibilities and limits of classical liberal political theory, focusing on feminist appropriations and critiques of the liberal subject. Is the ﬁgure of the rational, autonomous, rights-bearing individual a gendered construct? Drawing on different traditions of political theorizing, feminists propose a variety of alternatives.

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FORUM from page 1 refugee situation and think creatively with them... to create positive change. The forum opened with a play demonstrating the plight of Iraqi refugees and featured panel discussions that ranged from the role of religious organizations in resettlement and the causes behind refugee aid failure. Kenan hosted the three-day conference, which was also sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Provost’s Office. The forum—Duke’s third annual—changes its theme and host each year to focus on a particular global issue, in this case the plight of refugees. Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, said people can be displaced for many different reasons, which leads to the pervasiveness of the issue. “Displacement... can be because of conflict, it can be because of economic issues, [or because of] disasters,” Nowicki said. “The idea is to not just talk about it but to then give students real problems to work on.” Forum participant Christine Delp, a freshman, said her interest in the program was sparked by her participation in the Ethics, Leadership and Global Citizenship Focus cluster, also organized by the Kenan Institute. Delp added that the matter of displaced people and their rights is not as distant as people may think. “Durham has a lot of Bhutanese, Burmese, Iraqi and Somalian refugees,” Delp said. “They live primarily in one apartment complex in Durham, and they only get six months of aid from the government, so they always need help.” She said she hopes that the Winter Forum group becomes more involved with the Durham refugee community.

Discussing Duke’s efforts to get students engaged in the world in many different ways with programs like DukeEngage, Nowicki said the forum was developed to get students involved outside of Duke’s campus. “We have a lot of students who do study abroad, we have DukeEngage and so forth and this was seen as another prong in our efforts to make our educational program here really connected to the world and to real problems,” he said. Only 110 of the 250 applicants were accepted to attend the forum, marking an increase in student interest in the program. In order to meet increasing demand for the forum, Nowicki said he has considered having more than one forum per year, either at the same time or during different semesters. Nowicki attributed the success of the forum to the students and their relentless dedication to the program. “The interesting thing is each of the three Winter Forums have been on different topics,” he said. “Each one, although different, has captured an energy, which is what I think is remarkable about Duke students [and the program].” Delp said the forum taught her a lot about the complications surrounding current solutions to the refugee problem and giving aid to displacement camps. Calling the forum intellectually stimulating, she said the event brought to light the issues in a much more vibrant way than what she has experienced in the classroom. “It [was] really intense, but a good kind of intense,” Delp said. Nowicki added that there are beginning discussions of hosting next year’s forum at Duke University Marine Lab and focusing on environmental challenges concerning the ocean.

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ALE from page 4 Christine Pesetski, assistant dean for offcampus and mediation services, wrote in a Jan. 6 email. Jeff Lasater, special agent in charge for ALE in the Triangle Area, said ALE primarily focuses on investigating places with ABC permits like restaurants, bars and convenience stores. Agents routinely investigate places with alcohol permits in their assigned county two or three nights per week. Lasater added that ALE does not typically conduct undercover operations on Duke’s campus, but it is something the agency could do at the University’s request. Regarding ALE’s November sting, Lasater said some students were cited and have court dates, but nothing about the incident was out of the ordinary. The special agents went into Mt. Fuji because

they saw some young people entering the location, but Lasater said it was a routine check. NBC-17’s newscast of ALE’s November sting identified a student by name and showed several of the fraternity members’ faces. On his Facebook page, Carlson advertised the newscast as an “EXCLUSIVE” in which “students... placed under arrest... others... cited... accused of everything from threatening police... to underage drinking. We capture members of one of Duke University’s biggest fraternities... partying at a local bar.” Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, who serves as advisor to Alpha Epsilon Pi, said Duke did not intervene in any way following the incident other than the Office of Student Conduct’s set procedures. “All the Duke students were cooperative that night. ALE did not have problems at Mt. Fuji. Everyone was nice and cooperative and polite,” Lasater said.

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HUD from page 3 funds allotted to homeless programs. Accordingly, HUD has continually funded programs like Housing for New Hope that maintain permanent supportive housing. Allebaugh said the true value of federal funds lies in their ability to leverage private funds. According to HUD guidelines, for every federal dollar granted to a community, the community must match a certain percentage of funding. Matching policies such as HUDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incentivize local communities to take an active role in supporting homeless services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we apply for federal funding, we have to show private and public funding as well from the community,â&#x20AC;? Allebaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One dollar leverages another. It is not all the federalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility but rather both sectors working together to making these programs sustainable.â&#x20AC;? HUD also awarded Genesis Home $175,000 of funding for its Family Matters Program, which provides transitional housing for homeless families. With HUD funds representing roughly a third of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total operating costs,

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Fehrman said Genesis Home recalibrates its budget annually based on how much federal funding becomes available. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are playing a game of tug of war from the federal government,â&#x20AC;? Fehrman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I absolutely do not think it is the responsibility for the federal government to pay for everything, but I do think that the government does have a responsibility to help those who are in need, especially when those who are in need are children.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Next to impossibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; With discussions on a national level leaning toward decreasing spending on programs such as the Continuum of Care, Ferhman said Genesis Home has been working to reduce its reliance on public funding since he joined the organization in 2005. Reaching out to local businesses, the faith community and other private entities, Genesis Home has roughly reduced the share of their budget coming from public dollars from 60 percent in 2005 to 45 percent currently. Fehrman added that given the state of the economy, other causes in the community are steep competition in raising funds for homelessness.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are competing with causes for animals, seniors and even the arts,â&#x20AC;? Fehrman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when times are tough, we should be investing in basic needs.â&#x20AC;? Despite local efforts to reduce dependence on federal funds, Allebaugh said that without federal assistance, certain projects run by Housing for New Hope would cease to exist. A majority of people living in Housing for New Hopeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permanent supportive housing rely on a disability check of about $674 per month in order to live. With only 30 percent of that check going toward rent, Allebaugh said federal assistance is needed to maintain the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The federal funds donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take care of everything, but they do provide a very solid base,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without HUD funding, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t support [the program.] If that partner pulls out, it becomes next to impossible to make it happen.â&#x20AC;? In addition to the funding made available through renewed grants, Schmeidler said roughly $475,000 from the federal government will go toward two new projects by the Durham Housing Authority and Housing for New Hope. The projects will provide 30 new units of permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals in Durham.

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Kyle Singler and three other Blue Devils have begun to make their mark in professional basketball all around the world this season. PAGE 11

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Wenger to enter MLS SuperDraft The Hermann Trophy winner is expected to be selected second overall Jan. 12

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Hermann Trophy winner Andrew Wenger will forego his final year of collegiate eligibility to play in the MLS.

Junior Andrew Wenger became the first-ever Blue Devil to sign a contract with Generation adidas, inking a deal Dec. 21 that will effectively end his college soccer career. He will enter the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, which takes place Jan. 12 in Kansas City. Wenger is expected to be one of the first selections in the SuperDraft. “It’s actually very exciting,” Wenger said in a press release. “At some point I’m sure it will be a little stressful trying to get everything worked out and making sure everything is working out right, but it’s very exciting. I think if I wasn’t in this position I’d be killing to be in this position, so I’m blessed to be in it.” The center forward was awarded the Hermann Trophy Jan. 6, given annually to college soccer’s most outstanding player. He is the fourth Duke soccer player to win the award, beating out first

runner-up Creighton forward Ethan Finlay and second runner-up North Carolina forward Billy Schuler. Wenger led the ACC with 42 points and 17 goals this season, good for fourth and sixth in the nation, respectively. He was recently named ACC offensive player of the year and was selected to train with the United States U-23 national team. “This is an incredible honor for Andrew and for Duke,” head coach John Kerr said in the release. “He is the epitome of the Duke studentathlete.” Wenger was the ACC rookie of the year in 2009 and the ACC defensive player of the year in 2010. He started all 63 of the Blue Devils’ games during the last three seasons, missing only 131 minutes in that span. —from staff reports

Over the last two weeks, past and present Blue Devils have been diving into winter seasons and earning national accolades for their fall performances. In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of all that took place between the time exams ended in December and the beginning of the spring semester.

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Selby returns, but Duke loses Wells, Henson Before the Blue Devils’ Jan. 2 game against Temple, the team officially welcomed back Shay Selby, who had been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules Nov. 29. The 5-foot-9 senior did not see any action against the Owls, but has come off the bench in all three of Duke’s ACC games. Selby started in all four of the team’s matchups before her suspension. “I think our team showed great leadership in that process, having Shay back,” McCallie said after the Temple game. “It was their decision [to reinstate Selby], jointly with me. So we welcome Shay back, and we’re excited about [her return].” Duke also lost another member of its backcourt that day, as it announced the indefinite suspension of Chloe Wells while she resolved an academic matter. The 5-foot-7 sophomore had averaged 10.4 points and four assists per game throughout the early season, but the team announced Monday she will not be enrolled at the University during the

spring semester due to a violation of University policy. “We love Chloe and she is a valuable member of the Duke women’s basketball family,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said in a press release. “I look forward to her returning to full eligibility for the 2012-13 campaign.” The Blue Devils also lost freshman Amber Henson for the season after she underwent seasonending knee surgery Jan. 6. The surgery, performed at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center, will stabilize Henson’s right patella, which has bothered the Tampa, Fla. native since high school. Henson appeared in eight of Duke’s first 10 games, but played sparingly. The Blue Devils will apply for a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA to redshirt Henson. “I cannot tell you how excited we are for Amber,” McCallie said in a press release. “She has gone through one of the most arduous and most difficult experiences with her knee — prior to coming to Duke and then at Duke as well.” NICOLE SAVAGE/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

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Chloe Wells will not be enrolled at Duke this spring due to a violation of University policy.

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Young Blue Devils adjust to professional game Singler stays in Spain Lance gets NBA look Nolan joins Blazers Kyrie leads Cleveland A 2011 second-round Detroit Pistons draft selection, Kyle Singler headed to Spain during the lockout—and now he won’t come back. Instead of returning stateside when the NBA labor dispute was resolved, Singler simply switched Spanish teams, moving from Lucentum Alicante—where he averaged 14.4 points per game on 39-percent 3-point shooting—to Real Madrid. Singler has averaged 10 points in his two games with Real Madrid, where he plays alongside former Blue Devil teammate Martynas Pocius.

After spending the 2010-11 season with the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League, Lance Thomas got his first chance in the NBA with the New Orleans Hornets. He was cut Dec. 31 after less than a month with the team, though, after playing just four minutes in two games. Thomas averaged 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game with the Toros in 201011, and has upped those numbers to 15.3 and 8.7, respectively, while shooting 54.3 percent from the floor in seven games with the team this season.

Nolan Smith was a surprise first-round draft pick in 2011, when the Blazers took him 21st overall. Selected to play point guard, Smith has looked more comfortable in an off-ball role through the early season, averaging 3.8 points and one assist in 6.5 minutes per game while playing with former Blue Devil teammate Elliot Williams. Smith played a career-high 14 minutes against the Phoenix Suns last week, recording six points and three assists. In his downtime, Smith launched his own personal website, ndotsmitty.com.

No. 1 overall draft pick Kyrie Irving has lived up to his billing so far in Cleveland. He has averaged 15.0 points, 5.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game in the Cavaliers’ 4-4 start to the season, just a year after finishing 19-63, the worst record in the Eastern Conference. Irving is shooting 43.7 percent from the floor, including 36.8 percent from beyond the arc, while starting beside shooting guard Anthony Parker in the backcourt. The point guard scored a career-high 21 points in a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers Jan. 8.

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FOOTBALL

Former Duke 70th anniv. of Duke Rose Bowl coaches take over at PSU Not long ago, Bill O’Brien reported to Ted Roof. Now, it will be the other way around. und. On Jan. 7, O’Brien wass named the successor to Joe Paterno terno as the head coach of Penn n State’s on as the football team after a season New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator. The new Nittany Lion head coach has also hired te deRoof to be the Penn State fensive coordinator. fenO’Brien was the offensive coordinator at Duke uke in 2005 and 2006, serving ing under Roof, who was the Blue Devils’ head coach ch from 2003-2007. In 2005 005 and 2006, Duke went 1-10 and 0-12, respectively. Roof had spent the he last two seasons as defensive ive coordinator at Auburn before briefly accepting the same me job at Central Florida just st over one month ago. —from staff reports

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When Wisconsin kicked off against Oregon in the 98th Rose Bowl, it marked 70 years since the annual game was forced to temporarily leave its Pasadena roots. In the aftermath of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the bowl game was initially canceled before Duke head coach Wallace Wade offered to host the contest in the relative safety of the stadium that now bears his name. As the No. 2 team in the country, sporting an undefeated record and a potent offense that outscored its opponents by an average of 30 points per game, the Blue Devils were selected for the Rose Bowl by Pac-10 opponent Oregon State. Duke was reportedly the No. 12 Beavers’ fourth choice, after No. 1 Minnesota, whose conference did not allow postseason play, Fordham and Missouri. The Blue Devils entered the Rose Bowl as a two-touchdown favorite, but the game was a defensive struggle from the start,

favoring the visitors. Oregon State had racked up five shutouts on the regular season—winning four of its last five games by a combined 85-0—yet had only scored 20 points twice. Both teams overcame rainy conditions to trade first half touchdowns, but the Beavers came out with an effective aerial attack in the third quarter. Oregon State broke the 7-7 tie with two scores, including a 68-yard reception by Gene Gray. Duke was down just 20-14 entering the fourth quarter after a rushing touchdown, but recorded just a safety in the final period as the offense stalled several times at midfield. Oregon State also came up with two timely interceptions, eventually winning the game 20-16—the Blue Devils’ second Rose Bowl loss in four years. —from staff reports

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DIVING

Johnston, McCrory take gold in Knoxville Both divers won NCAA championships in their respective events last season

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Nick McCrory continued his push toward qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics with partner David Boudia.

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The duo of Duke divers that won a pair NCAA national titles last year continued accumulating accolades during the break while moving toward earning berths to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Three divers represented Duke at the USA Diving Winter Nationals, which were held Dec. 15-22 at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones Aquatic Complex in Knoxville, Tenn., and two of them earned national titles. The top finishers—senior Abby Johnston and junior Nick McCrory—win the right to fill the United States’ slots at the FINA World Cup in February, which will in turn serve as Olympic qualifying. After finishing ninth in the 3-meter springboard competition Dec. 19, Johnston and her partner Kelci Bryant claimed the gold medal in the 3-meter synchronized event the next day. Johnston and Bryant—who dives for the University of Miami—trailed the leaders by six points after the first of their two lists, but surged in the event finals to defeat Christina Loukas and Kassidy Cook by just 12.78 points. McCrory did not dive individually but joined longtime synchro partner David Boudia to capture the national title in the synchronized platform event. The victory was their third Winter Nationals gold medal together. The pair scored a sky-high

97.20 points on one of their dives in the morning preliminaries and barely slowed down as they entered the actual competition. They scored 898.53 points on their two lists, including two dives over 90 points in the finals as they handily won gold by over 82 points. Senior Jessica Lyden also competed at the Winter Nationals, and her tenth-place finish in the preliminaries allowed her to advance to the quarterfinals on the 1-meter board, where her score of 226.80 placed her 23rd in the nation. Yet another Blue Devil brought home a title, though she did so while representing her club diving team rather than her university. Freshman Haley Ishimatsu, who was a member of the 2008 Olympic team, earned individual gold in the women’s platform while finishing as a runner-up in the synchronized platform competition. Divers were busy competing back at Duke as well, where senior Cody Kolodziejzyk’s six-dive score of 349.28 was good for first place in a dual meet against N.C. State Jan. 6. The Blue Devils return to the pool this Saturday, when they will compete against South Carolina and Queens University of Charlotte in Columbia, S.C. —from staff reports

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Open Courses in Public Policy Studies Enroll now! There’s still space available!! Spring 2012 PUBPOL 150S.01 Global Democratization TTH 2:50-4:05, Mickiewicz Global expansion of democracy and how this trend is studied, analyzed, ranked and rated, with particular attention to organizations that employ methods of ranking and disseminate the results. Includes discussing the policy uses and consequences of these methods, the context and history of democratization and exploring current examples of democratic transition. PUBPOL 188.01 Whose Democracy? Participation and Public Policy in the U.S. MW 2:50-4:05, Goss We invite you to enroll in a new service-learning seminar, “Whose Democracy?” which surveys the shifting nature of political and civic engagement in America; the impact of engagement on our democracy; and the ways that public policy encourages or stifles citizens’ voices. The course has been taught once before, to great reviews. This year, the course will revolve around the policy theme of immigration and multiculturalism. Besides studying theories and cases of interest groups, social movements, and other forms of participation, students will work in teams on consulting projects for Durham-area nonprofits working with immigrant and refugee communities. PUBPOL 195.01 Contemporary International Policy Issues MW 10:05-11:20, Johnson This course surveys a number of issues that display different forms and different policy responses in various geographical regions and cultures. Examples include: use of natural resources, design of international organizations, patterns of human migration, privatization of security, and the spread of pandemics. The course is interdisciplinary and thematic, with particular attention to political, economic, and social patterns that help to explain conflict and cooperation in international policy. The goal is to introduce international policy issues that remain to be solved in the future, while understanding how present-day relationships and policies are shaped by the past. PUPBPOL 195S.03 Into the Heart of Durham: Community Development Paths to Transformation TTH 11:40-12:55, Daniel This course seeks wisdom and understanding of the field of community development and different approaches to community needs and aspirations while deeply exploring public policy issues, developments in the vibrant/unique context of the Bull City. As a service learning course, it will engage head, hand, and heart in theories of community development and vocation. We will also engage the role that faith plays in the character of individuals and communities as they seek to imagine and create a better future or in the context of Durham’s motto, make their city a place where “great things happen.”

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PUBPOL 195S.04 Aging and Population TTH 1:15-2:30, Kim This course covers policy issues of modern aging societies, with special emphases on families and comparisons between Western countries and Asian countries. To tackle the complex issues, we discuss both relevant theories and empirical evidence from various disciplines including sociology, economics, public health, and human biology. The first module introduces demography, investigating the underlying causes of population aging and presenting trends in population age distributions around the globe. In the second module, we review public old-age support programs in the East and West and discuss their challenges. The module also describes policy options to mitigate the consequences of population aging, and assesses the effectiveness of the policies from the comparative perspective. The third module examines why families provide elder support, how the support differs across societies and cultures, and how public and private old-age provisions are interrelated.

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Campus culture in 2012 The term “campus cul- dedicate ourselves to changture” was discussed heavily ing them in a courageous last semester by students and and unselfish fashion. administrators, at public foFirst, we must leave berums and in The Chronicle’s hind the petty concerns of opinion pages. But what does last year. While establishDuke have ing a safe and editorial to show for it fun pregame today? After event for the a flurry of debate and dis- football season is a priorcourse, no truly phenomenal ity, haggling endlessly over changes have occurred. Ne- whether to stage that event gotiations over Tailgate and in the Card Lot or the Blue the house model have grown Zone is not. While improvfrustratingly stale. In the ing equity and fairness in meantime, Duke was struck the new house model is a again by old demons in the priority, securing prime real form of the racially insensi- estate for your own selective tive Pi Kappa Phi party last living group is not. November. Channeling our enerAs we usher in 2012 and gies into these small-minded the Spring semester, let us conflicts distracts Duke stucommit to this New Year’s dents from more important resolution: to prioritize truly issues. It also fractures and important campus issues and weakens the power of our

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collective voice. Some members of the Duke community, however, have chosen to focus on more significant and far-reaching problems. The Duke Partnership for Service has launched a campaign advocating conflict-free technologies and other socially responsible practices. Meanwhile, a group of students has begun lobbying against the proposed Amendment One to the N.C. constitution, which, among its other provisions, limits marriage to a union between a man and a woman. These student endeavors aim to fundamentally improve the University by cultivating a more ethical and tolerant environment— not dragging it back into the mire of trivial student politics. This strategy actually

works: Late last year, under heavy student pressure, Yale followed Brown University in announcing that it would cease investments in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a hotel corporation with a bad record on workers’ rights. Of course, the day-today activities of students are still crucial to the Duke experience—and they are worth fighting over. But let us reframe the “campus culture” wars differently by asking the following questions: What kind of institution do we envision Duke being in five, 10 or 50 years? How can we push the University to the next level in terms of civic engagement, undergraduate life and a lifealtering education? What values do we want to define

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ush is about to start, so I hope you’re in So, that’s the macro-significance of rush. At a the mood for matching sorority T-shirts. more personal level, rushees and some members It should be a lot of fun, as long as we all of rushed groups are of course invested in the remember not to take any of it too process. They know why they care seriously. and they don’t need me to explain Someone who has never been it to them. Ask them about it, if surrounded by rush at an affiliationyou’re curious. happy place like Duke might not asBut there’s a big problem with sume that rush would be much of a assigning fatal significance to rush. big deal. Freshmen schmooze with To do so is to make Duke students groups of upperclassmen; upperout to be passive victims. Rush has classmen analyze those schmoozed tangible importance because connor southard some freshmen. Eventually, the groups it influences housing and grants afdead poet pick the kids they want and the filiation to hundreds of freshmen. picked kids decide if the crushes But what should we really let rush are mutual. Doesn’t sound that epic, does it? determine? But consider the number of 2015-ers whose You could, if you feel like throwing your inDuke careers will be influenced by what happens dependence overboard, let the housing assignduring rush. Stats provided by Student Affairs ments and/or the social affiliations you gain make it safe to guess that, when this year’s edi- early on in your Duke career dictate what you do tion of rush finishes, approximately 34 percent here and how you do it. To do that would be to alof freshmen will have gained a shiny new Pan- low “social life” and “campus culture” to become hel or IFC affiliation. The arrival of the house things that happen to you rather than entities model makes the numbers for SLGs a bit harder over which you have control. That would be silly, to predict, but there will be 21 non-Panhel-or-IFC though it would make more than a few haters living groups on campus next year. Assume that very happy. those SLGs sign up an average of at least, say, sevThink of every patronizing lecture you’ve heard en freshmen. If so, then this rush season will be about what’s wrong with Duke students. Nearly all a magical process whereby more than 40 percent such scoldings assume that we’re slaves of campus of Duke’s Class of 2015 discovers an affiliation— culture and of the factors (like affiliation) that and that’s a conservative estimate. Think of it as a feed into it, rather than agents capable of making massive, anxiety-laden Easter egg hunt, occasion- decisions that aren’t totally socially determined. ally featuring Nasty Natty. Should we act like the stereotypes ask us to? Of Numbers aside, Duke’s official history is full course not, because we’re smarter than that. of reminders of just how much influence we’ve Still, like anyone who remembers being a come to ascribe to our formal social groups. freshman, I know it can feel like rush season From the 1994 intellectual climate report, writ- is bloated with dread implications for the rest ten by the forebear to the current Intellectual of your Duke career. There are implications, Climate Committee: “[O]n one point we are in but you have to admit that either a) the constrong agreement: the decoupling of fraterni- notations are mundane, like housing-related ties from housing privileges.” This is followed by stuff and meeting a few dozen new people or a declaration that the fraternity housing status b) you’re taking this whole thing way too seriquo “detracts significantly from the intellectual ously. If you want a few weeks of hamming it up climate on campus.” to draw the arc of your college career for you, I Flash forward 18 years, and we’re still fighting hope you snap out of it before you find yourself about the same issues—housing assignments and in a major you hate, staring down a job you’ll the impact of Greek groups and SLGs on campus hate even more. culture and intellectual climate. Rush is the proAll of which is a fancy way of saying that rush cess that keeps fraternities, sororities and other or anything like it should be treated lightly, as a SLGs alive at a place where a quarter of the popu- chance to meet people and maybe play the house lation melts away year after year. Rush is a fateful model before it plays you. So, here’s hoping that time for all of those groups we affiliate ourselves this column is paranoid and unnecessary, and with, which at Duke means that it’s supposed to that we ring in 2012 with a soufflé of a rush— be a fateful time for our campus in general. “So- light and fluffy. cial life” isn’t quite the same thing as “campus culture,” but the two have a way of blurring into Connor Southard is a Trinity senior. His column one another. runs every other Wednesday.

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inter break is a unique period in college; it is the only time when it is perfectly acceptable to do nothing for three weeks. In fact, the most productive thing I did over break was declaring my major, an experience that I found to be more pensive than necessary. As I filled out my long range plan, I began to reflect on just how unfair it is that Duke awards Latin honors at graduation at the school-wide level scott briggs and not within majors (a topic as i see it for a future article, no doubt). I ended up pondering the differences among majors, and how my opinion of certain majors has changed since coming to Duke. As a freshman, I was one of those kids who believed that you could divide majors up in to two categories: real and fake. The real majors naturally include those that have very clearly defined post-educational occupations, like engineering, biology and economics. The fake majors are those areas of study with less obvious occupational relevancy: Philosophy, English, women’s studies and cultural anthropology all fell into this category. In this mental scheme, there were not just two types of majors, but also two types of students. On one hand you had the career-driven students, those who figured out what they wanted to do in middle school and designed the rest of their life around obtaining that goal. On the other hand, you had the much more idealistic, undecided student. This archetypal student comes to college with an open mind, taking classes that genuinely stimulate his or her intellectual curiosity and hoping to graduate with an enlightened view of the world primarily, and a degree secondarily. Of course, the first group—the ones with their acts together—tend to have real majors, and the screw-offs in the second group tend to have fake majors. As hard as it is for me to admit this, my perspective on the division between the two types of majors did not begin to change until late last semester. One of my good friends was discussing with me why she was choosing to declare as an international comparative studies major as opposed to a public policy major. I was immediately appalled by her regrettable decision to declare a fake major, and warned her of the negative effects that it would have on her career prospects. To make a long story short, she schooled me. Offended, she launched into a well-argued invective about why ICS is a real major, listing off the numerous successful lawyers, politicians and international businessmen and businesswomen who graduated from college with degrees in international comparative studies. As I began to backtrack, I said that ICS was certainly more “real” a major than something like women’s studies, whose graduates’ only real job opportunities are in academia. To this statement she seemed no less offended, arguing that many students who pursue this major have post-educational goals just as real as mine, many of them working in international NGOs, fighting for women’s rights. I finally had to concede to her, and in the process, found myself engaging in my least favorite activity: admitting that I’m wrong. Maybe the line dividing real and fake majors isn’t as clear as I once thought. In reality, it probably doesn’t even exist at all. By the same notion that I’m not that different from a women’s studies major, I’m also not that different from the idealistic student who comes to college without a pre-existing career plan. After all, he is the one considered the idealist for a reason. College shouldn’t just be a means to an end, it should make you question what you blindly hold as fact and open your eyes to new ways of viewing yourself and your relationship to society. You might still be wondering why the act of declaring my major prompted this moment of clarity. Well, when I came to Duke, I was your typical pre-med biology major, with clearly defined expectations of being a dermatologist. I’m still a biology major, but with a concentration in pharmacology and a certificate in markets and management studies. In the short one and a half years I’ve been at Duke, I’ve realized that the traditional medical profession isn’t for me. I want to be a pharmacologist and eventually transition into the business side of pharmaceuticals. To a student with the same perspective that I had when I came to college, my path into business might seem just as “fake” as all of the majors I was so quick to dismiss. Here’s how I see it: You define your major, not the other way around. Scott Briggs is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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ou don’t have to. But I want you to. Why? Be- to theatre camps and had headshots taken. And recause I’m a middle child. Middle children are, by member “Figure It Out?” That show with secret taldefinition, attention-seeking urchins. Similar to ents, slime and Summer Sanders? Well I submitted socialites, class clowns and most Duke an application. I assumed my freakish students. So I feel like you will relate to disfigurement (the doctors call it doume. You brag about your I-banking inble-jointedness) was Nickelodeon-worternship or spot in line at K-Ville or how thy.... It apparently wasn’t. But, in all your father is the inventor of Toaster honesty, my audition photos were preStrudel, while I publish my meaningless cious. A bespectacled 8 year old with snarkiness. Newsflash to both of us: No her feet tucked under her ribs is pretty one cares. darn aww-enducing. What made me such an attention Example C: Paradoxical Tomboylindsay tomson ishness. seeker? There are a lot of factors, the bigmiddle child gest one being that I was a weird kid. But Now this may not seem like a let’s face it, we all were. Intelligence is not weird thing. A lot of girls go through syndrome genetic. It is a defense mechanism you dethe tomboy phase and many proudly velop when you realize how socially awkkeep it up. But I was a different variward you are. So none of us would be here if we weren’t ety of tomboy. I was the kind of tomboy who didn’t at one point playing computer games incessantly (yo play sports. In fact, I was the kind of tomboy that whaddup, Sims!), or wearing headgear, or sadly sitting COULDN’T and SHOULDN’T play sports because in the creek with all of your clothes on after the neigh- she would cause herself bodily harm. I was a tomboy borhoods kids ditched you to go scootering. Oh ... that for the sake of rebelling against my own gender, and was just me? Yeah well don’t worry, I’ve got plenty more I protested by doing things like avoiding dresses at where that came from. Here are some examples of my all costs. My poor mother typically went along with ability to amp up the strangeness. it, but come picture day she was determined to get a Example A: Creative Body Enhancement. dress on me. To appease me, she bought me a baseWe all know girls use their bodies to get attention. ball dress. I love baseball. But not even pinstripes and C’mon ladies, I’m not revealing any major secrets jersey material could convince me. I begrudgingly here. Even Susan B. Anthony at one point realized donned the dress, only to tuck it into my leggings the that she could raise interest by perking up the party second I was out the door. Mom was psyched when hats. No girl is more cognizant of this than a mid- she saw the lumpy result of this fashionista’s styling. dle-schooler. Sounds perverted, but it’s only because So yeah, I was weird. And I am still weird. Because 12-year-old girls are all too aware of the perversion of I was a middle child, and I am still a middle child. Em12-year-old boys. Stuffing your bra is a pre-teen phe- bracing this epithet is what allows me to laugh at mynomenon, and I took it to a whole new level. The self and the world around me. So embrace that which average mini-chick stuffs with tissues. Some get ag- makes you weird because it makes you interesting. gressive and use socks. I chose to be neither effective If you borderline stalked your childhood crush until nor comfortable—I used tortilla dough. Yes, tortilla they called you a freakshow in social studies, desigdough. Sounds too absurd to be true, right? Yeah nate yourself as a romantic. If you preferred puzzles well I’m a Texan. So it’s a little more understandable. to people in grades K-12, apply to Google and rock Plus, the tortilla boobs went perfectly with my Juicy the interview. If you waited for your Hogwarts accepsweatsuit. tance letter on your 11th birthday, acknowledge how Example B: Child Stardom. much that reflects your desire to be extraordinary. This is clearly a symptom of the middle child syn- We’re Duke kids and we’re weirdos and in some way drome. But I wanted to be a star. I took voice lessons we all have middle child syndrome. from Jessica Simpson’s voice coach, as if that would Stay tuned for this biweekly dose of sarcasm. put me on that fast track to showcasing my skills in the smash hit “The Dukes of Hazzard.” All it got me Lindsay Tomson is a Trinity senior. Her column runs was a spot in the chorus of a Creed concert. I went every other Wednesday.

lettertotheeditor Response to “Adderall abuse continues despite ban” Before the break, The Chronicle published an interesting article on the nonprescribed use of ADHD medications by students. Several years ago, we conducted a survey on this issue at Duke. Approximately 9 percent of students (roughly 2 percent of freshman to 20 percent of seniors) reported using ADHD medication without a prescription during college. These rates are comparable to what has been reported at many other universities. Most students used medication to enhance their academic performance and believed that it was helpful. Our findings did not suggest, however, that this simply reflects an effort to improve academic performance among students who are “problem free.” Rather, we found that use was much higher among students who used and abused other substances. Users were also more concerned about their ability to succeed academically and had significantly lower GPAs. We also found that many users reported high rates of attention problems and felt they could not focus as well as their peers. This suggests some students may have been trying to “treat” themselves for problems they felt were undermining their academic success. The illicit availability of ADHD medications could diminish those students’ incli-

nation to seek treatment for attention problems, thus depriving them of important medical diagnostics and advice. Furthermore, there is no evidence we know of that using ADHD medication helps students achieve greater academic success. Many students reported adverse affects from using ADHD medication, including sleep difficulty, irritability, headaches and stomachaches. Several students felt that using ADHD medication contributed to their use of other substances and some worried about becoming dependent on the medication, something that happens to large numbers of people each year. We strongly encourage students who may turn to these drugs to boost their academic performance to pursue more appropriate ways to attain academic success. Resources on campus that could be helpful include the Academic Resource Center, CAPS and the Duke Psychology Clinic. Sincerely, David Rabiner and Rick Hoyle, Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience and Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy Jane Costello and Scott Swartzwelder, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

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