T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
The Chronicle
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 80
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DUHS reform plan takes shape
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Dawkins buries Wake, Duke rolls
Four committees to identify areas for improvement by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE
have been here at Duke,” Dawkins said. “After the Clemson game, all [I heard was], ‘He’s done this before. He’ll come back and fall off again.’ I pay attention to that stuff and I’m trying to prove to people that I live up to the stats.” When Dawkins’ offense cooled off in the second half, junior Seth Curry and
Administrators at Duke Medicine kicked off the New Year by coming together to consider critical issues Duke Medicine will face due to impending national health care reform. Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, has launched enterprise-wide planning throughout Duke Medicine to confront the changing nature of health care and uncertainties in future funding due to federal budget cuts. The six-month program will use four committees, which held their first meetings Jan.7, to examine areas of the health system that need improvement, which include: clinical alignment, education redesign, areas of distinction and research optimization. “We have to reduce the costs and improve the quality of health,” Dzau said. “We want to continue planning on how we can achieve both.” Changes in health care and financial concerns motivated the institutional reforms, said Dzau, who made a presentation outlining this four-pronged strategy to the Board of Trustees in December. The fact that NIH’s resources will likely shrink in the coming year is one of the main motivations for this planning, said
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by Maureen Dolan THE CHRONICLE
For Duke, there are games where the team lives or dies by the 3-point shot. Thursday night against Wake Forest, the Blue Devils thrived with 11 3-pointers, while the Demon Deacons floundered with only three. Aided by an early lead, Duke defeated Wake Forest 91-73 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The No. 4 Blue Devils (16-2, 4-0 in the ACC) gained the lead with fifteen minutes to play in the first half and never looked back. “Tonight the fact that we [took a big lead and held it] was a huge step for our team,” junior Ryan Kelly said. “We’re concentrating for longer periods of time, especially on the defensive end. That shows the sign of a maturing team.” Defensively, the Blue Devils were able to slow the Demon Deacon offense in the first half behind high-pressure defense, all but eliminating Wake Forest’s passing lanes. The real story, though, was the impressive and balanced offensive showing from the team. Junior Mason Plumlee, who has struggled at the charity stripe this season, went 4-of-6 from the free throw line against
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Junior Andre Dawkins hit seven 3-pointers in the first half as Duke downed ACC rival Wake Forest, 91-73. the Demon Deacons (10-8, 1-3). His presence opened the door for Duke’s outside shooters. Enter junior Andre Dawkins. After a stellar 24-point performance against Clemson last Sunday, Dawkins earned the starting spot and he did not disappoint. Dawkins put up 21 points in the first half, entirely from 3-point shooting. “I feel like I’m more focused that I ever
Transloc to allow students to Admins rehash track campus buses on the go West Union plans ACADEMIC COUNCIL
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by Kristie Kim THE CHRONICLE
Members of Academic Council heard an update about the upcoming West Union Building renovations at their meeting Thursday. The renovation of the West Union Building, funded by an $80 million gift to the University from the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment, is one of three upcoming projects charged with revamping buildings part of the campus’ original construction, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said during a presentation to the council. The presentation was similar to the one delivered to students in October. “As complicated as the nature of the structure and architecture of the buildings are, even more complicated are [West Union’s] occupants and their needs,”
Duke students will now have some assistance when facing the common dilemma of whether to take the C-1 or wait for a C-2. All of the University’s buses have been outfitted with a new GPS tracking system that allows any student to view the realtime location of each bus in the fleet either on a web site or through a mobile application. The system is called Transloc and is being made possible through a collaboration between Duke Student Government, Parking and Transportation Services and the Office of Information Technology. Transloc will go live at the end of the month. “We have a sampling rate of about a second, so you’ll see visibly and clearly where a bus is at any moment in time,” said Sam Veraldi, director of Parking and Transportation Services. One important feature of Transloc is that users will be able to see when the next bus will be arriving at a specific
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By the end of January, students will be able to track the position of buses along campus online or via a mobile application.
ONTHERECORD
Duke to meet Maryland this weekend, Page 6
“Call ‘Shooters’ ‘SHOOOTAHHZZZ’ in your texts to friends. If you have an iPhone, it’ll eventually make sure you do.” —Indu Ramesh in “Like a monkey with a keyboard.” See column page 11
Director discusses clean energy, Page 3