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Two living groups disbanded

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forward Ryan Kelly said. “We’re doing a good job of taking teams off the three and protecting the basket better…. Individually, guys are stepping up and making it harder for their man to score.

And when all five guys on the floor do that it makes it tough on the offense.”

After failing to fill the majority of their allotted sections, the new Social Justice House and Latino Cultural House will not have housing in the Fall under the new house model.

Although Housing, Dining and Residence Life did not set an official cutoff for the percentage of beds selective living groups had to fill, groups had to occupy more than half their living space to keep their housing assignments, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life.

Gonzalez said the new house model did not necessarily affect this outcome for the new SLGs. “It’s not necessarily new for a new group not to come to fruition,” he said. “There are always a handful [of SLGs] that have a few more empty beds than anyone prefers, but we haven’t had a situation in past years where groups were this low in filling the houses.”

The Social Justice House and the Latino Cultural House applied for space under the house model in the Fall.

Junior Simon Ho, co-founder of Social Justice, said there was no indication during recruitment that the SLG would not attract enough students to fill its house, as rush events often drew more than 20 prospective members. Social Justice gave out 10 bids at the conclusion of SLG recruitment earlier this month.

“As a new SLG coming onto campus, we didn’t have the stability of already having members to

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Austin Rivers led Duke with 16 points and seven rebounds in a dominant 75-50 win over Boston College Sunday evening.

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Although its win Sunday was not quite as thrilling as its 78-73 comeback victory Thursday against N.C. State, Duke again overcame a sluggish start to trounce Boston College 75-50 at the Conte Forum.

Defense and rebounding proved critical as the No. 5 Blue Devils (23-4, 10-2 in the ACC) held the Eagles (819, 3-10) to a 34.1-percent shooting performance and racked up a 45-21 rebounding margin.

“I think we’ve been winning in different ways, but the big thing is that our defense has really improved,” junior

Uni. searching for DKU academic leader

LDOC headliner cancels act

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The LDOC committee is headed back to the drawing board after LMFAO’s Redfoo canceled his headlining act at this years Last Day of Classes celebration.

It was announced in an email blast to the student body Friday that Redfoo had canceled his appearance at LDOC this year. This cancellation is among Redfoo with several other shows following his current European tour that were canceled due to personal reasons. The LDOC committee is now searching SEE LDOC ON PAGE 4

By the end of the Spring, administrators expect to appoint Duke Kunshan University’s first chief academic administrator.

Throughout the semester, a committee of seven faculty members appointed by Provost Peter Lange from across the University will lead an international search for DKU’s vice chancellor.

Modeled after the British system, the vice chancellor will act as a mixture between a university president and a provost—both the executive and academic leader of the new China campus. The committee will select a nominee for vice chancellor by the end Jeffrey Vincent of the Spring, pending approval by Lange, President Richard Brodhead and the Board of Trustees.

The vice chancellor will be instrumental in preparing for the campus’ opening, expected Spring 2013, said Nora Bynum, associate vice provost for the Office of Global Strategy and Programs and managing director for DKU and China initiatives.

“Earlier, there were too many uncertainties about timing,” Bynum said. “At this point in our development, there’s a strong role this [vice chancellor] can play from here on out.”

Although the candidates are not required to have background knowledge in Chinese education specifically, she said they should have a working knowledge of American research universities and experience with international initiatives in higher education. The committee is looking for candidates with qualities of academic leadership, and although Chinese language would not hurt a candidate, it is not a requisite for the position.

Although the vice chancellor will be the executive leader of the university, he or she will report to the board of DKU and the schools’s chancellor—Liu Jingnan, former president of DKU’s academic partner, Wuhan University.

The search committee aims to make a selection by the end of the semester, Bynum said. The committee will be chaired

by Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of forest economics and management. Additional members include Gary Bennett, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience; Rey Chow, Anne Firor Scott professor of literature; Haiyan Gao, chair of the physics department; Dr. Wei Jiang, professor of biological psychiatry; Giovanna Merli, associate professor of public policy studies; and Devavrat Debu Purohit, Bob J. White professor of business administration at the Fuqua School of SEE DKU ON PAGE 4

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Duke falls to Maryland, SW 2

“At least once a month, I’m asked to sign a petition to the Duke administration.”

—Elena Botella in “What would you give up?” See column page 7

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Santorum gives faith a larger role in primaries

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As his campaign surges, Rick Santorum is testing an untested model for incorporating religion into his message. He is betting that Americans want a president who uses faith not just to inspire—but also to judge.

This weekend, Santorum told supporters in Ohio that President Barack Obama’s environmental views reflect “some phony theology. Not a theology based on the Bible.” Santorum said later that he believes Obama is a Christian, but he says that the president subscribes to the idea that the Earth’s needs should be put above mankind’s.

“I don’t believe that’s what we’re here to do,” Santorum said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. “We’re not here to serve the Earth. The Earth is not the objective.

Man is the objective.” That argument seems to fit an older pattern in Santorum’s rhetoric. Later, he blasted other politicians for disregarding church doctrine.

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Changes to GMAT may increase test’s difficulty

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Changes to the Graduate Management Admission Test may make some students rush to take the test before June.

A new version of the GMAT, set to launch June 5, will feature an additional logic section that may make the exam even more challenging for test-takers. The new test will include an Integrated Reasoning section consisting of four question types— table analysis, graphics interpretation, multisource reasoning and two-part analysis—and a reduction of the Analytical Writing Assessment section from three to two essays.

The changes aim to better evaluate testtakers’ proficiency in data management and manipulation, said Ashok Sarathy, vice president for the GMAT program at the Graduate Management Admissions Council, the owner and administrator of the GMAT. The test will remain three and a half hours long despite the new format.

Andrew Mitchell, Kaplan Test Prep’s director of pre-business programs, said he advises seniors and juniors thinking of applying to business school to seriously consider taking the exam before the Next Generation GMAT is launched.

“If you’re serious about business school, take the GMAT now before June,” Mitchell said. “Devoting all your time to the quantitative and verbal sections will allow you to do, on average, better than you would after the changes are made and you have to prepare for integrated reasoning.”

He added that even students thinking

about gaining a few years of work experience before applying to business school should think about taking the GMAT now because exam scores are valid for five years.

Sarathy said, however, that taking the new exam may actually help graduate school applicants, as it will allow them an opportunity to demonstrate the skills they have honed in their undergraduate career and will allow them to better distinguish themselves during the admissions process.

“What schools are looking for is someone who has been able to shine the spotlight on skills that are highly relevant in both the classroom and the business environment,” Sarathy said. “What the Integrated Reasoning section does is allow students the additional opportunity to gain a competitive advantage in front of an admissions committee.”

The Fuqua School of Business admissions office said that it is too early to determine what effect the new exam will have on its admissions process.

The Next Generation GMAT is the product of extensive research conducted by test makers at GMAC, which determined that the current exam did not adequately measure necessary skills for success in the business classroom and beyond. The addition of the Integrated Reasoning section is meant to measure these skills and reflect the work of an MBA, Mitchell said.

“Ultimately, the GMAT is not a test of business knowledge but rather it is a test of critical thinking and is meant to correlate with

SLGS from page 1 run things and already having the budget to run rush events,” Ho said. “The biggest disadvantage was, as a new house entering onto campus, we would have to contend for attention from all of the already established SLGs and all of the other new ones as well.”

Representatives from the Latino Cultural House could not be reached for comment.

Gonzalez said HDRL supported new SLGs by offering space and funding for social events. Social Justice received $450 for its recruitment process, Ho said.

Freshman Ashton Pemberton, who joined Social Justice before it was disbanded, said he was surprised the group

could not maintain its status as an SLG next Fall.

“I was not very happy about [Social Justice] getting pulled,” Pemberton said. “It sort of left a sour taste in my mouth about how Duke does housing.”

Pemberton, who will be living in the Wellness on West community instead of Social Justice next semester, noted that he did not feel any pressure from the new house model to become affiliated.

“The main premise of the housing model is an increased level of community, and those ties within the house we hope are going to be much stronger than what we’ve seen in the quad[rangle] model,” Gonzalez said. “We just hope and believe that the Duke house model will make the residential time a more meaningful one than it currently is.”

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LDOC from page 1 for an alternate performer. “The committee is extremely disappointed just because we start with our headliner and we move from there, so we designed our lineup around Redfoo,� said sophomore Jacob Robinson, co-chair of the LDOC committee.

Eric Sneeden, the adviser for the LDOC committee and program coordinator for University Center Activities and Events, received the initial email from Redfoo’s management notifying him that Redfoo was canceling, French said. Sneeden could not be reached for comment.

Redfoo’s management could also not be reached for comment.

The committee is working urgently to remedy the situation, said senior Nate French, co-chair of the LDOC committee.

Members are working on compiling a list of possible replacement artists and calling agencies for prices and availability. The committee hopes to put in an offer to an artist sometime during the week. “We want to go with someone who has the same feel as the other artists, but if we can’t, we’ll definitely go with whoever the best artist is,� French said.

The budget will remain the same as the undisclosed amount that was allotted to Redfoo, Robinson said, adding that the general deadline for booking an artist is Spring break. “We are looking for a headliner, so hopefully it will be one big artist, though we might push for two smaller artists,� he said.

The committee met with administrators Friday to discuss logistics of the event.

The deadline for the T-shirt contest has been extended, and vendors for the event are still being recruited.

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“Our committee is very good at multitasking,� French said. �It’s just necessary for us to work very quickly and thoroughly to get out our offer.�

Reactions among the student body are varied. Some are concerned about whether a quick turnaround will be possible with LDOC only a few months away. “[Redfoo cancelling is] a bit of a letdown, and it leads me to believe that if they can’t keep their main headliner, I don’t think they can obtain an artist equal to or better at this point,� freshman Matthew Frost said.

Sophomore Tori Polo, on the other hand, said it likely does not matter because students will be excited either way. “I don’t know if there was an overwhelming majority of students who were that psyched to see Redfoo anyway, so maybe this is a good chance to bring in someone even better,� she said.

French noted that this is not an ideal situation. “It’s not fantastic news, but we’re working on it, and these things happen,�

French said. “We’ll figure something out, and the concert will still blow people away.

I’m not worried.�

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Vincent, who could not be reached for comment, is also chair of the Academic Council’s global priorities committee. In this role, he sits alongside Bennett, Chow, Gao and Merli on the China Faculty Council. “They’re people whose opinions I have a respect for and the faculty have a high respect for,� Lange said.

Gao, who spent part of her childhood in the Kunshan area, said the search committee will actively consult numerous administrators and faculty members at Duke and abroad throughout the search process. William Kirby, T. M. Chang professor of China studies at Harvard University and Duke’s senior adviser on China, will act as a nonvoting ex officio member of the committee. James Roberts, executive vice provost for finance and administration and DKU board member, will also be an ex officio member.

At the end of the search for the vice chancellor, the committee will present several nominees to Lange, who will make a decision alongside Brodhead, Gao added.

The decision will then be presented to the Board of Trustees for final approval.

But even if the Board agrees on a candidate, the position is not set in stone because DKU officially does not exist, Bynum said. Every position is technically pending until DKU receives final approval from the Chinese Ministry of Education, though administrators are unsure when this will happen. The Chronicle last reported in January that administrators had expected MOE approval within a matter of weeks.

The exact title and role of DKU’s vice chancellor are still in flux, Bynum said.

At Chinese universities, the chancellor—who must be a Chinese citizen per Ministry of Education policy—acts as the external face of the university in a largely ceremonial position. Lange noted that the vice chancellor will share these formal roles but also lead administrative initiatives, such as working with faculty to develop academic programs and establishing a model for faculty governance. “It’s a role that’s evolving,� he said.

how someone will perform in the first year in business school,� Mitchell said.

Fifty-nine percent of the business schools interviewed by Kaplan said that the Integrated Reasoning section will make the test more reflective of the business school experience. “Business has changed—with data more readily available, managers who are working in organizations need to be much more competent with data,� he said.

Even beyond the business realm, other organizations such as sports teams who use statistics to select players and shape a winning team, are increasingly placing great emphasis on data analysis in order to gain a competitive advantage, Sarathy added.

Students taking the new version of the exam who struggle with either the verbal or quantitative sections of the previous test stand to find the Next Generation GMAT more difficult, Mitchell said. The multisource reasoning questions, which Mitchell said are more complicated critical reasoning questions from the previous exam— may be challenging for students who do not excel in verbal problems. The new design of the Integrated Reasoning section, for example, has more graphics and may be intimidating for students who do not have experience with regression lines and other graphical interpretations.

The scoring system for the quantitative and verbal sections and the total score itself will remain unaffected by the addition of the Integrated Reasoning section, Sarathy added, noting that the new section’s score will simply provides an extra measure of an applicant’s skills. “If a student is looking to be competitive in front of an admissions committee, an additional piece of information couldn’t hurt the student,� he said.

Senior Jonathan Ho, who plans to take the GMAT before June, said that the addition of the Integrated Reasoning section to the GMAT did not affect his decision to take the exam early. He is skeptical about how important the new section will ultimately be given that it does not factor into the 800 verbal and quantitative subscore. “It’s highly possible that this score is going to be relevant in the future,� he said. “But for the next five years, schools probably are not going to adopt the scores right away because they have no data points to gauge scores,� he said.

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NO COMEBACK NECESSARY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: DROPS FIRST ACC GAME • MEN’S LACROSSE: FALLS AT NOTRE DAME

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Rebounding woes send Duke to ACC loss

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The Blue Devils were outrebounded by the Terrapins 23-16 on the offensive glass and 45-36 overall.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland forward Tianna Hawkins grabbed nine offensive rebounds and scored the Terrapins’ final five points off second-chance opportunities to lead Maryland in an upset victory over the Blue Devils.

Although No. 5 Duke (22-4, 13-1 in the ACC) led by as many Duke 61 as 12 points Sunday Terps 63 afternoon, Blue Devil forward Haley Peters saw her 3-point attempt blocked away as time expired to give the No. 8 Terrapins (23-4, 10-4) a 63-61 victory at the Comcast Center.

Early in the first half, Duke dominated the flow of the game. Forcing seven Maryland turnovers in the first eight minutes, the Blue Devils jumped out to a 17-5 lead.

“They tried to come in and kind of punch us early,” Terrapin head coach Brenda Frese said. “It took us about 10 minutes to get our senses.”

After going a stretch of over seven minutes without registering a field goal, Maryland went on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to three, taking advantage of Duke’s early foul trouble.

Despite keeping Hawkins, the ACC’s leading rebounder with 9.8 boards per game, off the glass entirely, and holding Alyssa Thomas, the ACC’s leading scorer at 16.9 points per game, to zero field goals, the Blue Devils only led 29-28 at halftime.

Led by Hawkins’ revitalized rebounding on the offensive end in the second half and a strong shooting performance from Laurin Mincy, the Terrapins never let Duke pull away.

“You challenge Tianna at halftime—no rebounds—and she goes out and gets nine offensive rebounds,” Frese said. “Laurin Mincey… had the courage and the confidence today to be able to step up and continue to make plays for us.”

Overall, Maryland held a 23-16 advantage over the Blue Devils on the offensive glass.

“There’s no excuse for that,” Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “To think that they had seven more shots at the bucket because of their rebounding offensively is inexcusable.”

The Terrapins outrebounded the Blue Devils 45-36, who were led by Elizabeth Williams and Allison Vernerey, each of whom grabbed seven boards.

“We didn’t do the things we needed to do,” Williams said. “We missed so many box-outs…. That really changes the game, and those are things we can really control, and we really didn’t do that today.”

In one Maryland possession, Duke even gave up seven offensive rebounds. The second chances would ultimately cost the Blue Devils as the Terrapins took a four-point lead with 3:36 to go.

Then, after Peters sank a jumper to give the Blue Devils a 59-58 lead with 1:48 remaining, the battle on the boards came to haunt Duke again. Following a Maryland miss, Hawkins scooped up the rebound and went up strong, drawing the foul and sinking the shot.

“I happened to go on the boards and was able to make the three-point play,” Hawkins said.

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Midfielders Duke falls to defending champs stopped by Fighting Irish

by Zac Elder THE CHRONICLE

Defending national champion Northwestern handed Duke its second loss of the season, fighting windy and wet conditions to beat the Blue Devils 13-5.

Coming off a close 17-13 victory at Richmond Friday afternoon, No. 5 Duke (3-2) returned to Koskinen Stadium to face the No. 1 Wildcats 13 (2-0) Sunday. Despite tying NorthNU Duke 5 western in draw controls, the Blue Devils’ lack of offensive execution led to fifteen turnovers and only Duke 17 fifteen total shots. The Wildcats 13 capitalized on Duke’s sloppy play RU on the offensive end and convert-

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CJ Costabile and the Blue Devil midfielders scored just one goal against the Fighting Irish after recording 11 in the team’s opener.

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Duke opened Saturday’s game against Notre Dame much like it opened overtime against the Fighting Irish in the 2010 championship game. Senior CJ Costabile took the opening faceoff and streaked into the offensive zone before firing off a quick shot. Unlike his titleclinching shot two years ago, though, this one did not find the back of the net.

Duke 3 Neither did many other Duke shots, as the No. 2 Blue Devils (17 Irish 1) recorded their lowest offensive output in nearly a year and fell 7-3 to No. 9 Notre Dame (1-0) in South Bend, Ind. Duke has never scored fewer than three goals with John Danowski as head coach.

Just one game after the Blue Devils’ midfielders exploded for 11 of the team’s 16 goals in their season opener against Rutgers, they were held scoreless until Costabile buried a long-range shot with only 17 seconds left.

“Notre Dame’s defense and their goalie… did a terrific job,” Danowski said. “Their sum, the last couple year’s we’ve played them, seems to be greater than their parts. They believe in their system and they execute defensively very, very well.”

The game opened promisingly for Duke. After Fighting Irish goalie John Kemp blocked Costabile’s shot, the Blue Devils kept possession and got several quality looks before Josh Dionne buried the game’s opening goal. Duke played similarly on the defensive end, keeping Notre Dame’s offense out of rhythm and allowing goalie Dan Wigrizer to make seven saves without allowing a score.

But failed clears and an inability to convert on offensive opportunities foreshadowed a difficult afternoon for the Blue Devils’ attack. Duke turned the ball over nine times in the opening frame, with three of those coming on a failure to clear the ball following a defensive stop.

While Wigrizer was able to bail out his team in the early going, he could not keep up the pace as the game moved forward. After Jordan Wolf gave Duke a 2-0 lead, Notre Dame scored four straight goals, including three within a span of 1:42, to go into the half.

Coming out of the break, neither team was able to get much going offensively. Max Pfeiffer’s goal, which gave the Fighting Irish a 5-2 lead, was the only score of the SEE M. LAX ON PAGE 8

ed on more than half of their shots on goal.

“I’m disappointed because we completely lacked discipline on our offensive end,” Blue Devil head coach Kirsten Kimel said. “I know our offense is young, but we don’t have seven freshmen out there. We have to do a better job of taking care of the ball.”

Duke not only lacked a potent offensive attack, but also an answer for Northwestern’s two leading scorers.

Senior Shannon Smith and junior Erin Fitzgerald combined for nine goals on the day, including all five of the Wildcats’ first-half scores.

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Defense keeps Eagles’ offense grounded Boston College held without a field goal for over 14 minutes in the first half the previous season low, the recent performances help to justify Ryan Kelly’s claim CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Head that the defense is on the upswing.

“Our defense has really improved,” Kelcoach Mike Krzyzewski is the first to admit that this year’s Duke roster is not the most ly said, “and we’re making it a lot harder on teams to get the shots they want.” talented he has ever had.

Duke’s ability to adjust its defensive “They’re a good group,” he said. “We’re just not some type of juggernaut. I don’t scheme on the fly after forward Ryan Anderson drained a couple of open 3-pointknow if there’s one thing we do great.” ers early in the game was Although the Blue Devils QUOTE OF crucial. Krzyzewski said that have talent in many areas, he changed his defense’s reespecially shooting, they THE GAME sponse to screens, and the lack the ability to dictate “We like to be Eagle offense went silent for play to their opponents. This versatile with our the rest of the first half. proved especially frustrating Sometimes the shots have in the first half of Sunday’s winning.” not fallen for this year’s Blue 75-50 win over Boston Col—Quinn Cook Devils, and on occasion the lege, when Duke could not pull away despite a 14-minute stretch in defense has been less than stellar. But the which the Eagles failed to make a single one thing that coach and players agree on field goal. But the Blue Devils kept the is that the 2011-12 Duke team has a stubpressure on in the second half to pull born desire to succeed.

“I do believe my team has a will to win,” away for an easy victory.

The win was much different from Krzyzewski said. “Our kids have earned evtheir last two victories, a symptom of the erything they’ve gotten.” fact that the team lacks a standout skill.

Against Maryland, Duke relied on the inside presence of Mason and Miles Plumlee and then adjusted Thursday to the up-tempo style of N.C. State to pull out a comeback victory.

“We like to be versatile with our winning,” point guard Quinn Cook said.

On offense, that has meant a balanced attack, in which any variety of players have been counted on for contributions on a given night. Six different players have led Duke in scoring this season, and guard Seth Curry said explicitly that part of the offensive strategy is to “ride the hot hand.”

But the major efforts to improve have had to come on the defensive end, where Duke has struggled on occasion this season.

“We’ve been good at times,” Curry said, “and real bad at others.”

The players think the consistency is improving, though, and Krzyzewski was quick to refute any notion that his squad lacks the necessary ability on defense.

“We’re a good defensive team,” Krzyzewski said. “We’re just not a defensive team like we have been when we’ve had all the athletes that we’ve had and we were forcing turnovers.”

Duke’s perimeter defense has been the bright spot, as the Blue Devils have allowed opponents to shoot just 31.3-percent from beyond the arc. Their performance ranked them fourth in the ACC entering play Sunday, and is more than three percentage points better than the national average. They have been especially good of late, holding their opponents to a conference-leading 28.4 percent in ACC play. Boston College shot just 4-for-14 in the first half, though the overall tally looks better after they sank 2-of-4 in the second half as Duke was blowing the game open.

Although the Eagles are hardly an offensive powerhouse, the Blue Devils treated them accordingly, giving up the fewest points they have allowed all season.

Combined with a 55-point defensive effort against Maryland last Saturday that tied

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AROUND THE ACC Va. Tech 744 - G Ga. Tech T h 73 Dorenzo Hudson hit a last-second 3-pointer to send the Hokies past Georgia Tech in overtime in Blacksburg, Va. The Yellow Jackets played without leading scorer Glen Rice Jr., who was suspended indefinitely by head coach Brian Gregory earlier in the week.

UNC 74 - Clemson 52 The Tar Heels improved to 56-0 all-time against the Tigers in Chapel Hill behind Harrison Barnes’ 24 points.

Clemson trailed by six points with 12 minutes remaining, but North Carolina pulled away down the stretch.

Tyler Zeller had 14 points for the Tar Heels, and John Henson added 13 along with eight rebounds.

Florida State 76 - N.C. State 62 C.J. Leslie led all scorers with 21 points on 8-of 14 shooting, but the Wolfpack shot just 29.3 percent from the floor against the Seminoles. The win marks the first time that Florida State has beat N.C. State, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest in the same season.

Virginia 71 - Maryland 44 The Cavaliers held the Terrapins to just five field goals in the second period, breaking open a game tied 31-31 at halftime. Mike Scott had 25 points and seven rebounds to lead Virginia. Maryland made just 9-of-28 of its shots in the first period, including seven 3-pointers.

Miami 74 - Wake Forest 56 The Hurricanes’ Kenny Kadji and Durand Scott scored 18 points each to lead Miami past the Demon Deacons, who have lost 10 of their last 12 games after starting the season 10-5. Wake Forest gave up a 13-0 run near the beginning of the second half and never recovered.

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scoring for the Blue Devils, netting 18 and 16 points, respectively. Miles Plumlee added 10 boards, though foul trouble Boston College made its first five shots, limited his younger brother to just 17 including three wide-open 3-pointers, minutes of action. from the field en route to an early 13-7 Boston College played without one of lead. The open shots prompted head its better players, freshman Patrick Heckcoach Mike Krzyzewski to change his mann, who has been battling various inteam’s ball-screen juries throughdefensive strategy. the season.

“At this time of the year a lot out It worked—for The Eagles used the next 14:26, of strange things happen in the rest of the the Eagles would 15 players on college basketball.... If you shoot 0-for-13 the roster in the from the field, not overlook anyone, there is a game, but their scoring a point for bench contributgood chance you’re going to ed just six points. over nine minutes of that stretch In comparison, get beat.”

When that the Duke bench drought ended — head coach Mike Krzyzewski totaled 27 points, with 2:24 in the highlighted by half, though, the Andre Dawkins’ Blue Devil lead was still just six points, 15 on 5-for-11 shooting. partially as a result of eleven Duke turnThe win helped the Blue Devils mainovers in the first period. Although the tain their place in the three-way tie atop sloppy play continued into the second the ACC with Florida State and North Carhalf, Boston College could not capitalize, olina, both of whom won Saturday. with just 16 points off of the Blue Devils’ “At this time of the year a lot of 18 turnovers. strange things happen in college basketA Miles Plumlee put-back gave the Blue ball,” Krzyzewski said. “Nobody is going Devils a 30-21 advantage heading into half- to give up, and if you overlook anyone, time. In the second half, though, a 6-for-11 there is a good chance you’re going to performance from beyond the arc widened get beat. We didn’t overlook Boston the gap to as much as 28.

College and we came away with a really Seth Curry and Austin Rivers led the good win.”

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Blue Devils drop two Duke ties for second of three to Longhorns behind Suri’s win

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Duke started its 2012 campaign on a rainy day in Austin against Texas. Similar to the weather, the team’s play improved as the weekend progressed.

The Blue Devils (1-2) won the series finale Sunday, but the Longhorns (2-1) took both games in a Duke 5 Saturday doubleto clinch Texas 2 header the series.

Marcus StroDuke 3 man took the Texas 5 mound for Duke in the series opener. Stroman, con0 Duke sidered to be the Texas 4 ACC’s top pitching prospect, worked out of a pair of jams in the first and third inning after allowing multiple baserunners. Texas was able to put a run on the board in the fourth when Brooks Marlow launched a home run over the rightfield fence. Marlow also hit a home run in the fifth inning, this time with a man on base to push the Longhorn lead to 3-0. Mark Payton hit a triple in the sixth, scoring one and securing a 4-0 Texas victory.

Stroman finished the day allowing three runs on four hits in five innings of work, also walking a career-high six batters in a losing effort. “[Stroman] was more amped up because

it was the opener,” head coach Sean McNally said. “His command wasn’t great and Texas is a patient offense. He’ll continue to get sharper as we play more.”

The Blue Devil offense started to click in the second game of the doubleheader.

With a man on second and third in the second inning, Andy Perez hit a grounder to third baseman Erich Weiss, knocking Will Piwnica-Worms home. Jordan Betts then scored after Weiss threw the ball out of the first baseman’s reach.

The Longhorns responded in the bottom half of the inning, when Payton and Marlow combined for three RBIs to give Texas a 3-2 lead. A walk and a passed ball in the fourth scored two more Texas runs, giving the Longhorns a lead they would not give up, winning by a final score of 5-3.

Duke was able to keep the Texas offense at bay in the series finale. Starting pitcher Robert Huber, a Plano, Texas native, struck out three batters in a row in the first inning, and from the second inning through the sixth inning, the right-hander retired 14 of 17 batters.

“It was an unbelievable win in front of family and friends,” Huber said. “To not let our team go without a win was really important and was a great win for me personally.”

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Junior grabs his second collegiate win this season with an 11-under-par tournament

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Julian Suri had to check his hardware at the gate on his way back from the 36th annual John Burns Intercollegiate Tournament in Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii.

The St. Augustine, Fla. native shot a 2-under-par 70 in the final round to claim the individual title, beating out California’s Max Homa by four shots.

Suri finished the tournament with 15 birdies while recording just two bogeys and one double bogey, finishing with an 11-under 205. The win is Suri’s second collegiate victory this season.

Suri attempted to take his trophy aboard the flight from Hawaii, but the crew did not allow him—forcing him and head coach Jamie Green to miss the team’s original flight home.

Despite the missed flight, Green was impressed by Suri’s level-headedness and poise throughout the tournament.

“Julian’s doing everything right,” Green said. “Julian has played so well this year, I don’t think it surprised anyone that he came out on top. He was doing everything from A to Z right. His mental game, physical hitting and course management were all right on point.”

Suri, who grabbed the lead from the get-go on the opening day of the tournament Wednesday, was able to keep his eye on the prize for the entirety of the tournament. Homa, who was neck-in-neck with Suri throughout the tournament, trailed Suri by just one shot entering the second round.

“There’s no scoreboard, so guys don’t really even know how they stand during the round,” Green said.

Blue Devil junior Brinson Paolini, who birdied the first three holes of the last round, finished the tournament tied for fourth at 4-under-par 212, seven shots behind Suri.

“Brinson and Julian had the best tournaments for our team. They really carried us,” Green said. “We didn’t give them enough help along the way.”

The Blue Devils, who closed out the tournament tied for second place with UNLV, finished seven shots behind California. The Bears won the team title with a 17-under-par 847, despite a slow start to the tournament.

“The lead was there for the taking on day one,” Green said. “We would have loved to play better the first day… but it was nice to see us gradually creep up that leaderboard and ultimately claim second place.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

Top-ranked Trojans sweep Duke at ITA

by Vaishnavi Krishnan THE CHRONICLE

Duke faced its toughest competition of the season last weekend, going 2-1 against three of the top eight teams in the country at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.

The No. 10 Blue Devils (10-1) started match play with No. 8 UCLA (10-1) Friday and battled their way to a tough 4-2 victory.

For only the second Duke 4 time this season, Florida 0 Duke gave up the doubles point in Duke 0 two tiebreakers after all three match4 USC es were forced into tiebreaks. The No. Duke 4 1 team of Henrique UCLA 2 Cunha and Fred Saba suffered its first loss of the season to Nick Meister and Adrien Puget in a close 7-5 tiebreak contest, while the team of Chris Mengel and David Holland also fell 7-4. Torsten Wiestioka and Raphael Hemmeler were the only doubles team to prevail that night for the Blue Devils, rallying for a 7-5 victory.

“I felt like we played well in three doubles tiebreakers against UCLA and couldn’t come out on top,” head coach Ramsey Smith said.

“Having said that, we did a great job rebounding after losing the doubles point.”

Duke went on to dominate singles play, winning the first sets on five of the six

courts. Cunha, Hemmeler, Torsten Wietoska, and Jason Tahir all notched victories to seal a 4-2 Duke win.

Following Friday’s upset win, the Blue Devils went on to play top-ranked Southern California (10-0) in Saturday’s quarterfinals. The Trojans jumped out to a quick start and never looked back, quickly taking the doubles point before their six singles players—who each rank in the top 90 nationwide—took control.

Unlike the match against UCLA, Duke dropped all six first sets and went on to lose at the third and fourth singles positions closing out a victory for the No. 1 seed in the tournament.

“We just need to continue to work on the doubles and working on winning that point more times than not against the top teams,” Smith said.

In the consolation round Sunday, the Blue Devils faced No. 5 Florida, a team they beat 4-1 in last year’s ITA quarterfinals. Once again, Duke prevailed, sweeping Florida 4-0.

“We had a tough call on our resiliency because we hadn’t lost yet,” said Smith, “and today was a huge test of that. We came through with flying colors and I am very happy with where we are at right now.”

No one dropped a set against the Gators, and the Blue Devils’ top two players, Cunha and Mengel, remain undefeated in dual match singles play.

fromstaffreports Women’s swimming and diving finishes ninth in ACC Duke set seven school records while individuals racked up accolades at the ACC women’s swimming and diving championships this weekend. The Blue Devils finished ninth as a team out of 11 participating schools.

Sophomore Christina Wixted picked up her second all-ACC award after finishing in third place in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. With her 2:11.85 finish in the 200-yard race, she broke a Duke record that she had previously set herself.

That was not the only school record to fall, however, as four Blue Devils combined to break the program’s mark in the 400yard free relay.

Jessica Lyden won the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 365.95, edging Virginia Tech’s Logan Kline, who earned 356.10 points.

Lauren Weaver, Cara Vogel, Meghan Dwyer and Wixted finished the race in 3:22.64, beating Duke’s previous mark by nearly a second. The group finished eighth in the race.

The Blue Devils finished the meet with 193 points, close behind eighth-place Georgia Tech, which finished with 195.5. Virginia won its fifth consecutive championship with 848 points.

The men’s swimming and diving team will compete in the ACC championships beginning on Wednesday.

Track and field preps for postseason at Virginia Tech Three Blue Devils broke school records in the last meet before next weekend’s ACC

indoor championships.

Freshman Elizabeth Kerpon finished in third place in the 400m with a program-record time of 54.63 seconds, three seconds off the pace set by Olympian DeDe Trotter.

Teammates Alexis Roper, Brittany Whitehead and Lauren Hansson also finished in the top 10.

Junior Michelle Anumba won the shot put with her throw of 53 feet, 8.5 inches, which broke the school record she set earlier this season. Teammate Michael Barbas broke his own personal record on the men’s side, throwing 58 feet, 4.5 inches to take first place.

Abby Farley also won the 600m race with a time of 1:32.19.

Wrestling wraps up regular season Duke concluded its regular season with a 29-6 loss to Appalachian State. The Blue Devils also fell to N.C. State and Ohio as a part of a stretch in which the team competed and lost in three matches over the course of three days.

Robert Mello and Brandon Gambucci registered wins for Duke at heavyweight and 133 pounds, respectively. Gambucci was the lone Blue Devil to earn wins in all three contests, while Mello and Peter Terrezza notched wins in two of the three meets.

Terrezza and Gambucci were the only Duke wrestlers to win in the team’s 35-9 loss to Ohio, while the two, along with Mello and Diego Bencomo, all won against the Wolfpack. The Blue Devils lost 24-15 to N.C. State, the closest of the three matches.

The team begins postseason play with the ACC championships March 3.

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game, scoring an unassisted goal nine minutes into the game. Fitzgerald netted her first score of the day less than two minutes later.

The Blue Devils responded with their first goal with 14:20 left in the half, but then Smith took over. The senior scored three more times in the first period, including two unassisted goals, and led the Wildcats to a 5-3 lead going into halftime.

“We had a couple of different plans for [Smith],” Kimel said. “I felt like we did some of those things really well. But others I think we could have [done better], and we clearly did in the second half because we limited her more.”

Despite negating Smith in the second half, Duke could not contain Fitzgerald and the rest of the physical Northwestern offense. The Wildcats scored three goals in the half’s first 9:55 and the Blue Devils never could close the gap. While converting all six of its second-half clearance opportunities, Duke’s offense could only muster two goals against Northwestern goalkeeper Brianne LoManto and the rest of the experienced Wildcat defense.

Although the score was lopsided, Kimel noted some positives considering the tough opponent and the unusually wet playing conditions.

“At least in the first half, I felt like we did a pretty good job of keeping them in check,” she said. “Then in the second half the fact that we cleared the ball really well under those conditions I thought said a lot about the team.”

On the next play, Duke guard Chelsea Gray, who scored 16 points, took her defender one-on-one straight to the basket for a layup to tie the game at 61 with just 21 seconds remaining.

Hawkins came up with another second-chance bucket on the ensuing play, however, giving her nine rebounds and the team a 63-61 lead.

Duke then called a timeout to set up one final play, leaving 10.5 seconds on the clock.

After Gray had sliced through the defense on the previous possession for an easy bucket, McCallie said the team planned to put the ball back in her hands for the final possession. But, the Terrapins adjusted accordingly.

“We really felt like they were going to go to Gray,” Frese said. “So, we put in Kim Rodgers. Just her strength alone kind of matches Chelsea.”

Rodgers succeeded in keeping Gray out of the lane, forcing her to the right corner. Gray then beat Rodgers off the dribble, but found her path to the basket clogged by help-side defenders. She quickly swung the ball to Shay Selby at the top of the key, who then found Peters in the corner.

Although Peters got her shot off with time left on the clock, Thomas leapt and swatted it away as time expired, preserving the Maryland victory.

Despite Duke’s impressive effort to hold Thomas to 2-of-12 shooting, Thomas made the game-saving play and combined with Hawkins for 21 rebounds.

“If we’re not going to rebound and really dominate the boards, we’re going to have trouble with a lot of teams,” McCallie said.

third period. The Blue Devils—who put only eight of their 21 shots on goal in the second half—had chances to cut Notre Dame’s lead, but were unable to convert.

Danowski believes that the Fighting Irish deserve the credit for stymieing Duke’s potentially explosive offense, but he admitted that the Blue Devils missed some of their chances.

“We had shots and we had opportunities,” Danowski said. “And we either missed the goal or the goalie came up with a save…. Some days you’ve got to admit that you got beat by a better team.”

noise. Perez hit an RBI single in the second to score Jeff Kremer, who went 3-for3 on the day and 5-for-11 in the series.

Duke scored two runs in the third and ninth innings, respectively. Longhorn Kevin Lusson hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth, but the Blue Devils took the game 5-2.

“It was a really good start for us on a number of levels,” McNally said. “It was a great environment and it was great to get the club out here playing against tough competition in a hostile environment. We played great in all three games.”

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On Marketplace alone Many Duke students may or impossible for freshmen complain about the quality to return to the Marketplace or variety of food at the Mar- to use their breakfast equivaketplace, but most everyone lency. agrees that the first-year dinThe current structure of ing plan is an integral part the first-year dining plan is unof community fair. Although building during communal eateditorial students’ freshing at the Marman year. ketplace is vital for the freshHowever, the newly re- man experience, it must not leased Socioeconomic Diver- come at the undue expense sity Initiative report shows that of low-income students. The the dining plan is “inadequate first-year dining plan should and restrictive” for lower-in- be restructured to accomplish come students. The first-year both goals: community buildmeal plan puts students on a ing and fairness. shoestring food point budget, Dinner and brunch are and students on financial aid perhaps the most important cannot afford to eat often on meals for first-year students to West Campus or off campus share together. Evenings and due to limited food points. weekend afternoons are genThis becomes especially bur- erally more leisurely times for densome during lunchtime, Duke students. Without class, when it may be inconvenient most students can be expected

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to be on East Campus during dining hall hours. In addition, the buffet-style dinner and brunch at the Marketplace encourages a more social and prolonged eating experience.

The first-year dining plan should primarily aim to attract freshmen to the Marketplace for these meals.

Breakfast and lunch are a different story. A variety of schedules and eating habits means that the first-year dining plan must allow ample flexibility in dining locations.

The current plan does this for breakfast: Freshmen are allowed to swap their breakfast swipe for a $4 equivalency at the Great Hall. However, a lunch equivalency for use on West Campus does not yet exist. As a result, students more conscious of their spending

are often forced to take the bus back to East Campus for lunch or to spend precious food points on West Campus.

A lunch equivalency at the Great Hall could enhance dining fairness. This way, students of all financial background will be able to access—minimally—a quality and conveniently located lunch. Since Bon Appetit Management Company runs operations at the Great Hall as well as the Marketplace, the $4 equivalency will not be a sunk cost in an already financially shaky Duke Dining.

In addition to extending the lunch equivalency to the Great Hall, the University should also investigate dropping meal equivalency amounts. In recent years, the swipe equivalencies for breakfast and lunch have dropped

from approximately $6 to $4.

At the same time, the ticket price for a Marketplace dinner has been increasing. In light of the recent dining subsidy, the University should investigate as to why Bon Appetit’s costs keep rising year after year.

The first-year dining plan must strike a balance between community building, fairness and choice. However, when lunchtime rolls around, lowincome students get none of these three. The Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative report cites one student, who says, “It’s a status thing to be able to say you don’t eat at the Marketplace.” Status should not be the ethos of the first-year dining plan, and a lunch equivalency at the Great Hall can put a dent in this problem.

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he administration is watching you right shut down my fraternity for delivering on the promnow, and if you’re eating outside of Panda, ises of college, but what happens if I try and subI’m watching you too. Ever since Tailgat- mit a hazing complaint for the retarded amount of egate and that powerfully pointed Wimbas that my Italian teacher has sex slideshow, Duke has been waitme slaving over at inappropriate ing for you to slip up so they can put hours? Duke does nothing, and my you and your friends on probation psychological torture continues. ’til you graduate.

I first knew something was awry This was the worst year for me to when my new brothers told me come to Duke. I don’t know where stories of how they got in trouble Steve Nowicki’s hiding all the cameras, for having a Thanksgiving-themed but I know that I have to take some exparty last semester. Instead of showthe devil tra precautions to stay under the radar. ing them a little gratitude for giving Just for now I’ve stopped stealing the homesick kids a chance to celebrate monday, monday Marketplace’s Captain Crunch, the this important holiday, Duke punonly Pong I’ll play is on an Atari and ished them for gathering a bunch of I’m storing all my Crat in Sprite bottles until I can get hot Indian girls at a feast. It totally made no sense a real handle on things. In pursuit of privacy, some- because this is Duke … there are hot Indian chicks times you gotta sacrifice a couple comforts to keep it everywhere, just check Perkins. But I don’t see the real… I’d rather smoke weed in Wannamaker than librarians getting forced to attend any sensitivity K2 in K4. seminars.

The administration clearly cares more about My frat invites a couple Indians to come out and thwarting my fun than giving me a decent educa- be sexy for one night, and the school calls it racist. But tion, or they wouldn’t have given me an econ 51 pro- Steve Nowicki seems to have no reservations about fessor whose drawl makes me cry (and I’m not even roping off all the Indians on Central Campus next going to mention her paintings). Instead, Brodhead year under the new housing model! It’s obvious he’s has his finest staff members investigating my frat af- just dividing the houses along ethnic lines to make ter some unknown rat reported us for “hazing.” it easier for the NYPD to keep an eye on Muslim stuIn my hood we had a saying about snitches— dents. (The NYPD’s jurisdiction now spans south all well two sayings actually: “snitches get stitches” was the way to Georgia, in case you haven’t heard.) common knowledge. Then the old heads would Then it dawned on me: None of these hualways add, “Only thing worse than snitchin’ is man rights violations make any sense because the snitchin’ to a b**** in the kitchen.” The last time school is spending the year doing a test run for I tattled on somebody to my mom was never, be- their totalitarian regime. This whole crackdown cause I’m a man (when I’m not wearing Prada or isn’t about preventing Gawker’s next Duke sex a new dress). But apparently not everybody in my headline or stopping kids from getting drunk frat grew up in that ghetto university, as we’re on Bikini Bottom-style. It’s much bigger than that. probation now because some weak pledge (obvi- Duke wants to build the world’s first sweatshop for ously a snap bid) couldn’t handle the heat and consultants and doctors. went crying to his mommy.

The administration is telling people that they’re Snapbid McTattletale told his mom about the building a campus in China to spread their high acnight the older guys made my pledge brothers ademic standards around the world, but the truth squeeze sponges full of whiskey into each other’s is Duke just wants to learn how to run s*** like the mouths. Obviously, this mom called up the school Chinese do. Did you know that OIT already limits and reported us, as it’s a mom’s job to overreact our Internet downloads to five gigabytes a day? to s***. But what was she really hoping to accom- Come on Duke. If we can’t have our sex scandals, at plish? Fraternities are the most trusted makers of least let us consume a reasonable amount of porn. men since that dude from “Mulan,” yet Duke won’t Next thing you know they’ll be blocking YouTube; even let us test the guys’ manhood with a friendly and by the time I graduate they will be using tanks game of Spongebob Squareshots? Thanks Duke, to mow down the fundraising tables on the Plaza. but if I wanted to associate with a bunch of tee totaling Squidwards, I would’ve joined an SLG. The Devil doesn’t always get watched by Big Brother.

So any old jabroni can have his mom effectively But when he does, he’s usually in the shower.

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What would you give up?

ocqueville’s always celebrated, often quoted and War II took most of their freshmen from the region’s rarely read tome is in many ways just as much socioeconomic elite, whose test scores were only modabout aristocracy in Europe as it is about democ- estly above the national mean of college students. By racy in America. Specifically, it concerns contrast, in 2002 “just 10 schools took 20 the fact that America lacks an Old World percent of all the students who scored in aristocracy, and thus offers observers on the top five centiles on the SAT.” Univerthe Continent a unique futuristic glimpse sities and similar institutions therefore at what one might expect, as democratend to function (unwittingly?) as highly cy’s promise of “equality of conditions” efficient match-making services for the spreads rapidly throughout Europe. intellectually gifted.

But the study of America’s lack of a traUpon graduation, members of this ditional aristocracy, and the “providential” new “cognitive elite” tend to cluster darren beattie overwhelmingly fact of its demise in Europe, would not be in a handful of neighoy weber interesting or worthwhile if the aristocratborhoods in a handful of cities. The upic class did not itself serve some vital social shot of Murray’s picture is that cognitive purpose. In this respect, Tocqueville recognizes, without ability and income are rapidly converging, and that the too much filiopietistic treacle, that the aristocratic class, beneficiaries of this development, the “cognitive elite,” among other things, served as a bulwark against monar- are leading increasingly isolated lives and are developchy, established codes of civility and functioned accord- ing a distinct culture. One of the more amusing feaing to a shared understanding of obligation vis-à-vis the tures of Murray’s book is a quiz designed to test one’s lower classes. Such benefits would not be possible were indoctrination into this elite “bubble.” A sample: “Who it not for the stability and confidence (“entitlement,” if is Jimmie Johnson?” Don’t worry; you’re not supposed you will) afforded by the fact that the old aristocracy was to know. hereditary and “landed.”

Although Murray provides considerable statistical The dominant class in America, says Tocqueville, support for his thesis, I tend to think he underestimates was the middle-class, which is to say there was no domi- the degree to which barriers traditionally associated nant class at all. To be sure, there were rich people and with “equality of opportunity” continue to play a signifipoorer people, but the income gap between them was cant role in American class structure. But this quibble relatively small, and the cultural gap even smaller— is merely a matter of degree. The larger point is that, as most professed (if not lived according to) the ethos we continue (rightly) to remove these barriers, we have of equality. Most importantly, status/wealth gains were good reason to expect diminishing marginal returns on likely to be lost in a generation or two, swept up in the social mobility and the reduction of inequality. Total frenzy and phantasmagoria of hyper social mobility. “equality of opportunity” of the sort libertarians would “Shirt-sleeves to shirt-sleeves in three generations” is prefer would very likely lead to an extreme version of certainly no recipe for a stable aristocracy with its own the hereditary, cognitively stratified class structure Murdistinct culture and obligations. Tocqueville identifies ray depicts, with all of the attendant results that Murray various intermediate institutions such as the church, laments. Indeed, one bizarre feature of Murray’s book guilds and community groups that filled the lacunae is the apparent mismatch between the diagnosis and left by the missing aristocracy. the cure (Murray is a staunch libertarian).

Charles Murray’s latest book, “Coming Apart,” is best Most of all, I worry about the dangers of an elite understood in this Tocquevillian context. Although it constituted solely or primarily on the basis of the abilis a complicated book, and I believe there are several ity to competently manipulate symbols. As far as I can faults, its main thesis is plausible and significant—for tell, the preoccupations of this elite seem rather shalthe first time, a hereditary aristocracy is quickly emerg- low and uninspiring, ranging from unappetizing health ing in America. Murray is well aware of the Rockefell- foods to ostentatious displays of “tolerance.” They are ers, Kennedys and what used to be called the “Estab- certainly poor custodians of high culture—if you don’t lishment.” The new aristocracy, which Murray calls the believe me, go to your nearest “poetry slam.” Indeed, “cognitive elite,” is supposed to be much more systemic the payoff from all of this brainpower seems to fit perand of an altogether new sort. fectly well with Kipling’s description of “a hideously Murray’s basic argument is simple. In the past 50 bourgeois world of crass mammonism and philistine years, there has been a dramatic increase in the value taste.” If this be the case, I say to hell with our new bobo of certain cognitive skills relative to, say, a strong back. elite, and bring back George III! Even more dramatically, there has been an increase in the efficiency with which institutions are able to identiDarren Beattie is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in political fy and sort cognitive talent. Elite schools prior to World science. His column runs every other Monday.

t least once a month, I’m asked to sign a petition to the Duke administration. Many of these are nobrainers. Yep, I would like Duke academic buildings to be more handicap accessible! Yes, I do think there should be a one-stop early vote site on campus! I am totally in favor of bringing fair food to Duke! Investment responsibility is a great thing!

When does a petition to the Duke administration elena botella come about? When there is a group of students who want duke’s biggest party something to occur, they ask the administration, and the administration says something like: “We are not sure, but we could be convinced, particularly if we learned that there was a broad base of support for your proposal.”

From what I’ve gathered over the last three years, Duke administrators seem to be mostly left-leaning— perhaps as a population more so than the average Duke undergraduate. They want a sustainable food system and a clean environment and handicap-accessible buildings and peace worldwide as much as the rest of us (fun fact: Larry Moneta is vegan!). Much more than the rest of us, however, they bump against the constraints Duke operates under on a daily basis. Where will they find the money to pay for everything we ask for? Needblind international admissions—more or less important than expanding the grant size for domestic students?

What about grenovating (this is my own portmanteau for green renovation—I am hoping it will catch on): a higher or lower priority than endowment transparency?

Even when money doesn’t obviously factor into the equation, it is usually the underlying concern: on issues like gender-neutral housing, the real fear seems to be that alumni or donors will get angry.

One thing I don’t buy is the assumption that progressive students are being naive or impractical when they suggest the university take a strong stance on issues of social responsibility—that doing the right thing is a luxury, infeasible or that it distracts from the core mission of the school.

News flash: The core mission of Duke is obviously not to make money—fiscal responsibility is necessary to ensure that Duke will be able to achieve its goals, but it is not the goal itself. When Duke does the right thing, it allows all students, faculty, alumni, staff and community members to have pride; it strengthens what the Duke name means.

People want to be a part of groups whose values they share, and they will work harder on behalf of groups whose missions and values they believe in. In this sense, Duke making its endowment transparent could add as much “value” to Duke as a big donation that allows it to build some attractive new building.

Nevertheless, if we as Duke community members want Duke to do more on progressive issues, it’s time to start a conversation about what we’re willing to sacrifice. This has to be a collective discourse, not the work of a few individuals. I’ve gone to see way more plays while I’ve been at Duke than sporting events—if every Duke student were like me, we could cut the athletic subsidy without a problem, but obviously, not every Duke student is like me, and there are many students who would cut the cultural budget before the athletics budget. I walk more often than I take Duke buses, so I could live with more infrequent C-2s, but other people might prefer that the DukeCard Office be open for fewer hours (I am way too ashamed to admit in print how many new DukeCards I’ve needed). I’ve had a lot of fun at LDOC, but that has mostly arisen from seeing all of my friends in the same place—the performers have been pretty ancillary—so I would definitely agree to slashing the LDOC budget and having that money spent on carbon offsets.

Imagine how much more quickly progress could be made if every petition was phrased as “I want X and I’d be willing to give up Y!” It’s tricky though—you and I might agree that we want X, but while you’ll abandon Y, I’d much rather sacrifice Z. First, we all need to start thinking through what our priorities are as individuals, and secondly, about what mechanisms we might be able to use to better combine our individual priorities into an institutional priority set.

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Elena Botella is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Monday. Follow Elena on Twitter at @dukedemocrats.

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A photo essay by Reem Alfahad, Chelsea Pieroni and Faith Robertson.

1. Bands perform at the To Write Love on Her Arms benefit concert in Page Auditorium. 2. Students gather for Classic Hollywood: A Night at the Nasher Friday. 3. The Duke Chinese Dance Troupe performs as part of LNY 2012: Year of the Dragon.

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