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Health officials warn against noroviruses

Gay marriage ban to draw students to polls

Trade secrets

by Jack Mercola

by Staff Reports

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The fate of the same-sex marriage amendment referendum will rest in the hands of North Carolina voters in this coming election cycle.

This Spring, registered voters can vote on a proposed amendment to the N.C. Constitution that would continue the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. The ballot measure, called Amendment One, has incited protests on and off college campuses in favor of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

Student groups, such as Duke Together Against Constitutional Discrimination, are actively working to mobilize voters to oppose the amendment, and the University has reaffirmed its commitment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Last fall the N.C. House of Representatives voted 75-42 in favor of referring the proposed amendment to the statewide ballot May 8. The vote is grouped with several other pieces of legislation and the N.C. primary election.

In the face of Duke’s public stance against the proposed amendment, 56 percent of N.C. voters said they would vote for the amendment, according to a January report by Public Policy Polling. These results helped prompt legislatures to remain steadfast in their defense of the bill and its place

Students were warned Monday about the risk of contracting a norovirus, a type highly contagious infection that causes vomiting, diarrhea and fever among other symptoms.

Several cases of noroviruses have been reported among Duke students and employees within the last week, according to a letter sent by Student Health Executive Director Dr. William Purdy to the student body Monday. Noroviruses, commonly known as the stomach flu, are characterized by acute vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and some stomach cramping along with headaches, fatigue and fever in some cases. Symptoms are expected to last between one and three days. Dehydration is the main risk from a norovirus infection.

“We’ve seen several cases which we have assumed are noroviruses, there have been several in Duke Hospital and in the Durham area,” Purdy said in an interview Monday. “We’re always concerned every year, because this the time of year which we usually see it, so we just have to remind people to take precautions.”

The state Division of Public Health

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Larry Boyd, biomedical engineer and professor, speaks about entrepreneurship at The ProShip panel discussion Monday evening.

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PickyU connects Development group to bring like-minded lovers Chinatown to the Triangle

by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

Finding love may not be easy, but a few Duke students are trying to make the pursuit a little less daunting.

A group of student entrepreneurs introduced a new match-making website—PickyU.com—to the Duke community this Valentine’s Day. The site was created by members of the entrepreneurial selective living group InCube, who were charged with launching a nonprofit company within a 24-hour span as a part of rush. The website leverages a user’s pool of Facebook friends at Duke to present, based on user preferences, various matches that users can “crush.” If a “crush” is reciprocated by one the six matches, both users

are notified.

“We designated the problem: dating on campus,” said senior Sid Primas, one of InCube’s board members. “One of the top three things people complain about—guys and girls—is that they can’t find relationships on campus.”

The website that launched Wednesday is a “soft launch” Primas said, which means the developers are focused on getting user feedback on the site. An improved version of PickyU.com will relaunch Feb. 27 following user feedback and other revisions.

As of Monday night, 376 people have logged in to PickyU, and

Triangle residents will say “ni hao” to a local Chinatown this Fall.

The new Chinatown will occupy a nearly vacant outlet mall in Morrisville, N.C., this September, said Mark Herman, CEO of Panda Properties Sino, which put the area under contract. The Durham-based Panda Properties Sino plans to transform the mall located near RaleighDurham International Airport into an East Asian emporium, featuring authentic

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This concept art shows what Morrisville Outlet Mall may look like following renovations.

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“It made me wonder whether the experience we had was truly ‘life-changing’...”

—Sony Rao in “A fleeting engagement.” See column page 15

Duke returns from road trip, Page 11

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Drug use causes deaths by hepatitis to surpass HIV

Deaths attributed to hepatitis in the United States rose during the past decade to surpass those from HIV, posing a future public health burden as most people aren’t aware they are infected.

The baby boom generation, those born from 1946 to 1964, are the most at risk to the bloodborne virus, said John Ward, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s hepatitis division, and an author of the study.

“Injection drug use was frequent in this age group, and even one-time exposure to injection drug use carries a high risk,” Ward said. “Seventy-five percent of the mortality is in this age group, and that mortality is increasing. That’s the sobering facts for the baby boom generation.”

Hepatitis is a viral infection that can cause swelling and inflammation of the liver and can lead to damage of the organ, cancer and death, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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Anti-Hazing Pledge Signing Bryan Center Plaza, 12 a.m.-11:59 p.m.

Everyone is encouraged to sign the pledge to end hazing at Duke. This event is sponsored

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US will step up to aid Yemen Mexican prison massacre if certain conditions are met staged as crime diversion WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration is prepared to increase assistance to Yemen if its new government moves quickly to restructure its military forces, stem official corruption and implement electoral reforms, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

MEXICO CITY — The worst prison riot in Mexico in years was not really a riot. It was mass murder. Mexican officials said that it appears all of the 44 inmates stabbed and beaten to death at a state prison in northern Mexico on Sunday were members of the same crime syndicate, the Gulf Cartel.

Women’s Center, 12-1 p.m.

The conversation will explore the personhood movement and invite participants to consider motivations of the loudest voices in national conversations around reproduction. Lunch is provided.

Eating Healthy on a Budget Erwin Square Building, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Come learn ways to spend less on food while still eating a healthy diet.

Senior Thesis Symposium BC Von Canon Room A, 3:30-5 p.m.

Featured speakers will share their firsthand experiences with research finding, career value and initiating a senior honors project.

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New course numbers, schedule set for Fall 2012

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When registering for classes, students will notice some changes in course listings designed to make choosing a schedule more intuitive.

Beginning Fall 2012, courses will be renumbered to make the system more coherent and in line with other universities. Complaints about not having enough time between classes have also led the University to lengthen passing periods and reschedule classes in a way that is more convenient for students.

The University Schedule Committee adjusted the time periods between classes so that the start times make more sense—such as beginning classes at 3 p.m. instead of 2:50 p.m., Bruce Cunningham, chair of the committee and University registrar, wrote in an email Monday. Additionally, the committee added five minutes between classes during the peak periods of the day.

This change is a result of complaints from students who are concerned that 20 minutes is not enough time to get from one class to another, Cunningham said.

“This is especially true in cases where a student has a class on East Campus, followed 20 minutes later by a class on Science Drive,” he said.

To address additional concerns, the Office of Curricu-

lum and Course Development established a committee Spring 2009 dedicated to creating a more comprehensive course numbering system. Under the University’s current scheme, some high-level courses might have a lower number than equivalent courses at another university. The new system effective Fall 2012 aims to align Duke’s scheme with other schools. Under the new system, it should be easier for departments to indicate course levels and sequence curriculum.

“It’s a structural problem,” said Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. “If you didn’t know Duke’s system, it would look as if everyone ended at their sophomore year because Duke’s course numbers stop at 200.”

Under the new system, course numbers will be topped at 999 rather than 399. The system assigns numbers 0 to 99 to courses geared toward freshmen, numbers 100 to 199 to introductory-level courses, 200 to 399 to undergraduate courses above the introductory level, 400 to 499 to advanced courses, 500 to 699 to graduate courses open to undergraduates and 700-999 to graduate students only. Duke’s current numbering system goes up to 399, where numbers 0 to 99 are allocated to introductory-level classes, and 100 to 199 to advanced classes.

Numbers 200 to 299 represent classes only offered to

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A quarter of your class will graduate with distinction Will you be one of them?

Senior Thesis Symposium Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:30 pm, Von Canon room A, Bryan Center Learn about the experience, the benefits and the challenges of writing a Senior Thesis earning Graduation with Distinction.

Featured speakers will share their first-hand experiences with issues such as research finding, career value, and initiating a senior honors project

Featuring Lee D. Baker, Dean of Academic Affairs, Trinity College William Wright-Swadel, Fannie Mitchell Executive Director, Career Center Ron Grunwald, Director, Undergraduate Research Support Office Diane Harvey, Head of Library Instruction and Outreach, Duke Libraries

Special Guests Kaveh Danesh, ‘12

Julius Jones, ‘12

Light refreshments will be served following the event.

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seniors and graduate students, and numbers 300 to 399 to graduate students only.

Baker described the current system as “anomalous.”

Mark Goodacre, associate professor in New Testament in the Department of Religion and chair of the department’s course renumbering committee, added that some departments have also run out of course numbers in the current system.

“You can only sustain a system like that for so long,” he said.

Although many staff and faculty welcome the new system, some students are concerned that they will have trouble getting used to the new scheme.

Freshman Katie Saveliff noted that she is anxious about how the University will be able to effectively communicate the changes to the student body during the transition period.

“I worry I will not be able to recognize classes that I had planned on taking to meet my major requirements under the new system,” Saveliff said.

Junior Nicki Adler said she is worried this change would be particularly confusing for upperclassmen, though she added that the change will eventually be beneficial.

“It doesn’t seem like the course numbers now have much meaning to them, so it could be a helpful change,” Adler said.

In efforts to quell student anxiety, Baker said that students would register for Fall 2012 classes under both current and new course numbers. This tactic should ease the learning curve and make students feel more comfortable with the new system, he said.

Going forward, Baker noted that each department will post explanations of new course numbers and prerequisites on their websites.

He added that renumbering the courses will have no effect on major requirements or other aspects of the curriculum, so it should not cause added stress for students.

“Students will like the new system because now when they go home and see their old friends from other universities, they can brag about their high course levels,” Goodacre said.

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Spaceport faces an earthbound future

by Brian Vastag THE WASHINGTON POST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A figurative “for rent” sign hangs on the front gate of John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Among the facilities available: a space shuttle launchpad, slightly used, a giant crawler for moving rockets, still serviceable, two enormous mobile launch platforms, two shuttle maintenance hangars, a 15,000-foot concrete runway, one of the world’s longest, and the blocky, 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building, with four soaring rocket-assembly bays—and no waiting.

America’s spaceport turns 50 this year, and a wrenching middle-age transition is under way.

“I have a lot of facilities that we, NASA, no longer need,” said Robert Cabana, Kennedy’s director and a four-time space shuttle flier. “I don’t have the money to maintain them, I don’t have the money to tear them down. They’re just going to sit and rot.”

That is, unless NASA can find some tenants.

“We’re putting out the word officially and unofficially that Kennedy Space Center is open for business,” said Scott Colloredo, chief architect for ground systems here.

At the apex of the space shuttle program, about 18,000 people worked here. Now, just 7,500 do. On a recent Wednesday morning, parking lots across the vast complex sat twothirds empty. Since 2009, Cabana has handed pink slips to 9,000 engineers,

technicians and office workers.

“Do you know what that feels like?” Cabana asked as he stood inside one of Kennedy’s hangars. He looked up at the space shuttle Discovery, where three workers were crawling inside the engine compartment.

In April, Discovery will make a final flight to Virginia’s Dulles International Airport. Retirement awaits it at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center there.

Cabana outlined a vision for the spaceport’s future. Instead of serving a single customer—the enormous shuttle program—he foresees Kennedy launching rockets from NASA and from private companies now racing to build a new generation of crewed space vehicles.

But that vision depends on the rapid maturation of a commercial space industry. Critics say Congress has not delivered enough cash to support private development, and expected launch dates have already slipped.

In 2010, President Barack Obama spoke here and vowed to seed a commercial space industry, to replace the canceled Constellation program to return Americans to the moon. With NASA money, American companies would build rockets and spaceships to travel to low Earth orbit. They would deliver astronauts and cargo to the international space station and, someday, to privately owned space stations.

For 2012, the Obama administration and NASA asked for $850 mil-

lion to spread among American space companies. Congress provided less than half that, $406 million.

“Congress hasn’t sufficiently funded it,” said Dale Ketcham, director of the Spaceport Research and Technology Institute at the University of Central Florida. “It’s an Obama idea so Republicans don’t like it.”

A top NASA advisor, Vice Adm. Joseph Dyer, said he felt “a sea change in energy” during a January meeting with NASA officials, a downturn in optimism regarding private space efforts. Dyer leads the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, which meets with NASA quarterly. “If the new (lower) funding level continues into the future, we believe the program is in jeopardy,” Dyer said.

In 2010, Obama also pledged $40 million to transform Kennedy into a diversified research park. Energy, biotechnology and other hightech companies were supposed to race for the funds—and the services of skilled workers along the 50-mile Space Coast.

But Congress never delivered the $40 million—except for a few small projects, Kennedy has not diversified.

Situated on Merritt Island, the space center and adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have launched all 165 of NASA’s human spaceflights. During the Apollo program, the workforce swelled and surrounding Brevard County boomed from a sleepy area known for its SEE SPACEPORT ON PAGE 7

Study shows campaign ads getting nastier

by T.W. Farnam THE WASHINGTON POST

If you thought you were living through a particularly nasty presidential primary, turns out you were right.

Four years, ago, just 6 percent of campaign advertising in the GOP primary amounted to attacks on other Republicans, a figure that has shot up to over 50 percent in this election, according to an analysis of advertising trends.

And the negative ads are not just more frequent—they also appear to be more vitriolic.

In 2008, one of harshest ads run by Mitt Romney ahead of the Iowa caucus criticized Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) position on immigration, but only after calling him “an honorable man.”

In 2012, such a nicety seems quaint.

Romney’s campaign began running an ad Friday in Michigan showing a limp body sinking in murky water, while a narrator intones—“America is drowning in national debt,

yet Rick Santorum supported billions in earmarks.”

All of this invective is flowing in an election season when Republicans had hoped to train their resources on beating President Obama— candidates typically save their harshest attacks for the general election, largely sparing their fellow party members.

But a wildly unpredictable GOP primary has upended that plan and dissolved the truce. It is happening largely because of new rules governing campaign money. Also, this race has a different dynamic—a front-runner who lacks a prohibitive lead.

Once the tone of the race turned negative, it stayed that way. One Ron Paul campaign ad calls Newt Gingrich a “serial hypocrite.” Another, from a group backing Romney, asks, “Haven’t we had enough mistakes” from Gingrich?

A group backing Gingrich accused Romney of being a “corporate raider,” SEE ADS ON PAGE 7

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Santorum takes small-town approach

by Felicia Sonmez THE WASHINGTON POST

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — To any visitor, the best days of this small, former steel-mill town nestled in the Ohio Valley would appear to be behind it.

Here along pockmarked streets in the City of Murals, vast paintings of mill workers and other reminders of America’s manufacturing past adorn what remain of the facades of run-down brick buildings.

For Rick Santorum, small towns like Steubenville aren't about the past, but the very towns that will determine his political future.

With an eye toward a strong Super Tuesday showing in Ohio early next month, Santorum brought his surging campaign to a small restaurant here Monday afternoon and delivered a rousing stump speech to a crowd of about 500 people.

It was no accident that the former Pennsylvania senator and GOP White House hopeful had come here—Steubenville is home to precisely the combination of religious conserva-

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tives and blue-collar Rust Belt voters that Santorum hopes will lead him to victory.

In remarks and during a question-and-answer session, Santorum renewed his blistering campaigntrail critique of President Barack Obama’s leadership on economic, social and foreign policy issues.

Santorum talked about his Pennsylvania roots and cast himself as a candidate who understands what the struggling residents of this small town are going through, someone who “has a message that is your message.”

And Santorum sought to take the higher ground when it comes to the tone of the campaign, blasting his GOP rivals for engaging in “the equivalent of mud wrestling.”

For many there, the message struck a chord.

“I think he really speaks the language of the people here, and they can understand him,” said Mike Nelson, a 49-year-old woodshop manager from nearby SEE SANTORUM ON PAGE 8

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BAN from page 1 on the ballot come May. “I expect this bill to pass,” said Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake and North Carolina House majority leader. “I don’t see a real threat to it.”

Many Democrats in the legislature oppose the amendment, noting that the rights of a minority should not be determined by a vote. Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham, said the amendment would discourage gay couples from residing in and contributing to the workforce of North Carolina.

“This is a transient issue of public policy and has no place in the constitution,” said Rep. Joe Hackney, DChatham and House minority leader.

Campus backlash As the vote approaches, the University is rallying its forces.

In a joint statement from Duke University and Duke Medicine Feb. 17, Duke vowed to support the LGBT community and reaffirmed its commitment to eradicate discrimination on issues of gender identity and sexual orientation.

“As a major employer in North Carolina, we are proud to serve as a model of acceptance and diversity, and we stand alongside the LGBT community in seeking a more equal world,” the statement said.

The statement also pledged Duke’s support of the families of LGBT members, which is essential for Duke to “nurture excellence in all our endeavors.”

Chair of Duke Together Jacob Tobia, a sophomore, said he is proud of the on-campus movement against Amendment One, calling it energetic and uncompromising. Tobia added that voter education will be essential in order to defeat the amendment, as the language of the bill is more comprehensive than most voters recognize and would legally ignore all unmarried couples in the state.

“The amendment will make civil unions and domestic partnerships unconstitutional for straight as well as gay couples,” Tobia said. “Any couple who is unmarried will receive no legal recognition or benefits for their relationship.”

Despite active opposition of the bill with in the confines of the Gothic Wonderland, Stam said he is convinced that

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many Duke students support the bill. He noted that even the youngest demographic of voters are widely in support of the amendment. The Public Policy Polling report noted that 51 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 said they were in favor of the amendment.

“If you think that Duke is widely in opposition to this amendment, you probably don’t get out much,” Stam said.

A one-stop shop Duke’s Spring semester ends three days before the May 8 vote, prompting Duke Student Government to bring a one-stop early voting site to campus.

During the one-stop absentee voting period—April 19 to May 5—registered voters will be able to cast their ballot in the Old Trinity Room in the West Union Building.

The on-campus early voting site will be especially convenient for students who are interested in voting on Amendment One because it will allow them to both register in North Carolina and cast a vote in one visit, said junior Alexandra Swain, DSG vice president for Durham and regional affairs. This action will mitigate the inconveniences associated with voting as a college student, she said.

A similar procedure was successful in the 2008 elections, and more than 1,300 people signed an online petition to bring the voting site back to campus in the coming election cycle, Swain added.

The site will promote voting by students who stand on both sides of the marriage amendment issue, said freshman Miranda Goodwin-Raab, DSG senator for Durham and regional affairs.

“As a college campus, we have plenty of new and excited voters who are passionate about [gay rights] issues,” she said. “The students I’ve interacted with, they seem to be opposed to the amendment, but... students should use this opportunity to vote according to however they feel about this measure.”

The streamlined on-campus stop would help encourage students to vote on the amendment, said freshman Kristin Murray, who is currently only registered to vote in her home state of California but plans to register in North Carolina soon.

“I would definitely take advantage of this opportunity,” Murray said. “Plenty of students are very invested in the outcome of the marriage amendment, so I think the voting site will be a success.”

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Navigating Environmental Entrepreneurialism

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Friday, February 24, 10:30 - 11:45 am A247 Levine Science Research Center, Duke University Free and open to the Duke community Mark Roberts T’86 is the CEO of Springboard Biodiesel, a clean-tech manufacturing company based in Chico, CA. His presentation, Navigating Environmental Entrepreneurialism, will discuss how a small start-up can compete in a rapidly changing clean-tech industry, namely the biodiesel industry. In addition, Mr. Roberts will share his observations on which characteristics and skills really matter in the pursuit of commercial success in the rapidly growing alternative energy industry.

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CHINATOWN from page 1 restaurants, gathering spaces, boutique shopping and a five-star hotel. The $130 million project will open in two phases—about 115 spaces will open in September, and the rest will open in January 2013.

In contrast to traditional Chinatowns that develop due to residential patterns over time, the development plan behind the Triangle’s Chinatown was directed and intentional, encompassing all Asian cultures, Herman said.

“What we’re doing is different than those Chinatowns of Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Washington,” he said. “We’re going to highlight and depict modern Asia. This is going to be a cultural center where people are going to be able to come and learn about authentic Asian culture from every ethnicity— not just Chinese.”

The entire development is privately funded by Chinese and American investors, Herman said, adding that

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an acclaimed Chinese architect will conduct a comprehensive renovation of the area to ensure that construction accurately captures Asian influences.

The five-star hotel in Chinatown will have an eastern theme, Herman said. He expects room rates to be about half of those offered at comparable hotels in the area.

“You can’t open up a business and call it ‘Chinatown,’” he said. “You can’t put up a coat of paint on a building and call it ‘Chinatown.’ Our enterprise and idea started in China, and we want to bring our visitors there.”

‘The best of Asia’ More international students at Duke hail from China than any other country, but not all students are aware of opportunities to learn more about Asian culture, said Eileen Chow, visiting associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies. Chow, who teaches Chinatowns: A Cultural History, noted that a local Chinatown fills a niche by providing an accessible way for students to learn about Asian cultures.

“One of my course’s assignments was to carefully look at Chinese restaurants in the area—I had six students interview at Grace’s Cafe in Trent Hall,” she said. “That told me that students just don’t know where to go.”

The new restaurants in Chinatown will serve authentic Asian cuisine, Herman noted. There will be more than 30 restaurants in the development featuring delicacies from countries such as China, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea.

Because each restaurant will be specialized, each will only serve its respective nation’s best food, said Tony Tran, manager of Akashi Japanese Grill and Sushi Bar, who recently signed a lease to open a sushi restaurant in Chinatown. “‘Chinatown’ is just the name—we want to focus on making the dining represent all of the best of Asia,” Tran noted. “The restaurants will be successful because they will draw from everybody—not just all Asian people, but all Americans.”

Cultural offerings In addition to the food-centered community hosted

by Chinatown, the development can serve as a much needed venue for Asian celebrations, Tran said, adding that large communal spaces will be available for rent.

“We need a gathering point,” he said. “We need a place to celebrate our weddings and our new year— one that can cater food from one of the restaurants in the development and host 400 to 500 people, which is the normal size of a Vietnamese or Chinese wedding celebration.”

Chow noted that Chinatown’s shopping, restaurants, meeting areas and church could help foster a sense of community centered around Asian culture, a support system that some students have trouble finding.

About 20 percent of students identified as Asian American in Fall 2011, according to the Office of News and Communications.

“Last Fall for the Autumn Moon Festival, [the Duke Chinese Student Association] was looking for a place to gather and to have their celebration, but they realized quickly that there were over 100 participants, and they struggled to find an area that [would] fit them,” Chow said.

In addition to cultural offerings, Chinatown will provide educational opportunities that extend beyond the Triangle on the weekends.

“In terms of education, we are going to be able to have 500 students of all ages [who can be taught] everything to do with culture from all Asian communities—language, art, calligraphy, martial arts and just everything that you can imagine,” Herman said. “I also see this as a place where schools throughout the state bring students by busloads to learn about incredibly rich Asian cultures.”

NOROVIRUS from page 1 has also issued an advisory regarding an increase in infections throughout the state. State epidemiologist Megan Davies was unavailable for comment.

Purdy added that the disease can spread fairly rapidly, and that effective hand hygiene is best to prevent norovirus transmission, as it can be passed through contaminated food or water and by touching contaminated surfaces. The letter also noted that alcohol-based sanitizers may not be effective against the virus.

The notification recommended that students who are exhibiting norovirus symptoms to remain in their rooms and minimize contact with others to limit the spread of the virus.

Suspected cases should be reported to Student Health.

“The best thing [to treat the virus] is just rest and clear fluids, but if they’re worried that they’ve lost too much fluid, then we should at least talk with them or see them at Student Health,” Purdy said.

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ADS from page 4 showing footage of an elderly woman saying, “I feel that is the man who destroyed us.” Another spot from the group accuses Romney of making “blood money” from a company found guilty of bilking the government for Medicare payments.

Romney and the groups backing him have led the trend, spending two-thirds of their money on negative ads. Gingrich and the Winning Our Future PAC backing him have spent half of their funds on spots attacking other Republicans. Santorum and the PACs behind him have devoted one out of four dollars to attack ads.

Winning Our Future spokesman Rick Tyler said his group’s message was positive until it was forced to counter Romney’s “scorched earth” strategy.

“When this whole campaign started, the Republicans were very enthusiastic,” Tyler said. Romney’s approach, he said, also is depressing turnout. “By the time he’s done, there will be no one left to vote against Barack Obama.”

The Romney and Gingrich campaigns did not return requests for comment, and Restore Our Future, the largest

SPACEPORT from page 4 Indian River oranges and grapefruit into a vibrant region with a surfeit of well-paid jobs. The population of the county swelled tenfold, to 250,000, as America aimed for the moon.

Space became a seemingly permanent industry.

These days, a visitor is far more likely to catch sight of wild pigs or sunning alligators than a roaring rocket. The grounds are redolent with Space Age nostalgia. At Launch Complex 14, a weathered plaque marks John Glenn’s first launch into orbit 50 years ago. A NASA documentary shot that day shows Glenn striding in a silver suit to the van that will take him, pre-dawn, to the floodlit launchpad.

Those were dramatic—and optimistic—times.

Today, not all is gloom. The spaceport has recently managed to claw back a few hundred jobs. Lockheed Martin moved into a “clean room,” where the Apollo capsules were prepped 40 years ago, putting 150 people to work. The company is building the Orion capsule for NASA, with a test

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super PAC supporting Romney, declined to comment.

Party strategists point to million-dollar political contributions to super PACs as part of the reason for the negativity.

Data show that super PACs, which have run more advertising than the campaigns themselves, have spent 72 percent of their money on negative ads. The figure for campaigns is 27 percent, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from Kantar Media/CMAG, which tracks television advertising across the country. (For this article, ads were considered negative if they mentioned another Republican candidate.)

Super PACs can accept corporate money and personal checks over the $2,500 limit to campaigns, but they are legally prohibited from coordinating ads with the campaigns they are trying to help.

That makes it harder for the PAC ads to feature candidates. And because stock footage and voice-overs can be dull, the result has been more negative ads.

“Super PACs are left with no good choices,” said Brad Todd, a veteran GOP ad man who worked for Romney and the Republican Party in 2008 but is unaffiliated in this year’s contest. “If they didn’t run comparison or contrast ads, they would have some very boring television.”

Super PACs don’t have to follow the “stand by your ad” provision of campaign laws, which requires candidates to state clearly that they approve of the message. Candidates, in fact, have tried to deflect blame for the tone of the contest, saying they don’t have control over the spots run by super PACs. But many strategists have noted that the super PACs, typically run by former aides to the candidate, can easily glean cues from the campaigns.

The first ad from Restore Our Future, a super PAC backing Romney, said that “Newt Gingrich has more baggage than the airlines.”

That, said several GOP strategists, signaled to the other candidates that they would need to go negative.

Obama advisers are looking on with glee as the Republicans bash one another. Romney in particular has been thrown off his message attacking Obama in order to take down other Republicans.

“He spent last year saying he was just going to make a general election argument, and I don’t think anyone would say that’s what he was doing for the past three months,” said one Obama adviser. “He’s been trying to get to the right of Gingrich and Santorum.”

launch scheduled for 2014. NASA is developing Orion to travel into deep space—the test vehicle is set to arrive here in May. Boeing plans to move into one of the three shuttle hangars. The state of Florida rented the building last fall for 15 years and subleased it to the company, which hopes to eventually put 550 people to work building a capsule to fly to the international space station.

NASA has asked Congress for $400 million in the coming year to retrofit launchpads and other facilities. By 2017, NASA hopes, it will fly a giant new rocket, the Space Launch System, on an uncrewed test flight.

To accommodate the rocket, workers have already torn down the big gray tower on one of the two shuttle launchpads. Cabana said NASA recouped $621,000 from selling miles of copper wire stripped out of the 25-story structure.

NASA also plans to retrofit a mobile launch tower it never used. Built for the canceled Constellation rockets, the 39-story cross-hatched steel tower cost nearly $500 million and sits parked on Kennedy property.

The future of the second shuttle launchpad remains uncertain. Colloredo said NASA officials were talking with “two or three” potential customers.

One is California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX. The company already occupies an old Air Force hangar and a smaller launchpad on Cape Canaveral, where it is readying a rocket and a capsule for an uncrewed test flight to the international space station in April or May. The company’s founder, PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, has sketched out grand plans for bigger rockets that would call for the huge concrete curtain of the shuttle launchpad.

But there’s still no word on who might be interested in renting the huge Vehicle Assembly Building. For now, the decommissioned space shuttle Atlantis rests on the building’s floor, its engines removed, its windows blinkered.

Behind Atlantis, a sea of gunmetal-gray desks, tables, cabinets, office chairs and other discarded furniture awaits removal. Among the castoffs is a lone white refrigerator, its door ajar. It bears a handwritten note that says “Free to good home.”

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SANTORUM from page 5 Bloomingdale.

Across the state in Cincinnati, Mitt Romney was campaigning Monday afternoon, ratcheting up his rhetoric and criticizing Santorum by name.

But in Steubenville, it appeared that the positive tone that Santorum was seeking to strike—except when it came to Obama— was resonating with voters who said they had begun to tune out negative attacks.

“I just really agreed with everything he said,” said Christina Duff, 20, a sophomore at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. “Just from morals, especially to family being the foundation of everything.”

Seeing Santorum in person also made a difference to Kevin Nelles, 24, a sales and marketing manager who lives across the Ohio River in Weirton, W.Va. Nelles—like many others—said he had long been a supporter of former House speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., but had since switched his support to Santorum.

“I don't feel that Gingrich stands a chance at this point,” Nelles said. “It’s not to say that I’m just going to vote for who-

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Santorum has made small, working-class towns such as Steubenville a key part of his potential road to the White House. Over the past several days, he has attended local Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinners across Ohio and has honed and fine-tuned his campaign-trail rhetoric to play up his blue-collar appeal.

Nelson, the woodshop manager, said that while he doesn't believe Santorum will be able to single-handedly bring back manufacturing jobs, he will be able to make a difference because he understands the challenges facing the region.

Steubenville is “a real kind of a working-man’s town, and unfortunately we've seen the fall of a lot of industry throughout this whole Ohio Valley,” Nelson said. “But it’s a small town. Good people live and work here. And we’re turning it around and trying to do what we can do. I'm not saying that any one man like the president can turn that around, but I think he can implement policies that would promote manufacturing to come back to our area.”

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PICKYU from page 1 there have been 34,627 choices executed. About 178 crushes have been submitted, but only two matches have been made, Primas noted.

When users log on to PickyU for the first time, they pinpoint a spot on a triangle that represents the ratio of what they value in a potential partner. Users identify how they weigh the factors of “dynamic personality,” “engaging intellect” and “attractive physique.” The total value of the three qualities must add to 100 percent. After completing this portion of the evaluation, users are asked to choose who they would rather date between two Facebook friends. Before users can view results, they must make at least 30 choices.

The results are anonymous, but users may choose to “crush” the people the website recommends for them. If the feeling is mutual, both users will be contacted, said junior InCube member Yang Su, who runs the technical end of the project and was active in coding the website.

The version of the website that launched last Tuesday is what its creators call a minimum viable product, Su added.

The designers hope to have a more complete, updated version launched before Spring break, which will be improved based on user feedback and more data in the system.

The Facebook integration, which makes accessing and using consenting individuals’ data easy, was a core part of the idea for the website, Su said.

“We didn’t want to just make another dating site,” he said.

“When you don’t know someone, it sort of automatically defaults to a first impression, based on looks.... We see there’s no value in that. We only restricted it to people you actually know, that you would be able to think about.”

The idea behind the matching design is that the person a user chooses will be the better reflection of his or her preferences as indicated on the triangle, Primas said. Because the matching mechanism is based on algorithms, as the website collects more data, the results will become more interesting and meaningful.

“People are inherently bad at reporting who they are and what they want in other people,” he said. “It’s a question of... how do we leverage your friends to make better matches for you?”

On the first weekend, there were approximately 25 people involved in PickyU’s creation, Primas said. Currently, there are five to six members actively working on the website.

The privacy surrounding the matchmaking process was a concern for sophomore Danish Husain, who said his roommate fooled him into thinking every person he selected would be notified.

“I freaked out for a minute or two before I realized it was private,” Husain said.

Although the idea for the website came to mind because members of InCube recognized the lack of dating as a problem on campus, Primas said he does not necessarily see the website

as fixing this problem directly. Instead, he hopes it will generate conversations about Duke’s dating culture.

Primas also noted that he thinks students are flooding to PickyU now because of its novelty but that he hopes it will evolve into more of a resource to facilitate students meeting in person.

“You’re already friends with the people it matches you with because it’s through Facebook,” Husain said. “If you like the person enough, you should be able to ask for a casual dinner just because they’re your friends.”

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PickyU gives students the opportunity to anonymously make matches with Facebook friends.

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Highlights from Tuesday afternoon’s men’s basketball press conference.

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The ‘real’ numbers behind Duke basketball To understand a team it takes a look beyond the typical numbers.

Austin Rivers leads Duke in scoring with 15.0 points per game, while Mason Plumlee paces the team with 9.7 boards per contest. This, however, is not groundbreaking.

But, we at the Chronicle Department of Advanced Statistical Sciences have analyzed this team inside and out, and here is some of the most in-depth number crunching available with modern science.

68% — Duke fans who scream, “No, Austin, don’t Andrew shoot that!” when he takes long 3-pointers.

95% — Duke fans who say, “I knew he was going to make that!” after he inevitably nails it.

1,084 — The number of long distance minutes Josh Hairston and Tyler Thornton have had to use combined to keep in touch with Kyrie Irving. Since the team took a Twitter hiatus at the end of January, they’ve had to resort to different methods of communication for staying in contact with their former teammate and best friend on the team.

3n — The final number of points Andre Dawkins ends up with in any

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given game. Well, he has actually made 24 2-pointers this season, apparently, but that hardly compares to his 59 3-pointers.

6-feet — The listed height of Quinn Cook. That’s like when my grandmother tells me I’m a “Jewish” 6-feet.

100% — The chance that ESPN shows the picture of Miles, Mason and Marshall Plumlee wearing those conical Asian hats in front of the Great Wall of China. Apparently only one stock photo exists of the trio wearing goofy hats.

1,093,485 — The number of dunks Miles has missed over his four years at Duke. (Wait, is that one real?)

1 — The number of put-back slams it took to atone for all those misses. Did you see that against Boston College?

0 — The number of unicycle tricks performed by Miles this year. Probably the most disappointing part of the 2011-12 season.

74% — The percent of games at which Chris Collins wears Burberry ties. I’m dying to go shopping with him.

3 — The number of years it took Ryan Kelly to recognize the power of the beard.

And they call Miles “Zoubek 2.0”?

1:34 — The average time head coach Mike Krzyzewski waits in the locker room after the team goes onto the court before he joins them. I wonder what he’s doing back there.

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SEE BEATON ON PAGE 12

Austin Rivers may lead Duke in scoring, but that is not a very telling statistic, Beaton writes.

fromstaffreports Singler and Pocius help Real Madrid to Copa del Rey title

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Kyle Singler played 15 minutes off the bench in Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey championship win.

Real Madrid took home its first Copa del Rey title in 19 years Sunday with a convincing 91-74 win over rival Barcelona, aided by a pair of former Blue Devils.

2010 Final Four MVP Kyle Singler, who decided to stay in Spain for the season even after the NBA lockout ended, scored four points in about 15 minutes of playing time. Martynas Pocius added six points and three rebounds in the championship game.

Singler, the 33rd overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, is averaging 10.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in the Liga ACB this season. He started the year with Lucentum Alicante before the team sold his rights to Real Madrid Nov. 30.

Pocius is in his third year of professional basketball after graduating from Duke in 2009. He played two years for Zalgiris Kaunas, a team in his native Lithuania, before signing a two-year contract with Real Madrid prior to this season. He has averaged 6.9 points and 2.1 rebounds this season.

Tournament MVP Sergio Llull and former Utah State player Jaycee Carroll led Real Madrid with 23 and 22 points, respectively, in the championship game.

Real Madrid returns to Liga ACB play Saturday. With 14 weeks left in the regular season, the squad sits just one game behind FCB Regal, which sports a 17-3 overall record.

Baseball hosts Campbell in home opener After winning Sunday’s series finale over No. 13 Texas, the Blue Devils (1-2) return home Tuesday to face Campbell.

First pitch is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. at Jack Coombs Field.

The Fighting Camels (2-1) finished in the Atlantic Sun cellar last season with a 17-37 record, plagued by a team ERA of 7.11. They split two midweek games Campbell against Duke in 2011, though, losvs. ing 9-2 and winDuke ning 4-1.

Blue Devil sophomore Robert HuTUESDAY, 3:15 p.m.

Jack Coombs Field ber was named ACC pitcher of the week after holding the Longhorns to two hits in six scoreless innings and striking out six in Duke’s first win of the year.

Jeff Kremer spurred the Blue Devil offense with a 5-for-11 performance at the plate. The junior hit .347 last season, splitting time between catching and designated hitter duties.

Third baseman Kyle Holmstrom led Campbell in its series win over Marist last weekend, going 8-for-13 at the plate as the Fighting Camels scored 26 runs in the three games.

The game is part of an opening stretch that features eight games in 10 days for the Blue Devils.

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BEATON from page 11 15 — Both the number on the back of Josh Hairston’s jersey and the average number of times he pounds his chest and yells during the course of the game. The 15 chest pounds are the highest number in the country by at least 14.5. He might be fighting for minutes as a part of this year’s frontcourt, but he never has to fight to be heard.

This year’s Duke team hasn’t had many injuries, but there has to be some significant bruising there.

72% — The percentage of Duke fans who know there is a “G” in Michael Gbinije. Real G’s move in silence like lasagna.

80% — The percent of Duke games Doc Rivers has attended this season. I don’t think anyone wanted the NBA lockout to end.

168 — The number of minutes in which Todd Zafirovski has been on the court this season without checking into the game. The 6-foot-9 former walk-on is known for edging onto the corner of the court from the bench while aggressively clapping. Hey, maybe that’s what it takes to get onto the Macedonian national team.

2.5 — The number of times per game that television broadcasts switch to a shot of Marshall Plumlee screaming at the top of his lungs, next to a clapping Zafirovski.

3 — The number of clutch 3-pointers Tyler Thornton has made this season.

0 — The number of other 3-pointers Thornton has hit this year. In reality he has made 14 more, but it sure doesn’t feel like it.

53% — The chance of angry backlash from this column.

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The cost of leadership When it comes to students between having a job and leadworking on campus, there is ing a campus group is not just often a choice between being about time; sometimes leaderemployed and being inten- ship roles can add hundreds of sively involved in a student dollars to the cost of participatorganization. ing in groups.

The SocioRight now, editorial economic Disome student versity Initiative groups provide argues that students receiving stipends for students in top work-study funding have diffi- leadership positions. However, culty balancing campus involve- the groups that provide this ment and their work. The SDI type of support are very limitcites that this difficulty particu- ed—students with work-study larly impacts the ability of a stu- commitments will have a hard dent to lead an organization: time running a campus group, “Working makes it even more not to mention rising through difficult for students to hold the ranks. major leadership positions.”

But Duke can address this Students in this situation often issue: The solution is to exremain general body members tend stipends to students on of the organizations because financial aid to participate in they lack the time to pursue a community service, broadly larger commitment. To make defined, to supplement workmatters worse, the trade-off study salaries. It would be easy

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to establish a scholarship for work-study students, meant to catalyze students to energetically contribute to Duke and the surrounding community in lieu of work-study hours.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill already makes a point to invest in high potential student leaders with financial need. The UNC Bonner Leader Program is a competitive program only open to incoming students who are eligible for work-study funding.

The program selects first-year students who display an interest in community service and campus involvement. Selected students receive a stipend throughout their four years that allows them to focus on campus leadership positions and community engagement.

During their junior and senior

years, Bonner Leaders are expected to hold campus leadership positions, utilizing the skills they gained during their freshman and sophomore years.

We should adopt this program to Duke and broaden it in the process. A similar program, available to students of any class, could accept applicants on a competitive basis and provide funding by the hour for community service and leadership activities. The program need not fund any particular leadership positions—it need only invest in students who want to contribute to the campus community in any way, whether through conventional service or, say, artistic performance.

And it need not provide broad stipends: Students should receive funding per hour of com-

munity service to match hours not spent at work-study jobs.

Of course, oversight would be crucial, but not insurmountable. The scholarship program could operate just like a job, requiring log sheets and supervisor signatures in exchange for funding.

This program should be easy to fund. We expect a small scholarship program for student leaders will be a magnet for alumni donations, especially because of Duke’s strong antecedent commitments to financial aid and community service.

Students should not be forced to pick between employment and campus involvement, and, with a solution so well within reach, we have no reason not to give students the chance to become leaders.

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’m not a feminist. The passion that the recyTitle IX is the reason I’m allowed to lace up my cled, two-word phrase “girl power” is supposed sneakers every morning before practice. It’s why to invoke just doesn’t do it for me. But I call on my teammates huddle in close before a game. Tiall women—not girls, not chicks, not tle IX has screened the number 20 “betches”—to celebrate this coming on my shirt and the letters D-U-K-E weekend, as Duke honors the 40th across my chest. It is the feeling of anniversary of women’s varsity atha post-game Gatorade cooler bomletics and provides the University bardment on an unsuspecting and the ability to reflect upon its provijubilant coaching staff. It’s why 13 sion of progress and gateways of opteams of girls enter a weight room portunity to female athletes. We, as on West Campus and know how women and men together, celebrate properly perform a snatch-grip ashley camano to the knowledge that we’re a force, a jump or an oscillated back squat. going camando contingent of thinkers and runners Title IX is the reason my muscles and writers and difference-makers. are tired and battered, the reason We matter.

I have unsightly and multiplying This celebration of women’s athletic progress is bruises from field hockey. But they’re worth it. juxtaposed against the reality of many people’s abilMy mother is someone who would have made ity to rattle off a whole list of backward-stepping, perfect use of Title IX’s provision of opportunilet-me-get-walked-all-over females. These girls’ ty—the New Jersey State Women’s Volleyball Playmost trying tasks and profound concerns regard er of the 1970s, one of seven children, a woman the current status of their split ends and whether who would have pounced at the opportunity to or not they’re going “FBO” with their weekend ren- study and compete at the collegiate level. She can dezvous partner. Ugh, #whitegirlproblems. We all still spike a volleyball better than any guy I’ve ever know these girls. We’re girls, so we talk about these seen—“friendly” games at family barbecues aren’t girls. Don’t be one of these girls. for the weak-willed.

But seriously—if we’re going to impair our toes Without Title IX, there’s a good chance I’d be and calves for the remainder of the weekend by studying close to home, if studying at all, wrapped dancing in stilettos on a Friday night, let’s at least up in and immobilized by a blanket of security do some damage with those heels. Yeah, yeah I and a numbing inability to maximize my personal get it—there’s still an irrefutable and somewhat evolution. The spirit of Duke University women’s incomprehensible disparity between women and athletics is a persistent and relentless force, a force men in an array of both public and private ven- that, in the last 40 years has not only made strides ues. Some of these things are still evolving, and in shattering the proverbial glass ceiling, but has improvements are still in the works. The gears of also gone about shattering records and statistics multilateral equality have yet to start spinning. along the way. Our women’s athletics program has But in all honesty, those who think women today thus far amassed a total of six team national chamare still handicapped by their gender must not pionship awards, 52 team ACC titles and 12 Olymunderstand that success doesn’t come naturally. pians. And we’re not stopping anytime soon.

This goes for anyone, any gender, any race. Make Next weekend, our campus will be swarming with moves. Take risks. It’s 2012—if you haven’t set a alumni from across the nation, all in celebration of personal goal or taken a chance in hopes of bet- the 40th anniversary of women’s varsity athletics tering yourself and the world around you by now, teams at Duke. In 1972, when Title IX was passed, maybe the world is ending after all. women’s equality in athletics was mandated but cerThankfully Duke women are different—you tainly still imperfect in a multitude of ways. Now, in have already topped the figurative mountain of 2012, the athletics department celebrates a growthe Common Application and the SAT just to get ing list of accomplishments, awards and trophies— here. You have served communities or earned a starting with an array of sporting events, honorary state title on your debate team. You donned the guest speakers and ceremonies in the weekend fame of a leather-armed tri-varsity letter(wo)man ahead. Our women’s basketball team takes on Mijacket in high school. You’re pretty good, and now ami on Friday, while Saturday sees home matchups you’re at Duke. Not bad.… But why stop now? for women’s lacrosse and tennis.

Over the last 40 years, girls have become ladies.

With the spirit of 40 years behind us, rip ‘em Ladies have become women. We are addressed as up, tear ‘em up, give ‘em hell, ladies.

Ms. Insert-Name-Here, ma’am or some other politely-worded title, but perhaps the most gratifying Ashley Camano is a Trinity sophomore. Her column and distinctive title ever provided to us is Title IX. runs every other Tuesday.

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A fleeting engagement

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hen my mom said, “don’t forget us,” as I left at the end of the summer, I felt a sudden moment of terror as I realized that I may never see her again.

I was leaving Guatemala, and my “mom” was actually my hostmom, whom I had lived with for nearly a month during my DukeEngage experience. At the time, I brushed aside the weight of this warning, assuring her that I would call constantly and that I could never forget my Guatemasony rao lan family.

Almost six months later, that’s what she said though, I’m starting to understand what she meant. I haven’t forgotten my family, or the fulfilling moments I spent with them in the country, but a lack of Internet connection and poor cellphone reception has made it harder and harder to keep in touch with them.

What’s worse, I hadn’t even thought of contacting them by phone until a friend who went on the trip with me told me that she was able to get in touch with her family. When I asked some of my fellow DukeEngagers if they had kept in touch with their families or community organizations, most of them admitted that they had just been too busy and hadn’t gotten the chance.

It disconcerted me to learn about our meager efforts to communicate with our host families and organizations that we worked with this past summer. It made me wonder whether the experience we had was truly “life-changing,” as some have described it, or if it was merely an exotic summer vacation.

And then an article I read recently on the NPR website suggested that it could, in fact, be both. The article discusses the new trend of “voluntourism,” wherein a traditional travel trip includes volunteer work for a charitable organization— your basic kill-two-birds-with-one-stone kind of endeavor. The article points out that as great as such an experience might be for the volunteer, it can often have a negative impact on the organization or people, particularly young children, that a volunteer interacts with during their experience. This is particularly the case in orphanages, where children become attached to a volunteer, but later feel a sense of abandonment (already heightened by their present state) when the volunteer leaves.

The article made me question the extent to which DukeEngage was essentially a “voluntour” experience for us. Can any of us imagine the impact our departure might have, not only on host families but also on the children (and maybe even adults) that we spent so much time with?

This is not to say that the act of voluntourism is completely devoid of merit. Many of the organizations very much need the help that is offered by international volunteers and these volunteers, in turn, can be so strongly impacted by their experience that they may return or continue to aid the organization in other ways.

That being said, how many of us have kept in contact with an international organization or family that we have spent time with during our DukeEngage experience, or any international volunteer experience for that matter? My host organization’s director told me that students from other schools often return after college to work for the organization, but that they had yet to have any Duke students do this.

For most of us, our future plans don’t involve dedicating our lives to international or domestic development work—I know mine probably won’t. But we shouldn’t let ourselves fall into the category of tourists who spend two months thinking that they have helped an organization and then never look back.

Not all of us fall into this category—one of my DukeEngage friends continues to do online work for the organization; another friend is helping to sell merchandise made by a group of women who weave.

So, I’ve made a resolution to keep in touch with the organization I worked with and the host family I stayed with last summer—a summer I can only describe as the best and most eye-opening time of my life.

Last summer I was engaged. Engaged in a beautiful culture, in fulfilling work and with the heartwarming people of Guatemala—and I refuse to forget it.

Maybe I’m not yet ready to be married to the idea of being a volunteer for the rest of my life, but there are little things I can do to keep connected and continue what we started. I may fear marriage, but that’s no reason to walk away from commitment.

Sony Rao is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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Investing in girls’ education just makes sense

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hen things go bad, the first crop you Women, both genders should have equal access to harvest are the girls.” education.

“That’s how my Kenyan friend Eddie These disparities also have important implications responded when I asked him if all the for development. The World Bank restores I had heard were true,” related ports that an extra year of secondary Dr. Sherryl Broverman, Duke professchool boosts girls’ future wages by 15 sor of biology and co-founder of the to 25 percent. It has also been found Women’s Institute of Secondary Eduthat women and girls reinvest 90 percation and Research (WISER) NGO. cent of their earned wages into their She still remembers how he pointed to families, with men investing only 30 to girls out the window of the car as he 40 percent. Lawrence Summers, foranswered her. mer World Bank chief economist, has Muhuru Bay, where this exchange Duke Partnership also remarked, “Investment in girls’ for Service took place, is a rural village on the education may well be the highest reshores of Lake Victoria in Western Keturn investment available in the develthink globally, nya. The community has the highest oping world.” act locally rates of HIV infection, infant mortality The WISER NGO was founded in and malaria in the country. It also has response to these issues in Muhuru the largest number of AIDS orphans. The situation Bay. In 2010, the NGO partnered with the commuthere is especially dire for women and girls. nity to open the WISER School, a Kenyan-run boardAs in many developing countries, women in Muhu- ing high school for girls. Each year, an incoming ru Bay often have no property or income of their own class of 30 girls receives four-year full scholarships to and little control over their family’s purse strings. A WISER. severe under-valuation of girls and their well-being In support of the secondary school, the WISER often results in the misallocation of scarce resources NGO also runs WISERBridge, a program that works to males. Girls are left without money for education with eighth grade students to improve their test scores or personal care items like soap and sanitary pads. on national high school entrance exams. Through To obtain money to pay for these items, girls are WISERBridge, more students, and especially more often forced to leverage their bodies. They may make girls, have passed these exams and qualified for high about $1.25 gathering firewood for an entire after- school. WISER has also helped to introduce a numnoon, but 10 minutes of sex could earn them $3.00. ber of public health initiatives into the community.

For many girls who are also balancing schoolwork At Duke, we are proud to support the work of the and house work, resorting to transactional sex makes WISER NGO. As a student organization, we work to economic sense. maintain a close relationship between the girls at the In some schools, girls may be forced to have sex WISER school and Duke students. We are committed with their male teachers to obtain funding for school to raising money for girls’ scholarships and educator supplies. Furthermore, in an economy driven by ing the Duke and Durham communities about the a male-dominated fishing market, women and girls importance of girls’ education from both a developturn to wealthy fishermen for this source of income. ment and human rights perspective.

Often these men are infected with HIV at a much For more information about WISER and the chalhigher rate than the general population, having en- lenges facing women and girls in Muhuru Bay, please gaged in similar relations with other women around visit www.wisergirls.org. the lake.

For more information on the work Duke’s WISER This dynamic forces girls as young as 12 to choose student group is doing in support of the NGO, visit between dropping out of school due to lack of fees— www.facebook.com/WISERDuke. thereby consigning themselves to early marriage and This week WISER will be hosting Wednesday night pregnancy—or obtaining this funding at the risk of Jazz at the Mary Lou in celebration of the newest class HIV infection. What would you do? of WISER students, who began their first day of school Given these realities, when the WISER NGO first this month. On Thursday, WISER will also host a fundbegan working with the Muhuru Bay community in raiser at Panda Express between 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.

2007, girls were significantly underrepresented in Come show your support and join the tradition. schools. Only 5 percent were enrolled in secondLive. Learn. Be. WISER. ary school, and none had ever qualified for college.

These statistics mirror a global trend, with Human Caitlin Johnson, Trinity ’14, is the former co-president Rights Watch reporting that girls constitute 70 per- and Katy Falletta, Trinity ’13, is the current president of cent of the world’s out-of-school youth.

WISER student group. This column is the sixth installment These gender disparities in education are unset- in a semester-long series of weekly columns written by dPS tling from a human rights perspective. According members addressing civic service and engagement at Duke. to the UN Convention on Discrimination against Follow dPS on Twitter @dukePS

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Exhibitions I Recall the Experience Sweet and Sad: Memories of the Civil War. Thru April 8. Perkins Library Gallery. Free.

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy. Thru June 17. Nasher Museum.

The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Photographs by Frank Espada. Thru July 8. Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free.

Events Feb 21 - Feb 27 February 21 Heroes and Villains of Comic Book History. Part of the countdown lecture series to the Heroes and Villains Library Party. Will Hansen (Rubenstein Library) and Edwin Murray (Comic Collection Donor) discuss comic book history and comic collecting. 4pm. Perkins Library, Room 217. Free.

February 22 Do-It-Yourself Comics: Concepts and Techniques.

Part of the countdown lecture series to the Heroes and Villains Library Party. Visual arts professor Bill Fick leads this workshop on making your own comics. 7pm.

Perkins Library, Room 218. Free.

February 23 Creditors. By August Strindberg. Directed by Ali Yalgin (Sr. Distinction Project). 8pm. Brody Theater, East Campus. Free. This show will also take place on Feb. 24 and 25 at 8pm.

Duke Wind Symphony. Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, conductor. Affinities: works by Johann Strauss II, Frank Ticheli, Steven Bryant, Johan de Meij and others, featuring Johann Mösenbichler, guest conductor and the North Carolina Saxophone Ensemble, guest ensemble. 8pm. Page Auditorium. Free.

February 24 Encounters: with the music of our time presents Wet Ink Ensemble. Features repertoire by Alvin Lucier, Alex Mincek and Sam Pluta from the ensemble’s current season, as well as works by Duke graduate student composers D. Edwad Davis, Tim Hambourger and Jamie Keesecker. 8pm. Sheafer Lab Theater.

Free.

February 25 Encounters: with the music of our time presents Wet Ink Ensemble. Features repertoire by Kate Soper and Eric Wubbles from the ensemble’s current season, as well as works by Duke graduate student composers David Kirkland Garner and Dan Ruccia. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.

Party Highlights

February 26 Faculty Recital. Fred Raimi, cello; Jane Hawkins, piano with Eric Pritchard, violin. Perfume and Bratwurst: music of Chaminade, Poulenc, Bach, Schubert. 3pm. Nelson Music Room. Free.

s Comic book exhibit in the Rare Book Room s Superhero rings and bracelets for the first 400 guests s Duke Annual Fund senior toast s Free appetizers and desserts s Beer/wine available for cash, Food and FLEX points

Organ Recital Series Concert. Recital by Dongho Lee on the Aeolian organ. Dongho Lee was awarded both the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 2010 American Guild of Organists’ National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance, held at the 50th national convention in the AGO in Washington, DC. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Ms. Lee has played in her native country as well as throughout the United States and Europe. 5pm. Duke University Chapel. Free.

February 27 Artist Residencies: Kristi Lippire and Jason Middlebrook. The Nasher Museum welcomes artists Kristi Lippire and Jason Middlebrook, whose work is part of the Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art. Nasher Museum of Art. Free.

Screen Society

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All events are free and open to the general public.

Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center. (N) = Nasher Museum Auditorium. (SW) =Smith Warehouse - Bay 4,C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium.

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2/27 BEZHIN MEADOW Sergei Eisenstein Retrospective (rare 35mm screenings of classics by the master) 2/28 Iranian Documentaries: (7:30pm) OUR PERSIAN RUG + FRAGMENTS OF A REVOLUTION AMES Presents: Reel Revolutions