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Entering this season, three-quarters of Duke students had never experienced a loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but the team has fallen twice on Coach K Court in 2012. Miles Plumlee, the only senior on this year’s team, was the only Blue Devil to know the feeling of a home defeat before Florida State guard Michael Snaer’s buzzer-beater ended Duke’s 45game home win streak Jan. 21. When the No. 4 Blue Devils host archrival North Carolina at 7 p.m. Saturday with the ACC regular-season crown on the line, it marks the culmination of Plumlee’s career, and his senior season, in which he has been both the team’s elder statesman and most improved player since a dramatic midseason evolution. SEE M. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 7
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Grad students taking varied career paths by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE
Some graduate students’ eyes are veering off the academic track. Today, about 10 to 20 percent of Duke graduate students pursue nonacademic careers, said Peter Sigal, director of graduate studies and associate professor of history. The uptick in students choosing paths outside academia has prompted the Graduate School to explore programs that support their interests and goals. “There has been a lot of publicity about the difficulties that there are in getting hired in universities,” said William Wright-Swadel, Fannie Mitchell executive director for career services. “We have seen more students saying that they are open to the idea of going in a different direction.... Ph.D. education is becoming progressively more reflective of what’s happening
in the world.” The Graduate School is working to strengthen its ties with the Career Center to expand career opportunities for graduate students. Efforts are ongoing but have included establishing two standing positions for career counselors to work specifically with graduate students, providing leadership series for doctoral candidates interested in the non-academic job market, hosting networking events and offering more one-on-one opportunities for graduate students to discuss future opportunities with Career Center staff, Wright-Swadel noted. This increased collaboration between the Graduate School and Career Center was based on a May recommendation by a task force commissioned by the Graduate School, said Jacqueline Looney, senior associate dean for graduate programs.
The Graduate School also tracks its graduates after they leave Duke their future place of employment and their reasons for choosing the employer, Wright-Swadel said. This information can be helpful to those considering graduate school but concerned about job placement, Looney added. “We put all of our data online, we’re very transparent,” she said. Some of the University’s departments are also discussing how they can change their mission statements to reflect broader public goals, Sigal said. The history department, for example, promotes intelligent critical engagement that is necessary for becoming productive citizens, but this message is sometimes overlooked. “We need to do a better job thinking SEE CAREERS ON PAGE 3
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B.o.B. will bring his magic to campus at the Last Day of Classes concert as the new headliner, replacing LMFAO’s Redfoo, who cancelled his appearance two weeks ago. The LDOC committee sent an offer to B.o.B’s team Feb. 22 and received confirmation Thursday, said sophomore Jacob Robinson, co-chair of the Last Day of Classes B.o.B. committee. “B.o.B is a high energy artist, and he’ll fit into the lineup very well,” Robinson said. A young hip-hop artist who grew up in Decatur, Ga., B.o.B. already has hit singles “Nothin’ on You,” “Airplanes” and “Magic” off his debut studio album “The Adventures of Bobby Ray.” The album hit No. 1 during its 24 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart for top albums in 2010. He also made the Billboard Top Artists of the Year Chart the same year. “Obviously, B.o.B. is a very popular artist, and a lot of people can sing along to his hits,” said senior Nate French, co-chair of the LDOC committee. A live band will accompany B.o.B. at the concert, which Robinson said will make for a great experience. After Redfoo cancelled, the LDOC committee worked quickly to find an artist to join 3LAU, Macklemore and Basshunter—a lineup which was originally built around Redfoo. “It’s a very different act than Redfoo, but we think it will fit in very well with the lineup,” French said. “He fits in differently, but still really well.” Initially, the committee was limited to the budget that would have been paid to Redfoo, but it requested and received additional money from the Duke University Union general fund Feb. 21. The committee declined to comment on the exact budget used to book B.o.B. “We were really excited that we could bring someone of this caliber given the circumstances and quick turnaround,” French said. Eric Sneeden, the University Center Activities and Events adviser to the LDOC committee, was responsible for communicating with B.o.B.’s booking team. Sneeden could not be reached for comment. Alyson Campbell, the press relations contact for B.o.B’s management, also could not be reached. B.o.B. is set to release his new album “Strange Clouds” May 1, just a few days after LDOC April 25. “So Good,” one of his singles from the upcoming album is currently in the iTunes Top 10 singles chart. French anticipates more singles will be released in the next few months and will be performed at LDOC. Robinson said the proximity of LDOC to the release of B.o.B.’s new album will get the student body excited. “[Students] are going to hear his music all over campus, on their iPods and at Shooters, “ Robinson said. “People will be excited.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon scrambled Wednesday to try to determine how many victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had their remains incinerated and dumped in a landfill. Senior officials acknowledged that they were caught flat-footed by the revelations, made in a Pentagon report released Tuesday, about remains from Sept. 11 being sent to a Virginia landfill, and they pledged further investigation of the matter. Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, said that contrary to the Pentagon report, it did not appear that unidentified remains of victims of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash in Shanksville, Pa., were disposed of in a landfill, “as best we can tell.” “This is something we need to nail down,” Schwartz said. He said the practice was limited to the unidentified, partial remains of people who died in the Pentagon crash.
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Striking insurance clause Tsang gives apology for not very costly, Rand finds undermining confidence WASHINGTON, D.C. — Striking down a mandate in the health care law requiring most Americans to buy insurance won’t raise the cost of individual coverage as much as government economists project, a private analysis by the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, Calif. finds.
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Experts may be one step closer to understanding the universe. In a collaborative study with University of Oxford and University College London, Duke physics professor Ashutosh Kotwal and his team have produced the world’s most precise mass measurement of the W boson, an elementary particle that mediates weak nuclear force. This finding contributes significantly to scientists’ understanding of the Higgs boson in the Standard Model, the theory that physicists use to explain the dynamics of subatomic particles. The new mass measurement of the W boson not only suggests that the Higgs boson is lighter than previously predicted but also pinpoints the upper limit on the Higgs boson mass with 95 percent certainty. This experiment matters because the mass of the W boson is highly related to the mass of the Higgs boson, said Yu Zeng, a physics graduate student in physics who has worked with Kotwal since 2007. The Higgs boson is related to the fundamental question of the origin of mass. “Because we have not found the Higgs boson yet, one way to pinpoint the Higgs boson is with the W boson,” Zeng said. “A precise measurement of the W boson is important because it allows us to constrain the mass range of the Higgs boson.” Using data collected at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, Kotwal’s team measured the W boson’s mass at 80,387 million electron volts divided by the speed of light squared, with a precision of .02 percent. Precision indicates how well a result is expected to be reproduced through repeat measurements—the higher the precision, the better the reproducibility. Based on the new W boson mass, they calculated that the Higgs boson is around 90 billion electron volts, or GeV, with a
precision of 30 percent. Compared to an earlier experiment conducted at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, Kotwal’s prediction that the Higgs boson mass is within 90-145 GeV advances the effort to narrow down the energy region in which the Higgs particle is located. “We were able to retrieve better results because we are using more data and better techniques,” Kotwal said. “I only had 100,000 W bosons available to analyze in my first experiment—this time I used around 1,000,000 W bosons.” Though the results of Kotwal’s experiment represent a landmark among measurements of the W boson mass, finding the Higgs boson will still require further precision on measurement of the W boson, said postdoctoral research associate Bodhitha Jayatilaka, who also contributed to the research. “We have started laying the groundwork for a measurement of the W boson mass with another data set,” Jayatilaka wrote in an email Thursday. “We believe this can further reduce the error.” Jayatilaka is currently presenting their latest findings of the Higgs boson measurements at the annual conference on Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories in Italy. This will be the first presentation of the findings to the international physics community and the second public presentation after Kotwal’s seminar at Fermilab Feb. 23. Jayatilaka said. Further research is already underway. Since there is another set of about 4,000,000 W bosons that have yet to be analyzed, the current mass measurements of the W boson can be improved by a factor of two, Kotwal noted. “The next stage is not only to find a more accurate upper limit of the Higgs boson but also to find the lower limit as well,” he said. “Afterward, we must check to see if the Higgs boson can be found in that range.”
sity instructors, we are hoping that they will work with students... to help them analyze the ways in which historical knowledge can create better critical thinking,” he said. “We also hope that the books and articles that our graduate students publish will alter the ways in which we understand the world around us. We should admit that we do a better job with preparing students to be university instructors than we do preparing them to do other things.”
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Top recruit to make official visit Saturday Shabazz Muhammad is deciding between Duke and North Carolina, among others by Brady Buck THE CHRONICLE
Not only will Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski look to defeat North Carolina Saturday, but he will also attempt to win over one of the best players in high school basketball. Shabazz Muhammad, ESPNU’s No. 2 overall recruit in the Class of 2012, will make an official visit to Duke and Cameron Indoor Stadium for Saturday night’s contest against the Tar Heels. The 6-foot-6 left-hander is the complete package on the floor, but his ability to attack the rim is especially noteworthy. The elite athleticism that produces highlight-reel dunks also makes him a topnotch defender. And to top it all off, he is a grounded, hard-working player who consistently gets high marks for intensity and in-game mentality. After averaging 30 points and 10 rebounds per game in his senior season and leading Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev. to three state titles during his career, Muhammad is considered to be the best high school basketball player ever to come out of Nevada. “He’s a cornerstone guy, a programchanger,” said Jeff Goodman, a college basketball columnist for CBSSports.com.
Given the caliber of his talent, Muhammad has had many suitors throughout his long and methodical recruitment. But despite dozens of scholarship offers, Muhammad has given no indication of his preferences, instigating a years-long swirl of online rumors. “It’s a recruitment that has played out on a national stage and there’s been a lot of speculation,” ESPN senior recruiting analyst Dave Telep said. “But I don’t think anyone has a great pulse on it and it’s been conducted at the highest level in front of everybody.” Fans and recruiting experts alike have attentively tracked Muhammad’s every word as he decides between six prospective schools—UCLA, Kansas, Kentucky, UNLV, Southern California and Duke. The intrigue of Muhammad’s recruitment was amplified Wednesday with the release of two controversial reports. First, UCLA was sullied by an article released by Sports Illustrated that revealed reports of drug use by Bruin players and several instances of wrongdoing by head coach Ben Howland. Then, Goodman and Gary Parrish of
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Mike Krzyzewski has made Shabazz Muhammad a primary recruiting target for almost two years.
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Saturday, March 3 • Cameron Indoor Stadium 7 p.m. • ESPN No. 6 North Carolina (25-4)
TYLER THORNTON 3.4 ppg, 1.9 apg SETH CURRY 13.6 ppg, 39.2 3PT% AUSTIN RIVERS 15.3 ppg, 39.3 3PT% RYAN KELLY 12.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg MILES PLUMLEE 6.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg
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Kendall Marshall gave Duke fits at the Dean E. Smith Center, but Reggie Bullock managed just four points. Seth Curry and Austin Rivers combined for 44 points at the heart of the Blue Devil offense. Tyler Zeller is the conference’s best post player, and he presents a scary matchup when combined with Harrison Barnes and John Henson. The trio pose serious matchup problems for the Blue Devil post players.
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Seth Curry scored 15 points, including four 3-pointers,in the Blue Devils’ first game against the Tar Heels.
Mason Plumlee will play significant minutes off the bench to help defend the interior, and North Carolina’s PJ Hairston and James Michael McAdoo scored just six combined points on 3-for-9 shooting last time.
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The Breakdown Without a set of clutch 3-pointers by Austin Rivers at the Dean E. Smith Center, Duke may have lost by 20 points, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Thursday, but the Blue Devils have had the Tar Heels’ number at Cameron Indoor Stadium the last two years. Duke needs the Plumlees to stay out of foul trouble and the guards to heat up from beyond the arc to win the ACC regular season title. OUR CALL: Duke wins, 81-80
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Cunha, Saba adjust to new doubles pairing by Vaishnavi Krishnan THE CHRONICLE
The end of last season saw the break-up of the former No. 1 doubles team in the NCAA. The graduation of Reid Carleton left the nation’s No. 7 singles player, junior Henrique Cunha, without a partner at the start of the year. Cunha had played every doubles match with Carleton from the first tournament of his freshman season. “This is really a great opportunity for the other guys on the team to play with one of the greatest players who has ever played here at Duke,� head coach Ramsey Smith said Sept. 16. At first, Smith tried to match Cunha with sophomore Chris Mengel, the second
highest ranked singles player on the team. The pair went 7-2 over the course of the preseason, but in the spring Mengel has been paired with David Holland in the No. 2 doubles position. “It was not that hard actually [to find a new partner]. We have a lot of good players on the team,� Cunha said, “During the fall I played with Mengel, and we played alright.� Just a week before the start of the Duke Invitational in January, Cunha began practicing with sophomore Fred Saba, who is currently ranked 110th nationwide. “The teams were fine originally, but we just thought of mixing things up to see if we SEE CUNHA ON PAGE 8
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Fred Saba [above] and Henrique Cunha have gone 5-2 in dual match play as a doubles team during the spring.
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Henrique Cunha was forced to switch doubles partners after Reid Carleton’s graduation last summer.
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CBSSports.com reported the NCAA is investigating Muhammad’s amateur status after he allegedly received funding from close friends of his father, Ron Holmes. Holmes admitted to allegations that North Carolina-based financial planner Benjamin Lincoln—whose brother Geoff is one of Muhammad’s high school coaches—financed unofficial visits to Duke and North Carolina in 2010. Furthermore, New York financial adviser Ken Kavanagh has also admitted to donating money to Dream Vision, which he and Holmes jointly run. Holmes indicated to CBSSports. com that these actions were legal under NCAA rules because he filled out all the necessary compliance forms and fully disclosed all information. Despite the ongoing investigation, the news is not expected to greatly influence Muhammad’s college decision. “I don’t think it affects him that much,� Goodman said. “I think every team in the mix would gladly sign up, even if Shabazz is going to miss eight games or so. He’s that good of a player.� The accusations could give Duke a better chance in Muhammad’s recruitment due to the Blue Devils’ reputation as an upstanding program. “Mike Krzyzewski has been as respected of a person as there is in this industry and if [Muhammad] goes to Duke, he’s
cleansed in a sense,� Goodman said. Krzyzewski declined to comment on the situation in his press conference Thursday. Despite any advantages this situation might give the Blue Devils, though, Goodman sees Kentucky winning this recruiting battle. “The smart money is always on John Calipari,� Goodman said. But if Duke loses Muhammad to the Wildcats, it will not be for a lack of effort in his recruitment, since he is very familiar with head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his program. Muhammad and Holmes, who played basketball at Southern California, have attended games in Durham each of the past two seasons, including a previous matchup with North Carolina in 2010. In addition, Muhammad has visited campus with his AAU team, Dream Vision, for several summer tournaments. Last September, Krzyzewski paid an in-home visit to Muhammad in Las Vegas, and Holmes was reportedly in attendance when Duke, Kansas and UCLA were playing in the Maui Invitational in November. During his senior year so far, Muhammad has visited every school on his list except Duke. This weekend’s official visit to Durham marks the climax in what has been a persistent effort by Krzyzewski and his staff to land the high-flying Nevada prodigy. “Duke has made Shabazz Muhammad a priority for the better part of two years,� Telep said. “Their pitch to him culminates on Saturday or Sunday morning.�
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M. BASKETBALL from page 7 “I think Miles has played his best basketball this last month,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He’s contributed more with this team. From the start he has been our most respected player... so when he does speak the guys will listen to him. He’s been more vocal in the last month than ever before.” When Duke and North Carolina previously met, the Blue Devils drained 14 3-pointers, including Austin Rivers’ sixth of the game with time expiring to give the team its 85-84 victory. Plumlee played just 17 minutes, scoring three points and grabbing three rebounds. “I don’t think I was as physical and aggressive as I could have been in that game,” Plumlee said. “Since then, that’s been my M.O. going into every game, so I’m just going to bring that on Saturday.” In his contest after facing the Tar Heels, Plumlee grabbed 22 boards against Maryland, kicking off a sixgame stretch in which he has collected 12.0 missed shots per game. The performance has earned him frequent comparisons to former Blue Devil center Brian Zoubek, who had a similar breakout midway through his senior season with a double-double against the Terrapins in 2010. North Carolina, which averages the most rebounds in the nation at 45.8 per game, torched the Blue Devils on the boards 42-35 earlier in the year and outscored Duke in the paint by 28 points. 7-foot post player Tyler Zeller racked up 19 points and eight boards in the first half alone. Krzyzewski believes that the evolved Miles Plumlee will be a “key aspect” in changing the interior dynamic for this rematch if he replicates his recent performances. “When we played Florida State, we could have gotten into a lot of trouble early because it was such a physical, intense game,” Krzyzewski said. “Miles was really the guy who was the most intense and most physical for us and kept us in there. I hope he can set that kind of tone.” Much of Plumlee’s recent success has stemmed from his ability to avoid foul trouble and stay on the court. In the last six games he has played an average of 26.7 minutes per game, the longest stretch of the season in which he has played at least 20 minutes per contest. Plumlee, his brother Mason and Ryan Kelly will need to stay on the court as much as possible to battle Zeller and fellow forward John Henson, who leads the ACC with 10.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game. The frontcourt could receive additional help from Josh Hairston, who sat out Tuesday’s game against Wake Forest after suffering a head injury Sunday against Virginia Tech. According to Krzyzewski, Hairston was limited in practice Thursday. The Blue Devils’ need for physicality extends beyond the post, however, as the Tar Heels possess a height advantage at every position. North Carolina’s smallest starter is 6-foot-4 Kendall Marshall, who leads the ACC with 9.6 assists per game. Marshall, who has been primarily a passer, registered his second-highest scoring total of the season against the Blue Devils with 14 points on an efficient 5-of-9 shooting performance. “He uses his vision very well and he changes speeds very well,” said Tyler Thornton, who played extensively against Marshall in high school. “It’s really hard to guard a point guard like that [who] can make a pass whether you’re pressuring him or laying off him.” Reggie Bullock, who joins Marshall in the backcourt, stands at 6-foot-7, while the team’s leading scorer, 6-foot8 Harrison Barnes, plays small forward. To make up for the Duke’s size deficiencies across the board, Krzyzewski regularly rotated the defensive matchups, even playing the 6-foot-1 Thornton on Barnes at times. Although Zeller dominated the first half against the Blue Devil interior defense, Barnes scored 19 of his 25 points in the final 20 minutes of play, making use of his consistent size advantage. Duke is unsure who its go-to scorers will be on a nightly basis, but the team is cognizant of the need for every player to match up with the Tar Heels’ length defensively. “Even now we may not know who’s going to have a breakout game,” Miles said. “But if everybody brings it on defense, playing physical and aggressive, we’re going to do fine.” Although Miles came to Durham with two others in his recruiting class—Elliot Williams and Olek Czyz, both of whom transferred—he stands alone as a late-blossoming senior with an ability to dominate the glass.
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Saturday night, Miles will once again look to emulate Zoubek, who also played his final regular season game at Cameron Indoor Stadium against North Carolina, snagging 13 rebounds while leading the Blue Devils to a 32-point win. Despite the temptation to be retrospective in his final
home game, Miles understands that he cannot yet expend effort thinking back on his four-year career in royal blue. “The time to reminisce will come after the season,” Miles said. “Right now we’re in the process of the opportunity to win the regular season outright and getting ready for the ACC and NCAA [tournaments].”
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Senior Miles Plumlee will play his final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night, matching up with North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller.
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Don’t haze me, Bro(dhead)! A recent anti-hazing initia- occurred over an extended petive spearheaded by the Office riod of time. of Administrative Conduct unA group of English profesearthed allegations of hazing sors were indicted after a Ph.D. across disciplines and at the student reported being padhighest levels of Duke’s faculty. dled “with the complete works “It’s not just of Herman Melstudents trying ville.” This level editorial to have fun any3.8 violation was more,” said High Inquisitor and upgraded to a stage Q violation Chief of Laughter Prevention when the anonymous Ph.D. Bryan Stephens. “Any member added that he was hit with of the Duke community” who “the unabridged, critically exengages in actions ranging tended version.” The professor from the “mildly inappropriate countered by pointing out that to sadistic” will all equally be even Hemingway traditionally subject to “the full wrath of my staged his own version of the Zeus-like powers.” running of the bulls, with his The editorial board— editors as the runners and live through no journalistic abil- bulls as the bulls. ity of our own, assuredly— Further, allegations that somehow accessed a trove of English professors—and one OAC documents detailing the infamous cancer researcher— abuse. The allegations range in were forced into compromisseverity and nature, and have ing textual situations could not
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is the season of i-banking and consulting songs and record demos. By the way, Ke$ha wrote internship interviews! Much discussion every song on her album “Animal.” has concerned the later-life usefulness of That’s the thing about Ke$ha. In her path toward STEM majors as opposed to the alsuperstardom, she comes across as leged futility of liberal arts majors. admirable in her spunk and persever“Practicality” seems to be the word ance. She could have had an academon everyone’s minds, as we consider ic back-up, but she chose not to. She the future usefulness of our studies. knew she wanted to follow her dream But sometimes it’s nice to hear of making music, regardless of the those stories of following your consequences, regardless of what she dreams and loving what you do, would leave behind. Instead, Ke$ha while at the same time being innoepitomizes doing what she loves, by indu ramesh vative in your field. So let me tell loving what she does. you a story about a girl. Ke$ha epitomizes contradiction; walk the walk, She was a hard-working, diligent she exists in a liminal space between talk the talk student. She played saxophone and serious and goofy, smart and useless, trumpet in her marching band. She excess and subtlety. For someone was in the International Baccalaureate program. who claims to brush her teeth with whiskey, she has She got straight As and a 1500 on the SAT (back this to say about her “hot party mess” reputation: when it was out of 1600). She loved physics, math “People say ‘party girl’ and instantly you think: DUI, and community service. She would go to Cold War drug problem, [privates] out, no underwear, going history classes at a local college, just because she to nightclubs every night. Problem. I’m none of the found them fascinating. above.” Oh, and of course she doesn’t actually brush Yet she never felt she fit in, with her propensity her teeth with alcohol. for purple hair and self-made purple velvet pants. She rarely ever truly sings, and it is often asStill, her academic efforts paid off. She was sumed that she can’t. But listen to “Right Round” planning on attending Columbia University, in- or “Animal”—that’s singing, what Ke$ha is doing. tending to study psychology. She might’ve even I know; it’s shocking. But really, she just prefers gotten into Duke. this pop-talk-rap style to singing, fostering “the Then she dropped out of high school. complete and painless assimilation of the white feThe good news is: She needn’t worry about that male rapper into pop music,” as one critic stated. decision too much. She dropped out to move to Actually, Ke$ha’s ambitions are quite admirable, Los Angeles to pursue music, and she became more in that she desires not simply to perform a genre, successful than she could have ever anticipated. but to extend, to subvert, to meld a music of her That girl’s name was Kesha Rose Sebert; now, own. What is that if not innovation and creation? she is internationally recognized as the party-startAnd yet despite her chart-topping popularity, ing, glitter-covered superstar sensation Ke$ha, re- despite her secret academic prowess, creativity and plete with a dollar sign in her name. Oh, and she lack of living by her lyrics, Ke$ha doesn’t take herdid end up getting her GED after all. self too seriously. And that’s the best thing about Gleaned from her music and public appearanc- her. That’s what the elaborateness of her ridiculous es, Ke$ha boasts a certain image: glitter, “garbage- lyrics and glittery, unicorn and rainbow-laden, psychic” clothing, brushing her teeth with a bottle of cho-wet-dream videos mean to emphasize. Jack, dancing with no pants on, throwing up in ParIn short, Ke$ha is kind of a troll, in the best is Hilton’s closet. She stands for fun of a ridiculous, way possible. Someone smart enough to recogwasted variety. Her interviews are laden with the nize what the American public wants and give it colorful exclamation: “F— yeah!” She claims that to them with her own glittery, ironic spin on ex“I can have a party in a f—ing cardboard box.” She cess. Someone smart enough to secretly poke fun states that her optimum hangover cure is “Glitter. It at us, while poking fun at herself at the same time. fixes everything. Just put some more glitter on.” Someone who respects herself, but doesn’t take I mean, that’s awesome. herself too seriously. Someone everyone can learn Yet growing up, Ke$ha was just a girl with big from. And I love it. dreams. She grew up with a single mother, a singerIn her own immortal words: “I’m not a moron, songwriter. Life was hard; they survived on food so there.” stamps and welfare payments. The family moved to the Bible Belt (Nashville, Tenn.) in 1991, where Indu Ramesh is a Trinity junior. Her columns Ke$ha felt she never fit in. Still, every day after high runs ever y other Friday. Follow Indu on Twitter school, she would sit with her mother and write @IRrationally
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t Duke, I often hear phrases like, “I’m just not attracted to Indian women” or “I don’t find black men attractive,” coming from people of different races. A disclaimer nearly always follows these phrases: “I would date somebody who looks like that, but I can’t see it because I’m simply not attracted to him/her.” I used to think these comments were just outliers, and I assumed that people at Duke were progressive when it came to interracial relationships. My own experiences caused me to start questioning just how good race caleb duncanson relations are here. news flash Last year, a black friend of mine asked a white friend to a semi-formal, and was disappointed when she said she couldn’t go. More upsetting was that it wasn’t because of a scheduling conflict, but because her parents don’t want her to “date black guys.” My thoughts: One, you are an adult. Think for yourself. Two, are you serious? We love to say Duke is a place where we celebrate diversity, where many different racial groups come together, but I would venture to say that there is a line that many people don’t dare to cross. The question arises: Are we comfortable being more than friends with people of other races? The more I reflect upon both this incident and the previously mentioned disclaimer, the more I believe both positions are equally offensive. To say that you are not attracted to Asian women, for example, is a blanket statement. Can you really not find one single attractive Asian woman in the whole world? I’m pretty sure all you need to do is stop looking through your lens of preconceptions of what an attractive person looks like, and you might just find one. You might even find yourself dating someone who doesn’t have the same skin color as you or your parents. You might say, “It’s not like I’m racist or anything, I just don’t find them attractive,” but are you sure you do not harbor some racial biases or stereotypes? One person says I won’t date you because you’re black, and another says I am not attracted to you because you are black. Are these two statements really so different? The former statement openly opposes race-mixing, although the latter stance suggests that it is impossible for one to consider a particular race attractive. In both cases, a separation is made solely on the basis of the race or color of a person that constructs a barrier to romantic engagements with people of this race. The verbiage is certainly tamer than it was in the ’60s, but its cause is ultimately the same. Anti-interracial relationship sentiments are simply symptoms of racism. Whether these ideas are vocalized or merely acted upon, deep down there is a feeling of superiority or a fear of associating with other races beyond a certain point. This is not a natural fear, so we ought to examine ourselves to determine why we have such trepidations and act to get rid of them. At Duke there are a handful of mixed race students, making the student population an accurate representation of national demographics. Between the 2000 and 2010 census, the mixed race population grew by 35 percent. Almost 2.5 percent of the U.S. population identified as mixed race in 2010. North Carolina, in particular, stood out with the near doubling of its mixed race population over 10 years. The mixed race population growth does point to an increase in the number of people who dare to move beyond social norms and cultural differences to enter into interracial relationships, but these relationships are still an anomaly. Even in places that have seen significant growth in the mixed race population, like Mississippi, people complain that racial tensions are a big deterrent to interracial dating. So what stops us from giving interracial dating a chance? The person who openly says, “I don’t want to date ____ people,” at least seems honest. Those who attempt to mask their true feelings in politically correct rhetoric do the same damage and fool themselves into a moral superiority. Same race as well as interracial relationships are great, but we should not feel obliged to choose one over the other. Although it is true that there are cultural differences that have the potential to make things difficult in an interracial relationship, the problem I am troubled by is the narrow mindset that prevents people from even starting one. If we can dismiss someone’s attractiveness based solely on his or her race or skin color, then can we declare ourselves free of racism? We can continue in denial, claiming we have transcended racist tendencies, and only associate with those who look like us. We can gasp in shock that someone else would dare say they don’t want to date someone because of their color. We can feel free to show our disdain at their offensive words, but we must also ask ourselves—are we really so much better? Caleb Duncanson is a Pratt senior. His column runs every other Friday. Follow Caleb on Twitter @CMDuncanson
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lettertotheeditor I write to point out that The Chronicle would serve the Duke community better if it understood the civic engagement scene at Duke more consistently than Wednesday’s two articles show. The editorial in particular does not seem to get that the Duke Center for Civic Engagement (DCCE) is a University center that is separate from DukeEngage and that programs such as Civic Thursday are run by the Center, which is independent of DukeEngage. The call for sustaining civic engagement is well made. Indeed, the DCCE’s mission is to help cultivate an ethos of civic engagement at Duke; it partners with various civic engagement programs across Duke, including DukeEngage, academic departments, professional schools, centers and student organizations such as dPS. The DCCE has many initiatives toward this end of culture-building. For example, the “Knowledge Maps” on the DCCE’s website help students and faculty build
creative and robust curricular connections to fieldbased civic engagement experiences. The Civic Engagement Studios are year-long forums run by faculty, students, staff and external community partners engaged in social change, and the Civic Summer Research Fellowships encourage strong links between undergraduate research and civic work. In addition, the DCCE supports a number of faculty-led community research collaboratives. All of these are geared toward creating an environment where civic engagement is a reflexive, ethical and critical endeavor—more a sustained habit of citizenship—rather than being a one-time, standalone experience. Leela Prasad Faculty Director, DCCE and Associate Professor of Ethics & South Asian Studies, Department of Religion
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sraeli Apartheid Week’s (IAW) presence at Duke comprehensive programming. has not been experienced through its programFinally, I’m upset by DSJP’s attempts to polarize this ming, but instead through its controversy. Al- community. When I spoke at an DSJP meeting last year though much of the conversation has about how to productively engage the been about the merits of the term kevin lieberman Jewish community in the conflict, my “apartheid,” my critique of the week concerns were laughed at and mocked. guest column is not about the discussion of Israel’s The belief that triggering emotional repolicies, but rather the way the topic sponses is necessary to create dialogue has been handled on campus. is wrong. The posting of eviction notices on student’s I’m disappointed by Duke Students for Justice in Pal- dormitory doors exemplifies that point. I’m surprised estine’s (DSJP) decision to join the international IAW by DSJP’s letter to the editor published yesterday that, movement because the movement presents a message instead of opening a constructive conversation about that normalizes violence and pushes for the boycott what some considered to be an insulting poster, put of Israel. Upon opening the movement’s website, the blame on those who were insulted for misunderstandtext in the opening video argues: “It is not ‘terrorism.’ ing the images. The insensitivity echoes DSJP’s other It is resistance.” Just as I am bothered by the death of quote earlier this week that the eviction notices should Palestinian civilians, I’m stunned by the justification of not have upset students. terrorist acts that target Israelis who are merely going DSJP claims that labeling their movement as racabout their lives. I’ve never heard of a humanitarian ist is an intimidation technique, and it shows the hycause that justifies killing innocent people. pocrisy of their campaign quite clearly. This week has The international movement’s emphasis on cut- been about creating an analogy between the Israeliting all ties with Israel through boycotts, divestments Palestinian conflict and the South African apartheid, and sanctions are not tactics about building peace, but and consequently labeling Israel as racist. As DSJP rather tactics about isolating Israel. When Israeli film- points out, labeling doesn’t result in productive dismaker Avi Mograbi, who creates experimental films cussion. Yet it’s precisely what they’re doing. quite critical of Israel, spoke at Duke in 2009, he was The message of this week has been that Israel asked if he was for or against boycotting Israel. He ex- is driven to oppress because it is racist. What IAW plained that while he used to be for it, he found that doesn’t highlight are the Israelis, Palestinians, Mushis films were being boycotted on the sole basis that he lims, Jews, Christians and global citizens who are was Israeli (ignoring the fact that his films were sup- working together to solve this conflict. For my Duportive of the Palestinian cause). Dance groups, sports keEngage project two years ago, I interned with teams, academics and cultural institutions have all the Israeli-based humanitarian organization Save a been part of an attempt to isolate Israel. Just as Mogra- Child’s Heart. The organization provides heart surbi pointed out, the boycott discriminates against peo- geries for children in areas where medical resources ple based on their identity, rather than the merits of aren’t available, and about half the children they their thoughts or achievements. I find the acceptance treat are Palestinians. After my summer in Israel, I of violence and the promotion of discrimination by worked with a team of students (who approach the the IAW movement to be an ironic peace plan. conflict with different perspectives) to figure out how I agree that the quality of life for Palestinians we bring this organization to Duke. We raised money needs to be improved. Yet, I believe DSJP has re- for Save a Child’s Heart, displayed a photo exhibit at mained silent since their founding about violations the Center for Muslim Life and the Freeman Center of the Palestinians’ human rights instigated by their and worked together because we believe organizaown Palestinian leadership and the leaders of neigh- tions like this will bring peace. Why aren’t we spendboring Arab countries. Beyond the fact that Hamas is ing our time on activities like this? considered as a terrorist organization by the E.U. and I remain disappointed by the decision of the the U.S., the Israeli Defense Forces has posted foot- DSG Senate to support Israeli Apartheid Week. This age on YouTube of Hamas launching rockets from isn’t an issue of making sure each political side gets schools and neighborhoods in Gaza. As noted in a equal funding. The issue is whether we’re going to 2010 Human Rights Watch report, Palestinians face continue to support an organization that routinely discrimination in Muslim countries such as Jordan, and intentionally tries to polarize our community. I’d which in recent years have stripped them of citizen- rather have us support organizations that try to build ship and denied access to health care and education. community and peace instead. Two wrongs don’t make right, but if this were a campaign for the betterment of Palestinians and not a Kevin Lieberman, Pratt ’12 campaign against Israel, then there would be more President, Duke Jewish Student Union
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