T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
The Chronicle
MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 121
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DSG revives Discount Program
Kim furthers optic care for athletes
I whip my hair
by Patton Callaway
by Ashley Mooney
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With a newly re-established discount program, students have more incentive to venture off campus to explore Durham and its vibrant food culture in particular. The Duke-Durham Discount Program, revived in January after a more than a year of dormancy, gives students and faculty between a 5 and 20 percent discount at participating restaurants and other vendors. Users present their DukeCards in order to redeem the discounts at the 15 local vendors participating in the program, which include Ben and Jerry’s, Cosmic Cantina, Chopped Greens, FedEx/ Kinko’s, Local Yogurt and Nosh. Freshman Derek Rhodes, Duke Student Government senator for Durham and regional affairs, was instrumental in re-establishing the program and said he is working to expand the program and adding more restaurants to encourage students to interact and support the Durham community. “Increasing Duke student visibility in Durham shows that we are invested in taking advantage of all that Durham has to offer,” Rhodes said. “The discount program works hand-in-hand with Durham’s food culture.” First established in 2005, the Duke-Durham Discount Program originally included more than 20 vendors and offered a 5 to 20
An eye care visionary has set his sights on establishing the first national center for sports vision. Although sports-related eye injuries can have a significant impact on an athlete’s career, the Duke Sports Vision Center for Excellence is the only organization in the country equipped to care for athletes from diagnosis to rehabilitation, said Dr. Terry Kim, director of ophthalmology fellowship programs and associate director of cornea and refractive surgery services. The center is currently housed throughout the Duke Eye Center, but Kim said he hopes to unite these services in one building and to expand vision care to military service members with acute eye damage. “For athletes in any sport, it is usually hard to find an eye specialist that focuses on trauma from sports,” Kim said. “What we want to do with our center is provide a one-stop place where you can provide treatment—not only surgery and medical treatment, but also vision rehabilitation— for specific injuries.” Kim, Medicine ’92, hopes to one day combine clinical care, specialized treatments and management under one roof. One location can help streamline treatment, so athletes and
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Delta Sigma Theta sorority performed for prospective students at a step show Friday as part of the Black Student Alliance Invitational weekend. SEE SOUNDOFF ONLINE.
SEE DISCOUNT ON PAGE 4
SEE VISION ON PAGE 6
DUKE vs STAN
Duke beats UNC in Double Dare
MONDAY • 9:00 p.m. • ESPN
by Kristie Kim
Duke one game from Final Four
The Blue Devils met the Tar Heels in a slimy battle Saturday evening. Duke beat the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a lead of about 300 points in Double Dare, a revival of the popular game show that originally aired on Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1993. The competition—featuring original Double Dare host Marc Summers—included various physical challenges, trivia and an obstacle course, which often resulted in sliming the contestants. The Duke vs. UNC Double Dare, which drew several hundred audience members to the Intramural Building, marked the first time the game show has been recreated for a competition between universities, said sophomore Shane Stone, programming chair of the innovations committee of Duke University Union. “It was one of those things you dream about as a little kid watching Nickelodeon, except that it actually happened,” said senior Betsy Klein, a member of the Duke team. The winning team members—Klein, senior Jeremy Moskowitz, sophomore Jacob Robinson and sopho-
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FRESNO, Calif. — No. 2 seeded Duke will play in its third consecutive NCAA Regional Final tonight, in search of an upset over Stanford to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2006 and in McCallie’s tenure as head coach. Duke (27-5) is fresh off a dominant 74-47 victory over St. John’s in the Sweet 16 and hopes to ride the momentum to a victory over the Cardinal (34-1) at Save Mart Center, though ultimately the team prides itself in is its development over the course of the year. “It’s important to grow through the season as much as possible, SEE W. BASKETBALL ON SW PAGE 2
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more Elizabeth Turner—were each awarded a two-day pass to Universal Studios and to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Fla., Stone said. These candidates were selected from a pool of 100 students who each submitted a video, Stone said. The innovations committee then narrowed down the contestants to 12 candidates who ran a Facebook campaign for two weeks. The contestants were chosen based on the number of people who liked their Facebook pages. Stone declined to comment on the exact cost of the event but noted that both UNC and Duke contributed funds. Moskowitz noted that the UNC Carolina Union Activities Board’s fun committee, the group in charge of collaborating with DUU, did not publicize the event to the extent that DUU did, giving Duke’s team the edge. He added that approximately 10 students from UNC attended, compared to Duke’s large crowd of about 300. “[In following years,] UNC should make it more of a competition on their end, so it’s more fun for everyone,” SEE DARE ON PAGE 3
ONTHERECORD
The weekend at Duke, SEE PHOTO ESSAY PAGE 5
“What would happen if you were unable to pay for reproductive health services and Planned Parenthood had to close its doors?”
Ward wins third national title,
—Joline Doedens in “Wait a minute.” See column page 9
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