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Duke to Justin DO SOMETHING? GOVERNMENT DSG pres. to be chosen by Hunger Games Bieber: ‘Call me maybe?’

University admits the Biebs to Class of 2016

by Loco Yogurt and the Artist Formerly Known as DJMT THE CHOMICLE

There’s gonna be one less lonely girl... in the freshman class.

After a serious Twitter campaign by several thousand Beliebers, Justin Bieber has been granted admission to Duke’s Class of 2016.

“I’ve got Bieber Fever,” said Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christauf Wiedersehen.

“After one interview with Justin, I did something crazy. I gave him an acceptance letter and told him to come here, maybe” The teenage heartthrob said he is definitely coming to Duke—choosing it over the University of Toronto and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, among others.

He added that he is looking forward to SHOOTAHZ and bringing Tailgate back.

“When I was 13, I had my first Tailgate,” he said. “There was nothing that compared to Justin Bieber my first Tailgate.”

Will Selena follow her One Love to Duke?

Never say never.

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DSG presidential candidates will now have to fight to the death for a chance to rule the student body with a rubber fist.

by Mr. E THE CHOMICLE

The Do Something? Government Senate unanimously approved a resolution to select its next president via Hunger Games in an emergency meeting Thursday evening.

The reform, introduced by current President Peeta Stork, a senior hailing from the Capitol, sought to address apathy consistent with previous DSG election cycles.

“This will provide the elections with the

drama they deserve,” said Gracie Lime, District 2. “It forces the tributes to prove that they are truly deserving of the presidential position.”

Alexander Swan, current mayor of District 9, noted that the games will allow the tributes to show all the qualities required of a president.

This was echoed by another presidential tribute Chris Breezy, former mayor of District 5, who was excited about the reformed

process.

Sophomore Stefan Jonas, a senator for District 7, has created a super PAC to fundraise for the Games.

“I’m truly excited about the Games.

We’re currently designing an area in the Duke Forest,” said Master of Games Jaems Ree. “We’re looking forward to how it plays out. May the odds be ever in your favor.”

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Chomicle under Coaches to switch places as part of the Bobertson program fire for hazing

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Duke men’s basketball is under new management.

Blue Devil head coach Mike Kfdsakljadskski and North Carolina head coach Boy Hillbilliams will switch places for the 2012-2013 season as a part of the Bobertson Scholars Program.

The pair announced the decision at a joint press conference inside a Bobertson Express Bus. “Well, dadgum, this just seems like a swell idea,” Hillbilliams said. “I just hope those flibbertyjibbet Kameron Krazies come to appreciate me. I’m justa homeboy from North Carolina, what’s not to like?”

Kfdsakljadskski, who broke the Division I record for alltime wins this season, said this will not affect his duties as the head coach of the US of A men’s basketball team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

“The verve of this decision speaks magnitudes,”

The Chomicle is being investigated for 16 charges of alleged hazing, Vice President for Student Affairs Elmo Netta confirmed Thursday in a harshly worded email.

“We are hereby charging you for Level II violations of sleep deprivation, forced consumption of Lo-Yo, forced sitting in office chairs for a length of time and the more serious Level III violations for paddling writers who turn in stories after deadline,” Netta said. “You fools are going down this time.”

The Chomicle may be exempt from disciplinary action, however, because last week Director of Student Conduct Thievin Pryan unexpectedly reduced the statute of limitations for journalistic hazing by one third to 23 days.

“We really thought it was a good idea at the time—I reviewed all the options, and 23 just struck me as the most disciplinarily relevant number,” Pryan said. “But I guess that means we can’t bring The Chomicle to justice… oops.”

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Taco Jobia celebrates 903 social justice causes, Page 3

Boy Hillbilliams steps off the Bobertson Bus at the Duke bus stop.

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“We knew how much students loved Merchants on Points, so naturally we got rid of it.”

—Thick Johnston on dining. See story page 4

Gingrich to head Duke Lunar University, Page 7

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Dawkins discusses ‘Magic of Reality’ Duke admits

3,105 to the Class of 2016

by Andrew Luo THE CHRONICLE

In his second sold-out speech at Duke in two years, Dawkins outlined three forms of magic—myth, illusion and the beauty of everyday existence.

“An Alpine landscape or a rainbow, these are exhilarating, something that gives us goosebumps, something that makes you feel more fully alive,” he noted. “The facts of the real world as understood through the methods of science are magical in this third sense, the good-to-be-alive sense.”

Dawkins contrasted myth and illusion with the magic of existence, and compared fairy tales like the Frog Prince to the miracles of biblical scripture.

“Everybody knows this didn’t really happen,” he said.

A new crop of students is poised to become Blue Devils as part of the Class of 2016.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions accepted 3,105 applicants, bringing the regular decision acceptance rate to 11 percent, the University announced Thursday.

The students were selected from a pool of 28,909 regular decision applicants. Duke saw a total of 31,600 applicants across the early and regular decision cycles—6 percent more than last year. Admissions selected these students from a record number of applicants, using a tweaked admissions procedure designed to speed up the review process in response to the growing applicant pool.

To date, 3,753 students have received acceptance letters for the Class of 2016. Duke accepted 648 out of 2,641 applicants from the binding early decision program in December, marking a record low early admission rate.

The large applicant pool this year brings together a wellrounded class, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education.

“Because we have such a large number of fabulous applications, we can build a class of not just people with good academic scores but also with unique backgrounds and interests,” he said. “It’s about creating a diverse student body.”

The target class size for the incoming freshman class is 1,705 students, with a projected yield rate of approximately 45 percent, Nowicki noted. Official statistics have not been released yet, but the University expects to see growth in the number of applicants from the West Coast, particularly California.

“One visible trend we noticed is that there is a greater emphasis on community service and civic engagement

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For the second year in a row, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins spoke about evolution and religion in Page Auditorium Thursday.

by Gloria Lloyd THE CHRONICLE

Christ turning water into wine is as believable as a frog changing into a beautiful prince, Richard Dawkins said Thursday night.

Dawkins, a noted evolutionary biologist and vocal atheist, said that the entire universe can be explained through scientific methods and denounced reliance on supernatural “magic.” He spoke to a packed Page Auditorium as part of a tour promoting his 2011 book for young adults, “The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True,” and argued that, though some amazing occurrences are seemingly magical, there is a scientific explanation to everything.

Uni. selects firm to Jones’ super PAC attracts media design West Union Building renovations

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A team of Trustees, administrators, faculty and students selected Grimshaw Architects as the firm that will renovate the West Union Building.

Grimshaw, a firm with offices in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney, will be responsible for the renovations, which are scheduled to begin summer 2013, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education. The team will be led by Mark Husser, manag-

ing partner of the company’s New York office, who has also worked on the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis.

“I was part of the selection process, and we all agreed that we had some great architects,” Nowicki said. “Obviously, people want to work at Duke because of its toprate architecture—old and new.

Grimshaw had some particularly creative ideas about how to connect old and new.”

SEE GRIMSHAW ON PAGE 14

A Duke student is proving that getting involved in the political process is much easier than some would think.

Sophomore Stefani Jones has garnered attention from national media, including Bloomberg News and congressional newspaper The Hill, for creating her own super political action committee, which—unlike traditonal PACs— are permitted to take unlimited donations from individuals, corporations and other groups.

Jones filed for a super PAC called “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Yesterday” Monday. The Federal Election Commission received the filing Tuesday, according to the commission’s public

document.

“I thought there would be more paperwork involved [with filing a super PAC] and that you’d

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Sophomore Stefani Jones (center) started her own super political action committee.

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Duke lacrosse hopes to get revenge on Syracuse, Page 8

have to raise a certain amount of money,” Jones said. “But all you

“So before our phones completely take over, let’s bring back the art of conversation.”

—Caleb Duncanson in “Celling your soul.” See column page 13

SAE fraternity to be rechartered, Page 3

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Global Health Week seeks SAE fraternity to to inspire student activism receive new charter

by Julia Ni THE CHRONICLE

Prompted by one student’s death, Duke Global Health Week continues to probe issues of health disparity.

Global Health Week, a student-organized event that began Monday, seeks to educate and engage students and faculty around the topic of global health problems. Established in 2008 to commemorate Duke student and global health advocate Aalok Modi’s death that year, the event features daily themes—including global health at home, maternal and child health and social justice and advocacy, as well as programs such as lectures, a film screening and a mural painting.

“Global Health Week is a microcosm for the type of teamwork that epitomizes the real-world collaboration that is necessary to address complex challenges,” said senior Braveen Ragunanthan, an organizer of the event. “Just as Duke global health student groups come together for a greater cause, multiple stakeholders in the field are needed to make a difference.”

This year’s Global Health Week shifted its focus to advocacy and activism, said senior Ruvi Chauhan, another student organizer for the event. Thursday night, for instance, there was a screening of the film “Women in War Zones,” followed by discussion with Dr. SEE GLOBAL ON PAGE 5

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Dr. Roger Luhiriri speaks about women in war zones as part of the fifth annual Global Health Week.

Political Science 212 focuses on the presidential election and nominating process and how politicians think and calculate.

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ow has it happened that the Democrats now win the wealthy blue states and the Republicans the poor red ones at a time when economic issues are crucial?

The course examines the way this outcome has developed over the last 50 years and the debate on the reasons why.

It gives great attention to the 2012 primary and election and their possible outcome after November.

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The American Presidency

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Non-majors and those interested in being somehow active in politics are especially welcome.

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After a somewhat tumultuous history, the Duke chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will receive its charter in a formal ceremony April 21.

Receiving a charter means that the fraternity will be able to develop stronger relationships with their alumni community and gain access to the special rituals of the national organization, said sophomore Colin Scott, SAE president. The chapter was approved after a long application process and a review by both an investigation team and the supreme council, the governing body of the national organization. SAE will be part of the new house model next year with a house in Craven Quadrangle.

“This process took us a long time, a year longer than it should have, and we had some issues putting the document together because it is so long,” Scott said. “But we are so happy that it’s finally here.”

The chapter became a colony in 2008, which is a prerequisite for receiving a charter, according to rules issued by the national organization. SAE is also a member of the Interfraternity Council.

Although there is no specific timeline to receive a charter, there are several components involved in the process, Scott noted. These steps include reviewing chapter bylaws and activities that the chapter has done or will do in the future, as well as information about recruitment policies and strategies. After receiving approval from

the investigation team, who overlooked the chartering packet, the supreme council makes the final decision to go forward with the chapter, Scott said.

Clarybel Peguero, assistant dean of fraternity and sorority life, said the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has collaborated with SAE throughout this process, aiding SAE with the appropriate paperwork and answering any questions about being an active chapter at the University.

“I am proud of the IFC community as a whole because they’ve welcomed SAE with open arms,” Peguero said. “Because IFC has always treated them as a chapter, I don’t foresee any impact on recruitment for next year, though it will impact SAE because they’ll have a better grasp of their organization as a whole so they will be able to recruit differently.”

The fraternity has a long history at the University, which Scott said is one reason why obtaining a charter was a priority for the chapter. SAE was founded at Duke in 1931, making it one of the oldest members of the Interfraternity Council. The chapter announced its dissolution in 2002, following from disciplinary actions stemming from a number of isolated incidents.

“We started the process [of obtaining a charter] later on after these incidents, with a completely new group of guys because everyone prior had graduated,” Scott said.

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House approves $3.5 trillion budget plan

by Rosalind Helderman and Paul Kane THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a budget plan that cuts $5.3 trillion over the next decade, entirely through deep cuts in entitlements and agency spending.

The $3.5 billion blueprint for fiscal 2013 proposes cutting tax rates and a dramatic revamping of Medicare to curb costs for future retirees. While it faces all but certain rejection in the Senate, it will frame the parties’ election-year debate on fiscal issues.

The plan, proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., passed on a 228-191 vote, largely along party lines. The vote breakdown was 228 Republicans in favor and 181 Democrats and 10 Republicans opposed.

After the vote, Republicans ground out press releases praising the vote for proposing “real solutions” to improve

the economy. Democrats responded with a round of statements decrying the GOP effort to revamp Medicare.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday that the Ryan plan would create “a segmented replacement for Medicare that would burden seniors and end the program as we know it.” House Speaker John Boehner said it would set “a course that’s sustainable not just for our generation, but for our kids and our grandkids.”

In many ways, the bitter debate and lopsided vote were a repeat of a House debate over a Ryan plan introduced a year ago.

For those holding out hope that Congress will find its way to the bipartisan grand bargain to reduce the deficit that eluded Boehner and President Barack Obama in summertime talks to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, it was a vote Wednesday night on a plan based on the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal that said more about Washington’s deep divide.

Given a chance to vote for Simpson-Bowles for the first time—after many months of praise from officials in both parties for a proposal that would slash deficits by $4 trillion—the House rejected the measure soundly. Just 38 members voted for it. Supporters included 16 Republicans and 22 Democrats.

It appears that Simpson-Bowles, crafted more than a year ago by a bipartisan presidential commission, has become the idea a whole lot of people in both parties love to love, but virtually no one wants to vote for.

“In a way, it was a hypocrisy litmus test,” said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. “In their hearts, they want to be for this.... It’s a courage issue.”

Members rendered judgment on both plans in the midst of a series of budget votes this week ahead of the upcoming spring break recess that begins Friday.

Dozens of House members who signed a letter in the fall urging Congress’s special deficit reduction super committee to “go big” and craft an ambitious plan to cut debt along the lines of Simpson-Bowles nevertheless voted against the budget Wednesday.

Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, who sponsored the Simpson-Bowles budget amendment along with Cooper, said they had dozens of promises from colleagues to back it. And then, “the fax machines and the emails lit up around here around 6 p.m. And they never stopped.”

Flooding Capitol Hill were notes of opposition to the Simpson-Bowles legislation from advocacy groups on the left and right, with veiled threats to pull campaign dollars or fund super PAC ads against those who crossed them.

Anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist warned that the plan raised taxes too much. It called for a revamp of the tax code to close loopholes and ultimately bring in $1 trillion in new money for the government over the next decade.

Labor groups said it raised taxes too little, noting that the plan called for half of the tax revenue than originally endorsed by former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and former Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles, but still called for deep cuts and a reduction in Social Security benefits over time.

The original Simpson-Bowles report was shelved when only 11 of 18 members of the commission endorsed the proposal. It needed a supermajority of 14 to advance to Congress.

Leaders in both parties had kind words for the joint effort.

But they still urged their members to defeat it.

Boehner cast LaTourette and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, another leader of the effort, as misguided friends, working on the right ideas at the wrong time.

Top Democrats, meanwhile, said the budget blueprint didn’t hew closely enough to the original Simpson-Bowles proposal on taxes.

Others said the blueprint was not detailed enough. Like all budgets, it set broad targets and called for congressional committees to come up with policies to match the numbers.

And for some lawmakers inclined to a big deal, the doomed fate of the Simpson-Bowles budget this week meant a vote of support was all risk and no political reward. Its sponsors always acknowledged that it could not pass and they were instead hoping for a respectable vote count to spur negotiations.

The hope now is that quiet work by a bipartisan group of senators on similar ideas could find support during the lame-duck congressional session after the November election.

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among our applicants,” said Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag.

“It will be interesting to see how service projects will develop once these students arrive on campus.”

For the Class of 2016, Guttentag said he expects the international student representation to be similar to last year—approximately 11 percent international students—and students of color will represent roughly 40 to 45 percent of the class. He noted that although students’ abilities and demographics resemble those of previous years, students are becoming more interested in the balanced student life that Duke offers.

“When applicants write about why they are interested in coming to Duke, many students mention the vibrant community and academic environment here,” Guttentag said. “They see a liveliness and energy that is unique to this campus.”

The admissions office has revised its process for admittance, allowing officers to focus more on certain applications. During this year’s early and regular admissions cycles, regional admissions officers could recommend that an applicant be rejected without further review, Guttentag said. In the past, every application had to be read by two readers and reviewed by either a senior officer or an admissions committee.

“This new change streamlined our review process at the front end,” Guttentag said.

“This way, we can review applications that need more time to fully understand, without feeling pressured to make a decision.”

New admit Kimberly Lu said receiving her acceptance letter is still hard to believe.

“I had my acceptance letter open for the past three hours because I’m afraid the moment I exit the page, it’ll disappear,” said Lu, a senior at Nutley High School in New Jersey. “It’s been my dream to go to Duke for so long.”

Mariesha McAdoo of Orange High School in Hillsborough, N.C., said she was thrilled when she found out she was accepted. She attended the Black Student Alliance Invitational—the admission weekend for prospective black students—last week.

“I was actually in the car with my mom when I checked the acceptance letter on my phone,” McAdoo said. “I am so excited to attend Duke because it is such a beautiful campus, and there are so many opportunities available.”

Roger Luhiri, who served as a surgeon treating victims of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A global health case competition will take place Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in which teams from area universities will compete to develop solutions for a global health problem.

A committee made up of more than 20 participating student groups met in the Fall to begin organizing the event, Ragunanthan said. Members of the participating groups later finalized the themes, speakers and programs.

Ragunanthan said a spirit of collaboration drove the event planning.

“There is no other Global Health

DAWKINS from page 1 “Although when it comes to a particular kind of religious spell—miracles—all reason flies out the window. These appear to be supernatural, but it’s a point of illusion.”

Delving into evolution, Dawkins said natural selection is the only feasible explanation for our existence. An omniscient designer could not be responsible for the thriving of species because evolution has been proven by a continuous lineage of fossil records.

“Natural selection is the opposite of blind chance. In every generation, there’s a small element that changes, a mutation,” he said. “The odds of getting an eye at random would be similar to the odds of a perfect deal at bridge—it’s not random.”

The event was co-sponsored by a range of University departments, including the department of philosophy and the Office of the Provost. A lengthy questionand-answer session and book signing followed the speech. Dawkins was introduced by Sean Faircloth, director of strategy and policy at the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and a former Maine congressman.

Faircloth spoke on the political implications of laws that favor people of faith over non-believers, noting North Carolina’s proposed marriage amendment as a method of prioritizing a religious definition of marriage—something that

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Week that is organized by so many groups cohesively coordinating so many events,” Ragunanthan said.

“There is enormous momentum for global health institutionally at Duke, and the student initiative behind Global Health Week for the past five years demonstrates this spirit.”

The uniquely student-driven week of events aims to inform, engage and inspire the Duke community to get involved in global health, said Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Duke Global Health Institute.

“Global Health Week represents student activism, engagement and leadership,” Merson wrote in an email Wednesday. “While the DGHI provides advice and some support for Global Health Week, it is the students who design the program and carry out the activities.”

Frances Aunon, Trinity ’10, served on

the Duke Global Health Student Action Committee with Modi. Modi’s dedication to global health inspired the committee members to honor him at the highest level when he died in February 2008, Aunon said.

“He always felt that Global Health Week would be a way to unite campus and generate interest for reducing health disparities,” Aunon wrote in an email Wednesday. “When he couldn’t see it to fruition, it just felt right to dedicate the week in his memory.”

After five years, Global Health Week still serves as a call to action, Ragunanthan said.

“As we continue our work along traditional forms of engagement through fieldwork, research [and] fundraising, we should also have the boldness to go to the next level to challenge issues at their root level,” he said.

is unconstitutional in a nation that values the separation of church and state.

“There has never been an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has taken away rights,” Faircloth added. “It has always provided more rights. Let’s specifically not let that happen in the state of North Carolina.”

Faircloth said the Dawkins Foundation stands for compassion, in contrast to the treatment of a 15 year old named Jessica, who died from a basketball-sized tumor because her mother believed in faith healing rather than modern medical science. He said Jessica suffered worse than anything that happened in Abu Ghraib because of current laws in 37 states that give leniency to faith healing.

“Unfortunately, there are quite a large number of people for whom facts hold no appeal, and evidence is of no interest,” Dawkins said. “And so we have a separate problem, which is a political problem.”

Several attendees who had seen Dawk-

ins speak at Duke in 2010 said they preferred his former address because it was more scientific.

“The talk was good, but I thought it promoted his recent book, as opposed to his previous talk, which was more engaging,” said Farnaz Nojavan, a third year Ph.D. candidate at the Nicholas School of the Environment.

Dawkins’ current nationwide tour includes appearances speaking at the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. last weekend—billed as the largest gathering of atheists in history—and an appearance this weekend at Fort Bragg for a rally and concert called Rock Beyond Belief.

“Tonight I’m pretty much preaching to the converted—I don’t think I will be at the army base,” Dawkins said. “One thing I might do is simply explain to them why religion is a load of rubbish. I’m not sure if that may be the best approach—I would welcome advice on that.”

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ACC play Duke out for revenge against ‘Cuse heats up in Georgia

by Michael Baker THE CHRONICLE

When Duke and Syracuse last faced off, the Orange held on to win 13-11 in a game that is still fresh in the mind of Duke players.

The No. 8 Blue Devils (8-3) will look to avenge last year’s loss against No. 14 Syracuse (4-3) and win its sixth straight game No. 8 Sunday at Met Life Duke Stadium. vs.

“They embarNo. 14 rassed us last year,” SU junior Jake Tripucka said. “They jumped SUNDAY, 1 p.m. at us, and we were Met Life Stadium down by [seven] goals. Syracuse obviously has tons of players, tons of athletes and top recruits. We’ve just got to be able to hang with them and do our stuff.”

One significant reason for the Orange’s victory was the stellar performance of their goalie from last year—senior John Galloway, who recorded 16 saves en route to his record-breaking 52nd victory.

This year, however, Galloway will be a force from the sideline for Duke, now an assistant coach under head coach John Danowski. The hiring of Galloway and his willingness to come to the rival Blue Devil program highlights the tremendous respect

by Danny Nolan THE CHRONICLE

Duke started the year with a team that was more experienced and ready to take the next step in its quest for an ACC crown. That experience has proven to be much needed while navigating a challenging schedule to begin the season.

Now in the midst of a difficult ACC campaign, that out-of-conDuke ference slate has prevs. pared them for their No. 21 trip to Atlanta this GTech weekend to face No. 21 Georgia Tech for a FRIDAY-SUNDAY three-game series (16Russ Chandler Stadium 10, 4-5 in the ACC).

“This is a really interesting year to get a read on,” head coach Sean McNally said.

“We’re trying a different approach scheduling-wise with tough nonconference games.

The point is to play well in conference play.

We’re 4-5 in the best league in the country, so we’re excited where we are.”

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Jake Tripucka scored registered one goal and three assists in last year’s 13-11 loss to Syracuse.

fromstaffreports Three Tar Heels declare for NBA Draft Less than a week after falling to secondseeded Kansas in the Elite Eight, North Carolina received another blow to its men’s basketball program when junior John Henson and sophomores Harrison Barnes and Kendall Marshall all announced they will be forgoing their remaining years of eligibility to enter the 2012 NBA Draft.

Marshall, who was unable to play for the Tar Heels during their loss to Kansas or the team’s overtime win over Ohio University earlier that weekend due to a wrist injury, led the nation in assists and won the Bob Cousy award as the nation’s best point guard.

Barnes and Henson were both named to the All-ACC first team, and Henson won his second straight conference defensive player of the year award. All three players are expected to be picked in the top half of the first round according to NBA Draft Express and ESPN’s Chad Ford.

North Carolina will also lose center Tyler Zeller, a first team All-ACC pick and the conference player of the year, to graduation.

Like Barnes, Henson and Marshall, Zeller is likely to go by the middle of the first round.

Freshman James Michael McAdoo, projected to be a lottery pick should he decide to leave, has not yet announced his decision.

Despite being talented, the preseason No. 1 Tar Heels faced injury troubles all season.

After losing guards Leslie McDonald and Dexter Strickland to torn anterior cruciate ligament tears in the preseason and mid-January, respectively, Marshall was able to pick up the slack, setting the single-season conference assists record before breaking his wrist against Creighton and sitting out the season’s final two games.

Duke men’s tennis faces two ACC foes at home Following a 7-0 sweep of Virginia Tech, the No. 6 Blue Devils will look to extend their home success with matches against Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend.

These are key games for Duke (4-1, 3-1 in the ACC), who is currently sitting one loss behind Florida State and Virginia.

The weekend begins Friday against the Tigers (8-8, 4-1), who have won three consecutive matches. Their lone conference loss was to the Seminoles, who narrowly eked out a 4-3 victory.

Duke swept Clemson 7-0 last season and have won the last four matches between the two teams.

The Yellow Jackets (8-7, 3-2) then come to Ambler Tennis Stadium Sunday, first looking to extend their three-game winning streak Friday against No. 24 North Carolina.

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Road tests await Duke

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With head coach Jamie Ashworth becoming the ACC all-time wins leader last week and a move up to No. 3 in the ITA rankings No. 3 this week, the Blue Duke Devils are on fire. vs.

Duke will look to build on the No. 23 momentum of Clemson its four-game win Friday, 5 p.m. streak—including Hoke Sloan Tennis Center 7-0 blowouts of N.C. State, Wake Forest and Virginia No. 3 Tech—and extend Duke it to six in matchvs. ups with nationallyNo. 23 ranked conference GT opponents Clemson and Georgia Tech.

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Bill Moore Tennis Center “When we started ACC play against N.C. State, our goal was to be 11-0 in ACC matches,” Ashworth said. “We’ve put ourselves in a good position. We’re 4-0 right now, and we just have to use that momentum and put the confidence that we’ve gotten in the first four matches to good use.”

The Blue Devils (15-2, 4-0 in the ACC) will travel to face the No. 23 Tigers (11-6, 4-1) Fri-

day and then the No. 24 Yellow Jackets (9-7, 3-2) Sunday. In the last 10 years, Duke is 5-7 against Clemson and 10-3 against Georgia Tech.

“Both teams are really good and have a lot of depth,” Ashworth said. “[Georgia Tech head coach] Bryan Shelton is one of the best coaches in the league and in the country.

Clemson just has a lot of talent. If they play up to their talent they can beat anybody in the country.”

The Blue Devils boast six players ranked in the ITA Top 125, including No. 2 Beatrice Capra, while the Tigers and Yellow Jackets have two and three ranked players, respectively.

Among these ranked players are Clemson’s No. 55 Keri Wong and Georgia Tech’s No. 17 Jillian O’Neill. But arguably the best player from the two squads, the Tigers’ Josipa Bek, is not even ranked.

“The girl that’s played No. 1 all year has been top 10 in the country the last three years—she’s just had to deal with some injuries, but she’s back playing now,” Ashworth said. “She’s an extremely talented player.

She’s a three-time All-American.”

The Blue Devils are 4-2 against opponents ranked in the top 25 and were handed their two losses by No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Florida.

By contrast, the Tigers and Yellow Jackets are SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 8

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Blue Devils aim to bounce back against UNC

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In order to halt a rare two-game losing streak, the Blue Devils will need to upset the one-loss Tar Heels.

But when No. 8 Duke (8-4, 2-1 in the ACC) travels to Fetzer Field to take on No. 3 North Carolina (101, 2-0) at 7 p.m. Friday No. 8 night, past records go Duke out the window. vs.

In 16 years of playNo. 3 ing each other, the UNC Tar Heels and Blue Devils stand dead FRIDAY, 7 p.m. even at 13 victories Fetzer Field apiece.

“I think if you look back at the history of our games, I would say that 70 percent of the games are one-goal games,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “They’re typically close, well-played. I think, interestingly enough, years where one team is supposed to be better than the other, the other team can win.”

North Carolina certainly boasts an impressive resume thus far.

Its offense features the nation’s leading scorer—sophomore Abby Friend, who has notched 37 goals this season.

Additionally, three other Tar Heels have racked up 21 or more goals. In contrast, freshman Taylor Trimble leads Duke in scoring with 21.

“They have four kids that are doing a lot,” Kimel said. “The four of them do the majority of the ball-handling and scoring for Carolina, so I think that obviously we’re prepared for each of those kids.”

The Blue Devils are coming off one of their poorest defensive efforts of the year, in which they allowed a season-high 14 goals to then-No. 16 Virginia Mar. 24.

Duke, however, utilized its week off to retool its defense.

“Our defense has been a strength for us this year, and we didn’t perform well last week,” Kimel said. “So we just focused on some basics…. Carolina’s a really high-powered offense, and we need to make sure

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With 16 goals and 14 assists, senior Kim Wenger is second on the team in points and will be a key veteran presence as Duke takes on the rival Tar Heels. that we’re on a very baseline level, fundamentally prepared defensively.”

Unlike North Carolina, not a single Blue Devil ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in scoring, but Duke makes up for it with depth on the offensive end.

The Blue Devils boast eight players with double-digit scoring totals, led by freshmen Kerrin Maurer and Trimble. On top of that, Duke sits atop the ACC averaging more than six assists per game.

“I really like our balanced attack,” Kimel

said. “You look at us, and it’s kind of like, wow. Who do you worry about? You kind of have to worry about everybody. If someone doesn’t have a good day, then somebody else is liable to hurt you, and I think that’s a real strength for us.”

With Tar Heel goalie Lauren Maksym allowing a third-best nationally 7.32 goals per game, the Blue Devils will need to make the most of their offensive chances.

And after losing two straight by a total of just three goals, Duke’s young attackers

have had the chance to learn just how valuable the late-game goals can be.

“I think that we do have people that in close games can step up and make things happen,” Kimel said. “I think that we haven’t necessarily done a great job of executing those things, and I think that’s a byproduct of our youth…. In the last week, we’ve gotten better. We’ve worked on our end-of-game and end-of-half situations, so I look for that to be something we’ll be more confident in.”

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BASEBALL from page 8 Miami, as well as a sweep against Virginia Tech, the Blue Devils (11-15, 4-5) have shown they can compete with some of the better teams in the country.

“We’ve proven we’re a good team with [those] wins,” McNally said. “If we pitch strikes, get timely hitting, we can win.... Our starting pitching has been really good.”

Marcus Stroman, whose 60 strikeouts rank third in the country, will take the mound Friday, followed by Trent Swart Saturday and Robert Huber Sunday. Thus far, the trio has amassed a combined 2.94 ERA in 18 total starts, with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.4:1.

The Yellow Jackets, meanwhile, sport a .304 team batting average, as well as an average of nearly eight runs scored per game.

In addition, Georgia Tech has amassed 21 home runs to date. McNally said the key to a Duke win will start on the mound.

“We have to have our pitchers attack the strike zone and secure two-out hits,” McNally said. [Georgia Tech] is a very good team, but we like our club, so we’re excited.”

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2-5 and 1-6 against top 25 teams, respectively.

“We can’t go off the numbers or the rankings because they’re really not accurate, and both teams could easily be top 10 in the country if they’d been healthy all year,” Ashworth said. “Both teams played earlier in the year without one of their best players, which forced them to make lineup changes and put people in positions where they haven’t been comfortable. Both are healthy now.”

that is apparent between the two teams.

“Syracuse is an unbelievable opponent with a bunch of athletes, and we’ve got our hands full.” Tripucka said. “They’ve got players all over the place—goalies playing well, attacks playing well. Their defense has always been good.”

Both teams are facing similar trajectories this season, looking to bounce back from tough early losses. Duke has been set back by road losses to No. 5 Loyola, No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 9 Maryland, while Syracuse has lost to No. 1 Johns Hopkins, No. 2 Virginia and No. 13 Villanova.

Both teams are also looking to solve some weaknesses heading into the latter part of the season. The Blue Devils have recently struggled to finish games, giving up leads in the fourth quarter.

“The fourth quarter has not been a strength of ours the last several games,” Danowski said. “We put on the board that we are going to be aggressive in the fourth quarter, whether it’s offense, defense or between the lines.”

Both Danowski and Tripucka pointed to playing smart and with poise as

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critical elements to working out the fourth quarter woes.

“Offensively, we got to work on possessing the ball late in the game and not turning it over so quickly,” Danowski said.

“Maybe it’s personnel driven and we’ve got to get the right personnel in who can hold the ball, but it could be scheme. So we’ll look at the film and try to figure it out.”

Danowski also said that Duke needs to improve their man-up unit and special teams in order to compete with a hungry Syracuse team.

The Blue Devils will look to draw on its strength and depth for offensive firepower, which comes from both their attackmen and midfielders when at its best.

Seven Duke players have more than 10 points this season, led by sophomores Jordan Wolf and Josh Dionne, and senior Robert Rotanz—each of whom has more than 25 points.

A recent bright spot for the Blue Devils has been their improvement in faceoffs, where they succeed 58.8 percent of the time compared to 45.6 percent for the Orange. Danowski said the team’s improvement in this area has marked its development throughout the season.

Although Syracuse does not benefit from the same depth and scoring prowess, the Orange still have considerable offensive threats in sophomore Derek Maltz, junior JoJo Marasco and seniors Tommy Palasek and Tim Desko.

Syracuse has struggled with shot selection and man-up units, not capitalizing on its chances on net. That could be key to the Blue Devils, who have had consistency problems between the pipes all season. Junior Dan Wigrizer, however, now appears to have a hold on the job, having made crucial saves to hold off late comebacks. Against Brown, he notched four saves in the fourth quarter for a total of ten in the game as Duke held on to win by one.

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Expo extravaganza Students had two unique serves as a “fifth panelist” in opportunities this week to deciding the winner. Encourcome together and showcase aging participation from stutheir achievements. Duke dents is a refreshing change Venture Forward held the fi- from the traditional “lecture nal stage of its ChangeWorks and listen” model. Student social entrepreexpos are also editorial neurship pitch useful for clubs competition seeking to proWednesday, and TEDxDuke mote their activities and inwill hold its second annual crease their membership. Orconference Saturday, feature- ganizations can capitalize on ing talks by faculty, students the buzz surrounding these and other notable speakers. events to market research We find these events, and extracurricular opporalong with others like the tunities to attendees. Expos Duke Start-Up Challenge are often a more effective way entrepreneurship compe- for groups to generate intertition, to be a promising est around their projects than means of promoting student sprawling forums like the Stuinitiatives. The open format dent Activities Fair. allows for a high degree of Student expos also fill a audience participation— need on campus for exciting ChangeWorks, for example, intellectual dialogue outside has a live voting audience that the classroom, bucking claims

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Too often, Duke’s most exciting projects are isolated from the larger community.

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o I’m Indian. It’s obvious (what with my black hair ship that was used during the Civil War era.” and brown skin and the way I apparently smell His definition is about as wrong as you can get. But like curry), but sometimes people can only settle Duke’s definition, which I’ve gleaned from all that on “You’re so exotic!” Clearly. plaza tabling, isn’t much better. “DiverLet’s get to the point, though. I’m sity” here seems to hinge on something Indian, but I’m not in an Indian dance more like multiculturalism for entergroup. tainment and show—where different Le gasp. I’m such a bad Indian, right? cultures interact and show their most I tried Indian dance once, when I was 10 vibrant, beautiful and scrumptious atyears old. I was, well … it was not good. tributes—Indian dance, tribal African Whenever I tried to dance, I could only fashion shows, hummus sandwiches, awkwardly shuffle what were supposed Chinese opera. indu ramesh to be regal gestures and sequences of These are all lovely but are also, in steps. After a couple of years, my teacher a way, reductive. They allow something walk the walk, and I reached a mutual understanding like true understanding of multiple talk the talk that graceful movement would never be cultural values to be reduced to eating in my genetic makeup. So I quit. falafel and enjoying pretty things that Regardless, every year that I sit out of Awaaz and you haven’t seen before. There’s no substance; it’s all watch my fellow Indians dance gracefully to the sweet show. Eating injera bread and Mesir Wat from Ethiosounds of bhangra, I can’t help feeling that I’m a pia while watching a traditional Eskista dance does not coconut—brown on the outside, white on the inside. impart a comprehensive understanding of Ethiopian That I’m not partaking in the right Indian activities, culture. But for some reason, Duke’s blanket definition that I’m not contributing to the proper Duke #Diver- of “diversity” makes you feel really warm, fuzzy, multisityExperience. cultural and diverse when you go to these multicultural That’s right; I’m hashtagging it. Why shouldn’t I? Di- events; you’re exposing yourself to an enlightening versity is a word that has been thrown at me from the min- #DiversityExperience. At some level, I really just think ute I came to this school—from the activities fair at Blue injera is delicious. Not much else.

Devil Days to T-shirts during orientation week to student My problem is that when I engage in this Duke groups tabling on the plaza every sunny afternoon. Dance “diversity,” my views aren’t actively being challenged. performances! Free food! So many bright, colorful, spicy, Awaaz, LNY and Jabulani are always a blast to attend, delicious opportunities to experience new cultures and and I love that this school is home to so many multipartake in #DiversityExperiences! cultural student groups, performances and events. But The issue is, I’m not entirely sure what #Diversi- when cultures collide, there are radical differences in tyExperiences are any more. I’m Indian, and I live in lifestyle and perspective at play, and, in many cases, America. So let’s be real: I was diverse from the mo- irreparable conflicts. Duke’s multicultural activities ment I popped out of the womb. My entire life is a #Di- make it seem like everyone from every culture is getversityExperience (#getonmylevel). ting along swimmingly, and all problems can be solved But that’s not all! Thanks to my Indian heritage, by beautiful clothes and graceful dance and delicious my hair is thick and crazy. I’m forever in search of ways food, which they absolutely cannot. to tame the beast. Recently, I started using shea butter Real diversity should challenge you—it should make leave-in cream made by Cantu ethnic hair care for nat- you interact with people whose perspectives challenge ural black hair. The results were stunning. It had hold! you but also challenge you to challenge your own valIt imparted moisture! It transformed my hair from an ues and perspectives. Real diversity should not give you untamable mass the veritable size of Papua New Guin- warm fuzzies; it should make you feel pretty uncomfortea to a silky, shiny affair the size of a mere municipality. able with the variety of people, cultures and perspectives Regardless—Indian using natural black hair care? #Di- present at Duke and in the world today. versityExperience!

And so, I challenge you to find this diversity in the I was the only Indian in my year until the seventh people you know and the things you do. Have a disgrade. #DiversityExperience. I occasionally listen to cussion. Challenge each other’s viewpoints. Question K-pop music. #DiversityExperience. I ate falafel today. each other’s lifestyles. Let yourself and others become #DiversityExperience! uncomfortable. That’s how you can form real underThe problem here, you see, is that it’s hard to define standing and real connection. That’s how you can exwhat constitutes an appropriate and enriching #Diversi- perience real diversity, that of background, identificatyExperience. In fact, I’ve only ever heard one clear and tion and perspective. concise definition of diversity, and it comes from legendary reporter Ron Burgundy in the movie “Anchorman.”

Indu Ramesh is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every “Diversity,” Burgundy informs us, “is an old, old, wooden other Friday. Follow Indu on Twitter @IRrationally

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e’re an enslaved generation. It has been a lows us to abandon commitments more easily and without subtle takeover, in the same manner that all the potential guilt of letting others down. “benevolent” dictators come to power. First The one aspect of communication that our “smart” they introduce something that nobody phones have disrupted more than anyelse has offered before, and then, as they thing else is our communication in rogain support, they slowly steal their submantic engagements. Text messaging can jects’ freedom by crippling people’s abilbe a game to some and to others a code ity to think for themselves. My friends, we that needs to be deciphered (even more are enslaved to our phones. so in the case of sexting). However you We have all seen the person with the desee it, the rules have now changed. termined eyes of Jason Bourne, on a mission Sometimes I will ask friends how to find or replace his or her broken or lost caleb duncanson things are going with their romantic enphone. If this operating state of 400 percent gagements, and they will reply, “Well I news flash efficiency could be maintained after people don’t know exactly, but we’ve been talkreplace their phones, then perhaps Perkins ing.” I say, “Oh so you’ve been seeing a would be emptier in the wee hours of the morning. We are lot of each other?” But the response is often, “No, but so attached to our phones and their applications that we we’ve been texting a lot.” Let’s get one thing straight: forget how they also disable us. We must have full battery Texting does not equal talking, in the same manner that before going on a trip because (heaven forbid) if the GPS a picture of food will not suffice for a meal. People will app is unavailable, we probably wouldn’t even have access say things via text messages that are completely unnatuto a paper map (let alone the ability to read one). But the ral, things they would never say in person. One person’s most ironic curse of our phones is their negative effect on message that is meant to convey one thing can be interour communication abilities. preted completely differently by the recipient. When we Think about how many times you have been in a group make the mistake of thinking that texting can replace of people, and, rather than talking, everyone in the group face-to-face conversation, the amount of miscommunicais either fondling their keypad with their fingers or having tion skyrockets. Just because she writes “Haha” does not a staring contest with their screen. According to a recent mean she thinks you are hilarious. If someone asks why study by the Pew Research Center, 70 percent of young you had a bad day, it does not mean that you ought to adults use their phones for entertainment when they are spend 10 minutes texting him or her every tiny detail. bored. This same study showed that 30 percent of young There are many things that are lost when words come adults admit to using them to avoid interacting with the from a screen that no amount of LOLs and emoticons can people around them. How many times have you seen make up for. Does that person actually wink at you in perthese tactics used at dinner? How scary is it that the mere son? There are some intricacies of conversation that a text threat of a lull in conversation causes people to start fid- cannot display. The difference between a genuine laugh dling with their cell? We cannot seem to generate enough and a polite chuckle is something that must be seen. The topics to discuss over a 30-minute meal without checking same way a blush or dodging of the eyes is not hidden.

Facebook. There is probably no way the events of my day When you talk with someone face-to-face there is no quescould compare with Justin Bieber’s latest tweet, but are tion of whether they are focused solely on you or not. Who you bored with me, or do you just not care? is to know how many other people they are texting with Maybe we all like the comfort of being able to avoid con- the same enthusiasm? If you want to get to know someversation by seeking refuge in our gadgets, but we have to body, keep your phone in your pocket and talk to her. If give up something in return. Our generation has lost the you must talk to her and seeing her is not an option, then valuable skill of being able to talk to anyone or carry out a you could even use your phone for its original primary thoughtful exchange of ideas and stories. Texting has en- function, and call her. So before our phones completely abled us to organize group events more efficiently, but it take over, let’s bring back the art of conversation. As a mathas also created more logistical failures in the process. With ter of fact, I think they have an app for that. texting we can tell multiple people to meet at one place at a certain time, but it also means we can get a last minute Caleb Duncanson is a Pratt senior. His column runs every cancellation via text that can disrupt our plans. Texting al- other Friday. Follow Caleb on Twitter @CMDuncanson

here are so many benefits of attending a world class institution. For one thing, Duke has students from all over the globe who come to North Carolina to get educated. For another, I’m pretty sure we can all agree on the fact that there are some pretty good-looking individuals on this campus. Some are obviously hotter than others, and some just happen to be beautiful in their own spetegan joseph cial kind of way. Have you mosugu ever walked down the quad and noticed someone who be fierce, be real just took your breath away?

Someone who all you could think of was, “God damn!” If you haven’t, let’s just say you’re weird!

It is more than likely, that you’ll run across that girl or guy on campus. Sometimes, you’ll even be looking like a “hot mess” and that gorgeous work of nature will appear out of nowhere. You don’t even know what to say, you don’t know if you should smile or if you should just glare at the individual and ABSORB all that hotness. You begin to shiver like a small child, and you end up doing something dumb. You spill coffee on the floor, or you fall down while running to catch the C-2.

Well, don’t worry. You’re not the only one who goes through these things. You’re not the only one who has such feelings or who shivers/wants to scream in front of the whole world. So what do you do? Well, first of all, don’t say just anything each time you see that person.

Take advantage of time and apply simple manners. Introduce yourself, say hi or talk about something you have in common.

Step one: Just be yourself. Don’t try too hard to be flirtatious, don’t try to make things up that don’t exist, but just say it like it is. While talking, smize (smile with your eyes—a term coined by the super mogul Tyra Banks). Don’t make it creepy and don’t make it awkward. Look into his or her inner soul, and look at your love interest as he or she appears to you. Open the channels of your creative or maybe dirty mind, and admire the object of your affection in unconventional ways. But, don’t forget you’re still having a conversation with him or her, even if it is just for five seconds or a couple of minutes.

Step two: Facebook stalk! Don’t pretend like you haven’t done it before. You’ve probably Facebook-ed that girl with those gorgeous blue eyes, voluptuous lips or with that impressive bosom. Girls, you’ve probably Facebook-ed that muscular guy, 5 feet 9 inches and who has that “edge” wherever he walks on campus. Facebook is your best asset, so use it. Take advantage of your mutual friends. Network. You don’t necessarily have to tell them that you are interested in Ms. X or Mr. Y. You can just easily slip your eye candy’s name into a conversation and see the feedback you get. You never know how scandalous or mysterious he or she is until you have some information.

Step three: And what happened to getting numbers?

I’m sorry, but if you really like someone and you don’t have that person’s number, that’s a fail. Obviously, you should not inquire about that immediately. Once the moment is right, ask for the number. It’s not that hard.

Step four: Schedule some type of event where both of you can socialize. Preferably on the weekend, and somewhere you can go wild or mild. If both of you happen to drink, go ahead and help the social juices flow.

I’m not supporting underage drinking, but it’s a great and easy way to bond. You never know what can come out after a few drinks. You can either be turned on or turned off. (You should probably hope for the first option though.)

You’d be surprised by the number of people who have crushes on other students but are less proactive that a doormat in pursuing their interest. Don’t be the kind of person who says, “Oh, I’ll make an attempt next time. Why rush?”

Let me tell you, people at this wonderful school are obviously very competitive in various facets of life. So if your eye candy is still on the market, you better take that beautiful piece of nature for yourself, ASAP. Time waits for no man, so what are you waiting for? College is the best time of your life, as they say. You might as well use what you have to get what you want.

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Grimshaw was selected from a group of four firms, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask wrote in an email Thursday.

Husser and other representatives from Grimshaw could not be reached for comment.

The renovated building will be expanding slightly onto the West Campus Plaza to provide more space for dining, group meetings and activities, Nowicki noted. A temporary events pavilion will house the offices and dining facilities that will be displaced as a result of the construction.

West Union is expected to be out of use until Fall 2015, said Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta.

Nowicki added that although Duke’s architecture—including West Union—is beautiful on the outside, it is often closed and narrow inside.

“West Union is a Gothic building,” he said. “The trick is to take that Gothic shell and, on the inside, turn it into something that’s very open, very connected, very bright.

That’s the kind of creativity that’s needed.... Grimshaw had some creative ideas on how to do that.”

The renovation for the building will be funded by the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment, which pledged $80 million to renovate Baldwin Auditorium, Page Auditorium and the West Union Building.

The original concept for the renovated building was conceived by Shepley Bulfinch, an architecture and design firm based in Boston, Phoenix and San Francisco, Moneta said.

“We’re trying to figure out where [Grimshaw] is picking up from Shepley Bulfinch’s work,” Moneta said. “What we don’t want to do is backtrack and go back to square one.”

He added that in the next few weeks, Trask will work on negotiating a contract with Grimshaw. They will discuss how the firm will utilize the ideas that were developed by Shepley Bulfinch.

The administration is not expecting drawings from Grimshaw for at least a month, Trask added.

Although construction is supposed to begin summer 2013, Nowicki said he would not be surprised if the project experienced delays.

“There are all sorts of unknowables,” Nowicki said.

“That’s actually kind of a rapid timeline.... We’re moving fast on this, and I couldn’t honestly say that the timeline won’t slip. Nobody wants it to slip, but you just never know.”

Anna Koelsch contributed reporting.

have to do is open up a bank account. It’s very funny how simple it really is and how there are no rules right now with super PACs.” Jones’ idea to create her own super PAC originated from an assignment in Public Policy 195: “Gridlock,” taught by David Schanzer, associate professor of the practice of public policy, and Donald Taylor, associate professor of public policy.

Jones joined two other students in her class—juniors Samantha Lachman and Harry Liberman, who are also columnists for The Chronicle—to complete a final project that identifies a problem in the political system and proposes a solution, Lachman said. The three students decided to focus on the FEC’s ineffectiveness with campaign finance.

“Literally a few days ago, Stefani thought it would be fun to see how easy it was to create a super PAC,” Lachman said. “Within two days, she filed the document and found out it was incredibly easy to do so.”

Jones said she researched super PACs, including Stephen Colbert’s “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” a super PAC he created in May 2011, before creating her own, “I copied [Colbert’s] filing statement almost verbatim to make sure we had everything legally correct,” Jones said. “We basically wanted to start it to show how easy it is

SAE from page 3 He added that in the past, the chapter had risk management issues—including parties that had to be shut down—which had to be reported to their alumni adviser.

“SAE nationals had issues with risk management, so they were hesitant to have another colony become a charter,” Scott said. “Once you have a charter, you’re in.”

Peguero declined to comment on the chapter’s past disciplinary issues.

Although Duke is not necessarily stringent on chartering policies, Scott said that nationals threatened to

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to do and show how absurd the process is.”

Schanzer said he was not surprised that students from his class took the initiative to create their own super PAC but said he will be more impressed if the super PAC manages to raise money.

“It’s one thing to file paperwork to form a political action committee,” Schanzer said. “What’s problematic is that small individuals can contribute lots and lots of money into these types of entities so that they can have a disproportionate amount of influence on elections.”

Jones said her group is currently thinking about the best way to solicit donations for the super PAC. They considered soliciting donations to oppose Amendment One—the controversial proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution banning same-sex marriage and civil unions—but dropped the idea because super PACs have to be used for federal issues.

Super PACs have several options for raising money, such as running advertisements on television, radio and the Internet, but can be constrained by having to disclose who donates to them, Lachman said. To abide by this rule, the super PACs could be formed as a 501(c) (4) organization based on a social issue, which does not have to disclose donors. The 501(c)(4) could then raise money and donate it to the super PAC. “We are trying to figure out what we can do legally,” Jones said. “In making this, we understand that super PACs are very nontransparent. If we could do something with ours to highlight that—that would be ideal.” pull recognition from SAE at Duke if the chapter did not receive its charter.

Some members of the reinstated chapter noted that the organization’s status as a colony did not affect the recruitment process at all.

“I didn’t know it was a colony until after I joined because it didn’t seem important,” said sophomore Nick Grace, a member of SAE. Grace added that from the standpoint of the campus chapter, little will change for the fraternity. “[Receiving our charter] is more of a formality than anything, but it establishes you on campus as a chapter instead of a colony, so you have a more profound distinction on campus,” Grace said.