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, APRIL 16, 2012
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH YEAR, ISSUE 136
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Blue Devils take ACC Championships Feminism campaign Lindy Duncan wins individual title by six strokes sparks widespread dialogue, backlash by Patton Callaway THE CHRONICLE
by Jackie Klauberg THE CHRONICLE
Duke was the only team not swept off the course during windy conditions at the ACC championships this weekend in Greensboro, N.C. The Blue Devils recorded a 23-over-par 875 to claim their first conference title since 2008, 10
strokes in front of second-place North Carolina. The team was led by junior Lindy Duncan, who took home the conference individual title with a three-round total of 210 at the par-71, 6,163-yard Sedgefield Country Club. “[Lindy] was just great through the whole event—the whole team
was,” Duke head coach Dan Brooks said. “They accepted what we had in front of us—the difficult golf course, fast greens and gusty, change-wind conditions.” Despite the less than ideal conditions, the Blue Devils were able SEE W. GOLF ON SW 8
A campaign to expose the diverse faces of feminism has attracted a mixed response from the Duke community as well as starting a dialogue on the subject. Sixteen female students launched the “Who Needs Feminism?” campaign Wednesday in order to fight back against popular misconceptions surrounding the feminist movement. The students created this project to show how feminism crosses all demographics, as the posters show students of different genders, races, sexual orientations and backgrounds sharing statements on why they need feminism. The campaign has sparked a campus-wide and national dialogue, though it has not escaped its share of backlash. “The goal of equality is not yet achieved, and these posters recognize that this is not merely a woman’s movement, but a human movement,” said senior Rose Sheela, a founder of the campaign. “There are many different shades to feminism.” Since its launch, more than 7,000 people have “liked” the “Who Needs Feminism?” Facebook page, and 274 people have started following “Who Needs Feminism?” on Twitter. More than 27,000 different people from around the world have viewed the Tumblr page, which has been accessed from more than 120 different countries. The campaign also earned mentions by Yahoo! News and Mashable.com, an online news site dedicated to covering digital culture. “Right now, we’re aware of the power of social media and the Internet, so we focused our energy on those sources,” Sheela said. “None of us were expecting it to
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SEE FEMINISM ON PAGE 6
Duke hit by duARTS unites student artists four major phishing scams by Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE
by Jack Mercola THE CHRONICLE
The Duke community should be wary of email links from unfamiliar addresses—even if they seem to be from Duke-affiliated groups. A phishing attack last week marked the latest of four major cases since December that have sought to garner Duke NetIDs and passwords to send spam messages from the compromised email accounts, said Cara Bonnett, Office of Information Technology managing editor. Phishing is a form of online fraud designed to convince recipients to divulge personal data such as Social Security numbers and bank account information. Between 10 and 50 accounts of Duke staff, faculty, students and alumni were compromised SEE PHISHING ON PAGE 7
See the results of our DSG exit poll, Page 3
A new student group is continuing efforts to streamline communication and management between student arts organizations. duARTS, an umbrella organization for students arts groups, received a charter from the Student Organization Finance Committee last month and will officially begin operating this Fall. The group will strive to improve communications between different student arts organizations and foster collaborative ventures, in addition to helping groups promote each other, sophomore Andy Chu said. The duARTS executive board, comprised of six students, was elected Sunday night. “The real goal of duARTS is to create a community of artists and to help foster that community [as well as] collaboration and communication between the groups and strengthen Duke’s artistic community as a whole,” said senior Kim Solow, director of arts advancement for Duke Student Government who was instrumental in creating duARTS. Solow and Chu came up with the idea for an umbrella arts organization last Spring and approached Vice
Provost for the Arts Scott Lindroth, Chu said. Solow and Chu then organized a series of meetings throughout last Fall with various faculty members, administrators and student representatives including Caitlin Shaw, coordinator in the University Center for Activities and Events, and George Grody, visiting associate professor of markets and management studies. The meetings focused on creating a basic outline of how the group would operate, as Chu and Solow worked to write the constitution around that time. “I attended the initial meetings, but the heavy lifting was carried out by Kim and Andy about getting people around the table and working out logistics, bylaws, goals and participation of groups on campus,” Lindroth said. Chu added that he and Solow have contacted all the arts groups on campus—theater, a cappella, instrumental music, choral music, dance, visual arts groups and publications—to get them involved. Some groups have been harder to reach than others, but Chu hopes to get those groups involved next year. “The most ironic thing is that the network that would SEE DUARTS ON PAGE 12
ONTHERECORD
“...experts will continue to learn more and more about less and less until they end up knowing everything about nothing.” —Darren Beattie in “Alienation 2.0.” See column page 11
Blue Devils secure ACC title, SW 4