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Freshman Ebadi addresses US-Iran relations Gbinije elects to transfer Michael Gbinije has decided to continue his basketball career elsewhere and will transfer, the Duke men’s basketball program announced Monday afternoon.

The 6-foot-7 wing played in 19 of the team’s 34 games last season, averaging 1.7 points and 0.8 rebounds per contest.

Gbinije will leave Duke in good academic standing and is expected to transfer to another Division I school, though he has not yet announced which programs he will consider.

“We wish Michael [Gbinije] the best Michael Gbinije of luck and we will support him through his impending transfer,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a press release. “He is a talented player with a solid future ahead of him.”

Gbinije scored a season-high eight points Dec. 19 in the Blue Devils’ win over UNC Greensboro.

Ranked 29th in the ESPN.com Class of 2012, Gbinije chose Duke over Connecticut, Wake Forest, West Virginia and Alabama. After Austin Rivers, he was the highest rated incoming Blue Devil in his recruiting class, which was ranked No. 2 overall by ESPN.com.

The Chester, Va. native would likely have competed for playing time with 6-foot-8 classmate Alex Murphy, who redshirted during 2011-12 after suffering a concussion early in the season.

“I wish Mike G the best of luck. Good kid from a good family,” associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski tweeted Monday afternoon.

Gbinije is the seventh player to transfer out of the Duke program during the last decade, and the first since Olek Czyz left for Nevada in the middle of the 2009-2010 season.

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Shirin Ebadi, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses an audience at the Sanford School of Public Policy Monday.

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The United States should help Iranian human rights activists in their efforts to attain a more democratic society, said Shirin Ebadi, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.

Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and academic, discussed challenges to promoting human rights in Iran at the Sanford School of Public Policy Monday. Speaking through a translator, Ebadi emphasized that human rights abuses have increased in Iran since the Green Revolution—a series of protests following the 2009 presidential election—and, as a result, the United States should continue pressuring Iran, even if the country halts nuclear proliferation.

Ebadi noted that oppression in theocracies like Iran raises an important question as to whether Islam is compatible with human rights.

“The non-democratic Islamic governments believe that human rights is a Western concept and is not compatible with Islam,” Ebadi said. “This is how they justify their suppression of their people.”

Rulers in Iran, Bahrain, Syria and some other Middle Eastern countries abuse Islam’s tenants to justify oppressing women, limiting free speech, curtailing the right of assembly and resisting democracy, she said. This interpretation of Islam—one that does not respect the concept of SEE EBADI ON PAGE 6

LoYo founder discusses entrepreneurship Media portrayal of Southern politics behind the times

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Starting a business can be sweet and tart, and sometimes involves an assortment of local fresh fruit.

Leah Bergman, co-founder of Local Yogurt—a regional, independently owned frozen yogurt shop— spoke to a crowd of students Monday about her experience with turning passions into a business. The event—sponsored by The Duke Entrepreneur, a student group focused on developing entrepreneurial skills—encouraged students to pursue business ideas that they are enthusiastic about. The talk took place in Schiciano Auditorium in the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences.

Bergman noted that it was difficult to leave behind her previous job in asset management at J.P. Morgan, but she ultimately wanted to pursue a profession that she was passionate about.

“Of course I missed the bonuses, but I was done taking orders from other people, and I wanted to be

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Modern media stereotypes of Southern politics may be outdated.

During national political campaigns, media outlets occasionally comment on the country’s regional differences, often stereotyping the South as uniformly conservative and evangelical. But this generalization, rooted in the South’s history of racist practices, might begin to fade during this election cycle, some experts say. This year, both party conventions will be held in the South—with the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Fla. and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte— ANDREW BEATON/THE CHRONICLE

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Leah Bergman, co-founder of Local Yogurt, speaks to students.

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“Last week I got into a catfight, and it was the proudest moment of my life.”

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Veteran correspondent of war receives Pulitzer Prize

David Wood, a veteran war correspondent, always wondered about the men he saw being Medevaced off the battlefield with grievous injuries. When Wood, 66, joined the online Huffington Post last year, he finally got his chance to find out what became of them. For months,Wood tracked down and interviewed combat veterans who had almost literally come back from the dead, detailing their recovery, their anguish and the support of their families. In a series of stories called “Beyond the Battlefield” published last fall, Wood provided an unsparing but sympathetic glimpse into the lives of U.S. service members who gave nearly everything.

On Monday, Wood’s series won journalism’s highest honor. In awarding him the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, the Pulitzer board cited Wood “for his riveting exploration of the physical and emotional challenges facing American soldiers severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

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Duke mock trial wins national championship

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Duke’s mock trial team became national champions for the first time Sunday.

The championship team comprised of eight undergraduates won the American Mock Trial Association’s 28th Annual National Championship Tournament, held at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn.

Of the 655 participating college mock trial teams from across the nation, 48 advanced to the national tournament.

Duke faced Rutgers University in the final round.

“We’ve always been a well-respected national program, but now we are truly an elite program,” said junior Will Hawkins.

Senior Franklin Sacha, president of Duke Mock Trial, said he was incredibly pleased with the team’s performance, especially in comparison with recent years. The program did not qualify for the tournament last year, and although two teams went the previous year, neither was able to reach the top 10.

“This year is just far and away better than anything we’ve ever done,” Sacha said.

Alex Bluebond, a second-year law student and coach, said the team defied expectations going into the tournament.

“I don’t think anyone predicted us to win this,” Bluebond said. “We knew we had it in us, but we were by far not the favorite.”

Duke’s championship team finished the tournament with a 7-1 ballot record after four rounds, breaking what the program has deemed the “Duke curse,”

a failure to earn more than four ballots, Sacha said.

“The goal going in for me was beating the [Duke curse],” Hawkins said.

“Then the wins started piling up, and it became more and more realistic that we’d win the whole thing.... Our expectations definitely evolved. Everyone was getting more and more excited every round.”

Sacha and Hawkins were joined on the championship team by seniors Ben Dean, Michael D’Ippolito and Jennifer Lin; juniors Luke Shuffield and Heather White and freshman Marquese Robinson.

Hawkins noted that the team mem-

bers’ confidence in each other was key to their success.

“This year’s team was excellent because you could trust everyone to get their job done,” he said. “Whenever someone would go up and do their part in trial, you trusted them.... That showed in how well we did.”

This year’s case, State of Midlands v.

Danny Dawson, involved a man being charged for driving under the influence and murder after crashing his vehicle and killing a passenger, Sacha said. The case was written by the AMTA for the competition.

Hawkins noted that the case was more emotional than in past years because it

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Duke’s mock trial team travewled to St. Paul, Minn. , where they won the national championship.

involved a situation that many college students could relate to. “[This case] hits closer to home....

Every year or so you hear about something horrible happening to a Duke kid, something involving drinking,” he said.

First-year law student Erika Hyde, a coach for Duke’s mock trial team, has worked with the team throughout the year, though she did not attend the tournament. She said the team showed dedication to the program both during and between scheduled practices.

“They practice on their own, [and] they bounce around ideas with each other via email,” Hyde said. “There’s a real sense of camaraderie. They do well not just because they’re incredibly talented, but because they genuinely like being around each other.”

Hawkins said he expects the team to be invited to some of the country’s elite tournaments next year as a result of this year’s success.

“My excitement about next year is the opportunity for more members of the program to go to the best tournaments in the country,” he said.

He added that he was eager to take younger members of the program to tournaments in New York, Los Angeles and Miami to continue the momentum and enthusiasm from this year.

Sacha said he has high hopes for the program’s continued success.

“We have four seniors graduating, but we have a lot of talent,” Sacha said. “[We need to] keep building on this success— make sure it’s not a one time thing—and not get complacent.”

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LOYO from page 1 happy,” Bergman said.

Bergman worked at J.P. Morgan after finishing her studies at the New York University Stern School of Business. Using her profits, she began buying North Carolina real estate at the advice of her father, who was in the real estate business. Bergman founded Local Yogurt in fall 2008 with the proceeds she received from selling a building.

“I was and still am a horrible sweet tooth, but I didn’t want to get obese,” Bergman said. “I wanted a treat that was healthy, and you just couldn’t find that around here.”

Bergman emphasized, however, that not all passions can be expanded into a profitable business.

“There are some things that should be left as hobbies,” she said. “Only when you have enough information to creatively exploit this passion should you go in. You have to be passionate but smart.”

Senior Vidhan Agrawal, president of TDE, noted that Bergman differed from most of the speakers hosted by TDE in that she succeeded in a business which was not part of the corporate world. Her experience enabled her to impart a unique set of skills in students interested in entrepreneurship. “[Bergman] has an inspiring story that shows [students] that a successful business does not mean that you have experience in the Silicon Valley,” Agrawal said. “LoYo is an example of something created at the grassroots level.”

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tions in Durham, one near Elon University, one in Greenville and a mobile unit. Bergman said that many of these venues were chosen based on the company’s largest target demographic: college students.

Durham is a unique center in terms of its restaurants and food diversity, Bergman said.

“Local businesses thrive in Durham, and not every city in America is like that, especially in this day and age,” she said.

Local Yogurt’s business strategy does not rely on advertising because Bergman prefers not to wait for long-term advertising benefits that may not actually appear, she said. A few past advertising attempts led to no foreseeable increase in business.

Even with advertising, businesses that either begin with a bad idea or do not have good luck will fail, Bergman said.

Several students sought advice for those who, unlike Bergman, did not have the initial capital to launch their business.

“It’s important to find investors who are from a similar field and understand what both of you are getting into,” Bergman said. “It’s also good to know that it’s easier to sell a great story as opposed to a great idea [to these investors].”

Several students noted that Bergman’s focus on local business strategies prompted them to attend.

“I am interested in local businesses and the challenges they face and what it is like to start a business in the local Durham area,” junior Jonathan Marks said. “I was glad she talked about these challenges— which include dealing with the local competition and strategies for pricing.”

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SOUTHERN from page 1 so the South will be able to shape its image in the national media.

It is fair for the media to portray the South as conservative, but the nature of conservatism is evolving, said Pope McCorkle, visiting lecturer of public policy studies. The media often fails to present these changes, however, because they do not align with “Old South” ideologies.

Although stereotypes of conservatism represent some truth about the region, they do not pay homage to the diversity of the South and the progress it has made, said Ferrel Guillory, professor of the practice of journalism and director of the Program on Public Life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“The South these days is much more a metropolitan place,” Guillory said. “This is a region that builds automobiles and has some of the strongest banks in the world [and] does research in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.”

The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte has the potential to focus national media attention on North Carolina politics within the context of the South, McCorkle said.

Current N.C. issues such as the proposed Amendment One referendum— a state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages—would highlight the diverse politics of the South, said John Aldrich, Pfizer-Pratt university professor of political science at Duke.

“If we’re the first state of the nation to vote down a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages, that would really help to reverse some of the Old South ideas,” Aldrich said.

But North Carolina is not always assigned to the same stereotypes as other Southern states. Since World War II, North Carolina has had a “charmed existence” in the media because it has been considered the exceptional liberal state of the South, McCorkle said. North Carolina has one of the nation’s longest continuous streaks of Democratic governors, he added—but Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory, former mayor of Charlotte, could interrupt this tradition if he wins.

McCorkle noted that the variety of Christian beliefs of this year’s Republican presidential primary candidates show how conservatives are changing in a way that does not reflect the traditional South, which was primarily in favor of Protestantism.

“We had a Mormon with [Mitt] Romney, a born Catholic with [Rick] Santorum and then a born-again Catholic with [Newt] Gingrich,” he said. “The idea that this resembles in any way the Old South doesn’t work.

While there’s conservatism to the South, it isn’t the old traditional born-here-by-blood conservatism.”

Despite the region’s changing persona, there are persistent problems in the South that reinforce negative stereotypes including racial tensions, poverty and educational gaps, he said.

Current Southern stereotypes are rooted in the region’s long history of racial oppression, said History Professor Laura Edwards. Prior to the 1960s, the Democratic Party was considered the “white party,” which helped it garner Southern support. In the mid-20th century, Republican politicians began to explicitly use race as a way to attract white voters, she added.

When today’s media portrays the South as staunchly conservative and evangelical, the media is talking about a particular slice of the electorate that still votes based on race, she noted. The group of white, Southern voters still exists, but does not represent the entire region.

“There [is] a tendency to overgeneralize that this is what’s indicative of all Southern folk,” Guillory said.

“It’s not the whole story.”

Aldrich added that stereotypes of the traditional South have created roadblocks for past candidates and affected campaign strategies. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter had to overcome stigmas attached to strong Southern accents so they could join the political elite, he said.

Candidates who have polled the region know the South does not necessarily conform to popular perceptions, McCorkle added. Still, they are affected by Southern stereotypes and sometimes treat the region as if it is a foreign country.

“Mitt Romney and his talk about cheesy grits and saying ‘y’all,’ came across as pandering,” Guillory said.

“But at the same time, [Barack] Obama campaigned in the South in ways that wouldn’t have been expected generations ago—and he carried three Southern states.”

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“majority rule, minority rights”—is flawed.

“With a correct interpretation of Islam, we can respect human rights and democracy,” she said. “And Muslims should not permit their non-democratic governments to abuse the name of Islam.”

Born in 1947, Ebadi was raised in Tehran and became one of the first female judges in Iran. She served on the bench until she was demoted to clerk after the success of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Despite this setback, Ebadi risked imprisonment to promote the rights of women and children in Iran and co-founded the Defenders of Human Rights Center in 2001. She has been living in exile in the United Kingdom since June 2009.

Ebadi has claimed national attention for her efforts in human rights. Forbes magazine listed her as one of top 100 most powerful women in the world in 2004. She has also garnered a number of honorary doctorate degrees, including at the University of Toronto, the University of San Francisco and the University of Akureyri in Iceland.

Ebadi, the author of three books, cited numerous human rights abuses in Iran. Discriminatory laws—such as laws that give child custody to the father— are constantly used to limit the prospects for women. Drinking alcohol is punishable by flogging and—on third offense— execution. Adherents to the Baha’i Faith are constantly persecuted. Perhaps most striking of all, if a non-Muslim has sexual relations with a Muslim out of wedlock, the offenders are sentenced to death immediately, she said.

“After China, we have the largest number of executions in the world,” Ebadi

said. “With regard to the fact that the population in China is over a billion and that of Iran is only 75 million, if we look at the per capita, Iran has many more executions.”

Although Ebadi is against military action or external intervention, she said the United States and other countries can do more to help Iranian human rights activists.

If Iran halts nuclear proliferation, the United States may stop pressuring the Iranian government, Ebadi added.

She said she is especially concerned about statements made during nuclear talks in Istanbul last week. Before the conference, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States would make assurances to Iran if the regime decides to halt its nuclear program.

“I want to ask the kind people of America to give me their hand for help,” Ebadi said. “Help the people of Iran improve the situation of human rights. Do not permit your politicians to sacrifice human rights at the time that they are concluding economic agreements or negotiating nuclear issues.”

Seth Cantey, a doctoral candidate in international relations , said he is unsure whether the U.S. can effectively pressure Iran to halt nuclear proliferation if it tries to deal with human rights issues at the same time.

“Ebadi helped the audience grapple with some of the difficult decisions that face policymakers and some of the tensions between human rights and democracy,” he said. “The difficulty is that the nuclear problem is so urgent that it may not be realistic to link it to human rights right now.”

The speech—this year’s Crown Lecture in Ethics—was sponsored by the Sanford School and the Duke University Union.

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Loss of Gbinije not a sign of impending doom The top-rated player in Duke’s 2011 recruiting class, Austin Rivers, is gone and headed to the NBA next season. Michael Gbinije, the second-highest rated freshman, is also departing but for a very different reason.

Whereas Rivers used his lone year in Durham as a trampoline to launch him to the game’s highest level, Gbinije never got his footing and will transfer. Once the No. 29 recruit in the nation, Gbinije is willing to sit out for a year just so he can play elsewhere.

Duke fans, between Gbinije transfering, the openinground loss to Lehigh in the NCAA tournaAndrew ment and the oneperson recruiting class coming in next season, it’s time to FREAK OUT! Abandon ship! Honestly, Duke will be lucky to make it to the NIT next season!

You know all of that is true because it includes two words in all capital letters and three exclamation points. And all sentences beginning with “honestly” must truly be honest, because any sentence without being prefaced that way is obviously dishonest.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

Sarcasm aside—somebody who works for a newspaper quitting drinking? What a riot!—the Blue Devils will actually be just fine next year. I personally think they might be quite good, but more importantly, it is not the end of the world as Duke knows it.

Good players transfer, even away from top teams, and head coach Mike Krzyzews-

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The loss of Michael Gbinije will not hurt the Blue Devils too much heading into next season, Beaton writes.

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ki is more than well-equipped to handle it. He has done so in the past and will do the same with next year’s team.

From a pure depth-chart perspective, it is difficult to know how much Gbinije might have contributed next season.

Alex Murphy, who was recruited alongside Gbinije but redshirted last year, fits better into Duke’s offense at the same position while holding an extra year of eligibility. Even without Murphy, Duke often played a three-guard lineup last season and will have a crowded backcourt yet again with incoming freshman Rasheed Sulaimon competing for minutes against Quinn Cook, Tyler Thornton, Andre Dawkins and Seth Curry.

It’s easy to see why Gbinije wasn’t eager to stick around in that melee for minutes and why it was probably hard for the Duke staff to sit him down and explain how his role would fit his hype next season.

Olek Czyz, another top-100 recruit, transferred midway through his sophomore season in 2010 after one-and-ahalf disappointing seasons with the Blue Devils. Following a strong senior year at Nevada, though, he might be selected in June’s NBA Draft. Between Czyz and Gbinije, maybe the coaching staff just gets tired of players whose names they can’t pronounce.

Elliot Williams, who transferred to Memphis in 2009 and played one more collegiate season before going pro, now plays for the Portland Trail Blazers. Williams and Czyz were good players, but the team certainly did not miss the pair SEE BEATON ON PAGE 8

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Lanham takes over as Duke seeks revenge in Blue Devil head coach matchup with ‘Cats Assistant coach Glen Lanham has been promoted to replace Clar Anderson as head coach, Director of Athletics and Vice President Kevin White announced Monday.

Lanham started with the Blue Devils in June 2010 after assistant coaching jobs at North Carolina, Oklahoma State and Purdue. He has over 20 years of coaching experience at both the high school and college levels.

Former head coach Clar Anderson resigned March 21 after accumulating a 101-125-2 record over 15 years with the Blue Devils.

“I’m very excited to lead the Duke wrestling program,” Lanham said in a press release. “Becoming a head coach has been a long process in the making and I feel right now that Duke University is a perfect fit for me as a coach. We have a very talented and amazing group of young men and I am thrilled for the opportunity to guide them on and off the mat.”

Lanham has proven himself on the

recruiting trail at several stops, helping the Tar Heels land a top-25 recruiting class in 2006, and the Boilermakers secure the No. 12 class in 2008, according to InterMat.com.

During his two years at Duke, Lanham helped two Blue Devils to NCAA championship berths—Diego Bencomo in 2011 and Tanner Hough in 2012.

“Glen brings outstanding experience, professionalism and principles to Duke wrestling,” White said in the release.

“Certainly, the young men representing our program will find Glen has tremendous leadership qualities, unlimited passion for the sport and an uncompromising commitment to their total experience as student-athletes. It became very evident throughout the search process that all roads led back to Glen Lanham being an ideal fit for Duke wrestling at this point in time.”

—from staff reports

Losing six of their last seven contests, Duke will look to regain its groove as it takes a break from ACC play to host Southern Conference foe Davidson Tuesday at 6 p.m at Jack Coombs Field.

Tonight’s matchup will be the second meeting between the two Davidson North Carolina squads this seavs. son. The Wildcats (14-19) edged Duke Duke (14-23) 2-1 in the first meetTUESDAY, 6 p.m. ing of the year on Jack Coombs Field March 27.

The Blue Devils’ first game against Davidson was one of their finer games defensively without Stroman on the mound. Freshman pitcher Nick Piscotty struck out a career-high seven batters and held the Wildcats to one hit in five innings. The Blue Devils’ inability to support their strong de-

fensive play with offense, however, led to their undoing. Davidson was able to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh and score the eventual game-winning run on a wild pitch to pick up a pivotal home victory against an ACC opponent.

The Wildcat pitching staff held Duke to just four hits in the game. Blue Devil righthander Drew Van Orden took the loss even though he only allowed two Wildcats to reach base.

In tonight’s game, Piscotty will have an opportunity to avenge Duke’s loss to Davidson from a few weeks ago. This time around, the Blue Devils will look to take advantage of a Wildcat lineup that lacks firepower at the plate. Davidson’s best hitter, senior outfielder Drew Gadaire, is the only player batting above .300 on the year. The Wildcats’ next best are Andrew Barna and Calvin Sigelbaum, who have averages of just .278 and .276, respectively. And as a team, head coach SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 8

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BEATON from page 7 when it was cutting down the nets after the 2010 national championship.

This program is built to handle losing good players because good players are plentiful in Durham. It’s about having the right players, and sometimes even the most talented ones don’t fit that mold, so it’s probably best for both parties involved to part ways. It’s no indictment of Gbinije’s skills or character, which are both reportedly quite high, but players

who struggle to shoot the 3-pointer struggle to get minutes in Duke’s offense.

Krzyzewski may not run the type of oneand-done-hired-guns program that John Calipari has mastered at Kentucky, guaranteeing the Wildcats a top-five ranking seemingly every season from now until the end of time, but Duke will have no trouble competing with the best of the best for next season’s ACC crown.

This one straw won’t break the Blue Devils’ back. Don’t freak out.

Looks like I picked a fine week to quit drinking.

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Freshman Nick Piscotty struck out seven in five scoreless innings when Duke faced Davidson March 27.

BASEBALL from page 7 Dick Crooke’s club boasts a batting average of just .242 on the season.

Despite their offensive woes, the Wildcats are coming to Durham with some momentum. Davidson managed to sweep Wofford in a three-game series last weekend and did so by only scoring a total of eight runs in the three games, four of which came in the fifth inning of the series finale.

Two competing trends will come to head

as the Wildcats have struggled on the road this year with a record of just 3-11, while Duke is looking for its first win in Durham since March 16.

After their matchup with the Southern Conference foe, the Blue Devils’ schedule does not lighten up. Duke will stay at home this weekend to host a three-game series against No. 23 Virginia, who will be fourth top-25 squad the Blue Devils have faced this season.

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Olek Czyz transferred halfway through his sophomore season, but Duke still won the national title.

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Dispel the tuition black hole Tuition rates at Duke have it follows that Duke is either purbeen rising steadily for a de- chasing absolutely more goods cade, averaging around a 4.5 or goods whose prices are espepercent increase annually. cially skyrocketing. It is not clear Along with similar tuition in- what sectors of the University creases at peer universities, consume the most resources, so this phenomwe cannot know enon marks a whether ineditorial tuition arms creased tuition race among elite American is actually improving a student’s universities. Michael Schoen- college experience. On the confeld, vice president of public sumer side, students are willaffairs and government rela- ing to pay more for what they tions, has claimed increases perceive as greater prestige. in tuition reflect increases The demand for elite higher in real costs. However, since education is almost inelastic: tuition hikes outpace the in- Duke can exploit its position by flation rate, there seems to charging ever-higher prices for be more to this story. Duke an intangible prestige quotient should provide explanations without producing better edufor tuition increases that are cational outcomes. as specific and quantifiable as Tuition increases are too possible. dramatic for a responsible Given tuition is increasing administration to ignore. faster than the rate of inflation, Duke must address this is-

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Why don’t we call it “equalism” instead of “feminism”?

It would get rid of all the negative connotations of “feminism” while still promoting the same values.

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sue honestly—preferably by informing students what particular costs drive up tuition the most. Although Schoenfeld cites energy, salaries and technological improvements as rising expenses, he does not provide enough detail for students and parents to make rigorous value judgments about what is and is not worth spending an extra $6,000—roughly the amount Duke tuition has grown over the last four years. The categories themselves, other than being too broad, are also suspect. For example, the pay freeze for Duke faculty and staff ended last March, yet costs still increased substantially during that period.

Greater transparency would not only help students and their families make informed

college decisions. It would also benefit the University as a whole. Theories about a possible higher education bubble, espoused most famously by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, contend that eventually students will not be convinced that the quality of their university degrees justifies surging tuition costs. There is already a push to encourage middleincome students to consider community colleges and state institutions. The demand for a Duke degree seems inelastic now, but if traditional higher education goes bust, that will quickly change.

Of course, there remains the intractable affordability issue. The University’s financial aid system strives to increase grants by at least 4 to 5 percent each year to offset tuition

increases. However, while this helps students already receiving grants, the percentage of students receiving any aid at all may stagnate. In the face of rising costs, the percentage of Duke students on financial aid must also steadily increase.

Greater transparency surrounding tuition hikes seems justified given the sheer amount of money a Duke degree seems to cost. We are not asking for a dollar-for-dollar breakdown but a clear budget that indicates where tuition markups are going within broad categories, such as energy and technology. Amid soaring prices, a barely recovering economy and whispers of overvalued degrees, Duke would be wise to have a frank conversation about costs.

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ast week I got into a catfight. And it was the plastic, rubber’s the way to go. proudest moment of my life.

Mr. Duvall: I think the world could use more No, not proud because I beat the crap out strong-willed women who have the right priorities. of anyone—because I am (sadly) I know how mad I get when I have physically incapable of doing that. to speak to girls in my office for Proud because I surprised myself by getting into a fight because one of being able to act like a crazy, jealous them was seen canoodling with the girlfriend in a (can you believe it?) other’s boyfriend. Almost as mad Shakespearean play. But the experias I get when the boyfriend posts a ence made me realize that the thrill video of the fight on the Internet. of cat-fighting is not all that it seems.

Ms. Norbury: I think high school In fact, I almost felt like at traitor. girls would have a lot to learn from sony rao It made me wonder where all feminists. I try to teach feminist valthe hype about cat-fighting comes that’s what she said ues to my own students, but it’s not from. So naturally, I thought of that easy. One of them still thinks “Mean Girls”—one of the few successful docu- her breasts have ESPN. mentations of the secret world of girl behavior in Regina George: I mean, they’re all like men-hatcinematic history. ing freaks who wish they were less hot versions of me.

While the feminist voice currently takes the They should just take their stupid picket signs and Gothic world by storm, I think it’s only appropri- shove them up their—[gets hit by a school bus]. ate to delve back into that great sociological study Cady: Sometime in high school it finally hit me: of teenage girl behavior in its most natural and “Saying someone is stupid doesn’t make you any savage habitat: high school. smarter. Saying someone is fat doesn’t make you So what happens when you mesh feminism any skinnier.” If we women want to co-exist in this with the pre-“Gossip Girl,” post-“Thelma and Lou- world, then we have to learn to accept each othise” world of the Mean Girl? ers’ faults rather than talk s**t about other people.

Cady Heron: Well, when I was in Africa, I didn’t (Pauses and thinks for a second) Ya, Regina too. really notice a lot of feminist movements because Damian: Equal rights for you, and you and all women were in very socially-constrained roles. you men and women! “And none for Gretchen But here, it’s totally different. Women here are Wieners.” so liberated. Just yesterday I pushed someone in Now, I know what you’re thinking. What do front of a bus—it was great! Haha, just kidding! they know? They don’t even go here.

(Laughs nervously) But look a little deeper into the back-stabbing, Gretchen Wieners: I’m totally for feminists. I gossip-filled, hate speech of this mean-girl world. think too often girls just try to like, stab each other It’s a jungle. It’s high school. And on some of our in the back when it’s already so hard growing up worse nights, it might be college, too. as a woman in this world. Except for Caesar. “We We might not have a Regina George to collecshould all totally just stab Caesar!” tively despise as the source of inner-female strife.

Karen Smith: On Wednesdays, we wear pink!

Even so, I am sure that we all, at some point in Janis Ian: Everyone is always talking s**t about our lives, have acted like her in one way or anfeminists. But really, these people are just lazy other without realizing what it could do to our a-holes who don’t know how to make their own own friends, especially those of the same sex. So sandwiches or wish they had as much chest hair women of Duke, as we think about ways to make as their moms. this world a better place for equal opportunity Regina George: Most of them are girls that are for all genders, and particularly for women, let’s just trying to get their 15 minutes of popularity, remember that one of the biggest obstacles to febecause, let’s be real, there’s no way they’re gonna male empowerment may be our own selves. get a guy wearing those sweatpants. It’s probably Close your eyes and raise your hand if you have all they fit into right now. ever actively victimized another person by saying Random Girl: I heard Regina George say that something negative about them behind their back. feminists were totally in right now, so I decided to Now open your eyes, and take a good look around. become a feminist.

Coach Carr: I think feminists are great.

Sony Rao is a Trinity Junior. This is her final column There’s no need for any girl to ever try to be of the semester. Follow Sony on Twitter @sony_rao

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was living a life I had worked hard to achieve: a Duke and Stanford Law grad, working long hours as a hotshot junior attorney at a big, wonderful law firm. Duke had just won the national championship (I flew to Indianapolis for it), my career was taking off and my husband (another Blue Devil) and I had just settled into our loft in downtown Los Angeles.

Then, I got blindsided. A diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer with the spread of cancer so extensive that my sur- Duke Partnership geon exited the waiting room for Service in tears with a grim prognosis. think globally, I was 28 years old and had just act locally been given a death sentence.

But I wasn’t afraid, or mad or sad. I was actually pretty psyched. Because, you see, I’m a Blue Devil—I relish a challenge and think of solutions. I’m a Cameron Crazie and I love to compete … and win. And I’ve believed in our Duke standards of excellence since childhood, when this L.A.-native decided to attend Duke at the age of nine (Coach K, Bobby Hurley, Christian Laettner and Grant Hill deserve the assist for that decision). I knew that all those things would only help me in my battle against The Big C. And they have. Over a year and a half later—after three surgeries and 25 rounds of chemo—I’m well on my way to beating cancer to death. My first surgeon said I’d never practice law, lift weights or play basketball ever again—I do all of those things almost every day. After my second surgery, which was 11 hours long and included 18 different procedures, my doctors and nurses said I wouldn’t get out of the hospital in less than 21 days. I was discharged in 14 days, and two days later, I convinced my family to take me to Cameron for a game and to catch up with Coach and the K family (huge supporters of mine who have been behind me since day one of my diagnosis).

After my third surgery, just three months ago, doc gave another grim prognosis (he has since changed his mind) but my mom responded with the only question I prepared her to ask: When do I get out of the ICU and into my room because there’s a Duke game tonight. Come on now—I have priorities.

In dealing with my own cancer adventures, I also found that I could help others at the same time. I started a blog (wunderglo.com) to chronicle my cancer story, and it went viral. Soon, cancer patients from around the country were emailing me daily to ask for advice or a pep talk. Other people who weren’t patients were inspired to examine their gastrointestinal health and get colonoscopies (two people— one is 27 and the other, 31—found pre-cancerous polyps that were removed). I’ve had about three or four people credit me with saving their lives. That feeling of helping others in such a profound way was the best feeling in the world, and all I wanted was to do more. So I did. I started The WunderGlo Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to finding the cure for colon cancer, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and supporting cancer warriors and their loved ones. We’ve raised tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research and advocacy. Every day, we’re doing our part to demystify the disease and empower patients to do what they can do to be healthy, strong and positive in their mind set.

Where would we go to spread our message beyond the confines of lovely California? Our first stop was, of course, Duke. In the past couple of days, I met with the leaders of the Duke Cancer Center and collaborated with wonderfully engaged students and alums for our first ever “Go To Hell, Cancer!!” three-on-three basketball tournament. I specifically mention “first ever” because we plan to come back to campus every year, with goals of expanding our event and making it a campus-wide affair. They are lofty goals, but I’m sure we’ll achieve them. Because if there’s any place and group of people who have each other’s back and my back—even through cancer—it’s Duke.

Gloria Borges, Trinity ’04, is the founder and president of the WunderGlo Foundation. This column is the final installment in a semester-long series of weekly columns written by dPS members addressing civic service and engagement at Duke.

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Asians, varsity jocks, girls who don’t eat anything, et cetWall Township, New Jersey. My hometown is a era, et cetera. You can undoubtedly find the Plastics if moderately small, coastal municipality; diversity you’re looking for them. The question is whether or is hardly our strong suit. You’d be hardnot you’re looking. You can venture as pressed to find anything in the local pafar beyond your comfort zone as you per’s police blotter more disconcerting want, but cliques and clichés still exist than a broken-up house party or perhaps even within the broader confines of our the occasional DUI checkpoint on one “diverse” campus. of the two-lane highways in town. Wall Durham is on the opposite end of is often referred to as a bubble—a place the spectrum from my hometown, but I disjointed from the diversity to be found could ignore the disparity between the in the real world. All throughout high of the two cities if I wanted ashley camano personalities school, teachers and graduates urged to. I could keep my eyes closed and maygoing camando students in town to get out of the cookiebe make a few acquaintances with colcutter complacency that our town so easleagues whose lives differed only slightly ily lulled us into. Get out of the bubble. from my own. I could skate through my four years at So began my journey to venture below the Mason- Duke, living on food points and FLEX dollars. I could Dixon line, my quest to divulge and unearth what life believe that the deepest city limit of Durham lies at the is like beyond the corralled confines of suburban New entrance to Shooters II. Jersey. After 18 years of relatively secure complacency, To occupy this mindset would be a waste of the the trek to Duke finally introduced me to life outside a quintessential “college experience.” Over the weekend, small town with more than 1 percent minority students my team and I volunteered at the Urban Ministries of and residents. I drove through states where fireworks Durham, where we toured and cleaned the local shelare sold, legally, sometimes even inside roadside gas ter for the homeless. The people who use the shelter station off of Route 95. My bank account and I both are grateful for a five-foot long, four-foot high metal learned that the speed limit in Virginia is strictly en- bunk bed to sleep on for the night. Sometimes these forced. I learned that the word “grits” actually has two individuals are merely displaced. Sometimes they are syllables (“gree-its”) and that people frequently con- considered “chronically homeless.” Sometimes they’re sume them with shrimp. Two years later, I am still not college graduates, sometimes they’re single mothers. one of these people. I have adapted to life without gen- Regardless of the individual circumstance, they are uine Italian food—no, pizza from The Loop is not real struggling and they are within a stone’s throw of our pizza. I finally got out of the bubble. school.

But did I really? Regardless of whether or not I can I have never owned a pair of rose-colored glasses. I legally purchase and detonate fireworks, and besides have never taken a service learning class at Duke and I the fact that I haven’t found a satisfactory substitute have not engaged in spreading campus-wide awareness for my mom’s homemade chicken parmesan, I’ve of the life of Shin Dong-hyuk and forced labor camps learned that if you’re not consciously trying to break in North Korea. My visit to Urban Ministries was a preout of your own personal comfort zone, there’s no scription for sanity in a time of homesickness and stresone and nothing holding you back from staying cozy sors in academia. The weeks leading up to finals are an under your two-decade-old lifestyle security blanket. ineffable grind. More than once I have wanted to drop What you see is what you want to see. You can make my computer out the fourth floor window of Perkins what you want to out of your transplantation to Duke. during a night spent wired on caffeine and plagued by If you only want friends that drive cars with the same problem sets. People stop holding doors and stop saylicense plate as yours, go ahead. If you only want to ing thank you. Keep in mind in the coming weeks that, be friends with athletes, there’s nothing in your way. regardless of your test scores and sleepless nights, you Participation is voluntary in essentially everything that will live to see the light of summer, and that life outwe do here—making friends, joining student groups, side Gothic buildings is far more real than anything we going out. learn in lectures.

If you really want it to be, venturing into residence halls or walking across the BC Plaza can mirror a scene Ashley Camano is a Trinity sophomore. This is her final out of “Mean Girls.” You can put yourself in Cady Her- column of the semester. Follow Ashley on Twitter @camanoron’s shoes, bypassing ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, cool 4chron

lettertotheeditor Thanks to Coach Anderson from a former wrestler I am writing this to publicly thank former Head Wrestling Coach Clar Anderson, one of the finest men I know.

Being a Duke wrestler is hardly glamorous; in fact I would be surprised if half the student population even knew there was a program. We put ourselves through grueling practices, during which the average person would lose anywhere from three to six pounds of water (I averaged five myself), then we restricted the amount that we put back into our bodies for the purpose of making weight. I truly don’t miss studying thirsty. We didn’t travel first class; in my time at Duke, 10-hour rides in a 15 passenger van, dehydrated and hungry, were common. Our practice facilities were way too small, and as for support at our matches—well, let’s just say Cameron Indoor looks deceivingly large when it’s completely empty. The vast majority of the time we stepped onto the mat, it might as well have been David versus Goliath.

Coach Anderson asked two things from us—to fight hard on the mat, and to be good people off it. What we quickly realized was that Coach was preparing us for something much greater than a seven

minute match—he was preparing us for life. I still remember him saying that we would be more prepared to handle life’s challenges than most athletes, given what we put ourselves through. I can honestly say, for myself and many others, he was right.

I don’t know where I would be if I had not been a Duke wrestler for Coach Anderson. My first job on the trading floor of an investment bank was the result of a Duke wrestling connection, and I try to bring the same intensity that I brought under Coach to work every day. The city to which I relocated is where I met my wife, and now I have two children. I formed lifelong friendships (half of my wedding party were wrestlers).

It has not been an easy road. I have fallen many times and have experienced failures and setbacks.

But I get up and keep fighting because that is what Coach taught me to do, to never give up. And when the market closes each day, I go home to my beautiful wife and children. Coach, thank you for what you have done for me. You changed my life forever, and my family and I will forever be indebted to you.

Frank Cornely, Trinity ’06, 2x ACC Champion

12 | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012

THE CHRONICLE

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

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

Free.

Events April 17 - May 10

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April 17 Chamber Music Recital. Students perform chamber works from the 18th - 21st centuries, including music by Bach, Dvorak, Schubert, Brahms, Piazzolla and others. 7:30pm.

Nelson Music Rm. Free.

April 18 Immersed in Every Sense Lecture Series. Artist talk by visiting artist Ann Hamilton. 6pm. Nasher Museum of Art. Free.

Artist Talk. A conversation with Richard Goode, moderated

by Prof. R. Larry Todd. 6:30pm. First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main Street. Free.

April 19 Artist Talk and Book Signing. Documentary photographer Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian will sign copies of their new book, In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying on Death Row in America (UNC Press and CDS Books of the Center for Documentary Studies), in conjunction wtih a reception for Full Color Depression: First Kodachromes from America’s Heartland, curated by Bruce Jackson. 6-9pm; talk at 7pm. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Rueda de Casino Dance Workshops with Vladimir Espinosa. Cuban style salsa developed in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s. Workshops will also cover the history of Casino and its music. No partner necessary. 7:30-9:30pm. The Ark Dance Studio. Free. This workshop will also take place on April 20.

April 21 Rueda de Casino Dance Workshops. Prior attendance at either the April 19 or 20 workshop required. 11am-3pm.

The Ark Dance Studio. Free.

ChoreoLab 2012. New works by Dance faculty and students. 8pm. Reynolds Industries Theater. Free. This event will also take place on April 22 at 3pm.

Duke Opera Workshop. Susan Dunn, dir. A Cockeyed Optimistic: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II, featuring songs from Show Boat, Carmen Jones, Oklahoma!, South PaciďŹ c, Carousel, Allegro, and others. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free. This event will also take place on April 22 at 3pm.

Reunion Weekend Film Event. Duke alum Daniel Karslake ‘87, and award-winning ďŹ lmmaker, will talk about and show a trailer from his newest documentary, Every Three Seconds, and introspective and hopeful call for change around the isuses of extreme poverty and hunger. 3:30pm. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

April 22 Duke Jazz Ensemble. John Brown, dir. Performing arrangements by Duke alumnus Patrick Williams, Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger. Mr. Williams will be a special guest for this concert. 4pm. Page Auditorium. $10 general/$5 students/seniors.

April 25 Exhibit Opening and Reception. Talk and reception for What Does Your Doctor Know? exhibit in Perkins Gallery.

4pm. Rubenstein Library, Rare Book Rm. Free.

April 27 Duke Chorale. Rodney Wynkoop, dir. Chorale Celebration, featuring highlights from the Chorale’s 2011-2012 season.

8pm. Biddle Music Bldg. Lobby. Free.

April 28 Duke University String School Concerts. Directed

by Dorothy Kitchen. 3pm: Beginning Ensembles & Intermediate I. 4pm: Chamber Music Groups. 7pm: Intermediate II and DUSS Youth Symphony Orchestra. Page Auditorium. Free.

Duke Collegium Musicum. Alexander Bonus, dir. The Musical Isle: Choice Ayres, Anthems, and Sonnets from Seventeenth-Century Britannia. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.

May 7 Student Exhibition. Works by CertiďŹ cate in Documentary Studies undergraduates. Thru Sept. 8. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

May 10 Advanced Documentary Photos. Vision and Craft by Alex Harris. Thru May 13. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

Screen Society

All events are free andopen to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the GrifďŹ th Film Theater, Bryan Center.

4/17 THEY ARE FLYING (Taiwanese Documentary) Cine-East:East Asia Cinema. Q&A to follow w/ director Huang Chia-chun.

4/18 AMIGO John Sayles Film Series. Q&A to follow w/ Prof. Marty Smith, Environmental Economics/Policy.

4/23 HUMAN TERRAIN 2012 Ethics Film Series. Q&A to follow w/ director James Der Derian.

4/26 & 4/27 AMI Duke Student Film Showcase, Day One (5:30pm-10pm), Day Two (4:30pm-9pm) See ďŹ nal projects from Duke ďŹ lm courses this semester http://ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

This message is brought to you by the Center for Documentary Studies, Duke Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Performances, Duke Music Department, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Department of Theater Studies, and William R. Perkins Library with support from OfďŹ ce of the Vice Provost for the Arts.