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
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012
Refectory may close next year
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The Refectory in the Divinity School may be absent from West Campus next year. After several meetings with Refectory owner Laura Hall, Duke Dining has not yet renewed its contract with the eatery’s original Divinity School location. Dining administrators have asked Hall to pay a higher commission to the University starting next year and to make changes to her business model in order to afford the higher commission, she said. The Refectory opened in the Divinity School in 2005 as the University’s first green café, offering sustainable, healthy food options from local farms and living wages for its workers. “I’m the David and [administrators] are the Goliath,” Hall said. “If [they] are trying to make me more like a cookie-cutter fast food place, then [their] priority is not what my priority is. I would think [they] would be trying to make the other places more like the Refectory.” Paying a higher commission would require Hall to make sacrifices that she is not willing to make, Hall said. These would include raising prices, demoting full-time workers to part time, buying fewer fresh
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Inspired by his father’s work in investment banking, senior Garrett Lustig came to the University already attuned to finance. During his junior year, he participated in Duke’s orchestrated rounds of recruitment—donned suits, shook hands and submitted resumes. By the summer, he was clocking up to 100 hours per week at investment banking advisory firm Peter J. Solomon Company in New York City. By October, he signed a three-year contract with Centerview Partners, an investment banking and private equity firm. After he finishes his commitment, Lustig said he might go back to graduate school, stay with the company or even switch fields entirely. “The door’s wide open,” Lustig said. “It’s hard work, but after those years, you can literally do anything.” Events since the financial crisis ranging from Occupy Wall Street rallies to battles in Congress have led many Americans to question the level of influence that Wall Street wields in the economy. Despite the controversy, Duke students are still flocking to the finance industry in massive
Students present robots designed for ECE 27: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering Design. SEE REFECTORY ON PAGE 5
SEE JOBS ON PAGE 3
DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Nutritionists advise herbal Seven VP positions remedies at Duke IM by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE
Hardly a day goes by when Beth Reardon does not recommend at least a few herbal supplements to patients. Reardon, an integrative nutritionist at Duke Integrative Medicine, has a pedigree out-of-step with what one might expect from a medicinal herb enthusiast, with a bachelor’s degree in nutritional biochemistry and a master’s degree in kinesiology. In her approach, Reardon and the rest of the staff at Duke IM approach health in a way not typical of some of Duke’s more traditional medical and research programs. Considering natural foods and diet management, Reardon laments what she believes to be a prevalent overreliance on cheaply
McCallie finds comfort in writing, Page 7
available pain relievers and overprescribed medication. “Too many people make meals of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories for chronic pain, arthritis-type conditions,” Reardon wrote in an email Saturday. “We know longterm use of these pharmaceuticals is harmful, so I take a plant-based approach with the addition of whole foods and herbals such as turmeric, ginger and green tea.” Part of what brings people to Duke IM is the desire for a broader outlook on treatment not focused solely on pharmaceuticals, she added. The facility offers patients a holistic blend of conventional and alternative medicine. “Many of the people I see would fall SEE HERBAL ON PAGE 4
decided by election by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE
Undergraduates elected the 20122013 Duke Student Government committee vice presidents Monday. Of the seven vice president posts, only the positions for Durham and regional affairs and equity and outreach were contested. Freshman Derek Rhodes was elected vice president of Durham and regional affairs, and sophomore Stefani Jones was elected vice president of equity and outreach, Attorney General James Lee, a senior, wrote in an email Monday. Lee is also the managing editor for online at The Chronicle. Additionally, freshman Tre’ Scott
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“I recognize that despite the tumult of college, the next change will be the biggest, scariest and most exciting yet.” —Toni Wei in “Best before 2012.” See column page 11
will serve as vice president for services, sophomore Neil Kondamuri will serve as vice president for social culture and junior George Carotenuto will serve as vice president for facilities and environment. Freshman Jacob Zionce will serve as vice president for residential life, and freshman Nikolai Doytchinov will serve as vice president for academic affairs. “I’m really excited to work with all of the candidates,” said President-elect Alex Swain, a junior. “Most of the positions were unopposed, but all of the people elected are worthy of the position, and they are all hard workers.” SEE DSG ON PAGE 6
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