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Obesity Facts According to a study from Duke, it’s a growing problem. year 2010

30% of Americans are obese.

5% are severely obese. year 2030

by Julian Spector

42% of Americans will be obese.

11% will be severely obese.

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The search continues for the new dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy after an initial shortlist of three candidates did not yield a taker.

The faculty search committee, which began the dean search last Fall, presented three names to President Richard Brodhead and Provost Peter Lange in February. The president and provost extended an initial offer to one of these candidates, who eventually withdrew to accept a position elsewhere, Lange said. A new search committee is renewing the process this summer. Current Sanford Dean Bruce Kuniholm will stay on in his position through the coming year until a successor is found.

“We pursued a candidate, and he took a while to decide, and he chose not to accept the position,” Lange said. “Obviously, we’d like to get the person we go after. Often that happens but not always.”

Lange and members of the search committee declined to confirm the identities of the candidates, but Lange did confirm that the man who received an offer had not gone through the same process of lecturing and meeting with Sanford faculty as the other candidates. Instead, he met privately with the committee and an executive committee of Sanford faculty.

That is a 33% increase in obesity and a120% increase in severe obesity.

That means 32M more obese people.

If obesity remains at 2010 levels, it could save $550B in medical expenditures.

Kids ages six to 11 are particularly affected by the growth in severe obesity.

more to love? rise in obesityy to cost billions

by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE

Without interventions, 42 percent of the American population will be obese by 2030, a rate that could cost billions in medical expenditures, a recent study predicted.

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Kappa Sig to Program fights diabetes in South return to Duke

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Nearly a decade after removing itself from the Interfraternity Council, Duke’s Eta Prime chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity is once again recognized by the University.

Negotiations between the fraternity and IFC began in March, with discussions among the IFC executive board and the presidents of each IFC fraternity. By the end of the semester, IFC agreed on a set of stipulations in order for Kappa Sigma to rejoin the council.

The fraternity received provisional recognition from the national Kappa Sigma organization January 2011.

“The lack of off-campus fraternities is a strength... for IFC,” said IFC President Andrew Bentley, a senior. “I’m Kappa Sigma SEE KAPPA SIGMA ON PAGE 6

Allergist wins Presidential Award, Page 3

A collaborative effort to reduce diabetes in the South will receive a major boost from the federal government.

The Duke University Medical Center and the University of Michigan’s National Center for Geospatial Medicine are partners in “From Clinic to Community: Achieving Health Equity in the Southern United States,” an effort to bring more community-based care to counties where Type 2 diabetes is particularly prevalent. The plan, which focuses on patient-centered care, is among the preliminary Health Care Innovation Award recipients. Given by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Center, the approximately $9.7 million award will be implemented to spearhead programs in four underserved Southeast counties: Durham County, N.C.; Cabarrus County, N.C.; Quitman County, Miss. and Mingo County, W.Va. Within these regions, the money will be used toward the delivery of medical care to the homes of people with Type 2 diabetes, said Dr. Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research at Duke and

leader of the project.

“Type 2 diabetes is a massive epidemic now that is having a huge toll on death and disability globally, but especially in the Southeast of the United States,” Califf said. “For people within those life circumstances—and there are a lot of them—we have layers of to be spent on medical care people who can help that in four underserved counties. are actually in the neighborhood and can stop by your house and check on you.”

Medical care needed to help people with complications from diabetes—such as cardiac procedures and dialysis—is extremely costly, will be saved by fighting Califf said, adding that a rediabetes in these counties. duction in diabetes in the

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Forum trains medical leaders Law School to offer

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A strong focus on building and maintaining relationships will advance leaders, whether in the military, medicine, athletics or business.

This was the conclusion of the third annual Feagin Leadership Forum, which brought an interdisciplinary set of speakers and participants to the Michael Krzyzewski Center for Athletic Excellence May 18 and 19. The event also served as the capstone of the yearlong Feagin Medical Scholars program, which provides ethical leadership training for select medical students.

The goal of the program is to emphasize leadership qualities effective in all fields, said Dr. Dean Taylor, Medicine ’85 and chairman of the program. “In medicine, we have physicians placed in positions of leadership without proper preparation, so we like to take the principles of leadership that apply from the military, from business, from athletics, from public policy, from divinity, and use those to help prepare the future leaders in medicine for careers of service,� said Taylor, who is also a professor of orthopedic surgery and head team physician for

the men’s basketball team.

The Forum and the Scholars programs were named in honor of Dr. John Feagin, Medicine ’61 and professor emeritus of orthopedic surgery. Feagin served as a military surgeon for 18 years and led the development of hip replacement surgery before he returned to Duke. The 20112012 Feagin Medical Scholars include three orthopedic fellows, two orthopedic residents, one neurosurgery resident and six third-year medical students.

The value of establishing and maintaining relationships is a key quality for an effective and successful leader, said Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, in the keynote address. “Anyone can have a great idea and put something together,� Dzau said. “To ultimately begin to impact hundreds of thousands of human lives, it takes continual relationships and networking to get that initial idea to human benefit.�

Dzau added that leaders must take the time to connect and reach out to their employees and colleagues in order to build a sense of trust. He noted the loyalty staff, SEE FEAGIN ON PAGE 5

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Dr. John Feagin, Medicine ’61, and men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski speak at the Feagin Leadership Forum.

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Starting next summer, Law School students will have the opportunity to participate in a unique dual degree program in law and entrepreneurship.

The new joint Master of Law and Juris Doctor degree program is based on the current LLM in Law and Entrepreneurship—a program for law school graduates who want to expand their knowledge with an additional degree focused on entrepreneurship.

Duke is the second law school in the country to offer an LLM in entrepreneurship, the first being the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The program falls in line with the University’s recent efforts to support entrepreneurs through its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. The initiative, which fosters programs across Duke, recently received a $15 million gift from David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70 and vice chair of the Board of Trustees. “[The degree is] geared toward people who want to be significant players in the entrepreneurial community,� said Kip Frey, visiting professor of the practice of law and director of the existing Law and Entrepreneurship program. “They may be people who want to start their own company, become members of management teams of startups or become in-house counsel at early stage companies.�

Graduates from law school today want more options beyond the traditional law degree, Frey added. “The LLM has been in place for two years now, and has created such terrific resources in the school that we thought it made sense to give students enrolled in our JD program the opportunity to pursue that same degree,� said William Hoye, associate dean for admissions and student affairs.

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As part of the current LLM in Entrepreneurship program, the Law School has added faculty members and clinics focused on entrepreneurship. This has made setting up the new joint program easier than starting from scratch, Frey said.

Students in the new program will be required to spend an extra summer on campus. In addition to the 84 credits required for the JD degree, joint degree students will earn an extra 20 to 23 credits for the LLM. Each student in the program will spend the summer after their first year working for a startup or similar enterprise in the Research Triangle area. “The student experience [in the current and new LLM programs] won’t be exactly the same, but they’ll share some of the experiences,� Frey said. “It’s an entrepreneurship boot camp that teaches them about the entire entrepreneurial process in a concentrated period of time.�

The existing LLM in Law and Entrepreneurship gives graduates knowledge they can use every day as attorneys, said Padowithz Alce, LLM ’11. “My year in entrepreneurship work was worth more than a lot of my other years in school,� Alce said. “It gives you an understanding of business from the entrepreneur’s perspective and from the financing and venture capital perspectives.�

The application process for prospective law students will not change, Frey said, noting that administrators want to gauge interest in the program before setting limits on how many students can enroll in the program.

The hands-on, practical experience of the LLM program in its current form was an important aspect of the program as a whole, Alce noted. “The benefits I’ve received from going through this program are enormous,� he said.

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Q&A with James Hildebrand Last month, James Hildebrand, medical technologist and supervisor of the Duke Allergy Lab, became one of the year’s four recipients of the Presidential Award, one of the highest awards given to Duke faculty and staff. In his 27 years at Duke, Hildebrand has formulated almost 120,000 customized allergy vaccines.

He also assisted in the development of electronic record-keeping software for the lab, years before Duke Medicine went digital. He recently spoke with The Chronicle’s Ashley Mooney about making customized allergy vaccines, the jump from paper cards to digital notation and receiving the Presidential Award.

The Chronicle: How do you go about making the customized allergy vaccines?

James Hildebrand: All these vials are custom made for each patient because everyone is different. We buy liquid extracts, mostly from Greer Laboratories here in North Carolina, based on the results of allergy skin tests for the different grasses, tree pollens, cat and dog extracts—all sorts of things. Based on exactly what the patient reacts to, the allergy physician makes a formula requesting so much of certain items. For example, if they’re allergic to red oak, [the physician will] put a certain volume of red oak extract into that vial. From that you have a custom made vial that a patient receives their shots from.

When a patient receives their shots, we make four or five dilutions from that maintenance vial—the full strength vial. When a patient starts out they receive a very weak solution, and the proteins in it gradually stimulate the immune system to later on

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Duke allergist James Hildebrand, recipient of Duke’s Presidential Award, has customized nearly 120,000 allergy vaccines. recognize the allergen as non-foreign. All the symptoms are hopefully reduced because the body has been exposed to these proteins gradually with the vials. The patients work through these vials, each one getting stronger, until they get their shots from that last vial.

TC: How often do patients receive the treatment?

JH: Patients usually get the shots every week, or every few weeks. It varies by

patient. Patients will stay on those shots for maybe several years, and then depending on how they respond—if their symptoms go away for the most part— they stop the shots. If the symptoms are not improved or they go away for a while and come back, then we have to do the skin testing again, and maybe change that formula—maybe make something stronger or see if the patient became allergic to something new.

TC: How many vaccines do you make on average?

JH: Some allergists are very conservative with giving people shots and then you can run into allergists who will put many people on shots. I think that goes to how these doctors were trained and their own personal philosophy. We’re probably only making up to 200 vials a month, but 15 plus years ago, there were times where we made over 10,000 maintenance vials in a year.

TC: What were you doing before you came to Duke?

JH: I come from a hospital lab background... doing all the blood testing, blood chemistry and all the other things that are really critical to physicians making decisions on how to treat patients. So when I came to Duke in 1985, I brought that mindset with me. The setting here wasn’t as stressful and you didn’t have all the standard blood work and other things that you have to do in a typical hospital lab. I’ve worked for five different allergists as our lab directors. We’ve had a good crew of people over the years, but right

now it’s really down to myself and another woman and we’re managing the volume of work that’s there.

TC: What about the software you helped develop for keeping track of the vaccines?

JH: Dr. C. Edward Buckley III, the allergist that hired me in 1985, started working on an allergy vaccine database that maintained the vaccine records so we didn’t have to keep them on paper cards. I wasn’t writing the code, but I’m the person that basically has to tell the programmer what to write or at least how we want the database to appear. We have two Microsoft access applications—one that manages the vaccines and one that manages our skin test results. That database has basically replaced one full time employee easily. This has been in place since the mid ’90’s, so there’s no telling how much money it’s saved. We’re trying to do the best we can and we’ll keep on it.

TC: Can you tell me a little bit about winning the Presidential Award?

JH: I didn’t know that I had been nominated, so when I got the letter from President [Richard] Brodhead, it was a surprise.

It’s nice to be recognized like this.

TC: What are your goals for your future research?

JH: It’s an ongoing thing over here. We do whatever we need to do to make sure we are providing the best patient care that we can. We prepare each allergy vaccine for the allergy shots like we’re preparing them for our parents, brothers, sisters or own kids.

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“That candidate was in a position in which revealing his name at the stage... would have affected his ability to do the job he was in,” Lange said. “We would not have made that candidate a final offer without [him] meeting with the faculty as a whole, but that’s the candidate who withdrew to take another position.”

Although a new dean was not secured, the search process functioned well and provided University leaders with a significant amount of input from many sources, said search committee chair Helen Ladd, Edgar T. Thompson distinguished professor of public policy. The lack of a new dean does not reflect how the process was conducted but on the high ambitions of the search and the specific difficulties of dean selection, she noted.

“You’re looking for someone who has done spectacular things wherever they happen to be, and if they’ve done spectacular things, chances are they’re reasonably satisfied where they are or someone else is out there searching, and they think they’re a spectacular person, too,” said search committee member Jacob Vigdor, a professor of public policy and economics.

In August 2011, Kuniholm announced his intention to step down as dean at the end of the academic year, and a faculty search committee subsequently convened. That committee, led by Ladd, collected information on candidates throughout Fall 2011. They invited a large group of candidates for private interviews with the committee, Ladd said, before narrowing the field to five candidates, who they invited to visit Sanford faculty and deliver a lecture in January.

The committee presented its three final choices to Brodhead and Lange in February. The president and provost received extensive written information about the candidates and asked the committee members for individual feedback, Ladd said. The committee returned in March for further discussion of the candidates.

After Lange and Brodhead each met individually with the final candidates, they extended an initial offer to one of them, who went on to accept a position at another university .

Ladd said a search of this kind requires sensitivity because if a leader at another university is considering a position at Duke and his or her name becomes public, that could jeopardize the candidate’s ability to lead in their current role.

Although they declined to identify

any candidates, those involved in the search process affirmed that the final choices included candidates of diverse backgrounds. Ladd confirmed that one or more of the final five candidates was black.

“We urge and press upon every search committee to seek a diverse pool of candidates, and I seek to assure that they do so,” Lange said.

The dean search is further complicated by the caliber of potential candidates. They must balance commitments at their current universities and the implications for their families of moving to a new part of the country, Ladd said.

The final process is more of a negotiation than a job offer.

“The recruiting goes both ways,” Vigdor said. “The committee has to do more than have candidates convince them that they are right for Duke. The committee has to convince the candidates that Duke is right for them.”

The search committee met with Lange last week to continue the process, said Elizabeth Frankenberg, professor of public policy and sociology. Lange and Brodhead asked Frankenberg to take over the committee as chair for the next leg of the search.

“They understand that the chair has a big job, and they didn’t want to impose that on me for another year,” Ladd said. “I’m very comfortable with that. I don’t feel like this is a repudiation of me in any way, shape or form.”

Four committee members, including Ladd and Vigdor, chose not to continue as members of the search committee.

Two new members have joined, bringing the total to 13, Frankenberg said.

The new search has the benefit of building on the work done by the committee last year, Frankenberg added.

“By starting earlier and taking advantage of the fact that a lot of the legwork has been done, that should improve the chances of strong recruitment,” she said. “We have much more fortuitous timing this time around.”

The committee will also pay special attention to Washington, D.C. for prospective candidates finishing up policy roles in President Barack Obama’s administration. Government policymakers may consider Duke as a good opportunity to pursue after three or four years working in the capital, Lange said.

Applied policy experience, combined with solid academic credentials would enhance what a candidate could bring to Sanford, Vigdor said.

“We try to be a little less ivory-tower focused and more real-world focused, and hiring a dean that has gone back and forth between ivory tower and real world would be attractive,” he said.

FEAGIN from page 2 workers and employees showed administrators during the construction of the medical center in 2007, amidst an economic crisis. Although the University did not lay off any workers during this time, it had to freeze the salaries of some staff workers.

“When I posed this issue to [the staff workers], I was really surprised when they told me that they believed that the initiative was just as important to them as well. One member related the [construction] to investing in future children,” he said. “There was no dissension going forward even though they were presented with a loss in the short term.”

After the keynote address was presented, the Feagin Scholars gave three presentations on their projects, which focused on leadership education and development within the current medical school training curriculum, improving leadership development access across the University campus and leadership development within physician training.

Other panels explored relationships in medical, athletic and business contexts. Men’s basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski spoke with his former player and current Harvard men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker about how to manage changing relationships. A panel of social media experts discussed the benefits and

dangers posed by social media for professional and personal relationships, as live tweets of the event projected onto screens behind them.

The panelists noted the importance of personal interaction, but affirmed that social media is here to stay and it is imperative to use it to strengthen relationships. “[Social media] followership allows you to feel presence without imposing on other people’s time,” said panelist Tony O’Driscoll, professor of the practice of business administration.

“We live in an information economy where the actual scarce resource is attention.”

Cara Rousseau, social media manager for the Office of News and Communications, advised prudence in online communication, warning the audience of the principle of “Once you tweet it, you can’t delete it.” She related a story of a Duke applicant who tweeted an inappropriate photo with a note that he was glad Duke admissions was not looking at it. Unfortunately for him, the Office of Admissions did see it.

The forum closed with final words by each of the 12 Feagin Scholars, who reflected on their experiences of the year and thanked the program leaders for their mentorship. “[Leadership] is not a series of acts, it’s your character—what you’re doing when people are watching and when people aren’t watching,” said Grant Sutter, a Feagin Scholar and third-year medical student.

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OBESITY from page 1 Led by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Duke Global Health Institute, the study determined that previous statistical forecasts that predicted an obesity prevalence of 51 percent by 2030 were too high. The study suggests, rather, that obesity prevalence will increase by 33 percent by 2030, to 42 percent of the population, if interventions are not put in place.

The researchers also predicted severe obesity to expand at a greater rate than previously projected, forecasting that 11 percent of the population will be severely obese by 2030. “[Although] the [obesity prevalence] numbers are ominous, they were not unexpected,” lead author Eric Finkelstein, associate research professor in the DGHI, wrote in an email Monday. “What did surprise me was the doubling in severe obesity prevalence.... That is a big cause for concern.”

The study used body mass index as an indicator of obesity—with a BMI of 30 or more indicating obesity and a BMI of 40 or more indicating severe obesity.

In order to clarify the additional cost of expanding obesity, the researchers compared projected rates to a 2010 benchmark. The researchers concluded that if obesity rates are kept at 2010 levels, almost $550 billion could be saved in medical expenditures over the next two decades.

“The more obese people, the more it costs to treat their medical conditions,” Finkelstein said. “Another 20 years of 32 million more obese people adds up very quickly.”

Dr. Sarah Armstrong, director of the Duke Children’s Healthy Lifestyles Program, said childhood obesity follows the trend of obesity in general. Whereas the rate of childhood obesity has plateaued, more kids aged six to 11 are becoming severely obese. She noted the effects of obesogenic environments, which promote weight gain.

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“People may not have a local grocery store or transportation to a place that allows them to be physically active, [so] environmental factors are more important than the personal decisions made on a daily basis,” Armstrong said.

Because medical issues that arise as a result of obesity—including cardiovascular disease— are all problems that begin in childhood, more efforts should be geared toward childhood obesity prevention, Armstrong said.

“Autopsies performed on children as young as 14 show those with a higher BMI tend to have more fat in their blood vessels,” she said.

“Since heart disease is the most expensive ticket item for us in terms of overall health, anything we can do as a culture to prevent kids from getting obese would be the best cost-saving strategy for the future.”

Finkelstein similarly noted that a focus on kids and schools is the best hope for fighting the obesity epidemic.

The authors presented this study at the CDC’s Weight of the Nation conference May 7-9. At the conference, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published a list of recommendations to help fight the obesity epidemic: to integrate physical activity into daily routines, market healthy living, make healthy foods and beverages more widely available, activate employers and health care professionals and strengthen the role of schools in promoting health.

Kelli Friedman, a psychiatrist with the Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, stressed the importance of giving support to patients trying to lose weight. People battling with clinical depression as a result of their obesity need to be treated for their psychological issues first and foremost.

“We have to think about the psychology of obesity—not only as depression being a cause of weight gain, but also as the effect of a society that so stigmatizes weight,” she said. “We need to give more support for patients who are trying to lose weight.”

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KAPPA SIGMA from page 1 personally very excited for [Kappa Sigma] to come on because... it’s a really big step to working towards a more unified and stronger greek community.”

Kappa Sigma dissolved itself in 2002, facing impending sanctions from the University as well as its national headquarters due to issues of misconduct.

The group continued unofficially operating off-campus under its chapter name, Eta Prime.

Kappa Sigma attempted to rejoin IFC during the 2010-2011 academic year but was unable to agree with IFC on terms for their re-entry, Bentley said. But when Alex Gendell, Trinity ‘12—then Kappa Sigma president—approached Bentley this year, Kappa Sigma had nearly finalized its charter from the national organization.

“Now that [IFC] knows we have a year under our belts following Kappa Sigma guidelines—which are akin to all the other fraternity guidelines—they had a little more faith that we could be a part of their system,” Gendell said.

He noted that the desire to rejoin IFC was fueled largely by the new housing model.

“We felt that Duke was changing a lot and it was clearly not in the benefit of off-campus fraternities,” Gendell said. “In past years, we could still block together as a pledge class.... Now that you’re randomly assigned and can only block with six, it just separates the class too much and doesn’t promote the unity that a fraternity should have.”

Todd Adams, senior associate dean of students and former director of fraternity and sorority life, said he recalls an overall sense of disappointment when the Eta Prime chapter of Kappa Sigma dissolved in 2002.

“It’s not uncommon for groups to go through some challenges, to have some sanctions due to discipline, and the fact that this group chose to [disaffiliate] rather than work through those challenges was disappointing at the time,” Adams said. “The University community was disappointed, the greek community was disappointed, and honestly I don’t think the young men involved were particularly happy either.”

Adams said the chapter chose to dissolve instead of facing punishment from

the University and the national organization as a result of wayward conduct.

The chapter would have experienced social suspension and higher insurance rates.

“They had alcohol policy violations, financial errors, and they were also levied with conduct unbecoming of the chapter,” Adams said.

Gendell added that the fraternity looks forward to having events with other student groups, noting that as an offcampus fraternity they weren’t allowed to affiliate with other student groups in any capacity. He also said alumni relations will improve as the chapter enjoys its national charter and IFC membership.

“Our alumni relations [executive board chair] now has a more prominent position because our alumni base is much more interested in being involved now that we’re back on campus and chartered,” Gendell said.

Clarybel Peguero, assistant dean of fraternity and sorority life, said she is excited for Kappa Sigma to come back to Duke but noted the difficulties associated with returning to a campus environment after such a long furlough.

“Because they haven’t been a recognized group for so long as far as University standing, it will be challenging for them to adhere to all the policies and procedures and having to do all the events and initiatives our office puts on,” Peguero said. “But I know they’ll be able to do it.”

Bentley declined to comment on the specific conditions for Kappa Sigma’s IFC reintegration but noted that they are not meant to demean the chapter in any way.

“The main theme is making sure they’re organizationally sound and that they’re ready to function and exist within the more formal framework that you have as an IFC fraternity.”

Incoming Kappa Sigma President Drew Evancho, a senior, said he looks forward to integrating his chapter into the IFC community.

“We’re excited to officially return to Duke’s campus and officially have events on campus,” Evancho said.

He noted that the chapter will continue with its philanthropic work, particularly its Military Heroes Campaign, which aids wounded military veterans.

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Leading 4-2 in the first period, the Colgate Raiders appeared poised for another upset. Thirteen unanswered goals later, Duke is headed to championship weekend for the sixth consecutive Colgate 6 season.

Sparked by a DUKE 17 stretch in which they held Colgate scoreless for 26:14, the No. 3 seeded Blue Devils (15-4) knocked off Colgate (14-4) 17-6 in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. Robert Rotanz led the way for Duke, tallying a career-high five goals and adding an assist as one of eight different Blue Devils who notched goals.

“I think our guys were really unselfish and played the right way,” Duke head coach John Danowski said. “We’re just having fun and enjoying being with this group. We get to be together for another week, and sometimes that trumps winning.”

The Raiders, who entered the game having beaten previously undefeated Massachusets to reach the quarterfinals, put pressure on the Blue Devils in the game’s opening minutes. After they fell behind 4-2, Danowski took a timeout to settle his team’s nerves.

The Blue Devils emerged a different squad, mounting an emphatic 13-0 run, quickly putting the game out of reach.

“Some guys early on had to get some jitters out. After that everyone just calmed down,” senior midfielder Justin Turri said. “We knew they were going to keep coming at us for a full 60 minutes.

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After storming back from a 3-0 deficit to bring the match down to the final point, Duke fell short in one of its closest matches of the season.

The third-seeded Blue Devils fell to second-seeded Florida 4-3 Monday in the semifinal round of DUKE 3 the NCAA tournament in Athens, 4 UF Ga. Despite the season-ending loss, head coach Jamie Ashworth had a positive outlook, noting the team’s improvement throughout the season.

“We played [the Gators] six weeks ago and lost [5-0] down at their place,” he said.

“Just to see how well we played this week and how much our team grew over the last six weeks and how much better we got was great.”

With the doubles point coming down to the wire to start the match, this competition proved to be a lot closer than the previous meeting. Florida, which features the nation’s top-ranked doubles team consisting of Allie Will and Sofie Oyen, took a quick 8-3 victory over Duke’s No. 21 ranked duo of junior Mary Clayton and freshman Ester Goldfeld.

Duke fought back, however, as sophomore Hanna Mar and senior Monica Gorny SYLVIE SPEWAK/THE CHRONICLE

SEE W. TENNIS ON PAGE 8

Robert Rotanz scored three of his career-high five goals during Duke’s 13-goal run against the Raiders.

SEE M. LACROSSE ON PAGE 8

fromstaffreports Women’s lacrosse falls in quarterfinals Despite twice building two-goal leads, the Duke lost to Northwestern 12-7 in the NCAA quarterfinals Monday in Evanston, Ill., ending their season.

The seventh-seeded Blue Devils (12-7) quickly got on the scoreboard as Amanda Jones and Makenzie Hommel netted shots to begin the game. Although h the second-seeded Wildcats (19-2) tied the game with back-to-back goals, Duke went backk ahead with two goals in a span of 35 seconds.

That 4-2 score marked the high point for the Blue Devils, however, with Northwestern notching five consecutive tive goals to build a 7-4 lead.

Erin Fitzgerald recorded a game-high six goals and Shannon Smith added three with seven different players getting etting on the scoreboard for the Wildcats ats by the end of the game. Freshman man Taylor Trimble and sophomore ore Maddy Morrissey paced Duke ke with two goals each. Trimble finfi ished the season with 28 goals, leading

the team.

The Blue Devils averaged 11.4 goals per game on the season, but were kept in check both times they faced Northwestern, which ranks second in Division I only allowing 7.6 goals per game. When the two teams played during the regular season, the Wildcats won 12-5.

Women’s tenn tennis still competing in NCAAs Although the Blue Devils have been eliminated from team play, they are still in singles and doubles les play in this year’s NCAA AA tournament.

Freshman Beaatrice Capra and sophoomo more Hanna Mar were selected elected take part in the 64-person to ta son sindraw, which began yesterday gles d sterday at the D Dan Magill Tennis Complex mplex in Athens, Athens Ga. Capra, the th No. 2 overall seed in n the tournament, d defeated Vanderbilt’s Jackie Wu W in i the th the th first round 6-2, 6-2, sending her to the round of 32. Named ITA

National Co-Rookie of the Year last week, Capra defeated the tournament’s No. 1 seed Allie Will in the team’s season-ending loss to Florida.

Mar was not as fortunate in her firstround matchup, falling 7-5, 6-4 to Gator Joanna Mather despite being up a break in both sets. Ranked No. 59 in the country, Mar lost in three sets to the No. 21 ranked Mather in the match against Florida after winning the first set.

Duke also had two doubles squads make the NCAA draw, with competition beginy ningg today.

Ranked No. 17, Capra and sophomore Rachel Rache Kahan will face Georgia’s sq squad of Chelsey Gullickson an and Nadja Gilchrist, who will be playing on their home co courts. Junior Mary Clayton and freshman Ester Goldfeld, ranked No. 21, Goldf will ccompete against fifthrank ranked Annie Goransson and Anett Schutting in their first-round match.

Cunha still alive in singles and doubles The men’s tennis team also has players competing in the NCAA tournament with junior Henrique Cunha and sophomore Chris Mengel both making the singles and doubles draws of the tournament.

The singles competition began yesterday and Cunha wasted no time making it to the round of 32, defeating UCLA’s Adrien Puget 7-5, 6-0. Cunha is the No. 5 overall seed in the tournament.

Mengel, on the other hand, fell in his first-round match, losing to Fresno State’s Remi Boutiller 6-4, 6-4. Cunha has competed in the NCAA individual championships all three years he has been at Duke, while this was Mengel’s first appearance.

Mengel is still alive in doubles competition, however, competing with Cunha today in their first-round matchup against Chip Cox and Nick Jones of South Carolina. Cunha and Mengel are the No. 16 ranked pair in the nation.

Like the women’s competition, the men’s draw is behind held at the Dam Magill Tennis Complex.

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it was never going to be enough.”

A slow-starting team all season, Duke has made a living in the middle periods. Despite barely outscoring opponents 47-43 during the first period in its 19 games this year, Duke has outscored its opponents in the second and third quarters a combined 133-80.

“I’m not sure what it is exactly,” Danowski said. “At the beginning of games there are mistakes made, but our guys seem to relax a bit and gain some insight into what we’re doing and what our opponent is trying to accomplish. Certainly the second and third quarters have been good to us.”

Defensively, Duke held Colgate scoreless for a 26:14 stretch that spanned from the end of the first quarter to the middle of the third.

Sophomore Henry Lobb held Colgate’s Peter Baum, the nation’s leading scorer, to just one goal.

“Henry Lobb has made tremendous strides over the course of the season,” Danowski said. “He did not start for us at the beginning of the year. Henry has terrific feet and he’s gotten better each week.”

Junior goalkeeper Dan Wigrizer recorded nine saves in the game, keeping the Raiders at bay when they attempted to claw back into the contest.

This contest featured two of the five Tewaaraton Trophy finalists, Colgate’s Baum and Blue Devil CJ Costabile. Both vying for college lacrosse’s most coveted prize, Baum was limited offensively while Costabile, a longstick midfielder, won 14-of-20 draws and added 15 ground balls, which allowed Duke to control possession for the majority of the second and third periods as it broke the game open. After winning just 4-of-9 faceoffs in the opening period, Duke took control of 11 of the 16 draws in the second and third quarters.

“It was a senior’s time, a senior’s moment,” Danowski said. “[C.J. is] such an understated young man. He is quiet but days like today you start thinking about the future saying ‘Boy, we’re going to miss him.’”

Although Duke is headed to the semifinals for the sixth consecutive season, it is the first year since 1975 that none of annual powerhouses Johns Hopkins, Syracuse or Virginia were unable to reach the NCAA tournament’s final weekend.

The Blue Devils will face Maryland Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. This will be the third meeting between Duke and Maryland this season. The Terrapins bested the Blue Devils 10-7 in College Park during the regular season before Duke responded with a 6-5 victory in the ACC tournament.

won 8-4 to tie up the doubles contest.

With the doubles point on the line, the No. 17 doubles team of freshman Beatrice Capra and sophomore Rachel Kahan found themselves tied 7-7 with the the nation’s No. 22 squad, Gators Lauren Embree and Joanna Mather.

The Blue Devils took an 8-7 lead, but were unable to hold on to their advantage, as Florida fought back to take the final two games in a 9-8 (7-1) victory.

“I wouldn’t change anything,” Ashworth said. “Rachel and [Beatrice] have been great for us. I would put them out there in that situation again.”

The rest of the match was a roller coaster ride for the Blue Devils, who after having an edge on all six singles courts, found themselves back on its heels as Goldfeld fell to No. 9 Embree 6-4, 6-0. This was followed by another loss for Duke as Mar fell to No. 21 Mather 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, putting the Blue Devils down 3-0.

With another shutout seeming probable, freshman Monica Turewicz won a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Olivia Janow-

icz to give the Blue Devils their first point.

“We had to get on the board,” Ashworth said. “To get that first match was big and I think people fed off that a little bit.”

The victory’s momentum carried into the next match, featuring the nation’s two best singles players. No. 2 Capra, who was later named ITA National Co-Rookie of the Year, took a convincing 6-4, 6-4 decision over No. 1 Allie Will. The win was an important one not only for the team but also for Capra, who was leading 6-4, 5-4 serving match point in their earlier engagement. Rain, however, led to the match going unfinished. “[Beatrice] played a smart match,” Ashworth said. “I think that not finishing last time left a sour taste in her mouth. It was a high quality match.”

Rachel Kahan then tied the match up to 3-3 after going into the third set with opponent Sofie Oyen, leaving the match in the hands of Clayton.

After losing her first set to Alexandra Cercone 7-5, Clayton came back with a 6-4 win. Clayton was unable to win the final set, however, falling 6-3 to end the match in the favor of the Gators, who went on to capture the NCAA title over top-seeded UCLA. “Until the last point of Mary’s match we

believed that we were going to win,” Ashworth said. “From a coaching standpoint that is all that I could ask for.”

While his goal of achieving its second NCAA championship was thwarted, Ashworth saw the match as one that has demonstrated significant growth and improvement.

After losing five players from last year’s team, the Blue Devils entered the season with the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class, bringing four new freshmen and four returning players together. With strong individual talent, uncertainty remained as to how the players would perform as a group.

“I knew that tennis-wise we would be good, but I wasn’t sure how great we could be as a team,” Ashworth said. “Everyone got better and everyone did a great job.”

The Blue Devils captured the program’s 17th ACC title this season and won the second-most matches in team history with 29.

Graduating only one senior, Gorny, Duke will return most of its squad that nearly reached the championship.

“We have a strong foundation heading into next year,” Ashworth said. “There is definitely not any chance of us being satisfied with making it to semis.”

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Although the Blue Devils fell to Florida, freshman Beatrice Capra defeated the nation’s No. 1 player Allie Will, giving her momentum heading into the individual draw.

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After the vote Two weeks ago, Amend- Park and several other urban ment One passed with 61 areas. The results may have percent of the vote, despite shocked many who hardly saw the efforts of activists in the so much as a pro-amendment state and among the student banner in Durham during the body. Although the passage months leading up to the vote, of the amendwhen most of ment represtaff editorial the state ralsents a codificalied to support tion of discrimination and a it. Fortunately, the University step backward for the state, has done its part to offer the the University has done ev- little consolation it can in light erything in its power to reaf- of the amendment’s passage: firm its commitment to LGBT The day after the amendment rights within the new legal was approved, Duke officials framework. We commend ad- announced they would conministrators for their efforts tinue to extend same-sex partand hope they continue to ner benefits to faculty and staff support equality. members, as they have since The vote’s outcome is a re- 1994. minder that North Carolina Although the note essenis still a socially conservative tially reaffirmed the status quo, state in step with our Southern it sent a symbolically and subneighbors, despite the leftward stantively important message leanings of Research Triangle to LGBT employees—both

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current and potential—that Duke will exercise its freedom and power as a private institution to protect equal rights for same-sex couples. Partner privileges, including medical and dental care, retirement plans and survivor benefits, may be a deciding factor for families considering employment in North Carolina. That Duke offers benefit plans on par with those in states that allow same-sex marriage renders a potential dealbreaker a non-issue. And that the Duke community, with 95 percent of voters on campus voting against, has proven to be so resoundingly against the amendment should assure LGBT employees and students that discriminatory practices have no place here.

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Amendment One may negatively affect Duke regardless of the administration’s commitments to maintaining the current benefits. As it stands, the amendment would also prohibit civil unions, ensuring that same-sex couples would have no rights when it comes to power of attorney and adoption. It remains to be seen whether LGBT families and individuals will view the state amendment as a hostile enough gesture to compel them to seek residence elsewhere, or whether the Triangle’s LGBT-friendly reputation will supersede state legislation. At best, things remain as they are, and at worst, Duke suffers the loss of talented faculty and students to schools in states where their rights have not been chal-

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We also hope that Duke will put its weight behind activists’ continuing efforts to repeal the amendment, farfetched as they may be. We cannot stand back and hope that Amendment One, once a distant threat but now an unfortunate reality, will leave Duke unscathed. Nor can we underestimate the importance of support for the LGBT community when the administration’s hands are tied by the law as they now are.

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hey say you can’t go home again. “Home” The society as a whole seems a little more tenholds countless meanings for different tative, a little less sure about what the future people. It’s the family that raised you. holds.

It’s the house that you grew up in. It’s the town Some places that I used to know well have or city that helped shape and dechanged, too. Walking back fine you. But above all else, home into my high school made those is the place where you feel you three years feel more like three belong, where you’re supposed to decades. Sure, my teachers rebe. Home is a seemingly easy conmembered me and asked how I cept to understand. Everyone has a was doing, and the building ithome, or at least the idea of what self was more or less the same. one feels like. The word itself serves But the students were all strangas a unique connection to nostalers, kids fleshing out their awkjordan siedell wardness and insecurities so gia and memory. For me, home is Tokyo, the place where I was born words, lines and life that their true selves could reand where I lived for 11 years beally shine through in college. fore arriving at Duke. Over the past Or something like that. Going three years, I’ve been fortunate enough to be back to that school made me feel old and out able to go back, to spend time with my parents of place, like a guy who’s overstayed his weland friends in the city that I’ve come to love. come. I probably won’t visit any time soon, at When I was little, I sometimes resented having least not until no one remembers me as “that to grow up outside of the United States, in a guy who keeps coming back.” place that was so different, so foreign. NowaI’m back in Tokyo. But this home isn’t days I can’t believe I ever thought that way, or the home I left when I was 18. It’s as if I left that I ever wished for a life different from the a wonderful house that didn’t seem to have one I had as a child. any issues, only to come back and find renoI’m home now. At least, that’s what I vations underway, with more to follow. Places thought when I got off the plane a week ago. change, as do the people and societies that ocThere are many things about Tokyo that cupy them. Some things that were will never be haven’t changed in the time I’ve been away. again—I know this implicitly. But that doesn’t Trains still run like clockwork. Schoolchil- stop me from trying to reclaim the place I redren still wear matching hats and backpacks. member; the fact that I never will is a testament The food is still amazing, and the city lights to the enormous impact that other people have are still bright. It feels the same. When I went on one’s own experiences. Duke wouldn’t be out with some friends the other night, it felt Duke for me or anyone else without the people just like a night out during my high school who fill it up with everything they think, do days. (Except for the lack of anxiety over be- and hope for. So it is with this marvelous city ing carded—legitimate legality is awesome.) that is unlike any other. I suspect that, as time Moments and experiences like that make me passes and my family eventually moves away, feel like nothing has changed.

Tokyo will become a collection of memories I But Tokyo is not the same place I left three reflect on, instead of a place I come back to. years ago. A quarter of the buildings currently Memories I hope can sustain me for the years in my neighborhood didn’t exist when I left for to come, when crossing the Pacific won’t be an college. Many families that I knew growing up option. I suppose that I can’t really go home have moved away, because of either work-relat- again, at least not in the physical sense. But the ed obligations or the combination of shaking place I’m in now is pretty damn close, which is earth, raging water and a government too inept good enough for me. to prevent a nuclear disaster and too unwilling to tell its people how bad things actually were.

Jordan Siedell is a Trinity senior.

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he International Volleyball Federation has robbed millions of viewers of the chance to watch athletic, bikini-clad women spike volleyballs this summer.

Ever since the sport became an Olympic medal event in 1996, female beach volleyball players have had the option of wearing either a one-piece bathing suit or bikini with a maximum sidewidth of 2.76 inches. They also had the option of adding a fullbodysuit underneath the bikini in cold weather. In an attempt to broaden participation in the sport beyond the United States, Europe and Brazil, the international governing body for beach volleyball has now added the joline doedens option of “shorts of a maximum wait a minute length of (1.18 inches) above the knee, and sleeved or sleeveless tops.”

Why do we need a maximum short length? Not because longer clothing gives the players some sort of competitive advantage— based on Olympic bronze medalist Holly McPeak’s experience, a one-piece only traps excess sand. It’s far more likely that the minimum skin requirement is a result of the need to preserve the sport’s Baywatch aesthetic. One can only imagine the horrors that would ensue if the magnificently ripped bodies of two-time Olympic gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty-May Treanor were shrouded in loose-fitting shirts and basketball shorts.

I somewhat understand that part of the fun of watching sports is watching the athletes’ muscles ripple and their skin shine with sweat as they score the game-winning point. Olympians spend decades molding their bodies into ideal forms as they fine-tune every move to near perfection. If Misty-May Treanor, Kerri Walsh, Holly McPeak or any other Olympian wants to show off the fruit of her labors and wear a skimpy bikini in competition, she can go right ahead. Restrictions on the maximum size of competition clothing, in cases where the added skin coverage does not confer a competitive advantage, seem ridiculous. And I won’t even begin to broach the topic of discrepancies between men’s and women’s athletic clothing—I don’t know of any sport where men are compelled to wear Speedos.

And then there are the accusations of conservative commentators, such as Debbie Schlussel, who wrote, “The Olympics are encouraging Muslim countries, like Saudi Arabia, to send female sports teams to this summer’s London Games, to meet certain feminist-imposed standards. And here is the result—burqa beach volleyball.” I may be a brainwashed feminist liberal, but I don’t cringe at the thought of making Olympic beach volleyball accessible to Muslim women. I will concede that it is a form of pandering to the greater standards of modesty in Muslim communities, but isn’t the current bikini standard a form of pandering to the American and European sexualization of the female beach volleyball player? Beach volleyball is unique in that it is popular for both the impressive athleticism necessary to spike a volleyball on a sand court and the incredibly revealing outfits. This powerful combination of talent and aesthetic made beach volleyball one of the first events to sell out at the Games. The disincentivizing of certain groups’ participation in beach volleyball certainly doesn’t line up with the International Olympic Committee’s stated purpose of encouraging participation in sports and encouraging and supporting the development of sports. Contrary to what broadcasting companies might hope, a central goal of Olympism “is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.” Selling tickets to watch half-naked bodies jump around on a sand court, while excluding those who don’t wish to bare quite so much skin, doesn’t seem to demonstrate the Olympic spirit.

So how are we supposed to deal with the reality that there is pressure to change dress codes for certain sports in order to give athletes from more conservative cultures a chance to participate?

I would argue that, as long as there is no competitive advantage to wearing more clothing (as in the case of swimming, for example) and there are no safety concerns, it is not necessary to impose such a regulation. If someone wants to swim an Olympic event in board shorts and a t-shirt, that’s his or her choice. If a woman wants to play beach volleyball in a burqa, she should be allowed to do so. If a woman wants to box in a skirt, then that’s her prerogative. If a man prefers to run the marathon in high heels, then there’s nothing stopping him. If anything, there should be minimum clothing requirements … just to avoid any embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions.

Joline Doedens is a first-year law student.

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Ideally, all eateries on campus would source localUnfortunately, not all of us are willing to pay the asly, focus on organic ingredients and pay a living wage. sociated price.

Duke students have shown their commitment to We should be fighting for that. But first, we need to these issues in the past year. Groups like the Coalition ask ourselves if we are willing to pay more for food to for a Conflict Free Duke have taken a stand against support ethical practices?

Students at other universities have faced similar unethical practices surrounding the “conflict minerals” from the Congo that are found in many popular tradeoffs when clamoring for more organic and local electronics. During the last few weeks of school, stu- foods. In 2009, at Wesleyan University in Connectidents rose against the possible closing of the Divinity cut, students were upset to find bugs in their salads.

School RefectoryRefectory in the Divinity School, an This occurred after pressuring Bon Appétit—the on-campus eatery that commits itself to many sustain- same food management company that runs Duke’s Marketplace and Great Hall—to able and ethical practices—using local, source local, organic produce a few organic produce and paying workers a times a week. No one wants bugs in living wage—that other dining locations their food, but the reality of organic do not. I, too, have become fascinated food includes them. If produce is by these kinds of ethical issues, specifigrown without pesticides, there will cally the ethics of textile production. be more bugs in the fields, which reI realize, however, that despite my sults in more bugs on the plate. Washbest intentions, I still end up supporting ing produce multiple times helps get the very practices I’m trying to find a way to abolish—and I’m sure that most of us hannah anderson- rid of bugs, but since that takes more time, it ups the cost of the prepared who want to keep the Refectory feel the baranger dish. Wesleyan students were also ansame way. state of the arts noyed by the increased food prices I spend hours talking about the after their dining halls went more problems and merits of various types of fabric, especially cotton that severely harms both hu- organic.

The students were not prepared for the conseman communities and ecosystems through intense water use. But then I turn around and purchase 100 quences of their demands. They wanted more local percent cotton clothing from places like Forever 21, and more organic, and they got it. But then the stua company that tries to present a wholesome ethical dents were unhappy when these changes were reflectimage but actually has had several issues regarding ed in the prices. Why is it that our generation wants the ethics of its production. Many clothing compa- these ethical and sustainable practices, and yet is unnies can only offer such great prices because of their willing to pay the price?

Perhaps it is because we secretly don’t actually care. neglect for the environment and their workers, and yet I continue to buy from them. The realization that More likely, we simply don’t think. We’ve spent our I may be inadvertently participating in a system that entire lives benefiting from these practices, searching supports practices that I am trying to eliminate is ex- for good deals and cheap prices. Even though we’ve now realized that those good deals are actually bad tremely disheartening.

The truth is, when it comes down to shelling out deals that contribute to unethical and ecologically the cash for ethically produced products, my bank ac- detrimental situations, we continue to seek them out. count balks. Unfortunately, I have to balance my in- After years of choosing items to buy based on their tense desire for ethically produced items with the sad prices, we find it difficult to switch to evaluating our fact that I don’t have infinite financial resources. And purchases based on how ethically they are produced. we face exactly the same problem with the Refectory. Nonetheless, it is a switch we have to make, especially We all love the Refectory. It’s cozy, friendly and if we want the Duke administration to recognize the the fact that it’s ethical just makes us feel good. Plus, importance of honoring our ethical convictions. We it’s one of the only places on campus where you can have to be prepared to foot the bill for the changes get vegan, baked items, which benefits not only veg- we desire. ans, but also people with egg and dairy allergies. But why should the school subsidize one eatery by allowHannah Anderson-Baranger is a Trinity junior.

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lettertotheeditor Re: “Libraries suffer vandalism around finals” I want to follow up my previous letter to the editor, published on May 17, in which I commented on two acts of vandalism that occurred in Perkins Library during finals week.

It turns out that one of those incidents was no act of vandalism after all—to my considerable relief. Allow me to set the record straight.

After reading my description of the books that were left in a state of disarray on the lower level of Perkins, a graduating senior wrote me earlier this week to explain. What our library staff discovered was not the aftermath of a thoughtless prank, but rather a final project in Theater Studies. Further, I have since learned that the number of books involved and the state they were left in were not as bad as initially reported. No books were damaged, and all were eventually returned by library staff to their proper places.

Reading the student’s email reminded us here in the libraries not to jump too soon to

conclusions—a lesson we all keep learning throughout our lives, even long after we graduate. “The L2 stacks happen to be one of my favorite places to browse for fun,” she wrote.

“I’ve found books in those stacks on quirky topics like the history of kissing and medieval clothing trends. The Duke libraries have been very special to me over the past four years.

Thinking about the concern that my final project has created based on the tone of your letter, and the way I might be able to clear that up, has made me feel very remorseful since reading it last night.”

I am greatly appreciative of the student who came forward to explain. But more than that, I am relieved to know that our Duke students are still as honest, considerate and respectful of the written word as I’ve always known them to be.

Deborah Jakubs Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University librarian and vice provost for library affairs

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Among hundreds of international ventures, Duke Kunshan University has emerged as the tour de force in Duke’s global expansion movement.

Scheduled to open in July 2012, the University’s China campus has fueled steady conversation among faculty members, students and administrators since the project began to take shape in 2009. Although DKU has drawn criticism because of its potential risk factors, administrators who oversee the project remain confident that they are taking all the necessary steps to create a viable institution abroad.

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The plan will rely on technology created by Califf and Marie Lynn Miranda, director of Michigan’s National Center for Geospatial Medicine, which has an office in Durham.

The technology makes use of an electronic health record driven by geospatial referencing to determine which members of a particular community need more intensive care, Califf said. Geospatially enabled health information technology is an approach that applies statistical analysis and other informational techniques to geographically based data.

“We start with this sophisticated technology system that combines medical record data and data on the communities where people live to target intervention programs for people living with Type 2 diabetes,” Miranda said. “The data infrastructure helps us understand the different resources available to people in different counties, so we can design different interventions.”

Califf noted that diabetes is a major issue in the Southeast because of the region’s recent urbanization. In a rural county with a large farming community, people are accustomed to a higher calorie intake because of their daily physical exertion. But urbanization promotes a more sedentary lifestyle, which combined with the same high-caloric eating habits, results in an increased rate of diabetes.

The four counties represent different demographics, Califf added. Durham County and Cabarrus County are both urbanized, whereas Quitman County and Mingo County are rural. Furthermore, the counties represent different racial demographics—with Quitman County largely populated by black people and Mingo County by white people.

“We really will have all the cultural influences in all those four counties culminate. Regardless of which culture you come from, there is this high rate of obesity and diabetes,” Califf said. “That’s the backdrop of why we thought these four areas would be important for a project that is supposed to show how the change in the delivery of health care has a big impact.”

Gayle Harris, director of the Durham County Board Health department, said the award will be used in part to create homecare teams of dietitians, social workers and community health workers. Funding will also be used to set up a diabetes intelligence office that will take the information provided by the geospatially enabled health information technology to raise awareness in certain communities on what people can do to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

“Winning the award is both a triumph and tremendous challenge,” Miranda said. “The CMS [Innovation Center] has placed public trust in us in the belief that we can make real and meaningful change in our country, and we have to step up to this challenge and make this program work.”

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