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Convention ‘humanized’ Romney

Blue Devils take down FIU 46-26

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Duke students and faculty were among those watching last week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., gleaning mixed reactions of the GOP’s presentation of its presidential ticket.

The Republicans’ “We Built It” theme, centered around the economy and small businesses, and the convention’s showcase of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s personal side will help the Republican ticket in November if the message reaches voters, said Duke professors and students who attended the convention.

Romney’s appearance at the convention gave him a chance to counter the recent waves of negative advertisements directed at him news from President Barack analysis Obama’s campaign, said Peter Feaver, professor of political science and director of the American Grand Strategy program.

“At the convention, he was able to present who he was,” said Feaver, who served as a

Duke could not have gotten off to a worse start.

Just 43 seconds into the season, the Blue Devils surrendered a long touchdown on a catch and run by Florida International running back Kedrick Rhodes. On the ensuing possession, Duke’s offense looked just as shaky, going three and out.

But the rest of the night could not have gone much better, as the Blue Devils cruised to a 46-26 victory against the Golden Panthers (0-1) in their season opener as wide receiver Conner Vernon, a senior, broke Duke’s record for career receptions with a 10-catch, 180-yard night.

“We never had a letdown,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We weren’t perfect for 60 minutes, but we were into the game for 60 minutes and it amounted to this. What you saw was because we were prepared, and we were ready. Any break or any opportunity we got, we were able to take advantage of.”

After two disappointing minutes, Duke (1-0) caught the first of its breaks.

Redshirt freshman punter Will Monday kicked a low line drive for the first

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The Blue Devils beat the Golden Panthers of Florida International University 46-26 in the first football game of the season Saturday, despite a disappointing start to the game.

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New Tailgate relocated Global Brigades looks to due to security issues decrease health disparity

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It did not materialize for the first game of the season, but New Tailgating will appear in a revised form for the next football home game.

The New Tailgating event announced this summer would have taken place in a field near Koskinen Stadium this weekend.

This celebration was delayed, however, for the first home game, against Florida International University Sept. 1, and the administration supplied cookouts on East, West and Central Campuses in its place. The first tailgate, before the Sept. 15 home game, has moved to a new location on the West

After treating 385 patients in Panama this summer, Duke Global Brigades is pushing forth its efforts to diminish health care disparities in third world countries.

Part of the international umbrella group Global Brigades, which is an organization that sends students to aid under-served communities, the Duke chapter has significantly expanded its reach and offerings since its founding in 2006.

Originally, Duke Global Brigades visited just a single country once per year and offered only medical and dental assistant positions to student-volunteers.

Now, the organization makes excursions to third world countries twice a year and

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Students boogie on the Quad during a prefootball game cookout Saturday.

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offers a variety of volunteer positions, including public health and legal adviser positions.

“In a growing global economy, there are opportunities for these impoverished countries, but there are barriers preventing them from achieving them,” said senior Faith Roberston, executive director of Duke Global Brigades. “We are giving people the tools that empower and educate them, so they can bridge that gap.”

Duke Global Brigades currently treats patients in Ghana, Honduras and Panama but plans on making a trip to Nicaragua in 2013, said Robertson, who is also a photographer for The Chronicle.

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Doctors find materials that can resist malaria

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A recent study uncovers genetic material that plays a role in resisting malaria.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center discovered genetic material in red blood cells that may slow the growth of malaria, a parasitic disease carried by mosquitoes. The genetic material— small units of ribonucleic acid, more commonly known as microRNA—participate directly in the gene regulation of malaria parasites, thereby preventing them from propogating. Individuals with sickle cell anemia may experience milder cases of malaria than those with normal red bloods cells because their microRNA composition and type are different, the study finds.

“The microRNA found in sickle red blood cells are different from those found in normal red blood cells,” said Greg Lamonte, graduate researcher and lead author of the study. “We saw that two microRNAs, miR-451 and Let-7i , slowed the growth of the malaria parasites when we grew them in culture.”

Lamonte noted that sickle cells possess higher levels of the two microRNAs—miR-451 and Let -7i—preventing malaria parasites from propagating.

When the researchers blocked these microRNAs from functioning in sickle red blood cells, they also reduced their ability to protect against malaria.

The findings of this study give a stronger overview of the host-parasite interactions of malaria, said Dr. Jen-Tsan Chi, senior author and associate professor at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. Eventually, this kind of re-

search may lead to the development of therapy methods for malaria.

“If you think about it, so many diseases affect red blood cells, such as malaria and various forms of anemia,” Chi said. “Also, red cells are easier to study because they are so readily available in the blood.”

Because the current understanding of malaria is still limited, there is still a long way to go before tangible therapies can be developed, Lamonte said.

The results of the study give researchers a greater understanding of the malaria parasite, which could allow researchers to target specific DNA transcripts in the near future.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 600,000 people die from malaria each year, most of them being children.

“There are many different ways that sickle red blood cells affect malaria, but our study is only on one part of a multifaceted resistance,” Lamonte said. “It’s difficult to study malaria because it is resistant to genetic manipulations, but we may be able to use gene targeting with the information we have down the road.”

For researchers, the next step forward is to determine whether microRNA in red blood cells can be used for diagnostic purposes, Lamonte said. By checking microRNA levels in red blood cells, it may be possible to see who is more susceptible to malaria.

“We want to continue studying potential mechanisms to see how red cells resist malaria,” Chi said. “We would want to see how host genetic material can regulate pathogen genes.”

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Students Salsa on the Steps with dance group Sabrosura Friday night on the Duke Chapel steps.

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TAILGATE from page 1 Campus Main Quadrangle after difficulties in contracting security for the event.

While planning for New Tailgating, Duke contacted two security companies who contract for most of Duke’s events, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an email Aug. 29. However, both refused to take on the job due liability concerns after serious incidents on college campuses nationwide, such as the 2011 accident at Yale University where a truck struck and killed a woman at a tailgate celebration.

“It was an uphill battle to get anything done for this season,” said Duke Student Government President Alex Swain, a senior.

The relocation to Main Quad has reduced the number of staff needed to host Tailgate, though there will still be Duke University Police Department officers overseeing the safety of the event. No cars will be permitted on the Quad, as they would have been in the original field location. The University alcohol policy will be in effect, as in the Last Day of Classes celebration—this includes a six-pack per person rule, a no glass rule and a ban on common distribution of alcohol.

Members of the Office of Student Affairs have been receptive to the revised New Tailgating model, said junior Neil Kondamuri, DSG vice president of social culture, adding that DSG will receive funding from the Office of the Executive Vice President and the administration.

The former Tailgate, held in the Blue Zone parking lot, was canceled in November 2010 after a minor—the younger sibling of a student—was found unconscious in a Porta Potty at the end of the event. Student Affairs replaced Tailgate with Football Gameday in Fall 2011. This event decentralized pre-game gatherings by having registered student

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groups host individual barbecues on the Main Quad.

After several months of negotiations, student leaders and administrators created New Tailgating to bolster the sense of community on campus through one centralized event, Swain said.

“We’re trying to create our own Duke culture around supporting our football team,” she said.

DSG, Selective House Council, the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association, Duke University Union and unaffiliated students collaborated on the proposal, Swain noted.

The new Tailgate seeks to strike a “chilledout” atmosphere, with student DJs and centralized sound and music, Kondamuri said.

The new location will make the event more accessible for students and groups, he added.

“Logistically, it will be much easier for everyone to register and attend,” Kondamuri said.

Senior Andrew Bentley, the president of the IFC, said he was excited about the potential for student groups to come together and interact with one another.

Groups will begin to register for the 15-16 spots on the Quad this Tuesday, Swain said.

Those who do not get spots can use the areas outside their sections.

DSG is establishing a Tailgate Team that will meet weekly along with administrators to discuss the success of each Tailgate and how the program can be improved, Swain said.

The team’s goal is to create a lasting tradition on campus.

Moving forward, the success of New Tailgating will be decided by the students, Bentley said.

“This is an opportunity for leadership, to turn this into a Duke tradition,” he said. “If the students get behind the model, it will be really successful.”

Margot Tuchler contributed reporting.

Art and soul

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Spoken word and visual artists showcased their work at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture Friday night.

Plaza Carnival

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The Inter-Greek Council and National Panhellenic Council held a carnival on the Bryan Center plaza Saturday night.

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RNC from page 1 national security adviser to former President George W. Bush. “And what he presented was much more positive than the cartoon images that the attack ads had been painting.”

Choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as the vice-presidential nominee consolidated the Republican base around Romney, Feaver added, which is always a goal of political conventions.

Although speeches and appearances by Romney’s wife Ann and other family members “humanized” Romney, the convention might not have been successful in garnering independent voter support for Romney, said Mac McCorkle, former Democratic political consultant and associate professor of the practice of public policy.

Viewership ratings for Romney’s acceptance speech were more than 17 percent lower than Sen. John McCain’ acceptance speech at the 2008 convention, shortly after he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate, according to data from ratings giant Nielsen.

“It’s staggering how these big events—the State of the Union, presidential press conferences, now conventions—have been dropping in viewership,” McCorkle said. “The Super Bowl is still an event that everybody watches, but not these political events.”

Voters will form their opinion of Romney based on the news and social media coverage of the convention more than than the original footage that aired on television, he added.

Paul Vanderslice, a senior, and Daniel Strunk, a junior, attended the convention and both said they thought the Republican Party successfully presented a message of party unity and ability to tackle the nation’s issues—particularly the economy—better than Obama.

Members of Vanderslice’s family were delegates from Connecticut at the conven-

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tion, so he spent the convention as a guest of that delegation. Strunk is the head of collegiate outreach for North Carolina Young Americans for Romney and was a guest of the North Carolina delegation.

After following Romney’s campaign closely and working for it as an official volunteer since last year, Vanderslice said he jumped on the opportunity to attend the convention. A past president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Duke, Vanderslice is the head of greek-affiliated student outreach for NCYAFR. During the day, Vanderslice attended events featuring well-known conservative speakers such as New Jersey Governer Chris Christie and political advisor Karl Rove.

“It was cool just to walk around not doing anything in particular—you just see famous politicians and reporters everywhere,” Vanderslice said.

Vanderslice said the lineup of speakers in addition to Romney and Ryan was one up-and-coming Republican politician after another—Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rand Paul and Christie, a group that he thought showcased the deep talent bench in the GOP. Strunk said he was most impressed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s speech.

“Condi Rice was successful because she talked about civil rights and broke the Republican mold,” McCorkle said. “It was a little odd that a lot of the speakers talked a lot more about themselves than they did about Mitt Romney, especially Chris Christie.”

Being in the fray of the convention made it difficult for him to determine the impact the speeches might have had on home viewers, Strunk noted.

“What I witnessed was markedly different from what anyone would have witnessed at home,” he noted. “I was directly in the action. I was feeling the energy from a crowd of thousands of people who are going to vote for Romney no matter what.”

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Noted speakers at the 2012 Republican National Convention

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Mitt Romney, GOP presidential candidate “Today, more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before. Nearly one out of six Americans is living in poverty. Look around you. These are not strangers. These are our brothers and sisters, our fellow Americans.”

Ann Romney, Mitt Romney’s wife “ I can’t tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America!”

Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state “Sadly, we are abandoning the field of free and fair trade and it will come back to haunt us.”

Paul Ryan, vice presidential candidate “[Romney and I have] had very different careers—mine mainly in public service, his mostly in the private sector. He helped start businesses and turn around failing ones. By the way, being successful in business—that’s a good thing.”

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Embrace the new Tailgate With the inaugural new sic to foster a fun, friendly atTailgate Sept.15, Duke stu- mosphere—a notable concesdents will have somewhere to sion from the administration. be again on fall Saturday after- Providing space and grills for noons. groups to barbecue could enFollowing the abrupt can- gender the type of communal cellation of Tailexperience stugate two years dents felt Gameeditorial ago and the day lacked. tepid enthusiasm generated Yet while New Tailgate is by last year’s Football Game- shaping up to be a safe and day, Duke Student Govern- sustainable event, whether ment should be commended it will actually achieve widefor resurrecting the event. Ad- spread popularity depends ministrators preoccupied with on whether student groups liability and safety had little register space and students appetite for reviving Tailgate, attend—conditions that seem and its revival, even in its tam- doubtful in the short-term, but er form on the Main Quad, likelier in the long-term. required intense negotiations The re-emergence of tailwith a variety of stakeholders. gate coincides with a reshufDSG has heard student fling of student groups. With opinions and done their best some fraternities that previto incorporate them. A student ously sustained the old TailDJ will provide centralized mu- gate now housed on Central

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Campus, these groups may prefer the option of gathering at their own sections. On the other hand, new unaffiliated houses are perhaps not lively enough social entities to breathe life into new Tailgate.

Non-residential groups may not have funds earmarked for social events, and random groups of friends cannot band together to reserve space.

Especially for freshmen and unaffiliated seniors living offcampus, it is still unclear the type of tailgate in which the groups will engage.

Further, disciplinary issues may give pause to students and student groups alike.

While the student-run tailgate team will have some system for evaluating registered groups, administrators and Duke University Police Department will

also be present at events. If a policy violation occurs, especially involving alcohol, the consequences will likely be severe. The balance between self-policing and administration-applied discipline, which is yet to be fully determined, will affect student participation.

For upperclassmen still clinging to their fond memories of beer-drenched tailgates past, this event will not satisfy.

DSG has done the best they can in imagining and establishing this event in a postPorta Potty world, a world that prioritizes considerations of student safety and university liability over an unregulated and dangerous intoxication.

The most forgotten fact in the debate over old Tailgate’s cancellation is that a 14-year-

old nearly died from alcohol poisoning. Expecting the university to assume liability for an event like that—especially in the aftermath of a death at the Harvard-Yale tailgate—is unreasonable.

Right now, the controversy over tailgate and the failure of Football Gameday preclude any real alignment of student and administrative visions for this event—a gap that will persist until both student attachment to old Tailgate and administrative paranoia abate.

We believe the new event represents a solid attempt given the short hand DSG has been dealt. However, the new tailgate’s ultimate success will be determined by what students do with it—whether they choose complain or engage, avoid or attend.

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n this, the shameful celebration of so- are starving.’ I, by contrast, find myself wanting to called “Labor” Day (do we have a “Capi- say to my daughters: ‘Finish your homework—peotalist” Day to celebrate the glorious job- ple in China and India are starving for your job.’’’ creators who built the infrastructure of the nation And he’s correct: The only rational response to the with their bare … fiscal resources?), rise of China is to instill the fear of I feel as though I should do better God into our children of the capato explain to the young wards of bilities of foreigners, whilst in the Duke University exactly what their meantime trying to benefit as much school is investing its not-insubstanas we can from this new superpowtial capital in. Originally, some of er’s mystical industrial prowess. the leftists on the Board wanted to Duke Kunshan is a wondrous improve what they called the “inadstep in this direction. With it, Duke equate, borderline-unsafe, hideous is embracing many of the tactics and, quite frankly, Soviet Blocthat made China great: a lack of esque housing on Central Camtransparency in business practices, pus.” I found this plainly ridiculous: heavy investment in building strucInequity, be it in housing or overall tures without a guarantee as to their socioeconomic status, is what made use and a willingness to deceive this country great. grumpy trustee consumers as to the actual value of Instead, I directed the Univerthe good they are selling. monday, monday sity’s resources toward what my This system of obfuscation has younger financial advisers assured worked so effectively, in fact, that me was a more profitable venture: Duke Kunshan it seems to me no one on the Board, or even in University. Certainly, I had my skeptical moments the administration, has been let in on the secret about investing so heavily in China. I owe you an of what Kunshan’s exact purpose is, either. Why iota of backstory on that account: During the Ko- else would President Brodhead use phrases like rean War, my father realized that, in order to keep “global Duke” and “interdisciplinary study of conup appearances, at least one of his sons must enlist temporary problems” to describe the school if he in a genuine branch of the armed forces. Father actually had meaningful details to broadcast about always favored Reginald and Graydon, my older Kunshan to the student body? brothers, so I enlisted in the Marines while Reggie “You have to break a few people to make an and Gray sat pretty in the Air National Guard. I’d omelet,” my father used to say, and that is exactly rather not discuss the specifics of what befell the what has happened in this delicious, highly lucraChinamen I met during the war, but suffice it to tive omelet we’ve built in Kunshan. We’ve forsay that I was afflicted with shell shock for most of saken the wishes of the faculty and students, comthe Eisenhower administration. promised our values to meet the standards of the Yet my experience has left my heart no harder Chinese government and done other things that than that of any other 18 year-old forced to kill on may not seem particularly on-the-level. behalf of his country’s ambiguous strategy of conBut ours is a University built on the strength of taining communism’s expansion. I truly believe (some might say “graves caused by”) the greatest that the Chinese are the greatest of the Orientals: cigarette empire the world has ever known. Why They are, in equal turns, diligent, enterprising, be any more “ethical”—a term merely used to deservile and, most vitally, profitable. They under- fame all great business since the dawn of time— stand the value of a good day’s work, even down to whilst building our second campus? the children who staff most of the factories.

I believe it was the great New York Times columThe Grumpy Trustee believes yelling at chairs is the nist Thomas Friedman who wrote, “My parents used best step we can take toward civil discourse, and thanks to say to me: ‘Finish your dinner—people in China Mr. Eastwood for his courage.

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hen an estimated one in four Amer- ing and absurd. People struggle to underican adults suffers from a mental ill- stand that depression is just as organic and ness in any given year, it is crucial biological as other illnesses, perhaps because that we have open and honest dialogue about our apparent ability to control our thought mental health. It is absolutely vital that these processes is the core of what makes us feel discussions happen often and free and human. Depression publicly, especially at a highis not about forgetting all the stress university like Duke, people who love you, and where students struggle to it’s not about lacking appremeet the standards of “effortciation for all the wonderless perfection.” We must talk ful things in your life. It is a about suicide—the number tangible medical condition two leading cause of death that, like any other disease, among college students—the should never be blamed on danica liu same way we talk about drinkthe person who suffers from winter is coming ing and violence. it. Someone with depression Our discourse must be cannot just “cheer up” any situated personally, not professionally. We more than a person with leukemia can just have to think about mental illness as a thing make new white blood cells. that we experience, or could potentially exAnother typical response is that people perience, not as a list of symptoms and some who claim to be depressed are just seekinteresting neurobiological pathology. We ing attention. Often, people believe that must stop pretending that mood and eating depressed persons think their problems disorders are things that happen to other are more terrible and unbearable than evpeople, to friends of a friend, and not to eryone else’s, and that they want people to our loved ones and ourselves. We must not coddle them and hold their hand through be afraid to mention depression in anything everything. This assumption is often used to louder than a furtive whisper. justify inaction and indifference on the part I write this essay not as a neuroscience of a responder. “If I help them,” they think, major or as a premed, but as someone who “I’ll just be encouraging this sort of behavior. spent a year away on medical leave, as some- The best thing to do is just to tell them to one who has been hospitalized for psycho- buck up.” logical reasons, and as someone who has Of course, nothing could be farther struggled with depression and mood disor- from the truth. When someone tells you ders. that they are mired in self-loathing, at first, Recently, a friend posted a description say nothing. Listen. Ask them to tell you of his struggles with depression, and though about their thoughts, their feelings. Do he received many warm and supportive re- not ask why—depression does not have a sponses, one anonymous message told him reason. Encourage them to share with you, he was just “seeking attention,” and called but don’t pressure them to talk if they don’t him some other things I won’t write here. want to. As gruesome and uncomfortable There was an image floating around the In- as it may be, when someone is suicidal, you ternet awhile ago about a text message ex- must ask if they have a plan, and if so, if they change that featured someone confessing to have the means to carry it out. If the answer a supposed friend that they were depressed is yes, you must call the police, CAPS, the and suicidal and the “friend” responding hospital or another authority figure. They with something to the effect of: “You live in have reached out to you for help. Though it a first world country with clean water and is your responsibility to provide it, you canfood, you have a good education and a nice not do so alone. Keep your comments symfamily, and you have no idea what the rest of pathetic and understanding. All this is very the world goes through. Grow up.” difficult, but you must do your best to make It’s not hard to understand why this mes- it about them, not you. sage was inappropriate to send, but perhaps And for those of you who are experiencpeople will think, “I would never write some- ing these things yourselves, I urge you to talk thing like that, but isn’t his message true? It’s to someone—a friend, a teacher, a counselor. so selfish to be depressed and suicidal when No matter how dark things might feel, there there are people who are starving and are are people out there who love you and want fighting to keep on living.” to help. In the wise words of Bill Withers, The argument that you should not be “Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we depressed because people have it worse than all have sorrow. But, if we are wise, we know you is one of the most unsympathetic things that there’s always tomorrow.” someone can say. The idea that someone else’s misfortune somehow delegitimizes Danica Liu is a Trinity sophomore. Her colyour own emotions and experiences is insult- umn runs every other Monday.

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hile much of the country is in to police from 2006 to 2010, and it is an uproar about Rep. Todd clear that the actual total amount of Akin’s recent distinction be- rapes committed by acquaintances is tween “legitimate rape” and illegiti- likely higher than statistics currently mate rape, Rep. Akin’s illogical philos- suggest. ophy is one that unfortunately mirrors Yet, in the eyes of Rep. Akin and the minds of many students at Duke. many of my peers, the suffering that vicDuring my years here, I tims of acquaintance rape cannot count how many experience is not seen as sarah kendrick times I heard students legitimate. The idea that guest column respond to a story about a victim is at fault if the rape with the following perpetrator did not jump remark, “Well was it real rape or just out from the black abyss is dangerous rape-rape?” This remark is akin to the to all victims. We should be striving to ignorance expressed by Rep. Akin. This minimize rape—not blaming victims hyper-sensationalized and unmistak- and making them feel guilty and thus ably sexist idea perpetuates the myth less likely to report rape. that the “stranger jumping out of the It is my hope that this year students bushes” rape is the only form of “legiti- at Duke will strive to create an envimate rape” and in any other scenario ronment that supports victims, not the female could have clearly stopped one that blames them. Duke offers the rape or, in Akin’s mind, a resulting plenty of programs that work to crepregnancy. ate a more supportive campus. Like Wrong. Rape, by definition, is any many varsity athletic teams this past situation in which someone forces summer, you can undergo PACT (Prepenetration upon another without his vent, Act, Challenge, Teach) training, or her consent—dark alley or not. If a which equips students with strategies Duke student decides to go back to her they can use to combat sexual assault, room with her best guy friend, whom harassment, rape, stalking and date she trusts, and he decides to force him- violence. You can even do something self on her despite her repeated pleas as simple as educating yourself and for him to stop, make no mistake, this friends about Duke’s sexual assault IS rape. policy so that you can understand Statistically, stranger rape is rare what sexual assault is, how to prevent in comparison to acquaintance rape. it and what to do if it happens. WhatAccording to the U.S. Department of ever you do, I encourage that, unlike Justice, in 2008, 57 percent of reported Rep. Akin, you do something to place rapes or sexual assaults against females the blame where it should be—on rapwere by acquaintances, and only 31 ists. percent of all rapes or sexual assaults were committed by strangers. Consider Sarah Kendrick that two thirds (65 percent) of rapes and sexual assaults were not reported Trinity ’13

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BRIGADES from page 1 In the communities visited, residents make an average wage of $2 per day and have minimal resources, making student involvement critical. Global Brigades is the world’s largest sustainable student-led global health organization. Currently, the organization has more than 4,000 volunteers and has 380 chapters—an increase of 30 chapters since 2011. “[Treating these patients] helps you not only empathize with people in third world countries but also for people here who haven’t had the privileges and opportunities that we take for granted,” she added.

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Being ‘the change’ Students can work within five various sections of Duke Global Brigades—medical and dental, legal, public health, water sanitation and business. The demand for treatment is so great in these areas that each student participating checks one to two bags full of medical supplies for the trip. The students acquire these supplies through fundraising events at Duke and in the Durham area, such as sponsored Shooters II nights.

Once on the ground, students will work hands-on with patients and doctors in the clinics. Students are responsible for taking patients’ vital signs and recording symptoms.

Dr. James Tulsky, director of the Center for Palliative Care and a participant in the Duke Global Brigades trip to Honduras in summer 2011, added that volunteer positions at an American hospital disallow students from interacting physically with the patients.

“You get so much more interaction with the patients than you would anywhere else in the United States,” said senior Doug Wackerle, president of the medical and dental section of Duke Global Brigades. “Also, being exposed to other cultures is incredibly important— they’ll have cultural beliefs where they don’t want to take certain medicines, and you have to adapt to handle that situation.”

The public health and water sanitation aspects of the club also work together to improve factors that contribute to worsened community health. Students working with water sanitation dig wells or install pipes that bring clean water to a community, lessening illness transported through dirty water. Public health students use education, such as lessons on the importance of washing hands, to similarly prevent illness from spreading.

“We work on reducing the underlying problem of many of the health issues we see,” said senior Deborah Moon, co-president of the public health section of Duke Global Brigades. “You can wash your hands as many times as you want, but if your water isn’t clean, it doesn’t help.”

Students involved with the legal division of the group give locals legal advice that can help them get more government assistance, as seen during the trip to Panama, where student volunteers helped locals get their land titles. More than 50 percent of land in Panama is currently untitled, said sophomore Avery Morton, vice president of Duke Global Brigades’ legal division. When land is untitled, locals cannot request services, such as new roads, from the government.

Members involved with the business side of the organization work directly with local businesses to make them more lucrative. In one instance, honey farmers in El Bale were selling their products through a third party because their business was not legally registered as a vendor. Duke Global Brigades helped the farmers register as a business, so the farmers could get the direct proceeds from their product.

The expansion from strictly medical volunteering opportunities into other sectors benefits students as well as the countries visited, members noted.

“The biggest thing I’ve noticed is that we’ve expanded to multiple disciplines,” Wackerle said. “We’ve evolved since I was a freshman, and it’s great for our overall mission.”

The organization also allows students to be in actual contact with important issues they have already heard about, Tulsky added.

“We know what happens in the world, but there’s a difference between knowing and really knowing,” he said. “Hearing these stories and getting involved change the community and you as a person.”

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After stumbling in a 2-1 loss to Santa Clara Friday night, Duke bounced back Sunday and defeated Delaware 2-1 to earn its first win of the season.

“It feels great,” senior goalkeeper James Belshaw said. “It’s been a long time coming. I think Friday 2 night we had the SC DUKE 1 performance, but things didn’t go our 1 way for one reaUD son or another. But DUKE 2 credit to the lads who came out today.

We came out fighting, and it wasn’t pretty, but we stuck in it.”

During a hot, muggy Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium, the Blue Devils fell behind Delaware (0-3-0) early when Joe Dipre capitalized on a quality opportunity, blasting a goal past Belshaw six minutes in.

But Duke (1-2-0) quickly responded, benefitting from several key performances by freshmen off the bench. In the 27th minute, freshman Ryan Thompson knocked a cross from the left side, and sophomore Nick Palodichuk was there to deliver a header into the net that tied the game.

Just three minutes later, off a Thompson throw-in, junior Sebastien Ibeagha delivered a precise header pass to freshman Luis Rendon, who then drove the ball into the back right corner of the net. It was Rendon’s first career goal. “[Thompson has] that wonderful left foot, and he served a nice ball to Palodichuk,” head coach John Kerr said.

“We need more service from him, because he’s got some great quality crossing. And then [Rendon], he’s a talented young player. He’s just finding his feet now, getting used to the physicality of the game, the speed of it. But if you give him an open chance he’s going to take it, left or right foot.”

Duke led 2-1 at the half and never relinquished the lead.

Friday night was more frustrating for the Blue Devils. In the team’s home opener against Santa Clara (1-2-0), Duke outshot the Broncos 6-3 in the first half, but were unable to capitalize. In the 56th minute of play, Ibeagha sent a header into the net off of an assist from sophomore Sean Davis.

The 1-0 lead was short-lived, though, as Santa Clara responded with two quick goals in the 70th and 73rd minutes. First,

Duke battled one of its toughest opponents of the season at home Friday, falling to Princeton 5-2 at Jack Katz Stadium.

They bounced back Sunday, dominating the Longwood Lancers 6-2.

The No. 4 Tigers (2-0) began their assault on the No. 5 Blue Devils (2-2) Princeton’s PRIN 5 when Kathleen Sharkey DUKE 2 put the Tigers up 1-0 early into the DUKE 6 first half. Sharkey’s LONG 2 dominance continued throughout the game, as she finished with a hat trick and an assist. All three of her goals came off penalty corners and were assisted by sisters Julia and Katie Reinprecht, who both represented the United States in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

“We gave up too many corners tonight and that’s clear,” head coach Pam Bustin said. “And we could’ve stopped it. It was just an unfortunate error. So if you take the corners and the stroke out, things that we can control, then it’s still 3-2 and we have a chance to win.”

Blue Devil junior Brenna Rescigno, assisted by junior Paula Heimbach and senior Mary Neilsen, tied the game up at 1-1, before Princeton’s Allison Evans put the Tigers up 2-1 going into halftime.

Sharkey scored again minutes into the second half, but junior Emmie Le Marchand answered shortly after with her first goal of the season, capitalizing on holes in Princeton’s tight defense narrow the

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Goalkeeper James Belshaw allowed an early goal to Delaware, but kept the Blue Hens scoreless afterwards.

Erik Hurtado took advantage of a penalty kick from the Duke penalty box to tie the game. Then, just three minutes later, Ryan Masch scored the go-ahead goal for the Broncos off of a corner kick. “[We were a] little bit naïve in our defending, and [lacked] communication,” Kerr said. “But we responded well.

We dominated many parts of that game against a really good Santa Clara team.

They’ve got a couple special players, especially Hurtado up front who causes all kinds of problems. I thought Belshaw and Sebastien Ibeagha in particular did a great job.”

Overall, the team finished 1-1 in the John Rennie Nike Invitational. Despite some costly mental lapses Friday night, the Blue Devils showcased poise from their leaders and several freshmen who will have the opportunity to make an impact on offense.

“I think at the beginning of the season we’re still trying to get to know each other,” Thompson said. “Everyone’s still trying to find a rhythm. So I think we’re glad with how we played, but now we have to get the final edge, get that killer touch and finish them off.”

Duke will have the chance to find that killer touch against Virginia Friday in its first ACC matchup of the season.

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Tiger lead to 3-2.

Although Duke compensated for its many early penalties with strong defense on penalty corners and goalie Lauren Blazing’s six saves, the Blue Devils could not contain Princeton’s strong offensive unit into the second half. They allowed two more goals on penalties, including one on a rare penalty stroke converted

by Charlotte Krouse. In all, Princeton received 14 penalty corners to Duke’s five, and scored four of their five goals on penalty corners.

“They have some really talented girls, but we play up to teams like this, and we’re just as good,” junior midfielder Grace Christus said. “We just need to be a little more consistent throughout the game, to get back to basics so when we see other teams of this level, we’re ready.”

The Blue Devils then faced the Lancers in Farmville, Va. Sunday at Lancers’ Athletic Complex. Duke overpowered Longwood offensively—taking 24 shots to Longwood’s three—highlighted by a hat trick by redshirt junior Devon Gagliardi.

The Blue Devils only allowed three Lancer penalty corners to their 14.

From the tough loss against Princeton to the rout of Longwood, this weekend served as a learning experience for the Blue Devils early in the season.

“We’re going to see teams at this level all season long, but quite frankly, I think we’re one of them,” Bustin said about Princeton. “We’re still growing into who we are as a team, so these kind of challenges—if we keep the proper mindset—will help us win.”

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No. 4 Duke travelled to Los Angeles, Ca. for the USC Futbol Classic this weekend looking to notch a pair of wins after falling to Florida last week.

The Blue Devils (4-1) took on a younger Southern California (2-2) squad on Friday evening, winning 2-1 in a closely contested match.

“We play two DUKE 2 different styles of 1 USC play,” head coach Robbie Church DUKE 4 said. “Southern WSU 0 California is very direct. They are very big. They are very physical, and they really put us back on our heels the first 20 or 25 minutes of the game.”

The Trojans got off to a quick start, scoring a goal in the sixth minute of the match—only the second first half goal allowed by Duke this season. This quick 1-0 lead off of a corner kick placed pressure on the Blue Devils, who responded with adjustments to spacing and speed of play, which allowed them to regain control going into the break.

“Being down a goal we realized that this is it—we have to be hungry, we have to attack them. We knew that we didn’t play our best first half, so to only be down 1-0, it’s a very achievable comeback,” Duke redshirt junior Kim DeCesare said.

Duke came out of the break as the aggressors, taking three out of the first four shots of the half. Maintaining that

offensive pressure, DeCesare posted her first score of the night and her fourth goal of the season off a feed from Laura Weinberg in the 62nd minute, tying the game at 1-1.

Fewer than eight minutes later, DeCesare scored again. Weinberg lofted a corner kick to Gilda Doria, who sent it to the post where DeCesare delivered the goal that gave the Blue Devils a 2-1 lead and sealed the victory. This comeback win marked the 300th victory for the women’s program.

“Kim is a finisher,” Church said. “She is just finishing things around the goal.

She can score goals with her head. She can score goals with her feet. She is a goal scorer.”

Duke carried this momentum into Sunday’s match against Washington State, where the Blue Devils dismantled their opponent 4-0.

At the 22nd minute mark, DeCesare once again set the tone for the Duke squad. Off of an assist from Cassie Pecht, DeCesare broke through the defense and went one-on-one against Cougar goalkeeper Clair Gurveen to secure a 1-0 lead. With her three goals this weekend, DeCesare has surpassed her single-season record of five goals, already totaling six this season.

Eighteen minutes later, the Blue Devils stretched their lead to 2-0 with a header by Callie Simpkins, who was assisted by both Maddy Haller and Katy Colas. Going into the half, Duke led 5-2 in total shots taken.

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Not the same ‘ole story for the Blue Devils For 43 seconds, it was the same old story.

When Florida International’s running back Kedrick Rhodes caught a dump pass from quarterback Jake Medlock, spun past his defender and found nothing but open field in front of him on the second play from scrimmage, it felt like the moment Chris that has come in each of the last 17 seasons of Duke football—the “no bowl for you” shot hot to the solar plexus felt simultaneously by every player, e. coach and fan alike.

To have it come this early was no shock—last season’ss opener began with the surprise unveiling nveiling of new all-black uniforms and ended in crushing defeat, as a missed 28-yard field goal doomed the Blue Devils against Richmond. ng to reinDuke did nothing spire any confidence ce in its first n against offensive possession rs, the Golden Panthers, moving backwards on a sloppy three-and-out. out.

But before even thee agdents gressively fickle students could pack up and head to Main Street, the play on the field turned curiously unfamiliar.

It began when FIU IU cornerard fumbled back Richard Leonard a punt and gave thee Blue Devils another chance at an opening ght possesdrive, and ended eight sions and 44 points later—with he third 10 minutes left in the ke eased off quarter—when Duke the gas and was up by 30.

“We never had a let down,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “Any break or any opporre able to tunity we got we were take advantage of.” mThe result? A complete and utter beatdown of a talented opponent. re is as misleading The 46-26 final score as they get—the score was 44-14 with fewer than two minutes left.

Relative to the quality of their opposition, Saturday night was the best allaround game the Blue Devils have played under Cutcliffe, with the only possible exception being the team’s 31-3 shellacking of Virginia in 2008.

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scoreless for almost 34 minutes before its reserves allowed a pair of touchdowns in the final 90 seconds. Meanwhile, the offense poured it on, scoring 24 points in just eight minutes.

Saturday’s win is distinctly unfamiliar territory for Duke, which dropped four games by seven points or fewer last season—each marked by its own missed field goal, dropped pass, blown assignment or key turnover.

It wasn’t all perfect. The Blue Devils gave up 513 total yards, including 245 aallpurpose yards by Rhodes, missed an ext extra point—it was 15 yards longer tha than it should have been because o of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty—and committed nin nine penalties. But 162 of Rhodes’ yards, the muffed point after attempt and seven of nine flag flags came in the first half as Duke shook off the cobwebs.

“There’s another level of execution and consistency,” Cutcliffe said. “If we take ad advantage of it we’ll have a goo good football team, and once you become a good football team then it’s about what you can d do long term.”

Quantifying the season-long impact of Duke’s win is easy— it’s one-sixth of the way to bowl eligibility—but qualifying it is harder. The Golden Panthers received votes in the preseason AP Top 25 Poll, but lost games la last season to Marshall and Western Kentucky. Plus, three of Florida In International’s four biggest offensiv offensive threats from last season are now gone—Wesley Carroll and Da Darriet Perry to graduation, an and T.Y. Hilton to the NFL. But the Golden Panthers are not nearly as bad as Duke made them look. Its defense remai remains largely intact from the last year’s group that gave up 19.5 points pe per game game, and Mario Cristobal is one of the hottest coaching names outside the BCS conferences.

In the end, though, it’s just one win in a 12-game season that’s about to ramp up quickly with a visit to Stanford. But one win can’t feel much bigger or carry more momentum than Saturday’s, and it’s starting to feel like that stomach punch just coming. isn’t coming ngg.

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After FIU opened the game with an early 7-0 lead, Brandon Connette tied the game up for Duke with a two-yard run.

Josh Snead’s 19-yard run in the second quarter opened Duke’s lead up to 20-7.

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Duke then committed a few of the mistakes that typified its failures over the past punt of his career, but redshirt sophomore few years—an unsportsmanlike conduct linebacker C.J. France forced a fumble on penalty for celebration and a muffed snap the return that long snapper Jackson Ander- on the extra point attempt. But on Saturson recovered. The Blue Devils exploited day night, leaving a point on the board and the second chance, converting on a fourth sacrificing field position were not enough down and finishing the drive with a two- to trip up the Blue Devils. yard touchdown run by redshirt sophomore After forcing a three-and-out on the next Brandon Connette. possession, Duke’s offense needed just three Florida International came back with a plays—including another long pass to Verdrive of its own, but Duke stuffed the Golden non—to cover 77 yards for another score, widPanthers on consecutive running plays to ening the lead to 20-7. Although the Golden take over possession.

Panthers continued to Just when Florida Inrack up yards, the Blue ternational appeared Devils had momentum. to recover momentum When Florida Internaby picking off redshirt tional closed the gap senior quarterback to six, Duke responded Sean Renfree, Duke with another quick linebacker Austin Gamtouchdown drive, this ble sniffed out a wide time with sophomore receiver reverse and wide receiver Jamison forced a fumble, setting Crowder providing the the Golden Panther ofdownfield explosivefense back and forcing ness. Crowder’s long a 45-yard field goal attouchdown catch hightempt, which was subselighted a trend of deep quently shanked. pass success, as Renfree After a pair of ninecompleted four passes yard runs by redshirt of more than 25 yards. sophomore running “Jamison Crowder back Josh Snead, the is a name you’re going —Duke football head to hear a lot this year,” Blue Devils ended the quarter on a 46-yard coach David Cutcliffe Vernon said. “If any bomb from Renfree team tries to play man, to Vernon. there should be no way The sequence forethey’re going to get shadowed an explosive second quarter for away with that.... What we did tonight just goes Duke and an incredible offensive night for to show how good this offense really is.”

Vernon. Vernon racked up seven of his 10 Despite all the big plays in the passing catches and 115 of his 180 yards in the second game, the biggest play of all came on special and third quarters as his team put the game teams. With the first half winding down, the out of reach. Afterwards, Vernon said he was Golden Panthers launched a drive down to thrilled to surpass former teammate Donovan the Duke 13-yard line with just five seconds left Varner’s career receptions mark, but noted to set up a 30-yard field goal attempt. A make that doing so in a winning performance is would have cut the deficit to fewer than two what made the night. touchdowns and given Florida International “It would have been bittersweet if we hadn’t momentum going into the half. Instead, Gamgot the ‘W,’” Vernon said. “[Winning] just ble made an athletic play to block the kick and makes it that much better to have my name co-captain and redshirt junior cornerback sit atop the all-time receptions leaders in Duke Ross Cockrell scooped up the ball, returning history, just knowing how many great receivers it 75 yards for a touchdown to give Duke a 37have played at this University.”

14 lead at the half.

In the second quarter, Duke blew the game “It was huge—what a swing [in momenopen with an offensive outburst. On the first tum],” Cutcliffe said. “Even though they took play of the quarter, Connette lined up behind it down the field, even though we had that 15Renfree, who finished the day 21-of-30 for 290 yard penalty to help them start that drive, even yards with two touchdowns and an intercep- though everything was negative, our team rose tion. After Renfree went in motion out of the up. We played with more consistent intenbackfield, Connette faked a handoff and then sity than we’ve played with here. But [when] hit redshirt freshman tight end David Reeves, you watch games and you see teams that win games, that kind of stuff starts happening.” who was wide open in the end zone.

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“We weren’t perfect for 60 minutes, but we were into the game for 60 minutes and it amounted to this.”

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AROUND THE ACC N.C. State 21 - Tennessee 35 The ACC was unable to defeat the SEC in the high-profile contest for both conferences Friday night. Big plays by the Volunteers in the first quarter prevented the Wolfpack from closing the gap.

Four interceptions by North Carolina State quarterback Mike Glennon also led to the Wolfpack’s undoing at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Clemson 26 - Auburn 19 In easily the best showing of the weekend for the ACC, Clemson carried the conference’s flag by defeating SEC powerhouse Auburn at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. What makes the victory more impressive is that the Tigers did so without star wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Skilled players Andre Ellington and DeAndre Hopkins did more than fill the void. Ellington rushed for 231 yards, while the Hopkins set a school record by catching 13 passes for 119 yards.

FSU 69 - Murray State 3 Florida State, the preseason favorite to win the ACC, got its 2012 campaign started the right way on Saturday by routing Murray State at home.

Seminole quarterback EJ Manuel threw for 188 yards and a touchdown in just two and a half quarters of action.

UNC 62 - Elon 0 In similar fashion, the Tar Heels wasted little time putting away the Phoenix. North Carolina running back Gio Bernard had three touchdowns in the first half to help give the Tar Heels their best scoring output in 17 years. The win Saturday in Chapel Hill was also the programs first under firstyear head coach Larry Fedora.

Wake Forest 20 - Liberty 17 Offensive woes plagued the Demon Deacons for much of the night and almost allowed Liberty, an FCS school, to escape with a big upset on the road. Losing four starters on the offensive line from last year, Wake Forest’s inexperience up front proved to be vulnerable all night. Junior quarterback Tanner Price struggled throwing the ball, connecting on just 16 of his 28 passing attempts.

UVA 43 - Richmond 19 After upsetting Duke in the season opener last season, Richmond was unable to replicate that same success this year against Virginia. Cavalier signal caller Michael Rocco threw for 311 yards on 25 of 37 passing with a touchdown. Outgaining the Spiders 545 to 266 in yardage, Virginia got out to a 22-0 start and never looked back.

Maryland 7 - W&M 6

own run, Josh Snead averaged 6.7 yards per carry on seven attempts.

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It took a fourth quarter touchdown by Justus Pickett for Maryland to avoid losing at home to William & Mary. The Terrapins struggled mightily on third downs, converting on just 3-of-10 attempts. Freshman quarterback Perry Hills experienced similar struggles by throwing three interceptions in his first game as a starter for Maryland.

Miami 41 - Boston College 32

s longest pass of the day, Renfree found Jamison wder for a 60-yard copletion a score.

Conner Vernon caught a 28-yard pass from Sean Renfree in the third quarter, giving Duke its largest lead of the game at 44-14.

Duke closed out the first half with a blocked field goal that Ross Cockrell returned for 75 yards and a touchdown.

Despite finding itself in a 14-0 hole to start the game, Miami came back to defeat the Eagles on the road. In the loss, junior quarterback Chase Rettig torched the Hurricane secondary, throwing for 441 yards even though he completed just 32 of his 51 attempts. Freshman Duke Johnson rushed for 135 yards and scored two touchdowns to help give Miami its first conference win of the season.

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After conceding its first loss of the season to the reigning Big East Champion Louisville Cardinals Friday night, the Duke volleyball team rallied Saturday to beat both Samford and Marshall at the Yum Center in Louisville, Ky. Duke (5-1) fell just short in its first set against the Cardinals (6-1), losing 22-25.

DUKE 0 Committing 17 total errors in the match, hitting, service and block3 ing mishaps plagued Duke much UL of the night.

DUKE 3 “We certainly could have gotten that first game, and that might have SAM 1 changed a lot for us.” Blue Devil coach Jolene Nagel said. “We DUKE 3 head did not have the errors in set one, MARS 0 but in set two, the service errors started to creep in…. We might have been doing a lot of great things, but then we kept shooting ourselves in the foot.”

Louisville’s eight errors for the match were few enough for the Cardinals to sweep the Blue Devils in three straight sets. Louisville was led by last season’s Big East Player of the Year, Lola Arslanbekova. The senior outside hitter from Uzbekistan posted a match-high 19 kills and 12 digs to lead the Cardinals. Sophomore outside hitter Jeme Obeime and freshman outside hitter Emily Sklar recorded 10 kills each to pace the Blue Devil offense. Sklar, who picked up ACC Freshman of the Week honors last week, recorded 19 and 13 kills in the matches against Samford and Marshall, respectively.

Duke got back on track Saturday, beating Samford three sets to one and Marshall three sets to none. Duke’s defense was especially strong against Marshall. Junior libero Ali McCurdy recorded 22 digs in the match, earning her a spot alongside Sklar on the All-Tournament Team.

Despite the loss of a talented batch of seniors last season to graduation, including All-American setter Kellie Catanach, this year’s underclassmen have stepped up to fill the voids. Sophomores Kelsey Williams and Maggie Deichmeister came in to fill Catanach’s crucial position. In Saturday evening’s game alone, the two added 20 assists apiece.

“Because we have so many freshmen, the team is still really trying to get to know each other both on and off the court,” Nagel said. “I am very pleased with the progress, effort and attitude so far this season.… I think that we are trying to figure out what will make our team best still. I don’t think we have all those answers yet.”

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When the Blue Devils traveled to Blacksburg, Va. this weekend, they knew it would not be long before they would return to Virginia Tech for this season’s ACC Championships. After a dominating performance in its season-opening meet, Duke can only hope to replicate such a performance on their return trip.

Sweeping both the team and individual titles on the men’s and women’s sides, the Blue Devils cruised past Virginia, Virginia Tech, Liberty and Radford at this year’s Virginia Tech Invitational.

“This was a great tune-up meet for us. We’re very pleased,” men’s head coach Norm Ogilvie said. “It doesn’t look like everybody ran their best lineup here so we don’t want to get complacent, but it’s definitely a good starting point.”

Shaun Thompson placed first out of 60 runners for the men, completing his 6K race in 18:25.68. After Virginia’s Ed Schrom finished second, the next six runners to cross the line all competed for the Blue Devils. Junior Brian Atkinson, graduate student James Kostelnik and seniors Dominick Robinson and Domenick DeMatteo rounded out the top five competitors for Duke, who finished first as a team with 19 points, well ahead of the score of 55 posted by second-place Liberty.

Senior Juliet Bottorff, who was the Outdoor NCAA Champion in the women’s 10K in 2011, did not disappoint in her first cross country race since her sophomore season. Leading the way for the Duke women, Bottorff won the women’s 4K race with a time of 13:38.75, breaking away from the other 65 members of the field to take the race by

23.02 seconds. The Blue Devils swept the top five spots in the race and finished with 15 points, cross country’s equivalent of pitching a shutout. Duke runners made up the top nine finishers in the women’s race.

“Obviously she’s one of the best runners in the country. She showed that today,” Ogilvie said.

Although more experienced runners led the way for the Blue Devils, both teams’ freshman runners made contributions in their first collegiate races. For the women, Olivia Anderson was Duke’s top newcomer, finishing seventh overall with a time of 14:26.24. The Blue Devil men, who have a large freshman class of six runners this season, had strong performances from Daniel Moore and William Rooney, who finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

Duke’s coaching staff hopes their new runners will proceed with confidence after their successful performance at Virginia Tech.

“It’s really important because we feel like we’ve got a great top four or five guys, but it’s always great to have depth,” Ogilvie said. “That’s what we’re hoping these freshmen can provide for us, if one of our older guys has an off day the freshmen can step up, and we won’t miss a beat.”

The Blue Devils will continue to ramp up their training in the coming weeks as they approach more competitive races at the end of September, but hope the experience of competing in Blacksburg will serve the team well when it returns for the ACC Championships Oct. 27. With only three ACC schools competing at the Virginia Tech Invitational, the Blue Devils aim to get a leg up on the competition after having experienced the course already this season.

This Blue Devil onslaught continued into the second half as DeCesare was fouled in the box just four minutes in and Weinberg netted the ensuing penalty kick to extend the lead to 3-0.

Even with a lead, Duke did not falter and kept attacking the Washington State defense. In the 83rd minute, Simpkins was able to gain control of a loose ball off the second of her back-to-back blocked shots and tap it through the Cougar defense to secure a 4-0 win.

“Our goals for this week were to win two games and it was to win the USC tournament. We were able to accomplish both of those,” Church said.

Blue Devil goalkeeper, Tara Campbell recorded her 28th career shutout with the second victory, edging closer to the Duke record of 34 held by Melissa Carr.

“I think the loss against Florida added a little bit of a spark within us because it is like a wake-up call. You don’t want to peak in the beginning of the season. You want to peak at the end of season. And hopefully the end of the season for us is the national championship,” DeCesare said. “You come across the country and you want to make a statement. You want to show these big time teams in California and across the country what’s up.”

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