Dec. 3, 2012 issue of The Chronicle

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T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Chronicle

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH YEAR, ISSUE 68

WWW.DUKECHRONICLE.COM

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

BELK BOWL BOUND

Board hears updates on faculty growth

by Daniel Carp THE CHRONICLE

Six weeks after earning bowl eligibility for the first time since 1994 with a last-second victory against North Carolina, Duke finally has a date on its postseason calendar. The Blue Devils have accepted an invitation to play at the Belk Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. and are set to square off with Cincinnati Dec. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. Each team will receive a $1.7 million payout for its participation in the game. “We are thrilled to announce that Duke University will be playing in the 2012 Belk Bowl against the University of Cincinnati,” said Will Webb, executive director of the Belk Bowl, in a press release. “Duke has made great strides this season, and we are very proud to have them representing the ACC against the co-champions of the Big East. We feel that the Blue Devils will provide a good matchup against the Bearcats in Charlotte. We look forward to hosting both Duke and Cincinnati, and their fans, for the 2012 Belk Bowl and all the surrounding events.” After a 6-2 start, Duke (6-6) finished the 2012 regular season on a four-game losing streak, dropping conference tilts to Florida State, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami. A win in the Belk Bowl would clinch the team’s first winning season in 18 years and be the Blue Devils’ first bowl victory since the 1961 Cotton Bowl, when Duke defeated Arkansas 7-6.

by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE

exposure to the ACC this season. The Bearcats defeated Virginia Tech 27-24 in a neutral site game Sept. 27. “One of the more attractive things about the Belk Bowl is [playing] such a quality opponent like Cincinnati, a team that has had so much success in recent years,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “It’s something that you’ve got to do. You’ve got to beat teams like that. You

The Board of Trustees primarily focused their attention this weekend on long-term strategic goals of the University rather than major action items, said Board Chair Richard Wagoner, Trinity ’75. The Board received a presentation from Provost Peter Lange on the state of the University’s faculty. The presentation provided a 10-year overview of the growth of the University as a research institution and the changing makeup of the faculty. Other updates included reviews of athletics and the School of Nursing. “[Lange] presented very interesting metrics on faculty quality, and we also talked about the composition of the faculty,” Wagoner said. “It’s what we talked about 12 years ago, and we’re actually following through on that.” Duke performs very well on major indicators of faculty quality, ranking as the fourth most research-productive university in the country, Lange said. The University’s reputation reflects a “steep uptick” in the level of research expenditures. It ranked fifth nationally in research expenditures with $983 million spent on research in 2010.

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CHRONICLE GRAPHIC BY CHRIS DALL AND ELYSIA SU

The Blue Devils will square off with Cincinnati in Duke’s first postseason appearance since 1994. The Blue Devils have made just two bowl appearances since then, falling to Texas Tech 49-21 at the 1989 All-American Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. and suffering a 34-20 defeat to Wisconsin in the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl. The Bearcats (9-3) earned a share of the Big East championship this season—their 5-2 conference record tied them with Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse for the league title. A matchup with Duke will be Cincinnati’s second

A different kind of greek Symposium to address Black fraternities and sororities follow their own traditions in choosing new members by Raisa Chowdhury THE CHRONICLE

The students shouting on the Baldwin Auditorium steps Friday may have surprised some onlookers, but for others the probate signified the culmination of the largely secret entry process into a cultural fraternity. Duke’s eight historically black fraternities and sororities in the National Pan-Hellenic Council hold probate ceremonies to present new members to the public and showcase performances by those new members of the organization. Whereas Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association members join through a formal recruitment process, prospective NPHC members seek out the organization they wish to join. Many students, however, have misconceptions about probates and these or-

ganizations in general. “One of the issues that we deal with is that more often than not, people will have no idea what’s going on when they see a whole lot of black people standing around yelling and screaming because there is a normalization of what greek life is on campus,” said senior Ehizele Osehobo, first vice president of NPHC and president of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. “IFC and Panhel are the largest councils on campus and so it’s natural that people would expect that to be what Greek life is about.” IFC and Panhel are the largest greek councils on campus, so they come to define many students’ expectations of what greek life means, Osehobo said. The NPHC and Inter-Greek Council—the SEE PROBATE ON PAGE 4

lemur endangerment by Danielle Muoio THE CHRONICLE

EMILY YANG/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

The Duke Lemur Center is hosting a symposium about lemur conservation Monday.

ONTHERECORD

Blue Devils demolish Delaware 88-50, SW Page 1

“It’s an irony that the anniversary of our desegregation will be celebrated with a contemporary version of segregation....” —Karla Holloway in “Shaping our celebration.” See letter page 9

The Duke Lemur Center will host a symposium on conservation in Madagascar and the effect deforestation has on lemurs. Hosted with the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, individuals from around the country will discuss the challenges of conservation in Madagascar and how it affects both communities and lemur species. Monday’s daylong event will be comprised of experts hailing from different fields, including conservation, botany, economics and anthropology. “What we are hoping to do is stimulate discussion on these issues between people from different areas—by getting this group of people together maybe we’ll develop SEE LEMURS ON PAGE 8

Students can enter to win free bowl tickets, SW Page 6


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