Jan. 11, 2013 issue

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It is not too often that a Duke professor and his student get to write the words “we built the world’s first invisibility cloak” in The New York Times.

But that is exactly what Nathan Landy, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, and his mentor David Smith, William Bevan professor of electrical and computer engineering, did last November.

Twenty-nine-year-old Landy splits his time between researching cloaking technology and lifting weights competitively. His path to creating the invisibility cloak began in 2006 when he got interested in the field of synthetic substances called meta-materials.

This was when he worked as a lab tech for a few years at Boston College after graduating with a physics degree from Swarthmore College.

“People’s eyes may have glazed over at the mention of ‘meta-materials,” Landy said. “It wasn’t until I started working on the cloak that people got more interested.”

An invisibility cloak design Smith published in 2006 used meta-materials that can bend light and electromagnetic radiation

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This year, each of the eight Young Trustee applicants have moved on to the semifinalist round, including one freshman. After an interview process, the finalists will be announced. The student body will vote on the finalists.

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In selecting this year’s roundup of eight semifinalists, the Young Trustee Nominating Committee did not eliminate a single applicant.

The semifinalists include seniors Ashley Alman, Alikiah Barclay, Gurdane Bhutani, Chris Brown, Nicole Kyle, Brandon

Putnam and Charles West and freshman James Stevenson. This is the first year that freshman students were allowed to apply to become a candidate for a seat on the Board of Trustees reserved for an current undergraduate. The group will eventually be narrowed to two to five finalists, who compete in an election open to the entire undergraduate student body.

Junior Daniel Pellegrino, Young Trustee Nominating Committee Chair, noted that the low number of applications is a reflection on the time and commitment needed to be a Young Trustee. The YTNC is required to select eight semifinalists, meaning that all eight applicants this SEE YT ON PAGE 4

Voters prefer IDEAS interdisciplinary certificates to start Fall 2013 candidates with deeper voices ARTS AND SCIENCES COUNCIL

by Ryan Zhang THE CHRONICLE

Duke IDEAS, a new interdisciplinary program that will bring together students and faculty from all corners of the institution, will launch Fall 2013.

The new campus-wide initiative, which involves all 10 schools of the University, will include a number of new certificate offerings at the undergraduate and graduate level, each requiring participation in “project teams,” said Andrew Janiak, Creed C. Black associate professor of philosophy, at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting Thursday. Undergraduates will join students from the other schools to form project teams, each designed to tackle some specific problem within one of five designated themes.

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Philosophy professor Andrew Janiak presents IDEAS, an interdisciplinary program, at Thursday’s Arts and Sciences Council meeting.

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Voters have a tendency to prefer candidates with deeper voices, even for roles traditionally considered feminine, a recent Duke study found.

The findings, published in December 2012, built on a previous study to explore whether voters preferred deeper voices even if the candidate was running for a position generally associated with women, such as school board presidency. The data showed that both men and women prefer a deepervoiced candidate to a higher-voiced one regardless of whether the posi-

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tion was traditionally masculine or feminine.

“Human voices have all of this information that they can contain and convey about the speaker beyond just the language they used,” said research associate Rindy Anderson, coauthor of the study. “The lowest or fundamental frequency [of voices] is tightly tied to how we perceive a person’s voice.”

Participants in the study were asked to listen to 10 pairs of male voices and 10 pairs of female voices.

In each case, the pair of voices came from the same source, but were SEE VOICE ON PAGE 5

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Campaign puts focus on effects of language

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Police in schools proposed to curb gun violence

by Philip Rucker THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a $50 million plan to fund hundreds of police officers in public schools, a leading Democratic senator said, part of a broad gun violence agenda that is likely to include a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips and universal background checks.

The school safety initiative would make federal dollars available to schools that want to hire police officers and install surveillance equipment, although it is

not nearly as far-ranging as the National Rifle Association’s proposal for armed guards in every U.S. school.

The idea is gaining currency among some Democratic lawmakers, who see it as a potential area of common ground with Republicans who otherwise oppose stricter restrictions on firearms. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said she presented the plan to Vice President Joe Biden and that he was “very, very interested” and may include it in the policy recommendations he makes to President Barack

Think Before You Talk, a student-led campaign, is taking aim at derogatory and insensitive usage of words such as “gay,” “rape” or “retarded” in everyday conversations.

The campaign was initially conceived by freshmen Anuj Chhabra and Yang Wu in a Focus program class about leadership and civic engagement taught by public policy professor Tony Brown.

After designing the project as a class assignment, Chhabra and Wu decided to develop it into a fully-fledged campaign and expand its reach to the rest of Duke’s campus. The campaign has partnered with Blue Devils United as well as the Center for Multicultural Affairs in order to increase awareness among students.

Obama.

“If a school district wants to have a community policing presence, I think it’s very important they have it,” Boxer said in an interview Thursday. “If they want uniformed officers, they can do it. If they want plainclothes officers, they can do it.”

But hope of finding an accord over gun laws dimmed considerably Thursday after the NRA lashed out publicly against what it called the administration’s “agenda to attack the Second Amendment” after meeting with Biden and senior White House officials.

Biden plans to present recommendations from the administration’s working group on gun violence to Obama next Tuesday.

The vice president said Thursday that he sees an emerging consensus around “universal background checks” for all gun buyers and a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Obama, meanwhile, has said he also supports a ban on

“We want to let people know that the vulnerable groups of people are not just a minority, but are all around us,” Wu said. “They may be your friends, or your friends’ friends or people related to you.”

Sean Novak, program coordinator for the Center for Multicultural Affairs, helped Wu and Chhabra as they prepared the campaign. He said real change often comes about only when people are able to personally understand the negative effects of using derogatory language.

“If they can personalize the issue— put a face to a name or a word—then [the campaign] definitely will have an impact,” Novak said.

The campaign advocates a “step-by-

assault weapons.

The gun industry has long opposed these restrictions, and the NRA said after its 95-minute White House meeting that it would have nothing more to do with Biden’s task force, foreshadowing a partisan and emotionally charged fight over gun control.

“It is unfortunate that this administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems,” the NRA said in a statement. “We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen.”

Biden met with other gun-owner groups as well as representatives of hunting and sporting organizations Thursday as he surveys interest groups in the wake of last month’s elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 children and six adults.

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jor gun retailers, including WalMart. Biden already has spoken with law enforcement leaders, gun violence victims and gun-safety groups and has had conference calls with governors and other state and local elected officials of both parties.

Biden said that, going into Thursday’s meetings, his task force heard repeatedly about the need to strengthen background checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. He said the proposals would go beyond closing a loophole that exempts some private firearms sales, such as transactions at gun shows, from background checks.

“There is an emerging set of recommendations — not coming from me but coming from the groups we’ve met,” Biden said. “There is a surprising, so far, a surprising recurrence of suggestions that we have

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COUNCIL from page 1 “What we’re really doing is using existing elements within the curriculum— study abroad, language study, study in traditional majors—and giving students a path through the curriculum,� Janiak said.

Duke IDEAS will be comprised of five broad themes, each involving a number of related fields of study: Brain and Society; Education and Human Development; Energy; Global Health; and Information, Society and Culture. “This can make students’ curricular and co-curricular lives more coherent,�

Janiak said. “We want it to encompass many different aspects of the Duke experience.�

Project teams would exist continuously over several years, with students periodically cycling in and out, though the details of the project teams are still being worked out, he noted.

He added that Duke IDEAS has the potential to excite prospective students, as well as further differentiate Duke from its peer institutions.

The program, however, still needs to determine how to involve such disparate groups of students as, for example, engineering students and law students, Janiak said. “But we hope intellectual excitement will be the one thing in common,� he added.

In other business Suzanne Shanahan, acting director

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of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and associate research professor of sociology, proposed a new experiential certificate program. In this program, students would be required to take fewer courses than they would in the current certificate model and must fulfill an “experience� requirement instead.

Students would have to spend a certain number of hours participating in internships, research, service learning or other co-curricular activities during the summer or the school year. “The Duke experience is no longer about the eight semesters—it’s four continuous years,� Shanahan said. “With winter forums, summer internships, Duke Engage, research experiences—a lot of the learning is taking place outside the classroom. We need to figure out how to have some reciprocity between what happens inside and outside the classroom.�

Similar to the current approach, the new certificate program would still feature gateway and capstone courses, though students would have to declare for a certificate no later than midway through their junior year.

The earlier deadline would be meant to encourage greater student reflection, Shanahan said. In addition, students would have to prepare essays and digital portfolios to be accepted into the program.

She noted that the program would be flexible and that students would have a choice between participating in either the new model or the current one.

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LANDY from page 1 around an object. This design, however, still showed reflections of the object it was concealing, preventing it from appearing truly invisible.

Landy helped improve on that design by putting it together in a way that minimized the reflections. Though perhaps not the actual invisibility cloak of Harry Potter fans’ dreams, the cloaking device does make objects invisible—in microwave light and two dimensions, that is.

Landy and Smith’s success was published in scientific journal Nature Materials in November, landing the pair not only in the opinion pages of The New York Times, but in just about every other news outlet, too— including The Colbert Report.

Since then, Landy has heard all the jokes one can imagine, though none of them are too inventive.

“I get, ‘I’m surprised I can see you!’ a lot,� he said.

Improving the cloak from the current design—which is only invisible in certain conditions— will be substantially more difficult, Landy said, but he believes that one day, perhaps with a different design, a cloak will be built that any person could wear and become invisible.

The military helped fund Landy’s invisibility cloak research, in hopes that it could one day use his research to make invisibility materials. Landy pointed to NASA as a similar example of an agency that produces many valuable side projects as an unintended result of the space-related research it funds.

When Landy is not at his computer designing the objects of his research or running tests in the lab, he lifts weights. An avid weight lifter, Landy won a weight-lifting competition in Virginia last May before he was

YT from page 1 year were chosen. “The reason that the numbers have fallen so dramatically from the first two years is that people have a better understanding of what the process will be like and how intense it will be,� Pellegrino said. “I think [this] screens out some people who may have applied when people didn’t have a good understanding of how difficult it is to become the Young Trustee.�

Seven students entered the Young Trustee race in the 2012 election cycle, a drop from prior years when the number of applicants typically ranged from 14 to 16. “It is a rigorous and time consuming process, and I think that what we are seeing now is that only those who are truly committed to becoming the Young Trustee apply,� Pellegrino added.

In prior years, freshmen were not eligible to apply for Young Trustee. Duke Student Government amended this restriction in the Young Trustee bylaws on Oct. 18.

sidelined by injury. One of his goals is to qualify for a national competition. He also enjoys hiking by the Eno River. “I don’t do a lot besides work and lift,� Landy said.

Landy met his wife, Stephanie, at Swarthmore and they lived together in Boston for three years before he got into Duke for graduate school and she got into Boston College for law school.

He hopes to graduate sometime this year and take a job in research and development for industry. “My interests are also outside of the lab,� he said. “I want to make things that are going to be used.�

Working in research and development will give Landy a chance to work with new technologies and get “a little more out there,� he added.

Perhaps not as out there as invisibility cloaks, however.

DSG Executive Vice President Patrick Oathout, a junior, proposed the amendment and lobbied for its approval within the DSG Senate. “It’s great that a first-year took the initiative to apply, and it just shows that the previous rules likely prevented other first-years from applying, too,� Oathout wrote in an email Thursday. “I’m so glad the YTNC will now be able to judge the candidates on their qualifications and not on their year in school.�

He added that this year’s semi-finalists are a strong group of candidates. “This year’s Young Trustee semi-finalist all have impressive qualifications,� Putnam said. “They are all strongly passionate about Duke and share similar commitments to furthering the University’s horizons.�

He added that he would feel honored to represent the University in a leadership role.

Stevenson is happy for the chance to represent his school as a freshman. “I feel as I qualify to be the Young Trustee, because, above all else, I have a pas-

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Graduate student Nathan Landy holds an invisibility device, which he worked to develop with engineering professor David Smith.

sion for this school,� he said. “I feel as if I understand what it is like to be a Duke student.�

The background of the applicants range from West, treasurer for the Duke collegiate chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, to Bhutani, current chief financial officer of the LDOC committee.

Applicants were asked what the most pressing issues facing the Trustees would be in the coming years. In his application, West said that, in his opinion, the most pressing issue before the Board is “perfecting our global presence,� while maintaining a standard of excellence here at home. “I’m honored to be a semifinalist for the position of Young Trustee,� West said. “My Duke experience has positioned me to be able to offer a perspective to the Board of Trustees that is informed through leadership, strength of character and intentional involvement in undergraduate life on campus.�

Kyle also felt that one of the biggest challenges that the Board faces is Duke’s

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She said her experience as former news editor of The Chronicle exposed her to a critical perspective of the University and administration that will help her if she were chosen as Young Trustee.

Alman and Barclay are also happy to be semi-finalists, although Barclay hopes to give back to Duke as a way of paying the University back for the joy of her Duke experience. Alman said she hopes to use her position if chosen as a way to connect the student body to the Board. “I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to vie for a position on the Board of Trustees, and I’m confident that my experiences on campus will allow me to holistically articulate the student experience to the Board,�

Alman said.

The semifinalists will undergo a round of interviews before the finalists are announced, Pellegrino said, adding that the whole YTNC is also going to interview each applicant individually.

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TALK from page 2 step” process to reduce the use of sensitive language, Chhabra said.

“If someone says, ‘Those shoes are so gay,’ first of all, that’s incorrect because shoes can’t like other shoes,” he said. “Secondly, here at Duke you’re meeting 10 people every single day, so you can’t really be sure whether you can use those words. You could be alienating people just by saying things like that.”

The campaign’s activities have included the hosting of a number of open discussions as well as the distribution of stickers, bookmarks and flyers around campus.

In addition, the campaign was able to get 150 signatures on a pledge to reduce the usage of derogatory words. In the upcoming months, Chhabra and Wu hope to increase their presence via social media.

Wu, an international student, noted the surprising prevalence of derogatory language among the international community at Duke. Wu suggested that international students often pick up such words in an effort to appear more fluent in English, thus allowing them to more easily fit in with their new environment at an American university.

“People might think this is just American culture,” Wu said.

“But in China, where I come from, people use these words in Chinese also—it’s a worldwide topic.”

To counter this trend, Wu said that the campaign will try to host an information session on the issue during International Orientation Week this Fall.

Think Before You Talk originated when Chabra and Wu noticed the prevalence of derogatory language among their peers. Chhabra and Wu informally polled 42 students who currently live with them in Randolph Dormitory, and 95 percent responded that they hear words like “gay” and “retarded” in casual conversation on a daily basis.

Freshman Julie Hong said she was impressed with the direction taken by the campaign, given how widespread the issue seems.

“I know my gay friends aren’t terribly offended by it,” Hong said. “They’re so used to it now, which is just wrong in so many ways.”

Novak said he had seen similar student-led campaigns during his time at Central Michigan University. Although these campaigns provide an excellent spark for student dialogue and awareness, Novak said, true change must come from the individual.

“Young men and women who come into a college environment have 17, 18 years of prior life experience where that kind of language may or may not have been acceptable,” Novak said. “When you’re talking about deconstructing 20 years of socialization, one campaign can’t do it all. One class can’t do it all. It’s really a lifelong process.”

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Casey Klofstad, associate professor of political science at the University of Miami and co-author of the study, noted that the study aimed to determine whether there were situations where voters preferred a higher pitched voice or were indifferent.

The researchers had previously established that voters tend to prefer lower voices in general, so this time Anderson and Klofstad asked what voice a voter preferred if he or she were voting for positions more commonly held by women, as opposed to nationally elected offices, which are dominated by men.

“We wanted to know [if] we

POLICE from page 2 universal background checks.”

These recommendations were not only about “closing the gunshow loophole,” he said, “but total universal background checks, including private sales.” He said the focus would be on how to “strengthen those background checks.”

Biden also mentioned strengthening the ability of federal agencies to conduct research about gun violence. He drew a comparison between current limits on federal gathering of data about gun violence and 1970s-era restrictions on federal research into the causes of traffic

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lose that preference for low pitch in roles that are typically held by women,” Anderson said.

The information collected by the study showed that men and women will still vote for lowerpitched voices even in “feminine” leadership positions. Women, however, did not have a preference when asked to choose between two male voices. They only preferred a lower voice when comparing two female voices.

Anderson explained that it is unknown whether these baseline preferences are biological or a result of societal conventions.

“When we are listening to voice pitch we are assessing some aspects of biology and also cultural norms,” Anderson said. “We want someone who is competent and strong and maybe aggressive.

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cannot be in there. It could be that there is a little bit of gender bias going on.”

As a result of the 2012 election, Klofstad said that more research has been done to look into the effect of voice pitch on actual political races. Although it is preliminary and unpublished, their next study looked at races for open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and found that a candidate might get more votes because of a lower voice, but voice does not necessarily determine whether the candidate wins or not. “[A higher voice] does not help, but it does not determine elections,” Klofstad said. “As with height, weight and attractiveness, voice pitch is another trait we may cue in on when making a decision.”

fatalities.

Biden stressed a need for the government to collect information about “what kind of weapons are used most to kill people” and “what kind of weapons are trafficked weapons.”

The administration is weighing solutions beyond gun laws, including mental health and education initiatives. Boxer’s school safety plan would cost about $50 million and restore or add funding to some Community Oriented Policing Services programs that pay for police officers, tip lines, surveillance equipment and secured entrances at public schools.

After the Newtown shootings,

NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre proposed that every school be protected by armed guards, who could be volunteers, firefighters or private security personnel. Boxer said that her plan is limited to law enforcement officials from the community and that any decision would be up to individual schools.

“I don’t see why anyone should object to it, left or right,” Boxer said. “It’s an area where I think I can find common ground with my colleagues on all sides.”

A White House spokesman would not say whether the Biden group has decided to include such a policy in its recommendations.

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Clemson goes clammy against No. 4 Duke

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Despite the bright orange uniforms of the visiting Tigers, Cameron Indoor Stadium was overwhelmed with gray. Chelsea Gray, that is. The junior recorded a career-high 15 assists, as the No. 4 Blue Devils used a second half scoring blitz to take down Clemson 82-45.

Despite entering the match as significant underdogs, the Tigers (4-11, 0-4 in the ACC) refused to back down in the first half. Short scoring spurts did not faze the Clemson guards, as Charmaine Tay and Aisha Turner racked up six assists and helped break down Duke’s press defense. The Tigers were also impressive from beyond the arc, shooting 4-6 and converting on several second-chance opportunities.

Gray’s seven assists helped Duke (140, 4-0) maintain a comfortable margin.

No-look passes found sophomore Elizabeth Williams and junior Haley Peters in the low block, while the Duke defense forced eight turnovers and had five blocked shots. It was Williams’ 46th consecutive game with at least one block.

Though the Blue Devils still led by

eight at the half, Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie was disappointed with her team’s lackluster rebounding and slow tempo.

“We played kind of casual in the first half,” McCallie said. “We took some quick shots, we didn’t rebound, there was a casual nature to what we were doing. I know the team felt it, and what’s great is that they did something about it.”

Three minutes into the second half, Gray took over. The run began with a dish to junior Tricia Liston, who knocked down an open three-pointer near the top of the key. After a missed shot from Clemson, Gray scored one of her own with a floater from just outside the lane.

The junior then stripped the ball from Tay and laid the ball in to put Duke up 43-30 with 15:08 remaining in the half.

A behind-the-back pass from Gray to Williams on the following possession sent Cameron Indoor into a frenzy. The California native wasn’t finished though, and stole the ball to set up Peters and Williams for back-to-back buckets. Gray capped a 22-0 run with a layup, putting STEVEN BAO/THE CHRONICLE

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Blue Devils face off against N.C. rival

by Brady Buck THE CHRONICLE

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s top-ranked Blue Devils (15-0, 2-0 in the ACC) have passed every major test so far this season.

Saturday’s showdown with No. 20 N.C. State (13-2, 2-0 in the ACC) presents a hurdle the Blue Devils have yet to clear this year: winning a true road game. So far all of Duke’s games away No. 1 from Cameron InDuke door Stadium have vs. been neutral-site No. 20 N.C. State contests.

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PNC Arena val even more challenging, Duke will play without senior power forward Ryan Kelly, who is out indefinitely due to a foot injury.

“Ryan was one of our best players and one of the elite players in the country,” Duke associate head coach Chris Collins said. “It’s not going to be one guy that fills that void, especially the different things he brings to the table. We feel good about a committee of our young guys getting an opportunity to get out there and seeing what they can do.”

Reserve underclassmen Alex Murphy,

Junior Chelsea Gray notched a new school record of 15 assists against Clemson Thursday evening.

Duke has options for replacing Ryan Kelly Foot injuries have been a big problem for Duke in the last few years, and Ryan Kelly just added his name to the list of the afflicted. If Kelly’s injury—the severity of which has yet to be revealed—necessitates an extended absence, it could rank on the impact scale closer to Kyrie Irving’s 2011 mishap than Seth Curry’s or Marshall Plumlee’s issues this season.

Kelly is a key player for a Blue Devil team that relies heavily on its five starters, ranking among the bottom Tom 25 teams in Division I in bench minutes.

He leads the team in blocked shots, ranks second in rebounding and third in scoring, leaving a significant hole to fill for the duration of his absence.

So how will head coach Mike Krzyzewski respond? After Kelly was forced to miss the second half of the Clemson game Tuesday, Krzyzewski’s substitution choices mirrored his usage patterns from early in the season, only with some additional minutes to split up between reserve forwards Josh Hairston, Amile Jefferson and Alex Murphy.

As has been the case all year, Hairston got the majority of the extra minutes, logging 11 after halftime. Jefferson was not far behind, getting nine minutes of action, and Murphy remained a non-factor with just two minutes on the floor.

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It may be that Krzyzewski’s extended use of Hairston was just a short-term choice.

With no preparation for life without Kelly, he may have felt more comfortable turning to a veteran rather than a freshman. Hairston’s experience is the biggest thing he has going for him compared to the other two players vying for a share of Kelly’s vacated playing time.

Hairston has been one of Duke’s least effective offensive players, even in limited action.

Aside from Marshall Plumlee, who has attempted only three shots all year, Hairston has been Duke’s worst shooter so far with a 37-percent performance. He has not compounded his weakness by taking too many shots—only his classmate Tyler Thornton shoots less frequently when on the floor—but with twice as many turnovers as assists on the season, Hairston hasn’t showed much as a distributor either.

He has been an aggressive asset on the offensive glass, but on the other end of the floor, his rebounding has been less than impressive, with fewer defensive rebounds per minute played than diminutive guard Quinn Cook. Krzyzewski would likely be quick to praise Hairston’s willingness to take charges, as he has drawn four over the last two contests, but his defensive rating—which measures opponent scoring per possession— is better only than a gimpy Seth Curry’s among the Duke roster.

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Duke hasn’t lost to Wake Forest since 1996, and until recently, it didn’t look like the Demon Deacons would pull off the upset this year.

Wake Forest (9-6, 2-1 in the ACC) had a five-game losing skid early in the season that included three losses to ranked opNo. 4 ponents. After winning seven of Duke their last eight games—including a vs. road matchup against No. 18 Florida State Thursday—and earning Wake an 8-0 record at home, the future Forest is starting to look bright for the SUNDAY, 6:30 p.m.

Demon Deacons. The No. 4 Blue Memorial Coliseum Devils (14-0, 4-0) will try to hand Wake Forest its first home defeat Sunday evening. “We had a rough patch early, but things are starting to pick up,� Wake Forest senior guard Lakevia Boykin said. “We’re playing very well at home.�

The Demon Deacons, however, know that they have

their work cut out for them against Duke. “Duke is a phenomenal team, and it’s important for us to do what Wake Forest basketball does,� Demon Deacon head coach Jen Hoover said. “We’ve really talked to our players about doing their jobs for 40 minutes, and that’s different for each individual on the team.�

There is one job that the Demon Deacons share—playing team defense. Wake Forest’s defense has been picking up lately, Boykin said. The Demon Deacons have been outscored by a margin of 2.1 points this season, but in their past four games, they have scored an average of 15 points more than their opponents. “We’ve been focusing on taking what we’ve been putting in defensively for the last three months and tightening things up,� Hoover said. “Our team defense isn’t individually-based. We really trust in each other.�

In addition to having a defensive unit that is on the rise, Wake Forest boasts a versatile roster and a strong transition game, Boykin said.

The Blue Devils will counter with mixed defenses, which will potentially take the Demon Deacons out of their rhythm. Duke’s mixing of defenses has worked suc-

cessfully in the past, as exemplified by its ninth-ranked field-goal percentage defense. The Blue Devils have limited their opponents to a 32.4 field-goal percentage this season. After Duke’s 90-53 rout of Boston College Sunday, Eagle head coach Erik Johnson called the Blue Devils “as solid a defensive team as you’re going to see individually and collectively.�

Duke’s defense will be especially important against Boykin, who leads Wake Forest in scoring with 14.5 points per game and added 34 points against the Seminoles last night. Averaging double figures, junior Chelsea Douglas and sophomore Dearica Hamby scored 25 and 23 points, respectively, against Florida State.

The Blue Devils’ scoring offense ranks sixth in the country. With their prolific offense and large defensive arsenal, they will pose the biggest threat that the Demon Deacons have faced at home. Duke is not resting on its laurels, though. The Blue Devils know that they need to play at full intensity for the duration of the game. “[Florida State] was a terrific game for Wake obviously,�

Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “So if we can’t get excited for Wake there is something wrong with us.�

W. BASKETBALL from page 6 the Blue Devils up 58-30 eight minutes into the second half of the game. “I felt a sense of urgency,â€? Gray said. “We weren’t playing the best Duke basketball at that point‌. Momentum shifted towards our way, so I just kept going at it.â€?

With the game out of reach and several starters taking a breather, the Duke bench stepped up. Junior Chloe Wells was particularly impressive, knocking down two three-pointers and forcing three turnovers. There was also a major improvement in rebounding, as senior Allison Vernerey registered five boards and the team limited second chance points for Clemson.

Despite leading by just eight at the half, the Blue Devils came out of the locker room on a mission and put the pedal down after the break. McCallie said she was pleased with how her squad responded in the second half. “The team came out on a mission‌ ready to [play our game],â€? McCallie said. “We were much more efficient on offense—we actually ran things, got the ball inside-out and created. And defensively we were more intense. We were pressuring the ball more and causing them a little bit more discomfort. It was an intensity thing, not necessarily a technical thing.â€?

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Wake Forest senior guard Lakevia Boykin leads the Demon Deacons in scoring with 14.5 points per game.

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M. BASKETBALL from page 6 over to Raleigh, Duke will face the preseason favorite to win the ACC and a team with as much athletic firepower as any squad in the country, as well as a red and white sea of nearly 20,000 strong at PNC Arena Saturday afternoon.

“It’ll be a really good test,” Collins said. “We are going to rely on our veterans with Mason [Plumlee], Seth [Curry], Tyler [Thornton] and Josh [Hairston].

You can’t allow the crowd to fuel [N.C. State’s] energy. They are a good enough team as is. If we lose our poise, turn the ball over, allow them to get in the open court and make spectacular plays, the crowd becomes a bigger factor.”

The hype of the N.C. State faithful stems from the program’s resurgence under second-year head coach Mark Gottfried. The team’s turning point came at the end of last season when N.C.

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State’s performance began to match its potential, sparking a Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament.

Gottfried then welcomed one of the top 2012 recruiting classes in the country—featuring McDonald’s All Americans Tyler Lewis, Rodney Purvis and T.J. Warren—and forward C.J. Leslie, who announced he would pass up the NBA to return for his junior season. With the influx of talent, N.C. State—not Duke or North Carolina—garnered the most preseason headlines in the ACC. Earlier this season, the Wolfpack failed to live up to the expectations, losing to Oklahoma State in a blowout and falling to then-No. 3 Michigan in a tightly contested game. Since its loss to the stillunbeaten Wolverines Nov. 27, Gottfried’s club has responded by winning nine games in a row, including signature victories against Stanford and Connecticut.

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Depth is perhaps the Wolfpack’s most vulnerable attribute. Aside from those six, backup point guard Lewis is the only other player that sees more than 10 minutes of action per game. The post, in particular, only has Leslie—an athletic 6-foot-9 hybrid forward with freakish leaping ability—and Howell—a bruising 6-foot-8, 257-pound center—in the rotation. The tandem collectively averages 28.3 points and 17.2 rebounds per contest, but the two are susceptible to foul trouble.

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Slowing down an N.C. State team that averages 81.3 points per outing—the eighth-best output in the country—on the road could very well be the stiffest challenge to date for a shorthanded Duke team in what could be the most hostile environment on its entire schedule.

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Control on campus In the wake of the New- policies. They note that guns town, Conn. tragedy, heavy have caused schools and camattention has been placed puses to become “centers of on the debate surrounding national mourning” and stricter gun control regula- request that significant actions. Public and private uni- tion be taken in three areas: versities have gun control, entered the mental health editorial conversation care and the as well, calling for tougher violence-focused culture of laws to protect students, contemporary media. faculty and staff. Last week, These issues—especially President Richard Brodhead those of gun control and joined his colleagues from mental health services—are nine U.S. universities in call- extremely important to any ing on the Obama adminis- university. Their significance tration and Congress to ad- has only been amplified by the dress gun violence. violence of Columbine, VirThe executive committee ginia Tech and now Newtown. of the Association of AmeriThe gun control debate can Universities—of which has largely been characterDuke is a member—issued ized by two things: American a joint statement lament- cultural values of gun ownering the acts of violence that ship and the possible benehave occurred under current fits of restriction. Those that

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support gun ownership rights frequently cite the need for self-defense as a crux for their argument. While certainly understandable, this argument has been exploited to allow for the possession of a variety of weapons—such as automatic firearms—that have no business with civilians. The tension between these two concepts has created a variety of individual state gun control legislation, with varying levels of rigor.

Even in states like North Carolina—where it is illegal to have concealed weapons on university property—there is still potential for weapons to be used. In 2010, three Duke football players were dismissed from the team and the University after firing several shots from a handgun on

East Campus. In November of that year, a University employee was fired after a gun in his bookbag accidentally discharged in the West Union building. Stricter enforcement of policies and new federal regulations can help reduce the threat guns pose.

However, gun regulation will not be enough to limit the danger of weapons in educational facilities. The AAU rightly points out that it will also be necessary to improve mental health services for those likely to resort to violence.

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can exacerbate poor mental health putting students and others at risk.

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The Duke Reach website also provides resources on how to get help for someone if they seem to be at-risk. However, it is imperative that the University improve its process for tracking at-risk individuals.

Members of the University community need to be aware of the dangers posed by weapons and seek to help those in poor mental health.

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s we all finished our finals and prepared live lives that result in lower carbon footprints. We to leave for break, somebody turned on don’t want miles of red tape before we buy a gun. the news in your common room. Maybe And I always think in these moments: “If nothyou overheard on the way to the bathroom, or ing else, this, at least, will get us to act.” maybe you were walking back, exAnd then the urgency of the hausted from a finished test, when moment leaves, and we promptly your friend somberly asked, “Did forget. you hear?”

Despite 2008, the regulations on I was at the airport that day. our hugely unstable financial sysPeople were unusually quiet as the tem are still not working. Despite death toll continued to rise. For multiple extreme weather events some in my row, the usual last look that climate scientists agree to be at the smartphone before takeoff manifestations of a changing cliellie schaack invited tears. mate, there has been no meaningbrave new world I remember that last glance at ful U.S. action on climate change. my phone informing me that teachDespite Columbine and Aurora ers told students to close their eyes as they walked and Newtown, despite the fact that 15 of the 25 past bodies. For some reason, that one piece of worst mass shootings in the past half-century ocinformation stuck with me. I thought of little else curred in the United States, there has not been for the entire flight. Murmured conversations on a single piece of federal gun control legislation either side of me let me know that few people’s passed in the U.S. since 1999. thoughts strayed too far from my own. I felt a What will it take for us to shed our political kind of unity with them. We stood together—or dogmas, to recognize problems so large that we rather sat together, on our somber plane ride— come together to solve them no matter what it against something evil. takes? What will it take to force us to sacrifice to And then … it faded. The sadness and togeth- create a better world? erness I felt with total strangers in the airport These tragedies do have the capability to spur transformed to happy togetherness when we all action. In 1933, the country felt the consequencreunited with the families we were traveling to es of the Depression long enough to pass the see. We read about the fiscal cliff and the Mayan Glass-Steagall Act, which included stringent regapocalypse. We perused top 10s of 2012. For me, ulations that kept our financial system stable for the harsh dead grass of winter I had returned to over half a century. In 1996, after a gunman enat my house was soon covered in a thick layer of tered a school in Dunblane, Scotland and killed snow that made the world magical again, made it 16 children, the United Kingdom effectively easy to forget. banned handguns. U.K. citizens agreed that the It is easy to forget these things, isn’t it? We all loss of this right protected the right to life for have a sick fascination with the sting of tragedy, enough people that the sacrifice was worth it. but when it fades to an aching dullness, it’s in a On Dec. 25, a little over a week after Newtown, strange way more painful, and we cast this dead a friend posted on Facebook a picture of an inweight away. Our society is filled with distractions fant holding a gun. enough to allow us to do this with ease.

It was captioned: “Baby cousin supporting her I remember all of the times since 2007 when rights <3”. the news has been turned on in college and Not even the death of 20 schoolchildren and boarding school common rooms. We watch elec- six of their teachers inspired a moment’s deviations and major scheduled events, but the most tion from dogma, a moment’s acknowledgement chilling is when someone wanders in unexpect- that the debate is worth having. edly and turns on the TV. On Sept. 15, 2008, we Guns are a large part of my hometown culwatched Lehman Brothers declare bankruptcy ture, and my friend feared interference with this and the stock market drop over 500 points. This custom. I would have responded, but I feared lossummer while studying abroad, we turned on the ing my peace-of-mind.

BBC after Aurora. This fall we watched coverage It was Christmas, after all. of Hurricane Sandy.

But now, Christmas is over, and it’s time to These tragedies always seem to be these explo- remember that there’s still dead grass under the sions of pressure built up from problems we refuse snow. to deal with because doing so would require sacrifice. We don’t want to swallow difficult regulatory Ellie Schaack is a Trinity sophomore. Her column changes in the financial system. We don’t want to runs every other Friday.

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I discovered that while these schools strive to prepare My family came to the U.S. in the winter of 1999, a their students for their future, they encounter practimemorable year that taught me to adapt to Ameri- cal constraints. When middle schools develop their bell can schools and to read in a language other than my na- schedule, they consider the balance between core class tive tongue. I did not understand why my time (language arts, math, science and sofamily had left the comforts of home to cial studies) and elective class time, transbuild our lives from scratch. portation/teacher costs, potential effects My parents explained that possibilities of scheduling choices on students’ perforare infinite in the U.S. and that I would mance on standardized tests and the pohave the creative freedom to chart my own litical feasibility of rejecting the status quo. path. I failed to comprehend such ideas, Education proved to be more than simply questioning why knowledge is indeed powbooks and classrooms; it encompassed er. Fourteen years later, I stand as a living complex policy issues involving stakeholdtestament of the American Dream, grateers beyond the immediate school setting. ful for the opportunities to engage with duke partnership Through my independent study, I dethe world in meaningful ways through my veloped a bell schedule plan for Durham for service educational journey thus far. public schools. I am fortunate to have had think globally, Many Duke students identify with this the chance to apply my education policy act locally sentiment and seek to pass their knowledge background and enthusiasm for service in a forward through various education service way that transformed how Durham educagroups on campus. As a member of Duke Partnership for tion leaders view middle school scheduling. Furthermore, Service’s executive board, I have personally witnessed how I became more hopeful at the potential that real, effective passionate student organizations make a lasting impact in reform is possible through visionaries who always challenge the Durham community and beyond. schools to strive for more than what they have accomplished Education is one of several focuses of service at Duke by applying knowledge about different facets of education. and involves a wide array of activities ranging from tutorService in education comes in many forms. I came to ing to mentoring. During my involvement with dPS, I have understand that every element of service that Duke stuhad the privilege of speaking with students who possess dents are involved in composes an essential part of what a vision for addressing various educational needs in the allows the quality of education in the U.S. to improve. community. I have been amazed not only by the passion Certainly, there are individuals who will argue that educathese students bring to their ideas but also by the insights tion in this country is broken. However, whenever I think they possess regarding the needs they perceive in the about all the student leaders I had the pleasure of meetworld. One student leader sought to help sick children ing through my role in dPS—and whenever I think about continue learning during their hospitalization. Another the Durham community stakeholders who constantly ask, hoped to promote math in Durham through activity- “What can be better?”—I grow more optimistic. based methods. Two groups of students wanted to share My personal story of a lifelong pursuit of an “ideal” their expertise and interest in music through teaching education and commitment to service is not unique on Durham students how to play musical instruments.

Duke’s campus. I believe that together, our voices can fosI have been inspired by these and others who have ter a common vision toward innovative education policy paved the way for Duke students to become invested in that can help each student fulfill his or her potential. I can furthering education. One of my most meaningful experi- only imagine what can change if we were to work together ences at Duke was my research independent study through to make what everyone considers impossible a reality. the School Research Partnership program. I worked with the Durham public schools to research evidence-based Seung-Yen Park, Trinity ‘13, is chief of outreach for Duke strategies for middle school scheduling. Though the proj- Partnership for Service. This column is the first installment in a ect seemed daunting at first, I found the research process semester-long series of weekly columns written by dPS members adfascinating as I conversed with middle school principals to dressing the importance of social action, as told through personal understand the challenges their schools face. narratives. You can follow dPS on Twitter @dukePS.

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n Oct. 21, 1967, tens of thousands of anti-war protestors marched on the Lincoln Memorial and then onto the Pentagon. Half a million American soldiers were stationed in Vietnam fighting back the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Vietcong. Men were dying every day.

Our withdrawal six years later was a laughable failure for America. We were unable to fulfill our policy of containment, unable to secure South Vietnam’s territory and unable to triumph against the symbol of communism. As the Taliban’s leaders compare the imminent 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan to the withdrawal from Vietnam, we must see the flashing warning. The phrase “declare victory and run” undoubtedly spilled out of the Taliban’s mouth without much forepi praveen thought. However, they must life of pi be taken seriously.

America does not simply declare victory. It wins victories. It does not back down. If our country backs down, the world will return to the feudalism of the Dark Ages—petty princes baying not for the kingdom but for whatever they can get. There is no one nation that can or will step in as a behemoth as we once did following World War II, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations to keep petty nations from their citizens and from one another.

There are those who suggest that America’s switch from winning victories to declaring victories is a sign of decline. I asked Michele Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy, what she thought of such claims. She looked me straight in the eye and told me that America would be unparalled for diplomatic and military power for years to come. She said the issue in question was America’s soft power, or the perceptions, feelings and beliefs that people have of our nation.

There are those who still have faith in us. In 1998, the Kosovars in Serbia did not cower as the U.S. Air Force rained bombs upon Belgrade; they knew they were safe. They knew the precision of our bombers would ensure that they were not hit. The Kosovars cheered and cheered as American troops marched into Belgrade. During the past decade, Afghani children played street soccer with our troops in uniform and their parents did not feel the need to call them in. If we cannot recognize, celebrate and believe in our men and women on the field, we will not see the world do so either. “Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America,” said President Dwight Eisenhower. This is soft power.

Today, we are withdrawing from Afghanistan because our government failed to win the hearts of our people with their action-plan for Afghanistan. The action-plan was infinite in scope, without a goal and without an end. President Barack Obama himself said that we would not win. We killed innocent people. We are no longer the saviors we were in the 20th century. We are an intoxicated, drugged marksman— the children of our town throw stones at us on the street, and in the next town, and in the next and onwards. The widespread protests against our wars are not against the act of war against evil, but against the incompetency of war that ravages the lives of good citizens and soldiers.

There was something ethereal in the way we won World War II and most secondary wars following. Extending staggered diplomatic support, followed by economic support and ending with a short, mighty military assault, we were showy yet efficient. The American people glorified that nation and the world lapped it up. There are those who say our century came and went, yet as a proud American, I say we have centuries to come. All we have to do is improve upon our precedent, and of course, believe in our future.

Being American is no longer only a source for pride, it is also a cause for responsibility. Declaring victory soothes our wounded pride, but declaring a victory without truly earning one is shirking our greater responsibility as a nation so incomparably endowed. If we turn inwards, our nation will be reduced to being a guard of the Americas. We will guard our morsel just as Russia guards Eastern Europe, Saudi Arabia guards the Gulf and China guards South-East Asia. This does not do justice to the world’s expectations of an America that helps those in need, looking beyond its own. America must continue to use its resources and power for good.

As the people of Afghanistan ask us to stay and as the people of South-East Asia beckon, let’s not forget what it means to be America. Let us not turn our tails and flee. Let us not fail.

Pi Praveen is a Trinity freshman. Her column runs every other Friday.

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GIERYN from page 6 So if Krzyzewski seeks some upside, he could try to replace Kelly with redshirt freshman Murphy. Many had projected Murphy to crack the starting lineup from the outset this season, but the Rhode Island native has been essentially invisible for much of the year. It’s difficult to tell anything from his tiny sample size, especially since he rarely has a chance to get into the flow of the offense. But the scouting reports from his high school days suggest that he possesses a complete skill set not too different from Kelly’s. He can shoot from outside, mix it up on the boards and be a mobile asset in Duke’s transition attack. Still, there is obviously a reason he hasn’t earned a chance to prove himself yet this season, and his potential may still be just potential at this point.

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So the final member of Duke’s trio of backup forwards may be the Goldilocks choice, as Jefferson possesses the best balance of upside and proven production. Jefferson has shown plenty of flashes on offense, with a 17-for-32 showing from the field that has led to a solid 3.1 points per game average in just 8.8 minutes per contest. He’s produced on the boards, standing just four rebounds behind Hairston despite 43 minutes less playing time, and has even picked up a handful of blocks and steals to round out his stat sheet.

Against N.C. State in particular, the key asset for Jefferson may have more to do with the Wolfpack personnel. C.J. Leslie, a 6-foot-9 forward with excellent skills inside and outside, is one of N.C. State’s key players. Mason Plumlee will have his hands full on the interior guarding 260-pound post player Richard Howell, so Kelly’s replacement will be forced to step up and mark Leslie. Hairston lacks

the speed and quickness to hang with Leslie on the perimeter, and Murphy doesn’t have the length to defend Leslie in the paint. That leaves Jefferson, who offers just the right mix of agility and size to put up a defensive fight against against Leslie.

Nonetheless, as nice as it would be to have Hairston, Jefferson or Murphy get some extra minutes to develop and prove themselves, the moral of this story is that the Blue Devils need to get Kelly back as quickly as possible. This roster has clearly been constructed and utilized to maximize the production it gets from its starting five, and any extended change to a new lineup would certainly jeopardize Duke’s No. 1 ranking. In the meantime, though, Krzyzewski will have to choose between experience and upside in replacing his injured star forward, and the race to fill Kelly’s shoes could have a big impact on the roster well beyond this week.

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Freshman Amile Jefferson may be the ‘Goldilocks’ choice as senior Ryan Kelly’s replacement.

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