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ANOTHER TERM, ANOTHER CALL FOR UNITY Obama emphasizes equality in thought and practice

by Tiffany Lieu and Jack Mercola THE CHRONICLE

President Barack Obama renewed his oath of office just before noon Monday and used the inaugural stage to advocate for a more equal and progressive nation.

In his 19 minute address before a crowd that reached from the steps of the Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument, Obama prioritized contemporary issues like gay rights and swift solutions for climate change—two topics that have never been mentioned outright in an inaugural address. He invoked the founding fathers and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to proclaim that for America to continue to thrive, its people must uphold the promise to comprise a nation where all people are free and equal.

“What makes us exceptional—what makes us America—is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” SEE INAUG. ON PAGE 5

“We possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention.”

—President Barack Obama MARVIN JOSEPH/WASHINGTON POST

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden listen to the National Anthem during Obama’s second inauguration ceremony Monday. The president’s daughters Sasha and Malia Obama stand behind them.

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UConn blows past Duke in the 2nd half for a 79-49 win

by Matt Pun THE CHRONICLE

STORRS, Conn.—For 20 minutes, Monday’s matchup looked just as compelling on the court as it did on paper: Two top-five teams battling back and forth, separated by just two points at the break.

When the teams returned to the floor, though, No. 4 Connecticut wasted no time putting No. 3 Duke away at Gampel Pavillion, earning a 79-49 victory behind 18 points and 12 rebounds from guard Kelly Faris.

“If you were a part of what Kelly Faris did tonight, you just saw a performance that people are going to be talking about for a long time,” Husky head coach Geno Auriemma said. “There’s been

some great players playing in this building. There’s been some legends playing in this building, playing in that Connecticut uniform, but I don’t know if anybody ever represented that uniform, and herself and her family the way that kid did tonight.”

After recording seven points in the first half, Faris stepped up her play in the second half, scoring 11 on 5-of-7 shooting. In addition to powering the Huskies to 49 second-half points, the 5-foot-10 Faris dominated the glass with 12 rebounds in the game.

“Kelly’s getting steals,” Connecticut forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis said. “She’s getting rebounds. And everybody’s feeding off of her energy, and it’s just from

the first man to the 11th man, everybody’s doing their part.”

Faris’ performance is even more impressive considering her struggles last season in her team’s matchup against Duke.

The guard had just one assist and seven points but turned the ball over four times in Connecticut’s 61-45 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium last season.

“If Kely Faris and Tiffany Hayes had not played in that game… we could have won by like 50,” Auriemma said. “That’s how horrendous those two guys played at last year’s Duke game…. Of course she remembers that. Kelly remembers everything.”

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Alexis Jones helped Duke keep it close with 12 first-half points but the Blue Devils couldn’t keep pace in the second half.

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Greek groups’ pledge numbers fluctuate mildly Panhellenic sororities hand out 364 invitations

by Ryan Zhang THE CHRONICLE

Panhellenic sororities extended slightly fewer invitations this year, despite recent discussions about creating a new chapter due to robust recruitment numbers.

Duke’s nine Panhellenic Association sororities extended invitations to 364 women on Bid Day, concluding a two-week-long recruitment process. That number represents a slight decrease from last year, when the groups gave out 373 invitations. A total of 475 women registered for recruitment this year, down from last year’s total of 504, wrote senior Hannah Hayward, vice president of recruitment and membership for Panhel, in an email Sunday.

Although the recruitment calendar, which began Jan. 11, did not change much, the process deviated from years past because it was held at the Dur-

ham Convention Center instead of on campus. Recruitment was previously held in the Von Canon rooms in the Bryan Center, but the space is currently undergoing renovation.

“The move to the Durham Convention Center posed some logistical challenges as far as transportation but streamlined the process overall,” Hayward said. “[Potential new members] no longer had to travel between campuses, and chapters had more comparable accommodations.”

More than 100 girls withdrew during the recruitment process, but each chapter met its 39-person quota, she noted.

Because of its large recruitment numbers over the past few years, Panhel is currently accepting applications for review from various chapters who are interested in colonizing at Duke. They plan to select three chapters to give presentations on campus in March and will

vote to officially accept the new chapter to Duke this coming April, The Chronicle previously reported. The new chapter will then begin recruiting members on an open basis by Spring 2014, with official recruitment with the other Panhel sororities starting in Spring 2015.

Senior Courtney Liu, a member of Alpha Phi, said it is possible that so many women participate in recruitment because greek life at Duke is low key, and members of sororities do not have to sacrifice academic success or extracurriculars to be involved. She also noted the significance of the new house model, which has clustered sororities together on Central Campus since the Fall.

“I also wonder if the house model we have now is attracting more girls,” Liu said. “It’s kind of nice that we all live together SEE PANHEL ON PAGE 3

377 men invited, 250 pledge IFC fraternities

by Elizabeth Djinis THE CHRONICLE

IFC fraternities welcomed new members to their ranks Monday with the culmination of the two-week recruitment process.

The Interfraternity Council recruitment process officially concluded Monday at 2 p.m., the time at which prospective members had to turn in their bid cards. Regardless, fraternities are still able to give out snap bids until Friday at 5 p.m. to rushees who either did not receive or accept a bid. Out of 450 registered prospective new members, 377 bids were delivered Sunday night from 17 fraternities. Of these bids, 250 were accepted, said senior Charlie Blanchard, IFC vice president of recruitment. This is comparable to last year’s recruitment, with the IFC extending 382 bids to 247 rushees, with

201 of these bids accepted.

“I think recruitment was successful overall, and people were relatively happy how it ended up,” Blanchard said.

Blanchard noted that the earlier starting date presented a problem for some students.

“It wasn’t too different from last year,” he said. “We started a little bit earlier this year before classes began which presented a few issues with people returning, especially athletes or international students.”

According to numbers provided by Blanchard, Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Alpha Order were tied at 25 for the highest number of pledges while Sigma Pi had the lowest number of pledges, ending the process with one new member. Delta Sigma Phi had the biggest decrease in new members, tak-

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Members of Alpha Phi sorority celebrate the addition of new members on Panhellenic sorority Bid Day Sunday afternoon.

ing 11 fewer than the previous year, whereas Sigma Chi had the greatest increase, taking 12 more into their pledge class.

Some fraternities were very pleased with the way recruitment turned out.

Senior Michael Coggins, president of Sigma Chi fraternity, noted the strong pledge class that his group had chosen this year.

“As a fraternity, we’re always less concerned with the number of bids we give out than with the quality of the candidates to whom we give them,” Coggins said. “We had a very strong rush this year, and obviously we’re very excited to add 23 new members to our brotherhood.”

Freshman Lee Weisberger said that, though the process had its negatives, he is happy to have gone through recruitment.

“It was actually a surprisingly fun experience,” he said. “Going into it, I didn’t know what to expect, but it was definitely very

busy.”

Freshman Grant Jirka cited similar concerns, noting that the packed schedule of fraternity recruitment events made it hard to do much else.

“One thing that bothered me was that there were a lot of events going on at once,” said Jirka. “I tried to rush selective living groups at the start, but I found it too timeconsuming and I wanted to focus more on frat rush. Luckily there wasn’t too much schoolwork in those two weeks.”

Despite his busy schedule, Jirka said he valued the new community he has found at Duke by joining a fraternity.

“I thought it was really fun, and I got to meet a lot of new people,” Jirka said. “Now that I’m joining Sigma Chi, it’s really nice to actually have another family at Duke. I have my Duke family and also my Sigma Chi family.”

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3 undergraduates named finalists for Young Trustee Three students have been named undergraduate Young Trustee finalists.

Seniors Ashley Alman, Gurdane Bhutani and Chris Brown, named finalists by the Young Trustee Nominating Committee Sunday night, Ashley Alman will compete in a Feb. 7 election open to the entire student body.

The process concluded this weekend following interviews with all eight semifinalists. Campaigning starts Thursday.

“We want them to have presence in the Board of Trustees,”

said junior Dan Pellegrino, chair of the YTNC. “We want someone who’s not going to be intimidated and who’ll have their voice heard.”

Alman is an undergraduate admissions blogger, a member of the First Year Advisory Council board and vice president of external affairs for Duke University Union.

Bhutani, an A.B. Duke Scholar, is the president of the Council for Collaborative Action.

He served as executive vice president for Gurdane Bhutani Duke Student

Government as a junior.

Brown is a current member of The C h r o n i c l e ’s independent editorial board. He is also an undergraduate representative on Chris Brown the Board’s Business and Finance Committee. He was formerly the external chief of staff for DSG. YTNC is independent from DSG to improve objectivity, Pellegrino noted. But there are five current DSG vice presidents and four senators on the committee, composed of 14 students.

—from Staff Reports

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of having their own housing.

“At first I was very skeptical about rushing because I thought [living on] West would be much more convenient,” she said.

Some freshmen women said recruitment at the convention center was a positive experience.

“It was a lot easier to see

all the sororities,” said freshman Diana Lam. “It gave me a chance to put a face to all the Greek letters that I’ve been hearing all semester.”

Hayward said she does not anticipate any major changes to the recruitment process in the future, though she acknowledged that the process is “always being fine-tuned.”

on Central now. It’s a guarantee that you’ll be with your friends.”

Freshman Claire Dubuque said her view on the house model changed over the course of recruitment, as members of sororities explained the benefits

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Ready for round two ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................a photo essay by Julian Spector

The National Mall came alive Monday with the sounds and colors of thousands of Americans gathering to witness President Barack Obama take his second oath of office. The ceremony portrayed a message of equality, befitting an inauguration held on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 1. An anti-abortion rights protestor climbs up an evergreen tree on the Capitol lawn before the inauguration, shouting throughout the ceremony.

Police attempted to get the man down but decided against scaling the tree themselves. 2. Each version of the American flags hanging from the Capitol building for the ceremony represents a different period in U.S. history. 3.

Although predicted that attendance would be lower than Obama’s first inauguration, the crowd easily fills the National Mall from the Washington Monument. 4. Singer Beyoncé Knowles performs the National Anthem at the ceremony’s close.

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INAUG. from page 1 Obama said.

Although the density of this year’s crowd fell far short of the record-breaking 1.8 million-person turnout at Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, a crowd estimated to hold 600,000 people braved the frigid Washington, D.C. January morning to watch the re-inauguration of America’s first black president. Although Obama was officially sworn in midday Sunday in private, the public ceremony, which coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was filled with the usual pomp and fanfare of a traditional Jan. 20 inauguration.

Obama’s focus on equality was reflected in the morning’s itinerary. He surrounded himself with a diverse group of speakers and performers including civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams, who delivered the invocation, and poet Richard Blanco, who, at age 44, simultaneously broke ground as the youngest, first Latino and first gay inaugural poet. Blanco delivered a poem entitled “One Today� that promoted tolerance via the collective, shared experiences of all Americans. “One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes tired from work: some days guessing at the weather of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love that loves you back, sometimes praising a mother who knew how to give, or forgiving a father who couldn’t give what you wanted,� Blanco read.

BeyoncĂŠ Knowles sang the national anthem, while James Tay-

lor and Kelly Clarkson promoted American patriotism and unity with their performance.

Obama paid homage to King in his speech, and he mentioned some of the American people’s greatest feats of equity activism and protest as major turning points in realizing the King’s dream. “We the people declare today that the most evident of truth that all of us are created equal— is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth,� Obama said.

Although Obama asserted that the nation is in a better position domestically and internationally than it was four years ago— he lauded the end of a “decade of war� and the beginning of an economic recovery—he warned that only through unity could further advancement be realized.

He struck a more reflective tenor than he did in his 2009 inaugural address, highlighting not only the nation’s immediate concerns, but deeper social and gender issues that he saw dividing the nation. “My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it—so long as we seize it together,� he said. “Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one

people.... America’s possibilities are limitless.�

The call for unity was an attempt not only to reign in the growing partisan split, but also to encourage greater collaboration in technological development and education—training teachers and improving math and science curricula.

But to move the nation forward, politicians must work across the aisle, Obama added. “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat namecalling as a reasoned debate,� he said.

Obama also reaffirmed his commitment to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, challenging critics who claim that such welfare programs weaken the country. “They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great,� he said.

A strong middle class is also important in revitalizing the nation’s economy and future, Obama said—one supported by a reformed school system, tax code and government. The theme of unity and collaboration similarly transcended generational divides when the president proclaimed that the nation need not choose between its past and the future. “We reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future,� he said.

The inauguration was not without its dissenters. Amid Obama’s droves of supporters stood protesters who took the opportunity to criticize some of the president’s policies. One individual wielding a sign opposing abortion and Planned Parenthood climbed high atop a tree, and remained in his lofted seat chanting “Stop abortion!� and waving his sign throughout the ceremony despite multiple attempts by security and police to force him down.

When Evers-Williams proclaimed, “In Jesus’ name and in the name of all who are holy and right, we pray,� at her invocation’s conclusion, the protester replied with shouts of “What about the babies!� He continued to loudly protest throughout the entire event.

After the ceremony, the presidential parade was opposed by a

small counter-parade led by anarchists donning signs that read “Don’t vote, organize.�

As government officials past and present filed onto the stage during the inaugural procession, former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton emerged onto the Capitol Building amidst enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.

Obama’s immediate predecessor, former president George W. Bush, was absent from the proceedings.

The 57th inaugural ceremony came to a close just before one p.m., aiming to stir optimism to those in the crowd looking to the future as they filed away from the Capitol. “We possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention,� the president said.

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President Barack Obama delivers his inaugural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Monday.

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Duke brings only one half to UConn Duke back atop the rankings

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STORRS, Conn.—Duke has gone 0-6 against Connecticut during the tenure of head coach Joanne P. McCallie, often displaying a lack of consistency between halves. Monday night was no exception.

The No. 4 Blue Devils (17-1) were crushed by the No. 3 Huskies (16-1) 79-49 Monday night at GamGame pel Pavillion. The final Analysis score shows a 30-point blowout, but it was a tale of two halves for the Blue Devils, who entered halfitme trailing by just two.

A lack of consistency from half-to-half has plagued Duke all season. This deficiency on both ends of the court was certainly on display against the Huskies.

“We got away with that one half play earlier in the season. Whether it was starting out strong and ending badly or staring out badly and ending strong,” center Elizabeth Williams said. “We’re going to definitely learn from it, and we definitely needed to be more physical and come out with more passion than we did today.”

While the Huskies were held to 32 points in the first half, they scored 47 in the second half on 50-percent shooting from the field on 10 more shot attempts. In contrast,

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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma said the second half was “as much fun as he’s had in a long time.”

Duke took a week off from its perch atop the rankings, but are back on top in the latest AP Poll.

A week after dropping to No. 3 following their loss to N.C. State, the Blue Devils are again ranked No. 1. Last week’s No. 1 Louisville lost to Syracuse and Indiana, the No. 2 team, lost to Wisconsin.

Duke received 39 of the 65 first-place votes while No. 2 Michigan received 11.

Kansas and Syracuse, tied for third, received seven and eight first-place votes, respectively.

The current top 10, in order, is as follows: Duke, Michigan, Kansas, Syracuse, Louisville, Arizona, Indiana, Florida, Butler and Gonzaga.

N.C. State fell to Maryland last week and dropped from No. 14 to No. 18. Miami benefited from a number of losses in the bottom of the rankings and is now No. 25, placing three ACC teams in the top 25.

The Blue Devils travel to Coral Gables, Fla. for game Wednesday night against the newly-ranked Hurricanes.

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Doubles keys Duke’s season-opening sweep

by Olivia Banks THE CHRONICLE

The No. 3 Blue Devils were back in action Saturday at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center, cruising past the Tribe of William and Mary in a decisive 7-0 victory.

A loud crowd came out to cheer on the team in their first match of the Spring season.

Duke’s top doubles team of senior captain Mary Clayton and sophomore Ester Goldfeld demolished the No. 3 pair in the nation, Maria Belaya and Jeltje Loomans, leading the team to its sixth straight victory over the Tribe.

The victory adds to the team’s 16-0 record for home openers under head coach Jamie Ashworth.

“I was really happy with our doubles,” Ashworth said. “Before the match we talked about having a lot of energy, a lot of purpose in every shot that we hit. Not just hit shots to hit shots, but everything we do has a plan and a purpose, and to play with passion.”

The Blue Devils’ energy was evident, as all three doubles courts opened up with early 3-0 leads.

Clayton and Goldfeld started off with strong baseline play, keeping the ball deep and their opponents

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Mary Clayton and partner Ester Goldfeld took down the nation’s No. 3 doubles team. subdued at the baseline. Despite being down 0-40 with a 4-0 lead, the pair managed to come back and win the game with a powerful forehand swinging volley by Clayton to clinch the fifth game

of the set.

They managed to carry this all-important momentum to an 8-1 victory against Belaya and Loomans.

“I think it was a great start to

the season to take out the No. 3,” Clayton said. “It obviously gives us a lot of confidence to feed off of for the next couple of matches.”

Just a court over, sophomore Annie Mulholland and junior Marianne Jodoin managed to hold off the Tribe’s Anik Cepeda and Leeza Nemchinov, who looked like they were making a comeback late in the set. Strong net play from the pair secured them a solid 8-2 victory. The two decided courts elected to end the third match as per a new rule implemented by the ITA—the last match did not matter because the Blue Devils had already earned the doubles point. Duke’s Hanna Mar and Monica Turewicz were ahead 6-3 when play was stopped.

Following an easy win in doubles, Goldfeld got off to a slow start in singles, Ashworth said. After being down 4-2 in the first and coming back to tie it up at four, Goldfeld missed a critical break of serve that would have put her ahead 5-4 and into a position to serve for the set. She recovered, however, to take the set 7-5.

“She did a good job competing and a good job getting herself back into both sets,” Ashworth said. “But she knows that she has

to be better than that.”

Goldfeld’s second set was not much easier, as she got down 3-1, but she managed to rally back to a 6-4 victory, breaking serve twice and winning four consecutive games to take a straight-set victory.

Assistant coach Mar Spicjaric spoke to Goldfeld during a change-over about needing to match her opponent’s energy.

“Every team that comes out— we’re their biggest match, and they’re going to fight as hard as they can, and we need to do the same,” Goldfeld said.

The Blue Devils accomplished what they came out to do—secure their first victory of the season.

Moving forward, the team hopes to build off this win and continue improving. As far as the rest of the season goes, Ashworth does not like to speculate, but is confident in his girls’ ability to execute their game plan.

“Getting the first win is the most important,” he said. “If we do the things that we talked about and play with energy in a match like that, then we should win, and we should take care of what we’re supposed to and we were able to do that.”

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Duke falls to UConn Blue Devils fall to UVA W. BASKETBALL despite relay success

for 40 minutes. Give credit to Connecticut. They played well in the second half.

There are some great lessons for us to learn Although Faris and the Huskies eventu- from.” ally won by 30, the Blue Devils had been The loss of Dolson did not hamper the matching their opponent shot-for-shot in Huskies’ ability to dominate the lane. Conthe first half. In the first 20 minutes, fresh- necticut scored 12 of its first 14 points in man Blue Devil guard Alexis Jones had al- the half from the paint and had a shot 78 ready reached double digits scoring with 12 percent from the field for the stretch. points.

The Huskies outscored Duke 20-8 in the Additionally, Duke forced Connecticut paint for the second half. into 12 turn“When she came overs for the out of the game, I “The last 20 minutes of the think had the game period and gave up just three of been played the way game was as much fun as its own, so deit had been in the I’ve had in a long time.” spite a 35.3 field first half, I think it goal percentage, — Geno Auriemma would have been a the Blue Devils problem,” Auriemtrailed just 32-30 ma said. “Because at the break. of the momentum Auriemma was the most upset he had of the game and because of the way the been in a while at halftime, Faris said, and game was flowing, it didn’t have the kind of in the second half, it was the Huskies that effect that it would have had.” dominated the turnover battle—as well as Duke was unable to overcome that monearly every other statistic. mentum, scoring only nine points in 10 “We’re a little bit soft, a little sensitive,” minutes.

Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie said.

With just two points from guard Chel“We missed some shots in the lane. We sea Gray—who averages 13.3 points per didn’t have any rebounding on the floor. game—and 5-of-15 shooting from the [The second half score of] 44-25 will get team’s leading scorer on the season, Elizayou beat real quick.” beth Williams, Duke could not match ConAnd after Connecticut assistant coach necticut’s offensive firepower.

Chris Dailey encouraged the team’s fans “They gave a lot of extra attention to chant, “No more turnovers” the Huskies to Chelsea,” McCallie said. “I knew they tightened up their play, limiting themselves would. [Alexis] was huge in the first half to just three second-half turnovers. that way because she took full advantage of Despite an 11-5 Husky run to open that. I think it waned as the game went on the second period, the Blue Devils had a though…. Chelsea is a great player but at chance to stop the momentum when Con- the same time too she’s got to get herself necticut center Stephanie Dolson earned in the right spots. [With] her going 1-of-6 her fourth foul just before the 16-minute obviously you have to credit the defense.” mark.

Ultimately, what had kept Duke in the But only 80 seconds later, Duke quickly game for the first 20 minutes ended up fulost its hottest hand at the time, Jones, to eling their defeat. After scoring 10 points her fourth foul as well. Although Jones off turnovers in the first half, the Blue Devquickly returned, Duke’s 10-point deficit ils did not register a single point off a turnsoon extended past 20. over in the second period. The Huskies “It was a tale of two halves for us,” Mc- had 17.

Callie said. “It’s consistent for us, how we’ve “The last 20 minutes of the game was as been playing all year. We played some great much fun as I’ve had in a long, long time,” 20-minute ball, but have been non-existent Auriemma said. from page 1

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Despite winning both the men’s and women’s 200-yard medley relays in what was an exciting opening to the meet, both the men’s and women’s teams came up short against the reigning ACC champion Virginia Sunday in Charlottesville, Va. Blue Devil head coach Dan Colella said he was pleased, however, with his team’s performance against a deep Virginia team.

“We knew going in that UVA has traditionally been one of the strongest teams in the ACC for the last five, six years,” Colella said. “We knew going into the meet that we had some areas where we were going to be strong…. We probably won more events this weekend than we had in any previous meets against Virginia.”

Colella noted that the Blue Devils are still in the process of adding depth to their program. As only a partially funded Division I sport, competing against programs that are fully funded is in large part responsible for discrepancies in swimming level, he added.

“We are strong in certain areas and in the process of really trying to build our depth,” Colella said. “We had terrific fall recruiting.

We have 24 recruits for next year. All in all we were very pleased with the performances and when you talk about UNC, it’s the same situation. We know that we are going to be able to go into the meet and win events.”

The Blue Devils saw notable individual performances on the weekend. Duke’s Ben Hwang recorded his third NCAA ‘B’ cut of the season when he notched a time of 20.11 in the 50 freestyle. The senior also registered a win in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.05, which marked his second-fastest swim of the year.

Colella praised the tremendous impact Hwang has had on Duke’s swim program not only this season, but also in his past three seasons. “[Hwang] is a great leader in the pool

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Head coach Dan Colella praised senior Ben Hwang for his leadership in and out of the pool. and also in terms of encouraging the underclassmen to push through and really reach for the stars,” Colella said. “He is someone who has the potential to win events at ACC’s and to qualify for NCAA’s.

He has been a great team member and has definitely represented Duke in such a positive light.”

London Olympic bronze medalist Nick McCrory, who returned to collegiate competition just a few weeks ago, contributed a strong performance for the Blue Devils in the diving well. The junior finished in second place in the 1and 3-meter springboards.

Duke will travel a few miles down the road to take on North Carolina Saturday at noon.

The Tar Heel women’s team ranks third in the conference while Duke ranks fifth. The North Carolina men rank first in the ACC, and Duke sits at eighth.

Although both Blue Devil teams rank below North Carolina, Duke will look to build on its strong showing Sunday to take down the 22nd nationally ranked men’s team and 16th nationally ranked women’s team in what will likely be a heated battle.

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CONSISTENCY from page 6 the Blue Devils scored 30 in the first half while only netting 19 in the second half off 12 fewer shots and 35-percent shooting from the floor.

Although the Connecticut had the same number of turnovers as Duke, the Huskies outrebounded the Blue Devils by nearly 20, with 44 rebounds in comparison to Duke’s 25. Connecticut guard Kelly Faris grabbed 12 rebounds, seven of which were on the offensive end, matching the entire Blue Devil squad for offensive rebounding.

“It’s a tale of two halves for us. It’s very consistent for us.

It’s the way we’ve been playing all year. So it’s more of the same. We played some great 20-minute basketball,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “In a classic case of not ggetfense, they’re transition got them going. ting back on defense, Initially in the second half we slept walked through hen they simply made layups. When that episode when you allow that to o occur, anything is possible.”

The bright spot in the game for Duke was shman guard Alexis Jones, who the play of freshman matched a career-high er-high with 14 points and led the team in scoring. oring. She also paced the team with four assists.

The majorityy of Jones’ scoring and appened in the first efficient play happened half, leading to o a two-point deficit for the Blue Devils vils at halftime. Her play in the second ond half, however, was limited by foul trouble and missed opportunities unities on the offensive end.

Without a steady teady offensive presence from m Jones and her back-courtt counter-part he Blue Devils Chelsea Gray, the were overcome in the second half by Connecticut’s ecticut’s deep lineup. oul trouble get to “I let my foul uldn’t have let the me, and I shouldn’t foul trouble gett to me. I should have kept playing,” Jones ones said. “It kind of carried on. I missed a lot of shots I ade, too.” should have made,

Gray, who has been an integral part to Duke’s season thus far, was held in check by the Husky defense. She scored just two points on 1-of-6 shooting from the floor with four assists.

“They gave a lot extra attention to Chelsea,” McCallie said. “I knew they would. [Alexis] was huge in the first half that way because she took full advantage of that. I think it waned as the game went on though.”

The disparity between Duke’s play was clear to the Huskies, who were surprised by the Blue Devils’ early intensity but rallied at halftime to overcome it. At halftime Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma noted the aspects of his team’s game that improved going into the second half.

“When you hold somebody to 30 points we should be y a reallyy good g a lot more in tune. They’re defensive team,” Auriemma said. “We didn’t perfor perform as well on the offensive end. We kind of missed a lot of opportunities. If we can do better with offensive rebounding then we can do better.” tota of 14 offensive reThe Huskies had a total bounds in the game, leadin leading to multiple shooting opportunities each tim time down the court.

The Blue Devils were sim simply overmatched in fi the second half after fighting to keep the game close early on. ca Duke, which came into the game undefeated this thi season, faced its first true test against a Connecticut squad th that suffered its only loss to No. 2 Notre Dame.

For a team that has struggled to maintain a level of consistency between halv halves all season, the loss to Connecticut Conn served as a wake-up call that they must play an entire 40 m minutes in order to compete agai against upper echelon opponents.

“In the loc locker room we were pretty motivat motivated and early in the second half we did get some good shots that we missed,” Williams said. “Instead of ttaking that and moving forward we fell f back, instead of taking the advers adversity and playing.”

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The grand scheme For many, Panhellenic “Bid 2016 fractures into smaller Day” is an emotional event. and smaller subgroups.

The highly visible nature of Our message is the same, the recruitment process—cul- for those thrilled at the outminating with an enthusiastic come of recruitment and celebration on West Campus those who wish things had with members turned out difwearing identiferently: This editorial cal T-shirts and moment does chanting sorority cheers— not have to define your Duke underscores the exclusivity experience. of each group, and differentiGroups at Duke are undeates its members from those niably important—most of us who have not joined. Taken find ourselves defined by the together with the distribu- communities we belong too. tion of bids for Interfraternity Groups help us constitute ourCouncil, National Pan-Hel- selves amidst the chaos Duke lenic Council and Inter-Greek sometimes presents. Yet rather Council and selective living than viewing groups through groups, this week can seem the prism of status, privilege overwhelmingly important and exclusivity that some in one’s Duke career, as indi- groups seemingly accrue, we vidual freshmen embark on hope students value their own their own divergent journeys communities for the relationand the collective Class of ships they can enable and the

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sense of belonging they can engender. This recruitment cycle represents only a single opportunity to join such groups.

Through clubs, classes, living arrangements and student organizations, plenty more opportunities are available for those who are proactive and open in seeking them out.

Greek and SLG recruitment can be profound for students who find their selfworth pegged to the outcome of this process. Yet those students validated by inclusion in a group—as well as those battered by the sting of rejection—should avoid over-determining the meaning of this outcome. Plenty of students join SLG’s and have disappointing experiences, or find them ultimately irrelevant to the lives they live here

at Duke. Plenty of students forego SLGs to find superior communities elsewhere or even blossom from the autonomy of unaffiliated life.

This seems obvious, but it bears repeating: What groups mean to us, both individually and collectively, depends on what we make of them.

Nothing intrinsic to groups demands the formation of cliques, and neither do they preclude you from building your best friendships across group boundaries.

So, to the freshmen: In three whole years, as a senior looking back, this time of your life will indeed have mattered. (We disagree with the well-intended but misguided consolation that recruitment “doesn’t matter at all, not one bit.”) But so many

other moments will have mattered too—moments on a club sports team, in a latenight study session, on your DukeEngage or study abroad adventures, shivering in a tent in K-ville—and, added together, these moments will matter more.

We hope all students work to put this process in context.

Your Duke experience may be wonderful or it may be miserable, but the outcome should not be wholly dependent on what happened during recruitment. Identifying with a group can be an affirming experience, but stigmatizing those outside the group obscures the true value of groups, and reinforces shortsighted behaviors that make moments like Bid Day so devastating for some.

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ast April, I attended the Clinton Global Initia- settlement to be a better process. But I no longer tive University (CGIU), a yearly meeting “where want difference for difference’s sake, nor do I feel students, youth organizations, topic experts compelled to start a non-profit before I graduate. I and celebrities come together to disam motivated now by the cause itself, cuss and develop innovative solutions a passion that has grown after workto pressing global challenges.” I was ining with refugees for two and a half vited for my social entrepreneurship, years. Last November, I was invited in recognition of an application called to speak at the Humanitarian Chal“Uhuru” that I crafted after working lenges FOCUS program and there I for two summers in refugee resettlemet a group of first-year students dement organizations in Washington, veloping social entrepreneurship soD.C. and Amman, Jordan. Uhuru, patrick oathout lutions for refugee conflicts abroad. the Swahili word for freedom, crowdI made a point of emphasizing realpolitik with sources the entrepreneurial activity of TARA, and I told them to seek out patrick refugees and advertises them to local ideas with potential, not ideas that customers. Frustrated by unsustainwould provide opportunities to brag able subsidies to refugees that bred dependency, I about. My advice stemmed from self-criticism—I saw Uhuru as a mechanism to facilitate refugee entre- am still mad at myself for feeling the need to rack preneurship. At CGIU, I was told President Clinton up accomplishments for their own sake. found my application as exemplary of the creative The motivations behind TARA are not unique to problem solving integral in public service. me. All too often I see non-profits, initiatives, student Uhuru was recognized at a CGIU plenary session groups, mobile applications and other social entretitled, “The Wisdom of Failure.” The development preneurship endeavors that froth with self-aggranof Uhuru was dynamic, but my social entrepreneur- dizement. The go-to for collegiate social causes is the ship really grew from failure. Long before I was ever act of creation itself rather than long-term results. interested in crowd-sourcing, I wanted to start a non- We celebrate initiative, when sustainability might be profit. It was a grand idea born from my FOCUS a more apt goal. American campuses are rife with program and my own frustration with the ineffica- projects that have high-minded names, mission cies of refugee resettlement agencies. I felt that my statements dripping with concocted passion and the non-profit, the Triangle Area Refugee Association ever-constant, but often convoluted and unchecked, (TARA), could do better. I spent the fall semester goal to “raise awareness.” of my first year refining the idea, writing proposals And that is okay. It is unrealistic for everyone to for grants and researching the path forward. I met have completely pure intentions. I have come to realwith leaders in the refugee resettlement field, and I ize that TARA, though ill-motivated, was a formative touted TARA to everyone I met. I must have seemed experience. I learned more about refugee resettledetermined and optimistic. ment: what services are provided to refugees, how But one day I gave up and stopped trying to the resettlement process works and where existing make TARA happen. Part of it was the realization refugee communities are located. I also picked up a of my own arrogance—I thought that I could do set of advocacy organizational skills that have already better than industry veterans by just reinventing been useful in my more results-driven activities. But, the wheel. I was still frustrated by resettlement most importantly, I learned a lot about myself. I outcomes, but I realized the problems were likely found out that I am resilient, industrious and driven. more systemic and could not be rectified through I also found out that I am drawn to achievement, a non-profit. Refugee resettlement is hard, and I self-promotion, and that, at my core, I have a lot of was naïve for thinking otherwise. It had been much self-doubt. I felt the need to prove myself, to attach easier to criticize, and much harder to do. myself to a cause and show that I can create change.

I would like to think that Uhuru is a story of reWe emerge from these seemingly change-driven demption, and I think CGIU saw it that way. But this endeavors with a better understanding of what creates was not a comeback story. This was a story of oppor- real value in society. We learn these lessons now, so we tunity, a chance that presented itself and an endeavor can enter our post-collegiate life with a more mature worth pursuing. My motivations made Uhuru differ- understanding of our purpose. We reap wisdom from ent from TARA. I saw Uhuru as a cool idea that I want- our enterprises, so we can one day substantively use ed to try, and I saw TARA as a way to impress. I think this knowledge for the service of society.

TARA ultimately failed because creating a non-profit seemed like the standard go-to for college social activPatrick Oathout, DSG executive vice president, is a ists like me who wanted to make a difference.

Trinity junior. His column runs every other Tuesday. You I still want things to be different, for refugee re- can follow Patrick on Twitter @patrickoathout.

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The story begins as they always do—a disembodied, Jay Srinivasan, Trinity ’14, is a Duke pre-med. This emotionless voice blaring from the radio, rattling off a column is the second installment in a semester-long series of dispatch for our unit. “Overdose,” it drones, instruct- weekly columns written on the pre-med experience at Duke, as ing us to respond to a residential address for a 17-year- well as the diverse ways students can pursue and engage with old, unresponsive female. Jump cut to an upper-mid- the field of medicine.

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y brother-in-law, Drew, is an Apple maven. At home, one mention of anything with an Apple logo and my mother starts to wipe off her glasses so she can see her phone to dial Drew’s number. Drew isn’t a casual fan of the Apple computer company; he is the first to know, and knows the most.

Where do you turn when choosing a movie to watch, or deciding which new release to go see? Considering that in the travis smith last 12 months, on average, the with a space term “IMDb” has been Googled helmet on more often than “Obama” and “Romney” combined, I’d say you turn to IMDb. So IMDb is your maven, your expert, your “Drew.” But IMDb isn’t this, not even close.

IMDb is one of the most popular online movie aggregators and falls in the top 50 most visited websites of 2012, according to Alexa Internet, Inc. The site uses user-generated ratings and a little math to produce a score for each movie.

This number carries weight since the site aggregates such an enormous volume of movie reviews. The scores from “regular voters” dictate a movie’s position on the behemoth of all movie lists: “IMDb Top 250.”

According to Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point,” a social epidemic needs three components to occur: mavens to discover the next best thing, connectors to spread the information and salesmen to convince hesitant adopters. IMDb has all three. Aggregated scores are seen as expert ratings.

The site’s popularity is undisputed. High numbers of votes, especially for newer movies, are very persuasive. This means IMDb publicizes the likes and dislikes of the average viewer extremely effectively, guiding us all toward the watered-down center of a subjective art. But is this average score credible?

To explore that question, let’s look at “The Hobbit.” At the time of writing, IMDb rates “The Hobbit” as an 8.3, pegging it as #141 on the list of top 250 movies of all time. To contrast, “The Hobbit” scored a 58/100 as an aggregated score by Metacritic from 40 critic reviews, and one of those critics, Ann Hornaday from The Washington Post, rated it a 38. Which score should you listen to? Which is credible? That just depends on what you are aiming for.

For an aggregated score in one number from mavens, professional critics, use Metacritic. However, this aggregation diminishes the voice of any single critic. If you want to listen to one maven that you really trust, your “Drew,” you have to find and track what they say on any given movie. Finding critics you like and staying up to date with their reviews can be more time consuming than aggregators. That’s where Flicklist picks up.

Flicklist is an app that promises to preserve this idea of a maven. Members can still rate movies on a one to five scale, but the emphasis of the site is on building lists of movies you’d recommend and trusting others’ lists. According to the website, trusting someone on the site is not like “adding them as a friend on Facebook or following them on Twitter.”

Rather, you’re trusting the opinions of people you actually value. Professional critics and other movie mavens with large numbers of people who trust them will become more prominent on the app’s main pages. Flicklist is about listening to multiple, carefully selected mavens, IMDb is about listening to everyone collectively, and Metacritic bridges the gap.

Each of the discussed methods for finding movie reviews has its merits, and I will continue to use all three. However, people must remain cautious of allowing an average opinion to directly dictate the art they consume. I don’t like average, I never have.

With average comes the end of originality; 2011 and 2012 tied for the highest number of sequels, prequels and spinoffs produced in one year, at 27. And with the site’s popularity growing daily, the scores are becoming increasingly skewed.

Netflix accounts for one third of peak Internet traffic in North America, while BitTorrent and video streaming have also become increasingly popular. With virtually any film just a few clicks away, a rental store’s selection or a movie theater’s schedule are no longer limiting factors. You have more freedom than ever before, so don’t tie yourself to the limits of one source. IMDb doesn’t even let documentaries on their Top 250 list. What you do with your free time is your decision, so if you want advice, consult a maven. Consult someone with the passion to research and recommend, not just the rating of an average viewer, set along an arbitrary scale.

Travis Smith is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Tuesday. You can follow Travis on Twitter @jtsmith317.

12 | TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013

THE CHRONICLE

January 22 – February 4 EXHIBITIONS Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore. Thru February 10.

Campaign for Braddock Hospital (Save Our Community Hospital).

Photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier. Thru February 23. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

The Restraints: Open and Hidden. Photographer Gordon Parks’s 1956 Life magazine series on segregation. Thru March 2. Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

The Road to Desegregation at Duke. A look at the contributions of African Americans at Duke 50 years after desegregation. Thru March 3. Rare Book Room Cases, Rubenstein Library. Free.

A Mockery of Justice: Caricature and the Dreyfus Affair. How the popular press satirized one of the most notorious legal cases in French history. Thru March 9. Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery. Free.

Mapping the City: A Stranger’s Guide. How maps project ideas of urban space. Curated by students in the Franklin Humanities Institute Borderwork(s) Lab. Thru March 17. Perkins Library Gallery. Free.

EVENTS January 22 Voice Master Class with Elizabeth Bishop. 4:30pm, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Bldg. Free.

January 24 Full Frame Winter Series: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE. 7:30pm, Carolina Theatre, downtown Durham. Free.

January 25 Lecture Series in Musicology: Raymond Knapp (UCLA). “The Sound of Broadway’s Mean Streets.”4pm, Room 101 Biddle Music Bldg. Free.

January 26 Home Movie Day. A celebration of amateur home movies; screenings and discussion with local film archivist Skip Elsheimer. 1–5pm, Center for Documentary Studies. Free.

January 27 Free Family Day. Gallery hunt, make-and-take crafts, live entertainment. 12pm, Nasher Museum of Art. Organ Recital Series Concert. David Arcus, Associate University Organist and Chapel Organist at Duke, will present a program on the Flentrop organ, featuring music from the German Baroque. 5pm, Duke Chapel. Free admission.

January 28 QU4RTETS Exhibition, Performance Brown-Bag & Colloquium (See ad on this page.)

January 29 QU4RTETS Exhibition, Performance Brown-Bag & Colloquium (See ad on this page.)

“Said the Piano to the Harpsichord…” Randall Love, piano and Elaine Funaro, harpsichord. Works include Poulenc’s Concerto Champetre and contemporary works for harpsichord. 8pm, Nelson Music Rm. Presented in association with Mallarmé Chamber Players. Free.

February 2 Piano Master Class with Stephen Prutsman. 12pm, Nelson Music Rm. Free.

January 28 – February 9, 2013 Ŷ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ d͘ ^͘ ůŝŽƚ T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets has long been regarded as a masterpiece of modern English literature, able to transcend its particular era and social location to inspire new generations of creative and spiritual thinkers.

To explore this remarkable poetry, Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts presents ‘Engaging Eliot: Four Quartets in word, color, and sound,’ a multi-faceted celebration of art and faith.

The centerpiece of the celebration will be a grand exhibition of paintings (QU4RTETS) by artists Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman mounted in Duke Chapel. The Opening Night of the exhibition will feature a performance of Christopher Theofanidis’s quintet, ‘Stillpoint,’ a piece commissioned in collaboration with the visual artists’ work.

Other events will surround these presentations, including a colloquium on Eliot, art and faith organized by the director of DITA, Jeremy Begbie.

Please join Duke Initiatives in Theology and Art as we celebrate the generative power of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets to integrate art and faith in the modern world. Event information at divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/dita

All events are free, however, some require registration.

Registration information: divinity.duke.edu/initiatives-centers/dita

QU4RTETS Exhibition: Jan 28 – February 9, 2013 Open to public 8 am – 10 pm daily Duke Chapel Transepts Makoto Fujimura and Bruce Herman have each created four large-scale paintings in response to the imagery, emotion and allusion evoked by Eliot’s Four Quartets.

These canvases and other smaller works inspired by the poetry will be hung in the transepts of Duke Chapel – the largest exhibition ever to be mounted in this space. :ĞƌĞŵLJ ĞŐďŝĞ Registration not required. ƌƵĐĞ ,ĞƌŵĂŶ

Opening Lecture and Performance

SCREEN/SOCIETY

Monday, January 28 at 7:30 pm Duke Chapel

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Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, and Christopher Theofanidis will present their collaborative visual and musical work in this grand multimedia celebration. Includes lectures by all artists and a performance by the Ciompi Quartet joined by DITA director Jeremy Begbie.

See website for free registration.

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 7pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center.

(SW) = Smith Warehouse - Bay 4, C105. (W) = Richard White Auditorium.

THE FLOWER GIRL (W) Transnational North Korea Cine-East: East Asian Cinema

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MONSIEUR LAZHAR [35mm] Quebec at the Oscars

1/30

SI-GUERIKI (W) w/ director Idrissou Mora Kpai Feminism & Freedom Film Series

2/3

THE SACRIFICE (by Tarkovsky) [BluRay] AMI Showcase

2/4

WAR WITCH (Rebelle) Quebec at the Oscars ami.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule

Colloquium on Eliot, Art and Faith Tuesday, January 29 at 7:30 pm Duke Divinity School, room 0016W The artists will be joined by scholars Richard Hays, Ellen Davis, Michael Moses, and Gennifer Weisenfeld for an academic seminar focusing on the way in which Eliot’s poetic vision can be explored in word, color and sound.

See website for free registration.

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Brown-Bag Class Discussion students & faculty only, please Tuesday, January 29 at 12:20 – 1:20 pm Duke Divinity School room 0015W

At this Brown-Bag lunch event, Fujimura and Herman will discuss with students how creative works by artists such as Eliot are catalytic for future development in the arts.

Registration not required.

Engaging Eliot: Four Quartets in Word, Color, and Sound is made possible by the generous support of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke Chapel, John and Bobbi Augustine, and Duke University Council for the Arts.

This message is brought to you by the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Chapel Music, Duke Dance Program, Duke Music Department, Duke Performances, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University Libraries, Screen/Society, Department of Theater Studies with support from the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.