T H E I N D E P E N D E N T D A I LY AT D U K E U N I V E R S I T Y
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XXXDAY, MONTH TUESDAY, JANUARY XX,29, 2013 2013
ONE ONEHUNDRED HUNDREDAND ANDEIGHTH EIGHTHYEAR, YEAR,ISSUE ISSUE87 X
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Uni declares handmade tents unsafe
Anonymous ‘Texan’ hacks into ePrint
by Nick Martin
by Margot Tuchler
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Homemade tents in Krzyzewskiville faced a challenge out of concern for public safety. The rules in K-ville outlaw the use of store-bought tents during the black tenting season—the first and most rigorous phase of the tenting process. To combat the cold winter weather, the students willing to sleep in K-ville created giant, student-made structures to live in. The Fire Safety Division of Duke’s Occupational and Environmental Safety Office, however, intervened earlier this month and ordered these tents to be taken down because of safety concerns. If anything, some of the tents resembled army barracks and castles more so than they did tents, with some of the record-setting 46 black tents standing more than 10 feet tall. When the students began to create these monstrosities, they did so without too much consideration for rules and restrictions outside the purview of K-ville. Eventually, somebody from the Fire
People trying to print in Perkins Sunday received an unexpected message. A hacker infiltrated Duke’s online, campus-wide printing system Sunday, which resulted in the printers feeding out multiple copies of a cheeky message when students attempted to use select printers in Perkins Library, said Circulation Desk Assistant Kristin Brunn, a sophomore. Students swiped their DukeCards and selected their printing jobs, causing “thousands of copies of the papers” to print out, Brunn said. The message offered advice to the Duke authorities responsible for ePrint. “Perhaps you dumb-asses should password protect a printer you directly connect to the Internet,” the message read, signed, “—Bored university student in Texas :)~.” A postscript advised a shuffling of Duke’s information technology staff. “P.S. Maybe you should fire your IT
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K-ville is missing some large, makeshift tents—in line with black tenting rules that prohibit storebought tents—due to orders from Duke fire marshals who deemed the structures unsafe.
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Less-invasive surgery linked Bomb threat closes to higher cancer survival Chapel Hill mall by Lucy Hicks THE CHRONICLE
Less invasive surgery at earlier stages of breast cancer has been correlated with higher rates of patient survival. Duke researchers found the correlation using observational data from the California Cancer Registry to compare general health and survival rates of women who received different treatments for the first two stages of breast cancer. Common treatments include lumpectomy with radiation, where only the cancerous tissue is removed, and mastectomy, where the entire breast is removed. Although the data, published online Monday in the journal CANCER, supports higher rates of survival for women who opted for a lumpectomy, researchers emphasized the need for further evidence. “It’s not cause and effect,” said Scarlett Gomez, co-author of the study and professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. “However, it is provocative and prompts us to think a little bit more about what might be causing [this trend].”
Miami med student harassed for wearing Duke gear, Page 7
Clinical trial results from 30 years ago showed that both lumpectomies and mastectomies were equally effective treatments and displayed similar long-term survival rates, said lead author Dr. Shelley Hwang, chief of breast surgery at the Duke Cancer Institute. The data collected more recently by Hwang compiled information from 112,154 breast cancer patients diagnosed between 1990 and 2004. This analysis brought up unexpected trends, Hwang noted. “The women who had mastectom[ies] were generally less healthy. They had more heart conditions and pulmonary disease and were more likely to die from cancer,” she said. Hwang speculated that if there were a causal connection found between types of cancer treatment and survival rate, it might be caused by the decreased stress on the body in the less invasive lumpectomy. “There could be a biologic basis in women who have less trauma and perturbation to SEE CANCER ON PAGE 4
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Police evacuated the University Mall in Chapel Hill Monday afternoon due to an unfounded bomb threat.
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“The progress is less of a leap and more of a stumble, but for once it reflects a modicum of self-awareness from the NCAA....” —Chris Cusack in ‘The good, the bad and the ugly.’ See column page 7
Chapel Hill police evacuated and closed nearby University Mall Monday afternoon due to a bomb threat. A threat written on a note in a men’s bathroom was found around 4:30 p.m., and the facility remained closed until around 6:00 p.m. Police cars created a perimeter around the building, located between Duke and downtown Chapel Hill at 201 S. Estes drive, and the police used dogs to investigate both the inside and outside of the premises. Police said no device was found in their investigation. University Mall is home to numerous food and clothing vendors, including A Southern Season, City Kitchen and Dillard’s department store. —from Staff Reports
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