Feb. 18, 2013 issue of The Chronicle

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

The Chronicle

XXXDAY, MONTH MONDAY, FEBRUARY XX, 18, 2013 2013

ONE ONE HUNDRED HUNDRED AND AND EIGHTH EIGHTH YEAR, YEAR, ISSUE ISSUE 101 X

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Chronicle staff Loss to Maryland shows success is fragile elects editor for 109th volume by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

by Emma Baccellieri THE CHRONICLE

The Chronicle staff elected sophomore Danielle Muoio to serve as editor-in-chief of its 109th volume. In a staff-wide election Friday evening, Muoio, currently a Health and Science editor, was appointed editor of The Chronicle and president of the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., which publishes the inDanielle Muoio dependent student-run daily newspaper. She will succeed junior Yeshwanth Kandimalla for a one-year term beginning in May. As editor, Muoio will be responsible for determining the content of the newspaper and serving as the public face of The Chronicle. She will lead a staff of approximately 200 student reporters, editors, photographers, layout designers and additional contributors. In her platform, Muoio emphasized the need to balance a high quality of content with a strong online presence—working both on producing more investigative, analytical content and on making the news available in the most effective manner possible. “I’ll be working with all of the sections to make sure that they’re achieving their goals to reach their audience in the best way,” Muoio said. Muoio, an English and history major from Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., began her career at The Chronicle at the start of her freshman year, writing chiefly for the Health and Science department. She became a staff writer for the section that December, and Kandimalla promoted her to its leader last March. “I’ve been really impressed with her work this year,” Kandimalla said. “She’s grown tremendously as a journalist and a leader. I’m really confident that she’ll be able to do a great job.” Members of the Health and Science department, both past and present, expressed support for Muoio. Junior Ashley Mooney, current sports managing editor and last year’s Health and Science editor, noted that Muoio has been an eager and dedicated reporter since the beginning of her freshman year. Sophomore Andrew Luo, Muoio’s Health and Science co-editor, noted that she has always been enthusiastic and driven

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COLLEGE PARK, Md.—College basketball success is fragile. Ask Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon. Last weekend, his team dropped its sixth game out of 10, an 80-69 decision at home to Virginia. Just two weeks after a group of Maryland students began affectionately dressing like Turgeon—right down to the gray patch in his hair—for every game, Terrapin fans heckled Turgeon so badly that his 13-year-old son Will was forced to leave the Comcast Center. “It’s been a hard week on my family,” said Tuergon Saturday, fighting back tears after his Terrapins upset No. 2 Duke 83-81. “It was hard on my son. Last week he had to leave the gym because the fans were so hard on his dad.” Following the Virginia loss, he stripped his captains of their titles and suspended point guard Pe’Shon Howard—who outranks even prolific distributor Quinn Cook in assists per 40 minutes—for an undisclosed violation of team rules. None of this sounds like the sort of week a Terrapin coach would want to have in advance of a game against Duke, which had long since tipped the balance of power between the two schools back toward Durham by winning 13 of the last 14 matchups dating back to 2008. But success in college basketball is fragile. Ask Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski,

Mason Plumlee scored a season-low four points in Duke’s loss to Maryland while Terrapin center Alex Len racked up 19 points and nine boards to lead his team to victory.

SEE M.BASKETBALL ON SW PAGE 5

LDOCannouncement LDOC announcementreactions reactions Following the announcement of the 2013 Last Day of Classes lineup at midnight Friday, students shared their thoughts on the scheduled list of artists, which currently includes rapper Kendrick Lamar, DJ Steve Aoki and hiphop trio Travis Porter. LDOC is April 24. “I vaguely recognize the names, but the more I hear of them, the more excited I get.” —sophomore Stephanie Laughton “I’ve never heard of any of those people.” —freshman David Rieder “I thought that Aoki was the sauce that you put on sandwiches but now I know that it’s a singer guy” —junior Hannah Naughton “They’re both the level Macklemore was last year when they brought him, but he wasn’t the headliner. There’s no B.o.B.” —freshman Ryan Burns “I am excited to show Travis Porter how I bring it back. I would like to let him know that I am a top-notch b**tch, and I will let him hear me holler” —junior Lillie Reed, former columnist for The Chronicle

“I kind of like Aoki but I probably would’ve preferred Avicii.” —freshman Johnny Salinas

he’s very in demand.” —freshman Jacqueline Samy “I think it’s a diverse group of performers and I think they’ll do a great job.” —freshman Neel Desai

“I don’t listen to music.” —junior Taylor Elliott “Personally, I’m a huge Kendrick Lamar fan and think he’s the best rapper of the current day. I think it’s awesome that the LDOC Committee got him.” —freshman Lee Weisberger

“My brother gave me rave kandi—you should all wear it to the concert. But it’s spelled k-a-n-d-i.” —junior Bridget Meaney “The LDOC committee did a great job getting a group of big name performers that will appeal to a wide variety of musical tastes on Duke’s campus. I’m so excited!” —sophomore Mary D’Amico

“I just want to say I was really excited about Kendrick Lamar because I was trying to go see him at Wake Forest so me and my friends were really happy about that. I think it’ll be better because B.oB. was kind of disappointing last year.” —sophomore Kate Macadam

“Steve Aoki is the man! More than anything, I can’t wait to see him live!” —freshman Sarey Hamarneh

“Personally, I’m excited about Kendrick Lamar because I have a lot of friends who like him, but I could see how that would be disappointing. There’s not a wide variety in artists.” —freshman Hannah Hewitt “I love Steve Aoki but I don’t know who the other artists are. I don’t know how they managed to get him,

“I’m really excited about Steve Aoki. He’s really freaky, really weird, and his music’s really good. His performances are always really good, lots of lights and everything. It’s going to be crazy, plus, with the atmosphere on LDOC, people are going to be so psyched. It’s going to be insane. The other two guys I’m not really excited about.” —freshman Carl Cedarholm

SEE MUOIO ON PAGE 4

Women’s Center starts new activism blog program, Page 3

SEE LDOC ON PAGE 8

ONTHERECORD

“To increase game attendance, they should... make students hate more things together....” —Monday, Monday in ‘Not our rivals.’ See column page 6

Women’s basketball loses Chelsea Gray, SW Page 5


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