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Manning bros and pros come to Duke Oathout,

Tobia win Truman

by Kristie Kim and Margot Tuchler THE CHRONICLE

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NFL stars Eli Manning and Wes Welker walk with Duke head coach David Cutcliffe outside the Yoh Football Center. Peyton Manning was close behind.

by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE

Before head coach David Cutcliffe came to Duke, he produced two of the NFL’s best quarterbacks: Peyton and Eli Manning.

And they’ve stayed close ever since—the Mannings have been working out at the Duke football facilities with a few of their respective teammates and some graduating Blue Devils. Cutcliffe was the offensive coor-

dinator and quarterbacks coach at Tennessee when Peyton was there from 1994-1997 and the head coach at Ole Miss when Eli was there from 2000-2003.

Peyton brought down Denver Bronco teammates Eric Decker, Demaryius Thomas and Wes Welker. Eli came with New York Giant wide receivers Hakeem Nicks, Victor Cruz and Louis Murphy.

Among the Blue Devils participating in

the workouts was wide receiver Conner Vernon, who in June could be the first Duke player selected in the NFL Draft since 2004.

Also taking part were safety Jordon Byas, long snapper Jackson Anderson, cornerback Tony Foster and wide receiver Desmond Scott. Former Blue Devil and current Cincinnati Bengal Vinny Rey was also present.

Check back tomorrow for more from the Mannings and Cutcliffe.

Two juniors have been named Truman Scholars.

Patrick Oathout and Jacob Tobia are two of 62 students nationwide to win the prestigious scholarship, which includes $30,000 for graduate school and priority admission. Scholars are selected based on their demonstrated leadership, scholarship and commitment to public service and advocacy.

Oathout serves as executive vice president of Duke Student Government and the founder and president of Duke Colloquium Fellows, and is a recipient of the Point Scholarship for leadership as an LGBTQ student. Tobia, a Benjamin N. Duke scholar, serves as president of Blue Devils United and co-president and founder of Duke Students for Gender Neutrality. He is also a Point Scholar.

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the scholarship is a high honor that is well deserved by both Duke recipients.

“It ranks up there with the handful of renowned honors like [the Rhodes Scholarship] and others,” Moneta said. “Patrick and Jacob SEE TRUMAN ON PAGE 3

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‘Spring Awakening’ breaks Duke’s global taboos both on stage and off health grade: C+

by Nourhan Elsayed

by Ashley Alman

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When ranking universities’ global health impact, the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines gave Duke a C+.

The University Global Health Impact Report Card is the first of its kind administered by the UAEM, which aims to promote medical innovation and public interest in global health. The report card was released April 4 as part of the organization’s first systematic initiative to assess research institutes’ global health impact. Only universities in the United States and Canada were evaluated for the report card.

Although Duke received a C+ for its overall global health impact, the University was ranked seventh out of the 54 universities evaluated.

“Because we were looking at a

Let’s talk about sex.

Better yet, let’s talk about sex with a bunch of 14-year-olds.

From 19th century Germany. And let’s listen to them sing about it.

In fact, let’s just watch them do it.

Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s “Spring Awakening,” a rock musical based on the controversial 19th century German play of the same name, explores sexuality in a repressive society.

The Hoof ‘n’ Horn production follows a dozen students as they ask where babies come from, why they’re having wet dreams and whether life’s worth living.

“I knew when we started, I wasn’t going to shy away from any of this,” said director and junior SEE SPRING ON RECESS PAGE 6

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Students perform in “Spring Awakening,” a rock musical presented by Hoof ‘n’ Horn. The show opens tonight.

DSG debates SOFC budget, Page 2

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“I oxymoronically invite you all to join me in spending time alone....”

—Daniel Strunk in ‘All by myself.’ See column page 8

range of institutions... we tried to really use metrics that could be compared in a standard way across institutions,” said Bryan Collinsworth, UAEM’s executive director.

The cumulative grade each university received was determined by its scores in three categories— innovation, access and empowerment. Duke received a C+ in innovation and a B- in both access and empowerment, giving the University an overall grade of C+.

Duke, which was ranked seventh, followed schools such as Harvard University and Emory University, ranked five and six respectively.

The only school that did not fall within the B range was the University of British Columbia, which claimed first place with an A-.

Dr. Anthony So, a UAEM advisory board member and director SEE GRADE ON PAGE 4

Trumpeter Faddis plays with Duke Jazz, Recess page 3

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DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Website sorts Duke DSG debates next year’s SOFC budget courses by culture

by Raisa Chowdhury

by Carleigh Stiehm

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Students looking to cross physical and academic borders have a new tool to use.

Culture and foreign language departments are actively promoting course offerings through Culture Shock, a new online service that makes exploring lesser-known courses on culture an easier and more accessible venture during the bookbagging and registration periods.

“We are a language department but also a culture department,” said Beth Holmgren, Slavic and Eurasian studies department chair and a leader behind the site’s creation.

“When students are shopping for courses, they might... say, ‘Oh, I have to fill my language requirement,’ and the [area studies] departments do teach languages fabulously, but they also teach culture.”

The program is intended to promote overlooked courses by targeting students who are thinking about going or returning from overseas programs such as study abroad or DukeEngage, Holmgren said.

“We all have enrollment issues in the humanities,” said Carla Antonaccio, classical studies department chair and professor of archaeology.

Culture Shock features an interactive world map that allows students to browse what courses are offered regarding the culture, customs, literature, arts and politics of different countries. Other search filters include religion, translated literature and film and visual or performing arts.

The current participating departments offer many courses taught in English that

Duke Student Government debated the Student Organization Finance Committee’s annual budget for next year at its meeting Wednesday.

The SOFC annual budget funds capital expenditures that the group needs to function and major expenditures for events outside the realm of the programming fund for chartered groups, said SOFC Chair Kat Krieger, a junior.

The budget will be finalized following a Senate body vote next week.

“Making sure that students have access to the proper funding to run their events is a crucial aspect of the role of DSG,” said sophomore Jacob Zionce, DSG vice president for residential life.

There were a total of 12 groups that appealed the amount that they had been granted. A total of 51 groups applied for funding from the budget. The groups that appealed were The Inferno, Society of Women Engineers, Black Student Alliance, Peer For You, Duke Chess Club, The Chanticleer, Duke College Republicans, Muslim Students Association, Christian Cambridge Fellowship, Duke East Asia Nexus, Consulting Club and Duke Partnership for Service.

The appeals were debated this week and will be voted on next week.

Last year, two groups appealed their funding allocations.

Junior Marcus Benning, senator for Durham and regional affairs, said that

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SOFC Chair Katherine Krieger spoke about budget issues at Wednesday’s DSG meeting. it is important that SOFC maintain uniform policies for funding—if SOFC funds one group’s posters, it should fund all group’s posters.

The Senate tabled discussions on funding for Duke’s student yearbook, The Chanticleer.

“Last year, The Chanticleer comprised over one seventh of the SOFC budget and this year, SOFC line-itemized their request SEE DSG ON PAGE 4

use accessible materials such as translated readings and films with subtitles that students without a related foreign language background may take, Holmgren said. Participating departments include Asian and Middle Eastern studies, classical studies, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Romance studies and Slavic and Eurasian studies.

Students outside the departments participating in Culture Shock who are interested in exploring cultural themes often choose interdisciplinary or profession-oriented initiatives instead, Antonaccio added.

“Humanities everywhere are making their stand in liberal arts education, one that’s not just about having a job but about getting an education, but sometimes it’s difficult in this present economy,” she said.

“Duke and places like it are expensive to attend and parents and families are concerned with how [students] are going to make a living after, especially if they’re in debt, as many people are.”

There are plans to include courses from more popular departments such as history and cultural anthropology that offer courses related to the topics highlighted by the program, Holmgren said.

Although cross-listing can help increase enrollment, Antonaccio said convincing faculty to agree to share listings for courses housed in other departments is challenging because they typically prioritize increasing enrollment in their own departments.

Greater student interest in courses leads to SEE CULTURE ON PAGE 4

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TRUMAN from page 1 are destined to be changemakers and change agents for the public good for life.

I think it’s a testimony to two young men who put community ahead of themselves. They are so thoughtful, so assertive and so powerful for change.”

Patrick Oathout Tobia said he believes his experience working as a human rights intern for the United Nations likely played a significant role in winning the scholarship.

He hopes to use that experience to continue to work for LGBTQ rights.

“I’m interested in how we can use the U.N. and Jacob Tobia other international bodies to fight violence against LGBTQ people around the world,” Tobia said.

Tobia, a human rights advocacy major through Program II, already has experience as an advocate for LGBTQ rights—he spearheaded a joint campus initiative to oppose Amendment One, an amendment to North Carolina’s constitution banning same-sex marriage and civil unions, and worked to secure gender-neutral housing options for students.

Oathout, a columnist for The Chronicle who is majoring in public policy and philosophy, is also an advocate for LGBTQ rights.

His prior work focused on resettlement and refugees, particularly those who identify with the LGBTQ community. He has plans to work with the State Department at the Domestic Resettlement/Refugee Admissions desk after he graduates.

Oathout, who has been a member of DSG

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since his freshman year, noted his consistent commitment to public service on campus despite several failures in terms of elections and legislative battles. He added that he had run for office five time his first year at Duke and even after having lost all those elections, Oathout decided he still wanted to participate in student government.

“You have to be resilient through that failure,” he said. “A lot of my education from Duke doesn’t just come from my classes—it comes from the people I’ve interacted with.”

Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, noted that despite different goals, both Oathout and Tobia share a passion for public service and commitment to social justice—traits essential for a Truman Scholar.

Duke nominated four students this year, Nowicki added. With Oathout and Tobia’s selection into the scholarship program, the University will have had a total of 42 students receive a Truman Scholarship since the program’s inception in 1977.

The scholarship will give Tobia more confidence to express his queerness in public spaces, he said.

“I really think that honors like these help me to be confident in bringing my queerness into any space,” Tobia said. “Being able to say I’m a Truman Scholar makes it easier to walk into board meeting with high heels on and makes it easier for me to be validated as a queer person within spaces of power.”

Oathout also noted the network of individuals available as a Truman Scholar. The community will be essential in the development of his interests and providing constructive feedback on personal character, he added.

“Especially in the next 10 years of my life, I am going to have so many questions,” he said.

“And having that network of individuals who can really mentor me through that process is the most important part of the scholarship for me.”

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Jazz musicians perform at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture Wednesday night, a weekly installment at the center.

DSG President Alex Swain, who noted that she has worked extensively with both Oathout and Tobia, said their drive and intelligence make them very deserving of the scholarship.

“They both have a commitment to social justice and understanding different perspectives,” Swain, a senior, said. “That will serve them well with their work in the future.”

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CULTURE from page 2 greater allotment of resources to the host department, making it difficult for other programs to maintain strong faculty, she noted.

Culture Shock lists the course number, title and any areas of knowledge or modes of inquiry requirements fulfilled for easy evaluation of courses by browsers.

“We let them know… what [courses] pertain to aside from culture—something that would help them connect it to what they’re doing in their program,” Holmgren said.

In the future, the site collaborators hope to provide links directly to course listings in ACES to encourage more students to enroll and not forget what they find, Antonaccio said.

“It was very easy to work through and get information quickly,” sophomore Rebecca Holmes said after using the site to receive a free promotional t-shirt. She did not register in any of the classes she looked at on the site, however, because none fulfilled the graduation requirements she needed.

Holmgren added that it would be helpful if each course listed programs where the coursework could be applied, such

as related study abroad, DukeEngage and DukeImmerse offerings.

Culture Shock went live last Fall during registration period and is currently hosting a t-shirt contest for the first 250 individuals to explore the site. So far the site has had nearly 1,000 page views and 57 students have claimed t-shirts, Deborah Hill, associate dean of communications at Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, wrote in an email Tuesday.

Currently the most explored courses on the website are Russian 310S: The Russian Fairy Tale and its Cultural Legacy, AMES 471: World of Korean Cinema and Romance Studies 204: Soccer Politics, Hill wrote. The site will only be live during bookbagging and registration periods and will be taken down in the interim periods.

Holmgren said it is rewarding for students majoring in social sciences and natural sciences to take courses in the humanities for the worldly insight they provide.

“It’s all about learning about life,” Holmgren said. “The way I see your Duke experience, some of it is going to be pride and you’re going to use it for your future career and a lot of it is the good for the long journey to come—something that will nourish you intellectually and spiritually for the rest

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of the Program on Global Health and Technology Access, noted the importance of the report card in making Duke’s research globally relevant.

“The University Global Health Impact Report Card makes knowledge in the service of society a measurable milestone,” So, who is also professor of the practice of public policy and global health, wrote in an email Tuesday. “It will help universities to aspire to better translate discoveries from bench to bedside—prioritizing research and licensing inventions to better reach the millions in need of life-saving technologies for global health.”

MD/MBA candidate Manisha Bhattacharya, a member of the Duke Global Health Institute’s student council, said she was not surprised by Duke receiving a C+ because it is difficult to assess how a university’s intellectual property will affect global health.

Chris Paul, Ph.D candidate in environmental policy and doctoral student at the Duke Global Health Institute, noted his discontent with Duke’s grade because the report card failed to assess programs aside from research that have a positive impact on global health.

“I’m disappointed with this narrow assessment of Duke’s efforts in work abroad and specifically global health.... Duke’s active global health efforts are not only by the University and medical school,” Paul wrote in an email Wednesday. “Duke could do more to support the study of neglected tropical diseases and other health concerns for the world’s poorest, but the many programs that get Duke students to work in low-resource settings and reflect on their experiences are critical in global health training.”

Paul noted, however, that the University’s new global health curriculum is a good step in preparing undergraduates to make a positive difference in global health.

Global health will be offered as a co-major and minor for the first time in the Fall. As a co-major, global health cannot stand alone and must be paired with another major of the student’s choice.

Bhattacharya said the changes in Duke’s curriculum are a potential source of improvement for the University.

“The major and minor is a really big step for Duke,” Bhattacharya said. “The fact that it’s a co-major is an opportunity for students to combine necessary knowledge and bring it to their understanding of global health.”

For universities who hope to improve their global health grade, the UAEM website outlines many ways universities can elevate their score, such as increasing the number of individuals who research diseases prevalent in poorer regions, such as typhoid.

“The report card can allow Duke to see what our role is in creating social impact through all of the wonderful research work that’s done at our University [and] how can we align our policies to maximize [our] social impact, ” Bhattacharya said.

DSG from page 2 to decrease that cost significantly,” Krieger said. “That is the main ticket item for DSG to debate next week.”

In the past, The Chanticleer has been printed and mailed to every member of the senior class following graduation, Krieger said. There were also 900 printed and delivered to underclassmen.

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FOOTBALL SPRING PREVIEW

Can Duke rebuild its defensive backfield?

by Zac Elder THE CHRONICLE

After graduating four of its top defensive backs, the Duke secondary could be one of the team’s biggest question marks heading into the 2013 season.

The Blue Devils gave up more than 260 yards through the air to opponents last year and will have several holes to fill in a secondary that struggled to defend the vertical pass.

“It certainly was a nemesis to us,” Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We’ve addressed [getting beat by the deep ball] all off season, schematically…. But you’ve got to keep it in front of you better than we did a year ago.”

While most college programs use defensive packages with four defensive backs on the field at a time, the Blue Devils primarily run a five-defensive back 4-2-5 scheme, with three safeties and two cornerbacks.

The loss of senior safeties Walt Canty and Jordon Byas and cornerbacks Lee Butler and Tony Foster has left little experience in the secondary.

The rebuilding process will center on redshirt senior Ross Cockrell, one of the few remaining members of the secondary with significant game experience. The 2012 AllACC selection spent most of last season on an island against the conference’s best receivers, as the Blue Devils were often forced to put eight men in the box to defend the run.

Cockrell is Duke’s best single-coverage option and will have to be reliable again in 2013 if the secondary has any chance of limiting opponents’ passing attacks.

To go along with the experience of Cockrell at cornerback will be safeties Jeremy Cash—who practiced with the team last season while sitting out the year after transferring—and Dwayne Norman. Cash transfered after playing in five games as a true freshman at Ohio State. At 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, Cash owns an imposing physical frame and will have a large role to fill next season. Norman played in all 13 games last season as a true freshman and finished the year ranked sec-

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Duke cornerback Ross Cockrell led the ACC in interceptions last season and will be the key to next year’s defensive backfield. ond among All-ACC freshmen with 60 tackles.

Redshirt freshman Corbin McCarthy is listed as the third starter at safety on the spring depth chart. McCarthy only played in two games last year, recording four tackles before a shoulder injury knocked him out for the season.

“Ross Cockrell is where everything starts,” Cutcliffe said.

“Right now, if we can stay healthy our starting three safeties are Dwayne Norman, Jeremy Cash and Corbin McCarthy. I really like the looks of that…. We can be more athletic than

we have been in the secondary.”

But even if the Blue Devils are more athletic in the secondary than they were last year, the lack of experience could be troubling as the season approaches.

The fifth and final starting spot in the secondary, the second cornerback position, is the spot most up in the air at this point. The current depth spring depth chart has redshirt freshman DeVon Edwards filling that role. Edwards has yet to play in his first Division I football game.

“We’re going to need a lot of contributors on defense because everybody we lost last year, it goes without saying, were seniors and leaders on the team,” Cockrell said. “We need guys to come and step in for the guys we lost. Not just new players but new leaders.”

After the starting five defensive backs, the secondary has almost zero game experience.

Incoming freshmen Quay Mann and Evrett Edwards will both see playing time in their first season as Blue Devils.

Coaches are high on the young prospects, but it is yet to be seen how quickly they can adjust to the speed of the college game. Fifth-year senior Garrett Patterson will also see significant playing time for the first time in his career. The backup safeties also have little experience between them.

During spring practice, which culminates Saturday with the Spring Game, Duke has been focusing on defending against its “nemesis,” the vertical pass. Limiting big plays through the air will be key if the Blue Devils want to challenge the ACC’s best and make a run at a conference championship.

“We can’t give up explosive plays, and that’s where we struggled most as a defense,” Cockrell said. “Especially at critical times in the game, when it was a third down, and we really needed to get a stop or a critical drive and we needed to get a stop, we gave up a touchdown. Something just seemed to happen. We have some tweaks for our defense to try and limit those and protect ourselves deep to short.”

When the day comes, who replaces Coach K? The day is looming.

It’s a day Duke basketball fans dread, and they often refuse to accept its impending reality. It’s a day that will change the complexion of the University, its basketball program and the entire landscape of college basketball.

That day is the inevitable retirement of Mike Krzyzewski y and the end of his storied Brady tenure as the head coach at Duke.

Whether that day is two years from now or 10 years, nobody except for thee 65-year old himself knows. But, ut, there is a lingering question in the back of everyone’s mind: Who o will take ham when over the helm in Durham the all-time winningest st college gs ‘em up? basketball coach hangs The man who earns ns the gig will have the keys to what is arguably the greatest kingdom in college basketball. Folps of a living legend with lowing in the footsteps a list of accolades thatt extends the length of Tobacco Road itself iss a job of unprecedented pressure. And Blue Devil athletic director Kevin White will face arguably greater stakes when the time comess to conduct the coaching search.

New candidates will ill likely emerge in the interim, but at this is moment, here is my

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breakdown of potential successors.

Hiring from the Krzyzewski coaching tree If someone from the Krzyzewski coaching lineage gets the nod, it would come down to Chris Collins, Tommy Amaker, Johnny Dawkins or Jeff Capel—all of whom have their question marks still.

Since becoming the Northwestern head coach two weeks ago, g Chris Collins has paved potential position himself to a path to potentially Du be the man in Durham down the road.

Du assistant and player If the former Duke can find success these next few years at the only BCS pro program to never qualify for the NCAA T Tournament, he will be firmly in the m mix.

Amaker ha has shaped Harvard into one of the th perennial top dogs in the Ivy Lea League, while drastically elevating its recruiting profile too.

Without hi his two best players this season, h he had the Crimson in D the Big Dance—where they o upset thi third-seeded New Mexico Ro cin the Round of 64—for the seccons ond consecutive season. Amakerr o struggled when given the keys to a major program, though, failingg pr to reach the NCAA Tournament nt Michi m as Michigan’s head coach from 2001-2007.

2001-20 As the Stanford head coach, coac Dawkins has been too underwhelming thus far to garner serious con-

sideration for the Duke job. The former Blue Devil guard and assistant coach has a 93-73 overall record, no NCAA tournament appearances and a 39-51 record in what has been a weak Pac-12 Conference.

Capel proved that he can win and recruit while he was the head coach at Oklahoma and VCU, guiding the Sooners and Rams to NCAA Tournament berths and producing the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft—Blake Griffin. And if recruiting is the No. 1 priority, then Capel is the guy. Widely considered to be one of Duke’s best recruiters, with a gift for relating well to youngsters, Capel’s Big 12 connections played integral roles in Duke landing Texas natives Rasheed Sulaimon and 2013 signee Matt Jones.

Capel will likely need to prove himself again as head coach. Otherwise he might be on the outside looking in when the Duke job opens up.

Butler head coach Brad Stevens Since the epic 2010 national championship game that saw the Blue Devils hold off Steven’s Cinderella Bulldogs, Duke’s fan base (particularly on popular message boards) has had a borderline inappropriate crush on Stevens. A schematic genius with a knack for getting more out of his

predominately no-name players than what is thinkable, the 36-year old has single-handedly turned Butler into a mainstay in the NCAA tournament and a consistent giant-slayer in college hoops.

Perhaps the biggest attraction is how Stevens perfectly fits the Duke program’s image. He is as humble as he is successful— highlighted by back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2010 and 2011. And he’s a proven winner—with a career 166-49 record—with a resume that is as immaculate as it is impressive.

Often viewed as the future face of college basketball, Stevens will almost certainly be at the top of White’s wish list when Krzyzewski retires. The skeptics have one question: Can he recruit at an elite level? This remains to be seen, but Duk Duke’s facilities, tradition, profile and confere conference will sell itself. The scary thought of Ste Stevens with McDonald’s AllAmericans would p prevent the Duke program from taking any steps backwards.

The real challenge will likely be prying him away from Butler, a program that he has remained loyal to despite being heavily court by BCS programs, incourted cluding clud UCLA and Illinois, in recent rece years. Two weeks ago, Stev signed an extension Stevens thro through the 2022 season. As an IIndiana native, his dream job is rumored to be Indiana, SEE BUCK ON PAGE 6

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BUCK from page 5 which will seemingly be held by Tom Crean for the foreseeable future. If Duke comes calling one day, Stevens will have to, o, at the very king the jump least, strongly contemplate making because his ceiling at Butler is limited. imited.

VCU head coach Shaka Smart Similar to Stevens, Smart is another young head coach at a mid-major school who has builtt a force to be reckoned with.

Smart employs a brand of basketball—Havoc: a fast, full-court pressure, 40-minutes-of-hell style of play—that may not perfectly align with the tenets of the Blue Devil program. Rather, many feel that he might be a better fit in Chapel Hill. The

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results of Smart’s approach, however, speak for themselves and would warrant interest from Duke: Smart owns a 111-36 record as a head coach with three straight NCAA Tournam Tournament appearances.

Few can match Smart’s intellect on the hardwood. He’s an exceptional motivator, very well spoken, and he carries himself in an admirable fashion. At a Blue Blood prog program, Smart would likely hav have little trouble recruiting top-flight players, especially since he has extensively recruited the ACC and SEC region from 2006-2009 as an assistant at Clemson and Florida, as well as his four years at VCU. R Regardless of who ascends to thro that person will have big the throne, shoes to fill.

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Sirkhassurgery Duke football quarterback Thomas Sirk ruptured his achilles tendon Wednesday during a team practice. The operation was performed by Dr. Claude T. Moorman, Duke’s head team physician and the director of Duke sports medicine.

There is no timetable for Sirk’s return, according to the team, but these injuries can take up to a year for a full recovery.

Sirk, who redshirted this season as a fresh-

man, was listed as the No. 2 quarterback on Duke’s depth chart. But he was expected to challenge starter Anthony Boone for snaps.

David Morris, a former QB at Ole Miss under David cutcliffe, who runs a football camp that helped Sirk get recruited by Duke spoke to Sirk and said, “He’s already talking about working hard to get back into the swing of things. It’s going to be a little while, but he has a great attitude.”

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Under the current disThe first solution would ciplinary system, students be to establish an internal found guilty of sexual assault sex offender registry accan be allowed to return to cessible to members of the Duke after serving a suspen- Duke community. There are sion of several semesters, several problems with this

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approach. First, it would stigmatize offenders to the point of impeding their ability to act as basic functioning members of the community.

It is difficult to maintain a community of scholars when some members are publicly recognized as responsible for sexual assault, and it is hard to imagine people on such a list maintaining even a semblance of a normal academic, extracurricular and social life. More importantly, it would not necessarily solve the safety problem. Simply because information about sex offenders is broadly available does not mean potential victims can protect themselves from a repeat offense.

A slightly better solution would be the creation of a zero-tolerance policy toward

sexual assault, with anyone found guilty automatically expelled from the University. This would better reflect the gravity of sexual assault, which is currently treated in the same manner as offenses like cheating. It would also promote a more trusting and safe community.

To be sure, there are problems with this solution.

Detractors will note, for instance, that the ‘preponderance of evidence’ standard used for sexual assault cases makes wrongful findings of guilt more likely. Given the lacrosse episode, this consideration cannot be ignored.

But the evidentiary standard, which is based on government recommendations and used by universities nationwide, cannot be the justi-

fication for a lenient sentencing policy. Duke should use a standard it feels confident is sufficient to establish guilt in cases involving sexual assault.

That standard having been set, the University must not hedge by meting out lighter punishments.

Sentencing should not be tied to the degree to which the University is certain of someone’s guilt—if there is significant doubt as to the guilt of the perpetrator, he or she should not be convicted.

One thing is clear: The status quo, in which the University allows perpetrators of sexual assault—as acknowledged by the disciplinary process—is unacceptable. There is no place for those found guilty of sexual assault at Duke.

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his past summer I spent four straight that these questions cry out for introspection and months in London. And while I knew a reflection. They cry out for time spent alone. couple of people there, took weekend trips But while I’ve found there is a tremendous to other European cities to visit Duke friends, emphasis placed on existential examination in and made plenty of new London Duke college life, there is also a acquaintances (there is a pub culcounterintuitive and paradoxiture in the United Kingdom that cal pressure to constantly spend is really quite wonderful), I nonetime with other people. We study theless spent a great deal of time together, eat together and conby myself. I lived alone in a singlestantly share everything with each room flat, explored London alone other on Facebook and Twitter. during the post-work-day evenings, Plenty of students on campus exand even spontaneously (some of cel at being in the know and condaniel strunk my friends think embarrassingly) stantly involved with their name toured Madame Tussauds alone, questions not asked out there. Our rush process in constructing a whole Facebook many ways favors extroverts over photo album of myself posing awesomely (or introverts. People rarely talk about the nights awkwardly) with wax figures. I did my best to they spend alone in their rooms watching movkeep off Facebook and Google chat, and I rarely ies or reading books, and if they do it’s usually in spoke on the phone. I was as alone during this a self-deprecating way. Taken too far, this mindsummer as I’ve ever been during any summer. set can erode our ability to answer the questions And I found it incredibly rewarding. we all have been challenged to answer.

Though I am, at least according to the MyersTo be clear, I am not saying that being social Brigg test, an extrovert, I place a very high value and spending time with others is intrinsically on alone time. By this I don’t mean sitting in a bad. To possibly state the completely obvious, chair by myself, staring off into space and think- spending large amounts of time with an incrediing—though that would certainly qualify. Rather, bly diverse student body is one of the single best I mean taking time out to reflect and recharge by things one can do in college. Friendships are watching TV, reading, running, writing or doing formed, points of view discussed, experiences any number of activities. The value I place in this shared, social skills garnered, ideas formulated. is possibly an ingrained result of past experience. I am also not saying that one can’t learn about Years ago when undergoing chemotherapy treat- oneself by spending time with other people. ment, there were long spans of time—sometimes Certainly a student whittles away at the existenmonths—when I was homebound or hospital- tial questions posed to him or her by virtue of bound. Back then I watched the morning trifecta interaction with fellow students. of “Ellen,” “Regis” and “The Price is Right” folBut I do not think one can answer any of life’s lowed by reading a good set of books. Today in important questions without taking significant college I’ve worked my way through “The Wire,” time out to reflect and soul-search. And again, I “Breaking Bad” and “Frasier” and have added would say that in many ways our campus culture comic books to the mix (though I usually read and generational inter-connectivity could put new-releases on my iPad—the Duke Special Col- up some barriers in one’s path to doing this. I lections has a truly phenomenal collection of old think this is a danger we should all avoid. comic books that I would highly recommend).

In closing, I’ll say that the first drafts of my I’ve found that in Duke college life, there is columns are never written on a computer. Funny a tremendous emphasis placed, sometimes ex- as it might be to imagine, I write most of my colplicitly but oftentimes implicitly, on certain exis- umns in my head as I run, usually while listening tential questions. Laurie Patton, dean of arts and to Eminem. Though my writing is published for sciences, has encouraged students this year to all to see, the process by which these columns “find their question”—a question that might not are formulated is inherently an introspective ever be answered, but that nonetheless drives a one. This is my last column of the year, and I student’s pursuits in life. Professors, administra- can say that this reflective process has been one tors and fellow students love to tell us to do such of the single most rewarding aspects of my colthings as “follow your dreams” and “think differ- lege career. I oxymoronically invite you all to ently” and “define thyself.” Many of my columns join me in spending more time alone. explicitly deal with these concepts, and I do not highlight such existential queries to diminish Daniel Strunk is a Trinity junior. His column their significance. Rather, I’d like to point out runs every other Thursday.

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asked Vice President of Student Affairs Larry Mon- isn’t fair for all of the students put at risk when sex ofeta what the typical sanction was for students found fenders return to campus. responsible for rape. This answer may shock you: A In a 2002 study performed by David Lisak, 1,900 common sanction applied is a one-year suspension. men at a midsize American university were asked in a I asked him if he was aware of any written survey the following two quesstudent having been expelled from tions: “Have you had sex with someone Duke when found responsible for rape too intoxicated to resist? Have you ever and he said, “not to my immediate recengaged in sex by threatening or using ollection.” physical force, such as holding down a In light of the very public allegations partner’s arms?” You might be happy to of rape against a candidate for Duke know that the vast majority of men have Student Government, there has been a never raped anyone, but the majority of lot of conversation about what the Fammen who had raped one individual had elena botella ily Educational Rights and Privacy Act raped multiple. In fact, they had raped (FERPA) requires. The Chronicle and a rebirth of wonder an average of six individuals.

DSG approached the Office of Student The conversation our campus is havAffairs, and both were told by administrators, includ- ing about sex offenders running for leadership posiing Moneta and Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek, that tions on campus is worthwhile. But to me, we’re igFERPA did not allow them to release any information noring much more fundamental questions like: “Why about Fedja Pavlovic’s disciplinary record. on earth do we allow known sex offenders to return FERPA makes it quite clear that universities may to campus in the first place?” and “If students have a disclose “to any third party the final results of a disci- right to know if the University found a potential electplinary proceeding related to a crime of violence or ed official responsible for rape, wouldn’t a student non-forcible sex offense if the student who is the al- also have a right to know if that guy who has asked her leged perpetrator is found to have violated the school’s to his frat’s semi-formal has ever been found responrules.” After I pointed this out to Moneta on Monday, sible for rape?” he consulted with other administrators and deterMoneta pointed out to me that the Behavior Asmined that it would remain the University’s policy; at sessment Team is charged with monitoring both those least for now, Duke will not disclose which students who have returned from disciplinary leave and othhad been found responsible for sexual misconduct, ers flagged as potentially at risk for unsafe behavior, but Moneta said that changing that policy was an idea to monitor whether those students pose a continuing “worthy of conversation.” Moneta did confirm that if threat. This system is better than nothing, and it may Fedja Pavlovic, or any other student, asked his office to even succeed at preventing a substantial number of make their disciplinary record public (presumably, to unfortunate incidents, but I’m unconvinced it can clear the air of accusations like those facing Pavlovic), routinely identify that a person is likely to commit asthat this request would be honored. sault before they commit it.

Right now, students who are found to be responWhen I asked Moneta whether students found resible for sexually assaulting another Duke student sponsible for rape should ever be allowed to return to often face only a one-year suspension, during which campus, Moneta called expulsion “Duke’s death penthey are free to pursue prestigious internships and alty,” but did not rule out my suggestion. I get what he do all the sorts of enriching things that students meant by the analogy—expulsion is Duke’s most serimight choose to do during a voluntary leave of ab- ous disciplinary sanction—but this is a little like saying sence. When the sex offender comes back, he can that getting a time-out is like capital punishment for tell everyone about his awesome internship, and no- toddlers. Yes, expulsion is serious and can have lifebody will be any wiser. The offender might pursue changing consequences, but having sex with someone leadership positions. We know that the psychological against his or her will is a very serious thing, often with consequences of being a rape victim are serious and life-changing consequences for the victim. No one long lasting—but a known rape perpetrator at Duke found responsible for rape should be allowed to refaces sanctions that barely, if at all, make that student turn to campus. If we do continue to allow sex offendworse off. A one-year suspension, put simply, is not a ers to return to campus, the administration should not meaningful deterrent. continue its policy of withholding the identities of rapA one-year suspension for an act of absolute con- ists from the public. tempt for another human’s ability to decide what happens to his or her own body is not a reasonable Elena Botella is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every punishment. It isn’t fair to the victims of rape, and it Thursday. You can follow Elena on Twitter @elenabotella.

orking as a front-end engineering designer is not an easy job. It requires proficiency in modern web development and Java Swing, experience prototyping in Photoshop, a degree in computer science and competence in Android, HTML5, iOS and other mobile development frameworks. And even then, in order to be great at front-end engineering design, there are more requirements: a passion for creating a great user experience, extreme attention to detail and most importantly—a thorough understanding of your audience. niva taylor The user is the ultimate arbiter the next big thing of success for any interface. If users can accomplish their tasks in a simple, efficient, intuitive way, then the designer is doing his job correctly. Hence, the advice given before a user interface design interview: “Keep the user in mind at every stage of the process.” This is to warn the interviewee against the classic mistake of assuming YOU, as the designer, are the user. It’s easy to forget that everyone experiences interface differently, and depending on what you’re designing, your users can be incredibly diverse. Name, Age, Occupation? Gender, Ethnicity, Ability? In what context will they be using the product? At work? At home? On a projected screen 10 feet away? Are they already familiar with a similar interface? Do they know how to copy and paste? Drag and drop? Open a context menu? Swipe and zoom?

So isn’t it obvious that the employee composition of these companies should be equally as diverse? I mean, after all, they are tasked with designing diverse products to serve diverse audiences. What better way to understand a breadth of users than to hire people from a breadth of experiences and talents? Most people will agree that diversity is important. And many companies boast that they are working actively to recruit people of diverse backgrounds. However, when CNN Money recently requested work diversity data from 20 leading technology companies, only five were willing to release information: Cisco, Dell, eBay, Ingram Micro and Intel. The companies that avoided releasing data included Amazon, Facebook, Groupon, Hulu, LinkedIn, Living Social, Netflix, Twitter, Yelp, Zynga, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. This lack of participation and the dismal results reported indicate that diversity is still an issue. The data that were offered exhibited what one might expect—ethnic minorities and women are generally underrepresented. In management roles, this is even more common.

The common excuse for the disparity in company employee profiles is that the pool of eligible technical talent is already small, and the set of diverse candidates is even smaller. Most companies opt for the easier route of hiring capable candidates from competing companies. This allows them to concentrate on staying relevant in the race to out compete and be efficient. The idea of investing in better practices for the long-term success of the organization by helping educate groups that would otherwise not have known about such opportunities seems like too much effort for most.

It’s impossible to create great products and services without a thorough understanding of all possible changing needs and concerns. This problem is even more acute when the companies have staffs that are not reflective of their users. The launch of Google Buzz illustrates this issue well. Buzz was first tested with 20,000 Google employees. Still, the feature launched with several glitches and received loads of complaints. Buzz was ultimately dropped.

Despite running smoothly with a large base of Google employees, they hadn’t kept their real users in mind. In front-end engineering design, the importance of diversity is most evident. Recently, Etsy released a success story about increasing its female engineer base by nearly 500 percent. By changing the way it recruits and develops its female talent, Etsy is now more representative of its user base (which is 80 percent female). The change brought a talented pool of diverse, capable individuals to a previously gender-homogeneous group. In designing and coding, there are many different personal approaches. Adding more diversity can only introduce more solutions to the problems that need to be solved. Having a diverse employee composition breeds better solutions.

While the current numbers concerning diversity in tech aren’t ideal, masking them certainly doesn’t solve the problem. In order to continue building products that connect well with costumers, companies need to be more active about reaching out, training and recruiting minority groups. After all, you can care deeply about CoffeeScript, obsess over pixel perfection, demand smoothness in animations and want nothing more than to build interfaces that people love to use, but if you can’t understand your diverse user base, it won’t happen.

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shortcomings and advantages. Art is generally holistic, science generally dissective. There is a time to think artistically and a time to think scientifically. Right?

Four artists and scientists recently published a manifesto #artsconfessions: I am a Bio major. #scienceconfessions: I in Leonardo, the publication of the International Society for am an editor for this arts publication and I play in the orches- the Arts, Science and Technology. They opened with two statetra. Phrasing these statements as confessions is a bit disconcert- ments: ing, but they feel like confessions. Science and art, two of the 1) Everything can be understood through art, but that most important things in my life, never seem to occupy the understanding is incomplete. same space for me. There’s “science Ted:” that logical, ratio2) Everything can be understood through science, but nal thinker who reads journal papers and actually enjoys them. that understanding is incomplete.

Then there’s “artistic Ted.” He plays the bassoon and is fond of When I read those first two points, I was blown away. mid-century architecture. SciTed makes bad puns and ArtsTed According to their manifesto, nothing can be completely favors absurdist humor. If these two versions of myself could understood without the use of both art and science. They occupy different bodies, I’d imagine they would get in a lot of don’t place value or importance and instead set art as the arguments. yin to science’s yang. They’re telling me that ArtTed and My two minds function on fundamentally different para- SciTed need to put aside their differences if I am going to digms. SciTed applies the techniques of scientific inquiry to truly understand the world. whatever problem is at hand. He draws from his bank of knowlThe authors of the aforementioned manifesto came up with edge to solve problems and is wary of the unknown, but his an uncreative term for the intersection between art and science: conservative thought process makes for a reliable, if predict- ArtScience. They describe it as “synaesthetic experience inteable, decision. ArtsTed functions in another world. He does grated with analytical exploration.” I am a little concerned with not consciously consider prior experience, and he does not their choice of titles (ArtScience is the best they could come seek to parse the landscape simply for the sake of parsing it. up with?), but their sentiments are admirable. True innovation His reactions are instinctive and visceral, his decisions based must come from an intimate internal collaboration between only on feelings. the artists and scientists in all of us. By not allowing ArtsTed and Why do I feel this distinction? Perhaps the answer lies SciTed to brainstorm a problem together, I am severely limiting in the fact that varying pursuits require separate frames of my potential for creativity and innovation. mind. Art and science are fundamentally different ways When I look back on my experience at Duke, it is difficult to of parsing and exploring the world, each with their own find instances where ArtsTed and SciTed sat down at the same table. My classroom learning has been binarily art or science.

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ary classes, attempts to bring students and faculty from varying departments into the same intellectual realm. But concretely defining such thematic areas as “Brain & Society” and the cryptically titled “Energy” shoehorns thought in a way that goes against the essence of innovation. I applaud the effort, and their reasoning is sound, but top-down institutionalization of interdisciplinarity is not the way to garner innovative partnerships of minds.

True collaborative spirit must stem from individuals, not institutions. It isn’t up to Duke to dictate the collaborations of its students and faculty. It is up to Duke to set up a framework in which multi-disciplinary thought can happen organically. The individuals and the institution must (you guessed it) collaborate for the sake of collaborations. Like every college senior on the planet, I have been spending a lot of time lately thinking about my future. I am most enamored by jobs that would put me to work alongside specialists from varying fields. Imagine if Duke’s academic landscape functioned like a think-tank, where experts come together to think creatively. This is, of course, different from the internal cognitive cooperation outlined by ArtScience, but the same fundamental principles apply to individuals and groups. Meaningful team-thought leads us to places we couldn’t go alone. It’s exciting to consider that such intellectual partnerships could be just around the corner.

I can only hope that ArtsTed and SciTed can also work together in the same way.

One scenario sticks out in my mind as the closest ArtsTed and SciTed have come to working in concert. I have spent a few of my summers at a summer camp in Western North Carolina. Luckily for me, my job description includes spending a lot of time wandering through the forest or taking in magnificent Appalachian vistas. As I am walking through the trees, ArtsTed notices the crepuscular rays filtering through the trees and wishes he had a good camera.

SciTed marvels at the mighty oak, whose upper branches are fed completely by capillary action. ArtsTed notices how the mountainous landscape, when viewed from afar, looks like a toad’s back or a zoomed-in perspective of someone’s fingerprints. SciTed contemplates geology and plate tectonics. ArtsTed and SciTed play off each other, noting and relating the aesthetic and the analytic. Both are correct.

Both are thinking valuable thoughts. Both need to be listened to.

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Faddis to perform with Duke Jazz Ensemble

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It’s been a big year for the Duke Jazz Ensemble. They collaborated with Duke Swing Dance Club and Jazz@ to present “A Night of Swing,� which was so successful that it seems bound to become a yearly event. This Friday the group will be joined by one of the world’s most acclaimed trumpet players, Jon Faddis, for the Alumni Weekend Concert on Apr. 12 in Page Auditorium.

Faddis has performed extensively with some of jazz’s greats.

He led the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars and served as artistic director for the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Since 2010, he has led the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York. He’s also celebrated as a music educator for jazz and trumpet and teaches at The Conservatory of Music at Purchase College-SUNY. It’s not the first time that the Jazz Ensemble has performed with renowned guests: past performances have included the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. John Brown, as-

sociate professor of music and director of the Duke jazz program, explained that by bringing in a high-profile guest artist Duke’s jazz program is distinguished apart from others in the nation. Students will have a rare window into what Faddis has learned as well as an opportunity to perform beside the lead trumpet player who Brown hails as “one of the best ever.�

The Jazz Ensemble has performed over Alumni Weekend ever since Brown came to Duke. “It’s an opportunity for students to share what they have learned,� Brown said, “and [to share] what they have worked on to a receptive audience.�

In general guest artists arrive for a minimum of three days for what Brown calls a “mini residency,� which allows students real time with the artist. A couple months prior, the guest artist sends a body of music from which Brown and the artist will later select pieces to perform. When choosing, Brown and Faddis will focus their efforts to accommodate and showcase the band and its capabilities while also determining what they desire for the overall feel of the performance.

Duke music professor premieres composition

by Adrienne Harreveld THE CHRONICLE

Professor Stephen Jaffe, Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition, has made numerous concertos, recordings and compositions. His music has been performed by world-renowned symphony orchestras. But on April 14, audiences can hear the world premiere of his new composition “Southern Lights� performed by Durham’s own symphony orchestra.

This will be the first time the Durham Symphony Orchestra has ever performed a world premiere. The collaboration happened when Bill Curry, conductor of DSO, approached Stephen Jaffe about performing one of his concertos. Though Curry expected to play one of Jaffe’s old pieces, Jaffe had a draft of “Southern Lights� and he offered DSO the opportunity to premier it. Curry replied that the orchestra would “be honored to perform it.�

Throughout the process, Jaffe has been a composer in residence for the group. Unlike most guest composers or conductors who tend to meet with an orchestra for fifteen minutes, Jaffe has forged close relationships with the symphony’s musicians. The performers have responded well, and board of directors member Angie Cain said that the musicians are “thrilled� by the opportunity to play Jaffe’s piece.

The concert, called “Celebration,� is not the first collaboration between Curry and Jaffe. Curry, who is also the conductor of the North Carolina Symphony, has played Jaffe’s music previously. Jaffe said that he finds the thoroughness of the collaborations ideal. He most enjoys creating music that is both “meaningful and interesting� but he enjoys the entire process. “Southern Lights� is a three-movement composition that draws inspiration from Duke Ellington’s “Northern Lights.� “Southern Lights� is rooted in blues, late classical idioms and Jaffe’s own self-titled “boogie feel.� The second movement comes from a short encore piece, “Cut Time,� that Jaffe wrote for the National Symphony Orchestra in 2006 that couldn’t stand alone. While Ellington’s compositions may have inspired “Southern Lights,� Jaffe doesn’t think the title is optimal. He prefers the title of the first movement, “Still Life in Blue,� which is also the only movement that Jaffe said could exist on its own. “Cut Time� and “Smile� are much shorter. “Smile� is one long sustained note overlaid with recordings of youth orchestras and rehearsals of young musicians. The movement exhibits Jaffe’s personal convictions about public music education and the value of music in children’s lives.

Rather than focusing on his accomplishments, Jaffe emphasized community collaboration. Each year the Durham Symphony Orchestra hosts a side-by-side concert with KidZNotes musicians. KidZNotes is a nonprofit that provides free instruments and music lessons SEE SYMPHONY ON PAGE 6

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“With Brown, you’re not only being taught by a top educator and musician, but by someone who’s regarded by people in the music world not only as an associate but as a friend,� said Bradford Ellison, first-year student and trombonist.

Brown has also brought many talented musicians to work with his students. Ellison recalled that at his first concert at Duke he performed alongside Wycliffe Gordon who, Ellison said, has been regarded over the past decade as “the best trombonist in the world.� Ellison explains that jazz was one of the reasons he chose to attend Duke, and he notes the ensemble as another example of Duke’s undergraduate resources.

Cameron Thompkins, a senior music major and tenor saxophonist for the ensemble, has equally positive thoughts about Duke’s jazz scene. “While Duke may comparatively be the ‘small pond,’ the staff and alumni are doing great things in their fields‌The resources at our disposal are fantastic.

Among those is the ability to bring jazz legends such as Jon

Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus

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Photography Ronald Reis exhibit depicts urban settings

by Dan Fishman THE CHRONICLE

I’ve been walking past the photo exhibits in the long hallway in Perkins Library for a while. Right now, the exhibit features a photographer named Ronald Reis. It’s hard to find information about him even with a Google search, but it’s clear that most of the works exhibited are photos that Reis took in urban settings during the 1960s. It’s a time period when Diane Arbus and Garry Winogrand were also documenting everyday city life.

Ronald Reis is rarely heavy-handed. His photographs resemble frozen aquariums of city life. There is a group of teenagers beside a fountain. A child blows a balloon on the sidewalk in the summer. Men sit. Women chatter outside the beauty shop.

His photographs rarely spark ideas—and I mean that as praise. They allow me an occasion to feel all of the small pleasures of staring. I am watching people without the fear of eye contact. I know nobody. There are no distractions of movement. Four men on a ledge stare at heavy iron bocce balls as if celestial orbs. A girl at a flea market is overwhelmed by the size of tires.

Reis depicts liminal figures and he depicts businessmen.

Protestors sit cross-legged in an oblong circle. A mob of suited men look in the opposite direction. Nobody has won any of the stuffed animals at the amusement park. A man has lit a match. Astonished, he cranes his neck slightly forward, as if reading a menu, to smell the flame.

Many of the photographs are dominated by black. They are all black and white. The whites are sharp, too: the dress of a woman whose pose makes her appear naked. Walking down the hallway of Perkins late at night, they all mind their own business. It feels as if I’m aiming down the aisle of an airplane, free to eye the passengers at ease.

I wonder how it feels to follow Reis around cities. I wonder what paths he takes around New York. Who he knows of the women he’s photographed. The placard at the beginning of the hallway mentions something about the extraordinariness of the ordinary. I’m hesitant to agree. More appropriate terms are balanced and still. I’m not sure I understand anything new about the world.

The Perkins hallway is a peculiar space. The lights are sharp, rectangular and out of focus. The dotted white tiles of the drop-

down ceiling seem like confetti about to rain on New York.

He has gone to London and to Athens and to New Haven and to all five boroughs. The shots never feel imposed. They feel like candids whether they are or not. In today’s world of too many photos of too many things, these photos feel unashamed.

It feels foolish to talk in abstract terms because there is little abstract here. Reis allows room for story-making, though he doesn’t tell stories. They are meditative tools.

The cities seem old. Black and white has an obvious nostalgia.

A philosopher named Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.” Many of Reis’s photos prove him right.

Street Exposure: The Photographs of Ronald Reis are on exhibit in the Perkins Library Photography Gallery until May 18.

CDS exhibition showcases 40 years of photos

by Thomas Kavanagh THE CHRONICLE

What is it about Decatur County, Georgia—a small agricultural community just outside Atlanta—that fascinated the late Paul Kwilecki? Why would he spend a lifetime exclusively photographing one place? What kind of understanding does that depth of study bring?

The newest book—and corresponding exhibition—from the Center for Documentary Studies seeks to answer these questions.

Just this Tuesday, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Press, CDS published a 200-print collection and biographical study entitled One Place: Paul Kwilecki and Four Decades of Photographs from Decatur County, Georgia. Co-written by current CDS director Tom Rankin and former director Iris Tillman Hill, the book examines Kwilecki’s elegant, astute and thorough blackand-white photo documentation of both working- and merchantclass Georgians.

Courtney Reid-Eaton, the exhibition director at CDS, emphasized the breadth of Kwilecki’s study of Decatur County. She noted that though Kwilecki’s work was unusual for its size, it remains largely undiscovered.

“What’s exciting is that [Kwilecki’s collection] is kind of incomparable,” said Reid-Eaton.

“Who else has spent forty years in one

place?”

The collection is released as part of Documentary Arts and Culture, a series published by CDS and UNC Press that focuses on the history and traditions behind documentary culture. The last book in the series was Colors of Confinement, which presents photographer Bill Manbo’s documentation of the Japanese Internment Camp in Heart Mountain, Wyoming.

Kwilecki—who always worked alone—found that many artists balked at his choice to document a single community for such an extended period. In his essay “Decatur County,” which appears in One Place, Kwilecki defended his choice to exclusively document his home state.

“People confuse simple with small; they’re not the same thing,” writes Kwilecki in “Decatur County.” “There are no simple places or simple lives. [...] Life [in Decatur County] is like life everywhere, and I cannot think of a higher goal than understanding what we can of it.”

At times intense, and at others lighthearted, Kwilecki’s work captures the immense complexity of rural Georgian life. The artist shot everything from evangelical baptisms to courthouse weddings; from prisons to grocery stores; from hog killings to box factories. Kwilecki’s work focuses on scenes of everyday gatherings—moments in life that other photographers might gloss over. His portraits communicate the emotion embedded in subtle gestures: a logger adjusts his radio while driving his truck; a woman waits outside a courtroom; a minister prepares for a baptism during a revival meeting.

Although the collection spans several decades, Reid-Eaton noted, it doesn’t feel dated. She commented on Kwilecki’s ability to create narratives and aesthetics that transcend their historical context.

“Most of the images we show in the exhibition are from the 60s and 70s, but there are hundreds of images from every decade,” said Reid-Eaton. “Even then, it’s difficult to identify the changes. There’s a strange linked timelessness.”

The Kwilecki collection is currently held in the Archive for Documentary Arts, part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. His photographs are available for viewing online through the Library’s digital portal. A curated selection of his photographs and facsimi-

les of some of his manuscript collection are part of a traveling exhibition as well.

Rankin, who originally met Kwilecki in 2001 and began One Place in collaboration with the artist, described how Kwilecki’s work achieves a sense of intimacy because the artist’s rapport with subjects allowed him to traverse racial and socioeconomic tensions in the South.

“I think when Paul drove up in someone’s yard or into a church gathering to photograph, he would have been identified immediately as a local, as a Kwilecki, and as someone his subjects respected,” Rankin wrote in an email. “I believe their respect would come from both his relative place of privilege as a white merchant and also from his quiet deference and sensitivity to those things he chose to photograph.”

Modesty, it seems, was one of Kwilecki’s defining characteristics. The artist’s own manuscripts and correspondences with other artists, which are included in the collection and exhibition, suggest altruistic motivation for his work.

“The object of the project is to provide Decatur Countians of future generations a document... to access the life from which they sprang,” reads a letter in the CDS exhibition. “If this sounds outrageous or presumptions or ambitious, I plead guilty as charged.”

The One Place exhibition is currently on display at CDS through August. Additionally, Rankin will give a talk and book signing for One Place on April 25 at CDS from 6-9 p.m. Copies of One Place are available in bookstores and through University of North Carolina Press.

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Student Spotlight: Dylan Gleit, guitarist

by Katie Fernelius THE CHRONICLE

Dylan Gleit is a guitarist and first-year Pratt student with a budding music career. He has a successful EP and a music deal with CBS, and he’s part of a band that recently signed to Small Town Records. His band Mobius opened for Delta Rae at Reynolds Theater on March 22. Despite his growing success, he retained a humble yet eager demeanor as he and Recess writer Katie Fernelius discussed his music.

Recess: What got you into music?

Dylan Gleit: Well, my dad has been a serious drummer for over 40 years, so growing up I was constantly surrounded by his music and drum sets laying around the house. He recognized that I had an established degree of musical talent when I was at an early age, so he made a continuous effort to expose me to the musical world. I definitely owe my interest in music to him.

R: Why did you choose the guitar, specifically, above other instruments?

DG: To be completely honest, I started playing the guitar for the same reason every other teenage boy does—to get girls! That’s no lie. Also, there was just something about the image of a guy on stage with a guitar in his hands that seemed so intriguing to me. I first started playing the trumpet in fourth grade, and as I got older and my musical taste started shifting, I began going to concerts. I specifically remember being at a show and not being able to focus my eyes anywhere but on the guitarist. I would leave afterwards thinking, “Man, I really want that to be me rocking out up there on stage with a guitar. That would be so cool.” I then decided to pick up a guitar, and the rest is history.

R: What kind of opportunities have you gotten through your music?

DG: In 2009, I was accepted to the School of Rock Allstars, where I got to go on multiple tours a year, sometimes with guest artists like Jon Anderson of Yes and Brendon Small of Dethklok. I’ve also had the opportunity to perform at Hangout Fest and Gathering of the Vibes for two years in a row, where I got to share the stage with many artists, such as Jane’s Addiction, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, Zappa Plays Zappa, Skrillex and others. Back in New York, I was in a band called Studio Nine, which released a five-track EP entitled Watch Me Burn. CBS

found our EP and asked to use the instrumental tracks for music behind their sports reels and we’re in the final part of that process. Recently, my four-piece funk rock band here at Duke, Mobius, got signed to Small Town Records and we’re currently recording our debut EP. Honestly, I just feel so fortunate to be able to do what I love and have such amazing opportunities follow.

R: What role do you see music playing in your life post-college? Do you see it as a career or as a hobby?

DG: I definitely see music as a career for me.

However, music is such an extremely difficult field to succeed in. Yes, you have to be talented enough to be discovered. But aside from that and working hard to promote yourself, your success lies in the connections you have and the loyalty of your fans. It really all boils down to luck. You have to be in the right place at the right time in order to get discovered and ultimately be successful. Since there is no guaranteed path to success as a musician, I have decided to get a Mechanical Engineering degree here at Duke as a backup plan. After I graduate, I want to live in New York City—or as close to it as possible—and try to make a living as a musician for as long as I can. If after many years I’m still not living the life I want to live, I will have my degree to fall back on and music will take on the role of my primary hobby in life.

R: What inspires your music?

DG: I, like most individuals, write to express myself. Some people keep journals, have blogs or paint and draw, but I write songs. I write about the things in my life that cause me stress or challenges that I’m struggling to tackle. Lately, I’ve been writing many songs about a particular girl of interest who I don’t believe feels the same way about me.

It’s clearly a frustrating situation, so I write music about it because it helps me cope by expressing my feelings in a way that utilizes my passion. What I’m trying to say is, the difficulties in my life serve as my inspiration for writing new music.

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JAZZ from page 3 Faddis.” He explained that the professors in the music department challenge him “to explore the way that jazz operates inside contemporary music,” and that they’ve also exposed him to “the many types of music, composers, genres and forms that contribute to [his] ‘musical identity.’”

In Durham and at Duke, jazz expands with each passing year. This year students have had ample opportunities to experience music performed by fellow students, faculty and prominent touring artists. Such performances vary from Wednesday sessions at the Mary Lou to new jazz concert series organized

by Duke Performances and held at downtown venues such as Casbah and Motorco.

“It speaks loudly that DUU and Jazz@ are active in cultivating an environment to make jazz happen at Duke,” Brown said.

“I believe that there is both an active culture and a passive culture that recognize the importance and significance of jazz at Duke. It’s my job to ensure that jazz will live at Duke and live well.”

The upcoming Alumni Weekend concert showcases the Jazz Ensemble’s efforts over the past year, highlighting the signifi-

cance of their playing together and enthusiastically described

by Brown as the ensemble’s “culminating experience.” “[Jazz] is a part of the fabric of Duke,” said Brown. “It is my mission that no one will pass through Duke University without being touched by jazz in some way.”

The Duke Jazz Ensemble’s Alumni Weekend Concert will be held Friday, Apr. 12 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium. Tickets are available online or at the box office. More information can be found at http:// music.duke.edu/ensembles/jazz-program.

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he could have such an immersive and hands-on experience with the next orchestra that performs “Southern Lights,” but self-promotion and marketing are not his forte. He mentioned being grateful, however, for the opportunity to spend so much time working with musicians and students in his community. Jaffe also discussed the role the Carolina Theatre has played historically and what it provides the Durham art community, though he knows not many Duke students have made the pilgrimage, encouraging them to do so.

The concert on the 14 not only includes the premiere of “Southern Lights” but also the winner of the recent DSO concerto competition and selections from Wagner. As such, Cain hopes the concert will “appeal to a wide audience”—and an engaged one, at that.

“The upcoming concert is very challenging,” Cain said.

“And [it] has provided an opportunity for the musicians to stretch their ability.”

‘Celebration” will be performed at the Carolina Theatre at 3 p.m. on Sun., April 14. There will be a pre-concert talk by Jaffe at 2:30 p.m.

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Phil Watson. With song titles like “Totally F**ked” and a lot of onstage passion, Watson promises that audience members “can have their cake and eat it too.”

“If you’ve yet to be sexually awakened in any way… If you’ve always listened to your parents… If you’re the defiant type… If you’ve been in over your head, there’s a version of you in this show,” said co-producer and junior Daisygreen Stenhouse. “Everything we deal with in our lives is on this stage.”

Also onstage is the eight-piece orchestra, directed by senior Kevin He. The score is powerful and unforgettable, incorporating electric riffs and a full drum kit. The juxtaposition of modern sound and period dress highlights the teen angst that pours out of the rebellious and inquisitive cast of young adults.

The modest set and few props allow the audience to focus all of their attention on the performers—as if they could look away. The performance engages audience members through interpretive choreography and strong vocals in a series of numbers that are haunting at times, electrifying at others.

“The energy of the show is something people can feel,” said choreographer and junior Melanie Heredia, who also plays Thea, one of the schoolgirls. Heredia says the biggest challenge the actors face will be maintaining that energy through both acts, as the performance is fast-paced and full of big musical numbers.

Also challenging, namely for lead performers Drew Klingner and Jenna Lanz, is the final number of the second act, which contains partial nudity. A first for current Hoof ‘n’ Horn members, the inclusion of nudity onstage follows the current season’s reputation for pushing the envelope, with previous shows such as Avenue Q and Cabaret also containing explicit content.

The duo agrees that the show has pushed them outside of their comfort zone; Lanz, a sophomore, is particularly grateful that she was cast alongside Klingner, a junior and good friend of hers. “There’s a lot of intimacy between the characters that you can only fake so much,” she said.

The challenging themes presented in the show through tragic scenes and unforgettable scores will resonate long after the performance. The chilling duet between Martha (junior Mary Kate Francis) and Ilse (junior Abby Glackin) acts as a catharsis for the sexually assaulted characters; the ballad between forbidden lovers Ernst (senior Robert Francis) and Hanschen (junior Martavius Parrish) is equally captivating.

“It’s one of those tragic stories where everything that goes wrong could have easily been prevented if someone had said the right thing,” said Stenhouse. “It’s something we as a campus struggle with on a regular basis, just trying to communicate what we want and what we need from each other before everything gets catastrophic.”

Spring Awakening opens tonight, April 11 at 8p.m. in Reynolds Theater and will run until Sun., April 21. Tickets are available online or at the box office.

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