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The Chronicle 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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ONE ONE HUNDRED HUNDRED AND AND EIGHTH ninthYEAR, YEAR,Issue Issuexxx 57
New athletic fields to open finals week Gamma Phi
Beta preps for recruitment
by Hailey Cunningham The Chronicle
Three new athletic practice and recreation fields–two artificial turfs and one grass–will open to all students and faculty Dec. 13. The fields, located along Frank Bassett Drive behind Wallace Wade Stadium, are the athletic department’s first project financed by the Duke Forward capital campaign. The athletics segment of Duke Forward, centered on the theme “Building Champions,” aims to raise $250 million to support operating costs and the athletics endowment, as well as transform athletic facilities over the next three years. “This is the first step in creating more and better playing surfaces for our students at Duke and also fulfilling our master plan,” wrote Mike Cragg, deputy director of athletics and operations, in an email Monday. The next steps of the athletics plan include breaking ground for a track and field stadium and installing new bleachers and lighting for Koskinen Stadium. Duke Athletics also plans to upgrade Olympic sports facilities and Wallace Wade and Cameron Indoor stadiums. Eventually, there are plans to create a plaza connecting Wallace Wade, Cameron and other sports venues that will put the multipurpose William David Murray Building in a more prominent location. “We have to do the construction strategically,” said Senior Associate Director of Athletics Tom Coffman. “As we move around, upgrading facilities, we just have to be smart about what will be needed to be used when.”
by Jenna Zhang The Chronicle
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Students and faculty will see the unveiling of three new athletic fields Dec. 13.
Coffman cited poor gameday experiences for student athletes, coaches, fans and alumni as the catalyst behind the construction. “It’s important that athletics, as one
of the front porches of campus, is attractive,” Coffman said. “Our venues are not See fields, page 3
Gamma Phi Beta is preparing to recruit its first Duke pledge class in the Spring, becoming the tenth sorority on campus. Following the formal Panhellenic Association recruitment process for Spring, the new chapter will conduct public relations efforts and announce its extension process. Consultants from Gamma Phi Beta visited campus the week of Nov. 10 and hosted an information session. In contrast to the nine chapters currently on campus, Gamma Phi Beta will recruit unaffiliated juniors and seniors, as well as freshmen and sophomores. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life announced in April that Gamma Phi Beta would be joining the Greek community, after the Panhellenic Association made the decision to expand in Spring 2012. “We look for people that we think are going to be a part of our community and mesh well with the community,” said Clarybel Peguero, assistant dean and director of fraternity and sorority life. “Gamma Phi Beta really sold us on that it would be able to come in and really be a part of our Duke community,” The addition of the new chapter will serve to alleviate the burden on the current sororities of accommodating the large numbers of interested students. Gamma Phi Beta will also provide a new option for women who might choose not to rush at See gamma, page 8
DSG representatives seek to add courses that engage Durham by Patricia Spears The Chronicle
Duke Student Government representatives are working to increase Duke engagement with Durham affairs. Recognizing the changing politics in North Carolina, as well as student interest for increased involvement in local and regional affairs, DSG senators are working to help create more courses that focus on Durham history and politics. Sophomore Mousa Alshanteer, senator for Durham and regional affairs, worked in conjunction with freshman James Ferencsik, senator for academic affairs, to gauge faculty interest and develop a plan moving forward. “Too often…Duke becomes a kind of bubble,” said Orin Starn, chair and professor of cultural anthropology. “Students don’t leave campus. They go off to study about Af-
rica, about Asia…but aren’t really as aware of cultural issues, historical issues, political challenges closer to home.” The University used to offer many classes on local and state governments, the history of Duke and the history of the region, including the involvement in the civil rights movement, noted Alshanteer, who is the editorial page managing editor for The Chronicle. These classes were extremely popular, he added, but interest in global affairs and changes in faculty forced a decline in courses of this nature being offered. Some of these courses remain—generally through service-based learning—but are offered inconsistently, Alshanteer said. Although there are many existing connections between the University and the surrounding community, only a select few have students directly involved.
Junior Ray Li, vice president for academic affairs, noted that though service-learning courses brought students closer to the community, not all students have time for such a commitment, and these new courses may be more accessible. This type of community-based classwork is not unique to Duke. Many other schools in North Carolina—such as Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—as well as peer institutions like Brown University and Stanford University, offer courses about state and local affairs, Alshanteer said. He stressed that the new courses would not just be for history majors, but would encompass a wide range of interests, possibly including cultural anthropology, African and African American studies, women’s studies and engineering.
Much of the impetus for the new courses was the student interest in recent changes in state politics, including voting laws, Li said. Ferencsik said that a portion of this initiative would include programming aspects. Senators hope to engage local politicians and representatives of non-governmental organizations, as well as attend city council meetings. He said the desire to engage and make a difference in the community is a main benefit of the new coursework “If you don’t understand the world immediately outside of Duke, you don’t understand Duke, you don’t understand yourself as a student,” Ferenscik said. Even if not all students take these courses, those who do will make the student body better informed about the local community, Li See Education, page 8