October 29, 2014

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014

With 19 running, Court of Appeals ballot crowded

ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 38

After delays, reclamation pond to open in May Duke hopes pond will cut dependence on water from the city of Durham by 20 percent

Lack of voter interest is a concern for some in atypically full race

Rachel Chason University Editor

Neelesh Moorthy The Chronicle In an unusually tight race, 19 candidates are currently vying for the one seat available on North Carolina’s Court of Appeals. Analysts fear that voters in the November election will have less information to distinguish between the numerous candidates, and may be less likely to come out to the polls because of it. The abnormally crowded ballot is the result of Justice John Martin’s unexpected early retirement in August—which was announced too late in the election process for candidates to be narrowed to two in a primary election. “I think a lot of people looked at the race and felt like it might be wide open,” said Keischa Lovelace, a current candidate in the race and a Deputy Commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. “There wasn’t one individual who was the frontrunner.” Of the 19 candidates, many have relatively little judicial experience. The court of appeals typically is not a highprofile race, but the high number of See Appeals on Page 5

Brianna Siracuse | The Chronicle Plans for the reclamation pond began after a severe drought in 2007. The structure of the pond is completed and is beginning to fill with water with a final completion date set for May 2015.

After a series of delays caused by “one of the wettest winters in history,” the water reclamation pond is on track to open May 2015. Construction of the pond located at the corner of Erwin Road and Towerview Drive— which was initially scheduled to be completed Spring 2014—experienced a delay in the planting schedule which began in mid-October rather than wrapping in Septemeber as planned, said Sarah Burdick, director of administration and special projects for Duke Facilities Management. Now, construction of the pond, which will filter storm runoff from 22 percent of the main campus area and provide a standby reservoir during droughts, is running smoothly and on track to meet its new deadline. “The dam is complete and so is the earthwork – that means that the digging and shaping of the pond’s rim is complete and the pond is starting to fill with water,” Burdick said. She added that construction is now focused on the site’s amenities, including a bridge, gazebo and walking path. Sustainability—both in terms of construction and the final product—has been a focus of the project. Plans for the project began in 2008 after a drought in 2007 that was so severe that Durham had less than 60 days of water available. See Pond on Page 6

Sushi Love demand ‘unlike anything we had ever seen’ After high demand caused delays, the restaurant has tweaked its delivery system

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Kali Shulklapper University Editor A flood of student orders caused a severe delay in Sushi Love delivery Monday night, but the restaurant and Campus Enterprises were determined to make the process more efficient for the second night of delivery. Monday, on its first night as a MerchantsonPoints vendor, Sushi Love received more than 100 orders—an amount that is almost three times that of average nights at other MOP restaurants, said sophomore Colin Power, co-director of restaurants for Campus Enterprises. The influx of orders caused a massive delay in delivery, causing some stu-

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dents to wait more than three hours for their “The biggest problem was just volume,” food, and some to never see its arrival. But, said Brian Taylor, a junior and co-chair of despite an abundance of complaints, Power the Duke University Student Dining Advisory said the team successfully devised a manage- Committee. “People were counting down ment system to remedy the hours and placed the the problems—ensuring orders right away.” he biggest problem that Tuesday-night delivHe added that the ery ran smoothly. student body’s level of enwas just volume. “We anticipated that People were counting thusiasm was completely this would be a massive unexpected, creating success and planned for down the hours and placed both positive and negait to be one of the larg- the orders right away. tive consequences. est days ever seen,” Power “It was the first day — Brian Taylor and they are going to said. “But it blew [those expectations] out of the have some growing water. It was unlike anything we had ever pains,” Taylor said. “They are going to be a seen.” great vendor, but unfortunately were unable Power added that the the flood of orders to meet the services expected out of them for is not merely attributable to Sushi Love’s first that day.” week as an MOP vendor, but is a testament to Taylor encouraged students to bear with the amount of interest in the restaurant by See Sushi on Page 7 the Duke student body.

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Chronicle File Photo Sushi Love received more than 100 orders Monday night, causing some students to wait between two to three hours for their food.

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