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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 4

Senator Ted Biz masters offers grads new path New 1-year program Kennedy begins Monday dies at 77

by Zachary Tracer The chronicle

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., died late Tuesday night at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass. He was 77.

Kennedy was the second most senior member of the U.S. Senate at the time of his death. He had been in poor health since May 2008 when he suffered a seizure, according to The New York Times.

Renowned surgeon Dr. Allan Friedman operated on Kennedy in June Ted Kennedy 2008 at the Duke University Medical Center to treat a brain tumor.

A statement released by Friedman following the surgery said the procedure “accomplished our goals.”

One of the most prominent and influential members of the Senate, Kennedy cast an important vote on Medicare legislation just a few weeks after the surgery. His nearly 50 years of legislative experience made him a key figure in the health care debate even during the final months of his life.

“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” the Kennedy family said in a statement. ­—from staff reports

Andrew Becker graduated in the Spring with majors in music and German and could not find a job.

Ashley Gildin, Trinity ’09, had a few job offers, but didn’t want to take a low-paying position.

Whitney Dickinson, Trinity ’09, spent much of her time at Duke Bill Boulding planning to get a Ph.D. in psychology, only to decide in her senior year that her interests lay elsewhere.

All three went looking for a leg up in the competitive post-college job market brought about by the recession.

Blair Shepherd And all three decided to spend another year in the Gothic Wonderland, pursuing the new Master of Management Studies: Foundations of Business program at the Fuqua School of Business.

Fuqua administrators emphasized, however, that the MMS program is about See fuqua on page 5

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Duke University Union

DUU considers new committee to preserve traditions

by Christopher Ross The chronicle

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President Zachary Perret (above middle) proposed the creation of a ‘traditions comittee’ at DUU’s first meeting of the semester Tuesday evening.

The Duke University Union discussed creating a new committee in its first meeting of the new academic year Tuesday.

President Zachary Perret, a senior, introduced the idea to create a traditions committee that would help maintain the return of annual University events such as Tailgate, Last Day of Classes and Joe College Day. “Every now and then some group will start a tradition and keep it going for a few years,” Perret said. “The trouble is that these traditions are not up-kept in terms of drinking objectives—and when that happens things get shut down.”

He noted that excessive drinking was one of the contributing factors that led to Joe College Day getting shut down during its initial run from the early 1950s to the mid1970s.

“The [traditions] that we have built I think are worth protecting,” he added.

A few DUU members were uncertain about the exact capacity that the traditions committee would serve, not only in DUU but with other groups.

The traditions committee would not take over any

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“In short, the [Securities and Exchange Commission] and the public it serves needs to step back and gain a clearer picture of what has happened.”

­—Sen. Ted Kaufman in a letter to the SEC. See story page 3

event from any of the other existing committees, Perret said. One function it could serve is taking charge of annual events that committees no longer wish to coordinate. It also would not interfere with traditional events that other groups such as Campus Council and Duke Student Government perform, but would offer its assistance to those groups if possible.

Some members of DUU were apprehensive about the idea of creating a traditions committee.

“I don’t really know if I like it because the thing about traditions is that they’re kept up only by the passion of the students themselves,” said Senior Merideth Bajana, Cable 13 co-president.

She added that if the originial committee has no desire to continue a specific event, then handing it over to the traditions committee may just continue events that students no longer want.

“I don’t agree with the idea of creating another entity because we have [the Union Consulting Group],” said Senior Lacey Kim, executive marketing co-director of the special projects committee. “Most of the traditional events have a committee or [are] a big part of a committee, so I

Men’s Golf: Fore!

Senior Adam Long and four freshmen carry Duke into new season, PAGE 6

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M. BBall: Blue Devils’ 200910 schedule released, Page 6

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Small town flourishes in midst of impoverished country riVer no. 2, sierra leone -- the dawn rose over lushly carpeted mountains and broke gently along the miles of powdery white beach in the village improbably named river no. 2. it was sunday and, for most of sierra leone, a day of rest. but for this community, it was a workday—the busiest of the week. patrick bendu met the fishing boats that bobbed in the atlantic surf. a chef and a tough bargainer, he selected two handsome, silvery barracuda, each measuring more than 4 feet student employment fair long, and handed over 160,000 leones, about $50. a fire was being stoked to cook the fish for When: 10 a.m. — 1 p.m. the visitors who would arrive soon, having decamped from the urban cacophony of freetown, What: Work-Study and Non Work-Study jobs are available. the capital city a rugged hour’s drive away. river no. 2 is an entrepreneurial marvel in one Please visit DukeList (dukelist. of the world’s poorest nations. its success story duke.edu) to find student embegan in 1998, in the midst of a decade-long ployment, research opportunities civil war, when the u.s. embassy gave the village and much more. $2,500 and encouraged it to take advantage of a providential location on one of west africa’s Where: Bryan Center most beautiful, unspoiled beaches.

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Pentagoncallsforrevamped Mexican remittances fall civilian employment plan MeXiCo CitY -- Cash remittances from Mexicans living abroad keep tumbling, with a second-quarter drop of 17.9 percent compared with the same period last year, officials said tuesday.

Mexico’s central bank said remittances for april through June fell to $5.6 billion, continuing a trend that has lasted more than a year. the money transfers are off 12 percent during the first six months of 2009, compared with the first half of 2008. the latest report was no surprise, but spelled more gloomy news for Mexico’s economy, which has been hammered by declining oil earnings, a sharp drop in exports and a flu crisis last spring that put a big dent in tourism. remittances, or cash transferred by families from abroad, are one of Mexico’s three top sources of foreign income, along with oil and tourism, and help sustain millions of Mexican families.

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reno, nev. — a pentagon panel has concluded that the Defense Department’s method of evaluating and paying its civilian employees is too broken to fix, yet good enough that it should not be abolished. in a report released tuesday, the Defense business board recommended a “reconstruction” of the national security personnel system. the recommendation by the board’s task Group was sent to office of personnel Management Director John berry and Deputy Defense secretary william lynn. the report is the result of a Defense Department and opM decision to review the system, which has been controversial since its creation during George w. bush’s administration. the document elaborates on recommendations the task group made last month.“a `fix’ could not address the depth of the systemic problems discovered,”the report says.

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Tailgate forum lacks student input U.S. deficit may grow by $7.1B

by Jessica Lichter The chronicle

Hoping to make Tailgate more enjoyable and inclusive, Duke Student Government hosted an open forum Monday night to gauge student input on potential changes to the event. Only five students attended the discussion.

Under the new rules, each group would be allowed to bring one car and University grills would be provided on a first-come, first-served basis to each group. Student groups would also determine the layout of the event by choosing their own spots in the Blue Zone’s first lot.

DSG Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior, suggested that student groups be able to select their spots in advance online.

“People have been enjoying Tailgate all along, and people that haven’t been going to Tailgate may consider going now,” said sophomore Pete Schork, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services.

Student groups desiring to have a spot at the event would have to register. The registration process would be open to all official student groups—such as fraternities, sororities and selective living groups­—as well as any group of students with at least 20 people.

All groups who register would have to agree to certain conditions, Schork said. Beer, for instance, could be brought to the event in cans but would have to be dispensed in plastic cups.

Although some attendees questioned the efficacy of such a policy, Schork said approximately 50 students mentioned beer cans as a safety concern in the DSG Tailgate survey sent to students in an e-mail June 8. Cans scattered across the parking lot could cut students’ feet more easily, he added.

“I don’t expect the transition to be instant,” Schork said.

“When people see recycling bins next to cars, I think they will catch on to it.”

The new rules would require that a designated driver be present if a student group brings a car to the event. Duke University Police Department might conduct Breathalyzer tests at random to ensure against drunk driving.

Student groups would also be responsible for cleaning up their own areas. If groups fail to do so, they will lose their Tailgate privileges for subsequent occasions. Previously, stu-

by Lori Montgomery The Washington POst

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Pete Schork, Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services, answered questions about the proposed Tailgate changes in an open forum Tuesday evening. Only five students attended the forum. dent groups such as Reserve Officers’ Training Corps would clean up the parking lot, Schork said.

“It’s really not fair to have other students clean up the mess you make,” he said.

Schork also said a “three strike” rule would be implemented—any group that incurs three violations would not be able to register together for the following Tailgate.

The changes result from preliminary discussions with administrators and the DSG Tailgate survey, Schork said.

DSG will write a contract containing the new provisions and present it to administrators. Schork added that he expects administrators will sign the contract by the end of the week.

WASHINGTON — The nation would be forced to borrow more than $9 trillion to support President Obama’s initiatives and other federal programs over the next decade, the White House said Tuesday, a sharp increase in projected deficits that provided fresh ammunition to critics of the president’s sweeping proposal to expand health coverage to the uninsured.

In their traditional summertime budget review, administration officials acknowledged that they relied on overly optimistic assumptions about the economy when they forecast in March that Obama’s budget plans would generate deficits of $7.1 trillion over the next 10 years.

After factoring in the severity of the recession and the prospect of a more sluggish recovery, the White House concluded that the budget outlook is significantly worse.

White House budget director Peter Orszag played down the grim forecast as unsurprising, saying the update merely brings White House projections in line with those of outside experts. He noted that this year’s deficit is now expected to approach $1.6 trillion—the highest on record and the biggest as a percentage of the economy since the end of World War II, but slightly smaller than officials had feared.

Still, with town hall meetings across the country erupting with bitter complaints about rising federal spending See deficit on page 4

CORRECTION A story by Jeffrey Fleishman of the Los Angeles Times was reprinted on page 11 of The Chronicle Monday with the wrong headline. The headline for the article should have read “Fighting in Yemen escalates.” The Chronicle regrets the error.

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During the academic year, each day that classes are in session (except for University holidays), the Chapel begins every morning with prayer in the Memorial Chapel. The service begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts approximately 20 minutes. The service is led by Chapel staff members.

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Kaufman: more regulation needed for larger traders Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., Engineering ‘60 and a senior lecturing fellow in the School of Law, is at the forefront of an effort to improve the nation’s principal financial regulatory agency—the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The New York Times wrote on its DealBook blog that in a letter to SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro Monday, Kaufman called on the regulatory body to find new ways to quickly adapt to changes in the financial markets.

At the center of Kaufman’s concern is his belief that current regulation favors larger traders—such as brokerage houses and investment banks—over smaller-volume traders by allowing many of the more complicated trading methods they use to go unregulated.

“Flash orders, high frequency trading, co-location of servers, direct market sponsored access, liquidity rebates,

dark pools, retail order flow—all these things happened in the last few years when the people in charge of the SEC and the administration basically felt that we should have self-regulation,” Kaufman said in an interview with DealBook.

Kaufman has earned a reputation as a champion for tighter financial regulation in his brief term in the Senate thus far, taking his seat in January to replace former Sen. Joe Biden. In March, Kaufman co-sponsored a bill to limit investors’ ability to bet against a stock as its price fell in order to make a profit.

“In short, the SEC and the public it serves needs to step back and gain a clearer picture of what has happened,” Kaufman wrote in his letter. “We need a thorough review of market structure issues so that our laws and regulations can keep pace with market developments.” ­—from staff reports

deficit from page 3 and the fear of greater government intrusion into people’s lives, the new deficit projections are likely to complicate Obama’s ambitious legislative agenda when Congress returns to Washington in September.

Republicans seized on the new forecast, arguing that a nation so deeply mired in red ink can ill afford an overhaul of the health-care system projected to cost as much as $1 trillion over the next decade. Though Democrats have vowed to pay for health reform with spending cuts and tax increases, the packages so far under discussion would drive up future deficits by $240 billion or more.

“Americans are deeply shaken—and increasingly angered—by the explosion of spending and debt coming from Washington,” said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the senior Republican on the House Budget Committee. “If we continue to pursue this policy of Washington as the answer to every problem, it will cost Americans far more than the obvious burdens of ever-higher taxes, interest rates, inflation and debt. It will cost us the freedom to run our own lives.”

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Perret said the idea for a traditions committee was a commonly held idea that had been circulating through DUU for a few months. Various forms of a traditions committee are in place in student programming boards at other universities, he added.

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fuQuA from page 1 more than finding jobs for students during a bad economy.

“We’re opening the door for students who have entered into the Duke program or a program like Duke, and have taken a path that does not give them the skills that they need to make themselves marketable right away,” said Bill Boulding, Fuqua deputy dean and J.B. Fuqua professor of business administration. “i don’t think you should position it as a program for people who cannot find jobs.... it’s a program for people who want to get really great opportunities.”

The new one-year masters program begins Aug. 31 with an orientation week, and is designed to teach recent college graduates without significant work experience the business skills they need to pursue entry level jobs with companies or organizations, said Dr. Ziggy Yoediono associate director of the MMS program.

“The intent behind the program is to create a business capstone to a liberal arts education,” Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard said.

The 100 students in the program’s first class will take 12 courses over four six-week terms in subjects ranging from accounting and economics to marketing and strategy. current Fuqua professors will teach the courses, Yoediono noted.

Tuition for the one-year masters is $37,485, but the program will not be a “cash cow” and “shouldn’t lose money,” Boulding said.

“We think it will be the best program in the world in terms of preparing someone to take an entry level position in an organization,” Boulding said. “We want to compete with someone who is coming out of an [undergraduate] business program, and we think we will beat them head-to-head.”

Unlike an undergraduate business degree, a masters program allows students to

pursue broad interests during their undergraduate careers while ultimately learning business skills. Students with a liberal arts background have better critical thinking skills and a broader perspective than those who pursued undergraduate business majors, making them better employees, Boulding explained.

Fuqua has attracted new recruiters who want to hire graduates with these characteristics from the one-year masters program, Sheppard said. But in planning the program, one of the goals was to avoid reducing the job opportunities for Duke undergraduates and Masters of Business Administration students, he added.

“What we’re trying to do is attract people who aren’t here on the recruiting list, or expand the range of things they recruit for,” Sheppard said. “There are firms coming to recruit that did not recruit before.” he explained that some businesses would like to hire Duke graduates directly out of their undergraduate years, but don’t want to invest in training them. instead, they hire students with undergraduate business degrees who lack the breadth of liberal arts undergraduates. Those firms will now be able to hire students with the one-year masters degree, Sheppard said.

“Right off the bat” But David ravenscraft, associate dean of the University of north carolina at chapel hill’s Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program, said an undergraduate business major is the best choice for students who know they want a job in the field. The BSBA is the undergraduate program for students at Unc’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

“The biggest negative of the pre-experience masters is you’re really talking about a lot of time and tuition money for students,” he said. “Sometimes they need that time.

But if they can figure it out in four years,

that’s cheaper and better and more efficient for them than taking an extra year.”

At the University of Virginia’s Mcintire School of commerce, which offers both an undergraduate business degree and a one-year Master of Science in commerce similar to the new Fuqua program, emma candelier, assistant director of graduate recruiting, said the two programs cater to different types of students.

Students who know “right off the bat” that they want to go into a business field typically pursue the undergraduate degree, she said. Those who discover an affinity for business later, or who want to top off their degrees in fields ranging from engineering to english with some business skills apply for the masters program. a future in business Zandie Brockett, Trinity ’09, falls into the latter group.

A sociology major and photography minor, she said she wants to pursue a career as a dealer or manager in the art world. Although she earned a Markets and Management Studies certificate, she said she thinks the concrete business skills she will learn in the one-year masters program at Duke will give her an advantage in securing an art-related career. “i feel like i am going to get a lot more out of this one year than i probably did my senior year at Duke, or even my freshman year,” she said.

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The los Angeles native added, however, that she is glad that Duke does not have an undergraduate business program because she was able to take a more diverse set of courses, including several in her “true passion”—photography. Many of her friends pursued undergraduate business at the University of Southern california, she noted.

Brockett, who would like to work abroad upon earning her masters, said she believes that Fuqua’s international reputation will be a boon to her job search. Fuqua was ranked no. 22 on the 2009 Financial Times list of the best full-time business schools in the world.

The success of Brockett and the 99 other students in the program could have some effect on the degree’s future at Fuqua. Going forward, Sheppard said the success of the new program will be evaluated in part on the basis of the quality of the jobs students are offered. other components of Fuqua’s evaluation of the new program—which was approved on a trial basis through May 2012—include the effect on Fuqua’s academic reputation, the quality of the students who enroll and the quality of the learning community the program creates. “i’m expecting very interested, motivated students who are very bright,” said richard Staelin, edward and rose Donnell professor of business administration at Fuqua, who will be teaching a marketing course in the program. “it’s going to be a challenge, but i’m looking forward to it.”

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seAsoN PreVIew: MeN’s Golf

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Freshmen expected to fill holes 2009-2010 schedule released

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Adam long, who tied for 48th at last year’s NCAA Championships, is the Blue Devils’ lone returning senior after Clark Klaasen and Michael Quagliano graduated.

by Jason Palmatary THE CHRONICLE

While any attention on the golf program this week will be centered on junior Wes Roach and incoming freshman Brinson Paolini playing in the 109th U.S. Amateur in Tulsa, Okla., the team returning to campus is a very different one than the one that finished 14th in last year’s NCAA Championships.

In addition to a host of new freshman players, head coach Jamie Green also welcomes a new associate head coach in Jon Whithaus.

After spending the previous 13 seasons as the head man at Division III Ohio Wesleyan, Green’s alma mater, Whithaus certainly is accustomed to guiding a winning program.

“The players are just getting to know him and probably unsure of exactly what he brings, but what I am positive of is his level of organi-

zation and experience,” Green said. “The best thing for our guys will be knowing that they are going to have two head coaches essentially.”

While Paolini will be busy competing against the nation’s best amateurs at Southern Hills Country Club this week, his freshman teammates will be settling in on campus. Adam Sumrall, Julian Suri and Tim Gornik, who is originally from Slovenia but attended high school in Florida, all come to the Blue Devils having experienced a great deal of success on both the junior and amateur golf circuits.

“You can expect a very high level of organization and work from the incoming freshman players, and I would not be the least bit surprised to see them cracking the starting lineup,” Green said. “That is going to be completely up to them, but something that I am

going to leave wide open.”

If any of the freshmen can make the lineup, they will be helping the team work toward its goal of improving on last year’s 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Entering the final round in eighth place, this finish wasn’t what the team had hoped for.

There are, however, a number of positives that can be drawn from last season.

With a month and a half left in the season, an NCAA appearance looked unlikely. But Duke won the River Landing Invitational in April and finished third in the ACC tournament, earning them a bid to the national championship tournament.

SEE M. GOLF ON PAGE 7

Duke’s 2009-2010 schedule is out, and as usual, it’s no picnic.

The Blue Devils, who won the ACC Tournament championship and finished 30-7 last year, face a typically challenging schedule in the upcoming season, as announced by the program and the ACC Tuesday.

Duke tips off its seasson Nov. 13 against UNC-Greensboro at home before hosting the first two rounds of the NIT Season Tip-Off. There, the Blue Devils face Coastal Carolina in the first round. Should Duke advance to the semifinals, potential matchups against marquee conference opponents Arizona State, LSU and Connecticut loom.

The team’s nonconference home schedule lacks some of the star power of past years, and includes games against the likes of Radford, St. John’s, Long Beach State and Tulsa.

The non-conference road slate, on the other hand, features trips to Wisconsin and Georgetown, as well as contests against Gonzaga in New York and Iowa State in Chicago.

Duke’s ACC schedule presents a number of challenging matchups, including home-and-home series with Boston College, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Maryland and North Carolina.

The Blue Devils will travel to Miami, N.C. State and Virginia, and will host Florida State, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

The program usually kicks off the season with a simple open practice, but this year, a “Countdown to Craziness” is scheduled for Oct. 16. No details are yet available about the nature of the event.

—from staff reports

Spiders bring back rush of memories I had looked forward to this day for several weeks. As I walked to Wallace Wade Stadium to watch my first sporting event as a college student three years ago, I was overflowing with enthusiasm.

I had seen the stadium ahead of time, so I knew what to expect: It wasn’t Notre Dame. But that didn’t curb my excitement.

My friends and I waited to cross Towerview to make Joe the final portion of the walk through Krzyzewskiville and into the stadium.

The security guard waved us across.

“Enjoy the game,” he said. “They might actually win today.”

I knew about Duke’s struggles in football, but the hesitation in his voice struck me. The Blue Devils were, after all, about to play a Division I-AA team in their home opener. Surely, I thought, they were good enough to dispose of Richmond. It shouldn’t even be close.

Drews

After an early Duke fumble and Richmond field goal, I began to reevaluate my position. Three hours later, with the Blue Devils on the wrong end of a 13-0 shutout that felt like a 40-point blowout, I realized how wrong I had been. Duke had managed just 210 yards against the Spiders, including a measly 51 rushing yards on 30 attempts.

In a way, I had been right: It wasn’t close. At all.

Two years later, the Blue Devils won their first home game since 2005, running over James Madison on the opening night of the David Cutcliffe era. Students waited through a rain delay, Duke jumped in front early and Wally Wade was full, which might have been the most impressive feat of all.

To cap off the night, the Blue Devils came over to the student section to celebrate, where they were serenaded with chants of “BCS! BCS!” Duke didn’t make the BCS, but the Blue Devils went on to match their win total from MAYA ROBINSON/CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

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redshirt senior re’quan Boyette is expected to start for Duke after recovering from a serious knee injury.

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Drews from page 6 the previous four years combined with three more victories in 2008. But for all the success Duke had last year, especially compared to that winless 2006 campaign, the backfield issues that were so apparent against Richmond continued to plague the Blue Devils throughout the season.

After the first two weeks, when they excelled on the ground against James Madison and Northwestern, the Blue Devils managed just two 100-yard rushing efforts. They averaged more than 3.5 yards per carry a mere four times, and in six of the remaining eight games, they failed to break three yards per carry.

The running game’s struggles were partially outside of Duke’s control. When Re’quan Boyette went down with a knee injury before the season, Cutcliffe was forced to rely on a running back committee consisting of a true freshman, a converted cornerback and an inexperienced senior.

In fact, at 3.0 yards per carry for the season, the Blue Devils actually averaged a full yard more than in 2007. And in mustering 28 yards on 36 carries in a 10-7 win over Vanderbilt, Duke defied all conventional wisdom and proved that you don’t have to be able to run to win.

But it sure helps.

And this season, the Blue Devils might be able to do it.

Boyette returns as a fifth-year senior, and promising sophomore Jay Hollingsworth now has a full season under his belt. Add in four-star freshman Desmond Scott and suddenly the running back situation looks significantly better.

Unfortunately for Duke, those backs will be running behind a relatively inexperienced offensive line. The Blue Devils have lost three three-year starters on the

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line in Cameron Goldberg, Fred Roland and Rob Schirmann.

That could create some obstacles for the Blue Devils’ stable of running backs, who may not see holes as big or that stay open as long. If they can hit the gaps while they remain available, however, one of Duke’s biggest weaknesses could become one of its greatest strengths.

And it might make the difference in whether the Blue Devils take the next step toward respectability.

Everyone knows Cutcliffe’s reputation with quarterbacks (have you heard that he coached the Mannings?) and Lewis will once again be the team’s leader on offense.

If the Blue Devils can develop a reliable running game, though—at least against teams with reasonably-sized defensive linemen— then a bowl game isn’t out of the question.

Yes, there are the offensive line questions. Yes, it will be difficult to replace Eron Riley and Mike Tauiliili. But a dualthreat offense led by a senior quarterback could keep Duke in most games.

The Blue Devils would have a chance against all of their nonconference opponents, as well as several ACC teams.

Seven wins is conceivable, even if it’s not probable.

At the very least, you can be sure Richmond won’t post another shutout to start the season Sept. 5. There’s no way the Spiders will hold Duke below two yards per carry again.

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M. Golf from page 6 One obstacle in the way of bettering that 14th-place finish at the NCAAs will be replacing graduated seniors Clark Klaasen and Michael Quagilano. The pair posted Duke’s two lowest scores at the NCAAs. The coaching staff knows that it faces the task of not only replacing the duo’s performance on the course but also its leadership and impact on team chemistry. This task that will largely fall on the shoulders of the squad’s lone senior, Adam Long.

“Adam Long is without a doubt a guy that can step in and fill that leadership void,” Green said. “If you look at what he’s accomplished both athletically and academicaally since he’s stepped on campus, it’s pretty impressive.”

The Blue Devils will be playing a slightly different schedule this year. While the Fall season is traditionally a shorter season focused on pre-

paring for the tournaments in the Spring, the team is taking that mentality to the extreme by scheduling no tournaments for September.

This decision was one made by former head coach O.D. Vincent, but Green thinks it could have a positive impact on the team.

“With four newcomers on the team, it will be a chance for the freshman to get accustomed to college and also be a semi-break from the rigorous summer tournament schedules our guys played,” Green said.

Wes Roach played in one of those rigorous summer tournaments, the Tennessee Amateur, which was played at the Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn., this year’s NCAA site.

If the Blue Devil newcomers chip in and help the team make a repeat appearance at the NCAAs, Roach will get another chance to post a low number at the Honors Course in an even more meaningful round.

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Replace Hull now The Dean of Residential Hull’s tenure can be Life and Executive Direc- characterized as imperfect, tor of Housing Services at at best. While it is difficult to this University faces many blame him for Duke’s brodistinct challenges. ken housing model on West This leader Campus— of RLHS is reas this is editorial sponsible for a policy maintaining thousands of largely dictated by admindorm rooms, coordinating strative higher-ups—Hull residence life across three can rightly be criticized as very different residential having led an RLHS marred campuses and implementing by bungles, mix-ups and a quadrangle living system general disregard of stuhanded down from above. dent opinion and feedback.

It requires careful planning, This vacancy presents an thoughtful action and atten- opportunity for University tion to every detail of an area administrators to set RLHS that plays such a large role in on the right track. students’ everyday lives.

The past few years have Now, this position is va- been marked by general discant after the July 31 resig- organization within RLHS nation of Eddie Hull, the leadership. First, the move to leader of RLHS for the past an online Room Pix system seven years. was delayed by a full year due

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to technical snafus. Then, when the online system was finally up and running, human error left a handful of sophomores without housing on West Campus.

RLHS also overlooked the many quick fixes to improve life on Central Campus until it became apparent New Campus’ construction would be indefinely delayed, and it failed to tackle the inequity among quality of housing options across campus.

Hull’s RLHS has also been disturbingly dismissive of student concerns.

Most recently, the department disregarded Campus Council’s reasonable effort to create a lofting policy amendable to both students and administrators.

To be fair, there have been some accomlishments like the successful renovation of Few Quad within a tight timeline. But these are few and far between.

Given the cost and daily implications of services provided by RLHS, students deserve an organization committed to providing its service in a responsive and proactive manner.

For this reason, it is rather disturbing that the search for Hull’s replacement has been put on hold until Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, Hull’s former boss, returns from a sabbatical in January. With Moneta gone and Hull’s responsibilities divided among various RLHS employees, it is likely that an already un-

responsive and slow-moving organization will only become more so.

Students would be well served by a Dean of Residential Life and Executive Director of Housing Services who has extensive experience, vision and skill in responding to student needs and dealing with the challenges unique to this University’s complex residential system. And with the fate of selective living groups hinging on the outcome of the RGAC process this Spring, there will be a short learning curve and little room for error for the new hire.

It’s time for RLHS to have the leadership it requires. That’s a decision that can’t wait.

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n May, allegations surfaced that a University of Memphis basketball player from the 2007-2008 season knowingly submitted SAT scores that were not his own in order to gain entry to the university. The NCAA conducted an investigation into the matter once made aware of its existence—and for good reason, because the moral implications of such an act are both numerous and grave.

Although the case mentioned above dominated chris bassil much of the sumtrue story mer’s sports news, it is a relatively easy one to solve and seems void of any real moral dilemma. The accusations are serious and universally recognized as such, and the consequences of a vacated season seem to fit the crime. But the extended coverage of the story was enough to keep me thinking about the subject. When considered closely, it becomes evident that the incident raises a larger issue, one that seems to have gone unnoticed by the media and that even stretches to Duke’s campus.

The issue in question is one that could be perceived as an exaggerated burden placed on college athletes, with an emphasis on basketball players (although the specific sport may vary with locale). Certainly no one will disagree that violations such as cheating and plagiarism have no place in any respected institution. Furthermore, if the allegations against the unknown player are true, it is only logical that his achievements be invalidated because he directly violated league policy.

The differences between the expectations placed on the typical college student and those placed on students like the Memphis basketball player are glaring. On one hand, reasonable expectations of the average college student are likely to include regular attendance of classes, a concerted scholastic effort outside of the classroom and, among other things, a relatively healthy lifestyle.

However, it is important to note that the third

item in this list is in no way mandated, but simply recommended by our society. There is no entry examination one must pass to gain entry to school concerning the ability to dunk a basketball or throw a touchdown pass. If we do not ask our students to be superior athletes, why should we ask our athletes to be intellectuals?

Perhaps it has something to do with the premium put on education. One could argue that although athletic ability is appreciated, it cannot serve as a substitute for erudition. However, this seems at best to be a matter of personal opinion.

Similarly, true excellence in the realm of athletics can, at times, prove more financially promising than its counterpart in the “real world.”

And, while we’re on the subject of money, ticket sales and endorsements generate large amounts of revenue for Division-I programs each year, made possible only by the athletes themselves. One must also take into account the bonus cash each tournament team receives, not to mention all of the positive press generated by and for winning programs. Combine all of the above with the handsome donations of well-to-do fans, team paraphernalia sales and any sort of community outreach completed by the university teams, and it’s safe to say that college athletes are more than doing their part for the school.

Now, nothing that has been said here is meant to undermine the hard work and extended effort of the true renaissance man or woman. The idea of being an athlete and that of being a student are not mutually exclusive, and there are certainly athletes on our campus that prove as much every day.

For all my knowledge on the subject, it is entirely possible that every athlete on our campus proves as much every day.

I am rather observing the mild hypocrisy of a system that heaps expectations on dutiful athletes, yet at the same time demands much less of its everyday students. Regardless of where a student’s hard work is taking place, be it in the gym or in the classroom, the fact remains that it is hard work. Thus it should be rewarded, no matter what shape it takes.

Chris Bassil is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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or several months, the van noisily make up for recently depleted inventory dragged a sheet of metal from its un- could easily be unsustainable without andercarriage along the city street. One other government rebate program, and the day, the noise stopped when the metal had hopes of auto manufacturers to keep their been ground down enough so that it no plants open may be fleeting at best. And if longer touched the road. A few months inventory gets too high again, dealers will after, the transmission fluid spontaneously find themselves in the same situation as they bled out of the vehicle, a were in only a few months condition from which the ago—swamped with cars van miraculously recovthey are unable to get rid ered only days later. And a of. Very few want to return few days after that, another to a world where movies like piece of metal (from God “The Goods” are of some knows where at this point) historical significance. escaped from its natural The program was also elad gross resting place under the van, very limited in terms of who clanking along the ground. could benefit. Only people kitty babies Add this to a broken with enough available savright headlight, slight rustings could afford to buy a ing of the right passenger door, a pseudo- new car, even with the rebate. Perhaps much functioning rear passenger sliding door worse, the elimination of 625,000 cars from and a gas mileage between 12 and 15 ever hitting the used car market tore down miles per gallon, and you have yourself a the dreams of 625,000 teenagers looking to good, old-fashioned “clunker.” buy their first car with paltry savings from The “Cash for Clunkers” program end- their allowances and minimum-wage food ed at 8 p.m. Monday, but my ragged old service jobs. van still sits in its driveway. The van has a And don’t forget the deficit. To finance bluebook value of $1,400 on a very good the Cash for Clunkers program, the govday, but the Obama administration was of- ernment added $3 billion more to our fering $3,500 to $4,500 for that same auto- ever-mounting debt. Essentially, we each mobile. How could it be that this clunker spent about $10 on this program. So those didn’t make it into the government re- who could not afford to take part in the bate program? For the same reason that program were actually penalized for not all but 625,000 American clunkers were doing so by a little less than two hours of not thrown into a scrap heap—there’s just work at minimum wage. At some point, we something more to my ragged old van. are going to have to pay down our collecThe government had two goals with the tive debt, because even this game of genCash for Clunkers program: 1) increasing erational hot potato with the national debt the nation’s auto fleet’s fuel efficiency, will end with an uncomfortable loser. and 2) stimulating the beleaguered auto That loser is looking more and more like industry. The first goal was completed by our generation every day. Each American requiring vehicles sold under the pro- currently owes more than $38,000 to pay off gram to attain a higher fuel efficiency rat- our collective debt, and since the beginning ing than the clunker being traded in. The of 2005, each of our burdens has grown by clunkers were all scrapped, preventing $240 monthly. Seniors will graduate owtheir noxious fumes from ever plaguing ing more than $40,000. Freshmen will owe humanity again. close to $50,000 when they leave Duke. And The second goal was met by requiring someone, eventually, will have to tighten clunkers to be traded in only for new ve- the belt and pay up. Buying brand new cars hicles, inflating auto industry sales. Many may not be the most frugal course. dealerships are struggling with inventory That’s why my ragged old van still sits shortages due to the sudden increase in in the driveway. Sure she’s wearing kind consumer demand for cars, putting sever- of thin, but she’s in good shape for the al automotive production plants back into shape that she’s in. Paint her up in red, action. Surely the program brought some white and blue, and treat her nicely with relief to the auto industry, and a number an oil change or two, because that noisy of dealers believe the program has boost- old clunker reminds us that once upon ed consumer confidence overall. a time we expected to work harder when But these good developments may not the going got tough, not to wait for somelast very long. The auto industry may see one to bail us out. decreased sales in the near future with so many customers already served through Elad Gross is a Trinity senior. His column the program. The increased production to runs every Wednesday.

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Back from the grind

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am thrilled to be back at Duke, but I am front pages of newspapers, in my job we not quite sure why. For the past couple were limited to thinking exclusively about of years I have returned to school with the nuts and bolts of communicating somea jumble of end-of-summer blues mixed one else’s message in a highly-stylized mewith excitement about the year to come. dium. Therefore, if it was not on Politico, it This year, however, as I probably was not our probapproached Durham and lem.

Duke, I felt an overwhelmStrange as it may seem, ing sense of excitement returning to Duke (and yes, and, strangely, relief.

Durham) represents libI have been trying eration from this intellecto figure out why I feel tual myopia. Being here at so differently this year Duke encourages the mind compared to past years. to wonder across any and steffi decker Maybe I am excited to reall civilizations, disciplines, refuse to lose turn to the land of free Tlanguages and realities. shirts, peculiar Saturday At Duke, there are no rituals and the ability to buy drinks with limitations on the topics to which the fake money (God bless parents and food mind can wander. On Monday, you might points). Although these things certainly be preoccupied with a public health crisis contribute to a general state of happi- in sub-Saharan Africa. On Tuesday, a globness (particularly the free drinks part), I al economic collapse. Wednesday, coastal don’t think they account for my height- erosion in Indochina. And by Saturday, the ened sense of excitement. decaying morals of an entire generation While frantically racking my brain for (as clearly epitomized by a stroll around a something of great weight and substance solo cup-polluted West Campus). to convey in this column, it dawned on me We have been given an opportunity to that this was precisely the reason for my ex- frame both the questions and the answers. citement—I was back in a place where free- We are free to address many of the great dom of thought is the default setting, and challenges—how to end genocide, to cure we enjoy the luxury to think about whatever cancer, to feed the children and to figure interests us and even what doesn’t. out who really framed Roger Rabbit.

I just finished a summer in WashingThe notion that these issues are uniquely ton, D.C., working in the corporate world ours to solve or ours to ignore is terrifying, at a political media firm. At first it seemed but the thought that we can is empowerso glamorous—sort of like an episode ing. Although no one expects us to indeof “The West Wing” (alas, without Rob pendently solve any of these problems, and Lowe). But by the end of the summer certainly not all of them, I now fully underI was so completely immersed in D.C.’s stand what a treat it is to try. It is frightening home town sport, politics, that I could to consider, though, how much we may miss think of nothing else morning, noon and this freedom in the real world. night. Imagine getting Rep. Barney Frank To that end and to appease my rein24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you vigorated passion for knowledge, I will can start to imagine what it was like. attempt to use this column this semester My admittedly limited view of the work- to bring to light interesting, and at times ing world this past summer revealed to me obscure, issues, concepts and problems the absence of intellectual curiosity—in- that span a vast array of disciplines. I will deed, the absence of intellectual activity— try to ask questions and inspire thought in the day-to-day routine. By definition, at that, if for no other reason, reminds us of work you are forced to deal with a finite set the luxury of intellectual liberation. of issues and a narrow range of knowledge.

No matter how often stories about diSteffi Decker is a Trinity senior. Her column verse issues and obscure actors ran on the runs every other Wednesday.

CORRECTION Anna Sadler’s Tuesday column, “I’m not being that way, but...,” stated that women cannot join fraternities. Duke’s chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity is coed. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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