September 3, 2009 issue

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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Fuqua debuts Int’l MBA

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Athletics dept. ends contract with NROTC

Mind, body and art

Wallace Wade cleaning outsourced to cut costs

Initial enrollment fell short of expectations

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by Julia Love

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After a year of fanfare, the Fuqua School of Business’s revamped Cross Continent MBA program has made its debut.

Students from 29 countries and 39 industries converged in London last week for the first stop in a two-year, five-country journey. With blue and white balloons bobbing against the backdrop news of the River Thames, analysis the coming out party went off without a hitch, Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard said. But important questions about the program’s future loom on the horizon.

Foreign partnerships, the crux of the program, are still in the works for several sites. Part-time campuses in the Middle East, China and India exist only on paper.

And Fuqua administrators have a long way to go to meet their enrollment targets.

But the Cross Continent MBA has received high marks from students after their

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A shaman performs and interacts with the sculpture and the audience at the opening of Amanda Barr’s “Public Healing” at Golden Belt Aug. 21. The exhibition from the Carrboro, N.C., artist explores the idea of healing using a variety of media. See recess for more photos and a review of the show.

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When the last football fans leave Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday evening, it won’t be Duke’s Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps cleaning up behind them.

The Duke Athletic Association did not renew NROTC’s contract this summer. They will instead use the less expensive Durham-based recovery program Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. to do the job, said Adam Beauregard, Trinity ’09 and a Navy ensign stationed with Duke’s NROTC unit.

“It kind of threw us a curveball so we have to come up with a long-term revenue stream that’s not going to fall through like this,” said Beauregard, who negotiated the contract in the past. “So that’s where we are, trying to come up with a long-range plan to ensure that students are benefiting from the [NROTC] program.”

For the last four years, Beauregard said the University has paid NROTC $1,600 per game to clean up after football games. In the 2008 season, average attendance at home games increased from the 2007 season— See NROTC on page 10

Ex-Duke minister Admins refund freshman food points Young dies at 74

by Zachary Tracer The chronicle

Robert Terry Young, former minister to the University, died Monday in Charlotte, N.C. after fighting several years of heart disease. He was 74.

Young was a North Carolina native and served as student body president during his undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated from Duke Divinity School in 1960 and later studied at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

Following his return from studies abroad, Young was named the assistant dean of the Divinity School in 1970. He then became the minister to the University in 1973 and honorary dean of Duke Chapel upon his departure from the University 10 years later. Young also worked extensively for former U.S. senator and Duke president Terry Sanford until he returned to serve at River Hills Community Church.

While at Duke, Young created the Robert T. Young Endowment to sponsor guest preachers at the Chapel. He also founded the Chapel’s chief benefactor, Friends of Duke Chapel.

Young’s funeral will be held at River Hills Community Church Saturday. ­—from staff reports

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Several hundred freshmen got an unexpected foodpoint refund from Dining Services Friday.

The students, who were denied $6 lunch credits at the Marketplace after not eating breakfast there, were reimbursed for each occasion that they should have received credit, Barbara Stokes, assistant director of Dining Services, wrote in an e-mail.

Stokes said Dining refunded Total number of food points a total of $4,025.10 to 607 freshrefunded to freshmen men after determining that those students had paid full price for lunch at the Marketplace when they should not have.

“We researched the students Number of freshmen who that had missed breakfast on received the refund Aug. 20, 21, 24 and/or 25 and who also used food points to pay for lunch at the Marketplace on the same day,” she wrote.

Freshmen who miss breakfast at the Marketplace are supposed to receive a $6 credit that can be used for either breakfast at the Great Hall or lunch at the Marketplace that day, according to the Dining Services Web site.

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“I thought it was really cool that they took the initiative to pay us back,” said freshman Joseph Lee, who received $6.

Stokes sent an e-mail to Lee and 606 other students Monday informing them of the refund.

“Once again, I apologize for any confusion and remind you to contact me... if you have any questions,” Stokes wrote.

Until last Wednesday, Marketplace cashiers had been instructed by Dining not to give freshmen the lunch credit, a cashier said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to The Chronicle. The cashiers were told to begin giving the credit again last Wednesday, after Kemel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, learned that information provided to freshmen during the summer said they would be given the lunch credit.

“I made the decision to make sure that what we did conformed with what was in the handbook,” Dawkins said.

Stokes sent an e-mail to freshmen last Thursday to “clarify” that freshmen who miss breakfast at the Marketplace should be able to use their $6 credit for either breakfast at the Great Hall or lunch in the Marketplace. The message did not say whether freshmen would be reimbursed.

The e-mail also did not explain why the lunch credit was dropped in the first place, a matter that remains unclear.

Both the Dining Services Web site and the Blue Book See dining on page 10

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“They’re not harmful.... They’re just gross.” ­—Shawhan Lynch, West Campus residential facilities manager on cockroaches.

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Suicide bomber kills intelligence chief and others

Oil well discovered in Gulf

Exiled Honduras president plans to return soon

WashingTon — bp said Wednesday that it made a “giant” oil discovery in the gulf of Mexico, and analysts said that the find deep below the sea floor raised hopes that further exploration in the region could help sustain u.s. offshore oil production.

The discovery, known as Tiber, was made 250 miles southeast of houston and was “in the same league”as other big fields bp has discovered in the gulf of Mexico, bp spokesperson daren beaudo said. The company would not make any estimates on the amount of oil its latest find could yield, but the biggest platform in those other fields, Thunder horse, is producing as much as 300,000 barrels a day.

The exploration well used to find the Tiber field was the deepest vertical well ever drilled, according to guy Cantwell, communications director at Transocean,the offshore drilling company that owns the rig. Working conditions were challenging, he said.

WashingTon — Two months after he was overthrown in a coup, honduras’s ousted president said Wednesday he sees little progress in u.s.-backed negotiations aimed at restoring him to power, and has started formulating plans to go back to the country and reclaim its highest office.

Manuel Zelaya declined to say when he would return, except that it would be before december, which would have marked the end of his four-year term. he spoke on the eve of a meeting with secretary of state hillary rodham Clinton, at which he vowed to appeal for tougher sanctions against honduras’s de facto government.

“When diplomatic action runs out, when the united states indicates it can’t do any more, i am not going to simply sit around with my arms crossed,” Zelaya said in an interview.

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KabuL — in the most serious strike at afghanistan’s security apparatus since presidential elections two weeks ago, a suicide bomber on Wednesday killed the country’s deputy intelligence chief and at least 22 other people.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place outside a mosque in Laghman province about 60 miles east of the capital, Kabul. authorities said the blast occurred as the intelligence official, abdullah Laghmani, and his entourage were leaving the mosque where they had gone to pray during the Muslim holy month of ramadan. Two senior provincial officials were also reported to be among the dead.

The attack came amid rising tensions over the outcome of afghanistan’s aug. 20 presidential vote. The latest count, released

Wednesday, put president hamid Karzai in the lead with 47 percent—close to a majority, but not enough to avoid a runoff with his main rival, former Foreign Minister abdullah abdullah. authorities so far have released the count of ballots from about 60 percent of polling stations.

Most of the allegations of vote-rigging that have emerged following the vote have been aimed at Karzai and his supporters. investigating the complaints could take weeks.

Wednesday’s explosion wrecked several vehicles and damaged the mosque the afghan officials were leaving in the town of Mehterlam. american troops deployed in the area swiftly moved in to cordon off the scene after the blast.

The attack was evidence of the insurgents’ ability to track and target even heavily guarded senior officials.

ToDAY IN HISTorY Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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They gather every day in a tiny former dry goods shop on a residential street in Sierra Leone, and to the neighbors they are what they seem: seven women in front of sewing machines learning to make brightly colored dresses, dashikis and slippers. victoria Wilson, 79, teaches Christiana John, 55. John, who was held captive for six months, beaten and raped, sees the class as a way to break away from that past.

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New program offers trip to Israel

Duke student government

ICC proposal moves closer to Sept.14 vote

by Matthew Chase The chronicle

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A two-week trip to Israel with a visit to Jerusalem (pictured above) is a part of a new program from the history department. “Holy Land Archaelogy: Political & Religious Issues” students will spend part of winter break in the Golden City followed by a seminar course in the Spring at Duke.

by Claire McIlvenny The chronicle

Duke students looking for an opportunity to travel while learning about religious issues have a new opportunity to consider.

A two-week field trip to Israel will be offered during winter break as part of a project with the Department of Religion. The new program, titled ‘Holy Land Archaelogy: Political & Religious Issues’, includes a week in Jerusalem, five days in Galilee and one day in Tel Aviv, followed by an on-campus seminar course.

“It will be nice to be able to bring students to the Middle East in the winter when it’s green,” said Eric Meyers, Bernice and Morton Lerner professor of Judaic studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies, who will be heading the trip along with Carol Meyers, director of undergraduate studies in religion and Mary Grace 023168-Chronicle_A_6.875"x4.875":Layout 1 Wilson 2/9/09 professor of religion. “[The program] is an opportunity to

show them the land... in all its glory.”

The course program, which is run independently of the Office of Study Abroad, is designed to expose students to the main archaeological sites in Israel while also exploring the religious and political issues that surround these sites.

“Students will gain direct experience with the places that have aroused controversy because of their problematic relationship to Biblical texts and/or because of their location in politically contested space,” the course description reads.

Carol Meyers said that by visiting museums, going on field trips and having discussions with local experts, she hopes students will learn about the political and social landscape of Israel rather than just its archaeology.

One trip of particular interest to students will be the 18:10

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Duke Student Government officials passed a constitutional amendment that will remove the position of vice president of the Inter-Community Council at its meeting Wednesday night.

The student body will vote on the move to split ties between the ICC and DSG Sept. 14. At least 25 percent of the student body must turn out and approve the amendment by a majority vote in order for the policies to be instated.

Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior, said the ICC—a body that aims to increase communication between Duke organizations, the student body and DSG— would benefit from freedom from student government.

“DSG acts as an umbrella organization and the ICC is part of that umbrella,” he said. “But the relationship between DSG and ICC, both in terms of purpose and function, is nebulous. On one hand, under the current system, it would be inappropriate for DSG to give ICC See dsg on page 5

CORRECTION A Sept. 2 story “GPSC discusses campout rules” incorrectly stated the name of an award presented to Kemel Dawkins. Dawkins received GPSC’s 2008-2009 Administrator of the Year award. Additionally, the article incorrectly depicted the role of GPSC Vice President Adam Pechtel. It is standard procedure for the vice president to serve as the presiding officer at all GPSC general body meetings. The Chronicle regrets the errors.

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Roaches haunt residence halls Binge drinking

prevalent in all ages, study finds

by Rachna Reddy The chronicle

When students pulled their boxes out of basements and brought them back to Duke last week, they may have transported some unwanted cargo.

Some residents of Craven Quadrangle reported cockroaches in their dormitory after arriving on campus. Administrators said roaches are regular visitors during movein time, getting carted along with student belongings that have spent the summer in storage units.

“It is not uncommon for roach complaints to come our way just after move in,” Gary Thompson, director of facilities, planning and operations for Residence Life and Housing Services, wrote in an e-mail. “They are crafty critters that can live quite well in cardboard boxes.”

Shawhan Lynch, West Campus residential facilities manager, said cleaning staff have also reported cockroach sightings this semester. But she added that roaches are something the University deals with on a daily basis.

“They’re not unusual—they’re basically in all the residence halls,” Lynch said.

She said service requests regarding roaches as well as other pests like ants, occur throughout the year, though there seem to be more early in the Fall semester.

“It seems that right in the beginning of the school year every year we have a rise in service requests,” Lynch said.

“Within the first couple of weeks, it usually fades out, but we’ll be glad to take care of anyone who has an issue.”

Thompson said he had no reason to believe the number of cockroaches this year was significantly greater than in any other year.

Some students said, however, that they have encountered more roaches than before.

“Since I’ve been here, I’ve seen maybe six or more,” said junior Taylor Hausburg, a resident assistant in Craven. “I lived in Kilgo last year, and I only saw one the whole year. I’ve seen a few in my room but mostly in the hallway or the bathroom.”

All West Campus dormitories were treated for pests in early August, Lynch said. Buildings are regularly treated three times each year: once before fall move-in, at semester break and after move-out. Areas of infestation are treated

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Many students were unpleasantly surprised when they first found roaches roaming in their new residencies during move-in two weeks ago. within 24 hours of a student complaint.

To prevent the problem, Lynch said students should not leave open containers in their rooms.

“It’s just a good practice for everyone to put away their food and their water,” she said. “At home you don’t leave stuff out.... We don’t want bugs, especially because we live in the South and there are lots of bugs.”

Thompson added that students should clean up regularly and avoid leaving food boxes and empty containers in places where pests can acccess them.

John Duncan, Central Campus residential facilities manager, said he was unaware of any reports of cockroaches on Central Campus, and Jeanne Duncan, East Campus residential facilities manager, said there have been few reports of pests on East campus.

Most students and administrators said overall, the problem was manageable.

“They’re not harmful,” Lynch said. “They’re just gross.”

College students are often singled out for unsafe drinking, but new research shows that their parents may be at risk too.

A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Dan Blazer, J.P. Gibbons professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Li-Tzy Wu, associate professor of social and community psychiatry, has found that 22 percent of men and nine percent of women aged 50 to 64 have reported binge drinking.

Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks within a few hours, at least once in the past 30 days. The study is based on the 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, which received responses from 10,953 people over 50 years of age, of whom 6,717 were between 50 and 64 and 4,236 older than 65.

“I was surprised at the frequency,” Blazer said. “The situations I find myself in, I wouldn’t think this was true, but there clearly are people out there, and it alerted me that this is a problem we need to take a closer look at.”

Students were also generally not expecting the results of the study.

“It’s really surprising. When I think of binge drinking, I associate it with college,” sophomore Lauren Anderson said.

The usual questions that doctors ask their patients do not focus on alcohol abuse, Blazer said, adding that this approach could explain why binge drinking isn’t typically suspected in older people.

“But as a college student, if you’re having health problems, the first thing doctors think of is whether you party and drink a lot,” he said. “We need to alert cliniSee drinking on page 9

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directions. At the same time, it would be inappropriate for the ICC to give itself direction without the DSG.” The amendment stipulates that DSG president Awa Nur, a senior, will continue to sit in on ICC meetings, but DSG will no longer lead the Council. Morrison said the new situation will allow DSG officials to collaborate with ICC members more easily.

excursion to Masada, a desert fortress which overlooks the Dead Sea, Eric Meyers said. The fortress in Masada was the last stronghold of the Jews in the first JewishRoman War. By visiting sites such as these, Eric Meyers said he hopes students will receive “a sense of topography and history of the land in light of excavations.” Additionally, Carol Meyers said she hopes students will have the opportunity to speak with students of a similar age from Israel and Palestine about their experiences as oppressed minorities.

Upon returning from the two-week excursion to Israel, students will be required to register for a seminar class at Duke about the visit, as well as carry out some kind of personal introspection. Carol Meyers noted that this type of course, with a travel and a seminar component, is something that has never been done before at Duke.

Previous plans for a study abroad trip to Israel in the

“I am not trying to be a grand marshal.... I am here just to make sure that freshmen can relate to aspects of campus, especially to DSG.” — Senior Kousha Navidar, DSG freshmen liaison “We would be able to give them feedback as students and peers, not as overseers,” he said.

The amendment passed unanimously.

Officials also approved the creation of a freshmen liaison, a cabinet position that Nur said will “engage the freshman class and look at the overall freshman experience.”

Senior Kousha Navidar, a Chronicle columnist, was confirmed to fill the post.

Navidar will be tasked with overhauling the first-year advisory council process, Nur said.

Navidar said his experience as a resident assistant for two years on East Campus and as a peer academic advisor––among other qualifications––give him the necessary experience. DSG officials questioned Navidar on how he will ensure that what he does is effective. He added that his responsibilities will include making sure the FAC program runs smoothly and that it continues to be effective in the future.

“I am not trying to be a grand marshal,” he said. “I am here just to make sure that freshmen can relate to aspects of campus, especially to DSG.” In other business: DSG also passed amendments to make its constitution more gender-neutral and to renew both the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee and the DSG Judiciary.

The Senate also approved new rules for Tailgate, which were e-mailed to the student body Wednesday morning.

After the meeting, sophomore Pete Schork, vice president for athletics and campus services, said he hopes the new rules––which mandate that students cannot drink directly out of aluminum cans and that groups are responsible for the cleanup of their own spaces––will be “in line with Duke standards.”

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summer had to be dropped, partly due to security concerns related to increasing tensions within the Gaza strip.

But there are no contingency plans for this program.

“If there’s a war, it’s canceled,” Eric Meyers said.

Sophomore Kevin Lieberman, who went on an individual DukeEngage trip to Israel this summer, said he really enjoyed his experience working in Tel Aviv and added that he thinks the new program will be a great experience for interested students.

“A lot of people came up to me [after my DukeEngage trip] and said they wanted to go to Israel,” Lieberman said. “[They] think it’s this old ancient place... and it’s not.”

Between 15 and 18 undergraduates will be allowed to participate in the program, though graduate student applications will be considered. The program will cost $3,000 and students will receive course credit in the religion department. “[Eric Meyers and I] are really excited about this,” Carol Meyers said. “We’ve done archaeology for... decades but one of the most exciting things has been interaction with students... and we treasure that.”

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FuQuA from page 1 first rotation.

“At least 40 students came up to me and thanked me [at the kick-off in london]. i’ve never been thanked by students for charging them $115,000 and working their tails off,” Sheppard said. “i said, ‘Why are you thanking me?’ And they said, ‘We hoped you would do what was promised, and you’ve exceeded our Cost of Fuqua’s Cross Contiexpectations.’” nent MBA program Although many business schools are dabbling in internationalization, Fuqua’s plan— Number of students in the with sites in program. Officials originally london, St. peexpected 180 students to tersburg, Dubai, enroll.

Shanghai and new Delhi—is notable for its scope and swiftness, said Juliane iannarelli, director of global research for the Association to Advance collegiate Schools of Business.

“Any time a school starts something new and something innovative, other schools are watching to see what unfolds and what they can take away from it,” she said.

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enrollment misses target in an April interview with The chronicle, Sheppard said he expected 180 students to enroll—but the program’s first class has 120 members. of those, 40 percent of students hail from abroad, falling short of the 50 percent target.

Although the program’s announcement made headlines last Fall, Fuqua administrators were not approached by as many prospective students as expected, Sheppard said. With Fuqua’s unique plan, applicants for the program’s first class were forced to take a leap of faith, he said. in addition, Sheppard said some accepted students said they could not enroll because their employers were unable to foot the bill for the program during the recession.

“Most of them weren’t rejections—they were, ‘can i come next year?’” he said.

“That’s predictable in a bad economy.”

Sheppard said the cross continent MBA has performed well compared to Fuqua’s other executive education programs, whose enrollments have dropped 35 percent.

The total number of students who applied for and enrolled in executive education programs nationwide increased this year, according to an AAcSB study. student experience randy Zwitch, a 30-year-old statistical modeler based in new York, found himself deciding between the cross continent MBA and executive education programs offered by the University of pennsylvania, harvard University, new York University and columbia University this Spring. Although the $115,000 sticker price made him think long and hard, he chose Fuqua and said he has been thrilled so far.

“The question of return on investment gives any prospective business school applicant pause,” Zwitch said. “i see Fuqua leap-frogging over the competition in terms of value provided. Whereas other schools might take a trip or two to different countries, Fuqua has become embedded and connected in five leading business cultures.

That alone is worth the price of admission.”

Zwitch and his classmates will complete most of their coursework in the same places they socialize and sleep. Because Fuqua is still searching for the right British partner, the first rotation was conducted from the four-star Tower hotel london, where rooms start at about $300 a night this time of year. instruction will take place in facilities provided by Fuqua’s partners for the Dubai and St. petersburg rotations, but the chinese and indian segments of the program will also be conducted exclusively from hotels for this class of students, Sheppard said. he added that students have not complained about the lack of formal academic facilities, noting that they will give input on construction plans instead. Zwitch echoed the sentiment.

“The question is whether the students are paying for a new, 21st century classroom or if they’re paying for the education that they anticipate receiving,” iannarelli said. “The education can be high quality even without the window dressing.” building abroad But 21st century classrooms could soon

be a reality for Duke students in the Middle east. Fuqua administrators are currently discussing a part-time campus—complete with facilities for academics, athletics and housing—with an unnamed country in the region, Sheppard said. Before negotiations advance with that country, Sheppard said he plans to take the proposal to the Dubai government to “see if they can do better.”

Fuqua has forged a number of ties in Dubai recently, inking an agreement with the DiFc centre of excellence to establish joint research centers, and partnering with the Mohammed Bin rashid programme for leadership Development to offer a one-year masters degree in Management Studies in government.

Fuqua professors will collaborate with faculty from the Sanford School of public policy to instruct 85 Dubai residents beginning in January. Scholarship funding from the local government will cover the program costs, Sheppard said.

“...Fuqua has become embedded and connected in five leading business cultures. That alone is worth the price of admission.”

— randy Zwitch, Cross Continent MBA student Fuqua administrators continue to pursue permanent Duke facilities in india and china as well. Sheppard said he hopes to break ground this Fall on a 200-acre parttime campus in the city of Kunshan, china, located just outside of Shanghai. The city is footing the bill for the facilities, which Sheppard expects will be ready for cross continent MBA students in January 2011.

Facilities for use by Duke as a whole will be erected during later phases of construction. Sheppard said he hopes members of the current sophomore class will be able to study in Kunshan as seniors.

Fuqua administrators are also laying the groundwork for Duke facilities at an undisclosed location in india. The school has filed paperwork to repurpose the site of a former nursery for academic use, and Sheppard said he hopes to put the pro-

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Finding the right mix even as Fuqua prepares to cement its physical presence abroad, attracting a diverse mix of international students remains a challenge.

Sheppard told The chronicle in April that he hoped at least 10 students from each of the five target regions would be enrolled in the program’s first class. But india and china top the list with seven students each, and russia lags far behind with just two students.

Sheppard thinks Africa is also under-represented in the program–just two students from the continent are enrolled this year— but he said he will need to raise significant scholarship money to achieve a better ratio. Both African students enrolled in the program this year received scholarships, and other “targeted” students received tuition breaks, Sheppard said.

With the United States and europe still reeling from the recession, Sheppard said recruiting students from the emerging global markets will be key if Fuqua is to reach its goal of 280 students for next year’s cross continent class. Sheppard predicted that the task will become easier when Fuqua deploys a new set of recruiters across the globe—the revamped program’s happy customers.

“The students who are enrolled absolutely love it,” Sheppard said. “now our problem is getting information about the program to 6 billion people, which is not a trivial problem. But we have advocates in every part of the world, and they’re incredibly strong advocates.”

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Despite the number of parties sprawled across campus on weekends, students may be becoming more conscious about alcohol use and its damaging effects on their health.

The results from the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment II, a revised survey from the previous ACHANCHA, shows that a large number of students have never used alcohol. The revised survey features some modified questions and the addition of new queries regarding illegal drugs, contraceptive methods, vaccines, sleep behaviors and self-injury.

The survey shows that 23.2 percent of Duke students have never used alcohol and 8.4 percent have not used alcohol in the past 30 days.

Researchers wrote in the survey that drawing trend comparisons between the revised and the previous versions may lead to false conclusions.

“It is not surprising [to see a high percentage of students who don’t drink] as there is more and more talk about the negative consequences of drinking, in a way that is not a scare tactic and in line with researched backed prevention,” Tom Szigethy, asSee substance use on page 9

In a recent study conducted at the University of British Columbia, researchers found that having thin friends with large appetites can come with heavy consequences—namely, the size of your midsection.

In an effort to help curb climbing obesity rates, professors from Duke, UBC and Arizona State University conducted an experiment to determine how the sizes and food choices of peers influence personal eating habits.

“If a person in front of you takes more food, you are more likely to take more food. If that person is thin, however, you are more likely to imitate their food choices than if that person were obese,” said Brent McFerran, assistant professor of marketing at UBC. McFerran added that people automatically adjust their habits to those of their peers, thinking that, if they mimic their thin friends’ choices, they will remain just as healthy.

The research team surveyed more than 200 college students, who were told the experiment involved watching a film strip.

Upon arriving at the specified location, each subject was coupled with an actor who was disguised as just another study participant. The actor’s weight could be adjusted using a body prosthetic, a rubber suit which enabled the researchers to alter the actor’s weight from her natural size zero and 105 pounds to a size 16 and 180 pounds.

Before the film strip was played, the participants were offered snacks. The actor would make her food selection first, and the study subject would take his snack immediately after.

Results indicated that regardless of size, the participants were impacted by the ac-

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A Duke study found that students’ food consumption can be affected by how much their peers eat. tor’s food selections. When the actor did not use the body prosthetic, however, her choices were found to be more influential.

“This influence occurs outside our conscious awareness. Most of the time we don’t do any sort of correction,” said Gavan Fitzsimons, F.M. Kirby Research Fellow and professor of marketing and psychology at the Fuqua School of Business.

Such corrections should factor in a person’s height and metabolism, which account for their larger food portions, McFerran said.

The study also reflected the reverse— when thin people select smaller sized portions, their peers follow suit. This trend is especially apparent at Duke, where the percentage of overweight students is relatively small, said Franca Alphin, director of nutrition services at Duke Student Health.

“I worry less about the overeating than the under-eating,” Alphin said.

Duke students voiced similar concerns on the pressure to remain fit on campus.

Sara Hinds, a second-year graduate student in biomedical engineering, said during her time as a Duke undergraduate, girls of “normal” weight who lived with skinnier friends markedly adjusted their food portions.

“It has a lot to do with physically living with them,” Hinds said, but added that she could currently “care less” about her company’s food choices and said she focuses instead on satiating her own hunger.

Freshman Adam Tomasiello, however, is concerned about gaining the infamous freshman 15.

“If everyone goes to get seconds or thirds, you feel obligated to, so you don’t feel left out,” Tomasiello said.

In uncovering this subconscious process, researchers are confident that they have equipped people with the necessary knowledge to make more educated dining choices, and combat obesity.

Fitzsimons said he feels that the team has produced “very robust results, so that people can make this conscious correction.”

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in a surprising move earlier this week, The Walt Disney company bought Marvel entertainment for approximately $4 billion, overtaking the comic book giant and ballooning their family of characters.

This takeover injects the girl-centric Disney cast with a serious amount of testosterone, muscle and superpowers.

But in a world where the wilder the pair-up the better (lil’ Wayne and leighton Meester at the MTV movie awards anyone?), i wonder where the current meet-and-greets going on between the superheroes and the princesses might lead to. Therefore, recess presents a list of Disney-Marvel meant-to-bes: Ariel & Hulk: Green skin and serious insecurities brought these two lovebirds together. A picture perfect relationship goes awry when the hulk cannot contain his anger and crushes Sebastian in his fist during a rendition of “Under the Sea.” Aladdin & Storm: controlling the weather while cruising on a magic carpet is pretty boss. equally don is having three wishes and halle Berry at your

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Mary Poppins & Green Goblin: The whimsical British nanny woos the revenge-thirsty scientist by pulling Spiderman out of her magical bottomless carpetbag and letting the Goblin finish him off. chim-chiminey, green-gobliney, bye Peter Parker-oo!

Pocahontas & Captain America: one: fall in love. Two: joint family feast! Three: Pocahantas’ family members fall mysteriously ill. Four: alcoholism runs rampant!?

Five: captain takes possession of their lands!?! Six: Trip to Foxwoods.

Snow White & Blade: her fair, vampirewhite skin immediately attracts Blade, and dating a leather jacket-donning half-vampire with a plethora of weapons was the opportunity for rebellion she was waiting for. After a full week of blood-sucking raves and that-accident-with-Sneezy-andthe-knife, Snow White has enough and repents by returning to her glass case for a month. hope to see all you couples at Tailgate.

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Welcome freshmen, newcomers and old, devoted readers. This is the first installment of a regular column sodomizing social norms and popular culture. it’s nice to have some fresh meat, straight from the slaughterhouse primed and ready to go. oh you freshmen—young, innocent and from good households. nothing like Michael Jackson’s kids. They don’t even know who their parents are. “he was the best daddy ever!” Thanks for that sentiment, Paris, but who? Macaulay culkin? i can’t wait until the media comes out and says, “Michael always thought black was beautiful, so he wanted the darkest man in hollywood—without left eye ptosis (sorry, Forest)—to father his children.

The sperm belongs to Wesley Snipes!” he’s a good source of parental wisdom.

Just look at what he said to Woody harrelson. “You can put a cat in an oven, but that don’t make it a biscuit.” Unless you live at the neverland ranch where anything’s possible, Wes. Do you know what it was like to grow up on that property? have you ever been awoken by a giraffe licking your face? has there ever been an outbreak of hPV among your friends due to group rides on the backyard carousel? has your father ever moonwalked into the room, naked with a sack of children over his shoulder singing “happy Birthday?” oh, he has? Do you want to talk about it?

These kids are going to be so messed up. Doctors will probably have to come up with a new name for whatever psychological disorders they have. They’ll diagnose them with neverland ranch complex or children of Michael Jackson Disorder.

“What’s wrong, Doctor?” “i regret to in-

form you that your children’s hippocampi are riddled with Thriller and a Bad case of off The Wall.” “can we cure it, Doctor?” “no, this is a Dangerous combination, and, unfortunately, it’s invincible.”

At least they’ll be able to get away with anything. “oh, little Prince was caught smoking crack? That’s terrible, but he did have a tough childhood. Paris couldn’t stop until she got enough...on tape? She must have some real problems stemming from how she was raised. Blanket was just awarded a rhodes Scholarship? Talk about overcompensation. Who’s he trying to impress, Macaulay culkin?”

We make fun of them now, but we’re all going to be jealous when cops just turn the other way when Prince blows through red lights wacked out on mephedrone. You freshman will learn you can’t get away with anything on this campus. remember Pop-Up Video? That old show that played music videos and had pop-ups telling you fun little facts? This campus is like that. Just walking down the quad popups come next to you: “Totally took on the two dudes across the hall” (Promiscuous) “once found blacked out, crying in a Shooters booth.” (Mess) “Totally did coke off a stripper in the kitchen of George’s Garage (r.i.P. like Mike).” (respect?).

We all have our skeletons in the closet—or now, deceased skeletal fathers in the closet. Who are we to judge someone for taking off his pants in the Marketplace? Who are we to judge someone for soiling the bed three times in one week?

Because, believe me, i don’t judge myself for doing that. And they say i’ve let myself go.

Jack Wilkinson is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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The show starts at seven. Dusky light still filters through the trees and plays its own shadowed puppet show on a stony stage built into a hillside. As the show goes on, night crawls in and stars ignite above University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Forest Theater, but the audience is unlikely to notice. Before them loom beautiful figures in intricately painted masks––playing, fighting and dancing on stilts.

These are the puppets of Jan Burger and Donovan Zimmerman’s theatrical collaboration Paperhand Puppet Intervention. Paperhand stages plays using huge characters fashioned from papier-mache and cloth, shadows on screens and undisguised actors who comfortably weave their way among these fanciful creatures.

If your mind immediately associates the word “puppet” with cringe-inducing falsetto voices, silence it. Puppetry is an ancient art form and one of the earliest forms of theater. From the detail, beauty and creativity of the art they create, it is immediately clear that Burger and Zimmerman respect the potential power of puppetry.

This summer’s show is The Living Sea of Memory. The work is separated into several different sections, one of which is an adaptation of Enuma Elis, a Babylonian creation myth. In the fantastical tale, an ancient god seduces the various other gods into exalting him as ruler. They surrender all power to him so that he can better fight Tiana, the mother of all things. How does he convince them? He lulls them into a stupor with those irresistible essentials: wine and pancakes.

In the following segements, Burger and Zimmerman examine how stories can move from the epic to the intimate. The most touching segment of the show features true memories of the cast members’ grandparents, performed as monologues. The simple, visceral nature of their stories allows them to successfully tap into the memories of listeners in the audience and on stage, literally forming a “living sea of memory.”

The wizened grandparent figures perform the universal actions of sharing food and playing youthful pranks, creating a familiar but fantastic space. The audience gradually reconnects to their own experiences through the stories on stage.

The wrinkled masks of larger-than-life grandparents tell us the narrative is more ancient and collective than anything personal. Tiny beside them are the actors, dressed simply in black. The collective, after all, is only individual stories, strung together.

The show runs Sept. 4-6 at the Forest Theater in Chapel Hill and then moves to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh for its final weekend, Sept. 11-12.

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Public Healing, an art show by Amanda Barr, will run through Oct. 11 at Golden Belt. Barr’s work tangibly highlights life’s healing process.

by Aziza Sullivan The chronicle

It is difficult not to be drawn in by a six-foot tower of papier-mache owls.

Standing amidst concentric circles of mismatched fabrics, plaster owls with staring eyes of lace doilies beseech even the most casual passerby to stop and take in the rest of Amanda Barr’s show Public Healing.

Composed of ten mixed media pieces with titles such as “Eating Pretty Things” and “Magnetized Eyelashes,” Barr’s latest boasts a distinctly Native American feel with abstract undertones. The last of the now-defunct Branch Gallery’s exhibitions, Public Healing uses contrasting motifs of rounded corners and jagged edges to represent life’s deep injuries and rough restitching, according to the artist’s statement.

The pieces are arranged simply enough, some seeming to call their audience to touch and feel. Others are so superficially basic that one can only stare and try to guess

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what they’ve missed. In one corner, a series of stones, some smooth, others sharp and jagged, are scattered over the ground. Each is a different size, color and shape. These aptly-titled “Flesh Rocks” symbolize human societies and their tendencies to cluster together in times of strife, or to be worn smooth by tempestuous situations. In another corner, black rosebuds and vibrant feathers lay nestled in a bed of straw, displaying both darkness and light in a stark bouquet. The natural, earthy tones of the exhibit only exacerbate the occasional splashes of bright color, and point to the title of the exhibit painted in black block letters on the plain white walls of the small room.

The effect is both simple and striking. Public Healing is everything it claims to be: an accessible aesthetic representation of the healing life both brings and necessitates.

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Seafood aside, eden also serves steak, pork, poultry and pasta, ranging from local delights like carolina BBQ ribs to simple comfort foods like chicken pot pie. The delightful peppery tang of the juicy chile-rubbed pork makes this dish one of the chef’s specialties. Sides of rich mashed sweet potatoes and glazed apples are likewise satisfying. even the accompanying vegetable sides are noteworthy, as they are determined by the local farmers’ markets three best produce selections.

When dining at eden, leave room for dessert since the restaurant’s chefs save the best for last. classics such as strawberry shortcake and cheesecake are sure to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth. But the delectable chocolate Godiva torte, accompanied by raspberry ice cream and a piece of homemade caramelized sugar candy dotted with broken espresso beans, would have Adam and eve asking for seconds.

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ans of the now-closed George’s Garage can find solace in executive chef Adam Smith’s newest endeavor, restaurant eden. located only 10 minutes off campus, eden features the same simple but smart cuisine as George’s—with an added twist.

The all-American comfort food possesses a distinct northern californian flair, especially present in the many seafood offerings such as fried catfish, pan-seared trout and red snapper. entrees are prepared from locally farmed produce, and the menu shifts and changes with the season to reflect the very best ingredients on the market. hidden from the main road behind an office building complex, eden does not boast easy accessibility. once inside, however, patrons are treated to a classy, inviting atmosphere. Wall-length windows let in white lights from an outdoor patio, and the glossy wooden bar and open-air kitchen lend a modern look to the elegant ambiance.

For the most part, the food is equally impressive. The appetizers are almost almost all seafood, with portions large enough for two. highlights include calamari flash-fried with lemon zest and creamy carolina crab fondue served with flaky sundried tomato tortillas.

hat could be more relaxing than a gently humid, late summer’s night spent in the beautiful and historic backdrop of the American Tobacco campus?

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he hole-in-the-wall Mexican taco shop has long held its spot as the dominant point of access for authentic, flavorful Mexican food. Middling restaurants followed suit, but tend to sacrifice the essential basics of Mexican food for inessential tourist kitsch. But the advent of the Mexican fine-dining destination, an idea that initially left me skeptical, accustomed as i was to the slew of nondescript, low-rent, yet delicious establishments i grew up with in Southern california, challenged my culinary comprehension new Durham restaurant Dos Perros fits adequately into this niche. Fortunately, the design concept avoids the trappings of fine dining and embraces simplicity. A clean color palette neither over- nor underwhelms, delightfully avoiding gauche Mexican decor. A concise menu divides the platos principales (entrees) tersely into chicken, meat, seafood and vegetarian options.

Several entradas (appetizers) piqued my interest. The tostadas de ceviche were, in fact, quite appetizing, though seafood lovers might find that strong lime accents mask the taste of the fish. ensalada de sandia y pepinos seemed curious—a watermelon and cucumber salad infused with onion and chile powder. Surprisingly, the salad was more bland and unsavory than it was distinctive.

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Cuban with remoulade). The “world’s best” cuban sandwich was filling, but left something to be desired in terms of flavor.

Unless you’re beyond famished, the best dining strategy at cuban revolution is to forgo the heavier entrees and choose a selection of tapas. Also, go for one of the restaurant’s tropical milkshakes, offered in flavors like guava, mango or hazelnut.

The inside of the restaurant feels more like a cocktail bar thanks to dramatic mood lighting, so if weather allows, stick outside for the food and then head inside for pitchers of sangria.

All in all, both the food and atmosphere of cuban revolution fail to invoke any type of fervor—political, gastronomic or otherwise. if you see me waving a che Guevara flag and spouting Marxist philosophy on the Plaza, just note: it’s not because of the garlic plantains.

—Tina Siadak

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urham offers a new delicious way to reduce your carbon footprint with a new fad, loYo. With its locally grown toppings and allnatural flavors, local Yogurt on University Drive is the authentic, no-nonsense answer to kitschy fro-yo “boutiques” like Pinkberry and red Mango. coowners Grace Beason, Ted Domville and Mathew Beason bring community-minded standards to their independent operation rather than preaching the shifty promise of “all-natural” or “live and active cultures” popular among other frozen yogurt chains.

A rotating selection of flavors can be conveniently observed daily on the shop’s Twitter page, where its latest fixations are original, lemon, chocolate

2501 University Drive #8 Desserts and peanut butter. The original provides a fantastic base for culinary experimentations such as fig and mochi, though consulting the “Staff Picks” board helps when choosing creative flavors like lemon and peanut butter. Geoffrey’s pick, peanut butter with golden grahams, banana and honey makes a delicious and unusual dessert choice.

Bright lime green walls add to the fun and trendy experience of frozen yogurt, and helpful staff justify the shop’s designation as “The happiest Place in Durham.” With rumors of Pinkberry coming to Duke, perhaps local Yogurt’s arrival heralds the fro-yo takeover of Durham and brings a new socially conscious twist on a modern culinary trend.

—Maddie Lieberberg

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hether you’re looking for something sweet, sour or a little bit spicy in your cocktail, the selection at Durham’s brand new Dos Perros has you covered. Although the menu boasts several concoctions on the pricier side at $13 a pop, for a more modest $9 per drink, one can sample a slew of indigenous infusions. The selection ranges from a rum-spiked “la leche” horchata to a “Passionfruit caipirinha,” the national cocktail of Brazil and a sumptuously sour refresher.

For those wishing to awaken their inner “female canine,” sample a “la Perra nikki,” made with sweet grapefruit, vodka and guyabana. And if you’re in the mood to mellow out, try a “cheech and chong,” a subtle blend of gin, lemongrass and tomatillos. Most popular on the menu, however— and rightfully so—is the Mango cayenne Margharita, a perfect balance of fruit and tequila sparked by a surprise kick of cayenne to keep your senses awake for round two. Salud, of-age Amigos.

—Emily Ackerman

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For the first 25 seconds or so of the opening song, I thought I had the wrong CD. The robotic noises and eerie synthesizers made me think the compilation album in my possession was not of Triangle-area bands, but rather aliens from outer space.

But then the guitar kicks in, and Lonnie Walker’s frontman Brian Corum’s first line informs us, “This ain’t phony.”

And—true to the song’s title—it “Feels Like Right.”

The song kicks off Hear Here, a collection of 17 tracks, each from a different local artist or band. The compilation is a tribute to the vibrant music scene of the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill area, which has given rise to Ben Folds, Merge Records, a Sonic Youth song and more. As part of the

truly local effort, Flying Tiger Sound studio in downtown Raleigh recorded all but track 16 (Sunfold’s “Weeping Wall”) on the album.

“Feels Like Right” is an ideal first song.

An ebb-and-flow of percussion and laidback twangs, it is, in a word, a build-up, both in the momentum Corum’s voice creates within the song itself and for the entire album as a whole.

The record is a refreshing blend of artists who, though they have extremely varying sounds, share a common standard of excellence. From hip-hop, like Kooley High’s brassy and bass-y “Can’t Go Wrong,” to indie rock, like the Never’s piano-heavy “Littlest Things,” each artist’s contribution is crisp, catchy and smooth. The Love Language’s “Horophones” and Inflowential’s “Sheriff” also stand out as album highlights—though, thanks to the wide range of genres, each individual will probably have a different favorite.

—Lucie Zhang

whitney houston i look to you arista

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I love Whitney Houston, and I’m not afraid to say it.

The woman has accomplished a lot. You’ve been around the block, Whitney, and in this day and age, that’s a whole lot harder than it sounds.

With her career in its third decade, much of her competition wasn’t even born yet when Houston’s first album, Whitney Houston, was released in 1985. For much of that time, Houston has had to contend with the inevitable backlash of being a commercially viable artist who’s still attempting to meet her own high artistic standards. On her new album, I Look to You, Houston seeks to silence those critics.

She comes out swinging with lead single “Million Dollar Bill,” a jazz standard draped in ‘70s, disco-era production. Next is “Nothin’ But Love,” where Houston confronts and undercuts her critics directly, singing, “To anyone who tried to hate on me/shout out, shout out.” Yet. she also shows a more subdued side on tracks like “For The Lovers,” which could have been written by a slightly more feminine Prince. As always, the vocals are the centerpiece of each song, but there’s nothing wrong with only doing one thing, so long as you do that one thing well.

The largest problem with I Look to You is that, despite being billed as a comeback album, there are only 11 songs.

After seven years, an 11-song LP of slightly inspired material is not enough. Instead of saying her career is off life support, it might be more accurate to say, “We’ve found a pulse.”

—Alex Fankuchen

September 3, 2009

Nurses talk debut album, GarageBand With their buzzed debut Apple’s Acre, Portland-based Nurses just embarked on an ambitious three-month tour of the United States. The band is coming to the Duke Coffeehouse this Saturday with the Brunettes and Throw Me The Statue. Before they embarked on the tour, recess’ Andrew Hibbard caught up with vocalist Aaron Chapman.

You made Apple’s Acre in your attic. Do you think that affected the sound and making of the album, or is it a sort of mythology that people have played up? it influenced what we’re doing. Most of the songs were already written, but the way we chose to record definitely was inspired by our surroundings. it was an attic in an old Victorian house we kind of converted into this crazy magical tent universe. i think that being there definitely got us into a certain head space, so in a sense it definitely influenced the record. But like i said, the songs themselves were already written, but the way we played them was definitely influenced by our surroundings.

Did you ever get claustrophobic?

We ended up moving out because the house was kind of crazy. There were 12 people living there. it was a party house. We definitely did retreat to the attic. At the time we were doing it, it was awesome. i think it was perfect. But we did reach a threshold. You couldn’t really stand up except for at the very center of the attic. So everywhere else, you just kind of had to crouch down or crawl at certain points, so there’s only so long you can live like that. But it was awesome. i loved it.

You recorded the album with GarageBand. What was it like having all the creative control?

Anything we had recorded prior had been with someone who was an engineer or inside the studio. i had never recorded anything before, so that was a lot of the creative process through the necessity of figuring things. But it allowed us to

“[GarageBand] allowed us to be really spontaneous and record things really quickly.... It just gave us a lot of freedom.”

— Aaron chapman be really spontaneous and record things really quickly. Whenever we had an idea, we could record whenever we wanted to, pretty much. it’s very portable. it just gave us a lot of freedom. i think between having the freedom to just be spontaneous with ideas and just record instantly and, like i said, the limitations or lack of expertise in recording, kind of, i think forced us to be creative in how we record the song. But it ended up being a really awesome catalyst for creativity.

Do you think GarageBand has opened doors for other bands?

Yeah, i hope so. i hope people would be encouraged to do that rather than saving up money forever to make a record. There are so many things that go into it. in my mind, working with GarageBand sort of seemed like—it’s the software that comes with the computer, so i kind of assumed it wasn’t an acceptable way to make a record at first.

Then when we started messing around with it and we were like, wait a second, we like this as much as anything else. So i would hope people know that they can and would be encouraged to do things themselves. With music being free and people downloading so much stuff, it makes sense to forget about huge budgets and make a record themselves instead of waiting around saving up money, expecting that they have to make a proper studio album or whatever. A lot of the stuff that we really like is kind of more do-it-yourself, lo-fi stuff. it sounds awesome. i hope that people do [it themselves] instead of just not making a record.

Will you continue with the DIY approach or turn to engineers and producers for future recordings?

We have been recording more ourselves in the meantime, and i think we’re kind of open to either way. We’re really happy being able to do it ourselves though. Unless something really awesome comes along, i’m sure we’ll just keep doing it that way for the immediate future.

Nurses are playing at the Duke Coffeehouse Saturday, Sept. 5.

Tickets are $10 (free to Duke students). Doors open at 8:30 p.m., and the show starts at 9 p.m.

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Girl + Boy + 16.5 Genres and Permutated cliches = rom-com.

The premise of All About Steve, written by Kim Barker (License to Wed) and directed by feature film first-timer Phil Traill, sounds suspiciously like one concocted by manatees.

Mary horowitz (Sandra Bullock), an eccentric crossword puzzle designer, is convinced after one disastrous blind date that cnn cameraman Steve (Bradley cooper) is her soulmate. egged on by Steve’s friend and field reporter, hartman (Thomas haden church), Mary chases Steve around the country as he reports on breaking news stories. That is, a group of deaf children falling into a mine, a three-legged baby whose predicament has sparked pro-leg and anti-leg protest groups and so forth.

As it turns out, actually watching the film doesn’t help much either. Perhaps the hodgepodge storyline is embodied

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by Mary’s personal style—she lugs around a bright umbrella for much of the film, wears mismatching patterns, blathers and runs amuck, all the while sporting trademark red vinyl boots that are apparently some sort of plot device.

The goal is some variation of quirky, but lovable. Fail.

The film bonks its audience over the head with trope after trope, only to paint its characters as unsympathetic caricatures. hartman never actually has any coherent motivation for goading Mary to stalk Steve; his character exists solely to drive the narrative action. All the remaining supporting cast is equally undeveloped and un-entertaining. And poor, beautiful Bradley cooper! his winning ease and naturalistic style are completely misused, and the stilted, lame dialogue forced through his lips is confusing. Jokes fall flat all over the place, Bullock falls into a mine, but saddest of all, cooper is thrown under the bus.

Ultimately, our Mary becomes a national media sensation, prompting hundreds of misfit friends to hold a vigil around the mine site (bewilderingly meaningful music ensues).

2009, we have a new Gigli.

—Jenni Wei

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Extract: (v) to remove with force or effort. or the process by which the performances and the humor in the latest Mike Judge comedy are excruciatingly obtained.

Known best for his work as writer/director of the 1999 cult classic Office Space, Judge won the hearts of comedy lovers with his uniquely ordinary characters struggling to take charge in a world of TPS reports, downsizing and roaming red staplers. With Extract, Judge hopes again to spice up the humdrum with humor, but his film’s flavor is off.

Joel reynold (Jason Bateman) has a wife (Kristen Wiig), a 7-Series and the keys to an extract factory he built up from the ground. Sure, it’s no Fortune 500 and the misses is perpetually “too tired” past the eight o’clock “sweatpant deadline.” But for a workingman like Joel, pleasure has become as simple as a post-work whisky with his degenerate wingman Dean (a barely recognizable Ben Affleck) and the prospect of a dwindling libido. That is, until a doe-eyed beauty named cindy (Mila Kunis) shows up at the factory looking for a job. intrigued, Joel immediately sets her to work on the assembly line and consequently allows the allure of the off-limits to disrupt his marriage and morals.

Thanks to years of perfecting the “Seriously?” look on Arrested Development, Bateman fits comfortably back into his role as the modern-day Atlas, shouldering a world full of whackos. Unfortunately, Judge simply doesn’t push the rest of his cast to their comedic capabilities (case in point: SNL’s normally side-splitting Kristen Wiig). Similarly underwhelming is the plot, which is filled with red herrings that may fascinate with hitchcock horrors, but here reveal a dearth of character development.

Although Extract may not have needed the full 37 pieces to rouse a chuckle, this Judge-omedy is ultimately lacking in flair.

—Emily Ackerman

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dRinKing from page 4 cians and think about screening for binge drinking and excessive drinking in older people.”

As for the differences between men and women, men tend to binge drink more than women do, simply because women who have responsibilities of work and raising children are more secretive about their drinking habits, according to results from the survey.

But to anyone, young and old, binge drinking could lead to serious health consequences, including cardiovascular and liver diseases, neurological damage and violent behavior. These health risks increase as individuals age.

“Elderly people are less tolerant to alcohol because of physical changes, said Dr. Ashwin Patkar, associate professor of psychiatry

and medical director of the Duke Addictions Program. “Alcohol depresses the brain function to a greater extent in older people, impairing coordination and memory, which can lead to falls and general confusion.”

Just because there is such a high frequency of older adults binge drinking, that does not mean college students are drinking less.

At Duke, 29.6 percent of men and 26.3 percent of women admitted to binge drinking and overall in the national statistics, Duke is around the status quo compared to other schools, said Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of Duke’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Center.

“White male students involved in athletics and the Greek community commonly binge drink the most,” Szigethy said.

But for all the non-jocks out

SUBSTAnCE USE from page 8 sociate dean and director of Duke’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Center, wrote in an e-mail.

The gap between students’ perception of alcohol use and the actual number of students drinking show great discrepancies. Although the percentage of students who have never used alcohol was 24.5 percent and 23 percent for men and women, respectively, results show that students believe that only 2.3 percent of men and 1.6 percent of women have never consumed alcohol.

Similar discrepancies were observed regarding cigarette, hookah, marijuana

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there, the fact that Dukies are educated does not guarantee sobriety either. The survey showed a higher prevalence of low and at-risk drinking among more educated people who attended college compared to the less educated, and the prevalence of binge drinking was similar across all education levels.

While there is no study of the correlation between binge drinking in college and binge drinking later in life, Patkar noted that drinking among college students is a “well-recognized problem” on campuses across the country, and Duke is no exception.

“Interestingly, binge drinking rates of college students correlate with binge drinking rates of adults living in the same state.” Patkar said. “The patterns you set down when you’re in college don’t easily move away from when you get out of college.”

and other drug use. Students generally perceived that the majority of Duke students have used the drugs listed in the study in the past 30 days. The actual results revealed the opposite, with fewer than one-fifth of students having used drugs in the past 30 days.

Sophomore Kenneth Strickland said he believes these discrepancies in student perception arise from the prominent greek life on campus.

“Because of the fraternities and the sororities, drinking is more heavily advertised, so to speak, than non-drinking activities, leading people to think that more people drink than they actually do,” Strickland said.

Even so, 68.3 percent of students have

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reported having consumed any alcohol in the past 30 days, with more than 50 percent of students replying that they have used alcohol in the past 9 days.

Although the majority of students reported drinking on a regular basis, issues that most impact students’ academic performance were stress, extracurricular activities, sleep difficulties and anxiety, which are very similar to the results in 2006.

“It’s not surprising that drinking does not have the most impact on students’ academic performances because it seems like the type of people who would come to an institution like Duke would have some idea of how to manage these aspects of their lives,” said sophomore

Drew Sternesky.

In general, the overall health of Duke students has improved as well. The number of students who have self-reported their health as “good” or “excellent” has increased from 93 percent to 95 percent. Szigethy said these results were above the national average for students’ general health.

“These survey data helps us to drive our approach to the development of protective factors and awareness for the student body,” Szigethy said. “If we know the concerns for the students then we are able to understand some of what drives behaviors and decisions on campus. In this way we can cater services to more suitably assist students.”

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NROTC from page 1 from 14,332 to 20,064. This summer, when Beauregard approached Mitch Moser, business manager and associate director of athletics, to negotiate a contract for this season, he said he wanted to ask for more money as time to clean the stadium had increased with attendance.

Moser said he told Beauregard that budget constraints forced the Athletic Association to cut costs.

“With budget cuts and difficult financial pressure, we’re looking at bidding out as much as we can and economizing our event staffing,” Moser said. “TROSA does all of our cleaning for basketball, so we asked them to come in and bid for it.... It was something they’re familiar with and something they can do for less money [than NROTC].”

The University similarly transferred the contract to clean Cameron Indoor Stadium after basketball games to TROSA in the 2007-2008 school year.

NROTC had cleaned up after basketball games previously, but Moser said scheduling conflicts prevented them from working several games in the season and hiring TROSA helped “from a consistency standpoint to have the same people doing it every time.”

“You develop a relationship, you develop a trust,” he said.

Lt. Chris Pintauro, naval aviation war officer and assistant professor for NROTC, said NROTC has a good relationship with Moser and understands that some cuts had to happen.

“It may just be a matter of luck that this is where they could cut, and it’s unfortunate but if that’s where they had to make the cut, that’s where they had to make the cut,” he said. “It’s unfortunate of course, but we teach our students to be flexible, and I’m sure they’ll come up with something. You may see the Navy program having a bake sale on the quad.”

Like any part of the University community, Moser said the Athletic Association needs to cut costs and is considering ways to also economize things like equipment, entertainment, travel, printing and postage. But ultimately, he said the association will “do everything possible to guard the student-athlete experience.”

Pintauro said the money from football cleanup previously helped to fund social activities. Although NROTC is still searching for revenue opportunities, it has not been able to find any at Duke. Pintauro added that he talked with Moser about seeking alternate opportunities at the University, but due to the timing of the options, he did not think NROTC would have the manpower to work the events.

Instead, Pintauro said Duke’s NROTC might lean on its close relationships with neighboring ROTC programs for help finding revenue—including the program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said they are discussing cleaning UNC’s Kenan Stadium as a funding option.

UNC pays its ROTC program $4,500 per game to clean up the 60,000-seat Kenan Stadium, which averages attendance in the 50,000s, said Steve Kirschner, associate director of athletic communications at UNC. He said UNC requires the program to supply at least 50 people to clean.

“I don’t think it matters where they come from, it’s up to them to supply the people,” he said. He added that he is “not aware of any conversations” at UNC about outsourcing stadium cleaning to cut budget costs.

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sent to all freshmen in late spring say that freshmen will be offered both the Marketplace lunch credit and the Great Hall breakfast credit.

Dawkins said Dining planned to eliminate the Marketplace lunch credit and offer credit only for breakfast at the Great Hall, but that this was not communicated. He added that information for the Blue Book was prepared before Dining made a final decision on what credit would be offered. Dawkins did not make the decision not to offer freshmen the lunch credit, he noted.

Dawkins added that part of the confusion may also stem from the fact that Jim Wulforst, director of Duke Dining Services, is currently on medical leave.

Wulforst worked with sophomore Pete Schork, Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services, to offer the Great Hall breakfast credit to the entire freshman class for the first time this year, Schork said. A similar credit was offered to 10 percent of freshmen on a trial basis last Spring.

Schork said that his plan with Wulforst was to offer both the lunch credit in the Marketplace and the breakfast credit at the Great Hall to freshmen who miss breakfast.

“We’re trying to make life more convenient for freshmen, not less convenient,” he said. “If it is going to be ‘either, or,’ it would be better to have it on East.”

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Head coach David Cutcliffe announced his captains for Duke’s football game against Richmond: seniors Thaddeus Lewis, Re’quan Boyette, Vincent Rey and Vince Oghobaase

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Richmond head coach a lifelong Spider

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David Cutcliffe’s first season as head coach yielded three more victories than the previous year in what was considered a successful start to his tenure at Duke.

Richmond head coach Mike London, however, raised the standards of excellence to a whole new level in his freshman year at the helm.

In his first season, 11 months to the day after his introduction as Richmond’s 33rd head coach, London led the Spiders to their first FCS National Championship in school history.

Although London now enters his second year at Richmond, he has a history with the Mike London school that goes back three decades.

“The University of Richmond is a special place,” London said the day he was named head coach in 2008. “I chose Richmond as a player, started my collegiate coaching career here and am honored to be introduced today as its head coach.”

The reigning FCS National Coach of the Year played at the school from 19791982 as a defensive back, and he led the team with six interceptions as a senior captain. London won the respect of his teammates and coaches, receiving the team’s MVP and Coach’s Award.

After graduation and a brief stay in the NFL, London embarked on his collegiate coaching career with two stints as an assistant at his alma mater. Even though the teams that London played for were some of the worst in school history, he was able to come full circle as head coach and has changed the tradition at Richmond.

“Words can’t describe how I feel about [winning last year],” London said. “But our title defense begins when the season starts against [Duke]. Right now, it’s not as much

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Eric Ward, Richmond’s senior quarterback, led the Spiders to an FCS National Championship in head coach Mike London’s first season in charge of the program. as a title defense, it’s a matter of finding out what team we are.”

London’s team, which managed a school-record 13 victories last season, returns 18 of 22 starters, including standout senior quarterback Eric Ward.

“Eric’s progression from last year is remarkable and he has really grown as a leader,” London said. “He’s one of the top quarterbacks in the country, and I think he’s a great football player and an even better person.”

Ward, who boasts a 30-10 record as a starter, is the team’s leader and biggest

offensive threat. In his career, he has thrown for 45 touchdowns and rushed for an additional 18 scores. His abilities on the field and role in the locker room warrant a comparison with Blue Devils’ quarterback Thaddeus Lewis, a four-year starter who has emerged as a team leader last season.

An even stronger parallel exists between the pair and their respective coaches. Cutcliffe certainly has acquired the reputation as a quarterback guru, recently enhanced by the significant improvements in Lewis’ game.

Similarly, London’s first year working with Ward not only helped the Spiders’ quarterback with his field awareness and poise, but also yielded the highest honor that a rookie coach can possible earn.

And though last year was a championship season for Richmond, London and his team remain humble for their matchup against Duke.

“Everyone knows that Coach Cutcliffe has done a great job with reinvigorating the Duke program,” London said. “We have our work cut out for us and we are going to do what we can.”

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Goal-shy Duke faces Seahawks

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Forward KayAnne Gummersall, a senior, has scored two goals for the Blue Devils thus far, but failed to score in two losses last weekend.

Although scoring was expected to be the least of Duke’s worries this season, the attack has been inconsistent as the Blue Devils have stumbled out of the gate.

After winning its opener against Gardner-Webb 3-0, Duke dropped two games at the Carolina Classic last weekend as it struggled to find the back of the net.

UNCW Beginning Thursday night at 7 p.m., the Blue Devils look for those vs. crucial goals as UNC Wilmington (1No. 24 2) visits Koskinen Stadium. The reDuke turn home should be just what Duke THURSDAY, 7 p.m. needs as Gummersall and Redmond Koskinen Stadium look to rejuvenate the offense and reach the next level on the attack.

In the losses over the weekend—1-0 to UNC Greensboro and 3-2 against Central Florida—the Blue Devils (1-2) managed 41 shots while holding both their opponents to only 17 combined. In the second game, No. 24

Duke gave itself all the chances it could have expected, more than doubling the Bulls in shots on goal. The problem was that only two of those managed to go in, while Central Florida finished strong with three secondhalf goals to claim the win.

“We’re getting the shots,” forward KayAnne Gummersall said. “It’s disappointing that we aren’t getting the results, but there were two great goalies over the weekend.

They made some good saves, all the shots weren’t bad— one of the saves just hit the goalie in the head, so I think there is some luck involved.”

With most of the preseason dedicated to building a backline depleted by injury, the Blue Devils expected the offensive front to be the last place they would need some luck. Gummersall and fellow senior Elisabeth Redmond are among the most productive offensive players in the history of the program, and they are likely to cause trouble for opposing defenders all season. Both players stressed that it’s too early to worry about offensive inconsistencies, SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 12

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W. SOCCER from page 11 and that as comfort levels rise among the newer players, offensive production will increase as well.

Redmond said the team spent most of its preseason working on incorporating new players on defense, including freshman goalkeeper Tara Campbell, and that finishing on the other end hadn’t been the priority until recently.

Head coach Robbie Church focused on attacking and finishing for much of his practice Wednesday, as well as in video sessions Tuesday. He acknowledged that while Duke showed many good things on offense over the weekend, there was still significant room for improvement as the Blue Devils look to turn shots into goals.

“Are we where we want to be?” Church said. “We’re probably where we should be this early in the year, but we still have another level to go in our attacking mentality.

The floodgates are going to open up for us.”

Church stressed the need to get ahead of opponents early, and to maintain intensity on the attack to put teams away. Duke learned this lesson the hard way last weekend as it went into halftime ahead of Central Florida by a goal before letting the Bulls back into the game with second-half mistakes.

“We played a brilliant [first] half against UCF, but we didn’t break their spirits,” Church said. “There are goals and then there are really big goals that break people’s spirits, and we haven’t really had those big goals.”

fromstaffreports Blue Devils add 2 new faces The behind-the-scenes operations for Duke Women’s Basketball will see two new contributors for the upcoming season.

Kevin Lehman and Sarah Smoak will join the team as the assistant director of basketball operations and director of marketing/assistant rirector of basketball operations, respectively.

As the new assistant director of basketball operations, Lehman is responsible for on-campus recruitment, recruiting correspondence, team travel, gameday operations, video editing, special events planning and the coordination of the scout team.

His fellow newcomer Smoak will focus on the development and execution of marketing and promotional concepts. Smoak’s basketball background as a four-year letterwinner at Lynchburg College and assistant coach at Peace College for the 2007-08 season will allow her to contribute to the team’s practice and game preparation.

“I’m very excited for Sarah,” McCallie said. “She has really stepped into an incredible marketing role for our program. She is a coach at heart, but she is passionate about Duke, she loves Duke and the program, and she is passionate about selling the program.

McCallie said she was also excited about Lehman’s addition. Starting as a student manager and assistant video coordinator for Michigan State during McCallie’s tenure in East Lansing, Lehman worked his way up to director of basketball operations for Eastern Michigan.

“Kevin is brand new, excited, and working so hard,” McCallie said. “Whether it’s planning an on-campus visit, trying to coordinate the players, assisting with the schedule and travel, he brings a great work ethic.”

Yani makes Grand Slam appearance at U.S. Open Professional tennis player Michael Yani, Trinity ’03, made his second Grand Slam appearance Tuesday.

He put forth an impressive performance, but fell in straight sets to No. 22 Sam Querrey, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Despite the first-round loss, Yani gained critical experience in the qualifying rounds where he defeated No. 127 Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France and No. 296 Raven Klaasen of South Africa.

With his qualifying performances and Grand Slam appearances, Yani now holds down the No. 253 world ranking.

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Freshman goalkeeper Tara Campbell missed Sunday’s game against UCF with an injury, but is expected to play Thursday against UNCW.

Duke runs away with win against N.C Central Duke Cross Country showed the benefits of a strenuous preseason by coming away with an easy victory over N.C Central Tuesday. The men took the top seven positions, and the women placed four in the top five to sweep the meet.

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Duke runners Sophia Zieman, Kristina Krasich, Amanda Truelove and Virginia Hine tied for second in Duke’s win over N.C. Central Tuesday.

An Eagles runner won the women’s race, but Duke secured the next four positions to earn the overall victory.

The Blue Devil men’s team won 15-40, the largest margin of victory in cross country. The women’s team also tallied a 22-33 victory. Low scores are preferred in cross country races.

Freshman Mike Moverman finished the 4k race in 11:56 to claim the meet’s top time. He was followed closely by teammates Jonathan Sanchez (11:57) and Dominick Robinson (11:58). Four Blue Devil runners—Sophia Zieman, Kristina Krasich, Amanda Truelove and Virginia Hine—all tied for second place for Duke with times of 16:02.

Duke hopes to build on the impressive performance Saturday, Sept. 12 at the James Madison Invitational.

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Overall, this policy change The Duke that emerged will have disgusting conseis leaner with quences. fewer employIt is true editorial ees, lower budthat Duke stugets and difficult decisions dents need to be more reto make. Residence Life and sponsible about cleaning up Housing Services, like many after themselves. It is more other University departments, than disrespectful to expect is in a sticky situation. employees to clean up the All in all, the RLHS overflowing trash cans, brocleaning staff is down sev- ken glass, vomit and other en employees because of bodily fluids often left beearly retirement packages. hind by section parties or Consequently, effective last other weekend revelry. Unweekend, RLHS has decid- fortunately, without Saturday ed to stop Saturday morn- cleanings, many students will ing dorm cleanings. be forced to live with the garTo make up for the loss, bage of a disrespectful few. dorms will be cleaned and But these are not the trash will be taken out twice only problems that occur on Friday—once in the in public spaces that are

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row. The bathrooms should be cleaned more frequently in these circumstances, not less. And extra cleaning on Friday does not suffice.

From an economic perspective, the University is also in the wrong. Students who live on East and West campuses pay far more than market rate for housing, and part of the rationale for the high rates is that dorms are cleaned regularly. Cutting out cleaning services for which students pay without reducing housing costs is unfair to students forced to live on campus for three years.

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Students could help to allay this situation, but most do not know where refills for these paper supplies are located, and even if they did, many cleaning supply closets are mistakenly locked.

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used to believe in the notion that DukeEngage throws money away by sending students abroad instead of funding domestic service work with a much smaller price tag. In fact, I wrote a column about it for a journalism policy seminar last semester.

Well, I just got back from DukeEngage in Medellin, Colombia two weeks ago, so I suppose it’s evident doris jwo just how self-rightwo points for teous I felt about honesty that particular column. And though it may be cliché, I can’t help but point out that I’ve come back feeling that volunteer work abroad is worthwhile as long as students apply what they have learned after their summers.

Before embarking on the trip, though, I was skeptical about whether Duke students would really come back with a burning desire in their hearts to continue public service work even while at Duke.

Part of my doubts came from the observation that, even though I had done a lot of research on DukeEngage before applying, I didn’t see much discussion on campus about students’ experiences. It was hard to determine how much people cared about their work after they came back.

Looking at all the international programs offered, I was still awed by the wealth of opportunities. At the same time, I started wondering what good those programs were actually doing. Should we be spending all this money to ship kids abroad?

After all, public service equals public service, no matter the country, no?

No. A thousand times no. There is the usual “Oh, DukeEngage has showed me things no one else could experience; I now know I can relate to people halfway across the world; we are so very lucky to have all the opportunities we have here in the U.S.,” etc.

Yes, I’ve seen the most incredible things in Medellin—remarkable beauty contrasted so jarringly against incredible socioeconomic disparity and the friendliest people with the most tragic stories—but I am convinced now that what is most valuable about DukeEngage is what I’m going to do with what I’ve experienced.

From my conversations with other DukeEngagers, many feel the same way—that there is not enough follow-up after the experience. International programs are expensive and not everyone will get to go abroad. Making sure that past DukeEngagers have some post-production, then, is

absolutely crucial. Talking about Colombia isn’t the same as being there, but surely some more discussion after the summer would not only improve each program from year-to-year, but also fulfill another goal: motivating students to show the world to their friends, in their own perspective.

It is a shame to allow so many unique memories to go to waste, and only bring them up in the first weeks of school when everyone is excited to recount their summer adventures. I know that I am genuinely curious as to what other programs have been up to these past few months. Surely other people are as well.

To be fair, DukeEngage does provide programs for post-discussion: reunion parties and opportunities to interact with prospective DukeEngagers.

But, there isn’t as much involvement with the rest of campus, especially with those who may never have the chance to go on DukeEngage.

It could be as simple as holding an exhibition.

Many groups, including ours, created multimedia that could be shown to other students on campus.

Or even publishing a collection of stories from students who went on programs in a variety of countries.

There should also be greater continuity for each program from year to year. Past DukeEngagers have valuable knowledge and advice to give to prospective DukeEngagers. Some guidance would not only smooth preparations for that year’s program, but also keep students talking about these issues on campus.

But there’s more. It’s easy to say that we should all just talk about our summers, but the more important questions is, what will we each change about ourselves in response to what we’ve learned?

I hope that I’ll take my own education at Duke more seriously. It’s hard not to feel this way when you’ve had the experience where your Colombian host sister, applying for a scholarship to get her Master’s degree abroad, asks you how much a Duke education costs, and her reaction to your reply is just shocked awe as she secretly thinks about how many Master’s degrees she could fund with that money.

It is also hoping that I’ll continue my education about Latin America, that I’ll keep in touch with everyone I met and that I’ll stay involved in our project.

Most of all, though, I hope that I can take everything I learned and convince people that DukeEngage abroad is worth its cost, but only if you do something with it after you get back. What are you going to do?

Doris Jwo is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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ust as history tends to repeat itself, so too do columns begin to seem pretty similar semester after semester. For example, the “Upperclassmen giving tips to freshmen” and the “Outrageous story from my semester abroad” themes tend to pop up frequently, as does the classic “My, how I’ve grown at Duke.”

So when I found out I was given a column, I swore I would do my best to avoid such well-worn topics.

Though the foljacob wolff lowing may look like i’m serious... a generic “Lessons I learned from my summer internship” column, I am going to do my best not to repeat the familiar. Nothing against said columns, but people are crazy about change these days, so I will take the road less traveled.

This summer I had the chance to intern for the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental non-profit based in Washington, D.C. That being said, you might expect me to focus on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the historic piece of climate change legislation which passed the House on June 26 and would put in place both a national renewable electricity standard as well as a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions. You would then expect that I write about how I recognized the huge importance of helping pass similar legislation in the Senate, which is planning on taking up the issue in the coming weeks.

But I’m not going to do that, because it’s been done before. Instead, I thought it might be useful to share some tips I learned while working my first legitimate nine-to-five office job. I figure most Duke students will have to put on the shirt and tie and brave a cubicle at some point, and thus could learn from my experience.

Tip #1: Office apparel. Be forewarned, the “no shirt, no shoes, no service” policy holds just as true for offices as it does for Uncle Harry’s. The lack of a sign outside the office is not a legitimate excuse for showing up shirtless, or so my boss told me.

Tip #2: Pet policy. Though admittedly your awesome idea for an “office dog” that would wander the halls bringing cheer to gloomy cubicles is in fact awesome, the justification that it can probably do some basic filing does not, surprisingly, go over well with one’s superiors.

Tip #3: Coworkers. As a general rule, I would say that in most offices you should expect a healthy mix between Dilbert and The Office. In other words, half of your coworkers will be de-

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pressed, cartoon-animated individuals with no mouth, while the other half will be beet-farming, nunchuck-wielding regional paper salesmen named Dwight.

Tip #4: Dealing with your boss. Constantly asking your boss for more work will make your coworkers despise you, and as such, is not recommended.

Constantly asking your boss what their favorite dinosaur is will not make your coworkers hate you, but similarly is not recommended.

Tip #5: The law of Facebook. If it takes you eight weeks to work up the courage to go on Facebook while at work, your boss will invariably choose that exact moment to walk up behind you. However, if other interns spends 80 percent of their time on Facebook, they will indubitably never get caught.

I do not think the advice I have given is the standard line found in most post-summer experience columns. I mean, I could have just talked about how real the threat of climate change is, and the importance of getting a national cap and trade system in place before December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. But I did not talk about that. Nor did I mention how, as the Senate prepares to take up climate legislation, North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan is firmly on the fence, and thus a key vote in what is sure to be an extremely tight battle (the House vote was 219-212).

But while we’re on the subject, I could point out that when speaking to staff in Congressional offices, I was amazed to see just how much attention they pay to calls coming into their offices. At the risk of starting to sound like you run-of-themill column, I could also stress how, as members of the Duke community, pestering Sen. Hagan with calls, letters and emails could realistically swing her vote.

If you do decide to contact her, you might want to mention the recent Center For American Progress study that found that this bill would help create 1.7 million new jobs, 51,000 in North Carolina alone. Furthermore, the Congressional Budget Office put the cost of the bill at little more than the price of a postage stamp-a-day per household.

If all that is not enough, you can always talk about that little problem called climate change.

Seriously though, give Senator Hagan a call.

Climate change is not going away anytime soon.

That Lean Cuisine you left in the office fridge but did not write your name on, that’s another story.

But you can always pick up another frozen meal on your next Target run. A livable planet, that’s not something you can find next to the fish sticks.

Jacob Wolff is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

lettertotheeditor Price town hall meeting leaves attendees waiting The Chronicle reported the town hall meeting with Rep. David Price, D-N.C., in a very favorable light in the Sept. 2 article “Health care debate hits campus.”

From my perspective, however, Price was disappointing from the onset. In addition to being more than half an hour late to the event, Price managed to dance around nearly every subject, providing students with very few answers to “critical and insightful questions.”

The North Carolina representative interrupted questioners and seemed to look down upon students when they had trouble articulating complex concerns over the health care plan and its possible effects.

The overall idea of the town hall meeting was a good one, but Price left the Duke audience with no more comfort or understanding than when they entered the crowded Social Sciences building. He stated bluntly, in response to the health care plan’s possible public option, that some pri-

vate companies would have to fail for a free market system to be successful.

But Congressman, aren’t these companies made up of collections of people, and in a free market aren’t some people expected to fail as well?

If the government intends to argue free market principles to validate their health care bill’s public option, don’t they have to take into account the understanding that some people must succeed and the bottom tier cannot be continually aided by the government?

In summary, I feel Price’s visit to campus Tuesday night had a distinct theme of waiting: waiting for the politician to arrive, waiting for the tough questions to be asked and waiting to see if Price would give us a clearer understanding of his ideas and beliefs. I have to say that after the whole event, I feel like I’m still waiting.

Brett Schroeder Trinity ‘12

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0,780 dead and counting.

That number, undoubtedly far outdated by now, is the casualty count in Mexico’s drug war from December 2006 through May 2009, according to the Associated Press. It captures, in the clearest terms possible, the most important storyline of the inter-American drug war: The American drug fascination carries steep consequences for people in less fortunate parts of the world.

Duke students would do well to consider their own lives and choices in light of these realities.

Too often, college students defend their own experimentation with drugs on the grounds that such use only affects them.

Therefore, the reasoning goes, their use of allegedly “innocuous” substances such as marijuana is vikram perfectly justifiable.

In an alternate universe, this srinivasan could be an intriguing view. But in uncommon this one, it is dangerously wrong. conviction Particularly at this University, we like to talk a big game on social responsibility. It’s the impulse that motivates action on the various humanitarian causes students commit themselves to, both during the school year and during summer trips overseas.

Yet, according to Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Center, the 2008 American College Health Association Survey for Duke showed that 26.4 percent of students have sampled marijuana at some point.

Moreover, at least 12.8 percent of Duke men and 8.3 percent of women have used the drug with some frequency in the previous 30 days, Szigethy said.

The disparity with Duke’s social responsibility ethic is jarring.

Although these numbers are lower than the national average (14.5 percent of students using drugs in the previous 30 days), Duke can do better.

This belief in the “innocuousness” of marijuana use is especially tragic before the sheer ugliness of the cartels that supply the American drug market. More than drugs, these cartels traffick in fear. Acts of carnage are designed to horrify the public and pressure elected officials to cave in the drug war, so that they might see a respite from the constant bloodshed. Beheadings, hangings and mass executions—with mutilated bodies left strewn in streets and school yards—are commonplace in parts of Mexico. Revenge killings have specifically targeted children of police officers and government officials prosecuting the war. Other times, civilians are simply caught in the crossfire.

The inconvenient truth is that all this, from the weapons to the organizational costs, is paid for by the American drug habit. No discussion of the drug wars in Latin America is complete without a serious investigation of the role of consumer demand in this country. The tremendous profit margins presented by the overwhelming U.S. demand for marijuana plays a significant role in creating the incentives for drug cartels to bring their business north.

To be sure, the link between individual drug use and Latin American murderers is “long and windy,” said Capt. Ray Taylor of the Durham Police Department’s Special Operations division. “[Drugs go] from one person to another, [and] by the time it gets to someone on your campus who is going to use it, it has changed hands [many] times.”

Still, Tayor noted the influence of organized crime. “Obviously, the drugs have to come from somewhere,” he said. “You can imagine where the drugs must come from…. Marijuana from South America or Mexico or homegrown stuff. It takes some organization to create a supply network to get that actually up here. Just common sense tells you that organized crime is going to be involved in there.”

Many will retort that the drug market thrives because of the legal status of drugs such as marijuana, by far the No. 1 drug used

by Americans, according to the AP. Now, debates over legalization of drugs are legitimate and have a place in the public discourse.

But they are irrelevant when discussing the ethics of recreational marijuana use. Whines about legalization are an excuse, not an argument.

The bottom line is that drugs are illegal now and any discussion of their ethics must be grounded in the universe of current realities and consequences. Individual drug use feeds into a demand stream that supplies money and resources to some truly horrible criminals.

These traffickers commit gruesome acts of violence and destabilize governments in countries beyond our day-to-day attention span.

Whether or not students use drugs with full knowledge of these consequences, the simple fact is that they are facilitating the activity of drug cartels.

Actions have consequences, even when inconvenient. No druginduced high is worth another dead Latin American child.

Vikram Srinivasan is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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