September 7, 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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 12

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Two to run 16 DUKE RICH 24 for YT special secretary BLUE DEVILS SPIDER BITTEN

by Stephen Allan

Lack of publicity raises questions for ICC leaders

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All it took was one special teams mistake to turn what was supposed to be Duke’s first step toward bowl eligibility into a nightmarish sense of déjà vu.

Richmond’s Tyler Kirchoff blocked Kevin Jones’ first punt of the night and the Spiders’ Jonathan Mayfield scooped up the loose ball for a touchdown, setting the tone for a disappointing 24-16 loss Saturday evening at Wallace Wade Stadium.

In addition, Nick Maggio missed two field goals under 40 yards which, had both been converted, would have given the Blue Devils a one-point lead for the majority of the contest.

“That’s enough to get you beat,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “We were never at a level that we had reached in practice and training camp. This was not reflective of our football team.”

Cutcliffe’s second season-opener at Duke marked the second time in four years the Spiders (1-0) defeated the Blue Devils (0-1) at Wallace Wade to start the year. Richmond won 13-0 in 2006.

Cutcliffe said on the blocked punt, the punt unit’s best player—whom the secondyear head coach did not identify—missed

by Lindsey Rupp The chronicle

Students voting in the Fall 2009 Duke Student Government Senate elections next Monday will also be electing a student to a new position—special secretary to the Young Trustee.

Only two juniors, both with ties to DSG or the Intercommunity Council, are running for the position. Junior Amanda Turner, president of the Black Student Alliance, is a current member of the ICC, and junior Ben Getson is a former DSG senator. Getson resigned his senate position at DSG’s first meeting Aug. 26 so that he could pursue the independent position. Turner would have to resign her position on ICC if she is elected.

The special secretary is charged with reforming the Young Trustee selection process—currently handled jointly by ICC and DSG—to make it more transparent. The position will be independent from DSG and ICC. But some members of ICC became concerned Thursday that the position was not being advertised to the whole student body,

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Richmond quarterback Eric Ward, right, threw for one touchdown in the Spiders’ 24-16 win over Duke Saturday.

See Football on page 9

See young trustee on page 3

Tailgate’s ‘organized chaos’ seen as successful

by Samantha Brooks The chronicle

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The new Tailgate guidelines allowed student groups to bring cars and grills into the Blue Zone Saturday.

The verdict is in. After the season’s first Tailgate Saturday under new guidelines, both Duke Student Government and the Duke University Police Department have determined the event was a “success.”

Just before the weekend football game against the University of Richmond, the Blue Zone was buzzing with the usual beer-soaked students, loud music and outrageous outfits. Fairies, bull-fighters, hotdogs and zebras wasted no time to celebrate the upcoming football game, and with it, the return of Tailgate season. But with the new season came new game rules.

This summer, DSG and the Office of Student Affairs released new guidelines for Tailgate. The rules mandate that all drinks must be consumed from Solo cups, prohibiting drinking from aluminum cans. The new rules also allow the use of cars and grills for different student groups under the condition that each group clean their assigned spot after the event.

Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs, said DSG and the administration both hoped that the rules would help increase student freedom and responsibility. From an administrative perspective, the event succeeded in both areas.

“I think it was fantastic, I think Tailgate went well—

ONTHERECORD

“We’re not a ‘pack it in and run it’ team.”

­—David Cutcliffe, on his team’s inability to adjust to Richmond’s defensive scheme.

See story page 8

It was organized chaos,” said DSG President Awa Nur, a senior. “To the average student, it is hard to tell by the way Tailgate looks, but every single thing that happened from administrative planning to student planning was organized and planned to a tee. Obviously, there are areas for improvement and we’ll be revisiting that, but overall, it was a success.”

Wasiolek said Tailgate was “an improvement” from last year because groups were more responsible for the behavior of their individuals.

“Groups cleaned up, there were fewer beer cans thrown,” she said. “My sense was that the overall level of abusive consumption of alcohol was lower than it has been in the past.”

DUPD Assistant Chief Gloria Graham said no citations or arrests were made during Tailgate. As for safety concerns, DSG, the Office of Student Affairs and DUPD will meet this week to discuss plans for improvement based on unsafe performances demonstrated by students climbing onto vehicles.

If the new rules were intended to lessen the level of “abusive consumption,” students were not easily deterred, as people cheered while pirates danced on top of cars and the Pope shotgunned a Busch Lite.

Volleyball: Dawg Pound Duke beats Georgia and two others at Dawgs Invitiational, PAGE 7

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Blue Devils win Duke/ Nike Classic, Page 6

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Iranian officials interfere with Ramadan celebrations Tehran,iran — iranian officials have canceled or downgraded major shiite religious events during the muslim holy month of ramadan, suggesting fear that the opposition might use them to stage protests. a typically massive evening celebration scheduled for next weekend at the south Tehran mausoleum of the islamic republic’s founder, ayatollah ruhollah Khomeini, was canceled “due to problems,” the site’s public relations department said in a statement. a traditional speech by iran’s supreme

leader, ayatollah ali Khamenei, marking the end of ramadan, meanwhile, was changed from a large venue to one that is much smaller, the ettemaad newspaper, which is critical of the government, reported sunday. and in Qom, the nation’s center for religious education, several famous clerics who silently support the opposition were told they had been barred from speaking at an event Wednesday in the city’s most important shrine, the semiofficial mehr news agency reported.

Obama environmental adS.Korean economy recovering visor resigns over remarks seOuL, south Korea — during the great financial swoon, confidence in south Korea’s economy fell so far and so fast that the panicky government sacked the finance minister and arrested a financial blogger for excessive negativity. President Lee myung-bak pleaded with currency traders to “refrain from greedily pursuing private interests.”

Less than a year later, that swoon is so over. asia’s fourth-largest economy has suddenly got its swagger back.

Purchasing power surged between april and June at the highest rate in 21 years, rising 5.6 percent from the previous quarter, the Bank of Korea said last week. it said the gross domestic product jumped for the quarter at the fastest rate in five years, as south Korea benefited from a weakened currency that made its cars and mobile phones cheaper on the world market.

WashingTOn — responding to a firestorm that raged almost entirely on conservative talk shows and Web sites, the White house on sunday announced the resignation of a top environmental adviser who had made fiery remarks about republicans and signed a petition questioning whether the u.s. government had any role in planning the sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Van Jones, a prominent Oakland, Calif., community activist, issued a statement decrying “lies and distortions” and a “smear campaign” that he said was waged against him by the right. despite his defiance,Jones had been forced to apologize in recent days for some past statements, including a speech shortly before his appointment posted on youTube in which he used a vulgar term to describe republicans.

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The Duke Symphony orchestra performs a concert on the East Campus Quadrangle Sunday evening. The group played music from movies and musicals as well as patriotic songs for labor Day weekend.

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Young trustee from page 1 said DSG President Awa Nur, a senior.

Senior Ade Sawyer, DSG public relations director and a former Chronicle columnist, said he believes the information was widely available to anyone interested, adding that “the nature of the position” will attract people like those in ICC and DSG who are already involved in the process and the University.

“I don’t think there was any expectation on our part for the ‘Average Joe’ to take on the position,” he said. “Now, it is an elected position, so in theory, anyone who is elected can do it, so anyone who is interested can come forward and do it, and given the interest population, we thought we hit all the proper channels.”

DSG executive vice president Gregory Morrison, a junior, said information about the job and the application for the position have been available on DSG’s Web site since the position was created. It was also covered by The Chronicle in its orientation week issue Aug. 17, he said. Reference to the position appeared in the article’s continuation on page nine.

The student body did not receive an email mentioning the position. Morrison said the position was supposed to be included in the Thursday DSG blast e-mail, but because of a “miscommunication,” it was only included in a Friday DSG e-mail to freshmen.

In response to concerns about how the position was being publicized, Sawyer sent an e-mail to ICC and campus organization leaders at 5:36 p.m Thursday advertising the position. He asked recipients to forward the message to their listservs, adding, “A few people had trouble finding the link on the DSG Web site for the Position of Special Secretary for the Young Trustee Process.”

The candidate meeting was Saturday.

Applications for the post, which required collecting 100 signatures of support, were due Sunday.

Upon election, the special secretary is required to hold at least four public forums about the Young Trustee selection process to include students and administrators in the reform.

When the Special Secretary has completed a report with recommendations to change the Young Trustee selection process, the secretary must present the report to the DSG Senate by Nov. 4, after which the position will end.

Morrison said because of the nature of the position, he was not surprised that only two people applied.

“There’s no perks of office, there’s not a lot of prestige of office, it’s going to be a lot of work in a small amount of time, so it does take a certain kind of student to do that and we’re not overflowing with those, there aren’t hundreds of those,” Morrison said.

Turner said Sawyer’s e-mail last Thursday sparked her decision to run, and added that publicity of the position to the student body would have depended on how quickly and thoroughly group leaders forwarded the information. Although she said organization presidents received a general e-mail about DSG positions Tuesday, the Thursday e-mail was the first that specifically advertised for the new position.

Senior Adam Hinnant, an ICC member who is executive vice president of Duke University Union and chair of the Honor Council, said the only people he know who were aware of the position were those who heard about it through ICC. “I believe that there should have been more publicity, at least in e-mails,” he said.

Still, Morrison defended DSG’s decision not to post fliers or otherwise directly advertise the position on campus to people outside ICC or DSG. “When you start talking about e-mailing 26 major organization heads, when you talk about the filtering down from that level, I think that any student who is interested in taking on this position is aware of it by now... and with plenty of time to get the 100 signatures,” he said.

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Football head coach David Cutcliffe (top) and the football team walk through Main West Quadrangle toward Wallace Wade Stadium prior to the game against Richmond Saturday.

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Students enjoy Tailgate festivities prior to the Richmond game Saturday afternoon. Students welcomed the addition of cars and grills, which were allowed into the Blue Zone under the new Tailgate guidelines.

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tailgate from page 1 Although the new guidelines prohibited consumption from aluminum cans, sophomore Marcus Molchany said many students carrying cans chugged their beers to avoid security approaching with Solo cups.

“There were still a lot of beer cans on the ground and in the air,” Molchany said. “The new rule with the Solo cups just made everyone want to shotgun and drink faster, but I guess the people actually using the Solo cups were pretty reasonable about it.”

Despite enthusiasm for the success of the new rules expressed by DSG members, students noticed little to no difference in an increase in organization as a result of the new guidelines. What Nur described as “organized chaos” was referred to as a “mob scene” by freshman Ross Tucker. Still, many were pleased with the presence of cars, which students used as storage units and dancing platforms.

“The new Tailgate rules are different but interesting at the same time,” junior Kevin Kupiec said. “They help solve the issue of Tailgate being a big rave instead of a gathering.”

Sophomore Kevin Plattenburg said the event was “more like a real Tailgate” because of the presence of cars.

Ultimately, the feedback was positive both by student groups and by DSG members.

“Generally, people felt like Tailgate was a lot of fun,” said sophomore Pete Schork, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services, who played a large role in planning the event and establishing the new rule system. “We were never trying to eliminate what was unique for Duke’s Tailgate. We want to make it an experience that more Duke students can enjoy. We’re off to a good start.”

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Men’s Soccer

Bienenfeld leads celebration in Blue Devil wins

by Dan Ahrens The chronicle

After scoring Duke’s game-clinching goal Sunday in the 84th minute, senior captain Josh Bienenfeld triumphantly jogged back toward the Blue Devils’ bench, arms outstretched and head bobbing the whole way.

He and his Duke teammates certainly had reason to live up the moment—his leftfooted strike ensured that the Blue Devils would start the season on a three-game winning streak after winning both games of this weekend’s Duke/Nike Classic.

After defeating Columbia 2-1 Friday, the Blue Devils (3-0) used Bienefeld’s goal to help them finish the weekend strong with a 2-0 victory over Denver (0-2) at Koskinen Stadium.

“You always try to go in thinking you’re going to score, but COLUM 1 sometimes it doesn’t DUKE 2 go your way,” Bienefeld said. “It’s 0 great to finally have DEN a finish pretty early DUKE 2 on in the season...

The celebration was spur of the moment. In practice our goals don’t count if we don’t celebrate, so I had to give it a little extra.”

For the first two-thirds of the match Denver goalkeeper Joe Willis kept Duke from doing any dancing. The St. Louis, Mo. native commanded his penalty area, using his 6-foot5 frame to rise above the Blue Devil forwards and catch nearly every cross sent in.

“We had some good openings, and [Willis] had some crucial saves to keep them in the game,” head coach John Kerr said. “If he doesn’t, we go on to win the game by two, three or four goals.”

Willis’ most spectacular effort came near the end of the first half. Duke junior Cole Grossman lined up a shot from 15 yards out, but the Pioneers’ keeper sprawled across the face of the goal to tap it wide.

In the 69th minute, however, the Blue Devil midfielder would have his revenge.

Freshman Ryan Finley crossed the ball in from the right wing, finding Grossman in

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Senior captain Josh Bienenfeld scored Duke’s second goal Sunday against Denver, sealing the 2-0 victory for the Blue Devils as part of the Duke/Nike Classic. the middle of the box. He brought the ball down skillfully and pounded it into the back of the net—finally breaking the scoreless tie and sending Duke on its way to victory.

“Once you get a goal ahead in a game like this with the heat, things seem to fall your way,” Kerr said. “We had to wait a lot longer than we wanted to wait for it, but once we did, we knew we were going to be on top.”

The play of Duke’s back four made it easy for Kerr to be confident. Denver managed only one shot on goal the entire match, a 25-yard free kick that freshman goalkeeper James Belshaw caught easily.

Senior center back Christian Ibeagha led Duke’s defensive effort, earning a spot on the all-tournament team. It seemed that every time Denver sent a ball into the Blue

Devil zone, Ibeagha rose above all challengers to head the ball clear.

“That was part of the things we’ve been working on with him all spring and training, maximizing his strength,” Kerr said. “He’s really good at heading balls away back there.”

Such a strong defensive presence was See M. Soccer on page 11

Women’s Soccer

UNLV holds Duke in stalemate

by Jeff Scholl The chronicle

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Senior Jane Alukonis had a shot cleared off the line Saturday, one of No. 24 Duke’s 31 shots in a 0-0 draw with UNLV at Koskinen Stadium.

Duke had a 31-2 shot advantage in 110 minutes of play Saturday but could not generate a lead in the only category that mattered—the final score.

Poor choices around the goal sunk the No. 24 Blue Devils (2-2-1) into a 0-0 tie with UNLV (2-1-2) at Koskinen Stadium, just two days after they scored three goals in 24 minutes against UNC Wilmington.

“I’m brokenhearted for [the team] 0 UNLV because we’re working really, really DUKE 0 hard, but it’s unfortunate—we’re not making some good decisions down in the final third [of the field],” head coach Robbie Church said. “We’re knocking a lot of balls at the goalkeeper and we’re making a lot of goalkeepers look like All-Americans.”

Duke showed improvement in its offensive buildup, moving the ball quickly through the midfield to the forwards, especially in the first half. But every time the Blue Devils seemed poised to take the lead, UNLV found a way to keep them off the scoreboard.

One particularly frustrating offensive sequence came in the 25th minute after senior midfielder Elisabeth Redmond launched a corner kick into the goal box. Junior Marybeth Kreger put her head on the cross, and the ball deflected off a Rebel defender into the path of senior Jane Alukonis. Alukonis ripped a shot to the bottom right corner of the net, only to see it saved by the leg of another defender standing right on the goal line.

Duke directed several shots throughout the game right

at UNLV goalkeeper Alicia Lugo, and while she tallied 11 saves in the contest, many of them were not difficult plays.

“I thought we settled for shots,” Church said. “Unless we’re going to hit a really good shot at the corners, we weren’t going to score from distance. We had people taking shots that they probably shouldn’t shoot from the distance they were.”

Redmond, however, almost capitalized on a precision strike from well outside the box with a minute and a half left in regulation. The ball was tracking into the top of the net until Lugo managed to get a fingertip on the shot, causing it to bounce off the crossbar.

In addition to the finishing woes, the Blue Devils also struggled to deliver quality set-up passes for shots. Crosses from the flanks into the box were not finding their targets and timing on runs was also an issue—Duke was caught offside seven times within the first 30 minutes of the game.

“I think that our final ball, mine included, was a little off today, and that happens,” Redmond said. “We’re doing everything right. I think we’re getting there and then there’s mental breakdowns, or balls coming out of the midfield are going to the goalie. That last piece of the puzzle just needs to come together.”

With the score tied at the end of regulation, the Blue Devils entered the two 10-minute sudden-death overtime periods looking to send more players on the attack. Duke had plenty of chances in the last 20 minutes, but again could not execute in front of the goal.

A score seemed inevitable in the second overtime See W. Soccer on page 12

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Volleyball

Duke tames Georgia at Dawgs Invitational

by Patricia Lee The chronicle

Duke’s second road trip of the season ended with something its first trip did not—a tournament title.

Playing in Athens, Ga. at the Dawgs Invitational over the the Blue DUKE 3 weekend, Devils (5-1) de1 feated Georgia in UGA four sets and swept DUKE 3 South Alabama and Tennessee State to 0 TSU earn first place.

“Our team had a DUKE 3 great weekend, and fact that we won S. ALA 0 the the tournament was great because it was an entire team effort,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “It’s just really neat with this particular team because not only do they perform well all together out there on the court, but they have fun together as a team.”

The match the Blue Devils expected to challenge them most this weekend came against Georgia (4-2) Friday. Duke won the first set but fell short in the second set, 2521. That would prove to be the only set the Blue Devils lost all weekend, though, and Duke pulled out the win over the Bulldogs.

Middle blockers Sophia Dunworth, Becci Burling and Amanda Robertson contributed to a strong Blue Devil defensive effort and providing an offensive boost. The trio combined for 39 kills against Georgia, and all three were named to the all-tournament team. Dunworth was named MVP of the tournament. “[The Bulldogs] were definitely a strong opponent for us, and walking into that gym,

I knew we had the ability and capabilities to win, but we had to be mentally tough because they had a good crowd, home environment, the band, the cheerleaders and all of that there,” Nagel said. “That’s great for [our players] to play in that environment and be under the gun and under that pressure because we’re going to have to face that all season.”

After defeating Georgia, Duke kept up its momentum with 3-0 wins against South Alabama (4-3) and Tennessee State (1-5).

Against the Jaguars, the Blue Devils never allowed more than 21 points. And the Tigers committed 12 attack errors in the first set alone and never recovered.

Despite its good performance this past weekend, there are still elements the team needs to improve on for its upcoming games, including its home opener Wednesday against Colorado State in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“We always have things we need to work on, and there is no doubt that we have a pretty good idea of that going into this next week of practice,” Nagel said. “We’re going to continue to work on our offense as far as being consistent with our service, making sure we can capitalize on the abilities of our team offensively and continuing to work on our communication.”

Though the women have a match next week against two-time defending national champions Penn State, the coach said she takes one game at a time and focuses more on the game against Colorado State coming up.

“We learned a lot about ourselves this weekend, and this tournament gave us confidence and told us a lot about ourselves as far as our ability to work,” Nagel said. “As a coach I look at each opponent as a national champion. I look at them all the same way and prepare.”

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Sophomore Sophia Dunworth earned tournament MVP honors as Duke won the Dawgs Invitational this weekend.

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On the Record Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis:

Running game woes haunt pass-happy Duke

“it doesn’t have anything to do with the division; you know some of those guys can play on this level. it’s disappointing to have a loss, period. You don’t want to lose, and that’s how you approach every game—it’s just very disappointing to have a loss in general.”

“You go back to the drawing board and it’s up to the seniors to teach these young guys how to compete, and we have to practice what we preach. We have to go out there and compete at a high level and bring the young guys along, and we have to bring that intensity into practice tomorrow.”

running back re’quan Boyette: “We came out, we were energetic throughout pre-game, but i don’t know what took us out of it. it was like we were waiting for someone to make a play instead of making the play.”

Head coach David cutcliffe: “it’s not ‘rah-rah’ when you say emotion. emotion is learning to compete at this level—you’ve got to play to win the ballgame every snap.”

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Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and wide receiver Johnny Williams touch heads during Duke’s 24-16 loss to richmond.Williams had seven catches for 115 yards and a touchdown saturday.

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Freshman wide receiver conner Vernon tries to break a short pass for a long gain in Duke’s 24-16 loss to richmond saturday night.

by Kyle Lambrecht The chronicle

Saturday against richmond, Duke’s dreams of bowl contention took a big hit, thanks largely to a lackluster running game that an effective passing attack could not make up for. “richmond, by design, decided they weren’t going to let us spread out and run the ball,” head coach David cutGame cliffe said. not a Analysis “We’re ‘pack it in and run it’ team.”

The running game was never expected to be Duke’s strength on offense this season, but the team managed just 19 yards on 16 carries Saturday.

The Blue Devils rushed for five yards in the first quarter and nine yards in the second, and were forced to rely mainly on senior quarterback Thaddeus lewis to carry the offensive load. richmond’s defensive line was able to pressure lewis throughout the game—even though he was only sacked once—and the Blue Devils’ offensive line seemed outmatched at times. “our defensive line is very experienced,” Spiders linebacker Patrick Weldon said. “The front four guys were determined to get no yards running the ball and they were pushing the offensive

line back on their heels.”

Despite the lack of success rushing, lewis had a productive night, throwing for 350 yards and two touchdowns on 34-of55 passing. The majority of the offensive production in the first half came from lewis’ consistent short passing game to receivers running slants and out routes.

Duke’s receivers were able to effectively drop in front of the richmond linebackers to pick up short yardage.

But even the short passing game dried up to some degree as the game went on. Swing passes to the flats and wide receiver screens, which Duke used throughout the game, lost their element of surprise and became a substitute for the Blue Devils’ nonexistent rushing game.

This problem was most evident on Duke’s second drive of the third quarter, when richmond defensive back Seth Williams dropped wide receiver Tyree Watkins with a crushing tackle for a three-yard loss.

A similar play had worked in the first half, but richmond was prepared after seeing the same plays run over and over.

“We played faster,” said Weldon. “They were making the throws out on the perimeter and in the second half we just realized that this is what they were doing and they are going to keep going to it. We were

keeping our eyes open and seeing the ball in the air.”

Duke did have some shining moments offensively. lewis completed a 54-yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Johnny Williams in the second quarter to reduce the deficit to14-9.

“They ran a boot leg on the play,” said Weldon. “it was tough to read. We bit up on the run and it is one of the most difficult plays to defend in football. They made a great play call, a great throw and a great catch. it was just a great play. i don’t think there was anything we could do.”

The deep pass was there for the Blue Devils all night, but lewis rarely had enough time to find his recievers downfield. That pressure allowed richmond to bring a safety toward the line of scrimmage, leaving only one safety back in coverage.

This weekend, Duke wasn’t the only Acc team that didn’t perform up to its full potential, and the loss could not have come at a better time since several other Acc teams that Duke will have to play struggled this weekend. n.c. State, Maryland, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest all lost to out-of-conference opponents, and Virginia lost to FcS William and Mary.

But if the Blue Devils hope to keep their dreams of a bowl game alive, the team must make some major offensive changes.

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The play appeared to send the team into a daze, and Cutcliffe himself admitted to being shell-shocked after Richmond suddenly found itself up 7-0.

“It was like we were waiting for someone else to make a big play instead of doing it ourselves,” running back Re’quan Boyette said. “I’m very surprised because I know we’re a good team and what level we’re capable of competing at.”

Duke did not commit a turnover, but the missed opportunities derailed the Blue Devils’ shot at a win as much as an ill-timed interception or sloppy fumble would have.

The wide receivers dropped passes, Maggio missed the two crucial field goals and Duke got into Richmond territory several times but only converted the prime position into points twice. Additionally, the defense did not force a single turnover.

“Every game, we look to force three turnovers as we feel with three turnovers, there’s at least a 90 percent chance we win,” safety Matt Daniels said. “Tonight we tried to get those turnovers but we just unfortunately weren’t able to.”

The inopportune mistakes wasted an outstanding passing performance from senior Thaddeus Lewis, who went 34-of-55 for 350 yards and two touchdowns. The two scores moved him into second place on Duke’s all time touchdown passes list.

For all their mistakes in the game, the Blue Devils rarely trailed by more than one possession for the majority of the second half.

In fact, Duke had prime opportunities to drive deep into Spider territory after Lewis hit wideout Johnny Williams on a perfect fade route to bring the score to 14-9 with 9:09 remaining in the first half.

The Blue Devils’ best meaningful scoring chance came on the drive after intermission, when the offense got as far as Richmond’s 19-yard line. But the special teams woes showed yet again as Maggio missed the second of two kicks wide left on a 36-yard attempt.

Duke did not advance deep into the Spiders’ territory again until its final scoring drive, which culminated with a touchdown pass to Austin Kelly with 2:13 left. Richmond recovered the ensuing onside kick, effectively ending the game and sending what was left of the near-capacity crowd home.

Old problems in the running game continued to manifest themselves as well, as the return of Boyette, who missed all of last year with a knee injury, did little to improve the results. Duke finished with a mere 19 yards on 16 attempts as seams rarely developed for the fifth-year senior or sophomore Jay Hollingsworth to run through.

Cutcliffe was left pondering the possibilities.

“If we were playing at the level we’re capable of, we should have thrown for 500 yards,” Cutcliffe said. “If we manage the kicking game better, it’s a whole different ball game down the stretch.”

If Duke had come out with the fire it exhibited last year, perhaps Cutcliffe would have started his second year as he did his first—with a win. If Duke had won, perhaps Cutcliffe’s promise of a bowl game would look more realistic.

Instead, a few mistakes leave the Blue Devils wondering what if instead of what’s next.

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bythenumbers 19: Total rushing yards for Duke Saturday 350: Passing yards by QB Thaddeus Lewis 0: Turnovers forced by the Blue Devils’ defense against Richmond 54: Distance of WR Johnny Williams’ receiving touchdown in the first half 38, 36: Distance of two field goals missed

by Duke kicker Nick Maggio 3-14: Duke’s third-down conversion ratio 77.5: Percentage of the Blue Devils’ offensive plays that were passes 33,011: Attendance at Wallace Wade Stadium for Duke’s season opener

CAA AROUND THE N Paulus’ debut ends on sour note Greg Paulus’ college football debut at Syracuse had everything but the perfect ending.

The former Duke point guard threw for 167 yards and a touchdown on 19-of-31 passing, but had a game-changing interception in overtime that cost the Orange their season opener, a 23-20 loss to Minnesota in the Carrier Dome..

Facing 3rd-and-5 from the Gophers’ 5-yard line, Paulus scrambled left, eluded one pass rusher and threw an ill-advised pass into the end zone that linebacker Nathan Triplett easily picked off.

“On that one, I should have just thrown the ball in the back of the end zone and kicked the field goal,” Paulus said. “I tried to make a play. Sometimes it worked today and sometimes it didn’t.”

Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone said he had no plans to switch quarterbacks and was confident Paulus would bounce back.

“I’ll rely on him to make the right decision, as I have a lot of faith in him,” Marrone said.

The game started inauspiciously for Paulus, as on the very first play of the year, the center’s shotgun snap sailed over Paulus’ head, and Minnesota recovered. The Gophers scored a touchdown and were up by seven less than 20 seconds into the contest.

For the rest of regulation, however, Paulus showed no rust from having not played organized football in over four years. He looked off defenders and pump-faked three Gopher defenders on his lone touchdown, a 29-yard fade down the left sideline to Mike Williams.

“This is going to be a game of mistakes, whether that’s a penalty, an interception or an incomplete pass,” Paulus said. “You have to bounce back form that quickly so the next one doesn’t linger and get you. I think that it was very important for us to bounce back in a positive way. I think that is a good sign for us.”

Bradford, OU go down to Brigham Young Oklahoma’s hopes of returning to the national championship game took a massive hit Saturday when reigning Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford left the Sooners’ game against No. 20 BYU with a separated shoulder. There has been no timetable set for when Bradford will return, but a typical recovery period is 2-to-4 weeks.

No. 3 Oklahoma lost to the Cougars 14-13 in the first college game at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

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Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis gets pressure from Richmond defenders (top), and wide receiver Austin Kelly gets hit in Duke’s 24-16 loss Saturday (bottom).

Virginia Tech falls to Alabama For the second straight season, an ACC team fell to No. 5 Alabama in the Georgia Dome in its season opener.

No. 7 Virginia Tech could not overcome a poor passing performance from Tyrod Taylor or hold onto its one-point lead in the fourth quarter as the Crimson Tide defeated the Hokies 34-24 Saturday evening at the Georgia Dome.

Taylor finished 9-of-20 for 91 yards and no touchdowns The Crimson Tide defeated Clemson last season at the Georgia Dome.

—by Stephen Allan

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After losing senior tri-captain Lauren Miller to a fractured hand in the first game of the weekend against Drexel, Duke struggled through the remainder of its road trip.

The Blue Devils (3-1) suffered an unexpected loss to Drexel Saturday and defeated unheralded St. JoDUKE 3 seph’s (0-2) in overDREX 4 time Sunday.

The No. 10 DUKE 4 Blue Devils scored three unanswered 3 SJU goals aginst Drexel (3-0) in the first half. Senior captian Amie Survilla scored the first of her three goals after two minutes of play Saturday, and she scored again in the 15th and 20th minutes, giving Duke an early 3-0 lead.

However, the team fell apart after Miller, a defender, suffered the injury toward the end of the first half. She remained in the game but could not play with her usual intensity.

“Lauren is sort of our quarterback on the defensive unit and without her voice, it showed,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “A lot of our game revovles around her. People needed to step up and they did not.”

The Dragons responded with three straight goals in the second half to tie up the game. The contest was decided in overtime when Carolina Gibernau scored the game-winning goal for the Dragons.

“We had some defensive breakdowns,” Bozman said. “To their credit, they are very dangerous offensively. So we needed to be just as sharp as they were, and we weren’t.”

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Senior tri-captain Amie Survilla scored five goals in two games over the weekend as Duke lost to Drexel 4-3 in overtime and then defeated St. Joseph’s by the same scoreline.

On Sunday the Blue Devils took on the Hawks, but they were forced to make several adjustments to the line up after losing Miller to injury the day before. Miller started the matchup with St. Joseph’s but was substituted early on.

“We had to change our lineup without Lauren in it,” Bozman said. “Our back four had two freshmen and two sophomores, which is a pretty inexperienced back line. There were times when our seniority was two juniors today.”

Despite the lack of experience starting for the Blue Devils Sunday, they scored the

first two goals of the game. Sarah Schoffstall received a pass from Rhian Jones and put the ball into the net for the first goal of the game, and Survilla continued to put points on the board by scoring the first of her two goals at the start of the second half.

The Blue Devils controlled the game, dominating the Hawks in shots and possession, but a small lapse in defensive play made the game close.

“We dominated play today with the exception of about 30 seconds, literally 30 seconds, and they capitalized on a few mis-

takes,” said Bozman.

The Hawks manged to score three goals in a span of five minutes. Ellen Rowe scored goals at 49:57 and 50:36, and later in the half Jen Wrublesky tallied another goal.

The game was tied at 3-3 and the Blue Devils were forced to play their second consecutive overtime. Tara Jennings scored the game winner, but overall the team was not content with its performance over the weekend.

“I would be kidding you if I didn’t say it was a real ugly weekend for us. But we survived,” Bozman said.

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crucial in front of Belshaw, who marked his first career start with a shutout in goal. “he came in during preseason and proved himself,” ibeagha said. “The whole time having him behind me, i felt comfortable on the field.”

Sunday’s victory came on the heels of a far less comfortable win Friday night over columbia (0-2). The lions jumped on top early when junior forward Bayo Adafin put away a rebound in the 16th minute, giving his team a surprising 1-0 lead. “i thought we caught a [tough] break in the first portion of the game and we didn’t recover quick enough,” Kerr said. “They caught us on a break and they scored and they deserved that goal. Then they made life difficult for us.”

Awakened by the early deficit, the Duke offense intensified its effort and brought waves of attackers at the columbia defense. in the 27th minute, this pressure earned the Blue Devils a corner kick. Sophomore christopher Tweed-Kent registered his first assist of the season when Matthew Thomas headed home his cross, tying the game. carrying the momentum from Thomas’ equalizer into the second half, Duke wasted little time in pulling ahead. After a shot from Grossman struck a Blue Devil in the penalty area, Finley fired the loose ball past the lion keeper, putting Duke ahead for good.

“At the half we went in with instructions to bring the ball forward quicker and be a little more direct,” Kerr said. “Scoring that goal pretty early in the second half really helped our confidence.”

And if Duke can build its confidence with these two wins, fans at Koskinen Stadium could see the Blue Devils’ well-practiced celebrations all season long.

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period when Redmond found space on the right side of the field and picked out junior Rebecca Allen with a cross to the six-yard box. Unfortunately, Allen, oneon-one with the goalkeeper, did not get enough power behind her shot and set up an easy save for Lugo.

In the first overtime, UNLV almost made the Blue Devils pay for squandering their numerous opportunities. About four minutes into the period, the Rebels played a ball over the head of defender Meaghan FitzGerald and went on a fast break. But freshman goalkeeper Tara Campbell responded by coming off her line and making a game-saving tackle.

Duke’s defense turned in an excellent overall performance, posting its second consecutive shutout. The back four, featuring three freshmen starters, held the Rebels without a shot on goal in the first half and only gave up two shots the entire contest.

“We’ve really developed a trust together, and it has taken a little bit [of time],” junior defender Gretchen Miller said. “I think we’ve got a little bit to go, but if we can keep putting up zeroes, I think that’s a good step for us.”

The next step, then, is for the Blue Devils’ results to match that effort over the course of the game.

Duke in 10th after 36

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Center back Gretchen Miller, a junior, was part of Duke’s defense that shut down UNLV in a 0-0 draw Saturday.

Duke earned the No. 10 seed in the NGCA Match Play Championship with its 36-hole performance Sunday, which left the team in tenth place at the event.

The Match Play Championship, held in Daytona, Fla., has an unusal format that that combines a 36-hole team play round with two days of match play.

Due to Sunday’s result, Duke will take on No. 15 Colorado Monday. The Blue Devils will then play a second round of match play that same afternoon, but their opponent will depend on their result against the Buffalos.

Sunday, Duke recorded a combined 606 over 36 holes, and was led by freshman Lindy Duncan, who fired rounds of 73 and 72. Duncan carded a bogey and double-bogey early in her second round, but recovered well to shoot even par.

Florida earned the No. 1 seed with a score of 585, 21 shots better than the Blue Devils.

Duke’s two other top performers were upperclassmen, senior Alison Whitaker and junior Kim Donovan. Whitaker shot

74-76 to tie for 23rd place, and Donovan carded two rounds of 77.

The Blue Devils won this tournament five times in the past six years. The only year Duke did not take the NGCA Math Play title was in 2005, when the team did not participate in the tournament.

—from staff reports

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A non-solution for YT reform Next Monday, as part of establishing the Office of the Fall election referendum, the Special Secretary for the students will select their can- Young Trustee Process calls for didate of choice for the Spe- a reform of the Young Trustee cial Secretary for the Young selection process that is “run Trustee process. If the refer- outside of the normal DSG hiendum passes erarchies” and editorial and the vice “notably transpresident for parent.” So far, the Inter-Community Council it has been anything but. is eliminated, then the candiThis plan for reform is date who receives the major- inherently flawed, and it will ity of votes will assume the po- likely perpetuate the current sition of Special Secretary. concentration of power over This newly elected official Young Trustee selection in will begin the process of re- the hands of well-connected forming Young Trustee selec- DSG and ICC insiders. Plaction by holding a minimum ing a single person in charge of four open forums and of Young Trustee reform gives engaging with various stake- far too much authority to one holders. By Nov. 4, the Spe- student and subjects the recial Secretary must present a form process to that individureport to the DSG Senate with al’s personal interest. recommendations and a draft It would have been more by-law. reasonable, instead, to involve The DSG executive order multiple perspectives by creat-

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Instead, it appears as if DSG only directly notified a select few about the Special Secretary position. It sent out e-mails to the members of the ICC and encouraged them to send an e-mail out to their respective organizations.

And although the position was posted on the DSG Web site for some time, the existence of the Office of the Special Secretary was never mentioned in any blast e-mail to the entire student body. Ironically, the freshman class—those least qualified for the position— were the only ones to receive an e-mail about it from DSG, and that was on sent on Friday, 48 hours before a 100-signature nominating petition was due.

With these communication strategies in place, it is not surprising that only two candidates emerged: a DSG senator who resigned to run for the position of Special Secretary and a student organization leader who currently serves as a member of ICC. Reform of the Young Trustee selection process is an issue that merits serious attention.

But with power concentrated in the hands of one student, and a student government insider likely to fill the position, it is hard to see how the Special Secretary could bring the independence, evenhandedness and legitimacy the problem requires.

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Aside from creating a far too powerful position, DSG has also failed to guarantee that it is filled by a student government outsider without conflicts of interest.

According to DSG, making the Special Secretary an elected official—instead of an appointed one—would eliminate bias and ensure a more transparent and fair reform process. That reasoning would hold if the position was publicized proactively and

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his weekend had the potential to be great for football fans at Duke–our Blue Devils were playing a Football Championship Subdivision team and our former point guard was making his debut at quarterback.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, neither Duke nor Greg Paulus could pull out a vic- bradford colbert tory, but whether the other side you watched both games, only one or never made it out of the Blue Zone, there was plenty to get excited about.

We may have lost to Richmond, but I’m still excited for Duke football season because of what I saw this weekend–not just on the field, but in the stands. I saw a stadium packed with passionate fans in blue and white, a far cry from the halfempty stands that were the norm three years ago (or worse, the unavoidable flood of orange and purple when Clemson came to town).

Even in the student section, the majority of the fans were wearing our school colors. At most colleges, this wouldn’t be a noteworthy observation, but at Duke we have a little tradition called Tailgate that tends to have a slightly different dress code (and overall code of conduct) than your typical tailgating party.

If you wandered into the first Blue Zone lot some three hours before the game, you might expect the student section to have as much neon green and hot pink as blue and white. We were spared that sight because most of the eccentrically dressed students have no intention of ever attending the game. For many students, Tailgate is just a theme party without a theme–through the course of the day, I encountered a group of people wearing swimming pool inflatables, a girl in a cocktail dress made out of a trash bag and a guy in a banana suit.

I have to admit–I’ve never really been a huge fan of Tailgate. I always thought it was more of a distraction from the game, the opposite of what a tailgate traditionally is. I know that I could be an exception. I should add that I’ve probably spent more time in Koskinen Stadium and Jack Coombs Field than in Perkins and Bostock libraries in my Duke career. I take being a Blue Devil pretty seriously.

At the same time, I think it’s hard to deny that there is something about Tailgate that is undeniably cool. Take your average campus section party

and replace the dimly lit, crowded hallways with a wide-open parking lot in the glorious Carolina sunshine. Now multiply by 10, because every group on campus is attending the same party, side by side.

Like a mini-LDOC every other weekend, Tailgate brings the student body together in a truly unique atmosphere.

The administration has been trying to figure out for years how best to address that “atmosphere” and the problems associated with it. Reactions have ranged from prohibitionary (eliminating kegs in 2002, forced evacuation of the lot at gametime in 2005) to accepting (serving food in 2007, reallowing cars in 2009) to Wizard of Oz-like (“play games on the quad and pay no attention to the party behind the curtain” in 2008). Students approach the annual rule adjustments with a paranoia that someone is trying to kill their precious Tailgate, but year after year the party in the Blue Zone has continued in a similarly rowdy vein.

It has been apparent for years that Tailgate’s relationship to Duke Football exists only on the calendar, but the contrast has become sharper now that fans are actually attending the games. A funny thing has happened in the Cutcliffe Era– the football team is finally receiving the support they deserve, but the costumes at Tailgate are not getting any less outrageous.

It’s only been in the past 15 years (since Duke Football’s last winning season) our proper-noun Tailgate has developed, growing out of a group of out-of-season athletes tailgating a little harder as the games got less enjoyable. But the increased optimism surrounding the football program has not changed the face of Tailgate. The party and the game now coexist, separate but equal entertainment options for your Saturday. Some students attend both, some attend one or the other and some were at the Freewater Star Trek movie marathon.

There’s a part of me that wishes that people would at least wear Duke colors at Tailgate, to try to maintain appearances that the festivities are somehow tied to the game that day. The crazy costumes would actually be clever if you incorporated Duke blue and demonstrated how spirited you are instead of just how ridiculous. But to be perfectly honest, so long as I have company in the student section, it doesn’t really matter to me what the Tailgate revelers wear.

But to those who keep their focus on the festivities, I just want to say you’re missing a heck of a game.

Bradford Colbert is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Monday.

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s you can imagine, coming to my allegiance to a sports team are donned. Generfirst Duke Tailgate was a bit jar- ally, they precede a major sporting event not ring for me. The official dress code simply as a formality, but because tailgate only was not distributed to the serves as a preamble to that French and Francophone sporting event.

Studies department, thereby Duke’s undergraduate causing me to ruin the pair population rises from peaceful of Diesel jeans for which slumber at the crack of dawn, I scrimped and saved for ambles by bus or on foot to a more than a month. spot quite distant from its dorI may just be bitter about mitories and endures showers the jeans, but Tailgate is an emi am charlotte of beer, sweat and tears. If this barrassment to our institution. is what we go through to get simmons I could whine about Tailgate Tailgate, how disheartening monday, monday to as a demonstration of a dearth must it be to the football team of intellectualism at Duke, and to see a drought of supporters I probably wouldn’t be wrong. Tailgate is not an in the student section immediately afterwards? activity that falls neatly under the “work hard, We can wake up and walk a great distance to play hard” brand that defines undergraduates drink, but we can’t, generally speaking, stay up at Duke. If anything, Tailgate reflects a “work and walk a short distance to support our team. hard, play dumb” attitude. The only reservaI get the sense that the Duke Tailgate is tion I have in using that phrase as the Tailgate a ritual designed as a vague copy of real tailmantra is that it is an insult to dumb people. gates, only for fans who have lost interest in There is nothing playful in dressing like their team altogether. Even if you do come a stripper or a prostitute (ne vous inquietez to the game after Tailgate, you come sloshed pas, my women’s studies friends, these words and dressed like a fairy princess (again, genare gender-neutral, as most men look like der-neutral). We are not the Duke Fairy Prinsorry excuses for Chippendales employees). cesses, we are the Duke Blue Devils.

And lest we forget, but for falling under the Consider, as a thought experiment, if auspices of collegiate living, waking up at 8 we treated our basketball games as we treat a.m. to drink beer for several hours qualifies our football games. After several hours of as alcoholism. A very bad case of alcoholism. parties, what I estimate to be 30 percent of But what the hell, right? College kids will pregame-goers would tilt and wobble into be college kids, and it does me no good to ad- Cameron Indoor Stadium. Jon Scheyer and monish The Chronicle’s readership for going Kyle Singler, though certain they saw some all out in having fun to counterbalance a long thousand-odd students in Krzyzewskiville week of studies and extracurricular activity. (a word inebriation would prevent most There’s something to be said for the common attendees from correctly spelling), would bonding experience that can be achieved sole- scratch their heads in confusion as they ly through literally soaking your hair in beer as gazed upon the half-empty bleachers. you grind through a sweaty mass of your peers.

You would never in a million years attend Year in, year out, the Duke Student Govern- a basketball game drunk, nor would you skip ment president spends his or her entire year a basketball game because you have to reward saving Tailgate or letting students know he or yourself with a hard earned cool-off period beshe saved Tailgate, so it’s obviously something tween morning and evening drinking. that students just plain love to do.

Unless we collectively decide we’re ready to No, Tailgate is an embarrassment to our ditch the façade of tailgate as a precursor to University not because the partying is dumb in football games and start simply drinking in the a vacuum, but rather, because it is an embar- Blue Zone on Saturday mornings all year long, rassment to our football team. it’s high time we pay some respect to our footWhere I come from, a tailgate is a social ball team and clean up our act. gathering in which meat is barbecued, beer is drunk in moderation and clothes reflecting Charlotte Simmons is scared of Spiders.

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Fight drug cartels through legalization of marijuana Referring to the legalization of marijuana and its effect on drug cartels in his Sept. 3 column “An inconvenient truth,” Vikram Srinivasan reminds us “that drugs are illegal now and any discussion of their ethics must be grounded in the universe of current realities and consequences.”

That said, Srinivasan recommends we change said “current realit[y]” by curtailing private drug use.

Let us take a moment, however, to actually consider the current reality.

We have violent drug cartels, and these cartels exist because of two reasons: 1) a powerful American appetite for marijuana, and 2) a refusal to legalize and regulate marijuana. If we are to stop the drug cartels, we must change one of these causal circumstances. Which event is better grounded in reality: millions of people suddenly growing a conscience and dropping their drug habits, or a government legalizing and regulating marijuana? Is one option not a complete fantasy?

Really, Srinivasan’s solution does nothing to actually stop the drug cartels. Abstaining from marijuana use on moral grounds may negate any personal responsibility for the drug wars, but it will not stop them. If we are concerned about the lives of our southern neighbors, we should focus more on the drug wars themselves than any dubious connections we may or may not have to them. The legalization and thus legitimization of marijuana and its sources would be several million times more effective in this respect than any recommendations to limit recreational drug use.

While personal ethics are undoubtedly important, if we really want to prevent “another dead Latin American child” perhaps we should focus on intelligent (and realistic) policy changes rather than debate personal morality and our connections to aforementioned dead and dying. Al Capone was born out of

prohibition, and it was a change in public policy (the re-legalization of alcohol) that put him and his ilk out of business, not the morality of consumers.

Shreyan Sen Trinity ’12 Cap-and-trade bill harmful to economy In response to Jacob Wolff’s Sept.

3 column “Lean cuisine and climate change” we urge all members of the Duke community to contact Senator Kay Hagan about Cap and Trade. However, the Senator must know the harm to our nation this bill will produce if passed.

The “Cap and Trade” bill sets arbitrary deadlines for various levels of emission reductions. While renewable energy such as solar and wind only make up about 3 percent of emissions, the bill necessitates steep reductions in oil, coal and natural gas production. With no provisions for nuclear energy in the bill, what will make up the difference when our nation is supposed to be expanding?

The bill operates on the false presumption that the state should micromanage the energy future of the country, rather than by allowing the private sector to thrive and innovate naturally.

By increasing the cost of energy via forced emission reductions, the bill is a massive across the board energy tax that will increase the cost of living for Americans. By taxing energy, the bill is inherently a regressive tax since lower income households spend a much greater percentage of their income on energy than households with higher incomes.

Cap and Trade is a misnomer; the bill should be called Cap and Tax, because that is exactly what it will do. There are other ways to reasonably address global warming concerns without wreaking economic devastation.

Michelle Barreto Chair, Press Committee Duke College Republicans Trinity ’12

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t the risk of looking like a dweeb who spends all day reading The New York Times online (a friend recently told me that “someone needs to take away your Times membership”), I’d like to spend another 750 words critiquing the opinions of one Stanley Fish.

I know, I know; doesn’t this dowdy sophomore have any thoughts of his own?

It’s possible that a year-andcounting of college education connor southard hasn’t made me anything but dead poet more pompous and even less original than I was before.

You might think that, and the good Professor Fish would probably nod in agreement.

This past week, Fish received enough hate mail, what he called “attacks on me and attacks on my ideas,” that he couldn’t resist addressing the objections with a second edition of “What Should Colleges Teach?”.

He began by rebuking doubting readers who were incredulous at Fish’s own supposed experience teaching in the trenches of composition programs. Apparently, Fish actually does have extensive background in teaching basic writing, and good for him. It is from this tour of duty that Fish draws his conclusion that writing is best taught as “forms and forms alone.” Fish proposes that while the content of a sentence is malleable, there are certain forms (i.e., a “neither/nor” sentence, etc.) which one must study in the abstract and have a basically mathemati-

cal understanding of before one can claim to have any grasp of the art of writing. I’ll use one of my malleable sentences to respectfully disagree.

Fish grounds his justification of teaching grammar out of context by agreeing with one commenter that “good writing instills good thinking.” So, as soon as we college students begin to be taught to write by diagramming sentences and the like, our actual ability to think skyrockets! I had no clue that my Writing 20 class had robbed me of such a wonderful Socratic opportunity.

Of course, it’s much more likely that Writing 20 didn’t rob me at all. Writing 20, or any composition course, can’t make Platos just as it can’t be avoided in a freshman schedule. It’s one class, one period of instruction, and it does its job perfectly well.

I still disagree with Fish, rebuttal or no, but there’s a more troubling problem with his arguments that supersedes his disaffection with interesting writing classes. Specifically, Fish has a set of hidebound and disappointingly stereotypical complaints about university curriculums.

Fish has long held that universities should respect the humanities. “I have argued,” he begins one column, “that higher education, properly understood, is defined by the absence of a direct and assigned relationship between its activities and its measurable effects in the world.” Fish, then, does not believe in clear-cut cause and effect in education. He generally recognizes that failing to learn “x” in “y” manner—say, learning writing through endless drilling in grammatical structures—doesn’t inherently hamper a liberal arts education or, more crucially, impoverish the

mind of any given student. We might just as productively learn “x” in “n” manner, and still go on to do “a.”

Given this stance, it seems as if Fish and I agree wholeheartedly: There are many paths in a liberal arts education.

They may not lead to the Buddha, but they might actually lead to an education, “proper” instruction in writing or history notwithstanding. Considering that Fish is such a vociferous defender of the abstract and diverse tradition of the liberal arts, his peevishness about writing classes rings hypocritical.

Fish is in the grand tradition of those who argue that it’s “OK” to major in intellectual and not provably “practical” subjects like classics and English. Everyone familiar with the history of higher education knows that it’s about just that: education, not job qualifications. Time and again, humanities professors like Fish are forced to defend their trade against ironically vague attacks of “impracticality” and “uselessness.” I can’t respect Fish’s argument about teaching writing not only because it makes a mistaken assumption about the value of something as didactic and petty as a manual or repeated diagramming of sentences, but also because it runs counter to a truth that he, and I, claim to accept about education.

Simply put, I’m not here just to get a job, nor am I here to diagram sentences. I’m here to be educated. If that means watching “The Wire” one day and writing an essay on James Joyce the next, I don’t see any conflict there except the problems inherent in trying to decipher two wildly different systems of profanity.

Connor Southard is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Monday.

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