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Alum seeks Budget woes linger as donations drop Kennedy’s Senate seat

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Stephen Pagliuca, Boston Celtics coowner and a managing director of Bain Capital, announced his candidacy Thursday for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Pagliuca, Trinity ’77, is new to the political arena but said he will draw upon two decades of experience as a private equity investor should he be elected.

“I got approached by several prominent Democratic people in Boston,” he said. “Many people were looking for someone who had onthe-ground experience Stephen Pagliuca because of the bad economy, to try to get us out of it, and I said I would try and do that.”

Pagliuca, a former chairman of the Trinity College Board of Visitors at Duke, also serves as president of the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and is a member of the World Economic Forum.

He said his background in economics means he brings a valuable perspective to the party.

“I’m really running on the theme that we’ve got to get a better partnership between government, business, educational institutions and unions to work together,” he said. “Our issue is, we’re in the global economy now, and we have See pagliuca on page 4

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Vice President for Human Resources Kyle Cavanaugh announces a second round of early retirement incentives at a forum Thursday. The new program is a part of Duke’s continuing efforts to manage lower endowment payouts and a 22-percent drop in private donations. Three other university administrators also spoke at the event.

Private donations down 22% after record-breaking year

Admins extend early retirement incentives to monthly employees

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by Lindsey Rupp and Zachary Tracer

Duke raked in just $302 million in private donations between July 2008 and June 2009, a 22-percent drop from the previous fiscal year’s total, Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, confirmed.

Duke shattered fundraising records during the 2007-2008 fiscal year, raising more than $385 million in private gifts, Schoenfeld said. This year, the development office managed to keep the number of donors steady at about 100,000, but the final dollar tally of the donations lagged far behind.

Turmoil in the markets is to blame for the drop in donations, Schoenfeld said.

“There’s no question that the economy took a toll on fundraising at Duke, as it did at many places,” he said. “People who

Duke’s payroll will likely become slimmer still, after an announcement Thursday that the University will offer early retirement incentives to some salaried employees.

The latest retirements are a small step toward cutting the University’s budget by $125 million over three years.

About 100 salaried employees will be given the option to retire early starting in October, Vice President for Human Resources Kyle Cavanaugh announced at a Primetime Employee Forum called “The Duke Economy—A Year Later.” Cavanaugh estimated that 10 to 20 of them would choose to retire by a Dec. 31 deadline.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said in an interview that these retirees will save the University less than $5 million this year.

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New York Times columnist and author Nicholas Kristof addresses a crowd of 800 to promote his new book in Page Auditorium Thursday.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof once bought two women from a Cambodian brothel. One went on to start a family, the other returned to the brothel, but both may have inspired students to support women’s rights.

About 800 people filled Page Auditorium Thursday night to hear Kristof promote “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” his new book coauthored with his wife Sheryl WuDunn. Kristof shares one of his two Pulitzer prizes with WuDunn.

The event, co-sponsored by the Baldwin Scholars program the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research and other campus organizations, was the first stop on Kristof’s book tour.

“In the 19th century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the oppression of women and girls throughout the world,” Kristof said.

Kristof estimated more than 100 million women are missing from the planet due to sex trafficking and unequal access

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“People are interested in supporting local economies and knowing where their food comes from.”

­—Graduate student Joshua Stoll on Walking Fish. See story page 3.

to health care, education and food.

Projecting photos of the women whose stories he told, Kristof described the personal trials of women who were starved so their brothers could eat, who were sold into brothels and who were barred from school because of its cost. But he said there are ways to end this oppression.

“The greatest unexplored resource in developing countries isn’t gold, it isn’t oil, it’s the female half of the workforce,” Kristof said.

If efforts are made to educate women and help them gain economic leverage, Kristof said women are likely to use their skills and incomes to better their families’ and their villages’ situations.

Kristof reminded the audience that it will not be able to single-handedly fix every problem. And sophomore Catherine Joseph said that although she was moved by the stories, she knows the scope of the issues is daunting.

“It was a little disheartening that we only heard the success stories, because for every success story we don’t know how

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Ten dead in Gunmen attack Faulty drug pumps kill five of drug rehabilitation clinic ORANGE, Calif. — State inspectors investigating claims by nurses that faulty drug pumps led to the accidental overdose of five patients at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center found three deficiencies and issued an “immediate jeopardy” warning, alleging that patient care was at risk, hospital officials acknowledged Thursday.

The warning earlier this summer is one of the most serious that can be issued against a hospital—and typically federal or state inspectors stay on site until the problem is resolved. In UCI’s case, the July 13 warning was lifted within 24 hours.

UC Irvine Medical Center’s chief executive, Terry Belmont, disclosed the findings by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in an e-mail sent to the staff Thursday.

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MEXICO CITY — For the second time in less than two weeks, heavily armed gunmen attacked a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts in the volatile border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said Wednesday. At least 10 people— patients and therapists—were killed.

The gunmen escaped and authorities offered little in the way of motive in the Tuesday shootings. Rehab clinics are often attacked as drug gangs pursue rivals or attempt to settle old scores.

Its the sixth drug treatment center attacked in the last 13 months in Juarez, located across the border from El Paso,Texas.Eighteen people were slain in similar fashion Sept. 2.

The attack Tuesday at the Life Annex treatment center in a working-class neighborhood left dead the director, Dr. Iram Ortiz, a female patient he was counseling, another doctor and seven male clients.

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MOSCOW ­­­­­— When President Barack Obama came to Moscow in May, he hinted that Russia’s best chance to stop the U.S. from building a missile shield in the region was to help stifle Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Russia got what it wanted Thursday: the United States dropped plans for missile shield facilities in nearby Poland and the Czech Republic. But if Moscow’s initial reaction is any measure, Washington shouldn’t expect much in return.

Russian officials have been anticipating the U.S. decision—and regarded it as proof that the U.S. had finally come to its senses. The Americans, one Russian official said, shouldn’t demand rewards for finally fixing a mistake.

In recent weeks, Moscow has come under increasing pressure from the U.S. and Israel to take a harder line against Iran’s

nuclear program. But Russia doesn’t feel particularly threatened by a nuclear Iran, analysts say. Instead, the Kremlin tends to treat Iran as an economic opportunity. And it embraces the Islamic Republic as a powerful nation hostile to the U.S. The Kremlin had badly wanted the Obama administration to drop plans to deploy the missile interceptors and radar equipment in countries that once were part of the Soviet sphere of influence. But that doesn’t mean Russian officials were willing to characterize the shift in policy as a concession.

“Those who are talking about a concession to Russia are primarily those who are looking for a bargaining chip in seeking extra dividends of some kind from us,” said Dmitry Rogozin, the Russian envoy to NATO, in remarks carried on Interfax.

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Raymond Clark III is taken into custody by Connecticut State Police and charged with the murder of Yale University graduate student Annie Le. Clark, a lab technician, was allegedly the last to see Le before her disappearance. The arrest comes just days after Le’s body was found stuffed into a crawl space behind a wall. Le was ruled to have died from traumatic asphyxiation.

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The Residential Group Assessment Committee’s Review Committee will gather for the first time to evaluate its operations, Campus Council members said at their meeting Thursday night.

Shifting the focus from the progressive plans to completely revamp Central Campus, members of Campus Council discussed plans to review procedures for the RGAC committee, which determine where certain living groups will live for the next couple of years.

The committee is co-chaired by Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a junior, and Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. The RGAC Review Committee is also made up of three newly selected members from Campus Council: senior Alyssa Dack, junior Ryan Echternacht and senior Youngsoo Kwon, along with faculty and students from organizations such as the Interfraternity Council and the Selective House Council.

Along with evaluating the operations of RGAC, the goal of the RGAC Review Committee is to “add to campus culture so everyone feels included” by making changes that will serve as a “long-term impact,” Temple said.

Temple also added that the chosen members create a “holistic committee” and are very excited about RGAC’s future plans.

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In other business: To kick off Homecoming weekend, Campus Council has planned the first annual dodgeball tournament for Sept.

23 at 2:30 p.m. Teams must have 10 players, with at least four females, and winners will be rewarded with prizes.

The main event will begin on Main West Quadrangle at 4 p.m. with inflatables, free Cookout catering, free Tshirts and performances by the Duke Cheerleaders and the Dancing Devils.

In addition, there will be live music from two upcoming artists, Andy Grammer and Tauren Wells, who was recently featured on a promotion for both Grey’s Anatomy

Senior Youngsoo Kwon, a newly selected member of the Residential Group Assessment Committee’s Review Committee, reviews procedure for RGAC during Campus Council’s meeting Thursday night. and Cold Case.

The Homecoming events will be “kicking the weekend off right,” said Campus Council Programming Chair Ben Goldenberg, a sophomore.

Campus Council is also partnering with the First-Year Advisory Counselor program to organize a “bench painting” competition Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. on East Campus. Prizes will be awarded.

Duke graduate students who organized Walking Fish—the region’s first community-supported fishery— distributed their first delivery of fresh seafood to Durham-area shareholders Thursday.

The first shipment, roughly 500 pounds of southern flounder from the Pamlico and Core Sounds, was available for pick up from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens parking lot on Anderson Street.

Duke Fish, the University’s graduate student chapter of the American Fisheries Society, partnered with Carteret County fishermen to launch Walking Fish. The 12-week pilot program allows consumers to pre-order shares of locally caught fish, which can be picked up on a weekly or bi-weekly basis each Thursday.

Joshua Stoll, a second-year graduate student in the Nicholas School of the Environment who organized Walking Fish, said the project surpassed his original expectations. Walking Fish had hoped to sell 250 shares, but ended up selling 400. There are more than 100 people on the waiting list for next season and people are still signing up, Stoll added. By the end of the 12-week pilot project, Stoll estimates that Walking Fish will distribute more than 6,000 pounds of fresh seafood to area shareholders.

“People want local seafood,” he said. “People are interested in supporting local economies and knowing where their food comes from. People are interested in making an investment in community. We hope that this is a step towards that.”

Most of the money raised from the project goes to the Carteret County fishermen and the fish processors. The rest of the money goes toward educational events like See fishery on page 4

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pagliuca from page 1 to unite everyone so everyone here can continue to pursue the American dream.”

The Weston, Mass. resident, who is worth about $400 million, said he is selffinancing his campaign, and will immediately launch a series of television advertisements to introduce himself to the public, which he said is largely unfamiliar with him. Pagliuca has taken a leave of absence from Bain during his run for the Senate seat and said he plans to conduct a “listen and learn” campaign, traveling throughout Massachusetts and talking on radio shows to get his message out.

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The race for the vacated seat is of special interest because of Kennedy’s long legacy in American politics.

“I don’t think anyone will ever ‘succeed’ Ted Kennedy, because he’s a legend,” Pagliuca said. “But he’s a great example for us to strive toward in making change and making a difference in other people’s lives.”

Kennedy’s Senate seat will remain vacant until the January special election unless the Massachusetts legislature approves an effort to give Gov. Patrick Duval the authority to appoint an interim senator.

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“Part of what we are doing here is trying to create a dialogue about what a fishery is, about what conservation means, about what sustainablility means,” he said, adding that there is an online member’s forum where shareholders are encouraged to exchange ideas, feedback and cooking tips.

Stoll hopes the Walking Fish CSF will facilitate similar projects in other communities. Additionally, Stoll said he plans to expand the Duke Walking Fish project to include a winter and spring season.

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His entrance into the Democratic primary race pits him against Attorney General Martha Coakley, who has already announced her candidacy, and Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., who is expected to do so today, according to media reports.

Pagliuca will face questions before the Dec. 8 primary about his previous support for several Republican politicians, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was a Bain colleague of Pagliuca’s. Pagliuca switched from being a registered Republican to a Democrat in 1998. Advisers to the political novice have told the media that Pagliuca’s contributions to Romney were due mostly to their professional relationship, and that Pagliuca characterizes himself as a “progressive” Democrat.

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BUDGET from page 1 “It’s not huge,” he said, adding that the package aims to “offer a better alternative to people who may not have a better alternative if we can’t figure this out.”

Duke is “working aggressively” to avoid laying off employees, Cavanaugh said after announcing the new incentives at the Primetime forum in Reynolds Theater.

Cavanaugh, Trask, Vice President for Finance Hof Milam and Provost Peter Lange Number of biweekly spoke at the forum in front of employees who accepted approximately 200 employees.

Duke’s early retirement offer At least 272 people watched the forum online.

Trask said the University has already reduced expenses by $15 to $20 million due to the early retirement of 295 workers this sumNumber of monthly mer. These “voluntary separaemployees who are expected to accept the early tions” were part of the first early retirement incentives announced retirement offer by Dec. 31 in April at “Primetime at Duke: Duke and the Economy,” where the incentives were offered to 825 biweekly employees.

But retirement incentives alone will not be enough.

Duke is working to close a projected deficit of $50 to $70 million in its fiscal year 2010 budget. The 2010 fiscal year runs from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

All together, Milam said the University should be able to cut about $25 million from its budget this year.

The year’s remaining deficit of $45 million will be covered by transition funding—up to $165 million in extra endowment spending that was authorized by the Board of Trustees in May, Milam said.

Trask said the fund has already helped make up for a $29

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million deficit in the fiscal year 2009 budget. An annual report detailing that budget will be released in early October.

As auditors finish looking over the fiscal year 2009 budget, deans and vice presidents will be looking to encourage specific salaried employees to retire.

The new round of early retirement incentives will be offered to a handpicked group of about 100 salaried employees whose positions could be eliminated or restructured if they retire, Cavanaugh said.

To qualify for early retirement, the number of years the employee has worked at Duke and the employee’s age must add to 75, the “Rule of 75,” and the position must not be more than half-funded by a grant or contract, he added.

Cavanaugh said employees who are paid monthly, such as supervisors, professors and administrators, will be offered two weeks of pay for each year they have worked at Duke, up to 26 years. They can also participate in Duke’s retiree health insurance plan.

Employees who were paid biweekly and chose to retire over the summer received health care benefits and an increased monthly pension. Monthly employees’ retirement plans are financed by a combination of their personal contributions and those of the University.

Trask said about 40 percent of the first round of retirees were groundskeepers, custodians, housekeepers or food service workers, and another 69 did administrative work.

Duke has hired people to fill 32 of the positions opened in the first round of early retirement, including athletic coaches and police officers.

“We had, as part of the biweekly retirement plan, a substantial reduction in the number of custodians and grounds people at Duke, and you will begin to see, unfortunately, the effect of those service reductions,” he said at Primetime.

Early retirement incentives are not the only way Duke is coping with lower donation totals and an endowment that Trask said had a June 30 value of just below $4 billion.

Lange said the University has been conducting “mini strategic-planning exercises” with schools to build their

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budgets around the professors they would like to hire and their other goals. Schools have been told to plan for a 10 percent revenue drop in their 2010 budgets, he added.

“It’s a rock-turning exercise,” Lange said in an interview.

“You turn over a rock to see what’s underneath and sometimes you find things you don’t expect. We’re identifying areas for them where they might find potential savings.”

The schools are also developing programs that will create additional revenue, such as new master’s degrees, he said.

The University has also cut travel and entertainment spending, and is keeping buildings at cooler temperatures in the winter and warmer levels in the summer, Trask said.

Cavanaugh said the University has saved about $2 million by decreasing overtime work opportunities. Trask said workers have not taken the reduction in overtime hours “particularly well.”

“I think people understand it is better than the alternatives,” he added.

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Carlyle Cup action kicks off tonight with a bang, as No. 11 Duke (4-0-0, 1-0-0 ACC) travels to Chapel Hill to take on the No. 3 Tar Heels (3-0-1, 1-0-0) in a battle for early positioning in the ACC. Action between the undefeated riNo. 3 vals kicks off at 7 UNC p.m. at Fetzer Field vs. in Chapel Hill. The No. 11 Tar Heels look for their fourth straight Duke win against the Friday, 7 p.m.

Blue Devils, a mark Chapel Hill, N.C. which would tie their all-time best, set in 1954 and 1955. A victory for Duke would help it climb back toward evening the all-time series, which the Blue Devils currently trail 34-38-8.

UNC represents a heated rival, but the matchup with the Tar Heels also marks the first of Duke’s clashes with the ACC’s elite teams. North Carolina sits at No. 3 nationally, but Wake Forest is currently ranked second and Maryland fourth.

After watching UNC slip by N.C. State last weekend in front of a crowd of 4,221, the second-largest in Fetzer history, Duke head coach John Kerr knows that his team has hard work ahead.

“We are under no pretenses that it’s going to be easy at UNC,” Kerr said.

“But we’re going to go out there not afraid to compete.”

However, Duke will have to stymie more than the raucous Carolina

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North Carolina looms on Duke’s schedule, the Duke Blue Devils must wrestle with a pack of Tigers this Friday, 7:30 p.m. weekend before they kick off their ACC slate.

Duke hosts Auburn (3-1-2) tonight at 7:30 LSU p.m. at Koskinen Stavs. dium, followed by LSU (4-1-1) Sunday at 2:00 Duke p.m., as part of the annual Duke/Nike Classic.

SUNDAY, 2 p.m.

Koskinen Stadium The Blue Devils (3Duke/Nike Classic 3-1) look to build off their 8-0 drubbing of Alabama A&M last weekend and hope to close the nonconference season on a high note by coming away with two victories, which is easier said than done.

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coach Robbie Church said. “We need to be playing good soccer as we open up the ACC because we’ve got Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland and Florida State. All four of those teams are in the top ten in the country in some poll that’s out there. We need to go in with a threegame winning streak, and that’s what we’re looking for this weekend.”

While Duke has yet to notch back-to-back wins this year, the Blue Devils have an undefeated 3-0-1 record at home and have not conceded a goal in those games.

Despite its defensive prowess, Duke is still looking for consistent success when it tries to put its own shots in the back of the net. The Blue Devils’ schoolrecord eight goals in the first half against Alabama See W. Soccer on page 8

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faithful in order to return home with a win. The Tar Heels return 17 players from last year’s national runnerup finish, and boast an overpowering offense that has netted an impressive three goals per game, ranking fifth in the nation.

Unlike other teams with one or two weapons, Kerr says his team is preparing to focus on up to five different players who have the ability to create scoring chances.

Leading the Tar Heels’ multipronged attack is midfielder Michael Farfan, who was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week Monday and given ACC coPlayer of the Week honors after he scored the game-winning goal against the Wolfpack.

Complementing him on the attack is senior striker Eddie Ababio, who Kerr says has been wreaking havoc recently in his minutes off the bench.

The Blue Devil defense, though, appears more than up to the task.

Anchored by freshman goalie James Belshaw, who has yet to allow a goal in the two games he has started, the defense boasts a goals-against average of .24 per game, ranked eighth in the nation. The Tar Heel defense, anchored by seniors Zach Lloyd and Jordan Graye, is more suspect.

“Their weakest link is their defending,” Kerr said. “We’re going to have a real go at them.”

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Last week, a slow start put Duke into a close contest versus Army, but the Blue Devils played their game in the second half to pull away from the Black Knights.

A slow start Saturday at 12 p.m. against No. 22 Kansas at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kan. could put Duke in a hole too big to climb out of as the Blue Devils look to earn their second straight win.

“They are a really, really good football team,” head coach David Cutcliffe said of Kansas. “They don’t turn the ball over and they don’t make mistakes.”

Saturday marks only the sixth time in Duke Football history that the Blue Devils will take on a Big 12 opponent, and the first ever meeting between Duke (1-1) and Kansas (2-0). The Jayhawks have big hopes for this year, coming off back-to-back bowl wins, including a momentous Orange Bowl win over Virginia Tech in 2008.

Kansas has only lost three home games in the last two seasons, and those defeats have come against excellent teams led by marquee quarterbacks.

To cap off the 2007 season, Heisman Trophy candidate Chase Daniel led Missouri to a win in the final regular season game to steal the Big 12 North title. Last season, the only opposing quarterbacks to exit Memorial Stadium with victories were Graham Harrell and Colt McCoy of

national title contenders Texas Tech and Texas, respectively.

Although the Blue Devils’ passers this weekend may not have the résumé of any of those quarterbacks, Thaddeus Lewis and Sean Renfree are both capable of putting up points. Cutcliffe said that both Lewis and Renfree will see game action this week.

For Duke’s quarterbacks, and the entire offense, to have success on Saturday, the Blue Devils will have to take advantage of their chances against a stingy Kansas defense that has given up just 10 points in two games this year. “[What we need to do is] just go out there and make the plays that you want to make.

Control what you can control,” Lewis said.

If the Jayhawks’ defense has been solid, their offense has been even better.

Between signal caller Todd Reesing and playmakers Dezmon Briscoe and Jake Sharp, Kansas has a very explosive attack.

“Defensively we certainly have our hands full,” Cutcliffe said.

Senior captain Reesing is the leader of the Jayhawk offense. Not only does Reesing have the arm and the legs to make plays, but Cutcliffe described him as “unbelievably accurate when throwing out of a scramble.”

Cutcliffe continued to praise Reesing and emphasized the importance of discipline on defense.

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Junior midfielder Cole Grossman pulls the strings for Duke’s offense. He has scored three goals this season as the Blue Devils prepare to take on UNC tonight in Chapel Hill.

will lead the attack against the North Carolina back line. He has tallied three goals and three assists on the year, and has played a part in all but one of Duke’s goals.

He will be assisted by Co-ACC Player of the Week Daniel Tweed-Kent, who scored a heroic game-winning double-overtime goal at No. 16 Virginia last Friday. Also on the attack are senior midfielder Josh Bienenfeld and freshman striker Ryan Finley.

The Blue Devils have their work cut out for them Friday night, but Kerr has remained calm.

“We understand it’s going to be a battle in front of a big crowd and it’s not going to be easy, but we’re going to relish the moment and enjoy it and try to come out on top,” he said.

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Duke looks to bounce back

Last weekend, the Blue Devils dropped a close match with one of the nation’s best teams on their own turf.

This weekend, they hope the comforts of home prove more of an advantage.

After a 3-2 loss to No. 3 Wake Forest last Saturday, No. 10 Duke returns to action tomorrow against opponents that figure to be less challenging than the Demon Deacons.

The Blue Devils (3-2) face off with unranked Longwood Saturday at 1 p.m., and take on No. 15 Old Dominion at the same time Sunday. Both games will be played at Williams Field.

Longwood, a team new to Division-I athletics, plays in the Northern Pacific Field Hockey conference despite being located in Virginia. The Lancers (2-3) have struggled so far this year, having lost to teams like Lock Haven and Lafayette at home already this season. Longwood did win its last game, against Siena in Philadelphia.

Old Dominion travels to Durham Saturday on a wretched run of results of its own despite its high ranking. The Lady Monarchs (2-4) have lost four in a row and face No. 2 North Carolina Saturday in Chapel Hill before moving across town.

Duke is still struggling with the loss of All-American defender Lauren Miller, whose hand injury has yet to fully heal. Miller could play this weekend, but in her absence, the Blue Devils have leaned on junior goalie Samantha Nelson and a collection of younger players to keep control of the game on the defensive end.

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“Wherever [Reesing] is on the field, you have to believe that he can still attack any part of the field.”

The Blue Devils will be looking to collapse the pocket and hurry Reesing early and often. If the Kansas quarterback is constantly able to get out of the pocket and buy extra time for his wide receivers, the Jayhawk offense could be as successful as it has already been this year.

Cornerback Leon Wright, the ACC Defensive Back of the Week, said the Duke secondary will have to keep its composure if it hopes to contain Reesing.

“Our discipline level will be the difference between giving up 300 yards or getting 3 interceptions,” Wright said.

Reesing and Briscoe, Kansas’ best wide reciever, have played together the last two seasons and had tremendous success. Briscoe led the team with over 1,400 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns last season, earning him second-team All-Big 12 honors.

If the Blue Devils want to contain this explosive Jayhawk offense, Wright and company in the secondary have to contain Briscoe.

“I have to stay low and stay level. I have to use my speed to my advantage,” Wright said of defending the 6-foot-3 Briscoe.

Wright does not have to repeat his twotouchdown performance from last week, but if he can keep Briscoe out of the endzone, Duke’s defense should be able to keep the Blue Devils in the game.

Duke’s offense and secondary will be keys Saturday, but senior running back Re’quan Boyette said the field position battle and the kicking game could be the difference.

The Blue Devils made all their extra points last week, and the punting unit forced Army to start five possessions deep in its own territory. Offensively, Duke hopes to have some room to work with.

Lewis said the Blue Devils have to make all the plays they can if they do get the opportunities to pull out one of the biggest wins in recent Duke history.

“We can’t leave points out there on the field,” Lewis said. “We’re going to need them all on Saturday.”

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Midfielder Jane Alukonis, a senior, said Duke needs to focus on its SEC rivals before it takes on UNC next week.

W. Soccer from page 6 A&M came against an opponent that had not won a game this season and lacked the quality of play of most of Duke’s ACC foes.

“We need a lot of work on our finishing,” senior midfielder Jane Alukonis said. “I think that’s what we worked on a lot in practice—getting the ball wide and being able to finish off crosses.”

The Blue Devils also want to improve on dictating the pace of play for a full 90 minutes, Alukonis said. They learned that lesson the hard way last Friday against then-No. 14 Florida.

Trailing 1-0 to the Gators, Duke tied the game just before halftime, only to watch its momentum evaporate in the second half. Florida’s defense held the Blue Devils to only three shots in that period, and the Gators went on to notch the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute.

Church also wants his team to remain fully committed to its game plan from the opening kickoff to the final whistle.

“We all have to really make sure that we focus for 90 minutes, and make sure that we put ourselves out there and not hide in the big games,” he said. “That’s a learning process—once we do that we’re going to be in very, very good shape.”

Though Duke could not pull out a victory against Florida, the emergence of sophomore forward Chelsea Canepa as an offensive threat could give the Blue Devils another weapon this weekend and beyond.

After scoring the team’s only goal against the Gators, Canepa exploded for three scores in 37 minutes of play off the bench against Alabama A&M. Duke will need to be on top of its game both offensively and defensively against LSU Sunday, as the Tigers are riding a three-game winning streak into Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils have never played LSU before in the program’s history, but the two teams shared a common opponent this season—Central Florida— and the Tigers emerged from that game with a scoreless tie, while Duke fell to the Golden Knights 3-2 in overtime.

Yet, even though the Blue Devils do not want to overlook their SEC opponents, they cannot help but think about next week’s matchup with the team eight miles down the road.

“Playing in the ACC is a lot of the reason most of us joined this team—to play against teams like [North Carolina],” Alukonis said. “So I think we have to focus on the two games this weekend, but that game is always in the back of our mind.”

After falling to No. 1 Penn State in straight sets last weekend, Duke hopes to regain momentum as it heads into ACC play this weekend against in-state rival Wake Forest in the Black and Gold Challenge in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Blue Devils face the Demon Deacons (0-9, 0-0 in the ACC) Friday at 7 p.m., and then have two matches Saturday: the first against Liberty at 10 a.m. followed by Appalachian State later at 4:30 p.m.

Despite having its six-game winning streak snapped by Penn State, Duke (8-2, 0-0) has the second most wins in the ACC this season. The Blue Devils have have been balanced offensively and defensively, ranking second in the conference with a .278 hitting percentage while holding their opponents to a .139 pace.

Outside hitters Rachael Moss and Sophia Dunworth, along with middle blocker Becci Burling, have been Duke’s top offensive options thus far, each averaging more than 2.5 kills per set. Defensively, Burling, Amanda Robertson and Christiana Gray have been crucial to holding opponents to that low hitting percentage.

Duke will not overlook Wake Forest despite its winless record, as the Demon Deacons shocked the Blue Devils with a 3-2 victory in Winston-Salem last year, although Duke bounced back with a 3-1 win in Durham later in the season.

Wake Forest is led by Megan Carnell’s .302 hitting percentage and Andrea Beck’s 72 kills.

Liberty (4-5) has lost three of its last four games after falling to Louisville last weekend. Appalachian State (3-7), meanwhile, has lost four of its last five games, including a straight-set loss to Charlotte in its most recent match.

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Technology at the right price With the impact of last rooms are both effective year’s global financial crisis steps to reducing costs. Enand recent endowment loss- couraging students to use es still weighing heavily over Duke’s state-of-the-art wirethe University’s future, less network is budget cuts are an un- editorial a good first step fortunate but necessary in saving wasted reality of life at Duke today. dollars.

In this atmosphere, it is OIT has also decided to encouraging that changes end its practice of offering this year from the Office wireless cell phone service of Information Technol- contracts through the Uniogy have effectively cut costs versity after this year due to while largely improving the rising costs and decreases in student technology experi- the number of program parence. ticipants. Though the intent Beginning with lower- of this cut is a good one, it impact programs, the elimi- is potentially problematic nation of landline phone for international students. service (a program so un- Because they do not have der-utilized that it was des- an American social security tined to lose money every number, any international year) and the deactivation student wishing to sign up of the second ethernet port for a cell phone contract in double-occupancy dorm with any wireless provider

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The number of students affected by this change may be small, but the financial burden of deposit fees is perhaps the last thing that already overwhelmed international students should have to worry about when they first arrive on Duke’s campus. It is encouraging that OIT has begun talks with the International House to formulate a solution that will allow OIT to cut costs without placing an undue burden on international students who want to acquire an essential item like a cell phone.

Subsidizing or loaning the funds for cell phone deposits seems to be a sensible and low-cost option.

OIT is certainly capable of

finding creative solutions to widespread problems faced by students, as demonstrated by an addition to the ePrint software that allows students to re-print documents that fail to print out the first time due to technical difficulties.

This is a welcome and innovative fix for the always-frustrating printing problems Duke students face.

The re-print program, implemented alongside a revamped system for notifying students of broken printing stations, stemmed directly from requests and input from students on campus.

This is a model of input and implementation that OIT can replicate in working with international students.

The only sore spot among the cost-cutting changes is

OIT’s decision to eliminate month-to-month billing coupled with a refusal to offer refunds or trial periods for its cable television packages. Both are poor customer service choices that are likely to reduce the already slim number of student subscribers, especially in light of increased cable rates, oftentimes poor signal quality and a lack of HD programming. The new system fails to account for student needs and lacks any flexibility, and it leaves much to be desired in the realm of customer service.

As a whole, however, OIT has thought creatively about its programs and made changes that both students and cash-strapped administrators can live with.

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hree summers ago, on a road trip with friends through Idaho, I spent several days with a family that ran a sprawling cattle feedlot. Early one morning, when all of us were enjoying bacon and talking about mule deer spreads, a silver-tipped old man walked in for breakfast.

Walter, a heftyframed grandfather, exuded authority from the wide gescourtney han tures of his massive the good life? hands to the fluid way he slid into the worn dent of his leather armchair. His presence immediately affected the family’s demeanor. Instinctively, they sat up straighter, spoke more carefully and glanced at Walter’s face for approval.

Later that afternoon, Phyllis, his daughter, told me he started their feedlot and, despite nearing 90, continued to manage the day-to-day operations. The family and staff trusted only him because his unflappable integrity and strength of character held the business erect over the years.

Our meeting was brief, but in private, I later found myself thinking about Walter and Phyllis on more than one occasion. There was nothing exceptional about the way he looked, but his actions conjured an energy and goodness that most people can only write about and pray for. He wore upon him a cloak of personal integrity woven so seamlessly into his expressions and actions that even strangers could see, however intangibly, that this was a man of fortitude.

But character for the general public remains a quintessentially amorphous term much harder to identify. Etymologically, “character” comes from the Greek, meaning “to make a mark.” To have strong character then, is to make one’s mark on the world.

A more practical definition of the term is much harder to find: Ask a room of 200 people to define “character,” and receive 200 answers. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s judgment on obscenity, “I know it when I see it” may well apply. It’s easy to think of grandiose qualities to aspire to possess in our lofty moments. But practically, how do we do this; how do we become more like Walter?

To cultivate strength of character requires a recognition and active cultivation of ethical habits.

At Duke, we have the luxury to frequently engage with ethics. There are theory and applicationbased ethics courses in the philosophy, political science and public policy departments as well as an ethics certificate. One of the modes of inquiry requires students “to assess critically the consequences of actions, both individual and societal” at least twice in their Duke careers.

Outside of the classroom, opportunities for ethical discussion abound. Student groups, house courses and guest speakers attempt to answer questions such as what makes a good decision and how to live a good life. Not short of resources, students who fail to take advantage of such opportunities to learn about ethical frameworks or how others make difficult decisions are lacking a critical component of their liberal arts education.

But these outlets are not enough.

Although Duke provides various avenues for participation, such diverse options remain piecemeal and disjointed. Few demand sustained personal engagement and commitment to ethical inquiry. To truly adopt strength of character as a habit of lifestyle, one must make ethics personal. Creating and justifying one’s own framework of morality requires rigorous ethical synthesis and candid introspection. This entails willpower and endurance, no different from learning in the classroom or on the basketball court.

To construct your own definition of character, and assess yourself according to its quality metrics, you can start by reading books on ethics such as Joshua Halberstam’s “Everyday Ethics” or Simon Blackburn’s “Being Good.” You can ask friends and acquaintances about how they make their moral decisions. You can take a step back and really focus on analytically digesting a morally challenging question.

Perhaps the hardest part about cultivating character is maintaining the conviction that the efforts are worthwhile. We need to treat character-building as an exercise until the habit of ethical decisionmaking aligns with our sense of self. Then we might hold the power, like Walter, to inspire complete strangers to do the same.

Courtney Han is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every other Friday.

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t has been five entire days—nearly a decade in blog years—but Taylor Swift still has yet to tweet about the incident at the VMAs. She may be the only one: Twitter exploded seconds after it happened, and even Barack Obama has weighed in on the matter. His opinion of Kanye—the self-proclaimed “voice of this generation”—is probably in concert with the rest of ours.

“He’s a jackass,” our president told ABC reporters before his formal nate freeman interview began. good night, and A run-down for those good luck who have been living in seclusion at Walden Pond: At the MTV Video Music Awards, auto-tune auteur Kanye West grabbed the microphone from the 19-yearold country music prodigy Taylor Swift—the best-selling artist with astoundingly platinum records and astoundingly platinum hair—after she went onstage to receive the award for best video by a female artist. Kanye’s rant has already gone from a shock to a YouTube meme to a blog headline to a print headline to ubiquitous to old.

“I’m gonna let you finish!” Kanye said to Taylor, before declaring: “But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!”

The hip-hop mogul, who basically reinvented the term “braggadocio,” had picked on the squeaky-clean country singer (albeit the country singer who outsold every other artist in 2008, including Kanye), and instantly, a firestorm had erupted.

I’ll be the first to admit how trivial and inconsequential such a news bit can seem, but the story still has a hold on media outlets and social networking services.

Two of the sharpest minds at The New York Times— David Brooks and Gail Collins—took their sparring positions on the newspaper’s Web site Wednesday, using the “Swiftgate” saga as a jumping-off point for a discussion of broader national issues.

My fellow Bethesda, Md. resident David Brooks— who says he is “heavily invested in Ms. Swift’s welfare” and (rightly) praised “Love Story” as one of the greatest pop songs of the past few years—said he was “grievously affected” by Sunday night’s incident, and went on to discuss how it is undoubtedly a harbinger of the apocalypse, at least for “the republic.”

“Normally I reject declinism,” Brooks said. “But seeing Ms. Swift up on stage at the MTV awards, speechless and shocked, has quite obviously shaken me to my core.”

His segue from Kanye’s crucifixion of our sweetvoiced ingénue to hard-line policy issues seems a bit of a stretch, but the very invocation of the incident (and the obvious affection he feels toward Swift’s pitch-perfect pop songs) indicates that the collision of these icons of pop has created a miasma so captivating that it begs to be used as a platform for political symposia.

Collins infuses the Kanye-Taylor spat into a conversation about the almost-as-recent Joe Wilson-Obama spat (though she can’t match the genius of the YouTube video mashup, with Kanye’s voice heard disrupting the congressional chambers). She calls both of the verbal interruptions “impolite,” but reminds us that at least Joe Wilson prompted some right-wing nuts to parade through Washington asking for Obama’s “real” birth certificate. Kanye, on the other hand, has seen little to no support.

The reactions are still mounting. Former president Jimmy Carter went out of his way to call Kanye’s behavior “completely uncalled for” at his annual town hall meeting at Emory University. The Brooks-Collins chat has nearly 450 comments online. I even asked Duke’s one claim to hiphop relevancy, Mike Posner, if he would weigh in on the matter—on Twitter, of course. But his tweet back to me was a bit short on details: “@NFreeman1234 no comment.”

I’ve read hundreds of news items about this “minor” incident, in publications as different as The Atlantic (“It just seems like at 32 you should be past upstaging people who are barely out of high school”) and US Weekly (“CHACE CRAWFORD GIVES TAYLOR SWIFT POSTVMA ‘PEP TALK’”). The story, even days later, still has its grip on disparate corners of the Internet.

The reason for the attention is not hard to grasp: Kanye’s antics are reliably entertaining, and Taylor is a victim with whom no one can help but sympathize.

Let me illustrate it this way: There is a world of difference between Kanye’s blog—which could pass for a Ph.D. dissertation entitled “Caps Lock and Society” (“I HAVE A F—ING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT’S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON”)— and Taylor Swift’s Twitter. Like her songs, her tweets are personal but universal, so charming she convinces you that the clichés are new again.

And it’s a shame her account is still silent, five days later.

Nathan Freeman is a Trinity senior. His column runs every Friday.

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merica has pretty much always operated on a two- formance caused enough ire in Representative Wilson party system. While there were a few years there in at least for him to shout “You lie!” in a most undignified the beginning when there was only one political party, or fashion. just protopolitical parties, for the last 190 years straight This caused an uproar, he was booed and political the government has been opposed in two diametrically talk show hosts haven’t talked about anything else since. opposing forces. Only the names have changed with People may question Wilson’s motives, but I think he time, but mostly it has been consersimply wanted to distract Congress from vative versus liberal, big government health care, even if it is only for a short versus small government, a regulated time, and to negate any sense of bi-pareconomy versus laissez-faire, etc., etc. tisanship that may have been building Okay, we all know this, but according since the death of Senator Edward Kento some political analysts, America nedy. It may seem like career suicide on needs the two-party system. They say the surface, but knowing how facts and that if there were three major parties, braden hendricks realities are spun around backwards in the government would be wildly unstaWashington, this may very well become ble. One major party would result in a dictatorship state. a strength in the future, as far as his constituency is conWell, that seems to make sense, I suppose. I’m no poli- cerned. His action will be perceived as standing up to sci major, but clearly there must be a reason for most ad- a no-good, no-conscience liberal president who only vanced democracies to have formulated into two-party spells doom, or at the very least, Nazism, for America, systems, and it is quite obvious that this will not change depending on what nutjob conservative you ask. anytime soon in this nation—despite the GOP’s best efIt’s truly mind-boggling. Anyway, who knows what forts to make a complete laughingstock of itself. the future may hold? I only hope that Congress will And that’s where Representative Joe Wilson, R-S.C., get over this whole idea of formally rebuking this petty comes in. The latest gaffer in the recent string of Re- man soon so that they may get back to the real issues at publican falls-from-grace, Wilson interrupted Presi- hand…. dent Obama’s all-important address to a joint session of Congress concerning health care reform. While not Braden Hendricks is a Trinity senior. Visit creating the frankly ridiculous hysteria that his speech www.backpages.chronicleblogs.com throughout the semester to schoolchildren caused, Obama’s latest rhetoric per- to follow his blog posts.

Anxiety, Inc.

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onsulting is the new I-Banking.”

That’s what I was told by a friend returning from a full day’s worth of info sessions at Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group and other well-known bastions of professional austerity whose names dot the roadmap on the way to the real world. If there’s one undeniable influence of an economic downturn, it’s the ability to spark a reverse-Peter Pan, causing the senior class to grow up faster than Doogie Howser, M.D.— all prompted by a fear of unforgiving joblessness. Memo: The grown-up world is a scary, anxiety-filled place. mike meers There’s nothing quite as mike check arrhythmia-inducing as moving to consulting from I-banking in an effort to improve the chances of employment after graduation, and realizing that 300 peers had the exact same idea. Or perhaps retaking the MCAT along with 20 friends who earned the same grades in the same pre-med classes, worked in the same independent study labs and are applying to the same medical schools. The indignity of failing to make the cut, while watching friends move on to the very jobs, schools and fellowships for which YOU had sacrificed years of preparation—that’s the stuff nightmares are made of.

But why exactly? Without expressly generalizing, it should be noted that most Duke students are in a position of comfort when it comes to the potential need for Mom and Dad to finance a year or two of unemployed “self-discovery.” Although the poorhouse is usually unrealistic, the prospect of friendly banter about acceptances, job offers and next year’s plans is exponentially more horrifying when there’s no default answer to give. Considering the 80-hour workweeks that await some of my peers and the crushing professional school debt that will dog others, one has to wonder just how compelling the specter of social outcastdom is when choosing to continue down these sometimes-dreadful paths.

Welcome to the Buddy Kane school of peripheral happiness, named for “American Beauty’s” self-proclaimed “Real Estate King,” whose wisdom centered on his timeless tidbit: “One must project an image of success at all times.” Spend five minutes at the Career Center, and its becomes clear that this is the official mantra of our effortless-perfectionary outwardperceptionary Duke student body. Needless to say, we like the “wow” factor—that impressive future endeavor that leaves no doubt in the minds of friends, family and beer-goggle bar prospects of the fact that we’re on the golden road, and we are all willing to compete unmercifully with each other for the acquisition of such social peace of mind.

This is all old news, of course, but it bears repeating only if for the fact that it seems to be a repeating cycle itself, with flocks of terrified students all angling for the last slice of a pie that grows smaller with each recruitment year. That’s not to suggest that all students conform or that those that do are only doing so for social reasons. Rather, it demonstrates the presence of an intense social pressure to conform to such a path; a seemingly convergent linearity in the quest for social and financial recognition at a University where a divergent broadening of intellect and shattering of the social concrete should be the goals.

And oh, the anxiety! When hundreds of students convince themselves of the superiority of a singular path, there will always be tremendous pride at stake. We are led to believe that the world will indeed be ours through the formulaic application of hard work towards one’s studies, standardized tests and interview preparation, but are left wondering what we will tell our friends if the promise isn’t fulfilled. Meanwhile, we cruise the Career Fair in full business attire, huddled within that clothing shell and guilded with the knowledge that, even if we fail to land a promising contact, we can at least look as though we’re on the way to something bigger and better.

For this, I’ve found that the following advice is pertinent: relax. Find your own path, no matter if it sends you clamoring to stand out among hundreds of peers or along a road less traveled—but make it your own, without reservation. No one can afford to miss the more enriching, emboldening and enlightening experiences available to every one of us here merely for the sake of a linear ascent to social recognition.

Often when checking my e-mail, “Experience Newsletters” chirp imploringly to me with warnings that “landing a good internship might be one of the most important things you accomplish in your college career.” To paraphrase that same job-jumping friend, “If that’s everything that college is about, I don’t want to be here.” Neither do I. Michael Meers is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Friday.

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donations from page 1 make major gifts cut back considerably last year. The timing of certain major gifts was such that some of them just didn’t occur during this fiscal year.”

William Conescu, executive director of Alumni and Development Communications, declined to be interviewed for this story, referring all questions to Schoenfeld. Conescu recently replaced Peter Vaughn, who retired.

Donation figures have not been standardized according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which would have yielded different figures.

Schoenfeld noted that Duke’s record-breaking fiscal year 2007-2008 also coincided with the Financial Aid Initiative, a $308 million fundraising effort. The campaign reached its goal in January, and universities often witness fundraising slumps after the conclusion of such a major push, he said.

More donors than usual delayed the payment of their pledged gifts this year, but not to a significant extent, Schoenfeld said. Donors also seemed to favor one-time gifts rather than multi-

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year commitments given the turmoil in the markets, he added.

Private gifts comprised 16 percent of the University’s budget during the 2007-2008 fiscal year, according to the Annual Report.

Donations support everything from academic programs to scholarships to capital projects at Duke, Schoenfeld said.

Duke is among the leading fundraisers in higher education, placing 13th in a listing of universities ranked in order of donation totals released in January by Voluntary Support of Education.

Duke is certainly not alone in its fundraising troubles. Administrators at universities nationwide predicted a 4-percent drop in fundraising totals on average, said Rae Goldsmith, a vice president of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

“Anecdotally we are hearing some people saying they are down, some saying they are flat, and some people saying donations have increased,” Goldsmith said. “Everything we hear is all over the map.”

Duke administrators expected a drop in donations after a historic fundraising year and prepared accordingly, Schoenfeld said.

“None of this is a surprise,” he said. “We anticipated a

shortfall this year and we’ve been planning for it for a while, much the same way that we were able to predict the decline in investment returns.”

But various parts of the University are feeling the pinch.

Three years ago, administrators at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy set a goal to raise $40 million by this October to aid their transition from an institute to a school, Sanford Dean Bruce Kuniholm said.

In a March interview with The Chronicle, Kuniholm said he hoped to raise the amount by June. With just weeks until the new deadline, the school has raised $37.5 million, but it has had to work hard to get there— especially this past year.

“If you look at the last three years, they all look like they’re relatively equal, but people really had to stretch to help us meet our goals,” Kuniholm said. “The last year was tough. If it weren’t for the economy, we’d have long ago surpassed our goal.”

Student need strikes a chord with donors in the economic climate, and many schools have made scholarships the focus of their campaigns, Goldsmith said.

Financial aid has also been a focus of Duke’s fundraising

efforts, but not simply because administrators think it is a cause that donors will be more receptive to, Schoenfeld said.

“Ultimately it’s all about where Duke is going,” he said.

Duke’s fundraising has shown early signs of recovery.

Private gifts began to pick up at the end of the fiscal year, and donations to the annual fund so far are running 27 percent ahead of the same point last year, Schoenfeld said.

He added that the University received more gifts from overseas donors this year, which he predicted will be a key source of fundraising growth as the University expands its boundaries with ventures like Fuqua’s Cross Continent MBA program.

“We’re hopeful that the historic path that Duke had been on will pick up again this year,” he said.

Reflecting on the recession that followed 9/11, Goldsmith recalled that higher education fundraising recovered, though it took time.

“It took about two years for things to start coming back—it took a dip one year, the next year it was flat and the next year it was back at record levels,” she said.

“Donations do come back.”

kristof from page 1 many don’t make it,” she said.

Still, Kristof’s message was one of hope, and he encouraged the audience to get involved with a cause they care about and to prioritize traveling outside their comfort zones.

Kristof places a lot of his hope in students. In part, his interest in working with students stems from their role as “a great moral voice in this country,” Kristof said in an interview, pointing to programs like WISER as effective ways students are getting involved.

Free copies of the Pulitzer Prize-winning couple’s book were given to the first 200 attendees, and more were available for purchase.

Freshman Ashley Tsai waited almost an hour to have her copy of “Half the Sky” signed by Kristof after the lecture.

“What he’s done is really amazing,” Tsai said. “So I came out even though I had a lot of homework, I figured this was an opportunity I shouldn’t miss.”

But Kristof hopes students’ action does not stop at reading his book.

“I was really impressed by the enthusiasm of students and the number of students who talked about taking action,” Kristof said after the last fan went home. “I know when people get busy it’s easy to let that slide, but I hope people do get involved in those issues.”

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