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Professors KAN 44 16 DUKE offer online office hours NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Duke head coach David Cutcliffe knew his team needed a few big plays to defeat No. 22 Kansas, listing that objective as an essential element needed to defeat a ranked team at his media press conference Tuesday.

But after the opening drive when the Blue Devils covered 87 yards in just two plays for a 7-0 lead, only the Jayhawks exploded for the gamedeciding plays.

Duke (1-2) surrendered 20 unanswered points in about six minutes spanning halftime as it lost to Kansas (3-0) 44-16 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

“They’re a team that will lead the country in explosiveness,” Cutcliffe said. “We’ve got to have big plays and we didn’t, which is why we didn’t score.”

The Jayhawks outscored the Blue Devils 30-9 over the last 40 minutes of the contest. Duke also allowed Kansas to rack up plays covering 34, 48 and 45 yards on the three scoring drives in

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Students used to have to walk to their professors’ offices for face time.

Now, Duke’s online office hours series enables students, alumni, parents and the general public to interact with professors through live streaming video.

The interaction takes place through Duke’s new channel on Ustream, which has 19 followers and 19,892 total views as of Sunday afternoon. The channel launched in May with commencement, providing live video of television talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s speech. The first online office hour was at the end of July with Dan Ariely, James B. Duke professor of behavioral economics.

Ustream is a video streaming service which has carried live video of various notables from President Barack Obama to the Jonas Brothers.

“Ustream was founded by myself and Brad Hunstable to allow soldiers to connect with all of their family and friends at once.

Three years later, there are a lot of other applications,” said Ustream co-founder and Chief Executive Officer John Ham. “Our technology is an enabler for education and

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Quarterback Sean Renfree and Duke couldn’t keep up with the Kansas offense in a 44-16 loss Saturday.

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Senior’s Playboy debut draws varying responses

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Playboy magazine held a photoshoot for interested Duke students at the Durham Courtyard Marriot last Spring. Senior Candice Maria was the only student who ultimately appeared in Playboy’s Sept. 2009 issue.

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and a passerby is asking senior Candice Maria for a smoke. But Maria has far more to reveal than a box of cigarettes.

“Do you want to see my boobs?” she asks the passerby, responding to his inquiry about the content of the magazine open on her lap.

Not accustomed to Duke women making such offers just outside of Perkins library, the perplexed passerby inevitably accepts, prompting Maria to hand him the magazine—Playboy’s 2009 “Girls of the ACC” issue, released Sept. 11.

“That’s me,” she says, pointing to a photograph of a tall blonde woman exposing her bare breasts.

For the last 33 years, Playboy has published a college issue featuring a nude college pictorial of students from different conference schools. This year, the issue features 13 women from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Aside from the University of Maryland, which has three, and Boston College, which has none, each school in the ACC has one representative in this year’s college issue. Maria represented Duke.

“I just think [Playboy] is a really classy magazine, everything is done tastefully,” she said. “A lot of celebri-

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“We were caught off guard, but nobody stopped working.

Nobody stopped believing that we could score.”

­—Soccer captain Elisabeth Redmond on giving up an early goal Friday against Auburn. See SW 3

ties have done Playboy. It’s kind of something I wanted to do growing up.”

In the September print issue, Maria is nude but only exposes her breasts, but online, she displays all of her intimate parts.

Maria said although she told the photographer she preferred to be featured only topless in the print edition, retrospectively, she would not have qualms about posing fully nude.

The spread showcasing the collegiate women is always one of the most talked-about features in the magazine, Playboy Junior Publicist Tina Manzo said. She attributed much of the pictorial’s popularity to its emphasis on “the girl next door” type of look.

“It’s like someone you could bump into at a bar or sit next to in a math class,” she said. “Someone down to earth, laid back, but still beautiful who has the extra ‘oomph’ with extra sparkle that makes her stand out a little bit….

And that’s the same for Candice.”

Any female who was at least 18 years old and enrolled as either a full- or part-time student in an ACC school was eligible to audition, said Playboy Junior Publicist Liz Sablich, who works as Maria’s personal publicist. The auditions

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Russia cancels plans for missile facilities near Poland

MOSCOW — Russia will drop its controversial threat to deploy missiles near Poland in a reaction to shifts in U.S. missile shield plans, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Saturday.

After President Barack Obama decided last week to scrap the planned U.S. missile facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, Moscow was expected to follow suit and abandon its threat to deploy Iskander missile systems in the far western Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

“Naturally, we will cancel the measures that Russia planned to take in response to the deployment of U.S. missile defense systems,” Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio. “Common sense has finally prevailed over ambitions.”

Obama’s move to scrap plans for the missile facilities, which the Kremlin viewed as a menace, removes a stubborn sticking point from U.S.-Russian relations.

Backlash brewing against Fire crews fight Calif. fires bank fees after bailout LOS ANGELES — With extreme heat, strong wind and low humidity forecast for next week, firefighters stepped up their final attack Saturday on the Station fire, calling in four helicopters to douse hot spots near Mount Wilson with water and fire retardant.

Fire officials feel a sense of urgency to extinguish still-smoldering areas and reduce the risk of embers igniting brush during the hot days ahead. Of particular concern were hot spots in rugged, inaccessible terrain on the north face of Mount Wilson, said U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Brian Grant.

By Saturday the arson-caused fire that claimed the lives of two firefighters was 93 percent contained and had cost nearly $84 million to fight. More than 700 firefighters remain on the fire lines.

WASHINGTON — A backlash is brewing on Capitol Hill against banks that charge large fees for overdrafts without asking or telling customers, the latest sign that the financial crisis is shifting the balance of power from banks toward borrowers.

Banks struggling to survive have become increasingly reliant on the fees, which could total $38.5 billion this year.

But congressional Democrats, who pushed through new restrictions on credit cards this spring, now are promising a crackdown on overdraft fees, using words like “criminal” and “rip-off” to describe the practice of letting people overspend and then charging them fees without warning. Most overdrafts are now incurred on debit card transactions.

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A worker carts old televisions at a waste station in Montgomery County, Md. More than twice the number of televisions were dropped off here in July compared to the same period last year. Governments have been trying to monitor television dumping because of concerns regarding television toxicity.

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A Workshop with Film Director Avi Mograbi Griffith Theater, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

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Brodie Gym Fitness Orientation Brodie Gym, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

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Picasso Film Series at the Nasher Museum Nasher Museum of Art, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Blood of a Poet and excerpts from Picasso and Dance 7 p.m.

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Duke ties bring prominent speakers

by Lydia Chow The chronicle

It may be difficult to see what Oprah Winfrey, Karl Rove and Amy Tan all have in common, but whether for a commencement speech or as part of a lecture series, all three of these public figures have spoken at Duke within the last five years.

From Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who spoke last January, to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who spoke Thursday night in Page Auditorium as part of his book tour for “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” Duke sees numerous speakers annually.

But why these high-profile speakers are drawn to Durham over major cities may not be readily apparent.

“Our speakers come from all over the world. With a lot of these speakers, we don’t need to explain what Duke is. The fact that we’re not necessarily in a big city is not a big deal,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. In several instances, Schoenfeld has been directly involved in bringing speakers to Duke, including Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, who will be speaking Oct. 13 as part of the Provost’s Lecture Series.

When selecting speakers, the main focus for the lecture organizers is to select a balanced lineup, said Susan Booth, program coordinator for the Provost’s Office.

“With the Provost’s Lecture Series, the Provost and his committee identify a theme that would apply broadly to both the students and staff and the community,” Booth said. “The committee then selects speakers from different disciplines who would

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all add to the theme, but from their own expertise—and usually, these people have connections to someone who’s here.”

Frequently, the speakers who come to Duke are friends of the University. Peter Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer professor of political science and director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, worked at the White House for two years as the special advisor for strategic planning and institutional reform on the National Security Council staff. In selecting a balanced range of speakers for the TISS and the Duke Uni-

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versity Program in American Grand Strategy, Feaver has used his connections to bring speakers from Washington, D.C. “I may not agree with a voice, but if it is an interesting voice, then students need to hear it. The people I have brought from D.C. haven’t all been from the [George W.] Bush administration,” Feaver said.

“They’ve included folks with senior posts in [President Barack] Obama’s administration. But there have also been Karl Rove

Six cars were broken into across three campus lots Saturday evening, said Assistant Chief Gloria Graham of the Duke University Police Department.

The incidents—three vehicle breakins at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club parking lot, two in Parking Garage II and one in the lot near the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center—were reported between 5:11 p.m. and 7:13 p.m., according to a DUPD e-mail.

One car in the Washington Duke lot and the car in the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center lot had broken windows but no missing property.

Property had been removed from the other four vehicles.

Graham said DUPD believes the six break-ins are related. She said Duke Police also has surveillance video of one of the break-ins, which has led them to believe these incidents are related to a prior series of break-ins also caught on tape.

“We put out a crime alert on this same group of people,” Graham said.

“It took them less than two minutes to break into a car.”

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U.S. flu preparedness insufficient, report says

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With the ubiquitous use of disposable containers on campus, some students are exploring the possibility of introducing reusable “clamshell” to-go containers to reduce Duke’s impact on the environment.

Students advocate for reusable food containers

by Emily Stern The chronicle

“For here or to go?”

A common eatery question, diners can easily answer, “to go,” even if not eating on the run—now, campus groups have begun to investigate the problem and the overuse of these to-go containers.

Last Spring, Charlotte Clark, associate director of Education and Training at the Nicholas School of the Environment, taught a course that looked at the entire food production process. Five of her students were involved in a research project that worked on the issue of to-go container usage on campus. Their findings explored the pos-

sibility of introducing reusable “clamshell” to-go containers.

“The team concluded that an ideal option would be for Duke to provide these new reusable clamshells because they (a) reduce the amount of waste generated, (b) mitigate the problem of customers “dining in” using to-go containers and (c) increase awareness on the campus,” said Clark.

There are several reasons why the non-reusable to-go containers have become so prominent on campus, said Environmental Alliance Co-president Ben Soltoff, a sophomore.

“It’s easier to hand out plastic—you See containers on page 7

WASHINGTON — Many state and local governments are not adequately prepared to deal with a surge of patients in a flu pandemic or quickly distribute vaccine and antiviral drugs, according to two reports by federal investigators being released Monday.

An analysis of preparations by five states and 10 municipalities around the country found that many had failed to take steps crucial during a pandemic, such as recruiting health-care workers to volunteer, creating systems to track hospital beds and medical equipment, and determining how to manage a patient load that exceeds what emergency rooms are able to handle.

“Our review found that although the selected states and localities are making progress within the five components of medical surge that we reviewed, more needs to be done to improve states’ and localities’ ability to respond to a pandemic,” investigators from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General concluded in one report.

The findings come as federal, state and local officials are preparing for a second wave of swine flu infections. The H1N1 virus emerged in Mexico last spring and quickly spread to the United States and elsewhere. Although the virus appears no more dangerous than seasonal flu, many more people than usual are expected to become ill because most have no immunity against it.

For the first report, investigators collected information last summer about pandemic planning in Portland and Lewiston, Maine; St. Louis and Rolla, Mo.; Sioux Falls and Mitchell, S.D.; Virginia Beach and Blacksburg, Va.; and Seattle and Longview, Wash.

In a 30-page report, investigators found: -- Although all 10 communities had developed committees to help plan for a pandemic and health-care coalitions to coordinate care, “the degree to which coordination occurred varied” among them.

-- Fewer than half of the communities had started to recruit volunteer medical workers to help with a surge of patients, and none of the states had implemented an electronic system to manage such volunteers.

-- All 10 communities had acquired additional medical equipment to respond to a pandemic, but “many experienced difficulties with managing this equipment,” and only three states had electronic systems to track beds and equipment.

-- Although nine of the 10 communities had either identified or were working to identify alternative sites for treatment of patients that hospitals could not accommodate, few had signed formal agreements for the use of those facilities, and “none of the localities that were planning to use alternate care sites had plans that included the scope of care and how these sites would be managed, staffed and supplied.”

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speakers from page 3 and Stephen Hadley—speakers with recognizable names from the Bush administration.”

The connection to the University may not always be entirely academic.

In 2008, Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, spoke about his book, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America.” This particular invitation was the result of a call Friedman made to President Richard Brodhead to recommend a football coach. As a gesture of appreciation, Brodhead then asked Friedman to speak at Duke and meet with students and faculty at what was then the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

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“I may not agree with a voice, but if it is an interesting voice, then students need to hear it” — Peter Feaver, Alexander F. Hehmeyer professor of political science In addition, television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who delivered the 2009 commencement address, is neither a Duke alum nor a family member of one. But the son of Gayle King, Winfrey’s best friend, was a member of Duke’s Class of 2009 and Winfrey’s godson.

For a number of the speakers, presenting and giving lectures has become a source of income. David Sanger, a New York Times journalist, and Karl Rove, a former White House deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to Bush, for instance, are both associated with speakers bureaus and receive a fee for each presentation. Various lecture series have set aside money to pay for famous speakers, but Duke has frequently been able to negotiate discounts likely because of the University’s relationship with many of those invited, Feaver said.

“I suspect if you look at the list of distinguished speakers at Duke, only a handful came at their market value,” Feaver said. “The one place you’re not likely to get discounts is with entertainers like Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. I would say that Duke doesn’t have as many of those as you’d find in schools in Los Angeles or New York.”

Specific details on speaker compensation were unavailable.

Despite the recession and its pinch on lecture budgets, the University has managed to maintain a notable lineup of high-profile speakers, in part because of outside donations. The Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy, for instance, received a significant gift from Roger Hertog, a businessman and philanthropist. Still, Feaver said funding has become an urgent priority, as there is no guarantee of funding next year.

Aside from the monetary incentives, Feaver said speakers are still interested in speaking at Duke for the University’s intellectual environment, especially if those invited are alumni or friends of the University.

“Put all that together, and you’re able to maintain a lively roster of speakers,” Feaver said.

break-ins from page 3 dents were two females and one older male. Graham said the same officer responded to both cases, looked at the video from the most recent incident, and said he believes the perpetrators are the same people.

This case has a high probability of being solved, Graham said, and she expects investigators to send out a suspect description this afternoon. She said she hopes the video will also reveal the suspects’ license plate number.

People should store their valuables out of sight when they park to make their vehicles less of a target for thieves, Duke Police advise.

Last month, Graham said DUPD wrote about 660 Gotcha-tickets—warnings that alert people who have left valuables open or unattended. About 70 percent of the tickets went to vehicles with visible valuables, she estimated.

“People who are in the business of breaking into cars, they look for target-rich environments,” Graham said.

“Unfortunately, Duke is a target-rich environment because there are a lot of cars and the likelihood of finding three or four with [Global Positioning System] units or some other valuables is high.”

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Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health, receives a flu vaccination shot at the Duke Student Health Center Thursday. Purdy, along with many other health officials at Duke, are advocating more students to get vaccinated to counter possible flu outbreaks.

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Taking a nap A Duke Hospital employee reported that a vial of the barbituate Methohexital was missing last Friday afternoon.

Condiment crook A student tried to walk way from the Bryan Center McDonalds with the ketchup dispenser. When stopped

by Duke Police early Saturday morning, he told officers he wanted ketchup for his food.

Foamed Someone discharged a fire extinguisher in an Edens hallway and set off the fire alarm early Sunday morning.

Just say please A man approached a female employee on Douglas Street near Erwin Road Monday morning and asked her to give him her belongings. The man left without taking anything when another person showed up.

Copper caper A person was spotted taking copper from a Duke vehicle parked at Smith Warehouse Wednesday near midnight.

I believe you have my stapler A Duke Hospital employee reported items missing from her desk Friday morning.

Scattered showers Two female students reported that a male student threw an unknown liquid on them as they walked by Kilgo Quadrangle early Saturday morning. Duke Police found that the suspected liquid-tosser was drunk and under 21. lauren dietrich/The Chronicle

Students gather for “Pet on The Quad” on the Main West Quadrangle Saturday afternoon. Faculty and staff brought their pets to the event, which allowed students to play with pets and relieve their stress. The event was co-sponsored by Sophomore Year Experience and RLHS.

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Reesing, Jayhawks pick apart Blue Devils

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Men’s SOCCER

Duke can’t withstand Tar Heel pressure

by Dan Ahrens The chronicle

For the last 15 minutes of Friday’s 2-1 loss to North Carolina, No. 11 Duke (41, 1-1 in the ACC) showed how dangerous it can be— stringing passes together, scoring a late goal and nearly sending the match into overtime.

The No. 3 Tar Heels, however, spent the first 75 minutes of the match in comDUKE 1 p l e t e 2 control.

UNC T h e y outshot the Blue Devils 17-5, dominated possession and showed the crowd of over 4,000 fans at Fetzer Field why they are one of the premier programs in the nation.

“I have to congratulate North Carolina,” head coach John Kerr said. “They played a great game and they deserved

to win. They taught us a lot about where we are at the moment and where we need to go.”

Coming into this game, the Blue Devils were certainly in a good place— nationally ranked, undefeated following a dramatic 1-0 victory over Virginia in their last match and full of confidence.

But then Duke ran into North Carolina (5-0-1, 2-0), a team that was bigger, faster and stronger than anyone it had encountered all season.

“The biggest difference with [the Tar Heels] is that all over the field, they’re very athletic, they’re very quick, and you can tell,” senior Ryan McDaniel said.

Nowhere was North Carolina’s athletic advantage more evident than in Duke’s attacking third.

The speed and size of the Tar Heels’ defenders ren-

dered any long balls over the top or down the line completely ineffective.

Also, the North Carolina back line was quick enough to pressure every short pass and snuff out any attempts to slowly build an attack.

“Whenever they lost the ball they put pressure on us right away and made life very difficult for us,” Kerr said. “We didn’t take advantage when we had possession.”

The Blue Devils seemed helpless against the Tar Heel defense for the first hour of the game and didn’t register a shot on goal until the 61st minute.

North Carolina, on the other hand, encountered no such hardships.

The Tar Heels generated chances early and often, sending two shots just over See M. Soccer on page 8

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Cole Grossman (15, left) came close to scoring on more than one occasion Friday against North Carolina, and freshman Ryan Finley (right) did score, but the Blue Devils still lost 2-1 to the No. 3 Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Blue Devil offense stutters against Tigers

by Nicholas Schwartz The chronicle

Going into the Duke Nike Classic, with an ACC opener in Chapel Hill looming, a young Blue Devil team was looking to fine-tune an often dull attack.

While showing flashes of explosiveness on offense, Duke struggled to convert on its many chances, and walked away with a nervous win against Auburn Friday and a disappointing tie versus LSU (4-2-2) Sunday.

“We had quality shots today, we just couldn’t quite find the back of the net,” sophomore Chelsea Canepa said Sunday. “We’re going to work AUBURN 1 on these things, and we’re going DUKE 2 to be better when it’s time to play ACC games.”

Duke (4-3-2) came into the game 2 LSU Friday against Auburn (3-2-3)having DUKE 2 yet to concede a goal at home.

But the inexperience of the defense was finally exploited in the 26th minute as Auburn forward Caitlin King dribbled into space down the right side of the field and crossed to an open Becca Howell, who slotted the ball past Duke freshman Tara Campbell.

“We were caught off guard, but nobody stopped working. Nobody stopped believing that we could score,” senior captain Elisabeth Redmond said.

The Blue Devils kept the pressure up, and in the 36th minute, equalized. Junior Gretchen Miller crossed the ball into the Auburn penalty box, where it was deflected and settled by Carey Goodman, who coolly finished from 10 yards out.

The Blue Devils, who outshot the Tigers 7-5 in the second half, were unable to produce a go-ahead goal, forcing overtime.

Finally, in the 107th minute, Canepa collected a cross from Maddy Haller and fired a winner from 15 yards toward the bottom-left corner. Canepa, Duke’s co-leading scorer this season, found the goal for the third straight game.

“It was a great cross, I was just lucky to get a touch on it and it found the corner,” Canepa said.

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Sophomore Chelsea Canepa scored in the 107th minute of action to give Duke a 2-1 win over Auburn Friday. The Blue Devils tied with LSU Sunday.

Duke looked to take momentum from its heart-stopping victory Friday into an afternoon clash with LSU, and looked dangerous offensively in the first half.

Duke’s first chance on goal came after just eight minutes. Senior captain Jane Alukonis blasted a free kick off the LSU wall, which Redmond collected. Redmond then fired a shot of her own that went slightly over the crossbar.

Duke’s constant pressure was finally rewarded in the 18th minute. Miller sent a long direct free kick into the penalty

box and found an unmarked KayAnne Gummersall, who calmly headed the ball into the right side of the goal. The goal, her fifth of the season, ties Gummersall for fourth on Duke’s all time goal-scoring list with 28.

Duke doubled its lead in the 38th minute, when Haller found junior Marybeth Kreger deep inside the penalty area.

Kreger, with a defender on her shoulder, dribbled right to draw LSU goalie Mo Isom, then fired a shot with her left See W. Soccer on page 8

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FOOTBALL

Contrast in offenses the difference in Lawrence

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No. 20 Miami 33 - 17 No. 14 GT (Th.) Hurricanes’ quarterback Jacory Harris threw just five incompletions, and the Miami defense limited the Yellow Jacket option rushing attack to under 100 yards as the Hurricanes recorded their second straight win over a ranked team. Harris completed passes to nine different recievers on the night.

Compiling 394 yards of total offense would usually make a team competitive against any opponent.

But not when that opponent is a No. 22 Kansas team that racks up 490 yards of its own.

At first glance, Duke put together a solid offensive performance in Lawrence, Kan. The quarterbacking duo of Thaddeus Lewis and Sean Renfree combined to complete 60 percent of its passes for 299 yards. The running game finally showed some signs of life, and though it wasn’t stellar by any means, the rushing attack picked Game up 95 yards for the Blue Devils.

Analysis Upon further review, though, Duke’s offense did have some issues against the Jayhawk defense. Renfree threw one touchdown against Lewis’ two interceptions, one of which was returned for 48 yards by Max Onyegbule for a Kansas touchdown. The Blue Devils needed 33 attempts to reach 95 yards on the ground, making for a measly 2.87 yards per carry.

And Duke simply couldn’t execute when it mattered most, going 4-for-18 on third down. Too often, the Blue Devils needed five yards or more on third down, limiting play-calling options. Duke saw many drives stall as rushing attempts came up short or ended in the backfield on first and second down, and Lewis and Renfree were forced to make difficult throws on third down.

Head coach David Cutcliffe was especially concerned over the Blue Devils’ abysmal 0-for-7 effort on third down in the first half. Duke was forced into going for it

on fourth down in situations that it ordinarily would not, as the Blue Devils desperately needed points.

“We just didn’t execute,” Lewis said. “Sometimes it’s a drop here and there, things of that nature, a missed read or something like that. They did a great job of disguising their defense and dropping a lot of guys into coverage and not creating a lot of passing lanes for us on third down.”

Throw in the pressure from the Jayhawk defensive line, which had five sacks on the day, and there wasn’t much that the quarterbacks could do.

“We’re not protecting the quarterback very well,” Cutcliffe said. “They did a nice job of rushing the passer, and we’re struggling protecting the quarterback and that’s not an easy thing to fix. It’s not as much schematic as it is the one-on-one battles.”

On the other side of the ball, Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing showed that he could do essentially whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted.

Reesing shredded the Blue Devils for 338 yards and 3 touchdowns on 28-of-41 passing. He created all the time he needed with his feet, dodging sacks throughout the game and running for 51 yards on eight attempts.

With the score at 27-10 midway through the third quarter, Reesing sealed the game with a signature scramble. As he dropped back to pass just beyond the Duke 20-yard line, defensive tackle John Drew broke through the Jayhawk line. Reesing took a quick stutter step to his left, and Drew took the bait and lunged for the quarterback. Reesing effortlessly spun back to his right and See Analysis on page 7

No. 7 BYU 28 - 54 FSU A prolific red-zone offense and five BYU turnovers led the unranked Seminoles to their biggest win in years, a 26-point stomping of the Cougars in Provo. FSU freshman defensive back Greg Reid picked off a Max Hall pass and returned it 63 yards to lock up the win for the ACC squad.

No. 13 VT 16 - 15 No. 19 Nebraska Five Cornhusker field goals weren’t enough for Nebraska to hold off Virginia Tech in Lane Stadium. Hokie quarterback Tyrod Taylor found Dyrell Roberts in the end zone with 21 seconds left to complete the Virginia Tech comeback.

Taylor threw for 192 yards and the one touchdown in the contest.

No. 24 UNC 31 - 17 ECU Tar Heel freshman Erik Highsmith hauled in six passes for 113 yards and a touchdown, and the UNC defense kept the Pirate offense quiet for most of the day as the Tar Heels took down their instate rival at a packed Kenan Stadium.

Ryan Houston also ran for two touchdowns for the Tar Heels.

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Onyegbule’s interception came with the score 20-7 and turned what could have been a momentum-changing drive for Duke into an effective stamp on the victory for Kansas. Had the Blue Devils scored, they would have trailed by just one possession but instead found themselves down by 20 against a team that had not given up more than 10 points all year.

On that play, a 3rd-and-6 from Duke’s 45-yard line, Thaddeus Lewis dropped back and looked to hit one of his crossing receivers for a chain-moving completion. Lewis let the ball go without much pressure, but it was never clear whom he was throwing to.

Onyegbule picked the pass off near midfield with no Duke wideout near him.

He ran untouched into the end zone, zapping the Blue Devils of any potential momentum coming out of the locker room.

“I saw the passing lane and it looked open,” Lewis said. “The defensive lineman dropped into coverage and I didn’t see him at all. It was a great call on their part.”

The Blue Devils had a great deal of trouble getting anything going on offense for the vast majority of the game, as consistent pressure from the Kansas defensive line made deep throws difficult. When Lewis and Sean Renfree did get a deep ball off, it was often inaccurate and overthrown from having to backpedal against the onslaught of defensive linemen. The Jayhawks recorded five sacks on the day for a combined loss of 41 yards.

Lewis and Renfree finished a combined 30-of-50 for 299 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions, both by Lewis.

Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing, meanwhile, finished with three touchdowns on 28-of-41 attempts and 338 yards, eluding Duke’s pass rush with a nice mix of sidesteps and spins to keep the plays alive.

His elusiveness was on full display on the Jayhawks’ fourth straight unanswered

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touchdown drive. Facing 3rd-and-7 from Duke’s 18-yard line midway through the third quarter, Reesing eluded two defensive linemen with nifty jukes and a spin back to the middle to find himself with an open field and no defenders in front of him.

By the time Duke’s defensive backfield converged, he had dived to the 4-yard line.

Kansas would score easily on the next play to go ahead 34-10 with just over 20 minutes remaining in the game.

“He’s different than any guys I’ve had,” Cutcliffe said of Reesing. “He may be one of the greatest creators I’ve seen.”

Before Reesing’s scrambling act, though, Duke had a couple of opportunities with the score at 27-7. On the drive after Onyegbule’s interception, Lewis drove the offense down to the Jayhawks’ 18-yard line and had two prime opportunities to score, but overthrew open receivers on second and third down.

Kansas scored again, and Cutcliffe inserted Renfree at quarterback. The redshirt freshman drove Duke to Kansas’ 32yard line, but heavy pressure on a fourth down attempt forced a bad throw and a turnover on downs.

“They make you look worse than you are,” Cutcliffe said. “They’re far better than the No. 22 team [in the country].”

Though the quarterback duo struggled throughout, the game started promisingly for the Blue Devils.

The Duke defense held Kansas on the Jayhawks’ opening drive, and on the ensuing possession, Lewis hit wideout Austin Kelly to his right on a bubble screen. Kelly cut across the field and, with great blocking from his other receivers, covered 66 yards.

Lewis then scrambled up the gut of the defense on the next play for a 21yard touchdown to give Duke its only lead of the day with 9:46 remaining in the first quarter.

But that was it for the Blue Devils’ touchdown output until the fourth quarter.

And by then, Duke’s lack of explosion had put it down by more than 21 points and out of the game.

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Megan Deakins (left) and Tara Jennings (right) both contributed to Duke’s 27-11 shot advantage Sunday against Old Dominion, but the Lady Monarchs pulled out the 3-2 overtime victory at Williams Field.

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A team with just five upperclassmen on its 17-player roster always spends the beginning of its season learning, and the lesson this weekend proved bitter: controlling a game and winning that game are two entirely different things.

After Saturday’s contest against LONG 0 Longwood (2-5) resulted in a 7-0 victory, Duke’s prospects for a successful DUKE 7 weekend looked promising. But the No. 15 Lady Monarchs gave the Blue 3 Devils (4-3) a frustrating test they ODU quite ready for.

DUKE 2 weren’t In spite of outshooting their opponent 27-11 and possessing the ball for most of the game, the No. 10 Blue Devils managed only two goals and watched Old Dominion midfielder Katie Ueberroth score a game-winning hat trick Sunday at Williams Field.

“You dominate the game, outshoot your opponents [by] three times, have so many more corners and we just didn’t capitalize,” head coach Beth Bozman said.

The Lady Monarchs (3-5) came out firing, applied early offensive pressure and kept the ball in Duke’s half of the field. Just over two minutes into the game, after a defensive

giveaway by the Blue Devils, Old Dominion midfielder Kathleen Shea played a cross to Ueberroth, who put the ball in the net for the first of her three goals on the day.

The visitors’ offensive control did not last long, however, and Duke soon began an offensive surge that lasted the rest of the day. Senior forward Amie Survilla, the team’s leading scorer, was frustrated on her first several shots after quality saves from Old Dominion goalie Kelly Driscoll, but with 11:22 on the clock in the first half, Survilla buried a shot in the far corner of the goal to pull Duke into a 1-1 tie.

After repelling a Lady Monarch penalty corner early in the second half, Duke went on a strong offensive counterattack of its own that led to four consecutive penalty corners on Old Dominion’s goal.

Frustratingly, though, two shots by Survilla were deflected, and the Blue Devils came away from a fantastic scoring opportunity without points.

Just a minute later, Old Dominion once again took advantage of a chance on Duke’s cage, as Ueberroth scored her second goal by cleaning up after a kick save by Duke goalie Samantha Nelson trickled in front.

The Blue Devils were stymied by an inability to convert chances into goals, with the lone second-half score coming on a wide-open look from sophomore midfielder Megan

Deakins. That effort tied the game at two, but continued offensive pressure—the Blue Devils outshot their opponents 24-10 in regulation—did not break the tie.

“It doesn’t matter how many shots or how many corners you have,” Survilla said. “We have to hold each other accountable to make sure these shots go in.”

Duke still appeared to carry all the momentum as the overtime period began, getting two penalty corners that resulted in good shots and good saves, including one that deflected off Lady Monarch goalie Driscoll’s facemask.

But Old Dominion also maintained its ability to capitalize on its few chances. A Duke defensive giveaway behind midfield led to a breakaway that was initially thwarted by Duke defenders, but Ueberroth received the ball off a restart and lifted it over a diving Nelson to give Old Dominion the heartbreaking 3-2 overtime victory.

Bozman emphasized that her team cannot continue to miss so many of its shots.

“You’re not going to get 30 shot opportunities in games, especially in the ACC, and we need to start taking advantage of the few opportunites that we get,” she said. “We have to do a little bit of a gut check here.”

With undefeated North Carolina looming Saturday, the young Blue Devils will have to prove themselves quick studies.

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Season starts at rainy UGA Black and Gold little Rain slowed play at the Southern Intercollegiates this weekend as four Blue Devils competed in individual play. But despite the weather, Duke’s players on the whole performed well.

Freshman Henrique Cunha defeated Alabama’s Michael Davis 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the tournament’s Round of 64, and then pulled off one of the event’s biggest upsets in the Round of 32. Facing top seed John-Patrick Smith from Tennessee, Cunha edged a third-set tiebreaker to ensure an appearance in the tournament’s Round of 16.

There, Cunha defeated yet another opponent, Georgia Tech’s Elliot Potvin, to advance to the quarterfinals. It was an impressive result for the Brazil native, a player who had never taken part in a collegiate match.

And though the team’s new addition may have stolen most of the spotlight, his teammates also showed some promise.

Fifth seed Reid Carleton ousted Alabama’s Ricky Doverspike in straight sets before falling in a tight three-setter to Ryan Lipman of Vanderbilt. Sophomore Torstein Wietoska also made it to the second round before falling to Guillermo Gomez of Georgia Tech in straight sets.

Cunha, Carleton and Wietoska all received byes into the Round of 64. The tournament was scheduled to conclude Monday, but it is unclear if all matches will be played because of the consistently poor weather.

Those players still alive in the quarters could play up to three matches Monday if tournament organizers choose to finish the event the same day.

Seniors David Lue and Aaron Carpenter were the only Blue Devils to lose their first matches Friday. Lue lost to Henry Mangin

Analysis from page 4 scrambled through the hole in the line left by the sprawling Drew, sliding down at the 4-yard line.

Freshman running back Toben Opurum scored on the next play, ending any hopes of a Blue Devil comeback.

Making things even worse, Duke had planned to slow down the high-powered Kansas offense by containing the Jayhawks’ receivers. In particular, Dezmon Briscoe

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Senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis threw two interceptions in Duke’s 44-16 loss to Kansas Saturday.

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Junior Reid Carleton won his first match, but lost to Vanderbilt’s Ryan Lipman in the Round of 32 Sunday.

7-6 (9), 6-4 in the Division II bracket involving lower-seeded players.

—from staff reports

and former quarterback Kerry Meier gave the Blue Devil secondary fits.

“Coming into the game, we knew they had great receivers,” safety Matt Daniels said. “Coming in we knew they were a great passing team. One of the keys was we were trying to not let them have any explosive plays, trying to keep Briscoe under control.

He’s really their motivator on offense, their go-to guy.”

The Kansas receiving corps, however, looked quicker and more disciplined than the Blue Devils’ secondary from the very beginning. Duke struggled to contain Briscoe, as the star receiver compiled 6 catches for 117 yards and a touchdown.

Meier was all over the field for Kansas as well, with 8 catches for 64 yards and a touchdown. Meier also chased down Chris Rwabukamba on a 60-yard footrace after Rwabukamba scooped up a blocked extra point in the second quarter.

The Blue Devils were hurt most by a few key plays for large gains. The Jayhawks’ longest play was a 45-yard connection from Reesing to Briscoe which set up Kansas’ second touchdown. One Duke three-andout later, Reesing and Briscoe hooked up for 39 yards, putting Kansas in position to strike again before halftime.

Duke couldn’t keep up. The Blue Devils’ only big play was a 66 yard catchand-run by Austin Kelly on their first play from scrimmage, and Duke never found that magic again, as the Jayhawks’ defense contained receivers to short and intermediate gains.

“You’ve either got to have a ton of big plays or you have to make first downs,” Cutcliffe said. “And we’re not getting much of either one offensively—and therefore not a lot of points.”

The Blue Devils made it out of Winston-Salem, N.C., with a 3-0 record and championship hardware after grabbing the title in the Black and Gold Challenge at Reynolds Gym. DUKE 3 But two sets Saturday WAKE 0 into morning’s match against Liberty (5DUKE 3 6), things weren’t 2 looking quite as LIB promising. Pitted DUKE 3 against the Flames, a mediocre squad AP ST. 1 out of the Big South Conference, Duke (11-2, 1-0 in the ACC) struggled against the opposition’s middle blocking tandem and dropped two very close sets, 27-25 and 25-22.

“We weren’t passing the ball as efficiently as we need to in order to do the things we want to do offensively,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “But, some of the credit needs to go to their defense, as they were terrific in getting their hands on a lot of balls.”

However, behind the stellar work of setter Kellie Catanach, who recorded 57 assists in the match, and sophomore Sophia Dunworth’s 16 kills, the Blue Devils were able to get their offensive attack going and reeled off three straight games to clinch the victory. Junior Becci Burling and senior outside hitter Rachael Moss contribtued double digit kills to the comeback effort.

Beyond the efforts of the upperclassmen, a number of freshmen contributed to the win. Megan Hendrickson and Nailah Waterfield both received significant playing time and rewarded their coach for her faith in their abilities.

“Nailah and Megan were able to get some good opportunities in some important times where it was a little more stressful,” Nagel said. “They really steadied us in these tough times during the match.”

Hendrickson had a career-high 12 kills, including a few crucial ones in the

momentum-building third set. Waterfield had a team-high 15 digs, and her play was especially critical in getting a 29-27 victory in the fourth set. In the exciting, backand-forth frame, Waterfield came up with five big digs and even added six errorless service receptions.

To advance into the game against Liberty, Duke first had to confront host team Wake Forest (0-10, 0-1 in ACC).

The struggling Demon Deacons didn’t make it too tough on the Blue Devils. Duke secured the win in three consecutive sets.

“It feels really good to get our first ACC win,” Nagel said.

“All three sets were very competitive, and we had to fight for every point. It was a great match for us to get under our belt and also to gain experience as we begin our ACC season.”

With a 2-0 record and a lot of momentum following a come-from-behind win, Duke squared off against Appalachian State (3-10) in the final. The Blue Devils never gave the Mountaineers much hope for pulling off the upset as they jumped out to a quick 2-0 advantage. Appalachian State fought back and won a pesky 26-24 victory in the third set. But Duke quickly squelched any hope there may have been for a dramatic comeback bid, winning the fourth set in convincing fashion.

For their individual performances on the weekend, Catanach was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, and Burling joined her teammate on the all-tournament squad.

Reflecting on the season up to this point, Nagel noted the fact that Duke found itself at tournaments on the road each of the last three weekends. Nagel hopes this experience away from home will pay off soon as the Blue Devils prepare to travel to Maryland and Boston College for matches next week.

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Middle blocker Amanda Robertson helped Duke to three victories at the Black and Gold Challenge.

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W. Soccer from page 3 foot past the goalkeeper.

LSU, coming off a tough loss to No. 1 North Carolina Friday, could have put up the white flag, but with Duke unable to capitalize on its many chances and score a third goal, the Tigers still harbored hope.

After forcing a save late in the first half, LSU clung to the quick change in momentum, and just two minutes into the second half, the Tigers capitalized on a Duke defensive lapse to make the score 2-1.

Rachel Yepez found Malorie Rutledge open on the left wing, and the senior was able to beat Campbell from 15 yards out.

Despite outshooting the Tigers 13-2 in the second half, Duke could not manage to find a third goal, and was punished

for the lack of execution in the 85th minute, when Miller misjudged a cross and shanked the ball past Campbell to gift the Tigers the equalizer.

The Blue Devils, playing their second overtime game in as many days, could not beat an outstanding Isom. And with under five minutes remaining, Redmond, received a pass from Gummersall and fired at the goal, but the LSU goalkeeper came up big once again to seal the tie.

While Duke did not collect the two wins head coach Robbie Church wanted, he feels his Blue Devils are headed in the right direction.

“I think we played some of the best soccer of the year over this weekend,” Church said. “This tie is a difficult pill to swallow, but we know we have to move on, and we have to take advantage of opportunities in front of the goal.”

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M. Soccer from page 2 the top of the goal in the first 18 minutes. Twenty-two minutes in, forward Billy Schuler gained possession a few yards outside of the Blue Devil box, created a tiny window of space and carved a left-footed shot off the right post and into the Duke goal.

The Tar Heels kept the pressure on all game, and Duke finally broke again midway into the second half. North Carolina’s Cameron Brown received a pass on the left side and slid the ball past Duke goalkeeper James Belshaw just inside the far post.

Despite the constant pressure, Belshaw performed admirably, making several diving stops and not giving up any rebounds.

“He was fantastic tonight,” Kerr said. “He kept us in the game and gave us a chance to get back into it. He made some spectacular saves.”

In the 78th minute, Duke finally managed to wear down the North Carolina defense and get on the scoreboard. Senior Josh Bienenfeld ripped a shot from 30 yards out that knuckled downward, creating an awkward short hop that the Tar Heel goalie could not handle. Freshman Ryan Finley was right there and fired it home to bring the Blue Devils back within one goal and give the team renewed confidence.

“We got a good shot and a good goal,” McDaniel said.

“That’s all it takes, getting the other team on its heels….

It’s a shame we have to wait for a goal and can’t play like that the whole game.”

A 12-minute scramble ensued after the goal, during which Duke moved the ball, created opportunities and nearly took advantage—but the Blue Devils couldn’t break through again to knock the Tar Heels from their perch atop the ACC. “We have to bring our ‘A’ game if we’re going to win games,” Kerr said. “But some players brought their ‘A’ game tonight and some players didn’t. We have to be on as a group in order to win.”

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ustream from page 1 [it connects] teachers with students like it connected soldiers with families. The faculty that shows up on online office hours are at the cutting edge of their various skills, so their time is valuable, and Ustream is a very efficient tool for them.”

The topics discussed every Friday at noon vary from Muslim-Americans to global warming, and from genomics to Michael Jackson. Professors with expertise in these subjects are asked to sit in a studio for 30 minutes to an hour and answer five or six questions submitted by viewers either before or during the live broadcast.

The channel is a part of Duke’s new initiative to use technology to share Duke’s faculty with the world, said David Jarmul, associate vice president of news and communications, who has helped lead the project.

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and nobody comes, so I thought it’d be fun to do it on the Internet and give students the ability to access me and ask me questions from wherever they are,” said Jen’nan Read, associate professor of sociology and global health, who discussed Muslims in America during her office hours Sept. 11.

Mark Goodacre, associate professor in the Department of Religion, who held his first online office hour Friday, said the sessions might also help students make more informed choices about classes in the future by introducing them to professors.

Ustream is just the latest of Duke’s ef-

forts to increase its visibility online.

“We’ve been focusing our digital initiatives in two directions. One is developing our own programs and services….

The other part is to develop partnerships with some of the more innovative and active new media companies,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “With Ustream, we were looking for a partner to essentially be our live streaming partner for broadcast purposes, for news public information purposes, and we talked with Ustream about being basically their flagship education partner.”

“A lot of the time we have office hours and nobody comes, so I thought it’d be fun to do it on the Internet” — Jen’nan Read, associate professor of sociology and global health Upcoming broadcasts include online office hours with Noah Pickus, associate research professor of public policy studies and Nannerl O. Keohane director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, and a session with Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag.

Professors who have conducted online office hours said they found the sessions convenient and enjoyable.

“A lot of the time we have office hours

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Mark Goodacre, associate professor in the Department of Religion, holds his first online office hour via Ustream Friday. Goodacre is one of the professors who make themselves available to students on the Internet.

playboy from page 1 were held in the Spring at locations near each of the campuses, which included the Durham Courtyard Marriott. Although Sablich said between 50 and 150 students tried out from each school, The Chronicle reported in April that only 15 Duke women registered for test shoots, and even fewer showed up to the actual audition.

After reviewing the pictures taken at the audition, Playboy staff selected girls based on their test shoots. The girls were then flown to either Miami, Atlanta or Chicago for the pictorial.

Throughout the process, Maria said her family and friends have been supportive, and even people who were initially skeptical agreed that the published photo came out tastefully. Maria said her mother had actually encouraged her to audition, and made the salespeople at Barnes & Noble dig out a copy of the “Girls of the ACC” issue before it was released to the public.

Junior Aliza Lopes-Baker, treasurer of Blue Devils United, said the way in which Maria went through the process was empowering. It is impressive that Maria is so confident about her body when many women on campus have such negative views of their own, she said.

Maria, however, is not the first Duke student to have posed for Playboy. Leah Aronin, Trinity ’04, said she chose to audition for the “Girls of the ACC” issue back in 2004 because she was in good physical shape and thought the experience would be entertaining. Even though Aronin’s photographs were not featured in the magazine, she found posing for Playboy to be fulfilling.

“I grew up being the ugly duckling and to be chosen to have a photo shoot for Playboy, it was such an ego boost,” Aronin said. “When I was little, I got teased for being short and skinny and scrawny. And now I was chosen for Playboy.

It was awesome.”

Jacqui Detwiler, a graduate school alumnus who was featured in the 2004 “Girls of the ACC” issue as an undergraduate at Florida State University, is also pleased with her decision. Detwiler said that for about a month, she felt like a minor celebrity, and received invitations to parties from people whom she had never even met.

“Some person in like Alabama invited me to his birth-

day along with like Britney Spears and all these other celebrities,” she said.

Since then, Detwiler said posing for Playboy has been a fun secret to have, and may have helped dissuade male cops from arresting her for throwing a party in her apartment her senior year of college.

“Degrading” Other students, however, did not have such a positive opinion about posing for Playboy. Instead of serving as an enriching experience, they said such an act was demeaning, and demonstrated a lack of respect for one’s body.

“I kind of figured someone from Duke would audition,” said sophomore Heather Dyer. “At the same time, I think it’s degrading to women… just the concept of having naked women for entertainment. It basically just makes women into sex objects.”

Last semester, The Chronicle reported that Panhellenic Council President Erika Manderscheid, currently a senior, told Duke’s sorority presidents to discourage their members from posing for the magazine. If members did pose, Manderscheid said they should have been instructed not to discuss their greek involvement. Maria is not a member of a sorority.

Even so, many said while they, themselves, would not have posed for Playboy or did not think the magazine was respectable, they would not discourage others from doing so.

“I have my own personal preferences and thoughts as to which magazines are contributing in a positive way, but I also believe strongly in free speech,” said Sue Wasiolek, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs. “We are here and allowed to make our choices. We can choose to pose or we can choose to purchase, or neither.”

Practical Considerations Sophomore Harrison Friedman said there is a more important reason than moral concern as to why Duke students should forgo posing for Playboy: they are not making an adequate use of their education.

“I think people at Duke can get into better publications,” he said. “If [tuition] is what you consider an investment for the future and that’s the path you are going to take—it seems like a waste.”

In addition, some expressed concern over how having

containers from page 4 don’t have to wash it or worry about it. And it’s more convenient,” he said.

Still, Soltoff noted that EA does view the use of plastic containers on campus as a real problem and the group is taking it into consideration. EA is also advocating for the introduction of reusable clamshells on campus instead of the single-use containers.

“This has never been implemented in a University of this size,” he said, “But we’re working on it.”

Clark’s students worked closely with Bon Appétit General Manager Nate Peterson to make the reusable clamshell idea a reality.

Peterson is also working on the project in conjunction with others at the University, including Tammy Hope, quality assurance manager for Dining Services.

Peterson said he recognizes the problem of plastic containers, and is looking into a better way to slow the growth of diners habitually taking to-go containers even when they dine in.

“There isn’t one easy answer, especially the more you took into these things,” Peterson said. “We want to move forward on this, but we don’t want to start a program that isn’t fine-tuned.”

There is a possibility that the program will start this year, Peterson said, adding that he believes it could be a positive step for the University.

In the meantime, there are some shortterm solutions to the problem of plastic containers, Soltoff said, noting that campus eateries do not ask the “for here or to go” question as often as they should.

“We want to encourage eateries to ask if you want [to-go containers] or plates,” said Soltoff.

Clark suggested an even easier solution.

“If you ask [for a plate], you can get a real plate,” Clark said. “Some people don’t realize they have the option when they really do.”

their picture in such a magazine might affect employment prospects.

Wasiolek noted that employers look at Facebook, and how individuals represent themselves on the site does have an impact on hiring opportunities. Posing for Playboy may have an effect as well, she added.

Because she was concerned about her future, Aronin said she opted for implied nudity—in which she was naked but concealed her intimate parts—rather than full nudity, in her photograph shoot.

Detwiler, on the other hand, said she had no such reservations. Having posed fully nude in only shoes, a belt and a hat, Detwiler said she knew she would never go into a career such as politics or law in which her decision to be showcased in Playboy would impact her in any tangible way. Currently, Detwiler works as a travel magazine editor in New York, and before that she had wanted to pursue neuroscience.

“It was kind of a funny idea to be the neuroscientist who posed for Playboy,” she said. “It’s not a very common thing.”

Posing for Playboy should not be seen as a setback to students’ futures, Manzo said, because it is a personal decision and should be seen as separate from professional ambitions.

Maria expressed similar sentiments, choosing not to use her actual last name so as to keep her work with Playboy separate from her school life. Nonetheless, she said she would probably not want to work at a place that would not hire her because of her involvement with Playboy, adding that many “beautiful women of status” such as former actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe and former model Cindy Crawford have also posed for the magazine.

Aside from considerations of morality or money, some students said they would not pose for Playboy because they do not wish to openly display their bodies.

“I’m not that comfortable,” freshman Sidney Johnson said. “Plus, I don’t have boobs.”

But Maria, who described herself as having small breasts, has demonstrated that bust size is not necessarily a limiting factor.

“I always thought I would have to get implants to make it in Playboy, but I’m pretty glad I can do it without altering my body,” she said.

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Thinking outside the Career Center box Last week’s Career Fair saw Smaller, more focused only 76 company participants, career forums will improve down from 106 last year. And upon the weaknesses of a if William Wright-Swadel. one big career fair. This Fannie Mitchell executive di- large event—a hodgepodge rector of career of consulting services, has his firms, investeditorial way, the numment banks ber of companies will only get and other sundry compasmaller. nies—is imposing and difUnder his leadership, the ficult to navigate. Largely a Career Center has begun a relic from the pre-internet new approach to career coun- era, career fairs are able to seling, promising to move provide little more informaaway from large career fairs tion than is easily gleaned towards smaller, more inti- from the world wide web. mate meetings that focus on It is reasonable to assume specific industries and stu- that career fairs are becoming dent interests. The initiative increasingly unattractive to will build on the success of employers as well. At generic smaller events like TechCon- fairs potential recruiters are nect, the career event specifi- unable to target groups of cally for technology compa- students with specific skills nies, and the Non-Profit and and interests, nor can they Government fair. engage in meaningful in-

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Focused job events carry with them several benefits.

On the one hand, they give employers access to segments of the undergraduate population that they are interested in hiring. On the other hand, students will gain far more information from a focused session than they would from the typical career fair handout. Overall, a more intimate setting will facilitate more robust networking opportunities.

What’s more, events focusing on alternative postgraduate paths, like careers in the arts, will do much to undermine the perception that the Career Center fo-

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increased exposure to different job opportunities outside of traditional career paths throughout their time at Duke. Connections should be built between the academic departments, the Career Center and the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows to communicate the existence of major- or skill- specific postgraduate experiences to the students that would benefit from them the most.

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This move by the Career Center towards smaller events underscores a serious problem in its efforts over the past years. For the most part, it has failed to connect the diverse courses of study at the University to diverse post-graduate opportunities.

For students already in the midst of the job search, eRecruiting would be an effective medium for communicating a range of post-graduate opportunities—not only in the fields of consulting, investing and software programming, but in non-traditional fields as well.

In the long-term, students would benefit from

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ON’T!” That lone word is one of the many maxims-as-rules that bookseller Bernard Black (played by Dylan Moran) chalks on the blackboard of rules in his comically filthy London secondhand bookshop.

Though not well-known in the United States, Black—the protag- connor southard onist of the nowdead poet defunct BBC comedy series “Black Books”—is one of the funniest fictional curmudgeons I’ve ever come across. His defining trait is his universally hypocritical hatred of any and all types of behavior aside from his own drinking, smoking, peevishness and reading.

Black is an over-the-top misanthrope, and, like all good misanthropes, he fancies himself a wise and jaded realist.

Although I probably have a much greater fondness for my obscure references to not-so-pop culture than anyone else (more “Lonesome Dove”, anyone?), I couldn’t help but think of Bernard Black during my many recent sits on the West Campus Plaza.

Accompanied by Panda Express chicken bombs and the occasional cup of Joe Van Gogh, I can’t help putting myself in the dirty shoes of the wild-haired Black every once in a while. For instance, what would he have to say to the reams of neatly besuited “information session” and Career Fair-goers who have so graciously decorated West Campus for the past few weeks?

Keep in mind that Bernard Black once entered a scene wearing a brilliantly white outfit—a departure from his typically sable ensemble—and roared, “Who washed my suit?” Like him, I rarely find a reason to clean and iron my dress clothes.

I’m still a sophomore, but something tells me that, a year or two from now, my hatred for wellheeled dressing might end up being a bit of an obstacle to finding actual employment.

But more crucially, I’m one of the unreasonably proud few (or is it many?) who too often define their public Duke persona based on a disdain (“DON’T!”) of the “typical” career ambitions of would-be dermatologists and I-bankers. “I-banker” is itself a word so overused as a half-pejorative that I cringe even to type it. The fact that I lump pre-meds and the pre-finance set together should tell you something about the depths of my selfrighteousness.

I’m “different,” I tell myself, because I have a thin and idiosyncratic resume that leads nowhere especially coherent (Ph.D.? Organic farm?) and a not-easily explainable major (English, of course).

I’d rather record oral histories in Galway than intern at… Goldman? Is that still a “business”?

In my vague distastes, I don’t claim to speak for anyone other than myself—aside from that aging hippy back in Laramie from whom I occasionally buy… necklaces and discuss “the man”—but I think you know my sort.

As a Chronicle columnist, I find myself to be following a grand tradition: turning my nose up and poking fun at the deathly serious “strategery” with which my fellow Blue Devils approach the grown-up world and their place in it. I’m a righteous (yeah, man!) would-be intellectual, wannabe iconoclast and a martyred fringe faction, deconstructing the rest of you over my cup of coffee.

If Bernard Black had been sitting with me on the Plaza on, say, Career Fair day, he’d have alternately waved his hands and shouted nonsense at those “people” (enough of a reason to playa hate on them), then confided in me his distaste with the modern, non-leather bound world—all before declaring his hatred for me, too (“DON’T!”).

All this while smoking like Sam Spade in a Kievan bar.

Entertainment value (and the fact that he happens not to be real) aside, it’s just as well that I didn’t get a visit from Bernard Black this past week. I’m not a huge fan of second-hand smoke, and I don’t need any more reminders of how laughable my frequent lapses into “counter-culture” attacks on ambition can be.

“Black Books” is a comedy, as any show would be that features the existential hilarity of a sooty shop-keep scribing a messily loud “DON’T!” over his life. Likewise, there is some substance to my rejection of Career Fairs and the pursuit of the professional paths taken by a good many of my more impressive classmates. Brooding and experimentation has taught me that the best me is a slightly non-traditional me, but there is nothing inherently morally superior to my self-defined individuality.

It would be easy for me to write “DON’T” and think it wise, but I’d rather just admit that I don’t like suits enough to pursue a real job and leave it at that. If I’m going to be an iconoclast of any kind, I’ll try my hand at being The Dude (Jeff Bridges) of “The Big Lebowski.” The Dude just does his thing: the Dude abides.

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

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uke University has been around in one form or another since 1838. The school hosted the first intercollegiate basketball game and the only Rose Bowl outside of Pasadena, not to mention inventing the invisibility cloak and the beer-launching fridge.

But even more enticing than Duke’s rich history are the stories that aren’t true: the tall tales, the ur- bradford colbert ban legends, the myths. the other side No, Scylla and Charybdis do not threaten anyone sailing through the pond in the Duke Gardens, but myths abound about our alma mater dear.

For instance, consider the awkwardly sized stairs leading from Gross Chem to Campus Drive. Some call this path the “rape stairs,” because they were allegedly designed to help young women escape from pursuant rapists. The length of each stair is supposedly equal to the stride length of a girl running at full-speed, allowing for her quick escape and slowing down her attacker. But neither the Duke Police or Student Affairs Web sites list the stairs as serving any sort of safety function on campus.

Similar stories exist about staircases on other campuses, such as Tufts or West Point, but I’ve never found any evidence of a study that determined an apparentlyuniversal stride length—only apocryphal tales handed down through generations of students. For what it’s worth, I’ve known cunning male students to win races on the stairs against their female counterparts by using their manipulative intelligence—or simply by taking the steps two at a time. Maybe that’s what was meant when it was suggested that male Duke students are the “cream of the crop,” but I digress.

The most interesting campus fable surrounds the lack of sorority sections on campus. Legend has it that an old law, either a state law or one unique to Durham, prohibits sororities from living on campus because having a certain number of women living together constitutes a brothel.

The story is often repeated innocently enough as an aside from tour guides when mothers ask about all the fraternity benches. Many students have heard versions of the legend from one place or another, and it is generally met with about the same level of scrutiny as a Snapple Fact.

Now, I took a look at the General Statutes and the Session Laws of the North Carolina General Assembly, as well as the Code of Ordinances of the City of Durham, North Carolina (you know, just a little light reading). I couldn’t find the word “brothel” or any of its synonyms a single time in my search. And despite some colorful language that spells out what qualifies as a “lewd act” with alarming clarity, neither that statute nor any of the housing ordinances point to any link between the number of residences and the ill repute of the house.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given the multitude of sorority houses in Chapel Hill and the fact that women already live together in large numbers on this campus.

I’m not saying that my research was perfect—in fact, I encourage anyone who knows of the law in question to share that knowledge with the rest of us. But before you dive into those riveting housing ordinances, you might like to know that Snopes.com, an urban-legend Web site that has been busting myths nearly a decade before the MythBusters showed up, has found no such statute in this state nor in any of the other countless states where this legend has been reported.

So why, then, do sororities lack space on campus?

Fraternities had sections on West Campus over half a century before the merger of the Women’s College and Trinity. Sororities, meanwhile, have never had living space of their own. In 1949, the Crowell Building that today houses the Duke Coffeehouse became home to several sorority “chapter rooms,” a place to hold meetings, hang composites and socialize. Those “chapter rooms” are the things of campus legends now, as that arrangement barely lasted a decade. The Crowell Building closed for renovations in 1959, and sororities have been without a home for the past 50 years.

Duke’s sorority scene is undoubtedly different as a result of its unhoused nature. Whether that’s for better or for worse is up to those in the sororities. I’m sure there are girls who wish they had their own space, and I’m sure there are also girls who love their sisters but are relieved to not be surrounded by so much estrogen.

But the fact that 50 years have elapsed without any real progress towards an improvement to the status quo is a failure of mythic proportions. Perhaps this would be a more useful cause for the Women’s Center to pursue than demonizing male students.

lettertotheeditor Discussions about slavery not irrelevant “I am quite tired of talking about slavery.” This is one of many quotations from Mike Jenista’s Sept. 14 letter “Slavery unrelated to current racial tensions,” responding to Dayo Oshilaja’s Sept. 10 article, “Race Matters.”

Does Jenista feel the same about European history?

Enlightening us Chronicle readers on the global history of slavery, Jenista writes: “America did not invent slavery[;] we weren’t the worst slavers in history.”

While “America” should be the “United States” and he should define “we,” I have limited space.

We know that slavery predates the Atlantic slave trade. However, the latter involved the transnational enslavement of a people based on their pigmentation, “scientifically and theologically justified.” Also, when did we start evaluating slavery on a scale of 1 to 10?

This is insulting to all human beings and impossible to calculate.

Jenista argues that the founding fathers intended to abolish slavery and of course mentions the Civil War. While intentions are well and good, actions have more resonance, i.e. the inclusion of the infamous 3/5 clause. Regarding the Civil War, Jenista should research not-so-current debates about president Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Slavery had served its purpose, the idea of one race being superior to another still remained.

Speaking of racial hierarchy, Jenista attributes the abolition of slavery “primarily to the white leaders of the formerly dominant British empire.” (1) France abolished slavery before the British. (2) Are the British and others to be commended for using their imperial power, gained in large part from slavery and colonization, to finally contribute to the greater good?

What about Haiti? In 1804, Haitians gained independence from France and freedom from slavery through slave revolts. Slave revolts were not just confined to Haiti, facts that Jenista conveniently forgets to mention.

Slavery is not “long gone in this country.” Jenista’s letter is one example in support of this. My great-grandmother—still alive to this day, who heard stories of slavery from the mouths of former slaves— is another.

Danielle Johns, Trinity ’10

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

How could you be so tactless?

Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

Interrupting Kanye West.

Interrupting Kan— I’M SORRY. I’MMA LET YOU FINISH. BUT THE BANANA KNOCK KNOCK JOKE IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOCK KNOCK JOKES OF ALL TIME. Now that I’ve trotted out the Kanye knock knock joke, literally no stone has been left unturned regarding his VMA outburst. Kanye at congressional hearings.

Kanye at Patrick Swayze’s funeral. They’ve all been done. i am charlotte I wonder what was runsimmons ning through Kanye’s mind monday, monday when he went through the decision calculus that ended with him onstage, wrenching the microphone from Ms. Swift’s hands. Maybe he thought it was some dirty dealing on behalf of the squeaky clean 19-year-old. Maybe he thought, as he often does, it was racism. Maybe the sheer confusion of the announcement shattered his already fragile impulse control.

I mean, this is the guy who participated in a live Hurricane Katrina relief drive and had the following exchange you just couldn’t make up if you tried: Mike Myers: “The destruction of the spirit of the people of southern Louisiana and Mississippi may end up being the most tragic loss of all.”

Kanye West: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

In response to “South Park” calling him a gay fish, Kanye responded on his blog, “I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.” How do you deal with someone like that? Mike Myers raised his eyebrows until they hit his hairline. I think his eyeballs were about to fall out. Taylor Swift stood flabbergasted and couldn’t get out a single word. With a day to let the VMA debacle cool off, the President of the United States let out a curse word when asked about the guy.

I think there are two possibilities that need to be considered as appropriate interpretations of the voice of our generation.

1. He has a severe case of Asperger’s, and his Hennessey habit doesn’t help.

2. He’s right, and as any voice of a generation should, he speaks the Gospel truth whenever possible.

Think about it. Beyoncé Knowles did create one of the best videos of all time. Beyoncé claims as her inspiration Bob Fosse’s “Mexican Breakfast”— a dance in which three chicken-esque women prance around to a mutated mix between Bert Bacharach and muzak and the “Hawaii FiveO” theme song, clad in strange disco matador costumes.

And she turned it into a sexy choreographic tour de force.

Something our grandkids will hear about.

To put it in a digestible analogy, what Beyoncé did with “Single Ladies” is the functional equivalent of deciding to direct “Dude, Where’s My Car 2,” and morphing it into the greatest film of the decade.

“Single Ladies” is a watershed moment for choreography and music videos. Taylor Swift is a flash-in-the-pan pop singer who can only call herself country because she’s twangy and doesn’t sing very well.

The video that beat out “Single Ladies” was Swift’s somewhat catchy “You Belong With Me,” in which some visionary director decided to put big glasses on the statuesque platinum blonde and pretend she’s the ever-clichéd dork-turned-prom-queen. Glasses on Taylor Swift? Really?

If Charlize Theron can look ugly for “Monster,” Taylor Swift can do it for a little music video, especially if it’s going to be named the Best Female Video of the year. Put some effort into the damn thing.

But no, she didn’t look ugly. The production value of her video was pretty low. There was nothing innovative about it and any reasonable person wouldn’t use the word best to describe it under any circumstances. It wasn’t even the best music video made by Taylor Swift this year. And she still beat Beyoncé for the prize. And Beyoncé won the Video of the Year award, making “Single Ladies” paradoxically the best video created by either gender, but not the best among females.

I’m starting to sympathize with Kanye, jackass or no.

In fact, I’m starting to generalize from this situation. How should we deal with a good point that’s packaged in a giftwrap of ineptitude? Do I have to stop believing that “Single Ladies” is a better video than “You Belong With Me” because the herald angel of that view is crazy off his rocker?

No. So take the time to see Kanye’s ideas without Kanye’s antics. Maybe Beyoncé really is more talented than Taylor Swift. Maybe South Park didn’t take into account how hard he’s been working to curtail his ego. Maybe George Bush really doesn’t care about black people. … Okay, no, it’s Asperger’s.

Charlotte Simmons wears short skirts, you wear T-shirts. She’s cheer captain and you’re on the bleachers.

12 | monday, september 21, 2009

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