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Rise ’n Shine: Time for Lunch?

Busy schedules and late nights are forcing more students to skip breakfast

by Christine Chen

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t’s almost noon, but the line for bagels, scrambled eggs, freshsqueezed orange juice and other breakfast staples at Alpine Bagels is 20 students deep.

Students could cut their wait time dramatically if they could get up at a time when breakfast is traditionally served, Alpine employees suggested.

“People order breakfast meals all day, but more people come at lunch than at breakfast,” Alpine employee Brittany Spain said.

Breakfast is billed as the most important meal of the day. But after a long night of hitting the books, many Duke students find that they simply cannot rouse themselves in time for the morning meal. Flocking to breakfast spots like Alpine en masse in the afternoon, these students often eat their first meals of the day when they should be having lunch.

Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said he does not have any

Top admins consider new Keohane wing

by Zachary Tracer The chronicle

Duke administrators have begun to discuss the construction of a fourth wing of Keohane Quadrangle, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said Thursday.

Several top administrators will present a proposal to the Board of Trustees Saturday, asking for $75,000 to study the feasibility of a 150-bed addition to the quad, said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education. The new building, code-named K4, would run across the back side of the quad near Edens Quadrangle, turning the horseshoe-shaped set of buildings into a square.

“I’m hoping that by adding residence space we can improve the residence model quicker and that we can piggy-back some of this into creating social dining spaces that really bring out the potential of McClendon [Tower], which has never been realized,” Nowicki said.

He added that the new dormitory, first conceptualized in Duke’s Action Plan 2000, will help link Edens with the rest of West Campus. The project would also be an early piece of the New Campus plan, a long-term $500 million effort to revitalize

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Employee Benson dies at 26 Memorial scholarship will honor Loop worker who ‘loved to laugh’

by Lindsey Rupp The chronicle

Saber Benson, a 26-year-old employee of The Loop, has died from injuries he sustained when his moped crashed on campus Saturday night.

Benson was hospitalized after he collided with the iron gates at 11:45 p.m. on Union Drive off Towerview Drive.

Loop Owner Dennis Lane had known Benson since Benson was five years old. He was also Benson’s football coach for four years at East Chapel Hill High School where Benson played defensive and offensive line. Benson went on to play football at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C, but was injured and transferred to North Carolina State University, Lane said.

“It’s part of life—you’re going to have friends pass away, but you never can prepare for it, especially when they’re 26,” Lane said. “It seems like a week ago he was playing football for me.”

Benson was not responsive when Isaac Hatcher, Benson’s roommate who worked with him at The Loop, visited him in the hospital. Benson was taken off life support Monday, though it is unclear exactly when.

“I guess they could have kept him alive as a vegetable, but that just wasn’t the kind of guy he was,” said Hatcher,

Plea deal discussed in Lombard case

who had known Benson since the two were in kindergarten. “If they’d done that, he would have gotten a gun and shot himself—or wanted to, anyway.”

The Duke University Police Department is investigating whether Benson was trying to maneuver through the gates as they were closing when his moped collided into them.

Alcohol was also found on the scene.

DUPD Chief John Dailey said DUPD has asked the Durham Police Department to handle the investigation of the accident scene.

A Durham traffic services investigator highly trained in fatal and serious accident scenes will lead the crash investigation, said Kammie Michael, public information officer for the Durham Police Department. The investigator will also follow up on autopsy and toxicology reports to determine whether alcohol was involved, she said.

Benson’s Loop co-workers described him as an outgoing, hands-on guy who loved to laugh.

Nate Uhlenberg, a Loop employee who had known Benson since the sixth grade, said Benson’s accident and death have been very difficult for many of his co-workers

A Sept. 18 minute entry from a U.S. District Court proceeding indicates that former University employee Frank Lombard is seeking to negotiate a plea agreement on child sex abuse charges.

According to the minute entry from a proceeding held before Magistrate Judge John Facciola in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, both prosecution and defense discussed a plea agreement and Lombard’s bond status at the hearing.

Christopher Shella, Lombard’s attorney, declined to comment Tuesday. Federal prosecutor Keith Becker could not immediately be reached for comment.

Lombard, the former associate director for the Health Inequalities Program at the Center for Heath

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“It’d take three of you to carry [the health care bill]....

You could fit the Constitution into [a] little pamphlet.”

­—N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer on health care reform. See story page 3.

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Men’s Soccer: No Easy Go Elon gives Duke all it can handle in 2-1 win, PAGE 7

Bon Appetit challenges students to eat locally, Page 4

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Israel delays military action against Iran, awaits Geneva

U.S. needs Chinese support Obama pitches 2016 games in sanctions against Iran CHICAGO — In the final days of Chicago’s quest to host the 2016 Olympics, President Barack Obama is making himself a central player in the race to bring the Summer Games to his adopted home town, raising the political stakes for the White House with no assurance that the Windy City will win.

Obama announced Monday that he will fly to Denmark for a speaking part in Chicago’s final presentation to the International Olympic Committee, ending what has been a concerted behindthe-scenes lobbying effort by the White House and Obama friends on behalf of their home town. First lady Michelle Obama, born and raised on the city’s South Side, will also address IOC members, who will make their decision Friday, choosing among Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

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WASHINGTON — In its effort to muster support for sterner action against Iran, the Obama administration will have to overcome China’s reluctance to punish a country that is now one of its top oil suppliers and a major beneficiary of its energy-related investments.

The administration’s frustration is growing with Beijing. U.S. officials have noted that China has appeared even more reluctant than Russia to take action against Iran following disclosures about its nuclear program. U.S. officials said they are particularly concerned that China has blocked their efforts to target freight-forwarding companies based in Hong Kong that re-ship goods, including prohibited weaponry, to Iran.

The Chinese “have not displayed a sense of urgency” on Iran, said a senior administration official.

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JERUSALEM — Israel has warned for years that it might carry out military action to prevent Iran from building an atomic bomb. But as the United States and other powers prepare to confront Iran on Thursday, the message from Jerusalem is more restrained.

Israeli leaders say they are willing to wait as President Barack Obama plays out his strategy of negotiating with Iran while threatening stronger sanctions if talks fail. They say last week’s disclosure of a previously secret nuclear enrichment plant under construction in Iran strengthened the case for harsh international measures.

And while they remain skeptical that anything short of force will derail Iran’s nuclear plans, the Israelis are careful to emphasize that attacking its reactors and missile sites is an option the Obama adminis-

tration, not just Israel, holds in reserve.

“The foundations have been laid for halting Iran by establishing a broad international coalition led by the United States,” Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said this week. “The tools the United States has at its disposal are much stronger, much more serious.”

Iran says its nuclear program is for civilian energy production; Israel and many in the West are convinced it is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.

At Thursday’s meeting in Geneva, the United States and its allies will demand that Iran open the enrichment facility to international inspectors and provide unfettered access to related documents and scientists involved in its construction, U.S. officials say. Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia also are to take part in the meeting.

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Oscar Carvallo (right) works on land that was lent to him by the Cuban government in an initiative dubbed “a new socialist model” by Cuban leader Raul Castro. Castro’s government has lent 1.7 million acres of state land to 82,000 Cubans in an effort to significantly reduce food imports, which currently accounts for 60 percent of the country’s food supply.

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DUPD releases composite of suspect in Sept. 22 robbery

by Lindsey Rupp The chronicle

Duke Police has developed a composite sketch of the suspect in the Sept. 22 armed robbery on Campus Drive.

At the suggestion of Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department, Duke police asked a forensic sketch artist at North Carolina State University to create an image of the suspect based on the victim’s description, said DUPD Assistant Chief Gloria Graham.

“One of the things I think Chief Dailey brings to the table is he comes from somewhere else,” Graham said. “He highlighted the resource... it isn’t something we’ve done in the past because it isn’t something we knew existed.”

DUPD worked with freshman Neha Sharma to create the composite sketch.

Sharma was robbed at gunpoint by a black man of large build near the East Campus bridge as she walked back to East last Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m. Sharma also described the suspect’s clothing and vehicle.

Graham said DUPD thinks the Campus Drive robbery may be linked to another armed robbery that also occurred Sept. 22, “but we don’t have enough to say that,” she said.

In a Tuesday news release, Durham Police requested community assistance in identifying the suspect in a robbery at a BP convenience store on North Roxboro Street that occurred at 10:32 p.m. the same night Sharma was robbed. The suspect in the BP robbery is described as a large-built black male carrying a long gun. “[Our] investigator is working with [the

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Tom Fetzer, chairman of the N.C. Republican Party and former mayor of Raleigh, said his party needs better candidates for the 2012 presidential election during an event sponsored by the Duke Political Union Tuesday.

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Duke Police created a composite sketch of the suspect in the Sept. 22 armed robbery on Campus Drive.

Durham Police Department], who is still IDing their suspect,” Graham said. “Our hope is one of us will get a tip or get a lead, and then we can investigate and determine whether or not they’re related.”

DUPD sent the composite to DPD and to CrimeStoppers to ask for leads and tips.

Kammie Michael, public information officer for the Durham Police Deparment, said she forwarded the drawing to Durham officers to see whether they recognize the suspect.

Graham said she thinks composite drawings could be useful to DUPD’s investigations for this and future cases. She said DUPD would consider requesting a composite drawing for suspects in violent crimes, adding that they could also be used in property crimes but only on a case-by-case basis.

Fetzer: Republican Party needs ‘better candidates’

by Shaoli Chaudhuri The chronicle

When asked what it means to be a Republican, Tom Fetzer, chairman of the North Carolina Republican party and former mayor of Raleigh, responded with another question.

“What does it mean to be an American?” he asked.

Addressing a small group of students, Fetzer spoke both about the state of the Republican Party and American politics in general in a speech Tuesday night.

The event was hosted by Duke Political Union as part of its Super Tuesday speaker series.

Fetzer noted that Americans must become better acquainted with their na-

tion’s history to tackle the political issues of today.

“One of the problems in America is we don’t know our own history well,” he said. “I think if you [look back at history], it brings difficult issues like healthcare reform and... bailouts into a sharper focus.”

Fetzer drew parallels between the tax-related decisions of former President Woodrow Wilson and the current administration and compared the Constitution to the controversial health care reform bill.

“It’d take three of you to carry [the health care bill],” he said, referring to the bill that totals more tzhan 1,000 pages.

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Initiative to unite campus art groups

by Jessica Chang The chronicle

The arts took center stage at Tuesday night’s Duke University Union meeting.

In addition to unveiling new posters for Joe College Day, DUU members discussed plans for a new Arts Initiative and voted on a proposal for Last Day of Classes changes.

The Arts Initiative is DUU’s push to bring together all arts groups on campus under one name in order to increase awareness of the arts among students, said President Zach Perret, a senior. By combining DUU’s Visual Arts Committee with other campus groups unaffiliated with DUU, the Arts Initiative will enable other groups to make their events more successful.

Vice President of External Affairs Will Benesh, a junior, said he sent a message to all student groups on campus inviting them to join the initiative and received 25 to 30 responses. The goal of the effort is to get as many organizations as possible on board with the idea, he added.

DUU plans to work with Vice Provost for the Arts Scott Lindroth on a campus-wide exhibit as part of the initiative, said Visual Arts Director Lisa Gao, a junior. She added that open studios will be available again this year and that figure drawing sessions and art crash courses will be offered as part of an effort to See duu on page 6

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Yesterday, University kitchens were especially stocked with fresh food from North Carolina farms and orchards.

The Marketplace and Great Hall featured specially crafted local lunch options as part of the “Eat Local Challenge” Tuesday. The challenge is an annual, nation-wide event within the Bon Appetit Management Company—who caters both dining halls—that advocates the use of local produce and meat.

“We’ve been doing it for three years now,” Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. “It’s an event we really get excited about and look forward to.”

Bon Appetit Resident District Manager Michael Aquaro said that although Bon Appetit constantly tries to focus on sourcing their food from fresh, local, seasonal products, they started the annual one-day challenge to further emphasize the company’s commitment to local foods.

“We really have the opportunity here to highlight the importance of supporting local growers and producers,” he said.

The Great Hall was bustling with people during lunch Tuesday. The entrance was bedecked with large promotional posters of the challenge, as well as a stack of documents listing the benefits of supporting local farmers.

Featured entrees included goat cheese grits cake made with ingredients from Boonville and Rougemont, North Carolina and sauteed purple kohlrabi with ingredients from Edenton and Hillsboro, North Carolina. All the ingredients were produced within 150 miles of campus, Quaro said.

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A promotional poster in the Marketplace encourages students to eat food produced by local vendors.

Tuesday’s offerings included goat cheese grits cake made with local ingredients from North Carolina The Marketplace, however, was emptier than the west campus dining hall. Some freshmen said they were unenthusiastic and unaware about eating locally, and formed lines only at the grill section.

“The food looked weird, so I just got

sushi,” freshman Colin Heasley said.

Still, Wulforst said he was happy with the general success of the event.

“We had such a great hit with students, and everybody looks forward to it,” he said.

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breakfast from page 1 statistics on how traffic at campus eateries varies throughout the day, but he noted that breakfast is “a key part of our overall business.”

Denise Comer, director of the First-Year Writing Program, said she suspects that most of her students skip breakfast, judging by the dark circles under their eyes.

“Anecdotally, Duke students sleep late and get up late,” Comer said. “They’re not up during breakfast.”

Research Associate Nathan Hensley noted that many students enter his class clutching cups of coffee. With such busy schedules, he understands why students do not have time to grab a lot to eat in the morning, if anything at all.

“I can see how breakfast would slip down the list of priorities,” Hensley said.

When time management fails, students find themselves skipping breakfast for any number of reasons.

Senior Ginny Laub said that when faced with a choice between eating breakfast or sleeping in, there is little contest.

“I’d rather sleep,” she said.

For freshmen who must travel to West Campus for class, breakfast can get lost in the shuffle.

“Going from campus to campus [for class] makes it hard to get to the Marketplace,” freshman Evan Schwartz said.

Freshman Julie Wangombe said she usually prioritizes getting to class on time over having a solid meal in the morning. But Student Health Nutritionist Toni Apadula said this strategy could backfire—studies show that students who eat breakfast perform better in the classroom.

The nature of the first-year dining plan may also encourage students to skip out on breakfast. Freshman Caroline Gundersen said the lunch credit students receive if they skip breakfast motivates them to wait later to have their first meal of the day.

English professor Tom Ferraro said things were different when he was a college student. He and his friends went to bed between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. and never had trouble waking up in time for the “best classically American meal.” Ferraro noted that gathering for a meal in the morning created opportunities for him and his peers to have an interaction that was both social and intellectual.

But since his days as a student, Ferraro has observed a demographic shift toward pulling all-nighters and skipping breakfast.

“I’m nostalgic about three set meals,” he said. “I don’t mean to preach, but you need to eat.... We’ve all known this since high school.”

There are some students who agree with Ferraro about the importance of breakfast.

“If I don’t eat, I’m kind of dying,” Schwartz said.

Apadula added that studies show that people who skip breakfast tend to eat more later in the day and consume more calories overall than they would have if they had started their day the right way. Hannah Terry, a master’s student in the Divinity School, said this observation has rung true in her own life.

“If I don’t eat breakfast, I eat junk the rest of the day,” she said.

If they cannot find the time to trek to a campus eatery, some students said they will have a quick snack in their rooms before heading off to class.

Apadula said this is a “useful compromise,” so long as students have a proper breakfast as soon as possible.

“Students should be sure to get something more substantial within a few hours,” she said. “Think of skipping breakfast like asking your car to run on an empty tank of gas—food is your fuel.”

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Purdy updates GPSC on health issues

by Nicole kyle The chronicle

Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health, gave an update on Student Health policies at the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s meeting Tuesday night.

Purdy discussed the possibility of a partially self-funded health insurance system at Duke that would be backed by a larger insurance company, such as BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina. This system would provide students with a recognizable plan and better benefits at a manageable cost, he said. Students questioned this option when Purdy opened up the floor, but he assured them that nothing is set in stone.

“Duke has a little money tucked away, but we want to make sure this would work [before we implement it],” he said.

The University, which used to offer students a health insurance plan through BCBS of N.C., switched last September to a plan provided by UnitedHealthcare StudentResources. Since then, the new insurance provider has received some poor reviews from students.

Purdy encouraged students to join the Student Health Advisory Council, especially if they want a say in Duke’s student health insurance reform.

“I’d rather hear about it from the students,” he said, adding that there has been a lot of talk recently about student health insurance and that Student Health is aware of the concerns.

Purdy said he hopes students will be able to use Duke’s student health insurance nationally.

“We want you to be able to take a card with you that’s recognized almost wherever you go,” he said.

Purdy also told students there have been more than 500 official cases of the flu reported at Duke, and vaccinations for both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, will soon be made available to the student population. The seasonal flu vaccine will be avail-

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Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health, discusses health insurance options and gives an update on Duke’s flu situation at the Graduate and Professional Student Council’s meeting Tuesday night. able Oct. 8 in the Bryan Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Purdy said he does not yet know when the swine flu vaccine will become available.

“We could get just 24 hours notice, but there will be more than enough issued to us to cover all students,” he said.

In other business: GPSC addressed the name of the graduate and professional student section in Wallace Wade Stadium. At its last meeting, the GPSC general assembly voted to send the name “G-Spot” to the Executive Board for discussion. The Executive Board found that the name disenfranchised professional students and had connotations that hindered the family-friendly environment of the stadium. The Executive Board instead

proposed the name “The G&P Spot,” which passed at Tuesday’s meeting.

The Finance Committee allocated $17,290 of its $17,500 fall budget to student groups, a distribution which the General Assembly unanimously passed. Not all of the groups, however, are affiliated with GPSC, so the council might find itself keeping more of its budgeted funds. GPSC Treasurer Emeline Aviki, a student in Fuqua and the School of Medicine, led the discussion on the budget and described how the committee allocated funds to organizations that have both undergraduate and graduate and professional student members.

“We looked at the percent of graduate or professional students expected to participate in an event, and we allocated funds accordingly,” Aviki said.

keohane from page 1 Central Campus and link it with West, Nowicki said.

Trask noted that discussions about the project are in a very early phase, but that the new building will have social space in addition to dorm rooms. If the trustees approve the proposal for a feasibility study Saturday, Nowicki will then present the plan to Campus Council next Thursday, he said.

Nowicki said the new dorm might be coupled with improvements to the dining area on the second floor of McClendon Tower, the current location of Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs. He said he would like the area between McClendon and the new dorm to serve the same purpose as the archway between Bostock and Perkins Libraries—an inviting transition between two areas of campus.

“If we work this out right, it also gives us a chance to bring out the potential of the McClendon Tower area as a real connector to bring Edens into the rest of the campus,” Nowicki said.

He added that there is currently no timeline for the project and its total cost is unknown.

“We have to flesh out the architectural reality of it in a rough form to understand what the real costs are,” Nowicki said.

Duke would likely borrow money to construct the dorm and repay it over time using housing revenue, Nowicki said. If the project is paid for in this way, Duke’s moratorium on new construction projects will not apply. The construction moratorium only applies to building projects that require new money to be generated from sources such as the endowment or charitable giving.

The three current buildings of Keohane Quad, originally called the West-Edens Link, were completed in 2002 at a cost of $38 million. Those buildings added about 330 beds to West Campus.

Lindsey Rupp contributed reporting.

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Administrators will request $75,000 from the Board of Trustees this weekend to study the feasibility of a proposed addition (outlined in blue above) to Keohane Quadrangle.

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expand the committee’s programs.

“You could fit the Constitution into [a] little pamphlet.”

Aside from the bill’s sheer length, Fetzer said health care reform does not honor individual freedom.

“The biggest danger facing this country right now is that the principles of limited government are being threatened,” he said.

But in criticizing the largely partisan health care reform bill, Fetzer neither proposed an alternative solution nor suggested that any Republican leaders had better ideas.

Instead, he said the party needs “better candidates,” noting that there are no individuals who have represented the ideal Republican candidate in recent memory.

To emphasize this notion, Fetzer mentioned a recent misstep Republican congressman-hopeful George Hutchins made in comparing President Barack Obama and his family to characters on the TV show “Sanford and Son.” Fetzer sent Hutchins an e-mail in response, in which he told Hutchins that by making such a comment while carrying the Republican logo, he was not properly representing the Republican party.

In the question-and-answer session following Fetzer’s talk, an audience member asked if he could name a Republican candidate well-qualified to run for president in 2012. Fetzer said he could not identify any Republican candidate that could defeat Obama.

Senior Vikram Srinivasan, chair of Duke College Republicans and co-chair of DPU, said DPU invited Fetzer to bring diversity and a unique perspective to the series. He spoke of Fetzer as “a veteran of North Carolina politics.”

Junior Ben Bergmann, president of Duke Democrats and DPU’s other co-chair, added that it is important to monitor “the state of the Republican Party.”

Fetzer also discussed topics of more levity such as his frivolous ties to the University, which included memories of car-pummeling Duke cheerleaders, attempted goat-nappings and romantic encounters.

“I dated a co-ed here once,” Fetzer said, referring to Melinda Gates, Trinity ’86.

In other business: DUU discussed LDOC changes and unanimously passed preliminary rules to place the LDOC committee under more direct control of DUU and Campus Council. Other specific changes regarding the LDOC committee were discussed off the record.

Additionally, members noted the success of the Homecoming scavenger hunt, in which fewer than 400 people participated. They also said Thursday’s Bull City Football Fest was successful, despite low attendance from Duke students.

DUU members also discussed possible plans for an afternoon activity on Halloween, but ultimately may not plan an event for the holiday because of low turnout last year.

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Members of the Duke University Union discuss the new Arts Initiative, which aims to unite all campus art groups under one name to help promote the arts on campus.

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recipient of the University Medal

Judy Woodruff WC ’68; HON ’98 Trustee Emerita recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award

benson from page 1 and his extensive group of friends. Uhlenberg said Benson spent a lot of time with his Loop co-workers outside of work and was close to several employees who were former classmates and teammates.

“It’s been kind of hard for a bunch of us,” Uhlenberg said. “When it happened, they called me, they didn’t know how to get in touch with his family, so I had to call his family. When I was walking to work, I almost broke down walking by that gate. I never want to see it again.”

Uhlenberg and Lane remembered Benson as a risk-taker. In high school, Benson “was a little bit of a daredevil,” and would often challenge players much bigger than himself, Lane said.

Uhlenberg said Benson was also involved in serious car and motorcycle accidents throughout his lifetime.

“He was not afraid of anything,” Uhlenberg said. “He tried so many things and survived all of them. It’s ironic that something like this could stop him.”

Sunday night, Lane sat in The Loop with several of Benson’s former teammates to tell stories about their friend.

Lane and Benson’s family also hope to continue to keep his memory alive in a concrete way.

Benson’s family is creating a memorial scholarship in his name at his former high school, Lane said. Lane plans to request permission from the University to raise funds for the scholarship at The Loop from employees and customers who wish to donate.

“He was a good guy, and the world is not a better place for sure. It lost somebody that was special,” Lane said.

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Mbaye Lo Lecturer in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award

Daniel J. Lew Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology recipient of the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award

Policy, was arrested June 24 in Durham and charged with soliciting an undercover FBI agent to cross state lines and have sex with his 5-year-old adopted son.

A confidential informant told federal investigators that an Internet user—later identified as Lombard—had engaged in acts of child molestation via an online video chat program, according to the affidavit.

Lombard worked at Duke for 10 years before he was dismissed by the University in June. The University originally placed Lombard on unpaid administrative leave after his arrest.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, declined to comment on the decision to fire Lombard and the status of the case.

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Before I write a column suggesting a radical change to an integral part of Duke’s sportsrelated culture, I ask myself an important question: Would a 17-year-old version of me still have chosen Duke if this change had happened before I applied? If yes, I write the column. If no, I don’t.

Pretty simple.

Obviously, it’s selfcentered, but that’s okay. I like to think that the 17-year-old Alex version of me is a fair representation of the type of high school kid who decides to come to Duke—I liked sports too much, and my grandmother spent most of my formative years telling me that I had to do well in school so I could be a doctor.

So for instance, I once wrote a column about how students should have to pass a basketball aptitude test before attending any games in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Would 17-year-old me have given his approval? Absolutely, because he would have studied hard enough to pass. Going to basketball games is why he came to this school in the first place.

Similarly, 17-year-old me also would’ve approved of columns calling for Coach K to step down as basketball coach and take over as athletic director, for Tailgate to be moved from the Blue Zone to Main West (he would have been confused by the capitalization of Tailgate) and for first-year student-athletes to take a mandatory redshirt year.

So when I write what I’m about to write, it’s not because I’m a 24-year-old loser who doesn’t remember what it’s like to have fun anymore since I haven’t actually had fun since I graduated two years ago. And it’s not because I’m a third-year medical student who recognizes now that some things that seem fun are actually dangerous and possibly life-threatening (see: Shooters II). It’s because 17-year-old me is on board with what I’m about to write.

Krzyzewskiville has got to go. Confusing walk-up line policies have got to go.

It’s time for basketball attendance policies that make sense.

WEDNESDAY September 30, 2009

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Belshaw saves Duke in win over Elon

Fanaroff

See Fanaroff on page 8

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Alex Fanaroff thinks students don’t need rules and Twitter updates to line up for Duke basketball games.

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Freshman goalkeeper James Belshaw was forced into action often Tuesday as Elon dominated play, but Duke defeated the Phoenix 2-1 behind his six saves.

by Andy Margius The chronicle

On a chilly Tuesday night, No. 15 Duke held on for a 2-1 victory over Elon despite uncharacteristically sloppy play.

The Blue Devils (6-2-0) managed to pull out the win the weaker ELON 1 over Phoenix (3-4-1) DUKE 2 at Koskinen Stadium by relying more on talent than teamwork to seal the deal.

After a loss Friday to Boston College, the Blue Devils came out aggressively when sophomore Ryan Ruffing scored in the sixth minute of play. Yet Duke began to look lethargic soon after.

Play became much more touch-andgo for the Blue Devils, and the team had difficulty holding onto the ball. Long passes quickly became the norm and led to many transition opportunities for the Phoenix. Fortunately for Duke, Elon was unable to capitalize.

In the first half, Elon outplayed Duke, stringing passes together on offense better than the Blue Devils. The Phoenix squandered a trio of great scoring chances,

two due to offsides calls and one after a great save by Blue Devil goalkeeper James Belshaw. But going into halftime, the sixthminute goal remained the difference.

Following the trend of the first session, Duke came out firing after the break, scoring a header in the 50th minute. A great cross by sophomore Daniel Tweed-Kent set up freshman Ryan Finley to give the Blue Devils a 2-0 lead, which they maintained until the final seconds of play. A lazy defensive stand in the waning moments allowed Elon senior Steven Kinney to ruin the shutout with only two ticks left on the clock.

Yet the story for Duke was its lack of control of the game. As time wore on in each half, Elon began to take more and more possession, connecting passes better than the Blue Devils and launching stronger attacks.

“We had some chances that we created...but we were very fortunate that they didn’t convert any of their chances because they created many, many chances to score,” head coach John Kerr said. “We were very fortunate not to give up any goals early.

Our lackluster play kind of put us under pressure and Elon played a great game to-

night.... They deserved a better result.”

The highlight of the evening for the Blue Devils was the play of Belshaw, who made six saves, including a great stop with 13 minutes left in the game to keep Elon off the board.

“He made that wonderful save that he tipped over the back post.... If they score that one with the amount of time left, our lives would have been very troubling.” Kerr said.

Heading into Friday night’s contest against No. 3 Maryland, this game may send up some red flags for the Blue Devils.

They will need to tighten up their defense, move the ball better and keep a high level of play for the entire 90 minutes in order to earn a victory against the Terrapins.

However, Belshaw remains confident that Friday will bring a better performance from his team.

“We’re going to have to regroup, get ourselves together,” Belshaw said. “We’ve played well all season and we seem to do well in the ACC games on a Friday. We seem to rise to the occasion, so I think as long as we gather ourselves together, sort ourselves out, put in a couple days of hard practice, then we’ll be fine for Friday.”

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Fanaroff from page 7 Why do students have to line up for basketball games in a super-duper line with a web page, 16 different rules and its own Twitter acount (@dukekville)? Why do we have to have rules like, “Tarps are not allowed to be stretched over the top of multiple tents” and “Tenters will not be permitted more than 2 medium-sized tents at any time?” What’s a mediumsized tent anyway?

Why can’t students just, you know, line up in a regular old kindergarten line with a line-leader and a caboose?

It looks like Head Line Monitor Zach White (Why is there a position called Head Line Monitor?) is open to changing some things, which is good.

But changing some things isn’t good enough. Changing some things means piling even more new rules on top of the old rules when the whole process of waiting in line for basketball games has gotten too complicated. Maybe the reason Cameron isn’t as full as Coach K wants it to be is not that people think that all the games are full—anyone who has ever turned on their television during a home basketball game or read The Chronicle knows that’s not the case—but because its just too hard to figure out the rules.

Is this a tenting game, or is it a walk-up game? Can I get in line with just one other friend, or can I get in line with five other friends? How many of us have to be there at any one time? When do I get my wrist band? Wait, is this the senior game? If I’m in the IM Building going to the bathroom and they call a check, will I have to go to the back of the line, or do I get to miss one check for this game? What if I’m getting a smoothie, then do I have to go to the back of the line? Is my tent too big? Do these pants make my butt look fat?

I’m not saying that Duke students

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Instead of having to figure out the attendance policy for every game, Alex Fanaroff wishes he and the rest of the Cameron Crazies could simply wait in line. aren’t smart enough to answer all of those questions. Obviously, enough of them get it to almost fill up the student section.

And everyone could figure it out with a minimum of effort. But that’s the problem: Just figuring out the line-up policies takes effort. And clearly, that’s effort that enough people aren’t willing to put in.

On top of that, all those rules just make it easier for a few tenters to show up in midDecember. The rules provide a solution for

all of their problems. Class? Only one of 12 people have to be there during the day!

Refusal to sleep outside every night for a month? Only six of 12 have to be there at night! Snow? Cold? Mandatory grace when there’s two inches of snow on the ground, or the temperature drops below 20 degrees!

So here’s what I’m saying: Toss K-ville and its rules, and replace it with a line.

Everyone stands in line. Two hours before game time, you walk into the stadium in

order. Get there whenever you want, but once you get there, you have to stay there.

If it’s absolutely necessary, let everyone in line have a partner, so that only one of the two people has to be there at a given time.

But that’s it.

Sure they won’t be able to put pictures of Krzyzewskiville on the admissions website to show how totally cool Duke’s student activities are, but 17-year-old me still would have come here. And that’s what counts.

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Turner’s tough road ahead Amanda Turner, Spe- this impression. cial Secretary for the Young Here are a few of the Trustee Process, is the per- many reasons why Turner fect person for her job. If cannot accomplish the goal anyone has the temperament of her position in the next and organizafive weeks. tion to spearIn order editorial head wholesale for her posireform to the YT process, it tion to yield anything commight be her. prehensive and good, she Unfortunately, her job would have to advertise, is impossible. As a conse- direct and record the notes quence, Turner should aban- from four open forums that don any attempt at compre- are attended by many inhensive reform and focus on formed students. She would making a couple of small but have to problematize these substantive changes to the discussions by presenting current process by her Nov. 4 students with possible opdeadline. tions for reform.

Substantial positive change She would have to hold to the YT process would not serious conversations with all require another person—it students who have applied would require another pro- for the position and lost, apcess. Our recent conversation plied for the position and with Turner only reinforced won and served on the Young

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Trustee Nominating Committee in the last five or 10 years. (If she does not talk to everyone, then she only has an incomplete and probably biased sample.)

She would have to study the YT process at peer institutions.

She would have to talk to every current student leader, keeping in mind that many have a personal stake in the YT process.

She would have to rewrite the YT application to fit the new process, decide how to appoint a person to head up the process for the Inter-Community Council and re-think the peer recommendation process and the way in which the position is advertised to prospective applicants. Each of these things is integral to the YT process,

and reform that did not take them into account would not be reform at all.

She would have to allow at least a week for open discussion between the time that she makes her proposed changes public and the day when they are voted on by the Duke Student Government Senate.

She would have to come to terms, in short, with the opinions of everyone who has a stake in the process and many regular students who have almost no stake in the process.

And even when she did this, she would almost certainly find that no consensus emerged.

Many students think that the current YT process is flawed, but there is no well

formed majority opinion about what it should be.

Turner sees herself simply as the supervisor of a discussion that will organically yield its own result. But even if she did expertly guide this discussion by doing all of the things outlined above within an impossibly short time line, she would find that in the end, she alone has to decide what the new YT process will be.

This result in itself—to have one student re-write the YT process—would be unacceptable.

In the game of wholistic, comprehensive YT reform before Nov. 4, the best move is not to play.

Charles Colbert recused himself from this editorial due to personal ties to Amanda Turner.

Communion of the devils

efore freshmen step foot on East Campus for the first time, they’ve accepted the honor and burden of being part of the Duke community. Every day on campus we pass each other—we see friends on the Plaza and build relationships in the libraries. The shared undergraduate experience bonds us together, not only with those in our graduating class, but in the years below and above us.

Homecomemily leonardy ing reminds us of duke it out these fellow Dukies, whose tenure, though not exactly matching our own, shaped them in a way very similar to our own time in the hallowed halls. Even more than those students we encounter throughout our undergraduate experience, we owe our formation as Duke students to our forebears. Although we don’t know their faces, they built the school’s reputation and provide the foundation for our college experiences, and especially during Homecoming, we should honor and remember them.

Unfortunately, the Christian Church does not celebrate any annual remembrance of its heritage in the same way as we gather around a Homecoming game or a ball. There is no social event commemorating community and tradition with the emphasis enjoyed during our fall Homecoming. United through space and time, Christians often draw inspiration for their quest mostly by reading or hearing accounts of great members of their community from the past. Like Duke, local church congregations sometimes forget about the larger group to which they’re attached outside the immediate community they see every Sunday.

Both the Duke and the Christian communities are intimately affected by the true largeness of their networks. These communities are not only international in reach, but they carry on a tradition of many years, and as members of these communities, we accept the duty of carrying on the tradition.

The Church has struggled for more than two millennia to understand how best to faithfully carry out its mission in the world—how to honor the tradition of its forebearers and maintain vivacity within its ranks. One thing the Church got right

is that it knows for whom it stands. The creeds, which most church-going Christians recite weekly, provide a firm foundation from which we learn to relate to each other and to live in community.

These professions of faith connect us internationally and throughout history to the catholic Christian community.

Although Duke has not had the tenure to produce the myriad fathers which the Church boasts, Duke’s purposeful and energetic journey to the top of the nation’s collegiate education system exemplifies the Duke student and was made possible because of the type of people who have come to our school seeking higher education for almost a century. We owe much to our forebears, most of whom are still alive; an attitude of gratitude for the foundation we’ve been given to achieve success is both appropriate and necessary.

We honor the first Duke students through our continued hard work and achievement, both individually and as a school. Our conversations on the Plaza and our study in the libraries contribute to the proud tradition of our alma mater dear. Not only for the honor of the past students, but also for the promise of future students, it is imperative to keep in mind the importance of the Duke community and what it stands for.

Duke’s sense of self through academics and sports provide a clearly defined battleground and a strong rallying cry for members of its community throughout space and time. What about Duke, though, creates a lasting tie to its beloved alums? Beyond Annual Fund giving and the Iron Dukes, what it is that holds the Duke community together through time and space? What do a graduate of Trinity and the medical school from the 1980s and a recent Trinity graduate and current Divinity student have in common as constituents of the Duke community?

In the 1980s, Duke was not yet a basketball powerhouse, Perkins still had cement floors and rusty metal bookshelves, the Bryan Center had hardly been completed and parts of Edens—let alone the WEL—were yet to be built. East Campus wasn’t even part of a science major’s geographic knowledge, let alone a fixture of the freshman experience. This “Duke” we all love is different for each class—if not each student.

So what is it that we’re really rallying around?

Emily Leonardy, Trinity ’08, is a first-year Divinity student. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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aybe instead of visiting Copenha- cago, the city at the center of this marketing gen to lobby for a Chicago Olym- campaign, reels from an incident of brutal pics in 2016, the Commander-in- gang violence where a 16-year-old honor roll Chief could give Gen. Stanley McChrystal, student was murdered, all caught on a cell commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, phone’s video camera. a phone call.

What cost should the U.S. be willing to On Sunday night, CBS’s “60 Minutes” pay to get a Chicago Olympics? Leaving out aired an interview with McChrystal. At the the opportunity costs associated with five of end of the segment, McChrystal was asked our country’s top leaders making the visit to how many times he had spoken to President Copenhagen, Chicagoans have had to sacBarack Obama since the election. The an- rifice civil liberties for the sake of the 2016 swer: once. The general has spent his time Games. According to the Sept. 27 DrudgeRein Afghanistan trying to shake up the status port article, “Fox-TV Chicago ordered not quo, from opening up daily to run anti-Olympics story,” briefings to more officers, the Chicago Olympic Comto openly criticizing the slow mittee told a local television Pentagon bureaucracy. And station not to run a report on top of it all, McChrystal on Chicagoans opposing lives in a room that looks the 2016 bid. The Chicago smaller than most dorm Tribune, in the Feb. 19 story rooms at Duke. That alone “Boat owners warned: Don’t should warrant a phone call. make waves over Olympics elad gross Certainly, Obama has a rowing plan,” uncovered a kitty babies lot on his plate. The Iraq memo threatening retribuWar, Iran’s nuclear program, tion against Chicago Yachthealth care reform, the financial crisis, lunch ing Association members who would be outwith former President Bill Clinton.... There’s spoken opponents of a Chicago Olympics. not too much room left in the day for the While the Chicago Olympics Committee problems in Afghanistan. But, at some point, and their supporters violate the civil rights the President is going to have to clear out of citizens in this country, our military sertime to deal with the military catastrophe vice members put themselves in harms way quickly blooming in the Middle East. for the sake of those same civil liberties.

Maybe Obama just isn’t a phone guy—a Military leaders have requested a change trip to Afghanistan would provide the presi- in direction, especially in Afghanistan, and, dent with unique insights into the war effort. according to the Australian’s Sept. 29 story, Obama is taking a trip overseas this week, “General Stanley McChrystal opts for 40,000 but he’s not going to Afghanistan, or Iraq, more troops in Afghanistan,” McChrystal or anywhere else of major consequence to has sent a full report to the president listing U.S. military aims. He is scheduled to meet a number of options the U.S. must choose the First Lady in Copenhagen, where the from in order to achieve some semblance Obamas will get together with the rest of of success in Afghanistan. the Chicago residents filling high positions Whether that choice is to stay or to go, in our government to present the case for the choice must be made sooner rather than a Chicago Olympics to the International later. The pace of debate on military strategy Olympic Committee. The Taliban insur- must reflect the urgency of the decision. A gents must be shaking in their boots. quick decision does not necessitate a failure The Olympics brings its perks—Ameri- to plan. There are too many people in this cans can go to sleep at normal hours and country conducting detailed military analystill see the events live, the U.S. will be ses for the president to have to wait weeks poised to win over the hearts of internation- before he can decide whether or not to disal athletes and their fans and Chicago will patch 40,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan. share in the economic benefits associated There may be no tougher decision with increased tourism (although this last during the tenure of any presidency than point is somewhat debated, an independent to send Americans to war. As members of analysis estimates the effect to be a bit over the American public, we cannot know ex$1 billion). And so, President Obama, First actly what is happening in Afghanistan— Lady Michelle Obama, Education Secretary every bit of news we receive is filtered Arne Duncan, Transportation Secretary Ray through someone else’s perspective. But LaHood and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, if the American system still works, and the all from Illinois, will pitch Chicago as the president is fully updated and informed, optimal choice to the IOC in person. then the time for a decision is now, before Meanwhile, the health care debate rages the trip to Copenhagen. on, the government deficit runs higher, the economy really isn’t getting better, U.S. solElad Gross is a Trinity senior. His column runs diers fight without enough support and Chi- every Wednesday.

lettertotheeditor “Monday, Monday” quip offensive I usually enjoy reading the commentaries page of The Chronicle, but I am sad to say that Sept. 28 was not one of those days. I am beyond extremely angry to learn that The Chronicle editor saw fit to print the recent “Bullship” column by “Monday, Monday” in its current form.

Notwithstanding the fact that the entire piece was void of any real purpose or meaning, I am shocked and disappointed, not only because a Duke student sees fit to use the word “cretin” in a humorous context but that the Chronicle editor, too, feels it is acceptable. Is it therefore also acceptable to use the term “spastic” in a comedic reference

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to people who don’t understand something? I think not, but I assure you it carries the exact same stigma as the word “cretin.”

I hail from England where we have a long and distinguished history of producing some of the best comedy, but never have I ever seen the use of the word “cretin” as a viable or acceptable humorous remark endorsed in print.

In fact, the use of such a word in this kind of context is considered an egregious insult not only to the people on the receiving end of the jibe, but more importantly to the many people who suffer from the severe medical condition known as cretinism. The condition arises from inadequate secretion of thy-

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ut of many, one. down’,” writes Putnam. “Trust (even of There are few sentiments quite one’s own race) is lower, altruism and comso American as E pluribus unum. munity cooperation rarer, friends fewer.”

Originally intended to refer to the 13 colThis last point about trust is the most imonies forming the Union, the phrase has portant. Putnam finds that people are not become associated with the concept of only less trusting of people they perceive raAmerica as a melting pot of people from cially or ethnically different than them, but nations all over the world. of everyone in general. This fact discredits There are also few political sentiments as the idea that increased diversity necessarily controversial in the modern United States. leads to increased inter-ethnic hostility. “In Alhough its meaning more diverse settings,” Putis disputed, the idea of nam writes, “Americans disE pluribus unum constitrust not only people who tutes an important part of do not look like them, but who we are as a country. people who do.”

In many ways, the United While conducting the States has always struggled research, Putnam was diswith embracing diversity turbed by the pattern that yousef while maintaining a ceremerged. He tried to look tain degree of unity. for another variable that abugharbieh And perhaps we have could explain the mistrust fast forward never struggled with reche observed—age differenconciling diversity and unity es, geography, urban-rural more than we will need to in the future. gaps—but after controlling for all of them The United States is becoming more eth- utilizing multivariate statistics, the level of dinically and racially diverse, and the Census versity in a community remained the primary Bureau predicts that by 2044, no ethnic or determinant of the level of social capital. racial group will constitute more than 50 Perhaps some of his discomfort while percent of the population. conducting the study arose because he Today, more than ever, there is a need feared his results could be misconstrued to critically examine how this increased to denounce diversity in general. Putnam’s diversity may affect the social fabric of the findings were in fact used by some conUnited States. servative pundits to propagate the same This is a topic that many acknowledge to “nativist” immigrants-are-the-problem be important, but are afraid to discuss. Even sentiment that has lingered in American academics shy away from investigating the political discourse since the 19th century. consequences of increased diversity in the Pat Buchanan, in writing for the conservaUnited States, because they fear their em- tive blog VDARE.com, wrote a commenpirical findings will be abused by ideologues tary on Putnam’s article titled “Robert on the right and the left. As a result, impor- Putnam: Diversity is our Destruction.” tant issues go unexamined, and a culture of Clearly, Buchanan didn’t read the fear pervades our public discourse on some whole essay or simply wasn’t faithful to its of the most important issues in our society. findings, because Putnam actually argues That is what makes Harvard Professor Rob- that increased diversity ultimately provides ert Putnam’s 2007 essay “E Pluribus Unum: a net benefit to society. He discovers that Diversity and Community in the Twenty-First diverse communities have higher rates of Century” so groundbreaking. In the empiri- economic growth and greater levels of cal study spanning the United States and in- technological innovation. Even if people cluding 30,000 respondents, Putnam finds don’t trust one another, they form a more that communities that are more diverse have dynamic, creative society. less social capital, which he defines as “social Yet, Putnam remains optimistic that we networks and the associated norms of reci- will trust each other in the long run. He asprocity and trustworthiness.” serts that people from groups we consider In his research, Putnam discovers that distinct today will grow to trust one another residents of diverse neighborhoods are by expanding the boundaries of those groups less likely than people living in more ho- and including people who are currently seen mogeneous communities to be registered as different, but won’t be in the future. to vote, to participate in civically-minded Recalling his childhood in a small town groups and-—most importantly—to trust in Ohio, he mentions that religion was their neighbors. once the most important characteristic “In ethnically diverse neighborhoods that separated people from one another. residents of all races tend to ‘hunker Protestants, Catholics and Jews didn’t intermarry, or even socialize together much.

Yet, today, the religious lines that once divided people are freely crossed.

But one must wonder if there is a limit to the extent to which identity groups can roid hormones during fetal life or early become more inclusive. Even though ininfancy and results in severe mental terreligious marriage is now more comretardation and a condition known as mon, inter-racial marriage between blacks dwarfism. and whites remains rare. Race has divided “Monday, Monday” has demonstrated Americans for a long time, and despite a lack of understanding and comedy skill. the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement, My only hope is that this simply shows a it continues to do so. mistake in judgment on the part of the If the categories that separate people editor and writer. I would like to urge all today aren’t redefined to be more inclustudents who are writing columns with sive in the future, it may mean that we will a comedy twist to think very carefully never be able to live in diverse communiabout their word selection and be aware ties where people trust one another to the of where the comedy and moral lines extent that Putnam finds people do in hoshould be drawn. mogeneous communities today.

So, what does this mean for Duke, now Clair Raver and in the future?

Program coordinator Economics Department Yousef AbuGharbieh is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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