October 12, 2009 issue

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Monday, October 12, 2009

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Referrals rise MARKING THEIR TERRITORY for alcohol, 49 28 plagiarism

by Andy Moore The chronicle

Stats indicate stronger enforcement, admins say

by Samantha Brooks The chronicle

The Office of Student Conduct released the Disciplinary Statistics for 2008-2009 Thursday, which showed a rise in plagiarism cases and alcohol referrals.

The OSC saw referrals for 342 students in 2008-2009, the highest number of adjudications that Duke has seen in more than five years. Despite notable increases in alcohol and plagiarism referrals, administrators said they feel little alarm regarding the rising statistics. Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the OSC, said the increases might have positive implications.

Plagiarism cases rose from 11 in the 2007-2008 academic year to 24 in 20082009, but Bryan said the numbers reflect greater faculty awareness of cheating rather than an actual rise in academic dishonesty.

“I don’t think they indicate an increase in the rate of cheating as much as it indicates our efforts to implement the ‘three Ps’—prevention, promotion, policing.”

In the 2008-09 year, individual abuse of the alcohol policy made up 44 percent of adSee Conduct on page 4

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A dominant defensive effort in the second half coupled with senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis’ career day led to Duke’s first ACC road win and first win over a Big Four opponent since November 22, 2003.

RALEIGH — The Blue Devils went into Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday with the odds stacked against them. N.C. State had beaten them 11 times in a row. They hadn’t won in Raleigh since 1984. They hadn’t beaten a Big Four opponent since 2003, which was also the last time they won an ACC game on the road.

That all changed when senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis put together his best game in a Duke uniform—and indeed, one of the best performances in school history.

In leading Duke to a 42-28 win over N.C. State, Lewis finished 40-of-50 in the air for a career-high 459 yards. He threw for five touchdowns and ran for one, tying a school record for total touchdowns, and his 40 completions also broke a Duke mark. In the process, he also shattered the school record for career touchdowns.

He was, in short, brilliant.

“I will say this, and I’ll probably upset a couple of my former quarterbacks, but I believe that was the finest game I’ve had a quarterback have in college,” said head coach David Cutcliffe, who famously coached the Manning brothers.

“You talk about being in a zone—he was in a zone.”

“I’m not sure what I can say about Thad,” said senior wide receiver Austin Kelly, who caught a touchdown. “Fortyof-50? We do that in practice against the air. I wouldn’t say that was a shock.

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Campus celebrates National Coming Out Day

by Rongjie Chen The chronicle

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Students pick up “Love=Love”T-shirts on the West Campus Plaza for Coming Out Day at Duke Friday. The National Coming Out Day was Sunday.

The West Campus Plaza was a colorful sight Friday.

Rainbow-hued balloons swayed gently in the breeze amid a throng of people wearing red, green, blue, purple and orange “Love=Love” shirts.

It was Coming Out Day at Duke, an annual University event in observation of National Coming Out Day Oct. 11. The purpose was to raise awareness of and support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

“The mission of this event is to give out information to all students on the Duke campus about coming out, the importance of coming out, the experience of students coming out, and what it means to live openly,” said Janie Long, director of the Center for LGBT Life.

Coming Out Day was a way to increase awareness of the LGBT community, said sophomore Manny Hidalgo, communications chair for Blue Devils United.

The multi-colored “Love=Love” T-shirts that were given out are an integral part of the push for greater visibility, Hidalgo said. He noted that the shirts frame the issue in a new context and send the message in a new way that has been a big hit for the past couple years.

Sophomore Kartik Pawar heard about Coming Out Day

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“He was really like the James Bond of his time.” ­—Author Manuel Rosa on Christopher Columbus. See story page 5.

from friends and dropped by the Plaza to pick up a shirt.

“Even though the shirts are free, they really do promote support in the University,” Pawar said. “Just wearing it around, people get used to seeing it and the mentality shifts so that people become more accepting.”

More promising than the number of students and staff picking up shirts was that many people took their interest a step further, asking for more resources and talking to members of the LGBT community, said Chris Purcell, program coordinator for the Center for LGBT Life.

“That’s a good sign—when people are not just getting shirts but are stopping to learn more,” he said.

This event took place two weeks after the East Campus bridge incident, in which homophobic slurs were written across a rainbow that was painted for the Sept. 26 North Carolina Pride Festival and Parade. The slurs drew campus-wide attention to the daily challenges the LGBT community faces, Purcell said.

“For the LGBT people on campus, they hear and see much worse things in the residence halls than what was written on the bridge,” he said. “But that doesn’t get much attention at all.”

Hidalgo said the LGBT community is turning the bridge

Consolation Champions Cunha and Carleton bring home men’s doubles title, PAGE 13

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Blue Devils hold even with FSU, Page 9

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Iran, world powers to talk about uranian enrichment TEHRAN, Iran — Is Iran threatening, playing nice or bargaining? The upcoming talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna will focus on who will provide enriched uranium to Iran’s nuclear program.

The option supported by the United States and its European allies is for Russia to take Iran’s low-enriched uranium, enrich it to 20 percent and return it to Iran’s research reactor for use in medical treatments.

Such a scenario would be a major shift for Iran, which has refused in the past to

allow other nations to enrich its uranium.

It also would build confidence in the West that Iran, after years of defiance, is open to compromise.

But Iran said Sunday that if a deal is not reached it would enrich its uranium stockpile from 3.5 percent to 20 percent.

This is a prospect the United Nations and the West, which have pressured Iran in recent weeks following the disclosure of a second uranium-enrichment site, want to avoid.

GOP votes in House for PGD preferred by couples health-care bill doubtful LOS ANGELES — People who know they are at high risk for passing on a serious genetic illness prefer learning of their risk through pre-implantation genetic testing rather than waiting to be tested after a woman becomes pregnant, according to a study published last week in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis is a technique that follows in vitro fertilization in which a single cell is removed from an embryo growing in the lab and is tested for evidence of gene mutations that cause serious illnesses or birth defects. If the test turns up no evidence of a defect, the embryo can be implanted in a woman’s uterus with the intention that she will become pregnant.

WASHINGTON — The House is inching closer to voting on a comprehensive health-care bill, even as the chamber appears so divided that the measure may not attract a single Republican supporter.

The final vote, likely in late October, is impossible to predict, but lawmakers and aides from both parties said that there is a strong chance the GOP will be unanimous in its opposition. Such a result would mark the second time—the first came on the economic stimulus package in February—that the entire House minority rejected one of President Obama’s top domestic initiatives.

“We’re still hoping that some of them will come on board, but we see no sign of it,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., a member of the Democratic leadership.

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A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft observes the area during one of its routine patrols over the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. The polar ice caps have been shrinking at a record rate. With only two operable ice breakers, the Coast Guard is struggling to cover these new waters.

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Mr. Hersh will be speaking on “A Report Card on Obama’s Foreign Policy.”

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Duke Habitat for Humanity breaks ground

by Shaoli Chaudhuri The chronicle

While their fellow students slept late Saturday morning, Duke student volunteers were building a house—a duplex, to be exact.

Duke Habitat for Humanity, a student-run chapter of Habitat for Humanity International, began construction on its first house of the year Saturday. The group is working in conjunction with its local affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of Durham, along with other sponsors and volunteers to provide housing to two Durham residents. Junior Lauren Kottis, co-president of Duke Habitat said the organization co-sponsors a house with Durham Habitat and the Duke Office for Community Affairs every other year.

“Everyone deserves a safe, decent, affordable home to live in,” said Roxanne Little, associate director for development for Durham Habitat.

Construction began at 8 a.m. at a site on the corner of Carroll Street and Morehead Avenue, near East Campus.

Volunteers worked throughout the day, with a break for lunch and the kickoff ceremony.

By the end of the day, Duke students, Durham residents, the prospective homeowners and others had built the framework of the duplex.

Freshman Liza Brown-Pinsky, who has been working with Habitat chapters since she was a freshman in high school, said she was pleased with the day’s work. She said the process of the project as well the final product are beneficial to all involved.

“It improves the quality of the community,” she said. “You don’t realize how much until it’s done,” Brown-Pinsky said.

During this ceremony, Michael Kelly, one of the prospective homeowners, spoke of his transition from homelessness to homeownership. Kelly works for Housing for New Hope, a non-profit organization designed to help end homelessness. He said his colleagues encouraged him to apply for a home, though he had doubts of being accepted. Now that his application is becoming a reality, he says he is “very happy—ecstatic.”

The other half of the duplex will go to Shirley Emerson, who has been a Duke University Health System employee for 13 years.

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Members of Duke Habitat for Humanity work on the construction of a house in the Durham community Saturday. The house, located near East Campus on the corner of Carroll Street and Morehead Avenue, is the first house sponsored by the organization since 2007.

“Duke is part of the family. It’s really great that they’re my sponsors,” Emerson said. “I think the whole program is great.”

Habitat’s general mission statement promises such housing for purchase by selected applicants who will be charged zero percent interest on their mortgage. Little said the money paid for Habitat home mortgages is used to fund the construction of future Habitat houses.

In addition to mortgage money, Habitat projects receive financial support from several organizations. Among the sponsors and supporters of this newest house are the Duke Office of Community Affairs, the Congregation at Duke Chapel, State Farm Insurance and Garman Homes.

But Habitat builds more than just homes. Kottis said that forming new bonds with the mix of volunteers is one of the rewards of working with Habitat.

“The relationships are what make it worth it,” she said. “Every time I come out I meet someone really cool.”

Senior Seth Posternak, Duke Habitat’s co-president agreed, and he emphasized the importance of using projects, like the new duplex, to foster good relations with the community.

“Duke isn’t a separate enclave from Durham,” he said.

Volunteers will continue working every Saturday until the homes are complete. Habitat representatives project the duplex will be completed at the beginning of 2010.

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Conduct from page 1

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judicated charges, with 173 students facing disciplinary action.

Tom Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Center, said his office hopes to implement changes using an “environmental management approach,” targeting the culture of excessive drinking on campus.

Szigethy said the office has already offered information sessions about alcohol abuse and worked with resident assistants, True Blue and the party monitoring system to encourage moderate drinking.

“The negative behavior that comes from alcohol is what’s troubling,” Szigethy said. “It’s more about giving a voice to the majority of the students who support moderate drinking as opposed to giving the spotlight to students who condone high risk drinking.”

Bryan said having residence coordinators in dorms has also helped to catch and defer high-risk drinking. Since RCs were introduced in 2002, the number of alcohol abuse referrals has risen steadily, which Bryan said is a positive reflection of increased awareness of student behavior.

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Bryan also pointed out a similar pattern of increased awareness in the rise of adjudications within the Greek student conduct system. The number of Greek students referred rose from 108 to 116, which Bryan said indicated that the Greek Student Conduct Board is becoming more proactive in addressing misconduct problems.

Still, Bryan said OSC is always looking for ways to decrease negative statistics.

One area in which the statistics improved was in the number of off-campus adjudications. Overall cases dropped from 152 to 138, including a decrease from 115 to 84 alcohol misconduct cases.

Christine Pesetski, assistant dean for off-campus and mediation services, said the numbers indicated the successful efforts of Duke Student Government, OSC and Off-Campus Services to increase communication and awareness of student responsibility on and off campus. Pesetski said she was pleased by the “preventative response” taken by discussing appropriate behavior for living groups when they interact with the neighbors and with law enforcement.

“A sign in them dropping for me is that students are thinking more about their actions.” Pesetski said.

LGBT from page 1 incident into a catalyst for dialogue about these issues.

“If you’ve noticed around campus, there have been a lot of rainbow flags hanging out of windows,” Hidalgo said.

“We’re trying to use the flags as a conversation starter… get people thinking about these issues, and hopefully make some constructive progress.”

Ultimately, the most important aspect of Coming Out Day is for the Duke community to show its support, whether through increased dialogue about the issue or just wearing the “Love=Love” shirts, Long said.

“When I’m walking around campus and I see someone wearing the shirt, it puts a smile on my face,” Hidalgo said.

“It’s encouraging.”

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Pratt 4+1 program still looking for momentum

by Ray Koh

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Since the Pratt School of Engineering’s 4+1 BSE/Masters Program was reintroduced last Fall, some undergraduates have used it to save tuition money on graduate school by earning a masters degree with just one additional year of study.

The 4+1 program allows students to complete a Bachelor Science of Engineering and Masters in Science in five years.

Although the program has not yet gained large popularity, it is continuing to make progress, Pratt Dean Tom Katsouleas said.

With the economic decline and difficult job market, the program should continue to become a more attractive option.

“In the competitive market and the global world, this program is the way you can tilt the shift towards your favor and have a competitive advantage over other engineers from different places,” Katsouleas said. “It’s a perfect complement for your undergraduate degree.”

Pratt’s 4+1 BSE/MS Program offers an option to acquire higher engineering degrees in a shorter length of time. Students can choose courses of study across all engineering departments.

One of Pratt’s primary goals has been to provide a multitude of options that cater to students’ unique needs, Jeff Glass, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and director of engineering management and entrepreneurship, wrote in an e-mail.

“The differentiation that a bachelor’s

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Although the 4+1 BSE/MS Program has yet to gain large popularity, Pratt deans say the program will give students a competitive edge in today’s job market. degree provides is not as strong as it was in the past, so the master’s degree becomes more beneficial,” Glass said. “The 4+1 program should be one of those options for students who have accelerated their undergraduate course work in some way and want to continue on for a master’s degree.”

William Gardner, Pratt ’09, is now on See pratt on page 6

Q&Awith Manuel Rosa Manuel Rosa works for the Information Technology support help desk at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center and has spent 18 years researching Christopher Columbus and his voyage to America. With today the 517th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival on the continent, The Chronicle’s Jessica Chang spoke with Rosa about his findings and what he has discovered that suggests the centuries-old accounts taught in schools about Columbus’ story are untrue. Rosa is currently translating his book, “O Mistério Colombo Revelado” (The Mystery of Columbus Revealed), which is currently only available in Portuguese, into Spanish and looking for a publisher in the United States.

The Chronicle: What prompted your interest in Columbus?

Manuel Rosa: I used to work in publishing back in the ’80s and ’90s. In 1991, everyone was putting out books on Columbus due to the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the world, and I was contracted to work on a translation of a Portuguese book to English, and that book was the first time I learned that Columbus had actually been married in Portugal and had lived in Portugal. So that’s where my interest began, because having been born in Portugal and studying in Portugal [until] the fifth grade, no one had ever taught me that Columbus had actually married there and lived there, so it seems strange that in Portugal they didn’t teach us much about the man who had discovered the world. It was almost like an intentional censorship of his Portuguese life.

TC: Why have you dedicated 18 years to studying him?

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Manuel Rosa, IT analyst at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, spent the last 18 years researching the life of Christopher Columbus.

MR: There’s so much misinformation over the last 500 years. It took me about 11 years just to get to the point where I could show proof that the history [schools have] taught us was wrong, and so once I got to that point, I had to search for what was the correct version of the events. Today, we can show that the history was wrongly passed down and the events were nothing like what we’ve been told they were, and that the person who discovered America was not some poor guy from Italy. So where we are now is we need to figure out exactly who he was. I’ve spent the last five years or so trying to narrow that down, and I’ve come up with a very likely prospect of who he was, and I hope to be able to prove that through some DNA tests in See Rosa on page 6

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Industry says reform will raise premiums

By Ceci Connolly The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — After months of collaboration on President Obama’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, the insurance industry plans to strike out on Monday against the effort with a report warning that the typical family premium could rise over the next decade by $4,000 more than projected.

The critique, coming one day before a critical Senate committee vote on the legislation, sparked a sharp response from the Obama administration. It also signaled an end to the fragile detente between two central players in this year’s health-reform drama.

Industry officials said they intend to circulate the report prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers on Capitol Hill and promote it in new advertisements. That could complicate Democratic hopes for action on the legislation this week.

Administration officials, who spent much of the spring and summer wooing the insurers, questioned the timing and authorship of the report, which was paid for by America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry trade group.

“Those guys specialize in tax shelters,” said Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform. “Clearly this is not their area of expertise.”

At the same time, White House officials were forced to retreat from plans to tout Republican endorsements of Obama’s top domestic policy initiative. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel instructed the Democratic National Committee Sunday to withdraw a pro-reform television commercial featuring former Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kansas, after he objected that it was being used for partisan purposes.

The developments came as administration officials were beginning to boast of fresh momentum in the drive to remake the nation’s $2.4 trillion health sector.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, DMont., has expressed confidence he has the votes to pass his 10-year, $829 billion legislation out of committee on Tuesday, enabling party leaders to prepare a final bill for floor debate.

“What’s remarkable is not that we’ve had a spirited debate about health-insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it,” Obama said in his weekly radio and video address.

The frontal assault, though not unexpected, was an illustration of the challenges that lie ahead as the president attempts to deliver the sort of health-care overhaul that has eluded his predecessors for decades. Though open to dispute, the analysis is certain to raise questions about whether Obama can deliver on his twin promises of extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans while also curbing skyrocketing health-care costs.

Early in his quest, Obama wooed industry leaders in the hopes of neutralizing many of the players who helped defeat a similar effort by President Bill Clinton.

Yet as the process has moved from high-minded concepts to legislative details, the tension has mounted.

Hospitals and doctors have increasingly grumbled that the administration is not keeping bargains it struck over how many Americans would be covered under reform and what payment changes would be made.

But no industry has reacted with the same intensity as the insurance lobby.

“The report makes clear that several major provisions in the current legislative proposal will cause health care costs to increase far faster and higher than they would under the current system,” Karen Ignagni, AHIP’s president and chief executive, wrote to board members Sunday. “Between 2010 and 2019 the cumulative increases in the cost of a typical family policy under this reform proposal will be approximately $20,700 more than it would be under the current system.”

At the heart of the argument is whether the Finance bill does enough to draw young, healthy people into the insurance risk pool. By postponing and reducing penalties on people who do not sign up for health insurance, industry analysts predict it would attract lesshealthy patients who would drive up costs.

Rosa from page 5 the near future.

TC: What do you say to people who don’t support your findings as real proof that Columbus was not who everyone believes him to be?

MR: Show me where I am wrong. Usually, the information that they base themselves on is the stuff that I have proven as false.

TC: What new findings are you looking into or excited to uncover the truth about?

MR: Right now, the investigation is focusing on the identity of the person.... I continue investigating and trying to narrow down who Columbus might have been. My number one suspect right now is that Columbus was the son of the king of Poland who was in self-exile in Portugal, and I show that in my book how all those pieces fit in, and then obviously DNA would prove or deny that, but I’ve been looking at every piece of the history.

He was really like the James Bond of his time. He was working for the foreign government, and he did everything he could to not give away his secret mission and to succeed in it. His mission was to convince Spain that he had reached India across the Atlantic Ocean, and so all

the lies have been interpreted by historians as being ignorance, that he didn’t know he was not in India. He didn’t know how to sail, he didn’t know where he was, he didn’t know anything about anything, and this is where I show that it’s incorrect.

TC: Do you believe that there should still be a holiday celebrating Columbus?

MR: Yes, I think that the guy deserves to be remembered for what he did, not because he discovered a new world or because he was an important guy in Portugal, but because what he did is a turning point in the history of the world.

I know he was not the first person to discover America....

I think it’s worth commemorating because it changed the history of the world.

TC: Why do you think this is important for the general public to know about?

MR: I think it’s important, because I think you should know the truth of the events. It’s the same reason why it’s important that we investigate [former Vice President] Dick Cheney’s role in the last administration. The public deserves to know the truth, and whether that truth is pretty or ugly, in the case of Columbus, which I show is pretty ugly, I think that we deserve to know the truth, because it kind of makes you ask questions when things don’t make sense.

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Students enjoy food and a live DJ at the annual Greek Gala on McClendon Tower Walkway Friday night. The event was part of Greek Weekend, where Duke’s entire Greek community was able to interact through various activites, such as trivia contests and service projects.

pratt from page 5 track for a doctorate after he completed the 4+1 program.

He said he was originally unsure whether he planned to pursue a Ph.D., and he used the program as a stepping stone to see if he would still be interested in delving deeper into the field.

“With the economy as it is, it was an easy choice to pursue a master’s degree,” Gardner said. “It just felt easier to commit one year to it, and I was also considering doing a Ph.D. at that time. It gave me an option while I was testing the waters.”

Although Gardner found his experience in the program beneficial, Katsouleas said many students may not have heard of the program because it has not been widely advertised, adding that he is smoothing out problems within the program.

“Some current difficulties [include] lacking courses

during the summer,” Katsouleas said. “There are financial difficulties right now that we are working through. We are currently dealing with them on an individual basis.”

Gardner can easily testify to the difficulties within the 4+1 program. As one of the handful of students enrolled in the program, he said he encountered some issues that took a while to resolve.

“There’s a lot of red tape,” Gardner said. “I think 4+1 students aren’t really classified as graduate students. You are labeled as a graduate student, but the administration and financial grant officers don’t seem to view us like that. It took about two or three months to get this financial issue resolved.”

Katsouleas and other Pratt administrators are still in the process of fine-tuning the 4+1 program. The necessity to do so is greater than ever because a “four-year undergraduate degree won’t be the standard for engineers anymore,” Katsouleas said.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Bouemboue’s late goal stuns Blue Devils in OT

by Andy Margius The chronicle

While outplaying an opponent traditionally yields a victory, sometimes that is not the case.

Friday night’s matchup at Koskinen Stadum between No. 9 Duke and No. 18 N.C. State was one of those rare exceptions.

Despite getting the best of the rival Wolfpack (8-2-1, 2-2-1 in the ACC) for most of the night, the Blue Devils lost their first home game of the season in the waning moments of the second overtime. In what was one of the more physical matches of the year, Duke was unable to NCSU 1 get shots on target, which ultimately DUKE 0 made the difference in the match.

Head coach John Kerr was pleased with the team’s performance, but not with the outcome.

“It was a tremendous team performance overall,” he said. “It’s a cruel game because I thought we edged it with possession, we edged it with shots, we edged it with our play, and [it was] unfair that we came out with the wrong result.”

In the first half, both the Blue Devils (7-4-0, 2-3-0) and the Wolfpack moved the ball well, yet it was apparent that Duke’s runs forward were stronger and better coordinated. However, both teams countered with solid defense, leaving the score knotted at zero.

Coming out in the second half, the Blue Devil attack picked up its intensity, yet the shots still were not finding the net. In the 65th minute, junior Cole Grossman hit a shot off the crossbar, which was followed up a minute later by junior Christian Ibeagha mishitting a header that sailed just high. Not to be outdone, N.C. State came close on the other end, hitting the crossbar in the 73rd minute from a deep shot well outside the box.

The trend in the first overtime was the same as the second half, as Duke held possession but could not get a shot on target. In the 96th minute, another Duke attempt banged off the crossbar,

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Junior Christian Ibeagha struck the crossbar with a header and contained N.C. State’s Ronnie Bouemboue Friday, but the Wolfpack snuck a late goal to earn the win. and back-to-back corner opportunities yielded no results.

The second overtime session was a little more even as the Wolfpack finally managed some control. But the Duke defense held long enough for the offense to launch its one and only shot on goal, a strike by Christopher Tweed-Kent that was saved by N.C. State’s goalkeeper. Yet on the ensuing possession for the Wolfpack, with just 49 seconds left in the game, senior Ronnie

Bouemboue came through with a goal to devastate the Duke faithful.

The story of the game for the Blue Devils was the inability to get shots on target. While the offense moved the ball brilliantly, it simply could not finish.. Of Duke’s 12 shots, only the last one was on frame.

Defensively the game was a solid performance as Duke managed to shut down the biggest offensive threat in the ACC in Bouemboue for the majority of the

match. Ibeagha and freshman Andrew Wenger were in charge of the task and came through. Also impressive was the midfield’s play in stopping N.C. State playmaker Alan Sanchez, who leads the conference in assists. Senior Ryan McDaniel marked Sanchez well throughout the match and prevented him from making a major impact on the game.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

FSU downs Duke Seminoles held in draw to spoil ACC mark

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The weekend opened on a high note for Duke, as it defeated Miami (10-6, 2-4 in the ACC) in straight sets Friday. Saturday, however, the Blue Devils encountered everything they could handle in a tough loss to Florida State.

Saturday’s defeat at Cameron Indoor Stadium put the first blemish MIAMI 0 on Duke’s DUKE 3 ACC record and 3 ended its FSU streak of 13 DUKE 2 c o n s e c u tive home victories dating back to last season. No one can blame the defeat on lack of effort, though. The Blue Devils (16-3, 6-1) pushed the Seminoles to their limit, scram-

bling to force a fifth set despite committing 14 more errors than their opponents.

“I was really proud of our team’s effort tonight,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “Volleyball is a game where errors are going to occur along the way and you try to minimize them as much as possible. I think we were tough mentally and kept pushing to keep having a chance.”

No. 19 Florida State (15-2, 6-1) used its imposing front line to push the Blue Devils out of their comfort zone, forcing them to go for a bit too much offensively. The Seminoles outblocked Duke 15-9, and won the majority of battles close to the net.

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Freshman goalkeeper Tara Campbell made eight saves as the Blue Devils played No. 5 Florida State to a scoreless tie Sunday.

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Although they could DUKE 0 not come away with the win, Duke responded very well with a 0-0 tie in double overtime against No. 5 FSU. Historically, Florida State (10-2-1, 3-1-1 in the ACC) has not performed well at Koskinen Stadium, where it is 1-4-3 all time. Sunday’s performance was no different, as the draw gave Duke (4-5-4, 0-2-2) a much needed morale boost in the midst of its grueling ACC schedule.

“I thought they worked really hard today,” head coach Robbie Church said. “This time last week we

were on this field, and we got embarrassed by Maryland. We really challenged [the team] all week and gave them some time off and they responded very well. They responded with a really good effort.”

The first half was a struggle for possession.

Neither team displayed great chemistry up front.

After 45 minutes, Duke had only recorded three shots, despite averaging 18.7 strikes per game entering the contest. The Blue Devils’ first legitimate chance didn’t come until the end of the half, when a ball was deflected to freshman Nicole Lipp. She quickly trapped the ball and shot to the far corner for a sure goal, but a Florida State defender was able to kick the ball off the goal line.

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On the Record Head coach David Cutcliffe: “I will say this, and I’ll probably upset a couple of my former quarterbacks, but I believe that was the finest game I’ve had a quarterback have in college.”

“I kept telling my defense: ‘Stay positive, stay positive.

The game is going to turn.’ And it did.”

Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis: “That was a memorable game.... It was a lot of fun, like my little league days.”

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football from page 1 That’s what we expect from him, but it really opens your eyes.”

The way the game started, Lewis and the Blue Devils (3-3, 1-1 in the ACC) needed to be that efficient to keep up with N.C. State and its explosive quarterback, Russell Wilson.

Duke scored on its first three possessions, in which Lewis started 17-of-22 for 173 yards, two passing touchdowns and one rushing. Operating out of the shotgun formation for most of the game, Lewis picked apart the porous Wolfpack secondary with quick passes, mixing in deep balls every now and then. Wilson and the Wolfpack kept up with Lewis and the Blue Devils, who converted 9-of-13 third downs on the day. Coming into the game, they had converted just 31 percent of third downs.

With four minutes left in the half and the scored tied at 21, Lewis marched the Blue Devils down to the 13-yard line, ready to score again. Senior running back Re’quan Boyette got the call and ran to the N.C. State 9-yard line, but then fumbled and the Wolfpack (32, 0-2) recovered. The Duke defense made a stand and forced a punt—the first all game—and the teams went into the locker room all tied up.

The break didn’t slow down Lewis in the slightest. After N.C. State was forced to punt again on the first drive of the second half, Lewis orchestrated a masterful 97-yard touchdown drive, complete with a 48-yard pass to Donovan Varner—who had 154 yards receiving on the game—and a six-yard toss to tight end Danny Parker in the end zone.

In what had become a trend, though, Duke couldn’t hold the lead for long.

On the ensuing kickoff, T.J. Graham burned down the left side of the field, taking it to the house to tie the game at 28. After another long drive by Lewis— this one went for 72 yards on 10 plays— the Blue Devils were up by a touchdown again. The small but rabid section of Duke fans in blue braced themselves for the subsequent N.C. State touchdown, but it never surfaced.

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Sophomore Donovan Varner led the Blue Devil receiving corps with seven receptions for a career-high 154 yards Saturday in Ra Instead, it was Duke’s special teams this time that came up with a game-changing play. A Kevin Jones punt at the beginning of the fourth quarter sailed through the air and hit an N.C. State returner. He fumbled the ball, Tony Foster recovered and suddenly the Blue Devils had possession at the 11yard line in prime position to score and go up two touchdowns for the first time all afternoon. Lewis capitalized on the opportunity with a 5-yard pass to Conner Vernon.

The dagger was the final passing touchdown for Lewis, who was named the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation Sunday—an honor that figures to be the first of many this week. But when he was asked whether he had just completed the game of his life, Lewis wasn’t so sure.

“No, because I have six more games to go,” he

said with a smile.

Finally, though, he admitted that it was a “ rable” game. It was for Cutcliffe, as well, and he would likely place a game ball from the win office to commemorate the occasion. It will jo mentos only from Duke’s wins over James M and Virginia last year.

“That’s it at this point in time,” he said.

JMU was the first one, and Virginia was the fir ference win in a long, long time.”

This one was no less remarkable, and af contest was over and the team was done celeb the Blue Devils strutted triumphantly to the idling in the cavernous underbelly of Carter First Kelly, then Lewis, then Cutcliffe—all m their slow march as cheers echoed around.

For the remaining Duke fans present, it keepsake of their own.

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Defensive adjustments key to Duke victory

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RALEIGH — For almost an entire half Saturday, Duke’s road matchup against N.C. State looked less like an early ACC game between two mediocre teams and more like a shootout starring run-andgun spread offenses, intent on lighting up the scoreboard with long passes and quick drives and then doing it again the next time they got the ball. Quarterbacks Thaddeus Lewis and Russell Wilson picked apart the defenses as Game if they were sniping Analysis targets at the nearby fairgrounds, and the defensive units seemed about as helpless as the fuzzy creatures inside a whack-a-mole.

Two hours later—as the Blue Devils paraded off the field, having won their first conference road game since 2003—what had started as an offensive show only sustainable on Xbox ended with the Duke defense stifling Wilson and the rest of the Wolfpack attack, at first quietly and then emphatically.

Lewis surged ahead with his best game in blue and white, and Wilson stalled.

Duke’s offense hummed along, and N.C. State’s ebbed. The Blue Devils converted on third downs, and the Wolfpack was stuffed on fourths.

A defense with gaps found its teeth, suddenly and maybe even unexpectedly, and it

held the N.C. State offense scoreless for the game’s last 38 minutes. It was the defensive resurgence as much as Lewis’ offensive brilliance that gave the Blue Devils their best win of the last two years­­—one that may even change the tenor of the slow-starting season.

“When things blow up initially like that, it’s not always going to be a horribly bad night, and you’ve got to realize that you have to keep playing,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “You see it time and time again. Well, I kept telling the coaches, ‘Hey, the game’s going to change.’ Y’all have never seen the way that game was going—it doesn’t stay that way. And when it changes, we have to be ready for it. And we were.”

Forget about halting the offense—almost midway through the game, neither defense had forced so much as a punt.

It wasn’t a matter of if or when Lewis or Wilson would score, but only how, and how efficiently. Surely, the teams would trade touchdowns all afternoon, and the first that failed would be doomed. That changed when Re’quan Boyette coughed up a fumble in the red zone, and the game shifted on the next possession.

It started with a stop. Just one. Duke’s defense forced a punt— oh, so that’s what a punter looks like—and then a sack right before intermission. By the time the marching band had stomped onto the newly planted sod for the halftime show, neither offense had scored in eight minutes.

The Wolfpack’s wouldn’t register another score again, because Duke’s defense only got stingier from there.

“We started playing a little bit more manto-man,” Cutcliffe said. “They were picking us apart in zone, and we were able to put some rush gains up front together.”

The benefits of switching from zone to man-to-man became evident about as quickly as Lewis would march his offense down the field. The defense stopped the Wolfpack offense on its first drive of the half, forcing a punt. Next time, it got yet another punt, and after a roughing the kicker penalty gave N.C. State the ball back, the defense didn’t budge, locking down Wilson again. That stop gave the Blue Devils the ball with a lead for the first time all afternoon, and when Lewis lofted a perfect pass to Connor Vernon for a 5-yard touchdown, Duke’s defense came out to protect a 14-point advantage.

Ayanga Okpokuwuruk made sure it stayed that way, sacking Wilson for a 9-yard loss and backing N.C. State into a punt for the third consecutive offensive possession in the second half.

Wilson got the ball back with 7:17 left and on third-and-2, running back Toney Baker trudged forward a yard to set up fourth-and-1 on the Duke 40. Baker got the call again, and before he hit the line of scrimmage, he was wrapped up by Okpokuruk and Charlie Hatcher, giving the Blue Devils yet another defensive stop and inspiring an early celebration on the

Duke sidelines.

Mike MacIntyre, Duke’s co-defensive coordinator, sprinted about 10 yards onto the field, got down on a knee and pumped his fist in the air to express his excitement, and Cutcliffe said the play “made me about as happy as anything all night long.”

It was Duke’s fourth tackle for a loss on the afternoon, adding to the team’s four sacks—one each for Okpokuwuruk, Vincent Rey, Vince Oghobaase and Jeremy Ringfield. With the Wolfpack offense firmly in desperation mode, it was time to add some interceptions to the box score.

The first belonged to Leon Wright, who picked off a long pass from Wilson after Duke had taken its largest lead of the game. Finally, with 27 ticks left, Lee Butler intercepted a Mike Glennon pass in the end zone, capping a half in which Duke yielded just 89 yards, compared to 249 in the first. Wilson, the most explosive player in the stadium, was on the field for just 9:34 in the second half—giving his defense little time to rest, which Lewis took advantage of— and Wilson converted only 1-of-6 third downs after the break.

It was fitting, of course, that Lewis took the last snap in the victory formation. He deserved it. And perhaps it was also apt that with a pair of interceptions, the defense put the unlikely exclamation point on the win. For that unit, it was about as satisfying as a fried Snickers next door.

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Duke safety Matt Daniels (40, left) tackles an N.C. State player in the Blue Devils’ 49-28 victory Saturday. The Duke defense held the Wolfpack offense scoreless in the second half after giving up 21 points in the first two quarters.

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Offensively, the Blue Devil attack was led by senior Rachael Moss and sophomore Sophia Dunworth, who registered 15 kills apiece. Sophomore Kelly Catanach was typically effective in finding her teammates, notching 51 assists.

While Duke’s total attack numbers are impressive, they do not tell the whole story. The Blue Devils managed only a .176 hitting percentage, compared to the Seminoles’ .301.

One of the main reasons for such a disparity was Florida State’s willingness to vary its offensive strategy and use all of its players on the floor.

“They did a great job of moving the ball around. They moved it to the middle, right side, outside—every position was able to put the ball down,” Dunworth said. “You could see every problem we had on defense out there because they were moving the ball around.”

After dropping the first set 25-18, Duke rallied to take the second 27-25, showing impressive resilience in overcoming a questionable line call on game point that didn’t go its way.

In the third frame, Duke rallied to tie the score at 19, only to have Florida State finish it off with a 6-1 run. The Blue Devils fought their way back again, however, and clawed out a 25-23 win to force a fifth set.

“I think tonight we knew that Florida State was going to be an awesome team so we just brought everything we had…. We were just really fired up,” Dunworth said. “I think if we bring that every game it would be awesome” The emotional roller coaster ended on a low for the Blue Devils, as the Seminoles polished off the last set 15-10. Duke

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Duke entered the weekend looking for a marquee victory, but despite two strong efforts against top 3 competition, the UMD Blue Devils came DUKE 0 up short.

After a 3-0 loss to 2 No. 1 Maryland SatUNC DUKE 1 urday at Williams Field, Duke battled No. 2 North Carolina Sunday and lost 2-1 in the final minutes of the second half. It was an emotional

ending to seniors Lauren Miller and Amie Survilla’s last regular season home game, as Miller was injured in the final minutes of the second half and the Tar Heels capitalized with a goal seconds later.

Following a 7-0 loss to North Carolina (13-0, 5-0 in the ACC) earlier in the year, Duke brought a new energy to the field on Senior Day against the Tar Heels.

“We basically changed up our whole plan from last time,” Survilla said. “Maybe one thing we were lacking was the fight and we just came out and gave them a run See Field hockey on page 14

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Sophomore Kellie Catanach recorded 51 assists in Duke’s 3-2 loss to ACC leader Florida State Friday. is still right in the thick of the ACC race, though.

“I think there are a few things that we’ll be able to take going forward,” Nagel said.

“One of them is the feeling that some of the kids have right now because they’re disappointed, and I think that’s going to be a motivating factor gong into the week of practice and future matches.”

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Cunha and Carleton win ITA doubles backdraw title

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Icy-cold weather—by Brazilian standards, at least—wasn’t enough to slow down Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton this weekend, as the duo stormed to the ITA All-American title in the doubles consolation bracket in Tulsa, Okla.

Playing outdoors in weather

nearing 40 degrees, Cunha and Carleton both lost early in singles play but brushed aside three opponents convincingly en route to another piece of hardware.

Cunha won the A3 Singles championship at the UVa Ranked +1 Invitational two weeks ago.

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Reid Carleton and Henrique Cunha celebrate their doubles title at the ITA All-American Championships Saturday. The duo went 3-0 to win the consolation bracket.

The physical play of the match was also notable as the referee stepped in many times to try and keep the match under control. Overall 41 fouls were called, the most in a Duke match this year, seven more then the previous season high set against Maryland last week.

However, Ibeagha says it is something that you have to expect in this type of match.

“It’s always physical in the ACC, and going from out of conference to back into the ACC, the physicality raises tenfold,” he said. “It ends up being physical and that probably was the toughest game we’ll have all year.”

While the heartbreaking loss to N.C. State will surely be a tough one to take, the next match Tuesday against UNC-Greensboro will bring back similar memories. Last year Duke was ousted from the NCAA tournament in the first round by the Spartans, losing 2-0 at Koskinen Stadium.

a little hard to motivate yourself but they did a great job of taking advantage of the opportunity,” head coach Ramsey Smith said.

Carleton and Cunha, who is from São Paulo, lost their first and only match in the main draw to the No. 6 seed from Wisconsin Thursday, but came back firing in the backdraw Saturday.

An 8-3 win over Virginia’s Drew Courtney and Lee Singer put the Blue Devil pair into the semifinal, where Cunha and Carleton swept past host Tulsa’s Philip Stephens and Ashley Watling.

The final presented a little more of a challenge, as Duke took down a duo from Louisville 8-4.

The three convincing wins, coupled with a victory over North Carolina’s top doubles team in qualifying for this tournament, are quickly solidifying this Duke doubles team as one of the nation’s best. Smith said Cunha and Carleton could be ranked in the top ten in the country in the near future after their performance.

The singles portion of the tournament did not go quite as well for the two Blue Devils in the draw.

Cunha recorded a creditable win over No. 17 Dean Jackson from San Diego in the draw’s first round,

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Senior Ryan McDaniel’s excellent defensive effort was not enough to keep N.C. State off the scoreboard in Duke’s 1-0 loss to the Wolfpack Friday.

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w. soccer from page 9 McCarty and Jessica Price who have a combined 18 goals this season. The result was a phenomenal defensive performance by the Blue Devils—in the first half, McCarty and Price had no shots.

“We were obviously very concerned with their two frontrunners,” Church said. “They’ve got a lot of pace. One’s got ten goals and one’s got eight…. Overall, we did a good job of making them work and making their looks difficult.”

In the second half and through two overtimes, the great defensive play continued. Anchored by Maddy Haller and Gretchen Miller, the Blue Devils contested every shot on goal and were very organized. The play of the back four, however, would have been meaningless without the performance of freshman goalkeeper Tara Campbell. In the final minutes of regulation, she made a spectacular save from point-blank range.

“This is the first time we’ve been able to see her play after a subpar performance, and I was very impressed,” Church said. “She was able to come off that bad performance and play great against a top-notch team.”

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On the other side of the ball, the offense showed much more cohesion later in the match, as the Blue Devils strung together passes and created solid counterattacks. With two minutes left in the second half, defender Gretchen Miller received a ball at the top of the box, and had a straight shot on goal that was deflected out.

Although the formation change was successful in earning a result, Duke’s season-long struggle to score goals was once again an issue. The Blue Devils recorded only three shots on goal, failing to score for the third game in a row, and Church attributed the offense’s struggles in part to learning on the fly.

“We are not the fastest team, and we had the ideas, but we didn’t have the pace to get behind it,” Church said. “Our attack has to be slower and it has to build as a group. It makes it tough, instead of one pass and we’re through, we have to make two or three. But later in the game, we found a center player and then we found the outside player, and we started to attack.”

Nevertheless, Duke has to feel heartened with its muchimproved performance, and will look look to maintain the same level of intensity as it goes forward this season.

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Freshman Maddy Haller helped anchor a Blue Devil defense that surrendered no goals to Florida State­, the nation’s highest scoring offense.

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The Blue Devils (6-7, 0-4) didn’t let an early goal by North Carolina junior Katelyn Falgowski disrupt their game plan.

Survilla responded several minutes later with an unassisted goal. At the end of the first half, Duke was outshooting the Tar Heels and both teams had three penalty corners.

In the second period, both teams had multiple scoring chances and Blue Devil goalie Samantha Nelson made several crucial saves off penalty corners.

“We were so much more confident in everything we were doing,” Survilla said. “Everyone really stepped up and pulled their weight today. We played as a team.”

In the last minutes of the second half, Miller had to leave the game due to injury. Only seconds later, Tar Heel freshman Kelsey Kolojejchick scored the game-winning goal on a penalty corner.

“The only unfortunate thing is they slipped one in after Lauren came out,” head coach Beth Bozman said. “I think we proved we can beat these teams today. Yesterday we proved we can play with them, and today we proved we can beat them.”

After the game, Miller and Survilla were honored during the Senior Day ceremonies.

“Miller and Amie have been so important to our program,” Bozman said. “Miller, I think, started every minute of every game since she got here.... She’s just the quarterback of our team. Amie is one of the leading scorers in the country, what else can you say about her play?”

But even the combined efforts of Miller and Survilla were not enough against the top-ranked team in the country.

The Blue Devils were prepared for the Terrapins (14-0, 4-0) and played even with them for most of the first half.

Although Maryland had a slight advantage in shots and corners during the first period, it was a well-played match with Duke creating several scoring chances of its own. With 16 seconds to go before halftime, Maryland freshman Megan Frazer scored her first goal of the game.

“It was really unfortunate that they scored going in to halftime,” Bozman said. “I thought we played an even 48 minutes with them.”

At the beginning of the second half, Frazer sunk a shot into the lower corner of the goal for her second unassisted score of the game. Four minutes later, the Terrapins tallied their final goal. Nelson saved a hard shot from the right side of the circle, but Maryland junior Katie O’Donnell easily shot the rebound back into the goal.

“We did a good job sticking to our game plan in the first half,” Bozman said. “Maryland showed why they are the top team in the country. Considering the youth of our roster, there was some encouraging play. I’m pleased with how we competed in the first half.”

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but lost to Tulsa’s Watling in the second.

Smith said the Brazilian struggled with Watling’s game, but also with the weather. The court thermometer read 47 during the match, and Tulsa has no indoor facility.

‘It was a bit of an adjustment for Cunha because I don’t think he’d ever played in anything less than 70 [degrees],” Smith said. “He showed me his hands after the first set and they were completely white.”

Carleton had an even more dificult time in singles play.

The junior lost in the first round of the main draw, and he dropped a tight two-setter in the first round of the consolation bracket as well.

The Blue Devils take to Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center for the first time next weekend, as they co-host regional qualifiers with North Carolina. Both sites will be used Friday and Saturday, and the later rounds will all be played in Chapel Hill next Sunday and Monday.

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Junior Reid Carleton fell in the first round of singles play in the main draw and also in the first round of the consolation bracket in Tulsa.

Trio of Blue Devils eliminated

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Playing in the first national tournament of the season, three Duke players advanced to the qualifying rounds and main draw of the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament at Pacific Palisades, Calif. this past week.

Although the team had competed in the Wake Forest Invitational, this tournament served as a better indicator of how the Blue Devils compared nationally and helped get the players ready for spring competition.

“This is probably one of the biggest tournaments of the fall, and you’re playing people from the west coast, people you don’t get to play against in the spring,” junior Ellah Nze said. “It’s a great opportunity to play against the top players in the country and see how your game matches up against theirs.”

Nze, ranked No. 19 in the nation, fell short in the round of 16 for both singles and doubles, competing in the qualifying rounds for doubles with junior Reka Zsilinszka, and in the main draw in singles.

“I would have liked to be better, but in the main draw there were the top 30 people in the country, so each match was going to be tough,” Nze said. “I thought I played well, but on the big points, [my opponent] played better, so there was absolutely nothing I could do about that.”

The junior defeated No. 65 Vanja Corovic of Texas 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 32 before losing to No. 4 Jana Juricova of California 6-1, 6-3. In the qualifying doubles competition, Nze and Zsilinszka lost in the round of 32 to the pair of Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable from Princeton, 8-6.

Senior Amanda Granson, ranked No. 57 in the nation, came out victorious against No. 54 Emily Fraser from Virginia and No. 55 Alexandra Poorta from St. Mary’s to advance to the round of 16 in the qualifying draw before falling short to No. 29 Natasha Marks from Arizona 6-4, 6-1.

Despite not advancing very far in the main draw, Granson saw this past week as a good start to the season,

both personally, and for her teammates.

“This was our first national tournament, and the more matches we all get under our belt, the more confidence we’ll have that we’ll play and feel better out on the courts,” Granson said. “Fall is a really important time for us to get as many matches as we can to get ready for spring and to use the tournaments to work on the things we need to.”

Duke next plays in the ITA Regionals tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. Oct. 22.

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Ellah Nze advanced the furthest of any of the Blue Devils at the Riviera/ITA All-American Tournament in Pasadena, Calif. this week.

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In Yunus, a prize choice President Richard Brod- the commencement speaker head’s announcement on to be a recognizable figure, Thursday that Muhammad Yu- but it is not all-important. nus will deliver the 2010 comWhat is important is that mencement address was excep- he or she has led a unique tional news. and impactful The seleclife, that he or editorial tion of a comshe has somemencement speaker is a dif- thing to say that is worth hearficult process that affects a ing at this particular time. wide range of people, and in For most students, graduarecent years such announce- tion from college is the hinge ments have been met with between a life spent in class mixed reactions. Justly or not, and a life spent in the world Rick Wagoner and Barbara at large—and so a fitting comKingsolver, who spoke in 2007 mencement speaker is one and 2008 respectively, were who can speak to the interseccriticized as being too closely tion of academia and society, connected to the University reflection and human need. and not famous enough.

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best known as a pioneer of microfinance and the founder of Grameen Bank.

In 2006, Yunus and the organization he established were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to “create economic and social development from below,” and in August of this year Yunus received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In short, Yunus is personally at the forefront of the contemporary fight against poverty in developing countries and the related effort to combat global warming. If there is a much better model for how to live a truly useful life, we are still looking for it.

But the choice of Yunus to speak at the last event for the class of 2010 also crystallizes a transformation in the Univer-

sity’s vision of itself that has taken place largely since this class arrived on campus.

When Brodhead was inaugurated in 2004, he almost immediately began to promote the idea of a “global Duke,” one that values both internationalization and service.

The Global Health Institute debuted in 2006, DukeEngage launched in 2007, and last Spring’s Quality Enhancement Plan sought to provide both the theoretical framework and concrete details for this new Duke.

Although his career in many ways resembles those of former commencement speakers such as Kofi Annan in 2003 and John Hope Franklin in 2006, Yunus’s story of commitment to international service through

the non-profit sector will resonate with more of his audience than ever before.

It seems likely, too, that this excellent choice was the result of a better selection process. The advent of a commencement speaker student advisory committee this year, which actively solicited applications and met regularly last Spring, was a logical response to past criticism of commencement speakers.

Nietzsche once wrote that the essence of disappointment was to listen for an echo and hear nothing but praise. When we listen to Yunus talk, let’s remember that here is a man who has devoted his life to a set of unsolved problems.

We can admire him in May, but then get ready to do what he does.

For whom the Nobel tolls

udging from the influx of letters to the editor about my column, every single one of you missed me very much over Fall Break. I can’t blame you, it was a big week.

In particular, it was a big week for Nobel Prizes.

The biggest story in Nobel-land, as we all know, is Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus earning the nod for Duke commencement speaker. That position has been dominated in recent years by speakers an average reader would consider not terribly difficult to nab. The last four years’ speakers: fori am charlotte mer Duke professor John Hope Franksimmons lin, Duke alumnus monday, monday Rick Wagoner, Barbara “If anybody has any doubts about this speaker, people should go read more books” Kingsolver and godmother of a graduating Duke student Oprah Winfrey.

Yunus is both bringing a fresh face to Duke’s commencement address and an important legitimacy to the Nobel Peace Prize by speaking at Duke. Because, honestly, how serious can a prize be if its recipients are rarely invited to speak at Duke?

Oh—oh, yeah. The other news about the Nobel Peace Prize. It went to that a skinny kid with a funny name.

We’ve heard the standard fare about Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. We know that Arizona State University didn’t find him qualified for an honorary degree, even though if you’re from the left coast, they admitted your idiot neighbor Dirk who ate dog crap for $5 during high school. And that’s now even more ironic in light of blah blah blah.

(On an unrelated note: Really, ASU? The biggest party school in the country. Notre Dame gave him an honorary degree, for Pete’s sake. What the hell is wrong with you?)

We’ve heard from angry conservatives blowing alternately hot and cold, fluctuating between the standard “HE HASN’T DONE ANYTHING MRAH MRAH MRAH” and “IF THE NORWEGIANS LIKE HIM HE MUST BE A SOCIALIST….

MRAH MRAH MRAH.” Conservatives are very loud, hence the all-caps. Also into guttural sounds, hence the “mrahs.”

Equally unintelligible are the streams of syllables from super-liberals, usually including something about Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. References to that one particularly subversive lesbian Portuguese subsistence farmer are optional.

Personally, I’m less upset that he won the Nobel and more upset that he won the wrong one. If you’re going to pick on potential, it’s hard to argue that Obama wouldn’t be a better chemist than Venkatraman Ramakrishnan if he really put his mind to it.

Plus, I’m pretty sure by the time you read this, Obama will have been awarded the prize in economics as well, “for his Cash for Clunkers program.” Not fair to double-award.

When groups of people as disparate as the Taliban and Glenn Beck agree, it makes you wonder: Is anybody other than Rahm “Oslo is better than *!$?#@ Copenhagen” Emanuel and the Norwegian Nobel Committee really on board with this? Or are we actually watching the Nobel Committee devolve into something more like the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee? Can this really be the least popular Nobel pick of all time? We should at least look at some of the other people who got Nobel Prizes.

Al Gore. Tennessee’s favorite son nabbed a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He compares favorably to Obama: they both won Democratic presidential primaries and, you’ll remember, the popular vote in a presidential election. I think most of the reason people are cool with a Nobel for Gore and not Obama (no, Kanye, it’s not racism) is that Gore also won an Emmy and an Oscar, in addition to a Grammy. Obama has only won a Grammy, and that means old Alfie Nobel would be lonely on Obama’s mantle, but not Gore’s.

Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

They were awarded the Prize in 1994 for not solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which remains not solved to this day. Although they did not come under fire for just trying to solve problems like Obama is, my take is that people don’t care because Arafat is so popular among conservative circles in America.

Ludwig Quidde. Who could forget Ludwig Quidde?

Don’t get me wrong—I’m with all of you in scratching my noggin over this one. But despite what people from all sides of the aisle are shouting unintelligibly, Obama might not be history’s absolute worst winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Just add that to the list of his accomplishments.

While I generally agree with the apes and walruses (Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck, respectively) who fill our cable news programming on this being a pick out of left field, I think we might be forgetting that Obama may not be the absolute worst Nobel laureate of all time. Just add it to the list of things less competitive than an ASU degree.

Charlotte Simmons won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1968 for her pioneering work with lesbian Portuguese subsistence farmers.

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wo weeks ago, my friends and I found ourselves in the parking lot of Honduras bar on University Drive. We had been heading back towards campus on Business 15-501, missed the turn for 751 and wound up in completely unfamiliar territory. We were still only a few miles from campus, and yet we had no idea where we were.

Saturday night, we were back at Honduras bar, but not on accident. Honduras bar was one of about 200 bars and restaurants in the United States showing the USA-Honduras soccer game. Team USA won a thrilling 3-2 match and secured a place in the World Cup next summer.

Honduras Bar was filled beyond capacity, and its energy was unbelievable. We congregated in the back of the bar with the dozen or so other American bradford colbert fans—a handful of Durham lothe other side cals who have traveled the country following the U.S. team. We were certainly the minority, outnumbered at least 10-to-one, but that didn’t mean we were quiet. Our cheers during the American goals filled the silences left by the disappointed Honduran fans, keeping the place loud during every second of the match.

But when the game wasn’t tense, fans of both sides conversed, fighting the language barrier to discuss what an exciting game we were watching. One guy made me admit to the beauty of the first Honduran goal, but that was the most aggressive comment made to me the entire night.

I’m not trying to be another Chronicle columnist lamenting how much Duke students underutilize and under-appreciate the city in which we live. I’m just a senior coming to grips with the fact that I don’t know where I’ll be in 12 months, and that this may be my last year in Durham.

I’ve been compiling and completing my North Carolina to-do list (I refuse to call it a “bucket list” because I’m not dying). I’ve tried Biscuitville, Bojangles and Bullocks. Next week is the beginning of the North Carolina State Fair, which I have missed every year thus far. And I certainly don’t plan on leaving this state without attending a NASCAR race.

Honduras Bar was never part of that list. If it weren’t for the USA-Honduras soccer game (and Mexican-owned Circuito Cerrado TV for buying the rights to the game and keeping it off American cable), Honduras bar would have been just another address punched into the GPS and eventually forgotten. I never would have met the people inside: a vibrant cross-section of Durham’s soccer fans, both the rare diehard fans of our own national team and the Honduran community that was so passionate and yet so welcoming. At the end of the day, it was the perfect place to watch the game, with an atmosphere that made everything infinitely more exciting.

With the constant messages we receive from e-mail blasts about avoiding crime in Durham, we often lose sight of the positive aspects of the Durham community. But I think that ambivalence, more than fear, is the biggest factor keeping Duke students in our Duke bubble.

There’s always a speech, party or other event on campus, well-advertised and within walking distance. These events are also unbelievable resources worth taking advantage of, but sometimes the on-campus offerings can be so all-inclusive that they become insular. We can find almost anything on or near campus, so we fall into a rut and we never venture outside the bubble. Or we may just hole up in the library and miss out on all of the above.

But midterm season is winding down, the days are getting shorter and your time on campus is starting to tick away, whether you’ve noticed it or not.

Need a famous quotation to convince you? I’ll give you three. Twain once said, “Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” Horace once said, “Carpe diem.” Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast—if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” You get the idea.

Break out of your comfort zone and vary the routine. Discover all that this school, this city and this state have to offer.

I’m not going to tell you what to do—the idea is that you find what interests you. Honduras bar is not for everyone, but there is something out there for you. Make the most of your time here. Durham may not be your hometown, but for a few years, it can be your home.

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

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lettertotheeditor IFC should fight against Tailgate regulation I am writing in response to Tom Burr’s Oct. 9 letter “IFC’s Tailgate letter misses the point,” which is in turn a response to the Interfraternity Council’s open letter to the Duke community published as an advertisement in The Chronicle Oct. 7. As a fraternity member, I feel that it is important to state that these views are my own and are not intended to represent anyone else.

The only problem with Tailgate is that people keep cooking up problems with Tailgate.

Tailgate is fine. If, like Tom Burr, you do not enjoy Tailgate, then I highly recommend that you not go. More importantly though, I, like Burr, was offended by the IFC’s letter, but for the opposite reason. As the representatives

for greek life on campus—for the engine that drives the social machinery of our University— the IFC should take a stronger stand against those who would seek to needlessly regulate harmless behavior.

How silly is it to apologize publicly for people sitting in the back of a truck as if it were some kind of sin? By making this apology the IFC has once again set itself as an agent of the University against its members, not as an advocate for its members against overregulation.

Grow a backbone, IFC, and make me proud to be greek on Duke’s campus.

David Mlaver Trinity ’10

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’ve never raised a glass or six with Boris Yeltsin, and José Canseco has never injected elephant hormones into my burly arms.

But, like any good American president or steroidal baseball player, I think I could still pull off a decent memoir.

Drawing only on material gathered this semester, I could write about epic intramural soccer games, harrowing trips to the mall in pursuit of socks and the occasional tragedy, like the two—two!—separate times McDonald’s has forgotten about my order.

And then there’s connor southard the upcoming atdead poet traction that I plan to semi-occasionally host with the aid of my Michigander-Canadian (and fellow Detroit Red Wings fan) hall-mate and the fine people at Labatt Blue: Hockey Night in Wannamaker. Barry Melrose and Don Cherry may or may not be attending.

As laughable as such a self-indulgent, puerile memoir as the one I propose might be, there are some people whose lives are actually interesting enough to merit putting parts of them down in print. Take Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami.

Murakami’s 2007 memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, is about one thing and everything. On one level, it focuses narrowly on Murakami’s loving and spiritual relationship with longdistance running, his muse and mistress for three decades.

But Murakami’s book is also a detailed portrait of a complex and thoughtful man working diligently to nurture an independent mind and maintain not only a healthy body, but a healthy spirit.

Tokyo might be polluted, the heat might be blistering on the road between Marathon and Athens, a man might age and those he knows might die. But as long as Murakami can run, he can at least come close to that mysterious “balance.”

I’d hate to have to give a comprehensive definition of what something as nebulous and individually specific as a “balanced life” might be. I’m not Deepak Chopra, and not just because I never hung out with Michael Jackson.

Let’s just assume that it’s a purely personal thing.

Murakami’s version of balance includes hours of running; mine allows for the occasional Canadian beer(s) and the freedom to loudly inform the televi-

sion screen that Evgeni Malkin is a “______-______ lumphead!”

Sadly, there have been times here at Duke when it would have been hard for me to squeeze a hockey game—and all the serious thinking that entails— into my already cramped intellectual schedule.

For too much of last year, I worked myself into a funk, taking a Proust-like chunk of time to write my papers and developing an ever closer resemblance to one of Charles Dickens’ miserly recluses, sifting through PDF printouts rather than bottles and rags.

I wish it were as literary as it sounds, but the truth is that I was a guy whose balance was nowhere to be found. I still feel the pangs of the bad habits I developed then—a love affair with validation, an obsession with GPA. Far from being healthily ambitious, I was anxious and felt as though my life was an unholy mixture of two bad ingredients: obsessive studying and dives into drunken oblivion.

If there’s one thing I know about Duke, it’s that this is an unfortunately common set of ailments.

“Work hard, play hard” (Harry Truman was president the last time that was a clever phrasing), when “play” means exactly what we all know it does, leaves notoriously little room for balance.

As inconvenient as it can be to admit, we all need to run, or take a nap just because we feel like it, or watch hockey while grooming the play-off beard. It’s about balance, and like Murakami—who tries to average six miles of running per day—I happen to believe that the rituals that keep balance alive should not be a novelty or luxury. Rather, they should be a beloved necessity to which we harried and overextended Blue Devils pay homage as needed. Responsibility and resumé-building are great, but they just ain’t hockey.

I’m not going to make any outrageous claims about having found my spiritual center. After all, the Wings still need to recover Lord Stanley’s Cup from Sidney “[I think it’s a dirty Russian word]” Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. But I get to watch them make a go of it, eh, and that counts for something.

And even if my future memoirs are boring and self-flattering, I intend to use the chapters on my college life to help make a point that to me is of the utmost importance: If you’re going to grow a play-off beard, Crosby, be a man about it and don’t do a stupid little goatee, you hoser.

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

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DukeEngage Week Group Program Information Sessions Schedulem Monday, Oct. 12 – Tuesday, Oct. 20 MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Medellín, Colombia 6:30 - 7:00 pm: EWH - Nicaragua/Costa Rica & Tanzania 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Crownpoint, New Mexico, USA 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Seattle, Washington, USA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Portland, Oregon, USA 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Durham, North Carolina, USA (Think Globally, Act Locally) 6:30 - 7:00 pm: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Zhuhai, China 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Dublin, Ireland WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Arusha, Tanzania (LTP) 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Belfast, Northern Ireland 6:30 - 7:00 pm: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Leogane, Haiti 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Las Mercedes, Honduras

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Urubamba, Peru 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Durham, North Carolina, USA (Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative - ELI) 6:30 - 7:00 pm: Hyderabad, India 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Washington, DC, USA 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Beijing, China MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Kolkata, India 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Santiago, Chile 6:30 - 7:00 pm: Southern Guatemala 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Durban, South Africa 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Cape Town, South Africa TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Cairo, Egypt 6:00 - 6:30 pm: St. Petersburg, Russia 6:30 - 7:00 pm: Muhuru Bay, Kenya 7:00 - 7:30 pm: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 7:30 - 8:00 pm: Mbarara, Uganda 8:00 - 8:30 pm: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

All information sessions will take place in Physics 130, located at 120 Science Drive, diagonally across the street from the Bryan Center parking garage. Get background information on all DukeEngage group programs at http://dukeengage.duke.edu/immersion.

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