November 12, 2009 issue

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 58

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Merger elicits student outcry

by Joanna Lichter The chronicle

More than 150 students convened Wednesday night to express their dissatisfaction with the impending merger of the Multicultural Center and the International House.

In response to the announcement of the merger earlier this week, the Center for Race Relations organized an emergency meeting to provide a forum for student reaction.

“We had no input as stu-

dents,” said senior Aileen Joa, a member of the Mi Gente Counsel Board. “The bigger issue here is the fear. Duke students should be alarmed.... You too can be swept under the rug.”

Zoila Airall, assistant vice president for student affairs, announced initial plans for the new combined Global Cultures Center—as it is currently being called—Monday night in a meeting with the Council of Cultural See merger on page 5

Faculty retirement plans remain vague

by Lindsey Rupp The chronicle

Administrators have provided few details about the recently introduced retirement incentives for faculty, and it remains unclear how the incentives are being discussed with professors and how much money may be offered.

In an e-mail obtained by The Chronicle, Srinivas Aravamudan, dean of humanities and professor of English, gave some department chairs guidance about the faculty retirement incentives.

“Please make sure that your faculty is aware of this program,” Aravamudan wrote. “While there is no faculty retirement target list and theoretically any faculty member who fits the Rule of 75 is eligible, chairs should not approach anyone.”

In order to be eligible for the University to supplement their retirement packages, faculty have 79 days left to decide whether to commit to retire by June 30, 2011. The value of the incentives is unknown. They See retirement on page 6

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A fallen tree obstructs traffic on Chapel Drive Wednesday night. The inclement weather, caused by Tropical Storm Ida, brought down several trees on campus, including one in front of Wilson dormitory on East Campus. The rain is expected to continue through Friday.

Storm uproots tree, blocks buses

by Jessica Chang and Julia Love The chronicle

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida raged through campus Wednesday, uprooting trees and felling ceiling tiles in its path.

A pine toppled on West Campus at around midnight, landing squarely between two gateposts near the traffic circle and blocking the entrance to Chapel Drive. A C-4 dodged the tree by several minutes and was trapped on Chapel Drive.

Driver Mike Eubanks said he

thought the pine was bound to fall, noting that it had been leaning significantly. He pointed to several other trees along campus drive that have also grown with a slant toward the road and suggested they should be removed.

“These things are unpredictable, but I’m concerned that Duke has not had common sense,” he said. “This tree has been leaning for a long time.”

Roger Conner, a senior member of the groundskeeping staff, said slanted trees do not necessar-

ily pose more of a threat, but noted that there is “always a danger with older trees.” He predicted that the debris would be cleared within a few hours at a cost of about $1,500 to the University.

Several motorists who had been parked near the Chapel were forced to drive through foliage to circumvent the fallen tree. With the C-4 stranded, one of the two C-1 buses in operation transported students living on Central Campus See storm on page 3

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DSG OKs Duke embraces social media sweeping YT reform Athletics and social media: part 3 of 3

Editor’s note: This is the third and final portion of a threepart series spotlighting the impact of social networking and new media on college athletics, particularly basketball. Tuesday’s focus was on current players, while Wednesday’s piece discussed Kyrie Irving’s recruiting process. Today, The Chronicle looks into the ways Duke uses the Internet to determine the tone of content related to the basketball program.

by Andy Moore and Taylor Doherty

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hen Kentucky head coach John Calipari has something to say to fans, he tweets. With 942,550 Twitter followers and counting, the Internet serves as a platform for an already storied program, giving it an online presence in a new age of social media.

Using the micro-blogging site, the Wildcats can communicate directly with fans without relying on traditional media outlets to tell their story.

“Calipari is an animal [on Twitter and] with recruiting,” said Seth Davis, a CBS college basketball analyst and former Chronicle sports columnist. “He’s got close to a million followers and [as a coach] you want to be relevant, current, reach people where they live.”

While Calipari uses Twitter as a starting point for his other content available online—he posted a link to a live chat with fans from the site as recently as Tuesday—the Duke program uses its Duke Blue Planet website as its base on the Internet.

See social media on page 8

by Matthew Chase The chronicle

In what is perhaps Duke Student Government’s most significant move of the year, Senators approved a Young Trustee bylaw that will open the final selection of the Young Trustee to the undergraduate student body.

Although DSG approved an amendment that See DSG on page 4

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“I think we’ve made, objectively, tremendous strides in Durham in the last five to eight years.”

­—Councilmember Eugene Brown on Durham’s development. See story page 3

Duke eliminated in ACC quarterfinals, Page 7

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Yemen rejects Iranian ‘interference’ in its internal affairs

U.S. actions raise doubts Dissent over troop increase about Zelaya’s restoration WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. ambassador in Kabul sent two classified cables to Washington in the last week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban’s rise, said senior U.S. officials.

Ambassador Karl Eikenberry’s memos were sent in the days leading up to a critical meeting Wednesday between President Barack Obama and his national security team to consider several options prepared by military planners for how to proceed in Afghanistan. The proposals, which mark the last stage of a months-long strategy review, all call for between 20,000 to 40,000 more troops and a far broader American involvement in the war.

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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

— Jane Wagner

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than two weeks after U.S. diplomats announced a historic agreement to reverse a coup in Honduras, the accord is in danger of collapse and both Honduran officials and U.S. lawmakers are blaming American missteps for some of the failure.

President Manuel Zelaya, who was expelled by the military in June, said in a telephone interview that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had assured him as recently as last week that the U.S. government was seeking his return to the presidency. But he said U.S. pressure had eased in recent days, and that he no longer had faith in the agreement.

Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States, which is helping implement the accord, said negotiations between Zelaya and the de facto government had fallen apart.

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SANA’A, Yemen — The Yemeni government lashed out Wednesday against what it described as Iranian “interference” in its affairs, escalating tensions in a civil conflict pitting Yemen’s army against Shiite rebels that has drawn in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and raised fears of a regional proxy war.

“We affirm that Yemen categorically rejects any interference in its internal affairs by any party whatsoever,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson told the government-run Saba news agency. “Yemen also rejects any attempt by any party to represent itself as the protector of sons of the Yemeni people.”

The comments came a day after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki publicly warned that countries in the region should not inter-

vene in Yemen’s internal affairs.

“Those who pour oil on the fire must know that they will not be spared from the smoke that billows,” Mottaki declared in what many viewed as a veiled threat by the Shiite theocracy to Saudi Arabia’s Sunni rulers.

Saudi Arabia launched an offensive last week inside Yemen after Shiite rebels, known as Hawthis, staged a crossborder raid, killing a Saudi border guard and briefly seizing Saudi territory. Saudi fighter jets crossed its 930-mile border with Yemen and bombed the rebels’ northern mountainous havens. Tuesday, Saudi officials said the kingdom had imposed a naval blockade on northern Yemen’s Red Sea coast to prevent weapons from reaching the rebels, who accuse Saudi Arabia of backing Yemeni forces against them.

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Diane Scalia (back) leads a group of tourists through the Original Farmers Market in Los Angeles.

Founded in the summer of 2008 by Scalia and her sister Lisa, Melting Pot Food Tours—a food tasting and walking tour company—allows visitors to take part in tastings at pastry shops, seafood restaurants and gelaterias in the Original Farmers Market area of Old Pasadena in Los Angeles.

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Post-election, council stays on course

by Ciaran O’Connor The chronicle

After the incumbent mayor and three of its members swept the general election last Tuesday, the Durham City Council hopes to build off its momentum.

Now that voters have given City Hall their seal of approval, the Council will begin developing a strategic plan for the next term.

Much of its agenda, however, promises to reflect the continuity assured by an election in which most voters decided the Council Bill Bell has been moving on the right track. In the upcoming term, councilmembers will continue to focus on economically revitalizing inner-city neighborhoods and efficiently delivering core services in a deep recession.

In interviews, councilmembers highlighted both the overall decrease in crime and some of the economic development projects in downtown as evidence of progress the Council has made in Durham. Councilmember Eugene Brown cited the renovation of the historic Durham Athletic Park and the new Durham Performing Arts Center as examples.

See city council on page 6

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storm from page 1 residents. Students had to walk up Chapel Drive to meet the buses at the traffic circle.

Earlier in the day, a live oak was uprooted in front of Wilson Dormitory on East Campus just before 2 p.m. No students were injured, but a vehicle narrowly escaped the fall. Groundskeepers arrived quickly on the scene to remove the tree within two to three hours after it fell.

“It’s a ginormous tree. The wind knocked it down and it crushed our bench that we just painted,” freshman Camila Vignaud said.

Freshman Jess Jalufka said she was nearly struck by the fallen Wilson tree.

Later that night, her return to East Campus was interrupted by the fallen pine on Chapel Drive. She said the incidents left her feeling cursed.

“I think I’m going to die in the process,” she said while walking to the C-1. “I”ll fly away like Mary Poppins to my final demise.”

The wind and rain felled more than just trees. Junior Lindsay Voorhees was watching “Gossip Girl” when a ceiling tile fell onto her bed Wednesday.

The tile is one of many that have fallen in dorm rooms in Crowell Quadrangle on West Campus since Tropical Storm Ida— which is expected to continue pouring down rain Thursday and Friday—made its way to Durham Tuesday.

Leaves piled up in some residence hall gutters causing leaks in rooms, which made ceiling tiles wet and more prone to falling.

Residence Life and Housing Services called in a service request for gutters to be cleaned, but not all gutters were able to be cleared out Tuesday, said Shawhan Lynch, West Campus residential facilities manager for RLHS. “If there’s a problem in the room, we send maintenance guys up there to take the damaged tiles down, and we send house-

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Wednesday’s rain storm uprooted the tree in front of Wilson Dormitory on East Campus and caused floods in locations all across campus. The rain, caused by Tropical Storm Ida, is expected to continue through Friday. keeping up to assist the student,” she said.

Lynch added that the tiles can not be replaced until the rain stops, because the water in the ceiling has to dry out first.

“It’s just a slight annoyance, but nothing horrible,” said sophomore Ben Demarco, a Crowell resident.

Duke Facilities Management Department has been monitoring the strength of the storm for over a week, said Joe Jackson, assistant director of Grounds, Sanitation and Recycling Services. In order to prepare for heavy rain, contractors with more efficient equipment have been called in to assist groundskeepers in cleaning up the campus and managing areas that have erosion problems. Jackson said chain saws were also made readily available in the event that large trees fell down.

For most of the day, the rain did not affect most students’ daily routines. C-1 bus driver Michael Holmes said the buses were able to keep with their regular schedules

and that many students still rode the bus to make their way to classes.

“I’ve seen some people wipe out on the stone,” sophomore Chaele Akerfield said.

“It’s slippery out there.”

Some students have complained about clogged drains that caused flooding in some areas on campus. Obstructions caused by the buildup of leaves and litter kept the water from draining, slowing traffic on Campus Drive and the corner of Duke University Road and Anderson Street.

“Our system is certainly not deficient under normal situations in accommodating regular waterfall, like two to three inches, but this is not a normal situation,” Jackson said. “No drainage systems are in place anywhere that are designed to carry five to six inches of rain like we’ve gotten in a short period of time.”

He added that he would not be surprised if more flooding occurs in the next few days.

Zachary Tracer contributed reporting.

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DSG from page 1 would regulate the composition of the Young Trustee Nominating Committee, it voted down measures to address potential conflicts of interest in the committee.

Sophomore Pete Schork, vice president for athletics and campus services and a co-author of the bill calling for an election, said Wednesday night’s decision was “one of [DSG’s] most important reforms.”

“This is the most important student representative at this University, and we’ve designed a process that will be more transparent,” Schork said after the meeting.

The vote will differ from typical student body elections, however.

The Young Trustee finalists will not be allowed to campaign or promote themselves using tactics “other than word of mouth and recognized endorsement meetings,” according to the bylaw. Candidates will also not be allowed to use posters or social networking tools to campaign.

But junior Mike Lefevre, DSG chief of staff, said after the meeting that the amendment to make a popular vote determine the final selection only appears to be reducing DSG’s influence. He said an election that does not allow for campaigning will make students vote based on name recognition.

“The irony is what we are doing seems to be the most populousbased system, but I think it will have the opposite effect,” Lefevre said.

He added that not being able to campaign will dissuade potentially strong but unknown candidates

from applying to be Young Trustee.

“Basically, I’m worried that what this does is guarantee that the DSG president or other senior members of DSG become the Young Trustee, and I would put money on that for the next couple of years,” Lefevre said.

The DSG Senate passed the bylaw with the necessary two-thirds approval, but DSG President Awa Nur, a senior, can veto the bylaw.

Schork and co-author Will Passo, vice president for Durham and regional affairs and a junior, said it is unlikely that Nur will veto the bill.

“That would be a rejection of the student body’s authority to determine the most important student representative on campus,” Passo said after the meeting.

But the vote to open the final selection to a student body referendum was not unanimous. Senior Danny Lewin, a former Chronicle columnist, said he thinks DSG should select the Young Trustee, noting that in the past three years only one DSG president has been elected Young Trustee.

“I think there was not enough debate on that topic, especially given that the amendment was sent to the Senate less than 48 hours ago,” Lewin, an academic affairs senator, said after the meeting. “DSG is not only better equipped but is popularly elected for these reasons.”

Senators also approved an amendment that requires the YTNC to be composed of six DSG members elected by the Senate, six non-DSG at-large members selected by the DSG Judiciary through an application process and six heads of

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DSG Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior, leads the discussion on the Young Trustee reform bill, which was passed by the DSG senate Wednesday night. The bill opens the final Young Trustee selection process to the entire student body. various campus organizations. The nominating committee will now be allowed to select two to four finalists as opposed to strictly three.

Senators voted down an amendment that would exclude members of campus organizations from sitting on the committee if their club leaders were applying to become a Young Trustee. They also rejected an amendment that would require any co-presidents or vice-presidents to remove themselves from the committee if a leader becomes one of the eight semi-finalists.

“You have to rely on the committee members not to be biased,” sophomore Liz Jones, an athletics and campus services senator, said during the meeting.

During the hour-and-a-half debate about the bylaw, several senators motioned to overrule Chair Gregory Morrison, executive vice president and a junior. Some senators wished to return to a previously discussed amendment regarding the composition of the YTNC, but ultimately the Senate did not revisit the amendment at that time.

In other business: After hearing from 10 candidates for the position of associate justice to the DSG Judiciary, senators elected six students to officially fill the roles. Senior Chastity Threadcraft, juniors Carissa Mueller and Martin Njoroge, sophomores Yingyi Shen and David Wang and freshman Gavin Forrest were selected.

Senators also voted to officially recognize the Active Minds at Duke and the National Society of Leadership and Success clubs.

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Merger from page 1 Group Presidents. The initiative comes as part of the University’s efforts to cut $125 million from its budget over three years. LiChen Chin, current director of the International House, will lead the new center.

Two staff positions will be eliminated in the process. Julian Sanchez, current director of the Multicultural Center, and Staff Specialist Juanita Johnson were notified Monday that they will be laid off

by Jan. 11.

“In integrating, it’s not about doing away with the programs we have,” Airall said in an interview before the forum. “The thing that’s missing is bringing our domestic and American students together and finding ways to do that through programs on the co-curricular side.”

Airall was on hand at Wednesday night’s forum to answer student questions.

Freshman Aleatha Terrell said she may not have come to Duke had the merger taken place prior to her enrollment.

“This makes me consider transferring,” Terrell said. “It’s almost like saying if you’re white, you’re American and everybody else, you’re a global culture. I feel like the University is undermining my presence.”

Similarly, international students said they were concerned their needs would not be addressed with the new Center.

“How will the International House [staff] and a much smaller Multicultural Center staff provide all resources the International House provides and the Multicultural Center provides,” said senior Alexis Rosenblum, president of the International Association. “International House’s resources are really important for international students at Duke who don’t have the same resources of American students.”

Airall said the decision had been in

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the works for several months and was not prompted solely by budgetary concerns.

She added that she believes the merger will facilitate communication between the two organizations, and stressed that funds allocated to specific programs would not be reduced.

“Merging the centers together is not saying that identity across cultures doesn’t happen,” Airall said. “We still need safe places for that to occur.”

Several attendees, however, were not satisfied with Airall’s responses.

“I cannot fathom how this idea became a decision,” said senior Abby Tinsley, former co-director of CRR. “ I feel patronized and I feel silenced.... I still have not heard a satisfactory answer to any of our questions.”

Although Sanchez and Johnson did not attend the meeting, many students emphasized the importance of their roles at the MCC. Senior Sadie in The Woods, a member of the Native American Student Alliance came to Duke from an American Indian reservation. She said Sanchez formed a vital part of her college experience and eased the transition from one of the poorest regions in the country.

“Coming to Duke was like being thrown into an Olympic swimming race without knowing how to swim,” in The Woods said. “[Sanchez] gave me my floaters and taught me to swim like hell.”

Neither of the laid-off employees had been notified prior to Monday morning.

“I’m one of those people that accepts change,” Johnson said. “The part I have a problem with is the way it was all handled.

Why was no communication made to us to prepare us for this?”

Airall declined to comment about the layoffs, citing “legal and ethical” reasons.

Chin, who will assume her new position

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Junior Jack Zhang (left) voices his concerns over the recent announcement of the merger between the International House and Multicultural Center at a forum organized by Center for Race Relations Wednesday night.

Jan. 11, said she looks forward to collaborating with students from the MCC and the International House.

“I believe the merger is a great opportunity for the International House and the MCC to come together as one entity to better prepare Duke students for the 21st century,” she said in an interview prior to the event. Chin did not attend the event.

Freshman Nichole Ogojiaku, however, compared the merger to combining the Center for LGBT Life with the Women’s Center.

“The merging of these two groups makes

no sense,” Ogojiaku said. “The name global cultures —what does that have to do with [the MCC]? We’re American born. There’s nothing global about us.”

A committee of six students from the Council of Cultural Group Presidents and the staff of the new center will work together in setting goals and drawing plans for the Global Cultures Center, Airall said. The new center will be located in Smith Warehouse and is projected to open April 2.

“This will be a team who is operating together. I care about you more than you know....

Look at me,” said Airall, who is black.

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This course will cover issues in moral and political philosophy, with consideration of feminist concerns. We will begin the course with a feminist critique of the traditional liberal basis for political obligation.

According to some feminist critiques, the founding ideas of Western society are unfavorable to women. This understanding also sets the stage for critiques of feminist philosophy itself. That is, essentialist assumptions about women ignore the differences in race, class, sexual orientation, and disability status between women. These critiques of feminist philosophy will be woven throughout the course. Next we will explore two specific issues in moral philosophy, self-respect and privacy, through a feminist lens. We will ask ourselves how taking gender into account might influence our conceptions of self-respect and privacy. We will also consider the impact of gender in other questions of applied moral philosophy, like pornography and abortion.

For example, can a feminist enjoy pornography? Finally, feminism has sometimes been characterized as anti-male. We will conclude the course by asking whether feminism discriminates against men. The course will be accessible regardless of whether one has prior background in philosophy.

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“I think we’ve made, objectively, tremendous strides in Durham in the last five to eight years,” Brown said.

Still, there remains much economic development to be done outside of downtown.

“At the top of my list is neighborhood revitalization all across the community,” said Councilmember Mike Woodard, Trinity ’81. “We need to start by focusing on those urban neighborhoods in proximity to downtown.”

Specifically, Woodard noted that the Council plans to work closely with the Durham Community Development Department to identify projects for funding and with private developers to revitalize neighborhoods.

The Council must also grapple with the realities of a depressed economy where funding may be in jeopardy.

“Our goal is to do more with less,” Brown said, noting that the city’s revenues were down roughly 8 percent.

Regardless of the economy, Councilmembers promise to continue providing essential services in an efficient manner.

“Sewers, streets, fire protection, police protection, recycling… they are the core services we are responsible for,” said Mayor Bill Bell, who presides over and votes with the Council.

The details of allocating funds to provide these services in the future will be fleshed out in the Council’s strategic plan for the next term. City Manager Tom Bonfield, who is responsible for compiling the budget, said the Council has always adapted its agenda to meet the needs of its citizens and it will continue to do so. The development of this plan could take “several months,” Bonfield added.

Even so, councilmembers expressed optimism that the Council’s continuity will enable it to work more efficiently as a body.

“I’d say that we work very well together,” Woodard said.

“We agree on the direction the city is moving in.”

Woodard added that he believes the re-election of the four incumbents will help the City Council prepare its budget.

“At the top of our list is having a solid budget and doing careful analysis of the services we provide, while being mindful of the needs of our citizens as related to the economy,” Woodard said.

can be offered to professors in every school, except the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, who meet the Rule of 75.

To fund the offers, schools will borrow money from the University’s central fund and then pay it back over five years, Provost Peter Lange said.

Lange said he has not budgeted the money yet because he cannot predict what offers will be made during individual faculty negotiations with deans. He declined to say whether schools will have to repay the loans with interest.

The decision to create the incentive stemmed from discussions with deans that suggested some faculty had been planning to retire before the recession decreased the value of their investments, Lange said.

He noted that he hopes this offer could allow those faculty members to retire, adding that “some deans have had some conversations that may be fruitful” with professors.

The retirement incentives are “not fundamentally a budgetary move,” Lange said.

George McLendon, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences, said he does not expect a large number of his faculty members to accept the incentive. Still, he noted that some Arts & Sciences faculty members are currently in discussion with their department chairs about retiring. He said he will meet with a few department chairs throughout the week who wish to talk about packages for their faculty.

But there has been some confusion about how faculty members are being made aware of the offer. The incentive was first announced by Lange in the sixth paragraph of an Oct. 23 Duke News release. Some department chairs said they had received e-mails about the offer from administrators.

Lange said each dean will publicize the offers to their faculty members individually.

Tom Katsouleas, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, and Bruce Kuniholm, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, said Nov. 2 that they had not initiated conversations with faculty about retiring, but would do so in the upcoming weeks. Kuniholm wrote in an e-mail Thursday that nothing has changed since Nov. 2, and declined to comment further. Katsouleas was traveling and could not be reached for comment.

Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, and David Levi, dean of the School of Law, declined to comment. Blair Sheppard, dean of the Fuqua School of Business, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Some Arts & Sciences chairs said administrators want interested professors to drive discussions about the retirement incentive.

Orin Starn, chair of the cultural anthropology de-

partment, said he was advised not to approach specific eligible faculty members “because it can be insulting.”

Rather officials thought eligible professors would learn about the incentive through circulating e-mails and the Duke News release.

“I certainly didn’t go to any faculty member and say, ‘Hey, how about retiring early?’” Starn said.

Several other department chairs said they had not heard from interested faculty.

Chairs and deans now have more time for faculty members to come forward and talk with them about a package. Lange announced Monday that, after discussions with the deans, the deadline would be extended from Dec. 14 to Jan. 30. He said he and the deans agreed it would be beneficial to let professors consider the incentive over Winter Break.

“If somebody’s been a substantial contributor to the learning and intellectual life at Duke for many years, you’d like them to feel good about whatever transition they’re making,” McLendon said. “It’s not a given that all retirements will improve the college, there are some cases in which the holes are never filled. Nevertheless, the individual has the right to choose the path that is best for them.”

Helping faculty retire could allow the University to hire new professors, Lange said in the Duke News release.

He added in an interview that he anticipates the initiative will save Duke “maybe a little, but not a lot” of money because the University is still hiring.

McLendon said there is “not much” room for recruitment in the Arts & Sciences budget. He said Arts & Sciences’ growth over the last five years means there is not a great need for recruitment.

“Here’s the reality—this year we will probably recruit half as many faculty as we would in an average year,” McLendon said. “Some of that is because of reduced turnover.”

Because fewer universities are hiring professors this year, Duke is more appealing, McLendon said. Currently, about 300 candidates are competing for one tenure track assistant professor position in Duke’s sociology department, said Kenneth Spenner, chair of the sociology department.

Stephen Jaffe, chair of the department of music, said faculty searches are targeting young professors.

“It used to be that when you were granted a search, it was granted at open rank—you could get a full professor or an associate professor or an assistant professor,” Jaffe said.

Jaffe added that he does not think the economic incentive will convince professors to retire unless they were already considering leaving Duke.

“No one would retire in a faculty rank, I don’t think, just because there is some economic incentive that arises in two weeks,” he said. “It’s something that you would have planned to do.”

Zachary Tracer contributed reporting.

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Warhol’s Close-ups The pop artist’s Polaroids of the beautiful and famous come to the Nasher Museum of Art

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Last week an ABC salesman proposed to me. This is the first of several signs I may have overstayed my welcome in Durham. In an instant, that shameless Southerner melted my dreams of white damask tablecloths, half-empty glasses of Chateau Lafite and an emerald-cut Harry Winston into a linoleum countertop and a handle of Rebel Yell. Boo. Too much of a good thing. Thus, without further ado: 12 ways you know you’ve out-Durham-ed yourself: 1. You were proposed to in an ABC because you’re a chick who drinks bourbon straight. Three-and-a-half years ago, you couldn’t tell the difference between whiskey and Everclear. This explains a lot.

2. Bill the Bouncer tells you so.

3. Your signature tribal beer-rain dance not only caught on, it spread faster than Soulja Boy circa fall ’07.

4. You still request “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” whenever the coast is clear, assuring the DJ that “it’s for the kids!”

5. You swear there are some days you

would give your first-born for just one more Francesca’s chicken marsala.

6. Horace doesn’t give you high-fives, you give high-fives to Horace.

7. You finally unlocked the secret to a Saturday night booth at Red Lobster. You never used all your food points anyways.

8. Grabbing the bull by the horns isn’t just an idiom. It’s a Saturday night reality.

9. You shrugged and continued to enjoy your breakfast after the Waffle House waiter informed you the razor blade “wasn’t [his].”

10. You have graced the pages of The (Raleigh) News & Observer as both sinner and saint. All publicity is good publicity, right?

11. If the State Fair fries it, you’ll eat it.

12. Shooters has been there on the sidelines of your football games, for your debut into society, there for your first arrest and will be there for your last. Let’s be honest, it isn’t just a place, its your family. Might as well just say “I do.”

—Emily Ackerman

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[excessivecompulsion]

Ever since The Parent Trap, I have wanted to sleep with Lindsay Lohan. Maybe it was the red hair or the freckles or the fact that she was 11. I like to think it was because she was young, ready for stardom and also there were two of her. My editor’s telling me that underage sex jokes aren’t funny, and I agree. The previous statement is actually a serious point from my application for associate director of Duke’s Center for Health Policy. Some guy named Frank beat me out for the job.

Lindsay has certainly blossomed since then, starring in such cinema classics as Herbie: Fully Loaded and I Know Who Killed Me. These films were so popular that rumor has it Lohan signed with Vivid Video to make Lindsay: Fully Loaded and I Know Who Drilled Me. But whether or not her drug and penis addictions have ruined her career and forced her into porn has no bearing on my unrelenting love.

Sure, she had a rough patch in there. She got really into drugs and scissoring, especially when she was dating the very ambiguous Sam Ronson. But how could you not fall for Sam’s music? Wait, Sam is just a DJ. She doesn’t make any music, she just plays it.

What’s the point of paying a DJ when you have an iPod? With Bobby, I got to live through RFK, which works out well seeing as Lohan is a regular Marilyn Monroe—except not a sexual icon, not tattooed on Megan Fox’s arm and not banging Mr. President. I’ve always thought of myself as a Kennedy, minus the money, dead sons and alcohol-induced car accidents/murders. When all else fails, throw the body in the river.

And now, information has surfaced supporting the idea that Lohan was dating Heath Ledger when he died, which not only makes me jealous of both of them—it’s not

gay if you’re wearing clown make-up—it also scares her mother. “Because when she’s drunk or takes an Adderall with it, she will do something like Heath Ledger did in a second without thinking.” Wait, Adderall?

Is this an eighth-grade bar mitzvah? Her mother is upset because she drinks and occasionally takes Adderall? I’ve had a prescription since second grade! When I started getting—how did my father put it?—“f— ing annoying,” he would ring a bell and go, “Medication Time.” Thanks, Nurse Ratched.

Prolonged usage of amphetamines hasn’t been linked to any health problems, right?

Ozzy Osbourne seems fine. So does Billie Mays. Oh wait.

Most recently, it has been reported that my unicorn Lindsay has been cutting herself. That sounds like a deal breaker, unless of course you take into account my vampire fetish. Then it sounds like a match made in heaven—or I guess in this case, eternal damnation.

Speaking of eternal, let’s talk about Lindsay’s beauty. This knock-out has been aging like a fine rose, getting more beautiful by the cigarette, and the competition for her hand in marriage has started to pile up. And by “competition for her hand,” I mean “court-ordered appearances.” Lindsay, why do you have to be so perfect? Smart, talented, not to mention pasty-skinned and freckled—God, that really tugs me the right way.

Also, I have this friend who was wondering if you happen to have a sister. You do? Is she jaded, from a broken home and headed down a path of self-destruction?

She is? I think I smell a double date coming on.

Jack Wilkinson is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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Nasher highlights Warhol’s star power with ‘Big Shots’

by Claire Finch The chronicle

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‘Lower D’s’ applies Gorky’s 1802 Russian play to modern day Nigeria.

‘Lower D’s’ revitalizes old Gorky

People wanting to see Warhol’s actual paintings shouldn’t bother coming to the Nasher’s new exhibition of the artist’s Polaroids. Indeed, what stands out is not the aesthetic quality of the many photographs displayed, but rather the glimpse that they seem to offer into the enigmatic icon’s psyche—or at least his scintillatingly vibrant social life.

The show, titled Big Shots as a shout-out to the style of Polaroid camera that Warhol notoriously toted, presents hundreds of the artist’s snapshots. Often used as studies for his larger paintings, the photographs are most interesting when capturing the

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Director Jay O’Berski’s modern interpretation of Maxim Gorky’s famous play, The Lower Depths, follows a large group of misfits in a Nigerian homeless shelter—a Real World: Lagos, if you will. Largely improvised by the student actors, The Lower D’s jumps off from the British script with non-PC dialogue, intermittent musical numbers and assorted musings on the human condition.

Throughout the play, characters enter and exit frantically and dreamily, in irascible mobs and ponderous solitude, in self-righteous triumph and deep, palpable dejection. The set ebbs and flows organically and hilariously. A gypsy traveler named Izabel (senior Danya Taymor) is the newest addition to the shelter, and she regales the motley crew with her travels and stories of optimism and spirituality—to debatable effect.

The large cast is impressively distinct and acts with an artful balance between uninhibited naturalism and not-quitecaricature slapstick. Characters careen from one emotional extreme to another—in one scene, former millionaire Malcolm (junior Will Sutherland) moves from throwing tantrums to professing his love to leaving quietly.

In another scene, a character laments, “What am I supposed to do?” “Lie down and sleep,” a girl tells him, “there’s nothing you can do.” Read: break out in song instead. Technically, he takes up his guitar and a frosty-lipped crack addict loitering in the background pops up to belt on cue.

The students’ interpretation juxtaposes Gorky’s lofty existentialism with madcap irreverence that is at once intensely alive and entertainingly meaningful. The direction gives detailed attention to all background activity, such as offhand humping in a window upstage or derelicts shooting up behind a draped curtain while an impassioned monologue is delivered downstage.

Come for the wild rumpus, for the intellectual ponderings or, if nothing else, the crack addict’s rap rendition of “Party in the U.S.A.”

Photo courtesy of the nasher museum of art

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numerous poses of a single subject. Displayed in sterile rows, the seemingly identical shots invite a closer inspection, their nearly unremarkable differences inviting the viewer into Warhol’s visual process.

Paired with the paintings of the Nasher family that stand at the exhibition’s entrance, all of which are positioned next to a corresponding Polaroid, the photographic studies reveal the mythic, celebrity status imbued in each Warhol work. The Nasher daughters, though formidable in largerthan-life format and lurid color, look decidedly strippedPhoto court down and esy of the ac kland art mu approachable in Polaroid perseum a t UNC-CH form. sonalities. The Which is not to say standouts are the subjects that that the exhibition does were as charismatic outside of Warnot have its share of hol’s frame as within it. A cuttingly celebrity shots­—one sleek Grace Jones stretches through of the show’s main one of the images, her sharply madedraws is its ability to up eye catching viewers as she escapes elicit surprise flashes from the shot in a billow of purple fur. of recognition as a A similarly arresting image shows the young Diane Lane tragically short-lived Jean-Michel Basor Carly Simon quiat pinned against the photograph’s comes into focus. stark, white backdrop, his eyes sizing What resonates up the viewer in a measured gaze. through the exhiAlso displayed are numerous largbition is Warhol’s er black-and-white photographs, all of eye for captur- which are candid, intimate displays of ing and repro- Warhol’s famously uninhibited social ducing sub- scene. Grayscale figures jump in and jects, his Pop out of the frames as the focus snags Art iterations on the famous or famous-looking, of the photo- making the photographs look like evigraphs build- dence of epic, bygone parties. ing upon already masterfully Big Shots opens today at the Nasher positioned reproductions of Museum of Art. It runs through Feb. 21.

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TWO TITANS...

by Andrew Hibbard

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lejandro Escovedo says that the last time he played a bill with Lambchop, the two bands covered a Buzzcocks track together.

It’s not an expected choice for either Escovedo or Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner, but it’s not surprising either.

It’s this paradox between predictable and surprising that defines these two musicians, much as it does the pairing for their Friday Duke Performances show.

Musical titans, Escovedo and Lambchop (the band’s numbers are ever in flux, but its core is Kurt Wagner) represent different musical upbringings and even more different sounds.

Genre-defying in their own ways, there is a conceptual tie that, however abstractly, makes perfect sense.

Both musicians come from a specific place, and their sounds respond to that location. But the sound is not necessarily what anyone has come to expect from that region. Take Wagner, who, along with his bandmates, hails from Nashville, Tenn., the careerist capitol of country music.

Wagner says that during Lambchop’s foundational years in the late ’80s and early ’90s, the band was taking some cues from the Nashville soundscape but bringing its own ideas, too. This approach is apparent on any Lambchop record, 1994’s I Hope You’re Sitting Down especially.

“We took that idea that [what we’re doing] is basically the same thing that they’re doing, it just sounded different,” Wagner says.

“That may sound strange, but at the time and conceptually, it all seemed to fit into place.”

Escovedo, like Wagner, was raised in the place he still calls home: San Antonio, Tex. He was reared in a noisy household on a healthy diet of everything: Latin jazz, swing, rock ‘n’ roll and ranchera, to name a few, all of it figuring into his songs.

“Just very early on, I got a sense that it wasn’t about genres, it was about the quality of the music,” Escovedo says.

“What was moving and what wasn’t, what was swinging and wasn’t and what was rock and what wasn’t.”

What complicates—or, rather, enriches—Escovedo’s musical sensibili-

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ties is his punk background. Playing with first-wave act the Nuns and later True Believers, the musician says that the punk mindset has continued to inform his musical sensibility.

“It’s always with me,” Escovedo says of punk. “Not just philosophically— creatively it’s always what drives me.

It’s always what make me want to push myself a little more each time I make a record, each time I write a song.”

Director of Duke Performances Aaron Greenwald says it’s this nebulous relationship to genre that drew him to pair Escovedo and Wagner—whom he calls “commanding” front men.

“I thought that relationship to genre was something that made them contemporary,” he says. “That seemed to me to be a hallmark of something contemporary, that it was related to genre and that it existed outside of genre.”

Greenwald adds that this notion of understanding what it means to come from a place and engaging that in a way that is not old timey is central to what this season is exploring.

Factoring in these backgrounds, it becomes even more difficult to describe what either sounds like. Both could be lumped into any number of genres, none perfectly fitting. And perhaps this is what makes them vanguards of contemporary music.

In drastically different ways, Escovedo and Wagner are challenging the musical establishment, pushing boundaries and even questioning their own notions of what music can be.

“Rock ‘n’ roll has a cyclical sense to it,” Escovedo says. “When I listen to the radio and try to keep up with what’s happening… and maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places, I don’t hear anything that defines any

new sound and approach to the music.”

And maybe what Escovedo is doing isn’t new. Perhaps the same goes for Wagner, even when he’s adding lush orchestral backdrops to Lambchop’s live show. If this is the case, then it must be said that what both artists are doing is certainly inspired.

And after years of plugging away—Escovedo released his first solo album in 1992, Lambchop’s first studio album arrived in 1994—it’s even more remarkable that they’ve endured in an age when bands with original sounds can come and go in the blink of an eye.

For Wagner, his answer to why Lambchop has survived evinces his modesty about the project.

“We’re not the most ambitious group on the planet,” he says, laughing. “Our ambitions lie in just trying to

make better music. It seems like we steadily progressed in our own w without trying to overextend oursel by virtue of ambition or whatever.”

Wagner adds that this very m esty—resisting the hyperbolic natu of music journalism that pushes a into a quick ascent and even quick fall, he says—keeps the band groun ed and allows them to continue.

But what’s clear about Lambch and Escovedo is that in their pressive decades of music-maki they’ve maintained a remarka level of quality, whether the mas have taken notice or not.

They might have a lot in comm or they might not. But they’re both da good. And that should be enough.

Lambchop and Alejandro Escov play in Reynolds Industries Theater morrow night at 8 p.m.

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URBAN

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by Aziza Sullivan The chronicle

n 1984, one woman, grown weary of a choreography world dominated by men, created a dance company dedicated to addressing controversial issues and insightful life stories through movement. The woman was Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and the company was Urban Bush Women. Based in Brooklyn, the 25-year-old company completes its three-day residency at Duke with tonight’s performance.

The company opened its residency with a day of dance workshops, which is how founder and choreographer Zollar found some of her earlier dancers. The seven-person company is currently comprised of seven black women, though the company has never been exclusively female or black.

“I never said, ‘I want African American dancers,’” Zollar said. “I said, ‘I want dancers of African culture,’ and I let people interpret that.”

The company focuses not on aesthetics, like other dance companies, but on communication. “ W e are storytell-

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ers,” said Catherine Denecy, a dancer in her third year with the Urban Bush Women. “We are a company who focuses on an undertold story from the people of the African diaspora. It’s really about telling stories you don’t often hear.”

The evening’s performance consists of four pieces: “Give Your Hands to Struggle,” “Girlfriends,” “Walking with Pearl: African Diaries” and “Naked City.” The latter is a newer collaboration by Zollar and Nora Chipaumire, based on the ‘50s film noir television series of the same name. It explores life in New York City, drawing inspiration from Toni Morrison’s Jazz and paintings by artist Ernie Barnes. All the pieces focus on diaspora and African American life in the US. “[We have] a piece called ‘Shelter’ originally performed in the ‘80s about homelessness in the city,” said dancer Keisha Turner. “In 2006 Jawole adapted it to address the tragedy of Katrina....What really drew me to the company is the idea of being storytellers as opposed to movers that explore dance for dance’s sake. Telling these stories from such a perspective, it strongly resonates and sets the company apart.”

The dancers in the company work hard not only to tell stories of the African diaspora, but to raise general awareness of the African American condition across the country by bringing it to their audiences in relatable ways.

“Urban Bush Women tells stories, specifically the untold stories of people who don’t have a voice,” said dancer Samantha Speis.

“That was something I didn’t do prior to entering Urban Bush Women. I was not that kind of dancer. We all have our own experiences and were given permission to bring those to the work.

There are different levels and ways to relate.”

Zollar prefers to include the company in the production and choreography of individual pieces.

“I feel that it is an opportunity to find oneself on the stage,” Turner said. “The stories draw me in where I can find myself, connecting to whatever story is being told.

Urban Bush Women offers a lot of entry points for people to make that connection.”

The company also strives to promote social activism and thought.

“Rather then sitting down and enjoying some pretty lines and some nice turns and then going home, this is an opportunity to open lines for conversation,” Turner said. “[The] piece called ‘Give Your Hands to Struggle’ is based on a sermon called ‘What’s in Your Hands’ from the civil rights movement. It talks about the power indiviuals have in their hands. Whether your personal struggle as a viewer is that of civil rights or any other struggle, you can find an entry point, a way of relating and finding your own personal power.”

Urban Bush Women is well aware of their unusual duty in the arts community.

“We don’t try to look pretty or right,” Denecy said. “We try to be as we are. We don’t try to pose and look a certain way as we live. I want dance the same way.... Every time I do a piece, I go on a nice ride. A real one, and I want to bring people with me.

Urban Bush Women perform in Reynolds Industries tonight at 8 p.m.

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wale attention deficit interscope

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Buzz has been building for almost a year for the arrival of D.C. rapper Wale’s full-length debut, Attention Deficit. Hiphop is all about posturing, and Wale delivers a bold, fresh pose to his audience. His assured swagger, however, often devolves into a self-congratulatory ramble that wears on the listener.

A few themes quickly emerge. The whole album is fraught with references to pop culture. Kanye West is mentioned in the first track, which is just the harbinger of more name-dropping to come. A few failed references like “You are the slumdog/I am the millionaire” are almost laughable. In the end, reference-rap has been done before and done much better by artists like Eminem. Attention Deficit often feels like a newbie’s attempt at being the cool kid.

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The beats are solid on every track, but they lack variety, marked by a production that is consistently bland but acceptable.

The exception is “Beautiful Bliss,” which falls so far short of blissful that it seems like a misstep in an amateur rap battle.

Wale does deserve praise for his bravery in terms of subject matter. “90210” deals with the problems of being an impressionable girl in Los Angeles, while “Diary” is a reflective look at unrequited love. That isn’t to say that he doesn’t have catchy moments. His lead single “Chillin’” has been a hit for months, though it is held aloft by the vocals of Lady Gaga. Wale’s savvy for pop music shows in his hooks. Songs like “Mirror” and “TV in the Radio” will get stuck in your head with their simple, repetitive and irresistible choruses.

Wale is sitting in the back of the hip-hop classroom playing the unruly, yet promising student. The attention he’s lacking is only to detail, and, with a little focus, he could soon be on the honor roll.

—Nathan Nye

britney spears the singles collection jive

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Britney Spears’ supposed fall from innocence seems awfully imaginative. Even her first single in 1999, “...Baby One More Time,” presented the barely legal star in a fetishized school-girl fantasy.

In 2009, she might be even more gratuitous—check “If U Seek Amy”—but the decade-long narrative has consistently been sex.

Her newest offering, The Singles Collection, offers a fairly compelling retrospective of America’s favorite transgressive pop star.

By 2001, she dropped the last name for self-titled Britney, her weakest album. The record was still significant for its inclusion of “I’m a Slave 4 U,” produced by megastars the Neptunes. This production team would come to leave their mark on an insane number of chart-toppers, and the choice marked the 2000s’ zeitgeist of super-produced, hip-hop-inspired pop singles. 2003’s “Toxic” is the zenith of this trend. Her singing is inconsequential; rather, her role is offering sex appeal and star power to sell vocoded vocals,

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detuned synth blasts and that infectious violin sample.

The Singles Collection succeeds in sticking to what she does best— blessed few of her soul ballads are included. The exception is “Everytime,” the clear champion of this group. She doesn’t overextend her vocal ability here and sounds less cloying than usual, probably because her pained delivery actually feels authentic (the song was written soon after her breakup with Justin Timberlake).

Somehow, Britney managed to nail back-to-back post-traumatic stress releases: Blackout in 2007 and Circus in 2008. The six songs included from these albums hold their own against older work, propelled by club-ready production and more sex. “Piece of Me” even succeeds in straying from the lechery, instead taking jabs at the paparazzi, a topic she may well be the world authority on.

The sole new inclusion is “3,” a song that sells the virtues of threesomes in a “1-2-3” chorus. It’s already topped the charts.

Britney’s “comeback,” expertly orchestrated by pop gurus like Max Martin, has validated this new compilation, and The Singles Collection is certainly more essential than 2004’s My Prerogative. In fact, it might be the only Britney Spears album you ever need.

—Brian Contratto

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Whoever made the trailer for The Men Who Stare at Goats deserves an award. The viewer is treated to an unhinged, riotous minute-and-ahalf. The theatergoer is not so lucky.

The film starts off with an enchanting premise, based on a true story in the mold of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. In 2003, freshly cuckolded journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) ships off to Iraq in order to impress his estranged wife only to be indoctrinated by a contractor (George Clooney) into the fanciful world of the New Earth Army, a secret government project fronted by a hippie mystic (Jeff Bridges) to develop psychic soldiers.

Tragically, little comes of this wonderful premise. The film comes across as something between Coen brothers magical realism and a straightforward buddy/road movie. But here, it feels hollow, lacking the charm, mastery and humanity of the films it emulates. There are funny moments, but also emotional ones, which are painful.

The performances come close to redeeming the film at times. Bridges essentially recapitulates his Big Lebowski role, while Clooney delivers his tried-and-true charming, if unstable, scoundrel. Kevin Spacey is pleasantly snaky as fellow “Jedi” Larry Hooper, and McGregor does a perfectly serviceable impression of Jason Bateman in Protestant, nebbish mode.

Beyond the considerable charm of the plot and the abilities of the actors, however, there is little else to enjoy. The characters are paper-thin, the film is rushed at 90 minutes, the plot is deceptively by-the-numbers and any eccentric charm is undercut by pervasive preciousness and sentimentality.

To reword the tagline: few goats, few redeeming qualities.

—Asher Brown-Pinsky

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a serious man dirs. coen bros. focus features

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Throughout the Coen brothers’ new near-masterpiece, A Serious Man, it is made very clear that Larry Gopnik (played to perfection by Michael Stuhlbarg) is not the figure of the title. Gopnik is a hapless professor and a bumbling, panic-stricken cuckold, seeking tenure and anticipating his son’s upcoming Bar Mitzvah. At its most

basic level, the film is a story about how all of this goes wrong.

Taking the roles of rabbi, Hashem (God) and dybbuk (a demon)—these last two being examples of the film’s colorful hyper-Judaic landscaping—are the Coens themselves. They have, by means of a terrific acting ensemble, lingering cinematography and the latest of their consistently brilliant soundtracks, created a manic Jewish dystopia wherein no character has control of anything. Their film is an allegory of religious belief as a method, the constant allu-

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sions to Hashem’s will acting as reminders that just as the Coens wrote these clueless characters and their calamitous lives, God could, might or does write yours.

Joel and Ethan take core aspects of their childhoods—the languid Hebrew lectures, the advent of marijuana in the suburbs, the mythic goyim—and inflate them from the inside until they are misshapen and exposed.

Gopnik’s little town is a world where dreams of having his head slammed repeatedly against the uncertainty principle and crewcut father-son Jew-hunting squads are almost

that evening sun

That Evening Sun: Producer Terrence Berry wills a dream into film reality

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by Charlie McSpadden

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At a quiet apartment complex Monday, Durham played host to the North Carolina premiere of an indie festival favorite. That Evening Sun, a Southern Gothic tale of a Tennessee farmer returning home that has garnered Oscar buzz for star Hal Holbrook, screened this past Monday to a class of Duke students.

Producer Terence Berry took a quick break from the film’s hectic promotional schedule to screen the film for his close friend and graduate student Bart Keeton’s ISIS class “Media Remix.” Berry, who started his career as an investment banker in New York, eventually found himself jumping from the macro level of film finance to film producing.

“When I started working on these film finances, I realized I love talking about film more than pure finance,” Berry said.

“I decided I don’t want to be up here. I want to be down here on an actual film.”

Berry, who had also taken a screenwriting course at New York University, met the film’s eventual writer-director Scott Teems in 2004 and began producing his short films. The two eventually found themselves in Los Angeles and embarked on the search for a Southern tale to make into their first feature.

“They are all from the South, and they want to make authentic Southern films,” Berry said of Teems and his crew.

“They feel that Hollywood might get it wrong.”

On a quick plane trip in August 2005, Teems read William Gay’s short story “I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down,” and their hunt was over. As the two began optioning the story, however, they found some difficulties in selling the script to Hollywood.

“It doesn’t fit into what is perceived as a commercial film: your lead actor is an 84-year-old man with no real name recognition, and it’s a drama set in the South,” Berry said. “[Producers] would say it’s the indie film of yesteryear, and it won’t get done.”

But luck was on Berry and Teems’ side. Their first break was getting Hal Holbrook, fresh off his Oscar nomination for Into the Wild. And their next was finding Tennessee-based Dogwood Productions, a documentary company looking for

as believable as reality—and equally as vivid.

Gopnik is easily the Coens’ most convincingly disintegrating protagonist since John Turturro’s Barton Fink, though Stuhlbarg—and the film—never quite reaches those lofty heights. This isn’t a fault, though, just as a gangster film’s failure to match The Godfather could never be held against it. Rather, A Serious Man is an insidious dark comedy that ranks with the best of its filmmakers’ oeuvre and, arguably, as this year’s best movie yet.

—Kevin Lincoln

a Tennessee-centered script that could be made for under $2 million as its first foray into features. The film, shot on 35mm wide-screen anamorphic film, ended up costing approximately $1.7 million.

But shooting in Tennessee means dealing with the sweltering Volunteer State heat, which was of some concern with their aging star who appears in almost every frame.

“We shot in July and August in Knoxville, and [Holbrook] is 83 years old,” Berry said. “I don’t want to be known as the producer that killed Hal Holbrook.”

The production finished—sans casualties—and the resulting film has won numerous audience and narrative awards at the South by Southwest and Atlanta film festivals, among others. It premiered in New York this past week and is opening in Los Angeles in two weeks.

As for now, the production team is working with Freestyle Releasing to market the film to distributors.

“Everyone that I wanted has gotten to see it,” Berry said.

“At some point, that’s all you can ask for.”

That Evening Sun is a rare example of a film that captures the true essence of the South.

Feeling trapped in his retirement home, Abner Meecham (Hal Holbrook) flies the crumbling coop to return home to his farm only to find a family of three has moved in. Abner quickly learns he has been “betrayed” by his lawyer son Paul (Walter Goggins), who signed the lease over to old family enemy Alonso Choat (Ray McKinnon), an out-of-work drinker collecting insurance checks and trying to turn his family’s fate around with their new home.

Too stubborn to leave what is “rightfully his” and return to wilt away with his peers, Abner resides in the property’s sharecropper shack, which he protects with his old handgun and newly acquired noisy guard dog, Nipper. Amidst his squatting, he interacts with Choat’s frightened but faithful wife Ludie (Carrie Preston) and develops a friendship of sorts with her restless daughter Pamela (Mia Wasikowska), all while witnessing an unnerving family dynamic on the brink of collapse.

Writer-director Scott Teems is particular with the film’s pacing, often employing still landscape panoramas of the Tennessee backdrop. His camera movement parallels the pace at which Abner lives, only breaking the style during nightmarish dream sequences involving Abner’s dead wife. Teems successfully creates an ominous simmering to the story’s admittedly slow narrative, making the extremely violent acts that boil out of the characters even more dark and powerful.

As the narrative builds, the meaner side of Meecham emerges, as does the agonizing regret he feels for his past. Holbrook is the film’s shining prize, alternately making the audience laugh and empathize.

Holbrook is perfectly perseverant, forever scowling as he witnesses the new generation’s values deteriorate.

Hypnotic and atmospheric, That Evening Sun is a resonating look at aging in America.

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Suri leads Duke to 5th at Gifford

by Matt Levenberg The chronicle

On his 16th hole of play Monday, Duke freshman Julian Suri teed up his ball on the 190-yard downhill par 3. Little did he know that a few seconds later, the crowd would erupt, applauding his fourth career hole-in-one.

Suri’s ace set the tone for the Blue Devils at the three-day Gifford Collegiate Championship in San Martin, Calif. He fired a 3-under 69 on Day One, followed by a 5-under 68 in his second round of action, tying him for the individual lead. Suri finished with a final-round 74 for a 5-under 211 total, good enough for eighth out of 88 participants in the tournament. Duke finished in fifth place as a team in the event, which featured Oklahoma State and Stanford, the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country, respectively.

Suri’s teammate, fellow freshman Brinson Paolini, also played extremely well in the first two rounds, shooting 71 and 70 before carding a 3-over 75 in the final round at the par72 CordeValle Golf Club. Paolini and Suri have been golfing together for several years, and they fed off each other during this tournament.

“Julian has played fantastic. It comes as no surprise to me,” Paolini said. “I’ve been playing with Ju-

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lian for almost eight years now and he has always been great.”

Suri’s stellar play had the Blue Devils sitting at second place on the team leaderboard entering the final round of play. The Blue Devils were just one shot off the lead with nine holes left Wednesday, and head coach Jamie Green and his team knew that a first-place finish was within reach.

“It was our destiny if we chose to make the right decisions and hit the shots that we can hit,” Green said.

Unfortunately, the Blue Devils did not execute all the shots they were capable of hitting, but there is reason to believe in them for the coming spring season. The emergence of freshmen Suri and Paolini is a very encouraging sign for Duke.

The Gifford Championship ended the fall season on a high note. The Blue Devils’ fifthplace team finish ties their best this season. Duke proved it can hang with the best programs in the country, and it looks to be an even better team in the spring.

Green expects much improvement this winter.

“These guys are not at all afraid to work hard when they know what they are working on and why they are working on it,” Green said.

“They all have the desire and when we sit down with them, they will make the necessary adjustments.”

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Josh Bienenfeld helped the Duke defense shut down Boston College Wednesday, but the Eagles scored an overtime goal for the win.

Eagles down Duke again Blue Devils await NCAA tournament seeding decision

by Chris Cusack The chronicle

For the third straight year, Duke was sent home in the opening round of the ACC tournament, this time DUKE 0 falling 1-0 to Boston 1 College in BC overtime.

After 95 minutes of scoreless play through the heavy rain and wind of Tropical Storm Ida, the Eagles scored with a header to advance to play No. 20 N.C. State—which defeated No. 2 North Carolina—in the tournament semifinals.

After a 30-minute weather

delay, the Blue Devils kicked off under a downpour with strong, blustery wind blowing around the pitch. From the beginning, it was clear the game was to be defined by the extreme conditions.

“There was heavy rain coming into your face,” head coach John Kerr said. “The wind was swirling and that made it difficult to get anywhere and get a clear sight of goal.”

Also, Duke played without junior defensive anchor Christian Ibeagha, who was suspended after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season against Wake Forest Friday. Ibeagha will return

for Duke’s NCAA tournament games if the team is selected for the postseason.

But Wednesday, the first half was an even battle between the squads. Both the Blue Devils and Eagles experimented with different ways to move the ball around the field as they found their game plans rendered ineffective by the inclement weather.

In the second half, though, Duke found its rhythm. For the opening 25 minutes, the Blue Devils controlled possession and earned several See m. soccer on page 8

Football

First-year defensive starters making impact

by Jason Palmatary The chronicle

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Junior Damian Thornton, a linebacker and first-year starter, is recognized for his emotion on the field.

On the eve of this season, head coach David Cutcliffe and defensive coordinator Marion Hobby were uncertain as to what they could expect out of their defense with just four full-time returning starters. Nine games into this year’s slate, they have a much better idea.

While the first words that come to mind when describing the Duke defense would never be dominant or stingy, the unit has made great strides this year. Up to this point in the season, the defense has been yielding a respectable 23.6 points a game, right on pace with last year’s total of 23.4 points an outing.

Considering that all-conference performer and last year’s leading tackler Mi-

chael Tauiliili departed along with consistent contributors Glenn Williams and Greg Akinbiyi, much of this success can be attributed to the emergence of a handful of first-year starters.

“These guys have been providing what we expected,” Cutcliffe said. “I’m very pleased with the way these guys have stepped into their roles and thrived.”

Sophomore safety Matt Daniels has been a force in the secondary after not recording a start in his rookie campaign. Linebacker Damian Thornton and nose guard Charlie Hatcher have each started in eight of Duke’s nine games after making just one collective start the previous year.

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Christian Ibeagha’s suspension for Wednesday’s ACC quarterfinal contributed to Duke’s elimination at that stage for the third straight year.

m. soccer from page 7 opportunities, including three consecutive corner kicks. Boston College was able to generate few shots throughout the half, but simply weathered the Duke storm until the end of regulation. In the end, the Blue Devils’ inability to finish would come back to haunt them.

Early in the first golden goal overtime period, Duke dominated play, finding openings all over the field. However, momentum was lost when defender Matthew Thomas left the game with an injury, and the Eagles seized the opportunity. Within minutes, Edvin Worley headed a cross past Blue Devil goalkeeper James Belshaw for the win.

Boston College outshot Duke 12-7 on the afternoon, but the Blue Devils earned more corner kicks, 7-4.

“They ended up having one chance, and we didn’t defend well enough to prevent them from scoring,” Kerr said. “We paid the ultimate penalty for slack defending.”

Despite the loss, the Blue Devils will stay focused on their season’s last and most important test: the NCAA tournament.

“Right now, it really hurts. But tomorrow’s a new day,” senior defender Josh Bienenfeld said. “We’ve got to look forward. There’s nothing we can do about the result now.”

Another item that Cutcliffe has put particular emphasis on is the progress that his defensive newcomers have been making from game to game. A certain portion of this improvement is a general by-product of getting consistent snaps in live action, but the influence of holdovers such as Vince Oghobaase and Vincent Rey cannot be underestimated.

“Vince and Vinny bring a lot to the table,” fellow returning starter Catron Gainey said. “More than just their individual performance that we have come to expect, they do a lot in terms of motivating and coaching up the younger players.”

Although the defensive unit hasn’t consistently made game-breaking plays, with the exception of Leon Wright’s two interception returns for touchdowns against Army, it has become increasingly opportunistic.

A perfect example of this sense of increased aggression occurred late in the game Oct. 31 at Virginia with the Blue Devils protecting a slim lead. Defensive end Ayanga Okpokowuruk got to quarterback Jameel Sewell, jarring the ball loose, and Hatcher was there to scoop up the fumble and rumble into the end zone to kill any Cavalier comeback hope.

Thornton also has a habit of making plays when they count most. On the season, he has recorded 5.5 stops in the backfield, several of which have come on key third downs. The linebacker has caught his coaches’ and teammates’ attention with his intensity.

“Damian is emotional to say the least,” Cutcliffe said.

“That’s great so long as you can still read and react. He keeps getting better as the season progresses; he’s just a competitor.”

This mentality of performing when it counts most is something that the coaching staff has been stressing. So far this year, the opposition has moved into the red zone 30 times and only scored touchdowns on 57 percent of those possessions. Also, Duke put an end to five of those trips without giving up any points.

This weekend, with Georgia Tech and its prolific triple-option offense rolling into Wallace Wade Stadium, getting stops on third down will be crucial. Last week, North Carolina victimized the Blue Devils on third down and ended up with a huge advantage in time of possession. By the fourth quarter, Duke was worn down, and the floodgates opened.

To guard against this fatigue, Cutcliffe will have to

rely on other players who have seen their responsibilities expand this year. Lee Butler and Chris Rwabukamba will continue to play most of the snaps in the secondary, while Patrick Egboh and Adam Banks will help spell a front seven depleted by injuries.

“We have the same rotation, but we could see some circumstances from a health standpoint,” Cutcliffe said. “And someone may have to step up.”

The theme of an individual stepping up on the defensive side of the ball will be nothing new for the Blue Devils. Sophomores Daniels, Butler and Hatcher have all carved out their roles this year and will be expected to help younger players develop in the future.

“Actual playing experience is huge,” Cutcliffe said.

“It will certainly serve some of these younger guys well down the road.”

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Sophomore safety Matt Daniels started one game as a freshman, but has taken ownership of the position in his second season with the Blue Devils.

social media from page 1 Duke Blue Planet is a site maintained by the Blue Devil program that showcases the Duke basketball team, its players and coaches.

Both associate head coach Chris Collins and Duke Blue Planet are active on Twitter, but the two have just 2,446 and 3,011 followers, respectively. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has no presence on Twitter save for a fake account with his namesake (@MikeKrzyzewski) whose only two updates are “I could eat cheese for every meal” and “how else can i explain that calipari’s a little bitch?”

That isn’t to say, though, that the Blue Devils are not active on the Internet. In addition to the Duke Blue Planet website, the program has a channel on YouTube. The video entitled “Great Moments in Cinematic History,” in which players reenact scenes from movies including “Titanic” and “The Godfather,” has 43,915 views. Additional interviews and videos with players humanize a team that, to outsiders, can sometimes appear standoffish.

For the Blue Devils, interacting with fans on the Internet was a project that grew out of necessity. By the end of the 2006-2007 season, the negative attention surrounding the program, according to recruiting coordinator Dave Bradley, had become unbearable. The Blue Devils had gone 22-11, lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament and fizzled out early in the NCAA Tournament at the hands of Virginia Commonwealth. The media’s critical coverage, even if it was fair, sure wasn’t bolstering Duke Basketball’s reputation.

“The haters were out in full force, and it was taking its toll on our guys,” Bradley said.

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Associate head coach Chris Collins is active on Twitter, but he has many fewer followers than John Calipari.

“It was the worst I’ve ever seen it in terms of all the negative articles, the stories. More than just negative, just pure hate, it was just strong. There were a lot of people telling our story well, too, but we didn’t have a voice.”

Just over two years since the Duke Blue Planet website launched, the Duke Department of Athletics maintains that its Internet presence has been effective.

“I think there’s been less Duke hate, so to speak,” associate athletic director for communications Jon Jackson told The Chronicle in February. “It’s still out there.

For us to say it’s just going to magically disappear is probably not the best strategy on our part. It’s something you have to work at consistently, and one of the key ways to do that is through Blue Planet.”

Recruiting and the Internet Before YouTube and email, a college coach hearing rumors about an amazing recruit playing in a cramped gym at some far-flung location would have to make the difficult decision of whether or not to dedicate a few days to see the prodigy. It was recruiting by hearsay.

Now, those days are as antiquated as teams taking the train for West Coast road swings. In today’s new age of recruiting, players can simply upload videos showing off their skills onto YouTube or, better yet, email the clips to coaches across the country. The availability of footage makes the recruiter a little less road-weary, but the excess of information coming in takes time to sift through.

“We get email and people mailing us DVDs,” Bradley said. “We probably get, over the course of the year, 500 [people contacting us], at least, whether it’s a coach or a player or a parent. But the major conference programs on a given year are only going to look to bring in between one and five in a class.”

Hasheem Thabeet—the second pick of last year’s NBA Draft and a current member of the Memphis Grizzlies—would have had a hard time catching the attention of college coaches without the capabilities provided by new technology.

“He was in Tanzania and he went into an Internet café in Dar es Salaam and just started emailing American colleges,” recruiting analyst Adam Zagoria said. “It kind of makes the world a smaller place and enables people from all around the world to make themselves known.”

While the new breakthroughs allow talented players to take the recruiting process into their own hands, it is unlikely that recruiting will ever be done completely online.

After all, there are some things in the process that simply have to be done in person.

“You don’t get a feel of what a person is like until you sit across a table from him,” new media expert Paul Levinson said. “You also get something more from going to a game. In the future, the Internet will be an important, growing ingredient in recruiting, but it will not be all of recruiting.”

Recruits will still take their on-campus visits, and no matter how widespread the sport’s Internet presence becomes, the games will still be played on the hardwood. But for a program looking to stay current, social media has emerged as an essential tool.

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Communicate before cutting jobs Last year’s financial crisis licly stated their commitment truly hit home this week at to avoid layoffs at all costs, alDuke. though they were careful not The University instituted to rule them out altogether. its first public layoffs Monday, In the past months, however, eliminating two staff positions this strong language has bein relation to gun to fade, the merger of giving way to editorial the Internathe recognitional House and the Multi- tion that jobs may need to be cultural Center. eliminated.

As other elite research Based on estimates released universities like Harvard by Executive Vice President and Princeton have already Tallman Trask, the University experienced, layoffs are an shed the equivalent of 400 jobs unfortunate reality in today’s through early retirement incurrent economic climate, centives and other initiatives, and more will be necessary and 600 more jobs need to be to close Duke’s $125 million eliminated over the next two budget gap. years to balance the budget.

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Given this situation, faculty, staff and students deserve a frank explanation of the University’s plan going forward before the axe is dropped on hundreds of jobs. That’s why it is particularly disconcerting that Monday’s layoffs came without any notification or warning.

The process of cutting jobs will be extensive and require politically unpopular and difficult decisions, but open communication from the Allen Building is the first step to ensure that layoffs are made prudently.

That the administration’s overall strategy for eliminating jobs has not yet been outlined to the community at large raises doubts about where the policy is headed. To counter these concerns, President Richard Brodhead and other

administrators should release the University’s plan going forward, detailing priorities and potential areas for cuts.

In the past, Duke has taken measures to keep its employees informed about cost-cutting measures through various “Primetime” forums with key administrators. Moreover, the clear information available to employees about early retirement packages introduced earlier this year was laudatory, and it is the type of communication the administration should strive for as it moves forward.

Not only would a campuswide statement help to inform the University’s workforce, it would also reassure important stakeholders that the administration is confronting financial challenges proactively.

This is particularly important, as Duke’s cost-cutting strategy thus far has appeared a bit piecemeal, with budgetary changes left to the discretion of individual departments.

Moving forward, such a decentralized strategy—compared to a holistic approach— seems more likely to produce harmful cuts in key academic areas. Along these lines, bringing in an external consulting firm to evaluate the University, as was done at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, could be a step in the right direction.

There is no doubt that Duke faces challenges ahead.

But in adapting to troubled times, the administration should recognize the need for transparency, communication and comprehensive planning.

So why am I here, again?

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ith my semester in Glasgow winding down already, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I wanted to study abroad in the first place, and why I ended up in Scotland of all places.

It’s strange to think about what I wanted to accomplish so many months ago when I was first applying for programs.

(But what else are you going to do on 8-hour layovers spent waiting for the train station to doris jwo open in the only two points for shelter around, honesty i.e. a 24-hour McDonald’s? Sidenote: if you are interested in people-watching, you will be most entertained between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m.)

There are plenty of cynical reasons out there for spending a semester abroad, some of which are the undoubtedly the sole reasons that convince students to pursue such programs. Resume-boosting, the allure of partying all over Europe, escaping the stress that can accompany a semester at Duke. Or earning the right to identify yourself as a backpacker, along with all the mystical romanticism which that culture implies.

Christian Lander, author of the blog “Stuff White People Like,” would probably say that study abroad is solely for the purpose of bragging about it later on. Granted, there might be some of that involved upon return to Duke; for example, “When I was in Spain last fall, I had the most amazing tapas at this one bar with the freshest ingredients caught just that morning from the Mediterranean….”

Still, there are multiple other reasons, ones that are probably more worthy and ultimately more valuable, like learning a new language, immersing yourself in a different culture or pursuing a course of study that Duke doesn’t offer.

At the same time, I realized when I got here that whenever someone would ask me, “Why Glasgow, of all places?” I’d be hard-pressed to provide an answer, despite the countless choices available. I thought I knew at first. My reasons were simple, really. The Duke public policy program with the University of Glasgow fits my major and I’d be able to travel around continental Europe easily. It was a simple option to go abroad, so I took it.

But after spending some time here, despite

whatever reason I had to go in the first place, I realized that, rather unwittingly, I was going to take back much more than I expected. It’s just about asking yourself how much you want to make of it. And what you learn can really come from the most unexpected of sources. So here goes, a selection of odds and ends: Lesson No. 1: We have all been pronouncing “Duke” wrong our entire lives. If in fact we are to trust the British, a.k.a. my Irish, Scottish and English flatmates, who admittedly probably have greater claim to the English language than we do, then Duke is actually pronounced with a “j” tossed in there for greater sophistication. The end result sounds more like “juke,” and apparently our American pronunciation is quite amusing to the Brits.

Lesson No. 2: Free university tuition. Free healthcare. Reputable public housing projects.

And it all works. Just think about it.

Lesson No. 3: Great things can come from teatime, particularly late-night chats with a cup of hot tea and a bit of toast to go with it. The most interesting things come from just talking to people. Conversation topics range from discussing the phenomenon of Neds (non-educated delinquents, aka the gangsters of Britain), the failure of the American soccer team, the intricacies of Northern Irish politics and the wonderful vocabulary of British slang.

Lesson No. 4: Student unions can be a major part of social life. At Glasgow, there are two student unions, each complete with pubs, clubs, eateries and study space. And everyone hangs out together in them, regardless of social cliques or stereotypes. You can be friends with whoever you want to be friends with. Imagine what such a space might look like at Duke.

Lesson No. 5: Explore wherever you are. Here in Glasgow, it’s all about finding spots with beautiful views of the horizon or little eclectic tea nooks and restaurants. In Scotland in general, exploration means getting in touch with nature and seeking out hiking trails. There are plenty of things to do everywhere, Durham included.

Make plans and keep busy. Time everywhere flies by faster than you think it will.

So there you go. Some gems from abroad. I don’t know how applicable this is to everyone, but the overarching lesson is this, I think: take what you can from the things you do and the people you meet, and hope that the time you’ve spent anywhere changes your life in some small way.

Doris Jwo is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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What the merger means for Duke

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ust when I began to appreciate and value what my experience here at Duke University stands for, the true colors of the University and the system that governs it became all too clear.

I think it is time that someone places accountability where it is due for both the prospective and already applied changes to minority issues, such as the criticism of the Black Student nana asante Alliance Invitational and Latino guest column Student Recruitment Weekend and the recent merger of the International House with the Multicultural Center. As humans, we are often inclined to justify and rationalize our decisions and behaviors, no matter how unreasonable they are. It is these mental processes that allow the Duke administration, and groups such as One Duke United, to move forward with carrying out their misguided plans in the “best interest” of Duke.

It was one thing for One Duke United to voice its opinions on a matter that does not negatively affect them or other members of the Duke community. One Duke United is comprised largely of members who have no stake in the goals for BSAI weekend, which is in place to recruit prospective students of black descent through a weekend that exposes them to both the general student life and black culture here at Duke. It was quite another thing for members of this group to assert that BSAI and LSRW, among other minority recruitment weekends, be eliminated based on their misrepresentation of the unity of Duke and the notion that they have outlasted their usefulness.

Just as one cannot expect a person from a high socioeconomic background to truly understand and internalize the needs of a person who lives in poverty, the arguments of people who are mostly not active or even participants within the black community cannot be considered in making tangible decisions about such issues.

More importantly, Duke’s administration has incessantly failed those concerned with BSAI and LSRW by not advocating on our behalf or taking the reasonable stance against ideas that strive to create a false sense of cultural and racial unity, such as those of One Duke United and numerous other affiliated students. For the administration to remain indifferent toward this issue is disgraceful.

It speaks to the fact that Duke’s desire to foster a diverse community needs to be labeled as what it is: a pretentious façade.

Now that Duke seems to be comfortable with its numbers pertaining to minority representation among the student population, is it time to get rid of events that strive to foster a true sense of economic diversity? It has become all too clear that this false dedication to promoting diversity is superficial and simply follows the status quo.

If this was not the case, why has the University not taken a stance in support of minority recruitment weekends such as BSAI? These events have had an evident and positive impact on the official numbers for minority recruitment here at Duke, and more importantly, a strong and positive impact on the students who decide to matriculate at Duke. So, because Yale University was successful in canceling its Minority Scholars Weekend during President Richard Brodhead’s time there, that legacy should continue here? I think not. These misguided politics that govern Duke University and its administration are distasteful.

The recent merger of the Multicultural Center and the International House in conjunction with the ongoing debate surrounding BSAI begs many other questions, among them, what is Duke really trying to do with the minority population here at Duke? Why is it that Duke seems to expect such establishments to compromise the essence of its existence? The merger implies that mutually exclusive minority groups can be consolidated. This pervades a certain level of carelessness and indifference.

This desire and determination to consolidate or eliminate minority affinity organizations is shameless. If a primary concern surrounding such issues is a financial commitment that Duke can no longer afford, the University may want to think twice about a significant source of its financial contributions— alumni. If the administration thinks making such irrational decisions fosters strong and genuine relationships between the University and its minority alumni, it is mistaken.

I am angry and disappointed that such decisions are being made without a genuine interest in what is best for the communities that are involved. This is all such an incredible insult to the minority population here at Duke, who, believe it or not, are also dedicated to fostering unity among themselves. These two issues expose a deeper disconnect between the Duke system and the minority population that the administration is evidently unwilling to address.

Nana Asante is a Trinity sophomore.

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Why pass/fail needs reform

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f Duke wishes to maintain its academic reputation, it must encourage academic rigor and true interdisciplinary thinking. A more liberal pass/fail policy would do just that.

As Duke students enter the adult world, the lessons learned and skills acquired matter most, and exposure to difficult classes can hold more utility than playing it safe for an easy A. The satisfactory/unsatisfacelena botella tory system would make guest column viable the opportunity for a history major to learn organic chemistry, or an electrical and computer engineering student to take a 200-level philosophy course. We learn and grow as individuals by testing our limits and moving outside of our comfort zone.

T-Reqs aim to create a student body with a liberal, diverse educational background, but the current system disincentivizes students from attempting rigorous courses unrelated to their primary academic focus. How often do we hear about students using Math 103 to fulfill their QS requirement, Bio 118 to fulfill their NS, or Econ 110 to fulfill SS? A lack of regard for GPA could jeopardize a law school or med school student’s professional future—this pragmatic reality results in pandering and intellectual complacency. Duke can combat this by increasing academic flexibility and giving students room to explore.

The late deadline for students to declare if they wish to take the class on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis (a month before the end of the semester) makes the proposed changes extraordinarily powerful. Giving students ample time to decide on satisfactory/unsatisfactory status comes with a variety of benefits. The student who decides to take a difficult class in an unfamiliar subject area has an incentive to work hard throughout the semester, because if she achieves an A, she will be able to keep it.

This is especially meaningful if the academic risk has resulted in the student realizing she has an interest in a major or minor in the new-found discipline— pass/fail classes are not acceptable as major requirements. If instead the student realizes her weakness, she will have nevertheless have learned about herself and about a novel subject. Students should have the time to adequately familiarize themselves with the discipline (including their aptitutde at the discipline) before they make their decision.

The Oct. 9 Chronicle article, “Proposed changes to pass/fail policy elicit debate,” reported that Dean George McLendon argued that the late deadline would encourage students to take classes pass/fail “just to boost their GPAs,” but in reality the opposite is true—clearly, just taking an easy A course would best boost a student’s GPA. Simply put, the students McLendon imagines manipulating a pass/fail system do not, under the status quo, take difficult classes outside of their major anyway.

Reasonably, the new policy should include limits on the total number of classes one can take pass/fail, and pay close attention to the use of pass/fail classes in majors, minors, or certificates—this meaningfully restricts the possibility of abuse. Forcing students to decide at the beginning of the semester the pass/ fail status of the class only discourages risk-taking, or alternatively, discourages students to strive for an A+ in a subject at which they could potentially excel.

Contemporary challenges will require an entrepreneurial spirit and interdisciplinary thinking among students. The proposed policy changes will help ready students to meet these challenges by providing them with more freedom to take academic risks and more incentive to synthesize complex ideas.

Elena Botella is a Pratt freshman.

lettertotheeditor CRR alumni respond to merger We were shocked and saddened to read about the merging of the International House and the Multicultural Center, and about the loss of Juanita Johnson and Julian Sanchez in particular.

Some of the most meaningful experiences from our time at Duke (and maybe even our lives to date) have come from the Center for Race Relations, which is run out of the Multicultural Center. We sincerely hope this merger will not prevent other students from having similar experiences. Juanita was an invaluable resource to the various programs that came out of the Center, and Julian was a much beloved and admired mentor to so many of us. They will be greatly missed, and they are irreplaceable.

The International House and the Multicultural Center provide equally vital services to two distinct communities. Diversity work is rendered meaningless and ineffective if it is not treated as a nuanced issue, and given Duke’s history, this type of work should not be taken lightly. We hope that the decision to remove two distinguished staff members who have shown much loyalty to the university was not made flippantly as an “easy” way to deal with budget constraints.

Their contributions to our university community far outweigh their salaries. You cannot put a price on diversity.

We would greatly appreciate an explanation of why this happened, and how the University plans to keep its diversity planning at the same level. We are deeply concerned about what this plan means for the future of diversity and student programming at Duke.

Boyu Hu, Trinity ’08 Alumnus, Center for Race Relations

Merger decision lacked transparency, student input This week, the financial crisis hit close to home.

I discovered that my home away from home and my current employer, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, will be merged with the International House this January, and that two of my mentors at the center will be let go. No one at the center received word of this merger until after the decision has been made.

None of the student leaders, whose groups depend on the center for guidance and support, were consulted.

I understand that the University is in dire financial trouble, but it is precisely this type of non-transparent political process that landed the country in this mess.

The fact that Duke made this decision behind closed doors casts severe doubts in my mind on the University’s commitment to fulfill the needs of its minority students. The lack of input from students and faculty also leads me to doubt the wisdom of such a merger.

I also take umbrage with the concept of the Global Cultures Center. Ethnic minorities on campus are not just another exotic group to enrich the cultural experience of other Duke students. Racial minorities outside of the black-white binary already struggle against the so-called perpetual foreigner complex.

Ask an Asian-American friend if they have ever been made uncomfortable because someone said or implied that they didn’t “look American,” I’m sure they have plenty of stories. In merging the Multicultural Center with the International House, Duke contributes to the alienation of non-white and non-black racial minorities.

The Multicultural Center is not a showcase of minority cultures, it is a space where minority students can explore and celebrate their unique identity.

Please remember that the center is not just a delivery mechanism for programs and services, it is a community. While this merger may reduce costs, it does nothing to improve programs and services. In fact it does a great disservice to a university that claims to care about diversity.

Miho Kubagawa, Trinity ’07 Alumnus, Center for Race Relations

Jack Zhang Trinity ’11

Olivia Singelmann, Trinity ’08 Alumnus, Center for Race Relations Cammie Erickson, Trinity ’08 Alumnus, Center for Race Relations

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