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Smoking ban spurs debate by Christina Peña

Duke to grant five honorary degrees at commencement by Will Hyung

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The North Carolina smoking ban extinguished cigarettes in bars and restaurants, but it has also ignited some strong emotions. The ban, which took effect Jan. 2, prohibits smoking in businesses that serve food and alcohol to protect the health of employees. Since its passage, the ban has stirred discontent among hookah bar owners in particular, which unlike cigar bars, tobacco shops and private clubs, are not exempt from the law. “This law is a joke,” said Adam Bliss, owner of Hookah Bliss on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. “I’m not sure what makes us different from a private club or cigar bars that got the exemptions, except for that fact that legislators don’t smoke hookah. It’s clear who is getting their places saved and who isn’t.” Gehad Lobbad, owner of International Delights on Ninth Street, said his business has seen a small impact, though many customers who would have smoked in the restaurant buy

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President Richard Brodhead announced Monday the five innovators in various fields who will receive honorary degrees at May 16 commencement exercises. The recipients are professor and autism expert Temple Grandin, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education Joel Klein, professor and philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, English theoretical physicist Sir John Pendry and founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. Yunus, a banker and economist, is the commencement keynote speaker. “They are people of the highest accomplishments in all different forms of human endeavor,” Brodhead said. “Our students can graduate to put before them a mirror where they can see the people who went on to do great things with their education.” In 2006, Yunus and the Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below,” according to the Nobel Prize Web site. Grandin is a professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University and a bestselling author. She has conducted research in animal cognition and autism and is an advocate for the idea that autism can be controlled. Klein is the chancellor of the nation’s largest public school district and has been a leader in reforming public education. His approach, Children First, focuses on developing

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Undergraduate young trustee finalist

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Goldstein to leverage Block emphasizes 12 years of DSG, debate experience Duke experience in YT race by Caitlin Johnson

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Undergraduate Young Trustee finalist Chelsea Goldsten, a senior, said her experience in DSG and Duke Debate will make her a well-informed Young Trustee.

by Ray Koh

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Not only is Chelsea Goldstein the only female Young Trustee finalist, she is also the only independent. Goldstein, former Duke Student Government vice president for Academic Affairs and former president of Duke Debate, said her experiences and her campus involvement have prepared her to serve as an informed member of the Board of Trustees. Goldstein said that while in DSG, she worked to improve academic policy, helping create the Masters of Management Studies degree—a one-year program covering the foundations of business—and instituting a new underload policy. She said she was also an advocate for student concerns, lobbying administrators on behalf of students writing

In 12 years at Duke, Jeremy Block has had midnight burritos with Jason Williams at Cosmic Cantina, played roller-skate hockey where Belltower Residence Hall now stands and become well-versed in many facets of Duke. Block, one of three finalists for graduate Young Trustee, is a seventh-year graduate student. He graduates this Spring with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and a master’s in public policy. Block was a student in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, graduating in 2003 with majors in chemistry and biology and a minor in religion. He hopes to maintain his ties with Duke and continue to serve the institution. “I have grown to truly love this University through spending a dozen years of my adulthood here,” Block said. “I can

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Graduate Young Trustee finalist Jeremy Block, a seventh year graduate student, said his extensive involvement at Duke prepares him well to be Young Trustee.

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Palin raises $1.4 million for Obama ends Bush tax cuts political action committee WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama’s administration proposed to increase taxes on Americans earning more than $200,000 by close to $970 billion over the next decade and take in an additional $400 billion from businesses even as it retooled a proposed crackdown on international tax-avoidance techniques. The new budget released Monday would reinstate 10-year-old income tax rates of 36 percent and 39.6 percent for single Americans earning more than $200,000 and joint filers who make more than $250,000 as part of a broad $1.9 trillion tax increase proposal. It proposes to eliminate preferences for oil and gas companies, life-insurance products, executives of investment partnerships and U.S.-based companies that operate overseas.

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Evidence mounted Monday that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, an extremist Islamic militia with close links to al-Qaida and a record of major suicide bombings, has died of burns and other injuries he received during a recent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region. The death of Hakimullah Mehsud, first reported Sunday on Pakistani state television, has not been confirmed by Pakistani officials, and Taliban spokesperson continued to deny it Monday. But one government official said it was “80 percent” certain Mehsud had died. In addition, both a tribal leader and a Taliban official, speaking on condition of anonymity, gave similar descriptions of the militia leader’s severe injuries after the mid-January missile strike. Mehsud’s apparent demise, coming

less than six months after the killing of his predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, in another U.S. drone missile attack, leaves the once-predatory and feared militia effectively decapitated and its fighters on the run from the Pakistan army, which has driven them from both the Swat Valley and the South Waziristan tribal area. Analysts in Pakistan said it would be extremely difficult for the Taliban to recover from the loss of both leaders, especially given the precipitous decline in public support for the militia and its increasing isolation from elders of the Mehsud tribe, who are now negotiating with the government to hand over surviving Taliban commanders. ”If he’s gone, it’s a fatal blow,” said Imtiaz Gul, director of the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad.

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DUSDAC hears pitch for sushi eatery by Sanette Tanaka THE CHRONICLE

As early as next Fall, students may find a specialized sushi option closer to home. At the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee’s meeting Monday night, seniors Daniel Certner, Shaan Puri and Trevor Ragan presented their plans to open Wasabi, a quick-service sushi eatery, on campus. Wasabi differs from typical sushi restaurants because of its “have it your way” ordering system that allows patrons to customize their rolls, Puri said. The eatery will sell affordable sushi in an upbeat, casual atmosphere. The concept combines two popular trends—high-quality sushi and assembly line preparation. “As Duke students, our sushi options are extremely limited,” Ragan said. “We think Wasabi is the new fresh twist to dining we’re all looking for. Imagine if the Apple store sold sushi.” Ragan, Puri and Certner were inspired by growing chains like Chipotle and Subway that emphasize made-to-order options. The three seniors are prepared to put their post-graduate plans on hold and invest full-time in this enterprise, Puri said. Although they initially considered other locations, such as Franklin Street

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At DUSDAC’s meeting Monday evening, seniors Trevor Ragan, Shaan Puri and Daniel Certner (pictured left to right) present their plan to open a quick-service sushi eatery on campus next Fall. in Chapel Hill, Ragan, Puri and Certner want to open the first restaurant site either on the West Campus Plaza or in the Bryan Center. The seniors plan to petition funds from several different outlets. If they are unable to get funding from the University, they will look to outside vendors to cover the initial startup cost of about $150,000. “I think [Wasabi] has a huge novelty appeal,” said DUSDAC co-Chair Jason Taylor, a senior. “In the first year or two, it’ll be a hit since you’re selling the experience and the brand. As for just selling sushi in itself, I’m not sure how successful that will be, but

I don’t want to dismiss it until I see it.” In other business: Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst also discussed the University’s dining policies in cases of inclement weather. During severe weather days, keeping the Marketplace open on East Campus is the first priority because of the mandatory freshman board plan. Key West Campus eateries like The Loop and Armadillo Grill are also priorities, Wulforst said. Only a few dining locations on campus, such as The Refectory, See DUSDAC on page 5

degrees from page 1 public school leadership, providing teacher quality incentives and holding schools responsible for improvements. MacIntyre, a philosopher and a professor, has made contributions to moral and political philosophy and in the history of philosophy and theology. He has authored several books, such as “Dependent Rational Animals,” and has taught in various institutions, including Duke, Oxford University and Yale University. Pendry has made several scientific discoveries in the field of metamaterials— which he founded—and worked with other Duke scientists to create an invisibility cloak, which can hide objects from electromagnetic fields. The Committee on Honorary Degrees, which is composed of the Board of Trustees and faculty members, nominates the recipients in an ongoing discussion throughout the year, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Last year, seven figures received honorary degrees, including television personality and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, the keynote speaker at the 2009 commencement ceremony. “Honorary degree is a long-standing tradition, and it is a very important part of the commencement in part because the recipients represent the goals and aspirations of the University,” Schoenfeld said. Brodhead said the awarding of honorary degrees is meant to motivate the graduates. “Commencement is most fundamentally about the accomplishments of our own students,” he said. “Students can be quite surprised by how inspiring it is to see someone put before them who has accomplished what such people have done.”

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SMOKING BAN from page 1 tobacco anyway. Lobbad said he never received official correspondence about the ban, and says he is afraid to let people smoke near his restaurant—even he has smoked in his car. But Bliss is not afraid of legal retribution. Since the beginning of the year, Bliss has defied the law and continued to operate as usual. Business owners are allotted two warnings before they receive citations with fines of $200. Bliss said he has received a warning from the county health director already and has hired lawyers to fight legislation. Bars and restaurants near Duke are complying with the ban, but several owners said they have seen their business suffer. George Kastanias, owner of Taverna Nikos, never allowed smoking indoors. Kastanias echoed the sentiments of many in the area that the law is good for health, if not always for business. “I think it is a little bit tough, not for restaurants, but for bars,” Kastanias said. “I’m a smoker myself and I want to have a drink and have a smoke, but now I have to go outside in the freezing cold to do that. I really don’t appreciate it, but it is good for my health. Personally, I’d like to quit one day, and I think it is an encouraging law.” Hookah Bliss’s gross income is down 25 to 30 percent since the ban was instated. Bliss said that many people do not realize that he’s still open for business, some assuming that the hookah bar closed when the law went into effect. “If I didn’t serve beer, I’d be considered a tobacco shop,” Bliss said. “Well sure, if they decide that I don’t have a valid case and I have to get rid of the alcohol, that’s 20 to 25 percent of my sales. I’m not sure my business will survive. I’m worried about my employees and about me being able to pay my bills and losing my house.” Although Bliss is attacking the ban head-on, others hookah bars, like Juggling Gypsy in Wilmington, N.C., have gotten creative. Juggling Gypsy’s owner found a loophole in the law that allows smoking on a live production set, said Denny Best, the bar manager of Juggling Gypsy. The bar has set up a camera inside the establishment and streams a live broadcast on its Web site. “We are a live Internet broadcast reality show,” Best said. “We make customers sign a video release when they come in, and so everyone who comes in here is in fact an actor.” New Hanover County officials, however, do not agree with what Best calls a “black and white” exemption. The county health department sent Juggling Gypsy a letter seeking information about it’s practices. Kemp Berpeau, the deputy county attorney for New Hanover County, said Juggling Gypsy responded detailing what it thought was its exemption, and the county sent the bar a follow-up letter explaining that Juggling Gypsy is not exempt. “They have a restaurant license, and they also have authorization from ABC to serve alcohol, so because they have those two licenses they are subject to the smoking ban,” Berpeau said. “I’m surprised that they still think [they are exempt] because we met with them last week.” Under a local government section of the law, the ban does stipulate that smoking is not restricted on live production sets, but Berpeau explained that the section does not override the state law. Berpeau said the county told Juggling Gypsy that it would have to give up its restaurant and liquor license or become a nonprofit theater to comply with the law.

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Still, many local bars see benefits to ban. Some bars like Dain’s Place, next door to Charlie’s Neighborhood Bar on Ninth Street, built its clientele on its smoke-free environment. But bars like Charlie’s, which had allowed smoking before, were fearful about how the ban would affect their business. Oz, a bartender at Charlie’s, said many customers complained about the ban before it went into affect, but he noted that the bar has not lost any patrons. Larry Johnson, a Pensacola, Fla. City Council member who was visiting the area and stopped in Charlie’s, said the years-long smoking ban in Florida has actually improved business. “It was a welcome change,” Johnson said. “It is enjoyable to be in a smoke-free restaurant.” Oz said the change makes for a more enjoyable work environment as well. “I’m a smoker myself, but there is a difference between me smoking one cigarette and having to walk through a wall of smoke every day while I’m at work,” Oz said.

DUSDAC from page 3 Panda Express and Joe Van Gogh coffee shop, were closed due to the recent inclement weather. “I don’t think a student should ever have to worry about where to eat on campus,” Wulforst said. He praised the efforts of University staff who provided transportation for more than 20 employees. “The managers from Armadillo Grill slept here over the weekend. They didn’t go home,” Taylor said. “I’m sure it was difficult working with strained staff and feeding all the hungry kids on campus. I was thoroughly impressed.” Also, Wulforst announced that the new Central Campus eatery is on schedule to open March 1 and will be located in the space previously held by Uncle Harry’s General Store. The 3,200 sq.-ft. restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night options, as well as takeout foods like packaged sandwiches, salads and fruit. Beer and wine will also be offered. The option of tipping with food points at Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and Dale’s Indian Cuisine on Ninth Street should be available soon, Wulforst added.

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bring an informed, fresh perspective that is unique due to the length and depth of my knowledge of Duke.” As a graduate student, Block co-chaired the Biological Sciences Graduate Student Symposium. He also interviewed undergraduate applicants and chaired the Strategic Planning Committee of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Block said that as chair, he worked to improve campus transportation. “I was impressed by his focus on Duke and what is in the institution’s best interest, particularly looking at issues from a student’s perspective,” said Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek, who has worked with Block on several committees and projects. “He was very thorough, persistent and thoughtful, and at the same time he was willing to listen to other people’s opinions and perspectives.” As an undergraduate, Block ran for the cross country and track teams all four years and helped lead Duke to its 2000 ACC cross country title. He also served on the Duke University Access Committee, which sought to help Duke meet Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility standards. Block added that he has a passion to improve accessibility and safety on campus. He said he has witnessed too much violence against Duke students, such as the 2008 murder of Abhijit Mahato, a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Pratt School of Engineering. Block said he strives to create a healthier campus environment where all students can reach their fullest potential. He said being visually impaired has helped him realize Duke’s potential to assist students with disabilities. Block said one of the most meaningful experiences he has had at Duke was his effort to update the war memorial next to the Chapel. He and an undergraduate student compared the alumni database and a Pentagon database to find out which

theses in small departments and science majors trying to fill their Trinity requirements. “I love learning about the way people learn,” Goldstein said. “And not only learning about these policy issues, but trying to use them to change my context for the best.” And as an unaffiliated female, Goldstein believes she is in a unique position to represent the voices of a large segment of campus as an undergraduate Young Trustee. Goldstein could be the first female undergraduate Young Trustee in six years. In her application, Goldstein wrote that she may be challenged to transition from being a “student advocate to being an agendaless decision maker on the Board of Trustees.” Goldstein said that if elected, she will provide a fresh perspective for the Board, but Duke alumni have died in service. In October, U.S. Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki, Grad ’76, came to rededicate the war memorial. “I was shocked to see some people I knew from undergraduate on the list,” Block said. “Then I saw a couple who came back to Duke to honor their son. It was their first time visiting in 20 years.” Block said his experience and love for the University, combined with his fiscal knowledge, will help him be an effective Young Trustee in the current economic climate. He said he does not want to cut academic or extracurricular opportunities for students, but also aims to help Duke balance its budget. “He knows what the Duke students are about and knows the school backwards and forwards,” said senior Swathi Padmanabhan, who had Block as a teaching assistant. “His perspective from being an undergraduate and graduate student will make him a good Board member. Plus, he really cares about this school.”

added that it would be irresponsible for her to represent a single constituency or issue. “I think the fact that I’ve seen this is going to be my biggest challenge would give me the tools to solve it by actively focusing on it,” Goldstein said. As a Board member, Goldstein would make decisions that affect the Duke community as a whole. Although she emphasized not having an agenda, she said she would like to see the Board address issues concerning sustainability, endowment transparency and socioeconomic diversity on campus. Goldstein said her eight years of debate experience, during which she had to evaluate both sides of an issue, will help her new role. She also pointed to the Young Trustee’s firstyear observation period as a chance to transition before becoming a voting member. And although her DSG experiences may present a few challenges, Goldstein

said that they have given her a perspective of students’ needs and how the University works that the other candidates may lack. “In order to be effective [as a Young Trustee], you need to make quick decisions. If you don’t have the fundamental knowledge, you will not be,” said current Duke Debate President Matt Byrne, a junior. “She has knowledge and experience in her work with DSG.” Goldstein said her debate experience and time serving as a representative on the Academic Affairs Committee to the Board would make her an effective participant if elected. “I know she has exceptional skills in conveying arguments clearly and concisely to others,” said Kevin Troy, Trinity ’09, who served as Duke Debate vice president with Goldstein. “I think the Young Trustee position is one where it is most important to have a clear voice.”

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While watching the closing moments of Virginia’s 75-60 road demolition of North Carolina Sunday, I couldn’t help but feel a little elated about the hard times that have befallen Duke’s arch rival eight miles down 15-501. After dropping their third straight league game at the Dean Dome, the 13-8 Tar Heels are on pace for their worst season peformance since 2001-2002, when they went 8-20 and were beaten three times by the Blue Devils. After all, with Duke on top of the ACC and North Carolina grasping for the bottom rungs of the conference ladder, isn’t it only natural for Blue Devil fans to be indulging in a little bit of schadenfreude in light of the Tar Heels’ travails? Unfortunately, Georgetown’s 8977 evisceration of Duke in the nation’s capital Will gives great pause to any such impulse. Without a doubt, misery has company along Tobacco Road, as the Blue Devils failed to pass the test Saturday in their most high-profile contest of the season. With President Obama seated at courtside, the Blue Devils simply had no answer for a Georgetown fast-break attack that finished with an astounding 71.7 shooting percentage from the floor. And when

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Obama donned a headset and joined the CBS broadcast crew during the second half, his analysis of how Georgetown was successfully contesting Jon Scheyer’s shot attempts proved to be spot-on. But it wasn’t just Scheyer—who went 5-of-13 from the field—who couldn’t find an open look, as both Nolan Smith (6-for16 shooting) and Kyle Singler (4-of-14) struggled to find easy shots against an airtight Hoya defense. At the end of the game, perhaps the most embarrassed Blue Devil in the building was presidential aide and former Duke player Reggie Love, who was mentioned by Obama at the end of the broadcasting cameo as the person who probably had the “worst case of nerves this afternoon” about his former team’s lackluster showing. But ultimately, you don’t have to be a President or former player to see just how badly Duke struggled against Georgetown and how that performance underlines some disturbing trends that don’t bode well for the Blue Devils as the season approaches March. The striking thing is that a pair of these difficulties are shared by the Tar Heels. Just like North Carolina, Duke struggles to defend against strong, quick guards on the perimeter. After allowing Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg to go off for 29 points Sunday, North Carolina has now See flaherty on page 8

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North Carolina guard Larry Drew II has not been able to match, or even approach, Ty Lawson’s production, and the Tar Heels have sturggled as a result. North Carolina currently sits in 10th place in the ACC.

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Duke’s difficulties in defending quick guards were apparent Saturday against Georgetown’s Chris Wright.

This past Sunday’s contest in Chapel Hill was emblematic of a shift in power in the ACC. One team was fighting to stay in contention at the top of the conference, the other desperately trying to keep its season from spiraling further downhill. Virginia surprisingly fills the role of ACC contender this season, and the Cavaliers’ 75-60 drubbing of host North Carolina has the Tar Heel faithful closer than ever to hitting the panic button. “The things that I have preached for the previous 21 years seem to work,” North Carolina head coach Roy Williams said. “And the things that I’ve preached this year the same as those 21 haven’t worked. So I’ve got to find a different way to do it.” The biggest issues for the Tar Heels come on the defensive end and at the point guard position. North Carolina allowed Virginia to go on an 18-0 run early in the second half Sunday that put the game out of reach. The Cavaliers shot 52 percent for the game and led by as many as 21 during the second half. Virginia guard Sylven Landesberg was essentially allowed free reign at the Dean E. Smith Center, scoring 29 points on 11-of-18 shooting and adding 7-of-8 from the free throw line. Landesberg wasn’t the only player getting open looks, as the Cavaliers spread the floor and moved the ball at will. They compiled 18 assists on 27 field goals and three Virginia players scored

in double figures. Williams hinted that his team’s intensity level may be to blame for the letdown. “I didn’t think even early in the game [Sunday] that we were really into the game,” Williams said. “It’s almost like we were going out to play just because we had to play as opposed to just loving game night, and can’t wait until game day gets here, and can’t wait to go out and compete. [With] teams in the past I’ve been able to See acc on page 8

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Former Tar Heel Ty Lawson’s underrated defensive play drove North Carolina to a championship last season.

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flaherty from page 7 seen five ACC guards light them up for 20 or more points this season. The Blue Devils, meanwhile, allowed both of Georgetown’s starting guards—Chris Wright and Austin Freeman—to hit or eclipse the 20-point plateau, in addition to former Duke recruit and current Duke killer Greg Monroe. It’s evident that the Blue Devils are sorely missing a defensive ace that has the necessary agility and defensive length to hedge off penetration and aggressively contest shot attempts from opposing guards. Elliot Williams showed great potential toward the tail end of last season as someone who could fill that role for Duke, but it’s now abundantly clear that the Blue Devils lost more than just depth when Williams opted to transfer to Memphis this summer. Additionally, just like North Carolina, Duke is still waiting on key underclassmen to fill offensive voids at their positions. For the Tar Heels, the offensive struggles of sophomore guard Larry Drew II and freshman guard Dexter Strickland have been a significant reason why the team ranks in the bottom half of the ACC in points per game, assists and assist-to-turnover ratio. Although Duke’s young contributors are not struggling to the same extent, the frontline duo of sophomore Miles Plumlee and freshman Mason Plumlee must find more ways to score inside in order to take offensive pressure off the big three of Scheyer, Singler and Smith. Against Georgetown, that trio took 69.3 percent of Duke’s shots and scored 70.1 percent of their team’s points. Whether the production emerges from post skills honed in practice or by an increase in designed plays that put the Plumlees in better position to score, the Blue Devils need more production from down low. Williams’s emergence around this time last season was

spurred by an excellent showing in practice, proving that it’s not too late for the Plumlees to find their offensive groove this year. The game against Georgetown might be the closest simulation Duke has had all year to the caliber of opponent it would likely face in a Sweet 16. It’s also the last such matchup the Blue Devils will encounter for the remainder of the season. Usually, the Tobacco Road rivalry matchup with the Tar Heels fits this paradigm, but with North Carolina’s struggles this season, that won’t be the case when the two teams square off in eight days at the Dean Dome. But still, let’s be real: On that one day, Duke fans can take full pleasure in their rivals’ pain without thinking twice.

acc from page 7 have that attitude and so far with this one I have not.” The biggest difference between this year’s Tar Heels and last season’s championship squad is at the point guard position. Although Larry Drew II was a serviceable backup last year, he has yet to find his comfort zone during this campaign. “We’re not running the ball anything like I would like to run it,” Williams said. “We’ve got three or four different offenses that we’ve tried to use as opposed to sticking with one.” Drew’s shooting percentages are all up from last year, but he is only averaging 9.1 points per game and holds an assist-toturnover ratio of 1.98/1. By comparison, Ty Lawson posted higher percentages in all three shooting categories (field goal, 3-point, and free throw), held a 3.48/1 assist-to-turnover ratio, and averaged 16.6 points per game for the national champions. Lawson thrived in Williams’ hightempo offense, but Drew has been uncomfortable leading the break. Lawson’s quickness was a major factor on the defense end as well—he had 75

steals last season while picking up only 59 fouls in 38 games. Drew leads the team with 51 fouls already this season, and his 20 steals in 21 games puts him on pace for only 36 this year—less than half of Lawson’s mark. Where Lawson created offensive opportunities for North Carolina with his stellar ball pressure, Drew tends to create offensive opportunities for the opponent via the free throw line. The Cavaliers were happy to take advantage of the Tar Heels’ swoon Sunday, as they look to challenge the ACC’s best. Tony Bennett is in his first season leading Virginia, and while the Cavaliers have been inconsistent at times, the 2007 National Coach of the Year at Washington State hopes that this game can be a stepping stone towards establishing his team at the top of the conference. “The challenge is now to not come out flat in the next game—to take that and really play with that same kind of sense of urgency,” Bennett said. That opportunity will present itself Wednesday night in Charlottesville against North Carolina State. The Cavaliers then face Wake Forest Saturday in another home game as they try to separate themselves from the pack in the ACC.

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a practical short-term step to accomplishing a long-term overhaul of housing at Duke. K4, with its new room configurations and creative social spaces, can make its mark on undergraduate culture. With halfway decent apartments on West Campus, seniors are less likely to move off campus. This could increase interaction—both social and academic—between underclassmen and upperclassmen and enrich campus life. Adding another building to Keohane Quad could also make the underutilized McClendon Tower more of a destination for students. In addition, the K4 project is a financially prudent way of continuing progress in tough times. Upon completion, it appears that construction

costs will be repaid largely by the revenue stream of future students’ housing fees. More importantly, K4 will give the University the opportunity to experiment with new housing models. That way, when construction on New Campus eventually begins, the University can be sure that its new residential buildings are appropriately configured to meet students’ needs. As the project moves forward in the coming weeks, administrators should seek to improve communication with the student body. Since K4 was first announced by Dean Nowicki in October, there has been little followup, leaving students surprised to hear that construction will start so soon. This secrecy— intentional or not—should

not be tolerated. Communication with the residents of Edens and Keohane Quads must be especially clear and consistent, since construction will cause noise disruptions and periodic outages in their electricity, water and steam service. These students did not sign up to live next to a construction site, and given the high housing fees they pay to the University, they deserve some sort of creative, non-financial compensation for their sacrifice (a higher number in the housing lottery is one option). For now, students will have to bear the burden of K4 construction. But with its potential to initiate substantive future changes to the housing model, they, too, will reap its benefits.

Lessons from a seven-year-old

hat do my 7-year-old, Play-Doh-squishing, lusioned state of Experience. In actuality we don’t Lunchables-eating brother and I have in have to see life in such a binary, inherently contracommon? dictory way. We both spend overwhelming amounts of time The very fact that we, as college students, are indulging in cartoons, television still captivated by certain aspects of shows and other media deemed childish culture speaks to the inac“too young” for us by the public-atcuracy of this division. large and then vehemently denying It may even be dangerous to so their hold on us. neatly categorize our life experiencFor my brother, the incriminates, relegating so-called immaturities ing list consists of a few guilty pleaof the past to, well, the past. After sures that Only Babies Like, for inall, why do we scoff at Disney endshining li stance: “Thomas the Tank Engine,” ings, Calvin’s passionate devotion all too human Dr. Seuss and the “Chicka Chicka to his stuffed tiger, Charlie Brown’s Boom Boom” song. His denial upon perpetual football-kicking failure? being teased takes the form of shrill “nuh-uh”-ing, Why do we consign hopefulness and idealism to with the occasional rhetorical flourish added for trite love songs and Christmas commercials? effect (e.g. “your brain doesn’t work!”). We do so because we think these stories unwise My collection of juvenile fascinations is more and somehow irrelevant to Real Life. Our adult expansive. Atop the list of infantile entertainment wisdom tells us that no one lives happily ever afI resort to in times of stress-induced panic are a ter, that Calvin will inevitably grow up to abandon few stubborn holdovers from my long-gone youth: Hobbes in a box in his closet, that Charlie Brown “Calvin and Hobbes,” a battered copy of “The Little should really stop being friends with sadists. Prince,” holiday episodes of “Peanuts” and so on. Maturity has taught us to be cynics. Likewise, I’m not the only immature kid on the block, it has taught us to equate childhood with naïveté. either. We all do it: catching up with old favorites, We are so committed to our impression of the big, letting our inner child out for a few moments of bad, real world that we dismiss anything we deem carefree play. I caught my roommate in bed with too simplistic, too wide-eyed. A.A. Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh” instead of her Ironically, this tendency is guilty of the very misDostoevsky reading. A semester without Disney take it attempts to avoid: it oversimplifies. ChildSing-Alongs in Griffith Theater would be unimag- hood isn’t just one big playground, and kids aren’t inable. Last December was apparently “Change unaware of hardships. The universal appeal of films Your Profile Pic to Your Favorite Pokemon” month like “Where the Wild Things Are” emphasizes the on Facebook. overlap of juvenility and maturity. Despite its fanBut though we are as guilty of being babies as tastical premise, Spike Jonze’s newest movie strikes my brother is, our collective denial may be even a balance between foolish inexperience and darker shoddier than his. It doesn’t take the form of a undertones of betrayal and abandonment. blatant lie but rather a rationalization worn thin Likewise, “Calvin and Hobbes” (named after with overuse. the theologian and the philosopher with whom To excuse our continued love affair with the comic strip’s main characters share their childhood hobbies, we blame nostalgia, eager names) frequently offers sharp insight into metato diagnose ourselves with a strain of Peter Pan physical questions asked by people of all ages. And Syndrome. We finish a conversation about our fa- to this day, “The Little Prince” is the best spiritual vorite Saturday morning cartoons and with a sigh guide I have ever read. say something to the effect of, “Oh, the good ol’ To me, this proves the natural wisdom and reldays. Remember when we used to be so happy/ evance of seemingly immature stories. I am coninnocent/untroubled?” vinced we would actually benefit from the dilution To be sure, we all sometimes long for the un- of our adult skepticism through the reintroduccomplicated afternoons of childhood when we tion of youthful hopefulness into respectable sociwere blissfully unburdened by term papers, career ety. We could stand to learn something from fairy decisions, political affiliations and sexually awkward tales, comic strips and other various and sundry situations. It’s easy to think back to our prepubes- forms of juvenile entertainment. cent glory days as a time we’ll never have again. It’s about time we all became a little less maBut this Romantic idealization of childhood ture and a little more like my brother. does youth an injustice. It assumes that there exists a specific Then and Now, a previous time of Shining Li is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs Innocence to be contrasted to our current disil- every Tuesday.

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letterstotheeditor Poor decision to hold classes in ice Despite my efforts to walk cautiously down the steps to the LSRC, I slipped on a step and luckily caught myself and my coffee in time to avoid tragedy. I was lucky. In the span of three hours, I’ve managed to see five people slip on ice on campus today. Thank goodness I have a friend with a four-wheel drive truck, or I likely would have endured one of two fates: 1. Gotten my car stuck on campus, like I managed to accomplish yesterday, or 2. Slipped on ice while walking to campus from my home north of Hillsborough Road. I was flabbergasted when I saw the lack of effort on part of the University to prepare university roads and walkways for safe travel. Roads were fine outside of campus, until we entered the sheet of ice that was LaSalle Street. I understand that canceling classes puts a huge wrench in the machine that is Duke. But, as a student studying climate change mitigation policies, I propose that Duke consider the precautionary principle. In the face of uncertain, yet possible danger, is it really worth the risk of putting student’s safety in jeopardy? Not to mention, this is also an issue of fairness. It was acknowledged by Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta yesterday that “some may not be able to make it to campus tomorrow.” In that case, is it fair for those unable to travel to miss out on a valuable school day and bear the burden of having to make up a class? Students are then faced with a decision: either put

yourself and others at risk, or fall behind academically. Neither seem like a good option. Don’t make students make the choice, Duke administrators. Next time, do what’s best for the safety of those that make Duke the extraordinary institution it is. Andrea Martin Master of Environmental Management ’12 Student safety compromised in storm Late Sunday evening, numerous students gathered at the bus stop and braved the cold to catch a bus. Only no bus came. A vain attempt to contact SafeRides revealed that they too were not providing transportation due to inclement weather. With no other option, many students were forced to walk back on icy sidewalks to either Central or East campuses, which is not recommended due to safety concerns at night. How is it students are not provided with reliable bus transportation or adequate notice of terminated bus service (besides the notice posted on the hard-tofind campus services site)? This is a serious failure on Duke’s part to guarantee to both students and parents that student safety is of utmost concern on campus. Diana Norton Trinity ’11

When life hands you snowflakes

orth Carolina was caught off-guard last weekend management team took to the phones. The restaurant with an uncharacteristically powerful snowstorm. hosting our evening affair was not open for lunch and A region that usually sees no more than a few wasn’t answering our calls. The C-5 wasn’t running, and inches all year had its second considerable snowfall of snow in the Blue Zone kept us from driving our cars. the season. Because the first storm came Even all of the cab companies we tried to over winter break, Friday and Saturday reach wouldn’t honor reservations that were the first chance for many new Dukies evening—some had closed altogether from the North to witness a city completeuntil the snow passed. ly shutting down due to a relatively small Now, I’m from Massachusetts. We’re amount of snow. used to the snow; we even have different Service-crippling snowstorms are words for different kinds of snowstorms rarely convenient, but this one in particu(a nor’easter is a blizzard, but a blizzard bradford colbert is not necessarily a nor’easter—ask somelar fell at an unfortunate time. For one thing, the snow’s late Friday arrival meant one with a thick Boston accent to explain the other side that no classes would be canceled. The seit to you). mester may only be three weeks old, but who doesn’t Up North, if you’re trying to plan an event in January, like the reprieve of a snow day? At least we won’t have you know going in that there’s a chance that the weather any classes paradoxically rescheduled for the days after will shut you down. If that happens, you adjust your plans LDOC like last year. as best you can and roll with it. This was also the weekend that we were finally going Apparently this mindset is not universal—a number of to see some tents in Krzyzewskiville. brothers and their dates were upset that their fancy night The snow wreaked havoc on the scheduled start of of dinner and dancing was being taken from them. Some Blue Tenting season, with night after night of grace clung to the idea of holding semi long past the point and the cancellation of the party meant to celebrate that it was realistically feasible. As panic set in, the fingerthe transition out of the Black and into the Blue. pointing started, but the only direction to point was up at Personally, I see this as a sign of the basketball gods’ the clouds that were responsible for the snow. Canceling disapproval of a tenting policy that kept K-ville un- semi was nobody’s fault except Mother Nature’s, and the populated until mid-January. Hopefully Durham and more productive question to ask was, how can we salvage Chapel Hell freezing over will signal a return to the our Saturday night? days when the Craziest of Crazies could put up tents In spite of the Negative Nancies, we managed to in December. put together a smaller event in the comfort of our (One last memo to the line monitors: On one hand, section. Our “snowed-in” circumstances were the inyou have perpetually decreasing turnout at smaller spiration for the theme of the evening, and I spent games against non-conference teams and the dregs the afternoon with a handful of optimists making hot of the ACC. On the other hand, you decided to shift chocolate and cutting and hanging paper snowflakes the traditional first-come-first-served tent numbering around the dorm. model to one that rewards “merit.” Put two and two Of course our section shindig did not have the same together—maybe prior attendance is a better judge of allure as a night on the town, but it had a charm all its who deserves the best seats at the UNC game than a own, and those in attendance made a great night out Blue Devils trivia contest. Reward the basketball fans, of a less-than-ideal situation. After all, we can reschednot the basketball nerds!) ule the semi for another day when icy conditions won’t And for all the bros and bros-to-be on campus, last pose a threat to cars on the road and girls in heels. weekend saw the Interfraternity Council recruitment Things don’t always go the way you’ve planned, but an process come to an unfortunately anticlimactic close. open mind and a positive attitude can make the differMany groups’ final events, which were their last chances ence. From snowmen and snow angels to sledding and to get to know and impress rushes, fell victims to the snowball fights, luckily you’ve got plenty of options when wintery conditions. life hands you snowflakes. On a personal note, my own fraternity’s semiformal was scheduled for Saturday night, and with the snow Bradford Colbert is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other beginning to pile up Saturday morning, our crisis Tuesday.

Mice, men and Myspace

t seems like no one can stop talking about the socalled “revolution” of social media. In the past couple decades cell phones, computers and the Internet have fundamentally changed the way we communicate. We are ever more connected, with a seemingly unbounded number of channels to interact on. Now we can commit faux pas in new and exciting ways! Indeed, jeremy walch mankind has reached the pinnacle of civiliza- anger turned sidetion. Where would we ways be without our modern miracles in communication? I can think of a few things I’d dearly miss. Texting: With great power comes great responsibility. Did you know that somewhere around four billion text messages are sent each day? This raises some very significant questions. How many of the four billion contain at least one “LOL,” “ROFL” or “HAHA?” In how many of those does the phrase actually mean the person is amused rather than merely making a pathetic attempt to make the message less awkward? Yes, of course it was a joke; you weren’t really hitting on me. (I have this nagging feeling that this column is going to cause me some problems.) How many are naughty? (And why do I not get those?) How many can be classified under the delightful phenomena of drunk texts? Those are closely related to my personal favorite: the lonely ex-girlfriend text. Tread carefully, young nimble-thumbed soldier, for great peril lies here. (Okay, maybe more than just a nagging feeling.) Typically, however, this technology only lets you talk to one person at a time. We can do better, right? You betcha! Twitter, oh Twitter, you fantastic haven for self-important pretention and incoherent inanity—capturing the Zeitgeist 140 characters of written excrement at a time— you hold a special place in my heart. Never before have so many people been so tragically misinformed about the significance of their daily activities. The narcissism comes as no great surprise when you examine the terminology; not only can you “follow” people, but you can have “followers.” You can be your very own Internet messiah! Your kingdom awaits you! I, like virtually every other college student in America, spend more time than I should on Facebook. Nonetheless, some people really put me to shame in the pointlessdithering-of-time category. Seriously, anyone that can dedicate time to playing Farmville and the ilk needs to try taking real classes, having a life or—here’s a thought for the ages—both. While we’re on Facebook, what’s with “becoming a fan” of utterly mundane crap? It rather destroys the meaning of the word fan when you apply it to every arbitrary phrase that runs through your mind. Here’s some of the best ones to cross my feed: “hate when nobody comments on your awesomely thought up status,” “The Moment Of Glory When You Find Out Everyone Hates The Person You Hate” and “Picking Your Nose While Observing A Lunar Eclipse.” I made that last one up, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see it. If nothing else, I’m sure someone will create it just to irritate me, since apparently that’s a fun thing to do. Fortunately, it turns out there’s a new super-secret social media that doesn’t suffer most of these pitfalls. I’m going to let you all in on it just because I’m a nice guy. You’ll love it, I promise. Get off your computer. Turn off your cell phone. Facebook can wait. Twitter can wait. IM can wait. Hang out with friends that make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry. Eat lunch with classmates you haven’t taken the time to get to know. Go on a date with that cute girl from psychology and stop looking for yourself in “Missed Connections” on Craigslist. Enjoy every mundane detail of your life. The most rewarding connections are formed when you aren’t connected. But you already knew that, didn’t you? Jeremy Walch is a Pratt junior. His column runs every other Tuesday.

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2/3 My House Is On Fire and A Promise to the Dead Films of Ariel Dorfman. Debut of the film series celebrating the Chilean playwright/activist’s 25 years as a Duke Professor. Q&A to follow with Ariel and Rodrigo Dorfman! 2/6 Experimental film program (19671982) (Nasher, 2:30 pm) Framing Language series. Special presentation by visiting instructor/filmmaker David Gatten!

Olive Branch and Reciprocity Two exhibitions featuring the photographs and handmade cameras of Cedric Chatterley. Olive Branch documents nearly three decades of Mark Fisher’s life, a project that began when Fisher approached Chatterley as a graduate student in photography in Cairo, Illinois, and invited him to photograph “everything in my house that’s broken.” Reciprocity features the stunningly beautiful cameras that Chatterley builds, sometimes with friends and fellow artists, from found objects and cast-off materials.

Events Ongoing through Sunday, March 28 ART. Cedric Chatterley: Photographs of Honeyboy Edwards, 1991-1996. An exhibit of Chatterley’s photographs of blues musician David “Honeyboy” Edwards. During library hours. Perkins Library Special Collections Gallery. Free.

Thursday, February 4 MUSIC. Duke New Music Ensemble. Dan Ruccia, director. Lunch with the New 2: works by Olivier Messiaen, George Crumb, David Lang, and Henryk Górecki. 12 pm. Biddle Music Building Lobby. Free. Friday, February 5 MUSIC. So Percussion. Readings of new works by Duke graduate student composers David Kirkland Garner, Youngmi Cho, and Tim Hambourger. 1 pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free.

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MUSIC. Chamber Music Master Class with the Orion Quartet. 5 pm. Nelson Music Room. Free. Sunday, February 7 MUSIC. Lecture/Demonstration: Joseph Robinson, former principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic, presents “Marcel Tabuteau’s analysis of the creative dimensions of the Interpretive Art of Music.” 4-6 pm. Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building. Free.