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Mike Lefevre Duke draws ‘rich kids of all colors’ wins DSG Racial diversity grows while socioeconomic makeup stays constant presidency ADMISSIONS IN DEPTH | Part 3: Socioeconomic diversity
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When looking at the racial and ethnic composition of the student body, Duke has changed dramatically over the years. But when factoring in socioeconomic status, Duke’s increase in diversity—as measured by an individual’s race and class—appears to be only skin deep. In the last 15 years, the proportion of students identifying themselves as white has decreased substantially, from about threefourths in 1994 to about half in 2008. During the same time period, however, the percentage of students reporting family incomes in the bottom half of the U.S. income distribution has remained relatively constant, hovering between 9 and 16 percent, based on data from Duke’s Office of Institutional Research. “The only way this can happen is that we are drawing from minority families that are of greater means,” said Steve Nowicki, vice provost and dean of
Schork wins EVP race as turnout surpasses 40% by Sonia Havele THE CHRONICLE
Diversity by two measures: race and class Duke’s diversity has grown dramatically in the past 15 years. Still, only a small percentage of undergraduates come from low-income households.
Junior Mike Lefevre was elected president of Duke Student Government for the 2010-2011 academic year Tuesday night. Lefevre, who ran unsuccessfully for president last year, received 1,663 votes in the election. “I think it shows what students appreciate most is that you can actually deliver on Mike Lefevre what you say,” Lefevre said. After Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior, was eliminated in the first round of instant runoff voting, Lefevre, current chief of staff, edged out junior Will Passo, vice president for Durham and regional affairs, by a Pete Schork margin of 434 votes. Sophomore Pete Schork, current vice
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Junior earns Truman award Lombard gets 27 years for child sex abuse by Taylor Doherty THE CHRONICLE
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation selected junior Lindsey Wallace as one of its 60 scholarship recipients Tuesday. The prestigious honor funds students who demonstrate leadership ability and intend to work in the public sector. Truman Scholars are granted $30,000 for graduate school, priority admission to some programs as well as leadership training and counseling resources. “I’m very excited,” Wallace said. “I’m really passionate about the isLindsey Wallace sues that I want to work on concerning animal welfare, child welfare [and] other nonprofit ventures.” Wallace said she is particularly interested in working with policymakers in Durham County to advocate for animal welfare. The county faces problems with animal overpopulation, she said, and needs to reform ineffective policy. Wallace would like to eventually continue that work on the state and national levels.
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“[Animal overpopulation is] a big problem across the United States, not just in North Carolina,” she said. A psychology and political science double major, Wallace plans to pursue a joint law degree and master’s in public policy studies. She would like to study at either Georgetown University or Duke—two schools with particularly strong programs, Wallace said. To qualify for the scholarship, Wallace had to compete with her Duke peers to receive one of the University’s four nominations. She estimated that 25 Duke students completed the application, about half of whom received interviews. “Duke has so many qualified nominees that there’s a lot of internal competition to even get to [apply for] the Truman,” Wallace said. “I think that [the other Duke candidates] should get some recognition as well. It’s a very difficult process overall.” At Duke, Wallace is also a recipient of the Benjamin N. Duke Scholarship, which provides both merit and need-based awards to students from North and South Carolina. She is the 39th Duke student to be awarded the Truman Scholarship since the award’s founding in 1977, according to a University news release.
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Former Duke employee Frank Lombard was sentenced to 27 years in prison for child sex charges Monday. Previously the associate director for the Health Inequalities Program at the Center for Heath Policy, Lombard was sentenced in a Washington, D.C. courtroom this week after pleading guilty in December to sexual exploitation of a minor—a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years, WRAL reported Frank Lombard Tuesday. The former professor was arrested in June during an Internet sting conducted jointly by the FBI and the
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World leaders aim to rein Housing prices rise in Jan. in Iran’s nuclear program Home prices rose modestly in January, according to a closely watched index released Tuesday, but some housing industry analysts remain concerned about the sustainability of the housing sector rebound. Home prices in 20 cities tracked by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index rose 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in January compared with December. That was the eighth consecutive monthly increase in the index. Compared with the same period last year, prices were down 0.7 percent. “We need to see house prices improving, so it’s a good start on that,” said Robert Dye, a senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group. On a seasonally adjusted basis, prices were up the most in Los Angeles, 1.8 percent, and San Diego, 0.9 percent, compared with the previous month.
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President Barack Obama and ministers from the world’s top industrialized countries turned up the heat on Iran Tuesday, raising the prospect of new U.N. sanctions within weeks to discourage its nuclear program. “My hope is we are going to get this done this spring,” Obama said after holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the White House. “I’m not interested in waiting months.” In a meeting outside Ottawa, meanwhile, foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries expressed growing alarm about the Iranian nuclear program. Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said at a news conference that “it is time for the international community to take appropriate steps to persuade Iran” to rein in its nuclear program.
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MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged Tuesday to drag “from the bottom of the sewers” those behind the deadly attack on the Moscow subway system, but some Russians began to challenge his government for failing to prevent the suicide bombings despite signs that Islamist rebels had been preparing to strike. As the nation observed a day of mourning and nervous Muscovites returned to the subway, public debate shifted toward how the Kremlin should respond to Monday’s bombings and whether Russia’s powerful security services could have stopped the attack, which killed 39 people and injured more than 70. Internet users flooded President Dmitry Medvedev’s blog with notes of sympathy for families of the victims but also blunt criticism of law-enforcement
agencies. Some accused police of being more interested in collecting bribes than tracking down terrorists. Others asked why modern equipment to detect explosives had not been installed as promised after the last subway bombing in Moscow nearly six years ago. “Was it just talk and forget, as always?” one commenter wrote.“The impression is that today’s tragedy on the Moscow subway is the direct result of the `efficient’ spending of budget funds by the senior ranks of the police.” Gennady Gudkov, a member of Putin’s ruling party on the security committee in the lower house of parliament, said the criticism was natural because the attack was “the direct result of mistakes and miscalculations by the security services” and “everybody believes the state should protect them.”
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Giuliani’s suit against New Union leadership prepares to take over Duke dismissed again
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A federal judge dismissed former Duke golfer Andrew Giuliani’s breach of contract lawsuit against the University. Giuliani, Trinity ’09, claimed in his suit that by suspending him indefinitely from the men’s golf team in Spring 2008 without cause, the University violated a contract with him as a student athlete. U.S. District Judge William Osteen wrote in an order Tuesday that statements made to Giuliani during the recruitment process did not constitute a binding contract with the player, according to the memorandum
opinion and order. “The statement does not promise unconditional and unlimited opportunities to be on the golf team,” Osteen wrote. “Furthermore, even contractual athletic scholarships do not ensure a student’s right to play a sport but only constitute a promise by the university to provide the student with financial assistance in exchange for the student’s maintenance of athletic eligibility.” Giuliani’s lawyers first filed his suit in July 2008, but the original judge, Wallace See giuliani on page 8
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Outgoing members of the Duke University Union executive board held their last meeting Tuesday night. New DUU President Yi Zhang, a junior, officially assumes her position later this week. by Ray Koh
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Duke University Union finalized its three new committees and will welcome new executive board members next week. At their meeting Tuesday night, outgoing DUU committee chairs participated in the weekly meeting for the last time, and the new committee chairs sat in. “The changeover was more difficult
and longer this year because of the new committees we created,” said Presidentelect Yi Zhang, a junior. Last week, DUU confirmed the creation of three new committees—Annual Events and Parties, Speakers and Stage and the Innovation committee—and appointed the respective committee chairs. Annual
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Lawyers for one of the men accused of killing UNC student Eve Carson in 2008 say their client was beaten by Durham police officers. The lawyers wrote in a court filing that Durham Police Department officers beat Demario Atwater while arresting him and after he was already handcuffed, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported Tuesday. Atwater’s attorneys are asking that a statement Atwater made to police after his arrest be kept out of court. DPD Chief Jose Lopez told WRAL Tues-
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Admissions faces new costs as bilingual trend grows by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE
As more Latino students apply to American colleges, universities across the country are providing more Spanish materials for applicants and their families. At Duke, where the Latino undergraduate population represents one of the smallest racial groups, University officials are following a national trend by shifting their attention to better serve this growing minority group. Duke currently offers campus tours in Spanish for Spanish-speaking parents at Blue Devil Days, its annual welcome weekend for admitted students. The admissions staff holds bilingual question and answer sessions throughout the year and includes a cover letter in Spanish to parents of students invited to the Latino Student Recruitment Weekend. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said the prevalence of bilingual services and translated documents will only increase on college campuses as the pool of Spanish-speaking applicants grows. “I expect that in the coming months and years we will see many colleges expand the languages with which they communicate to the world at large, including to prospective students,” Guttentag wrote in an e-mail. “I think it’s a good thing, and I’m glad to see the issue get greater visibility.” Other universities are also making changes to assist Latino applicants. The Harvard College Financial Aid Office offers an information page in Spanish to help parents understand aid policies. Similarly, other schools like Wesleyan University, Smith College and Bryn Mawr College
include Spanish pages on their admissions Web sites. The University of Pennsylvania conducts information sessions in Spanish during recruiting trips. A Harvard College Admissions Office representative could not be reached for comment. Senior Raisa Ledesma, a member of Mi Gente, Duke’s Latino Student Association, wrote in an e-mail that the University should not underestimate the importance of including Spanish materials during recruitment. “The wealth of information these materials provide would be invaluable to prospective candidates and their families so that they can make the best decision for their future education,” Ledesma said. In 2009, Latino students made up 7 percent of the undergraduate student body at Duke. According to Hispanic Magazine’s list of 25 Top Colleges for Hispanics, Stanford University boasts a 12 percent Latino enrollment, Yale University and the University of Chicago each have an 8 percent enrollment and Harvard and Princeton Universities each have a 7 percent Latino population. Duke also made changes to its Web site to assist students and families who speak different languages. Duke’s Office of News and Communication recently worked with faculty members and others across campus to translate a one-page introduction to the University into eight languages, including Spanish, according to a University news release this month. Guttentag said these efforts are not as expansive as they would hope because of the current economic situation. “Translating any document, and printing it separately, of course entails new costs
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right at the point where all of our budgets are being squeezed,” Guttentag said. Guttentag said that although the Latino population is smaller at Duke than at other institutions, the admissions staff is working to ensure that Spanish-speaking families are adequately assisted. “Up until very recently, Latino students were significantly underrepresented at Duke compared to our peer institutions,” Guttentag said. “Thanks to the efforts of several of our admissions officers... that gap has shrunk considerably, and even
been eliminated in some cases.” Duke Senior Admissions Officer Kim Reyes, Trinity ’03, said she was a part of the decision to include a cover letter translated into Spanish for students invited to Latino Student Recruitment Weekend. She added that she consistently goes through admissions documents with Spanish-speaking families. “I have definitely seen students who need that extra bit of personal interaction for them and their families,” Reyes said. “In the last year and a half, I’ve seen so many parents come that speak Spanish and want to talk.”
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High court affirms longtime stance on mutual fund fees by Robert Barnes The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Investors must show that a fee charged by mutual fund managers “bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered” in order to prevail in a suit charging the managers with violating their fiduciary duty, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday. In effect, the justices reinforced a standard that has been used by most lower courts for almost 30 years, and made it clear that judges for the most part should be reluctant to impose their own views on what reasonable fees should be, leaving it to the marketplace. But the ruling was so narrow and the standard so broad that both sides of the issue— investors and the nearly $10 trillion mutual fund industry—were able to claim victory. Investors were glad that the justices rejected an appellate court’s ruling that only fraud and a lack of transparency on the part of the mutual fund managers should give rise to lawsuits. But at the same time, the Supreme Court’s decision made clear that judges should be careful when examining complaints that the fees charged are excessive. Investment advisers violate their fiduciary duty when charging a fee that is “so disproportionately large that it bears no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and could not have been the product of arm’s length bargaining,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote. The opinion advised judges on what to consider when reviewing whether compensation is excessive, but acknowledged that the standard “may lack sharp analytical clarity.” More than 92 million Americans had stakes in a mutual fund in 2008, generating $90 billion in management fees. Mutual funds are unusual enterprises, created by an investment adviser who also selects the fund’s directors. They, in turn, approve the management fees. In the case before the court, three investors in the Oakmark family of mutual funds alleged that the funds’ manager, Harris Associates, violated its fiduciary duty by charging investors excessive fees—more than twice the amounts Harris charged for
advising other clients. In one year alone, the mutual funds paid between $37 million and $58 million more in fees than they would have if they had been charged the same as other clients of Harris Associates, the investors group said. But because of the cozy relationships among the boards of the mutual funds—whose members were all appointed by Harris Associates—the fees were not challenged, the investors said. Harris Associates argued that the fees charged for mutual fund work are not easily compared to fees charged other clients, and noted the funds’ profitability. Investors were advised of the fees charged. Consumer groups supported the investors, as did one of the giants of the mutual fund industry, John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group. He said in a brief that the explosive growth of the mutual fund industry has made it harder to monitor the “conflicting loyalties” of investment advisers and the failure of fund managers to share economies of scale with investors. Therefore, he said, it is up to the courts to enforce the “fiduciary duty” required by a 1970 law to ensure that fund managers charge only “reasonable” fees. The case was set up for the high court by competing opinions of two of the appeals courts’ leading thinkers on economics and the law. Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago found that the law requires only that the management’s fee process be transparent. He noted that fund directors were not likely to fire the advisers for high fees, but that investors could effectively fire the advisers by moving their money elsewhere. He wrote that there was no evidence that Harris “pulled the wool over the eyes” of its shareholders and that there was no reason to engage in “judicial price-setting.” But Easterbrook failed to convince a longtime colleague, Judge Richard Posner. When the full court split on whether to rehear the case, Posner penned a dissent that read like an invitation to the Supreme Court, writing that the notion that the market can police excessive compensation is “ripe for re-examination.”
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Elections from page 1 president for athletics and campus services, was elected executive vice president. Schork won in the first round with 1,936 votes. Sophomore Jane Moore, an athletics and campus services senator, received 643 votes, and President Protempore Price Davidson, a sophomore, had 278 votes. “Pete and I have had a strong working relationship for a long time,” Lefevre said. “We’re absolutely in sync on every decision we make... [and] we absolutely see eye to eye on a lot of issues on campus. I think we’re a tremendous duo that the University hasn’t seen in a long time.” Voter turnout was 41.5 percent, which was an increase from last year’s 38 percent, said DSG Attorney General Var Shankar, a senior. Shankar attributed this increase to the simplified ballot used for the first time this year. “Last year we had three separate questions.... This year we just had one ballot and a pull-down menu,” Shankar said. All three presidential candidates were docked a few votes for violating election rules, Shankar said. Morrison and Lefevre posted fliers in illegal places and Passo sent a mass e-mail to students. Shankar also received a number of complaints about endorsements that people thought were unfair, but he did not take any action on those complaints because no DSG rules were violated, he said. This year’s DSG election process is different from last year’s. In 2009, candidates for DSG president, executive vice president and vice presidents all ran on the same day. This year, however, only elections for DSG president and executive vice president were held together. This way, unsuccessful candidates for president or executive vice
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Junior Mike Lefevre was elected Duke Student Government president with 1,663 votes Tuesday. Sophomore Pete Schork was elected DSG EVP. president can still run as vice presidential candidates in the next election, which will be held April 15, Shankar said. “Three well-qualified candidates ran [for president] this year,” said current President Awa Nur, a senior. “It was a year, knowing their backgrounds, you couldn’t go wrong as a voter with who [you chose] to represent [you] at Duke.” Nur added that she looks forward to seeing what Lefevre will accomplish next year, given his experience as vice president for athletics and campus services as a sophomore. “Mike is going to be the second recession president since 1981, and he has the knowledge and expertise to continue in these areas that the University will be [dealing with],” Nur said with regards to potential future budget cuts in dining, parking and transportation. “I can’t wait to see what [he] is going to do next year.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Denis McInerney, the new chief of the Justice Department’s fraud unit, sprints out of his office most nights with a question on his mind: Is 1 a.m. too late to use the treadmill without disturbing my neighbors? McInerney, 50, routinely logs grueling hours after two months in the new post. He oversees five dozen prosecutors who build health care fraud, insider-trading and foreign bribery cases, at a time when a majority of the American public is furious about corporate greed. “These are very complicated cases,” he said in an interview. “Nobody should be mistaken about that. It takes time. They’re document-intensive.... There’s no question everybody wants aggressive investigations, but we’ll also be very responsible in how we decide. We have to follow the facts, and we have to follow the evidence.” McInerney took the job—leaving New York, his wife and three children, and a lucrative career at the Davis Polk & Wardwell law firm—out of a yearning to return to public service. He spent years as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, helping convict the Cooper Cos. and former Chairman Gary Singer on money laundering, fraud and racketeering charges. He also worked on the racketeering trial of Imelda Marcos, the shoe-laden former first lady of the Philippines. Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York,
described McInerney as “super-smart, a strong leader and terrific person.” A longtime friendship with Robert Fiske, a legendary figure in the New York legal world, lured McInerney to, of all places, Little Rock, Ark., to work on the independent counsel’s investigation of a complex land deal in the early 1990s. There, McInerney plunged into the nuances of what became known as the Whitewater case and compiled evidence that prompted key figures to plead guilty, Fiske said. “He’s the hardest worker I think I’ve ever known,” said Fiske, who has been McInerney’s mentor for almost a quarter-century. “He just throws himself into everything.” Rusty Hardin, a Houston lawyer who worked with McInerney in the Whitewater investigation, said McInerney has “always been a prosecutor at heart. He’s never been driven by money.” “What you will get,” Hardin added, “is an open mind and a willingness to listen, but you’ll also get a guy who will come at you hammer and tongs if your client is deserving.” Former colleagues say that McInerney’s work ethic can mask a tart sense of humor. He presides over mini-recitals on the piano with his children and his wife, Deb; plays competitive tennis; and engineered wacky film spoof videos for parties at Davis Polk. At the law firm, McInerney defended See service on page 8
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undergraduate education. Although minorities are more likely to come from families of lesser means than whites at Duke, they still come from affluent backgrounds. Of the freshmen reporting family incomes in 2001 and 2002, white students reported the highest average family income of about $230,000 per year, according to the 2006 Campus Life and Learning Project. Latinos, Asians and blacks reported average family incomes of $170,980, $153,401 and $118,316, respectively. The mean income for U.S. households in 2001 was $58,208, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Higher education experts and administrators have acknowledged in recent years that socioeconomic diversity is an important goal—both as a means of promoting social mobility and broadening the perspective of the student body as a whole. But elite universities are far from reaching this objective. “There was one critic, Walter Benn Michaels, who observed that for most selective universities, diversity means having rich kids of all colors,” said Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a non-profit public policy research institution. “And that’s clearly not enough. We need to try to have not only racial and ethnic diversity, but also a vibrant socioeconomic diversity.” The percentage of students receiving Federal Pell Grants—need-based government grants mostly awarded to families with incomes below $40,000 and the most frequently used metric to measure economic diversity— has remained relatively constant at Duke over the last five years. From 2004 to 2009, the percentage of student receiving Pell grants declined slightly from 11 to 9 percent, according to data provided by Alison Rabil, assistant vice provost and director of Financial Aid. This issue is not unique to Duke. Using the percentage of students receiving Pell grants as an indicator, only 6 to 16 percent of students come from low-income backgrounds at top private universities, according to a 2010 report released by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Since 2004, only seven out of the top 30 universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report have shown an increase in the percentage of such students. Affordability does not equal attendance That the percentage of low-income students has not increased may seem at odds with Duke’s recent efforts to make itself more affordable. In the last five years, the University has increased its spending on financial aid by $23.5 million, eliminating the parental contribution for families with incomes less than $60,000 and replacing loans with grants for families with incomes less than $40,000. Essentially, Duke is making itself more accessible, but low-income students are ultimately not sending in their deposits. “[The cost of attendance] could be higher and [Duke] would still fill up,” said Stephen Rose, an expert in social class in the United States and senior consulting economist for Third Way, a think-tank that advocates for middle class growth. “If [Duke] went up to $70,000 and cut financial aid, it’s an institution that could get away with it, but they don’t believe that’s their mission. Duke is working hard to stay even.” David Jamieson-Drake, director of the Office of Institutional Research, said that especially in light of the financial crisis, it is an accomplishment that the income distribution of the student body has remained constant over the last two years. He noted that the number of students coming from families with annual incomes of $150,000 and below would have decreased had Duke not increased its spending on need-based aid. The Undergraduate Financial Aid Office is responsible for meeting students’ full needs, Rabil said. The goal of recruiting an
is duke a school for the rich? Several measures show that the Duke undergraduate population is largely affluent, despite the impressive diversity it exhibits by other metrics. Last year, fewer than 10% of undergraduates received Federal Pell Grants—an indicator of low-income backgrounds.
National data not available for Asian households. Data was taken from a 2001-02 survey of Duke freshmen.
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economically diverse class, on the other hand, falls under the distinct purview of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. A small and competitive market There are many reasons why low-income students are not attending elite institutions. One is fairly straightforward: most do not have the qualifications to do so. “There are a lot of very talented high credential kids coming from the upper income strata, and as you go down to the income strata of less wealthy families, the number of kids with credentials to get into Duke goes down dramatically,” Nowicki said. Getting into a competitive institution like Duke requires that students possess a certain set of credentials such as high SAT scores and grade point averages that correlate with socioeconomic status, Nowicki said. Indeed, a 2009 College Board Study revealed that every increase in $20,000 to family income is associated with an average 12-point boost in SAT score in each section of the test. Because the pool of qualified low-income students is small, Nowicki said competition for these students is intense. Moreover, even if Duke does increase its share of low-income students relative to its peers, it would not necessarily be solving the more pervasive national problem, Lange said. “If more low-income students come to Duke and fewer go to Princeton… we are just passing them among us,” Lange said. “If we are just competing to have a more diverse student body than our peers, I’m not sure if it’s an accomplishment.” But even among low-income students
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who are qualified to attend high-caliber institutions, few make it into the applicant pool. “Where the biggest work that needs to be done is convincing low-income students to apply,” Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag said. “The idea of applying to a college that costs twice as much as your annual income is a very strong psychological barrier to overcome.” The meaning of ‘need-blind’ For domestic applicants, Duke is “need blind”—a misnomer, which Guttentag said does not account for Duke’s efforts to achieve socioeconomic diversity. When a University self-proclaims to be need blind, Guttentag said it means two things: that applicants who are able to fully pay for their education will receive no added advantage and that the institution sees socioeconomic diversity as key to its mission. But one of the reasons Duke can afford to be “need blind” in the first place is because it knows that few low-income students will apply relative to the number of upper-middle- and upper-class applicants, said Thomas Espenshade, co-author of “No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life.” Espenshade is also professor of sociology and faculty associate of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Lange, however, said Duke has not designed its aid policies relative to expectations about the applicant pool. Indeed, Guttentag said that when evaluating applicants, admissions officers consider a concept they call “distance traveled,”
which portrays how much individuals have accomplished given their circumstances. Because admissions officers do not look at household income, Guttentag said officers judge socioeconomic status by proxy, making educated guesses based on factors such as parental occupation, where an applicant attended high school and whether applicants are the first in their families to attend college. Unlike other special applicants, however, there is no departmental advocate for low-income students. “We’re relying on the good will of admissions officers,” Kahlenberg said. “I have no doubt that there are admissions officers who want to see more economic diversity, but they appear to be overwhelmed by other groups that seek to lobby for their constituencies.” Over the years, Guttentag said low-income students have become more of a priority, and the University has expanded its efforts to recruit such applicants. Admissions officers have diversified the high schools they visit and also meet with non-profit organizations that focus on high-need students. Recognizing the benefits of socioeconomic diversity, Nowicki said he hopes the University will continue to aggressively seek out students of lower means. “My own feeling is that socioeconomic diversity, like gender and racial diversity, is an important source of difference in our country,” Nowicki said. “If we believe our role at Duke is to create the next generation of thinkers, we want them to experience the range of differences out there in America. Part of that is, can we actually change the income profiles of students at Duke?”
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service from page 6 a roster of high-profile business clients, including the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, accused of destroying documents related to the Enron investigation. Another client, James McDermott, the former chief executive of the investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, was convicted of leaking secrets to his mistress, an adult-film actress. Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division, selected McInerney out of hundreds of applicants for a job Breuer calls “stunningly important.” “The American people have an expectation, and a legitimate one, that those who perpetuated some of these large frauds will be brought to justice,” he said. “I need a leader who can motivate the people under him... and someone who can really be my partner and to partner with the U.S. attorney’s offices around the country. Under his leadership, we’re going to bring some of the most significant cases in years.”
McInerney appears to have gained the trust of many career prosecutors in the fraud section, who had been leery about the prospect of being led by a lawyer who had defended corporations rather than prosecuted them. His time in the U.S. attorney’s office in New York and his willingness to listen to subordinates has eased the reception in Washington, one Justice Department lawyer said. McInerney has thrown himself into personnel decisions. He recently promoted Kathleen McGovern and Patrick Stokes as deputy chiefs in the securities and corporate fraud sections and Nathaniel Edmonds as assistant chief in the foreign bribery area. He has brought in three lawyers from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; two officials from the Commodities Future Trading Commission; two lawyers from the antitrust unit who have been prosecuting fraud in government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq; and a health care lawyer from Miami. He said many people in private law practice share his desire to do government work. In his case, he has had the full support of his wife, who has visited Washington to help smooth the transition.
Graduate Student Appreciation Week Special Discounts All Week! Duke Stores and Gothic Bookstore 20% off (some exclusions apply), just display your Duke ID at register before you purchase items. As part of the national effort to recognize the invaluable contributions made by graduate students to their institutions, Duke University Graduate School has organized a week of activities centered on graduate student research and professional development, along with opportunities to enjoy the camaraderie of social events. We know that Duke Graduate students are the intellectual glue of our community, pushing academic boundaries, offering fresh perspectives in research approaches, and giving voice to emerging fields. We have learned that investing heavily in services that really respond to students’ critical concerns results in greater success in their academic, professional, and personal lives. Our goal during Graduate Student Appreciation Week is to appreciate and bring to light the value of our graduate students. Monday, April 5, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Resilience & Flourishing in Graduate School—Dr. Kelly Crace, Psychologist, Counseling & Psychological Services Breedlove Room, 204 Perkins Library What are your values and how might they relate to flourishing and resilience? Participate in a self-assessment and discussion that will help you flourish and increase your resilience throughout the challenges of graduate school. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yjpxejf 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch for participants in Dr. Crace’s morning session. Breedlove Room, 204 Perkins Library From flourishing to nourishing; join us for lunch to continue the discussion from the morning session. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yh98uk8 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Follow-up with Dr. Kelly Crace Bryan Center, Meeting Room B, 1st Floor Come discuss your findings from the morning session in a small-group discussion setting. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yh75kpz 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Geocache Event I The Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102 A Geocache Treasure Hunt is essentially a high-tech treasure hunt. Using a GPS unit, a map, and a list of clues and riddles, teams set out in search of pre-placed Geocaches (hidden treasure!).We will have five teams; with four students per team, so sign up with your friends or come alone and meet new friends. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yhroxox Tuesday, April 6, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Renter’s Insurance – Mr. Josh Stoler, Local Insurance Representative Bryan Center, Meeting Room B, 1st Floor At Duke you are building your intellectual property, but now let’s talk about your personal property protection. Come and get information about renter’s insurance and what it entails.Ask questions and get answers! Please register at http://tinyurl.com/ylq65ke 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Roundtable Luncheon – Faith and Intellectual Growth Nasher Museum Classroom Join an interfaith discussion with Dean of the Chapel Dr. Sam Wells, Associate Director of Campus Ministries Father John McDonagh, and others to share your thoughts about the intersection between faith and the pursuit of higher education. All participants will receive a free museum tour followed by lunch at the Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yztyyet 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Chair Massage Old Trinity Room – West Union Building Come work out those graduate school kinks! Students from the Miller Motte College will be providing chair massage to get you back on the road to research. First come, first served. 5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. “From Research to Business” Room 203,Teer Building Join in this GPWN- and WISE-sponsored dinner discussion featuring Melda Uzbil, Duke-Coulter Translational Partners Grant Program Director, who will explain technology, product development, marketing, finance, regulatory requirements, and reimbursement. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/gpwn2010Apr6
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Graduate and Professional Student Development Conference Day Bryan Center,West Campus (Complete schedule) Thursday, April 8, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102 Mentoring Award Recipients Panel: Jason Cross, Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Anthropology; Jayme Johnson, Ph.D. candidate in the University Program in Genetics and Genomics; and Laurie Stevison, Ph.D. candidate in Biology. Join in a discussion with recipients of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring to talk about mentoring styles and what works for them. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yj48p8s 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lab Mentoring French Science Center, Room 2237 Preparing Future Faculty fellow Jayme Johnson, Ph.D. candidate in the University Program in Genetics and Genomics and recipient of the 2010 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, will lead an interactive workshop on “Best Practices in the Lab.” How do you effectively mentor someone in a lab setting? Come talk about when to guide and when to let go as a mentor. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yhwfd5a 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Career Center Presentation and Lunch Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102 What’s up with the job market? Meet staff from the Duke Career Center who will discuss career options both within and outside academia. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/ykbkxlk 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Heather Mitchell, Ph.D. in English, 2009 Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102 Come learn teaching tips in the humanities and social sciences from a newly minted Ph.D. who planned and led English Department Pedagogy Workshops for students preparing to teach their first courses. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/ygwdshz Friday, April 9, 2010 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Locopops Social Graduate School Lawn, 2127 Campus Drive Come hang out with us at the Graduate School and enjoy popsicles in a variety of flavors for all appetites! First come, first served. 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Geocache Event II The Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, Room 102 A Geocache Treasure Hunt is essentially a high-tech treasure hunt. Using a GPS unit, a map, and a list of clues and riddles, teams set out in search of pre-placed Geocaches (hidden treasure!).We will have five teams; with four students per team, so sign up with your friends or come alone and meet new friends. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yztnrn4 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Grad Parents Event LSRC-Blue Express This event is for graduate students who have children. Come enjoy the food and fun in this kid-friendly event. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/ye9jpcd
atwater from page 3 in early February requesting access to police surveillance videos from Atwater’s processing, after Atwater asserted he was coerced into making statements during questioning. Photographs and video of Atwater’s arrest reveal a gash and a bruise on his cheek, The News & Observer reported. “The interrogating officer was clearly aware of Mr. Atwater’s fear of further beatings, and repeatedly tried (unsuccessfully) to reassure the defendant that no harm would come to him in the custody of the Chapel Hill Police (as opposed to the Durham police),” WRAL reported the document as stating. “Mr. Atwater even declined an offer of a drink from the officer, indicating that he believed the police would ‘put something’ in his drink; i.e. drug or poison him with it.” Atwater has been charged with capital murder at the state level and kidnapping and carjacking at the federal level. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
Giuliani from page 3 Dixon, recommended the suit be dismissed. Osteen accepted the case in June 2009. The University said former head golf coach O.D. Vincent dismissed Giuliani because he damaged golf equipment and got into an altercation with a student. “We are gratified the Court agreed that our coaches have the authority to dismiss a student athlete from an intercollegiate sports team in circumstances such as those present in this case,” Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations said in a statement Tuesday.
lombard from page 1 Metropolitan Police Department for the District of Columbia’s Child Exploitation Task Force. According to an affidavit filed by the undercover officer, Lombard offered the officer the opportunity to have sex with his five-year-old adopted son in an online chat. In his plea deal in December, Lombard also admitted to live streaming pornographic images of himself and his son on the Internet, the (Raleigh) News & Observer reported Tuesday. Lombard, an employee at Duke for 10 years, was placed on administrative leave by the University soon after his arrest and was fired in July.
DUU from page 3 Events and Parties will sponsor the usual events like Homecoming and Duke Royale, while the Innovation committee will host newly created ones. Speakers and Stage is a combination of the Major Speakers Committee and LiveEnt. Next year, a new organization, the President’s Cabinet, will be formed to encourage interaction between Office of Student Activities and Facilities advisers and DUU executive members, Zhang said. It will be a weekly meeting to provide guidance for DUU committee chairs. Zhang said the current executive board held more interviews to fill the new positions. She added that DUU postponed the changeover until the Cameron Rocks concert Thursday because the outgoing Major Attractions Committee planned the event. Incoming committee chairs will submit budgets by April 3, said junior Ben Condon, incoming chief financial officer. “We are looking to make some [financial allocation] changes based on last year’s budget,” Condon said. “We will have a higher budget due to increasing tuition, so the student activity fee is higher.” DUU received $665,000 in student activities fees this year and expects the figure to rise next year, though nothing is certain until students matriculate and pay their fees, said junior Annie Kozak, outgoing chief financial officer. In other business: As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, about 870 tickets remained for the Cameron Rocks concert, said Major Attractions Director Liz Turner, a senior. She noted that DUU sold more than 80 percent of available tickets, surpassing the break-even point of 60 percent. Radio stations from Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host WXDU/WXYC Prom at 10 p.m. April 3 at the Coffeehouse. The event will feature DJs and musicians from both radio stations, said WXDU Station Manager Marc Loeffke, a junior.
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Baylor escape Spring game shows uncertain puts questions status of Blue Devil defense to rest for Duke football
I’m not quite sure when I started thinking Duke deserved consideration for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn’t when Villanova started its late-season slide in early February, and it wasn’t when Purdue star Robbie Hummel tore his ACL later that month. I knew Hummel’s injury would give the Blue Devils a chance to grab a top seed, but at that point, Duke just didn’t feel like a No. 1. But I do know when I first thought the Blue Devils had a legitimate chance to win the national championship: as soon as the final buzzer sounded Sunday against Baylor. That’s not only because all the Joe other No. 1 seeds had been knocked out of the Tournament or because Duke moved to within two wins of the title, although those both help. It’s because the Blue Devils’ win over the Bears answered a lot of doubts about this team. See, if you were going to assemble a roster to beat Duke, you would end up with a team very similar to Baylor’s. You would want quick guards who can score and a long, athletic frontcourt to keep the Blue Devils off the boards. You would want your most important players to be upperclassmen. You would play a 2-3 zone, occasionally mixing in a full-court press. And just for good measure, you would want to play the Blue Devils within 200 miles of your campus. The Bears had all that going for them in the Elite 8 Sunday, and yet Duke still won the game. It wasn’t easy, but the Blue Devils got the job done. They beat the press the few times that Baylor employed it. They didn’t attack the zone
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Duke showed it could guard lightning-quick guards like Baylor’s Tweety Carter in the Blue Devils’ defeat of the Bears in Houston Sunday night.
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Freshman quarterback Brandon Connette had trouble through the air but managed to scramble for 91 yards and a score on the ground Saturday. by Ryan Claxton THE CHRONICLE
The offense stole the show in Duke’s spring game Saturday, which should come as no surprise to anyone who has become accustomed to head coach David Cutcliffe’s methodical, efficient offensive scheme. Cutcliffe came to Durham heralded as an offensive mastermind, having tutored Peyton and Eli Manning, and indeed Duke’s passing game has made Spring noticeable imAnalysis aprovement during Cutcliffe’s tenure. Graduating senior Thaddeus Lewis’ numbers jumped considerably in his final two seasons with Cutcliffe, and he earned All-ACC honors in both years. Duke’s offense has grown faster and more effective over the past two years, both as a result of Cutcliffe’s system and strong recruiting. If the spring game is any indication, recruiting should help the running game reach even greater heights this year to the tune of true freshman Josh Snead and his nine carries for 99 yards. But as the offense progresses, where does the defense fit in? The Blue Devils’ biggest asset on the defensive side is the secondary, where junior Matt Daniels anchors the unit from his safety spot. Daniels will receive support from two solid cornerbacks in senior Chris
Rwabukamba and junior Johnny Williams, who has moved over from his wide receiver role, where he was Duke’s most promising freshman pass-catcher two years ago. The secondary was a bright spot against the pass over the weekend, limiting Sean Schroeder to just four completions on 20 attempts and only 23 yards through the air. Beyond that, Duke’s defense will be a largely unknown factor heading into the fall. “I’m concerned about our depth on defense,” Cutcliffe said. “I’m concerned about our front, to be real honest with you, coming
out of spring practice, but we’re going to be a very multi-front, multischematic defensive team.” The Blue Devils will have to be after saying goodbye to seniors Vincent Rey and Vince Oghobaase, the cornerstones of last season’s front seven. They leave no clear successors, and their absence was noticeable Saturday. Although the first-team defense managed to hold the firstteam offense to just three points, the unit proved to be quite susceptible to the run. Snead broke a 60-yard dash against the first-teamers, only to be See football on page 12
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Safety Matt Daniels is one of Duke’s most proven returning starters on the defensive side.
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men’s lacrosse
Blue Devils pushed by Brown at Koskinen by Ariel Smallwood THE CHRONICLE
Forget the blowouts Duke had been racking up lately—the Blue Devils barely outlasted Brown in an 11-10 thriller at Koskinen Stadium Tuesday. No. 16 Brown (3-3) actually led 10-9 with eight minutes left in the final period, but the seventh-ranked Blue Devils (7-3) scored to tie the game with less than seven minutes BROWN 10 remaining in the Just ten secDUKE 11 contest. onds later, senior Sam Payton took the faceoff and sprinted down the middle of the field, ripping a game-winning shot into the back of the net. In the first period, Duke posted a 3-0 lead over Brown behind two goals from junior Zach Howell. After two more goals early in the second period, however, the Brown offense stormed back, scoring four consecutive goals to trim the Blue Devil lead to one. Senior Max Quinzani stopped the bleeding with his first goal of the game in the last ten seconds of the half to give Duke a 6-4 advantage. Brown continued its strong play after halftime, scoring three goals in the first six minutes of the third period. With the Bears leading 7-6, Quinzani once again provided an answer with a goal late in the third period, tying the contest again. “I was just lucky to be in timely situations where I got good looks,” Quinzani said. “I put that pressure on myself to make everyone else relax in those situations.” Quinzani’s goals were crucial in keeping Duke competitive with the Bears’ strong
attack. Alhough the Blue Devils outshot Brown 46-27, the Bears continued to execute at times where Duke couldn’t. Duke’s Jonathan Livadas scored a goal in the first minute of the fourth period, putting the Blue Devils up 8-7. An immediate answer from Brown came in the form of Duke transfer Reade Seligmann, and the game was once again tied. After another Brown tally, Quinzani scored his third goal of the game to tie it up yet again. But later in the period, Brown attackman Thomas Muldoon scored his fourth goal of the game as the Bears tried to cement their fourth win of the season. Duke’s Steve Schoeffel, though, had other plans. With 6:51 remaining in the game, Schoeffel put away his third goal of the game to give the Blue Devils a chance to win while posting his first hat trick of the season. “Sometimes he is too unselfish, and I said to him after the second goal, ‘Steve, today is the day for you to be selfish, for you to make plays,’ and then he scores that third goal,” head coach John Danowski said. The thrilling victory came as Duke executed well in all the major statistical categories. Besides its advantage in outshooting Brown, the Blue Devils won the ground ball and faceoff battles. They also held the Bears scoreless four times on the penalty kill. But as always, there was plenty Duke did not do right, and it will attempt to improve on the areas it needs to correct for the next contest. “I thought Brown’s defense did a great job on our attack in general,” Danowski said. “But on those days, you have to keep fighting and I thought the guys did.”
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Midfielder Steve Schoeffel scored three rare goals—his first hat trick of the season—in the Blue Devils’ win.
SCAVENGER HUNT What:
Scavenger hunt and clothing collection with teams of four around the Duke campus
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Partner with Tide to provide Haiti earthquake victims hope with clean clothes and win a grand prize trip to New Orleans
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Duke hits its High Point in Cary A complete performance from the Blue Devils (159) gave them a confidence-boosting 13-1 win over High Point Tuesday night in Cary. The Panthers (16-9) came into the game with a .371 team batting average, one of the best in the nation, but were shut down by Duke’s starting pitcher, Chase Bebout. 1 The 6-foot-6 freshman allowed just HPU three hits and a single run in six DUKE 13 innings of work, and he got solid relief from a trio of bullpen arms. Duke’s three relievers Tuesday—Ryan Knott, David Putman and Matt Morris—gave up just one hit between them to close out High Point. The last few innings wouldn’t have been as comfortable for the Blue Devils, though, without a solid offensive performance against Panther starter Mike Caldwell, and Duke posted all the runs it would need in the bottom of the fourth inning. In that frame, the Blue Devils put six runs on the board, three of which came off a home run from freshman Marcus Stroman. The homer was Stroman’s first at Duke, and turned a relatively easy win into a rout. The Blue Devils jumped all over High Point early on, getting two runs in the first and four in the second
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Duke takes 6th at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate by Andrew Ermogenous THE CHRONICLE
Finishing sixth in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, Duke competed hard throughout, but ultimately could not string together enough consecutive shots to win. The Blue Devils finished round three with a score of 284 and an overall score of 2-over 854 at the Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, S. C. Coming off an eighth-place finish at the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach, the No. 32 Blue Devils looked for a strong showing against quality competition. Both No. 12 South Carolina and No. 9 Augusta State played in the event, but it was Louisiana State, the No. 28 team in the country entering the week, which won at Bulls Bay with a score of 845. Duke returned to the Bulls Bay Club for the first time since the 2007-08 season. The course is known for its unique and untraditional design, and wind is always a factor there. Yet head coach Jamie Green said that wasn’t a particular disadvantage to the team. “Obviously we’re upset about not taking the tournament,” Green said. “We feel a little better that other teams just played really well and we didn’t play poorly. They just really didn’t see as many puts drop.… That has been the theme of the week more than anything else. [Our players are] probably most disappointed about not making as many birdies when they had to.” In individual play, freshman Brinson Paolini finished in a tie for eighth place, tops for the Blue Devils. Junior Wes Roach, freshman Julian Suri, sophomore Spencer Andersen and senior Adam Long rounded out the Duke finishers just five shots apart from one another. Paolini opened the tournament with a 73 but followed that up with two consecutive rounds in the 60s. Green said that Paolini, who has finished in the top ten twice this season, has been making great strides. “He’s been in a great frame of mind all week,” Green said. “There were a few shots that he’ll admit to about not quite being committed to, and that was really the difference between him not winning the golf tournament. He really struck the ball beautifully and put himself in a great position.” Moving forward, Green said a drastic overhaul is not necessary in practice this week, but the team will still be working hard. “We’re going to spend some time on putting greens,” Green said. “We’re not putting terribly, but we’re not quite making some of those opportunist shots.” The Blue Devils will play their next tournament April 3-4 at the Administaff Augusta State Invitational in Augusta, Ga.
while the Panthers remained scoreless. Shortstop Jake Lemmerman contributed to the Duke attack right away with a two-run homer in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, and junior Dennis O’Grady gave Bebout a real cushion with a three-run double in the second frame. Bebout cruised from there. After a hiccup in the third when he gave up a run, Bebout shut the Panthers out until he exited in the seventh. For High Point, only third baseman Murray White IV had a night to remember. White had two hits and drove in the Panthers’ lone run on the evening. Duke will be back on the field tonight, this time at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, for a meeting with local rival N.C. Central. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. —from staff reports
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Marcus Stroman hit his first career home run Tuesday against High Point.
Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Conference Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Bryan Center, West Campus
The Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Conference is the centerpiece of Duke Graduate School’s activities during the nationally celebrated Graduate Student Appreciation Week, April 5–9. The conference offers both opportunities for students to showcase their research and a slate of useful professional development workshops and lectures. The day concludes with a celebration that recognizes all graduate students who have completed the milestone of passing their preliminary examinations after March 1, 2009. Come join us for any or all of this not-to-be-missed event!
Graduate Student Research and Professional Development Conference Schedule 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Joy Javitz-Communication “Making Your Research Connect” Von Canon B, Lower Level Joy Javits of In the Public Eye returns to share her communication- and presentation-building expertise in a session that promises to be both constructive and fun. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yhc2fom 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Graduate Student Research Oral Presentations Von Canon Rooms, Lower Level Graduate students from a variety of disciplines will give 15 minute oral presentations including a brief question-and-answer session on their research. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Keynote: Mohamed Noor, Professor of Biology and a 2010 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring “Graduate School 2020: How do we get there?” Von Canon A, Lower Level A discussion about things we do well, things we could do better, and “blue sky” thinking of what the full graduate school experience could be like a decade from now. Whatever your discipline, you don’t want to miss this talk by Professor Noor. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yk8xfvz
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Graduate Student Research Poster Presentations Schaefer Mall, 1st Floor Graduate students will discuss their research in this informal poster presentation session. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Graduate Student Research Oral Presentations Meeting Rooms A & B, 1st Floor Oral presentations continue from the morning session. 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Post Doc Panel Discussion with Dr. Diane Klotz, Director of the NIEHS Office of Fellow’s Career Development and past Chair of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) “What to Know Before You Go” Von Canon C, Lower Level Graduate students navigating career paths face many challenges as they seek postdoctoral work, fellowships, or both. This panel discussion will address many career-related concerns facing graduate students. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/yglotq8 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Milestone Recognition Reception, for Conference Participants and those Celebrating Doctoral Candidacy Von Canon A & B, Lower Level Celebration for those who have passed their preliminary exams since March 1, 2009. Sponsored by the Graduate School and the Office of Alumni Affairs. Please register at http://tinyurl.com/ygtfjqj
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football from page 9 dragged down by Daniels six yards from the end zone. As a whole, the first-team offense racked up 135 yards on the ground against the first-team defense. The running game was even more devastating against the second-team defense, exposing Duke’s lack of depth as Desmond Scott, Patrick Kurunwune and Brandon Connette combined for 232 yards on the ground. A new scheme, therefore, may be just what the Blue Devils need. Their weakness against the run is nothing new, as Duke allowed opponents to record 152.8 yards per game on the ground last season. Things only got worse down the stretch, as the Blue Devils gave up 192, 306, 148 and 127 yards in their last four games with bowl eligibility
on the line against North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Miami and Wake Forest, respectively. Duke will look for turnovers to alleviate some of the pressure this season, as Cutcliffe has said that he wants a defense with a more aggressive mentality. But turnovers also dwindled over the last four games last season, and the Blue Devils came up with only two interceptions and two fumble recoveries during that period. But then again, there weren’t any turnovers in the spring game, either. “There could have been [turnovers]— yeah, I’m concerned,” Cutcliffe said. “[The White team] dropped the ball on the 2-yard line and [the Blue team] should have recovered it…. We’re going to be better at taking care of it on offense and better at taking it away. I’m hoping that a big part of the reason there weren’t a lot turnovers is that our offense took care of it.”
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Running back Patrick Kurunwune picked up 44 yards on 13 carries in Duke’s spring game last Saturday.
drews from page 9 on every possession, but they did it enough to score 78 points. They didn’t get any field goals from Kyle Singler, but it didn’t matter. And perhaps most important, they managed to grab 22 offensive rebounds against a frontline that has a combined wingspan of 22 feet. As a result, Duke is headed to the Final Four, and I’m finally ready to accept that the Blue Devils can win the national championship. No matter what the statistics said—Ken Pomeroy has had Duke at the top of his rankings for a long time—I couldn’t buy into the idea that the Blue Devils were the best team in the country. It wasn’t just because Duke’s offense is ugly. I had bigger doubts. As soon as one seemed to be resolved, another took its place: Can-they-win-on-the-road became how-do-you-let-Georgetown-shoot-72-percent, which was replaced by are-they-tooreliant-on-the-Big-Three, which gave way to can-Brian-Zoubek-possibly-keep-this-up. It was a never-ending list of questions. Now, they appear to be answered. (In order: more often than not, it was an aberration, no and yes.) The biggest one remaining: Can a team that was never considered the best in the country during the regular season win the national championship? I quickly realized, though, that the answer to that one almost has to be affirmative. Of the four teams remaining, just one—Michigan State—received first-place votes in the AP poll this season. Even then, the Spartans’ recognition was limited to a handful of votes in each of the first three polls of the season. In the 16 weeks since Nov. 30, Butler, Michigan State, West Virginia and Duke have combined for zero first-place votes. That’s right. None. One of those four teams has to win this crazy Tournament, so why not Duke? The Blue Devils are arguably in the best shape of any Final Four team. The Spartans and Mountaineers are trying to overcome injuries to their starting point guards, and the Bulldogs, playing in their hometown, have the weight of a city on their shoulders. (Las Vegas agrees: Duke is a 7-5 favorite to win it all.) Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has said
all season that Duke isn’t a great team, but rather a really good team that plays great at times. (And in case you’re wondering, making the Final Four didn’t change his mind. After the Blue Devils’ win Sunday, he repeated that his team isn’t great.) But there is no question that Duke is a good team. It is one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the country, grabbing 40.4 percent of its missed shots. Its defense has been solid for all but a couple games this season, and it has been downright stingy for the past two months. The Blue Devils have allowed just 59.1 points per game since Feb. 4. Duke complements those strengths with just enough of everything else—outside shooting, driving to the rim, limiting turnovers—to win, to the tune of a 16-1 record in its last 17 games. These Blue Devils aren’t great, and that’s why it has taken me so long to accept that they can win the title. But they are very good, and in a down year for college basketball, that might be good enough.
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Keep the kegs coming At last Wednesday’s Duke democratize the social scene Student Government Senate and promote responsible meeting, junior David Hu, drinking habits. chair of the Student OrgaThe bottom line is that nization Finance Commit- students are more likely to attee, presented a plan to al- tend an event if it offers free locate $10,000 alcohol. of SOFC’s But right editorial $41,000 budnow, the only get surplus to revive the organizations with the means defunct Bartender and Al- to provide alcohol at parties cohol Subsidy Fund. The are fraternities and selective proposal would provide stu- living groups that can buy dent groups with money to booze with funding from purchase up to two kegs for chapter dues. on-campus events. The drinking that hapDespite Hu’s proposal, pens at these parties, free beer won’t be flowing though, takes place behind anytime soon. Disappoint- closed doors with little overingly, the Senate rejected his sight or regulation. budgetary measure. Within this paradigm, DSG should reconsider non-residential student its shortsighted decision. As groups are left out in the we have seen in the past, a cold if they want to serve keg fund has the potential to beer at an event, unless
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they levy a fee on their members. Aside from the fact that this places an unfair financial burden on students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, relying on non-residential student groups to buy alcohol for other students is unrealistic. A DSG alcohol subsidy would provide an easy solution to this problem. Lowering the cost of kegs would allow a wider range of groups to host events with alcohol, thereby broadening social opportunities for students. The keg subsidy can also encourage more responsible consumption of alcohol. Subsidized kegs would require groups to hire a licensed bartender whose
presence can curb underage and excessive drinking. In addition, a keg subsidy would enable students to drink out in the open, instead of in the secluded space of a fraternity section. It’s also worth mentioning that making alcohol more accessible on campus through a keg fund could help keep dangerous drinking out of Durham neighborhoods, increase University oversight of drinking behavior and reduce town-gown friction. The arguments in favor of a keg fund greatly outweigh the possible downsides. The DSG Senate’s concerns that student groups would abuse the funds are misplaced. SOFC will be able to select which groups receive keg subsidies, and,
provided it exercises discretion in vetting applications, it will be able to regulate which groups and events receive funding. Furthermore, the Senate’s objection that the keg fund fails to cover non-alcoholic beverages is similarly off base. Through the normal SOFC budgeting process, student groups already have access to money to pay for soft drinks and bottled water. Therefore, the keg subsidy would meet an unfunded student group need. Events with free beer are good, but those that encourage safe drinking and empower student groups are even better. For these reasons, DSG should reconsider the keg subsidy proposal.
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ast week, I attended a conference at Germany’s University of Heidelberg on the theme of the future of American history, American studies and the humanities in general. As one might guess, the major problem undergirding our discussion this year was the level of employment opportunity, or lack thereof. Three of the daniel bessner 20 participants mutatis mutandis had previously accepted job offers rescinded. The other 17 participants, for their part, were particularly anxious about their professional futures. However, they were not worried whether they would get a “good” job at a research university or a top liberal arts college, but whether they would get a job at all. While Americans’ view of the humanities may vary, although one major point appears clear: The humanities have come under increased attack in the wake of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. A Feb. 24, 2009 New York Times noted that with this crisis, “the humanities are under greater pressure than ever to justify their existence to administrators, policy makers, students and parents.” Most importantly, as funding in the humanities disappears, so do jobs. This has been expressed most saliently in the limiting of course offerings in various humanities departments. For instance, Barnard College recently cut humanities course offerings by 6 percent, while UCLA fired 69 faculty members last year, most of whom were in the humanities. These are just two examples of what is likely to be a wider trend as university budgets contract— as seen in the case of the University of California system, where tuition was raised by 32 percent in the previous year—and students themselves see less value in a degree for which there is no clear “use.” Many older faculty members have attributed discussions such as these to the normal ebbs and flows of university life, noting that similar discussions occurred in the so-called “culture wars” of the 1980s and 1990s. Yet now that these changes are supported by a material base rather than a cultural one, I am not sure this trend can be attributed solely to the natural ebbs and flows of university life. These problems of joblessness and lack of material and student interest in the humanities necessarily leads one to question how Ph.D. programs are structured. Duke’s history depart-
ment, for its part, has made significant—and in my mind, successful—changes to its Ph.D. educational program, which now focuses heavily on professionalization and the production of scholarly work. Nevertheless, the focus of the program remains on educating students to become professors. This makes perfect sense when one considers that this is how most other history Ph.D. programs in the country are structured. But there appears to be some changes being made within the historical profession itself. The professional society of American historians, the American Historical Association, has long recognized the disconnect that exists between scholarly and public communities. In 2001, the AHA commissioned a review that analyzed the relationship between the historical profession and the public. The AHA also created forums for scholars to discuss this relationship at its 2010 annual meeting. One of the 2001 reviews’ recommendations was to encourage graduate students to consider careers outside of the academy, thus promoting civic engagement. To do so, graduate programs in history—and in all likelihood, other disciplines in the humanities—must reorganize their education, stressing the creation of “relevant” historical work. The problem, as my quotation marks indicate, is how can one really judge scholarship based on the amorphous criteria of relevance? What is relevant to you may not be relevant to me, and so on. Unfortunately, however, it seems that today many people would agree with the journalist James Frank Dobie, who declared that “[t]he average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.” I can present no solid answers to the questions of joblessness, funding for the humanities, or scholarly relevance that currently plague academics in the liberal arts (it seems that almost all of my columns end with me declaring that I don’t have any answers). All I do know is that humanities departments continue to accept incoming Ph.D. students whether or not jobs are likely to greet them at the end of their graduate education—and I have not even addressed the whole issue of community colleges and adjunct professorships. What I have hoped to do here is not to offer answers, but to highlight several of the crucial problems currently facing those of us that devote ourselves to education, or what writer Elbert Hubbard referred to as “a form of self-delusion.” Daniel Bessner is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in European history. His column runs every other Wednesday.
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hen I was 10 years old, one of This theme has reappeared in my my role models was Woody adultish life. I knew my girlfriend and from the movie “Toy Story.” I I were right for each other when she liked him because he was loyal and fun- admitted that she likes to watch Nickny. But as I’ve grown up, elodeon. We watch “Avaso have my criteria for tar: The Last Airbender” heroes. Now it’s WALL-E. together when we should He’s a robot. be studying. Heck, we Even though my tastes even watch that show have changed, animated instead of doing more cartoons have influenced important things like... me more than I should holding hands. probably admit. When I’ve found messages kousha navidar beneath I sit at the bus stop, I the antics as I’ve hear a lot of the hopes the bus stops here grown up. Take Dexter, and worries running from “Dexter’s Laborathrough peoples’ minds. tory.” He taught me that It reminds me that as I grow older, it determination and hard work make anybecomes easier to lose touch with those thing possible. Also, that older sisters are old passions that have faded in impor- “stooopid.” This was reassuring during an tance. age of my life when my older sister made Don’t let the cute neoteny of car- me wear nail polish to my birthday parties toons fool you; beneath the gags of and threw softballs at my head attemptcharacters like Bugs Bunny lie qualities ing to distract me from “Donkey Kong.” I that make serious impressions. It may come from an odd family. sound crazy for me to say that cartoons Remember Wile E. Coyote? I always have changed my life, but we live in a laugh when he jumps off a cliff and crazy world. And if you’ve ever seen the plummets to his death. But he never first 20 minutes of the movie “Up,” you starts falling until after he recognizes know how unsuspecting yet influential that there is no ground beneath him. I cartoons can be. think there might be something to that. This is why it’s easy for me to say that When it comes down to it, modern I—hands down—love cartoons. animated cartoons are stories that alIt’s for a lot of reasons. Obviously, most brainwash each young generation they’re entertaining. I’m not sure ex- to believe in certain values. I’m speakactly why, but seeing Elmer Fudd shoot ing from personal experience. “Toy StoDaffy Duck in the face brings me joy. I ry” taught me to value friendship. “Aladsqueal with glee when a boulder falls on din” taught me to appreciate people the head of Marvin the Martian. Car- from different walks of life. Jafar taught toons are almost the only way to enjoy me not to be a Jackass (Penguin). Roger animal cruelty without getting in trou- Rabbit proved that sometimes the pretty ble with PETA. girl will go for the ugly guy (this explains But I’m not just writing about car- how I entered into a relationship). toons because they’re funny. They’ve A lot of us probably have that one helped me connect with important thing that changed us when we were people in my life. I moved to the United kids. But we may not consider that inStates without my dad, and we weren’t fluence to be important anymore. As we in the same country until I was about grow older it gets easier to forget about seven years old. Without something to the simple things that used to make a bond over it would have been easy for us big difference. to remain strangers. It turns out that my Hold on to the small things from your dad also loves cartoons, and each Pixar childhood. When times seem tough, movie we saw together made us more watching cartoons help me laugh and comfortable with each other. We come remind me of my past. from different countries and generations, but we still have the same reaction Kousha Navidar is a Trinity senior. His to “Monsters, Inc.” column runs every other Tuesday.
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n a group activity I participated The Chronicle for Higher Education in this semester, a group of Duke published an article on discrimination men were asked what came to mind in the Duke physics department, featurwhen they thought of ing associate professor Roxthe opposite sex. Among anne Springer and severthe various crude locker al graduate students who room phrases that were have faced alienation and blurted out, perhaps mistreatment, ranging none were more disturbfrom jokes and hostility ing than the words “secto outright sexual harassretary,” “women’s studment. ies” and “humanities.” A friend of mine has sue li As much as women have also lamented the treatadvanced in academics in philosopher’s stone ment she received from the past few decades, this a male director of underprogress is often much too dishearten- graduate studies who discouraged her ing upon the realization that despite from pursuing her hard science mathe increase in female enrollment in jor and questioned her commitment colleges, many still believe that women when he had found out she was also a are more suited for liberal arts degrees double major in visual arts. She said, such as English and art than men, who in a previous instance, another male are better suited for careers in math professor expressed the sentiment that and the “hard” sciences. there were less women in the hard sciAlthough women have closed signif- ences because women were better in icant gaps in law and medicine, their academic fields that dealt with “relanumbers continue to trail behind in tionships.” fields such as physics and chemistry. In the past, she and other female According to recent data provided by students in her department had been the National Institute of Physics, wom- deducted points for the same mistakes en hold only 13 percent of faculty po- on problem sets that males in her secsitions in physics departments around tion had made but whose errors were the nation. Women are also underrep- not counted. She now resorts to writing resented among Duke physics faculty. her last name instead of her first name In 1995, in a column titled “Duke on assignments to avoid grading disphysics equation doesn’t include wom- parities; her female professor has also en” published in the St. Peterburg now agreed to grade their assignments Times, reporter Diane Steinle wrote instead of her male TA. about the experience of a student named Gender discrimination in the classLaurie Freeman who was driven away room is not limited to fields of science from the major due to sexist acts and either. If the stereotype that women attitudes. Lawrence Evans, chairman of take humanities classes is true, then Duke’s physics department at the time, why, I thought as I counted, are there responded to the column saying that far more men than women in my politiher issues were “not necessarily a gen- cal theory class? Classroom discussions der matter.” He said despite the trend are also frequently dominated by men. that many male university students and As I eyed the women in my class furisome faculty “display this insensitivity ously scribble down notes and highlight occassionally… in these days of height- their readings, I wondered why so few ened interest in gender issues, it is also of them raised their hands to provide true that female students on occasion their own thoughts about prostitution may exaggerate or misinterpret, seeing and surrogacy, topics on which they offensive male behavior in things most surely had views to share. people might regard as quite innocent Many skeptics argue that by raising or unintended.” In contrast, a female these issues, we foster a needlessly hyphysics graduate student at Vanderbilt persensitive environment or that womUniversity responded that she had not en are overreacting and misconstruing faced such treatment at her institution. offensive behavior. I must ask, however, In a 1999 issue of Faculty Forum, how far these arguments are from those Alfred Lee, a former physics professor that chastise sexual assault victims for at Duke, predicted that “[d]espite the failing to protect themselves. Often University’s best attempts at getting these discriminations are not overt but grant money to address ‘gender equi- lie deeply seated in our culture and in ty,’” the interaction between students currents that run underneath the waves and faculty would be extremely diffi- of society. We are told not to rock the cult to transform. “It is not 1980; it is boat, but creating awareness is the first 1999. Too much time has passed with step toward turning the tide. too little progress,” he wrote. This issue, which has persisted since Sue Li is a Trinity senior. Her column the 1990s, has not fully abated. In 2004, runs every other Wednesday.
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