April 7, 2010

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR, Issue 127

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Duke stores cash in on NCAA gear

Hail to the champions

by Sanette Tanaka THE CHRONICLE

and beer was sprayed over the entire restaurant. Meyer said monitors and public safety officials were able to keep the situation relatively under control until three to four minutes before the end of the game.

As an alumnus, Meyer sympathized with the enthusiasm of the students but

In her four years on campus, senior Suzie Schenkel has never bought a Duke Tshirt. But after Duke won its fourth NCAA Tournament Championship, she decided the occasion warranted a purchase.

And plenty other Duke fans had the same idea. Students, faculty, alumni and Durham residents swarmed Duke Stores Tuesday looking for NCAA championship apparel.

“I wanted to wait until we won big time,” Schenkel said. “For me, this is a fairy-tale finish to my Duke experience.”

Duke Stores Merchandise Manager Tom Craig estimated that stores sold 16,000 to 18,000 clothing items Tuesday—up from an average of about 700 items per day. T-shirts, hoodies and long-sleeved shirts made up the bulk of sales the first day after the win, he added.

“We are doing what we projected we would do, which is a little more than we did in 2001 [after winning Duke’s third championship],” Craig said. “I expect we’ll make $2 to $2.5 million in revenue for the entire selling period.”

Although purchases from the University Store on West Campus made up the majority of transactions, satellite shops and the Duke Stores’ Web site have contributed substantially to sales, Craig said. The online store sold about 4,500 clothing items and a makeshift shop in Cameron Indoor

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Senior Jon Scheyer (center) and juniors Nolan Smith and Kyle Single (left and right) receive a hero’s welcome upon the men’s basketball team’s return to Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday after winning the NCAA championship Monday night. See the Duke community’s response, SOUND-OFF PAGE 8.

Celebrations leave eateries damaged

by Sabrina Rubakovic THE CHRONICLE

Butler’s ego wasn’t the only thing damaged Monday night.

Campus restaurants Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs and Armadillo Grill reported damages from students celebrating the men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament Championship victory, costing own-

ers thousands of dollars in clean-up and repair fees.

At Tommy’s, three out of five outdoor tables, a wooden picnic bench and a leather couch were pushed over a railing of McClendon Tower, said Tommy’s owner Tom Meyer, Trinity ’91. Inside the restaurant, ceiling tiles, tables, chairs and light fixtures were broken, decorations were damaged

graduate and professional student council

Group elects executive board for next year

by Carmen Augustine THE CHRONICLE

The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected new officers to its executive board in a three-hour meeting Tuesday night.

Current GPSC Executive Secretary Daniel Griffin, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in classical studies, was elected president. Four other presidential candidates were considered. Felicia Hawthorne, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in genetics and genomics, was elected vice president. Alana Belcon, a thid-year Ph.D. candidate in the Nicholas School of the Environment was elected executive secretary. “[The general assembly] took a long time [to elect officials] but I think the time was well spent and we elected excellent leaders for GPSC next year,” said outgoing GPSC Vice President Adam Pechtel, a third-year law student.

Griffin has served two years as a department representa-

Showdown with Tar Heels looms at Ambler, Page 9

tive, and has also served on the Library Advisory Committee, the Duke Chief of Police Selection Committee and the Society of Duke Fellows.

“One of the things I want to do on GPSC is to make sure all graduate students have the same great time at Duke that I’ve been lucky enough to experience,” Griffin said.

Griffin said that as GPSC president he hopes to increase transparency and planning, take advantage of new media, bring together all graduate and professional students and increase career planning options.

One point that set Griffin apart from his contenders was his interest in addressing “mental health concerns.” About 50 percent of the referrals at Counseling and Psychological Services come from the graduate school, Griffin said.

“This is a problem across the country with graduate and See gpsc on page 6

Giving due respect Columnist Will Flaherty on why this Duke team deserves to be celebrated, PAGE 9

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GPSC members elected a new executive board after hearing presentations from candidates at their biweekly meeting Tuesday.

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Emergency rescue plan for GOP reverses its stance on Greece sparks more concern financial reform agency ATHENS, Greece ­— Greek borrowing WASHINGTON, D.C. — Staff members for Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama., the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, sent a proposal to their Democratic counterparts last week that would create an independent consumer financial protection agency, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The offer marks a significant reversal from the position that Shelby and other Republicans have long held: that such an agency would clash with a separate set of regulators charged with overseeing the health of financial firms.

The proposal includes limits on the consumer agency’s authority, including a commission of regulators that could serve as a check on rules put forth by the agency, according to one source.

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costs spiked Tuesday and an International Monetary Fund team departed for Athens amid concern that an emergency plan offered by the country’s European neighbors will not avert a crisis in the deeply indebted nation.

A further downturn in Greece could have broader ramifications for the European economy — particularly in nations such as Portugal and Spain that are struggling with rising public debt. Greece’s problems have already exacerbated strains among the 16 nations that share the euro as a currency, undermining the euro’s value and casting doubt on how far the countries will go to adopt the type of common regulations some argue are needed in the wake of the global financial crisis.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The White House offered fresh signals of its displeasure with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday, hinting that it might cancel his Washington meeting with President Obama next month.

Press secretary Robert Gibbs said a planned meeting between Obama and Karzai on May 12 is “still on the schedule.” But later, in a reference to a series of anti-Western comments made recently by the Afghan leader, Gibbs said that “we certainly would evaluate ... continued or further remarks” by Karzai before deciding whether it’s “constructive to have such a meeting.”

Gibbs also pointedly declined to call Karzai a U.S. ally. The administration has typically referred to him as a “partner” in its efforts to fight terrorism.

The Obama administration has been

frustrated by comments in which Karzai has denounced Western interference in his country, accused foreigners of perpetrating a “vast fraud” in Afghanistan’s presidential election last year, and even suggested that his frustrations might lead him to join the Taliban.

The outbursts, which continued even after a conversation with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, have prompted critics of Karzai to question his leadership.

In an interview Tuesday morning on MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown,” a former U.N. envoy to Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith, described Karzai as “off balance.”

“He’s prone to tirades. He can be very emotional, act impulsively. In fact, some of the palace insiders say that he has a certain fondness for some of Afghanistan’s most profitable exports,” said Galbraith, apparently referring to the opium trade.

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Nasser David Khalili, an Iranian-born billionaire who lives in London, is photographed in 2007 next to a window dated from the second century at “The Art of Islam” exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Khalili’s collection of Middle Eastern art has grown so large that he has “come to define the market,” said Edward Gibbs, Sotheby’s London-based head of Middle Eastern art.

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Town awaits word on missing miners after blast David Fahrenthold the washington post

MONTCOAL, W.VA. — The first night, they prayed for a big miracle. The next day, people in the Coal River Valley were left hoping for a small one—and wondering how many of the dead they knew.

By evening, workers were drilling through a Swiss-cheese mountainside to reach four miners who might still be alive after the nation’s deadliest mine accident in a quarter-century, an explosion that killed at least 25 men here.

In the towns below, there was nothing but rumors and waiting—to learn the fate of the four, and the names of the men lying in a temporary morgue at the firehouse in Whitesville, W.Va. “I thought all day about what I was going to say to the families” when the bodies were identified, said Greg Scarbro, a minister and miner himself, who headed home to wash the coal dust off his face before he went to comfort families. “I’m hoping I’ll have the right words when I need ‘em. But right now I don’t have ‘em in me. I might just cry with ‘em awhile.”

The explosion happened about 3 p.m. Monday, as the day shift was ending. The men working closest to the mine’s mouth got out first. As they were getting cleaned up, the ground shook, and the power went out.

Then, one miner said, a gust of dust-filled air blew out the hole. Then came the people.

“They was running, and they were coughing,” said the miner, who declined to give his name. He spoke in the doorway of his mobile home here, his hair in a mohawk and his body displaying scattered tattoos. The survivors told him that they had seen carbon-monoxide levels suddenly rise, and oxygen levels drop. And then, a blast of air strong enough to move the heavy cart that had carried them.

“They said everything went black.”

The miner said Tuesday that he was left numb. He would be devastated if he lost one friend in the mine. Now, whole crews were gone.

“You find out that it’s that many, it’s 25, and you don’t know what to do,” he said.

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Miner Greg Scarbro’s shift at the Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal started the morning after an explosion rocked the West Virginia mine Monday night. He plans to speak to the families of the 25 dead and four missing miners.

People in the Coal River Valley—a string of little towns wedged into wide spots between the valley walls—were left with a free-floating dread.

In a place where mining is the mainstay of the economy, most were certain they knew at least one of the dead.

The question was who. They made phone calls, and passed gossip at the City Diner in Whitesville, a few miles north of Montcoal. The neighbor boy? The one who was in my daughter’s class? Arvon’s Floral hadn’t sold a single condolence bouquet—people were either in shock or didn’t know quite who should receive flowers.

“I’m sure we musta put clothes on them,” said Harry “Red” Brewer, in the roadside store where he and his wife sell miners’ work clothes. They have sold to so many young men their first uniform for a Massey Energy mine:red hat, green reflective tape sewn on the shirt. And they have seen many come back to get the black hat and orange tape that signified a promotion worth $5 more an hour.

Now, they wondered: Which miners?

“These guys are like our sons,” said Marion Brewer, who See miners on page 7

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Steele tries to reassure RNC members after scandal

by Philip Rucker and Chris Cillizza The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele moved to solidify his control of the party Tuesday in the wake of a spending scandal that some top party strategists warned could undermine the GOP’s ability to exploit its opportunities in the November midterm elections.

Steele called rank-and-file RNC members to reassure them that the party is on stable footing, with a new chief of staff and revamped accountability measures in place.

The RNC also reported late Tuesday that it raised $11.4 million in March, a record amount for the month in a midterm election year.

But the committee continued to face questions about the controversy that has engulfed Steele’s operation for more than a week. An RNC member from New Hampshire resigned Tuesday in protest of the party’s handling of donor money. And GOP strategists groused that the RNC may not have enough money to fund the voterturnout operations and television advertisements that challengers in competitive races are relying on to push them to victory.

With the elections seven months away, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said the current turmoil at the RNC “means very little” for the party’s November prospects.

“Would everybody like for the RNC to be at the top of its game? Sure,” said Barbour, a former RNC chairman who heads the Re-

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While the will regain its RNC’s $1,900 — Sen. John Cornyn, footing quickly expenditure at and that we can Republican, Texas move forward a racy California nightclub to focus on grabbed headwinning Senate lines, strategists said the greater problem is seats during the November elections.” the party’s cash flow as it begins a campaign Yet it is not lost on congressional leaders cycle with dozens of competitive Senate and that the NRSC and the National RepubliHouse contests, as well as 37 gubernato- can Congressional Committee have tradirial races. The committee has raised about tionally received substantial disbursements $109 million during the current cycle but from the RNC. In the 2006 election cycle, has just $9.5 million in the bank. the RNC transferred $18 million to the In February, for example, the party NRCC and nearly $5 million to the NRSC raised $7.69 million and spent $7.71 mil- in an unsuccessful attempt to preserve lion, according to Federal Election Com- GOP majorities in both chambers.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010 | 5

No timetable for interest rate changes

by Neil Irwin

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — Any decision by the Federal Reserve to end its policy of ultra-low interest rates would come in response to economic data and not according to any predetermined schedule, leaders of the central bank made clear in minutes of their last meeting released Tuesday.

For more than a year, the Fed has said it expects to leave its target interest rate “exceptionally low” for “an extended period.” But the length of that extended period has been up for debate, and some policymakers have said it means that rates will stay near zero for at least six more months.

With the release of minutes of their March 16 meeting, Fed officials offered more clarity, essentially stating that there is no fixed timetable.

A number of central bank leaders said their expectation of continued low rates “was explicitly contingent on the evolution of the economy rather than on the passage of any fixed amount of calendar time,” the minutes said.

The new language is an attempt by the central bank to keep its options open and emphasize the conditionality of its future rate policy. Some officials have worried that by promising to keep rates low for an “extended period,” the Fed is in a box, in that once the language changes, financial markets will view a rate increase as imminent.

The new language from the Fed aims to maintain the flexibility to increase rates quite soon, if the economy takes off, or hold off for a very long time if it lags.

On the question of when the Fed might raise its target short-term interest rate above its current range of zero to 0.25 percent, the new minutes suggest that Fed leaders continue to see plenty of signs of weakness in the economy that would justify leaving rates low.

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Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs employees clean up damage caused by students Monday night after Duke’s NCAA men’s basketball championship win.

damages from page 1 thought their behavior was inappropriate.

“The most disappointing thing for me is that we’ve gone out of our way to make a place where they can be loud and have a good time. I was just disappointed they went beyond that to destruction for no reason,” he said.

The restaurant has been cleaned up, but cost of the damage might amount to about $10,000, Meyer said.

Damages were less serious at Armadillo Grill. One chair was broken, a glass of beer was thrown at the ceiling and there was “more trash than you can imagine,” Assistant

Manager Sam Sills said. He said the glass of beer shattered on impact, causing shards of glass to fall on the crowd of students, but no one was hurt. Campus security officials were monitoring the situation from the entrance.

Sills said that although it sometimes seems like students do not have a lot of respect for restaurant employees, the situation merely represented college students having a good time. “[The evening’s sales] kind of make up for all of the work we have to do,” he said.

The Duke University Police Department will review the incident reports today, said DUPD Assistant Chief Gloria Graham. She said no criminal charges have been filed against students.

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electedGPSCofficers >>President - Current GPSC Executive Secretary Daniel Griffin, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in classical studies

GPSC from page 1 >>Community Outreach Coordinator - Jennifer Seger, a masters of public health student >>Attorney General - Caitlin Ludwigsen, a law student

>>Vice President - Felicia Hawthorne, outgoing Basketball Committee Co-Chair and student in the Program in Genetics and Genomics

>>Student Groups Liaison - Sam Gong, a graduate student in physics

>>Executive Secretary - Alana Belcon, a graduate student in earth and ocean sciences

>>University Committees Coordinator - Ali Saaem, a graduate student in biomedical engineering

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>>Academic Officer - Ted Graham, a graduate student in classical studies

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A Conference in Honor of JOHN HOPE FR ANKLIN Sponsored by the Duke Center on Law, Race and Politics PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: Michelle Adams Elizabeth Alexander Richard Banks Jeannine Bell Lawrence Bobo Eugene Borgida Khalilah Brown Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin Paul Butler Jennifer Chaćon Dalton Conley Matthew Countryman William “Sandy” Darity Luis Fraga Luis Fuentes Rohwer Farah Griffin Lani Guinier Melissa Harris Lacewell Jonathan Holloway Karla Holloway Vincent Hutchings Michael S. Kang Randall Kennedy Taeku Lee Glenn Loury Kenneth Mack Angela Onwuachi Willig Orlando Patterson Richard Pildes Laura Richman Cristina Rodriguez Daria Roithmayr Brent Staples Ray Suarez Gerald Torres

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professional students—not just the increased individual pressure people place upon them, but... dealing with meeting new people and really being able to thrive regardless of the situation,” Griffin said.

He added that GPSC should help keep students happy, healthy and successful.

“I’m looking forward to working with this great group of people that we’ve elected to really make the graduate and professional student experience at Duke fun, memorable and productive,” Griffin said after the elections.

Many positions had no nominations before the election, so some were nominated at the meeting but many nominees declined and one candidate was elected by default.

Pechtel said a lack of nominees had been a problem at past elections—usually only the president and vice president positions are heavily contested and there is not a vote on the other positions. This year there were more opportunities for interested students to learn about the positions before running for one, he added.

“I suspect that most people that took positions tonight that weren’t pre-nominated were aware of the responsibilities and will be strong members of the executive board next year,” Pechtel said.

In other business: The newly elected Basketball Committee co-chairs, Rebecca Wilusz and Allison Schmitt, were approved by the GPSC general assembly. Wilusz is a biomedical engineering graduate student and Schmitt is a graduate student in chemistry. The new Basketball Committee policy for Campout was also approved.

Some GA members were concerned about an addition to the policy which states that students can be disqualified from the lottery or removed from the Campout because of “excessive alcohol consumption that threatens the safety of the student or others.” Most were worried that the term “excessive alcohol consumption” was too vague.

The incoming Basketball Committee co-chairs said they will look for signs of alcohol poisoning in students who may have consumed alcohol excessively.

“We’ve had situations where people don’t really understand when enough is enough,” Wilusz said.

GA members were also concerned about the possibility of not being able to have RVs at Campout next year. The cochairs said the location had not been chosen yet, but they will comply with whatever the Department of Athletics recommends. They added that they will fight for what is in students’ best interest, which for many, means more space for RVs. Fallon Ukpe, GPSC Student Group Liaison and a student in the School of Medicine, updated the GA on the effects of the recently passed health care reform bill. She said a lot of the effects will not be seen until as late as 2014, and the most important change is that students can stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.

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This conference honors the life and work of the late Dr. John Hope Franklin, who taught at Duke Law School and devoted his life’s work to understanding the impact of racism on American life.

The conference is sponsored by the Center on Law, Race and Politics and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. For more information, contact Lisa Musty at the Duke Center on Law, Race and Politics, (919) 613-8522, or lrp@law.duke.edu.

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stores from page 1 Stadium sold an additional 2,300 items Tuesday.

Duke Championship merchandise will be available at the East Campus Store, the Terrace Shop, the Medical Center Bookstore and the Duke Team Store in Card Gym until Fall or until sales subside, although Craig expects heavy sales for the next few months. Additional merchandise, such as hats, license plates, jackets and bumper stickers, will arrive in shipments today and throughout the rest of the week, he added. By the end of this week, stores will offer 25 different T-shirt designs to customers.

Despite the large number of sales, operations have run smoothly in the stores, said Jeff Perkins, department coordinator for the Textbook Store. Perkins, who arrived Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. to help stock the store, said management’s planning made the transactions more efficient.

To prepare, the stores brought in 15 temporary workers to keep the shops stocked and clean. The workers were trained last week after Duke advanced to the Final Four, Craig said.

He added that Duke Stores have been preparing for the arrival of NCAA merchandise since mid-January. Duke collaborated with companies like M.J. Soffe and the Cotton Exchange to create all the designs for the products, although nothing was printed or ordered until Duke’s win was certain.

The post-win excitement still kept stores busy, said Bob Walker, general manager of retail and book operations for Duke St ores.

“It has been absolutely crazy,” employee Heather Thompson said. “There have been people outside since a quarter after seven this morning, waiting for shirts. Everybody has been really excited.”

Walker described Tuesday as “Christmas mixed with back-to-school all on the same day,” and said that despite the long lines, people generally seemed to be in good spirits.

Sophomore Stefan Streckfus said the championship was even more important than going to classes, adding that he plans to wear his new T-shirt “every day, forever” to commemorate Duke’s historic win.

“We have had a great build this year—with [the wins over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill], the ACC, Final Four—that was a big part of the increase in sales,” Craig said. “With the bad economy and unemployment, people are looking for something positive in their lives.”

miners from page 3 sews on the tape. “Here I told my son to go into the mines. Now this happens. Boy, I’m glad he didn’t listen to me on that.”

On Tuesday, the miners’ families were sequestered near the site, although some did speak to reporters.

Diana Davis said her husband, Timmy Davis, 51, died in the explosion, along with his nephews, Josh Napper, 27, and Cory Davis, 20, according to the Associated Press. Timmy Davis Jr. said of his father: “He loved to work underground. He loved that place.” Two other family members survived the blast.

Elsewhere, the roadside signs that advertise dinner specials or upcoming sermons had been changed to messages of hope for the missing men.

“Pray for our miner’s familys,” someone had written in the coal dust that coated the front window at Carrie’s Country Corner Market in Whitesville. Inside, cook James Platt said he was fed up with the coal companies.

“It’s time for a change on this river,” he said. “It’s time we quit sending our men down to mine and pray to God they have half a chance of coming back.”

He said part of the danger came from mining in sites full of played-out tunnels.

“They’ve shot the mountains up. They’ve blowed ‘em and they’ve cracked ‘em, and beaten and blasted ‘em,” he said. “It’s all about coal,” he said, and not about miners.

A few blocks away, a similar sign hung outside the New Life Church assembly hall: “Pray for our miners and families.”

But inside, a group of miners’ wives looked at the situation differently: If it weren’t for coal, places like this couldn’t exist.

“We’ve had people come here and ask us, `Why do they coal-mine?’” said Ina Williams, incredulous. “It’s just the life.”

Two seats down was Tammy Gordon. Her husband, son and brother are miners, and before them her father and father-in-law. She said the accident was a reminder that, even in 2010, men still go down in mines and don’t come back. And, even in 2010, people here accept that.

Along Coal River Road, the area’s many mines are marked by roadside signs that say “Ambulance Entrance” and the name of the mine.

“You just have to have faith that God has them in his hands,” Gordon said. “Because if you don’t, you’ll just go crazy. As long as they still haven’t found them, we still have hope.”

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soundoff:men’sbasketballchampsreturn Students and community members packed Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday afternoon to welcome home the men’s basketball team from its victory in Indianapolis, Ind. Spectators waved copies of newspapers and chanted “Let’s go Duke!” as the final minute of the game was replayed on the video scoreboard. The audience cheered, listening to speeches from men’s head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, seniors Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek and junior Nolan Smith.

Whether they traveled from down the quad or down the highway, The Chronicle asked what fans’ favorite moments of the victory were and what brought spectators to Cameron Tuesday.

—compiled by Lindsey Rupp

[my one-year-old son Ramsey] out. It’s a great year to be back, the team wins a national championship.”

—Jonas Anderson, Law ’08 “Its the first time [nine-year-old Christian Shelton has] been able to see that. The last time this happened he was two months old—but he was awake for the game. Can you

guess who he’s named after?”

—Scott Shelton, Greensboro resident “It’s really cool and epic. It’s really exciting to have the opportunity to support them, and it’s really exciting that they won—it paid off, our support paid off.”

—Jocelyn Antonio, sophomore

“It was very loud in there... It was loud and it was close....

The last shot. My seat was right on angle... and until it bounced off you couldn’t tell if it was going in or not.”

—Tallman Trask, executive vice president “It was awesome, I really liked all the speeches. Coach K was really motivational, I liked how he went through the journey.”

—Cedric Stapleton, freshman “It was thrilling. It just kind of wrapped up everything.

This year has been one hell of a ride, I feel lucky and spoiled to experience this as a freshman. The best thing is seeing everyone in the stadium do the ‘Let’s Go Duke!’ chant.”

—Jaimie Woo, freshman “It’s just incredible, the basketball team’s been a part of the whole Duke experience. It’s been an incredible ride the entire season. I just love the team.”

—Sam Davis, freshman “I love Duke, I’ve been a fan ever since I was little. My dad went here, I live in Greensboro but I couldn’t miss it.”

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Blue Devils up Believe it: Duke’s toughness for revenge vs. and poise should be celebrated No. 1 Heels In college tennis, it’s not every day you get the chance to avenge a loss, especially to your greatest rival.

Unlike in basketball, conference foes play each other just once a season, and Wednesday’s matchup between No. 5 Duke and top-ranked North Carolina at Ambler Tennis Stadium was the only meeting between the two on the preseason schedule.

But at the prestigious National Team Indoor Championship in mid-February, the Blue Devils—the defending national champions and the favorites in the event—were upset by the Tar Heels, who went on to win the tournaNo. 1 ment. That victory propelled North UNC Carolina (19-3, 6-0 in the ACC) up vs. the national rankings, and the Tar No. 5 Heels now stand at No. 1—a posiDuke tion Duke began the year in and believes it can earn back this week.

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Both teams have clearly shown that Ambler Tennis Stadium they are the class of their conference.

North Carolina had a close call against then-No. 34 Virginia in Charlottesville, a match the Tar Heels hung onto 4-3, but have won their five other ACC contests comfortably.

Duke (17-2, 5-0) has torn through ACC play, and has yet to drop more than two points against any conference opponent.

Wednesday afternoon, though, only one of those streaks can continue, and the victor will leave Durham with the inside track to the ACC regular season championship.

In the two teams’ first meeting—a 4-3 Tar Heel victory—North Carolia benefited from strong play in doubles and at the top of its singles rotation. The Tar Heels won two of out three doubles matches to earn that point, and in singles, Duke’s top two players—Reka Zsilinszka and Ellah Nze—were both beaten.

Notably, senior Elizabeth Plotkin won her match at No. 3 singles, and she has been one of Duke’s most consistent See carolina on page 10

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Gordon Hayward’s near-miss on what would have been a game-winner for Butler sent Duke fans into ecstasy in Indianapolis Monday night.

When Gordon Hayward let go of his last-second half-court heave as the Lucas Oil Stadium horn blew, I didn’t know what to think. After 40 agonizingly intense minutes of play, Duke’s national title hopes were literally up in the air.

As the ball floated toward the backboard, I found myself in a state of disbelief.

Disbelief that this Duke team, which had struggled so Will much in recent NCAA To u r n a ments, could be on the cusp of a national title.

That a scrappy mid-major like Butler had battled its way to the title game in its own town, about to cap a classic Cinderella storyline. That if Hayward’s despiration attempt found the bottom of the net, the Blue Devils would fall just shy of the crown, that they would come this far, this close to a title, yet come home emptyhanded.

But as we all saw Monday night, that final shot mercifully bounced off the backboard before clanging off the front edge of the rim.

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Senior Elizabeth Plotkin won her match against North Carolina’s third seed in February, yet the Blue Devils came up short in that meeting.

Ballgame over. Butler’s hopes for a title dashed. Duke as National Champions.

But even for the most ardent Duke despisers out there, Monday’s game should be celebrated. For anyone lucky enough to be in Indianapolis or watching on TV, Duke’s win was an example of why we love college basketball. Two teams, evenly matched from the opening tip to that final buzzer, produced a true gift of a game for all sports fans and a set of memories and images that won’t be fleeting.

And as so frequently happens when two teams give their all, you learn some things. This game showed us that sometimes the shots that don’t fall are the ones that matter most.

After 39 minutes and 56.4 seconds of spellbinding basketball, Duke and Butler found themselves separated by a mere point. Hayward, Butler’s babyfaced assassin, had just missed a chance to claim the lead. After snaring the ensuing rebound and being almost immediately fouled, Brian Zoubek stood at the line for a pair of shots. After Zoubek sank the first, Mike Krzyzewski made a decision that almost had disastrous consequences. He

instructed his center to intentionally miss the second, forcing Butler, with no timeouts, to go the length of the court for a bucket in just less than four seconds.

The logic of the miss was rooted in a decent principle—make it as hard as possible for Butler to get off a high-quality shot attempt. I’d guess that Krzyzewski, as the coach who drew up perhaps the most famous full-court, out-of-bounds play in college hoops history— Christian Laettner’s turnaround miracle in the 1992 tournament— didn’t want to see a similar feat pulled off at his expense. But in any case, the Zoubek miss paid off, the decision validated when Hayward’s heave fell just short.

And perhaps more than anything else, this team showed how to respond after being pushed, how to get up after being knocked down. The Blue Devils’ physicality was outwardly apparent just by eyeballing them. From the bleeding cut Jon Scheyer acquired near the end of his team’s first-round Tournament loss to VCU in 2007 to the scratches that Kyle Singler sustained after diving into press row See flaherty on page 10

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Duke looks to build off loss to top-ranked Cavs

by Dan Ahrens The Chronicle

On the heels of its first conference loss of the season against No. 1 Virginia Sunday, Duke looks to bounce back Wednesday against Wake Forest Winston-Salem.

No. 24 in Despite the defeat, Wake the Blue Devils (11-6, vs.

4-1 in the ACC) could take away a lot of posiDuke tive things, especially their win at the No. WEDNESDAY, 3 p.m.

1 singles spot, from Winston-Salem, N.C. such a tough match against the best team in the nation. “[Virginia is] a great team and they showed it there,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “There were certain situations that we didn’t handle as well as we could have.”

Duke will look to build on that experience as the No. 24 Demon Deacons provide a tough road test. Wake Forest (11-5, 5-1) is riding a four-match winning streak and enjoys a half-game lead over the Blue Devils in the conference standings.

Though they have proven to be solid throughout most spots on the ladder, the Demon Deacons lack an imposing presence at No. 1 singles. Tripper Carleton and Steven Forman have split time in the top slot, and neither has had great success.

If Duke freshman Henrique Cunha continues his recent run of fantastic tennis, however, it might not matter much who Wake Forest throws at him. In his third victory over a top-five opponent this season, Cunha downed third-ranked Michael Shabaz of the Cavaliers 6-3, 6-3 Sunday.

“I can’t say enough about Henrique,” Smith said. “He fought through a little bit of an injury last week, and he is just getting better with every match. He is the rock on our team right now. It’s fun to watch him play when he is like that. He just handles himself well, competes and just does everything right. He has picked up some big

wins, and I am real happy for him.”

Wednesday’s match will likely be decided in the middle of the singles ladder, where Duke struggled Sunday. Aside from an impressive win by sophomore Luke Marchese, the Blue Devils failed to win a match from numbers two through five.

Reid Carleton, who will likely play No. 2 singles this afternoon, is in for a particularly fierce battle. The Demon Deacons have accumulated an imposing 15-1 record in that slot which has been filled by either Carleton or Forman, depending on which one is not in the No. 1 spot.

If Duke takes the lessons it learned Sunday into Wednesday’s match, however, it will be well-prepared for a stiff challenge.

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Brian Zoubek deflected this ball out of bounds, giving Butler one of two chances to steal the win in Indianapolis.

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Duke junior Reid Carleton could be matched up with Wake Forest’s Tripper Carleton (no relation) Wednesday.

at the ACC Tournament for a loose ball, these Blue Devils have the battle scars indicative of the physical style of play that elevated them to a national title.

And again on Monday, the Blue Devils came through. Every rebound was fought for. Butler’s shots were consistently contested, with Singler doing yeoman’s work in holding Hayward to a 2-for-11 shooting night. Down to that last play, Singler was doggedly chasing Hayward before he was flattened on a hard screen from Butler center Matt Howard.

Knocked down and laid out on the

court, Singler was probably the only person in the building that didn’t have his eyes locked on Hayward’s miracle attempt. But by then, Singler had done all he needed for Duke to come out on top, and to earn Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors.

In the coming weeks, Duke fans will start thinking about the future, considering questions such as whether the drafteligible tandem of Smith and Singler will opt to leave early for the NBA, or how the Blue Devils are faring on the recruiting trail. But for now, we should keep one thing in perspective. This Duke team has just given us—and all college basketball fans—a tremendous gift. Let’s enjoy it.

carolina from page 9 performers all year while playing as high as No. 1 against some opponents.

She will need to be at her best against a tough North Carolina squad, and a win Wednesday afternoon—coming on the heels of Duke’s victory over then-No. 1 Northwestern two weeks ago—could boost the Blue Devils back to the top of the national rankings.

Doubles action begins Wednesday in Ambler at 3 p.m.

—from staff reports

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Reka Zsilinszka has won seven straight singles matches for Duke.

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In Duke’s thrilling 61-59 defeat of Butler in the national championship game, Nolan Smith (left) just missed a driving layup in the closing minutes, while Lance Thomas fought for a loose ball with Butler’s Shelvin Mack.

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A library that’s so much more Under the helm of Debo- the University’s libraries rah Jakubs, Rita Giallonar- a locus of everyday life, a do Holloway University Li- repository of knowledge, brarian and vice provost for a driver in the use of new library affairs, the Perkins technology, and a place to Library System has solidi- learn, interact, grow and fied its integral share. place within During her editorial the University tenure, Jakubs community and continued has overseen the completion to fulfill its mission of con- of physical renovations and necting people and ideas. additions that have pumped For this reason, we are new life into the library sysexcited that, after a glow- tem. The opening of Bosing review from faculty and tock Library and von der administrators alike, Pro- Heyden Pavilion, the facelift vost Peter Lange has reap- to Perkins Library and the pointed Jakubs to a second construction of The Link six-year term as University have provided beautiful and Librarian. functional reading rooms, A quality library system classrooms to go along with plays an important role at individual and group study a research university like areas. This space is available Duke, and Jakubs has gone for students, faculty and outabove and beyond to make side community members to

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Aside from ensuring a quality library system in the physical sense, Jakubs has also led our libraries into a new technological frontier. Although it would have been easy to hold off on other projects while completing large-scale renovations, the library has boosted its online presence and creatively pursued new ways of sharing information.

Under Jakubs, the Perkins Library System has augmented its digital holdings. The library recently launched an online database of television commercials called Ad Views, and it will host the newly announced DukeSpace open access da-

tabase. Both of these initiatives demonstrate a concerted effort to use the power of the Internet to increase access to the library’s information and resources.

Above all else, Jakubs has overseen a library system that has fostered and built an academic community. Collaborating with student groups to throw the annual library party, scheduling recitals and speeches in the Rare Book Room and creating beautiful open spaces for interpersonal interaction has transformed the libraries into a vibrant place of discovery and exchange.

Jakub’s many accomplishments are a testament to her vision and leadership, but also to dedication and hard work of the hundreds of

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As our world becomes increasingly digitized and reliant on electronic media over traditional printed books and journals, the Perkins Library System will continue to face the challenge of adapting to a new information landscape. But with Jakubs at its helm—and wonderful employees behind her—the University’s libraries are well positioned for success.

The loneliest fan

few lucky devils watched it all unfold firsthand in Indianapolis. Many of my friends crowded Cameron, separated from the action by 600 miles that probably felt like 6,000.

I actually was half a world away.

I had a lovely column in mind for this week. I planned to regale you all with stories from the 10 days I spent in the Italian julia love Riviera: hiking in a love story high heels, catching an overnight train in lieu of booking a hostel, dipping my toes in the Mediterranean Sea. Yet despite this wealth of experiences, all I can think of right now is what I have missed: a national championship.

I was voted Most Optimistic in high school, but it’s hard to sugarcoat this one. When the buzzer sounded and the shot mercifully clanked off the rim, I was sound asleep in my bed. The game started after 3 a.m. in Madrid, and I couldn’t manage to download a live stream on my faltering laptop.

When I read the news the next morning, I was elated. But with nary a bonfire to stoke my excitement, I also felt like one of the loneliest girls in the world. The outcome of the game has rocked Duke, but I am sad to report that the rest of the world is still rotating on its axis. (I promise not to turn this column into 16 inches of self-pity—that’s really not my style.)

I used to be one of them—I wrote an admissions essay about the Cameron Crazies. I gushed that although I had never set foot on campus, watching Duke basketball games on television had taught me a lot about the student body. Watching freshly-painted students bob to and fro in a packed Cameron, I imagined that their passion for basketball must spill over to all aspects of campus life.

The observation wasn’t as original as it felt at the time, but there was some truth to it. Basketball is all-important at Duke, a barometer with which we assess our time as students. Each class is entitled to a trip to the Final Four, or at least victory over Carolina at home. Last year’s graduates were wronged.

Although the mini-title drought was already underway when I arrived on campus as a freshman, I knew it was the perfect climate for me to be a Duke fan. I started to root for Duke when I realized that ex-Blue Devils filled the roster of my favorite team, the Clippers. (Yes, the Clippers, widely considered to be the worst franchise in professional sports.) It’s hard for an underdog loyalist like me to justify matriculating at Duke, but if there was ever a moment, this was it, I reasoned. A vintage powerhouse struggling to live up to its rankings in the polls: this was a David I could support.

Yet there were times when even I lost faith. I can’t help but wonder if I was the only one. The second story I wrote for The Chronicle as a freshman was about an ill-fated validation system that Duke Student Government proposed in an attempt to prop up sagging attendance—not exactly compatible with the packed student section we had been promised.

I almost shelled out the big bucks for a shirt when we won the ACC tournament last year because I feared it was the closest I would come to being able to sport clothing with the words “Duke” and “champions” while still on campus.

I suspect these and other small disappointments are part of what compels so many juniors to leave Duke so far behind, though most do a better job of timing their trips with the climax of the season.

Duke is wonderful—this we rarely take for granted. But not every year can be a banner year.

And, I reasoned wistfully when I submitted my study abroad application last Fall, this year didn’t seem to have the makings of one.

Juniors often gauge the quality of a day abroad by smugly imagining what they would be doing if they were back at Duke. I couldn’t bring myself to make the comparison Monday night.

Yet though I have probably forsaken the best Spring in a decade to be at Duke, I wouldn’t change the way things have unfolded. My time abroad has been a wonderful ride, and even this bittersweet twist has served a purpose: I know I’ll never again hedge a bet against Duke.

And I feel it in my bones that we’ll find a little bit of magic next Spring, too.

Julia Love is a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Wednesday.

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o, it turns out that there are two differ- not to root for someone else to put a ball ent kinds of Duke basketball: there’s in a hoop, right? Isn’t that a silly, faddish Duke basketball, and then there’s Duke thing to spend your time thinking about?

Basketball. Only rarely do the two meet, but It’s kind of weird, right? Not to mention man does it ever feel good dorky. when it happens.

Yeah, I guess it kind Duke basketball is a disof is. Huh, man, I never tinctly local affair. For those thought of that before. of us who go to school here But, wow! Did you see that and choose to get really into Scheyer side-step three it, it’s a gleeful obsession that against West Virginia? It structures our college careers was J.J.-esque, freakin’ J.J.in a way no less definite than connor southard esque! our choice of major. But it’s Oh, excuse me. As I dead poet really our thing—a Cameron was saying: There are two Crazies thing—and no one different kinds of Duke else’s, except maybe Crazy Towel Guy. basketball. Every once in a while, those of True, our team is on national TV a us who spend months living and dying by lot—for all the apparent Duke hate out the one get to smirk, wag a finger at Pat there, we get plenty of love from ESPN— Forde and positively revel in the other. I’d and Coach K is a national sports celebrity. really, really love to tell you that my colMake no mistake: We’ve consistently been lege team winning basketball games isn’t a pretty big deal since at least the playing that big of a deal and that I have a mature, days of Johnny Dawkins. intellectually steady sense of perspective But then again, who cares about us even about the whole thing. a tiny bit as much as we do?

But when I took this job, I promised the Others may catch the occasional editors that I wouldn’t lie about anything Wednesday night Duke vs. Virginia Tech in their pages. matchup because they’re bored and ESPN Go Duke. needs to fill that slot somehow without resorting to showing a hockey game. DukeConnor Southard is a Trinity sophomore.

UNC usually does fairly well ratings-wise, His column runs every Wednesday. and that’s due to more than ESPN’s aggressive marketing campaign: College sports fans know there’s no question about what the greatest basketball rivalry is. Still, that’s just one game. A nation may indeed watch DSG keg fund would be unnecessary it, but it’s just one of the many affairs for Last Wednesday, Duke Student Govwhich the Crazies among us paint themernment voted down legislation that selves and skip class (in this case, a whole would have used $10,000 of the $41,000 lot of class) to wait in line. It is, of course, a dollar SOFC surplus to provide students religious ritual. It’s an exclusive niche culof age with free beer. The Chronicle ture that requires you to have a DukeCard, editorial board was not pleased. “Disapso even our diehard alumns aren’t really pointingly, the Senate rejected his [the] part of the real action, much as we would budgetary measure,” the editoral board like them to be. wrote in a March 31 editorial called And of course that’s what Crazies Pride “Keeps the kegs coming.” The editois all about: No one else, not nowhere, rial portrayed the DSG as vampires who not no-how, is nuts enough to spend four would rather drink student blood than to six weeks living in a frickin’ tent to get drink free beer. The DSG’s real reason tickets to one bloody basketball game. As for rejecting the fund, however, paints a former member of Tent 13, I can attest them in a much different light. that not a day passed without a line like, Instead of spending those $10,000 “Man, this sucks, but those wusses at Wake dollars on beer, the DSG agreed that the would never do it!” being dropped. It’s not money would be better spent donated to just that we care about our own team more financial aid. With their editorial conthan non-fans do; that’s pretty standard. demning the DSG for rejecting the beer It’s also that we care about our team more fund, The Chronicle’s editorial board than anyone else seems to care about their chooses beer over financial aid. team. Now that’s serious local fanhood.

The irony is that The Chronicle came That’s our thing. That’s what Duke basketout with an editorial today advocating ball means to us. increased socioeconomic diversity. They Duke Basketball is a phenomenon reserved insist that education should not be a for the times when Duke is making mercifulluxury. However, it logically follows that ly short work of other people’s teams—espean increase in socioeconomic diversity cially in March, especially in the Big Dance. involves an increase in financial aid. In When Duke is in the Final Four, when Duke this current economic climate, we canwins a national title (let me say that again: not afford to pay for financial aid out of a National Championship), and when Duke one pocket and pay for free beer out of hate reaches a fever pitch so intense that another. We get to pick one. you expect Tea Partiers to start chanting I want a lot of things. I want a new about it—that’s the manifestation of Duke computer.

I want a fridge that works. Yes, I Basketball. When our beloved communal want free beer too. However, these are all obsession becomes a national object of ire luxuries. It is fiscally irresponsible to purand frustration and envy, that’s Duke Basketchase luxuries whereas basic needs, like ball. Those of us who are eccentric enough an education, have to be paid for. I would to have kept the home fires burning for gladly pay for my own alcohol (when I’m months are among the lucky few who get to 21, of course) so that someone less fortuexperience Duke Basketball and Duke basketnate than myself has the chance to attend ball as the same glorious thing.

Duke. Put in this light, the DSG’s honorIt would be easy to treat such ravenous able decision seems much more rational. fanhood as an unhealthy, self-abnegating, I’m sorry, editorial board. You can’t way too time-consuming, quaint exercise. have your beer and drink it too.

After all, we’re the ironic, self-obsessed, ambitious, canny Elite College Students Kenny Gould of Today, for whom nothing can interrupt DSG Academic Affairs Senator our journey from one hard-earned moTrinity ’13 ment of self-aggrandizement to the next.

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’m an international student from Sin- thoughtless we had been. The uniqueness gapore. In Singapore, people speak a and foreignness of Singlish had made our form of English called Singlish, which American friends feel extremely excludis kind of like Spanglish. Be patient with ed—hence they stopped talking. Yet during me as I teach you a few the dinner we didn’t feel Singlish basics. bothered, because we Sin1. “Lah” is often used at gaporeans were the “majorthe end of sentences, but ity” at the table. it does not have a specific In the U.S. it isn’t often meaning. An example of that I’m in the majority, so its usage would be “If you I’m very thankful that most don’t feel like going to the Americans I’ve met have daniel wong concert, don’t go lah.” been extremely welcom2. “Shiok” is used to exing—far more so than I was loving life, press pleasure, and could at that dinner. Sure, I’ve loving lives be used as such: “I felt so gotten some “You are a realshiok when we won the basly weird person” looks when ketball game.”

I pronounce “z” as “zed” instead of “zee,” or 3. “Aiyoh” is used in the same instances when I say “spectacles” instead of “glasses.” when you would say “Oh my goodness.” I’ve also heard Americans say that internaYou might say, “Aiyoh, I can’t believe he did tional students are “stealing” the places that that to you!” rightfully belong to American students.

When I was a freshman, I remember And when I entered a Waffle House in having dinner with four other Singapor- Asheville last October with two other Asian eans and two Americans. As the night went friends, we heard an elderly white male cuson, the Singaporeans subconsciously start- tomer exclaim in a strong Southern accent, ed using Singlish phrases. I realized a short “WHAT IN THE HELL?!” while later that the two Americans stopped By and large though, my positive encounparticipating in the conversation. Clearly, ters far outweigh the negative ones. Most this was not a coincidence.

Americans ask me lots of questions about It was only when I reflected on this inci- Singapore: mandatory military service, the dent a few days later that I realized just how ban on selling chewing gum, the strict laws and the clean streets. Moreover, they often ask me what it’s like to be an international student and whether I’ve found it difficult to adjust to life here. They’ve shown a genuine interest in my unique experience of life, Meers offers shallow observations and for that I am tremendously grateful. “[S]omeone who has developed beInterestingly, I only recently came to the haviors that do not mesh with the largely conscious realization that I’ve experienced upper-class social experience at Duke...” both worlds—although I am a minority in How anthropological! Are we so noticethe U.S., I am a part of the majority in Singaably incult? My impoverished brethren, pore. Seventy percent of Singapore’s popuwe must all be mindful not to scratch our lation is Chinese (I’m Chinese by ethnicity flea-bitten bodies in our betters’ presence. but Singaporean by nationality), so I’ve nevLet’s discuss this at the next meeting of er thought about what it’s like to be marginDirt-Poor Dukies (DPD). alized or neglected as a minority. But after I address this remonstrance to Mike living in America for three years, I now know Meers, writer of the April 5 column “Lifewhat it feels like when your views are—on style of the Rich and Famous.” Mike, I’m occasion—discounted primarily because of also a Trinity senior, so, though you’re my the color of your skin, or when people slap better, I feel qualified to respond. Your unkind labels on you because of your race. observations about this ill-defined group As I was growing up, I did not deliberare erroneous and hurtful. ately try to make the minorities in SingaI don’t feel uncomfortable here. Maybe pore—Malays, Indians, immigrants from I just managed to find the nine people on mainland China—feel at home. When I campus who don’t spend every minute diswas with a diverse group of friends I someporting their wealth, but I think it’s more times used Chinese phrases that my Malay likely that everyone isn’t as shallow as you or Indian friends likely did not understand, think. Your claim that the other members of and I rarely inquired about their views on DPD and I don’t “mesh” here ought to ofrace relations—mainly because I assumed fend the poor, the rich and everyone in beall along that Singapore was extremely welltween. Does Duke foment a culture of priviintegrated, both racially and culturally. lege? Probably. Do people define their lives It is often too easy to neglect the feelaround that privilege? If so, pass me the keys; ings of minorities. It takes special effort and I’m doing this “Thelma & Louise” style. a willingness to put yourself in their posi“Statistically, individuals of the sort of tion, in order to understand the paradigms academic caliber required to attend Duke through which they view the world—and come overwhelmingly from the upperfrom my personal experience, it makes a income brackets.” I disagree, sir. Using world of difference to them when you do. two official-sounding adverbs is not good I’m reminded of something my wise rhetoric, and this archaic class crap is not mom once said to me: “Respect is somea statistic. It is tendentious and wrong. If thing that needs to be earned, but honor is you have found some pie chart on which, an attitude of the heart. Not everyone will by squinting real hard and sacrificing with earn your respect, but everyone deserves to proper solemnity, one can descry such an be shown honor.” overwhelming correlation, then causality So my sincerest thanks, once again, to becomes the question. For my part, I’ve all of the wonderful Americans who have met plenty of lower, lower-middle-class or treated me and other foreigners with honmiddling people who would excel here. or by warmly receiving us. And even if you My words may have been mordant, but have not, I understand as I have been in your article’s “facts” are off base and its your shoes as well. “point” is nugatory. If there are any hard feelKeep in mind, however, that the smallest ings, Mike, I’ll put on my best tuxedo T-shirt gestures really do go a long way in making and take you out for a drink. Scotch OK? minorities feel like they’re part of a larger community.

Cory Massaro Trinity ’10 Daniel Wong is a Pratt junior. His column runs every other Wednesday.

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