April 26, 2010

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Students give Dining mixed comments

Panel looks to ‘attack poverty’

Big laughs

Complaints focus on Bon Appétit, union workers

by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

by Sanette Tanaka THE CHRONICLE

Comments from the most recent Dining Services People’s Choice Survey show that although students are generally satisfied with dining, there is room for improvement.

All 802 student responses to the survey varied from highly positive to highly negative. Several hundred students criticized the news dining system, especialanalysis ly for poor service and negative interactions between employees and students, according to a Chronicle analysis of the comments.

“I consider the survey results as our yearend report card,” Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst said. “As we wind down the semester, we need to plan for next year.

Dining is still a work in progress.”

To gauge student opinion on dining, the survey is sent to all undergraduates twice a year. More than 1,000 students rated dining experiences on a one to 10 scale, and more than 800 submitted written comments, said Tammy Hope, Duke University Food

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Members of Duke University Improv perform during the group’s BIG SHOW 13 Saturday night. Proceeds from the event, held in Page Auditorium, go to Scott Carter Foundation for pediatric cancer research.

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The laziness of a late Friday afternoon did not stop a panelist of experts from addressing hard-hitting issues, poverty among them.

A group of scholars and community members gathered at the Sanford School of Public Policy Friday to participate in “To Right These Wrongs: Continuing the work of Terry Sanford,” a symposium that was the final event of the Sanford School Inaugural Series. The event focused on poverty, education and racial inequality, three issues that former Duke President Terry Sanford focused on during his political career as governor of North Carolina. The event, which comes 50 years after Sanford was elected governor, focused on the North Carolina Fund, a series of programs meant to eliminate poverty. Sanford established the fund in 1963.

But for Democratic state Sen. Dan Blue, Law ’73, the symposium’s keynote speaker and the 2010 Terry Sanford distinguished lecturer, Sanford’s legacy goes beyond the North Carolina Fund.

“It was much simpler—being against things doesn’t improve the situation,” said Blue, who is also chair of the Board of See sanford on page 6

Despite course enrollment growth, Distenfeld will study abroad in Asia stays stagnant deliver speech at commencement

by Rachel Sussman THE CHRONICLE

SOURCE: Office of Global Education

A boost in Asian language learning at Duke may help to increase study abroad enrollment in the region.

Only 11 percent of American college students choose an Asian country when they study overseas, according to a March 14 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

At Duke, study abroad in Asian countries also lags behind study in European countries. But participation in elementary Asian languages has been on the rise in the last decade.

Statistics provided by the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies department indicate that enrollment numbers for students in elementary Chinese, Hindi, Japanese and Korean classes have increased in the last 10 years.

The growth in interest in Asian languages has taken a gradual trajectory at the University. In Fall 2000, 35 students took elementary Chinese, but by Spring 2010 that number increased to 46 students. Enrollment in the course reached its peak in Fall 2007 when 81 students enrolled.

Elementary Japanese, Hindi and Korean courses have also

Duke University Improv member David Distenfeld will take the stage a final time as the student speaker at this year’s graduation ceremony.

Distenfeld, a senior, said he will try to keep things light in his address, even if the crowd is a bit tired early in the morning.

“It will be eight in the morning, [so] I hope people will laugh and enjoy [the speech] beyond the somewhat serious message,” Distenfeld said.

To write the speech, Distenfeld said he looked at what defined his experience at Duke, which was being part of DUI. He also wanted to relate his speech to life at the University and after Duke.

His speech will be about the process of “Yes and,” a concept key to DUI performances.

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“There are just as many people in committed relationships as hooking up, and many people are just not hooking up at all.”

­—Professor of Sociology Philip Morgan on hook-ups. See story page 3

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Al Qaeda confirms deaths of leaders in U.S. airstrike BAGHDAD — The Sunni insurgent group al Qaeda in Iraq acknowledged in a statement released over the weekend that its two leaders were recently slain in a U.S. airstrike in northern Iraq, confirming reports by Iraqi and U.S. officials.

The statement said Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born leader of the group, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, his Iraqi counterpart, were holding a meeting when a team of Iraqi and U.S. Special Forces soldiers descended on their safe house on

the outskirts of Tikrit in the early hours of April 18. The airstrike was ordered when the approaching troops came under fire.

In the statement, issued by the umbrella organization Islamic State of Iraq, group leaders vowed to continue fighting the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.

“The war is ongoing,” the statement said, according to a translation by SITE Intelligence Group, which analyzes communications from extremist groups. “And the favorable outcome shall be for the pious.”

Fixation on immigration E-mails lauded housing sag delays Senate energy bill WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the U.S. housing market started to slide, executives at the most legendary investment bank on Wall Street were trading e-mails in which they cheered the declines, even when those declines meant some of their clients were taking major losses, according to newly released documents.

The documents show that the firm’s executives were celebrating earlier decisions in which they bet against the housing market, a Senate investigative committee found. In a fall 2007 e-mail, for example, top mortgage trader Michael Swenson was gleeful that credit-rating companies downgraded mortgage-related investments, which caused losses for investors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The current predicament of the Senate climate and energy bill, which was attractive enough to lure the leaders of not only the Christian Coalition but also ConocoPhillips, Exelon and Duke Energy to a now-canceled bill launch Monday, underscores the fragility of its support.

The same political forces that have repeatedly shunted climate change to the back burner — partisanship and its low rank on voters’ priority list — have made passing a bill a Herculean task. It encountered another hurdle this weekend when Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of its authors along with Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said he was abandoning it unless climate legislation moved ahead of immigration on the Senate calendar.

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Panel considers restoration of Hook-ups not as artifacts after Haiti earthquake common as most

think, study finds

by Rohan Taneja THE CHRONICLE

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A worker hauls away piles of rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after an earthquake hit the city Jan 12. Historians discussed the restoration efforts of the country’s historical materials at Duke last week during the “Haiti’s History: Foundations for the Future” conference.

by Ryan Brown THE CHRONICLE

Imagine the national archives in a pile of rubble. In Haiti, historians hope that attempts to digitize and protect the country’s history means that they don’t have to.

Historians of Haiti gathered at Duke Thursday and Friday for the two-day “Haiti’s History: Foundations for the Future.”

Beneath antique crystal chandeliers and stern portraits of early University notables in the East Duke Parlor, the scholars discussed restoration and innovation for Haiti and its libraries.

The earthquake that tore through the country Jan. 12 left several prominent archives—including the country’s national library—in ruins. Patrick Tardieu, chief conservator at the Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit, described wading through mountains of books and papers thrown from their shelves in the earthquake, risking his own safety to remove them from the unstable building.

The precarious state of Haitian archival materials makes it all the more important that these resources are digitized and made freely available, said Tardieu’s colleague Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown library at Brown University, who is working on such a project with his own library’s Haitian collection.

In addition to a conversation about protecting the archives, attendees discussed the look into the past provided by the libraries and how that history can be used to revitalize the country.

“Knowing the history of Haiti is really important to understand the contemporary situation,” said Laurent Dubois, professor of French studies and history and one of the conference’s organizers. “It has to be understood through that history, and that is really the role that historians can contribute to this recovery.”

The presentations from an international community of Haiti scholars focused on topics ranging from the global public relations campaigns of Jean-Jacques Dessalines— the country’s first ruler after its 1804 independence from France—to the historical and contemporary perceptions of Haitian Vodou, a religion originating from the country.

Deborah Jenson, professor of French studies and one of the conference’s organizers, said she was energized to see the community of Haiti scholars so deeply concerned with the country’s rebuilding efforts.

“People involved with Haiti on a scholarly level tend to also be involved on a human level as well,” she said. “It’s more personally engaging than you tend to find in scholarly research.”

Next year, Jenson hopes to build on the momentum generated by this conference as she and Dubois launch a “humanities laboratory” on Haiti through the Franklin Humanities Institute. The Haiti lab will create a space for interdisciplinary scholarly work to assist in the Haitian recovery. It will draw upon not only Duke’s formidable community of Haiti scholars, but also professors, students and staff from across the spectrum of academic disciplines, including legal specialists, experts in engineering and technology, medical practitioners and librarians.

Contemporary Haitian novelist Lyonel Trouillot, who gave a reading and presentation at the conference Thursday evening, said Haiti can move forward only by continuing to open this kind of dialogue—both within the country and in the international community. Chewing on the curved end of his pipe, his voice carried across the packed room.

“As long as we are alive, speaking, fighting, bringing all of these energies together for Haiti, we have something that keeps us going,” he said.

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Commonly held notions about the Duke hook-up culture may not be as accurate as many students believe.

A study led by Professor of Sociology Philip Morgan sought to identify trends at the University concerning relationships and hook-ups—a loosely defined term that can signify anything from kissing to sex without expectation for a further relationship. The study looks into the role that relationships and hooking up play both between the transition from high school to college and between junior and senior years in college.

Among freshmen who had not had a hook-up within the past year, 10.7 percent reported hooking up at Duke and 24.9 percent reported currently being in a relationship. Just 8.8 percent of seniors who had not hooked up through their junior year said they have hooked up since.

“We are not trying to show that Duke students do not hook-up,” Morgan said. “However, there are a range of diverse relationships at Duke. There are just as many people in committed relationships as hooking up, and many people are just not hooking up at all.”

Morgan said students that hooked up in 2007 also hooked up in 2006, indicating hook-ups in high school for the freshmen surveyed.

The research showed that only about one-third of students in each class at Duke have been part of a college hook-up. Sixty percent of respondents said they have never engaged in sexual intercourse.

Morgan said he was surprised by the rate at which Duke students responded to the request to be surveyed.

Of the 1,000 in each class surveyed, 732 freshmen and 723 seniors responded. According to an introduction to the survey, the researchers suspect—but cannot prove— that the results of this study are typical of students at elite universities.

Morgan noted that this study was distinctive because, unlike many studies on the subject, its findings are based off of a representative sample of hundreds of freshmen and seniors. The full findings have not yet been published, but the study’s results were presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Morgan said.

Many Duke students currently in a relationship have also had significant others in the past. Of freshmen who had been in a relationship before Duke, 70 percent were also in a relationship at the time the study was conducted. Among seniors, 75.7 percent of those who had previously been in relationships reported currently being in one.

The student survey included lifestyle questions to attempt to identify which segments of the Duke population tend to hook up the most. Results revealed that drinking and having friends that hook up, were two factors that strongly affected the phenomenon.

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“In improv, when you are in a scene, what your partner does, you accept and build on it,” he said. “We can apply [that] to things off the stage too, to say, ‘Yes,’ and use what we learned at Duke to build on our experiences.”

The speech Distenfeld submitted for the graduation ceremony was certainly not improvised. Distenfeld’s draft went through three rounds of evaluation by the Student Speaker Selection Committee, the group in charge of selecting a student to speak at graduation.

The first round required a written submission. For the second round, Distenfeld revised his speech according to the committee’s comments before presenting it in person. The third round involved a final revision and presentation.

The committee included seniors who wanted to be part of the graduation planning, faculty members and administrators from the Alumni Association, which headed the group.

“The committee really helped focus the speech and at the same time made it more universal,” Distenfeld said.

Senior Tracy Gold, a member of the committee, said she was one of the roughly 15 students on the committee of 20 to 30 people because she thought it would be a good way to help plan her own graduation.

“I don’t want to sit through a boring speech,” she said.

Regarding Distenfeld, Gold said she is excited about his speech.

“It was short, sweet and carried a message that everyone in the audience could enjoy and think about after the day,” she said.

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study abroad from page 1 experienced increases in enrollment.

Whether that increased interest in language studies will lead to higher participation in study abroad in Asia, however, is still unclear.

Duke in China is currently the only Asian program sponsored by the University, though in Fall 2010, the Global Semester Abroad program will allow students to study in both China and India.

Junior Alexandra Tirado—who participated in the Duke in China program in both the Spring and Summer of 2009—noted that there are many aspects of the Chinese language which are best learned in an immersion setting, such as tones and intonations. She said this contributed to her decision to study abroad.

“I was looking for a program that would help me fulfill my major requirements,” said Tirado, who is an Asian and Middle Eastern Studies major with a concentration in Chinese. “Not many people choose to do the [Duke] program, but I figured the best way to learn Chinese was to go to the country and become immersed in it.”

Carolyn Lee, professor of the practice of Chinese and director of the Duke in China program, said a desire for language learning is a critical factor for students that participate in the program. She noted that the focus of the experience is language immersion in a cultural context.

“Students chose to apply for Duke in China for both language development and cultural experience,” Lee said. “The program offers intensive language training with a cultural focus.”

Margaret Riley, director of the Office of Global Education for Undergraduates, noted in an e-mail that the Duke in China summer program enjoys the largest enrollment of any of Duke’s summer programs.

But in the past three Springs, Duke in China has had just 24 students study abroad. This Spring, Duke in China was not offered so that the program could be moved to the Fall semester, when the majority of Duke students study abroad. The move may increase enrollment numbers.

“I think one of the problems with the program is that it was in the Spring and at Duke it is typical for juniors to go in the Fall semester,” Tirado said. “I think having the program in the Fall will increase the amount of people that participate in the program.”

The increased interest in Asian languages, combined with the move, might result in greater Duke participation.

“The program has only been growing in the past few years,” Lee said. “Students are more willing to take on a more challenging subject.... The whole spectrum of their intellectual interest has developed and expanded.”

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A recent Duke study, led by Professor of Sociology S. Philip Morgan, found that only about one-third of each class has been part of college hook-ups.

hook-ups from page 3 Institute for Ethics, hope to expand their work to include students from other universities and groups.

“We were going to do it at Duke and other universities,” Morgan said. “We are definitely thinking about expanding, because the results of the study were extremely interesting.”

Rachel Seidman, associate director of the program on public policy, history and social change, said the study’s most important finding is the insight it gives to the nature of relationships at Duke. It helps provide an understanding of the type of relationships that form on the University’s campus, she said.

“Whether 90 percent or 30 percent of students are

hooking up is not the most important thing in my mind, but the broader questions of how they experience it and whether there are related issues we need to address as a community,” Seidman said in an e-mail.

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Trustees. “The answer comes from looking forward, from creating new ways to attack poverty. It comes from making available economic capital, political capital to poor people and poor communities. The true answers come in working together in fulfilling that meaning of freedom, which Terry Sanford dedicated his life to.”

Blue chronicled Sanford’s political career, a career built on Sanford’s “outrageous ambition and audacious adventure.” Blue specifically spoke of Sanford’s 1960s gubernatorial campaign, during which he spoke against segregation in a contest in which “race questions were raw and on the front burner.” Sanford ran against I. Beverly Lake Sr., whom Blue called a segregationist.

“Sanford won and over the next four years America began to unfold in North Carolina. In many instances we were the pace car... we set new standards,” Blue said.

“He spoke of opportunity in terms that no other southern governor had used.”

Other speakers at the symposium discussed how Sanford’s hopes for the state came from his upbringing.

“He really believed in ‘We the people,’” said Thomas Lambeth, a senior fellow at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation who worked with Sanford. “He knew that when he grew up in Laurinburg, [N.C.] power did not include all of the people. It’s a story of an effort to make ‘We the people’ truly all of the people.”

The event’s name was based on the newly released book “To Right These Wrongs,” which focuses on the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality. The book’s authors, who are professors at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spoke at the event and hosted a book signing. The event also included a tour of the Sanford School’s new Terry Sanford photo exhibition.

Participants attended three concurrent panel discussions early in the afternoon.

The panels, titled “Facing the Achievement Gap from Kindergarten to College,” “From Then to Now: Antipoverty Efforts in North

Carolina” and “The Pursuit of Equity in Health, Wealth and Citizenship,” addressed issues that Sanford prioritized in his career.

Panelists discussed progress made since the 1960s and mentioned lingering issues.

“We think of poverty as an individual problem but it is really the problem of a place,” said Leslie Winner, executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, who spoke of the need to address both rural and urban poverty. “We need placebased solutions.”

Many of the issues discussed in the panels had some overlap, especially with regard to the need for quality education, something Sanford was a proponent of.

Winner said 120 schools in North Carolina are considered low performing, half of which are in the six biggest school districts, all of which have high concentrations of children in poverty.

Among the other panelists was Helen Ladd, the Edgar T. Thompson professor of public policy and professor of economics, who presented her research showing that the more segregated the school, the higher the likelihood that the teachers are not high quality. She added that salary differentials could be used to equalize teacher quality at schools with a large percentage of non-whites but that salary differentials are far less effective at keeping high quality teachers at those schools.

Junior Christina Lee attended the forum on equity in health, wealth and citizenship, and said she enjoyed hearing professor William Darity, Jr.’s presentation about the connection between wealth disparities and race.

“I think it’s really great that they’re doing this,” said Lee, who is in a class taught

by Robert Korstad, Kevin D. Gorter professor of public policy and history and a co-author of “To Right These Wrongs.” “I think the whole point of the Sanford School is to continue [Sanford]’s work in the future.”

Blue called on the audience to act upon the ideas Sanford proposed 50 years ago.

“We are failing miserably where Terry would have us succeed,” he said. “Let us choose more progress, not less. Let us choose not to recognize Terry Sanford but to honor him by making it a better state.”

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5 Blue Devils sign NFL deals as free agents Oghobaase goes unchosen; No Duke players selected in NFL Draft for sixth straight year

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255 names were called Thursday through Saturday as part of the 2010 NFL Draft. Unfortunately for Duke’s graduating football class, none of those names belonged to Blue Devils.

Going into the draft, quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase were regarded as the Duke prospects with the best chances of being selected.

Many draft gurus had Oghobaase slotted as a mid-round prospect—still none of the NFL’s 32 teams took a chance on the Houston native.

However, in the 24 hours following the draft, five for-

NFL-Bound Blue Devils: DL Vince Oghobaase: Miami Dolphins QB Thaddeus Lewis: St. Louis Rams LB Vincent Rey: Cincinnati Bengals DL Ayanga Okpokowuruk and CB Leon Wright: New York Giants

mer Duke players found homes in the NFL as undrafted free agents.

Lewis, who departs Duke as the second leading passer in ACC history, was signed by the St. Louis Rams, the same team that spent the draft’s first overall pick on former Oklahoma star Sam Bradford. While scouts have been impressed by Lewis’s composure in the pocket and ability to read defenses, the biggest question marks surrounding him have always been his lack of height and inconsistent decision making.

Oghobaase, one of the most highly touted recruits that the Blue Devils staff brought to Durham in the past decade, was picked up by the Miami Dolphins.

A number of teams had exprtessed interest in linebacker Vincent Rey in the weeks leading up to the draft. An All-ACC performer and the team’s leading tackler, Rey has never had his talent or determination questioned, but is small for an NFL linebacker. The 6-footer was ultimately signed by the Cincinnati Bengals.

The last two Blue Devils who found new homes in the NFL will both head to the same location. Cornerback Leon Wright and defensive lineman Ayanga Okpokworuk were signed by the New York Giants.

While the odds are certainly stacked against the five players in terms of making their respective ballclubs, they will get their chance to prove themselves in mini-camp scheduled for this summer and then training camp come fall.

NFL rosters are not littered with undrafted signees, but this group doesn’t have to look any further than fellow Duke alumnus Patrick Bailey to find an exception. Bailey, in his third NFL season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, survived training camp and has found a home on the 53-man roster, even winning a Super Bowl ring with the team in 2009.

This weekend’s draft marked the sixth straight year that no Duke alums were drafted. The last Blue Devil drafted was tight end Drew Strojny in 2004.

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Senior Vince Oghobaase, seen here with Director of Athletics Kevin White, signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent.

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Defeat to Wake puts Blue Devils bow out Duke in divisional cellar in ACC quarterfinals

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In his first career start, freshman Marcus Stroman struck out 10 en route to a 10-3 complete game win.

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Friday, Duke stood poised for a big weekend.

Playing Wake Forest (12-31, 4-17 in the ACC), the ACC’s doormat, the Blue Devils had won Friday’s game convincingly, 10-3, behind freshman Marcus Stroman’s complete game and DUKE 10 shortstop Jake Lemmerman’s big bat.

WAKE 3 With only three games separating the DUKE 3 team from eighth WAKE 18 place in the ACC and a subsequent in the conferDUKE 1 berth ence tournament, WAKE 7 Duke (24-19, 7-14) looked to sweep the Demon Deacons and gain ground on the teams ahead of it in the standings.

“Marcus’s performance was the highlight of the weekend,” head coach Sean McNally said. “I thought he looked really comfortable.... He was relaxed, confident.”

Stroman’s arm, along with a complete

offensive showing, including home runs by Jeremy Gould, Will Currier and Lemmerman, had the Blue Devils confident heading into the two pivotal weekend games.

Pitching on Saturday was Chase Bebout— Duke had a 6-1 record in games he started.

And on Sunday, the Blue Devils faced struggling Wake Forest starter Michael Dimock, who entered Sunday’s contest with a 6.47 ERA. The Blue Devils were ready to gain crucial wins heading into the final stretch of the season.

What a weekend it turned out to be.

The Blue Devils got crushed on Saturday 18-3 and Sunday was more of the same, as they lost 7-1 to lose the series and drop to the cellar of the ACC Coastal Division.

Behind Ryan Semeniuk and Mike Murray, who combined for eight RBI, Wake Forest destroyed Duke on Saturday. Normally reliable freshman starter Chase Bebout let up seven runs and five hits in just two innings of work, failing to get out of the fifth inning for the first time all season. Offensively, Duke grounded into four double plays to quell any potential rallies.

“Having 27 outs and to make eight [outs], make one-third of your outs, on four swings

Friday morning marked an abrupt and shocking end to Duke’s ACC season as the Blue Devils were upset by Florida State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.

For Duke (19-7), the opening-round loss comes only a week after sweeping the Seminoles (14-10) in the two teams’ regular season meeting. The 4-2 loss was the first time since 4 1986, the first year FSU the tournament DUKE 2 was played, that the Blue Devils have failed to make the semifinal round.

“Florida State came out with a really fired-up, tough attitude,” freshman Mary Clayton said. “They were consistent individually in their matches and maintained their leads, so we didn’t have much to feed off of.”

Starting with an easy win in the doubles point, Duke looked poised to take the match early. Led by the play of senior Elizabeth Plotkin and junior Reka Zsilinszka, the Blue Devils got off to a 1-0 lead, paralleling the week before.

But singles began poorly for Duke as only Clayton was able to take the opening set of her match. Top-seeded Blue Devil Ellah Nze fell in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to Lauren McCreless. Plotkin fought back to take the second set 6-4 after dropping her first to Katie Rybakova, but was defeated

in the third set, 6-3.

From there, Duke was unable to play to its full abilities as Florida State steadily applied pressure to the defending ACC and national champions.

The Blue Devils dropped four out of five singles contests to ultimately lose the match. Reka Zsilinszka’s match remained unfinished after Florida State locked up the match.

Duke effectively thrashed the Seminoles in last week’s matchup and dropped only one set in singles play.

But Florida State used the proximity of its last meeting with the Blue Devils to change many game plans and rework its approach against Duke.

“They [Florida State] really reevaluated individually how to play us and that contributed to them playing better in this match,” Clayton said. “They also had a slight advantage because they were obviously motivated to play us again.”

The lone highlight for the Blue Devils Friday was the play of Clayton. Doubling with sophomore Monica Gorny, the pair went on to win in easy fashion, 8-4. In singles, Clayton provided the only individual victory as she managed to crush her Florida State opponent 6-1, 6-1. Combined between singles and doubles on the year, Clayton was the only Blue Devil to post a perfect 4-0 record on the year against the See W. Tennis on SW 7

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Virginia beats Duke, avenging last week’s loss

by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Six days after snapping Virginia’s 11-game winning streak, Duke got a taste of its own medicine.

The Blue Devils fell 16-12 in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament Friday in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score would indicate.

“We certainly tip our caps to the University of Virginia, coach Dom Starsia and his staff,” head coach John Danowski said.

“They did a fabulous job. Their kids were hungry, they played hard, with a tremendous amount of poise and a tremendous amount of skill. They really whipped us going away.”

Duke’s loss not only broke its nine-game winning streak, but it marked the Blue Devils’ first loss against the Cavaliers since 2004. Virginia (12-1, 2-1 in the ACC) had lost the previous eight matchups against Duke (11-4, 1-2) while going 80-8 against all other opponents in that time.

That impressive recent history didn’t matter Friday. After falling behind 3-0 last Saturday, Duke turned it around and took control with solid play down the middle of the field from its faceoff specialists and goalies. The Blue Devils won 17-of-25 faceoffs that game—including all six in the third quarter—and played effective ball control offense, helping freshman goalie Dan Wigrizer hold the Cavaliers’ powerful offense to single digits for only the second time in the season.

This time, Duke actually jumped out to a 4-0 lead 10 minutes into the game, but it was Virginia that dominated the center of the field to put the game away early. The Cavaliers went 22-of-32 on faceoffs in the rematch, and, as the Blue Devils did six days ago, did not allow their opponent to win a faceoff in the third quarter.

The Cavaliers’ momentum continued into the second half, as they outscored Duke 7-2 before allowing three meaningless goals in the final minutes.

“It feels good to finally get one,” Virginia defensivemen Ken Clausen said. “They’re always one of the best teams in the country…. We played our hearts out and things seemed to go well when we did that.”

“We certainly tip our caps to the University of Virginia.... They really whipped us going away.”

— John Danowski Duke’s top faceoff specialist, senior Sam Payton, missed last week’s game and still couldn’t take face-offs because of a lingering foot injury. Last week, sophomore CJ Costabile stepped in admirably, winning 10of-13 faceoffs and earning ACC Player of the Week for his efforts. Costabile went 5-of-14 and Duke’s other faceoff specialist, senior Terrence Molinari, who went 7-of-12 on Sat-

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16-of-18

Faceoffs won by Virginia’s Brian McDermott in Friday night’s ACC Tournament semifinal against Duke

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Clockwise from top: Cavalier Brian McDermott scoops the ball; Duke’s Tom Montelli gets a stick on Virginia’s George Huguely; goalie Dan Wigrizer attempts a save. urday, was only 4-of-12 this time around.

“They were really hungry,” Danowski said. “Their wing guys did a great job of picking up the ball. They were a step ahead of us all day.”

Virginia’s goalie, junior Adam Ghitelman, had a spectacular game with 12 saves, four ground ball pickups and even a goal on an incredible 60 yard shot from just outside the Virginia box.

On the other end of the field, Duke

goalie Dan Wigrizer struggled. He let in 14 goals and was pulled twice in favor of junior backup Mike Rock.

“You get to a point, you give up a whole bunch of goals, and you’re a freshman… you don’t feel so good,” Danowski said. “[The goalie switch] was more for the future. I didn’t want him to give up 18 or 19 goals and I don’t think that would have been good for his ego.”

After the game, Wigrizer acknowledged

that Danowski made the right choice.

“You’ve got to respect the coach’s decision,” Wigrizer said. “The whole aspect about letting goals in, I want to eventually be a great goalie. The only way to do that is to… just move on to the next game. The only way to excel in the next game is to forget about letting in 14 goals. I thank the coach—he didn’t give me an opportunity to let in more than 14 goals. It was an excellent decision.”

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Blue Devils stumble in ACC Championship UNBEATABLE? Since being named Duke’s one-seed, Henrique Cunha has gone 19-for-21 against top competition, including winning his last 18. Below are the 18 vanquished and their national rankings at the time of the loss.

2/21/10: Defeated No. 43 Thibaut Charron 3/5/10 Defeated No. 7 Dimitar Kutrovsky 3/9/10: Defeated No. 40 Haythem Abid 3/10/10: Defeated No. 90 Bassam Beidas 3/17/10: Defeated No. 1 Steve Johnson 4/2/10: Defeated No. 38 Yoann Re 4/4/10: Defeated No. 3 Michael Shabaz 4/7/10: Defeated No. 42 Tripper Carleton 4/10/10: Defeated No. 4 Guillermo Gomez 4/11/10: Defeated Derek DiFazio 4/13/10: Defeated No. 46 Clay Donato margie truwit/The Chronicle

Freshman Henrique Cunha’s 18th consecutive win at No. 1 singles, against Virginia’s Michael Shabaz, kept his undefeated conference record intact.

by Gabe Starosta THE CHRONICLE

A third consecutive day of highly competitive tennis at the ACC tournament ended on a sour note for secondseeded Duke, as the Blue Devils pushed top-seeded Virginia to its limit but ultimately were dealt a 4-2 loss Sunday in the championship match in Cary, N.C. Overall, though, the weekend was a successful one for Duke (18-8). The Blue Devils earned two consecutive 4-0 wins to reach the final, and they took all but one match in singles play against the Cavaliers to the third set.

Duke opened up poorly against Virginia (35-1) and dropped the doubles point in a hurry—the Cavaliers easily won at Nos. 2 and 3 to render the top doubles match, a match the Blue Devils have become accustomed to winning behind the duo of Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton, meaningless.

But that hardly fazed a confident Duke squad, even though each of Virginia’s singles players are ranked among the top 107 in the country. “[Virginia is] loaded... but even after we lost the doubles point, I told the guys I thought we could win at every position,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “There’s not one position where I thought we didn’t have a chance.”

Smith was right—the only match to end in straight sets was the one at the third position between Duke’s Dylan Arnould and Virginia’s Jarmere Jenkins, which Jenkins won 6-4, 6-4. And even in that contest, Arnould was up a break late in the first set before Jenkins fought back.

With Duke down 2-0 at that point, the Blue Devils needed a spark, and they got one from Cunha, the team’s best player, and Luke Marchese, playing at No. 6. Both players pulled out tight three-setters to keep Duke alive against the Cavaliers.

Virginia proved to be too good, though, and wins at Nos. 4 and 5 were enough to give it the conference title.

Even still, Smith said he was proud of his team, especially at the top and bottom of the order.

“The bookends, one and six, have been rock solid for us,” Smith said. “They’ve been our two most dependable points, and Luke has battled through some adversity and he’s found a way to win. He’s been phenomenal for us all year.”

Smith also raved about Cunha’s performance. The Brazilian freshman, who was named ACC Player of the Year last week, has been just about untouchable for Duke at the top of the rotation, and he will go into the NCAA Tournament as one of the favorites in individual play.

“This is the 18th straight match at No. 1 that he’s won, and it’s getting a little ridiculous, the records that he’s breaking,” Smith said of Cunha. “It’s hard to comprehend what he’s doing.”

Before the Virginia match, though, the Blue Devils had plenty of work to do just to reach the finals. Duke trounced Florida State Friday morning but had a much more difficult time putting Wake Forest away in the semifinals Saturday.

The Demon Deacons had upset third-seeded North Carolina in the quarterfinals, yet they looked out of their game early on against Duke. The Blue Devils won the doubles point and got two quick wins from Cunha and Carleton to put them up 3-0.

At that point, Wake Forest started to turn the match around—the Demon Deacons battled back to take the lead at all three spots at the bottom of the rotation—and it took a three-set win from Duke No. 2 Reid Carleton against his younger brother, Tripper, to push Duke into the championship match.

Reid Carleton said earlier in the week that he would have preferred not to face his brother, and the match’s end was full of awkward moments—the two brothers, both of whom are extremely emotional on the court, shared an uncomfortable handshake after Reid’s victory, Tripper threw his racket across the court and Reid slammed a ball as far as he could in the moments after the match.

Looking ahead for Duke, the Blue Devils’ run to the conference championship match puts the team in good position to host an NCAA Tournament regional, meaning that Duke would play its first- and second-round matches at Ambler Tennis Stadium on campus.

Smith said he thought his team had a good chance of being rewarded by the NCAA selection committee with a home draw, but added that the Blue Devils will be ready no matter where they are sent for the postseason.

“If we host, great,” Smith said. “And if we don’t host, we’ll just have to win somewhere else.”

4/16/10: Defeated No. 107 Carl Sundberg 4/18/10: Defeated No. 27 Jean-Yves Aubone 4/23/10: Defeated No. 25 Jean-Yves Aubone 4/24/10 Defeated No. 27 Steven Forman 4/25/10: Defeated No. 9 Michael Shabaz

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Junior Reid Carleton played nine sets in three days as Duke advanced to the ACC tournament championship match, where it lost to Virginia.

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Duke overwhelmed by UNC Devils fall to Georgia Tech in ACC final

by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

Unable to carry the momentum it established from an easy victory against Boston College in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, No. 4 Duke fell to No. 1 North Carolina 14-4 Friday in College Park, Md., ending the Blue Devils’ run for their first tournament title since 2005.

“Clearly, looking at the score, it wasn’t a good day for us,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “We really did not play up to our ability, and we’re overall disappointed in that game.”

This marks the second time the Blue Devils (12-5) fell to the Tar Heels (14-1) this season, losing 9-6 in a home contest April 14. Kimel attributed the first loss to the players’ inability to finish their shots despite generating plenty of scoring opportunities.

This time around, however, 6 BC Duke’s problem was not only that DUKE 17 it didn’t follow through on its shots. It lacked basic fundamenKimel said.

DUKE 4 tals,“We definitely didn’t finish well 14 again, but we also didn’t generate UNC the same kinds of opportunities that we did the first game, and really, we just weren’t fundamentally sound in the way we executed our offense,” she said. “Defensively we gave up entirely too much to [North Carolina], and I think that’s reflected in the box score.”

The Tar Heels netted a goal in the first two minutes of the game and went on a 7-0 run over the next 17 minutes to end the half at 8-1, never giving the Blue Devils a chance to retaliate.

The second half continued on a similar note, with North Carolina making five straight goals and leading 13-1 halfway through the period, though Duke was able to make three consecutive goals to reduce the score difference.

“It was a big difficulty for us to be behind by so much during the game,” Kimel said. “It felt really good coming off of the Boston College game [which the Blue Devils won 17-6], but we have a couple of weeks to really regroup and work hard before our last season game against Brown.”

Playing their last regular season game at home against Brown May 9 without Kimel—who is expected to be at the hospital giving birth to her new baby—the Blue Devils are hoping to finish their season on a winning note before jumping into the NCAA tournament a week later. The team is taking these next two weeks to rest and reach top form for upcoming postseason competition.

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Junior Christie Kaestner could do nothing to help Duke’s 14-4 loss to North Carolina. The Blue Devils next play Brown at home May 9.

“I think we still have a lot of room to grow and improve, and for Brown, I think what will be exciting for me is seeing two weeks of hard work out there,” Kimel said. “We haven’t really had this long of a break in games for a long time, and we want to focus on certain fundamentals, of course, but also try and incorporate new things into the offensive and defensive parts of our game. I think overall you’re looking to improve and get better and to strive to reach that higher potential moving into the NCAA tournament.”

After some individual brilliance Friday left Duke just one shot out of the lead, it looked like the Blue Devils over the weekend would be in the running for a seventh ACC Championship title. Against an unforgiving golf course, however, No. 23 Duke could not keep up with Georgia Tech’s blistering pace on Saturday and Sunday and had to settle for a third-place finish at Old North State Golf Club in New London, N.C. The Yellow Jackets protected their wire-to-wire lead with a weekend-best 276 on Saturday, and won the ACC Championship by 13 strokes over second-place Virginia.

Individually, Georgia Tech’s Chesson Hadley used a second-round 66 to vault up the leaderboard Saturday, and shot a solid final-round 71 to capture the title.

The Blue Devils started the tournament on top of their game. Senior Adam Long followed up his win at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate with a near-perfect 18 holes on Friday. After he registered a birdie on the opening hole of the tournament—a 536-yard par-5—Long went on a birdie haul, beginning with the par-5 fourth. Behind superlative shot-making, he birdied five holes in a row to card a front-nine 30, and finished the day with a 7-under par 65—just one shot off his season-best round—to lead all players into the weekend.

“The birdie on No. 1 gave him a little spark… and he just was firing on all cylinders after that second birdie,” head coach Jamie Green said. “He wasn’t hitting bombs on the putting green, he was sticking iron shots really close.”

Where Long left off, freshman Brinson Paolini picked up on Saturday. After a 1-under start through nine holes, Paolini exploded for consecutive birdies after the turn and parlayed a 5-under final nine into a season-low round of 66. A 71 on Sunday placed Paolini in a tie for fourth.

“He was pretty close on the first day, he just unfortunately had a couple of mis-hits… but he wasn’t far off,” Green said.

“He was hitting great golf shots, converting on putts…. He was just rolling downhill [over the back nine].”

Junior Wes Roach ended Friday with a bogey-free round of 69, and stayed nearly as consistent throughout the weekend. An eagle on the par-5 18th Saturday dropped Roach to 5-under for the weekend, and an even-par 72 on Sunday was good enough for a sixth-place finish.

Paolini was the lone Blue Devil in red numbers Sunday, however, as Duke struggled to make pars down the stretch.

After the turn, the four competing players for Duke played the 10th and 11th at 3-under to close the gap, but the wind caused problems on the 14th—which yielded two bogeys and a double-bogey to take the Blue Devils out of the running. Over the last five holes of the tournament, Duke collectively shot 7-over—a costly slide, as Virginia finished just one shot ahead in the final standings.

“Holes didn’t reach up and grab us, we just didn’t perform as well as we would have liked,” Green said.

“They kept their chins up and recognized that we had a chance to win it on the back nine, we just didn’t get it done.”

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“In doubles, my partner [Monica] played great.” Clayton said. “We played really solid. And in singles, my opponent was just a really good matchup for me. I just followed the same pattern as the week before.”

Fortunately for Duke, the loss does not eliminate it from NCAA play for the season. The Blue Devils’ strong profile and high national ranking virtually guarantees them an NCAA tournament bid, but the ACC tournament loss just about eliminates any hope Duke had of playing host to an NCAA tournament regional. An ACC crown would have given Duke the advantage of playing at home, but now the Blue Devils wil most likely hit the road, where they are 5-3 on the year.

Still, Clayton remains confident in her team’s resiliency to recover from defeat and to perform in the tournament.

“We are going to be more motivated to bounce back from this,” Clayton said. “We need to prove ourselves again.”

baseball from SW 3 of the bat is really frustrating,” McNally said. “We hit some balls well, just hit them at people. Frustrating day no question.”

Sunday turned out to be even worse as the Blue Devils’ two strengths turned into weaknesses. Normally reliable defensively, Duke committed two errors that led to three unearned runs.

Bullpen ace Ben Grisz faltered in relief of starter Dennis O’Grady, surrendering two unearned runs along with three walks in less than an inning of relief. The Blue Devils found themselves down 5-0 after six innings.

“Ben Grisz has had a terrific year and struggled to throw strikes today… abnormal for him,” McNally said. “Today was not meant to be.”

Mustering only five hits and striking out eleven times against Wake Forest starter Dimock, the offense did not help matters either, scoring its only run in the ninth inning on a home run by centerfielder Will Piwnica-Worms.

McNally identified his team as playing poorly in every phase of the contest.

“We didn’t pitch well, we did not hit well, we did not defend well,” McNally said. “In the ACC you have to be at your best in at least two of the three phases. We were outplayed in all three.”

With the series loss to Wake Forest, Duke leaves with its ACC tournament hopes on life support. The Blue Devils have fourteen games remaining to gain ground on the eighth spot in the ACC and qualify for the ACC tournament for the second year in a row.

Despite the team’s backsliding, though, McNally is optimistic when looking forward to upcoming games against North Carolina A&T and Virginia.

“We are not as good we had hoped we would be coming out of the weekend,” he said. “But every game counts for one and we are always been at our best when we’ve played our best. We are capable of playing better, just have not been consistent enough. One game at a time, every win counts as one.”

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Dining Services has not yet compiled the final report for the Fall semester survey, but it will share the results with managers and the union that represents some dining employees in the next few weeks.

Some eateries on campus were highly praised—Blue Express and the Refectory at the Divinity School received solely positive feedback. For the most part, students commended dining’s efforts to incorporate healthy menu options over the past year.

Many of the criticisms regarding food and service concerned the Great Hall, the Marketplace and Subway, all of which have many customers.

In the extreme cases, negative comments include: “I feel like I am unwelcome,” “Some workers are helpful, but many will simply stare at you, ignore you and/or yell at you if you make a mistake in ordering” and “Though I am respectful to them, I do not feel respected at the Great Hall.”

Because the survey was voluntary, students tended to write in only if they had strong opinions on dining, Wulforst said.

The prominence of The Marketplace and the Great Hall on campus also contributed to the polarized results.

Still, Subway—which has fewer customers than the Great Hall or The Marketplace—generated almost the same number of negative comments.

Who’s to blame?

In the surveys, students often pinned poor experiences on either Bon Appétit Management Company or union employees. Union employees represented by Local 77—which also includes employees in housekeeping and facilities management— make up the majority of the workforce in the Great Hall, The Marketplace, Subway and Chick-Fil-A, which are vendors run by Bon Appétit.

Over the past decade, union employees have been unfairly blamed for dysfunctions in dining, said Georgia Terrell, a senior lead food service worker in the Great Hall.

She added that she thinks many complaints regarding service take place at night when many staff members are part-time high school and college students, who are nonunionized.

“You can’t tell the difference between union employees and part-time students,” Terrell said.

But Michael Aquaro, Bon Appétit district manager, said he has never received a complaint about a student employee in his years at Duke.

Bon Appétit management, however, does not always see eye-to-eye with Duke employees.

As the culinary arm of a multimillion dollar business, Bon Appétit does not have the perspective of employees who have worked at Duke for decades, said Michael Gibson, general manager of Local 77.

He added that he believes in shared responsibility for both complaints and praise among workers, students and management. He noted that past coverage by The Chronicle has unfairly blamed union workers for dining problems.

“If something goes bad, we need to be held accountable,” he said. “If something goes well, we need to share in whatever it is.”

Misunderstandings on both sides Although criticism is frequent in the survey results, Wulforst said the majority of students and employees relate well with each another.

“I think ‘the relationship is strained’ is more of an exception than the rule,” he said. “Many of our folks are loved by the students and vice versa, but I do think we have some who don’t always exhibit the

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Employees at The Refectory serve lunch to patrons. The Refectory is one of the few eateries on campus that received all positive reviews in the Dining Services People’s Choice Survey, which received more than 1,000 responses and 802 written comments. best behavior.”

Vernessa Harrington, a Marketplace employee of 14 years, said she has seen both students and employees disrespect one another.

“I usually tell [employees] to just walk away and don’t say anything,” she said. “If it wasn’t for [the students], we’d have no jobs.”

Employees like Kurrell Rice believe their service is well received by students.

“Students love us—I think they like us more here [at Subway] than anywhere else,” said Rice, who has worked at Subway for the past four years. “We just try to move as fast as possible and still give good customer service.”

Poor relations usually result from chance encounters when either students or employees are simply “having a bad day,” said Alpine Bagels Supervisor Mary Jackson-Hopkins. Alpine Bagels also received both positive and negative reviews in the survey.

Wulforst said perceived socioeconomic differences between students and workers probably play some role in their strained relations.

“It’s partially a cultural thing,” he said.

“When you’re only making $35,000 per year and standing on your feet all day, it can be hard to be friendly and say, ‘How are you doing?’”

According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau data, the median household income in Durham is less than the cost of one year at Duke. Additionally, 21.6 percent of students come from families that make more than $300,000 a year, according to self-reported senior survey data compiled by the Office of Institutional Research from 2007 to 2009. But Wolforst said the situation is not that simple.

“We are not an institution of rich kids,” Wulforst said, adding that about 40 percent of students receive need-based financial aid. “If that is [the employees’] perception, we need to make sure we convey that is not true.”

Although the stereotype exists, Gibson agreed that Duke is not characterized by an elite class of students.

Hire... and fire?

The Refectory was one of the few dining locations that received only positive comments.

Laura Hall, owner of Bon Vivant Catering, which operates The Refectory, attributes the restaurant’s success to dedicated employees who are focused on customer service, and to her ability to replace unsatisfactory employees.

“If people don’t work, we let them go and we let them go fast,” she said. “Often they say, ‘I didn’t know it would be that hard.’ We need people who love it and who get it.”

Independent vendors like The Refectory have the freedom to hire and fire at will. Union employees, on the other hand, enjoy greater job security. “[Union workers] do not see the customer as the one who is paying their salaries,” Hall said. “They are not focused on the customer who walks through the door.”

Harrington said the managers at The Marketplace do maintain order in the eateries and emphasize that “the students are always right”—sometimes to the chagrin of employees.

Although union protection of employees can reduce the accountability of some workers, it exists to protect employees.

Formal complaints, though rare, are

issued from both sides. If a student experiences poor service, administrators deal with the issue immediately, Wulforst said.

According to Duke Dining’s disciplinary protocol, administrators and the affected student meet together after the incident.

Usually, the union then files a grievance, which becomes problematic because the next step requires students to directly participate in the process, Aquaro said.

“Students are not here to help correct behavior problems on the part of our employees, should they occur,” he said. “Unfortunately for us, it’s next to impossible to take disciplinary actions because we don’t want to involve the students.”

He recalls only two occasions when students were willing to take part, although both situations were resolved before students became directly involved.

Improving relations Over the years, Dining Services has implemented several programs to improve the relations between students and workers, such as recruiting students to work side by side with employees during Midnight Breakfasts, though many efforts have fallen through, Wulforst said.

“I think relations have gotten better over the last three years I have been at Duke,” an anonymous student wrote in the survey.

“It’s nice to see improvements in qualities of food, varieties of options available and service.”

Terrell said the union engages in customer service training for full-time employees, and relations between students and employees should not be taken lightly.

“We take our jobs seriously,” she said.

“Our full-time workers have a household to look after. It’s our livelihood.”

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Roll back DSG election calendar change Last August, former the organization. Second, Duke Student Government combining the VP elecPresident Awa Nur, a se- tions with the Spring Sennior, issued an executive ate election would increase order to change the orga- the latter’s historically low nization’s Spring election voter turnout. calendar. UnNeither of der the new these scenareditorial plan, the DSG ios panned president and executive out. No failed presidential vice president were cho- or EVP candidate chose to sen on March 30, and the run for a VP position, and remaining vice presidents the voter turnout for the were selected as part of the Senate elections remained Senate elections April 20. unimpressively low at 26 In her executive order, percent.

Nur cited two reasons for Although moving the VP splitting the election of the elections was a well-intenDSG Executive Board. First, tioned experiment, after it would allow failed presi- one election cycle under dential and EVP candidates the new model, it’s time to run for VP positions to roll back the calendar and therefore encourage change. talented, experienced stuFirst, allowing failed dents to stay involved with presidential and EVP can-

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didates to run for VP positions is not guaranteed to increase the quality of the VP candidate slate or retain talented students. Unsuccessful candidates may not have the desire to run another campus-wide campaign for VP immediately after losing their bid for president or EVP. Moreover, if a failed candidate wishes to remain involved in DSG, they do not have to run for another office. Instead, they can simply apply to serve on the president-elect’s cabinet.

Second, moving the VP election date allows the president- and EVP-elect to unduly influence the VP elections. The president- and EVP-elect may, for instance, prepare their

candidate of choice for endorsement interviews and campaign debates.

Third, holding too many student body-wide elections in one semester engenders apathy. In February, there was the Young Trustee election, followed by the selection of the DSG president and EVP at the end of March. So by the time the Senate and VP elections rolled around last week, many students were too fatigued by the constant campaigning to pay attention.

Along these lines, splitting the election of the DSG Executive Board prevents the development of the critical mass of excitement that is necessary to educate voters and sustain their interest.

Finally, as we saw last

week, coupling the VP elections with the Senate election only decreases the number of students that select these important Executive Board positions. If the VPs are elected along with the EVP and the president, around 40 percent of the student body will participate compared to just 26 percent if held with the Senate races. In all cases, DSG should favor greater participation and a more competitive democratic process.

Having seen the effect of Nur’s executive order, newly sworn in DSG President Mike Lefevre, a junior, should swiftly act to return the Spring election calendar to its former model— one that has proven successful time and again.

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t is hard to pinpoint a more formative time in a social life for it. To go to school here is to find a young adult’s life than late April of his or her the perfect balance, even if that means some latesenior year of high school. night cram sessions or last-minute papers. EveryIn addition to signaling the coming of May one’s focused on success, but that includes social flowers, the last few days of April success as well.’” are the time when 18-year-old kids One factoid in the profile I dismust decide which college to atagree with is the statement that we tend. For all of us already in posdo not have any support groups session of a DukeCard, we can still for ethnic minorities or lesbian, remember the angst, anxiety, sorbisexual or transgender students. row and (hopefully) joy associated I’m fairly certain both exist. with the Russian Roulette that is My roommate, on the other the college admissions process hand, said she preferred the Fiske laura keeley (for those of you who got in early to Colleges when she was duke wonderland Guide decision, just put your Duke brain school searching, and it sings to work and imagine). similar praises. “What fun to be a But out of the entire gamut of emotions as- Dukie—face painted blue, rocking Cameron Insociated with this process, I would argue that the door Stadium as the Blue Devils score again. Duke worst is uncertainty. If you get flat out rejected, is the most prestigious private university in the the initial shot to the heart penetrates deep, to South—similar to Rice in selectivity and academibe sure, but it does bring closure. However, if af- cally competitive with the Ivies and Stanford.” It ter four months of waiting you get back a “may- does mention that, “Students say language develbe” in the form of a spot on the waiting list, it: a) opment is weak” and that “Students of different still stings like rejection initially and b) does not ethnicities and races tend to ‘self-segregate,’ stuallow you to move on even though you are going dents say, producing little tension but also little to have to put money down to reserve a spot at interaction.” another college.

But the Duke entry closes with, “’If you come And for the 3,382 students that Duke has here, there isn’t a chance in the world that you placed on its wait list, the small shard of hope they won’t fall in love with it, with its possibilities and still hold is roughly the size of a mustard seed. opportunities and people and beauty,’ one stuThe University has already extended 3,974 kids of- dent says. In addition to blending old and new, fers of admission in hopes of ending up with an Duke also does an amazing job combining sports incoming class of 1,705 students. So, by keeping and academia, producing students who almost such a large wait list, Duke is essentially protect- define the term ‘well-rounded.’ But this may be ing itself against the outcome in which everyone changing. Says a junior, ‘It’s attracting better stuinitially admitted says no and then half the kids dents, shifting the focus away from basketball and on the wait list say no as well. Really, Duke? You fraternities, and trying to create a more intellecthought that was a real possibility? tual environment on campus.’”

This scenario got me thinking: What, exactly, atI think the book dates itself with that last astracts high school kids to Duke in the first place? sertion, at least in terms of basketball—see the Three years ago when I was an impressionable 2010 NCAA Tournament as counterexample A— high school senior, one thing I did in order to size but overall, the buzz on Duke is extremely favorup schools was devour a variety of college guides able. In fact, it makes it easier to see why roughly to get the lowdown on what a school was all about. 26,770 high school seniors applied for admission.

So last Thursday, I took a trip to Barnes & Noble And it makes my heart heavy for those 3,382 on on 15-501 to do just that. the waiting list that are one email from Christoph According to a snippet from The Princeton Re- Guttentag away from getting a coveted spot in the view, “Duke University ‘is the complete package: Class of 2014. great academics, fun students, exciting athletics, The waiting list game is the worst—I would and school spirit’ all enjoyed in ‘an almost Medi- know, I played it—but as Emily Dickinson said, terranean climate.’” Furthermore, “Duke is for “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the Ivy League candidate who is a little bit more the soul/ And sings the tune without the words/ laid back about school and overachieving (but just and never stops at all.” a bit) and a lot more into the party scene.” About Here’s to hoping. us students specifically, it says, “The typical Duke student ‘is someone who cares a lot about his or Laura Keeley is a Trinity junior. This is her final her education but at the same time won’t sacrifice column of the semester.

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arning: This column is not intended to be humorous. If you find that it is amusing or enjoyable in any way, I express my sincerest apologies. False. I am never sincere.

But I do have some good news and some bad news.

The good news: You found out who I am today by seeing monday, monday my picture.

The bad news: You the joker had to look at my picture. My apologies in advance to those of you who haven’t looked, but I have my excuses. I didn’t apply hardly any foundation the morning of that picture, and my hair just would not cooperate. Not to mention the fact that I didn’t have my morning mocha-cappu-latte-double-cino wide-mouthed with whipped cream. I’m not sure if that’s how I like my coffee or my women, but no matter what, it sounds delicious.

The best news: You only had to see this picture for one column. Twelve of 13 ain’t too bad as far as aesthetics go.

For some reason, it’s becoming tradition for Monday, Monday to drop a hint about its true identity in the last anonymous column. I’ve gotta assume that 100 percent of the four people who read my column have also read “The Da Vinci Code,” so if you guys are at all like Robert Langdon, you must search high and low for hidden clues. What kind of a Joker would I be if I didn’t leave you a clue to my identity in the second-to-last column?

Inside anagrams reside the purest secrets of the universe. This column’s title anagrams to “The Joker’s Goodbye.” “Mother-in-law” becomes “Woman Hitler.” One I know oh-so-well, “dormitory” becomes “dirty room.” “Alcohol Law Enforcement” becomes “horrible establishment that attempts to destroy happiness and ruin fun all across the city.” Well, maybe that one’s not perfect, but you know what they say about perfection; it’s in the eye of the beholder. Or maybe that’s narcissism? I dunno, I’m not too hot on my clichés.

“The Joker seems insane, Anabel” was the closing to my column last week. It anagrams quite nicely to… drumroll… “Ben Jones is the real namesake.” I worked on that anagram for about as long as most English majors spend on their theses. So, about 10 minutes.

The whole point of my column was to remind everybody that you don’t really need a point. I didn’t want to inform you about life-changing and lifethreatening issues that should be so important to a bunch of kids whose favorite parts of the week are those they don’t remember (rightfully so). Well, mostly because I don’t know what those issues are….

I chose “The Joker” as my name because I’m using my Duke education to train for the circus. Many days out on the quad, I attempt to juggle, ride a unicycle or tame lions, among other things. Becoming a bearded lady takes more out of you than you may think. Not to mention the time commitment and mental fatigue.

Except for having the best basketball team in the country, this Spring has been pretty depressing. I somehow attended more than half of my classes and with my exam schedule, I still have stuff to do in May. Not to mention that despite my best efforts, I’m going to come away with a 4.0. Before you interrupt, you should know that my 4.0 is cumulative, not averaged.

There’s no feasible way for me not to get a C, two Ds and an F. It’s sad that no matter how much you beg and skip class, some professors just really won’t let you fail out.

I really am gonna miss my old pal The Joker, though. I hope you guys know I didn’t write all that stuff. I was just the outlet for his crazily sane ideas.

You see, he’s not a monster. He’s just ahead of the curve. And as we all know, Jokers are wild.

Ben Jones is the real namesake.

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nce upon a time, American volunteers abroad the international development field, the career path has were not regarded as uncomfortably-dressed gyp- been thrown into question as countries repeatedly call for sies hawking western remedies to skeptical villag- change within, and treat western volunteers with suspicion ers like scenes from a Marquez novel. and derision.

But after 50 years and over a trillion Circumstances may be changing, but I’d dollars of development money to Africa, argue that there is, in fact, no better time western aid has yielded growth in little to join nonprofits, volunteer and work in more than cynicism towards the “gooddeveloping countries. will” of the First World.

First, engendering the types of accountCoupled with impotent promises, poor ability and self-sustainability that developcoordination, competing national prioriing countries want and need requires comties and trade barriers, much of western munity workers to build capacity, catalyze courtney han aid has revealed itself to be nothing but and share new information. After on the other hand change a well-versed colonial wolf trussed up in all, money is best utilized when it reaches Kantian undertones. the hands of those who know how to use Over the past decade, African leaders have respond- it well. ed. In 2008, Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Second, private capital and profit may be emerging as co-wrote a NYT Editorial with the Chairman of De Beers the force of economic growth, but the compass that proentitled, “Aid is Good, Business is Better.” Ngozi Okonjo- vides the direction of that change can only come from the Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria, has spo- minds of flesh and blood people. ken at TED in favor of trade and business development.

In that sense, business may be the engine, but people, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, who has the ear of with their knowledge, attitude and goodwill, remain the Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, has argued for an end drivers. to donor aid for Africa altogether.

Just as the demand for western volunteers should be Instead of waiting for another delayed roundup of Orga- revised, the supply requires a change as well. Developing nization for Economic Coopoeration and Development aid, countries seriously committed to economic growth dethe Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila serve a new type of volunteer. recently signed a $5 billion deal to give China access to the This volunteer 2.0 treats his job as a trade and seeks to do country’s natural resources in exchange for infrastructure. more than just acquire pictures for a scrapbook. His warm On the micro-side, graduation speaker Muhammed Yu- and fuzzy urge to help is grounded in specific skill-sets and nus’s Grameen Bank catapulted small-group lending and delivered with humility, since past mistakes have taught us saving into the poverty alleviation limelight, and microfi- that idealism must be built on a solid foundation. nance now resides on the agendas of Goldman Sachs and He must also be versatile, and juggle roles as commuliberal college campuses alike. nity organizer, student, salesman, teacher, cheerleader, These leaders articulate a common message from sub- small-business enterprise consultant, finance and guidSaharan Africa to the developed world: Don’t give us your ance counselor. development money, your tears, your Live 8’s, your regurMost importantly, the 21st century volunteer must recgitated guilt, your human rights imperatives, your mosqui- ognize that projects fail not because of a lack of goodwill to nets. Your goodwill does no good here. or brains, but because of a lack of understanding.

We want business.

From what I’ve learned after four years at Duke, the real The new agenda for economic development is de- booby prize of a rewarding experience—and what investmand-driven, heavy on capital and bottom lines and low ment, indicators and bottom lines can never provide—is on interference from the west. The do-gooder glamour that human connection. Capital can help, business can of volunteering abroad, working for non-profit organiza- help, but neither can replace the spark of revelation that tions, donating money to charity and clothing to Goodwill can only come from a conversation between people shaped appears to be passing. by very different experiences, memories and callings.

Are bright-eyed and idealistic recent college graduates For all the community organizers, nonprofit workers, also becoming obsolete in economic development? future Peace Corps and Teach for America volunteers, Fifty years ago, many idealistic college graduates joined and to this summer’s DukeEngage students about to get the Peace Corps. The program has since suffered from their first taste of the field, remember this: budget cuts and a legacy of stereotypes inherited from its When working with people, the heart is worth more funder’s complicated history with placement countries. than the brain. There will always be a place for idealists in Jeffrey Sachs’s blindingly ambitious Millennium Village international development, and it all starts and ends with Project has been stifled by Adam Smith’s invisible fist, a human connection. and religion-based NGOs have gained negative stigmas.

As cynicism and disillusionment becomes endemic in Courtney Han is a Trinity senior. This is her final column.

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Wristbands can be picked up at one of the following locations (we encourage you to get yours early): 1) On the Plaza Monday, April 26, and Tuesday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

2) During T-shirt distribution Monday, April 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. or Tuesday, April 27, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Clocktower Quad.

3) At the Info Tent on Main West Quad on LDOC, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Many of you have asked for the rationale behind

this move. After discussion this January regarding past LDOCs and the increasing volume of people, we decided to restrict this event to the Duke community. This is simply one more measure we are taking to ensure the safety of students and sanctity of the event. If you are not a Duke student, we apologize, but please be advised: You will not be able to access the campus.

Thanks for your cooperation! If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail us at lastdayofclasses@ gmail.com.

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The LDOC committee wants to update you on some important information. Read onwards!

Wristbands This year, wristbands will be required for all students. Show your DukeCard at one of the following to get a wristband.

- Plaza, April 26 and 27, 10am - 4 pm.

- During T-shirt distribution, Clocktower Quad, April 26, 6-7 pm or April 27, 4:30 - 5:30 pm - LDOC Info Tent, Main Quad, April 28, 10 am - 4 pm Get your wristband early. Wristband access to the quad will begin at 4pm on LDOC and security will be stationed at every archway and dorm entrace with access to the Main Quad.

T-Shirt Distribution The coveted LDOC t-shirt will be distributed over two days: April 26th at 6pm and April 27th at 4:30 pm on Clocktower Quad (while supplies last). T-shirts will be $5 (FLEX and cash).

Rain Plan If the weather is unfavorable the concert will move into Page Auditorium. An email will be sent out at 8 am to the student body (and posted on the website).

Alcohol Policy Per University policy, polic the following guidelines will be enforced among those who choose to drink: - Alcohol that is unattended will be discarded - Students may not distribute or share alcohol - Students may have a maximum of 6 twelve oz. cans with them at any given time - Alcohol other than beer is not permitted - Glass containers are a not permitted; students are encouraged to use cups or water bottles under 24 oz. in size.

- Per University policy, no drinking games or other unsafe drinking behaviors are permitted - Common source containers are not permitted.

Ex: large quantities and containers, coolers, etc.

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