September 6, 2010 issue

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 8

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Hurricane Earl spares Marine Lab

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by Samantha Brooks THE CHRONICLE

Despite forecasts of severe weather conditions, the Duke University Marine Lab was unscathed this weekend after a brief encounter with Hurricane Earl.

Cindy Van Dover, director of the Marine Lab, issued a mandatory evacuation of all residents at the Beaufort campus in preparation for Earl in an e-mail Thursday morning. At that time, the National Weather Service reported that the storm was a Category 4 hurricane. Although the lab was prepared for the worst, the campus was in perfect condition Friday morning, Van Dover wrote in an e-mail Friday.

“We were delighted to return to the island at first light and find everything secure,” she wrote. “I don’t believe there was even a power outage.”

At the time of the evacuation, the weather service reported that the eye of the hurricane would hit North Carolina’s coastline late Thursday afternoon.

Although Pivers Island­—on which the Beaufort campus is located­— was not under government evacuation, Marine Lab officials evacuated the campus as an extra precaution.

by Vignesh Nathan THE CHRONICLE

If he wanted, Sean Renfree could finally let out a sigh of relief. He had just led his team to a 41-27 victory over Elon, passing his first test with flying colors as Duke’s starting quarterback.

After months of speculation and worries about how he would perform in Thaddeus Lewis’ footsteps, the redshirt sophomore had full command of his offense Saturday night in Wallace Wade Stadium, throwing for 350 yards and two touchdown passes on a 31-of-39 performance.

“I’d say it was a pretty solid start for Mr. Renfree,” head coach David Cutcliffe said, concealing a smile.

“Solid” might not have done “Mr. Renfree” justice.

Renfree and the offense got their first chance at action after Elon’s opening drive of the game, in which the Phoenix (0-1) drove 63 yards, including two longdistance passes, to set themselves up for a field goal. It wasn’t exactly the start Duke was hoping for, with its defense revealing hints of weakness in defending the long pass. But the offense was about to compensate for the initial defensive shortcomings.

The Blue Devils (1-0) began their offensive drive on their own 36-yard line, and it took them merely six snaps to get the ball to the end zone and send the home fans into a frenzy.

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New regulations lead to ‘improved’ first Tailgate

by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE

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Due to new limits on alcohol and the cooperation of student groups, this year’s first Tailgate went more smoothly than in previous years.

Lady Gaga and Superman were among the star-studded and beer-drenched Tailgate crowd Saturday.

As per tradition, hundreds of students dressed in ridiculous costumes and spent the afternoon at the popular pregame revelry. This year, however, Duke Student Government established a new set of guidelines for the event, aiming to reduce alcohol waste and abuse, encourage student safety and promote Duke Football.

Duke students received several e-mails detailing the new guidelines during the week leading up to Saturday’s event, which took place in the Blue Zone. The new regulations placed limits on the quantity of alcohol students and groups could bring and created a Tailgate Team consisting of DSG staff and group representatives which, like party monitors, facilitated enforcement of Tailgate rules.

Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said the event went better than previous years, thanks to the work of DSG and the Interfraternity Council.

“The groups respected the rules and regulations. The litter also appeared to have improved,” she said. “However, the throwing of beer cans needs to stop.”

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Emergency Medical Services transported one student from the event due to alcohol poisoning, according to Duke University Police Chief John Dailey. Wasiolek added that multiple students reported cuts from the crushed beer cans that carpeted the Blue Zone’s asphalt.

Although there were no major incidents at the event, an error in DSG’s e-mail to the student body initially led to confusion concerning how students were supposed to bring alcohol into the event. In an e-mail to the student body Aug. 30, DSG set a limit of 30 cases of beer per vehicle. But Wasiolek said the original e-mail was intended to say 30 cases per group—not per car.

In a later e-mail to students, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta clarified that N.C. state law only allows the transporting of 80 liters of beer— equaling approximately nine cases and nine 12-oz cans.

Tailgate Team members were instructed to allow three cars per group to transport alcohol in order to avoid violations.

An additional new policy also mandated that individual students could only carry in up to six cans of beer and had to show proper identification.

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“Kyle Singler underwent minor arthroscopic knee surgery Sept. 3 at the Duke medical center...He is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of practice Oct. 15.

Said associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski:‘Kyle had some discomfort in his knee following a very busy summer, so we elected to go in and clean it up prior to the start of the season. By all accounts...Kyle will be back at full strength before the start of practice.’”

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US evaluates domestic Hamas gunmen continue human rights practices deadly attacks in West Bank The U.S. government, which has long scrutinized other countries’ human rights records, has turned its gaze inward—evaluating its own performance in a largely upbeat report to the United Nations.

The review is the first by the United States under a new system in which the U.N. Human Rights Council will analyze the record of every country in the world body.

Representatives of U.S.-based human rights groups welcomed the report, but some said it glossed over problems such as the detention of prisoners at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Others said the U.S. review went too far in identifying some practices as abusive. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said it was “downright offensive” that her state’s new immigration law was mentioned in a report to a council “whose members include such renowned human rights `champions’ as Cuba and Libya.”

JERUSALEM — Deadly drive-by shootings by Hamas gunmen this week proved that the Palestinian militant group can still operate in the West Bank when its leadership demands, despite a sustained crackdown by Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Hamas has pledged to follow up on the attacks, which appeared timed to the re-launch in Washington of direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

For more than two years, Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated the relative quiet that has prevailed in the West Bank and applauded the U.S.-trained Palestinian security services, which have fought, arrested and disarmed Hamas and other militants in coordination with Israel.

Palestinian officials have described the establishment of a credible security service and rule of law as an important precursor to statehood.

Correction

In the Sept. 3 story “Cancer research questioned” The Chronicle incorrectly reported that Dr. Anil Potti and Joseph Nevins had been running clinical trials for two years using data from their research. The trials were being run by other principal investigators based on Potti and Nevin’s data. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Local BP stations relatively unaffected by Gulf oil spill

by Jennifer Sekerak THE CHRONICLE

As BP pays to clean up the aftermath of April’s oil spill, some local franchises are paying the price for the disaster.

BP reported Friday that it has spent about $8 billion to date in response to the Gulf oil spill, according to The Wall Street Journal. While some Durham BP stores have lost revenue from local buyers boycotting, others remained relatively untouched by the crisis in the gulf.

Over the summer, more than 10,700 people joined a Facebook group calling for a worldwide boycott of BP. Although many BP employees admitted initial con-

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cern upon hearing about the oil spill, only some noted a definite decline in business.

Sashi Patel, an employee at the BP in Bragtown, a neighborhood near North Roxboro Street and Old Oxford Road in North Durham, found that the oil spill has not affected business at his location. He added that at the time of the spill, he felt only a limited amount of apprehension.

“There is always some concern when [events like the oil spill] happen,” Patel said. “[We were] not worried to a point of panic.”

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Former vice chair files case against College Republicans

by Joanna Lichter THE CHRONICLE

The Duke Student Government Judiciary decided Sunday to hear a new case filed by senior Cliff Satell, who alleges that the Duke College Republicans have been selective in their membership.

The hearing will take place Sept. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in the DSG office and will be open to all students unless either side petitions to have it closed.

Satell, former vice chair of the College Republicans, said the club violated a Student Organization Finance Committee bylaw when he and senior Justin Robinette, former club chair, were removed from the club’s membership and listserv.

The bylaw defines an Officially Chartered organization like the College Republicans as one that is “dependent on DSG funding and is not selective in its membership.”

Robinette and Satell said they were notified via e-mail Aug. 31 that they were removed from the club’s membership roster by senior Carter Boyle, chair of the DCR. “It violates per se Duke’s student-organization program’s all-comers policy,” Robinette wrote in a statement Sunday. “All of the evidence I accumulated will probably wind up before the Judiciary to show a pattern of conduct. Before the Judiciary meeting, legislation de-chartering the organization will be brought up this Wednesday and the chairman and chief of staff’s discriminatory, racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic e-mails read into the Senate record.”

Chief Justice Matt Straus, a junior, emphasized that evidence unrelated to the case will be thrown out, however.

“Testimony not germane to the topic of this trial will be disregarded,” Straus wrote in a Sunday e-mail to the defendants.

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Intense heat did not deter Duke’s various clubs and organizations from tabling for new members at the Student Activities Fair Friday on the East Campus Quad.

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bp from page 3 Patel said he was satisfied with the way BP has been communicating with local businesses, adding that BP is informing owners of steps taken to “rectify the problem.”

Patel said he had yet to notice a change in customer attitude toward the company. He added that he feels that in general the public understands that the establishment in which he works was not responsible for the spill.

“I think the general public realizes that the accident was not something that [the store keepers] caused. [We’re] just a BP-branded convenience store and we are not to be blamed for it,” Patel said.

Gavan Fitzsimons, a professor of marketing and psychology at the Fuqua School of Business, has been following the BP oil spill and pinpointed the motives behind boycotting.

“Basically, if you think about why people would want to boycott BP gas stations, they’re upset about what happened at the Gulf and feel like they’ve lost control,” he said. “By driving past a BP station, it’s an opportunity to feel like you are asserting control over the crazy world we live in.”

Fitzsimons added that boycotting BP “is largely an illusion of control” because the gas distributed from the Gulf comes from the same refinery. Thus, whether one goes to Shell or BP, they are receiving gasoline from the same place. Instead, it is only the local businesses that suffer.

“The people who are getting hurt [by boycotts] are the local owners of these gas stations, who obviously had nothing to do with the disaster in the gulf,” he said.

Fitzsimons said he believes that BP is not experiencing as much of a revenue decline as one would expect, especially because the boycotts do not really affect the corporation at all.

Jack Hamilton, an employee at a BP on Avondale Drive in Old North Durham, has seen different effects than those at Patel’s store. He said in general, the store has not been as busy as it was prior to the spill, which he said he expected.

“When I saw [the spill on the news] I thought, ‘This will probably be bad now,’” he said. “[Business has] definitely been affected, but... how much, I’m not sure.”

Even Fitzsimons said that although he knows boycotting BP gas stations accomplishes little, he still has passed a BP station in favor of another brand in light of the Gulf crisis.

“Even if you know it’s an illusory sense of control, you feel like you are taking an action,” he explained.

As a consumer, sophomore Kelsey Behrens said she too has found herself avoiding BP gas stations, but more because of her displeasure with the company’s response to the spill.

“If they had been open from the start and honest with everyone about their mistake it would have been a better PR move,” she said.

Sophomore Sarah Lancaster, however, continues to frequent BP. “I didn’t boycott BP because I know the local gas stations are independently owned businesses and it really doesn’t do any financial damage to the corporation.”

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Although it has been more than two weeks since North Carolina was awarded nearly $400 million in “Race to the Top” funding, the process to allocate funds among local districts, such as Durham County, is far from over.

Now that North Carolina has been awarded the federal dollars, local schools are waiting for specifics on how the districts will have access to the dollars from the state, Lewis Ferebee, chief of staff of Durham Public Schools, wrote in an e-mail. There will likely be rigorous competition for those dollars, Ferebee added.

“Three themes come to mind in regards to the dollars: innovation, assessment for learning and attracting [and] retaining high-quality teachers in every classroom,” Ferebee wrote on how DPS would like to use money from the grant. “The dollars could mean trying fresh initiatives that are too costly with current budget times... [providing] funds for updating tools to assess student mastery of standard taught to better inform instruction... [and creating] incentives to attract and retain teachers.”

Chris Mackey, press secretary for Gov. Bev Perdue, said that although the exact amount of funding that will be directed toward Durham is still not finalized, the money will be available to local districts as soon as this year and is permitted to be distributed over the course of four school years. Over the upcoming weeks, the funds will be broken down into individual local education agencies, she added.

The money will be used in the state to recruit and retain quality teachers and administrators, help the state establish a concrete plan to turn around low-performing schools and find ways to use technology to assess student needs, she said.

“Race to the Top” had principals, school boards, politicians and education officials across the country jockeying for a part of the $4.35 billion sum set aside for education. Eleven states and the District of Columbia have now won parts of the funding that will affect 13.6 million students in 25,000 schools, according to a U.S. Department of Education press release.

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Duke’s scoring bonanza continues with 5-0 win

by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

Just days removed from a nine-goal outing, No. 18 Duke (4-1-0) lit up the scoreboard again against overmatched High Point (1-4-0) at Koskinen Stadium Sunday. The Blue Devils pitched their third shutout of DUKE 5 the season and five different 0 HP Duke players found the back of the net to blank the Panthers 5-0.

The Blue Devils wasted no time in establishing their dominance, and hoarded possession from the opening kick. Just four minutes in, freshman center back Natasha Anasi scored the first goal of her career and gave Duke a lead it would never relinquish. A Gilda Doria corner was pushed out of the box

by High Point keeper Andrea Ritchie, but senior Molly Lester quickly fed the ball back to Anasi, who deflected it into an open net.

The Blue Devils struck again in the 20th minute, when a solid string of passing was capped by Laura Weinberg’s third goal of the year. Striker Molly Pathman’s through ball found Weinberg in space, and the freshman coolly finished around an outstretched goalkeeper to double the Duke advantage.

An easy Gretchen Miller tap-in with under two minutes left in the first half cemented the win for the Blue Devils, though Duke likely should have made

more of its 30-4 shot differential. Despite a shaky High Point defense, the Blue Devil offense looked stagnant at times, something that head coach Robbie Church acknowledged.

“We played in spurts in the first half,” Church said. “In the second half I thought we picked it up. There was a little bit more intensity.”

Buoyed by Church’s halftime direction, Duke came out firing in the second period. Pathman and Lester came close within seconds of each other, and senior Carey Goodman blasted a ball over the crossbar after shaking her defender in the box. Freshmen Kaitlyn Kerr and Kim DeCesare each scored to close out the victory.

Duke’s performance was far from perfect however, and a lapse in defensive concentration nearly gave the Panthers a shocking goal in the second half.

High Point forward Sammy Vercellino’s shot in the 60th minute caught the Blue Devils out of position and goalie Tara Campbell flat-footed, but the ball rolled just wide of the post.

While the error went unpunished, it should give Church plenty to focus on in the coming week of training. With perennial winners Florida International and Yale on the horizon, Duke won’t have time to rest on its laurels.

“We didn’t just want to win [based on our personnel], we wanted to play good soccer. We’re getting close to ACC play, and we’re looking for that competition.”

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Scoring off a Molly Lester pass, freshman center back Natasha Anasi scored her first career goal Sunday night.

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SUPERB SOPHS Belshaw has 15 saves against Louisville; Finley scores 3 versus Sacramento St.

by Andy Margius THE CHRONICLE

Kicking off the regular season with the third annual Duke/Nike Classic, the No. 11 Blue Devils used sophomore standouts to take two favorable results over the weekend at Koskinen Stadium.

Friday’s match against No. 20 Louisville was marked by the superb defense of goalie James Belshaw. Holding the Cardinals (1-0-1) to a draw despite playing a man down for 43 minutes, the sophomore keeper recorded a career-high 15 saves DUKE 0 in net, including a penalty save in overtime.

0 LOU “I’ve seen a lot of games in my lifetime and it’s the best DUKE 4 performance I’ve ever seen live,” head coach John Kerr 1 CSU said on Belshaw’s Friday form.

“It rivals up there with [legendary American goalkeeper] Kasey Keller.”

Not to be outdone, sophomore forward Ryan Finley put on an offensive clinic Sunday against Sacramento State (0-2-0) in the finale of the Classic. Netting three goals to lead Duke to the 4-1 victory, Finley recorded the first hat trick of his career.

“It’s definitely good in the first two games to get off on the right foot,” Finley said.

In Friday night’s performance, Louisville came out of the gate strong. Looking slightly outmatched by the speedy Cardinals, the Blue Devils failed to control possession and relied on touch-and-go passes. Yet going into the half, the score remained knotted at zero.

The second half started out better for Duke. Nearly scoring in the 61st minute off of a Finley rocket, the ball took an unfavorable bounce off the crossbar and rolled harmlessly back into play.

Things took a turn, however, when freshman Jonathan Aguirre was issued a red card in the 68th min-

“I’ve seen a lot of games in my lifetime and it’s the best performance I’ve ever seen live. It rivals up there with [legendary American goalkeeper] Kasey Keller.”

— John Kerr on James Belshaw ute. Forced to play a man down for the remainder of the match, the Blue Devil defense entered a world of trouble.

That’s when Belshaw rose to the occasion.

Recording eight saves in the half, the keeper made a series of incredible stops. Despite not having a single shot on goal offensively, Duke headed into the extra time even.

In overtime, the Blue Devils continued to give up scoring chances, only to see Belshaw record save after save.

The highlight of the night came in the 106th minute of play. A Daniel Tweed-Kent foul in the box forced a Louisville penalty—and a do-or-die situation for Belshaw. Diving to his right and smothering the ball, Belshaw kept his shutout intact.

“As the day was going, I didn’t think he was going to make it,” Belshaw said.

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In what head coach John Kerr called “the best performance I’ve ever seen live,” James Belshaw saved 15 shots against No. 20 Louisville Friday.

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Duke running game shows signs of promise

by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

Nineteen yards. That’s about the length of a standard construction dumpster like the one you might see in the Wannamaker firelane these days.

And that’s all the rushing yards that the Blue Devils gained in their first game last year against Richmond.

Head coach David Cutcliffe and his team have set their sights on ensuring that such a futile Game ground game never plagues Duke Analysis football again. Saturday, the team made its first step toward achieving its goal of a more potent running attack, rushing for 192 yards against an overmatched Elon defense.

Cutcliffe placed a strong emphasis on the need for Duke to develop a running game, and he did not waver from that game plan against the Phoenix.

“We were going to run the football, and we didn’t run it as well as we’d like, but we ran it better,” Cutcliffe said.

Cutcliffe and offensive coordinator Kurt Roper looked to establish the ground game early, as they called six runs in the first seven plays from scrimmage. It didn’t look promising at the start. A threeyard rush by running back Desmond Scott on the first play was followed by a loss of two. Quarterback Sean Renfree bailed the offense out with a thirddown strike to Conner Vernon, but Cutcliffe went right back to Scott, who was once again stuffed at the line of scrimmage on first down.

It looked remarkably similar to the abysmal Duke rushing performances of the last several years. But then, Scott broke free to the outside on second down for a 16-yard gain. On the next

play, the offensive line opened up a huge hole inside, and Scott scooted through for a 34-yard touchdown run.

True to his pregame promise to get many players involved in the rushing attack, Cutcliffe ordered handoffs to five different running backs.

Of those, only Jay Hollingsworth failed to get any rhythm, with just ten yards on ten carries, though he did get into the end zone for the Blue Devils’ last score.

Scott carried the ball 15 times for 77 yards, and true freshmen Josh Snead and Juwan Thompson each shouldered the load on one series late in the fourth quarter. Despite his small 5’9” frame, Snead— whose 4.44-second 40-yard dash was the fastest on the team during spring practice last year—was called on to pound the ball up the middle as Duke sought to eat clock in the fourth quarter.

On an 11-play scoring drive, Snead carried the ball six times for 24 yards and a touchdown. Thompson played the next series and ran six times for 20 yards, including an 11-yard breakaway.

“I really felt a spark when Snead and Juwan Thompson [came in]. They’re going to be real threats,” Cutcliffe said.

Even backup quarterback Brandon Connette, who may see some snaps this season in a run-oriented role, broke away for a 48-yard run as the clock wound down.

In total, the Blue Devils rushed for more than ten times as many yards as they gained on the ground in their game against Richmond. A performance like that goes a long way toward keeping Duke’s rushing attack out of the dumpster this season.

For more analysis of Duke’s win over Elon, turn to page six of SPORTSWRAP.

From left to right: Despite an off-day, Jay Hollingsworth did score Duke’s last touchdown with 7:41

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In his starting debut, redshirt sophomore Sean Renfree threw for 350 yards and two touchdowns. He also completed 13 of his first 14 passes.

192 RUSHERS ROLL Behind strong play from Desmond Scott and true freshmen Josh Snead and Juwan Thompson, Duke powered its way to 192 rushing yards.

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With 7:54 left in the game, Abraham Kromah picked off a pass from Scott Riddle, effectively sealing the game.

football from page 1 Even more impressive than scoring on their first drive was the manner in which they scored.

For a team whose wide receivers and passing game have gotten so much attention, Duke relied heavily on its running backs on the first drive, a show of confidence in a rushing game that has been relatively fruitless over the past two seasons.

Of the six plays, five involved sophomore running back Desmond Scott, and he did not disappoint. He ran for 52 yards, including a 34-yard touchdown run which gave the Blue Devils the 7-3 lead after 5:04 of regulation time.

“We ran the ball almost every day in practice, getting us ready to play the entire game. Obviously, it showed,” Scott said.

“Every running back played the game, and I think we did a good job.”

That’s not to say that the Blue Devils didn’t utilize their talent at the wide receiver positions. In fact, after the first drive, Duke’s passing game seemed to take over.

On a drive that closed out the quarter, Renfree hit both sophomore Connor Vernon and junior Donovan Varner for long, 20-yard-plus receptions. He finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Varner to give Duke the 14-3 lead to close the opening period.

The second quarter saw Duke build its advantage to 27-13, managing to score on all three of its possessions. Vernon, who had a career-high 129 yards receiving in the game, caught a game-high 47-yard pass to set Duke up for its only touchdown of the quarter.

Coming back onto the field after halftime, Duke looked to take firm control over the game, while Elon looked to stage a second-half comeback. Neither team, however, accomplished much during the third quarter. The Blue Devils were unable to capitalize on any opportunities, but their defense forced the Phoenix to suffer the same scoring drought.

“I thought our team was a little flat....

From the locker room to the field, we just weren’t there completely,” Cutcliffe said.

“We just stopped ourselves.”

Duke’s flatness almost caused the team to lose control of the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Elon managed to score another touchdown early on, closing the gap to seven, the closest it had been since the first quarter. The Blue Devils and their fans’ emotions changed from excitement over a blowout win to anxiety over their team’s weakening performance.

They realized something needed to change, and it began with Renfree taking

the role of a leader in the huddle and inciting his team to do better.

“As soon as that happened, [Renfree] got us rallied up,” Vernon said. “He told us, ‘It’s our turn now, and we have to close the game’.”

Duke did exactly that. With its defense looking sluggish, offense starting to stumble and opponent making a late surge, it pulled itself together, mounting a touchdown drive to put the Blue Devils ahead 3420 with 7:54 left in the game. Renfree utilized four different receivers on the drive, and freshman running back Josh Snead ran the ball the final 19 yards to put Duke up by two touchdowns.

The defense followed in turn. On the second play of Elon’s responding drive, senior linebacker Abraham Kromah intercepted the ball, preventing any chance for the Phoenix to reciprocate.

On top of that, Duke scored another touchdown on its next drive, putting the game out of reach.

The Blue Devils had succeeded in closing out a game, setting themselves up for their ACC opener against Wake Forest Saturday.

To use Cutcliffe’s own choice of words, it was a “solid” showing for a team trying to make it to its first bowl game since 1994.

C AROUND THE AC No. 21 LSU 30 - No. 18 UNC 24

ATLANTA — Tangled up in investigations of agent dealing and academic misconduct, the Tar Heels somehow found themselves with a shot at the win against No. 21 LSU with just a few seconds remaining. However, two incomplete pass attempts to tight end Zack Pianalto later, North Carolina narrowly dropped the game to the Tigers.

Wake Forest 53 - Presbyterian 13

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — The Demon Deacons routed Presbyterian behind a fine performance from Ted Stachitas, who posted 160 total yards in his first career start. Wake Forest led by three touchdowns before allowing the Blue Hose on the scoreboard. The win was the Demon Deacons’ highest-scoring opening game since 1941.

Florida St. 59 - Samford 6

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Seminoles scored 35 points in 11 minutes on their way to a 42-0 lead over Samford with 2:23 remaining in the first half. Florida State ultimately finished 59-6 to give Jimbo Fisher his first win as the Seminoles’ head coach. The outmanned Bulldogs only managed two field goals from kicker Cameron Yaw.

Virginia 34 - Richmond 13

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia ended a four-game losing streak in season openers Saturday against Richmond. Senior tailback Keith Payne ran for 114 yards and four touchdowns, smashing through the line of Richmond defenders time after time. The Spiders pulled within four at the half but couldn’t keep up with Cavaliers in the last two quarters.

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Inconsistent play plagues defense

by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

“We were never at a level that we had reached in practice and training camp. This was not reflective of our football team,” head coach David Cutcliffe said a year ago after his team fell to Richmond in its first game of the 2009 season.

This year, he might phrase it differently. After his team’s victory over Elon, CutGame cliffe would likely replace the word never sometimes, having seen his team play Analysis with against the Phoenix at a level it had reached in practice.

But although Duke’s offense played well for the most part, its

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While capable of delivering some bone-crushing hits, Duke’s defense was underwhelming Saturday, allowing FCS’s Elon to score 27 points.

defense showed only flashes of its full potential—and an inconsistency that kept Elon in the game.

“There were certain things that people really can’t see that we know were mistakes,” quarterback Sean Renfree said. “[In] many circumstances we beat ourselves.”

The defense’s switch to a new defensive scheme, coupled with the loss of several key players, meant that there was plenty of unfamiliarity on the field. That allowed Elon to gain 406 yards, including 281 in the air from star quarterback Scott Riddle as the Duke secondary struggled to stay on its feet in coverage against the Phoenix receivers. The defense also allowed a disappointing six-yard-per-carry average to Elon’s running backs.

But the unit did pick off two passes, sack Riddle twice, make two tackles for losses and force a fumble, though they didn’t recover it.

Despite the defense’s takeaways, the secondary struggled to keep up with Elon. Recently-converted cornerback Johnny Williams started the game by getting beat by Elon receiver Sean Jeffcoat, falling down once in coverage to give up a big play, and committing a blatant pass interference penalty on a long pass attempt. Williams recovered later in the game, however, with a key pass breakup in the end zone.

Similarly, on Elon’s second drive, safety Matt Daniels read a screen play perfectly and got into the backfield to make a stop, but missed the open-field tackle and allowed a six-yard gain. He then proceeded to make a superb pass breakup over the middle on the following play.

The defense’s biggest weakness as a whole, though, was allowing the big play.

“We didn’t tackle very well at times,” Cutcliffe said.

As a result, despite gaining 150 less yards than Duke, Elon still managed to make more big plays, with 11 gains of more than 15 yards as compared to Duke’s 10, and seven plays of over 20 yards to Duke’s six.

“There wasn’t a ton of jubilation in our locker room afterwards,” Cutcliffe said, noting that his players understand that they need to execute better once the conference season begins.

If Duke wants to avoid disappointment like it experienced against Richmond last year, it has some work to do on the defensive end.

Lewis makes St. Louis roster Thaddeus Lewis may have been disappointed when his name wasn’t called during the marathon, three-day long draft weekend.

But he’s not complaining now.

The former standout Duke quarterback, it was announced Saturday, made the St. Louis Rams as the team’s No. 3 quarterback behind No. 1 overall pick Sam Bradford and veteran A.J. Feeley.

Playing mostly with the second and third string offenses during the preseason, Lewis totaled 255 yards passing and completed 22 of his 28 attempts, leading all Rams quaterbacks in yards per completion.

Lewis’ accomplishment was announced during Duke’s victory over Elon, receiving a loud ovation from the crowd.

He and his new team play for the first time Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

—by Scott Rich

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With the draw, the Duke gave itself the opportunity to win the tournament Sunday with a victory over the Hornets.

Playing against a weaker Sacramento State team, the Blue Devils took control from the beginning. Senior Cole Grossman scored in just the 16th minute, and from there Duke was rolling. Finley scored his first of three goals just a few minutes later in the 19th, and his second in the 26th. Duke then coasted onto the easy victory.

With a tilt against defending national champion Virginia looming, the Blue Devils will look to take momentum into what is sure to one of the most anticipated games of the season. Duke plays the Cavaliers Saturday, September 11 at Koskinen Stadium.

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by Tim Visutipol THE CHRONICLE

Coming off a narrow loss to Michigan State last Sunday, when No. 10 Duke dominated the game but failed to score and ultimately failed to win, the Blue Devils did just enough to be victorious this time around.

Against No. 12 1 DUKE James Madison, 0 JMU the Blue Devils scraped through DUKE 2 to win 1-0 against LONG 0 the Dukes in overtime, in the second game Duke played over the weekend.

The Blue Devils started strong, beating non-conference opponent Longwood 2-0 on Saturday, with both goals coming from sophomore Mary Nielsen. Sunday against the Dukes (2-2), Nielsen would also have the opportunity to be the hero, but her shot ricocheted off the crossbar late in overtime.

That play, however, led to a Blue Devil corner, and allowed junior Tara Jennings to score her first goal of the season and the only goal of the game, giving Duke (3-1) the win it craved.

“I think we’re glad to come out 2-0 [this weekend],” head coach Beth Bozman said. “We’re really thrilled to get out of here with a win.”

Duke outshot James Madison 14-10 and had five more corners than its op-

ponent, a situation similar to that of last week when the Blue Devils also had trouble putting the ball into the cage.

“The bottom line is this week we found a way to win and last week we couldn’t,” Bozman said. “We are a work in progress.

We know what we need to do.”

Bozman considered the James Madison game to be a solid test for the team’s ACC opener at Wake Forest next weekend. She believes the team now has confidence after being challenged over the past two weeks. Three out of the four opponents the Blue Devils have faced so far this season are ranked in the top 15.

In addition, Bozman credited the team’s attitude of not giving up, continuing to fight and attacking its opponents.

“We scratched and clawed at this game,” Bozman said. “The frustration created a sense of urgency, and we felt we could not let the game go. The frustration gave us the intensity we needed.”

The head coach also praised the players for seizing their opportunities on the field. She especially singled out the freshmen, two of which were playing as Duke started the crucial overtime period.

“We are a relatively young team,” Bozman said. “Today they stepped up, everyone stepped up…. So far the freshmen have assimilated perfectly, and we are a stronger team because of it.”

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Kyle Singler underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery Friday and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Kyle Singler underwent minor arthroscopic knee surgery Friday at the Duke Medical Center, Duke Sports Information said in a statement. Singler is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of practice October 15.

“Kyle had some discomfort in his knee following a very busy summer, so we elected to go in and clean it up prior to the start of the season,” associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “By all accounts, today’s surgery was a success and Kyle will be back at full strength before the start of practice.”

Singler’s busy schdule this summer may have helped to bring on the surgery. The senior forward participated in the Lebron James Skills Academy and the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp, and also practiced with the U.S. National Team before the FIBA World Championships began late last month.

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by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

It seemed like this weekend’s Blue Raider Bash should have been called the Blue Devil Bash.

Duke (5-1) came away from the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with three straight victories against its opponents Middle Tennessee, AuDUKE 3 burn and Georgia Southern last FriMI TN 1 day and Saturday.

“We played a DUKE 3 very strong opponent [Middle 0 AUB Tennessee] Friday night on their DUKE 3 home court, and Ga S. 2 our team played really well,” head coach Jolene Nagel said. “We executed like we practice to do all the time, and everything just seemed to come together and we competed hard.”

After the Blue Devils faced the Blue Raiders, they had two back-to-back matches Saturday—the first against SEC competitor Auburn (5-2) and the second only two-and-a-half hours later versus Georgia Southern (2-4) in a match that went into five sets.

“It was great that we were able to beat [Auburn] in three. It was a very competitive match and the games were very close,” Nagel said. “Since we had two matches, we had to turn it around a couple of hours later, and that took us to five games, but the play-

ers really came out and did the job that they needed to in game five. The team gained great experience in difficult situations, and I think it was a real developing weekend for us and a learning weekend for us.”

On Saturday alone, senior Becci Burling and junior Sophia Dunworth combined for 45 kills, and freshman libero Ali McCurdy posted 42 digs to aid the Blue Devils in their two straight victories against Auburn, 3-0, and Georgia Southern, 3-2.

“It was nice having the opportunity to play the games we did, and obviously winning everything is a good outcome, but I think we learned a lot from it as a team, like what we really need to focus on and how we need to play,” McCurdy said. “I know that with traveling, you can get physically and mentally worn out, and I think that having two matches in one day was a good test for the team, to just prepare us for the season and to focus on each match at a time rather than stress about having two matches in a day.”

With five wins under its belt, Duke next faces Charlotte in Cameron Indoor Stadium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when the team hopes to battle fatigue from this weekend and continue its five-game winning streak.

“I hope our team can get enough rest because it was a really grueling weekend, but this is a great opportunity to play together in a competitive setting against an opponent other than ourselves,” Nagel said. “This gives us a chance to see where we are and gives us a chance to see where we need to develop more.”

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Dining discount a reasonable cut As part of the two-year ef- istrators are not expecting fort to reduce the $2.2 mil- students alone to bear the lion Dining deficit, University burden of Dining’s finanofficials have opted to end 10 cial issues. Last March, percent discounts for faculty Duke Dining and Duke Stuand staff at on-campus eater- dent Government agreed to ies. Although increase the not an ideal $19.50 dineditorial situation, this ing plan condecision makes sense in the tract fee by $70.50, raising short run. it to $90 for this academic Faculty and staff account year. This sharp increase in for 12 to 15 percent of Dining student fees has been the sales, according to Director of most significant step toward Dining Services Jim Wulforst. reducing the deficit, but it Based on his projections, re- still addresses less than half moving the 10 percent dis- of the $2.2 million. As a count will save the University result, the University must $50,000 to $75,000. While this consider making cuts whermay not appear to be a signifi- ever possible. The loss of cant saving at first glance, ev- this discount imposes a cost ery dollar counts when facing burden on faculty and staff such a large deficit. that appears roughly equivMoreover, it is an en- alent to the increased fees couraging sign that admin- students are facing.

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Ending the employee discount is a part of this solution, but it comes with some considerable drawbacks.

Higher prices may discourage some employees from buying food on campus and force them to dine elsewhere. If many faculty and staff members shift to off-campus eateries, there is a risk that the projected savings will not be realized due to a substantial decline in food sales. In the past the University has used dining as a means to promote dialogue between faculty and students outside of the classroom. We believe the loss of this relatively small discount should not be enough to deter these types of informal conversations from happening.

Workers who earn smaller salaries may have a more difficult time adjusting to higher food prices than faculty members on larger budgets.

This is an unfortunate but necessary outcome, and the University should continue to ensure that all customers feel welcome at on-campus dining venues.

It is also worth noting that any decision that involves cutting benefits has the potential to strain relationships between administrators and employees. As the University continues to make cuts to the benefits that its employees receive, it should carefully consider what workers can least afford to lose. In this challenging environment, employees should view the loss

of this discount as a minor sacrifice.

Although these are issues not to be taken lightly, it appears that the projected financial savings justify the decision.

A 10 percent increase in prices is not likely to cause a dramatic decrease in food sales given the convenience on-campus eateries have to offer.

Cutting this discount should be a temporary fix.

Ultimately, Dining must make significant structural changes to become more financially sustainable. Reevaluating dining options on campus and renegotiating vendor contracts should play a primary role going forward. Once Dining reaches financial stability, benefits for faculty and staff should be restored.

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hen I moved in my sophomore year, an mains that destruction of property, on Duke’s camRA in my West Campus dorm had jokingly pus, is a crime that too often goes unpunished. placed brightly colored signs written in crayFinancial consequences for such unruly behavon all over his hall, each with cliché advice like “Take ior are similarly miniscule. Under current RLHS time to be kind” or “Sharing is caring.” At the time, damage policy, SLGs and fraternities are responsiI was feeling somewhat proud of having graduated ble for damages occurring in their own section, but to West and thought that with this promotion came damages to the general campus are paid for by the new privileges and freedoms. So, I University. Though Campus Council dismissed the signs as silly and paterdiscussed charging independents a nalistic, a leftover reminder from the flat fee to cover damages occurring kindergarten years of silliness moderin their quadrangle, currently RLHS ated by adult paternalism. simply covers these unbudgeted Then, school officially began and I costs. In 2006, for instance, damage witnessed for the first time the chaos related costs were about $80,000 and destruction that occurs on West with only about $5,000 attributable after a weekend of section parties, Tailto specific SLGs or frats. doris jwo gate and the general excitement that The second problem is that few two points for comes with the start of a new year. people are aware of the costs and I hadn’t realized how much damextent of damage that our campus honesty age that West sustains weekend after suffers, or even realize that these inciweekend until I was there to see it firsthand, before dents are not isolated to fraternities and SLGs. Sure, the clean-up crews swept in. To my further surprise, I we see a few broken chairs littering the Plaza, but discovered the destruction isn’t isolated to the begin- we don’t know how much those chairs cost nor how ning of the school year, or even just first semester. much more every student ends up paying to RLHS to The most visible incidence of vandalism last year cover those unexpected tens of thousands per year. transpired, predictably, after Gordon Hayward’s It’s a collective action problem: damage oclast second heave rattled off the rim (make or miss, curs because people figure that the University is Duke’s campus was going to sustain damages that wealthy enough to easily absorb damages or that, night). I fully admit to being front and center at as independents, they can’t possibly be causing the victory bonfire and am equally excited to do it more damage than the frats are. What if we just again this year. But after the basketball team’s win e-mailed these figures to residents every semester? over Butler, The Chronicle reported that some stu- If students are clear on exactly how much that dents celebrating the win had tossed couches and Tommy’s couch costs, maybe they’ll think twice picnic tables off of Tommy’s balcony in McClendon about ruining it.

Tower (now replaced by The Tower eatery), causFinally, it’s the culture. The stereotype of Duke ing damage to the tune of nearly $10,000. is that we’re privileged, middle- to upper-class kids According to owner Tom Meyers, Trinity ’91, with an attitude and cash in our pockets. As much who now also runs The Tower, the last minutes of as it hurts to say it, that’s true to some extent. Like the game were chaotic, with some vandals hang- it or not, we are privileged. We fill up campus ing off pipes inside the restaurant and others trash cans every day and they’re back to empty throwing couches off the patio. by morning. We complain about our bathrooms When I asked him last year for his reaction, he getting dirty by Sunday, but then they’re sparkling had just one question. “Why would you want to de- clean come Monday. We can build huge bonfires stroy your own campus?” he asked incredulously. and leave our quad strewn with garbage and it’s all “We never had anything as nice as what you guys gone before the sun even rises. have while I was a student here.”

But a privilege is not a right.

Why indeed? There are three reasons why van“Clean up after yourself” and “Take care of dalism like this occurs on Duke’s campus, why your belongings.” They’re old lessons, but maybe come Monday of every weekend we wake up to ones worth taping up on our dorm hallways. And broken chairs strewn at the bottom of the Plaza for all you people thinking to yourselves, “Well, and why so many students prefer their West cam- I haven’t abused any privileges,” standing by and pus bathrooms locked and safe from destruction. watching is just as inexcusable. This campus beFirst, consequences to students are few to nonex- longs to all of us. Why allow something so beautiistent. The Tommy’s incident resulted in no arrests ful to be destroyed? or university write-ups. Zero names were named.

Whether the witnesses couldn’t identify the responDoris Jwo is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every sible students or didn’t want to snitch, the fact re- other Monday.

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Polling bias

was 10 years old, yet I remember being taken out of school 15 minutes early. My brother in the seat next to me, my mother trying to tell us we were going to Pennsylvania. My uncle had a house there; supposedly Pennsylvania was safer than New York.

We stopped at my house to get clothes and from my porch and I saw it: buildings as tall as mountains burning in the sky. It was like watching a horror movie, except with no suspension of belief.

Nine years later, I still run my differently. My airantonio segalini planeliferitual used to be limmuses ited to a piece of gum and a book. It has expanded to include a text to my loved ones and a prayer for safety.

The country is now nine years removed from 9/11.

Many things have changed and will be forever altered because of what happened. Security is updated, people are somewhat more alert and everyone is a little more careful in an airport. And that is our country: a little shook up, but confident that security changes and better attention to threats will help prevent the next disaster.

Nine years after the terrorist attacks, Ground Zero stands again as the center of public attention. Park51, a 13-story community center and Mosque, is set to be built about two blocks from the hallowed Ground Zero. According to the website devoted to the center, “You can’t see Ground Zero from our current building and on completion of our planned building some years from now, there won’t be any views of the Ground Zero memorial from the building.”

To many New Yorkers, that is not enough. According to a New York Times poll of 892 city residents, 67 percent thought the mosque planners should find “a less controversial site.”

And that is fine. Sixty-two percent believed that the developers have the right to build it. Honestly, the fact that the developers even stated that the center will not have a view of Ground Zero (which I find ridiculous since it is 13-stories, but I guess that’s New York for you) should have done nothing but help their cause. They understand that this is a sensitive subject, and are making an effort to respect that.

However, this is not just about location. The Times also asked more politically charged questions. According to the poll, one-fifth of New Yorkers acknowledged animosity toward Muslims and 33 percent said that compared with other American citizens, Muslims were more sympathetic to terrorists. And nearly 60 percent said people they know have negative feelings toward Muslims because of 9/11 (while only 20 percent said they themselves did, which seems a statistical impossibility).

Moving the Mosque because it is too close to a city’s painful memories is fine. New York still won’t allow a Greek Orthodox Church to be rebuilt because of its location in relation to Ground Zero. After what happened there, maybe it should be a place without religious affiliation. But how can we honestly say that Muslims are more likely to be sympathetic to terrorists?

I remember once (or twice) reading that the United States was a place of absolute fairness and freedom, and that we were well beyond the times of prejudice.

And, see, when I came to Duke I thought the same thing. Bunch of smart kids all coming together to learn. I mean, how can prejudice enter in a place where everyone is rational (and geeky)?

But our everyday assumptions betray us. We have the Asian stereotype (good at math, study in library), the black stereotype (good at sports) and even the white male stereotype (frat guy). We have stereotypes based on majors: ranking them based on whether they are dorky (math, various sciences and engineering) or jokes (no need to state them here). And we stereotype people based on their majors.

Why do we do this? Why do we resort to being irrational when looking at people, using bias when we see flesh and blood but allowing ourselves to be perfectly logical when doing a problem set?

It is the same reason that perfectly reasonable New Yorkers believe Muslim Americans (or people they suspect are Muslims) are more “sympathetic to terrorists” than other American citizens. It is a flaw in our logic that we seem to accept this bias as human nature.

I know that the people who were polled are better than that. What happened on 9/11 has no doubt altered us forever, but should not alter our tolerance of people of all religious descents.

Antonio Segalini is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Monday.

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Nothing matters

t was the great frat star Benjamin Franklin who once days or something, and guess what? Nothing in our said, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us lives changed. Gas prices didn’t even go up. The only to be happy.” But much like the Constitution, anti- difference was that you saw the occasional pelican covquated sayings like this must be updated ered in this gooky stuff and you changed and amended and refreshed with the the channel because you’ve never seen blood of patriots and all that, in order to or cared about a pelican in real life anybefit our ever-changing times. way. But what about the fishermen? They If Ben had been at Duke this past should’ve hedged their bets and shorted weekend, I think he would agree with clam futures; Gossip Bro sees no reason my 21st century edition of his adage: to cry over spilled trout.

Tailgate is proof that God is irrelevant to And apparently there’s an impending our happiness, and in fact it is how many monday, monday global water crisis? I personally don’t see Busch Lights we can shotgun while wearthe crisis in walking into the Loop and xoxo, gossip bro ing pirate outfits that is the best baromgetting a bottle of water for free with my eter of our contentment.

Duke Card, or getting it extra-free if I It was at this weekend’s Tailgate that I had my own just walk out without paying. revelation. You could call it a vision quest, of sorts, and OK, OK, fair enough, Gossip Bro, but what about somewhere between the time when I was drinking beer the recession? Surely that affects us all. Does it, though? through the face of a CPR dummy and the time when Two years ago every professor was screaming, “There’s I was vomiting up my WaDuke brunch into a Potty no more finance industry!” Oh, Goldman Sachs is still Queen, I saw the light. sniffing up Duke talent like Lindsay Lohan on a coke For whatever reason, I thought of this year’s sum- binge? That’s what I thought. mer reading book for the incoming freshmen class.

The point is that even though politicians and punFor those of you who don’t know, it’s called “Every- dits would have you believe that nuclear Armageddon thing Matters!” by Ron Currie Jr. I considered this will ensue if Republicans are elected, or that the governtitle for a moment, and then I looked around me. I ment will enslave the nation if Democrats are elected, saw drunken fairies having beers with slutty pirates; I the truth is that nothing will change no matter who is saw Mario and Luigi racing around in cardboard go- elected. Remember when George Bush was a dastardly karts right before my eyes; I even saw a gorilla stum- tyrant who would waterboard his own grandmother and bling out of a portable bathroom into a man who had Barack Obama was the second coming of Jesus Christ, his name suntanned into his chest. I saw all of these Mohammed and Haile Selassie all at once? And then things, and do you know what it was that I concluded? remember when your life was exactly the same in 2007 Nothing Matters! as it was in 2010? Yeah, me too.

Just think of all the purported disasters in the world Sure, it was alright to care about politics or religion and ask yourself, does this really affect my life in any in middle school, but now that we’re grown up we can way? Does this matter? Ten times out of ten the an- accept the liberating truth of which Tailgate is categoriswer will be a Resounding No, and you’ll go on living cal proof: we can do whatever we want, at all times, and your life and getting blackout drunk at Tailgate—and no one will stop us. So take comfort, because nothing you should! matters. Nothing at all.

Take the oil spill. Apparently 50 billion gallons of oil were spewing into the Gulf every second for a hundred Was there a Tailgate postgame in Wallace Wade?

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or many college students, Labor Day means the volunteers who provide at least 100 hours of service end of a summer job (or summer fun), the start of to local VA Hospitals in a year. This is an excellent way a new school year and perhaps the kickoff of the to get invaluable experience and build your resume college football season. in the many high-growth careers in the health care Historically, Labor Day­­—which unlike other Ameri- industry. can holidays does not recognize any particular group, Share your passion. My department runs Job Corps, event, individual, or battle­­­­­­­—celebrates workers, and one of the country’s largest networks of residential edtheir contributions to our nation. ucational/vocational training programs. It helps more But I think Labor Day is also a time than 100,000 young people a year learn to recognize the struggles of working a great career and earn a high school dipeople. Especially now, when—despite ploma. Many of the 123 Job Corps censignificant gains—workers and students ters around the country have volunteer are feeling more anxiety than festivity. opportunities (check out serve.gov).

It has taken a lot of work to get the Find a Job Corps student who is intereconomy headed on a path to recovery. ested in the same career as you are (our This is not just the responsibility of the programs range form culinary arts to Labor Secretary or leaders in Washingcomputers to construction) and become ton. There is a role for everyone, includa mentor or tutor. The Serve.gov site can hilda solis ing college students. Here are a few ways also help you find other volunteer opguest column you can help: portunities where the needs are greatest.

Expand your circle. Since President The unemployment rate for people with Obama has made federal student aid—including Pell disabilities is more than 16 percent. Hundreds of orGrants—available to unemployed workers, there will ganizations that serve this important community need be more “non-traditional” students on campus. From your help in a variety of job skills and readiness prothe former auto worker studying to be a nurse, to the grams. This is a great way for you to put your unique single mother who is earning a degree at night or on talents to work, hone your own skills, sharpen your foweekends, there is no such thing as a “typical” college cus, and help others. student anymore, as workers re-enter academic instiGet “green” now. Earn green later. Get involved in tutions of all types to retool and retrain. That’s good the efforts to “green” your campus or community . . for colleges, very good for workers, and even better for . community gardens, recycling initiatives, even solar you! Get to know fellow students—especially those that and wind energy projects. We’re making significant indon’t exactly look like you. You will never know how vestments in a whole new American industry: clean enyou can help each other. ergy. Our goal is to reduce our dependence on foreign Support your peers. You may also see more veter- oil and reenergize our manufacturing sector--creating ans of every age on campus. Student veterans groups jobs today and jobs tomorrow. are forming on campuses to provide peer-to-peer netI hope that you will make Labor Day 2010 a day works, sponsor events and activities and make sure on, instead of a day off. There’s nothing wrong with that veterans are successful at school, and later, at making time for barbeques and the big game, but let’s work. Learn more about how you can get involved in make time for each other, too. Let’s all do the work that these efforts at studentveterans.org. And you can help will get America working. yourself while helping others, too. Disabled American Veterans (dav.org) offers a $15,000 scholarship for Hilda Solis is the United States Secretary of Labor.

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During the evacuation, many students returned to the Durham campus, said junior Keya Kuruvilla, who is currently studying at the Beaufort campus. Because the evacuation occurred so early in the semester, Kuruvilla said her workload was not affected.

“Most people went back to Duke­—I stayed with some friends on Central,” Kuruvilla said. “[Leaving Beaufort] wasn’t too bad because it was the first weekend of school so there wasn’t too much work. And Tailgate was going on, so it was actually kind of fun.”

Like Kuruvilla, junior Perry Blank saw the evacuation as an excuse to return to the main campus and visit friends.

“For me it was not a big deal, I was excited to see my friends for another day,” Blank said. “It’s seriously just a regular weekend. We only really missed one day of classes and everything seems to be back to normal.”

Kuruvilla said that at the lab, evacuating is generally an uneventful procedure.

“We were just sent an e-mail and they handed out evacuation forms at the cafeteria,” Kuruvilla said. “There’s really not too much regulation—you just sign a form and tell them who you’re staying with and who you’re driving there with.”

Blank said it was relatively easy to adjust her plans despite the hurricane-induced changes to her schedule. For Blank, leaving the campus to drive to Durham took little preparation.

“They just made us unplug everything that was plugged in,” she said. “I just packed everything I needed for the weekend.”

tailgate from page 1 Chris Brown, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services who was in charge of Tailgate festivities, saw the event as a great success.

“Tailgate was hugely attended, the administration was pleased and students were satisfied,” Brown said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better Saturday.”

Students had the most trouble following the old rules, not the new ones, Brown added. Dancing on cars and the throwing of beer cans, which are prohibited, were major areas of concern.

Brown also acknowledged that the move-in process was rushed and that the procedure will likely be changed before the next Tailgate. Students were not allowed to move cars into the Blue Zone until 2:45 p.m., just 30 minutes before the student body was permitted to walk in.

“We just didn’t have enough time, and that’s something we’re addressing,” Brown said.

But many students agreed that the event was a success.

“I thought college was only like this in the movies,” said freshman Jacob Tobia, who wore an umbrella hat to stay dry.

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