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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 14
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potti investigation
Health care companies cut ties with Potti by Zachary Tracer THE CHRONICLE
Although Lauren Mueller, the Food Network’s public relations manager, wrote in an e-mail that the leaderboard did not necessarily reflect who won the competition, co-owner Brian Bottger said he was confident OnlyBurger had won. The truck had been ranked highly throughout the competition, he added.
Two health care companies have cut ties with a Duke cancer researcher whose research methods and credentials have been called into question. Eli Lilly and Company and CancerGuide Diagnostics ended their relationships with Dr. Anil Potti, an associate professor of medicine, over allegations that Potti falsified portions of his resume and committed research misconduct, company officials recently told The Anil Potti Chronicle. The companies cut their ties with Potti in July after The Cancer Letter revealed evidence that Potti fabricated several awards on his resume, drawing new scrutiny to the cancer researcher’s science, which had been questioned for months. Duke also placed Potti on paid administrative leave in July, when the University began investigations into his credentials and research.
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OnlyBurger, a popular Durham-based food truck, may have won $10,000 and a slot on Food Network’s show “The Great Food Truck Race” after it topped the leaderboard at the end of an online voting competition. Food Network will announce the winner of the poll Sunday.
OnlyBurger enters national spotlight by Samantha Brooks THE CHRONICLE
OnlyBurger is cookin’. The Food Network will announce Sunday whether OnlyBurger, a popular mobile vendor often seen on campus and around Durham, has won a place on one of its shows. Should OnlyBurger be offered a slot on the second season of “The Great Food Truck Race,” it will
be awarded $10,000 and a chance to compete for the $50,000 grand prize. Starting Aug. 28, customers nominated food trucks from around the country to compete on the show and then voted for their favorites online. OnlyBurger was enrolled in the competition after it was nominated by an anonymous customer, and as of Sept. 10 when voting closed, the rolling burger joint found itself in first place.
Duke and Alabama share common football roots by Laura Keeley THE CHRONICLE
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series focusing on the connection between Duke and Alabama. Today, Laura Keeley writes about Cutcliffe and Wallace Wade’s history with the Crimson Tide. Tomorrow, she focuses on how the game was brought to Durham. David Cutcliffe made an important life decision when he was five years old. He was an Alabama football man. “I was unusual at a very young age,” Cutcliffe said as he overlooked Wallace Wade Stadium from his wood-paneled office on the fourth floor of the Yoh Football Center. “I had no reason to be an Alabama fan. Nobody in my family had been to college. I don’t think I knew anybody that had been to college. I just, at five or six years old, was drawn to coach Bryant though his television show.” Cutcliffe would have the chance to learn from his idol firsthand when he decided against playing college football at a smaller university and instead followed
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his TV hour to Tuscaloosa, an hour down the road. He enrolled at the University of Alabama in 1972 and became a student assistant to the legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and his staff. Now this week, thanks to a stroke of serendipity, he has the chance to take the field against his alma mater Saturday, like he did during his years of coaching at the University of Tennessee and Ole Miss. This game, originally proposed by Alabama five years ago, is the culmination of the promise of a home-and-home series to honor another Crimson Tide coaching legend who, after winning three national championships, shocked the football world by spurning Alabama to come to Duke—Wallace Wade, whose bronzed likeness now sits by Cutcliffe’s window at Yoh. A Boy in Birmingham Just as church bells have long called the faithful to worship, the Chimes at Denny See cutcliffe on page 10
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Growing up in Birmingham, Ala., David Cutcliffe religiously watched Bear Bryant’s TV show, as well as radio broadcasts of Crimson Tide games. He got a chance to attend Alabama, where he was a student assistant to Bear.
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ONTHERECORD
“We’ve really put a premium on getting ingredients that are environmentally friendly.”
—The Tower Owner Tom Meyer on the new restaurant. See story page 4