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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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TOKYO — The Democratic Party of Japan swept to power last year promising to end a political system built on patronage and public works splurging that fed the world’s largest debt. Tuesday, it will decide whether to replace Prime Minister Naoto Kan with a man who embodies both. Ichiro Ozawa, dubbed the “Shadow Shogun” for a 40-year career spanning five political parties,will challenge Kan in a ballot of DPJ members. Ozawa heads the party’s largest faction and engineered the 2009 landslide that almost tripled its seats in parliament, giving it an overall majority in the chamber that elects Japan’s prime minister. ”Ozawa’s an anachronistic politician,” said Noriko Hama, an economics professor at Doshisha University’s Business School in Kyoto. “He relies on doing things behind closed doors and twisting arms. He seems to be fighting yesterday’s wars with yesterday’s words.”
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Students present summer Finance panel offers minorities Global Health fieldwork by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE
The Duke Global Health Institute sponsored the third annual GH TRIPS conference Monday, during which students exchanged and reflected on their summer field-
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Undergraduate, graduate and medical students all gathered Monday for the Global Health Transitions, Research, Insights, Presentations, Service conference, featuring fieldwork presentations.
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work experiences. The Global Health Transitions, Research, Insights, Presentations, Service event held in the Levine Science Research Center, featured presentations made by undergraduates, graduate students and third-year medical students. The conference was a chance for students to share and reflect on their experiences as well as to find ways to stay involved in global health at Duke. “Students looking to earn a Global Health certificate have a fieldwork requirement,” said Sumi Ariely, student projects coordinator for DGHI. “The work has a global reach. We target less developed countries, but we have a good handful of programs here in Durham, including a [tuberculosis] clinic.” After introductions made by Ariely and Dr. Michael Merson, director of the Global Health Institute, the participants and audience divided into small groups to present and discuss their experiences. Jackie Ndirangu, a master’s student in the Global Health Institute, presented her summer work in Haiti, which involved evaluating the effectiveness of the human papillomavirus vaccine on the island. The questions that drove Ndirangu’s research were both biological and cultural, focusing on the medical and societal implications for her findings. The attendees in each group session also contributed to the discussion. President Richard Brodhead asked Ndirangu about how she dealt with telling Haitian women that their counterparts in more developed countries had easier access to the HPV vaccine. Ndirangu responded that many Haitian women understand they do not have the same financial resources, highlighting the extent of the global health inequity that many students addressed in their work. Some projects, however, did not focus on current public health concerns and instead sought to provide a basis
More than 70 students packed into a room in the West Union Building last night for the fourth annual “Minorities on Wall Street” event. The gathering consisted of a panel of three students who had internships on Wall Street last summer, a panel of investment banking professionals and a networking session. Students explained the technical differences between sales and trading, investment banking and research before sharing “war stories” from internship interviews. Junior Esosa Osa described one interview in which the recruiter asked her to do complex math on the spot. “The square root of 16,000—are you kidding me?” Osa said. “The lady was just grilling me. When I figured it out, she was like, ‘You should have done it faster.’” Finance is a popular career path among Duke graduates, with firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley some of the top five biggest employers in recent years, according to Career Center exit surveys from 2008 to 2010. Approximately 30 percent of last year’s graduating class took finance-related jobs, said Kristen Nicholas, associate director for external relations for the Career Center. But the competition for finance jobs is fierce, said junior Pavithra Mahesh. “It’s a very competitive process, but going to Duke where a lot of companies recruit, if you really want it just be aggressive,” Mahesh said. Banks on Wall Street are increasing their efforts to recruit diverse students, often times with the help of faculty such as Emma Rasiel, associate professor of the practice of economics. When Rasiel started the Financial
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Group hears presentation on Tower improvements by Stephen Farver THE CHRONICLE
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DUSDAC invited Tower owner Tom Meyer to its meeting Monday to discuss committee concerns and student feedback on the eatery.
Although The Tower opened just weeks ago, owner Tom Meyer is already considering small changes to one of campus’s newest dining options. Meyer, Trinity ’91, spoke with student representatives Monday night to discuss adjustments to his newly-opened restaurant. Last week, DUSDAC recommended a number of changes to the restaurant, including a simpler ordering process, larger portions and more reasonable prices. Meyer said The Tower’s management is working on a clearer ordering form and stopped delivering food so that the staff can focus on the experience at the restaurant. The Tower’s location was previously occupied by Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs. The Tower, in addition to a number of changes to the dining area, features a healthier, more inexpensive menu. All items cost less than $9, and the menu features more salads and fewer items with high fructose corn syrup. “We’ve really put a premium on getting ingredients that are environmentally friendly,” Meyer said, adding that the restaurant gets much of its food from local farms. Meyer also shared customer comment cards with the committee, noting that customers are generally pleased with the new restaurant. When asked for some of his ideas for the future, Meyer said he hopes to be able to offer speciality menu items on particular nights, such as salmon or steak. In other business: DUSDAC members discussed requesting a number of proposals for funding from Duke Student Government. In the spring, DUSDAC officially became a part of DSG. One idea consisted of tours of on-campus venues, such as the Great Hall, to provide students an understanding of how they function. The committee also discussed a proposal to sponsor student tours of a local farm that distributes produce to Duke. Additionally, to increase usage of dorm kitchens, members of DUSDAC said they would like to bring vendors around campus to teach students how to prepare their own meals. “Now that we are an official part of DSG, we are looking for their financial support so that we can expand our offerings to the Duke community,” said co-Chair Alex Klein, a senior and former online editor for The Chronicle.
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Volkswagon taps Duke alum as new leader by Marjorie Censer THE Washington Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Volkswagen Group of America named Jonathan Browning, Fuqua ’97 and a General Motors and Ford veteran, to lead the company Monday as it moves to improve sales in the U.S. market. Browning, who now handles the Volkswagen Group’s national sales companies, assumes his role as president and chief executive Oct. 1. He previously was vice president of global sales, service and marketing at GM and oversaw the company’s European sales from 2001 to 2008. He also worked for Ford, in marketing for Ford Europe and for Jaguar, from 1997 to 2001. Browning replaces Stefan Jacoby, who left in June and now runs Volvo. During a news conference, company officials stressed the German carmaker’s commitment to the U.S. market. The firm moved its U.S. headquarters to suburban Herndon, Va., in 2008 and is in the process of opening a new manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The company said it has already hired more than 1,000 workers for the plant. For his part, Browning said he is focused on the launch of three new vehicles geared toward the U.S. market: a Jetta that recently premiered in Times Square; a mid-size sedan planned for launch next year and a next-generation Beetle slated to follow the sedan. In particular, Browning said the sedan was specifically designed for the U.S. market and that the company expects the United States to be the highest-volume market for the Beetle.
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Fuqua launches initiative to address global energy demand To discover how to sustainably meet the global demand for energy, the Fuqua School of Business launched the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment Monday. EDGE, which is described as “an educational, research and outreach initiative,” will prepare businesses to meet the global demand for energy, resources and improved quality of life, according to a Duke news release. The initiative will be directed by Rick Larrick, William and Sue Gross Research Fellow at Fuqua. Daniel Vermeer, executive director of the Corporate Sustainability Initiative at Fuqua, will serve as the executive director of EDGE. “Business sustainability has evolved from a regulatory or ethical concern to a central strategic priority for many firms,” Vermeer said in the news release. “The risks associated with environmental and social issues are increasingly material, but so are the opportunities to capture savings, drive innovation and create new markets by taking sustainability seriously.” EDGE will host many events in upcom-
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ing weeks, with its first event Sept. 17 titled “Capturing the Energy Efficiency Opportunity.” The event should include 60 MBA students and representatives from 30 companies to establish strategies for pursuing profitable opportunities to decrease energy use and carbon emissions, according to the news release. The keynote speakers at the event will be Michael Lamach, CEO of Ingersall Rand, and Peter Senge, director of the Center for Organizational Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management. Future events also include a Houston Hydrocarbons trip and a Duke Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference and Career Fair. The Nov. 4 event “Energy for Tomorrow” will include industry leaders from TIME, Fortune and Shell. Duke is an ideal university to address issues such as the “global dynamics of energy, natural resources, development and environment” because of its interdisciplinary focus and global campuses, according to the EDGE website. -from staff reports
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minorities from page 3 Education Partnership, one of her goals was to provide more opportunities for minorities to learn more about financial markets. “There’s an information gap between Wall Street, who would like a more diverse work force, and underrepresented groups who don’t know anything about Wall Street and are therefore not following that path,” Rasiel said. “But at Duke, the number of underrepresented minorities that go to Wall Street has been increasing the last three or four years.” Mayowa Ajayi, a panelist representing Barclays Capital, called Rasiel a “point person” for firms that seek to attract diversity. “If you want to attract minority candidates, Emma Rasiel is the focal point,” Ajayi said. “She’s the person people know at firms to attract diversity. She’s been great creating collaboration between firms and diversity groups like women’s groups, et cetera.” Firms are using new methods to diversify their work-
global health from page 3 for future research. Senior Brian Clement interviewed a group of refugees who were forcibly expelled from Bhutan in 1988 and were shuffled between Nepal and India. Clement tried to document the different memories of the refugees to make an archive that would later become part of the Duke library system. “We walked around the camps with Nepali translators,” Clement said. “They were very open with us, and it helped because many children didn’t know about their parents’ experience.” Each project had an academic and community service dimension, Ariely said. Students looking to participate in the program have different avenues for pursuing their interests. They can either participate in existing programs— which are often based on a faculty member’s research or a community partnership— or they can formulate their own project proposals. “We look at a variety of things when it comes to student pro-
forces, said junior Reuben Ogbonna, who worked at J.P. Morgan this summer. “Pretty much every major bank on Wall Street has a diversity recruiting program now,” Ogbonna said. “That certainly wasn’t the case five, 10 years ago.” Firms are also paying closer attention to underrepresented groups such as women, the disabled and members of the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender community, he added. Kurt Engleman, Trinity ’01 and an employee at Capital One, said in finance, there is value in increasing the diversity of the workforce, not only with respect to race but also with experiences. Students of all years attended the event, including English major Brea Davenport, a junior who became interested in finance after taking an accounting class over the summer. “I didn’t even know what [investment banking] was until I came here and there are all these panels with people from this bank and [that] bank,” she said. “It’s everywhere. You found out there are lots of perks, and I guess you make a lot of money. There also seems to be this intense camaraderie of people and a crazy work atmosphere, which I like.” posals,” Ariely said, pointing to the quality of the proposal, previous experience of the student and the impetus for the work as some of the key criteria in considering proposals. Ariely also said the TRIPS committee assesses the level of mentorship a student would have in a future project. “There may be lot of opportunity on the ground, but without a good mentor in relation to the culture or the health needs of the area, it would be difficult for the students to engage with their target community.” Students do not have to create new programs to pursue their own interests, but can also build on preexisting ones. Prior to starting their fieldwork, students prepared in several ways. They were required to undergo cultural sensitivity training, which included language training and meeting natives of the areas where they planned to conduct their work. The TRIPS conference concluded with a reflection session for all the participants. “The students constantly reflected on personal and academic lessons throughout their experience,” Ariely said. “That’s what really makes it academic service learning.”
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onlyburger from page 1 “The amazing thing for us was that we literally started in fifth place,” Bottger said. “[Then] we were basically in third and second place [the whole time], and then on Sept. 10 at midnight, the contest ended and we were in first place on the leaderboard.” If OnlyBurger wins a spot on the show, it will be one of seven trucks to race across the country trying to sell different food products. Each team will be given a limited
“The winnings from the contest would probably not even cover the losses from not being here in Durham.” — Brian Bottger, OnlyBurger co-owner budget for ingredients and then sent off to sell their product in a designated city, according to the Food Network’s website. At the end of each episode, the teams will report their profits and the truck with the lowest earnings will be eliminated. Bottger explained that if OnlyBurger comes in first, the majority of the original $10,000 cash prize will be put back into the business. “The rest of [the money after taxes] we’ll put into the truck; its way overdue for new equipment and maintenance,” he said. “I’d love to be able to give my staff a little bit of a bonus too, but we’ll worry about it when we actually win it.” But if OnlyBurger is selected and chooses to participate in the show, its participation in “The Great Food Truck Race” would likely cost the company more than it would win.
“The winnings from the contest would probably not even cover the losses from not being here in Durham,” he said. “Essentially they’d take our business and have to drive it halfway across the country and then drive it back. We’re [also] getting ready to open a store here in Durham, and we [would] have to figure out how to open a store from on the road.” Despite the financial challenges involved, Bottger said that if given the chance, OnlyBurger would still compete. “Financially it’s not a winner, and of course the odds aren’t great to win the whole contest, but we feel like it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to be on the show and get some national publicity for OnlyBurger and our business,” he said. OnlyBurger employee Nolan Brodalksi said he was optimistic about the truck’s chances on the show. “We’re going to win,” he said. “[On the show], I’d imagine we’d be pretty hardcore. I don’t think [the other trucks] would give us much of a challenge.” The mobile vendor used Twitter, Facebook and promotional handouts to encourage customers to vote. Barbara Baker, a regular customer, said becoming OnlyBurger’s friend on Facebook helped remind her to support the truck in the competition and that she voted “religiously every day.” Sophomore Michael Blum said he learned about the competition by following OnlyBurger on Twitter and that he would watch the show if it were a contestant. “If OnlyBurger is in it, I’ll watch it for sure,” he said. “It’s great food, and it’s cheap.” Regardless of the outcome, though, Bottger said he was pleased with the publicity the company has received by participating. “Even if we don’t win the contest, we still come out ahead,” he said. “We’ve had a great time and we’ve gotten national exposure— [in that respect], we’ve already won.”
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potti from page 1 “Based on the recent events, we terminated the relationship with Dr. Potti,” CancerGuide Diagnostics Chief Executive Officer Dr. Myla Lai-Goldman told The Chronicle. “Certainly, we’re disappointed.” Potti’s industry ties were first reported in The Cancer Letter, but the companies’ moves to distance themselves from the doctor have not previously been reported. Potti had been involved with CancerGuide since at least 2006, according to a document the company filed in order to operate in North Carolina. Potti is listed in the document as a director and secretary of Oncogenomics, Inc., which changed its name to CancerGuide Diagnostics early this year. CancerGuide, a private company that develops genomics-based cancer tests, has licensed technology based on Potti’s research from Duke, Lai-Goldman said. But she said that even if the technology turns out to be based on flawed science, CancerGuide will be able to continue developing its genomic tests. “While Duke was the basis for some of our early research, it’s not the foundation of CancerGuide’s future,” LaiGoldman said. “The foundation of CancerGuide’s future is going to come from our own work, our own research, our own development.” The University also had an ownership stake in CancerGuide, but it has been working to divest its stake since the allegations against Potti emerged in July, said Dr. Michael Cuffe, vice president for medical affairs. Lai-Goldman declined to comment on Duke’s divestment from the company.
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At Eli Lilly, a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Potti served as a consultant and speaker, Carla Cox, a company spokesperson, wrote in an e-mail. Cox said Potti had been a member of the company’s thoracic speaker faculty since 2006 and had also participated in scientific advisory board meetings. Eli Lilly paid Potti $15,000 in 2010 to speak to other doctors, according to a disclosure document on the company’s website. Cox said Potti lectured to oncologists about one of Eli Lilly’s chemotherapy drugs. “In light of the questions raised about Dr. Potti in July of this year, Lilly suspended association with him until this issue can be resolved,” Cox said. “We look forward to Duke’s full review of this matter.” Eli Lilly is also a collaborator on one of three clinical trials based on Potti’s research. Enrollment in the trials was suspended in July when the investigations involving Potti began. Cox said Eli Lilly supported the decision to suspend the trial it was involved in. She added that the company does not currently plan to ask the University to return funding provided for the study. Potti was also a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company paid him $6,000 to participate in a clinical oncology advisory board meeting in 2009, Melinda Stubbee, a company spokesperson, wrote in an e-mail. But Stubbee said the company has no ongoing association with Potti. Stubbee declined to say whether Glaxo would consider working with Potti in the future. “I wouldn’t speculate on any future work with Dr. Potti,” she wrote. “I am not aware of any invitations to him that are pending.”
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Mike Krzyzewski made his triumphant return to campus last night, just days after leading the United States National Team to its fourth FIBA World Championship in Turkey. And despite the fact that he is now positioned to become arguably Chris the most successful national team coach ever with a gold medal in the 2012 London Games, Americans barely noticed. The news was hidden by NFL game analyses on practically all prominent sports websites, and it was viewed almost as an expected victory rather than a major accomplishment. Perhaps we didn’t pay attention because the tournament was 5,000 miles away in Turkey or because we simply weren’t willing to care about a nonOlympic international basketball tournament. But whatever the reason, we missed out on one of Krzyzewski’s greatest coaching performances ever. Team USA’s pursuit of FIBA gold was nothing short of dominant. Save a relatively meaningless group stage twopoint victory over Brazil, there was no drama, no controversy, no high intensity moments—unless you include Coach K’s snarky war of words with Russian head coach David Blatt. No, the Americans hardly broke a sweat in the tournament. They even
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While Team USA’s win over Turkey caused little stir in the US, Cusack writes that it was a big win.
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Sophomore Ryan Finley and rest of the Blue Devils play George Washington in a non-conference game tonight.
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The Blue Devils, fresh off an emotional match against Virginia, in which they battled back in the game’s final minutes to force a tie against the defending national champions, hope to continue their unbeaten streak today. They will try to accomplish that by taking a break G.W. from ACC play and hosting George vs. Washington (1-3-0) No. 8 tonight at 7 p.m. in Duke Koskinen Stadium. After playing its TUESDAY, 7 p.m. second overtime Koskinen Stadium game in eight days, No. 8 Duke (1-0-2) will try to overcome both the physical and emotional toll of the past week. Despite the difference between the No. 2 team in the country and the less-renowned Colonials, head coach John Kerr realizes the implications of this game. “There’s always problems with having a midweek game following a highly regarded match,” Kerr said. “The challenge is bringing it again because they’re going to come ready to play.” George Washington boasts a proficient attack, having scored seven goals in its past two games. It is led by striker Seth Rudolph, a sophomore who earned Atlantic 10 player of the week honors following his eight-point week, including a hat trick dur-
ing a loss against Mount St. Mary’s Saturday. Rudolph is George Washington’s leading scorer and has amassed four goals this season, but Kerr is more concerned with Duke’s play. “We have a lot of respect for what Seth has done this season, but I’m more focused on how our team performs,” he said. The Duke defense is anchored by the reigning ACC player of the week, James Belshaw. The sophomore keeper has given up only two goals all season, thanks in part to help received from a solid back line. “We returned the same back four from last season, so they have experience playing together which translates to confidence on the field,” Kerr said. On the attack, the Duke offense starts with striker Ryan Finley, who leads the Blue Devils with four goals, including some late game heroics against Virginia last weekend with a goal in the 88th minute. “Obviously every team needs a striker, and ours is Ryan,” Kerr said. “He can make things happen with the ball and provide for our other players.” The development of freshmen Jonathan Aguirre and Rob Dolot has also helped add a new dimension to the Duke offense. The continued progression for Duke’s complementary attacking players will be needed if teams focus more attention defensively on Finley. Dolot See m. soccer on page 11
Duke’s season teed off yesterday with the NCAA Fall Preview, a tournament that has been kind to the Blue Devils in the past. Just last year, Duke staged a marvelous comeback from a 10-shot deficit on the final day to steal the tournament from then-No. 1 UCLA. The Blue Devils will have to mount a similar charge if they hope to claim back-to-back crowns. Sophomore Courtney Ellenbogen was the lone player to shoot under par, finishing 2-under Monday, and Duke sits in sixth place after the first day of play, 16 shots behind first-place Georgia. The Bulldogs set a course record, shooting an 11-under 277. Georgia is one of many talented teams in the tournament. Sixteen of the 18 teams participating in this precursor to the NCAA Championships are ranked in the Golfweek preseason top25. Sophomore Lindy Duncan, however, relishes the challenge and sees the See w. golf on page 12
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Sophomore Courtney Ellenbogen was Duke’s only golfer under par yesterday after shooting a 70.
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Stadium in Tuscaloosa called a young Cutcliffe. “We’d go to church, and then I’d be out playing, like all kids in that era, and my mother would holler about five minutes till 4, and I’d come sprinting because I wanted to hear Denny Chimes,” Cutcliffe said. “The Chimes at Denny Stadium there on the quad, and that’s how the coach Bryant show started was ‘bong, bong.’ And I wanted to hear that, I didn’t want to miss it.” Cutcliffe would sit at the edge of a bed in his family’s Birmingham, Ala. home, glued to the small black-and-white TV from 4 to 5 p.m. for The “Bear” Bryant Show. At 5, he would go back outside, never even considering watching the program that followed—The Auburn Football Review with coach Ralph “Shug” Jordan. “And it’s so funny, it didn’t matter who Auburn had played, no disrespect to anybody, I was just a kid,” Cutcliffe said with a chuckle. “I’d go back out in the pasture that was down the road.” With echoes of the famous Roll Tide fight song sounding in his head, Cutcliffe would make that pasture the site of his own personal Alabama football game, starring himself as the quarterback. He would drop back to throw to his receivers, a collection of tree limbs and pine cones that each had an assigned yardage and point value. “I’d drop back, man was I accurate,” he said. “So I’d play this game that may have been played in Tuscaloosa or may have been played in Legion Field in Birmingham.” These backyard contests, along with weekly radio Alabama game broadcasts and The “Bear” Bryant Show, sustained the young Cutcliffe’s Crimson Tide passion. Even if his family was never able to take him to see the team in person. Cutcliffe’s devotion remained unflappable even as his older brother Paige signed with the University of Florida as a defensive lineman in
1963, when David was 12. David, who also played football, was a decent player by his own recount, but he wasn’t quite Alabama-caliber. That wasn’t about to keep him from being a part of Alabama, his team, which had started its march to national glory 49 years before under Wallace Wade. Both, though, wouldn’t stay in Tuscaloosa long. Undefeated, Untied, Unscored On The year was 1930. Long before Cutcliffe was playing his simulated game with tree limbs and pine cones in his Birmingham pasture, Wallace Wade was busy lifting Alabama football onto the national stage with three Southern Conference titles and two national championships during his sevenyear tenure. At the same time, Duke President William P. Few was looking for a football coach and director of athletics to integrate college sports into the university’s culture without sacrificing its emphasis on academics. So Few wrote Wade a letter, asking for his recommendation for the job, according to an article by former University archivist William E. King. Wade recommended two men and also mentioned that, if Duke was willing to wait one year for his contract at Alabama to expire, he would be interested in the position. Few did wait, and Wade shocked the college football world in 1931 when he accepted the job at Duke after leading Alabama to another undefeated season with a Rose Bowl victory and his third national championship. Soon, Wade was able to engineer Duke’s own rise to national prominence. In 16 years as coach, Wade had a record of 110 wins, 36 losses and 7 ties with six conference championships. His 1938 “Iron Duke” team was undefeated, untied and unscored upon until a gut-wrenching 7-3 loss in Duke’s first Rose Bowl game in which Southern California scored in See cutcliffe on page 11
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the last minute of play. Wade also led Duke to the Rose Bowl in 1942, which was hosted in Durham because of the attack at Pearl Harbor, the only time the game has ever been played away from California. In addition to sitting inside Cutcliffe’s office, Wade’s likeness also stands outside his own stadium in Durham and at Bryant-Denny Stadium, where both he and Cutcliffe got their start.
scored his first career goal as a Blue Devil Saturday, and Aguirre repeatedly pressured the Virginia defense with several runs leading to scoring opportunities for Duke. “Dolot has been kind of a diamond in the rough for us,” Kerr said. “He played well against Virginia, and happened to be in the right place at the right time and was able to put one in. Some players just have a knack for that.” George Washington will turn to its keeper, junior Jake Davis, to keep the Blue Devils out of the net. The Colonials have allowed 2.5 goals per game, including six in the past two, a 4-2 win over Longwood and a 4-3 loss at Mount St. Mary’s. Although Duke hopes to continue its solid start when ACC play resumes, Kerr refuses to look past Tuesday’s game. “We’re excited about the upcoming conference games, but first we have the game Tuesday. We need to take care of this one first.”
In the Shadow of a Legend Cutcliffe found his path inside the program that Wallace Wade built through the role of student assistant. He started by working with assistant coach Jack Rutledge at the dorms and used the access that came with the position to study the habits of coach Bear Bryant. He took diligent notes on Bryant’s management style and watched how he led his staff and squad. Cutcliffe still fashions his own team’s practices and weekly preparation off of lessons he learned under Bryant. “I thought he was the master of management and the master of leadership,” Cutcliffe said of his celebrated coach. “Always having a plan, trying to leave as little to chance as you can.” When asked to pick a favorite game from his time at Alabama, Cutcliffe struggled to pick only one. After narrowing it down to victories against Auburn and Tennessee, the school he would later make his name at, he focused in on one particular victory, a come-frombehind win at Legion Field in Birmingham during the 1973 national championship season. “Wilbur Jackson was my favorite player. He was a running back, and he cut back across the grain on a run, and as he was running by one of the offensive linemen, you know how you slap a guy on the bottom to just say hey?” Cutcliffe said as he slapped his own knee. “He just slapped his own offensive lineman on the bottom as he went by on the way to score.”
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Sophomore James Belshaw has only allowed two goals all year, while saving 21. He currently has an 0.63 goals against average.
Restoring a Program Back in his office, Cutcliffe turned his attention to the field at Wallace Wade Stadium. “Wallace Wade Stadium deserves this game,” he said. Then he turned to the bronzed bust behind him. “You see him, he’s got his eyes on it. Everything I can tell, Wallace Wade made the statement that he thought academic and athletic excellence should go hand-in-hand. What better way to celebrate this game and his namesake stadium, so I’m excited about that, I really am.” Cutcliffe understands that Duke does not presently share the same passion for football that exists at Alabama. Occasionally, he chases people off his beloved field, wishing the community gave more respect to his place of work. He understands it will take time to build a winning football culture at Duke. He’s willing to lay the groundwork, one game at a time. “They would put you in jail if they caught you in Bryant-Denny Stadium on the field,” he said. “Call it what you want to, it is what it is, it’s considered revered ground. There are a lot of people that I understand don’t get that. But it’s okay for us to educate in that regard.”
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Bereft of many of the stars that made up the Redeem Team, the Americans still easily won the FIBA Championship. statistically overpowered their opponents almost as much as the Redeem Team did in 2008, despite playing without many of the stars that made the trip to Beijing. 2008 stats: 8-0 record, average scoring differential of plus-28, and an average of 106 points scored per game while giving up 78. 2010 stats: 9-0 record, average scoring differential of plus-25, 93 points scored per game, 68 points given up. The obvious difference between the two teams lies in their offensive numbers. But consider the roster turnover that took place between the tournaments. Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant and LeBron
James took the summer off this year, and were replaced by a less talented trio of Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry and Eric Gordon. Two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard also sat out. He was filled in by power forward Lamar Odom, who is not even a starting center on his NBA team. And who’s to blame the NBA’s biggest stars for skipping the tournament? Every year the national team is left to choose between two equally unappealing choices: win, and return home to a country where the achievement is met with a mix of malaise and entitlement, or lose, and incur the
wrath of a horde of nitpicky sportswriters and reinvigorated fans. The success that America has had in international play has been reflected the level its fans at home care about the tournament. Over the 60 years of the FIBA Championships’ existence, the United States has only won the tournament one more time than the former Yugoslavia and Soviet Union, while winning 11 gold medals during that span, far and away the most of any country. Consider that most European countries care more about a FIBA win than Olympic gold in basketball, and the win this weekend is even more impressive. True, Krzyzewski had Kevin Durant. But the rest of the roster was a rag-tag bunch of internationally inexperienced players, excluding Odom and the 33-year-old Chauncey Billups. Although having Durant meant the team had a go-to scorer, the past has proven that one big star cannot bring home a title. In 2002, George Karl and Paul Pierce engaged in an infamous feud that sank the USA to sixth place in the first and only World Championship on American soil. 2006 saw more of the same, as Coach K earned just a bronze medal in his national team head coaching debut, with a squad that featured budding superstars James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Howard. And even with a team of youngsters, European teams still hold a notable advantage in energy. Americans play an 82game, seven-month regular season—the longest in all major sports, not including the two-month playoff mini-season—while the Spanish League teams have a 34-game regular season, and Italian Serie A clubs play just 28. Most other European leagues play their seasons in a similar fashion. By the time the World Championships roll around, they have played enough to be at the height of their skill, not run down. When combined with raucous home fans, Europe’s teams were formidable. America’s win in Turkey was more impressive than we realized. But that fact likely won’t settle in until Coach K takes the international stage again in 2012.
w. golf from page 9 Preview as a good barometer for success this season. “[It’s] our first tournament, [so] we get to see where everybody’s at and what we need to improve on,” Duncan said. “And with the competition, it’s probably our biggest tournament.” Duncan and senior Kim Donovan will lead a talented group for the Blue Devils this season, and will have to make up for the loss of graduated senior Alison Whitaker. Joining the two leaders are Ellenbogen and highlytouted freshmen Laetitia Beck and Alejandra Cangrejo, both of whom edged out sophomore Stacey Kim in tournament qualifying. With six interchangeable starters this year, head coach Dan Brooks is expecting low scores across the board, no matter whom he brings to play. “I would be excited to have any five of the six in the lineup at any time. I wish I could take them all,” Brooks said. “It’s a mature group too—they’re all going to fight hard [to earn a spot in the lineup].” If the level of competition were not enough, the Traditions Club course is one of the most demanding layouts of the year. The 6,271-yard Jack Nicklaus design uses the natural landscape to its full potential and puts a premium on accuracy from tee to green. Notorious for his attention to detail, Nicklaus-designed golf courses typically put an emphasis on placement, severely punishing wayward shots. Nearly every landing zone off the tee is well guarded by bunkers, and the many creeks and wetlands that dot the Traditions Club track could pose a problem for Duke, given that the Blue Devils have only had a few weeks of practice to prepare. “It’s a lot of golf course. It’s got some tightness about it. It’s got a lot of hazards, and it takes some thinking. This is definitely a course that we want to go to the Preview for,” Brooks said.
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certainly valid and necessary information for all students to be able to access readily, whether one attends a private university, public school or community college. And just as students should not choose courses solely based on textbook prices, professors should not alter their entire curriculum because they are afraid to give students sticker shock. This is unlikely to be the case because most professors do not currently consider the cost of the books they assign, according to Yale professor Ian Ayres. “For the first time, some professors will have to confront the marginal price of taking their course during the very process of creating their course syllabus,” Ayres wrote in a recent op-ed in
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hat do I, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Wesley that tell me about their kids, their health and Snipes and Adam Sandler all have in com- their lives and take the time out of their days to mon? Despite the fact that I’m not a celeb- ask me how I’m doing. Rude. rity (yet), the four of us share a bond that exceeds And what about the blaring music at four in their experiences with notoriety and the morning, or the drinking paparazzi: Me, Hillary, Wes and Adam games that get you on the verge of were—or in my case, am—Residential alcohol poisoning? You wake up Assistants on our college campuses. in the morning with a hangover Yes; as of this year, I was inducted into and remnants of memories from the exclusive club of RAs all around the the “raaager last night” while your world. From the socially awkward RAs neighbors, on the other hand, who avert their residents’ eyes to the tossed and turned all night and promiscuous RAs who get a little too maybe even resorted to ear plugs metty fisseha cozy with their hall mates, I am to find just to fall asleep. Not to mention i’m just saying my place among this crew of campus the numerous times students have leaders as “Metty, the (fill in adjective had to be taken to the emergency here) RA.” room where they are pumped with IV fluids beAnd it’s not easy. I’ve spent three years at Duke cause of alcohol abuse. I know you’re probably as a normal, work hard, party harder (emphasis thinking, “It’s a college campus... it happens,” on the harder) student. People know me for my right? Right. But guess who gets to deal with it? I carefree demeanor, outgoing personality and, to do—as did Hillary, Wesley and Adam. be honest, occasional bouts of extreme I-don’tAnd I’m not complaining. It’s my job. But before it want-to-leave-my-bed-today laziness. What’s all that was my job, I had no glimpse into the life of an RA— got to do with my new job? Well, a lot, actually. no idea how my college experience was so intricately For one, I don’t want to be the RA who’s a hot entwined into the life of someone who was hired to mess on Saturday nights dancing on top of the moderate it. Allow me to let you all in on the one big bar at Shooters. Funny memories for me and my secret that I learned after several weeks on the job and friends... not so great of an impression on my resi- countless hours of RA training. Drum roll please... dents who are still getting to know me. Nor do I The big secret is this: RAs matter. Personally, want a resident of mine walking by my room to I remember all of the three RAs I’ve had since hear one of my friends yell out, “That’s so gay! I freshman year at Duke, and I can trace a fundacan’t believe you’re taking that class!” and have mental memory from each year back to my RA at the perception that their RA is in the slightest bit the time in some way, shape or form. Try it—all unsupportive of the LGBT community. I’m real- those random pizza/ice cream parties in the comizing that as an RA, we not only need to foster mon rooms. And the concert tickets you got for tolerant communities, but we must also serve as free. And the endless advice on majors, schedulthe first source of support for residents who need ing and life. Yep, somewhere in all that is an RA. guidance in a variety of issues, whether those is- Let’s face it: by the end of the year, your RA will sues are related to their sexual orientation or any- have finagled his or her way into your life at Duke, thing else they might be experiencing and want to and maybe even beyond, in such a way that you discuss in confidence. will forevermore see them and think, “That’s my As for those lazy lounging around in bed days: RA!” Isn’t that crazy? And all I thought I had to do I have staff meetings, programs and on-call shifts was hold the pager once in a while... FALSE. that require physical and mental attendance. While I didn’t go into this job knowing the imBut it’s not bad—as a matter of fact, the past mense impact I would have, it thrills me to think three weeks of being an RA have been exciting of the relationships that I have yet to develop eye-openers for me. For one, my coworkers, with my residents. Plus, the perks of being an RA bosses and residents are all fantastic people. But are endless, from the countless boxes of leftover more than that, I’m beginning to understand goodies to the excuse of, “I’m an RA,” when awkwhy some of the dumb things that college stu- wardly introducing yourself to a student in your dents do are really, really dumb. Like puking in quad. It’s pretty sweet. So go out on a limb: stop public. It is easy to disrespect people you have by your RA’s room, greet them by name on the no connection to, but it makes me much more plaza or just hug your RA once in a while. You’d conscious of the impact of people’s actions be surprised how much we’d like it. when I know the housekeepers by name and am starting to make friends with them. The same Metty Fisseha is a Trinity senior. Her column runs people who clean up your vomit are the ones every Tuesday.
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arly this month, after a proposed only on minority groups, but also on the mosque in New York and an en- very people we look to for protection— suing threat to burn the Koran our leaders. Bruce Feiler, the author entered the midst of our anxiety, one most recently of “America’s Prophet: of the emblematic figures How the Story of Moof a former national parases Shaped America,” noia—communism—weltracks this phenomecomed our scrutiny. Fidel non to the present day Castro invited a member in an online opinion of the American press to piece for FOXNews, Havana last week. The published in August. lucky beneficiary of CasWhen Americans tro’s hospitality was Jeffrey feared Catholicism, eliza french Goldberg of The Atlantic, opponents of Presije ne sais quoi who apparently won Casdent Lincoln fueled tro’s admiration for his the rumor he was recent article about tensions between Catholic. When anti-Semitism peaked Iran and Israel. in 1940, many Americans believed PresGoldberg chronicles his time in ident FDR was Jewish. (And let’s not Cuba on his Atlantic blog with a be- forget McCarthyism, when everyone in mused tone, fully cognizant of the a position of power, from Washington, bizarre circumstance. He includes a D.C. to Hollywood, was blacklist pograiny snapshot of himself with Fidel tential.) Feiler cites the Pew Research Castro (and Celia Guevara, dolphin Center finding that about one in five veterinarian and daughter of the late Americans think the current president revolutionary) on their trip to the Ha- is Muslim as part of this consistent patvana Aquarium to see “the best dolphin tern in irrationality. show in the world.” We serially conflate unfamiliar naGoldberg identifies Castro as tionalities, religions and ideologies, “the guy who looks like Fidel if Fidel merging them into an overarching sushopped at L.L. Bean.” Indeed, Fidel per-nemesis, fighting the internal battle sits next to Goldberg, sporting a beard between what we rationally know and that could be construed as outdoorsy what we fearfully believe. Now, in the rather than comrade-chic, along with midst of persistent anti-Muslim anxiety all-American blue jeans and a red flan- perpetuated by misinformation and nel shirt that look sturdy enough to misunderstanding, we remain mired in come with L.L. Bean’s 100 percent sat- the same self-defeating mindset. isfaction guarantee. Given the reality of current world afOf course, the headline wasn’t Fi- fairs, the intensity of our fears may be del’s penchant for flannel, but instead warranted. his admission that, “The Cuban model The scope of our fear, however, has doesn’t even work for us anymore.” As once again grown beyond the scale of CNN reported, he later reneged on the reason. True, our world does not alimplications of the unexpected state- ways make sense. But our best line of ment when he spoke this past Friday at defense has always been our common the University of Havana, claiming that sense, and we have often failed to exalthough not misquoted, he was mis- ercise it. interpreted. Castro has yet to qualify Those of us privileged enough to be another admission of regrettable be- at universities are perfectly positioned havior: his incendiary role in the 1962 to re-connect with the long-lost sense of Cuban missile crisis. He said of the in- reason. We have innumerable ways to cident, “After I’ve seen what I’ve seen, access wide-ranging resources on everyand knowing what I know now, it wasn’t thing from current affairs to their hisworth it all.” torical roots. And we have our profesNow that American fear of Fidel is sors to question and our peers to push an artifact as outdated as skinny ties us beyond the edge of our one-sided and IBM Selectric typewriters, it is easy perspectives. for us to laugh at the eccentricities We should also remember that the of an aging former world leader. The nature of our everyday lives constitutes worst of our fears surrounding him, the fears of other nations, equally as his country and his political ideology alien to us as we are to them. Goldnever materialized. We have seen the berg’s crack about Fidel Castro shopeconomic disadvantages his stubborn ping at L.L. Bean brings a smirk to policies created in his country. We have readers’ lips because it introduces the watched him age, weaken with illness possibility that someone once opaquely and, in 2008, officially concede author- perceived as a threat to our society now ity to his brother, Raul. participates in a familiar and—as we Although communism re-emerges see it—completely benign act that susfrom time to time out of politicians’ tains our capitalism on a basic level. For rhetoric of fear, it has largely lost its every aspect of a foreign culture that sohold on our collective psyche, long licits our uniformed suspicion, at least since replaced with the contemporary one corresponding element of our own boogey man of fundamentalist Islam. culture seems as dubious to those living The emergence of each new fear ini- across the globe. tiates the same cyclical hysteria about Even Fidel can admit that he might new demographic groups and the unfa- have been wrong. Now it’s our turn. By miliar ideologies they might subscribe owning up to the most recent of our to. As Nicholas D. Kristoff reminds us centuries-long history of cultural misin his Sept. 4 New York Times column, conceptions, we might compel others this “[s]uspicion of outsiders, of people to realize they have made similar miswho behave or worship differently... has takes about us. led us to burn witches, intern JapaneseAmericans, and turn away Jewish refuEliza French is a Trinity senior. Her colgees from the Holocaust.” umn runs every other Tuesday. We misplace these myriad fears, not
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Hoping for the end Hate and fear are alive on this campus. actually happened from November 2009 unJustin Robinette, the former chair of the til now in the DCR executive board. Neither Duke College Republicans, provided the organization has access to sufficient informaDuke Student Government Senate Wednes- tion to warrant a full de-chartering. day with a 30-page complaint The only one of Robinette’s against the College Repubreplies I have been able to oblicans, alleging harassment tain dates from immediately and discrimination because prior to his impeachment and of his sexual orientation. the subject is a meeting held by The e-mails included as the rest of the DCR executive evidence are horrifying. board without his knowledge. They include extremely Robinette promises that he derogatory references to gregory morrison will survive the impeachment Jews, African-Americans, gay vote because he “could count finish the thought 50 members of the Duke Colpeople and the LGBT Center. The e-mails include links lege Republicans outside of to pornography and contain explicit sexual the executive board who would come flockstatements—which can only be described as ing like they saw Rafiki lift up Simba on the deliberately derogatory. motherf—ing Pride Rock when asked to DCR chair at the time, Carter Boyle is al- come and speak” on his behalf. leged to have described to Robinette in one We know how that turned out. e-mail “masturbation involving a plastic vaThe release of further (unedited) docugina called a ‘fleshlight’” which Boyle said ments, from both sides, can only help the he purchased and owned, and told Robin- cause of justice. ette he should “try it” to see “what a vagina The Senate also lacks the truth. The Senactually felt like.” ate is not a fact-finding body. It does not There are documents that suggest van- place people under oath and cannot subdalism, trespassing and death threats, too. poena information. Robinette would like a written apology from The DSG Judiciary, which does have those the authors quoted above to himself and to any powers, consistently holds that it “does not others who were “threatened, blackmailed or see any organizational discrimination [on peppered with depraved or discriminatory the part of DCR] on the basis of the sexual comments.” He absolutely deserves one. orientation of the plaintiff [Robinette].” The persistent, hateful harassment docuThe Senate’s censure of The Daily Tar mented in Robinette’s complaint filed with Heel, the condemnation of intolerance the DSG Judiciary and presented to the Sen- and stricter provisions requiring all student ate last week makes me physically sick. group constitutions to have non-discriminaAnd the documents made the Senate tion clauses and provisions for free and fair sick too. elections represent appropriate and suffiThe Senate moved by the requisite two- cient action on this matter on the part of thirds majority to de-charter DCR and to student government. suspend all its funding. The Judiciary almost perfectly outlines Those votes were acts of solidarity, the the next steps regarding the new material objection of men and women of good will submitted by Robinette, writing: “The juristo hatred and intolerance. diction of the Duke Student Government But the motion to de-charter should not Judiciary [or of the DSG Senate] does not inhave passed. clude criminal offenses such as death threats DSG President Mike Lefevre’s veto of the or allegations of criminal behavior by indimotion to de-charter is a necessary check vidual students that are unrelated to their caon hasty and ill-considered Senate action. pacities as leaders of student organizations; Why hasty and ill considered? alleged offenses such as these are handled Because the Senate lacks context. by other investigative bodies including, for And they lack the ability to find the truth. example, the Duke University Police DepartThe DCR troubles began before last April. ment and the Office of Student Conduct.” The First Coup centered on the Duke Student group elections and finances? Political Union, an organization whose stat- That’s for your student government. ed aim, according to its description under Harassment, vandalism, death threats? the Duke Groups directory, is to “cultivate That’s for the administration, the police and facilitate political dialogue and culture and the civil courts. on campus.” Serious disagreements existed Robinette and his co-plaintiffs need to within DCR ranks as to the degree DCR seek redress from those institutions. participation in DPU—specifically collaboRobinette wrote to me in an e-mail that, ration with Duke Democrats—was accept- “the administration should never have asked able. Former DCR chair and then-DCR Ex- students to govern this type of thing. It ecutive Director Vikram Srinivasan served should have been something private, where as Co-President of DPU with Duke Demo- safety was a greater concern and everyone crats President Ben Bergmann. Srinivasan did not abdicate their responsibilities of enand his supporters were ousted in a power forcing the policies and stipulations Duke struggle led by Robinette and Cliff Satell, has already put in place.” who was then DCR vice chair. Amen. Amen. Amen. At this point, the DSG executive board Continued lobbying for the disbandbegan monitoring the situation. ment of the College Republicans, especially The Second Coup was the impeachment after the recent resignations of Robinette’s of Robinette on the grounds of what seem chief persecutors and despite how symbolito be trumped-up charges. And The Purge cally significant it may be to the campus which followed saw the departure of all of LGBT community, no longer seems like the Robinette’s supporters from the DCR ex- pursuit of justice. ecutive board. It’s the pursuit of vengeance. Little attention is paid to The First Coup Your student government has made it against Srinivasan—who was behind it, how amply clear already that students do not tolit happened and why. If you want to look erate discrimination. Though its intention for constitutional shenanigans and the fix- is good, the Senate’s vote to de-charter is illing of votes, I’d start there. suited recompense. Second: Robinette and his co-plaintiffs Now is the time for our administration to provide many documents sent to them. Al- step up and see appropriate justice rendered. most totally absent, however, are their replies. Without the e-mails sent from RobinGregory Morrison is a Trinity senior. His colette et al., neither the DSG Judiciary nor the umn runs every Tuesday. Senate can form an accurate picture of what
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MUSIC. Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme]. Dan Ruccia, dir. Music by Iain Hamilton, David Kirkland Garner/Alex Kotch & more. 12 noon. Biddle Music Bldg. Lobby. Free. MUSIC. John Brown Trio. Featuring Cyrus Chestnut & Adonis Rose. Recording Release Concert. 8pm. Reynolds Industries Theater. $20 Gen., $15 Sr. Cit., $5 students.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Saturday, September 18
MASTERCLASS. Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti. 12 noon. The Ark Dance Studio. Free. MUSIC. Concertango: Latin-American Music for Flute and Other Instruments. RebeccaTroxler, Alma Coefman, and others. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.
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MUSIC. Rare Music. Piano Talk with Richard Ruggero. 4pm, Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free. FILM. The Glass House. Four girls strive to pull themselves out of the margins at a one-of-a-kind rehabilitation center in Tehran. With Hamid Rahmanian, dir. 7pm. CDS Aud. Free.
DANCE. Resurrection from the Rubble. Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti. Internationally recognized dance troupe of orphans, former street children and child slaves in Haiti. 4pm. Reynolds Theater. $10 Gen., $5 Students.
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