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FRIday, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 22
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DUKE vs ARMY
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After loss to Alabama, Duke takes on Army by Dan Ahrens THE CHRONICLE
Though the schedule says that Duke will play Army Saturday, the Blue Devils will really battle two opponents. In addition to the Black Knights, Duke’s players will face the challenge of overcoming the remnants of the 62-13 drubbing they received at the hands of No. 1 Alabama last weekend. “We played against the number one team,” freshman Josh Snead said. “They dominated us in all phases of the game, but we feel like with some of the stuff we did we improved a little bit.” Snead and the rest of the Blue Devils (1-2) will get a chance to show that improvement in Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Snead in particular has built some nice momentum for the game, after running for 83 yards, at an average of nearly six yards a carry, against the Crimson Tide. “With my great offensive line we prepared really well to run the ball,” Snead said. “I did a great job of seeing where the cuts were and how to handle certain movements in the line that I can prepare for the rest of the season.” Against Army (2-1), running the ball will be a huge key to success. Snead, Desmond Scott and the rest of Duke’s stable of backs will need to be effective in order to keep the Black Knights’ run-option offense off the field. Army’s unique scheme could make that difficult, however. The Black Knights favor the Bear-flex defense, an aggressive scheme aimed at stopping the run game. See army on page 12
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Last year, Duke beat Army 35-19 in West Point. Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils will try to take down the Golden Knights again.
War and Peace Columbia prof. gives a lecture on analyzing war after the fact, PAGE 3
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Members of improv comedy show “Whose Line Is It Anyway” perform in Page Auditorium Thursday in an event hosted by Duke University Union.
academic council
Admins present formal financial update by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE
Top administrators expressed confidence Thursday that the University will be able to eliminate its remaining $40 million budget deficit in the next two years. Provost Peter Lange and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask provided faculty members with an update on the University’s financial climate at the first Academic Council meeting of the Fall semester. Most of the presentation re-emphasized information President Richard Brodhead sent by e-mail to faculty and staff Wednesday regarding the state of the endowment and budget deficit. The administrators reported that the endowment saw a 13.2 percent return for fiscal year 2009-2010, which
ended June 30, and that the University still has to cut about $40 million. “It is important that it is a better outcome than we anticipated because all of the budget cuts that we anticipate are based on projections,” Lange said regarding the positive endowment return. Donations to the University increased by 15 percent from last year to $345 million, which Lange called a “partial recovery of fund-raising.” Most giving, however, came from oneyear cash returns and not long-term pledges, Lange added. Since implementing budget reforms last year, the University has reduced its annual budget by about $60 million, See council on page 5
Atwater sentenced to life in prison The man who admitted to killing former UNC student body president Eve Carson was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Demario Atwater, 24, pleaded guilty in April to five federal charges including kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death. Atwater’s plea allowed him to avoid the death penalty at the federal level. Along with Laurence Lovette, Atwater is accused Demario Atwater of kidnapping and murdering the 22-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student in March 2008. In addition to being sentenced to life in prison, Atwater was ordered
to pay more than $212,000 in restitution if he is ever released. Federal District Court Judge James Beatty, though, noted that such a release is highly unlikely, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported. Atwater and Lovette, 19, allegedly kidnapped Carson from her Chapel Hill home early in the morning of March 5, 2008. Investigators say the two men commandeered Carson’s SUV and forced her to withdraw $1,400 from several ATMs. Police say the two men then shot her five times and dumped her body at the intersection of Hillcrest Circle and Hillcrest Road in Chapel Hill. At his sentencing, Atwater looked directly at Carson’s parents, who were seated in the front row of the Winston-Salem courtroom, and apol-
ONTHERECORD
“If[...] and a review of death and injury statistics are at all telling, the regional antipathy held towards cyclists is staggering.”
—Pathology Professor Thomas Sporn in “Videre quam esse.” See column page 15
ogized, according to The (Raleigh) News & Observer. “I’m sorry for everything that’s happened,” he said, according to the paper. “No matter what the court did today it would be far from anything I should receive.” The Carsons declined to speak, the paper reported. Lovette, Atwater’s alleged accomplice, is being charged with murder, kidnapping and robbery in Orange County. He will not face the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of Carson’s death. He is also accused of robbing and murdering Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato at Mahato’s off-campus apartment in Durham in January 2008. Lovette faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for both killings. —from staff reports
Career Center receives influx of freshmen, Page 4