October 13, 2010 issue

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 33

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Student victim More incidents, more education of attempted As intensity of drinking rises, admins aim for ‘cultural shift’ armed robbery

Drinking at duke: part 1

by Sanette Tanaka

by Joanna Lichter

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When Tom Szigethy came to Duke in 2008, alcohol seemed to dominate the social scene. Two years later, some measures suggest that little has changed—and the situation may have gotten worse.

University and police statistics show that alcohol-related incidents have increased over the past several years. But Szigethy, associate dean and director of the Duke Student Wellness Center, said Duke has increased discussions and education regarding the risks of drinking, which should eventually reduce alcohol’s detrimental effects on campus.

“I am always hesitant when people judge success based on the number of 911 calls made,” he said. “When I got here, you were not seeing as many students and professionals coming together. Now, everyone is starting to talk about the issue openly.”

Alcohol-related calls to services have increased this academic year—to 45 from 37 as of Oct. 1, said Duke University Police Chief John Dailey.

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Price, Lawson vie for House seat in midterm election

Mediation date set for lawsuit over legal fees

by Ciaran O’Connor

from Staff Reports

When Durham residents—along with the Duke students that make it to the polls—pull back the curtain to vote for their congressional representative Nov. 2, they will choose between two opposing visions of economic recovery.

This fall’s race for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District—which includes Durham and Chapel Hill as well as portions of Raleigh—is a rematch of the 2008 contest, in which Democratic Rep. David Price defended his seat against Republican challenger B.J. Lawson, Engineering ’96 and Medicine ’00. Although it appears by most estimations that Price will again prevail, a sagging economy coupled with anti-incumbent sentiment may make the race more tightly contested.

Price, who has served 11 terms in the House of Representatives, believes that Congress must press forward in its

Duke and AIG have set a mediation date in an effort to settle a lawsuit regarding the University’s expenses linked to the lacrosse case.

The University is seeking to recover costs from the National Union Fire Insurance Co., a unit of the American International Group insurance corporation, tied to confidential settlements with the former lacrosse coach and three former players, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

“The parties are hopeful that they will be able to resolve this dispute at the November 4 mediation and have agreed that it is preferable to avoid incurring significant expenses,” according to the motion filed Friday in federal court.

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A female student was held up shortly after 2 a.m.

Saturday on East Campus but fled the scene before the suspect could steal her belongings.

The student was walking near Jarvis Residence Hall when the suspect approached her, said he had a gun and demanded her purse, said Duke Police Chief John Dailey. The suspect walked her to the side of the residence hall near Campus Drive, where the student was then able to flee. No injuries were reported.

The student described the suspect as a stocky Hispanic male in his 20s between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-6 inches, according to a DukeAlert sent by e-mail and text message at approximately 5 a.m. Saturday. At the time of the incident, the suspect was wearing American Eagle apparel including a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a green baseball cap.

Dailey said DUPD is actively investigating the incident. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said the University is providing support to the student.

“This is one of those occurrences where there is really no unique safety upgrade that would resolve this,” Moneta said.

The incident has been recorded as first degree kidnapping, armed robbery and assault on a female, according to DUPD’s website.

A person is guilty of first-degree kidnapping if the individual kidnapped “either was not released by the defendant in a safe place or had been seriously injured or sexually assaulted,” according to North Carolina general statutes.

The DukeAlert was sent as part of the federal Clery Act, which requires DUPD to provide timely crime alerts to members of the Duke community. The last DukeAlert was sent Jul. 24 in the search for a suspect linked with an off-campus robbery.

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A female student was the victim of an attempted robbery near Jarvis Dormitory on East Campus by a man who said he had a gun.

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“I’m hoping for a future at Duke where it’s OK for students to be in the ROTC program and to be out.”

­—Blue Devils United President Ollie Wilson. See story page 3

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OUE changes titles to reflect broader duties

by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

Administrators announced changes to the structure of the Office of Undergraduate Education last week to account for the fact that undergraduates are involved in more than just Trinity or Pratt.

Although all undergraduates receive degrees from Trinity College of Arts and Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering, they can research and enroll in courses in any of Duke’s schools, such as the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Sanford School of Public Policy in addition to participating in programs like the Winter Forum. The changes will increase the role of the Office of Undergraduate Education and attempt to promote more collaborative learning experiences across schools.

The restructuring is part of a review of the undergraduate education experience launched in 2007 when Steve Nowicki was appointed dean and vice provost of undergraduate education.

As part of the changes, at the end of the academic year the school will retire the title of “Dean of Trinity College,” a position currently held in conjunction with the dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences position. The University is in the process of filling the latter position, which is now held by Alvin Crumbliss, interim dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and dean of Trinity College.

Instead, Nowicki will “take on a new and enhanced strategic role” in developing the undergraduate experience across

schools, according to a memo sent to deans and senior leaders Oct. 8.

“I think it’s a natural evolution we have been working on for several years,” Lange said in an interview Tuesday. “We had a couple of task forces of how to better integrate all aspects of the undergraduate experience.

This is the next step in that process.”

Many of these changes aim to foster an interdisciplinary spirit at the University, as outlined in the 2006 strategic plan, “Making a Difference.” The memo noted that the “responsibility for undergraduate education transcends the boundaries of our current school structure.”

The positions were last separate in 2008 when George McLendon served as the dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and Robert Thompson was the dean of Trinity College. When Thompson retired in August 2008, McLendon assumed both roles.

Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs of Trinity College, is now also associate vice provost for undergraduate education. He reports directly to Nowicki and Crumbliss.

“My job will just be trying to align the priorities of Arts and Sciences with the priorities of Undergraduate Education,” Baker said. “I am not sure much will change, but I think it will give me a direct line of reporting to Steve, whereas that wasn’t crystal clear before.”

Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate education, also received a promotion to associate vice provost for undergraduate education, according to a Tuesday Duke news release.

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Administrators and student leaders said a thriving ROTC program and support for gay rights can exist sideby-side on Duke’s campus, despite a national debate over the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ debate sparks discussion on campuses

by Samantha Brooks THE CHRONICLE

The military’s ban on openly gay service members received a significant challenge yesterday in California.

The injunction of the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips will discontinue the enforcement of the policy and subsequently cease all pending discharge cases stemming from the ban. The U.S. Department of Justice, however, still has 60 days to appeal the decision to issue the injunction.

The policy recently sparked debate

at Harvard University when the school’s president spoke out against the U.S. Senate’s decision to not repeal the ban.

President Drew Faust said the university will not host a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program until the ban is repealed.

Despite Harvard’s opposition to the program, Duke administrators say its engagement with the ROTC does not reflect its position on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Duke offers ROTC programs under the Air Force, Army See rotc on page 5

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Durham Habitat turns 25, builds 250th home Service will

by Ashley Mooney THE CHRONICLE

This month, Habitat for Humanity of Durham is celebrating its 25th anniversary and the construction of more than 250 homes in the Durham area.

Habitat for Humanity provides lowincome families with affordable, safe and decent housing, free of interest.

Since its foundation in 1985, Habitat for Humanity of Durham has grown steadily. It competed construction on its first house in 1987 and proceeded to finish its first 100 houses by 2000, according to the organization’s website.

The effort combats housing issues in the county, where foreclosure starts were up 16 percent January to August

2010 compared to last year, The Herald Sun reported.

“Habitat House is not a giveaway program,” said Jeanette Stoltzfus, communications manager of Durham Habitat. “[Habitat] is the builder as well as the banker, it works with its homeowners.”

Rather than giving out homes, the organization works in conjunction with the community. Families receiving the homes are required to put in “sweat equity” hours during which they help with construction and attend budgeting classes. Recipients of homes are also expected to maintain steady employment, according to the website.

Many of the homes are concentrated in the neighborhoods surrounding Duke,

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Habitat also creates significant relationships within Durham.

“I think Habitat has been one of those social services in Durham that has made an enormous contribution to bringing people together of all types, sizes and socioeconomic levels because everybody understands homeownership and the difference it makes in the community,” said Sam Miglarese, director of community engagement at Duke.

Duke Habitat for Humanity, a student group, works closely with Durham Habitat. More than 100 Duke students are currently involved with Duke Habitat and do everything from working at builds to tutoring the children of homeowners.

Junior Annelise Mesler, co-president of Duke Habitat, noted the importance of students getting involved on the local scale and creating relationships with the Durham community.

“We’re all neighbors, and neighbors help one another,” Mesler said. “Habitat helps bridge that gap between Duke’s campus and Durham.”

Besides raising awareness for housing issues and community involvement, Duke Habitat tries to fund and build a new house every other year. The build for its newest house kicked off Oct. 2.

But as the need for affordable housing grows, Habitat continues to look for more assistance.

“There’s always room for more volunteers, for more ideas,” Stolzfus said.

“There’s always room for somebody to get involved.”

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Prepaid taxi cards will aim to make getting around Durham even more convenient.

Duke will sponsor Taxi On Demand, a national company that sells prepaid taxi cards that are accepted by thousands of companies across the country. Cards will be available in increments of $35, $50, $100 and $200, according to the company’s website.

Sophomore Chris Brown, Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services, is coordinating the effort between local cab companies and Taxi On Demand. A couple of students have already tried the service, and DSG is planning on selling the prepaid cards on campus during parents’ weekend Oct. 22-24, he said.

“The idea behind this service is that these funds on the taxi card can only be used for taxis, so it provides a safety net,” Brown said.

“If I have the card in my wallet, even if I don’t have any cash, I will always be able to get from place to place with a safe ride.”

Durham’s Best Cab Company is the official partner for the initiative, but the cards can be accepted by any card company that accepts Discover cards. Detailed information is available on DSG’s website, Brown said.

Brown hopes that once the project expands, groups such as fraternities and selective living See taxi cards on page 7

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rotc from page 3 and Navy, all of which currently adhere to the policy.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, said that at Duke, embracing the military and supporting gay rights are not mutually exclusive.

Schoenfeld noted that although Duke has a strong military presence on campus, there are also University officials who still side strongly against the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

For example, Bruce Kuniholm, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy and a former U.S. Marine, was one of nine academics to sign a letter sent to the House of Representatives and the Senate calling for the law’s repeal in May, Schoenfeld said.

“I don’t see [Faust’s statement] becoming an issue at Duke,” Schoenfeld said. “Regardless of the debate over the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ [policy], there is an equally strong respect for the role of ROTC on campus and its historic position at Duke.”

Lieutenant Valerie VanHo, a visiting professor for the Naval ROTC program and Grad ’10, said that all ROTC programs must “fall under the guidelines of the rest of the military,” but declined to comment further on the policy.

Despite the ROTC’s compliance with the ban of openly gay members, junior Ollie Wilson, president of Blue Devils United, said he and other members of the gay community do not feel any animosity toward students active in the program.

On Duke’s campus, those in support of the law’s repeal have found ways to demonstrate their objections without

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ostracizing ROTC students, Wilson said.

On the day of the Senate’s vote to repeal the law, students demonstrated in front of the bus stop by asking peers to call their senators, he said.

“I’m hoping for a future at Duke where it’s OK for students to be in the ROTC program and to be out,” he said. “It’s important to separate the ROTC program and the University from the students within it.... I think when looking to repeal ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ it’s more effective to go after the reason the policy exists in the first place; mainly the Pentagon, Senate, House and Congress.”

Wilson added that although it is undesirable that gay members of ROTC must hide their sexual preferences, banning the program would do more harm than good to the school’s environment.

“The ROTC Program gives so much back to the University,” he said. “In an ideal world the University would be able to force the ROTC program not to uphold ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ but unfortunately it can’t.”

Sophomore Evan Halton, an Army ROTC service member, said that apart from the differences that stem from the ban, ROTC students and members of the gay community were more alike than students often realize. When an ROTC member admits to being openly gay the issue is handled “very sensitively” and investigated by “highly trained personnel.” Overall, the Duke community is one of the most supportive top-tier universities in the country, he added.

“Students chose to join [each group] because they both believe in equality and freedom,” Halton said. “At the most essential level, the two are probably more similar to each other than they are to the rest of the student body.”

aig from page 1 In April 2007, Attorney General Roy Cooper dismissed all charges against the lacrosse players accused of rape by a woman hired as an exotic dancer at a March 2006 party. Duke entered a settlement with three team members in June 2007, two months after they were exonerated.

Initially, AIG claimed it should not have to pay for settlement costs because Duke did not inform the company of the private agreements. AIG said the University violated its contract by not disclosing the settlement to the company until after it occurred. But Duke said it was legally

restricted from sharing this information because of the settlement’s confidentiality clause.

Duke had purchased policies protecting the school and some of its administrators from legal fees, according to the University’s November 2008 complaint filed against AIG. AIG had previously offered $5 million to Duke, Joseph O’Neil, an attorney at Peabody & Arnold LLP in Boston, Mass. involved in the defense, said in December 2008.

The University and AIG made the Oct. 8 statements as part of a pre-trial request for a 60-day extension to finish discovery, or the exchange of evidence.

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Alcohol policy violations have also experienced fluctuating growth since 2003. According to statistics from the Office of Student Conduct, there were 390 alcohol policy violations in 2008-2009, 173 of which warranted formal disciplinary action against individual students. There were 159 such incidents in the 2007-2008 academic year and 47 in 2006-2007.

“A cultural shift” Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek, who has worked at the University for the past 37 years, said the number of student drinkers has been fairly consistent over the years but the intensity of drinking has increased. As a result, in recent years Duke has experienced more assaults, injuries, noise and property damage, she said.

Approximately 68 percent of Duke students reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days, according to the 2009 National College Health Assessment survey. Nearly 40 percent of Duke student drinkers consumed five or more drinks in a row, at least once in the past two weeks. Binge

drinking is defined as consuming five or more drinks in one sitting for men, and four or more for women.

Duke students seem to drink and binge at about the same rates as college students nationwide. According to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 63.9 percent of college students classified themselves as current drinkers—43.5 percent were classified as binge drinkers.

Duke has not changed its alcohol policy substantially in the past two years and is not planning any major policy changes in the near future, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta said.

Moneta and Szigethy said they do not think changes to University policy will significantly alter student drinking behavior.

“It’s the cultural shift we are after—making it socially unacceptable or uninviting to get belligerently drunk,” Szigethy said. “And I don’t think we can get a cultural shift solely through policy.”

Rather than “laying down the law,” Szigethy said Duke combats alcohol-related issues using a “harm-reduction” model, which prioritizes reducing injuries and harmful behavior over strictly enforcing alcohol policies. The model relies on educating students to regulate their own drinking behavior.

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“We have a whole population who are coming to Duke, yet they are blacking out and killing the brain cells that they are trying to educate,” Szigethy said. “I firmly believe that if the entire student population understood all the risks that come with drinking, any rational person would not [get drunk].”

Beyond the numbers Szigethy said the success of his goals—education about the risks of drinking and increased collaboration between students and administrators—may not always be captured in statistics such as EMS calls and alcohol violations.

He added that the spike in EMS calls may indicate that students are recognizing the signs of alcohol poisoning and seeking help. More surveys and focus group studies are needed to assess the reasons behind the increased number of EMS calls and alcohol violations, he said. The Duke Student Wellness Center has not conducted such assessments because of limited staffing and frequent “crisis type” incidents.

Szigethy said he has raised awareness about the effects of alcohol and emphasized moderation in student drinking over the past two years. He cited the party monitor system as an example of efforts to curb dangerous behavior.

Party monitors are now required to participate in an hour of face-to-face training. Previously, party monitor training was conducted online.

One of the only changes to Duke’s alcohol policy in recent years has been a six beers per person limit at BYOB events, Szigethy said. Recent Tailgate and Last Day of Classes reforms have also limited the quantity of alcohol students could carry.

At the 2010 LDOC celebration, when alcohol limits were in place, 19 alcohol-related EMS calls were made, down from 29 in 2009, Dailey said. Thus far, three alcohol-related EMS calls have been made during Tailgates and one student has been transported to the hospital, compared with two calls and one transport during the same period in 2009.

Policy versus practice Szigethy said the alcohol policy itself is sound, but is typically enforced only when students exhibit disorderly behavior.

“In essence, we do wait until the person is much more intoxicated and can’t manage their behavior and is disrupting the community because of it,” Szigethy said. “Overall, the policy is working now. The question is, how do we enforce it?”

Duke’s policy prohibits students under age 21 from consuming alcohol, as mandated by North Carolina state law.

East Campus is a “dry campus,” though of-age upperclassmen are allowed to keep alcohol in their rooms. However, Duke also offers an amnesty program which bars disciplinary action against students who seek medical attention after drinking too much.

Duke’s philosophy maintains that alcohol policy enforcement should be educationally focused rather than punishment-based, Szigethy said. Still, he finds merit in the “strict enforcement” model used by some other institutions that rigorously enforce alcohol policies on campus.

“Right now, we use a prevention strategy, and maybe we need to switch that priority,” he said. “I do think there are many professionals on campus who will be willing to go that route [of stricter enforcement].”

But given Duke’s emphasis on student self-regulation, a sudden switch to stricter enforcement of alcohol policies is unlikely.

“We all have a choice whether we are going to drink or not,” Wasiolek said. “We know the law; we know what we are supposed to do, yet we know some people will choose to [drink] anyway.”

“It’s a little counterintuitive” In formulating its approach to student drinking, the University must focus on addressing the needs of nondrinkers as well, Wasiolek said. She added that students who consume little or no alcohol suffer from the effects of others’ heavy drinking, including vomit in the hallways and noise late at night. Last Spring’s NCHA Survey reported that nearly one-third of Duke students abstained from drinking in the past 30 days.

Bob Saltz, a senior research scientists at the Prevention Research Center who has studied college drinking said alcohol policies need to focus on all students, not just heavy drinkers. He added that light and moderate drinkers suffer more injuries and assaults. “[Universities] need more universal approaches,” he said. “It’s a little counterintuitive.”

Injuries, assaults and other alcohol-related incidents, even if on the rise, may not cause changes in University policy.

Szigethy said universities sometimes wait until they experience a crisis situation before making significant changes. He pointed out that Duke changed its alcohol policies after Raheem Bath, 20, died from pneumonia after drinking too much in 1999. “[Last year, Duke had] almost 20 students who came that close to dying because of alcohol, and we kind of blow it off because those students don’t die,” he said.

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elections from page 1 efforts to stimulate the economy through targeted spending.

“In a deep recession, no matter what you do, you’re going to go deeper in the hole,” he said. “The choice has to be to do something—to strengthen the safety net, to provide tax relief [for the middle class], to plug some holes in the state budget and to make strategic investments.”

Still, Price acknowledges that it is important to address long-term fiscal health and supports reducing the deficit in part by allowing for the expiration of tax cuts on individuals making more than $250,000 a year.

Lawson, however, believes that the path to fiscal recovery lies in reducing federal spending and cutting taxes.

“I know that prosperity cannot come from Washington—it has to come from the grassroots, from our local communities. That’s how we create real sustained economic growth,” he said, adding that when making spending cuts, “everything has to be on the table.”

As with many of the contests in this midterm election season, both candidates in the race for the 4th District have harshly criticized each other’s positions on the issues. “[The race] couldn’t be more of a contrast,” Price said. “Lawson says federal funding of research should be ended—can you imagine, in the Research Triangle, saying such a thing? He thinks federal support for infrastructure, for highways, is unconstitutional.

And of course, he totally opposes the recovery efforts, the efforts to bring jobs back. As far as I know, Lawson has no [economic] program.”

Lawson has attempted to portray Price as a part of a wildly unpopular Congress often characterized as “broken.” He has noted repeatedly, for example, that Price votes with Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi more than any other congressman.

Lawson also described Price as discon-

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nected from the average person’s economic concerns, having “divided his time between the marble halls of Congress and the ivory tower of academia.”

Although both Price and Lawson say they are confident of victory, The New York Times’ political blog, FiveThirtyEight, rated the seat as “Solid Democratic” and calculated that Price has a 96.2 percent chance of winning.

Lawson’s campaign is quick to cite an Aug. 11 poll, conducted by polling and consulting group Action Solutions, that found that 46.5 percent of respondents said they would vote for Lawson, compared with 46.1 percent for Price. Some polling experts, though, have dismissed the poll as biased.

“I just think it’s a bad poll. It wasn’t very scientifically done,” said Dean Debnam, president and founder of Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling, citing the fact that Actual Solutions declined to release the poll’s questions. “When you look at the demographics of the district and you look at their sample, it doesn’t match the district.”

Still, it seems that Lawson’s message has resonated with Bull City residents to a greater extent than it did in 2008, when he lost to Price 63 percent to 37 percent.

Diane Puckett, a Durham resident, supports Lawson’s conservatism and emphasis on decreased spending.

“I’m very much for [Lawson],” she said.

“We can’t afford [Pelosi’s] price anymore.”

But others say they want to stick with the familiar. Tanya Gasia, a resident of Carrboro who works in Durham, supports Price based on his previous service to the area.

“He’s not as far left as I’d like, but all in all I think he’s doing a great job for our district,” she said.

Duke students will be eligible to vote in the race because they will have lived in Durham for more than 30 days prior to Election Day. Students interviewed, however, said they were uniformed about the race.

Matt Barnett contributed reporting.

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“Once the program starts generating a lot of revenue from Durham’s Best Cab Company, we can start negotiating deals with them,” Brown said. “We are looking to transition from using the cards on an individual basis to expanding it to group usage as the program becomes more popular.”

DSG has worked with Duke Parking and Transportation Services since May on this initiative. Sam Veraldi, director of parking and transportation, said that he thinks having a primary cab company that students use with the cards will ensure consistent and good service.

Over the summer, Brown initiated a pilot program to test the effectiveness of the

project. During the first summer session, four Duke students tested out the cards with a number of different taxi companies.

Sophomore Sanjay Kishore participated in the pilot program and used the service several times, including for a trip to the Durham Performing Arts Center.

He said he found it very efficient and convenient, adding that another benefit is that the service could help to prevent drunk driving.

“Though I’m not familiar with rates of students driving while intoxicated here, I know people do occasionally drive drunk—maybe because it’s more convenient than walking or using a bus, or cheaper than paying out of pocket for a cab,” Kishore said. “Any program that can address that problem provides an option that students could take advantage of when transportation becomes an issue.”

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After a heartbreaking loss to Miami Thursday in which the Blue Devils surrendered two goals in the final two minutes, Duke returned to form Sunday with the help of an unexpected source of inspiration—Mia Hamm.

The all-time leading scorer in American national team history made an appearance at Duke’s practice CLEM 1 Friday at the request of her former teamDUKE 4 mate and current Blue Devil assistant coach Carla Overbeck. Hamm’s motivational words helped a Duke team itching to find the back of the net rediscover its scoring touch in a 4-1 win over Clemson (5-8, 0-5 in the ACC) Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.

“That was really inspirational,” freshman forward Mollie Pathman said. “[Hamm] talked to us about how she had struggled during some points of her career just not finishing, and that’s kind of what our team was doing so it was great for us to come out and score four goals. It really is a confidence booster.”

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Benefiting from an inspirational pep talk from Mia Hamm, Mollie Pathman scored two goals against Clemson.

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Freshman Yaroslav Merkulov shot two 69’s to start the tournament, but his first round was disqualified after he signed for an incorrect score.

Even though the Blue Devils fell short of their desired result over the weekend, their play in the final round of the Rod Myers Invitational bodes well for the future.

No. 11 Duke posted a team score of 3-under-par Monday—the lowest mark of the day—and moved three positions up the scoreboard to finish fifth in the tournament, held at the Duke University Golf Club.

The Blue Devils began the final round on No. 10 and gained most of the ground when they made the turn to their second nine.

“The back nine was playing pretty tough, which is where we started,” head coach Jamie Green said. “When we made the turn over there some guys it seemed like turned on another gear, and it was really fun to see. I know they had some more fun coming in, watched some putts drop, hit some shots close, and just built up some confidence.”

Freshman Yaroslav Merkulov dominated the final nine with consecutive birdies on No.’s 5, 6 and 7 and pars on the other six holes—good for 2-under on the day. Sophomore Julian Suri, competing as an individual, also racked up eight pars and a birdie over the same stretch and came in 12th­—the highest finish of any Blue Devil.

“Any time you finish a round like that, that’s ideal,” senior Wes Roach said. “For us moving forward, that’s huge. We can look back on that and hopefully carry that momentum into the start of our next event.”

Roach was an instrumental part of the turnaround as well. The senior’s final-round 69 was the team’s lowest individual score Monday and his first under-par round of the year. He finished the tournament in a tie for 13th.

But the late charge was not enough to catch No. 14 Iowa, the tournament winner. The Hawkeyes led from start to finish, carding a 13-underpar after the first two rounds Sunday and jumping out to a six-shot lead.

The Blue Devils struggled on their home course during the first day of play, as the five players combined for only three under-par rounds Sunday.

Merkulov was responsible for two of those rounds, shooting a pair of 69’s.

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The results of the ITA All-American Championships reflected another successful tournament for the Blue Devils in a fall season full of them.

Senior Reid Carleton was the standout for Duke—reaching the semifinals in both the singles and doubles main draw—in the tournament held last Thursday through Sunday in Tulsa, Okla. His doubles partner, sophomore Henrique Cunha, won his first two matches in the singles main draw before running into the hot hand of eventual winner Alex Domijan of Virginia.

“Overall it was one of the better fall [seasons] we’ve had as a team since I have been here,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “We [the coaches] have been stressing how important the fall is and we won a lot of matches, and I am really happy with it.”

Carleton scored his first top-ten victory of the year over No. 7 Steve Johnson of USC in the opening singles round, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, and he picked up a decisive 6-2, 6-1 victory over Drew Courtney of Virginia in the quarterfinals. Carleton eventually lost to No. 8 Eric Quigley in the semifinals in a tightly contested match, 6-4, 6-3. The tournament featured the No. 1 singles players from the nation’s top teams, making Carleton’s run even more impressive.

“The best singles college tournament of my career thus far,” Carleton said.

Cunha, the No. 2 seed in the singles draw, won the first two rounds in straight sets before falling to Domijan 6-2, 6-1.

“He [Cunha] beat some very good players the first couple of rounds and just one of those things that he ran into a player that was really hot,” Smith said.

“Not a bad loss.”

In doubles, Carleton and Cunha, the No. 1 seed in the draw, cruised into the semifinals to face their Virginia rivals, Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz, who eliminated Carleton and Cunha in the quarterfinals of last year’s NCAA Tournament before eventually winning it all.

In Saturday’s match, the Blue Devils captured the first set 7-6 after being down two breaks against the big-serving Cavaliers. However, Duke could not build on the momentum and lost the final two sets, 6-4, 6-3.

Nevertheless, Smith remained optimistic after the loss.

“Looking forward to playing those guys again,” Smith said. “It was high level tennis and those guys were right there. I feel really good about how they are playing in doubles.”

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Duke posted its best finish of the year this weekend, earning third place at the Tar Heel Invitational behind deft underclassmen performances.

The tournament, held at North Carolina’s Finley Golf Course last Friday through

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Sophomore Courtney Ellenbogen finished tied for 24th after shooting a 72 on the final day.

Sunday, featured 18 schools from around the country. The field included ACC foes Florida State, North Carolina, N.C. State, Virginia and Wake Forest, all of which finished behind the Blue Devils.

No. 5 Duke brought a young contingent, featuring two sophomores, two freshmen and a senior. Freshman Laetitia Beck led the Blue Devils by finishing with a total score of six-under-par, good for a tie for sixth place in the tournament. Sophomore Lindy Duncan and freshman Alejandra Cangrejo also finished on the right side of par, earning T-14 and T-16, respectively.

“I’m proud of our freshmen,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “They’ve done a fantastic job filling in here in their first semester, and playing some great golf.”

Even though the Blue Devils finished third this weekend, Brooks thinks they haven’t yet reached their full potential.

“We went 13-under for the tournament—that’s good,” he said. “We’ve got a little ways to go obviously. We didn’t win the tournament this year. But… we’re going in the right direction. We’re a team that can win, no question about it.”

The scores this weekend, however, indicate Duke has a lot of work to do if it wants to win at the highest level this season. Alabama won the event with a score of 28-under, finishing 15 strokes ahead of the Blue Devils. To reach scores in that range, Brooks thinks the team must improve in all aspects of the game, particularly putting.

“You can’t go 28-under without making a lot of putts. It’s literally impossible to do that,” he said. “And that’s where we’re going to have to do some hard work.”

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Coaches, athletes and spectators alike wore pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month last weekend at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Pink shoelaces seemed to do the trick for the Blue Devils: Duke swept both N.C. State and North Carolina in three sets.

“Coming in it was really important to us to come together and just kick butt, you know… it’s UNC,” junior Sophia Dunworth said. “I think it was good, we had N.C. ST 0 really really good chemisDUKE 3 try coming in and I think we all just fed off of that.”

0 UNC Dunworth had DUKE 3 nine kills against the Tar Heels, with two coming during the Blue Devils’ 7-0 run to begin the match. Duke (15-2, 7-0 in the ACC) held the upper hand for the majority of the contest, holding North Carolina below a .250 hitting percentage in each set. The Tar Heels (15-5, 6-1) briefly held the lead twice in the third set but ultimately succumbed 25-16.

“We need to make sure that we enjoy this for a moment, but quickly turn the page and focus on N.C. State,” head coach Jolene Nagel said after the victory Friday. “But I’m so proud of them. I want them to feel good about this. They performed great tonight,

they competed hard, controlled the ball well, they executed just like we like to see.”

The Blue Devils took the excitement from the win over the Tar Heels into Saturday’s tilt against N.C. State (12-7, 2-5).

The Wolfpack battled for the first two sets and scored 20 points on Duke in each of those frames, but the Blue Devil offense proved too strong to handle.

“I think we’ve learned in the ACC that you really can’t take any teams for granted,” Dunworth said.

Becci Burling was an impact player for Duke against N.C. State, converting 13 of her 24 attack opportunities and moving her career kill tally to 977. With 13 games remaining in the regular season, she is well on her way to becoming the 19th Duke player to reach 1,000 kills during her career.

Nagel was impressed with her team’s ability to maintain its focus and execute against the pair of rival teams.

“This team is so self-motivated and really good about taking care of its work that [it needs] to get done,” Nagel said.

“I think that helps relieve some of the stress a little bit. We always try to prepare well for our opponents but I think this team went above and beyond that.”

The Blue Devils will continue to look at the season one opponent at a time. They will next take to the road to visit Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., and Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 14-15.

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weekendwrapup Duke Soccer ties N.C. State, 0-0 Despite a strong effort from the two-headed Tweed-Kent attack, Duke was unable to pull out a win against N.C. State Friday.

Playing in Raleigh against the ACC’s worst team, the No. 19 Blue Devils (5-2-4, 1-2-2 in the ACC) outshot the Wolfpack (5-6-1, 0-4-1) 10-9 and held the advantage in corner kicks, but their multiple scoring opportunities were to no avail. Daniel TweedKent had a 15-yard look early in the second half, but he saw the attempt knocked away by an N.C. State defender. His brother Christopher soon after got his own good look at the goal, but he was denied by goalie Will Mackvick.

The two overtime periods saw more of the same back-and-forth action that had characterized the game’s first 90 minutes. One of the few open looks came from the Wolfpack’s Chris Zuerner, who shot from six yards out. Center back Andrew Wenger stopped the N.C. State senior, though, with a diving kick in front of the goal.

Duke returns to action Oct. 15 at California-Santa Barbara.

Clayton and Gorny win consolation title Mary Clayton and Monica Gorny—Duke’s No. 2 doubles tandem last season—took home the doubles consolation championship at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Saturday.

The duo faced its stiffest competition in the quarterfinal round, but managed to best Vicky Brook and Lindsay Clark of Yale 9-7. The pair then cruised in the semifinals, beating Alabama’s Alex Clay and Taylor Lindsey 8-2. In the final, Clayton and Gorny defeated Nadja Gilchrist and Lilly Kimbell of Georgia 8-5 to win the consolation crown.

The Blue Devils’ likely No. 1 doubles pairing of seniors Ellah Nze and Nadine Fahoum played in the main draw of the tournament and advanced to the semifinals, where the two fell to Clemson’s Josipa Bek and Keri Wong in a tiebreaker, 9-8.

Maryland road trip not fruitful Duke Field Hockey could not knock off the No. 2 team in the country, Maryland (12-1, 4-0 in the ACC), in College Park, Md., Saturday.

Freshman Emmie Le Marchand scored her fifth goal of the year late in the second half to put the No. 17 Blue Devils (6-8, 0-4) back in the game. But Terrapin Jill Witmer hit the back of the net just two minutes later to give Maryland a 3-1 lead that it would hold until the final whistle.

Duke traveled to Washington, D.C., to face No. 9 American (11-2) Sunday. The result was more of the same: Again the Blue Devils lost 3-1.

Sophomore Devon Gagliardi tallied Duke’s lone goal in the game’s 50th minute off of an assist from freshman Caashia Karringten.

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“It was just a quick turnaround from the front 18 to the back 18,” Green said. “I think he just felt rushed. We feel terrible for him because he played so great this week.”

Duke University Golf Club typically hosts an annual collegiate event, but this

was the first year the tournament featured the name of former head coach Rod Myers, who led the program for 34 years until his passing in 2007. Myers helped the Blue Devils to 30 tournament victories and the 2005 ACC Championship.

“It was an enormous privilege to be able to have Rod’s name on a tournament here at Duke University,” Green said. “To be able to have an event [in Myers’s name]... almost brings instant prestige, and that was something that we had to live up to. We can’t just name something after Rod Myers unless it’s really done first class... and I feel like that happened.”

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beneficiary of Hamm’s pep talk, tallying two second-half goals after the Tigers had pulled within one score. It was the first time Pathman had scored since Sept. 19 against Middle Tennessee—which was also the last time Duke (7-4-3, 1-3-1) had won a game.

The Blue Devil attack as a whole appeared rejuvenated by a new formation, as head coach Robbie Church switched the team from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3 to get more players involved in the final third.

The change worked well. Duke repeatedly peppered Clemson goalkeeper Morgan Hert, attempting 30 shots on the game and earning 13 corner kicks in the process. In the 23rd minute, freshman Gilda Doria delivered a corner into the box right onto fellow freshman Laura Weinberg’s head, who cashed in for the first score of the game.

That goal snapped a 231-minute scoreless drought for the Duke offense.

“It was great to see the first goal go in,” Church said. “We’ve been playing hard, we’ve been training hard, but it’s so nice to see them get a reward for their hard work.”

The Blue Devils would continue to reap the rewards of their effort as the game continued.

Redshirt-freshman Kim DeCesare headed in the second goal on a long free kick from center back Ashley Rape, and Pathman put the finishing touches on the afternoon.

The highlight of the game was Pathman’s second strike in the 84th minute. The freshman forward delivered an inswinger on a corner kick that deflected right off Hert’s hands into the back of the net to secure the three-goal win.

“I didn’t really mean to do that, to be honest,” Pathman said. “But we just bend it in there and hope someone gets a touch on it.

That’s what’s so dangerous about corners.”

The victory could not have come at a better time for the Blue Devils. With half of the ACC schedule complete and Duke currently not in position to qualify for the conference tournament, the team desperately needed a win before two tough road contests against No. 9 Virginia and Virginia Tech this weekend.

“It was a big win for us,” senior captain Molly Lester said. “To get these three points was crucial. We’re now on an upswing and looking forward to the next couple of games.”

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Witness the NCAA inves- More money is at stake for tigation of the University of both college programs and North Carolina for individual at Chapel Hill players than editorial football proever before. gram. One player was kicked The NCAA and university off the team by the school and athletic programs need to extwo others declared “perma- ercise the oversight necessary nently ineligible” Monday fol- to preserve the fairness and lowing a three-month inquiry, purity of college athletics. in which NCAA investigators The UNC football program found that the players had ac- failed to do this. The players cepted more than $20,000 in and the agents bear the brunt benefits from agents. of the blame—they knowingly Witness, too, the confes- violated NCAA regulations for sional of former agent Josh their own benefit.

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All parties involved should face harsh consequences for their actions. The players should not have their scholarships renewed for next school year. The agents should face sanctions from the NFL Player’s Association—their licenses should be suspended for a substantive period of time. Head Coach Butch Davis should be fired for his negligence.

We do not make this recommendation lightly. Ensuring the integrity of the term ‘stu-

dent athlete’ in every sport is an essential task of the NCAA. Fairness in both college and professional athletics is also at stake. Programs with putative access to professional sports agents have an unfair advantage in recruiting high school players—athletes will want to go to programs where they have a better chance of going pro. Agents who grease the palms of college athletes have an unfair advantage in signing top athletes as their clients. Additionally, improper contact with agents gives players who do plan on turning pro an unfair head start.

These violations threaten the idea of the student athlete central to the mission of the NCAA. Amateur athletes should pursue both athletic excellence and genuine scho-

lastic activity. If athletes begin enrolling at schools because those schools have more contact with agents, the idea of the student athlete will have been overturned and replaced with the idea of a ‘pre-professional’ athlete, who happens to play for a university.

We commend the NCAA for taking bold measures at UNC and other schools across the country. There are many difficult questions associated with the high-dollar athletic programs like UNC Football or Duke Basketball.

But it is clear that universities and athletic programs should vigilantly enforce NCAA regulations and state laws governing interactions between athletes and agents.

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ollege admissions officers tend to cite a Causal links can be tricky relationships to couple reasons for giving special treatment navigate, for finding the true source requires for applicants who are children of alumni: probing through layers of several, sometimes chiefly, that the preferences are miintermingling characteristics at nor, insignificant “tipping” points once. The study split colleges into on the edge of decisions and that two groups based on whether or the enhanced treatment can create not the school gave extra consida sense of community and even an eration for an alumni child. Priimpetus for philanthropy. vate schools make up 52.3 percent But what if all of this is false? Enof the top 100 universities, but 94 ter stage right: Richard Kahlenberg. percent of those schools employ A senior fellow at The Century brandon maffei legacy preferences as opposed to Foundation, he has recently pro50 percent for public universities. giving back moted an onslaught of news articles Ultimately the school’s public/pricondemning legacy preference in vate status was controlled for, but it admissions and what amounts to his work’s title: still makes for a rather hairy comparison at best.

“Affirmative Action for the Rich.” There is no Furthermore, it seems that in their attempt to place to hide as Kahlenberg and his colleagues control wealth, the researchers unintentionally seemingly dismantle every possible excuse for leg- add some ambiguity to the issue. In the study, acy partiality ever conceived. the only source for an approximation of student A modest advantage in admissions? Think wealth came from Pell Grant and FAFSA data; more like an additional 160 SAT points to one’s yet, this does not provide a complete picture of application (not factoring in the new writing sec- the economic diversity at a particular university. tion) and an increase of 20 percentage points in Pell Grant scholarships are largely directed to stuone’s admissions chances. What about establish- dents from low-income families. Consequently, ing a spirit of community? Their work instead there was no control for wealth on the other side points to the perceived origins of the practice in of the spectrum—arguably the more important the early 20th century as borne out of “anti-immi- section, as the relatively rich end up donating a grant and anti-Jewish discriminatory impulses.” substantial proportion of alumni donations.

Promoting philanthropy? Legacy preferAs for taking into account the income of alumences are often justified as a way of increasing ni, they used PayScale.com data to establish a medonations. In one of the foundational pieces in dian income of the entire alumni population for Kahlenberg’s work, however, the author finds each university. This, however, is not necessarily a no hard evidence to prove this notion. Accord- direct measure of the wealth of alumni who actuing to a study by Chad Coffman, Tara O’Neil and ally give back to the university.

Brian Starr, conducted from 1998 to 2007, if one But these imperfections should not dissuade controls for the wealth of alumni, there is no against delving deeper into the topic; it should be evidence of a causal relationship between legacy a wake-up call for further investigation. The rather preference policies and total alumni giving at the crafty sources for their data highlight how little nation’s top 100 national universities: “In other information is available on alumni donations. Inwords, the preference policy effectively allows stitutions that assert these programs are beneficial elite schools essentially to discriminate based should be able to document that alumni preferencon socioeconomic status by accepting their own es yield the results they are designed to promote. wealthy alumni families.” Yep, they said it.

And with the endowment and donations now at the Before they get into the pure data for their forefront of our university’s concern, it seems apassertion, they critique a series of other publica- propriate to add this evaluation to the mix. tions related to the matter. Weaknesses of other Kahlenberg’s rebuke of legacy preference in research done included conclusions confined to admissions might come off too one-sided and a single university setting, inability to distinguish somewhat unsound, but he ultimately raises a valalumni giving from other donations and a lack id public policy concern. Maybe enrolling alumni of control for wealth of alumni. The researchers children actually contributes to the sense of comthen reasoned it was time to bring in their own munity, to loyalty expressed in ways other than empirical data and test whether there was a link fundraising, to engaged alumni. Greater clarity between legacy preference policies and alumni on this issue would be well warranted. giving.

Oddly enough, they do not take much time to Brandon Maffei is a Trinity sophomore. His column reflect and critically assess their own work. runs every other Wednesday.

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The end of the beginning, perhaps

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e are living in a great historical moment in the life of Duke University. The institutional response to the financial challenges brought about by the crash of 2008 will define Duke for decades.

Across America, the depth of the recession surprised businesses, economists and investors. The 26 percent drop in the value of Duke’s endowment during FY 2009 called for a serious response.

In his introduction to the University’s 20092010 financial statements, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask wrote, “The University has reduced its non-faculty personnel base by the equivalent of approximately 450 positions in addition to reducing non-personnel spending by gregory morrison $15 million. Construction activity has been limitfinish the thought ed to projects with secured sources of funding.”

Further savings should be attained by the attrition of 20 to 30 Trinity College faculty.

The University, commendably, has closed the budget gap significantly while simultaneously increasing student financial aid by $26 million (13 percent). Expenditures on instruction, departmental research and the libraries even increased over the last year.

Even with this progress, recovery from investment losses is a steep hill to climb. What I mean: if you have $100 and lose 26 percent, you stand at $74.

To get back to your original investment, you now need a 35 percent gain.

Last year’s (FY 2010) investment return of 13.2 percent is nothing to scoff at, but it doesn’t get us back to 2008 levels. The University still must return roughly 24.8 percent—or, about 9.25 percent over the next two years—to get back to par. This is no small task in today’s markets.

President Brodhead wrote in a message to the Duke Community on Sept.

22 that, “Despite last year’s positive return, the endowment is still about $1.2 billion less than it was at the end of FY 2008. To operate with a balanced budget, the university needs to achieve a further $40 million in savings or revenue enhancements over the next two years.”

During World War II, after the Allied victory at El Alamein in North Africa and the Soviet assault on Stalingrad, Winston Churchill stood in the British House of Commons and declared of those victories: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

President Brodhead’s note to us suggests that we have seen, perhaps, the end of the beginning of these budget challenges. But we’ve got another $40 million to go, and all of the easy cuts have been identified and made. This next round will be perceptibly more painful.

A key aspect of the financial challenges is their strategic implications.

Traditionally, funding for strategic initiatives is generated by the transfer of gains from certain non-endowed units of the endowment (which has nearly 4,000 different constituent funds) to the President’s Strategic Initiative Fund. The 2009-2010 financial reports note that “Due to the economic downturn, investment return on these non-endowed units has not been sufficient to generate dividends in fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009” and so there have been no gains to transfer to the Strategic Initiative Fund. In his September circular, President Brodhead pointed to the “need to identify the resources for strategic initiatives that will sustain our momentum in coming years” as a particular challenge, above and beyond the elimination of the $40 million deficit.

Few sane people would believe that the $1.3 billion “Strategic Investment Plan” formulated in “Making a Difference,” the University’s 2006 Strategic Plan, is still achievable. Last week I wrote about the plan’s overreliance on capital construction.

In these economic conditions, “Making a Difference” as a manual for prioritizing spending is quickly becoming obsolete. The strategic plan is on life support.

But we shouldn’t pull the plug. Yet. The Duke community urgently needs an austerity version of “Making a Difference.” The plan does an excellent job of directing increased expenditures, but it is utterly silent, as you might expect of a 2006 document, as to how to institutionally prioritize spending cuts.

I am happy to make some sacrifices as part of the budgetary struggle. From FY 2008 to FY 2010, expenditures on student services decreased by $4.8 million. That very well could be a fair burden for us students to bear.

But is that a fair cut when, over the same period, expenditures on general administration increased by $35.2 million?

How am I to know whether these differing levels of austerity are the result of a careful selection of spending cuts in keeping with a public statement of institutional priorities or whether it is simply the making of easy cuts on the backs of a transient university population without deeply entrenched interests?

The Board of Trustees should ask that the Allen Building prepare an “Update” to the strategic plan that reflects the dramatically altered planning environment due to changed economic conditions.

A potential model for this update is the “Arts & Sciences Strategic Plan Update” published in January, which takes account of the differing “contexts” in which Trinity College must now pursue “the vision and goals of 2006.”

“Making a Difference” needs revision. Now. Duke urgently needs a roadmap, with the authority of “Making a Difference,” to get us from the end of the beginning to the beginning of the end to, finally, the end.

Gregory Morrison, a Trinity senior, is former Duke Student Government executive vice president. His column runs every Tuesday. This is the final part of a three-part series on the University’s strategic Plan.

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Work too hard, play too hard

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was talking to a former Duke athlete over Grandma knew about the PowerPoint. Yes, it was the weekend, and she summed up the en- awesome that a shot of the front door of Shooters tire Karen Owen sex list PowerPoint better II made the morning talk shows. No, Grandma than anyone else. did not ask me if I ever rode the “A PowerPoint?” she asked. bull.)

“Is there anything more typical And there are probably thouof a Duke student?” sands of college students capable It’s true. Obviously, I’m wildly of making a reasonably profesover-generalizing, but having a lot sional PowerPoint presentation. of sex and then vividly describing But I have to imagine that there it in a PowerPoint presentation are vanishingly few students at complete with a graphic sumvanishingly few American unialex fanaroff mary at the end kind of encapversities who have the lively social farewell tour sulates the essential truth about life and the unabashed dorkiness every single Duke student. to compose a faux-thesis, sex list Try as we might, all of us will always be huge PowerPoint. The internet reports that Owen is dorks. Come on, a PowerPoint? With a bar currently sifting through book and movie deals graph? It’s absurd. And, if you can believe the reflect the uniqueness of her PowerPoint. national media when they call lacrosse players Being a member of any group comes with a Duke’s alpha males, it was actually produced cost. One of the costs is being fairly or unfairby Duke’s social upper class. ly identified with the other members of that It makes you wonder what those of us occu- group. The popular perception of any group pying the more traditionally dorky social lower will arise from the perception of that group’s class might have produced. An iPhone app that most visible members. As Duke students and lets you know the probability that the person alumni, we will be identified with activities of you’re about to take home from Shooters has an the most visible members of our group. And STD? A critical reading of all of the pick-up lines unfortunately, the way the media works, the you’ve tried on members of the other sex? most visible members will not be the alumnus Anyway, as an alum, the sex list PowerPoint starting a program to help Durham school doesn’t bother me all that much. It’s kind of kids prepare for college or the alumni starting nice that this scandal involving my university a business that makes sustainable clothing; it doesn’t involve false charges of non-consensu- will be the alumna who writes a sex list Poweral sex. (Unverifiable charges of very drunk sex Point. Scandal sells better than virtue. are at least mildly better.)

So while I’m not the type of person that has Honestly, the sex list PowerPoint is the re- a lot of sex and then makes a PowerPoint about ductio ad absurdum end to our work-hard, it, I guess there are worse ways for people to perplay-hard philosophy. ceive me. And if my educational background The activities described in the sex list Power- has to carry some sort of stereotype, it could be Point probably go on at almost every college in worse than work-too-hard, play-too-hard. the country. My grandmother wasn’t even that shocked by it. (To answer your questions: Yes, that Alex Fanaroff is a fourth-year medical student. was a weird conversation. Yes, I was shocked that His column runs every Wednesday.

An elephant, never forget

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had to do laundry. was shaking but my head was clear. My mind had It was lunchtime, and my clothes still prepared me to die, I think. Tim said later that weren’t dry (or clean, but I had given up on he felt the same way. My thoughts were all actions the stains ever leaving), so three and I don’t think I could have felt others and I started walking down any pain if his tusks had gouged the road to eat at our camp. me. If he charges, I will drop my Three hours later I felt like I computer bag and run, I thought. couldn’t move my limbs.

But it’s okay, he won’t charge.

The road was dirt and we were Then he ran at us. halfway up it, outside the gated “Run! You guys, run!” Dan research camp with one washing shouted. machine and wireless Internet.

I’m not sure when we all rachna reddy We didn’t see the elephant in the started to run, but I found I had field notes brush, but sure enough, there he turned and bolted and dropped was, not 10 meters away, his face my bag. When he turned, trumand trunk and tusks facing us. peted and started forward was the last time I “Oh shit,” said Dan. saw him. We knew we couldn’t outrun an elAnd the elephant stepped into what, in my ephant, but our bags might distract him. mind, became a play. He took a step. We had star“He’s crossed, he’s perpendicular to us now, tled him. He shuffled forward. We scurried back. guys,” yelled Dan, but I kept running; I was ahead “No, don’t move! Stand here, stand here. of them somehow, separated. We got into the gate, Look big.” closed it and called our teacher to pick us up, and “What are we supposed to do for an ele- he was able to get my laptop and Courtney’s shoes phant? I forgot. Don’t climb a tree?” from the road. We were all fine, but I had never “He’s going away, he’s going off.” actually feared for my life like that before.

“Should we keep walking?”

They saved plates for us at lunch. I waited “No, we should back up.” for several hours to be driven to pick up my “I’m shaking.” laundry and the next day I forced myself to My knees were wobbling too. walk the road to the research camp again so I “He’s going off. He’s going to cross the wouldn’t be scared of it when we return to this road.” part of the park in November. My heart started “We should back up and walk to the re- pounding when we reached that bend where search camp. You should back off from an el- we’d met him. It had been a mock charge, or ephant, right?” I said. we would all have been dead, and I know in the “He’s going to cross the road. He’s crossing.” future that I should not run unless it is a real Elephant began to cross, but when he hit one. Nevertheless, despite that incident, I’ve the middle, he stopped. He turned his body— decided that I still can love the elephants. it swayed like a two-story building —and faced Ah, how different from Duke this is. us. It’s okay, I thought, he won’t trumpet.

“Oh my god, you guys,” Courtney said.

Rachna Reddy is a Trinity junior. She is studyAnd then he did trumpet, shrill and fatal. It was ing ecology in South Africa for the semester. Her colthe only thing in the world I could hear. My body umn runs every other Wednesday.

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By Adam Sobsey, Jay O’Berski, dir., Part of The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1914-1918 exhibit. $5 Gen., Duke students Free. Shows will also take place on Oct. 16, 7pm; Oct. 17, 2pm.

Veiled Voices

David Bomberg, “The Mud Bath,” 1914. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Tate, London. Purchased 1964. Image copyright Tate.

ART. Deena Stryker: Photographs of Cuba, 19631964. Stryker’s black-and-white photographs of revolutionary Cuba open a window into an unsettled time in that country’s history. Thru Dec. 12. Perkins Library Special Collections Gallery. Free.

ART. Book + Art: Artists’ Books at Duke University Libraries. Work from the collections of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture—all based on the beloved form of the book. Thru January 9. Perkins Library Gallery. Free.

October 13 TALK. Photographer Daniel Kramer on his experiences with Bob Dylan and with W. Eugene Smith in a jazz loft in New York City in the 1960s.

Noon. CDS Aud. Free.

October 15 SCREENING. Mississippi Damned. Based on a true story, three poor, black children reap the consequences of their family’s cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.

With writer/dir. Tina Mabry. 7pm. CDS Aud. Free.

MUSIC. Rare Music. New Instruments, Old Problems: Care and Repair of Stringed Instruments Through the Ages. 4pm, Rare Book Rm., Perkins Library. Free.

MUSIC. Randall Love, piano. Works by Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn. 8pm. Baldwin Aud. Free.

October 16 MUSIC. Jorge Caballero, guitar. Master Class. 3pm.

Nelson Music Rm. Free.

MUSIC. Susan Dunn, soprano and David Heid, pianist. Works by Verdi, Strass, Purcell and Chopin/ Viardot mazurkas. 8pm. Baldwin Aud. Free.

October 17 MUSIC. Jorge Caballero, guitar. Works by Ernesto Garcia de Leon, Sor, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Elliott Carter and Ginastera. 7pm. Nelson Music Rm. $16 Gen., $12 Triangle Guitar Society &Duke employees, Duke students free.

October 18 MUSIC. DUMIC Lecture/Demonstration. Carnatic Music— A bridge across with Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam. 12noon, Biddle Music Bldg. Lobby. Free.

TALK. Jump Rope Girls. Writer Susan Hartman and photographer Nancy Kaye will share their documentary project following a group of girls from Brooklyn 22 years after they were profiled in the New York Times.

Noon. CDS Aud. Free.

October 19 MUSIC. Emanuel Gruber, cello and Keiko Sekino, piano. 8pm. Nelson Music Rm. Free.

All events are free and open to the general public. Unless otherwise noted, screenings are at 8pm in the Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center.

W = Richard White Aud., N = Nasher Museum Aud. 10/13 IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS (USA, 2006) (7pm) Award-winning documentary about the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Director Longley will visit Duke on Oct 29! (see website) Barbaralee DiamonsteinSpielvogel Visiting Filmmaker Series: James Longley 10/14 VEILED VOICES (USA, 2009) (W) Documentary about the public and private lives of Muslim women religious leaders in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. – Q&A w/ director Brigid Maher!

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