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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2010
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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 41
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Senior dies Sat. after ‘tragic fall’ by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE
from Staff Reports
by Shaoli Chaudhuri
Daniel Erb, director of graduate studies and associate professor at Duke University Medical Center, will leave Duke to become dean of High Point University’s new School of Health Sciences. Dennis Carroll, provost and vice president for academic affairs at High Point, said Erb will assume his new position Jan. 1, according to a High Point news release. Erb will be responsible for developing the curriculum in the health sciences programs, hiring faculty and staff and creating new clinical sites in the Daniel Erb medical community, the news release stated. The school comes as part of High Point’s recently announced $2 billion growth plan to be executed during the next 10 years. It is projected to open in Fall 2013 with a new $50 million facility. The new school will house existing undergraduate programs in exercise science and athletic training, as well as
Work on the effects of nature and nurture have earned a married research couple of two prestigious awards. Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi are set to receive two awards this year for their research on the interaction between genes and environment. Moffitt is the Knut Schmidt Nielsen Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Caspi is the Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. Moffitt and Caspi were notified in June that they had won the first prize—the Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize for Productive Youth Development—along with a 1 million Swiss Franc award, the equivalent of more than $1 million. News of the second prize, the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research—a $50,000 award— came three weeks later. “We just could not believe such marvelous good fortune, twice in one month!” Moffitt wrote in an e-mail. When they heard the news of the first award, Caspi and Moffitt
Senior Drew Everson died Saturday night after sustaining severe head and body trauma from an accidental fall. Everson, a 21-year-old from Tampa, Fla., suffered two collapsed lungs and severe head injuries after falling down a set of stairs behind the East Campus Union in an event that is believed to have occurred early Friday morning. A Marketplace employee found Everson unconscious at the bottom of the outdoor stairwell at around 11:30 a.m. Friday Oct. 22, after which Everson was transported to the Duke University Emergency Department. No criminal activity is Drew Everson suspected, administrators said. Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department referred all comment to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Everson was in an induced coma until he died around 8 p.m. Saturday Oct. 23, according to administrators. “There is no other way to describe it but an absolute tragedy,” said Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek. “It’s such an extreme level of sadness that I cannot even describe it. To watch his friends learn about the situation—it’s just devastating.” At the time of his death, Everson was surrounded by family members, including his parents, his aunt and his brother A.J Everson, who graduated from Duke in 2009. Family members started arriving Friday night to be with Everson. In a statement released Sunday, the University announced that an ongoing DUPD investigation determined that Everson’s injuries resulted from an “accidental fall,” adding that no details would be available until the end of the inquiry. Wasiolek said Everson was “out with friends” the night of the accident. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta added that Everson, a political science major, had left his group of friends to head home alone to his Watts Street apartment off East Campus when the incident occurred. The outdoor stairwell where Everson was discovered is a “small” staircase with about six to eight stairs, Moneta said. He added that there are some details of the event that “we will never know.” Wasiolek deferred comment to Dailey regarding the specifics of Everson’s state
See erb on page 12
See awards on page 12
See everson on page 12
DUKE LOSES SIXTH STRAIGHT by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Shocking. That was about the only way Duke could describe its 44-7 shellacking this weekend at the hands of No. 21 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Safety Matt Daniels used the word several times in a postgame interview. So did head coach David Cutcliffe. “By the time [we] got to the locker room, our guys were a little bit in shock,” he said.
Cutcliffe’s squad came in confident, but the problems began for the Blue Devils from the first play, when quarterback Sean Renfree fumbled the snap. He recovered, but his first pass attempt was batted down at the line of scrimmage. Remarkably enough, the first drive was the most rhythm the Duke offense would show all day after several gains by the Blue Devils put them at the Hokie 31-yard line. Desmond Scott was then stuffed for a
four-yard loss, though, and Renfree missed a throw to Austin Kelly and took a sack on a fourth-down attempt to give the Hokies the ball. The turnover on downs brought Duke’s defense onto the field, and it also struggled from the start. The Hokies marched right down the field on their first drive, requiring just five plays and 2:37 to traverse the 57 yards to the end zone. See va tech on page 5
DUMC prof to lead Duke researchers High Point school rack up awards THE CHRONICLE
ONTHERECORD
“It gives us an excuse to come down and visit with our son, which we don’t really get to do with our busy lives. ”
—Duke Parent Katie McHugh on Parent’s Weekend. See sound-off page 6
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Final examinations may be on their way out, Page 3
Nobel Laureate details experiences in Lagos , Page 3