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In a 5-2 vote, the Durham City Council resolved to allow the Durham Police Department to accept Mexican-issued identification Monday night. The vote was primarily a symbolic gesture, as DPD already accepts the use of the matrícula consular as a form of identification, DPD Chief Jose Lopez said. The original resolution, which was promoted by the Durham Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the Durham Immigrants Solidarity Committee, underwent a number of changes after Mayor Bill Bell deemed its goals too broad. Bell eliminated from the resolution clauses he felt the Council could not enforce, like those that force entities like libraries and banks to accept matrículas. “The resolution needed to be more narrowly focused,” Bell said. The matrícula consular is issued by Mexican consulates in the United States as a way of proving the cardholder is a Mexican national. According to the resolution, allowing the use of the matrícula would “assist in minimizing unnecessary and potentially life-changing arrests of hard-working
After a series of incidents that have saddled Duke with negative publicity, President Richard Brodhead sent an e-mail Monday urging undergraduates to “visualize a change.” The letter represents Brodhead’s first public attempt to address these issues with the student body following the recent series of campus controversies. Richard Brodhead “To the extent that there are features of student culture that strike you as less than ideal, I urge you to face up to them, speak openly about them, and have the courage to visualize a change,” the letter reads. “I myself and the members of my administration will cooperate with you fully. But we won’t succeed in making Duke the best that it could be unless you make that your personal project, as you shape your own conduct and your collective life.” Brodhead e-mails the student body infrequently, though he has provided multiple financial updates since the eco-
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The men’s soccer team watches intently during the NCAA Tournament selection show Monday. The Blue Devils received their seventh consecutive NCAA berth and will host Coastal Carolina Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Students, faculty react to new FDA smoking warnings by Chinmayi Sharma THE CHRONICLE
Sometimes widespread knowledge of danger is not enough to prevent risky behavior. In response to the major health issues perpetuated by smoking, the Food and Drug Administration proposed 36 options for new graphic warning labels for placement on cigarette cartons earlier this month. These new warnings are photographs of the effects of smoking and are intended to encourage tobacco users to quit. Some photographs include a depiction of the foot of a corpse and a mother blowing smoke on her baby with phrases such as, “Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease,” and, “Tobacco smoke can harm your children.” These visuals will supplement the surgeon general’s warning and are a result of legislation passed in June 2009 that gave the FDA power to regulate tobacco products. Surveys of American smokers will help the FDA narrow the 36 images to nine. “We have been enforcing warning labels since 1969, and we’re the first country to require tobacco products to bear the surgeon general’s warning,” said Don Taylor, associate professor of public policy studies. “As the number one cause of preventative death in America, 46 million adults in the [United States] currently smoke and thousands of
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new young people try it every day, yet other countries have taken more intense measures to combat the addiction while we lag behind.” The images will be selected by June and implemented nationally no later than 15 months later. The warnings will cover the top 50 percent of the front and back of a cigarette pack and will comprise at least 20 percent of any smoking advertisement. For some international students at Duke, such graphic warnings of the dangers of smoking are familiar. Freshman John Scott-Jones, who grew up in New Zealand, said he remembers the start there of a similar campaign. New Zealand is one of 39 nations that have imposed this sort of visually explicit warnings. “Before we had the image warnings, we had tag lines like ‘Smoking Kills’ across the middle of every packet, but that wasn’t very effective because people could just laugh it off,” he said. “It is a lot harder to laugh off the image of cholesterol clogging up arteries or a snapshot from the middle of surgery.” Although the U.S. boasts the second lowest rate of smoking in the world, Taylor said the problem is not the rate of smoking but rather the lack of progress in decreasing it. See smoking on page 5
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Some students and faculty said the new tobacco labels proposed by the Food and Drug Administration will be more effective than current labels.
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“We’ve never known before the exact birthday of a black hole, and now we can watch as it grows into a child and teenager,”
—Astrophysicist Kimberly Weaver on blackholes. See story page 4
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Facebook aims to expand UN peacekeepers blamed messaging service for Haiti cholera outbreak Facebook isn’t just introducing an email service - it’s setting its ambitions a lot higher than that. At an event Monday in San Francisco, founder Mark Zuckerberg introduced a major upgrade to the social network’s messaging system,now called“Messages,”that’s designed to fold in other, older forms of electronic text communication: chat, e-mail and SMS. “We don’t think a modern messaging system is going to bee-mail,” Zuckerberg said. The Palo Alto, Calif., company’s new messaging system was built around three features. A company blog post explains each: “Seamless Messaging” (meaning a unified view of your e-mail, Facebook messages and texts), “Conversation History” (allowing you to trace a lifelong conversation across those different channels) and “Social Inbox” (using Facebook’s knowledge of who your friends are to filter your incoming traffic).
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Protesters throwing rocks and bottles lashed out against the Haitian government and United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti’s second largest city Monday, venting fear and anger over a cholera epidemic that many Haitians believe came from foreigners. The national police and U.N. forces used tear-gas to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators who tried to burn down a police station and attack a U.N. base in the northern city of Cap-Haitien. Other incidents occurred in the central plateau town of Hinche, where seven U.N. soldiers were injured. Protests targeted Nepalese peacekeeping troops, because many Haitians blame them for bringing cholera to Haiti, which has not suffered an outbreak of the potentially deadly intestinal bacteria in more than 50 years.
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Dzau receives Dining changes expected by 2012 AHA award for research by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE
Students should expect massive changes to Duke Dining—both in terms of venues and meal plans—but not until 2012. Monday evening, the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee led the Duke Dining Fall open forum to obtain feedback and connect students with DUSDAC members and administrators. Topics of discussion focused on upcoming improvements, but administrators noted that costs still need to be controlled as Dining Services continues its attempt to
cut its $2.2 million deficit. Although only 11 non-DUSDAC students were at the forum, attendance increased significantly from the Spring forum, said senior Alex Klein, DUSDAC co-chair. Klein said that attendance does not accurately reflect student interest in dining, however. “In all of our conversations, Duke dining comes up a whole lot,� Klein said. “There are multiples avenues of getting your feedback in—maybe this was a bad time for people.� A major theme of the forum was the future of dining at Duke. Vice President
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DUSDAC held its Duke Dining Fall open forum Monday. The event invited non-DUSDAC students to interact with members and administrators to discuss improvements to the dining system.
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for Student Affairs Larry Moneta expressed displeasure with existing dining plans and suggested that students could expect a fairly significant change to occur for Fall 2012. The most pertinent change for dining is the upcoming renovation of the West Union Building. Changes in both eateries and layout will accompany the renovation of the building into what Jim Wulforst, director of dining services, hopes will be a state-of-the-art facility. “It hasn’t been updated since the ’50s— there are a lot of opportunities within that building,� said Moneta. Finances continue to be a large problem for dining services. Moneta noted that a large part of the problem is due the general high quality of Duke food. “We don’t serve crap—the lower the quality, the cheaper [the food] is,� he said. “We’re working against an inverse relationship.� Additional problems cited were overstaffing and high wages, which leave the $30 million program with little room to maneuver. Moreover, Duke Dining is still facing a deficit of $2.2 million. Wulforst said that there is still much work to be done in balancing the wishes of students with financial concerns. “How do we do both?� asked Wulforst. “How do we make sure the bills are paid without compromising the community experience?� Franca Alphin, director of nutrition services at Student Health, also discussed nutrition on campus. She said it is unlikely
Dr. Victor Dzau was honored Sunday with the American Heart Association’s 2010 Research Achievement Award. Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, was recognized for his “monumental contributions to knowledge of intricate disease processes affecting the heart Victor Dzau and blood vessels, insightful discoveries that are positively impacting the health of millions.� The award recognizes his lifetime achievements in the field. Dzau’s laboratory has investigated the molecular and genetic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and developed therapeutic approaches based on applied genomic and gene transfer technologies, according to a Duke news release. “I am honored to receive this award and join the distinguished list of cardiovascular researchers who have been recognized by the AHA for their contributions to the field,� Dzau said in the release. “I’ve dedicated more than three decades to pursue my passion for research and look forward
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Rangel walks out of Scientists may have House ethics trial seen black hole birth by Paul Kane
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In a day of high drama and a staged walkout, a jury of Rep. Charles Rangel’s peers ended the public phase of his House ethics trial Monday after just a few hours, finding that the facts alleged against him were not in dispute. With the New York Democrat absent for much of the process, the panel agreed unanimously that Rangel had inappropriately housed his political committees in a rent-controlled building, had used his congressional office to raise millions of dollars from corporations with business before his committee, and did not pay some taxes and fully disclose his assets. But the subcommittee determining Rangel’s fate did not reach a verdict on whether those actions broke congressional rules. After three hours of deliberation behind closed doors, the eight-member panel, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, announced that it would resume talks Tuesday morning. “No material fact is in dispute,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., chairman of the subcommittee, said of the charges against Rangel. The public phase of the trial concluded with the panel agreeing to take as fact the expansive volume of evidence gathered by staff investigators, declining to hear any witnesses. Rangel, the once-powerful committee chairman who oversaw tax and trade
policy, walked out of the proceedings in protest less than an hour into the process. With his political campaign account drained and a dispute going on with his most recent legal advisers, Rangel, 80, entered the hearing room as his own counsel. He pleaded for a delay so he could find time and financing for a new legal team. “I object to the proceedings, and I, with all due respect, since I don’t have counsel to advise me, I’m going to have to excuse myself from these proceedings,” Rangel said, speaking without notes and interrupting Lofgren as he stood before the lawmakers. Fresh off winning a 21st term, Rangel said he has spent more than $2 million from his campaign account on two legal teams, forensic accountants and media advisers. For the past month he has been unable to afford legal representation, and he is barred by the new strict ban on gifts from receiving pro bono help from a new law firm. Unconvinced by his pleadings - Rangel had spent the past several months demanding a speedy trial - the subcommittee continued with its work after he left. The panel will determine whether there is “clear and convincing evidence” that a violation of congressional rules occurred, Lofgren noted. A public verdict could come as early as Tuesday morning, once the panel members have voted on all 13 counts of violations alleged by an investigative subcommittee in July.
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For the first time, scientists believe they have witnessed the birth of a black hole. It began 30 years ago when a star 50 million light-years away imploded, setting into motion events that created a region where gravity is so great that nothing can escape, even light. The initial 1979 observation of the exploding star was made by an amateur astronomer from Western Maryland, but the profession’s top scientists have studied it intently with increasingly sophisticated orbiting X-ray telescopes. In announcing the discovery Monday at NASA headquarters, the researchers said that although the information they have collected is consistent with the birth of a baby black hole, they cannot rule out some other possibilities. Nonetheless, they spoke enthusiastically about what they are learning and will learn about the evolution of black holes. “We’ve never known before the exact birthday of a black hole, and now we can watch as it grows into a child and teenager,” said Kimberly Weaver, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “Learning about black holes has been like solving a puzzle, and this will help us get closer to a full understanding.” Not only do researchers consider this to be groundbreaking science, but the birth of the black hole in real time delivers a little-appreciated message about our galaxy and universe: It is always changing. Stars seem to be permanent, but they are born and die; black holes are created, get bigger
and over time they wither, too. The time scale is usually way too great for humans to observe, but the baby black hole reminds us that even the cosmos is forever in flux. “This is the first time we’ve been able to observe what certainly appears to be a black hole form and grow,” said Daniel Patnaude, an astronomer the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. “It makes sense for us to think of the universe as existing now as it always has and always will because that’s what we experience,” he said. “But the last 20 years of study have shown that in fact the universe changes every single day in significant ways, and this apparent black hole is a dramatic example of that.” The theory that black holes exist was first put forward by Albert Einstein and is now a well-accepted fact in astronomy and cosmology. Although they define darkness, black holes actually can be quite bright - or at least the disc surrounding the hole and pulling matter into it. That process creates friction and light as huge masses of swirling matter are pulled down into what might be thought of as a kitchen drain. The possible birth of a new black hole was announced by the implosion of supernova 1979C, detected by backyard astronomer Gus Johnson from Swanton, Md., when he saw a star suddenly brightening. The presence of the supernova was reported and soon after was followed by astronomers using new and more powerful X-ray telescopes. SN1979C was only the third supernova in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way directly detected from the ground, and it has become one of the most important and studied ever since.
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smoking from page 1 “[The smoking rate] was around 40 percent in 1965 and diminished to about 20 percent just five years ago,” he said. “Since then the decline has stagnated, which indicates the need for a change in policy.” Frank Sloan, the J. Alex McMahon professor in health policy, said the “shock value” of these images will likely help prevent a new generation of smokers. “Everybody knows smoking is bad, so nobody will be informed [by the new la-
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bels]. But people respond to emotional cues so this may be an effort to prevent people from picking up a pack of cigarettes by placing a disturbing image in plain sight,” Sloan said. Noting his own experience as a smoker, freshman Sharif Labban said he thinks these images will help to combat college students’ feeling of invincibility. “These images are powerful, [especially] the image of a post-surgery scar,” he said. “It reminds us young students about the things that are stronger than us. [These images] make the idea of death more real.”
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This June, the FDA will select new image labels that caution against smoking from a pool of 36 graphics, similar to the one pictured above. Other images include post-surgical scars and clogged arteries.
ids from page 1 citizens guilty of no more than a minor traffic infraction.” The matrícula consular serves as the primary form of identification for many Hispanic immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. City Council member Cora Cole-McFadden said the resolution confirms a status quo that protects immigrants’ rights, but City Council members Eugene Brown and Howard Clement voted against the resolution, arguing that it does not fall under the purview of the Council. “It’s not the responsibility of the City Council to vote on issues regarding immigration,” Brown said. “It’s a federal issue.” Since he became DPD chief three years ago, Lopez has allowed officers to accept the matrícula in order to allow Latinos with “documentation issues” the ability to report crimes without fear of deportation. “The significance of the vote is to garner trust from the Hispanic community,” he said. The meeting allowed input from Durham residents who had signed up to speak, albeit with a two-minute limit. Durhamites on both sides of the issue were highly vocal, leading Bell to call for order several times. He asked the audience not to applaud after specific presentations and went as far as to expel several members who loudly voiced their opposition. On their expulsion, several Hispanics watching the proceedings in the City Hall’s lobby clapped enthusiastically. Durham resident Kathy Chander suggested that immigration can help the U.S. by allowing it to compete economically with rising powers like China and India. “Any immigrant that starts a business hiring someone other than a relative should get a visa,” she said. One of the main concerns regarding
the acceptance of the matrícula is its vulnerability to fraud. Durham resident David Lister said the FBI has rejected the card because the government of Mexico keeps no centralized database of who has been issued matrículas, making them easy to forge. Other audience members said the use of the card could prove a threat to national security. In order to avoid fraud, DPD was given plastics by the Mexican consulate in Raleigh to be placed over the card to verify its legitimacy, Lopez said. But Victoria Peterson, another Durham resident, believes the cards are an illegitimate form of identification. “Some of us work in the community to encourage our youngsters not to break the law. Here the city is breaking the law,” she said. Many of those present were Hispanics in favor of the vote. During his presentation, Rev. Ricardo Correa, associate pastor at Ministerio Guerrero de Jesucristo in Durham, asked those who would be affected by the resolution’s outcome to stand up. Nearly everyone in the auditorium did. “Every person has a right to identify themselves,” he said. The resolution also received support from non-Hispanics. Durhamite Joan Walsh said illegal immigration is largely a consequence of U.S. trade policies like the North American Free Trade Agreement. “Immigration may be a national-level issue, but justice and fairness are local issues,” she said. “No human being is illegal.” After the residents spoke, Brown said he was puzzled that the resolution had been transformed from a public safety issue into a political one. “Are we simply being used to satisfy someone’s political agenda?” he asked.
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brodhead from page 1 nomic downturn and sent several messages during the 2006 lacrosse case, when three team members were falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer at an off-campus party. In an interview Monday night, Brodhead said he was prompted to write the letter by the sequence of events that he feels falsely portray campus culture. “This has been a Fall with a lot of odd events catching the public eye and events that are really so different from the Duke that we ourselves experience every day,” Brodhead said. Allegations that former Duke College Republican Chair Justin Robinette, a senior, was impeached from his position because he is gay have attracted outside attention since he first made the charges in the Spring. Then, reporters from major news agencies came to campus in October after a detailed Powerpoint presentation of a Duke alumna’s sexual encounters went viral. In November, crude fraternity e-mails sent to social listservs gained media attention from agencies such as The Huffington Post and Gawker.com after an anonymous student posted the messages as fliers throughout campus. And most recently, students voiced strong opinions regarding the cancellation of Tailgate, which was prompted by the discovery of an unconscious minor in a Porta Potty during the Nov. 6 Tailgate. “Cartoonish images of gender relations have created offense and highlighted persistent discomforts,” Brodhead wrote. “Like every other college in America, we have too much drinking on this campus. We’ve had our eyes opened to the serious costs of apparently harmless fun. As you know better than anyone, these episodes can create a wildly distorted image of Duke.”
Brodhead opened the e-mail by recalling a 1984 letter to students by thenPresident Terry Sanford. Signed “Uncle Terry,” as he was informally known, Sanford urged students to change the Cameron Crazies’ reputation of “crudeness, profanity and cheapness” and refrain from yelling profanities at men’s basketball games. Brodhead said soon after Sanford’s letter, students began to behave more appropriately at sporting events. He added that he believes his letter conveys a similar message to undergraduates in encouraging them to rethink common campus practices, noting that change must come from students. “No administration has ever changed the student culture, but students have changed their own culture,” he said in the interview. Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre, a senior, said he was “thrilled” that Brodhead sent the letter, noting that the president had told him in a meeting Friday he was working on a message to students. Lefevre added that he had encouraged Brodhead to start “bringing his voice closer” to the student body. “It had been a long time since the students heard from the President,” Lefevre said. “This is a community that cares about itself, that builds on individual strengths, and I think he did a great job of [conveying] that without getting into the details of any of [the events].” To address some of the same events that prompted Brodhead’s e-mail, DSG is holding a three-day summit on gender relations, the first of which took place last night. Senior Michelle Sohn, DSG liaison for gender issues, said the forum was successful, adding that she was very pleased with Brodhead’s letter. “It’s really laudable that he did that, and hopefully it’s not the only thing he’ll do,”
dining from page 3 that nutritional information will be made available at point of purchase, however the information will be made available online sometime in the near future. Alphin said that the display of nutrition information at point of purchase is detrimental to both efficiency and healthy eating. She expressed concern that students would misinterpret the components of a healthy diet, unnecessarily restricting their diets based on calories and grams of fat. Alphin instead emphasized campaigns that encourage well-rounded eating, such as the current Balance Your Plate said Sohn, who is also a member of The Chronicle’s Editorial Board. “Perhaps this is the start of a larger trend of him addressing the student body on problematic issues more and more.” Sophomore Ellie Bullard said she believes Duke is still being evaluated in light of the lacrosse scandal. As a result, Bullard said she thinks “people love to hate Duke,” even though it the University is not the only college campus home to controversy. “I wasn’t here when Duke had the lacrosse scandal, but I feel like ever since that happened things have spiraled out of control,” she said. Several students felt Brodhead did not give any concrete solutions to campus problems and instead only reiterated already-known issues. “I’m glad he acknowledged all of the things that have been going on in terms of gender relations,” said sophomore Andrea Alonso. “I don’t think he had a clear message to the student population. It’s kind of like, ‘What are we supposed to do now?’”
campaign, which encourages meals that include whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean protein and healthy fats. Still Alphin noted that healthier dining options come with an increase in costs. “As we strive to be a healthier campus, it’s going to me more expensive,” Alphin said. In terms of programming, both a cooking demonstration center and extracurricular cooking classes are in the works. Those present also joked about creating a credit-bearing cooking class that would be listed under chemistry and count both as an Arts, Literature and Performance and Quantitative Studies requirement. “It’s a [Cross-cultural Interaction] if it’s international food,” added Moneta.
dzau from page 3 to continuing to work toward the development of novel approaches for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and, ultimately, relieve the immense burden of this disease on our society.” Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, also a Duke researcher, won the award last year. Lefkowitz is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University Medical Center. He was recognized for his “transformative discoveries of cellular receptors, seminal findings that have created a cascade of biomedical innovation leading to more effective treatments for human disease,” according to the release.
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I remember my first Duke basketball game. We kept it mellow the Friday night before, checking online to see when the buses would begin running the next day. And when our alarms went off at 8:15 the next morning, we jumped out of bed eager to experience what we had been waiting for since President Brodhead first greeted us during orientation week: a real, live Duke basketball game. The C-1 was filled up by about 35 remarkably-awake freshmen toting chemistry and economics textbooks, carrying backpacks full of supplies—both scholarly and otherwise. We set up camp on the concrete K-Ville sidewalk, too excited—and cold—to do anything but shiver in the shadow of our new Mecca. We discovered that two people had beaten us to the front of the line, both freshmen who had deChris cided to spend the night in the great outdoors—a decision lauded as “totally hardcore” by other new Crazies—and there were no upperclassmen there. And every 20 minutes as the bus arrived on West with another load, the absence became more pronounced. “Where is everybody,” we wondered. “I thought the Cameron Crazies camped out for all the games!” Finally, around 10:30 a.m., a couple guys with their dorm room chairs wandered over from Craven and settled down in the back. The day went on, and more and more West campus residents sauntered over to join the growing crowd, and by game time, the line stretched all the way to the intramural gym. This process repeated itself, more or less, throughout the fall semester.
Despite boasting an arsenal of sharpshooters on the perimeter, Duke used its size and strength to completely overpower Southern California down low Monday night. The No. 6 Blue Devils (2-0) came out with intensity, grabbed an early lead and never looked back en route to a 75-50 win over the Trojans (1-1) in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game marked the 400th win of head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s career. Freshman Chloe Wells sparked the Duke offense with a smooth 3-pointer from the corner that gave the team an early lead, and the Blue Devils proDUKE 75 ceeded to take over from inside the paint. Krystal Thomas, Allison 50 Vernerey and Haley Peters were USC dominant on the boards, using their size and quickness to help Duke grab 50 rebounds compared to Southern Cal’s 37. “Duke has definitely reestablished itself as an elite team,” Southern Cal head coach Michael Cooper said. “We had a good game plan, but again, it’s tough to deal with size. I mean, they had the size on us, and they really utilized it.... If you get beat like that you’re not going to win many games.” On the offensive side of the ball, Thomas and Vernerey were a force down low as they tallied 11 and nine points, respectively. Duke’s offensive rebounding played a huge role in its win, leading to 26 second-chance points. It wasn’t just the post players that dominated in the paint. Senior Jasmine Thomas was slicing to the basket all night, making only one 3-pointer but finishing with 14 points. “I mean, we knew they played behind the post on their defense and we did a great job,” Peters said. “The first play of the game Jaz [Jasmine Thomas] got it in to KT [Krystal Thomas] and we established the inside presence right away.” Along with Peters, the other four Duke freshmen cycled onto the floor all night. Richa Jackson made her presence
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Senior Jasmine Thomas led all scorers with 14 points as the Blue Devils used their size to dominate Southern California in the paint Monday.
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Guard Seth Curry shot 60 percent from 3-point range against Princeton, scoring 14 points in 24 minutes.
Tonight marks game two of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, which will conclude next week with a pair of high-profile matchups in Kansas City, Mo. But the Blue Devils must get past two mid-level teams this week before looking ahead to those marquee contests. Duke takes on Miami (Ohio) at 7:30 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium, following its resounding, season-opening victory over Princeton Sunday night. For the No. 1 Blue Devils, the question seems to be not if they will win, but rather how they will look in doing so. In many facets of the game, Duke (1-0) will be looking to repeat its performance from Sunday against the Tigers. In particular, the Blue Devils hope to match their defensive effort that resulted in 27 Princeton turnovers. “To force that many turnovers is very, very good,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said after the Princeton game. “Energywise, I’ll take that every game.” Furthermore, Duke’s perimeter play
and ball movement were impressive, and co-ACC Rookie of the Week Kyrie Irving set the tone with nine assists, a record for a freshman in a season-opener. “Coming out here, I felt like I had already played against them, especially with the preparation that went into this game,” Irving said Sunday. “It felt good.” Nonetheless, Duke’s decisive 37-point win Sunday did have its flaws. The RedHawks (10) will look to capitalize if the Blue Devils repeat these miscues—which included senior Kyle Singler’s second-half foul calls. “[He] got into foul trouble because he was trying to make up for mistakes that his teammates made,” Krzyzewski said. “He was trying to cover up for them, and that’s something we have to change. We’re not going to win big with him getting into foul trouble off the ball.” Singler should play a key role down low in tonight’s matchup, hoping to siphon the See m. basketball on page 8
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CUSACK from page 7 But eventually I learned why the Crazies line up as they do: It’s a long, long season. So pace yourselves, freshmen. Four months and 17 home games is a much larger commitment than it seems now. You may think you’ll have the energy and willingness to sit out in the rain and sleet for 10 hours before every home game, but I can all but guarantee that at some point, you’ll wish you hadn’t spent your whole Tuesday shivering under a tarp to see Duke beat Gardner-Webb by 45. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t support the men’s basketball team, but a little selectivity never hurt anyone. Sure, being too far from the court to heckle the Charlotte player who just airballed a free throw is a shame, but
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felt early in the game with a fastbreak layup and followed with a 3-pointer one possession later. Chelsea Gray played point guard toward the end of the game, offering fans a glimpse of her immense talent. She knocked down a 3-pointer with 6:28 remaining to push the Blue Devils’ lead to 20 points and then made a quick move to the hoop for a bucket soon after. Although Southern Cal guards Ashley
is out with an injury to his left hand. More than anything, however, this game may serve as a test for Duke’s endurance as the Blue Devils are in the midst of a stretch that includes three games in six days. Even though postseason play is far away, this set of games makes it seem ever closer. “It’s a good test for us because this is kind of how tournament games are run. You don’t really have a lot of time to prepare for your next game,” Singler said. “It’s a good learning experience to go through.” someone else will make that joke, I promise. I’m not saying you should be spending more time studying either—mostly because it would wreck the curve for me—but if you want to make it through the season alive, keep a balance. Still show up to that GardnerWebb game, but instead of waiting all day for the front row, sleep through the morning. Then swing over to Cameron half an hour before tipoff and slide into the seventh row. Once the final stretch of ACC slate starts, you’ll be glad you did. By that point, games will be more competitive, exciting and demanding of true Cameron Craziness. But if you insist on standing in the front row for every game, as some of you surely will, invest in aspirin, Mucinex and a nice rain jacket. If not, these next four months will feel like an eternity. Corral and Briana Gilbreath fought hard to keep the Trojans in the game, the Blue Devils were always in control. Given last year’s close 78-72 win over the Trojans, McCallie was happy to see her team jump out to an early lead and stay aggressive for 40 minutes. After her milestone victory, McCallie reflected on some of the high points of her career. “I have been blessed with a lot of great people to work with,” she said. “In 19 years of coaching, there’s been a lot of great staff members and a lot of great players. It makes it fun.”
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A&S Council should fight cuts The Trinity College of In September, Alvin CrumArts and Sciences has yielded bliss, interim dean of the several disquieting develop- faculty of Arts and Sciences ments this semester as the and dean of Trinity College, University continues to suffer announced that the number from the effects of the down of Trinity’s regular rank faceconomy. ulty has grown Academic to an unmaneditorial departments in ageable level Trinity were required to cut and will need to shrink. This their budgets by 5 percent in raises serious concern that Spring 2009, and again by 10 Duke’s student-faculty ratio percent in Fall 2009. Already will worsen, especially given the core academic experi- that the University welcomed ence has suffered. For exam- its largest freshman class ever ple, undergraduate students to East Campus in August. enrolled in general and orAt last week’s meeting, the ganic chemistry classes this Arts and Sciences Council semester are spending half approved a formal resolution as much time in laboratory calling for the restoration sessions as they would in and increase of the budget past years. Online assign- of the Committee on Faculty ments have been substituted Research, which was cut by for sessions previously spent roughly 75 percent for the in the lab. 2010 fiscal year.
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a funding constraint when it is in their own self-interest to do so. “The administration has been as helpful as they can be given the constraints,” Warren Warren, chair of the chemistry department, wrote in an Oct. 15 Chronicle guest column explaining the switch to online labs. We question why members of the faculty did not adopt this same attitude when it was their own research funding that was at stake, especially given the fact that the original $400,000 budget for the committee made up only about 1 percent of total expenditures on research activities by the Arts and Sciences faculty, according to Council Chair Ruth Day. We are pleased to see the
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t feels like every time I turn around, somebody The tradition of New Year’s resolutions goes somewhere is trying to become better. Com- all the way back to 153 B.C.E. when Janus (think placency? That doesn’t exist at Duke Universi- January…), a mythical king, was placed at the ty. That ole saying, “you are enough” head of the calendar. King Janus doesn’t apply in a world where the had not one, but two faces. With drive for a 4.0 seems to dictate all. one face, he could look back at “Better,” I realize, is a broad term, so the past and with the other he let me elaborate based on my recent would peer forward to the future. Duke fieldwork. Eventually, Janus became the anMy friends want to be smarter, cient symbol for resolutions as more cultured, more efficient and many Romans looked for forgivecooler. “It’s senior year,” they always ness from their enemies at the molly lester tell me. “We gotta live it up!” beginning of each year. Even my professors strive to be more taste, less filling In my humble opinion, resomore approachable, more cultured lutions by Janus, once a year, just and more efficient. isn’t the way to go. What about “betterment” in Duke University wants to become more es- baby steps? How about we just pick something we teemed, more successful and… safer. Hence, the know we can do, at least once, and just do it. Then Tailgate cancellation. repeat. Right now. I flossed my teeth this mornI know, I know, terminating the single-most le- ing, and I’m planning on doing it tomorrow. 2005 git excuse to drunkenly wear a tutu in the Blue throwback, but it’s possible. Zone is not a “betterment” in the eyes of many. Let’s call this “bite size” betterment. I think it And by the time this column runs, I’m sure the could work. Lots of little “betterments” going on topic will have been beaten to a pulp. No matter, all the time should certainly have more lasting imas an admitted fair-weather Duke football fan and pact than that impossible big old Janus New Year’s advocate of the safety of minors, I see the point. thing that never sticks. But, back to individual betterment. Generally, How about resolutions to be more efficient like most of you, I wait until New Year’s Day to “bet- (10-page paper in two hours), more cultured (eat ter” myself. Year after year, I make lofty resolutions Panda with chopsticks instead of a fork), cooler that last as long as a gallon of Kroger skim milk. (drinks on a Monday night) and more intellectual Jan. 1, 2005: I will floss everyday. (listen to opera instead of rap)? But seriously, we Actual duration of flossage: Less than a week. would all be “better” before we know it. Jan. 1, 2006: I will read one book for pleasure And maybe the University could learn from every month. this too. Number of months this lasted: No comment. Perhaps eliminating Tailgate altogether wasn’t Jan. 1, 2007: I will do something nice for my the best way to go. The reasons behind it are admibrother everyday. rable, but so were the reasons behind my 2007 atActual duration of niceness: Ha! Zero minutes, tempt to do something nice for my brother every zero hours and zero days. day. The large-scale approach to bettering one of Jan. 1, 2008: I will drink less. the most publicized campus “problems” will not Actual duration of soberness: Well, I came back work. Mark my words. to school somewhere around the 10th, so… nine Neither you nor I had a say in the administradays. Kidding. But, not really. tion’s decision to terminate the party in the Blue You get the picture. New Year’s resolutions Zone, but each of us has control over our personaren’t my forte. Don’t get me wrong, I understand al betterment. So let’s just focus on what we can the principle—new year, clean slate, fresh start— change for now—ourselves. but delaying my self-improvement until the first of There’s no time like the present. Want to get the year seems arbitrary and just adds more pres- better? Forget Janus and go bite-size. After all, sure, setting me up for failure every time. Rome wasn’t built in a day. So, who started this resolution nonsense anyway? Turns out, like so many of the traditions in our Molly Lester is a Trinity senior. Her column runs evmodern world, this one started in ancient Rome. ery other Tuesday.
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n the Spring of 2009, as he was leaving office, then-DSG President Jordan Giordano called for the disbandment of Campus Council. That same April The Chronicle’s Independent Editorial Board called on Campus Council to surrender its role as a programming body to Duke University Union. Just days after his election as Campus Council president, senior Stephen Temple faced two public calls for what amounted to the dismemberment of the organization he’d been selected to lead. More recently, then-DSG President Awa Nur and her executive board (myself included) echoed Giordano’s criticisms of Campus Council in 2010. The common arguments against Campus Council (from, generally, so-called “DSG insiders”) have been twofold. The ple argues, “representative in a different way than DSG.” Campus Council is not a simple organization, but that’s main criticism was that Campus Council’s leadership— OK in Temple’s mind. We have a complicated its executive board—is not directly elected. residential model at Duke and need residenRoughly put, residents of quads elect quad tial governance which, although not necessarcouncils who select representatives to the ily complicated, is a good fit for the model. central Campus Council body who then seI think he is right. lect their leadership from among themselves. Indeed, one of our great opportunities in Several tiers of intermediate electorates sepathe near future is the reorganization of Camrate the average residential constituent from pus Council so that it fits the new house model. the Campus Council president. That’s not the exact process, but you can gregory morrison The housing transition provides a natural point to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of understand why student leaders who face finish the thought the current form and to initiate innovation in annual elections might perceive a legitimacy student representation. On the issue of elecdeficit in Campus Council. Almost worse, there is no provision made for the enfranchisement of off- tions, Temple leaves open the possibility that residents might campus residents, who certainly have a stake in on-campus directly elect the president of Campus Council, but points out that the internal selection of council members provides a helpresidential policy and programming. Secondly, and more bitterly, DSG folks objected to Campus ful degree of continuity and institutional memory. As for those DSG naysayers, Temple is looking to colCouncil because administrators often defer to Campus Council leaders, and not DSG leaders, when seeking student input laborate. He doesn’t sound too interested in turf battles. He rattled off gender neutral housing as an example of on matters relating to the Duke residential experience. I talked with Temple (now in his second year at the successful collaboration and cited transportation and dinhelm of Campus Council) about these criticisms and their ing as two areas of potential future collaboration between the two organizations. impact on the quality of student advocacy on campus. So, should Campus Council exist? Definitely. He noted that Campus Council’s policy role has been But I do not completely buy the argument that Camchallenged every year since the organization took the lead on residential policy issues in the early 2000s. He also pus Council does not suffer from a legitimacy deficit. It pointed out that the “structure underneath Campus Coun- claims to represent students, and I believe that elections— cil is vastly larger than most understand it to be” because regular, free, fair, direct elections—are essential to quality it includes every house council, quad council and campus student representation. A quick fix would be to have the Campus Council president council (e.g. East Campus Council), as well as Campus Council’s central general body and, of course, the Cam- and vice president, and maybe a smattering of other executive pus Council executive board, a total of about 240 students. board members, directly elected by campus residents. But even that arrangement would not end the instituThis total, which dwarfs the 80 or so students who can be said to be members of DSG, makes Campus Council, Tem- tionalized in-fighting between student leaders. Indeed, it
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might even make it more intense. I want DSG and Campus Council to become one organization. Here’s a sketch of what that might look like: DSG would add a vice president for residential life, elected by all students, who would oversee a committee of DSG senators, on a new residential life committee, who were elected, also by all students, to be the vice president, treasurer, etc., of Campus Council. This DSG Senate committee, headed by a vice president who sat on the DSG executive board under the DSG president, would inherit the successful residential governance structure already in place (or their successors after the implementation of the house model). DSG would gain student representatives in every single dorm. Campus Council would gain legitimacy through direct elections. Students would gain a coordinated, responsible and intimately present system which could deliver better advocacy. A largely intact Campus Council, empowered as currently but unified with student government, might just be a system that could deliver. Gregory Morrison is a Trinity senior and former Duke Student Government EVP. His column runs every Tuesday.
Blast from the past
spent this past weekend in a time machine. in the words of his predecessor President Terry Sanford, I met alumni who were Blue Devils well before I was challenged Duke to “create a picture of Duke that does even born, who walked this campus and lived in these us better justice.” President Brodhead’s call for action dorms during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Bewas not only timely and very much needed, ing on the Board for the Alumni Association but to a certain extent suggests that he too has many perks, but what’s even cooler than did a bit of reminiscing on what Duke used the football games, basketball games and banto be during interactions with Alumni this quets at the Hart House that we get invited weekend. to is the opportunity to hear first hand how One alumnus shared with me his experithe graduation requirements were created or ence of Duke in the 70s, when the drinkto compare stories about student activism on ing age was still 18 and how it fostered a campus from the Vietnam rallies to the more campus culture that was far safer than what metty fisseha recent Burma rallies in 2007. is happening at Duke today. He spoke of i’m just saying A lot has changed at this place over the the kegs in the commons rooms where anyyears, and this weekend, many former stuone was able to get a beer so long as they dents came back to Duke to come face to face with the real- marked down how many they had in accordance with the ity that almost everything is different. honor system. I, in turn, shared with him how today East Our alumni were shocked at the recent surge of is a dry campus and that binge drinking, usually in the Duke related incidents in the news—especially those form of drinking games, is one of the administration’s that depict our University as a place where all students biggest problems on West. We compared how, for him, do is drink, party, have sex and occasionally study. For the most common thing to see the morning after a weekus students today, all we really know is the Duke that end of partying were cups and beer cans, and how for me bore the Lacrosse Case, Karen Owen, Cliff Satell and it is to see vomit strewn in random places in the dorms numerous other scandals in between. Let’s remind our- and in the quads (I’m an RA, and trust me: if there is one selves of the law school that produced Richard Nixon thing that Duke students know how to deposit in the most in 1937, the college of arts and science from which Me- inappropriate places—it’s vomit). Oh, how things have linda Gates and Ken Jeong graduated in 1986 and 1990, changed—right? respectively. There are many things about our school Well, one thing that has definitely not changed since that make us stand out from the rest but over the past the 70s, in the midst of so much construction and renovafew decades, these accolades have been pushed out of tion, is Central Campus. While Student Affairs embarks on the picture and Duke’s public image has become one lofty endeavors like the new K-4 dorm and the recent Mill that our alumni hardly recognize. Village, we must question how much time and capital is In his email to the Duke community sent out earlier to- being given to the improvement of the living condition on day, President Brodhead—or as he refers to himself, our Central Campus. While the $12 to $15 million budget al“uncle in the Allen building”—spoke to this issue and, located for this New Campus seems to be enough, we must
make this project a priority in order to address the needs of the 800 undergrads and the 200 grads who live there. Alumni still boast about their rich living experiences on East and on the main quad—of their hall mates, their blocks, their RAs and their overall community. But the conversation takes a turn when the topic of central campus comes up. Central Campus, unlike Duke’s public image, is one arena that has not changed in the slightest—proving that, in some instances, no change can be just as unsettling as change itself. What’s even more exciting than reminiscing on the past is using these alumni accounts of how different Duke used to be to imagine how different Duke will be once I have graduated in 6 months, and have returned for Alumni board meetings in five, 10 or even 15 or more years. Henry J. Ellsworth, former commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, is quoted in 1844 as saying something along the lines of, “mankind has already achieved all of what it is capable, and that there would be no more inventions requiring patents.” This of course came right before the invention of the steamboat, the electric light and the telephone. We are shocked to think there didn’t used to be a Bryan Center plaza, as we know it today, just five years ago. And that GA Down Under used to be a dining hall and Trent Hall used to be a dorm. But it should shock us even more to imagine the new buildings, sculptures, traditions and famous people that are yet to grace our campus and our Duke experience. That we will come back to campus after having graduated, and walk around reminiscing on what used to be and what it is today. Even more exciting is that at one point, many years down the line from now, we may share all this with some eager current student in a conversation that starts off with something like, “Well, when I was your age... ” Metty Fisseha is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.
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The Duke University Department of Music
A special 400th anniversary performance
Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers Rodney Wynkooop, conductor featuring Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
& members of the Duke Chapel Choir, Duke Chorale, Choral Society of Durham & Duke Collegium Musicum Sunday, November 21, 4 pm, Duke Chapel
Student tickets are $5 ($20 general) 919-684-4444 • www.tickets.duke.edu more info at arts.duke.edu/piffaro
Related Events with Professor Jeffrey Kurtzman (Washington University in St. Louis) • TALK: “The Context of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine: A complex of circumstances and unresolved questions” Friday, Nov 19th, 4:30 pm in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building, East Campus. • TALK: “The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610: What is it and why did Monteverdi publish it?” Sunday, Nov 21st, 3:00 pm in 0016 Westbrook Bldg (next to Duke Chapel), West Campus. Both events are free and open to the public. The Monteverdi 1610 Vespers events are part of the Duke Medieval and Renaissance Music series, presented with the support of TEMPO (Triangle Early Music Presenting Organization), The Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts, Duke Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Romance Studies and Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts.
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