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Obama calls for education ‘wake-up call’ Duke repays

$437k of ACS research grant

by Sonia Havele THE CHRONICLE

“We’re the nation that built the Transcontinental Railroad.

We’re the nation that took the first airplane into flight. We constructed a massive Interstate Highway System. We introduced the world to the Internet. America has always been built to compete,” he said. “And if we want to attract the best jobs and businesses to our shores, we’ve got to be that nation again.”

Forsyth recently implemented a new biotechnology program to expand its existing certificate and degree opportunities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Obama said he chose to speak at the community college

Duke will comply with the American Cancer Society’s request for repayment of a grant that funded the work of former Duke cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti.

The University will repay approximately $437,400 of the $729,000 ACS grant awarded in 2007, Dr. Michael Cuffe, Duke University Health System vice president for medical affairs, confirmed in a statement Monday. The remainder of the grant award had not yet been spent and will be retained by the organization. Officials from ACS could not be reached for comment Monday.

ACS suspended payments on the grant this summer after questions arose concerning Potti’s resume. Duke officials, led by Provost Peter Lange, conducted a review of Potti’s credentials and announced in August that they had identified “issues of substantial concern.” Cuffe’s statement noted that the termination of the grant was “a decision ACS made based on the issues with Dr. Potti’s curriculum vitae used in the award application.”

“As I understand it, [the ACS’s] concern was that the original award of the grant was based on a false pretense—that is [that] he was a Rhodes Scholar—and they focused particularly on that issue,” said Huntington Willard, director of Duke’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy.

Potti resigned from his positions at IGSP and the School of Medicine Nov. 19. That day, Willard noted in an e-mail to IGSP staff that Potti accepted full responsibility for

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President Obama delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of education at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston Salem, N.C. Monday.

by Chinmayi Sharma and Alejandro Bolívar THE CHRONICLE

Hours before he announced a compromise with GOP lawmakers on a package deal aimed at bolstering the economy, President Barack Obama emphasized America’s culture of innovation and stressed his commitment to continued investment in education.

Speaking to students and state officials gathered Monday at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, the president conveyed a broad vision for economic recovery. America, Obama said, is at risk of falling behind other nations and must look within for its economic strength.

Econ still most popular major among undergrads

by Amanda Young THE CHRONICLE

Economics remains the most popular major at Duke, but the number of majors has decreased significantly since 2001-2002.

During the last academic year, 207 students graduated from the economics department, compared to 335 in 2001-2002, according to data compiled by David Jamieson-Drake, director of the Office of Institutional Research. In decreasing order, the eight departments with the most majors are economics, psychology, political science, biology, public policy studies, biomedical engineering, history and English.

For the purposes of comparison, Jamieson-Drake adjusted the data to account for the fluctuating number of graduates each year. He added that the most recent figures are still preliminary.

Over the past decade, the number of economics majors has fluctuated, but the major has remained the most popular. Connel Fullenkamp, director of undergraduate studies for economics, said he believes that

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there are several reasons why economics has remained a desirable major over time.

“Despite whatever the economy does, economics majors do well in the job market,” Fullenkamp said. “Even in a really down year like we had a couple of years ago, economics majors still found arguably really good jobs. Also, the popularity of economics is a phenomenon at every liberal arts school where there aren’t business majors.”

Fullenkamp said he has noticed that the recent economic downturn has affected what students are interested in within the field.

“More students are interested in analyzing how everything blew up in our faces a few years ago, and there’s more interest in some of the aspects of economics that were behind the scenes before,” he said.

The large size of the economics department sometimes makes it difficult for students to enroll in their desired elective classes, but Fullenkamp said that in general the economics department works hard to See majors on page 6

Chronicle Graphic By Melissa Yeo

Economics is still the most popular major at Duke, despite a decline in the number of students pursuing the field.

This past year, 207 students graduated from the economics department, down from 335 students in 2001-2002.

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Fight for same-sex marriage Cancun climate summit in California continues looks to achieve progress CANCUN, Mexico — The U.N.-sponsored climate talks, which began here a week ago, entered a new phase Monday as delegates and high-ranking ministers from nearly 200 countries settled into vast, sunless meeting rooms, intent on restoring the credibility of a process aimed at slowing global warming.

While last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen produced little despite attracting more than 100 heads of state,some experts suggested this wonkish two-week meeting in a resort better known for college undergrads’drunken excesses could end up laying the groundwork for a future climate agreement.

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Program allows students to Robinette, Satell file study abroad in North Korea civil rights complaints

by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

Despite North Korea’s strict policies for foreign travelers, some American students now have the opportunity to study in the isolated country.

Senior Jack Zhang visited the country this past June with The P’yongyang Project, a program founded in 2009 to increase academic and cultural interaction between Americans and North Koreans.

The P’yongyang Project, the only educational program that allows Americans to study in North Korea, offers a unique opportunity for students and professors to explore Northeast Asia. The project, which offers summer study abroad programs and shorter delegation trips, hopes to inspire a grassroots movement working toward peace between the nation and other parts of the world through cultural exchange.

“I saw it as a great opportunity to learn about the country first-hand with a group of similarly interested people,” Zhang said.

“The idea of going to [North Korea] with people who were going just for the thrills didn’t seem right.”

By roaming the streets of North Korea— under carefully supervised guidance— Zhang learned first-hand about the nation that remains a mystery to most Americans.

The delegation program that Zhang participated in encourages students to act as ambassadors for their home countries through interaction with locals and academic discussion. The delegates, who are identified as “scholars” rather than “tourists,” visited

museums and historical sites and immersed themselves in a foreign way of life.

Although Zhang’s interests lie in political science and East Asian studies, students of all academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply for the organization’s variety of programs. THiNK: Transcending History in North Korea, for example, is an intensive two-month Korean language study program open to students of all language levels.

The P’yongyang Project began while Michael Reichel, project director and co-founder, was studying international relations at Brown University. Reichel used his university background and established connections in China to get the project off the ground.

“It got started because we talked,” Reichel said. “It takes patience, and it takes See north korea on page 6

Courtesy of Jack Zhang

The P’yongyang Project, founded in 2009, offers students the chance to study abroad in North Korea.

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Tutoring is a humbling experience that allows me to focus less on myself and more on how I can aid people around me.”

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by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE

The University responded last week to two civil rights complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education by seniors Justin Robinette and Cliff Satell.

The two complaints, which were filed with the Department of Education early this Fall, allege that the University discriminates on the basis of sex and race. Jim Bradshaw, who works in the Department of Education press office, confirmed that Justin Robinette both cases are “under investigation.”

Robinette claimed in April that he was impeached from his former position as Duke College Republicans chair because he is gay. Robinette later filed three cases of discrimination against the Duke College Republicans with the Duke Student Government Judiciary, which did not rule in his favor in any case.

Cliff Satell Robinette and Satell, former club vice chair, have since maintained that University administrators failed to take action despite claims of harassment.

“I trusted that [the Office of Student Conduct] would not succumb to the insti-

tutional deafness that permeates every corner of the Administration,” Satell wrote in an Aug. 4 e-mail to the Office of Student Conduct obtained by The Chronicle.

Robinette confirmed that he filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education, but did not wish to be quoted in this article. Satell confirmed that he filed one complaint with the Department of Education, but declined to comment further.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, confirmed that Duke responded to these complaints last week. He added that, on average, the University receives one to two complaints from the U.S. Department of Education “every other year.”

The first complaint, filed Sept. 13, claims that Duke did not “take prompt and appropriate action in response to complaints of retaliatory sexual harassment,” and that “the University failed to take prompt and appropriate action in response to a complaint of [a] racially hostile environment,” Bradshaw wrote in an e-mail.

The second complaint, filed Oct. 13, reiterates the University’s failure to act on “complaints of peer sexual harassment” on the basis of sex and “alleges that an employee of the school subjected the complainant to a sexually hostile environment.”

The Office of Civil Rights will serve as a “neutral fact-finder” in the cases and See cases on page 7

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Committee submits remaining evaluations

by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE

Members of Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee presented the remaining end-of-semester evaluations for campus eateries Monday night.

The group discussed recent and upcoming changes for various campus restaurants, including Twinnie’s, Alpine Bagels, the Freeman Center and the Great Hall.

DUSDAC members gave Twinnie’s mixed reviews. The committee praised the cafe for its wide variety of vegetarian options but criticized the venue’s lack of vegan and gluten-free foods. Senior Mark Elstein said that gluten free items are the cafe’s “next major project.”

Members also talked about updates to Alpine Atrium and Alpine Bagels. Next semester, Alpine Bagels will seek to establish a presence in Krzyzewskiville by setting up a tent to sell coffee and bagels to tenters, senior Helen Zhang wrote in her evaluation. Furthermore, because 80 percent of sales at Alpine Atrium are to-go, the venue is working to increase business by decreasing turnover times. The committee also noted that students looking to avoid long lines at Alpine Bagels in the morning should go to Alpine Atrium, which serves the same bagels and generally has a shorter line.

The Freeman Center was complimented for its relaxed atmosphere and its options for vegans, vegetarians and students with food allergies. The committee noted, however, that the facility’s small kitchen gets more business than it was intended to sustain.

DUSDAC praised the Great Hall for its commitment to environmental sustainabil-

ity as well as its responsiveness to student requests.

Junior Benjamin Berman commended the management of the Great Hall, calling Resident District Manager Nate Peterson a “sustainability superhero” for his commitment to green dining initiatives such as the Farm to Fork campaign. But members also noted that students sometimes complain about employee service.

DUSDAC also noted changes to the Refectory Cafe, including new grilled cheese sandwiches, vegan noodles and a wider selection of paninis. In the near future, the eatery will exclude high-fructose corn syrup from its offerings—even in its ketchup.

Additionally, Blue Express is seeking to expand its customer base, according to the report on the venue. Members compared the current customer base to a cult.

“I think a lot of kids don’t know about Blue Express,” said DUSDAC co-Chair Andrew Schreiber, a senior. “A lot of my friends have never heard of it, unless they’re pre-med.”

The Tower, which is popular among Edens residents, was praised for having healthier options than Tommy’s, the venue it replaced over the summer. But members also criticized the eatery for its ordering system, an issue DUSDAC has attempted to resolve in the past.

Big changes may also soon be coming to The Greek Devil. The food stand will offer falafel next semester and possibly gift cards. The Greek Devil may also launch a new food cart featuring fruits, Greek yogurt, juices and fragrant candied nuts.

“They should put it next to Panda to neutralize or supersede that smell,” Schreiber said, evoking the group’s laughter.”

On East Campus, Trinity Cafe has seen more than an 100 percent increase in sales since the new freshmen credit system— which gives freshmen a $4 lunch credit if they miss breakfast and a $12 alternative to the Marketplace in the evening.

The cafe has also been attempting to rebrand itself as a destination for socializing by offering board games and loud music on weekends.

“I’m sure the students in Brown Residence Hall appreciate that,” Elstein joked.

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Diabetes screenings misdiagnose patients

by Rob Stein

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Federal health officials are investigating the use of finger-prick blood tests to screen Americans for diabetes, one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most serious public health problems.

The quick tests were approved to monitor patients, and some may be far less accurate for diagnosing the ailment, erroneously alarming people that they have the incurable, life-threatening disease or falsely lulling others into thinking they are healthy, delaying care that could prevent serious complications.

“You wouldn’t want to be told you have cancer based on an inaccurate test. Diabetes is a serious disease - something you’re going to have for the rest of your life and threaten your life. You need to use an accurate test,” said Sue Kirkman, the American Diabetes Association’s senior vice president for medical affairs and community information.

Doctors have long used some versions of the test, known as the A1c test, to track how diabetics are faring. The American Diabetes Association earlier this year endorsed expanding their use to diagnose the disease, to help identify the millions who don’t know they have it. But it specified that only A1c tests performed by highly skilled, closely regulated laboratories should be used for diagnosis. The concern is the use of some quick over-the-counter A1c tests that have not been validated and are not carefully monitored.

The testing illustrates the unexpected consequences that can occur when the discovery of better ways to diagnose and track diseases mixes with commercial interests that turn those discoveries into simple, cheap tests and well-intentioned policy-

making inadvertently fuels their use. The situation also highlights legal loopholes that can leave federal regulators with few options to crack down on the tests’ misuse.

“I have grave concerns,” said David Sacks, a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School who chairs the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program, the federally funded effort to improve diabetes testing. “We have absolutely no way to know how accurate or inaccurate these tests are, who’s performing them and whether they’re being performed correctly.”

How widely the tests are being used

results and encourage them to report the results to their primary-care provider.”

The tests also are offered by some firms specializing in health screening events for customers and employees at retail stores, large office buildings, factories and other businesses. Companies around the country, for example, have been hiring OptumHealth of Golden Valley, Minn., to provide free A1CNow tests to their employees are part of their wellness programs, according to OptumHealth spokesman Charles Grothaus.

“We do health screenings at pharmacies and retail outlets throughout the South-

“These tests are not used to provide a clinical diagnosis or recommend any treatment. What we do is provide patients test results and encourage them to report the results to their primary-care provider.”

— Jim Cohn, spokesman for CVS is unclear, but people are being tested at drugstores, doctor’s offices, health fairs and corporate “wellness” days. CVS says it is offering the tests at 21 of its MinuteClinics in 22 states and Washington, D.C. Walgreens Co. tested about 30,000 customers free of charge at some 1,700 stores around the country in November 2009 and 2010, according to spokesman Jim Cohn.

“By offering free testing we’re providing a valuable health-care resource,” Cohn said. “These tests are not used to provide a clinical diagnosis or recommend any treatment. What we do is provide patients test

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east,” said Allen Tedder, operations manager for CholestCheck Corp. in Greenville, S.C. CholestCheck sells Bayer’s five-minute A1CNow test for $40 at health fairs.

“We don’t actually diagnose. We give the results, and it’s up to them to decide whether to talk to their physicians. We don’t offer any advice on what they should do,” Tedder said. “It’s a wellness program for the stores so they can get their customers to come in and maybe get people to their pharmacies.

It also helps make people in tune with their health who may not get medical services.”

The tests are used primarily for Type 2

diabetes, the most common form of the disease - more than 23 million children and adults in the United States suffer from the illness. Type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly because of biological, sociological and demographic trends, including the obesity epidemic, the aging population and immigration of prone ethnicities.

Diabetes hobbles the body’s ability to control sugar levels in the blood, which can lead to blindness, amputations, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and death.

African Americans and Latinos are among those are greatest risk.

The tests measure hemoglobin A1c, which reflects average blood sugar for the previous two to three months. A1c levels are a well-established indicator of how diabetics controlling their sugar. In January, however, the American Diabetes Association recommended that some A1c tests also could be diagnostic, helping to identify the millions who do not know they have the disease, to try to stave off the most devastating effects.

A1c tests are much simpler than what had long been and often still are the gold standard for diagnosing diabetes - glucose tests, which require patients to fast for at least eight hours and then swallow a sugar-rich drink so beforeand-after blood analyses can be compared.

“Let’s say you have someone who comes in for something else and you have one opportunity to diagnose them,” said Kirkman, of the diabetes association. “You can do it then and not have to say you have to come back another day.”

But only A1c tests that are performed by specialized labs closely monitored by groups such as the College of American Pathologists are supposed to be used to diagnose diabetes, according to the guidelines.

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Although Reichel noted that security issues are not as challenging as they may seem, his team does not allow participants to bring recording devices to establish trust between the program and the Koreans. By maintaining positive, human-to-human interaction, students and locals are able to remain open-minded and rid themselves of preconceived notions, Reichel said.

“It is a very dynamic country, and it has a lot of aspects you don’t hear about in the media. It’s far more complex and dynamic of a society than it’s normally made out to be,” he added.

An enthusiastic alum, Zhang invited the program’s founders, Reichel and Nicholas Young, to speak with interested students about the P’yongyang Project at Duke in November. Approximately 50 students attended the event, which was sponsored by the Duke East Asia Nexus.

Although the P’yongyang Project is not currently listed as a non-Duke administered approved program, students interested in the project are able to submit a petition to the office—the procedure followed for any new program. Duke allows travel to North Korea if it is approved by the U.S. government, according to the Duke International Travel Policy.

Peggy Li, a freshman who attended the Nov. 3 presentation, said that although there are concerns associated with traveling to North Korea, she views the project as a great opportunity.

“When [students] think of North Korea, they think ‘bad government,’ but there is a human element as well,” Li said. “I think it is definitely something I want to consider.”

Reichel, who was on a five-week road trip at the time to promote the project at several Canadian and American universities, expects more Duke students to apply to the program in the near future.

“Duke was special,” Reichel said of the project’s visit to the University. “The interest was there, and there were some really insightful questions. It was really exciting.”

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“We get complaints about our introductory classes being too big every semester, but we try to be responsive to those comments by putting our best instructors in our core courses,” Fullenkamp said. “We have a standing policy that we’ll expand any of our core classes to acquire any student.

For electives, we generally can accommodate everyone, but not everyone can get their first choice.”

Accommodating all students in core courses comes at the expense of course size, however. This semester, the five core economics classes required for all majors—Econ 51, 55D, 105D, 110D and 139D—contain 245, 232, 79, 73 and 129 students, respectively.

Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, said the number of majors in a department only indirectly affects the amount of funding it gets.

“I would say that at Duke or at comparable places, departments don’t rise and fall based on the number of students,” Nowicki said. “But that isn’t to say that if a department got a huge number of majors, that the dean of the school wouldn’t help that department.”

Nowicki also noted that there is not a simple formula for determining the number of seats offered in each class.

“There is lots of discussion between directors of undergraduate studies, and we work on a dynamic basis to figure out how to create more seats,” Nowicki said.

Other large departments come across similar issues with accommodating students for introductory courses, including the Sanford School of Public Policy. Ken Rogerson, director of undergraduate studies for public policy, said several factors affect the number of seats offered for a particular course in the department.

“The number of openings in a course is based on the substance of the course, the availability and work load of teaching assistants and the available space,” Rogerson said. “For the core courses, each year we offer the number of openings that is at least 20 percent more than the average graduating class size. Every core course is offered every semester.”

A relatively new major, public policy class size has not fluctuated significantly over the past 10 years. However, pubic policy is still a very popular major and sometimes students have trouble enrolling in the large introductory classes.

“We are fortunate to have been able to hire more faculty over the past few years to teach and work with the students,” Rogerson said. “That has helped expand the number and type of electives we were able to offer and has given us a strong faculty to teach the core courses.”

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Obama from page 1 because its new program is a good example of how government can effectively help expand and improve education. He noted his campaign goal of reinstating the United States as the nation with the most college graduates by 2020.

“In an era where most new jobs will require some kind of higher education, we have to keep investing in the skills and education of our workers,” he said. “To get there, we’re making college more affordable for millions of students. We’ve made an unprecedented investment in community colleges just like this one.”

Although Obama stressed the stimulus’ successes, noting its creation of more than one million jobs in the private sector in the past two years—including 50,000 jobs in North Carolina alone—the president recognized that the country faces an uphill climb. “[T]he recovery is simply not happening fast enough,” he said, acknowledging that the unemployment rate rose in November. “Plenty of Americans are still without work.

Plenty of Americans are still hurting.”

cases from page 3 analyze evidence from all parties involved in the case to develop its findings, Bradshaw said.

Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta referred all comment to Schoenfeld. Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office of Student Conduct, declined to comment.

In a Sept. 15 e-mail sent to senior and Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre, Moneta expressed his view that the administration has handled the case appropriately.

“The Office of Student Conduct has been diligent in its analysis and conclusions and that individuals who have strived to offer support, care and comfort are being so vilified disappoints me greatly,” Moneta wrote. “Every member of the Duke administration who has had a part to play in this situation has acted with deep concern for defense of our principles, of our students and of our community.”

If the U.S. Department of Education decides to pursue the case, it will submit a “resolution agreement” to Duke outlining the areas that the institution should address to be in compliance with civil rights laws, Bradshaw said. The Office will then monitor the school’s implementation of the agreement, he added.

The Office for Civil Rights’ investigations typically conclude within six months of the case’s opening, Bradshaw said, noting that the complaint is not a court case.

acs from page 1 “anomalies in data handling, analysis and management.”

Attention to these scientific discrepancies intensified in July when falsifications in Potti’s resume, particularly his claim to be a Rhodes Scholar, were identified.

Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of ACS, told The Chronicle in November that the organization had requested information from Duke concerning its review of the scientist’s credentials. He noted that the school would not be precluded from future funding if it resolved issues surrounding Potti’s work.

Cuffe said Duke is intent on preserving a favorable relationship with the organization.

“Duke has had a long-standing and positive relationship with the [ACS], and we fully understand their position regarding the termination of the grant to Dr. Potti,” he said.

“We look forward to our continued relationship with ACS as research partners.”

Willard, too, noted the importance of “maintaining a high level [of] trust” with ACS. Willard said the ACS grant termination will only affect Potti and that “the damage is contained to just that group.” “[Potti] was the only investigator on this particular grant, and the work that was proposed just involved himself and his laboratory,” he said.

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Obama announced Monday evening that he would extend the Bush-era tax cuts at all income levels for two years as long as Republican congressmen agreed to the extension of benefits to the long-term unemployed and a payroll tax cut for all workers for one year. It appeared that the president and the GOP had reached a deal along those lines.

But at Forsyth, Obama focused on the economic stagnation as a function of the U.S. falling behind its foreign competitors. He noted statistics that show 80 percent of global industries want to expand research and development in India or China as opposed to in America.

Those two nations, he said, have shown a strong commitment to promoting education in math and science to a degree at which the U.S. can no longer compare. America ought to regard such numbers as a “wake-up call,” akin to the Soviet Launch of Sputnik, the first Earth-orbiting satellite in space, he added.

“Once we put our minds to it, once we got focused, once we got unified, not only did we surpass the Soviets, we developed new American technologies, industries and jobs,” Obama reminded the audience. “So 50 years later, our generation’s Sputnik moment is back.”

Alongside eliminating unnecessary spending programs

and borrowing less, Obama stated his hope that increased investment in education will bring about long-term economic growth.

“Cutting the deficit by cutting investments in areas like education, areas like innovation—that’s like trying to reduce the weight of an overloaded aircraft by removing its engine,” he said, provoking laughter.

As a long-term consequence of his envisioned educational reform, Obama said he hopes to see the creation of more products stamped with the words, “Made in America.”

Thomas Guastaferro, general editor of Forsyth’s student newspaper, called Technically Speaking, said the president’s speech resonated with students and promises to give the school more credibility in the future.

“This student body feels hopeful,” he said.

Obama acknowledged partisan conflicts in his speech but warned against letting them hinder necessary reform.

“If we’re willing to put aside short-term politics, if our objective is not simply winning elections but winning the future, then we should be able to get our act together here,” Obama said, “because we are all Americans and we are in this race together.”

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61 DUKE A&M 58 Thomas hits last-minute shot to give Duke victory

by Andrew Beaton THE CHRONICLE

With under a minute left in the game and time slipping from the shot clock, Duke appeared to have a dead possession on its hands.

Jasmine Thomas had other plans.

The senior, who overcame a mistake-filled first half to score 13 points in the second, made a sensational, contested jump shot in the lane that would give the Blue Devils the lead. Although the Aggies had a possession to try and regain the lead, and then seconds later another to tie the game, they were unable to convert, giving Duke a 61-58 statement win at Cameron Indoor Stadium last night.

“The shot that Jasmine put up was nothing short of amazing, relative to the pressure she had on her,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said.

Last year, Duke fell to Texas A&M in a 95-77 shootout that humbled the Blue Devils early in the season. In this year’s Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Classic, though, Duke got its revenge. But it wasn’t easy.

The No. 5 Blue Devils stumbled out of the gate, falling behind 19-10 7:30 into the game. Many of their early struggles stemmed from poor ball control, contributing to eight turnovers in as many minutes, three of which were committed by Thomas.

Duke (9-0) did not stay far behind for long, however, due to a strong first half from Karima Christmas. Her aggressive play from the wing resulted in seven points and six rebounds in the first half, which left Aggies’ head coach Gary Blair very impressed. laura valk/The Chronicle

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With less than a minute left, Jasmine Thomas hit a jumper to give Duke a lead it would never relinquish.

WAS BEING A MANAGER WORTH IT? 35-hour work weeks and no salary, but high-profile job carries high reward

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Senior Pat Thompson sometimes arrives at his job by 6:45 a.m. and on other nights can stay as late as 2 a.m.

His work is far from glorious—he and his nine fellow managers are responsible for mopping sweat off the floor, filling water coolers and editing film, among other tasks. For all this, the salary is exactly zero dollars.

Still, this year, like every year, more than 100 eager underclassmen applied for as few as three positions as a manager for the men’s basketball team.

“They get a great, great learning experience that will benefit them as they become professionals in a few short years,” Director of Basketball Operations Chris Spatola said. “To me, there is no extracurricular activity at Duke that will prepare them more for life after Duke than being

a manager.”

Although there are other obvious perks to serving as a manager, with the main one being the inherent proximity to the basketball program, it is the desire for experience and a jump start in the professional world that motivates most to sign up. Other benefits include the scholarship that the senior managers share.

For many managers, the natural step after graduation is staying within basket-

ball. Brian DeStefano served as a manager through his graduation in 2005, and then as a graduate assistant afterwards. Since 2007 he has been an assistant coach at Harvard for head coach Tommy Amaker, who was a player and assistant coach at Duke.

“I knew that I wanted to coach at some level coming out of high school,” said See managers on page 12

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We are all witnesses with Irving What a difference a year makes.

14 months ago, an official visit to campus by prized recruit Harrison Barnes overshadowed the commitment of another, Kyrie Irving. Despite Irving’s status as the No. 6-rated high schooler in the country, his decision was looked at only in the context of Barnes’s pending choice.

The pain slowly subsided as North Carolina quickly started losing its way into the cellar of the ACC, and Crazies got to see the first win over the Tar Heels in Cameron in three years. But all the pain resurfaced when Barnes became the first freshman ever to be a preseason Chris All-American.

A month later, I think it’s safe to say the Crazies are over it.

Granted, the season is only eight games deep. But, that still hasn’t stopped Duke fans—and national media outlets—from asking an intriguing question: is Kyrie the greatest freshman Coach K has ever coached?

From an old-school statistical standpoint, it isn’t even all that close. Here is a comparison of Irving with two of the alltime greatest Blue Devil guards in their freshman seasons: Irving (average per game): 17.4 points, 5.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 steals, 2.8 turnovers, 53 percent shooting, 45 percent on three-pointers.

Jason Williams (1999-2000): 14.5 points, 6.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 2.4 steals, 4.1 turnovers, 41.9 percent shooting, 35.4 percent on three-pointers.

Bobby Hurley (1989-90): 8.8 points, 7.6 assists, 1.8 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 4.4 turnovers, 35.1 percent shooting, 35.7 percent on three-pointers.

Two conclusions can be made from these numbers: Irving is by far the best of the three at taking care of the ball, and he is a much more accurate shooter than either Williams or Hurley.

Obviously, Irving’s numbers are drawn from a much smaller sample size. But, based on the improvement shown by Hurley and Williams over the course of their freshman years in Durham, Irving will just continue to widen the gap as the season continues.

Admittedly, my advanced statistical

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For instance, Irving’s stat line from the Michigan State game indicates dominance, but it can’t replicate watching him dribble the ball through three defenders for an easy layup with just seconds remaining on the shot clock late in the second half, effectively deflating any Spartan comeback hopes. It doesn’t show the way the ball bounced from the court to either of his hands like a yo-yo, driving two of the nation’s best guards in Korie Lucious and Kalin Lucas crazy.

It shows the 17 points Irving had in the second half against Butler, but not the court leadership he showed in running the offense.

Unfortunately, though, I was born months after Hurley’s freshman season, and didn’t go through my Duke conversion until years after Williams graduated, so I have a hard time making a judgment call on which of the three is best.

But, Sports Illustrated columnist and former writer for The Chronicle Seth Davis has no such trouble. He graduated after Hurley’s junior season, and since then has seen every guard the Blue Devils have had to offer.

“The closest comparison to Irving is Bobby Hurley,” Davis wrote in an email.

“As talented as Jason Williams was, he would be the first to admit that he did not have the grasp of the nuances of the position that Kyrie has at this stage.”

With three ACC Rookie of the Week awards already to his name, Irving has assured that he is no longer playing the part of ACC second-fiddle to Barnes. And you can put this in your file of absurdlypremature, SI cover jinx-worthy predictions: Irving isn’t just pacing himself for the National Rookie of the Year award, but a Naismith Trophy.

So Duke fans, after preparing to endure just one year of Harrison Barnes before he left for the NBA, it’s probably time to start turning that attention to one of your own. In his column on SI.com last Thursday, Davis projected Irving as the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft, and at this point the race isn’t close.

So enjoy this season, because at the very least you’re seeing something special. At best you’re seeing the greatest backcourt player Duke has ever seen.

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Remains to be seen what style Duke will play

by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE

There’s more than one way to win a basketball game.

Some teams win with flair and smooth continuity. Other teams win with grit and methodical, physical play. It remains to be seen which route Duke will choose this season.

Game The Blue Devils pulled out another Analysis gutsy—if not always pretty—win that was reminiscent in many ways of its hard-fought 59-51 victory over Wisconsin last Thursday. In both games, Duke shot under 34 percent and had an assist-to-turnover ratio under 1:2.

“At Wisconsin, we never had a lead that we thought was a comfortable lead,” senior Jasmine Thomas said. “We always felt that the game was close and it could come down to possessions, so I think that helps us coming into tight games like this, knowing that we can close games out.”

Two of the biggest Duke baskets in the game­—a Shay Selby 3-pointer to bring Duke back to within one with nine minutes to play, and an up-and-under leaner in traffic by Thomas to give the Blue Devils a one-point lead with 55 seconds on the clock—went in as the shot clock expired on largely blown possessions. Selby’s three in particular was a miraculous recovery after Duke had very nearly turned the ball over.

The Aggies built a 10-point lead with nine minutes to go in the first half, but that evaporated quickly courtesy of a 16-0 Duke run keyed by airtight defense. The early Texas A&M advantage turned into a six-point Duke edge by the time the clock hit two minutes. Rather than maintaining that momentum into halftime, though, the Blue Devils allowed Texas A&M to score the final five points of the half and salvage a one-point deficit going into the locker room.

Duke came out of halftime and rebuilt its prior six-point margin in the ensuing three minutes, but then the Aggies proceeded to make a run of their own and would lead until the nine-minute mark. In the final nine minutes, Duke never led for longer than 90 consecutive seconds.

Yet the team still came away with a victory over a talented Texas A&M squad, leaving the Aggies to take contested jumpshots for most of the game and limiting them to an equally poor 33.8 percent night from the field. In particular, Duke’s 6-foot-5 forwards Allison Vernerey and Krystal Thomas frustrated player of the year candidate Danielle Adams, who scored just 11 points on 5-of-18 shooting after averaging nearly 21 points per game over her team’s first six contests.

Head coach Joanne P. McCallie admits that her team is still working on its rotations; eight players played 13 minutes or more, and only three players played more than 24 minutes. While McCallie said they hope to continue playing eight or more players regularly, it will take more practice time—especially when three freshmen get significant minutes­—for the team’s play to really fire on all cylinders.

“We’ve got a lot of different people trying to assimilate, and that’s going to disrupt continuity a little bit,” McCallie said.

In particular, the offense will hope to smooth out as its backcourt becomes more stable; four different players brought the ball up against the Aggies.

“We’ve got our post rotation established, but our guard rotation is still working its way through some things,” McCallie said. “To be honest about it, all we’ve done is play games. We’re like a pro team, and when you just play games, you have no ability to really work on things.”

The game-to-game changes aren’t limited to the offensive end. Texas A&M was stymied all night by Duke’s 3-2 zone, which was a change from its frequent fullcourt pressure.

“We’ve been changing our defenses a lot,” McCallie said. “We have multiple defenses. We believe in that, so there were a lot of changes in defense.”

So despite the hard-fought if statistically unimpressive victories over Wisconsin and Texas A&M, McCallie believes there’s prettier basketball to come.

“Let’s put it this way,” she said. “Think about where we’ll be when we shoot 48 to 50 percent. I think that’s a matter of time.”

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Chloe Wells and the rest of the Blue Devils did not play a pretty game Monday night, but they still pulled away with a win.

“Karima Christmas was just a beast on the boards the whole night,” he said. “We could not block her out, and you give a lot of credit to that kid.”

The Blue Devils finished the half leading 28-27 despite being outshot 39-25. Keeping them in the game was their hard-nosed defense and No. 7 Texas A&M’s willingness to settle for contested jump shots. The Aggies (6-1) finished the first half shooting 28 percent from the field.

The second half was largely a similar story, with the physical play of the game causing both teams to struggle offensively. Between the two teams, there were 10 fouls in the first five minutes of the half, but Duke was able to outmuscle Texas A&M when it counted, outrebounding the Aggies by nine.

“This team deserves a lot of credit for fighting out a very difficult game,” McCallie said. “[It was] a very physical game, outrebounding A&M, an excellent rebounding team.”

Much of the physical battle was fought down low, with a clear focus for the Blue Devils being the containment of center Danielle Adams, who entered the game scoring over 20 points per contest. In the second half in particular, McCallie used both of her 6-foot-5 centers, Krystal Thomas and Allison Vernerey, to control the paint.

“I think they did a great job out there together. You know Krystal’s been steady and had an excellent game no doubt, and Allison has been coming on strong,” McCallie said. “When you put the two of them out there together, defensively, that becomes much more of an issue for somebody like [Adams]... so it was the right time for that.”

The lineup worked, with Adams going 5-for-18 from the field in a performance where she struggled to find any rhythm below the basket.

With top players such as Adams, the Texas A&M game was one of Duke’s marquee out-of-season matchups for the first half of the season. It was for Blair, too, who came out of the game pleased despite his team’s loss.

“This was as good of a ballgame as Connecticut and Baylor played,” he said, referencing the top-ranked Huskies’ one-point victory over No.2 Baylor. “You have four teams like ourselves that are willing to risk and play each other on home-and-homes... we need more of this.”

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managers from page 9 DeStefano, who credits much of his coaching career to the Duke connection he developed with Amaker. “For him, knowing that I had worked as a manager for Coach Krzyzewski, it certainly helps me in terms of his familiarity with me.”

DeStefano is not the only manager who has stayed within basketball, but others have moved on from the college game to the professional leagues. Brett Greenberg Trinity ’08 worked for a year with the Miami Heat, and is now in his second year as an assistant video coordinator with the Washington Wizards.

Chris Lauten, a manager from 2003 to 2008, also works in professional basketball as Coordinator of Basketball Operations for the NBA Development League, the NBA’s minor league system. In this role he is able to exercise many of the skills that he learned as a part of the Duke basketball program, such as scouting and film processing.

“My real focus and interest is in player personnel. It’s something I’ve always loved,” he said. “Had I not been a manager at Duke, I would not have had the experience or training to do what I am doing now.”

Lauten’s work with Duke basketball players didn’t stop after he graduated from the school. He assisted guard DeMarcus Nelson, who was in the league during Lauten’s first year, and Lauten said it felt like a “victory” when Nelson made it to the NBA. The former manager now works with Lance Thomas, who is currently in the D-League as a member of the Austin Toros.

On the other side of the spectrum, many ex-managers have moved on from basketball and are utilizing their skills in other lines of work. At least two have moved on to Goldman Sachs. One of those is Ashok Varadhan who made partner at age 29 and

reportedly earned over $10 million in 2009.

The other is Griffin Tormey, who feels that his experience in Duke Basketball’s pressure-cooker environment prepared him for the hectic world of finance.

“There are definitely similarities between the two [jobs] in terms of pace, attention to detail and culture,” Tormey said.

“Goldman, more than most, is more of an attention to detail oriented culture.”

Others have taken their experience to pursue less conventional careers, such as Joey McMahon who started the charity Miracle Mondays, which provides children’s hospitals with activities to uplift the patients’ spirits. He has been able to tap back into the Duke Basketball network for help and he says Nolan Smith, Casey Peters and Miles Plumlee have been “a huge help” to the charity.

While many managers have had illustrious careers, the graduates did go through the downsides of the program. The major detraction for being a manager is the time commitment. Excluding travel time—the managers go on all road trips with the team—they spend upwards of 35 hours per week carrying out various tasks during the season. “[It was] definitely [limiting socially], but there are tradeoffs in everything in life,” Tormey said. “You don’t have that extra 30-40 hours a week for social activities.”

Serving as a manager also prevents the students from spending a semester abroad.

Nonetheless, people rarely drop out of the program, and when it occurs it is usually for academic reasons, Spatola said.

“Anytime those thoughts crept up in my mind, I would pause, look around, and try not to get caught up in the day or week, but think about the program, my experience and game days,” Lauten said. “There is no better feeling than being in Cameron Indoor Stadium.”

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A sensible hire To fill the newly created and economic sustainability position of assistant vice presi- that have plagued these asdent of housing and dining, pects of campus life.

Duke reached outside its own From a personnel standtalent pool, hiring Rick John- point, Johnson is a solid hire. son, former director of hous- At Virginia Tech he won plauing and dining at Virginia dits from students and adminTech University. istrators for editorial It is unclear transforming a exactly how historically disJohnson will fit within existing appointing campus dining sysadministrative structures— tem into one providing the Best he will work closely with Di- Campus Food nationwide in rector of Dining Services Jim 2007, according to the PrinceWulforst despite the fact that ton Review. Food Management no similar position exists for an industry magazine, lauded Residence Life and Housing him in a 2008 article as “the arServices. Nevertheless, his chitect of [Virginia Tech’s] rise hiring represents a prioritiza- to culinary pre-eminence.” tion of campus housing and At Duke, Johnson will be dining as central to the Duke faced with a variety of pressstudent experience. ing challenges.

Johnson can help the UniThe 2010 end of year survey versity address the serious is- on Dining contained a mixed sues in student satisfaction bag of opinions on campus

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eateries. Although a few scored overwhelmingly positive reviews, others were criticized for poor service and quality.

Student ire has at times been focused on Duke’s contract with dining services union Local 77, which contributed to the $2.2 million Dining deficit. The continuation of a supposed one-time student dining contract fee, combined with statements regarding the “unknown” nature of the deficit by Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta, underscore the complexity of Dining.

These issues must be addressed within the context of the University’s transition to the house model, which is slated for Fall 2012. The current campus housing structure exacerbates social imbalances. How exactly the house

model will achieve the “equity and community” desired by Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, remains to be seen.

The creation of an administrative position in charge of both housing and dining makes an explicit link between two vital elements of the Duke campus. Where and how students eat on campus often depends on where they live. Ideally, Johnson will serve as an administrative bridge, working in close collaboration with Moneta and Wulforst to reinforce the impact of the housing-dining connection on campus culture.

Johnson’s hire underlines the fact that existing housing and dining policies need serious reform. There are questions about the economic viability of

the existing dining structure, and stopgap measures like student fee increases fail to truly address the underlying structural issues. As a respected administrator with a proven track record, Johnson can offer an independent, objective assessment of the current situation by evaluating its existing strengths and weaknesses.

Hopefully, Johnson will serve as a catalyst for the formulation of forward-thinking policy shifts the University needs. Therefore, it is essential that Moneta give Johnson the autonomy his position necessitates.

Although the administrative particulars will need to be sorted out, Johnson’s hire signifies that Student Affairs understands just how crucial dining and housing are to the Duke student experience.

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ast week, radical change disrupted mil- day, and how many extra you can indulge in each lions of Americans’ lives. Weight Watchers week and still stay on track. announced a major overhaul of its infaEven if we don’t all keep a tally every day, mous points system and introduced we each have our own internal America to PointsPlus. points system. These subjective Most fruits and vegetables are systems don’t necessarily have now zero points, and some tradianything to do with food, and tionally “off-limits” diet foods carry they are often much farther rethe added stigma of an extra point moved from reality than Weight or two. Additionally, the average Watchers. PointsPlus is inextricadaily allowance of points is now bly bound to the physical world larger. Many long-term members by the exact units of calories and eliza french that had perfected their daily inpounds, but most of us use our je ne sais quoi take formulas and achieved signifiinternal systems to navigate the cant results must recalculate every intangible world of the moral meal and snack. and intellectual.

Whether an apple counts as zero points or We all develop some way to cope with the irtwo points, the actual nutritive value of the reconcilable dichotomies we perceive during food hasn’t changed. Yet, it’s inherently more the course of our lives. Out of necessity, we have attractive to most dieters now that it’s a freebie. each had to develop a quick and reliable methAnd those indulgent foods that members could od to determine what is “good” or “bad,” “right” rationalize before even though they knew they or “wrong” for us. You might base your own weren’t the best choice now are even less ex- system on past personal experience, the advice cusable. of your friends, the basic wisdom your teachers According to a Weight Watchers press re- and parents taught you or an amalgam of these lease, “The new formula takes into account the elements. energy contained in each of the components Most of us want to make good choices and do that make up calories—protein, carbohydrates, the right thing, but we know that we can’t posfat and fiber—and it also factors how hard the sibly be right all of the time and that we might body works to process them (conversion cost) never make only good choices. And we don’t as well their respective eating satisfaction (sa- live a world that lets us function as purely good tiety).” or purely bad. So we decide on our own how bad The new points plan might actually reflect a or good one decision is. How far away might it more accurate image of nutritional reality. But take us from our goals? in another sense, the plan marks a drastic deWe efficiently sort through the daily dilemparture from the basic beliefs that have shaped mas of how we want to spend our time and how members’ realities for years. we should spend our time, how we want to beAlthough the new plan allows for a relatively have and how we should behave. unrestricted intake of unequivocally “healthy” You probably don’t go add up all of your decifoods, it takes away some of the freedom to sions at the end of each day or even consciously sneak in that piece of chocolate cake members think about them in quantitative terms. But supposedly had before. consider how you feel about yourself right now.

As The New York Times reported, some mem- Think about yourself and your position relative bers felt particularly affronted because the re- to who you want to be and where you think you vamped system was introduced in the middle of should be. Whether that feeling is net positive the calorie-laden holiday season. One member or negative has to do with the positive or negadescribed the plight of having to surreptitiously tive value you associate with every single decision check the new points values of certain food items you made that led you to where you are and what on her smart phone at parties before partaking you’re doing now. of an hors d’oeuvre or two (or none).

If those feelings are overwhelmingly negaI confess my thoughts were less than empathet- tive, it might be time to start holding yourself ic toward these particularly zealous adherents to accountable within the framework of your own the pseudo-scientific points system. But no one system. But it could also be time for a PointsPlus is immune to the profound appeal of a plan that overhaul of your own. figures it all out for you. No need to spend time agonizing over every bite at every meal. The plan Eliza French is a Trinity senior. This is her final tells you exactly how many points you need each column of the semester.

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still remember stepping onto the stoop of Southgate Residence Hall for the first time. I was 17 years old and nervous, but above all proud that for the next four years, Duke would be my home. Now I write this as a michelle sohn 21-year-old senior on the brink guest column of graduation. During my time here, I have realized that our community is not as equitable as I once imagined. However, the feeling that rose within me as a first-year has not waned in the slightest. I am still proud to call the Duke community home.

With this in mind, it is all the more biting when on numerous occasions this semester, I have been asked, “What’s wrong with Duke?” I am sure a good deal of our own community has asked this as well. Yet it takes a great amount of courage to critically reflect on problems facing a campus so dear to us all. Thus, the recent three-day DSG Summit on Gender Relations represents a first effort to organize a neutral venue for students to coalesce as a community in order to dialogue and to devise an action plan for change.

Compellingly, all participants agreed on three main issues: 1) Sexual Assault, 2) Campus Space and 3) the Dominant Social Culture. Among many other initiatives, the working groups called for: more transparency and student input in the house model, the randomization of all living group assignments equally between West and Central for the first phase of the house model, more administrative input on women’s issues and the institutionalization of sexual assault prevention training. I challenge and encourage all students to read what our peers have produced. The full notes are publicly available at dsg.duke.edu.

As the daughter of a peripatetic military officer, “home” is one of the highest honors I can give. Despite impending graduation, I am convinced that Duke will always have that honor. I am sure that this is not a singular sentiment.

Duke is our home. And there is a lot that is right with Duke. From DukeEngage to Marshall Scholars, we are an active community that strongly believes in our capacity to make a difference in larger society. Why not at home too?

Michelle Sohn is a Trinity senior and Liason to Gender Issues for Duke Student Government. She resigned from the Editorial Board Nov. 21

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ur three Young Trustees—Ryan Todd, T’08, Sunny Voters do not want a Trustee. They want a representative.

Kantha, T’09, and John Harpham, T’10—were in atThe very nature of an election forces Young Trustee cantendance at this weekend’s Board of Trustees meet- didates into a delicate balancing act at best and dishonesty ing. Their presence gives the Board a cadre of at worst. To clear the hurdle of the nomimembers who have recent experiences as stunating committee, candidates will need to dents on campus. These Young Trustees, after prove that they understand the role of a their first year, are fully empowered, sitting on Trustee, that they enter the process with no committees and voting on actions of the Board. agenda and that they are beholden to no Their charge is to make decisions in the best inspecific campus interests. The nominating terest of the entire University. committee sanitizes the pool of candidates, weeding out the ignorant, the radical and Young Trustees most certainly are not supposed to represent a particular constituency. gregory morrison the damagingly biased.

But the minute the campaign begins, Which is why it is a shame that the student finish the thought the salutary effects of the rigorous nomibody elects them. The election of Young Trustnating committee process begin to erode. ees establishes a terrible mindset among voters (that the person they choose will represent their interests) Candidates begin to make promises. They begin to discuss and among candidates (that they are to represent the inter- agendas. They begin to talk about changing how things work. ests of those who elected them). The voter-candidate rela- They begin to talk about representing students in the board tionship, and the attendant post-election constituent-repre- room. They start working to win votes.

All of which is, of course, only natural during an election. sentative relationship, is highly troubling in the context of And if you think it’s possible to improve the campaign the Board of Trustees and, ultimately, potentially devastating by imposing strict election rules, then you’ve already started to the long-term contribution of future Young Trustees.

As DSG executive vice president last year, I argued strongly to admit that a campaign—a free, fair, vibrant campaign of against any reform of the Young Trustee process that includ- ideas designed to win votes—is a bad idea in the context of ed an election. I didn’t object to an election by the student Trustee selection. An election without a good campaign is an body on any sort of elitist “dumb electorate” principle (how election not worth having. In any case, as a member of the hypocritical that would have been of me as an elected official election commission that oversaw the process, I found that myself!), but rather because the introduction of an election, restrictions are impossible to enforce and violations are ethiand by necessity, campaigning, into the selection process cally challenging to punish.

As soon as this year’s Young Trustee is elected, the DSG damaged the potency of the position of Young Trustee.

After the Young Trustee Nominating Committee selects Senate should do away with the general election, instead relythree finalists, these finalists will campaign for several days ing on a transparent and legitimate selection process. I have before an early February 2011 election. The candidates will long advocated that the DSG Senate, elected representatives push their Young Trustee applications, they will work on acting on behalf of students, should elect in a public recordplatforms, they will publish a website and they will troupe ed vote the Young Trustee, but this is by no means the only, around to various student groups seeking endorsements. or even the best, selection process students might formulate.

This process is not designed to produce a Trustee. It is de- Ideas involving an expanded role of the Young Trustee Nomisigned to produce a representative with a debt to his or her nating Committee, the group of students who know the candidates’ qualifications best, also deserve consideration. constituents.

Students might elect the representative they want to the Student groups do not have the discipline to give their endorsements based on a correct evaluation of the candidates’ Board, but then the University won’t get the Young Trustee it understanding of how the Board works, based on candidates’ needs. And if the University gets the Young Trustee it needs, ability to work effectively in a board setting or based on candi- then students might not get the representative they thought dates’ records of University service. Rather, these groups, as is they elected. It’s an unhealthy conundrum easily solved by natural and correct in any electoral process, will be searching the reintroduction of a selection process.

In the meantime, though, let the race begin. for components of the candidates’ applications or platforms which further their own interests.

Gregory Morrison is a Trinity senior and former Duke Student The same can be said for voters in general. The voter is Government EVP. He served on the Young Trustee Nominating Comconcerned with the candidate’s agenda. What will the candidate do for students once he or she is on the Board? How mittee in 2009 and 2010 and has served on the Undergraduate Edueffectively will the candidate represent student concerns to cation and Business and Finance committees of the Board of Trustees.

He will not be running for Young Trustee. This is his final column the Trustees? of the semester.

letterstotheeditor With global intentions, financial aid must join the conversation A long-term discussion about Duke’s international plans and global strategy must include a review of the current admissions policy as it pertains to international students who are not U.S. citizens and request financial aid.

According to a report released a year ago by the International Association, this group of students is not considered on a needblind basis. This policy impacts the demographics of each admitted class and means that international students who do not apply for aid from the beginning are ineligible to do so throughout their time here, which is problematic in today’s economy.

While establishing a physical existence abroad is important for institutions of higher education moving into the 21st century, the pursuit of internationalization must be balanced with the pursuit of financial accessibility on an international scale. Otherwise, we prioritize Duke’s presence in the world more so than the world’s presence at Duke. While we strive to bring Duke’s reach to more students internationally, we don’t appear to be closer to bringing more socioeconomically diverse international students to Duke.

An initiative to do so is certainly a long-

term undertaking. Furthermore, it is impractical to think that the ultimate in admissions equality, full need-blind status for all applicants, will be fiscally possible in the near future. But in the meantime, we can encourage support from international alums and a renewal of commitment from the University in more tangible ways.

This remains relevant amid significant fiscal restraints, as it would enable Duke to maintain its “enduring themes” of internationalization, diversity and affordability and access, as cited in the strategic plan “Making a Difference.” Our capacity to engage in cultural exchange and our position among peer institutions would both benefit, as would perceptions and awareness about Duke beyond the United States.

Brooke Kingsland Chair, DSG Fin. Aid Advisory Committee Trinity ’11 Gurdane Bhutani DSG Vice President, Student Affairs Trinity ’13 Jason Li President, International Association Trinity ’13

Big K-ville groups unruly, hard to manage The Krzyzewskiville walk-up line large-group policy needs to change. Last Wednesday during the walk-up line for the Michigan State University game, there was a group of 100-plus students that wreaked havoc on K-ville. This group not only turned a grill into a massive bonfire, but it also left tons of trash littered about their area of K-ville. On top of that, many of them were belligerently drunk and flat out unruly. This caused a huge hold-up during the admission process, and caused many of us normal Duke Basketball fans to miss more of the warm-up period than what normally would have happened. Also, the normal rules for large groups (that is, half of the group’s members have to be in Kville in order to get their spot in line) were clearly not enforced, since there is no possible way that they had the required 50 or more people in K-ville before my group signed up at 3:30 p.m.; they maybe had 20-25. Most of the students in the group barely waited in line, yet still got in before many rule-abiding groups, merely because a group that large is too hard to manage.

This large group is not in the spirit of K-ville and Duke Basketball. The walk-up

line is meant to provide a fair, safe and orderly way of getting into Cameron, all three of which were broken by this extremely large group. Also, the size of this group encourages belligerence, which goes against everything Coach K wants in the Cameron Crazies. Being a Cameron Crazie is about being passionate about Duke Basketball, not getting hammered and passing out during the game.

All of these problems can be fixed with few tweaks to the walk-up line policy. First off, there should be a maximum size for a large group. Limiting large groups to, say, 30 or 40 people would make them much easier to manage and would speed up the admission into Cameron. Secondly, any group that trashes their area of K-ville should be made to clean it up before being allowed into the game. Finally, any group that is belligerent, uncooperative or unruly should be sent to the back of the line or not allowed into Cameron at all. Making these few changes will greatly improve the walk-up line experience for everyone and make K-ville have a more enjoyable, positive atmosphere.

David Reynolds Trinity ’12

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