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and membership, said the decision to make those numbers public was the prerogative of each chapter. Otherwise, the form of recruitment this year was consistent with the recruitment calendar that was introduced last year. Instead of five consecutive days of recruitment like in 2009, recruitment took place over two weekends after classes had started. Recruitment events also took place on both East and West Campuses for the second consecutive year. The only difference in format from last year, Krieger said, was accommodating the larger number of potential new members. “I am very excited for all of the new members,” Krieger said. “Everyone in the Panhellenic community is very excited.” Also notable this year was the larger number of sophomores,
Although faculty members have requested that $300,000 be reinstated immediately to one research support fund, the University will maintain its decision to temporarily reduce the funding, which is a source of supplemental funding for research and travel. The reduction, which leaves the fund at about $100,000 this fiscal year, has limited some researchers’ opportunities to expand their work, according to some professors. The Arts and Sciences Council requested in November that the administration reinstate the $300,000 to the fund, but administrators could not do so, said Alvin Crumbliss, dean of the faculty of the arts and sciences. The fund— which is a source for additional archival research and conference travel and participation—represents less than 1 percent of the annual research expenditures in Trinity College. Traditionally, research spending in Trinity totals more than $50 million—a number that is not expected to change in the coming fiscal year, Crumbliss said. “No student programs or classes were affected by the diminished funding of the A&S Research Council funds,” Crumbliss wrote in an e-mail Dec. 10. “ I admit there is an effect on faculty travel to professional society meetings and small research grants to faculty.” George McLendon, former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences and dean of Trinity College, ordered this cut before leaving Duke last Spring, and this is not the first year the research fund has been cut. The research council received approximately $400,000 in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, but this was reduced by $300,000 for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, Crumbliss said. Trinity College external grants,
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Members of Zeta Tau Alpha welcome new sisters to the sorority during Bid Day, the culmination of two weeks of Panhellenic Association recruitment.
Panhel sororities extend 367 bids by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE
The Duke Chapel bells had guest accompaniment on Sunday—the gleeful chanting of women accepting membership into their respective “Best Damn Pledge Class.” Duke’s nine Panhellenic Association sororities extended invitations to 367 women on Bid Day, the conclusion of a recruitment process that began on Jan. 14. In total, 511 women registered for recruitment. The offering of 367 bids represents an increase from last year’s 311 women out of an original group of 434 registrants. In past years, Panhel has released quota numbers—the maximum number of bids each chapter is allowed to give. This year, Panhel decided not to release the numbers. Senior Laura Krieger, Panhel vice president of recruitment
Bhargava calls prayer space a place to “strengthen oneself” by Sony Rao
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In a show of religious unity, Hindu and Buddhist student groups came together Saturday to inaugurate a new, shared prayer room in the Bryan Center. Students, faculty and members of the Durham community gathered in the Breedlove Room to celebrate interfaith collaboration on campus and the official opening of the Hindu-Buddhist prayer space. Events included prayer ceremonies in the afternoon followed by a Anju Bhargava reception sponsored by the Duke University Faith Council. In the evening, keynote speaker Anju Bhargava, a member of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and founder of the Hindu American Seva Charities, spoke in the Goth-
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ic Reading Room to an audience of approximately 60 people. Bhargava said the opening of the space represented the growth of religious diversity and unity on campus. “The prayer room is a place to be in the right company, a place of character building, a place to strengthen oneself,” she said. As a member of President Barack Obama’s faith council, Bhargava works to discuss and recommend methods of improving cooperation between the government and faith-based organizations. She added that the prayer room will be a major boon to young people who wish to engage in faith-based service at Duke, encouraging Hindus and Buddhists to come together to serve the community. “You need a worship space first before you can come together as a community and serve others,” she said. The groups now have two rooms in the basement of the Bryan Center—one is to be used as an office space and the other as a prayer space, with Hindu deities on one wall and Buddhist deities on the other.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to meet at a steady place,” said Kishor Trivedi, faculty advisor of the Hindu Students Association and Hudson Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Sumi Loundon Kim, chaplain for the Buddhist Community at Duke, also spoke at the inauguration. She expressed gratitude toward Abdullah Antepli, Duke’s Muslim chaplain, for giving his organization’s space to the Hindu and Buddhist student groups. Katie Ehrenberg, president of the Buddhist Community at Duke and a graduate student in the School of Nursing, said she was pleased with the inauguration’s turnout. About 40 people attended the blessing of the spaces in the afternoon, she added. Ehrenberg noted that although the room is a suitable place for the members of the Buddhist community to meditate and pray, it has a limited capacity. She said she hopes members will be able to meet in See prayer space on page 4
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The new Hindu and Buddhist prayer space in the Bryan Center was officially opened Saturday, with a speech by Anju Bhargava in the Gothic Reading Room.
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Eta Prime re-affiliates with nat’l Kappa Sigma fraternity by Caroline Fairchild THE CHRONICLE
Eight years after disaffiliating with its national charter, the off-campus student organization known as Eta Prime has received official recognition from the Kappa Sigma fraternity’s national organization. Members of Eta Prime began contacting Kappa Sigma nationals in the Fall to begin the process of association with its former charter. The group was granted a provisional status given to new groups that are in the process of establishing their operations last November, according to a Dec. 8 press release. This allows the group to be insured by the national charter of Kappa Sigma and to enjoy the benefits that come along with joining the fraternity that, according to its website, initiates more men annually than any other fraternity nationwide. Duke’s Eta Prime Chapter of Kappa Sigma officially dissolved in 2003 after incidents of misconduct. The group’s members voted at that time to refer to themselves as Eta Prime, its chapter name, though it is still commonly known on campus as Kappa Sigma. When the fraternity became unrecognized nationally, it lost its membership in the Interfraternity Council, foregoing its campus recognition. “We are certainly excited to return any chapter and to have our Duke chapter return, which is our second oldest chapter in our organization,” said Chris Kontalonis, director of undergraduate operations for Kappa Sigma’s national organization. In six to 12 months, the fraternity hopes to become an official chapter of Kappa Sigma, adding current members to the list of over
1,500 Kappa Sigma alumni from Duke. “We never really made contact with nationals in the past because we were under the impression that there would be all these sanctions and it would be too much work to be worth it,” Kappa Sigma member Christian Ulstrup, a sophomore, said. “But now we have the support of one of the largest and most esteemed national fraternities in the country.” Despite the group’s reinstated relationship with its former national charter, Kappa Sigma—which is still an independent group and not officially recognized by the University— has no plans in the near future to join Duke’s IFC. Ulstrup said that joining IFC would increase the fraternity’s dues and also force the organization to delay the formal rush process. “It is really a hassle to become part of the IFC if you read the bylaws and everything and what is involved, and we don’t see it as worth it,” Ulstrup said. “We have been operating very well for the past eight years, almost a decade, without any affiliation with IFC.” IFC President Erskine Love, a senior, said one of the biggest advantages to being recognized by IFC is that members are able to host official events with Panhellenic sororities as well as with other IFC groups. Both Panhel and IFC have policies that they cannot hold official events with an offcampus group. Love noted that these policies are beginning to be enforced more stringently—posing a potential problem for Kappa Sigma in the future. “Sure, they can operate however they want without us, but they will not be a Duke University Chapter of Kappa Sigma, they will be a Durham, N.C. Chapter of Kappa
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Playtime 2011, which is working to build a playground for the Durham Crisis Response Center in honor of Drew Everson, hosted a Swim-A-Thon in Wilson Gym Saturday to raise money for the project. Sigma, and they can’t do any official events with campus groups,” Love said. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta has warned against joining an organization not recognized by Duke. In 2004, Moneta noted that students who pledge with non-IFC fraternities “will find themselves without the privileges accorded to all recognized groups,” The Chronicle previously reported. “I still believe that students take great risk when joining and engaging with unrecognized groups,” Moneta wrote in an e-mail Wednesday. Ulstrup said this attitude by the administration creates a false image of independent groups off-campus.
“There is a misconception of independent fraternities at Duke,” Ulstrup said. “Kappa Sigma has a code of conduct and rules and regulations that we have to follow, so it’s not like we are a rogue fraternity breaking rules left and right and doing everything bad.” In spite of not being associated with IFC, Kappa Sigma President Sean Kelleher, a senior, said the fraternity is seeing a strong turnout through the rush process and is confident that the organization will continue to have a strong presence among students. “We had a great turnout this year,” Kelleher said. “We are seeing a really strong excitement and turnout for what a lot of freshmen really want to be a part of.”
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research from page 1 however, bolstered total research spending to approximately $50 million in both years, he added. Crumbliss noted that the administration will reinstate the funds “as soon as possible” and that he plans to seek advice and input from the faculty throughout the construction of the 2012 budget. Scott De Marchi, chair of the Faculty Committee on Research, which normally administers the fund, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. “In most cases, it’s not the research that is constrained, but the condition of doing it,” he said. “For example, one might have to decide what particular trips might be absolutely crucial and which ones you could go without for a year. It’s a readjustment in the short term.” Humanities professors said they generally depend on external funding and individual grants, though they noted that the recent cuts will affect certain areas of their work. In general, humanities professors have had to rely on Duke-administered grants more than science professors, who have more access to funding outside Duke.
“[The cuts] will undoubtedly limit the ability of humanists to do on-site research and go to archives,” said political science professor Michael Gillespie in a Dec. 10 e-mail. “It will also affect their ability to attend conferences and deliver papers [and] probably also limit their ability to hire graduate students to do research in the summer—this will further reduce our support for graduate students.” This recent cut to the research support fund is just another iteration of similar administrative measures affecting the humanities, said Thomas Pfau, Eads Family Professor of English and German. Pfau noted that the independent research budgets of Arts and Sciences faculty members—which are part of their contracts—have been previously reduced. “Two and a half years ago, we were unilaterally informed that the University would only disperse 85 percent of what they had promised,” Pfau said. “We were told the balance that was being held back would be restored—at some later point.” Pfau added that the administration has no immediate plans to restore the individual research budgets. “We’re losing on both ends,” he said. David Aers, James B. Duke Professor of English and religious studies, said that the reduction of the research
grant in his contract has had an impact on his work. “I think these things are very individual,” Aers said. “I have a research grant and I use that for what I need. That was cut a year ago, and that wasn’t very good.” Still, Aravamudan said the recent cut has not put research on hold, but merely caused faculty members to prioritize their goals and allocate their funding carefully. “It’s not catastrophic,” Aravamudan said. “What we’re doing right now is being very judicious—short-term colonizing to ensure that the long-term effects stay robust.” But Pfau said the reduction in conference travel could pose problems across the humanities faculty. Although the cuts to this particular fund do not affect him directly, he added that they have had negative effects on professors requiring supplemental funding. “Most places where I go invite me and pay all my expenses,” he said. “The majority of my research funds are spent on books and some computing equipment. Faculty that have research assistants are going to have more of a problem.” Crumbliss said concerns regarding the Faculty Committee on Research funding cuts have been addressed through the Arts and Sciences Council. He has not received personal emails or had individual conversations with faculty members. “Given that we still have constrained resources, we will have to make some difficult budgetary choices and this is one of them,” Crumbliss said. “These are tough economic times and we must face some tough decisions regarding the relationship between our priorities and how we use our available funds.”
bid day from page 1 who comprised 46 of the 511 registrants. Kreiger said she did not have information about the number of sophomore women out of that group who were given a bid. “It’s tougher for sophomores to find a home during recruitment,” Krieger said. “It’s a combination of numbers and pledge class dynamics. That being said, they’re honestly given a fair chance and the chapters are very excited to have them.” Also new this year was the existence of the Recruitment Conduct Board, Krieger said. The board was born out of increased concern about “dirty rushing”—improper conduct between sorority members and rushees, which can range anywhere from casual talk about the recruitment process to the guarantee of an offer of a bid. Kreiger, however, said she did not know how the number of complaints concerning “dirty rushing” this year compared to last year’s statistic. The excitement palpable on West Campus on Sunday was shared by new members and women well-established in the sisterhood. “I was really nervous at the beginning,” said freshman Emily Pott. “Now I’m ridiculously excited to be a Kappa. It was my number one from the start.” Seniors Nina DeHaas and Mary Fletcher King, presidents of Delta Delta Delta and Chi Omega, respectively, were pleased with the outcome. “We’re thrilled about how recruitment went this year, and it’s really exciting that so many girls want to be a part of Panhellenic life,” King said. But amidst all of the excitement on Sunday, there was also some disappointment. Not all women who participated in recruitment ultimately joined sororities. “I know there were some people upset, but the process can’t be perfect,” said freshman Hannah Brown, who received a bid from Alpha Delta Pi. “I think for the most part, it worked out how it should.”
PRAYER SPACE from page 1 a larger space in the future. Shian-Ling Keng, scripture study group coordinator for the Buddhist Community and a graduate student in clinical psychology, was one of the students who helped found the Buddhist Community Initiative at Duke in 2003 that was a starting point for the organization of the Buddhist community. “We have come a long way since then. We began in the Breedlove Room where we meditated and invited speakers,” Keng said. “But we did not have many resources then.” Senior Karna Mital, co-president of the HSA, said the organization began campaigning for a space last year, adding that board members of the HSA and Buddhist Community at Duke decided that it would more effective to share a prayer room than have two separate prayer spaces. In the future, Mital said he hopes the HSA will employ a chaplain to whom students can look for religious guidance. He added that he wants to improve communication between HSA students and the Duke administration. The Buddhist Community at Duke will use the space for its weekly meditation meetings and the HSA will host both weekly religious discussions and Hindu festival celebrations in the prayer room. The room is also open throughout the day to students and faculty.
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Blue Devils don’t drop a set in wins over Elon, N.C. Central by Tom Gieryn THE CHRONICLE
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Henrique Cunha survived a surprisingly tough first set to win 7-6, 6-2.
It may only take two to tango, but in college tennis, it takes more than two to win a match. So while the Blue Devils possess one of the best doubles teams in the country, it will be critical for their other players to develop if they are to sustain success as a team. Sunday’s matches against Elon and DUKE 7 N.C. Central at the Sheffield Indoor ELON 0 Tennis Center provided an encouraging start for those players further DUKE 7 down Duke’s depth chart, as the Blue NC C 0 Devils got past Elon 7-0 without dropping a set in singles or doubles. No. 14 Duke would do the same thing a few hours later against N.C. Central, winning 7-0 with its two best players sitting on the sidelines. Against Elon, the Blue Devils cruised through doubles, allowing the Phoenix to take just nine games combined in the three matches. Head coach Ramsey Smith was particularly pleased with the performance of the No. 2 and 3 teams, which won 8-2 and 8-3, respectively. “[Doubles are] something we’ve been working on a lot, especially with two and three, because one is established,” Smith said. “Honestly I think last year it was almost not a problem, but I think the guys just looked to [the No. 1 team] to win every single time. Which they almost did, but you don’t want to just rely on those guys up top.” In singles, the hardest-earned victory belonged to No.1 Henrique Cunha. He could not manage to break opponent Philip Nemec’s serve in the first set, and served trailing 6-5. Nemec led the critical twelfth game 30-15 before three excellent serves from Cunha won him the game to force a tiebreaker. It was then that Cunha’s fortunes began to turn. “I wasn’t returning that well in the big points,” Cun-
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ha said, “so I think that was the key in the first set that I couldn’t break him, but I played well in the tiebreaker.” A beautiful drop shot put Cunha ahead 4-2 in the tiebreaker, and he went on to shut out an emotional Nemec the rest of the way to win 7-2. Cunha took an early break from Nemec in the second set and cruised from then on to a 7-6, 6-2 victory. Cunha’s doubles partner Reid Carleton said the lower bounces and faster surface of the indoor courts gave an extra advantage to Nemec, and Smith gave credit to Cunha for beating a tough opponent. “[Nemec] served and volleyed unbelievably well,” Smith said. “It was one of those tough matches where it’s hard to get in a rhythm because there weren’t many long, baseline points, but [Cunha] got into him in the second set.” The quickest victory of the singles round was earned by junior Luke Marchese, who returned from a wrist injury to play his first match since last year’s NCAA championships, winning 6-1, 6-3. Freshman Chris Mengel and senior Jared Pinsky took longer to finish off their opponents. Both faced some early trouble, but recovered to win handily. “It took them a while to figure out their game plans,” Smith said. “But once they got things rolling, they both stepped up and were a little bit more aggressive.” Players other than Cunha and Carleton also played well against N.C. Central during the second game of the Blue Devils’ doubleheader. With the No. 1 and No. 2 players taking a break on the bench, David Holland and Cale Hammond were first to win their matches, not dropping a game in the process, and Duke’s other players were quick to follow. Overall, Sunday’s matches were a strong showing for the players who will need to support the country’s twelfth-ranked doubles team if Duke is to compete on the national stage.
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Duke dominates singles after subpar doubles by Andy Moore THE CHRONICLE
The Blue Devils were dominant in their home opener Saturday—but it took some time for them to get their footing. Against William & Mary, No. 7 Duke overcame a sluggish start in doubles play, in which its No. 1 team of seniors Ellah Nze and Nadine Fahoum fell to Anik Cepeda and Hope Johnson. The Blue Devils won the doubles portion of the event, but the team was still taken aback by the early struggles to the Tribe. “I was a little DUKE 7 surprised [about W&M 0 the loss], but we didn’t play our best,” Fahoum said. “But you can’t really dwell on it, especially when you have singles play coming up.” “I wasn’t happy after doubles,” head coach Jamie Ashworth added. “We talked before the match in doubles about being aggressive off the first ball, and not letting balls drop and hitting our serves, and I don’t think we did a very good job with that—but we adjusted in the singles.” Adjust they did. After the underwhelming performance in doubles, Duke obliterated William & Mary in singles play. None of the six Blue Devils lost the first game they played. None would even lose a set. Playing on court one, Fahoum overpowered her opponent, utilizing a blistering serve to beat Nina Vulovich. In her final game, Fahoum went up 40-0, got beat on a sneaky winner from Vulovich—a rarity from the Tribe player on Saturday—then came back to win her match on the next point.
The win by Fahoum, a transfer from Old Dominion, was the 100th of her career. Ashworth came away impressed with his top player, but the coach did acknowledge that her game still needs improvement. “Nadine has done a really good job so far. I think she needs to work on being more disciplined on the court,” Ashworth said. “We’re trying to work on the trajectory of the ball, and not giving so many easy balls. She’s understanding that it takes a lot of work.” Reka Zsilinszka was the next Blue Devil to take her match, topping Johnson, 6-0, 6-1, after the William & Mary player knocked an unforced error into the net. The next four Tribe athletes fell in similarly quick succession. Elizabeth Plotkin, on court three, took down Marlen Mesgarzadeh, 6-0, 6-3. Then, Nze beat Cepeda, 6-2, 6-1, and Hanna Mar, on court six, dismantled a fiery, vocal opponent in Marivick Mamiit, 6-3, 6-0. Mar’s victory, which featured a dominating performance in the second set, came in front of perhaps the largest crowd of any during the dual match. Rachel Kahan, on court five, was the last to finish. She beat her Tribe opponent, 6-2, 6-2. Ashworth said after the match that the Blue Devils’ seedings were still a work in progress. Monica Gorny and Mary Clayton, who won their doubles match, 8-2, didn’t even play singles matches. The Blue Devils that did play in singles, which included two freshmen, could see their seedings change before any match, a potentially problematic situation. According to Ashworth, though, it’s a good problem for Duke have. “I’ve been here 14 years and this is by far the deepest team I have,” he said.
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Nadine Fahoum won her 100th career victory Saturday after topping William & Mary’s Nina Vulovich, 6-1, 6-2.
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83 DUKE WAKE 59 Unexpected contributors lead Duke by Harrison Comfort THE CHRONICLE
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Saturday against Wake Forest, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith played as well as advertised. But unexpected contributors Ryan Kelly, Tyler Thornton and Miles Plumlee fueled No. 4 Duke (18-1, 5-1 in the ACC) to a comfortable 83-59 win against the ACC’s last-ranked team. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak by Duke in Winston-Salem. “Ryan Kelly was perfect,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “20 points on six shots, that’s pretty effective. He’s a really reliable player and doesn’t get flustered…. And I think he’s becoming more aggressive with his shot.” Singler and Smith posted their usual output, finishing with 24 and 19 points, respectively. A well-prepared defensive strategy by Wake Forest (7-13, 0-5), though, limited the duo’s ability to attack the basket early on and left Kelly free to take open shots. And he didn’t miss. Kelly scored the first basket of the game for the Blue Devils on a put-back layup and finished 4-for-4 from behind the arc on his way to a career-high in scoring. The sophomore forward spaced the floor to create open shooting opportunities when the Demon Deacons clogged the paint. While Kelly has emerged as a scoring threat due to his strong perimeter play, Thornton and Plumlee provided a much-
needed spark off the bench on both sides of the court. “Thornton and Miles Plumlee really turned the game around for us,” Krzyzewski said. “Their energy was unbelievable. Tyler’s pressure on the ball really helped…. Our defense was a lot better in the second half, and a lot of it had to do with Tyler.” Thornton, who played a season-high 22 minutes, disrupted the Demon Dea-
cons’ offense by blocking passing lanes and inhibiting their guards from driving to the basket. His intensity frazzled Wake Forest’s guards while generating turnovers that led to fast break scoring opportunities in the second half. In the past few games, the freshman guard has also shown he can assume ballhandling responsibilities. With Kyrie Irving See m. basketball on page 6
[LEFT] Miles Plumlee sparked the Blue Devils’ second half run with tenacious defense. The forward also had eight points; [RIGHT] Kyle Singler led all scorers with 24 points on 9-for-19 sho
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Ryan Kelly played what both Kyle Singler and head coach Mike Krzyzewski called “a perfect game.”
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Smith, Singler… Kelly? As the Blue Devils get into the heart of the ACC schedule, Ryan Kelly possibly emerged Saturday against Wake Forest as a legitimate third scoring option for Duke. With his lanky Game 6-foot-11 frame, the Analysis Blue Devil forward creates many of the same match-up problems as his teammate, Kyle Singler. Power forwards are generally not willing to follow him to the perimeter and eliminate their rebounding position, and small forwards are, well, too small to guard his jump shot. “One time Ryan Kelly was in that slot on the weak side,” Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik said. “They had a ball screen and our player was in the paint, and he had played some extended minutes, and he went to help. But then he didn’t get back to Ryan quick enough.” Against the Demon Deacons, Kelly’s range was on full display as he registered a career-high 20 points on 6-for-6 shooting, including four 3-pointers. “He almost played a perfect game,” Singler said. “That’s tough to do. He shot the ball well and made good plays for us.” The best news for the Blue Devils is that Kelly’s contribution Saturday isn’t an aberration. The sophomore has been
efficient all season, and his play has been trending toward this type of breakout game. In fact, Kelly hasn’t missed a shot since Jan. 15 against Virginia. He was 4-for-4 Wednesday against N.C. State, including a perfect 2-for-2 beyond the arc. “I think he’s gotten better every game, and he’s a very reliable player,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He doesn’t get flustered, he knows where he’s supposed to be all the time and I think he’s become more aggressive and ready to take his shot.” In all, Duke’s potential “Big Three” outscored the entire Wake Forest squad 63-59. Singler and Nolan Smith had 24 and 19 points, respectively, but Kelly was far more efficient. Singler shot 9-for-19, while Smith was only 6-for-22. On the season, Kelly’s shooting percentage has risen to 53.4, best on the team. He shoots at a 44.1 percent clip from beyond the arc, ten percentage points higher than Smith. Yet the biggest advantage Kelly may have on the court is his brain. Very few shots he took against the Demon Deacons or the Wolfpack were closely contested, the result of learning how to exploit a defense that helps off of him to cover Smith and Singler. Given Kelly’s range and touch around the hoop, he became extremely difficult to guard Saturday when he was able to get See analysis on page 7
While Jasmine Thomas was hobbled Friday, the other Thomas, Krystal,
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Down 20 points on the road with just 19 minutes remaining, it looked like a listless Duke team was spiraling towards its first loss of the season. 65 DUKE Then Jasmine NC ST 64 Thomas and the rest of the veteran Blue Devils orchestrated one of the greatest comebacks in program history.
Devils (19-0, 5-0). Sophomore Marissa Kastanek’s three at the 9:33 mark ballooned the N.C. State lead to 12, and the Wolfpack would extend the margin to 18 by the end of the half. Although the No. 3 Blue Devils executed well in the half court and had a number of open looks, the shots simply weren’t dropping in the first half—Duke shot an abysmal 21.9 percent from the field and went 0-for-6 from behind the arc. “We missed a lot of easy shots.... They made everything,” McCallie said. “Frankly, I think we were affected by things not going our way.” Kody Burke’s jumper 23 seconds into the second period put N.C. State ahead by 20, but juniors Shay Selby and Kathleen Scheer entered the game and sparked an immediate improvement on the defensive end that allowed Duke to chip away at the Wolfpack lead. Selby’s three from the corner gave the Blue Devils life for the first time all game. And Duke’s trap defense began to force N.C. State turnovers, increasing the pace of the game to a point where the Wolfpack simply couldn’t keep up. “We allowed Duke to score, and they made baskets. When they made those baskets they could get into their press,” N.C. State head coach Kellie Harper said, fighting back tears in the postgame press conference. “They couldn’t do that in the first half because they didn’t score.” In all, the Blue Devils forced 14 turnovers in the second half that translated into 14 points, most of which came in
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ooting Saturday. He also tallied seven rebounds and four assists.
Mounting a furious charge that ended with Chelsea Gray hitting a driving layup with 20 seconds left, Duke escaped Reynolds Coliseum with a shocking 65-64 win. “How many teams do you know that are down 20 and come back and win?” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “That’s a very special thing.” In front of a large home crowd, the Wolfpack (9-10, 1-4 in the ACC) started the game on a tear offensively, and pounced on the uncharacteristically cold-shooting Blue
The Blue Devils trailed by as much as 20 against N.C. State, but they battled back to win the game, 65-64.
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stepped up in her place. The senior scored 11 and grabbed 10 boards.
For Georgia Tech’s visit to Durham on Friday, 32 was an unlucky number. The Yellow Jackets committed 32 turnovers, pulled down a mere 32 rebounds to the Blue Devils’ 45 and lost to No. 3 Duke 69-32. It was also the 32nd straight victory for the Blue DevDUKE 69 ils against Georgia Tech, a streak that 32 dates back to 1994. G.T. Despite a slow start in the first half, Duke (18-0, 4-0 in the ACC) played a dominating second half to maintain its unbeaten record for the season and put away Georgia Tech (16-5, 4-1) convincingly, handing the Yellow Jackets their first loss in conference play. “I think going undefeated is good, but when we show dominance, I think that adds to it,” freshman Chloe Wells said. “Winning is good, but we’ve got to keep it going so they know, ‘Oh, okay, I see Duke coming.’” With a season-high crowd of 6,744 in attendance for head coach Joanne P. McCallie’s 100th career victory with the Blue Devils, Duke was led by senior Krystal Thomas’s 11 points and 10 rebounds, her third double-double of the season. It took the Blue Devils a while to settle into the game, missing their first six shots from the field, until sophomore Allison Vernerey finally connected with 11:45 left in the first half. During this difficult spell, Duke’s defense and rebounding proved to
be enough to overcome cold shooting. Although the Blue Devils finished the half shooting a poor 28 percent from the field—far below their season average of 41 percent—they forced Georgia Tech into even worse shooting struggles. The Yellow Jackets shot 25 percent in the first period, with Duke’s defense blocking shots, causing turnovers and forcing its opponent to shoot late in the shot clock. “That’s always a point of emphasis defensively, to take the team out of what their normal rhythm is,” Thomas said. “We were more effective tonight than we have been the past couple games. But it was good for us to get in the passing lanes and take them out of what’s normal for them.” Georgia Tech’s rhythm was also disrupted by the early fouls picked up by its star player Alex Montgomery, who was charged with her second foul after just over two minutes of play. The Blue Devils held her to two points and no field goals. “I think it’s always important to be aware of go-to players and special players like [Montgomery],” McCallie said. “I thought we defended as a team against her.” Duke’s own star player, Jasmine Thomas, also missed parts of the game and didn’t make a field goal until midway through the second half. An ankle injury sidelined Thomas with 14:05 left in the first half. However, she returned a few minutes later and played through the pain, putting up eight points—below See georgia tech on page 6
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Jasmine Thomas went down with an ankle injury early in the game, but did return to score eight points.
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M. BASKETBALL from page 4 sidelined with a toe injury, Thornton provides a solid backup to Nolan Smith and gives the senior much needed rest while maintaining strong on-ball pressure. Like Thornton and Kelly, Plumlee helped jump start the Blue Devils en route to their convincing victory. With less than three minutes in the first half, the junior
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forward made an impressive one-handed dunk in transition before blocking a shot on the next possession, which led to a quick layup by Smith. “Miles Plumlee has had two really great games in a row,” Krzyzewski said. “When he is talking, he is just better…. He is such a good athlete.” Taking a more proactive role, Plumlee has shown spurts of improving play this season due to his athleticism and physical presence
under the basket. As the team has faced difficulties with interior defense, the older Plumlee may find himself as the player relegated to compete with aggressive big men while helping teammates with weak side defense. Kelly’s shooting and Plumlee and Thornton’s defense helped Duke to overcome an at-times stagnant first half, in which the Blue Devils held only a nine-point lead over the ACC’s doormat. Duke found its stride, though, and put on two strong offensive runs late in the contest, including a 15-0 effort, to end the game on a high note. “I’m really happy with my team and how [it] responded to Wake’s great preparation,” Krzyzewski said. “Road wins in this league, if you look it up, man, they’re hard to come by.”
No. 4 Duke 83, Wake Forest 59 Wake Forest (7-13) No. 4 Duke (18-1) wake f. min fg 3-pt ft r a Stewart 26 2-7 0-1 1-1 6 3 McKie 33 5-9 1-1 1-1 9 0 Desrosiers 31 2-6 1-2 0-0 4 2 Clark 20 4-8 3-5 0-0 2 2 Harris 35 2-9 2-4 5-8 5 3 Terrell 21 2-7 0-3 0-0 1 2 Chennault 9 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 Tabb 16 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 Walker 9 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 0 TEAM 4 Totals 200 21-55 7-16 10-14 34 13 Blocks — Walker (2), Desrosiers (1) FG % — 1st Half: 36.0, 2nd Half: 40.0, Game: 38.2
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georgia tech from page 5 her season average of 15.2. This was still enough to earn the senior praise from Georgia Tech head coach MaChelle Joseph as one of the “top five players in the country,” and the one who “does it all” for the Blue Devils. Without Thomas’s usual high scoring, other members of the team picked up the load. Five players scored at least eight points, and all 11 got on the scoreboard. Duke turned the 32 Yellow Jacket turnovers into 26 points, had 28 points in the paint and scored 19 points off second chance opportunities. The Blue Devils also exhibited strong rebounding, with 21 of the 45 boards coming on the offensive end. “Today was a team win,” freshman Tricia Liston said. “Everyone contributed.”
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n.c. state from page 5 the transition game. With a marked advantage depth-wise over the Wolfpack, which have been limited by injuries this season, Duke’s ability to rotate players allowed it to play a high-energy fullcourt trap for the entirety of the second half. Under heavy pressure, N.C. State’s guards struggled to create any type of offensive rhythm, and the Wolfpack scored just 24 points in the final 20 minutes. Gray’s deep three with just under eight minutes remaining cut the lead to 10, and according to Krystal Thomas, sealed N.C. State’s fate. “We were down ten, and I know Jasmine said at that time, ‘We’re down ten, let’s go’.... We knew from that point on we were winning, no matter what,” Thomas said. Krystal Thomas was a force in the paint against an overmatched Wolfpack frontline, and her re-
bounding down the stretch extended Duke’s possessions and got the Blue Devils critical secondchance points. After a Jasmine Thomas 3-pointer brought Duke within two, Krystal Thomas’s offensive rebound and reverse layup evened the score at 61 with just under three minutes left. On the next possession, Thomas cleaned up a Scheer miss and finished again under the basket to make it 63-62. Her team now down one, Kastanek drove to the rim and was fouled while shooting, and the 76 percent free-throw shooter drained both at the line with 30 seconds left. On the ensuing possession, however, Gray had the ball at the top of the 3-point line and blew past her defender, scooping a shot off the glass to give Duke a lead it wouldn’t give up. “I was looking for Jasmine at first and they were face-guarding her, and the whole defense shifted ted knudsen/The Chronicle to that side. I just took it to the rack,” Gray said. Krystal Thomas said she knew Duke had the win after Chelsea Gray cut the deficit to 10. Comeback complete.
ANALYSIS from page 4 himself open off the ball. “Spacing doesn’t mean much if you can’t shoot,” Krzyzewski said. “Spacing with shooters is something we’ve tried to teach for a long time. He gives us the opportunity at the four, when you don’t put Kyle at the four, to have an outstanding shooter spacing the court— especially in late-game situations.” The challenge now for Kelly is to maintain his hot hand against defenders that match up better to his skill set. Forwards like North Carolina’s John Henson who are longer and more athletic can do more to disrupt a shot, or close out Kelly’s space in the first place. If Kelly continues to shoot it well, however, it will only take a handful of opportunities for him to be a difference maker down the stretch for the Blue Devils.
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Kelly’s 20 points came very efficiently—the sophomore was 4-of-4 from the free throw line and 6-of-6 from the floor.
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Van Buskirk runs record 1000-meter Several Duke and collegiate records fell over the weekend during the Blue Devils’ first meet of the season, the Virginia Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va. Chief among those records was Kate Van Buskirk’s collegiate record time of 2:41.00 in the 1000-meter, replacing the previous record set in 1989 by Teena Colebrook of Cal Poly. “In 20 years I’ve never seen a Duke athlete set a collegiate record,” Director of Track and Field Norm Ogilvie said to GoDuke.com. “It just goes to show how strong our program has become.” Joined by Devotia Moore, Esther Vermeer and Cydney Ross, Van Buskirk also ran a leg of the women’s 4x800, in which the four Blue Devils set a new school record by seven seconds. The previous record had been set by a team which included All-American Liz Wort and Olympian Shannon Rowbury. Senior Laura Paulsen kicked off a successful meet in the weekend’s first event, winning the women’s 3000-meter with a time of 9:45.31. Andrew Brodeur, Ryan McDermott and Bo Waggoner swept the top three spots in the men’s 3000-meter. Also in distance, Clint McKelvey and Brian Atkinson placed second and third in the 5000-meter. The two freshmen will compete at the USA Cross Country Junior Championships in San Diego, Calif. on Feb. 5. In the field, senior Amy Fryt notched the highest pole vault at the meet with a 13’8.25”, while freshman Tanner Anderson became
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Reynolds Price Last Thursday saw the Price matriculated at Duke death of Reynolds Price, re- in 1951. After graduation he nowned novelist, James B. spent three years at the UniDuke Professor of English versity of Oxford as a Rhoand a lifelong member of the des scholar before returnDuke University family. ing to America to take up a Many have professorship already reat Duke. He editorial called the would go on to depth and accomplishment spend more than 50 years at of Price’s life. Here we seek the University. to remember something Price was, foremost, a else—that as a member man of letters, and to much of the University commu- acclaim at that. Since his nity, Price always managed death, many have written to to combine criticality and remind us just how cluttered commitment. The censori- Price’s trophy closet was. ous eye he turned toward But these commendations the University’s shortcom- do not do justice to his size ings was outsized only by his in the literary community. devotion to Duke. Price’s work embodied the Price’s biography provides distinct experience of the only a glimpse of a life well American South with unlived. Born in Macon, N.C., paralleled clarity and rich-
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ness. At once channeling the Macon of his upbringing and his belletristic Oxford tutors, Price imagined North Carolina as it never had been thought of before. Price may have taught at Duke, but as others have noted, he was clearly an institution all his own. While this may be enough to say for most people, it is not enough for Price. The principle measure of a person’s life is not what he has done but who he was, and this is true for Price. As a teacher, Price demanded much from his students. In return for his erudition and gusto, he required them to prepare, to make the text their own and to participate—in a phrase,
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to embrace the life of the mind that Price embodied himself. Although he was sometimes unsettled by the intellectual shallowness and social overindulgences of his students, he remained a teacher until the day he died. He was scheduled to teach his popular course on John Milton for the Spring 2011 semester. At the locus of this dismay and devotion must have been a belief in his students to be pushed, challenged and to have their minds expanded. As with his students, Price revered and challenged the University he made his home. He never permanently moved away from Duke or North Carolina after returning from
England—even after his rise in literary circles, he stayed true to the University and to the region. Nevertheless, his critiques of Duke and its students were unabashed— his 1992 Founder’s Day speech bordered on the vitriolic—as he called upon students to embrace more thoughtful lives. In short, Reynolds Price was everything a Duke Professor could be. He was acclaimed, dynamic and invested in his students and in the University he chose to call home. Most of all, he never ceased to strive to expand his own mind and the minds of his students. He strove to live, along with all those around him, a thoughtful life.
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y unique vantage point allows me to the six of styx. I mean, who wouldn’t want to see the world in a different way. I can flirt with girls for like, 12 hours a day, totally, see things from ground level and am for like, five days in Von Cannon? If SLGs have immune to emotional bias. You themes, what do sororities have? all know me, how many times Letters? I’m joining Gamma Delhave you tried to pet one of my ta Iota! Bring on the GDI iron-on family members, just to see us letters which will look super cute scamper away at the very last secon my monogrammed tote bag! ond? Squirrels are known for not On a serious nut, I like sororipaying attention until the very ties because I like to be judged last minute. It follows from this on coat shininess and ability to eleventh hour mindset that right monday monday squeak and run around all day. now a perfect time for a squirrel Wait, I can’t rush because I’m the gothic squirrel male? Thank goodness. to get involved in rush. I’m unable to partake in LimHelp me, Omicron Kenobi, baugh namesake activities, because squirrels you’re my only hope—I need to join a frat. have a low tolerance for social awk, but that’s What do frats have that sororities don’t? Men! OK because we squirrels have our own cultish I <3 man flirting. I guess I could go to that one societies and I have mastered rush for all spe- rush event that has alcohol and skating/bowlcies. I can meet 70 males within three weeks ing/curling, that one rush event that has alcoand for the love of phylum chordata I can DEF- hol and a few females or that one rush event INITELY meet 100 females in five days. That that has alcohol and alcohol. I’m glad to meet being said, the unique concept of a SLG rush them like that because I usually am inebriated confuses me. over 90% of the time (I live in the trash can in At least from ground level, I’m not quite sure Craven quad and beer is plentiful). At least I of the differences between groups, but they all get to meet the people and confirm that, inhave nonsensical names. There are tables that are deed, stereotypes are 100% true. round, stones that are brown, and a Cube that is… So I’m going to join a frat. Why? I love the In. These names are all deeply creative and truly idiocy of rush in frats the most. I’ve heard that describe the purpose and mission of SLGs. I really one frat made up a story about how another enjoy the cohabitation aspect of it all, as it gives frat is being de-chartered. Another frat comthem reasons never to nest (they should totally try plained on collegeacb.com that they are in squirrel-pup sitting as a rush event). Believe me— fact tier 1.5, not tier 2. Also, frats are the only my female and I were going to be married when place that the awesomeness of a party is deterwe were 50 weeks old, but we decided to wait until mined by how quickly it is shut down. I’ve nowe were at least 53 because we were WAY more ma- ticed that the word “debauchery” gets slurred ture. I love seeing rumpled up flyers for SLG rush, over 20 times at the good parties. At least that’s too—events like “drinks night”, “sports night” and according to Asher Roth, noted frat star and “game night” pique my interest because I couldn’t #5,346,754,820 in baccalaureate speaker rankguess what I’m going to. Could I perhaps be fig- ings (that’s WITH Duke goggles on). uring out the chemistry behind water? Will I be When you finish rush and accept your bid, playing cricket? Is shooting *gulp* squirrels an make sure to keep your friends diverse so you’re activity? Perhaps too much is known about SLGs, not putting all of your acorns in one basket. maybe I should try my hand at something that nobody understands. The gothic squirrel is rushing Omicron Alpha Sororities. I have a sexy fur coat, so I hang Kappa because he was denied a bid from Upsilon around a few key three/ core four/ alive five/ Nu Carolina.
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Reynolds Price remembered in our thoughts Reynolds Price: Duke’s own queer icon Is “queer” an ungracious term for this elegant and supremely gracious man, Duke’s own Reynolds Price? “Queer” is Reynolds’ word; in “Ardent Spirits,” published scarcely a year before his death last week, Reynolds was adamant that he was queer, if quietly so. The New York Times said the book felt “like a boisterous coming-out party.” Let me share my take on that quietly queer aspect of Reynolds. From a small rural community in North Carolina, he went to Duke, but his sexual awakening was not in full bloom until he was at Oxford. Why not earlier—why not at Duke in his late teens when the hormones are in full rage? The answer is that in America in the 1950s homosexuality was illegal—let me repeat for younger readers: If you were homosexual, you were a criminal. The American Psychiatric Association deemed homosexuality a psychosis. A gay (my term) man was both an outlaw and insane. If he wanted to avoid prison and/or the asylum, he stayed in the closet. Neither church nor family was a refuge. A half-century later, a cold wind still chills the LGBT community at Duke. When I became president of the Duke Alumni Association and a Trustee, I felt it repeatedly. Most of my time in those capacities was wonderful but evidence of lingering bigotry was abundant—and Reynolds saw it too. It was an honor to be “at the table,” as a Trustee. (Speaking of the 1950s, “Angels in America” recalls Roy Cohn’s central purpose in denying his sexuality— queers were weak and not at the table. Being McCarthy’s henchman and killing the Rosenbergs was his price of admission.) So, yes, it was easier for me—I sat at the Duke high table in the first decade of the 21st century and was openly gay. It was certainly novel for Duke-—later than at other elite universities as always.
My partner (of more than three decades) was the first same-sex person ever to attend the Trustees’ “spouse” program. And he loved it. Everyone was friendly and gracious to him. I opined that hospitality was a high art form here and, while much was genuine, that he’d never even feel the daggers, much less see them. Of my shared experiences with Reynolds, then, one in particular speaks to Duke’s still evolving culture. He and I were on a Board committee that chooses honorary degree recipients. It is a prestigious committee, fully staffed to research the candidates. After all, what says more about a University than those whom it publicly honors? A prominent Anglican theologian was nominated. The controversy over the new gay Episcopal bishop was raging at that time. What was the nominee’s position on this issue? He was non-supportive of women or gay priests. I felt Duke should honor someone making history, not holding it back, say the gay bishop or the female head of the American church. I said so. But not everyone agreed. Reynolds was more circumspect in his questioning, befitting his long and deep immersion in Duke culture and politics. After several weeks of heated debate, Reynolds and I killed the nomination. But we should not have had to fight so hard for that outcome. I wasn’t invited to rejoin the committee the following year—ah, those daggers again. Thus was Reynolds a quiet queer. He made no secret of his sexuality but he didn’t highlight it. He grew up at a Duke that would not have tolerated it and that even now prefers not asking and not telling. Reynolds learned to navigate this environment and was formed by it. I mourn the loss of Reynolds. He is irreplaceable. Reynolds is often compared to Faulkner, for whom the oppressed minority was Southern blacks—a central theme was how they endured. Reynolds too endured.
He was an angel in (Duke’s) America. I think now he is an angel elsewhere, hoping that we queers might not only endure, but some day also prevail. Thomas C. Clark Chair, Duke LGBT Network Former Trustee and Former President of the Duke Alumni Association ‘A lion of a man’ I used to think that a tribute to Reynolds Price would roll right off my keys. It would be titled “At the Feet of Reynolds Price” and would recall the times I sat in his house, sometimes on the floor, sorting books and papers that were stacked everywhere. Often while I’d work, Reynolds would tell me stories—stories about his colorful Southern relatives, stories about famous and ordinary people alike, stories about his childhood, stories about pain and loss. But you can read these stories yourself, in his books and in his essays and poems. I simply couldn’t do him justice if I tried to repeat them; he was too good of a storyteller. What keeps coming back to me, though, is this: In the years after my father died, every time Reynolds saw me he always asked how my mother was doing, even though he’d never met her. And he wanted to know, really know. It was a simple act of kindness that was typical of Reynolds Price. The obituaries list his many publications and awards, as they should. They note his love for Duke, as they should. What you should know, too, is the depth of kindness and compassion in this lion of a man. It made him unforgettable. Marjorie George Former Duke employee and Durham resident
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Call it commitment
uke announced this month that it the University. Many students commit would use caps and gowns made through donations, through alumni supfrom recycled materials. The Uni- port of students and just by providing evversity is certainly not the erything they can. first—the University of Faculty members, on the Texas and University of other hand, come in various Pennsylvania, among othforms. With the recent passer schools, used recycled ing of Reynolds Price, Duke caps and gowns last year. lost a legend. Price was a Jim Wilkerson, the direcgreat poet, sure, but his comtor of Duke stores and the mitment to Duke made him person responsible for outvital to this University. He fitting the graduates, said antonio segalini came to the University as an this effort “is representaundergraduate and left for musings tive of what the University only three years to study in is doing as a whole.” Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. The initiative is far from earth-shat- He returned to teach undergraduates in tering, but Duke has maintained a com- his gospels class, and his value to Duke mitment and shown an ability to stand is shown through the numerous students by its word. If a PowerPoint or fraternity he affected. invitation could tarnish Duke’s image, While many current students don’t then this has to be a step in the right have direct experience with John Blackdirection. Duke’s ability to commit to burn, he helped make Duke what it is certain goals is something to be proud today. Another former Duke undergrad, of, even if negative aspects of the Uni- Blackburn moved through the ranks of versity remain. the University, going from an assistant The other side of this is the commit- professor of economics in 1959 to becomment that students and faculty make to ing provost and chancellor in the ’70s. As
current economics professor Crauford Goodwin told Duke News, “Jack Blackburn was a loyal and devoted member of the Duke community.” Even after retiring to Florida in 1980, Blackburn came back to Durham in 2005. Price and Blackburn both embody the commitment Duke needs. Both members stayed and helped develop the University as a whole. Their contributions exceeded the direct relationship between student and professor, and they did much more than just teach. Whether it was the mentorship of Reynolds Price or the direct contributions of John Blackburn, both had a commitment to the University and understood its importance. Although the University strives for excellence in both students and faculty, the quality of both hinges on long-term faculty appointments. Duke University is and should be a destination point for faculty members rather than a springboard for their careers. Those professors who stay and understand what it means to be a part of the Duke community aspire to greatness and lore and become part of the Duke story.
Obviously, the University will not always find people who want to spend their lives in Durham, North Carolina. Many will not mesh with the culture and will simply choose to go to other schools. It is the University’s (and its departments’) duty to choose those professors who will make an impact both inside and outside of the classroom. It is impossible to find another Reynolds Price or John Blackburn. But this is a testament to Duke’s ability to pinpoint the people who will stand by the institution. Their stories show that commitment from a faculty member to go above and beyond simply teaching will impact and influence students to go above and beyond as well. It is about doing more and understanding how great this University is. Students and administrators will always have an impact, but only faculty can have such an enduring and widespread affect. Ask anyone who took Reynolds Price’s gospels class. Antonio Segalini is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every other Monday.
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