February 11, 2011 issue

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 95

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potti investigation

Sulaimon commits to Duke

by Andy Moore

NC law firm investigates Potti trials

The Class of 2012 is turning out to have quite the payload.

Only a few days after Alex Murphy pledged his allegiance to the Blue Devils, Rasheed Sulaimon, ESPN’s 18th-ranked player in his class, verbally commited to Duke.

S u l a i m o n ’s AAU head coach Marland Rasheed Sulaimon Lowe confirmed the news to The Chronicle last night.

“He’s been excited for a long time,” Lowe said. “He loves Duke. It was a good fit.... He has that type of character and quality that the Duke players have had in the past.”

Sulaimon, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from Houston,

moderator Will Robinson, a senior, chair of The Chronicle’s independent Editorial Board, former editor of The Chronicle and former president of the Duke Student Publishing Company.

In their opening statements, all three candidates emphasized their institutional knowledge and love for Duke.

“Duke has really provided me a home of

A North Carolina law firm is looking into clinical trials connected to discredited cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti.

The personal injury firm HensonFuerst is talking with experts and patients to get a better understanding of what occurred in the cancer treatment studies and how patients may have been affected.

“We’re in the initial stages of an investigation into what happened,” attorney Thomas Henson Jr. said.

Numerous patients and their relatives have called the firm to discuss the clinical trials, Henson noted. The firm has also posted a YouTube video and a notice on its website soliciting information. He said it is too early to say whether the firm will take legal action against Duke on behalf of any clients.

“The people that are calling us are scared and they want answers,” Henson said. “They want to know what the impact was to their health.”

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The Undergraduate Young Trustee finalists discuss Duke’s image among other topics in Thursday night’s debate.

YT finalists agree on budget, differ on University image

by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE

Finalists for the undergraduate Young Trustee position gathered for the second annual Young Trustee public debate Thursday night.

Seniors Matt Davis, Ben Getson and Michelle Sohn discussed their backgrounds, University experiences and the role of the Young Trustee before a group of about 40 students in the Great Hall. The finalists answered questions from

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Snook pushes for global Sohn emphasizes work for and academic priorities underrepresented groups

by Anna Koelsch

by Amanda Young

Jennifer Snook says being a “triple Dukie” has given her a great appreciation of the University.

Snook, Trinity ’04, will graduate with degrees from the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of the Environment in 2011. In running for graduate Young Trustee, she said she wants to put her wide breadth of knowledge of the Duke experience to work as a graduate Young Trustee.

“Having spent a quarter of my life as a Duke student, I feel like I have grown immeasurably from the education and leadership opportunities I gained,” Snook said. “The graduate Young Trustee is an amazing opportunity to give back in a [meaningful] way.”

After interacting professionally with two current Young Trustees, senior Michelle Sohn believes that a Young Trustee must have two qualities: knowledge about the University and an appetite for service. Sohn thinks she possesses both of these and seeks to be the next Trustee to give back to the Duke community.

On campus, Sohn has served on the Board of Trustees’ Undergraduate Education Committee and has been involved in Duke Student Government as well as The Chronicle’s independent editorial board. Sohn said these activities gave her the leadership experience Trustees must have.

“I think that both The Chronicle

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Third-year MBA and Master of Environmental Management candidate Jennifer Snook maintains that academics must be preserved when making budget cuts.

Pauly Dogs makes top 32 in search for America’s best, Page 4

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ONTHERECORD

“White men seem to have been less interested. I’m worried that there’s a demographic that’s opting out of this.”

­—Dean Steve Nowicki on the 2011 Winter Forum. See story page 3

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Baldwin Scholar Michelle Sohn hopes to help the Board address international strategy, campus restructuring and the Duke brand as Young Trustee.

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FDA plans to outsource Guatemalan army back in more for overseas factories jungles, fights drug cartels WASHINGTON — Federal regulators plan to outsource more inspections of overseas factories within the next decade after criticism from Congress about a lack of oversight for food and drugs made in other countries.

The Food and Drug Administration aims to increase its reliance on thirdparty inspectors and has started reaching out to industry trade groups about the change, John Taylor, the agency’s acting principal deputy commissioner, said Thursday. The agency will work more closely with other countries and share findings, potentially reducing the number of inspections plants would undergo each year, he said.

The FDA inspects foreign drug facilities once every nine years on average, compared with once every 30 months for U.S. plants, the Government Accountability Office reported in September.

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Colom plans to extend troop deployments to other conflict zones in the country, officials say, militarizing the drug war here and reviving a Guatemalan army still tainted by the 36-year civil war, decades of human rights abuses and an unfinished peace process.

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2011Winter Forum shows more diversity than 2010

by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

This year’s Winter Forum—“Pandemic 2011”—attracted in some ways a more diverse crowd than the previous year, Arts and Sciences Council members learned at their meeting Thursday.

Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, said that although the forum was an overall

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David Bell, senior associate dean of the graduate school, spoke to the Arts and Sciences Council Thursday about methods of assessing student learning.

success, he is concerned that one segment of Duke’s population is avoiding the event.

“White men seem to have been less interested,” he said. “I’m worried that there’s a demographic that’s opting out of this.”

Nowicki said there were more women, minority students and students on financial aid at this year’s forum compared to last year’s program. According to numbers compiled by Nowicki, of the participants in the 2010 Winter Forum, “Making the Green Economy Work,” men and women were equally represented. In the 2011 Winter Forum, however, 71.4 percent of the participants were women.

Last February, Nowicki told the council that there were not enough minority students and Division I athletes at the 2010 forum. Thursday, he told the council that Pandemic 2011 had much higher minority and student athlete representation. No athletes attended the 2010 forum, and in 2011 8.6 percent of the participants were varsity athletes.

After showing the council a series of photos and videos of Pandemic 2011, Nowicki discussed the 2012 Winter Forum. It will focus on refugees and displaced persons and will be sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics, he said.

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The Domestic-International Conversational Exchange program is using feedback from focus groups to find ways to improve the Duke experience for international students, who sometimes feel lost or excluded.

IA works to improve resources for international students

by Kotoe Oshima THE CHRONICLE

As Duke continues to attract more students from throughout the world, the University is expanding efforts to make them feel comfortable in their new home.

The Intentional Association is working to implement changes to enhance the student experience for international students based on feedback received from five focus groups conducted in Fall 2009.

The Domestic-International Conversational Exchange program, a collaborative effort between the International Asso-

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The resulting memo focused on academic and social issues facing international students. Some students believe there is a lack of advising resources to aid them in their transition as well as insufficient career guidance for students who will not remain in the United States after graduation. DICE also noted that many international students feel See international on page 16

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Contest places Group discusses possible smoking ban Pauly Dogs in nation’s top 32 campus council

by Anna Koelsch THE CHRONICLE

Campus Council renewed discussions of potential smoking regulations at its meeting Thursday.

Campus Council Vice President Johnathan Pryor, a senior, led conversation of a possible change in the University’s policies regarding a smoking ban.

The council passed a resolution in Fall 2009 to ban smoking near residential areas, but the resolution under deliberation Thursday would prohibit smoking across campus. Campus Council’s potential merger with Duke Student Government could allow the legislation to appear as a referendum during a University-wide election.

Pryor said smoking’s harmful effects and inconveniences to people around smokers warranted discussion.

“You can’t set off smoke bombs on the quad, but you can smoke in front of someone’s open window,” Pryor said.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a campus-wide policy banning smoking within 100 feet of any university building, he noted. There is also a smoking ban at Duke hospitals.

In his presentation, Pryor cited a Healthy Devils survey that found that 71.5 percent of students were in favor of restricting tobacco use near building entrances. He added that roommate surveys through Residence Life and Housing Services largely indicate that “just about nobody wants to live with a roommate who smokes.”

Pryor said a number of options

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Campus Council members discussed a possible resolution to ban smoking across campus at its meeting Thursday. If the council merges with Duke Student Government, a resolution could be put to student vote. could be considered to change Duke’s tobacco policies. For example, there could be a complete smoking ban or smoking could be restricted to specific areas, he said.

Last year’s Campus Council resolution proposed banning smoking across residential areas on East and West campuses.

In a letter to the editor to The Chronicle, Campus Council President Stephen Temple noted that the recommendation last

year stemmed from an incident in Edens Quadrangle in which a student suffered an asthmatic reaction to secondhand smoke.

Campus Council did not reach a final conclusion concerning a new recommendation Thursday night. Pryor said an ultimate decision about a smoking ban would have to be decided through a referendum administered through DSG.

Paul Konstanzer, owner of the on-campus hot dog stand Pauly Dogs, said if you are going to do something, you better do it the best.

After twelve years of making hot dogs for the Blue Devils, Konstanzer received national recognition that he is doing precisely that. Pauly Dogs was one of 64 finalists in the search for America’s Best Hot Dog,” a contest sponsored by Every Day with Rachel Ray and food blog Serious Eats.

In a March Madness-inspired bracket system, hot dog stands and restaurants divided into South, East, West and Midwest regions went head-to-head through single elimination until two finalists found themselves in the final dance, with Gene & Jude’s in Chicago taking the crown. Pauly Dogs was knocked out in the round of 32, but Konstanzer, or Pauly as his customers know him, said he is still honored to have been nominated in the first place.

“If they are saying my hot dogs are top 32 in the country, I will fly with that in a second,” he said.

Offering more than 30 toppings and sauces on a regular basis, Konstanzer takes pride in the originality of his product. A favorite among students, Pauly Dogs is known for the crazy combinations of toppings that See pauly dogs on page 6

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yt from page 1 opportunity, and it’s also the place that challenges me the most,” Sohn said. “I’m really running for the concept of home and making sure Duke doesn’t fall short when it comes to students of different backgrounds.”

The candidates answered nine questions during the debate relating to their qualifications for the position and present University concerns.

The three candidates also highlighted their leadership roles on campus—Davis as the undergraduate student representative on the Duke Student Publishing Company’s Board of Directors, Getson as the undergraduate student representative on the search committee for the dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and Sohn as a member of the Board of Trustees’ Undergraduate Education Committee.

“I understand how to communicate with Trustees,” Getson said. “Ultimately, my experience and ability to communicate well and frame the discussion in terms of the strategic plan and mission is how I will be able to accomplish the role of the Young Trustee.”

The Kunshan, China campus, financial limitations and Duke’s reputation took center stage in the debate, with the finalists agreeing on most issues. All three candidates highlighted Kunshan as a tool to improve Duke’s reputation and foster international collaboration. “[Kunshan] creates an opportunity for collaboration whether it’s directly sending students there or bringing students here,” Davis said. “The world is getting flat, and Duke needs to stay on cutting edge.... With higher education changes in the coming years, we need to be aware that globalization is part of that change.”

With regard to budget cuts, the candidates agreed that Duke should protect the student experience. Davis recommended “the right cuts” and Getson encouraged the University

to hire interdisciplinary faculty to strengthen the academic experience and save money.

Sohn emphasized the value of student-driven initiatives like house courses and entrepreneurial ventures, which she believes lead to “organic student academic engagement.”

When it came to Duke’s reputation, the candidates had different views on how the Board should confront issues like Tailgate and the scandalous PowerPoint presentation created by Karen Owen, Trinity ’10.

Getson recommended the Board concentrate on academic excellence across all of its departments in hopes that achievement will eclipse bad press. Sohn suggested that the Board investigate the causes of these issues by examining Duke’s sexual and socioeconomic culture. Davis agreed that positive press would lessen the impact of occasional scandals but did not rule out the possibility of a campus culture initiative.

“Ultimately... if we focus on what we do well, what we do better than any other peer institution, than the good media will follow because we’ll become a leader,” Getson said. “If we focus on [our] resources and then build them up as a part of the curriculum so that Duke becomes a leader in interdisciplinary education... then we make a name for ourselves, and it’s not a name that is going to be associated with sex, scandal, Karen Owen or Tailgate.”

All candidates defended the annual $14.6 million subsidy provided to Duke Athletics.

Sohn spoke highly of the student-athlete experience, Davis encouraged smart budget cuts within Athletics and Getson drew a connection between successful sports programs and alumni relations and donations. The finalists also commended the ability of Duke’s athletics to unify students of different backgrounds.

“Duke Athletics definitely deserves the subsidy, first because it builds school spirit and unity across different backgrounds and diverse experiences,” Sohn said. “Second, one of the strong points of the Duke expe-

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The idea was to slow students’ busy lives down a bit and share poetry with the greater Duke community by putting it in a public space.

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Kevin Genirs, a managing director and general counsel of investment banking at Barclays Capital, gives a presentation on Lehman Brothers’ last days in the Biological Sciences building Thursday. rience is the student-athlete experience....

All student athletes get the opportunity to participate in this great leadership program from freshman year to senior year.”

When asked about the most important issues that would face the Board next year, the candidates agreed on little other than the primacy of Kunshan’s campus.

Sohn suggested smoothing the transition to the house model and reviewing the socioeconomic and women’s initiatives.

Davis suggested maximizing the effective-

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pauly dogs from page 4 appear on top of Pauly’s five basic varieties of hot dog to create a unique gastronomical experience. Konstanzer said the current and long-standing favorite among students is the “Chips Plus,” a dog garnished with barbecue sauce, cheese, crushed Ruffles potato chips and Old Bay spices.

“I think outside the box and I think I got everyone else at Duke University to think outside the box when they eat a hot dog, too,” Konstanzer said.

Graduate student Kevin Kauffman, who is working toward a degree in engineering management, said going to Pauly Dogs is not just about getting a good hot dog, it is about the experience. Aside from its great location and convenience, Kauffman keeps coming back to Pauly Dogs because of the people who work there.

“You can always come by and have a conversation even if you’re not going to buy a hot dog,” he said. “If there were a couple of boring guys back there it wouldn’t be the same.

It’s the food, it’s the exotic nature and it’s all great.”

Kauffman said the first time he came to Pauly Dogs, all the toppings overwhelmed him. After nervously settling on the “Pizza in a Bun” option—distinguished by a combination of marinara sauce, pepperoni, cheese and garlic— Kauffman never looked back and now deems himself a regular. Konstanzer said this experience is very common.

“So many times a week someone gets introduced to the stand and says that they just want ketchup and someone behind them in line will say, ‘This is Pauly Dogs, you can’t just get ketchup,’” he said.

Konstanzer said what makes Pauly Dogs great is that he never charges customers based on toppings, which encourages students to be adventurous with their selections.

In fact, student input is exactly what keeps his menu constantly changing.

“We are always adding things,” he said. “If a student recommends something, or they come up and say, ‘Have you tried this?’—that is how things really start. That has got me motivated with everything I do out there.”

Senior Ashley Jones has been going to Pauly Dogs since she arrived on Duke’s campus. She said the hot dogs are not only the perfect pick-me-up after class, but that the interesting flavors have an addictive quality that keeps her a frequent customer.

“It’s something a little alternative,” she said. “It is an interesting and tasty twist on a traditional food.”

And Konstanzer just keeps on twisting. Refusing to settle, he said he is always thinking about ways to make his product better. He is calling his favorite new addition to the menu “No Name,” which is drizzled with sweet Thai sauce, doused with bacon and cheese and finished off with a touch of garlic and a sprinkling of the French onion strings. For Konstanzer, Pauly Dogs is more than just another dining option on Duke’s campus—it’s a food revolution.

“It’s changed the way of eating hot dogs,” he said. “No one can go back to just ketchup, mustard and relish after trying one of my dogs.”

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Pauly Dogs owner Paul Konstanzer prides himself on the original, inventive topping combinations on his hot dogs.

a&s council from page 3 He also called on faculty to submit potential topics for future forums.

“We’re looking for a broad mix of topics with global significance,” he said. “This gets students not just listening in a talking-heads fashion but gets them working on a real problem.”

In other business: Alvin Crumbliss, interim dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, commented on the results of a recent poll that asked for faculty opinion on cutting spending and increasing revenue. Faculty responses showed general opposition to reductions in both faculty and staff funding.

Crumbliss’ staff is working on reducing spending by encouraging professors to retire, restricting new hires, limiting research funding and lowering energy use, he said.

“What we’re trying to do is plan for the future,” Crumbliss said.

Council Chair Ruth Day expressed concern that although Crumbliss said faculty used only 50 percent of the allocated research expenditure funding, she had heard that many faculty were denied grant requests.

“In the past few years, we’ve increased the number of individual faculty research accounts,” he responded.

“I’m very supportive of faculty research—we need faculty research.”

David Bell, senior associate dean of the graduate school, spoke to the council about their departmental responsibilities as the University reevaluates how to assess student learning. Bell noted that each department is required to submit a report on its assessment plans to the University.

Dr. Margaret Humphreys, professor of history and associate clinical professor of medicine, asked how a universal effort was possible when each department has different assessment and curriculum processes.

“We don’t think we can impose one model on everyone,” Bell said. “We’re looking for detailed narratives as to how the department implemented [its plan].”

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snook from page 1 Snook, who studied economics as an undergraduate, said the two most pressing University objectives are international expansion and a movement toward interdisciplinary studies.

She said working for Fuqua Dean Blair Sheppard on international expansion and her own interdisciplinary studies make her uniquely qualified for the role of graduate Young Trustee. Working with Sheppard on the planning of the Kunshan, China campus synthesized those two Duke priorities, Snook said, and helped her learn that the future of education has less to do with “siloed departments” and more with approaching global issues.

“As an undergrad, I didn’t realize how complex the University is,” Snook said. “I have now interacted with stakeholders of all different levels of the school and will understand the different pieces in play for issues that face the Board of Trustees.”

Snook also called Duke’s budgetary cuts a top concern. She noted that the Board must preserve the academic experience for students and focus on cutting operational expenses over academic department budgets.

“That’s going to be a challenge given that prospective donors have also been

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adversely affected by the downturn. We’ll have to continue to find cuts that don’t impact academic quality and seek out contributions from new and existing donors,” Snook said.

Dan Vermeer, executive director of the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment at Fuqua, said Snook’s involvement outside of the classroom has prepared her for a position on the Board of Trustees. Snook started the MEM/MBA Club and is the co-president of FuquaPride, the business school’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight alliance.

Snook’s supporters identified her as a good choice for graduate Young Trustee because of her personal qualities and experience. Stephanie Lam, a student in both Fuqua and the School of Law, said Snook’s diverse perspective makes her a strong candidate. Snook is open to hearing the ideas of the people she works with and innovative in her approach to problems, both qualities that would make her successful on the Board, Lam wrote in an e-mail Feb. 10.

“Jen by nature is extremely contemplative and a deliberative thinker,” Lam said. “Where others would be quick to act or state a position—often to their detriment—Jen takes care to consider the different positions and options meticulously before selecting the right course.”

sohn from page 1 editorial board and DSG contributed to my knowledge of the campus and helped me reach out to students,” she said.

The summer after her freshman year, Sohn also worked with Duke’s Conference Services, during which time she interacted with Dining Service, the Duke Card Office and Residence Life and Housing Services.

This experience allowed her to learn about the roles of different departments, she said.

Sohn added that she has experience working with and for underrepresented groups in the Duke community—experience she believes separates her from other candidates.

“I’ve worked with both well-represented and historically marginalized groups,” Sohn said. “My sophomore year, I taught a house course on Asians in America. I’ve also worked to enhance the undergraduate community by working to bring things like gender-neutral housing options, which is something I’m proud of and excited for.”

Sohn said she thinks the Board will face three major issues in the near future: international strategy, campus restructuring and the Duke brand. She added that Duke’s perception will be an extremely difficult issue for Trustees to concretely discuss.

“Duke has had a lot of public relations problems since 2006,” she said. “A lot of students tell administrators that what Duke is in the media for is not the Duke they know,

and we should try to provide an alternative narrative instead of the unfortunate things we are known for.”

DSG President Mike Lefevre, a senior, appointed Sohn as the liaison to gender issues. He said Sohn, who also has served as an academic affairs senator, has been a vital member of his cabinet. Although Lefevre said he does not wish to endorse any Young Trustee candidate, he recognizes Sohn’s leadership skills. As part of her current DSG post, Sohn led a three-day Campus Gender Summit in the Fall.

“She has the ability to break down complex and often abstract issues, and devise actionable plans to resolve them,” Lefevre wrote in an e-mail. “We worked together on organizing the Gender Summit... and she and I have served jointly on the president’s bi-weekly campus life working group. She’s the kind of person you’re glad to have at the table.”

As a Baldwin Scholar, Sohn has also explored gender issues throughout her time at Duke. Donna Lisker, associate viceprovost for undergraduate education, has been Sohn’s adviser and mentor in the Baldwin Scholars program.

“Michelle is an outstanding communicator—a great listener, but also able to convey her opinions and ideas in a respectful, open and engaging way,” Lisker said. “Michelle has pushed her peers and the program directors to be as inclusive as possible in our work. She’s a real agent for change.”

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Just a few weeks ago, the Blue Devils had opened up the season with 20 straight victories, and had yet to add a game to their loss column. They remained the only undefeated college basketball team in the nation. They had already taken down top squads like then-No. 7 Texas A&M and then-No. 4 Xavier.

Then right in the upswing of its confidence, Duke was embarWake rassed in a matchup against No. Forest 2 Connecticut, 87-51. Merely vs. one week later, the team lost No. 5 a tantalizingly close contest to Duke heated rival No. 12 North Carolina, 62-60. After dropping two FRIDAY, 8:30 p.m.

Winston-Salem, N.C. games just seven days apart, the Blue Devils will look to change the focus of their team this Boston weekend.

College “Our team’s just got to vs. change,” Jasmine ThomNo. 5 as said after the Tar Heel Duke game. “I feel that you can’t keep coming out and saySUNDAY, 2 p.m.

Cameron Indoor Stadium ing your team’s not playing

When the Blue Devils take the field Saturday, there will be few reminders of the last game they played.

Sixteen players from the 2010 team are gone. The national championship banner has already been put up, and no ceremony will take place to remember the successes of last season.

What will happen is No. 5 Duke will take its first steps in Koskinen Season Stadium tomorrow at 11 a.m., anxPreview ious and ready to write a new chapter of the program’s increasingly decorated history.

“It just seems like it’s so long until the season actually becomes a real thing,” said senior Tom Montelli, who was chosen as one of the team’s four captains along with fellow fourth-years Zach Howell and Justin Turri, and redshirt senior Terrence Molinari. “We just want to get out there and start playing real games. We’re focused, it’s game week and we’re ready to play. I think everyone’s really excited to see another color on the field Saturday.”

The Blue Devils’ opponent, Siena, will be facing a markedly different Duke team than in years past. After being a veteran squad with a number of redshirted

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After two losses in seven days, Jasmine Thomas said “our team has got to change.” It gets a chance to show that change versus Wake Forest tonight.

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There’s no doubt about it: Nolan’s rolling. The Hurricanes have their work cut out for them this weekend, and Nolan Smith’s performance against North Carolina Wednesday night may incite a bit of déjà vu for Miami.

If you need to refresh your memory, think back to the ACC season opener Jan. 2. 28 points. Back-to-backto-back 3-point shots. A little bit of “bloodshed,” in the words of the senior guard.

Round two of the matchup takes the No. 5 Blue Devils (22-2, 9-1 in the ACC) to the BankUnited Center in South Florida Sunday at 6:45 p.m. If the game is anything like the last—a 74-63 Duke victory—it will be an anticlimactic end to one of college basketball’s rivalry weeks.

With a career-high 34 points and impressive leadership in the second half against the Tar Heels, Smith proved that the Blue Devils have moved on from their last trip to the Sunshine State, when they suffered their first loss of the season to Florida State, and are ready to take their place at the head of the conference.

“We played a great, great second half,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said Wednesday night after the win over the Tar Heels. “I’m proud of our guys. We grew up a lot tonight.”

Smith isn’t the only Blue Devil that the Hurricanes have to worry about. Sophomore Seth Curry is also coming off a career-high scoring night in a Duke jersey against North Carolina. This performance may just give him the confidence he needs to make up for his lack of impact on the scoreboard when he last faced Miami.

The Hurricanes (15-9, 4-6) are “getting better” according to Krzyzewski, but after Wednesday night’s contest it will be tough to stop Duke’s forward momentum.

“It shows our league is very tough,” Smith said Wednesday night. “With Carolina and Duke as two of the top teams in the country, people are going to start to mention our conference with the best.”

Krzyzewski has high hopes for the ACC this season as well, including Miami, although it may be too early to tell whether his predictions are realized.

“I still think we can get five or six [ACC] teams into the NCAA Tournament,” he said.

Though Sunday’s game won’t have quite the atmosphere displayed at Cameron Indoor this week, it is an important conference game, nonetheless.

As Krzyzewski said after the last win over Miami: “You don’t win one of those [banners] without showing up every day in our conference. You don’t play for your total record. You play for your ACC record.”

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Zach Howell said Duke this year has “a completely different vibe because we’re trying to catch up a lot of younger guys.”

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Finally healthy, Duke preps for season

by Patricia Lee THE CHRONICLE

It seemed like last season began with enormous potential—then the injury bug hit, and Duke was left with a young and inexperienced roster.

But right at the end of the season—which the Blue Devils finished 14-6—things started looking up. The team won its last match against Brown 23-9, despite missSeason ing head coach Kerstin Preview Kimel, who was expecting a child that same day.

Then, it defeated Vanderbilt in a competitive match 16-15, in which then-senior Lindsay Gillbride scored with 15 seconds left, to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Even though the Blue Devils ended up falling short to No. 2 Northwestern 18-8 in the quarterfinals, they knew that better times were on the way.

“We have high expectations for this season, and we’re returning a couple of players who were missing last year,” Kimel said.

“We lost two starters, who we now have back and who are capable of helping and making a big difference for us.”

Duke will face stiff competition in its conference as one of five ACC teams ranked in the nation’s top-20. Defending national champion Maryland will open in the top spot, followed by No. 3 North Carolina, No. 7 Virginia and No. 17 Boston College.

Senior Emma Hamm—a 2008 All-Ameri-

can who missed last season due to injury—will return to run the offense alongside classmates Christie Kaestner and Virginia Crotty. The midfield is anchored by fellow fourth-year Sarah Bullard, who led Duke with 48 goals last season. Bullard, an All-American and two-time Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, will be joined in the midfield by juniors Kim Wenger and Kat Thomas, an All-ACC selection a year ago.

After losing four starters to graduation, the Blue Devils will have to reload on the defensive end. Sophomores Lauren Martin and Monica DeMairo will pair up with freshmen Molly Quirke and Taylor Virden to protect the goal, while Mollie Mackler is expected to return to goalkeeping duties after missing the second half of last season with a knee injury.

While Kimel preached the importance of team cohesion throughout last season, she has worked to make it the cornerstone of this year’s roster. In fact, the Blue Devils, who hold the No. 4 preseason ranking, have taken their training to the next level, even enduring an exercise routine with Duke’s Army ROTC team.

“Since we graduated a group of kids who worked together, we’re now working with kids who hadn’t worked together yet,” she said. “It’s a constant work in progress like any team is.”

Duke’s gets the opportunity to showcase that new lineup tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in Koskinen Stadium against Ohio State.

“Ohio State will be an interesting opponent for us because we haven’t played them in a long time,” Kimel said. “We’re not quite margie truwit/chronicle file photo sure what to expect, but... this is a great chance for us and a great measuring stick.”

Head coach Kerstin Kimel said she had “high expectations for this season” due to players returning from injury.

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w. basketball from page 8 with enough heart, you’re not fighting enough. That’s something you shouldn’t have to coach, you shouldn’t have to demand from a team.”

Luckily for the Blue Devils, they will likely not face much of a challenge tonight as they travel to Wake Forest at 8:30 p.m.

The Demon Deacons (12-13, 3-6 in the ACC) have had an unsuccessful season to date, dropping all three games against ranked opponents by double-digit margins. Adding fuel to the fire, unranked teams have also unexpectedly embarrassed them throughout their schedule, like Virginia in a 27-point shellacking earlier this month, and N.C. State in a 21-point loss in January.

There does exist, though, the potential for the upset.

Wake Forest is, after all, coming off its first road victory of the season, a 60-55 defeat of Virginia Tech.

The Demon Deacons’ only hope of defeating No. 5 Duke (21-2, 7-1) lies in their particularly powerful frontcourt, which contains sophomore forward Sandra Garcia and senior center Brittany Waters, the team’s two most potent offensive weapons.

The Wake Forest guards, on the other hand, will likely be no match for Thomas and her peers in Duke’s backcourt. Nor can the Demon Deacons rely on their defense for an upset win, which will likely have a difficult time containing a nationally-ranked Blue Devil offense that is averaging 70 points per game.

With Garcia and Waters, however, they remain a threat. The duo are the team’s two leading scorers: Wa-

ters is averaging 10.9 points per game, while Garcia is only a hair behind with 10.3. Not only do they account for a large portion of Wake Forest’s scoring, they also bear most of the rebounding responsibility, averaging 5.1 and 5.2 boards per game, respectively. In that crucial road contest against the Hokies, the duo combined for over one-third of the team’s total points and more than a quarter of the its rebounds.

The Blue Devils will have little time to rest as they host Boston College (17-7, 4-5) at Cameron Indoor Stadium at 2:00 p.m on Sunday. Although the Eagles rank one position above Wake Forest in the conference standings, they will likely pose a much more legitimate threat to the Blue Devils. They have stayed competitive in all of their games against ranked opponents, even defeating then-No. 13 Maryland in January.

Like Wake Forest, Boston College’s power lays within their frontcourt. Senior center Carolyn Swords leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 17.7 points and 8.8 boards per game. She will be assisted by fellow senior, forward Stephanie Murphy, who is also a dominant force inside the paint. Murphy barely trails Swords in the major statistical categories, averaging 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

Fortunately for the Blue Devils, they have their own talented arsenal below the basket. Senior center Krystal Thomas has been dominant inside the paint, as evidenced by her 11 rebounds earlier this week against North Carolina.

Although it might be easy to overlook their two unranked opponents, the Blue Devils will need these two wins to regain the confidence with which they began the season.

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Duke’s top two singles players, No. 4-ranked Reka Zsilinska and No. 25 Nadine Fahoum, will look to bounce back from upset defeats suffered against No. 23 Northwestern. The pair will be accompanied by three other singles players ranked in the top-75 nationally: No. 43 Mary Clayton, No. 49 Ellah Nze and No. 71 Elizabeth Plotkin.

The Gators will counter with No. 22 Olivia Janowicz, No. 24 Irene Rehberger and No. 96 Sofie Oyen.

The highlight of the matchup may come on the doubles side, however, as each school sports a top-5 team.

The Blue Devils’ Fahoum and Nze are ranked fourth nationwide, while the Gators’ Oyen and Allie Will are ranked first. All three of Duke’s doubles pairings are ranked in the top 40, yet all three are coming off losses against the Wildcats.

Men Look to Bounce Back Against Rams, Volunteers Just a few days ago, No. 14 Blue Devils lost to their first nationally-ranked opponent of the season, falling 4-2 to No. 16 Illinois Monday. Duke has little time to recover from that loss as it faces VCU and No. 3 Tennessee (4-0) on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Although the Rams (6-1) have had an excellent start to the season, Duke holds a 29-3 lead in the all-time series and should easily take care of a team that includes No. 123 Max Wennakoski. The Volunteers will be a more difficult challenge, however, with three singles players ranked in the top 40, including national No. 1 Rhyne Williams. Tennessee is also fresh off a convincing 5-2 victory over the Illini last Saturday.

No. 5 Reid Carleton and reigning ACC Player of the Week No. 9 Henrique Cunha, the No. 12-ranked doubles team, will pace the Blue Devils (6-1) in both singles and doubles. No. 118 Chris Mangel is the only other ranked player for Duke.

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sulaimon from page 1 Texas’s Strake Jesuit College Prep, also plays AAU basketball for the Houston Hoops. He considered staying in-state and playing at Baylor or Texas, but after growing up a Duke fan and taking an official visit that included attending the Duke-North Carolina game, he made the call Thursday to play college ball in Durham.

Sulaimon, the fifth-ranked shooting guard in his class, seems to have made that decision based in large part on the academic environment of Duke—a rarity for college athletics. Sulaimon ranks at the top of his class at Strake Jesuit and at one point considered Stanford or Harvard, according to Lowe.

“What gave Duke the edge was the history of the program and the coaching staff, plus he and the family really love the academics,” Lowe said. “He wants his degree from Duke University.”

On the basketball side, Sulaimon is known for his ability to score all over the court and for his 3-point range.

“The best way to describe him is someone who caught his attention on the national level because he can shoot the basketball from all different places on the floor,” said Dave Telep, ESPN’s senior basketball recruiting analyst.

Sulaimon is a thin guard, though, who will need to improve his strength to compete in the ACC. Telep said he “on the cusp of being highly rated,” and that his game has vastly improved over the past few months.

Lowe calls him “the hardest worker I’ve ever been around.”

“He’s starting to unfold right before our eyes,” Telep told The Chronicle. “You got to understand last summer, he was just starting to hit his stride and get his swagger, and that’s carried over to now.”

Telep believes that the timing of the decision, so soon after Murphy committed, and just a few weeks after Quinn Cook and Austin Rivers pledged, means Duke is on a recruiting hot streak. The ceiling may be limitless.

“Recruiting is such a momentum-driven business,” Telep said. “And when you have it, you ride it. They have arguably the most superior product in college basketball and it’s translating into recruiting success.”

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m. lacrosse from page 8 players for the last four seasons, the Blue Devils are young for the first time in head coach John Danowski’s tenure. Danowski said he anticipates six freshman and six sophomores seeing meaningful action in Saturday’s contest.

“We’re all curious about what we’re going to look like because we have so many new people,” Danowski said.

“It’s a completely different vibe because we’re trying to catch up a lot of younger guys and there’s going to be a lot of new guys stepping into new roles,” Howell added. “Whereas last year we had a bunch of guys returning and it was more about getting better, now we’re trying to get everybody acclimated to their spots.”

Howell, Duke’s leading returning scorer, will no longer defer to his older teammates. With the graduation of Ned Crotty and Max Quinzani, the senior will be called upon to lead a young attack trio.

Sophomore Josh Offit and graduate transfer Jesse Fehr are projected to start Saturday, but Danowski also expects freshmen Josh Dionne, Christian Walsh and Jordan Wolf to contribute significant minutes on the attack.

Defensively, the Blue Devils will have even more inexperience following the season-ending injury of senior defenseman Michael Manley—an an-

chor on the back line a year ago—and there figures to be a huge learning curve early in the season.

“I expect us to make mistakes all over the place,” Danowski said. “You’d like to think that we’d be good at the things that we’ve worked on. That’s the hope, but you know that there’s some plays we’re not going to be ready to make.”

The defense will be tested immediately against the Saints. Montelli noted that Siena features a lot of smaller, athletic players with good stick-handling, who will be ready and able to pounce on any Duke mistakes.

And even if the Blue Devils are unwilling to look to the past, they can be sure that other teams won’t have forgotten how last season ended and will be eager to have a shot at Duke.

“I don’t think there’s an extra target now,” Howell said, “but I’m sure that sentiment will change once we start playing games because everyone wants to get at the national champion and bring them down.”

Nevertheless, the Blue Devils are excited to finally start the narrative of this season and work towards being a championship-caliber team, even if the results aren’t apparent this early in the year.

“We have to keep the big picture in mind,” Danowski said. “The goal isn’t to be a great team in February. The goal is to be good. If we can be good, that would be great.”

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Reduce the Athletics subsidy Rumbles have been echo- subsidy came solely from the ing throughout the Univer- Arts and Sciences budget, but sity of big changes in store the Board of Trustees chose to for the athletics department. shift the funding source to the With possible stadium reno- University’s central fund. vations in the planning stagIn light of the recession, es, the departthe subsidy has ment hopes to been trimmed editorial raise around to $14.6 mil$100 million. lion. While shifting fund alThese plans aside, we location away from Arts and would like to revisit the is- Sciences, as well as decreassue of the $14.6 million sub- ing the subsidy, are good, the sidy the University provides subsidy needs to be decreased to the athletics department. by far more. It should be an Decreasing the subsidy is institutional goal to bring another important change the subsidy down to the prethe University must make as recession levels of May 2008. it strives toward a stronger The justification for doufinancial future. bling the size of the subsidy In May 2008, the Univer- in 2008 was that it brought sity increased its subsidy of the Duke’s support for Athletics Athletic Department from $7.2 in line with institutions such million per year to $15 mil- as Rice University, Wake Forlion per year. Previously, that est University, Boston College

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These comparisons make a weak argument, as we are much larger in population than both Rice and Wake Forest, and stronger athletically than all four institutions.

Additionally, the increase itself seemed rather bizarre, as we more than doubled the subsidy over the course of one year.

Granted, the timing was poor. Shortly after the decision was announced, a major recession rocked financial foundations around the globe. However, it is time for the Athletics department to take tighter control of its own budget.

Many departments on campus have been forced to cut their budgets, Trinity departments have had to cut theirs by at least 10 per-

cent since the recession, and many have lost more than that. The athletics department, however, has only lost about three and a half percent of its subsidy.

In all principles of fairness, the subsidy should be cut by at least 10 percent right away.

While we recognize the 10 percent cuts in department funding are not directly comparable, we believe it put things in perspective.

Since the recession, austere spending and money management have become essential. Seeking to reduce the subsidy to pre-recession days would allow the University to be more prepared in the case of future financial difficulties. Additionally, it would force Athletics to not only re-evaluate priorities,

but manage its budget in a more efficient way.

The landscape of college athletics is rapidly changing.

With merging conferences, lucrative TV deals and other transformations on the way, Duke Athletics must remain the elite institution it has been.

With just 14 of 120 athletic departments in the country currently turning a profit, we recognize that Duke Athletics will still need funding from the University in the future. We also recognize how important athletics are to the University and are not opposed to covering a portion of the department’s shortfall every year.

Nevertheless, keeping a moderate budget and reducing the subsidy is especially important in the current economic environment.

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he celebrated television journalist and anchor of Paris Hilton and Curtis Jackson III, it’s an ideal of ABC’s “Nightline,” Ted Koppel, shared a format! Also, if you are in a position as a private citimemorable nugget with Duke’s Class of ’87 at zen and you feel that your voice and/or situation commencement. With a curious but needs to be vented to the larger pubcharming coined term, he warned lic, then it’s a good fit for you, too. the professor that optimistic graduating class that Now, please don’t mistake this next door America was becoming “Vannatized.” message. The shrinking of verbal, When the word was first uttered, we temporal and literary space can often anthony kelley all felt that he had caught us basking be highly effective—and even preferand aloof in our state of late-80s narcissism. able in scenarios of strategic philosophical or poetic Koppel’s commentary, intentionally designed for cadence, and when there is no intent of profundity ambiguity, fell upon our ears as “Vanitized,” which or long-term consequence. we interpreted as some sagacious, obscure derivation However, this new trend of politicians and of the word “vanity,” By the time we thought we un- people of actual societal responsibility expressing derstood him, he immediately corrected us with the themselves—usually inelegantly—in 140 characters follow-up: “As in Vanna White—‘Wheel of Fortune’s’ or fewer is something that might give us pause.

Vestal Virgin.” The commencement address took a So, to politicians (present and future) and polititurn toward the hilarious from that point on, offering cal wanna-bes, here are a couple of salient ideas, ofa scorching spotlight on what Koppel observed as an fered in your language of newsflash talking points: over-indulgence in the proliferation of materialistic, 1) American ideas and ideals are complicated, generic, ambiguous and inane factors, especially in and you insult our intelligence by pretending that the media. He later placed them in relief to his ideas you can do us a favor by popping out “tweets” maof truth, moral certainty and responsibility. jor on policy debates.

Koppel’s choice of focal character at the be2) You are neither deep, nor are you poets, so ginning of that speech could not have been more your aphorisms, though sometimes able to wave prescient, since Vanna White (who, from a vantage smoke and flames, are, more often than not, just point of distant observation, is a decent human immature and unbecoming; your “tweets” place being who has pursued her activities and career you closer to Paris Hilton than Abraham Lincoln, honorably enough) was made famous for rotating whose Gettysburg Address would fail the 140-charilluminated blocks with letters. acter litmus test.

The “Wheel of Fortune” solution blocks were In this age of the wondrous art of shrinkage, always part of a string of words that represented we have benefited from the microchip, the mp3 the most commonplace phrases available to any- and its variety of minuscule players, and we’ve one in Western culture who spoke English. even managed to scrunch the keyboards from our The object of the game—similar to Hangman— already tiny laptops into the screen of our iPads. is to vociferate the whole phrase before another But when it comes to the impact of compressing contestant solves it. After the phrase was revealed, ideas and ideals worthy of ample space, I tend to Vanna White could exercise another activity of dis- heed Koppel’s cautionary appeal to beware the tinction found in her online biography—this, from false idols of intellectual miniaturization. Today, her website: “In 1992, Vanna was recognized in ‘The they come to us in the form of the politically maGuinness Book of World Records’ as ‘Television’s nipulative sound bite, the quick, superficial radio Most Frequent Clapper.’ Averaging 720 claps per hit song and the sociologically myopic “Talking episode, she puts her hands together more than Point.” We, as a responsible public, must con28,000 times per season.” From all appearances, sciously sort through the important qualitative difshe is virtually an infinite fountain of ovation, even ference between those modes of human expresthough the solutions to the puzzles logistically must sion and more substantial, consequential streams have required pretty restrictive character limits. of communication at our disposal.

This brings me to contemplate the advent of the Oops. I’m already running out of space in this “140 character or less” mantra that has become all column, so I’d better close. If you want to talk the rage in recent technological communication. more, come over to Brown Dorm, where I might Yes, Twitter is paradoxically huge and still growing, be tuning in to a Mahler Symphony. and the practice of immediacy and brevity seems to have a solid hold on our already infinitesimal atAnthony Kelley, Trinity, ’87, is an associate profestention spans. In pondering this phenomenon, I’ve sor of the practice in the Department of Music and the begun to wonder if this platform is appropriate in faculty member in residence in Brown Dormitory. This all circumstances. Sure, to those whose scopes de- is the fifth in a weekly column from faculty members in light in text-based peephole peering into the lives residence on East Campus.

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Young Trustee Endorsement The Hindu Students Association, Duke’s Hindu religious organization, is endorsing Ben Getson for undergraduate Young Trustee. As a minority religious group that suffers from lack of public recognition, HSA believes that Ben’s vision for the future of Duke embodies the right direction for all minority religious groups. Ben supports global expansion but also understands the importance of religious and cultural diversity here in Durham. One of HSA’s main concerns is the need for respect of different cultures and traditions at Duke. Ben has shown vision to “practice what we preach” by supporting properly increasing diversity in all parts of the University, from academic to residential, as well as a proper cultural presence in Duke’s global expansion. While other candidates have also indicated increasing diversity in Durham as a priority along with Duke’s current stance on global expansion, Ben has proven leadership and experiences that

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resonate louder than words. Ben has been instrumental in securing a new academic dean for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and has served with the Board of Trustees for the past two years. Ben’s ideas of ensuring cultural and religious diversity and civic engagement and innovative ways of combining these with academics are aligned with the HSA’s vision of Duke University. Ben’s qualifications, his platform on bringing diversity to Durham in academics, as well as within student organizations, and his vision on expanding Duke’s global presences respectfully have convinced us of his ability to guide the University into a new era of globalization and religious diversity.

Kavin Vasudevan Pratt ’13 Treasurer, Hindu Students Association

Gold STARS for Duke

o you remember elementary school when teachers scores. Of those there are no platinum, seven gold, 17 silver and parents gave out little gold star stickers when you and nine bronze. Duke just barely squeaked into the gold did well on a test or completed your category. But, hey, it’s like a grade, an A is an house chores? Sometimes they were red or A in your GPA, right? green or blue or silver, but gold was always the Of schools registered in the program, Capps best. Well, it turns out we don’t seem to lose considers Yale, Cornell, Stanford, Emory, Cointerest in garnering those little tokens of aclumbia, UNC at Chapel Hill and Furman to complishment just because we grow up. be our peer institutions. The only two of those So it is with warm apple pie enthusiasm I schools assigned scores so far, UNC and Furtell you now that last week, Duke got a gold man, both fall a good 10 points behind Duke star for sustainability. I only hope we hang it and solidly in the silver. Don’t count them out liz bloomhardt though, the whole point is to learn from each on our collective, proverbial fridge because it’s not without merit. We should walk by this other, and it’s possible these peers have some green devil gold star every morning for at least a week and reasonably cool programs that Duke could like it so much we want to earn more. Since adapt. this is 2011, and we have to adjust for inflation, materialism I can’t go through all the points here. But, Duke’s detailed and the marital market’s preferences, platinum is now the scores reveal our own accomplishments and opportunities. best kind of star. Gold ranks second.

For instance, we scored best in the planning, administration Now then, the assignment. Association for the Advance- and engagement category with 74.38 percent of the points ment of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability awarded. This category, however, reveals a gap in investment Tracking Assessment and Rating System aims to be “a trans- points that are unlikely to change based on institutional prefparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities erences, and a gap in public engagement. An additional level to gauge relative progress toward sustainability.” So basically of detail indicates that a sustainability plan would get us points a rating system that, like U.S. Green Building Council’s Lead- as would an employee sustainability educators program. Duke ership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system is already pushing forward on its efforts in public engagement for buildings, awards points for meeting certain criteria and and the Campus Sustainability Committee’s education subassigns a rating of platinum, gold, silver or bronze. Also like committee is developing a program to train educators.

LEEDS, STARS is a member developed and driven standard The most intriguing idea here is the opportunity to develop a with all the associated benefits and drawbacks. comprehensive campus sustainability plan. Such a plan would adTavey Capps, environmental sustainability coordinator at dress areas outside the Climate Action Plan’s purview—like water, Duke, identified in an e-mail the following aspects of the system waste reduction, purchasing and land use—and set targets and as most important: its transparency in reporting and evaluation objectives to help guide policy and programming decisions with(all data is publicly available on the web); the absolute scale in the University. Capps indicates her support in her e-mail, also leaves room to measure improvement and its comprehensive ap- saying that “developing targets for future improvement would alproach. The system measures impacts equally in the three main low us to better measure and publicize progress” in these areas. categories of education and research, operations and planning, I’m all for it. I’ve often written columns addressing just administration and engagement. Capps also noted the lack of those topics and wondered a little that they didn’t fit nicely perceived bias toward the endowment holdings—a clear sore into the CAP. The merits and demerits of such an investment spot for Duke when it comes to other ratings systems. of time and resources could be further explored, but I beBefore we dive down, let’s stop and check out the num- lieve it would be a worthwhile exercise. A clearer articulation bers! Emphasis has been placed on the fact that STARS is a of our goals would eliminate the roadblocks I encounter as a rating system, not a ranking system. That being said, there is student group leader dealing with these issues. no trend data to rate progress (it’s new!) and they give out Going forward, will Duke focus on getting more points, points and list numbers to determine a rating, so... I had to brown-nosing, as it were? It might look like that, but it is my rank everyone. I couldn’t help myself. (See figures in the on- hope that while Duke has garnered Gold STARS, the stars line edition.) are not all we care about.

The stats so far: There are currently about 250 colleges and universities registered to submit and receive ratings. RatLiz Bloomhardt is a fourth-year graduate student in mechanical ings are good for three years. Thirty-three have received their engineering. Her column runs every other Friday.

lettertotheeditor Freshmen valuable for YT Nominating Committee We are writing in response to a point made by Ubong Akpaninyie in his response to the Chronicle editorial “Disallow young trustee write-ins.” This letter has nothing to do with the election process, the legitimacy of Kingland’s write-in candidacy or legislative loopholes, but instead addresses his argument that freshmen shouldn’t serve on the Young Trustee Nominating Committee because they can’t run. All three of us served as freshmen, and found value in being there. The claim that the existence of freshmen on the YTNC is a valid reason to dismiss the legitimacy of the board doesn’t make sense to us for a number of reasons. First, though freshmen can’t run for YT, it is important to have them represented on the committee for their unique perspective. They are, obviously, a quarter of

the undergraduate student body and one could argue that they are the most involved in campus life and the future of Duke. We think that freshmen are less likely to have potential biases, as we found we knew fewer of the candidates personally than the upperclassmen on the committee. Finally, we think a good analogy is found in the American presidency. Citizens have to be 35 to run for President but can still vote at the age of 18. All years should be included and exposed to the process, even those freshmen “not well versed in the YT process.”

Respectfully submitted, Andrew Hanna, Trinity ’14 Ajeet Hansra, Pratt ’14 YTNC Members

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t this point, most Americans are at least somewhat aware of the Egyptian uprising that has occurred over the past few weeks. That’s not to say that everyone understands it, though, and it seems that many might still be confused as to exactly what’s going on and who precipitated the situation. The political pundits don’t help clear anything up chris bassil either, especially not just a minute when they persist with their claims that members of the Muslim Brotherhood are the chief orchestrators of the movement.

That’s pretty hard to believe, seeing as the entire membership of the Muslim Brotherhood makes up less than 1 percent of the population of Egypt. They also failed to support the revolution on its birthday, January 25th, and thereby severely undermined their own credibility in the early stages of the uprising. And when they led prayers in Tahrir Square last week, they were joined by no more than 5 to 10 percent of the protestors on hand. If all of this seems underwhelming for the alleged instigators of the Egyptian revolution, it’s because it is underwhelming, and because they are not actually the instigators of the Egyptian revolution.

Thomas L. Friedman, a journalist for The New York Times and an expert on the Middle East, gets at as much in an op-ed this week. He cites the lack of religious slogans and demonstrations as indication of the revolution’s true origins, which have little to do with Islam. Instead, they have a lot more to do with, as Dina Shehata of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies told him, “young people rebelling against a regime that has stifled all channels for their upward mobility”. Friedman argues that the nation’s poor educational system, in conjunction with its lack of civil liberties, has created such an oppressive collapse in quality of life that young people have finally had enough. It’s also not hard to see how this became a sorer subject today than it might have in the past, as the globalization of both media and online capabilities must have gone a long way toward alerting the Egyptian youth as to the relative direness of their situation.

But Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate and the unofficial leader of the opposition, holds that these injustices represent even more than that, and that they are largely responsible for the retardation of a number of Arab nations. “The Arab world today … ‘is now a collection of failed states who add nothing to humanity or science’ because ‘people were taught not to think or to act, and were consistently given an inferior education.’”

He predicts that the revolution will be the first step to change, should it actually succeed in bringing about democracy in Egypt.

The Egyptian revolution, unlike the 1979 Iranian uprising to which it is so often compared, is not one of religion or politics; it is instead the restless struggling of youth dissatisfied with acquiescence to mediocrity. It is the unprompted offing of a lifestyle characterized by the absence of ideas and progress. It is the utter rejection of a way of life devoid of intellectual pursuits and self-actualization, and it is taking place halfway around the world, put into action by a people who are tired of having nothing. It has little to do with the state and even less to do with God, but it has everything to do with the individual and his freedom to devote his life to work and education. It seems that the young people of Egypt, at least, are finally tired of taking backseats in their lives as students and intellectuals and have taken agency over their nation in order to amend. The only question that’s left to ask is one that relates to the inspiration for the movement itself, and whether or not it really takes an oppressive Arab dictatorship to necessitate such a reform.

Thomas L. Friedman ends his column on the Egyptian youth with a strong statement as to their motivation: “They are asking for the keys to their own future....

They are not inspired by ‘down with’ America or Israel.

They are inspired by... “Up with me.’” It is a good lesson, “up with me,” and one that deserves to be kept in mind.

Chris Bassil is a Trinity junior. His column runs every Friday.

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international from page 3 excluded from greek life because at the time of recruitment, they often lack sufficient information to understand its role in Duke social life.

Since it was completed, the DICE memo has been sent to student leaders and discussed in the Council for Collaborative Action, an organization consisting of leaders of major campus associations, said International Association President Jason Li, a senior. He added that he is optimistic that changes will further enhance international students’ ability to get involved on campus.

“Imagine studying abroad in China—you would not want them to serve you hamburgers and show American television shows,” Li said. “International students decide to come here to live the Duke experience.”

DSG is also lobbying for policy changes, said sophomore Gurdane Bhutani, DSG vice president for student affairs. One such effort is pushing for need-blind admissions and financial aid for international students, Bhutani said.

Since that memo was released in November 2009, the International Association has worked with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions to create the International Ambassadors program, which was successfully launched in

potti from page 1 Spokesmen for the University and the Duke University Health System declined to comment.

“We don’t plan to discuss or speculate on any potential legal issues related to the Potti situation,” Doug Stokke, DUHS associate vice president for communications, wrote in an e-mail Feb. 7.

HensonFuerst also represented patients in a previous suit against Duke. In that case, patients were accidentally operated on with surgical tools cleaned in hydraulic fluid.

The clinical trials HensonFuerst is currently investigating were halted in November after a scientific paper that provided justification for them was retracted. Potti was one of the main authors on the paper.

When Potti resigned from the University a few weeks

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Fall 2009. The program aims to increase the amount of information foreign students receive about the University before they arrive on campus, Li said.

The program expands the Duke brand overseas in places that Duke admissions officers are otherwise not able to visit, said junior Vansh Muttreja, vice president of external affairs for the International Association who also heads the International Ambassadors program. The program expanded from 53 to 82 students between its first and second years, he noted.

The DICE memo also identified potential areas of improvement for International Orientation, which takes place two days before the general freshman orientation. The memo recommended extending the program’s length and increasing programming throughout freshman year. International Orientation still lasts for two days, but the International House has since created an information session titled “Connect, Learn and Grow” that aims to sustain bonds created during International Orientation and educate students about Duke life, said Yoko Hisano, program coordinator for the International House.

Not all international students have taken advantage of the new program, however. Only between four and six students showed up to a series on greek life in the Fall, said Zoila Airall, assistant vice president for Student Affairs. Still, the students who did attend all successfully

completed recruitment and joined fraternities or sororities, she added.

Airall also noted that Writing 15, a new course started in Fall 2010 to be taken in conjunction with Writing 20, caters particularly to the needs of non-native English speaking students.

“A lot has happened since 2009,” Airall said, adding that this year there are also now specialized advisors for international students.

One challenge facing international student programs on campus, however, is that sometimes international students can be overwhelmed with all of the resources available to them and are not sure how to get started, Hisano said.

For other international students, the programs can contribute to self-segregation. Some students noted that programs like International Orientation can separate international students from the rest of the student body.

Some undergraduates avoid this self-segregation by not attending these programs. Anouska D’Abo, a freshman from the United Kingdom, said she did not attend International Orientation because she was afraid it might prevent her from assimilating into the American experience that brought her to Duke in the first place.

“I wanted to make friends with Americans. That’s why I went to Duke,” Anouska said. “If I wanted to make friends with international students, I would have gone to Brown.”

later, a Duke official said the clinical trials should not have been conducted.

“In retrospect, these trials should not have been done,” said Dr. Michael Cuffe, DUHS vice president for medical affairs.

The studies were trying to determine whether genomic information could be used to pick the most appropriate cancer treatments for patients. They were suspended in July, after allegations that Potti misrepresented his credentials came to light.

The trials were first suspended in Fall 2009, after two biostatisticians raised concerns about Potti’s work. But a Duke review allowed the trials to continue in early 2010.

Still, DUHS officials have said all patients in the trials received high quality treatment for their cancers.

Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, said that if patients received standard-of-care treatment, it

might be difficult to take legal action. But patients could still sue based on the idea that the trials were conducted under false pretenses, she said.

“You could say that there’s some kind of harm to dignity because there’s something wrong with the clinical trial,” she explained.

The research misconduct investigation related to Potti’s work has not yet concluded, so it is not clear why there were mistakes in his research.

But if Potti intentionally falsified his research results, that could strengthen the hand of potential plaintiffs as well, Hoffman said. Even if the mistakes were made unintentionally, there could be claims of negligence.

Henson declined to say what legal actions HensonFuerst might pursue.

“Our investigation will tell us how we move forward,” he said.