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State dems face A historic plant with a modern mission challenges in Renovated East Campus Steam Plant furthers carbon-neutrality effort new legislature

by Julian Spector

by Yeshwanth Kandimalla

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Towering 175 feet above Campus Drive, the smokestack of the East Campus Steam Plant stands as a striking reminder of Duke’s past.

Although visibly notable, the stack no longer serves any practical purpose. A $26 million renovation completed in 2009 converted the coal heating plant to a natural gas steam plant.

“The stack today is nothing but decorative architectural feature,” said Russell Thompson, director of utilities and engineering for Facilities Management.

Although the plant was constructed in 1929, the renovation equipped the facility with sustainable natural gas boilers and reduced the University’s overall carbon footprint by 9 percent.

“It started off with just absolutely beautiful architecture and brickwork,” Thompson said. “Nobody builds a building like this anymore. Especially for a power plant.”

Facilities Management’s environmentally and fiscally sustainable approach led to the steam plant’s recent designation as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold building.

Including the LEED recognition, the plant has garnered nine awards to date, recognizing the building for excellence in construction,

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With a Republican majority in the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time in more than a century, Democratic legislators of Durham County may have to consider altering their goals for influencing legislation.

Members of the General Assembly representing Durham—all Democrats— met with the Durham County Board of Commissioners and local officials Friday to discuss goals for the 2011-12 year. The state lawmakers at the meeting included state senators Bob Atwater and Floyd McKissick Jr. and house representatives Henry Michaux Jr., Larry Hall and W.A. Wilkins.

The meeting opened with comments from lawmakers about the current political climate of the N.C. General Assembly.

In November, Republicans gained control of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate for the first time since 1870. The new makeup of the state legislature will lead to more conservative policies and practices in the organization, Hall said, including deep and potentially problematic cuts to the state budget. “[Republicans] haven’t governed since the late 19th century, and sometimes I think they’re bringing back practices from the late 19th century,” Michaux said.

Lawmakers discussed the county’s legislative agenda, in particular the authority to develop a Local Preference Program— a measure McKissick believes is unlikely to pass. The Local Preference Program would give Durham County greater authority in awarding contracts to local businesses. Its supporters argue that it will encourage local economic development, but some state officials criticize the measure as expensive. “[The Republicans] think Durham is too liberal,” McKissick explained. “They might consider other, smaller counties where they have more political support for a local preference program.”

Durham BOCC Vice Chair Ellen Reckhow suggested a $1 cigarette tax in addition to the current tax on the products, noting that it would deter individuals from smoking and generate an estimated $334.3 million annually. Michaux believes Republicans will not support the bill because they do not want to increase taxes in the near future.

Wilkins noted, however, that agenda items related to public safety and law See legislation on page 5

House passes budget proposal eliminating CPB funding, Page 3

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T from Coach K spurs Duke win

by Laura Keeley THE CHRONICLE

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After head coach Mike Krzyzewski was called for his first technical foul of the year, Duke outscored Georgia Tech 24-10 in the remainder of the first half.

In Seth Curry’s locker, a piece of paper hangs on the inside of one door. On it is a quote from author Maya Angelou: “Brotherhood is a condition people have to work for.”

That brotherhood also includes the coaching staff, as head coach Mike Krzyzewski took a technical foul for his team midway through the first half that sparked the No. 5 Blue Devils’ 79-57 rout of Georgia Tech.

“It really fired us up,” Seth Curry said of the call against Krzyzewski. “It’s not something you see often. Coach is really fighting for us, and we try to go out there and fight for him, too.”

With Duke trailing 14-13 and 10:16 left in the first half, freshman guard Tyler Thornton was whistled for a foul on the Yellow Jackets’ Iman Shumpert—the Blue Devils’ eighth of the

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“They all sound hilarious until they happen to you, and each of them is a coward’s way to get out.”

­—Senior Harrison Lee in “Come fly without me.” See column page 11

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dPS elects sophomore as new president, Page 3

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“As the Blue Devils start to wrap up their regular season, this is the time of year to start developing the “go-to” lineup for tournament season. While the last month has been exciting with the rapid maturation of Ryan Kelly and Tyler Thornton, neither are the player Duke needs to make a deep run into the tournament. With a concrete identity still lacking, Mike Krzyzewski faced some tough decisions. Enter Seth Curry.”

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Tracy Hines, a neighborhood groundskeeper in Philadelphia, said he does not feel that President Obama has shown any outward bias one way or the other toward African Americans in terms of how he has reacted to the economic downturn. Despite severe losses, the majority of African Americans see the economy improving and are confident that their financial prospects will improve soon.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

”From Cairo to Washington: 1431: England begins trial against Joan of Arc.

Hillary Clinton campaign Afghan allegations of donations lose credibility civilian deaths arise WASHINGTON — The indictment of a top Northern Virginia fundraiser last week is the latest in a series of criminal cases that have ensnared campaign donors to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who relied heavily on wealthy bundlers in her failed 2008 bid for the presidency.

Federal grand jury indictments allege that Galen Capital Group Chairman William Danielczyk and his treasurer illegally reimbursed nearly $190,000 in donations to Clinton’s 2006 and 2008 campaigns.

Under federal law, major fundraisers known as bundlers are free to help solicit and package what are known as conduit contributions for favored candidates, but they are not allowed to reimburse other donors as a way to evade campaign finance limits.

A number of major donors to Clintonhave faced criminal allegations in connection with fundraising scandals.

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Previously she served as Communications Director for the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-partisan organization dedicated to the political empowerment of Americans of Arab descent. During her time at AAI Ms. Salan also produced a weekly program for Abu Dhabi TV which won an award at the Cairo Radio and Television Festival--the equivalent of an Arab World Emmy.

KABUL — Afghan government officials alleged Sunday that a U.S. military operation in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan killed 65 innocent people, including 22 women and more than 30 children, the most serious allegation of civilian casualties in months.

The governor of Konar province, Fazlullah Wahidi, said that NATO forces launched the operation four days ago in the Ghaziabad district, a desolate area near the province’s northern border with Pakistan, where a lethal mix of insurgent groups operate.

“According to locals in the area, American helicopters have been constantly bombing the village and have caused tremendous civilian casualties,” Wahidi said in an interview.

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Public media funds nixed

by House bill

dPS names Kishore next president

New moon

by Caroline Fairchild

by Maggie Spini

THE CHRONICLE

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting suffered a substantial setback Saturday when the House of Representatives passed its budget proposal eliminating all federal funding to public media. Despite the cutbacks, CPB is refusing to reduce its role as a news provider used by more than 50 percent of Americans each month.

The approval of the bill—which cuts more than $60 billion to many domestic programs, foreign aid and some military programs—symbolizes a victory for a vocal Republican Party committed to dramatically decreasing government spending. Republicans led the charge to defund public media in the upcoming fiscal year, making the issue a heated partisan debate.

“This new Congress faces a tough challenge,” said Nicole Mezlo, director of media and public relations at CPB. “We respect the challenge it is going through, and we are willing to share in that sacrifice that all domestic programs are going to have to make.

The point is that the attempt to eliminate funding to CPB is disproportionate.”

Despite the efforts of President Barack Obama—who proposed an increase of $6 million for the CPB in the upcoming 2012 fiscal year budget—and several House Democrats to support CPB, the bill passed in the

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Students perform Saturday in Page Auditorium in the Asian Students Association’s annual Lunar New Year show, which celebrates the diverse traditional and modern cultures of East Asia.

Sanjay Kishore, Duke Partnership for Service president-elect, will soon take up the charge of promoting civic engagement and student initiative on campus. dPS—the umbrella organization for student-run service groups and opportunities—elected Kishore, a sophomore, as its president for the 2011-2012 academic year Feb. 12. Kishore has served on the dPS executive board for the past year.

Kishore, whose term begins in April, said he envisions Duke as a place which fosters a “culture of civic engagement and activism.”

“We know everybody on campus is active and engaged,” he said. “We want to enlist the help of the entire community.”

Current dPS President Becky Agostino, a senior, said she is excited about what is in store for dPS under Kishore’s leadership. “[We] expanded quite quickly, and it has been a challenge to make sure the organization feels like a cohesive body,” she said. “I think he’ll do a fantastic job of making dPS a more cohesive organization and strengthening connections with other organizations.”

Kishore has been active with dPS since his freshman year, when he served as a dPS representative to Alspaugh’s House Council. At the end of last Spring, he

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Congress, Obama brace for showdown Palestinians

by Paul Kane

THE washington Post

The prospect of a government shutdown appeared more possible Saturday after the House of Representatives passed a budget measure in the pre-dawn hours that cuts $61 billion—and was immediately rejected by Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama.

The House plan, which was approved on a party-line vote at 4:40 a.m. after five days of debate, eliminates dozens of programs and offices while slashing agency budgets by as much as 40 percent.

The debate over the size and scope of the government now moves to the Senate, where leaders have said that the House plan cuts far too deep and that they are planning a far more modest proposal. But with the Senate out of session all next week, senators have left themselves just a few days to take up a bill before March 4, when the

stopgap measure that is currently funding the government expires.

Given the tight time frame, it’s unlikely the two chambers can agree on a compromise. If they do not, the government will either shut down or congressional leaders will have to agree to another temporary measure.

But even that could be difficult. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said he will not approve another extension unless it also includes significant cuts. And it is unclear whether the scores of Republican freshmen who were elected last fall on their promise to dramatically downsize the federal government will agree to any sort of deal, particularly after insisting on the deep cuts agreed to Saturday.

For Boehner, Saturday’s vote marked an early political See spending on page 6

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protest US veto of resolution by joel greenberg THE washington post

Angry Palestinians staged a protest here Sunday against the United States’ veto Friday of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s settlement policy, with participants denouncing President Barack Obama and predicting that the move will harm Washington’s standing across the roiling Middle East.

The gathering, attended by about 300 supporters of the ruling Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and government employees, reflected broader public disappointment here with the veto, the first cast by the Obama administration at the United Nations.

In several interviews across Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority’s seat of government, people said the U.S. move confirmed their view that Washington was not a fair mediator in the conflict with Israel. They accused the Obama administration of a double standard: supporting democracy in other Arab countries while backing Israeli settlement and occupation in the Palestinian areas.

“Our message to America, which says it supports freedom in the Arab world, is: Where are the freedoms of the Palestinian people?” Raed Radwan, the local Fatah leader, told the crowd gathered in Manara Square. “Washington, where is the democracy you are talking about?”

Protesters chanted: “Listen, Obama, listen, we’re a people that won’t kneel down! Obama out! Settlers out!

Occupation out!”

Muhammad Khalil, another speaker, accused the United States of “raising its hand in a veto against the right of our people to an independent Palestinian state.” He vowed that there will be “no negotiations in the shadow of the criminal bias” in favor of Israel.

Palestinian leaders have rejected further negotiations with Israel as long as it continues building settlements in the West Bank, arguing that such an activity amounts to a seizure of territory they seek for a future state. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the U.S. veto made it clear that the only way to peace is through direct negotiations “and not through moves in international bodies, which are designed to bypass direct negotiations.”

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said after casting the veto that although Washington strongly opposes Israel’s settlement policy, adopting the resolution risked hardening positions and encouraging both sides to stay out of negotiations. The draft resolution denounced the settlements as illegal and said they were an obstacle to peace efforts.

The Obama administration’s veto should “not be misunderstood to mean we support settlement activity,” Rice said.

Abbas resisted strong pressure from Washington, including phone calls from Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to withdraw the draft resolution, anxious to avoid a backlash at home at a time of uprisings across the Arab world.

Palestinian officials said privately that stepping back would have run the risk of triggering anti-government demonstrations such as those in neighboring Arab countries.

At the Sunday protest, demonstrators praised Abbas for resisting U.S. pressure and carried his picture. Palestinians seemed united behind their government in denouncing the veto, with broader protests planned for Friday, dubbed by organizers as a “day of rage.”

“People see it as an American double standard: expressing support for the people of Egypt but acting against the people of Palestine.,” said Abdul Rahman al-Haj Ibrahim, a professor of political science at Bir Zeit University. “It’s the same concept: democracy and freedom. This attitude will radicalize public opinion against the United States.”

Othman Azawna, who owns a home supply store, said he had hopes when Obama took office that he would “stand with the Palestinians”. But, Azawna said, he has been disappointed. “Obama is just like Bush. After two years, what has he done for us?” he said.

Ahmad Assaf, a Fatah spokesman, summed up his movement’s message: “We want the U.S. administration to be a sponsor of the peace process, not a sponsor of settlement and occupation.”

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enforcement will likely receive bipartisan support.

Steve Mihaich, deputy chief of the Durham Police Department, argued that audio recordings of 911 calls should be taken off the public record. Hall said that the measure would likely receive broad support as long as defense attorneys are still granted access to full, unaltered recordings. Mihaich acknowledged Hall’s point, noting that his complaints largely reside with media disclosure of full recordings.

“Television stations are putting the full recordings on their websites. Witnesses are saying they’ve been threatened and have refused to cooperate,” he said. “The caller’s voices should be disguised at the very least.”

County officials also recommended legislation that would make interfering with or intimidating a witness a felony offense. Atwater noted that a bill for this issue has been prepared and is likely to pass.

The meeting concluded with a discussion about budget cuts to N.C. public schools. The state’s budget deficit may motivate conservative lawmakers to significantly slash spending, Reckhow said.

Michaux, however, noted that Gov. Bev Perdue’s proposed budget, released Thursday, has protected most education funding. Michaux said he believes the legislature will not make major cuts to the education budget.

“If the state is talking about improving the economy and developing for the future, then it would make sense to invest in a quality public education for all children,” Reckhow said. “I’m worried about the changes that might come into effect in the name of saving money.”

The meeting was held at the Durham County Administrative Complex and was presided over by Michael Page, chairman of the Durham County Board of Commissioners.

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Teams from Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill played for charity at a 26-hour basketball marathon in Wilson Saturday.

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steam plant from page 1 renovation, architectural preservation and sustainable design. Thompson noted that numerous companies and universities have toured the plant to examine the renovation techniques for possible use on their own facilities.

The steam plant stands in relative isolation just across the railroad tracks from East Campus. The brick construction mirrors that of Smith Warehouse and other buildings of Durham’s tobacco heyday in its imposing yet ornamented architecture. Since the renovation, landscaping adorns the plant’s perimeter and blue lights illuminate the structure at night.

Despite passing it several times a day while crossing between East and West, student exposure to the facility is minimal.

Decades of service The modern renovation gave new life to a structure that had become derelict after more than 80 years of existence.

Construction began on the building in 1926. Financed

by Duke, the heating plant would be built by the Southern Power Company, and a tunnel of several hundred feet

would connect it to the buildings of what is now known as East Campus, The Chronicle reported April 28, 1926.

Sources in the University Archives estimate that the project’s initial construction cost $440,000.

Architect Horace Trumbauer, who also designed buildings on East and West campuses, located the site on a dramatic drop in elevation so that a spur of track that diverged from the railroad line could carry coal cars from the high ground

by Smith Warehouse directly onto the roof of the plant. The building’s two-and-a-half-foot thick walls supported the weight of a train car loaded with 100 tons of coal. The coal dropped straight from the train into the coal bunker, from which the plant workers distributed it as needed into the boilers.

Thompson described the coal distribution work as “a very noisy operation, and very dirty and very hot.”

After operating for 50 years, the plant fell into such disrepair that the University decommissioned it in 1978. The building sat idle for the next 30 years.

By the time renovation began in 2008, nature had reclaimed the building, noted John Fidgeon, steam systems manager for Facilities Management.

“We had one of the original green roofs here when we

started—we had, literally, trees growing out of the roof,” Fidgeon said. “The whole backside of the plant was covered in ivy and overgrowth. We literally took a root that had grown down in between the bricks up on the roof that was six feet tall and about four feet in diameter.”

The 1926 brick structure remained intact, however.

Builders replaced the roof and all the windows. When sections of the building were refurbished, architects did so predominantly using brick and steel that were already on-site.

Even the new benches on the patio facing Campus Drive are completely recycled except for the bolts, Thompson noted.

The benches are made of original floorboards supported by old steam valves and steel beams from within the plant.

Toward a carbon-neutral future The new plant operates 15 Miura steam boilers that use natural gas to heat purified city water. The plant is also equipped with a backup propane tank.

The steam is then carried through a network of some 35 miles of piping, which delivers to East and West campuses. The steam serves to heat Duke’s buildings and water and has the additional function of sterilization in the Duke University Medical Center and at research labs.

Thompson said the renovated plant operates at 78 percent efficiency, thanks in large part to the improved engineering of the boilers and the piping and the advanced technology that governs the operation. The control systems are largely automated and self-correcting, Thompson added.

“From an operation standpoint, the plant runs itself,” he said, noting that the facility’s generator and backup fuel source equip it to run independently in case of an emergency. “The plant could run all by itself without connection to the outside world for two days.”

Since the renovation, the East Campus Steam Plant’s enhanced efficiency has made significant progress toward the University’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2024. The reduction stems from the lowered need for steam production at the coal-burning West Campus Steam Plant, located near DUMC. Facilities Management plans to cease coal burning altogether this April, pending Board of Trustees approval of a plan to renovate the West Campus plant. The project would take advantage of the low steam demand during the summer months to convert that plant to natural gas boilers, as well.

Fidgeon noted that the University is only able to consider the elimination of coal at the West Campus plant because of the dramatic increase in steam output generated by the East Campus plant.

“This plant is the enabling project,” he said.

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victory, allowing his party to honor a 2010 campaign pledge to trim spending to 2008 levels.

The bigger victors were the 87 Republican freshmen, whose dismissal of an earlier plan that would have cut about $35 billion led House leaders to quickly draw up the larger package of cuts.

Unshackled by Boehner’s commitment to a freewheeling process, the freshmen dominated the floor Friday and Saturday morning in passing a series of amendments that moved the legislation further to the right, limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce cleanair standards and defunding the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s ability to create a database of injuries.

All of the Republican freshmen supported the final legislation, including a couple of dozen from Midwestern states whose capitals are under siege from public worker unions protesting proposed cuts at the state level.

“We are committed to changing the status quo in Washington and restoring our fiscal stability,” Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., a leader of the 2010 class, said after the vote.

What Boehner gained in credibility with the freshmen, though, he lost in terms of bipartisan outreach. Democrats, happy to be allowed to have votes on dozens of their own amendments, still unanimously rejected the final legislation. The final vote was 235-189; Republicans alone favored dramatic spending cuts, and three GOP representatives— two of whom thought the cuts didn’t go deep enough— joined 186 Democrats in opposing the bill.

In an effort to appear frugal in their own right, Senate Democrats claim they plan to cut $41 billion. But that is based on Obama’s 2011 budget proposal, which was never enacted. In real-world terms, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s budget would keep spending at current levels.

House leaders used this same math to claim that their $61 billion in cuts was equivalent to $100 billion, the amount Republicans pledged in their campaigns last fall.

Either way the numbers are counted, the two sides remain more than $60 billion apart.

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MEN’S LACROSSE

REVENGE OF THE IRISH In national championship rematch, Duke falls short

by Sabreena Merchant THE CHRONICLE

CJ Costabile picked up the ball after the Blue Devils won the opening faceoff and brought it into the offensive third, ready to take a shot on goal.

But instead of recreating memories of his game-winning score in the two teams’ last meeting, Costabile missed.

And with that, Notre Dame had flipped the script.

In their first game since losing to No. 5 Duke (1-1) in the 2010 national championDUKE 7 ship, the Fighting Irish (1-0) exacted a small measure of revenge 12 Sunday en route to a 12-7 victory N.D. at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. No. 6 Notre Dame, which started nine upperclassmen, used two four-goal runs in the second and fourth quarters to take control of the game as the Blue Devils suffered their first defeat of the season to the Fighting Irish for the second straight year.

“It was disappointing,” redshirt junior Justin Turri said. “But it happens. We’re pretty young, gotta take some bumps on the road.”

Nevertheless, it looked like the young Duke team might overcome the jitters of playing a veteran opponent in a nationally televised game. The Blue Devils, anchored by sophomore Dan Wigrizer in goal, played staunch defense to start the game, holding the Fighting Irish scoreless for the first 24 minutes.

Unfortunately, Duke’s offense was almost equally inept during that stretch. The Blue Devils missed their first 10 shots, including three in succession directly in front of the cage as Notre Dame goalie John Kemp made some outstanding saves to keep the game scoreless.

“Offensively we had a lot of good looks, but their goalie made some great stops in close,” said Turri, who led Duke with three points on two goals and one assist. “If we make some shots, it’s a very different game.”

The Blue Devils finally broke the scoring drought at the 9:40 mark of the second quarter. Turri drew in the defense on the right wing and found an open Tom Rynn on the left side. The senior struck from 10 yards out to give Duke its first lead of the game.

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CJ Costabile, who scored the game-winning goal in last year’s championship game, suffered an ankle injury late in Duke’s loss Sunday to Notre Dame.

Sophomore Josh Offit followed with a score of his own to put the Fighting Irish in a two-goal hole. From then on, though, it was all Notre Dame.

Junior attackman Sean Rogers drew first blood, coming around from behind the cage as the Fighting Irish reeled off three goals in 36 seconds. The second two scores both came directly off of faceoff wins as Notre Dame’s wing players dominated their Duke counterparts. Midfielder Max Pfeifer, seemingly the quickest player on the field for most of the day, tacked on one more goal to make it 4-2 in favor of the Fighting Irish heading into halftime.

“When those first two goals happened we thought the game would open up, unfortunately, it opened up the game in the other way,” Turri said. “They made some really good plays off the ground on ground balls…. We kind of just got outhustled today. They made some nice plays that kind of stopped the momentum.”

The Fighting Irish continued to control faceoffs for the remainder of the game, winning 13-of-22, and forced the Blue Devils to turn the ball over at a high rate. Duke finished the game with 15 turnovers compared to 10 for Notre Dame.

The Blue Devils still found themselves within striking distance in the fourth quarter, down two early in the period, until Irish midfielder Zach Brenneman took over.

The senior All-America candidate connected from distance to put Notre Dame up three. On the ensuing possession, with Duke overplaying the long-range shot, Brenneman found freshman Westy Hopkins wide open in front of the goal. The senior then scored once more from 15 yards out to complete his hat trick and secure the victory for the Irish.

The Blue Devils suffered a similar 11-7 loss to Notre Dame at the beginning of last season, but would seem to face a tougher uphill climb in 2011 with a less experienced roster. Head coach John Danowski will also be concerned with the status of Costabile, who rolled his ankle with 2:20 remaining and had to be helped off the field, not to return to the contest. Costabile had a problem with ankle injuries last season.

Turri wasn’t too concerned, however, with his team’s performance at this point in the year.

“We played pretty well considering how young we are,” he said. “Overall, our second game of the year, we did a pretty good job.”

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After definitive back-to-back wins Friday and Saturday, No. 4 Duke looks poised to compete in conference play this upcoming weekend.

The Blue Devils (3-0) cruised DUKE 14 to an easy 20-12 win over Rich(0-2) Friday evening at W&M 11 mond Koskinen Stadium after starting DUKE 20 the game on an explosive 9-1 run. Duke held a dominating RICH 12 28-8 lead in shots at the end of the first half and controlled the tempo for most of the game, aided by a 24-10 margin in draw controls.

“Winning the draw was a huge key because we were able to control the momentum and generate a lot of good looks,” head coach Kerstin Kimel said. “I’m very happy we were able to score 20 goals, but more than See w. lacrosse on page 8

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Blue Devils bested Duke tops two ranked yet again by Florida squads before falling

by Maureen Dolan THE CHRONICLE

Despite defeating Virginia and Tennessee in the opening rounds of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, No. 6 Duke ultimately fell short for the second time in two weeks DUKE 1 to No. 2 Florida.

The Blue 4 UF Devils faced the DUKE 4 Gators Sunday in the semifinal 2 UVA round in Charlottesville, Va. The only top 10 team that Duke has faced this season, Florida again bested the Blue Devils in doubles to snatch an early lead. Duke has not won a doubles point since defeating Indiana on Feb. 4, conceding five straight doubles points in every subsequent match.

“We have to work on doubles,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We can’t come in already down 1-0. Although it’s only one point, it will catch up to you, especially against teams like Florida. It puts on the pressure—you have to find a way to compete better once you’re down like that.”

The Blue Devils did see some high points in their weekend of play, however.

Even without the early doubles point, Duke was able to overcome Tennessee by a margin of 4-1 and Virginia 4-2 on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

In those two matches, freshman Rachel Kahan maintained her perfect 8-0 singles record and senior Elizabeth Plotkin provided clutch victories in her matches. Plotkin was also the only Blue Devil to overcome her Gator opponent on Sunday.

“I lost to [Sofie Oyen] the last time we played,” Plotkin said. “I used that loss to know how she played. It was something to learn from to do better today. I didn’t play my best, but I knew how to overcome it.”

Despite these improvements, Florida’s players proved too much for the Duke squad. Nadine Fahoum and Ellah Nze both lost in straight sets to make the score 3-1 in favor of the Gators before Alex Cercone defeated Mary Clayton to close the match. With the victory in hand, Kahan and senior Reka Zsilinska had to abandon their matches.

“We know we can win four singles matches, but it puts the pressure on to lose the doubles point,” Ashworth said.

“When your opponent is hot, or your player is off just a little bit, it doesn’t leave much room for error. Every match out there was close, and winning the doubles point gave Florida the mental boost they needed to finish the point.”

Although the Gators emerged with the 4-1 win, the Blue Devils will use the experience to come out stronger for the

It was a disappointing end to a successful weekend. After defeating two ranked teams en route to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships, including an upset of the DUKE 2 two-time defending TENN 4 champion No. 2 Southern CaliforDuke fell in the DUKE 4 nia, semifinals Sunday 1 UF to No. 3 Tennessee.

The weekend began brightly for the No. 15 Blue Devils (9-3) after they took a closely-fought victory over the Trojans 4-3, with three of those points coming in three setters.

Duke then faced Florida and recorded a comfortable win 4-1.

In the semifinals, the Blue Devils faced a Volunteers (9-0) team that demolished Duke 7-0 a week earlier in Durham. Although the Blue Devils were able to put points on the board in this meet, Tennessee was still too strong and pulled out a 4-2 win, ending Duke’s run in the tournament.

“I’m disappointed to lose, especially since we were right in the match,” head coach Ramsey Smith said. “But overall when you look at the full weekend... when you look at the big picture, this was a huge stride for the program.”

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m. basketball from page 1 half. Krzyzewski jumped out of his seat, clenched his fists and yelled in the direction of the nearest referee. In response, Krzyzewski was charged with his first technical foul of the year, and Shumpert made all four free throws—two from the technical and two from the bonus—to give Georgia Tech (11-15, 3-9 in the ACC) an 18-13 lead.

That was the catalyst Duke (25-2, 21-1) needed, as it outscored the Yellow Jackets 24-10 and was not called for another foul in the rest of the half.

“Coach is always on our side,” said Kyle Singler, who bounced back from his two-point performance against Virginia with 15 points and nine rebounds. “We have his back, and he has ours. He’s going to express himself.”

MORE The Blue Devils entered the ONLINE game planning to attack Shumpert and Glen Rice, who had taken After the game, 48 percent of Georgia Tech’s total Coach K again criticized an ACC policy. shots coming into the contest. With sports.chronicleblogs. a smaller lineup featuring more guards, though, Duke was more com vulnerable against 3-point shots.

The Yellow Jackets capitalized on their early opportunities, starting the game shooting 5-for-7 from the floor and making their first two 3-point attempts.

“We got spread out too much and were reaching and grabbing,” Krzyzewski said. “We needed to get back to playing a different way, the way we normally play.”

After the Blue Devils’ defense went back to its usual manto-man, Georgia Tech’s shooting went cold. The Yellow Jackets’ finished the game 33 percent from the floor, their thirdworst shooting performance in conference play.

In contrast to Georgia Tech, Duke’s offense improved throughout the game. The Blue Devils shot 50 percent from the field in the second half and were paced by Nolan Smith’s 28 points. Smith shot 50 percent from the field and was also in sync with fellow senior co-captain Singler throughout the contest, creating two highlight-worthy moments.

In the first half with the score 14-10 Georgia Tech, Smith attempted to cut the difference to one with a 3-point shot.

When it didn’t fall through, Singler was there to collect the long rebound and sent it right back to Smith—and he delivered on the second chance.

Smith would return the favor with 12:30 left in the game. With Duke on a 24-9 run fueled by Smith’s nine straight points, Ryan Kelly blocked a Shumpert jumper.

Smith collected the rebound, pushed the ball up the floor to create a 2-on-1 run and dished to Singler, who finished with a one-handed slam. The student section responded by chanting his name during the ensuing TV timeout.

After the game, Krzyzewski compared Smith’s improvement over the course of the season to Brian Zoubek’s upswing last year.

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After scoring 28 points against Georgia Tech Sunday, senior Nolan Smith bumped his scoring average up to 21.4 points per game this season.

“Nolan’s had an incredible year. I never talk about Player of the Year, but it’s not even close in our conference,” Krzyzewski said. “This kid, nationally, he’s got to be recognized.”

One thing, though, is primed to go back to the way it was before Irving was injured. With all four teams ranked above Duke in the AP poll—Kansas, Ohio State, Texas and Pittsburgh—losing this past week, the Blue Devils will like-

ly be No. 1 again when the new poll comes out today.

But don’t expect them to openly celebrate their return to the top.

“It doesn’t really matter,” Singler said. “If we deserve it, we deserve it.”

But wouldn’t it be nice?

He smiled. “Of course.”

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Duke finds defensive identity

by Jacob Levitt THE CHRONICLE

After Kyrie Irving’s injury forced head coach Mike Krzyzewski to reestablish Duke’s identity, the coach has said he has remained focused on helping the team reach its potential by the NCAA Tournament.

After two suffocating defensive outings, it’s safe to say that the Blue Devils’ Game defense, at least, is ready to anchor anAnalysis other deep tournament run.

Ten minutes into Sunday night’s game against Georgia Tech, that didn’t appear to be the case. But after the 10-minute mark, Duke settled down and held Georgia Tech to only 19 points over the next 19 minutes of game time.

“They started off [with] a little bit [of a] different lineup... and the game plan we had was not appropriate defensively,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We put our guys in positions that weren’t very good, and it got us scattered. We changed it after a few minutes and once we settled down and played our regular defense, I thought we played very well.”

After committing nine fouls (including a technical on Krzyzewski), the Blue Devils did not commit a foul for the rest of the first half. Duke proved it was able to not only keep up defensively with a physical Georgia Tech squad, but do it cleanly.

“We never shy away from physical play,” Mason Plumlee said. “I think the foul calls knocked us back. We were

trying to figure out the refs, but every game there’s an adjustment and whoever makes that the quickest can really jump out to a lead.”

The Blue Devils exhibited heady play on the offensive end as well, executing their game plan without forcing bad shots or passes. That, in turn, reinforced the defense and kept the Yellow Jackets from getting easy baskets.

“Whenever we take care of the ball like we did tonight, [with] 18 [assists] and 10 [turnovers], then we’ve played pretty well,” Krzyzewski said. “We still win sometimes when we get 10 and 15, but it taxes your defense. When we don’t turn it over, then they have to come against a good set defense.

That’s still our staple and has been our staple for 31 years.”

Tyler Thornton was integral to the Blue Devils’ success on both those counts. He avoided turning the ball over while dishing out two assists and doing an excellent job harassing Georgia Tech’s Iman Shumpert— whom Krzyzewski feels is one of the best guards in the ACC—into shooting 4-for-16 from the floor. Thornton also contributed six points and three rebounds, posting an efficient, if not flashy, stat line.

Thornton got plenty of help at both ends of the floor from his backcourt teammates Seth Curry and Nolan Smith. Curry, who has recently emerged as one of Duke’s go-to scoring threats, had nine points on only six field goal attempts, while also tallying six assists against only one turnover. Smith’s scoring numbers aside, he was also able See analysis on page 8

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In a physical contest, Duke played lockdown defense on Georgia Tech, holding the team to only 57 points and a 33 percent shooting percentage.

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Jasmine Thomas scores 27; Liston adds 19 game close early on. Virginia Tech’s Brittany Gordon tied the game at seven before Duke Coming off a demoralizing 22-point loss opened fire with ferocious full-court defense.

Thursday in College Park, Md., the Blue DevIn the ensuing eight minutes, the Hokils returned home with a point to prove. ies turned the ball over a remarkable 10 No. 7 Duke (24-3, 10-2 in the ACC) did just times in 15 possessions while missing all that Sunday afternoon, as head coach Joanne eight of their shots, and Duke bolted out P. McCallie’s team handed Virginia Tech (11- to a 29-7 advantage.

16, 1-11) a 50-point defeat in Cameron Indoor “[The difference was] everybody attacking Stadium, winning 90-40. After the difficult loss and getting in gear,” McCallie said. “Early in to Maryland, the dominant performance was the game, you never know how the game is goencouraging for the Blue Devils. ing to break. You just have to keep attacking.”

“I think some of the energy and aggresDuke started the run in the paint, as Allison siveness today was due to Maryland,” fresh- Vernerey and Krystal Thomas each drew fouls man Tricia Liston said. and made three of four free throws between If the loss to Maryland wasn’t enough, them. The Blue Devils’ backcourt also worked Liston and her teammates got an extra hard to attack the rim, and their relentless dose of adversity just three minutes into efforts on the glass kept multiple possessions the game, as a play under Virginia Tech’s alive. Their aggressiveness also put them at the basket left freshman Chelsea Gray grimac- free-throw line six times during the run. ing on the floor. Gray had scored Duke’s As they would do for the remainder of first four points and had stepped up pro- the game, though, they balanced the post duction in recent games before missing the attack with a strong perimeter effort. Two team’s last game with the flu. She was taken Jasmine Thomas 3-pointers and a trey from immediately to the locker room.

Liston capped off the 22-0 run.

McCallie was unsurprised at her team’s Duke shot 40 percent in the first half strong response. en route to a “If any of our season-high 45 “I think some of the energy points in the players were out, I would expect us to and aggresiveness today was period, nearly rise,” she said. “I just matching their would expect that point output due to Maryland.” to happen.... I have from the en— Tricia Liston tirety of its loss great confidence in our team to score to Maryland. lots of points or deKrystal Thomfend well regardless.... I just think that you as’s hustle down low was apparent throughout have to be somebody that gets kind of ticked the afternoon, as she showed soft touch on her off at that when circumstances don’t go your hook shot, pulled down numerous rebounds way. I feel like that’s what happened to us.” on both ends of the floor and made some exThe initial diagnosis for Gray was a cellent passes. She set a career-high with 17 releft ankle sprain, and McCallie charac- bounds, including 10 on the offensive end. terized her status as day-to-day pending “We got outrebounded tremendously further examination. last game, and it was important to come “It’s a bad sprain, and we’re just hopeful back and put on a dominating rebounding that it stays in that category,” McCallie said. performance this game,” Thomas said.

The Hokies made just two of their first The Blue Devils’ smaller Thomas was eight shots, but those two buckets kept the in fine form as well, as Jasmine’s hustle keyed the intimidating full-court press. She No. 7 Duke 90, Va. Tech 40 scrapped her way to four of the team’s 19 Virginia Tech (11-16) 19 21 40 steals, and added a 3-for-3 performance No. 7 Duke (24-3) 45 45 90 from beyond the arc in the first half. va. tech min fg 3-pt ft r a to s pts She caught fire with her jumpshot in the Evans 15 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 4 2 2 Gordon 30 5-6 0-0 0-0 5 1 1 1 10 second half, draining four consecutive shots Davis 28 2-8 0-1 0-1 1 4 5 3 4 in a two-minute spurt just after the midpoint Fenyn 33 2-8 1-3 2-2 4 1 3 1 7 of the second half. Thomas’s 27 points were Harrison 14 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 4 Wilson 14 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 a season-high, and Sunday’s game marked White 13 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 0 2 1 3 the first time that she has broken the Montgomery 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Tellier 17 0-5 0-1 0-0 3 1 6 1 0 20-point barrier since mid-January.

Ayers 16 2-9 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 4 “I think I let myself get a little frustrated Basham 16 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 with my offense the past six weeks,” she said.

TEAM 4 3 Totals 200 17-15 1-8 5-7 24 11 32 10 40 “I came out today and just relaxed. I missed Blocks — White (1), Ayers (1) a lot of layups, but I didn’t let it get to me.

FG % — 1st Half: 30.8, 2nd Half: 36.0, Game: 33.3 I kept attacking, I kept trying to get in the duke min fg 3-pt ft r a to s pts paint, and I think it just got me in a rhythm.”

Christmas 21 4-10 1-4 3-3 6 1 1 1 12 Liston also chipped in 19 points and six K. Thomas 30 3-6 0-0 2-3 17 2 5 1 8 steals off the bench, setting career highs in Vernerey 13 1-7 0-0 1-2 7 3 3 1 3 J. Thomas 31 10-16 5-5 2-4 2 2 3 4 27 both categories on her 19th birthday.

Gray 3 1-2 0-1 2-2 1 0 0 0 4 McCallie was proud of her team’s effort Selby 17 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 Sunday, but emphasized that she doesn’t Wells 18 0-6 0-5 3-4 3 3 3 1 3 Jackson 13 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 3 3 4 want to have to continue seeing the “strong Scheer 11 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 3 0 0 2 rebound from a loss” storyline.

Liston 22 7-10 3-5 2-2 4 4 0 6 19 “You don’t have to lose to learn,” she said.

Peters 21 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0 8 TEAM 3 “You don’t have to lose to attack. You need Totals 200 31-69 9-21 19-24 49 21 20 19 90 to be in attack mode all the time. I think this Blocks — Scheer (2), Krystal Thomas (1), Wells (1) team is beginning to understand that.”

FG % — 1st Half: 40.0, 2nd Half: 50.0, Game: 45.0

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[TOP] Jasmine Thomas scored a season-best 27 Sunday, while Tricia Liston [BOTTOM] had a career-high 19.

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O’Grady strikes out 10 in 7 innings of scoreless ball

by Alex Young THE CHRONICLE

This weekend was the first time Duke fans had a chance to see the Blue Devils’ large freshman class in action. But it was the team’s lone senior who led Duke 7 DUKE to a victory in its RICH 0 first series of the 2011 season.

Dennis O’Grady tallied a career-high 10 strikeouts and pitched seven innings of scoreless ball Sunday, giving Duke (21) a 7-0 win over Richmond (1-2). After completing a two-out, two-strike, bottom of the ninth comeback 6-5 win in their first game Friday and blowing an early six run lead in their 9-8 loss Saturday, the Blue Devils dominated the series finale from start to finish thanks to a strong outing by the senior righty.

“I thought he mixed pitches really well,” head coach Sean McNally said. “Dennis is a great guy for us to have on Sunday with the series hanging in the balance. He’s a senior, he’s our most consistent pitcher and we know what we’re going to get from him.

He’s really aggressive on the mound, and I think our team feeds off that.”

Relying heavily on his breaking ball, O’Grady kept the Richmond lineup off-balance, allowing only five hits and walking two.

In his seven innings of work, he struck out two or more batters in five of the innings.

The senior didn’t face much of a challenge from the Spiders until the sixth and seventh innings, when he twice had men on first and second with two outs. He ended both threats, though, with strikeouts.

Freshman Mark Lumpa closed out the final two innings by striking out three, allowing one hit and walking none. In all, nine freshmen played for Duke over the opening weekend—including five in the starting lineup on Sunday. McNally said he

was pleased with the way they swung the bats and expected that to improve as they get more experience.

Offensively, Duke took an aggressive approach on the base paths and benefited from wild Richmond pitching.

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Dennis O’Grady pitched seven scoreless innings Sunday to lead the Blue Devils to a victory over Richmond.

With only one extra base hit—a tworun double by Will Piwnica-Worms that broke the game open with two outs in the seventh—the lineup didn’t show much pop. But patience at the plate led to nine walks, one hit-by-pitch and three wild pitches. The Blue Devils scored on two of them.

Duke looked to produce runs Sunday with six stolen base attempts and even an attempted suicide squeeze with a onerun lead in the fifth. The bunt went foul, but Joe Pedevillano, the runner on third, scored on the ensuing wild pitch.

Freshman Andrew Brockett started solidly for Richmond, giving up two earned runs on five hits and two walks over six innings while striking out five. Brockett kept the bats silent the first two innings, but gave up a hard hit single to Pedevillano to start the third. Pedevillano came around to score on a two-out hit by freshman Chris Marconcini, who had the walkoff two-run single Friday.

Brockett lost command of his pitch in the fifth inning, though, allowing two Duke runs on wild pitches, but finished his day with a perfect sixth inning. The Richmond bullpen was not as effective. Three Spider relievers combined to walk seven over the next two innings, including the first four batters of the eighth inning.

“You’d always like to have won on Saturday, but we didn’t play well enough,” McNally said. “I love how our guys responded today. I told our guys, ‘Our goal every weekend is to win the series.’ [It was a] great way to finish the weekend, a good start, and there’s a lot of good baseball to come.”

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Blue Devil women finish 4th at ACCs The women’s swimming and diving team closed out the season in style this

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Abby Johnston successfully defended the one- and three-meter diving titles in Atlanta this weekend.

weekend at the Women’s ACC Championships in Atlanta, Ga., breaking 13 school records. In the diving competition, sophomore Nick McCrory and junior Abby Johnston also brought home the the men’s and women’s most valuable diver award, respectively.

Johnson, who won the one- and three-meter diving titles last year, successfully defended both in Atlanta, and broke her own ACC record in the onemeter dive. Freshman Haley Ishimatsu won her first ever ACC title as part of a record-breaking performance, scoring 351.65 in the platform dive.

McCrory continued his dominance on the men’s side, winning the oneand three-meter competitions for the second year running.

Senior Ashley Twitchell reclaimed the ACC title in the 1650 free after winning the event in 2009, setting an ACC record with a time of 15:54.15.

Cara Vogel set a new Duke record in the 200 back, finishing with a time of 1:15.66. Despite the record-setting time, Vogel placed fourth in a highly competitive race. Freshman Christine Wixted suffered a similar fate in the 200 breast, setting a school record of 2:12.27, but finishing fourth.

Overall, the Blue Devils finished in seventh with a collective score of 262.5.

Virginia won the event with a 776.

— from staff reports

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This tournament was dubbed by Smith as the second biggest of the season, and in an event of such magnitude, Smith believed there was one player who stood out from the whole field. That player was senior Reid Carleton.

Carleton was undefeated throughout the weekend. He won two of three doubles matches paired with Cunha, with the third left unfinished at 6-6. His singles play was even more impressive— Carleton defeated three ranked players, dropping only one set, but most importantly, he won the clinching match that put Duke over the Trojans. Facing match point and down 5-3 in the second set against Southern California’s Daniel Nguyen, Carleton forced a tie-breaker and took control from there, winning the tie-breaker 7-3. He would go on to take the final set 6-3.

“Reid Carleton was amazing,” Smith said.

“At this level, with this competition, it was an incredible feat. He’s our team MVP.” Smith also had praise for Cunha, who along with Carleton was able to avenge his Feb. 12 loss against the Volunteers.

Cunha defeated the nation’s No. 1 player, Rhyne Williams, in straight sets to bounce back from three consecutive defeats, a slide which began with his defeat to Williams the previous weekend.

“I was really proud of how he was able to regroup and pick himself up,” Smith said.

With the team following the lead of the captains, this mental toughness and fight was something that Smith was extremely proud of from all of his players.

“It was a great team display of resilience and toughness,” Smith said. “I could go down the line and every single player did something impressive.”

rest of the season.

“Tournaments like these give us a good feel for where you stand,” Ashworth said. “Our singles [lineup] is as good as anyone in the country, and the Florida coaches said so after the matches.”

Duke now has a break until March 2, when it will take on Wake Forest at Sheffield Indoor Stadium.

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w. lacrosse from page 2 anything, I was really happy we were able to dominate the draw control.”

And with a team of recently returned players from injury, Duke boasts a strong offensive unit that has played two consecutive games with 20 or more goals. The offensive attack is balanced, too—nine players scored for the Blue Devils over the weekend.

After the strong win against the Spiders Friday, Duke again saw great performances from both its offensive and defensive squads, helping the Blue Devils to pull away with a 14-11 win over William & Mary (0-1).

The home team started the first half with a 14-6 shot advantage, building its lead to eight following a 9-1 run over the final 25 minutes of the half. Duke managed

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to hold off the Tribe with just under two minutes remaining in the game, stopping a resilient Tribe squad after it came within three goals. A William & Mary turnover, however, allowed Duke to take the win.

“This was our first Friday-Sunday weekend, and I’m really happy that we came out with two wins,” Kimel said. “I was disappointed that we didn’t have greater presence in the second half, but I know our girls were feeling the effects of Friday night’s game. It’s a great weekend for us to learn and prepare for the point of the season when we have to play games in this format.”

Top performers in Sunday’s game were junior Kat Thomas, who led the team with four goals, and seniors Christie Kaestner and Sarah Bullard, who added three goals each. On the defensive end, junior goalkeeper Mollie Mackler managed four saves.

analysis from page 4 to grab seven rebounds and helped Thornton shut down Shumpert and Glen Rice Jr. After holding Virginia to just 41 points Wednesday, this is the second straight game the Blue Devils have caused their opponent to score its lowest output all season. These two stellar performances indicate that the team is starting to come into its own at almost exactly the right time.

“Our team defense is getting better and better, with guys helping and different things,” Ryan Kelly said. “But also people are making a point as individuals to really stop their men. And that’s what a good defense does—individually stops their men but also plays great team defense.”

As the cliche goes: Great defenses don’t take nights off. Maybe that’s why Duke was the only top-five team not to lose this week, and why Krzyzewski has kept defense as his calling card for 31 years.

No. 5 Duke 79, Ga. Tech 57 Georgia Tech (11-15) No. 5 Duke (25-2) GA. Tech min fg 3-pt ft r a Da. Miller 25 3-4 0-0 0-2 3 0 Shumpert 26 4-16 0-4 5-5 6 2 Ma. Miller 31 5-8 1-2 2-2 2 5 Storrs 27 2-5 0-1 0-0 4 0 Rice 26 4-14 2-6 2-3 5 1 Udofia 13 0-3 0-1 4-4 5 1 Foreman 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Morris 25 1-6 0-1 0-0 5 0 Holsey 10 0-0 0-0 1-4 2 0 Hicks 15 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 1 TEAM 2 Totals 200 20-69 3-15 14-20 37 10 Blocks — Da. Miller (5), Holsey (1), Hicks (1) FG % — 1st Half: 35.7, 2nd Half: 31.3, Game: 33.3

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DUKE MIN FG 3-PT FT R A Ma. Plumlee 28 4-7 0-0 1-2 9 3 Singler 36 5-14 0-1 5-6 9 2 Kelly 27 4-7 0-2 2-2 6 0 Smith 29 10-20 4-7 4-4 7 4 Curry 34 3-6 2-4 1-2 1 6 Thornton 24 1-2 0-1 4-4 3 2 Hairston 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Dawkins 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 Mi. Plumlee 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 TEAM 3 Totals 200 28-62 6-16 17-20 41 18 Blocks — Ma. Plumlee (1), Kelly (1) FG % — 1st Half: 40.6, 2nd Half: 50.0, Game: 45.2

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House this weekend with a vote of 235 to 189. All 186 Democrats opposed the bill with only three Republicans voting against it.

“The Obama Administration understands the dramatic impact that cutting public broadcasting will have on the public—it would be huge,” said Connie Walker, general manager for WUNC-North Carolina Public Radio. “It has been a target by Republicans for years on and off, and it’s just really intense right now.”

But Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, cautioned against making the impending cuts to public media into a simple red-blue issue. As former senior vice president for policy and public affairs at CPB, Schoenfeld said he has seen some of the strongest past supporters of public broadcasting coming out of the Republican party.

“It is not just partisan but it is ideological as well,” Schoenfeld said. “Republicans have always been very skeptical of public broadcasting for competitive and ideological grounds, but it is not a universal feeling. The problem is that there is still pretty strong partisan disagreement on what the role of the government should be in these arguments.”

No Republican representatives from North Carolina in favor of the budget proposal could be reached for comment.

The House bill will now go to the Senate where Democrats have said they will not agree with all of the substantive cuts.

From there, it could reach the White House where Obama has already threatened a veto. Phil Bennett, Eugene C. Patterson professor of the practice of journalism and public policy and former managing editor of The Washington Post, acknowledged that as long as the deficit remains as large as it does he could not imagine CPB coming out unscathed, but he added that the industry offers an indispensable service to consumers.

“When it comes to news, public media is the eye of the storm,” Bennett said. “It’s the calm, credible [and] intelligent censor of an increasingly chaotic news landscape.

The richness of the discussion, of news coverage and of analysis [of] public television and public radio provides a very important news function.”

Mezlo said CPB is focusing on educating Congress members on the value of public media and the importance of quality information, specifically as it affects their constituents. She added that because the government’s budget for CPB—which came to $420 million last fiscal year—is only one-twenty eighth of 1 percent of the federal budget, she thought it was an ineffective way to promote economic stability. Mezlo said she believes public media should not be cut unilaterally given its value in the ever-evolving media landscape, noting that public media focuses uniquely on community engagement and deep reporting into issues.

One of those local stations is WUNC based in Chapel Hill, N.C., which Walker said received $530,000 of its $7.2 million budget from the federal government in the last fiscal year. WUNC is working alongside many stations to combat the proposed budget cuts, she said, citing the new organization 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting—in which WUNC is a partner—as a cornerstone in the industry’s commitment to saving the 1,300 local non-commercial radio and television stations supported by CPB. “We are praised for civil discourse, intelligent information and information that is important to the world around us,” Walker said. “Public media offers more in-depth coverage than other media outlets [and does] what other media outlets can’t do, and we’re worth saving.”

Although federal funding is a relatively small portion of WUNC’s annual budget, Bennett said possible government cuts will be felt more drastically in rural areas where government support of public media is larger. This poses a potential threat to the vitality of local news, he said, which is already being undercut by private domestic cuts in the industry as well.

“It is those stations that are serving smaller audiences and communities that are already increasingly under-reported due to other cuts that are occurring in the media,” Bennett said.

Indeed, stations in smaller communities, whose budgets are composed of more federal funding, will feel the brunt of the blow if the pending proposal passes. But Mezlo said university students are also intimately tied to public media, noting that public media programs share similar missions with universities and students of “life-long learning” and personal exploration, providing viewers with a variety of different viewpoints.

After spending time in the worlds of media and education, Schoenfeld noted similarities between both.

“Public media is the university of the air,” he said.

“When you think of what a university offers in terms of information, education, illumination [and] culture, these are all the things that public media offers uniquely and what makes it is so remarkably different and more comprehensive than anything else that is on the air.”

and sophomore Chris Brown became co-chairs of dPS Connect, a program which unites freshmen interested in civic engagement. “[Kishore] has a very solid understanding of the mission of dPS,” Brown said. “He has a great vision for the direction of the program.”

Brown also noted the struggles of dPS over the past year, including controversy about the group’s role in allocating funds to student groups and confusion about its purpose. Brown said he hopes dPS will finally be able “to take hold on campus,” adding that the organization has made significant strides under Agostino and that he believes this will continue under Kishore.

Kishore said dPS’s potential is what inspired him to run for president.

“It’s a young organization so I thought it would be a unique opportunity to spread a vision of activism,” he said.

In his quest to augment Duke’s civic engagement culture, Kishore added that he plans to utilize creative programming. Some possibilities include sponsoring a conference with alumni involved in activism or creating a narrative history of civic engagement at Duke, he said.

This year, Kishore was the only person to apply for the position, Agostino said. dPS executive board members were originally considering a number of interested candidates, but all of them stepped down at the last minute for personal reasons or because they were considering

other leadership positions on campus, she said.

Regardless, Kishore’s experience and consistent commitment to dPS make him especially qualified for the position, Agostino noted.

“He has a really strong vision and good sense of how he’ll manage the challenges in the coming year,” she said.

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Basketball diplomacy Last week, Vice President mer Olympics. But it is also and Director of Athletics Kev- a deep well of student talent in White announced that the that Duke has identified with Duke men’s basketball team and continues to prioritize. plans to travel to China and Just as Coach K was a sucDubai to play in a series of ex- cessful ambassador during hibition games his gold-medal this August. winning trip in editorial These devel2008, so too— opments are an exciting op- and in an even more direct portunity to expand the Duke way—will these exhibitions of brand, tap into new markets another one of his teams be a of potential students and pro- chance to heighten awareness vide a concrete connection of the Duke brand. between the aspirations of While Duke remains an our international endeavors elite institution domestically, and a meaningful part of the it often struggles to find condomestic Duke experience. sistent name recognition in In particular, the games in foreign regions. As adminChina represent something of istrators continue to prioria no-brainer. The nation is an tize internationalization of immense basketball market, the Duke experience, this as was evidenced by the fanat- trip can make necessary inical following of Team USA roads into particular places during the 2008 Beijing Sum- of interest to heighten initial

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Duke is undoubtedly more than just its basketball team.

That fact should certainly not be forgotten throughout this foreign tour. But the team and its success has been and will continue to be undeniably important for Duke’s branding and offer a unique opportunity to continue to introduce Duke to these prospective markets.

The fact that Fuqua School of Business Dean Blair Sheppard and Greg Jones, Duke’s vice president and vice provost for global strategy and programs, collectively spearheaded the development of this trip is symbolic of the broad campus push that characterized this endeavor.

University administrators should ensure that resources

at Fuqua are combined with those of undergraduate education to make for the most complete representation of Duke possible. Important logistical and marketing concerns can be better addressed under the auspices of such a collective effort.

Finally, this trip is a solid show of support for our international programs and solidarity with our international students. It shows unification of our foreign and domestic programs and gives prospective students abroad a sense of what the Duke experience is like.

Watching Duke’s basketball team play will provide the opportunity to establish a more concrete connection to Duke in these regions. The trip demonstrates a genuine concern to maintain a degree

of continuity across the many facets of the Duke brand beyond Durham.

Beyond what amounts to an exciting opportunity for the student athletes and staff, this trip reflects Duke’s aspirations to become a global entity, and it does so through one of its most historically successful sports teams.

By sharing ourselves with Asia via athletics, the University should see increased awareness of its brand and increased connection to potential international markets.

We relish the opportunity to show China and Dubai a big part of who we are through our men’s basketball team. We hope this will precipitate sharing of other cherished aspects of our University in the future.

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y mom never had to warn me. I knew to Universities” list, has presumably produced fewer (try to) make wise decisions, and that than nine. If you’re going to business school, you includes making sure I know who I’m probably want to be a billionaire, so Wuhan may getting in bed with. I mean, the wrong girl could not be a bad idea mean very, very bad news. No form of But this goes beyond statistics protection can prevent a slew of conand into some of the same issues sequences that follow a mistake. that broke down the relationWhen Duke University got into ship between SJTU and Duke. bed with Shanghia Jiao Tong UniAccording to The Times Higher versity (SJTU), it made a mistake.

Education, former executive depScratch that, Duke administrators uty president of Wuhan University and decision-makers made a mistake.

Chen Zhaofang and former execuRanked 23rd in Asia and the Middle antonio segalini tive deputy secretary Long Xiaole East by US News and Reports and were arrested based on “charges musings fifth in China by the Chinese Eduof bribery relating to [their] recation Center Ltd., SJTU was most sponsibilities for infrastructure, certainly a good academic institution on paper. logistics and finance at the institution between You won’t find them in the Academic Ranking of 1999 and 2009.” These corruption cases go back World Universities because, well, they’re the ones to 2004, with four officials already having been that created it. tried and sentenced. The former chief of Wuhan’s Life was not all smiles and rainbows, however. logistics was sentenced to 11 years behind bars.

A year ago, SJTU was linked to cyberattacks diGranted, Wuhan is not the only university in rected at Google and several other companies in China with a checkered past, but it should never the United States. Like any committed partner, be acceptable to partner with a university which has we ignored the signs and continued with our re- had a series of misconduct and criminal activity. lationship. Then this summer, SJTU told univer- Further, it is directly under the administration of sity leaders it would not sponsor Duke-Kunshan’s the Education Ministry of the People’s Republic of appeal to the Chinese Ministry of Education for China. Putting two and two together, we are enterproject approval, something that you think would ing into a relationship with a university with serihave come up in the first couple weeks of dating. ous links to the Chinese government. Again, many So Duke got somewhat burned there. But alas, universities have links to the government, but we you must kiss a few frogs before getting Prince seem to have found the only university with both Charming. My experience with dramatic chick-flicks a history of criminal activity and links to a governand TV shows tells me that it’s about two or three. ment Brodhead himself said “does not share this A year after our relationship with SJTU started country’s attitudes toward open inquiry, freedom to collapse, the burning sensation went away and of expression and free access to information.” we found another partner. Hello, Wuhan UniverIt seems at this point Brodhead and the rest of sity. I don’t understand President Brodhead often, the administration is so desperate for a partner that but he seemed excited about this, stating, “[w]e they will accept anyone into bed with the Univerappear to have found a suitable partner in Wuhan sity. Right now, we are getting into bed with Wuhan, University .... which has been highly respectful in praying that they give up their old ways and accept our negotiations of Duke’s leadership role.” Nice, Duke and the United States’ way of education. We Wuhan University—I’m going to Google that. seem to have ignored the rotten smell and focused So, Wuhan University is not ranked in US on their beautiful campus and scenery. Duke got News & World Reports as one of the top 50 uni- coaxed into a sense of comfort, despite no guarversities in Asia and the Middle East. No matter, antees. (English taught me “we appear” does not it’s not like Duke cares about rankings, right? (“It mean “we are.”) Administrators threw away everyis always good to see Duke recognized among the thing we supposedly stood for in order to get a deal very best universities in the country,” Michael done. Wuhan will be involved in name only, and we Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and really needed to get this construction started. What government relations, told The Chronicle in Au- they seem to have forgotten is that names are pubgust.) It is ranked seventh in China by Chinese lic and the relationship will be forever. Duke will alEducation Center Ltd. and has produced 17 ways be linked to Wuhan, and vice-versa. Hopefully billionaires, according to the China University it won’t end in a walk of shame.

Alumni Association. SJTU may have produced more, with 25, but Duke, not included among Antonio Segalini is a Trinity sophomore. His column the 10 American schools on Forbes’ “Billionaire runs every other Monday.

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In response to “Egypt an economic opportunity”

he democratic uprisings and events unfolding in The Middle East Studies Center organized a Tunisia Egypt and the Middle East have been dramatic and Teach-In Feb. 2. that featured six speakers and was attendinspiring as we watch the world change before our ed by more than 70 people who came to discuss Tunisia’s eyes. The Egypt vigil held on campus Feb. 8, organized Jasmine Revolution and the rapidly changing situation

by Egyptian graduate student Leila Elmerin Egypt. That same week, Duke News and gawi and the Muslim Student Association, Communications staff interviewed a Duke kelly jarrett reminds us these events are deeply persongraduate living in Cairo and produced guest column al for those among us with friends, families short videos of five Duke faculty on topics and colleagues in the Middle East. such the roles of social media, youth and Since 2008, the Duke Islamic Studies Center has worked Islam in the democratic uprisings and how events in Tuniclosely with DukeEngage to offer our Cairo program, and sia and Egypt might impact the broader Middle East. Facwe hope to return this summer. DISC joins The Chronicle’s ulty articles and op-ed pieces about events in the Middle independent editorial board in affirming DukeEngage’s East have appeared in The Chronicle as well as domestic willingness to delay their decision about the Summer 2011 and international publications. Finally, Feb. 18, Professor program until April 4. We also applaud the commitment of Abdeslam Maghraoui was featured in Duke’s Online Ofour students; to date, all those accepted to the program are fice Hours, “Egypt, Tunisia, and Beyond.” You can find still hoping to go to Cairo, work with our Egyptian partners video clips from the Tunisia Teach-In, links to the Duke and contribute to the historic changes there.

News videos and links to the faculty publications on the Duke has a long history of relationships in Egypt, estab- “Spotlight on the Middle East” page of the DISC website lished through students who study abroad there and faculty or on Duke On Demand. and staff who do research and work there. We also have We have many other events planned. In the coming week ongoing relationships with NGOs, universities and scholars alone, there will be a lecture by Al-Jazeera English producer built through DukeEngage Cairo, and we remain commit- Jennifer Salan Feb. 22, a day-long colloquium on “Human ted to our Egyptian colleagues and partners.

Rights and Islam” Feb. 24 and a panel on “Israel, Turkey and Many of us are following events in Tunisia and Egypt on the Greater Middle East” March 1. All our events are free Twitter, Facebook, websites and news channels and wonder- and open the public and posted on the DISC and DUMESC ing about the causes and implications of current events in websites and the Duke Events calendar. If you would like to the Middle East. Friday’s editorial called for updates, discus- receive updates and reminders about our activities, please sions, panels and academic events to inform students about visit the DISC Facebook page. We will continue to organize events in Egypt and the Middle East. Duke is fortunate to events that provide students and community members. We have faculty experts on the Middle East affiliated with both hope to see you all at some them. the Duke Islamic Studies Center and the Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and we have already organized Kelly Jarrett is the associate director of the Duke Islamic Studies a number of such events.

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hree times a week, I see students at 8:45 a.m. sprint- the reality is that it is happens constantly due to lack of ing across the quad. Why? To get to their 8:45 class, some sort of detail, like the effects of alcohol on ability to of course. There was no catastrophe that led to a write coherent sentences. time change (though there were a few In the real world, missing these details can be f-bombs exploding); the student knew even more catastrophic than college life. Karen all along that the class was going to start Owen didn’t plan on the fact that humans, espeexactly at 8:45. This begs the question: cially Homo sapiens feminines, are completely Why do students continually neglect the unable to keep gossip to themselves. Sig Nu theory of linear time flow and thus throw and Alpha Delta Phi should not have added punctuality out the window? The answer: feminists to their social listservs. Anil Potti didn’t organized chaos. plan on anyone in the research field to research The reasoning behind organized chaos monday, monday his background. These offenders overlooked can be traced back to the prior 20 minutes. what, to them, seemed like mundane details, gothic squirrels At 8:25, the student looks at his alarm clock but in the end, turned out to be an extremely and says “It only takes 10 minutes to walk important. to class, I can continue my teenage dream for a little longer.”

Given enough time these minutiae can be identified At 8:35, he gets up, brushes his teeth, puts clothes on (in that by a simple quality check. Professors always preach editing order) and then realizes that he needs to run to class. His papers, so why not have a quality check for your plans? My mistake was failing to realize that it takes eight minutes to roadrunner friend could have packed his notes in his bag get ready. He needed to get up at 8:25 to actually make it on the night before, popped some Listerine packs in there, time. It was his own lack of attention to detail that resulted in too and slept in his clothes to eliminate the time it took a miscalculation of “the last possible minute,” not the fault of to get dressed. That would have easily afforded him the anyone else. extra 10 minutes he so desired. Though, I do question why It should come as no surprise that organized chaos is this was the sixth time this semester he has done this. As wholly unsustainable in any other real-world capacity. If George W. Bush once said, “Fool me once, shame on you. someone were to stand in line for 10 minutes at a McDon- Fool me ... you can’t get fooled again.” ald’s and then only bother to glance at the menu when getJust think, usually much more planning goes into a bigting to the register, angry glances would be cast and angry ger event that a student group puts on than is seen. Take, punches might be thrown. In the office, if an employee is for example, the pledge task that re-enacted the video “Call six minutes late to work, then a formal warning is issued. on Me” on the plaza last Friday at 2 p.m. The timing wasn’t College is unique. The last minute system works only be- coincidental; that is a very popular time to be chillaxing, cause most people abide by it. However, as my quad-crossing relaxing and acting all cool. It wasn’t coincidental that the friend learned the hard way, planning is critical for those new members were wearing tight, feminine workout outfits people who don’t abide by it (i.e., professors). It could even that day, that they were synchronized in all of their moves be rationalized that the “last minute strategy” is OK, just as or that speakers were setup. The dance number may have long as careful planning goes into it. looked chaotic, but the details were most likely organized My jogging friend had an unfortunate encounter with weeks in advance. the notion that Duke students are bad planners. How Sadly, the example horse hath been beaten to death. Evmany 5-hour Energies/Red Bulls/Minotaurs have been ery time something needs to get done, it should be carefully consumed less than 48 hours before the exam to make planned and calculated. Go ahead and apply it to your colup for lost time? How many times has a term paper been legiate social life. Plan to meet your date at The Loop “someturned in the day after LDOC because the author was too time for dinner.” Years later, you will have to listen to your drunk? How many time has a student, five minutes before wife complain about how you were late to your first date. an exam, come down with an STI? It seems silly to even consider the notion that the top 1 percent of the world’s The Gothic Squirrel organized a 7,500-word column, but then young minds could put themselves in these situations, but had to take out the squirrel jokes ... what chaos.

Come fly without me

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ccording to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, a British immigration control officer put his own wife on the “no fly” list so she couldn’t return to him after traveling to visit family in Pakistan. The recent discovery of and fallout from this divorce substitute has formed the basis of soapbox rants for a number of security commentators.

There are definitely points to be made about the lack of oversight in the no-fly system, the slow creep of fascism into Western deharrison lee mocracy and the effect terrorism has on a national only a master of evil psyche. However, I believe there is another point that is being completely overlooked here: How cold is it to break up with someone that way?

In terms of daggers through the heart, being listed as a terrorist has to rank right up there with seeing “[insert name] is now single” in your newsfeed as one of the worst ways to get dumped. (Also receiving votes in this category: the classic two-text dump, buying a full-page ad in the Chronicle at its very reasonable color rates and Jumbotron breakups.) There are two things that each of these methods has in common: They all sound hilarious until they happen to you, and each of them is a coward’s way to get out.

That’s a bold statement. After all, there are many risks to breaking up with someone in person. They might cry.

They might curse your future children. They might go and invent Facebook. They might ask you for a ride back, even though they live 45 minutes in the opposite direction. With the wonders of modern technology, you can easily choose to distance yourself from these kinds of unpleasant outcomes. You don’t have to see the impact of your decision until and unless you want to. You are in control the whole time because you can always block the reaction.

This is the essence of modern social media: You have the power to choose, and you don’t have to see anything you don’t want to. Ironically enough, while Facebook reunites us with old youth soccer teammates and surprisingly hot ex-girlfriends, it can also serve to distance us from the very people we are near and dear to. Modern technology allows us to “ignore” just about anything: phone calls made from specific numbers, angry wall posts, status updates written in all caps, Skype requests and holograms hidden in R2 units. We can go about our business with nary a care for the feelings of those we left behind.

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in the national and local media about the hook-up culture at Duke and other elite schools, and about how there’s a lack of desire for lasting, meaningful relationships. The discourse about it and the blame for it is typically shaped by whatever angst-filled pet cause the writer champions (“Why won’t they do something to empower women?” “Those privileged white people are doing it wrong and oppressing minorities!” “How low can these frats sink before we disband all of them?” “It’s because Duke gets all the calls!”). And the issue is widespread. I can almost guarantee that if you don’t know someone who’s gotten a rude surprise via text message or full-page Chronicle ad, you know someone who’s been doing the surprising.

But permit me to go all “Caitlin Flanagan” on you and offer a hypothesis without any research backing it up: What if sleazy one-night stands and emotionally abusive relationships aren’t just assisted by technology, but enabled by them? It has never been easier to avoid the fallout of caddish behavior, so why should we be surprised that people are acting like cads? Or, to examine it from the opposite direction, what if everyone had to look directly into the eyes of the people they cast aside each day?

We already know that the heightened consequences would cause a rippling change in social norms. For example, “dormcest” carries a negative connotation because of the awkwardness that ensues after you hook up with someone who lives next door to you, someone from whom you can’t distance yourself via technology What if, we taught people from a very young age that any serious matter needed to be discussed in person, face-to-face? I don’t think that would completely solve the issue, but it might operate as a deterrent to those on the borderline between “normal person” and “passive-aggressive jerk.” At the very least, it would keep us from abusing technology and allow us to use it for what’s really important­—fighting terrorists.

Harrison Lee is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Monday.

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