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Abdul Rauf tackles debate over Park51

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South Asian Studies cert. approved

by Amanda Young THE CHRONICLE

by Melissa Dalis THE CHRONICLE

The Arts and Sciences Council unanimously approved the new South Asian Studies certificate program and discussed the results of the faculty Budget Solutions Poll at its meeting Thursday.

Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, the certificate program will explore important issues in emerging counties in the region, including India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It will focus on decision-making strategies relating to topics such as social and economic development, global health and religion.

“From a global perspective, this is a very important region, and a lot of scholarship is coming out of this region,” said Sumathi Ramaswamy, director of the Center for South Asian Studies and the new South Asian Studies Certificate.

Students need to complete six courses to fulfill the proposed requirements for the certificate. The required courses currently include an introduction to South Asian studies, a language class, a research methods course, a senior research capstone and two electives.

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who spearheaded a proposal to build a Muslim community center in lower Manhattan, discusses the controversy surrounding the project at Duke Chapel Thursday.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said he has had a dream of building a Muslim community center, an equivalent of a YMCA, for the past 20 years.

But as benign as this sounds, his proposal has caused a political and religious controversy among many Americans. Rauf said political, cultural and religious discrepancies between Islam and America are some of the reasons for the debate over the project, called Park51.

“We Muslims have been imprisoned by many myths of much of the Muslim world that need to be removed,” he said. “There is a need for us to engage in renewing the fundamentals of our faith, which are in sync with American values.”

Rauf said the center, which would house a recreation facility, athletics buildings, an auditorium and prayer spaces for people of all religions, would be built near the site where the World Trade Center once stood. This proposal had sparked strong responses from world leaders, leading him to embark on a speaking tour earlier this year that brought him in front of several hundred members of the Duke community Thursday at Duke Chapel.

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Williams embodies loyalty to Duke Students lead vigil recognizing crisis in Japan

by Anna Koelsch THE CHRONICLE

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New Duke Endowment Chairman Neil Williams has shown a history of loyalty to the University through his many roles as an alumnus.

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Duke Endowment Chairman Neil Williams isn’t kidding when he calls himself an involved alum.

The head of the Charlotte-based foundation that just gave Duke its largest philanthropic gift in its history, who graduated Trinity ’58 and Law ’61, served on the Board of Trustees from 1980 to 1993 and was the Board’s chair from 1983 to 1988. And prior to January when he became the Duke Endowment’s chairman— a philanthropic foundation started by James B. Duke but separate from the University—he had served on the organization’s board since 1997.

Still, Williams had trouble filling out his NCAA tournament bracket. Family matters complicated things.

“My daughter is a vice provost at Ohio State University, so I have... basketball issues,” Williams said with a laugh. “My Final Four does include Duke... but you’ll have to wait and see [who I selected as the champion].”

But the Duke community does not have to look

Despite the 7,000 miles that separate Durham and Japan, the powerful tremors from last Friday’s devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami are still felt on Duke’s campus.

In an effort to address the emotional damage of the recent crisis, alpha Kappa Delta Phi sorority will host a candlelight vigil on the Duke Chapel steps tonight at 8 p.m. The vigil is just one of a series of events organized by student groups aimed to relieve economic and environmental damage caused by the natural disaster.

“Having an event that is more emotionally significant than just collecting money is important at a time like this,”

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“When it comes to the politics of food, there is no us vs. them. We all had better be in this together.”

­—Prof. Charles Thompson in “Culture vs. agriculture.” See column page 15

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NPR loses federal funds Aristride returns to Haiti according to House votes as election day arrives WASHINGTON - After a contentious debate and over procedural objections from Democrats, the House voted Thursday to prevent federal funds from going to National Public Radio, the latest move by the Republican majority to target the broadcaster.

The proposal, sponsored by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., passed the House 228 to192, with one Republican, freshman Rep. Justin Amash, Mich., voting present. All Republicans except for Amash and seven who voted no supported the measure. All Democrats present voted against it.

The decision on the bill, which is unlikely to be taken up by the Democraticcontrolled Senate, largely amounts to a messaging vote for House Republicans ahead of a week-long recess. The White House issued a statement Thursday “strongly opposing” the bill but stopping short of a veto threat.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Exiled Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide will arrive here Friday from South Africa, according to his attorney, returning less than 48 hours before a runoff vote in a presidential election that has already been marred by fraud and chaos.

It was unclear what impact the deposed president’s return would have on Sunday’s vote, seen as a critical step toward jump-starting the country’s rebuilding process after the January 2010 earthquake that killed 200,000 people. But U.S. officials have been so worried about Aristide’s disruptive potential that President Obama expressed his concerns this week to South African President Jacob Zuma, according to the White House.

Aristide boarded a plane in Johannesburg with his wife, Mildred, the Associated Press reported, and the American actor and political activist Danny Glover.

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Student reps Admins detail housing reshuffling meet Russian officials on trip campus council

by Nicole Kyle THE CHRONICLE

by Sanette Tanaka THE CHRONICLE

University politics were not limited to campus last week.

Duke Student Government President Mike Lefevre, a senior, joined 14 university student body presidents from March 8 to 15 on a trip to Russia designed to introduce student leaders to the rapidly developing country. The seminar introduced campus leaders to prominent business and education leaders as well as government officials—including a Duke graduate, Arkady Dvorkovich, the Russian president’s top economic Mike Lefevre advisor and Graduate ’98.

Mikhail Mamonov, head of the international relations department of the Federal Agency on Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation, invited the students through the Open World Leadership Center, a congressional agency located at the Library of Congress. The Russian government paid for all but the incidental expenses of the student leaders.

“Because they met with the leadership in Russia in an informal setting, [the students] got to understand the questions that advisors and presidents have to consider on a regular basis,” said Open World Executive Director John O’Keefe.

Lefevre was nominated for the trip by Rep. David Price, D-N.C., after the center—which seeks to foster relations between the United States and the countries of Eurasia and the Baltic States—asked members of

Approximately 25 percent of sophomores will live on Central Campus once the house model is implemented, administrators said Thursday evening.

This policy—which will allow the creation of houses comprised of 50 percent sophomores and 50 percent juniors and seniors—was among the new developments detailed in a presentation about the house model at Campus Council. The overview was an updated version of a presentation made to the Board of Trustees in February and detailed a preliminary version of how houses will be determined as well as details regarding the first year of the transition to the model.

Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate educa-

tion, confirmed that residential living groups will not remain in their current spaces and will be given new locations under the house model. She emphasized “fit” as the most important factor in assigning space to groups.

“Year one of the house model is a start over for everybody,” she said. “SLGs will not ‘squat’ and instead be put into spaces depending where they fit.”

Lisker noted that Residence Life and Housing Services will keep in mind the need to balance the number of affiliated and unaffiliated houses within a single quadrangle.

Residence Group Assessment Committee scores will not be used to determine groups new spaces, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. He added that See housing on page 6

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Campus Council members heard a presentation at their meeting Thursday detailing updated policies that will be implemented under the house model.

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UN approves military intervention in Libya

By Karen DeYoung and Colum Lynch The Washington Post

The United Nations on Thursday authorized the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, opening the door to air and naval attacks against the forces of leader Moammar Gadhafi as he vowed to level the city of Benghazi, the last major rebel stronghold.

In a 10-0 vote, with five abstentions, the Security Council called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya and approved establishment of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory and the interdiction of ships carrying supplies to Gadhafi’s government. In broad language, the council approved the use of any means short of “foreign occupation” to end attacks against “civilian populated areas under threat of attack... including Benghazi.”

The vote marked a dramatic turn in the world’s response to the Libyan crisis after weeks of debate and reluctance by many to intervene, and comes as rebel forces were said to be on the brink of defeat.

Celebrations erupted across Benghazi as word of the vote reached the rebels. Clerics chanted “God is great” over mosque loudspeakers and the streets were filled with celebratory gunfire and people waving the pre-Gadhafi Libyan flag adopted by the rebels.

France said it was prepared to launch attacks within hours, and Britain also indicated it was prepared to act quickly.

Initial strikes are likely to target air defense systems and runways; it was unclear

whether plans were also in motion to strike at tank columns and other government ground forces headed east.

U.S. officials said it would probably take several days for a full operation to be undertaken and that President Barack Obama has not yet approved the use of U.S. military assets. Obama has preferred to let other nations publicly lead the response to the Libyan crisis, and White House officials said he would not appear on camera Thursday night to speak about the U.N. vote.

In a measured response to the vote that contrasted with threats earlier in the day by Gadhafi to “show no mercy” to the rebels, Libya’s deputy foreign minister Khaled Kaim told reporters that Libya welcomed clauses in the resolution calling for protection of civilians.

But he cautioned the international community against arming the opposition, saying it would be tantamount to “inviting Libyans to kill each other.” The intention of the Libyan armed forces, he said, was “to protect civilians and guarantee food and medical supplies.”

Adoption of the resolution was seen as the last major hurdle to implement plans drawn up by NATO in recent weeks that include unspecified U.S. participation by warships stationed off the Libyan coast or U.S. aircraft. Several senior members of Congress demanded the administration consult with them before authorizing any U.S. deployment, and Pentagon officials held a classified briefing on Capitol Hill late in the day.

Japan nuclear crisis could unfold for weeks

By Rick Maese and Rob Stein The Washington post

TOKYO—Japanese officials took a series of early steps Friday to bring the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant under control, but a week into the crisis, it was becoming apparent that they were confronting a problem that would not be resolved quickly.

A top U.S. nuclear official warned that the emergency could continue for weeks, while President Barack Obama tried to reassure the American public about the safety of nuclear power plants in the United States.

The moves reflected widening worries in Japan and the United States about the failure so far to contain radiation leaks from nuclear power plants damaged in last Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the devastating tsunami that followed.

Tokyo Electric Power, which owns the facility, said a risky mission using helicopters and water cannons Thursday to dump tons of water on the most troubled reactor had succeeded in reducing radiation levels.

But Graham Andrew of the International Atomic Energy Agency cautioned at a news conference: “It is still possible that it could get worse.”

Japanese officials said they were planning to send additional helicopters and fire trucks back to the plant Friday and would continue trying to deliver water to storage pools. Without water, spent fuel rods stored in the pools would start to decay and release radioactive matter into the air.

There were also hopes that Japan’s success in reconnecting electric power to another reactor would allow engineers to restart pumps that play an essential role in delivering coolant.

Over the next few weeks, radiation will continue to spew from the stricken plant at levels high enough to make it difficult for people to work there.

What’s more, the facility itself has been ravaged by earthquakes, flooding and explosions that have torn much of the infrastructure—power lines, pumps and pipes—to shreds and scattered debris, making access even for robots challenging.

As Japan continued its grim recovery effort, the official death toll from the earthquake and tsunami reached 5,692 people by Friday morning, with more than 9,5oo others listed as officially missing.

Nearly half a million are being housed in temporary shelters, and widespread power outages have left broad swaths of the country without adequate heat.

In Washington, Obama made an unannounced visit Thursday to the Japanese Embassy and signed a condolence book.

Later, speaking from the Rose Garden, he said the U.S. was “working aggressively to support our Japanese ally.”

But on Friday morning, the Yomiuri Shimbun, a leading Japanese newspaper, reported that Japan’s government had turned down an early U.S. offer of help in cooling fuel rods at the damaged nuclear reactors. The paper reported that the government and Tokyo Electric Power believed that they would be capable of restoring the cooling system.

As the crisis worsened, the United States took measures to protect Americans in Japan, sending buses to pick up several hundred U.S. citizens who had been stranded north of Sendai, in the heart of the quake zone.

The Pentagon said Thursday that it had sent a nine-member team of radiological specialists to Japan from the Colorado-based U.S. Northern Command to advise the Japanese military on responding to nuclear hazards.

The U.S. government has instituted stricter guidelines for its citizens in Japan, urging people to stay at least 50 miles away from the plant—four times the distance suggested by Japanese officials. On Thursday, several other nations joined the United States in adopting the 50-mile recommended radius, including Canada, Britain and South Korea.

The diverging guidance fueled anxiety among some Japanese that they were not receiving reliable information about the emergency.

Speaking at the White House, a top energy official acknowledged that the situation is confusing. “The facts on the ground are genuinely complex,” Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman said.

Greg Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the crisis at the Japanese facility “will likely take some time to work through, possibly weeks.”

On Thursday, the Japanese government raced to treat the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi plant by land and air, trying to cool two reactor units in particular See crisis on page 7

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williams from page 1 any further than the Duke Endowment’s most recent gift to see Williams’s loyalty to the school. The endowment’s $80 million pledge announced March 7 will renovate Baldwin Auditorium, the West Union Building and Page Auditorium.

Williams, who said perhaps Duke’s strongest quality is the University’s rich tradition of setting the stage for students to build relationships with each other and faculty, hopes the funds will continue the University’s rich tradition.

“I hope the Duke Endowment grant will help encourage something that already happens but can get better—encourage

housing from page 3 RLHS will look at groups’ historic ability to recruit members to their group, as filling the beds allocated to them is necessary if they are to have residential privileges.

Gonzalez added that RLHS will begin conversations with the Interfraternity Council and Selective House Council in April.

RLHS will not reveal selective living groups’ new locations until after their respective recruitment processes so that groups cannot use location to recruit new members next Spring. The rationale of RLHS is that sophomores for the 2012-2013 academic year will choose a house based on the group’s identity and personality— not location, Lisker said.

“Everyone will be homeless at RoomPix next year,” she said. “In some ways, I think that’s the most radical thing we’re doing.”

Seniors wishing to remain on campus for the 2012-2013 academic year will be placed

the interchange of ideas and thoughts between students,” Williams said. “Some of the best education we can get comes from relationships with peers.”

During his own undergraduate years, Williams, who considers his roommates some of his most meaningful friends from college, was a student government officer and sang in the Duke Chapel Choir. He said one of his “cheeriest” memories as a Duke student was realizing the vastness of the University’s libraries when conducting independent research as a senior history major.

“From a personal standpoint, I have a long and close relationship with Duke. It has been quite literally the most important source of education in my life,” Williams said. “Having an opportunity to continue

to work with the University in a different way is something that I value very deeply.”

As chairman of the endowment, he said his biggest goal is to fulfill James B. Duke’s dream for the foundation when it was established in 1924 with a $40 million gift. Now more than eight decades since its creation, the Duke Endowment has given $1.2 billion to the University— making it the school’s largest benefactor.

“It is the translation of [Duke’s] dream into the realities of today that is the continuing obligation of the endowment trustees,” Williams said.

Provost Peter Lange said Williams’ commitment to the original mission of the Duke Endowment makes him a “wonderful” leader, adding that he un-

derstands the important relationship between the two institutions. Lange also noted that Williams played a significant role in the establishment of DukeEngage as well as assisting former Duke Endowment Chairman Russell Robinson with the creation of the Financial Aid Initiative, which raised more than $300 million in an effort to make attending Duke more affordable.

President Richard Brodhead said Williams’ role as the Duke Endowment’s chairman is one of the “millions of roles” that he has played with the University.

“Neil Williams is a wise and generoushearted man who has been a great friend to the University throughout the years,” Brodhead said.

into a house randomly if they are not already residentially affiliated, she added.

Limiting the emphasis on location is a principle the administration and Campus Council members wants to continue throughout the model, said Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior.

“We want to make location as minimally important as possible,” he said. “We want students to join a house based on camaraderie, friendship or potentially a theme or focus of the group.”

The “deeper” details of the house selection process for unaffiliated students is yet to be determined, Gonzalez said. He added that rising sophomores will most likely be able to list their house preferences and will still be able to block, though blocks will be between four and six students. Sophomores will likely not be required to room with other sophomores.

Once houses are established, Lisker said the goal is for the actual RoomPix process to be autonomous, with houses deciding how

to distribute individual rooms independent of RLHS. The house model will feature 49 houses on West and up to 23 on Central. Freshmen will still be placed into residence halls on East Campus. As sophomores, students will be placed into a house—unaffiliated or not, Lisker said. Once students are placed into a house, they have the “right of return,” for the following two years. Gonzalez noted, however, that RLHS will put some sort of “transfer process” into place for students who wish to switch houses, if their circumstances warrant it.

Lisker also said juniors returning from abroad might be accommodated differently, perhaps moving into junior-only housing— “Junior Village”—on Central Campus.

Houses on West will be oriented vertically “for the most part,” she said, noting that the recently renovated residence halls like Kilgo, Few and Keohane quadrangles are “proving more difficult” because they foster a horizontal orientation.

Houses will have an average size of 40 and 60 beds and each house will have common rooms, Lisker said, adding that the multi-class structure of the houses is also very important to promoting the model’s goals of community and equity.

Residential living groups will also be advised to encourage a “significant” number of seniors to stay on campus. He acknowledged that this request is particularly challenging when it comes to Greek residential organizations but added that RLHS will be discussing it with IFC. “Compared to our current norm, this will be a challenge for our Greek organizations,” he said.

In other business: Old Duke will take place April 15 in Keohane Amphitheater. The event is free and Sugar Ray is the featured artist. Campus Council will distribute free T-shirts, said Programming Chair Betsy Klein, a junior.

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russia from page 3 Congress to nominate future leaders in their districts.

Donna Lisker, associate dean of undergraduate education, said Lefevre’s ability to manage unexpected issues while fulfilling long-term campaign promises made him an asset to the program. “[Lefevre] has faced this year as much change and challenge as any student leader we’ve seen, and I think he reacted well to that,” Lisker said. “I think it’s great he had the opportunity to talk with other student body presidents and to broaden his idea of leadership in Russia.”

Lefevre was part of the second such exchange of U.S. students since the collapse of the Soviet Union, said Maura Shelden, public affairs officer at Open World. The first exchange took place last November.

During last week’s seminar, students arrived in Moscow but also traveled to places such as Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia and Yaroslavl in order to give them a more comprehensive understanding of the country, O’Keefe said. The student body presidents also met with notable figures, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, First Vice Premier Igor Shuvalov and Mikhail Prokhorov, a billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the New Jersey Nets.

“To be honest, I expected a dog and pony show, where they would show me a bunch of model Russian towns and say this is the new Russia,” he said. “I got something much deeper and got to see the actual problems that still face the country.”

He added that the Russian government hoped the student leaders would be able to bring back their new understanding of Russia to campus.

“They were hoping we could build relations with our

crisis from page 4 that have raised alarm about the prospect of a larger, imminent catastrophe.

In an emergency mission Thursday, two Japanese military helicopters dropped more than 30 tons of water on the plant. Then, soldiers used 11 high-pressure fire trucks, designed for putting out fires at plane crashes, to douse a damaged reactor building from a distance.

The soldiers acted after Japanese police failed in their efforts to spray the building with water cannons normally used for riot control.

Members of the Self-Defense Force, as the military is known, moved their trucks into position and began to spray water Thursday evening, taking aim at the same unit three reactor that was targeted by helicopters earlier in the day. They sprayed water for more than half an hour before leaving the plant.

A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said radiation levels showed a very small decrease after the helicopter missions. Noting the minuscule drop, the World Nuclear Association said the water drops by helicopter "did not appear accurate enough to be effective,” adding that “the effect at present seems marginal at best.”

The London-based organization, which promotes nuclear energy, said one attempt was made to douse the unit four reactor building but that the pilots withdrew “after encountering high levels of radiation.”

Japan has made unit three a priority because government officials say the storage pool contains less water than that of unit four. American officials, however, have said they believe unit four’s pool could be empty of water, and the International Atomic Energy Agency later said unit four remains a major safety concern.

An official with Japan’s nuclear safety agency also moved closer to the U.S. position on unit four. “Considering the amount of radiation released in the area, the fuel rods are more likely to be exposed than to be covered,” the official, Yuichi Sato, said, according to the Associated Press.

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university and... spread the gospel about Russia through word of mouth,” Lefevre said.

Students are particularly relevant to Russia’s changing landscape, O’Keefe said. He noted that the Russian leaders appreciated the fresh perspective the university presi-

dents brought.

“As one of the student body presidents pointed out, [the students] don’t carry the baggage of the Cold War,” he said. “This is a generation that doesn’t see [Russia in] the same way as their parents.”

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Funding for the program has been secured for faculty and course development, Ramaswamy said. Some of the programming money will be directed toward building ties with Trinity College and Duke’s eight other schools, she added.

Additionally, the council approved a new policy that limits undergraduates to taking a maximum of six credits in graduate and professional schools. Lee Baker, dean of academic affairs of Trinity College, said he supports student interest in graduate and professional courses, as it expands the scope of their education and knowledge of campus culture. At the same time, students should still be taking the majority of their courses at the undergraduate level.

The council also presented the results of the Budget Solutions Poll, which reflected consistent support for cost-saving measures in entertainment. The proposed cuts will limit the money spent on faculty recruitment dinners and business lunches, encourage more selective choices of colloquia and reduce excessive phone line spending.

In terms of increasing revenue, the survey showed that faculty members strongly opposed the introduction of online courses as a revenue-raising measure, however, especially if they are offered as a full replacement to courses on campus.

“Duke is an exclusive, high quality, private institution and we have no intention to try to compete with web-based courses,” said Alvin Crumbliss, interim dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. “We use tech-

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nology in courses when it is a value-added component, not when it’s a replacement to student interaction with faculty.”

Professors also supported increasing the number and strength of master’s, joint degree and “four-plus-one” programs to raise revenue. Crumbliss said that increased faculty in master’s programs should not involve relocating professors from undergraduate classes.

The survey also indicated that faculty support summer session and international programming initiatives as ways to produce revenue.

“The more [global education] programs we have, the more opportunities we have for undergraduate students and the

more chance we have to increase revenue stream, but we need to keep in mind that revenue stream needs to be supported by significant infrastructure,” Crumbliss said.

The council also discussed global education in terms of the new Duke Center for Civic Engagement. Although several students are currently involved with service, community engagement should be more thoroughly integrated into the curriculum, said Leela Prasad, faculty director for the DCCE and associate professor of ethics and Indian religions. “[The center] seeks to create, sustain and exemplify an ethos of civic engagement at Duke by connecting University education to public service,” she said.

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Members of the Arts and Sciences Council approved a new South Asian Studies certificate program, which will require six courses, with a unanimous vote at their meeting Thursday.

Japan from page 1 said sophomore Dawn Zhao, the sorority’s vice president of service. “We all thought it would be nice to have a really simple event that people could go to and take part in an emotional experience and pray for those affected by the tragedy in Japan.”

The event will mark the kickoff of AKDPhi’s project dedicated to economic relief for Japan titled “Wish For Japan,” Zhao said. Based on the Japanese legend that folding 1,000 paper cranes will cause a wish to come true, the event will aim to collect 1,000 cranes from the Duke community by next Friday. AKDPhi is also reaching out to local businesses to donate funds to Direct Relief International, which sends medical equipment to respond to global crises.

Other groups, like the Asian Student Association and Kappa Phi Lambda sorority, are also raising funds to contribute to Japan’s economic damage, which is now estimated to be as much as $150 billion. Kappa Phi Lambda has taken action since Sunday by asking students to donate money to International Medical Corps in exchange for paper cranes.

Sophomore Derek Mong, a member of ASA, said the group will participate in the vigil and plans to organize a fundraiser for next week.

“ASA tries to be inclusive. There is not an existing Japanese student group on campus, but we do know a lot of people who have friends and relatives in Japan and there were Duke students in Japan who were there when the disaster happened,” Mong said.

Namika Sagara, a Duke post-doctoral associate in marketing and psychology who studies how people respond to disasters, noted that the economic damages should not overshadow the disaster’s environmental impact. With temperatures recently dropping down to well below freezing, victims of the disaster are having a hard time

gaining access to water and electricity, she said. Overall, Sagara said she is impressed with the efforts by the undergraduate community to support Japan despite the small undergraduate population of direct Japanese descendents.

“It is a very different part of the world, yet people are getting together to help and I think it is great to hear that people outside of Japan really care and are willing to help,” Sagara said.

Organizations like Environmental Alliance are working to educate the Duke community on the ramifications of the earthquake. Japanese officials estimated yesterday that 15,000 people are dead or missing, and more than 350,000 people are displaced in the country. Junior Mikael Owunna, an Environmental Alliance member, said the group will be gearing its annual event “DISPLACED,” scheduled for April 1, toward discussing ways that students can help refugees in Japan as well as the millions of environmental refugees worldwide.

“The event is about bringing awareness of environmental refugees around the entire world,” Owunna said. “People do not see that it is a growing trend and it is something that with global warming is going to be a problem and we are interested in bringing awareness to this on campus.”

Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek said she is not surprised by the expansive student effort because she has always seen Dukies effectively respond to global problems in her time on campus. She said that despite all the current causes that warrant relief efforts, Duke students are capable of picking the causes that mean something to them and working to make a difference.

“We all get touched in different ways by different causes and different tragedies and we respond to what touches us the most,” she said. “There is a lot going on and there are a lot of people here at Duke who are willing to help, and I am very proud of the community for doing that.”

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After months of endless speculation, freshman Kyrie Irving will finally return to the court today against Hampton.

The point guard, who has been out since Dec. 4 with a toe injury, made his decision Wednesday night after talking with his father and the coaching staff.

“I feel like I’m around 95 [percent],” Irving said to a media horde in Duke’s locker room. “The other five percent will come when I actually play out there. Just raising my game to the occasion, the other five percent will come.”

Head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been conservative with Irving’s injury all season. That continued yesterday, when the coach said Irving will play “limited minutes and come off the bench,” without specifying anything else.

Irving will, though, defend on the ball when the Blue Devils are on defense. In a practice open to the media this afternoon, Irving participated fully, cutting and driving to the basket and guarding Nolan Smith in a few 5-on-5 drills.

Krzyzewski doesn’t anticipate any problems reintegrating Irving into the team.

“I can only think of advantages,” the coach said. “We never thought that this could happen, and the fact that it is happening, we need to take the advantage of it and go from there.

He’s a really smart player. The game comes easier to great players than other players, and this kid will be a great player.”

Irving, for his part, echoed Krzyzewski’s thoughts.

“I’m a pretty good basketball player, and I’m not a selfish one at that either,” he said. “I like to get my teammates involved and share the wealth. I don’t think it will be hard

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke’s NCAA Tournament begins today at 3:10 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C. And despite the distracting news about a certain toe, the top-seeded Blue Devils will try to focus on their crafty opponent, Hampton.

Duke (30-4), the top seed in the West region, has never played the Pirates (24-8), who received an automatic bid by winning the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship. Darrion Pellum and Kwame Morgan II, two guards that average 17.7 and 16.5 points, respectively, provide the bulk of Hampton’s offense.

“Pellum is a kid who can be a really good player in our league,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “And those two youngsters [Pellum and Morgan] really account for 60 percent of their offense.”

Sophomore Andre Dawkins said the game plan will focus on shutting down those two guards.

“For us to be successful, we have to be able to take them out of their game and make them do things they don’t want to do,” Dawkins said. “It’s the same with every team, you try to take their best players out.”

Hampton already has a spot in NCAA history for pulling off a huge upset. In 2001, the 15-seed Pirates knocked off second seeded Iowa State 58-57. Hampton is one of only four 15-seeds to ever win against a No. 2 seed, and was the most recent to do so.

Hampton coach Edward Joyner, Jr. said he will show his team a tape of that game before they take the court against the Blue Devils. Joyner, a Winston-Salem, N.C. native, started

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Duke’s roster this season boasts five freshmen out of its eleven members, but if that sounds like a lot, just wait until UT-Martin comes to town.

Head coach Kevin McMillan leads a squad featuring a remarkable 10 freshmen into Cameron Indoor Stadium SatNo. 15 urday at 1:30 p.m., UT-M as his 15th-seeded vs.

Skyhawks (21-10) No. 2 take on the secondDuke seeded Blue Devils (29-3) in the first SATURDAY, 1:30 p.m. round of the NCAA Cameron Indoor Tournament.

UT-Martin clinched its first-ever NCAA Tournament bid by upsetting Tennessee Tech in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A young Blue Devil squad could have been intimidated coming into a hostile environment to face its bitter rivals.

Instead, eight players—including four who had never before played in Chapel Hill—scored ThursDUKE 14 day night and Duke jumped out to an 9 UNC 8-3 halftime lead en route to a 14-9 victory, never allowing the No. 6 Tar Heels (5-2, 0-1 in the ACC) to cut the lead under three. In a game that attacker Jordan Wolf called the most intense of his young career, the freshman scored four goals to pace No. 8 Duke’s deceptively balanced effort.

“In a game like this there’s a lot of people to be recognized for small plays,” head coach John Danowski said. “There are so many

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Head coach Joanne P. McCallie said the Blue Devils must do a better job playing defense on hot shooters.

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Freshman Jordan Wolf led the Blue Devils with four goals in their road victory over No. 6 North Carolina.

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It’s that time of year again: flowers are blooming­—and Duke is winning.

The Blue Devils DUKE 7 are certainly benefiting from the 0 ND favorable climate, winning their first five outdoor meetings including Thursday’s sweep of No. 17 Notre Dame, 7-0.

“I was happy with the way we competed today against a very scrappy Notre Dame team,” head coach Jamie Ashworth said. “We’ve had three tough matches in a row and it’s great to come out victorious in all three.”

Duke played its last home meet Mar. 2 against Wake Forest and defeated N.C. State, Arizona State and No. 7 California on the road before taking on the Fighting Irish (8-7). After this victory over Notre Dame, the No. 4 Blue Devils (13-2) will not face another non-conference opponent for the remainder of the regular season.

“We talked about being at our best mentally, physically, emotionally,” Ashworth said. “We’ve played a lot in a short period

and we’ve learned that we need to be resilient and take advantage of opportunities.”

Part of Duke’s success is due to its consistency in winning the doubles point, a huge advantage going into singles play. Thursday’s victory was made even sweeter when the team won its fifth consecutive doubles point.

Mary Clayton and Monica Gorny downed Notre Dame’s Nancy Joyce and JoHanna Manningham 8-2, while Ellah Nze and Rachel Kahan defeated Chrissie McGaffigan and Kristen Rafael 8-1 from the No. 1 spot to clinch the point.

Securing the early lead, the Blue Devils allowed no chance for the Fighting Irish to rally back. The team swept all six singles matches for the first time since Feb. 4 against Indiana.

“You look at where we are now from a month ago, we’re competing better, taking care of what we need to, and that’s allowing us to win,” Ashworth said.

Sophomore Mary Clayton was first off the court in singles play with a straight set victory over Joyce, 6-0, 6-0. It was a big day for Clayton—her doubles win with Monica Gorny was also their fifth straight win.

“We’ve been struggling high in our

w. basketball from page 9 game March 5. The postseason berth is just another step in the school’s ascent in the women’s basketball world: The school has risen from the NAIA to Division I, joining the OVC in 1992. Its coach is also new to the college scene, as he is just two years removed from winning a Tennessee state title as a high school coach.

McMillan’s early recruiting efforts have been prolific to say the least. Of the 15 players listed on the Skyhawks’ roster, there are just two upperclassmen: senior guard Alecia Weatherly and junior guard Taylor Hall. Weatherly and Hall are two of seven players to have scored over 100 points for UT-Martin; the other five are freshmen.

Once he had his parade of recruits in the door, McMillan didn’t go easy on them. He opened the season with a brutal month-long, 10-game road trip that saw the Skyhawks accumulate five of their ten losses on the season while visiting teams like Colorado, Missouri and Vanderbilt. The team didn’t play a home game until Dec. 19, at which point Duke had already played in Cameron five times.

For the Skyhawks, two more losses would come before the New Year, again on the road, to Louisville and then-No. 11 Kentucky. Once the calendar turned over to 2011, though, UTMartin won 14 of 17, with one of those losses being a threepoint overtime defeat at Eastern Illinois. The Skyhawks haven’t lost by double digits in more than two months, and their earlyseason exploits against teams from power conferences ensure that despite their youth, they won’t be fazed by the prospect of facing Duke.

UT-Martin’s scoring efforts are, not surprisingly, led by two freshmen who both average over 17 points per game. Guard Heather Butler, who played for McMillan for two years in high school, is the nation’s top-scoring freshman at 19.1 points per contest.

Her willingness to shoot from the outside is noteworthy. She attempted a remarkable 229 3-pointers on the season; by comparison, Jasmine Thomas led Duke with 142 attempts from long range. Butler made 83 of her attempts, but she wasn’t the only one shooting treys, as UT-Martin finished second in the nation in made threes per game, with 8.9. Though the Blue Devils as a team took about 100 more shots than the Skyhawks overall, Butler and her teammates shot nearly 300 more 3-pointers.

Head coach Joanne P. McCallie mentioned some of the things that her team has been working on in order to defend UT-Martin’s perimeter attack.

“Obviously getting over screens and being aggressive on the contest,” she said. “And then the interesting thing is the long rebounds that pop off. We’re really trying to take advantage of a long rebound to get down the floor and score.”

Jasmine Newsome is McMillan’s other star freshman.

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Mary Clayton won her fifth straight match Thursday with a straight-set win over Nancy Joyce, 6-0, 6-0. lineups for singles,” Ashworth said. “It was great that our one and two won. But the bottom of our lineup has been unbelievably solid all year. It’s tough to win matches against us because of that.”

The team has a week-long break before diving into ACC play Mar. 25 against Boston College followed by Maryland Mar. 27.

The Duke squad will make it back to Ambler Stadium April 2 after a month on the road to take on Virginia Tech.

Though shy of Butler’s scoring mark at 17.8 points per game, Newsome also pulls down 4.4 rebounds per game and dishes out 4.1 assists.

With two obvious scoring threats in Newsome and Butler, McCallie emphasized the need to defend go-to scorers.

“We let [North Carolina forward Jessica] Breland get away with 28 points in [the ACC] championship game, and I don’t like that,” McCallie said. “We need to do a better job in our overall team defense of recognizing a hot hand and shutting it down. And of course both [Butler and Newsome] qualify for that.”

Six-foot-tall Jaclissa Haislip is listed as a guard on the team’s roster, but she rebounds like a forward, chipping in 8.2 boards per game in addition to being the team’s third-leading scorer at 9.2 points per game.

But when an opponent’s leading rebounder is six feet tall, there are likely to be opportunities for Duke’s two 6-foot-5 centers Krystal Thomas and Allison Vernerey.

If the Blue Devils can capitalize on their size advantage in the paint and contest UT-Martin’s barrage of 3-pointers, the up-andcoming Skyhawks will be hard-pressed to pull off an upset. The Blue Devils can’t just count on their Tournament familiarity to win the game for them, though, since 3-pointers from freshmen count the same as those made by seniors. It’ll up to the Blue Devils to prove that experience does matter.

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Senior Tom Montelli (left) and a physical Duke defense manhandled the Tar Heels, forcing Billy Bitter (right) and his teammates to take difficult shots.

Ashworth thinks the Blue Devils can maintain their consistency winning the doubles point and continue to succeed throughout the lineup in singles competition.

“Our conference is the toughest in the country and every match we play is going to be a battle,” Ashworth said. “But Duke traditionally is good in conference matches. We have to honor that tradition by competing hard and doing what makes our program what it is.”

M. lacrosse from page 9 guys who contribute to when you win. Everybody will look at Jordan and see he scored four goals, but it’s always more than that.”

The Blue Devils’ hustle was evident in their 36-23 advantage in ground balls collected. The number was especially impressive given Duke’s struggles at the faceoff circle, where the Tar Heels won 18-of-27 faceoffs, including 12-of-14 in the second half. The ability to corral loose balls demonstrated that, especially early in the game, Duke (5-2, 2-0) simply seemed to want the win more.

“Our team is a big ground-ball team.

We only had three days to prepare for this game, but in those three days of preparation the focus was ground balls,” senior defenseman Tom Montelli said. “We know if we win the ground-ball battle for 60 minutes, we’ll be in a good position to win the game.”

The defense’s pressure and physicality prevented North Carolina’s offense from getting into a rhythm and protected sophomore goalie Dan Wigrizer—who was outstanding in his own right—from having to face too many shots on goal. Although the Tar Heels notched 40 shots, many of those were blocked or altered by Blue Devil defenders and only 20 ended up on target. In a stark contrast, Duke’s offense operated under control and methodically worked the ball into open space for good shots on goal. North Carolina goalie Chris Madalon never really had a chance against many of the Blue Devils’ shots, which came from just outside the crease. As a result, he had a save percentage of only .364 on 22 shots on goal. Only nine of the Duke’s shot attempts were off target.

Danowski was particularly pleased with the extra-man offense, which converted 3-of-6 opportunities but had been a concern going into the game.

“We’re getting a little bit better [on extra-man offense],” Danowski said. “We’re gaining confidence. We’ve got two freshmen on extra man; we have a sophomore, so that’s three [young players].... It’s about chemistry and understanding roles and what people are good at. We’ve worked hard on that the past week.”

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News of Irving’s return spread quickly.

North Carolina head coach Roy Williams, whose Tar Heels are also playing in Charlotte this weekend, was asked how Irving’s return could impact the Blue Devils.

“Kryie is one of those guys that I just think is phenomenal,” he said. “He’s the closest thing to Isiah Thomas from Indiana as a freshman that I’ve ever seen.”

Irving did say that it’s unfair to expect him to be at the same level he was in December. He said his conditioning “isn’t where it should be,” but he expects that to improve as Duke moves through the Tournament. He also said that his basketball IQ has increased by watching his teammates on a daily basis, and he expects that will help make up for any shortcomings in fitness.

Still, though, even if Irving is not on top of his game like he was when he scored 31 points against Michigan State Dec. 1, the melissa yeo/Chronicle file photo freshman doesn’t expect a huge drop-off.

“I can basically do everything I did before I Last year, Duke’s 1 vs. 16-seed matchup resulted in an easy win and good warmup test for the Blue Devils. They defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff by 29 points. got hurt,” he said. “I’m feeling really good.” sophomore Ryan Kelly said. “Nolan has been Irving confirmed that his injury was a result would have surely ended his season. from page 9 of torn ligaments in his big toe. The ligaments “It was a close decision,” Irving said about great for us, he’s a score-first point guard that off his press conference by talking about had grown back to the point where he could possibly having surgery. “The most important has obviously done wonders for us. Kyrie is how the Pirates are “happy to be here” begin running thing for me was more of a pass-first point guard. Those two and added he is “not ashamed to [say] about a month getting healthy. players, if you put them on the floor... not “I can basically do everyI’m relishing in the moment.” ago. Duke’s athIf it came to me many teams can say they have that.”

“This is a dream come true,” he said.

Nolan Smith added that Irving’s return letic department missing the whole thing I did before I got hurt. season, then it was is a “huge boost” for the Blue Devils and “I told the team to enjoy it.” released a video of Joyner had nothing but praise for the him going through going to happen. will make the backcourt that much deepI’m feeling really good.”

Blue Devils. rehab on Feb. 28, We just didn’t want er. And regardless of how he plays, Irving — Kyrie Irving to have any hin- merely making an appearance on the court “Duke [has] no weaknesses when sparking optimism it comes to the kids and the talent of among the Blue drance on my fu- will affect Duke’s opponents.

“His presence means a lot.” Smith said. kids that we have,” Joyner said before Devil faithful. ture or anything.” it was announced that Kyrie Irving But even Irving had doubts he would Now, despite the long initial odds, “The main thing is people know who Kyrie will play. “We are going to have to be return to the floor this season after his he’s back—and his teammates couldn’t Irving is. You see him all over the Internet, all over everything. People are going to get who we are.... There’s nothing we can initial diagnosis. He and his family seri- be more thrilled. change now.” ously considered having surgery, which “He’s only going to help our team,” a little afraid, he’s that good.”

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Japan demands our help The devastation in Japan, form of supplies, monetary a result of last week’s im- aid and manpower. As Japan mense earthquake and tsu- begins the long road to renami, has sparked a humani- covery, we as a community tarian crisis for the world’s must commit ourselves to third-largest economy. supporting a nation that has The 9.0 strong links to magnitude the University. editorial earthquake has Safety conleft the island nation in chaos, cerns in the aftermath of with more than 13,000 people the earthquake prompted dead or missing, according Duke’s International Travel to CNN. In addition to the Oversight Committee to halt quake, which shifted parts of all travel to Japan Tuesday. the country’s coast eight feet, Duke students currently in Japan is also facing the poten- Japan are being moved out tial meltdown of nuclear reac- of the country. tors that were damaged.

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extended support to students who are from Japan or have relatives there, and campus organizations are planning philanthropic projects to provide relief.

In an e-mail sent to the student body Tuesday evening, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta announced the creation of japanrelief. duke.edu—a clearinghouse page that will inform the student body about current events. This webpage will provide “information about relief organizations active in the region, campus resources for students in need, as well as fundraising and other reliefrelated events.” This website is a positive step toward student involvement in this crisis.

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Due to its location the country frequently experiences earthquakes and has taken precautions to minimize damage. Economic stability, along with preparedness, has limited overall damage to the country.

This diligent preparation separates the earthquake in Japan from the recent quake in Haiti and the flooding in Pakistan, where a lack of preparation, poor government structure, and widespread poverty combined to create devastating conditions, the effects of which are still seen today.

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Death is a daily occurrence and thousands of people are still missing.

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Japan will be able to recover from this disaster, but external support will speed its regrowth. With full campus involvement, Duke can help provide the aid Japan so desperately needs.

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cross the nation, states are struggling ably less likely to stimulate economic growth than through economic woes that have left they are to inhibit it. To implicate an unwilling them with enormous budgetary deficits. As private institution in the poorly managed affairs a result, a number of state governof the state, and to do so merely ments have sought to raise capital for the sake of budgetary breathing by implementing certain strategic room, seems to me to be antithetimeasures. Two months ago, for excal to the ideals upon which this ample, North Carolina considered nation supposedly was built and privatizing its state-operated Alcostands. hol Beverage Control system to raise In light of the proposed meaapproximately $300 million. Alsures, Amazon is considering closthough that approach didn’t come ing its subsidiary warehouses and chris bassil to pass in North Carolina and didn’t ending partnerships with its affilijust a minute catch on around the country, some ates. In the end, not only will the states have taken warmly to another enforcement of state tax collection idea—enacting legislation that would require web discourage innovative competition, it will cost behemoth Amazon.com to start collecting state those states that enact it numerous jobs, as well as taxes on sales to residents. local business revenue. For some reason, though, Since 1992, online retailers such as Amazon proponents of the system remain optimistic. “It’s have only been obligated, in accordance with the a time-honored custom not to pay taxes. A lot of Supreme Court ruling in Quill Corporation v. people try not to, but it’s up to the state to make North Dakota, to collect state tax for those states sure that there’s tax fairness,” Susan Combs, the in which they maintain a “physical presence or Texas comptroller, told The New York Times. And nexus.” Because Amazon only maintains a physi- with regards to the collection of state tax by online cal presence in a mere handful of states—New retailers, Betty Yee of California’s Board of EqualYork, North Dakota, Kansas, Kentucky and Wash- ization remarked in the same March 13 New York ington—it is able to avoid collecting state tax on Times article that, “There seems to be a groundsales in the 45 others. But some of those states, swell of activity by other states that suggest that the Texas among them, are trying to change that by time is right.” Never mind that none of the states broadening the definition of “physical presence” in question have any tax jurisdiction over Amazon, to include warehouses owned by subsidiaries. and I cringe to think that one state’s folly is reason For states without such warehouses, the sec- enough to make another’s policy. ond-best route to this easy and unearned cash is In the end, the most disappointing aspect of all through Amazon’s affiliates. Affiliate sites earn this is not the potential for lost jobs, the ignorant their money from Amazon by both advertising its undermining of local revenue or the failure of the retail products to their own visitors and redirect- states in question to promote private enterprise. It ing them there. Because many of these affiliates is not even the awful rationalizations listed above, have physical establishments across the nation, which are as flimsy and ineffective as this Band-aid legislators in six states—California, Minnesota, fix itself would prove to be. In the end, the most Hawaii, New Mexico, Illinois and Vermont—are disappointing aspect of all this is that these states claiming that Amazon’s relationship to those com- have sought to remedy their situations through panies renders it again responsible for the collec- disincentives, rather than the opposite. Instead of tion of state tax. instituting measures that drive companies like AmAmazon, for its part, is disputing these claims, azon away from agreements with local businesses, as well it should. These taxes represent large why not make it more glamorous for online retailsums—in the case of Texas, $269 million—and al- ers to open up shop in your given state, perhaps though they would not draw directly on the com- through tax breaks and other incentives? pany’s profits, such taxes represent a hindrance to Unfortunately, we probably won’t see such the model that gives Amazon its competitive edge. measures until state governments stop seeking A product of the online age, Amazon is separated proverbial bailouts to save their budgets from from its clunkier retail competitors by its ability their suffering economies and start searching for to adapt itself entirely to an increasingly Internet- the systemic problems at the root of it all. That is based market. Part of its competitive advantage a day that I hope comes soon, but I won’t be holdis its ability to offer goods to consumers at prices ing my breath. lower than those of older and less efficient institutions. By abridging one of the factors that allows Chris Bassil is a Trinity junior. His column runs evAmazon to do this, the states in question are prob- ery Friday.

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t the men’s Duke—North Carolina State University group of students enrolled. Together we are studying basketball game Feb. 5, the Blue Devil mascot en- how our society valued freedom while impoverishing, tered the stands with the game’s slogan taped to his even enslaving, our agricultural workers; that our abunforehead. It read, “culture vs. agriculture.” dant waves of grain are poisoning our Others brought the same words from a waters; and that while we protect some the professor printout from The Chronicle. I wasn’t at dogs and cats like family, we torture and next door the game, but senior Nina Rodriguez told imprison the animals we eat. charles thompson our “Politics of Food” class about it the folAmid this painful awareness, we conlowing Monday with dismay. struct the garden to establish one small Toward the end of the game, Nina said, some stu- symbol of agricultural health. Already seeds are sproutdents started chanting “culture” while pointing to the ing. And it’s only one of burgeoning Duke food and Duke student section, followed by “agriculture” while farm initiatives striving to connect the broken links pointing to the small N.C. State section. Did they insin- between farms and our tables. A major academic workuate that agriculture means uncouth, dumb and red- ing group has taken up the mantle here. It seems that neck (them), while culture means smart, sophisticated the agriculture I once had to fight for is gaining mainand cool (us)? It was a joke, right? Something meant to stream favor. get under the skin of the opposing team. But there it Back to that satanic verse: I believe it stems from was smack on the forehead. It’s worth looking that devil an old myth that divides urban from rural, agriculture right between the eyes. from the sophisticated folk—the cultured from the First, my own story of agriculture: Having come uncultured. That fable taught that old McDonald was from a family of farmers, I began striving to become down on the farm and we believed the old seed, as unone myself in 1984. I attempted to borrow money from sophisticated as he was, had our backs. The myth said, the government’s lending program to start an organic relax and pursue wealth and “culture” and food will be farm. By then I had completed a master’s in agricul- waiting wrapped in plastic and ready to eat when we tural education, logged countless hours on my grand- need it. It omitted this: By living in a separate “culture,” parents’ farm and even worked on a government dem- we gave the unscrupulous freedom to exploit. While we onstration farm for two years, but the so-called “lender slumbered, McDonald would go on to become one of of last resort” turned me down. He claimed that my the largest corporations in the world, selling fats, carbs farm plan was unconventional for the area (within 20 and salts developed in food factories. miles of Chapel Hill) and that I didn’t have enough Then some of us began to peel back the label. We experience to qualify for a “beginning farmer loan.” It remembered that “culture” is actually part of the word seemed the ailing agricultural establishment had set it- “agriculture.” We relearned that urban needs a close self against alternatives, nearly sealing off agricultural relationship with rural and that rural needs consumer finance from those who were willing to innovate. The awareness and advocacy. And we realized we simply paradoxes were dumbfounding. cannot trust chemical agriculture to make things right, I decided to fight the decision, using every ounce or that technology alone would solve everything. We of knowledge of finance, technology, management became engaged in our food system. and commerce I could muster. I set to work on findMany at Duke have begun to realize that students of ing witnesses, experts and advocates who could speak the arts, humanities, social sciences, public policy studin my defense, indeed in defense of farming that didn’t ies and other disciplines should never have divorced persecute people, animals, rivers and soil in order to themselves from agricultural sustenance. “Wait a minput food on plates. Our task was to justify a whole new ute!” they said, “sitting down to a meal of local food philosophy of farming. Somehow we prevailed in the or enjoying a menu perfected by a chef trained in the appeal. I got the loan and succeeded in repairing a culture and origins of food and wine is one of the most worn-out tobacco farm. We didn’t make a fortune, but sophisticated things we can do.” And, when it comes to we made a living and paid off the loan. the politics of food, there is no us vs. them. We all had After nine years of farming, I decided to return to better be in this together. school to explore agriculture, labor and immigration, subjects I had known already through experience. SevCharlie Thompson is curriculum and education director at eral years after completing my Ph.D., I secured a job the Center for Documentary Studies and lecturer in cultural with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke. anthropology. He heads the Triangle University Food Studies While living at Duke, I decided to start a garden near initiative and is an advisory board member of Student Action East Campus. The community garden project became with Farmworkers and the Duke-UNC Farm. He is also the part of my Spring food politics class. A sophisticated faculty member in residence at Gilbert-Addoms Dormitory.

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letterstotheeditor The Community Standard The philosopher Alasdaire MacIntyre once said we have the concepts of the ancient morality—virtue, honor and goodness—but we no longer have a system to connect them. In many ways I think this might be true, but it is only so because there may no longer be this unspoken goal among humanity to uphold these values, but this does not have to be so. The new humanism, I would like to think, will revel in a connectedness among all people through common goals forged in light of common values.

We at Duke stand in a position to realize, in a microcosm, what could be the reality for our world. The essence of the Duke Community Standard, to unite behind common values of peace and honor, is true and right. It speaks of respect and of a great sense of unity. Its very name attempts to encapsulate this. As Duke students, we choose whether or not to unite behind our community’s standard, but it belongs to us. We own the standard and we choose whether or not to live up to its tenets. No overhaul of the Honor Council, new housing model or imposition from the Allen Building will deliver us a community united in mutual respect and care. The power to reform our community lies within ourselves. Only we can do this. It is our choice as Duke. The framework is in place; it is our responsibility to unite behind it. To realize this goal we must choose as a community to uphold some system of values. The Community Standard should stand above that system and shape it. As soon as all student groups have values that support rather than detract from our standard, we may very well realize our potential as one of the most warm and inclusive communities of young men and women who can stand together to help the world in the future, just as they did at Duke.

Very respectfully, Christopher Martin Trinity ’11 Chair, Honor Council University’s response to drug distribution charges Serving on the panel of the Undergraduate Conduct Board, I take great pride in being a member of the Duke undergraduate community and the Duke Community Standard in which, among other things, all undergraduates pledged that “I will conduct myself honorably in all my endeavours” [emphasis added].

That sense of pride, however, evaporated yesterday as I read that three juniors, Kyle Power, David Lai and Alejandro Pedroza, were arrested for the possession and intent to sell and deliver marijuana. The Chronicle’s March 15 article, “3 students arrested on drug charges,” detailed the shocking revelation of defendants Power and Pedroza’s back-to-back trips to jail: Merely two days after being arrested in the Bryan Center for marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges, the two were arrested, along with Lai, for felonious charges of the possession and intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and each was placed under a $125,000 bond. Before diving into their deeply disturbing behaviors, I would like to emphasize that all are presumed innocent until found otherwise.

These allegations deserve a serious and heightened response from the University. Per the guidelines of the Office of Student Conduct, students found guilty of drug manufacturing and distribution may be required to take a leave of absence. Since the University disciplinary system is different in nature from the criminal justice system, Duke is at liberty to pursue a concurrent proceeding. Regardless of the University’s approach, the defendants, should they be found guilty by the court or held responsible by the University, need to be taught a serious lesson.

Imagine the trio decided to go abroad for Spring break and were subsequently caught possessing narcotics by foreign authorities, who tend to impose long sentences for narcotics possession as little as one gram. The University should leverage this teachable moment to hold the three defendants accountable for their actions by imposing appropriate sanctions, including expulsion, if necessary. Indeed, being permanently removed from the University is a small price to pay compared to the prospect of languishing in a foreign prison cell for several decades.

Jack Wang Member of the Undergraduate Conduct Board Trinity ’12

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf spoke with Dean of the Chapel Sam Wells in Duke Chapel Thursday about the Park51 proposal in lower Manhattan.

Rauf decided to give the speaking tour and promote his book, “What’s Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West,” in order to educate people about his proposition.

“Many people told me that once they got to know me and understand my project, they supported me,” Rauf said, emphasizing that the media had unfairly painted his innocuous plans as actions of a Muslim extremist. “This tour is about getting to know one another.”

The Lower Manhattan Community Board voted 29 to one, with 10 abstentions, to approve the center, and on Aug. 3, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously voted that the building currently occupying 45-47 Park Place could be torn down in order to build Park51. Despite the lack of legal barriers, Rauf’s intentions continue to cause controversy because some people, such as former New York City firefighter Timothy Brown, believe that its proximity to ground zero would be

disrespectful to those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Brown argued in front of a trial court Tuesday that the city should prohibit construction.

“There is a small group of people in our country who are Islam-phobic and against anything we’ve tried to do,” Rauf said in an interview with The Chronicle. “They deliberately misrepresent our intentions and are the reason why people are misinformed.”

Junior Erica Nagi, an Arabic major, agreed with Rauf that the opposition may be ignorant of Rauf’s intentions for the center. She attended the event after receiving an e-mail from the Duke Islamic Studies Center, adding that she believed events like these promote important discussions on national debates.

“I was very pleased that Rauf was really interested in the education of the Western world about Islam and more interestingly, the education of Muslims about the Western world and other Western culture,” Nagi said. “I liked how he tied Park51 with something like the YMCA because it shows that we’ve already built centers like Park51. A lot of Americans don’t realize this because Islam is not a traditionally American thing.”

Rauf also spoke at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wednesday evening. He was met by 50 to 60 protesters from the Virginia-based Christian Action Network, a group strongly opposed to Rauf’s proposed center.

The protesters dispersed after approximately 20 minutes and did not create much of a scene, according to The Daily Tar Heel.

Although no protestors attended the lecture at Duke, Associate Dean for Religious Life Christy Lohr Sapp—who was part of the council that invited Rauf—received several angry phone calls about the event.

“I just tried to explain to the caller that he had a misrepresentation about Rauf,” she said. “[But] there is not much you can say to someone who thinks he is right.”

Lohr Sapp added that the forum was intended to show that people of different faith traditions can have meaningful conversations.

“I think it’s important for figures who might be controversial in the media to be given an opportunity to have others engage with them,” she said.

Rauf echoed Lohr Sapp’s sentiments by highlighting the importance of speaking with college-age students on his tour.

“The youth is an important part of our future,” Rauf said. “College campuses are where people are educated and where you bequeath learnings of previous generations to future generations.”

The main emphasis of both this event and his tour is to clarify the distinction between moderate Muslims and extremist Muslims, a difference that many people fail to see, he said.

“The real battlefront is not between Islam and America or Christians and Muslims,” Rauf said. “The battle is between moderates of all nationalities versus extremists. Extremists fuel each other and sustain each other, and it’s a vicious cycle.”

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