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Two buildings on East vandalized early Saturday by Kelly Scurry THE CHRONICLE

Vandals sprayed graffiti paint on Lilly Library and Wilson Residence Hall on East Campus early Saturday morning. Lilly librarians said someone called the Duke University Police Department and reported the damage at approximately 2 a.m. Saturday. The graffiti was on the columns in front of the library as well as the front door and entrance of Wilson. University staff removed the graffiti Monday morning. One of the six pillars of Lilly Library read, “F—k Jesus,” and “More Public Sex,” was written across three of the other pillars. The back of one pillar read “God is a Lie.” DUPD Chief John Dailey said instances of vandalism are not uncommon on East Campus or on most college campuses. Dailey said the vandalism of the library and the residence hall were likely related, adding that DUPD investigators are trying to determine the identity of the perpetrators and obtain more information about the acts. He added that although perpetrators are often not caught, Lilly Library has a video surveillance system. In the event that the perpetrators are students, they would be referred to the Office of Student Conduct, said Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek. “There are no typical sanctions in these affairs,” Wasiolek said. “Generally an investigation would be conducted by the Office of Student Conduct, and a decision is based on statements from the accused See vandalism on page 4

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DSG president candidates Isaac Mizrahi, Ashley Jordan and Pete Schork answer questions on policy priorities at a debate in the Great Hall Monday.

Candidates debate campus issues by Yeshwanth Kandimalla THE CHRONICLE

The three candidates vying for the Duke Student Government presidency addressed students two days before the election. Ashley Jordan, Central Campus representative on Campus Council; Isaac Mizrahi, an at-large DSG senator for residence life and dining; and DSG Executive Vice President Pete Schork, all juniors, presented their opinions and platforms to a group of more than 40 students in a pre-election debate Monday night. The debate, which took place in the Great Hall, was moderated by sophomore Cory Adkins, incoming chair of The Chronicle’s independent editorial board. The debate consisted of two question-and-answer segments. During the first part, Adkins posed a single question to the three candidates, who each had two minutes to respond. The second segment began in the same manner, and the other two candidates then had one minute each to offer a rebuttal or

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commentary on the first candidate’s initial response. The questions touched on topics such as the West Union Building renovations, the house model and Duke’s global expansion into Kunshan, China, as well as the general management of DSG. Although all candidates agreed that DSG needs to be a more effective representative of the student body, they differed in their policy priorities and approaches to various campus issues. The candidates focused on particular campus issues especially during the second segment, though they spent a significant amount of time discussing matters internal to DSG. As the only candidate currently not part of DSG, Jordan said she has a better perspective on how to reform the organization. “When Walmart decided that they wanted to beat Target, they got a person from Target,” she said. “If DSG wants to become a better organization, why not get someone See debate on page 5

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Schork looks to increase Candidates take different student stakeholder voice approaches to EVP role by Anna Koelsch

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Junior Pete Schork has come a long way as a student advocate since middle school when he worked to fix broken water fountains. Schork, who served as Duke Student Government executive vice president this year, is now running for DSG president with the same student-advocate spirit that shaped his formative years. “DSG might be the student voice, but we’re never going to be the direct stakeholders for most interests,” Schork said. “My vision is one where students are brought into DSG through ongoing conversations and empowered in ways they haven’t been before.”

Two candidates are vying to be the second-highest ranking officer of Duke Student Government. Sophomore Gurdane Bhutani, vice president for student affairs, and freshman Patrick Oathout, an academic affairs senator and rules committee member, are currently in the running for DSG executive vice president. The candidates represent opposing viewpoints on DSG priorities and how the executive vice president can help to achieve them. One of Bhutani’s top priorities if elected would be to reevaluate the role itself. He said he would like to change the position, which currently deals primarily

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Junior Pete Schork, current executive vice president, hopes to further incorporate student voice into DSG.

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“She wanted nothing more to do with her future. She wanted nothing to do with the world.”

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with the internal affairs of DSG, to one focused more on policy. “Not only will [changing the role] improve the Senate’s efficiency, but it will also allow the [executive vice president] to work on issues that really matter to the student body,” Bhutani said. “It’s silly for someone who has built strong relationships with administrators to give that up and work on internal issues.” The internal issues usually dealt with by the executive vice president would be delegated to the president pro tempore—a position that has potential but is currently underutilized, Bhutani said. Three policy issues are particularly See evp on page 6

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Chai’s to move Group elects new chairs Gordon, Moore after contract disagreements duke university student dining advisory committee

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Fans of Chai’s Noodle Bar and Bistro may soon have to venture outside of Erwin Terrace to get their favorite noodle dishes. Chai’s will likely be relocating to a new space in the very near future, restaurant manager Jeff Javier said. Though the terms outlining the restaurant’s lease completion were established Saturday, Javier said specific plans for a departure date and new location have not yet been arranged. The move is the outcome of a five-month negotiation process with the restaurant’s property owners, Erwin Terrace LLC, regarding the restaurant’s lease in Erwin Terrace. Discussions surrounding lease renewals began in November, said Chai’s owner Jimmy Chhay. After conflicts regarding the length of the lease—Erwin Terrace LLC was negotiating for a five-year contract while Chai’s requested a shorter one—Chhay said the management group informed the restaurant in January that they had signed with a different restaurant that was willing to commit to a longer lease. Despite the terms outlined by Erwin Terrace LLC Saturday, Chhay said the restaurant does not plan on proceeding with relocation until forced to do so. “We’ve been going back and forth with the landlord and the management here and we’ve made it clear to them that we don’t want to move anywhere,” he said. “We’re waiting for the landlord to make the next move and then we’re going to challenge it... it’s a whole legal process.” Erwin Terrace LLC Manager Luke Everett said

The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee elected junior Jane Moore and sophomore Beth Gordon as its new co-chairs during its meeting Monday night. The newly elected co-chairs, who ran unopposed, will assume their positions in the Fall. Gordon joined DUSDAC in Spring 2010 and Moore has been a member of the committee since Fall 2010. Moore was not present at the meeting as she is currently studying abroad in Luxembourg. Current co-Chairs Alex Klein and Andrew Schreiber, both seniors, said they are excited about the new leadership, which will bring complementary strengths to the committee. Klein, former online editor for The Chronicle, said good co-chairs must network with students and administrators and have a sense for what issues are most pressing for DUSDAC to address—characteristics possessed by both committee members. “They are both extremely enthusiastic about the work we do,” Klein said. “Beth is very organized and dependable, and she will be able to really keep the group running smoothly. Jane is wildly creative.” Schrieber said the pair stepped up as leaders this year

and have a good vision for the future of Duke Dining. Gordon said she ran for the position because she wanted to take more of a leadership role in the organization. She said one of her main goals was to reemphasize DUSDAC’s role as a liaison between students and Dining. She noted that with possible venue changes in the West Union Building and McClendon Tower, students will have the opportunity to shape the direction of Duke Dining—a chance she wants students to recognize. “Students aren’t aware of the power that they yield in the process,” she noted. Looking back at his own two terms as co-chair, Klein said he was most proud of the way the group has become increasingly efficient and visible. He added that one of the committee members’ most important functions in the future will be as student advocates amid Duke Dining’s efforts to reduce its $2.2 million deficit. In other business: Freshman Ben Shantz, a Duke Student Government athletics and campus services senator, proposed an event See dusdac on page 5

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The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee named new co-chairs, junior Jane Moore and sophomore Beth Gordon, at its meeting Monday.

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student and whether or not the student has a past disciplinary record.” In regard to whether or not the act was a joke or may have had a more serious intent, Wasiolek said it was impossible to know without making assumptions. If the act was committed by a non-student, the case would be transferred to the Durham Police Department, and Duke University would decide whether to prosecute. Kelley Lawton, head librarian at Lilly Library, said she was disappointed by Saturday’s incident. “This is the second time this semester that graffiti was sprayed along [the columns and the front of the building],” Lawton said, adding that the graffiti on the building earlier in the Spring was very blurry and difficult to read. Dailey said DUPD would appreciate anyone who has any information regarding the incident to come forward.

despite the difficulty in agreeing on negotiation outlines, the procedure did not begin differently than most leaserenewal discussions. Landlords benefit from longer leases, Everett explained, which was why the group had originally proposed a five-year plan. “[A long-term lease] gives the landlord a lot more stability and confidence,” Everett said. “There’s nothing worse than having an empty store front, and a longer lease guarantees that that won’t happen that much.” Everett said Erwin Terrace LLC generally chooses tenants based on their offered rent prices, financial stability, lease length and their synchronicity with the other property tenants, adding that, for the newly selected restaurant, the process had been no different. He said, however, that “all things being equal, we always favor an existing tenant.” Though Javier and Chhay both suggested that the business replacing Chai’s would be an “Indian restaurant,” Everett declined to comment on specifically who would fill the space. Javier said Chai’s is looking to stay relatively close to its current location, as students make up the restaurant’s largest customer base. He added that the bistro still plans on delivering to students through the Merchants on Points program once a new venue is established.

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A University staff member (top) cleans up graffiti painted Saturday on the columns of Lilly Library on East Campus. Wilson Residence Hall was similarly vandalized. The Chronicle has blurred out a portion of the lower photo due to its offensive nature.

“We’re looking at Ninth Street, Erwin Square—just pretty much a new home somewhere close to the University and [Duke] Hospital,” Javier said. Chai’s has been located in Erwin Terrace for six years. It is one of 12 commercial tenants in the location, along with various office spaces. Everett said there have only been three previous property turnovers since the company took ownership of the space. “We’ve always been fans of the restaurant and we at all times really wanted Chai’s to stay where it is—that was our intent when we went into this,” Everett said. “We definitely wish that it had worked out with Chai’s, but we couldn’t come to an agreement.”

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Chai’s Noodle Bar & Bistro will likely move to a new location near Duke after difficulty in negotiating a new lease.

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schork from page 1 In order to reinvigorate student body interest and involvement in DSG, Schork plans to change the way DSG collaborates with student groups. He wants to send senators to group meetings, identify ways in which DSG can be a resource to students and recommend policy changes to the Senate based on student interests. Schork—who served as vice president for athletics and campus services as a sophomore and a senator for athletics and campus services as a freshman—said DSG should have a partnership with student groups to make tangible changes to campus life. One example he outlined was a potential collaboration between DSG and Blue Devils United to expand gender-neutral housing beyond Central Campus. “The way you can make incremental changes to campus culture is to bring stu-

dent stakeholder groups to the table and chart a path for what kind of advantageous paths we can pursue in alliance with one another,” Schork said. He also plans to improve the way non-DSG affiliated students help create policy. Schork said he aims to create committees chaired by cabinet-level positions that include students, faculty and DSG members to best understand the perspectives of each individual group of people within the student body. “I hope to create a DSG operating model where we incorporate students,” Schork said. “You can attempt to include students as much as you want, but until you put it into the bylaws, it won’t be powerful.” As president, Schork plans to focus on the future renovation of the West Union Building and the transition from the quadrangle model to the house model. He would use committees to make sure the relevant student groups involved are incorporated into discussions about these two changes.

West Union should serve as a communal focal point, Schork said, and its renovation should create a better dining culture, adding that he would make sure to include organizations affected by the renovations in the conversation—such as the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life and the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. In addition, Schork said he would ensure that stakeholders are involved in discussions about the house model transition, which he said is a good opportunity to create social autonomy for independents and women as it will minimize the prioritization of fraternities and selective living groups. He also noted that as president he would advocate for areas DSG does not traditionally focus on, such as securing performance space for dance and arts groups. Junior Kaveh Danesh, vice president for academic affairs, worked with Schork on the DSG executive board this year and said Schork has worked hard as executive vice president,

exceeding the expectations of what the role is. “I have... been extremely impressed with Pete’s ability as a motivator,” Danesh wrote in an email. “He is someone who knows exactly what you need to hear, someone who effuses a contagious sense of enthusiasm for his work, someone who will help those around him discover what they have to offer and harness that power.” DSG President Mike Lefevre, a senior, has also worked closely with Schork the last two years. Lefevre noted that Schork’s “fierce work ethic” since his freshman year has prepared him to take on the role of president, and added that Schork has become a “household name” at Duke. “What I appreciate about Pete is that he’s been working for students since his first day here,” Lefevre said. “He’s among the hardest workers on DSG. He’s realistic and understands what it actually takes to affect change on campus—that wisdom comes from the fact that he’s been doing this for three years.”

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for freshmen during orientation that would introduce students to on-campus dining options. The event, which would ideally take place in Wallace Wade Stadium, would be a part of New Devil’s Night, which offered free food from off-campus vendors this year. Shantz hopes to offer meals from on-campus venues in order to introduce students to menu options at Duke other than the Marketplace. Among the restaurants listed on the preliminary proposal are The Tower, the Sanford Deli and Blue Express. Details of the event are still preliminary, but Shantz said he has received support from other DSG senators and Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst.

from Campus Council?” Jordan named the new house model as one of the most important issues facing Duke students. Creating a fair process to determine initial housing assignments will be one of her priorities, she said. “This is a real point where the Duke student body could come together and figure out something because the administration does seem open to suggestions,” she said. In response to an opening question, Mizrahi said he chose to run for DSG president to increase the group’s accountability to students. Mizrahi cited results from the recent DSG Survey Commission that showed that 76 percent of students polled did not believe that DSG represented students effectively— a number he said was “unacceptable.” Mizrahi said he would bring a student voice

to campus issues, such as the renovation of West Union. He wants to advocate for groups whose current meeting spaces, such as the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture and the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life, would be relocated. “They are not moving around space— they are moving people’s homes,” Mizrahi said. “When you start to meddle with those things... you don’t really realize the lasting effects you have on people’s attitudes toward the administration.” As a member of the DSG executive board, Schork believes he will be a strong advocate for students’ needs. “The administrator’s default position... is not to accommodate us. It’s to not accommodate us at all,” he said. “It’s very important to have an active and passionate student advocate as your DSG president.” In response to a question about the planned Duke campus in Kunshan, Schork

said the expansion presents an important opportunity for the University to develop its brand internationally. He added that it should mirror changes to how global interests are handled in Durham. “By establishing our brand abroad... we’re creating greater demand for international students to come to Duke,” Schork said. “I would advocate... to create a fiveyear strategic plan for international financial aid and create a committee within DSG for this purpose this year.” Freshman Justin Leder, who attended the event, said the structure of the debate did not permit the candidates to speak extensively on each issue, but it helped that the candidates’ platforms were online. “I think [the candidates] touched on all the big issues,” he said. “But I wish they had gone into more depth in discussing their platforms and spent less time on DSG philosophy.”

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evp from page 1 important to Bhutani: financial aid reform, the house model transition and the student conduct resolution process. Bhutani would like to make allocation standards for financial aid more transparent for students and increase work-study jobs and available aid options for international students. Bhutani said he believes the financial aid advisory committee that he created this year to incorporate the student perspective prepared him for improving aid policy. To ensure housing equity during the transition from the quad model to the house model, Bhutani wants to reassess the Residential Group Assessment Committee and empower both independent and affiliated students. Bhutani also wants to focus on changing the way administrators and DSG deal with student conduct issues. He said the current process is ambiguous because students can be punished without justification. Bhutani

hopes to create a Bill of Student Rights to guarantee certain protections throughout the conduct process. “If you look at communication from top administrators, it is only in times that we’ve done something terribly wrong,” Bhutani said. “There are very few avenues for interacting with those running the University.” DSG President Mike Lefevre, a senior, said Bhutani’s leadership has “radically transformed” during his tenure as vice president for student affairs. “You look for dependable people on DSG, people who haven’t lost their creativity,” Lefevre said. “[Bhutani is] one of the people I can count on most.” Oathout said he decided to run for executive vice president because of his passion for the functions of the role itself. “I really just love the formalist, internal coordination that [the position] requires,” Oathout said. “I think it’s a position that I would do really well at.” Oathout supports the DSG constitu-

tional definition of the role of executive vice president, whose main responsibilities include presiding over the Senate and convening and chairing meetings. If elected, Oathout wants to make DSG more accessible to students who want to participate. He said the election process and the closed-off nature of the organization are intimidating for students who wish to take part. He also wants to re-emphasize the importance of parliamentary procedure during Senate meetings, adding that his experience in high school student congress taught him how following parliamentary procedure greatly increases meeting efficiency. Oathout believes he has the ability to transform ideas into substantive action. “My policies and platform are really focused and feasible,” Oathout said. “When I come up with an idea, I am looking for the result at the end.” As executive vice president, he said he will use his results-oriented approach to help senators realize their legislative goals. As a senator,

Oathout has worked on a variety of legislation, including reforming the DSG attendance policy and the residential bylaw amendments. Promoting institutional collaboration between student governments from neighboring institutions—such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University—would be one of his top priorities. “If we want to improve relations with Durham—since some argue that relations are strained—it’s important to have collaboration with N.C. Central, where almost half of Durham college students attend,” Oathout said. Senior Joe Catapano, senator for academic affairs, said Oathout has the technical savvy and leadership ability to successfully serve as executive vice president. “Patrick’s really a go-getter,” Catapano said. “He saw things in the Senate that he didn’t think worked from a rules perspective, and he worked to change them. I don’t know if I have seen someone who has hit the Senate floor that fast.”

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Sophomore Gurdane Bhutani, the current vice president for student affairs, wants to revamp the executive vice president role to focus more on policy rather than the internal workings of Duke Student Government.

Freshman Patrick Oathout, an academic affairs senator and rules committee member, looks to use parliamentary procedure to improve the Senate’s efficiency and take a a results-oriented approach to leadership.

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Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series spotlighting the connection between the NBA and Duke Basketball. Today, Harrison Comfort writes about the many Duke alums currently occupying jobs in NBA front offices. Tomorrow, The Chronicle looks into why Duke has its large presence in professional basketball and Thursday, the focus moves to the future of Duke basketball players entering the 2011-12 season. Duke may have the second-most active players in the National Basketball Association this year, but the school’s influence extends far beyond the court. A general manager, the second-most powerful man in the NBA and even the executive who helped bring together the Miami Duke in Heat’s coveted trio all graduated from Duke. All have greatly inthe NBA: fluenced today’s brand of professional basketball—without ever even wearing an NBA uniform. Part 1 “Duke students have a great reputation in this league,” said NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, who graduated in 1984 with a degree in political science. “The number of Duke students who now work in the league is impressive.... It makes me feel great as a Duke alum that we can

make such an enormous contribution to the NBA and are so well respected not just on the floor, but in executive positions as well.” One of those alumni in an executive position is Billy King, captain of the 1988 Final Four team. After starting out in broadcasting for ESPN, King soon took to working in NBA front offices, eventually earning the top position for the New Jersey Nets. There, he manages players, coaches and team personnel. With old friends in similar positions, like former All-American teammate Danny Ferry—the Vice President of Basketball Operations for the San Antonio Spurs—King has found that he constantly seems to reconnect with Duke graduates in his line of work. One recent example came during trade negotiations when the Nets acquired All-NBA point guard Deron Williams in March. Williams needed a place to live after he was traded, and King connected with friends from his Duke days who work in New Jersey real estate to find accommodations for his new point guard. “A lot of the people I met while at Duke, I feel I have a great relationship with and have come to interact with them,” King said. Like King, Silver also held a passion for basketball as an undergraduate at See nba on page 8

An open letter to Kyrie Irving Dear Kyrie, Go pro. Seriously. Declare for the NBA draft, hire an agent, pick out a nice suit and start practicing to look surprised when your name is one of the first to be called by Commissioner David Stern in June. I mean, what’s there to lose? Sure, some of the Cameron Crazies will implore Chris you to consider your legacy as a Blue Devil, to remember the history of the great Duke players before you who went on to successful NBA careers. They’ll probably name drop the likes of Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill and Shane Bat-

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tier, all guys who won NCAA titles before noteworthy careers in the pros (in spite of playing three seasons or more under one of basketball’s greatest coaches). Don’t follow in the footsteps of William Avery, you’ll be warned; he made the wise decision to leave Duke after his sophomore year, and use the NBA as a stepping stone to an illustrious career in Europe. Don’t let those comparisons get you down, though, even if Avery did get the privilege of watching from the sidelines as his former college teammates celebrated a national championship. Plus, sticking around and winning a fifth national title for the Blue Devils is just selfish, even if you haven’t ever won one yourself. Think about it: Cameron is courtney douglas/The Chronicle

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Kyrie Irving should go pro, Chris Cusack writes, because winning a national championship is “selfish.”

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When head coach Mike Krzyzewski won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, Nick Arison was right there. and Duke associate head coaches Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski joined Team U.S.A., Arison found himself in familiar territory. “When Coach K took over, I already had a relationship with both groups that had come together, and it was a seamless transition,” Arison said. “It was a lot of fun to be around those guys on a day-to day basis and we reminisced a lot.... The Duke basketball family is like my home away from home—it was nice to be able to spend so much time with them.” And while that Duke basketball family will continue to make an impact on the floor in the NBA, the university’s alumni also wield considerable influence off the court, from the Commissioner’s office to the United States national team, creating a kind of basketball fraternity, the Heat executive explained. “There are tons of us,” Arison said. “We are everywhere.” Andy Moore contributed reporting.

teammate would be center Anderson Varejao, the reallife equivalent of Sideshow Bob, whose curly locks will be a comedic distraction from his lack of on-court abilalready full of national championship banners, and adding ity. Trust me, you’ll need to actively search for reasons to one of your own would ruin the symmetry in the rafters. smile playing on the perimeter with an overweight Baron Sure, you’ll give up your chance to be remembered as one Davis, who was shipped out of Los Angeles because he of Duke’s all-time greatest basketball players, but I bet if you was so out of shape that his owner started heckling him. asked Christian Laettner, he would tell you that fans don’t Or you could end up in Toronto, affectionately remember collegiate legacies anyway. Well, at least until he dubbed years ago The City Where Basketball was Sintries to visit Kentucky, where his likeness is still routinely gle-Handedly Killed by Vince Carter. In fact, the Rapburned in effigy on the anniversary of “The Shot.” tors’ website is already looking forward to your debut And if you’re still not season, advertising the convinced, remember that “lowest season seat prices if you go pro, you might not ever” in 2011-12. Playing even have to play next year! for the Sacramento Kings Who really wants to play, is another option, though anyway? Sure, you won’t get I hear the franchise is still paid any of that major conpreoccupied with getting tract that you’d sign as a top their Tim Donaghy-scandraft pick, but at least you dalized 2003 Western Conwon’t have to endure the ference title back from the grind of professional sports. Lakers. Some of those same haters That’s all there is to from before will probably consider. Rest assured, call it a wasted season, as you’ll never regret leavEurope will probably be the ing Duke after just one only place to play in the inyear, never wonder what terim, but that won’t affect might have been if you your NBA salary. As long as stuck around to play with the rookie salary structure the nation’s No. 2-ranked stays the same, that is. recruiting class, which Plus, just think of the by the way includes your NBA franchises you could longtime friend and teampossibly play for! While the mate Austin Rivers. It’s reNBA Draft lottery hasn’t ally a no-brainer. happened yet, the CleveI look forward to your land Cavaliers are the frontannouncement, even if you runners after enduring an ignore my advice and stay in addison corriher/Chronicle file photo NBA-record 26-game losing school, er, I mean, go pro. streak this season. With the Declaring for the NBA Draft could mean either sitting out a year with Sincerely, Cavs, your most talented no basketball, or playing for a team like the Cavaliers or Raptors. Chris Cusack

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Vote Schork for president When students vote for cision to absorb the residential next year’s Duke Student policy-making council. Government president toWe were struck by Mizrahi’s morrow, they will choose genuine passion for cultural among three vastly different groups, Tailgate reform and candidates. an assortment of other issues. Junior Isaac Mizrahi accused Mizrahi, a repast student editorial cently appointleaders of failing ed residence life and dining to recognize DSG’s potential senator, has positioned him- clout, and we wholeheartedly self as an impassioned student agree with his claim that too government outsider who will many student body presidents advocate on behalf of a diverse come to view administrative range of cultural and social contacts as personal role modgroups. Executive Vice Presi- els rather than peers. dent Pete Schork, a junior, is a But Mizrahi’s rhetoric too long-time DSG representative often devolved into a disorgawho brings pragmatism and nized rant. In many areas his levelheadedness to the field. passion came at the expense And junior Ashley Jordan, a of substantive thinking. For Central Campus representative example, his suggestion that to Campus Council, is running students should be punished a campaign fueled primarily by if they attend Tailgate and her frustration with DSG’s de- skip the football game is il-

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will make an excellent symbolic leader, we are equally confident in his ability to exercise formal leadership over the DSG Senate and cabinet. In particular, he aims to provide mentorship to individual senators and involve more members of the executive council and the cabinet in the lobbying process. Schork’s self-awareness mitigates our concerns about his presidency. He showed cognizance of the fact that he will encounter skepticism as a “DSG lifer.” And, on the problem of administrative roadblocks, Schork offered the most innovative proposal we have seen: Use DSG’s relationship with the Board of Trustees to go over the heads of the administration when they disregard students’ concerns. This goal should be faithfully pursued.

Schork still has much to prove. He must show that he can be more than an aggregator for students’ concerns, especially those of minority groups. And we hope he will shed his calm demeanor and adopt a more ardent tone when the situation demands it. But Schork’s experience and strategic skills make him the best candidate by a wide margin over the reckless Mizrahi and the unknowledgeable Jordan. With full confidence and measured optimism, The Chronicle’s independent Editorial Board formally endorses Pete Schork for DSG president. Precious Lockhart and Katherine Zhang recused themselves due to their roles in DSG.

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omorrow are the Duke Student Govern- of appointees. This is an unashamed spoils system, ment elections. And you should vote. Duke-style, and one can only hope that these parts But only once you’ve finished reading of the platforms are for campaign use only. this column. Sadly, Jordan’s platform is as vague as it is short. AlI’ve collected the platforms of the three candi- though she alone seems serious about my pet project, dates for DSG president—Ashley Jora strategic plan for DSG, many of her dan, Isaac Mizrahi and Pete Schork— other ideas are too nebulous, like and pored over them. Today, you’re “increasing student voice,” or recygoing to get a little summary and analycled from previous years, like “more sis, longer on critique than on praise. e-print stations.” Having spent most Last week I wrote that a good DSG of her time in student governance president should have perseverance in on Campus Council, I am surprised the face of adversity, the ability to adapt that the house model, which should to unforeseen circumstances and the gregory morrison rank at the top of each candidate’s perception to seize opportunities when platform, is given only a single bullet finish the thought point. Totally absent are mentions of they present themselves. I also said that we shouldn’t evaluate the candidates the coming renovations to the West based on what they promise us in their platforms. Union or to the Page and Baldwin Auditoriums. So why did I go through such trouble getting the Jordan isn’t the only candidate to make serious platforms and writing a column about them? Plat- omissions. Mizrahi’s platform, like Jordan’s, makes forms speak volumes about how candidates think almost no mention of academics, even though about policy. They also should be pretty clear state- DSG has an entire vice presidency dedicated to it. ments of priorities. So if you are interested in what the He also neglects to mention his plan for getting next DSG president thinks is important, then you’ve rid of the so-called “emergency” dining fee. got to take a look at the candidates’s platforms. The candidates also use their platforms to give I believe that Duke Student Government ought us hints as to how they intend to work with adminto be guided by two paramount objectives: first, istrators. Mizrahi seems downright confrontationincrease student freedom and choice, and second, al. Not only does he strike a defiant tone regardreduce costs to students. How do the candidates ing Tailgate, but he also lets everyone know that, think about those goals? What strategies do they should he be elected, there will be a new sheriff in articulate to achieve them? town when it comes to RLHS. It’s certainly good to The candidates’s platforms are vastly different in have a president who isn’t afraid to say “No!” But if length: from Jordan’s three pages, to Mizrahi’s 11 I were in the Allen Building, I might be more worpages, to Schork’s 31 pages. They have some things ried about Schork’s approach. Schork has a good in common. They all take swipes at current DSG grasp of one of DSG’s special strengths, its instiPresident Mike Lefevre. Jordan critiques Lefevre’s re- tutional access to the Board of Trustees. Schork decoration of the DSG office, costing about $6,000, threatens no fewer than three times to go over the as “unnecessary and frivolous spending.” Mizrahi, in heads of administrators to the trustees. This apan ironic turn of phrase, critiques Lefevre’s handing proach certainly has value, but the DSG president of Tailgate: “DSG left its students hanging out to dry must be careful about this. You don’t want DSG to once administrators decided to end Tailgate.... Tak- win a battle but lose the war. ing into account how beloved Tailgate was by some Schork wishes to write a strategic plan for dinstudents, DSG’s response seemed to lack any heart.” ing (perhaps the best way to get rid of that troubleEven Schork, a longtime protege of Lefevre, notes some fee), dedicates a significant amount of space that he will approach the so-called “emergency” din- to reforming Curriculum 2000, and has a clear ing fee differently next year in order “to prevent this approach to how students should be involved in year’s negotiating collapse from happening.” the implementation of the house model. Based on Schork and Mizrahi hand out cabinet posts like platforms alone, Schork seems to have done the so many pieces of candy. How happy this must make most thinking about what needs fixing at Duke. campus interest groups! Mizrahi would have posts But, again, it’s not all about the platforms. for 15 student groups or identity centers. Schork is Please vote responsibly. almost as bad, promising cabinet posts for LGBT life, women’s life, religious life, multicultural life Gregory Morrison is a Trinity senior and the former and greek life. Schork’s scheme would see these Executive Vice President of DSG. His column runs evfunctionaries presiding over their own committees ery Tuesday.

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Depression hurts

he stood on the third floor of Few tower looking down. It really wasn’t that high, not as high as she had anticipated. The ground below her seemed to draw closer as she examined it. It wasn’t gray concrete, as she had hoped, but grass. That would reduce the impact of falling. She thought about it. A slight breeze whistled through the window. If she jumped, would she die? That was the day Jane, whose name I changed to protect her identity, contemplated taking her life. It was an autumn afternoon; bright colored leaves were just beginning to fall. For any other person walking by Few Quadrangle, it would have just been another day in the Fall semester. For Jane, it was one of the most painful days of her life. Rationality and emotion rui dai raged in her head. She knew a picture’s worth she didn’t lead a bad life. She had food, shelter, an education, youth; it was more than what a majority of the world could claim. Jane should be happy. But she wasn’t. She found no joy in her friendships. She saw no future in her education. She mustered no ambition. She saw only an impending doom of inevitable complacency that she dreaded with each passing day. She felt insignificant and transient. Her relationships were superficial and her academics irrelevant. Every time she was alone, she wanted to cry. She wanted nothing more to do with her future. She wanted nothing to do with the world. She wanted to die. Depression hurts. Most of us have heard that line before. It is the foursyllable-phrase used on a commercial for Cymbalta, an anti-depressant medication. The images in the commercial appear so distant and irrelevant to the animated lives we lead here at Duke. Yet the phrase captures events that are surprisingly relevant to our lives and those around us. Depression exists at Duke. But it is hidden. Jane is normally a very sunny girl. Even during her depression, she always had a kind word or a funny story. As she climbed down Few tower, she plastered a smile on her face the moment she encountered someone. She didn’t want anyone to know. She wanted to hide, just as she desperately wanted to blink away the tears. Until now, no one knew about her depression, not even her closest friends. Jane had never talked about it, except with Counseling and Psychological Services and her parents. She had always kept it to herself, sealed away from the eyes of the world. But it shouldn’t be that way. Depression hurts, but it doesn’t have to be suffered alone. Depression is an illness that can be relieved with help and support. Many believe that most cases of depression are caused by chemical imbalance in the brain, such as a reduced amount of serotonin production. It is not incurable. With the right amount of medication and/or societal support, depression can be alleviated. Abraham Lincoln, among other prominent figures in world history, experienced deep depression and has successfully worked through it to accomplish great things. CAPS is helping Jane get through her depression, and we can do so much more for her and others. As a community of students, we can provide an even better network of support. It’s global health week here at Duke. While we help fight AIDS and malnourishment around the world, we should also look closer to campus at the mental health of those around us. Depression can affect anyone—your best friend, your hallmate, the person sitting next to you in class.... It can affect you. While we are off providing the world with global health, we shouldn’t neglect the friends around us who might be in equally dire need of a different kind of help. When you go about your daily schedule, don’t just walk by with a quick, “How are you?” Instead make time for a real inquiry into someone’s day. Listen—carefully. Look past the strained smile and have a genuine conversation. Show that you care. Show the people around you that they matter. Make someone smile. I’m forever thankful that Jane didn’t decide to jump. And I sincerely hope that with our collective efforts, we can help prevent similar events in the future. We are agents of change. Depression hurts, but we can help. Rui Dai is a Trinity sophomore. Her column runs every other Tuesday.

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endorsements Vote Schork, Habashi and Swain It doesn’t take a two-month long DukeEngage experience to figure out that civic engagement is an institutional priority here at Duke. From student organizations to service-learning classes to living groups, social action is fundamentally rooted in campus culture. As a result, our incoming DSG president should not only be familiar with student engagement but also understand how it could be improved. In the opinion of the Duke Partnership for Service, Pete Schork is the best candidate to better social action on campus. As a former participant of the Hart Leadership SOL program, Schork understands the natural connection between civic engagement and academia— he aims to highlight and expand the reflective role of service-learning programs across Duke. While we know social action won’t headline his agenda, Schork has demonstrated support for student-led social action as EVP— just last week, he provided constructive feedback on the generation of a DSG student activism fund. Though Isaac Mizrahi possesses a genuine passion for student advocacy and Ashley Jordan brings a compassion for service to the table, we believe Schork better understands how to help students create social change. For the VP for student life position, we were impressed by Michael Habashi’s familiarity with Duke’s institutional shortcomings in civic engagement via the Klein-Wells report and his interest in furthering a culture of social action at Duke. Ebonie Simpson is a tremendously qualified and compelling candidate—however, since the issue of civic engagement is by nature nebulous, we wished her proposal for “action-based focus groups” was more concrete in terms of focus and structure. Though Alexandra Swain is unopposed for VP for Durham and regional affairs, we would like to pledge our support after she proactively approached us with ideas for student engagement in Durham. Sanjay Kishore, Trinity ’13 Lauren Vernon, Trinity ’13 Charles West, Trinity ’13 Executive Board Members, Duke Partnership for Service Vote Schork for president, Lieu for VP for ASE Environmental Alliance endorses Pete Schork for DSG president. We are confident that Schork’s extensive knowledge, experience and passion will allow him to facilitate lasting progress toward campus environmental sustainability. Schork’s platform includes well thoughtout initiatives to increase the accessibility of bikes and to improve sustainability in dining and waste, but his strongest asset by far is his ability to attain results. Schork displays an unparalleled understanding of both DSG and the administration, and through his previous DSG leadership roles he has already demonstrated that he can set and achieve short-term and long-term goals. Due to his thorough qualifications and his intent to work closely with the Student Environment and Sustainability Committee, we believe that Schork can accomplish a range of sustainability initiatives above and beyond what he has laid out in his platform. Although we support Isaac Mizrahi’s platform for a more outreach-focused DSG, we do not feel that Mizrahi has the same potential as Schork to bring these ideas to fruition. For DSG vice president for athletics, services and environment, Environmental Alliance endorses Christina Lieu. While both candidates demonstrate a solid record of environmental accomplishment and a clear vision for the position’s environmental component, we feel that Lieu benefits from more comprehensive experience with environmental issues at Duke and more developed ideas on how to implement new initiatives. We also note that regardless of the results of this election, DSG’s official incorporation of the environment into this position represents a commendable acknowledgement of campus environmental concerns. Ben Soltoff, Trinity ’12 Co-president, Duke Environmental Alliance Mikael Owunna, Pratt ’12 Co-president, Duke Environmental Alliance Vote Mizrahi, Oathout, Osa and Simpson Challenges exist for females at Duke. As both the largest student organization and women’s organization on campus, the Duke Panhellenic community continues to work to strengthen its voice to advocate and empower

our women—and women in the greater Duke community—to confront these challenges. We have identified two key criteria for DSG candidates: knowledge about diversity in the Duke community and demonstrated strong desire for unity within it. Therefore, it is not necessarily essential to elect candidates that are experts in greek, but instead who align with Panhel’s mission. As such, we are honored to endorse Isaac Mizrahi for DSG president and Patrick Oathout for DSG executive vice president. Isaac Mizrahi has demonstrated a commitment to serving Duke’s diverse population in both race and gender. Most relevantly, Mizrahi served the Greek Women’s Initiative, in which he played an integral part in addressing women issues such as ending progressives. In addition, Mizrahi uniquely offers solid student-administrator relationships across campus, versus politician-administrator relationships, representing a new point of view that our campus needs. His plan to turn DSG office hours into “out of office hours,” evidences his fresh approach. Patrick Oathout, despite being a freshman, has demonstrated an impressive knowledge of Duke’s community and the need for unity. Even before joinging a selective living group, Oathout reached out to the greek community last Fall to make Duke a better place. His platform is not only strategically impressive, it is also feasible and realistic. Rather than attempting to change the EVP position entirely, Oathout plans to use the established model of the position to accomplish goals such as forming internal committees. Additional endorsements include: Esosa Osa for VP for residential life and dining and Ebonie Simpson for VP for student life. Both women offered platforms evidencing their extensive knowledge and strategic plans for bettering the Duke experience for all. The Panhellenic Executive Council is confident that under these candidates’ powerful, personable leadership, we can continue to improve Duke. Jenny Ngo Trinity ’12 President, Duke Panhellenic Association Vote Schork for president As Diya’s executive board interviewed the candidates for DSG president, we found uniqueness and merit in the approach of each. Isaac Mizrahi was deeply aware of the disconnects between DSG and the broader student body; his entire approach reflected his sincere appreciation for diversity and desire to serve student organizations more fully. And Ashley Jordan offered an interesting proposal for DSG to add long-term planning to its responsibilities. Pete Schork, though, distinguished himself by both knowing DSG’s structure and dynamics deeply, and articulating concrete ways to better support student organizations. For example, although he admitted that he could not fundamentally change SOFC’s architecture for the coming year, he said that he could “soften up” SOFC’s funding requirements in order to allow a broader range of campus programming. And he showed that he was attuned to the desires of student groups to influence academic policy—an ongoing concern for Diya, whose 2008 South Asian Studies Initiative resulted in the approval of a certificate program in South Asian Studies this very year. Overall, it seemed that Pete had both the inside experience to understand DSG’s and the University’s power structures, alongside the perspective to drive constructive change. We are proud to endorse him for the presidency. That said, we encourage the entire student body to vote, wish all the candidates the best of luck and look forward to the election’s results. Karan Chhabra, Trinity ’11 Co-President of External Affairs, Duke Diya

Read the Inter-Greek Council’s endorsement “Vote Mizrahi for president and Oathout for EVP” online at dukechronicle.com

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