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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011

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Rubenstein Schork elected next DSG president Executive board election sees 49.2% voter turnout, a recent high lauds role of start-ups

by Taylor Doherty THE CHRONICLE

Duke Trustee David Rubenstein told students Wednesday that Duke must support entrepreneurs to remain a top institution in the coming decades in addition to the University’s focus on becoming increasingly global.

Rubenstein, Trinity ’70 as well as cofounder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, said leading universities must create a symbiotic relationship with students, providing both advice and support for student business and ideas. Entrepreneurial students will give back to their universities both through philanthropy and by creating businesses in their school’s surrounding area, he noted at the Entrepreneurship at Duke Education Series held at the Nasher Museum of Art. “The best universities are going to be ones which inspire people to try to do something different, to try to create something with their life, to try to create a new social entrepreneurial type of venture or business entrepreneurial venture,” Rubenstein said, citing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University as role models for Duke as it formalizes its entrepreneurship efforts.

Rubenstein chronicled his own path from an academically-minded undergraduate See rubenstein on page 8

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Sophomore Alex Swain, juniors Kaveh Danesh, Ebonie Simpson and Pete Schork, sophomore Gurdane Bhutani and juniors Esosa Osa and Christina Lieu.

by Sanette Tanaka THE CHRONICLE

Nearly half the student body elected the members of the DSG executive board yesterday, marking the highest voter turnout in a presidential election since 2006.

Junior Pete Schork was elected Duke Student Government president for the upcoming academic year. Schork received 1,920 votes, or 61.4 percent of the total, defeating juniors Isaac Mizrahi and Ashley Jordan, who received 33.5 and 4.1 percent of votes, respectively. Write-in candidates

comprised the remaining ballots, said DSG Attorney General Ryan Clark, a junior.

“It is truly an honor to represent our community next year,” Schork said. “It’s very humbling.”

A total of 3,206 undergraduates voted in the election, or 49.2 percent of the student body. Last year, DSG held one election for the president and executive vice president, which attracted 41.5 percent of the student body, and another for the vice presidential positions three weeks later, in which 26 percent of undergraduates voted.

Sophomore Gurdane Bhutani was elected executive vice president. Bhutani, currently the vice president for student affairs, received 65.6 percent of the total and defeated freshman Patrick Oathout, an academic affairs senator and rules committee member.

Schork and Bhutani will be joined on the executive board by junior Kaveh Danesh as vice president for academic affairs, junior Christina Lieu as vice See dsg on page 8

RLHS creates off-campus pre-lottery Irving declares

by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

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Juniors returning from abroad next Spring will likely be housed in K4. A pre-lottery will notify rising juniors of their off-campus status this Spring.

Rising juniors planning to go abroad will soon know whether they can live off campus on their return to Duke.

In response to a Nov. 4 recommendation by Campus Council, Residence Life and Housing Services will conduct an off-campus lottery system to allow students planning to go abroad in the Fall to be more confident about making off-campus living arrangements for their return.

The off-campus pre-lottery process will take place this month, M.J. Williams, director of housing accommodations, administration and finance for RLHS, confirmed in a Tuesday email.

“Having this information early will help students establish their living arrangements before leaving for study away,” Williams said.

Current sophomores officially enrolled in a study abroad program by April 15 will be eligible to participate in the pre-lottery and will be emailed about the option April 18, Williams said. Students wishing to live off campus must apply for the lottery by April 22 and will be notified of

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Kyrie Irving has declared for the NBA Draft and will hire an agent, head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement Wednesday.

“Our whole program is overjoyed with having Kyrie here for one year and that he has the chance now to pursue a dream of being a high draft pick and a great player in the NBA,” Krzyzewski said. “We are totally supportive of Kyrie, his family and his decision. We look forward to continuing to work with him during the upcoming Kyrie Irving months leading to his entry into the NBA and afterwards while he is an NBA player.”

Irving gave an interview to GoDuke.com after the announcement, and when he was asked what he

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No. 4 Duke topples No.3 North Carolina, Page 6

“He was a wonderful family man... and devoted to Duke.”

­—Barbara Anderson on the late John Friedrich. See obituary page 3

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An impending lockout could have consequences for the Blue Devils, Page 6

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Glenn Beck to transition Gadhafi’s generals using away from his program human shield tactics WASHINGTON D.C. — Glenn Beck will end his popular and often controversial daily program on the Fox News Channel later this year, Fox News and Beck’s production company said Wednesday.

Beck will “transition” away from Fox, with no specific end date for his 5 p.m. program, the news channel and Mercury Radio Arts, Beck’s company, said in a joint statement.

Beck and Mercury have occasionally clashed with Fox over the production of his program, and Beck’s controversial statements have driven away a number of corporate advertisers, despite the show’s ardent following.

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The shift in tactics has meant fewer targets for NATO warplanes, fueling complaints by rebels who say the quality of air support has plummeted since the United States turned over command of Libyan operations to NATO. Opposition leaders say Gadhafi’s forces are inflicting particularly heavy casualties on civilians in the rebel-held city of Misurata, where dug-in loyalists have been operating with little interference from NATO missiles and bombs.

NATO officials in Brussels acknowledged carrying out fewer strikes around Misurata because of fears of inadvertently killing civilians.

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Friedrich a Raikes pushes for risks in philanthropy ‘wonderful family man’

by Matt Barnett THE CHRONICLE

by Nicholas Schwartz THE CHRONICLE

John Friedrich, who served for 27 years as the chair of the health, physical education and recreation department at Duke, died April 2 at Duke Hospice. He was 87 years old.

Raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friedrich spent his youth heavily involved in sports and went on to earn a doctorate in health, physical education and recJohn Friedrich reation from Michigan State University before coming to Duke in 1964 to chair the department at Trinity College. As a teacher, Friedrich came in contact with countless students over the years, but according to his son, John Friedrich Jr., each one was special. “[He really] cared about other people and I believe as a teacher he really cared about the students at Duke,” his son said.

Friedrich arrived at Duke when Trinity College and the Woman’s College had separate faculties, but took charge of both departments when the two colleges merged in 1972. Friedrich remained at his post until he stepped down in 1991 and retired a year later.

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Jeff Raikes, CEO of the multibillion dollar Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, advocates taking risks and innovating when dealing with complex problems—which for the Gates Foundation ranges from educational reform to AIDS prevention.

In a talk Wednesday afternoon in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Raikes spoke about his experience with the complexities of the foundation’s philanthropic work to an audience of approximately 80 people.

“Even if your grants don’t fully succeed, your only failure is if you don’t learn from them,” he said. “I think if we can inject that as a philosophy in the sector, we’ll be better off... otherwise you’ll only do safe grants that won’t solve the problem.”

Raikes, who is the former president of the Microsoft Business Division, also discussed misconceptions about the philanthropy industry. He noted the widespread belief that philanthropies share no similarities with conventional businesses.

“You have to really think of it as a process of continuous learning,” Raikes said. “It’s hard sometimes because you don’t have some of the market signals that you have [in business.]”

He said he has realized he had underestimated the work ahead of him when he became the foundation’s CEO in 2008.

“It wasn’t that they had done anything wrong, but there had been a lot of growth and we needed to deal with

that,” Raikes said. “We are kind of an awkward teenager, really. Part of what

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Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke about his experience with philanthropy.

we have to do [is] develop the muscles that give us the capacity for impact.”

When Edward Skloot, director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, which sponsored the speech, asked the CEO whether or not the Gates Foundation had a foreign policy, Raikes said it did not and, as a result, it enjoys the ability to influence foreign governments. For example, he spoke of the foundation’s work in Ethiopia, where the philanthropy influenced public policy in a way that most government-based organizations cannot.

“We’re viewed as more credible than [national] organizations because their organizations have those nationalistic interests that they’re trying to promote,” he said.

Several times during the discussion, Raikes elicited laughter from the audience. At one point he joked that he was primarily at the University because his daughter is considering Duke.

Attendee Chad Harris, a graduate student at the Fuqua School of Business, said he gained a new appreciation at the event for the foundation’s work.

“I learned [that] in order to effect change, there’s a behind-the-scenes process that takes place,” he said.

Manoj Mohanan, an assistant professor of economics and global health, said he respected Raikes’ commitment to the foundation’s grantees.

“I have a couple of research grants from the Gates Foundation,” said Mohanan. “It was nice to know that they’re actually thinking about [grantee relations] as a sticking point.”

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Study shows cheating causes ‘self-deception’among students

by Melissa Dalis THE CHRONICLE

Students may want to think more carefully about cheating on homework assignments or using the answer key for practice tests.

Although cheating may be beneficial in the short run for receiving higher grades or quickly gaining answers and reassurance, a recent study by Duke University and Harvard Business School researchers titled “Temporal view of the costs and benefits of self-deception” has shown that cheating gives students false confidence in their abilities.

“The real questions are about what we call self-deception,” said Dan Ariely, co-author of the paper and James B. Duke professor of behavioral economics. “When we lie, how quickly [do we]... convince ourselves that we’re not really lying?”

Subjects from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were split into two groups to take a test, with one of the two groups receiving an answer key for the purpose of checking their answers after finishing. As expected by the researchers, the group with access to the answer key got higher scores than the group that did not, said Michael Norton, co-author

of the paper and associate professor of business administration at Harvard.

The subjects were then asked to predict how they would do on a second test without an answer key. The group that previously had the answers expected to continue their superior performance, but the two groups’ scores were nearly identical on the second test.

“The [group with the answer key doesn’t] seem to be acknowledging that they’re cheating, although we can show that they are,” said Zoe Chance, a co-author of the paper and a graduate student at Harvard. “So the implications are that it’s pretty dangerous to not realize you’re cheating because then you won’t be able to [correct the behavior].”

The subjects very quickly convinced themselves that their performance on the first test was due to their actual ability rather than cheating, Ariely said. Furthermore, when they were given a certificate of their false accomplishments on the first test, they seemed to think even more highly of themselves and how they would perform on the next test, he added.

This research applies to students who use study aids or practice tests with answers to help them study for tests, Chance said.

Even if a student is not actually cheating but just looking for an-

swers in a book studying with a friend, they may not accurately understand how well they comprehend the material.

Even students who do well on homework and usually receive good grades often blame test anxiety for performing poorly on exams, including the SATs and GMATs, Chance said. On practice tests, many of these students will look up a few questions or give themselves the benefit of the doubt when they score. Their poor grades on exams may be due to giving themselves more credit than they really deserved when preparing, Chance said.

The next step in this research is going to evaluate the long-term effects of cheating, Norton said.

“Once you’ve deceived yourself, how much does the world need to tell you you’re wrong before you stop deceiving yourself? That’s what we’re going to do next,” Norton said.

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Researchers found that students who cheat on exams or misuse answer keys while studying may misappropriate their sense of understanding.

The interdisciplinary certificate, Latino/a Studies in the Global South, provides students with comparative, historical, and cultural knowledge of Latino communities. Open to students from all disciplines, the certificate offers a better understanding of Latinos in the United States and provides an extra credential as you leave Duke for the “real world.”

The following Fall 2011 courses all count towards the certificate: Intro to Latino/a Studies in the Global South with Prof Antonio Viego, LSGS 100S/SPAN 120S/AAAS 199S/LIT 162ES Reading Latina and Latino History through Literature with Prof Claudia Milian, LSGS 181S/SPAN 181S/ICS 131GS Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond with Prof Joan Clifford, LSGS 106ES/SPAN 106ES Mayas, Aztecs and Incas with Prof Walter Mignolo, LSGS 155/SPAN 155D/ICS 155/CULANTH 157 Health, Culture, and the Latino Community, LSGS 106/ SPAN 106A Papers on Papers: Writing About Unauthorized Migration with Prof Nicolas Eilbaum, WRITING 20

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NATO finds Gadhafi using human shields

by Joby Warrick and Edward Cody The Washington Post

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Libyan military commanders loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are blunting the impact of NATO's air campaign by hiding tanks and artillery in densely populated areas where the alliance's fighter planes cannot easily reach them, U.S. and European diplomats said Wednesday.

The shift in tactics has meant fewer targets for NATO warplanes, fueling complaints by rebels who say the quality of air support has plummeted since the United States turned over command of Libyan operations to NATO. Opposition leaders say Gadhafi's forces are inflicting particularly heavy casualties on civilians in the rebel-held city of Misurata, where dug-in loyalists have been operating with little interference from NATO missiles and bombs.

NATO officials in Brussels acknowledged carrying out fewer strikes around Misurata because of fears of inadvertently killing civilians in areas where the Libyan military was cheek by jowl with civilians.

"We have confirmation that in Misurata tanks are being dispersed, being hidden, humans being used as shields in order to prevent NATO sorties to identify targets," Brig. Gen. Mark van Uhm, NATO's chief of allied operations, said at NATO headquarters in the Belgian capital.

k4 from page 1 their lottery numbers April 27. All roommate pairs will be honored, Williams noted, and those who are not released in the pre-lottery may participate in the traditional lottery, which will be held in November.

This year, only 66 students out of 220 who applied were initially granted exemptions in October. This low number prompted Campus Council to recommend that RLHS make the lottery system earlier so that students can plan ahead. Campus Council members argued that the policy should change because many off-campus apartment complexes require that students make down payments early to guarantee housing in the Spring. RLHS granted 99 additional exemptions in November.

Students who were studying abroad last semester expressed frustration that they were not released from the on-campus housing requirement even though they were encouraged to pursue off-campus options before leaving for abroad.

“I was led to believe that being released from the oncampus housing requirement was very probable, in fact, almost certain,” junior Sarah Krueger told The Chronicle in October. “[RLHS officials] even went so far as to encourage me to sign an off-campus apartment lease and put down a deposit, which I did at West Village.”

Campus Council President Stephen Temple, a senior, noted that the creation of a two-tier lottery system will allow students to have “as much information as possible when making their housing decisions coming back from abroad.”

Williams said RLHS is unaware of how many students will be allowed to live off campus, as that figure will be determined by the number of anticipated on-campus vacancies, which is affected by class size and the number of students who decide to go abroad.

Standard RLHS policy requires undergraduates to live on campus for their first three years at the University, but juniors abroad in the Fall may apply to live off campus. RLHS must fill all on-campus space before granting exemptions.

It is too early to know how many students will be abroad in the Fall, Margaret Riley, director of the Global Education Office for Undergraduates, wrote in an email Monday.

“If applications received are any indication, we will be looking at an increase over the past couple years,” she added.

Williams noted that the number of exemptions granted will also be affected by the January 2012 opening of Keohane Quadrangle 4E, the University’s formal name for K4. The building, which will house almost 150 students, will likely be used primarily for students returning from abroad.

friedrich from page 3 By creating the Center for Living Campus in the Duke Forest, which hosts health and wellness programs, and establishing the first Vita Parcours course in the United States, Friedrich left a lasting impact on the Durham community and the University alike.

“He was a leader in physical education and a fine chairman. We all enjoyed him,” said Al Buehler, former coach of the Duke Track and Field Program from 1955 to 2000. “Just to show you how tough he was, John survived [lymphoma], and never missed a day of work. He’d take a shot of radiation and still come in and teach.”

Freidrich’s passion for fitness and exercise was shared by his wife, Kathryn, who was a nutritionist at Meredith College in Raleigh. Outside of athletics, Friedrich loved to play the trumpet, and often found ways to share his talents with his family and friends. Whenever a member of the family was celebrating a birthday, Friedrich would always call and play his own rendition of “Happy Birth-

day” over the phone.

As director of Camp Arcadia, a Lutheran family camp in Michigan, Friedrich would also use his musical talents to wake campers by playing “Reveille” over the loud speakers and serenaded them with “Taps” at night.

A devout man, Friedrich was also heavily involved in Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Durham, about half a mile from The Forest at Duke retirement community, where Friedrich lived since 1992. He made an indelible impression on the congregation.

Late in life, due to physical ailments, Friedrich was forced to sit in the last pew closest to the door—his “special pew” as Diane Archer, lay minister at Saint Paul’s, called it. At the end of services, each member of the church would walk by and greet John on the way out.

“He was a wonderful family man, devoted to his wife and his children. He was devoted to his church, and devoted to Duke,” said Barbara Anderson, a fellow member of the church. “He was always a voice of reason, a positive voice.”

Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Saint Paul’s. At the service, a hymn Friedrich wrote will be played.

Try Something New This Fall WST 150S.01 TOPICS: Feminist Art from the 1970s - Kimberly Lamm, TTH 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM

What is feminist art? How is feminist art defined, practiced, and theorized? What are its connections to and distinctions from direct political engagement? How and why does it engage with visual culture? This course will pursue these questions by focusing on the Nasher Museum’s exhibition The Deconstructing Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure the Signs of Power, 1973-1991, which runs parallel with our course. The Deconstructing Impulse gives us a wonderful opportunity to analyze feminism’s multiple appearances in contemporary art and visual culture, and in turn, examine the role visual culture plays in the production of gender, race, sexuality, and class.

WST 150S.03 TOPICS: Gender and Science After Darwin - Heatherlyn Mayer, WF 10:05 – 11:20 AM

In asking how humans evolved, it seems natural to wonder how gender and sex-specific traits evolved as well.

But it is well known that common assumptions, bias and prejudice can shape scientific theory especially when it comes to explanations of human characteristics, thus reinforcing attitudes and expectations about gender. And, when it comes to issue of human evolution and gender characteristics, it can be easy to overestimate the extent to which such explanations should influence and direct our policies and actions. We will explore these and other relevant issues.

WST 150S.04 TOPICS: Difference - Netta Van Vliet, MW 11:40 AM – 12: 55 PM

The question of difference has been central for feminist theory in the United States and internationally. Feminist theory has grappled with how to represent difference, how to define it, and how to interpret and assess its implications - whether in terms of sexuality, gender, racism, sexism, violence, justice, the state, law, the family, age, poverty and wealth, questions of bias or neutrality, or in terms of the differences within and between the disciplinary frameworks and scholarly fields through which we examine these terms and the questions they raise. In this course, we will focus on the concept of difference in different moments and contexts in the formation of the field of Women’s Studies and in feminist theory.

WST 160S Feminism in Historical Context – Stephanie Gilmore, TTH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

Comprehensive introduction to feminist theoretical conceptions of the social, political, economic, and the human. Explores the rise of gender based discourses and social movements in the context of broader considerations of modernity, democracy, and liberal humanism and the value of rights discourse for feminist agendas. Includes a comparative dimension that emphasizes cross cultural and historical analysis.

WST 164S Race, Gender and Sexuality – Miles Grier, TTH 10:05 – 11:20 AM

This course explores the work of ideas about family, nation, and economic relations in shaping life in England’s Atlantic zone of influence from the Elizabethan period to the turn of the twentieth century. Although remembered as a period that loosened the authority of Church and monarch over individuals, the Age of Revolutions also fostered gender, race, and sexuality as categories determining the essential qualities and social utility of individuals. This course follows the maneuvers of a range of rebels and subtle impersonators who used bald resistance and feigned submission to enjoy liberties denied to them. We will imaginatively reconstruct scenes involving theatrical players, passing women, runaway slaves, students, anti-colonial rebels and others navigating the terrain of gender, race, and sexuality in the world linked by the Atlantic economy.

WST 167S Feminist Ethics - Kathy Rudy, MW 2:50 – 4:05 PM

This course examines and critiques various strands of feminist ethics broadly thought of as the care tradition.

Most prominent in the 1970’s through early 90’s, the feminist care tradition argued that women had unique ways of knowing and understanding morality. Based in biological differences many argued that a new feminist ethics could be rooted in the emotional and affective work that women performed in society. The care tradition fell out of favor among most feminists beginning in the early 1990’s but key concepts and dichotomies haunt many realms of thinking today. From postmodern ethics to sociobiology to ecology and conservation, today’s debates pit reason against emotion, selfishness against altruism, and independence against connection. These dualisms demand that we revisit the care tradition and rediscover early feminist insights (and limitations) for contemporary conversations.

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The Blue Devils topped UNCGreensboro on the road last night. Marcus Stroman picked up the save and hit for two RBI, while leadoff batter Jeff Kremer had two hits

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AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE With an NBA lockout in the possible future, where does that leave Blue Devils in the draft?

by Andy Moore THE CHRONICLE

In an NBA lockout, everything changes.

Coaches can’t communicate with players.

Players can’t work out at team facilities. No deals are struck, and no one is paid a salary.

In short, a lockout makes the world the Duke in NBA has created come screeching to a halt. the NBA: This year, time off for the pro game seems Part 3 more and more inevitable, with the only question being how long the break will last. The NBA-bound Blue Devils have become forced to confront the possibility of an extended time with no basketball—and for the graduating seniors, it’s a helpless feeling.

“If it happens, it happens,” Nolan Smith said. “It’s going to be time for me to work out... and get ready for when the season starts.”

Luckily for Smith, Kyle Singler and Kyrie Irving—as well as Mason Plumlee, if the underclassman chooses to test the NBA waters—Duke’s players are not alone in figuring out their future. In addition to their

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coaches and family members, the Blue Devils may choose to lean on the Student-Athlete Counseling Committee, a voluntary source Duke offers its basketball players to prepare them for their post-graduate careers.

Duke law professor Paul Haagen chairs the committee, and his job is multi-faceted: He looks at contracts, helps pick out agents and offers objective advice based on information he receives from a variety of sources embedded in the NBA. The level of involvement with a player differs based on his interest. With some, Haagen only looks over a contract once. With others, he is heavily involved. Haagen estimates he met with Shane Battier 20 times.

The law professor said he has not yet been in contact with Singler, Smith or Irving, but Smith said he plans on utilizing the lawyer’s services in the near future.

And when they do meet, Haagen is prepared to help guide him through an unusual and dangerous off-season.

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women’s tennis

Blue Devils win nailbiter in Chapel Hill

by Nicole Kyle THE CHRONICLE

After nearly three hours of play, senior Reka Zsilinszka pumped her fist in the air as she slammed a DUKE 4 winner past her opponent to clinch 3 UNC a 4-3 upset for No. 4 Duke over thirdranked North Carolina.

Playing at the No. 3 singles spot, Zsilinszka outlasted the Tar Heels’ Shinann Featherston in a hard-fought 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 comeback win to earn the Blue Devils their 10th straight victory Wednesday afternoon.

“I was willing to stay out here, willing to lead the ball around, make her move,” she said. “I knew I could stay out here all day, and I was willing to make that effort, and I just really buckled down and fought.”

Head coach Jamie Ashworth noted that Zsilinszka was in her element today, adding that the match truly showcased the Blue Devils’ depth and their ability to grind out a win against tough and competitive teams.

“At one point we were down on all six courts, and we couldn’t really get over that hump of getting a lead of any kind,” Ash-

worth said. “I’m really happy with how we stayed with it, and we did a fairly good job of keeping our composure. We have to take from [the win] that we can beat a team like that, but we also need to be better. We need to hit the ball better.”

Duke (18-2, 7-0 in the ACC) took an early lead over North Carolina (18-4, 7-1), when the Blue Devils earned what would prove to be a pivotal doubles point. Senior Nadine Fahoum and freshman Hanna Mar had an 8-5 victory, then senior Ellah Nze and freshman Rachel Kahan lost their doubles match 3-8. But the duo of Mary Clayton and Monica Gorny secured the doubles point for the Blue Devils with an 8-3 win.

As play continued, it was clear the teams were evenly matched across the court. Four of the six matches split, and Fahoum—at first singles—was the only Duke player to fall in straight sets in a 3-6, 2-6 loss.

Fourth singles player Elizabeth Plotkin won 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 to remain undefeated in the ACC. At fifth singles, Kahan extended her undefeated streak in singles this season to 18 matches.

The freshman had a close 7-6 first-set win before dominating her opponent 6-2

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Yesterday’s match came down to Reka Zsilinszka, who topped her opponent in three sets to give Duke the win. in the second. She attributed the shift in her play to an increase in confidence. “ I knew that she wasn’t really hurting my game, and it was really just my errors,” Kahan said. “[After the tiebreaker] she was a little down, so that really helped. I got a better feel on the ball, and I tried to take that as far as it would get me.”

The Blue Devils hope to improve their play and continue their winning streak this

weekend as they take on Georgia Tech and Clemson on the road. The Blue Devils lost to both teams last year in close 4-3 decisions but are optimistic for this year’s rematches.

“Both are going to be tough matches,” Ashworth said. “We’re kind of looking at it like the NCAA Tournament—when you play a match like this and then you have to come back two days later and play again—so we have to have that mentality and be better.”

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nba draft from page 6 said. “But I certainly know some people think that’s possible.”

The draftees and the lockout While Haagen is prepared to advise the graduating seniors that the lockout may last for an indefinite amount of time, the actual length of it doesn’t matter much for the upperclassmen’s plans—they’re going pro anyway. Unlike the underclassmen, they have no choice but to enter the draft.

“They don’t really have any choice how to deal with it,” Haagen said. “The lockout, if and when it comes, will come. They can’t do anything about it.”

Luckily for Singler, Smith and Irving, all signs point to their pro careers starting off well. Singler, who averaged 16.9 points per game this season, and Smith, a finalist for the Naismith Award, are both projected to go in the first round. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas echoed those mock drafts, telling The Chronicle that he expects both to go in the first round.

“I think Nolan is going to be a good pro, middle of the first round,” Bilas said.

“I think Kyle isn’t a great athlete or shooter, but he can do so many things that he can have a good career.”

The consensus on Irving, however, is that he is one of the best choices in the draft.

CORRECTION An April 4 article, “Duke in the front office,” incorrectly stated that Nick Arison was head manager during the 2001 national championship. He was actually head manager later in his career. The Chronicle regrets the error.

Bilas thinks there is a very real chance that It will be necessary to have someone who the freshman could be picked first. could ensure a slot on one of those teams “Having a dominant point guard is in if the seniors chose to go abroad. And it will vogue in the league right now,” Bilas said. be necessary that the agent knows to nego“I think Kyrie, when he gets healthy, has tiate a clause that allows the Americans to proved he’s that type of player.” come back to play in the NBA if the season Irving, who averaged 17.5 points per starts back up in, for example, December. game this season in 11 contests, was unavail“The sophistication of the representaable for comment. However, head coach tive becomes more critical than it would in Mike Krzyzewski did say this in a statement a normal year,” Haagen said.

Wednesday announcing Irving’s decision Having a place to work out will also be to declare for the NBA Draft: an issue for the seniors if there is a lockout.

“Our whole program is overjoyed Drafted players are not allowed to use the with having Kyrie here for one year and team facilities and may be forced to hire that he has the chance now to pursue a trainers and use expensive private gyms. dream of being a high draft pick and a Smith said he may come back to Durgreat player in ham to stay in the NBA.... We shape—and he look forward to “I would be surprised if they said Singler, decontinuing to his West lose the season.... But I cer- spite work with him Coast upbringduring the uping, could join tainly know some people coming months him. In coming think that’s possible.” leading to his enback to Duke try into the NBA the break — Paul Haagen during and afterwards in action, Smith while he is an can once again NBA player.” take advantage Before they are drafted, though, Irving, of the first-class facilities the basketball Singler and Smith will have to choose program offers. And he can take advanwisely in picking an agent. Haagen said tage of one of his favorite perks of living that he would recommend one with “a in a small town like Durham. good handle on the collective bargaining “There’s no traffic,” Smith said with a situation” as well as a good relationship laugh. “I like that about Durham—it’s a lot with the players’ union. That way, Smith better than driving in D.C.” and Singler will be informed about any progress or problems that come during Plumlee’s decision negotiation with teams.

Underclassmen weighing the decision Haagen will also recommend an agent to go pro have a much trickier scenario with experience and knowledge pertaining facing them than seniors like Singler and to international basketball. Going abroad to Smith. Before the May 8 deadline, Plumlee play during the lockout will be difficult—an will have to forecast whether a lockout will influx of American pros playing overseas will happen, and if so, how long it will be. quickly fill up the available slots for foreignIf the lockout lasts a week, not much born players in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. will change. Endorsement deals may be

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smaller because of a lack of positive vibe around the league, Haagen said, but, otherwise, things will stay similar to before.

If the lockout lasts a month, though, Plumlee will have to deal with extended time away from the public eye. And he will have to pay to stay in shape by hiring his own personal trainers.

“They are completely on their own,” Haagen said. “So [they’ll] want to have clarity with [their] agent[s] about what kind of financial responsibility they’ll have for paying for the workout regimen, trainer.”

And if the lockout goes for a whole year, then the player misses out on a year of coaching and will have to deal with the same crowded international market that Irving, Smith, Singler and many others would face.

“You have to think, ‘How long do you think this is going to last?’” Haagen said.

“If it’s a week, then probably the lockout shouldn’t factor deeply in your plans. If this is a year, it almost certainly would be wrong to come out.... If it’s half-way in between, though, the thought is, ‘What do you care about?’

“If you were coming back to a loaded team, and you were going to make a deep run, and you might be a national champion on the cover of Sports Illustrated, that’s a pretty big upside.”

Compounding the issue for Plumlee is that his draft status might not be as high if he waits a year, and he may face a reduced rookie pay scale.

There’s also the high possibility that he will be a first-round pick: Plumlee appeared on many mock drafts in the No. 1822 range late this year. Scouts love his athleticism and his upside and are willing to look past his lack of offensive production.

“He’s making strides,” Bilas said. “Offensively, his game is behind the curve.

He’s not a finished product yet, but there’s nothing wrong with that.”

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theSANDBOX. Two women in mini-dresses and stilettos engage in a hair-pulling, nail-scratching fight to the death.

No, this is not the sequel to that 2009 Beyonce thriller Obsessed—it’s Britney Spears’s new music video for the song “Hold It Against Me,” from her recently released album Femme Fatale.

When I stumbled upon this little gem, I found myself simultaneously shaking my head in disgust and turning up the volume so I could sing along. And that’s when I realized the hypocrisy of the situation. Why do I feel like I have to hate Britney Spears in public, and yet when I’m alone in my car, I crank up the volume and belt “Toxic,” even when I don’t know the words?

We can’t blame Britney for being a pop artist. Since her debut as a 16-year-old sweetheart dancing provocatively in a private school uniform, she has at least been consistent. Since 1999, she has cranked out seven albums, six of which reached the number one spot on the Billboard 200—including Femme Fatale. Admittedly, there were a few

years in the middle where things got hazy (K-Fed, custody battles, umbrella attacks on paparazzi) but those years are (hopefully) gone, and Britney is back—whether we like it or not. And she’s managed to keep all her hair this time around!

Sure, Britney’s songs are simple: her lyrics are hardly Shakespearean sonnets, and her melodies are stereotypically “pop.” But what did we expect? She’s a pop artist.

We see Britney’s new video and sigh— what is the world coming to? We don’t admit that we bought the single “Till the World Ends” the day it was released.

Rather, we listen to Deerhoof or The Kills or some other obscure band that no one has ever heard of, just so we can say we aren’t—cringe—mainstream.

Britney may be mainstream, but she’s been churning out chart-topping music for 12 years now. And it doesn’t look as if she’s going to stop anytime soon.

Don’t hold it against her.

—Holly Hilliard

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“You think about sex like a man.” My male friend assures me that this is the reason for my column’s popularity, perhaps its very existence. By claiming that I have the ability to channel the male sexual psyche, I assume he meant that I could separate sex from the messy peculiarities of emotion, think objectively about the inherently subjective game of physical attraction and approach intimacy with a nonchalant facade. From his perspective, I never would have ventured into the arena of sexual journalism without a distinctly unfeminine viewpoint on the hook-up scene.

While I wholeheartedly disagree with the notion that I possess any of these qualities or viewpoints, I recognize where he may have fallen into confusion. For a woman, sex is never supposed to be just about sex. As the same friend noted, “Women may enjoy sex, but there’s always something else. They want love, attention, validation, revenge, power, connection.

Men can want these things too, but they can also sleep with you and walk away. Sex can mean nothing.” And thus speaking about sex in a public forum with a tone of cynicism and emotional distance doesn’t roll off the ladylike tongue. It confuses people when you demand female respect while also praising the virtues of a blowjob. Girls may share with their friends every uncomfortable detail of the previous night’s sexual encounters, but they’re not really supposed to boast, mock or challenge any aspect of their sexual life. Those behaviors make you a slut. Or a man.

Yet, based on this logic, it seems only a woman could over-analyze and evaluate every minute detail of condoms, make-out sessions

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and sex in the stacks. This column doesn’t try to mirror the sexual bravado of a fraternity listserv or promote some hook-up hierarchy generally utilized by men. Nor does it attempt to initiate gender warfare. As I write this penultimate edition, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about Duke, Horizontal’s overall significance and what value, if any, exists in making fun of my friends’ sexual exploits in a school newspaper. I haven’t used this forum as a soapbox for virulent feminism or social change or empowerment as much as a self-deprecating evaluation of “white girl problems.” The forces of sexism have not come to a grinding halt within the pages of Recess.

Still, this column has left some readers uncomfortable and perplexed. The people I write about, male or female, like sex, or at least some element of it. They participate in the hook-up culture. But they’ve also been hurt by it, burned by it, emotionally smothered by it. I certainly have. Students often discuss sex at Duke in binary terms. You’re dating or you’re just sleeping together, you’re a prude or a slut, hook-up culture is restrictive or freeing, men win and women lose. Of course, nothing really plays out that simply. And writing this column as a woman, trying to encompass all these viewpoints, can turn the seemingly simple on its head.

I know I can’t claim to speak for all Duke women when I talk about one-night stands and dance floor make-outs, but I’ve tried to speak as one Duke woman. Whether profound or superficial or contradictory or emotional, I’ve at least tried to relate that, when it comes to sex, women have something to say. It isn’t always what we’re supposed to say. But if you’re offending someone, you’re probably doing something right.

Brooke Hartley is a Trinity senior.

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Art critic Gomez to speak at Nasher

by Caitlin Moyles THE CHRONICLE

Edward Gomez, award-winning art critic, Fulbright Fellow and former A.B. Duke Scholar, will give a lecture entitled “Nostalgia for the Future,” adapted from his upcoming book, Big Soul: Meditations on Art and Artists in Post-postmodernist Times, at the Nasher Museum of Art this Saturday. The public talk, which focuses on contemporary American painter Stephanie Brody-Lederman, is sponsored by the A.B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program. Gomez will also host an informal discussion with current A.B. Duke Scholars to answer questions about his work as a diplomat, journalist and art critic.

Gomez’s upcoming book of art-themed essays reflects a non-conformist approach to post-modernist critical theory. Rather than imposing theoretical guidelines on the artwork, Gomez adheres to his credo, “Let the work speak for itself.”

Gomez, who was born in North Carolina but grew up in Morocco and Switzerland, majored in Philosophy and Art at Duke with a concentration in Political

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s self-titled 2009 debut was without reservation an artifact of the ’90s, and drew comparisons to any number of that decade’s indie touchstones. But the fuzzy production often obscured the Pains’ intentions; Ian Cohen described it as “sort of an indie Rorschach,” an apt description for an album that drew comparisons ranging from Belle and Sebastian to the Jesus and Mary Chain. What mattered more than the ambiguous influences, though, was their undeniable songcraft. Clever but not obnoxiously so, endearing without being cloying, the Pains clearly possessed an innate ear for instant-gratification hooks.

Sophomore effort Belong was produced and mixed by ’90s alternative royalty Flood and Alan Moulder, who count the Smashing Pumpkins and U2 among their considerable list of collaborators, and their influence is evident.

Gone is the wash of fuzz that accompanied the Pains’ debut, replaced by an emphasis on beefed-up choruses and resonant guitars. The result, as might be expected, trends significantly more alt-rock than twee-pop. There’s always a tendency to emphasize this dynamic, especially when a band with decidedly indie roots appears to be making a play for the mainstream. But it’s less than appropriate here. At its core, Belong shares the

DNA of its predecessor—a bit clearer, to be sure, but the Pains have hardly foregone the pop aesthetic of their debut.

Side by side, Belong standout “Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now” shares the same chugging bassline and impeccable pop sensibilities of “Young Adult Friction.”

At the same time, it’s hard to shake the feeling that something’s gone awry in the transition. What made TPOBPAH so irresistibly enjoyable were Kip Berman’s wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing takes on teenage romance: the contrasting awe and detachment of “Young Adult Friction,” the wry perversity of “This Love Is F****** Right,” the helplessness of “The Tenure Itch.” By comparison, Belong

feels manufactured; Berman’s breathy tenor (a dead ringer for British Sea Power’s Yan) is still the ideal instrument for the album’s infectious choruses, but those choruses are never as evocative, as subtly compelling as before.

If the Pains are shooting for a larger audience, they’re probably well on their way. Ironically, though, the knack for earworm melodies they displayed on their first album remains largely unchanged on Belong. Indeed, the most significant difference between the two has little to do with the much-discussed production; it’s simply that Belong comes off as hollow where its predecessor never did. ­—Ross Green

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This evening, Duke Thea tion, The Laramie Project. This is a dramatic recapitulation performed by a cast of stude A series of complicated vi dent actors, who change cos front of their audience. This format of The Laramie Projec man and members of the e in 2000.

The play documents the p der of Matthew Shepard in dent of the University of Wyo national outcry over hate c lence.

Several months after the traveled to Laramie to cond residents. These interviews, veying the emotional respon tribute to the multi-dimensio “The actors are playing D what happened in Laramie— the Tectonic Theater Project director of the play and prof Storer is also a co-founder an non-profit theater company Storer has been working and is co-teaching a compl gives students insight into th text of the pertinent events. conjunctive course attracted ent pool.

“The company of designe ing from all different discipl Senior Summer Puente, plays Romaine Patterson, a w Shepard’s best friend. Puent vious acting experience, was ed by the timely social messa “[It was] a really good thin ly surprised to be cast,” Puen Storer said he hopes The pus dialogue on LGBT righ verse and often polarized Du “The ability to have this body is a rare and very speci self, said.

Sophomore Theater Stud resonance of the central mes is generally much more acc Laramie Project.

“Many of the people [in that if they weren’t killing so weren’t actually hateful,” Pa aren’t committing a crime, th Students involved frequen allowed by The Laramie Pr earnest and often poignant r ing the play’s rehearsal and p perspective on the productio self intends to mirror the jo the original production.

On the blog, freshman An acter he plays, Jedadiah Schu oping a more accepting attitu his upbringing in a liberal cit not just from exposure but fr “I am a straight man who t Chu said. “Now, after Jedadia his gay friends and his gay pr self.”

The Laramie Project will p at 7:30 p.m. and April 10 and $10 for the general public.

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ater Studies will debut its spring producs presentation of “documentary theater” of historic events comprising 67 roles ents. isual and lighting cues guide the 13 stustumes on stage and transform roles in s performance style honors the original ct, originally conceived by Moises Kaufexperimental Tectonic Theater Project

perpetration and aftermath of the murLaramie, Wyoming, in 1998. A gay stuoming, Shepard’s brutal killing sparked crimes and homophobia-induced vio-

e murder, the Tectonic Theater Project duct hundreds of interviews with local along with dramatic monologues connses of the actors and playwrights, cononal narrative structure of the play.

Duke students performing a play about —and they are playing the members of t who went to Laramie,” said Jeff Storer, fessor of the practice of theater studies. nd artistic director of the Durham-based Manbites Dog Theater. g on the production for seven months lementary Theater Studies course that he documentary form as well as the con. He noted that the production and its d students from outside the thespian tal-

ers, musicians and actors are folks comlines and walks of life,” he said. a Spanish and French double major, working-class lesbian who was Matthew te, like other cast members with no preexcited by the opportunity and attractage contained in The Laramie Project. ng to do my senior year—I was extremente said.

Laramie Project will contribute to a camhts and similar issues relevant to the diuke community. s conversation with the entire student ial opportunity,” Storer, who is gay him-

dies major Spencer Paez agrees with the ssage, even in a campus community that cepting than the one portrayed in The

n Laramie] were under the impression omeone or beating them up, then they aez said. “It’s a common attitude—if we hen we’re not guilty.” ntly commented on the “transparency” roject WordPress, which chronicles the reflections of the student ensemble durproduction. The blog provides a unique on as it transpired, and its existence itournals composed by those involved in

ndy Chu relates extensively to the charultz. Like Schultz, Chu reflects on develude toward homosexuality which, given ty among “gay theater friends,”­resulted rom true understanding. thought that homosexuality was wrong,” ah, I am a straight man who thinks that rofessors are not so different from him-

play at Sheafer Theater April 7-9 and 14-16 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and

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Durham Art Walk showcases thriving Bull City community

by Michaela Dwyer THE CHRONICLE

This weekend, more than 200 local artists will participate in a cultural event that is quintessentially Durham.

Now in its 12th year, the biannual Durham Art Walk signals its 2011 spring iteration with artwork ranging from photography to painting to jewelry, in addition to other local staples such as Durham-based musical groups and various food trucks.

The Art Walk, organized by the Durham Arts Council, continues to develop with each season and integrate into its route more newly created downtown businesses and community-centered cultural enterprises.

“It’s a way to fulfill an event mission that includes highlighting the work of local [artists], giving them a place to vend their works as well as highlighting the new and emerging creative businesses downtown,” said Barclay McConnell, artist services manager for the Durham Arts Council.

Housed in 40 sites downtown, the self-guided Art Walk is more accessible than in previous years, with free transportation provided by the Bull City Connector. The total distance between sites is also walkable—a feature that enhances the event’s self-guided tour structure.

Adding to the Art Walk’s democratic nature is the DAC’s decision not to jury the works submitted for the event, McConnell said. As such,

the event retains its signature mix of widely different types of artwork from artists with all levels of technical experience. The synthesis of artistic styles and capabilities creates a mutually cooperative and collaborative environment that has come to define the event.

“We let in amateurs and they learn from the pros,” McConnell said.

“We’re growing our arts scene. If [emerging artists] don’t have a place to show [their work], how are they are going to learn?”

This spring’s Art Walk will mark Durham resident Greg Pattison’s first time as one of the stationed artists.

Pattison’s work in photography reflects his experience in the mountains of North Carolina in addition to his day-to-day life in Durham.

“My work includes landmarks and subjects from around town, but I try to present them in a different light and in a way that I find interesting and beautiful,” Pattison wrote in an email.

Marjorie Pierson, another featured artist, will participate in the Durham Art Walk for the eighth time. Pierson wrote in an email that her artwork focuses on documenting disappearing wetlands landscapes in southern Louisiana and coastal Carolina.”

Pierson’s fine art photography has been exhibited throughout the South, but Pierson, who uses studio space in Golden Belt, stressed the importance of participating in and giving back to

local arts events such as this one.

“The Art Walks are critical to communities like Durham. Local artists contribute to Durham’s reputation as a cultural center,” she said. “It is incredibly important for our community to support arts in Durham by buying from local artists.”

Pattison expressed a similar sentiment, and he added that these types of community-based events play a large part in solidifying Durham’s emerging identity as a well-known cultural center.

“Through the power of visual media, artists are an invaluable part of creating a regional identity,” he said.

“Having seen the work of the artists at the Durham Art Walk both this year and in the past, this identity is something to be quite proud of.”

In tough economic times, with arts funding seemingly cut left and right, the DAC believes it is crucial for programs like the Durham Art Walk to continue. “[Currently] the arts are considered superfluous,” McConnell said.

“At a time when people are so destitute, people most need cultural outlets. [This type of event] is important, it’s soulful and it raises funds that are really needed.”

The Art Walk will take place in Durham April 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., respectively.

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gomez from page 3 Science. His Fulbright Fellowship in Japan, during its economic boom in the late 1980s, allowed him to explore Japanese modern art history and develop a journalistic focus in East Asian art, culture and design. His articles have been published in everything from the New York Times and Conde Nast Traveler to the Jamaica Observer and the now-defunct Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review. Although Gomez’s specialization is in art, his journalistic work has covered economics, foreign affairs and social issues. He has also served as a cultural affairs officer in the U.S. Foreign Service and speaks five languages.

Founding editor of Duke Magazine Robert Bliwise, who has worked with Gomez in magazine journalism, spoke to Gomez’s unique immersion in many fields.

“Edward impresses me as someone who straddles and crosses over boundaries,” Bliwise said. “He thinks across the boundaries between nations, across the boundaries between words and images and across the boundaries between classic values and modern sensibilities.”

When asked about how he has made a career out of such a plethora of interests, Gomez responded that it is a blessing and a curse to be genuinely interested in several subjects.

“It’s a bit of a handicap in American society because there’s this very annoying

emphasis on specialization and pigeonholing people. They think you can’t walk and play the violin at the same time,” Gomez said.

Gomez’s wide-spanning work has led him to question conventional approaches to cultural criticism and, more specifically, post-modernist critical theory.

“The last thing the post-modernist critics were interested in was anything to do with the spiritual,” Gomez said. “I’m very interested in soulful qualities—the craftsmanship of the art object itself is a very expressive language in its own right.”

As his future plans take shape, Gomez hopes to complete a memoir that will examine language. In addition, he is formulating a meditation on a little-known Italian actress and her journey toward artistic self-discovery. In doing so, Gomez hopes to further expand upon the traditional biography in a nod to his nonconformist approach. Wherever his work takes him, Gomez seeks to push the boundaries of traditional genres.

“What can we do that’s new and revealing, not for the sake of doing something new, but because it’s informative and satisfying?” Gomez said. “I’m not shaping anything I’m doing to fit a critical agenda.”

Edward Gomez will give a lecture entitled “Nostalgia for the Future” this Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Nasher Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the public.

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Fulbright Fellow and former A.B. Duke Scholar Edward Gomez will discuss contemporary art and postmodern criticism at the Nasher.

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Musical numbers shine through in Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s production of Aida

by Josh Stillman The chronicle

A production of Aida is a daunting endeavor, where success or failure hinges purely on the music. Luckily, the music in Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s new production is stellar.

The student group’s adaptation of Tim Rice and Elton John’s popular musical, itself based on the opera of the same name

by Giuseppe Verdi, boasts a number of talented leads whose vocal performances range from solid to downright spectacular. The cast delivers the play’s 22 songs with consistent vigor, intensity and emotional resonance.

The play tells a classic story of forbidden love: Radames, an Egyptian army captain, is engaged to Amneris, the Pharaoh’s daughter. But when his forces return from a foreign campaign with a group of Nubian slaves in tow, Radames falls for one of his captives: the defiant Aida, the daughter of the Nubian king.

A complicated love triangle ensues, and Aida and Radames must decide just how far they are willing to pursue their passion. The plot of the play derives from the original opera, and as a result is largely a vehicle for the musical numbers.

Aida features Rice and John breaking from the archetypal “showtune” in favor of more pop-inflected material. “My Strongest Suit” is a disco number that revels in gleeful materialism, while “The Gods Love Nubia” is a rousing, heartfelt African hymnal. But the common thread among all of the tunes is a penchant for melodrama. John’s influence is particularly prevalent in the many piano-driven rock arrangements. The heavy-handed emotional content can easily appear

forced, but the cast displays the acting chops necessary to keep the production afloat.

The women stand firmly in the spotlight. Amber Sembly, as Aida, belts out her tunes like a true professional—she skillfully imbues her voice with heartbreak and triumph, despair and strength.

And Chantel Hopper, who plays the sultry yet delicate Amneris, displays an astonishing vocal range, effortlessly transitioning from brittle falsetto to deep, glottal bellows. The men do their best to keep up, but are often outmatched by their female counterparts. Brian Watts, who plays Ramades, is an able leading man, but his voice lacks the body to stand up to Sembly’s or Hopper’s. Alex Brockhoff, as Ramades’ wicked father Zoser, suffers from similar vocal constraints. The exception is Martavius Parrish, cast as Aida’s friend and fellow slave Mereb, whose slim frame packs some serious soul.

The acting, though, stands as the production’s most significant shortcoming.

Most of the main characters are somewhat one-note—Sembly’s performance is almost leaden—and fail to captivate the audience. The only standout is Hopper, who steals every scene she’s in as she hams it up before eventually giving way to a vulnerable humanity.

But acting is a relatively minimal consideration in a production like this, and the cast more than makes up for it with the musical numbers, superbly executed and chill-inducing Hoof ‘n’ Horn will perform Aida at Reynolds Theater April 7-9 at 8 p.m., April 9-10 at 2 p.m., April 14-16 at 8 p.m. and April 16 at 2 p.m.

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Blood Pressures, the Kills’ fourth studio album, could be described as the culmination of lead singer Alison Mosshart’s musical endeavors from the past few years. 2008’s Midnight Boom, the pop-leaning, playful third LP from the Kills, combined dance-punk influences with Mosshart’s sexually charged persona, creating a more fully-formed brand of the garage-rock minimalism of their first two releases. After releasing Boom, Mosshart supplied the vocals for supergroup the Dead Weather on two albums before reuniting with Kills guitarist Jamie Hince.

The resulting album marks something of a return to earlier form, but the influence of the Dead Weather’s superstar Jack White is keenly felt. Mosshart has developed a more nuanced presence reminiscent of White’s dynamic, multifaceted run as frontman of the now-defunct White Stripes. Instead of the feisty ferocity of 2005’s No Wow, she projects both confident seduction and vulnerability with aplomb. The production throughout the record is cleaner than before, allowing her sultry vocals to drive the songs without distracting discord.

The flawless album opener, “Future Starts Slow,” showcases the best of the duo’s gritty vocal harmonies backed

by Hince’s blaring guitar line. “Damned If She Do” exemplifies the more measured pace of these tracks, as well as Mosshart’s penchant for haunting lyrics: “She damned if she do, she damned if she don’t/If history hangs her well, her memory won’t.” On “The Last Goodbye,” Mosshart even unveils a seductive, cabaret-lounge croon.

The Kills yet again manage to coax a complete sound out of only two members (remind you of anyone?). And while the White Stripes may not be their closest sonic predecessor, the Kills’ newfound ability to transcend minimalist guitar rock and explore diverse sounds make the Stripes an appropriate reference point.

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Coming off his critically acclaimed debut featurefilm Moon, Duncan Jones thrust himself into the cinematic landscape as one of the new brilliant directorial minds in the science fiction genre. Laden with the onus of such lofty expectations, his second feature, Source Code does not disappoint.

Source Code tells the story of Army Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) who wakes up riding a commuter train to Chicago in an unknown man’s body. He later realizes that he is part of an experimental military program known as the “Source Code” to get into the mind of a person that had died from a bombing on the train. He then tries to figure out who planted the bomb before the perpetrator pulls off another attack that could kill millions of the Windy City’s inhabitants.

Although the seemingly ridiculous premise may put off certain cinephiles, Source Code fulfills and arguably exceeds expectations. The cinematography of the film, very much reminiscent of Moon, is relatively simple yet effective in establishing the appropriate mood for various segments of the story. Gyllenhaal establishes an empathetic connection with the audience early on and carries the film through its more questionable screenplay choices. Some of the logical steps taken—without giving away any spoilers—during the course of the film’s plot are, upon further inspection, illogical and limit the strong performances of Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga. Although fundamentally a sci-fi thriller, the film realizes its true potential by transforming into an emotionally charged and thoughtprovoking drama towards its conclusion.

Through all of its twists and turns, this surprisingly enthralling second effort from Jones solidifies his spot as one of the bright, exciting minds not only of the sci-fi genre but of the film industry as a whole.

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Rubenstein from page 1 at Duke to the co-founder of one of the world’s largest private equity firms. He noted that he attended the University when it still had a quota for Jewish students—a policy later eliminated by former Duke President Terry Sanford. At first he felt out of place at the University, which remained more of a southern than national school and had maids clean the rooms and make the beds of students each day.

In a question-and-answer session after his speech, Kimberly Jenkins, senior advisor to the president and provost for innovation and entrepreneurship, asked Rubenstein whether being different influenced him as an entrepreneur. Jenkins, Trinity ’76 and Graduate School ’77 and ’80, previously served on the Board of Trustees with Rubenstein, where she noted he has been “an important voice” in supporting entrepreneurship efforts.

In his response, Rubenstein noted that people who fit into society perfectly and are busy doing things like going to parties

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or otherwise have their mind occupied lack time to reflect and think—a crucial aspect of entrepreneurship.

“In my own case, I did have some time to [reflect], but other people at Duke who knew me might say I was a social nobody,” he said. “Maybe it helped and maybe it didn’t.”

When discussing what makes a good entrepreneur, Rubenstein said one must start with an idea that somehow defies conventional wisdom and then pursue it with a “tunnel visioned” approach that combines hard work, communication skills and a willingness to work with others.

Those who want to be entrepreneurs must also sometimes ignore others, including their own parents, he said. When Rubenstein was younger, his parents hoped he would become a dentist.

“You have to ignore your parents, because your parents are never going to want you to go be an entrepreneur. They’re never going to want you to because that’s not the traditional thing to do.”

Rubenstein urged students in the room to “create something that didn’t exist before” and somehow improve society.

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All vice presidential candidates also received the majority of the vote and thus there was no instant runoff for any position. Danesh and Swain ran uncontested.

Schork said he is excited about the talent and diversity of the incoming executive board. The current DSG executive board is all male.

“People make the claim that we are not representative from a demographic perspective,” Schork said. “I want to change the idea that we’re an old boys’ club. The composition of the board itself will do a lot to open DSG up to the student body.”

Clark said there were no reported violations during the election process. Election results were delayed by three hours of deliberations by the DSG Judiciary, however, after Oathout challenged the way candidates’ names were arranged on the electronic ballot. Oathout filed a complaint with the Judiciary because he said the change from alphabetical ordering of candidates to a randomly generated ballot had not been approved by the Senate.

The Judiciary voted unanimously that the change was constitutionally sound.

“Since the way in which candidate names should be listed on the ballot is not included in either the Election Bylaws or rules and procedures, the attorney general’s decision to list names by randomized order does not constitute an alteration in the election procedures,” the majority opinion read.

Clark attributed the increase in voter turnout of this election to the return of joint presidential and vice presidential elections, which he thought helped generate more excitement and student interest in this election than last year.

Current DSG President Mike Lefevre, a senior, said the candidates’ campaigns reached many parts of the student body.

“It was a really fun campaign to watch,” he said. “Everyone brought their own voting block, and that contributed to the high voting turnout.”

Schork said he is looking forward to working with his new executive board. He noted that his priorities for next year include facilitating the house model transition and the West Union Building renovations, reaching out to the student community and increasing student support services.

would miss most about leaving Duke, he said it “gave him butterflies just to think about it.”

“First, I’m going to miss the entire student body. They’ve offered me so much support,” Irving said. “Secondly, I’m going to miss the coaching staff and the players because I’ve never felt such a special bond with anybody or any group of people that I felt here.”

Irving entered Duke as a highly-touted freshman and made his mark early on the college basketball landscape. He scored 17 points and dished out nine assists against Princeton in his first game.

He dropped 17 again versus Kansas State in the CBE Classic a week later. And, on Dec. 1, he delivered one of the finest performances of any Blue Devil this season—31 points against a then-top-five Michigan State team.

It would all come crashing down on Dec. 4, though, against Butler. The freshman suffered what appeared to be a relatively innocuous toe injury, only to discover later it was much more serious than anyone had originally thought.

Irving didn’t suit up again until the ACC Tournament, when he participated in pregame drills with the team. He played for the first time in three months in the NCAA Tournament’s first round, then, a week later, he capped off his Duke career with a 28-point performance in the loss against Arizona.

Last weekend, the freshman visited his family for five days in New Jersey, coming to his decision while there.

“I want to thank the entire staff at Duke, especially the coaches,” Irving said in the statement. “It was a great experience playing for Coach K. He taught me a lot about the game. Even when I was hurt, I learned a lot. Also a special thanks goes to the medical staff for getting me back on the court for the NCAA Tournament and my teammates for sticking with me throughout the entire year.

Duke offered me an experience I could never have imagined.”

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Freshman Kyrie Irving was one of the top point guards in the country, averaging 17.5 points per game.

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Get faculty on board with Kunshan The costs keep rising for project has grown among the Duke Kunshan University, faculty during the past year, a project once billed by the and for professors costs are administration as all but the biggest concern. free. A document released This is understandable. at the March 25 Academic Nearly every academic deCouncil meetpartment at ing estimates Duke has sufeditorial that around fered a sizable $37 million will be needed to cut in the past three years. cover the campus’ operating The University’s bold vencosts for its first six years. ture abroad, which will be This is the first editorial in funded partially by a $13.3 a series of two about the on- million loan from the central going construction of Duke administrative fund for camKunshan University. Today pus furnishings, is predictwe will discuss the steps the ably unsettling. administration must take to “Everyone is trying to get a get faculty members on board handle of what the costs are,” with the Kunshan project. Craig Henriquez, Academic Tomorrow we will explore Council chair and a biomedithe University community’s cal engineering professor, reaction to a Duke campus told The Chronicle this week. in the most populous nation. “[Currently], only a handful Skepticism of the Kunshan of faculty are involved, and

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the rest are wondering if it’s a good investment until they see it in action.” Professors want to know how a campus in Kunshan is relevant to their department and their research. Until they find out, they will continue to question whether the funds for the China campus could be better spent in Durham.

As the Kunshan initiative progresses, the University must do a better job of getting faculty members on board.

President Richard Brodhead told The Chronicle in January 2010 that “since we’ll be having Duke faculty teach there, our faculty will come to gain a better understanding of this very dynamic society, which will be a benefit to our students in Durham.” But so

far it is entirely unclear how this transfer of knowledge for faculty outside of the Fuqua School of Business and the Duke Global Health Institute.

The construction of Duke Kunshan University must become a topic brought up in lectures, faculty meetings and classroom discussions on campus. It is time for Brodhead and Provost Peter Lange to explain to professors how the meaningful cross-cultural dialogue Duke’s president envisioned last January might play out in practice. Even if the administration does not yet know all that Kunshan will bring, it should do a better job of engaging professors in the collective brainstorming process, es-

pecially by consulting with faculty members who specialize in the region. A few faculty members enthused about the Duke Kunshan experiment could do much to further constructive dialogue about the China campus among their peers.

Administrators should look to involve faculty every step of the way. Reserving one of Duke’s three seats on the five-member Board that will govern the new university for a member of the faculty could be a particularly meaningful gesture.

Duke’s push to build a campus in China is well under way. But it will not succeed without buy-in from the thinkers and researchers who make the University what it is.

Happy April

’m a girl who never leaves her planner at home. Day usually falling on April 15 (although this year Whether it’s my French homework, an upcoming the deadline has been extended to April 18) for us column deadline or a midweek birthday dinner in good ole Americans and Palm Sunday that weekend, Chapel Hill, I always write it down. we should probably take a rest, reflect and count our So why am I talking about my orgapennies. But the week after that, I nizational quirks? The reason I even think we have some potentially fine mention my planner is because my 5-byreasons to celebrate.

8 inch black-and-red “Bible” has proved Once Passover begins on Monto be dual-functioning. Not only does it day, April 18. There’s probably no give me adequate space to jot down the need for me to encourage celebratminutiae of my days, it also enlightens ing two days later on Wednesday, me about the many obscure holidays April 20, more commonly known as celebrated in the greater English-speak4/20, so, I won’t. Earth Day, Good molly lester ing world that week. An organizer and a Friday, Orthodox Good Friday (my more taste, less filling planner distinguishes between these mini-textbook all in one!

And man, I thought my April sans because they don’t usually fall on the holidays was going to be busy. With spring formals, same day) and Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day final deadlines, preparations for beach week and are all observed on Friday, April 22 this year. I could an assortment of pre-graduation get-togethers, my find time to plant a tree or use any excuse to finish off schedule is fully loaded. Eh, not compared to the of- a sleeve of frozen Thin Mints. ficial holidays celebrated by the British, the Irish, the If trees and cookies aren’t your style, Saturday, Aussies and the Canadians. According to my planner, April 23 is St. George’s Day, a holiday to commemothese English-speaking non-natives have got a lot go- rate this Roman soldier who was venerated as a Chrising on during the next few weeks. Toss in the handful tian martyr. April 23 marks the 1708th anniversary of of upcoming American holidays, and we’ve got our- his death in 303 CE and is celebrated in The United selves a pretty wild month.

Kingdom and many other countries. How does one Who knew? celebrate St. George’s Day? My research indicated just I didn’t. So, I thought I’d share the more inter- one thing: Feast. Perhaps you’ll still have the munchesting celebrations that will ensue in the upcoming ies? Or some leftover Thin Mints? month. I mean, I’m always looking for a reason to The Sunday after St. George’s Day is of course Eascelebrate and, in the spirit of cultural awareness, di- ter (and Orthodox Easter this year), but it is also Naversity and limitless festivities during my final weeks of tional Pigs in a Blanket Day! This holiday celebrates college, why not? the mini-wiener in a crescent roll that we all know and Last Sunday, April 3, the people of The United love. Both the United Kingdom and Canada boast Kingdom and Ireland observed Mothering Sunday. renditions of this modern delicacy, so I extend this Some believe the day started as a Roman holiday, but celebration to all my friends just up north and across Mothering Sunday became associated with the liturgi- the pond. cal calendar as a way to honor the Virgin Mary and a We’ve now arrived to the last week in April and thus day when worshipers from different parishes returned a fated ending to this month’s celebrations. Monday, to a central or “mother” church. Seems to me, how- April 25 is a bank holiday in honor of Easter in Canaever, that today, it’s just a glorified Euro-Mother’s Day da, Australia and parts of Great Britain and Tuesday, with Simnel cake. I once petitioned for a Daughter’s April 26 marks the end of Passover. But Wednesday, Day, but my parents didn’t exactly go for that one.

April 27—other than being Administrative ProfesIf Mothering Sunday didn’t strike your fancy, April sionals Day—is also our last day of classes.

3 was also National Find a Rainbow Day. Not exactly When the stresses of the end of the semester start an “official” Irish holiday, but who can celebrate rain- to bog you down and you just want to throw your bows without imagining a pesky little leprechaun planner out the window and scream, read its fine guarding his pot of gold? We could have brought the print and remember, there’s always some excuse to green food coloring back out and kicked it St. Patty’s celebrate before LDOC. Day style.

Admittedly, next week doesn’t provide the mateMolly Lester is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every rial for nearly as interesting celebrations. With Tax other Tuesday.

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f it does nothing else, the budget that House Republicans unveiled Tuesday provides the first real Republican program for the 21st century, and it is this: Repeal the 20th century.

Republicans have never particularly warmed to the American social contract that governed most of the past hundred years. Its central elements, enacted during the presidencies of harold meyerson Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, assumed a level of col- the washington post lective national responsibility for the well-being of the elderly and children, the two groups who could not benefit directly from employment, through such programs as Social Security, Medicare, funding for schools and for college grants and loans.

The logic behind these programs wasn’t simply humanitarian. It was also economic: Bolstering the purchasing power of the elderly increased economic activity and enabled the adult children of the elderly to invest more in their own children. Enabling more people to get good educations straight through college created a more productive workforce. A similar dual logic—both humanitarian and Keynesian—informed the programs that aided the poor and unemployed, such as Medicaid and food stamps.

Conservatives have never cottoned to this contract. They argue that a laissez faire economy can produce even greater or at least similar levels of prosperity and economic security, despite a striking lack of historical or economic data to back up this contention. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., made that claim Tuesday in presenting his budget proposal. But Ryan’s pieties notwithstanding, his budget is a prescription for diminishing prosperity and security, a road map, in fact, for national decline.

Ryan achieves the bulk of his savings through sharp reductions in projected spending on Medicare and Medicaid, converting the former into a right-to-purchase private insurance, subsidized up to a point, and the latter into a block grant program. (Scrapping Social Security remains, for now, a bridge too far.) Skyrocketing medical costs are the chief factor in rising government expenses, but rather than have government bring down those costs by, say, negotiating with drug companies on the price of their products, Ryan simply forces the elderly, their children and the poor to pick up more of those costs. As the number of retirees with definedbenefit pensions continues to shrink (thanks to corporate America and, this year, Republican governors), an increasing number of seniors will be unable to purchase the medications they need.

Ryan’s budget would also reduce projected spending on discretionary domestic programs—education, transportation, food safety and the like—to well below levels of inflation. That not only ensures that high-speed rail won’t be built but also means that potholes won’t be filled.

A decade ago, some conservatives were still talking about “national greatness conservatism.” Ryan’s budget is a manifesto for national puniness conservatism.

The cover under which Ryan and other Republicans operate is their concern for the deficit and national debt. But Ryan blows that cover by proposing to reduce the top income tax rate to just 25 percent. He imposes the burden for reducing our debt not on the bankers who forced our government to spend trillions averting a collapse but on seniors and the poor. The reductions in aid to the poor, says the budget blueprint that Ryan released, will be made “to ensure that America’s safety net does not become a hammock that lulls able-bodied citizens into lives of complacency and dependency.” That’s a pretty good description of America’s top bankers, but Ryan’s budget showers them with tax cuts.

Republicans can’t take sole credit for creating a vision of a diminished America. Most of the Washington-based commentariat has focused on the debt over the past year, ignoring both the persistence of high unemployment and the absolute stagnation of wages even as profits have soared. Those who applaud the macroeconomics of Ryan’s cuts should at least be compelled to explain how ordinary Americans, whose incomes haven’t risen since the late ‘90s, can take up the slack, in their own purchasing and in the nation’s economic activity, created by these cuts. They might even want to think about raising taxes on profits and capital gains, since these forms of income are rising even as wages flatline.

And, finally, there’s talk that we have a president who’s a Democrat - the party that created the American social contract of the 20th century. Initially, he focused on reshaping and extending that contract into the 21st. Now that the Republicans want to repeal it all, he’s nowhere to be found. Has anybody seen him?

Does he still exist?

Harold Meyerson is editor-at-large of American Prospect and the L.A. Weekly. This column originally appeared in The Washington Post on Wednesday, April 6.

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commentaries

lettertotheeditor An open letter to Chris Cusack As I am sure you will be receiving a lot of mail RE: your recent open letter in The Chronicle, I will try to make this brief. I’m sure you had the best of intentions in writing your article and, like all Dukies, are sad that Kyrie is leaving. The manner and tone of your article, however, was so arrogant and condescending, I could hardly finish it. It is that kind of hubris and condescension that contributes to the hatred and misconception of Duke around the country.

I am a Blue Devil and proud graduate, and am keenly aware of the public perception of Duke versus the reality. Duke is an amazing place where we celebrate the tradition of supporting all of our teams with great passion. Writing to Kyrie the way that you did not only dishonors that legacy, but also discourages future great athletes from wanting to come to Durham. Why would another oncein-a-generation athlete like Kyrie or Elton Brand want to come to a place where the fan base doesn’t

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support what’s in their best interest? Are you familiar with Kyrie’s situation? Will you reimburse him the millions that he would lose if he came back next year and broke his leg instead of going pro this year before the NBA lockout? Selfishly, of course all Duke fans wanted Kyrie to come back and make a run at a NCAA Championship. I’m sure his decision was not an easy one, but it was his and his alone.

Before you write another article about a talented young guy with an amazing opportunity to be the number one pick in the NBA draft and advance his career, put yourself in his shoes.

What sort of support would you hope for from a community that wants you back? Your article was not it.

Kyrie, we love you. Thank you for being a great player and teammate this year.

Patrick Forquer Trinity ’08

Making an (im)PACT

had always thought of sexual assault as an abstract The program treats sexual assault as a spectrum. concept. I knew it existed at Duke, but as senior Unacceptable behaviors bystanders can effectively Bhumi Purohit wrote in her March 24 column, counteract range from making a sexist joke, to grab“More than a statistic,” incidents of sexual violence bing someone’s a—, to more serious violations of were just a statistic for me. another’s boundaries. Santalo says In only the last two weeks, I’ve been their aim as facilitators is “to encourconfronted with an avalanche of perage awareness and then get students to sonal stories. They range from a friend come up with their own strategies.” waking up with a guy at a hotel and not So far, PACT has held one open knowing how she got there, to anothsession for all interested students, one er friend who experienced unwanted with greek leaders and others with touching from a guy she knew on her specific sororities and selective living hall (when she thought they were just groups. I wonder whether more tarsamantha going to sleep), to a woman who was geted approaches to these issues are lachman pressured to hook up with her date needed. For instance, is it worthwhile (who she considered a friend) at his my favourite things to be especially concerned about date fraternity formal. functions, fraternity formals and gloThese by no means represent the only ways in rifications of blacking out within the greek commuwhich students at Duke have negative experiences re- nity? Goodson emphasized that PACT is “not blamlated to sex and/or alcohol. They are just ones I have ing gender violence on any one group or party” been exposed to recently, and the patterns in these because “it’s not [always] one particular person or stories terrify me. I worry that students only realize set of people that is at fault.” the gravity of these situations once they personally exIndeed, Cleckler says “participants come to PACT perience an incident (or have a friend who does). with so many specific concerns about challenging soAt that point, it’s already too late. cial situations where they are unsure how to act or Fortunately, the Duke Women’s Center has begun respond.” These are issues LGBTQ students face and a pilot program called Prevent Act Challenge Teach issues men face. Freshmen can be perpetrators, and (PACT). Inspired by a University of New Hampshire seniors can be victims. Basically, everything’s on the program called Bringing in the Bystander, Amy Cleck- table, and as much as it’s frustrating to me that I can’t ler, the center’s gender violence prevention program go on diatribes and point a finger, that’s not the way coordinator, has been working this year with four stu- for PACT to succeed and gain a presence here. dent facilitators to get the initiative off the ground.

It is worth considering the possibility of making The first goal of PACT, Cleckler described in PACT training mandatory for every Duke student. an email, is to teach both women and men how to Santalo thinks that “the program is good enough “safely intervene before, during and after sexual to hold its own if it were mandated,” but worries it violence occurs.” Moreover, it “emphasizes the need might lose its credibility if it were. Cleckler hopes the for everyone to take daily courageous actions toward training will “eventually” be mandatory, as “university prevention, regardless of gender or sexual orienta- settings provide an opportunity to introduce effective tion, to ensure that the campus community is safer interventions because of the insular nature of the colfor victims of violence.” lege experience.”

Early in the school year, facilitators Andrei Santalo, During a speech at the University of New a junior, and Lucy Goodson, a sophomore, started Hampshire April 4, Vice President Joe Biden and working with Cleckler on the program—along with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan highlighted two other student facilitators, sophomore Kevin Jones new federal guidelines for how universities must and senior Amanda Johnson. Santalo and Goodson respond to complaints of campus sexual assaults. were in public policy professor Tony Brown’s “Change- Duke is already ahead of the game, but there’s almaker Leadership” class at the time. Santalo describes ways more we can do. In my opinion, a program for working on the project as “killing two birds with one every sophomore would be the best approach, as stone” because they could “do something really cool they have had time to experience the reality of the for the class but also put a lot of energy and effort into problem firsthand. this project.” Goodson added that their vision was to Goodson is optimistic. “Undergraduate culture is make sexual assault and violence “a real concept,” con- different every four years, and... if you can get change sidering how abstract it can be for most students. to start now, it won’t take that long to take effect.”

The program powerfully asserts that “we’re all We can, as Santalo says, “do better.” We can work as a a part of the context of sexual assault and rape,” team, understand what consent actually involves and Santalo said, and “we are all contributing to this cul- means, stop thinking of sex as an obligatory act, comture.” PACT stresses creative ways to intervene in ev- bat dangerous drinking patterns, raise awareness and eryday life. I know that I’ve been afraid of checking provide better support for victims. up on friends, but as Goodson points out, “doing something is better than nothing,” and there’s “no Samantha Lachman is a Trinity sophomore. Her column loss” to being a good bystander. runs every other Thursday.

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