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Duke denies Trustees name three to DKU board wrongdoing Board approves University application to Chinese ministry at exec meeting in lax cases

by Lauren Carroll THE CHRONICLE

At its most recent meeting, the executive committee of the Board of Trustees named Duke’s three representatives to the board of Duke Kunshan University and approved the University’s documentation for the new campus for submission to the Chinese Ministry of Education.

The committee has selected James Roberts, executive vice provost for finance and administration; Thomas Gorrie, a member of the Board of Trustees; and Provost Peter Lange to sit on the board of Duke Kunshan University.

The committee officially revealed its decision to the new appointees at its April 8 meeting.

by Zachary Tracer THE CHRONICLE

Duke has denied it did anything wrong in its handling of rape accusations against members of the 2006 men’s lacrosse team.

The denials come in lengthy legal filings and address claims that Duke officials misled the players and improperly disclosed some private information to the Durham police. In the filings Duke also denied claims that the nurse who examined Crystal Mangum—the woman who falsely accused three lacrosse players of raping her in March 2006—made up evidence or altered the examination report. The two lawsuits were filed by players who were not charged with rape.

The University’s two responses, filed Thursday, mark the first time Duke has formally addressed the factual allegations raised in the two lawsuits. The 732 pages of filings also provide insights into the legal strategies Duke’s attorneys may use as they defend the University and its employees.

In the documents, Duke states that any damages the lacrosse players may have sustained were caused by the false rape allegations made by Mangum and the botched prosecution conducted by former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.

“The causation issues here I think are very real,” said School of Law professor

James Roberts

“I’m very grateful to [the DKU board members],” President Richard Brodhead said in an interview Monday. “They will give the strongest possible representation for Duke’s interests.”

Board of Trustees Chair Dan Blue called the representatives “naturals” for the positions because of the variety of skills they will bring to the DKU board, which will have oversight of the new campus’s policies and operations while still reporting back to Duke’s administration.

He highlighted Lange’s expertise in academic programming, Roberts’ involvement in Kunshan financial planning and Gorrie’s position

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Some med schools add humanities reqs Mangum indicted on murder charge

by Maggie Spini THE CHRONICLE

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Some medical schools, such as those at Yale, Stanford, Cornell, and Mount Sinai, are incorporating humanities classes into their curriculums.

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Anatomy, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology—these are components to a laundry list of science courses students must pass before delving into the world of medicine.

Some medical schools, however—including those at Yale, Stanford, Cornell and Mount Sinai—are expanding their curriculums to include humanities classes that embrace the notion that medicine is more than a scientific practice.

“I do think that a doctor needs to develop the skill of attending to the human dimension of clinical medicine... to be able to read between the lines of a patient’s narrative,” Dr. Jeffrey Baker, director of Duke’s Program in the History of Medicine, wrote in an email. “This is not an optional skill. One can make big mistakes and waste a lot of money on expensive tests if this aspect of medicine is neglected.”

Currently, the only humanities requirement in Duke’s School of Medicine is a medical humanities workshop in the fourth year. However, third-year students have the option of completing a year-long research project in nonscientific disciplines such as ethics, history, religion or

Crystal Mangum was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend.

Mangum, who falsely accused three members of the men’s lacrosse team of rape in 2006, was indicted by a Durham County grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder and two counts of larceny, the Associated Press reported. The indictment comes 15 days after Mangum was charged with assault with a deadly weapon following the stabbing of Reginald Daye, her boyfriend.

Mangum has been held in the DurCrystal Mangum ham County jail since April 3 after she allegedly stabbed the 46-year-old Daye in the torso with a kitchen knife after an argument.

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“She does not consider her illness as a debilitating hindrance. It merely... strengthens her resolve. ”

­—Sophomore Rui Dai in “A typical Duke student.” See column page 11

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“I am confident that those events tomorrow will bring about the desirable results, notably to secure the necessary funds to complete the safety work at the Chernobyl site,” Barroso said at a press conference in the Ukrainian capital.

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A trial judge had ordered such a plan for the inmates, known as Uighurs. They have been held since 2002, but the U.S. government has agreed that they are not terrorists and pose no threat.

But an appeals court blocked the release, saying decisions about resettlement in this country must be made by the executive and legislative branches, not judges.

The court on Monday declined to review the appeals court decision. There were no noted dissenters, and four justices wrote to explain that it was enough that the government was working to ensure the release of the men to another country.

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Law school musical shows changing attitude toward Nixon

by Michael Shammas THE CHRONICLE

The Duke School of Law is finally warming up to one of its most infamous alumni.

For years, faculty and students at the law school have expressed ambivalence toward Richard Nixon—who graduated third in his class at the law school in 1937 and served as president of the Duke Bar Association—especially after the Watergate scandal was exposed in the early 1970s.

But perceptions are changing.

“At the time of Nixon’s resignation, the law school community felt embarrassed,” said Justin Becker, Duke Law’s student body president. “[But now] the whole school, including both past and present students, more openly em-

braces Nixon as an alumnus.”

Becker recently directed the play “Tricky Dick,” which premiered April 1 at a sold-out Durham Arts Center. The play—which portrays a young Nixon as a morally-troubled Duke law student running for president of the student body—was performed last year, but with fewer cast members, a different script and not much recognition from the University’s administration, according to a recent New York Times article. However, after glowing reviews from attendees, Duke Law Drama Society won the “Most Active in Law Student Life” award, and “Tricky Dick” became an eagerly anticipated event.

Becker said that before “Tricky Dick,” law students mostly kept any goodwill they felt toward Nixon secret. As a result

of the play, however, he said he thinks the law school will begin to embrace Nixon more. As a sign of the former president’s rising popularity at Duke, the musical starred about 50 professors, students and administrators.

Slavik Gabinsky, who graduated from the School of Law last year, was one of the students most involved in creating the play.

“I was the president of the Duke Law Drama Society and I wanted to do something sexy and risque for my last show,” he said. “When going through the potential central themes, Nixon was unavoidable as a linchpin.”

Money earned from the musical went toward Duke’s See nixon on page 12

On-campus farm draws interest from professors, students

by Alejandro Bolívar THE CHRONICLE

Duke’s new on-campus sustainable farm is preparing to reap the fruits of its labor.

With its first harvest scheduled for later this month, the students working on the Duke University Campus Farm are publicizing their efforts to the greater Duke community. Five students founded the Duke Forest-based farm as part of a class project last Spring, Emily Sloss, farm project manager and Trinity ’10, wrote in an email Monday.

The students have since garnered support from Bon Appetit Management Company, faculty members and other students.

Bon Appetit, which operates on-campus eateries like the Marketplace and the Great Hall, agreed to purchase 100 percent of the farm’s products. The crops will be collected later this month and served in several Bon Appetit venues, Sloss said.

“Everything is growing beautifully and we have exceeded expectations of where this project would be at this time, considering it was just an idea a year ago,” Sloss said.

Some Duke professors have encouraged their students to get involved with the farm through their classwork.

Charlotte Clark, a visiting professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment, taught the class last semester that sparked interest in the farm. This year, she asked a group of students in her environment course to develop a plan to market the farm.

Marketing proposals include advertising farm work days via listservs and hanging signs on the Bryan Center plaza, holding a house course on the farm and promoting independent studies, said Allyson Morton, a junior in Clark’s class. Morton added that the farm advisory board is responsible for implementing See farm on page 5

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Duke professors are encouraging students to get involved with the on-campus sustainable farm. Students in Markets and Management Studies 170 developed a marketing plan for the farm as a final project.

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In Egypt, tourism paying the cost of freedom

by Fredrick Kunkle The Washington Post

GIZA, Egypt - Saad Ahmed has a lot of time on his hands these days.

Usually at this time of year, hordes of tourists swarm the Egyptian merchant’s souvenir shop and many others like it at the foot of Egypt’s mightiest pyramid, snapping up postcards, ornamental papyrus and enough statuettes of King Tut to create a kitschy necropolis back home.

But Egypt’s revolution has scared away millions of foreign tourists, the lifeblood of the nation’s economy, and now this ancient kingdom of tombs resembles a ghost town.

“I’m losing a lot of money,” said Ahmed, 63, a retiree who sold property near his home in the province of Qena five years ago to buy one of the souvenir shops near the Great Pyramid of Cheops on Cairo’s outskirts.

A lot of people have been losing money after the uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from office more than two months ago.

Although the revolution has lifted the hopes of many Egyptians eager for a more prosperous, democratic future, the turmoil has walloped the nation’s economy, in no small part because of the drop in tourism.

Merchants who cater to tourists say the post-revolutionary drop in business has been much more severe than the slowdown after gunmen killed a group of tourists in Luxor in 1997.

Between Jan. 25 and Feb. 1, at least 1 million tourists cut their visits short or chose not to come at all, Egypt’s new minister of tourism, Mounir Fakry Abdel Noor, said in an interview.

In February, tourism was off 80 percent compared with last year, and it fell 60 per-

cent in March, Noor said. That is a crippling blow for a sector that accounts for one of every seven Egyptian jobs and makes up about 11 percent of the nation’s economy. “Tourism is the number one foreigncurrency earner in Egypt,” Noor said. “It’s obviously very important.”

The revolution has also slowed other sectors. Jobs have been lost, foreign investment has dried up and inflation has increased.

The stock exchange opened only late last month after a two-month shutdown.

The government reported last week that food prices have skyrocketed 48 percent in a nation that is already the world’s largest importer of wheat. Lines form in neighborhoods when trucks arrive with scarce canisters of cooking fuel.

All of this has added stress to an economy where 22 percent of people live below the poverty line, according to World Bank figures.

Finance Minister Samir Radwan said this month that Egypt’s economic growth had slowed to an estimated 2.5 percent this year, compared with 5.3 percent in 2010.

Radwan also suggested that Egypt might need to lean on the gulf oil states for aid an idea tartly swatted aside by Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has run the country since Mubarak stepped down. Tantawi told Egyptian reporters that Egypt was not a “beggar.”

The revolution’s impact on the economy has made some Egyptians impatient about the continuing calls for change during regular protests in Tahrir Square.

Mohamed Al-Masry, a businessman and former president of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, said

most Egyptians in the business community have been supportive of the revolution. But some also long for the return of stability.

“This is the cost of freedom, so okay, we are ready to expect this,” he said. “But only for a certain time.”

Although calm has partially returned, some Egyptians remain focused on the poor economy, particularly in the cluster of shops near the Giza pyramids that local Egyptians call “tourist town.”

On a recent day, the arrival of almost every new visitor drew a pesky mob of wheeler-dealers, especially because there were so few customers on the dirt streets near establishments such as the Kingh Tut Bazaar, the Cleopatra Papyrus Gallery and the Sphinx Guest House.

Ahmed, the souvenir shop owner, said business has been so slow that he laid off his multilingual sales staff for a month.

That’s left him and his young grandson to mind the store, and neither speaks English, Russian or any other foreign language.

A block away, Abrahim Fikhry, 41, said the revolution has killed his business too. Fikhry runs a shop dealing in aromatic essences that used to draw as many as 20 people a day before the revolution. These days, he feels happy to get two people browsing among the stoppered vials filled with a rainbow of aromatic liquids such as mint, amber or musk - which is distilled from gazelle kidneys.

“The economy is very bad,” he said, adding that he’s also feeling pinched by rising food prices.

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Giza resident Abrahim Fikhry, 41, operates an aromatic essences shop close to the Giza pyramids, a major tourist attraction. The revolution in Egypt has severly hurt businesses that rely on tourist revenues.

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Congratulations to the following students, student organizations, faculty, and administrators who have been awarded Duke University’s most prestigous campus-wide honors for leadership and service. Recipients accepted these honors at the Student Affairs Distinguished Leadership and Service Awards program on April 18, 2011.

William J. Griffith University Service Awards

Recognize graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to each of the following three communities:

Duke Community Rebecca Agostino Maddie Burke Becki Feinglos Brooke Hartley David Murray Kahler Dana Oppermann Katie Patellos Laurel Sisler Michelle Sohn Durham and Local Bryan Morgan Katherine Xu

Global Community Jack Jiakun Zhang

Faculty And Staff Student Interaction Award

Recognizes one University administrator who, through his or her individual efforts, has aided in the development of students outside of the classroom experience.

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Recognizes one member from each nongraduating class who demonstrates outstanding contributions to the Duke, Durham, and/or global communities. Also, recognizes student organizations that have demonstrated high ethical standards and an outstanding commitment to the mission of the Duke University community.

New Student Organization Greek Woman’s Initiative First-Year Student Helen Cai

Sophomore Student Derek Mong

Established Student Organization Blue Devil’s United Junior Student Ming Jiu Li Vinayak Nikam

Duke University Union Service Award DUU Best Committee Innovations

DUU Most Improved Committee Duke Student Broadcasting DUU MVP Elliot Johnson

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Recognize graduating students whose collective contributions to Duke and larger communities--through extraordinary leadership in their curricular and cocurricular endeavors--are grounded in values that support the University’s mission as found in the Duke Community Standard.

Awards are given in each of the following five categories:

Building Alliances Through Collective Engagement Rebecca Agostino Commitment To Diversity Aliza Lopes-Baker Promotion Of The Ideals Of Community Jack Jiakun Zhang Expanding The Boundaries Of Learning Ben Getson Demonstration Of Integrity Annie Kozak Julie Anne Levey Memorial Leadership Award Dan Stefanus

Betsy Alden Outstanding ServiceLearning Award Alex Reese Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Alice Mao

Alumni Association Forever Duke Award Susan Foster Stephen Temple

Duke Student Government Awards Sam Veraldi Elizabeth Fox, Ph.D Baldwin Scholars Unsung Heroine Award Brooke Hartley Dana Oppermann Rebecca Ortega Katie Patellos Dora Anne Little Service Award Julia Finch Trent Serwetz Sophie Smith

Lars Lyon Volunteer Service Award Nicole Sales Class of 2012 Leadership and Service Award Alexandra Abend Faith Villanueva Class of 2014 Leadership and Service Award Wally Gurzynski Samuel Kebede Dan Stefanus Shane Stone Jacob Tobia Nyuol Tong Will Woodhouse

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suits from page 1 Thomas Metzloff, a civil suit specialist who is not involved in the case. “[Duke claims] any injury comes from what Crystal Mangum did initially and then what Nifong did.”

Lawyers for the players declined to comment on the filings, as did Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vice president for public affairs and government relations.

None of the 41 players involved in the two suits were among the three Mangum falsely accused of rape in 2006. Those players—David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann—have settled with Duke but are currently suing Durham officials. The city of Durham, Durham Police Department officers and Nifong are also named in the two suits filed by the unindicted players, but have not yet filed their responses. They have until June 14 to file responses to all three suits.

One suit involving 38 unindicted players was filed in February 2008, and a second suit involving three unindicted players was filed in December 2007. The wrongly indicted players filed their suit against Durham in October 2007. A federal judge al-

farm from page 3 the marketing proposals.

Although the Duke farm is a student-led initiative, the students involved in the project are reaching out to faculty members as well.

Clark said she is planning a faculty workshop at the farm May 9 to encourage Duke professors to incorporate sustainability practices into their syllabi.

Students in a class taught by Martha Reeves, associate director of markets and management studies, developed a marketing plan for

lowed the three suits to proceed March 31 after rejecting some claims.

In the filings, Duke defends the sexual assault examination that former Duke University Health System nurse Tara Levicy performed on Mangum. The lawsuits accused Levicy of fabricating evidence and altering her initial examination report in order to support Mangum’s claims and Nifong’s case.

Levicy states in the documents that all claims she made were consistent with her examination of Mangum.

“Levicy specifically denies that she ever provided false or misleading information to any investigators working for the Durham Police Department or for the District Attorney’s office or to anyone else,” one filing reads.

But KC Johnson, a history professor at Brooklyn College and City University of New York Graduate Center who blogs about the lacrosse case, says Levicy’s claims in the filings are not credible.

“Her story shifted over time, and it shifted over time in ways that did not reflect what was in her report,” he said.

He pointed out that a report issued by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said there was no medical evidence to the farm as part of their final class project.

“Rather than sell a product, they’re trying to create awareness among the Duke student body that the farm exists,” Reeves said.

Junior Eduardo Leal, who is in Reeves’ class, said his group will film a 30-second television advertisement, as well as use print ads and social media sites such as Facebook to promote the farm. The group is also creating a logo for the farm to “establish a clear and definite brand,” he added.

“What better and more trusted source [is there] than your peers to produce the food that you eat,” Leal said.

confirm Mangum’s account that she was raped. Cooper’s report was issued shortly after he declared that the three wrongly indicted players were innocent in April 2007.

“The [nurse] based her opinion... largely on the accusing witnesses’ demeanor and complaints of pain rather than on objective evidence,” Cooper’s report stated.

In the filings, Duke lawyers wrote that they could not discuss details of Mangum’s medical information because of privacy laws.

Duke’s responses show that some University officials had doubts about Mangum’s claims almost immediately after she reported them. A day after Mangum reported being raped, former Duke Police Chief Robert Dean told Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek that Mangum “was not credible and that the allegations would likely go away.”

In the documents, Wasiolek and several other Duke officials also denied claims that they encouraged the players to discuss the situation with them by promising that they would not discuss the conversation with

Durham police. Wasiolek, President Richard Brodhead and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask admitted to meeting with some team members but denied making promises of confidentiality. They also said they did not discuss those meetings with Durham police.

Duke officials also denied that they did anything wrong in their disclosure of some players’ DukeCard swipe records to Durham police. The players claimed that the University turned over the information improperly and then misled the players about the disclosure.

The University admitted that Duke police Sgt. Gary Smith gave the DukeCard records to Durham police Sgt. Mark Gottlieb March 31, 2006. Different Duke officials later received a subpoena for the records and notified the players. But those officials, including former DukeCard office head Matthew Drummond, were unaware that Smith had previously provided those records, the filing states.

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med school from page 1 literature, Baker said. This year, four students chose to pursue this track, a number he said is about average.

Erik Becker, a fourth-year medical student, spent his third year exploring his interest in the doctorpatient relationship at the confluence of medicine and theology.

“The vast majority of what a person experiences when they become ill—especially when that illness threatens their [life]— has to do with how they identify themselves, what is valued in their lives, their relationships with others,” Becker wrote in an email. “As a physician, it should be part of my responsibility, my covenant with my patients, to address—or at least acknowledge— all the ways in which their illnesses impact their lives.”

Becker took classes ranging from medical ethics to crosscultural perspectives on pastoral care during his third year. This curriculum, he said, made him more attuned to the spiritual needs of patients experiencing illnesses in ways not limited to physical pain.

Dr. Margaret Humphreys, Josiah Charles Trent professor of the history of medicine, noted that humanities studies can sensitize medical students and doctors to what they do not know about a patient’s illness.

“In listening to patients we need to be alert for the meaning that symptoms and events have

for them, a meaning that may not be immediately clear on the surface,” she wrote in an email.

“Literature calls for us to ‘get inside the head’ of a person in the story, a person whose life and experience are alien to our own.”

As both a physician and historian, Humphreys said she knows firsthand about how having a lack of data can affect the conclusions one makes.

“We [historians] are always dealing with incomplete data and have to come to grips with creating accurate accounts in spite of that incompleteness.

Doctors must learn to deal with that sort of uncertainty as well,” she said. “While my historical training and medical work both appeal to my fascination with solving puzzles, they likewise require a willingness to go ahead and act even when the knowledge base may be inadequate.”

Colleen Grochowski, associate dean of curricular affairs for the Duke School of Medicine, said currently the humanities is a “curricular thread” that is integrated into other required courses in the first, second and fourth years.

Although Baker said he thinks learning medical humanities is “at least” as relevant as acquiring knowledge of basic sciences for aspiring physicians, especially for those concerned with patient care, he does not foresee Duke making humanities courses required.

“The great challenge at Duke is that the third year is devoted to research.

That

leaves only one year to cover the two years of pre-clinical work covered in other medical schools,” he said. “Students feel great pressure to master an enormous amount of material. And they have to pass the same boards as everyone else.”

Becker said that although he thinks it is beneficial for medical students to be well-versed in humanities, he does not think requiring humanities courses is necessarily practical.

“I think that the people who are going to get the most benefit from such required coursework would probably be the ones who would seek out opportunities to study the material on [their] own,” he said. “The others will probably roll their eyes and grumble about learning something that’s not on the boards or clerkship exams,” he said.

That recognition, though, does not devalue the role of seeing the patient as being more than his or her symptoms, he said.

“Taking time to connect with the patient about their life and illness, to provide guidance and wisdom from a place of caring, to truly be there for a patient for whom perhaps no other medical interventions are available or possible, should remain the first and foremost duty and obligation of the physician,” he added. “Every student should have the opportunity to be exposed to a curriculum that includes attention to the person who is the patient.”

mangum from page 1 Daye died 10 days after the incident in Duke Hospital after succumbing to his injuries, WRAL reported.

This is not the first time since the lacrosse scandal Mangum has been in custody. In February 2010, after an argument with a different boyfriend, Mangum was charged with attempted murder and arson, among other charges.

Police said Mangum set some of his clothes on fire in a bathtub and assaulted him in front of her children, in addition to threat-

ening to stab him, according to court documents.

In December, Mangum was convicted of misdemeanor charges of child abuse, injury to personal property and resisting an officer, according to jail documents.

Mangum first gained notoriety in March 2006 when she falsely accused members of the Duke lacrosse team of rape at a team party, where Mangum was employed as a stripper.

The players were declared innocent in April 2007 after state officials determined there was no credible evidence supporting Mangum’s claims.

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DUKE’S LITTLE LEAGUE HERO Mark Lumpa honed his skills on the diamond in Williamsport—and Saudi Arabia

by Alex Krinsky THE CHRONICLE

Before freshman pitcher Mark Lumpa committed to Duke, and before he led The Bolles School to back-to-back Florida state championships, he played in the Little League World Series twice—as a member of the Saudi Arabian team.

Lumpa learned the fundamentals of America’s pastime in an unusual place, the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert. Since his father, Robert, works for the Saudi Aramco oil company, Lumpa grew up in the small company town of Udhailiyah, two hours away from the nearest baseball field in Dhahran. The drive between the two isolated Saudi Aramco compounds is nothing but desert, with only several small villages visible from the road.

“The only people that played baseball in my town were me and my brother,” Lumpa said. “Every single day my dad would get off work and we’d be done with school, and we’d have to drive two hours to Dhahran for practices. So going down we’d read or do homework. We had to.”

The trips were worthwhile, though. Dhahran, with its constant influx of American and European players, has become a perennial international powerhouse in the Little League World Series, as the town’s team has earned a berth in the tournament for the past 11 years.

After watching his older brother, Craig, play in the picturesque stadiums of Williamsport, Pa. twice, Mark made the cut the following year as one of only four 11-year-olds on the 2003 team.

“It was intense,” Lumpa said. “We had two-a-days, morning practices and then late afternoon practices. We’d have graphic by melissa yeo/The Chronicle

See LUMPA on page 8

How Duke Lax can repeat this season

Pedaling to the top

It must feel good to be back on top.

The ACC lacrosse tournament begins on Friday, and unexpectedly, Duke is the No. 1 seed in the four-team bracket.

Despite ranking one spot behind rival Maryland in the latest Inside Lacrosse poll, the Blue Devils earned the conference regular season title after amassing a Chris perfect 3-0 ACC record.

So what is reasonable to expect from this team in the postseason?

Last Saturday’s 13-11 win over thenNo. 7 Virginia suggests a second national championship is a realistic goal—even though the Cavaliers were missing Preseason All-America Steele Stanwick— especially when one also considers last month’s 9-8 nail-biter over then-No. 3 Maryland and a 14-9 victory in Chapel Hill on Mar. 3. An early-season win over

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Duke’s club cycling team won its first ever conference championship, the Division II title in the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference, this weekend. They now await the nationals competition in May.

then-No. 10 Loyola highlights Duke’s performance in nonconference games.

Any prediction of a repeat national championship would be pretty optimistic, though.

The Blue Devils have two major problems that they have to fix quickly to avoid an early playoff letdown: struggles on the road and a sieve-like defense. The team has compiled an abysmal 1-4 record outside of Durham, and that lone victory was just a few miles down Tobacco Road against then-No. 8 North Carolina. Duke also fell to thenunranked Pennsylvania in a major earlyseason upset.

In fairness, the other three away losses were against top-10 teams Notre Dame, Syracuse and Denver, and the ACC Tournament will be held at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils will be able to improve their NCAA Tournament seeding immensely with a successful weekend, See cusack on page 8

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Lumpa said. “If anything, I’ve always used that for motivation. I’ve been told, ‘Oh he can’t do that because he’s not the prototypical pitcher’.... I try to prove people wrong and show that I’m capable of doing anything.” workouts also. It was competitive, and you weren’t just fighting to make the team. Since Lumpa was a workhorse during that postseason, pitching a complete game in the you knew who was going to make it, you were fighting for a spot to be a starter.” second contest of the regional finals series, and then closing out the last inning of In 2003 Lumpa did not see any time as a pitcher, but by 2004 he was a seasoned the game the next day. In the state semifinal, Lumpa threw a complete game and only veteran, hitting in the three-hole and starting on the mound. In both years the allowed one earned run.

Dhahran team dominated the Middle East and Africa Region Tournament that took “The first time [we won the state championship] it was kind of unreal,” Lumpa place in Kutno, Poland. said. “But I actually didn’t get to play in that game, so I knew that next year I wanted “We would mostly play American kids that lived on military bases throughout Europe,” to come back and play in the championship game. I knew I didn’t want my senior year Lumpa said. “Both years we played Germany in the finals, and both years, more or less, to end any differently.” we destroyed the competition. When I was 12, we outscored our opponents 120-4, give or Due in large part to Lumpa’s dominance, it didn’t. After Lumpa posted a 13-0 retake a few runs.” cord and a 0.63 ERA his senior year, a Bolles squad with high preseason expectations But despite the Saudi Arabian team’s dominance in the qualifying rounds, and de- found itself back in the state championship game. In the semifinals, Lumpa pitched a spite the bleached blonde hair they sported as a symbol of team unity, they struggled complete game, and in the championship he was called in for relief in the top of the to move out of pool play both years. In 2003 they lost to Curacao and then were over- seventh. The score was tied with two outs, and the bases were loaded. whelmed by a superior Japan squad that won the entire tournament. The next year, Lumpa forced a groundball that was taken care of by David Perkins, who had also already they lost to Curacao again before losing to Mexico in extra committed to Duke. Perkins made the play and then hit a game-wininnings after a walk-off home run. double with a man on second in the bottom of the inning.

“The only people that played ningAfter In the two tournaments, Lumpa was exposed to different his second straight championship win, Lumpa arrived at styles of play—not to mention completely different cultures. baseball in my town were me Duke having never lost a game in high school. In a sport where “All the kids lived in one area called The Grove [in Williamthe best players are far from perfect, Lumpa’s 28-0 record and my brother.... We’d have even sport],” Lumpa said. “You would eat with them, and they also stands out as an anomaly. had a rec center where you could hang out with kids from the The freshman has had some trouble adjusting to the college to drive two hours to Dhahother teams. You got to interact with them and even with the langame, but he’s performed well out of the bullpen for Duke, apran for practices.” guage barrier it didn’t matter, you could figure out a way.” pearing in 18 games with a 3.91 ERA. After Little League, the ballplayers in Dhahran and the sur“What stands out about him is his fastball is basically a cut— Mark Lumpa rounding towns moved on to professional-sized fields. As some ter,” Duke head coach Sean McNally said. “He’s not a velocity kids hung up their cleats, there were less teams and the best playguy, he’s not a guy that’s going to blow you away. But he’ll beat ers were more consolidated. It was here that Lumpa honed his skills on the mound before you with movement and command…. Basically every pitch he throws is a cutter and coming to the United States for high school. that helps him keep the ball off the barrel.”

“You got to know them,” Lumpa said of his competition. “You knew how to pitch someLumpa hopes to continue to progress on the mound throughout his time at body and you knew what they were going to throw you. But it didn’t take anything away Duke, but his extensive innings in high school have already proved to be an asset from the game. We still enjoyed it.” for the Blue Devils. McNally explained how he can always count on Lumpa for mulMark’s brother Craig chose to attend The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. because he tiple innings of relief. wanted the year-round baseball weather that comes with the South. Mark initially looked “He’s a really important guy for us because he’s a guy that has a rubber arm,” McNally at other boarding schools, but decided to join his brother at Bolles. said. “He can pitch everyday.”

As a freshman on junior varsity, Lumpa played infield. When the varsity team made Prior to Duke, Lumpa’s experience with the Dhahran team and Bolles had condiit to the state finals in Sarasota, Fla., Lumpa was one of the few freshmen invited to tioned him to be a champion. Despite the Blue Devils middling record, he hopes to conjoin the roster. The following year, Lumpa was used sparingly on the varsity squad, but tinue that mentality at his new school. managed to post a 4-0 record from the mound.

“There’s a difference between being the underdog and the team that’s expected Before his junior season, Lumpa was intended to be one of the two starting pitchers to win, but I don’t let that change the way I play,” Lumpa said. “I still expect to go for the Bulldogs, but after the other pitcher was injured, Lumpa became the No. 1 in the out there and do the best I can, to compete and win games. That’s what I did in high rotation. Despite his small stature at 5-foot-7, he went 11-0 with a 0.87 ERA on the year. school, and that’s what I’m trying to do here. It’s not any different in the aspect of “I’ve always been one of the smaller guys on the team, but I never let that get to me,” how hard you work, it’s just how outsiders view you.”

cusack from page 7 but the team will eventually have to travel to Baltimore, Md., for the national championships. So far, there seems to be little indication that the Blue Devils can beat three ranked opponents in a neutral field setting.

What’s more, defense has been Duke’s Achilles’ heel away from Koskinen all season long. While the Zach Howell-led attack rates third in the nation in scoring offense, the defense gives up an average of 9.07 goals, ranking in the bottom half of Division I. It all starts with goalie Dan Wigrizer, whose save percentage of 53.8-percent rates 26th in the nation, over six points lower than the rival Terrapin’s Niko Amato. Without a stronger performance in net, the Blue Devils will find their season over faster than CJ Costabile ended Notre Dame’s a year ago in the national championship game.

There is hope for Wiggy, though. He is coming off arguably his best week of the season, earning ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors after racking up 11 saves— eight in the second half—and four ground balls in the win over Virginia. His performance will, more than any other factor, determine the difference between a quick NCAA Tournament exit and a trip back to Baltimore for the national semifinals.

Costabile, who along with Howell was nominated for the 2011 Tewaaraton Trophy as the country’s top collegiate lacrosse player, was a third-team All-American a year ago, and will be largely responsible for picking up any of Wigrizer’s—and the rest of the defensive unit’s—slack throughout the postseason.

Duke will also have to narrow the gap in the turnover battle. The team, on average, creates 10 fewer turnovers than it produces, and ranks outside the top half nationally in both categories. While the offense has

shown its ability to capitalize on the opportunities it creates, as evidenced by its 12.87 goals per game, the back unit simply cannot afford to give opposing teams chance after chance to score.

Wigrizer, Constabile and the rest of the defensive unit will have to prove themselves once again in a first round ACC Tournament matchup against the Cavaliers’ top-ranked scoring offense. A win Friday, though, would just be one small step towards an elusive repeat national championship, one that will only make it back to Durham if the Blue Devils can take their hot play on the road.

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of his canceled clinical trials. Despite the attempts of the company to push down the prominence of negative media coverage in search results, articles detailing Potti’s missteps still appear, allowing people to read all available information and form their own opinions on the issue.

Online Reputation Manager generally works with clients who are not trying to hide criminal activity. Potti is no criminal, but his attempts to paper over his past—while they are not and should not be illegal—are misleading and unethical. His attempt to hide information may be counterproductive; they only highlight his dishonesty. But worse, Potti’s is a medical doctor and should not be attempting to deceive

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To my class friends

have learned a lot during my four years at is spent listening to professors and furiously takDuke, but one of the most important things I’ve ing notes. learned is how to be efficient with my time.

No, my class friends and I probably won’t be It’s the end of the semester, my senioritis has lifetime pals, but I will remember them fondreached an all time high and the ly when I reminisce about the spring weather is making it nearly academic chapter of my time at impossible to concentrate. As I type Duke. My true class friends have this, the warm sun is pouring into never called me a nerd when I the third-floor causeway, reminding wanted to discuss the readings me that if I had written this earlier, further. They have never called I would have been able to join my me a dummy when I asked for friends at the pool. help with a problem set. And So, in order to leave Perkins ASAP they always greeted me with a molly lester (I’ve got FOMO, you know), I’m gosmile, both inside the classroom ing to kill two birds with one stone: more taste, less filling and when I accost them from This is my final column as an underacross the dining room at Parker graduate, but it will also serve as my and Otis. second-to-last writing assignment for one of my Interacting with the other students is at the English courses. How’s that for efficiency?! heart of what has made Duke so special for me. I The assignment: Write a one-page farewell find my class friends to be some of the most interstatement to the class. esting and accomplished individuals I’ve encounBut I am going to write a farewell statement to tered during my time on this campus. And now all of my class friends.

I’m going to embarrass them.

“Class friend” is a term I use casually in my evTo Greg: You + a passion for constitutional eryday jargon. I define a class friend as someone I law + four years of hard work = Harvard. Conhave or have had class with (duh) and also some- gratulations. one I would probably never have met had I not To the other Molly: Our love for Paris and the had class with this person. countless American novels we have struggled to My teammates, sorority sisters and roommates finish (“Absalom, Absalom!” comes to mind first) think it’s hilarious that I make a valiant effort not make our shared name and class friendship someonly to befriend my classmates, but also to actively thing I will never forget. seek them out in social settings.

To Charlie: You have graduated and probably In the Great Hall: “Oh, a class friend! I’ll go sit won’t read this, but I think you are incredibly with her.” brave for jetting off to the Mississippi River Delta At Shooters: “Hey, it’s my class friend! I’ll see if to teach ninth-grade math. I hope your experihe wants to be my beer pong partner.” ence has been worthwhile.

On Spring break in Miami: “No way! A class friend And to all my other class friends that I have shopping on Collins Avenue! I need to say, ‘Hi.’” not mentioned by name, thank you for always On Facebook: “You have one friend request being entertaining, for usually being friendly from Josh Hammer.” Who’s that again? Oh yeah, and for consistently upping my number of Fahe’s my class friend. I accept. cebook friends and Gchat contacts over the past The relationships I’ve built with my class friends four years. are clearly not comparable to those I’ve made with Farewell, class friends. I can only hope that my my teammates, my sorority sisters and my room- future “work friends” will be as classy as you. mates, but how could they be? I only spend three hours a week in each of my four classes and more Molly Lester is a Trinity senior. This is her final often than not, the majority of our time together column.

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And to Duke University, I leave...

f we have any sense at all, we should get ate—I would like to propose an ethic of a lot from our experiences at Duke. But University service. do we give back enough? We ought to This service can take many forms. stop and ask ourselves occasionally: Is this To work properly, student government university better for having needs more than 100 stuhad me as a student? Have dents to fill various posiI left this place better than tions. There are nearly I found it?

700 clubs that need presiIf you can’t answer dents, vice presidents “yes” to both questions and treasurers. There are at the end of four years, a cappella groups that then that truly is a wasted need singers, orchestras opportunity. that need musicians, dozPresident Richard gregory morrison ens of teams that need Brodhead once told me finish the thought players. The Admissions that “being president of Office needs tour guides; Duke is different from bethe Chapel needs stuing president of other universities be- dents to help serve communion. The cause, in part, Duke has such a sense of many campus publications all need unrealized potential.... It’s about work- contributors and editors and readers. ing with everyone else to realize what Professors need research assistants and Duke could be.”

RLHS needs RAs. You could substitute “student” for You have a special talent. (Why else “president” and end up with an equally would they have let you in?) Find a way true statement: Being a student at Duke to use that talent to make Duke better. is different from being a student at an- Goodness knows the University could other university because Duke has such use the help. What we do to contribute a sense of unrealized potential—the to the University in time and talent and peculiar challenge of being a student love and criticism and service is what we here is to be part of the realization of do to realize that unrealized potential. that potential. Duke changes a lot in It’s what we do to shape Duke’s destiny. four years. How have you and I, in our University service shouldn’t be someown ways, been that change? thing that is an accidental byproduct of Terry Sanford, who was president being a student; it ought to be an intenat Duke from 1969 to 1985 and one of tional undertaking. University service our school’s great leaders, said in his need not involve fancy titles or grand last meeting with the faculty, “We will endeavors; it can as simple as being the continue to shape our own destiny in face of Duke in your hometown. our own way in our own place.” In that Sanford said that “Duke aspires to same speech he termed Duke’s restless leave its students with an abiding consearch for excellence our “outrageous cern for justice, with a resolve for comambitions.” Many of us harbor “outra- passion and concern for others, with geous ambitions” for ourselves in terms minds unfettered by racial and other of personal achievement. But what are prejudices, with a dedication to service your outrageous ambitions for the Uni- to society, with an intellectual sharpversity? ness and with an ability to think straight It’s not trivial to ask such a question. now and throughout life.” Duke leaves Students are the heart and soul of this us with all of that and more. institution. We are its reason for being.

But what will we leave Duke?

Why should we not, then, be a driving That, my friends, is now up to you. force in the University’s development?

Especially for those not yet in the final Gregory Morrison is a Trinity senior and chapter of your Duke career—but also the former Executive Vice President of DSG. for those of us who are about to gradu- This is his final column.

lettertotheeditor In Response to “DukeALERT silent during storm” We thought it might be useful to provide additional information about the activity this weekend to help ensure the safety of students and other members of the Duke community, most of which was included in an article posted on Duke Today on Sunday following the storm.

Throughout the day Saturday, we were monitoring the situation closely and were in regular contact with leaders from campus, facilities, the health system, police, communication and student affairs. We were prepared to launch communication in the event the storm threatened the campus.

If the tornado watch for Durham had been upgraded to a tornado warning, the DukeALERT emergency notification system would have been immediately activated to direct people to take shelter.

Duke’s outdoor warning system was also tested about 3:30 p.m. Saturday before the storm arrived in Durham.

Given the power outages that were being reported in other communities, the sirens and a test message were activated

to ensure everything was working properly in case it was needed.

During the day, Duke University police were in constant communication with a subscription weather service that provided us specific information concerning the track of the storm and any tornadic activity in the area.

Precautionary plans began as early as Friday as Athletics moved to reschedule a men’s lacrosse game against Virginia Saturday for earlier in the day to avoid the incoming storm.

Duke University Hospital was also on alert after the storm in preparation to receive large volumes of patients from several small regional hospitals.

We were fortunate that Duke and Durham were not directly impacted by the storm, but we were prepared to warn the community had there been an imminent threat of danger.

Kyle Cavanaugh Emergency Coordinator and Vice President for Human Resources Larry Moneta Vice President for Student Affairs

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he is the typical Duke student. carefree. She has cut herself on numerous Her lifelong dream is to help peo- occasions and has tried to commit suicide ple, join the Peace Corps and immerse once. Physically inflicting pain on herself herself in other cultures. gives her a sense of power She has been volunteering and control over her feelsince she was seven years old. ings and emotions. It alHer eyes light up whenever lows her to feel pain when she describes the myriad she wants to, how she of ways that Duke students wants to. Like many other can volunteer in Durham. individuals with depresShe wants to transform the sion, Josephine sometimes Duke-Durham relationship. feels as though “the world rui dai She wants to change the way would be better off” witha picture’s worth Duke students volunteer and out her. The pain of selfjoin students’ efforts with exharm somehow drowns isting Durham volunteer organizations. out those thoughts.

She is a brilliant actress and an extremeNow, Josephine no longer cuts herself. ly bright student. Her smile entrances not She controls her impulses with little tricks only the audience, but also the large circle that don’t scar as permanently as cutting of friends around her. does. Whenever she feels out of control, Josephine, whose name I changed to she holds an ice cube in her hands until it protect her identity, is the typical Duke stu- starts to hurt. Then she watches as the ice dent. Yet, in a way, she is not. cube withers in her hand, as her emotional When she was 12 years old, Josephine pain drains between her fingertips. was diagnosed with depression. When she It is possible to control the disorder. It was 17, the diagnosis changed to bipolar is possible to live a successful and fulfilling disorder type I. life. Josephine’s mother, aunt and grandJosephine has had to face significant mother all have similar diagnoses. They stigma about who she is. Her application for all lead rewarding lives. Her mother has a study abroad is currently delayed indefinite- successful career, and her aunt has recently while the program she chose investigates ly returned to college to earn a bachelor’s her health. After discovering her condition, degree. The family has a running joke that her boyfriend dumped her with a simple “I Josephine and her aunt have midterms can’t be with someone like you.” and problem sets due on the same days.

She has coped with the disorder since Josephine’s family members are not the the diagnosis. Her medication regimen is only ones who have learned to live with complicated and difficult to manage. But their disorders. The National Institute of the treatment has worked. She hasn’t had Mental Health cites that there is a lifetime a single manic episode since December of prevalence of 3.9 percent in the U.S. adult last year. population. That means over 11 million Bipolar disorder is distinguished by two people will at some point in their life decontrasting phases: depression and mania. velop bipolar disorder.

During depression, the disorder is characJosephine’s purpose in life is guided by terized by lack of motivation and depres- a sense of responsibility to help others as sive mood. Mania, on the other hand, can long as she is able. She does not consider have symptoms that include hyperactivity, her illness as a debilitating hindrance. It insomnia, euphoria, aggressiveness and merely enlightens her perspective and a combination of other manifestations. strengthens her resolve.

Mainstream depictions of manic episodes Josephine’s diagnosis was an unfortuare often violent and frightening. Howev- nate turn of fate, but it isn’t her destiny. er, neither describes Josephine. She is not Her destiny is much more than that. only generous, but has a strong spirit and bubbly personality.

Rui Dai is a Trinity sophomore. This is her However, Josephine is anything but final column of the semester.

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Nixon has long been a controversial figure on campus. His portrait (center) was briefly put on display April 1 in anticipation of the musical“Tricky Dick” but is otherwise kept locked in a vault out of fear for vandalism. However, the play, which spoofed Nixon’s time at Duke, indicated a warming attitude toward the law school alumni.

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The last time Nixon’s legacy was seriously in the spotlight was in 1981, Becker said.

In that year, faculty voted to urge the trustees not to build a Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library next to campus despite a personal plea by Duke President and former governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford to bring the library to the University. In the end, faculty and administrators decided against building the library. The vote tally was 35 to 34.

In fact, Nixon’s presence on campus has been controversial since his vice presidency. In 1954, a committee of Duke faculty voted not to award Nixon—who was then in his first term as vice president— an honorary degree after he agreed to speak at the University’s commencement ceremonies. Nixon later chose not to speak at graduation that year.

Even today, no University building has been named in honor of Nixon, and his portrait­—the only painting of the former president Duke owns—remains locked away in a vault, for fear of vandalism.

The painting was briefly brought out for display April 1, in anticipation of the musical, before being promptly locked up again.

Still, faculty may not be ready yet to put the portrait on display, said William Reppy Jr., Charles L.B. Lowndes Emeritus professor of law.

“As for hanging the Nixon portrait once again, I cannot guess how the governing faculty would vote today,” he wrote in an email. “There are sure to be concerns of vandalism or theft if we do hang it again.”

However, Theresa Newman, clinical professor of law, said she believes now students would be interested in learning more about Nixon and his legacy at Duke.

“The Duke Law students are understandably interested in Richard Nixon as an alum of the school,” she said. “Although their program, ‘Tricky Dick,’ spoofs his time at Duke, I think many students would welcome a program that explored President Nixon’s contributions at Duke and throughout his life.”

In fact, the law school is already considering doing more to commemorate Nixon. There have been discussions about one day putting his portrait on permanent display with a plaque emphasizing the successes of Nixon’s career, which include opening relations with China.

“While we do not have wild celebrations in honor of him, this step to publicly display him again, though tiny, exhibits a general warming to the idea that he is one of us,” Becker said.

as chair of the Duke University Health System’s Board of Directors, as well as his previous affiliation with the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations.

Gorrie, Lange and Roberts will fill three the seven total seats on the DKU board. Wuhan University, DKU’s Chinese legal partner, and the city of Kunshan will each select two members to fill the remaining four seats, according to the Duke-Kunshan Planning Guide, a document produced by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Global Strategy and Programs and released last month. Kunshan and Wuhan have not yet appointed their representatives, Brodhead said.

According to the document, any decisions made by the DKU board will have a five-vote requirement, which will ensure at least one Duke vote on each decision. Lange said he anticipates the entity will meet at least once per year.

He also expects that the Duke members will use teleconferencing to meet from the United States with the Wuhan and Kunshan representatives.

The Board of Trustees chose not to include a representative from the Fuqua School of Business, even though it was the “driving force that introduced us to Kunshan” and will be a major component of DKU, said Blue, Law ’73 and a Democratic state senator.

“We’re looking at a much broader role and presence,” Blue said. “There could have been someone from Fuqua, but we think the representation selected by the Board best represents Duke at this time.”

Lange said each member will bring a variety of skills that will be a “very good compliment to the Board,” noting that his own immersion in the Kunshan project and commitment to Duke academics will be strong assets to his role as a board member.

“I’m very pleased since I’ve been well involved with the project all along,” Lange said.

Additionally, the executive committee of the Board of Trustees approved Duke’s legal proposal to the Chinese Ministry of Education, an application required by the Chinese government in order to officially establish DKU as a legal and educational entity. Duke plans to submit the proposal by mid-May, and administrators expect that the submission will be approved within three to six months.

The contents of the document—a 47page agreement between Duke, Kunshan and Wuhan University—are summarized in the planning guide, Lange said. Some of the agreement’s details, which are not included in the planning guide, have yet to be finalized.

The three partners are still negotiating “various topics related to leasing” contained in the document, Brodhead said. He added that these issues are highly technical and unrelated to much of the faculty’s discussion about topics such as questions about academic freedom in China. He also noted that the Board of Trustees will be able to see changes to the document as they are finalized.

“There have been so many detailed documents to work through­— something was going to fall to the later part of the process,” Brodhead said.

Blue said the Board of Trustees was comfortable approving the submission despite some ambiguity because members have been extensively involved in the project’s planning process up to this point. He noted that the remaining uncertainties are not “deal-busting problems.”

“There may be a few things unresolved, but we have confidence in the administration to take care of them,” Blue said.