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An apple a day may ordinarily keep the doctor away, but a stick of butter is the essential sustenance on a ski trip to the South Pole. Alison Levine, Fuqua ’OO, knows this trick well. As the most requested female business speaker in the country, she relishes her vacation time, opting to ski 574 miles in minus-50-degree Fahrenheit temperatures. Over the course of 38 days this winter, Levine and a group of four other polar explorers skied from the Ronne Ice Shelf in West Antartica to the South Pole, a treacherous route pioneered by the renowned Italian mountain climber Reinhold Messner in 1989. Before Levine’s group, only two Norwegian teams had ever completed the route, making Levine the first American to have ever done so. “I have always been curious about whatit was like for those earlypolar explorers, and have also wondered about the modem-day
A first-year medical student draws a blood sample for the first time, while on the other end of the needle, a patient receives the only medical care accessible to him—for free. Run by students of the Duke School of Medicine’s chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition, the Fremont People’s Clinic was re-opened six months ago after a two-year hiatus, said third-year medical student and group Co-chair Donald Lucas. It was forced to close when the attending physician, a Duke faculty member, could
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If you’re out buying drugs, don’t expect the police to keep you safe. This wisdom was one of the pieces of advice offered by Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez when asked about safety at Duke University. Lopez met with community members at The River Church in north Durham Monday in the first of two public forums designed to allow Durham residents to ask the chief questions. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting, including a large contingent from the Argonne Hills neighborhood. “What I wanted to do is come out to the community and find out what it is you’re looking for from your police department,” Lopez told the assembled audience. The forum comes following public criticism that the Durham Police Department failed to inform residents of a spate of robberies targeting Hispanics that occurred in December and January. Among many issues, Lopez was asked about safety around the University. “I think it is as safe as the residents and the students make it,” he responded. “If they go out and get totally trashed to where they can’t really see very well, it’s hard for them to see somebody going into their pockets.” Many of the attendees’ concerns focused on gang issues in Durham. Lopez was questioned about funding and tactics to combat gangs, along with their presence in local schools. One resident pressed Lopez to evaluate the size ofDurham’s gang problem. “I think we have a problem that pretty much goes with the size of the city,” he said. He emphasized the role of community members in combating gangs, which he de-
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Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez answers questions atThe River Church in the first of two public forums for Durham citizens to voice their concerns about the city. scribed as largely a “youth problem.” “We can’t arrest our way out of this,” Lopez said. “It takes a city to do it.” Bishop Arnold Harris, pastor of the God First, People Second Church in downtown Durham also came to the forum and said he was concerned about inner-city youth but left the forum unsatisfied. “The majority of the problem is in the inner city, and so I was concerned if the chief would do any different tactics or would he put together any different programs that are going to be more effective
to help reach more at-risk youth,” Harris said. “He addressed some of the concerns, but at the same time, I wasn’t fully comfortable, because it seemed like he was moreso just kind of rehearsing his routine.” Community crime prevention efforts also concerned some attendees, including Beverly Rush, the neighborhood watch coordinator for Argonne Hills. “That’s the key to crime prevention—reporting suspicious activity,” said the 24-year Durham resident. She described how her neighborhood
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and residential experimentation, said size is not their main concern. “SHARE doesn’t work like most of the selective living groups,” said President Andrew Kindman, a sophomore and Chronicle columnist. “We’re more self-selective and we work around people who want to live with us.” Aside from membership growth, selective houses said they are enthusiastic about their incoming classes. “We’re glad to have a new class,” said Arjun Madan-Mohan, a senior and
ey issues, Aziz added. The clinic sees many patients with high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic illnesses, which are often neglected. Aziz said he was amazed to see such a disparity in health care between the small town of Fremont and the relatively nearby Raleigh. “Some of the very treatable, common things—which are non-issues at Duke—are very important for these people,” Aziz said. The clinic is held in a double-wide trailer that community member and clinic volunteer Doris Hall obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency 20 years ago, Lucas said. It is staffed by the Duke students, Hall and her fellow local volunteers and attending physician Dr. Jeff Margolis, who visits from a medical center 30 minutes away. The students perform routine procedures, like taking blood pressure, drawing blood and giving flu and pneumonia vaccines under Margolis’ supervision. For many first-years, it is their first time giving a shot, Lucas said. In addition to getting clinical experience, students are learning to communicate with people from different backgrounds and to put the needs of the community first, said Dr. Barbara Sheline, assistant dean for primary care of the medical school and faculty advisor for the chapter. “Our clinic is not a model for patient care but for community partnership,” Sheline said. “[But] once a month is not enough—they need a presence there at least Monday through Friday.” Maxwell House president. “[Rush] has been pretty successful most years, and definitely, a lot of great people turned out this year.” Language Dorm President Aaron Lee, a junior, said he was very pleased with rush results this year. “We definitely hand out bids to those who have a lot of enthusiasm for the dorm and those who love langauges,” he said. “The language skills and abilities of the rushees this year was really strong, so rush went really smoothly and was a lot of fun.” Members of Selective House Council declined to comment.
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SOUTH POLE from page 1 adventurers like [Messner],” she wrote in a blog. “So if you want a summarization of my motivation for this trip, here it is: If there are people you admire or are curious about, gowalk a mile in theirshoes. Or ski 580 in them.” Levine skied 10 hours every day, pulling 150 pounds of her own equipment on a sled. She also carried a harness with supplies strapped around her waist. To avoid cold weather injuries, Irvine said it was essential to stay hydrated and take in plenty of calories. At 5 feet, 4 inches and 112 pounds, she consumed 5,000 to 6,000 calories daily to keep warm and compensate for the energy she expended while skiing. “I had to eat a stick of butter every dayjust to stay warm-and have enough calories,” she said. Despite this high caloric intake,
Levine lost 15 percent of her body weight on the trip. Throughout the journey,Levine faced dangerous terrain and extreme climate. She said she had to be wary of felling into deep cracks in glacial ice as well as contracting frostbite. “It’s fairly easy to stay warm when you are skiing, but the second that you stop, any sweat that you have turns to ice and you’re absolutely freezing,” she said, adding that she had to cover her entire body to ensure that she would not lose any exposed skin to the cold. Levine was born with Wolff-ParkinsonWhite Syndrome, a severe heart condition that prevents individuals from performing most strenuous physical tasks. As a teenager, she was not permitted to climb the stairs or drive a car. Following her second heart surgery in 1998, however, she decided to take full advantage of her newly pristine health and pursue mountain climbing.
Since then, Levine has climbed mountains on every continent, skied to the geographic North Pole and served as the team captain of the First American Women’s Everest Expedition. Levine also founded the consulting firm Daredevil Strategies, as well as the Climb High Foundation, a nonprofit organization that trains Ugandan women to become mountain guides. When asked what her family thought of her escapades, Levine said she usually avoids detailed discussions of the topic. “I don’t talk to my family too much about it,” she said. “Sometimes I don’t even tell them until the day before I’m leaving. That way it doesn’t give them any time to talk me out ofit” This response may not be entirely unexpected for a 41-year-old adventurer, who said the ideas for her trips ‘just seem to pop” into her head.
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After falling to Johns Hopkins 12-11 in last year’s national championship game, Duke’s seniors believed they had missed out on what was likely their last chance to win a title. As they trudged into the locker room, many of the seniors lamented the fact that they would no longer
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much these guys mean to me,” captain Matt Danowski said after the loss. “I’m going to miss it,” Although the school had submitted a request to the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility for the lacrosse players early in May, the players and the coaching staff did not know if the request would be accepted. Just two days later, however, the team got a pleasantly surprising answer. Riding in a taxi cab in Washington D.C., head coach John Danowski received a call informing him that the NCAA had granted 33 ofhis players one more year of eligibility. The decision had the most immediate impact on the seniors, who had to decide whether to enroll in graduate school to play for Duke or to pursue other opportunities away from the school. A little less than two months later, Danowski, defenders Nick O’Hara and Tony McDevitt and goalie Dan Loftus announced they would return to the lacrosse team for one more season. Each of those four players had a significant role in leading the team to the title
game last year. Danowski received firstall-American honors and won the Tewaaraton Trophy as the national player of the year. Additionally, O’Hara received first-team honors while McDevitt and Loftus placed third-team. Danowski also established Duke and ACC scoring records with 96 points. Last Saturday, the offensive fireworks ignited by Danowski and senior attackman Zack Greer last season continued, as they combined for six goals and seven assists in a 16-4 season-opening victory over No. 15 Bucknell. Greer, who led the nation in goals in 2007, had three of his four scores come offassists from Danowski. “We’ve got a lot of guys we feel comfort able with back from last year,” Matt Danowski said. “We’re picking up right where we left off.” Picked No. 1 in the ACC and No. 2 in the nation by Inside Lacrosse and with eight preseason All-Americans returning, the Blue Devils have all the ingredients necessary to build on their success from last year, which included a perfect record in the ACC and the conference championship. That team also played the toughest schedule in the nation en route to a 17-3 record, with each loss coming byjust one goal. Once again, the team faces a brutal schedule, as it takes on five preseason top-10 teams, including a rematch with No. 1 Johns Hopkins at Koskinen Stadium April 5. Regardless of the schedule’s difficulty, the players—and especially the seniors—know that the extra year of eligibility was an unexpected gift. With a second chance, the fifth-year seniors can only hope that they don’t miss out on what actually is their final shot at a national championship. team
Blue Devils still need to find go-to guy before March “This is good,” a fdend said eight minutes into Sunday’s second half, with the Blue Devils up three over Wake Forest. “Duke needs the test of a close game.” In the spirit of mid-term week, however, the only
grade I’d give the Blue Devils for their performance Sunday is an F. This season, Duke has won 21 of its games rather comfortably, but it is just 1-1 in games decided by four points or fewer, and andrew Sunday’s 86-73 loss wasn’t all that close. The Blue Devils have not orchestrated a successful buzzer-beater or made crucial free throws with the game in the balance. On one occasion, they have had to defend a shot in the final seconds, and we all remember how that turned out—Pittsburgh guard Levance Fields nailed a step-back 3-pointer over the outstretched arms ofDave McClure. And so two questions remain about this squad •n close games; Does it have the mettle to win and does it have the ability to execute? Head coach Mike Krzyzewski always talks about
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YAFFE from page 9 players has the ability to hit a game-winner. But wouldn’t you like to know the answer before a trip to the Final Four is at stake? At times, it appears Krzyzewski doesn’t even trust his team in late-game situations. After calling his patented “open” stall set, he often stands on the sideline and personally directs each player to a position. “Kyle,” he’ll say while pointing at Greg Paulus. “Set a ball screen.” “Gerald, go get the ball!” “Jon, pass to Lance!” So the question remains. In the huddle, whose chest is K going to pound and say, “Win us this game?” Likely first-team all-ACC performer DeMarcus Nelson is the first player who comes to mind. He’s performed well in several big games this season, but he has serious confidence issues from the charity stripe, shootingjust over 60 percent in ACC play. If you give him the ball and ask him to penetrate, expect the other team to put him on the line. As a fan, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that scenario. Sophomore Gerald Henderson has made
his share of clutch jump shots in his career, but he also hasn’t made one in the last two weeks because of his sprained wrist. Come late March, he’ll hopefully be healthy, but he’ll certainly need to gain his confidence back before I’d trust him with the ball. Guard Jon Scheyer is the only guy on this team who has taken a shot for the win this season—two, in fact—and neither came close to falling. Freshman Kyle Singler has nailed a couple of huge 3-pointers this season, and he’s certainly grown up in the last few games. But on his most critical attempt of the season, with Duke up one in overtime against the Panthers, Singler—a 77-percent freethrow shooter—missed the first of two shots and gave the Blue Devils an all-toobrief two-point lead. Paulus hit two clutch shots against Davidson and has drilled some big-time ACC treys. I’d love to see him open in the comer, but what if he has to create his own shot? With over half of the ACC slate behind them, the Blue Devils still have some time to find the answer to their late-game questions. Come final-exam time, though, someone is going to need to become that go-to guy for Duke to get the ultimate A.
than just the Demon Deacons and the Blue Devils in the long run. At first glance, the game marked Duke’s first ACC loss and put Wake Forest alone in fifth place in the conference. Time will tell, however, if the game might affect how many ACC teams receive bids to the NCAA Tournament. Despite having two teams—North Carolina and Duke—ranked in the top 5, the ACC does not have the depth it has enjoyed in recent years. Last season, seven teams from the conference received bids to the NCAA Tournament, and two others, Florida State and Clemson, were left barely on the outside looking in. For much of 2007-2008, only Duke and North Carolina have looked like Tournament locks. But after recent strong play from Clemson and Maryland, and in light of the Demon Deacons’ 13-point victory over the Blue Devils, the ACC is beginning to shape up as a conference that will likely receive several more bids. “Hopefully [Wake Forest’s win] helps a lot of teams,” Maryland head coach Gary Williams said. “At the same time, our league has the top RPI in the country and that seems to have not gotten the same attention that other factors have.” For the fourth straight week, only two ACC teams are ranked in the top 25. But the ACC still sits atop the conference RPI ratings, even ahead of leagues that have four or five ranked teams. In late December, Miami started the season 12-0 and appeared to a be a contender for a Tournament berth. If the Hurricanes drop two home contests this week against Duke and Maryland, however, they will stand at 4-8 in the conference and out of the postseason picture. Wake Forest, on the
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other hand, has slowly ascended the conference standings and, after beating Duke, has placed itself right into the middle of the postseason conversation. “I hope we’re in a position where it comes down to that,” Demon Deacon head coach Dino Gaudio said. “Hopefully we’re in a position on March 9 where people look and say, ‘Wow that’s a quality win over a great team. They deserve to be in.’” Despite being picked 11th in the preseason ACC media poll, Wake Forest made it a goal early in the season to reach the NCAA Tournament. Even while playing weak non-eonference opponents, Gaudio and his staff made sure his players were aware of Tournament implications. “To try to motivate the kids throughout the season, we talk a lot about going to the Tournament and how important these games are,” Gaudio said. “We played a non-conference game earlier in the year... and I told them, ‘This team might not get us into the NCAA Tournament, men, but they’ll keep us out.’” Clemson and Maryland both sit at 7-4 in conference play, with Wake Forest right behind at 6-5. With five games remaining, all three teams—as well as some other squads in the middle of the ACC pack—still must play their way into the big dance. “You can’t help yourself in any way except to win the next game,” Williams said. “[The players] hear all the stuff about who’s in, who’s out, who’s doing what, but it’s not really necessary to think about those things because that doesn’t affect anything. If you play well enough, you’re going to get there. That’s how you have to look at it.” Now thatWake Forest has beaten Duke, the Demon Deacons have reinforced the unofficial ACC mantra that any given team can win on any given night. But whether the NCAA Tournament selection committee rewards the conference come March remains to be seen.
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cial aid recipient and advocate, he understands the importance of socioeconomic diversity to the future of this university. We were especially impressed by Todd’s strong understanding of the Young Trustee’s role: to be a voice for the students, he said, but ultimately to vote for the good of the University as a whole. But one of Todd’s
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We have the most confidence, however, in Donnelly, who has shown herself, to be a capable and effective student leader. With Donnelly at its helm, the Duke University Union has improved tremendously in both effectiveness and transparency, which this board has lauded in the past. As a three-year resident assistant, Donnelly is uniquely and intimately acquainted with diverse student experiences and residence life. Donnelly’s understanding of University life and operations is thorough as well. When speaking of Central Campus and its future, she spoke authoritatively on the past and current plans and assessed with familiarity the ability ofCentral’s architects. She addressed with detail the
issues of financial aid, facilities renovation and the arts at Duke. She has displayed an ability to work in a board setting effectively, a strong grasp and detailed understanding of the issues and an engagement with the student
population. In the past four years, Donnelly has immersed herself in her leadership roles on campus and we have no doubt she will do the same as a Young Trustee. The Chronicle formally endorses Katelyn Donnelly for Young Trustee. Editorial Board member Jane
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Returning meaning to the Sex Workers’Art Show Here
is what happened on Feb. 3, 2008: Annie Oakley, the organizer and founder of the Sex Workers’ Art Show, walked out on the stage of Reynolds Theatre and began to talk. We live in a society, she said, where we known nothing about how the objects we consume are produced. We do not know about the sweatshops where our clothes are made, we do martha brucato not know about guest commentary the cows that were killed for our hamburgers and we do not know about the people who sell us sex as part of a $l2-billion-annual industry. Sex workers are not given voices in our society because they are seen as obscene or seedy, but the fact remains that these men and women are human beings. They should not have to fight for respect, but they must also fight for any recognition at all. Many people have described the eight different acts that played that night, and for the most part those descriptions have been accurate; however, every single writer has neglected to mention the purpose and the stories of these acts, instead focusing on supposedly obscene details. Kirk Read, an openly gay writer whose novel “How I Learned to Snap” is an American Library Association honor book, first told a story of his experience with a male John named CJ. He talked about how gender is oftenconstructed out of signs and symbols and that what is “masculine” is always relative to the context. He spoke about an American cultural fetish for white cotton panties, suggesting that what is actually sexy might not be the type of lacy, delicate and narcissistic femininity that is heavily marketed to women by magazines and Victoria’s Secret. Dirty Martini danced her“PatriotAct.” Her performance was a criticism ofAmerica’s consumer culture, in which money is lusted after as the currency with which we purchase food, luxury items, happiness and social status. She is a large woman, but still handsome; her performance challenged assumptions about what defines human beauty, which is sorely needed in our vain, thin-obsessed culture. The World Famous Bob next walked on stage and told a story of leaving home and moving to Los Angeles. In the first segment ofher act, she seemed more like a comedian than a sex worker, she made me laugh out loud with storiesofher transformationfrom a shy 16-year-old girl with braces and a Cure t-shirt into a confident, self-aware woman who is not ashamed of her body. She next stripped to the famous music of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” proving to us exactly how comfortable she is in her skin, even as she ages.
Lorelei Lee, a former porn actress, next read an
autobiographical story entitled “Drive,” in which she told of her exhaustion, her need to escape the industry, and her desire to go back to school; but this disparaging view of the porn industry was complicated by the fact that Lorelei worked with men and women who were her friends. Erin Markey—a woman with intense eyes and an excellent sense of dramatic timing—next per-: formed a piece about how and why she became a stripper. She had just graduated from college, and could only afford to eat eggs she stole from her roommate and packets of ketchup from fast food restaurants. She described her rejection from a mainstream job with levity, but when looked at objectively it seems that her situation was desperate. The only way that she could earn enough money to eat while continuing to write was by stripping. Keva I. Lee, a woman who used to work in the criminal justice system, performed a dominatrix act to demonstrate how she is turned into an Asian fetish by her customers; she rebels against being treated like an exotic doll by inverting the power dynamic between the sexes and mocking her customers’ desire for Asian objects. Chris Kraus, a former NewYork topless dancer, read a story that explained how her sex work became an unbreakable cycle in the late ’7os until she was pushed out of that world by an exhaust vent that breathed into her apartment. She was, however, unapologetically reflective about her choices, which speaks to me of her confidence. Finally, Krylon Superstar, a cross-dressed black man, spoke and sang; his act challenged the assumption that identities have to be fixed, as he embodied aspects ofboth male and female, young and old, silly and scathing. These explanations are only part of tire meaning that I derived from the show. All of these men and women are poetic, honest, shameless and insightful; they share every type of human experience and have encountered fundamental truths about human nature. They are all complex and creative individuals who refuse to be quiet, even though our society does not want them to talk. Our culture tells us every day that we should be ashamed for being sexual creatures, for being human; the performers of this show were brave enough to overcome this socially mandated shame and honestly present us with their views on sexuality, labor, beauty, gender, class and race. Martha Brucato is a Trinity junior and organizer of the Sex Workers’Art Show.
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teacher in New Orleans. My students and I drew upon Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches to study aspects of the English language. As a final project, all students wrote their own “I Have a Dream” speeches based on a problem in the world they were passionate about solving. During the program’s final celebration, my students stood in front of an auditorium filled with 500 parents, guests and community members and shared their dreams After each child unfolded a new hope for the world, the audience was stunned; they remained silent for three full minutes civic engagement after the last speech. art jjj a ser j es It was at this moment that I realized the power young people possess. When challenged in a supportive environment, all children have the ability to light up the world as my students lit up the auditorium. My belief in the potential of all children grounded with my knowledge that unfortunately, many never have the opportunity to reach this potential, inspired me to begin'the journey of launching Student U. During the three minutes of silence, I decided it was my responsibility to create a program that would allow hundreds of students to walk up on a stage and change the world. I returned to Durham with my own dreams, my own hopes, my own vision of the future. During my final two years at Duke, I worked to start Student U., a program designed to give power to middle school and college students in the Triangle area. Our mission is twofold: first, to inspire middle school students to take education into their own hands and believe that they can succeed in an academic environment, and second, to empower our college-age teachers to advocate for these students as well as for themselves. As we recruit our second group of participants, who will join our founding group this coming summer, our students are letting their newfound voices be heard in their respective schools. Not only are the middle schoolers performing better academically but are raising their hands more in class and raising their expectations for themselves and those around them. Our students are standing in front of classrooms all over Durham, sharing their dreams and spreading their love of learning to their peers. Just as my students in New Orleans inspired an auditorium, Student U. students are inspiring the community. People have begun referring to Student U. not as a program, but as a movement. Each day more people visit Student U. and feel the power of the program. They speak to our teachers and are amazed by their dedication and commitment. They interact with our students and are shocked by their maturity and sense of responsibility. They watch me and inevitably ask where my energy originates. My answer surprises many. I do not draw my energy from my students in New Orleans. It does not come from thinking about our teachers and how much this program has shaped their college experiences, nor from thinking about our students and how Student U. will change their trajectory, making college the plausible next step. My energy, my passion r my desire, comes from the 500 people in the audience listening to my students share their dreams, from the visitors who see Student U. in action, from the readers of this column who ought just feel the same responsibility I felt to use their power to give voice to others. Student U. provides hope to families who have felt neglected and supports a school system that lacks necessary resources. Moreover, the organization provides entree and inspiration to college students, at Duke and elsewhere, who want to change the world but are not sure where to begin. .
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In case of emergency
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last week’s senseless murders at Northern Illinois University teach us anything, it should be that even the most comprehensive security plan can never make us “completely safe.” Although NIU deployed officers to the scene of the shooting just two minutes after the rampage began, locked down the campus shortly thereafter and activated an
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the school s best-laid >t proven t plans did not Steven Kazmierczak from killing five students and himself before a single officer could arrive. Under the circumstances, it’s hard to imagine anything else NIU could have reasonably done. But five innocent people are still dead,'and students are justified in fearing for their safety. That’s why as colleges across the country struggle to learn from this third campus massacre in under a year, we should renew our praise for Duke’s revised emergency management protocols, which rank among the best in the country. We must also recognize their limits, however. There is no question that the new system —which emphasizes quick and easy access to information, redundancy and a centralized Web site (emergency.duke.edu) to communicate most effectively with the University community—leaves Duke much better prepared for large-scale emergencies of any sort, including severe weather, a shooting or even a terrorist attack. But although the University should be lauded for upgrading its emergency response infrastructure, students should remain aware that the judgment of the people who run it remains questionable at best. Take the Duke University Police Department. As Chronicle columnist Elliott Wolf revealed two weeks ago, the department is in crisis, with demoralized employees, underqualified managers and insufficient resources all jeopardizing students’ safety. In fact, it turns out that Duke’s “manager of crime pre-
vention” is actually a former food-service worker whose only “security” experience included a stint in the Air Force with Associate Vice President for Campus Safety and Security Aaron Graves. Another member of the DUPD’s upper echelon —Maj. Gloria Graham—wasn’t even a sworn police officer when she arrived at Duke, and she ultimately had to spend her first five months on the job attending the Durham Police Academy. Given that deplorable state of alfairs, one would think that Executive Vice President Tallman Trask (whose duties include campus safety) would want to let students know how he is responding to such serious charges. Is the department under review? Has any corrective action been taken? Alas, the last time Trask addressed the topic was in September 2006, when he told The Chronicle he was considering reducing the size of the DUPD to save money—“the number ofoccasions where it’s important to have an armed officer is somewhat less than you might think.” Interestingly, this high-level avoidance mirrors the response to serious questions that were raised about Duke’s notoriously over-scheduled Counseling and Psychological Services in November 2006. Although CAPS services approximately one in 10 undergraduates each year (10 percent of whom have considered suicide), students in need often wait two to three weeks for a consultation, and the office’s ability to provide the sort of ongoing, long-term support some undergrads need is severely limited. More than 12 months later, CAPS has responded to those concerns largely by adding group seminars targeted at students struggling with stress and other emotional challenges —a laughable band-aid that does nothing for the students in greatest need. In other words, although Duke excels at creating glossy “In Case of Emergency” brochures and innovative new Web sites, the University has largely failed to address the personnel concerns that hold those tools back. Until Duke appoints a credible, well-respected security staff to run our safety and emergency services operations, Web sites and text messages will be of limited value. Most of all, though, until we embrace the preventive measures needed to forestall tragedies like the ones at NIU and Virginia Tech, even the glitziest new initiatives will fail. Kristin Butler is a Trinity senior. Her column runs every Tuesday.
THE CHRONICLE
16 I TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,2008
Wednesday, February 20
MUSIC. Duke New Music Ensemble- George Lam, director. Bpm.
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Thursday, February 21
MUSIC. Piano Masterclass with NING LU and JIE LU. 4pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free.
Wednesday, February 20 TALK. ?uestlove & 9™ Wonder moderated by Prof. Mark Anthony Neal Hip-Hop Sampling Soul. Part of the Soul Power series. 7pm. Auditorium at the MasherMuseum ofArt. Free. *Note: Date has been changed from Fri, Feb 22.
MUSIC. Duo Piano Recital featuring NING LU and JIE LU. Mozart; Schubert; Rachmaninoff. Bpm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. Friday, February 22 MUSIC & TALK. Ethnomusicology Working Group presents Ethnography & Sound Recordings with
GABRIEL SOLIS (Univ. of Illinois) and JOSEPH SCHLOSS. 2:3opm. Rm. 130 John Hope Franklin Center. Free.
MUSIC. Cello Masterclass with PETER LEE. 4pm. Nelson Music Room. Free.
MUSIC. Duke Jazz Ensemble -John Brown, director. Guest Artist: JIMMY HEATH, saxophone. Bpm. Baldwin Auditorium. $lO General Public; $5 Students/Sr. Citizens.
THEATER. Foolfor Love. By Sam Shepard. Duke Players Lab Theater. A play about foolish love in a Mohave Desert motel. 8 pm. 209 East Duke. Free. Saturday, February 23 THEATER. Foolfor Love. See Feb 22 8 pm. 209 East Duke. Free.
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Sunday, February 24 THEATER. Foolfor Love. See Feb 22 2 pm. 209 East Duke. Free. MUSIC. Encounters: with the music of our time presents Bth BLACKBIRD, performing works by Janet Chen, Alex Kotch, Dan Ruccia, and Paul Swartzel. 2pm. Baldwin Auditorium. Free. MUSIC. Duke Chorale Chamber Choirand the Chamber Choir ofthe Choral Society of Durham Rodney Wynkoop, director. Bach, St. John Passion. 3pm. Duke Chapel. $l5 general, full-time students free. -
Monday, February 25th
ART. Openingreception for Nathaniel Quinn. The artist will present abstract paintings that seek to immerse the viewer in a new world of his creation. He uses references to pop culture and biological systems to represent a new and alternative way to view what goes on around us. 6-Bpm. Brown Gallery, Bryan Center. Free, Refreshments Provided.
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Saturday, February 23 MUSIC. Dawn Upshaw A Orquesta Los Pelegrinos. Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre. Golijov’s 2004 masterpiece fuses Spanish and Mediterranean influences into a lush, polyphonic crossbreed that knows no genre. 8 pm, Page Auditorium. s46*s3B»s2s*ss*
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“Taste of the Modem: Rothko, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Kline,” m view through September 14: As part of a special loan from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the exhibition showcases America’s creative energies in Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. New at the Nasher, on view through July 6: The Nasher Museum presents an installation of recently acquired contemporary art.
“Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool,' 7 —■+ on view through July 13 The Nasher Museum presents the first career retrospective of the paintings of renowned American artist Barkley L. Hendricks Vogue magazine listed the show in “The Vogue 25” top cultural events of 2008 FEBRUARY 20 Tuestlove andArt of Sampling. DJs ?uestlove and 9TH Wonder lead a discussion and demonstration of soul music, followed by DJ party. 7-10pm. Free with admission. Note: Date has been changed from Fri, Feb 22. FEBRUARY 21 Annual Mellon Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Roger Chartier, visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, co-sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute. s:3opm. Free. FEBRUARY 26 Annual Semans Lecture: Thelma Golden, director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, followed by reception. 7:3opm. Free with admission. nasher.duke.edu
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