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HEARTBREAK AT WAKE Blue Devils squander

Carrie Wasterlain THE CHRONICLE

Despite having to endure a 30-minute line, senior Nurah Lawal was not complaining—she was just eager to cast her ballot.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. It seemed like everyone in BB&T Field pointed. There he is, wide open. Exploiting a miscommunication in the Wake Forest secondary, wideout Eron Riley broke off his route and flew straight up the right hash toward the end zone, beckoning quarterback Thaddeus Lewis to throw him what would have been the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime Saturday. But Lewis saw Riley too late and threw off his back foot in an effort to get the ball out quicker, affording the Demon Deacons time to recover. The once-vacant circle around Riley quickly closed, and All-ACC corncrback Alphonso Smith leaped up and snagged the pass for his second interception of the game, handing Duke a 33-30 loss, its toughest of the season. “When he’s streaking down the field, I’m thinking touchdownall the way,” Lewis said. “Unfortunately, I didn’t put enough on it. I can take the blame for that. Sometimes, you need to live to see another down, and I tried to get it all in one play.” The game may have ended on that snap, but Duke (4-4, 1-3 in the ACC), SEE FOOTBALL ON SW PAGE 4

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She and more than 900 other voters swarmed to Duke’s earlyvoting poll Saturday, making sure to get theirvote in before 5 p.m., when early voting officially ended in Durham. Mike Ashe, director of the Durham County Board of Elections, said Saturday was one of the busiest days at the polls, as expected. Almost 10,000 ballots have been cast at Duke’s one-stop site since early voting began Oct. 16, according to the Durham County Board of Elections Web site. Durham County officials voted to extend the early voting deadline from 1 p.m. Saturday to 5 p.m. There was a record turnout of early voting in Durham this year, with nearly 98,000 voters—more than twice the turnout in 2004 and nine times greater than the count in 2000, Ashe said. He attributes the increase in early voters to boosted awareness, accurate information and pressure to vote from the candidates themselves. “People are becoming more and more aware of early voting and are realizing that it’s the same exact ballot as given on Election Day,” he said. “The candidates were also urging everyone to come out early, CHASE

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Wake Forest players celebrate after they handed theBlue Devils their third-straight ACC loss Saturday.

Council to vote on global health program Lindsey Rupp THE CHRONICLE

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Duke University could further its global ambitions after the Academic Council votes on the proposal for the Masters in Science and Global Health program at its next meeting Nov. 20. As-

sistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Chris Woods, who would be the program director, will answer questions from the Council before the proposal is put to vote. “I like to think that at this point it will have support from pretty much across the diverse aspects of the Academic Council and we can move ahead,” Woods said. “I would say [the approval process has] been entirely positive. The program is much better than it was at the outset.” The program will serve to increase Duke’s global presence with expected field-experience opportunities in China, Haiti, India, Kenya, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda and other sites with which Duke’s Global Health Institute collaborates. The program is expected to attract top national and international students and is

yet another piece ofDuke’s internationalizationeffort to prepare students to work internationally to solve global problems, Provost Peter Lange said. Students taking courses offered by DGHI have expressed interest in the program as an alternative to getting a degree in public health, saying the program was closer to their academic interests. They also said the program would be beneficial to the

University. “[The program] shows our commitment to internationalization, it shows our commitment to knowledge in the service

of society,” he said. “It allows us to make initiatives in areas of global health where we think we can really make a special contribution.” Senior Jessica Dreyfuss said she thought the degree was a natural step for the University considering the focus and certificate programs in global health offered to undergraduates. Senior Jovana Pavisic said it also seemed to fit with the University’s emphasis on international work. “I think Duke is really trying to develop... itself into a SEE

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About 10,000ballots have been cast at Duke during the early voting period from Oct. 16 to Nov. 1.


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