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tion in Cameron Indoor Stadium Just more than six minutes into the game, the two teams were locked at 1313. But another six minutes later, Duke was wrapping up a 22-2 run, which was capped off by a tomahawk dunk from freshman Elliot Williams.
Results from Tuesday’s election will not be official until Nov. 14, but preliminary returns indicate that the Tar Heel state went blue for President-elect Barack Obama. Unofficial results show Obama leading by more than 14,000 votes, not including provisional ballots, of which there are an estimated 40,000. The 15 electoral votes for the swing state hang in the balance until results are made official. The state is scheduled to certify results Dec. 1, following county canvasses Nov. 14. Though the state is leaning blue, Obama and Sen. John McCain are separated by a margin of less than a .4 percent. The state has not given its electoral votes to a Democratic candidate since 1976, when Jimmy Carter won, in part because voters were disenchanted with the Republican party over the Watergate scandal. Regardless of the final result after provisional ballots are counted, the state’s votes are unlikely to change the election outcome, as Obama is well over the 270 votes needed to win the presidency. “Usually provisionals split along the same lines, never all for one candidate,” said Mike Ashe, director of the Durham County Board of Elections. “I suspect that
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Lisa Du
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The
recent
financial
turmoil has
turned many students away from careers on Wall Street —to seek for jobs on other
streets. But while undergraduates face an open canvas of opportunities, students at the Fuqua School of Business might not
have the same flexibility in their career searches. Although the current financial crisis has diminished career opportunities in finance, the availability ofjobs outside the field and Fuqua’s reputation as a top-tier business school will lessen the impact of the crisis on its students, Fuqua administrators and professors said. Campbell Harvey, the J. Paul Sticht professor of international business at Fuqua, said because the demand for qualified people with financial knowledge will still exist, students at first-rate business schools will see a noticeably smaller effect on their job searches than those from second-tier programs. “It might take a little longer to get the job you really want. It might.be that you
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The Blue Devils overwhelmed Lenoir-Rhyne with a strong defensiveperformance in a 95-42 rout. by
Sabreena Merchant David Ungvary
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It took them a while to get their bearings straight, but the Blue Devils eventually started playing like the bigger, faster and stronger team they are as they cruised to a 95-42 victory over DivisionII Lenoir-Rhyne in Wednesday’s exhibi-
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New VP to lead human resources by
Jessica Lighter THE CHRONICLE
After years of heading human resource departments at various prominent universities, Kyle Cavanaugh will become Duke’s vice president for human resources beginning Feb. 1, 2009, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask announced Wednesday. “I’ve had wonderful experiences in both private and public institutions,” Cavanaugh said. “I’ve had a lot of experience in academic health centers, and the combination of what Duke represents appeared to be a really terrific fit for my skills, competencies and experiences. And those things led me to the decision to accept [Duke’s] offer.” Cavanaugh will replace Clint Davidson, who has led Duke’s human resources programs for 11 years and will be retiring. In his new position, Cavanaugh will oversee the policies and services that affect Duke’s 30,000 employees, including benefits and compensation, health care, safety, labor relations and childcare, according to a University statement.
Chosen in a national search, Cavanaugh will head a 130-person human resources staff and work alongside the human resource department of the Duke University Health System. “Kyle has impressed everyone he’s worked with and will bring a strong record of accomplishment in HR and other business areas,” Trask said in the statement. “He understands how deeply a university depends on its employees to achieve its critical missions of teaching, research, patient care and service to society. Cavanaugh said he will also be assuming broader business functions at Duke, working with the Duke University Police Department and the Office of Information Technology. Currently, Cavanaugh works at the University of Florida, where he served as vice president for human resources beginning in 2005 and was promoted to vice president for administration in 2007, according to the statement. “I’m very excited,” he said. “Certainly, leaving the University of Florida was a difficult decision. The institution is a phenomenal place with talented faculty and staff. However, the opportunity at Duke may be once-in-a-career opportunity, and I was absolutely SEE RESOURCES ON PAGE 4
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Although the N.C. voting for president was very close, most analysts expect the state to go to Barack Obama.