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Students tenting this year may be able to avoid previous tenters’ experiences, such as rushing back to a thin sleeping bag for a 10 p.m. curfew. In a few weeks, Head Line Monitor Zach White will propose Krzyzewskiville policy changes to the Duke Student Government Senate for approval. Many of the potential changes are designed to reduce the rigors of tenting requirements and encourage continued student participation. “Some people who tent freshman year leave with the feeling that tenting was an unbelievable experience but that they would never want to do it again,” said White, a senior. “That’s not what we want to see this year.” One of the biggest changes being discussed is a reduction in the number of students required to sleep every night in each K-ville tent from eight to six. Other likely proposals include allowing students to stay out until midnight on Thursday nights and raising the minimum temperature needed for line monitors to award grace. “It’s important to strike a balance between a challenging and a unifying K-ville experience,” said sophomore Pete Schork, DSG vice president for athletics and campus services. “Tenting is a very rigorous experience, but we don’t want it to interfere with Students’“academics or their quality oflife.” The push for changes this year is in large part due to a perception that it is extremely difficult to get into basketball games, White said. Two years ago, the first tenters arrived in

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The Duke University Police Departreleased the latest crime statistics in its annual Clery Security Report, which shows that although reports of some serious crimes were down, drinking and drug violations were up in the 2008 calendar year. In 2008, 51 burglaries were reported—l 4 fewer than in 2007. The number of reported robberies decreased to two in 2008 from seven in 2007. Reports of forcible sex offenses remained steady at five. The report, which universities are required to publish each year by Oct. 1 under the federal Clery Act, only reflects crimes committed on campus and immediately adjacent to it. The report does not include incidents that occur off-campus—such as the January 2008 murder of graduate student Abhijit Mahato. According to the report, 34 of the burlaries reported in 2008 occurred in resiment

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Krzyzewskhrille may see lessened requirements this tenting season. Head Line Monitor Zach White, a senior, will propose to reduce the number ofstudents required to sleep in a tent at night from eight to six.

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The Duke University Police Department is increasing patrols after a studentwas robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night, DUPD Assistant Chief Gloria Graham said.

Freshman Neha Sharma was walking near the East

Campus Bridge when a man with a gun got out of the

Freshman Neha Sharma was robbed at gunpoint on Campus Drive near the East Campus Bridge Tuesday night.

passenger seat of a dark car and robbed her of her backpack, she said. Sharma was not hurt in the 9:45 p.m. incident, which occurred as she walked from West Campus to East Campus. “I think I was just really shocked. It was kind of a surreal moment,” she said. “I’ve never seen a gun that big.” Duke Police have been working closely with the Durham Police Department to investigate the armed robbery, DUPD Chief John.Dailey said. He added that the incident may be connected to a robbery in Durham that occurred after the robbery at Duke. He declined to release further details to avoid jeopardizing the investigation. “We’re working very closely with the Durham Police Department,” he said. “We typically do that any time we have any type of crime.” In a news release, Duke Police describe the suspect in the on-campus robbery as a bald, large-built black •

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man in his 30s wearing dark, pants and a dark baggy sweatshirt. Dailey said police do not have the license plate number of the vehicle involved. Sharma said she was most upset about losing her books and notes, which were in her backpack along with an iPod. “They were very good textbooks and very good notes and very good annotations,” she said. “Even if I don’t get my notes back, all he gets is a malfunctioning iPod.” When the attacker demanded her backpack, Sharma said she asked the man if she could keep her books. “He told me to turn around and keep walking, and don’t look back,” she said. A DukeAlert e-mail about the incident was sent to the Duke community Tuesday night at approximately 11 p.m. The message was the first DukeAlert since Aug. 28 when a female employee was robbed at Parking Garage II on Erwin Road. Tuesday’s robbery is the third on or near East Campus in recent months. A senior was robbed at gunpoint two blocks from East Campus Aug. 8, and then shot in the abdomen when he fought back. A junior was robbed at gunpoint July 28 behind the East Union Building, which houses the Marketplace.

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of the U.N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization unraveled in part because of comments he made in 2008 in which he told Parliament he would burn any Jewish books in Egypt's Alexandria library. A hurried public relations campaign by Hosni and the Egyptian government muted some criticism, but in subsequent rounds his early supporters abandoned him, as the Bulgarian candidate Irina Bokova won the post in Tuesday's fifth round by a vote of 31-27.

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Chief executive officers, entrepreneurs and medical professionals gathered'at the Fuqua School of Business Wednesday for Duke’s Medical Innovation and Strategies Conference. With multiple companies represented by attendees from around the country, the conference’s success largely exceeded organizers’ expectations, said Ana Quinn, associate director for the Business Development for the Health Sector Management program. “We’re extremely excited,” Quinn said. “We were expecting 50 attendees and we surpassed 120 [attendees.]” The focus of the conference was primarily to encourage discussion about technology within the health care system. Speakers relayed ideas covering wireless and mobile health care technology advances and gave references to other areas around the country where progress is being made in the field. Jim Sweeney, CEO ofPatient Safe Solutions and the keynote speaker for the conference, gave an example of hospitals in Hawaii that have mobile pediatricians—doctors who are available on call at any time—suggesting that attendees look to this kind ofinnovation for inspiration. Attendee Dr. Wesley Valdes, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said he was particularly interested in Sweeny’s presentation. “I came especially to see Jeff Miller [Managing Partner at Versum Health Advisors] and Jim Sweeney,” he said. “Most of their ideas will actually be implemented, the only question now is how.” In addition to Sweeney, the confer-

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The High HolyDays are not the only things the Freeman Center is celebrating this week. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life as the home of the Jewish community on campus. The festivities began with the observance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which was attended by 200 students, said junior Scott Gorlick, student board president of the Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel. The board provides Jewish programming throughout the University community. “We are honoring the past, celebrating the present and investing in the future,” Director of Jewish Life Rebecca Simons said. Next Monday, the Freeman Center will host the Jewish community again for Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. In addition to the High Holy Days, the center is commemorating the first two known Jewish students to attend Duke, Fannie Gladstein and Louis Jaffe, on the Center’s High Holiday card. Gladstein and Jaffe both graduated from Trinity College in 1911. Since then, the Jewish community at Duke has grown to include students from 32 states and eight countries. “What we’re focusing on is telling the story of the Jewish community at Duke over the last 100 years,” Simons said.

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Keynote speaker Jim Sweeney, CEO ofPatient Safe Solutions, discusses the importance of wireless communication in the medical field atthe MedicalInnovationand Strategies Conference Wednesday. ence hosted George Savage, chief medical officer of Proteus BioMedical, as well as representatives from Microsoft and other health care corporations. “This is great exposure for the students, we didrj’t realize how big it would be,” said Fuqua student Ankur Seth. “I’m most excited about the Microsoft presentations, they’re doing big things in the field”. CoordinatorDr. Copal Chopra, adjunct associate professor at the Fuqua School of Business, said he was also inspired by the conversation. “Wireless is a solution that health care desperately needs,” Chopra explained. “Without a clear conversation

with politicians and capital, it makes it difficult to implemept. [Through conferences like these] we can bring more focus to the issue. Everyone was surprised by the caliber [of the attendees]. There are executives here who should be at other meetings in other places, but instead, they’re here.” Attendees were particularly pleased with the “non-combative atmosphere” of the conference, Chopra said. Valdes noted that it was refreshing to see a positive discussion occurring at the event. “There’s so much negativity in the field,” Valdes explained. “It’s great to know I’m not crazy.”

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Police link DSG raises transparency issues recent break-ins to past incidents Lindsey Rupp THE CHRONICLE

The six car break-ins that occurred across three campus to be linked to a string of break-ins March 6, said Gloria Graham, assistant chief of the Duke University Police Department. Two female suspects and one male suspect broke into six cars across the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club, R. David Thomas Conference Center and Parking Garage II lots Saturday and took $3,715 in valuables, according to Duke Police investigation reports. Based on Sept. 19 and March 6 surveillance video from the R. David Thomas Conference Center lot, Duke Police believe the same suspects also broke into three cars in the same lot in March. The suspects stole $8,346.60 in March, according to investigation reports. Both the Sept. 19 and the March 6 break-ins were reported in the early evening, beginning around 5 p.m. In the March 6 report, the suspects are described as two young, short black females and one older black male, of average build. They were seen driving an “older mini van, green or dark in color,” according to the report. After the March beak-ins, Graham said Duke Police released a safety alert asking the community to be on the lookout for the suspects and their vehicle. Graham said she hopes the Sept. 19 video might yield the suspects’ identities or license plate number. She added that Duke Police plans to solicit the public’s help in identifying the suspects in the Sept. 19 video feed, but that the images are not yet ready for release. “We are still waiting for the video,” she wrote in an email. “We are at the mercy of the folks who own the equipment, unfortunately.”

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DSG Executive VP Gregory Morrison, a junior, speaks in front of DSG at its meeting Wednesday night. DSG senators repealed the by-laws governing the Inter-CommunityCouncil after the position of VP for the ICC was eliminated as a result of theSept. 14 studentbody referendum. by

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Duke Student Government conducted the swearingin of 12 new at-large senators at its meeting Wednesday night. After an application and interview process, the students were selected from a pool of 27 applicants. DSG members debated transparency regarding advertising senator at-large positions to students at the beginning of the year. Junior Ben Bergmann, athletics and campus services senator, questioned the effectiveness of DSG’s methods of advertising open positions. The newly sworn in senators said they were notified via blast e-mails

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pointed. Freshman Gurdane Bhutani and sophomores Lauren Moxley, Übong Akpaninyie and Harrison Com-

cesses would be on the agenda for next year’s elections.

In other business: Chief of Staff Mike Lefevre, a junior, introduced a proposal to appoint a non-vodng Campus Council representative to the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee. This representative would act as a link between Campus Council and DUSDAC. Dining committee members approved the addition. “Since some events last year, which involved pretty drastic changes to' dining policies and board plans, DSG and DUSDAC invited some people from Campus Council,” Lefevre said. “And as they got involved, they saw an integral connection between dining and residential life.” He noted that DSG joined forces with DUSDAC because there was a lack of transparency. Since DUSDAC became a part of DSG, two open forums have been created to garner student feedback, Lefevre added.

fort, a Chronicle sports associate editor, were elected to serve on the committee. DSG members also repealed the by-laws governing the Inter-Gommunity Council because the organization no longer falls under DSG’s jurisdiction. “DSG is a policy-making body. The ICC is a forum for student collaboration,” said Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior. “In order to do whateach organization does best it would be effective to separate the two.” The Arts and Sciences Council appointees were sworn in too. Sophomore Kaveh Danesh, junior Matt Stansky and seniors Ayrenne Adams, Jason Preissig and Chelsea Goldstein, a member of The Chronicle’s editorial board, were appointed. Junior Ben Getson was confirmed to serve as Undergraduate Representative to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees and sophomore TJ. Hu was appointed to the Judicial Affairs Student Advisory Group.

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K-VILLE from page 1 K-ville as early as Dec. 6. This year, the official start date for blue tenting is tentatively set for Jan. 3, immediately following the Wisconsin basketball game. Now, only about a week after the selection of this year’s line monitors, White is already talking to past lenters and planning visits to student groups in order to get a sense of how Duke students feel about the issue. Junior Lauren Kottis has tented each of the past two years and said she fully supports the new changes. Last year, trying to coordinate rush for selective living group Übuntu and tenting at the same time, Kottis said she often found herself strapped for time. “It doesn’t affect going out that much, but it’s your work that suffers a little bit,” Kottis said. “[The proposed changes] are definitely positive changes.” Much of the discussion about tenting has centered around issues related to the spread of the HINI virus—commonly known as swine flu—and other seasonal flus. Jean Hanson, administrative director of Duke Student Health, noted that K-ville poses unique health challenges for keeping illnesses in check. “The recommendation is to try to stay six feet away from someone who is infectious, but in K-ville that is pretty much impossible,” Hanson said. “It is a prime location to spread anything.” Last year, 60 students tenting in K-ville sought help from Student Health, Hanson wrote in an email. She added that she expects the number to be even higher this year. “As it is, we don’t give students medical excuses to go back to their dorms,” she said. “When kids are sick in Kville, let’s not make them stay there.” White recendy created a new Health Team within the Line Monitor Committee. The team will be responsible for working with Student Health and University administrators to keep everyone aware ofhealth concerns as they develop. Senior Spencer Eldred, DSG vice president for student affairs, has talked with White about setting up health stations with hand sanitizer and first aid kits throughout K-ville. He said he would like to see the focus shift more toward preventative care, with kits filled with condoms, bandages and books with health tips that are handed out earlier in the year. He is also looking into getting a health clinic set up in the Intramural Building where students can receive flu shots. “As the season progresses, we are going to work with [students living in] K-ville, see what their health-related needs are, and come up with more ideas as needed,” he said. White said he has high expectations for this season. His vision ofK-ville this year includes more entertainment than in past years, and he is already talking about bowling parties, concerts, movies and nights at Shooters 11. “The tenting experience is going to be a lot more exciting than it has been,” he said. “K-ville is going to be a bumping fantastic place.”

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duke.H Tonight, we came into the evening withhaving a Sandbox written. It was a mistake of our weekly budget. No one was assigned the Sandbox. There was a void in our creative spirits, dampened by hump day and the far-totxlistant fall break. There is no humor to be had in this week’s Sandbox. We sat around, talking about the promo video for the Kanye West and Lady Gaga tour—Fame Kills. We talked about WHY? who just released an album that we should have reviewed in this week’s print edition. But we didn’t. WHY? (Get the joke?) Because your plebeian music tastes wouldn’t appreciate that. So we run Mika instead. It’s no Mariah Carey. It’s in between. We’re pandering and hoping you like it. We talked about professors, the kinds that use words like “phat” to describe the Link and somehow pull it off. The ones who say, “If you remember the ’6os, you weren’t a part of the ’6os”. And the kind that say things like “ekphrasis” and talk about the compartmentalization of poststructuralism in academia. These things that hold weight in our small lives. These out

things that are as culturally significant as You’ve Got Mail We talked about Duke Performances Director Aaron Greenwald too. We talk about you every week, Aaron, because you, the Nasher and that publicity company in Atlanta drive our publication. But these aren’t suitable topics. This is the process, and you don’t care about that. It’s hard to come up with something to write every week. Our lives here are inane. We get excited about sonically inspired Owen albums, out-of-print books and Luna bars (I really like the peanut butter cookie ones). These are the humorless existences we lead. This is why we write. The words are all-consuming. Our commitment to quality renders our work difficult. We don’t want to be so-last-week. So we can’t write about Kanye. We can’t write about the Emmy’s. We can’t even write about that “Dear Duke” track. At the end of the night, what we came up widi was this. This week, it’s not the result that matters, it’s the action. It’s the process. —Andrew Hibbard

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By the time you read this column, have gone 31 days without having sex. more specific, that’s 744 hours, 44,630 utes or 2,678,400 seconds—and cou Although the average celibate indivi considered unlucky, an abstinent sex nist is wholeheartedly pathetic. This nant irony cannot be absolved by me of a bygone era of sexual gluttony. I once prided myself on maintaining a solid sexual average of 1.6 orgasms per day, a statistic I wish I had never taken for granted. That said, my predicament is not unique. Rather, it’s a fate shared by anyone who has ever been cockblocked by the Atlantic Ocean. Since basic parameters of human nature dictate that going four months without a blow job is too much to bear, most study abroad participants opt to institute the perilous policy of“don’t ask, don’t tell.” Put simply, these individuals choose to navigate the dangerous terrain of the “open relationship.” Trying to understand the motivations behind these decisions and assured that one month’s worth of study abroad experience qualified my friends as experts in the field of “non-exclusive love,” I surveyed tonight’s collection of beer-saturated companions. When asked about the meaning of an open relationship, one friend inquired, “If you like the person with whom you’re in a relationship, why is it open in thefirst place? Why notjust hook up and not have the pretenses of a relationship? Seriously, what does ‘open relationship’ even mean?” I wish I had an intelligent answer. As my friend, a card-carrying member of Open Relationships Anonymous, explains, “There are two credible reasons for being in an open relationship. You were having trouble before you went abroad, oryou’re unsure if there’s enough of a foundation to sustain the relationship for a period of separation

longer than you were going out in the first place.” My cynical side convinces me that the majority ofromantic affiliations do not meet these specifications. What about the pair that wants to ensure they’re right before they invest in a life-long commitment? Or the couple that has never been naked with anyone else? What if hominess afflicts you like the plague? Are any of these thoughts unsanctioned by the universal laws of “openness?” For all the analytical energy most couples invest in the face of flexible sexual boundaries, most rarely understand the factors that led them to such conclusions in the first place. Why do you want to have sex with someone else? In the “closed relationship,” such a question behaves like flesh-eating bacteria on one’s romantic infrastructure. Redefine a personal connection as an “open relationship,” however, and the question itself is irrelevant. Skype your significant other. Profess your love. Sign off and sleep in a bed that’s not your own. This is the accepted cycle when you decide to play the “study abroad game.” The rules ensure that no one gets hurt. Still, in the face of all this ambiguity, I’ll accept my sexual frustration and count the days since I last got laid. Arithmetic is easy. Solving for the unexplained variable is not. Brooke Hartley is, a Trinity junior. Her column runs every other Thursday.

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Bass beats pound from outside the door. The faint smell of a nearby beer keg wafts through the air. With DJ Paradime mixing records while break dancers from Swoon Unit perform on the floor, the opening reception ofLabourLove Gallery’s Bombed: Panels, Picks, and Kicks introduced a youthful- and energetic art exhibition to the Durham community. Bombed: Panels, Picks, and Kicks features the work of artists Franco, Greg Davis, Victor Knight 111, Sean Kernick and Matt Scofield. Most of the artists presented tagged graffiti panels. In a deviation from the norm, Franco exhibited illustrative works that focus on issues of race and power, displacing the human figure with the image ofmulti-colored hair picks. The reception did not only offer graffiti, beats and beer, however. Bombed: Panels, Picks, and Kicks is coupled with the charitable campaign of Shoes-4-Souls. Sneakers decorated by the artists hang from the gallery’s ceiling as a reminder to viewers to donate their own used shoes to the charity. The interactive and multi-dimensional aspect of the exhibition reflects LabourLove’s mission to not simply function as a retail art gallery, but to create a welcoming arena for the young artistic community. In its art and its attitude, LabourLove’s newest offering is for the people and of the people. Bombed: Panels, Picks, and Kicks is on display now through Nov. 14 at LahourLove Gallery, located in Golden Belt ’s Building 2.

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Bombed: Panels, Picks, andKicks continues the tradition of formalizing grafitti and bringing itinto a gallery setting.

Artist Jean Toche is known for his controversial and reactionary work, and his new exhibition at the John Hope Franklin Center is no exception. Titled Jean Toche: Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency, the collection includes expressionist photography coupled with vehement political statements and various news excerpts. Kristine Stiles, professor of art, art history and visual studies, curated the show, drawing the works from her own archives. The collection is comprised mainly of four-by-flve-anda-half inch cards, each featuring a distorted photographic image displayed above a written statement frorp Toche. The works comment on a range of topics from excess consumerism to “Bush: Brutal Butcher of Fallujah!” Many of the photographs are abstracted images ofjean Toche himself, from dramatic and confronting close-ups of his face to pictures of his exposed backside. Toche uses his own portrait to add visual potency to his radical statements. On one card, Toche quotes a NewYork Times article and sur-

mises the possibility of an unchecked Republican dominance, asking the question, “Another Thousand-Years Reich?” These words are paired with a photograph ofToche’s back, with his bare buttocks visible under a black T-shirt marked with only one word: UTOPIA. This is but a single exampile of Toche’s mix of stark humor and radical political observances. The works do not just attack Republicans and the Bush administration. Toche also calls attention to ignorance and apathy among the American people, a growing and worrisome xenophobic attitude in Europe and an art market overrun by the principles of consumerism. Impressions from the Rogue Bush Imperial Presidency is an exhibition that makes no amends or compromises and forces the viewer to react. Whether viewers agree with Toche or not, the works offer a personal and intimate summons to engage in today’s sociopolitical debates.

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JAGJAGUWAR �� Volcano Choir is the collaboration beCollections of Colonies ofBees and fellow Wisconsonite Justin Vernon, the brains behind indie darling Bon Iver. The pairing, by no means an obvious one, proves on their debut album Unmap to be remarkably fruitful. To be sure, this is not a Bon Iver album, nor does it sound like one. The woodsy ambience remains, as does Vernon’s ethereal, haunting tenor, but not much else. The emotional immediacy of Bon Iver’s LP For Emma, Forever Ago is absent on Unmap, and Vernon’s folk tendencies are subverted in favor of a far more experimental project, one that takes turn after unexpected turn. Given the inherent risk in departing from his critically acclaimed sound, it is tween post-rock instrumentalists

recess surprising just how few missteps Volcano Choir make, from the wandering acoustic guitar of opener “Husks and Shells” to the gospel-tinged vocal of closing track “Youlagy.” “Sleepymouth” and “Island, IS” are the clear standouts, the former adeptly adding and paring down layers to make way for Vernon’s soulful wail, the latter propelled by the kind of looping instrumentals that wouldn’t be out of place on an LCD Soundsystem record. The second halfof the album is willfully inconsistent from song to song, but never loses its way. There’s a.welcome reworking of “Woods” from the Bon Iver EP Blood Bank in “Still,” as well as the drum-machine stomp, “Cool Wanderings,” featuring , some out-of-nowhere harmonies. Vernon is diversifying his portfolio here, and Unmap is a testament to the kind ofroll he’s been on since For Emma was released in 2007. And with a new Bon Iver album on the way, there’s a lot to look forward to. —Ross Green

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Despite all this, the album does have a few bright spots. The lead song, “Switched On,” is emblematic of the rest of Vapours. catchy chorus, an interesting arrangement, but ultimately mediocre. The next real achievement doesn’t appear until “Devout.” A steady beat coupled with evocative lyrics creates a musical maturity unmatched elsewhere on Vapours. The effective juxtaposition of an ephemeral, airy chorus with .driving verses showcases Islands’ skillful arrangements. Also a strength is the percussion. Aaron Harris, Sebastian Chow, and Jamie Thompson all play some part in the exemplary rhythms used throughout the album. The percussion fits the songs, adds to the music and isn’t overpowering. Still, their penchant for the electronic, the true priority of the album, smothers any human feeling that the songs otherwise create. In truth, Vapours new direction sounds like Islands attempt to “discover themselves.” They need to keep looking. —Nathan Nye

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Best known for fronting rock band the Bad Seeds, Cave’s previous written works include the screenplay for Australian western The Proposition as well as his fiction debut, And the Ass Saw the Angel. The Death ofBunny Munro is his second novel, and the rpisldeading name belongs to a middle-aged Brit with a mean penchant for sex—the book’s unlikely protagonist. Anyone familiar with this previous work will recognize his twisted black humor, which includes snarky remarks about Kylie Minogue and deranged fantasies of Avril Lavigne. This time around, Cave’s seedy comedy introduces us to doomed antihero Bunny Munro, marked by his

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lack of compassion and corrupted humanity. Bunny is Cave’s Frankenstein monster, culled from radical feminsist Valerie Solanas’ view of men as seen in her S.C.U.M Manifesto. He is a creation that will inspire visceral revulsion—and recognition—in both men and women readers alike. Set in three-parts, titled “Cocksman,” “Salesman” and “Deadman,” the novel shows Bunny’s swift regression into sexual perversion, drug use and madness in the aftermath of his wife’s'suicide. Left with a decaying house and an emotionally abandoned son, Bunny travels through English seaside towns with the intent of selling beauty wares out of his Fiat Punto. The son in particular is a tragic character and the only individual who sees Bunny in a good light. He finds his dad funny and overlooks his failures as a human being, to his own detriment. It’s one of the few ways in which Cave redeems Bunny, and it allows the reader to identify with the son and empathize with the father. The problem is, the novel’s plot becomes so muddled

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�� We open on a wad of crisp Belgian francs being counted a bank. Our pupils dilate in a Pavlovian trance. Money. How much is it really worth? A hunger for cash-flow has been cultivated in all of us. But with our hearts in our wallets, what’s left to show love for thy neighbor? These are the questions examined in Loma’s Silence, the latest awardwinning feature from the Belgian director duo Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Lorna (played by a richly subtle Arta Dobroshi) is an Albanian immigrant who has relocated to Belgium in the humble hopes of setting up a snack shop with her boyfriend. Desperate for cash, Lorna becomes a bargaining chip in a plot to gain Belgian citizenship for a Russian Mafioso. When innocent blood stains the reward of these capitalist cannibals, however, Lorna is forced to choose between at

her feigned apathy and innate compassion. Adding to the Dardenne brothers’ stack ofPalme d’Or’s for past films such as Rosetta and LEnfant, Lomas Silence won best screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival as well as the Lux Prize from the European Parliament for films illustrating the universality of European values and the diversity of European culture. As striking as the script is the film’s use of the aesthetic to highlight Lorna’s struggle through a maze of male oppression. The Dardennes choose their hometown of Liege, Belgium as the backdrop for this industrial nightmare, and shoot in a style that draws heavily from their background in documentary. Intrusive close-ups and the absence of a score force the audience to focus on the piercing performances of the actors. Dobroshi rises to this challenge and does an exceptional job suppressing and burning with the fire that is Lorna, a woman whose passion and preserving nature ultimately outweigh her silence. As the Bible says, “For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.” —Emily Ackerman

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The North Carolina men’s basketball team isn’t the only team In Chapel Hill defending a national championship, and Thursday, Duke gets a shot at the other one. The Blue Devils take on the No. 1 Tar Heels, the 2008 national champions, tonight at Fetzer Field at 7 p.m. This is the first ofmany games in Duke’s grueling ACC schedule, as the matchup with the Tar Heels is the first Ur stra*S^lt contests against No 1 ranked opponents for Duke (4-S-2). UNC North Carolina is coming off a tie VS with Auburn Sunday at Koskinen Stadium as part of the Duke/Nike ClasDuke sic, but that might have been its worst performance all season. Led by forMcDonald North CaroFetter FftH Chapel Hill hna (7-0-1) has rolled through many of its opponents this season. The Tar Heel defense has also performed well—North Carolina has allowed only two goals all season, and those scores came in a blowout win against UCLA over a month ago. North Carolina will be without two star players, goalie Ashlyn Harris and midfielder Tobin Heath, who are both at U.S. National camp, and forward Nikki Washington, who tore her ACL Friday. Duke is coming off a 2-2 tie with LSU Sunday. In that game, the Blue Devils allowed two unanswered goals in the second half, but Duke plans to avoid a similar letdown against their local rivals. “We don’t want that to happen again,” senior Kay Anne Gummersall said. “Once we get that lead we want to keep it Going into the ACC, if we’re getting a two-goal lead we’re going to have to keep it if we want to succeed.” To bounce back against the top-ranked Tar Heels, Duke will need to be aggressive in creating scoring chances. Trouble finishing have plagued the team all season. In their first nine games, the Blue Devils have taken 203 °

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Senior Josh Bienenfeld, who has played nearly every position on the field for Duke, took part in the Maccabiah Games this summer.

Few people can say that they have represented their country, their heritage and their family on a global scale at any point during their life. But Josh Bienenfeld can claim all three. This past summer Bienenfeld played for the United States in the 18thMaccabiah Games hosted in Israel. Not only did he develop his skills playing against high-level opponents, but Bienenfeld found a deeper connection with his history and family. “I guess I didn’t understand the importance of what the Holocaust meant, in terms of the gravity of it, until I was about 14,” Bienenfeld said. “And after taking a class on the Holocaust at Duke, I kept reading and I really started to comprehend the magnitude of it.” And for the Bienenfeld family, the Holocaust is all the more real. Josh’s paternal grandparents are both Holocaust survivors, and his grandfather spent some of his internment in Auschwitz, the most infamous of all the Nazi concentration camps. So for Bienenfeld, representing his nation and his family in the Maccabiah Games was an honor and a testament toward his grandfather’s will to survive. “Going to Israel and actually seeing a Jewish state after what the Jews had been through 70 years ago is just something that you can’t really read about or understand until you’re really there,” Bienenfeld said, Bienenfeld was able to share the experience with his sister, Tracy, who "played Division-I soccer at Pennsylvania and also played for the United States in Israel. “I don’t get to spend much time with my sister, so being able to watch her play was awesome,” Bienenfeld said. “Getting to hang out with her, touring around Israel, experiencing the same things was amazing. This was the first time I hung out with her in a long time, and probably the SEE BIENENFELD ON PAGE 8

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against them,” Church said. “And if not, then they’re going to expose you.” Duke’s freshman play could be key in tonight’s contest. Defenders Nicole Lipp and Erin Koballa have started all nine games and Maddy Haller has started seven, but none has experienced the type of-challenge a trip to Chapel Hill will present. Starting goalie Tara Campbell, also a freshman, seems up to the challenge. “I’m just really excited. This is the big game that everyone talks about,” Campbell said. “I think it will be a great atmosphere, a lot of fun and hopefully we can come out with the win.” Duke has lost 31 of its last 35 matches against North Carolina. The last win came October 9, 2005 in a 2-1 victory.

shots, more than 22 a game. But shots have not always been converted into goals. Against the Tigers, Duke dominated play and outshot LSU 33-10 but could not secure the win. Though the offense has sometimes struggled, Duke has had solid play in the back four and in net. So far, Duke has only allowed three total goals in the first half, but six in the second half. Head coach Robbie Church emphasized the need to maintain consistency for 90 minutes, especially against a team of North Carolina’s caliber, because even a minor lapse could cost Duke the game. “You’ve got to play at a very high level

last chance we will ever get to hang out for a month together.” The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932, but were halted in 1938 when Nazism swept through Europe. It wasn’t until 1957 that the Games were established as a quadrennial event. Now, the Games are the third-largest sporting event in the world. In 2009, the best Jewish athletes in the world, representing 50 countries, competed in 29 sports ranging from lawn bowling to taekwondofor 10 days under the sweltering Israeli summer sun. While experiencing his heritage was paramount for Bienenfeld during his trip, he still had to prepare for the competition. The men’s soccer team trained together for a few weeks before the Games to get back in shape and come together as a team. ‘We had two-a-days for the first four days or so, then training once a day until the games started,”*Bienenfeld said. “It was a lot ofsoccer with really skilled coaches and players.” The men finished in fifth place, despite only suffering one loss to Great Britain. Although the results were disappointing, they did not take away from Bienenfeld’s pride following the Games. “It was a privilege to wear the United States colors,” Bienenfeld said. “I worked extremely hard and I was proud—anytime you get to wear your country’s crest it’s a huge honor.” Since returning, Bienenfeld has exhibited a new level ofconfidence in his play for Duke this season.

Bienenfeld has anchored the outside midfield position this year, stopping opposing counterattacks and supplying scoring opportunities to the likes of Cole Grossman and Ryan Finley. Bienenfeld has tallied one goal and one assist in the Duke’s six games this season. Regardless of how the Blue Devils’ season concludes, the senior from Huntingdon Valley, Penn, will always remember his monthlong trip to Isfael, where he not only discovered a new sense of history, but realized his potential to lead a young Duke team to success.

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In the months since UHWhile the overhaul of the health care system has domiCSR has taken over, many nated headlines in recent students who rely on the Unimonths, Duke is dealing with versity’s health care plan have a health care debate of its been upset by the insurance own. At issue company’s inflexibility and is the switch to editorial UnitedHealtpoor coverage, care Studentßesources as when compared to RGBS, For many graduate and the University’s Student students, Medical Insurance Plan ad- undergraduate ministrator. University health care is the As part of the regular se- most affordable option, and lection process carried out for international students, every three years, UHCSR it is their only choice for was selected in 2008 by the insurance. As such, these Student Health Insurance concerns with UHCSR’s Advisory Committee, which coverage should be taken is composed of students and seriously. administrators. The root cause of dissatUHCSR replaced Blue isfaction seems to lie not in Cross Blue Shield of North the actual health care UHCCarolina, the health plan SR is providing, but rather in administrator the University administrative glitches and had used for 30 years. miscommunication caused

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is hard for them. Students and faculty call them poindess and unimportant and fake They are the least-loved, thebutt ofcruel jokes. The very mention of their name elicits rolled eyes at best, and a scoff at worst. Everyone demeans them; »ints at

them and ha-ha-has right in their face. Life is hard indeed for the courses that exist solely to fulfill distribution requirements.

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new plan. In the long term, Duke should strive for continuity in insurance providers. Frequent changeover leads to administrative problems, as evident this past year with the switch to UHCSR. Instead of accepting new bids every three years, it would make sense for the University to negotiate with the current provider to ensure that their bid remains com-

system, like the one in place Dartmouth College. Under this set-up,'students pay directly to the University, and the University is in charge of disbursing claims to doctors and pharmacists. Doing so would allow for greater flexibility and responsiveness in coverage. But at this point in time, such a plan seems unrealistic. A partially self-funded plan, at first, is a financially risky endeavor. Given the current national economic situation and the state of finances at the University in particular, making such a large upfront investment would not be prudent. And with the nation embroiled in a debate about changing the health care system as we know it, it would at

be ill-advised to invest in any new plan that could be affected by future legislation. In dealing with this matter, we commend the Graduate and Professional Student Council for bringing to lightthe health care issues that have plagued students. We also commend the University for proactively addressing these problems. Relying on GPSC to communicate student complaints, though, is not a sustainable solution. In the future, Student Health should explore further mechanisms that allow students to voice complaints as they arise. With better communication among UHCSR, students and health care providers, the prognosis for the future could be positive.

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We so wish to rice come to their dereal talk fense. We so wish to say iat, in t end, they left us wiser than before—better people even. How we wish to say those things! But are we lying to ourselves? Lying to them? Maybe they deserve better after all they have given to us. Did they not save us from failing physics or chemistry? Were they not there for us in our time of need to stand in and fill a quantitative studies requirement? Did they not provide a safe-haven from arts, literature and performance or from ethical inquiries? They did all of this for us, and still, we denigrate them, even deny our association with them out of shame. A friend ofmine used to tell his parents thathe was off to biology class. This was half-true. It was a class in the biology department, but to call it biology is a slap in the face to those who have endured Bio 118: Genetics and Molecular Biology. Throughout his semester in the course, my friend did some light reading and completed a single five-page essay. He and his classmates devised a schedule of who could skip class each week in order to send a semi-respectable contingent to sit before the professor (actually it was professors as the majority of weeks there was a guest lecturer). Needless to say, his parents were pleased to learn that he received an A in bio. This course was an extreme example of the punchline requirement-filler, but its existence illustrates the

trouble with T-Reqs. As Trinity students, we must take classes in all the Areas of Knowledge. Few students, however, are interested in all of the five areas, and many would choose to avoid a particular area or two if given the choice. The result Areas of Knowledge loophole-cqurses like the one I described above. The Trinity College Web site’s stated purpose of the Areas of Knowledge requirement is “to expose Trinity College students to a broad array of course work in a variety of academic disciplines even as they concentrate their focus on the area of their major.” A noble purpose, I think we can agree, for a liberal arts education. Certainly, there are courses that attract students who simply want to fulfill requirements that are interesting or somewhat academically rigorous. Perhaps some of these courses even excite students to further explore the subject matter. It is for these courses that the distribution requirement exists. But seasoned ACES-users can find the path of least resistance through the Areas of Knowledge requirement with ease, and who can blame them? Few are so righteously devoted to the principles of T-Reqs as to suffer through two courses they are not interested in when there is an easy way out in the form of the requirement loophole-course. Such courses undermine the purpose ofthe Areas of Knowledge requirement. They are, simply put, a waste of time—not only for students, but for everyone involved in the collective wink between students and faculty that brought them into existence. On one hand, we are truly thankful these courses are available. No doubt there would be far more complaints about the Areas of Knowledge requirement if they did not exist. On the other hand, they are a farce. Perhaps they are good for a $2OO question on Jeopardy! down the road, but that is a big perhaps. The courses we take to fulfill distribution requirements should pass muster as academically substantive, orwe should do away with the requirements altogether. There is no need to participate in an Areas ofKnowledge charade.

Jordan Rice is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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that it is time to become who you are. Accept this, and do not cloak yourself in fear any longer. The beginning will be rough —it will take you some time to adjust to college life. You will see the parties, and the girls, and the boys, and you will want to hide like you’ve done before—snap out of it The first friend you tell will be a girl. She will smile, nod and tell you she has many gay friends back home. ■ She will make jokes from the very beginning. That night, look at yourself in your mirror. You know what you’ve begun, and there is no going back thomas now. gebremedhin Tell your other friends over the next few weeks: in a cab or at a preword-by-word game. They will drink in your honor. They will tell you that they’ve always known; that it was “obvious.” Let this pass. You will all smile at one another, at this secret that has been shared. They are pretty girls who have only gotten prettier to you. Keep them around! People will start to find out on their own. Some will ask, while others won’t. It will seem like the air you are breathing is cleaner, easier somehow. The years will roll onwards, and you will find a voice that had been buried for so long, like a bone in dirt. Speak openly and freely about your wants and your needs—you will find that people will relate. You will come to feel, as time passes, and as people begin to come together, fit together like puzzle pieces, that you are lonely. You will look around and finally begin to see that there are people missing. When you look at someone, you will no longer expect to see someone like you. They do not exist. You will feel like tumbleweed, drifting through a desert. Make jokes, and laugh. Nothing is the matter. You will go to a party and you will meet him. You have seen him before.You have asked about him to others, but they will only tell you that he is not like that. Like you, they mean. You will catch him staring at you, but he will look away. The music will be loud and the people will be dancing, but as the night progresses, it will all slow down and begin to disappear. He will come up to you and ask your name. He will tell you that he lives here, that this party is actually his. You will tell him you have never seen an apartment quite like this, and he will ask you to his room. In the morning, you will wake up and he will be there. He will tell you that nobody knows, and nobody will know, right? You will nod. He will text you and you will go to him, and this will continue for some time. You will begin to recognize something inside you that is familiar, yet you have never known. It may be love. But let it go. You must understand that he is not ready to be honest, and that you are no longer able to lie. Tell him quietly, one night, all of this. He will protest, but you will already be out the door. You will return to your room, sad. Cheer yourself up—order some Cinelli’s, and let yourself laugh at a classic episode of “The Golden Girls.” Think to yourself: Misery certainly loves company. You will heal quickly; you are stronger than you know. But something is being forgotten—avoided—something that must be done. Phone your parents one night, when a storm is raging beyond your window—you’ve learned that anything worth doing is done “on a dark and stormy night.” They will be upset and they will yell; try to convince you otherwise. Think to yourself: What would Bette Davis do? Hang up. Expect 34 missed calls throughout the night. Do not answer a single one. They will call you back in the morning; tell you that they are sorry and that they love you. Understand that this will take time. Nothing happens over night—except online shipping. Count your blessings; you have it better than most. At night, as you fall asleep, you will think of many things: ofyour friends, of your family, ofyour want. Understand that though things fall apart, they will come together again, as they always do. '

Thomas Gebremedhin is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other

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Keep students behind the scorer’s table

one-of the self-anointed patriarchs of the climatic scene of Free Willy. non-TV side of Cameron Indoor Stadium, But above all, the non-TV side lets you marvel and appreciate the breadth of Duke fans of I was surprised to learn that undergraduates would no longer be allowed to sit behind the all backgrounds who spent more nights sleeping scorer’s table in Section 19. outside to get into a basketball game than Noah did on the Ark. Certainly, the view of the players In its Sept. 13 press release touting this “enhancement” to the arena, the athletic departand action on the court is great, but what makes ment said these it unique is the backdrop view of the Crazies rows o; seating are decked out in armor, sporting Mohawks, horse galen vaisman to be used as “premanes and hair parts, doing the Rock Lobster in mium seating for of stubby arms, brought together by their spite guest column love of Duke Basketball. In short, it’s the best of sponsors, donors, alumni and promall worlds. inent guests.” The department even included a Coach K has spoken about the need to prepretty picture of said section covered in comfy serve the building that houses his namesake blue pads, as if to emphasize the fact these VIPs court. But, it’s hard not to notice that with the will not have to stand during the game. After all, new .video board, blue seats and soon-to-be what place does standing have in Cameron? LED-powered press row, Cameron Indoor Stadium is becoming less Hoosiers and more MadNaturally, I assumed I had been grandfathered into this seating under the “donors, ison Square Garden. Although Cameron and alumni and prominent guests” portion of the MSG both share great history, stepping into clause. My glee, however, was short-lived. It Cameron transports you back to a different, turns out a career spent in investment banking simpler era of sport. In short, it has character. and unemployment is not enough to distin-’ And while change is necessary, replacing your guish myself from the standard Duke graduate. most die-hard fans with visiting celebs, older Moreover, I accidentally earmarked my $20.08 boosters and the guy who makes the Harris class gift to be sent to the ’Dillo Bar instead of Teeter VIC card, leaves you with an arena that the Iron Dukes. lacks pizzazz. Just look at the moat of empty You see, it’s the small things'you pick up on seats around the field of the new Yankee Stawhen you aren’t knee-deep in the main student dium if you believe otherwise. section that make the game day experience at Rather than go state-of-the-art with signage Cameron something special. It’s taking a peek and seating, the athletic department should foover the official scorer’s shoulder at the tiny cus on preserving what matters the most; The enreplay.monitor, signaling to the kids across the vironment that is’ created when students literally court in Section 17 that UNC has been upset surround the entire court, creating a 360-degree by Maryland, and listening to them explode in nightmare for an opposing team. So how about chants of “Go to Hell Carolina.” It’s the proxa trade then? Let the sponsors, donors, alumni imity to the post-game handshake that lets and distinguished guests have the back row that you heckle former number-one recruits that the ticketing office has so generously set aside spurned Duke, eventually provoking them to for students’ use in Section 19. They can even look you dead in the eye and tell you to go proprovide them with the cushy pads to sit on as create with yourself. they stare at people’s backs for 40 minutes. It’s calling the center court phone during In return, let the students keep the hallowed halftime and watching people intently debate zone directly behind the scorer’s table. Because whether or not to answer it. It’s cracking a although our antics were not televised, they smile when you see Tech Support, the security were always heard. guard who keeps three Blackberries clipped to Galen Vaisman, Trinity 'OB, is a former sports associhis belt at all times. It’s watching plus-sized reover the row table like the ate editor of The Chronicle. flop press porters

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FREEMAN from page 3 She added that the Freeman Center now serves as a home away from home for Jewish students. Rabbi Zalman Bluming of Chabad of Durham and Chapel Hill said the Freeman Center has helped bolster Jewish life and has allowed many to consider Duke as a school rich with Jewish life. “Coming from the north, it made me feel more comfortable that there was a place for Jewish students on campus,” senior Stephanie Bazell said. In an effort to extend this feeling of community, the Freeman Center’s Jewish FirstYear Advisory Mentor program expanded to 130 JFAMs this year, who serve in much the same capacity as a regular First-Year Advisory-counselor, Gorlick said.

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The Freeman Center, however, is more than just a center for the Jewish community, he added. “Our events are geared toward Jewish students, but open to all,” Gorlick said. “We see a lot of non-Jewish students come and we encourage that because we want their curiosity to be sparked a little bit. It’s really just a center for interaction.” Simons noted that other on-campus groups use the Freeman Center as well. Last year, the LGBT Lavender Ball and the Office of Student Affairs and Activities’ student leadership awards where held at the center. Shabbat dinners on Friday night are also well attended byjewish and non-Jewish students alike, Gorlick said. “The Freeman Center has become much more than just a center for religious life, but a center for campus life,” he said.

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CLERY from page 1 Larcenies are another prevalent and preventable campus crime, Dailey noted. The Clery Report does not have a category for larcenies, but Dailey said there were 490 as of September 2008 and there haveT been 426 to date in 2009—including motor vehicle break-ins. There were 111 car break-ins as ofSeptember 2008 and to date there have been 125 in 2009, Dailey said. Other crimes, however, increased in 2008. Incidents of aggravated assault rose from three to six incidents, but none involved students, Dailey said. , Reports of illegal use of substances also increased. The report includes referrals to campus disciplinary authorities and arrests for liquor law violations, drug law violations and illegal weapons possessions. Referrals primarily come from residential and other staff as well as DUPD. The Office of Student Conduct saw 19 more referrals for alcohol law violations in 2008. Stephen Bryan, associate dean of students and director of the Office ofStudent Conduct, said the increase in referrals is not a large statistical differencefrom 301 and 294 referrals reported in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He added that the number of referrals varies year to year with the personalities of the residence staff and how strictly they enforce alcohol policies. In addition to the 320 referrals, violation of alcohol policy Decrease in number of burresulted in 10 arrests in 2008. glaries and robberiesfrom 72 Sue Wasiolek, dean of stuin 2007 to 53 in 2008 dents and assistant vice president for student affairs, said the increase could reflect greater student responsibility. “My hope is that what these numbers reflect is also a wider Increase in number of referrals for illegal substance use and longer safety net, eitherwith students calling in things or with from 308 in 2007 to 352 in members making us community 2008 aware of their concerns about students drinking too much gr using drugs,” she said. Drug law violation referrals were up from seven to 32, and arrests increased from 17 to. 20 from 2007 to 2008. Like alcohol referrals, increases in drug law violation reporting could be a product of more stringent policy enforcement, said Joe Gonzalez, associate dean for residence life. Residence Life and Housing Services standardized its policy for drug referrals in the 20082009 academic year, which could have affected 2008 numbers, he said. Gonzalez said RLHS enforced its existing drug policy more aggressively last academic year and required residence staff to report suspected drug' use to DUPD and document incidents to submit to OSC for investigation. “That was more standardized last year than previous years—so it was more likely than not that a report would have been filed last year than in previous years,” he said. The increases in alcohol and drug law violation referrals and arrests will not significantly change the University’s approach to those issues on campus, Wasiolek said. “We will continue to engage in education approaches related to alcohol and drugs,” she said. “I don’t know that we can ever do enough or that we can ever do too much.”

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