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John Bolton, former United States ambassador to the United Nations, will speak today at the Duke School of Law on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. The Duke chapter of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, a national organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking to reform the JohnBolton current American legal system, invited Bolton to speak at the University. Q&A His visit is cosponsored inside by the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy and the International Law Society. Bolton’s visit comes at “an exciting and relevant time,” said Erica Stalnecker, a second-year law student and president of the Federalist Society chapter at Duke. Bolton, currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, will speak on “Obama’s

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In case you don’tknow where you are, your phone may soon be able to tell you. SurroundSense, an application developed by three members of the Duke community, can pinpoint the location of a phone more precisely than current GPS devices. Romit Choudhury, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, lonut Constandache, a computer science graduate student, and senior Martin Azizyan, have recendy published their work on the new mobile application. “We wanted to use the phone to create a fingerprint of the locadon it was in,” Constandache said. SurroundSense uses a new approach to determine the specific location ofits user that employs the technol- | ogy already built into the phone, including the camera, mouthpiece and accelerator, Azizyan said. The phone first uses the information gained from cell towers to generate a list of places within a certain radius of the user. SurroundSense then uses information generated by the phone such as sound, color, lighting and acceleration to determine the user’s exact location. In a Target store, for example, the phone will sense the large amounts ofred in the store and that the user is walking around.

“The problems with GPS is that it doesn’t work inside, and the accuracy is not very high,” Azizyan said. He added that even a small error by a couple feet could place a user in the wrong store.

when you could just look around?” Azizyan said. Constandache noted that the program is designed like a building block so that new applications can be added. Although the technology can detect a user’s exact location, Azizyan said that privacy was not a concern when creating SurroundSense. “Privacy is an issue out of our scope” he said. “Because this is enabling technology, privacy issues must be addressed for every application that makes use of this

technology.” Official production of the SurroundSense application began in summer 2008 and was completed this March, with an experimental test of SurroundSense

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Azizyan said the program is not necessarily meant to be used on its own, adding thatthe program’s development is valuable, but becomes more useful when paired with other mobile applications. “Why would you need a phone to say where you are

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in 51 business locations in Durham. As a result, SurroundSense had an 87 percent accuracy rate, meaning that SourroundSense was able to accurately name the location of the phone 87 percent of the time, Constandache and Azizyan said. All the SurroundSense data was recently published when Constandache, Azizyan, and Choudhury traveled to Beijing, China to attend MobiCom, the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computingand Networking. The future of SurroundSense is unclear, Azizyan said, adding that further development of the application depends who takes an interest in the program.

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U.S. and Iran may talk Dems. rally for climate bill in one-on-one discussion Senate Democrats WASHINGTON introduced legislation Wednesday establishing mandatory, nationwide limits on greenhouse gases, hoping to spur political momentum on the issue before negotiators meet in Copenhagen in December to try to forge a new international climate pact. The bill would cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent compared to 2005 levels by 2020 and cover roughly 7,500 coal-fired plants,oil refineries and other facilities across the country. Authored by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair John Kerry, D-Mass., the legislation could prove pivotal as foreign leaders watch to see whether the United States can commit to meaningful carbon cuts as part of a binding global agreement. Butthebill leaves many key questions unanswered, such as how the system would distribute carbon allowances to polluting industries and what support the federal government will provide for the development of nuclear power. It faces opposition from Republicans and Democrats, along with a crowded legislative calendar that could prevent it from reaching the Senate floor before the UN.-sponsored climate talks begin in December.

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on its nuclear program, said Wednesday that the session may include a one-onone discussion between the Iranians and Americans, a rarity since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 destroyed ties between the U.S. and Iran. A senior official of President Barack Obama's administration told reporters that Thursday's scheduled day-long meeting involving the U.S., Iran, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany may also include individual talks between Iranians and representatives ofthe other countries. Nonetheless, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with diplomatic protocol, played down prospects ofwinning Iranian cooperation. "It's safe to predict this is going to be an extraordinarily difficult process," he said. He said U.S. officials are seeking "practical, tangible steps" to show that Iran is willing to live up to its treaty obligations. The Americans hoped for a "process" for dealing with Iran, he said. The talks come less than a week after revelations of a new Iranian installation that U.S. officials said was designed for enriching uranium in secret.

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TEHRAN, Iran As the United States and its allies consider further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fear that such punishment could have unintended consequences, strengthening the government's hand against domestic dissent and triggering an even harsher crackdown on political foes. On the eve of talks in Geneva Thursday between representatives of Iran and six world powers, Iranian opposition leaders, politicians and analysts warned that new financial or other penalties would hurt ordinary Iranians rather than change the government's behavior. Opposition leaders have denounced what they view as Ahmadinejad's antagonistic foreign policy, but they are in no position to criticize the previously undisclosed construction near Qom of a second uranium enrichment plantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the latest bone of contention between Iran and the Westâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for fear of being targeted as traitors to a national cause: the pursuit of nuclear energy and technological advancement.

Although there is general agreement that the opposition is in a tight spot, some analysts argue that tougher sanctions could fuel public discontent over existing economic difficulties, thwarting the government's hopes of unifying people against foreign threats. Former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran's main political opposition leader, called Ahmadinejad's foreign policy "wrong and adventurist" this week but came out against new sanctions, saying he worried that"deprived people"would pay the highest price. "Sanctions would not affect the government but would impose many hardships upon the people, who suffer enough as a result of the calamity of their insane rulers," Mousavi said in a statement. Government critics and dissidents, dozens of whom are on trial on charges of fomenting unrest after Ahmadinejad's disputed June 12 reelection, probably would come under more pressure if tougher sanctions are imposed, according to politicians and analysts on both sides.

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Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institutefor Environmental Policy Solutions, testified before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutritionand Forestry to advocatefor a cap-and-trade system of greenhouse gases to fight global warming. Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a senior associate dean, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Sept. 9. Profeta, who worked as Sen. foe Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) environmental counsel before coming to Duke, was one of several experts who spoke on legislation proposing a cap-andtrade system for greenhouse gases to help counter global warming. He discussed the benefits of a market-based approach to controlling greenhouse gas emissions and the risk of market failure. The Chronicle’s Sonia Havele sat down with Profeta to discuss his experience and inquirefurther about the bill. The Chronicle: Can you tell me a little about the global wanning bill that was being addressed by Congress? Tim Profeta: We were looking at a very particular area, one substantive topic of that bill. There is a comprehensive bill that has passed the house and on [Sept. 30] will be released in draft in the Senate to address global warming in the United States by requiring mandatory reductions from people who make greenhouse gases between now and 2050 [by] creating a market in those emissions. You can either buy the right to emit or sell this right to emit to somebody else and let them emit the greenhouse gas pollution to the atmosphere. It’s an approach we’ve used to tackle acid rain in the past. It allows government to be kind ofresponsibly disinterested in how it gets done.... That’s the program, it’s called a cap and trade, which is about the most politically undesirable term out there. What it really is doing is unleashing the power of the private market to drive environmental benefit, in this case greenhouse gas reduction. TC: How was your experience appearing before Congress?

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ing. It provided a very direct way to inject what we’ve been working on for months here at Duke into the debate on the question that we had forecasted to be important [that had] become important. It was very interesting because while it remains a controversial political and substantive topic—the topic of how would you build a greenhouse gas market as a financial market—there was a surprising consensus among my panel about the right way to go about it. I think it was valuable in that it showed the legislators that there was pretty much a consensus way to move forward. TC: So what was the main concern? TP: Some legislators are reluctant to create a greenhouse gas market because of the failures of the recent past and [they] believe it is not the right time to create a new market. TC: What is your position on the issue? TP: The Nicholas Institute doesn’t take positions. We don’t support or oppose anything. We help the decision maker answer questions they are struggling with in away that controls for potential market failures. However, I think cap and trade could be a very effective way to address greenhouse gases. I have worked on it for a very long time and think it can be implemented very well. TC: What do you hope you and the Nicholas Institute will accomplish in the future? TP: The institute aspires to become the first call made by decision makers, be they in the government, private sector or non-private sector, when they struggle with an environmental problem and are seeking counsel on possible solutions. Indirectly, we hope that helps people make better decisions to help us address challenges that face the nation and theworld.

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The Bull City’s upcoming projects will be a little easier on taxpayers’ wallets, thanks to Durham’s financial reputation. The three largest bond rating agencies—Standard & Poor’s, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service—all awarded Durham an “AAA” bond rating, renewing the designation the city received in 2008. “It’s just a combination of a lot of factors that [the bond rating agencies] use to determine the rating, they look at the strength of the overall economy in the area,” City Manager Tom Bonfield said. “Also, how consistent we’ve been with paying off debt, and how much we have, and all of those things are very positive for us, so as a result we are a very, very, very credit-worthy municipality.” Bonfield said the city’s “AAA” rating, the highest possible mark, means Durham will be able to borrow money at much lower interest rates than other municipalities, which is particularly useful for big capital projects. He added that the length of time between credit ratings varies but they are generally given when a municipality is anticipating issuing debt. “We’re getting ready to do some refinancing, so that’s why we put up a credit application with the agencies,” he said. “We’ll usually ask for [a credit rating] every one or two years.” Junior Will Passo, Duke Student Government vice president for Durham and regional affairs, said Durham’s high rating is a “great achievement, especially in the current economic climate.” Passo added that the city’s “AAA” designation will be beneficial to the University as well. Fewer than 25 municipalities nationwide currently hold “AAA” bond ratings from all three major agencies, according to a Durham news release Sept. 29. “We all know that Duke provides a lot into the Durham economy, so obviously you Want the Durham economy to be thriving, we want Durham to do well,” Passo said. “Basically it means the University isn’t hampered as much as other colleges are in dealing with the city [they are in], it’s not as hampered by the economic crisis. I’m not surprised, given the job market here is really stable.” ,

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BOLTON from page 1 New International Order” at 5:30 p.m. A controversial conservative figure who has worked in several Republican administrations, Bolton served as under secretary of state for arms control and international security from 2001 to 2005 under fonner President George W. Bush. He was nominatedfor the position ofU.S. permanent Representative to the U.N. by Bush in 2005 but was not confirmed by the Senate after a Democratic filibuster. Many Democrats opposed his harsh criticism of the U.N. as a body, in addition to what they perceived as his abrasive style. Bolton was never confirmed, but he served as the U.N. representative on a recess appointment from August 2005 to December 2006. Some conservatives at Duke, however, appreciate Bolton’s ambitious efforts to reform the U.N., and look forward to his engagement today. “Bolton has a well-deserved reputation for advocating and advancing American interests,” Slalnecker said.

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Since Obama took office in January, Bolton has been harshly critical of the president’s foreign policy. The Chronicle’s Ciaran O’Connor spoke with theformer ambassador about his views. The Chronicle: What do you think of the Obama administration’s agreement to hold talks with Iran on security issues? John Bolton: No, I think it would be fruitless to hold these talks. Iran’s not going to be talked out of its nuclear weapons program, and I think that the last seven years of negotiations have basically demonstrated that. TC: Recendy, Obama scrapped plans for an andballisdc missile shield in Eastern Europe in favor of a reconfigured system based aboard ships. The system proposed by Bush was designed to protect against the Iranian threat, but its locadon created diplomadc problems with Russia. What do you think of this change, and doyou consider it a concession to Russia? JB: Yes, and I don’t think there was any bargain involved. I think the leadership has never believed in national missile defense, and so they didn’t really think they were giving anything up. I think it leaves the country much more vulnerable. TC: What do you think about the Obama administration’s approach to North Korea? What was your impres-

sion of former President Bill Clinton’s diplomatic role in bringing back Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists captured and imprisoned in North Korea? don’t think its approach has been productive. In response to Obama’s “open hand” diplomacy, NorthKorea conducted its second nuclear test and launched a series of ballistic missiles. I don’t think North Korea'will be talked out of its nuclear weapons program, and in fact, the whole diplomatic effort now appears completely stalled. The Clinton mission, I think, played into the hands of terrorists because it showed that if you take Americans hostage you can get somebody like a former president to come and get them out. I think that’s why we’ve had a bipartisan policy for decades that we don’t negotiate with terrorists. TC: What do you think of our diplomatic relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, given the recent allegations offraud and vote rigging? JB: I don’t understand, frankly, why people are so surprised about allegations of fraud, especially the White House. We do have a president from Chicago... [Voting fraud is] just the nature of the game in that part of the world. That doesn’t mean the fraud makes me happy, but it doesn’t affect our strategic interest in keeping Taliban out of power. TC: What did you think of Obama’s recent trip to the U.N.? JB: I thought it was very naive in its view of the international arena and kind of narcissistic in his view of his role in U.S. history, but that’s nothing new. TC: Would you have any advice for the president? JB: Yes, change a, lot of his policies quickly.

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Sixty-one percent male and 39 percent female—numbers that represent the gender ratio of Duke Student Government members,

At DSG’s meeting Wednesday night, sophomore Price Davidson, an athletics

and campus services senator, presented the organization’s diversity survey, providing the statistical breakdown of DSG by ethnicity, greek affiliation, state or country of origin and major. Additionally, the presentation compared this data to the coinciding demographic breakdown of the Duke student body. Percentage-wise, the representation of different ethnicities within DSG was found to be almost identical to the demographics of the University’s student body. Executive Vice President Gregory Morrison, a junior, said it bodes well for the organization that it can say it truly speaks for and represents every member of the student body. “I’m pretty pleased with where DSG is demographically,” he said But the 39 percent female representation in DSG, which does not match the 49 percent female proportion of the student body, demonstrates room for improvement, Morrison added. Davidson also showed a list of the 88 student organizations DSG members are involved in. Among these groups was Duke Political Union, which DSG approved as an officially recognized student group after hearing from junior Ben Bergmann, an athletics and campus services director and DPU copresident. Seniors Chelsea Goldstein, DPU trea-

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Academic Affairs Senator Kenneth Gould, a freshman, proposes a system to evaluate DUSDAC members to improve the organization's productivity. surer and DSG senior policy adviser, and Vikram Srinivasan, DPU co-president, asked that DSG directly confirm DPU for student organization status. Goldstein is a member ofThe Chronicle’s editorial board. Srinivasan said DPU had already approached the Student Organization Finance Committee to request official recognition as a group and obtain a programming fund. The application was denied. SOFC Chair David Hu, a junior, initially defended the action, noting that DPU had described its mission statement as virtually identical to those of other political groups on campus. But he later said he supported

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the group and predicted that its request would eventually pass. But Bergmann took issue with appealing in the weeks to come. He said in an interview that DSG representatives are currently reserving auditoriums for DPU events in DSG’s name. “We’re already operating now,” Bergmann said. “We can’t officially reserve spaces, but we are reserving [them].” Goldstein said DPU’s state is “not sustainable,” especially given the future speakers. DPU’s upcoming events bill may feature Sens. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., Bergmann said.

In other business: DSG voted to confirm sophomore Kevin Mulhern as nominee for student representative for the Judicial Affairs Student Advisory Group. Directly after, SOFC’s request for $2,700 for the International Association’s Oct. 16 Food Fest was approved. In addition, two senators introduced possible amendments to the DSG constitution. Academic Affairs Senator Kenneth Gould, a freshman, recommended a process in which members of the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee are weaned out for lack of productivity.

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Bank ofAmerica chief executive to step down igroup, Bear Stearns, Lehman Bros., Merrill Lynch itself and Countrywide Financial, LOS ANGELES TIMES which Bank of America also acquired in a Kenneth D. Lewis, fire-sale deal that garnered harsh criticism. NEW YORK Lewis, 62, will vacate his posts as CEO who became a focus of public and political outrage while presiding over Bank of and a company director Dec. 31, BofA said America’s stunning fall from grace in the Wednesday. No successor was named. financial crisis, is stepping down as chief Merrill’s losses snowballed after the executive at the end of the year. deal was announced last fall, prompting Lewis, who had helped build the the federal government to increase its company into the nation’s largest bank, bailout investment in Bank of America faced widening criticism in particular to $45 billion, money that the firm has for the company’s acquisition of falteryet to repay. The deal also triggered a Wall Merrill host of legal and political headaches brokerage Street ing giant that still dog the company. Lynch & Co. Lewis’ planned departure comes after He joins a line of once widely admired CEOs who quit or lost theirjobs in the wake shareholders stripped him of his chairman title in April as various government entities of huge losses stemming from the mortwere investigating the Merrill takeover and gage meltdown, including the heads ofCitby

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GLOBAL HEALTH fro.page, “new North Carolina.” He added that much of the |2 billion contribution came from organizations or companies based in the Research Triangle Park area. “We want North Carolina to be the place where people come for global health in this country,” Merson said. And it may be just that, especially in the case of nonprofit organizations. According to the study, non-profits contributed the most to the global health sector of the N.C. economy, consisting of more than 3,400j0bs and $1 billion in total business activity in 2007. DGHI Assistant Director Kim Chapman-Page, who was one of four authors of the study, said the researchers were surprised by the large impact of non-profits. She said she hopes the study will direct the government to increase funding of global health initiatives. “One of the things that I hope is a main outcome of

as criticism ofLewis in Congress was reaching a crescendo. “He’s become too much of a liability for the company and the stock given all the anger that’s built up against him,” said Richard Bove, a banking analyst at Rochdale Securities. “Bank ofAmerica is losing a.brilliant leader.” Lewis defended the Merrill deal ’in a note to employees posted on Bank of America’s website late Wednesday. “Some will suggest that I am leaving under pressure or because of questions regarding the Merrill deal,” he wrote. “I will simply say that this was my decision, and mine alone.” The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Bank of America, alleging that it misled shareholders into believing

this study is that it helps make not only our students and our global health experts aware of the importance of the global health sector and the role that North Carolina is playing in the global community, but it will also help some of our legislators and our policymakers be more aware of how important this sector is for the state’s economy,” Chapman-Page said. “It’s sort of a win-win for North Carolina because it’s a sector that is benefiting us at home through the economic impact that it has, but it is also literally helping save lives around the world.” Chapman-Page said the N.C. textile industry—which has historically been one of North Carolina’s signature fields—was worth $2.6 billion in 2007, only about half a billion dollars more than global health. Although this study measures the impact of global health on the N.C. economy, that figure is hard to compare to other states, Chapman-Page said. Only the University of Washington has conducted a similar study. The Washington study, however, differs from Duke’s because it accounted for organizations that aim to improve

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that Merrill would not pay year-end bonuses after huge losses had pushed the brokerage to the brink of collapse. In fact, the SEC alleged, BofA already approved up to $5.8 billion in payments and Merrill eventually doled out $3.6 billion. The company reached a $33 million settlement with the SEC but a federal judge took the rare step of rejecting the agreement, saying in part that if the allegations were true, the penalty should be greater. The case is now scheduled for trial in February. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo also is investigating whether BofA hid from shareholders the magnitude of Merrill’s losses before they voted to approve the deal last year. His office said its probe would continue.

the health of residents in the state, making its total impact much larger, the report noted. Survey may underestimate impact The study also researched academic institutions’ contributions to the global health industry, finding that Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill accounted for approximately 90 percent of the almost $5l million in totalbusiness activity coming from the academic community. But, if anything, the study’s findings underestimate global health’s actual impact, said DGHI Assistant Director for Communications Geelea Seaford. The institute had only been in existence for one year when the study’s data was compiled. “When we talk about the study, we talk a lot about it being a baseline because we know there has been a lot of investment, particularly here at Duke,” Seaford said. In addition to the increase of funds for the DGHI, RTI International, a N.C. non-profit organization listed in the study for contributing heavily to the global health sector of the economy in 2007, received almost 16 percent more revenue from contracts and grants in the 2008 fiscal year, receiving $709.7 million last year, according to RTFs 2008 Annual Report. Chapman-Page said the authors had to sort through the tax returns of all N.C. non-profit agencies to determine which organizations seek to eliminate health disparities in low- and lower-middle-income countries. But dealing with a lack of data made the study an underestimate, she said. “A lot of organizations, including religious organizations and those that make under $25,000 in growth receipts every year, don’t actually have to file with the government,” Chapman-Page said. “The data simply isn’t available for a lot of these organizations.”

A recession-proof industry? Although it is hard to quantify the recession’s impact on the global health industry, Adrian Garcia-Mosqueira, who received a master’s degree in econotnics this Spring and is one of two student authors of the study, said research shows that the global health field does not show signs of slowing down. “It will continue to increase in importance because this is something that people are just now starting to take a look at and realize that it’s pretty important,” said GarciaMosqueira, who compared the global health industry to the growing amount of spending on the environment. “As a culture, we have eliminated a lot other problems of the past, and now we need to focus on a more global perspective.” Merson said many industries—and the U.S. government—are beginning to recognize the importance of the global health field. President Barack Obama announced in early May that he plans to spend $63 billion on global health programs that benefit poor countries. Merson said the field is emerging at this time partially because college students are interested in the topic. He added that the global health commodities market is worth $3.5 trillion, which has attracted the attention of the business world. “We recently had a meeting in [Washington, D.C.] of 60 universities who are working in global health,” Merson said. “And I was very impressed at how much global health has grown as a field in academia and how many nongovernmental organizations there are now working in the United States. That energy of today’s youth is very much driving much of what we’re seeing on college campuses.”

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■ [excessivecompulsion] Last year in this space, I preached about Gossip Girl that delicious cocktail of morality thrown right out the window. Gossip Girl wasn’t exactly a flavor of the month—l still watch the show, of course, and so should you—but another program has taken over priority on my DVR’s Mondays-at-nine timeslot: Greek, the show anyone at Duke can relate to. We have the Joyce and Sati’s; the kids at Cyprus-Rhodes University have Doppler’s. We have Tailgate; they have the Undie Run. We have med schools in Singapore; they have... the Undie Run. OK, so maybe CRU and Duke aren’t comparable in the classroom, though a nerdy engineer named Rusty does his best Pratt imitation (minus the part where he snags a great-looking blonde instead of a fellow engineer who talks with a lisp and hasn’t seen the light of day in weeks). Gossip Girl and Greek are enjoyable for the exact opposite reasons. The former is fun because almost none of us could ever

live the waySerena and Blair do, throwing money around and sleeping with everyone in sight. Greek, meanwhile, works because we all know one of those people—a bro like Gappy that my girlfriend pictures when she looks at me who loves to drink and crack jokes, or a chick like Rebecca Logan who you just want to punch in the face at all times. But we don’t all know a guy like Fisher, a decent-looking kid who apparendy gets to date the cute president of Zeta Beta Zeta because ofhis cupcakemaking abilities. A tad dainty for my liking, but whatever. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the one nagging issue with the show: Casey Cartwright’s silly haircut. But aside from that, Greek is great because it knows its audience is just a bunch of kids like us who love day-drinking and not doing homework. As ABC Family says, Greek is “a new kind of family.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. —Gabe Starosta

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It’s no secret that my parents used the television as a babysitter. “Hey, Jack. Look, Sesame Street is on. OK, we’re going to Maui. There are Lean Cuisines in the freezer. See you in two weeks!” I’m not upset about it. I was only fouryears-old, but at least I grew up watching appropriate family shows like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Cheers. Hence, from an early age, I wanted to be black and an alcoholic. That’s why I spent most of my childhood drinking in the sun. These days, family television has taken a different turn. Now, there is a show on ABC called Modem Family. The plot follows three differentfamilies: one has the “normal,” comic dysfunctions. The second is an old man (A1 Bundy!) who is married to a much younger woman (ballin’). And finally, we have two fat, gay men with an adopted baby...from Vietnam. I mean...come on. Now, I’m quite socially hip. Yeah, I wear Converse sneakers and I’ve been to Brooklyn—once. So it’s not the liberal media agenda that upsets me. It’s how these shows are going to affect my kids. I’m sure my dad wished I had been watching baseball and Jeopardy, but instead he had to put up with my frequent renditions of “the Carlton” and constantly sneaking downtown to get liquored up. I would have been furious at my eight-yearold, and now I have to deal with these more controversial influences on my own kids. The first family is a little too perfect. How can the average American family relate to one devoid of multiple divorces? The second family sounds straight out of my future mid-life crisis fantasy. I have no problem with it as long as.my darling little girl doesn’t get any ideas. “Who are you taking to prom, honey?” “This nice Polish boy named Roman.”

“Polanski?! The 76-year-old creep who hangs out at the bus stop?” “But he wants me to be in his new movie!” “Not on my watch!” I’ll preface this by saying I have no problem with gay marriage. But when my spoiled brat of a kid throws a temper tantrum screaming, “I want two daddies and I want them now,” what am I supposed to say? “Listen, Veruca. You can’t have two daddies. Pop doesn’troll like that. But if your mother stops being such a prude, maybe you can have two mommies.” I guess I could just change the channel, but there’s not much else. Glee? I mean, the teacher blackmails the star quarterback into singing by planting weed on him. How are kids supposed to look up to that? If I wanted to see role models shattering their hero statuses with drugs, I’d watch the Olympics. What’s the next show going to be about? A woman who lives on a farm and one day falls in love with a horse. You’ll laugh and laugh as she—actually, there is nothing funny about that. I just feel bad for the horse. Call it Mrs. Mr. Ed. I could flip it over to Greek, but I want my kids to be excited about going to college the same way my dad popped in Animal House when I was in third grade and said, “If you do well in school, this is what you have to look forward to.” Greek is such a watered down version of college v lf I sat Jack Jr. in front of it, I’d be disappointed if he didn’t drop out of preschool right then. At one point, I wanted to get married and have a litter of kids. But first, they’re going to have to bring back Family Matters. “Hi-di-ho, Winslows!”

Jack Wilkinson is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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At this moment, one of North Carolina’s most rapidly ascendant writers offiction is probably very busy not writing. Terrence Holt—Dr. Terrence Holt, M.D. and Ph.D.—is likely attending to the inpatient geriatric ward at the University ofNorth Carolina’s School of Medicine, teaching a class on the ethics of medicinal practice or administering to the elderly at a Triangle-area retirement home. In the throes of these M.D.-prescribed preoccupations, Holt managed to recently publish In the Valley of the Kings, a collection of seven short stories and one novella. The book is the product of 30 years of almost-constant writing, interrupted only by his tenure in medical school at UNC. “Just about the week I finished my residency, I started writing again, which was interesting, because I had never really expected I would,” Holt said. “When I went to medical school, I thought I was done with all that. We sometimes entertain foolish ideas like this.” The sudden attraction toward medicine came while Holt was a professor ofliterature at Rutgers University and the writer-in-residence at Swarthmore College. His tutelage in creative writing has some impressive credentials: he was the first fiction instructor of author Junot Diaz, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was the summer reading book for Duke’s Class of 2013. “He saw who I might become before I saw it,” Diaz wrote in an e-mail. “Terrence was also a startling original writer, and, from the first story of his I read, I knew that this was the kind of writer I wanted to be. Apocalyptic, unflinching, true.” Despite his obvious talent for both teaching and writing, Holt saw an essentiality in medicine that drew him in as he became older. “A funny thing happens when you hit middle age: people you know start getting sick.... In the course of that, I met a couple of doctors who I thought were some of the most impressive people I’ve ever met,” Holt said. “They were in the position where they could make an enormous difference in people’s lives... and, clearly, [the doctors] were getting a lot out of being able to help people. I just couldn’t let that idea go.” Holt followed through on the fascination and made a swift transition to medicine. Now, saddled with the honorable and burdensome mantlesof both doctor andauthor North Carolina a qualifier for both—Holt is cognizant of the shared territory that he embodies. “Interpretation of literary text is a lot like diagnosis: someone comes in and tells you a story and you have to figure out what it means,” he said. ‘You’re just making reference to a different body of knowledge, but it’s still the same process.” —

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Bob Timberlake's A Carolina Collection opened at the American Tobacco Campuslast Thursday. The exhibition is a retrospective of the artist's watercolor works, whichfocus on the American South.Timberlakehas expanded his artistic work beyond painting to furniture. What happens to art when it is no longer anything but its market? The opening of Bob Timberlake’s A Carolina Collection at the American Tobacco Campus did a good job of answering that question. With booze and swanky hors d’oeuvres from Revolution as the centerpiece of the room, Timberlake’s watercolors took a backseat at their own showing. The atmosphere and mood appeared more like a corporate mixer than any art exhibition. Moved to the side to make room for cocktail tables, the paintings had a complete non-presence in the airy space of the Strickland Lobby. Timberlake is known for his detailed watercolor depictions of the rural South. Picturesque ocean-side landscapes and windowsill still lifes epitomize his work. Timberlake’s evocation of American simplicity endeared his work to the masses and the artist is now a veritable powerhouse of faux-antique products. His sprawling gallery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina sells everything from reproductions and furniture to coffee and sweets

A Carolina Collection offered nothing new or unexpected from the usual Timberlake repertoire. Multiple watercolors focused on the snowy landscapes of Carolina farm homes or the shanty-like ocean cottages of yesteryear’s Outer Banks. The paintings mainly inspired thoughts ofhow perfectly they would complete the decor of any quintessential mountain getaway or seaside vacation home. Timberlake has clearly created a successful niche for himself in the art market. His design empire continues to expand to include home accessories, souvenirs and toys. One has to wonder, however, liow connected Timberlake is to his art today. The opening of A Carolina Collection, where art acted as the mere side dish to good food and small talk, indicated that in the midst of manufacturing, creative purpose has been lost —Tina Siadak A Carolina Collection is on view now through Jan. 4 the American Tobacco Campus’s Strickland Lobby.

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DAISY CAKES At the higher end of the mobile food craze sits Daisy Cakes, its shiny, retro Airstream trailer a stark contrast to the cumbersome trucks ofother mobile vendors. Yet Daisy Cakes’ cupcakes more than live up to the trailer’s aesthetic, its polished presentation complemented by delectable twists on classic flavors. In general, Daisy Cakes’ appeal comes from the fact that the treats manage to hit an ideal cake-to-frosting ratio, with the cake just dense enough to balance the light yet ultra-sweet icing. The dough is moist and flavorful without being overwrought, hinting at the homemade while justifying its gourmet price tag. The red velvet was a standout, the dark cocoa-laced base interacting nicely with a well-executed, slightly savory cream cheese icing. The black and white, a Valrhona chocolate cupcake crowned with vanilla frosting, was similarly tempting. Vanilla frosting is often hit-or-miss, the less-complex flavor an optimal excuse for either too much sugar or too little flavor. But Daisy Cakes’ vanilla icing was a welcome deviation from this norm, offering a pleasandy sweet yet well-rounded vanilla counterpart to the cake’s rich chocolate flavor. And let’s not forget the cupcake-of-the-week. A recent offering was a maple cupcake sprinkled with candied bacon, playing into the vendor’s gourmet take on mobile food. Where Daisy Cakes disappoints is in its chocolateon-chocolate and vanilla-on-vanilla offerings. Both were monochromatic and almost painfully sweet, lacking the other varieties’ winning interplay of variant flavor notes. —ClaireFinch

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This Saturday, Raleigh will play host to a stadium full ofU fans for a spectacular live show—but for those as interested in intellectualizing as listening, there is an alternate option. Durham and North Carolina Central University will be the site of U2: The Hype and the Feedback, the inaugural conference exploring the band’s work and influence. The three-day event kicks off with a double feature movie screening held at Durham’s Carolina Theatre. The first film is a 30-minute documentary of Bono’s work spreading awareness of the AIDS plight in Africa. The second, It Might Get Loud focuses on guitar greats Jimmy Page, Jack White and, of course, The Edge. This all might come off as self-important had U 2 initiated the event, but it’s actually the brainchild of scholars who moonlight as big fans. “I’m an English professor, but I write about and study U 2 artists, as ifI were studying Ernest Hemingway or Bob Dylan,” said Scott Calhoun ofCedarville University in Ohio, who was instrumental in organizing the conference. Although Hemingway had a genius knack for prose and Dylan for songwriting, U2’s unique legacy is largely centered on the philanthropy that stems from their art. “The whole conference is designed to study their effect on history:—the humanitarian and social justice issues, from [activist] Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma all the way back to Nelson Mandela,” Calhoun said. University of Pennsylvania English Professor Anthony DeCurtis, a renowned music critic and contributor to publications like Rolling Stone and The New York Times, will deliver the keynote address. He most recently interviewed Bono for the 40th anniversary edition of Rolling Stone. “I’m more interested in talking about ideas and reminding people what we’re doing here: engaging this band, their career and their music,” DeCurtis said. “I’m trying to remind people of what’s important about U 2 and get them in touch with it —in a sense, lend a kind ofemotional charge to what they’re going to be doing.” Following DeCurtis’ speech, days two and three of the conference will feature an expansive series of academic discussions with titles like “Interpretations ofLaissez Faire Inherent in U2’s Music” and “Bono Versus Nick Cave on Jesus.” “They’re both preachers: one an Irish optimist with a ladder to Heaven, the other a twisted variation of the raging, Southern Gothic fire-and-brimstoner,” said Greg Clarke from The Center for Public Christianity of the latter discussion. “Bono speaks of Jesus as a lifeline to God, as the source of grace. Cave speaks about his art as his lifeline to the universe.” Yet all the serious discussions on the band are unlikely to overshadow the actual music. “Listen, 80 million people are going to see this band,” DeCurtis said. “I don’t think they’re doing it based on the mythology.... This is one of the great live rock bands.” ,

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�� Leaving behind contemporaries, such as Rhett Miller and the Old 97’s, the Avett Brothers have outdone themselves—and nearly everyone else—with new LP I and Love and You, an album that has shifted the entire musical landscape around it. Some artists inflect their words so that they appear more significant than they are; the depth of the Avett Brothers’ lyrics, if anything, is belied by their tone. The vocals are just about the only aspect of I and You and Love that could be improved, but as “bluegrass,” the twang is forgivable. The album really hits its stride with “Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise,” a manic-depressive opus. From there, we catch “Kick Drum Heart,” filled with an infectious spiritedness impossible not to dance along to and a chorus that will echo in your head for days.

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As the saying goes, “Ars longa, vita brevis.” If this is true, I and Love and Tom’s unassailable energy and vibrance will be resounding from speakers and headphones for years to come. —AlexFankuchen

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A new album from a veteran musician always produces a certain measure of anticipation, and Goodnight Unknown by Lou Barlow is no exception. The 43-year-old artist, a founding member of seminal bands Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, tends to drift between lofi rock and folk styles. With rhythm and vocals creating a powerful and distinct sound, Goodnight fits right into this history and blazes little new ground. Although the new recordings are similar to his last solo release, Emoh, Barlow’s signature angst is even more tangible now. Shifting between breathy melodies and rock anthems—sometimes midsong—Barlow creates tracks that are both edgy and relaxed. With Dale Grover of Melvins laying down steady percussion to match the almost hypnotic rhythm guitar, the music becomes saturated with a sense of desperation and restlessness. Barlow’s simple lyrics complement

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the catchy nature of the music, but sometimes the tunesmith’s work just becomes too catchy. He builds a song to a climax and works back down afterwards. But, throughout the album, the unwavering percussion is inconsistently successful. It grows repetitive after a few tracks that could have as easily used a drum machine. “The Right” and “Goodnight Unknown” are both overpowered by these relentless drums, while other tracks seem to have the same monotonous rhythm. “One Machine, One Long Fight” remains enjoyable by recalling retro rock-and-roll with simple, melodic arrangements., On the other hand, “Take Advantage” tones down the intensity, featuring Barlow’s cutest lyrics: “That you’ll love me like a pancake.../ Hold me ‘til your arms ache.” Goodnight Unknown will not disappoint Barlow fans familiar with his particular style. It meets expectations as an improvement on Emoh but only perpetuates the routine instead of breaking from it. —Canon Brodar

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are killed while plugged into their better Beckham selves. Greer takes on the case, which involves the original creator of the surrogates Canter (James Cromwell) and a band of surrogate-protestors called Dreads, led by The Prophet (Ving

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�� The premise of Whip will seem familiar to many fans ofmodern coming-of-age tales; socially awkward character finds something to be passionate about that changes his/her life, while struggling against overbearing parents and finding love. Despite this conventional format, the film never feels stereotypical and generates a unique tone. Social outcast Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) is looking for an escape from the conventions and pageantry of suburban Americana and finds it in roller derby. Reinventing herself as Babe Ruthless, she joins the ranks of the Hurl Scouts, captained by Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig), and fiqds love and friendship in this unorthodox, underground world of grunge and knee pads. Bliss goes beyond the usual, quirky misfit archetype, and Page connects with the audience every time she is on screen. Outshining Page, however, is Marcia Gay Harden, who brings refreshing originality to Brooke, the ultimate overbearing Texan mother. Both women combine intensity and creativity to deliver skillful performances. Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut doesn’t disappoint, but it becomes clear that she’s not quite comfortable behind the camera. The extraordinarily precise opening 15 minutes of the film raise the viewer’s hopes, but Barrymore immediately abandons her standards, inserting one of the most awkwardly placed and rushed montages ever. The movie never fully recovers from this inauthentic moment and fails to regain emotional legitimacy and

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Fourteen years in the future, Second Life gets taken to a whole new level, and Bruce Willis rocks a toupee. Surrogates, yet another artificial intelligence action thriller, might sound intriguing, but the finished product is as superficial and superfluous as its robotic characters. In this new world full of mannequin versions of people that would make the creators of the Dove Real Beauty campaign cringe, there is no crime, lots of sex-raves, indestructible bodies and highflying acrobatics. Strangely enough, there still is a need for a vibrantly active police force that includes Tom Greer (Bruce Willis), a morally sound cop heartbroken by the loss Of his son and disenchanted by his now superficial wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike), who rarely leaves her surrogate, This peaceful, Derek-Zoolander-dreamworld is shattered when two humans

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ing, frail and coughing—Cornish embodies her role with unguarded naturality and Jane Austen-worthy spirit. Their intellectually sensual trysts hot English-chastity style—are soon opposed by all social circles, notably Keats’ boorish patron and close friend Charles Brown (Paul Schneider), who tirelessly proclaims Fanny’s libidinous influence on Keats’ work. The biopic tale itself is fairly conventional, though Campion wisely avoids hanging the grand weight of literary history over each scene. Instead, she delights in a fresh, day-by-day exploration of two casually unique individuals, from their flirtatious to high-spirited to feverish infatuations. At its core, this is a story of frustrated young love, cut short by Keats’ untimely tubercular death at age 25, but —

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If you ask Thaddeus Lewis, Duke doesn’t have a quarterback controversy. It has a competition. In 2007, Lewis was a two-year starter when David Cutcliffe took over the program, but among the new coach’s first moves on the job was finding his quarterback of the future. Enter Sean Renfree, a four-star recruit drawn by Cutcliffe’s reputation as a quarterback coach. Lewis kept his job his junior year while Renfree redshirted. But at the start of this season* as the senior quarterback struggled early and recovered from an August ankle injury, Renfree got the opportunity to showcase the talentCutcliff recruited him for. Thus far, he has delivered. The freshman’s college career started with a bang. Renfree saw his first game action midway through the third quarter of the Blue Devils’ second game with Duke trailing Army, 14-10. On the second play of the series, he lined up, took the snap, rolled left and delivered a dead-on pass to junior Brett Huffman for 17yards, a touchdown and—most importantly—Duke’s first lead of the season on Renfree’s first pass as a Blue Devil. “Army turned it over, and I didn’t get a chance to get any snaps or warm up,” Renfree said. “They were just like, ‘Go, go, go!’ I went in there, and Coach made a great call, a great bootleg. It was a lot of fun, but it kind of shocked me. I was nervous but confident. It was huge. It was a must, must, must win—just like all our games—but it was a great opportunity for us to go out and show people how we can really play.” Duke would hold the lead for the rest of the game on the way to a 35-19 win. The freshman finished 7-of-8 passing for

collegiate action, Renfree had already or-

chestrated a second-half comeback. “I always like coming from behind at halftime and winning a game, I don’t care what the circumstance is,” Cutcliffe said after the game. “I was pleased with [Renfree’s performance]. It’s basically a statement of confidence in your backup. I had intended to play him last week and I didn’t. I made my mind up we would play him [this week] regardless ofcircumstance.” While Renfree was the star of the day, Lewis was left frustrated on the sideline. But the seniorknew all along that Cutcliffe planned to play Renfree for parts of the game. Lewis was pleased for his teammate, greeting questions about Renfree’s first collegiate touchdown with a wide grin. “It was great. I tell you what, my first high school pass was an interception,” Lewis said. “My first college pass was an incompletion, an incompletion down the field to no one in particular.... But his first college pass was a touchdown. If I were him, I’d take that any day.” As the Blue Devils prepared for Kansas the next week, everyone wanted to know what Renfree’s future would hold. Had he played well enough to unseat Lewis, the three-year starter? Cutcliffe immediately dismissed the idea; the questions momentarily ceased. Against the Jayhawks, Renfree had another strong showing as the team’s backup. The freshman connected on 14-of-23 passes for 115 yards and threw Duke’s only passing touchdown in the 44-16 loss. To say that the offense ran smoothly would be an overstatement, for the Blue Devils scored just 16 points on 384 offensive yards. Renfree filled COURTNEY

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Last week, Duke stomped N.C. Central 49-14 to get a badly needed win. Duke finally got its running game going thanks to major contributions from sophomore Patrick Kurunwune and freshman Desmond Scott. Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis also had his best game of the year, accounting for three touchdowns, two through the air and one on the ground. This week, No. 6 Virginia Tech comes to Wallace Wade Stadium. The Blue Devils will have to play their best to break their eight-game losing streak against the Hokies. While Virginia Tech is looking to improve to 2-0 in ACC play, Duke is looking to get conference play started with a win. “It’s a new season to me,” linebacker Vincent Rey said. “We’re 0-0 in the ACC.” The Blue Devils dominated theirACC

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Salem to take on No. 9 Wake Wake Forest Forest (8-2-0, 0-1-0 in the ACC) at 7 p.m. The Blue Duke Devils (4-4-2, THURSDAY, 7 p.m. 0-1-0) look Winston-Salem, N.C. to bounce back after a tough overtime loss at No. 1 North Carolina exactly one week ago. With the game tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, the Tar Heels managed a goal in the extra pe-

riod to take the game, 2-1 “I think we learned that we cart play with any team in the country, and to go to their home and [to] force them into overtime shows us that we can compete with all teams,” head coach Robbie Church said. The Blue Devils have been stellar defensively. Led by three freshman defenders and a freshman goalie, Duke’s young backfield has been impressive, allowing only 9.3 shots per game. “Early in the season, we struggled a little because we’re such a new back line and we’re young,” freshman defender Nicole Lipp SEE W. SOCCER ON PAGE 8

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VA.TECH from page 7 opener last year, crushing Virginia 31-3. That was Duke’s first ACC victory since beating Clemson 16-13 in 2004. Saturday, the Blue Devils look to pull off one of the biggest upsets in Duke,Football history. “By far the biggest test we’ve had to this point is Virginia Tech,” head coach David Cutcliffe said. “They are a complete football team.” Last time the Blue Devils faced the Hokies, Virginia Tech was victorious by a score of 14-3. The now-departed Zack Asack started at quarterback for Duke and completed just two passes. Lewis was sidelined with an ankle injury, and the Blue Devils were forced to play a run-heavy offense utilizing the quarterback option throughout. Entering this year’s contest, Duke has two capable quarterbacks in Lewis and redshirt freshman Sean Renfree, but they are faced with several injuries at running back. Fifthyear senior Re’quan Boyette and sophomore Jay Hollingsworth both missed last week’s game, and Desmond Scott tweaked his hamstring in practice Tuesday. Cutcliffe told the media Tuesday that Boyette practiced at close to full speed Tuesday, and he thinks Scott shoidd be ready to go Saturday. Although the Blue Devils may be missing depth at running back this week, Cutcliffe stressed the importance of having his starting quarterback healthy, a problem that clearly set back Duke’s offensive unit last season. “We are much healthier at this time this year than we were at this lime playing them a year ago,” Cutcliffe said. The Hokies also have a healthy starting quarterback, Tyrod Taylor. Last week, Taylor rushed for 75 yards on 10 carries, passing Michael Vick for third-most career rushing yards for a Virginia Tech quarterback. Taylor is an excellent game manager too, throwingjust one interception all season against stingy defenses including Alabama’s and Miami’s. “Great player,” Rey said of Taylor. “He puts the ball where it needs to be, and he can obviously run the ball very well.” Taylor exhibited his playmaking ability down the stretch last season when he outplayed Sean Glennon to secure the starting job at quarterback. The Hokies won their last four

Virginia Tech has already beaten two ranked opponents this season behind a a solid defense, a strong rushing attack and effective special teams. games of the season in 2008, and the highlight of the season was Taylor’s 73-yard run against Virginia. This season, Taylor orchestrated a game-winning drive in the final seconds against then-No. 19 Nebraska, and led Virginia Tech to a 31-7 win against No. 9 Miami last week. Taylor is not the Hokies’ only running threat. Freshman running back Ryan Williams is sixth in the country in rushing yards per game, averaging 123 yards. He also has found the end zone eight times already. The Blue Devils will have their hands full with the Virginia Tech’s athletic backfield. The Hokies play power football on offense, yet pride themselves on special teams. Virginia Tech head coach Frank Reamer emphasizes the importance ofexcellent special teams units and defensive units. The Hokies have the most defensive and special teams touchdowns in the FBS since 2006, and

blocked a punt last week against the Hurricanes. On the Blue Devils’ end, Cutcliffe credited special teams for Duke’s win over Army, specifically citing a great punt return by Johnny Williams and a punt coverage play by Matt Daniels as sparks that carried Duke to its win. Gutcliffe also believes that one day Duke’s special teams will be respected like Virginia Tech’s special teams are now. “We feel like we spend an inordinate amount of time compared to most teams [working on special teams],” Cutcliffe said. One thing that is for certain is the Blue Devils will not be discouraged by the Hokies’ recent results. “I think we’re going to come out and we’re going to compete,” senior cornerback Leon Wright said. “We’ll do all we can to get this victory.”

W. SOCCER from page 7 said. “But we’ve definitely improved and we’ve learned how to keep our shape a lot better. I think we just need to continue staying strong and keeping sharp.” Although Duke was outshot 21-6 during its game in Chapel Hill, Church attributes the low-scoring game to the defense. In that contest, the Blue Devils managed to hold the Tar Heels scoreless until the 84th minute despite North Carolina holding possession for most of the game. “How powerful North Carolina is, you know that they are going to create shots,” Church said. “But if you look at the quality of the shots, you’ll notice that we defended really well, and we forced them to take a lot of shots that weren’t danger shots.” Duke looks to continue its strong defensive play tonight against Wake Forest. The last time these two teams met, Duke won 3-1. Fortunately, the Blue Devils have returned many of the offensive weapons that were so effective against the Demon Dea-

cons last year. Elisabeth Redmond, now a senior, scored two of Duke’s three goals and hopes to be equally effective tonight. However, the Blue Devils need to be careful against Wake Forest this year. The Demon Deacons return seven oflast year’s starters, including senior Jill Hutchinson, who led last year’s squad with ten goals and seven assists. Hutchinson has been equally impressive during this young season, with eight goals and two assists. “We know that Wake Forest is a great them. They are having a terrific year,” senior captain Jane Alukonis said. “They are just an all-around solid team. They are very athletic and will be a good team to play against.” With both teams 0-1-0 in conference, the Blue Devils and the Demon Deacons will look for a win to bring momentum into the rest of their ACC schedule. “This game is really important because it could be a big turning point for us,” Lipp said. “We’ve played great during these last few games, and throughout the season. If we get a win [today], it would be great for our season and confidence.”

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RENFREE from page 7 in during times when Lewis struggled, but didn’t quite eclipse his mentor, who threw for 184 yards of his own. And then at Homecoming, Renfree had another first—this time, an interception. North Carolina Central's Jeffery Henderson grabbed Renfree’s first pass out of the air and returned it for an 83-yard touchdown. But the most important of all of Renfree’s numbers may be three—three years

ahead as the face of the Duke program. Because regardless of the ups and downs of this season, the development of the freshman and Duke’s hopes to grow as a program will remain intricately linked. “That’s what I what I want to see out of Sean,” Lewis said. “Just to let Blue Devil Nation and a lot of people know that once I’m done out here, the Blue Devils still have a great future in Sean Renfree.” It seems that Lewis is correct: Duke doesn’t have a controversy. Renfree’s story doesn’t have to do so much with the present as it does with the future.

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diet offried starches and meat however, they’d be quick to counter with facts about America’s obesity rates, pointing out thathowever unhealthy the typical Colombian meal is, Americans are in far worse shape. There was some truth in that; I don’t think I ever saw a legitimately obese person in my two months there. More seriously, though, we did come across some strong anti-American sentiments while at the local university. There were many graffiti murals there, including a grotesque depiction of Uncle Sam holding the puppet of a newscaster in one hand, commanding the media to fill people’s heads with thoughts of money and corporate greed, with a bundle of rockets clutched in the other fist. It’s a strange feeling to stand there as an American and see such blatant displays of antiAmericanism. Basically, since I’ve been abroad, I’ve learned three things about Americans. We’re fat, we’re stupid and we’re greedy. It’s a sad state we’re in. We put ourselves there, though. What else are people supposed to thinkwhen all they see are the trashy American reality shows? The abundance of American fast food chains, pervasive in so many countries? Endless news coverage ofAmerica’s unrivaled involvement in global affairs? Even America’s woeful soccer league, a sport that becomes a measure of pride in most countries-other than our own. With all these preconceptions of the U.S., who can say how many of these people have ever had a meaningful interaction with an American before? It reminds me of something we were firmly told throughout my Duke Engage experience in Colombia: Everything you do, good or bad, represents not only this program and Duke University, but the image of the United States as well. It’s just a start, but we may as well begin to change America’s image, one conversation at a time. So to all those who are abroad or who will go abroad; You represent all of us when traveling, so do it well. Tread softly, carry no stick, but go prepared for some-lively political debates with the locals. Come armed with some facts and maybe let them know that you don’t just sit around eating McDonald’s, worrying about your bank account and using the word “like” in every other phrase. If nothing else, you’d make some friends and learn a thing or two, including how to be less sensitive to thinly veiled insults at your country and/ or how to decipher the Scottish accent. Good luck with that last one though, I’m still working on it.

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topic of American politics at a local Scottish pub. Of all that American cinema has to offer, I probdoris jwo ably would not two points for have picked Sacha honesty Baron Cohen’s satirical mockumentaries as the most shining examples. Our newly made friend continued, however, with an enthusiastic rant about all that was wrong with the U.S. and George W. Bush, beginning with an analysis of his two favorite films. It was a scintillating speech that brought about mixed reactions of both amusement and anger. We probably shouldn’t have been so surprised. It is fairly common knowledge that America’s image has been tarnished in the past decade, though many people assume that the new Obama administration will heal those wounds. The numbers agree to an extent. One Pew GlobalAttitudes Survey has our U.S. favorability rating in the United Kingdom dropping from 83 percent in 2000 to 51 percent in 2007 with an increase to 69 percent since President Obama’s election. As eyidenced by our Glaswegian friends’ rant though, electing Obama was not enough. His monologue certainly made me wonder how people judge us American exchange students as soon as they realize we’re from the States. Do they suspect racism? Homophobia? Ignorance and disregard for the affairs ofothers? A sentiment underlying greed and unscrupulous motivations? Not everyone is quite so apparent with their feelings towards Americans. But it’s not difficult to encounter people here in the U.K. who, when realizing that they’re dealing with Americans, purposefully slow their speech down to a crawl as if we don’t have the intelligence to keep up. It’s more subtle, perhaps, but still apparent when others mock American speech with an exaggerated Val-

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high school GPA and the number of times I feel ex-

tremely idiotic compared to my peers in the classroom, that statement should be noncontroversial. With 23 members of Congress, three Nobel Laureates, a former President, a bunch of CEOs and Rhodes scholars galore all having called Duke home, our alums seem to be pretty smart cookies as well. Admittedly the fact that we can also claim as our own the “Beer-flinging fridge inventor,” a Bachelor (of the horrendous reality show variety) and Tucker Max may count against us, but for the most part, we’re doing alright Ifall wolff that’s not enough to convince i’m serious... you, I swear I actually heard a kid in Perkins last week use the word “preposterous” in a completely serious manner. But I think it was the Beades who once sang “Smarts can’t buy me common sense.” Or maybe, come to think of it, it was “Money can’t buy me love.” Hmm, I think it’s the first one. Either way, it’s true: you can be as intelligent as Einstein, but all those IQ points won’t buy you “street smarts.” Sit in Perkins and watch a procession of 10 people try and use the same broken E-print even though the red-flashing-light-of-documentdeath is clearly blinking, and you’ll see what I mean. As a senior, I am old enough to be considered the campus “crotchety old man who shakes his fist at all the neighborhood hooligans,” so allow me to make a revision to the claim I started with: Duke students are pretty smart, but often times we lack common sense and, worse, common decency. It’s the latter one I want to focus on, because I think it’s the most shocking. You’ll find people who don’t have much common sense wherever you go, but on a campus where it seems we have more causes than students, you’d expect people to treat each other with a bit more respect. It’s the little things. Take for example study rooms in the library. Last week I wasted 45 minutes walking around looking for a study room with a group of friends, only to find that every single one was full, and most of them only had only one person in them.That’s ridiculous, since there is absolutely no reason to take a study room if you’re by yourself. “But people are talking in the main part of the library!”, you say. Well, we’re talking because people like you take up the study rooms and we don’t really have a choice. Or what about walking slow on campus? I’m one who definitely sees the merits of a slow meander, but this becomes problematic when there are five of you walking abreast on the quad. Don’t pretend like you don’t hear me subtly giving the “excuse me” cough behind you, because I’m practically hacking up a lung back here. I’d like to be able to excuse these faults and chalk them up to me being neurotic and most people not even realizing what they’re doing. But the amount of urine all over the seats in every stall in the Bryan Center would say otherwise. Seriously, I don’t like cleaning up after you, you don’tlike cleaning up after me, so why not cleanup after ourselves? Orbetter yet, lift up the toilet seat. I know that’s a lot of work, so don’t strain yourself. Of course, I’m no saint—farfrom it. For example, I’ve recently started committing one ofmy worst pet peeves: paying with cash on campus. In all fairness, my parents caught on to my ruse of charging to Flex via my Bursar account, so I don’t have much choice. But my phone has gone off in class tons of times, I’ve spilled a soda in the Marketplace then freaked out and ran away and I’m even selfishly sitting in one of those covered swings on the Plaza all by myself as I type. Now I anticipate there will be three distinct types of comments on the online version of this column. 1) “Hey, I totally know what you mean! Maybe campus would be a better place if people justrecognized that other people exist, their actions affect those other people and maybe we should be a little more conscientiousness of them.” 2) “Jacob, you really are a crotchety old man, but your salt-and-pepper gray hair really suits you in a Richard Gere sort of way.” 3) “What is this, an episode of Seinfeld? What’s the point?” Bring on the heated online comments. Frankly, I’m willing to bet my life you’ve thought about how annoying it is that people leave their laundry in the dryer overnight more often than you’ve thought about reforming the Young Trustee process. Of course, I’m not saying the Young Trustees aren’t a worthy topic. However, there needs to be more discussion about the small things that affect students daily, like how people don’t hold doors open for each other anymore And no, pushing the automatic handicap button doesn’t count.

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lettertotheeditor Blue Devils United respond to East Campus bridge incident I am writing in response to the Sept. 30 e-mail sent by Zoila Airall about the East Campus bridge incident. Here is what actually happened: Someone, we do not. know who, painted the words “F-this rainbow” and “F- gay pride” over the rainbow Blue Devils United (Duke’s undergraduate LGBTQA organization) painted on the East Campus bridge for the Sept. 26 N.C. Pride Parade. The hate-speech was quickly painted over by Cody Lallier, Jack Grote, and Gina Arevalo of BDU. Yesterday, Zoila Airall, assistant vice president for student affairs, sent out an e-mail speaking to the hurt caused by these words and the importance of having open conversations about hate speech and the experiences of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) students at Duke. In response to this unfortunate event, Blue Devils United members and friends are hanging rainbow flags outside of their windows as a statement of unity, celebration and support. We hope that the bridge incident and the sudden rainbowing of campus begin a long overdue conversation about

the LGBTQ experience at Duke. We as a community cannot afford to stay silent when a group of our students is targeted in such a hurtful way. As Zoila mentioned, change begins when you seek to be educated on these issues and speak out against hate. BDU asks that you engage your living group, sorority or fraternity, and student organization in a My Truth panel and attend an Ally training (for more information, please visit www.lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu). We invite every Duke student to attend a Blue Devils United meeting (Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 p.m., at the Center for LGBT Life) and walk into our LGBT center anytime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., meet our students and staff, and learn first-hand what incredible resources we offer for all students. Most importantly, we ask that you see the connections between all -isms that adversely affect us and realize that one act of hate speech ultimately hurts us all. Viviana Santiago President, Blue Devils United

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White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel told us to “never allow a crisis to go to waste” last November, it’s unlikely he imagined that he would do just that. Emmanuel explained at the time that such moments are “opportunities to do big things.” But by trying to do too much, too fast, he and President Barack Obama have quite seriously damaged the prospects for their most far-reaching agenda items and Obama’s vikram own approval ratings srinivasan How did the new uncommon president get to the conviction where many (on point both sides of the aisle) are suddenly indulging the possibility that the 2010 midterm elections might see Republican gains similar to those of 1994? Let’s start from the beginning. A wise early agenda for any new administration would be tempered by circumstance, rooted in a responsible skepticism towards the conditions that brought victory. “Mandates” are what parties and politicians concoct to justify policies that voters never actually voted to support. In this case, certainly yes, deep frustration with the Bush presidency likely played a role in bringing Democrats victory in 2008. And Obama himselfpresented a compelling persona to the American public. But ultimately, Obama won the election with the significant help of a faltering economy. Remember that as of mid-September 2008, McCain led Obama by an average of three points in most political tracking polls. It was when Lehman Brothers collapsed that tracking polls swung 10 points in Obama’s favor—leaving him with a seven point lead that was his ultimate margin of victory. One would think, then, that shepherding economic recovery would be the primary focus of the early Obama presidency. Instead, economic recovery has seemed a necessary but unpleasant chore. Rather than crafting a strategic plan for economic recovery himself, Obama delegated—and over-delegated—the writing of his administration’s economic stimulus plan to Congressional committee chairs. This strategy continues to prove itself a serious miscalculation. Perhaps the Obama administration thought that empowering Congress to craft the stimulus would be perceived as a show of good faith, or would shield him from accountability for the inevitable abuses that would find their way into the $BOO billion legislation. In reality, the opposite has happened. As the stimulus has stimulated little other than key political interest groups, the American public grows righdy distrustful of the new president’s agenda.

Obama’s presidency thus far is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of his “mandate.” To the extent he has one, it is utterly unrelated to nationalizing the U.S. health care system, and certainly not on a party-line vote. Where cap-and-trade global warming policies enter the picture is equally unclear. President Obama has spread himself quite thin. These first eight months of the Obama presidency seem to suggest that the new president thought he could set the agenda for the American public as much as the public could set the agenda for him. Ironically, in seeking to pass its entire legislative agenda at once, the Obama administration seems stricken by the very hubris it accused its predecessor of committing. Although Obama’s approval ratings seem to be stabilizing in the low fifties, Gallup data indicates that his approval ratings at this point in his administration are tied for the second-lowest of the last 10 administrations—hardly a good position to be in. As he pursues a course correction, the president should remember what he was elected to do. Obama can start by recognizing that in spurring recovery, less is more. By trying to do too much, Obama continues to dilute his brand and compromise the very legislative goals he seeks. Although the conventional wisdom seems to be that Obama is primarily losing support from independents, there is evidence to suggest that even among youth, his enthusiasm is beginning to wilt. Anecdotally, many former Obama enthusiasts I know have expressed frustration with his handling of the energy and health care debates and are growing disillusioned with him. Gallup polling showed Obama’s support among the 18 to 29 age group dropping off from 71 percent in mid-July to 60 percent last week. Unfortunately, there is more on the line than Obama’s political future. The nation’s economic recovery may be undercut by new attempts at stateled economic micromanagement of the health care and energy sectors. If Obama wants lasting legislative change—not just policies which will be rolled back under the next Republican administration—he would be wise to court the support of conservative members of Congress and the constituents they represent. True reform will require the support of allies who will not vote to overturn it when the political tides inevitably turn.

Hope turns to hubris when politicians, caught up in the fervor ofelectoral triumph, over-read the prospects for transformative action. And that, Mr. Emmanuel, is when “crises go to waste.” We should be grateful for as much. Vikram Srinivasan is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Thursday.

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