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the difficulty of throwing and catching a wet ball in strong winds. But even flood warnings and heavy rain were not enough to ground the Duke offense Saturday against Maryland at Wallace Wade Stadium. This weekend, the Blue Devils (4-3, 2-1 in the ACC) narrowly defeated the conference rival Terrapins, 17-13, in a cascade of rain as Duke won consecutive conference games for the first time since 1994. That same year was also the last time that Duke defeated the Terrapins (2-6, 1-3), and ironically enough, the last season that the Blue Devils reached a bowl game. And despite the rain, Duke did not shift away from its strengths in the passing game. In fact, the Blue Devils prepared throughout the week to deal with the harsh conditions. “I love to throw the ball when it’s wet,” Blue Devil head coach David Cutcliffe said. “I like it when we know where we are going and they don’t. I think coverage gets difficult. We work a wet ball drill every week and make sure we get wet weather work.” Luckily for Cutdiffe’s squad, that extra work paid dividends Saturday. Senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis continued to

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Family, friends and those wishing to honor the memories of Duke’s fallen soldiers gathered with white roses and fond memories for the University’s rededication of its war memorial Friday morning beside the Chapel. After two Duke alumni, Matthew Lynch, Trinity ’Ol and James Regan, Trinity ’O2, were killed in Iraq in 2004, the University decided to update the memorial by adding the names of 54 fallen soldiers. This included all former students killed in combat since World War 11. U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Grad ’76 and a retired four-star general who is a Vietnam War veteran, delivered the keynote address. “Each name is a profound statement of love, patriotism and loyalty,” Shinseki said 1 11I 1 his speech. “May Duke University find away to make this memorial central and important for future generations of students and faculty. May the University remind all that our freedom was purchased by scholars like these who gave their tomorrows for our todays.” President Richard Brodhead said in an interview that the deaths of two former students in Iraq raised the question of updating the memorial. But he added that the rededication took some time to organize because the University had to make sure the list of the fallen was as comprehensive as possible. “We felt that this was a good time to make clear that the memorial from World War II extends forward through time,” Brodhead said. J

QuarterbackThaddeus Lewis played efficiently despite the weatherto bolster the Blue Devils' bowl hopes.

NC State Fair ends on high note by

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The annual North Carolina State Fair, which started Oct. 15, attracted many attendees to the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The event, featuring amusement park rides and fried Southern cuisine, ended Sunday night.

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Toddlers in wagon-beds with powdered sugar on their lips, boyfriends with stuffed pink tigers won for their dates, snow cones, cotton candy, rubber-duck-yellow corn-on-the-cob, pig races, wallabies, machines zipping, rotating, lighting-up as riders shriek with terror and delight. The place is so crowded that parents have to hoist their children on their shoulders so they can take it all in. It is the scene at the annual North Carolina State Fair on its final night Sunday. More than 800,000 visitors attended the Raleigh fairgrounds during its 10-day run, starting Oct. 15. At “Cowgirl Heaven,” a popular family attraction, six ponies, their bridles linked to steel poles, walked in circles with children on their backs. Sarah Bames, a blond five-year-old with pink socks and a rainbow headband, waited her turn, her hand in her mother’s. “She’s been here every year ofher life, since she was in my tummy,” said Karen Stevens, Sarah’s mother. “She looks forward to it every year.” Sarah, too shy to speak aloud, puts her head on her mother’s shoulder and whispers that she likes the ponies because they are cute, and she hopes to ride the brown and white one.

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Evan Bick, an Iraq War veteran who recently returned from active duty, pays respects to his uncle, Charles Bickjrinity 'BO, at the war memorialrededication ceremony Friday.

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Prez challenger in Afghan elections threatens boycott The challenger KABUL, Afghanistan to President Hamid Karzai is considering boycotting the upcoming runoff if his demands are not met to remove the leaders of Afghanistan's election commission who he believes are biased against him, campaign officials said Sunday. Despite his public promises that he will participate in the Nov. 7 runoff, Abdullah Abdullah has been discussing the possibility of pulling out of the election, an outcome that could create a new political

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Uranium from the ACOMA, N.M. Grants Mineral Belt running under rugged peaks and Indian pueblos of New Mexico was a source of electric power and military might in decades past, providing fuel for reactors and atomic bombs. Now, interest in carbon-free nuclear power is fueling a potential resurgence of uranium mining. But Indian people gathered in Acoma, N.M., for the Indigenous Uranium Forum over the weekend decried future uranium extraction, especially from nearby Mount Taylor, considered sacred by many tribes. Native people from Alaska, Canada, the western United States and South America discussed the severe health problems uranium mining has caused their communities.

crisis and throw the legitimacy of any new government into question. His aides argue that it would be dangerous to enter an election that might reproduce the massive fraud that discredited the vote in August, Abdullah's main running mate, Homayoun Shah Assefy, said it was clear that the United States and the international community would resist such a boycott but that it might be necessary if the Independent Election Commission is not purged of its prominent Karzai supporters.

Obama declares national emergency for swine flu President Barack WASHINGTON the MINI flu Saturdy Obama declared a procenational emergency, outbreak a health care to allow dural step designed slow treatment and providers to speed the spread of the disease. The action gives U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius temporary authority to grant waivers that would expedite steps such as setting up off-site emergency rooms to treat potential flu victims apart from other patients. Administration officials said the move was not made as a result of any particular development, but as a pre-emptive measure to ensure that the tools for a quick response were in place.

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sorority's A studentsmashes a pink car to raise awareness for breast cancer as part of ZetaTau Alpha "Smash Bash" Friday. The fundraiser, which also featured a yogurt-eating contest, was held on MainWest.

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Uganda Field Ed. Placement Westbrook 030,12:25 -1:25 p.m. Father JosephKakooza, a Catholic priest from Katikamu, Uganda, will attend this brown bag lunch event to discuss summer internationalField Ed placement.

"Absurdistan" Griffith Theater, 8 9:30 p.m. Russian with English subtitles, color. Veit Helmer's inventive, allegorical comedy introduces Absurdistan, a once-beautiful, now-utterly desolate, land.

Pumpkin carving adventure series 215 Alexander Apt. B, 5 7:30 p.m. Come out with the Duke Outpost and the Hub to Ganyard Farms to carve

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Government and private experts deliberated how to

create a market for the natural processes performed by the ecosystem in a forum at the School ofLaw Friday. The Next Generation Conservation Symposium was an

opportunity for environmental and legal experts to discuss

with government officials emerging trends in the management of natural resources. The forum was presented by the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Ecosystem Ser-

vices and Markets. “We are entering a new paradigm, analogous to the industrial revolution,” said Richard Swenson, director of the Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Division of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. “We are entering a new energy paradigm, a new global concern about the quality of our environment.” The concept of creating a market for natural resources evolved out of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a $24 million research project launched by the United Nations in 2001 to assess the state of the planet. The symposium addressed the government’s role in the preservation of the environment, such as the creation of an ecosystem services market. Ecosystem services is a name for the services rendered by the environment. It includes the obvious, such as fossil fuels and land for infrastructure, and also the subtle, such as the pollination of crops and the breakdown of animal wastes, said Adam Davis, president of Solano Partners, a consulting firm that specializes in conservation. The main obstacle to a regulated market is the inability to place a monetary value on ecosystem services, said Lydia Olander, senior associate director for ecosystem services at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. “We cannot manage what we cannot measure, and if we do not have a coherent way of measuring these impacts across... specific ecosystems and specific services, then we will fail to manage them appropriately,” Olander said. The problem is that scientific and statistical inquires to define a quantitative value for clean air and other ecosystem services have not been done, Davis said.

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Experts discuss the clean energy market at Next GenerationConservation Symposium held at theSchool of Law Friday. He noted that determining these values would allow private property owners to earn profits not only by har-

vesting resources to the detriment of the environment, but also by protecting ayid properly stewarding the land. “I think that ecosystem services are really about the creation of new forms of wealth, new forms of property rights created by policy,” Davis said. He added that the creation of an ecosystem services market is similar to early efforts to define property rights. “In 1775 began) 100 years of policy making, where over 500 laws were passed by the U.S. Congress that completely reformed the property system and created clear title to land,” Davis said. “Now what were we doing? We were using scientific tools, measurement tools like surveying and appraisal, to turn an abstraction of owning land into tangible assets.”

Nathan Hudson, 17, of Benson, and David Baum, 16, of Smittsville, make their way through the crowd brandishing inflatable swords. After earning a prize for guessing their own weight correctly, the boys chose the swords from a dazzling array of technicolor stuffed animals because they “looked cool,” Hudson said. “We’ll probably beat each other with them at school tomorrow,” he added with a laugh. Kids of all ages have their fun at the fair. Veteran rodeo clowns Logan Teachey and Rick Richardson—or“Me Too” and “Paka,” as they are known by the children—hawk hot dogs on the loudspeaker at Amran Shiners Restaurant. Richardson said the fair never feels quite right when he is without his curly mop and oversized shoes. But his employer insisted that he work in his street clothes because it takes him an hour to undergo the transformation. So Paka will have to go by plain old Rick for now. “Besides, I’m sure the FDA would say, ‘You can’t have them clowns back there in the kitchen,”’ he reasoned. Returning to work, he switched his microphone back on, and his voice echoed throughout the fairground. “Here they come, step right up! Barbecued chicken. Fried fish, fried fish. $5, $5. Footlongs, footlongs!” Further down the winding dirt path, four pigs prepared to race by circling their cramped pen and squeezing their snouts through the wiring to get a better view of the outside world. Their caretaker, Dennis Cook, watched on outside the trailer-tumed-bam.Soon, Cook will have to send them to anotherfarm to “finish them off,” he said. “I have some animals that I retire—l keep them because they were my buddies,” he said. “But pigs grow too quick.” When the trailers leave the lot and the North Carolina State Fair settles to dust, Cook will be on to another festival in another state. Cook and his family work 50 fairs a year, starting in Florida in February and circling the country to finish in Alabama. He has lived this life for 27 years. But at 58, he is “just a baby,” he noted. He has years of bright lights, fried food and whirring rides ahead of him. “I hope I go ’til I fall over, ’cause I love what I do,” he said. “I love my animals. And putting smiles on people’s faces—that’s a special thing.”

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Performance and Politics Tisch School of the Arts, New York University THE DIGITAL AS ANTI-ARCHIVE? The repertoire and the archive are two of several coterminous systems of creating, storing, and transmitting knowledge. Digital technologies constitute another system of transmission that is rapidly altering our frames of knowledge. Rather than assume that expansive digital capabilities usher in the "era of archive" in which everyone can be his or her own archivist, perhaps we need to consider that the shift to the digital might actually prove profoundly anti-archival. What then might be the politics of this new digital era?

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Sunday, November 1,4 pm Duke University Chapel General Admission: $l5 Students (with ID): $5 Duke University Box Office: 684-4444 www.tickets.duke.edu

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MEMORIAL from page! “When we walk by the plaques, sometimes it seems that all the names are alike. But sometimes you stop and realize that each of these names was a living person, living on this campus the same way you and I are now.” Brodhead was also a featured speaker at the ceremony. Members of the Duke and North Carolina Central University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, current military officers, veterans and their families attended the event. The men’s lacrosse team was also in attendance to honor Regan, a former Duke lacrosse player killed in Iraq in 2004. Several attendees were surprised that it has taken the University so long to rededicate the memorial. Rick Lieb, Trinity ’69, fought in the Vietnam War as a commissioner in the Marine Corps and came to the service to honor Maj. Cornelius Ram, his battalion executive officer who was killed in 1971 in Vietnam. Although Lieb returned to Vietnam in 2000 as part of a delegation of veterans tasked with the goal of facilitating Vietnam’s economic growth, he said the ceremony gave him a sense of closure. “1 want to honor [Rain’s] memory and all the Vets that died in Vietnam,” Lieb said. “We were treated as scum, but that’s changed. Today marks the day the University finally honors graduates who died and Vietnam veterans.” Katherine Bick, mother of Charles Bick, Trinity ’BO, who was killed in active duty, tearfully said the ceremony was beautiful. “This is very emotional for me for to be at his alma mater, but it was a wonderful ceremony,” Katherine Bick said. “I’m grateful to Duke for this doing this. I was surprised that it had been such a long time [since the memorial was updated].” Katherine’s grandson, Evan Bick, who just returned from active duty in Iraq, was also in attendance to honor his uncle. “I never knew my uncle because he was killed when I was still in the womb, but it was nice to see my connection to Duke, even though I didn’t go here,” Evan Bick said. “I’m glad to see Duke recognizing the people that deserve to be recognized.” Sophomore Will Beckman, a member ofDuke ROTC said he was moved by the emotional tone of the ceremony. “I felt honored to be in the presence ofeveryone assembled,” Beckman said. “Every day we walk past the wall and we don’t really realize what the names mean. But today, it was nice to see what the names mean and the people to whom it means the most.”

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When sophomore Miles Plumlee forced a steal at half court, took the ball the other way and finished at the rim with an emphatic one-handed slam getting fouled in the process —he gave fans a glimpse of the versatility that Duke’s crop of big men hope to display throughout the season. All of theBlue Devils’ big bodies made their presence felt, particularly on the offensive end, helping Duke defeat Division-II Pfeiffer 128-70 Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Falcons had no answer for Duke’s size down low—their tallest player on the floor stood 6-foot-6. Freshman Mason Plumlee, his brother Miles and senior Brian Zoubek capitalized on the mismatches, as all three posted double-doubles. “We’ve been working on our highlow action,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We haven’t gone into the post for a few years, since Shelden [Williams], and so I thought that was a good thing for us—even though they’re so small—-just the fact that we got balance and we made good passes in there.” Zoubek especially benefited from having other big men setting up at the high post, and he scored several easy lay-ups from the low blocks after receiving feeds from the Plumlee brothers and freshman Ryan Kelly at the top of the key. “We can really work on that with the four —

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big guys that we’ve got—me, Ryan, Mason and Miles—flashing, playing off of each other,” Zoubek said. “Most of the time, we’re going to be the biggest guys on the court, even in the ACC. So if we can learn to play like that, it’s going to be great.” Pfeiffer employed a full-court press for almost the entire first half and much of the second, forcing the Blue Devils to play at a frenetic pace. Even though Krzyzewski said his team ran in a chaotic way that was different from the fast-paced but better-organized offense they have been practicing, he wanted Duke to experience the Falcons’ brand of basketball. “Playing against that style is one of the reasons we wanted to play against them especially for the first 20 minutes—because they push the ball down the court so much, and they can hit threes and they can dribble penetrate,” Krzyzewski said. “That’s something that’s good for us to practice against.” The Blue Devils didn’t have much trouble adjusting to the run-and-gun style in the first half. Duke jumped out to a 14-0 lead behind back-to-back 3-pointers from junior Kyle Singler. The 6-foot-8 forward thrived in his new role as a perimeter player, scoring a team-high 21 points on 6-of-7 shooting. Senior guard Jon Scheyer ran the point and handled the pressure well, finishing the game with a team-high eight assists compared to only two turnovers.

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Sophomore Miles Plumiee brought the house down with back-to-back fast break slams in thesecond half of Duke's 128-70 win over Pfeiffer Saturday. Plumiee scored 11 points and led the team with 14 rebounds.

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Blue Devils win NCAA Preview Duke beats No. 15 Duke makes up 10-stroke deficit on final day practice squad in Blue-White by "

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After a fall season defined by inconsistency, as three freshmen adjusted into starting roles, Duke found its rhythm over the weekend, winning the NCAA Fall Pre-

view in Wilmington, N.C. The No. 15 Blue Devils shot a 17-over 881, one stroke better than No. 7 UCLA and No. 3 Auburn. The Blue Devils sat tied for fourth entering Sunday’s round, two strokes out of second place but ten strokes behind the leading Bruins. Paced by senior Alison Whitaker’s 3-under 69, Duke carded an even-par 288 to stun UCLA. In victory, the Blue Devils also earned three top-20 individual finishes, and all five members placed in the top 50. The win came at the Country Club of Landfall, the site of the 2010 NCAA Championships in May. Whitaker tied for fifth place with a 1-over 217, followed by freshmen Stacey Kim and Lindy Duncan in ties for 12th and 20th, respectively. Fellow freshman Courtney Ellenbogen finished in a tie for 36th, and Kim Donovan tied for 50th. “We got great leadership from Alison Whitaker,” Duke head coachDan Brooks said. “I thought everybody was poised; they seemed to have just a little more patience today.” Duncan and Kim pushed the Blue Devils toward the front of the pack on Day One, shooting rounds of 1-under and even par, respectively. UCLA made a hard charge Saturday morning with a 2-over 290, taking an eight-stroke lead. However, the Blue Devils took advantage of the window of opportunity left by the Bruins’ 1 l-over score on the tournament’sfinal day, earning an important morale boost heading into the offseason. “My hope is that people aren’t undaunted by a ten-stroke deficit, and they believe in the possibilities and believe in SEE W. GOLF ON PAGE 10

After a disappointing end to the 2009 campaign, Duke started with a new slate Sunday at Cameron Indoor Stadium with the Blue-White Scrimmage. The Blue Devils scrimmaged against the practice squad instead of forming two Duke teams because three players are currently injured. Even after losing three of five starters from last year’s team, the Blue Devils maintained the solid level of play that epitomized their play last season, beating the male practice team 110-43. Duke had five players score in double digits, including sophomore Kathleen Scheer, who only averaged 6.1 minutes and 2.5 points per game during her freshman year, but chipped in 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting. “I think that’s the thrill of our team. We don’t depend on any one person. Everybody has the confidence to score and attack,” senior Bridgette Mitchell said. Defensively, Duke forced 32 turnovers, including 24 steals. The Blue Devils frustrated the practice squad with theirrelentlessness and rarely allowed their opponents to take an open shot, holding the practice squad to 30.2 percent shooting.

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Led by returning starters Jasmine Thomas and Mitchell, Duke was able to shoot effectively from beyond the arc, hitting 12-of-25 attempts, including 4-of-7 3-point shooting from Sheer. In addition, the Blue Devils were able to outrebound their opponent by a 47-29 margin. Mitchell led Duke with four steals and 24 points on 10of-16 shooting. But more importantly, she was aggressive SEE W. BASKETBALL ON PAGE 12

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On a day when torrential downpours made what was expected to be an ACC shootout look more like a Big Ten defensive struggle, Duke’s defense adapted to the conditions as if it was used to the miserable Midwestern weather instead of the normally temperate Durham sun. In a game in which the Blue Devils held a solid Maryland offense to 249 total yards—67 of which came on a single blown play—it wasn’t Duke’s stars, but rather some unsung heroes that stepped up to deny the Terrapins. Yes, star linebacker VincentKey’s interception with underfive minutes to go allbut sealed the 17-13 win for the Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium. But it was sophomore Matt Daniels who led the team with nine total tackles and junior Damian Thornton who led the Blue Devils with 2.5 tackles for loss. Indeed, as yet another sign of the improved attitude of this Duke team under head coach David Cutcliffe, players like Daniels and Thornton made up for quiet days from defensive stars Vince Oghobaase and Leon Wright, who combined for only four tackles. “[The defense] tackled well, rallied to the ball well, coverage was outstanding,” Cutcliffe said. “[Maryland] never established a run game.” Thornton’s big play ability set the tone early in the second quar-

ter. After timing the snap count perfectly on second down to stuff Maryland running back Caleb Porzel for a five-yard loss, Thornton chased down a scrambling Chris Turner to force fourth down. The linebacker wasn’t done yet, though, as he concluded the first half by driving Turner back on an option to preserve Duke’s four-point lead at the break. Cutcliffe recognized the development of Thornton, who played sparingly in his first two seasons at Duke. “Damian came up with some big plays. He’s got a lot-of fire to him. He’s gaining experience,” Cutcliffe said. “What I love most about Damian is he’s a very physical football player.” Both Thornton and Daniels were key to the Blue Devils’ “bend but don’t break” defensive strategy, as Duke seemed content throughout the game to give up short passes to the outside in order to prevent big plays. Combined with limiting the Terrapins to only 67 yards rushing, the strategy ensured Maryland would be forced to settle for field goals deep in Duke territory rather than reaching the end zone. And while the Blue Devil offense failed to convert on many ofits own opportunities, thanks to three turnovers—including a Thaddeus Lewis fumble on the 1-yard line—Duke’s strong team effort on defense proved to be the difference in such a sloppy game. “You like to know that the defense has your back,” Lewis said.

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limited Maryland to 249yards of total offense and stopped the Terrapins on all three of theirfourth-quarter drives to preserve a 17-13victory.

FOOTBALL from page 1 his spectacular play of late and threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns on 30-of-43 passing, marking the third straight week that Lewis had over 350 yards in the air. The Blue Devils started off sluggishly, mustering a lackluster threeand-out on their first possession. The defense, as it did all game, picked up Die slack and generated some moearly on when senior linebacker Vincent Rey stopped Terrapin running back Caleb Porzel in the backfield on a fourth-and-one in the first quarter. Lewis and the rest of the offense capitalized on the turnover and proceeded to orchestrate a 69-yard drive on nine plays capped off by a touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Donovan Varner. Varner, who caught a season-high eight passes for 120 yards and a touchdown, has been a large part of the Blue Devils’ receiving corps, which has emerged as a unit this season. “The [receiving corps wants] to be the best,” Varner said. “We definitely feed off each other. We are an explosive corps, but we are going to continue to keep working hard and stay humble and just continue to make big plays when we can.” Maryland tacked on two field goals before halftime, the second after a Lewis interception which ended his streak of 130 consecutive passing attempts without being picked off. But

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Blue Devil kicker Will Snyderwine nailed a 35-yard field goal at the end of the first half to give Duke a 10-6 lead at the break. The Blue Devils built on that energy and continued their strong aerial attack in the second half. On its first possession of the third quarter, Duke managed to march the ball down to the Terrapins’ 1-yard line and scored on a playaction pass from Lewis to

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ball when it’s wet.” Head coach David Cutcliffe tight end Danny Parker, who made an unbelievable one-handed grab to put the Blue Devils ahead 17-6. The Terrapins did not wait long to respond, scoring on a 67-yard screen pass from quarterback Chris Turner to running back Devin Meggett, making the score 1713. Duke’s strong defensive presence and aerial assault, though, proved too much for the Maryland offensive unit The rain was coming down so hard that most of the fans poured out of Wallace Wade stadium early on, but based on the Blue Devils’ performance in the passing game, the wetness had virtually no effect. This was particularly the case on an incredible catch by sophomore receiver Johnny

Williams slanting across the middle. “You’ve got to understand what kind of focus that takes to do what he did and to keep his eye on that ball when you’re in the middle of the defense,” Cutcliffe said. “Did you see the size of their safeties? To ensure that catch like he did and pull it down and take care of it, that was huge in that circumstance.” Including that spectacular grab, Williams had four catches for 47 yards in the game. In addition to Williams and Varner, the Blue Devils’ other two receivers had exceptional performances with junior Austin Kelly finishing with a game-high nine receptions and freshman Conner Vernon reeling in five catches for 102 yards. For Vernon, his effort made him the first freshman to record two 100-yard receiving games in school history. Late in the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils forced two turnovers to ice the victory, an interception by Rey and fumble recovery by tight end Brandon King on a punt. And while Lewis’s spirals were not the only objects falling through the sky Saturday, the senior quarterback knows that it was ultimately a team effort that enabled Duke to get the historic win. “I can’t go out there and throw for 350 yards by myself,” Lewis said. “The line has to block, the backs have to block and the receivers have to catch the football.” Even in the rain, Duke managed all of the above in a critical victory.

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The Yellow Jackets’ patented rushing game worked its magic Saturday in Charlottesville, as Josh Nesbitt and Georgia Tech racked up over 350 yards on the ground for the program’s first win at Scott Stadium since 1990. Georgia Tech controls its own destiny in the ACC Coastal.

Navy 13-10 Wake Forest Wake Forest kept this one closer than its 35-point loss to Clemson the previous week, but Navy’s triple option did just enough to earn the Midshipmen the three-point win. Navy never put the ball in the air Saturday, instead choosing to call 64 running plays without a single pass.

Notre Dame 20 -16 BC Notre Dame’s season of gut-wrenching

performances continued Saturday when the Fighting Irish notched their first win over Boston College in seven tries. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for nearly 250 yards and no interceptions, while Charlie Weis’s defense picked off the Eagles’ Dave Shinskie with 1:38 left on the clock to seal the victory.

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“Both of them have been two of THE CHRONICLE the best players that we’ve ever Before Sunday’s game against had in this program. It’s been an Virginia Tech, senior Kay Anne unbelieveable privelege to coach Gummersall was honored for bethese young ladies.” ing the fourth-leading scorer in Virginia Tech (12-5-0, 5-3-0) Duke’s history and leading theBlue came out looking to ruin Senior Devils to coundess memorable vicDay for the Blue Devils, scoring tories in her four-year career. And first on a goal by Brittany Miby the end of the game, she had chels. On a corner kick in the recorded 22nd minute, Michels kicked yr\ a hat trick ’ the ball home in the midst of a ■JjJ i jumped up scrum in front of the net. DUKE 4 to third on But Gummersall would not the scoring be denied. list and added one more impresJust five minutes later, the sesive victory to her resume. nior captain left-footed a shot past Gummersall and the Blue Hokie goalie Kristin Carden, and Devils (7-6-4, 3-3-2 in the ACC) four minutes later, she scored andefeatd Virginia Tech 4-1 as they other off a brilliant pass by Redriddled the No. 15 Hokies with mond. Gummersall’s third goal shots and dominated the ball on of the game came in the waning their way to an impressive victory minutes as she chipped the ball at Koskinen Stadium Sunday. into the net to an ovation from Senior Elisabeth Redmond, the crowd. Even with the hat who is second on the all-time list for trick, Gummersall was quick to Seniors Kay Anne Gummersalland Elisabeth Redmond made the difference SunDuke in assists, added another one give credit elsewhere. day for Duke as theBlue Devils earned a key 4-1 win over No. 15Virginia Tech. to her total as she assisted on one of “Obviously three scoring Gummersall’s goals and also slotted goals is great, but I couldn’t have said. “But we’re obvoiusly peakcould be needed to ensure a bid. a perfect pass to sophomore Cody done it without any of [my teamAnd if Gummersall and Reding at the right time.” Newman in the box which led to a mates],” Gummersall said. “It’s Coming off ofa 1-0 loss against mond can continue their excepthe team, not me. I just happen to conference rival Virginia last tion play, as they have for their enpenalty kick and goal by fellow senior Jane Alukonis. be a forward.” tire careers, those wins will come. Thursday, the win was an imporAnd after four years playThis Blue Devils campaign has tant one for Duke, which was “[This game] was really speing together, it has become the certainly had its ups and downs. In desperately searching for away cial because its been four years of norm for Redmond and Gumthe final home game of her career, to improve its chances for the playing together,” Redmond said however, the senior Redmond was NCAA tournament. Church said mersall to combine for scores. of her relationship with Gummer“When they come together able to go out on a high note. the need for a marquee win motisall, “and I know that our teamthey’re just really, really special,” “We obviously had some tough vated Duke on this day, but added work has meant a lot to each other head coach Robbie Church said. games [this year],” Redmond that more wins of similar quality and to the rest of the team.” by

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On a cold and rainy night in Koskinen Stadium, the skies cleared for the Blue Devils in the twilight of their tilt with the Tigers. After squandering several opportunities, Duke found itself trailing Clemson 1-0. But with the clock running down in the second half, lightning finally struck for the Blue

Devils—twice.

The winds of change began with senior Matt Thomas, who soared above the pack to head NATE GLENCER/THE CHRONICLE the ball straight into the net on a Junior Cole Grossman missed several scoring chances early, but he buried a penalty kick in the second half to seal Duke's 2-1 win over Clemson. clem corner kick, evening the score at 1-1 nil ye XT' PUKE /2 jn tHe 75th minute. Soon after, junior Cole Grossman calmly sunk a penally kick to score the game-winning goal. Coasting on a two-game winning streak, the No. 19 Blue Devils (10-4-0, 3-3-0 in the ACC) were expected to handily defeat the Tigers (2-10-I,T-5-0). But head coach John Kerr said he knew his team would have to earn the victory. “We kept telling our players they’re like a woundedanimal, Clemson right now, because they’re having a tough season and they’ve got nothing to lose and they want to just see what they can do,” he said. “We understood going in it was never going to be an easy game.... They suffered a tough result, but I thought they played quite well.” The Tigers dominated possession for much of the first half, capitalizing on holes in the Blue Devils’ defense to create several scoring opportunities. After a Clemson shot off a direct free kick thundered off the goal post in the 15th minute, senior Josh Bienenfeld stole the ball at midfield and quickly fired it to Grossman. The midfielder’s shot, however, sailed over the net The Tigers’ possession came to fruition when Nathan Thornton beat goalie James Belshaw, a freshman, to a loose ball outside the penalty box for a clean shot in the 22nd minute, tallying the first goal of the game. Duke’s troubles blew over in the second half as the Blue Devils stormed onto the field with renewed vigor, heeding the coaching staff’s advice to “get the ball and just go for it,” Kerr said. Thomas and freshman Andrew Wenger sharpened the Blue Devils’ defense, stifling the Tigers’ advances and then sprinting to the other side of the field to make offensive attacks of their own. Although the strategy could have allowed the Tigers to counterattack and catch the Blue Devil defenders on the & break, Wenger said he decided it was worth the risk. “It’s always a concern, but you’re down 1-0,” Wenger said. “You really have nothing to lose. You’ve got to take chances.” The risk paid off. Duke was the clear victor of the second half, outshooting the Tigers 11-3 in the period. Each of these resin figurine stands 8" high on a granite base The win brightens the Blue Devils’ forecast for the rest of Head bobbles at the slightest touch. Made in Hong Kong. the season considerably. Duke is now .500 in conference play and well-positioned for the ACC tournament, which begins Nov. 10. But Kerr said the Blue Devils won’t be savoring this victory for too long—the team faces Presbyterian Tuesday. “We’re taking nothing for granted and trying to keep our composure,” he said. “We’ve got to make sure that we don’t' overlook [Presbyterian]. We’ll just take it one game at a time and take care tafbusiness.” Regularly priced at 2O Gate Starosta contributed reporting to this story.

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W. BASKETBALL from page 7 on the boards, grabbing eight rebounds. “[Bridgette] had some excellent leadership, especially in her rebounding, and also in her attack,” head coach Joanne P. McCallie said. “It’s my last year, and I need to show my team that I have confidence in myself so that they have confidence in me when I go out on the floor,” Mitchell said. One of the Blue Devils’ main challenges this year will be dealing with the loss of Chante Black, who led last year’s squad in points and rebounds. Black was drafted by the Connecticut Sun earlier this year. However, during the scrimmage, junior center Krystal Thomas and freshman Allison Vernerey proved capable filling the

void left by Black, as the two combined for 18 points and 12 rebounds. Vernerey, who lives in France, served as the captain of the French Ul6 and UlB National Teams and was added to the French National Team’s roster earlier in 2009. “Allison is a tough competitor,” MeCallie said. “I think her best attribute is her pursuit of the ball. She hustles, plays extremely hard and is always very effective in the paint Duke wants all of its players to display that type of aggression on the court this season, especially after being outhustled by Michigan State to end its NCAA tournament run a year ago. “Toughness has always been an emphasis of this program,” Thomas said. “I think now everything is coming together for us, and we understand that we have to be the tougher team.” ”

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This week, Special Secreappointments —no process created by students and run by stutary for the Young Trustee Process Amanda Turner will hold dents to select a fellow student her final open forum, and can ever please all involved paron Nov. 4, she will submit her ties. That said, there is definite recommendations for reform room for improvement. to Duke Student A reformed Government. process, unlike editorial The previous the previous YT process funneled applicants one, would help to facilitate through a three-tiered selec- the democratic election of a tion in which a committee of 10 Young Trustee who possesses DSG and 10 Inter-Community a comprehensive knowledge Council members would cull of the University, a strong ethian initial pool of applicants to cal standard and the ability to eight semi-finalists and, after make important, thoughtful conducting interviews, select contributions while serving on three finalists. The DSG Senate a complicated and intimidating and ICC then voted to select Board of Trustees. In the end, the Young Trustee from these the best person for the job is finalists. More often than not, a one with intellect and energy, DSG or ICC insider was selected not status or titles. DSG is a democratically electas Young Trustee. Regardless of the form it ed organization, and to a certain takes, the YT selection process degree, it must play some role in will be subject to biases and dischoosing the Young Trustee to

legitimize the selection process. Its influence, however, should be mitigated to prevent unfair conficts ofinterest To this end, a studentselected in the Spring DSG elections should manage the YT process. This director would work independently from DSG and be ineligible for running for Young Trustee in the future. With the director at the helm, the selection process should still begin with a nominating committee to narrow the list of applicants to eight and then three.But the composition of this committee should be changed to include six DSC members, six ICC members and six at-large members selected from the student body by the director of the YT Process. Such a committee, with the inclusion of at-large students, would represent a wider

range of perspectives than currently is the case. And instead of DSG and ICC controlling the selection of the YT from these three finalists, the decision should be put up to students. Juniors and seniors—those who know the candidates the best and have the most familiarity with the University and the YT position —should select the Young Trustee from the pool of finalists in a general election held in February. To prevent the election from devolving into a popularity contest, finalists should be prohibited from campaigning and their initial applications ought to be made public, allowing the students eligible to vote to make an informed electoral decision. Moving forward, we suggest that, if she is willing,

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Not all stories are tragedies, just as not all of our conflicts are tragic; they can be heroic, comic, absurd. But conflict exists, and we’ve always felt the need to tell real and imagined stories about it—some of it earns the fairly arbitrary honorific “literature.” Writing or reading literature isn’t “inherently” important in my eyes because I can’t make the same kind of case for its existence as I can for the existence of such activities as farming, building bridges or practicing medicine: utopia or no, these are fundamental things that “sustain life.” All of that business keeps us alive in such away that we can all at least think about leading uncomplicated—and happily literature-free (no more Crime and [you better believe it] Punishment) —lives, even if we inevitably end up not doing so. Ideally, there would be no literature for me to care about and study. I would just go on with my sedate life and learn how to build bridges. It’d be like “Brave New World” without the mind control drugs, and I’d be all happy and sexed-up. But we live here in the real, Gothic world. True, there aren’t quite as many psychopaths running amok on this campus as there were in Batman’s Gotham. Which is good; as long as we can avoid murderous rococo clowns, we’ve got a shot at getting some good reading done. Why read on your own in college? I’d like to suggest that you take a few moments away from wrestling with real conflicts—existential angst, too much work and not enough time to read, anarchist clowns. Consider giving a good read the chance to do what books do best: capture conflict. Capture conflict, make it momentarily hypothetical even if it’s no less poignant, call it by name and in so doing steal some of its thunder. You should read because you think you shouldn’t and say you can’t. Literature doesn’t just depict the struggle of real life: the stimulating peace of reading is a shelter from real conflict. When life is poisonous (or maybe just busy), literature is the antidote. You probably have a damn good reason that it’s a bother to go read. But, if you have gotten or ever hope to get something beautiful and sheltering from a book, a good read is not only the indulgence you need, but the small rebellion you deserve. Connor Southard is a Trinity sophomore. His column runs every Monday.

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letterstotheeditor Students, show more support for football Duke students should be ashamed and embarrassed. Very few bothered to show up for the football matchup with Maryland Saturday afternoon. This seems to be the norm rather than the exception. The weather this past Saturday should also be no excuse considering many brave the elements during basketball season to maintain their line position. Coach Cutcliffe, his staff and especially this 2009 squad deserve much better than the student body has offered so far this year. It is an absolute embarrassment for Duke students not to give complete support to this team. Is it too difficult to show up to Wallace Wade six times a year for a few hours and give this team support? Students have two chances left this year to support this team. If I can drive to games from Richmond, Va., students should be able to get there from East, Central and West campuses. See you all Nov. 14 for the game against Georgia Tech, or in Charlottesville, Va. this Saturday for those willing to make the road trip.

Jeffrey Bassett Engineering ’B9 Cable 13 apologizes for lack ofbasketball coverage As the presidents of Cable 13, we would like to address and apologize for our coverage (or lack thereof) of the men’s basketball exhibition game

this past Saturday. In the Oct. 21 Chronicle article “Cable 13 to televise Pfeiffer game,” it was noted that Cable 13 would air the game live. However, as many of you know, the game was not televised. And, unfortunately, it cannot be aired at all for several reasons. We were given a last minute notice the day before the game that we would not be able to broadcast live from Cameron Indoor Stadium. We made this decision because the video operations team did not have the time or capability to let us set up a live feed since the basketball game occurred so soon after the football game. We were, however, filming at the game and ready to air it immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, due to oversight in the Cameron control room, the game was not filmed to tape. As a result, neither Cable 13 nor GoDuke has a recording of the game to broadcast or to archive. We apologize to everyone who meant to watch the game on our channel. We regret the turn of events, but the situation was truly out of our control. We have, in the past, delivered live games when we said we would and we will continue to hold ourselves to thatstandard. Thank you for watching Cable 13. We hope you will continue to tune in. Stephanie Shyu Merideth Bajana Copresidents, Cable 13

My big fat greek game Stop

being a basketball fan. Stop it. Right now. Nobody wants you. We want greeks. Big, fat greeks. I’m not talking trouble-with-the-Cy-

priots kind of Greeks. I’m talking trouble-

with-the-Women’s-Cen-

monday, monday

greeks. Give me your tired, i am your poor, your hudcharlotte simmons dled masses yearning to breathe free, and we will politely explain to them that devotion and perseverance are no longer priorities in Krzyzewskiville. We prefer the greeks. Coach K, the athletic powers that be, the line monitors and their DSG overlords have collectively decided that the way to solve our attendance problem is to beg Duke’s frattiest to rowdily over-represent themselves in athletic life as they do in social life. Hence, three changes: First, groups of 30 or more can enter walk-up lines. Guess who’s going to be organized into groups of 30 or more? Here’s a hint. It starts with an “f” and rhymes with “maternity.” Second, the Nov. 13 home game against UNCGreensboro will likely be Greek Night in Cameron. Greek Night, like Senior Night, is designed to give preferential access to one group over everyone outside of that group. Unlike Senior Night, it will reward people who seem not to normally come to the games. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Intro to Marketing, it’s that customer loyalty should be discouraged, and you should devote your attention to the people who don’t support your product. 1 bird, blue tenting may be reduced to one month maximum. It’s obvious why we want the most enthusiastic fans to spend less time around the basketball team. I don’t need to explain that one. The idea is threefold: First, fraternities are big and organized, and big, organized groups are more likely to get lots of people to do the same thing. Case in point— Pledge tasks. Second, frat boys are louder and more creative than independents. Case in point—pledge tasks. Third, groups of crazy Crazies who wait in the cold for friggin’ forever are scaring off casual fans who ter

think they can’t get into games. Case in point—I make a point every year to avoid tent one, as they are almost universally off their rockers. You look one of them the wrong way, they will rip off your flesh with their gnarled teeth. There are a number of problems with the new policies and attitudes behind them. First and foremost, as I’ve told you before, the way of dealing with low enthusiasm about an athletic activity is to get everyone together in Halloween garb the morning beforehand to drink themselves into a stupor. That way, even though they’re still not attending the game, at least they’re smashed. That works well. But let’s pretend we’ve forgotten the practical lessons learned from Tailgate and look at the implications of giving greeks yet another venue to think that they’re better than everyone else. As someone who dated a basketball player (Jojo Johanssen —a strange mix between JJ. Redick and Josh Mcßoberts) and lost my virginity to a brother at a frat formal, I have a very tepid response to mixing the two groups. If you think the devoted fans who wait in line for months are scaring off your average Joe Shmoe who thinks he can’t get into games against lesser opponents, wait until groups of 30 or more broskis are chilling in line with grills and brewskis. The difference between rabid tenters scaring off Joe Shmoes and huge pools of dudes scaring off Joe Shmoes is that, in addition to not helping the Joe Shmoes, you’re losing your most rabid fans. And nobody cheers louder and more creatively than victims of rabies. I mean, seriously. Let me pose an analogous problem and solution to you: I’m hosting a weekly meeting but not enough people are coming. I’m going to poop right outside the doorway to make it more exciting so that more people come. That way, it’s going to shake things up and make a ton more people come. Okay, okay, I may be exaggerating the problems a bit. It’s just a bummer when independents get thrown under the bus, especially when those independents are contracting rabies just to support the team. It’s hard to live with rabies. Charlotte Simmons is always here to remind you where the term “rabid fan” comes from.

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the ‘O’

like tradition as much as the next guy, but not all traditions are created equal. There is one peculiar tradition that precedes Duke athletic contests that toes the line between distasteful and embarrassing. No, I’m not talking about Tailgate again I’m talking about the tradition of shouting “O!” SWi. during the national anthem. This shout occurs before every Duke game (most noticeably men’s basketball and football, but increasingly at other sports) when the singers Bradford colbert or the band reach “O say, other side does that star-spangled banner yet wave,” the penultimate line of the national anthem This tradition is not unique to Duke—in fact, it didn’t even start here. The first “O” is credited to a Baltimore Orioles fan in the 1970 named “Wild” Bill Hagy. The practice spread to other Baltimore-area teams and is now a mainstay at Washington Capitals, Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens games. If you check the tapes and listen closely, you can even hear a faint “O” during the anthem at Barack Obama’s inauguration. Somewhere along the line, the tradition traveled down to Durham with some Baltimore-area students, and spread from the Cameron Crazies into the upper bowl of Cameron Indoor Stadium. And the “O” isn’t the only anthem interruption you’ll hear at sporting events in this country. If a team’s nickname is mentioned in the song, you can be sure that word will be emphasized by the crowd mid-anthem. At the University of Virginia, it’s “HOOS broad stripes and bright stars” in support of their unofficial mascot, the Wahoos. For hockey fans in Dallas, it’s “broad stripes and bright STARS.” Dozens of teams across the country latch on to “the rockets’ RED glare,” and Adanta, ofcourse, is the “home of the BRAVES.” Perhaps Baltimore is the city most entitled to reinvigorate the anthem. It’s their song, anyway—Francis Scott Key wrote “Defence of Fort McHenry,” the poem whose words would become the lyrics to the anthem, about the Battle of Baltimore. Also, the “O” at least fits the pattern above when applied to the Orioles. You might not think this practice is all that offensive, and I’m pretty sure that no one intends malice towards the U.S. when they belt out the “O.” If you really wanted to, you could even make a case that the anthem itself needs to be changed to something less militaristic and easier to sing. But I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t like the “O.” The debate over the shout’s place in Cameron Indoor Stadium has graced The Chronicle’s edit pages before. On Jan. 20 of this year, James Tager, Trinity ’O9, said that “even our national anthem, which is supposed to transcend the daily realities of one university, is turned into yet another call-sign for Dukie pride... when we’re in Cameron, we become Crazies first, and everything else second.” Gregory Beaton, Trinity ’OB, wrote a Duke Athletics wishlist Dec. 4, 2007, which included a “policy banning the ‘O’ during the national anthem,” arguing that “it has nothing to dowith Duke and is at least somewhat disrespectful to the spirit of the moment We’d all be better off without it” And my personal favorite comes from a Letter to the Editor way back on Jan. 21,1997. Glen Godwin, Divinity ’9B, writes, “The anthem is not just a song like “Yankee Doodle’ or ‘99 Bottles officer on the Wall.’ The anthem pays homage to the flag that represents the courageous efforts of our ancestors to grant us rights like freedom ofspeech.” Still need a little convincing before you drop the “O?” The next time you’re at a Men’s Basketball game in Cameron, I want you to watch Coach K during the anthem. Watch how he stands—eyes fixated on the flag, right hand strongly over his heart, perfectly still. It’s a testament to his U.S. Army background and his respect for this nation and its symbols. To my knowledge, Coach K has never asked the Crazies to stop yelling “O,” but I believe his actions speak louder than words. If the “O” isn’t good enough for Coach K, then it isn’t good enough for me either. A new basketball season is upon us, and with it comes the opportunity for a fresh start. Consider whether or not this tradition is one worth upholding.

Bradford Colbert is a Trinity senior. His column runs every other Monday.

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