The Chronicle T h e i n d e p e n d e n t d a i ly at D u k e U n i v e r s i t y
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue S3
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STRONGER THAN EVER
by Andy Moore THE CHRONICLE
BALTIMORE—Once again, it came down to the last series, the last shot, a game-winning goal. Unlike Saturday, there was no game of cat-and-mouse, like when Ned Crotty stood dancing near the goal before finding senior Max Quinzani for the winning score. Instead, defenseman CJ Costabile cleanly won the faceoff to begin
the overtime period, barreled down the center of the field with the ball firmly tucked in the netting of his 6-foot stick, and, while never venturing past the vaguely recognizable center hashmarks of the painted-over football field, made it in front of goalie Scott Rodgers. Stick up. Shot good. Bedlam. The longstick midfielder, who battled ankle injuries during the regular
season and was scoreless entering the NCAA Tournament, had scored on one of the biggest, baddest goalies in the sport. “Everyone thinks about that shot [as a kid],” Costabile said. “To actually have it come through, it’s fairy-tale stuff.” It was only fitting that a shot worthy of myth would cap off one of the most dramatic five-year stretches for any sports team in history. First came the canceled season and
the questions about the program’s future. Then, the heartbreaking loss in the national title game to Johns Hopkins in 2007, and two more missed chances at the title in the Final Four. And, through it all, the looming specter of the 2006 scandal. But Monday at Baltimore’s M&T Stadium, there was redemption—Duke See m. lacrosse on page 10
Outlook positive for private Perwich resigns donations as fiscal year ends as Robertson by Maggie Love THE CHRONICLE
As the University brings in more private donations this fiscal year than last, officials are still cautiously hopeful and planning another University-wide fundraising campaign. As of May 29, the Annual Fund and the University as a whole have received 10 percent increases in private donations from a year ago, said William Conescu, executive director of alumni and development communications. Reunion givings are up 18 percent so far this fiscal year, said Hank Woods, assistant vice president for the Annual Fund. This year’s increase in donations marks a turnaround from the decline in private support in fiscal year 20082009, when private giving dropped to $301.6 million from the record-high $385.7 million received the previous year, Vice President for University Development Robert Shepard said. Reunion givings fell 15 percent in fiscal year 2008-2009 from the year before, and the University’s overall private donations weathered a 23 percent drop as of mid-April last year.
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“It was difficult last year with the downturn and the fact that there were some major pledges and gifts the year before that wouldn’t be renewed,” Shepard said. Although the Office of University Development, which organizes University-wide fundraising, has begun planning its next fundraising initiative, its launch date is yet to be determined. “No formal decisions have been made, but we’re looking forward and obviously waiting, to some extent, for the recovery of the economy to launch the next fundraising initiative,” Shepard said. Conescu declined to specify in what form the fundraising initiative might take shape. In the last two years, the University has organized a Phonathon, raising more than $400,000 each year. The number of donors so far this fiscal year, approximately 90,000 corporations, foundations and individuals, is consistent with last year’s data, Conescu wrote in an e-mail.
Just months after becoming executive director of the Robertson Scholars Program, Alex Perwich has resigned his post. Perwich officially left his position as the head of the 10-year-old merit scholarship program June 1. He originally took on the position Feb. 15. The Robertson program grants scholarships to 36 incoming freshmen—18 at both Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—covering tuition, room, Alex Perwich board, summer stipends and other fees. Perwich would not address the details of his leave, but said he is relocating to Atlanta, Ga. to address personal matters.
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by Matthew Chase THE CHRONICLE
ONTHERECORD
“...I have to admit I have to figure out a way to get my college football fix on Saturdays during the fall.”
— Professor Tod Laursen on life in Abu Dhabi, See Q&A page 5
Healthy Choice The University attempts to curb increasing costs of employee health benefits, PAGE 3